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A Few Years Ago j Special Bargains in Land
Orchards in the
HOOD RIVER VALLEY
Could have been purchased at from THREE TO
SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS per acre, which would
now sell readily on the market at from Fifteen
Hundred to Three Thousand Dollars
per acre. The same condition that existed at
Hood River a few years ago, exists at
Mosier View
Orchards
today.. The question is, will you be one of the
persons with judgment keen enough to take ad
vantage of this unusual opportunity? Investiga
tion costs you nothing.
Do It Now
17 Acres Uncleared; 1 mile from railroad station,
school and stores; all first class apple land; just
enough slope for perfect drainage. For one
month this can be bought for $125 an acre. It's
a snap.
10 Acres-In Oak Grove district; 9 acres in Spitzen
burgs and Newtowns, mostly 2 years old; 3 acres
strawberries between trees; 1 acre clover; 4-room
cottage, small barn and good well; most attrac
tive location. $7,000; easy terms.
176 Acre Tract-For subdividing. A money maker.
See us about it.
J. H. Heilbronner &
Company
RESULTS WILL
CITY FATHERS WANT IMPROVEMENT
New Streets, Sewers Mid Municipal Water
System Will Grate Our Modem
Little City.
X The Reliable Dealers
Hood River, Ore.
4-m-m li 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 n i n 1 1 1 i-i-M mm -h i-t-i -m-h h-h-:
Hood River Orchard Land Co.,
(Capital $500,000)
wlin & Fircbaugh
Sales Agents.
Hotel Oregon Bldg., 906-909 Yeon BUg.,
Hood River, Oregon Portland, Oregon
For Sale by Owner
200 acres, (50 acres cleared, 11 acres planted, balance
unimproved. Price cheap and easy terms.
J. P. Thomsen
. F. I). No. 1 box GO
Phone 2!)0 Odell
Land For Sale
-jjt 1 have about 1,000 acres of No. 1 Apple Land,
-5P most oi it under ditch at prices ranging trom $ uu $
per acre up. In tracts from ten acres up.
J. R. STEELE
Hood River - - - Oregon
ES
160 ACR
In good dairy country, to
exchange for Hood River
ranch. No incumbrance
and none wanted. $6,000.
Hood River District
Land Co.
Hood River,
Oregon
PEOPLE VOTE
TO BUY SYSTEM
GEO. W. DIMMICK
Phone 344-K
Office Phone
4S-L
H. II. HADLOCK
Phone 326-M
Dimmick & Hadlock
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Improved and Unimproved
ORCHARD LANDS
Office First Door West Mt.
Hood Hotel, Ground Floor
HOOD RIVF.R, OREGON
Don't Leave the Hood River District
Without Investigating
Natural advantage for fruit
growing unexcelled. Land
prices have doubled within the
last two years'but are not over half that' asked for similar, land inj other
sections. Buy now before the speculators add their profits.
Mosier Valley
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF MOSIER
MOSIER, OREGON.
Six Miles East of Hood River, Oregon
One-tenth Down Secures the Land
The opportunity for the man with little capital to become an orchard pro
prietor lies in CENTRAL VALE. Ten per cent down and the balance in in
stallments covering five years secures partly cleared orchard land in the HEART
OF HOOD RIVER VALLEY. Use your capital for improvement. Get more
particulars.
Ask C. R. BONE, Pres.,
or J. E. MONTGOMERY
Central Orchard Co.
Phone 161-M
Oak & 3rd Sts
Because of the fict that lie bids on
the excavation on all streets in the
firo limits in the city, the laying of
paving and construction of curbs,
gutters and storm sewers in the dis
trict were opened. '1 he Monday night
meeting of the city council was attend
ed by the largest number of citizens
that has been present in several weeks.
Rids were submitted by nine individ
uals or firms of contractors, who offer
ed to undertake the work at the fol-
owi"g figures: Scott & McDougal.
excavation $3,950, paving $20,t!40,
curbs and g'itters SiOPO.PO. total
$42,100.50; Wm. C. Fraser (bid on all
of the work or none), ecxavation
$3,705.00, paving $20,040.00, curb and
gutter-7,4:io, storm sewer -Jl.OOK,
total -$39,748; The W. C. A hired Co.,
excavation $3,225, paving $25,807.50,
curb -$8,320, storm sewer $1,870,
total-$39,222.50; Chus. Johnson &. Co.,
excavation $3,930, paving 24,975,
curb and gutter -7,227., no bid on sew
ers, total-$3G,152; Welton, Kibbo &
Cochran, bids on all or or none, exca
vation $3,750, paving $27,472.50,
curb and cutter $7,287.50. no bid
made on sewers, total -$38,510; Look
& Walker, excavation $3,575; John
G. Zolls, curb and gutter $8,320; K
I). Gould & Co., storm scwer-$l,831 ;
Kuaolph h. limine & Co., paving
$31,302. No action was taken on the
bids but thev wire referred to the
street committer for tabulation and a
report at the rest meeting of the
council.
The Fire and Water committee re
ported that no ordinance providing for
the construction of proper exits and
escapes on buildings of the city, has
been prepared by it. the suggestion
was made that since the city was per
haps not ready at present for an or
dinance so stringent as is made neces
sary in the larger cities, owners should
be given a two weeks' notice to make
the proper changes, where buildings
are in a dangerous state, and if then
they did not proceed Ito build .escapes
the council should pass an ordinance
with stringent provisions and penal
ties. The recorder was instructed to
notify all owners of buildings, in whie
fire escapes were needed, of the conn
cil's action.
A communication was submitted by
City Attorney Derby relative to the
assessment for the costs of the First
street storm sewers. He stated that
unless the cost was levied against the
owner of the abutting property, th
only way to handle it would befrom
thefgeneral fund or the establishing
oi a storm sewerlrund.
The Fire and water committee was
instructed to determine the physiea
condition of the water plant of the
Pacific Tower & Light Co., and adding
to the committee as many members
from other committees of the council
as will be necessary to carry out the
instructions. A resolution was also
adopted instructing Judge Derby to
proceed at once with the condemnation
proceedings against the water property.
Ordinance No. 314, providing that all
fees collected by the marshal and city
recorder shall be turned over to the
city treasurer, received final passage.
Urdinance No. 310, providing for an
issue of bonds for the sum of $070.87
to cover the cost of the supplemental
improvement of State street, was
finally passed. An ordinance, No. 317,
which provides for the laying "ofl con
crete sidewalks on State street, passed
its second reading. Oridnance No. 318
provides for the placing of rock
screenings on Columbia street. Or
dinances were passed for the construc
tion of sewers in three districts of the
city, the Columbia street district, the
large district in the main portion of
the Heights and in that part of the
Heights contiguous to the Catholic
church. The estimated cost of install
ing the sewers will be between $16,000
and $18,000. The bids will be called
for in the early part of the month of
August. -
FROFESSOR DISCOVERS
FARMERS' FRIEND
Specimens of the Chalcis fly, which
were discovered in the orchards of the
Valley last week by Prof. W. 11.
Lawrence, the expert employed by the
Hood Kiver Valley fellowship Associa
tion to make a study of the disease
conditions here and to work out meth
ods for the betterment of orchard con
ditions, is said by him to be one of the
best friends of the truitgrower. lhe
flies, which are among the smaller par
asitic insects, are beneficial in that
they feed upon the larvae of such
destructive pests as the cherry slug
and pear slug. Ihey have been known
also to attack such large inscets as the
caterpillar. The insects are usually
no longer than one one-hundredth oi
an inch, ine specimens discovered uy
Prof. Lawrence are about one two
hundredth of an inch in length. They
are nearly always black with a strong
metallic ireflection, although some
species are yellow. The larvae of the
Chalcis flies usually feed within their
victims but a few live attached exter
nally. The head is usually large. The
prothorax does not extend on each side
to the cup-like scale covering the base
of the forewing. The wings have no
closed cells. 1'rol. Lawrence says that
the specimens discovered by him in the
Valley are the first he has seen in
Oregon. The fly was discovered in
1903 at Puyallup, Wach., and sent to
the National Museum at Washington,
D. C, for identification.
The pest, the cherry ai d pear slug,
is a widely distributed one. The
larvae is the stage in the life history
of the insect that does all the injury
to plants. The slugs work upon the
upper surface of the leaves. They e'at
out the areas of tissue, leaving a part
of the ribs, veins and lower epidermis
of the leaf intact. Badly damaged
leaves soon die and "drop off. When
the slugs are abundant the trees are
soon defoliated. Throughout the range
of its distribution the pest feeds on
about thirty different kinds of plants.
Insure your automobile againef acci
dent.. See Hood Kiver Abstract Co.
The question of issuing bonds to the
extent of $12,500 cr so much thereof as
may be necessary, which was submit
ted to the freeholders of the city here
Suturday, was carried by a vote of 119
to 21.
As a result of this election the City
Council will at once begin condemna
tion proceedings against the water
system of the Pacific Power & Light
Company. By an agreement between
both parties the case will not be car
ried further than the Oregon Supreme
Court, and as soon as the valuation of
the water system is deterimined by
the jury the sale of a bond issue will
be advertised to cover the amount.
The result of the election is received
with joy by the majority of the local
itizens who have experienced the in
adequacy of the old water system and
who have been clamoring lor a munic
pal system, the first steps toward the
building of which were taken when the
eetion resulted favorably. On three
tTerent occasions the city has made
attempts to sell a $90,000 bond issue
for the purpose of installing a munici
pal plant. The Council feels assured
that the issue can be disposed of now
that the competing plant will be taken
over by the city.
TENT CITY
NEAR PARKDALE
The summer camp of the teachers'
nstitute in the Upper Hood Kiver
lley on the Woodworth park a mile
and a quarter south of Parkdale pre
sents the picture of a veritable tent
citv. Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrus, Prof,
M. K. Cadv. oi Walla w alla college,
Prof. C. A. Shull, Prof. H. Wetsfall
and J. J. Knapp have been at work
this week placing the 40 big family
tents and the commissary department.
Mr. knapp, who formerly uvea nere
was instrumental in securing the insti
tute for the Upper Valley locution.
lhe scenic spot was chosen in order
that the teachers might have oppor
tunities of making visits to the lavs
beds and of climbing the famous peak
of Mount Hood.
In addition to the teachers' institute
summer normal school will be con
ducted. Both will be under the gen
cral direction of Prof. Cady, North
Pacific Union Conference Kducation
Secretary. The sessions of boih will
begin next Tuesday and continue tor
period of six weeks. Teachers from
Oregon. Washington. Idaho ami Mon
tana will be in attendance.
UPPER VALLEY'S
BERRIES GOO
The strawberry season of the Upper
Valley is drawing to a clone. F.aeh
day the numerous Indians that have
been aiding in the picking of the fruit
are seen returning through tins city to
their reservation homes in Washington.
The crop has been of good y ield and
the berries have shown excellent qual
ity, liecauso of the good pi ices re
ceived this year, the returis have
been, indeed, gratifying to ti.e grow
ers. The Glacier force held a ri.al feast
Mondav night and showed their appre
ciation of the quality of a half crate of
berries by consuming the most or it.
All express their gratitude for the
repast, thanks to J. F. Thompson, who
so kindly presented the berries
J. C. Skinner, secretary ot the com
mercial Ulul), recently seni a craie
eaeh'of Hood Kiver berries aul cher
ries to his father at Hamilton, Ohio.
Despite the fact that the temperature
was ranging around the.hundred mark
in the Middle WeBt, he has received a
letter statine that the fruit reached its
destination in a perfect state of preservation.
GLENWOOD MAN
PERFECTS MONOPLANE
A number of parties of Hood Kiver
poeple, who have recently made trips
into ; the Camas Prairie country of
Klickitat county, Wash., report that
it is an interesting spectacle to watch
the construction by Prof. Peter Thro,
at Glenwood, Wash., of a large aero
plane. Prof. Thro, who has long been
u resident of Glenwood, has recently
returned from Portland, where he has
been engaged in the study of aeronau
tics. He has long been a devotee of
the subject and has spent many years
in an endeavor to perfect a flying ma
chine. Models of the enormuos flying
machine on which he is working have
proven decidely successful and he plans
to make his lirst night at ijienwooa
within the next four weeks. The
large 60 horse power engine, which
was ordered especially for the mono
plane, has been constructed by a New
York company and is expected to
arrive at White Salmon this week.
Prof. Thro, who, however, is enthu
siastic over his venture and discusses
it with great interest with all who
visit him, is of a retiring and modest
disposition and has chosen the quiet of
the interior of Klickitat county in
order to be away as much as possible
from the throng of curious spectators.
GOVERNMENT ROAD
SHOWS PROGRESS
ORCHARD LAND
MOVES FAST
MANY SALES FOR PAST WEEK
an Horn Disposes of targe Holdings
Great Activity Shown hi Smaller
Transactions.
Although the consideration in the
majority of the sales were not made
public, the aggregate ui the amounts
nvolved in real estate transactions
uring last week reached a larger sum
than for any one week this year. The
argest sale was that of liO icren of
land in the Willow Flat district by a
syndicate, composed of liurt. Vbii Horn,
Davis Bros., of New lork, and other.-!
to H. F. Davidson, of this city. It is
understood that the price paid by Mr.
Davidson will approximate $100, Oou.
One hundred acres of the tract are in
commercial orchard, 85 acres ot which
are in six and seven year old bearing
trees, and the rest is partially cleared
land, which the purchaser will herun
mmediately to develop.
Mr. Van Horn, who has owned ex
tensive properties in the Valley for 8
years and who has because of his posi
tion in the hast, been instrumental in
ocatmg many people here, pays that
ho will now retire from the develop
ment of orchard land mid make his
home permanently in New V'ork City.
He recently sold his large orchard
holdings in Niagai'a county, New York.
But still holds the property of the
Niagara Cold Storage plant. He ex
presses, however, a ftrong optimism
in me inuusiry anu evidences ms laun
in it by the investment of a large sum
in local orchard lands security. He
predicts that growers will receive
handsome returns from their crops
this season.
The large tract purchased by Mr.
DavHson was developed by C. K.
Bone. For the past several years it
has been under the supervision of T.
A. Decker.
The Central Orchards Co. cold lust
week forty acres of its tract in Central
Vale, 10 acres each to the following
parties: Geo. A. Gedrim and W. J.
Gower, of Victoria, B. G. ; William
rernyhough, of Seattle; and Dr. K. D.
Alexander, of St. Louis. Dr. Alex
ander recently purchased 22 acres of
the same tract.
1 he real estate linn of G. Y. Fd
wards rCo. which made the sales of
the Central Orchards Co. to first three
of the above mimed parties, hImo
reports the sale of 10 mus by I.. A.
Copeland on the V, si Side to W. J.
Earl. The consiih ' utinii f Hie latter
transaction was $i:'..("HI.
The second large: I u dividual sale of
the week was cMiiaiimmuttd, when
Charles G. Carpenter, a manufacturer
of Cincinnati bought from V. L How
ard a tract embracing 10 u"s of bear
ing orchard consi-.lrml .in. out; the
finest in the Valley. The s.ile was
made thr ugh the agency of the Hood
River Distiict Land Co. and 111' con
sideration whs $.'10,1)00. The tract is
a part of Beulah Land, the fi rmer
home place of K. L. Smith, one of the
earliest settlers of the Valley, who
used every effort for the development
of the community.
forty eight aeres in the willow Mat
region have been purchased from Job
Sheppard by A. C. J. Fundi, a prom
inent attorney with office connections
in New York and Washington. Mr.
Farrell is associated in New York with
furtner Chief Justice ('has. Truax and
in Washington with the firm of Mad-
ox & Mohun. Mr. parrel! has also
experienced a career in newspaper
work. He was interested tor a num
ber of years in a string of papers in
the Dakotas and Inter was connected
with New York dailies, lie is attor
ney for a number of the different In
dian tribes of the western reservations,
among them the tilackfoot and the
Crow Indians, and has made many
journeys on loot and horschaeK
throughout the Northwest, "in my
wanderings I have had aehanee to sea
the communities that I have visited
from all sides," he says, "and I mufit
say that I have never seen a place that
I liked more lor a home location than
Hood Kiver. I have been touring the
Northwest with a site for home in
view. By a process oi elimination i
have selected this Valley."
The land purchased by Mr. I arret!
is partly set in trees and partly raw
and. He wll begin the development
of it at once and will erect a home and
bring his family here.
W. J. Baker & Co. report two sales
for the week. A ten acre tract of F.
H. Morlan was sold to W. F. King.
The consideration in the transaction
was $1.'1,000. The premises will be
occupied by Mrs. Anna Sawyer, who
recently arrived here from Maine.
The five acre tract of J. K, Mowers
was purchased by W. V. Chambers, of
Peoria, III. Mr. Chambers was in the
Valley last week. He was so pleased
with the community that he made tie
purchase for a home location and will
bring his family here. The price paid
for the land was $3,000.
In addition to the Howard-Carpenter
sale last week, the Hood Kiver Dis
trict Land Co., sold several houses ainl
lots for Mrsi Hartley to W. C. Adainfi.
Mrs. Hartley took in exchange for tl.o
property 10 acres of orchard land in
the Barrett district. The firm also
sold 3 acres belonging to Percy T.
Shelley to! the Odell School district.
The land will be used for a play
ground.
T. H. Sherrard, National Forest
Supervisor, who visited this city last
week, is enUmmastic over the pros
pects of the government road around
the base of Mount Hood. In a recent
commumcaf jon to Leslie Hutier, lie
says :
lhe preliminary location, so tar as
it could be done by hand level work,
was completed a week ago and the
transit crew is now getting the pro
files.
"The results of the preliminary loca
tion were even more encouraging than
we expected, for it was found that the
roal can be put through or a grade
not to exceed 5 per cent at any point,
with many stretches practically level.
"There are several bridges to be
built on this side of the Summit, but
no difficulties were found. In fact we
know definitely now from the prelim
nary location that the route offers a
remarkable opportunity for a scenic
road across the mountains.
"From the conditions found this
spring when the snow is n month Inter
in going olt than rormal, we believe
that the road will be open seven
months in the year.
"We figure with the $10,000 appro
priated by Congress for use this sum
mer, we can make the survey of the
road, pu. the trail through the 1.1 miles
and build the road on this sidu of the
mountains to the Summit exclusive of
the bridges.
"In renlv to vour question thoie
will bo about three miles of new road
necessary trom the boundary of t'.o
National Forest to the proper junction
of the new road with the old road to
Lost Lake, at the Bridge across the
West Fork of Hood Kiver. Estimating
roughly, a good dirt road can be built
here for about $1000 per mile.
Very truly yours,
T. II. Sherrard,
Forest Supervisor.
Kilblr Stamps at the Glacier ollice.
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