The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-14
Sometimes There IS
Something in G. Name

w. J. Hilands sat on his porch or
Euclid avenue yesterday afternoon and
talked about his friend, Ernest II.
Hooley, the London promoter.
"Hooley viii come out all right and
within the next six months. too" said
Mr.. Hilands. He is not a dead cock
in the pit by any means. Only a day or
50 ago / had a letter from Dobson. his
private secretary. who said that after
everything was paid up Hooley would
still be worth 81 800. 600. perhaps s.. 000.-
900. That's more than enough for a
man Of his ability to start i'm with to
max another big fortune. OF course il
IS nothing To h he one had They
used to quote him at $50. 600. 900. and
from what | know that sum is not far
out of the way.
Il made his acquaintance in "A peculiar
way" continued Mr.. Hilands. W. had
secured the European rights for a rub
her tire for baby buEgies and the like
n had placed the sale Of these rights
in the hands of a firm of London brok-
ers. They We're so very slow in the
matter that our option was i'm danger
of running out before anything was
done. So / had IL extended for a short
time and went over To London to look
after the affair myself. l found our
HEtIG bA1tlltIA ltbHit bul Ndulll0HdllN
English in their conservatism.
Il looked over the situation and
thought that II ! could get Hooley in
rerested all would go well. But how
could / reach him? Unless you had
made arrangements you could not get
beyond the boys who stood on guard.
But / vas not to be put of in that
way. When one boy was parleying with
me L slipped past into the seCretary's
rnnm Here I found "A most arrpAa hla
fellow, who told me. however. that it
would be impossible To see Mr.. Hooley. |
talked with him for about half an hour.
outlining the plan of our patent. i told
him that If l could not make ii appear
a good thing 10 Mr.. Hooley in 10 min
utes j would not bother him any more.
Upon this agreement the secretary went
I'm TO his chief and brought back an
answer that Hooley woul give me Just
Is minutes. Then / was shown into
another room where Hooley soon met
me.
About the first thing ne said to me
was: 'You wrote me a congratulatoTy
letter after l had formed the Dunlop
Tire company. did you not, saying IL
was the greatest financial achievement
of modern times?' I said. Yes 4
thought So added Mr.. Hooley: L re-
member the name Then he plunged
into business. and instead of giving me
q quarter Of an hour. IL was so minutes
before he bad me goodbye. And then
lf was only 10 make another arrange
ment with me for the next day. That
time he did me a great favor. He wrote
me a letter with his own hands-he
didn't dictate il. h letter was TO
Lawson, the authority on horseless car
riages and a man Of great wealth. Mr..
Hooley told him Of this company of ours.
and said IL Lawson would take one-half
the stock he would take the rest. Now
said Hooley. with a smile. take this let
ter and show IL TO your brokers and /
think IL will bring about what you want.
IL IL doesn't, j will take the interest 1
have stated, and / know Lawson will
follow. j think il is a good thing. but
Or ie rather too small for me to ioat
Then / went down 10 our brokers. !