The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28

| great foundation scoringa In the
buitrersing shoulders or Jack :
Mountain and Chigringo grew deep
- and wider under the churninE
Of III. alrdrllls. the crsnhinrh OF
the dynamite. and the rattle and
chuE Of the steam HhoNclu.
II was after the huge task OF
foundation diggIng vas well under
way that the Young chief Of con
struetion had his first foroible re-
hinder OF the continued eristenee
OF Mr. !. Wesley Cortwright.
II came IN tho form Of com
municstion from Washington and II
called halt upon the up'riYer
/ project In accordance with ita
settled policy. the Reclamation Set
vice. In the Niduoia, as elsewhere,
would do nothing TO discourage tn,
investment Of private capital. \
company had been formed To take
over the power production and TO
+ establish q plant for the manuIac.
turo Of cement. and brouillard was
i instructed 90 govern himself ac'
oordlngly. The relations between
/ II and IN. government, field.riaff
on the ground were 20 be- entirely
/ friendly.
"Ira a graft-s pull.down with a
/ profit In Il for some bunch OF
money leeches little higher up"
vas the young chiefs angry com
mcnt when he had given OrisloS
Z the letter 10 read. Without know
Z inR any more of the details than
that letter gives. I'd be willing 70
bet months pay that this 10 the
fine Italian hand Of MIR J. Wesley
cortwright'"
Grinlo~ shrugged and turned the
/ conversation To n matter nearer
home 4 man had been Killed In a
drunken camp brAwl the night be
{ fore.
They are a fearful lot OF dubs
GriKEy." iirouiliard said. meaning
I tho lAhorert the worst we've
ever drawn. and that IL saving a
good deal And cant keep liquor
out ~ the camp 20 save my soul
not n I should sit up nights to
invent new regulations. The NaVs'
Jos are the best 81 the bunch and
we've managed to keep the fire
I from spreading oytr on their eide
OF the Niquoia. thus far Hut " th"
whisky ever g.is hold IN the
( tepe.s, well have orders 10 shoot
Z Chief NloaEee's people back 10
their reservation In a holy minute
And there IL the order for II, de.
I clarcd the chief morotely. indicat
F ing The letter from Washington.
I That means more human scum
a new fown-an element that ws
Z can neither chase out nor control.
4 know said III. photographer
slowly You've been having 10.
ancc uith Steve MaEsingale. Lesh.
/ ingion told me about a."
What did he tell YOU Brouil.
lard demanded haifansrily.
oh. nothing 10 make You hot at
I him. lie happened 90 be in the
other room when MasHingai. Was
| here. and the door vas open. lie
said he gathered the notion that
the young sorshesd vas trying 20
bully you"
He was" was the brittle sd
mission. See here. GriIry"
The thing 10 be seen was q small
buckssin bsr which. when opened.
gave up a paper packet folded like
medicine powder. The paper
contained a spoonful OF dust and
pellets Of metal OF dull yellow
I ulster
The photographer drew long
breath and fingered IN. nuggets
Cold placer sold" he exclaimed
and nronillaFd nodded and vent on
10 tell how he had come by the bag
and iis contents
Steve MAssinEalc came TO me
this morning With a proposal iha,
vas about a. coid.blooded a. a slap
in the face. Naturally. for good
business reasons Of their own. the
Msssingales want TO sec the rail.
road built over War Arrow Pass
and into the Niquoia. In some way
Steve has found out that stand
I in pretty we'll with President Ford
and the Pacific Southwestern PEG
Pile. Ills first break was tn offer
20 incorporate the Little Susan
and To give me block Of the stock
I n Id pull Ford's leg on the ENten.
sion proposition
Well queried Grislow The
railroad over War Arrow Pass
would he the biggest thing that
ever happened for our Job here II
Il did nothing else. II would make
ns independent of these boomers
that ar. coming In TO sell Ms mater.
| ial At their own prices
Exactly Hut my hands are
tied. besides Massiugsle's offer
was q rank bribc
When turned him down. Young
Massingale began TO bluster and To
say that "a have TO boost the rail.
road deal. whether | wanted To or
not | told him he couldn't prove II.
and he said he would show me. II
I'd take half an hours walk up the
valley with him. You know that
long. narrow sandbar in the river
just below the mouth Of the upper
canyonf'
Grislow nodded.
mat ~ where We went Tor the
proof Massingale dipped up
painful OF the bar sand. which he
asked me 10 wash ont for myself.
| did II and YOU have results there
In that paper. That bar is com.
paratively rich placer dirt"
Good Lord" calculated the map
maker. Comparatively rich. YOU
sayg-and YOU washed this spoon.
full out OF a single PAM"
Keep your head" said Brouil.
lard coolly. "Massingale explained
that ! had happened TO make ten
strike: that the bar wasn't any
such bonanza as that first result
would indicate. ! proved that. too,
by washing some more of Il with.