The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-04-13
EAST SIDERS
WANT WATER
TALK ABOUT BUILDING A DITCH
Object to Contracts offered Them
Farmers VIII Meet Again FRIDAY
Night.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Willow Flat, East Hood River, April
, last Saturday night meeting
4 VI tne water consumers was held nj
5 the Fne Grove school house. Ways
4 ahu means to secure water at a rea-
sonaole price was discussed. but the
opIhlon OF the men assembled ves
: that they should do without wafer
father than sign the contracts offered
them, A committee consisting of /
=. Carter, Samuel Campbell and d 7.
davidson was appointed to confer with
Mr.. Bone, the manager of the irriga.
tlon company, and report at n mast.
ing to be held next Friday night
Among other things discussed was
a pohaihg proposition, to build new
altch above the old one now owned by
the East Fork company. Conserya.
1--WE men estimated that there is 10 Geo
acres OF tillable irrigable land now
under the East Fork bitches. EThis
amount of land would he bonded for
Slo an acre for water rights, the water
ilehls TO ne perpetual and part and
parcel OF the land. A canal large
enough to carry $500 inches of water
could be built for $500 to S9CC0 Nor
mile. In this manner the princinal
ol municipal ownership of public
utilities could be brought into opera.
ton, thereby giving the farmers CON
trol OF their own water
Arrangements could be made with
the United States government tn
pace It's unoccupied land below the
altch on simil basis, the same as
II oalhg doneyn other portions of the
northwest, where private capital is be
ing invested in irrigating canals for
,he purpose of reclaiming otherwise
waste and barren land.
Along this line it would be well for
ne water consumers of the East Side
u the valley to investigate the plans of
me Twin Falls Co, in Idaho or tba
5lg Horn Development Co, in Wyo-
ming,
Let every water consumer ON the
1sst SIDE come out next Friday
IiBht, April IA at 80 sharp The
Meeting will be held in the Pine Grove
chool house The chairman desires to
that the meeting will be-
alled TO order promptly ON time.
MIR. Garbade of Portland speut a
" ''S ~ i''7N NVOh VII MS Tdlcn look
lg after the extending of his improve
llehts Two years ago his ranch was
II Wild land. At tho present time
bout three-fourths Of it is cleared
nd under cultivation. and of this
mount nearly 25 acres are set to gn-
es, consisting mostly of Spitzenberps
nd Yellow Newtowns. That Mr.. Gar
ide has faith in the future of the
lat is evidenced by the way he is
icklng up his Investment with up.to-
ate machinery and appliances to en-
1le him to accomplish the best re-
Hts along horticultural lines.
The Hood River Orchard Co, are
hiding very neat tbree-room cot
ge on their property at the top of
Q Straight hill. The house. whom
mpIeted, will be occupied by A. ].
lco who has heon foreman for them
nee their oragn2ation last summer
eVlous to that time Mr.. Price was
neral foreman FOR G. r. Bone in
injection with his landed and irriga-
IN interests.
BY the time this gots into print tree
ting viii be in full blast. The Lost
Ike Lumber Co. the Hood River Or
ard Go, and Mrs. j. L. Atkinson
Il all have crews at work planting
'es.