The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-19
WEALTHY PEOPLE
OF THE STATE
Those Having $500, 600 or More
Appear in Red Book"
LIST FAR FROM ACCURATE
SALT LAKE HAS ABOUT TWICE
THE PRINTED NUMBER.

name i'm the book: it is merely mat
ter OF dollars and cents. If you have
100000 or more, and the compilers of
the book accidentally found Il out. i'm
&oes your name along with those Of j.
IlerpOnt Morgan. John ID. Rockefeller.
" $. Mccormick. Joseph r. Smith and
others too numerous 20 mention. IL
you haven't got the money. then you
needn expect TO find your name there.
Just because your name il not in the
book is no sign you haven't got the
necessary 100000 silver cart wheels.
You might be a millionaire and still
not find your name between the red
and white covers Of the book. Accord
ing TO the preface Of the book it lis
D comprehensive. complete and reliable
directory of the men and women in the
United States who are estimated 10 be
worth $4,000 or more" But IT is not.
Salt Lake City is Sighted.
IL every city in the United States
included in the Red Book is as cor
rectly sized up as Salt Lake city. there
are almost twice as MANY men and
women i'm the United States worth
100000 or more. than names found I'm
the comprehensive complete and re-
liable directory Ii credits Salt Lake
City with but twenty-nine such indi-
viduals, while &c is an easy matter To
count more than fifty without going to
Dun's or Bradstreets and ascertaining
the wealth of men and women who
have the money. but make no pre-
lenses. The preface of the book says
in part commenting upon the accuracy
OF the contents.
Nearly 1900 names of eminent
IS Americans have been assembled on
the pages Of the book. In the
preparation of this volume great care
has been taken 60 insure It's substau-
tial thoroughuess and accuracy. .
large staff of editors and cOmpilers
\ for nearly two years"
Z In spite of all that. if as many mis-
takes have been made i'm tie other
cities given I'm the book as have been
with Salt Lake City the value Of the
volume as a reference book to business
men is not as valuable as the preface
would incline the average man and wo-
man to believe.
Is a Wonderful Book
But at the same time it is a Won
derful book. for all the mistakes. It
gives the names of about $1,000 men
and women i'm the country who are
worth more than quarter of a mil
lion dollars The fortunes represented
I'm the book range from 100000 t.
more than 81 600. 000. 600 the reputed
wealth Of John Rockefeller The az
Eregate wealth of all those enumer-
ated is beyond human comprehension.
They could, Jointly. pay of every nd
tional and sovereign debt i'm the world
many times over and then have a sur
plus which. divided equally between
them. would keep them in luxury the
remainder of their lives
According to the statements Of the
Red Book" Los Angeles. the city of
supposed millionaires. has Just az
many. and no more men and women
who have $4,000 or more than Sal-
Lake City-twenty- The diffe~-
ence-ih population is more than two 10
one I'm the Pacific coast city's favor
Helena. the capital Of Montana with
only about $4,000 people, has but fiji
teen people worthy of mention I'm the
book, while Butte. the worlds great
copper mining camp. with four times
the population, has two less-Only
thirteen.
Statistics of Other Cities.
Portland. about % per cent larger
than Seattle. is credited with almost
twice as many people worth $500. GOO OF
more. The former, with pOpula tior
OF about l25.OOO souls. has seventy-fOuI
names to it's credit in the red book %
while Seattle has but thirty-eight And
Spokane, one of the busiest northwest
cities, has but eight such people vel
it is reputed to be a wealthy city-nOted
especially for its fine streets. imposing
business blocks and handsome resi-
denCes.
Denver, the capital Of the Centennial
state. supposed by many to be another
Z western city of millionaires, is giver
credit for having within its corpora e
limits only fOrty-siN men and womer
worth $1,000 or more.
The following is list of Salt LAX,
City men and women known to b.
worth more than 100000. whose name.
are not to be found I'm the red book
Mrs Susannah Emery Holmes, Jane,
Chipman, Mrs. Eta Mclaughlin, Jane.
HOgle, +. p. Ferry estate Fl. Din
woodey, p. II. Lannan. Ezra Thomp.
son, Samuel Auerbach, r. d. MiIlett
II. r. Cutler. John G.. Cutler Cfeorg,
Iomney. S. B. Miner. Matt Cullen. F
ID. Cliff. Aaron Keyser, J. r. Winder
Mrs. Ray Walker. Albert Walker
Chambers estate, James D. Murdocl
Henry Newell. A. +. Holden. Samue
Newhouse and W. p. Noble
And TO that list can be added Jobr
r. Barnes of Kaysviue, whose name il
mot found in the red book How
tmany other men in the state. like Mr.
9}arnes, whose name should be in tn,
book. is not known. Following are tn,
names Of the only people in Utah VIII,
are worth S300,000 or more, according {,
the fred book:
Logan.
Amussen. estate, C. c.. executor Fl. f
Hansen. soren. produce merchant
HcndriCksOn. j. A.. 81 North Man
street. president Cache knitting works
Howell, Joseph. proprietor Union Mer
camille company
Nfbley. c.. w. capitalist
Quayle. James, vice president First Ma
tiOual bank.
smart. Thomas. sheep owner.
Thatcher estate. 6. w. executor II
j.. Thatcher.
Thatcher. Moses. south Main street
Thatcher Brothers Banking company.
ogden.
Biselow, IT.. c.. 25JB. Washington avenue
president ogden state bank
Clark. Joseph, go Twenty-fourth street
president Ogden Milling & Elevator com
proprietor Ogden opera house.
Dee. Thomas d., president Ogdel
street Railway company; vice prcsiden
National bank. and Sumpter Valley Rail
way company.
Eccles. David. l54 Twenty street
president Eccles Lumber company: o.
den Lumber company. First NatiCud
bank; Ogden Savings bank, Sumpter Val
lev Railroad company.
Healey. Patrick sheep ranchman
Kiesel, Frederick J.. 335 Twepty-fOurt
street. Whoiesatc grocer.
Patterson. Adam, sheep ranchmau
land owner
Peery. estate. David H.. $50 Twents
fourth street
scowcroft John. wholesale genera
merchant
smyth, d. A., sheep ranchman. Ian
owner.
Spargo. J. H.. merchant.
Spencer III. H.. vice president Oreco
Lumber cOmnauv and Ec.tns T.umha