The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-02

Aes; Inere ID coal, or q 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
De built which will deliver power
enough to run anything-an entire
manufacturing city, if we had one"
No chance for a man to get the
thin edge Of wedge in anywhere,
iamented the money.maker despair.
ingly. Then his eye lighted upon the
graybeard dump of a solitary mine
high up on the face Of Mount Chi
gringo. What's that up there" he
demanded.
1t is a NINE" said Brouillard, show
ing Miss Cartwright how to adjust the
teldglass for the shorter distance.
Two men named Massingale, father
and son, are working 1t, I'm told" And
then again to Miss Genevieve: THAT
is their cabin-on the trail little to
the right Of the tunnel opening"
/ see 1t quite plainly" she returned.
Two people are just leaving 1t to ride
down the path-a man and woman,
l think, though the Woman-if it is a
Woman-is riding on mans saddle"
Brouillards 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 a hint of pos
sible antagonism on the part Of the
mine owners to the government prof.
ect. But there had been no mention
, Of q 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 1t was too
3 far from the railroad-couldn't Jack.
! freight it proftably over the Timan,
I. yonis."
In which case 1t is one Of many
b Brouillard said, taking refuge in the
9 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.
Q I'm beginning to get my feet on
bottom, Brouillard," he said, dropping
/ the courtesy prefix and showing his fst
hands deep into the pockets Of the
+ dust-coat. There's q business propo
e sition here, and it looks mighty goot
to me. tell you, can smell money
! In this valley of yours-scads Of it.
Broui1lard laughed. "It is only the
fragrance Of future reclamation-serv
Ice appropriations" he suggested
There will be q good bit of money
spent here before the Buckskin deser
| gets its maiden wetting."
II don't mean that at ALL" was thu
impatient reIoinder. Let me show
you: you are going to have a popula
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"
| 1.-THE cement and the lumber can b
! produced here, but not the steel,
| Brouillard corrected.
| That's where you're off," snappe,
the millionaire. There are fine or
| beds In the Hophras and a pretty goo
| quality OF coking coal. Ten or twelv
| miles Of narrow-gauge railroad woul
| dump the pig metal into the upper en-
Of your valley, and there you are
| With small reduction plant you coul
| tell the big steel people to go hang.
| "Unquestionsbly. But this Is cas-
| Of can't-help-it," Brouillard argued
| you couldn't begin to interest privat
j capital in any Of those industries 20
speak Of"
|" why notr was the curt demand.
Because when the dam Is compile
ID ed and the spillway gates are CLOSED
If the Niqoyastcadie and everything in
lie will go down under two hundred fee
Of water"
le "The-what?" queried Miss Cor
IA wright.
n THE Niqoyastcadje - 'PIace-wher,
In they-came-up'" said Brouillard, clue
dating for her. THAT is the Naval
h name for this valley. Our map NAL
ers shortened it to Niquoia' and tn
II. cowmen of the Buckskin foothills hav
/" cut that to Nlck-wire.'"
t. This bit of explanatory place lor
re- was entirely lost upon Mr.. J. Wesle
ct Cartwright.
Say, Brouillard," he cut in, you 81
he me the right to build that power dan
n and give me the contracts for wins
i'd material you'd rather buy than max
1T and I'll be switched If / don't take
a shot at this drowning proposition m.
n self. | tell you, 1t looks pretty goo
I'll to me. What do you say?"