The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-08-29
.RANCHERS ENJOY
FOREST OUTING
HUGE CAMP SCENE OF BRILuANCY
Chaatauqua Made Permanent Woodland
Park Beautiful with Many Twinkling
Lights in Evening.

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In the tent city at Woodwork park
in the Upper Valley the Horticultural
Chautauqua held its first session Thurs
day afternoon with far larger crowd
than had been expected. The orchard
ist residents had come from every /,
quarter Of the valley and numbers had
lourneyed from other districts.
Woodworth park is at the very foot
Of the lava beds, that unique forma-
tiOns of hard, brittle lava, formed
when Mount Hood was in eruption.
Three large springs bubble from be-
meath the lava, and water was plenti-
full for the campers. q. D. Wood
worth, who has a permanent summer
camp here, has built a water system
covering the large level area beneath
the magnificent growth of frs and
cedars. The Middle Fork of the Hood
river flows rmusieally along on the
west side of the camp grounds and the
loomis and WoOdworth orchards bound
1t on the east.
Scores and scores of tents dotted the
level woodland, and all full of inhabi-
tants. The white canvas temporary
ZONES were grouped in large circle
around the stage, formed beneath an
arch made of two gigantic forest tees.
pine and a fir. A chugging little
gasoline engine drove small dynamo,
installed by the Electric Wiring 4
Supply CO., made electricity for the
footlights of the stage and for every |
tent.
The opening address was delivered
by Leslie Butler, president of the Hor-
ticultural Chautauqua Association. He
said in part:
81 think we should be very thankful
to be surrounded by so many of the
beauties of nature, situated as we are
in this delightful Hood River valley,
and this ideal spot for a chautauqua,
surrounded as we are by the most
beautiful range of mountains in the
world. And our valley produces the
best fruit on earth. Our people are
composed of a greater per cent of good
people than any place have ever been.
and have travelled from Alaska to
| Mexico and from Boston to Honolulu,
| Oregon to Florida there are none so
good-our climatic conditions, beautiful
scenery and fine type of people. Take
/ Oregon as a whole and | think it has
more resources than any other state of
the Union.
"a little array of statistics may not
be amiss Just here, to refresh the
Y memory of those of us who have been
Il here for the last II or is yesrs and tc
| inform those who have not had that
pleasure. Twelve years ago the first
bank was orened in Hood River, with
deposits of $36, 600 at the close of the
first year. Then the territory covered
included White Salmon and Mosier
as well as Hood River. Since that
time the aggregate deposits of the
three Hood River banks have reached
a sum as large as 81, 207, 900, and there
are two banks at White Salmon and
one at Mosier.
Twelve years ago we shipped just
two car loads of apples. In 1910 we
shipped Sl4 and this year we expect to
ship 200 cars. "
Mr.. Butler concluded his speech by
relating the fame that the community
holds in the eyes of people of other
parts of the world. because of its APP
pies and its delights as place to live.
The musical program rendered by
the valleys best talent Thursday night
was one of the best ever heard here.
Mrs. Charles ii. Heney, who while i'll,
concluded her part in the audience ard
charmed her hearers. The others
participating in the musical were Mrs.
p. S. Davidson, Mrs. Frank Deem,
Mrs. Wilmer Sieg. Mrs. Albert Sutton,
Miss Eva Brock, Clarence F. Gilbert.
j. Adrian Epping, Ralph Root, Otto
I. Wedemeyer, William Chandler, Cul-
yer K. 0sgood, John Boyer, Charles
Wuest and Hans Hoerlen.
Someone has said that, although
uut west the people work harder than
they do anywhere else in the country,
they cut loose, when they do play, :"
"All work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy" The three days of play in
dulged in Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day by the orchardists is an evidence
that they believe in the old adage.
Many of those present had never spent
vacation camping. They went into
ecstacies over the outing in the woods.
Yet the time spent in camp was not
all play. Only the evenings were de-
voted to amusements. With number
of the best of the Oregon Agricultural
College faculty present delivering lee
lures on topics of interest much valu-
able information was carried away,
stored in the craniums OF Il apple
growers, when they departed from
their lark. The gathering was big
social event. You have seen the coun-
try fairs of the east and middle west
and south. The farm srs, their and
| wives and sons and daughters all go.
They watch the races and view the
livestock and agricultural displays
!, perhaps lunch is spread on the grass OF
| the infield. But those events fail to
bring the participants in as close con-
tact as did the horticultural chautau-
qua, when in their camps side by side
they became as one big family. Little
children played around the grounds.
Men and women, whose gray and silver
locks told the tale of approaching old
age. were filled with the boyaney OF
/ youth as they lived again in the out OF
Il doors, beneath the blue sky and looked
i upon the wonders that the God of ma
ture has built.
H People were present from every
quarter of the valley and many visitors
H from other communities were at thC
chautuaqua. The greater number
camped in the big circle of tents fur
II nished by the committees and arranged
| in the grove around the stage. How
| ever, many families brought their owl
equipment with them. The permanen
| summer camp of G. D. Woodworth il
4 at the west end of the chautauqui
Il grounds. Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Bone
II Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. |. Sargent, G. A
McCurdy and family.W. L. Nichols an
family, A. |. Mason and, family an
II ]. A. Epping and family and the guest
II of each had their individual camps q
different places on the ground. Sue
II was the charm of the wooded moo
III there on by the Middle Fork that Nj