Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-03

Richard said he was going in.
"Are you going to settle in the val
leyf" The inqui.itor was man Of
about fifty, Richard decided. with
desert tan Of apparent health. His
fucc was clear cut and intelligent.
81 don't know"
Just looking the country overf"
"You might call il that"
eco slow" aduonished his cOmpan-
ion. Don't let yourself be curried
away n * wonderful country. Bun
20 slow. It's the ones who expect 10
make millions the first year thar be-.
come the worst knockers. Go slow,
J always tell them. Go Slow.
Its not good time to buy, rhenf"
"Not 50 good as ii was ten years
ago. But land is cheaper than it wa
Il year back In SOME districts You
can buy good farm for ticket back
home. the farmers are 50 discouraged.
cold feet The slang sounded oddly
somehow. The mans voice had the
cultivated precision Of the puri-t.
"COld feet The rivers chilled them.
The valleys losing faith In the COM
puny.'
"Whut conpany:' inquired Richard
again.
"Ihere's but one company 10 the
valley. the one that brought them
here the d. r. They don't call The
railroad The company. They wont rec
osnizr that problem, It's had hard
luck from tine FIRST the y. X. Al the
very start the wrong man got hold Of
IL. Sather. the first promoter. Was Il
faser-n pretty thorough fuker The
company rculsanizcd hui it, been in
bad pdor with the public ever Since
richards eyes left the deep cuts in
Tie land made by the raven.ns water g,
and looked al his compnnion
Il thought Estrada was the original
promotcr;' lac inquired.
"E~trada's recent comer-Oh, you
mean the general. lie started the ball
rolling; that was all. Bed health fol-
lowing the Bliss complication, tied his
hands
The man in the seat ahead was lis
tening His head was leoniue. his
body shriveled. Richard could see on
the neck the ancient burns that had
spared the magnificent head The rest
Of The man had been shfiveled and
twisted into terrible deformity. Rick
ard found himself puzzling over the
incident with its accompanying mir
acle There was not scar On the
powerful face.
'Estradas business methods were
then not different from Sather's and
Hardln's." 1t was a deep. rich organ.
"Oh. you cant class Hardin with
Sather," protested Richards compan-
ion. "Sather used Hardin. Hardin
honesty cannot be questioned. Its not
moneys he's after. His whole heart
is in this reclamation scheme"
'IIardin's Il false alarm" growlcd
the owner of the massive head ale
makes promises. He never keeps
them"
The older mans smile was tolerant
Parton" he Indicated, "i> the nreSi
dent of the water companies. And il
you want to hear about ID rogue and 4
scoundrel ask the water compane,
their opinion of Hardin"
"Well. what sort Of a hole has he
got Us into?' demanded the other with
heat.
"Hardin's in a hole himself.
"No one seems TO remember that he
crucified himself to save the valley
I've great respect for Thomas Har.
din"
'Yes?" returned Richard. whose nix
ing had been captured by the speaker
The impression Of distinction sharp
ened. The stranger wore "a laundereC
poneee silk shirt. open at the neck tn
restricted 10y a brown silk tie; and i
was trinity belted. There were bu
two neckties in the entire car, an,
they occupied. Richard observed. thu
same seat.
THE beginning of the canal sys
tenn"
Ricsard looked out upon a fiat, one
toned country marked off in rec
tangles by plows and scrapers. Far
Their south these rectangleS were edge,
| ny young WILLOWS. lie lanCleu N
could see. even al that distance, tn
CLEAN Of water.
Ii was the passing of the desert.
few miles back he had seen the deser
In its primitive nakedneSs. which no
even cactus relieved. He was passing
over the land which man and horse
were preparing for water. And u
could see the land where water was.
THAT was the way Riverside looke'
when first saw it," commented tn
other man who wore tie. Come gu
on the rear platform. We can see bet
ter"
Richard followed To the back of tn
duSt-swept. Stiiiins car. The glare 81
the platform was intense. He StOo
watching the newly made checkerhoar
of Il country slip past him. Recedin
were the two lines of cleaning Stee
rails which connected and separate
him from the world outside. He wa
going ill.," Not in Mexico even ha
he such a feeling of ultimate rtmOt,