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Show BORN TO IMMENSE WEALTH. Grandson of Senator W, A, Clark Has the Most Brilliant Prospects ol Any Baby on Earth, No babe was ever born in Montana with such brilliant prospects before it as the little stranger who recently came to he home or Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Clark, Jr., say, the Unite Inter-Mountain. Inter-Mountain. The gandson cf Senator V. A. Clark, this baby ! an heir in the direct line 'V-f... Montana's umiti-m-il--lionaire, his-, only grandson and. prospectively, pros-pectively, the he'r to the greater portion por-tion of Ills enormous weallh. The crown prince ot Germany will inherit no more weallh than will this young-ter. young-ter. as yet a scarlet mite of humanity in this far Western city. The czar of Russia might tie willing to endow a male heir wMli an amount approximately approxi-mately the S:ime as llie Clark heir's prospective fortune, provided he had a male hek but no other European ruler could, Even I he present Prince of Wales, nor even his royal father, could gi.o an heir such fabulous weallh as this little child will ultimately ulti-mately control. No t.lan knows the exact wealth of Senator Clark. It is doubtful if be knows himself. Various estimates place it anywhere from t70.li0o.00ll to $150. no'-'. coo. .Most of It is In property which is increasing in value by leaps and bounds. The United Verde cop per mine, for Instance, is a property the possibilities of which are amazing when put into dolTars and cents. Such vast wealth as that held by Senator Clark increases with wonderful wonder-ful rapidity. Allowing him, say, $l.iiiu. H10 "'a '" year for board and clot lies, pictures and other minor investments, in-vestments, his fortune doubtless will net him, outside of these expenses, easily 3 0 per cent. Estimating the fortune at $100,000,000, this gives him a $10,0110,000 increases every year. When the little Butte boy is twenty-five twenty-five years old the Clark fortune held by t'ne present head of the house, will thus lie $45(1.11110,000. Tin re is no other private fortune in t lie world, present or prospective, of the size of tbe Clark to-day, or a. it will be twetty-Hve years hence, that is to be divided among so few heirs of the blood. Only six descend ants of Senator Clark are alive to-day-It is natural to suppose that tin grandson will secure the bulk of the fortune, especially if ' the child's father names him W. A'. Clark third. |