Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-09-29

suit that outitters IN dozen line
were awaiting them when they arrived
IN Seattle Without loss OF time Boy,
Installed himself and his friends at
hotel. secured competent and clos.
mouthed stenographer. and then sough
out the banker with whom he haC
made a tentative agreement before 20
ing TO Chicago. Mr.. billiard greeted
him cordially.
Il see you have carried OUT your
part Of the program" said he. but be
fore we definitely commit ourselves we
/ should like 70 know what effect this
I new trust Is going TO have on the
I canning business"
You mean the y. \. r. A?"
Precisely. our Chicago correspond
/ ent can't tell US any more than we
1 have learned from the press-namely
| that a combination has been formed
We are naturally somewhat cautious
about financing a competitive plant
until we know what policy the trust
will pursue"
Here was exactly the complication
Boyd had feared; therefore it was with
some trepidation that he argued:
'The trust Is In business for the mon
ey, and its very formation ought TO be
conclusive evidence Of your good judy
ment. However, you have backed so
many plants such as mine that you
know as well as ! do the big profits
TO be taken"
THAT isn't the point. Ordinarily we
would not waver an instant. but the
Wayland-Mar outfit is apt TO upset
conditions. If we only knew
II know, boldly declared Boyd.
"Mr. Wayland outlined his policy to
me before the public knew anything
about the trust"
Indeed? Are you acquainted with
Wayne Wayland?" asked Mr.. billiard.
with new light Of curiosity in his
eyes.
IL know him WE'LL
'Ah, l congratulate you. Perhaps
this is-er-Wayland money behind
you?'
That | am not at liberty to discuss"
the younger man replied evasively. II
have taken steps TO sell my seasons
output I'm advance. The commission
men will be In town shortly. and
shall contract for the entire catch at a
stipulated price Is that satisfactory"
Entirely So" declared Mr.. billiard
heartily. go ahead and order your
machinery and supplies By the way.
what do you know about the mineral
possibilities OF the region back of Kali
vik?"
Not much: the country is new.
There is a-woman at Kalvik who has
some men out prospecting"
Cherry Malotte?"
do you know her?" asked Boyd
with astonishment.
Very well indeed" Then. noting
Boyd's eviden: curiosity. he went on.
you see. I have made number Of
mining investments In the north. My
operations have turned out so well that
country which Emerson and his CON-
panions had to traverse was particu-
larry perilous owing to the fact that
their course led them over the back
bone OF the great Alaskan range, that
desolate. skyscraping rampant which
interposes itself between the hate of
the arctic seas and the tossing wilder
ness of the north Pacific.
A week OF hard travel found the
party camped In the last fringe Of
cottonwood that fronted the glacial
slopes. their number augmented now
by native from a Russian village
with an unpronounceable name, who,
at the price of an extortionate bride.
had agreed to pilot them through. For
three days they lay idle. the taut walls
or their tent drumming to an inces-
SAINT fusillade of fee particles that
whlrled down ahead Of the blast, while
Emerson fumed to be gone.
The fourth morning broke still and
quiet. but after careful scrutiny of
the peaks the Indian shook his head
and spoke to Bait. who nodded In
agreement.
whats the matter?" growled EN-
erson. why don't we get under way"
but the Otner replle0.
mot today. Them tips are smok.
ing. seer He indicated certain gauzy
streamers that fioated like vapor from
the highest pinnacles. That's snow,
dry snow. and 1t shows that the wind
is blowing up there. We dassent tackle
It,"
do you mean we must lie here walt
ing for an absolutely calm dayT
Exactly"
why. 1t may be week.
1T may be two Of them; then. again.
1t may be all right tomorrow"
Nonsense! That breeze won't hurt
anybody"
"Breeze!" Bait laughed Its more
like tornado up yonder. No; we've
just got to take 1t easy till the right
moment comes and then make dash.
It's thirty miles to the nearest stick
of timber. and once You get into the
puss you can't stop till you're through"
The next dawn showed the mountain
peaks limned like clean cut ivory
against the steel blue sky. and as they
crepr up through the def1les the air
was so motionless that the smoke of
their pipes hung about their heads
while the creak OF their soles upon
the dry SNrfoea of tho sunu rouoos