The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-01
CAPPY KICKS
He Discusses Mining Investments
Written for by yno-inohsr Coming Next saturday

.UuiE door of Chppy Kicks private
i office openei and Nj Angus
tus Nrdell. president ~ the West
Coast Trading company and one ~
CappyH most ChrIvhrd friends " The
younger generation. walked in
Cappy who was seated ON his spine
n his old swivel chair, with hia
ancient legs nap on hia desk Ga pori
ton hc always assumed fur his ~
ter luncheon 90 Winksi opened one
csc and sized Aif. Hrdell up with a.
''Neli. Gus, you young horse
thief" he greeted his visitor,
whats run up your back'"
"Ono ~ the Erandest little oppur
tunit,es 10 clean up "a fortune that
you ever heard of Mr. Rcdcll re-
piled with the confidence that is part
and parcel or most men under IS
lie got out blue print and a yolumi-
nous typewriter document and pro.
rerdcd 90 spread both Tor the old
Ecntlemhn'a inspection
PATENT Cappy quolred mildly
"No"
wildcat oilwellg"
BETTER than that. Copy"
"Ah. some cheap and accessible
timber Augustus, you interest me
ESQ. not timebr either Ira sold
mine
Get out q my office. YOU soft
boiled moron. Cappy yelled "F0ld
your engineers report and blue print
map and beat n. You couldn't sell
me piece of d gold mine n folks
were using woodpeeker heads and
shells Tor money
But. my dear Cappy-"
IT0uN'T you soft soap me with
~ that my dear Cappy tank
when Il comes 90 investing IN gold
mines I'm the original dinosaur esq
old On tho hills and hard boiled
IYr7, yes, I know every word you're
going 20 speak before you speak a.
I It's an oft,told tale"
Nobody but a downright boob or
higot VIII turn down good propo.
siiion Tor Investment without even
giving Il a look. Mr. Redell declared
I firmly III your point 81 view rep
resented that Of the human race, ciyi.
llAtion would be retarded 10 900. 900
I years
You bot. And We would have had
blue Sky law In this state 90 years
sooner than wc aid set H. However.
just for the sake 81 argument. what
DO you know about mInlnE7
Nothing. but
but me no butts know every.
thing about IL. and by the holy pink
tori prophet. I've paid Tor my educa.
ton I've had two sets Of fine body
| BRUSSELS carpet worn or this office
floor by business men friends who
didn't know any more about mining
Than I DO about radio but who were
perfectly certain they had tho world
b. the tail on n down hill haul and
wanted 10 declare me In on the good
ihinR.
when ! was younger. Gus. used
to fail for well delivered selling
talk on gold mines and luvr lions
that were destined TO rove nlEc
\ the world
After / sourcd on them the oil
we'll game claimed my attention and
after ia contributed 90 The drilling
o. a lot % holes either due north or
due south Of wcil.dcfincd geological
fault. which proved. definitely. 60
everybody on earth except our crowd
that oil could never possibly be
found north Or south Of said fault.
! l concluded 10 let the oil we'll bust.
ness SO by and stick TO the only
thing that I ever made any money
out of-and that's the lumber and
shipping business
well, II you're making any
money out Of the lumber and
shipping business nowadays,
Cappy." Mr. Redcll declared In
huge disgust. you must have
thrown In with Aladdin and
bought an interest In his lamp"
"ITE'RE not making any money.
w Gus. admit. but neither are
VIC losing any. Meanwhile VIC dwell
in eonicntmcnt on the money we
made in lat years and which We had
tho good sense 20 hive up against
lean years like tho present. In fact.
Gus. We have. In tho past. made 40
much money in the lumber and ship.
ping business. which Is the only
business wo know and understand.
that we've sort OF lost our yoarning
for huge fortunes nmasscd quickly in
other lines
Being old enough 10 be your
grandfather. August. We have dis.
covered that a huge fortune has TO
be kept working and that men kill
themselves making their money
work. Yours truly. Alden r. Cappy
Kicks. prefers 20 20 fishing so. for
the second and Inst time. / ask you
70 remove that blue print and mining
engineers report. Then. as one of
your oldest. best and most expert.
onccd friends, beg Of you to remcm.
Der that the shoemaker should stick
10 his last
You gibberinE iackdaw. Gus. don't
YOU know that It requires every split
second OF your waking hours to
think up schemes for making tho
West Coast Trading company a pay.
ing proposition? Don't you know
that II you neglect that infant idus,
try for mining you'n operate in rcd
ink on both accounts7 Don't be an
IDIOT. my boy"
But Cappy here is mining
proposition that's absolutely differ
emit. In fact. have two propositions
One Of them is n surgacc placer and
the gravel runs better than 81 q
yard"
Some yards" Cappy yelled trium
phantly. I'VE been in placers that
were as dry as a covered bridge and
ron ne hitch 10 goo "a ward until ~,