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            <rptOwnerZipCode>606114213</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <footnote id="F1">Each share unit is equivalent to one share of the Company's Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Acquired under the Non-Employee Director Stock Deferral Plan (NEDSDP), which Plan is 16b-3 exempt.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Upon retirement participants receive actual shares, either in a lump sum or over a period not to exceed fifteen years.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Total includes share units acquired as a result of the reinvestment of dividends under the NEDDCP and/or the NEDSDP programs under the Management Incentive Plan (MIP), which Plan is 16b-3 exempt.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The Option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 19, 2006.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Mark Monroe under POA for John Rau</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-03</signatureDate>
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X0202
4
2006-01-03
0
0000108601
WRIGLEY WM JR CO
WWY
0001049050
RAU JOHN
410 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO
IL
606114213
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
1000.00
D
Common Stock Units
2006-01-03
4
A
0
797.11
0
A
Common Stock
797.11
797.11
D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) D-05
69.35
2006-05-19
2015-05-19
Common Stock
2600.00
2600.00
D
Each share unit is equivalent to one share of the Company's Common Stock.
Acquired under the Non-Employee Director Stock Deferral Plan (NEDSDP), which Plan is 16b-3 exempt.
Upon retirement participants receive actual shares, either in a lump sum or over a period not to exceed fifteen years.
Total includes share units acquired as a result of the reinvestment of dividends under the NEDDCP and/or the NEDSDP programs under the Management Incentive Plan (MIP), which Plan is 16b-3 exempt.
The Option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 19, 2006.
By: Mark Monroe under POA for John Rau
2006-01-03