Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-12-31

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H build for my employees better home
II than the rude shacks and PENTHOUSE
II they now occupy; then ! shall bull
II myself fine residence with 81
II rooms, and the room that faces tn
1 bay shall be the parlor. When l ca
| afford 1t, / shall build more houses
| l shall encourage tradesmen to set VI
in business In Sequoia and to my cit,
! shall present church and a school
house. We shall have a volunteer fir,
department, and If God is good.
shall, at a later date. get out some
long-length fr-timber and build 6
schooner to freight my lumber to
market And she shall have three
masts instead of two. and carry half
a million feet OF lumber instead of
two hundred thousand. First, how
ever, | must build a steam tugbOat to
tow my schooner in and out over
Humboldt bar. And after that-ah,
well That is sufficient for the
present"
Thus did John Cardigan dream, and
as he dreamed he worked. The city
of Sequoia was born with the Argo-
nauts six-room mansion Of rough red
wood boards and a dozen three-room
cabins with lean-to kitchens; and the
tradespeople came when John Cardi-
gan, with something Of the largeness
OF his own redwood trees, gave them
ground and lumber in order to en-
courage the building Of their enter
prises. Also the dream of the school
mouse and the church came true, as
| did the steam tugboat and the schooner
with three masts.
At forty John Cardigan was younger
worked fourteen hours a day, slept |
eight. and consumed the remaining |
two at his meals. But through all |
those fruitful years Of toll he had |
still found time to dream, and the
spell of the redwoods had lost none
Of its potency.
At forty-two Cardigan was the first
mayor of Sequoia. At forty-four he
was standing on his dock one day,
watching his tug kick into her berth
the first square-rigged ship that had
ever come to Humboldt bay to load a
cargo Of clear redwood for foreign
delivery. She was a big Bath-built
clipper and her master a lusty down.
Easter, widower with one daughter
who had come with him around the
Horn. John Cardigan saw this girl
come up on the quarterback and
stand by with heaving-line In her
hand; calmly she fixed her glance
upon him, and as the ship was -shunted
in closer to the dock, she made the
cast to Cardigan. He caught the
light heaving-line hauled in the
heavy Manila stern-line to which
It was attached, and slipped the loop
Of the mOOring-cable over the dolphin
1t the end of the dock.
Some men wanted aft here to take
Up the slack of the stern-line on the
SIR" he shouted to the
skipper, who was walking around on
OPP of the house. THAT girl can't
laul her In alone" +
Cant. I'm short-handed," the :
kipper replied. Jump aboard and
elp her"
Cardigan made long leap from the
ock to the ships rail, balanced there
ghtly moment, and sprang to the ~
eek. He inserted belaying-pin in
ne windlass paused and looked at N
ne girl. "Raise a chantey," he sug- IN
ested. Instantly she lifted a sweet 10
ontralto In that rollicking old ballad g.,
the sea-"Blow the Men Down" ~,
Round the windlass Cardigan walk W.,
!, steadily and easily, and the girls ~,
'es widened in wonder as he did the
ork Of three powerful men. When ~,
e ship had been warped in and the .
ack of the line made fast on tine a.,
it's. she said: -
please run ford and help nv ,os
ther with the bowlines You're :
orth three foremost hands. Indeed. o,o
didn't expect to see a sailor ON this .aT.
OK"
Il had to come around the Horn A.
get here. Miss" he explained. land
len man hasn't money to nav for 80
; passage, he needs must work it.v ~
I'm the second mate" she explain mi,
we had succession OF gales a
I'M the Falklands to the Evan ord
istas. and there the mate got her .r
irons and she took three big ones con
er the taffrail and cost us eight ens
n. Working short-handed. we 49,
lldn't get any canvas on her TO har
ak of-long voyage. you know. and u,ho
rest of the crew got scurvy." In,
You're brave girl" he told her. 49," '
And you're first-class A. B. she ~ 80
lied. "If you're looking for berth on,,.
father will be glad to ship YOU" CO.,
tnrnad toward ~ ne oaieu as ding
I'm Cardigan, and own this 80
mill and must stay here and look S ssa'
IT It." anu
here was a light. exultant feeling ~
IFS middle-aged heart nc he soo.. "Si