Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-27
M'CALL' HOME
SOLD AGAIN
Says He Purchased Shadow
Lawn for His Wife 10
Sing In.
PRICE SAID TO BE S5O0,000,
Bycrlcy Who Bought Panama Bonds
ION a Postage stamp Associated
With White in New Company.

Shadow Lawn" the late John A. Nc
/ Gals. summer residence al West End
/ y. j.. sometimes termed the most beau
1 tiful country residence On America, was
sold on Friday night TO Abraham
White. president Of the De Forrest
Wireless Telegraphy company. by My
ron II. oppenhelm, who purchased It
just before Dir. McCalls death. The
price paid by Mr. White for the prop
ertv is said 10 have been sjo000Q.
with the news that Mr. White bad
purchased Shadow Lawn" came the
announcement that Samuel Byerley. the
express company clerk. who, month
ago, bid for S5.Sl95sO OF Panama canal
bonds. ION postage stamp" and made
$4,000 thereby, had been made vice
president Of the newly formed Abraham
White Bonding company. and that his
voyage TO Europe, announced as being
purely a pleasure trip, was 10 estab-
lish branch houses Of the bonding con-
Germ.
There is peculiar interest IN the
connection Of White and Byerley. be-
cause the former laid the foundation Of
his fortune ln almost exactly the same
manner that Byerley did In 1896
White had practically no money
lie invested a. cents In postage stamps,
and with an audacity that astonished
Wall street, borrowed 81 900, 900 on moth
ing more than notes signed by HIM
self and his wife. getting part Of the
amount from Russell Sage. With this
he made the gold deposit required on
an issue Of Government A. then being
put out by Secretary Of the Treasury
Carlisle, putting in bids around 10 and
~. lie got his bonds and within few
days made q big clean up.
The Mccall home. which MIR. White
bought on Friday was built by Mr.
Mccall at "a cost of about $1,000 600.
While Mr.. Mccall was Ill., Just after the
insurance investigation. Myron II. OPP
penheim began negotiations for the
purchase Of the place. The transac-
ton dragged along until just before
Mr.. Mccall died when II was closed.
Oppenhem paid not more than $780,
GOO for the property, II he did, he
made at least $1,000 by the sale TO
White
When Mr.. Oppenheim took posses
sion OF the place early in the year, h.
announced his intention OF turning Il
into a country club Members were 10
subscribe 1000 each. and the member
ship was 10 be not more than 500.
Several men went into the scheme. and
the name of the place was decided up
uu--Brouk Lawn Country club Mr..
Oppenheim found great difficulty IN
getting enough members. 50 the plan
was abandoned. Then MIR White. who
had visited SHADOW Lawn and been
much taken With u commenced nego-
tIatlons Tor It's purchase
I'm going To call Il my Union Paci-
hc House said Mr. White yesterday,
because | have made "a big clean up
on L. f. / bulled the stock consistently
40 lao. on Friday at luncheon with
friend ! made up my mind 10 make
Union and Southern Pacific pay for
the meal So every minute ] bought
200 shares OF each made 100000
while at luncheon
Mr. White said yesterday that he
bought the house because my wife
has the most beautiful voice in Amer
lea In explanation Of this he said
that Mrs White. although possessed OF
beautiful high soprano voice. re-
fused TO sing In public so he hoped
that the beauty Of the mezzinine floor
would appeal 10 her and result in her
singing TO her friends at least. Tie
coutemplates making no changes in the
house. nor win he sell his two resi-
deuces iu - Louis intending to d.
vide his time between the three places
about equally. At his death, he said
Yesterday. he viii leave the place to
some charitable institution
Mr. White is a Texan and Is a. years
Old Ne is known in Wall street as
"plunger" and has made and lost sew
eral fortunes. On one occasion. the
story goes. he increased sum Of less
than 81 to 5000. lie viii move 10
Shadow Lawn very soon. he says.