The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-08
GET RICH QUICK
is OLDEST BAIT

So. too. in the latter part If the
last century. when the KlOndike l.c-
came word of magic. just as in the
days of 40, there was a wild rush for
gold, the proSpect0rS being. IN the
main. men who were doomed to fail
nre. although hundreds Of them wGn
from the frozen rocks and river beds
the fortunes upon which not Il few
American families base their ability
to purchase a new seven passenger
car every year.
One of the oldest and the most per
>S'entiy attractive lures of golden
atfluence that awaits the fortunate is
The mythical buried treasure Of Capt.
Kidd. the pirate. familiar 10 every
Schoolhoy and 10 the >chonlboy> of
Boston in particular.
For the two centuries or more that
have elapsed since Kidd swung AT the
/ gihhe, in Execution Dock. England
. expeditions have been continuously
gotten up with the purpose If finding
his buried booty. All that has been
recovered to date has been about
SWGN most nf which WAS found at
one end of C;lr,'ners island. Tt... MI
merous search parties. according I"
some estimates. have spent Il total Of
about S7NMN in the effort.
To Pay e6 Per Cent a Year.
Along with the popular quests for
gold in the raw. or in hidden caches.
there have also been scores of clever
schemes for enrichiny people through
marvellous new" discoveries and!
through manipulation. Massachusetts
has had It's full share of such ven
lures in the las, half century. and
, tivltie> Of no, few.
Mnre than forty years ago, for in.
>tnnre. there wa> the notorious
Ladies' Deposit" conducted by Mrs
Sarah f.. Howe ut :. Fast Rr"ekiino
street. Mrs. Howe had II sensational
career in .ivin. people ">"le,hin" t"r
n"'hin..
The Ladies' Deposit" was IN insti
tuition based upon her statement that
she was the a..en' of Il le.ncy nm"'lnt
/ ing 10 more than Sl.d0.'HW. which WAS
I lef, h, Quaker who wanted To he I;
henrfac1rr of "vidnwS and single
women only.
With this money she Wa> S'lpnnS"
I" establish Il I. lnhation in Roster
which paid such women. whose in
comes We're ina,.uuate To permit then
to live in comfort NJ per cent a ysnl
a.. deposits made nj the Ladies Ne
pnsi," Mrs. Howe WAS II" parsim"ni
Gus person. She paid interest three
months in advance.
Three Years in Jail.
Mrs. Howe is described as helms
">hnrt. fat. ugly looking and indie
scrilahly vulgar" She couldn't wri!'
.ra,umatically and this was one of th'
causes If her downfall in Boston. &"
her lack Of culture aroused the S',s
picicn Of the authorities Al last an
) they hogan IN investigation whirl
landed her in iail.
Then il came on, in the court tri:,
tina, Mrs. II"wr's ''0uaker' was aa
dream aud despite the fact that durln
) the last days of Ladies' Deposit.
when the RIM started. she paid ou
hetwn.n S75.MN and SlMWn in Hn
day. the veS,iya;"rS found that ne
insolvency Amounted to S2s''HNl wit
the "hnnk AMI some cheap fErnitur
prof,,Sply covered with gilt as assets
Mrs. Howe insisted 10 the last thu,
she WAS merely II Salaried agent. re
crivinv $40 II year for her work fr"i
) the Quaker organization" hut thu
did not keep her fr"m >rrvin. tire
years in inli. Boston was in an ~
roar during 'hr whole proceeding n"
hundreds vi fascinated hopeful
, thron.pl the institution during tn
, week before I'll. crash.
Received Secret in . Vision.
Then there WAS the masterpiece q
) MI strokes "f the imagination, tn
Rev. i. +. Jcrnegan's scheme for ce
ting gold nu, of sea water. As "gt
rich quick" scheme this Is yet un>u
! paSSed--hnth from the romantic aspet
of the undertaking and in the sh"'
. aulacity with which it WAS workt.
out.
Mr. .Jernegan was a former Rapti'
minister, a graduate of Brown uli