The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-01
THE ROCKEFELLER WAY.
a Little Matter of $27, 900 Saved by
waiting and Dealing Roundabout
(kansas Citv Starl

~, kansas City Starr
Nheh William Rockefeller finally con.
toTee,u 70 purchase the great AdirondacE
nmcrc1 'I ISct where Pat Ducey had con.
| 90, iumberlng operations for years
anu convert the lanu into a mark he en-.
ueled into negotiations with III ,rish.
itan through an agent who had known
Dmcey for d long time -N'-0 " =
me tract embraced about % ana .,o,.os
alc the agent was able to Secure an on
I'm Lor thirty days. The amount Named
~ the lumberm IN was S79.o9O, when
th %S Considered reasonable as much of
| C,'e, III iI Try had never been numbered
| ! n ner anu Iunioering OPERATIONS could have
LSsH carried on there for a ou.nI,Cr ~
years very profitably. %
WI. Ducey invited Mr.. Rockefeller TO
and the latter took adv5ntage of fbe
otEportunity Upon the expiration of the
ti1hc SET IN the option Mr. Rockefeller
vas Just returning from the trip. He
! a .1.9 ne was not ready to close the deal
iIiu asked ms agent to secure an option
LII LII Ihother thirty days. The agent was
Unable TO extend the option for more
t IMAM fifteen days. Mr.. Ducey thought
ne ne PRICE named very reasonable and he
ielt mat Mr. Rockefeller had hal enough
Ime to think it over
All right, said Mr.. Rockefeller to
rs agent Let 1t go. A little time is
great thing
What do you mean by that. Mr.. Rookie
feiler?' asked the agent
thing"
As winter came on it. began to look
as though Mr.. Rockefeller did not want
the Ducey tract and the old lumberman
Kept his mill running
On one of the coolest and stormiest
Gays of March 4 city man step 1ed from
the train 1T the Brandon depot and made
his way along the drifted highway to
Pat Duceys office.
He located the lumberman in the great
mill, where he was experimenting re-
pairs to a gang saw they returned to
the office and then the visitor told his
errand.
Mr.. Ducey," said he. 81 want to pur
chase this tract. L don't want Your mill
or the machinery, You can move them
somewhere If you wish. You have done
pretty well here. stripped the land of
about all the timber you can get at cas-
ny. ana 1t seems to me that it is a good
time for you 20 m0ve.'
He handed the old lumberman a slip
OF paper which was a check for $50 900
and certified by Il New York bank
There's your money. All you have to
do is to pull up stakes and go"
We'll. don't know began Mr..
Ducey.
Il haven't any time to monkey" put
In the stranger, and he reached for the
check.
Ducey, however, concluded to trade.
they began to draw up the papers.
William Rockefeller was the reply.
Gosh, if I'd known that I'd and
he gave way to a lot Of eXtravagant ex-
pressons.
The force of the millionaire's remark
that "a little time is a great thing now
became apparent. for he had saved ST.
900 IN purchasing the Ducey tract, which
vas good value at the figures the
lumbermaa had originally placed upon
it.
The Rockefeller camp has since grown /!
up at Bay Pond. and it was here that |
John d. Rockefeller. jr.. brought Ills /
tride the daughter of Senator Aldrich, |
soon after their marriage. One day John |
got his bride interested in piling wood |
IN the great handsome woodshed and |
they kept at it for about two hours |
when she wanted to stop.
"Oh, go on; it won't hurt you any"
John D., jr., exclaimed, and she kept at
t a little longer