The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-29

packages of hundred thousand each,
Law the mystic million! The spec
tators were awed into silence for a
moment. Perhaps the thought of each
was identical-the long struggle, the
terrible hazards, the deaths that had
taken place because Of this enormous
sum of money.
A million, sometimes called cool,
why nobody knows! There it lay,
without feeling, without emotion; yell
low notes payable to bearer on de-
mand. Presently Florence gasped,
Norton sighed, and Hargreave smiled.
The face of Jones Tor Jedson) alone
remained impressive.
A million dollars is a marvellous
sight. Few people have ever seen it,
not even millionaires themselves.
dare say you never saw it, and I'm
tolerably certain that ] never have, or
will! A million, ready for eager,
careless fingers to spend or thrifty
fingers to multiply! What Correggio,
what Rubens, what Tition could stand
beside it? None that / wot OF.
"Florence, that is all yours, to do
with as you please, to spend when and
how you will. Share it with your hus-
band to be. He is a brave and gal
liant young man and is fortunate IN
finding young woman equally brave
and gallant. For the rest Of my days
/ I expect peace. Perhaps sometimes
Jones here and / will talk over the
strange things that have happened;
but we'll do that only when we haven't
YOU young folks TO talk to. After your
wedding journey you will return here.
While live this shall be your home;
III demand that much. Free! No
more looking over my shoulder when
/ walk the streets, no more testing
windows and doors. / am mysen
again. I take up the thread / laid
down eighteen years ago. Have no
fear. Neither Olga nor Braine will
ever return. Russia has grip OF
STEEL"
Three weeks later Servan, the Rus
sian agent, left for Russia with his
three charges - Olga, Braine and
vroon. It was a long journey
wechards Lands company, of Minnea-
ailis and was drilled by George Rowe.
ste well is 251 feet deep and the
weter is being pumped by 15-horse
Wwer Fairbanks Morse outfit from
repth Of 244 feet. There are several
b1er wells in this section, but this is
J. tne first strike Of any consequence
:, IND at depth which renders pumping
tactical.
Z o'The well was drilled by new pro-
W,ss which is employed by Mr.. Rowe
n i'd was located by the use of new
saientific instrument for calculating
/ lie pfobablj depth of water below the
iurface Of the ground. The Minnea-
II solis company is SO encouraged by
ne success Of this first well that they
E. ave entered into contract with Mr..
lowe for many other wells on their
" .oldingse which comprise $4,000 acres
is kr. Rowe returned from Montana on
st Monday, where he went to load anoth-
II complete drilling outfit which ne
ut will use in sinking wells for farmers
:" while his original outfit is operating
On the lands of the Orchards com.
e. pany. The new outfit is. expected te
arrive in Kennewick by the last OF
'p his week: t.,ssa RS.
The well just completed has beer
., eased to A. B. Farnsworth, and IL
Implying an abundance of water fol
zoo head of cattle and rs head o.
TO iorses. If the water supply in othel
III ,ells is as satisfactory as this one
~ company intends to bring a par
al ~ their lands under irrigation and t.
!! trry forward development along di
81 asrsified farming lines.
ne a In speaking of water possibilitie
Il Horse Heaven Mr.. Rowe espresso
he He knew. and he had learned MS LEI
!. son in one session too 1t is smal
bow that does as winthrop Paci
ard In Our Dumb Animals.