The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11

SSohS ne was 20 teach the next
day. learning them SO well that IN
time he was able to bring his school
TO the highest state of proficiency of
any in his district.
Hunt, as college professor, refuted
the somewhat cynical axiom of the
upper educational world-a college
professors ambition is to die in his
chair. As boy on the farm he had
dreamed of dazzling career in finance
and as school master the dream had
still pursued him. AS a college presi-
dent he still dreamed and though he
was making the institution under him
ever stronger and increasing his fame
and his hold on his position thereby,
nevertheless he one day vacated the
presidential chair and set his face to
to the west determined to make the
dream of his life a reality.
He settled in Seattle and in a few
years was one of the biggest, if not
the biggest man in the booming coast
city. He owned one of the news
papers. his investments were colossal,
he was at the head of several rail-
roads and banks and in other financial
institutions he was a power He was
pointed out on all sides as a big man
and politicians currying to him Of
fered to make him United States SEN
ator.
All this was prior to the summer of
1903; before cold weather had come
Hunt was fiat on his back financially
and had not a penny to bless himself
with. His splendid properties had
vanished over night. AS in the days
when he had been wiped out of his
thousands he now did a little quiet
thinking, then wrote to his creditors
that he would pay them every cent
with interest some day and left Sc
attic. But he took with him when
he went to China as a representative
of a New York railroad building syn
dictate, the dream of his boyhood
With the Cinnamon Hunt experience
ed his first difficulty for the Celestials
were obdurate and did not take kindly
to the plans of the American. He had
banked on his ability to put certain
through for to do so meant
ioJ f,.io in ort NJ
least, but here failure was enveloping
him for the third time.
Discouraged? Not he. With his
little dream reckoning him on h
found himself in Corea, where by be-
coming friendly with the emperor of
that kingdom he made his last and
final stake" Learning that the en-
peror was shy Of ready money he saw
great possibilities in store for him
should he be able to make a loan of
SIS ,O00, O00-this being the trifling sum
needed-and with this view in mind he
convinced the Car of all the Russfas
that the thing to do in order to
strengthen his hold in Corea was to
negotiate that loan This was made
and to show his gratitude the emperor
gave Hunt certain concessions on min
ing lands which started the beginning
of his now enormous fortune.
This was his chance but Hunt was
shy on the necessary cash with which
to finance this deal. Going to New
York he fell in with ]. S. F. Fasse
who agreed to help him and partn'
ship was then and there formed
Something like year later the mines
were being developed.
The concession speedily made all
parties interested rich and then
fine day Hunt went to Seattle. While
there he paid off all his debts and not
being content with this refilled the
pocketbooks of many of his old follow
ers, who had also become por thrugh
following the advice of a man whose
word was accepted as law.
Hunt is now so wealthy and his
money is so we'll invested that 1t is
said by those in a position to know
that never again will he be called upon
to face the bitter sting of defeat or
feel the elation of a rehabilitating vic
tory. Now in his 55th year he has
mining interests scattered nearly over
the whole world, and his name is prob