The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-08
GET RICH QUICK
is OLDEST BAIT

So. too. In the latter part Of the
last century, when the Klondike he
cnme word of magic. just as In the
days Of 40. there was wild rush 70,
gold. the prospcctOrs being. In the
main. men who were doomed to fail
ure, although hundreds Of them won
from the frozen rocks and river beds
the fortunes upon which not few
American families base their ability
to purchase new seven passenger
car every year.
One of the Oldest and the most per
sistently attractive lures OF golden
nffuence that awaits the fortunate Is
the mythical buried treasure of Capt.
Kidd the pirate, familiar to every
schoolboy and 10 the schoolboys of
Boston In particular.
| For the two centuries or more that
hnve elapsed since Kidd swung at the
gibhet In Execution Dock, England,
| expeditions have been continuously
gotten mp with the purpose of finding
his buried booty. An that has been
recovered 10 date has been about
SnOoo, most OF which was found at
one end OF Gardeners island. The nu-
merous search parties. according to
some estimates. have spent total Of
about 100000 In the effort.
To Pay 90 Per Cent Year.
Along with the popular quests for
gold In the raw" or In hidden caches.
there have also been scores of clever
schemes for enriching people through
marvellous new" discoveries ind
through manipulation. Massachusetts
has had Its full share OF such ven
lures In the last half century. and
BOSTON has been the center of the ac-
tivities of not few.
More than forty years ago, for In
stance, there was the notorious
Ladies' Deposit" conducted by Mrs.
Sarah f. Howe at East Brookllnc
street. Mrs. Howe had n sensational
career In giving people something for
nothing"
The Ladies' Deposit" was an insti-
turion baSed upon her statement that
she wns the agent OF II legacy amount
Ing To more than 81 100000, which was
left by u Quaker who wanted to he n
henefactor of widows aud single
women only"
With this money she was supposed
70 establish II foundation In Boston
which paid such women. whose In
comes were inadequate Ia permit them
To live In comfort, M per cent a year
o. deposits mntle AT the Ladies' De
p">lt." Mrs. Howe wns no pnrsmoni-
aus person. She paid interest three
months IN advance.
Three Years In Jail.
Mrs. Howe Is described MS heinr
"short. fat ugly looking and indie
scrIhahly vulgar" She couldn't write
-;rammatically aud this was one of the
causes of her downfall In Boston. for
her hack Of culture aroused the sus-
p'cion of the authorities nj last and
they began an investigation which
landed her in jail.
Then II came ont In the court trial
that Mrs. liowc's Quaker" WAS n ,lnv
dream and despite the fact that during
the last days of Ladies' nepoSlf."
when the run started. she nnid ont
between S7a.on and sita.oa In one
day, the Investigators found thnt her
insolvency amounted Ia S2O0nOo. with
the hank" AMI some cheap furniture
profusely covered with gilt rs assets.
Mrs. Howe insisted Ia the last that
she was merely saluried agent. re-
celving Sl2o n year for her work from
the Quaker organization" but that
did not keep her from serving three
years In ialt. BOSTON was In mn up.
roar during The whole proceeding and
hundreds Of fascinated hnpefnls
throneed the Institution during the
week before the crash
Received Secret In Vision.
Then there was the masterpiece Of
all strokes ~ the Imagination. the
Rev. 4, +. Jernegsn's Srh,.me for get
ting gold out of sea water. As a .ee,
rich quick" scheme this Is W, unsur.
passeti-hoth from the romantic asnect
OF the undertaking and In The sheer
audacity with which II was worked
out.
Mr.. Jernegnn was former Baptis,
| minister, graduate of Brown uni.