Jake Jabusch

"... debate over whether the discount should be 50 cents or a quarter. EARNINGS ARE SECRET. The only boy who will say what he makes ls the undisputed sales champ: Jake Jabusch. In less than an hour on the dock, collected $33.20. He quickly added it up and figured his three- day take $98. With a mop of blond hair and an ..."

"... From left, Mike Jabusch, 11; Bob Sorrel, 10; and Toby Dow, 11, wait for tourists to disembark at the dock in Wrangell, Alaska. Youths’ treasure passengers buy garnets from Jake Jabusch, 7, of Wrangell, Alaska. ku hunt is a gem Garnets on Alaska mountain set young salesmen to work By SUE CROSS The Associated Press WRANGELL, Alaska A mayor's gift of ..."

"... debate over whether the discount should be 50 cents or a quarter. Earnings are secret. The only boy who will say what he makes ls the undisputed sales champ: Jake Jabusch. In less than an hour on the dock, Jake collected Hc quickly added it up and figured hls threeday take $98. With a mop of blond hair and an urchin grin, Jake doesn't have to do much to make a sale. Tourists, many of them grandparents, flock to tousle his hair, hug him and buy hls garnets. But Kay Jabusch says Jake's glory days are numbered. Like other Wrangell youth, he'll find sales dwindling as he gets older. "They get taller, and the tourists Ilke the younger kids," she says. Most children ..."