The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-30

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shifts working by electric light. Y.D.
What do you think of that? Men witt
rolls of money that would choke a COW
sleeping out In tents because they
| can't get a roof over them. Why. man
I didn't have to hunt job there; the
job hunted me. could have
| had dozen jobs at my owl
price II could have handled
them. It's just as II prosperity wa:
river which had been trickline
through that town for thirty years
and all of sudden the dam up in the
foothills gives away and down she
comes with q rush. Lots which sold
year ago for hundred dollars are
selling now for five hundred-some-
times more. Old ranchers living on
the bald-headed q few years ago find
themselves today the owners Of city
property worth millions, and are
dressing uncomfortably. in keeping
with their wealth. or vainly trying to
drink up the surplus. So far sense and
brains has had nothing to do with 1t,
Y.D., absolutely nothing. 1t has been
fool luck. But the brains are coming
in now, and the brains will get the
money, in the long run"
Transley paused and lit another
cigar Y.D. rolled his In his lips, re-
flectively.
II mind some doin's in that burg"
he said, as though the memory of them
was Of greater Importance than all
that might be happening now.
Transley switched back to business.
1--WE ought to be In on IT. Y.D.." he
said. mot on the fy-by-night stuff; 1
don't mean that. But l could take
twice the contracts II had twice the
outfit"
Y.D. brought his chair down on to
all four legs and removed his cigar.
you mean we should hit her to-
gether" he demanded.
1T would be great compliment to
me, II you had that confidence In me,
and I'm sure 1t would make some good
money for you"
How'd you work it?'
"You have a bunch Of horses run
ming here on the ranch, eating their
and the others would soon tame down
with a scraper behind them. Let me
put them to work. I'd have to have
too. Your name on the
back of my note would get 1t. and
you wouldn't actually have to put up
tory of what you put into the firm and
what / put into 1t. and we'd divide the
In proportion"
after payin' you salary as mana
ger, of course" suggested Y.D.
That's immaterial. With a bigger
outfit and more capital / can make so
much more money out of the earnings
that | don't care whether I get a sal
lry or not. But l wouldn't figure on
going on contracting all the time for
,ther people. We might as we'll have
he cream as the SKINNED milk. This
S the way It's done. We go to the
owner of a block of lots somewhere
where there's no building going on. He's
lnxious to start something, because
Is soon as building starts in that dis
riot the lots will sell for two or three
lines what they do now. We say to
lin, Give us every second lot in your |
lock and we'll put house on It. In |
his way we get the lots for trifle; |
perhaps for nothing. Then we build |
lot of houses. more or less to the !
anne plan. We put 'em up quick and
heap. We build 'em to sell, not to
I've in. Then we mortgage EN- for
he last cent we can get. Then we
ut the price up to twice what the
mortgage Is and sell them as fast as
re can build them. getting our equity
ut and leaving the purchasers to set
lie with the mortgage company. It's
God for from 30 to 40 per cent profit.
ot per annum, but per transaction"
ut sounds interesting" said Y.D..
an l suppose might as we'll put my
pare horses an credit to work.
ont mind drivin' down with you to-
borrow an looking her over first
and"
This was all Transley had hoped
or, and the talk turned to less mate
Ial matters. After while Zen Joined
hem, and little later Y.D. left to at
end to some business at the bunk
ouse
"Your father and may 60 into part
ership, Zen," Transley said to her,
hen they were alone together. He
xplained In general way the ven
Ire that was afoot.
THAT will be very Interesting" she
freed j.