TIIE "SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. 3IAY 7. 1911. UPPER HOOD RIVER DISTRICT LURES Rivals Lower Valley in Apple and Strawberry Culture -College Graduates Among Those to Settle There in Last Few Years. r v .1 J 'J'? ' - - mm u-i " - ' 1 ' -r ;rf,';ri,;,J',tii.. v. . . tV t-..atiB---.w---- Lr 1 " "" " " rsg' n;, y 1-L-U- . m lr 1 ' T ' ,V i---- - ; '. ' . I I - ' rO - :v: t;..:r-. - - v ' La ', QV ""i ' " - 1 w- - Lt-ijuriMi lrv V;t'-v - '-tgL'- ik.i.j ha nrniM owner planned to fornih his neighbors with Ho never grew urea "'5 neighbors of his 0 fine hens, but when .w , ..h m.ttiritv he w&9 dis appointed with his returns. On the investlfration of an experienced v was found that 18 of the pullets were roosters. Moot of the new residents, however, are taking; advantage of the short Winter courses offered by ma agricultural Institutions ana coupling V. A BAn(fin IrnnivllilT. with that gained from practical experience, ara becoming successiui orcnarumva. HOOD RIVER. Or.. April t. Nestled between the Booth Hill ridges, separating It from the Lower Hood River Valley, and the foothllla surrounding the cone-shaped peak of old Mnunt Hood, with lt fertile soil watered by many sparkling streams fed by the giarlers of the mountain, tha Cpper Hood River Valley has woven a charm around tha hearts of Its In habitants and casts a spell over every traveler that enters Its portals. A half century ago the spot was ab solutely virginal, unmolested by any Jnuman being except when a wandering hunting party of Columbia River In dians Journeyed there to seek sport, chasing the abundant game In the shadowy vtstaa of its forests. The In dians never chose to make permanent villages In thla country: 'or wa easier to the lower river valleys, where fish were more plentiful, and supplied their dally needs, fresh In summer and dried for the winter's repast. When the pioneer white man came, however, searching for a new locality, where be might build his home and make a fortune, the well-watered and deep fertile soli attracted him. and many of the oldest homesteads of the Hood River districts are situated there. t'Irarlngs were made and gradually a settlement, known as Mt. Hood, came Into existence. But In those early days the fruit Industry had not been thought of and the early farmers spent their time and energy on diversified farm ing and stock raising. The returns from field and meadow land were good and te settlers were content and pros perous, aa Is evidenced by the many substantial country homee of the Mt. Hood region. A country store ' was built and a jostof(lce eslabllshed.. The people partook of the few luxuries and enjoyed the conveniences of the lyflcal rural community. Sett ion I'ndlstortx-d for r. Even after other sections of the State began to realise the wonderful possi bilities of utilizing the natural re sources of soil and climate for fruit culture, because of Its remoteness and Inaccessibility tha meadows and the grain fields of the upper region re mained undisturbed for the most part. However, within the past five years, after the Lower Hood River Valley was practically turned Into an enormous orchard, a few men. becoming better acquainted with and attracted by the nil. which haa the same characteristics of that of the lower region, have cleared about laOt acres of the Upper Valley and set them In commercial or chards. After being handicapped for many years by poor transportation facilities, the extension of the Mt. Hood Railroad to the new village of Parkdale and the opening of the water grade road along Neal Creek, within the past year, has stimulated the development which Is being pushed In all parts. In the past It was necessary -to make the long drag to the summit of Booth Hill, which was nearly 17 feet, and then drop down to about a 120-foot eleva tion, while now It Is possible to go In vn a modem road which scarvely shows a grade, or to go by rail to several stations In the heart of the section. Since the opening of the rail exten sion from Dee, where the big electri cally driven mill of the Oregon Lum ber Company is located In the gorge through which the Hood River breaks from tha upper to the lower country, to Parkdale. the latter , village at the terminus of the line has grown In a brief year to a hamlet, supporting a school, church, hotel, large general store, sawmill and warehouses. The local boosters, organised as the I'pper Hood River Progressive Asso ciation, hold frequent meetings and have done much toward pushing the work of development. The enthusias tic officers of the organization seem to have very good grounds for their asser tions that their section. In a few years, will be furnishing as many of tha apples, that have made Hood River a name familiar the world over, aa will be grown In the area between them and the Columbia, where the great bearing orchards of Hood River now sre. Blue Ribbons Cspturpd. For a number of years growers of the young orchards of the remote sec tion have been coming In and picking up some of the prizes at the local apple fair, and they are now bringing back blue ribbons from the State and Na tional exhibits. The proximity to the glaciers with the resultant cool nights lends a longer keeping quality to the fruit, which is particularly noticeable In the Kali vari. etlea which become Winter apples when grown In the upper" country. Graven stetns. from the London and Powers ranch In this section, won the first prise at the Portland show last Kali. This variety Is generally clear of the market and forgotten by Thanskglvlng time, but the Gravenatelns of the I'pper Hood River Valley were held and mar keted as late as February thla year. In other respects the fruit Is Identical with that which has made Hood River famous. , The great success with which Gravensteln growers have met with In the Upper Valley has caused consider able planting of that variety In the new section. No other district In the country can produce this fruit with such success and such profit. The Gravensteln bids fair to rival the Spitzenberg and Newton, which has made the great Hood River fame. This variety Is early and yields to the grower returna several months sooner than the winter varieties. The largest planting of this kind Is being made by the Boneboro Orchard Company, which la setting out 100 acres. Adjoining thla tract In an orchard of A. B. Billings. Gravensteln treea brought returns to their owner last year and the local Apple Growers' Union secured an f. o. b. price of $1.50 per box for them. Strawberries Are Cultivated. Of the 2000 acres now under culti vation about 30 per cent has been set to orchard. It Is estimated that thla section has 15.000 acres of land waiting to be developed, which shows the possibilities of the country when all the available land has been put In cultivation. Of course-the Hood River strawberry, thrives, and owing to the ease of irrigation, a surprisingly large proportion of the crop of the whole valley is now shipped from Parkdale. Nearly all of the young orchards con tain from one to ten acres of straw berries set between the tree rows, yielding a most acceptable Income dur ing the early stagea of the orchard. There Is probably no section any where In which the water for irriga tion, used on the hay and berries. Is to be had for less money. The first ditch was put In by a few of the pio neers about 15 years ago, and with the original stock subscription of II an Inch for 2000 Inches an assessment was not necessary until four years ago. Since thak time small charges have been made each year for water. There are now four other companies operating In the Upper Valley In the various sec tions formed by the three forks of the Hood River. While the other water users have not been quite so fortunate as the older settlers, the cheapness Is almost Incredible, and the cost of per petual water right is but fll per inch In tha sections where the problems were greater. It Is impossible to Tose eight of the clearing operations which the settlers are carrying on, some of them making quick work of the brush land, while othera are rooting out giant trees from land that can be bought for a less price because of the heavy clearing. Several small sawmills use the saw timber from the land, and the steady demands for cord wood enable the thrifty ranch ers to save all the timber. The hold ing of the lumber companies, which are being rapidly logged, also offer a fast Increasing area of land par tially cleared. Orchard Tract Being Platted. In addition to the many Individuals on small tracts, two large corpora tions have recently gone into the ex tensive development of orchards. One of the companies Is effectively using a large donkey engine in clearing logKcd-off lands on a large ecale and clearing orchard", which It Is selling la small tracts. This Is the only com pany which has ever attempted to sell orchards and care for them In the Hood River Valley. The other company Is planting several hundred acres to com mercial orchard, which It will hold and operate on a large scale. A, transformation la daily taking place In the valley. Mount Hood, ris ing to the south and overtopping the country like a sentinel, beholds a change In the contour of the landscape each morning. The Douglas fir and the sugar pine are falling before the ax. their lumber being transformed Into building material and their roots being torn from their deep fastenings In the soil to make place for the ap ple tree. The homesteader's hut has been abandoned, giving way to mod ern homes and bungalows, that grace the beauty of tha environment. One of the most unique features of the upper valley region la the differ ence In the characteristics of its In habitants. Among the original home steaders Is a small colony of French people. Their hospitality adds pleas ure to the visit of the passing trav eler. He can Imagine himself In the land of the Swiss chalet as he drinks the rich fresh milk offered by a neat hodteea or tastes the home vintage, alttlng In the ahadow of snow peak and listening to an Interesting story of the country told In an Oregon French pa01- Professional Wallers Are There. ' The Interest of the guest Is aroused when the host appears with an appe tizing product of culinary art and upon comment he remarks very mod estly and yet with, much prlda that ha Is a professional waiter. More than a dozen of the heads of these French umllles spend the Winters in the Coast cities, where their excellent aervice is well known to those who dine at the larger hotels. They garner in a har vest of tips to expend on the improve ment of their ranches on which "they work themselves during the Summer. Louis Nox. the first of the Frenchmen to settle in the region. Is thglr leader. He is very dignified personage and spends his Winters in Seattle, catering to the wants of the hungry. More than a score of young Eastern college men have recently built bunga low homes In tha region. Yale, Har vard, Cornell and other of the larger Institutions are represented. A few of them ore married, husband and wife are enthusiastic and happy, finding a greater charm In subduing the wilder ness than can be offered by the life of the city. Their social funotlons dur ing the past Winter have been a fea ture of Upper Valley life. One of the most successful events of the season waa the minstrel show given in their miniature theatrical hall over Park dale's chief store. Of the college graduates participat ing, Clarence MacQuffey. a Yale man. Is the son of the author of the pri mary schqol readers, as well known to older Americans as the famaua "Blue Back Speller." A number of this coterie are prominent socially In Eastern cir cles Everett Brown, formerly a mem ber of the famous New York "St. Nich olas Hockey Team." is now more stal wart than ever, enjoying a bachelor freedom on his ranch and becoming an adept horticulturist. Awkwardness Soon Overcome. Naturally these newcomers are at first awkward In thlr novel positions. Their blunders give rise to many arous ing Incidents, which they are fond of relating concerning each other. One of them, a correspondent to the Yale Alumni Bulletin, desired to become a poultry raiser. He secured an Incu bator and a number of eggs of thor oughbred ltock and was fortunate enough to get a fine hatch. The chicks STATUS OF ROMAN FAMILY Matrimony as an Instrument for Po litical Domination. i Professor Ferrero's "Women of tha Caesars" in the Century. If there are resemblances between the modern family and the Roman, there are also crucial differences. Al though the Roman was disposed to al low woman Judicial and economic In dependence, a refined culture, and that freedom without which It is impossible to enjoy life in dignified and noble fashion, he waa never ready to recog nise in the way modern civilization does more or less openly, as ultimate end and reason for marriage, either the personal happiness of the contracting partlea or their common personal moral development in the unifying of their characters and aspirations. The pur pose of marriage was, so to speak, ex terior to the pair. As untouched by any spark of the metaphysical spirit as he was unyielding at least In action to every suggestion of the philosophic; pre-oceupled only in enlarging and con solidating the state of which he was master, the Roman aristocrat never re garded matrimony and the family. Just aa he never regarded religion and law, as other than Instruments for politi cal domination, aa means for Increasing and establishing the power of every great family, and by family affiliations to strengthen the association of .the aristocracy, already bound together by political Interest. For this reason, although the Roman conceded many privileges and recog nized many rights among women, he never went sa far as to think that a woman of great family could aspire to the right of choosing her own husband. Custom, Indeed, much restricted the young man also, at least In a first mar riage. 'The choice rested with the fath ers, who were accustomed to affiance their sons early, indeed when mere boys. The' heads of two friendly fami lies would find themselves daily to gether In the struggle of the Forum and the Comitia. or In the deliberations of the Senate. Did the Idea occur to both that their children. If affianced then, at T or 8 years of age, might ce ment more closely the union of the two families, then straightway the matter was definitely .arranged. The little girl was brought up with the Idea that some day, as soon as might be, she should marry that boy. Just as for two centuries in the famous houses of Catholic countries many of the daugh ters were brought up In the expecta tion that one day theyhould take the veil, Every one held this Roman practice as reasonable, useful, equitable; to no one did th Idea occur that by It vio lence was done to the most Intimate sentiment of liberty and Independence that a human being can know. On the contrary, according to the . common Judgment, the well-governing of the state was being wisely provided for, and these alliances were destroying the seeds of discord that spontaneously germinate In aristocracy and little by little destroy it, like those plants sown by no man's hand, which thrive upon old walla and become their ruin. Marriage In Ancient Rome. the rrnr..,nr Ferrero's "Women of Caesars" In the Century. When Rome became the master state of the Mediterranean world, and espe cially during the last century of the republic woman, aside from a few slight limitations of form rather than of substance, had already acquired legal and economic Independence, the condition necessary for social and moral equality. As to marriage, the affianced pair could at that time choose between two different legal family regimes; marriage with manus, the older fornr, in which all the goods of the wife passed to the ownership of the husband, so that she could no long er possess anything In her own name; or marriage without manus. In which only the dower became the property of the husband, and the wife remained mistress of all her other belongings and all that she might acquire. 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