The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1937, Page 7

: : : _THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, MAY 24, 1987 EARNED HS FIRST FSS SERRE Rockefellers Advice to |S EEn sn MONEY DICKERING =e cee 6. | Young Men M., Landis, then of the federal district Te Penne health, possibly because of poe "Bae Calf Regularity ’ By JOHN D, ROCKEFELLER pes blll ia feller's life at Pocantico Hills The most important thing for a man starting. penalty of $20,240,000 was never paid, Moat Hated Man at Turn off cs Si"indiyith becca | ite isto establih « credit, a reputation, character. You |[s,¢ —— lived—except that, instead of spend- must establish this before you can hope to have people ‘Those were the days of “trust bust- Century Became One of Most ing three or four afternoons a week lend you money. E B : i as Keynote of Rockefeller’s Success in Life 4 peared, camera im hand, before MM - ROCKEFELLER. _| | chicsso, tounded by John D. Rocks- Rocketeer ope) SIDELIGHTS "Flem tn Religious Betiet | nockalelnr Gesunde, one ek “One of the most important of the| The photographer silently pointed (By the Associated Press) Tn five lines, John D, Rockerelter| Semen wich go to make up civil-| 10,008 Was see mocksfalion, and Pte Lae eral cee te gre | ree cemcrinae Sis Uieite pow: ‘and religion,” Mr, Rockefeller de-| then, with a twinkle: “Out the same “I was early taught to work a8 | -jereq 2 es pee ius Gi phooprapher te My life -has been one long, He proved his belief in this way ted to take his fete aca Bepey ae by giving many millions to various) yf. “Dover tases fics then F of Lyte and full t= we Sain ae ee a ae oom Ruvesit pan qeened make SY Lotter he Gucaced that his’ amocia: He Never Hustled Mr. Rockefeller attributed his And God was good to me every | tion with the church was the most| i101 is temperate habit, io one Respected Later outdoors, he spent every afternoon To get on, young men should study their businesses [the fate of several other combina- ; important act of his life. ; if ve Cutdoors, motoring as he grew older.!/ thoroughly; work carefully, accurately and industri. ||tions when, in 1011, the supreme| He was very proud of it. Me hed| And he hed a simple philosophy.| °Y"% 52%, him in s hurry. The chief Even after he went into his 90's, he 4 " court, acting under the @herman anti-|the verse printed on cards and dis-| Tt found expression in { | Of American business men, 90) noted {Continged trem Page 1) continued to play golf every sunny|/ ously; save their money, and then either become pert- ||trist’ act, erdered it dissolved. But tributed many copioe, "| epeeches, but he expounded it some-| Mimslers, he never hustled. morning, except Sundays. ners or go out and form a business of their own. the various constituent concerns into —— times in informal talks to young men:| no ont, Pulse well below 60, and - N. J. home or at Pocantico Hills, at) At the height of his business career, They must be self-reliant. They must not expect to || which i was even| Possibly nothing annoyed the | “Do all Peace etre aE split ly is Ny ‘Do the good you can. Bel him ih a state of excitement, bistdnae hae te eras waae Dicer edges etd wach dy Kes have things handed to them. more than when under the one direct | ol! car more, in his old age, than earnest. Do not be afraid to work.| He never used tobacco or alcoholic cent: vegstablag Eis” pose oe Heed directly the policies of hundreds of There are ten opportunities today for every one 60 beens tis He iss ada a teports about his ill health. : arnere is = feeling in the world,| peverages, ate moderately and very at 7s. m. and retired on the dot at corporations, including many forms years ago. Now large opportunities spring up every- tired from active, daily business 15| His favorite story: pind ‘be soe aeeritiee. ‘a are slowly and took care to linger awhile oP : of modern industry. Thelr combined |; where and we have a wonderful currency and credit sys- || years earlier, he retained the title of| “You've heard about the two Scots| anything else, a at table by playing with his house- eres Coren events capitalization ran into the billions.) tem to enable people to take hold of them. president of the Standard Of! com-|who drowned in Loch Lomond?” “Do not grow old before your time.| Durgie’ Gr mu ene eae pertecite Tears, he Kept jand they employed hundreds of thou- 2 pany of New Jersey until this dissulu-| “No.” Maintain an interest in life and in all| Dyie,0f Tumbers, somewhat lke having his secretary read him ths a Siren yuan he companies | Won went into effect: Very sad. Each bet a six pence| living things. The daily nep after luncheon and newspapers every. morning. It was| controlled four-fifths of the oll busi-|of the year he was handed $50 for 2 jon March 12, 1915, at Pocantico Hills, Fee! of the big ee was fol- ae nes under water longer) “Live within your means. One of] several hours of outdoor activviwien said he followed with keen interest{ness in the United States, He was/little more than three months’ work. | while her husband was in the south. y eeeapiaers istorical com- the swiftest toboggans I know of is| his rule after the age of 34 years, He the romance of former King Edward|tne business partner of many Ameri-|The next year he drew $25 @ month, | For several ysars she had been unable | ent, in which its founder Joined. grea for a young man just starting in life] took up golf in 1890 and became ® VEIT and his American-born bride-|can mittionaires. He owned blocks of |nd the following year $50. to go to church, and It was Mr, Rock-| . ,. Used Nei Perce tele a Sirest, Brokers said Rocke-| to go into debt. constant player, When well past 8 to-be, Mrs. Wallis Warfield. stock in most of the trunk line rail-} From the day be drew his first pay lefeller's custom to bring her notes of | ve were, simply trying. to com.) ots, death would “scarcely cause & foain? {Tie economy of lite, F have) ne played nine holes tn from 40 $0 . 7, “folars tt 10 and untold aa | roads ay tala, notably. the reveled ein out. eran ea pe ee aN Rockefeller gave when asked why the| He was understood to have given ends a particular thing—and then oie Roel ua savings into | trolled a ines as Tron company. [Rockefeller “ledger A.” an account|, MP. and Mra. Rocketeller were the lcompany was first organized, “But/aWay almost his entire fortune to his| jeave ‘him to do it unhampered. | ttt *2° Nee yer a ver the Standard Oi trust which once| Bit even in those active days he|DOOk Kept by the future multimil. | Parents of five children, One died in /no ; Was ever forced children and to foundations, “Bons of wealthy parents have not! West s4th street, Later he bought & controlled three-fourths of the coun-! rind time. to sleep an hour after|lionaire at about that time, revealed | fancy. The others were Alta, who/into the Standard Oil ‘ & ghost of a chance compared with| nome for his son next door. fn the rs eee output, turned all his liunch every day, prolong his meals|his early hablt to distribute wealth |Decame Mrs. E. Permalee Prentice of /such charge is false. We treated the| _ The aged capitalist-philanthro- | noys who come from the country with| jeer years of his life, however, he was in the last ‘half of his life/ 0 cames of “numerica,” and spend|&$ Well as to accumulate wealth. En- |New York; Edith, who married Herold and weakest of our competi-| Plat believed progress was based | the determination to do something seldom’ there, “Iijkult'can old to gi bis millions away. veral afternooons a week outdoors.| ties showed such items as “50 cents | Mc ick of Chicago in 1885 and|tors with just as much consideration| Nn co-operation between capital | in this world.” Dia Soot ene a ea Institutions in far lands benefited | ‘77° he was m young man in Cleve- |% @ poor woman” and “ 25 cents to divorced him in 1923; John D, Jr,, of jas the biggest and ablest and labor Two days each year he celebrated! home on # high hilltoy ¢ Posantise to the extent of huge sums from his a the. Standard Oil|® poor man.” |New York, who married Abby Greene! “Our organization was formed upon —his birthday and September 26, an-| His back of ‘dh. the Hud: organized beneficence—uni- | or any he used to take time off to| For his employers he worked hard, | Aldrich, daughter of the late Nelson|the principles of co-operation, con-| He liked to sleep. niversary of the day he got that first! son was ae piped? than hospitals, scientific research | omPNOY'. 8 Tends of his estate, go| Audited scrupulously every bill thet |W. Aldrich, U. 8. senator from Rhode servation and service.” Nothing else does so much to re-| job out in Cleveland. “That was the| $000,000, Tt wae cold thee th net Iaboratories, and other | Work on the Be ‘ |"as paid or collected and succeeded |tsland, and Bessie, who died a num-| In his “Random Reminiscences”| store the energy we have spent in our| biggest, day of my fife,” he used to| 7000000. It was sald that it cost .. worthy causes flourished under the| for drives and bicycle rides, in collecting some old balances that|ber of years ago. She was the wife of /Mr. Rockefeller said work,” he said. “Ever since I was] say, : about $500,000 a year to maintain the gentle rain of Rockefeller dollars. Sold His Homes had been regarded as hopeless. Charles A. Strong, formerly a pro-| “The conditions were so chaotic (at| married, I have made it my practice Celebrations the Same estate. Some 530 men and 30 teams His greatest contribution was to] Toward the end of his life, Mr.| When he was 18 years old his pay | fessor of psychology of Columbia Uni-|the start of the company) that most|to lle down in the afternoon and take! 1 cstebration always the| mare, CCOMANUY emuployediion ane the Rockefeller Foundation, which | Rockefeller apparantly wanted to get/was raised to $100 a year. He asked | veraity. of the refiners were very desirous of |# brief sleep. I found I could do more Peet itt deinl ee mie Feceived a total of $182,851,480.90, rid of every sort of responsibility. In| for $900, but could not get it. He had “sew Fear Generations setting out of the business, We in-| Work that way.” the morning end guess sf dinner at| piace Cala’ tracey stuns ones while other major donations included ! july, 1925, he sold the Pocantico Hills |suved nearly $1,000, so, after a care- Rochetatior his to | Yariably offered those who wanted to — rn a the th maid place called “Forest Hills,” near. $129,200,167.10 to the general educa-|estate, near Tarrytown, N. Y.—8,000/ful look around, he invested his sav- eller saw his femily grow ¥©1 611 the option of taking cash or stock | Will Rogers once twitted him. nig Dirthdey there would) Cleveland, surrounded by 640 scres tion board, $80,931,801.62 to the Rock-l acres, covering five square miles, it/ings, plus $1,000 borrowed from his |{0Ur generations but the tranquil fem- |i) our company, Atter » golf game, Rogers drawied:|be ® cake, and his grandchildren of lawns, gardens and groves. The efeller Institute for Medical Research, | eventually grew to be—his place at|father, in a partnership with Maurice |9 life he enjoyed was not shared by| “we very much preferred to have|“I'm glad you beat me, John, ‘The| While they were little and leter:his| house burned in 1918 and was not and $84,706,275.28 to the University Of] rakewood, N. J. his town house in|C, Blark, an Englishman, 10 years his |S¢ver#! of his : them take the stock, because a dollar |/ast time you were beaten, I notice the} Stest-grandchildren used to help him} rebuilt. After the fire, Mr, Rocke- 5 New York, where he had not lived senior, and they opened & commission |, Stories of thelr romance, tragedies, |i" those days looked as large as a|Price of gasoline went up two cents.”| Dlow out the candies. feller never went back to Cleveland. John Davison Rockefeller spent the | ror many years, and his winter home | business, and court battles appeared in news-|-. syne); but as a matter of busi-| Rockefeller loved to tell the story,| Ashe grew older—approaching and| At the celebration of his eighty: first half of his Wfe making money|at Ormond Besch (Mia.) to his son, Profit Not Large papers which, years before, had 46 | ness policy we found it desirable to|on himself, passing his ninetieth birthday —Mr| first birthday, at which » band. and the lest half giving it away. for $3,068,000. 80 he actually did not] “We were prosperous from the be- |lineated the rise of the titan of offer them the option. In most cases Rockefeller saw less and less of the/ played his favorite songs for hours, “T belleve it is @ duty,” he sald| ow. omy home. ginning,’ Mr. Rockefeller later, |o_industry. ae they were precipitate in thelr choice public, he said he hoped to live for 100 years, monty by hneny cena Lo ee| pete ae an ona fe |ru “Our pros hoe ange [20 Ab tarents aod dang /OL cut They Anew what 6 Gl | witout ution tice Noor] admin? to Peeanles Miao Hs | to Ahrincons ue Zena Bee bs ve ear. it was not 2 = rei ive,” 7 Bea Sey if Ske alae * tra, Prentice, wife of & Chicago law-| mould buy, but they were very ske>-| through the ever-widening field of] birthday, and « band would play for away all he cap.” John D. Rockefeller, Jr., took it over.|think $4,400.” Ag tne age of 8 he pete, wun |MaD inca pc owter| aun “gene itech [tpn sone of Ee an Reel y ore nothing. He was paid ‘$80 for his|for their land and reimbursed them| ganlsed the business. He practiced| "ATE osc, atce, led wark,\as sssistantifor thelr expenses in moving away.| the most rigid economy, drove closelin infancy in 1610. The other Gaugh- bookkeeper in s produce’ commission! as Mr. Rockefeller’s grandehildrel | bargains and lived as frugally as ever, ters were Eligabeth, Alta and Editoh. warehouse on the lake front in Cleve-|rarried, homes were built for them| putting most of his profits back into! jonn D., Jr., was the fifth child. In faa the business, “to grow.” 1 to tt Again, when the “muck-raking” pe- riod was at its ‘height, Mr. Rocke- feller said: “Bometimes things are said: about at Pocantico Hills. Nelson A. Rock- r 4 Rockefell poaeiladicmal aa sean us that are cruel, and they hurt. But reached middle | efejier, andson, brought his 5 5 f age he had amasced what many per- |prige there to live Jn & new house 00 | suyonet 1aNo need daringly Aled eight grandsons, five, grand sons believed to be the Jargest fortune |tneir return ‘from @ round-the-world nancial daughters and 11 great grandchildren ever controlled by a private individual |foneymoon in 182i. carry the firm through business deals| 26 descendants in all. f the world, ge ‘years ‘after a coe He borrowed all his father could! rom the beginning the oll industry of 87 he began to witti-|mne Mr Recker rller's life hardly var- ese teva More and, summoning| was highly speculative. Thousands of draw from active business life and|icd, Summers were. spent at Pocan= al eae ee banker/ men with all sorts of business experi- started giving money away. In 35|tico Hills, « few weeks cach autumn | for ® loan of $2,000. The banker let/ence and many more with no real ‘away considerably more |ecd each, epring at Lakewood, N. 3. i pave Ti On his own warehouse | training dashed into the field to billion dollars, and one|noted for ita, mild climate, and win-| Tepes. The lad of 19 walked out/rich quick. It was @ good deal of his associates remarked that the|ters at Ormond Beach, Fla. Nis town|°! ‘te bank elated. He felt that he) same as it was many.years In world would be surprised at the’com-/house on West 54th street, just off fois @ man, full grown. Indeed, his! O¢ishoma, Texas and southern paratively small estate he would leave|Fitth aveline, was still Kept up, but] fellow merchants called him “Mister! tornis, When a new well was ibe > thgetetta ae a nk present ward posterity will do strict justice.” Three in Business In the old days in Cleveland there were three Rockefeller brothers in the arr BE if : i 2 ‘The sise of Mr. Magkefeller’s for- ae ; oe ent warned BIRl'd0e | orner wall with frentte beste near ee ne ear ra pets John B; Rockételler’s “life story] tay that he had borrowed pearly all/ Oren the petroleum had to It has ae: ord, Tioga, county, N.| the money in the bank. in pools, on the ground. The never been revealed. While some eati-|¥.,. where he was born on July 8,| “Our directors want to see you and yet aiternated violently between: fei mated it as ‘85 _ $2,600,000,000, 1639, Frequently in his advanced] talk with you,” he said. and famine as new gushers came in or persons close’ to Mr, Rockefeller place |age he used’'to motor ub there and! “I'll come right down,” Mr. Rocke-| o14 wells ran dry and prices varied ac- uch His visit his boyhood haunt. feller replied, “I'll come right away.! cordingly. These sudden fluctuations John D. Rockefeller, Jr, once said/ He was of the fitth generation in| for I want to borrow = great dealii, the late ‘00's wrecked many refin- more,’ ers, many years, however, Mr. Rocke-|feller, who came with his sons to| During these early years he became, But John D, Rockefeller and his ss- feller paid the highest personal prop-| America from near .Coblens on the|known to the business community as sociates, though young men, were ex- rienced veterans 2 iis From then on until just before he died at Cleveland in 1917 he was a erty tax in New York City. It ran to|Rhine in 1730 and settled in New Jer-|® aelf-contained, frugal young man, oa o zh , more than $1,000,000 a year. bey. The family waa originally French, | free from bad habits, reliable and a|Dersoncee, voter ated Papen! ren pee part, repairing fences, dieg ng Fortune ~* named “Rochefeuille” or “Rocque-| steady attendant at church and Sun- exact accounting. sorneey 4 tol cattle and deve pits Gave Huge 3 A statement given out at the Rocke-/ ville,” meaning “Rockleaf, and they] dey. school. feller offices in 1928, on his 89th had jived for s long time in France,; In his fifteenth year he had joined birthday, revealed that in the 18/whehce they fled when tte Huguenots|the Erie Street Baptist church ih since 1910 he'had given away|were being persecuted in 1685. Cleveland, now the Euclid Avenue Publicly $443,832,644. His largest gift] Mr: Rockefellers father, William | Baptist church. It was then a poor, had been $182,704,634 ‘to the Rocke-|Avety Rockefeller, was. s_ shrewd | struggiing mission, with « $2,000 mort- feller Foundation,* chartered “to| farmer doctor, who often went! case on its building. - i ” United Refiners promote the welfare of mankind in/away from home on’ long trading Saved Charch Nevertheless, they told their neigh- each all parts of the world.” trips. His once Was Eile Derry When the pastor announced one] bors that, unless some sort of orgeni- waite Gaesinaa, Pega Other great gifts included, in round /Gaughier. of John Davison, of Niles |gunday that the house was to be sold [sation could be formed for mutuel | Sas Soother was often there in theee numbers, $129,000,000 to the General township, near Moravia, N.Y. Sh€/1o pay the debt, young Rockfeller | Protection they could see thet they, as] aous” pmitin, Was muen hore te those Education Board; $74,000,000 to the| was noted for Her deep plety and her | 1 00'%t th. door and begged a con: 5 er. Leura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, |firm, though gentle, rule of her chil-/) ncn trom everyone who passed. os In February, 1916, as he il ina founded ta perpetuate the charity |cren, : : Some could give only 10 cents a week, | Mr. Rockefeller first ash! ceveland hospital after an intes! practiced by his wife; $40,000,000 to] | They, At Had to ore ea a renty |fey" as much as 81, but he begged for [ed the largest firm among his compe-| Sper developed a. fatal ‘Medical ough eee ere reer mmo bOS-te the Uni- (of time for play, too, ‘The family lived | months until he raised the $2,000 and versity of Chinen: : five years near Moravia and later |saved the church. Later he became ‘John D. Rockefeller, Jr. followed | moved to Owego, N..Y., where John | superintendent of the Sunday school, Ye ad in. ‘William, a brother, Attended for'a position he held for more then 20 years. A Bible class for men which he or- my | ganized and led became one of largest of jts kind in the country. attracted young and old of every de- i s a 2% fl fe g 282 ili . of the largest later |20t remember when hard work was C * to me. We were f affluence. ol] refining centers of the country, and daughter; Rocket tions was, $1,000; [alent to work, to eave, and to ive-|""s'ro eligi of man ie his most taking the plese previously cocupled | nate na $606000 etic” y oe Se eet Comrie a Deere: important possession,” he said. “There | by Pittsburgh. Soon the principel re-| william Rockefeller, who moved fo ber 1880. z “Ours seemed to be a is nothing in the world that can com- | finers of Pittaburgh and Phi peas New York from Cleveland in 1864, to taal over-lapped. eas Were encouraged to be self. aires fae 1 Git ae nana ber one ‘ ag oened ge Cacdnens welcomed in- prmes his fella ee ee ways =] s 4 5 # BE arecios Seat @ cnt let art iach tet br |v hii a |r oa arg tT aga iit gun, see Parent And many years to do. I was sent over |new field of wealth from all parts of |New Jersey, New Bnglend and the oll| ‘The sive of his estate was not dis- later—whether at Pocantico Hills, ly cordwood, and I did/the country. But the young merchant |tegions of Pennsylvanis and West | closed, although it was believed to ex- Lakewood, N. J., or Ormond Bes: Presence of anyone | stayed out, questioning and studying, | Virginia coed $300,006,000.._ With the, coe Fia—he spent a certain amount’ of obtain good measure | for more than two years. Then he and| For several years the stocks of these Of $100,000 devised to time each day keeping up with busi-|of god wood trom the man who sold/nis partner joined with Samuel An- | several were held in » pri-| Garver, who drew the will, the estate ness affairs. ia Feaning. fete drews, who hed learned the art of rate trust, but tm 1089 the standard ras dissned acne armens te teed Atthough it was frequently ssid that {when he was elght years | <ieansing and refining petroleum. | oie volal dividends paid by the Btan-|4. RockelAller, Mrs. Emme Rockefcler he was much more actively concerned farm near Moravia. co, they organised a separate firm to| dard Oll combination, from its for-|MeAlpin and Mrs. Geraldine Rocke- wii bastners ae epee had wandered away and | refine oll and bullt a small refinery on| mation in 1882 to its dissolution {n feller Dodge. thought, Mr, Rockefeller, the £ Deatid ete ee ntter | the bank of un, near|1911, were eatimsted st #781,000000. | | John snd Wiliam Rockefeller were of the Standard Oil company end he could find them, | Cleveland. Mr. Rockefeller’s colossal wealth | Pot Much altke. |W! Ate ed vied pioneer in modern nest, raised the turkeys | Thi& business, by mutual consent,/and power made him one of the/ ooo Dthts eider brother belonged tion, had become something of 8 4 was put up at auction in 1668, and Mr. | greatest economic factors of his time.| (em Bit t Av egies legendary figure. He was much bet- |S 00" cveral frugal years he ac-| Rockefeller bought {t in et $72,600. | With Kim began the real development | ‘0 few clubs and seldom went to them. der Enown’as's whines) oie eee which he loaned out | Thus kegan the firm of Ricketeller & | of big business and the ere of the sb- | Tvs Younger man was not, publicly man who spent his days in peaceful {'the age of 14 he dug | Andrewa, which grew within five years called “swollen fortunes,” which gave| now? to be interested in philantnre- Pearce linge cote onder) elghbor for three days|into the Standard Oll Company of|rise to muctt public agitation and| Mo work end was nét, prominent Dassing out shiny new dimes *n41<+ 19 hours each abd received $1.12 for | Ohio, incorporated in January, 1870, |new polities! doctrines. Par isa Masry ley agdd ace plevine eit made him think. The] with s capital of $1,000,000—« His fame passed through various) DOM, Oo work Fund a pe centve as ma days of het, back-| um in those days. In the meantime |s0cial phases: His money was sought | Unie! Wat poo ment in 1896, but retained the title of breaking toil wal lite than a third | Mr. Rookefeller's brothers, and actepted to found institutions for bert meas were summer ees President of the Btandard Oll COM of’, year's interest on his #60. He|and Prank, besides Henry MC Plagler,|the study afd suppression of disesse| core Mar Snrcytown, where they were Pany of New Jersey until wov’gian, |fesolved to. make more savings work |qtephen V. Harkness and several and to spread education and relisten. | iatame ee Cor ae Tae dard Oil combination had been dis- so vias Tawsily aaSrea lg CUTIES. a, peg baa Joined ae enterpriss. |S ae posing lldiaaead on ‘pect aaverel dark rihion Om; boy- solve Oy edere ont cias inter, he| i 2883, John spent a year ana |r. Rookefelr entered the oll busl- Se cueliteeemenr Gare ‘After be hed. Fetired trom sctive emerged trom his retirement 1hs\coud Sot afford to 60 to collees Mitte year before Mr, Rockateller |n6 that his business systens destroyed | business Mr. Rockefeller applied Rir- on two occasions. | Karly that, year Se /gy he paid for a three months’ course mer ig open competition. But, after an in~| salt 80 Us plsngiee4 announced that he would support Bis!) 5 commercial echool and managed /DOUsRE Up the Assets of Andrews |vestication, the gift was abcepted. | 98 Spanien Nereret rt son, John D, Rockefeller, Jr. in 80]1¢ Sheorb in aix weeks all that they | ClAt* & Company he had entered sn- paid ot gutting. spistt in which he effort_to prevent the re-election Of! could teach about bookkeeping and| ber Partnership, destined to last Bitterly Asseiled expressed Coastal Col. Robert W. 88 director | business theory. half as century. In the Cleveland No fan or corporation has ever) the Rockeftiler Foundation — “To chairman of the Standard Oil! “gn the middle of August, 1855, he} S/8h school in 1863 one of his class! been more bitterly assailed than John | Promote welfare of company of Indiana. - He was then 8 | began to look for work. From 8 a. m.| mates was Laura Celéstia Spelman,|D. Rockeféller and the Standard Oil Lertdedieey recip fee until 6 p. m. every day for a week he| daughter of a merchant of Akron, O.|company. Rivals from the earliest triphone Nght of often In October, 1929, when there was 8}tramped the hot streets. The only| They were malfried Sept. 8, 1864, and |days accused them both of “crushing | said, problem of giving coe 3 Pall Giveee De ieee 00) answer he got was “no,” but he began ree ene 51 years shared an idea! out” - Cd pray anes Sacer ANay, eo Sanne Petyeee Pocantico Hills a reassuring -lthe same round the next Monday rebates of freight charges from those who receive ment in which he said that he and|morning and kept at it for six weeks. Little Secial Life railroad companiés, of bribing men to tol aie aah innieginr bce! hhis son did not believe there was any- Hired As Bookkeeper Sirs, Recketelier sare Bitte Sit $0- | REY Ges SOMDRAOE CORR AINE. expefienced advisers tablished thing in the business situation to! On Sept. 26 Hewitt. é Tuttle hired| cis! activities outside the circle of| Popular writers of “muck-rak-| & group of benevolent: corporations, warrant the destruction of values re-|him to be assistant bookkeeper in| family friends. She gave much at-|ing” period reiterated the charges in| chief among which are the Rockefel- corded in the preceding week, and/their produce warehouse on the lake| tention to rearing and training her |magasines and books. For many| ler Foundation, the General Educa- announced that they were bath buy-|front. He celebrated the anniversary| children, to the work of the church | years it was the unbroken polity of| tion Board, the Rockefeller Institute moe ve [ee aid pot know what a aed wabaianaaal | ‘pth tod saw wood” though | Spélauan Rocketeer Memorial. = He not know what his would | ties. “say sai ” ‘A the time of his retirement, ac-|be when he took the Job. -At the end She died suddenly of heart disease | théy met Bttecks before courts,| “I worked myself almost to 2) university to be named after him,) ard Ojl!” Audiences laughed andj 10 times ‘and its officers have always declared | gpplauded « few days later in movie| use if you drove 30 miles per hour. that he never criticized or interfered | theaters all over the country. with the appointment of its teachers] Once while he was playing golf at| If engine bolts are not tightened ing] Or sought to influence what they| Pocantico Hills a newspaper photog-| frequently, the various units of thé taught. Tt was only after an argu-| rapher climbed the 15-foot wall sur-| driving system may become seriously ment that he consented to the full! rounding tha estate and suddenly ap-| misaligned. ‘ Philanthropic endeavor,” said Mr.| fours his favorite tunes. Eventually, Rockefeller in explaining his methods.| however, the band disappeared and Dakota and Montana “It was forced upon me to organize] finally the newspapermen. In the oa deect Ie a peremuent upon as| eutumn of 1930 he left for the ae Scouts’ Camp Set Up ct ies Of progress as our| ahead of schedule to avoid the re T : other business affairs, viewers and the flashlights. Pa meatal rmnemdntart tse “I have always indulged the hope} His ninety-first birthday, on July and Northeastern Montana will that I should be able to help estab-| 8, 1930, was made a little different anish Point Mis lish efficiency in giving, so that] from the others by receipt oft con- eee ee for their + oat four wealth may be of greater use to the| gratulatory message from the lete weeks camp beginning June 3, Rodger present and future generations. If} “Mother” Jones, labor leader. This|/ navis, “Deering, camp leader said the people can be éducated to help| was a return gesture of amity from Saturday. themselves, we strike at the roots of] a one-time bitter foe, for “Mother| Davis explained this was the first many of the evils of the world.” Jones,” who two decades earlier had|season North Dakota and Montana Always he felt his way, slowly and] fought the Rockefeller interests in|scouts had Joined for the camp in with extreme caution. The published} the mines of Colorado, had herself | river breaks 17 miles southeast of Wile record shows that before giving the] received a message of cheer fromiliston. The site was recently pure first $100,000 to the University of| John D. Rockefeller, Jr., when she|chased and will be used. exclusively Chicago he had a careful survey made| achieved her hundredth birthday. on|for scout activities, he said. to discover the largest community! May 1, 1930. Davis expects 120 boys from the whose needs could be served by such| At times Mr. Rockefeller would| northwestern section of the state and van institution. emerge from his séclusions, always in|Eheridan, Roosevelt, Daniels, Valley As the school grew in usefulness | the best of humors. Twice he posed|and Phillips counties in Montana, He he added more and more to its funds|for the talking newsreels. Once,| will be assisted by Sig Kilander of until at the end of 20 years he made| after having taxied around the field| Minot, camp instructor. his final gift, which brought his/in en airplane, down in Florida, he total gontribution up to $35,000,000. | ended his little talking picture speech| By driving the average car contine He steadfastly refused to allow thé/ with a chuckle and “God bless Stand-| uously at 60 as Did you see it, Yourself ? AMERICANS LIKE TO SEE THINGS with their own eyes. THA first question we ask anyone describing an event of importance is$’ “Did you see it yourselfP” A skeptical race, perheps, but that @ one reason this newspaper prints the extra-fast, world-girdling TELEMAT service of The Associated Press—so you may see th? news for yourself. \ ‘ Telemats teke advantage of the swift transmission of pictured! by wire—an average size picture is flashed ftom coast to coast in a few minutes—and enable us to print pictures of the news along’ with the story. 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