The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-08

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Jacob Cofey Hay, Feed and GRAIN Lime, Cement and
Plaster sat in the private behind his store with his feet
center table from the remains of poker game had
mouth and other features to correspond his skin tanned
leather and gold far as they showed @
got his feet off and stood and when he heard
name he said: 81 was expecting you'd CALI Dad said
II only tst you. came at fifty miles an hour SO
thew were friends and Coey accepted gold foil cigar an
stead hachewed and they sat down to business
'Nrr Coney" Dad, Independent oil man; what
that won't San Edo county I've bought twelve
thousand want to prospect for OIL there's any
thousand men, pay few million dollars in wages and doube
real estate for five ten miles around Now xcor
is here they'll fight to keep anyone
else out The thing to show political feers is that
big companies put nothing unless they have
and it mostly goes machine anyhow Like eveTy
thing ese they need little competition to keep them softned
up independents more and we make the pig eoWs
pay more I'm talking to man who knows this
game"
You may assume it" said Mr. Cofey Gust what do you
want?"
or the present fist one thnga road to Paradise. IT'S a.
case no road drilling and that's no bluff but fact YOU
can understand you haul heavy material you ana
YOU may have tried to deliver that there sheepan
T have" said Mr. Cofey. 's+h a
Hen then no words needed. road, and wa1ttt
without red tape want the county to start work WITHIN Inc
next days. and t push the Job right through 50 that c
get in drill my well while got rig 10 spare
Maybe that's never been done before but IT'S what ana
I've come to ask what worth. Do make myself clearE
Perfectly said Coey, and his hard face yielded 10
slight evident that he liked Dads business etnod
He side Of the and Bunny understood that he
was bargaining drawing fancy picture Of the tremendous @
cultes involved county machine had been having peck
trouble of late some had stolen moneys
thing the county said Mr. Corey Weou coo
make SO in legitimate Also there had been
criticism contracts they had crank in this town that
published weekly paper, the Watchdog" and filed It with
reckless charges Well long and short of was that to @
emergency repair funds Of the county to build road m
o-operator bound stir lot Of fuss and lose
votes county machine needed Az Mr. Ross had
Excelsior Pete crowd who already had road TO t
they might furnish material Tor tha
cranks weekly paper and they might make kick to the stats
committee and Mr.. Coffeys life little he'll 5Tfs 2
listened poley-as the process of bargaining required,
appreciated all these troubles, and would
to make up the first place. there would be tia
job carrying county supervisors into office Would SCENT
fair proposition Dad were to contribute ve thouno
of the campaign committee? Mr. COREY blew
big greybue tobacco smoke into the air and sat
gazing xedy figure written in these coluds
'You understand" added thats party matter and
separate from any proposition make to personally
Lets have your whole idea" said Mr. Cofey, quietly ="
So gave "spie believing in cooperation
how he always little organization together wherever
worked his friends and them share of what
he He told about his BossBankside No. and how he
had formed syndicate for that WELL and in order to make
getting his derrick material the spot he had let the pres
lumber company percent Of ist little
friendly service and the well had earned far nearly six hum
thousand dollars profits and the president of this
thousand @ his trouble in seeing
always got his lumber the day he asked It.
And here the thing If Dad could get road
he would gamble the Paradise tract and Mr. Coey might
gamble with him. Dad offered "cary" him to the amount Of
percent of the we'll the would hundred thou
sand dollars Mr. Coey would be getting thousand dol
lar investment became producer, might
get five ten thirty forty thousand dollars;
such things had happened many times and be reconed
they together help each
other with any little favors that might be needed ~