Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
BADGER FORTUNES.
Partial List of People Worth $780,
900 and More

The annual edition of the Financial
Red Book of America has recently been
issued in New York city. This publ
cation uurports to give list of the
wealthy men and women in every city
and town in the Unitcd States. The
lowest limit given is 100000 but the
fortunes of some Of these mentioned
runs high into the millions. A list of
those who are reported to come within
the $500, 900, OF over, class in this vic
irity is as follows:
Oshkosh Estate of Orville Beach,
Cab. Bouck, j. Nj. Bray, estate of e..
W. Roe, Leander Choate, S. M. Hay,
Mrs. Martha Johnston, George M
PLANE, j H. Porter, Edgar 2. Sawyer.
Fond du Lac-Henry Boyle, j T Boyle
C. A Galloway, Mrs Mary T. Hamilton,
9. V. Mcmillan, B. F. Moore, Nj. d..
Appleton-Geo. Baldwin, w II. Kill
McNaughton, Mrs. E. Patten, Miss
Emma Patton, ii. D. Smith, j. s. Van
Nortwick.
Menesha-W. P. Hewitt, c. r. Smith
estate of E. d. Smith.
Neenah--H Babcock, Mrs. G. b.
Clark, j. r. Davis, j. A. Kimberly,
Mrs. K E. B. Roberts, estate of F. c..
Shattuck, H Sherry, John Stevens,
0e Green ai B Ba ass S. Eldred, W. J. Fisk,
NJ Joanner, S j. Murphy.
Manitowoc-M. ID. Moses.
Marshfeld-W. H. Upham, w. d..
Coupor
New London-W. H. Hatten.
Stevens Point-A r. Week.
Waupaca-E l.. Browne.
Wausau-C. B. Bird. d. L. Plumer,
Alex. Stewart, E. B. Thayer.
Where the compilers of the Red
Book" get their information is not
known, but it is believed that the wealth
of some of the men in the above list is
consie arably overestimated.- Stevens
Point Journal.
The above is from the Stevens Point
Journal and the last paragraph is a
direct, and perhaps deserved, hit at the
editor of the PILOT. No one knows
any better than does the editor of the
journal how blamed hare it is for a
newspaper man TO get more of the filthy
luere on hand than enoGgh to square
up accounts with TIE office force every
Saturday night; to supply the family
'arder, and to be BILE to buy an extra
large piece of liver for Sunday dinner,
hence he cannot help but have serious
misgivings when he finds the name OF
the owner of family journal listed
among those supposed to he worth not
less than $500, 900 as to the reliability
of the publication. In the case of the
PmOT editor, the cOmpilers of the Red
Book must have certainly reckoued by
feelings rather than by the purse.
They must have been securing notes
just about the time a change was made
from the old Pilot office to the new
building We felt about 300 times bet
ter off than beforehand did, perhaps
so express ourselves, this was construed
to mean enormous riches by the com
piler. We are ia a position to know
there is vast difference in ones feel
/ ings being increased at ratio of about
800 to l, in a single day, or in a mans
wealth. being increased ia the same
ratio, ia the same space of time. With
a lawyer it is different There is nc
telling when disciple of Blackstone
may be called fupon to enjoy great
riches. so with our friend, G. b
Bird; he has already displayed sub
stantial evidence that something is do
ing, for he agreed, when the matter
of public library building was agitat
ing the minds of our people, to give
sic, 500 towards thu project if those who
voted "no" would raise the other SD
500. He is all right and not inclined t,
ostenlation, nevertheless we expect t
see monuments silently going up in oul
midst which will perpetuate the name
of bird" in our community for al
ages TO come.