The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-04

whole Pacific frontage excepting
ties OF blood and common inerest-and enjoying like
us. the rights of selfgoverment."
company formed expeditions out
for the mouth of the Columbia river. by land and
the other by
The land expedition barely got through alive-it
perilous undertaking with accidents by flood held
But the route by the water feasible.
The town founded and became a center OF
commercial activity Had Astor been the ground to
take personal charge city like Seattle would have
bloomed and blossomed n so years ago
There came grand grab at Astoria and 1t each
for himself and the devil take the hindermost: 1t
stampede. System and order went by the board The
strongest stole the most usual. but all little
And Engand's gain in citizens was our loss.
Astor lost million dollars by the venture He smiled
calmly and said. The plan right, but my
weak; that is all The gateway to China win be from
the northwest My plans were right Time will vindi-
cate reasoning"
When the block Broadway bounded by vesey
Barclay streets cleared of its plain two-story
houses preparatory to building the Astor house. wise
shook their heads and said "It's up town.
But the free bus that all boats solved the DIM
Guilty and gave the to hotel all the world
Astor was worth ten million. but he took personal de-
light in sitting in the lobby Of the Astor house and
watching the dollars roll into this palace that his brain
had planned
Astor tall thin and commanding In appearance.
He had only one hallucination and that that he
spoke the Eglsh language The accent possessed
80 was with him in all its pristine eugence S. mo
pody would know Cherman-aind't III" he used
to Yet where John Jacob wrote 1t English with
out flaw
all of his dealings he was uniquely honorable and
upright He paid and he made others pay. His
was his bond. He not charitable in the OF
indiscriminate giving ITO give something for nothing
is to weaken the giver Of his avorte sayings
That this attitude protected mserly spirit Is easy
to but 1t is not wholly In his years
carried with him book containing a record of his
possessions. He would visit certain piece of property
and then turn to his book and what
ten twenty years before To realize that his pro-
phetc vision had to him great source
OF satisfaction.
His habits were OF the best. He went to bed at nine
o'clock and was up before six At a
nd To WaIk so
he was never sick Milonaires rule, woefuIly
Ignorant. Up to certain sum. they grow with their
acquisitions Then they begin wther the heart
The of fortune is penalty. / advise the gentle
reader to think twice before accommodating millions
John Jacob Astor exceptional in his combined
love of money and love OF books FitzGreen HallecE
his private secretary, hired a basis of literary
friendship. Washington Irving close friend.
Astor died. aged &c. 1t natural death-a thing
that seldom The machinery all ran down
at
up in the financial way he should go. studous.
methodcal, conservative. the good sense to
carry out the wishes of his son. John Jacob
Asor, was very much like him. only OF more neutral
tint The time is ripe for another genius in the
Astor family. II William B. lacked the courage
and initiative of his parent he had culture and
spoke English without accent The son of John
Jacob Astor, second, is William Waldorf Astor who
speaks English with English accent you know.
John Jacob Asor. besides having first store for
the sale of musical instruments in America organized
the first orchestra Of IL players brought
leader from Germany to foster the love
OF music In the New World
Every worthy Maccaenas magines that he is a great
painter. writer. sculptor musician side tracked by
cares thrust upon him by unknd fate. John As
tor once told Washington Irving that 1t only
ness responsibility that prevented his being novelist:
and at other times declared his intent to take ,.o
music as profession as soon RS he had gotten all
his securities properly tied And he worked
out his dreams not there doubt but that thew
added to his peace happiness and length days Happy
is the who escapes critics by leaving his fifer
masterpiece