The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-03-18

explaining IL Is paramount
Contiguous 10 Cardigan's logging
operations TO the east and north Of
Ssuuola. and comparatively close In.
lay block Of two thousand acres
OF splendid timber. the natural, fess
ible and inexpensive outlet for which.
when II should be logged, was the
Valley OF the Giants Fer thirty
wears John Cardigan had played
waiting game with the owner OF that
timber. for the latter was as fully
ohsessed with the belief that he was
going 10 sell II Is John Cardigan NJ
dollar and half per thousand feet
stumpage as Cardigan was certain he
was goins 20 buy II for dollar a
thousand-when he should be ready
20 do so and not one second sooner
Eventually the time for acquiring
more timber arrived. John Cardigan.
meeting his ueighbor on the street
aecosted him thus:
Look here. Bili. isn't II time We
got together on that timber OF yoursf
You know you've been holdlng IL TO
block me and force me 10 buy at your
figure. I'll give you a dollar thous
and stumpage for your timber Bill"
II want a dollar and a half
"a dollar Is my absolute limit"
'Then I'll keep my timber"
"And I'll keep my money. When
/ finish logging In my present hold
ings. Tn going 10 pull out OF that
country and log twenty miles south
of Seauoia. Remember, Bill. the man
who buys your timber will have to log
II through my land--and I'm not 70
Ing to log that quarter-section In tho
valley. Hence there will be no outlet
for your timber In back"
"Not going 10 log itT Why, what
are you going TO do with itf'
'I'm just going TO LEI II stay there
until | die. When my VIII Is filed for
probate, your curiosity win be salts
fied--but not until then. Better take
a dollar, Bill. It's a good, fair price.
as the market on redwood timber 10
now. and you'll be making an even
| HuD0TfN per Nfils Ub fbuF iuNFNAih'he~
Remember. Bill. II ! don't buy your
timber. you1l never log Il yourself
and neither will anybody else. Your
he stuck with II for the next forty
years--and taxes aren't getting any
lower"
'I'u hang on little longer. !
think"
II think so. too" John Cardigan re-
piled And that night. as was his
wont, even though he realized that "
was not possible for Bryce to gain
profound understanding OF the business
problems 20 which he was heir. John
! Cardigan discussed the Squaw creek
timber with his son. relating 10 him
the details OF bis conversation with
\ the owner.
Bryce pondered. "But isn't IL
cheaper to give him his price on Squaw
creek timber than 20 logging tn the
San Hedrin and have 10 build twenty
miles OF logging railroad TO get your
logs to the millT
1T would be, son. II ! had TO build
| the railroad. Fortunately. ! do not
I'll just shoot the logs down the btu
side to the San Hedrin river and
drive them down the stream 10 a log
boom on tidewater."
Bryce looked at his father admir-
Ingly. II guess Dan Keyes Is right
Dad" he said. "Dan says you're
crazy--like q fox. Now ] know why
you've been picking up claims In the
San Hedrin watershed"
"No. you don't. Bryce. I've never
told you. but I'll tell you now the
real reason. Humboldt county has no
rail connection with the outside world,
so we are forced to ship our lumber
by water. But some day a railroad
will be built IN from the souih-from
san francisco; and when II comes. the
only route for II 10 travel is through
our timber In the San Hedrin valley.
| I've accumulated that ten thousand
acres for you, my son, for the railroad
win never be built In my day. lt
doesn't matter. son. You VIII still be
logging there ffty years from now.
And when the railroad people come to
you for right Of way. my boy. give
II 10 them. Don't charge them q cent
II has always been my policy TO en-
courage the development Of this
county. and I want you 10 be a for
ward-looking pubIlc-spirited citizen.
/ That's Why I'm sending you East TO
/ college. You've been born and raised
IN this town. and you must see more
Of the world Listen 70 me. son
You're only a boy. and you can't un-
dersiand everything ] tell you. but
some day understanding WIN come 70
sou. You mustut faH the people VIA
work f0r yoa-uho are dependent npoa
sour strength and brains ana enter
rfl-e tn Furnish them #ith aa aHpore
/ mIty Ger ife. liberty. end the pursuit
of happiness. when t0H are ihe boss
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