The Huttig news., 1916-05-27

was too wise to remark it. He was still the frank, outspoken money maker. hot upon the trail of the nimble l dollar. Yet there was a change of some kind. Brouiilard had marked it on the day, fortnight earlier when ! tafter assuring himself morosely that he would noD he had gone down to the lower canyon portal to see the Cartwright touring car finish it's sec ond race across the desert from Fl Cato.
 "Of course I was quite prepared to have you stand off and throw stones at our little cob house of a venture, Brouillard," the host allowed at the 1 lighting of the gold-banded cigars You're the government engineer and the builder of the big dam; but you can't build your dam in one day, or in two, and the interval is ours tell you, we're going to make Mirapolis a buzz-hummer while the daylight lasts. Don't you forget that"
 'Mirapolis?' queried Brouillard Is that the new name?"
 Cartwright laughed and nodded. It's Gene's name-'Miraele City. Fits like the glove on pretty girls arm, doesn't it?,'
 It does. But the miracle is that there should be any money daring enough to invest itself in the Niquoia"
 Why, bless your workaday heart, Brouiilard," chuckled the host, moth ing Is permanent in this shuiIiing. growing, progressive world of ours absolutely nothing. Some of the big gest and costliest buildings in New York and Chicago are built on ground leases. Our ground lease will merely be little shorter in the factor of time"
 So much shorter that the parallel won't hold" argued Broullard.
 'The parallel does hold; long time. small profits and a slow return: short time, big profits and a quick return. You've eaten here before; what do you pay Bongras for a reasonably good dinner?"
 Brouillard laughed "Oh, Poodles. He cinches us. all right; four or five times as much as it's worth-or would cost anywhere else"
 That's it. He knows he has to make good on all these little luxuries he gives you-cash in every day, as you might say. and come out whole be- him. When we get in motion we're going to have Alaska faded to a frazzle on prices-and you'll see everybody paying them joyfully"
 And in the end somebody, or the final series of somehodies will be left to hold the bag" finished Brouillard
 There needn't be any bag holders, Brouillard. Let me put it in nut shell: we're building a cement plant, and We shall sell you the output-at a good, round price, I promise you, but still at lower figure than you're pay ing for the imported article now, or than you will pay even after the rail- road gets in. When our government orders are filled we can afford to wreck the plant for what it will bring as junk. We'll be out of it whole, with nice 1ttle prOlt.
 That is only one instance" object ed the guest.
 Well, Bongras, here, is enc more" laughed the host. And our power plant is another. You made your little kick on that to Washington-you thought the government ought to con- trol it's own power. That was all right, from your point of view, but we beat you to it. Now the reclamation service gets all the power it needs at nominal price, and we're going to sell enough more to make us all feel happy"
 Sell it? To whom?"
 MT. Cartwright leaned back in his chair and the sandy-gray eyes seened to be searching the inner recesses of the querying soul
 That's inside information, but don't mind taking you in on it." he said between leisurely puffs at his ci- gar We've just concluded a few con- tracts: one with Massingale-he's go- ing to put in power drills. electric ore cars, and modern equipment gener- ally and shove the development of the Little Susan;' one with a new mining syndicate which will begin operations at once on half dozen prospects on Jacks mountain; and one with a lum- Der combination that has just taken over the sawmills, and will install oth- CTS. with blaming mill and sash fac tory"
 Brouillard nodded. The gray eyes were slowly hypnotizing him.
 But that isn't all, continued the promoter. We are about to reincor- porate the power plant as the Niquoia Electric Power, Lighting and Traction company. Within fortnight we'll be lighting Mirapolis, and within a month after the railroad gets In we'll be oper ating trolley cars"
 The enthusiast paused to let the information sink in, also to note the effect upon the subject The noting icfp eiv, bn.t