Arizona republican., 1901-12-11
ADVANCEMENT OF THE LOBSTER
MT. Barrett Engaged in Elevating
 Marine Life.

MT. William J. Barrett of the Pacific coast is in town- Mir. Barrett is return ing from New York, where he went more than a month age to witness the trial of the submarine boat Fulton, which was very successful and of which the world has already heard. Every American felt a patriotic interest in that trial, but MT. BaTett's interest was more than patriotic; it was per sonaL Submarine boats are made for the, purposes of war, but to Mir. Bar rett alone of all the people of the United States it occurred that they may be successfully applied to the arts of peace.
 Everybody knows Billy Barrett. though many may not remember him in the alias of William J. Barrett, which sounds distant and formal neither of which he is. He is also popularly known as '.the jolly glad-hander,' on account of his cordial manner. Nor is it all manner, but rather nature. He is always trying to do something for somebody and in consequence his friends are trying to do something for him. The efforts of a Seattle friend in this direction were eminently sue cessful and MT. Barrett is now on the way to wealth by a hitherto untrav- eled route. He is pursuing his way along the broad avenue alone and un- disturbed by competition.
 Some time ago, when the people of Seattle were confidentiaIly telling the word that that city was destined to shortly become the metropolis of the coast a real estate friend let him in on the ground floor. He sold him a few lots in the sound country: they were not exactly in Seattle, but they would shortly be within its expanding linn its.
 Last summer in the dull season MT. Barrett went to see his real estate. He had been engaged in booming Seattle and telling his friends that it was the coming town and he advised them to get in On his arrival at Seattle he met with some difficulty in locating his po- sessions. With the help of a surveyor he ascertained that they were a mile out in the Sound That discovery would have been depressing to- a less elastic soul than MT. Barrett, and even he for a time was at a loss to know to what use he could put his property But he was buoyed up by his beautiful relig- ious faith. He Knew that God makes everything for some useful purpose It only devolved on MT. Barrett to find out what God intended that Sound real es-  and conjecture: in the morning it was all clear to him; he thought it was strange that he hadn't thought of it without divine direction. He decided to establish a lobster farm He would also set out an abalone orchard and d shrimp vineyard and between seasons would cultivate catfish.
 There have been Holsters and catfish and shrimps ever since there were men, but man has never made any attempt to improve them. Horses. cattle and even dogs have been brought to a high degree of excellence. but the lobster has made no advance whatever Mr. Barrett saw spread before him great and untrodden field for the improve ment of the lobster. Only those who live near the habitat of the lobster know that when he emerges from the water he is an unsightly green. The lobster of commerce is given his beau tiful carmine hue by boiling. a painful process. MT. Barrett determined to raise red lobsters. He furthermore de- vised plan by which Holsters would