The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-06

|, say we all like it very well and we
are doing as well as we did in Dem
lison; / mean financially. OF course,
IT takes a little time to get acquaint-
led, but not so long as you might ex-
pect from the fact that everybody
is like yourself, practically strangers
here. Almost everyone have met
has been here from year to new ar
rivals. To give you some idea, our
neighbors in the fiat upstairs were
from Cleveland, Ohio, last fall. One.
other neighbor is a Scotchman with
q family Of four children, just ar
rived this spring. The hotel stayed
at when first arrived, the clerk told
me, he used to be in the Slavery house
| in Des Moines.
was in the K. P. lodge one night
and while there met about a dozen
strangers from as many different
states. ! took a walk about three
weeks ago today and met man who
inquired about large house. He told
Ii
me he was a stranger; just been here
short time from New Jersey: SO
that is the way it goes. There are lots
of Scotch people out here; also lots
Of English. The city is growing very
rapidly; it is not q boom as far as Il
can see, but natural growth. The
old business part of town is fast dis
appearing and large blocks Of ten and
twelve streets taking their place and
every part Of the city seems to be
active. They anticipate great things
when the Panama canal is completed
and have no doubt that the popula-
ton of the city will be nearly
doubled the next five years. This is
undoubtedly fine state, its immense
size, Its undeveloped resources, its
splendid climate, fertile lands and
with q population Of less than seven
hundred thousand, comparing it with
other states, how they have grown
and developed, in few years you will
see the possibilities Of Oregon are not,
overestimated. OF course, II man
works for salary, as lots Of US have
to do. we will not get rich, but the
man with some money and specu-
lative turn Of mind, no doubt could
soon make q fortune, and the way peo-
pie are focking to the state is simply
marvellous, and 1t will continue from
now on. as the state Is just being
opened up with new railroads. saw
in one Of the Portland dailies few
days ago that there were twenty-one
people from Iowa looking at Hood
river land. Hood River Valley, nSs 4
know, is famed for its apples. The
pie business is great enterprise mere
and no doubt immensely profitable, but
like everything else, 1t must be thor
loughly understood. The land must
be situated right, with good drainage.
and the orchard must be cared for the
same as you would hot house plant
| If you expect to be successful. You
see many monuments Of failure in the
orchard business in your travels, but
! presume 1t is largely due to the land
not being located right and the negli-
gence of the owner.
A Des Moines man, who used to be
connected with the Des Moines Capt.
tai, whose name is Buchanan, and /.
took ride out to Dundee, about thirty
miles from Portland, and saw the
famous Prince Orchard. He has sew
eral fine acres planted to prunes and
English walnuts. He grew sixteen
tons of English walnuts last year; the
prune crop was not SO good, as for,
some reason the prunes were small
and did not bring the top price. We
also walked over farm of $50 acres
that was for sale at $4,000 per acre.
1t had house that cost $1,000 and
smaller one worth about $4,000; the
outbuildings were about the finest /
ever saw. In this country most of the
land is under cultivation. You could
go to the city either by boat or rail
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and there is an electric road surveyed
through the land. It certainly was an
ideal place. VIM. Gilbreath also told
me Of 10000 acres of land near Hood
river that can be bought for $1,000.
per acre, worth about $4,000 down,
the balance for eight years. time; SO
you see land can be bought for all.
prices and someone that can handle
propositions like these is bound to
make money.
Joe and Nichol. Scott and q
number Of others asked me to-
write them regarding conditions
here. but to be frank, do not
feel competent to advise them unless
they had something to come to. They
would just have to do as / did. go and
trust to providence. would not adj
wise a working man to move, il he is
satisfied with conditions where he 4is.