BIG WEALTH IN
HANDS OF FEW
Fifty Families in United States
Control More Than $100,-
000,COO Each.
ROCKEFELLER AT HEAD CF LIST
Oil Klng’a Eatate la Now Estimated
at Between Three and Five Bil­
lion—Veritable Dynasty in Every
Important Industry.
New York.—Fifty families In the
United States control over 3100, IMAM XX)
each. 100 famllle» control over J.50,-
000,000 each, and 500 families control
over $10,00U,<MA> each.
John D. Rockefeller's estate Is now
up to 83.000.0UO.0U0.
Five billion dollars of wealth In the
United States bus been bunded down
to heirs, many of wh«nu were incom­
petents. in the last fifu-eu years.
Two hundred persons In the United
States control 815,000,000,000; in
France the same amount Is controlled
by 480 times that number of people,
or 96,000.
Dynasties to Fore.
Industrially the United States la be­
coming dynastic—there Is u veritable
dynasty In each Important industrial
structure, some of which are;
Sixty per cent of the tobacco trust
wealth la In tlie bauds of ten families.
Twelve families, with the Rockefel­
ler family away in the leud, control
60 per cent of the oil Industry.
The railroad» of the country ure
Controlled by 1.8 per cent of the stock­
holders.
One and five-tenths ¡»er cent of the
stockholders In the steel trust possess
51 per cent of the stock.
Two families control 51 per cent of
the stock In the harvester Interests.
These startling figure» on the con­
centratlon of wealth In tile Uniteti
States were obtumed from Henry 11
Klein, d«*puty commissioner of ac­
counts of New York city and u deep
student of economic affulra. ile has
«¡»•nt ten years collecting concrete
fact» on the pyramiding of American
wealth.
Mr. Klein’s attention was called to
the recent statement of George
Hampton, mamigitig director of
Farmers' National council, that 83 In
divldu.i:» own 2 l*r cent of the en-
Auterlcan wealth. He estimated
2 per cent at about 84,887,0mI,-
Mr. Hamilton gave u< it ñames,
the following list of Individuals
estates uud their vast holdings,
checked rp to a recent date, was glv-
en by Mr. Klein:
Amount
Estates or Individual»—
John 1» and William Kocke
teller W.XJU.OU'.OOU to .
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Pratt family ............................ .
Harkneaa ...................................
C«-negl« ......................................
Weyerhaeuser estate ...............
Van'lsrbllta
Aitors .........................................
Payns Whitney family.............
Fr‘ k estate ...............................
Ooelete .............................. . .......
J. J HUI estate
...............
Hetty Green »»ta'.e
Flel«l estate ...............................
Harriman
...................
Morgans. Ilto.utV.UUt' to
.......
Flagler estate ..........................
Anthony Rrady estate ............
Gould estate ..........
Widener
George Farr l’al ere
Hillmans
Isaac 8teveni",n
Kennedy-Todd group.
Ba»e estate ...............
Hlalr «state ...............
Rhmslanders ..............
Rogers .........................
Armours .....................
Pwtft
.. ...
I
A C James f unity
Cleveland Podge . ...
Archbold estate .........
Mills estate
...........
Danlft R«!d estate ...
Plant estate
............
Morris
............. .
Pullman «state .........
Hearten estate ..........
There are muny fnmllle- Mr. Klein
gientltmed In the 840,600.000 cln»»,
ami till» include« Mrs William Leeda,
now Prince»« Christopher of Grteu'e,
• ml Alexander Smith Cochrane, until
recently America'» "richest bachelor”
am! now the huehand of Mme tinnnn
Witlska. opera »Inger.
Mr Klein's list, which is several
page» long, dot* not go below the $10,-
000.600 class.
I F * t
• • •••••• •
Called Fire Departmeit to
Quench Flames Inside Him
♦
Seeing a man rush up to a
fire alarm box and turn In an
alarm. Patrolman Witmer of
the New York city police de
partnient. Inquired where the
fire vva». "Inside me," gasped
Joseph Mnrone of Wooster,
"I drank hooae and want
flrotnen to run a hose down
throat
ami
extinguish
flames'
The patrolman told th««
men where the tire was
took Maron«' to the police
Belglum R-cialmlng Its Soli
Washington • Bvlglum la tnaklns
g,., |
.
rvt iilldtng tarma imi
rei abilitatili.' mtricultnnil production
Iteports f rotti thè American conttjl
*1 Bni»*‘l» show that «t thè end of
th. tirsi ulne nionth» of Ifi’Ji' more
fhan 61.775 acre« ont of «boni 148.260
■erra of wur-avvept soli ha<l bvvn pui
tutu cofirtUlon for <-ultlv»»lon
The Presbyterian Guild will m*»t
Tuesday. Feb 15. at 2 30 P M with
Mrs. Ed Anderson, with Mr». Orpin»
Eastman assi»tliig
The ladles are
substituting for the regular host»«»
and member« and friend» are
re­
quested to make a »pedal effort that
all may learn of th» meeting place
The "Get Together Club" will give
another of their popular dance» at
Bar View oa Saturday evening. Feb
1». It will be a masquerade thl»
time
MOON AFFECTS RADIO
American Fleet Officers Make
Interesting Discovery.
Efficiency of Air for Transmitting
Radio Communication» Affectod
by Changea »f Moon.
Paris.—The changes of the tr.oon
I ave been found by the radio officers
«,f tlie s.nal! American licet lit the
Adri .tic sea to have a striking effect
upon the «-fiiclency of the atmosphere
for transmitting radio communica­
tion*.
The officers have succeeded in draw­
ing curves Hnd other diagrams, based
uiHjri montl.s of observation, which,
they i s- rt, reliably serve to Indi« ate
v.liat atmo»: heric ami celestial condi­
tion* affecting radio service will be
met at any particular date in the fu­
ture.
Th«- discovery apparently has spe
clal application to the vicinity of the
Adriatic, for there the changes In the
atmospheric conditions cause«l by the
change In the world'* relation to the
moon are much more marked than
anywhere else in the world so far as
yet discovered.
The Adriatic fleet under Admiral
Andrews de|>ends almost entirely for
its communications upon radio serv­
ice, and having only receiving and
sending apparatus of moderate effi-
clency it has specially benefited from
the discoveries. The powerful land
wireless stations, such as the new La­
fayette station near Bordeaux, manage
to overcome unfavorable conditions by
using great power and so are not con­
cerned about which way the rooen
turns.
HISTORIC TRACT
1
Famous "Camoogn? Romana” Is
Being Cultivated and Is
Yielding Big Crops.
I
Local News
X.
Sarah i Jane White arrived early
Sunday morning to live with her
parents. Mr. and Mre. I. W White,
Bill is 1 having a hard time keepin-;
the ground it seems. The
his feet on
I
young woman weighed six pounds
upon arrival.
J O. Bozorth of Bay City transac­
ted business In the city this week.
W. A. Sipprell, Garibaldi business
S nee the Fall of the Roman Empire man, was a Tillamook visitor Thurs­
Thia Once Fruitful Tract Has Been
day.
Uncultivated—To Reclaim Many
W. S. Cone, from up the Kllchis
Thousand Acre*.
river, was a busiueM visitor in town
Om!a. Italy.—E.Tort* are being made Monday. Mr. Cone’s new house, aaid
to reclaim and plant parts of the vast to be something unique in this part
tracr of I: nd whhh stretches for aev- if the country, is nearly completed.
e. al mile- arouml Rome and goes by I
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Robinson, who
the i ni. e of the "Campagna Romana.”
It has been allowed to remain idle and have been residents of this city for
uncnltivate«! ever »Ince the fall of the the past several months left for
Roman empire.
From Portland
Portland Friday,
Before that time It was a sort of
to Salem.
they
expect
to
go
on
terrestrial paradise; villas and gar­
den» were dotted all over It as far as
Mr. and Mrs. J. M York who have
the eye could see. ft was luxuriam been visiting his parents, Mr. and
with fruits and flowers, it supplied Mrs. J. F. York, left for their honi?
food and work for thousands upon
thousands of men, it was one of the in Madras Friday.
most beautiful and Intensely cultivat­
Mrs. Harry Emerson
ed »pots In the world.
Wheeler Friday to visit friends and
When Rome, however, was obliged relatives for a few days.
to resign her position as “the mistress
of the world,” the "carnpagna" was
H. B. and Eva Shofer, of Port-
abandoned and gradually became a land, have purchased the "Green Ga-
marshy, malaria-infected desert, In- bles” cottage property at Bayoccan
habited only by a few hardy shep- Park, This property is located on
herds.
one of the high parts of the penin­
New Law Having Effect
sula, having unobstructed view in all
Now, however, the law which was
directions. The Shofners are having
recently passed, decreeing that any-
SMALL BUT IT RUNS
extensive improvements made on the
land
one who does not cultivate his
to the utmost of Its capacity. Is liable property and hope to spend consid­
to have tlie land confiscated, 1» t«e- erable time at the cottage at fre­
Prince quent intervals throughout the year,
ginnlng to have It» effects.
Aldobrandlnl has engaged a company especially when Bayocean Park
to reclaim n huge estate of several conies more accessable.
thousands of acres, which he ow ns In
Mrs. Swanson, who
the "carnpagna."
Th«- work already has begun mid farm now rented by Adolph Nielson,
an experimental station has been set will soon have under construction a
up at Ostia. The land was first of new barn to cost in the neighbor­
all drain-si and then arrangements hood of 34500. Bales & Hill
were made to obtain water from the
Tiber for Irrigation. Electric tractors the contractors.
to draw the plows were then bought
Where do you spend your evenings
and various kinds of fruit, vegetables
(and quarters)? The better photo­
and cereals wen* cultivated In order
to find out how fertile the land 1» and play programs will be found at th"
You can’t
what kind of crop It is most adapted Gem every night.
wrong. Drop in any time.
for.
Yields Plentiful Crop».
The High School gymnasium
The result» were beyond the wild­
be
the scene of a fast basket
est hopes of any of the promoters of
ibe company. The land, after lying game next Saturday evening when
Idle for centuries, seems to have the Wilson River team takes oTi the
stored up Its fertility throughout all McMinnville High School five. Both
time and now yields crop upon these teams play a tip top game
with unstinting hand.
fans are anticipating one of the
attempt has even been made tn games of the season.
grow cotton here and the experiment
hns been sm-cessful. but how success­
Insure your automobile
This isn’l
auto that Misa ful It Ims been Impossible to deter­ Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.
Mary E. Sisk of Los Angeles Is hohl- j mine. n- the cottonseed used was of W. A. Church, local agent.—Adv.
Ing, bul u miniature working turn let the worst quality obtainable. This |
of a big car, compie e In every detail. yene, however. It Is proposed to plant
Word was received Tucs.fet th; t
it wns built by J A. 8eefelder. a Iz.H American or Egyptian cotton. So hap­ an 8 pound girl had been born
to
Angele» auto exjiert.
py lune the results at the experiment­
Mr. and Mrs. J B. Stani of Mohler
al station been that ft Is Imped that
ivorl. may be begun for the total that morning.
PLANS LAW BY DIVINE RULE somi
reclaiming of the whole of the “enm
"Whoop La," just take a squint
p tigna.”
Vashlngton Judge Will Practice ths
at the Gem theater program, You’ll
"Principles of New Thought" and
be in line every night.
Trust Clients.
BLACK CAT RESTORES SIGHT
Miss Florence Hefflev is enjoyinz
Itiklma, Wash.—Harcourt M. Tay­ War Veteran See« Dimly After Fright a visit from her mother whose hnm ■
lor, retiring Judge of the Yakima »u-
—Ducking in River Doe»
is at Monmouth.
perioi court, has utim«um'ed he will
the Rett.
Mrs. W. J. DeBoer, who has been
resume practice of law “In accordance
with tlie principle» of new thought."
London.—Charles
Appleby,
whe teaching in the public school
of
“As I shall spply the teachings of went to Franc* In the Royal air force this city, expects to leave Saturday.
Jesus, the Christ, to legal service.” he In 1914. was severely wounded In the Miss Edra Labare will take her
•tale», "I »hull accept no t'liipluyuieut Ypres salient. He lay unconscious tn
place as teacher for the sixth grade.
to fight lawsuits, as counsel or usslst Havre hospital for ten months with n
others to do so, nor attempt to collect fractured skull, and when he recov­
Saturday afternoon. Feb. 5. Mll-
debts; though If I can assist people in ered. was blind. He was sent to St. dred Johnson and Elizabeth 1
Brlau«
keeping out of lawsuits or settling liti­ Dunstan’s hospital.
entertained ten of their friends.
gation lu whhh they are alrvndy In­
While there, a black cat Jumi>ed or
volved 1 .«tiall consltler 1 have ren­ Appleby’* head. The »hock had the They enjoyed music and games.
dered the highest legal service.
1 effect of enabling him to see Just a First prize for games was awarded
shall trti«t lit God, not th«*«' whom 1 glimmer of daylight with his left ay*. to Mabel Soderberg and the consola­
serve, for my compensation, making He left the hospital and returned to tion prize to Helen Kiebni. Those
no flxe<| «'hurg«'. My clients will pay Kingston, being able to go about with invited were Jane Talcott. Helen
me what they think Is right and their a dog to lead him.
Kiehm, Elvira Woolfe, Mabel Soder­
means Justify."
He wandered Into the river a few berg. Neva Fletcher. Lucile Geider.
weeks ago. but was rescued. It wns Margaret Grider, Eloise Vantre«-*.
HAWAII PRODUCING ALCOHOL then found that the shock of the Im- Eleanor Diehl. Helen Johnson. Dain­
merslon had partly restored the sight
ty refreshments were served and
Manufactura of Motor Fuel From of the right eye.
pleasant afternoon was spent.
He
was
given
several
¡mwerful
elec
8ugar Molasse« Iniurca Emer­
trie shffcks. and now. after having
gency Supply.
Will J. Lyster of Portland. Oregon
been blind for four years, lie has fully
automobile inspector for the F Ire-
Honolulu. T. H.—Within two years recovered his sight.
man’s
Fund insurance companv
the territory of Hawaii will produce
spent Friday and Saturday In Tilla­
enough motor fuel for Its own needs ♦
mook with W. A. Church, locai
Including the requirements of the
$100.000 Book. 700 Yrs.
agent. While here Mr. Lester
army and tuny fones here, should
Old, Is Brought to U. S.
tied with Joe Plasker for the loss
their buses of supply he cut off. ac-
cording to Cot. Howard Hathaway
his Velie automobile which was
Philadelphia.—A book, 7t»»
collector of Internal revenue.
cently destroyed by Are.
year* old. valued nt 810O.IMO.
Commercial manufacture of fuel al
was placed in the University of
cohol from sc ;ar molasses has been
Pennsylvania for translation by
METHODIST CHURCH
trade practical on a large scale by
Dr. William R. Newbold. It Is
amendments to Internal revenue rvgu
Sunday School at 10 o'clock
said to have been written by
latlon« governing the manufacture of
Sunday morning sermon at 11
Koger Bacon, some time be­
denatured aleohol.
Colonel I laths
o'clock. Subject of the morning
tween
1216
and
1262,
and
Is
an
way said
sermon will be "The Christian Cit­
exposition of the laws govern­
A «mail plant op«'rated on s stigli t
izen." The birthdays of two great
ing life. The volume Is the
pinriation on the Island of Maul l>
American- this month. Lincoln and
property of Dr. Willfred M de
producing sufficient motor fuel for th»
Voynloh. exile from Toland.
Washington, make this patriotic top-
plantation’s own needs.
ic especially timely.
+
Evening sermon at 7:30. Subject
Woman Branded
of the evening discourse will be
To Toach Hondurans to Fly.
Bloomington, Ind.—When sb»« fall«,
Tegucigalpa. Honduras —Two Amer­ "The Open Window of Prayer."
to give food to a tramp who calle«
ican aviators hate arrived In llondur
Prayef meeting on Thursday ev­
at Iwr home near Kirksville. Mr-
John Carmichael. forty live years ol<! as with American-built flying inn ening at 7:30.
a farmer’s wife, was attacked am chines bought for the war department
A cordial Invitation is extended to
branded in many place« with a rtat Tbev are engagetl for a certain period all of these service».—C. L. Dark.
to
tench
flying
and
how
to
care
for
iron she had been using Her aerrarm
Pastor.
at'racted ¡terson» pnanlui by and » tho airplane*. It Is expected that
posse was organised to search for he>, tn peace time« the machines will be
assailant
Bloodhound* followed th* u*ed >o carry mall* over the country
THE MAN WHO DARED”
trail of th« Dixie Highway, nine mile- where railroad* are scarce aud road«
William Russell does best work of
bad.
south of here, where they loat It.
his career in this William Fox pro­
Mothers are invited to attend
a duct ion to be seen at the G«at
ANNOUNCEMENT
Beginning Monday the 14th. w e demonstration of an outline of study Theater Thursday. February 17th.
will have an Income tax expert
tn which will aid them In co-operating Story of a big burly lumberjack in
as the big redwood forests of California,
assist our friends and customers In with the teacher and child so
■t aking up their Income tax return« to promote more rapid and better He was a man who really dared—
This service will be continued for progress of the child tn the study of gave the pretty Miss his gun for her
music. The demonstration will be protection and then proceeded to go
one week.
given Saturday at 3 o'clock at the back of the soft drink counter and
TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK
home of Mm. E. E Koch. All moth­ get another kiaa. She used the gun.
ers are Invited —Adv.
bound up Jim’s hand after the fra­
' Going Some,” Well yea!
About
cas. and later was forced to admit
Her First Elopement? Gem Sun­ that she had fallen in love with
eighty per, Rex Beach »tory Gem
day nicht.
"The Man Who Dared ”
Wednesday
EVERY ARTICLE !N OUR STORES HAS BEEN RE
MARKED ON THE BASIS OF ITS REPLACEMENT VALUE
REGARDLESS OF FORMER COST. THE J. C. PENNEY
COMPANY IS SAVING MONEY FOR THOUSANDS OF
CAREFUL BUYERS. ARE YOU ONE OF THESE ?
In these days of Special Discount Sales and other wild
attempts to unload all kinds of Merchandise upon the buy­
ing public at prices that, on their face appear attractive, yet
do not bear their proper reduction in proportion to their
replacement value, it should prove of value to know that
the LARGEST ORGANIZATION OF CHAIN DEPARTMENT
STORES IN AMERICA h as brought all of its selling prices
down to rock bottom, based on today’s lower replacement
costs. This means that we have accepted our loss in depre.
ciation on merchandise on hand in our 312 stores and are
passing this on in savings to the buying public.
In our eighteen years of retailing we have never, in a
single instance, abused the public confidence, nor made any
promises we could not fulfill to the letter,
time we have built up a business of almost fifty
lars yearly. This should be proof positive that our patrons
have confidence in our merchandise and prices.
We do not believe in doing anything half-way. We
feel that now is the time that prices should be revised all
along the line and we have done this in our stores. We
are willing to take a loss, by which you gain. We feel that
by doing this now we will merit your future confidence and
trade.
Institution
312 Stores
Oregon Prune Week
February 14th to 19th.
Everybody in the Northwest should eat
OREGON PRUNES
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This is your opportunity to buv
luring Prune Week
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By Freight, prepaid, 100 lbs. or over, 10c. per lb
By Parcel Post, prepaid 25, 50 or 75
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lbs., or over
11c. per lb
Packed only in 25 and 50 lb. boxes.
GUARANTEED
Orders mailed up to Feb. 19th
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