Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-29
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who could, IL they Woulu 10 ~ "no'
they are absolutely alone, unlock the
boxes that contain their private papers
Ind find some reminders OF invest.
ments that will bear out the truth OF
The statement that "all Is not gold that
klitters."
We say they could find them If they
we're alone because they would not
admit to anyone but themselves that
khey were ever foolish enough to go
I'm against some of the games they
have "bit'' at. 1t is hard lines to nave
10 admit it even to oneself. Each one
pf us thinks he is smart and wise,
hit the fact is that we have all, OF
nearly all, bought enough gold bricks
10 lay walk in front Of the house
At some period in his existence
syery man gets his system thoroughly
saturated with the germs of oil well
stock, or gold mine stock, or copper
stock or board of trade deals. And
when he gets 1t right, he has to go
through all stages of the disease. This
aforesaid disease takes away from
him all business Judgment. He gets
Ia he afraid of himself-afraid he will
let his Judgment get TO working and
thereby keep himself from reaping the
big dividends that he would like to
ret but knows In his innermost judg-
ment that he is not going to get.
But they are mighty pretty those
certificates of stock. Fine bond paper,
with nice curved lines of printing on
them, and a gorgeous border and mag
nificent gold seal-oh, they're dressed
np fine; they look like prize pup at
bench show. Go get one or two out
Of your box now and look at them
Aren't they great? Only cost ten cents
i share, par value dollar. Isn't that
Hne? That's making money fast,
Isn't 1t? But you didn't tell your wife
ut the time about buying this stock
Oh, it isn't necessary for her to know
!, about all your business affairs.
Now look at that one for thousand
Z aares In the Lucky Dog mine. Do
'5nn 4emember when you bought that
igIsAut seven or eight years ago? 1t
l/56lj sure to make you rich. 1t was IN
z ..e property right next to the Lucky
Cat mine. and the best ore the Lucky
Cat was getting was from the side
right next to the Lucky Dog. In fact
It was almost cinch that the Lucky
Cat people were really working over
pn our property. You couldn't lose.
But-well-what will you take for
that beautiful piece of printed matter
now? It still has the same high
rolors, and the gold seal Is still there.
But somehow or other 1t doesn't look
lust like it did when you paid for 1T,
aoes ite The old thing has kind OF
changed, hasn't 1t?
Well, Just suppose you had Invested
that money seven or eight years ago
h Ottumwa property. You would have
been a great deal better off. You
would have something for it now.
Ottumwa Is one of the best cities in
The country. The men who have In
vested their money here and kept on
Investing here have made great deal
more out of it than was made for In
gestments in the oil stock Of Beaumont
and California and mining stock of all
over. -
From 1900 to 1906 there was enough
money sent out of Ottumwa in wild
rat speculation to build and equip
line of steamboats, on the Des Moines
river: enough to have started a dozen
factories, some Of which, had that
been done, would have been making
money for the stockholders now. But
Mr.. Cleage and Mr.. Ryan ct al wanted
Dur money, so we gave it to them.
They needed 1t, we didn't.
But we learned our lesson and now
let's get back some Of 1t by getting
some ottumwa property and improv-
! ing it. We will make Ottumwa big
ger and better, and incidentally make
some money for ourselves right here
at home.
Invest in Ottumwa property for OF
umwa is just starting on it's way to be
q greater Ottumwa, the hub of south
arm iowa