The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-10-14
GOULD'S HOMEWOOD
PLACE ATTRACTIVE

20 acres has proven a failure. Not 50
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. Z. Gould, who
own and till one of the best kept Il
acre places in the Hood River valley.
And this is so despite the fact that
they were formerly farmers of sec.
tiOn OF wheat land in Grand Forks
county. North Dakota.
MIR. and Mrs. Gould are partners,
working partners. Mrs. Gould does
not merely assist her husband with
well meant and beneficial advice, but
she works side by side with him. Ii is
apple harvest now, and she has been
spending portions Of everyday helping
her husband harvest the apple crop.
I'VE try to get along without hiring
any help" says Mrs. Gould. "and
think we will be able to do so this sea-
son. We will have about 900 boxes of
apples"
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould's crop, because
of their personal care, will run about
rs per cent extra fancy, five per cent
e grade and the rest fancy, while the
average northwestern crop will be but
25 per cent extra fancy, 40 per cent
fancy and 35 per cent c grade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould are the best of
Orchardists, but they are more than
that, and in this one may find the
secret of their success. Their little
ranch is complete in every respect. A
dozen fine hogs may be seen grazing in
clover patch. A cOntented COW,
chewing her cud beneath the shade of
an enormous pine tree shows the source
of their milk and butter. They have
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gardens produce surplus to be dis
tributed among neighbOrs. They prac-
tice intensive diversified farming.
All of this II acre ranch is not in ap
pie trees, vegetable gardens or corn.
An acre at least lies on a steepscanyon
side, a portion of the gorge of the
Hood river. This very feature, how
ever, caused the present owners to
buy. Toward the head of a small
gorge entering the larger canyon was
big spring. The waters of the spring
piped down to a Pelton wheel furnish
light and power for the ranch. The
wheel is controlled from the house, 100
feet away. When one wants light
little chain is pulled, the valve of the
power system is opened and the Mazda
bulbs become brilliant. Mr.. Gould is
not worried over power companies
schedule of rates. He has electric
lights in his barn and over his grounds.
When the nights have become long he
even milks the family COW by the light
of electricity.
The spring, too. furnishes water for
the house. The cold mountain stream
IS piped to both house and barn.
At one corner of his place Mr.. Gould
has dug 50x20 foot swimming pool.
1--WE built it for our own children,
says MIR. Gould, "but it has become
a popular place with all the neighbor-
hood during the summer months.
Scores of children and many adults
have gathered there on one afternoon.
The water runs constantly through the
pool.
The most unique feature of the Gould
country place is the home. 1t is unique
in construction and was built in rather
an unusual manner. Except for the
fire place and some of the plumbing,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould and a hired man
did all the work themselves. The
house is constructed of veneered logs,
set upright, for the first stery, and
shingles for the second. The logs. Sc
cured from small fir trees, are all the
same size. ut was necessary to search
over 200 acres of timberand to get
these" says Mrs. Gould.
A summer dining room sets back
overhanging the. river gorge. One gets
glimpses of the dashing, silverY waters
themselves, and far out over the gorge
in orderly array are the. orchards of
the West Side.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould removed from
their Dakota grain farm.to Portland IA
years ago. They removed to Hood
River seven years ago.
''The city is no place for childen,
says Mrs. Gould, the mother of FIVE.
I'm town they learn the superficial
things of life. They soon feel too
much the need of artificial entertain
ment. In the country they become i'm
bued with the real things of life"
Last winter Curtis, the Is year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gould, expressed a
desire to go to the Panama Pacific ex-
position. His parents did not refuse
him, but told him that the money for
the trip must first be earned. The lad
began on the first tide of strawberry
harvest and by the time-all the berries
were picked he had made enough
money for the expenses of the trip. He
visited the fair alone in July.
While pine trees once covered great |
portion of the apple district of the
W est Side of the Hood River valley, |
they have given way to lumbermen or
to make a place for fruit tree. 1--WE
have saved as many of our trees as
possible" says Mrs. Gould. 'and
think many now regret cutting down
those great monsters. Some of the
finest pines left in the valley rear
themselves above the Gould home.
And if one is in search for a recipe for
happy, contented living, he or she
should visit Homewood, and see the
Goulds on a late afternoon, the days
work done, looking proudly from be-
meath their giant pines at the activities
of their little estate.