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 NJ. QUAD.

ter awaiting him which had come In
the afternoon mail. II was n letter
from a 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 an hour ufter they had gone
upstairs Mr.. Bowser began pacing
the floor, as 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 a fortune in
my hand"
HAS some one died and left you n
legncy2" she queried with a smile.
II have left myself a legacy" he
continued, and ! am going to tell
you about It, although l think l have
made an idiot TO do so. ! should have
been worth millions and millions OF
dollars had you not discouraged me
whenever ] got hold OF a sure thing.
You will probably do so In this In
stance, but, by the seven sens, l shall
20 right ahead In spite Of what you
say"
well, II It's so serious MS that per-
haps you hadn't better tell the story"
"But / shnll tell It, that you may
see what n golden opportunity has
presented itself, but my time / wish
to stop short l shall do so. Mrs. Bow
ser, you have read about the schr-
city and the consequent high price OF
white piper, haven't you-lndeed, Of
all kinds OF paperf"
~ have" was the quiet reply.
"You know that paper is made Of
woodpulp7"
~ do"
"They take wood and soften II up
In some way so NJ to nfsAe n pulp
Of II. This pulp r. then treated so
thnt 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
than was ever known In this country
before. You follow me. don't your"
Eyes, / understand everything"
"The papermnkers have tried In
vain TO find n substitute for this
woodpulp. They have even ground
up old hints. 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"
ayes, ! hive read about II several
times" said Mrs. Bowser. "Your
coming fortune has something to do
with the woodpulp, hasn't III"
ut has all TO do with II, my dear,
Ms you Will soon learn. About Il
month ago II stranger came into my
office and introduced himself ms Mr..
Riley. He wanted TO 20 TO war and
become n great general, but he could
not do so unless he could make GER
tain business arrangements He owns
n trace OF woodland. comprising 1000
acres. Il was worth $40 IN acre. hut
he would sell Il 20 me for $40, aud give
me plenty OF time 10 pay FOR II. That
IL. | am 10 pay him half down I'm cash
and he takes n mortgage on the land
for three years. Those nre very favor
able terms, and they could not have
been offered me, except that Mr.. Riley
wns anxious to he n general"
"wellq' wns the query.
"IIe said that about half il dozen
paper manufacturers were after that
woodland, hut he would give me the
preference. There are trees enough
on that land to keep 10 paper mills
going night and day for n year, The
now supply Of w%oodpulp viii bring
down the price of white paper fully
30 per cent. | buy that land at $40
nm acre. | hold Il six months and
! nm Just MS sure 20 get $50 for II
as the sun rises"
~ do not take anything for
granted. | am too good Il business
mar for that. MIR. Riley could not
give me the number OF trees on his
thousand acres. / put him on &d
wrote 10 Il postmaster TO get me
a man TO go over the land aud do
| the counting, and here Is his report,
II Is more than satisfactory, ana Mr..
Riley will be here tomorrow night
aud we will close the bargain. | viii
rend you the report. The man mnde
a cnreful count, and he say there
are about 40 trees to the ncre--that
IL, gOod-slzed trees. These trees
comprise oaks, naples, beech and iron.
wood trees. There are also IA few chest.