The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-20
How the Rip Roarer
 Mine Changed Hands.

1 In the stock. aud most of the oFlsIlaI Investors had been frozen out. This
 having been accomplished, th' man agers We're using ,he original pay ments to sink a sh1ru with u view to striking au immensely rich vein of ore
 which they had reason to believe eN- tended within tuc limits ot their prop
 erry. If they struck this vein and 1t
 proved as rich as ia i,s other parts,
 tn,. Rip Roarrr mime would be worth many millions of dollars; if not, Rip l Roarer shares would continue to sell at , 8 cents ou tAe ao,ar
 Sow. the men who had got control of
 a majority of Rip Eouror stock had no intention that "su.hc" should ae- ,.rue ,o ths Jauu0. rt amy ouc except themselves Consequently they built a high fence arumd ,Ae mouth of the shaft. beyond which they would per m.r none ur their miners to go nor to l have any communication with the out s.B. world. The mou were permitted t1 write aul rv,rtr letters, but every nurgo.ng rr.r must be read by the cDupau,s yv.-ur TGn object of all . ghlS wa~ rr proven. news of auy prob able strike -rr.us .H. before the man ugrrs uau picked ap all ,ur loatmg storA there na~ .u .ag market nt min lmum prices.
 One aay muM,.u. ragged, but strong. applied tor work a ,Ac office %, ,4e Ep Goarar company. Several u.eu had been uaa-u, ,lt day before rulragor.u- .a .uruH bits or paper rrI To ~tyur- arrr the fence Their
 me>>agrs ,aamuI ua information abou, tac mur for there was uo iu
 formation to rumr. 0u. rhc managers proposed {. s.g every leak and dis charged tAn perpetrators. They were
 therefore -.au .u -H lae w.auo and
 took h.w .u .J ouer.
 Maggie Benton Wa~ the wife of a
 miner who h.. sawed a urs, egg and Invested .t .u t.e shares %, lle Rip Euarrr mine at >-u a share. pur value SIu Ar1 Dcurs Euwus savings had
 beech wturd uu-. One evening when be
 was out nuu..u- .u. work Maggie rc
 .rivrd lrt.n from l.m. ], was such
 letter as ar ordinarily wrote her. containing uugH.usaE importance. Ben
 tuu was au urlugarcI man. and his
 letter was rur'a..- u,r. than ordiua-
 r.y u.ttrrurr }a-..e uiI i, down to pur the nany ta l.u ar. her supper
 washed tur dishes. made un a fine fire of logs in h.r -.aar aut mud fireplace,
 ,aru sa, down q. rn.I her Jlm'S letter yErra-aIu.
 wD~ wind wa~ al-h aaI the fire burned hur Na--tu ua~ r.raa I.scour. aged. sleepy. >L- l.I .u, Gr cents in
 the house. a.I J.w had uat told her
 lha. ur had -ul work. uun feature in
 his letter ~0. could urg understand
 ue told lav to ne >.r. tt keep the
 baby wuru -la. iL.u rather have jt
 Lut than cult Warm e...gnu- tu the
 house l. necessary n ...n that baby
 from uGGu- o.I Na--.e wondered
 what induced um ,p write m that
 way. She. mother, surely knew more
 Of Dauy.s u..#s than d man. Sine
 puzzled uyur ta.~r -rurru.eS holding
 the letter between l.r auI the lire to
 screen her from the heat r.l. she drop
 ped into 30 daze
 When she awoa" there was the let.
 ter still Hrforr Nnr vg.s. aur with a re
 markanrr addition Brown letters ap
 rparaI across -ur ra..at it:
 -s. or..rn..s nu ...-.- JIM
 llaggie WAS nur half awake when
 these words >#u.I n.. In ,nc face, but
 they .om..o.rI Urr awakening She
 knew r.r...aw uas Jaa broker Ut
 colorado Sar.n-- through whom Jim
 had 0gu-l. auI sHI some mining
 share, Bu- how should snn rall Criurh-
 low ,ur words Rip Earr: Then she
 noticed Jta. had spelled trI with one l.
 Didn't le w.. r..~-ranu: Taking her
 GH cents. ~.u went .r rHa telegraph or-
 uor and seut ,he roIow.as telegram to urit0a.ow.
 Rip Rarar JIM
 Tn. next morning ou the Colorado
 >grG.-- T<.nau-u r...e werr rousiI r..I.r -...+ of Rip I:arrr The price
 rose slowly from a t..G. gn.u 2. $. 9, lu mrl ar u..a il struck l- rents. Early la lhe afternoon au order came frOm the uaau-rr- a. tHa Rip Eoarvr mine tu sell 4GUUu shares. drN..css to Iepres- rhe market This pu. rle price back few points. Gur ta. shares offered were all absorbed Then tUr stock jumped wltb bounds GI i. reached par. The next day wGen Maggie Benton was washing the dinner dishes she vas caught la tlr arms of a big negro. ~AIu4." he orleL you're smarter yAau chain Il-hH.u- I never believed | you'd understand about heating my 1 letter. but you dtI. We're rich as Croe. sus. own oue quarter of the Rip 1 Roarcr mine. I've got million and a half"
 Jim Benton had played the men who l sad frozen him out of the Rip Roarer mine a neat trick. Having induced his 1 broker to form a syndicate t1 buy Rip l RUarer stock uu news of tue manage. -.-,r rr..Trr.- gr..-.r. fr.. f.afr fIa,. yy-ara