Show H T O ON CARR CAREER OF TOT TX PROMOTER Sporting Writer Tells How Successful Bidder Won and Lost Fortunes In the N New w York Evening Telegraph Bat Dat Masterson the popular sporting authority authority au writes entertainingly ly on Tex Rickard ickard the well wen known mining man man who is bringing the J Johnson Jeffries-Johnson J battlo bat tb tle to Salt Lake Cit City Ho lie tells of at th tho varied occupations of Rickard of his successes and failures and brings out the fact that whatever his business Tex was always al on on tho the square a 11 successful refu refutation tion of tho absurd ch charges r made n against him hm by tied San tian aD Francisco 0 people Bat Masterson Master Master- son says Tex rex Rickard has bas had a varied ca Ca- reer Althou Although h ho he is called Tex Tea which would indicate that he hc is a n Texan ho he was born in Kansas and his famil family moved to Texas and settled on ona ona ona a cattle ranch when Tex Tea was very much of a kid Tex grew up on h his I fathers father's ranch which was located a short distance from Henrietta That was during durin the frontier days when that part of Texas was bounded l lon on the tho north b by the Kiowa and Comancho Co Co- mancho r reservation ser n. n Tex Tea however managed ed to save his scalp and in hi time developed into a full fledged cowboy capable of earning earning earn earn- in ing 30 30 per month and his keep koep When rex Tex became he be such ayoung man gave O unmistakable evidence neo of possessing those qualities of self reliance and manhood manhood manhood man man- hood which have always alwa's commanded commande recognition on the frontier that tho the mayor and board of aldermen of tho the town of Henrietta decided ono da day to tomake tomake tomako make mako him cit city marshal of the thc town This position carried with it the tho magnificent salary of 75 per month Tex accepted the job with man many misgivings misgivings mis mis- 2 givings for the tho n reason allon that a great eat deal was expected of a city eily marshal marhal in thoLe days and aud Tex rex had some doubts about his ability adequately adequate to perform the duties of the office But ho he took a n chance and made good and ho has been taking o a chance over ever since Off for tor Alaska I Tex Tor however did not riot stick to thc the job very cry long for a cowboy friend of his had gone ono to Dawson City on the tho Yukon river in Alaska and wrote back advising him to come conic with as aa little delay delay delay de de- de- de lay us as possible as tho the country was full fullor of or gold old t Tex Tax was soon on his wa way to tho the far north Ho no didn't oven notify the mayor that he be intended to quit for fear r of of being lau laughed itt at for tor getting tho the gold fever lIe He left with a half months month's pay pas coming comin cominto to him and he be didn't oven send his his' resignation nation until after he ho bad had reached Dawson And Ant Tex has never noyer since inco been back to Henrietta After in the putting in a 3 year vear or so 50 on Yukon river durin during which time ho he ac accumulated accumulated ac ac- ac cumulated quite a good sized bank roll ho went to Nome 1 which had suddenly dev developed a mining boom Tex open opened cd up a saloon aloon and gambling o on a largo large o s scale alc and lid did a n thriving thu business while he remained there After two years at Nomo he decided he bad enough mono money to go into business business at some point within the limit of civilization and andset andset andset set out to find the place lIe He finally located located lo 10 lo- lo in Seattle and once moro more opened up a saloon and gambling house house in in faro fare bank was the chief chic game tame The Tho limit deal was a n big one ono and as the game was a consistent loser tho tim bank roll soon faded away About this time rich gold discoveries discover discover- ies were made in N Nevada o and Tex hiked out for the now new El EI Dorado bringing bring bring- ing up at ld Ho He located a anum number number num num- ber of rich properties and went to mining min mm- ing and nd in a short while was in po poe session of another bank roll of prodigious prodigious pro pro- size siloe Ho He a again ain tried his luck with a saloon and gambling house and up tho the Great Northern which for forthe forthe forthe the first two years ears is said to have netted him n a profit of per month During this time timo be he acquired ot other hor mining property that turned out omit very rich To make a long story short at atthe atthe the time th tho panic came on two years cars ago alO Tex Tea was estimated to bo be worth However within a year from that date dat thron through h a slump in mining raining min rain ing stocks an and the closing down of tho the principal mines of Nevada Neada Tex found himself virtually wi wiped d ore off the map His ills stocks stacks w were re almost almot h 1 st valueless ss sI and anel his pro properties heavily mortgaged d but buthe he was not discouraged hes he's hes he's he's hes not of that sort lie Ho managed to get et hold of enough h money to pay payoff off tho the assessment assess assess- ment merit work on his property and by hard work and good management succeeded in In tiding himself through tho hard times im s. s lIe Ho is is again on his feet financially finan finan- dally chilly and unless some unforeseen reverses reverses re re- re verses erses overtake him another year rear will find him a n millionaire more |