The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02

ing. While still very young married and
moved from my home in Minnesota to
MY husbands ranch in Montana; but
hated ranch life and I began to realize
that / was not living up to the lest that
was in mo when l stayed there doing MOTH
ing We were not poo.; | had everything
wanted, but l felt that I was unfair to
myself when | stayed there doirg nothing
while others were doing the things that
/ knew could do as we'll as they, or bet
ter ] don't care for idleness and society
and womenS clubs. II Is 80 much moro
interesting to conceive plan for the de-
velopment OF some natural resources and
work It out, thus having something 10
show for ones time and thought and
encrRy."
This was WHY Mrs. Tut saved her money
instead of spending II as most women are
pleased to do; and when. she had enough
gathered together TO invest she went from
Montana to Los Angeles to look for an in
vestment. Here she discovered an OPEN
ing for an electric light pI.nt at Que Of The
nsighboring beach resorts and organ
lied a company. When it came to tinCins
a manager for the company, there seemed
to be no one avail6 bic who WAS better fit
ted to underta Ike It than herself, so She was
both president and superintendent.
There were many things, Mrs, Tut now
admits, that she did not understand about
electricity. The most she had was we'll
grounded pre- ctical knowledge OF ma chin
cry; and by working around the dynnmos,
seeing them set up piece by piece. and by
study, she soon ma stered the problems Of
ampares, voltage and potentials. as she
had alreadv doDe with fly wheels, shafting
anu pistons
The electric plant fourished, and before
long lines We're being stretched to give
lights to adjoining towns along the be- oh.
Meantime Mrs. T'tt found time for house,
keeping and for doing much church work
aside from singing in the choir and keeping
up her musical studies. But her will and
energy outran her physcal strength, end
few years of managing prosperous and
growing business, homo and church
choir brought her to the verge of nervous
prostrst ton. To save her hG It'll she sold
out the electric light plant and moved to
Los Angeles. where she invested the Pro-
ceeds Of her sale. Her few thousand dol
lars capital had increased many times,
and her real est te Investments enabled
her to live comfortably enough to suit the
ms joritv of people.
1t suited her, too, while she WAS regain
ing her health; but with the return of physi-
cal vigor her mind went out agG in in ac-
tive search OF some new venture along her
speci, line of work.
While on trip TO Arizona she discovered
two unused water rights that were about
to lapse and which could be bought for a
reasonable sum by any one who would
promise to organize a company and pro-
coed with the storage of water and the
development Of electrical current. Here
were great possibilities. The water rights
were In the heart OF the mining district,
where as yet steam and hydraulic power
are the only ones in use. II took pluck
and money and hard work TO undertake.
s,ch a proposition, but Mrs. Tut had all
these to give. She contracted at once
for the water rights, organized an engineer
inu party and followed the transit every
step of the way back into the mountains,
following the course of the creek over a
difficult and dangerous abandoned trail.
where few men and no woman had ever
gone before. For weeks she was in the
saddle all day long, sleeping under tent
or wa ron bed at night; and when she re-
turned bruised from head TO foot by fall
mo rocks and broken branches Of trees
and tangled underbrush, she had all plans
formulated in her mind for the prosecution
OF her work ~,
NEXT step was the financing of the enter
prise. She was willing TO risk her own
money, and this helped to interest adj
ditional capital. Two companies were
formed, one to build 5000 horse power
plant. the other 1900 horse power. or
both companies Mrs Tut Is vice-president
and general mana ger, and she has entire
charge Of the construction work of both
plants The headquarters OF both COM
panies are at Prescott, Ariz., and the board
OF directors Of each is 80 divided that
whether Mrs. Tut Ia at Prescott or Los
Angeles, there ia a quorum for business.
Her salary Of ", 500 a year 10 a small matter