Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
Copyright by Peter b. Kyne.
CHAPTER I.

,ho0ner slipped into the cove unoei
rinldad head and dropped anchor AT
ie edge OF the kelp-fields. Fifteen
lfnutes later her small boat deposit
4 on the beach a man armed with
ing squirrel rife and an axe. and
Arriving food and clothing in a
rown canvas pack. From the beach
watched the boat return and saw
"a schooner weigh anchor and stand
ut to sea before the northwest
ades. When she had disappeared
,om his ken, he swung his pack 10
In broad and powerful back and
rode resolutely into the timber at
10 mouth Of the river.
The man was John Cardigan; IN
rat lonely, hostile land he was the
rst pioneer. This is the tale or
ardigan and Cardigan's son, for in
il chosen land the pioneer leader In
"a x.gantic task Of hewing a path
,aa TO know the bliss of wonan's
we and OF parenthood, and the sor-
~ that comes OF the loss OF a per-
vt mate; he was TO know the
tremendous Joy Of accomplishment
nd worldly success after infinite
lbor; and In the sunset Of life he
,as TO know the dull despair Of
allure and ruin. Because OF these
hings there Is q tale to be told OF
.ardiSan's son, who when his sire
eli IN the fray, took up the fight to
ave his heritage-a tale OF life with
n love and hate, its battle, victory.
efeat, labor, Joy and sorrow, tale
Z that unconquerable spirit of youth
,hich spurred Bryce Cardigan to
sad a forlorn hope for the sake not
Z wealth but of an ideal. Hark,
hen, to this tale of Cardigan's red
FOODS:
Along the coast Of California, thru
he secret valleys and over the
umbled foothills OF the coast range,
xtends a belt of timber of an aver
re width Of thirty miles. In ap-
roaching It from the Oregon line
ne first tree looms suddenly against
ne horizon-an outpost. as 1t were,
4 the host of giants whose column
tretches south nearly four hundred
niles to where the last Of the rear
uard maintains eternal sentry-go
IN the crest OF the mountains over
poking Monterey bay. Far in the
Interior Of the state, beyond the fer
lie San Joaquin valley, the allies OF
his vast army hold a small sector
" the west slope Of the Sierras.
he n,
california. the only trees Of thei'
ind in The world and indigenous on
to these two areas within the
tate. Notwithstanding sixty years
f attrition. there remain in this sec
ion Of the redwood belt thousands
ICON thousands OF acres Of virgin
imber that had already attained g
,igorous growth when Christ was
rucified.
In sizes RANGING from five to TWEEN
feet in diameter, the brown trunks
Use perpendlcularly to a height OF
rom ninety to a hundred and fifty
eet before putting forth a single
tmb, which frequently is more mas
live than the growth which men cal
tree tn the forest Of Michigan
6caftered between the giants, like
ubjects around their king. one finds
noble fir. spruce, or pines. with some
Valparaiso live oak. black oak, pep
bsrwood, madrone, yew. and cedar.
John Cardigan settled in Humboldt
bounty, where the sequoia semperyir
bns attains the pinnacle OF 'ts glory
Ind with the lust for conquest hot II
his blood. he filed upon a quarter
Section of the timber almost on tn
bhore of Humboldt bay land upoI
which city subsequently was to b
built. With his double bitted axe AM
crosscut saw John Cardigan brough
khe first Of the redwood giants crash
ing to the earth above which it ha'
lowered for twenty centuries and Il
khs form Of split posts, railroad ties
pickets, and shakes, the FALLEN gian
vas hauled to tidewater in ox-draw
wagons and shipped to San Francisc
IN the little two-masted coastin
vchooners OF the period. Here, by tn
lbominable magic OF barter an
krade, the dismembered tree wa
Transmitted into dollars and cent
lind returned to Humboldt county t
hssist John Cardigan In his task Q
hewing an empire out Of a wilder
nsss.
Time passed. John Cardigan n
longer swung an axe or dragged
rross-cut saw thru a fallen redwood
He was an employer Of labor nov
well known in San Francisco as
manufacturer of plit-redwood pro
ducts. the purchasers sending thei
own schooners for the cargo. An
presently John Cardigan mortgage
81 OF his timber holdings with a Sa
winnings, and like true adventure
otAked his all on new venture--th
01rot sAwmill in Humboldt count,
The timbsrs for 1t were hewed OF
~ hand; the boards and planks wer
wktpsAwed.
Il was = tiny mill, judged by pres
3snt-day standards. for in q fourteen
hOur working day John Cardigan an
his men could not cut more tina
Twenty -thousand feet of lumbe
Nevertheless, when Cardigan locke
&Ae his mill. his great heart wouI
eWeiI with pride.
Here" said John Cardigan to h!..
eolK exultingiy when long draw
wAil told him his circular saw wa
biting into the first redwood log F.
a. miiled since the world began, :
ehall build city and call 1t Sequel;
nv Tomorrow / shall have cut suffi
cf4At timber TO make a start. First
eAall build for my employees bette
AAmes than the, rude shacks and tent
houses they now occupy; then
Shall build myself fine residene
With III rooms, and the room ths
tacae The bay shall be the .parlo
Mh1n 4 can AFFORD 1t, shall butt
ee Aeusss. ] shall enoonras
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