The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
esAprER W-consIOusd.

,.,,ng the weeks which followed,
|. ANA trsil, and q little later that
q ma Navajo reservation on the
y, vsrs strung with antlike pro-
-, at laborers pouring into the
I'm ullsy at the foot Of Mount
I,,,nra. Almost as II by magic a
|.1lsul camp Of tents, shelter shacks
Y Indian tepees sprang up in the
"a bod.bottom Of the future lake;
lsuss.s gave place to mess kitch'
a ne commissary became a busy
.,,,twm. store stocked with every
n, hat thrifty or thrlitless labor
'l,st Wish 10 purchase; and daily the
IA foundation sCOrings In the but
.UpE shoulders Of Jacks mountain
n nlrlngo grew deeper and wider
A. shs ehurulng Of the air-drills,
/. msshings OF the dynamite and the
|Hs and chug Of the steam shovels.
I "a, SITTER the huge task Of foun.
Nm digging was we'll under way
y Al work Of constructing the small
,vs dam In the upper canyon had
begun that the young chief Of
neiion, busy with a thousand
M, bad his FIRST forcible reminder
As continued existence Of Mr.. ].
salg Cartwright.
\ ams IN the form Of q eommuni-
liza tlom Washington, forwarded by
sesl pOas.rider service from Que
end It called q halt upon the up
power project. In accordance
10 ls settled policy, the reclamation
aho would refrain, in the NiQuoia
elsewhere, from entering into com.
llllta with private citizens; would
Dlhng to discourage the invest.
nl Of private capital. A company
y been formed to take over the
sg production and to establish a
'li kE the manufacture OF cement,
BnuIllard was instructed to gov
d himself accordingly. For his In
nntn, the department letter
R vent on to say. It was to be
vlood that the company was
aganiEed under the provisions Of
hrl q congress; that 1t had bound
% furnish power and material
ss satisfactory to the service;
all The relations between 1t and
ltleSnmsnt feld-staff on the
nd we're to be entirely friendly.
ia : raft-a puIl-down with a
h !. Tor some bunch Of money
Rlls little higher up!" was the
chefs angry comment when he
tTen GrislOw the letter to read.
ull knowing any more Of the
lhan that letter gives, I'd be
% BET a months pay that this
% lne Italian hand OF Mr.. J. Wes-
oatwrighs!"
uhnvs eyebrows went up in
ipl Interrogation.
V0sAs ! to know the gentleman?"
lleiisd mildly. II don't seem to
he name"
10 you don't know him. It was
motor party that was camping at
aaeSakiu ford the night we broke
ls-Ihe night when we saw the
lchilght'
g you met him? / thought you
ae you merely went down and
COX didn't butt in?"
adnt-that nisat. But the next
'Ihg they wanted to see the val
! showed them the way In.
'hshl isthe multlmillionaire pork
q Chicago, and he went up
ua cir Ike a lunatlc over the
aking chances there were to
als Do ! didn't pay much at
g ais ehortlings at the time.
seem remotely credible that
With real money to invest
pant It in the bottom of the Nj
lsservOir.'
hov you think he is going to
lla blu1 gOOd?"
~ looks very much like it," said
1910 sourly, pointing to the let
soa Washington. THAT scheme
. change the whole face Of
y Us Up here, Grislow. It
p'a trouble right from the
don't know" was the depre-
!. .sloinder 1T win relieve us
q sideissue industries-cut
and bury EN-, so far as we
ncemed."
y. q part Of It is ali right, Of
'as i won't end there; not by
s. ~ niles JObson says in that
sslyi I'll bet anything YOU like
4 nave 70 go and read the riot
nose people before they've
aly.soOr hours on their job!e
Tying the point Of bis