The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

the last coach on the train switched off
to another track and with it went n
pile of my magazines Tho boss
wouldn't listen to any such explanation
when | got back from the run. but he
was finally convinced and for some lit
tie time / continued in that work.
never viii forget my first night in St
Paul. for the best accommodations l
could afford were those of n ten-cent
lodging house. / was given "a little
room In the top of the house and lust
half door hung in the opening be-
tween me and an old deserted attic.
win only Il candle for light, | had a
pretty sruesome night of IT,"
MIR. Lindquist next became clerk
ana later manager In big clothing
establishment at Muskegon. Mich But
pad luck still pursued him and the bust
ness failed. AT. that time he was sup
poruhS his wife and lis mother and
prospects looked rather hopeless An
opening in feed store presented itself.
mower, and thus 1t was that Just about
nine years ago Lindquist was superIn-
tending the loading and hauling of the
bags or grain and feed and often taking
a hand in the labor himself. The day
before entered the feed store his left
arm was nearly broken, and ii was a
i"lrIy well discouraged man who ap-
pearcd for work with one arm in a
'4ihS. i!meS' were hard then in Michi-
gan and Mr.. Lindquist was on the look
out Tor something better to do He
neaIu o! q business opening in Grand
rapids. Mich, and while on his way
thcre found il necessary to stop off
overnight at Grcenville to make train
connections. While there he heard of
storekeeper who was anxious to sell
his establishment ut low price rhe
iutufc representative had just $40 to
ms name, but he visited the merchant
mo latter wanted $500, but he finally
agreed 10 take the $40 cash and note
Needless to say. Mr.. Lindquist didn't go
on TO Grand Rapids but brought his
FAMILY to Greenville, and with his
orotncr aid so successfully establish
cd ms new business that in two years
ne says. his clear profits amounted to
$o''oo His plant now consists OF one
retail stores
a Youthful Cattle Herder.
uhtlI he was twelve Warren w.
i'"llcE, now representative from Johns
to"h. "a, did chores on an Illinois
prairie farm Becoming a cattle herd
or whiic still too young to mount a
morse. nc overcame this difficulty by
lcach>ne the stecd 10 kncel When
ne was fourteen he made his FIRST big
moncy by peddling water from his
nome well among ncighbors whose
"els mad gone dry from the great
dr"ught OF that year. At first he car
req nc water In pals. by hand and
theh II wheeibarrow, until the bust
"css necame so furnishing that bar
'c'S haui"d IN wagon had to be
p'"fsed INTO the service After having
worked during the following months
~ grain dealer. he began to study
Geography at hfteen and soon OBJ
famed employment IA an operator in
the chicago stock yards. Meanwhile
"ls cnucation had been limited to short
periods at the county schools and lei
sure browsings In the extensive
library OF the village doctor. At
twenty no learned the printing trade
in the plant OF paper at Kansas
III. and when twonty-one had the
honor OF being the youngest editor
own9r OF daily paper In Indiana. to
"hltn state he moved. While stlll
~ MIS- twent'ca he went TO Chicago, and
after having served on the starfs OF