The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-06-15
LOOKING
FOR MICA
By NJ QUAD
Copyright. 1910. BY Associated Lit
erary Press.

/ Nau ukufeu 70 TAU az pfoul, DuA lnrfe
had been q hitch In bis calculations,
and be was about done for.
There was Jim Greene, a newspaper
man, That Is. be had been employed
on various newspapers without credit
10 them or him.
There was Dick Grahame. a shysteF
lawyer, who had been disbarred and
was thinking II be should turn lee
turer and expose the rest Of the pro-
fesslon.
These three men were eating cheap
dinners. Between moufhfuls they sized
each other up. None Of the three
sized another up as an honest man.
and this fact warmed them 70 each
other. The meal had been almost IN
ished. however. before Mr.. Ikestein
yentured to observe;
Gentlemen. this Is a hard world"
1T is." replied Mr.. Greene
mo one can be an honest man any
more" said Mr. Ikesfein.
IF be tries 70 be honest be falls and
has to pay 80 cents on the dollar" con
tinued the speaker.
Gentlemen. we three are honest
men. We must have the interests OF
our country more at heart We must
20 out IN 10 the park and sit down on
bench and talk IN confidence. Be
cause OF my clothing business you
must not disfrust me Because Of your
business ! must not distrust you"
The result OF their talk was an IN
derstanding. and the result Of the I'M
derstnnding was the organizing OF the
Great Western Mica company. Mr..
Greene could write luridly. and be
was 10 manage the advertising
The public caught on 10 the ads.
slowly Il was used TO gold and ST.
yer mine ads. but this was q mica
mine. and Il didn't guarantee 70 pay
over 90 per cent dividends for the
first twelve months.
Now and then a minister or a widow
sent IN q poor 50 FOR investment. and
thus the ONCE rent was paid. but none
OF the trio bought himself an auto.
I'VE should have promised 100 per
cent dividends growied Mr.. Ikesteln.
I'VE should have made Il $50" add
90 M 1fctur.
two hundred az the very least"
announced Afr. Crahame
but stlli we may add 10 the pros
perity Of the country BY being not too
honest" continued Mr.. ikestein as be
sawed away AZ his steak. Gentle
men. into the once this afternoon
there came a sucker. lie was good 10
look upon. In his hair there was hay
seed Among his whiskers were long
sirawA He was the innocent Of the
valley"
And he wanted stockY' was asked
Better than that For stock be
cared not For the land be cared a
great deal Having purchased three
more cows. be must have more land
for pasture Seer
~But that land Il a mountain peakr'
exclaimed Mr.. Grahame
80 I ala not explain. but 50 the in
nocent man from the valley seemed
10 know. He said that the higher up
mountain be could get bis cows the
higher prices be could get for his milk
and buttcr.~
-And he win buy itf"
II the price r. right. Gentlemen.
Il r. up to us to think. Have we been
too honesti n not. then why have we
not met with prosperity A too honest
man has too little 70 offer the public.
We have offered but 80 per cent divi-
dends."
But the savings banks offer only 4
per cent" protested Greene. who was
responsible for putting the mica divi-
dends 90 low.
1T is true. but 4 savings bank Is
not a mica mine II has a granite
building, with bronze hinges on the
front doors. II has stained glass win |
dows. Il has a president who rides in
an automobile. Il does not permit the
faker TO come IN and sell suspenders
and lead pencils. An, a savings bank
is dilferent-very different"
"But about the suckerr'
-He win take that COW pasture az
1900 and let us out. am 70 let him
know tomorrow"
That's eve hundred apiece" said
Greene.
Anu ~ n lump utNt0 0AuhAhANs
"And we can take the money and (
advertise the Arctic Peach company.
with dividends at 125. This time we
must not be too honest The public
loves him not II sends him too few
checks Il Is then agreed that the
sucker shall have this mountain peak
COW pasture"
The sucker called next day, and the
deal was closed. The money was d.
vlded. ana the three went their sepa.
rate ways. Il was a year later when
Mr.. Greene met Mr.. Ikestein on the
street
"You see-you seer shouted the lat
Ter rs he raised his hand slyward.
u see whatT"
YOU see the too honest men. You
zee only 30 per cent dividends. You
zee we make nothing"
~Oh. yes. sec"
"And you see the sucker You see
he COW pasture. You see we sell outf'
"Yes. see all that"
"But you don't see. you can't see,