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home, and he wondered how other motorists felt in similar situations. He
thought that a roadside tire service station offering rebuilt tires at low prices
would make a lot of money. By the time he parked his car in front of his
house, Mowry decided to go into the business himself.

He rented a roadside stand adjoining a three-pump gasoline station a short
distance east of Gary and stocked it with fifty rebuilt tires secured from a
Chicago jobber. He put up large signs 300 feet east and 300 feet west of his
new tire station reading: “Tires $2.25 and up—300 feet,” and another large
sign on the service station, facing the highway reading: “Home of Jimmy’s
Guaranteed Tires—$2.25 and up.” Mowry opened up for business. That was
July second. Over the Fourth of July he sold out his entire stock and made a
profit of $52. His initial investment was $145, including cost of the tires, rent,
signs, and incidentals. The first month he operated this stand Mowry netted a
profit of $203, after deducting the entire cost of his investment.

Rebuilt tires such as Mowry handles are standard brand tires which have been
reconstructed by a special process at low cost. You can safely guarantee good
mileage to customers who buy such tires from you. It is both a pleasant and a
profitable business, requires little capital and there is practically no chance
for loss.

A Target Green for Iron Practice

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N ESTES PARK , Colorado, a man made a “barrel” of money last summer
by renting a vacant lot on the main street of this bustling resort town and, on
a sloping bank at the far end of the lot, arranging a giant putting green. The
bull’s eye in the green was a hole about four times the size of a hole on a golf
green. Circles on the target green were made with ridges of stone, and were
graduated so that they became narrower as they approached the cup. The
green was about twelve feet in diameter, and pitched facing the driving tee at
an angle of about fifteen degrees. The driving tee was about fifty feet away
from the cup.
The idea, of course, was to give those who thought they were good iron