Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19
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with the Increased fertility and. con
sequently. the doubling In value of the
lands and their increased earning pow
er. this banks security will be ample
and the mortgages and deeds of truss
will be paid. II not. they can be fore
closed and the bank can take over the
lands. subject. OF curse. to the bond
issue against them And they can
then be sold very readily. | have DO
a~pprehensions on that score and II you
are trying to frighten me you are moi
making 4 very successful Job of it
Nate Tfchenor pointed through the
open door of the bank to = lot ACROSS
the street where q gang of workmen
were engaged erecting one-story
building of ear brick That lot
and building are mine.- Tichenor in
formed the banker lightly I'm going
to start q bank there with a million
dollars capital
You'll have to prove a genuine
need for another bank and you'll have
to prove that your bank has some
sound hopes for And you
cannot do that while the Bank OF Val
ley Center continues TO function as at
present"
well, Ill be all set. ready to take
over the wreck of your bank. Bah
SON I'm patient can wait
As Tfchenor walked ont. Babson
turned to Henry Rocky Henry. that
fellows 80 ratified he doesn't know
what to do. He'd like to start AN In
junction suit against the district. but
he's not at NIL certain he can win
Henry. he's actually erecting \ bank
building across the street hoping to
scare me into I compromise TO saw
his face Can you beat him7
Hes small change" Mr. Rocky
replied disdainfully- Forget him
But Mr.. Rookby's airy advice failed
to bring the measu of comfort for
which Babson yearned- Even his own
assurances presently failed him Moth
Ing In life LIS more distressing than q n
certainty. and the uncertainty rs to
whether Nate Tichenor and Lorry Ker-
shaw would apply for an injunction re-
straining the Foriorn Valley Irriga-
tion district from diverting wafer from
Eden Valley creek was = profound un-
certainty. indeed Babson wondered
whether T1chenor was really depressed
over the situation really dEsinclined
TO d fight In the courts
That night Silas Rabson went home
with a violent headache He did not
sleep well. either. and the following
night he was very weary. indeed The
third night he was still sIeepless and
then his old enemy insomnia claimed
him and he had a nervous breakdown
The Postmaster nj Valley Center
reported that Nate TTchenor must
loathe the town with a great loathing.
because not 4 single letter from TIche-
nor, his wife. or their employees WINS
ever posted In Valley Center And, m
everybody knows. the par of y coun-
try postmaster Ii prediczfed on the
amount Of business he does! A sim
liar complaint came from the local
telegraph agent and the local teIe-
phone agent Nobody could ascertain.
via these agencies. anything of Nate
TichenorFs business and this was =
genuine deprivation Nor was = sin
gle dollar Of TTchenor money expended
in Valley Center for anything that
could be purchased in Gold Run
The irrigation districts engineer re
ported to Rabson that before the FIRST
of April Lake BabsOn would be filed
to the top of its fi0od-gatex- Babson
was jubilant Under his urging, pro
mulgated In the Forl0rn Valley Citizen,
thousands OF acres OF land had beer
prepared for alfalfa the preceding fall
They had been seeded Just prior to
the first rains. and succeeding rains ri
brief intervals had kept the new crops
growing steadily and had deposited
In the lands sufficient moisture to last
until the spring rains ceased and II
would be necessary TO employ surface
irrigation to develop the first crop
about the first Of June Babson de
cided therefore, to open the Lake Bah
o headgates for the first time on
May first and to make the occasion
one OF general rejoicing; the descent
for the first time upon Forlorn Valley
OF the Iife-giving waters OF Eden Val
ley creek should be an epic event
The prospect filed him with delight
thrilled him TO an unwonted Kener.
csity. He owned rather 4 lovely farm
on the western edge OF the district
and through this far the main cana
had been dug. with the iater1h lead
ing from 1t down a gentle slope t. tn
east and taking advantage Of eve
contour. There WIS 4 grove Of Val
paraiso live oaks growing on this farm
close to the edge Of the main cana
and here Babson decided to hold /
barbecue for his people
A dramatic frenzy gradually scixe<
him May-day. immemorially dedi
Gated to festivals. was to be his day
OF triumph, a day that should repay
him for his years OF labor. and self
sacrifice for the public veal q.
course, rs president of the Forior1
Valley Irrigation district, his right Il
~ the orator OF the day could NOT b.
gAinsaid and nobody tried to gainsa,
It. He dictated his speech to his sec
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