The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-10
Barrett District.

Barrett District.
Water meeting at Barrett school house,
Thursday evening, at O'Clock.
The Ministries have come and gone,
and judging from the expressions of the
little ones, it must have been immense.
Sickness prevented us from attending,
80 can only give hearsay testimony, but
it is evident that the band gave satsfac-
ton. While fair audience was in at
tendance considering the inclemency OF
the weather, yet had it been a pleasant
evening, the house would not have held
the crowd that would have turned out.
The band boys should have had pro-
grammes so that we could have distin-
guished one from another, as "All
coons look alike" to your correspondent.
Bat we are satisfied the boys did their
utmost to please the audience, and con-
sidering the difficulties that encom-
passed them, such as poor instruments,
etc., they are deserving OF much praise
for the progress they have made, and
too much credit cannot be given to their
leader, who by the way, is a Barrett
production. As we have often said,
great is Barrett. Come again, boys.
Thomas Bishop, ir., has been quite i'll
for the past two weeks, and it was feared
he had contracted smallpox, but we are
pleased to say that, not this time-some
other time, Mr.Smallpox may visit Tom.
Don't forget the water meeting at the
school house, Thursday evening. A large
meeting of the citizens of this district
was held at the school house, last We'd
nesday evening, to consider the PROPOSE
tion of supplying the West enders with
that, to be, much needed article, water.
There was much interest manifested and
some few were inclined to hurry matters
and jump at conclusions, but cooler
council prevailed and committee was
appointed to investigate the proposition
and to report at later meeting to he
called by the committee. We believe it
is the proper thing to withhold judg-
ment on a matter of this kind until the
has had ample time to thor
oughly investigate the feasibility of Sc
curing water and the best method for
the West end people to adopt, and also
to carefully ascertain the financial repu-
tation and business abilities and con-
nections of those who are trying to pro-
mote scheme of such vital Importance
to our people. If they find that these
parties have such financial standing and
connections as to assure the people that
they are able to furnish the money to
the deal then let the people
unite and do all they can to close the
matter and get the work started as soon
as possible. But do not make the mis-
take of hurrying the matter to your
future undoing. Let us carefully and
even prayerfully consider this proposi-
ton in all its phases before we commit
ourselves, to our future regret.
We met one of our prominent Barrett
ties the other day with his Jaw carefully
wrapped as if he had the toothache We
alphabetically inquired if he was on his
way to the dentist, but he made signs to
US that he wanted a surgeon, that he had
attempted to read the war news to the
crowd at the Rockford store on the cor
ner, but ran up against the names of
the Russian battleships, one OF which
was Dvienadzatopostolov, hence the re-
suit He said hereafter he intends to
let Brayford do his own reading, as good
men with strong jaws are scarce in his
neighborhood. His wife is lodge
member.
The sympathies of this community 90
out to Hon. NJ. ?. Isenberk in his uniu st
suspension. No supervisor in the de-
partment has been more able, more con-
scientious, or given more satisfaction
than Uncle Pete, and the affairs of his
office have always received the commen-
dation OF the inspectors, while the cat.
tie and sheep men of the district are
unitedly praising his methods. No citi.
zen stands higher in the estimation OF
his neighbors regardless of politics. We
feel that the Oregon delegation have
either been imposed upon or are making
a shameful record Of political practices
that would shame ward politician.
We believe full exposition of the situa.
tion If laid before President Roosevelt
would be productive of the retention in
the service of such an efficient officer.
Turn out and bring your neighbor to
viz "oNNA AAlONAlilE at DuiItbb SCHOOL
house on Thursday evening.
The roads-well, as your correspond.
ent has not been furnished with those
leather spectacles that you recommend.
ed, we have not been able to discover
any supervisor with beads of sweat on
his manly brow, rents in his trowsers or
blisters on his big brown hands, vigor-
ously making dirt, mud, and rocks TO
disappear and beautiful, hard roads to
take their place, as we are wont to read
about in the way back East, Hood River
literature, BY the way, the roads won't
need any work in the summer time.
Thomas Shere, Ike Nealeigh. S. A.
skinner and several others in this neigh.
borhood are going to put in windmills
or gasoline pumping plants and thus be.
come Independent of all irrigating
schemes. We believe that this is the
sensible solution of the water question.
and the more it is experimental on the
more 1t will be demonstrated that the
average farmer can make himself self.
dependent on the much mooted question
OF water. We firmly believe that with
less water and more and better cultjya.
ton the strawberry growers will find
their absolute need for so much water
vii! disappear like fog before a noon.
day sun.
We noticed J H. Shoemaker coming
IRON town the other day with 6x6 dry
goods box in his wagon, and thinking
perhaps it contained some new irrigat.
ing scheme, We investigated and found
that 1t contained Congregational preach
er food, a monster Plymouth rock roost.
er, Brother Shoemaker having deter
mined to go into fine bred poultTy, and