The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-07-07


recognizing more and more the sub
stantial value of Hood River land as al
investment.
The highest price ever paid for unin
proved land was recorded last weel
when part of the Sears & PorteI
place which is in wholly unimproveC
state sold for $500 an acres. The tota
sales during the past month will rur
considerably over quarter of mill
ion dollars, the deals closed by one
firm aggregating over $1,000
Last week Fordham b. Kimba
closed deal by telegraph through tht
agency of Devlin & Firebaugh for tht
20 acre place of f. l.. Klemer in th'
Summit section, paying $l9, 900. This
place is set to young orchard and ha!
strawberries between the rows on The
whole tract. Mr.. Klemer has beer
realizing considerable from the sale Of
strawberry plants and he has special
lied on the plants rather than the fruit
end of the strawberry business. He
has orders for many plants which will
be handled this fall by Mr.. Kimball
Although Mr.. Klemer cultivated fol
the plant business entirely and realized
a handsome profit on it he still reapec
a good harvest of berries during the
season Just closed. He has just finish.
ed the construction of fine bungalow
on the place and he will remain there
until fall helping Mr.. Kimball get the
run of strawberry plant business. Mr..
Kimball, who was here recently, is
now at his home in Brookline, Mass.
but will return here next week to re-
main permanently. His family, who
sailed this week for Europe will come
to Hood River on their return to this
country in the fall Mr.. Kimball is a
young man who has been in the brok-
erage business while his father is
proprietor of one of the largest art
stores in Boston.
Another big sale lately just closed
by this firm was that of 20 acres of
the C. f. Markham place on the west
side for 81 500 to E. l.. Hall, of Port
land, who is the manager of the plant
of the Portland Gas & Coke company.
Six acres of this place is in bearing
orchard and the rest is set to young
trees. Mr.. Hall expects to make con-
siderable improvement in his new
place. One of the record west side
sales was 10 acres of the Fred T. Lis
co place in the in the Oak Grove dis
trict which Devlin & Firebaugh last
week sold to H. c. Coleman for $l5,-
0OO This place is all in bearing or
heard. Mr.. Coleman recently sold his
10 acre tract near town through the
same firm to A. l.. Wheeler for $l2,-
600. Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler, who came
a few months ago from Indianapolis,
are at home on their place and the
first thing they had to do was to har-
vest the large crop of Strawberries.
The A. 7. Schall place, of % acres,
in Willow Flat, recently the Fuller
ranch was sold last week in two pieces
through the same firm. Miss Bessie
Henry, Of Colorado Springs, bought 13
acres part of which is in apples and
for $1,000. Miss Henry's
brother will come soon to look after
the place and superinyend the i'm
on it. The remaining ten
acres of the Schall place was sold to +.
C. Mahaney for $4,000. This tract
was also partly improved. Mr.. SchaIl
has bought the residences recently
acquired by Mr.. Mahaney in Portland.
Harry LaVein, who recently sold
his place near the planer TO Fred Goss
has bought Ave acre ranch which is
partly improved from W. f. GalG eJ.
The place is south of the Rockford Il e
and the Devlin q FirebaugL age cy
have also just closed de a! selling l. e
five acres adjoining from CharIes
Wallace to j. T. Moriarity, of Port
land. This is partly improV ed place
and the new owner has just returned
from st. Paul where he was mari
He will remain in Portland for a few
years and later move Unto his ia. Oh
when the trees come into Uea,lg.
c. H. Henney, who recently ca {
here from Washingto d. c., he,e
for many years he had heeu in t.
United States Treasury Department, ,
last week bought the 10 acre place o,
NJ. Leland Kingsley in the Belmont
section. This place is highly M
proved, considerable portion of it
being in bearing orchard. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henney, who have been visiting
d. Currier, will move on the place
soon. They will be joined in September
by Mrs. Henney's mother, Mrs. EN-
ma j. Carpenter, who will come out
from Washington with Frank Gillian
and wife. Mr.. Gillian has for long
time been in the u. S. Weather Bu-
reau and will come in the fall onto the
ranch he recently purchased here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henney are both sing
gers of much ability and Mrs. Henney,
whose voice is contralto was soloist
in the Unitarian church which is at
tended by President Taft in Washing
ton. Hood River people have enjoyed
hearing her sing recently at the local
Unitarian church.
The firm of Shelley & Shelley reports
the sale of 40 acres of unimproved
land in Willow Flat from Percy r.
Shelley to Frank S. Smith. Mr..
Smith was formerly employed by the
0. r. & N. in the local Offices and
already owns a Hood River ranch. He
expects to improve his latest purchase.
A. B. Shelley has soled 10 acres of un
improved land in the Willoww Fiat to
George l.. Scarlet, Of Bellingham.
This place adjoins the Scott orchard
and it is possible that Mr.. Scarlet will
move here with his family soon. He
is builder and contractor and he
expects to improve the place.
Local people who expect to improve
places have bought considerable land
during the past few weeks. A number
of them have recently sold improved
properties and are Immediately start
ing again to develope raw or partially
improved land. w. H. Maher bought 2C
acres partly improved east of the Pine
Grove from w. II. Metcalf and an
other partially improved twenty nearby
has been sold by l.. T.Bragg, of Col
fax, Wash, to W. M. Moore. Both of
these places will receive further i'm
provements at the hands of the new
owners.
A new brick school building to cost
between $10,0 and $4,000 will be
built in the Barrett district. The
plans are now being drawn and work
will be commenced soon to be finished
by the first of the year on the grounds
no occupied by the old building. AT
the recent meeting held in the district.