Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1916 — EXTREME CAUTION. [ARTICLE]

EXTREME CAUTION.

“How would you like to make one million dollars in one year out of a gold mine?” asked the shifty promoter. “Nothing would please me better,” answered Mr. Dubwaite. “Then, you are just she man I’m looking for.” “I think not.” “But you just said —” “That I would like to make one million dollars out of a gold mine in one year. So I would, but I wouldn’t Invest a dollar in the scheme unless the shaft was sunk In my own back yard, and enough high-grade ore were taken out the first day to pay off the mortgage on my house.”