Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-12
LUMBER KING IS
CELEBRATING HIS
GOLDEN WEDDING
FREDERICK WEYERHAUssa .AssD
WIFE FLOAT DOWN MISSISSIPPI
PI ON GAYLY DECORATED
CRAFT FOR ROCK ISLAND

st. Paul. Mimi, Oct, 1.-THE host
of party of fifteen on snug little
steamer bearing his name, Frederick
Weyerhauser of st. Paul, the enorm-
ously wealthy lumber king left here
yesterday on his way down the broad
Mississippi with his helpmate of fifty
years, to celebrate in Rock Island, to-
day.
Although for many years the enorm-
Dus operations of the lumber baron
have been directed from st. Paul,
where he has made his home and his
business headquarters along with
other powerful and influential men in
the lumber business, Rock Island was
for many years Frederick Weyerhau-
ser's home town, and it was there that
the old home of Weyerhauser & Denk.
man began operations in 1860.
The Golden Wedding Barge.
The steamer Weyerhauser was
scrubbed and painted and put in the
best Of order in preparation for the
trip. Just before the party left it was
decorated form end to end with au-
tumn branches and leaves, and as it
swung into the current with a jolly
party of lumber kings, friends and rel
atives, 1t made very pretty sight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weyerhauser and their
friends made a leisurely trip down
river from Saint Paul, and will cele-
brate their golden wedding anniver,
sary and will hold a family reunion at
the home of Mrs. S. S. Davis, at the
old Rock I-laIa homestead.
The other children, John p, and F.
F. Weyerhauser, who are interested
in the lumber business at ST. Paul;
G. A. ard r NJ. Wey >radIsa., also
lumber operators in Minnesota; Mrs.
]. R. Hewitt, of Chicago, and Mrs. w.
B. HILL of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, will
also be present
Means Much to Millionaire.
Plain and simple in mis- habits and
tastes, the coming anniversary has
meant much to Mr. Weyerhauser, and
1t was his wish that the journey to
the old home of his early married life
be made on the broad river which has
played such an important part in the
building of the Weyerhauser wealth
and business influence.
No one will gain greater pleasure
from the reunion and celebration than
the lumber king himself and the wife
who has modestly and quietly helped
him in the labors Of fifty years and
few can look back over happier mar
ried life.
Loves Simple Life.
Wealthy past even the dreams of
most ambitious men, controlling the
greatest lumber interests in the world.
with prestige and power in the world
OF business and affairs that the most
successful might envy, Frederick
Weyerhauser still finds his greatest
pleasures in delightful home life in
a big, comfortable home on Summit
avenue, one of the most beautiful res
tdence streets in the United States. in
the simple enjoyments which might
make up the daily household routine
and pleasure # almost nny cult,rei
German family, and in the success
Of the children who have gone from
the st. Paul home to successfully
make their way in life for themselves.
Sons Are Prosperous.
The sons of the lumber king have
eyaded the too common fate of the
scions of the very rich, and are men Of
AFFAIRS, handling large business inter-
ests, successful and respected. The
Weyerhauser talent for handling men.
and the business acumen of the father
have descended to the sons, who are
prominently identified with the great
Weyerhauser interests in practically
every state in the union where forest
products are an important factor in
commerce