| Show attentions ATTENTION 1 HORSE Col collingston collinston Colllns linston ton utah feb 4 1908 editor news the idea of improving the horses of 0 the country by purchasing good sires is very cry commendable and should receive encouragement from all who are interested at the same time great care must be exercised in purchasing the horse in this a as s in all other kinds ot of business there is a right and a wrong way of 0 doing it the way usually followed I 1 consider sid er very wrong and Is about as follows A promoter with a very inferior and in some cases absolutely worthless horse comes comes into a community which pr perchance chance has never thought of making an investment until the promoter makes raa kes his appearance he usually singles out one or oc more of the residents who are willing to sell their influx in quence ence ill in the born community for a share share or two in the horse company compan 3 after getting one or more straw men signed up the pro moter gets very busy organizing the company and usually succeeds in placing tile the horse at a price two or three ahree times his actual value in some cases the promoter is unable to buy the influential men but nothing daunted he proceeds to steal them by telling his intended victims that sir mr A has agreed to take from one to five shares it if he the promoter can sell the balance of the stock this latter plan almost succeed succeeded eT recently in this vicinity but thanks to the telephone the trick was discovered before the intended victims had signed up but why waste time and space telling of the tricks resorted to by the average promoter who ananias so 9 completely beat that were that ancient worthy living rl now lie would either retreat on account of being out classed or he be would join tile the more mo modern darn ailt cult that he was instrumental in start startling ing ages ago cases that h have ave co me ander my personae per sonar jabs ab r S where men have sold their their in n fluence to help promoters make their sales ranges all the way v ay from ons share valued at in a deal to six shares valued at in a deal where two horses were ivere sold to one company I 1 can hardly leave this part of my subject without paying my respects to the rn man I 1 n who will sell ills his influence to my friend the promoter I 1 once heard of a man hauling sugar beets and having them hem weighed at a R R station where a post was set so near the scales hat he could lean on it when weighing the empty wagon and not be seen by the weigh master this made lis his tare light in other words lie he was selling himself at the rate of per ton I 1 am free to confess that it was more aba than n he was worth still I 1 would consider him an angel of light compared to the man who has his influence for sale the right way of buying a horse as I 1 understand the business is for the interested people of a neighborhood to hold a meeting and agree between themselves as to the kind of a horse that will best serve their purpose if it s best ito to cir organize anize a company let each one pay up in cash the amount of his share then appoint a committee to negotiate for the kind of a horse wanted in the horse business as in all other kinds of 0 business spot cash always buys cheaper than long time paper or joint notes from my own personal experience and observations I 1 know that as much as 50 per cent can be saved besides the satisfaction of knowing that you are getting just what you want A A company formed along the lines I 1 have suggested will nine times out often prove satisfactory to the share holders while I 1 have yet to hear of a single company organized by a promoter that his held hald together and proved a success during the life time of the horse to my friends the public use a little horse sense in your horse business busl ness do your own THINKING do your own organizing and do your own BUYING IV S HANSEN |
