Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-06-21

YEARLY and held him tight bit did not
answer.
Somebody once remarked that moth
Ing a be Of SURPRISING interest for
a period greater than mir days Fol
f~orty-eight hours following the unex-
pectedly painful and highly dramatic
denouement Of his plan to sway pub
lie opinion against Nate Tichenor and
Lorry Kershaw, SilAs nabson suffered
acutely. not because he Was sOrry for
h he had done but because tho
effect had been 50 wholly unexpected
and pregnant OF disaster to him.
After having arranged to prevent the
expose Of the whole affair In court
with probable ~penitentiary sentences
for a couple Of dozen hitherto respect
able but mercurial citizens, he be1an
to view life with 4 less ~jaundiced eye:
and when. ut the expiration Of the
~proverbiai nine days he felt morally
certain that that Eden Valley gang
n he now referred to Nate, LOrry and
Rube Tenney. was going to cling to
Its ancient tradition and have nothing
whatsoever to do with legal reprisalA.
all Of his old jaunfiness and optimism
returned.
He waited two weeks longer and when
at the expiration Of that period Henry
Rocky. looking family reminiscent of
a potato sprout put forth In = cellar,
returned to his laborA Babson left the
business Of the bank In Mr.. Rookby's
hands and proceeded to motor forth
among the FoFlorn yaileyites and ar
que them Into signing the petition to
the county board Of supervisors for
permission to organize the FOriorn
Valley Irrigation district Having had
q surveyor de-limit the areas snsceptt
BILE to surface irrigation, he knew the
Identity OF every farmer whose sigma
ture was necessary for his purpose, -
Z weeks time sufficed to acquire the
number OF signatures legally nece3
sary. and at the next regular meeting
OF the board Of supervisors, Of which
Babson was 4 member. he presented
the petition In person and addressed
his colleagues at some length and with
unusual eloquence on the ~dexirabiiIty
OF favorable action by the board
The chairman OF the board raped
with his gaveI- The pros appear to
have their innings he announced
smilingly. Are there any cons to be
heard from7"
A man rose In the real of the hall,
walked up to the railing In front Of
the dais upon which the board sat.
and bowed first to the board and then
to the audience MR. Chairman-gen-
tlemen: My name Is John w. Gagan,
a member OF the San Francisco law
firm OF Brooks. Gagan and Brooks. and
I appear rs the legal representative
Of the three riparian owners along
Eden Valley creek. to viii, Estate OF
RancefOrd kershaw. deceased, the
Bar I'll Land and Cattle company, and
the Mountain Valley Power company,
the last two companies. rs Is generally
known, being owned In their entirety
by Mr.. Nathan Tichenor. On behalf
OF my clients, / desire formally to pro
test to this honorable board against
the formation Of the Foriorn Valley
Irrigation district and viii state my
reasons briefly"
Gagan Immediately proceeded to do
80, painting t his auditors precisely
the picture that Nate TIchenor had
painted to him, challenging Lon Nor
ton to ~gainsay one single legal state.
ment- Gagan spoke simply. earnestly,
arraying his facts In logical sequence
When he had finished his address
Gagan bowed to the board and started
to leave the chamber. There was 81
lence until he was half WY dow. tbs
aisle, then 4 storm OF misses and boos
broke around him Gagan looked back
as he reached the door and nav that
Silas Babson was on his feet. hiS
hand raised for silence
$50 you're going to refute my state
ment, eh7s Gagan called back well,
before l depart III give Jon and your
delnded followers some very good nd
vice, free The man who acts n his
own attorney has q fool for \ client
TO BIZ CONTINUED