The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-11-26
MILLIONAIRE KID
EARNS HIS LIVING
Learns the Value Of Dollar by
Working For Il.
HUNGRY, he SLEPT IN PARK

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Donald Murphy, Son of MuitiniIlionairs
Lumberman, Relates His Experiences.
For Long Time Lived on One Meal a
Day Which Cost Between Fifteen and
Twenty Cents.
Don Murphy has learned the value
of IL dollar. He is the son of Albert NJ.
Murphy, the multimillionaire lumber
man of Green Bay. Wis. Untll now
his fathers purse always has been
open to the prodigal son.
But the purse strings have been
drawn, and the youth has been ad-
viscd to learn the value of ii dollar"
Don has sought II royal road to
knowledge in vain He joined the
navy and was haZed because his IA
thcr WAS rich His cousin gave him Il
job riding horses mt the stocllyards.
One threw him on his head.
The stony road of hard knocks is the
one the Young man finally had TO take
to learn his lesson.
His own story i'm the Chicago Herald
is as follows:
81 was born with Il silver spoon in
my mouth. but it did not stay there.
'In January my father told me to so
and make my own living and learn the
| value of IL dollar.
Soon Loses His Job.
"Well, l thought that would be easy.
so ! went to Helena, Ark, where
worked for II lumber company for five
months They laid me off ON the 18th
Of August. as there was not enough
work Not finding any position down
there, started for Chicago.
II arrived here on the 18th of August
and started to look for work on the
same day. but could not find anything.
81 did not have a cent and did not
know where | was going to sleep.
happened to meet Il friend who was
kind enough TO give Inc Il room and
little money with which to get some
thing to eat
81 would eat only one meal a day, as
! wished to learn the pains Of hunger,
so in case ! had to | would be in trim
to meet that funny feeling-and, let
me say that one meal a day is no seven
course dinner. When this had gone on
for few weeks began to realize that
Il dollar looked a lot bigger to me than
it ever had before.
"Nly one meal would cost me be-
tween 10 and 90 cents. Then, if got
hungry | would 20 into q saloon, first
by the front door, and get Il lunch. then
20 out and rush i'll the back door, as if
had not been in the place before. and
eat some more. This went on for a
few days until was caught by a sa-
loon bouncer. who threatened to give
me licking. Rather than argue the
matter / left in IA hurry He looked
like Jess Willard to me. told him he
would have to run some if he wished
20 whip me
Sleeps In Station.
"One Saturday morning | awoke to
the fact that | did not have a cent and
was told that | would have to get out
of my room if | could not pay the bill,
so | left my suit case for security and
started out again to look for work.
"That night | went to the North.
western station and slept until 3 a. N.
A policeman awoke me and told me to
yet out or lie would run me in, SO l
went over to the Union station and
slept until o'clock.
las there was nothing else to do
Sunday, | went down to Grant park
to sit and think if l were only home
what a nice meal | would be having.
But no such luck! While [ was sit
ting there fellow who looked every
inch Il hobo asked me if | could give
him a little money. When | told him
| was just as much down and ont rs
he was l surprised him He said was
Wei dressed and surely must have
some money. l told him if a person
was we'll dressed that was no sign he
had money.
Sunday night came, and started To
sleep in the park but n policeman had
to interrupt me- so went back to the
Union station In the morning | be
Y gan to feel faint but could not see any
+ thing to eat coming my way
t "As happened to be passing Il room
e in a building where was looking for
y work | spied an old friend. but would
not tell him my troubles. He asked
y me out to dinner that night. ! ordered
l. everything from soup to nuts
f "Now, if this experience is NOT
). enough to teach one the value of Il dol
II lar l don't know what is.
>. "Above all. | have learned three
J. things-tirst, mind your parents; sec
ond, don't think because your father
has money you don't have to work
third ahovn nil ha honest "