The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-03

you throw away a pair OF old shoes
you lose about fifty cents. II you
soil an old suit, you are paid for 1t
and eventually that same material;
will return to you or some other
buyer in the form Of IA new suit and
you will have the same quality,
without the store Of raw material
having been touched. VIII that not
help to lower the II. c. L.?"
sixty Years I'm Harness.
This king Of an uncxplorcd re-
gion" celebf atod his siXticth birth
day anniversary Saturday with the
assistance Of cake baked in hts
onc-room shack by his maid OF all
work, and now the junk wizard Is
planning on retiring from active
work, building a model paper house,
Junk yards. and home ia "A wider
field where he will have plenty OF
ground for his horses and room
enough 10 take three easy brcaths,' "
Then he vii turn 10 his long rcg-
lcctod writing and from the store
OF knowledge that he has acquired
rom his various and wide e-ranged
experiences take that which Will help
others to see and do those things
that make for happiness to not only
Nllt hNff buN ltlf WI li ~ h'i''i -
that is--disseminate advice that Is
tried through experience and proved
worthy through result.
George Estes was a native of Cam
eron, Mo, where he was educated for
the ministry and the practice OF
medicine at the William Jewel col
lege. Because OF his fathers wish
that he be physician. and his
mothers desire 10 see her son min
istcr. and the boys inability TO
please both the parents whom he
so dearly loved, he gave up both
his qualified Callings and was for
some time connected with the
steamboat business. where he held
three sets OF licenses, pilot. captain
and engineer, or as "a former ac-
quaintanco Of his put 1t. from the
bottom To the top 1t was while
in st. Louis that this man Of ad-
vtnture gained and lest large for-
tune. And then started his last
greatest adventure in the field OF
finance, and II was not one Of the
Ponzi variety. 1t didn't vanish at
its zenith.
Wife Gave Him Tip.
Mrs. Estes, who recently died In
the house on tho dump. CHANGED up
On tIpplUb lndA lOlu VI lHt Sut-
cess OF an humble school teacher
who bid her pupils save all paper
and iron and glass and put II In n
box by the school door that was pre-
pared for that purpose. At the end
OF the term the students had a con-
siderable sum to place to their own
credit in the family safe. The idea
struck the mind of Mr. Estes as one
with great possibilities. and. for
nights he hay thinking of dome
means to work out the problem that
eluded him. At last it came, and in
! his excitement he walked his wife
and poured into her startled ears
| the plan that has since material
| lied into an enormous enterprise
with branches that operate in many
| towns of this state, and main
| plant that salVagea thousands of
dollars each year from the waste Of
the people. II took 35 years of ef-
! fort and careful planning, with the
| guidance of AL "iron will that bends
but never breaks" and the renoun-
| cling of all of life's most Turing
pleasures, to bring this profession to
| its present standing. where 1t Ia
| beginning TO help the world in itr
struggle for conservation Of all that
Is worth the attention of man.
when asked as to the distribution
! of his wealth. Mr.. Estes said "a