Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-05-17
BOWSer'S
Little Plan
He Is Going to Reduce
the Cost of White
Paper One Half
BY N. QUAD.

(copyriEht. Mcclure Newspaper syndisate.)

tNA ~ UAhtN tNtuink litIt Nun ~ wv
ter awaiting him which had come In
the afternoon mail. II was n letter
from n postmaster up the state. He
opened II, and expressed n great salts
faction. He had no particulars to give
out, and Mrs. Bowser had learned TO
repress her curiosity.
Half nm hour after they had gone
upstairs Mr.. Bowser began pacing
the floor, az he always does when he
has got a little scheme on hand. BY
and by he suddenly made up his
mind to unbosom himself, and he sat
down and drew the letter from his
pocket and said:
Mrs. Bowser l hold n fortune in
my hand"
HAS some Il died and left you n
legacyf" she querled with a smile.
II have left myself n legacy" he
continued, "and l nm going to tell
you about II, although / think / have
made an idiot TO do so. l should have
been worth millions and millions OF
dollars had you not discouraged me
whenever l got hold OF a sure thing.
You will probably do so IN this In
stance, but, by the seven sens, / shall
20 right ahead In spite Of what you
say"
well, II It's so serious as that per-
haps o hadn't better tell the story"
"But l shall tell II, that you may
see what n golden opportunity has
presented Itself, but any time / wish
to stop short / shall do 80. Mrs. Bow
ser, you have rend about the scar
city and the consequent high price OF
white paper, haven't you-lndeed, OF
nll kinds OF pnper7"
II have" was the quiet reply.
you know that paper is made OF
woodpulpT
~ do"
"They take wood and soften It up
In some wny so MS TO make n pulp
OF II. This pulp IL then treated so
that II becomes n sort OF mash, and,
out Of this mash they make paper.
] do not understand exactly how it's
done, but II is done. There Is n tre-
mendous scarcity OF trees. and that's
why paper Is at n higher price now
thnn was ver known In this country
before. You follow me. don't your"
Eyes, ] understand everything"
"The p~apermnkers hive tried In
vain to find a substitute for this
woodpulp. They have even ground
up old hats. They can make wrap
ping paper out Of bootlegs, and
straw stacks and n kind Of grass,
but nothing but %woodpulp makes the
paper they want TO make most, and
whole forests have disappeared In
the last two or three years"
"Yes, ] have read about II several
times" said Mrs. Bowser. "Your
coming fortune has something TO do
with the woodpulp, hasn't ~"
1T has all to do with II, my dear,
as you will soon learn. About a
month ngo n stranger anne Into my
office and introduced himself as Mr..
Riley. He wanted to go TO war and
become a great general, hut he could
not do so unless he could make GER
tain business arrangementa He owns
n tract OF woodland, comprising 1000
ncres. II was worth S15 nm acre, but
he would sell II to me FOR $40, ana give
me plenty OF time 10 pay for II. That
Is. I am 60 pay him half down In cash
and he takes n mortgage On the land
for three years. Those are very favor
nble terms, and they could not have
been offered me, except that MIR. Riley
was anxious to he n general"
"well2" was the query.
Gle said that about half n dozen
..... .....F.atsau.W .r... III. 4AaA
woodland, but he would give me the
preference. There hre trees enough
on that land TO keep 10 piper mills
going night and day for n year. The
new supply Of woodpulp will bring
down the price Of white paper fully
40 per cent. | buy that land at $40
an acre. | hold Il six months and
| am Just us sure 60 get $50 for II
as the sun rises"
~ do not take anything for
granted. I nm too good a business
man for that. Mr.. Riley could not
give me the number OF trees ON his
thousand ncrea. / put him or apd
wrote 20 n postmaster to get me
a man TO go over the land and do
the counting. and here Is his report,
Il Is more than satisfactory, and Mr..
Riley will be here tomorrow night
aud we will close the bargain. | viii
read you the report. The man made
n careful count, and he says there
are about 40 trees 10 the acre-that
IN, good-sized trees. These trees
comprise oaks, naples, beech and Iron
wood trees. There are also a few chest.
nut trees and elms."