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Show lived in ten thousand dollar houses - the ultimate for those days-and they drove Buick automobiles. So he felt that since everyone living there was successful, their claim was justified. FAMILY HELP In the years since Frank had been back with John K (since 1922), he had on various occasions, approached his older brother about taking him on as a partner again. Since Frank was only two years his junior and the business was constantly expanding, John K knew that he needed a much younger man than Frank^-someone who would for a long time be able to carry on the responsibilities of the Madsen purebred business. So he refused Frank's request, but made his job more profitable for him by giving him some rams as a bonus incentive. When they were sold, along with John K's rams, they brought additional income to Frank. John K's oldest daughter, Pearl, had married William Carlyle Olsen of Ovid, Bear Lake, Idaho, on 12 November 1924. They and their baby daughter, Billye Virginia, were living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1927. A hint had occasionally been dropped by John K that he could use new help in his business--interested help^-and he felt that Bill could provide it. But Bill, born and reared on a cattle ranch, had decided that he did not care for more ranch life, at least for awhile. 193 |
