Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-05-14

y.G viii be- smashed. uE pave "h'
.'.u.a.o starting mlt. Gl" 'uIoHrj
doesn't Nduk YOU have tll s"H"-' II"
ulntcl his road IN No first plac"' in
,hr second place. he knows YOU nNrn1
-" money; and in 'hr ,hjh place '"
is morally certain Won eHuuW borrow
tJ. hccnu>c You haven't any collateral
10 secure Year note. So. all things
considered the Colonel viii be slow
70 suspect us of having an ace in th"
holc: uut hy iinks we hav" it, and
we're going 10 play ii. You must an
gage some reliable engineer to look
over the proposed route of the road
and give us an estimate of the cost OF
construction"
"For the sake of argument we will
consider that done, and that the est
mate comes within the scope of r."
sun, Gregory is willing to advance US.
"NDw. then. YOU are going to Ii
corporate Il company to build a ront
twelve mites long-and q private rond
IT thai. That would be Il fatal step
Pennington would know somebody WA
going To build logging road. and re-
gardlcSs OF who the builders were. H.
woulG haze TO fight them in self-pr"
lection. How are YOU going to cove
your trail. my SOM"
Bryce pOndered. II will, to begin
have dummy board of directors
Also. my read cannot he private
since we must be common carrier
we might as well carry our de""nt'"
still further and incorporate for the
purpose of building II road from :.
auoia to Grants Pass. Ore. there
connect with the Southern Pacific
| John Cardigan smiled. "The ole
dream revived, eh? Wcll. the Oh
Jokes always bring a hearty laugh
People will laugh at your company
because folks up this way realize tina
tive construction cost of such roa
is prOhibitive."
"Well. since we're not going to built
more than twelve miles of our road
during the next year. and probably moi
more than ten miles additional during
the present century, we won't worry
over it. 1t doesn't cost a cent more to
procure franchise to build road
build to Grants Pass. our franchise to
build the uncompleted portion of the
road merely lapses and we hold only
that portion which we have construct
ed. That's all we want to hold More
over. deeds to rights Of way can be
drawn with time-limit. after which
they revert to the original owners"
Good strategy. my son! And GER
tainly as common carrier we will be
welcomed by the farmers and cattle
men along our short line"
"Well, that about completes the
rough outline of our plan. We have
a year in which to build our road; II
we do not hurry, the mill will have to
shut down for lack Of logs when our
contract with Pennington expires"
"You forget the manager for our
new corpOratiOn-the vice president
and general manager. He must be a
man of real ability and person you
can trust implicitly"
II have the very man. His name is
Buck Ogilvy and only this very day
received letter from him begging mi
for small loan. have Buck on ic'
in fifth-class San Francisco hotel"
"Tell me about him. Bryce"
It'll read you his letter. l CLAIM
there is more character in letter thar
in a face"
Here Bryce read aloud:
Golden Gate Hotel-Rooms FIT!
Cents-and Up.
"San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 10. 1916.
MY dear Cardigan: Hank to thu
voice Of one crying in the wilderness
then picture to yourself the unlovely
spectacle of strong man crying.
LET us assume that you have duly
considered. Now wind up your wris
ana send me rectangular piece OF
white. blue. green or pink paper bear
ing in the lower right-hand corner. ir
your clear, bold chirography. the magic
words Bryce Cardigan'-with the 1T
tie up-and-down hook and flourish
which Identifies your signature giver
in your serious moods and lends value
to otherwise worthless paper.
'When you knew me last, was a
prosperous young contractor. Alas!
put all my eggs In one basket and pro.
duced an Omelette. Took contract
to build a railroad in Honduras. Hon.
duras got to fighting with Nicaragua
| the government ! had done business
with went out of business; and the
| Nicaraguan army recruited all my la.
bOrers and mounted them on my mules
ana horses swiped all my grub, and
told me to go home. l went. Why
stay? Moreover, ! had an incentive
consisting of about an inch of bayonet
fortunately not applied in vital
spot-which accelerated rather than
! decreased my speed.
Hurry, my dear Cardigan. | fin.
ished eating my overcoat the day be-
| fore yesterday.
Make it hundred. and God will
bless you. When l get It, I'll come to
Sequoia and kiss you. I'll pay you