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He PFas "Stuck 

 On His Tract 



Of/cc there vcas a man w/io had what was reputed to 



he ail cxccptioiially 'valuable tract of tiiiiheiiand-—no inatterwhere— 

 ivhich he bought oil ciii oht-fashio/icil '^ti/iihcr cruise" plus his personal inspection. 



JJ^is hitler to take Id is profit on the iiivesttiieiit he con- 

 fidently ojfcird the tract to James D. Lacey &f Coinpany. 



Besides the reputation of the traet there were super- 

 ficial indicatio7is ofi unusual excellence; but L,acey &f Conipajiy 

 deal only ivith THE' FACTS. 



A LACEY REPORT on the tract showed the 



astonishing fact to be that the "value of merchantable timber on the 

 tract icv/x harelv more than half ivhat the iiitemling seller sincerely believed he 

 had, although he '-^cas an experienced linnberinan. 



He was^ ''stack''— had/y; in fact a ''LACEY 



REPORT'' on the property when hie bought t it would not huive cost 

 a t-wentv-ffth of ichat he loas ''stnch." This is a true story — zvith a moral. 

 May loe send yon ''Pointers," an interesting booklet? 



