The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-08-16

| RNANNE WtLLAED,
July, 1857; and the midsummer mad.
ness Of the great boom prevailed in
southern California.
Three men stood on the top Of a low,
Hat hillaatl examined map.
"Same Rome suggested one Of
them.
"l,umes' said another, tioubtfully.
"ItwaSrit built in d day, You know
"Rome, ltaly, was not, said the first
speaker ''but Rome, California, shall
be-
Those who played the part Of Romu.
lus, int,s end Celer were the presi.
den IN president and treasurer Of
tlit ss Climate Land and Water
c8 Their names are not mate
II inyenicntly to distinguish
10 another We shall make
les, respectively genera
aEior. Gatce n decoram
country on the field o.
ishing her enemies and
y homer OF her flag, That
secure distinction and q
,e, A somewhat simpler
provide occasional drinks
ar the gentlemen OF the
pen is mightier than the
t had been citizen OF Los
month--he still sometimes
y said you when he
~ s.n
III tanel had two months longer
to ls o.s.sit, and intended to run for
the o..ite Of county supervisor at the
next o,eetion,
The general was . veritable old
timer lie had been living in Los
Angeles now nearly year
Nobody knew whence they came.
There they were; that's all. In this
matter they were no worse off Tor shall
we sAy no better) than many others at
that Aarle time and place, The gen
eral, for example, when he WINS intro.
duced to strangers had wayof saying
in loud voice; Yes, sir! My name is
Bangs, sir. And that was my name
before | came here" Then he would
look II, gressiyeiy around, and il hap
penc.. not infrequently that Of them
that lgarl him one or two would turn
a h-ti5 pssle and cast down their eyes.
Ali, whittier have they gone. those
Judges, eonimodores and generals who
for q hrilf time seemed to own the
town. Gah It be that they ore all in
Ol1lahoina9
The capital stock Of the Glorious Cli-
mate npany was five millions Of dol
lars, i. wi4ich sum four hundred and
fifty dullars had been subscribed and
pailia, ltNaas well known, however,
that The company was backed BY
royorsal English syndicate. In those
days, wi;sti q man desired to enter upon
any Y enterprise, such Us building
a raiieoal, constructing desp- water
harb3t, u founding q large manufac-
turing ceitrr. he would always take
csne lirt 70 secure the backing 81 some
pow4r i English syndicate. They were
alway powerful; obody ever heard Of
a weak enc.
Tie only other assets Of the Glorious
Climate company was 6 document; bear
ing tho signature Of Q degenerate scion
Of once iliustrious castilian house
an optasa On Q piece Of land favorahly
lacatel .sr = towu-site
Tae gaReral, for MI that the seams Of
his coat xcre shiny and his cuffs some
what fraycd, carried about with him,
neear thpiess. q secret talisman. lie
had q 'Iuil' with the railroad. The
in or;a1.iqn had come 10 him from
ttIe IL isic thet the California or Bust
raiirei} sprojeetedl was to pass direct
~ through the tract covered by their
option.
Believe in this railroad? Well, they
.new tic public did, anyhow--the
dear. trustful public that always be-
lieyes in things.
The colonel had been a newspaper |
man III Lls early days, and understood
the gentle art Of working the press
In surprisingly short time, everybody
IN southern California knew that great
things were in store for the new city
Of Rome--t there could be no doubt oft,
because the newspapers said 50.
On certain day in August the tract |
was to be thrown open to the public in
! grand auction. In the meantime
lew lots were disposed OF at private
'ale--principally to newspaper men, |
public officials Of high standing rail-
way magnates, famous writers and ac-
IDrs.
The major was to act as auctioneer.
He admitted to his partners that he
aal never sold lots In his life, his
yrcatcst efforts heretofore in the line
of misrepresentation having been linn
tied TO the trading of horses. 4
"The principle seems to be about the
same, however," he said. TASK five
times what it is worth, and then take
whatever is offered
He was q cool and easy speaker. The
,rowd, the music and the enthusiastic
,hecring Of the cappers moved him to
extraordinary effort. Many Of those
who came to scoff remained to buy.
No one was more astonished at
he result Of the sale than the conspira-
ors themselves. There was money
enough to transform the option into q
Iced, pay all the debts Of the company
handsome bank account,
md fill the pockets Of all three with