The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
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Some real estate men al Atchis0n
-~ave heen conducting ssaic>'o OF -lot.
10 a newly opened addition and nave
7 been begging the people to invest
tzTheir advertisements indicate that
they haven't been enjoying the best
success In The wprid They fairly
implore the people TO take the street
car and travel out TO the west end Of
town, and see the finest suburban
lots ever offered since Adam went 0ul
OF the real estate business in the
Garden OF Eden.
They offer remarkable inducements
10 buyers. II you want one OF those
beautiful lots, you need 10 pay only
ls75 cents down and rs cents weei
/ thereafter, and the prices are reason
able, and there are no notes or mort
cages 70 sign. no taxes for three years
ar.i II you fall sick or have other bad
luck. ihs paylEents will be suspend
ed uniil ron are IN shape again II
Is easier than buying a piano on the
Installment riaii so4
The Real Estate Editor OF the Ca
zstte is familiar with the ground thai
Is thus being offered to the people
of Atchison. and is willing to believe
every word that the agents say
The tract is close 10 town, rnd beau
tifully located. and a home there
would be fine thing. A man couldn't
possibly lose BY such an investment
for Atchison Is growing. and such al
addition Is bound 10 be popuIous be
fore long. But Is is obvious from tht.
appealing, almost frantic advertise
ments OF the ageTtS, that the people
are not taking kinax 10 the scheme
They are saving their money 70 buy
stock in gold mine in Spiizbegen
or a fruit farm In the gulf OF Mexico
II is almost impossible 10 sell peo
pie anything they. can see for them
selves. Distance lends enchaniment
to the view in matters OF investment
more than In anything else. A pions-
looking fraud recently was arrested al
the instance Of the government for
graph deal. He took in over 5000
001 In few months. and was just
getting warne3 up to his work when
rnc.e Sam butted IN.
II tina, man had lived In Atchison.
and had offered to sell silver dollars
for IS cents each, the people would
have said there was something wrong
with his scheme. and would have sent
their money 10 man at Skayway, Al
aska, who is dealing in icebergs.
Millions Ct money IS invested every
year. by the hard-working people Of
this country, in gold and silver mines
This mining graft has been exposed
so frequently that every human being
should be wise to Il. The stocf iE
really valuable mines doesn't nave &c
be peddled around. and il Is not neces
sary to advertise il. Capitalists whc
understand mining always are eager
ITO buy II. The people who invest In
fake mines usually are so ignorant of
the business that they wouldn't know
gold ore from keg of sauerkraut.
All they get for their money Is a
bunch Of beautifully printed certiff
Gates II seems useless To expose
and denounce tbis fraud. The naonle
are determined 10 blow Gneir money
ini0 holes In thd ground, an1 in nine
cs.es out OF ten they have never seer
the holes. or ihf men who have solo
them the certificates. The whole
business usually is done on the faith
cure plan
II the money that Is sent out OF any
Kansas town to lbuy gold bricks were
kent at home, hnd invested in safe
enterprises. It would be the besl
thing possible. bbth for the people and
the town. But The people adhere
faithfully to thd theory that nothing
is any good unless it's a few thou*
and miles awaA, and the man who
wants to sell scdething at home must
be a skilltul hktnotist.