Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-11
SNAKE AND JUNK
FOUNDATION FOR
LARGE FORTUNE
Snowman Who Came to Ar
tesla With Sick Wife and
No Capital Is Now Wealthy
and Prominent Citizen

fsprctAL conRtspoapunce 70 ncpNtso iouRrht !
Artesis \ NJ, Feb, IA CONNER
eiul romance OF the great south
west is disclosed in Che growth Of the
business of l.. +. Evans, the Junk
dealer OF Artesa. A few years ago
Mr.. Evans came TO Artesia, oVeflaha.
with a sick wife and an eighteen-foot
snake. Nor many years he had been
in the carnival business, ana the snake
and sarge show van represented tne
net profits Mr. Evans located NJ
AFtesia for his wlfe's health and no.
ticinp the amount Of funk going 20
waste around the town, commenced
business on a small scale, gatherins
up old iron and the various other mat
ter which goes to make Junk. ana
shipping when ne had q carload, tie
sold his snake TO another Snowman
FOR $500, ana this was his capital OTIS
inally invested in the business,
Mr.. Evans was a hard WORKER, ana
for three years very few knew MN
| lie went about his business, eradua-
| ~ increasing his operations, ana our
| ing one bad year on the eattlemen ne
| cleaned IN fair sized sum from old
| bones. He ontgrew his old qual1efs
and moved 10 better location, puiid
/ ing q tool and warehouse, and always
( increasing MS business little as TIME
went on. lie entered the windmill
pipe and fittings, and general supply
/ business. Installed a work shop ana
began To buy new goods rs well as gee
ona-han la time he took naftf'el,
/ I ID Robinson, also an old Snowman
and together they have built UP one
OF tho most prosperous bnsinesses ~
the entire Pocos valley The tifhi 7
known for a hundred miles ~ eve.a
| direction. There is hardly anNtninN
ia the way of machinery or niachah
cry repairs that cannot pc ontai w
There. The business IS a noneN maker
FOO when the joyce Pfuit company
decided 10 80 out OF the pipe fittina
business, Evans & Robinson pouRh'
their immense stock and paid casr
for Ii A Few weeks ago they pufehasee
an automobile. 80,
since Mrs. Evans died they batter
together. the two old pals VINO wy
/, ia travel the carnival trait tosetliei
| aud neither OF them is old yet. fhel
work ana play and enjoy life to IN
. tintu ard are a kind -hpafted, loNabl'
palr Of men who number their FRIEND
Inv the hundreds. AT least Evans does
, for "Cy" Robinson Is quiet ana suN
, and II takes a long time to get nc
uuainted with the man Evans
horn mixer, ana ts uiNdAo W. sstA ~
ing when anything Of puhiic lhieras
!. le "a be attended TO- The ffiends wh
have atuess to the home THINK Jus
as much Of tCy'' as they do of H. ~
|, but the general public rarely gets
: chance TO see what ICY" really Is
: livery month notes an increase !
tho volume OF their business on,
thev do not work for their heaith.
wo,tld be supposed that. becoming ~
dependent the call Of the road w
! take them back to the tented citle
again. but both declare that they q
e located for the rest Of their lives, an
+ nothing Il further from their desire
!, than 4 return 10 the old days. ~
& when carnival comes 10 town or
circus stops Off for day. they shl
+. up shop and go out to meet old iflen u.
+ and acuuaihtances, and after the ~
4 makers have passed on they a
i auieter than usual for rev Gays, ~ -,
T when they talk II Is Of the eafnlFi
j ahme, and The times they used to hat
!, on the road.