The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-28
DIDN'T GAIN
WEALTH BY
SAVING BITS
Made His Wealth by Dabbfing
in Real Estate in Spare
Time
LIVES IN OLD WAY
Intends to Leave His Wealth
to the Children. Does Not
Care to Spend 1t
BY JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT
NEA Service Staff Writer.


Whlte,tone, y \, Dec. %
You'l ncvcl get rich by saving so
says William j Micscnrr, Queens
N. VI fireman. who retired from
service the other day worth more
than S20D,000.
let he never received Il salary OF
more than $50 IL week. And wnen he
began he received just SD weekly
But W.c.cncr didn'i get hat way
by tak.n. 81 out Of his weekly pay
envelope and poking 1t through the
wicket at II courteous bank clerk.
No. ma'am! When he wasn't rescu
ing lovely blondes from burning
third story windows and carrying
kittens down from telegraph poles.
he wa putting in time turning over
Little odd jobs of real estate.
That's tnc reason that in addition.
to the 81 .280 yearly pens lonswhich he
will draw hereafter for his 20 years
OF service in the fire department, he
Will have an annual income o. $1,000
nom mis- $500 900 investments. He
owns II 21-family apartment dwelling
numerous small houses and $50 lots.
The neighbors in this little town
where he lives say they wouldn't be
surprised if III another five years
Bill turned out to be u millionaire
Right now he's only A.
Use of Wealth.
went over to call on Bill to ash
Lm what he intended doing with all
that money. Bill himself came GU.
on the porch TO greet me He had
on Il blue sweater and | could see
he was getting little bald
Il suppose, | said. that your.
going to do quite a little tixin' up
with that $2OO.0O0?"
Not III all" said Bill We've
ieen livn' the same way for 20 year
and we don't intend to Change now
Hey. Kate. put on another pork chop.
Theles co npan' conr to dinner.
This |, the Story.
Here. according Ia Bnl. was the
way il happened:
Hed always want d Il ii,t'e place
in the country with chickens and So
on, and one day, 30 years ago, he
sold cut ms go ely store. paid ur
his debts, pocketed the $500 That re.
manned ara started looking around
The place, when he found IL. Goa
sisted of tour-and- l-hals acres and
two houses and the owner wanted
5000 Ter it. = IL borrowed "a,
money somehow. got job in the tir,
denalt Ment. moved ginto one OF tn,
houses and the next month sold The
ether house 1t $500 profit
Hes been selling things at prof
ever sine. Along about 1916 Bill! go
IN .Ica that thtIc weren't cnou",
three and fOui-rCom apartments foI
younc married people and OLE
couples All i,l1 bankers laughed u
HIM, so Bill had to go out of town t,
get the money. But the day thos
arartmrnts were finished there wer'
80 families on the waiting list.
WI Not Change
~ SUPP ose,' | said to Bill. "tha
if YOU don't intend TO move into
ne whousc or anything, maybe you'll
nut your money in Il swell new motto
car.
"Nope," said Bill. Same old bus
1915 model"
well. then. suppose you nav
some pretty swell tines"
well" said Bill, IL go fishin
quite a bit and then sometimes Kat
and | go to the theater But we 81
in tha balcony Twenty-Five dollar
/; week could cover everything W
buy"
But you've got an income O
$4,000 a year." I walled. "What'r
you going to do with it?"
"The children can have it, sal
Bill "If l had million | wouldn
do n bit different.
Bills going TO let the neighborho 90
kids have his firemen's helmet
But he's going to keep the boots
He says they'll be dandy to go fish
ing in