Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-14
WILL OF FAMOUS SOLDIER TO BE
ADMITTED TO PROBATE
SATURDAY.
ANTICIPATE NO ,..
OBJECTION TO WILL
Believed That Estate IsActuaIIy Worth
100000 or More-Investments Be-
lisved to Be Principally in Union Pa.
eifie Railroad sonds-Endowrent Of
100000 For Veterans and Employees:
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Special to Times-Republican.
Gen. Granville M. Dodge will come be-
fore the probate court tomorrow for
argument and objection, If any there
be, to its being probated. So far as
known the members fthe family have
indicated no objection to the will. The
two trustees have been busy many
death, going over the papers and Sc
curities and it is said they are mar
yelling at the magnitude Of the gen.
erals affairs, albeit they were more or
less acquainted with them. Some days
before General Dodge died and it was
known that he was bordering on I'M
consciousness it was said that he was
greatly worried for fear his big estate
would become a tangled affair after
his death. He was the most method
ical man in Council Bluffs. His offices
occupied the entire sixth floor of the
Council Bluffs Saving Bank and he d.
rected the force Of secretaries and
clerks personally until very short
time before his death.
It is not likely that the public
curiosity as to the value of General
Dodge's estate will ever be satisfied.
All that the trustees are required to
make known is that it at least exceeds
$650.000, and the payment to the city
Of Council Bluffs of the 100000 en-
dowment for railroad employees and old
soldiers. Is all that is necessary to ac-
complish this little matter OF form.
Some haste in anticipating the pay
ment of these sums to the city led to
public statement of the trustees to
the effect that they had one year in
which to fulfill the generals orders.
Estate Exceeds 100000.
That the estate Of General Dodge is
actually worth more. than 100000
and perhaps much more than that, is
a view that is entertained by many
people versed in matters of finance.
He held very little real estate outside
of his homestead home. His invest
ments are believed to have been most
" in Union Pacific railroad bonds with
other railroad issues. 1t is also assert
ed that he kept very large cash bal
ance in New York and Council Bluffs
banks, at one time his cash balance in
one local bank being close to $3.50, 900.
1t has been many years since Mrs
Dodge has made her home In Council
Bluffs, and an Interesting feature Of
the will to those conversant with the
family affairs was this paragraph: "In
addition to the provision thus made
for the widow, she will continue to
receive the income from trust estate
established in 1894, known as the
Frank s. Pussy trust, which does not
terminate during her life" The widow
is about 80 years of age. She has
made occasional visits here.
Handsome Sum For Charity.
Inasmuch as the will states that Of
the $4,000 trust fund established for
old soldiers and their children is for
''indigent" members of families. it Is
believed that not much Of the income
will be required and that before many
years there will be none to share In the
charity, so that the greater portion Of
the fund will be available for general
charity purposes and will soon, with
careful handling, assume formidable