The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-10
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70 NY SON UPON THE OCCA- SION OF BEING INTERESTED
 WITH REAL. MONEY
 Ia a~t eases inc difference between spending money and
 and investing il is wholly
 matter or speed. Not one man
 n len knows when and where 4na how to put dollar proper H to work: SO the only hnan
 ri4I education expect yuu to
 -y out of all attempt to go in
 f, hu,mc~s Is d painful lesson in
 subtraction
 -Fhc letter. Johnson. k only a l,uaarr animation from the gover- nar rhu I'll make another bloom a- a,- ot myself with this" com 4,u.,d Bobby. tapping his finger on a. finger ou The cheek that lay .iore him and placing the letter .a.e aoanVard upon the desk which lad once been his fathers. where .~ eyed il askauce.
 Bobby. having been allowed to ed .g1-c himself carefully as a crack ,..o player. by way of preparation .r mh,ritiug three million. had ..., good reason ,o vince at the ###a mention of business. for with a .Ra months after his fathers .,ah Slla- Trimmer. his fathers lifelong commercial rival, had joe a.rd h1m oW of the John Burnit Sore through a rick of consolida- ion
 A 4aarter of a million" ob- -e1cd Mr Applerod rolling out s.e .mouu; with relish. A great Gya ,au he done with two hundred an# tlrz thousand dollars"
 That's just the point" observed Bobby with frown of perplexity. ..r,atDd alternately to the faithful gentlemen who for upward of 90 ..ar- had been his fathers right aH4 left howers. "What am to aa ~irh il? Johnson. what would ran do with two hundred and fifty oa4-and doliars?"
 .Loze it." confessed stopped and m,odIess Johnson T never made q dollar ouI ot dollar in my life
 What would you do with il. Alp lIeroGa"
 Mir Applerod scarcely able 10 con. an himself had been eagerly aHairjna chat question
 Purchase. improve and market rhg Wcsrmarsh addition" he said @rompriy expanding fully two inches across his already round chest
 "What?" snorted Johnson, and .ast upon his workmate look of whitening scorn Are you still dreaming about the possibilities oi aar old swamp"
 To he sure it is a swamp" ad uiued Mr Alplerod with some .ear Do you suppose you could na' one hundred and twenty acres .t directly accessible land almost at The very edge of the crowded city limits. at two hundred dollars an acre if it wasn't swamp land ?' he demanded. Why. Mr. Burnit il k he opportunity of d life-time!' =
 How much capital would be need ei ?' asked Bobby, gravely assum ing he callous, inquisitorial man, nrr of the ideal business man.
 Well, I've managed to buy up twenty acres out of my savings. and 'Acrc are still one hundred acres 'o be purchased, which will take twenty thousand dollars But this k the small part of it. Drainage filing and grading is to be done grading is to be done. streets and sldewalks ought to be put down gift clubhouse, which would serve ar first as an office. would be a good thing to build. and the thing would hay" 10 be thoroughly advertised I have figured on il for years. and if would require all told about a lNo-hundred-thousa investment?"
 And what would be the return ?'' asked Bobby without blinking at these big figures. and proud of his attitude. which. while conservative. Was still one of openness to con yiction.
 Figure it out yourself" Mir Alp plerod invited him with much enthu- sidsm. We get ten building lots 10 the acre, turning one hundred and twenty acres into one thousand lots. Improved sites at any point surrounding this tract cannot be bought for less than twenty-five dol Lars per front foot. Corner lots and those in the best locations would bring much more, but taking the average price at only six hundred dollars Der lot, we would have. as a total return for investment, sev- en hundred and twenty thousand dollars,"
 Tn how long," Bobby inquired, not allowing himself to become in the slightest degree excited
 one year. announced the optim-