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Show PROVO POST, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1921, - Our Richest Women!11 rings of American Finance Generously Dowered Their Women Folks and Left Them Fortunes That Well May Be the Envy of. Queens. is uniform agreement Rockefeller is THERE John Dman In the United if not In the world, woman? richest rt- - k the he division of will there this Oter list of wom- ..ion There Is a long -- ho are JflX, millionaires most lfl their own recent accession to being Mrs. F. W. Wool-wh- o was left $30,000,000 Imnth the death of her husband, fortune on L built up his huge Sals nd dimes, among Ending out Jr wealthiest worn e no t the United are Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and - aauchter. ' When the great steel mate died and left the bulk of and only V fortune to his. ' wife inherited amount they the irhter $50,000,000 edch at the very probably much more than vj and Carnegie waa a canny Scot Jifor to salt his money how knew T, In fact. It to good purposes. that he might have fit impossible a few lea- n John D. Rockefeller -- fL - in saving. jln.U H. P. u, William K, Belmont, formerly Vanderbilt, Sr has estimated'' at fortune variously J-- $25,000,000 to $100,000,000. - beahaa used R.to good purpose,In an Influence not only long of two continents, but circle nimerichn politics as well. She It wh "staked large sums of woman suf- mJ tor the cause of and who fought the Wilson to a standstill on the ortram amendment. Ura Frederick C. Penfield, wife t the former. American ambassador one of the it Austria, is undoubtedly richest women in America, fihe merited about $90,000,000, it was stlmated, when her father, William Mra. Penfield for Velghtman, died. , toe after her father's death oper so-(l-ett WED, and THURS. ated his chemical plant in Philadel- phia and then sold It at a good profit thus adding to the fortijne she inherited and at the same time herself to be an exceeding,) proving shrewd business woman. The fortune left by the late Marcus Daly, mining man, is of correct computation, yetimpossible his widow s possessions are estimated to be valued at $5(1.000,000. The tidy sum of perhaps $60,000,-00was left to Miss Louise C. Wise, niece of Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, widow of Henry M. Flagley. A noted beauty. MisaWise-becam- e the wife of Lurence Lewis, of Cincinnati, in 0 1917. H&rriman Fortune. When E. H. Harriman, railroad king, died in 1909, it was estimated that his fortune would be at- - least $100,000,000. His widow, Mary W. Harriman, was the sole legatee. Since the entire estate went exclusively to her , she was for a time conisder-e- d perhaps the wealthiest woman in the United States. Not until four years later, when the estate was appraised, did it develop that her husband had invested In many worthless securities, so that her fortune, after tax deductions, amounted to only $60,000,000. Two women in the Gould family, Helen M. Gould, now Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, and Anna Gould, now the Duchess of Talleyrand-Perigorare tremendously wealthy In their own IS GLAD TO QUIT1 ""Ui LIAR SO OFTEN, HE HE ALMOST BELIE VFD IT. For the first time in six long eur Palmer W. Johnson, former maor of Marion. S. L , is a happy man During that period he was. to use his own expression, a public He was healed in a refootwiper cent election and is now back again in harness as editor of the Marion Star, shouting from his editorial be!sanctum, Glory No more political office for him. One, said Mr. Johnson, commenting on ways of his fellow townsmen during his six years In office, and .employing the plural tense sacred to editors and kings, called us a gentleman and was promptly slugged by one'wbo sald bum. They heaped all the troubles of the universe upon our weary bald pate and then they lifted all our burdens from us by heatin us at au election. Glory be!. Here are some of the things the noted during his six years as the public complaint-bo- x and JO OR twenty years Buick has returned A full value as an investment in personal transportation. - Today the new having inherited generous slices of the huge fortune of their faher, the late Jay Gould. Each received $10,000,000 on the death of the railroad magnate In 1885, and slflce then wise, investments have added to their wealth. No estimate was ever made of the fortune of Henry Havenmeyer of the American Sugar Refining company. Perhaps it was so large that It return this beauty comforrand refinements.--Let- " us demonstrate to you the ease of operr ation and accessibility of mechanism. in these new models. Authorized Buick Service will serve you as faithfully a the Buick car. r. "We have settled land disputes, family disputes, dog disputes and some unfair accounts. We have been insulted, disgusted. spat upon andJmposed upon. We have locked up culprits for wrongdoing and then envied them their place of limbo. , We have been blamed for stopped sewers, blocked streets, 'heavenly showers, poor telephone service and the present price of cotton. We have been cursed for cutting down trees and threatened with death for allowing other trees to stand. We have been blacklisted for the bum work of one policeman and ostracized for the sterling work of another. We have been called a lair until we almost believe it. We. have become widely known as a grand rascal, an arch criminal, a a policy-playand a desperado, blggoted fool. We have been accused of atto give the Presgytarian tempting church title to the Town Hall. "Mothers accused us of overrunning the town with dogs, and dog owners blamed us with the deluge of rabies. "One bunch wanted hogs In town, while another said there were too many hogs already. They cursed our name when mosquito Time came. , , They yelled at us when the ditches ran over after having been filled to capacity by the good Lord. right, 1921 models same value in characteristic Buick reliability and sturdiness with greater x' we-werer- foot-wipe- Since on January 1st, regular equipment models includes Cord Tires all i . 'i er FRL and SAT. "Neighbors ns for blamed the couldnt be estimated. At any rate, the will divided the estate Into five parts equally among the widow and Since two children four children. died before the testator, there were only three parts, and Mrs. became one of the wealthiest women In the United Statsea in her own right. ' The fortunes of the families enumerated thus far, except the Belmonts and the Vanderbilts, do not go back more than two generations. Astor Millions. Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, second wife of the late John JacoB Astor, er ,r. TELLURIDE MOTOR COMPANY PROVO, UTAH many pecularities of their neighbors chickens, Mog, man servant, maid servant and mule. When the baby had whooping cough it was because we allowed the Have-mey- , i VHEN BhiiEK AUTOMOBILES worth wind to blow, amd when It had , relic it was because ww allowed dope pare-- 1 fiends to' exhaust the supply goric at the drug stares. i "LYING LIPS, NEW INCE DRAMA, HERB NEXT WEEK . ARE BUILT. BUICK WILL BUILD THEM P , . y Cheaper Than Shingles -- received a treat lund of $5,000,900 d the untimely death of her in the Titanic disaster. There waa & "string attached to the bequest, however, for It waa provided in the will that Mrs. Astor might enjoy the use of the funds during her life only aa long aa she abstained from marriage. Mra. Astor literally threw this fortune away when she became Mra. William K. Dick, -J, elPrpoat Morgan left the bulk of hia estate to hla son, J. Plerpont Morgan, Jr. However, hia daughter, Anne Morgan, if she decides to marry, would bring her husband no Inconsiderable fortune, , By the will of Henry Claq Frick his daughter, Miss Helen C. Frick, fell heir to an estate of $22,000,000. bus-ban- on MUS(M lewis j.mzMiaf Presents OUTofthe SNOWS' RALPH INCE PRODUCTION Also ' Pathe , Review The widow, Mrs. Adelaide Frick, received $6,000,000. gang ancients who go along through life guessing the time by the sun, or depending upon some good natured' fellow man to furnish you desired informaold excuse Do not plead that that your witch is broke. You only mean that you are broke or you would have your watch re-oair- If you have no watch get one t wiil pay you larger dividends fori"themoney than any one otter investment that"you can , I have several good watchw my hands at a bargain. I absolutely guarantee to fix our watch if you will only bring them to me. Ladies, that old discarded new jewelry cflT be made Intobe can or ttractive designs for something that will e of use to you. No watch too complicated to ix, no customer too particular reft on a , is "Out of the Snows, a story of the land where might A J and the only law is that of tooth and claw. Staffedthe snowy slopes of the great Canadian Northwest. beau-- 1 jh Ince and Zena Ke&fe are the stars of thi3 great and Saturday. Picture, at the Strand Friday X o satisfy. T. S. McKee Watchmaker, 62 West Center Street. crre-yggMB- mm ' J' s JUVENILES FINED. S' Three boys of Juvenile age of Provo Bench were fined $6, $10 and $15 respectively, charged with steal- ing chickens from Ervin was brought out in the submitted the JuvenUe Gunnar Rasmussen that has lost during the winter ' It Pyne. evidence Judge N. Mr. Pyne 30 shlek-en- s. ' 1 E. D. Moriah of tion. -- grisevr- H. C. Have you the time? to this Do you belong Heralded by film critics as an unLy1ng achievement, paralleled Lips, Thomas H. Inee's great drama of fife and love, wiU be the leading attraction at the Strand theatre on Monday and Tuesday. House Peters and Florence Vidor in the leading Toles, are while a cast of eminent players forms the support. The production was directed by John Griffith Wray, under the personal supervision of Thomas H. Ince. Vi Spinal Therapist and Chiropractor Rooms 1 to 6, Irvine Bldg. -- L JOHN W. GUY Absolutely Waterproof - $3.00, $3.50 and $400 a Square Public and Municipal Auditing , BtstemenU Prepared Jones AbUrsct Office, Colum- bla Theater Bldg. Provo. Utah. Phone 690-- Smoot Lumber Co. Building Headquarters Cold la the Bend' la aa acute attack et Naaal Catanh. Those utoot to f lament hood will find that the uev of HALLS will build up the CATARRH MEDICINE o Weed and - oUes-tklytouiatthorn teas lisbto to. golds. Repeated tacks of Acute Catarrk may- Mud to Chronic Catarrh. 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