The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

'hNs IN . uk.Co W .pny yOuV ".N
Then W,atters-yorth moro than 1000, 1000
his pocket. ' and w %ith %n axe soos eb 9 penny !, f Ioio
quarters. and thcn c9no into the house md
egov ,e. one GnHrtesr, IT, to his wife und insisted that
The Richest man in Los Angeles county-if not
n al southern California-is Louis Phillips. and
out from any nssomblago for u millionaire OF
ahS Ssir H. aeSgrSoyygosssibly; the fourth Q; NTH
ists. In Pomona yalloy.evory winter AXE a.eood
deal Of interest In tho way this rich man enjoys
his prtncoly fortune, and many Of them arc III.
Phillips Is really wealthy. Every day sun.
days and AL, ho ma, he seen driving from his
let OF spadra 10 Pomona. For years no has
driven an old farm horse TINT would DO dear at
S Nh s Snd hN . ridden n a ratt'ctErp pheeton that
or now. that no has passed his sovcntieth year,
but ho Is as, economical Ms tho laborcrs along tho
light is in playing q Mexican game Of pedro for
S,ssei st i II he R %i1s a R Ssii Dozen ln p0% %isGs, or Cigars nSs
IN the course OF a mornings or afternoons gam
iOscs ms iSrc p'0 straIsO. Is rS SrSSt' n II; ~. aGp pS n hS
tribe no longer With fortune. and no one can In.
duoo him 70 risk a few dimes mora Of his mil.
is logging back home in his old nlacton.
philipq has an Income of about $4,000 a
$4,000 n year. lie owns some OF the most profit.
1 1s.So Business na n q pfS sl + td II Il Lei X. A ssn ssb sS pw SnS
Pomona valleys, and he las Whole issues % OF
school and mpnieipal bonds. lie never buys
less han $4,000 worth OF bonds AZ u tine.
men of this region. When tho Mcx!cans, be-
s ssira TO @Gs!safFs bi fhH5s riF eas :ho a1 % SGs h saSdr
earned SaTins'. He became owner Of great
former employers. When tho Yankee immiKra-
ton poured into southern California after the
war. he sold for $40 an acre hundreds OF acres
nj Ian Thai hN hnH NnIipn N ER nnntQ mn
acre. Tho city Of Pomona, with its 5000 popu.
lation, Is located in the hoart Of ~ ranch that
Mo has mover been out Of California since he
came here u raw German lad. He is a good
f hnnaf he wants want; H I'm iif iau & to Pla say ped ii,S' for or tho ins
cigars, and be suro OF his fortune until he Is
DO you know, Mr.. Phillips, what I'd do with
all your money IL ! had it," n man said tc him
once. The old millionaire was at that moment
he picked up his bank book and started away
why, i'd go and hire a steam yacht and I'd
travel, all over the world with my family. "a
ySS re-! m matioas no oMd w Sli%e 80 a I food v %sy af eRare
SssiHsss to kssP You tioa here: Your rents
that would be the biggest boro / can think ofi
Fair show a few years ago, but when we come
10 hear Pomona, people tell about 1t, why We
s fSeFa after that at. 'hs so we was . nSssdipf ho %Seth x ifsanf
t ssoiSys sa Imo sf Sie my set %!t0 n snd5I T Reo,h ses ans b tnao
rctt, who were in Los Angelica. i don't remem-
Der what the show was, but it was all q hum;
bug ~iust:to cheat folks, out OF money. No, I'll
4 curious combination Of energy and pinch
Ing economy is found in Al1nz9 Myers, the
forced during one Of his employers cases in
court, n few years ago, to produce the ledger OF
tmSS Ss Mr Every gS Sns wSs b snF}Rr,ssd blocks TO lSsr IN ' ssn
Francisco, some 10000 acres of wheat land in
Oregon and northern California, and bundles
pany, besides a tidy sum in United States bonds.
Altogether, the Old gentleman was found to DO
come OF moro than $500, coo q year.
that::he never. spent an idle hour or a cent in his
reading is a species Of loafing., and idlcness an
objectionable sin. He is nearly 50 years old:
1858. He slept alongside his bench at night
and cooked his own mealsfrom the cheapest odds
and ends of meat he could buy. and the stalest
bread he could get at the baker's.-H His brother
was making poor success with q ranch in
southern Oregon, and could not repay,a loan he
walking 500 miles across the mountains. Ho
reached Oregon in three weeks. and became a
worked seventeen hours-many times twenty:
four hours,out Of tho twenty.four: The
or Sr'i bat It TT Killed lee f SiPP az After sf' a h half dozen years.
Alonzo bought, adjacent ranches. specialized in
wheat which his neishbors. who lived better
and. enjoyed life more. had to sell cheap. Then
elevator men, and in time owned several Gle
$3.50, 600. but he never altered In the least par
ticular his mode of living.
longer carry his business in his head. He hired
a bookkeeper and a confidential agent. Since
ihen:he has hired two more assistant acountants.
on the streets OF Portland or San Francisco.
He wears 9 straw hat for three years at a time.
| and thnn hn hnva h cha ma AVID rNnat DIVA.
the style. He makes his biennial purchases Of
home is on tho outskirts Of Albany. Or, where
he has some 5000 acres Of beautiful wheat
i shSekle h old hE one- stons b bu 4 Gasthe fSeqa are Pf bnt
three rooms in it, and each Is furnished with
only the barest neeessartes. A dry goods box
serves as dining table, and newspapers arc the
curtains at the windows. Not a dollar for
improvements has been spent in years; The
is easier with himself nowadays. and takes an
hour or two more comfort in bed than when he
in at .daybreak, and no and the old man get
breakfast. The expense OF the ranch laborer's
BOARD BOARD that Il .H very Tew sa men VIII HI stay "a IS with sa' Alp p9Sa
Myers and endure the diet. for longer than n
few months. From breakfast, to night tho
about in a rickcty old platform wagon and sees
to the work q farming, He goes TO the bank;
hears their reports. He listens to the business
letters that como to him, and directs answers 10
lnein. he can sign MS name, DuL tnaJ IL Ill no
can do in writing and reading: Every few
weeks he has business in San Francisco and
Portland. In the cities he patronizcs the IS
cent lodging houses and 1o-cent lunch counters.
Just MS soon as he can get away from his bust
ness he starts for home, 30 as 70 cut off the OK
penscs incurred while away. He knows G. p.
Huntington, the Pacific coast railroad magnate,
well. and last winter, when he had some impor'
tant business TO discuss with Mr.. Huntington,
he astonished all who knew him by spending a
quarter for II bath and in buying a $40 suit Of
clothes before going to tho railroad Presidents
Office. The very next day, however. Myers
started for Albany dressed In his grimy, faded
and torn old.tinlo garments and with his new
suit in II bundle under his arm. The latter will
never be worn except on state occasions.
What will become of Myers's largo fortune
when he has passed into that life where dollars
and cents are OF no avail Is a matter of peren'
NAL discussion among the host of people who
havo observed how the two millions have been
accumulated through fOrty-hyc years of labor
and ,scrimping. The. old man is in very yigor,
Gus health for ono of his age. and at tho end oil
another decade he will surely have added more
than n million dollars to his treasure, for while
his income Is over 5000. 600 a year. he cannot
spend more than $500 Il year on himself. -.
The newspapers In southern California will
lose many an interesting subject when Calvin