Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-09-26
STRATTON'S WEALTH
WILL AID THE HELPLESS POOR
After Providing Comfortably for Near
Relatives. w. S. stratson Be-
aueatbs All His Vast Wealth to tho
Myron ssra,ton Home to Be Gstah-'
.ished at Colorado Springs.

hyron Stratton Home to Be Estah-
;ished at Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs. Colo. Sept. al
The last viii AMI testament Of the late
Winfield Scott sirntton was rad at
his late Trsiienc. at 10 o'clock yestcr-
day morning before the assembled
heirs, aud was iiled for probate in tliv
County court at 2.sD o'clock in the af-
Ierno0n.
The win ms printed in small type in
the daily newspapers occupies mOro
than two columns nni the following 10
comprehensive synopsis Of Its pro-
visions:
one million dollars for the purchase
OF ground In II I'aso county and the
erection Of the MyTUn strutton hOus.
named ia honor OF Sir. STATIONS
father.
After the payment OF ieGacIc,s
amounting to sis5.rDp. the entire resi-
due of the estate. generally estimated
nS amounting to SJ.upDOpp 0f $1,000
90. shall form the endowment OF tho
hOHc.
The trustees OF the estate shall form
n corporation which shall carry OH this
benevolent purpos. and shall transfer
the property To II. The HON. shall bo
for Poor persons who nT. without
means OF support and who are prin-
cipnlly unable. by reason OF old n.c.
youth. sickness or other iniirin!ty.
To earn a livelihood and who are not by
reason OF disease. Insanity. gross indie
ccncy or immortality. uniit ,o assoclaic
with worthy persons OF the conditions
OF ltfc above named"
The executors OF the estate are Carl
s. Chambcriin OF IirooElyn. New York..
n nephew OF Mr.. Siratton: br. u. H..
Rice OF Colorado Springs. aud Tyson,
:. Dimes. attorney OF Denver. The cS-i
ccutors are directed To sill NIL the real
nnd personal estate as soon ms they
conveniently can and within the period
fixed by law.
The executors are required TO pay tho
following bcpucsts:
To Carl =. Chnmbcriin. nephew, tho
house ani furnishings In Colorado
Springs and sj1.1D In money.
To Earl ". IInmiln. son OF Mr.. Strait
toms deceased sister. Mrs. Harriet y.
Iinmiln, OF JcncrsonyIllc. Indiana.
$4,000 In money.
To Harry II. IInmlin. Ron OF Mrs.
Harriet HamlIn. $1,000.
To Mrs. Jennie siration Cobb. STRAIT
tons sister. OF san Jose. California,
sJD.SDJ
To Mrs. Mary Cobb Smith. daughters
OF Mrs. J-nalc Strntion Cobb. $4,000.
Jennie Sirntion Cobb. $4,000.
To Elmo Pearl ChnmbctlIn. :i5 East
| Sixteenth street, brooklyn, New York..
| daughter OF STATIONS deceased sister.
Mrs. Anna Chamberlln. 10000.
To Mr.. Stratton's son. !. Harry STRAIT
ton. OF Tuion. Stark county. Illinois.
$4,000: provided that II lie contests
the VIII. directly Or Indirectly. he shall
get nothing.
To Byron G. Logan OF Indianapolis
Indiana. n friend, $4,000.
To the State Institute. for the Mute
and Blind. $4,000: the Interest on
which shall be given annually TO tho
pupils ms reward for excellence In,
scholarship or dcmcanor. or both. :
After the payment OF the above Legal
cics to lndiylduals the executors shall
turn over all the remainder of the cs-'
tate TO Tr. ID. II. Rice. Judge Moses
Ialictt OF Denver. and Tyson $. Dimes
OF Denver, to be Invested by them In
trust In sound. intcrcst-bcnring securi-
ties. Those three trustees then shall
turn over all the property to a corpora,
tion TO be formed by them to own and
conduct the Myron Stratton home. The
trustees shall be paid for their ser
vices In the discharge Of the trust such,
sum ms shall he fixed by the District,
Court OF FL Paso county.
Should the clauses OF the VIII crcnt-
Ing the Myron Stratton home be de-
cfarcd void or invalid for any reason
by the courts, the will provides that
the whole estate, after the payment Of
the Sis5,O0O OF personal legncics. shall
be paid over to the state OF Colorado to
be applied In such manner as the Leg
islaturc may direct to the support OF
such charitable and benevolent insti-,
tutIons us now exist and are supported
by the state of Colorado.
Residents of FL Paso county are Civ
en- first preference for admission to the
proposed home, and then residents OF
other counties OF Colorado.
In regard to the conduct Of the homo
the will says:
at is my especial desire and COM
mand that the inmates of the said
home shall not be clothed and fed as
paupers usually are at public expense.
but that they shall be decently and
comfortably clothed and amply provid-
ed with good and wholesome medical
attendance, care and nursing to protect
their health and insure their comfort.
"And that no inmate of said home
shall be constrained against his or her
will to perform any manual service for
any inmat te of said home not related to
him or her by blood or marriage. nor.
for any officer or employe of said
home; nor shall any of such inmates
be constrained to perform any manual
labor when physically unable to do so.''