The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-10

Af0n184u ana 9blu n1tS mOQEy " Iu1VW
at the birds. His name ii Joleph West
lake. Back in the '4os, when the man
ufacturing.and fruit Industries of Ben
ton Hafbof were In their infancy, he.
started basket and box factory. II
was ram su aismall scale st' fpt, but
a fruit raieing attained greater impor-
lance he mcrsaaed his facilities for
turning out baskets, and within 4.
couple Of years the basiness was not
only on . paying basis but yielded :
pretty fat income 10 the manipulAtor. 4
bout that time another faetwy was
put in operation dowu by the river.
and 80 great was the demand for Their,
wares that both. conOeEna.-o could have
become rich BIZ s4ieARG to leGidwete
inbota psolsnsisy aSor ] dabSling in.
things that did not belong to hin broke
out after suppression Of three years or
more. - ~ & 4t'S4a ~. IS !.
! "He wes . born gambler. From the
time he was old enooeA 10 talk he WAS
'happiest when making . bet Of some
kind. and it seemed that. the, bad luck
that had generally attended all his haz-I
ards OF fortune only served 90 stimu-
.lus Tor further experiments in That line.
TO be sure, his betting had never been
done on q very extenave Scaie up TO tie
time Of hiS investment in the fnc&osy, {
for what property he had w1s in his
mothers name, and ta1e only way. he
could get at it WA by ,frst ohtaiqing
her consent, and - the old lady was
aware Of his great fault and strove to
guard against the gratihcation OF his
desires, that was not such IN easy thing
to DO. asi4i-8s{sa9 - tSsFp 8. assn "!
'His basleetmaking business WAS in
the third year Of ita axistenesjwhe the
mania attaa9ed hin. Both, factories
were going 81 f3ha8 8t,ilt and there was
considerable rivxs5y between the two
capitalists a. 10 which could turn out
the greater product. One evening West
lake met his competitor In . drug store,
and - usual they iuterchaneed . few
remarks relative; 70 theiI Mosk.oq s9al.
" IN bet yQu,' seid Westlake. that 1
can turn ont more baskets than you
can between now and the 1st Of Septsm-
Der. soconhdent Am ItfiAtI sm willing
to stake my factory on'iitsa ssiaeta .
His rival had Just put In oome new
machinery and had taken; on oevesol
additional hauds, and that the
capacitypf Ais p9ant HID rot yet bee1
fully tested. Westlake spoke in all ear
nestness: and 6fter considering the
proposition fore few moments he said:
~.I1l take iyou up on that aLets
make It out in black and whitaI. Il!
They went to a notary the next day
and had . coptznct drawn up whereby
1t was agreed. that the one who mann.
factured the smaller number Of baskets
should forfeit his faetory ID the other.
ION The 1st day Of september they
took an account Of stock. and ShS figures
shpwed that Wstlske hAd made l,sse.
bas)<ets less than t1e Fivel Ann.s West.
lakes friends Hapted him to Aght the
claim. but His disappointment, had
taken IN The life out Of him, and. he
turned over his entire 4Actoty witho,nt
the 3east show Of resistaaoe. That Ode
disastrsas st'st wss psactis1lly the' end
Of h3s :ssrner, and. ffom then On heshAs.
been: ,whak, you - him aoyr - 4eea
weight on hie mothers hands SChieas5i
70 1E1000e. 4 t4s .k,.s.ss /. - -, i, -,