The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-15
WHEN IS, GIRL IS
TO GET 100000
Fabulous Inheritance Will
Make Princely Present
Three Years Hence.

Los Angeles, October, 14-Miss
Rhoda Rindge will celebrate at once
her eighteenth birthday and a So
100000 birthday gift. She is the
daughter of the late Frederick II.
Rindge, originally of Cambridge, Mass
On her eighteenth birthday, under the
terms of her fathers will, the estate
will be distributed and she, with her
mother, Mrs. Mary K. Rindge, and her
two brothers, Frederick H., jr., and
Samuel knight Rindge, will receive
their proportion.
Just what the estate totals will not
be known until the settlement That
it will be considerably more than $12,-
100000 is certain, and it may be near
err $20,OO0,OOO. 1t consists of large
quantities of valuable business prop
critics in ST. Louis, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Portland, Ore, Boston, Chi
cago, and New York. Its greatest as
set is the famous Malibu ranch, TWEEN
ty miles north of the little beach town
of Santa Monica, Cal, and known
throughout the state as the ranch OF
mystery
Tract Of Ten Thousand Acres.
The Malibu ranch is principally
within itself. 1t is estimated that its
boundary lines inclose more than ten
thousand acres. Nowhere in the
world, probably, is there better site
for seaside resorts than the coast line
of the Malibu ranch. In the last three
or four years wide areas have been
profitably cultivated, but the work has
hardly begun.
The ranch house" stands in the
center of magnificent grounds. These
grounds received the most lavish care
under the personal direction of Mr.
Rindge himself. For several years he
busted himself making collection OF
ornamental plants, shrubs and flow.
ers, and in laying out these grounds
Shortly before his death, Mr.
Rindge finished the construction of a
standard gauge railway through the
property and built huge shipping
wharf, ostensibly for ranch products
Ranch Of Mystery.
In the early days of the Spanish set
tiers what is now known as the Mali.
blu ranch was overhung with an air
OF mystery. In more modern times
that mystery deepened, and even after
Mr.. Rindge came into possession the
estate earned the title of the ranch
of mystery" He found the place in.
o10 hxy whit nh, h@
set to work to strengthen and com.
plete.
After the death of Mr.. Rindge the
family, through it's attorneys, made
earnest efforts to keep the ranch free
from the public, refusing to allow the
claim made by Santa Monicans that
in the old days public road had run
through the property. About two
years ago men from Los Angeles fore.
ed their way through the gates and
proceeded to explore the district.
They were met by Hindoo coolies and
arrested as trespassers
Later the legal test that was given
to the question was decided against
the ranch owner and a right-of-way
ed. But this has done little to clear
up the mystery that surrounds the
property.
Church Given to Town.
Santa Monica, the pretty little
beach town where Mr. Rindge had one
of his homes, received many favors
from him. One of these was the gift
outright of a church, the First Metho-
dist church, at Fourth street and Ari-
IONA avenue, which was erected in
1895 at cost of about $4,000.
In one of the earliest anti-saloon
fights at Santa Monica Mr.. Rindge
took an active part, offering to REIN
burse the city treasury to the amount
of license payments that would be
lacking when the saloons were closed
and he made his offer good by prompt.
ly sending a check to the mayor for
$4,000.
In the distribution of his public
gifts he gave his birthplace, Cam
bridge, Mass, a city hall building, the
public library and manual training
school building.