Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
EACH BAKER HEIR
TO GET FORTUNE
SPOKANE WOMAN, STANDPOINT
MAN TO GET SHARE IN
BIG ESTATE.
AMOUNTS TO S0OO,oOO,O0O
Property Held Under 99-Year Lease
In Big Cities of East Has Expired
And Heirs Scattered Everywhere
Being Called For.

When the estate OF Colonel Jacob
Baker. valued at sSOo,0 600 which
was declared few days ago to have
been released from 99year lease, is
finally distributed TO the heirs, tha
portions going to Mrs, w. p. .Header-
son, Spokane, and G i. Smith OF
standpoint. Idaho, who claim to he
among the heirs, will be about $1,000,
900 each.
This is the information that has
been sent over the country to the 300
people claiming to be in line for the
distribution.
The estate consists OF 5000 acres OF
land in the city of Chillicothe, Ohio,
and 600 acres in Philadelphia.
The site Of the present Philadelphia
city hall is included. The land was
awarded Colonel Jacob Baker for
service in the revolutionary war and
the war of 1872
Others in Northwest.
In addition to Mr.. Smith of Sand
point, and Mrs. Henderson, who is u
great-granddaughter of Colonel Baker,
NhS lOiloWiH6 pCOplC vi tuC ItIlWcSt
will seek to collect: Mrs. Olive Al
kins and Frank l.. Baker of Seattle
Mrs. J. f. Raught. Mrs. J. A. Nichol-
son and Mrs. Harmon f. Jones OF
Centralia; Mrs. F. l. Bressle of Brem-
| erton; ID. o. Baker of Hoquiam and
Roy Baker of Anaconda
The Baker estate, released from the
lease, staggers the imagination In its
size. The land itself is nation
ransom, while the rentals, running
through all these years will bring u
large sum. The rentals money, in
cash, is waiting in eastern banks for
payments. Thus to adequately con.
ceiye OF the magnitude OF the legacy
1t must be understood as problem
in mathematical progression. 1t Is
enough to say that the heirs will each
he wealthy. SO much so that they will
not mind high prices for while.
In order to grasp the relative size
Of the sum it must be noted that
Chillicothe, Ohio, is a city of 1881
population. The Baker heirs own
everything in the city. from the city
hall to the smallest hen house.
The holdings in the Quaker City
would total an enormous sum. Land
values are very high in Philadelphia
It is certain the land occupied by the
city hall is worth millions The Ba.
ker heirs own coo acres of the quail.
ity of real estate.
!, The extraordinary legacy is the re-
suit of the wish of Colonel Baker
He declared that he wanted the prop.
. arty to go to the third and fourth
, generations, leaving sufficient sum
evidently, for the earlier generations
WILL MAP OUT GRAIN MARKET
Delegates From Four States Assemble
In Spokane to Start Work
Formation of the Northwest Wheat
exchange central wheat selling
agency for farmers of Washington
Idaho, Oregon and Montana, which
will be the northwest's first blow al
the Chicago board of trade--will be
begun in Spokane on March 1, when
delegates from the four states viii
meet to make preliminary plans and
name provisional officers.
The northwest wheat exchange
which is to be patterned after the
California Fruitgrowers exchange and
which will possibly have headquar
tiers in Spokane, is expected to con
troll and market more than 10000. O0t
bushels of the 1921 wheat crop.