Show i If COMES BACI BACK AT 65 t i w SAN FRANCISCO March 11 By N. N E E. A. A 1 Service Service His His life lUe slogan had b been en l Dont weaken What Is age Courage Courage Cour Cour- age Is the thing Refuse to be beaten So 80 when at the age of ot 65 65 Francis M. M Borax Smith found Cound that his fortune was gone and that he was not only broke but in debt to the tune of ot several millions he didn't contemplate contemplate iem plate suicide Nor did he quit Today at the age of at 7 73 he Is master of oC Jan another fortune of ot several millions and fighting with both fists to regain his lost title of oC Borax I King ing And if he runs true to form he Is likely to get it it HOW HE STARTED An accident occurring when he was 28 dO caused Borax Smith to ad adopt vt his fighting philosophy He lie had purchased a small timber claim In Nevada and taken a contract to supply Ith fuel a Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada mine One day he returned to find four cutting I Mexicans e down s sh h his and dw wood an Indian Smith all had armed m but gt four cartridges and a rifle But thought he the intruders did not know that Did he dare clare tackle five of them Dont weaken said his courage He fired tired two shots The trespassers fled It was from this timber claim that he first saw upon uvon the adjacent desert thE th broad white streaks that later were to make his first fortune His borax discovery meant little if you jou rou weakened There was but little demand for It and the price was high About Coo tons a a. year w was used he recalls News of oC his discovery caused a at ter ter- rifle slump In value His Ills associates quit SMITH STICKS Dont weaken said his courage Smith stuck He lie accumulated a fortune of at some but only after he had lone handedly packed borax out of the desert an and created a big market for It Then with a large income to invest Smith became Interested In a fast ferry system between San Francisco and Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land which it Is held practically made I the city of Oakland Huge expenditures were involved and the tion came At the railroad competition competition age ot of 65 he had developed developed de- de Plunged cities but lost his fortune plunged Into debt and Dont weaken said his saw his borax COurage He holdings But also he sold to to pay loans recalled back he had been that many years ears In a silver one of a which co Interested interested In- In appearances claim which to all would not prOduce had thought Smith taking stock differently in and put in had turned payment This he Over to his wife just the before crash came the mine And now In his extremity extremity ex- ex was cue coming to tal his res- res STAKES ALL ALL WINS He lie at t onto went after borax deposits in the Searles lake region secured leases I after a hard fight tight In to Washington and and made the mine min pay for his Initial l equipment equip equip- 1 ment If it tailed failed the mine was was lost lost- and f that t il it there was some reason to believe might Just then came word that three prospectors had found round a borax mine In Nevada near the He rode eighty miles on horseback Grand canyon on into the tho desert to get there He didn't have time to appraise the property r for tor competitors competitors com com- were in the tiled filed He had act at once and only to upon uvon his judgment Dont weaken sail his closed the deal for n a courage lIe He lion And he was 73 It if quarter he of a mil mu- Judged his last card was gone He w t took X wrong ISo I mine while the astonished rl rivals als Today his announces looked on en that there Is 24 worth ot of borax In sight So there he has no cause to regret hi his slogan slogan i gan Courage is the age ag Dont Don't weaken thing B wat what is Ot Of the brides of oC American soldiers abroad whose nationalities were recorded 2295 were French 1001 British 79 73 Bel Bel- Bel gian glan and 31 G German |