Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-22
WEALTHY CALlrORNIANs.


THE Christmas Issue OF the san
Francisco Examiner devoted eighteen
pages TO n review Of Ciliforn'as mill
lonalrcs. II appears that there are
persons In that State who
IRE individually worth over 81 100000
The figures range from one to my
for each Of these persons.
Cfthesc thiriy.nine mlllionaires one
only Isl native Of California, aud one
who has never engaged In mining
There Is but one lady among these
chosen children Of fortune. She Is
now elghly-nve years Of age. Her
wealth was male entirely by dealing
in lands AMI cattle. Most OF these
wealthy people arc old settlers, but
only two Of them can attribute the
foundation OF thol' wealth to mining,
~ hh c''ion' ''. 'n" " VI. '"o'
VINO 'o"o"el mining eNp'u''ev .u' '
VINO m'uc ni''i'on'' nO' o"' ho" ""
even competence
Fi". Ia "e'''n oonhe' Hei'"i o''"'
iori VINO comm'hce' h'c Us "wyo'
IN Ai"lny county o's'e " w"
YORK 10 rshNn'' o'' " su.u u'n'
there' no went next 70 'o'' was"
inston' Wisconsin. ne p''o'''v. Jaw
Va 'na' VpNh LOT 'ou' ye's, ,'''"''
.he p,'p's wore "ve''' v ''''s '''O'' y,
NJ stinlorls 'ah' F" u'so'p' "
bl'ck-'ono was no. s'''' 70, o"s as
were Few ani iM oe'"oen' on' "ue
day his onice anu iiorary were uu'heu.
This event was ac'eptei ~ an omen OF
gooiluck' Mr. SANFORD .nen wont 70
California, aui IN lso- ne Is io'nu
mining win plek anu shovel IN iiao'r
County, AZ place called Hi'on's'u
Bluis. A'.es accun' SUM-
capital he settled IN s'otamen'o rs u
msr,hant. u Is. i y ~ Il,9slye.kr NJ ".
gambling the Central Pacific. In this
year he became preslient Of this new
railroad company, aud wa elected gov.
ernor OF the state Of California as well.
On May 10, 1909, the great trans.
continental railway was finished, Sir.
Stanford drove the last spike on this
day at pf)montory Pjlnt, Utah. Ever
sluce he has flgltod ~ one Of the rail-
road kings OF tho country. Ia 1885 his
son, Leland stanford, Jr., died. lie
actually id1lig,d this boy. The los.
was 10 him an lrreparable one. tn,
memory Of the young man will be
psrpetuatci by monument la the
shape Of one Of tie gtAudest education.
nj institutions In the world. A. Pale
Alto, the university VI California, i
now In process u completion. The
sum to DO expended on It Ia $1,000,
90. rhs Is tho m,nunent which Le.
laul stanford ercJ,s u the memory ri
his -lu, aui a noble oue 1t is, ~.
wealth l. now upwards OF 5000, 600,
His tsrm as Senator expires next
March.
Next In wealth comes James @.
Fair. lilo was bora la Tyrone, Ire
land, IA the year 1891. 10 wen, to Cali
fornla In tho early days Of tho gold
excitement but hu made no mjuey un.
III 1850, whsn he can, to Nevada.
Here ths Com't)'k enriched him. Hv
i.n1w worth sil,O))0l1. He vast
fortune was mai In real estate. III,
owns 80 arfe, Of tho blnuon portion
OF Sau Francisco.
Herbert CrAft, the farmer and banker
OF rchemh Coua,y, isa native " q ,r.
many. Hois worth s9,Oll,O1l lie
never engaged In mining. lie started
ilfst asa tinsnith, anI then engaged
IN almost every mercantile Industry,
settling finally into farming nui bank.
Ing.
The only woman millionaire In Gail.
fornla l. Mr.. May Murphy, before
referred to Of Santa Clara County.
She settled near where sacramento
now stands in lsti. Her hG.bandand
herself devoted Themselves entirely tt
cattle and real estate. lie is dead