The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-16
ARMOUR DIES
=. In ENGLAND
Wealthy Chicago Packer Sue
cumbs TO Complications
Following Typhoid

six weeks il,I.ess with typhoid
fever, according to cablegram
received by relati>Es here. He
would have been Ga years old IN
November
Word Of the death Of the man
who at one time in his career
directed concern whose business
,otaled more than billion dol
lars a year, was received here in
cablegram to Lester Armour, a
nephew.
MANAGEMENT of Armour L.
Company has been largely in the
hands of Lester and another
nephew, Philip d. Armour, Ill, IN
recent years.
The cablegram. filed by Mrs.
John j. Mitchell. Jr., daughter,
contained only the information
''Father died"
Jonathan Ogden Armour. eldest
aon of Philip d. Armour ST.. foun-
der Of the great Armour & Com
pany packing industry, sacrificed
his senior year in Yale Univer-
sity because of his fathers desire
;. to- give him an early training IN
the rudiments Of the huge bust
ness enterprise that he was des-
tined eventually to direct.
= = Learned Business Thoroughly
After a year of apprenticeship,
during which he made study OF
every branch of the vast concern,
young Armour assumed the exec
utive responsibilities Of the pack
ing house. and for more than IL
j years applied himself diligently to
the task of mastering every phase
--of the packing business. He as
sumcd complete c6sTtt0l upon the
. death of his father in 1901.
Under the direction Of j. Ogden
Armour. the volume Of Armour 4
Ccmp1ry's business grew from
$lS2, 100000 year to more than
{. 81 ,OOO, 900, Coo year. and the
AZ .ivitics Of the company were
greatly expanded and developed.
Mr.. Armour built additional plants
in various parts of the country tn
encourage and dc:clop the produc-
ton of livestock in the territory
: surrounding these plants. and to
eliminate unduly long hauls to the
yards. It was under his guidance
also that the South American sub
salaries of the company were es-
.---tablished.
These opened world markets -
the livestock raisers Of South
America and broke the valuable
monopoly held by British interests
"a the cattle business Of Argen-
tina. Today there are five Armour
plants south Of the Equator; ID in
the United States, and one in Can
ada. There also are approximately
. 400 branch houses. u the United
States to facilitate distribution.
Mr.. Armour's administration OF
) the business, according to his
closest associates, was peculiar IN
that it was one Of development
almost exclusively.
Born in 1863
j. Ogden Armour was born in
Milwaukee, November IL. 1868.
Twelve years later the Armour
family moved from Milwaukee to
Chicago. After attending the pub
lie schools there, Mr.. Armour en-
+ared Yale in 1881, and three years
later returned to Chicago to en-
hark upon his business career.
Mr.. Armour married Miss Lolita
Sheldon. daughter of Martin j.
Sheldon of Suffield. Conn.,, in 1891.
They have one daughter, Mrs. John
j. Mitchell, Jr.. who was Lolita
Ogden Armour, born in 1896.
Mr.. Armour had extensive busi-
ness activities in addition to his
connection with Armour & Com
pany. He was a director of several
large railroads and financial insti-
tutions, among them the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, the
National City Bank Of New York,
the Continental andt Commercial
Bank of Chicago. the Hibernian
Banking Association IF Chicago
and the Northwestern and National
Insurance Company of Milwaukee.
He also established Armour &
company, Ltd. Of London.
Business took most of his time
and he devoted little attention to
'SJciety although grand opera was
his one diversion. He was never
't5U busy, however, for a hall
minute chat with an, old employee
or an old friend. When meeting
one of these he invariably solicited
an opinion on the market first and
then demanded to know if every
thing was going all right. The
conversation generally ended WITH
Mr.. Armour saying. whenever
J can do anything for you let mi
His Greatest Hobby
Old employees were his hobby
Once m "old timer" who was dis.
charged by department head
took his grievance to Mr.. Armour
When the department head ex
planned that the man discharged
was incompetent Mr. Armour re
piled: n Il took you. Is years tt
find that ont take him back ani
keep him Is long - ne lives"
Another time the heads Of his
accounting departments conplaine,
sf1iSt N old picking house foreman
6f6SAd 20 fe6p hooks and threx
7 - ths boolkeepefy they sent him
~ were efr16 ~ discharge thu
VseGr1n and aa1ed 1r. Armour Il
~ Il. Nh - replied. "Tha'
1Aenaan tnughE me- al 4 know
atohE thef bf1fieIi u the business
Int fIUt 3 Il nhe knows II yDu can'i
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