Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-05
STANDARD OIL
MAGMATt DEAD

Tarrytown. N. Y. Dec. 5,---.John
d, Arohbold, 6s years OLD, Standard
on magnate. died at his home here
at 3 o'clock this morning. from n
complication OF diseases from which
he had suffered for the last two
weeks.
Archbeld's body win rest In the
family mausoleum at the north end
OF Sleepy Hollow cemetery where the
body OF Mrs. John D. Rockefeller
was placed before being taken to
Cleveland.
With Archbold at the end were.
Mrs, Archbold and their children
John +. Archbold, Mrs, Michael NJ.
Van Beuren and Mrs, Armar Saund.
erson. the latter OF England, Mrs,
Archbold had about recovered fiom
the collapse suffered several days
ago.
Archboid's brave fight FOR lie
during the two weeks after his on.
GRAFTON. was In keeping with the
traits OF character that brought him
success In business. -dogged tenacity.
infiexible viii and optimism, Hope
was practically abandoned for him
nearly a week ago. but Archbold
fought against death with the iron
win that his opponents In the oil
business found In years gone by had
crushed them.
Archbold was president OF the
Standard Oil Company Of New Jersey.
and was ss years OF age. He was
John d. Rockefeller's right hand
man In the great Standard OH sys-
tem----the John d. Archbold who was
credited with mixing certain "cer-
tificates OF Deposit In with politics
q number Of years back.
Archbold was stricken with APP
pendicitis November 10 and oper-
ated on two days later. His condi-
tion was Immediately realized as des-
perate. Blood TRANSMISSION was re-
sorted 10 Archbold's chauffeur. Mos
ger volunteering TO furnish the blood.
For a time Archbold seemed to rally
after the operation.
John d. Rockefeller. head OF the
Standard on company. remained at
his home In Pocantico Hills. waiting
for the result Of his executives nght.
Archbold was one OF the best
known and most picturesque of Wall
streets big men. From the days he
started as a chore boy for his neigh
bors at Salem. Ohio, until the days
when he sailed to work down the
Hudson in his own yacht, Archbold
kept his ambitions strictly to him
self.
johnny" Archbold's pay as a
chore boy In Salem ranged from
$3.50 to 81 a week over q period oil
over five years. Out OF that small
weekly sum. he had helped support
his mother. He had saved 500 In
cash by his sixteenth birthday. He
was interested In the oil industry. OF
which practically nothing then was
known. and at 16 took his 500 and
tramped OF to Titusville. Pa. In the
midst OF the newly discovered fields
After Archbold was established
In a modest New York once as an
oil agent. he heard John d. Rocke'
felier was coming to town. and ar
ranged a dinner among the oil mer
Just to get In personal touch with
Rockefeller himself. Perhaps th'
best description OF how II was done
Is contained In the words OF johr
d. Rockefeller himself.
AT that time, was travelling
about where things were happening
One day when got TO hotel ful
/ OF oil men where ! had been invited
1 saw this name written on 'h'
ledger:
e John d. Archbold. 81 a bbl.'
/ "His battle cry of 81 a barrel. wa
all the more striking because crude
oil was then selling for much les
and his campaign for a higher price
certainly did attract attention.
was much too good to be true. Blu
even II ,Archbold did have TO ADM
in the end that crude oil was no
worth 81 barrel, his enthusiasm
his energy and his splendid powe
over men have lasted"
Archbold's penchant for sensation
al by-plays OF this sort helped In hi