The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
MANAGER AMAZON-DIXIE
S8OO,OOO,0OO ESTATE
EVERETT IN LINE FOR TWO AND
A MALT MILLION WHEN
FIGHT is WON.

-fANNAi iAeAo RNNh RNNAAnll1A ANNNAlAAl
regarding the Baker millions" rep
resented by 5000 acres of land upoi
which the city of Chilicothe, Ohio
now stands and 600 acres in the hear
Iof Philadelphia. and the heirs who ex
ipect to participate i'm the distribution
of the vast legacy the value of which
is conservatively estimated at $500
100000. The figures are so stagger-
ing that the mind can not grasp theil
meaning, much less imagine the vast
sum being distributed among a few
hundred heirs. many of whom per-
haps never heard of their long de-
parted ancestor and benefactOr Those
who read the story in this section
probably regarded it as created by the
/ fruitful imagination of some newspa-
/ per correspondent, and certainly never
suspected that one of the heirs to
this great estate has long been a
4 resident of this district and for at
least 25 years has known of the great
fortune that may some DAY come to
him. This fortunate individual is no
other than our old friend. Wesley Ev-
erett, pioneer of the Occur d'Alenes
and now manager of the Amazon
Dixie Mining company
How It Came About.
The great legacy for which it is es-
timated there are 300 heirs living in
Idaho. Washington. Missouri. Oklaho-
ma. Michigan and perhaps in other
states, is the outgrowth or land grant
ed by the government to Colonel ia
cob Baker in recognition of his SER
vices in the Revolutionary war and
the war of 1872 These lands have
been under lease for 80 years and the
leases have just expired. The value
Of the estate battles Imagination.
Chlicothe is a city of $1,000 people
and the entire city is said to be on
the Baker grant. In Philadelphia
the city hall, great business blocks
and the geological gardens are on the
ground belonging to the Baker estate
The ground itself represents a fabu-
lOus value, but add to this the i'm
provements in both cities and the ac-
cumulation of rent, none of which has
ever been distributed, and the amount
runs into figures that recalls the
government loans during the world
war. Lawyers have been retained by
the heirs in the middle west to recov-
Ell the property and apportion it to
the heirs. One of the attorneys is
quoted as saying that the situation
now presented with respect to the es-
tate is just what Colonel Baker de
sired as disclosed by his will. He
wanted it to go to the third and
fourth generations" evidently having
provided for earlier generations
through other legacies.
Where Everett Gets In.
Assuming that the Baker estate
amounts to $3.50 OOO OOO to make even
figures each one of the 300 heirs in
Guiding our friend Everett, will re-
eeive S25OOOOO Mr. Everett was in
the city yesterday and so far as could /
be observed the prospect of this sub
stantial increase in his available cash /
lad wrought no change in his de-
neanor He smoked the same old
pipe and his apparel appeared to be
he same he has long been wearing in
rider to beat the profteer When
lsked what he would do upon coming
nto his fortune, he said: "Well, I'll
NY a new pair of overalls, get a fresh
an of Union Leader and then con-
inue my plans to make a mine of the
Amazon- Dixie" Although interested
n the outcome of the Baker estate
Ir. Everett is indulging in no illu-
ions regarding the matter. He real
yes that with the vast sum involved,
he occupants of the ground will spend ,
Millions to find flaws in the Baker
tile. He figures that if the heirs win.
e can not be deprived of his rights
o share in the property. In that
vent he would gladly pay his share
f the costs, but with the outcome so
emote he does not propose to put
ny money into making the fight.
Heir Through His Mother.
MI Everett says he has long known
hat he belonged to one of the
ranches of the Colonel Baker family !
ee, his connection being on his {
lothers side, his great great grand y
lother being a sister to the colonel. {
While always knowing this family 7
the first he knew direct {
= Of the great value of the Baker es- s
ate and that the property was tied {
p under a 99-year lease was about {
years ago. He recalls the time c
trough the fact that it was while he s
nd Charlie Wing, now of Deborgia, Y
ere engaged in doing the rock work 6
n the grade for the Standard flume, 8
n Canyon creek that he received {
stters from attorneys who had been i
ngaged to force a distribution of the
rents among the heirs, Il
nd that he at that time forwarded a
he attorneys an affidavit to establish q
is identity and right to share in the c
rofits of the estate. Since then he s
as occasionally heard of the Baker y
'iliions," ana few years ago while II