The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-26
Two keokuk Business Men are Look.
ing for a Third Party With
Hundred Dollars
to Invest.
ALL ARE TOO BUSY
The Scheme Looks Good and with a
Hundred Dollars Invested,
Thousands Can be
Made.

The Idea is new and novel one In
heoKuk and has set The wise heads
10 thinking, quite strongly, whether
or no, the venture would be a perfect.
~ safe one and if it would be as
renumerative as it looks. Most ey-
cry one In Keokuk who does not read
Inc Daily Gate City, has banker
ing after the Globe Democrat or one
OF the other metropolitan papers Of
the country. In this case 1t was the
estimable columns of the Globe that
put the idea into the heads of two
OF keokuk's hustling business men
yesterday morning, j. r. Roberts
the real estate man. saw get rich
quick scheme in the st. Louis sheet
tnat took his eye immediately. 1t
read something like this:
Three men, subscribing $500 each,
can buy 500 geese as a starter. II
these geese do the right thing they
VIII lay 900 eggs week, 46,S0o a
year and 100000 eggs in three years.
estimating that 10000 of trese will
be dad eyes, this will leave 100000
goslings, which later will become
geese and produce 100000 pounds Of
feathers, which. sold at 81 a pound,
would net the trio of goose raisers
100000. Each of these Geese will
produce 100000 pair of goose liyers,
at GO cents pair, which will bring
an income OF $50 900.
Each goose's bill will furnish ten
buttons at 10 cents each, or a total
of 100000, and each goose dressed will
sell for $1.5o, thus netting a grand
total income of s53O,00o To raise
this revenue will require an expendi-
ture of $190,300, leaving the net
profits in three years s339,7o0, or
over $4,000 for each stakeholder, on
an original capital of only $1O0 each
The goose raisers are then at liberty
to let go of the geese and invest their
earnings in some get rich quick
scheme.
The ex-railroad man memorized the
above quite thoroughly and he and his
business partner. H w. Bisshopp,
agreed to wait for their first victim,
and try to get him in on the scheme
as the third party with the third one
hundred dollars. The first one to
happen in during the afternoon. was
j. ]. Crimmins, the genial undertake
er. The scheme was sprung to him
to become the third member of the
Goose Farm company, but after due
of the matter, he told |
the two enthusiastic poultry men that |
things were just a little too busy in
his line at present to embark in the !
wonderful scheme.
H. e. Alton, the livery man was the
next approached. He thought the
scheme was a good one but his bust
ness would not permit his embarking
into the goose business, as he had
cares enough looking after his horse
Hesh
H. G. Duncan was let into he won
ierful scheme but he also had to
urn the magnificent proposition down
On account of pressing business.
Messrs. Roberts and Bishop were
wiling to furnish the farm for the
geese down in the Ozarks or any
where else If they can find the third
nan to invest his hundred. but the
light man seems to be playi y the
lark horse act. and hasn't put in his
appearance just yet.
It's wonderful scheme and one
where golden eggs are not needed but
90 many have been sold gold bricks
ecently to embark into a business of
his kind, anyway the geese might
axe notion to fly south when cold
weather. came unless their wings were
:ept clipped end no one has the time
;, oooant tho ioh