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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05
MRS, rockefeller
JOHN DIS BEST ALLY
Standard Chief Said to Seek
Her Counsel in Weighty
Matters
FOLLOWS HER ADVICE
While an U%nassumins Home-Lovine,
Woman, SIZE Is a Shrewd Bar
gain Driver and Far-Scc-
irs Investor.
FOLLOWS HER ADVICE

Cleveland special: 1t is not generally
known that one of the most valuable BUSH
ness partners John Davidson Rockefeller
ever had is a woman. This statement S
made OF the authority of a close personal
friend Of the Rockte!iors.
And that woman is his wife.
N Is undoubtedly a flct." said this
friend in Cleveland to-day. that when
john Rockefeller married Lau.a Spelman
IN 1866. he formed a partnership that
brought him many of his present millions
as we'll as n faithful and devoted wife and
corncadc. for whom his affection is strong
and beautiful.
Not that she was rich when they were
wed. 1t was not thus she helped him lay
the foundation for the largest individual
fortune in the world today. She was then,
as she is now. a level headed. smart wom-
an. keen in her ability to a~nalyze si:ua-
tons and of uncommonly sound judgment.
And while she has been from the first
pre-eminently domestic in her tendencies,
practicing her belief that wifehood and
motherhood coIabine to form n woman's
highest sphere, that phase of her hus-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05

nothing. but had merely enclosed a letter
which was Addressed:
TO II. b.. author of A Face in the
Crowd c. Q. Baymead Argus. Baylnead.'
Great Scott. It's "A girls hand cried
Reggie, eNc.tedly. Upon my word, this is
interesting, and no mistake
With trembling fingers he drew forth the
letter. 1t borY the address Champion Villa,
~Bayfnead." and was in this wise:
Dear Sir-i fear that l am behaving
wrongly in writing to you. and that you
will think me a fast and forward girl,
but | cannot help thanking you for your
really beautiful acrost.c on my name. How
you came to discover it ] do mot know,
and l ann also at a loss to call to mind
what crowd it was in which you saw me.
for this rcason-I have only been to one
flower show, and then. owing to the rain.
there WAS hardly anybody in the grounds.
Perhaps, however. YOU have taken what is
called Il poets license in using the title
N question. and in any case. let me con-
%gratulltc you on your beautiful poetry.
"Thank.ng you once more for having
selected poor me as the subject of your
aciost.c-l am. yours Very gratefully.
Dora Wostwick."
"P. S.-Do you ever walk in Campion
park TOWARD twilight? do sometimes.
ID. VI"
Reggie Blake read the letter half a dozen
times, and tnen Sdt down TO tn.nK.
We'll, of all the extraordinary miscon-
ceptions il the world" he muttered, this
is quite the most wonderful. ! haven't
written q single acrostic since | was Il KID.
That sort of poem Is gone out of fashion.
anyhow, I'll just acknowledge the note.
ana pretend to understand it. though for
the life of me. l can't make head or tail
of this business"
Half an hour later. the following note
was on it's way to Campion Villa:
Dear Mss Westwick: ALLOW nc to
thank you very sincerely for your kind
and apprcciltive letter. l also walk in
Canpion park in the half-light. and shall
be there tomorrow evening. II you happen
to be on the bridge over the lake at about
$50 | trust l may have the pleasure OF see
ing you.
Il hope that you will not be annoyed by
this proposal, and, meantime. remain very
sincerely yours, Reginald Blake,
Author of the Acrostic."
There was little sleep for our poet that
night. He lay upon his couch in a fever of
anticipation. asking himself a thousand
times what Miss Westw.ck would be like.
Perhaps she was Il spectacled old maid. of
u sentimental cast of mind, who dabblcd
in poetry herself. He hoped with all his
heart that such might not prove to be the
ease. and. presently. he fell into a ftful
dozc, wherein all sorts and conditions of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05
INDIAN WEALTH FROM OIL,

The tremendous production of oil in
the Glenn pool is making the Creek
Indians as rich as the Osages. A citi-
zenship in the Usage nation is now
worth about $25, 900, but the Creeks are
coming fast.
The average daily production in the
Glenn pool is 1875, 900 barrels. If this,
writes a Tulsa correspondent of the
Kansas City Times. the indian owners
of the land get IL. 800 barrels, o%ne-tenth.
The oil is worth about Al cents a barrel.
This gives the Indian lessons of the
10000 acres comprising the pool $5,125
year. This is the royalty which is paid
as long as the oil is in the ground.
Then there is the money for lease and
onu which frequently runs IS and $40
and sometimes $50 an acre. This Is all
profit for the Indians.
The Indian never gets the worst OF It
In the oil game because the govern
ment looks after him and sees thai the
bonuses and the royalties are paid
when due. Further than this the gov
eminent sees that the Indian gets the
full benefit Of the market price. It's
n white man who is putting up his
money to develop the country and make
the Indian rich h has to stand all
+! the chances of a failure.
There are 120 Indian owners OF the
leases IN the Glenn pool getting the
$1.S72.e25 a year. This makes an aver
age of $l5,650 each on royalties alone.
That is more money than a cabinet off,
Ger of the United States or q Justice
OF h supreme court receives as salary.
The beauty Of 1t is that the Indian does
not have to work to get h money. The
Indian agent comes around and hands
1t to him.
Just for speculation a statistician was
nguring the life Of the Glenn pool with
the life OF other pools and he came to
the total of $685. . 900 which will be
paid out to the CreAks in royalties be-
fore the pool passes the stage OF mar
Setable production. That will make
every Indian rich. And the beauty OF
It IL that the royalty IL in the shape of
an annuity on a monthly payment plan,
The Indian cannot anticipate his royal
ties. He cannot eel: them or make q
contract to cell them. The government
looks after that. All the Indian can
do Is to spend the money after he xets
1t every month. And he ran do that r
we'll A. anybody who ever lived.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05
MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.

bar1's career which will probably never
be written would show this woman aiding
him in the planning and perfectiag of his
vast commercial enterprises.
Accepts Wife's Advice.
There is no doubt that u large share
of his present unparalleled financial pros
perity is due to the fact that many a
time he has accepted the advice of his
wife in regard to business matters"
1t Is not hard to believe this after see
ing Mrs. Rockefeller. She looks as If she
were capable of managing affairs other
than those which commonly fall to the
supervision of the domestic circle. Nor
Is 1t difficult to accept this new sidelight
on the success Of Mr.. Rockefeller, after
knowing him as a man who. having once
deemed a person capable of assisting him
in a business way, has rested complete
confidence in the efficiency of that per-
son,
This Is one of the so-called secrets Of
his remarkable success as a money maker.
Whenever he has found a person Who
could do a certain thing to his satisfaction,
he has ~relinquished that department of
his activities to the individual thus quail
fled. and transferred the energy previous
ly expended thereon to the cultivation OF
new crops in the broad fields OF his per-
sonal ambition.
Once upon a time he %intrusted to a
young WOuldu VINO WAS his private te!e-
graph operator all of his stock market
transactions, giving her no instructions
other than to do as she thought best. He
had observed her aptitude for judging the
market properly. and when his business
called him away from home. as it often
did In the hey-dey of his activity, the
manipulation Of his vast interests was left
solely in the hands of this mere girl.
A wonderful u woman, you may
say.
Yes. but how much more a wonderful
sort of man!
And now we learn for the first time
that this mans rise to riches may be due
in part to the able and practical assistance
randered him by his wife. whom he
learned to love while they were students
In the same public school in Cleveland.
An Amusing Incident.
Right here / must tell you an amusing
incident connected with the engagement
Of John d. Rockefeller and Laura Celcstia
Spelman. the daughter Of a Cleveland
merchant who devoted much of his time
and money to the anti-slavery and tenn.
perance movements.
When news Of the proposed alliance first
went the rounds. one Of Miss Spelman's
intimate friends man who was later
very prominent In Ohio afEairs-asked hes
about the rumor he had heard. She
blushingiy. gave It the stamp Of authority,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05
When on thy charms my raptured fancy

When on thy charms my raptured fancy
ponders.
Entranced ! stand In w%orshipful delight.
stricken with love my INT vaguely
To that sweet hour when first thou mctst
my sight.
Where'er thou art l send thee this love
In proof Of what my heart would fondly
SAY
Call me thy knight. thy slave. with faith
unbrOkcn,
Kindred In souls though strangers for
Away"
"The fnal line isn't quite clear he
thought after a short interval of reflection,
''but 1t doesn't matter. A touch Of vague
ness often helps a poem considerably. If
people don't understand it, they fancy 1t
must be abnormally clever. l shall let 1t
stand as II is
Fortified by this brief converse with him.
self. the poet made a neat o of the SEN
tlmental sonnet n inclosed 1t to the ed
ltor with a short letter. thanking that gen.
tlelman for his note. Then he went out and
posted the communication. and having re-
turned to his lodging and consumed a fru-
gal supper, betook himself soberly to bed.
On the following Friday afternoon the
BAymead Argus made Its appearance. and
On column four Of the fifth page Reggie
Baake's poem. quoted above. was duly
published.
It bore his initials at foot. and the youne
man beamed with delight an he scanned
the lines.
Upon my word. It looks even bettel
than when I first wrote IT," he pondered
<Ite wonderful o print improves thu
whole aspect Of literary composition!"
Three days paseed and Blake was sittinf
n his room, hammering out further
poem for tho Argus. n endeavoring t
md . rhyme for the word cupid" with
cut employtng the word stupid" wher
The postman's knock resounded through
M TIE handwriting OF Mr.. Bloxam M.
hAnAe0 70 the scribe.
!. sWonder what he's writing about now?'
~ mufmured. ~ he tore open the nap, IN,
then Hlake'e eyes aseuEned . 'pusslod ex
DeogGDoa. tor ~ editor had communicate,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05

looked almost as large to him as it looks
small now. And it portrays him as having
contributed in some measure to the union
victory of the civil war.
Fer when the member of a certain local
militia company were fitting themselves
for the front. he quietly slipped $40 bills
into the hands of thirty or forty of them
whom he knew. Such a sum was far more
then Than now, and the Comment made
upon his generosity by one familiar with
the facts indicates that the standard of
2 fortune has changed considerably in the
two-score years that have passed.
II am told John Rockefeller has been
giving some of the boys $40 apiece" said
one man~-about-town TO another. He must
/ be pretty comfortably fixed TO do such a
thing"
Comfortably fixed" exclaimed his CON-
panion. II should say he is. Why, man,
he's worth $4,000 if he's worth a cent"
Money at Every Clock Tick.
And while no one knows just how much
Mr.. Rockefeller is worth today. accord
ing to the most conservative cstinla ties of
his enormous income. thiss sun. which then
constituted a moderate fortune, is added
to his wealth every time the minute hand
has completed a round of the clocks face.
And with the clock going twenty-four
hours a day. too, and working Sundays
and holidays.
= ~ o'N 'o' t'S. - AAA'
Rockefeller how much he is worth, for to
say the least, 1t is a leading question.
Then. as I said the other day. this tre-
mendously rich man is so simple and
democratic in his personality that those
who come in contact with him in a friend
ly way forget that he is the owner Of so
vast a fortune.
But II one were to put the question tn
him. and he cared to make answer. 1t
would probably be impossible for him to
tell exactly what he is worth. In order
to make any sort of accurate estimate he
would nave to decide on a certain minute
Of time. and then figure 1t out to that
minute.
And when the figures were ready they
would only represent how rich he was, for
in the interval he would have grown SO
much richer.
Then. too. a change Of one point in any
one of the many stocks makes a really
considerable change in the state Of his
finances. The opening prices of the stock
market each morning NEAR a shrinkage
or expansion in the value of his holdings
which would make pauper or m%iuionaires
Of ordinary capitalists.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05

whereat her friend is said to have re-
marked:
Well. Laura, l congratulate you. John
Rockefeller is a fine fellow and he de-
serves a tine girl. But, Laura. l hope 1t Is
a case of love for loves sake, for l fear
he will never be very we'll off in this
worlds goods"
Which shows what rare judgment this
man exercised in not taking up the bust
hess of fortune telling.
Mrs. Rockefeller has always been n great
home body. She has never cared at all
for social g~aieties. having devoted the
for,y-onc years of her married life to her
husband. their home and their church. For
though she was a member of the Congre-
gational church before her marriage, she
went with her husband to the Baptist
hereafter. and has been a consistent and
active member of that communion ever
since.
For some years she shared Mr.. Rookie
felier's work in teaching a Sunday school
class. and she is still deeply Interested in
religious work of all sorts. She is al
most as regular in her attendance at
church as her husband. and bes.des him,
she has only one close confidant in the
world, her sister, Miss Spelraan. who lives
with her. The two are quite insparabie,
and in each other they seem to find full
compensation for whatever they may lack
through their withdrawal from such So
cial pleasures as ordinarily go 10 make up
the life OF wealthy women.
Dresses Richly, but Plainly.
Mrs. Rockefeller dresses richly bat plain
ly, and | I'M told she has more than once
said she would be just as happy and cor
tented as she is If her husband was worth
only Sl09. go. This does not mean that sne
is not proud of his success. 1t merely
evidences the simplicity of her desires. the
limits OF which seldom reach beyond the
four walls of her home.
And referring 10 the infinitesimal sum OF
$4,000 remind me of a brief chapter in
the career of Mr.. Rockefeller which it is
not surprising to note is known only to a
few persons, since the gentleman himself
had forgotten all about it until an old
friend recalled 1T at luncheon not long
ago.
1t came to pass at a time when slOO.ooo
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05

An agent has a scheme. in which
there is a great possibility for him.
There 10 nothing but bother and work.
In 1t foe you. Don't be worked,
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-25
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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-25
WHY fort ASS|NNIb0|NE
SHOULD Be A BRIGADE POST

One OF the places recommended by
the Secretary of War in his annual
report for the location of brigade
post, to be built from the ground up,
is American Lake, Washington He
observes that brigade post ought to
be constructed there though the cost
Of the reservation will be high
When the brigade post movement
was first made public, and repeatedly
since, it has been stated that posts
to be enlarged are those capable of
being expanded into regimen al Or
brigade posts without too great
COST and that reservations sufficient
ly large to permit maneuvers of brig
AIDES or larger bodies of troops Is a
matter Of the utmost importan e in
carrying out the object to be accom-
plished by the establishment CT brig
ade posts. Of the posts already des-
ignated for brigade post honors, it is
stated that Fort Leavenworth troops
can visit Fort Riley, having a reser-
vation of less than 10000 acres, 1870
miles distant, for summer maneuvers,
the reservation at LeavenWorth b i3g
less than 1000 acres: that the garri-
son at Fort D. A. Russell, which has
properly less than 5000 acres in its
reservation, can utilize a reservation
of some $4,000 cres thirty miles dis
tant for target and maneuvering pur-
only about 600 acres of a reservation
will have to avail itself of a reserva-
ton of 1900 acres eleven miles dis
tant, for which congress made proyi-
sion in the last army appropriation
act If adaptability, largeness of res
ervation and economy are the objects
to be considered in the selection of
brigade posts, Fort Assinn: boine is
deserving of becoming the first
choice. The Hayre Industrial asso9
citation mas obtained all official ,tatte-'
ment from the Quartermaster Gener-
ais office, showing that Fort Assin
niboine reservation is the largest
owned by the government, it's arsa
area being given as 100000 acres, the
next reservations in size are stated to
be Fort Wingate, $4,000 and Fort Sill,
1880.
In the Army and Navy Journal CT
Tn1v 81 100f ic n11hTiched q statement
attributed to the Chief of Staff, in
which the assertion is made: ''The
question Of establishing very large
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-25

and largest reservation now in rojs-
ession of the government. is still de-
pending upon the further fact wheth-
| er sufficient water can lie obtained
there"
The misstatement as to tie size of
the Fort Sill reservation has not
been corrected in any subsequent is
sue of the paper
It seems strange that such an in
accurate statement should be made by
an officer of the prominence of the
Chief of the Staff of the army
The official statement of the Quar-
termaster' Generals office shows that
Fort Sill is the third in point OF SIZE
and that its area is but little more
than one third the area OF Fort ASS
inniboine reservation. AS to Fort
Sill being the best reservation, it can
be confidently asserted, without fear
of contradiction, that the extensive
Fort Assinniboine reservation is not
excelled in natural advantag de il
able for the maneuvering of large b d.
les of troops by any military reserva-
tion in the United States or its poss-
essions.
Officers of high rank and distinct
ion have recognized the worth of the
Assinniboine reservation as a training
ground for all branches of the mill
tary service, among them being found
the names of a number of General
Officers whom the country delights to
honor fer distinguished services rem
dered at home and abroad
There are many officers on the act
i've list OF rank and ability who would
bear witness to the value Of the Fort
Assinniboine reservation for the pur-
poses which nature seems to have es-
pecialy adapted it, namely, the man
euvering of large bodies of troops.
:. The material advantages possessed
FDys Fort Assinniboine in the matter of
its equipment of brick and stone
buildings are Of record in the Quar-
termaster's Generals department in
Washington.
The first statement made public
with reference to brigade posts stated
The locations selected are all places
where the government has large res
ervations.' This may have been a re-
DOrter'S miSStatement or DerhaDS it
may be in mind to follow the advice
Of Major~Gen. A w. Greely, who, in
his last annual report reneWs a for
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-25

A recent very acceptable editorial
in the Great Falls Tribune about the
superior merit of Fort Assinniboine
as a site for brigade post has at
tracted much favorable noi e
throughout the Milk river valley, the
paper has been deservedly and prop
erly commended for its advocacy of
just cause and it's valuable aid ex-
erted through the medium of future
articles on the same important sub
ject will be gratefully welcomed by
the people of North Montana. And
we know, as it feels, that it can be
demonstrated that if there is to be
but one garrison in Montana, Fort
Assinniboine should be the post shelf
ering it.
The following proviso, referred to
by the Tribune, was incorporated in
the Army appropriation bill: Pro
vided that hereafter no part Of the
appropriation for barracks and quar-
ters shall be expended at brigade
posts unless by authority of congress,
and no part of this appropriation
shall be expended at posts to be a
bandoned." In the house this provi-
so was stricken out on point OF Or
der. In explaining why the provizo
was put in, Chairman Hull said: One
reason why we have put this in is
that we have had before this commit
tee repeatedly, propositions for the
purchase of land to create posts.
This year in the sundry civil bill
there is an appropriation for the pur-
chase Of land amounting to between
50 ,oO0,9 and 100000, and" he
added, 'fOf course we are not going
TO let the committee on appropriations
have that; We are going to retain jur-
isdiction Of that because 1t properly
belongs TO this committee" and he
further remarks, ,>As to the question
of where we want large posts, we
have a law now that you cannot es-
tablish 9, new post except by author
ity of congress. That was passed be-
cause the department under the form
er administration went down to Chat
tanouga and borrowed some money of
a board there that had charge O
reservation consisting of forty thous-
and acres and bought land and put UP
a post without any authority Of con-
gress.'.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-25

The rast week las been a busy one
with the state solons at Helena ana
in addition to a grist Of routine work
accomplished, some important bills
nave been introduced or notice of in
tention served on the house and
senate.
REPRESENTATIVE Gray Of Cascade
county has introduced a bill for the
reapportiOnment OF the house ty
which Chouteau county will receive
one additional representative. Inc
bill cuts the representation in the
house as d whole from 73 to 81, the
counties losing by the new apportion-
ment and their loss in representation
being as follows: Eroadwater 1, Deer
Lodge ] Granite /, Lewis and Clarke
2, Madison 1, Meagher /.
Drastic measures to check eamb-
ling will be taken by the Legislature
and two anti-gambling laws were in
troduced this week. One prohibit S
gambling absolutely and the other
prohibits all pool selling except on
licensed race tracks.
Wendell of Helena inlrodu ed a
bill apnropriating 20 900 for the sta'e
fair anG another appropriating 500
900 for the purchase of the grand
stand at the fair grounds
Four bills were killed in the house
by adverse reports from the live
stock and ranges committee, which re-
ports we're adopted by the house. The
bills were: House bill 26. to keep live
bill q, relative to estrays; house bill
81. to protect horse owners; house
stock ous of lanes and highways; house
bill 81. requiring butchers to exhibit
hides Of slaughtered animals.
The house passed three bills CT
importance. The bills passed were:
That of Miller Of Park, limiting the
hours OF railway employees; that of
Boorman. extending the right of e
minent domain to logging roads and
for other uses, and the committee
substitute for the bill creating the
Thirteenth judicial district.
Montana stockmen will be intere ;ted
in a bill introduced in the Tenth az