The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-12-26
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death rattle is IN the thruat OF poor.
mmahackiu brandon This desc.
lated little American village. high
mp IN the Adirondack. once tho
hvart Of busting activity. ia fast.
prcparing a. give up the ghost. thus
ending a five Yoar lrud with VII.
Ham Rockefeller one Of the worlds
richest men
The court OF appeals. At Albany,
handed down q doetHlan the other
daY In the case of William Rookie.
Teller. plaintiff. Va oliver tamura,
defendant sustaining the opinion OF
the supreme court that oliver Ia.
mora had thrice been guilty of set.
ting hla rheumatic feet upon few
Yards OF William Ruekofeiler'a A2.
GOO acres Of Adirondack property.
aud that said oliver Lnomra was,
therefore, liable 60 forfeit Go VIII.
lam Rockefeller the sum OF IS
cents. 9 cents for each offenao
ana pay the costs ~ the action.
No one In Albany paid much nt.
toutian Ia this apparently trivial &C.
ton What are rs cents ioat or
gained by William Rockefeller But
the decision caused a panic ia the
town of brandon Il spelled az ful
defeat Ia the minds OF those long
besioEcd people.
raE DESERTED VILLAGE.
On what used 60 be the main
street ~ brandon oliver I.amora.
n deercple veteran of the civil war,
who stood with hts regiment before
Richmond when Lee surrendered,
lives with hts family In q neglected
and weathcrhaaton house. stretch.
inF away ON every side aro the
hulka OF tho houses that once made
Brandon a prosperous aud pretty
village, To the south are the Do.
cayed remnants of the old Baptist
church The school house h rotten
AZ tta foundations. The Catholic
church looks AZ n Il would tumble
IN. Louis Robillard still runs the
brandon hotel and tavern. but hia
trade Ia small and be h debt The
depot - closed and boarded up
Seventeen persons. tho last VI tho
Inhabitants OF a haFfaased town,
continue 20 inhabit the half dozen
little cottages they purchased years
aso With their savings. or built with
their own hanan
nesoiation relgna
f.amofa Knows tho whole story.
aud this i the way he told Il 20 me.
THE VETERANS LAMENT.
I left tho army al Invalid aHd a
few years later the government
save me penslou Of tgl a month.
which ] atm receive. never having
been able 20 work | set up my
home here IN Brandon. tbla very
house that wa now occupy. This
became tho iiVvlleat numbering
town In the mountains We have
seen good aud happy times hers.
Seven years ako. In the midst OF
our prosperity. William Rockefeller
came into these parts and bought
property around hay Pond lie 81.
tended his holdings to our town llnc
and. before wn kncw Il. he had
bought out the lumber camp. Bust.
ness ceased That vas 4 hloN. for
many peapic lafl The tom.
One fniloN. Who aAid 10 waa n
LAWYER. came to me lie said Ar
Rockefeller dneant uant any people
living around here What wiil You
sell yoar property toFG@
4 said I wanf 90 live here.
but sill aril for ti60o he tool
an option fos three weeks when
he returned be aaid the price wua
TOO high | asked him % hid Tie
refused and then said You bad
better make = reasonable prirs or
we viii law yua out ! told him 90
90 ahead and | would give hlm the
fight of his life. then raised my
price 20 5000
ARRESTED FOR rREspAss.
sons day vent aoSn 70 the ~
Regis river for trout walked
along = trail witch had been an
open highway for 30 years until
Reekefeilwr bought the property
Rockefeller had armed guards pa.
trolling his place ona Of them
came up 60 me and ordered ms OF
I refused TO go ! vas arrested.
charged With trpsapaAsiaK Thre.
tinaea vent on this land and three
times I was arrested.
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