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Show NINE YEAR-OLD BOY IS GREAT FINANCIER Salt Lake. April 17. Clean-up, paint-up" week Is proving profitable for Dee Muir, 9-year-old son of Mr- Plorinda Muir, stenographer in tho Office of County Attorney L IB WH lev. He has beet, taking all , "Clean-up. paint-up" literature M 17, , ami urging others to do so He has established 8 fk-unshlng bUjiness as a clean-up contractor J"J crew Of small boys ! "UJSS2 blocks of the city as clean as Spot ";;1r:; .. most noons for the busy youngster was on. rbor day He urged upon a aeign-bor aeign-bor the Sicessity ot having his yard rade beautiful and finally closed a bargain to clean m the yard for . Immediately on securing the Contract the young contractor proceeded to look 'about for bands. Uter B bit be returned and put two boys older than himself to work rait- ,ng the lawn He hired them lor 1" cents each for the afternoon. Not all sure that they would do 8 good jnh h- hired his small brother as foreman and paid him 10 oentp a o The little foreman's duty was 10 that the hired men didn't shirk their work. While the young crew was getting under wa on this lawn the little contractor con-tractor was searching for more bUSi-He bUSi-He soon closed B deal to Clean up another lawn for 5 cents, lie: did tin work himself and in theevt nlng collected for both Job, l-ald Off his crew and credited hlmeell with $1.20 profit. The distribution f the "clean-up, paint-up books in the schools of the citv has resulted in the creation ot a number of small "clean-up" contractors, contract-ors, but probably none is as good 8 financier as young Muir. |