The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-07-06

MOBILES are aValiaole, ana complete
livery service may be had on call.
Saddle horses may be secured for those
enjoying this recreation. The Eyrie
table is set from its own garden patch.
es and milk and cream from Mr.. Reck.
ers' private dairy.
In the Hood River valley, probably
because the residents have been toe
busy growing apples, but a single sum.
mer resort, the Cottage Farm of Mrs.
Alma Howe, has been in continuous
existence during the past 10 years.
The Wau Guin Guin hotel, on the bluffs
of the Columbia at the head of a
beautiful water falls of that name,
was formerly operated by Robert
Rand, who. however, retired from the
hotel business four years ago. He
continues to make the place his home,
and attracts the attention Of all motor.
lists over the Columbia River highway
with his uniquely laid out old fashioned
flower gardens.
Cottage Farm 10 in the midst Of the
West Side orchards, a mile from the
city on the Belmont road. The main
building Of the resort is surrounded by
fruit trees and Towering shrubs, and
apple, peach and other fruit trees grow
around the tent cottages Mrs. Howe
has found it necessary to erect to &C.
commodate her increasing guest list.
Virgin fir and pine trees grow in the
ample backyard. While her neighb0rs
were uprooting all trees. Mrs. Howe
stood alone an exponent Of conserva.
tion on small scale.
Mrs. Howe. formerly trained nurse
in Portland, purchased the tract on
which she now operates her summer
resort in pioneer days. The place was
opened primarily, on small scale, for
the accommodation of patients needing
rest in the region of scenic and pas
toral appeal. For decade her guests
from Portland. and all of her guests
have become her close personal friends,
have been gradually increasing.
Thomas W. Lawson has made several
pilgrimaes to the Hood River valley,
seeking the seclusion and quiet of the
| Cottage Farm. Henrietta, a pure
blood, enormous Berkshire SOW, pre-.
sented to Mrs. Howe by the noted Bos-
tonian and writer of "Frenzied FL
nance" changed her residence from
the Prineville stock farm Of MIR. Law
son to Cottage Farm, and now she and
her children in clean, we'll kept sites,
form an attraction for the many chill
dren who spend the summers at the
orchard resort.
Mrs. F. C. House, another West Side
resident. whose place is on Avalon
Way, lite more than a mile from the
city, has begun to keep summer board
ers. Accommodations have been pro-
vided for limited number of guests
at "Homewood, an attractive place
in the Odell community.
When the orchard boom was at its
height a young Yale graduate, Homer
A. Rogers, attracted by the scenery of
Mount Hood, purchased place at the
summit of China Hill in the very
southern end of the Upper Hood River
Valley. Mr.. Rogers spent a portion of
five years in the Swiss Alps. He has
climbed all the principal peaks of the
Alps. Mountaineering has become his
life study. Mr.. Rogers made poor
orchardist. He admits it. and thr ee
years ago he conceived the idea of
turning his home into lodge, where
the man or woman seeking thrills of
the wonderful sights of the Cascades
might come and be entertained. The
visitor to Mount Hood Lodge, as Mr..
Rogers has named his place, may spend
an entire summer visiting surrounding
points of interest and still not have
seen them all.
From the porches and lo0kouts at
Mount Hood Lodge one can glimpse, In
addition to Mount Hood, which looms
at his very back. three other North
western snow peaks, Adams, Rainier
and st. Helens. MIR. Rogers has added
to his attractions the sport of horse
bsck riding. Not gallop over smooth
country roads, yet good roads are
available in the floor of the Upper Val
ley orchard district, if this is desired.
The lodge boniface, philosopher and
guide takes his patrons on the most al
Turing trails through the government
national forest, at the edges Of thou.
sand feet chasms. over brawling noun
tain torrents, to the feet of glaciers.
the birthplaces of Northwestern rivers,
and even over the snowfelds of old
Mount Hood.
Cloud Cap Inn heretofore has been
the only point to which the visitor ap-
preaching the snow peak of Hood from
the north side could travel to nfid hotel
accommodations. 1t will continue to
draw its patrons because of its vantage
point at the very snowline, but it has
| its drawbacks, since it can be operated
only from July until September. Snow
fills the roads till July and by Septem.
ber mountain storms are imminent.
Still, some of the best times for ascent
of Mount Hood come in September,
after the first rains and the smoky
haze has cleared from the atmosphere.
MIR. Rogers has discovered new
passage to the top of Hood, by way OF
Rocky Butte. His lodge is open at all
seasons of the year. Indeed, from
Mount Hood Lodge parties from Port.
land set out to enjoy the thrill Of
coasting and skiing on the vast snow
fields in wintertime. Because of its
being the hub Of q Diversity of noun
tain scenery, giving opportunity to the
man or woman of almost any tempera-
ment. TO crafty his desires, whether il
be the more strenuous rides through
the dense forests and over the rough
trails or simply to enjoy a rest in the
rural district. Mount Hood Lodge is
winning great popularity.
Hood River county authorities. aided
by the citizens Of city and orchard dis
trict, are promoting the construction
of new highway to the snowline al
Cooper's spur. When this route, elm.
mating the old, steep toll road to Cloud
Cap Inn, has, been completed, 1t may
safely be predicted that a new and i'm
posing mountain hotel will arise or
Hoods side.
4 Hood River folk and. government for.
estry officials are also working TOWARD
the end that an automobile road may
be built to Lost Lake. Scenes here,
according to W. T. Andrews, logging
engineer of the forestry department ir
Portland, are not surpassed in splendol