The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

sold for themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Hag-
gin and the lewis couple became at
the same time leaders In social San
Francisco. Even as a young man. how
ever, James wa. fonder OF observing
the JOY of others in the social amenities
of the time than in rapturous mtngling
in the round himself. His wife dis
pcnsed n wholesome hospitality and
formed a bright circle that even in the
late sos was notable for refinement in
Its gayetles.
Mining was OF course the obvious in
vestment OF the venturesome. The
early pioneers OF the pan went out into
the goldfelds and dug and ditched and
rocked and washed picturesqueiy in
person for the precious yellow dust and
random nuggets In the riverbeds. Soon
X became question OF wider. more
complex operations. Big business in
mining began. James and his partner,
little instructed as they were in geology
and innocent Of experience in extracting
precious metals from the earth, made
many shrewd investments.
They were never speculative in the
California sense, buying to-day to sell
| on roorback tomorrow. One might
| call II an instinct that directed their
buying OF claims and shares more
likely II was a strict application of
the laws Of evidence To the good faith
| ~ the representations and exhibits
made by those who offered TO sell The
workings we're far out. but the market
WAS In San Francisco. They soon
owned and controlled profitable min
ing properties and Systematically de-
veloped them. Thenceforth the Arm
combined mining with land deals.
II was the day NJ enormous trans
actions in lands. Titles to hundreds
Of thousands Of acres were transferred
with Some rcrklessnc"s VI is not un-
/ common in San Francisco to-day 10
hear the surviving old timers go over
tho unsavory side Of family histories
tn tell how q certain policeman in San
Rafael Is the son Of old So-and- so
who owned 100000 acres OF great land
in such and such n county and died
without cent. Many such stories
heard there. which means that many
wonderful bargains In great undcvel-
oped estates must have come within
the scope Of the alert who waited on
the letting 60 Of the wastrels. Pre-
posterous expenditures Of uneccustomed
D Nf0iNH HlfpdI'u a b'NnldI
James p. Haggin. in whatever way
ono cannot now tell. secured the owner
ship ~ a huge tract near Sacramento
with the Spanish title OF Rancho do
Paso--a trifle Of $1,000 acres, Of which
more anon. For the moment let us
say II revived the Kentucky love OF
horseflesh in James while we follow
him into another and larger deal In
Kern county. where the partners as
sumed title 10 100000 acres.
Here followed a situation that bear,
heavily on our proposition as TO tn,
benefits TO others of rhe onward marct
OF our mllionaires. Land was Target,
used then as cattle ranges. To be rict
in land only signifed II one were rici
in beef on the hoof For the rang,
owners tho rivers and streams to watel
their stock were prime necessity
, Miller & Lux. the largest cattle owners
, In the state. set their teeth against tn,
, diversions OF natural flowing water
, whether for mining or agricultural pur
. poses. They, in short, attacked tn
, fumes which were the early woodel
I canals in which water was conveye,
from the hills miles and miles to ari
valleys, where ranches were hopefull
. set up or where placer mining was II
practice. Miller & Lux owned 1904
acres and hundreds OF thousands Of cat
9 tie in eleven different counties.
= The lawyers OF the cat;lemen dug II
Z an old English law setting forth tina
Water should flow where 1t was accus
= toned to flow" and not where Tom. Die
= and Harry should divert 1t for their ow
= selfish use agains, the will Of Prov!
. dence-and the needs OF the cattlemen
:. As the ranchers were men of sma
d means and the cattlemen We're kings
d went badly with them until Haggin an