Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-20

"Yes; there is coal, OF a sort; good |
enough for the cement kilns. For |
power we shall utilize the river. There |
is another small canyon at the head of
the valley where temporary dam can
be built which will deliver power
enough to run anything-an entire
manufacturing city, If we had one"
mo chance for man to get the
thin edge OF a wedge in anywhere"
lamented the money-maker despair
ingly. Then his eye lighted upon the
graybeard dump Of q solitary mine
high up on the face Of Mount Chi
gringo. What's that up there?" he
demanded.
1T is a mine," said Brouillard, show
ing Miss. Cartwright how to adjust the
deldglass for the shorter distance.
Two men named Massingale. father
and son, are working it. I'm told" And
then again to Miss Genevieve: THAT
is their cabin-on the trail a little to
the right Of the tunnel opening"
Il see 1t quite plainly" she returned.
Two people are just leaving 1t to ride
down the path-a man and woman,
| think, though the woman-if 1t Is a
woman-is riding on mans saddle"
Brouillard's eyebrows went up in a
little arch of surprise. Harding, the
typographical engineer who had made
all the preliminary surveys and had
spent the better part Of the former
summer in the Niquoia, had reported
on the Massingales, father and son, and
his report had conveyed hint of pos
sible antagonism on the part of the
mine owners to the government prof.
ect. But there had been no mention
\ of a woman.
"The Massingale mine, eh?" broke
in the appraiser Of values crisply.
They showed us some ore specimens
from that property while we were stop
ping over In Red Butte. It's rich
good and plenty rich--if they have the
quantity. And somebody told me they
had the quantity, too; only it was too
far from the railroad-couldn't jack.
freight it profitably over the Tlman,
: yonis."
"In which case it is one of many
, Brouillard said, taking refuge in the
, generalities.
But Mr.. Cartwright was not to be SC
easily diverted from the pointed par
ticulars-the particulars having to dc
with the pursuit of the market trail.
} I'm beginning to get my feet or
bottom, Brouillard," he said, dropping
the courtesy prefix and showing his fat
hands deep into the pockets of the
: dust.coat. There's a business propo
? sition here, and it looks mighty good
to me. tell you, can smell money
in this valley Of yours-scads Of it.
Brouillard laughed. 1T is only the
fragrance of future reclamation-serv
ice appropriations" he suggested
There will be good bit of money
spent here before the Buckskin deser
gets its maiden wetting."
II don't mean that at ALL" was thu
\ impatient rejoinder. Let me SHOW
you: you are going to have a populs
| ton Of some sort. That's the basis
| Then you're going to need cement
lumber and steel. It can be manufac
tured right here on the spot"
"The cement and the lumber can b,
produced here, but not the steel,
| Brouillard corrected.
That's where you're off," snapped
the millionaire. There are fine or
beds in the Hophras and pretty goot
quality Of coking coal. Ten or twelv
miles Of narrow-gauge railroad woult
| dump the pig metal into the upper ent
Of your valley, and there you are
| With small reduction plant you coul'
tell the big steel people to go hang.
"Unquestionably. But this is cas-
Of cant-help-it," Brouillard argued
| you couldn't begin to interest privat
capital in any of those industries yo1
speak Of" ~
y why not?" was the curt demand.
Because when the dam is complet
d ed and the spillway gates are closed
r the Niqoyastcadie and everything in /
e will go down under two hundred fee
of water"
e "The-what?" queried Miss Cort
e wright.
l. "The Niqoyastcadje - 'Place.where
n they-came-up'" said Brouillard, clue
dating for her. THAT is the Naval
b name for this valley. Our map max
ers shortened it to Niquoia' and tn
l. cowmen Of the Buckskin foothills hav
" cut that to 'Nick-wire."
T. This bit Of explanatory place lor
g was entirely lost upon Mr.. ]. Wesle,
It Cartwright.
Say, Brouillard," he cut in, you ge
9 me the right to build that power dam
l. and give me the contracts for wha
d material you'd rather buy than make
t and Ill be switched II I don't take
a shot at this drowning proposition my
l. self. / tell you, 1t looks pretty goo,
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