The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-27
MILLIONAIRE KID
EARNS HIS LIVING
Learns the Value of Dollar by
Working For II.
HUNGRY, HE SLEPT IN PARK

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 a dollar. He is the son Of Albert NJ.
Murphy, the multimillionaire lumber
man of Green Bay, Wis. Until now
his fathers purse always has been
open TO the prodigal scr
But the purse strings have been
drawn, and the youth has been adj
vised to "learn the value OF a dollar"
Don has sought a royal road to
knowledge In vain. He Joined the
navy and was hazed because his ia
Their was rich. His cousin gave him a
job riding horses at the stockyards.
One threw him on his head.
The stony road of hard knocks Is the
one the young nan finally had to take
to learn his lesson.
is as follows:
II was born with n silver spoon In
my mouth. but 1t did not stay there.
I'm January my father told me to go
and make my own living and learn the
value Of a dollar.
Soon Loses His Job.
well, / thought that would be easy.
SO / went to Helena. Ark. where !
worked for a 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. l started for Chicago.
II arrived here on the 10Th of August
and started TO look for work on the
same day, but could not find anything.
II did not have a cent and did not
know where | was going to sleep. l
happened to meet a friend who was
kind enough to give me "A room and a
little money with which to get some
thing to eat.
II 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 IL no seven
course dinner. When this had rome on
for a few weeks | began TO realize that
a dollar looked a lot bigger to me than
Ii ever had before.
my one meal would cost me be-
tween 10 and 20 cents. Then. If | got
hungry i would go into a saloon. first
by the front door. and get a lunch. then
go out and rush In the back door. as II
| had not been In the place before, and
eat some more. This wen on for a
few days until | was caught by a sa-
loon bouncer. who threatened TO give
me a licking. Rather than argue the
matter / left In a hurry. He looked
like Jess Willard TO me. | told him he
would have TO run some If he wished
TO whip me.
Sleeps In Station.
"Ora Saturday morning | awoke to
the fact that | did not have a cent and
was told that l would have to get out
OF my room IL l could not pay the bill.
so l left my suit case for security and
started out again to look for work.
THAT night l went to the North
western station and slept until 3 a. M
A policeman awoke me and told me to
get out or he would run me in, SO |
went over to the Union station and
slept until Z o'clock.
LAS there was nothing else TO do
Sunday, l went down TO Grant park
to sit and think II / were only home
what a nice meal l would be having
But no such luck! While l was sit.
ting there a fellow who looked every
inch a hobo asked me IL | could give
him a little money. When | told him
| was just as much down and out as
he was l surprised him. He said / was
We'll dressed and surely must have
some money. / told him II a person
was well dressed that was no sign he
had money.
Sunday night came, and ! started TO
sleep I'm the park. but a policeman had
} to interrupt me. so / went back to he
Union station. In the morning ! be
gan to feel faint, but could not see any
thing to eat coming my way.
"As | happened to be passing a room
In a building where l was looking for
work l spied an old friend. but woulG
not tell him my troubles. He asked
me out to dinner that night. | ordered
everything from soup to nuts.
Now. If this experience is not
enough to teach one the value of a dol
, lar / don't know what is.
"Aboye all. l have learned three
things-first, mind your parents; sec
Ond, don't think because our father
has money you don't have TO work,
third, above all, be honest"