The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-03-24
NEW RECOR ! OF
$1,000 AN ACRE
INDIANAPOLIS MAN BUYS 10 ACRES
Oscar Vanderbilt Sells 30 Acres for
$4,000 - Other Big Or
chard Sales this Week.

A new high record price was set for
Hood River valley orchard land Fri.
day when l.. ". Hills sold bis ten
acre place on the east side to Felix
Nonnegut for $4,000. This orchard
is in bearing trees of the Yellow
NeHtown aud Spitzen berg varieties,
about seven acres being in nine EyeHI
old trees and thee acres in six year
olds, 1t was formerly part of the
Chris Dethman place and IN the
heart OF the east side section where
many of tue larger old bearing
orchards are located.
This orchard was the property OF
l.. W. Radtord until last November
when Mr.. Hills purchased 1t for Sl700
an acre, establishing what was at that
time the highest price ever paid for
Hood River land. The sale Friday
was made through the agency of j.
ii. Beilbronner u Co. Mr. Hills ex-
poets to remain In Hood River and
will invest in another piece of
orchard land.
Mr.. Vonnegut is "A young man from
indianapolis and a son OF one of the
leading hardware merchants of that
city. lie came to Oregon year ago
aud has 80 acre ranch near Suttherlin
IN Douglas county This place was
raw land when he purchased it and he
cleared ii up and set IT all in apple
orchard. lie expects to keep his
Douglas county ranch but he will
make his home here on the place
bought last week. Mrs. VonneRut
accompanied her husband to Hood
River and they left Sunday for
Sutherlin where they will arrange to
ship their goods to food River and
expect to return here for permanent
residence within week.
Oscar Vanderbilt closed deal with
a company of Cleveland capital lists,
selling hisValhalla orchard OF 30 acres
tor $40, 600. This is one of the old
orchards of the valley, the trees hav-
ing been planted IA years ago. MIR.
NanderE Eilt bought the tract three
years ago for $4,000 and he has had
big crops from the trees. His net
yield tor the 1908 crop was about
$ll, 900. Ihe prospects this year are
tor the biggest yield that the orchard
ever produced. Mr.. Vanderbilt guar
anteed the buyers that they would get
IL, 200 boxes from the trees this year
while the indications are that the crop
will be double that amount.
William Sylvester has sold his
Edgewood farm of 10 acres to h. W.
Birge, of New York. This place has
three acres OF bearing orchard and the
rest is in trees ranging from one year
old up. Mr.. Birge, who Is at present
IA Seattle, expects to come here soon
and occupy his new home.
Mr.. Sylvester has bought 40 acres of
raw land in the Willow Flat country
from N. ii. Ament.
Carl a. plath has bought 10 acres
OF orchard land on the east side II ON
Chris Dethman. Eight acres of the
tract are in five year old trees and the
rest is undeveloped.
Two sales were closed up this week
by Guy Y. Edwards Il Co., II. L. Pair
buying 40 acres OF the Carl Ehrok
plnce mile southwest OF Odell and
h. A. Baker buying 40 acres In the
Upper Valley. The former piece 10
half cleared and MIR. Parr will set it to
trees and clear the remainder this
year. lie also expects to build
house during the summer. Mr.. Baker
will also improve the upper valley
property.
j. W. Blossom has sold his 40 acre
place in the upper valley TO DIR. A.
&. Harvey, of Spokane. who will at
once improve the property.
Charles W. MelcheI, OF Chicago, has
bought 9Ia acres of land set to young
trees In the Oak Grove district from
B. +. Shoemaker. The price paid was
So, 600 and the deal was made through
". j. Baker u Co. Mr.. Meloher will
bring his family and locate here in
June. Before buying he bad visited
Yakima, Wenatchee, Medtord and
other fruit districts of the north
west. The Baker agency also reports
tho sale OF AZ acres OF raw land In the
upper valley from the Oregon Lum.
ber Co., TO Beal Bros.
f. W. Rockhold last week purchased
20 acres in the upper valley from
George Perkins. The tract 10 raw
land located about mile and half
south east of Parkdale and MIR. and
Mrs. Rockhold. who came here re
Gently from Riverside. CAL, will
move onto the place Immediately aud
clear the land expecting to put 1t In.
to apple orchard.