Arizona republican., 1913-10-26
PAY TRIBUTE ID
 MEMORY OF BUSCH
Local SaIoonkeepers Close for Half
 Hour During Funeral

| As q mark of respect to the mem 1 ory of the worlds greatest brewer 1 the saloon keeprs of Phoenix yester-
 day closed their doors from 1:0( | o'clock until 1:30 o'clock, the funeral
 of Adolph Busch being held at that | time in St Louis. The funeral had | heen set for 200 o'clock in the Mis- 1 souri city and allowing for the diff | ference of one hour in the time of | that city and of the time in Phoenix | this made the closing of the saloons
 here and the holding of the funeral concurrent.
 Here is a nutshell story of the career
 of Adolphus Busch, from his birth in | Germany 76 years ago, his arrival in St
 Louis as a boy of 15 with a small all Iowance, to his attainment of great wealth and international fame as a brewer and philanthropist: II Born at Mayence-On-the the Rhine Ger
 many, July 10. 1887.
 Son of welI-to-do lumber merchant
 Ulrich Busch, and his wife, Barbara.
 Educated in high schools and acade-
 mics of Germany.
 Started out for himself at age of 15,
 choosing America as his home.
 His small allowance from his father,
 which, with his earnings, he spent 1 hunting, loafing, getting acquainted and having a good time" according to
 a recent statement of his own, after his arrival in St Louis at the age of 15 l Then he found employment as a | mud clerk in a commission house on the levee, his principal duties being
 cleaning windows, sweeping floors and 1 similar tasks
 | Began development of his cOmmer- i-yr
 trusted with the duty of making pur- l chases for his house. He showed keen
 ability as a buyer and was noted for
 the bargains he drove
 l Enlisted in the Civil War and served 1 four months.
 Returning to St. Louis after the war, he embarked in his first independent i business venture-the brewery supply ! business. This he conducted in con 1 nection with a cotton and southern pro- 1 duce business.
 From these two sources he accum- ulated a small sum of money which. with a modest patrimony from his fathers estate, enabled him to form a partnership with Eberhard Anheuser in the brewery business
 In 1861 at the age of A, he married Miss Lilly Anheuser, daughter of Eber- 1 hard Anheuser.
 Four years later he acquired a con- trolling interest in the Bavarian Brew cry, which Anheuser had founded. and this was made the foundation of the present great Anheuser- Busch Brewery largest in the world.
 He was the first St. Louis business man to put carpets on the floor of his office. Also the first to put in brass cuspidors and hand Don't spit on the floor" singns on the walls.
 The brewery business was the prin- cipal source of his great fortune, esti- mated by business associates at $4O.- 000,000 to $5O,OOO. .O0O.
 He attributed his success as a busi- ness man to the fact that he selected his assistants on merit
 As his fortune grew he invested ex- tensively in bank stocks. railroad en- terprises, hotels, industrial establish ments, public service corporations. be- coming director in almost a score of institutions
 He was noted for his philanthropies. His donations to Washington Univer- sity, St. Louis. have aggregated $2OO.- 900 and it is believed that he made pro- visions for other gifts to it in his will
 He gave $150,000 to Harvard Univer- sity; $100,00O to the San Francisco earthquake sufferers, $25.OOO to the l Dayton flood sufferers, and made lib- eral contributions on enormous occas- 1 ions to communities or institutions in l need of financial aid
 In recent years he divided his time | between his homes in St Louis. Pasa- | dena, Cal, and Lilly Villa at Langen- | schwalbach, Germany
 His acquaintance was almost world | wide. He was an intimate friend of | former President Taft and of Emperor | W WlIilam of Germany. On two occas- Ions he was decorated by the emperor for notable achievements.
 He celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary at Pasadena, Ca, March ' 1911. At that time he gave outright to each of his children magnificent mansion or estate or directed them to spare no expense in building or pur- chasing home to their exact liking and to send the bills to him.
 Ills last visit to St Louis was in May and early June In recent wears he spent the spring and fall in St. | Louis, the winter months in Pasadena and the summer months in Germany.
 He never completely recovered 2 se- were attack of pneumonia in St. Louis about five years ago.
 lie died at D. m. Friday October 10 St. Louis time, at his German Villa on l the crest of one of the Taurus noun tains in the midst of a 5OOO-acre estate maintained principally as hunting preserve
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