| Show TOM causes CAREER n e 1 iszory of the thrice millionaire banker of helena mont cruse hie chicago anbu it illustrated the ups and dows of estern life ind sets in strong contrast the two extreme of absolute poverty and ex tra ordinary affluence esix years ago thomas cruse hayg rhomas M long was only a common ordinary laborer a prospector and a miner lie hid spent almost ills list nickel wis w is out of luck and being out of money follows ie had very few friends indeed he w s so poor that I 1 well remember alie day when he was actually refused credit for a fifty pound sack of hour he did odd jobs about tow n any alili e so long as lie turned an honest dollar on day he took a tramp into the mountains hen 1 came back to town he aston ed everybody by reporting tl e dis caery of what lias since turned out to be one of the richest silver mine in montan i he pre emited empted the place and male every tiling solid in his own name this mine was the famous drum dummond in th mountains near twenty one miles from helena A syndicate of capitalists hearing of his great find went out to investigate it flie result far surpassed even their expectations and on tl lr way b ck to town they sought old man cruse U lie sell tl e mine 1 es how much rivo hundred dollars spot c asli ahat w as too much alicy thought el gentlemen ifju think it is too don t take it said ruse chis is good until noon no longer have price on it after that thought he was bluffing blu fling ahe next day after further investigation aliey came back to cruse they told the old man they w ere ready to pay tl e knoo and for him to draw up the papers my price to day is 81 boys said cruse of course there w as no deal possible under the birc guao anuw w all tie capital lie wanted to work ins mine oliree months had passed 1 e 1 ad pulled out worth of ore and there was still unlimited tifis millions in fact in rho s indicate came back to 1 im and acta ally paid over for a two third interest in the drum 1 ummond buce eliat time cruse 1 as boullit other mines the iron mountain for instance in the occur d alene region and othen he is worth today aa he was married a couple of years aga but his wife died leaving him a child old man cruso as he is called is a good old fellow alio d lights now in talking about hard times n hen he came to montana six years ago lie walked all the way from salt lake city the way fortune smiles sometimes |
