Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-11-03
old zBKR CooNSKIN.
he PROCEEDS TO 0AKE HONEY TO
SUPPLY LOCAL NEEDS.


Crawl Out OF The Financial Muddle.
MIsTUR EDIrUR: Il hev' been ex.
amin the foundashuns OF my new
political faith durin' the past few days.
A close and sarchin' view does not
create . bilin' enthusiasm in my breast.
| fesr / am not Ro,n' to make .
bumin' and sbinin' light in the new
dispensashun. But as my attachment
to the cause is more = matter Of ex-
pediency, guess ! will manage to
hold on if it does 20 agio Tho grain.
While medi.a.in' on the ice Of that
eminent 6nanceer Wover, who, ac>
cordin' to the old Missoory coon-d dog
argument. must DO good finsneeer,
seein' ~ how he has never demon
strated capssity for anything else, .
new lie struck me with the force Of
an inspirashun. Wover's lice is that
there Is not enua of the oircula.in'
mejum. ! think he is right. Wever
seq also that greenbax is money, aud
that all we hev to do to git more Of
the circulasin' mejum is to print plenty
Of greenbax and put EN- to circulatin'.
Here We have . solushun OF the 6nan.
shall problem that is worthy the
thought Of alexander Hamilton him>
self. Then it wus that the great ice
struck me. sed to myself: vi the
government can print money, why
not organize = company here in Idaho,
and print plenty Of tho circulatin' ,
mejum to supply the homo m.rket?"
menshunsd my ske,ne to Betsey
AIMS husband, but he scoffed 1t it,
and sed muss be gettin' daft. Ire-
called tho fact, howsumever, that
original ger ases air apt to meet with
scorn from their own imme]ate friends,
and took courage.
After sum trouble, succeeded in
organizin' tho Billtown Consolidated
Banking and Trust Company, Limited
yself wuz president, CASHIER. prin.
Opal director, and general manage
Horashus Puffenblow, Deacon Pull
wire, Brad Snifll-s aud several other,
wuz converts to the new skeme, q.
+ ey had but to take \ single step
from the posishun Of Wover into the
full light and liberty of the Idaho
skr me.
Our first ishue wuz $4,000 dollare
It wuz good. clean paper money. A,
tho crisp, new bills rustled in m,
hands, l wuz glad, and my soul sung
for Joy. AS l passed q porshun owe,
to the silver>tongued Horashus, tina,
brillyant orb in the Populist move
ment wept also, and hailed me a. tn.
modern Columbus ~ had d,scover ec
= new way to raise the wind when il
wuz hard to raise.
For the space of . week, Billtowr
wuz happy. Never in the history o
tho town had there been so much Of
the circulatin' m-jum per head =.
there wux when that fret ishue 90
round among tho boys. Talk about
rasho of $50 per head. The ice i
diminutive; it is small and utterly
contemplate. NV mitey mind glanced
along tho dim possibilities; it took i.
at one scoop what might be d. ne I,
make people feel good, aud he'd ,
con,emp, for the narrow ices o
Wover, notwiths,andin' no is tn
prophet of the new political dispense
shun.
| l called . meetin' Of tho directors
laid before them my plans and boldl,
moved an ishue OF 100000 more. 1
passed unanimous, and the presses WI,
put once more to work.
| When tho good news reached Bill
town tho widest excitement pre-
vailed. | wuz met - ! wux . comm
into town BY . committee Of sole
citizens, taken bodily from my bogg!
aud tosed into the back room OF Pref;
Donner's saloon. where l received
thunder,n' ovashun. l wuz hailed u
Billtown's generous benefactor; l W.,
feastcd and toasted and made OF till
swan, If | he'd not he'd master .troni
mind, my he'd would hev been com
pletely turned.
Talk about the flush days OF the al,
Basin times, they wus - nothin' i,
comparison. Everybody Was j.