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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-10

The country Is a land Of flowers. Roses
grow everywhere. Geraniums become
trees, aud are growing IN hedges. Gala
lilies are as common as dasies, and
saw a single rose bush yesterday which
| was told contained hundred thous.
and blossoms.
LUCKY nALDwtN's FARM.
This will give YOU some idea Of this
vast estate Of Lucky Baldwin. The soil
Is as rich rs guano aud as black rs your
hat. II will produce anything under the
sun and $1,000 acres Of II belong to this
one man. Five acres OF land In this
region will support a family well and
this estate ought to support 10000
families Still II belongs to but one
man. What kind Of a man is he' !
met him yesterday. He was seated
surrounded by fountains aud flowers
under the trees which shade the beaut.
ful ground surrounding his cottage. A
lean, straight, thin.iaced old man with
silky white hair. standing out from un.
der a white straw hat, aud the keencst
Of hazel eyes looking out from under
eyebrows Of gray His ilofid face was
smooth shayen with the exception Of the
upper lip upon which silyery mustache
grew. lie looked more like a sccdy
unsuccessful business man whose best
days have gone by rather than pros.
porous millionaire. and have seen this
type here aud there over the world In
club rooms and at the head II charitable
associations, holding places which have
been given them for what they have
done In the past
Lucky Baldwin, In short, looked en-.
tircly different from the man / expected
10 see. lie is not extraordinary IN any
Of his features, but behind his plain face,
! am told, exists one Of the brightest
business brains In the country. And
his little beadlikc eyes can see further
into a big speculation for profitable in.
vestment than those Of any other man
IN California. lie came to California
comparatively poor aud began life IN
San Francisco as the keeper Of a livery
stable. From the keeping Of horses he
went TO the selling OF groceries, and
understand that he got a lot OF stock In
different mines In the settlement OF his
bills. lie carefully filed the certificates
Of this stock away and awaited develop.
ments. lie has always been fond OF the
theater. and he got the idea that he
might make q fortune by going over to
Japan and bringing Japanese troop
back to the United States. He did so,
but before he left he gathered up his
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lawyers who support the claimants who
spring up like mushrooms after q rain on
the death Of a California millionaire.
Lucky Baldwin. In fact. seems 10 have
been more fortunate Ia money making
than In matrimony. for he has been
married several times and he has been
mixed up in two or three divorce suits.
His present wife is, / am told, both beau.
tilul and accomplished, and she spends
most of her time at the Baldwin resi-
dence in San Francisco.
A. for Lucky Baldwin, he lives part Of
the time at home, a part at the hotel,
and now and then spends some time
here. Tie Is hard worker and man
Of not many amusemcnts lie is said
to be fond OF playing poker with four
bit or fifty cent ante and Ia one OF his
books advertising his hotel he published
an interior showing himself seated with
a party Of friends at a card table.
STORY or MouAMNnr ALI
From his beautiful gardens here with
their thousands OF tropical plants aud
their acres OF wellkcpt lawn / can see
that he admircs the beauties of nature.
lie has always admired beautiful
women, and ! am told that in his old
age he preserves this feature OF his
taste for the beautiful. thought Of this
as left him sitting in an easy chair
looking out over the CLASSY lake hor-
dercd with flowers which lies al the edge
OF his house, and my mind flew to the
Scubm gardens OF the EhCdivc Of Egypt
at Cairo. cannot say why, but he
made me think Of how that famous old
Mohammcdau hero. Mohammct Az,
used 10 amusc himself there during his
last days. lie would sit 100 state on the
banks OF his lake while his servants
roWcd the most beautiful OF his wives
ON the waters. At secret signal these
servants would tip over the boat, and
the old monarch would laugh I'LL the
tears ran down his beard at their strug.
giles to scramble ont OF the water. I
don't mean 10 say that know Million
aire Baldwin would enjoy anything of
this nature. His gardens are IN prosaic
America rather than IN scnsuous Egypt
but their beauties are such that It Is
not hard Tor the mind to people them
with a scene OF this kind
FRAEE O., CARPENTER.
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sent around word that he would give
st7s.ooo for it. "Thc price Is now
5000 COO was the reply. "Thc land Is
growing more valuable and is bound 10
Use rignt along" Baldwin hemmcd and
hawed nj This He said he would not
pay 5000. 600 and he went away. "A few
DAYS later he came around and said he
would take il at s7oo.ooo. Whereupon
the man said the price had again risen,
and that the price was now s12s.ooo.
Baldwin. however, had decided 10 take
ID at any price this time and he brought
with him check for $4,000. lie laid
this down on the table and accepted the
mans offer. IL cost him lust 10000 a
week for waiting. At the rate he
bought the land cost him just about $40
per acre. 1t is now worth from $500 to
$1,000 per acre, and he has made
millions out OF 1t.
now baldwin DoEs BUSINESS.
Baldwin has. am told. a great deal
OF nerve In business natter. lie hangs
ON like bulldog and II he has a piece
of property which he thinks will cvcntu.
ally pay you can't get 10 from him till
you give him his price. lie has lust
been offered. ! am told, million eight
hundred thousand dollar, for one Of his
ranches. This is the la pucute ranch
and the price is an average Of about
sto1 per acre. A Colorado syndicate II
ialking Of buying Il. II it is not sold
Baldwin will spend s7S 600 in piping
water over il. and will thus make Il
worth about 500 per acre. When he
built the Hotel Baldwin in San Francisco
he could not purchase the ground he
wanted. The result was that he leased
It for twenty years and put buildings
worth two millions and half on IT, lie
has, ! am told, recently bought the
ground, paying thrcc'qulrtcrs Of q
million for il. lie makes here on his
vineyard a great part OF the wines used
at his hotel. lie has So. 900 gallons Of
wine and $1,000 gallons Of brudy in his
vaults here on his ranch. This brandy
Is from three to twenty years old, and
some Of Il Is certainly very fine. Il
take, one hundred tenants to manage
the different parts Of his farm, and he
has more than four thousand head OF
cattle ON Il.
Ills stock is largely made mp OF De.
vons and Durhams, and IBIS dairy Is said
to be a very profitable one. lie has q
thousand hogs and 25oY1 sheep, and
his horses are known AID the world over.
FoRruNEs ~ HORSES.
spent some time during my visi, to
the ranch IN the stables. There are no
frills nor furbelows about this part OF
the land. Everything is plain aud
simple and no money IS wasted any
where. don't think Mr. Baldwin
wastes very much money except on his
own personal enioymculs and he Is
certainly not cxtrlvaganl ~ the fitting
out Of his stables. There Is NO gilt.
edged harness or hardwood stalls, and
these hofses. some OF which are worth
from s9s. 900 TO $50 600 each, live in plain
box stalls about fifteen feet square.
The mile race track ON the farm is a
fairly good one, and one advantage that
his horses have is In being able to get
green feed all the year round. saw
some OF lis famous horses. One OF
these was the Emperor OF Noriolk,
which brought Baldwin S7gooo during
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mining stocks and put them away in
one Of the banks. lie was gone several
months. When he returned he found
that the Comstock lode had been dis
covered and that the mining stock that
he had in this was worth considerable
over million. His other stocks had
become valuable and he landed In
America, SO the story goes, a million.
aire
! don't know how his Japanese show
turned out, but am told that he took
them about over the country, and
doubt not he made money out OF them
lie made more money by reinvcsting
this fortune, and he is now said to be
worth from fifteen TO twenty million
dollars. He owns these vast ranches in
Southern California, q hotel vt lake
Tahoe, the Baldwin theater and hotel IN
san Francisco and two or three valuable
gold mines. One Of his gold mines
that he has held for years has just been
reopened. Lucky Baldwin was paying
no attention 70 d until he found the
other day that some outsiders had gotten
10 and were opening II up on their own
account. They had taken out $4,000
worth Of ore before he discovered them.
the most improved machinery for all II
Is worth.
LUCKY BALDWIN IS 4 LANDLORD.
Lucky Baldwin Is said to know how
to run hotel. eanno, speak from
personal experience, as ! have never
stopped at any Of his houses, While at
San Francisco | lived at the Palace,
ffHH. o. 4
hotel and by all odds the worst man.
aged hotel in the United States. Lucky
BdIdwin's friends say that THE Bald.
win is better managed. don't know.
but ] do know something about his
methods. lie runs the thing as a mon.
opoly, and he don't propose to be
ilecccd by anybody Not long ago he
found he was paying $1,000 per month
for gas lie put In his own gas works
and now sells enough gas TO give him
his own light free and to bring him In
$500 per month In addition. II was the
same with electricity and about the
same with bis water. He was getting
his water from the water company and
one month bill was brought Ia for a
thousand dollars water rent. lie paid
the bill but az once again put down
artesian wells These cost him only
$500, and he saved just thousand
dollars per month In that way. Al his
ranch here he makes all the butter used
at his hotel, aud his diaries turn gu,
2,ooo pounds "a week Of whit they call
"Giltedgcd butter" All the vegetables
used at his ho,pl come from his farms.
ard he manages everything on business
principles.
HOW BALDWIN BOUGHT 4 RANCH.
| heard today the story OF Baldwin's
purchase Of one Of his ranches. II be-
longcd to a wholesale grocer in Los
Angeles, and Baldwin was anxious TO
get mold Of Il. lie came TO the grocer
and asked him his price. The grocer
replied that he could have Il for $4,000.
baldwin said that this was too much aud
that he could not give more than $50
600. swell. you can't have il, said the
grocer, and Baldwin went away, He
waited q few days and hearing nothing
further, he then became anxious and
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Special Correspondence q me NEWS.
Los ANGELES, CAL, May 20, 1895. His
farm is worth stoooo.ooo.
1t contains more than $1,000 acres.
Every foo, OF II is almost as rich as
the valley Of the Nile, and some of it
produces fair interest on $4,000 per
acre.
refer to the magnificent estate Of
Lucky" Baldwin. which lies about
seventeen miles from Los Angeles, and
which takes In the cream of the San
Gabriel valley. There is no land in the
world so rich as this country about Los
Angeles. Lying right under the shadow
Of the Sierra Madre mountains, It is so
located that Il can be well irrigated.
and from five TO twenty acres make a
farm. Land about here sells for $500
and upward per acre, and improved
property planted with oranges often
brings as much as $1,000 and upward.
] can give you no idea OF the product
iveness Of the soil. | have seen trees
$50 feet high which were less than a
dozen years old, and you can grow a
forest here in a decade. | drove yester.
day through mile alter mile Of orange
groves, lemon trees and orchards Of
English walnuts, and saw oranges on
trees which were only two years old and
great crops being raised on trees be.
tween four and five years.
One tract Of six acres Of oranges pro.
dueed last year six hundred boxes,
which sold for s., 200. making net pro.
TT to their owner OF over $1,000. The
trees OF this orchard were only four
years old, and the owner cleared this
amount OIL OF six acres In a single wear.
Another man cleared 81, 500 of Of three
acres OF oranges last year and / was
told OF another case In which six acres
produced $4,000 worth OF oranges. In
one OF Baldwln's orchards was shown
trees which nettcd him 81, 500 per acre
and there ate thousands OF new trees
being set out In all parts Of this region.
a great many OF the orchards are
planted by eastern men, aud a great
many OF the rich men OF the east have
inelr homes here. Joseph Medill Of the
Chicago Tribune has a winter home at
PASADENA. Studebaker, the famous
wagon man, owns an estate which he
bought from Lucky" Baldwin, and this
whole valley Is spotted with cottages
ou''t alter the fashion Of the seaside.
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aHE you ri.tsKING.

OF what You ought % take when you
20 TO the NoId's Far? Your outfit
will not bee complete without bottle
Of Chamberliiu's Collie, Cholera and
DinuhWl Remedy. Tao change %
water aud diet, fatigue and irregular
habits, during your trip are almost
certain 10 produce diarfhwa aud dose
or two u this remedy may save you
serious slckuoss and perhaps much
rSpeunr. Procure u before leaving
hom" IS and 90 cent bottles tyr sale
10y u. G. VI. ]. Drug Dent. Is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-10

Since lie hut Introduction Electric
Bittors has gained rapidly in populnF
favor, until now II IL clearly In tho
lead among pure meticlnal tonics ana
altcratives-cottining nothing which
units its ut- a. "a beverage or intoxN
cant; II l. recognised NJ the best and
purest medicine Tor all ailments Of
stomach, Liv, r'or Kidneys. II Will
cure Sick Heidaohe, Indigestion, Com
s.ipallon, aud drive Malaria from tho
system. Satisfaction guaranteed with
cech bottle or tlo money will be re-
funded. riiee ouly soc. per bottle.
sold by A. q. smith a Co., Drugglt.G
gu
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-10

TnK BEsT sALvE In the world for
Cuia, bruises, eorss, Uiorru, sals
l,houm, EoyeT SoFos, letter, Chappsd
Hauds, Chilblaink, Corns aud ali skin
hruptions, and positively curus Piles,
or no pay required. ID Is guaranteed %
give Perfect satisfaction OF naonoy 10.
funded. PTi0s rs cents per box. Yer
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-10

We authorizes our advertised druggist
sell DR.. King's New Discovery Tor
onsumptlOn, Coughs and Colds, upon
his condition, Ifyou are afflicted " In
Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat or
Chest trouble, and will USE this remedy
a directed, giving " a fair trial, III
Nporionco no benefit, you may return
he bottle and have your money r..
unded. We could not make thi. Offer
90 We not know that DR.. Klng's New
" EcovCry could be relied on. II never
appoints. Trial bottle free At A. G.
NTH * co., ID NC Store. 20
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Lucky Ba/dMim-~
Visit to His Famous Ranch and a Look at its Wonders

B Bor oooOoo ind Contains $1,000 ,eSHov LHI BaT Looks
MS Honao1 Cvceyhoy Jfgcse Soa Aha IN" Ret-Sne
quar- his hotels and Hp ne Runs 7heA L0ot at
Bonictai Irrigation 0fHd Rogqee7fe@ cato
aadh okagsycf. Ill.,
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atarrh Absolutely and Por-
manontly Cured

Without the use Of instruments or the
administration OF nauseOus dtugs. A
cure guaranteed In every case and no
compensation asked tiil thc patient
himself knows that he is cured.
Treatment short, clean and agreeable.
ONCE hours from 10 10 / g an, and
from / TO Z pm, and 10y appointment
my time. The Edinburgh Institute,
rooms 10, - anu ~ Holmes Bldg.
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BUTTER BUTTER!!
95c. Choice and fresh
AT BARN rs HARDY & co,
- Main street.

The attention Of economical house.
keepers In called TO the Gold Baud
Package Coffee. 10 II tho best.
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his racing season, and in another place
| saw the home Of Grinstead, one Of
the famous breeding stations Of Cali.
ionia, and ! watched a number Of year
lings aud two.ycar.olds which were
worth all the way from $1,000 and up.
ward. Lucky Baldwin manages his
stables as "a business enterprise and he
makes them pay. lie pays little at.
tcntion 10 his horses himself and drives
but seldom lie has good trainers,
however, and il seemed 10 the that the
horses were kindly treated and well
cared for
TIM WONDERFUL mRfGArtoN SYSTEM.
This Baldwin ranch IS perhaps the
best irrigated piece Of property In the
United States. The geological survey
sent photographers out here last year to
make pictures Of some Of is systems.
a network Of pipe runs throughout the
whole estate and the water is stored In
great reservoirs down in the valley.
rather than being damned up In the
canyons In the mountains. Much OF
the water IS carried in ccment.lined
bitches aud In other places is conveyed
from one part OF the country TO the
other IN great pipes Of cement These
are miles upon miles of them.
Scattered over the estate are aftcsian
wells from which flow pcrpetuaily
streams OF water as large around as the
body Of a man, and there seems TO be
no lack Of irrigation facilities. Some of
the most beautiful water works OF the
ranch are about the home and there is
lake Of eight acres which winds n aud
out through the vegetation OF the
tropics. | have seen q number of bot
auiCal gardens in different pats Of the
world bat there are few more beautiful
than the grounds about this home OF
Lucky Baldwin. IL Is one OF the pref
test places In the world, and every tree
aud shrub connected with u has been
planted by his direction. lie took thi,
vast estate when Il was practically
desert and he has made It land Of
flowers. trees aud OF iruitbcatiug
orchards Whatever may be his record
IN q social way. and as to his business
dealings, he Is entitled TO great credit
for what he has done for this part ui the
state Of California. Ills work has. Of
course. been a selfish one, but hc has
opened up these thousands Of acres to
settlement and bis money has done
what a number Of small fortunes could
not nave zone
No CHANCE FoR uEGGARs.
have written many letters about rich
men, aud ! an, told that thousands OF
begging letters are always received by
the mill1nmres after such publications.
When ! published q talk with the
millionaire W. w. Corcomn Of WASH
ington shortly before his death his mail
came IN by the bushei from this country
aud Europe, and nearly all the letters
asked Tor money would say Just here
that Il will be useless tor such people tu
wfitc 20 NJ. Baldwin. lie b. too careful
and conservative \ business man TO give
money indiscriminattly, and as FAR as !
can learn he has never been noted for
his charities lie has no, yet announced
any intention Of founding great uuiycr-
siIy, ADD there is "a f.sr possibility that
his vast fortune, like those OF most OF
the California nab1hs, will 20 10 the
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Cunnoissrur- anu Epicures drink
Gold Baud Coffee.
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Reduced Rates 60 Points East.
Nfa fha TT,In,, u.,tg.

Effective June 9Th the following 70.
duced rates viii be in effect via tho
Union Pacific Railway:
To Let class. 2nd class.
Denver and Pueblo sl3.uO
Missouri River.... 1880 $500
ST. Louis.....,...... $500 3l.50
Chicago ...... go. go. 8i75 1850
Two daily trains-lh rough sloepers
30 Chicago and ~. Louis without
change. City ticket office POI Main 81.
Cheap but good. The Gold Hand
Coffee Il now on the high road 10 be.
come the peoples fa,orite.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-04

The success Of Mrs. Annie M. Bean, OF
Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, in the treat
ment OF diorrh@a in her children will un.
doubtedly DO OF interest to many moth.
ers. She says: ~ spent several weeks
In Jonstovn, Pa, after the great flood,
ON account OF my husband being EN-.
ployed there. We had several children
with us, two Of whom took the diarrhns
very badly. / got some Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera aud Diarrh9a rem.
sdy, from Rev. Mr.. Chapman. 1t cured
both OF them. l knew OF several other
eases where IL was equally successful.
! think it cannot be excelisd and cheer.
fully recompend It," - ind 30 cent
bottles for sale by Deyo \ Guice,
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-04

For a lame back or for a pain in the
side or chest. try saturating a piece OF
ttanpsl with Chamberlain Pain Balm
and binding it onto tho affected parts.
THIS treatment will sure any ordinary
In u or two days. Pain Balm also
cures rheumatism. 80 cent bottles for
sale by Deyo 4 Grice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-20
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber of Commerce

Wheat futures were dull. Closing
prices were 56c lower for December and
&c lower for May. Foreign markets
were weak and depressed. Clearances
were small. No new features appeared
that would favor either higher or lower
prices. Offerings were not heavy, but
the demand was small. Most of the
time the market was exceptionally dull,
and closing prices We're near the bottom
price touched during the day. Wheat
ranged as follows:
Opening-May. 623sc; highest, 6215c;
lowest, 81 3-16c; closing, 62c; closing
Friday, 624c. November - Closing,
5619c; closing Friday, 56Yc. December
Opening, SIC; highest, SIC; lowest,
5619c; closing, 5619c; closing Friday,
5658c.
On Track - No. 1 hard, 6OIc; No. 1
northern, $3.50; No. 2 northern, 571lc.
Flour - Receipts, 1.48O bbls; ship
ments, 33,013 bbls; quoted at 3.40@3. 10
for first patents; S3.40@3.70 for second
patents; S1.90@2.40 for fancy and export
bakers, S1.10@1.45 for low grades i'll
bags, including red dog.
Bran and Shorts - The market for
bran is quite dull, but holders are lit
tie stiff. Quoted at SCOOPS in bulk;
shorts, Sl0@10.50 per ton.
Corn-Receipts, 1910 bu; shipments,
$50 bu; corn is somewhat easier.
Oats-Receipts. 1000 bu; shipments,
5000 bu; demand slow.
Barley Receipts, $3.50 bu: ship
ments, $500 bu; the market sick, with
no buying orders.
Flaxseed- Receipts, 4,27O Blu; ship
ments, 5000 bu.
Feed-Millers held at s14014.75 per
ton; less than car lots, S15@l5.5O; with
cornmeal at Sl3.50@14; granulated meal,
$1S@19, probably higher, but not fixed.
Hay-Receipts, 80 tons; shipments,
none. The falling off of receipts Of
receipts of hay causes considerable
firmness: but no appreciate advance in
value. H. II. King & Co. report fair
demand at scar for upland, S5@6 for
Minnesota wild, aud low grades at
S4.5O@5.
Some Sample Sales-No. hard. car,
6119c; No. nCrthern,5 cars, 5915c; No.
1 northern, 1919 cars, 5914c; No, north
ern, l car, choice. 5954c; No. 1 north
ern, % cars, TO arrive. SOC; No. 1 north
ern, IS cars, Soc; No. northern, l car,
to arrive, 594c; No. 2 northern, 8 cars.
5S14c; No. 2 northern, cars, $50; No.
2 northern, 2 cars, 5S19c; No. north
ern, 1 car, bin burned, SIC; No. 2 north
ern, car, SIC; No. 2 northern, 2 cars,
571ac: No. 2 northern, l car, smutty,
5Sc; rejected, 2 cars, I'D off, $3.50.