The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-24

ter off and with II couple OF
lengths OF casing. Finally, ut the
end or n year Well No. 2 hnB been
odJudged failure. 30 why fuss
longer with Well No. II The kit
~ In empty, everybody is diacour-
aged and your creditors attach the
boiler. the casing and the string Of
tools.
I'm tho fullnsas Of time you send
check for your BtockholderS Ia
bility and say goodbye 90 $4,000
until tho 18th OF March. when you
find your income up in tho high
brackets. whereupon you multiply
that $4,000 loss by 40 per cent and
loss. you declare mental dividend
OF $4,000 dollars And what a
wnllop you got Gus, out Of TINT
mental dividend. You're good
American. but how you do rejoice
at the thought that you've beaten
your country out OF s2o,o007 Why.
you young pups don't know how 20
live. You ought 10 get as much
quiet Joy out OF filing correct in
como tax return ms you do out OF
driving n car that gave you 10
miles 10 the gallon until you had
bright fellow adjust tho carbur-
etor and then II gave You 1871"
1T is easy enough for you TO
play the butterfly and preach con-
tuntmcut TO the toad in the dust,
Cappy." j. Augustus Redell remind
ed tho old gentleman. But how
about those losses that really hurt"
you mean tho losses that hurt
self-respect2 The kind you hate to
charge off as loss because OF q
haunting suspicion that II you're
brave and crowd your hand little
they viii DO mctamorphosed into
gaIns7 Gus, know all about
those. and my advice is: When
you've had nothing but losses 10
date, charge the Investment off and
forget II I've just charged off a
placer mine. It's a real mine.
could spend $4,000 more on 1t and
stand n very good chance of pro-
ducing n million. On the other
hand / could spend a million on II
and the cleanup might net me
10000. Speaking OF those kinds Of
losses. however. reminds me OF the
saddest thing / ever heard OF. You
never saw n man win money al
faro or poker who didn't lose II al
craps or dominoes Well, Bill
Tompkins, who made a 100000 In
tho Klondykc in the good old days
came back to civilization a few
years ago and cast about him for Q
good, legitimate Investment Final.
ly he decided he could double hi,
million raising hogs BIZ knew
nothing whatsoever about hogs, bu'
he had an ambition 20 be the king
OF hog raisers, so he contracted
with the city council of a city o.
about n quarter OF n million in.
hnbitants for all OF the city gar.
bage. He got II free gratis foi
hauling II away and the city coun
ell passed an ordinance making &
compulsory for the people to pu
their waste food in one garbage
can and their tin cans, broker
crockery and bootleg liquor bottles
in another. Then Bill bought 30,
600 weaving pigs, sunk fortune
in specially designed motor truck
10 collect the garbage and haul 4
10 his ranch. and was off to fly
ing start OF course he had care
fully allowed for the deaths due u
coffee grounds, ptomaine poisoning
and disease. but he figured thi
loss negligible because OF the ex
tremely low cost Of his pig fodder
During tho war he made q 10
OF money. but since the war. wit
pork selling at eight and min
cents poor Bill wishes he was bacl
in the Klondyle. freezing to death
He allowed for everything excep
second hand photograph needle
and safety-razor blades in the gar
bage. These have upset his sta
tistica They constitute poor die
for hogs and the city council 1
! helpless TO help Bill. vino Is slowi
going insane. What money he ha
I left he is spending in publicit,