HOOD RIVER, a city of northern Oregon, U.S.A., on the Columbia river, at the mouth of Hood river; the county seat of Hood River county. It is on the Columbia River highway, and is served by the Mount Hood and the Union Pacific railways. The pop. in 1930, by U.S. census, was 2,757. The city has a marvel lously beautiful location, on the south bank of the river, with Mount Hood 26m. away to the south-west and Mount Adams north. It is a shipping point for lumber and for the famous apples and other fruit grown in the valley; and has saw-mills, cider factories, vinegar works and other industries. The city was settled about 1882, and was incorporated in