Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-10

One Of IT. nrst citisens. NJ. william
b. Ogden. said 10 me later: I'm isSS
I purchased for $500 property which
eight years thereafter sold for $4,000
ooo." These cases could be extended
almost indefinitely.
We lived for q time In little rural
,enters now within the limits of Chi
ago. and later at De kalb. While
Il the latter town first learned to
stick type In my summer vacations
md pushed the roller over the type
felt no particular vocation for jour-
lalisnn.
One Sunday I was in the pastors
pew, and my father was preaching a
sermon. A quaint and curious old
gentleman appeared and was seated
u my side. A few moments after
he opening of the services. and when
he sermon was in progress, he drop
ned his head and apparentiv went
sound asleep. He sat at my side,
and thought this most irreverent
md unappreciative performances.
vas the more astounded when he
Sent TO our home for luncheon and
learned that he was Horace Gree
icy. He had heard every word Of
The sermon and entered upon an
earnest discussion with my father
turing the entire luncheon hour. The
,ext night he lectured in the church.
Giidden, Gary and Gates.
AS one goes on in years he finds q
certain interest in the curious de-
velopments that fate brings to some
Of his early acquaintances and play
mates. The youth OF today can new
,r tell what destiny may await those
whom he sees about him In the most
commonplace positions. For example,
when | was q schoolboy in DE Kaib
fell in love-terribly in love--with
a charming young girl who had at
;ained the mature years of possibly
eight. Her father. Joseph Glidden,
was a farmer. To protect his lands
lie invented a barbed-wire fence. for
timber was even then getting scarce
and the fence rails that made LIN
coin famous were passing into dis
use. Being a farmer, he had no
eady money. but in the town was a
small grocery store, the senior part
ner Of which, Isaac Ellwood. put
up a few hundred dollars to start
the business of manufacturing barb
ed-wire. As everyone knows today.
both Ellwood and Glidden became
multimillionaires as a result of this
enterprise. With them grew to
enormous riches and fame a boy
knew, one John w. Gates. He was
first a salesman OF barber wire, then
manipulation of the stocks of the
companies manufacturing IL, and fin
ally achieved wealth which he look
ed upon merely as plaything. The
newspapers came to cali him Bet
you-a million Gates" but the impli-
cation of loud -mouthed self-asser-
tiveness was unfair. While he threw
his money about in reckless waste,
he had a kindly heart, and in Chi
cago today are dozen men of mid
die age to whom he took a fancy and
who acquired Independent means
thru his kindly interest. In village
adjacent to De Kalb, in which my
father also preached. there was an
other small boy with whom / used to
play. He drifted into the barbed-
wire business, but went beyond It.
Ebert II. Gary. now Judge Gary, the
head of the United States Steel Cor
poration. was a product OF early ILL
nois.
First and Last Of Fra EIbertus.
Hudson, my native village. was
also the birthplace of Ebert Hub
bard. famed as the editor of 1.-THE
Philistine." His father was the VIII
lage doctor. met him twice--first
at Grand Rapids on the evening OF
June II, 1911, when, at banquet,
we were both to speak. The ''func-
ton" took place in the opera house,
hall over a department store. The
speakers table was arranged back
Of the footlights on the stage, and
the other diners were placed at
tables on the floor Of the auditorium
AS We began I noted the absence of
one OF the speakers. Two or three
courses had been served, when I saw
a curiously CARRIED citizen enter the
front door and come stalking thru
the crowd. There was no mistak-
ing his identity. He wore an ordi-
nary dress coat, a colored waistcoat,
and gray trousers, with tan shoes
and flowing black tie, such as Par
isian painters affect. He came on
the stage and stopped back of my
chair, tapped me on the shoulder,