Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-06-14


his composure. Strange fellow. this
Nate Tichenor. SO he a going to
fight the fight on its merits, eh7 Well.
II he'd stick to that resolve Babson
knew he would defeat him. Said
he'd be at the mass meeting. ehf
Henry" Babson called In dulcet
tones, "come here"
Mr.. Rocky obediently reported at
his masters desk.
Henry. this fellow Nate Tichenor
Is going to fight US all over the lot
this afternoon II WE give him half q
chance" he began. HE must not
have that chance. l want you to
scatter around In the crowd and plant
quite a number Of hecklers and inter-
rupters. I'll open the meeting and be-
fore ] get through with Tichenor
they'll want to lynch him. Then when
he tries to address the crowd ! want
him cried down, booed of the PLATFORM
rough-housed, II necessary"
Leave 1t to me-" Mr.. Rocky as
sured Babson. Il W the skunk q
poke myself. know just what to do"
Shortly after luncheon at the Circle
K ranch as Lorry Kershaw was about
to enter her coupe and drive to Valley
Center. RUDE Tenney came out OF the
house with two ~six-shooters In shout
der holsters under his arms. Lorry
saw them as he struggled into his coat.
well, who are you out to kill to-
day, Rube7" she querled jocularly.
Nobody. hope, but somebody IL /
have to. You heeled, Miss Lorry?"
Certainly not Why should | be r
you're goin' down to that mass
meetin' In Valley Center. aIn't your"
Eyes"
"So's Nate Tichenor. | listened to
some talk while | was In town the
other day an 1t seems folks got an
idea Mates goin' to try to keep from
Forlorn Valley the water they're fixin'
to grab out of Eden Valley creek.
Somebody's worked up q u~ndercurrent
feelin' ag'in Nate. I'm sorter cautious;
| like to have a few capable friends
In a crowd that amt friendly to me-
Lorry got out Of the car, entered
the house, strapped a six-shooter. with
4 full belt OF cartridges, around her
waist, slipped on a light coat to con
ceal her armament and got behind the
wheel again. Rube Tenney slipped In
beside her. and they rolled away for
Valley Center. 7
A crowd of perhaps five hundred
persons occupied the temporary board
benches Babson had provided In the
plaza and Babson was on a raised
platform just opening the meeting
when RUDE and Lorry arrived.
He was = good speaker. clear and
incisive, and had a trick of uttering
those catch phrases which aroused the
unthinking. Babson proceeded to out
line the method of organizing an irri-
cation district reminded his listeners
that there was but one source of sup
ply, to wit, the waters of Eden VAL
ley creek. down which hundreds OF
thousands OF ~acre-feet Of water went
to waste annually, as we'll they knew.
More applause. Babson next proceed
ed to dilate on his plan for tapping
Eden Valley creek In the Handle, lead
Ing 1t to the natural reservoir he had
discovered and thence down into For
lorn Valley AdroIt1y he naintad :
picture Of future prosperity. of bumper
| crops. of increased land values. OF
happy homes and the smiling faces OF
little children. And then, suddenly
clenching his fist, he yelled:
'But this silver cloud we see before
us has a dark and dismal lining, my
| friends. We have In Eden Valley three
| riparian owners, Nathan Tichenor, the
Mountain Valley Power company, OF
which this same Tichenor is also sole
owner, and Miss Lorraine Kershaw,
sole heir to the Circle K ranch. They
have %conspired to deprive US of those
waste waters for their own selfish
ends. Nate Tichenor informs me thai
his company plans to erect a power
station below his proposed dam and
manufacture hydro-electric power.
say, here and now, to Nate Tichenor
that | think he lies. He proposes
erecting that dam for the purpose OF
Impounding the flood waters and sell