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ARIZONA 

Prehistoric — A  boriginal 
Pioneer — Modern 


THE  NATION'S  YOUNGEST  COMMONWEALTH 
WITHIN  A  LAND  OF  ANCIENT  CULTURE 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


VOLUME  III 


CHICAGO 
I  THE  S.   J.  CLARKE  PUBLISHING  CO. 

1916 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


HON.  LOUIS  C.  HUGHES. 

No  man  ever  earned  a  more  honorable  title  than  that  given  to  Louis  C.  Hughes  by  the 
people  of  Arizona,  among  whom  he  is  known  as  the  "state  builder."  The  name  has  been 
conferred  upon  him  in  grateful  recognition  of  his  many  years  of  steadfast  and  faithful  labor 
along  lines  of  state  organization,  improvement,  development  and  reform  and  in  appreciation 
of  the  constructive  work  he  has  accomplished  along  public  and  semi-public  lines.  His  reward 
has  been  the  honor,  esteem  and  gratitude  of  the  people  he  served  and  the  privilege  of 
witnessing  the  growth  and  continued  development  of  the  great  commonwealth  of  Arizona.  He 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  May  15,  1842,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(Thomas)  Hughes,  both  natives  of  Wales,  where  they  were  united  in  marriage  and  seven  of 
their  ten  children  were  born.  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Hughes  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1840,  settling  first  in  Philadelphia,  removing  to  Pittsburgh  in  1843. 

Louis  C.  Hughes's  parents  died  when  he  was  two  years  of  age  and  he  was  placed  in  a 
Presbyterian  orphanage,  where  he  remained  until  ten  years  of  age,  and  was  then  indentured 
with  a  Calvinistic  farmer  family,  where  he  was  trained  to  hard  work — the  tliree  months 
yearly  district  school  laying  a  foundation  upon  which  to  build  for  future  achievements.  At 
the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  was  working  his  way  through  an  academy  in  a  country 
village.  This  was  when  slavery  agitation  was  at  white  heat.  The  orphan  boy  had  read  Uncle 
Tom's  Cabin,  and  taking  part  in  the  school  debates,  was  ardent  for  the  freedom  of  black  boys 
and  girls.  The  call  to  arms  to  save  the  Union  found  him  recruiting  a  company  from  among 
the  country  boys,  and  after  he  had  been  twice  refused  enlistment  on  account  of  size,  he  finally 
succeeded  in  being  accepted  in  Company  A,  One  Hundred  and  First  Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
served  two  years  in  camp,  field  and  hospitals,  and  was  discharged  on  account  of  general 
disability.  A  year  thereafter  he  reenlisted  and  was  sergeant  for  a  one  hundred  days' 
campaign  in  Knapp's  Pittsburg  Battery,  to  aid  in  protecting  Washington  city.  During  his 
army  service  the  camp  was  his  school  and  he  utilized  his  spare  hours  in  study.  When  first 
discharged  he  entered  a  government  machine  shop  and  rapidly  acquired  the  trade,  the  shop 
men  all  helping  the  "little  boy  in  blue,"  as  he  was  called.  When  he  had  worked  but  two 
years  he  was  accepted  as  a  journeyman,  joined  Machinists  and  Blacksmiths'  Union  No.  2  of 
Pittsburgh,  and  there  is  where  he  began  to  develop  his  altruistic  spirit.  The  cause  of  freedom 
for  the  black  man  and  the  Union  of  states  settled,  the  cause  of  labor  was  rising  above  the 
horizon.  Returning  soldiers  filled  tlie  shops  and  all  other  avenues  of  employment,  and  labor 
saving  machinery  had  made  great  strides  during  the  war;  an  estrangement  between  capital 
and  labor  was  a  new  issue,  and  rumblings  of  discontent  were  heard  among  the  laboring  masses 
everywhere.  Many  remedies  were  suggested,  cooperative  societies,  building  and  loan  associa- 
tions, reduction  of  the  hours  of  labor,  with  the  hope  of  reducing  the  supply  and  increasing 
the  demand  for  labor.  In  this  new  field  young  Hughes  was  a  willing,  active  and  aggressive 
spirit.  Pittsburgh,  a  center  of  iron  and  glass  manufacturing,  was  ripe  for  agitation,  organi- 
zation and  labor  reform  at  the  close  of  the  war.  Here  was  a  new  field,  calling  for  self- 
sacrificing  workers,  which  found  in  him  aggressive  enthusiasm.  The  eight  hour  movement 
was  crystallized  into  practical  form  in  1866,  and,  joining  with  the  leaders,  W.  O'Neil  of  Boston 
and  Jonathan  Fincher  of  Philadelphia,  he  secured  a  petition  of  several  thousand  workingmen 
of  Pittsburgh,  addressed  to  congress,  for  a  law  fixing  eight  hours  for  all  government  work. 
This  was  sent  to  Senator  Henry  Wilsjn,  of  Massachusetts,  who  fathered  and  passed  the  bill, 
the  first  eight  hour  law  in  the  United  States. 

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6  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

During  the  same  year  he  agitated  and  aided  in  organizing  in  South  Pittsburgli,  the  first 
cooperative  store  on  the  Rochdale  plan  west  of  the  Allegheny  mountains.  While  taking  a 
course  in  Meadville  Theological  School,  he  counseled  Father  Upchurch  in  organizing  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  became  a  member  of  JeflTerson  Lodge,  No.  1,  the 
first  in  the  United  States.  The  order  had  as  one  of  its  purposes  the  federation  of  all  trades 
and  labor  unions,  but  it  soon  drifted  into  a  fraternal  insurance  organization.  In  1868  ho 
delivered  an  address  on  "Trades  Unions,  Their  Cause,  Influence  and  Present  Necessity,"  before 
the  International  Convention  of  Machinists  and  Blacksmiths'  Union  of  America  and  Great 
Britain,  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  predicting  a  destructive  conflict  between  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road and  labor.  That  conflict  climaxed,  inside  of  five  years,  in  the  destruction  of  millions  of 
property  in  Pittsburgh  and  other  points  on  its  railroad  system. 

Mr.  Hughes  studied  law  in  Meadville,  overtaxed  himself  in  his  studies  and  reform  activity, 
and  wrecked  his  health,  which  resulted  in  his  seeking  rest  and  absence  from  the  fretting  and 
agitating  multitude,  and  1871  found  him  in  Tucson,  Arizona,  the  land  of  the  fierce  Apaches, 
desert  and  sunshine,  where  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession.  Soon  after, 
he  was  appointed  probate  judge  and  ex-oflRcio  county  superintendent  of  schools;  was  district 
atlTorney  two  terms;  was  attorney  general;  United  States  court  commissioner;  member  of 
board  of  world's  fair  commission  at  Chicago  for  Arizona;  and  delegate  to  the  national  demo- 
cratic conventions  in  1884  and  1892.  In  1878  he  established  the  Arizona  Star,  the  first  daily 
paper  in  Arizona,  of  which  he  was  editor  and  publisher  for  thirty  years.  When  the  Arizona 
Press  Association  was  organized  in  1892  Mr.  Hughes  was  elected  its  first  president.  The  birth 
of  the  Star  was  the  date  of  the  state  building  era  of  Arizona.  With  the  leverage  of  this 
paper  Mr.  Hughes  waged  war  on  graft,  corruption  and  abuse  of  power,  defended  projects  of 
reform,  advancement  and  progress  and  accomplished  work  which  touched  the  very  foundation 
of  the  life  of  the  state.  In  its  columns  he  inaugurated  the  policy  of  removing  the  Apache 
Indians  into  Florida,  thus  eventually  terminating  the  Apache  wars.  The  building  of  homes 
and  promoting  permanent  settlement  throughout  Arizona,  found  practical  and  successful 
encouragement  in  the  Star  advocacy  of  establishing  building  and  loan  associations,  the  first 
of  which  was  organized  in  Tucson  in  1887.  He  advocated  also  the  creation  of  a  federal  court 
for  the  settlement  of  Mexican  and  private  land  grant  titles  and  this  resulted  in  the  invalida- 
tion of  claims  to  more  than  twelve  million,  five  hundred  thousand  acres  of  land  in  Arizona 
and  in  the  return  of  this  immense  tract  to  the  public  domain.  Single-handed  Mr.  Hughes 
battled  against  licensed  gambling  in  the  territory,  fought  the  saloon  traffic,  supported  woman 
suffrage,  was  a  stanch  advocate  of  the  initiative  and  referendum,  and  for  thirty  years  with 
his  paper  was  on  the  firing  line  in  every  great  political  contest  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Hughes  was  governor  from  April  1st,  1893,  to  April  1st,  1896.  His  administration 
was  signalized  by  economy  and  retrenchment  in  the  public  service,  by  eliminating  all 
unnecessary  employes.  When  he  came  into  oflice  the  territorial  treasury  was  facing  a  deficit 
of  more  than  fifty  thousand  dollars.  In  1893  the  deficit  was  reduced  to  less  than  three 
thousand  three  hundred  dollars;  in  1894  there  was  nearly  six  thousand  dollars  in  the  treasury; 
and  at  the  close  of  1895  the  territorial  indebtedness  had  been  reduced  fifty  thousand  four 
hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars  and  seventy-six  cents,  the  first  decrease  in  the  indebtedness 
for  fifteen  years.  And  this  result  with  no  increase  of  taxation.  Upon  his  recommendation  a 
non-partisan  board  of  control  was  created,  composed  of  the  governor,  the  auditor  and  a 
citizen  member  of  the  opposite  political  party,  none  but  the  citizen  member  receiving  com- 
pensation for  services.  Tliis  law  abolished  the  boards  of  commissioners  of  prison,  insane 
asylum,  reform  school  and  railroad — making  a  saving  of  more  than  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars  in  salaries  and  mileage,  as  the  records  show.  The  cost  per  capita  for  administering  the 
territorial  prison  and  insane  asylum  was  reduced  twenty-three  per  cent  and  reduction  in  main- 
tenance was  noticeable  in  all  institutions.  The  annual  cost  of  maintaining  the  territorial 
administration  under  Governor  Hughes  was  less  than  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  for 
the  three  years  it  did  not  reach  a  total  of  six  hundred  thousand  dollars,  notwithstanding  that, 
during  those  three  years,  there  were  erected  the  normal  school  buildings  at  Flag.staff  and 
Tempo,  university  dormitory  at  Tucson,  and  over  thirty  thousand  dollars  expended  in  improve- 
ments on  the  insane  asylum  and  prison  buildings — more  public  buildings  erected  than  under 
any  previous  administration.  The  parole  law  was  enacted  and  put  into  successful  operation 
by  him:   and  of  the  many  prisoners  who  enjoyed  its  benefits,  but  one  violated  his  parole. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  7 

Convicts  whenever  paroled  were  required  to  work.  Governor  Hughes'  maxim  was  that  savages 
could  not  be  civilized,  nor  criminals  reformed,  without  labor. 

His  prison  policy  aided  much  in  the  large  reduction  referred  to  in  prison  maintenance. 
The  Governor's  three  annual  reports  to  the  secretary  of  the  interior  and  congress  proved  of 
great  public  value,  as  they  contained  much  data  on  climate  and  wealth  resources  of  the 
territory,  the  Indians  and  their  needs,  and  the  moral  and  progressive  character  and  interests 
of  its  diversified  population.  The  information  furnished  therein  was  the  subject  of  much 
favorable  comment  in  the  press  of  the  country.  There  were  five  thousand  copies  of  the  1893 
and  1894  reports  published,  and  so  great  was  the  demand  for  these  that  of  the  report  of  1895, 
containing  one  hundred  and  nineteen  pages,  seventeen  thousand  five  hundred  copies  were  issued 
by  the  government  and  distributed.  It  scarcely  need  be  added  that  these  proved  a  valuable 
advertising  medium  for  the  territory. 

The  federal  law  calling  for  these  reports  required  the  governor  to  give  the  general  con- 
ditions and  make  recommendations  as  to  congressional  legislation  for  the  territory,  which 
opened  a  wide  field  tfcat  was  taken  advantage  of  by  the  governor,  the  press  comment  being 
that  more  information  had  been  published  in  these  reports,  and  recommendations  which  were 
crystallized  into  law,  than  by  all  the  governors  who  had  preceded  him.  Recommendations 
were  made  for  appropriation  for  irrigation  of  lands  of  the  Indian  reservations;  setting  apart 
for  allotment  lands  for  Indians  wishing  to  take  them  in  severalty,  especially  the  Papago, 
Maricopa,  Pima  and  the  Yuma  tribes;  increasing  Indian  industrial  schools,  educating  and 
training  Arizona  Indian  children  in  the  territory,  for  the  conservation  of  their  health  and  to 
enable  them  to  learn  local  industrial  pursuits;  transferring  trial  of  Indians  from  territorial 
to  United  States  courts,  and  securing  appropriations  to  meet  the  expenses  of  such  trials  had, 
and  jail  and  penitentiary  costs  of  Indian  convicts;  for  creating  forest  reservations  at  head- 
waters of  Arizona  streams  and  water  supply;  and  for  setting  apart  the  "Petrified  Forest"  as 
a  national  park. 

The  Governor  urged  and  secured  the  passage  of  a  congressional  act  authorizing  the 
tcrritorj'  to  lease  school  lands,  and  placing  the  proceeds  thereof  in  the  public  school  funds. 
This  law  has  been  and  is  a  source  of  large  and  increasing  revenue  to  the  schools  of  the 
state.  He  also  encouraged  the  location  of  a  National  School  of  Science  near  the  Grand 
Canyon,  that  cluster  of  natural  phenomena.  He  urged  many  needed  reforms,  especially  the 
suppression  of  the  liquor  traffic,  which  was  shown  to  be  the  greatest  bane  to  the  Indians — 
the  initial  cause  of  our  Apache  wars,  the  cause  of  over  sixty-five  per  cent  of  territorial  taxa- 
tion, as  well  as  the  many  other  accompanying  evils.  He  urged  upon  congress  its  duty  to 
Arizona  to  suppress  this  traffic.  All  of  these  recommendations  went  before  the  country,  com- 
mended or  condemned  by  the  press,  thus  creating  public  opinion,  mostly  favoring  these  appeals. 

During  his  term  as  chancellor  of  the  university  that  educational  institution  rapidly 
increased  its  number  of  students,  especially  from  residents  throughout  the  territory.  An 
important  factor  in  that  growth  was  the  aiding  of  those  lacking  the  financial  resources  for 
securing  the  benefits  of  the  university,  by  employing  them  in  various  departments  as  assist- 
ants, and  allowing  compensation  for  their  services.  The  average  number  of  those  assistants 
is  twenty-five,  most  of  whom  rank  well  as  students  and  graduates.  This  is  but  one  of  the 
various  improved  conditions  inaugurated  during  this  period. 

In  1868  Mr.  Hughes  married  Josephine  Brawley,  of  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of 
John  R.  Brawley,  a  western  Pennsylvania  farmer  of  large  political  connections  and  influence. 
In  all  of  his  labors,  struggles  and  achievements,  Mrs.  Hughes  entered  into  the  fullest  partner- 
ship, and  proved  equal  to  every  emergency — developing  the  characteristics  and  qualities  of  a 
noble  heroine.  In  1872  Mrs.  Hughes  opened  and  taught  the  first  public  school  for  girls  in 
Arizona.  She  has  been  active  also  in  religious  movements,  holding  the  title  of  "Mother  of 
Methodism"  in  the  state,  and  has  been  one  of  the  most  valuable  workers  in  the  cause  of  tem- 
perance in  the  southwest,  serving  as  territorial  president  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temper- 
ance Union  for  a  number  of  years.  She  organized  the  first  equal  suS'rage  association  in  the 
territory  and  was  elected  its  first  president,  and  her  work  along  all  of  these  lines  has  been 
ably  carried  forward  during  her  twenty-six  years  of  activity  as  assistant  manager  and  editor 
of  the  Arizona  Daily  Star.  She  is  still  active  in  all  progressive  reform  movements,  a  woman 
of  comprehensive  knowledge,  broad  experience  and  great  wisdom,  whose  work  has  been  a 
worthy  supplement  to  that  of  her  husband.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  have  two  children  living,  a 


8  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

daugliter,  Mrs.  Gertrude  Woodward,  and  State  Senator  John  T.  Huglies,  of  whom  further 
mention  is  made  in  this  work. 


Since  the  above  was  written  Governor  Hughes  has  passed  on  to  "that  undiscovered  country 
from  wliose  bourne  no  traveler  returns."  He  was  laid  to  rest  with  all  the  honors  that  could 
be  paid  liim  by  civil  and  military  authorities,  by  the  lodge  in  which  he  held  membership  and 
by  the  people  at  large.  An  escort  of  university  cadets  went  with  the  remains  from  the  house 
to  the  grave.  At  the  church  high  testimonial  of  his  worth  was  expressed  by  Rev.  Henry  Van 
Valkcnburgh  and  by  Rev.  George  Adams,  D.  D.,  of  Phoenix,  who  had  formerly  been  his 
pastor.  His  creed  was  largely  expressed  in  eight  lines  of  a  little  poem,  which  he  committed 
to  memory: 

"I  live  for  those  who  love  me,  • 

For  those  who  know  me  true. 
For  the  heavens  that  smile  above  me, 
And  await  my  spirit,  too. 

For  the  cause  that  needs  assistance. 
For  the  wrongs  that  need  resistance, 
For  the  future  in  the  distance. 
And  the  good  that  I  can  do." 

The  flag  on  the  statehouse  floated  at  half  mast  by  order  of  the  governor  and  the  state 
oflTices  were  closed  during  the  time  of  the  funeral.  These  were  some  of  the  outward 
expressions  of  giief  that  came  with  the  passing  of  Governor  Hughes.  In  the  hearts  of  all 
who  knew  him  sorrow  found  its  place  but  his  memory  will  be  perpetuated  and  his  name 
honored  for  years  to  come,  for  no  one  discredits  the  great  part  which  he  played  in  building 
this  empire  of  the  southwest. 


MRS.  JOSEPHINE  BRAWLEY  HUGHES. 

Mrs.  Josephine  Brawley  Hughes,  wife  of  ex-Governor  L.  C.  Hughes,  is  entitled  to  most 
honorable  mention  in  the  history  of  Arizona  because  of  the  splendid  work  which  she  has  done 
for  humanity  in  the  fields  of  temperance,  benevolence  and  religious  activity.  Endowed  by 
nature  with  keen  mentality,  she  has  ever  wisely  used  her  talents  for  the  benefit  of  mankind, 
starting  witli  lier  own  home  and  reaching  out  in  a  constantly  broadening  spliere  of  usefulness 
to  all  who  need  assistance. 

ilrs.  Hughes  was  bom  near  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  and  spent  her  girlhood  upon  a  farm, 
su|>i)leniiMiting  her  early  educational  opportunities  by  study  in  the  Edinboro  Normal  School. 
She  afterward  devoted  two  years  to  public-school  teaching  and  in  July,  1808,  gave  her  hand 
in  marriage  to  L,.  C.  Huglies,  who  in  1871  made  his  way  to  Arizona,  where  the  following  year 
he  was  joined  by  his  wife.  Mrs.  Hughes  made  the  trip  by  rail  to  San  Francisco,  thence  by 
steamer  to  San  Diego,  after  which  slie  traveled  five  hundred  miles  by  stage  to  Tucson,  carrying 
her  little  daughter  in  her  arms  and  traveling  for  five  days  and  five  nights  without  halting 
save  to  change  horses,  for  at  that  time  the  Apaches  were  most  hostile  and  rendered  traveling 
dangerous.  It  required  courage  and  endurance  to  make  tlie  trip  but  those  qualities  were 
characteristic  of  Arizona's  pioneer  wonu-n  and  liave  proved  one  of  the  strong  elements  in  the 
foundation  upon  which  the  state  lias  been  built.  Mrs.  Hughes  was  the  third  American  woman 
to  become  a  ])crmanent  resident  of  Tucson.  Here  she  joined  with  her  husband  in  work  for 
the  benefit  of  tlie  new  country  and  in  1873  was  appointed  the  first  woman  public-scliool 
teacher  in  Arizona  and  established  the  first  public  school  for  girls  in  the  territory  at  a  period 
when  separate  scliools  for  boys  and  girls  were  maintained  owing  to  the  strong  opposition  for 
(■o('(hu'ation.     Her  infiuence  from  the  beginning  of  her  residence  here  has  been  strongly  and 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  11 

directly  felt  along  many  lines  that  have  greatly  benefited  the  state.  In  1875  she  was  appointed 
commissioner  for  Arizona  to  the  woman's  department  of  the  Centennial  Exposition  and  the 
following  year  journeyed  back  to  Pennsylvania,  traversing  the  same  route  by  which  ^he  had 
come  at  a  time  when  the  danger  was  little  less  than  when  she  first  made  the  journey  to 
Tucson.  The  sheltered  lives  of  Arizona's  women  today  give  them  little  indication  of  the  con- 
ditions met  by  the  pioneer  wife  and  mother. 

Every  field  of  labor  for  the  betterment  of  the  community  in  which  she  lived  looked  to  her 
for  assistance  which  was  readily  given.  She  has  been  active  in  religious  movements,  holding  the 
title  of  ''Mother  of  Methodism"  in  the  state.  She  was  active  in  raising  funds  for  the  erection 
of  the  first  Protestant  church  in  Arizona — the  structure  now  in  the  city  park — which  was 
constructed  under  the  auspices  of  the  Presbyterian  board  of  missions.  Upon  the  arrival  of 
the  Rev.  George  H.  Adams,  the  pioneer  Methodist  missionary  of  Arizona,  she  took  a  most 
helpful  interest  in  organizing  the  Methodist  church  in  Tucson  and  liberally  contributed  toward 
the  building  of  the  brick  house  of  worship  then  at  the  corner  of  Pennington  street  and  Stone 
ftvenue.  It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  many  of  Arizona's  most  valuable  reforms  originated 
within  its  walls.  "In  this  church  temperance  societies,  adult  and  juvenile,  were  organized 
and  Miss  Frances  Willard  preached,  prayed,  lectured  and  organized  the  temperance  forces 
of  Arizona  in 'the  W.  C.  T.  U.,  of  which  Mrs.  Hughes  was  soon  thereafter  made  territorial 
president,"  assuming  the  responsibilities  of  management  and  the  further  development  of 
the  work.  The  Methodist  church,  in  a  spirit  of  broad  Christianity,  opened  its  doors  to  all 
distinguished  divines  and  reformers,  and  men  of  prominence  passing  through  Arizona  addressed 
the  public  upon  questions  of  education,  religion  and  significant  modern  problems.  Continuing 
her  work  in  the  temperance  cause,  Mrs.  Hughes  served  as  president  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  for 
several  years,  during  which  period  shp  was  instrumental  in  securing  the  passage  of  the 
Sunday  rest  bill  by  the  legislature  in  1887.  While  engaged  in  that  work  she  came  to  fully 
recognize  the  power  of  the  ballot  in  legislation  and  induced  Mrs.  Laura  M.  Johns  of  Kansas, 
a  national  organizer,  to  come  to  Arizona  and  aid  in  organizing  the  suffrage  sentiment,  of 
which  the  Arizona  Daily  Star  was  a  stalwart  champion,  into  a  territorial  association,  at 
which  time  Mrs.  Hughes  was  chosen  for  president.  When  she  resigned  the  presidency  of  the 
W.  C.  T.  U.  to  accept  the  presidency  of  the  sutTrage  association  of  the  state,  she  said:  "Let 
us  secure  the  vote  for  women  first,  then  the  victory  for  home  and  temperance  will  soon  fol- 
low." In  1891,  during  the  session  of  the  constitutional  convention,  there  was  a  strong  effort 
made  to  incorporate  an  equal  rights  provision.  General  William  Herring  being  the  leader  in 
the  movement.  Mrs.  Hughes,  then  territorial  president,  and  Mrs.  Johns,  national  organizer, 
were  invited  to  present  the  suffrage  cause,  which  they  did  in  most  able  manner,  the  entire 
afternoon  being  devoted  to  the  discussion  of  the  question.  Many  adherents  were  won  for 
the  cause,  which,  however,  was  lost  by  a  small  vote.  They  afterward  entered  strongly  upon 
the  work  of  organizing  suffrage  clubs  in  every  county  in  Arizona  and  their  efforts  made  the 
question  of  the  women's  right  to  the  ballot  a  dominant  one  whenever  legislature  convened. 
It  was  voted  upon  at  each  succeeding  session  of  the  general  assembly  and  in  1901  passed 
both  houses  but  was  vetoed  by  Governor  Brodie.  The  suffragists  then  put  forth  renewed 
efforts  along  the  line  of  quiet  educational  work.  Tlieirs  was  a  propaganda  which  stood  for 
the  best  interests  of  the  state  and  ultimately  became  a  law,  so  that  Arizona  women  now 
exercise  the  franchise  and  their  ballot  has  been  a  dominant  force  in  bringing  about  many 
needed  reforms  and  improvements. 

For  twenty-five  years  Mrs.  Hughes  was  engaged  with  her  husband,  ex-Governor  L.  C. 
Hughes,  in  the  publication  of  the  Arizona  Daily  Star  in  Tucson.  IXiring  all  these  years  Mrs. 
Hughes  worked  in  conjunction  with  her  husband  in  advocating  suffrage,  prohibition,  anti- 
capital  punishment  and  kindred  reforms  in  which  they  were  interested  through  the  columns 
of  the  Star,  using  the  newspaper  as  a  vehicle  for  carrying  to  the  people  of  Arizona  and  the 
southwest  the  reasons  for  the  molding  of  these  reforms  into  the  laws  of  the  commonwealths 
of  the  southwest.  During  Mr.  Hughes'  term  as  governor  of  Arizona,  Mrs.  Hughes  had  the 
editorial  and  business  management  of  the  Star,  being  the  only  woman  actively  engaged  in. 
the  management  and  control  of  a  daily  newspaper  in  Arizona. 

With  all  of  her  active  public  work  Mrs.  Hughes  has  been  first  and  foremost  a  devoted 
wife  and  mother.  She  had  three  children:  Gertrude,  now  the  wife  of  Professor  Sherman  M. 
Woodward;  John  T.  Hughes,  member  of  the  state  senate;   and  Josephine,  who  died  at  the 


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age  of  two  years.  The  family  residence  at  No.  158  Court  street,  which  has  been  their  home 
since  1875,  is  one  of  the  historic  landmarks  of  the  state.  There  hospitality  has  always 
reigned  supreme  and  no  one  has  entered  its  doors  without  becoming  cognizant  of  the  air  of 
cultural  progress  and  uplift.  A  contemporaiy  writer  has  said:  "As  one  of  the  mother 
builders  of  the  state  for  more  than  forty  years  Mrs.  Hughes  now  rejoices  in  gathering  in 
the  sheaves  of  two  generations  of  seed  sowing  while  looking  with  hope  for  greater  achieve- 
ments, and  it  is  to  such  women  as  Mrs.  Hughes  and  her  coworkers,  conscientious,  competent 
and  cheerfully  persistent,  that  Arizona  owes  a  vast  debt  of  gratitude,  not  only  because  of 
their  energy  of  purpose  or  faithfulness  of  zeal  in  so  arduous  an  undertaking  for  the  general 
good,  but  because  of  the  great  unconscious  influence  of  their  strong  and  admirable  personali- 
ties, which  could  not  fail  to  aid  in  molding  public  sentiment  in  favor  of  the  nobler  things 
which  they  sought  to  accomplish." 


HON.  GEORGE  P.  BOLLARD.     - 

Hon.  George  P.  Bullard  has  risen  to  a  position  of  prominence  in  the  legal  profession 
through  the  stages  of  orderly  progression  which  characterise  constantly  developing  powers 
and  acquired  ability.  He  has  been  actively  identified  with  the  practice  of  law  in  the 
west  since  1889  and  in  Phoenix  since  1894.  A  native  of  Portland,  Oregon,  he  was  born 
on  the  14th  of  April,  1869,  a  son  of  Lowell  J.  Bullard,  who  was  born  in  Framingham, 
Massachusetts. 

In  his  infancy,  George  P.  Bullard  was  taken  to  California,  where  he  remained  until 
his  fourth  year  and  afterward  lived  in  Massachusetts  until  twelve  years  of  age.  He 
pursued  his  studies  in  the  schools  of  Framingliam  until  graduated  from  the  high  school 
and  subsequently  he  spent  some  time  in  Chicago,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  New  York  city. 
From  his  varied  experiences  of  life  he  gleaned  knowledge  that  has  been  of  notable  value 
to  him  in  judging  character  and  interpreting  motives.  In  1886  he  went  to  Yuma,  Arizona, 
where  his  desire  for  legal  training  found  gratification  under  the  able  instruction  of  his 
uncle,  Samuel  Purdy,  Jr.  In  1889  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  California 
and  at  once  began  the  establishment  of  a  successful  law  practice  in  San  Francisco.  In  the 
meantime  his  mother  had  married  C.  D.  Ralyea,  and  Mr.  Bullard  conducted  his  business 
affairs  under  his  step-father's  name.  He  formed  a  partnership  with  C.  H.  King  and  the 
firm  won  success  in  the  conduct  of  cases  intrusted  to  them,  becoming  well  established  as 
able  members  of  the  San  Francisco  bar.  In  1894  Mr.  Bullard  returned  to  Yuma  and  during 
the  four  months  of  his  residence  there  he  received  an  order  from  the  court  permitting  him 
to  assume  his  father's  name.  On  removing  to  Phoenix  in  1894  he  opened  an  office  and 
entered  upon  the  general  practice  of  law,  in  which  he  won  almost  immediate  success.  His 
ability  was  recognized  and  many  important  litigated  interests  were  intrusted  to  his  care. 
It  was  soon  found  that  he  prepared  his  eases  with  great  thoroughness  and  precision,  while 
in  presentation  before  the  courts  he  was  logical,  forceful  and  convincing.  He  served  as 
deputy  under  the  district  attorney  for  one  year  and  in  1900  was  elected  to  the  office  of  city 
attorney  of  Phoenix,  serving  until  1904.  He  was  assistant  district  attorney  from  1904  to 
1908  and  district  attorney  from  1908  to  1911.  Each  year  he  advanced  in  public  regard  as 
he  gave  demonstration  of  his  power  to  handle  the  work  of  the  courts  and  his  prominence 
was  further  indicated  in  his  selection  as  a  democratic  candidate  for  attorney  general  of 
Arizona  in  1912,  to  which  office  he  was  elected  and  which  he  ably  filled  for  three  years. 

In  June,  1899,  Mr.  Bullard  was  married  to  Miss  Kate  C.  Fisk,  a  daughter  of  Henry 
Brockway  Fisk,  a  native  of  the  state  of  New  York.  Mr.  BuUard's  fraternal  relations  are 
with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  organized 
the  Maricopa  County  Automobile  Club,  conceived  the  idea  of  an  annual  automobile  race 
between  Phoenix  and  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  is  active  in  outdoor  sports.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade,  for  three  years  was  director  of  the  Country  Club, 
is  vice  president  of  the  State  Good  Roads  Association  and  is  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Lincoln  Memorial  Association.  He  is  one  of  the  important  factors  in  the  upbuilding  of  the 
southwest   and   especially   of  his  adopted   state.     He  stands  at   all   times   for  progress  and 


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improvement  and  his  labors  are  proving  effective  forces  in  demonstrating  to  the  world  that 
the  advantages  and  opportunities  of  the  southwest  are  equal  to  those  found  in  other  sections 
of  the  country. 


WILLIAM  V.  WHITMORE,  M.  D. 

Dr.  William  V.  Whitmore,  whose  broad  knowledge  of  the  science  of  medicine  and  keen 
appreciation  of  the  responsibilities  which  rest  upon  him  have  made  him  one  of  the  most 
capable  physicians  and  surgeons  in  Tucson,  was  born  in  Sagadahoc  county,  Maine,  April  16, 
1862,  a  son  of  Thomas  P.  and  Esther  M.  (Given)  Whitmore.  The  father  was  a  native  of 
Maine  and  of  English  ancestry,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Long  Island  and  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent.  On  the  paternal  side  the  Doctor  traces  his  ancestry  back  to  one  of  tlie 
Mayflower  passengers.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
county  and  in  1885  was  graduated  Irom  Bates  College  in  Lewiston,  Maine.  He  spent  one 
year  in  the  medical  department  of  Columbia  University  and  then  entered  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  California,  receiving  his  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1890.  He  took 
a  one  year  hospital  course  in  the  county  hospital  at  Los  Angeles,  adding  the  benefits  of 
practical  experience  to  his  former  training,  and  then  opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Wilmington,  near  Los  Angeles. 

After  a  year  and  a  half  spent  at  that  place  Dr.  Whitmore  came  to  Tucson,  whei'e  he 
has  been  active  in  professional  work  since  April,  1892.  He  has  built  up  a  very  large 
practice,  his  extensive  patronage  coming  to  him  as  an  expression  of  the  trust  and  confidence 
reposed  in  him  by  the  general  public.  He  is  constantly  broadening  his  knowledge  by  researoli 
and  investigation  and  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought  of  his  profession 
through  his  membership  in  various  medical  organizations,  in  all  of  which  he  has  gained 
positions  of  distinction.  He  has  been  for  three  terms  president  of  the  Pima  County  Medical 
Society,  is  past  president  of  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Association  and  was  delegate  from 
Arizona  to  the  convention  of  the  American  Medical  Association  held  in  St.  Louis  in  1910. 
In  addition  he  has  been  for  seven  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  state  medical  examiners. 
He  is  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Rodgers  Hospital  at  Tucson. 

Dr.  Whitmore  has  been  twice  married.  On  April  16,  1891,  he  wedded  Miss  Lulu  W.  Hill, 
who  passed  away  leaving  one  son,  William  V.,  Jr.  On  December  31,  1903,  the  Doctor  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Opal  Le  Baron  McGauhey,  by  whom  he  has  a  son,  Paul  G. 

In  addition  to  his  professional  duties  Dr.  Whitmore  is  extremely  interested  in  public 
education  and  has  done  able  and  beneficial  work  along  that  line.  He  served  from  1897  to 
1899  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  regents  of  the  Arizona  University,  appointed  by  Governor 
M.  H.  McCord.  He  was  i-eappointed  April  30,  1914,  by  Governor  Hunt  and  is  now  serving 
as  treasurer  of  the  board.  He  is  at  present  chairman  of  the  board  of  education  of  Tucson 
and  has  been  a  member  of  that  organization  for  many  years.  Beyond  this  Dr.  Whitmore 
has  never  sought  nor  desired  public  office.  A  constantly  increasing  patronage  makes  heavy 
demands  upon  his  time  and  attention,  and  his  devotion  to  the  interests  of  his  patients  is 
proverbial.  He  manifests  a  sense  of  conscientious  obligation  in  all  of  his  professional  work, 
and  the  excellent  results  which  have  attended  his  labors  are  proof  of  his  ability. 


HARRY   E.   WOOTTON. 


One  of  the  enterprising,  progressive  and  successful  young  business  men  of  Bisbee  is 
Harry  E.  Wootton,  proprietor  of  a  large  hardware,  plumbing,  heating  and  tinning  establish- 
ment. He  was  born  in  St.  Paul,  Nebraska,  December  1,  1881,  a  son  of  William  T.  and 
Cassie  N.  (Etchison)  Wootton,  the  former  a  native  of  England  and  the  latter  of  Iowa. 
The  father  is  well  known  in  railroad  circles  of  McCook,  Nebraska,  having  been  identified 
with  that  line  of  work  for  the  yaat  twenty-five  years.  He  and  his  wife  have  five  children: 
Jennie   E.,  who  married  F.   E.  Whitney,  of  McCook,  Nebraska;   Harry  E.,   of  this   review; 


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Naomi  E.,  who  is  chief  boolckeeper  in  tlie  Nebraska  Telephone  Company's  office  at  Lincoln; 
Carrie  May,  who  married  Alvin  C  Roland,  of  McCook;  and  Lee  R.,  who  lives  at  home. 

Harry  E.  Wootton  acquired  liis  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Nebraska  and  before 
he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age  had  served  an  apprenticeship  in  a  railroad  tin  shop,  where 
he  remained  for  four  years.  After  he  began  his  independent  career  he  worked  at  his  trade 
in  various  places,  but  in  February,  1905,  came  to  Cochise  county,  Arizona,  and  located  in 
Douglas.  He  has  followed  his  trade  in  that  city  and  in  Courtland  and  Bisbee  for  the 
past  seven  years  but  has  his  principal  business  interests  in  the  last  named  place.  When  he 
lirst  came  here  he  formed  a  partnership  with  M.  Mainland  and  they  embarked  in  the 
plumbing  and  heating  business,  continuing  their  association  until  1912,  when  Mr.  Wootton 
purchased  his  partner's  interest.  Since  that  time  he  has  conducted  the  enterprise  alone  and 
under  his  able  management  his  patronage  has  increased  steadily,  the  volume  of  business 
done  being  now  three  times  the  original  amount.  Mr.  ^V'ootton  is  a  keen  and  able  business 
man,  capable  of  coping  successfully  with  modern  conditions  and  standards  and  basing  his 
success  upon  such  dependable  qualities  as  industry,  perseverance  and  determination.  He 
has  worked  earnestly  and  persistently  in  building  up  his  trade  to  its  present  size  and 
well  deserves  the  high  place  which  lie  holds  in  business  circles.  He  owns  beside  his  hardware, 
plumbing  and  heating  establishment  much  valuable  residence  property  in  Bisbee  and  some 
profitable  ranch  property  in  Sulphur  Springs  valley. 

On  November  28,  1912,  Mr.  Wootton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Viola  E.  Huddy, 
a  native  of  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Hoar)  Huddy,  who 
were  born  in  England.  In  their  family  were  four  children:  V'iola  E.,  now  Mrs.  Wootton; 
Ethel,  who  married  Charles  Phillips,  of  Pearce,  Arizona;  Gladys,  who  is  attending  school; 
and  Ruth,  who  is  also  pursuing  her  studies. 

Mr.  Wootton  is  liberal  in  his  political  views,  voting  for  men  and  measures  rather  than 
for  parties.  He  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  fraternally  has  extensive 
connections,  being  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Knights  of 
I'ythias,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 
He  possesses  untiring  energy  and  liis  close  application  to  business  and  his  excellent  manage- 
ment liave  brought  him  the  success  which  is  his  today. 


GEORGE  BABBITT. 


It  is  the  enterprise  and  character  of  the  individual  that  enriches  the  commonwealth. 
The  growth  of  a  community  depends  upon  not  so  mueli  its  machinery  of  government  nor 
on  the  men  who  hold  the  oHices  as  upon  the  efforts  of  the  business  men,  who  recognize  and 
utilize  luitural  resources  and  see  the  opportunities  for  business  development.  Prominent 
in  this  connection  is  George  Babbitt,  who  at  a  pioneer  period  in  the  development  of  Flagstaff 
came  to  this  state  and  has  since  been  connected  with  mercantile  and  stock-raising  interests. 

Mr.  Babbitt  was  born  October  11,  1860,  at  Pittsfield,  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts, 
and  with  his  parents  removed  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  pursued  his  education  in  the  Jesuit 
College,  leaving  that  institution  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  For  three  years  thereafter 
he  was  in  the  employ  of  R.  G.  Dun  &  Company  and  later  secured  a  clerkship  in  tlic  grocery 
store  of  Z.  B.  Collin.  He  tlien  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  on  his  own  account  in 
connection  with  his  brothers  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  remained  until  1887,  when  the 
opportunities  of  the  southwest  proved  an  irresistible  attraction  and  he  arrived  in  Flagstaff, 
where  two  of  his  brothers  lia<l  preceded  him. 

During  the  early  years  of  his  residence  here  Mr.  Babbitt  joined  his  finances  to  those 
of  his  brothers  in  the  conduct  of  a  cattle  business,  but  at  that  period,  owing  to  conditions 
which  generally  existed,  the  cattle  industry  was  not  proving  profitable.  Accordingly 
he  tinned  his  attention  in  other  directions,  becoming  bookkeeper  for  P.  J.  Brennan,  a 
merchant,  and  tlivis  engagcfl  until  he  was  able  to  open  a  small  store  of  his  own.  This  he 
afterward  consolidated  with  his  brother  David's  store  and  they  bought  out  the  establish- 
ment of  Lind  &  Cameron.  The  business  lias  steadily  developed  until  the  firni  has  the 
largest   department  store   in   northern   Arizona   if   not    in   the   state   and   George   Babbitt    is 


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now  giving  much  of  his  attention  to  the  management  and  oversiglit  of  the  gi'ocery  depart- 
ment, whieli  he  has  made  most  attractive,  it  being  one  of  the  most  profitable  features  of 
the  business.  At  the  same  time  he  is  giving  supervision  to  his  own  extensive  interests 
in  the  sheep  industry,  owning  several  thousand  head  of  sheep,  which  are  pastured  not  far 
from  Flagstaff.  He  is  likewise  an  extensive  real-estate  owner,  holding  important  property 
interests  in  botli  Arizona  and  California. 

On  the  20th  of  June,  1887,  Mr.  Babbitt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Philomcna 
VVossell,  of  Cincinnati,  whose  father  was  a  lumber  merchant  there.  Their  children  are: 
Bertram  H.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  cattle  and  sheep  business;  Marguerite;  Herbert,  also 
dealing  in  cattle  and  sheep;  George;  and  Eunice.     All  yet  reside  with  their  parents. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mr.  Babbitt  is 
connected  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  is  a  very  charitable  man  and  the  poor  and 
needy  never  appeal  to  him  in  vain,  for  he  is  continually  extending  a  helping  hand  wherever 
assistance  is  needed.  In  manner  he  is  quiet  and  unassuming,  but  is  regarded  as  one  of 
the  most  powerful  factors  in  democratic  politics,  seeking  along  legitimate  lines  to  secure 
the  success  of  his  party.  In  the  principles  of  which  he  firmly  believes.  He  was  mayor  of 
Flagstaff  and  was  the  first  county  treasurer  following  the  organization  of  Coconino  county. 
He  was  appointed  to  that  office  and  later  was  elected  for  another  term.  He  has  also  been 
chairman  of  the  board  of  county  supervisors  for  four  years,  was  a  trustee  of  the  first  board 
of  the  reform  school  and  when  that  institution  was  converted  into  a  normal  school  continued 
as  trustee  and  has  been  largely  instrumental  in  its  management  and  in  the  development 
of  the  school  and  its  work.  He  takes  great  interest  in  this  and  devotes  much  time  thereto. 
Other  official  honors  have  been  offered  him  time  and  time  again  but  he  prefers  not  to  enter 
too  deeply  into  political  activity,  although  he  recognizes  fully  the  obligations  and  duties 
of  citizenship  and  in  every  possible  way  furthers  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  city  and 
state.  His  business  interests  place  him  among  the  most  active  and  prominent  residents  of 
northern  Arizona  and  his  work  has  been  an  element  in  shaping  its  history. 


JOHN   P.   CULL. 


John  P.  Cull  is  one  of  the  prosperous  representatives  of  commecial  interests  in  Douglas 
and  Courtland.  where  for  eight  years  he  has  owned  and  operated  general  mercantile  stores. 
He  was  born  in  California  in  1873  and  is  a  son  of  S.  T.  and  Minerva  Cull,  to  whom  there 
were  born  eleven  children,  eight  still  living,  our  subject  being  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

The  early  years  of  John  P.  Cull  were  passed  in  his  native  state,  where  he  acquired  a 
common  school  education  and  subsequently  devoted  his  energies  to  agricultural  pursuits.  In 
1897  he  came  to  Arizona,  first  locating  in  Willcox,  whence  he  later  removed  to  Bisbee  and 
there  he  engaged  in  general  merchandising  with  a  Mr.  Anderson,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Anderson  &  Cull.  For  six  years  he  gave  his  undivided  attention  to  the  development  of  the 
business,  in  which  he  met  with  a  good  measure  of  success.  In  .January,  1908,  he  disposed 
of  his  interest  in  the  establishment  and  removed  to  Courtland,  where  he  purchased  a  half 
block  of  land  in  the  business  district  and  erected  thereon  five  store  rooms  and  a  hotel  and 
also  established  the  general  mercantile  store  he  is  still  conducting.  There  are  two  other 
similar  concerns  in  the  town,  but  as  he  carries  a  large  and  well  assorted  stock,  is  reasonable 
in  his  prices  and  is  most  considerate  of  his  customers,  he  enjoys  a  large  patronage,  his 
being  one  of  the  thriving  commercial  enterprises  of  that  vicinity.  He  is  a  stockholder  in 
the  Miners  &  Merchants  Bank  of  Bisbee,  and  has  other  financial  interests  in  that  city.  In 
1914  Mr.  Cull  established  his  present  grocery  store  in  Douglas,  which  is  one  of  the  leading 
establishments  of  its  kind  there,  and  he  carries  a  full  and  select  line  of  groceries.  He 
now  makes  his  home  in  Douglas. 

In  1904,  Mr.  Cull  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  Henninger,  a  native  of  Kansa.s,  who  was 
reared  in  California,  where  she  removed  with  her  parents  in  *arly  childhood.  The  family 
later  settled  in  Bisbee,  in  which  city  her  parents  still  reside,  the  father  owning  and  operating 
a  cigar  factory  there. 

Mr.  Cull  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternity,  in  which  he  has  held  all  of  the 


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chairs,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  allegiance 
in  matters  politic  he  accords  to  the  democratic  party,  considering  its  policy  to  be  best 
adapted  to  subserve  the  highest  interests  of  the  majority.  The  success  which  has  attended 
the  efforts  of  Mr.  Cull  is  the  result  of  intelligently  organized  methods  and  well  defined 
purpose.  He  conducts  his  business  along  progressive  lines  and  is  always  more  than  willing 
to  keep  abreast  of  modern  improvements.  In  matters  of  citizenship  he  is  public-spirited, 
extending  his  indorsement  to  every  worthy  enterprise  and  assisting  in  promoting  all  move- 
ments the  adoption  of  which  he  feels  will  advance  the  well  being  of  the  community  at 
large  and  contribute  toward  the  moral,  intellectual  or  material  development  of  its  residents. 


JOHN  H.  SLAUGHTER. 


History  is  still  in  the  making  in  the  southwest.  While  Indian  occupancy  dates  back 
to  a  period  beyond  the  knowledge  of  men  and  Mexican  residence  in  the  territory  is  almost 
of  equal  antiquity,  it  has  not  been  until  within  comparatively  recent  years  that  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  race  has  invaded  this  district  for  the  purpose  of  permanent  occupancy.  It  is  true 
that  the  trail  to  southern  California  led  across  Arizona  and  that  here  and  there  were  a 
few  settlers,  but  half  a  century  at  least  will  cover  the  period  of  actual  settlements  and  de- 
velopment along  the  great  lines  of  agriculture  and  commerce.  No  one  is  more  deserving  of 
mention  among  the  builders  of  the  state  than  John  H.  Slaughter,  who  has  contested  with 
the  Indians  for  occupancy  of  the  rich  valleys  of  southern  Arizona  and  is  numbered  among 
the  first  who  have  given  practical  demonstration  of  the  possibilities  of  the  state  for  agri- 
cultural development.  He  is  now  well  known  as  the  proprietor  of  the  San  Bernardino  ranch 
of  forty  thousand  acres  lying  partly  in  Cochise  county.  He  was  born  on  a  plantation  in 
Louisiana  and  in  early  childhood  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Texas,  acquir- 
ing his  education  in  Lockhart,  that  state.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  became  actively 
engaged  in  the  cattle  and  ranch  business  in  Texas,  continuing  there  until  1878. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Slaughter  was  married.  It  was  in  1871  that  he  wedded  Miss 
Adeline  Harris,  a  native  of  Texas,  and  a  daughter  of  Lesial  and  Isabelle  Harris,  both  of 
whom  died  in  the  Lone  Star  state.  Of  the  four  children  born  of  that  marriage  two  died 
in  infancy  and  W.  J.  passed  away  in  1911  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years,  leaving  but  one 
survivor  by  that  marriage,  Adeline,  the  wife  of  Dr.  William  Arnold  Greene,  of  Douglas,  Ari- 
zona. The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  1878  at  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  two  years  later 
Mr.  Slaughter  married  Miss  Cora  V.  Howell,  a  native  of  Missouri  and  a  daughter  of  A.  C.  and 
Mary  Howell,  natives  of  Kentucky  and  Missoiui  respectively,  the  former  being  a  relative 
of  Daniel  Boone.  They  were  married  in  Missouri  and  resided  in  that  state  until  after  the 
Civil  war.  During  the  period  of  hostilities  owing  to  the  presence  of  the  two  armies  in  the 
district  in  which  they  lived  they  lost  all  of  their  holdings.  In  1865  they  removed  to  Jlon- 
tana  where  they  remained  for  several  years  and  afterward  went  to  Nevada  and  later  to 
New  Mexico.  In  1879  they  arrived  in  Arizona,  settling  near  Tombstone  where  the  father 
died  in  1890.  The  mother  survives  and  now  makes  her  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slaughter 
on  the  San  Bernardino  ranch.  Mrs.  Slaughter  was  one  of  five  children  of  whom  two  are 
living,  her  brother  being  J.  A.  Howell,  of  Douglas,  Arizona. 

It  was  in  the  year  1877  that  J.  H.  Slaughter  removed  from  Texas  to  the  territory  of 
Arizona.  During  his  career  in  Texas  he  battled  with  uncertainties,  twice  amassed  a  fortune 
and  twice  lost  all.  The  effect  of  his  adversity  was  but  to  bring  out  his  strong  determina- 
tion and  develop  his  unconquerable  spirit.  These  qualities  have  made  him  in  time  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  development  of  the  southwest.  In  1877  when  gold  was  discovered  in 
Arizona  and  the  name  of  Tombstone  became  everywhere  known,  Mr.  Slaughter  was  attracted 
to  the  new  country  and,  believing  that  greater  opportunities  for  wealth  existed  here  drove 
his  cattle  overland  to  the  San  Pedro  valley,  which  was  his  first  permanent  camping  giound 
in  Arizona.  One  of  the  princely  possessions  of  the  state  and  the  admiration  of  all  who  see 
it  is  the  San  Bernardino  ranch  of  which  Mr.  Slaughter  is  the  proprietor.  It  is  located  on 
the  international  line  seventeen  miles  east  of  Douglas  and  contains  almost  forty  thousnnd 
acres  lying  on  both  sides  of  the  line  dividing  the  United  States  and  Mexico.    His  choice  of 


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this  location  was  made  after  inspecting  the  country  for  a  suitable  range.  For  about  fifteen 
years  after  locating  thereon  the  surrounding  country  and  even  portions  of  the  ranch  were 
never  free  from  hostile  Indians  and  the  utmost  vigilance  was  necessary  to  prevent  their 
uprising.  Mr.  Slaughter  struggled  through  this  period  with  firm  and  fearless  determination 
to  hold  the  ground  and  that  he  succeeded  is  shown  by  the  passing  of  the  red  men  and  the 
building  up  of  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive  districts  in  the  great  southwest, 
rhe  greater  part  of  the  rancli  is  valley  land  with  many  hundred  acres  under  irrigation  from 
numerous  artesian  wells  having  an  immense  flow  of  water,  many  of  them  yielding  as  high 
as  four  hundred  gallons  per  minute.  This  is  one  of  the  gi'eatest  examples  of  irrigation 
development  in  Arizona.  Mr.  Slaughter  deserves  great  credit  for  what  he  has  accomplished 
in  transforming  seemingly  arid  lands  into  richly  productive  fields.  He  was  the  discoverer 
of  the  artesian  flows  on  his  ranch  and  has  so  cultivated  his  property  that  his  fields  are  now 
producing  rich  and  abundant  crops  of  wheat,  barley,  corn  and  all  kinds  of  vegetables.  The 
place  also  gives  indication  of  becoming  one  of  tlio  fancy  fruit  producing  centers  of  Arizona 
and  Mr.  Slaughter  has  already  begun  the  work  of  development  along  that  line.  This  mam- 
moth ranch  is  practically  enclosed  by  fences.  It  was  once  known  as  an  old  Spanish  land 
grant  and  was  acquired  by  Mr.  Slaughter  in  1883,  since  which  time  practically  all  the  im- 
])rovements  have  been  made  upon  it.  It  is  a  historic  spot,  having  been  one  of  the  noted 
stations  on  the  old  overland  trail  which  people  traveled  to  and  from  California  before  ihe 
days  of  railroad  building  in  the  southwest.  Since  his  arrival  in  Cochise  county  in  1877  Mr. 
.Slaughter  has  been  engaged  extensively  in  the  cattle  business,  having  a  magnificent  range 
for  his  stock  and  producing  some  of  the  finest  cattle  raised  in  the  southwest.  Moreover 
his  business  enterprises  have  extended  in  considerable  measure  to  the  more  important 
commercial  and  industrial  concerns  of  Douglas.  He  is  still  a  stockholder  in  a  number  of 
its  leading  enterprises  and  has  been  largely  instrumental  in  advancing  the  growth  and 
progress  of  the  city.  He  became  one  of  the  owners  of  the  town  site  of  Douglas  and  is 
still  a  stockholder  in  the  Bank  of  Douglas  and  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tombstone. 

There  is  an  interesting  military  chapter  in  the  life  record  of  Mr.  Slaughter.  While 
he  was  yet  a  young  mail  the  Civil  war  broke  out  and  ho  was  one  of  the  first  to  enlist  in  the 
Confederate  army.  His  career  as  a  soldier  was  cut  short  by  an  unlimited  furlough,  owing 
to  a  serious  illness,  but  immediately  upon  his  recovery  he  enlisted  with  the  Texas  Rangers 
and  was  made  a  lieutenant.  With  this  remarkable  company  he  was  active  during  much 
of  the  service  and  those  who  were  on  duty  under  him  frequently  relate  stories  of  his  stir- 
ring experiences  arid  daring  deeds.  For  some  years  after  coming  to  Arizona  he  had  to 
be  continuously  alert  to  suppress  the  red  men  who  if  not  held  in  check  would  have  taken 
all  of  his  stock.  In  the  year  1886  he  was  escort  to  the  late  General  Lawton,  then  a  cap- 
tain of  the  United  States  army,  in  the  capture  of  the  famous  Apache,  Chief  Geronimo  who 
later  surrendered  on  the  San  Bernardino  ranch.  On  various  later  occasions  Mr.  Slaughter 
directed  expeditions  of  the  United  States  troops  through  southern  Arizona  and  New  Mexico 
as  no  man  better  knew  the  lurking  places  of  the  Indians  or  better  understood  their  cun- 
ning, their  habits  and  their  modes  of  warfare.  He  was  also  well  known  to  the  Indians  and 
it  was  old  Geronimo,  himself,  who  proclaimed  that  no  life  should  ever  be  taken  on  the 
San  Bernardino  ranch.  Therefore  while  lives  were  being  sacrificed  on  every  side  by  the 
Apache  chief  no  raid  was  ever  made  on  Mr.  Slaughter's  ranch. 

Such  experiences  have  long  passed  into  history,  and  while  many  Indians  are  still  resi- 
dents of  Arizona  they  have  recognized  the  supremacy  of  the  white  race  and  are  living  peace- 
ably upon  their  reservations,  selling  their  pottery,  blankets  and  other  wares  to  the  white 
settlers  who  are  fast  taking  up  permanent  abode  in  the  state.  Mr.  Slaughter  was  also 
lonnected  with  the  suppressing  of  the  rule  of  violence  and  crime  among  the  white  race, 
iiaving  been  elected  sheriff  of  Cochise  county  on  the  democratic  ticket  in  1887.  He  served 
in  that  capacity  for  two  terms — terms  which  have  gone  down  in  the  history  of  Arizona  as 
remarkable  for  the  great  good  accomplished.  During  his  ten  years  in  office  he  brought  to  jus- 
tice many  desperadoes  who  had  been  operating  over  the  county  and  many  attempts  were  made 
to  entrap  him  and  take  his  life  but  in  every  case  he  outgeneraled  them.  Mr.  Slaughter  has 
always  been  solicitous  for  the  welfare  of  Cochise  county,  has  done  much  for  its  upbuilding 
and  development,  has  been  foremost  in  ridding  the  country  of  outlaws  and  cattle  thieves  and 
thereby  encouraging  the  stock-raising  business,  and  has  ever  been  ready  to  assist  those  upon 


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whom  the  hand  of  adversity  has  fallen.  None  grudge  him  his  success  because  it  has  been 
so  worthily  won  and  because  his  life  has  been  of  such  value  and  worth  to  the  state  of  his 
adoption.  Aside  from  his  service  as  sherilf  of  Cochise  county  he  served  for  one  term  in 
the  legislature,  being  elected  by  the  largest  vote  cast  for  any  candidate  on  either  ticket. 
Such  is  his  personal  popularity  that  he  could  undoubtedly  have  had  other  office  had  he 
so  desired,  but  he  prefers  to  concentrate  his  energies  upon  the  great  San  Bernardino  ranch 
and  in  this  connection  the  value  of  his  service  cannot  be  over-estimated,  indicating  clearly 
as  it  does  what  may  be  accomplished  along  agricultural  and  horticultural  lines  when  irri- 
gation transforms  the   arid  regions  into   productive   fields. 


JOHN  J.  NEWELL. 


John  J.  Newell,  serving  in  an  efficient,  able  and  conscientious  way  as  deputy  sheriff 
of  the  town  of  Naco,  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1874  and  is  a  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  (Kane) 
Newell.  The  parents  came  to  the  United  States  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  only 
two  months  old  and  settled  in  Illinois,  where  the  father  farmed  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  has  now  retired  from  active  life  and  he  and  his  wife  reside  in  West  Point,  Illinois.  In 
their  family  were  eight  children:  Kate,  who  married  John  O'Day,  of  Lafayette,  Colorado; 
Patrick  H.,  a  resident  of  West  Point;  Mary,  who  married  Alexander  Clampitt,  of  West 
Point;  Ellen,  the  deceased  wife  of  John  Kruger,  of  Hamilton,  Illinois;  Winnie,  who  married 
John  Hughes,  of  Bisbee,  Arizona;  M.  F.,  of  Stillwell,  Illinois;  Thomas  W.,  of  the  same  city; 
and  John  J.,  of  this  review. 

Johii  J.  Newell  grew  to  manhood  upon  his  father's  farm  in  Illinois,  attending  the 
district  schools  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age.  At  that  time  he  came  west  and  settled 
in  Bisbee,  Cochise  county,  where  he  was  employed  in  the  smelter  works  of  the  Copper  Queen 
Mining  Company.  He  spent  two  years  there  and  then  came  to  Naco,  taking  up  government 
land  upon  the  site  where  the  town  now  stands.  He  was  also  connected  for  three  years  with 
the  Cananea  Consolidated  Copper  Company  as  clerk  in  the  forwarding  office,  but  at  the  end 
of  that  time  gave  his  entire  attention  to  the  development  of  his  ranch  for  a  number  of 
years.  It  was,  however,  later  purchased  by  the  town  site  company  and  laid  out  into  the 
town  of  Naco.  Mr.  Newell  then  abandoned  farming  and  turned  his  attention  to  business 
pursuits.  He  has  held  public  office  in  the  city  for  several  years,  having  been  elected  town 
marshal  and  being  afterward  appointed  deputy  sheriff.  He  still  holds  the  latter  position 
and  has  made  a  very  creditable  official  record,  displaying  the  utmost  fidelity  and  con- 
scientiousness in  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 

Mr.  Newell  was  married  in  1901  to  Miss  Jennie  Curtis,  a  native  of  Utah  and  a  daughter 
of  H.  A.  and  Martha  (Whiteman)  Curtis,  who  went  to  Utah  in  the  early  days,  joining 
the  Mormon  colony  there.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newell  have  three  children:  Thomas,  Jack  and 
Charlotte. 

Mr.  Newell  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  one  of  the  leaders  in 
the  local  organization,  being  a  member  of  the  democratic  central  committee.  His  fraternal 
connections  are  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  well  known  in  Naco, 
where  he  has  resided  since  the  foundation  of  the  city  and  where  he  has  been  an  active  force 
in  development  for  many  years.  He  is  respected  in  business  circles  as  a  man  of  upright 
and  straightforward  principles  and  is  honored  also  as  an  able  official. 


JUDGE  ERNEST  W.  LEWIS. 


Ernest  W.  Lewis  served  as  one  of  the  judges  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona,  under 
appointment  of  President  Taft,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Phoenix, 
being  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  representatives  of  the  Arizojia  bar.  Throughout 
his  life  he  has  been  connected  with  the  profession  which  has  always  been  recognized  as 
having  important  bearing  upon  the  progress  and  stable  prosperity  of  any  section   or  com- 


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raunity  and  one  which  has  long  been  considered  as  conserving  public  welfare  by  furthering 
the  ends  of  justice  and  maintaining  individual  rights. 

Judge  Lewis  is  a  native  of  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania,  his  birth  having  there 
occurred  on  the  27th  of  December,  1875.  His  parents  were  George  R.  and  Nancy  (MacLanej 
Lewis  who  were  also  natives  of  the  Keystone  state,  but  in  the  early  '80s  they  removed 
westward,  becoming  residents  of  St.  I'aul,  Minnesota. 

Judce  Lewis  was  but  a  little  lad  when  the  family  went  to  St.  Paul,  and  in  the  schools 
of  that  city  he  pursued  his  education  until  graduated  from  the  high  school.  He  afterward 
had  the  benefit  of  instruction  in  the  University  of  Minnesota,  in  which  he  prepared  for  tlie 
bar  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  Arizona  in  1900.  He  has  since  been  an  active  member 
of  the  profession  in  this  state.  No  dreary  novitiate  awaited  him  notwithstanding  the  fact 
that  advancement  at  the  bar  is  proverbially  slow.  He  rapidly  worked  his  way  upward,  his 
success  being  the  result  of  his  careful  training  and  the  painstaking  and  conscientious  manner 
in  which  he  prepared  his  cases.  His  ability  was  recognized  in  presidential  appointment  on 
the  15th  of  May,  1909,  when  President  Taft  named  him  as  associate  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Arizona,  in  which  capacity  he  remained  upon  the  bench  until  the  admission  of 
the  state  into  the  Union.  His  decisions  indicate  strong  mentality,  careful  analysis,  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  law  and  an  unbiased  judgment.  The  judge  on  the  bench  fails 
more  frequently,  perhaps,  from  a  deficiency  In  that  broadmindedness  which  comprehends 
the  details  of  a  situation  quickly  and  that  insures  a  complete  self-control  under  even  the 
most  exasperating  conditions,  than  from  any  other  cause;  and  the  judge  who  makes  his 
success  in  the  discharge  of  his  multitudinous  duties  is  a  man  of  well-rounded  character, 
finely  balanced  in  intellect  and  of  splendid  intellectual  attainments.  That  Judge  Lewis  is 
regarded  as  such  a  jurist  is  a  uniformly  accepted  fact.  The  respect  entertained  for  him  is 
indicated  in  the  fact  that  prior  to  his  service  upon  the  bench  upon  the  advice  of  the  supreme 
court  the  governor  appointed  him  to  edit  the  Arizona  legal  reports  and  all  the  volumes  from 
No.  2  to  No.  10  are  his  work.  He  is  now  practicing  in  partnership  with  Thomas  Armstrong, 
Jr.,  under  the  style  of  Armstrong  &  Lewis,  this  being  one  of  the  prominent  legal  firms  of 
Arizona. 

On  the  17th  of  February,  1902,  Judge  Lewis  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ethel  May 
Orme,  of  Phoenix,  and  they  have  three  children,  Orme,  Sylvia  MacLane  and  Robert  Porter. 
Judge  Lewis  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  connected  with  the  blue  lodge,  chapter, 
commandery  and  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  and  his  family  attend  St.  John's  Episcopal  church 
and  are  prominent  in  the  social  circles  of  the  city,  the  hospitality  of  the  best  homes  being 
freely  accorded  them.  Judge  Lewis  has  wisely  used  the  time  and  talents  with  which  nature 
endowed  him,  with  the  result  that  his  advancement  has  been  continuous  and  he  is  publicly 
regarded  as  the  peer  of  Arizona's  ablest  legists  and  jurists. 


GEORGE  P.  SAMPSON,  M.  D. 

Dr.  George  P.  Sampson,  discharging  his  professional  duties  with  a  sense  of  conscientious 
obligation  because  of  his  thorough  understanding  of  the  responsibilities  which  devolve  upon 
him  as  a  physician  and  su,rgeon,  has  won  for  himself  a  foremost  place  in  the  ranks  of  the 
medical  fraternity  in  his  section  of  Arizona.  He  has  practiced  successfully  in  Winslow 
since  1899,  and  the  public  has  attested  its  faith  in  his  skill  and  ability  by  according  him  a 
liberal  patronage. 

The  Doctor  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  in  1854,  and  acquired  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  province.  Having  determined  to  study  medicine,  he  entered 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  in  1880,  after  which  he  spent  three  years  as  an  army  surgeon  in  Wyoming.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  he  came  to  Arizona  as  physician  for  the  Navajo  Indians  and  then  engaged 
in  private  practice  in  Colorado  for  some  time,  returning  to  Arizona  in  1899  and  settling 
in  Winslow,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  has  gained  recognition  as  one  of  the  able  and 
successful  physicians  and  surgeons  there  and  by  his  labors,  his  high  professional  attain- 
ments and  his  sterling  characteristics  has  justified  the  respect  and  confidence  in  which  he 


22  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

is  held  by  the  medical  fraternity  and  the  local  public.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Railway 
Hospital  Association  and  consulting  surgeon  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  American  Medical  Association  and  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society.  He  has  been 
very  active  along  lines  of  public  service,  doing  all  in  his  power  to  promote  the  developraeut 
and  growth  of  the  city  in  which  he  resides,  and  as  superintendent  of  the  county  board  of 
liealth  did  practical,  farsighted  and  beneficial  work  for  a  number  of  years. 

In  1880  Dr.  Sampson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nellie  Coffin,  of  Leavenworth, 
Kansas,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons.  Fraternally  Dr.  Sampson  ia 
affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given 
to  the  democratic  party.  He  was  instrumental  in  getting  the  high-school  built  and  opened 
in  Winslow  in  1910.  The  cause  of  prohibition  has  found  in  him  a  most  active  worker,  his 
being  one  of  the  few  counties  in  Arizona  to  go  dry,  and  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  central 
county  committee  of  his  party.  He  has  always  taken  a  very  prominent  part  in  politics  and 
never  withholds  his  support  from  any  enterprise  which  he  believes  will  prove  of  public 
benefit.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought  of  his  profession,  continually 
broadening  his  knowledge  through  individual  research  and  investigation  until  his  ability 
places  him  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  medical  fraternity  in  Winslow.  He  enjoys  a  large 
patronage,  is  a  progressive  citizen  and  one  whose  jiosition  in  the  community  is  enviable, 
.as  the  expression  of  public  opinion  regarding  him  is  altogether  favorable. 

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CHARLES  ALTON  OVERLOOK. 

Arizona  owes  to  Charles  Alton  Overlock  the  foundation,  organization  and  business  and 
civic  development  of  one  city,  many  years  of  labor  ia  the  advancement  of  important  busi- 
ness enterprises  throughout  the  state  and  from  1909  to  1914  able  and  conspicuously  efficient 
service  in  the  office  of  United  States  marshal.  A  spirit  of  enterprise  and  initiative  has 
marked  his  activities  during  the  thirty-four  years  of  his  residence  in  Arizona,  and  he  is 
a  man  whose  worth  as  a  citizen  and  as  an  official  is  widely  and  gratefully  acknowledged. 

Mr.  Overlock  was  born  September  20,  1859,  in  Bangor,  Maine,  and  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  In  1877,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  went  to  Boston 
and  there  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  followed  in  that  city  for  four  years, 
ftoing  to  Portland,  Oregon,  in  1881.  He  worked  at  his  trade  there  for  one  year,  coming  to 
Arizona  in  1882  and  engaging  in  carpentering  in  Tombstone.  In  1883  he  abandoned  this 
occupation  in  favor  of  the  cattle  business,  running  his  stock  on  a  range  in  the  Sulphur 
Spring  valley,  twenty-five  miles  southeast  of  Tombstone.  In  1893  he  established  himself 
in  the  retail  butcher  business,  conducting  a  large  enterprise,  which  in  1896  he  sold.  He 
then  went  to  Bisbee  and  there  remained  until  1900,  when  he  disposed  of  al)  his  business 
interests  and  located  the  town  site  of  Douglas,  building  the  first  house  and  developing  the 
first  water  in  the  community.  After  the  preliminary  work  was  completed  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  advancement  of  commercial,  industrial  and  general  business  interests  in  the 
city,  he  himself  organizing  in  1901  the  Douglas  Lumber  Company  and  conducting  it  along 
lines  of  progress  and  expansion  for  a  number  of  years.  It  was  about  this  time  that  he  also 
secured  a  postoffice  for  Douglas,  becoming  the  first  postmaster,  and  after  the  incorporation 
of  the  city  was  made  mayor.  It  is  seldom  that  any  community  owes  so  much  to  the  brains, 
energy  and  aggressiveness  of  a  single  individual,  for  Mr.  Overlock  literally  founded  the 
town  and  forced  its  progress  along  material,  educational  and  political  lines.  In  1907  he  dis- 
posed of  the  business  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Douglas  Lumber  Company  and  with 
his  son  Harry  started  a  real-estate  and  brokerage  enterprise,  which  by  his  business  ability 
and  well  directed  eflforts  he  made  a  prosperous  and  profitable  concern.  In  1909  Mr.  Over- 
lock  left  the  city  which  he  organized,  having  been  appointed  by  President  Taft  United 
States  marshal  for  the  territory  of  Arizona,  with  residence  in  Tucson.  When  the  territory 
was  admitted  to  the  Union  in  1912  the  federal  officials  serving  as  United  States  marshal 
and  United  States  attorney  had  to  be  reappointed,  but  Mr.  Overlock  received  no  opposi- 
tion. HLs  last  appointment  dates  from  May  1,  1912,  and  he  served  until  February,  1914, 
'lischarging  his  duties  ably  and  to  the  general  satisfaction. 


CHARLES  A.  OVERLOCK 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  25 

A  review  of  Mr.  Overlook's  career  would  be  incomplete  without  mention  of  his  close 
connection  with  mining  interests  in  the  state  and  the  work  he  has  done  in  the  promotion 
of  this  important  industry  in  Arizona.  He  has  been  identified  with  raining  for  twenty 
years  and  has  been  connected  during  that  time  with  some  valuable  enterprises,  holding  very 
rich  mining  property  at  the  present  time.  He  is  president  of  the 'Progressive  Mining  Com- 
pany, operating  in  the  Oro  Blanco  district,  and  about  1901  sold  a  mine  which  he  o~wned  in 
Bisbee  for  eighty  thousand  dollars.  This,  however,  does  not  complete  the  list  of  his  busi- 
ness interests,  for  journalism  in  Arizona  counts  him  among  her  prominent  representatives: 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bisbee  Review,  a  daily  paper,  and  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Tucson  Citizen,  in  which  he  is  still  interested  as  a  stockholder.  In  1915  he  erected 
at  the  comer  of  Fifteenth  street  and  G  avenue  in  Douglas  a  business  block  in  which  he 
and  his  son  Lowell  are  now  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  feed  business.  All  of  his  business 
interests  are  capably  conducted,  for  Mr.  Overlock  possesses  the  true  organizing  and  initia- 
tive power,  a  faculty  for  coordinating  forces  and  a  determination  which  carries  forward  to 
successful  completion  whatever  he  undertakes.  Southern  Arizona  has  profited  along  many 
lines  by  his  able  work  and  numbers  him  today  among  the  greatest  of  the  promoters  of  her 
more  advanced  civilization. 

At  Tombstone,  Arizona,  February  21,  1885,  Mr.  Overlook  married  Miss  Anna  Drisooll 
and  to  them  were  born  three  sons.  Harry  E.  married  Miss  Nellie  Farrell,  of  Harshaw, 
Arizona,  and  is  now  in  the  United  States  customs  service  at  Douglas.  Alton  M.  is  a  mer- 
chant of  Douglas.  Lowell  W.  attended  Cornell  University  and  is  now  engaged  in  the 
grocery  and  feed  business  with  his  father  at  Douglas. 

Mr.  Overlook  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  a  Shriner  and  also  belongs  to  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  having  many  friends  in  fraternal  and  social  circles 
throughout  the  city.  In  an  analyzation  pf  his  career  it  will  be  seen  that  hard  work  and 
persistency  of  purpose  have  been  salient  features  in  his  career  and  form  the  basis  of  his 
present  success.  He  is  a  typical  man  of  the  age — alert  and  enterprising  and  with  marked 
fertility  of  resource — and  he  is  leaving  the  impress  of  his  individuality  upon  the  history 
of  Arizona's  growth  and  improvement. 


R.   R.   BAILEY. 


R.  R.  Bailey  is  one  of  the'  well  known  and  prominent  real-estate  and  investment 
men  of  Phoenix.  He  was  born  in  Herman,  Nebraska,  in  1882,  and  after  acquiring  a  public 
school  education  entered  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  from  which  he  was  graduated.  He 
then  turned  his  attention  to  real-estate  interests  in  connection  with  the  Lund  Land  Com- 
pany of  Minneapolis,  with  which  he  remained  for  five  years.  He  was  afterward  on  the  corn 
exchange  in  Minneapolis  for  one  year,  and  during  his  operation  in  the  real-estate  field  before 
coming  to  Arizona  he  handled  Mexican  lands  on  an  extensive  scale.  In  March,  1912,  the 
Roosevelt  Irrigated  Land  Company  was  organized  with  Mr.  Bailey  as  the  president  and 
H.  T.  Weldon  as  secretary  and  treasurer.  They  conducted  a  general  land  and  real-estate 
business,  specializing  in  handling  farm  and  fruit  lands.  Prior  to  the  organization  of  the 
present  company  the  firm  of  Bailoy  &  Weldon  handled  the  Chandler  lands  ifl  the  Salt  River 
valley.  In  one  year  the  Roosevelt  Irrigated  Land  Company  has  sold  property  to  the  value 
of  about  two  million  dollars.  They  had  agents  all  over  the  United  States,  being  represented 
by  between  forty  and  fifty  men,  with  two  hundred  subagents.  In  this  way  the  property 
was  introduced  to  the  public  in  all  sections  of  the  country,  the  interests,  the  resources  and 
the  possibilities  of  Arizona,  and  especially  of  the  Salt  River  valley,  being  exploited  and  the 
development  of  the  state  being  greatly  enhanced  thereby.  In  1913  the  Roosevelt  Irrigated 
Land  Company  was  absorbed  by  the  Arizona  Securities  &  Investment  Company,  which  was 
organized  in  1913,  and  of  which  Mr.  Bailey  was  one  of  the  officers  and  general  manager 
until  January,  1915.  He  still  continues  in  the  general  real-estate  and  investment  business 
and  he  also  improves  raw  land  for  sale.  He  likewise  owns  ranch  property  which  he  is 
developing,  now  farming  about  seventeen  hundred  acres. 

In  Toledo,  Ohio,  Mr.  Bailey  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nell  Alice  Causey.  He 
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26  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a  man  of  social,  genial  nature 
who  gains  friends  wherever  he  goes.  His  extensive  operations  in  real  estate  have  made  him 
widely  known  in  various  sections  of  the  country,  especially  throughout  the  west,  and  he 
has  a  circle  of  friends  almost  coextensive  with  the  circle  of  his  acquaintance. 


COLONEL  EPES  RANDOLPH. 

The  following  short  rfisumg  of  the  professional  career  of  Colonel  Epes  Randolph  is 
published  in  this,  the  history  of  events  and  of  the  men  who  have  made  the  events  in 
Arizona,  from  1540  to  1915,  without  monetary  remuneration  whatsoever.  The  records  of 
men  and  women  appearing  herein  are  of  those,  each  of  whom  is  or  has  been  an  integral  part 
of  the  history  of  Arizona  and  necessarily  should  appear  in  order  to  make  a  complete  history. 

Colonel  Randolph  was  born  in  Lunenburg  county,  Virginia,  and  is  a  son  of  William 
Eston  and  Sarah  Lavinia  (Epes)  Randolph,  both  natives  of  that  state,  the  father  born  in 
Clarke  county  and  the  mother  in  Lunenburg  county.  Colonel  Randolph  began  his  con- 
nection with  railroading  in  1876  and  had  various  identifications  tliroughout  the  south  until 
1885,  working  in  the  interests  of  the  Alabama  Great  Southern,  the  Cliesapeake,  Ohio  &  South- 
western and  the  Kentucky  Central  Railways,  his  field  of  operation  embracing  the  states  of 
Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Georgia  and  Texas  and  parts  of  the  republic 
of  Mexico.     He  served  as  assistant,  locating,  resident  and  division  engineer. 

In  1885  Colonel  Randolph  was  appointed  chief  engineer  of  the  Kentucky  Central  Rail- 
road, with  headquarters  at  Covington,  Kentuck)',  and  he  served  at  the  same  time  as  chief 
engineer  of  the  Cincinnati  Elevated  Railway,  Transfer  &  Bridge  Company.  For  the  latter 
concern  he  constructed  a  double  track  railway,  highway  and  footway  bridge,  with  elevated 
approaches,  across  the  Ohio  river,  connecting  the  town  of  Covington  with  the  city  of 
Cincinnati,  and  as  an  employe  of  the  Kentucky  Central  he  had  charge  of  all  maintenance, 
construction  and  reconstruction  work.  Early  in  the  year  1890,  tlie  Ohio  river  bridge  having 
been  succssfully  completed  and  the  Kentucky  Central  road  sold  to  the  Louisville  &  Nashville 
Company,  Colonel  Randolph  was  transferred  to  Lexington  and  made  chief  engineer  and 
superintendent  of  the  Newport  News  &  Mississippi  Valley  Company,  the  Ohio  &  Big  Sandy 
Railroad  Company  and  the  Kentucky  &  South  Atlantic  Railroad  Company,  all  Huntington 
properties.  He  served  these  railways  until  the  summer,  of  1891,  when  he  was  sent  to 
Louisville  and  made  chief  engineer  and  general  superintendent  of  the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  & 
Southwestern  and  the  Ohio  Valley  Railway  Companies,  these  also  being  Huntington  proper- 
ties. He  remained  in  this  office  until  about  the  middle  of  the  year  1894  and  was  then  com- 
pelled to  resign  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  spent  one  year  afterward  in  the  west,  doing 
no  work  of  any  kind  with  the  exception  of  giving  professional  advice  to  such  companies  as 
he  was  then  serving  as  consulting  engineer. 

In  addition  to  the  railway  connections  above  outlined.  Colonel  Randolph  engaged  in 
general  practice  as  a  consulting  engineer  from  1885  to  1895,  serving  in  that  capacity  various 
railway  companies  and  municipalities.  His  work  at  this  time  was  chiefly  bridge  construc- 
tion, foundation  and  superstructure,  and  among  other  engineering  projects  of  importance 
he  designed  and  supervised  the  construction  and  erection  of  a  bridge  across  the  Ohio  river, 
connecting  Louisville,  Kentucky,  with  Jeff'ersonville,  Indiana.  Tlie  company  which  had 
charge  of  the  operations  was  a  local  one,  known  as  the  East  End  Improvement  Company, 
but  the  bridge  upon  its  completion  was  sold  to  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  and  tlie  Big  Four 
Railroad  Companies.  In  August,  1895,  Mr.  Randolph  returned  to  railway  work  as  superin- 
tendent for  the  Southern  Pacific  Company,  with  charge  of  all  of  its  lines  in  Arizona  and 
New  Mexico  and  with  headquarters  at  Tucson.  He  held  this  important  position  until 
August,  1901,  when  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  to  accept  the  position  of  vice 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Los  Angeles  Railway  Company  and  the  Pacific  Electric 
Railway  Company.  He  remained  there  three  years,  locating,  building  and  operating  during 
that  time  some  seven  hundred  miles  of  electric  lines. 

In  the  fall  of  1904  Colonel  Randolph  returned  to  Tucson  as  president  of  the  Gila  Valley, 
Globe  &  Northern  Railway  Company  and  also  of  the  Maricopa  &  Phoenix  and   Salt  River 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  27 

Valley  Railroad  Company,  in  Arizona.  He  accepted  the  same  position  also  in  the  Cananca, 
Yaqui  River  &  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  in  Mexico,  all  of  tliese  concerns  being  Harrinian 
jnoperties.  In  June,  1909,  the  Cananea,  Yaqui  River  &  Pacific  was  absorbed  by  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  of  Mexico  and  Colonel  Randolpli  was  made  vice  president  and 
ireneral  manager.  In  February,  1910,  the  Gila  Valley,  Globe  &  Northern  Railway  Company 
and  the  Maricopa  &  Phoenix  and  the  Salt  River  Valley  Railroad  Company  were  merged  into 
one  concern,  under  the  name  of  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  with  the  Colonel 
as  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  this  line  also.  In  October,  1911,  he  was  elected 
president  of  both  companies,  positions  whicli  he  still  holds.  He  is  also  interested  in  tlio 
Consoliilated  National  Bank  of  Tucson  and  in  1905  was  elected  president  of  the  California 
Development  Companj',  controlling  a  large  irrigation  project  in  tlie  Colorado  desert  in  the 
state  of  California,  and  in  Lower  California  in  the  republic  of  Mexico.  Ti.e  concern  now 
irrigates  some  three  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  acres  of  land  and  wlien  all  of  its  worlc  is 
completed  will  have  six  hundred  thousand  acres  under  irrigation.  Tlie  handling  of  this 
vast  enterprise  involved  the  closing  of  a  crevasse  and  the  turning  of  the  waters  of  the 
Colorado  river  back  into  their  original  channel  after  they  had  flowed  Into  Salton  Sink  for 
two  years  and  created  there  a  lake  forty  miles  in  length  by  fifteen  miles  in  width,  witli  a 
maximum  depth  of  one  hundred  feet.  The  Colorado  river  at  the  point  of  the  crevasse  is 
one  lumdred  and  twenty  feet  above  sea  level;  the  bottom  of  Salton  basin  two  luindred  and 
eighty-five  feet  below  sea  level.  Colonel  Randolph  still  holds  the  office  of  president  of  the 
California  Development  Company. 

In  January,  1886,  while  a  resident  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Colonel  Randolph  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Eleanor  Taylor,  of  Winchester,  Kentucky.  His  work  has  been  im|)ortant 
in  the  history  of  Arizona's  advancement  and  growth,  for  it  has  closely  touched  those  projects 
and  enterprises  upon  which  the  stability  of  the  commonwealth  rests  to  a  great  extent. 


JXiDGE  A.   C.  BAKER. 


Judge  A.  C.  Baker,  ex-chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona  and  now  success- 
fully engaged  in  the  private  practice  of  law  in  Plioenix,  with  his  son  as  a  partner,  was 
born  February  15,  1845,  in  Girard,  Russell  county,  Alabama.  His  father,  the  Hon.  Benjamin 
H.  Baker,  who  was  a  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  Sixth  Alabama  Rifles  during  the  Civil  war, 
died  in  1804.  In  the  private  schools  of  the  south,  Judge  Baker  pursued  his  education  and 
supplemented  his  literary  training  by  preparation  for  the  bar,  being  admitted  to  practice 
at  Tuskegee,  Alabama,  in  1868.  He  opened  an  ofTice  at  Crawford,  tliat  state,  where  he 
remained  for  three  years  and  then  removed  to  the  Pacific  coast,  settling  at  San  Diego,  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  continued  his  professional  activities  until  1876.  The  following  year  was 
spent  in  Los  Angeles,  after  which  he  resided  in  San  Francisco  for  three  years. 

Since  1879  he  has  been  numbered  among  the  leading  citizens  of  Phoenix  and  has  ever 
maintained  a  foremost  position  as  a  representative  of  the  legal  profession  in  the  capital 
city.  He  practiced  alone  for  several  years,  enjoying  a  constantly  increasing  clientage  and 
then  in  1887  became  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Baker  and  Bennett.  A  large  general 
practice  was  soon  established,  connecting  him  with  much  of  tlie  important  fitigation  held 
in  the  courts.  In  the  meantime,  from  1882  until  1884,  Judge  Baker  had  served  as  district 
attorney  and  for  four  years  was  city  attorney,  while  for  a  like  period  he  was  assistant 
United  States  attorney.  His  fame  as  an  able  lawyer  spread,  and  in  1893  President  Cleve- 
land appointed  him  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona.  He  proved  himself  the 
peer  of  the  able  members  who  have  sat  upon  the  bench  of  the  court  of  last  resort  in  this 
state.  The  successful  lawyer  and  the  competent  judge  nuist  be  a  man  of  well  balanced 
intellect,  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  law  and  practice,  of  comprehensive  general  infornui- 
tion,  possessed  of  an  analytical  mind  and  a  self-control  that  will  enable  him  to  lose  his 
individuality,  his  personal  feelings,  his  prejudices  and  his  peculiarities  of  disposition  in  the 
dignity,  impartiality  and  equity  of  the  office  to  which  life,  property,  riglit  and  liberty  nuist 
look  for  protection.  Possessing  these  qualities.  Judge  Baker  justly  nu'rited  tlie  high  honor 
wliich  was  conferred  upon  him  by  his  elevation  to  the  supreme  court.     Since  his  retirement 


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from  the  bench  he  has  given  his  attention  to  the  private  jjractice  of  law  and  has  admitted 
his  son  to  a  partnership. 

In  Yuma,  Arizona,  Judge  Baker  married  Miss  Mary  Jesus  Alexander,  a  daughter  of 
H.  N.  Alexander,  attorney  for  the  Southern  Pacific  railroad.  The  children  of  this  marriage 
are  Mary,  Alexander  and  Robert.  Judge  Baker's  appointment  under  the  democratic  admin- 
istration indicates  his  political  preference.  His  genial  disposition  and  social  qualities  have 
made  him  popular,  and,  professionally  and  personally  prominent,  he  ranks  with  tlie  dis- 
tinguished men  of  the  state  who  have  given  to  the  citizenship  of  Arizona  its  high  standard. 


ALLEN  DOYLE. 


One  of  the  well  known  resdents  of  Flagstaff  is  Allen  Doyle,  a  pioneer  settler  of'  the 
state  who  penetrated  into  this  region  when  the  various  forts  were  manned  by  state  soldiers 
who  were  forced  to  protect  American  interests  from  the  depredations  and  hostility  of  the 
red  men.  He  has  known  every  phase  of  frontier  life  and  is  still  today  connected  with 
the  wilder  parts  of  the  country  in  that  he  is  acting  as  guide  to  tourists  who  desire  to  visit 
the  broad  open  plains  and  the  various  beauty  spots  wliich  are  nature's  handiwork  in  the 
southwest. 

Mr.  Doyle  was  born  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  in  1850,  and  was  only  five  years  of  age  when 
left  an  orphan.  There  were  two  sons  in  the  family,  his  brother  being  now  deceased,  while 
the  tliree  daughters  are  living.  Upon  the  death  of  his  parents  Allen  Doyle  went  to  Cleve- 
land to  live  with  an  uncle,  who  in  turn  sent  him  to  a  family  by  the  name  of  Sidley,  living 
on  a  farm  about  forty  miles  from  Cleveland.  His  educational  opportunities  were  exceedingly 
limited,  for  his  services  were  demanded  in  various  kinds  of  work.  He  remained  with  the 
Sidley  family  until  he  reached  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  when  he  started  westward, 
traveling  by  way  of  Chicago  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  which  was  then  the  railroad  terminus. 
He  was  transferred  to  Omaha  by  the  WcUs-Fargo  six-horse  team  ferry  across  the  Missouri 
river.  He  eventually  reached  North  Platte,  Nebraska,  where  ended  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road. He  entered  the  employ  of  Caseman  Brothers,  who  had  a  railroad  contract  and  did 
teaming  for  them  until  the  road  was  completed  in  May,  1869.  He  afterward  went  to 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  by  wagon  train,  and  in  July  of  the  same  year  started  for  Arizona, 
traveling  by  stage  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  and  his  companions  were  informed  that 
the  Indians  were  very  hostile  in  the  region  between  Denver  and  Santa  Fe,  and  that  the 
contemplated  trip  across  the  country  would  be  impossible. 

Because  of  this  information  Mr.  Doyle  returned  to  Cheyenne,  where  he  entered  the 
employ  of  J.  W.  Illiff,  then  known  as  the  cattle  king  of  the  northwest.  He  continued  in 
that  connection,  until  1870,  when  he  again  started  south,  largely  earning  his  living  by 
hunting  buffalo  and  selling  the  hides.  In  company  with  four  others  he  started  out  with 
horses  and  wagons  but  later  traded  the  horses  for  one  yoke  of  oxen  at  Las  Animus,  Colo- 
rado, and  in  Trinidad  bought  another  yoke  of  oxen,  which  in  Santa  Fe  were  traded  for 
burros.  At  that  place  the  travelers  were  warned  to  proceed  only  by  night,  as  the  Mexicans 
on  the  border  were  in  the  liabit  of  killing  and  plundering  everybody  and  then  laying  the 
blame  on  tlie  Indians.  The  trip  was  a  very  hard  one  from  Rio  Grande  to  Camp  Verde,  a 
distance  of  four  liundred  miles,  during  which  they  never  saw  a  white  man.  When  they 
arrived  at  Camp  Verde  they  were  out  of  provisions  and  Mr.  Doyle  went  to  the  commander 
of  the  fort  wlio  would  hardly  believe  that  a  party  of  five  men  had  been  able  to  travel 
through  that  dangerous  country  without  being  molested  by  Indians  until  he  learned  that 
they  liad  traveled  mostly  by  night.  In  those  days  tlie  troops  were  brought  in  from  the 
Pacific  coast  to  the  different  forts.  They  were  shipped  by  ocean  steamers  to  the  mouth  of 
the  Colorado  river  and  there  transferred  to  river  boats  and  landed  at  Fort  Yuma  and 
Ehrenberg,  Arizona.  Tlioy  then  marched  across  the  desert  to  the  <lifferent  forts  in  the 
interior.  They  were  given  five  days'  rations  from  the  commander  of  the  fort,  after  which 
they  proceeded  to  Fort  Wliipple  and  later  to  their  destination — Prescott. 

In  Prescott  Mr.  Doyle  was  employed  as  a  miner  in  the  War  Eagle  mine  owned  by 
Jackson  Brothers  but  later  left  that  position  to  engage  in  teaming  with  pack  trains  and 


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eventually  he-  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business.  He  drove  three  hundred  head  of 
cattle  from  Presoott  to  the  mountains  south  of  Flagstaft',  where  he  arrived  about  1881. 
Kventually  he  disposed  of  his  cattle  and  of  late  years  has  become  known  as  one  of  the 
most  reliable  guides  of  the  southwest,  taking  tourists  on  extended  trips  through  the  wild 
country  surrounding  Flagstaff  and  the  Grand  Canyon.  It  is  a  most  beautiful,  picturesque 
country  from  the  old  homes  of  the  prehistoric  cliff  dwellers  to  the  various  points  of  the 
desert  and  other  most  inte^-esting  sections  of  the  southwest. 

In  1876  Mr.  Doyle  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Allen  of  Prescott,  her  father,  John  Allen, 
having  been  a  rancher  of  Nebraska  and  of  Kansas.  Three  children  have  been  born  of  this 
marriage:  Burton,  who  is  employed  by  the  Flagstaff  Lumber  Company;  Lee,  who  is  with 
the  firm  of  Babbitt  Brothers;  and  Lena,  at  home. 

The  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  Mr.  Doyle  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  and  his  family  occupy  an  attractive  home  and  it 
is  most  hospitable.  As  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  the  state  he  is  largely  familiar  with  its 
history.  He  is  acquainted  with  every  phase  of  Indian  life  and  the  life  of  the  ranchman, 
together  with  the  settlement  of  the  frontier  and  has  lived  to  see  a  wonderful  development 
throughout  this  section  of  the  country.  He  is  extremely  modest  but  when  he  can  be 
prevailed  upon  to  talk  himself,  he  relates  most  interesting  incidents  of  the  early  days 
and  of  experiences  which  form  the  preliminary  chapters  of  Arizona's  history. 

One  of  Mr.  Doyle's  most  trying  experiences  happened  when  he  was  a  teamster  in  the 
employ  of  Caseman  Brothers.  At  that  time  there  was  no  law  in  the  country  and  the  men 
often  took  the  law  into  their  own  hands,  as  the  following  will  show.  One  of  the  team- 
sters, after  having  visited  the  local  whiskey  tent  too  often,  amused  himself  by  shooting 
at  the  others  to  see  how  close  he  could  shoot  without  hitting  them.  While  he  did  not  kill 
anyone,  the  others,  who  were  one  hundred  in  number,  decided  to  hang  him.  As  there  were 
no  trees  on  the  desert,  they  raised  the  tongue  of  a  wagon,  and  having  overpowered  the 
man,  told  him  what  they  intended  to  do.  He  immediately  sobered  up  and  tried  to  per- 
suade them  that,  having  killed  nobody,  the  punishment  was  too  severe.  His  pleadings, 
however,  were  not  heeded  by  the  mob,  but  before  they  could  accomplish  the  hanging  one 
big  teamster  drew  both  his  guns  and,  standing  by  the  side  of  the  doomed  man,  told  the 
mob  that  he  would  oppose  the  hanging  with  his  life.  Gradually  twelve  others  came  to 
his  assistance,  including  Mr.  Doyle,  and  they  finally  persuaded  the  others  to  let  the  man 
go,  providing  he  left  camp  and  never  returned.  To  accomplish  this  in  the  face  of  one 
hundred  enraged  men  took  nerve  and  coolness. 


CHARLES    OAKMAN    ELLIS. 

Charles  Oakman  Ellis,  now  serving  as  mayor  of  Douglas,  and  holding  a  prominent 
and  important  position  in  financial  circles  as  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Douglas,  was  born  in 
Marinette,  Wisconsin,  November  23,  1873.  He  is  a  son  of  Charles  J.  and  Martha  J. 
(Oakes)  Ellis,  both  natives  of  Maine.  In  their  family  were  four  children:  Frances,  the 
wife  of  George  0.  Fowler,  of  Delavan,  Wisconsin;  Charles  Oakman,  of  this  review;  Sydney 
C,  of  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin;   and  Howard  C,  of  Chicago. 

Cliarles  0.  Ellis  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Marinette  and 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  learned  bookkeeping,  an  occupation  in  which  he  engaged  until 
he  was  twenty-one.  At  that  time  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Prescott,  where  he 
began  his  banking  career,  becoming  identified  with  the  Prescott  National  Bank.  He  proved 
alert,  enterprising  and  resourceful  and  made  rapid  progress  through  the  various  depart- 
ments of  banking,  resigning  after  seven  years  as  assistant  cashier.  Coming  to  Douglas 
in  1903,  he  organized  the  Bank  of  Douglas  and  was  elected  its  cashier,  a  position  which  he 
has  since  held.  The  other  officers  are:  J.  S.  Douglas,  president;  W.  H.  Brophy,  vice  presi- 
dent; and  F.  H.  Fisher  and  E.  C.  Piper,  assistant  cashiers.  The  institution  was  organized 
with  a  capital  stock  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  which  was  increased  to  thirty-five 
thousand  in  1904;  to  fifty  thousand  in  1906;  and  to  one  hundred  thousand  in  1915.  Mr. 
Ellis  is  one  of  the  leading  factors  in  its  continued  growth  and  development,  and  his  power 


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ill  tinancial  circles  is  ever  increasing.  He  is  also  a  director  of  tlie  Douglas  Investment 
Company.  His  business  judgment  has  come  to  be  highly  regarded,  for  lie  understands 
the  banking  business  in  principle  and  detail  and  is  a  progressive,  shrewd  and  larsighted 
financier. 

Jlr.  Ellis  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Charlotte  Wheeler,  a  native  of  Mississippi  and 
a  daughter  of  James  A.  and  Margaret  (Price)  \\'lieelcr,  both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ellis 
have  one  daughter,  JIargaret,  who  was  born  in  1907. 

Mr.  Ellis  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  he  is  now  acceptably  serving 
as  mayor  of  Douglas,  being  elected  on  the  platform  of  the  Good  Government  I-eague  in 
1914.  His  religious  views  are  in  accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He 
has  to  a  great  extent  coniined  his  attention  to  the  affairs  of  the  bank,  working  early  and 
late  for  its  upbuilding  and  development  and  nuiking  it  one  of  the  strong  financial  institu- 
tions in  the  state.  To  him  Douglas  owes  the  foundation  and  growth  of  a  concern  wliich 
is  an  important  element  in  its  wealth  and  its  iinancial  activity  and  is  glad  to  pay  the  debt 
in  widespread  lionor,  esteem  and  goodwill. 


B.  A.  PACKARD. 


B.  A.  Packard,  who  is  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Bisbee,  and  is  conduct- 
ing a  large  cattle  ranch  in  Mexico,  has  become  one  of  the  representative  business  men  of 
Cochise  county.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  for  more  than  thirty-five  years,  during 
which  time  he  has  been  identified  with  tlie  mining  and  ranching  interests  of  Cochise  county. 
In  the  development  of  his  undertakings  he  has  followed  well  defined  plans  of  action,  achiev- 
ing the  success  that  generally  rewards  capably  organized  methods  when  intelligently  and 
systematically  exercised. 

Mr.  Packard  is  a  native  of  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  his  birth  liaving  occurred 
in  Portville  in  1847.  His  father  was  a  fanner  and  lumberman  of  the  Empire  state,  where 
he  and  the  mother  passed  their  entire  lives.  They  both  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age,  as  did  the 
paternal  grandmother,  who  had  passed  the  Inindred  and  seventh  anniversary  of  lier  birth 
when  she  died.  She  was  the  mother  of  thirteen  children,  all  of  whom  lived  to  attain  matur- 
ity, and  five  of  her  sons  fought  for  the  Union  cause  during  the  Rebellion. 

An  only  child,  B.  A.  J'ackard  was  reared  at  home  and  given  better  advantage  than  fell 
to  the  lot  of  the  average  youth  of  that  period.  He  continued  to  reside  in  New  York  state 
until  1880,  when  he  came  to  the  southwest  and  on  March  36  of  that  year  located  in  Tomb- 
stone. When  he  first  came  to  Arizona  he  identified  himself  with  mining  interests,  and 
for  two  years  owned  and  operated  the  Stonewall  silver  mine.  At  the  expiration  of  that 
time  he  disposed  of  it  and,  investing  the  ])roceods  in  a' ranch,  turned  his  attention  to  the 
Battle  business,  which  he  has  ever  since  followed.  His  principal  interests  are  now  in  Mexico, 
where  he  owns  a  hundred  thousaiid  acres  of  land,  on  which  he  is  ranging  seven  thousand 
cattle.  He  also  owns  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  highly  improved  and  cultivated 
land  at  Tempe,  this  state,  which  is  stocked  with  registered  Hereford  cattle.  He  has  one  of 
the  finest  residence  properties  in  Douglas  and  is  a  heavy  stockholder  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Bisbee,  of  which  he  has  been  president  since  1908.  This  institution  was  organized 
in  1900  with  a  capital  stock  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  which  amount  was  increased  to  a 
hundred  thousand  in  May,  1908.  As  its  oflTicials  have  always  been  men  of  recognized  busi- 
ness ability  and  thoroiighly  tested  integrity  the  enterprise  has  thrived  from  the  beginning, 
and  it  is  now  ranked  as  one  of  the  strongest  financial  institutions  in  Arizona.  T.  E.  Pollock 
is  the  present  vice  ])reMident,  while  K.  W.  Graves  holds  the  position  of  cashier. 

'  Mr.  Packard  was  married  in  New  York  in  1879  to  Miss  Ella  Lewis,  a  native  of  that 
■<tate,  wliere  she  passed  away  in  1893.  To  them  were  born  three  children:  Gertrude,  who  is 
the  wife  of  Max  B.  CottrcU,  of  Tempe,  Arizona,  and  has  two  children,  Burdette  M.  and 
Louise  P.;  Ashley  B.,  teller  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Douglas,  who  married  Miss  Rachel 
Williams,  of  Clinton,  New  York;  and  Dorothea,  who  attended  the  Arizona  Musical  School. 
All  of  the  cliildren  received  collegiate  educations  and  are  well  qualified  to  meet  the  responsi- 
bilities and  duties  of  life.     On  the  6th  of  June,  1902,  Mr.  Packard  was  married  to  his  pres- 


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ent  wife,  who  was  in  her  maidenhood  Miss  Charlotte  Wood.  She  is  a  native  of  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  but  was  reared  in  Tucson,  Arizona,  where  she  removed  with  her  parents  in  child- 
hood. 

The  family  attend  the  Episcopal  churcli,  and  his  political  allegiance  Mr.  Packard  accords 
to  the  democratic  party.  He  has  served  for  four  terms  in  tlie  upper  house  of  the  Arizona 
legislature,  most  ably  representing  his  constituency  in  that  body.  Diligent  and  enterpris- 
ing in  matters  of  business  and  as  a  citizen  public-spirited  and  progressive,  Mr.  Packard 
stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  the  people  of  Cochise  county,  among  whom  he  numbers  manjr 
friends  wlio  accord  him  tlie  stanch  loyalty  ever  extended  to  men  of  honorable  purpose  and 
commendable  principles. 

Althougli  nearing  "three  scores  years  and  ten,"  Mr.  Packard's  remarkably  well  pre- 
served pliysical  condition  permits  him  to  retain  the  same  close  supervision  and  management 
of  his  extensive  interests  that  would  be  expected  of  a  man  twenty  years  his  junior,  while 
the  same  alert  mentality  and  ready  grasp  of  affairs  that  have  been  prominent  characteristics 
of  his,  show  no  impairment  whatever.  He  is  one  of  the  few  real  "old  timers"  in  Arizona's 
history  wlio  remains  in  "the  harness." 


JAMES  E.  DRANE,  M.  D. 


Since  June,  1896,  Dr.  .James  E.  Drane  has  been  engaged  in  general  practice  in  Mesa 
as  a  physician  and  surgeon.  He  has  succeeded  in  building  up  an  extensive  and  representative 
patronage  and  enjoj's  a  high  professional  reputation.  The  doctor  was  born  in  Missouri  on 
the  18tli  of  August,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  James  E.  and  Mary  Hart  (Shaw)  Drane,  the 
former  a  farmer  by  occupation. 

Dr.  Drane  attended  the  public  schools  and  later  took  an  academic  course  in  the  Missouri 
Valley  College.  He  took  up  his  professional  studies  in  the  University  Medical  College  of 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1896,  and  in  June  of  that  year, 
made  his  way  to  Mesa,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  been  successful  as  a  physician  and 
surgeon.  His  services  are  in  great  demand  as  he  is  careful  in  his  work.  He  is  seldom  at 
fault  in  diagnosis  and  his  long  experience  permits  him  after  coming  to  a  safe  conclusion 
to  act  decisively  in  the  most  complicated  cases.  His  ability  has  found  recognition  in  the 
size  of  his  practice. 

In  1901  Dr.  Drane  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Edith  K.  Abell  and  to  this  union 
were  born  three  children,  James  Lawrence,  Mary  Jane,  deceased,  and  Jean  Muriel.  The 
Doctor  is  connected  professionally  with  the  county  and  state  medical  societies  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  He  is  well  known  In  fraternal  circles,  being  a  member  of 
the  blue  lodge  of  Masons,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Follows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
In  politics  he  is  a  democrat,  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church. 


M.  J.   BROPHY. 


■  M.  J.  Brophy  is  one  of  the  well  known  citizens  and  business  men  of  Bisbee,  where  he 
has  resided  for  thirty-two  years.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1859,  and  there  passed  his 
boyhood  and  youth,  obtaining  his  education  in  the  national  schools.  He  is  the  eighth  in 
order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  nine,  six  of  whom  are  still  living  and  with  the  exception  of  one 
sister,  who  is  a  resident  of  India,  all  are  citizens  of  the  United  States.  The  parents  died 
in  Ireland  during  the  early  childhood  of  our  subject,  who  was  thus  thrown  upon  his  own 
resources  when  little  more  than  a  lad. 

In  1883,  Mr.  Brophy  took  passage  for  the  United  States,  with  San  Francisco,  California, 
as  his  destination.  He  was  there  employed  in  a  mercantile  house  for  a  year,  and  at  the 
expiration  of  that  time  came  to  Arizona,  first  locating  in  Tombstone.  In  1884  he  removed 
to  Bisbee,  and  for  two  years  thereafter  was  employed  in  the  mines  of  the  Copper  Queen 
Consolidated   Mining  Company.     He   next   was   given   a  clerkship   in  one   of  the   company's 


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stores,  where  he  early  manifested  such  efficiency  and  trustworthiness  that  he  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  assistant  manager,  and  is  now  serving  in  the  capacity  of  manager  of  their 
stores  in  the  Bisbee  district.  Mr.  Brophy  has  worlied  diligently,  judiciously  investing  his 
savings  in  mining  and  realty  interests  in  Arizona,  California  and  New  Mexico,  and  he  owns 
a  fine  residence  on  Oak  avenue,  Bisbee,  as  well  as  other  business  and  residence  property. 

Mr.  Brophy  was  married  in  1901  to  Miss  Sabina  Flanigan,  a  native  of  San  Francisco, 
California,  and  a  daughter  of  Edward  and  Margaret  (Wallace)  Flanigan.  The  father,  who 
was  born  in  Ireland,  came  to  America  with  his  parents  when  a  child  of  four  years.  The 
mother,  however,  is  a  native  of  the  United  States,  but  is  of  Scotch  lineage.  To  them  were 
bom  eight  children,  Mrs.  Brophy  being  the  second  in  order  of  birth,  five  of  whom  are 
living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brophy  have  six  children,  as  follows:  Mary,  Helen,  Anna  Clare, 
Sabina,  Paul  and  James. 

The  parents  are  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  fraternally  Mr. 
Brophy  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  supports  the  republican  party  but 
has  never  aspired  to  official  honors.  He  is  a  man  of  good  judgment,  honorable  methods 
and  commendable  business  principles,  and  such  success  as  has  come  to  him  is  the  result  of 
earnest  effort  and  close  application  and  is  in  every  way  highly  deserved. 


GEORGE  H.  N".  LUHRS. 


George  H.  N.  Luhrs,  proprietor  of  the  Commercial  Hotel  at  Phoenix,  has  been  an  inter- 
ested witness  of  the  growth  and  development  of  Arizona  for  more  than  four  decades.  He 
first  visited  in  1874  and  in  1878  returned  to  Phoenix,  which  was  then  a  town  of  small 
proportions,  typical  of  the  southwest  with  its  adobe  buildings  and  other  evidences  of 
pioneer  settlement.  Since  1886  he  has  been  prominently  known  as  a  hotel  proprietor  at 
the  capital  and  his  business  has  grown  with  the  development  and  improvement  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Luhrs  is  numbered  among  the  worthy  citizens  that  Germany  has  furnished  to 
this  state,  and  since  his  arrival  in  the  new  world  he  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  his 
determination  to  come  to  America,  for  he  has  found  the  opportunities  which  he  sought, 
and  in  their  utilization  has  made  steady  progress  toward  the  goal  of  prosperity.  The  year 
1867  witnessed  his  arrival  in  the  new  world,  at  which  time  he  located  in  California.  He 
was  a  wagonmaker  and  for  a  time  followed  his  trade.  In  1869  he  arrived  in  Arizona, 
settling  at  Wickenburg,  where  he  was  employed  by  a  stage  company,  and  in  1878  he  took 
up  his  abode  permanently  in  Phoenix,  which  he  had  previously  visited  in  1874.  In  1886 
he  built  the  Commercial  Hotel,  a  two-story  building,  part  brick  and  part  adobe  and  opened 
it  for  business.  In  1887  an  addition  was  built,  thus  increasing  the  size  of  the  building 
which  was  originally  forty  by  sixty  feet.  In  1910  another  addition  was  built 'and  still 
later,  in  1911,  additions  were  made,  giving' the  property  its  present  dimensions,  three 
stories  and  occupying  an  entire  quarter  of  a  block.  The  hotel  contains  more  than  One 
hundred  rooms,  and  the  arrangement  is  such  as  to  provide  exceptionally  light  and  com- 
modious rooms,  whose  well  kept  condition  has  always  been  a  feature  of  the  Commercial 
Hotel.  Mr.  Luhrs  has  developed  this  hotel  into  one  of  the  best  known  in  the  state  with 
a  large  and  high  class  patronage. 

In  1883  Mr.  Luhrs  returned  to  Germany  and  the  following  year  was  married  in  his 
native  land  to  Miss  Catharine  Margaret  Dodenhoff.  They  have  become  parents  of  four 
children:  Arthur  Cleveland,  who  is  now  manager  of  the  Commercial  Hotel;  Ella  Louise; 
Emma;  and  George  H.  N.,  Jr. 

Mr.  Luhrs  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  in  whose  principles  he 
firmly  believes.  He  is  a  very  prominent  figure  in  Masonic  circles  in  Phoenix,  holding  mem- 
bership in  the  lodge,  the  Royal  Arch  chapter,  the  Commandery,  the  Scottish  Rite  and  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  was  the  first  man  to  join  the  Blue  Lodge  in  Phoenix  and  served  as 
its  master  in  1883.  He  was  also  the  first  to  join  the  chapter.  At  the  present  writing 
he  is  treasurer  of  the  local  lodge,  the  chapter,  commandery  and  Mystic  Shrine,  is  past 
grand  high  priest  of  the  grand  chapter  of  Arizona  and  is  a  past  grand  commander  of  the 
grand  commandery.     It   will   thus   be  seen   that   his  position   in   Masonic  circles   is   a   very 


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important  one  and  that  his  confreres  reg-ard  him  as  one  of  the  valued  representatives  of 
the  order.  He  has  a  very  wide  acquaintance  with  the  Masons  throughout  the  state  who 
recognize  that  his  life  has  exemplified  the  beneficent  spirit  of  the  craft,  which  is  based  on 
mutual  helpfulness  and  brotherly  kindness. 


J.   M.  MONTANO. 


Varied  business  interests  engage  the  attention  of  J.  M.  Montano,  who  is  one  of  the 
prosperous  and  enterprising  citizens  of  Cochise  county.  He  is  a  native  of  England,  born 
in  1853,  and  is  a  son  of  Publius  and  Mary  Montano.  The  father  was  born  in  England  and 
the  mother  in  Italy.  They  had  six  children  who  attained  maturity  and  of  these  three  sons 
are  still  living,  two  of  whom  make  their  home  in  England,  as  does  also  the  mother,  who 
has  attained  the  venerable  age  of  ninety  years.     The  father  is  deceased. 

The  early  life  of  J.  M.  Montano  was  passed  in  the  parental  home,  his  education 
being  obtained  in  the  national  schools.  In  1875  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  America,  so 
took  passage  for  the  United  States,  first  locating  in  San  Francisco,  California.  He  made 
his  home  in  that  city  for  three  years  and  at  Ihe  expiration  of  that  period  accepted  a  clerk- 
ship in  a  mercantile  store  in  San  Diego.  In  1883  he  became  associated  with  an  Italian  com- 
pany in  the  operation  of  a  wholesale  and  retail  liquor  business  in  Portland,  Oregon,  but 
two  and  a  half  years  later  returned  to  San  Diego,  where  he  resumed  clerking.  His  next 
removal  was  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  at  which  point  he  successfully  conducted  a  general  mer- 
cantile establishment  until  1893,  and  during  that  time  made  some  judicious  investments  in 
property.  Disposing  of  his  store  he  went  on  the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  time, 
following  which  he  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  business  at  Fairbank,  Cochise  county. 
He  was  connected  with  the  commercial  activities  there  for  eight  years  and  at  the  end  of 
that  time  closed  out  his  interests  and  removed  to  Courtland,  where  he  opened  a  wholesale 
and  retail  feed  store  and  also  handled  coal  and  ice.  He  directed  his  business  with  foresight 
and  sagacity,  meeting  with  a  good  measure  of  success,  and  as  the  years  passed  was  able 
to  extend  the  scope  of  his  activities  by  establishing  a  livery  stable  and  transfer  line.  In 
1914  he  removed  to  Tombstone,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  a  similar  enterprise,  doing  the 
largest  business  of  the  kind  in  the  place.  He  is  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in  hay, 
grain  and  coal  and  conducts  a  transfer  line.  He  owns  a  fine  home  at  Los  Angeles  and  other 
valuable  property  in  California. 

Mr.  Montano  was  married  in  1882  to  Miss  Mary  Sherman,  whose  uncle  formerly  owned 
much  of  the  land  on  which  the  city  of  San  Diego,  California,  was  founded.  Her  father 
passed  away  in  Phoenix,  Arizona,  but  is  survived  by  her  mother,  who  now  resides  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  by  three  of  their  six  children.  In  order  of  birth  they  are  as  follows:  Mrs. 
H.  B.  St.  Clair,  of  Phoenix;  Mrs.  Montano;  and  Matt,  who  resides  in  San  Diego.  Of  the  three 
children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Montano  but  one  is  living,  James  T.,  who  resides  in  Los 
Angeles.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge  at  Tomb- 
stone, while  he  has  taken  some  of  the  degrees  in  the  Scottish  Rite  at  Los  Angeles. 

In  religious  faith  the  family  are  Episcopalians  and  politically  Mr.  Montano  supports  the 
republican  party.  He  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  casting  his  lot  in  the  United  States 
as  he  has  here  found  the  opportunity  he  sought  and  is  numbered  among  the  substantial 
citizens  and  prosperous  business  men  of  his  community. 


LEWIS   T.   CARPENTER. 


Although  one  of  the  more  recent  additions  to  the  legal  circles  of  Arizona,  such  was  the 
reputation  which  Lewis  T.  Carpenter  had  previously  won  in  his  practice  in  Texas  that  he 
had  not  long  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  before  he  was  appointed  to  the  responsible  position 
of  assistant  attorney  general.  He  was  born  in  Savannah,  Tennessee,  in  1872,  and  is  a  rep- 
resentative of  old  southern  families,  his  parents  being  T.  W.  and  Ellen   (Dickson)  Carpenter, 


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36  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

who  wore  also  natives  of  Tennessee.  In  the  paternal  line  he  comes  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry, 
the  family,  liowever,  being  founded  in  America  in  17T6,  while  the  great-grandfatlier  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  colonists  and  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  T.  W.  Carpenter  was  the 
owner  of  a  plantation  in  Tennessee,  and  on  leaving  that  state  in  1879  he  removed  to  Cor- 
sicana,  Texas,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  which  he  occupied  to  the  time  of  his  death.  His 
widow  still  survives. 

Lewis  T.  Carpenter  supplemented  )iis  early  education  by  a  course  in  Trinity  University 
at  Wa.xahachie,  Texas,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1893.  His  academic 
training  was  followed  by  a  course  in  the  law  department  at  tlie  University  of  Texas,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1895.  He  at  once  entered  upon  the  active  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion and  the  following  year  was  elected  county  attorney  of  Navarro  county,  that  state.  He 
continued  in  active  practice  for  seven  years  and  then  removed  to  Dallas,  Texas,  where  he 
remained  for  eight  years,  securing  a  large  and  distinctively  representative  clientage  that 
connected  him  with  much  of  the  important  litigation  tried  in  the  courts  of  his  district.  In 
August,  1911,  he  came  to  Arizona  and  established  his  home  in  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since 
remained.  Already  he  has  become  an  important  factor  in  shaping  the  interests  of  the  city 
and  the  commonwealth.  His  deep  interest  in  politics  as  a  supporter  of  the  democratic  party 
led  him  to  take  active  part  in  advancing  its  interests  and  in  1913,  after  the  accession  of  the 
democratic  administration,  he  was  appointed  assistant  attorney  general  of  Arizona.  On 
December  24,  1913,  Mr.  Carpenter  was  appointed  collector  of  internal  revenues  in  New 
Mexico  and  Arizona,  resigning  at  that  time  the  position  of  assistant  attorney  general. 

Mr.  Carpenter  has  been  married  twice.  In  March,  1897,  he  wedded  Miss  Callie  Johnson, 
of  Corsicana,  Texas,  who  died  in  August,  1899,  leaving  a  daughter,  Ellen.  For  his  second 
wife  Mr.  Carpenter  chose  Miss  Mary  Templcton,  of  Corsicana.  They  were  married  on  the 
21st  of  November,  1906,  and  have  two  children:  Thomas  and  Mary  Louise.  Mr.  Carpenter 
is  a  Mason  and  also  an  Elk,  and  has  many  friends  in  those  organizations.  His  religious 
belief  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  these  associations  indicate  nuich  of  the  nature 
of  his  principles  and  the  rules  wliieh  govern  his  conduct.  His  life  commends  him  to  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  all  and  his  ability  has  placed  him  in  a  prominent  position  among 
Arizona's  representatives  of  the  bar. 


F.  H.  REDEWILL,  M.  D. 


While  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  in  Phoenix  Dr.  F.  H.  Redewill  is 
specializing  to  a  considerable  extent  in  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  nose  and  throat.  His 
preparation  for  the  profession  was  thorough  and  comprehensive,  for  he  supplemented  hia 
collegiate  training  in  America  by  hospital  practice  and  later  by  study  abroad.  A  native 
of  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  he  was  born  May  29,  1879,  a  son  of  Augustus  and  Nellie  (Clark) 
Redewill.  The  father  was  associated  with  public  business  in  connection  with  Bancroft. 
The  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Anson  Clark,  a  prominent  Nevada  pioneer,  who  owned  the 
iron  works  and  smelter  at  Nevada  City.  Entering  into  active  connection  with  the  piano 
trade  Augustus  Redewill  became  one  of  the  best  known  salesmen  of  the  west  and  event\ially 
establi.she<l   a  music  house   in   Phoenix,  which   is  today  the  oldest  and  largest   in  the   city. 

Dr.  Redewill  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  in  the  University  of  California, 
from  which  he  won  the  Bachelor  of  Science  degree  upon  graduation  with  the  class  of  1902. 
He  afterward  attended  the  Johns  Hopkins  University  as  a  student  in  the  nu'dieal  depart- 
ment and  completed  his  course  there  by  graduation  with  the  class  of  1906.  He  then  put 
his  theoretical  knowledge  to  practical  test  in  actual  experience  in  the  Roosevelt  Hospital 
at  New  York  city,  remaining  in  that  institution  for  a  year.  He  subsequently  spent  a 
year  in  study  in  (iermany,  gaining  intimate  knowledge  of  the  advanced  methods  of  scien- 
tific practice  of  some  of  the  most  distinguished  physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  old  world. 

On  returning  to  this  country.  Dr.  Redewill  practiced  for  a  brief  period  in  New  York 
city,  but  in  1908  went  to  Phoenix  and  for  a  year  thereafter  followed  his  profession  as  a 
partner  of  Dr.  Wiley.  While  he  follows  general  practice,  he  specializes  largely  in  surgery 
and  in  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  nose  and  throat.     He  has  studied  along  those  particu- 


DR.  r.  H.  REDEWILL 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  39 

lar  lines,  developing  skill  and  ability  that  enables  him  to  successfully  cope  with  the  intri- 
cate problems  that  continually  confront  the  physician.  Anything  that  tends  to  bring  to 
man  the  key  to  the  complex  mystery  which  we  call  life  receives  his  earnest  consideration 
and  his  reading  ims  been  broad  and  varied. 

On  the  18th  of  April,  ISll,  Dr.  Redewill  was  married  in  Paris,  France,  to  Miss  Helene 
Munn,  a  talented  friend  of  his  sister.  She  was  born  in  Bowling  Green,  Ohio,  a  daughter 
of  Edward  and  Martha  (Simon)  Munn.  Her  father,  now  deceased,  was  prominent  in  politi- 
cal circles  in  Ohio,  and  was  a  large  landowner  and  banker  of  that  state.  The  daughter 
at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was  studying  voice  and  piano  in  Taris.  She  is  also  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  State  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  and  of  the  School  of  Music,  and  she 
speaks  five  different  languages.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Redewill  have  two  children,  Martha  Lavina 
and  Francis  Hamilton,  Jr. 

The  parents  are  very  prominent  in  the  social  circles  of  the  city  and  Dr.  Redewill  is 
well  known  as  a  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge  and  of  the  alumni  association  of  Johns  Hop- 
kins University.  He  also  belongs  to  the  National  Geographic  Association  and  in  strictly 
professional  lines  is  connected  with  the  Maricopa  county  and  Arizona  State  and  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Associations  and  the  National  Association  for  the  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis. 
He  thus  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  work  being  done  by  representative  mem-^ 
bers  of  the  profession  and  in  his  practice  is  accomplishing  excellent  results. 


JOHN  TOWNER. 


The  enterprising  town  of  Naco  owes  a  groat  deal  of  its  progress,  growth  and  present 
prosperity  to  Jolin  Towner,  who  lived  upon  the  town  site  before  the  lirst  house  was  built 
in  the  community  and  who  has  been  an  active  factor  in  the  development  of  representative 
business  interests  since  that  time.  Having  lived  in  Arizona  since  1894,  he  is  familiar  with 
many  phases  of  its  growth,  for  his  residence  here  has  covered  a  period  of  evolution  which 
is  important  in  the  history  of  the  state. 

He  was  born  in  Livingston  county,  Illinois,  and  when  he  was  still  very  young  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Olathe,  Kansas.  There  tlie  father  engaged  in  farming  for  many 
years,  dying  in  1910.  The  mother  still  makes  her  home  on  the  farm  in  Olathe.  In  their 
family  were  eleven  children:  Ephraim,  living  in  Olathe,  who  is  married  and  has  six  children; 
Rhoda,  the  wife  of  William  Furry,  of  Olathe,  Kansas;  John,  of  this  review;  Warren,  of 
Tyrone,  Oklahoma;  Henry,  of  Idaho;  William,  of  Missouri;  Frank,  who  resides  in  Okla- 
homa; Nora,  who  lives  with  her  mother;  Loren,  a  resident  of  California;  and  Nathan  and 
Benjamin,  both  of  whom  live  in  Oklahoma. 

In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  John  Towner  attended  public  school  in  Kansas, 
laying  aside  his  books  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  After  two  years  he  went  to  western 
Kansas  and  there  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  upon  which,  after  proving 
his  title,  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business.  One  of  the  most  important  branches  of  his 
activity  at  this  time  was  the  capturing  of  the  wild  horses  which  roamed  upoji  the  prairies, 
and  in  this  he  was  fairly  successful.  He  divided  his  "attention  between  stock-raising  and 
general  farming,  developing  his  land  along  progressive  lines  and  meeting  with  a  gratifying 
measure  of  prosperity  until  his  crops  were  destroyed  by  the  drouglit.  This  was  so  injurious 
to  his  business  interests  that  he  sold  his  land  in  Kansas  and  went  to  New  Mexico,  settling 
in  Albuquerque,  where  he  engaged  in  selling  cattle  for  three  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time 
he  turned  his  attention  to  contracting  and  freighting  between  Fort  Thomas  and  Globe, 
hauling  the  first  load  of  freight  from  Naco  to  Nacosari.  For  a  time  he  was  also  interested 
in  railroad  work,  but  in  1894  he  left  New  Mexico  and  went  to  Fort  Thomas,  having  made 
his  home  in  Arizona  since  that  time.  He  moved  to  Naco  before  the  first  town  surveys  were 
made  and  began  freighting  into  Mexico  on  a  one  hundred  mile  trip  to  Nacosari.  This  busi- 
ness engaged  his  attention  for  two  years  and  when  he  abandoned  it  he  went  to  Cananea, 
Mexico,  where  for  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  freighting.  Later  he  helped  to  build  the  forty 
mile  cut-off  between  Lewis  Springs  and  Forrest  by  way  of  Naco.  He  returned  to  this  city 
after  a  short  time  and  did  other  important  railroad  work.     Since  1906  he  has  been  water 


40  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

distributor  in  Naco,  furnishing  all  the  water  consumed  in  the  city.  In  1914  he  embarked 
in  the  general  merchandise  business  and  was  appointed  postmaster  in  that  year  to  serve 
four  years. 

Mr.  Towner  was  married,  in  August,  1892,  to  Miss  Ettie  Wintermute,  a  native  of 
Kansas  and  a  daughter  of  Cicero  and  Missouri  A.  (Hays)  Wintermute.  Her  father  engaged 
in  ranching  for  many  years,  but  has  now  retired  from  active  life,  and  he  and  his  wife 
make  their  home  in  Olathe,  Kansas.  In  their  family  were  three  children:  Frank,  who 
lives  in  Oregon;  Ettie,  twin  to  Frank  and  the  wife  of  Mr.  Towner;  and  Myrtle,  who  mar- 
ried G.  H.  Sloan,  of  Olathe,  Kansas.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Towner  have  one  son,  Jesse  W. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Towner  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  having  belonged  to  that 
organization  for  twenty-five  years.  He  is  connected  also  with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  His  political  adherence  is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  and  he  is  an  active 
and  stalwart  worker  in  its  ranks,  having  been  for  three  years  a  member  of  the  democratic 
central  committee.  He  is  alert  and  enterprising,  possessing  the  progressive  spirit  of  the 
west,  accomplishing  in  business  circles  what  he  unrffertakes  and,  therefore,  occupying  a  high 
place  in  the  esteem  and  regard  of  his  associates. 


SAMUEL  L.  KINGAN. 


Samuel  L.  Kingan,  one  of  the  most  able  and  successful  attorneys  in  Tucson,  was 
born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  November  8,  1857,  and  his  parents,  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Mathews)  Kingan,  were  likewise  natives  of  the  Keystone  ^ate.  His  grandfather,  John 
Kingan,  located  in  Pittsburgh  in  1796,  having  come  to  this  country  from  western  Scotland. 
The  family  is  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry.  The  subject  of  this  review  acquired  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  city  and  later  entered  the  law  department 
of  the  University  of  Michigan.  For  several  years  after  his  admission  to  tlie  bar  he  was 
engaged  in  the  law  book  business. 

Mr.  Kingan  came  to  Tucson  in  1900  and  opened  an  office  here,  winning  success  rapidly 
as  his  ability  became  known.  He  engages  in  general  practice  and  his  broad  understanding 
of  the  principles  of  civil  and  common  law  well  qualify  him  for  the  conduct  of  important 
litigated  interests.  Each  year  of  his  residence  here  has  added  to  his  prominence  in  profes- 
sional circles,  and  the  force  of  his  ability  and  legal  acumen  led  to  his  selection  as  one  of  the 
five  members  from  Pima  county  who  served  in  the  constitutional  convention  which  drew 
up  the  state  constitution  under  which  Arizona  was  admitted  to  the  Union. 

Mr.  Kingan  was  married  in  1889  to  Miss  Mary  Tucker,  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  they 
have  one  daughter,  Mary.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason.  In  the  city  where  they 
reside  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kingan  have  gained  a  wide  and  favorable  acquaintance  and  are  highly 
esteemed  and  respected  by  their  many  friends. 


ALFRED  PAUL. 


Alfred  Paul  is  one  of  the  enterprising  citizens  and  extensive  property  owners  of  Douglas, 
toward  the  progress  and  development  of  which  he  has  contributed  by  his  enthusiastic 
cooperation  in  all  public  movements  inaugurated  for  the  betterment  of  the  community. 
He  is  one  of  the  diligent  and  highly  desirable  citizens  Germany  has  furnished  the  south- 
west, but  despite  his  European  birth  and  parentage  is  thoroughly  American  in  his  ideas. 
His  natal  year  was  1878,  and  he  is  the  only  child  born  to  Alfred  and  Alhertine  Paul. 
About  1880,  the  family  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  first  locating  in  Colorado  City, 
Texas.  After  a  brief  residence  there  they  removed  to  Kingston,  New  Mexico,  where  the 
father  followed  mining  for  two  years.  From  there  he  went  to  Silver  City,  New  Mexico, 
and  after  working  in  the  mines  near  Pinos  Altos  for  a  time  he  removed  to  Bisbee,  Arizona, 
in  1885,  where  he  was  employed  in  the  mines  for  some  years  and  then  went  to  Madagascar. 
The  mother  is  now  deceased,  having  passed  away  on  the  38th  of  January,  1911. 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  41 

As  he  was  a  child  of  only  two  years  when  he  aecorapanied  his  parents  on  their  removal 
to  the  United  States,  Alfred  Paul  has  passed  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Arizona.  His 
early  advantages  were  very  meager  and  when  little  more  than  a  child  he  became  self- 
dependent.  He  worked  his  way  through  school  as  best  he  could,  acquiring  but  a  limited 
education,  but  he  is  a  close  observer  and  In  the  school  of  experience  won  the  knowledge 
that  ranks  him  with  the  representative  business  men  of  the  community.  In  1891,  at  the 
tender  age  of  thirteen  years,  he  became  a  wage  earner,-  his  first  employment  being  in  the 
mines  of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company  at  Bisbee,  where  he  worked  for 
eighteen  months.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  in  1893,  he  went  to  Park  City,  Utah,  and  for 
six  months  thereafter  worked  in  the  mines  of  the  Anchor  Mining  Company,  operated  by 
Keith  &  Kem.  He  was  next  employed  for  a  short  time  in  the  Bullion  Beck  silver  mines  at 
Eureka,  Utah,  following  which  he  worked  for  a  year  in  the  electric  copper  refinery  at  Ana- 
conda, Montana.  From  there  he  went  to  Idaho  and  worked  in  the  Frisco  mine  for  fifteen 
■months,  and  then  came  to  Globe,  Arizona,  where  for  a  time  he  was  employed  in  one  of  the 
Copper  Queen  mines.  Having  accumulated  a  small  capital  he  subsequently  returned  to 
Bisbee  and  engaged  in  mercantile  business  but  at  the  end  of  eight  months  disposed  of  his 
store  and  once  more  went  to  work  in  the  Copper  Queen  mines.  Later  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company,  holding  the  position  of  foreman  for 
two  years  while  in  their  service.  In  1900  he  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  a 
portion  of  which  now  forms  the  present  site  of  the  town  of  Douglas.  After  the  founding 
of  the  town  he  platted  and  subdivided  his  tract,  meeting  with  success  in  the  sale  of  his 
land.  He  still  has  extensive  realty  interests  here  and  is  a  stockholder  in  many  of  the  public 
utilities,  including  the  gas  and  electric  light  plants  and  the  street  ear  line.  He  is  one  of 
the  prominent  stock  dealers  and  ranchers  of  Cochise  county  and  personally  owns  a  sixteen- 
thousand-acre  ranch  nine  miles  east  of  Douglas,  his  brand  being  the  T6.  He  is  also  interested 
in  large  ranching  properties  in  Sonora,  Mexico.  He  has  an  interest  in  the  Gadsden  Hotel  and 
in  various  mining  companies  in  Cochise  county,  and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Bank  of  Douglas. 
Mr.  Paul  is  a  man  of  practical  ideas  and  good  judgment  in  matters  of  business,  as  is  evidenced 
by  the  success  he  has  attained  in  the  development  of  his  Interests. 

On  the  5th  of  June,  1902,  Mr.  Paul  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mabel  Swain,  a 
native  of  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  a  daughter  of  Judge  George  W.  and  Martha  Swain. 
She  is  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  eight  children  and  was  reared  and  educated 
in  her  native  city,  being  graduated  from  the  high  school  with  the  class  of  1899.  Her  father, 
who  passed  away  in  1911,  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Tombstone,  where  he  located  in  1877, 
having  crossed  the  plains  with  an  ox  team.  He  was  one  of  the  early  representatives  of 
the  legal  profession  in  that  city,  where  during  the  pioneer  days  he  held  the  ofiice  of  district 
prosecuting  attorney.  Mrs.  Swain  is  still  living  as  are  five  of  their  children.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Paul  have  been  born  two  children:  Winifred  A.,  who  was  born  in  March,  1903,  and 
is  now  attending  school;  and  Alfred  Ray,  born  on  the  12th  of  October,  1908. 

The  family  are  affiliated  with  the  Episcopal  church,  and  fraternally  Mr.  Paul  is  con- 
nected with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Masonic  order.  He  votes  the 
democratic  ticket  but  does  not  figure  prominently  in  local  politics,  although  he  takes  an 
active  interest  in  all  municipal  aifairs  and  is  one  of  the  public- spirited  and  progressive 
citizens  of  the  town.  Mr.  Paul  has  worked  hard  from  early  youth  and  well  merits  the 
success  which  has  come  to  him,  largely  as  the  result  of  his  foresight  and  sagacity  as  well 
as  his  intelligently  directed  activities. 


AUGUSTUS  HAIGLER. 


Augustus  Haigler,  a  well  known  real-estate  dealer  and  prominent  business  man  of 
Bisbee,  has  lived  in  Arizona  since  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  but  was  born  in  North  Caro- 
lina in  1872.  His  parents  were  Felix  and  Sallie  (Sanderson)  Haigler,  also  natives  of  Xorth 
Carolina  and  of  German  descent.     He  is  the  only  child  born  to  their  union. 

Mr.  Haigler  was  reared  upon  his  father's  farm,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  district 
and   public   schools   of   North   Carolina.     At   the   age   of   sixteen  he   began   his   independent 


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career,  working  at  various  occupations  for  two  years,  after  which  he  went  to  Washington, 
and  remained  in  that  state  for  one  year.  He  went  from  there  to  California  and  after  a 
short  time  came  to  Arizona,  arriving  in  this  state  when  he  was  twenty  years  of  ago.  He 
settled  in  Phoenix  and  for  eight  years  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Phoeiii.x  Bakery,  coming  to 
Bisbee  at  the  end  of  that  time  as  a  clerk.  He  later  turned  his  attention  to  mercantile 
interests  and  subsequently  embarked  in  the  real-estate  and  insurance  business.  He  has 
since  handled  a  large  amount  of  iJioperty  both  for  himself  and  friends  and  is  today  the 
owner  of  a  number  of  residences  in  Bisbee,  from  which  he  derives  a  good  income.  He  has 
a  just  comprehension  of  land  values  and  has  so  conducted  his  business  as  to  make  it  profit- 
able not  only  to  himself  -but  also  to  his  clients.  Mr.  Haigler  organized  the  Realty  Board 
of  Bisbee  and  was  elected  its  first  president,  still  retaining  his  connection  with  that  organ- 
ization. He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Bisbee  and  in  many 
other  ways  has  been  prominently  identified  with  projects  for  the  improvement  and  advance- 
ment of  the  city. 

In  October,  1903,  Mr.  Haigler  married  Miss  Freda  V.  Mosher,  a  native  of  California 
and  a  daughter  of  J.  E.  and  Evelyn  (Matthews)  Mosher,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York 
and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  After  their  marriage  the  parents  crossed  the  plains  to  California, 
arriving  in  Santa  Maria  in  the  early  '50s  and  maintaining  their  residence  in  that  city  to  the 
present  time.     The  father  is  living  retired. 

Mr.  Haigler  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  is  liberal  in  his 
views,  supporting  men  and  measures  without  regard  to  party  affiliations.  He  keeps  well 
informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  and  is  interested  in  everything  that  pertains 
to  local  and  national  development.  His  business  record  also  deserves  commendation,  for 
in  this  field  he  has  displayed  riire  aptitude  and  ability  in  achieving,  results  and  has  at  all 
times  employed  methods  which  will  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny. 


HON.   FREDERlCTv   W.   PERKINS. 

In  1903  Hon.  Frederick  W.  Perkins  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  Flagstaff,  Arizona, 
and  since  December,  1910,  has  been  judge  of  the  superior  court  there,  being  as  able  a  jurist 
as  he  has  been  a  private  practitioner.  .Judge  Perkins  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  in  18.50 
and  with  his  parents  removed  to  Massachusetts  three  years  later,  in  18531  His  father,  who 
was  a  carpenter  and  builder,  made  his  home  with  his  son  Frederick  until  his  death  at  the 
age  of  ninety-three  years.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  George  O.  Perkins,  a 
brother  of  our  subject,  was  also  one  of  those  who  enlisted  in  the  regular  army  during  that 
conflict. 

At  the  age  of  si.Kteen  years  Frederick  W.  Perkins  went  to  Missouri  and  became  deputy 
United  States  clerk  in  Jefferson  C!ity  under  his  uncle,  Adams  Peabo<ly.  Desirous  of  a 
higher  education,  he  afterward  became  a  student  in  the  Missouri  State  University  and  then 
read  law  in  an  office  in  Kansas  City.  After  four  years  of  close  application  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Missouri  in  1876.  Later  he  attended  the  St.  Louis  Law  School  of  Washington 
University,  graduating  in  1880.  He  then  engaged  in  private  practice  in  Missouri,  remaining 
at  Kansas  City  until  1903.  He  became  widely  known  there  as  an  able  practitioner  and  his 
clientele  was  representative  and  extensive.  In  1903  .Judge  Perkins  came  to  Flagstaff  and 
here  he  practiced  until  his  elevation  to  the  superior  bench.  He  has  a  clear,  analytical  mind 
and  quickly  makes  himself  master  of  the  most  intricate  situations.  He  is  deeply  read  and 
well  versed  in  legal  proceedings,  and  there  are  few  lawyers  in  this  state  who  are  his  peers. 
In  December,  1910,  he  was  elected  to  the  distinguished  position  of  judge  of  the  superior 
court  and  has  ever  since  administered  his  office  with  fairness  and  impartiality.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  normal  board  of  education  until  elected  judge. 

On  October  6,  1874,  Judge  Perkins  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Thompson, 
for  years  a  resident  of  Missouri,  but  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  they  have  five  children 
living.  In  his  political  affiliations  the  Judge  is  a  republican.  He  is  prominent  fraternally, 
being  a  Master  Mason,  a  Knight  Templar  and  a  Shriner.  He  is  a  past  master  of  the  blue 
lodge  and  a  member  of  the  grand  lodge.     He  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 


ARIZOXA~THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  43 

Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  On  his  father's  as  well  as  on  his  mother's  side  he  is 
of  Revolutionary  stock  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  He 
and  his  family  alTillate  with  the  Baptist  church. 

Judge  Perkins  has  not  only  been  prominent  in  a  legal  capacity,  but  is  also  largely 
interested  in  the  sheep  business.  Shortly  after  coming  to  this  state  he  promoted  a  financial 
enterprise,  establishing  the  Gosney  &  Perkins  Bank,  which  subsequently  sold  out  to  the 
Citizens  Bank.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Arizona  and  it  is  largely  due  to 
men  of  his  caliber  that  the  state  is  so  rapidly  developing,  for  he  is  thoroughly  imbued  with 
the  enterprising  spirit  of  the  west.  Judge  Perkins  is  an  adornment  to  the  bench  of  Arizona 
and  his  ability  is  greatly  admired  by  men  in  and  out  of  his  profession. 


J.  E.  CROSBY. 


One  of  tlie  most  progressive,  able  and  enterprising  of  the  younger  members  of  the 
Arizona  bar  is  J.  E.  Crosby,  practicing  in  Holbrook,  who  served  in  a  creditable  and  able 
manner  as  county  attorney  of  Navajo  county  for  three  years.  He  was  born  in  Utah,  on 
the  31st  of  March,  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  George  H.  and  Sarah  H.  (Brown)  Crosbj',  the  former 
of  whom  went  to  that  state  with  his  parents  in  1847.  After  he  reached  manhood  he 
engaged  in  contracting  in  Utah  until  1885,  when  he  came  to  Arizona  and  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  ranching.  He  became  well  known  and  prominent  in  public  affairs,  serving  in  the 
territorial  legislature  in  1895  and  doing  a  great  deal  of  constructive,  farsighted  and  able 
work  in  the  advancement  of  community  interests. 

After  acquiring  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Arizona,  J.  E.  Crosby 
attended  the  Agricultural  College  in  Utah  for  two  years,  and  then  began  studj'ing  law, 
graduating  from  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan  on  the  10th  of  June, 
1910.  He  came  immediately  afterward  to  Holbrook,  Arizona,  and  here  his  ability  and 
knowledge  of  law  have  made  him  successful  in  the  conduct  of  a  great  deal  of  important 
litigation.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he  has  served  as  county  attorney  of  Navajo 
county,  to  which  ofEcc  he  was  elected  in  1911  and  served  until  1914  witli  credit  and  distinction. 

Mr.  Crosby  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  and  although  not  a 
politician  in  any  sense  of  the  term,  takes  an  intelligent  and  active  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  the  community,  where  practically  his  entire  life  has  been  spent.  Although  comparatively 
young,  he  is  already  well  known  in  a  profession  where  advancement  comes  only  in  recog- 
nition of  superior  merit  and  ability,  and  he  will  undoubtedly  make  rapid  and  steady  prog- 
ress in  his  chosen  field. 


JACOB   MILLER. 


Jacob  Miller,  who  after  an  active  and  useful  life  now  lives  in  well  earned  retirement 
at  342  North  First  avenue.  Phoenix,  Arizona,  has  for  many  years  been  prominently  con- 
nected with  agricultural  and  live-stock  interest's  of  the  state.  A  native  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  he  was  born  March  15,  1850.  Early  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources 
and  as  a  mere  boy  learned  the  butcher's  trade.  He  heeded  the  call  of  the  west  when  lie 
removed  to  Chicago  in  1866  and  in  1872,  being  attracted  by  the  greater  opportunities  of 
the  enormous  districts  awaiting  development,  he  came  to  Yuma,  Arizona,  before  the  advent 
of  the  railroad.  From  that  place  he  removed  to  Prescott,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade 
for  some  time,  and  was  at  length  enabled  to  establish  himself  in  business  on  his  own 
account  in  partnership  with  Charles  Rogers  and  0.  Allen,  founding  a  meat  market  at 
Prescott.  He  sold  out  in  1876  and  then  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  at  Big  Bug.  Success 
attended  his  efforts  and  being  well  versed  in  all  phases  and  details  connected  with  cattle, 
he  was  able  to  sell  out  in  1909  and  retire  on  a  competence  which  he  had  acquired  tlirough 
years  of  hard  work. 

In   1886  Mr.  Miller  had   bought   two   valuable  ranches   in   the   Salt   River   valley",  lying 


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northwest  of  Phoenix  and  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  and  eighty  acres.  He  devoted 
a  great  deal  of  attention  to  his  realty  holdings,  on  which  he  made  his  home,  and  engaged 
in  farming,  giving  close  attention  to  the  cultivation  of  his  ranches  until  1904,  when  he 
removed  into  Phoenix.  He  now  rents  both  places,  receiving  therefrom  a  gratifying  income, 
and  enjoys  a  well  earned  rest  after  a  long  and  useful  career  to  which  indolence  and  idleness 
have  ever  been  foreign. 

Mr.  Miller  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elsie  Swansen,  and  they  have  four  children: 
William,  Elsie,  Jacob,  Jr.,  and  Ethel.  His  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  the  latter  of  which 
he  is  a  life  member.  Financial  interests  also  connect  him  with  the  National  Bank  of 
Arizona,  on  the  directorate  of  which  institution  he  ably  serves.  A  public-spirited  man, 
interested  in  growth,  development  and  improvement,  he  has  found  time  for  public  service 
and  did  efficient  work  as  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Maricopa  county.  The 
phenomenal  development  of  the  state  of  Arizona  is  largely  due  to  the  labors  of  such  pien 
as  Jacob  Miller,  who  came  here  during  pioneer  times  and,  having  faith  and  confidence  in 
the  future  remained  and  aided  by  their  labors  in  developing  the  resources  of  the  state, 
helping  to  supplant  pioneer  conditions  by  modern  civilization. 


HON.  LEVI  HOWELL  MANNING. 

In  a  quiet,  unostentatious  way,  Hon.  Levi  Howell  Manning  of  Tucson  has  done  much 
toward  progress  and  advancement  in  Arizona,  particularly  for  Tucson  and  its  immediate 
vicinity.  His  work  has  been  of  very  important  character  in  land  reclamation  and  in  pro- 
moting the  mining  industry.  He  served  in  various  official  positions  and  as  mayor  of  Tuc- 
son did  valuable  work  in  stamping  out  gambling. 

Mr.  Manning  was  born  in  Halifax  county,  North  Carolina,  May  18,  1864,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  the  University  of  Mississippi  in  Oxford.  He  came  to  Tucson  from  Mississippi  in 
1884  and  is  therefore  to  be  numbered  among  Arizona's  pioneers.  His  fatlier  is  Hon.  Van  H. 
Manning,  who  for  ten  years  was  a  member  of  congress  from  his  district  in  Mississippi. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  Tucson,  Levi  H.  Manning  took  up  newspaper  work  and  for  a  time 
was  reporter  on  the  Citizen  and  the  Star.  Later  he  entered  upon  a  mining  career  and  also 
handled  real  estate  to  some  extent.  His  mining  operations  not  only  extended  to  several 
districts  of  this  state,  but  he  was  interested  also  in  valuable  properties  in  old  Mexico.  In 
1892,  under  the  administration  of  Grover  Cleveland,  Mr.  Manning  received  the  presidential 
appointment  of  surveyor  general  of  Arizona  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  four  years. 
He  is  one  of  those  men  who  has  ever  stood  for  the  better  things  in  life  and  who  seven 
years  ago  inaugurated  an  active  campaign  in  Tucson  to  stamp  out  gambling,  which  then 
was  openly  pursued  in  the  city.  Mr.  Manning  was  nominated  on  the  anti-gambling  ticket 
and  elected  mayor  by  an  overwhelming  vote.  The  city  council  aided  his  plans  to  stamp 
out  gambling,  and  while  the  territorial  laws  legalized  the  practice,  the  mayor  and  council 
enacted  a  number  of  ordinances  which  were  so  drastic  that  it  made  it  impossible  for  gambling 
liouses  to  further  subsist.  Subsequently  tlie  territorial  legislature  passed  laws  along  the 
Fame  lines  and  a  number  of  other  cities  followed  the  laudable  example  of  Tucson  and  its 
progressive  men.  The  movement  in  that  city  was  an  unpartisan  one  and  was  supported 
by  the  republican  as  well  as  the  democratic  members  of  the  city  council. 

About  eight  years  ago  Mr.  Manning  took  over  the  control  of  the  old  street  car  com- 
pany, which  was  still  using  horse  cars.  He  also  took  over  the  local  gas  and  electric  com- 
panies of  Tucson  and  reorganizing  these  two  corporations,  turned  them  over  to  a  Denver 
syndicate  which  installed  electric  power  for  the  street  railways  and  later  sold  the  street 
car  system  and  the  electric  business  to  the  corporation  which  now  owns  these  two  enter- 
prises. In  1904  Mr.  Manning,  with  Epes  Randolph  and  Charles  M.  Shannon,  of  Clifton, 
Arizona,  built  and  fully  equipped  the  Santa  Rita  Hotel,  which  is  the  most  modern  hostelry 
in  the  southwest.  They  shortly  afterward  sold  the  property  to  L.  J.  F.  Yacger,  who  con- 
tinues as  its  owner.  For  about  ten  years  Mr.  Manning  has  been  actively  engaged  in  devel- 
oping agricultural   districts  in  the  Santa  Cruz  valley  and  has  been  particularly  active  as 


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ARIZONA- 


STATE 


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■'.    vote.     Till  ■-■»■']  aided  his   plans  to  stamp 

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it  imposHible  for  gambling 
lie  passed  laws  along  the 
itieH  followed  the  lauuabli-  example  of  Tucson  aad  its 
'I   that  city  was  iin  unpartiwn  one  and  was   -  ipui'Mfd 
.leraocratic  members  of  the  city  council 
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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  47 

regards  the  water  supply.  He  was  the  owner  of  the  Flowing  Wells  ranch  but  about  a  year 
ago  sold  and  bought  a  ranch  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Tucson  Farms  Company,  which  has 
spent  nearly  one  million  dollars  in  development.  It  is  the  largest  enterprise  ever  attempted 
by  private  individuals  in  southern  Arizona  and  its  inception  is  largely  due  to  the  energy 
and  ability  of  Mr.  Manning  and  his  partners.  These  gentlemen  organized  the  Santa 
Cruz  Reservoir  Company,  which  is  to  impound  all  the  flood  waters  of  Pima  and  Santa  Cruz 
counties.  The  section  afl'ected  extends  about  one  hundred  miles  from  the  Mexican  line  to 
the  north  and  from  east  to  west  is  also  one  hundred  miles,  which  means  that  the  territory 
to  be  improved  is  about  ten  thousand  square  miles.  The  enterprise  was  inaugurated  about 
six  years  ago.  Later  Colonel  W.  C.  Greene,  the  copper  magnate,  joined  the  company  but 
his  death  about  three  years  ago  caused  a  temporary  suspension  of  activities.  Operations, 
however,  have  since  been  resumed  and  the  enterprise  is  nearing  completion.  The  immense 
reservoir  and  the  land  to  be  irrigated  are  situated  about  fifty  miles  northwest  of  Tucson. 
These  are  the  noted  Casa  Grande  lands  which  are  conceded  to  be  the  most  fertile  unoccupied 
lands  in  the  state. 

In  1897  Mr.  Manning  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Gussie  Lovell,  a  daughter  of 
Judge  Lovell.  She  is  a  native  of  San  Jose,  California,  and  both  she  and  her  husband  enter- 
tain hospitably  at  their  beautiful  home,  which  is  one  of  the  show  places  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Manning  represents  a  "big  business"  in  Arizona  but  it  is  that  kind  of  big  business 
which  is  of  advantage  to  the  people  and  to  the  state  at  large.  His  activities  have  been 
productive  of  greatest  good  in  the  state  and  in  his  vast  schemes  he  finds  an  outlet  for  his 
energy  and  an  occupation  for  his  farseeing  brain.  The  work  in  which  he  is  now  engaged 
will  make  possible  the  cultivation  of  many  thousands  of  acres  of  land  and  furnish  homes 
to  many  American  citizens  who  seek  their  fortune  in  this  state.  Arizona  is  therefore 
to  be  congratulated  upon  having  among  its  citizens  a  man  of  the  type  of  Mr.  Manning,  who 
is  entitled  to  be  ranked  with  the  important  builders  of  the  southwest. 


M.   J.   CUNNINGHAM. 


The  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  characteristic  of  the  west  has  been  exemplified 
in  the  career  of  M.  J.  Cunningham,  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bank  of  Bisbee,  of  which 
he  has  been  cashier  ever  since  it  was  founded,  and  a  promoter  and  director  of  various  other 
local  business  activities.  He  was  born  in  California  in  1873  and  has  passed  his  entire  life 
in  the  west,  largely  on  the  frontier. 

When  a  child  of  four  years  Mr.  Cunningham  was  brought  to  Cochise  county  by  an 
aunt,  Nellie  Cashman,  who  has  been  a  pioneer  of  California,  Arizona  and  Nevada,  and  is 
now  in  the  Klondike,  north  of  the  Arctic  circle.  His  early  education  was  acquired  in  the 
common  schools  of  California  and  Arizona,  following  which  he  became  a  student  of  St. 
Michael's  College  at  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  and  was  later  graduated  from  that  institution. 
He  began  his  business  career  in  1890,  and  during  the  succeeding  four  years  held  various 
clerical  positions  with  different  business  institutions.  In  1894  he  returned  to  Bisbee  to 
assume  the  duties  of  cashier  with  The  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company,  remain- 
ing in  their  service  until  1900. 

In  February,  of  that  year,  with  several  other  business  men  of  the  town  he  organized 
the  Bank  of  Bisbee,  the  first  financial  institution  founded  in  the  county.  Mr.  Cunning- 
ham, who  is  one  of  the  largest  stockholders,  has  ever  since  held  the  office  of  cashier,  while 
W.  H.  Brophy  is  president;  and  James  S.  Douglas,  vice  president.  The  bank  is  incorporated 
for  fifty  thousand  dollars,  with  a  surplus  of  the  same  amount  and  undivided  profits  to  the 
amount  of  a  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  As  the  officials  are  all  men  of 
recognized  business  ability  and  conservative  methods,  the  business  of  the  bank  has  developed 
in  a  most  gi-atifying  manner,  and  their  deposits  now  aggregate  a  million  and  a  quarter  dol- 
lars. In  January,  1912,  it  was  found  necessary  to  increase  their  force  and  J.  P.  Connolly 
and  H.  W.  Williams  were  engaged  as  assistant  cashiers.  Mr.  Cunningham  is  a  man  of 
marked  foresight  and  keen  discernment  in  matters  of  business  and  the  success  which  has 
attended  his  efforts  must  be  largely  attributed  to  his  ability  to  recognize  opportunities  not 
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48  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

apparent  to  the  less  perspicacious.  To  the  support  of  this  faculty  he  brings  fine  powers  of 
organization,  as  well  as  initiative  and  assurance  and  absolute  confidence  in  his  own  ability 
to  carry  to  a  successful  issue  that  which  he  undertakes.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  town  of  Douglas  in  1900  and  is  a  director  of  the  Bank  of  Douglas  and  of  the  Douglas 
Investment  Company,  which  owns  the  street  railway,  Gadsden  Hotel,  the  electric  light 
.plant,  the  gas  plant  and  town  site.  He  is  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Bisbee  & 
Xaco  Water  Company.  Mr.  Cunningham  has  directed  his  business  interests  in  a  judicious 
and  capable  manner,  and  is  numbered  among  the  substantial  citizens  of  Bisbee,  where 
he  owns  some  fine  business  and  residence  property,  including  the  beautiful  house  in  which 
he  lives.    He  is  also  a  stockholder  in  various  mining  properties  in  Arizona  and  Mexico. 

In  1900  Mr.  Ciuiiiingham  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  I.  Goodbody,  a  native  of  Waukegan, 
Illinois,  and  a  daughter  of  Frank  and  Jane  Goodbody.  Her  father  crossed  the  plains  to 
California  in  1850  and  engaged  in  prospecting  in  the  gold  fields  of  that  state  for  three 
years.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  again  crossed  the  country  to  Illinois  but  sub- 
sequently returned  to  California,  and  later  came  to  Arizona,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death  in  1906.  Mrs.  Goodbody  survived  him  until  1911.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cunningham 
were  born  sfx  children,  as  follows:  Ellen,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1901;  Mary  Isadore, 
born  in  1903;  Florence,  in  1905;  M.  J.,  ,lr.,  in  1906;  Francis,  in  1909;  and  William,  in 
1911.     Mrs.  Cunningham  died  December  24,  1912. 

Mr.  Cunningham  is  a  Roman  Catholic  and  is  rearing  his  children  in  that  faith.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Klks  and 
has  held  the  office  of  district  deputy  in  the  last  named  organization.  His  political  support 
he  gives  to  the  democratic  party  and  he  has  been  chairman  of  the  county  central  committee. 
He  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  enter- 
prising and  public-spirited  business  men  of  the  community.  He  applies  himself  untiringly 
to  anything  he  undertakes  and  has  unlimited  confidence  in  the  future  of  Arizona,  toward 
the  progress  and  development  of  which  he  is  contributing  his  quota  through  the  capable 
management  of  his  private  interests  no  less  than  by  his  stanch  support  of  all  worthy  enter- 
prises or  commendable  public  movements. 


CAPTAIN  JOHN  CAMPBELL  GREENWAY. 

The  prosperity  of  any  community,  town  or  city  depends  upon  its  commercial  activity, 
its  industrial  interests  and  its  trade  relations  and  to  an  even  more  important  extent  upon 
the  men  who  are  high  in  official  service  as  representatives  of  great  business  corporations. 
Such-  a  man  is  John  Campbell  Greenway,  general  manager  of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining 
Company  at  Warren  and  one  of  the  greatest  individual  forces  in  the  expansion  of  this  con- 
cern. He  holds  the  rank  of  captain  by  reason  of  actual  service  in  Cuba  in  1898  and  is 
entitled  to  that  honor  and  distinction  which  is  due  to  all  soldiers  of  the  Spanish-American 
war.  Nor  is  he  without  influence  in  local  and  national  political  circles  and  is  justly  accounted 
one  of  the  prominent  and   leading  men   in   Arizona. 

The  Captain  was  born  in  Huntsville,  Alabama,  July  G,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  Gilbert 
Cliristian  and  Alice  (White)  Greenway.  He  is  descended  from  a  notable  line  of  southerners, 
his  father  and  grandfather  having  been  soldiers  in  the  Confederate  army  and  otherwise 
prominent  in  the  public  life  of  the  south.  Isaac  Shelby,  the  first  governor  of  Kentucky, 
and  Captain  John  Campbell,  of  King's  Mountain  fame,  are  two  members  of  this  family 
whose  names  stand  out  conspicuously  in  the  history  of  colonial  times. 

Captain  (irconway  ranks  today  with  the  world's  greatest  mine  managers.  He  had 
excellent  educational  advantages  and  to  this  he  added  practical  experience,  which  has 
fitted  him  for  his  present  place  in  the  mining  industry.  Ho  was  graduated  from  the  Epis- 
copal high  school  at  Alexandria,  Virginia,  and  afterward  entered  Andover  Academy  at 
Andover,  Massachusetts.  After  completing  the  course  there  he  attended  the  Univefeity 
of  Virginia  and  from  that  institution  went  to  Vale  University,  where  he 
received  his  technical  training.  P"rom  the  beginning  of  his  freshman  yciw  he  was 
a   conspicuous    figure    in    Yale,   having   been    chosen    a    member    of   the    university    football 


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.ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  49 

team.  He  played  right  end  on  the  famous  MeCormick  and  Hinkey  football  elevens  of 
1892  and  1893  and  was  catcher  for  the  famous  "Dutch"  Carter  on  the  'varsity  baseball 
nines  of  those  years — an  athletic  career  which  forms  part  of  the  history  of  the  university. 
During  his  four  years  he  took  a  prominent  and  important  part  in  community  life,  being 
voted  president  of  his  class  and  also  the  most  popular  man  in  the  university.  He  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  and  upon  leaving  Yale  sought  to  learn  the  practical 
side  of  the  steel  business,  beginning  at  the  bottom  round  of  the  ladder.  His  first  employ- 
ment was  as  helper  in  the  Duquesne  furnaces  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  where  he 
worked  for  a  dollar  and  thirty-two  cents  per  day,  winning  advancement  finally  to  the  post 
of  foreman  of  the  mechanical  department. 

Jli-.  Greenway  was  thus  engaged  when  war  was  declared  with  Spain  in  1898  and, 
leaving  his  work,  he  hastened  alone  to  San  Antonio,  Texas,  where  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  the  famous  Rough  Rider  Regiment,  of  which  Theodore  Roosevelt  was  colonel.  He  served 
throughout  the  war  with  his  regiment  and,  brief  as  was  the  conflict,  was  twice  promoted, 
on  one  occasion  for  his  "bravery  and  gallantry  in  action."  He  was  made  second  lieutenant 
and  at  the  battle  of  San  Juan  Hill  was  advanced  to  first  lieutenant  because  of  the  extra- 
ordinary courage  displayed  by  him  in  that  historic  engagement.  He  was  also  recommended 
to  congress  by  Colonel  Roosevelt  for  the  brevet  Of  captain.  In  his  history  of  the  "Rough 
Riders"  Colonel  Roosevelt  paid  a  splendid  tribute  to  Captain  Greenway,  referring  to  him 
as  "A  strapping  fellow,  entirely  fearless,  modest  and  quiet,  with  the  ability  to  take  care 
of  the  men  under  him  so  as  to  bring  them  to  the  highest  point  of  soldierly  iierfection, 
to  be  counted  upon  with  absolute  certainty  in  every  emergency;  not  only  doing  his  duty, 
but  always  on  the  watch  to  find  some  new  duty  which  he  could  construe  to  be  his,  ready 
to  respond  with  eagerness  to  the  slightest  suggestion  of  doing  something,  whether  it  was 
dangerous  or  merely  difficult  and  laborious." 

Returning  from  Cuba  with  a  splendid  Avar  record,  Captain  Greenway  reentered  the 
steel  business  and  after  a  year  was  appointed  assistant  superintendent  of  the  United  States 
Steel  Corporation's  mines  at  Ishpeming,  Michigan.  His  work  in  this  connection  was  of  such 
high  character  that  when  the  corporation  purchased  from  James  .J.  Hill  tlie  Great  Xorthern 
iron  ore  lease  on  the  Mcsaba  range  in  northern  Minnesota  he  was  chosen  for  tlio  post  of 
general  superintendent.  This  was  one  of  the  most  extensive  mining  operations  ever  launched 
by  this  great  corporation  and  Captain  Greenway's  able  conduct  of  it  was  a  personal  triumph 
almost  as  celebrated  as  the  famous  Hill  ore  lands  themselves.  Going  to  the  range  in  the 
late  summer  of  190G,  he  located  the  town  of  Coleraine  on  the  shore  of  a  picturesque  lake 
and  began  work  immediately.  His  entire  stay  in  that  region  was  characterized  by  a  per- 
fection of  organization,  in  which  regard  for  the  hundreds  of  men  who  worked  luider  him 
was  combined  with  a  strict  discipline  which  made  the  enterprise  one  of  the  great  industrial 
successes  of  this  generation.  In  addition  to  the  actual  work  of  superintending  the  operation 
of  the  plant  Captain  Greenway  also  served  as  monitor  of  the  town  and  its  people.  He 
encouraged  home-building,  governed  the  place  with  an  iron  hand  in  the  matter  of  gambling 
and  other  forms  of  dissipation  and  in  addition  caused  the  installation  of  various  utilities 
and  numerous  public  conveniences.  These  latter  included  a  library,  a  perfectly-equipped 
hospital,  a  school  building  costing  seventy-five  thousand  dollars,  an  athletic  field  and 
extensive  parks.  His  other  public  services  included  the  inducing  of  the  Steel  Corporations  to 
install  the  sewer,  water  and  light  systems  of  the  town  without  expense  to  the  employes.  A 
writer  in  "The  World  Today,"  referring  to  him  and  his  work  on  the  Mesaba  range,  char- 
acterized him  thus:  "A  man  of  exemplary  habits,  who  inhibits  dissipation  by  example; 
a  tireless  worker,  this  man  who  does  things  is  of  that  new  type  of  Americans  who  can 
serve .  corporations  and  at  the  same  time  serve  their  day  and  generation." 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  work  in  the  Mesaba  region  Captain  Greenway,  in  1910, 
accepted  the  appointment  of  general  manager  of  the  mining  operations  of  the  Calumet  & 
Arizona  Mining  Company  of  Bisbee,  a  connection  which  he  still  retains.  His  offices  are 
located  at  Warren,  a  suburb  of  Bisbee,  and  in  the  handling  of  the  afl'airs  of  the  company 
he  has  displayed  the  same  talent  for  effective  organization  and  telling  results  which  dis- 
tinguished him  in  his  previous  work.  The  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company,  although 
still  a  very  young  institution,  is  one  of  the  largest  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  southwestern 
America,  ranking  as  the  tenth  largest  copper  producer  in  the  world.     It  has  the  distinction  of 


50  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE    . 

being  the  only  large  copper  company  in  Arizona  whicli  does  not  operate  its  own  stores  and 
railroads,  considering  it  a  fair  policy  to  leave  such  side  issues  to  others.  The  company  has 
recently  built  the  most  modern  smelter  in  the  world,  at  Douglas,  for  tlie  purpose  of  caring 
for  the  increasing  tonnage  of  Bisbee  ores.  Under  Captain  Greenway's  aggressive  management 
the  company  acquired  a  large  low  grade  copper  property  forty-four  miles  south  of  Gila 
Bend,  Arizona.  A  railroad  is  in  course  of  construction  from  Gila  Bend  to  the  mines,  and 
the  erection  of  a  four  thousand  ton  leaching  plant  will  be  started  early  in  1916. 

In  addition  to  Ills  professional  work  Captain  Greenway  has  taken  an  active  personal 
interest  in  public  affairs,  and,  while  he  has  never  been  a  seeker  for  public  office,  has  been 
a  steadfast  supporter  of  Colonel  Roosevelt  in  political  matters.  The  two  men  became  close 
personal  friends  during  their  army  days  and  tlie  tie  between  them  has  lasted,  growing 
steadily  stronger  through  the  years.  Tlie  Captain  was  one  of  the  sponsors  of  the  national 
progressive  party  and  was  one  of  tlie  self-constituted  committee  which  brought  that  party 
into  being  by  inviting  and  escorting  Colonel  Roosevelt  to  the  progressive  national  con- 
vention, held  in  Orchestra  Hall  in  Chicago,  in  June,  1912.  He  was  appointed  by  his  party 
as  presidential  elector  of  the  state  of  Arizona,  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  regents  of 
the  State  University,  is  president  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Arizona,  was  president 
of  the  Warren  District  Country  Club,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. His  interests  are  varied  but  forceful  and  effective,  his  knowledge  broad,  his  ability 
commanding,  and  he  stands  today  among  the  real  builders  and  promoters  of  the  state  of 
Arizona. 


JOHN  J.  SWEENEY. 


For  more  tluui  a  third  of  a  century  John  J.  Sweeney  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona, 
coming  to  the  territory  in  1881.  Twelve  years  later  ho  entered  into  active  connection  with 
banking  interests  and  in  that  field  of  labor  has  constantly  worked  his  way  upward  until 
responsible  and  arduous  duties  now  devolve  upon  him  as  assistant  cashier  of  the  National 
Bank  of  Arizona.  He  was  born  in  Australia,  May  15,  1859,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and 
Katherine  Sweeney,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland  and  the  latter  of  France.  They  came 
to  America  in  early  life  and  were  married  in  Boston,  where  the  father  carried  on  mer- 
cantile pursuits,  as  he  did  in  other  cities  of  this  country  and  also  of  other  lands.  Leaving 
the  United  States,  he  went  with  his  family  to  Australia,  but  in  18C0  returned  to  the  new 
world,  arriving  at  San  Francisco  after  five  months  spent  upon  a  sailing  vessel.  About 
two  years  were  passed  on  the  Tacific  coast  and  they  removed  to  New  Y'ork  in  18G7,  con- 
tinuing residents  of  the  eastern  metropolis  until  1876,  when  they  returned  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  Mr.  iSwecney  was  connected  with  the  Nevada  Bank  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

John  J.  Sweeney  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  various  removals  during  the  period 
of  his  minority,  so  that  he  is  familiar  with  the  different  phases  of  life  in  the  east  and 
in  the  west.  He  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-two  years  when  on  the  15th  of  August,  1881, 
he  arrived  in  Phoenix.  Ho  felt  that  the  sparsely  settled  but  growing  southwest  offered 
excellent  opportunities  and  time  lias  proven  the  wisdom  of  his  judgment  in  this  regard. 
In  the  city  of  his  adoption  he  has  constantly  worked  his  way  upward  step  by  step.  For 
a  short  time  he  was  with  W.  1).  Hooper  &  Company  and  later  engaged  in  tlie  butcher- 
ing business  and  the  grocery  business.  In  1893  he  became  identified  with  banking  inter- 
ests as  an  employe  in  the  National  Bank  of  Arizona,  in  wliicli  he  served  as  bookkeeper  and 
teller  ere  chosen  to  his  present  position  of  assistant  cashier  in  1903.  He  has  always. been 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  loyal  and  capable  representatives  in  the  bank  and  as  one 
honored  and  respected  in  the  financial  circles  of  the  city. 

On  the  2l8t  of  December,  1897,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Sweeney  and  Miss  Lillian 
Kelly,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza  Kelly,  her  father  being  one  of  the  pioneer  residents 
iind  prominent  citizens  of  Phoenix,  to  which  city  he  came  in  1879,  bringing  his  family  at 
a  later  date.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sweeney  have  two  children:  Norma,  who  is  the  wife  of  J.  B. 
Rice,  of  San  Francisco,  California,  representative  of  Hercules  Powder  Company;  and  Paul. 

In  his  fraternal  connections  Mr.  Sweeney  is  a  Mason,  prominent  in  the  order.     He  Is 


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past  grand  master  of  the  lodge,  a  past  high  priest  of  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  a  past 
eminent  commander  of  the  Knight  Templar  Commandery,  and  a  past  potentate  of  the 
Mystic  Slirine.  In  his  life  he  exemplijies  the  beneficent  principles  of  the  craft,  closely  fol- 
lowing its  teachings  concerning  mutual  helpfulness  and  brotherly  kindness.  He  has  many 
friends  both  within  and  without  the  organizations  and  Phoenix  numbers  him  among  her 
popular  and  valued  citizens.  He  is  largely  familiar  with  her  history,  having  been  a  wit- 
ness of  its  progress  for  thirty-five  years,  and  an  active  participant  in  many  movements 
that  have  promoted  its  'upbuilding. 


JUDGE  FRED  SUTTER. 


Among  those  who  have  achieved  prominence  as  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial 
worth  in  Cochise  county  is  Judge  Fred  Sutter,  who  is  one  of  the  most  able  and  successful 
lawyers  in  Bisbce.  He  was  born  in  Marshall,  Michigan,  November  10,  1874,  and  when 
four  years  of  age  went  with  his  parents  to  Nebraska,  where  he  resided  upon  a  farm  until 
the  age  of  twenty,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  When  he  left  Nebraska 
he  came  to  Arizona,  mining  near  Bisbee  for  two  years,  and  then  entered  a  military  school, 
where  he  remained  for  three  years.  He  followed  this  by  one  year's  work  in  the  mines  but 
eventually  determined  to  study  law.  Accordingly,  he  returned  to  Nebraska  and  took  a 
two  years'  course  in  this  profession,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  after 
receiving  his  degree.  In  January,  1903,  he  returned  to  Bisbee  and  there  engaged  in  general 
practice,  his  legal  prominence  carrying  him  forward  into  important  relations  with  public 
life.  During  the  period  of  his  residence  there  he  served  five  years  as  city  attorney  and  in 
1909  represented  his  county  in  the  territorial  legislature.  He  was  elected  to  the  bench 
of  the  superior  court  in  1911  and  served  until  1913,  when  he  resigned  and  returned  to  Bisbee 
to  pursue  his  private  practice.  He  now  makes  his  home  in  Bisbee,  where  he  has  extensive 
business  interests. 

On  June  8,  1913,  Judge  Sutter  married  Miss  Edna  McGavoek,  who  was  born  in  Colorado 
and  came  to  Arizona  in  1907.  They  have  two  children:  Frederick  A.,  born  iu  1914;  and 
Jerrod  William,  born  in  1915. 

Fraternally  the  Judge  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  his  religious  views  are  in  accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the 
Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  man  of  marked  force  of  character  and  active  public  spirit,  of 
strong  determination  and  honorable  purpose,  and  these  qualities  have  been  elements  in  a 
career  which  is  most  commendable  in  all  of  its  phases. 


MOSES  NEWMAN. 


Moses  Newman,  who  owns  a  third  interest  in  the  Fair,  one  of  the  thriving  commercial 
enterprises  of  Bisbee,  is  a  native  of  Germany,  his  birth  occurring  in  1862.  He  was  reared 
and  educated  in  his  native  land,  where  he  qualified  for  a  commercial  career  by  pursuing  a 
course  in  a  business  college. 

In  1880,  when  he  was  practically  eighteen  years  of  age,  Moses  Newman  came  to 
America,  seeking  his  fortune,  and  first  settled  in  Missouri,  remaining  there  for  about  a 
year.  In  January,  1882,  he  continued  his  journey  westward  to  New  Mexico,  locating  in 
Springer,  where  he  clerked  in  a  general  mercantile  store  for  six  months.  His  next  removal 
was  to  Trinidad,  Colorado,  in  which  city  he  held  a  clerkship  until  1887.  He  then  returned 
to  New  Mexico,  clerking  in  Las  Vegas  until  1893,  when  he  went  to  Raton  and  established 
a  dry  goods  store,  which  he  conducted  with  a  good  measure  of  success  until  1901.  In 
the  year  last  named  he  disposed  of  his  interests  at  that  point  and,  coming  to  Bisbee, 
formed  a  partnership  with  the  brothers  Benjamin  and  Samuel  Frankenburg,  with  whom 
he  is  still  associated.  The  store  they  own,  which  is  known  as  the  Fair,  was  established 
in  April,   1899,  by  Benjamin  Frankenburg,  imder  its   present   name,  and  it   is  now   one  of 


52  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

the  largest  and  most  flourishing  commercial  enterprises  in  Cochise  county.  The  proprie- 
tors are  capable  business  men  of  progressive  ideas  and  in  the  conduct  of  their  establish- 
ment have  adopted  a  policy  which  has  been  the  means  of  winning  them  a  large  and 
constantly  increasing  patronage.  They  carry  a  large  and  well  assorted  stock  of  dry  goods, 
shoes  and  men's,  women's  and  children's  furnishings,  which  they  offer  at  reasonable  prices. 
They  have  an  attractive  store,  are  gracious  and  accommodatir.^  -n  their  treatment  of 
patrons,  and  strive  to  please  all,  recognizing  that  the  best  medium  of  advertising  is 
through  w'ell  satisfled  customers.  In  the  development  of  tiieir  business  they  have  met 
with  more  than  an  average  degree  of  success  and  own  a  half  interest  in  the  building  and 
property  they  occupy. 

In  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1896,  Mr.  Newman  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  Frankenburg, 
a  native  of  that  city,  where  she  was  reared  and  educated.  She  is  of  German  lineage, 
liowever,  her  parents,  Isaac  and  Barbara  Frankenburg,  having  been  born  in  the  father- 
land. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newman  there  have  been  born  three  children,  as  follows:  Isaac 
M.,  who  was  born  in  1897,  attended  the  Harvard  School  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  for  a 
time,  was  graduated  from  the  Bisbee  high  school  in  1915,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year 
entered  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor.  Jeannette,  whose  birth  occurred  in 
1901,  and  Naomi,  born  in  1906,  are  at  home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newman  are  Hebrews  and  their  religious  views  coincide  with  the  teach- 
ings of  the  Jewish  faith.  Fraternally  he  is  aliiliated  with  the  Masonic  order.  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Klks.  He  enjoys  the  full  rights  of  citi- 
zenship and  gives  his  political  support  to  the  democratic  party,  taking  an  active  interest 
in  all  municipal  affairs.  He  was  appointed  to  complete  an  unexpired  term  as  mayor,  and 
served  for  a  time  on  the  Bisbee  council.  Mr.  Newman  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens 
and  prosperous  business  men  of  the  town,  where  he  has  acquired  some  valuable  property 
interests,  including  his  residence  and  two  houses  which  he  is  renting,  and  some  mining 
claiins  located  in  one  of  the  best  sections  of  Cochise  county.  He  is  held  in  favorable  regard 
in  the  community,  both  as  a  private  citizen  and  business  man,  and  has  many  stanch  friends. 


COLONEL  JAMES  H.  McCLINTOaC. 

Colonel  James  H.  McClintock  was  born  in  Sacramento,  California,  February  3."!,  1864, 
and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  G.  (Brittingham)  McClintock,  of  Illinois  and  Maryland, 
respectively.  The  father  was  a  pioneer  of  California,  where,  in  Sacramento  he  became 
a  grain  shipper  and  where  for  many  years  he  was  city  auditor.  James  H.  McClintock 
acquired  an  academic  education  in  his  native  state,  in  San  Francisco  and  Berkeley,  and 
later  graduated  from  the  Normal  School  of  Arizona  at  Tempe.  In  early  manhood  he 
engaged  in  teaching  for  several  terras.  He  arrived  in  Arizona  in  June,  1879,  o^  one  of 
the  lirat  passenger  trains  into  Maricopa.  He  located  in  I'hoenix,  having  come  to  the  terri- 
tory to  join  his  brother,  Charles  E.  McClintock,  then  engaged  in  the  public8,tion  of  the 
Phoenix  Herald,  and  soon  thereafter  took  part  in  the  first  republican  organization  known 
in  Phoenix.  He  has  since  been  connected  with  many  papers  published  in  the  state,  in 
Phoenix,  Prescott,  Globe,  Tempe  and  Tucson.  While  residing  in  Tempe,  when  but  twenty- 
two  years  of  age,  he  was  made  justice  of  the  peace  and  at  the  same  time  was  engaged  in 
the  publication  of  a  paper  and  in  the  operation  of  a  farm.  For  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  normal  schools  of  Arizona. 

Colonel  McClintock  was  an  employe  in  the  adjutant  general's  office  at  Whipple  Bar- 
racks in  1886-7  at  the  time  of  the  Geronimo  campaign.  For  a  long  period  he  was  the 
Arizona  member  of  the  national  irrigation  congress  executive  committee,  also  acting  as 
secretary  for  the  congress.  In  April,  1898,  while  conducting  a  news  bureau  at  Phoenix, 
he  assisted  Colonel  A.  O.  Brodie  and  Captain  William  0.  O'Neill  in  enrolling  a  cavalry 
regiment  for  the  Spanish-American  war.  Only  two  troops,  two  hundred  and  fifteen  men, 
were  accepted.  Colonel  Brodie  became  major,  with  McClintock  and  O'Neill  as  senior 
captains  in  the  First  United  Stat<'S  Volunteer  Cavalry,  otherwi.se  known  as  Roosevelt's 
Hough   Riders.     The   history   of   this   command   is   too   well   known   to   need   extensive   com- 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  55 

ment.  Captain  McClintock  was  named  for  tlie  brevet  of  major,  for  gallantry  in  action. 
He  was  seriously  wounded  on  the  34th  of  June,  1898,  at  Guasimas,  Cuba,  three  bullets 
striking  him  in  the  leg,  and  it  was  not  until  Thanksgiving  Day  that  he  was  discharged 
from  the  hospital  at  Fort  Wadsworth  on  Staten  Island. 

This  did  not  close  his  military  record,  for  in  June,  1902,  he  was  elected  colonel  of  the 
First  Arizona  Infantry.  Soon  after  he  commanded  the  regiment  in  the  most  trying  labor 
trouble  ever  known  in  the  southwest  in  a  riot  of  thirty-live  hundred  miners  at  Morenci.  He 
handled  the  situation  with  tirmness,  fully  protecting  the  property  involved  and  was  grati- 
fied that  his  task  was  accompanied  by  no  bloodshed.  For  eight  years  he  was  at  the  head 
of  the  regiment  and  for  much-  of  the  time  acted  as  adjutant  general  of  Arizona.  He  has 
served  as  president  of  the  Rough  Riders  Association  and  is  its  historian.  He  was  also  the 
first  commander  of  the  Spanish  War  Veterans  for  the  Department  of  Arizona.  The  first 
field  service  that  the  National  Guard  of  Arizona  ever  participated  in  was  under  the  direction 
of  Colonel  McClintock  in  camps  in  Arizona  and  California.  He  is  an  acknowledged  expert 
in  military   sanitation   and  camp   arrangement   and  discipline. 

In  April,  1902,  Colonel  McClintock  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Phoenix  and  for 
twelve  years  filled  the  position  under  three  presidential  appointments.  When  he  became 
incumbent  the  income  of  the  ofiiee  was  twenty-eight  thousand  dollars  annually.  When 
he  surrendered  office  to  a  democrat,  October  1,  1914,  the  income  had  increased  to  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  thousand,  showing  something  of  the  growth  of  the  city.  He  had  in- 
stalled si.x  rural  routes  and  had  been  largely  responsible  in  securing  for  Phoenix  the  new 
federal  building,  erected  at  a  cost  of  one  hundred  and  seventy  thousand  dollars. 

Colonel  McClintock  has  also  been  active  along  other  lines.  For  eighteen  years  he  has 
been  the  editorial  representative  in  Arizona  of  the  Los  Angeles  Times  and  has  done  much 
magazine  writing  and  special  literary  work.  He  has  taken  keenest  interest  in  archaeological 
research,  and  has  served  as  president  of  the  Arizona  Folklore  Association.  In  the  fall  of 
1889,  he  was  a  member  of  an  expedition  sent  out  by  Maricopa  county  to  discover  reservoir 
sites  in  the  mountains  of  Arizona,  the  other  members  being  County  Surveyor  Breckinridge 
and  John  R.  Norton.  They  were  the  discoverers  of  and  first  platted  the  site  of  the  Roosevelt 
dam.  Colonel  McClintock  also  for  years  was  a  director  of  the  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade 
and  in  1910-11  was  its  president. 

In  June,  1900,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Colonel  McClintock  and  Dorothy  G. 
Bacon  of  Palo  Alto,  California,  a  graduate  of  Stanford  University.  She  specialized  in 
botany  in  college  work  and  has  done  much  work  in  the  classification  of  the  flora  of  the 
southwest.  Mrs.  McClintock  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Woman's  Club  of  Phoenix  and 
also  of  the  Arizona  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs. 


ALBERT  STACY. 


Albert  Stacy,  closely  identified  with  various  corporate,  business  and  political  inter- 
ests in  Douglas,  figures  as  one  of  its  most  progressive  and  valued  citizens,  his  interests 
being  of  a  character  which  promotes  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  city  and 
advances  also  individual  success.  Forming  his  plans  readily,  he  carries  them  forward  to 
successful  completion,  manifesting  great  dispatch  and  executive  ability  in  controlling  the 
manifold  affairs  with  which  he  is  connected.  He  is  known  in  business  circles  as  the  mana- 
ger of  the  Bassett  Lumber  Company,  as  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Arizona  and 
Mexico  Realty  Company  and  as  organizer  and  n])build('r  of  various  other  business  enter- 
prises, the  advancement  of  which  has  directly  benefited  the  city  at  large. 

Mr.  Stacy  was  born  in  Minnesota,  January  18,  1869,  and  is  a  son  of  William  H.  and 
Elizabeth  (Neill)  Stacy,  the  former  born  in  Massachusetts  and  the  latter  in  Canada.  Both 
have  passed  away,  the  father  dying  in  1893  and  the  mother  in  1910.  In  their  family  were 
five  children :  Levi  C,  a  resident  of  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma ;  Annie  Laurie,  who  mar- 
ried Homer  M.  Derr,  of  Brookings,  South  Dakota;  Elmer  N.,  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota; 
Albert,  of  this  review;   and  Alice,  deceased. 

Albert   Stacy   acquired   his   early   education    in    the   district    schools    of   Minnesota   and 


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supplemented  this  by  a  course  in  tlie  State  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  1891.  He  afterward  entered  the  law  department,  receiving 
his  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1893  and  locating  immediately  in  Fargo,  North  Dakota,  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  In  the  fall  of  1894  he  came  to  Arizona  and  after  a  short  stay 
in  Flagstaff  went  to  Phoenix.  When  he  came  to  the  territory  he  abandoned  his  connection 
with  the  legal  fraternity,  following  civil  engineering  for  three  years  and  later  turning  his 
attention  to  the  lumber  business. 

In  March,  1902,  Mr.  Stacy  came  to  Douglas  and  identified  himself  with  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Bassett  Lumber  Compar\y,  of  which  he  has  been  manager  since  that  time. 
The  annual  sales  of  this  company  have  now  reached  a  large  figure  and  the  volume  of 
business  done  makes  it  one  of  tlie  leading  commercial  enterprises  in  the  city.  Mr.  Stacy 
deserves  a  great  deal  of  credit  for  this  development,  for  his  business  methods  are  such 
as  will  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny  and  his  executive  and  administrative 
ability  is  of  a  high  order.  To  mention  this  one  connection,  however,  is  to  give  only  a 
faint  idea  of  the  scope  of  his  interests  and  activities,  for  his  name  has  for  many  years 
been  synonymous  in  Douglas  for  development  and  progress  along  various  lines.  He 
aided  in  the  organization  of  the  Arizona  &  Mexico  Realty  Company  and  is  now  presi- 
dent and  treasurer  and  also  a  large  stockholder.  He  has  aided  in  inaugurating  the  policy 
of  this  concern  and  the  standards  by  which  its  useful  work  is  carried  forward  and,  there- 
fore, is  one  of  the  greatest  individual  forces  in  its  continued  expansion.  He  has  made  it 
one  of  the  useful  and  beneficial  real-estate  concerns  in  Douglas,  identified  with  important 
development  work,  and  in  his  office  as  its  president  aided  in  the  platting  of  the  Over- 
lock  and  Lincoln  Park  additions  as  well  as  several  other  important  suburbs  to  the  town 
of  Douglas.  Mr.  Stacy  served  for  one  year  as  president  of  the  Douglas  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  Mines,  and  as  a  director  for  three  years,  and  he  can  always  be  found  among  the 
leaders  in  any  movement  for  the  public  advancement. 

Mr.  Stacy  is  a  republican  in  his  political  beliefs  and  a  prominent  figure  in  local  munic- 
ipal life.  After  the  incorporation  of  Douglas  he  became  a  member  of  the  first  city  council, 
serving  ably  and  efficiently  for  one  term.  He  has  always  been  interested  in  the  cause 
of  public  education  and  did  much  to  promote  its  work  as  school  trustee  and  as  president 
of  the  board  of  education.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  the  Benev- 
olent Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  having  been  through  all  the 
chairs  of  the  local  lodge  in  the  latter  organization.  He  is  a  public-spirted,  progressive 
and  loyal  citizen,  ably  advancing  his  own  interests,  yet  never  forgetful  of  their  influence 
upon  general  growth,  for  he  realizes  how  much  can  be  done  for  commercial  and  industrial 
development  if  business  men  will  cooperate  in  the  work.  He  is  a  typical  man  of  the 
age — alert,  aggressive  and  resourceful — and  he  is  leaving  the  impress  of  his  forceful  indi- 
viduality upon  the  growth  and  development  of  Douglas. 


MARTIN  BUGGELN. 


Martin  Buggeln,  who  is  numbered  among  the  agriculturists  of  Arizona  and  is  a  well- 
to-do  ranch  owner,  came  to  this  state  in  pioneer  days  and  has  made  Williams  his  home 
since  1885.  He  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1867  and  in  that  state  pursued  a  public  school 
education.  He  began  his  career  in  Arizona  as  a  cowboy,  remaining  in  that  position  for 
a  year  and  a  half,  and  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  railroading  until  1894.  He  has 
since  given  his  attention  to  the  horse  and  cattle  business  to  such  good  purpose  that  he 
has  acquired  other  important  interests.  For  a  number  of  years  lie  was  the  proprietor  of 
Bright  Angel  Hotel  at  the  Grand  Canyon,  which  he  conducted  successfully  for  several  years. 
After  that  he  returned  to  the  cattle  business  and  has  a  large  ranch  ijear  the  Grand  Canyon 
but  the  family  reside  at  Williams  part  of  the  time.  The  ranch  is  known  as  the  V-V 
ranch.  Mr.  Buggeln  has  an  intere^ing  collection  of  pictures  of  his  ranch  where  it  bor- 
ders on  the  edge  of  the  Grand  Canyon. 

In  1887  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Buggeln  and  Miss  Emma  Walker,  of 
Michigan,  and  they  have  two  daughters.     In  politics  Mr.  Buggeln  is  a  republican,  loyally 


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supporting  the  candidates  of  his  party  at  the  polls.  He  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic 
order,  in  which  he  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  Mr.  Biiggeln  has  attained  success  because  he  has  closely  applied  him- 
self to  the  work  that  came  to  him  and  because  of  his  good  judgment  and  business  ability. 
He  is  interested  in  all  objects  which  have  for  their  purpose  the  growth  and  advancement 
of  Arizona  and  has  shown  himself  to  be  a  valuable  citizen.  He  is  esteemed  not  only 
because  he  has  gathered  material  wealth  but  largely  because  of  those  qualities  of  his 
character  that  have  made  possible  his  prosperity. 


J.  W.  LEE. 

J.  W.  Lee,  a  well-known  citizen  of  Williams,  Arizona,  was  born  in  Texas,  on  the  3d 
of  June,  1889,  and  is  a  son  of  W.  F.  and  Callie  Lee,  who  at  an  early  day  removed  from 
Virginia  to  Texas.     The  father  is  a  contractor  and  builder,  specializing  in  concrete  work. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  J.  W.  Lee  attended  the  public  and  high  schools 
and  was  later  connected  with  the  Harvey  system,  until  1910.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Williams  branch  of  the  Arizona  Central  Bank  and  was  made 
cashier  of  tlie  Williams  State  Bank  when  that  institution  was  organized.  After  serving 
as  such  for  three  years,  he  resigned  in  May,  1913,  on  account  of  his  health  and  went  to 
Phoenix,  where  he  was  employed  as  assistant  cashier  for  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany for.  about  a  year  and  a  half.  Since  his  return  to  Williams  at  the  end  of  that  time 
he  has  been  bookkeeper  for  James  Kennedy,  general  merchant. 

In  politics  Mr.  Lee  is  independent,  giving  his  vote  to  those  men  whom  he  considers 
best  fitted  for  the  office,  irrespective  of  party  affiliation.  He  is  a  popular  member  of  the 
local  lodge  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  well  liked  not  only  in  business 
and  fraternal  circles,  but  by  all  who  know  him.  He  is  yet  a  young  man  and  he  gives  much 
promise  of  a  successful  career  that  will  not  only  bring  prosperity  to  him  but  will  have 
its  effect  upon  the  future  growth  and  greatness  of  the  state  and  particularly  his  city  and 
district. 


GEORGE  A.  JOHNSON. 


George  A.  Johnson,  in  connection  with  F.  W.  McNamara,  is  at  the  head  of  the  well- 
known  establishment  in  Mesa  known  as  The  Toggery,  Inc.  The  business  was  founded  by 
Mr.  Johnson  and  his  brother,  L.  B.  .Johnson,  who  subsequently  sold  out  to  Mr.  McNamara. 
The  firm  now  handles  a  full  line  of  ready-to-wear  clothing  for  men,  women  and  children, 
and  also  deals  in  hardware,  furniture  and  house  furnishings.  They  own  and  operate  five 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  fine  farm  land  and  upon  the  place  are  specializing  in  the 
raising  of  Holstein  cattle  and  Duroc  hogs. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  born  in  Utah  in  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Sarah  M. 
Johnson,  who  brought  their  family  to  Arizona  in  1886.  Here  the  father  was  engaged  in 
ranching  for  some  time,  near  Mesa,  and  also  gave  some  attention  to  commercial  pursuits. 
He  took  quite  a  prominent  and  active  part  in  the  work  of  the  Mormon  church.  His  death 
occurred  in  November,  1905,  and  his  wife  has  also  passed  away. 

George  A.  Johnson  attended  the  public  schools  and  also  pursued  an  academic  course. 
As  a  young  man  he  taught  school  and  worked  for  five  years  for  the  Copper  Queen  Mining 
Company  as  Spanish  interpreter  at  Bisbee.  The  following  year  he  was  engaged  in  the 
produce  business  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  came  to  Mesa,  where  in  1904  he  opened  a 
store,  carrying  only  a  small  stock  of  men's  furnishings.  He  has  since  devoted  his  entire 
time  and  attention  to  the.  expansion  of  his  business  and  is  today  at  the  head  of  a  large 
and  prosperous  establishment,  being  considered  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  the  town. 

In  1902  Mr.  Johnson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Esma  Bruton,  of  Socorro,  New 
Mexico,  and  they  have  three  sons.     Mrs.  Johnson  is  a  daughter  of  W.  C.  Bruton,  a  promi- 


58  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

nent  cattle  man  of  New  Mexico.  Fraternally  Mr.  Johnson  is  connected  with  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  his  wife  belongs  to  the  Rathbone  Sisters.  He  is  a 
thorough  business  man,  alert  and  enterprising  and  has  made  the  most  of  his  opportunities, 
so  that  he  well  merits  the  prosperity  that  has  come  to  him.  It  is  largely  to  such  men 
that  the  growth  of  Arizona  is  due  and  for  that  reason  he  is  a  valuable  factor  in  the  progress 
of  the  commonwealth. 


EVANS  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS. 


The  Evans  School  for  Boys  at  Mesa,  Arizona,  enjoys  a  nation-wide  reputation  under 
the  able  directorship  of  H.  David  Evans,  M.  A.  Professor  Evans,  a  native  of  England  and  a 
graduate  of  Cambridge,  came  to  Mesa  in  1899,  when  he  bought  the  ranch  upon  which  the 
Evans  School  is  located,  and  three  years  later,  in  1902,  founded  the  institution,  which  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  boys'  schools  in  the  country.  Such  men  as  Theodore 
Roosevelt,  James  R.  Garfield,  Jolin  Lowell,  Major  General  Leonard  Wood,  the  Rt.  Rev. 
J.  W.  Atwood  and  many  others  of  equal  prominence  warmly  commend  its  course  and  give 
their  full  indorsement  to  the  courses  of  training  and  study  as  laid  down  by  Mr.  Evans. 
His  stair  of  teachers  is  composed  of  the  highest  class  of  educators.  The  masters  are  H. 
David  Evans,  M.  A.;  L.  F.  Brady,  M.  A.;  A.  D.  Carlisle,  A.  B.,  Harvard;  Hugh  P.  Evans, 
M.  A.,  Cambridge;  A.  George  Bartlett,  Harvard;  Delano  Andrews,  A.  B.,  Harvard;  E. 
Krueger,  Lake  Forest,  and  John  A.  Wyeth,  Jr.,  Princeton. 

"Every  breeze  wafted  across  the  mountains,  valleys  and  deserts  bears  upon  its  wings 
health,  strength,  vigor  of  mind  and  body."  There  are  no  words  more  truly  said  about  Arizona 
and  tliat  a  school  ably  directed  by  competent  masters  should  be  a  success  in  such  sur- 
roundings is  notliing  marvelous.  Ever  since  its  foundation  the  Evans  School  has  grown  in 
efficiency,  in  standards,  in  accomplisliments  and — in  pupils.  For  the  last  few  years  there 
has  been  an  increased  demand  for  a  school  calculated  to  meet  the  needs  of  those  who  find 
it  necessary  to  take  a  rest  from  their  regular  college  or  preparatory  school  courses  and  yet 
do  not  wish  to  lose  entirely  the  thread  of  their  studies.  To  such  El  Rancho  Bonito  offers 
exceptional  advantages,  combining  life  in  the  open  with  sound  university  instruction.  The 
curriculum  followed  is  not  set  down  by  iron-clad  rules  but  each  pupil  is  given  individual 
attention.  In  this  way  each  boy  can  take  up  such  studies  as  he  most  needs  to  complement 
his  knowledge.  The  entire  morning  and  part  of  the  evening  are  devoted  to  study,  while 
the  afternoons  are  given  up  wholly  to  oiitdoor  life.  The  subjects  taught  in  the  school 
are  American,  English,  European,  Greek  and  Roman  liistory;  English  literature  and  com- 
position; Latin,  Greek,  French  and  German,  aritlimetic,  algebra,  geometry  and  trigonometry. 

The  object  of  tlie  school  is  to  develop  the  physical  as  well  as  the  mental  faculties  and 
literally  to  educate,  that  is.  bring  out  the  individual  bent  of  each  boy.  To  those  who  wish 
to  get  an  insight  into  ranch  work  in  its  various  branches,  stock  raising  and  irrigation,  every 
facility  is  offered.  A  fine  ostrich  farm  and  several  orange  groves  are  in  the  neighborhood. 
Instead  of  the  usual  vacations,  camping  trips  of  about  a  week's  duration  are  occasionally 
taken  to  .the  foothills,  to  the  government  dam  at  Roosevelt,  and  to  other  points  of  interest. 
Sleeping  bags  and  food  for  man  and  beast  are  taken  in  the  wagon,  the  boys  following  on 
liorseback.  These  trips  are  perhaps  the  most  attractive  feature  of  the  school  life  and, 
taken  as  they  are,  when  occasion  and  expediency  demand,  act  as  a  break  in  the  studies  most 
advantageous  to  both  master  and  boys.  The  equable  climate  is  well  adapted  to  every 
form  of  athletics.  A  member  of  his  college  football  team,  Mr.  Evans  is  in  thorough  sym- 
pathy with  whatever  exercise  tends  to  promote  physical  development.  There  are  two 
tennis  courts  on  the  ranch  as  well  as  a  good  baseball  field  and  a  concrete  swimming  tank. 
A  piano  in  the  living  room  is  available  for  the  use  of  the  pupils,  while  a  billiard  room  has 
been  built  and  furnished  by  past  members  of  the  school.  Each  pupil  has  his  own  tent-house, 
witli  board   fioor  and  shingled  roof,  and  cares  for  it  himself. 

The  school  is  limited  in  numbers  to  twenty  boys,  fifteen  yeiirs  of  age  or  over.  Before 
an  application  is  accepted,  satisfactory  evidence  must  be  given  as  to  good  character  and 
averagi'  ability.     Mr.  Evans  also  wishes  it  to  be  clearly  understood  that  the  school  is  in  no 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  61 

itense  a  sanitarium,  although  it  is  well  adapted  for  boys  who  wish  to  avoid  the  rigors  of  an 
^astern  winter.  No  boy  suffering  from  tuberculosis  will  be  received.  A  reference  from  his 
last  school  is  required  with  each  applicant,  as  well  as  a  phj'sician's  written  statement  in 
regard  to  the  boy's  physical  condition.  This  statement  should  be  sent  after  an  actual  ex- 
amination by  a  doctor.  A  month's  notice  is  required  before  removing  a  boy.  Special  atten- 
tion is  paid  to  furnishing  a  varied  and  generous  table.  Fresh  eggs,  milk,  cream  and  butter 
are  furnished  from  the  ranch  itself,  there  being  a  dozen  or  more  graded  Guernseys  for  the 
school's  supply.  El  Rancho  Bonito,  one  hundred  and  si.\ty  acres  in  extent,  is  two  and  one- 
half  miles  from  the  small  town  of  Mesa,  whore  the  postal  and  telegraph  offices,  the  railroad 
station  and  the  long  distance  telephone  are  situated.    There  is  a  telephone  on  the  ranch  itself. 

Professor  Evans  is  a  Master  of  Arts  and  Lupton  and  Hebblethwaite  Exhibitioner  of 
St.  John's  College,  Cambridge  University,  England.  He  was  for  several  years  assistant 
master  at  Elsted,  England,  where  coaching  for  the  army  and  navy  was  a  specialty.  He  has 
also  had  considerable  experience  in  preparing  pupils  for  entrance  into  Harvard,  Yale  and 
other  eastern  colleges.  There  could  be  found  no  more  ideal  man  as  director  of  a  school 
such  as  the  Evans  institution  is.  He  thoroughly  understands  the  boy,  to  whom  he  is  a 
sympatlietic  companion.  Mr.  Evans  has  succeeded  in  building  up  an  institution  which  is 
unique  in  its  character  and  which  is  a  great  credit  to  the  state  of  Arizona.  There  are  many 
pupils  of  his  school  who  have  gone  forth  from  its  doors  enthusiasts  on  all  subjects  pertaining 
to  the  state  and  who  will  sing  its  praises  in  all  lands. 

Mr.  Evans  was  married  in  1902  to  Miss  Mabel,  daughter  of  Mrs.  E.  P.  Telford,  of  New 
York,  who  has  for  years  been  in  charge  of  the  domestic  science  department  of  the  Butterick 
publications. 


A.  W.  CARSON. 


A.  W.  Carson,  who  owns  and  o])erates  a  photogi-aphic  studio  in  Douglas,  is  a  native 
of  Texas,  his  birth  having  occurred  on  the  1.5th  of  March,  1875.  He  is  a  son  of  A.  P. 
and  Melissa  Carson,  wlio  were  born,  reared  and  married  in  the  south  and  for  many  years 
made  their  liome  in  Texas.  Of  their  marriage  there  were  born  nine  children,  our  subject 
being  the  youngest  son.  The  father  passed  away  in  1910,  but  the  mother  is  still  living 
and  now  makes  her  home  in  San  Jose,  California. 

A.  W.  Carson  remained  at  home  during  his  boyhood  and  youth,  his  education  being 
acquired  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  native  state.  Upon  the  completion  of 
his  education  he  learned  the  photographic  art  and  when  he  was -twenty-two  years  of  age 
went  to  Oklahoma.  For  about  eight  years  thereafter  he  was  associated  with  his  brother 
in  the  operation  of  a  studio  at  Mountain  View  and  also  at  Altus.  In  1904  he  removed 
to  California  and  there  followed  his  profession  for  a  year.  In  October,  1906,  he  came  to 
Arizona,  iirst  locating  at  Douglas,  where  he  established  a  studio  which  he  conducted  with 
a  good  measure  of  success  until  1911,  when  he  went  to  Bisbee.  In  1913  he  again  located 
in  Douglas,  where  he  now  maintains  two  well  equipped  studios,  one  in  the  Meguire  block 
and  one  at  427  Tentli  street.  As  his  work  is  of  artistic  worth  and  lie  is  thoroughly  reli- 
able and  trustworth}'  in  matters  of  business,  lie  has  succeeded  in  building  up  a  patronage 
that  gives  every  assmance  of  continued  prosperity.  Mr.  Carson  has  acquired  extensive 
property  interests,  owning  a  residence  and  some  vacant  lots  in  Douglas,  and  sixty  acres 
of  land  adjacent  to  the  town.  He  also  owns  a  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Yuma  county, 
this  state,  and  three  sections  of  land  in  Texas,  and  is  a  stockholder  in  several  mining 
enterprises. 

In  .March,  1904,  Mr.  Carson  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle  Langford,  who  was  born  in 
Texas  in  1883  and  is  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  MoUie  (Winters)  Langford.  The  mother 
is  a  native  of  Mississippi  and  the  father  of  Texas,  in  which  state  they  reside.  They  are 
the  parents  of  eight  children.  Mrs.  Carson  was  reared  in  her  native  state  and  given  the 
advantages  of  a  high  school  education.  Two  sons  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carson: 
Carl  L.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  California  in  1905;  and  Kejmit,  who  was  born  in  Doug- 
las, Arizona,  in  1909. 


62  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Carson  are  confined  to  his  membership  in  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  His  political  views  coincide  with  the  principles  of  the  democratic 
party,  but  at  local  elections  he  often  votes  independently,  giving  his  support  to  the  candi- 
date he  deems  best  qualified  to  subserve  the  interests  of  the  community.  Although  his 
connection  with  the  commercial  interests  of  Bisbee  has  been  brief,  Mr.  Carson  has  made 
a  very  favorable  impression  and  is  held  in  high  regard  by  those  who  have  had  transactions 
with  him. 


KICHAED  LAMSON. 


Richard  Lamson  has  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Prescott  since  1902  and  was 
for  five  years  referee  in  bankruptcy  for  Yavapai  and  Mohave  counties.  He  was  born  in 
Massachusetts,  in  1877,  and  in  the  acquirement  of  an  education  attended  the  public  schools, 
St.  Johnsbury  Academy  and  Amherst  College  of  Amherst,  Massachusetts.  His  professional 
training  was  obtained  in  the  Colorado  School  of  Law  of  the  University  of  Colorado,  from 
which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1900.  Two  years  later  he  located  for  practice  in 
Prescott  and  here  he  has  since  followed  his  profession,  being  accorded  an  extensive  and 
gratifying  clientage.  He  is  known  among  lawyers  for  the  wide  research  and  provident 
uarc  with  which  he  prepares  his  cases.  At  no  time  has  his  reading  ever  been  confined  to 
the  limitation  of  the  questions  at  issue.  It  has  gone  beyond  and  compassed  every  con- 
tingency and  provided  not  alone  for  the  expected,  but  for  the  unexpected,  which  happens 
in  the  courts  qiiite  as  frequently  as  out  of  them. 

On  the  21st  of  September,  1912,  Mr.  Lamson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lora 
Bitner  of  Milwaukee.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican,  loyally  supporting  the  men  and  meas- 
ures of  that  party.  He  is  interested  in  all  matters  of  progressive  citizenship  to  the  extent 
of  giving  his  cooperation  wherever  his  aid  can  be  of  avail,  but  he  has  little  time  for  work 
outside  of  his  profession,  hia  practice  having  constantly  grown  in  volume  and  importance. 


H.  L.  CHANDLER. 


H.  L.  Chandler,  who  is  prominently  connected  with  the  South  Side  Gas  &  Electric 
Company,  came  to  Arizona  in  3  891  and  has  been  an  interested  witness  of  the  changes  that 
have  occurred  here  and  has  always  been  a  forceful  and  helpful  factor  in  the  development 
and  advancement  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  the  province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  in  1863, 
a  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  A.  (Lorimer)  Oliandler,  natives  of  Scotland  and  England,  re- 
spectively. The  father  was  a  Baptist  minister  in  the  province  of  Quebec.  There  H.  L. 
Chandler  was  reared  but  at  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  crossed  the  border  to  the  United 
States,  going  to  Saginaw,  Michigan,  where  he  engaged  in  the  tea  business  for  about  ten 
years. 

The  year  1891  marked  his  advent  in  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he  engaged  in  the  shoe 
business  for  five  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period,  however,  he  returned  to  Saginaw,  Michi- 
gan, remaining  for  two  years,  and  then  again  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Mesa  in  1898. 
He  established  an  electrical  business  in  Tempe  and  Mesa,  success  attending  his  activities 
from  the  beginning.  In  1909  he  organized  the  Gas  Company  with  a  number  of  the  lead- 
ing business  men  of  both  cities  and  in  1912  consolidated  his  two  enterprises  into  the 
South  Side  Gas  &  Electric  Company,  which  supplies  the  towns  of  Tempe  and  Mesa  with 
gas  and,  electricity.  As  he  has  prospered  he  has  made  judicious  investments  in  land,  own- 
ing a  valuable  section  south  of  Mesa,  all  under  cultivation  and  devoted  to  alfalfa  and 
cotton  culture. 

In  1891  Mr.  Chandler  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  T.  Trowbridge,  a  native  of  Michi- 
gan, and  they  have  two  daughters,  Marian  and  Louise,  students  of  University  of  Cali- 
fornia. Public-spirted  and  progressive,  Mr.  Chandler  takes  laudable  interest  in  everything 
that  affects  the  welfare  of  the  state  and  this  section  and  especially  champions  the  cause 


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of  education,  readily  recognizing  the  important  work  of- preparing  tlie  coming  generation 
for  the  battle  of  life.  As  a  member  of  the  Mesa  board  of  education  he  finds  ample  oppor- 
tunity to  exert  his  influence  in  that  direction  and  has  done  creditable  work  in  improving 
educational  conditions.  Fraternally  he  is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  is  also  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  Having  made  his  own  way  in  tlio  world,  Mr.  Chandler  is  well  entitled 
to  the  term  of  self-made  man  and  is  highly  esteemed  wherever  known  for  those  qualities 
of  character  that  have  made  possible  his  success. 


JOSEPH  E.  CURRY. 


Joseph  E.  Curry,  chief  clerk  and  statutory  agent  of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining 
Company,  the  Superior  &  Pittsburg  Copper  Company  and  New  Cornelia  Copper  Company; 
director  and  secretary  of  Warren  Company;  director  and  treasurer  of  tlie  Tucson,  Cornelia 
&  Gila  Bend  Railroad  Company,  with  headquarters  in  Warren,  has  spent  Ids  entire  life  in 
the  west  and  has  become  imbued  with  some  of  its  freedom  and  strength  of  spirit,  standing 
today  among  the  most  representative  citizens  of  his  section  of  the  country.  He  has  been 
interested  in  mining  and  cattle-raising  since  he  began  his  business  career  and  has  become 
prominent  and  successful  in  both  lines  of  work.  Mr.  Curry  is  also  vice  president  of  the 
Cochise  Building  &  Loan  Association  and  chairman  of  its  loan  committee.  The  associa- 
tion is  a  mutual  organization  and  has  for  its  purpose  the  building  of  liomes  for  the  work- 
ing men  of  the  mines  of  the  Warren  district. 

He  was  born  in  Visalia,  Tulare  county,  California,  April  14,  1870,  a  son  of  Enoch 
James  and  Narcissa  (Rowland)  Curry.  The  father  was  born  in  Alabama,  studied  medi- 
cine but  gave  up  the  profession  to  become  a  pioneer  of  California.  In  1850  he  accompanied 
an  ox  train  over  the  old  emigrant  trail  from  San  Antonio  to  Los  Angeles.  He  afterward 
moved  back  to  Texas,  where  he  became  a  prominent  cattleman  and  rancher.  He  died  in 
Tombstone,  in  1888,  and  his  widow  now  makes  her  home  in  Tempo,  Arizona.  In  their 
family  were  four  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  others  are  Avery  G.,  a 
merchant  of  Douglas,  Arizona,  and  Joseph  E.,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  was  a  boy  of  ten  years  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Arizona 
and  has  made  his  home  in  this  state  since  that  time.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  became 
connected  with  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company  as  an  employe  in  the 
mines  and  retained  his  identification  with  the  concern  for  ten  years,  gaining  rapid  advance- 
ment, rising  through  various  positions  to  the  office  of  chief  accountant  in  the  general 
manager's  office.  He  was  later  made  store  manager  and  office  manager  at  Nacozari,  Sonora, 
Mexico.  During  all  of  this  time  he  has  been  interested  in  the  cattle  business  and  after 
severing  his  connection  with  the  mining  company  he  centered  his  attention  upon  buying 
and  selling  cattle  until  1903,  when  he  became  connected  with  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Min- 
ing Company  and  affiliated  organizations  in  the  capacity  of  chief  clerk,  rising  to  the  sev- 
eral official  capacities  he  now  fills,  which  have  called  forth  his  splendid  business  and 
executive  ability  and  afforded  scope  for  his  practical  and  systematic  methods,  his  work 
gaining  him  a  high  place  among  the  valued  and  trusted  employes  of  the  concern.  He  is 
also  connected  with  the  mercantile  interests  of  Douglas  as  half  owner  with  his  brother 
in  a  general  store. 

Mr.  Curry  was  married  in  1394,  to  Miss  Barbara  Brown,  a  native  of  Canada  and  a 
daughter  of  John  L.  and  Elizabeth  (McVittie)  Brown,  who  came  to  Bisbee  from  Inver- 
ness, Canada,  in  1889.  The  father  was  connected  with  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated 
Mining  Cornpany  for  twenty  years,  dying  in  1909.  His  wife  survives  him  and  makes 
her  home  in  Bisbeo.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Curry  have  two  children.  May  L.  and  Louis  C,  attend- 
ing private  school. 

Mr.  Curry  does  not  affiliate  with  any  particular  political  party,  preferring  to  vote 
for  men  and  measures  without  regard  for  party  lines.  He  is  well  known  in  the  Masonic 
order,  being  a  charter  member  of  the  local  chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons,  in  which  he  has 
held  the  chair  of  captain  of  the  host,  and  is  a  life  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Arabic 
Order   of  Nobles  of   the   Mystic   Shrine.     Throughout   the   many   years   of   his    residence   in 


64  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Arizona  he  has  been  identified  witli  projects  and  enterprises  which  are  representative  of  tlie 
section  and  whicli  in  their  growth  and  development  effect  tlie  general  advancement  of  the 
state.  In  Warren  he  is  respected  by  his  associates  as  a  methodical,  able  and  progressive 
business  man  and  in  social  circles  is  known  as  a  straightforward,  courteous  and  honorable 
gentleman. 


JOHN  B.  WRIGHT. 


John  B.  Wright,  last  attorney  general  of  Arizona  imder  the  territorial  government 
and  today  one  of  the  able  and  successful  lawyers  of  Tucson,  was  born  in  Denver,  Colorado, 
January  29,  1872.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  and  later  entered 
the  law  department  of  tlie  University  of  Michigan,  graduating  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
in  1S94.  He  came  immediately  to  Arizona,  spending  the  first  two  years  of  his  residence 
in  the  state  as  district  attorney  of  Yuma  county.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  he 
removed  to  Tucson  and  has  since  made  this  city  his  home.  His  legal  ability  soon  gained 
recognition  and  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  attorney,  a  position  which  he  held  for 
three  years.  From  May  3,  1909,  to  February  17,  1913,  he  was  attorney  general,  going  out 
of  office  upon  the  dissolution  of  the  territorial  government.  During  his  oflicial  career 
he  made  a  thorough  knowledge  of  tlie  underlying  principles  of  law  the  basis  of  sound 
and  valuable  work  in  the  public  interests,  and  his  record  is  unsurpassed  in  the  importance 
of  the  work  accomplished  and  in  the  etl'eet  which  it  had  upon  general  standards  and 
conditions.  Since  February,  1912,  Mr.  Wright  has  been  in  private  practice  in  Tucson, 
and  the  extent  and  character  of  the  business  wliicli  he  does  is  the  beat  evidence  of  his 
ability  and  of  his  success. 

Mr.  Wright  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Mary  McPhee,  of  Denver,  Colorado,  and 
they  have  four  children,  Charles,  Jean,  Sallie  and  Mary.  Mr.  Wriglit  belongs  to  the  local 
lodge  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  his  interest  in  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion has  led  him  to  accept  the  secretaryship  of  the  Tucson  school  board,  whicli  position  he 
has  held  for  nine  consecutive  years.  He  is  loyal  to  the  duties  of  eitizensliip  and  well 
known  in  social  circles,  while  in  his  profession  his  able  work  has  brought  liim  well  merited 
distinction  and  honor. 


FRANK  N.  WOLCOTT. 


Frank  N.  Wolcott,  wliose  long  experience,  geneial  business  ability  and  progressive 
methods  are  winning  him  well  deserved  success  in  the  general  mercantile  business  in 
Tombstone,  was  born  in  Attica,  New  York,  in  December,  1852.  He  is  a  son  of  Nelson 
and  Alvina  (Wriglit)  Wolcott,  the  former  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  the  latter  of 
New  York.  The  father  afterward  removed  to  the  ICmpire  state  and  there  engaged  in 
general  merchandising.  He  and  his  wife  had  eight  children:  Ellen,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-five  years;  Robert,  who  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventy,  leaving  two  chil- 
dren; Henry  K.,  who  is  a  retired  wagon  manufacturer  of  Batavia,  Illinois,  and  the  father 
of  five  children,  Fred  S.,  May,  Katherine,  Elbert  and  Frank;  Lauren  W.,  who  died  leav- 
ing two  daughters,  Ellen  and  Kate;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Professor  T.  R.  Willard,  of  Knox 
College,  Galesburg,  by  wlioin  she  has  five  children,  Frank,  Nelson,  Alice,  Florence  and  Mary; 
Seymour  A.,  of  Batavia,  Illinois,  who  has  four  children.  Amy,  Raymond,  Richard  and 
Oliver;  William  A.,  of  Batavia,  who  has  three  sons,  Lauren  E.,  Walter  and  Kenneth;  and 
Frank  N.,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  has  been  familiar  with  general  merchandising  since  his  cliildhood, 
having  spent  a  great  deal  of  his  time  in  his  youth  in  his  father's  store.  He  afterward 
worked  for  his  brother  in  the  mercantile  establishment  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-four 
began  his  independent  career  in  California,  engaging  in  the  wood  and  feed  business  for 
four  years.     In    1881   he   removed   to   Tombstone   and   began  business   as  a   merchant   on   a 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  65 

small  scale.  From  this  insignificant  beginning  he  has  built  up  the  large  concern  which 
is  his  today.  He  carries  a  complete  and  high  grade  stock,  which  is  always  tastefully  and 
attractively  arranged,  and  this,  combined  with  his  up-to-date  methods  and  straiglitfor- 
ward  dealing,  has  brought  him  a  large  and  representative  patronage.  Mr.  Wolcott  is  well 
known  in  business  circles  of  Tombstone,  where  he  has  made  liis  influence  strongly  felt 
not  only  through  the  expansion  of  his  individual  interests,  but  through  active  work  in  the 
promotion  of  general  progress  and  growth.  He  helped  organize  the  Tombstone  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  his  aid  is  always  readily  and  heartily  given  to  movements  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  city  along  business  or  civic  lines. 

Mr.  Wolcott  married  in  1884,  in  Tombstone,  Miss  Emma  Kringle,  a  native  of  Cali- 
fornia althougli  both  her  parents  were  born  in  Germany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wolcott  have 
three  children.  The  eldest,  Eva  A.,  married  William  J.  Wallace,  of  Chihuahua,  Me.xico, 
and  they  have  one  daughter,  Frances  W.  Lucie  E.  became  the  wife  of  Russell  P.  Kyle, 
who  is  engaged  in  railroad  work  in  El  Paso,  Texas.  Henry  Newton,  the  youngest  in  the 
family,  is  attending  scliool  in  California. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Wolcott  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  order  and  his  religious  views 
are  in  accordance  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Congregational  church.  He  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  from  1888  to  1890  served  ably  as  school  superin- 
tendent and  probate  judge.  He  is  a  loyal,  active  and  public-spirited  citizen,  able  in  the 
conduct  of  his  business  affairs  and  anxious  to  make  his  individual  prosperity  a  factor  in 
general  advancement. 


WILLIAM  PRUETTE  SIMS,  D.  D.  S. 

The  advanced  and  enlightened  methods  of  practice  which  have  of  late  years  practically 
revolutionized  the  dental  science  find  a  worthy  exponent  in  Dr.  William  P.  Sims,  who 
holds  a  position  of  distinctive  precedence  as  a  dental  surgeon  in  Bisbee.  While  he  has 
made  the  practice  of  his  profession  his  real  life  work,  he  has  also  given  much  attention 
to  public  affairs  and  has  served  as  state  senator  fronr  Cochise  county  and  has  become 
known  as  one  of  the  most  farsighted,  energetic  and  progressive  men  in  political  life  in 
Arizona. 

Dr.  Sims  was  born  in  Tennessee,  June  22,  1874,  and  is  a  son  of  James  and  Alice 
(Pruette)  Sims,  the  former  a  native  of  Mississippi  and  the  latter  of  Tennessee.  The 
father  was  a  major  in  Forrest's  Cavalry  during  the  Civil  war.  In  his  family  were  six 
children:  Dr.  William  Pruette,  of  this  review;  Francis  L.,  manager  of  the  wholesale  gro- 
cery department  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  in  Bisbee,  and  the  father  of  two 
children;  James,  who  is  a  stock  broker  of  Chicago  and  who  is  also  the  father  of  two  chil- 
dren; Lera,  the  wife  of  Paul  Ryman,  a  grain  merchant  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  by  whom 
she  has  two  children;  Gladys,  who  resides  in  Nashville;  and  Kathryn,  the  wife  of  J.  B. 
Tenny  of  Bisbee,  by  whom  she  has  one  child.  Mr.  Tenny  is  employed  as  geologist  for  the 
Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  in  Bisbee. 

Dr.  Sims  grew  to  manhood  in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  acquiring  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools.  Having  early  detei'rained  to  practice  dentistry,  he  entered 
the  dental  department  of  Vanderbilt  University  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
D.  D.  S.  when  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age.  In  recognition  of  the  able  work  he  had 
done  during  his  student  career  he  was  appointed  professor  of  crown  and  bridge  work  in 
the  University  of  Tennessee  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  two  years,  practicing  his  pro- 
fession at  tlie  same  time.  Later  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  J.  Y.  Crawford,  and 
together  they  conducted  an  office  for  four  years  in  Nashville,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
Dr.  Sims  came  to  Bisbee,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  resided.  His  ability  has  been  dem- 
onstrated by  his  able  work  and  is  attested  by  the  liberal  patronage  accorded  him  by  the 
people  of  the  city.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  everything  which  per- 
tains to  the  advancement  of  the  dental  science  and  has  given  much  time  to  individual 
study  and  research.  He  has  kept  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought  and  the  new- 
est   attainments    in    dental    surgery    through    his    membership    in    various    dental    societies. 


C6  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  has  been  signally  and  deservedly  honored  by  his  professional  brethren.  While  still  in 
Tennessee  he  was  for  one  year  treasurer  of  the  State  Dental  Association  and  was  Ten- 
nessee chairman  for  the  Fourth  International  Dental  Congress,  held  in  St.  Louis,  in  1904, 
this  being  the  highest  honor  within  the  gift  of  his  professional  associates  at  that  time. 
After  coming  to  Arizona,  in  1905,  Dr.  Sims  was  appointed  by  Governor  Brody  a  member 
of  the  board  of  dental  examiners  and  was  reappointed  by  Governer  Kibbey  and  again  by 
Governor  Hunt.  He  has  been  president  and  secretary  of  that  association  and  has  been 
president  of  the  Arizona  Dental  Society.  Dr.  Sims  has  not  been  content  to  follow  where 
others  lead  but  since  beginning  the  practice  of  his  profession  has  placed  himself  in  the 
ranks  of  active  workers  and  investigators,  never  tiring  in  his  study  and  never  lapsing 
in  his  work  of  research,  and  as  a  result  he  stands  today  among  the  leaders  in  his  pro- 
fession, among  the  men  who  institute  new  methods  and  establish  new  standards. 

Dr.  Sims  married  Miss  Mary  Freeman,  a  native  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  R.  R.  and  Alice  (McQuidy)  Freeman.  Dr.  Freeman  now  resides  in  Tucson, 
Arizona.  In  his  family  are  three  children:  Robert,  who  is  connected  with  the  store  de- 
partment of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  in  Lowell;  Nettie,  the  wife  of  Francis 
Sims,  brother  of  the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Mary,  the  wife  of  our  subject.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Sims  became  the  parents  of  two  children,  the  elder  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The 
other  is  a  son,  William,  who  was  born  in  1901. 

Dr.  Sims  is  connected  with  the  ^Masonic  order  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  is 
active  in  civic  affairs,  holding  membership  in  the  Bisbee  Commercial  Club,  and  in  the  pub- 
lic life  of  the  state,  having  been  elected  in  1911  state  senator  on  the  democratic  ticket, 
and  reelected  in  1914,  being  president  of  the  state  senate  in  1915.  Although  his  important 
professional  duties  make  heavy  demands  upon  his  attention,  he  has  found  time  for  other 
interests,  especially  those  relating  to  the  general  welfare,  and  his  labors  are  considered 
a  valuable  asset  in  public  progress. 


THEODORE  H.  KRUTTSCHNITT. 

The  life  of  Theodore  H.  Kruttschnitt  has  been  so  varied  in  its  activity  and  so  im- 
portant in  its  work  and  accomplishments  that  it  is  difficult  to  determine  which  of  the  many 
projects  with  which  he  has  been  connected  has  been  the  most  directly  beneficial  and  the 
most  far-reaching  in  its  results.  It  may  be  said  with  safety,  however,  that  he  stands 
almost  preeminently  as  a  civil  and  structural  engineer  and  as  a  railroad  official,  capacities 
in  which  he  has  served  all  over  western  America,  becoming  in  this  way  a  force  in  the 
development,  progress  and  general  upbuilding  of  a  great  section  of  the  country.  He  is 
at  present  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Tucson  division  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad, 
with  offices  at  Tucson,  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  able  men  in  the  administrative 
and  executive  branches  of  railroading  in  the  southwest. 

Mr.  Kruttschnitt  was  born  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  August  7,  1880,  and  acquired 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city,  Houston,  Texas,  and  San  Francisco, 
California.  In  the  last  named  place  ho  prepared  for  entrance  to  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic 
Institute  at  Troy,  New  York,  leaving  there  in  1900.  In  August  of  the  same  year  he  began 
(vork  as  an  axeman  with  Chambers  &  Howe,  structural  engineers  in  New  York  city,  and  in 
that  capacity  was  employed  on  the  location  of  the  Mohawk  Traction  Company's  extension 
from  Schenectady  to  Amsterdam.  He  made  steady  and  rapid  advancement  in  his  profes- 
sion, later  becoming  rodman,  transitnian  and  assistant  engineer.  On  leaving  that  com- 
pany he  accepted  the  position  of  engineer  in  charge  of  construction  for  the  Eastern  Electrical 
Construction  Company  of  Philadelphia,  assuming  his  duties  in  February,  1901.  He 
superintended  the  installation  of  the  plant  and  the  conduit  system  for  the  Rensselaer 
Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company  of  Troy  and  was  also  connected  with  this  concern  as 
assistant  superintendent. 

By  this  time  Mr.  Kruttschnitt  was  becoming  very  prominent  in  his  chosen  profes- 
sion, gaining  recognition  as  a  man  whose  comprehensive  general  knowledge  constituted  a 
lirm   foundation   for   his    excellent   technical    training.      In    January,    1903,    he    accepted    a 


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position  as  draughtsman  on  the  Kansas  division  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  at  Kansas 
City  and  rose  rapidly  to  the  position  of  chief  draughtsman  and  transitman,  becoming  in 
the  same  year  assistant  engineer.  In  December,  1903,  ho  left  the  employ  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  and  spent  some  time  investigating  business  conditions  on  the  island  of 
Cuba,  whence  he  later  went  to  San  Francisco.  In  March,  1904,  he  became  assistant  engineer 
for  the  E.  B.  &  A.  L.  Stone  Company,  general  contractors  in  Oakland,  California,  and  in 
their  interests  he  assisted  in  supervising  the  construction  of  the  Truckee-Carson  irriga- 
tion project  in  Nevada.  He  made  himself  very  valuable  to  his  employers  and  received 
from  them  in  May,  1906,  the  subcontract  to  construct  a  large  retaining  wall  at  Niles 
Canyon,  California,  along  the  line  of  the  Western  Pacific  Railroad. 

In  January,  1907,  Mr.  Kruttschnitt  turned  hia  attention  to  an  independent  business 
career,  organizing  the  Kruttschnitt-Woods  Company,  general  contractors  with  offices  in 
San  Francisco.  He- served  as  president  of  the  concern,  which  had  charge  of  a  large  amount 
of  concrete  work  for  the  Western  Pacific  Railroad  between  Oakland  and  Altamont.  In 
February,  1908,  Mr.  Kruttschnitt  reorganized  the  company  as  the  Kruttschnitt  Building 
Material  Company,  retaining  for  himself  the  office  of  president.  He  supplied  the  San 
Francisco  market  with  all  kinds  of  building  material,  securing  a  very  gratifying  and  repre- 
sentative patronage.  During  this  time  he  proved  a  farsighted,  keen  and  discriminating 
business  man,  possessed  of  the  faculty  for  coordinating  forces,  for  systematizing,  organiz- 
ing and  building  up,  and  a  determination  which  enabled  him  to  carry  forward  to  successful 
completion  whatever  he  undertook.  He  retained  his  connection  with  the  Kruttschnitt 
Building  Material  Company  until  December,  1908,  when  he  became  identified  with  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad  as  assistant  engineer  on  the  coast  division'  at  San  Francisco,  thus 
beginning  a  professional  connection  which  has  brought  him  to  a  position  of  prominence 
and  power  in  railroad  circles.  On  the  37th  of  April,  1909,  Mr.  Kruttschnitt  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Shasta  division  as  roadmaster  of  the  Klamath  district.  He  served  until 
December  14,  1909,  when  he  came  to  Tucson  on  leave  of  absence.  On  July  5th  of  the 
following  year  he  was  made  assistant  engineer  of  the  Tucson  division  at  Tucson,  Arizona, 
and  on  February  16,  1911,  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  assistant  superintendent,  in 
which  capacity  he  is  acting  at  the  present  time.  He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  able 
and  resourceful  ofiicials  in  the  employ  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  for  he  possesses 
a  great  talent  for  organization,  a  power  of  control  and  an  executive  and  initiative  spirit 
which  would  win  him  a  place  among  the  leaders  in  any  line  of  activity.  His  success  has 
been  the  result  of  unusual  ability,  guided  and  controlled  by  an  aggressive,  energetic  and 
farsighted  man,  who,  at  the  age  of  thirty-five  occupies  a  position  of  high  responsibility 
in  the  employ   of  one  of  the  greatest  railroad  corporations   in   the   southwest. 

In  1904  Mr.  Kruttschnitt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Violet  M.  Potter,  a  native 
of  New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  On  the  14th  of  June,  1913,  he  married  Miss  Lilly  Watt  Penn, 
a  descendant  of  the  Penn  family  of  North  Carolina,  and  one  son  has  been  born  to  them  in 
Tucson,  Theodore,  Jr.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kruttschnitt  are  well  known  in  social  circles  of 
Tucson.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  advancement  of  Arizona  along 
many  lines  and  his  own  labors  have  been  a  forceful  factor  in  its  promotion.  A  man  of 
sterling  integrity,  of  commanding  force,  of  firm  convictions,  quick  to  take  the  necessary 
action  to  meet  an  ever-changing  situation,  his  work  has  been  of  great  value  to  the  cor- 
poration which  he  serves  and,  combined  with  hia  able  management  of  the  aff"airs  under  his 
charge,  has  made  secure  to  him  a  position  of  prominence  in  his  chosen  profession  and  con- 
tinued advancement  in  railroad  service. 


C.  B.  WILSON. 


C.  B.  Wilson,  of  Flagstaff,  was  admitted  to  the  Arizona  bar  in  April,  1910,  and  has 
since  been  very  successful  as  a  legal  practitioner.  He  was  born  in  Monmouth,  Illinois, 
on  the  9th  of  June,  1877,  and  educated  in  the  public  schools,  there  rounding  out  his  funda- 
mental education  with  a  course  in  a  business  college.  Ho  read  law  in  Illinois  and,  being 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  that  state  in  1903,  he  practiced  in  Cliieago  for  a  time,  having 
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charge  of  many  important  cases  and  gaining  wide  experience  tlirough  the  diversity  of  his 
cases.  In  October,  1909,  he  decided  to  seek  the  opportunities  of  the  west  and  came  to 
Flagstaff.  In  April  of  the  following  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Arizona  and  has 
since  practiced.  A  young  man,  energetic,  able  and  shrewd,  he  is  well  read  in  the  law 
and  has  been  very  successful  in  court  work.  His  opinions  are  highly  valued  and  he  has 
built  up  a  good  clientage  since  locating  here.  ^  In  1911  Mr.  Wilson  was  elected  county 
attorney  and  served  with  such  efficiency  that  he  was  reelected  in  1913.  In  politics  he  is 
a  republican  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  state  affairs  and  those  of  a  more  local 
nature.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason  and  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

On  November  29,  1904,  Mr.  Wilson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Katharine  Mars, 
of  Galesburg,  Illinois,  and  both  are  popular  in  the  social  circles  of  Flagstaff.  Mr.  Wilson 
has  become  a  typical  westerner,  is  full  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and'iiis  enthusiasm  on 
all  matters  that  relate  to  the  growth  and  greatness  of  the  state  of  Arizona  is  contagious. 


C.  P.  MUNGER. 


C.  P.  Munger  is  a  member  of  the  Munger  Brothers  Company  of  Plioenix,  a  name  that 
has  become  synonymous  with  the  development  of  the  olive  industry  as  represented  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  soil,  the  canning  of  the  fruit  and  the  manufacture  of  oil.  His  efforts 
in  this  connection  hav6  been  of  far-reaching  and  beneficial  effect,  showing  what  may  be 
accomplished  in  olive  ])roduction  in  Arizona  and  thus  adding  to  the  wealth  of  the  state 
through  the  development  of  an  industry  of  growing  importance. 

Mr.  Munger  came  to  the  southwest  from  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  He  is  a  son  of  H.  A. 
Munger,  who  was  general  agent  for  Iowa  for  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  for  many  years  was  in  that  connection  a  promi- 
nent factor  in  the  business  circles  of  the  state.  He  died  in  Iowa  in  1903  and  his  sons 
afterward  came  to  the  southwest. 

Like  his  brothers,  C.  P.  Munger  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa  with  the  usual 
experiences  that  fall  to  the  lot  of  the  lad  who  passes  his  boyhood  in  the  middle  west.  His 
brothers,  Milton  P.  and  Perry  W.  Munger,  began  business  in  connection  with  the  develop- 
ment of  the  olive  industry  in  1903  and  in  1908  Charles  P.  Munger  joined  them,  at  which 
time  the  business  was  reorganized  and  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Munger  Brothers 
Coni])any.  The  clinmtic  conditions  of  soutliern  Arizona  approximate  tliose  of  tlie  countries 
bordering  the  Mediterranean  sea,  the  native  habitat  of  the  olive,  and  for  nearly  thirty 
years  olive  trees  have  been  grown  in  the  southern  part  of  this  state.  For  its  best  develop- 
ment the  tree  requires  a  hot,  dry  climate  where  the  temperature  does  not  fall  below 
twenty  degrees.  The  soil  should  be  well  drained  and  cither  of  a  light  sandy  or  gravelly 
nature,  yet  the  olive  will  thrive  in  any  part  of  Salt  valley  except  on  a  heavy  adobe.  The 
tree  needs  an  even  distribution  of  water  throughout  the  year,  with  thorough  cultivation 
after  each  irrigation.  Especial  care  should  be  given  the  irrigation  at  the  time  the  tree 
is  in  blossom  and  also  at  the  time  the  fruit  is  setting. 

All  these  and  many  more  facts  relative  to  the  cultivation  of  olives  are  well  known  to 
the  Munger  brothers,  who,  in  fact,  are  regarded  as  authority  upon  olive  cultivation  in 
Arizona.  They  make  a  specialty  of  the  prod\iction  of  the  Mission  and  Manzanillo  varie- 
ties, which  seem  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climate  liere.  The  Munger  brotlier.-i  had  their 
first  plant  on  the  Olivette  ranch  near  Camelback  mountain,  at  which  time  they  used  a 
hand  screw  press  for  making  olive  oil.  In  1905  they  used  two  halves  of  a  barrel  for  vats 
for  pickling  the  olives  and  in  1908  they  bought  a  three  hundred  and  fifty  ton  pressure 
hydraulic  press  operated  by  a  gasoline  engine.  This  is  indicative  of  the  rapid  growth  of 
their  business.  Their  plant  now  has  a  capacity  of  two  tons  of  oil  per  day.  The  original 
tract  of  land  covered  fifty  acres  and  in  1908  they  added  forty  acres.  They  buy  all  the 
available  olives  in  the  valley  and  in  May,  1911,  they  built  a  large  factory  at  No.  1111 
South  Center  street  in  Phoenix,  where  they  have  seventy-five  hundred  square  feet  of  floor 
space.     They  own  there   an   acre   of   land  and   expect   soon   to   erect   thereon   another   large 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  71 

factory.  They  specialize  on  the  caiiniug  of  ripe  olives  and  their  plant  has  a  capacity  of 
forty  tons  per  season.  The  growth  of  the  business  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  their 
plant  on  the  ranch  had  a  capacity  of  only  four  tons.  Their  capacity  for  manufacturing 
olive  oil  is  from  forty  to  fifty  tons  per  season.  Mr.  Hunger  has  interested  otliers  in  the 
enterprise  and  will  soon  have  from  seven  to  eight  hundred  acres  in  olive  orchards.  The 
firm  labels  their  goods  "Olivette"  and  their  product  includes  olive  oil  and  canned  ripe  and 
green  pickled  olives.  The  demand  in  tlie  east  for  the  canned  ripe  olive  is  increasing  so 
rapidly  that  within  a  short  time  Arizona  and  California  will  be  unable  to  supply  the  trade, 
and  such  is  the  productiveness  of  the  orchards  as  to  make  the  cultivated  land  with  its  bear- 
ing trees  worth  from  five  hundred  to  a  thousand  dollars  per  acre.  The  officers  of  the 
company  were:  C.  P.  Hunger,  president  and  general  manager;  M.  P.  Hunger,  vice  presi- 
dent; and  P.  W.  Hunger,  secretary  and  treasurer;  but  in  1913  H.  P.  Hunger  withdrew 
from  the  firm  to  concentrate  liis  energies  upon  his  farming  interests.  In  19i:i  Hr.  ilunger, 
of  this  review,  left  the  active  management  of  the  business  to  his  brother,  P.  \V.  Hunger, 
and  since  that  time  has  been  identified  with  the  automobile  business  and  is  at  present  easliier 
of  McArthur  Brothers. 

In  1908  Hr.  Hunger  was  united  in  marriage  to  Hiss  Edna  Yager,  of  Holino,  Illinois, 
the  wedding  being  celebrated,  however,  in  Phoenix.  They  have  one  child,  Elizabeth.  Ih 
politics  Hr.  Hunger  has  taken  an  active  and  prominent  part,  loyally  and  stanchly  sup- 
porting the  principles  in  which  he  believes.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Bull  Hoose  organi- 
zation of  Arizona  in  the  campaign  of  1912.  He  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  is  an  active  member  of  the  Arizona  Club,  of  which  he  has  been  vice  president  and 
was  one  of  the  organizers  and  leading  members  of  the  Old  Bachelors'  Club  of  Phoenix. 
His  ])Osition  and  popularity  in  social  circles  rivals  that  of  his  position  in  business.  In 
botli  he  is  a  leader,  due  to  his  ability,  his  fidelity  and  his  attractive  qualities. 


EDWARD  J.  HUXTABLE. 


Progress  and  enterprise  have  dominated  the  career  of  Edward  J.  Huxtable,  a  repre- 
sentative business  man  of  Douglas,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for 
the  past  eleven  years.  He  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Toronto,  Canada,  his  natal  year 
being  1870,  and  he  is  one  of  a  family  of  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  still  living.  The 
father,  who  owned  and  operated  a  grist  mill  near  Toronto,  passed  away  in  1903,  but  the 
mother  is  still  living  and  continues  to  reside  in  Canada,  as  do  all  of  her  children,  with 
the  exception  of  Edward  J.  After  the  death  of  the  fatlier  one  of  the  sons,  Tliomas  R. 
Huxtable,  took  over  the  management  of  the  mill  which  he  is  operating  in  connection  with 
an  electric  light  and  power  plant.  Another  son,  Robert  J.,  is  engaged  in  farming  at  Carmen, 
Hanitoba. 

Edward  J.  Huxtable  was  reared  in  the  parental  home  and  acquired  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  common  scliools  of  his  native  province.  Having  resolved  to  become  a 
])harmacist  he  subsequently  matriculated  in  the  University  of  Toronto,  where  he  pursued 
his  professional  studies  until  awarded  his  degree.  He  remained  in  Canada  until  1898,  when 
he  crossed  the  continent  to  Los  Angeles,  California.  Two  years  later  he  established  a 
drug  store  at  Ontario,  that  state,  where  he  engaged  in  business  until  1902.  In  the  latter 
year  he  came  to  Arizona  and  assumed  the  management  of  the  local  stores  of  Braun,  Fer- 
guson &  Company  of  El  Paso,  Texas,  in  which  he  owned  stock.  In  1905,  he  disposed  of 
ills  interest  in  that  concern  and  together  with  0.  0.  Hammill  purchased  the  drug  store  of 
liraun,  Ferguson  &  Company.  Hr.  Hammill  continued  active  in  the  business  until  his 
death  in  1913.  W.  H.  Fisher,  a  former  employe,  purchased  an  interest  in  the  business  in 
March,  1915,  and  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company,  which  is  now  known  as  the 
Douglas  Drug  Company.  They  carry  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  drugs,  patent 
medicines,  stationery,  kodaks  and  such  notions  as  are  usually  found  in  an  establishment 
of  this  kind.  As  they  have  an  attractive  store,  accord  their  customers  courteous  treat- 
ment and  are  reasonable  in  their  charges  they  have  built  up  a  large  and  highly  desirable 
patronage.     They  devote  much  thought  and  consideration  to  the  development  and   improve- 


72  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

meiit  of  their  business  and  not  only  own  one  of  the  finest  drug  stores  in  Cochise  county 
but  in  tliis  section  of  the  state.  Mr.  Huxtable  still  has  interests  in  Canada,  and  owns  stock 
in  some  Jlexican  mines.  Each  year  has  witnessed  a  marked  improvement  in  his  circum- 
stances since  coming  to  Arizona,  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  and 
prosperous  business  men  of  Cochise  county. 

In  1910  Mr.  Huxtable  was  married  to  Miss  Adaline  White,  a  native  of  Mississippi  and 
a  daughter  of  W.  C.  and  Mattie  (Trotter)  White,  who  still  reside  in  that  state.-  She  is 
an  only  daughter,  but  there  are  two  sons  in  the  family,  the  elder  of  whom,  Charles  T.,  is  a 
physician  of  Canute,  Oklahoma,  while  the  other,  Payton,  still  resides  at  West  Point,  Mis- 
sissippi,— the  old  family  home.  Mrs.  Huxtable  was  reared  in  her  native  state  and  com- 
pleted her  education  in  the  West  Point  Academy,  of  which  she  is  a  graduate. 

Mr.  Huxtable  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Fraternal  protherhood  and  Order  of  Moose,  and  his  political  allegiance  he  gives  to 
the  republican  party.  He  makes  his  home  in  Douglas,  where  he  owns  an  attractive  resi- 
dence, and  takes  an  active  interest  in  promoting  the  progress  and  development  of  the  city. 


JUDGE  HENRY  D.  ROSS. 


As  lawyer  and  lawmaker  Henry  D.  Ross  has  a  most  creditable  history,  and  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Arizona  bar  since  1885,  coming  to  the  territory  at  the  outset  of 
his  professional  career.  He  was  born  in  Arkansas,  September  12,  1861,  his  parents  being 
William  H.  and  Emily  (Terrell)  Ross,  the  former  a  farmer  by  occupation.  While  spend- 
ing his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  Judge  Ross  attended  the  public  schools  and 
afterward  matriculated  in  the  Iowa  State  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1884  on  the  completion  of  the  law  course.  The  following  year  he  located  for  practice 
at  FlagstafV,  Arizona,  where  he  remained  for  nine  years,  while  later  he  spent  eighteen 
years  as  a  member  of  the  bar  at  Prescott.  In  1889-90  he  served  as  district  attorney  of 
Yavapai  county  and  in  1891-2  as  district  attorney  of  Coconino  county.  While  engaged 
in  practice  he  won  for  himself  very  favorable  criticism  for  the  careful  and  systematic 
methods  which  he  followed.  He  possesses  remarkable  powers  of  concentration  and  appli- 
cation and  his  retentive  mind  has  often  excited  the  surprise  of  his  professional  colleagues. 
He  removed  to  Phoenix  upon  his  election  to  the  supreme  court  in  1911  and  as  associate 
justice,  and  as  chief  justice,  which  ofliee  he  has  held  since  January,  1,  1915,  has  proved 
himself  the  peer  of  the  ablest  members  who  have  sat  upon  that  bench.  This  does  not 
mea.sure  the  extent  of  his  official  service,  however,  for  in  1893  he  was  elected  to  the 
territorial  legislature  for  one  term.  His  long  and  varied  experience  as  a  member  of  the 
bar  well  qualified  him  for  the  important  judicial  duties  which  he  is  now  discharging. 

On  the  24th  of  April,  1890,  Judge  Ross  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  Wheeler,  of 
El  Paso,  Texas,  and  they  have  a  family  of  two  sons,  Henry  Davis,  Jr.,  and  John  Wheeler. 
Judge  Ross  and  his  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  has  a  wide  acquaintance 
in  this  state  where  through  the  steps  of  orderly  progression  in  the  line  of  his  profession 
he  has  attained  a  high  position  and  merited  success. 


HENRY  POPPEN. 


Henry  Poppen,  who  has  been  manager  of  the  Copper  Queen  Hotel  of  Bisbee  for  over 
six  years,  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  his  birth  occurring  in  1875.  He  is  the  youngest  child 
of  Albert  and  Hilda  Poppen,  who  were  born,  reared  and  married  in  Holland,  whence  they 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1868,  locating  in  Indiana,  wliere  they  passed  the  remain- 
der of  their  lives.     They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  all  but  two  of  whom  are  living. 

The  early  years  in  the  life  of  Henry  Poppen  were  passed  in  Indiana  and  Illinois.  He 
completed  his  education  in  one  of  the  Qiicago  high  schools  and  then  turned  his  attention 
to  commercial  pursuits.     After  spending  two  years  in  the  wholesale  grocery   of  Franklin 


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MacVeagh  &  Company  of  Chicago,  he  accepted  a  position  in  the  Hyde  Park  Hotel,  of  that 
city,  where  he  remained  for  seven  years,  and  has  ever  since  been  identified  with  the  liotel 
business.  He  was  next  employed  in  the  Wellington  Hotel  of  Chicago,  but  he  gave  up 
this  position  at  the  end  of  two  years  in  order  to  assume  the  management  of  the  Court- 
land  Hotel  of  Canton,  Ohio.  Two  years  later  he  severed  his  connection  with  the  latter 
establishment  and  the  same  year,  in  1909,  came  to  Bisbee,  Arizona,  as  manager  of  the 
Copper  Queen  Hotel.  Mr.  Poppen  is  not  only  thoroughly  qualified  to  meet  the  require- 
ments of  such  a  position  but  is  a  capable  business  man  and  has  proven  a  successful 
and  efficient  manager.  He  is  a  man  of  progressive  ideas,  public-spirited  in  matters  of 
citizenship  and  enterprising  in  business  aflairs,  all  of  which  qualities  have  united  in  win- 
ning him  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Poppen  is  affiliated  with  the  Moose,  in  which  organization  he  has 
held  many  of  the  chairs,  including  that  of  vice  dictator.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Warren 
District  Country  Club,  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  board  of  directors  for  two  years, 
and  also  served  as  chairman  of  the  house  committee  and  is  now  president.  He  is  a  golf 
•  enthusiast  and  also  an  excellent  tennis  player,  carrying  several  medals  that  attest  his  skill 
in  the  latter  game.  His  allegiance  in  matters  politic  Mr.  Poppen  extends  to  the  demo- 
cratic party,  and  although  he  is  not  remiss  in  matters  of  citizenship,  being  actively  inter- 
ested in  all  things  pertaining  to  the  welfare  or  development  of  the  municipality,  he  has 
never  held  an  ofiicial  position.  He  is  a  man  of  many  commendable  traits  of  character  and 
enjoys  the  esteem  and  regard  of  a  large  circle  of  business  and  social  acquaintances  in  the 
community. 


RALPH  F.  PALMER,  M.  D. 


Among  the  well  known  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Mesa,  Arizona,  is  Dr.  Ralph  F. 
Palmer,  who  since  1907  has  been  engaged  in  practice  in  that  city  and  has  built  up  an  ex- 
tensive and  gratifying  patronage.  He  was  born  in  Michigan,  in  1875,  and  is  a  son  of 
Edward  B.  and  Emily  H.  (Watson)  Palmer,  the  former  at  one  time  a  business  man  of 
Marquette  but  now  deceased. 

Dr.  Palmer  attended  the  public  schools  and  the  Orchard  Lake  Military  Academy.  He 
then  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  to  prepare  himself  for  his  medical  career  and  took 
his  professional  course  at  the  Chicago  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1900.  He  added  to  his  knowledge  by  acting  as  an  interne  in  Cook 
County  Hospital  from  1900  to  1903  and  also  in  the  Lakeside  Hospital  for  six  months. 
His  arrival  in  Arizona  occurred  in  1903,  when  he  located  at  Prescott.  There  he  remained 
for  four  months  and  then  established  himself  at  Camp  Verde,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
He  next  was  at  Roosevelt,  Arizona,  where  he  was  local  surgeon  for  the  reclamation  serv- 
ice for  five  years,  and  removed  to  Mesa  in  1907,  though  he  remained  in  the  reclamation 
service  for  two  years  thereafter.  His  labors  have  been  attended  with  great  success.  He 
is  now  giving  all  of  his  attention  to  surgery,  along  which  line  he  specializes.  In  1913 
he  completed  what  is  known  as  the  South  Side  Hospital,  at  Mesa,  and  in  its  conduct  is 
associated  with  Dr.  J.  Madison  Greer,  a  graduate  of  Washington  University,  St.  Louis. 
Their  practice  is  limited  to  operative  surgery  and  gynecology  and  they  maintain  a  con- 
sultation office  in  Phoenix  and  operate  in  the  Sisters  and  Deaconess  Hospitals  of  that  city 
as  well  as  in  their  own  private  hospital  in  Mesa.  Dr.  Palmer  is  deeply  attached  to  his 
profession  and  his  reputation  is  justified  by  the  success  which  he  has  had  with  his  patients. 
He  is  interested  in  Everybody's  Drug  Company,  his  partners  in  the  enterprise  being  W.  C. 
Densen,  C.  S.  Dingle  and  J.  J.  Fraser.  This  is  the  foremost  drug  establishment  in  the  city 
and  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  for  pure  drugs. 

In  1898  Dr.  Palmer  married  Miss  Mary  Pennell,  of  Lima,  Ohio,  and  they  have  three 
daughters,  Elizabeth,  Harriett  and  Margaret.  Both  the  Doctor  and  his  wife  are  socially 
prominent  in  Mesa. 

Dr.  Palmer  has  taken  an  active  and  commendable  interest  in  public  afi'airs.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Mesa  from  1908  to  1913  and  served  as  mayor  of  the  city 


74  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

from  1910  to  1912,  during  which  time  he  maJe  many  important  improvements.  In  poli- 
ties he  is  a  republican  and  in  religious  faith  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Klks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  tlie  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 
Professionally  he  is  a  member  of  the  local  medical  societies  as  well  as  the  Arizona  State 
Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  the 
early  history  of  the  state  and  has  an  interesting  collection  of  photographs  of  its  pioneers. 


HON.  CARL  HAYDEN. 


Carl  Hayden,  Arizona's  only  member  in  tlie  national  house  of  representatives,  is  an 
Arizonan,  through  and  through,  in  instinct  and  thought  as  well  as  birth — all  of  which  may 
have  Iiad  something  to  do  with  his  record  of  unvarying  political  success.  Arizona  still  is 
young  in  the  period  of  her  American  occupation  and  few  indeed  are  her  public  men  to  whom 
in  truth  the  state  is  "native  land." 

Mr.  Hayden  was  born  in  Tempe,  Maricopa  county,  Arizona,  October  2,  1877,  his  parents 
being  Charles  Trumbull  Hayden  and  Sallie  Calvert  (Davis)  Hayden.  Reared  in  his  native 
town,  he  went  through  the  district  schools  and,  passing  to  the  Normal  School  of  Arizona,  at 
Tempe,  lie  graduated  from  that  institution,  witli  honor,  a  member  of  the  class  of  1896. 
It  is  well  worthy  of  note  that  his  commencement  oration  had  as  its  subject  the  initiative 
and  referendum,  political  reforms  strongly  supported  by  him  at  that  early  date.  Thereafter, 
for  three  and  a  half  years,  he  was  a  student  in  California  at  Leland  Stanford  Junior 
University,  but,  owing  to  the  serious  illness  of  his  father,  he  was  c6mpelled  to  return  home 
before  graduation,  to  look  after  the  business  interests  of  the  family.  While  at  the  university 
he  gave  his  attention  chielly  to  the  study  of  political  economy  and  history,  considered  by 
him  of  largest  interest  and  importance,  an  early  inclination  of  mind  that  since  has  proven 
most  helpful  in  his  public  career. 

The  first  call  to  public  service  came  in  election  as  a  member  of  the  Tempe  town  council, 
where  he  led  a  successful  movement  toward  the  establishment  of  a  municipal  water  system. 
There  was  broader  experience  in  his  service  as  treasurer  of  Maricopa  county  during  1905 
and  1906.  Then  lie  was  nominated  sheriff  of  his  county  and  was  elected  and  reelected,  each 
time  by  a  majority  of  more  than  one  thousand — more  than  doubling  the  votes  of  his 
opponents,  serving  from  January  1,  1907,  to  February  15,  1912.  He  was  notably  efficient  in 
the  otlice  of  sherifT,  courteous,  courageous  and  humane.  Throughout  he  had  been  active  in 
support  of  his  party  and  its  principles,  deemed  by  him  most  conducive  to  good  government, 
support  that  found  another  measure  of  appreciation  in  1904,  wlien  he  was  made  chairman 
of  the  Arizona  delegation  in  the  national  democratic  convention  at  St.  Louis.  Throughout 
he  has  kept  well  in  to\ich  with  his  party's  great  leaders,  who  have  given  many  expressions 
of  their  appreciation  of  his  party  spirit  and  personal  efficiency. 

When  statehood  was  attained  by  Arizona,  nothing  was  more  logical  than  the  nomination 
of  Carl  Hayden  as  congiessman.  The  election  proved  a  personal  victory  for  him,  even 
beyond  the  fullest  support  of  his  own  party.  His  record  in  the  sixty-second  congress  proving 
so  good,  he  was  reelected  to  the  sixty-third  and  sixty-fourth  congresses.  At  Washington  not 
only  has  he  been  notably  attentive  to  the  wishes  of  his  constituents  and  the  needs  of  his 
state,  but  he  has  attained  a  large  degree  of  popularity  with  his  fellow  members,  with  all 
due  acknowledgment  of  his  knowledge  of  the  problems  of  irrigation,  mining,  stock-raising 
and  transportation. 

For  this  public  service  there  had  been  training  almost  from  infancy.  His  father,  born 
April  4,  1825,  near  Windsor  Locks,  Connecticut,  was  of  distinguished  colonial  ancestry  and 
of  well-cultivated  natural  talents.  While  stilj  young,  he  became  a  merchant  in  Independence, 
Missouri.  In  1849,  with  the  California  gold  fields  in  mental  vision,  he  started  still  further 
westward,  over  the  old  Santa  Fe  trail,  with  ox  wagons,  loaded  with  merchandise,  which  he 
disposed  of  to  good  advantage  at  Santa  Fe.  Thereafter  he  made  his  headquarters  at  Santa 
Fe  till  1858,  when  he  took  up  residence  in  Tucson,  one  of  the  first  Americans  to  settle  in 
southern  Arizona.     His   experiences   during   this  period  were   of   keenest   interest   and   have 


HON.  CARL  HAYDEN 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  77 

been  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Hauling  goods  from  Santa  Fe  to  Tucson,  and  even 
into  Sonora,  he  f6ught  Indians  and  gave  succor  to  the  needy  so  consistently  tliat  many  of 
tlu'  early  military  commanders  gave  liim  warm  praise  in  their  official  reports. 

In  1873  Charles  Trumbull  Hayden  moved  to  Tempe,  where  he  establiehed  Hayden's  Ferry 
near  Hayden's  Butte  and  where  he  built  the  flouring  mill  and  founded  a  mercantile  business 
that  long  was  the  trading  center  of  the  southern  Salt  River  valley,  at  the  same  time  handling 
large  ranching  interests.  Upon  his  generosity  and  kindly  human  interest  were  based  the 
success  of  many  Arizonans,  most  of  them  more  than  willing  to  declare  the  fact.  Always  a 
close  student  of  public  questions,  his  clean  and  far-reaching  philosophy  had  much  to  do  with 
shaping  the  mind  of  his  son.  Likewise  there  was  the  impress  of  the  rare  personality  of  the 
mother,  a  woman  of  unusual  force  of  cliaracter  and  of  strong  intellectual  endowments.  She 
was  born  July  24,  1842,  in  St.  Francis  county,  Arkansas,  daughter  of  Cornelius  Davis,  who 
there  had  settled  from  Kentucky. 

Congressman  Hayden  has  attained  high  rank  in  Masonry  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Mystic  Shrme,  and  is  connected  also  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  He  has  been  described  as  a  big,  warm-hearted,  clean-handed  represent- 
ative of  Arizona's  best  citizenship  and  he  has  been  proven  tlie  peer  of  many  of  tlie  ablest 
members  of  the  national  legislature  in  the  discussion  of  vital  problems.  His  fearlessness  in 
maintaining  liis  stand  on  whatever  he  considers  right  has  won  him  admiration  even  from 
those  wlio  oppose  his  political  policies.  He  is  well-iitted  for  the  leadership  to  which  lie  has 
attained  and  his  duties  are  performed  with  a  sense  of  conscientious  obligation  that  has 
produced  results  of  large  benefit  to  the  people  and  the  state  he  represents. 


REV.  CYPRIAN  VABRE. 


Rev.  Cyprian  Vabre  was  born  in  France,  near  Toulouse,  December  5,  1871,  a  son  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  Anne  Vabre.  The  ancestral  line  on  the  paternal  side  can  be  traced  back  through 
many  generations  to  the  year  1484  and  the  representatives  of  the  name  were  landowners 
of  France.  Cyprian  Vabre  was  one  of  a  family  of  ten  children,  of  whom  three  are  living. 
Through  his  family  in  successive  generations  one  boy  in  every  household  was  selected  for 
the  priesthood  of  the  Catholic  church,  this  being  a  matter  of  pride  in  the  family.  Upon 
Cyprian  Vabre  fell  this  choice  among  his  father's  ten  children,  and  at  the  age  of  eleven  years 
he  was  sent  to  college,  from  which  he  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years.  He  after- 
ward went  to  the  seminary  at  Rodcz,  where  he  studied  until  reaching  the  age  of  twenty- 
three  years.  It  was  his  earnest  desire  to  enter  the  missionary  field  and  about  tiiat  time 
the  Rt,  Rev.  Henry  Granjon,  of  Arizona,  wont  to  France  to  enroll  volunteers  for  missionary 
work  in  this  state.  Cyprian  Vabre  and  two  others  were  selected  and  in  course  of  time 
he  arrived  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  reaching  there  May  6,  1895.  After  completing  his  studies 
in  St.  Mary's  Seminary  in  Baltimore,  he  was  ordained  to  the  priestliood  by  Cardinal  Gib- 
bons on  the  21st  of  December,  1895. 

On  the  6th  of  January,  1896,  Father  Vabre  was  sent  to  Tucson,  Arizona,  and  from  there 
went  to  Prescott  as  assistant  to  Father  Alfred  Quetu,  with  whom  he  remained  until  October 
15,  1899.  He  then  went  to  New  Mexico  and  was  appointed  pastor  at  Hillsboro,  Sierra 
county,  where  he  entered  upon  a  most  difficult  work,  ^s  his  parishioners  were  distributed 
over  a  large  territory.  He  had  to  make  his  trips  on  horseback  in  the  wild  country  that  bor- 
dered the  Rio  Grande  river.  He  continued  there  for  thirteen  months  and  in  December,  1900, 
was  transferred  to  Flagstaff,  which  parisli  then  included  more  than  five  counties.  During 
his  labors  here  Father  Vabre  has  the  distinction  of  liaving  built  three  churches,  one  at 
Ashfork,  one  at  Kingman  and  one  at  Seligman,  but  that  part  of  his  labor  which  probably 
deserves  greatest  credit  is  the  establishment  and  building  of  the  Academy  of  St.  Anthony, 
now  conducted  under  the  Sisters  of  Loretto  in  Flagstaff.  This  is  a  Catholic  day  school  that 
now  has  one  hundred  and  fifty  children  enrolled  and  Father  Vabre  is  the  director.  This 
academy  was  begun  on  the  5th  of  May,  1911,  and  to  the  surprise  of  all,  and  owing  to  the 
energy  and  capable  direction  of  Father  Vabre,  was  dedicated  in  December  of  the  same  year. 
It  is  a  beautiful  stone  building  and  is  at  present  used  for  cliurch  services,  while  awaiting 


78  ARIZONA— TllE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

the  time  when  Father  Vabre  can  complete  and  carry  out  his  plans  for  a  new  church,  the 
ground  for  which  has  already  been  acquired. 

During  the  period  of  his  residence  in  the  southwest  Father  Vabre  has  taken  many  trips 
through  various  parts  of  Arizona  then  belonging  to  his  parish.  These  trips  were  often 
most  dangerous,  but  his  spirit  never  quailed  before  any  conditions  that  seemed  to  promise 
for  the  benefit  of  the  church.  On  one  occasion  he  visited  Mexican  ranchers  on  the  Bill 
Williams  river,  where  he  came  in  touch  with  members  of  his  church  who  for  more  than 
forty  years  had  never  seen  a  priest  and  many  were  the  christening  and  marriage  services 
that  he  performed  there.  He  remained  in  the  district  for  thirty  days  and  was  made  most 
welcome  among  his  people,  who  would  come  for  miles  around,  hearing  the  rumor  that  a 
priest  was  there  who  would  christen  their  children. 

Father  Vabre  has  written  a  most  interesting  and  attractive  pamphlet  entitled  "The 
Old  Santa  Fe  Trail  Across  Arizona,"  a  story  that  has  been  widely  read  and  gives  a  most 
accurate  picture  of  conditions  of  that  early  day.  He  has  been  an  advocate  of  progress  along 
many  lines,  especially  supporting  the  good  roads  movement,  and  he  was  sent  as  a  delegate 
to  the  national  old  trails  convention  which  was  held  in  Indianapolis  in  1914.  It  was  on  his 
initiative  that  the  modem  trail  was  laid  as  first  taken  by  the  padres,  by  way  of  Needles, 
California,  and  he  has  given  valuable  assistance  in  publishing  the  automobile  route  book 
from  coast  to  coast.  It  can  easily  be  seen  that  Father  Vabre  has  led  a  most  useful  life, 
belonging  to  that  class  of  men  who  are  indispensable  in  the  development  and  upbuilding 
of  a  new  community,  men  who  not  only  further  moral  progress,  but  who  through  their 
sound  judgment  can  give  valuable  advice  concerning  material  interests  that  lead  to  the  sub- 
stantial and  permanent  improvement  of  locality  and  state.  In  1907  he  took  a  trip  around 
the  world  in  company  with  T.  A.  Riordan,  starting  at  San  Francisco  and  visiting  Honolulu, 
Japan,  China,  India,  Egypt,  Greece,  Italy  and  Spain,  also  his  old  home  in  France,  and  return- 
ing from  Liverpool,  England,  to  Quebec,  Canada.  He  is  a  very  instructive,  interesting  and 
entertaining  talker  and  many  of  his  parishioners  find  hira  a  most  genial  and  enjoyable  com- 
panion. He  is  a  most  earnest  worker  for  the  church,  delivering  two  sermons  each  Sunday, 
one  in  English  and  the  other  in  Spanish.  His  work  entitles  him  to  distinction  as  one  of  the 
representative  and  honored  residents  of  the  southwest,  where  his  labors  have  been  of  far- 
reaching  benefit,  influence  and  value. 


WILLIAM  M.  LOVELL. 


William  M.  Lovell,  who  has  been  in  the  active  practice  of  law  in  Tucson  since  1882, 
is  one  of  the  most  prominent  attorneys  of  the  city  and  well  known  in  professional  circles 
of  the  state.  He  has  held  many  positions  of  public  trust  along  legal  lines  and  has  by  his 
able  and  well  directed  work  made  his  influence  felt  upon  judicial  history.  Mr.  Lovell  was 
born  in  Muhlenberg  county,  Kentucky,  November  5,  1836,  and  went  west  to  California  in 
1852.  Ho  entered  the  University  of  the  Pacific  at  San  Jose,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1862,  and  afterward  studied  law  in  that  city  under  Judge  Lawrence  Ai'cher.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  California  and  practiced  in  San  Jose  in  partnership  with  his  former 
preceptor  for  some  years,  serving  during  that  time  for  three  terms  as  district  attorney  of 
Santa  Clara  county.  He  spent  one  year  in  Nevada  and  then  returned  to  San  Jose  but  in 
1882  came  to  Tucson,  where  he-  has  had  a  long  and  honorable  professional  career,  during 
which  he  has  gained  distinction  and  eminence  in  legal  circles.  He  served  as  city  attorney 
in  1885  and  1886;  for  two  terms  as  district  attorney  of  Pima  county;  and  was  a  member 
of  the  legislative  council  from  Pima  county  for  one  term  in  1893.  His  official  career  has 
been  distinguished  by  loyal,  able  and  effective  service  in  the  public  interests  and  by  the 
constant  support  of  all  progressive  public  measures.  As  a  lawyer  he  is  a  strong  and  able 
practitioner,  well  versed  in  the  underlying  principles  of  his  profession  and  possessed  of  the 
personality  and  power  necessary  to  make  his  knowledge  and  ability  eft'cctive.  He  has  been 
connected  with  much  important  litigation  and  has  displayed  great  ability  in  the  conduct 
of  his  cases,  winning  a  large  and  lucrative  pract^  and  a  high  place  among  the  members 
of  the  Arizona  bar. 


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In  September,  1863,  Mr.  Lovell  married  Miss  Mildred  L.  Welch,  who  passed  away 
December  24,  1911,  leaving  four  children:  Lawrence  A.,  now  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles, 
California;  Ira  W.,  who  is  the  only  child  in  this  family  born  in  Tucson,  and  is  also  residing 
in  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  Gussie  L.  Manning,  of  Tucson;  and  Mrs.  Laurette  L.  Francis  of 
Los  Angeles,  California. 

Mr.  Lovell  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  but  beyond 
this  has  no  fraternal  connections,  for  he  prefers  to  devote  his  time  to  his  professional 
duties.  Religiously  he  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church.  Having  resided  in  Tucson 
for  over  thirty  years,  he  is  well  and  favorably  known  here,  and  his  straightforward  and 
honorable  life  has  won  for  him  the  warm  regard  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been 
associated. 


ROSS  A.  KINGSBURY. 


Among  those  who  are  an  adornment  to  the  bar  of  Arizona  is  Ross  A.  Kingsbury,  whose 
legal  career  could  be  cited  as  one  of  which  any  bar  or  bench  might  be  proud.  Mr.  Kingsbury 
was  born  in  Illinois  in  1868,  his  parents  being  Arius  N.  and  Celeste  (Hazzard)  Kingsbury. 
The  Kingsbury  family  is  of  English  descent.  The  maternal  ancestors  of  our  subject 
settled  in  New  England  early  in  the  seventeenth  century,  and  his  grandparents  were 
pioneers  of  Illinois.  Arius  N.  Kingsbury,  the  father,  also  followed  the  legal  profession  and 
was  prominent  in  his  community. 

Ross  A.  Kingsbury  acquired  his  fundamental  education  in  the  public  schools  and  then 
studied  law  under  his  father.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  state  of  Illinois  in  1889 
and  in  Missouri  in  1891,  after  which  he  practiced  in  Benton  and  St.  Louis,  that  state. 
Having  spent  two  winters  in  Arizona,  he  was  so  much  impressed  with  the  advantages  and 
opportunities  the  state  held  out  that  he  decided  to  locate  here  permanently  and  in  1913 
came  to  Mesa,  resigning  the  office  of  probate  judge  in  Benton,  Missouri,  in  order  to  make 
the  transfer  of  residence.  Being  a  lawyer  of  years  of  standing  in  Missouri  and  Illinois, 
Mr.  Kingsbury  soon  gained  a  gratifying  practice  and  his  ability  is  widely  recognized.  He 
is  well  read  in  the  law  and  clear  and  concise  in  the  presentation  of  his  arguments  before 
judge  and  jury. 

In  1903  Judge  Kingsbury  married  Miss  Jattie  Gladish,  of  Cape  Girardeau,  Missouri, 
and  they  have  two  children.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Kingsbury  is  one  of  those  men  \\ho  are  valuable  additions  to 
the  new  states  of  the  west,  and  Arizona  may  be  congratulated  upon  having  attracted  him 
as  a  resident. 


JAMES  R.  HENDERSON. 


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Among  those  who  have  achieved  prominence  as  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial 
worth  in  Cochise  county,  and  who  have  for  some  years  been  forces  in  the  business  develop- 
ment of  Bisbee,  is  numbered  James  R.  Henderson,  partner  in  the  Hcnderson-Watkins  Lumber 
Company.  He  was  born  in  Kentucky,  December  31,  1873,  and  is  a  son  of  James  P.  and 
Elizabeth  (Pell)  Henderson.  The  father  was  a  Baptist  minister  and  a  large  planter  in  hia 
native  state.  In  the  family  were  the  following  children :  Mary  D.,  who  passed  away  leaving 
one  daughter,  Odessa  Lyons,  of  Kentucky;  Darius  L.,  a  farmer  in  Kalispell,  Montana; 
Frank  A.,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  in  Yale,  Oklahoma;  Elmer  H.,  a  farmer  in  Alberta, 
Canada;  Charles  P.,  who  is  general  manager  of  the  Cole  Motor  Car  Company  in  Indianapolis; 
James  R.,  of  this  review;  and  Ransom  P.,  assistant  general  manager  of  the  Cole  Motor  Car 
Company  of  Indianapolis. 

James  R.  Henderson  was  reared  in  Kansas,  where  his  father  resided  for  many  years 
previous  to  his  death.  He  attended  the  district  schools  and  when  not  engaged  with  his  books 
aided  in  the  operation  of  the  home  farm.     In   1888  he  began  his  independent  career.     He 


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went  to  Washington  state,  \v)ieie  he  worked  in  tlie  sawmills  and  logging  camps  for  five 
years,  going  to  Oklahoma  in  1893.  In  that  state  he  remained  for  three  years,  engaging  in 
various  occupations  and  then  came  to  Arizona,  mining  in  various  parts  of  this  state  until 
April,  1902.  At  that  time  he  was  elected  citj'  marshal  of  Bishee,  to  which  place  he  had 
removed  in  1901,  and  he  had  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  man  to  hold  that  office.  He 
served  ably  and  conscientiously  for  sixteen  months  and  then  resigned  in  order  to  accept 
the  appointment  of  superintendent  of  the  ilarquette  &  Arizona  Mining  Company,  with 
headquarters  in  Bisbee.  He  retained  that  position  for  one  y-ear,  but  during  that  time  also 
engaged  in  the  livery  business,  having  organized  tlie  Palace  Livery  &  Undertaking  Com- 
pany, wliich  is  now  one  of  the  largest  enterprises  of  the  kind  in  southern  Arizona.  Mr. 
Henderson  severed  his  connection  with  that  concern  in  1907  and  bought  a  one-third  interest 
in  the  lumber  business  operated  by  L.  J.  Overstock  &  Company.  The  concern  was  later 
incorporated  as  the  I'ioncer  Lumber  Company  and  Mr.  Henderson  was  made  vice  president. 
In  March,  1909,  lie  purchased  his  associates'  interests  and  took  his  brother-in-law,  E.  A. 
Watkins,  into  partnership.  Their  connection  has  since  continued,  the  business  being  oper- 
ated under  the  name  of  tlie  Henderson-Watkins  Lumber  Company.  They  have  secured  a 
large  and  representative  iiatronage,  based  upon  their  honorable  and  upriglit  business  methods, 
and  their  enterprise  is  today  regarded  as  one  of  the  important  elements  in  the  business  life 
of  the  community.  Mr.  Henderson  is  further  connected  with  business  interests  in  Bisbee  as 
local  representative  for  the  Cole  motor  cars.  He  owns  fine  lumberyards  in  the  city,  valu- 
able holdings  in  business  buildings  and  a  fine  residence. 

On  November  1,  1903,  Mr.  Henderson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nellie  Nichols, 
who  is  a  native  of  Iowa  but  was  reared  in  Missouri.  She  is  a  daughter  of  .Tames  and  Ellen 
(Uoe)  Nichols,  in  whose  family  were  the  following  children:  Rilla,  who  married  A.  M. 
Tong,  of  Tucson,  Arizona;  Annie,  the  wife  of  E.  A.  Watkins,  partner  in  the  Henderson- 
Watkins  Lumber  Company;  Nellie,  now  Mrs.  Henderson;  William  C,  who  is  engaged  in 
mining  in  Bisbee;  Gilbert  Maston,  also  of  Bisbee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henderson  have  two  chil- 
dren: Leta,  who  was  born  in  January,  1905,  and  is  now  attending  school;  and  James  R., 
born  in  August,  1907,  also  a  student  in  the  Bisbee  public  schools.  Mr.  Henderson  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  while  his  wife  affiliates  with  the  Presbyterian  organization. 

Mr.  Henderson  gives  liis  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  an  active  worker 
in  its  ranks.  He  was  chairman  of  the  central  committee  in  1911  and  in  many  other  ways 
has  aided  in  the  spread  of  the  doctrines  and  principles  of  democracy.  For  two  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Bisbee.  He  may  truly  be  called  a  self-made  man,  for 
he  started  his  independent  career  at  the  early  age  of  sixteen  and  has  worked  his  way 
upward  to  success.  His  ability  and  his  place  in  business  circles  of  Bisbee  are  indicated  by 
the  fact  that  he  is  a  member  of  the  Warren  District  Commercial  Club-  and  in  March,  1912, 
he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  State  Fair  committee  and  in  many  other  ways  he  has 
been  a  moving  factor  in  measures  for  the  general  progress.  He  is  a  man  of  marked  force 
of  cliaracter,  of  helpful  and  courteous  bearing,  of  strong  determination  and  honorable  pur- 
pose, and  tliese  qualities  liave  been  elements  in  a  career  which  is  most  commendable  in 
all  of  its  phasts. 


JOHN  G.  KEATING. 


In  the  history  of  Pinal  county  mention  should  be  made  of  John  G.  Keating,  for  he  is  an 
important  factor  in  its  business  and  political  circles.  That  he  is  public  spirited  and  loyal 
to  the  interests  of  that  section  is  manifest  in  the  way  he  |)romotes  municipal  and  county 
afTairs  as  a  member  of  the  Florence  town  council,  as  town  treasurer  and  as  county  super- 
visor, and  that  he  is  a  reliable  and  progressive  business  man  is  indicated  by  tlie  rapid 
expansion  and  present  prosperity  of  his  mercantile  business  and  his  important  mining 
interests. 

Mr.  Keating  is  a  native  of  Arkansas  and  came  to  Arizona  in  April,  1883,  spending 
some  years  thc-reafter  driving  a  stage  from  Florence  to  Silver  King  in  the  interests  of  the 
Texas  &    California    Stage    Company.      In    1886    he    settled    in    Florence   and    established    a 


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mercantile  business,  in  which  he  continued  until  February,  1913.  In  the  early  days,  before 
the  timber  culture  law  was  repealed,  he  settled  on  a  piece  of  government  land  near  the 
town  but  this  eiglity  acres  with  other  lands  he  has  recently  disposed  of.  He  has  extensive 
and  important  mining  interests  in  the  Silver  King  district. 

After  coming  to  Arizona  Mr.  Keating  joined  the  state  guards,  rising  from  corporal 
to  captain  of  Company  E,  First  Arizona  National  Guard.  In  the  early  days  he  was  elected 
supervisor  of  Pinal  county  and  for  two  years  was  chairman  of  the  board.  For  many  years 
he  has  been  a  member  of  tlie  democratic  state  central  committee  and  was  its  chairman 
for  many  years,  doing  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  the  interests  of  his  party. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  twenty-third  territorial  legislature,  elected  by  a  majority  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty-two  votes  and  served  on  several  important  committees,  including  the 
ways  and  means,  corporations  and  judiciary,  and  chairman  of  the  county  and  county  boun- 
daries, and  territorial  affairs.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Florence  town  council  from  the  incor- 
poration of  the  city  until  1913,  at  which  time  he  declined  the  nomination  for  mayor  of  the  city. 
He  has  also  served  as  town  treasurer  and  county  supervisor  and  his  versatile  ability,  keen  mind 
and  untiring  energy  enabled  him  to  conduct  the  affairs  of  all  these  offices  in  an  intelligent 
and  elficient  way. 

Mr.  Keating  married  Miss  Mary  Dunlap,  a  native  of  Kansas,  who  died  on  the  19th 
of  December,  1914,  leaving  two  daughters,  both  graduates  of  the  State  Normal  School.  Annis 
is  now  the  wife  .of  F.  C.  Ayer,  LL.  D.,  now  dean  of  education  at  the  State  University  of 
Eugene,  Oregon.     Mary  is  teaching  her  fourth  year  in  the  public  schools  of  Florence. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Keating  is  connected  with  Phoenix  Lodge,  No.  335,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and 
also  belongs  to  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  having 
served  as  deputy  grand  master  for  two  terms  in  the  latter  order.  He  is  also  past  worthy 
ruler  of  the  Fraternal  Mystic  Circle.  He  owns  valuable  property  in  Florence,  including 
his  own  attractive  residence  and  a  business  block  on  Main  street.  He  is  now  devoting 
practically  his  entire  time  to  his  property  and  mining  interests  and  has  made  many  improve- 
ments on  his  property  in  the  city.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Pinal  Mutual  Irrigation 
Canal  Company.  Public-spirited  and  progressive,  he  has  always  taken  a  very  active  interest 
in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  was  the  father  of  house  bill  No.  149,  appropriating  nineteen 
thousand  dollars  for  the  construction  of  a  bridge  at  Florence.  He  is  justly  accounted  one 
of  the  most  prominent  men  in  public  affairs  in  Pinal  county,  is  progressive  and  practical 
and  generally  carries  forward  to  successful  completion  whatever  he  undertakes.  He  knows 
how  to  use  his  powers  and  his  business  career  and  public  life  are  alike  above  reproach. 


GEORGE   WILLIS    CASS. 


George  Willis  Cass,  a  leading  and  prominent  attorney  of  Douglas,  is  now  enjoying  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  practice,  which  has  come  to  him  as  the  reward  of  earnest  endeavor 
and  recognized  ability.  He  was  born  in  Coshocton,  Ohio,  in  1851,  and  is  a  son  of  Abner  L. 
and  Margaret  (Kerr)-  Cass.  The  father  was  not  only  a  prominent  and  successful  physician 
and  surgeon  but  also  an  able  and  farsighted  politician,  well  known  in  the  public  life  of  the 
nation.  During  the  Civil  war  he  was  active  in  democratic  politics,  running  as  a  candidate 
for  congress  before  and  after  the  close  of  hostilities.  For  two  terms  he  served  in  the 
Ohio  state  senate,  becoming  well  known  as  a  stanch  representative  of  the  "old  line  democ- 
racy." Affiliation  with  this  party  is  a  *i'adition  in  the  Cass  family,  Abner  L.  Cass'  uncle, 
Lewis  Cass,  having  been  democratic  candidate  for  the  presidency  in  1848.  After  a  long, 
active  and  eminently  successful  career,  the  various  phases  of  which  had  influenced  the  pro- 
fessional life  of  Illinois  and  Ohio  and  the  political  development  of  the  country,  Abner  L. 
Cass  died  in  1887.  His  wife  has  also  passed  away,  her  death  having  occurred  in  the  same 
year.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Kerr,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  two  of  her  brothers  were  also  Presbyterian  ministers.  She 
and  her  husband  became  the  parents  of  five  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The 
others  are:  Joseph  K.,  a  paper  manufacturer  in  New  York  city;  Agnes,  who  lives  with 
her  brother  in  New  York;  and  George  WiHis,  of  this  review. 


84  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

The  last  imined  grew  to  maiiliood  in  liis  fatlier's  home  in  Ohio  and  acquired  his  primary 
education  in  the  district  schools.  He  entered  Kenyon  College  at  Gambier,  Ohio,  in  1867 
and  was  graduated  in  1871.  He  afterward  took  a  post-graduate  course  and  four  years 
later  received  his  A.  M.  degree.  Having  determined  to  study  law,  he  entered  the  University 
of  Michigan  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1874.  In  the  same  year  he 
went  to  Chicago  and  opened  an  oHice  for  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  well  known 
as  a  resourceful  and  able  practitioner,  gaining  a  large  clientage  and  an  important  place  in 
legal  circles,  as  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Bar  Association 
of  Chicago.  In  1901  he  abandoned  professional  life  and  turned  his  attention  to  business 
pursuits,  becoming  president  of  the  Central  Sugar  Company  and  first  president  of  the 
Chicago,  Indianapolis  &  Louisville  Railroad,  with  headquarters  in  Chicago. 

In  1903  llr.  Cass  came  to  Arizona  and  two  years  later  resumed  tlie  practice  of  law  in 
Douglas.  He  opened  an  oflice  in  partnership  with  Gid  Graham  and  one  year  later  severed 
this  connection  and  associated  himself  with  Albert  AL  Sames  under  the  firm  name  of  Cass 
&  Sames.  This  is  one  of  the  strongest  law  finns  in  the  city  and  much  important  litiga- 
tion is  transacted  in  its  olTices.  Mr.  Cass  is  a  forceful  and  shrewd  practitioner,  possessed 
of  a  thorough  understanding  of  legal  principles  and  a  discriminating  ability  in  making 
application  of  them.  As  a  consequence  his  patronage  has  grown  rapidly  and  has  now 
reached  extensive  proportions,  making  him  one  of  the  foremost  men  in  the  legal  profession 
in  Arizona. 

In  May,  1879,  Mr.  Cass  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rebecca  Osborne,  a  native  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  a  daughter  of  John  O.  Osborne,  a  native  of  England  and  formerly  well 
known  in  the  life  and  fire  insurance  business  in  Cleveland.  He  had  three  children:  Rebecca, 
the  wife  of  the  subject  of  this  review;  Elizabeth,  who  married  Thomas  C.  Ahern,  an  attorney 
in  Chicago;  and  Lillie  A.,  who  makes  her  home  with  her  sister  Mrs.  Ahern. 

Mr.  Cass  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  and  his  religious  views 
are  in  accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Fraternally  he  ia  connected 
with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 
He  has  attained  an  enviable  position  in  the  ranks  of  the  legal  profession  in  this  part 
of  the  state  and  in  professional  and  social  circles  alike  has  won  a  host  of  warm  friends. 


JARED  D.  TAYLOR. 


Jared  D.  Taylor,  who  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Bisbee  for  the  past 
seven  years,  during  six  of  which  he  has  also  discharged  the  duties  of  United  States  com- 
missioner, is  a  native  of  Sheboygan  county,  Wisconsin,  his  birth  occurring  in  1864.  He  is  a 
son  of  David  and  Mary  S.  (Callender)  Taylor,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  All  of  their 
married  life  was  passed  in  Wisconsin,  where  the  father,  who  was  also  an  attorney,  began 
the  practice  of  law  in  1846,  at  Sheboygan.  He  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  rep- 
resentatives of  his  profession  in  that  state,  and  from  1878  until  his  death  in  1893,  was 
an  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Wisconsin.  Seven  of  the  children  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Taylor  lived  to  attain  maturity,  and  of  these  six  are  still  living. 

The  early  life  of  Jared  D.  Taylor  was  passed  under  the  parental  roof,  amid  an  environ- 
ment conducive  to  the  development  of  sterling  qualities  of  character  and  high  standards 
of  life.  He  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state, 
and  having  decided  to  adopt  his  father's  profession  as  his  vocation  he  matriculated  in  the 
law  department  of  the  State  University  at  Madison.  He  was  awarded  his  degree  from 
this  institution  with  the  class  of  1887,  and  following  his  admission  to  the  bar  established 
an  office  and  engaged  in  practice  in  Michigan.  Subsequently  he  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  courts  of  Minnesota,  and  for  some  years  followed  his  profession  in  the  three  states 
named.  In  190G,  he  came  to  Arizona  and  located  in  Bisbee  the  following  year.  He  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  1908  and  established  an  office  in  Bisbee.  Mr.  Taylor  is  entitled  to 
practice  in  all  of  the  courts  with  the  exceptioh  of  the  United  States  supreme  court,  and 
M  ho  is  thoroughly  informed  on  all  phases  of  law,  which  he  intelligently  interprets  to  his 


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clients,  and  carefully  and  conscientiously  prepares  his  eases,  he  has  built  up  a  very  satis- 
factory practice  in  Cochise  county. 

Mr.  Taylor  was  married  in  1906  to  Miss  Louise  E.  Zsclietzsche,  who  was  born  and  reared 
in  Sheboygan,  Wisconsin,  where  her  parents  lived  until  their  deaths.  Politically  Mr. 
Taylor  supports  the  republican  party.  Ho  was  appointed  United  States  commissioner  in 
June,  1909,  in  which  capacity  he  is  still  serving.  He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial 
citizens  of  his  town,  taking  an  earnest  and  helpful  interest  in  all  movements  affecting 
the  welfare  of  the  municipality  or  the  community  at  large. 


A.  A.  NICHOLSON. 


A.  A.  Nicholson  has  for  seventeen  years  been  identified  with  the  commercial  interests 
of  Willcox,  where  he  has  acquired  quite  extensive  property  interests.  He  was  born  on 
Prince  Edward  Island,  Canada,  in  1855,  and  is  a  son  of  Allan  and  Margaret  Nicholson. 
The  parents  were  born,  reared  and  married  in  Scotland  and  there  were  born  the  two  eldest 
of  their  thirteen  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living. 

A.  A.  Nicholson  passed  his  early  life  at  home,  where  lie  had  instilled  into  his  youthful 
mind  many  lessons  on  the  value  of  thrift  and  diligence  as  well  as  honesty  in  the  pursuit 
of  a  successful  career.  He  remained  in  Canada  until  1881,  when  he  crossed  the  border 
into  the  United  States  and  engaged  in  business  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  He  remained  there 
for  a  number  of  years  and  then  went  to  the  state  of  Washington,  but  after  a  two  years' 
sojourn  there  returned  to  St.  Paul,  where  he  continued  in  business  until  1899.  In  the 
autumn  of  that  year  he  came  to  Willcox,  Arizona,  and  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brother  but  subsequently  became  sole  proprietor  of  the  business  which  he  is  still  conduct- 
ing. He  has  met  with  a  fair  measure  of  success  since  coming  here  and  holds  title  to  the 
property  where  his  business  is  located,  besides  owning  his  residence  and  other  local  real 
estate,  including  a  one  hundred  and  sixty  acre  ranch  in  the  vicinity  of  Willcox,  which  he  is 
improving. 

In  Minnesota  on  the  23d  of  April,  1885,  Mr.  Nicholson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Marshall,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  that  state.  She  is  the  fifth  in  order  of 
birth  in  a  family  of  nine  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living,  her  parents  being  Mr. 
and  Jlrs.  Thomas  Marshall,  who  passed  away  in  Minnesota.  There  Mrs.  Nicholson  resided 
until  1901,  when  she  joined  her  husband  in  Willcox.  Of  their  marriage  have  been  born  two 
sons:  Murdoch  Allan,  who  was  born  on  the  2d  of  October,  1886,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  awarded  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1911,  and  has  since 
engaged  in  practice  in  Hampton,  Iowa.  Marshall  .lohn,  whose  natal  day  was  the  6th  of 
October,  1896,  is  a  student  in  the  Normal  School  at  Tempe. 

The  family  affiliate  with  the  Presbyterian  chinch,  and  fraternally  Mr.  Nicholson  is 
identified  with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workman  and  the  Masonic  order.  His  political 
support  he  extends  to  the  republican  party,  but  he  has  never  sought  an  official  position.  Ho 
is  a  man  of  good  business  ability  and  pursues  his  undertakings  with  the  diligence  and 
integrity  that  commends  him  to  the  esteem  and  regard  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  among 
whom  he  numbers  many  friends. 


JUDGE  DONNELL  LA  FAYETTE  CUNNINGHAM. 

Judge  Donnell  La  Fayette  Cunningham,  who  was  elected  to  the  state  constitutional 
convention  by  the  largest  number  of  votes  given  any  candidate  and  who  is  now  serving 
as  an  associate  judge  of  the  eupieme  court  of  Arizona,  makes  his  home  in  Phoenix,  where 
he  is  no  less  highly  honored  for  his  personal  worth  than  for  his  professional  attainment.  He 
is  a  representative  of  an  old  southern  family  of  Scotch  descent.  His  paternal  grandfather 
settled  in  Virginia  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war  and  at  an  early  day  became  a  resident 
of  Tennessee.     The  Judge's  parents  were  Ebenezer  and  Martha   (Clayton)   Cunningham,  the 


86  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

former  a  saddle  and  haiiiess  maker  by  trade.  The  latter,  a  native  of  Alabama,  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Clayton,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  state. 

Judge  Cunningham  completed  his  preliminary  education  by  a  high-school  course  in 
Gaylesville,  Alabama,  and  afterward  took  up  the  study  of  law,  pursuing  his  reading  at 
home  while  he  devoted  a  portion  of  his  time  to  farm  labor.  He  continued  his  studies  under 
the  direction  of  John  L.  Burnett,  and  later  in  the  oflice  of  Chancellor  S.  K.  McSpaddeii. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Clierokee,  Alabama,  on  the  23d  of  December,  1887,  and 
located  for  practice  in  Ashvillo,  that  state,  where  he  remained  until  his  removal  to  Fort 
Payne,  Alabama,  in  1889.  There  he  continued  until  .May,  1893,  and  subsequently  removed 
to  Trinidad,  Colorado.  His  next  place  of  residence  was  at  Cripple  Creek  and  in  1897  he 
came  to  Arizona  with  Flagstaff  as  his  destination.  He  made  the  journey  with  a  burro 
outfit  from  Colorado  where  he  had  lost  everything  in  a  disastrous  lire.  Being  thus  left 
witliout  financial  resources  he  had  to  resort  to  any  means  that  would  furnish  him  an 
honest  living  and  for  a  period  was  employed  at  all  kinds  of  hard  work.  He  then  became 
assistant  to  E.  S.  Clark  in  his  law  office,  remaining  there  for  a  short  time,  and  in  February, 
1899,  opened  a  law  office  on  his  own  account  at  Williams,  Arizona,  where  he  continued  in 
successful  practice  until  January,  1902,  when  he  again  lost  everything  through  fire.  He 
next  removed  to  Tucson,  Arizona,  but  was  not  pleased  with  the  location  and  soon  closed 
his  office  there.  In  November,  1902,  ho  removed  to  Tombstone  and  a  year  later  was  appointed 
district  attorney.  He  made  an  excellent  record  in  office  and  his  official  service  recom- 
mended him  to  the  public  patronage.  His  clientage  grew  and  he  soon  won  acknowledg- 
ment as  one  of  the  ablest  members  of  the  Arizona  bar.  This  led  to  his  election  to  the 
supreme  court  in  1911,  where  as  associate  justice  he  has  made  an  excellent  record.  His 
legal  learning,  his  analytical  mind,  the  readiness  with  wliich  he  grasps  the  point  in  an 
argument,  all  combine  to  make  him  one  of  the  most  capable  jurists  that  has  ever  graced 
the  court  of  last  resort. 

\\hile  he  has  won  and  merited  high  judicial  honors  Judge  Cunningham's  connection 
with  the  bench  does  not  measure  the  extent  of  his  official  service  for  he  was  chosen  to 
represent  his  district  in  the  constitutional  convention.  He  acted  as  chairman  of  the  judiciary 
committee  and  otherwise  took  important  part  in  framing  the  organic  laws  of  the  state. 
In  politics  he  has  long  been  a  prominent  deiiucrat  but  he  never  allows  political  prejudice  to 
interfere  with  the  performance  of  his  judicial  duties. 

On  the  10th  of  March,  1904,  Judge  Cunningham  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louise 
Cornelius,  of  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  to  whom  Judge  Cunningham  always  acknowledges  his 
indebtedness  for  his  success  in  life.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  ^lias  been  a  member  of  its  grand  lodge.  He  is  also  a  representa- 
tive of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Judge  Cunningham  is  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments  and 
his  developing  powers  along  professional  lines  won  him  an  extensive  and  well  merited 
practice.  He  has  carried  many  cases  and  lost  but  few,  for  no  one  has  recognized  in  larger 
degree  the  necessity  for  thorough  preparation  and  no  one  has  more  industriously  pre])ared 
his  cases  than  has  Judge  Cunningham.  His  course  on  the  bench  has  shown  him  to  be  excep- 
tionally free  from  all  judicial  bias.  His  thorough  legal  learning  and  wide  experience  in 
the  courts,  the  patient  care  with  which  he  has  ascertained  all  of  the  facts  bearing  on  every 
case  which  has  come  before  him,  has  given  his  decisions  a  solidity  and  an  exhaustiveness 
to  which  no  members  of  the  bar  could  take  exception. 


DOUGLAS   GRAY 


Arizona  has  had  her  full  quota  of  progressive  and  successful  men — men  of  varied 
activities  and  large  interests,  whose  brains,  personality  and  intellectual  powers  have  been 
factors  in  the  general  upbuilding  and  development  and  whose  individual  prosperity  has 
been  among  the  principal  forces  in  the  great  growth  of  the  commonwealth.  Douglas  (iray, 
living  in  Tombstone,  is  an  excellent  exami]le  of  tliis  tyjie  of  citizen— a  man  of  modern  and 
progressive  views,  keen  business  ability  and  forceful  |)ublic  sjiirit,  active  in  business  affairs 
ami  in  matters  of  citizenship,  his  interests  touching  and  influencing  practically  every  phase 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  87 

of  municipal  activity.  He  was  born  in  Staunton,  Virginia,  his  father  being  tlie  principal 
of  a  deaf  and  dumb  institute  in  that  city  for  twenty  years. 

Douglas  Gray  was  seventeen  years  of  age  when  he  came  west  and  settled  in  California, 
working  for  some  time  in  the  mines  of  Virginia  City  and  also  studying  assaying  under 
Thomas  Price  of  San  Francisco.  Tliis  line  of  work  interested  him  exceedingly  and  he 
determined  to  pursue  it  further.  He  accordingly  entered  the  University  of  California  and 
took  a  special  course  in  assaying,  afterward  turning  liis  attention  to  mining,  a  field  of  labor 
in  which  he  has  since  done  important  work.  He  operated  in  various  mining  camps  of 
Nevada,  each  year  adding  something  to  his  knowledge  and  practical  experience,  and  in  1878 
he  went  to  Leadville,  Colorado.  The  year  1880  found  him  in  Arizona  and  he  mined  in 
various  camps  throughout  the  territory  until  appointed  by  Governor  Tritle  to  represent 
Arizona  as  a  commissioner  to  the  Denver  Mineral  Exposition.  In  recognition  of  his  serv- 
ices he  was  afterward  appointed  by  President  Arthur  territorial  representative  to  the  New 
Orleans  Exposition  and  continued  in  that  line  of  work  for  some  time,  representing  Arizona 
in  various  parts  of  the  country.  Finally,  however,  lie  became  connected  with  the  Kansas 
City  Smelting  &  Refining  Company  as  purchasing  agent,  representing  them  tlirougliout 
various  parts  of  tlie  United  States  and  Mexico  for  a  number  of  years  and  eventually  going 
to  El  Paso,  Texas,  in  their  interests. 

Mr.  Gray  came  to  Tombstone  in  1906  and  became  interested  in  the  merchandise  busi- 
ness here,  organizing  the  Mochomicli  Mercantile  Company,  of  whicli  he  has  since  been  the 
president  and  the  largesi^  stockholder.  He  is  dividing  his  time  between  the  conduct  of 
that  enterprise  and  his  work  as  a  mine  examiner,  in  which  he  is  a  recognized  expert  and 
standard  authority.  He  has  valuable  mining  interests  in  and  around  Tombstone,  important 
real-estate  interests  in  that  city  and  in  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  is  today  one  of  tlie  leading  and 
substantial  men  of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Tombstone 
Chamber  of  Commerce  since  its  organization  in  1910  and  has  ably  directed  the  affairs  of 
that  body  along  constructive  lines  of  development,  so  that  it  is  now  an  important  factor 
in  municipal  growth. 

In  El  Paso,  Texas,  Mr.  Gray  married  Miss  Angeline  Marr,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and 
a  daughter  of  Colonel  James  Marr,  of  the  United  States  Army.  They  have  one  son, 
Douglas,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  1901.  Mr.  Gray  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  repub- 
lican party. 


CHARLES  A.  McDONALD. 


The  life  of  Charles  A.  McDonald  lias  been  so  varied  in  its  activities,  so  honorable  in 
its  purposes  and  so  farreaehing  and  beneficial  in  its  effects  that  it  has  become  an  integral 
part  of  the  business  history  of  Cochise  county.  He  has  been  prominent  in  public  life  and 
is  a  force  in  financial  circles.  He  was  born  in  Concord,  California,  February  6,  1876,  and 
is  a  son  of  William  L.  and  Artemisia  (Stinson)  McDonald,  both  of  Scotch  descent,  the 
former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Missouri.  The  father  farmed  in  Missouri  for 
a  number  of  years  but  in  1863  crossed  the  plains  to  California,  in  which  state  seven  of 
his  twelve  children  were  bom.  All  now  reside  in  California  with  the  exception  of  Qiarles 
A.  and  his  brother  Edwin,  the  latter  of  whom  is  employed  by  the  Copper  Queen  Mining 
Company  in  Bisbee. 

Charles  A.  McDonald  was  educated  in  the  district  and  high  schools  of  Concord,  Cali- 
fornia, and  laid  aside  his  books  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years  in  order  to  begin  his  business 
career.  He  obtained  employment  as  a  placer  miner  and  followed  that  work  for  three  years, 
becoming  familiar  with  mining  operations  in  principle  and  detail.  He  was  very  successful, 
becoming  the  owner  of  valuable  mining  properties,  which  after  three  years  he  sold  to  his 
associates  and  came  to  Bisbee,  locating  in  this  city  in  November,  1899.  He-  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  and  worked  in  the  interests  of  tliat  con- 
cern as  a  miner  for  three  years,  resigning  his  position  in  November,  1902,  to  accept  tlie 
office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  to  which  he  was  elected.  He  was  reelected  in  1904  and  during 
his   term   of  service  his   political   power  grew   rapidly   so  that   in  November,   1906,   he   was 


88  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

made  county  recorder  of  Cochise  county  and  reelected  in  1909,  holding  that  position  until 
February  14,  1912.  In  that  year  he  returned  to  Bisbee  and  assumed  the  cashiership  of  the 
Citizens  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  In  this  position  his  splendid  business  and  executive 
ability  have  been  called  forth  and  he  has  so  ably  promoted  the  interests  of  the  concern 
that,  although  it  is  the  youngest  bank  in  Bisbee,  it  is  today  one  of  the  strongest  financial 
institutions  of  the  county.  It  is  capitalized  at  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  under  its  present 
management  has  secured  a  large  and  representative  patronage,  successfully  withstanding 
the  panic  of  1907.  Mr.  McDonald  is  a  director  in  this  concern  and  in  addition  has  valuable 
mining  holdings  in  Mexico,  being  secretary  and  a  director  of  the  Cadena  de  Cobre  Mining 
Company  and  secretary  of  the  Los  Chinos  Jevelopment  Company,  operating  on  the  Yaqui 
river  between  Montezuma   and  Sohuaripa.     He  owns  much  valuable   real  estate  in  Bisbee. 

On  May  17,  1902,  Mr.  McDonald  married  Miss  Helen  J.  Nemeck,  a  native  of  Ohio  and 
a  daughter  of  Frank  Nemeck,  who  was  also  born  in  the  Buckeye  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McDonald  have  three  children:  Helen  Bemiee,  who  was  born  December  5,  1904;  Emily 
Artice,  born  September  9,  1907;  and  Cliarles  A.,  Jr.,  born  January  13,  1914. 

Mr.  McDonald  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  for  some  time,  and 
his  religious  views  are  in  accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  has 
extensive  fraternal  affiliations,  being  particularly  iirominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  where 
he  holds  membership  in  the  lodge,  chapter,  commandery  and  Shrine.  He  is  likewise  con- 
nected with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  a 
stanch  democrat  in  his  political  views,  but  his  interest  in  politics^s  that  of  a  citizen  rather 
than  an  office  seeker.  His  worth  as  a  man  of  business  is  widely  acknowledged,  and  in  his 
career  he  has  proved  that  energy  and  diligence  constitute  a  safe  basis  upon  which  to  build 
success. 


NABOR  PACHECO. 


Nabor  Pacheco  has  practically  spent  his  entire  life  in  Tucson,  in  which  city  he  was 
born  on  the  12th  of  July,  1863,  a  son  of  Refugio  and  Paula  (Cruz)  Pacheco.  The  father 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Ignacio,  Sonora,  Mexico,  but  was  brought  to  Tucson  in  infancy  and 
was  here  reared  and  educated.  Tucson  was  the  birthplace  of  the  mother.  Being  endowed 
witli  good  business  ability,  Refugio  Pacheco  met  with  success  in  his  business  afl'airs.  In 
matters  of  citizenship  he  was  progressive  and  enterprising,  possessing  the  powers  of  organi- 
zation and  resourcefulness  which  stamped  him  as  a  leader  in  the  community.  Although  he 
was  only  thirty-six  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1873,  he  had 
acquired  valuable  tracts  of  land  in  and  around  Tucson  and  was  numbered  among  the  rep- 
resentative citizens  of  Pima  county.  He  took  a  very  active  interest  in  political  aiTairs 
and  when  he  passed  away  was  serving  as  a  member  of  the  county  board  of  supervisors. 
In  his  family  were  seven  children,  of  whom  five  are  still  living,  Nabor  being  the  eldest.  In 
order  of  birth  the  others  are  as  follows:  Mateo,  Manuel,  Jesus  M.  and  Refugio.  On  both 
the  paternal  and  maternal  sides  our  subject  is  of  pure  Spanish  ancestry,  his  lineage  being 
traced  back  to  Spain. 

Nabor  Pacheco  attended  school  in  Tucson  and  upon  the  completion  of  his  education 
began  farming  and  cattle  raising  on  land  left  him  by  his  father,  owning  a  tract  of  about 
one  liundred  and  sixty  acres  near  the  city.  For  about  thirteen  years  he  held  official  posi- 
tions and  for  two  and  one-half  years  had  charge  of  one  hundred  men  employed  at  Tucson 
Farms  near  the  city.  He  is  today  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Tucson  and  has  val- 
uable realty  interests. 

It  was  in  this  city  that  Mr.  Pacheco  was  married  to  Miss  Carmen  Monteverde  and  to 
them  have  been  born  the  following  children:  Nabor,  Jr.,  Henry,  Powleta,  Richard,  Ameda, 
Viola  and  Raquel. 

Mr.  Pacheco  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  the  Woodmen  of 
America,  Knights  of  Columbus  and  Spanish  American  Alliance  and  he  is  also  affiliated 
with  the  Pioneer  Society  of  Tucson  and  is  a  charter  member  of  the  old  volunteer  fire 
department.     Politically   he   supports  the  i  en   and  measures  of   the   republican   party   and 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  91 

served  foi-  four  years  each  as  police  officer,  constable  and  county  sheriff,  while  for  a  year 
he  was  chief  of  police  in  Tucson.  He  made  a  very  creditable  record  in  public  life,  dis- 
charging the  various  duties  of  those   positions   in  a  capable  and  efficient  manner. 


JAMES  T.  KINGSBURY. 


James  T.  Kingsbury,  who  since  1905  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Tomb- 
stone, was  born  January  8,  1877,  a  son  of  R.  AV.  and  Josephine  Kingsbury,  of  Fort  Worth, 
Texas.  In  their  family  were  three  children  besides  the  subject  of  this  review,  namely: 
VV.  F.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California  and  is.  now  connected  with  the 
Fort  Worth  Record;  Herman  B.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons in  Cliicago,  and  is  now  practicing  medicine  in  Fort  W^orth;  and  Robert  H.,  who  is 
living  with  his  parents. 

After  receiving  a  public-school  education  James  T.  Kingsbury  entered  the  Illinois  State 
University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1899  witli  the  degiee  of  A.  B.,  receiving  three 
years  later  liis  degree  in  law  from  the  same  institution.  In  1905  he  came  to  Arizona,  locat- 
ing immediately  in  Tombstone,  where  he  has  since  practiced,  his  ability,  knowledge  and 
industry  gaining  him  a  large  patronage  and  making  him  very  successful  in  its  conduct. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  was  married  in  Arizona,  March  17,  1912,  to  Miss  Grace  M.  Hicks,  of 
Bisbee,  a  daugliter  of  Charles  W.  Hicks,  and  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kingsbury  are  well  known 
and  popular  in  Tombstone.  They  have  two  children:  James  Thompson,  Jr.,  born  December 
11,  1912;  and  Mary  Josepliine,  born  August  1,  1914.  Mr.  Kingsbury  is  a  forceful  and  pro- 
gressive attorney,  recognized  in  professional  circles  as  able  and  successful,  while  in  the 
private  relations  of  his  life  he  has  been  found  at  all  times  upright,  straightforward  and 
honorable. 


J.   J.   BOWEN. 


Unceasing  diligence,  constant  application  and  the  ability  not  only  to  recognize  but 
create  opportunities  have  been  the  salient  features  in  the  business  career  of  J.  J.  Bowen, 
who  is  meeting  with  unqualified  success  in  the  development  of  his  interests  in  Bisbee. 
His  life  record  was  begun  in  Missouri  in  1871,  his  parents  being  Joseph  Jackson  and 
Elizabeth  (Johnson)  Bowen,  natives  of  South  Carolina.  The  mother  passed  away  in 
Missouri  in  February,  189G,  and  there  the  father,  who  has  attained  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-one  years,  still  makes  his  home.  To  this  worthy  couple  were  born  seven  children, 
six  of  whom  are  still  living,  our  subject  being  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 

The  first  nineteen  years  in  the  life  of  J.  J.  Bowen  were  passed  in  his  native  state, 
his  education  being  obtained  in  the  public  schools.  In  common  with  many  other  ambitious 
youths  he  early  decided  to  come  west,  believing  he  would  here  find  better  opportunities  for 
advancement.  Acting  upon  this  decision  in  August,  1890,  he  came  to  Bisbee,  Arizona,  and 
for  three  years  thereafter  was  employed  in  the  experimental  station  of  the  Copper  Queen 
Consolidated  Mining  Company  in  the  Sulphur  Springs  valley.  At  the  expiration  of  that 
time  he  returned  to  Bisbee,  where  for  eight  months  he  worked  as  a  miner  for  the  same 
company.  He  was  subsequently  promoted  to  the  position  of  fireman  and  was  later  made 
an  engineer,  continuing  in  their  employ  until  March,  1903.  A  man  of  foresight  and  sagacity, 
he  believed  he  would  succeed  in  business  for  himself  and  accordingly  resigned  his  position 
and  opened  a  livery  stable  and  undertaking  establishment  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Bowen  &  Henderson.  That  he  was  not  mistaken  in  his  judgment  is  evidenced  by  the  growth 
of  the  enterprise  and  the  rapid  progress  he  has  made  in  the  development  of  his  various 
undertakings.  Four  years  later  he  extended  the  scope  of  his  activities  by  establishing  a 
freight  line  to  handle  heavy  machinery  and  ore  for  the  mines,  which  he  is  still  operating. 
The  year  following,  in  1908,  he  put  in  an  avitomobile  line  to  carry  passengers  from  Bisbee 
to  Courtland.     Tliis  line  was  continued  until  about  1913,  when  it  was  given  up. 

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92  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

The  firm  of  Bowen  &  Henderson  was  succeeded  by  that  of  Bowen  &  Hubbard,  which  now 
conducts  the  business  in  its  various  departments.  A  modern  auto  hearse  has  been  added 
to  the  undertaJcing  business  and  also  an  auto  ambulance.  A  chapel  is  maintained  and 
they  now  have  one  of  the  best  equipped  undertaking  establishments  in  the  state.  They 
are  also  agents  for  the  Studebaker  and  Velie  lines  of  pleasure  cars  and  trucks  and  a  modern 
and  well  equipped  repair  department  and  garage  is  also  maintained,  theirs  being  the  leading 
business  of  its  kind  in  this  portion  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Bowen  is  president  of  the  Courtland '  Improvement  Company,  the  duties  of  which 
office  he  capably  discharges  in  addition  to  the  many  other  demands  made  upon  his  time 
by  his  various  business  interests.  He  is  diligent  and  enterprising,  but  his  success  may 
be  largely  attributed  to  his  unfailing  judgment  in  business  matters  and  to  the  fact  that 
he  is  ever  on  the  alert  for  opportunities,  trusting  implicitly  in  his  intuition  and  his  ability 
to  carry  to  a  successful  issue  that  which  he  undertakes.  His  business  career  has  been 
marked  by  a  steady  and  permanent  advancement.  He  owns  part  of  his  business  property 
and  also  his  residence,  which  is  one  of  the  attractive  places  of  the  town. 

In  California  on  the  15th  of  September,  1909,  Mr.  Bowen  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Anderson,  a  native  of  Kansas,  who  was  reared  in  Texas,  coming  from  there  to  Arizona  in 
1906.  Hgr  father  passed  away  in  Kansas,  but  her  mother  is  still  living  and  now  resides 
in  Los  Angeles,  California.  There  were  but  two  children  in  the  family,  the  elder  of  whom, 
a  son,  Harry,  is  residing  in  New  Cornelia,  Arizona. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowen  hold  membership  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  tliey 
liberally  support.  He  votes  tlie  democratic  ticket  and  has  always  taken  an  active  interest 
in  local  politics.  He  served  with  efficiency  for  nine  years  and  two  months  as  supervisor  of 
Cochise  county,  his  duties  in  this  connection  ceasing  when  the  territory  became  a  state. 
Mr.  Bowen  belongs  to  that  type  of  citizens  who  despite  the  many  demands  of  private 
interests  find  time  to  serve  the  municipality,  and  he  can  always  be  depended  upon  to  give 
his  indorsement  to  every  worthy  enterprise  of  commendable  movement  inaugurated  to 
promote  the  welfare  of  the  community. 


ORVILLE    0.   HAMMILL. 


Orville  0.  Hammill,  who  passed  away  April  23,  1913,  was  one  of  the  progressive  and 
enterprising  business  men  of  Douglas,  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  the  drug  trade 
with  E.  J.  Huxtable,  who  is  more  fully  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  His  birth 
occurred  in  the  province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  in  1870,  his  parents  being  Samuel  and  Mary 
Hammill.  They  were  born,  reared  and  married  in  Canada,  but  the  father  is  of  Scotch 
extraction  and  the  mother  of  Irish.  For  many  years  they  made  their  home  in  Ontario,  but 
they  now  reside  in  Parkland,  Alberta,  where  the  father  is  operating  a  largo  wheat  ranch. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammill  there  were  born  six  children,  all  of  whom  are  living  in  Canada 
with  the  exception  of  Orville  O. 

The  early  years  of  Orville  O.  Hammill  were  passed  in  the  parental  home,  his  preliminary 
education  being  acquired  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  province.  After  leaving 
school  he  engaged  in  teaching  for  a  time  and  then  entered  the  Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy, 
from  which  institution  he  was  graduated.  In  1896,  he  came  to  the  United  States,  first 
locating  in  Chicago,  where  for  four  years  he  conducted  a  drug  store.  At  the  expiration  of 
that  time,  in  1900,  he  continued  his  journey  westward  to  Arizona,  and  for  a  year  resided 
in  Bisbee.  His  next  removal  was  to  Douglas,  where  for  three  years  he  managed  the  drug 
store  of  Braun,  Ferguson  &  Company,  which  he  and  E.  J.  Huxtable  purchased  in  1905. 
The  store  is  located  at  Tenth  and  G  streets  and  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  and  best 
equipped  pharmacies  in  the  southwest.  Mr.  Hammill  continued  active  in  the  business  until 
his  death.     He  had  interests  in  Canada  and  owned  a  fine  residence  property  in  Douglas. 

In  February,  1903,  Mr.  Hammill  was  married  to  Miss  Maud  Pittaway,  who  was  born 
in  Chicago  in  1880  and  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Nellie  Pittaway.  Her  father,  who  is 
a  tea  and  coffee  importer  on  State  street,  Chicago,  is  of  English  extraction  while  her  mother 
is  of  Irish  lineage.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pittaway  had  four  children   and  two  of  the  three   who 


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are  living  make  their  home  in  Chicago.  Mrs.  Hammill  was  reared  in  her  native  city  and 
educated  in  its  public  schools,  following  which  she  there  engaged  in  teaching  until  her 
marriage.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammill  were  born  two  children.  Edmund  O.,  whose  natal 
year  was  1905;  and  Marion  J.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1907. 

Mr.  Hammill  attended  the  Episcopal  church  and  attained  high  rank  in  the  Masonic 
order,  being  affiliated  with  the  chapter,  commandery  and  Shrine;  and  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  in  all  of 
which  he  filled  some  of  the  chairs.  His  political  support  was  given  the  republican  party, 
and  he  took  an  active  interest  in  all  municipal  affairs.  He  represented  the  fifth  ward  in  the 
city  council  for  a  time  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  and  served  as 
president  of  the  state  board  of  commissioners  and  on  the  state  board  of  pharmacy.  His 
business  career  was  marked  by  the  orderly  progression  indicative  of  definitely  organized 
methods.  In  his  death  Douglas  lost  one  of  its  foremost  citizens,  who  numbered  among  his 
business  associates  the  well  known  men  of  Cochise  county. 


LLOYD   C.  HENNING. 


Lloyd  C.  Henning,  well  known  in  Holbrook  as  manager  of  the  local  branfcli  of  the 
Navajo  Apache  Bank,  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1885  and  in  that  state  acquired  a  public 
school  education,  coming  to  Arizona  in  1897.  He  was  a  printer  by  trade  and  after  settling 
in  Winslow  he  identified  himself  with  journalistic  interests,  there  purchasing  the  Winslow 
Mail,  which  he  operated  in  connection  with  the  Argus  in  Holbrook.  He  afterward  moved 
to  the  latter  city  and,  selling  his  newspapers  in  1909,  accepted  the  position  of  manager  of  the 
Holbrook  branch  of  the  Navajo  Apache  Bank.  As  such  he  still  continues  and  he  has  already 
proved  himself  a  capable  and  discriminating  business  man  and  a  farsighted  financier,  much 
of  the  success  of  the  institution  being  due  to  his  organizing  power  and  his  excellent 
management. 

Mr.  Henning  married,  in  1911,  Miss  Esther  Hess,  of  Ohio.  He  is  a  democrat  in  his 
political  views  and  fraternally  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Masonic  order,  having  taken  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the  latter  organization. 
A  young  man  of  force,  brains  and  personality,  he  has  already  reached  a  creditable  position 
in  the  business  world  and  will  undoubtedly  continue  to  exert  a  wide  and  useful  influence 
in  financial  circles  in  his  section. 


JUDGE  N.  G.  LAYTON. 


For  many  years  Judge  N.  G.  Layton  has  been  connected  with  educational  work  jn  the 
state  of  Arizona  and  has  by  his  labors  largely  contributed  toward  a  system  of  instruction 
of  which  the  new  commonwealth  may  well  be  proud.  He  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1852  and 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state.  He  passed  his  earlier  manhood  tliere,  being 
mostly  engaged  in  clerical  capacities.  In  1880  he  made  his  way  to  Colorado,  where  he 
worked  and  prospected  for  about  three  years,  coming  in  1883  to  Flagstaff,  Arizona.  For 
many  years  Mr.  Layton  was  connected  with  the  lumber  business,  being  shipping  clerk  for 
the  Ayer  Lumber  Company  and  other  lumber  concerns  for  about  fifteen  years.  In  1893  he 
was  elected  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  subsequently  elected  probate  judge  at  Flagstaff, 
beginning  his  service  as  such  in  1895  and  continuing  for  about  seven  and  one-half  years. 
At  the  same  time  he  was  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  Coconino  county.  In  1902 
he  was  called  to  a  wider  field,  being  appointed  territorial  superintendent  of  schools  and 
serving  as  such  until  January  1,  1906. 

Upon  his  return  to  Plagstaff  Judge  Layton  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
holding  this  important  ofliee  until  1912.  In  the  fall  of  the  previous  year  he  was  elected 
county  superintendent  of  schools  and  to  this  office  he  gave  his  undivided  attention  until 
January  1,  1915.  He  has  done  much  valuable  work  in  promoting  educational  facilities  and 
improving  the  system  of  instruction.     He  has  made  valuable  strides  in  every  direction  in 


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modernizing  existing  conditions  in  school  work  and  without  debiting  the  public  ledger  too 
heavily  has  made  excellent  progress  in  the  educational  department  of  the  county.  The 
spirit  existing  between  himself  and  the  teaching  force  was  most  cordial  and  productive  of 
the  best  results.  On  June  1,  1915,  he  was  appointed  police  magistrate  for  Flagstaff,  whicli 
position  he  now  holds. 

In  his  political  views  Judge  Layton  is  a  republican  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
public  affairs.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  being  a  past  master  of  the  blue  lodge  at  Flag- 
staff, and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  belongs  to  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  in  that  organization  has  occupied  all  of  the  chairs.  He  has  done 
valuable  work  in  Arizona  and  particularly  in  Flagstaff  and  in  full  measure  is  entitled  to 
the  confidence  and  goodwill  whicli  are  freely  extended  him. 


JAMES  I.   GARDNER. 


James  I.  Gardner  lias  been  continuously  and  successfully  engaged  in  business  as  a 
general  merchant  of  Prescott  for  the  past  three  decades  and  in  this  connection  enjoys  a 
gratifying  and  liberal  patronage.  He  is  a  native  of  Missouri  and  came  to  Prescott  in  1879, 
here  becoming  identified  with  mining  and  other  pursuits.  In  October,  1883,  he  opened  a 
general  mercantile  establishment  whicli  he  has  conducted  continuously  to  the  present  time 
or  for  a  period  covering  three  decades.  He  has  well  merited  the  extensive  trade  accorded 
him,  for  he  carries  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  goods  at  reasonable  prices  and 
has  put  forth  every  effort  to  meet  the  demands  and  wishes  of  his  patrons. 

In  1891  Mr.  Gardner  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rebecca  Bell,  of  Warrcnsbnrg, 
Missouri,  by  whom  he  has  two  children.  His  political  views  find  expression  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  democratic  party,  in  support  of  the  men  and  measures  of  which  he  exercises 
his  right  of  franchise.  His  wife  is  a  devoted  and  consistent  member  of  the  Christian  church. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gardner  are  well  known  and  liiglily  esteemed  in  Prescott,  having  a  circle 
of  friends  which  is  almost  coextensive  witli  tlie  circle  of  their  acquaintances. 


WILLIAM   E.   DAVIS. 


William  E.  Davis,  one  of  the  pioneers,  who  for  many  years  has  been  identified  with 
the  mining  interests  of  Cochise  county,  is  a  native  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  his  birth 
occurring  on  tlie  9th  of  August,  1849.  He  is  a  son  of  Lafayette  and  Mary  (Wood worth) 
Davis,  who  were  also  natives  of  Massachusetts.  In  their  family  were  three  children,  the 
eldest -of  whom,  Charles,  is  now  deceased  The  youngest  member  of  the  family  is  a  daugliter, 
Abbie,  the  wife  of  George  Smith,  a  druggist  of  Madison,  Ohio. 

William  E.  Davis  was  but  a  child  wlien  his  father  died.  His  mother  remarried  and 
in  the  early  fifties  the  family  left  Massachusetts,  the  greater  part  of  his  early  life  being 
passed  in  Ohio.  He  was  reared  at  lioiiie  and  educated  in  the  public  schools.  His  boyhood 
and  youth  were  spent  in  very  much  tlie  same  manner  as  those  of  the  average  lad  living 
in  the  middle  west  at  that  jieriod.  In  1870  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifth  United  States  Cavalry 
for  a  term  of  five  years  and  was  immediately  sent  west  in  the  Indian  service,  being  located 
at  Fort  McPherson,  Nebraska.  William  Cody,  "Buffalo  Bill,"  was  colonel  of  the  regiment 
and  James  Burns,  a  well  known  cavalry  oflicer  in  the  west  at  tliat  period,  captain.  Later 
he  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Fort  McDowell,  Arizona,  where  he  com|)leted  liis  term  of  enlist- 
ment. He  saw  considerable  service  and  had  some  thrilling  experiences  during  his  army 
life,  participating  in  various  skirmishes  and  battles  with  the  Indians,  including  the  battle 
of  the  Cave  in  1871,  at  which  time  a  large  number  of  Indians  were  killed  without  the  loss 
of  a  cavalryman. 

Upon  receiving  his  discharge  from  the  army  Mr.  Davis  engaged  in  gold  mining  in  the 
vicinity  of  San  Diego,  California,  whence  he  later  came  to  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  has 
ever  since  been  identified  with  the  mining  interests  of  this  state.     At  the  present  time  he 


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is  developing  a  lead  and  silver  mine,  on  which  he  holds  tlie  claim,  located  at  Ash  canyon, 
Cochise  county,  twelve  miles  from  Hereford.  He  also  owns  a  placer  mine  and  is  interested 
in  the  Bisbee  Colation  Mining  Company.  He  owns'  stock  in  one  hundred  and  thirty-three 
acres  of  land,  on  which  there  are  some  rich  ore  deposits.  He  is  likewise  the  owner  of  some 
lead  and  silver  claims,  comprising  what  is  known  as  tlie  Titanic  group,  located  in  Cochise 
county. 

On  the  9th  of  October,  1880,  Mr.  Davis  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Dunton, 
a  native  of  Trinidad,  Colorado.  All  of  the  Dunton  family  are  deceased  with  the  exception 
of  Mrs.  Davis  and  her  two  brothers:  Charles,  a  resident  of  Globe,  Arizona;  and  Grant,  of 
C'ananea,  Mexico.  To  Mr.  and  ilrs.  Davis  have  been  born  live  sons  and  six  daughters. 
Abbie,  now  Mrs.  Frank  Bauer,  of  Kl  Paso,  Texas,  was  born  on  tlie  1st  of  May,  1882,  and 
was  the  first  white  girl  baby  born  in  what  is  now  Bisbee.  The  other  children  are  as 
follows:  Riley  V.,  a  resident  of  Bisbee;  Jessie,  who  married  Robert  .Johnson  and  is  now 
deceased;  Mrs.  Nellie  Malcolm,  of  Bisbee;  Estella,  the  wife  of  William  Graham,  of  Bisbee; 
Georgie,  who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  William  E.,  of  Bisbee;  Lafayette  L.,  who  is 
engaged  in  mining  with  his  father;  Robert;   Frank;  and  Alice,  who  died  in  infancy. 

The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  church,  in  which  faith  they  have  been  reared. 
Politically  Mr.  Davis  is  a  s\ipporter  of  the  republican  party  but  has  never  taken  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs,  although  he  is  interested  in  all  movements  that  affect  the  progress 
or  development  of   the  community   and  gives   liis   indorsement   to  every   worthy   enterprise. 


GERALD  FITZGERALD  SHERMAN. 

Gerald  FitzGerald  Sherman,  superintendent  of  the  mining  department  of  the  Copper 
Queen  Mining  Company  of  Bisbee  and  one  of  the  most  able  and  well  trained  civil  and  mining 
engineers  in  the  American  southwest,  was  born  in  Milton,  Ulster  county,  New  York.  He 
is  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Hallock)  Sherman,  also  natives  of  the  Empire  state.  The 
parents  removed  to  Boise  City,  Idaho,  about  the  year  1883,  and  there  the  father  became 
prominent  and  well  known  as  a  rancher  and  also  as  a  promoter  of  important  irrigation 
projects.  He  and  his  wife  had  two  children:  Gerald  FitzGerald,  of  this  review;  and  Mary, 
the  wife  of  Bamford  Robb,  an  attorney   in  Seattle,  Washington. 

Gerald  F.  Sherman  began  his  business  career  at  the  early  age  of  sixteen,  at  which  time 
he  went  to  Butte,  Montana,  to  engage  in  construction  work  for  the  Montana-Union  Railroad. 
After  one  year  he  returned  to  Idaho  and  worked  as  a  surveyor,  later  becoming  connected 
with  the  irrigation  department  of  the  geological  survey.  He  spent  part  of  the  year  1889 
engaged  in  important  irrigation  projects  in  eastern  Idaho  but  being  desirous  of  completing 
and  perfecting  his  technical  education,  he  entered  Columbia  University  in  New  York  city, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1894  as  a  civil  engineer.  When  he  returned  to  Idaho  he 
spent  one  year  as  assistant  engineer  on  an  engineering  project  but  in  1895  began  working 
independently,  doing  stream  measurement  for  the  government.  When  he  had  completed 
this  work  he  went  to  Grass  Valley,  California,  as  assistant  superintendent  for  the  Empire 
Mining  Company.  He  held  this  position  for  several  years,  going  finally  to  the  North  Star 
mine,  where  he  worked  in  the  same  capacity.  He  was  for  eight  years  in  Grass  Valley  and 
at  the  end  of  that  time  came  to  Arizona  and  took  charge  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining 
Company  in  Bisbee,  a  position  which  he  holds  today  under  the  title  of  superintendent  of  the 
mining  department. 

Mr.  Sherman  is  a  very  able  and  talented  civil  engineer,  trained  in  his  profession  by 
practical  experience  and  by  a  special  technical  education,  and  he  possesses,  moreover,  that 
thorough  comprehension  of  every  detail  of  his  work  which  takes  him  beyond  mediocrity  and 
places  him  in  the  ranks  of  the  successful  few.  He  is  keenly  interested  in  mining  in  its 
scientific  phases,  is  a  practical  scholar,  a  student  of  new  methods,  and  he  has  done  luuisual 
and  invaluable  work  in  his  present  capacity.  He  is  in  addition  identified  with  business 
interests  of  Bisbee  as  president  of  the  Cochise  Building  &  Loan  Association. 

In  1897  Mr.  Sherman  inarried  Miss  Lucy  Huntoon.  He  is  liberal  in  his  political  views 
and  interested   in  'public  affairs  as  a  loyal  citizen,  although  never  as  an  office   seeker.     In 


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his  profession  he  is  a  specialist  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word,  a  man  who  allows  his  com- 
prehensive general  knowledge  to  form  a  background  for  his  work  and  research  along  the 
lines  of  his  interests,  and  the  success  he' has  attained  is  the  fitting  and  natural  result  of  his 
commanding  ability.  ^ 


CAPTAIN  LEE  W.  MIX. 


One  of  the  dominating  figures  in  business,  political  and  fraternal  circles  of  Nogales  is  Cap- 
tain Lee  W.  Mix,  mayor  of  the  city.  He  is  earnest,  progressive,  straightforward  and  incor- 
ruptible and,  therefore,  a  worthy  politician;  aggressive,  farsighted,  shrewd  and  capable,  and 
therefore,  a  successful  business  man.  He  is,  moreover,  public-spirited  to  a  marked  degree  and 
loyal  to  the  interests  of  the  city  which,  during  his  thirty-one  years  of  residence,  he  has  done 
so  much  to  advance  and  upbuild.  He  was  born  in  Batavia,  Genesee  county,  New  York,  April 
19,  1849,  and  when  he  was  a  small  boy  went  with  his  parents  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  from 
there  to  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated. 

Mr.  Mix  began  his  business  career  at  the  early  age  of  fourteen,  when  he  learned  the  whole- 
sale drug  business,  in  whicli  he  spent  eight  years,  of  which  four  years  and  a  half  were  spent 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  In  1873  he  went  to  Memphis,  Tennessee,  going  two  years  later  to  San 
Francisco,  California.  In  San  Francisco  he  was  a  stock  broker  during  the  Bonanza  days  from 
1876  to  July  1,  1880.  He  was  associated  with  William  T.  Coleman,  the  president  of  the  Citi- 
zens Safety  Committee  in  1877  during  the  sand  lot  riots  and  saw  service  in  the  suppres- 
sion of  the  same.  A  year  later  he  was  induced  to  join  the  National  Guard  of  California  and 
succeeded  C.  F.  Crocker  as  second  lieutenant  of  Company  G  of  the  Second  Artillery,  N.  G.  C, 
which  was  a  famous  corapanj'  in  a  famous  regiment.  He  was  promoted  from  second  lieutenant 
to  first  lieutenant  and  to  captain  in  a  year  and  served  as  captain  for  five  years. 

In  1880  he  became  associated  with  Maltcr  Lind  &  Company,  engineers  and  millwrights 
and  contractors  for  all  kinds  of  mining  machinery,  building  quartz  mills  in  the  Black  Hills  in 
South  Dakota,  in  Colorado,  Nevada,  California,  New  Mexico,  at  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and 
later  in  Sonora,  Mexico.  Not  being  able  to  transfer  his  supplies  from  Benson  on  account  of 
Indian  troubles,  he  was  obliged  to  take  his  freight  up  the  Gulf  of  California  on  the  steamer 
Mexico  to  Guaymas,  where  he  arrived  in  September,  1882. 

On  October  26,  1882,  he  passed  through  Nogales  before  the  railway  to  the  south  was 
completed  and  returned  in  3  883  and  had  charge  of  important  contract  work  for  the  company 
on  the  Sonora  river,  in  the  Arizpe  district,  being  in  and  out  of  Nogales  during  the  years  1883 
and  1884.  He  took  up  his  legal  residence  in  Nogales  in  1885,  in  which  year  he  returned  to 
Nogales  and  has  since  maintained  a  permanent  residence  here. 

He  developed  the  St.  Helena  mine,  upon  which  lie  did  a  great  deal  of  construction  work 
before  he  sold  his  interests  to  an  English  company,  and  he  afterwards  was  identified  with 
various  other  mining  and  contracting  projects.  From  1906  to  1912  he  was  in  the  City  of 
Mexico,  although  still  retaining  his  residence  in  Nogales,  and  in  that  capital  engaged  in 
contracting,  handling  large  construction  work  on  public  buildings.  In  addition  to  his  work 
of  this  character  Mr.  Mix  has  been  carried  forward  by  the  force  of  his  ability  and  success 
into  important  relations  with  other  business  interests,  being  president  of  the  Nogales  Electric 
Light,  Ice  &  Water  Company  and  vice  president  and  a  director  of  Roy  &  Titcomb,  Inc., 
dealers  in  hardware  and  mining  machinery.  These  represent  some  of  Mr.  Mix's  most  repre- 
sentative business  connections  in  Nogales,  where  he  is  known  as  one  of  the  city's  most  sub- 
stantial and  influential  business  factors. 

Mr.  Mix  married  in  1887  Miss  Dolores  Escalante,  a  native  of  Hermosillo,  Mexico,  and 
they  have  become  tlie  parents  of  five  children,  Elena,  Josephine,  Beatrix,  Consuelo  and 
Leandro. 

The  interests  already  mentioned  do  not  give  an  adequate  idea  of  the  scope  of  Mr.  Mix's 
activities,  since  these  have  been  so  important  and  varied  that  they  have  toucl>ed  and  influenced 
practically  every  phase  of  the  city's  advancement.  He  is  a  force  in  local  politics,  Iiaving 
served  on  the  first  school  board  of  Nogales  and  maintaining  his  membership  for  many  years. 
He  organized  the  first  volunteer  fire  department  and  was  its  first  chief.     He  now  holds  the 


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position  of  honorary  chief  of  the  department  and  wears  a  gold  button  given  him  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  early  services.  Mr.  Mix  was  elected  mayor  of  Nogales,  May  28,  1912,  on  the  citizens' 
ticket,  and  reelected  in  May,  1914,  and  has  accomplished  much  needed  work  in  municipal 
improvement,  as  a  list  of  what  he  has  accomplished  plainly  indicates.  Under  his  adminis- 
tration the  work  of  improving  the  city  water  sj'stem  has  been  finished,  pumps  have  been 
installed  and  a  fine  well  drilled  on  the  river  bank.  Work  on  the  installation  of  a  modern 
sewer  system  in  Nogales  has  been  completed  and  many  other  civic  reforms  are  contemplated. 
Altogether  Mr.  Mix  has  given  to  the  city  a  practical,  shrewd  and  progressive  administration 
which,  judged  by  both  standards  and  results,  entitle  him  to  high  regard  as  a  disinterested 
and  public-spirited  politician. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Mix  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  holding  membership  in  the 
blue  lodge  in  San  Francisco,  in  the  chapter  at  Tombstone  and  in  the  commandery  at  Tucson. 
He  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  in  this  organization  and  K.  C.  C.  H.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  members  of  the  Shrine  in  Phoenix.  He  is  also  identified  with  Tucson  Lodge, 
No.  385,  B.  P.  0.  E. 

Throughout  his  long  identification  with  business  and  public  life  he  has  done  everything 
in  his  power  to  further  the  political,  material  and  moral  interests  of  the  community  and  iias 
become  widely  known  in  Arizona,  where  his  strength  of  character  and  honorable  public 
record  constitute  him  one  of  its  most  valued  and  trusted  citizens. 

In  the  early  part  of  1914  as  mayor  of  Nogales  he  sent  out  letters  to  the  mayors  of  all 
of  the  cities  and  towns  of  Arizona  asking  them  to  join  with  him  in  a  petition  to  our  senators 
and  representative  to  have  the  largest  super-dreadnaught  then  building  for  the  United  States 
navy,  named  Arizona,  and  as  a  result  of  tliese  united  eflforts  Senators  Marcus  A.  Smith, 
Henry  F.  Ashurst  and  Representative  Carl  Hayden  telegraphed  under  the  date  of  July  10, 
i914,  that  Secretary  Daniels  of  the  navy  had  on  that  day  announced  that  super-dreadnaught 
No.  39  would  be  named  for  the  state  of  Arizona.  In  conformity  with  the  foregoing  in  the 
early  part  of  1915  Governor  George  W.  P.  Hunt  appointed  a  state  committee  to  arrange  for 
and  attend  the  ceremonies  of  the  launching  of  the  battleship  Arizona,  and  appointed  Captain 
L.  W.  Mix  as  chairman  of  that  state  committee.  The  arrangements  were  made  and  a  special 
car  of  Arizona  representatives  left  Phoenix  on  June  14th  and  on  June  18th  were  received  in 
Washington  by  Secretary  Daniels  of  the  navy  at  the  Army  and  Navy  building,  and  a  half 
hour  later  were  received  by  President  Wilson  at  the  White  House.  The  party  left  for  New 
York  the  same  day.  On  the  19th  the  launching  ceremonies  of  the  largest  battleship  ever 
launched  up  to  that  time  in  the  United  States  of  America  took  place  at  the  New  York 
navy  yard. 

In  a  letter  afterwards.  Governor  Hunt  sent  his  thanks  to  the  "Mayor  of  Nogales, 
Arizona,"  which  name  had  been  applied  to  Captain  Mix  all  during  the  trip,  thanking  him 
very  cordially  for  the  manner  in  ^vliich  he  had  as  chairman,  carried  out  all  of  the  arrangements. 


JOHN  METS. 


The  initiative  spirit  is  a  most  potent  element  in  the  business  life  of  the  present  age. 
It  is  the  men  who  can  conceive  and  execute  new  ideas  who  most  surely  attain  success  and 
prominence,  and  it  is  this  quality  in  John  Mets  which  has  won  for  him  steady  and  rapid 
advancement  to  his  present  position  in  financial  and  business  circles  of  Tucson.  Mr.  Mets 
belongs  to  that  class  of  representative  American  citizens  who,  while  promoting  their  individ- 
ual prosperity,  have  added  greatly  to  the  substantial  upbuilding,  development  and  welfare 
of  the  community  with  which  they  are  identified.  He  is  vice  president  of  the  Merchants 
Bank  &  Trust  Company,  secretary  of  the  Arizona  Building  &  Loan  Association  and  identified 
with  the  development  of  the  Tucson  Farms,  these  connections  indicating  something  of  the 
scope  of  the  work  he  has  accomplished  during  a  life  which  has  been  varied  in  its  activity, 
honorable  in  its  purposes  and  beneficial  and  far-reaching  in  its  results. 

Mr.  Mets  was  born  in  Morgan  City,  Utah,  March  27,  1875,  and  remained  in  that  vicinity 
until  he  was  seven  years  of  age.  At  that  time  he  came  to  Arizona  and  began  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Mesa,  completing  it  afterward  in  the  State  Normal  School  at  Tempe, 


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from  wliich  he  was  graduated  in  1894.  He  afterward  taught  for  six  years  in  the  schools  of 
Florence  and  Mesa,  gradually  becoming  well  known  as  a  successful  educator  and  rising  to 
the  position  of  principal  of  the  public  schools  in  each  place.  He  came  to  Tucson  in  1899 
and  since  that  time  has  made  this  city  his  home,  being  identified  with  various  corporate 
and  financial  interests,  the  expansion  of  which  has  directly  influenced  the  advancement  and 
growth  of  the  city.  He  spent  the  first  two  years  as  deputy  United  States  marshal  and  was 
afterward  for  one  year  employed  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad. 

In  1903  Mr.  Mets  organized  the  Arizona  Building  &  Loan  Association  and  has  been  its 
president  since  that  time,  taking  an  active  part  in  the  direction  and  control  of  its  policies. 
This  has  become  one  of  the  most  important  institutions  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  for  its 
resources  are  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  on  January  1,  1912,  when  the 
first  series  of  shares  matured,  tliey  paid  fifty-two  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Mets  was  also 
the  organizer  of  the  Merchants  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  of  which  he  is  vice  president. 
These  two  strong  financial  institutions  stand  as  monuments  to  his  executive  ability,  his 
organizing  power  and  the  breadth  and  depth  of  his  business  discernment.  He  is  president 
of  the  Tucson  Qiamber  of  Commerce  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Old 
Pueblo  Club.  Even  these  connections,  however,  do  not  fully  indicate  the  scope  and  variety 
of  his  accomplishments,  for  they  leave  one  of  the  greatest  of  them  still  unmentioned. 
Mr.  Mets  was  one  of  the  leading  forces  in  the  development  of  Avhat  is  known  as  the  Tucson 
Farms,  for  he  was  largely  instrumental  in  bringing  about  the  purcliase  of  the  land,  the 
development  of  the  water  sites  and  the  beginning  of  the  work  of  cultivation.  It  is  estimated 
that  the  improvement  of  this  land  will  cost  in  the  neighborhood  of  one  and  one-half 
million  dollars,  for  ten  thousand  acres  are  to  be  cut  up  into  forty  acre  farms  and  induce- 
ments offered  to  farmers  who  will  settle  upon  these  tracts  and  develop  them  along  pro- 
gressive lines.  Many  have  already  been  sold  and  homes  erected  upon  them,  and  the  work 
is  well  under  way  and  its  success  assured.  Much  of  tlie  credit  for  the  prosperous  outcome 
of  this  enterprise  is  due  to  Mr.  Mets,  whose  keen  mind  dealt  with  and  solved  the  many 
intricate  problems  connected  with  its  promotion  and  whose  remarkable  organizing  and 
executive  power  made  the  vision  a  successful  reality. 

In  March,  1903,  Mr.  Mets  married  Miss  Pauline  C.  "Wood,  a  native  of  Tucson  and 
a  daughter  of  Robert  Wood,  wlio  was  born  in  Missouri  and  served  in  the  Confederate  army 
during  the  Civil  war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mets  are  the  patents  of  two  children,  Virginia  A.  and 
John  Jr. 

Mr.  Mets  has  spent  the  best  and  most  forceful  years  of  his  life  in  Tucson  and  while 
laboring  for  his  own  success  has  promoted  the  general  prosperity  by  pushing  forward  the 
wheels  of  progress  and  advancing  general  financial  activity.  The  name  of  Mets  has  been 
a  synonym  for  business  integrity  and  enterprise  in  the  community  since  John  Mets  took  up 
his  residence  in  Tucson  seventeen  years  ago.  , 


GUS   HICKY. 


Although  Gu8  Hieky  removed  to  San  Diego,  California,  in  October,  1915,  he  still  retains 
his  business  interests  in  Arizona  and  is  one  of  the  well  known  merchants  of  Bisbce,  where 
he  owns  and  conducts  a  grocery  and  tobacco  store.  He  was  born  in  Missouri  in  May,  1861, 
and  is  a  son  of  Charley  and  Mary  Hicky,  the  father  a  native  of  Ireland  and  the  mother  of 
Germany.  The  parents  are  now  deceased,  having  passed  away  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where 
the  father  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  Gus  Hicky  were  passed  in  his  native  state,  his  educatiop 
being  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Louis,  in  which  city  he  resided  until  he  was 
fifteen  years  of  age.  He  then  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world  and  for  three 
years  thereafter  was  employed  in  the  mines  at  Leadville,  Colorado,  beginning  his  duties  as 
tool-boy.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  continued  his  journey  westward  to  New  Mexico  and 
after  prospecting  in  that  territory  for  eighteen  months  came  to  Arizona.  He  first  located 
in  Tombstone,  where  he  continued  prospecting  for  three  years,  and  then  took  a  position  in 
the  mines  of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company,  continuing  in  their  em])loy 


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for  twenty  years.  During  that  period  he  filled  every  position  in  the  mines  until  he  was 
made  foreman,  in  which  capacity  he  served  for  nine  years.  Havinj?  accumulated  sufficient 
capital  to  enable  him  to  engage  in  business,  he  then  resigned  his  position  and  became  asso- 
ciated with  Arnold  Fischer  in  the  establishment  of  the  enterprise  he  is  now  conducting 
under  the  name  of  Hieky's  Grocery.  They  were  associated  on  a  partnership  basis  until  1910, 
when  Mr.  Hicky  bought  the  interest  of  Mr.  Fischer,  and  has  since  conducted  the  business 
alone.  He  carries  a  large  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  cigars  and  tobacco,  and  as 
his  prices  are  consistent  with  tlie  quality  of  his  goods,  and  lie  is  gracious  and  courteous  in  his 
treatment  of  patrons  he  has  built  up  a  gratifying  trade.  As  his  circumstances  have  per- 
mitted he  has  invested  in  real  estate  and  besides  his  residence,  warehouse  and  store  in 
Bisbee  owns  residence  property  in  San  Diego,  California.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Arizona 
Oil  Company  and  also  a  heavy  stockholder  in  the  Commonwealth  Extension  Mine  at  Pearce, 
Arizona. 

Mr.  Hicky  was  married  in  1896  to  Miss  Ida  Reineche,  a  native  of  St.  Louis,  where  her 
father  followed  the  stone  mason's  trade.  Her  parents  are  both  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hicky  have  been  born  two  sons;  William,  whose  birth  occun-ed  in  1900;  and  Sylvester, 
born  in  1904. 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Hicky  are  confined  to  his  membership  in  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  His  political  views  coincide  with 
the  principles  of  the  democratic  party,  to  whose  candidates  he  gives  his  support.  He  takes 
an  active  interest  in  local  politics  and  was  elected  in  1912  to  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners, serving  as  its  chairman  until  January  1,  1915.  Mr.  Hicky  is  most  sanguine 
regarding  the  future  of  Arizona,  particularly  Cochise  county,  where  he  has  witnessed  mar- 
velous changes  during  the  more  than  thirty  years  of  his  residence. 


AUGUST  BARON. 


The  career  of  August  Baron  through  many  long,  honorable  and  worthy  years  was 
closely  connected  with  the  history  of  the  southwest  from  the  period  of  its  pioneer  settle- 
ment through  the  intermediate  stages  of  progress  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
pioneer  prospector  and  miner,  seeing  much  of  the  rough  and  crude  life  of  the  western  camps 
throughout  Colorado,  California,  Arizona  and  Central  America,  and  he  faced  death  many 
times  in  the  course  of  his  career,  fighting  Indians  and  the  perils  of  the  wilderness,  and 
finally  attaining  wealth,  prominence  and  prosperity. 

Mr.  Baron  was  born  in  Germany  in  1846,  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  six  children,  and 
he  remained  in  his  native  country  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age.  Having  attained 
his  majority,  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America,  settling  in  1867  in  New  York  city,  where 
he  spent  six  months,  as  a  coachman.  He  later  obtained  employment  in  the  quarries  and 
worked  on  the  construction  of  a  tunnel,  learning  during  this  time  the  stone-cutter's  trade. 
At  this  he  afterward  worked  for  six  months  in  New  York  before  removing  to  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  where  he  cut  tlie  stone  for  the  first  bridge  across  the  Oliio  river  at  that  point. 
From  Louisville  he  went  to  Brownsville,  Tennessee,  and  contracted  for  adjuding  iron  ore 
there.  Ten  months  later  he  was  seized  with  malaria  and  after  his  recovery  went  to 
Belleville,  Illinois,  where  he  worked  in  the  coal  mines  for  half  a  year.  He  next  mined  for 
lead  near  Jefferson  City,  Missouri,  but  again  became  ill  and  was  obliged  to  go  to  a  hospital 
in  St.  Louis.  When  he  again  recovered  his  health  he  went  west  to  Colorado  and  varied  his 
former  mining  experience  by  working  in  the  placer  gold  mines  at  Clear  creek.  He  operated 
a  mine  of  his  own  for  three  months  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  disposed  of  the  property 
and  crossed  the  range  to  Breckenridge,  Colorado,  where  he  again  prospected  for  gold  in 
the  placer  mines  of  that  vicinity.  He  mined  for  lead  and  silver  in  the  Quartzville  ore  fields 
and  then  in  the  following  spring  went  to  Twin  Lakes,  where  he  accepted  a  contract  to  open 
a  coal  mine.  This  work  took  him  eleven  months  to  complete  but  it  was  at  length  successfully 
accomplished.  It  cost  Mr.  Baron,  however,  another  attack  of  illness,  for  in  1872  he  was 
seized  with  rheumatism  and  in  order  to  get  medical  attention  was  obliged  to  go  to  Santa  Fe. 
He  afterward  removed  to  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  and  spent  four  months  in  a  gold  mining 


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eamp  there  before  going  to  Clifton,  where  his  health  again  failed.  Seeking  to  recover  it  he 
went  to  Apache  Pass  and  in  1873  to  California.  In  the  latter  state  he  worked  for  six 
months  in  a  gold  mine  in  .Julian  and  was  then  for  a  similar  period  in  the  mines  of  Lower 
California,  after  which  he  purchased  a  team  and  set  out  across  the  desert  for  Arizona. 

The  journey  was  quickly  and  safely  accomplished  and  after  he  arrived  in  Yuma 
Mr.  Baron  sold  his  team  and  went  up  the  Colorado  river  to  Williams  Forks,  where  a  large 
quartz  mill  was  in  course  of  construction.  Continuing  his  journey,  he  went  to  Prescott  and 
later  to  Black  Canyon,  where  he  spent  three  months  in  the  placer  mines,  going  at  the  end 
of  tliat  time  to  the  Hackbury  quartz  fields.  After  eight  months  there  he  returned  to 
Prescott  and  spent  six  months  in  the  Silver  King  mine.  He  then  returned  to  the  Hackbury 
district  and  there  took  a  contract  to  sink  a  shaft.  He  completed  the  work  within  a  year 
and  afterward  went  to  Tombstone,  locating  in  that  city  in  1878.  He  obtained  a  position 
in  a  silver  mine,  of  which  he  was  superintendent  for  two  years,  and  for  one  year  thereafter 
he  was  in  charge  of  the  Stonewall  mine.  Finally,  however,  he  left  Arizona  and  went  to 
Mexico,  where,  in  the  interests  of  the  Philadelphia  Mining  Company  he  sunk  a  shaft  and 
drained  the  mine,  the  work  extending  over  a  period  of  two  years.  When  it  was  successfully 
completed,  in  1884,  Mr.  Baron  returned  to  Tombstone  as  superintendent  of  the  Topknot 
mine,  controlled  by  the  Tombstone  Milling  &  Mining  Company,  a  position  which  he  held  for 
five  years.  At  tlie  end  of  tliat  time  he  went  to  Central  America  but  after  seven  months 
there  returned  to  Tombstone,  where  he  continued  to  reside,  having  in  tiie  course  of  years 
developed  some  valuable  muiing  claims  near  the  city,  in  the  Huachuca  mountains.  He 
owned  in  addition  to  an  attractive  home  in  Tombstone  other  residence  and  business  property 
and  was  besides  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank. 

On  the  25th  of  September,  1880,  in  Tombstone,  Mr.  Baron  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Christina  Schaefer,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came  to  America  in  that  year.  After 
a  useful  and  well  spent  life  he  passed  away  December  8,  1913,  and  was  buried  in  Tombstone, 
in  which  city  his  widow  still  resides.  He  gave  his  political  support  to  the  republican  party 
and  fraternally  was  identified  with  the  Masonic  order,  being  a  Knight  Templar.  Having 
long  been  a  resident  of  Tombstone,  he  was  interested  in  everj'thing  pertaining  to  its 
progress  and  improvement,  and  movements  for  the  public  good  never  sought  his  aid  in  vain. 
Throughout  an  honorable  business  career  he  demonstrated  the  value  and  worth  of  unflagging 
perseverance,  unfaltering  determination  and  unsullied  integrity  and  he  enjoyed  in  full 
measure  the  trust  and  confidence  of  those  with  whom  he  had  business  or  social  relations. 


AUGUSTUS  REDEWILL. 


Augustus  Redewill,  of  Phoenix,  possesses  in  large  measure  that  quality  which  for  want 
of  a  better  term  has  been  called  common  sense.  In  other  words,  he  has  made  good  use  of 
time,  talent  and  opportunities  in  the  upbuilding  of  a  business  of  large  and  extensive  pro- 
portions. His  success  as  a  salesman  of  musical  instruments  has  caused  him  to  be  termed 
"the  piano  king  of  Arizona."  In  this  connection  he  is  known  throughout  the  coast  country 
and  all  the  western  territories  and  is  today  the  oldest  piano  merchant  not  only  in  the  state 
but  in  the  entire  southwest.  Moreover,  his  efforts  in  other  lines  have  been  direct  factors  in 
promoting  progress  and  improvement  and  Arizona  classes  him  among  her  valued  and  worthy 
citizens. 

Mr.  Redewill  was  born  in  Cuba,  of  French  Creole  parentage,  on  the  Ist  of  July,  1855,  a 
son  of  Peter  and  Frances  Redewill,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  France.  The  father  and 
his  brotlier  were  both  sea  captains  and  commanded  vessels  sailing  between  Cuba  and  France. 
During  the  boyhood  days  of  their  son  Augustus,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Redewill  left  the 
tropical  isle  of  the  south  and  went  to  New  York,  where  the  son  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  also  pursuing  his  studies  for  a  time  at  Boston,  where  he  became  a  pupil  in  Worcester 
College  and  in  the  Holy  Cross  College.  He  likewise  attended  St.  Johns  College  of  New  York. 
In  the  meantime  the  family  home  had  been  established  in  California,  to  which  state  the 
parents  had  removed  in  1861.  There  the  father  engaged  in  the  importing  business  and 
remained  a  resident  of  that  state  until  his  life's  labors  were  ended  in  death. 


AUGUSTUS  REDEWILL 


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Au^RtuH  Redewill  was  a  young  man  of  seventeen  yearo  when  be  began  selling  pianos 
on  the  Paciflc  coast,  being  tlie  first  representative  of  the  trade  in  that  section  of  the 
country.  He  not  only  traveled  through  the  coast  states  but  also  in  all  the  western  territories, 
meeting  with  notable  success,  so  that  he  became  recognized  as  the  foremost  piano  salesman 
of  the  western  section  of  the  country.  In  1880  he  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  opened  a 
piano  st/ire  and  in  connectiq^i  with  tliat  business  he  also  engaged  in  loaning  money  on  city 
and  country  property,  becoming  a  large  real-estate  owner.  Both  branches  of  his  enterprise 
proved  successful  and  he  is  known  today  as  the  oldest  piano  merchant  in  Arizona.  He  has 
shipped  his  goods  to  all  sections  of  the  west,  and  it  is  a  well  known  fact  that  no  one  beyond 
the  Rockies  is  more  conversant  with  the  piano  trade,  the  different  instruments  manufactured, 
their  (juality,  tone  and  durability.  His  own  love  of  music  has  been  a  feature  of  his  success, 
combined  with  the  power  of  so  presenting  his  goods  as  to  win  the  attention  of  prospective 
buyers.  Moreover,  his  business  methods  are  thoroughly  reliable,  Mr.  Redewill  recognizing 
from  the  outset  that  satisfied  patrons  are  the  best  advertisement.  His  judgment  uf>on  any 
piano  is  accepted  as  authority  by  thost;  at  all  familiar  with  trade  conditions  in  the  southwest 
and  his  house  has  set  the  standard  for  other  dealers  in  musical  instruments  not  only  in 
Arizona  but  throughout  the  coast  country  as  well. 

Other  avenues  of  activity  have  extended  Mr.  RedewiU's  acquaintance  until  few  residents 
of  Arizona  are  as  widely  known.  He  has  been  correspondent  for  many  papers  and  his 
discussion  of  any  subject  is  vital,  alive  and  comprehensive.  He  was  one  of  the  prime  movers 
in  securing  the  building  of  railways  in  this  state  and  has  been  very  active  in  many  fields 
of  progress  which  have  resulted  beneficially  to  Arizona. 

On  the  21st  of  August,  1878,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Redewill  and  Miss 
Nellie  Clark  of  Vallejo,  California,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Anson  Clark,  who  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  residents  of  that  stat<;,  settling  there  in  1850  and  taking  charge  of  the  docks  at 
Vallejo.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Re<lewill  became  parents  of  five  children.  Augustus  Cass,  electrical 
engineer,  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California  and  of  a  college  at  Schenectady,  New 
York.  He  is  mentioned  more  fully  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Dr.  Francis  Redewill  completed 
a  course  in  the  University  of  California,  winning  the  Bachelor  of  Science  degree,  and  later 
entered  the  Johns  Hopkins  Medical  College  at  Baltimore,  from  which  he  also  graduated.  For 
tliree  years  he  served  as  a  surgeon  of  the  United  States  army  and  is  now  located  in  success- 
ful practice  in  Phoenix.  A  sketch  of  his  life  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  The  first  two 
sons  are  twins.  Eugene  R.  Redewill,  the  third  member  of  the  family,  has  devoted  his  life 
to  music.  He  attended  the  Boston  Conservatory  of  Music,  is  a  violinist  of  superior  skill, 
an  authority  on  music,  leader  of  various  orchestras  and  also  a  composer.  He  is  now  acting 
us  treasurer  of  the  Redewill  Music  Comi>any.  Victfjr  Anson  is  a  graduate  of  the  University 
of  California  and  is  also  connected  with  the  Redewill  Music  Comimny  in  the  piano  tuning 
deimrtment.  Alice  was  graduated  from  the  Mills  College  of  Music  at  Oakland,  California, 
studying  under  Laura  Ranel  and  later  under  Dr.  Louis  Lisser.  She  continued  her  studies 
under  Harold  Bauer  of  Paris,  France,  and  later  became  a  student  in  the  conservatory  of 
Vienna  under  Godowsky.  /At  the  closing  conservatory  exercises  she  was  selected  as  the  piano 
soloist  with  the  Royal  Orchestra  and  gained  laurels  for  herself.  She  has  played  in  recitals 
in  Ix)S  Angeles  and  other  California  cities  as  well  as  in  Phoenix,  and  is  now  at  the  Studio 
Club  in  New  York,  where  she  is  soon  to  give  a  recital,  her  grand  debut  in  the  musical  world. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  RedewiU's  attitude  towards  education  is  easily  discernible  in  the  opportunities 
which  they  have  afforded  their  sons  and  daughter.  The  family,  wisely  cultivating  their 
talents,  is  one  of  which  they  have  every  reason  to  be  proud.  Mr.  Redewill  attributes  not  a 
little  of  his  success  to  the  encouragement  and  inspiration  he  has  received  from  his  wife. 
The  family  is  one  of  social  prominence  in  Phoenix  and  theirs  is  a  hospitable  home  whose 
good  cheer  is  greatly  enjoyed  by  a  legion  of  friends. 

Such  in  brief  is  the  history  of  Augustus  Redewill,  who  came  to  Phoenix  in  the  days  of 
small  things,  himself  a  brainy,  energetic  young  man  of  twenty-five  years,  and  has  left  his 
impress  upon  the  magnificent  development  of  the  metropolis  of  the  southwest.  He  early 
displayed  conspicuously  the  traits  of  character  that  have  made  his  life  brilliantly  successful. 
It  is  true  that,  like  other  business  men,  he  may  not  have  found  all  days  equally  bright. 
Indeed,  in  his  commercial  experiences  he  has  seen  the  gathering  of  clouds  that  threatened 
disastrous  storms,  but  his  rich  inheritance  of  energy  and  courage  has  enabled  him  to  turn 


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defeats  into  victories  and  promised  failures  into  brilliant  successes.  His  strict  integrity, 
business  progressiveness  and  judgment  have  always  been  so  universally  recognized  that  he 
has  enjoyed  public  confidence  to  an  enviable  degree,  and  naturally  this  has  brought  him  a 
patronage  that  through  times  of  general  prosperity  and  general  adversity  alike  has 
occasioned  a  steady  increase  in  his  business. 


ALEXANDER  McDERMID. 


Alexander  McDermid,  now  living  retired  in  Flagstafl",  is  a  self-made  man  who  deserves 
much  credit  for  what  he  has  aceom])lished.  His  life  for  many  years  was  one  of  untiring 
industry  and  indeed  of  the  hardest  labor,  but  he  persistently  pursued  his  purpose  and  as 
the  years  went  on  overcame  the  obstacles  and  difficulties  wliich  confronted  him  and  is  now 
one  of  the  substantial  residents  of  northern  Arizona.  He  has  known  the  hard  life  of  the 
lumber  camps,  has  worked  at  blacksmithing,  in  the  harvest  fields,  and  has  herded  sheep 
upon  the  ranges  of  the  southwest,  and  it  is  fitting  that  he  should  now  have  tliis  period  of 
rest  in  which  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  former  toil. 

Mr.  McDermid  was  born  in  the  highlands  of  Scotland,  May  3,  1844,  his  parents  being 
Peter  and  Mary  (McDonald)  McDermid.  The  former  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  business 
there  and  upon  emigrating  to  Canada  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  which  he  followed 
near  Cornwall.  The  year  1845  witnessed  his  arrival  in  the  new  world  and  after  a  residence 
in  Canada  of  eleven  years  he  passed  away  in  1856.  His  widow  long  survived  him,  dying  in 
1900  at  the  remarkable  age  of  ninety-three  years.  In  their  family  were  five  sons  and  five 
daugliters,  but  only  two  survive,  the  daughter  being  now  a  resident  of  Montreal. 

Alexander  McDermid,  the  only  surviving  son,  pursued  his  education  in  Canada  but  his 
opportunities  in  that  direction  were  somewhat  limited,  for  at  tlie  age  of  fourteen  years 
he  began  to  earn  his  own  living  and  has  since  depended  entirely  upon  effort  and  industry 
for  advancement.  He  worked  on  different  farms  in  the  vicinity  of  Cornwall,  spending  six 
months  in  the  employ  of  John  McDonald,  and  a  similar  period  with  Archie  McArthur  and 
Peter  Kennedy,  after  which  he  was  employed  for  five  months  by  his  cousin,  James  Camp- 
bell, and  later  for  three  months  by  Duncan  McDermid,  liis  wife's  brother.  He  spent  one 
year  as  a  teamster  in  the  employ  of  Peter  Kennedy  and  for  six  montlis  was  employed  at 
hauling  timber  for  Kenneth  McClelland.  About  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war 
he  made  his  way  to  Saginaw,  Michigan,  on  the  Cass  river,  and  luiuled  logs  for  Dan  Kennedy. 
After  seven  months,  however,  he  returned  to  Canada  and  again  worked  for  Kenneth  Mc- 
Clelland at  hauling  timber.  Desirous  of  learning  a  trade,  he  spent  four  years  in  the  black- 
smith shop  of  another  Peter  Kennedy,  after  which  he  went  to  Minneapolis  and  worked  at  his 
trade  there  a  part  of  the  time,  but  during  harvest  seasons  took  his  place  in  the  fields  to 
aid  in  caring  for  the  crops.  About  1870  he  entered  the  employ  of  George  Brocket,  who  was 
a  subcontractor  for  furnishing  supplies  on  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  whidi  was  then 
being  built.  He  afterward  entered  the  direct  employ  of  the  railroad,  assi.sting  in  the  sur- 
vey of  a  new  line,  and  still  later  he  worked  at  getting  out  railroad  ties  for  the  new  road  bed. 
At  that  time  he  injured  his  foot  and  for  nearly  three  months  was  incapacitated  for  further 
labor  so  that  he  had  to  spend  practically  all  of  his  earnings  to  meet  his  living  expenses  and 
doctor's  bills  during  that  period.  When  he  had  sufficiently  recovered  he  secured  employment 
with  Elias  Moses,  a  banker  and  lumberman  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  and  for  three  years 
continued  in  his  employ,  both  as  general  utility  man  at  the  Moses  home  and  as  a  black- 
smith. He  also  worked  during  part  of  the  year  in  the  lumber  camps  belonging  to  his 
employer  and  out  of  his  savings  he  purcliased  eighty  acres  of  land  on  the  Minnesota  river, 
of  which  he  remained  the  owner  for  three  years.  During  that  period  he  broke  fifty  acres 
of  the  land,  after  which  he  sold  the  property  and  the  crops  raised.  He  next  entered  the 
emph)y  of  Weyerhauser,  Dinkman  &  Rutledge,  the  lumber  kings  of  tliat  time,  working  as 
a  blacksmith  at  their  camps.  He  afterward  removed  to  I'hillips,  Wisconsin,  where  he 
established  a  blacksmith  shop,  which  he  conducted  for  two  years,  or  until  1880.  During 
that  time,  on  a  trip  back  to  Canada,  he  bought  a  one  hundred  acre  farm,  which  was  improved 
with  buildings,  on   the   St.   I^awrence   river  and   after  disposing  of   his  blacksmith   sliop   he 


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cultivated  liis  farm  for  a  time,  but  his  wife's  health  became  impaired  while  they  were  living 
there. 

It  was  at  that  time  that  Mr.  McDermid  rented  his  farm  and  came  to  Arizona,  arriving 
in  Globe  City  in  February,  1883.  There  he  engaged  in  blacksmithing  but  just  at  that  time 
the  Apache  Indians  were  on  the  warpath  and,  as  it  was  unsafe  to  remain  in  the  country, 
he  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  California.  From  that  state  he  returned  to  Wisconsin,  but 
after'  remaining  there  for  a  few  months  came  once  more  to  the  west.  The  railroad  had 
at  that  time  been  extended  as  far  as  Williams,  Arizona,  from  which  point  he  proceeded 
by  stage  to  Prescott,  remaining  there  until  October,  1885,  during  which  period  he  again 
followed  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He  then  returned  to  his  farm  in  Canada,  upon  which  he 
remained  until  October,  1886,  but  his  wife's  health  again  made  it  necessary  to  go  west,  as 
she  suffered  greatly  from  bronchitis,  her  trouble,  however,  being  almost  immediately  relieved 
as  soon  as  she  reached  California  or  Arizona.  They  visited  all  of  northwestern  Canada  and 
sailed  from  Victoria  to  San  Francisco.  Later  they  visited  Fresno  and  Los  Angeles  and 
for  two  years  were  residents  of  San  Diego,  during  which  period  Mr.  McDermid  engaged  in 
teaming.  In  1888  he  came  to  Flagstaff  and  in  partnership  with  Jerry  Woodbridge  purchased 
twenty-five  hundred  sheep.  This  partnership  was  dissolved  after  a  year  and  a  half  and 
Mr.  McDermid  entered  the  employ  of  Dags  Brothers  in  the  sheep  business.  After  two  years 
he  purchased  two  thousand  sheep  from  them  and  gradually  increased  his  flocks  until  at 
one  time  he  owned  eiglit  thousand  head.  He  sold  wool  as  low  as  four  and  three-fourths 
cents  per  pound  during  the  hard  times,  but  was  one  of  the  few  men  who,  by  personal  atten- 
tion to  business  and  extremely  liard  work,  succeeded  in  weathering  the  financial  crisis.  He 
always  gives  his  wife  credit  for  the  great  assistance  she  has  rendered  him.  She  often 
remained  with  him  at  the  camps  when  he  was  following  sheep  on  the  range  and  has  done 
everything  possible  to  encourage  and  aid  him.  In  March,  1900,  Mr.  McDermid  sold  all  of 
his  stock  and  in  1903  disposed  of  his  ranch  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  intending  to 
retire  from  active  business,  but  indolence  and  idleness  are  utterly  foreign  to  his  nature, 
and  in  1905  he  made  another  deal  whereby  he  acquired  another  ranch,  on  which  were 
twenty-four  hundred  head  of  sheep  and  complete  outfit  and  pack  animals.  He  retained  this 
for  a  time  and  sold  the  place  at  a  handsome  profit. 

It  was  on  the  18th  of  February,  1878,  that  Mr.  McDermid  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Isabella  McDermid,  wlio,  though  of  the  same  name,  is  not  a  relative.  Both  have  dis- 
played untiring  energy,  industry  and  ingenuity  in  the  management  of  their  business  affairs, 
and,  while  many  hardships  and  difliculties  have  confronted  them  at  points  along  the  path 
to  progress,  they  have  nevertheless  reached  the  goal  of  success  and  now  enjoy  a  gratifying 
income  and  are  the  owners  of  attractive  property  at  Flagstaff.  They  hold  membership  in 
the  Presbyterian  chvu'ch  and  Mr.  McDermid  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican 
party.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  held  in  the  highest  eBteem  and  they  enjoy  the  warm  friend- 
ship of  many  with  whom  they  have  come  in  contact,  their  substantial  qualities  winning 
for  them  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  all  who  know  them. 


HON.  SIDNEY  P.  OSBORN. 


Hon.  Sidney  P.  Osborn  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  youngest  man  ever  elected 
secretary  of  state,  not  only  in  Arizona  but  throughout  the  entire  United  States.  He  was 
born  in  Phoenix  on  the  17th  of  May,  1884,  and  was  but  twenty-eight  years  of  age  when  he 
assumed  the  duties  of  his  present  office.  He  is  one  of  the  leaders  of  progressive  democracy 
in  Arizona  and  in  recent  years  has  done  not  a  little  to  shape  public  action  and  mold  public 
opinion. 

Pursuing  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city,  he  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  of  Phoenix  with  the  class  of  1903,  after  which  he  became  private  secretary  to 
Colonel  J.  r.  Wilson,  who  served  as  a  delegate  to  congress  from  Arizona  from  1903  until 
1905.  Following  his  return  from  Washington  he  entered  the  newspaper  field  and  was  con- 
nected with  journalistic  interests  from  1905  until  1913.  During  that  period  he  was  also  in 
the   coimty   recorder's   office.     In   the   meantime  he  had  been   a   close   student   of   important 


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public  questions  and  it  became  recognized  that  liis  views  were  sound  and  progressive  and  that 
his  labors  were  effective  in  producing  desired  results.  His  fellow  townsmen  therefore 
chose  him  as  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  and  he  was  the  youngest  repre- 
sentative in  that  important  body.  He  gave  careful  consideration  to  all  the  questions  wliich 
came  up  for  settlement  and  displayed  such  judgment  and  insight  and  labored  so  assidu- 
ously for  the  adoption  of  measures  which  the  public  recognize  as  of  value  to  the  state  that 
the  record  which  he  made  carried  him  to  victory  in  the  ensuing  primary  campaign  and  at 
the  election  as  the  first  secretary  of  state  of  Arizona  since  her  admission  to  the  Union. 
Since  entering  upon  the  duties  of  the  office  he  has  introduced  innovations,  inaugurated 
reforms  and  begun  an  administration  which  promises  to  be  a  matter  of  pride  to  all 
Arizona.  The  offices  of  the  state  are  today  in  the  liands  of  young  men  and  their  energy 
and  progressiveness  are  being  felt  as  a  potent  force  in  shaping  the  history  and  molding 
the  destiny  of  the  youngest  in  the  sisterhood  of  states. 

Mr.  Osborn  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marjorie  Grant,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  they 
are  as  prominent  and  popular  in  the  social  circles  of  the  city  as  Mr.  Osborn  is  in  political 
circles.  They  have  one  child,  JIarjorie  F.  Mr.  Osborn  is  recognized  as  a  leader  among  the 
progressive  young  men  of  Arizona  and,  with  the  interest  of  the  state  close  at  heart,  his 
efforts  are  proving  productive  of  great  good  in  shaping  its  policy. 


JOHN  F.  TRACY. 


In  the  general  election  of  1911  John  F.  Tracy  was  made  state  bank  examiner,  a  position 
for  which  he  was  well  qualified  owing  to  previous  experience  in  banlcing  and  financial  circles. 
Moreover,  he  ever  regards  a  public  office  as  a  public  trust  and  it  is  well  known  that  no  trust 
reposed  in  John  F.  Tracy  has  been  betrayed.  Illinois  numbers  him  among  her  native  sons, 
his  birth  having  occurred  in  that  state  in  1879.  His  parents  were  T.  H.  and  Jennie  (Pierce) 
Tracy,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Connecticut,  but  in  early  life  they  removed  to  Illinois 
and  the  father  became  a  merchant  of  Elmwood.  After  a  long  residence  in  that  state  he 
removed  with  his  family  to  Florida  in  1887  and  embarked  in  business  there.  He  now  makes 
his  home  in  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

John  F.  Tracy  was  a  youth  of  eight  years  at  the  time  of  the  removal  to  the  south,  and 
in  the  schools  of  Florida  ho  pursued  his  education  and  later  made  his  initial  step  in  the 
business  world  in  connection  with  the  nursery  firm  of  Glency  &  Mary.  He  was  a  young 
man  of  twenty-six  years  when  in  the  fall  of  1905  he  came  to  Arizona.  Througliout  the 
intervening  period  of  eleven  years  he  has  lived  in  Phoenix  and  has  become  well  known 
in  its  business  circles.  He  was  first  employed  as  assistant  cashier  in  the  Home  Savings 
Bank  and  this  brought  him  a  wide  acquaintance  and  demonstrated  his  ability  so  that  later 
he  secured  a  more  lucrative  position  as  cashier  in  the  branch  office  of  the  New  York  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  Phoenix.  He  acceptably  acted  in  that  capacity  until  1911,  when  he 
became  state  bank  examiner,  continuing  in  that  oflice  until  December,  1912,  and  discharging 
his  duties  with  promptness,  fidelity  and  impartiality.  His  thorough  undcrst  inding  of  the 
different  phases  of  the  banking  business  well  qualified  him  for  the  duties  that  devolved 
upon  him  in  this  connection  and  his  record  is  certainly  a  commendable  one.  In  1912  he 
became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Green  &  GriflTin  Real  Estate  &  Investment  Company 
and  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  "Home  Builders." 

On  the  15th  of  April,  1902,  Mr.  Tracy  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hazel  M.  Pugh, 
of  Phoenix,  a  daughter  of  C.  H.  Pugh,  who  was  one  of  Arizona's  earliest  settlers  but  is  now 
deceased.  He  was  proprietor  and  manager  of  the  Southwest  Stockman,  a  paper  devoted 
to  livestock  interests  in  the  southwest.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tracy  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter, 
Lois  Hunt,  born  June  23,  1910. 

Mr.  Tracy  holds  membership  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  of  which  he  is  an  exemplary 
representative,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  in  the 
work  of  which  they  are  actively  and  helpfully  interested.  In  politics  Mr.  Tracy  is  a  repub- 
lican, supporting  the  party  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise,  and  in  this 
connection  he  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  considerable  infliience.    He  stands  at  all  times  for 


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progressive  citizenship,  and  wliile  a  believer  in  republican  principles  he  never  sacrifices  the 
general  welfare  to  partisanship  nor  the  good  of  the  community  to  personal  aggrandizement. 
During  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Phoenix  he  has  been  accounted  one  of  the  highly 
respected  and  worthy  citizens  of  the  capital. 


JOHN  F.  CROWLEY. 


John  F.  Crowley,  who  passed  away  September  30,  1913,  was  one  of  the  citizens  of 
Willcox  whose  business  activity  and  enterprise  have  contributed  in  no  small  measure  to  the 
progress  and  development  of  the  town,  where  for  more  than  thirty  years  he  was  identified 
with  commercial  affairs.  He  was  of  Irish  extraction  but  was  a  native  of  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, his  birth  there  occurring  on  the  26th  of  January,  1850. 

His  father,  John  V.  Crowley,  was  born  in  Cork,  Ireland,  but  when  a  child  of  four 
years  he  was  brought  to  America  by  his  parents,  who  settled  in  New  England.  There  he 
was  reared  and  given  the  advantages  of  a  common  school  education,  following  which  he 
spent  eight  years  as  an  apprentice  to  the  carpenter's  trade.  His  wife  was  born  in  the  north 
of  Ireland  and  was  left  an  orphan  in  early  childhood.  At  the  age  of  four  years  she  came 
to  America  with  a  relative  and  was  reared  in  Massachusetts,  where  she  was  married  when 
she  was  eighteen  to  Mr.  Crowley,  who  was  of  the  same  age.  They  passed  the  early  period 
of  their  domestic  life  in  that  state,  where  Mr.  Crowley  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  and 
also  engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  In  1849,  he  went  around  the  Horn  to  California, 
locating  in  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  where  he  continued  to  engage  in  contracting  and 
building.  His  wife  and  family  remained  in  Massachusetts  until  1854,  when  they  joined 
him  in  the  California  metropolis,  in  which  city  they  resided  for  some  six  years  thereafter. 
In  1860,  they  removed  to  Sacramento  but  at  the  expiration  of  ten  years  returned  to  San 
Francisco,  and  there  the  father  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  The  mother 
survived  him  for  a  year,  her  death  occurring  when  she  was  seventy-five.  Of  the  eight 
children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crowley  only  one  is  living,  Timothy  J.,  who  is  a  prominent 
and  successful  attorney  of  San  Francisco. 

The  first  four  years,  in  the  life  of  John  F.  Crowley  were  passed  in  the  state  of  his 
nativity.  He  was  reared  in  very  much  the  same  manner  as  otlier  lads  of  the  pioneer  period 
in  California,  obtaining  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  San  Francisco  and  Sacramento. 
He  began  his  independent  career  as  collector  for  W.  E.  Bridge  engaged  in  the  livery  business 
in  San  Francisco,  with  whom  he  remained  for  fifteen  years.  His  next  position  was  that  of 
receiving  clerk  with  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Companj'  at  Sacramento,  in  which 
capacity  he  served  for  two  years.  He  subsequently  obtained  employment  with  the  United 
Carriage  Company  of  San  Francisco,  where  he  discharged  tlie  duties  of  foreman  for  four 
years.  In  1883,  he  came  to  Arizona  and  on  May  19  of  that  year  located  in  Willcox.  He 
owned  and  operated  a  transfer  business,  was  president  of  the  Chicago  &  Arizona  Copper 
Company,  and  general  manager  of  the  W.  F.  Nichols  Lumber  Company.  Mr.  Crowley 
prospered  in  his  undertakings  and  was  numbered  among  the  substantial  citizens  of  the  com- 
munity. He  was  a  stockholder  in  the  Willcox  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  and  owned  one  of 
the  finest  homes  in  Willcox  in  addition  to  several  business  and  residence  properties  which 
he  rented. 

Mr.  Crowley  was  married  in  July,  1904,  to  Mrs.  Anastatia  Miller,  who  was  born  on 
Wellington  Road,  London,  England.  She  came  to  the  United  States  in  early  girlhood  with 
her  parents,  John  J.  and  Sarah  E.  (Meredith)  Nugent.  Her  father  was  an  expert  wood 
engraver  in  New  York  city,  where  he  and  his  wife  resided  until  their  deaths.  Mrs.  Crowley 
is  the  youngest  of  four  surviving  children  in  a  family  of  eight.  In  order  of  birth  the  others 
are  as  follows:  Sarah,  who  resides  in  Fall  River,  Massachusetts;  J.  Meredith,  who  is  located 
in  California;  and  John  Oliver,  of  New  York.  By  her  first  marriage  Mrs.  Crowley  had  two 
children:  Thomas  N.,  who  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  in  1895;  and  Hope  M.,  who 
was  born  in  1898  and  is  a  talented  artist  and  musician.  Since  the  death  of  her  husband 
Mrs.  Crowley  has  managed  the  W.  F.  Nichols  Lumber  Company. 

Fraternally  Mr.   Crowley  was  affiliated  with  Bisbee  Lodge,  No.  671,  B.  P.  0.   E.,  and 


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his  political  support  was  accorded  to  tlie  republican  party.  He  served  as  deputy  sheriff 
under  I.  L.  Ward  in  1883,  and  held  the  same  office  for  two  years  when  Robert  Hatci'  was 
sheriff,  while  for  a  similar  period  he  discharged  the  duties  of  deputy  assessor  under 
Mr.  Burk,  the  first  territorial  assessor.  He  was  the  first  fire  chief  in  Willcox  and  for  ten 
years  was  United  States  coroner  at  Willcox.  Mr.  Crowley  was  a  capable  business  man 
of  practical  ideas  and  enterprising  methods,  while  in  matters  of  citizenship  he  was  public- 
spirited  and  progressive,  all  of  which  qualities  united  in  winning  him  the  esteem  and 
respect  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  among  whom  he  numbered  many  stanch  friends. 


GEORGE  W.  ATKINSON. 


Interesting  and  varied  has  been  the  career  of  George  W.  Atkinson,  one  of  the  pioneer 
cattle  men  of  Arizona,  who  is  now  a  resident  of  Tucson.  His  birth  occurred  in  Peoria, 
Illinois,  on  the  14th  of  December,  1844,  his  parents  being  John  and  Sarah  (Largent)  Atkin- 
son, the  father  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  England,  and  the  mother  of  Virginia.  The  latter  died 
in  Illinois  in  1846,  and  al)out  1848  the  father  married  Sarah  Davis.  They  continued  to 
reside  in  the  Prairie  state  until  the  spring  of  1860,  when  the  family  started  across  the 
country  with  a  wagon  and  team  for  Colorado,  a  distance  of  a  thousand  miles.  They  pro- 
ceeded to  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  and  crossed  the  Mississippi  river  at  Keokuk,  Iowa.  From  there 
they  went  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  and  on  to  Atchison,  Kansas,  where  they  crossed  the 
Missouri  river.  They  crossed  the  Big  Blue  and  the  Little  Bine  rivers  and  traveled  up  the 
east  side  of  the  Platte  river  to  Fort  Kearney,  reaching  their  destination — the  city  of  Denver — 
on  the  1st  of  May,  1860. 

George  W.  Atkinson  was  a  youth  of  sixteen  years  when  he  accompanied  his  father  on 
his  removal  to  Colorado.  Such  education  as  he  received  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  state  and  after  locating  in  Denver  he  applied  himself  to  learning  the  brick 
maker's  trade  under  his  father.  Subsequently  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Atkinson 
&  Baker,  but  in  February,  1868,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Com-  ' 
pany  and  for  three  years  was  a  member  of  their  construction  crew.  In  the  summer  of  1877 
he  made  a  trip  to  Deadwood,  South  Dakota,  where  he  sojourned  for  a  brief  time,  but  in 
the  autumn  of  the  same  year  came  to  Globe,  Arizona.  There  he  established  a  brickyard, 
being  the  first  man  in  the  state  to  employ  native  clay  in  that  industry.  On  January  1,  1879,  he 
removed  to  Calabasas,  then  Pima,  but  now  Santa  Cruz,  county,  where  he  erected  a  hotel, 
constructed  from  brick  manufactured  from  the  Arizona  clay.  While  engaged  in  the  erection 
of  this  building  he  settled  on  a  cattle  ranch  in  the  vicinity  of  the  town  and  turned  his 
attention  to  stock-raising  and  general  farming.  He  put  in  a  pumping  plant  with  which 
to  irrigate,  obtaining  the  water  for  this  purpose  from  the  Santa  Cruz  and  Sonora  rivers. 
Owing  to  the  decision  of  the  United  States  supreme  court,  rendered  in  favor  of  the  Baca 
claimants  to  the  Baca  Float  No.  3,  where  Mr.  Atkinson's  ranch  was  located,  he  has  recently 
disposed  of  his  cattle,  selling  three  thousand  fifty  head  for  ninety-nine  thousand  and  twenty- 
five  dollars.  He  is  gradually  selling  the  rest  of  his  property  and  is  now  living  retired  in 
Tucson.  Mr.  Atkinson  met  with  many  unusual  experiences  during  pioneer  days  in  both 
Colorado  and  Arizona,  and  relates  some  very  interesting  reminiscences  of  those  early  times. 
In  Colorado,  in  1864,  he  joined  Tyler's  Rangers,  and  had  his  first  experience  in  Indian 
warfare.  The  next  year  he  was  again  called  out  to  assist  in  quelling  an  uprising  among 
the  natives  and  was  present  at  the  massacre  at  Sand  Creek.  During  his  early  ranching  days 
in  this  state  he  had  difficulty  with  both  the  Mexicans  and  Indians,  and  on  several  occasions 
barely  escaped  with  his  life.  From  1895  to  1897  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  L.  Zecken- 
dorf  &  Company,  who  handled  about  forty  thousand  head  of  cattle,  theirs  being  one  of  the 
largest  ranches  in  this  section.  The  country  was  but  sparsely  settled  and  the  stockmen 
were  much  annoyed  by  bands  of  Mexican  marauders,  commonly  called  "Greasers,"  and  the 
Indians,  who  stole  both  their  cattle  and  ponies.  One  day  in  1879,  Mr.  Atkinson  went  to 
the  ranch  of  P.  Kitchen,  located  five  miles  south  of  Calabasas,  and  on  his  return  trip  was 
waylaid  by  five  Mexicans,  who  relieved  him  of  his  saddle  and  forty  dollars  as  well  as  his 
overcoat.     He  came  to  Tucson,  supplied  himself  with  another  gun,  ammunition  and  money. 


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and  two  weeks  later  had  a  similar  experience.  On  this  occasion  the  outlaws  took  him 
prisoner,  escorting  him  to  his  ranch  house,  where  they  compelled  him  to  cook  their  dinner 
and  then  demanded  five  hundred  dollars.  Refusing  to  comply  with  their  terms  they  slipped 
a  noose  around  his  neck,  pulled  liim  up  a  few  times  and  finally  released  hini  upon  the  pay- 
ment of  thirty  dollars.  About  two  weeks  later  the  entire  gang  was  captured  near  Magdalena, 
Mexico,  and  in  their  possession  was  found  Mr.  Atkinson's  saddle  and  overcoat.  At  the  time 
of  the  Indian  uprising  in  1886,  the  natives  stole  some  of  his  cattle,  but  he  was  later 
fortunate  enough  to  recover  them. 

Mr.  Atkinson  married  Miss  Julia  Jordan  in  1882,  and  as  they  had  no  children  they 
adopted  two  sons,  Samuel  and  Joseph  D.  Mrs.  Atkinson  passed  away  in  1907  and  in  1908 
he  married  Miss  Catherine  Deegan,  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  they  have  become  the  parents 
of  three  daughters  and  one  son,  Dora,  Georgia,  George  W.  Jr.,  and  lone. 

Mr.  Atkinson  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  being  affiliated  with 
Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Pioneer  Society  of  Colorado  and  the 
Arizona  Historical  Society.  He  is  a  progressive  republican  and  has  several  times  been 
called  to  public  office.  lit  1888,  he  was  elected  county  supervisor,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  for  two  years,  and  upon  the  organization  of  Santa  Cruz  county  in  March,  1899,  he 
was  appointed  supervisor  of  the  new  county  by  Governor  Murphy  but  resigned  his  seat  at 
the  expiration  of  thirty  days.  He  served  as  school  trustee  for  sevei'al  years.  Mr.  Atkinson 
has  always  been  one  of  the  enterprising,  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  state,  being  ready  to 
indorse  every  progressive  movement  and  assist  in  promoting  the  development  and  welfare 
of  both  the  county  and  municipality  in  every  possible  manner.  His  residence  in  this  district 
covers  a  period  of  more  than  thirty-eight  years,  during  which  time  he  has  witnessed 
marvelous  changes  and  has  contributed  his  quota  toward  the  transformation. 


H.  W.  ETZ. 


H.  W.  Etz  has  for  thirty-one  years  been  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of 
Benson,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  meat  business  with  two  of  his  brothers.  He  is  a  native 
of  Kansas,  born  in  1859,  and  a  son  of  William  and  Helena  Etz.  The  father  passed  away 
in  Kansas  during  the  childhood  of  our  subject,  who  is  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  six  children, 
five  of  whom  are  still  living.  The  mother  subsequently  married  again  and  in  1889  removed 
to  Arizona,  making  her  home  in  Benson  until  her  death  in  1912. 

H.  W.  Etz  was  reared  in  his  native  state,  where  he  received  his  education.  Soon  after 
attaining  his  majority  he  came  to  Arizona  and  for  a  time  was  employed  in  a  meat  market 
at  Tombstone.  In  1883  he  removed  to  Bisbee,  where  he  established  a  butcher  shop,  which 
he  conducted  for  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  returned  to  Tombstone,  remaining 
there  until  1885,  when  he  came  to  Benson  and  founded  the  market  he  has  since  conducted. 
The  passing  years  have  brought  success  to  Mr.  Etz,  who  has  been  interested  in  a  large  cattle 
ranch  eighteen  miles  north  of  Tucson  since  1883.  He  also  owns  an  interest  in  a  thousand 
acres  of  land  near  Benson,  six  hundred  of  the  tract  being  under  irrigation.  He  also 
owns  his  place  of  business  and  residence  as  well  as  other  property  in  Benson  and  a  fine 
home  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 

In  1889  Mr.  Etz  was  married  to  Miss  Ada  M.  Nye,  who  was  born  in  Illinois,  whence 
the  family  removed  to  Colorado,  where  the  father  died.  In  1884  she  accompanied  her 
mother  to  Arizona.  She  is  one  of  a  family  of  five  children  and  in  turn  has  become  the 
mother  of  five  children:  Helen,  a  high  school"  graduate  and  a  musician,  now  the  wife  of 
William  Grover,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  George  H.,  a  graduate  of  the  Manual  Art  School 
of  Los  Angeles;  Agnes  M.,  a  graduate  of  the  Los  Angeles  Business  College;  H.  W.,  Jr., 
a  member  of  the  senior  class  in  the  manual  training  school;  and  Alva  Nye,  a  student  in  the 
grammar  school  at  Los  Angeles. 

The  family  are  of  the  Presbyterian  faith  in  religious  matters,  and  the  fraternal  relations 

of  Mr.   Etz  are  confined  to  his   membership   in  the  Knights   of   Pythias  lodge,  with  which 

order  he  has  been  affiliated  for  twenty-eight  years.     He  has  passed  through  all  of  the  chairs 

in  this  order  and  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge.     His  allegiance   in  matters  politic  he 

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accords  to  the  democratic  party,  and  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  governmental  affairs. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  twentieth  legisative  assembly  of  Arizona,  representing  the  inter- 
ests of  Cochise  county.  Mr.  Etz  is  well  known  and  highly  respected  in  Benson,  of  which  he 
has  been  a  resident  for  thirty-one  years.  He  is  a  man  of  proven  worth  and  integrity,  whose 
business  methods  are  above  question,  while  in  matters  of  citizenship  he  is  public-spirited 
and  progressive. 


RICHARD   E.   McGILLEN. 


On  the  roster  of  public  officials  in  Arizona  appears  the  names  of  those  whose  citizenship 
is  of  a  high  order,  whose  abilities  are  widely  recognized  and  whose  devotion  to  the  general 
welfare  is  unquestionable.  Among  this  number  is  Richard  E.  McGillen,  now  assistant 
secretary  of  state.  At  previous  times  he  has  been  identified  with  mining  interests  in 
Arizona,  having  taken  up  his  abode  within  the  borders  of  the  state  in  1895.  He  is  a  native 
of  Chicago  and  possesses  the  spirit  of  enterprise  and  determination  that  characterizes  the 
metropolis  of  the  middle  west.  His  natal  year  was  1868  and  his  parents  were  Edward  and 
Catherine  (Doyle)  McGillen,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ireland.  The  father  was  a  con- 
tractor, carrying  on  business  along  that  line  in  order  to  provide  for  his  family. 

At  the  usual  age  Richard  E.  McGillen  entered  the  public  schools  of  Chicago  and  passed 
through  consecutive  grades  until  he  became  a  high-school  student.  He  afterward  was 
connected  with  public  affairs  in  his  native  city,  including  one  year's  service  as  real-estate 
expert  with  the  board  of  assessors  of  Cook  county.  Attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the 
growing  southwest  and  the  natural  advantages  here  offered,  Mr.  McGillen  came  to  Arizona 
in  1895,  settling  in  Placerita.  There  he  became  identified  with  mining  claims  and  a  milling 
plant.  In  that  connection  he  has  contributed  to  the  development  of  the  state  through  the 
utilization  of  its  rich  mineral  resources. 

Mr.  McGillen  early  became  recognized  as  a  political  leader  in  Arizona  and  one  thor- 
oughly informed  concerning  the  issues  and  questions  of  the  day.  He  was  called  to  public 
office  in  his  appointment  as  postmaster  in  1903,  his  service  in  that  position  continuing  until 
1905.  In  1912  he  was  appointed  assistant  secretary  of  state  and  now,  residing  in  Phoenix, 
is  concentrating  his  energies  largely  upon  the  prompt  and  faithful  performance  of  the 
duties  of  that  office. 

In  his  religious  faith  Mr.  McGillen  is  a  Catholic  and  fraternally  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  He  is  yet  a  young  man,  full  of  enterprise,  determination  and  ability, 
and  each  year  has  chronicled  his  progress  through  the  wise  use  of  his  time,  talent  and 
opportunities. 


JOHN  trt:u. 


John  Treu  was  a  pioneer  in  the  butcher  business  in  Bisbee,  having  opened  a  small  shop 
there  in  1889,  and  he  is  at  present  in  control  of  one  of  the  largest  enterprises  of  its  kind 
in  the  community.  For  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  has  been  well  known  in  mercantile 
circles  and  has  founded  a  well  deserved  success  upon  progressive  methods  and  upright  stand- 
ards. 

Mr.  Treu  was  born  in  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  in  1870,  a  son  of  .John  and  Helen  (Walt- 
man)  Treu,  natives  of  Germany.  The  father  came  to  the  United  States  in  1848  and  settled 
in  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war, 
when  he  enlisted  in  the  Federal  army,  serving  throughout  the  entire  period  of  hostilities.  He 
saw  a  great  deal  of  active  service  and  was  under  General  Lyons  in  the  battle  of  Wilson's 
Creek.  Upon  his  return  home  he  resumed  business  and  remained  in  Kansas  until  1889,  when 
he  removed  to  Benson,  Arizona,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1906.  His  wife  survived  him 
six  years,  dying  in  April,  1913.  To  their  union  were  born  the  following  children:  John,  of 
this  review;  Max,  of  Benson,  Arizona,  who  is  married  and  is  the  father  of  five  children;  and 


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Fred,  deceased.  The  mother  also  had  three  children  by  her  former  marriage  to  a  Mr.  Etz. 
They  are:  Henry,  of  Benson,  Arizona,  who  is  married  and  has  five  children;  William  D.,  of 
Dyke,  Colorado,  who  is  married  and  has  two  children;  and  George,  of  Los  Angeles,  who  is 
the  father  of  three  children. 

John  Treu  is  in  all  essential  respects  a  self-made  man,  for  he  left  home  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  years  and  from  that  time  has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  resources.  He  settled 
in  Tombstone,  Arizona,  in  3  884  and  remained  there  a  short  time,  subsequently  removing  to 
Benson,  where  he  worked  for  his  brothers  in  the  butcher  and  cattle  business,  laying  at  this 
time  the  foundation  of  his  present  prosperity.  He  learned  the  business  in  principle  and 
detail  and  worked  at  it  in  various  capacities  for  different  employers  for  some  time,  eventu- 
ally opening  a  small  shop  of  his  own  in  Bisbee  in  1889.  It  was  not  until  1900  that  he 
opened  his  present  establishment,  which  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
important  of  its  kind  in  the  community.  Mr.  Treu  owns  besides  his  store  a  slaughterhouse 
and  an  open  range  whereon  he  runs  from  one  thousand  to  fifteen  thousand  head  of  cattle. 
His  business  has  steadily  grown  and  expanded  and  he  enjoys  a  liberal  patronage,  which 
has  been  accorded  him  in  recognition  of  the  high  quality  of  his  meat,  liis  honorable  methods 
and  his  courteous  service.  In  addition  to  his  business  establishment  he  owns  valuable 
property  interests  in  Bisbee,  including  his  own  residence.  He  is  also  tlie  owner  of  a  house 
in  Bokeville  and  some  important  mining  stock. 

In  1894  Mr.  Treu  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Amelia  Bauer,  a  native  of  Tomb- 
stone, Arizona,  and  a  daughter  of  A.  and  Mary  (Stumpf)  Bauer,  pioneers  in  that  locality, 
where  they  settled  in  1879,  having  come  from  Los  Angeles,  California.  The  father  was  one 
of  the  first  butchers  in  Tombstone  and  was  actively  connected  with  mercantile  interests 
there  for  many  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Treu  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Helen  M.,  who 
was  born  May  12,  1895,  and  is  now  specializing  in  the  languages  and  in  instrumental  music 
at  Belcourt  Seminary  at  Washington,  D.  C. ;  .John,  who  was  born  November  20,  1901,  and  is 
attending  school  in  Bisbee;   and  Amelia  Florence,  born  in   1909. 

Mr.  Treu  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Loyal 
Order  of  Moose.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party,  although  he  is 
never  active  as  an  office  seeker.  The  success  which  he  today  enjoys  is  very  creditable  to 
him,  for  it  has  been  achieved  entirely  by  his  own  labor  and  industry  and  rewards  many 
years  of  well  directed  and  determined  effort. 


OLIVER  E.  COMSTOCK,  Sr. 


Oliver  E.  Comstoek,  Sr.,  justice  of  the  peace  in  Tucson  and  well  known  as  a  minister 
of  the  Missionary  Baptist  church,  was  born  in  New  Albany,  Indiana,  December  28,  1854. 
He  is  a  son  of  Oliver  L.  and  Sophia  A.  (Nardin)  Comstoek,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York 
state  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  They  were  married,  however,  in  Indiana.  When  our  subject 
was  still  a  child  his  parents  removed  to  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  there  he  acquired  a  public- 
school  education.  He  afterward  entered  the  Southern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  but 
on  account  of  illness  could  not  finish  the  seminary  course.  Later  he  preached  the  doctrines 
in  which  he  believes  for  twenty  years  in  Alabama  and  Kentucky,  becoming  known  as  a 
forceful  and  eloquent  speaker  and  a  man  of  great  simplicity  and  power.  He  came  to 
Tucson  in  1909  in  order  to  engage  in  missionary  work  and  his  labors  in  promoting  the  spread 
of  Christianity  have  formed  one  of  the  most  important  intwests  of  his  life. 

Mr.  Comstoek  has  also  been  active  in  things  pertaining  to  the  growth  and  advancement 
of  the  city  and  is  known  as  a  forceful  figure  in  public  life.  In  December,  1911,  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  and  has  since  served  in  that  capacity.  He  is 
methodical  and  exact  in  all  his  dealings,  and  handles  the  business  of  his  oflSce  with  the  same 
care  and  attention  which  he  gives  to  his  private  affairs. 

On  October  5,  1876,  Mr.  Comstoek  married  Miss  Jennie  F.  McClellan  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  are  still  living.  Waller  H.,  Susie  K.  and 
Jennie  F.  They  also  have  a  granddaughter,  Alline,  who  has  made  her  home  with  them 
since  babyhood. 


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Fraternally  Mr.  Comstock  is  well  known  in  various  important  organizations,  in  all 
of  which  he  has  gained  a  position  of  distinction.  In  Alabama  he  was  grand  protector  in 
the  Knights  and  Ladies  of  Honor  for  six  years,  and  upon  his  retirement  he  received  a  gold 
medal  in  recognition  of  his  able  services.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order,  the  encampment 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  the  Rebekahs. 
He  is  also  affiliated  with  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the 
Columbian  Woodmen  and  the  Improved  Order  of  Heptasophs  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
grand  and  supreme  bodies  in  nearly  all  of  the  organizations  to  which  he  belongs.  For  over 
eight  j'ears  he  served  as  sovereign  clerk  of  his  camp  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Typographical  Union  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  organized 
the  Trades  Council  of  the  city  of  Tucson.  He  was  the  founder  of  Mercy  Emergency  Hospi- 
tal where  the  poor  of, the  city  suffering  with  tuberculosis  can  be  cared  for  without  pay.  A 
man  of  varied  interests,  forceful  personality,  educated  and  well  read  and  possessing  unusual 
intellectual  powers,  Mr.  Comstock  is  a  valued  citizen  of  Tucson  and  has  gained  the  warm 
regard  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been  associated. 


CHARLES  H.  ADAMS. 


Charles  H.  Adams  came  to  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  in  1911,  in  connection  with  the  Overland 
Telephone  Company,  and  in  the  same  year  was  elected  clerk  of  the  court.  He  was  born 
in  1879  in  the  state  of  Missouri  and  is  a  son  of  H.  F.  Adams,  one  of  the  pioneer's  of 
Arizona,  who  came  here  in  1890,  locating  in  Williams.  The  fatlier  now  makes  his  home 
in  Prescott,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 

Charles  H.  Adams  received  liis  fundamental  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  subse- 
quently attended  Cornell  College  at  Mount  Vernon,  Iowa,  where  he  took  a  course  in  civil 
engineering,  and  was  so  engaged  at  Williams,  Arizona,  in  the  employ  of  railroads.  He  was 
also  connected  with  the  electric  light  and  telephone  business  at  Williams  for  about  five 
years.  In  1911  he  came  to  Flagstaff  to  accept  a  position  with  the  Overland  Telephone 
Company  and  in  December  of  the  same  year  was  elected  to  the  position  of  clerk  of  the  court. 

Mr.  Adams  was  married  on  the  15th  of  December,  1911,  to  Miss  Maude  L.  Garber,  of 
Michigan.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  republican  and  deeply  interested  in  the  issues 
of  his  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Dramatic  Order  of  the  Knights  of  Kliorassau  of  Phoeni.v.  Mr.  Adams  is 
a  popular  young  man  of  good  business  ability  and  pleasant  social  manners.  He  has  many 
friends  and  enjoys  to  a  large  degree  the  goodwill  of  tlie  general  public. 


.lOIIN  C.  CALLAGHAN. 


There  has  been  growing  up  in  the  political  condition  of  the  country  a  strong  tendency 
tliat  is  manifest  in  an  apparent  desire  of  the  voters  to  secure  capable  and  reliable  officials 
and  to  separate  the  old  established  parties  from  machine  rule.  Arizona,  but  recently 
entering  upon  her  statehood,  lecognizes  the  necessity  of  putting  in  her  public  ofTiccs  men 
to  whom  the  faithful  performance  of  duty  would  be  paramount  to  partisan  or  personal 
interest,  and  in  making  selection  of  such  men  John  C.  Callaghan  was  among  those  chosen. 
Accordingly  in  January,  1912,  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of  state  auditor,  in  which  position 
he  is  now  serving. 

Arizona  has  drawn  her  citizensliip  from  every  state  in  the  Union  and  among  tliose 
furnished  by  Pennsylvania  was  Mr.  Callaghan,  who  was  born  in  the  town  of  Gallitzin,  that 
state,  July  9,  1809,  his  jjarents  being  James  and  Mary  (Sloan)  Callaghan.  The  father  was 
later  superintendent  of  the  South  Fork  Coal  Mine  Company  at  South  Fork.  The  son  was 
accorded  the  educational  opportunities  offered  by  tlie  public  schools  and  when  he  had  put 
aside  his  textbooks  he  entered  business  circles  as  bookkeeper  for  the  Webster  Coal  &  Coke 
Company  at   Ehrenfeld,  Pennsylvania.     Appreciation   of   his   faithfulness   and   ability   came 


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to  him  in  his  piomotioii  to  the  position  of  assistant  cashier  of  the  general  store  of  the 
company,  and  he  remained  in  Pennsylvania  in  that  business  connection  until  1897,  when, 
determining  to  try  the  opportunities  of  the  west,  he  irade  his  way  to  Denver,  Colorado, 
where  he  arrived  in  November  of  that  year.  There  he  remained  until  December,  1898,  when 
he  went  to  Clifton,  Arizona,  to  accept  a  position  in  the  oflSce  of  the  Arizona  Copper  Com- 
pany, with  which  he  continued  until  July,  1899.  In  that  year  he  went  to  Bisbee  to  take 
charge  of  the  credit  department  of  the  store  of  the  Copper  Queen  Company,  and  on  the  Ist  of 
January,  1902,  he  there  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account,  opening  a  store  in  partner- 
ship with  D.  P.  Hickey,  with  whom  he  was  connected  until  January,  1903. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Callaghan  was  recognized  as  an  able  member  of  the  democratic 
party  and  one  competent  to  fill  various  .public  oflices.  Accordingly  he  was  made  under 
sheriff  at  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  filled  the  position  for  two  years.  On  the  expiration  of 
that  period  he  again  entered  business  circles  in  Bisbee,  where  he  remained  until  1908.  Dur- 
ing that  period  he  was  defeated  for  the  office  of  county  treasurer,  for  which  position  he  had 
contended  as  a  candidate  of  the  democratic  party.  In  1911  he  was  elected  state  auditor  and 
took  the  office  in  January,  1912.  He  is  now  capably  serving  in  that  capacity  and  his  record 
commends  him  to  the  public  confidence  and  regard. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Callaglian  is  an  Elk  and  at  one  time  served  as  exalted  ruler  of  Bisbee 
lodge.  He  has  become  thoroughly  identified  with  the  interests  of  the  southwest  and  is  an 
enthusiastic  champion  of  its  opportunities,  its  resources  and  its  possibilities.  During  his 
connection  with  this  section  of  the  country  he  has  gradually  worked  his  way  upward,  and  by 
reason  of  his  ability  and  force  of  character  has  gained  a  high  position  along  political  lines 
and  at  the  same  time  has  won  the  goodwill  and  friendship  of  many  whom  he  has  met  as  he 
has  traveled  life's  journey. 


CHARLES  M.  EENAUD. 


The  American  southwest  has  been  built  up  and  its  business  and  political  institutions 
developed  through  the  combined  efforts  of  many  men — the  pioneers  who  blazed  the  way  and 
those  whi  followed  after  with  civilization,  government  and  control.  A  man  who  has  been 
connected  with  practically  all  of  the  phases  of  this  advancement,  who  knows  thoroughly 
pioneer  conditions  and  is  a  force  in  present-day  business  e.xpansion  is  Charles  M.  Renaud, 
proprietor  of  a  chain  of  general  merchandise  stores  throughout  Arizona,  also  a  cattleman 
and  mine  developer. 

He  was  boin  in  Keokuk,  Iowa,  February  4,  1859,  and  is  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Pelagia 
(Le  Faivre)  Renaud,  the  former  a  native  of  France,  and  the  latter  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  of 
French  descent.  The  father  who  was  a  contractor  and  builder  died  in  1863.  The  mother 
survives  and  makes  her  home  in  Keokuk.  In  their  family  were  seven  children :  Henry, 
who  is  a  ranchman  in  the  state  of  Washington;  Leon,  a  general  merchant  in  Hot  Springs, 
Arkansas;  George,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  in  Washington;  Mary,  who  resides  with  her 
mother;  Pelagia,  also  at  home;  Ernest,  an  engineer,  who  is  employed  by  the  government 
on  the  Panama  canal;  and  Charles  M.,  of  this  review. 

Charles  M.  Renaud  acquired  his  education  in  Iowa,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  he  removed  to  South  Dakota  and  there  was  first  connected  with  gen- 
eral merchandising,  in  which  business  he  has  since  attained  prominence  and  success.  He 
clerked  in  a  store  at  Yankton  for  one  year  and  then  entered  the  quartermaster's  department 
of  the  Unifed  States  army  and  was  transferred  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  in  1880.  He  held 
the  position  of  agent  of  the  quartermaster's  department  until  1891  and  during  the  inter- 
vening years  resided  in  practically  every  part  of  the  territory,  working  at  Benson,  Bowie, 
Flagstaff,  Williams  and  Ashfork  and  even  spending  some  time  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  At 
that  time  he  saw  a  great  deal  of  active  service  among  the  Indians  and  had  charge  of  the 
'transportation  of  government  supplies  in  the  campaign  of  Generals  Crook  and  Miles  against 
Geronimo  and  his  band  of  rebels. 

In  1891  Mr.  Renaud  went  to  Tucson  as  maniger  of  the  San  Xavier  Hotel,  remaining 
one  year,  after  which  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  remained  until  1903, 


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going  in  the  latter  year  to  VVhittier,  in  the  same  state,  where  he  served  for  four  years  as 
military  instructor  in  the  state  school.  Coming  to  Pearce,  Arizona,  in  1907,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  merchandise  business,  having  accumulated  enougli  money  to  establisli  a 
store  of  his  own.  At  first  he  was  associated  with  two  partners  whose  interests  he  eventually 
purchased  and  since  190G  he  has  been  alone.  He  is  one  of  the  merchant  princes  of  Arizona, 
owning  a  string  of  large  stores  located  at  Courtland  and  Gleeson,  the  development  and 
expansion  of  whidi  constitute  him  a  force  in  mercantile  circles.  Mr.  Renaud  is  also  exten- 
sively interested  in  mining  and  at  one  time  was  a  large  cattle  dealer,  owning  and  operating 
one  of  the  first  ranches  in  the  San  Simon  valley  in  1885.  Today  he  owns  large  interests 
in  residence  and  business  ))roperty  in  Pearce,  Courtland  and  Gleeson  and  is  one  of  the 
substantial  and  worthy  citizens  of  this  section.  Jieing  a  shrewd,  progressive  and  farsighted 
business  man,  his  affairs  are  all  capably  and  carefully  conducted  and  have  not  only  brought 
him  a  gratifying  success  but  have  affected  also  in  an  important  way  the  development  of 
the  state. 

On  June  24,  1891,  Mr.  Renaud  married  Miss  Soledad  Appel,  a  native  of  Arizona  and  a 
daughter  of  X.  B.  Appel,  a  pioneer  of  this  state,  who,  in  1868,  settled  in  Tucson,  where  he 
had  charge  of  the  largest  freighting  outfit  in  the  territory.  He  and  his  wife  have  passed 
away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Renaud  have  four  children:  Charles  G.,  who  was  born  May  5,  1894, 
and  died  October  22d  of  the  same  year;  Ernest  J.,  whose  birth  occurred  July  29,  1895,  and 
who  is  now  taking  a  course  in  chemistry  in  the  University  of  Arizona;  Charles  L.,  who  was 
born  March  18,  1898,  and  is  studying  electrical  engineering  in  the  same  institution;  and 
Hertlia  C,  whose  birth  occurred  November  2,  1900,  and  who  is  attending  school  in  Pearce. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Renaud  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Kllcs, 
and  politically  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  progressive  party.  He  has  seen  practically  the 
entire  development  of  Arizona  and  was  an  active  force  in  the  advancement  ot  the  old 
territory,  as  he  is  now  a  dominating  factor  in  the  business  life  of  the  new  state.  He  is 
progressive,  energetic  and  ambitious,  not  only  for  himself  but  for  the  commonwealth,  and 
he  cooperates  heartily  in  any  movement  for  the  general  good. 


H.    M.    CLAGETT. 


A  man  whose  forceful  and  varied  interests  and  activities  have  for  more  than  fourteen 
years  been  elements  in  the  industrial  and  general  business  development  of  Nogales  and 
Santa  Cruz  county  is  H.  M.  Clagett,  identified  with  Roy  &  Titcomb,  Inc.,  as  vice  president 
and  connected  also  with  many  of  the  most  important  business  enterprises  of  the  city.  He 
was  born  in  Maryland,  December  30,  1870,  and  spent  his  childhood  and  youth  in  that  state. 
After  completing  his  public  school  education  he  studied  mining  engineering  and  became 
unusually  proficient  in  his  chosen  line  of  work. 

When  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  in  1891,  Mr.  Clagett  left  Maryland  and  went  to 
Durango,  Mexico,  where  until  1902  he  engaged  in  copper  mining  and  smelting.  In  tliat  year 
he  became  superintendent  of  the  Pride  of  the  West  copper  mines  near  Nogales,  Arizona,  and 
remained  connected  with  the  operating  company  for  one  year,  after  which  lie  became  iden- 
tified with  Roy  &  Titcomb,  Inc.,  dealers  in  mining  machinery  and  supplies.  He  is  vice 
president  of  the  company  and  also  chief  engineer,  devoting  a  great  deal  of  his  time  to  the 
outside  interests  of  the  concern.  He  has  been  a  powerful  force  in  its  development,  as  he 
has  also  been  in  the  growth  of  the  Arizona-Sonora  Manufacturing  Comjiany  and  the  Douglas 
Gas  Company,  in  both  of  which  he  is  a  director.  He  owns  an  interest  in  the  C'erro  de  Plata 
silver  mine  and  is  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Nogales  and  in  the  Nogales 
Buihling  and  I»an  Association.  In  addition  he  is  extensively  interested  in  breeding  and 
raising  higli  grade  Jersey  cattle  and  is  now  the  owner  of  the  finest  herd  in  the  state.  His 
animals  number  sixty,  and  are  thoroughbred  registered  Jerseys,  imported  from  Canada. 
They  took  first  premiums  for  the  past  three  years  at  the  Arizona  State  Fair  at  Phoenix. 

Mr.  Clagett  married  Miss  Cora  T.  Rathbun,  a  native  of  Maryland,  who  is  well  known 
in  social  circles  in  Nogales  and  as  president  of  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Club, 
of  which  her  husband  was  the  organizer.     Mr.  Clagett  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  a 


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member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  assistant  eliief  of  the  volunteer  fire  department.  He 
is  not  active  politically,  his  time  and  attention  being  largely  concentrated  upon  his  business 
affairs,  and  in  all  things  he  has  displayed  an  aptitude  for  successful  management,  standing 
today  among  the  representative  business  men  of  Nogales. 


A.  W.  HOWE. 


A.  W.  Howe,  who  acceptably  filled  the  office  of  deputy  sheriff  of  Cochise  county  for 
many  years  and  who  has  otherwise  been  prominently  connected  with  public  life,  was  born 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  November  25,  1873.  He  is  a  son  of  H.  G.  and  Louise  W.  Howe,  the  former 
a  civil  engineer  and  architect,  who  came  as  a  pioneer  to  Arizona,  settling  in  the  northern  part 
of  the  territory  in  1878.  In  1880  he  removed  to  Tombstone  and  there  followed  his  pro- 
fessions until  his  death,  which  occurred  when  he  was  seventy  years  of  age.  His  widow  sur- 
vives him  and  makes  her  home  in  Oakland,  California.  In  their  family  were  three  children: 
Gertrude,  now  the  widow  of  E.  W.  Perkins,  who  previous  to  her  marriage  was  a  teacher  in 
the  public  schools;  Louise  Bailey,  of  New  York  city,  also  a  teacher;  and  A.  W.,  of  this 
review. 

The  last  named  acquired  his  education  in  California  and  Aiizona,  completing  the  regular 
high-school  course.  When  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age  he  began  his  independent 
business  career,  establishing  a  daily  paper  in  Bisbee,  known  as  the  Bisbee  Orb,  which  has 
since  been  absorbed  by  the  Bisbee  Review.  This  enterprise  he  conducted  for  six  years  and 
then  disposed  of  it  but  still  continues  his  identification  with  journalism,  being  at  present 
connected  with  that  paper  as  reporter.  Almost  continuously  for  the  past  nineteen  years: 
Mr.  Howe  has  been  connected  with  county  affairs  as  deputy  sheriff,  but  in  the  meantime 
he  served  for  two  years  as  deputy  county  recorder.  He  owns  valuable  property  interests 
in   Tombstone  and  is  also   interested   in   mining  property   near   Bisbee  and   Patagonia. 

Mr.  Howe  was  married  in  1903  to  Miss  Ella  Sheppard,  a  native  of  San  Francisco, 
California,  and  a  daughter  of  0.  C.  Sheppard,  who  was  a  pioneer  in  that  state,  but  later 
came  to  Arizona,  where  he  spent  a  few  years,  returning  in  1910  to  California  and  locating 
in  San  Biego,  where  he  still  resides.  In  his  family  were  six  children,  of  whom  Mrs.  Howe  is 
the  second  in  order  of  birth. 

Mr.  Howe  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  is  a  democrat 
but  his  official  work  has  been  public-spirited  and  non-partisan,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fact 
that  he  has  served  as  deputy  under  two  republican  sheriffs.  He  has  also  been  deputy 
assessor.  He  is  numbered  among  Cochise  county's  most  progressive  and  public-spirited 
citizens,  upright  and  honorable  in  his  business  dealings,  conscientious  in  the  discharge  of 
his  official  duties  and  at  all  times  actuated  by  the  highest  standards  of  morality. 


BASSETT  T.  WATKINS. 


Bassett  T.  Watkins,  one  of  the  well  known  citizens  of  Bisbee,  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin, 
his  birth  having  occuiTed  in  the  vicinity  of  Madison  in  1871.  In  1876  the  family  came  west 
and  for  three  years  made  their  home  in  California,  then  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Tucson. 
After  a  brief  residence  there  they  returned  to  California,  locating  in  the  Santa  Cruz  valley 
in  the  vicinity  of  Nogalez,  where  the  father  took  up  government  land.  There  the  mother 
passed  away  in  1893,  and  Mr.  Watkins  has  since  lived  retired  in  Los  Angeles. 

Bassett  T.  Watkins  was  a  child  of  only  five  years  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on 
their  removal  to  the  Pacific  coast  and  a  lad  of  eight  when  they  came  to  Arizona.  He  was 
given  the  advantages  of  a  common  school  education  and  after  laying  aside  his  textbooks 
herded  cattle  until  1893,  when  he  returned  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  obtained  a  position  as 
drug  clerk  with  an  uncle,  with  whom  he  remained  for  eight  years.  The  lure  of  the  west 
brought  him  back  to  Arizona  in  1903,  and  for  a  year  he  worked  in  the  mines.  At  the  end 
of  that  period  he  was  made  shift  boss  in  one  of  the  Copper  Queen  mines,  retaining  that 


122  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

position  until  elected  to  the  office  of  city  marshal  of  Bisbee  in  1910.  On  July  1,  1914, 
Mr.  Watkins  became  industrial  secretary  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  at 
Bisbee,  a  position  he  retained  until  October,  1915,  when  he  resigned.  He  is  a  stockholder 
in  some  of  the  Copper  Queen  mines  and  also  has  interests  at  Warren,  where  he  owns  some 
mining  stock. 

In  Wisconsin  in  1896  Mr.  Watkins  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  Snyder,  who  is  the 
younger  in  a  family  of  two  children  and  was  born  and  reared  in  the  vicinity  of  Madison, 
Wisconsin,  where  her  parents  still  reside.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watkins  have  been  born  a  son 
and  a  daughter:  V.  0.,  a  student  of  the  high  school,  who  was  born  in  1897;  and  Lucille, 
who  was  born  in  1899,  and  for  a  wliile  attended  school  in  Brooklyn,  Wisconsin,  where  she 
resided  with  her  grandparents,  but  is  now  a  student  in  the  Bisbee  high  school. 

Mr.  Watkins  is  secretary  of  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons,  in  which  organization  he  has 
attained  high  rank  in  the  Scottish  Rite  and  is  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  has  been  worthy  patron  of  that  lodge.  His 
political  indorsement  he  gives  to  the  republican  party  and  he  has  held  various  offices  in 
Wisconsin  and  Arizona.  He  gave  efficient  service  as  marshal,  having  discharged  his  duties  in 
that  connection  in  a  manner  highly  satisfactory  to  his  constituency  and  the  community  at 
large,  and  he  is  accorded  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  follow  townsmen. 


WILLIAM  ROBERT  HENRY. 

Few  men  are  more  favorably  known  in  Douglas  than  William  Robert  Henry,  who  has 
been  connected  with  the  organization,  control  and  development  of  many  representative  and 
important  business  enterprises  in  the  city  and  has  done  so  much  constructive  work  along 
this  line  that  his  name  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  a  synonym  for  integrity  and  business 
progre-ssivcness.  He  was  born  in  Wartrace,  Bedford  county,  Tennessee,  July  24,  1869,  and 
is  a  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Henry,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Tennessee 
and  the  latter  in  Georgia.  The  father  was  reared  upon  a  farm  and  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  war  joined  the  Confederate  army,  serving  for  four  years.  After  his  discharge  he 
returned  home  and  married,  settling  on  a  farm,  where  he  remained  until  the  subject  of  this 
review  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Chattanooga  and 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business.  He  was  an  able  and  progressive  business  man  and  built  up 
a  large  and  important  enterprise,  centering  his  attention  upon  its  development  until  1903, 
when  he  retired.  His  wife  passed  away  in  1907  and  he  now  makes  his  home  in  Memphis. 
In  their  family  were  five  children:  Amanda,  the  wife  of  J.  J.  Beene,  of  Chattanooga, 
Tennessee;  William  Robert,  of  this  review;  Sallie,  who  married  J.  J.  Foster,  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  Memphis  Street  Railway  Company;  Joel  A.,  an  electrical  engineer 
of  Portland,  Oregon;  and  George  W.,  who  is  in  business  with  the  subject  of  this  review  in 
Douglas. 

An  analyzation  of  William  R.  Henry's  life  record  contains  many  lessons  of  value  and 
importance,  showing  clearly  as  it  does  the  influence  of  determination,  independence  and 
self-reliance  upon  the  development  of  a  successful  career.  He  started  for  himself  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years,  beginning  work  as  a  grocery  clerk  in  Chattanooga  and  holding  his  first 
position  for  four  years  and  two  months,  during  which  time  he  never  lost  a  day's  work.  He 
saved  sixty-five  dollars  out  of  his  earnings  and  with  this  as  a  capital  started  in  the  grocery 
business  for  himself,  clearing  twenty-seven  hundred  dollars  at  the  end  of  the  first  year.  , 
Later,  however,  he  sold  his  business  and  traveled  for  three  months,  returning  finally  to  Chat- 
tanooga, where  he  obtained  a  position  as  a  traveling  salesman.  His  territory  covered  two 
states  and  he  met  with  most  excellent  success,  so  that  at  the  end  of  two  years  he  was  advanced 
to  the  position  of  manager  of  the  branch  office  operated  by  his  employers  in  Savannah,  Georgia. 
He  spent  three  years  in  that  city  and  then  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Bisbee,  where  he 
established  himself  in  the  hide  and  i>elt  business,  with  which  he  was  connected  for  two  years. 
In  1901  he  disposed  of  this  enterprise  and  worked  in  a  hardware  store  in  Bisbee,  gaining 
rapid  advancement  to  the  position  of  manager  of  a  large  enterprise.  He  proved  himself  able, 
resourceful  and   an   aggressive   worker   in  his  employers'   interests  and  when   they   opened 


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a  branch  store  in  Douglas  he  was  selected  as  the  logical  man  for  the  position  of  general 
manager.  By  his  enterprise,  keen  business  methods  and  straightforward  dealings  he  devel- 
oped this  into  a  large  and  profitable  concern.  Being,  however,  desirous  of  engaging  in  busi- 
ness for  himself,  he  borrowed  from  John  H.  Slaughter  ten  thousand  dollars,  giving  no 
security  except  his  word,  and  with  this  money  he  purchased  the  business  he  had  built  up, 
concentrating  his  attention  upon  its  further  development  and  meeting  with  such  rapid 
success  that  within  thirteen  months  he  had  paid  off  all  of  his  indebtedness.  In  the  mean- 
time he  had  turned  his  attention  to  the  real  estate,  building  and  loan  business,  erecting 
several  fine  houses,  which  he  rented.  He  also  formed  a  partnership  with  another  business 
man  of  Douglas  and  with  him  opened  a  large  drug  store,  conducting  it  so  successfully  that 
he  added  to  his  already  comfortable  fortune,  being  at  this  time  one  of  the  substantial  men 
of  the  city.  He  sold  out  this  business  in  January,  1908,  and  went  to  California  in  search 
of  better  health,  remaining  three  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Douglas  and  opened 
an  automobile  and  hardware  business,  of  which  he  was  sole  owner  until  January,  1914,  when 
he  sold  out.  In  February,  1914,  he  removed  to  California,  where  he  resided  for  a  year  and 
a  half  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  returned  to  Douglas  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  real-estate 
and  building  business.  His  outside  business  interests  are  important  and  representative  and 
atl'ect  in  a  financial  way  the  general  business  development  of  the  city.  With  others  he 
organized  the  Arizona  Bank  &  Trust  Company  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  since  that  time.  He  was  elected  vice  president  and  held  that  office  until 
1911,  when  he  resigned,  still,  however,  continuing  his  connection  with  the  institution.  He 
was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Douglas  Gas  Corporation  and  it  was  entirely  owing 
to  his  energy  and  well  directed  efforts  that  a  franchise  was  obtained  from  the  city.  He 
owns  valuable  tracts  of  business  and  residence  property,  the  latter  improved  with  fine 
dwellings,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Douglas. 

On  December  24,  1902,  Mr.  Henry  married  Miss  Cora  Gray.  Her  father  was  Daniel 
Gray,  a  pioneer  of  Arizona  and  a  successful  veterinary  surgeon.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  are 
the  parents  of  four  children:  Robert  Horton,  born  in  1904;  Willard  G.,  born  in  1906;  Eliza- 
beth Cora,  deceased;  and  John  Orville,  born  in  1913. 

Mr.  Henry  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles  of  Douglas,  having  been  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  aided  in  the  organization  of  the  local  lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a,  democrat  in  his  political  beliefs  and  although  not  an  office  seeker,  has 
served  ably  and  conscientiously  as  a  delegate  to  the  democratic  county  convention.  He 
is,  however,  preeminently  a  man  of  business  and  possesses  the  essential  qualities  of  a  suc- 
cessful business  man.  He  is  energetic,  aggressive,  discriminating  and  resourceful,  straight- 
forward in  his  transactions,  judicious  in  handling  his  affairs,  while  his  integrity  stands  as 
an  unquestioned  fact  in  his  career,  his  word  being  considered  as  good  as  his  bond. 


GEORGE  ROUNSEVILLE. 


George  Rounsevillc,  manager  of  the  Williams  Drug  Company,  which  owns  a  well 
appointed  and  up-to-date  establishment,  is  numbered  among  the  progressive  and  repre- 
sentative business  men  of  his  adopted  city.  He  was  born  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1871  and  there  attended  the  public  schools  in  the  acquirement  of  his  early  education.  Later 
he  pursued  a  course  in  pharmacy  in  Philadelphia,  upon  the  completion  of  which  he  came  to 
Williams,  Arizona,  in  1898.  He  was  employed  for  a  time  in  a  drug  store  in  that  city  but, 
ambitious  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account,  he  joined  his  brother,  Dr.  A.  G.  Rounse- 
villc, in  the  establishment  of  the  Williams  Drug  Company,  of  which  George  Rounseville  has 
since  served  as  manager.  The  business  has  enjoyed  a  healthy  and  substantial  growth  from 
its  inception  and  the  firm  now  occupy  a  fine  new  building  which  they  erected  in  1913,  modern 
in  all  of  its  appointments  and  equipped  with  everything  necessary  for  the  successful  opera- 
tion of  an  up-to-date  drug  business.  Their  trade  is  extensive  and  of  a  representative 
character  and  much  of  the  firm's  success  is  due  to  the  careful  direction,  keen  business 
ability  and  progressive  methods  of  its  manager. 

George  Rounseville  was  married  in  August,  1911,  to  Miss  Ethel  Eschmire,  of  Indianap- 


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olis,  Indiana.  He  votes  with  tlie  republican  party  and  gives  his  hearty  support  to  its  meas- 
ures and  candidates,  but  as  the  management  of  his  business  affairs  demands  his  entire 
time  and  attention  he'  has  never  sought  to  figure  in  public  life.  The  concern  of  which  he 
is  at  the  head  is  now  numbered  among  the  city's  most  important  business  enterprises,  and 
while  the  methods  of  the  firm  are  progressive  they  are  tempered  by  sound  judgment  on 
the  part  of  Mr,  Kounseville,  who  is  a  practical,  thoroughgoing  business  man  actuated  by 
a  high  standard  of  commercial  ethics. 


ETHELBERT    WILLIS    WILBUR,   M.   D. 

The  progress  and  advancement  of  any  community  is  determined  almost  solely  by  the 
type  of  citizens  in  its  personnel.  Natural  resources  and  possibilities  count  for  nothing 
without  development  or  exploitation,  and  the  citizen  who,  by  his  energy,  intluence  and 
public  spirit,  labors  for  such  development  and  exploitation,  becomes  an  integral  part  of  that 
community  and  its  history  is  an  inseparable  part  of  his  history  during  the  period  of  his 
identification  therewitli.  The  truth  of  this  statement  is  verified  in  the  connection  of  Dr.  E.  W. 
Wilbur  with  the  city  of  Mesa,  Arizona.  For  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  has  been 
one  of  its  foremost  citizens,  during  which  time  he  has  worked  unceasingly  for  its  best 
interests  with  a  zealousncss   not  surpassed  by  any  of  his   contemporaries. 

Dr.  Wilbur  was  born  April  16,  1845,  in  McHenry  county,  Illinois,  a  son  of  Orsamus 
and  Eliza  Lucinda  (Willis)  Wilbur,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Massachusetts,  in  which 
state  they  were  married,  and  whence  they  migrated  to  northern  Illinois  in  1843,  settling 
in  McHenry  county.  Tliis  was  before  the  days  of  railroads  and  that  portion  of  Illinois 
was  a  new  country.  Travel  was  entirely  by  teams  or  by  water.  The  latter  method  of 
conveyance  was  utilized  by  them  in  transporting  their  household  goods  from  Grand  Haven, 
Michigan,  to  Chicago,  and  they  drove  the  distance  by  team.  In  crossing  Lake  Michigan  the 
vessel  foundered  and  sank  in  water  where  the  depth  permitted  a  recovery  of  the  cargo. 
This  was  later  accomplished  by  cutting  a  hole  through  the  ice  and  some  of  their  furniture 
tlius  recovered  is  yet  doing  service  among  their  descendants.  Orsamus  Wilbur  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation  and  resided  in  McHenry  county,  Illinois,  until  1876,  "when  he  removed  to 
Sumner  county,  Kansas,  where  he  and  his  wife  passed  away.  Both  attained  the  venerable 
age  of  eighty-two  years. 

Dr.  Wilbur  passed  his  boyhood  days  on  a  farm,  and  attended  the  county  district  schools, 
later  going  to  the  high  school  at  Woodstock,  Illinois,  after  which  he  was  a  student  at 
the  seminary  conducted  by  Rev.  R.  K.  Todd  in  that  city.  Deciding  to  take  up  the  study 
of  medicine,  he  became  a  student  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Richardson  in  Woodstock,  subsequently 
attending  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1870.  He  began  the  ])ractice  of  his  profession  in  Rockford,  Iowa,  which  for 
nearly  twenty-two  years  was  the  scene  of  his  professional  labors.  He  built  up  a  large 
practice  and  attained  a  high  standing,  not  only  in  his  profession,  but  as  a  citizen  as  well. 
He  served  for  six  years  as  a  member  of  the  Iowa  state  legislature  from  Floyd  county. 

Tlie  impaired  health  of  some  members  of  his  family  attracted  Dr.  Wilbur  to  the  won- 
derful climate  of  Arizona,  and  in  1892  he  located  on  a  ranch  one  mile  east  of  Mesa,  where 
he  has  ever  since  resided.  Soon  after  coming  to  this  state,  he  organized  the  Mesa  City 
Bank,  the  pioneer  financial  institution  of  that  city,  and  for  eight  years  was  its  president, 
when  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  that  organization.  His  insight  into  the  needs  and 
requirements  of  that  section  of  the  valley  was  prevalent  from  the  first,  and  any  movement 
or  project  that  was  for  its  best  interests  found  in  him  an  earnest  supporter.  In  1902  Dr. 
Wilbur  was  .selected  by  the  canal  interests  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  while  D.  B. 
Heard  of  Plioenix  was  selected  by  the  interests  on  the  north  side,  as  delegates  to  Wash- 
ington in  the  interests  of  an  enabling  act,  permitting  ranchers  in  the  valley  to  tax  them- 
selves for  the  purpose  of  an  adequate  water  supply.  At  that  time  the  national  congress 
was  considering  the  reclamation  act,  and  the  success  of  these  delegates'  mission  was  by 
no  means  assured.  However,  the  results  were  all  that  could  be  desired  and  had  much  to 
<ln  with  subsequent  solution  of  the  water  question  in  the  valley. 


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Dr.  Wilbur  lias  been  largely  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  and  organized  the 
Wilbur  Realty  Company  in  1910,  more  to  facilitate  the  handling  of  private  business,  rather 
than  the  business  of  others.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Water  Users  Association  since 
its  organization,  and  with  the  exception  cf  one  year  has  been  first  vice  pre9ident  of  the 
association  and  for  several  years  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  governors.  He  was 
one  of  the  committee  first  appointed  to  draft  the  by-laws  and  plans  of  the  Water  Users 
Association,  and  no  member  of  that  organization  has  taken  a  greater  or  more  helpful  inter- 
est in  its  welfare  than  has  Dr.  Wilbur.  He  has  given  liberally  of  his  time  and  energy  in 
furthering  its  success,  which  means  so  much  to  the  valley. 

In  January,  1872,  in  Woodstock,  Illinois,  Dr.  Wilbur  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  D. 
Hoy,  a  native  of  McHenry  county,  and  to  them  have  been  born  six  children,  four  of  whom 
are  living:  George  H.,  of  Mesa,  married  Elizabeth  .Jacoby  of  Duluth,  Minnesota,  and  has 
one  daugliter.  Rose.  Ethel  married  W.  S.  Dorman  and  has  four  children,  Wilbur  A.,  Dud- 
ley, Frederick  and  Mary.  Everett  R.  of  Gilbert,  Arizona,  married  Nellie  Duncan  and  has 
four  children,  Ethelbert,  Alice,  Franklin  and  George.  Walter  H.  is  a  banker  of  Crystal 
Lake,  Illinois. 

Since  becoming  a  resident  of  Arizona,  Dr.  Wilbur  has  given  up  all  professional  work. 
His  private  interests  are  varied  and  extensive  and  receive  his  personal  supervision.  He  has 
been  for  many  years  prominent  in  financial  and  real  estate  circles  and  is  the  owner  of 
considerable  high  class  ranch  property.  He  has  witnessed  a  great  transformation  in  Mesa. 
But  one  small  structure  in  the  business  section  remains  of  what  was  there  when  he  first 
came  to  the  town. 

Dr.  Wilbur  is  in  politics  an  adherent  of  the  republican  principles  and  an  ardent  pro- 
gressive. His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Although  he  has 
not  identified  himself  officially  with  public  affairs  in  Arizona,  he  has  by  his  enterprise  con- 
tributed toward  the  welfare  of  the  state  in  a  private  capacity.  Fraternally  the  doctor  is 
a  Woodman  of  the  World.  It  is  largely  due  to  enterprising  men  of  his  character  that 
the  state  of  Arizona  has  secured  her  prominent  position  on  the  map. 


J.  J.  PATTON. 


J.  J.  Patton,  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  in  Bisbee,  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona 
since  March,  1877,  during  a  large  portion  of  which  period  he  has  been  identified  witli  the 
Interests  of  Cochise  county.  His  birth  occurred  in  Johnson  county,  Missouri,  March  6, 
1848,  and  there  he  was  reared  and  educated. 

In  common  with  many  other  young  men  of  that  period  Mr.  Patton  early  decided  that 
the  west  afforded  greater  advantages  for  a  successful  career  to  the  enterprising  and  ambi- 
tious, and  when  about  twenty-three  years  of  age  he  left  his  native  state  and  went  to  Cali- 
fornia. He  first  located  at  San  Diego,  where  for  two  years  he  followed  the  printer's  trade, 
and  then  engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  with  which  he  was  identified  for  a  similar 
period.  From  there  he  came  to  Yuma,  Arizona,  and  after  a  brief  sojourn  at  that  point 
went  to  Tucson,  where  he  became  associated  with  a  Mr.  Clark  in  the  saddlery  and  harness 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Clark  &  Patton.  At  the  expiration  of  four  years  he 
removed  to  Tombstone,  becoming  a  resident  of  that  city  in  1880,  and  there  he  continued  in 
the  same  line  of  business  until  1897.  In  1893,  while  living  in  Tombstone,  he  was  elected 
county  assessor  for  Cochise  county  and  served  one  term.  In  1897  he  disposed  of  his  interests 
in  Tombstone  and  came  to  Bisbee,  where  he  engaged  in  newspaper  work,  being  on  the  staff 
of  the  Bisbee  Review  and  the  Evening  Miner  for  four  years.  He  was  subsequently  appointed 
deputy  county  assessor  and  also  city  assessor.  In  the  latter  office  he  served  for  nine  years, 
or  until  January  1,  1915,  when  he  was  appointed  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  which 
office  he  still  holds.  Mr.  Patton  owns  two  residence  properties  in  Bisbee  and  is  a  stock- 
holder in  various  mines  in  that  section  of  the  state. 

In  1887  Mr.  Patton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Edith  0.  Lowrey,  a  native  of 
Marysvillc,  California,  and  to  them  have  been  born  five  children,  in  the  following  order: 
Florence  May,  a  musician,  who  was  born  in  Tombstone  in  1890  and  completed  her  education 


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in  Pomona,  California;  Marian  Lee,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Tombstone  in  1891;  Ruth  Good- 
fellow,  born  in  1897,  now  a  student  of  the  high  school;  Frances  E.,  born  in  1906;  and 
Martha  J.,  who  passed  away  in  Tombstone  at  the  age  of  nine  years,  six  months  and  fifteen 
days. 

The  family  is  affiliated  with  the  Episcopal  church,  but  in  liis  views  on  religious  matters 
Mr.  Patten  is  disposed  to  favor  the  teachings  of  the  Christian  Science  faith.  He  supports 
the  democratic  party  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  municipal  and  county  politics.  He 
began  his  public  career  as  assessor  of  Cochise  county,  to  which  office  he  was  elected  in  1893, 
and  served  in  that  capacity  for  two  years.  Mr.  Patton  is  one  of  the  widely  known  pioneers 
of  his  section  of  the  state,  where  he  enjoys  the  esteem  and  regard  of  a  large  circle  of 
acquaintances,  many  of  whom  are  stanch  friends  of  long  standing. 


JAMES  B.  OEMOND. 


James  B.  Ormond,  filling  the  position  of  deputy  state  auditor,  was  born  in  Mississippi 
in  1873  and  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Elizabeth  (Watts)  Ormond.  The  father  was  a 
native  of  North  Carolina  but  left  that  state  in  his  boyhood  to  become  a  resident  of 
Mississippi.  As  the  years  passed  on  he  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  in  commercial 
circles  as  a  wholesale  grocer  of  Meridian,  continuing  in  that  business  to  the  time  of  his 
death.     His  widow  survives  and  is  yet  a  resident  of  Mississippi. 

After  mastering  the  branches  taught  in  tlie  public  schools  of  his  native  state,  James  B. 
Ormond  continued  his  education  as  a  student  in  a  university  at  Greensboro,  Alabama.  He 
then  returned  home  to  join  his  father  in  business  and  in  the  wholesale  house  received  his 
preliminary  training,  which  well  qualified  him  for  the  responsibilities  and  duties  which  have 
since  rested  upon  him.  In  1906  lie  came  to  Arizona  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Copper 
Queen  Consolidated  Mine  Company  at  Douglas.  He  was  with  that  'company  there  until 
January,  1911,  when  he  was  transferred  to  their  Bisbce  office,  in  which  he  continued  until 
1913,  when  he  was  appointed  deputy  auditor  by  John  C.  Callaghan,  the  present  state  auditor 
of  Arizona.  He  has  always  been  an  advocate  of  democratic  principles  and  is  known  as 
a  stanch  supporter  of  the  party. 

In  1894  Mr.  Ormond  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Kate  Watts  of  Meridian,  Missis- 
sippi, a  daughter  of  Captain  S.  B.  Watts,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children:  Kath- 
ryn  and  Frances.  Mr.  Ormond  is  a  member  of  the  Kappa  Alpha,  a  college  fraternity,  and 
also  holds  membership  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Knights  of  Honor.  In  religious 
faith  both  he  and  his  wife  are  Methodists  and  contribute  generously  to  the  support  of  the 
church,  while  in  its  work  they  take  an  active  and  helpful  interest.  They  have  gained  many 
warm  friends  during  the  period  of  their  residence  in  the  capital  city,  the  number  increasing 
as  the. circle  of  tlieir  ac(|uaintance  widens.  Mr.  Ormond  stands  as  a  high  type  of  American 
manhood  and  chivalry,  being  interested  in  all  those  projects  which  tend  to  tlie  betterment 
of  the  race  and  which  promote  improvement  along  social,  intellectual,  political  and  moral 
lines. 


JAMES  R.  DUNSEATH. 


.James  R.  Dunseath,  who  occupies  a  position  of  distinctive  precedence  in  legal  circles 
of  Pima  county,  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  born  in  the  city  of  Belfast,  December  20,  1873, 
and  his  early  boyliood  was  spent  in  the  vicinity  of  his  birthplace.  He  was  fourteen  years 
of  age  when  he  left  the  Emerald  isle  and  with  his  parents  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  Canada, 
settling  in  Toronto,  where  he  continued  his  education  in  the  Ontario  model  schools  and  in 
the  Collegiate  Institute  of  that  city.  In  1898  he  entered  the  Detroit  College  of  Law,  from 
which  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  immediately  entered  upon  the  general 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Detroit  but  upon  his  removal  to  Ohio  was  obliged  under  the 
laws  of  that  state  to  take  an  examination  before  he  could  be  admitted  to  practice.     This 


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consisted  of  a  three  days'  written  examination  and  after  passing  it  successfully  he  opened 
his  office  in  the  city  of  Toledo,  where  he  gained  a  large  and  representative  clientage  by 
reason  of  his  ability  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  legal  affairs. 

Business  in  connection  with  some  mining  properties  in  which  he  was  interested  took 
Mr.  Dunseath  to  Morenci,  Arizona,  in  1902  and,  recognizing  the  wonderful  opportunities 
open  to  a  young  man  of  energy  and  experience  in  this  territory,  he  closed  up  his  law  business 
in  Toledo  and  removed  to  Arizona,  where,  after  being  admitted  to  practice  'before  the 
supreme  court  of  the  state,  he  opened  an  office  in  the  Morenci  mining  camp.  It  was  at 
this  time  that  he  took  charge  of  the  publication  of  the  Morenci  Leader,  a  journal  which  he 
conducted  successfully  for  three  years.  In  1905  Mr.  Dunseatli  received  the  appointment 
of  deputy  clerk  of  the  district  court  of  Pima  county  and  removed  to  Tucson,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  After  six  months'  service  in  the  above  mentioned  office  he  became 
associated  with  Frank  H.  Hereford  in  the  practice  of  law  and  this  connection  continued 
until  Mr.  Dunseath  was  again  appointed  deputy  clerk  of  the  district  court.  From  1910  to 
1911  he  was  supreme  court  reporter  and  was  the  last  to  hold  that  office  under  the  ter- 
ritorial government.  Upon  the  admission  of  the  state  he  was  made  United  States  commis- 
sioner for  the  district  of  Arizona  and  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  won  much  favorable 
recognition.  He  is  now  serving  as  city  attorney  of  Tucson,  being  appointed  January  1, 
1915,  for  a  term  of  two  years,  and  is  attorney  for  the  constitutional  government  of  General 
Carranza  in  Sonora,  Mexico.  He  is  shrewd,  able  and  progressive,  possessed  of  great  admin- 
istrative and  executive  ability  and,  moreover,  he  regards  public  office  as  a  public  trust 
which  is  never  to  be  neglected  or  betrayed. 

In  1907  Mr.  Dunseath  married  Miss  Irene  Hanavan,  a  native  of  Canada,  and  they 
have  two  children,  James  Elliott  and  Mary  Elizabeth.  Mr.  Dunseath  is  one  of  the  best 
known  men  in  public  life  in  Pima  county  and  in  the  entire  course  of  his  connection  with 
politics  has  worked  always  on  the  side  of  right,  reform  and  progress.  Although  yet  a 
young  man,  he  has  witnessed  a  great  deal  of  the  growth  and  progress  of  the  county  and 
has  been  closely  associated  with  its  improvement,  cooperating  in  many  movements  that 
have  been  of  material  and  lasting  benefit  to  the  community.  Fraternally  he  is  quite  promi- 
nent, being  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  is  past  chancellor  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  of  Tucson  and  past  dictator 
of  the  Moose  lodge,  of  which  he  is  a  life  member. 


HENRY  S.  HILLMAN. 


A  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  has  actuated  Henry  S.  Hillman  through  the  various 
stages  of  progress  and  advancement  in  his  business  career  and  is  today  the  salient  feature 
of  his  success  in  the  conduct  of  two  fine  cigar  stores  in  Bisbee.  A  native  of  Russia,  Mr. 
Hillman  was  born  in  1874,  a  son  of  Israel  and  Sarah  Hillman,  both  of  whom  were  born 
in  that  country.  The  father  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  dairying  and  milling  in  his 
native  land  but  about  the  year  1889  the  parents  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  in 
Baltimore,  IMaryland,  where  the  father  died  in  1909,  having  survived  his  wife  since  1892. 
To  their  union  were  born  six  children,  four  of  whom  still  survive,  namely:  Isaac  N.,  a 
general  merchant  in  Portsmouth,  Virginia;  Jennie,  who  married  William  Wilner,  of  Balti- 
more, Maryland;  Morris,  who  is  in  business  in  Baltimore;  and  Henry  S.,  of  this  review. 

Henry  S.  Hillman  has  made  many  changes  in  location  and  occupation  since  the  beginning 
of  his  business  career  but  each  move  has  promoted  his  interests  and  each  step  which  he 
took  has  been  a  step  forward.  He  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Russia  and  Germany 
and  was  eighteen  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  the  United  States.  He  went  to  school 
for  a  sliort  time  in  Baltimore  but  soon  after  his  arrival  entered  the  employ  of  a  wholesale 
clothier,  for  whom  he  worked  for  six  years.  He  next  moved  to  the  state  of  Washington 
and  there  lived  for  one  year,  after  which  he  pros|)ected  for  two  years  in  Idaho,  later  working 
in  stores  throughout  Montana  for  a  similar  period  of  time.  In  1903  he  located  in  Phoenix, 
Arizona,  where  he  remained  for  one  year,  coming  to  Bisbee  at  the  end  of  that  time  and 
securing  employment   in   a  haberdashery,  where   he   remained  for   a  year  and   a   half.     He 


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operated  a  small  tailoring  establishment  for  two  years  afterward  and  then  opened  a  cigar 
store,  which  he  has  since  conducted  successfully.  To  his  first  establishment  he  later  added 
another  and  at  present  manages  the  two  concerns,  both  of  which  are  extremely  pvolitable. 
Mr.  Hillman  understands  modern  business  methods  and  has  adliered  steadily  to  honorable 
commercial  principles,  and  as  a  result  has  secured  a  liberal  patronage  and  achieved  a 
success  which  makes  him  a  force  in  local  mercantile  circles.  He  belongs  to  the  Bisbee  Oora- 
mercial  Club  and  to  the  Business  Men's  Protective  Association  and  has  important  interests 
in  the  city,  besides  valuable  holdings  in  Mexican  mining  proi)erty. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hillman  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
socially  he  belongs  to  the  Warren  District  Country  Club.  He  is  independent  in  his  political 
views,  voting  for  men  and  measures  rather  than  for  parties  and  never  seeking  public  office 
for  himself.  His  success  is  well  merited,  for  he  has  ever  followed  the  most  lionorable 
methods  in  carrying  on  his  business  and  conscientiously  discharges  every  business  obligation 
to  the  satisfaction  of  all  who  have  dealings  with  him. 


WILLIAM    LUTLEY. 


William  Lutley,  a  successful  rancher,  cattleman  and  mine  owner  of  Cochise  couiity, 
was  born  in  England  in  1856,  a  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Lutley,  also  natives  of  that 
country.  The  father  passed  away  December  10,  1909,  and  the  mother  survived  until  1914. 
They  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children,  of  whom  ten  are  still  living  and  of  whom  eight 
came  to  America. 

William  Lutley  acquired  his  education  in  England,  where  he  finished  a  college  course, 
and  in  1877  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America,  settling  first  in  Benicia,  California.  He 
there  acted  as  foreman  of  a  ranch  until  January,  1881,  when  he  came  to  Tombstone,  where 
he  freighted  ore  and  machinery  until  1884,  turning  his  attention  in  that  year  to  ranching, 
stocking  a  fine  cattle  ranch  in  the  mountains,  fifty  miles  from  the  city.  Upon  this  he 
has  resided  since  that  time,  being  now  in  partnership  with  L.  C.  Shattuck  in  the  operation 
of  the  property.  They  raise  cattle  on  an  extensive  scale  and  have  been  very  successful,  a 
great  deal  of  the  expansion  of  the  business  being  the  result  of  Mr.  Lutley's  resourceful 
business  ability,  energy  and  industry.  For  the  past  eleven  years  he  has  also  been  interested 
in  mining  property  in  Mexico,  where  he  developed  some  valuable  gold  and  copper  mines 
which  have,  however,  been  dormant  since  the  revolution.  He  still  owns  one  property  of  this 
character  in  partnership  with  H.  A.  Smith  and  H.  B.  Hovland,  and  in  addition  has  extensive 
real-estate  interests  in  Douglas. 

On  February  14,  1890,  Mr.  Lutley  was  married  in  Tombstone  to  Miss  Alice  Woods,  a 
native  of  Baldwinsville,  Massachusetts,  and  a  daughter  of  Morgan  and  Lucy  B.  (Fenno) 
Woods,  both  deceased.  Mrs.  Lutley  is  one  of  a  family  of  five  children.  She  grew  to  woman- 
hood in  Massachusetts,  where  she  acquired  a  high  school  education,  but  she  has  been  a 
resident  of  Arizona  since  1888. 

Mr.  Lutley  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  and  his  wife 
are  devout  members  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  are  people  of  high  standing  in  their  com- 
munity, where  their  many  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  character  have  made  them  generally 
respected  and  esteemed. 


J.  C.  WILSON,  M.  D. 


Among  the  worthy  representatives  of  the  medical  profession  of  Willcox  must  be  men- 
tioned Dr.  J.  C.  Wilson,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Kentucky  in  1879.  His  father,  S.  Wilson, 
was  also  a  native  of  Kentucky,  where  he  engaged  in  the  tobacco  brokerage  business  until 
his  death  in  1886.  The  mother  passed  away  in  September,  1912.  Our  subject,  who  is  one 
of  a  family  of  three  children,  has  a  brother,  James  P.,  residing  at  Long  Ridge,  Kentucky. 

Dr.   Wilson   was  reared   in   the   parental   home,   acquiring   his   preliminary   education    in 


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the  common  schools  of  his  native  state.  Having  decided  to  adopt  the  medical  profession 
for  his  life  vocation,  he  subsequently  matriculated  in  the  College  of  Physicians  &  Surgeons 
at  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  with  the  class  of  1903.  Immediately  thereafter  he  began  his  duties  as  interne  in  the 
Indianapolis  Dispensary,  where  he  remained  until  December,  1903.  From  there  he  came 
to  Arizona,  establishing  an  office  at  Wlllcox,  where  during  tlie  intervening  years  he  has 
built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  Dr.  Wilson  is  an  ambitious  man  and  is  constantly 
striving  to  advance  in  his  profession  in  which  he  is  making  commendable  progress.  He 
not  only  keeps  in  close  touch  with  the  progress  of  surgery  and  the  science  of  medicine 
through  the  medium  of  the  various  medical  periodicals,  but  in  1907  he  returned  east  and 
took  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  Cincinnati  Medical  College.  He  also  took  a  three  months' 
course  in  the  fall  of  1914  in  the  New  York  Post  Graduate  Medical  School  and  received  a 
diploma  for  the  same.  His  conscientious  devotion  to  his  practice  and  his  skill  as  a  surgeon 
and  general  practitioner  have  won  hirii  the  recognition  of  a  most  desirable  class  of  people, 
among  whom  he  numbers  many  patients  in  Willcox.  He  is  district  surgeon  for  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company,  which  position  he  has  held  since  1904,  and  physician  and  surgeon 
for  the  Mascot  Copper  Company.     He  owns  his  residence  and  office  in  Willcox. 

Dr.  Wilson  was  married  in  January,  1905,  to  Miss  Helen  F.  Gung'l,  a  native  of  Michigan 
and  a  daughter  of  Carl  S.  Gung'l.  Her  father,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  served  for  thirty 
years  as  band  leader  in  the  United  States  army,  and  was  located  at  the  Industrial  School 
at  Fort  Grant  until  July,  1915.  He  now  resides  at  Cosa  Grande,  Arizona.  Mrs.  Wilson, 
who  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  five  children,  obtained  her  education  in 
the  various  states  where  the  family  resided  during  her  girlhood,  and  after  leaving  school 
engaged  in  teaching  until  her  marriage.     She  died  December  7,   1913. 

Dr.  Wilson  is  a  Baptist  in  religious  faith.  Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
order,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs,  having  served  as  master  in  1912.  He  main- 
tains relations  with  his  fellow  practitioners  through  the  medium  of  his  connection  with 
the  Cochise  County  Medical  Society  and  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Association.  His 
allegiance  in  matters  politic  he  accords  to  the  democratic  party.  He  is  one  of  the  estimable 
citizens  of  Willcox,  toward  the  progress  and  development  of  which  he  is  contributing  by  his 
active  interest  in  all  movements  intended  to  advance  the  moral,  intellectual  or  material 
welfare  of  the  community. 


THOMAS  F.  NICHOLS. 


Thomas  F.  Nichols,  occupying  a  position  in  the  office  of  the  state  engineer  at  Phoenix, 
was  born  in  Pownal,  Maine,  in  1870.  His  parents,  the  Rev.  Charles  L.  and  Anne  (Flint) 
Nichols,  were  also  natives  of  the  Pine  Tree  state,  and  there  the  father  engaged  in  preaching 
the  gospel  for  some  time  as  a  minister  of  the  Congregational  church. 

Thomas  F.  Nichols  was  reared  in  an  atmosphere  of  refinement  and  Christian  culture, 
and  careful  attention  was  given  to  his  education,  so  that  intellectual  training  well  qualified 
him  for  the  important  and  responsible  duties  of  life  which  have  since  devolved  upon  him. 
After  leaving  the  public  schools  he  entered  Bowdoin  College  at  Bninswick,  Maine,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1892.  He  afterward  studied  mathematics  in 
Clark  University  at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and  was  there  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  in  1895.  Through  the  succeeding  school  year  he  was  a  teacher  of 
mathematics  in  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  after  which  he  was  called  to  Hamilton  College, 
at  Clinton,  New  York,  to  take  the  chair  of  mathematics  and  surveying,  which  position  he 
continuously  and  acceptably  filled  for  a  period  of  ten  years,  or  until  1906.  During  that 
decade  he  also  had  opportunity  to  follow  the  profession  of  engineering  in  a  private  capacity. 
He  was  also  assistant  under  the  state  engineer  of  New  York  from  1896  until  1908.  He 
removed  to  Ray,  Arizona,  in  the  latter  year  as  civil  engineer  for  the  Ray  Consolidated 
Copper  Company  and  continued  to  act  in  that  capacity  until  appointed  to  a  position  in  the 
office  of  the  state  engineer  of  Arizona  in  1912.  In  this  connection  responsible  duties  devolve 
upon  him  but  he  is  well  qualified  and  the  record  which  he  has  made  commends  him  to  the 


132  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

confidence  of  his  superior  officers  and  of  the  general  public.  He  thoroughly  understands 
the  profession  of  engineering  in  principle  and  in  practical  detail  and  his  labors  have  proven 
highly  satisfactory  to  those  whom  he  represents. 

Mr.  Nichols  established  a  home  of  his  own  through  his  marriage  in  1900  to  Miss  Alice 
Gordon  Root,  of  New  York,  a  daughter  of  Orin  and  Ida  (Gordon)  Root,  and  a  niece  of 
Elihu  Root,  secretary  of  state  under  Taft.  Mi-.  Nichols  belongs  to  the  Masonic  lodge  and 
to  the  Phi  Delta  Kappa,  a  college  fraternity.  Since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of 
franchise  he  has  voted  the  democratic  ticket  but  is  not  a  politician  in  the  usually  accepted 
sense  of  the  term.  He  never  neglects  the  duties  of  citizenship,  however,  and  his  influence 
is  always  found  on  the  side  of  progress  and  improvement,  whether  along  political  or  pro- 
fessional lines.  His  associates  find  him  a  genial,  social  gentleman,  and  one  who  easily 
wins  friends. 


JESUS  M.  ZEPEDA. 


Jesus  M.  Zepeda,  controlling  vast  interests  in  cattle  ranches  in  Mexico,  valuable  mining 
properties  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  important  business  enterprises  in  Tucson,  was  born  in 
Sonora  on  the  8th  of  September,  1862,  his  parents  being  Fernando  and  Marie  Zepeda,  both 
natives  of  that  country.  His  great-grandfather  in  the  maternal  line  was  Salvador  Moraga, 
a  Spanish  soldier  who  came  to  what  is  now  Tucson  when  the  country  was  a  part  of 
Me.vico.  He  served  the  Spanish  and  the  Mexican  governments  for  fifty-five  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Tucson  and  his  name  appears  on  the  titles  to  the  first 
lots  deeded  in  Tucson.  These  old  papers  are  still  in  possession  of  J.  M.  Zepeda.  It  was  in 
the  year  1857  that  Fernando  Zepeda  came  to  "The  Old  Pueblo,"  driving  pack  mules  and 
bringing  witli  him  a  load  of  merchandise,  which  he  sold.  For  five  years  he  made  regular 
trips  back  and  forth  across  the  national  line  and  only  discontinued  his  buying  and  selling 
when  his  stock  of  goods  was  destroyed  in  a  Mexican  revolution.  He  later  turned  his 
attention  to  raising  cattle  in  his  native  country  and  became  prominent  and  widely  known 
in  this  connection.  He  now  makes  his  home  in  Altar,  Sonora,  Mexico,  where  he  has  been 
for  a  number  of  years  prominent  in  public  life.  He  served  as  first  judge  of  the  Altar 
district  and  did  able  work  as  prefect  general  or  commander  of  the  Indians  in  that  district, 
having  charge  of  all  of  the  tribes.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  French  and  Mexican  war  and 
also  of  the  Mexican  war  with  America  and  is  one  of  the  most  highly  respected  and 
prominent  citizens  of  his  native  country.  In  his  family  were  thirteen  children,  seven  of 
whom  are  still  living. 

Jesus  M.  Zepeda  was  reared  in  the  town  of  Plomo,  Sonora,  and  as  a  small  boy  worked 
in  the  gold  mines  of  that  section.  He  continued  at  this  occupation  until  he  was  thirty- 
three  years  of  age,  when,  on  account  of  Indian  troubles,  he  went  to  Tucson,  where  he  has 
made  his  home  since  1895.  He  there  built  a  pleasant  and  attractive  two-story  brick 
dwelling  on  South  Sixth  avenue,  where  his  children  have  grown  to  manhood  and  woman- 
hood. Mr.  Zepeda's  activities  in  Tucson  have  had  an  important  effect  upon  business 
interests.  When  he  left  the  mining  business  in  Sonora,  on  account  of  Indian  uprisings,  he 
settled  in  Tucson  and  established  the  mercantile  house  of  the  F.  Ronstadt  Company  under 
the  management  of  F.  Ronstadt.  A  little  later  L.  H.  Manning  insisted  that  he  should  re- 
turn to  mining  interests  in  Sonora,  at  which  time  he  withdrew  from  his  connection  with 
the  F.  Ronstadt  Company.  He  investigated  several  mines  in  the  state  of  Sonora  and  also 
in  the  territory  of  Arizona,  but  tliese  did  not  yield  promising  results,  and  not  wishing  to 
be  out  of  business,  he  established  an  office  for  the  conduct  of  an  abstract,  title  and  guaran- 
tee company,  forming  a  partnership  with  Antonio  Orfila.  Tliis  business,  however,  did  not 
meet  with  his  expectations  nor  satisfy  his  ambitions,  so  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
cattle  business.  While  thus  engaged  he  visited  the  Cobota  copper  mine,  which  was  then 
the  property  of  Fernando  Ortiz,  from  whom  ho  purchased  it  as  a  member  of  a  company  that 
included  Colonel  Randolph,  Mr.  Freeman,  L.  H.  Manning,  Leo  Goldsmith,  Mr.  Tenny,  Charles 
Peck  and  Frank  Hereford.  While  engaged  in  the  operation  of  the  mine  he  also  conducted 
the  cattle  business  until  the  first  Madero  revolution,  in  which   he  lost  about  thirty  thou- 


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sand  dollars.  He  did  not  allow  this  reverse  to  dismay  him,  and  when  the  trouble  was 
over  he  multiplied  his  energies  and  conducted  his  interests  so  successfully  that  he  was 
oflfered  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  it.  This  sum  he  refused,  however,  thinking  that 
he  would  develop  it  until  it  should  be  worth  one  million  dollars.  The  ranch  included  two 
hundred  thousand  acres,  upon  which  he  had  fourteen  thousand  head  of  cattle.  His  affairs 
were  wisely  and  profitably  conducted  until  another  revolution  begjn  in  Mexico,  which 
caused  him  the  loss  of  all  he  had,  amounting  to  three  hundred  and  sixty-two  thousand 
dollars.  Realizing  the  conditions  which  he  faced  and  wishing  to  pay  all  of  his  bills  Mr. 
Zepeda  sold  what  was  left  to  him,  rented  his  ranch  to  an  American  company,  under  the 
management  of  Mr.  Draehman,  and  from  his  lost  fortunes  retained  only  the  rent  of  his 
ranch  to  supply  him  with  the  necessities  of  life.  Since  making  his  first  purchase  Mr.  Zepeda 
added  to  his  holdings  from  time  to  time  until  he  owned  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
thousand  acres,  which  he  divided  into  a  number  of  cattle  ranches  upon  which  he  raised 
high  grade  stock,  practically  controlling  the  output  of  steers  in  that  locality.  In  1913  he 
shipped  five  thousand  liead  of  cattle,  selling  more  steers  than  any  other  man  in  Sonora, 
hut  on  account  of  the  Mexican  revolution  he  lost  about  four  hundred  thousand  dollars  in 
cattle,  horses  and  through  damage  to  his  property,  fences  and  buildings  being  destroyed. 
Jn  all  of  his  business  operations  he  displayed  an  initiative  spirit  and  a  genius  for  organiza- 
tion and,  never  fearing  to  venture  where  favoring  opportunity  led  the  way,  reached  a 
commanding  position  in  connection  with  one  of  the  greatest  industries  of  the  American 
southwest.  In  1904  he  discovered  a  very  rich  copper  vein,  fifty  feet  wide  and  seven  thousand 
feet  long,  running  through  a  portion  of  his  property,  and  although  this  has  not  yet  been 
developed  to  any  great  extent,  it  will  undoubtedly  form  a  valuable  addition  to  his 
resources.     The  mine  is  known  as  the  Elcobota. 

On  the  13th  of  February,  1896,  Mr.  Zepeda  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emelia 
Konstadt,  a  daughter  of  Fred  A.  and  Margarette  (Redondo)  Ronstadt.  Her  father,  a  native 
of  Germany,  went  to  Mexico  when  a  young  man.  The  mother  was  of  Spanish  descent  and 
both  are  now  deceased.  In  1889  they  became  residents  of  Tucson.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Zepeda  were  born  four  children:  Hector,  who  was  killed  in  an  automobile  accident  at 
Fresno,  California,  October  31,  1915;  Rudolph;  Fresia;  and  Herman.  Mr.  Zepeda  has 
faithfully  discharged  every  duty  imposed  upon  him,  has  fully  met  the  obligations  and 
responsibilities  of  life  and  has  been  rewarded  by  success  and  prominence,  winning  a  com- 
manding position  in  both  business  and  social  circles. 


HON.   SAMUEL   B.  BRADNER. 

Arizona,  recently  admitted^  to  statehood,  has  with  notably  progressive  and  determined 
spirit  taken  up  the  task  of  solving  the  problems  which  confront  her  in  all  the  relations 
which  vitally  affect  her  citizenship  and  has  called  to  public  service  men  capable  of  discharg- 
ing important  duties  and  finding  solution  for  the  intricate  questions  which  are  before  the 
people.  It  is  in  this  connection  that  Samuel  B.  Bradner  is  best  known,  being  now  secretary 
oft  the  Live  Stock  Sanitary  Commission,  in  which  connection  his  work  is  of  vital  importance 
and  of  great  interest  to  a  majority  of  Arizona's  citizens,  for  the  grazing  of  stock  consti- 
tutes one  of  the  chief  occupations  of  the  people. 

Mr.  Bradner  was  born  in  Warwick,  New  York,  on  the  28th  of  June,  1869,  and  is  a  son 
of  Jacob  H.  and  Sarah  Catherine  (Vandervoort)  Bradner,  who  were  also  natives  of  the 
Empire  state,  in  which  the  father  followed  the  occupation  of  farming.  Samuel  B.  Bradner 
spent  his  youthful  days  on  the  old  homestead  farm  and  became  familiar  with  a  work  that 
has  since  proven  of  inestimable  worth  and  value  to  him  in  his  later  years.  He  supplemented 
his  preliminary  education  in  study  in  Warwick  (New  York)  Institute,  and  later  engaged 
in  the  printing  business,  while  afterward  he  was  connected  with  agricultural  interests  in 
his  native  town.  At  a  later  date  he  went  to  Boston,  where  he  was  connected  with  railway 
interests  up  to  the  time  of  the  Spanish-American  war,  when  he  put  aside  all  business  and 
jiersonal  considerations  and  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  aid,  joining  the  Sixth  Regi- 
ment Massachusetts  Volunteers  as  corporal.     This  regiment  was  the  first  to  land  in  Porto 

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138  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Rico,  where  Mr.  Bradner  did  active  service.  Following  his  return  to  the  United  States,  he 
continued  to  make  his  home  in  the  east  until  .January,  1905,  when  he  arrived  in  Arizona, 
settling  at  Benson,  where  he  engaged  in  the  railway  business.  He  was  in  the  same  line  of 
activity  during  his  residence  in  Benson  and  while  there  living  he  was  elected  to  the  consti- 
tutional convention;  in  1912  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  and  during  the  ensuing 
session  served  as  speaker  of  the  house.  He  is  now  secretary  of  the  Live  Stock  Sanitary 
Commission  and  secretary  of  the  Arizona  Cattle  Growers  Association.  His  varied  activities 
and  interests  have  brought  him  into  close  contact  with  the  people  of  the  state  and  the 
problems  which  confront  them  along  various  lines  and  he  is  taking  a  helpful  part  in  solving 
such  problems  whether  relative  to  business  or  legislative  conditions.  In  all  he  is  actuated 
by  a  spirit  of  progress  that  is  productive  of  good  results  and  Arizona  has  benefited  greatly 
by  his  labors  along  various  lines. 

On  the  28th  of  March,  1901,  Mr.  Bradner  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bessie  C. 
Gay,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  they  have  gained  many  friends  during  their  residence 
in  Phoenix.  Mr.  Bradner  belongs  to  the  Brotherhood  of  Railway  Trainmen  and  to  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  while  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  The  same 
spirit  of  fidelity  and  loyalty  which  cliaracterized  his  military  service  is  manifest  in  the 
discharge  of  his  official  duties  and  his  record  as  a  public  officer  is  most  commendable. 


JUDGE  OWEN  T.  ROUSE. 


Judge  Owen  T.  Rouse,  former  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona  and 
today  one  of  the  most  distinguished  and  successful  lawyers  in  active  practice  in  Tucson,  is 
a  native  of  Florence,  Boone  county,  Kentucky,  in  which  county,  his  parents,  Joshua  and 
Tabitha  (Souther)  Rouse,  were  also  born.  He  comes  of  old  colonial  stock,  his  ancestors  being 
early  settlers  of  Virginia.  By  occupation  his  father  was  a  farmer.  At  an  early  age  Judge 
Rouse  removed  to  Missouri  and  there  acquired  his  early  education  in  an  academy,  later 
becoming  a  student  in  the  Ohio  State  University.  He  wa.s  graduated  in  law  from  the 
Union  Law  School  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  practiced  first  at  Paris  and  then  at  Moberly, 
Missouri,  in  which  state  he  remained  from  1870  to  1885.  He  became  very  prominent  and 
inlluential  in  public  affairs,  serving  as  state  senator  from  the  seventh  district  of  Missouri 
for  four  years,  during  whicli  time  he  was  closely  identified  with  much  progressive  legislation. 

Judge  Rouse  came  to  tliis  state  in  1885,  bearing  the  commission  of  United  States 
attorney  for  Arizona,  signed  by  I'resident  Cleveland.  He  served  for  four  years  and  did 
such  able,  conscientious  and  effective  work  that  in  March,  189;!,  he  was  made  associate 
justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  state,  in  which  capacity  he  acted  until  August,  1897. 
His  services  on  the  bench  were  distinguished  by  broad-minded  impartiality,  a  true  judicial 
dignity  and  a  sense  of  the  highest  and  truest  purposes  of  law  and  government — qualities 
which  made  him  a  forceful  and  able  administrator  of  justice  and  a  man  who  dignified  and 
elevated  the  ofiice  which  he  held.  In  August,  1897,  Judge  Rouse  resumed  liis  private  practice 
in  Tucson,  where  he  holds  high  rank  among  tlie  men  of  substantial  worth  and  marked 
ability.  His  practice  is  large  and  very  capably  conducted  and  it  connects  him  with  much 
of  the  important  litigation  held  in  the  courts  of  the  state. 

Judge  Rouse  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louise  Moseley,  a  native  of  Missouri  and 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Susan  (Yancey)  Moseley,  who  were  born  in  Kentucky  and 
Tennessei!  respectively.  To  the  Judge  and  his  wife  was  born  a  son,  Charley  O.,  whose  birth 
occurred  in  1877  and  who  died  in  August,  1906.  He  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  men 
in  Tucson,  identified  with  important  civic  and  business  affairs  and  well  known  throughout 
the  community  for  his  sterling  integrity  and  honorable  standards.  He  was  graduated  with 
the  first  class  from  the  University  of  Arizona,  receiving  his  degree  before  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age.  He  aft<'rward  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  civil  engineering  and  was  an 
able  lawyer,  licensed  to  jiractice  before  the  bar  of  Arizona,  and  for  some  years  previous  to 
his  death  was  chief  clerk  and  cashier  of  the  Scmtliern  Pacific  Railroad,  acting  as  local 
auditor  of  the  roa<l  at  Tucson.     He  always  took  an  active  interest  in  the  cause  of  educa- 


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tion  and  was  doing  able  and  far-reaching  work   in  this  field  at  the  time  of  his  death  as 
county  suijerintendent  of  schools. 

Judge  Kouse  is  well  known  in  the  Masonic  order,  being  past  grand  commander  of  the 
Kniglits  Templar.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  for  thirty  years  and  is  therefore 
familiar  with  its  pioneer  history  and  with  the  various  phases  of  its  later  development. 
His  work  has  been  a  factor  in  progress  through  the  years,  a  force  in  growth,  and  is  one  of 
the  most  important  single  elements  in  the  evolution  which  is  rapidly  making  Arizona  a 
great  and  powerful  commonwealth.  He  was  the  first  to  try  Indians  in  the  civil  courts,  the 
iaw  having  been  passed  just  prior  to  the  time  he  took  the  office  of  United  States  attorney. 


JOHN  JOSEPH   McCREA. 


John  Joseph  McCrea  is  one  of  the  most  able  and  trusted  men  in  the  employ  of  the 
Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  at  Bisbee  and  is  also  a  large  holder  of  mining  stock.  He 
was  born  in  Iowa  in  1866,  a  son  of  Patrick  and  Bridget  (McDevitt)  McCrea,  natives  of 
Ireland.  In  their  family  were  nine  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely:  Annie, 
the  wife  of  T.  J.  Connell,  a  miner  of  Bisbee,  Arizona;  Margaret,  who  married  Edward 
Home,  a  real  estate  dealer  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  by  whom  she  has  one  child,  John;  Sarah, 
the  wife  of  Fred  R.  Reynolds,  wlio  is  bookkeeper  and  cashier  for  the  Bisbee  Daily  Review 
and  owns  and  operates  the  Reynolds  Gift  and  Music  Shop,  and  by  whom  she  has  four 
children;   and  John  Joseph  of  this  review.     The  mother  died  in  1893. 

John  J.  McCrea  is  in  all  essential  respects  a  self-made  man,  ~  for  at  the  early  age  of 
thirteen  years  he  was  obliged  to  earn  his  own  livelihood.  The  hardships  of  early  life 
developed  in  him  the  qualities  of  independence  and  self-reliance  which  are  salient  elements 
in  his  character  at  the  present  time.  He  worked  in  a  sawmill  until  1886  and  then  went 
to  Nevada,  settling  in  Virginia  City,  where  he  engaged  in  mining,  an  occupation  which 
has  occupied  his  attention  since  that  time.  In  1893  he  removed  from  Virginia  Citj'  to 
Prescott,  Arizona,  working  in  the  mines  of  that  vicinity  until  1899,  when  he  came  to  Bisbee 
as  a  miner  for  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company,  with  which  he  has  been  identified  since 
that  time.  He  is  one  of  the  most  expert  miners  and  shrewd  business  men  in  the  employ 
of  that  great  concern  and  is  in  addition  a  large  holder  of  mining  stock. 

In  1891  Mr.  McCrea  married  Miss  MoUie  J.  Grainey,  a  daughter  of  Jolm  and  Mary 
(Kelley)  Grainey,  natives  of  Ireland.  In  their  family  were  twelve  children,  six  of  wliom 
are  still  living.  Kate  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Fisher,  a  railroad  man  of  Sedalia,  Missouri, 
and  they  have  three  children.  Maggie  married  Phil  McDevitt,  uncle  of  the  subject  of  this 
review,  and  they  have  seven  children.  Mr.  McDevitt  is  a  miner  in  Virginia  Citj'.  Bessie 
is  the  wife  of  James  Sauer,  a  railroad  man  of  Sedalia,  Missouri,  and  they  have  four  children. 
Aimie  married  William  Leonard,  a  railroad  man  of  Denison,  Texas,  and  they  have  become 
the  parents  of  seven  children.  John  resides  in  Parsons,  Kansas,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
railroading.  The  youngest  child  in  the  family  is  Mollie  J.,  the  wife  of  our  subject.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  McCrea  have  two  children.  Wilhelmina,  who  was  born  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  just 
across  the  road  from  the  first  capitol  building  of  the  state,  is  now  the  wife  of  J.  D.  Grant 
of  Bisbee.  John  Joseph,  Jr.,  was  born  in  1899  and  is  now  attending  school.  The  family  is 
well  and  favorably  known  in  Bisbee. 


CHARLES  W.  SULT,  M.  D. 


Among  the  successful  physicians  of  Flagstaff  is  Dr.  Charles  W.  Suit,  who  was  born 
in  Virginia  in  1879.  His  early  education  was  pursued  in  the  public  and  high  schools.  He 
then  attended  Wytheville  Academy  and  received  his  professional  education  at  Georgetown 
University,  where  he  graduated  in  1906  from  the  medical  department.  For  one  and  one- 
half  years  Dr.  Suit  practiced  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  in  1907  came  to  Arizona  as  govern- 
ment  physician   for  the   Navajo   Indians.     He   continued   as   such   for   two  years   and   then 


140  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

came  to  Flagstaff,  where  he  has  engaged  in  private  practice.  He  is  well  equipped  in  learning 
and  experience  for  his  difficult  profession  and  has  succeeded  in  building  up  an  extensive 
and  prosperous  practice. 

In  190C  Dr.  Suit  was  married  in  Washington,  U.  C,  to  ^Miss  Nellie  B.  McGrath,  who 
was  born  in  New  York,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  three  children.  The  Doctor 
is  a  member  of  the  county  and  state  medical  societies  and  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. In  politics  he  is  independent,  giving  liis  support  to  those  candidates  and  measures 
that  he  considers  of  the  greatest  value  to  the  majority  without  taking  party  ties  into 
consideration.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons.  Dr.  Suit  has 
become  a  'true  Arizonan  and  is  interested  in  all  movements  undertaken  5n  the  interests 
of  the  public  or  for  the  growth  of  the  state.  Such  success  as  has  come  to  him  as  a  phy- 
sician is  the  outcome  of  good  fundamental  knowledge,  years  of  experience  and  continued 
study  of  the  most  modern  metliods  in  the  world  of  medical  science. 


MRS.   E.   TRENHAM. 


Mrs.  ¥..  Trenhara,  manager  of  the  Hotel  Royal  and  a  well  known  and  highly  esteemed 
business  woman  of  Bisbee,  of  which  city  she  has  been  a  icsident  for  live  years,  is  a  native 
of  the  state  of  Illinois.  She  is  the  second  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  four  children 
born  of  tlie  marriage  of  Stephen  R.  and  Elethesse  Sweet,  natives  of  the  state  of  New  York. 
The  father  passed  away  in  1908,  but  the  motlicr  is  still  living  at  the  age  of  sixty-four 
years  and  now  makes  her  liome  with  Jlrs.  Trenham. 

When  a  child  of  live  years  Mrs.  Trenham  accomjianied  her  parents  on  tlieir  removal  to 
Minnesota,  in  which  state  she  was  reared  to  womanhood,  obtaining  her  education  in  the 
public  schools.  Upon  completing  her  high  school  course  she  engaged  in  teaching,  following 
that  profession  until  her  marriage  on  the  16th  of  November,  1898,  to  Mr.  Trenham.  They 
began  their  domestic  life  in  Minnesota,  whence  they  removed  in  1907  to  Arizona,  locating 
at  Warren.  After  a  residence  there  covering  a  period  of  a  little  more  than  a  year,  they 
came  to  Bisbee,  and  here,  in  1909,  Sirs.  Trenhara  assumed  the  management  of  the  Hotel 
Royal.  She  is  a  resourceful  woman  and  possesses  more  than  average  initiative  and  executive 
ability,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  cai>able  manner  in  which  she  is  directing  her  present  enter- 
prise. Her  house  is  well  conducted,  the  cuisine  is  superior  to  that  found  in  the  average 
hotel  of  this  class,  the  service  is  good  and  the  entire  place  presents  the  neat  appearance 
tliat  assures  the  traveler  of  comfort. 

Mrs.  Trenham  has  two  children :  N.  Bradford,  who  was  born  in  October,  1899,  and  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years  entered  the  high  school;  and  I.  Lucille,  who  was  born  in  1903  and  is 
also  attending  school  and  will  graduate  in  the_  class  of  1916.  The  family  attend  the  services 
of  the  Congregational  church,  of  which  Mrs.  Trenham  is  a  member.  She  is  a  woman  of 
many  excellent  qualities  and  is  held  in  high  regard  in  both  business  and  social  circles  of 
Bisbee,  where  she  has  many  stanch  friends. 


K.    G.   ARTHUR. 


R.  G.  Arthur,  general  manager  of  the  Douglas  Investment  Company,  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Cochise  county  for  the  past  thirteen  years,  during  the  greater  portion  of  which 
time  he  has  been  connected  with  the  above  named  corporation.  He  was  born  in  Columbus, 
Ohio,  in  1870  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Arthur,  natives  of  Wales  and  both 
deceased,  the  mother  having  passed  away  when  our  subject  was  about  two  and  a  half 
years  of  age  and  the  father  si.x  months  later.  He  has  two  brothers,  W.  W.  W.,  who  is 
a  resident  of  Chicago;   and  D.  E.,  whose  wherealjouts  are  unknown. 

The  boyhood  and  early  youth  of  R.  G.  Arthur  were-  passed  in  his  native  city,  where 
he  obtained  his  edvication.  At  the. age  of  nineteen  years  he  went  to  Spokane,  Washington, 
where   he   spent   two  and   a   half   years.      At   the   expiration  of   that   time  he   took  up  his 


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residence  In  Cliieago  and  later  came  to  Arizona,  for  two  and  a  half  years  he  was  located 
at  Clifton,  going  from  there  to  Bisbec,  where  he  resided  for  fifteen  months.  In  1903  he 
came  to  Douglas  to  take  the  position  of  cashier  with  the  Douglas  Improvement  Company. 
He  proved  to  be  a  very  capable  and  efficient  business  mail  and  early  e-xhibited  powers  of 
organization  and  executive  ability  qualifying  him  for  a  more  responsible  position,  thus 
winning  promotion  to  the  post  of  manager.  This  company  was  organized  soon  after  the 
town  of  Douglas  was  founded  and  formerly  owned  practically  all  of  tlie  public  utilities, 
including  tlie  waterworks  and  telephone  systems  and  tlie  electric  light  and  ice  plants.  The 
municipality  has  bought  the  waterworks,  while  the  telephone  system  was  purchased  by 
the  Bell  Telephone  Company.  In  January,  1912,  the  company  reorganized  under  the  name 
of  tlie  Douglas  Investment  Company,  which  includes  the  Douglas  Improvement  Company, 
Douglas  Street  Railway  Company,  called  the  Douglas  Traction  &  Light  Company,  and  Inter- 
national Land  &  Improvement  Company,  known  as  the  Gadsden  Company.  Mr.  Arthur  is 
general  manager  of  the  company  and  is  most  capably  safeguarding  and  promoting  its  interests. 

In  1909  Mr.  Arthur  was  married  to  Miss  Florence  Bryant,  also  a  native  of  Columbus, 
Ohio,  where  both  of  her  parents  passed  away,  the  mother's  death  occurring  in  her  early 
childhood  and  that  of  the  father  in  1909.  She  was  reared  in  the  city  of  her  birth  and 
completed  her  education  in  the  State  University  of  Ohio.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Artluir  has  been 
born  one  child,  Eleanor  L.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1910. 

The  parents  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  politically  Mr.  Arthur  supports 
the  progressive  party.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  water  commissioners  of 
Douglas,  in  which  capacity  he  served  for  a  year,  but  has  never  held  any  other  official  posi- 
tion. He  is  enterprising  and  diligent  in  anything  he  undertakes  and  is  regarded  as  one  of 
the  representative  business  men  of  Douglas.  He  owns  one  of  the  most  desirable  residence 
properties  in  the  town  and  is  actively  interested  in  everything  which  will  tend  to  promote 
the  development  of  the  community  or  the  welfare  of  its  citizens. 


BERTRAM  L.  SMITH. 


Bertram  L.  Smith,  secretary  of  the  Buxton-Smith  Company,  one  of  the  thriving  com- 
mercial enterprises  of  Bisbee,  was  born  in  Augusta,  Wisconsin,  in  1881  and  is  a  son  of 
John  T.  and  Ellen  E.  Smith.  The  family  was  established  in  tliis  state  a  number  of  years 
previous  to  his  birth,  however.  His  father  was  a  trader  at  Fort  McDowell,  having  been  in 
Arizona  since  1865.  In  1875  he  removed  to  Phoenix  where  he  established  a  store  and  built 
a  grist  mill,  which  he  operated  until  1900.  With  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Buxton,  he  later 
organized  the  Buxton,  Smith  Company,  which  began  operations  in  Phoenix  in  June,  1902. 
Until  his  death  in  1903  his  entire  attention  was  devoted  to  the  development  of  this  enter- 
prise, which  is  an  exclusive  wholesale  produce  and  commission  concern.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  T.  Smith  were  born  four  children:  Mrs.  George  E.  Buxton,  a  resident  of  San  Diego, 
California;  William,  deceased;  Bertram  Louis;  and  Mary  E.,  deceased.  The  mother  is  still 
living  and  makes  her  home  in  Bisbee  with  our  subject. 

Practically  the  entire  life  of  Bertram  L.  Smith  has  been  passed  in  Arizona.  After 
completing  the  course  in  the  local  schools  he  studied  for  two  years  at  Pomona,  California, 
following  which  he  matriculated  in  the  engineering  department  of  the  Universitj'  of  Arizona, 
being  awarded  his  degree  with  the  class  of  1902.  Immediately  after  his  graduation  he 
obtained  a  position  as  mining  engineer  with  the  Congress  Gold  Mines  Consolidated  Com- 
pany of  this  state,  and  later  he  worked  for  the  G.  A.  Treadwell  Mining  Company  at  Mayer, 
Arizona,  while  he  was  also  in  the  employ  of  the  Imperial  Copper  Company  at  Silver  Bell, 
Arizona,  for  a  time.  He  has  been  secretary  of  the  Buxton-Smith  Company  since  its  organ- 
ization in  1902,  his  duties  in  this  connection  having  increased  with  the  development  of  the 
business  until  they  have  claimed  his  entire  time  since  1912.  This  company  was  formerly 
engaged  in  the  retail  business  but  John  T.  Smith  converted  it  into  a  wholesale  enter- 
prise about  a  year  prior  to  his  death.  In  1903,  they  removed  to  Bisbee,  where  they  are 
enjoying  a  most  gratifying  trade  and  have  every  reason  to  feel  assured  of  their  continued 
prosperity.     Bertram   L.   Smith   owns  his  residence   in   Bisbee  and  is   a   stockholder   in   the 


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Xational  Bank  of  Arizona  at  Pliopnix  and  is  also  intcrosted  in   various  mining  enterprises 
in  the  state. 

In  his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Smith  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  and  Shriner  and  also 
holds  membership  in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  votes  the  republican 
ticket,  and  although  hq  does  not  figure  prominently  in  municipal  politics  is  not  remiss  in 
matters  of  citizenship  but  is  one  of  the  progressive,  enterprising  men  of  the  town  and  takes 
an  active  interest  in  all  movements  that  will  tend  to  promote  its  educational,  moral  or 
material  welfare. 


JOHN   G.   SPANGLER. 


John  G.  Spangler  is  representing  important  financial  interests  in  Mesa  as  cashier  of  the 
Mesa  City  Bank,  one  of  the  strong  institutions  of  the  state  of  Arizona.  He  was  born  in 
Van  Wert  county,  Ohio,  in  1875,  and  there  attended  public  school.  In  1894  he  came  to  this 
state  and  located  in  Phoenix,  where  he  was  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade  for  three  years. 
He  became  well  acquainted  with  the  resources  of  the  state  in  that  position  and  acquired  a 
deep  insight  into  commercial  and  financial  conditions  here.  In  1898  and  1899  he  served  as 
deputy  county  treasurer. 

In  1900  Mr.  Spangler  bought  an  interest  in  the  Mesa  City  Bank  and  has  ever  since 
been  interested  in  that  institution.  He  is  now  cashier  of  the  bank  and  gives  close  attention 
to  its  affairs.  He  carefully  protects  the  interests  of  its  depositors  but  on  the  other  hand 
is  enterprising  enough  to  extend  credit  in  order  to  promote  industry  and  develop  agri- 
cultural establishments.  The  Mesa  City  Bank  reports  at  the  close  -of  business  in  1915 
resources  amounting  to  five  hundred  and  ninetysi.x  thousand  three  hundred  and  forty-one 
dollars  and  ninety-nine  cents.  The  capital  stock  is  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  that  the  affairs 
of  the  bank  are  well  managed  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  there  is  a  surplus  of  fifty-five  thou- 
sand dollars  and  undivided  profits  of  nearly  five  thousand  dollars.  Deposits  now  exceed 
four  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  The  directors  of  the  bank  are:  J.  J. 
Fraser,  who  is  president;  A.  C.  McQueen,  connected  with  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad;  J.  T. 
Lesueur,  merchant;  O.  S.  Stapley,  vice  i)rcsident;  J.  W.  Alexander,  merchant;  A.  J.  Chandler; 
Phil  Mets,  capitalist;  and  John  G.  Spangler,  cashier.  In  1910  Mr.  Spangler  was  president 
of  the  Arizona  Bankers'  Association. 

Outside  of  his  banking  interests  Mr.  Spangler  is  chairman  of  the  waterworks  board 
of  the  city  and  president  of  the  Mesa  Daiiy  &  Ice  Company.  He  also  is  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Mesa  Egyptian  Cotton  Company,  which  firm  he  helped  to  found,  and  is 
owner  of  a  six  hundred  and  forty  acre  ostrich  ranch,  which  under  his  able  management 
returns  to  him  gratifying  profits. 

In  1898  Mr.  Spangler  married  Miss  Helen  Leyhe,  of  Lancaster,  Missouri,  and  they  have 
two  daughters,  Lurah  I.  and  Martha  L.  Mr.  Spangler  is  one  of  those  citizens  who  has  done 
much  toward  promoting  the  interests  of  the  state  and  his  business  ability  and  enterprise 
have  carried  him  to  success.  His  life  story  is  of  interest  to  many  because  it  not  only 
comprises  a  record  of  individual  achievement  but  tells  of  institutions  and  establishments 
which  have  found  in  him  their  inception,  or  with  which  he  has  otherwise  been  connected, 
tliat  have  hel|)ed  to  increase  the  resources  of  the  state. 


WILLIAM  B.  COBERLY. 


AVIlliam  B.  Coberly  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  progressive  and  enterprising  young  business 
men  of  Tucson.  He  was  born  in  Denver,  Colorado,  on  the  9th  of  November,  1883,  and  is  a 
son  of  William  T).  and  Florence  (Bayley)  Ooberly.  The  father  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Colorado,  having  located  there  in  1857.  He  met  with  success  in  his  undertakings  and 
subsequently  acquired  extensive  interests  in  that  state  and  in  Arizona.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  are  now  residents  of  Hollywood,  California. 


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Diuing  the  childhood  of  William  B.  Coberly  the  family  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he 
was  reared  and  educated,  also  attending  the  Throop  Polytechnic  Institute  of  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia. In  1903  he  came  to  Arizona  to  assume  the  management  of  the  La  Osa  Cattle  Com- 
pany, of  which  W.  D.  Coberly  was  president  and  Frank  H.  Hereford  secretary.  In  1907 
William  B.  Coberly  was  made  the  treasurer.  This  was  a  close  corporation  and  conducted 
one  of  the  most  extensive  cattle  businesses  of  the  state,  the  ranch  being  one  of  the  largest 
in  the  southern  part  of  Arizona.  It  was  splendidly  equipped  and  was  supplied  with  all  of 
the  facilities  and  conveniences  found  upon  the  modern  cattle  ranch  of  the  present  day. 
Despite  the  fact  that  he  was  only  twenty  years  of  age  when  he  took  over  the  management 
of  the  La  Osa  Cattle  Company,  Mr.  Coberly  was  fully  qualified  for  the  duties  he  assumed, 
as  was  evidenced  in  the  capable  manner  in  which  he  developed  the  business,  becoming  known 
as  one  of  the  most  efficient  cattlemen  of  Pima  county.  The  company  sold  the  ranch  in 
the  spring  of  1915  but  Mr.' Coberly  is  still  the  owner  of  valuable  property  in  Tucson  and 
is  now  anticipating  again  entering  the  cattle  business. 

In  1907  Mr.  Coberly  was  married  to  Miss  Winifred  Wheeler,  a  native  of  Tucson  and  a 
daughter  of  C.  C.  and  Kate  (Allison)  Wheeler.  The  father,  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  came  to 
Arizona  in  1881  and  here  followed  merchandising  as  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Wheeler 
&  Perry.  His  wife  is  a  native  of  California  and  they  were  married  in  Tucson  in  1885. 
They  still  make  their  home  in  that  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coberly  have  become  the  parents 
of  three  children,  William   B.,  .Jr.,  Margaret  and  Charles  Wheeler. 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Coberly  are  confined  to  his  membership  in  the  Masonic 
order,  in  which,  however,  he  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  and  also  become  a  member 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Old  Pueblo  Club  and  the  Tucson 
Golf  and  Country  Club.  He  votes  the  republican  ticket  and  takes  an  active  interest  in 
political  affairs.  He  was  elected  county  supervisor  and  served  as  chairman  of  the  board 
during  the  years  1912,  1913  and  1914.  He  was  first  elected  to  the  board  in  Pima  county 
in  December,  1911,  and  when  Arizona  was  admitted  to  statehood  he  was  made  chairman  of 
the  board.  Mr.  Coberly  possesses  both  practical  and  progressive  ideas  and  in  the  discharge 
of  his  official  duties  as  well  as  in  the  direction  of  his  business  interests  manifests  the  clear 
judgment  and  the  ability  to  intelligently  analyze  conditions  which  marks  him  as  a  man  of 
discernment. 


STEVE   ROEMEE. 


Many  of  the  most  important  business  enterprises  in  Benson  owe  their  inception  to 
the  organizing  and  initiative  ability  of  Steve  Roemer  and  their  continued  prosperity  and 
development  to  his  progressive  and  resourceful  business  ability.  He  is  a  business  man, 
financier  and  politician  and  has  done  able  work  along  all  lines,  standing  today  as  a  central 
figure  in  hia  community.  He  was  born  in  Kentucky,  February  18,  1869,  a  son  of  Gus  and 
Margaret  (Dickas)  Roemer,  natives  of  Germany.  The  father  removed  to  Kentucky  in  the 
early  '60s  and  followed  the  cooper's  trade  in  that  state  until  his  death.  His  wife  has  also 
passed  away.  In  their  family  were  ten  children,  four  of  whom  died  in  childhood.  Those 
surviving  are:  Adolph,  a  resident  of  Bowling  Green,  Kentucky;  Emily  and  Charles,  also 
of  Bowling  Green;  Joseph,  living  in  Memphis,  Tennessee;  Julia,  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Nash,  of 
Whitewright,  Texas;   and  Steve,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  began  his  business  eareer  when  he  was  only  fourteen  years  of  age, 
when  he  learned  watch-making,  following  that  occujiation  until  he  became  identified  with 
the  lumber  business  when  he  was  twenty  years  of  age.  Four  years  later  he  left  Kentucky 
and  came  west,  entering  the  employ  of  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  with  which  he 
has  since  been  connected  in  various  capacities,  being  today  one  of  the  most  able  and  highly 
esteemed  men  in  the  service  of  the  corporation.  He  began  in  a  very  humble  capacity,  as 
porter  in  California,  and  by  his  industry,  untiring  energy  and  well  directed  labor  he  worked 
his  way  steadily  upward,  winning  promotion  after  promotion.  He  came  to  Arizona  as 
messenger  and  was  soon  afterward  appointed  agent  at  Benson,  in  which  capacity  he  served 
for  twelve  years  before  he  was  transferred  to  Tucson.     In  March,   1912,  he  was  appointed 


146  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

route  agent  at  Phoenix,  and  on  the  1st  of  July,  1915,  was  appointed  general  agent  at 
Kl  Paso,  Texas. 

For  several  years  past  Mr.  Roemer  has  given  a  great  deal  of  his  attention  to  tlie 
business  enterprises  which  claim  his  interest  and  many  of  the  most  important  concerns  in 
Benson  now  stand  as  a  testimonial  to  his  ability  and  force  of  personality.  In  1905  ho 
organized  the  Bank  of  Benson  and  was  elected  president  in  the  following  year.  It  was 
capitalized  at  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  and  under  Mr.  Roemer's  able  management  has 
become  one  of  the  strong  moneyed  institutions  of  Cochise  county,  all  of  its  business  being 
done  along  conservative  lines  which  yet  give  the  depositors  the  benefit  of  a  progressive 
business  policy.  In  1909  Mr.  Roemer  organized  the  Southwest  Lumber  Company,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  he  has  been  its  president  since  that  time,  his 
executive  and  administrative  ability  and  keen  business  sense  being  important  factors  in 
its  growth.  He  has  besides  valuable  property  interests  in  Cochise  county,  owning  a  one 
hundred  acre  alfalfa  ranch  and  valuable  residence  lots  in  Benson.  He  also  has  important 
business  interests  in  Johnson,  Arizona. 

Mr.  Roemer  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  one  of  its 
most  earnest  supporters.  His  political  activity  has  effected  in  an  important  way  the 
history  of  the  territory  and  state,  for  he  spent  two  years,  from  1901  to  1903,  in  the  terri- 
torial legislature  and  was  from  1905  to  1907  in  the  senate.  His  influence  during  that  time 
was  always  on  the  side  of  right,  reform  and  progress  and  was  productive  of  excellent  results 
since  it  was  largely  due  to  his  earnest  work  that  the  Territorial  Industrial  School  was 
located  in  Benson.  Fraternally  he  has  extensive  and  important  connections,  being  affiliated 
with  the  Alasonic  order,  in  which  he  has  taken  tlie  thirty-second  degree,  belonging  to  the 
Knights  Templar  and  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  identified  also  with  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  a  man  favorably 
regarded  in  every  relation  of  life  in  which  he  is  found. 


FRANK   LESLIE    WILLIAMS. 

Frank  Leslie  Williams,  who  has  spent  practically  his  entire  active  life  engaged  in  rail- 
roading and  who  through  determined  purpose  and  strict  integrity  has  won  rapid  promotion 
from  one  position  of  responsibility  to  another,  is  now  serving  as  station  agent  for  the 
El  Paso  &  Southwestern  Railroad  at  Bisbee.  He  was  born  in  lola,  Texas,  February  5,  187.3, 
and  is  a  son  of  Seamon  and  Georgia  (Ross)  Williams,  both  natives  of  Louisiana,  of  Scotch, 
French  and  Irish  ancestry.  The  father  is  a  prominent  stock-raiser  and  owns  a  large  rancli 
near  lola,  Texas.  In  the  family  were  three  children:  James,  deceased;  Eugenia,  the  wife 
of  F.  D.  Rainwater,  a  furniture  dealer  in  Dallas,  Texas;  and  Frank  Leslie,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  was  reared  in  the  home  of  liis  grandmother  in  Texas  and  acquired 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  San  Antonio  public  schools.  He  later  attended  the  Uni- 
versity of  San  Antonio,  taking  a  business  course,  and  when  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age 
began  his  independent  career,  accepting  the  position  of  bookkeeper  for  a  merchandise 
firm  in  Navasota,  where  he  remained  until  1894.  In  that  year  his  marriage  occurred  and 
he  afterward  worked  on  his  father's  ranch  for  two  years,  going  at  the  end  of  that  time 
to  Houston,  where  he  entered  upon  his  railroad  career  as  a  clerk.  Through  his  natural 
ability  and  skilful  use  of  opportunity  Mr.  Williams  has  passed  from  one  important  post 
to  another,  resigning  his  clerical  position  in  order  to  go  to  Shreveport,  Louisiana,  as  cashier 
for  the  Texas  &  Pacific  Railroad.  He  spent  two  years  in  that  capacity  and  was  then  made 
chief  clerk  for  the  Houston  &  Shreveport  Railroad,  resigning  this  after  two  years  in  order 
to  accept  the  office  of  agent  for  the  Housten,  East  &  West  Texas  system  at  Lufkin,  Texas. 
After  three  years'  able  service  there  he  went  to  Nacogdoches,  Texas,  and  was  agent  there 
for  one  year.  He  was  then  sent  to  Bisbee,  Arizona,  where  since  September,  1911,  he  has 
acted  as  station  agent.  Since  he  assumed  this  office  the  business  of  the  road  through 
this  point  has  increased  twenty-five  per  cent  as  a  result  of  his  expert  work,  and  today  he  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  most  popular  and  able  men  in  railroad  circles  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Williams  was  married  on  the  19th  of  May,  1894,  to  Miss  Etta  Gillesi)ic,  a  native 


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of  Texas  and  a  daughter  of  James  L.  and  Amelia  (Jones)  Gillespie,  natives  of  Georgia. 
The  father  died  in  November,  1905,  and  the  mother  survives,  making  her  home  in  Shreve- 
port,  Louisiana.  In  tlieir  family  were  nine  children:  William,  deceased;  Minnie,  who 
married  Sim  Taylor,  of  Roans  Prairie,  Texas;  Marian,  of  Shreveport,  Louisiana;  Etta,  the 
wife  of  the  Bubjeot  of  this  review;  Edna,  who  married  L.  T.  Gillett,  of  Shreveport, 
Louisiana;  Ida,  the  wife  of  Artie  CoUicott,  of  Harriman,  Tennessee;  Alline,  now  Mrs.  M.  B. 
Chance,  of  Shreveport;  Eobert,  deceased;  and  Virginia,  the  wife  of  Donald  Norfleet,  of 
Shreveport.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  became  the  parents  of  three  children:  Eugene, 
deceased;  Louise,  who  was  born  March  7,  1898,  and  who  is  now  specializing  in  English 
literature  in  the  high  school;  and  Beatrice,  wlio  was  born  March  4,  1900,  and  is  also 
attending  school. 

Mr.  Williams  is  a  devout  adherent  of  the  Methodist  church,  to  which  members  of  his 
family  have  belonged  for  many  generations.  Fraternally  )ie  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party. 
He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  public  aflfairs  and  is  a  highly  respected  citizen,  being  also  one 
of  the  most  faithful  and  trusted  employes  of  the  company  he  serves. 


BENJAMIN   r.  SWEETWOOD. 

Benjamin  F.  Sweetwood,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Williams,  Arizona,  having  located  here 
in  1893,  has  grown  up  with  tlie  country  and  lias  made  his  efforts  count  in  attaining  pros- 
perity. Today  he  is  extensively  engaged  in  cattle  rancliing  and  also  is  the  proi)rietor  of 
tlie  Sultana  Theatre.  He  was  born  in  Michigan  in  1872  and  in  that  state  attended  public 
school.  After  coming  to  Williams,  Arizona,  in  1893,  he  was  for  three  years  bookkeeper 
for  the  Saginaw  Lumber  Company  and  then  turned  his  attention  to  railroading  for  one 
year.  He  was  cdVinected  for  a  number  of  years  with  the  liquor  business  but  for  several 
years  has  given  his  attention  to  cattle  raising.  Mr.  Sweetwood  has  a  large  cattle  ranch 
northwest  of  Williams  and  has  been  very  successful  in  this  business.  In  1913  he  built 
the  Sultana  Theatre  in  Williams,  which  is  modern  throughout,  has  a  seating  capacity  of 
six  hundred  and  sixty-four  people  and  has  •  a  roomy  stage  which  permits  of  adequately 
producing  practically  any  kind  of  play.  It  is  a  popular  place  of  amusement  and  Mr. 
Sweetwood  may  be  congratulated  xipon  his  good  judgment  in  supplying  such  an  institution 
to  the  city.    His  financial  returns  therefrom  are  most  gratifying  in  extent. 

In  July,  1903,  Mr.  Sweetwood  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nellie  Seibers,  of  Los 
Angeles,  California.  He  is  independent  in  politics,  giving  his  support  to  such  candidates  as  he 
considers  best  fitted  for  the  office  to  which  they  aspire,  irrespective  of  party  affiliation.  He 
has  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Williams  and  in  that  connection  has  done 
valuable  work  in  promoting  worthy  measures.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Fraternal 
Order  of  Eagles.  Mr.  Sweetwood  is  a  thoroughly  western  man  in  his  aggressiveness  and 
progressiveness  and  has  succeeded  in  business  because  he  has  closely  applied  himself  to 
whatever  task  came  to  hand  and  because  he  has  entered  upon  any  business  in  which  he 
engaged  with  an  enthusiasm  that  has  carried  hira  to  success.  He  is  public-spirited  and 
whenever  the  occasion  presents  itself  readily  offers  his  services  and  his  means  in  the  pro- 
motion of  worthy  public  enterprises. 


A.   R.   GRIFFITH. 


A.  R.  Griffith,  general  manager  of  the  Buxton-Smith  Company  of  Bisbee,  is  a  native 
of  Shenandoah,  Iowa,  his  birth  occurring  in  1877.  He  is  a  son  of  William  and  Lillias 
Griffith,  the  mother  a  natfve  of  Scotland  and  the  father  of  Ohio.  After  his  marriage  the 
father  bought  a  tract  of  land  in  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  with  a  good  measure 
of  success  until   1893.     In   that  year  the  family  removed  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Phoenix, 


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which  continued  to  be  their  place  of  residence  for  eighteen'  years.  In  1911  the  parents  went 
to  Lomita,  California,  where  they  now  make  their  liorae.  Of  their  marriage  were  born 
six  cliildren,  our  subject  being  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth.  The  other  members  of  the 
family  are  as  follows:  George,  who  received  the  degree  of  D.  D.,  and  is  now  a  teaclier  in 
the  Wessington  Springs  Seminary,  of  Wessington  Springs,  South  Dalcota;  Harry,  who  is 
living  in  San  Francisco;  Hugh,  who  resides  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Dero,  a  resident  of 
Phoenix;  and  Mrs.  Alice  Honn,  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  A.  R.  Griffith  fiist  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  completing  his  course  of  study  in  the  Phoenix  high  school.  Upon  laying 
aside  his  textbooks  he  began  his  business  career  witli  the  Salt  River  Valley  Produce  Com- 
pany, which  was  later  absorbed  by  the  Buxton-Smitli  Company.  He  was  ambitious  and 
diligent  and  applied  himself  to  any  task  to  which  he  was  assigned  with  the  painstaking 
energy  tliat  readily  won  the  recognition  of  his  employers.  As  a  result  he  was  promoted 
from  time  to  time  in  accordance  with  the  ability  he  manifested  until  in  1910  he  was  made 
general  manager  of  the  company,  the  business  of  which  has  developed  in  a  most  gratifying 
manner  under  his  direction.  He  is  generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  widely  informed 
and  generally  efficient  produce  men  in  the  country.  As  his  circumstances  have  permitted  Mr. 
Griffith  has  invested  in  western  property  and  he  now  owns  some  ranch  and  truck  land  in 
California. 

In  1902  Mr.  Griffith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Annie  Buckley,  a  native  of  Nevada 
and  a  daughter  of  Dennis  and  Catherine  Buckley,  who  were  both  of  Irish  extraction.  They 
were  among  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  where  both  passed  away,  the  father's  death  occurring 
in  Tombstone  and  that  of  the  mother  in  Phoeni.\.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  children, 
as  follows:  Harry,  whose  whereabouts  are  unknown;  Jack,  who  is  deceased;  Mrs.  Griffith, 
who  was  reared  in  this  state  and  educated  in  its  public  schools;  Kate,  who  makes  her 
home  in  Bisbee;  and  one  who  died  in  infancy.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Griffith  has  been  born 
one  daughter,  Dorothy  L.,  whose  natal  year  was  1908. 

Mr.  Griffith  is  held  in  high  regard  by  his  business  associates;  is  public-spirited  in  mat- 
ters of  citizenship  and  takes  an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  everything  which  will  tend 
to  promote  the  general  welfare  or  advance  the  development  of  the  town. 


DR.  JOSEPH  A.  MUNK. 


Possibly  no  Arizonan  has  done  more  for  the  state  than  has  I>r.  J.  A.  Munk.  It  may 
be  said  that  among  Arizona's  historians  he  is  preeminent;  not  from  his  writings,  but  from 
the  fact  that  all  that  is  history  concerning  this  sun-kissed  land  is  to  be"  found  within  the 
walls  of  the  library  he  has  foundcjd,  still  maintains  and  adds  to  with  the  keenest  interest 
and  in  rare  devotion  to  the  land  he  has  corae  to  love.  The  Munk  library  of  Arizoniana  was 
started  when  Doctor  Munk,  in  1884,  made  his  first  visit  to  a  cattle  ranch  tliat  he  and 
his  lirother  had  established  at  Railroad  Pass  near  Willcox.  Though  for  a  time  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  Topcka,  Kansas,  more  and  more  he  wanted  to  learn  of  the  land 
that  had  excited  his  deepest  interest,  and  so  he  began  to  purchase  every  book,  pamphlet 
and  magazine  that  had  within  it  any  reference  to  the  southwest.  The  nucleus  of  the 
collection  was  a  copy  of  Hinton's  Handbook  to  Arizona.  He  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in 
1893,  where  he  continued  his  collecting,  and  where,  in  1900,  he  published  his  first  bibli- 
ography, containing  nearly  one  thousand  titles.  In  July,  1914,  with  the  assistance  of 
Dr.  Hector  AUiot,  curator  of  the  Southwest  Museum,  he  published  a  bibliography  in  | 
which  the  number  of  titles  had  increased  to  over  seven  thousand.  Though  Dr.  Munk's 
collection  since  has  increased  one  thousand  titles,  this  bibliography,  in  itself  a  work  of 
artistic  merit,  remains  as  the  best  classification  in  existence  of  the  written  matter  affecting 
Arizona.    Much  of  the  material  in  this  history  has  been  gathered  within  the  Munk  collection. 

While  Doctor  Munk  lias  taken  much  pleasure  in  his  Arizona  researches  and  has 
expended  large  sums  in  the  creation  of  the  library,  latterly  he  has  pursued  his  task  in 
a  spirit  of  the  purest  patriotism  and  with  all  consideration  of  the  fact  that  some  day  he 
must  give  the  work  into  other  hands.     So,  a  few  years  ago,  he  finally  determined  to  donate 


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liis  collection  to  the  Southwest  Museum,  a  comparatively  new  institution,  founded  upon 
his  very  idea  of  perpetuating  the  history  and  traditions  of  the  southwest.  For  the  pur- 
poses of  the  museum,  in  a  Garvanza  suburb  of  Los  Angeles,  on  a  high  and  commanding 
hillside,  lias  been  erected  a  handsome,  fireproof  building  of  concrete,  a  structure  of  which 
the  design  might  have  been  that  of  some  one  of  the  more  substantial  castles  of  Spain. 
Here,  in  the  Caracol  Tower,  are  now  permanently  housed  the  books  of  the  Munk  collection, 
held  in  trust  for  the  benefit  of  the  student  and  historian  and  safely  guarded  from  fire, 
damage  or  spoliation.  The  value  of  the  collection  will  giow  with  the  years.  Some  of  the 
titles  could  hardly  be  replaced,  including  works  that  date  back  to  within  fifty  years  oi 
the  discovery  of  America  by  Columbus,  and  which  contain  reference  to  the  northern  part 
of  tlu'  land  of  New  Spain. 

Dr.  Munk  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  November  9,  1847,  of 
German,  English  and  Pennsylvania  ancestry.  During  his  school  daj'S  at  Alliance,  Ohio, 
he  was  elected  captain  of  a  cadet  military  company.  In  1864,  though  still  a  mere  boy, 
with  his  father's  consent  he  enlisted  in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  Seventy-eighth  Regiment 
of  Volunteer  Infantry  and  served  in  campaigns  in  both  western  and  eastern  fields  until 
honorable  muster-out  in  June,  1865,  then  only  eighteen  years  of  age.  After  he  returned,  he 
entered  Mount  Union  College  at  Alliance,  Ohio,  and  in  1866  took  up  the  study  of  medicine. 
He  graduated  in  1869  from  the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute  of  Cincinnati.  For  a  time  he 
practiced  tlio  medical  profession  at  Lindsey  and  later  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri.  In  1873, 
he  married  Emma  Beazall  at  Webster,  Pennsylvania.  A  daughter  was  born,  but  died  in 
infancy.  He  practiced  in  Missouri  for  ten  years,  and  for  eleven  years  was  associated,  in 
Topeka,  Kansas,  with  Doctor  Mulvane. 

In  Los  Angeles  since  1892,  fioctor  Munk  has  been  actively  identified  with  the  Eclectic 
school  of  medicine,  much  of  the  time  serving  as  Dean  of  the  Eclectic  Medical  College.  His 
vacations  have  been  spent  in  Arizona.  He  has  taken  a  special  interest  in  studying  the 
region  covered  by  the  Navajo  and  Hopi  reservations,  wherefrom  he  has  accumulated  a 
large  store  of  relics,  baskets  and  pottery,  and  concerning  which  he  has  published  a  large 
number  of  appreciative  articlej?.  Of  his  more  extensive  writings,  the  most  notable  is  his 
Arizona  Sketches,  a  book  published  in  1905,  illustrated  by  a  large  number  of  photographs, 
nearly  all  taken  by  himself  at  different  points  within  Arizona. 


ELMO  R.  PIRTLE. 


One  of  the  foremost  men  in  the  business  and  financial  life  of  Douglas  is  Elmo  R.  Pirtle, 
whose  aggressiveness  and  public  spirit  have  been  valuable  factors  in  that  city's  growth 
and  development  ever  since  it  has  been  able  to  claim  him  as  a  resident. 

Mr.  Pirtle  was  born  in  Clarksville,  Tennessee,  May  5,  1868,  and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  J.  M. 
and  N.  H.  (Rogers)  Pirtle.  The  father  could  lay  distinction  to  the  claim  of  being  one  of 
the  first  white  children  born  in  Nashville.  He  served  throughout  the  Mexican  and  Civil 
wars  as  a  surgeon  under  Genpral  Lee  and  attained  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-two  years, 
passing  away  in  1910.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow  who  makes  her  home  in  Los  Angeles, 
California. 

Elmo  R.  Pirtle  is  one  of  a  family  of  five  children,  of  whom  two  died  while  j'oung. 
Elizabeth  P.,  who  was  the  wife  of  Rev.  J.  G.  P'inley,  of  Phoenix,  is  also  deceased.  John  A. 
lives  retired  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  The  subject  of  this  review  grew  to  manhood  under 
the  parental  roof  and  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  district  school  of  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas.  He  next  attended  ])reparatory  school.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  he 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  embarked 
in  the  real-estate  business  at  Duarte.  In  partnership  with  several  other  gentlemen  he  laid 
out  the  town  of  Monroe,  California,  but  after  five  years  at  that  place  Mr.  Pirtle  removed 
to  Huntsville,  Alabama,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandising.  Four  years  later  he  returned 
to  California  and  located  in  Los  Angeles,  being  connected  with  the  oil  business  in  that  city 
for  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period,  in  1901,  he  cftme  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  and 
established  himself  as  a  real-estate  dealer.     He  has  since  been  eminently  successful,  being 


152  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

considered  one  of  tlic  best  authorrties  in  this  section  of  the  country  on  realty  values.  He 
was  the  founder  of  the  E.  R.  Pirtle  Company,  Inc.,  and  has  ever  since  been  its  president. 
In  September,  1915,  he  disposed  of  the  insurance,  stoclc  brokerage  and  loan  business  that 
formerly  belonged  to  the  E.  R.  Pirtle  Company,  but  the  various  other  interests  of  this 
company  are  retained  as  well  as  the  firm  name.  It  handled  some  of  the  most  important 
realty  deals  in  the  state,  as  well  as  a  number  that  have  had  much  to  do  with  the  development 
of  Douglas.  Among  the  latter  was  the  suburb  of  Pirtleville,  which  site  was  owned  and 
sold  off  by  Mr.  Pirtle,  thus  linking  his  name  permanently  with  the  city.  He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Mines  and  served  as  its  president  for 
several  years.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Gadsden  Hotel  Company  that  built 
and  own  the  Gadsden  Hotel.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Bank  of  Douglas  and  extensively 
interested  in  other  financial  and  industrial  enterprises.  Mr.  Pirtle  lias  acquired  much 
valuable  property  holdings,  including  many  pieces  of  valuable  real  estate,  both  residences 
and  business  houses.  He  came  here  when  tlie  town  was  in  its  infancy  and  lias  been  one 
of  its  prominent  men  ever  since.  He  has  been  successful  along  many  lines,  and  his 
enthusiasm  has  overcome  obstacles  that  would  have  discouraged  many  a  man  of  less  energy 
and  less  confidence  in  himself.  His  efforts  to  advance  "the  interests  of  Douglas  like  his 
public  spirit  have  been  of  the  substantial  kind. 

Mr.  Pirtle  was  married  January  14,  1895,  to  Miss  Frances  Irvine,  a  native  of  Florence, 
Alabama,  and  a  daugliter  of  James  and  Virginia  (Foster)  Irvine,  a  family  well  known  and 
highly  respected  in  Alabama  and  Mississippi. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pirtle  are  members  of  the  Methodist  church,  in  the  work  of  which  they 
are  helpfully  interested.  Mr.  Pirtle  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  Douglas  and  by  his 
activities  along  various  lines  has  done  much  toward  promoting  the  natural  resources  of  the 
state.  Such  men  as  Elmo  R.  Pirtle  are  a  most  valuable  public  asset  to  any  commonwealth 
and  absolutely  essential  in  such  a  rapid  transit  of  affairs,  from  a  wilderness  to  high 
civilization,  as  tlie  state  of  Arizona  has  experienced. 


PIERRE  FELIX  MARIOTTI. 


Pierre  Felix  Mariotti,  the  genial  host  of  the  Bisbee  Hotel,  of  which  hostelry  he  has 
been  the  owner  and  manager  since  December,  1912,  is  a  native  of  France,  his  birth  occurring 
at  Campile  in  1864.  His  parents  passed  their  entire  lives  in  that  country,  the  mother's 
death  occurring  in  1878,  and  that  of  the  father  in  1909.  Four  of  the  children  born  to 
them  are  still  living,  one  son  and  a  daughter  residing  in  France  and  another  son  in  Egypt. 

The  early  period  of  Pierre  Felix  Mariotti's  life  was  jiassed  in  his  native  land.  On 
attaining  manhood  he  entered  the  Frencli  army,  in  which  he  served  for  four  years,  and 
he  also  spent  si.x  years  in  civil  service  in  the  city  of  Bastia.  In  1898,  he  resolved  to 
emigrate  to  America  and  try  his  luck  in  the  newer  sections  of  the  United  States.  He 
arrived  in  this  country  on  the  20th  of  October,  and  for  three  years  thereafter  was 
employed  in  a  store  in  Yuma,  Arizona.  He  next  obtained  work  in  a  hotel,  where  he 
remained  until  he  came  to  Bisbee  in  1903.  During  the  first  three  months  of  his  residence 
here  he  followed  such  employment  as  he  could  find,  and  then  engaged  in  the  operation  of 
a  small  hotel  for  a  time.  In  1911,  he  assumed  charge  of  the  La  Fayette  Hotel,  which  he 
conducted  until  December,  1912,  when  he  bought  the  Bisbee  Hotel,  one  of  the  city's  best 
known  hostelries,  which  he  has  ever  since  conducted  with  marked  success.  The  rooms  are 
clean  and  comfortably  furnished,  the  service  is  good,  and  careful  consideration  and  courteous 
treatment  is  accorded  all  guests.  The  dining  room,  known  as  the  French  Kitchen,  is  neat 
and  attractive  in  appearance  and  the  menu  is  better  than  to  be  found  in  the  majority  of 
hotels  in  cities  of  this  size,  the  food  served  showing  that  careful  attention  is  given  to  both 
its  selection  and  preparation. 

Mr.  Mariotti  was  married  in  France  in  1890  to  Miss  Marie  Vechioni,  whose  mother,  a 
sister  and  two  brothers  are  still  living  in  her  native  land,  where  the  fatlier  passed  away 
in   1909.     To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mariotti  have  been  born  five  children,  two  of  whom  are  living: 


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Catherine,  who  was  born  in  1896  in  Bastia,  France;  and  Beatrice,  whose  natal  year  was 
1903.  The  latter  is  attending  the  Sisters  sdiool,  while  Catherine  attends  the  University  of 
Arizona  at  Tucson. 

In  religious  faith  the  family  are  Roman  Catholics.  Mr.  Mariotti  enjoys  the  full  rights 
of  citizenship  but  is  very  liberal  in  his  political  views  and  votes  an  independent  ticket.  He 
is  thrifty  and  industrious  and  in  the  development  of  his  interests  has  met  with  tlic  success 
which  generally  rewards  these  qualities.  He  has  acquired  stock  in  various  mining  enter- 
prises, is  doing  well  in  his  business  and  is  rated  as  one  of  the  prosperous  and  desirable 
citizens  of  Bisbee,  where  he  enjoys  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 


A.    E.    GILLARD. 


Mercantile  interests  of  Winslow  find  a  progressive  and  worthy  representative  in  A.  K. 
Gillard,  the  owner  of  two  fine  drug  stores  in  the  city,  one  operated  under  the  name  of  the 
Palace  Drug  Company  and  the  other  under  that  of  the  Winslow  Drug  Company.  He  was 
born  in  Canada  in  1867  and  in  his  native  country  acquired  a  public  school  education,  later 
coming  to  the  United  States,  where  he  studied  pharmacy.  After  his  graduation  he  went  to 
the  northwest  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  various  parts  of  Oregon  and  Washington, 
including  Seattle,  and  in  1905  he  came  to  Arizona,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  drug 
business  operated  by  Mr.  Brisby  in  Prescott,  remaining  in  his  employ  for  one  year.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  he  came  to  Winslow  and  purchased  the  Cover  Drug  Store  and  also 
the  drug  business  conducted  by  the  Palace  Drug  Company.  The  latter  enterprise  retains 
its  original  name  but  the  other  is  now  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Winslow  Drug 
Company,  both  being  modern,  up-to-date  and  profitable  business  institutions. 

In  1908  Mr.  Gillard  married  Miss  Anna  A.  Killhorn  and  they  are  the  parents  of 
two  children,  Frederick  and  Elizabeth.  Mrs.  Gillard  was  born  in  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin,  and 
after  graduating  from  the  Wisconsin  University  engaged  in  teaching  until  her  marriage. 
She  is  still  intensely  interested  in  educational  work  and  is  doing  a  great  deal  to  promote 
the  cause  of  public  education  through  her  membersiiip  on  the  Winslow  school  board. 

Mr.  Gillard  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  progressive  party  and  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason.  He  is  a  member  of  the  city  council  and  is  a  progressive,  enterprising 
and  successful  business  man,  holding  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  business  associates, 
while  in  social  circles  he  is  also  well  known  and  popular,  his  sterling  qualities  having 
gained  him  the  high  regard  and  esteem  of  all  who  have  come  in  contact  with  him. 


JOHN  PETER  HOHUSEN. 


John  Peter  Hohusen,  who  has  for  some  time  been  prominently  identified  with  im- 
portant business  «nterests  in  Tucson,  was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  February  13,  1856. 
He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  land  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  came  to  America,  arriving  in  New  York  city  in  1871.  There  he  was  employed  in 
different  stores  for  four  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  came  west,  locating  in  San 
Francisco  in  1875.  He  clerked  for  various  mercantile  concerns  there  for  some  time  but 
came  to  Tucson  in  1880.  For  ten  years  he  devoted  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business 
and  at  the  end  of  that  time  went  to  Cananea,  Mexico,  where  he  conducted  a  brokerage 
business.  Upon  his  return  to  Tucson  he  identified  himself  with  mercantile  interests  as  a 
jeweler  and  continued  in  that  line  of  business  until  1914,  when  he  sold  out  to  his  partner. 
He  was  president  of  the  Capo-Hohusen  Jewelry  Company  and  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Merchants  Bank  &  Trust  Company. 

In  1903  Mr.  Hohusen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Marsteler  and  to  theni  has 
been  born  one  daughter,  Pauline.  Mr.  Hohusen  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  is 
also  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  By  his  ballot  he  supports 
the  men  and  measures  of  the  republican  party  and  he  took  quite  an  active  and  prominent 


154  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

part  in  city  and  county  affairs  under  the  territorial  govcrnmeMt,  serving  one  term  on  the 
Tucson  city  council  and  for  two  terms  as  county  supervisor.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
board  during  his  last  term.  In  1914  he  was  reelected  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  and 
is  now  serving  in  that  capacity.  He  does  all  in  his  power  to  advance  the  interests  of  his 
community  along  many  lines  and  stands  high  in  the  regard  of  all  who  know  him.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Old  Pueblo  Club. 


WILL  E.  McKEE. 


Bj'  reason  of  natural  mechanical  ability,  thoroughly  and  specially  trained,  Will  E. 
McKec  has  gained  prominence  and  distinction  in  mechanical  engineering,  and  his  position  is 
secure  and  well  founded,  based  as  it  is  upon  distinguished  accomplishment  along  practical 
lines  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States.  He  has  adhered  closely  to  his  usual  high  stand- 
ards in  the  performance  of  his  responsible  duties  as  superintendent  of  machijiery  for  the 
Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company  and  allied  concerns  in  Warren,  a  position  which  he 
has  held  since  1905. 

Mr.  McKce  was  born  in  Indiana,  September  3,  1806,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Alma  (Bush) 
McKee,  natives  of  that  state.  The  father  followed  farming  for  a  number  of  years  but  has 
now  retired  from  active  life,  making  his  home  in  C^iampaign,  Illinois.  He  and  his  wife  are 
the  parents  of  five  children:  Harry  E.,  deceased;  Will  E.,  of  this  review;  Raymond  B.,  a 
farmer  residing  in  Champaign,  Illinois;  Eli  E.,  deceased;  and  Lottie,  the  wife  of  Charles  B. 
Hyde,  of  Champaign. 

Will  E.  McKee  grew  to  manhood  upon  his  father's  farm  near  Champaign  and  acquired 
his  early  education  in  the  district  schools.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  entered  the 
Illinois  State  University  and  was  graduated  in  mechanical  engineering  when  he  was  twenty- 
four  years  of  age,  receiving  his  degree  with  the  class  of  1890.  He  immediately  entered  upbn 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  becoming  draughtsman  for  the  Link  Belt  Machine 
Company  of  Chicago,  with  whom  he  remained  until  February,  1891.  In  that  year  he  became 
connected  with  A.  L.  Ide  &  Son,  manufacturers  of  high  speed  engines  in  Springfield,  Illinois, 
and  he  worked  in  their  interests  for  one  year,  after  which  he  did  special  engineering  work 
in  Michigan  for  a  few  months.  In  November,  1893,  he  went  to  Milwaukee  to  take  charge 
of  the  power  plant  of  the  Pabst  Brewing  Company  and  was  connected  with  tliat  great 
corporation  until  July,  1895,  when  he  became  the  designer  of  double  acting  gas  engines,  in 
the  employ  of  Charles  E.  Sargent,  manufacturer.  By  this  time  Mr.  McKee  had  reached  a 
high  position  in  professional  circles  and  his  ability  as  an  engineer  was  well  and  widely 
known.  He  went  to  Dallas,  Texas,  as  chief  engineer  for  Sanger  Brothers,  but  after  a  year 
and  a  half  was  afllicted  with  rheumatism  and  confined  to  his  bed  for  eight  months.  Upon 
his  recovery  he  joined  Consulting  Engineer  E.  F.  Osborne,  of  Cliicago,  in  designing  a  carbon 
dioxide  fire  extinguishing  apparatus  and  in  February,  1898,  accepted  a  position  as  master 
mechanic  for  the  Cleveland  Cliffs  Iron  Company  at  Ishpeming,  Michigan.  There  he  gained- 
rapid  advancement  during  the  seven  years  of  his  service.  • 

Mr.  MeKce  resigned  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  become  superintendent  of  macliincry 
for  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company  and  allied  companies  of  Bisbee,  Arizona,  a 
position  which  he  still  holds.  Ho  possesses  a  deep,  comprehensive  and  exact  scientific 
knowledge,  a  natiiral  mechanical  ability,  strengthened  and  trained  by  long  experience  and 
familiarity,  and  an  expert  skill  in  mining  and  mechanical  engineering,  which  makes  him 
one  of  the  most  valued  men  in  the  employ  of  the  company  with  which  he  is  connected.  In 
addition,  his  business  and  executive  ability  is  of  a  high  order  and  has  made  him  a  force 
in  local  business  circles,  where  his  name  stands  as  a  synonym  for  progress  and  initiative. 
He  was  the  organizer  of  an  irrigation  company  at  Wellton,  Arizona,  whicli  is  interested 
in  the  exploitation  and  development  of  twenty-eight  thousand  acres  of  land  in  the 
Antelope  valley.  Mr.  McKee  is  the  president  of  this  concern  and  holds  tlie  same  office  in 
the  Citizens  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  with  which  he  has  been  connected  as  a  stockholder 
and  director  since  its  organization. 

On   the   18th   of   October,   1893,   Mr.   McKee   married   Miss   Isa   D.   Fisher,   a    native   of 


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155 


Jllinois  and  a  daughter  of  Mathew  and  Sarah  (Rittcnhouse)  Fisher,  of  that  state.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  MeKee  have  one  daughter,  Lottie  M.,  who  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  is 
now  specializing  in  the  study  of  music. 

Mr.  McKee  has  important  and  representative  fraternal  afBliations.  He  ^  belonged  to 
Lodge  No.  314,  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  Ishpeming,  Michigan,  and  joined  the  chapter  at  Ncgaunee. 
He  belongs  also  to  Lake  Superior  Conimandery  at  Marquette  and  took  the  thirty-second 
degree  in  the  Scottish  Rite  at  Grand  Rapids.  He  likewise  holds  membership  in  .'ihmed 
Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Marquette  and  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  is  one 
of  its  most  active  local  leaders,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  served  on  the  ten-itorial 
central  committee  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  county  central  committee.  He  has  never 
desired  public  office  and  has  never  served,  with  the  exception  of  one  year  as  a  member  of 
the  school  board,  when  he  was  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy.  He  resigned  at  the  close  of 
the  terra,  refusing  reelection.  He  is  a  man  of  superior  scientific  and  professional  attain- 
ments, of  excellent  business  and  executive  ability,  comprehensive  knowledge  and  practical 
experience,  and  by  reason  of  these  qualities  and  the  upright  and  straightforward  standards 
to  which  he  adheres  is  accounted  a  valuable  addition  to  Warren  in  the  ranks  of  her  pro- 
gressive and  successful  men. 


GENERAL  CHARLES  W.  HARRIS. 


From  a  private  in  the  ranks  Charles  W.  Harris  has  risen  to  the  position  of  adjutant 
general  in  the  Arizona  National  Guard  and  his  military  history  also  covers  an  extended 
connection  with  the  volunteer  army  during  the  Spanish-American  war  and  later  with  the 
United  States  regulars.  Among  those  with  whom  he  has  served  he  is  spoken  of  in  terms 
of  highest  respect  and  good  comradeship,  and  the  honors  which  have  come  to  him  are  Avell 
merited.  He  was  born  in  De  Kalb  county,  Indiana,  November  18,  1879,  a  son  of  Ansel  J. 
and  Katherine  (Stines)  Harris,  the  former  a  native  of  Clyde,  Ohio,  and  the  latter  of 
Indiana.  The  father  was  a  locomotive  engineer  and  followed  that  pursuit  until  his  life's 
labors  were  ended  in  death.  In  his  boyhood  days  General  Harris  became  a  resident  of 
Fairbury,  Nebraska,  and  there  completed  his  public-school  education  by  graduation  from 
the  high  school  with  the  class  of  1895.  He  afterward  took  the  examination  for  the  West 
Point  Military  Academy  but  was  rejected.  Throughout  his  entire  life,  however,  he  has 
been  connected  with  the  military  interests  of  the  country,  becoming  a  member  of  the 
California  National  Guard  in  April,  1898,  when  he  joined  Company  D  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
of  that  state.  With  the  outbreak  of  the  war  with  Spain  he  joined  the  United  States 
volunteers  in  May,  1898,  and  went  to  the  front  as  a  private  of  Company  D,  Seventh  Cali- 
fornia Volunteers,  with  which  he  served  until  honorably  discharged  at  San  Francisco  in 
September,  1898.  He  then  rcenlisted  in  the  hospital  corps  of  the  United  States  on  the 
9th  of  October  of  the  same  year  and  three  days  later  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  acting 
hospital  steward.  He  did  special  recruiting  service  at  Minneapolis  until  January,  1899, 
and  was  then  sent  to  the  Second  Army  Corps  at  Augusta,  Georgia,  to  become  the  first 
sergeant  of  the  reserve  ambulance  corps  at  the  School  of  Instruction,  continuing  in  active 
duty  there  until  honorably  discharged  in  April,  1899. 

Still  feeling  that  he  wished'  to  serve  his  country,  Mr.  Harris  reenlisted  in  May  at 
Philadelphia.  He  served  in  the  instruction  department  of  the  First  Reserve  at  Manila  and 
in  the  latter  part  of  May  was  attached  to  E  Battery  of  the  First  Artillery  as  acting  hospital 
steward.  He  continued  with  that  command  until  discharged  at  Penique,  Luzon,  in  January, 
1900,  at  which  time  he  returned  to  the  United  States.  The  severance  of  his  connection  from 
the  army  was  not  of  long  duration,  however,  for  at  Bakersfield,  California,  he  once  more 
enlisted,  joining  Company  G  of  the  Sixth  California  National  Guard,  serving  the  full  term 
of  enlistment  and  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  in  1902.  He  then  took  up  the  active 
work  of  civil  engineering  in  California,  where  he  remained  imtil  1903,  when  he  came  to 
Arizona.  In  July  of  the  same  year  he  entered  into  active  connection  with  the  military 
interests  of  the  territory,  being  enrolled  as  a  member  of  Company  H  First  Arizona  Infantry, 


156  ARIZONA-THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

noncon,missio„  staff  of  the  National  ^^Z^"  .fj^';" ''company  as  civil  engineer,  prac- 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Mancopa  &  Phoemx  f -l^^^J-^  gP^,/^  ,„d  Mexico  until  July, 
licing  his  profession  in  that  connection  in  both  the  Lnited 

1^^°-  n  1   TT.rrw   ha.l  served   as   quartermaster   sergeant   and   as   first 

In  the   meantime   General  Hams   had  servea   a      i  po„„ni9sioned  first  l.eu- 

sergeant  of  Company  C  of  the  A-o"a  National  Gua^   and  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^.^  ^^^^ 

tenlnt  on  the  28th  of  July,  1909  On  the  18th  of  A^^  t_,  „,,„',,,,.„,  a^.i.tant  adjutant 
..uartermaster  of  the  First  I"*^"*^;  '^"^ J"  *';"'  J^tod  to  the  rank  of  adjutant  general 
general.     On  the  17th  of  August,  1912.  he  was  V^-^"^^\  organization  of  the  state. 

Ind  thus  stands  in  a  most  prominent  -"^f  ;';j7^^J\f  „l",i,ge"  to  Miss  Fannie  Corson  of 
In  November,  1909,  «-->-\f  "'V^^J^f banker\vlio%vaB  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Tempe,  Arizona,  a  daughter  of  H  G  ^^^i;^^^'^,]  General  and  Mrs.  Harris  have 
Colorado  and  ha.  long  been  "1':"*."^'^'^"'*^:  ^^f.  '°  ,  ^  ^vell  known  through  his  connection 
two  daughters.  Helen  '-^^  :^^^^^-^^£^ ^  1  a  caLs,  to  the  teachings  of  which 
^vith  the  Masons,  the  Knights  °f  ^  > """'.  ^j  .J^^i.^,,  ;,  given  to  the  democratic  party, 
organizations  he  is  most  loyal,  "'y^''  ^^  :  r  ^"g'.t  nor  desired  public  office  His 
and  while  a  firm  believer  m  its  J''^^''^'"'  '''!"'  ,t,  uls  life  history  many  varied  and 
long  connection  with  military  affairs  » ^«  j^'°^^\  '"j  ^  „,,,  ,,periences,  not  only  in  many 
i„t:resting  chapters,  covering  every  P -"^^ff^^i,  V,  on  era  1  Harris  is  a  typical  western 
sections  of  this  country  but  in  the  Ihilippmes^^^  opportunities   of   this    section   of   the 

„,an,  alert,  progressive  deterniined  -gn  .mg  the  p  ^^^^^^^^  .^  ^^^^.^^^  ^„  ,,^  ,;,  £ 
country  for  the  individual  and  for  the  public^  H^^  ^^^^^^^^  ^^  ^^^^  eommunity,  and  he 
progress   and  improvement,   along   ^;.<^7^''"'' ,    ^ ,  ,. ,     .  ,„ilitary  organization  as  exemplified 

loyalty  and  patriotism  which  is  the  safeguard  of  the  nation. 

JOHN    W.    DORRINGTON. 

John  W.  Uorrington  is  one  of  tl.  •-—  ^  -— ^r^:;  ^^  ^^^s  s^^^ 
Since  1870  he  has  lived  in  the  saino  ^o-,  .h  c.i  is  as^.^^^^  ^^^_^^^   ^^  ^^^  ^^.^^^^^  ^^^^,^ 

of  the  state  as  he  is  himself.     To,   ^^''y J^  ,,;,  ,,,,i,ity  as  a  newspaper  man, 

Mr.  Dovrington  was  horn  in  New  ^"■''^  ">  '  ;„  YA^gUr^d  and  came  to  the 

The  father,  who  was  a  carpenter  and  p.ner  ^^  f  .;  ;'  ;  ^,  ,,,,  „,i'adle  west  he  went  to 
United  States  in  1838.  At  an  -"^y/.^  "'/;,; .:,7was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Kaflsas  and  later  made  his  way  to  Nebraska,  when 

territorial   form  of  government  of  that  «t^|''-  ^^.  y^,.,,.     while  in  Kansas  and 

John  W.  norrington  attended  he  P""'"  ^J  7' j^ '^.;,.,,,„  ,,i.  letters  on  horseback.  In 
Nebraska  he  «-  eo.mected  wiU.  U.e  ina>  ^^^^^^l,,,^'^  .allantly  and  faithfully 
1862  he  enlisted  in  Company  p;^  ^ '''"^"f  ^/ °. ,  frontier  Mutv  in  (^olorado  and  came  to 
tbroughout  the  Civil  war  Afterward  »-  d;';/;°"';;;/to- Yuma  and  has  since  occupied 
Arizona  in  1800,  first  locating  m  I^paz.     In  1870  he  ca  ^^„;,,gton    purchased    the 

the    house   in    which   he    now    makes   his   home      '"    f,!    and  is  toda^  the  oldest  contin- 
Arizona  Weekly   Sentinel,  ^v.-je;.  -s  establ.hed  .  J87.,  ^a^^^  7^^^^^^^^^ 

uously   published  newspaper   in   the   state,     nc  connected  with  that 


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In  politics  Mr.  Dorrington  is  a  republican  and  has  always  upheld  the  standard  of  that 
party.  He  represented  Arizona  on  the  presidential  nominating  committee  on  four  different 
occasions,  twice  when  McKinley  was  nominated  and  when  Roosevelt  and  Taft  were  chosen. 
He  served  for  five  terms  in  the  territorial  legislature  and  has  done  valuable  work  in  com- 
mittee rooms  and  upon  the  lloor  of  the  house,  his  influence  being  so  much  the  stronger  as 
he  could  voice  his  opinions  through  his  paper.  Under  the  McCord  government  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  state  penitentiary.  Fraternally  Mr.  Dorrington  is  a  Mason,  belonging 
to  the  blue  lodge  and  consistory.  In  his  seventy-third  year  he  is  still  hale  and  hearty  and 
deeply  interested  in  the  events  of  the  day.  He  is  honored  by  all  who  know  him  for  his 
high  qualities  of  character  which  he  exliibited  in  a  long  public  and  semi-public  career  in 
times  of  peace  and  war 


CHARLES  R.  OSBURN. 


Arizona,  the  youngest  of  the  sisterhood  of  states,  has  profited  by  the  experience  of 
others  and  in  organizing  her  state  government,  has  called  to  her  public  offices  men  who  have 
fairly  faced  conditions  and  who  seek  for  the  betterment  and  progress  of  their  respective 
communities  and  of  the  commonwealth  at  large.  Such  a  man  is  Charles  R.  Osburn,  the 
secretary  and  citizen  member  of  the  board  of  control.  He  was  born  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  in 
1880,  a  son  of  R.  R.  and  Susan  M.  (Wilgus)  Osburn,  who  were  natives  of  New  York  and 
Ohio  respectively.  After  living  at  different  periods  in  Illinois  and  Indiana  they  became 
residents  of  Iowa  and  there  the  father,  who  had  in  early  life  learned  the  printer's  trade, 
continued  in  that  line  of  business. 

Charles  R.  Osburn  was  given  the  advantages  of  public  school  and  business  college 
training  in  Iowa  and  after  thus  qualifying  for  the  practical  and  responsible  duties  of  life 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Burlington,  Cedar  Rapids  &  Northern  Railway  Company  at 
Cedar  Rapids,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he 
became  connected  with  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company  in  the  passenger  department 
at  St.  Paul  where  he  acted  as  rate  clerk  and  chief  clerk  of  the  advertising  department.  His 
different  positions  indicated  promotions  in  recognition   of  his  merit  and   ability. 

Mr.  Osburn  came  to  the  southwest  in  1906,  at  which  time  he  took  up  his  abode  in 
Tucson.  He  taught  an  Indian  school  in  Tucson  and  was  also  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church 
at  Glendale,  Arizona,  at  one  time.  He  resigned  to  become  clerk  of  the  board  of  control 
and  was  appointed  secretary  and  citizen  member  of  the  board  on  the  1st  of  March,  1912. 
This  is  his  present  position  and  in  this  connection  he  has  made  a  most  excellent  record, 
being  loyal  and  faithful  to  the  duties  that  devolve  upon  him  and  exercising  his  official 
prerogatives  for  the  welfare  of  the  community. 

In  politics  Mr.  Osburn  has  always  been  a  republican  since  age  conferred  upon  him  tiie 
right  of  franchise.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  his  influence 
is  ever  found  on  the  side  of  right,  progress,  truth  and  reform.  He  stands  as  a  high  type 
of  American  citizenship  and  during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Arizona  has  made  many 
friends. 


BISBEE  IMPROVEMENT  COMPANY. 

One  of  Bisbee's  most  important  assets  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  in  the  develop- 
ment of  its  business  resources  is  the  Bisbee  Improvement  Company,  the  activities  of  whiclv 
extend  to  Bisbee,  Lowell,  Bakerville,  South  Bisbee  and  Don  Luis  and  have  been  important 
factors  in  the  growth  of  all  of  these  communities.  The  concern  was  organized  by  Walter 
Douglas,  S.  W.  French,  W.  H.  Brophy,  L.  C.  Shattuck  and  J.  B.  Angius,  and  this  board  has 
remained  unchanged  with  the  exception  of  the  fact  that  Dr.  F.  E.  Shine  succeeded 
Mr.  Angius  upon  the  latter's  death.  The  company  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  furnish- 
ing telephone  and  electric  light  and  power  service  in  the  Warren  mining  district  and  also 
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160  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  provide  ice.  It  began,  however,  by  taking  over  the  ice  manufacturing  business  of  the 
Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company.  This  branch  of  the  business  has  increased 
many  fold  under  the  ownership  and  control  of  the  Bisbce  Improvement  Company.  The  tele- 
phone business  was  established  by  the  Bisbee  Improvement  Company  in  1900,  and  in  1910, 
at  wliich  time  the  system  had  grown  to  considerable  proportions,  the  company  disposed 
of  the  controlling  interest  therein.  Electric  service  was  first  furnished  by  this  company 
in  June,  1901,  at  which  time  its  plant  was  only  a  small  one,  but  the  business  of  this  depart- 
ment lias  grown  steadily  from  the  beginning  and  at  present  supports  a  large  and  modem 
plant,  which   provides   twenty-four  hour   service   for   lighting  and   power. 

In  1911  the  company  purchased  the  local  gas  plant,  which  it  has  improved  and  extended, 
both  in  manufacturing  and  distributing  facilities,  to  a  point  where  standard  gas  service  for 
domestic  and  industrial  purposes  is  available  in  all  parts  of  the  district. 

The  first  manager  of  the  Bisbee  Improvement  Company  was  James  E.  Brophy,  who  was 
succeeded  by  Mr.  Ellison.  The  latter's  place  was  taken  by  James  Cowan,  who  ably  carried 
forward  the  work  of  the  concern  until  1907,  when  C.  S.  Thompson,  the  present  manager, 
came  from  Chicago  to  take  charge.  He  has  since  proved  his  excellent  business  and  executive 
ability,  his  keenness,  resourcefulness  and  foresight,  and  the  volume  of  business  done  by 
the  company  has  increased  enormously  under  his  able  management.  , 


CLINTON  S.  SCOTT. 


Clinton  S.  Scott  is  editor  of  the  Arizona  Magazine,  a  publication  that  is  becoming 
widely  known  through  its  endeavor  to  make  the  entire  country  acquainted  with  this  state, 
its  opportimities  and  its  possibilities.  Free  from  all  sensationalism  or  exaggerated  accounts, 
the  Arizona  Magazine  is  giving  a  true  and  correct  picture  of  what  may  here  be  accom- 
plished by  men  of  enterprise  who  recognize  and  utilize  opportunity.  In  his  work  as  owner 
and  publisher  of  the  Arizona  Magazine  Mr.  Scott  is  holding  to  the  highest  standards  and  his 
efforts  are  worthy  of  generous  support  from  the  public. 

A  native  son  of  Pennsylvania,  he  was  born  in  Bradford  county  in  1865  and  acquired  a 
public  school  education  while  8|)ending  his  youthful  days  in  the  home  of  his  parents, 
Henry  C.  and  Olive  Scott,  who  in  186G  removed  to  Illinois  and  in  1870  went  to  Kansas.  It 
was  in  the  latter  state,  therefore,  that  Clinton  S.  Scott  became  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools. 
He  was  a  young  man  of  nineteen  years  when  in  1884  he  arrived  in  Phoenix,  where  for  more 
than  twenty  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  newspaper  business.  He  was  city  editor  of 
The  Republican  of  Phoenix  for  some  time  and  in  that  connection  became  widely  known. 
He  retired  from  the  field  of  daily  newspaper  publication  to  enter  upon  another  department 
of  journalism  in  his  purchase  of  the  Arizona  Magazine.  During  his  fifteen  years  of  loyal, 
earnest  and  effective  work  with  The  Republican  he  gained  a  large  circle  of  friends  who  are 
standing  by  him  in  his  endeavors  to  make  his  present  i)ublication  a  greater  instrument 
than  ever  before  for  the  exploitation  of  the  resources  of  the  state.  The  paper  was  estab- 
lished by  John  Arden  Reaves  in  tlie  fall  of  1910.  It  went  through  the  usual  period  of 
struggle  but  its  founder  never  deviated  from  his  high  purpose  of  making  the  magazine 
a  standard  publication  in  every  way.  In  September,  1913,  he  sold  to  the  State  Publishing 
Company,  of  which  Clinton  S.  Scott  is  the  editor  and  manager  while  Mrs.  Etta  Gifford 
Young  was  associate  editor  until  September,  1912.  It  is  a  typical  Arizona  publication,  the 
scope  of  which  has  been  enlarged  by  Mr.  Scott,  who  has  abolished  all  paid-up  write-ups  and 
is  doing  excellent  work  in  furthering  the  interests  of  Arizona.  Believing  that  there  is 
nowhere  else  a  tract  of  land  of  one  liundred  and  thirteen  thousand  square  miles  so  richly 
endowed  with  natural  resources,  of  such  varied,  interesting  and  useful  a  character  as  to 
be  found  in  the  state  of  Arizona,  Mr.  Scott  is  directing  every  effort  toward  a  thorough 
exploitation  of  the  resources  of  the  state  without  exaggeration  or  misstatement.  The 
Arizona  Magazine  is  educational  in  its  purpose,  the  desire  of  the  editor  being  to  make 
known  to  the  world  wliat  Arizona  has  to  offer  in  climate,  in  mineral  and  agricultural  pur- 
suits, in  scenic  beauty  and  in  opportunity.  It  sets  forth  from  time  to  time  in  its  different 
issues  accounts  of  the  mineral  deposits,  forest,  desert,  farm  land,  both  tilled  and  unreclaimed, 


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iiiigalion  and  reclamation  projects,  railroail  development  and  ranch  and  stock  interests.  It 
gives  space  to  tlie  subjects  of  liome  building,  schools,  social  and  club  life  and  the  public 
men  of  the  state.  At  the  same  time  the  Arizona  Magazine  is  liolding  to  the  highest 
standards  of  the  printer's  art  and  the  arts  of  tlie  engraver,  electrotyper  and  others.  The 
circulation  of  the  magazine  has  been  growing  continuously  since  Mr.  Scott  took  charge. 

In  1896  Mr.  Scott  was  married  to  Miss  Nettie  Carrier,  of  Phoenix.  He  belongs  to  thi; . 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Hoo  Hoos.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the 
republican  party  and  he  is  thoroughly  well  informed  concerning  the  questions  and  issues  of 
the  day,  but  his  magazine  has  nothing  to  do  with  political  interests  and  activity.  He  is  now 
concentrating  his  ellorts  upon  the  upbuilding  of  his  •jniblication  and  his  recognized  ability 
leaves  no  doubt  as  to  the  outcome. 


G.  F.  MANNING,  M.  D. 


One  of  the  oldest  and  most  prosperous  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona, 
is  Dr.  G.  F.  Manning,  who  located  in  that  city  in  1880.  There  he  has  gradually  acquired 
an  extensive  practice  and  has  become  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  medical  practitioners 
in  his  region.  The  Doctor  was  born  in  Alabama,  October  27,  1837,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Alabama,  which  school  he  attended  in  the  early 
'70s.  Honor  is  due  him  as  a  Civil  war  veteran.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Third  Alabama 
Regiment  of  the  Confederate  army,  and  soon  after  his  enlistment  was  made  first  lieutenant 
of  artillery.  He  was  made  assistant  chief  of  artillery  of  Tennessee,  under  Colonel  HoUin- 
quist  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was  serving  as  inspector  of  Stephen  B.  Lee"s  Corps. 
He  was  in  the  graduating  class  of  Alabama  University  when  that  state  seceded  and  the 
company  in  which  he  served  was  formed  out  of  the  class,  under  command  of  Captain  O'Hara, 
the  poet-soldier. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Dr.  Manning  went  with  a  brother  to  old  Me.xico.  Later  they 
returned  to  the  United  States  and  the  Doctor  made  his  way  to  Texas,  where  he  practiced 
for  a  short  time.  He  then  returned  to  the  University  of  Alabama  but  after  his  graduation 
again  went  to  Texas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  the  first 
medical  examiner  of  Lee  county,  that  state,  and  there  enjoyed  an  enviable  reputation 
among  the  medical  fraternity.  After  coming  to  Arizona  Dr.  Manning  lived  in  camp  all  over 
the  northern  part  of  the  state  for  six  years  in  order  to  improve  his  health.  He  has  since, 
however,  been  a  permanent  resident  of  Flagstaff,  enjoying  here  a  large  and  profitable  practice. 

On  the  4th  of  January,  1876,  Dr.  Manning  married  M|iss  Sarah  E.  Alexander,  who  was 
born  in  Memphis,  Tennessee.  Of  their  six  children  one  has  passed  away.  Those  who  s>ir- 
vive  are  three  daughters  and  two  sons,  Dr.  G.  V.  Manning,  Jr.,  and  Dr.  T.  P.  Manning. 
Both  sons  are  graduates  of  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Alabama  and  are 
practicing  medicine  with  their  father.  All  three  enjoy  a  high  reputation  among  professional 
men  of  the  state  and  their  services  are  in  great  demand. 


HORACE  E.  DUNLAP. 


Throughout  an  active  life  Horace  E.  Dunlap  has  been  identified  with  business  and 
financial  interests  and  today  occupies  a  prominent  position  in  banking  circles  as  cashier  and 
secretary  of  the  Willeox  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  A  spirit  of  initiative,  a  ready  recognition 
of  opportunity  and  unremitting  industry  have  so  influenced  and  dominated  his  career  as 
to  render  him  a  forceful  and  valued  factor  in  business  circles  of  the  city. 

He  was  bom  in  Trumbull  county.  Ohio,  in  1855,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Caroline 
(Rumsey)  Dunlap,  the  former  a  millwright  and  farmer  for  many  years.  Both  parents  have 
passed  away.  In  their  family  were  ten  children:  Horace  E.,  of  this  review;  Burt,  who 
has  been  well  known  in  political  circles  of  Graham  county  and  is  still  holding  extensive 
cattle  interests  in  Klondyke,  Arizona,  but  is  now  residing  in   El  Centro,  California;   May, 


162  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

deceased;  Howard,  who  for  twenty-five  years  lias  been  employed  in  the  auditing  depart- 
ment of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania;  Alice,  who  lives  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio;  Grace,  also  of  Cleveland;  Blanche,  deceased;  Belle,  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Jones, 
a  retired  property  owner  of  Monroe,  California;  Ella,  the  wife  of  Dr.  M.  J.  Lichty,  of 
Cleveland,  who  is  connected  as  a  lecturer  and  medical  professor  with  the  Western  Reserve 
University  of  Cleveland,  Ohio;  and  Warren,  who  is  operating  a  portion  of  the  old  home-  , 
stead  in  Ohio. 

Horace  E.  Dunlap  remained  at  home  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  acquiring 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  and  later  attending  Thiel  College  in  western 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  graduated  from  the  classical  course  of  that  institution  and  retained 
his  connection  with  it  for  two  years  thereafter  as  a  teacher  of  Latin.  On  account  of  failing 
health  he  was  obliged  to  come  west  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  he  settled  in  Graham  county, 
Arizona,  where  he  joined  his  brother  in  the  operation  of  a  large  cattle  business,  retaining 
his  connection  with  it  for  ten  years.  When  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  Graham  county 
he  came  to  Willcox,  Cochise  county,  and  for  four  years  did  office  work.  Later  he  bought 
the  Range  News,  which  he  edited  and  managed  for  four  years,  selling'  out  in  1900. 

In  that  year  Mr.  Dunlap  removed  to  Safford  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Bank  of 
Safford,  having  been  prepared  for  this  work  by  one  year's  experience  in  a  bank  at  Youngs- 
town,  Ohio.  He  spent  three  years  in  Safford  and  then  went  to  Yuma,  where  he  acted  as 
cashier  of  what  is  now  the  First  National  Bank  of  that.  city.  During  this  time  his  health 
was  poor,  but  after  two  years  he  had  somewhat  recuperated  and  returned  to  Safford,  where 
he  resumed  his  position  as  cashier  of  tlie  local  bank.  There  he  spent  three  years,  coming 
to  Willcox  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  take  charge  of  the  Willcox  Bank  &  Trust  Company, 
which  had  just  been  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  Mr. 
Dunlap  was  elected  secretary  and  cashier  and  since  that  time  has  so  guided  the  destinies 
of  the  bank  that  it  lias  made  steady  and  rapid  growth,  being  today  one  of  the  strongest 
moneyed  concerns  in  that  part  of  the  state.  All  kinds  of  banking  business  are  transacted 
here  along  safe  and  conservative  lines,  the  interests  of  the  depositors  being  carefully 
guarded,  yet  in  a  way  which  gives  the  patrons  of  the  bank  the  benefit  of  a  progressive 
business  policy. 

Mr.  Dunlap  was  married  March  18,  1893,  to  Miss  May  Parker,  a  native  of  Texas  and 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  W.  and  Peachy  (Kirtland)  Parker.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunlap  have  two 
children.  The  eldest,  Gladys,  now  Mrs.  H.  A.  Lowdermilk,  was  bom  in  1895.  She  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Polytechnic  high  school  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  has  also  devoted  a 
great  deal  of  time  to  music,  of  which  she  intends  to  make  a  life  study.  Howard,  born  in 
1901,  is  now  attending  school  in  Willcox. 

Mr.  Dunlap  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  his  fraternal 
connections  are  with  the  Masonic  order.  He  is  a  stanch  and  active  supporter  of  the  repub- 
lican party,  although  not  an  office  seeker.  He  is  respected  in  business  circles  as  a  capable, 
shrewd  and  farsighted  financier,  who  understands  the  banking  business  in  principle  and 
detail  and  whose  success  is  merely  the  outward  evidence  of  his  ability  and  industry.  More- 
over, hia  business  methods  have  ever  been  honorable  and  reliable,  winning  for  him  the 
respect  and  goodwill  of  all  with  whom  he  is  associated. 


SMITH  WHALEY. 


Smitli  Wlialey,  the  genial  and  popular  manager  of  the  St.  Elmo  Hotel  and  Restaurant 
in  Bisbee,  was  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  in  1860,  and  is  a  son  of  Sherman  P.  alnd 
Mary  M.  (Smith)  Wlialey,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York  and  the  latter  of  Kentucky. 
Mr.  Wlialey  is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent  and  his  paternal  grandparents  came  from  England 
to  America  at  an  early  day.  On  the  maternal  side  the  grandparents  were  natives  of  Virginia. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shcrinan  P.  Wlialey  hud  nine  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely: 
Lawrence  and  John,  druggists  in  Cliicago;  Sherman,  a  trader  in  Louisville,  Kentucky;  and 
Smith,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  was  reared  at  home  and  attended  the  jiublic  schools  of  Louisville  until 


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lie  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  laid  aside  his  books.  He  had,  however, 
begun  earning  his  own  liyelihood  when  he  was  thirteen  and  has  since  that  time  been  depend- 
ent upon  his  own  resources — a  fine  example  of  tiie  self-made  man.  When  he  left  school  he 
went  to  Memphis,  Tennessee,  and  later  worked  on  a  cotton  plantation  in  Mississippi,  whore 
he  spent  three  years.  From  there  he  went  to  various  parts  of  the  south,  working  at  different 
occupations  and  finally  drifting  up  into  Illinois,  wliere  he  spent  a  sliort  time.  From  Illinois 
he  went  to  Colorado  and  mined  and  freighted  in  that  state,  using  his  own  teams  in  the 
latter  occupation,  in  which  he  engaged  for  fourteen  years.  When  he  abandoned  that  work 
he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Bisbee  in  1904,  working  in  the  mines.  He  later  removed 
to  Mexico,  where  he  spent  one  year  in  the  mines.  Upon  his  return  he  established  himself 
in  the  hotel  business,  leasing  the  St.  Elmo  Hotel,  which  he  has  since  conducted,  making 
it  one  of  the  finest  hostelries  in  the  county.  This  business  requires  the  same  careful  and 
well  laid  plans  demanded  in  commercial  or  industrial  pursuits  and  at  the  same  time  the 
hotel  keeper  must  possess  the  tact  to  enable  him  to  understand  his  guests  readily  and  to 
meet  their  demands.  Mr.  Whaley  is  well  qualified  in  all  these  particulars  and  the  St.  Elmo 
Hotel  has,  therefore,  proved  a  profitable  enterprise.  He  also  conducts  a  fine  restaurant  in 
connection  with  it  and  owns  valuable  property  in  California  and  in  Trinidad,  Washington. 

In  1905  Mr.  Whaley  married  Mrs.  Amelia  Rooner,  a  native  of  Kansas  and  the  widow 
of  William  Rooner,  of  that  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whaley  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Amelia,  who  was  born  December  13,  1907,  and  is  in  school.  Mrs.  Whaley  has  been  of 
invaluable  assistance  to  her  husband  throughout  his  business  career  and  now  takes  an 
active  part  in  the  management  of  the  hotel. 

Mr.  Whaley  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  holds  membership  in  the  Baptist 
church.  He  is  very  liberal  in  his  political  views,  voting  for  men  and  measures  rather  than 
for  parties  and  never  seeking  public  office.  In  Colorado,  however,  he  served  for  one  terra 
as  deputy  marshal  in  Crested  Butte  but  he  later  refused  nomination  for  sheriff  of  that 
county.  He  has  depended  upon  no  fortunate  combination  of  circumstances  to  aid  him  in 
his  business  career  but  has  worked  for  the  success  which  is  now  his,  knowing  that  fortune 
favors  those  who  labor  persistently  and  who  guide  their  efi'orts  by  sound  judgment. 


D.  C.  O'NEIL. 


D.  C.  O'Neil,  manager  of  the  Gadsden  Hotel  in  Douglas,  was  born  in  Clifton,  Illinois, 
in  1881,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Bridget  O'Neil.  The  parents  are  still  living  and  make 
their  home  in  Clifton,  where  they  have  resided  for  more  than  sixty  years.  The  father,  who 
assisted  in  the  building  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  through  that  section  of  the  state, 
was  for  many  years  actively  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  and  still  owns  a  farm  of 
a  hundred  and  sixty  acres  but  is  now  living  retired.  Eight  of  his  children  are  living,  our 
subject  being  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

The  early  years  of  D.  C.  O'Neil  were  passed  on  his  father's  farm  in  very  much  the 
same  manner  as  those  of  other  lads  who  are  reared  in  the  rui-al  sections.  He  completed  his 
education  in  the  commercial  college  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  and  at  Marquette  University, 
Milwaukee,  and  when  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age  left  home  and  started  west,  seeking 
his  fortune.  For  three  years  thereafter  he  worked  in  clothing  stores  at  Victor  and  Denver, 
Colorado,  going  from  there  to  old  Mexico,  where  he  had  the  management  of  the  Davis 
restaurants,   five  in  number,  located  at   Cananea. 

Two  years  later,  in  1905,  Mr.  O'Neil  went  to  Patagonia,  Arizona,  and  there  followed 
various  occupations  until  1907,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Alvarado  Gold  Mining 
Company  near  Phoenix.  He  remained  in  their  service  for  eight  months  and  then  went  to 
Tucson,  where  he  held  the  position  of  bookkeeper  with  the  Eagle  Milling  Company  for  a 
similar  period.  His  next  position  was  that  of  manager  of  the  Mansion  Hotel  at  Benson, 
and  in  1912  he  went  to  Douglas  to  assume  the  management  of  the  Gadsden  Hotel.  It  is 
one  of  the  leading  hostelries  in  the  state  and  would  be  a  credit  to  a  town  several  times 
the  size  of  Douglas.  Mr.  O'Neil  has  acquired  some  property  since  locating  hero  and  has 
mining  interests   at  Patagonia.     He  is  an  enterprising   young  man  of  diligent  habits  and 


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good  principles  and  has  made  a  very  favorable  impression   in   local  business  circles  during 
the  brief  period  "of  his  residence  here. 

ilr.  O'Xeil  is  a  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  fraternally  he  is 
affiliated  witli  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Douglas  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Mines.  Politically  he  supports  such 
men  and  measures  as  he  deems  best  qualified  to  subserve  the  highest  interests  of  the  people, 
and  takes  an  interest  in  all  movements  that  will  promote  the  development  of  the  com- 
munity and  is  active  in  municipal  affairs. 


WILLIAM  G.  BLAKELY. 


A  lawyer,  educator,  business  man,  i)ublic  official  and  minister  of  the  gospel,  William 
G.  Blakely  has  been  a  great  and  powerful  force  in  development  along  various  lines,  and 
constantly  following  high  ideals  and  standards  of  public  and  personal  integrity  has  made 
his  influence  felt  as  a  reforming  and  progressive  element  in  the  various  communities  in 
w-hich  he  has  resided.  He  is  to<lay  one  of  the  leading  and  brilliant  attorneys  in  Kingman, 
where  he  has  made  his  honu^  for  many  years  and  where  his  name  has  come  to  be  regarded 
as  a  synonym  for  honor  in  business  and  ])rofessional  life,  for  beneficial  and  effective  work 
In  the  promotion  of  Christianity  and  for  high  ideals  of  jjublic  service. 

Mr.  Blakely  was  born  in  Kortright.  Delaware  county,  New  York,  in  1829,  and  after 
acquiring  a  jmblic  school  education  studied  at  Delaware  Academy,  later  graduating  from 
the  State  Normal  School  of  New  York.  He  went  to  California  in  1849,  joining  the  crowd 
of  adventurers  in  search  of  gold.  He  met  with  gratifying  success  in  his  ruining  operations 
and  after  passing  four  years  in  C-alifornia  returned  liome  and  paid  off  the  mortgage  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  then  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  odice  of  Amasa  J.  Parker  at  Delhi, 
New  York,  and  U])ou  conii>leting  his  studies  returned  to  the  Pacific  coast,  where  he  followed 
his  profession  and  also  devoted  much  attention  to  mining.  He  resided  for  some  time  near 
Sonora,  California,  wliere  in  1858  he  discovered  the  Eureka  mine,  sinking  tlie  shaft  and 
operating  a  <)uartz  mill  upon  the  property  for  two  years. 

Eventually,  however,  Mr.  Blakely  turned  his  attention  to  the  ministry  and  after  pur- 
suing a  thorough  theological  course  received  his  license  as  a  preacher  from  the  California 
Jletliodi.st  Ejiisoopal  conference.  In  ISBl  he  removed  to  Carson  City,  Nevada,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  labor  in  that  field,  becoming  interested  also  in  the  cause  of  education.  In  the  same 
year  he  was  appointed  by  (iovernor  Nye  superintendent  of  public  instruction  for  the  state 
and  did  a  gieat  deal  of  imiiortant  and  constructive  work  along  educational  lines.  After 
establishing  his  home  in  Austin,  Nevada,  he  erected  there  one  of  the  finest  Methodist  Episeo- 
|>al  churches  in  the  territory  and  for  a  long  time  olliciated  as  its  pastor.  In  addition  to  his 
work  along  that  line  he  continued  to  mine  on  an  extensive  scale  and  also  built  and  operated 
a  large  quartz  mill  in  Smokey  valley  for  the  purpose  of  treating  the  ore  derived  from  the 
Mother  Vein  mine.  .  From  Austin  he  went  to  Pioche.  He  lived  at  Cerbat  and  Mineral  Park 
for  some  time,  locating  and  developing  a  niimber  of  valuable  mines  and  also  practicing  law. 
He  came  to  northern  Arizona  in  1871,  when  the  county  seat  was  located  at  Kingman,  and 
was  afterward  elected  judge  of  the  Mohave  county  court,  holding  that  important  office  until 
it  was  abolished  by  an  act  of  legislature.  When  this  occurred  Governor  Zulich  appointed 
him  probate  judge  and  ex-ollicio  superintendent  of  schools,  and  he  did  a  great  deal  of  impar- 
tial and  beneficial  work  in  both  offices,  serving  in  a  nnmner  which  refiected  credit  upon  his 
ability  and  his  public  spirit.  In  1880  he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Mohave  county 
and  soon  afterward  was  aj>])ointed  tTnited  States  commissioner,  a  position  which  he  filled 
creditably  for  almost  twenty  years.  On  the  republican  ticket,  in  a  strongly  democratic 
eounty,  he  was  several  times  elected  district  attorney,  filling  the  office  from  November,  1880, 
until  1904.  Thus  it  may  Ik'  seen  that  his  |niblic  career  1ms  been  varied  in  service,  distinguished 
at  all  times  by  constructive  and  capable  work  in  the  best  interests  of  the  i)eople  and  never 
marred  by  any  suspicion  of  corruption  or  wrong  doing.  His  vote  and  influence  are  always 
on  the  side  of  right  and  progress,  and  his  excellent  political  ability,  shown  especially  in  his 


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work  as  a  member  of  the  territorial  council,  makes  liis  loyalty  and  public  spirit  effective  as 
forces  in  community  advancement. 

In  addition  to  his  public  service  Judge  Blakely  controls  a  private  practice  which  is 
extensive  and  representative,  for  he  is  known  as  a  strong  and  able  lawyer,  well  versed  in 
underlying  legal  principles  and  possessed  of  the  analytic  and  incisive  qualities  of  mind  neces- 
sary to  make  knowledge  effective  in  any  field.  He  is  serving  as  attorney  for  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Kingman,  as  legal  adviser  for  the  White  Hills  Mining  & 
Milling  Company,  and  as  resident  agent  and  attorney  for  a  large  sliare  of  the  leading  mining 
and  business  companies  in  Mohave  county.  His  ability  is  well  known  and  widely  recognized 
and  his  work  has  been  an  important  factor  in  the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  education  and 
spirit  of  Christian  religion  in  the  community  where  he  resides. 


I.  W.  WALLACE. 


I.  W.  Wallace,  who  in  1896  opened  the  first  real-estate  office  in  Bisbec  and  who  has  since 
that  time  done  a  business  which  has  annually  increased  in  volume  and  importance,  was  born 
in  niinois  in  1864,  a  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Henrietta  (Haley)  Wallace,  the  former  a  native  of 
Kentucky  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  The  father  is  living  retired  in  Bisbee,  having  passed  the 
eightieth  year  of  his  age.  The  mother  died  in  this  city  in  1906.  Of  the  ten  children  born  to 
their  union  six  are  still  living. 

When  I.  W.  Wallace  was  still  a  child  the  family  removed  to  Vernon  county,  Missouri, 
where  he  grew  to  manhood,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen he  came  to  the  southwest,  locating  first  in  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  where  he  engaged  in 
various  occupations  until  1887,  when  he  came  to  Arizona.  In  the  following  year  he  made  a 
permanent  settlement  at  Bisbee  and  worked  by  the  day  in  different  capacities  until  1896, 
when,  with  a  trvie  instinct  for  business  opportunity,  he  opened  the  first  real-estate  office  in 
the  city,  an  enterprise  which  he  has  conducted  with  stoadily  increasing  success  since  that  time. 
He  handles  a  great  deal  of  valuable  mining  property  for  himself  and  otliers  and  is  an  expert 
judge  of  land  and  mine  values,  so  that  his  business  activities  have  proven  profitable  not  only 
to  himself  but  to  his  clients  also.  True  to  his  progressive  business  ideas  and  his  initiative 
spirit  Mr.  Wallace  joined  John  W^.  Pitts,  a  local  inventor,  in  the  development  of  his  straight 
motion  engine  and  has  exploited  it  successfully.  Mr.  Wallace  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and 
first  president  of  the  Citizens  Bank  &  Trust  Company  of  Bisbee. 

Mr.  Wallace  was  married  in  Bisbee  in  1894  to  Miss  Camilla  Hughes,  a  native  of  California 
and  a  daughter  of  AVilliam  and  Ann  Hughes,  who  reside  in  Bisbee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wallace  have 
five  children,  Annie  H.,  Camilla,  Thomas  .J.,  Gordon  W'hitman  and  Dorothea.  The  family  are 
members  of  tlie  Church  of  Christ. 

Mr.  Wallace  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  is  not  active  in  public 
affairs,  having  never  sought  nor  desired  office.  He  is  well  known  and  widely  respected  as  an 
energetic  and  capable  man  of  business,  who  has  always  contributed  to  the  extent  of  his  ability 
to  the  upbuilding  of  the  city,  with  which  he  has  been  identified  during  twenty-seven  years 
of  his  active  career. 


JOHN  A.  CAMPBELL. 


.John  A.  Campbell,  president  of  the  Yuma  Valley  Land  Company,  at  Yuma,  has  for  more 
than  twenty-five  years  been  identified  with  the  mining  and  real  estate  interests  of  Arizona, 
a  large  portion  of  that  time  having  been  spent  in  Bisbee  and  vicinity,  where  he  is  widely 
known.  He  was  born  in  Inverness  county.  Nova  Scotia,  in  1864,  and  there  he  was  reared 
and  educated. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  Mr.  Campbell  came  to  the  United  States,  his  first  ])lace 
of  residence  being  the  city  of  Boston.  He  gradually  drifted  westward,  spending  some 
years  in  the  states  of  Pennsylvania,  Minnesota  and  Illinois.     In  1890  he  came  from  Chicago 


168  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  Arizona,  locating  in  Bisbee.  He  was  first  employed  in  the  store  of  the  Copper  Queen 
Consolidated  Mining  Company  but  was  later  promoted  to  the  position  of  chief  clerk  in  the 
general  manager's  office,  where  he  remained  for  nine  years.  Next  he  became  identified  with 
the  Cananea  Consolidated  Copper  Company  and  remained  in  their  employ  for  eleven  years, 
holding  successively  the  positions  of  secretary,  treasurer  and  superintendent  in  the  depart- 
ment of  public  service.  On  the  1st  of  April,  1910,  he  severed  his  connection  with  that  com- 
pany and  engaged  in  mining  at  Apache,  Box  Steeple  Rock  District,  New  Mexico,  where  he 
became  associated  wii.h  others  in  locating  and  developing  the  Oro  Grande  group  of  mines, 
in  whicli  he  is  still  interested.  He  next  removed  to  Yuma  and  became  connected  with  the 
Yuma  Valley  Land  Company,  in  charge  of  an  irrigating  project. 

Mr.  Campbell  was  married  in  1895  to  Miss  Onie  McGraw,  a  daughter  of  "Lucky" 
McGraw,  who  was  well  known  in  the  mining  section  of  the  west  during  pioneer  days.  She 
was  born  in  Nevada  and  from  there  removed  to  California  with  her  mother,  who  subse- 
quently located  in  Bisbee,  Arizona,  where  she  married  Jakob  Schmid,  mentioned  more  fully 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mrs.  Campbell  is  the  youngest  of  the  five  children  born  to  her 
parents,  four  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mr  and  Mrs  Campbell  have  had  six  children,  three 
of  whom:  John,  Donald  and  Andrew,  died  in  infancy.  In  order  of  birth  the  other  members 
of  the  family  are  as  follows:  Kuth,  who  was  bom  in  Bisbee  in  1897  and  is  now  attending 
high  school;  Angus  Douglas,  who  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1901  and  is  also  attending 
school  in  Bisbee;  and  Margaret  Mary,  who  is  a  native  of  Mexico,  her  birth  occurring  in 
1905.       The  family  home  is  now  in  Bisbee. 

In  religious  faith  the  family  are  Roman  Catholics.  ]'>aternally  Mr.  Campbell  is  affili- 
ated with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  being  a 
charter  member  of  the  Bisbee  lodges  of  both  organizations.  Politically  he  is  a  progressive, 
stanchly  championing  the  principles  of  Theodore  Roosevelt.  Mr.  Campbell  is  a  man  of 
marked  business  ability  and  untiring  energy,  whose  success  is  largely  due  to  his  faculty 
for  recognizing  opportunities  not  discernible  to  the  majority  and  utilizing  them  to  the 
best  advantage  for  the  advancement  of  his  interests. 


CHARLES  R.  HOWE. 


At  various  times  Cliarlcs  R.  Howe  has  been  called  to  public  office.  In  early  life  he  filled 
local  positions  and  at  the  present  writing  is  serving  as  state  tax  commissioner  of  Arizona, 
with  residence  in  Phoenix.  This  state  has  drawn  her  citizenship  from  every  state  of  the 
Union.  Her  people  are  imbued  witli  the  spirit  of  enterprise  that  led  them  to  leave  their  old 
homes  and  seek  broader  and  better  opportunities  in  a  new  and  growing  country.  Mr.  Howe 
is  among  those  that  Wisconsin  has  sent  to  the  southwest,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Darling- 
ton, that  state,  May  8,  1871.  His  parents  were  Harvey  and  Helen  L.  (Felt)  Howe,  natives  of 
Ohio  and  New  York  respectively.  In  early  life  they  became  residents  of  Wisconsin,  where 
Mr.  Howe  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  until  1878,  when  he  removed  westward  to 
Nebraska  and  again  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  Once  more  he  became  a  pioneer  settler 
in  1883,  when  he  went  to  South  Dakota  and  took  up  government  land.  There  he  remained 
for  about  eight  years,  when  in  1891  he  removed  to  Riverside  county,  California,  where  he 
owned  and  developed  a  ranch  to  the  time  of  his  death.  < 

Charles  R.  Howe  was  a  little  lad  of  seven  summers  when  his  parents  went  to  Nebraska. 
He  accompanied  them  on  their  various  removals  thereafter  and  attended  the  public  schools  in 
the  different  localities  where  the  family  resided.  He  devoted  two  years  of  his  early  manhood 
to  farming  and  then  pursued  a  business  course  in  Los  Angeles,  wishing  to  qualify  for  more 
important  and  responsible  duties.  He  afterward  became  assistant  secretary  to  the  Merchants 
&  Manufacturers  Association  of  Los  Angeles,  acting  in  that  capacity  for  four  years,  and  in 
1901  came  to.  Arizona,  settling  at  Gleason,  where  he  accepted  the  position  of  bookkeeper  and 
paymaster  for  the  Copper  Bell  Mining  Company.  At  a  later  date  he  spent  three  years  in 
Willcox,  Arizona,  and  in  190.5  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Cochise 
county.  In  this  position  he  remained  for  two  years,  after  which  he  was  elected  county  assessor 
and  serv-d  'er  five  years.     His  public  service  in  those  connections  gave  him  training  that 


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fitted  him  in  large  measure  for  his  present  responsible  duties  as  state  tax  commissioner,  to 
which  oiEce  he  was  appointed  in  1912.  He  has  always  voted  with  the  democratic  party  and 
his  advocacy  of  its  principles  has  been  unfaltering. 

In  1899  Mr.  Howe  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maude  L.  Henderson  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons:  William,  born  in  1901,  and  Lawrence,  born 
in  1903.  Mr.  Howe  holds  membership  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  He  is  well  known  in  those  organizations  and 
his  brethren  recognize  his  good  qualities  as  manifest  in  his  exemplification  of  the  spirit  of 
the  societies  and  his  close  adherence'  to  their  tenets.  There  has  been  no  unusual  nor  spec- 
tacular chapter  in  his  life  history,  but  gradually  he  has  worked  his  way  upward,  making  the 
years  count  for  progress  and  thus  gaining  for  himself  a  place  among  the  substantial  and 
valued  residents  of  his  community. 


JAMES  S.  DOUGLAS. 


A  man  who  has  made  the  energy,  initiative,  business  foresight  and  discrimination,  which 
are  notable  qualities  in  his  character,  the  basis  of  effective  and  far-reaching  work  in  the 
promotion  of  public  growth  and  development  in  Arizona  is  James  S.  Douglas,  founder  of  the 
town  of  Douglas  and  today  the  central  figure  in  its  business,  political  and  public  institutions. 
He  was  born  in  Copper  Camp,  Megantic  township,  in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  in  1868 
and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  James  Douglas  and  a  grandson  of  Dr.  James  Douglas,  first  of  the  name. 
The  latter  was  a  well  known  figure  in  Quebec  in  early  days,  owning  an  insane  asylum  there 
for  a  number  of  years.  In  order  to  aid  his  father  Dr.  James  Douglas,  II,  although 
educated  for  the  ministry,  studied  medicine  and  assisted,  in  the  conduct  of  the  asylum  iot 
eight  years.  In  the  meantime,  however,  father  and  son  had  become  interested  in  the  metliods 
of  treating  silieious  low  grade  ores,  carrying  on  their  experiments  in  Megantic  township.  The 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  review,  with  the  aid  of  Dr.  T.  Sterry  Hunt,  very  prominent  in 
Quebec  at  the  time,  in  a  measure  perfected  what  is  now  known  as  the  'Hunt  &  Douglas 
leaching  process  for  the  treatment  of  silieious  copper  ores  and  in  order  to  facilitate  the 
exploitation  of  their  discovery  moved  to  Phoenixville,  Pennsylvania.  There  they  organized 
the  Chemical  Copper  Company  and  erected  the  necessary  plant,  to  which  they  later  added  a 
copper  refinery  as  an  adjunct.  Their  work  made  the  purchase  of  Copper  Queen  bars  for 
refining  ])urposes  necessary  and  it  was  in  this  way  that  the  father  of  our  subject  fii'st  made 
the  acquaintance  of  Ben  and  Lewis  Williams,  who  lived  in  Bisbee,  and  was  thus  brought  into 
contact  with  mining  interests  in  Arizona.  He  is  now  president  of  Phelps,  Dodge  &  Company, 
of  Copper  Queen  fame,  and  makes  his  home  at  Spuyten  Duyvil  in  New  York  city.  In  his 
family  were  seven  children:  Elizabeth,  who  lives  with  her  parents;  Naomi,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  forty-five  years;  James  S.,  of  this  review;  Walter,  of  Bisbee,  Arizona;  Maud,  who  has 
also  passed  away;  Edith,  the  wife  of  Archibald  Douglas,  an  attorney  in  New  York; 
and  Lily,  who  became  the  wife  of  Captain  Hayten,  of  the  British  army,  and  passed  away, 
leaving  two  children. 

James  S.  Douglas  was  born  in  Canada  and  lived  there  until  seven  years  of  age,  when  the 
family  removed  to  Pennsylvania.  In  1885,  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  went  to  the 
Canadian  northwest,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  claim  and  proved  his  title,  operating  his 
property  for  a  number  of  years.  He  afterward  worked  for  wages  for  a  time.  On  leaving 
Canada  in  1890,  he  came  direct  to  Arizona,  where  he  established  an  experimental  farm  in 
Sulphur  Springs  valley,  in  which  he  was  interested  only  a  short  time.  When  he  abandoned 
this  field  of  activity  he  turned  his  attention  to  assaying,  entering  an  office  in  Bisbee  and 
later  becoming  connected  with  the  Commercial  Mining  Company  in  Yavapai  county,  where  he 
remained  until  1900.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  formed  a  partnership  with  W.  H.  Brophy  in 
the  organization  of  the  Bank  of  Bisbee  and  in  1900,  in  company  with  others,  located  the  town 
site  of  Douglas,  naming  it  in  honor  of  his  father.  He  promoted  the  sale  of  the  town  lots  and 
the  revenue  from  this  and  other  sources  has  been  invested  in  projects  of  further  development. 
Waterworks  have  been  erected,  electric  light  and  telephone  systems  installed  and  a  street 
railway  built.     Mr.  Douglas  and  Mr.  Brophy  organized  the  Douglas  Bank,  and  the  Gadsden 


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Hotel  and  other  buildings  were  afterward  constructed.  In  all  of  this  work  of  progress  Mrf 
Douglas  has  borne  an  active  and  important  part,  displaying  great  organizing  and  executive 
ability  and  the  power  to  carry  forward  to  successful  completion  whatever  he  undertakes. 
The  justification  for  his  act  in  leaving  a  well  paid  position  to  embark  in  a  new  and  untried 
field  lies  in  tlie  flourisliing,  growing  and  prosperous  town  of  Douglas,  which  stands  as  a  monu- 
ment to  his  perseverance  and  his  public  spirit.  In  1900  Mr.  Douglas  left  Arizona  and  went 
to  Sonora,  Mexico,  wliere  he  engaged  in  mining,  shipping  ore  south  of  Cananea  and  later 
taking  cliarge  of  tlie  business  controlled  by  tlic  Montezuma  Copper  Company  at  Nacosari, 
Mexico.  In  1903  lie  became  connected  with  tlio  Xaeosari  Kailroad  Company  and  remained 
as  superintendent  of  the  corporation  until  May  15,  1909.  While  a  resident  of  Mexico  Mr. 
Douglas  made  the  acquaintance  of  several  men  prominent  in  public  life  and  through  them 
became  interested  in  |)ublic  affairs,  studying  the  questions  then  being  so  fearlessly  discussed 
throughout  the  republic  from  all  sides  and  allying  himself  with  the  Diaz  government,  of 
which  he  soon  becanie  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  stalwart  supporters.  Those  high  in 
the  councils  of  the  nation  know  that  tlie  downfall  of  General  Diaz,  who  was  beyond  all  doubt 
one  of  tlie  most  jirogressive  men  of  his  time,  was  directly  due  to  the  fact  that  the  young 
men  of  the  present  generation  of  Mexicans  reverted  to  the  customs  and  traditions  of  their 
forefathers  and  in  joining  the  rebellion  organized  against  the  government  interrupted  by 
war  thirty  years  of  continuous  peace  and  a  period  of  progress  unequaled  by  any  other  Latin- 
American  republic. 

On  November  11,  1891,  Mr.  Douglas  married  Miss  .Josephine  Leah  Williams,  a  daughter 
of  Lewis  Williams  and  a  niece  of  Ben  Williams,  assistant  manager  of  the  Copper  Queen 
Mining  Company  from  the  time  of  its  organization  until  1899.  a  period  of  nineteen  years. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  residents  of  Uisbee  and  active  in  tlie  work  of  community  development, 
putting  up  the  first  water  jacket  in  Bisbce  canyon  in  1880.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Douglas  became  the 
parents  of  three  children:  .lames  W.,  who  died  in  I'rescott  at  the  age  of  five  years;  Lewis 
W.,  who  was  born  in  1894  and  who  is  now  taking  an  academic  course  in  Amherst  College 
in  Massachusetts  in  the  class  of  1916;  and  .James,  who  was  born  in  1903  and  who  is  pursuing 
bis  studies  in  the  public  schools. 

Mr.  Douglas  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the 
democratic  party  and,  while  he  has  never  sought  ollice,  has  yet  always  been  a  vital  and 
dominating  force  in  public  affairs,  liis  ambitions  being  for  community  advancement  rather 
than  individual  ])rosperity.  An  able,  resourceful  anil  ])iogiessive  man  of  known  reliability, 
he  has  already  made  his  influence  felt  in  the  ujibuilding  of  Arizona,  and  his  usefulness  will 
apparently  be  limited  only  by  the  ojiportunities  with  which  he  is  surrounded. 


ROBERT  SCOTT. 


Among  those  men  who  have  made  valuable  contributions  toward  the  development  of 
Arizona  is  Uobcrt  Scott,  who  has  been  successful  not  only  in  ranching  and  similar  lines 
of  business  but  has  become  one  of  tlie  able  financiers  of  the  state,  being  now  president  of 
the  Salt  River  Valley  Bank  of  Mesa.  In  this  executive  position  he  has  done  much  toward 
making  his  one  of  the  strong  financial  institutions  of  Arizona  and  his  judgment  as  a  banker 
has  found  recognition  in  his  election  to  the  directorates  of  similar  institutions. 

Mr.  Scott  was  born  near  Eugene,  in  Lane  county,  Oregon,  in  1853,  and  is  a  son  of 
I'resley  and  Elizabeth  (Shelton)  Scott,  the  former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of 
Missouri.  Tlicy  were  married  in  St.  Charles,  Missouri.  The  father  went  to  Oregon  in  1849 
but  in  18.50  returned  to  Missouri,  where  he  was  married,  and  again  made  his  way  to 
Oregon  with  his  wife  in  1850.  He  died  at  Helena,  Montana,  while  making  a  trip  to  that 
city  with  a  bunch  of  beef  cattle.  In  his  family  were  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom 
one  is  deceased.  The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Felix  Scott,  removed  to  Oregon 
in  1847,  and  there  he  engaged  in  mining.  He  was  a  victim  of  the  Pitt  River  Indians,  who 
murdered  him  when  he  was  returning  from  Kentucky  to  Oregon  with  some  race  horses. 

Robert  Scott  received  a  public-school  education  and  early  began  his  business  career, 
being  engaged- with   his   brother  Raleigh   in   the   cattle  and   sheep  business   in   Oregon.     On 


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belling  out  lie  came  to  Arizona  in  1878,  when  about  twenty-five  years  of  age  and  located 
at  Show  Low,  where  he  engaged  in  the  sheep  business,  his  efforts  being  attended  with 
remarkable  success.  He  still  has  large  interests  in  that  vicinity  but  in  1908  removed  to 
Mesa,  where  he  established  his  winter  home  and  where  he  now  spends  this  season  of  the 
year.  He  occupies  an  important  position  in  commercial  and  financial  circles  as  president 
of  the  Salt  River  Valley  Bank  of  Mesa,  which  was  founded  in  December,  1908,  with  a 
fully  paid  up  capital  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  The  surplus  is  six  thousand  dollars 
and  the  undivided  profits  are  in  the  neighborhood  of  eleven  thousand  dollars.  The  deposits 
amount  to  about  two  hundred  thousand  dollars.  The  vice  president  of  the  institution  is 
W.  JI.  Beach,  and  Logan  W.  Stillwell  is  cashier.  Mr.  Scott  is  also  a  director  of  the  Mer- 
chants &  Stock  Growers  Bank  at  Holbrook. 

In  1898  Mr.  Scott  married  'Miss  Anna  Jaques  who  came  to  Arizona  in  1879,  and  they 
have  two  children.  Hazel  A.  and  Robert  H.  In  1904  Mr.  Scott  was  a  member  of  the  upper 
house  of  the  state  legislature  and  gave  valuable  aid  in  shaping  important  legislative  mat- 
ters. In  politics  he  is  a  republican.  He  directs  his  business  afl'airs  in  the  Chandler  build- 
ing, where  he  rents  office  room.  As  one  of  the  progressive  citizens  of  the  state  he  stands 
high  in  the  estimation  of  his  fellowmen,  who  recognize  in  him  a  force  for  good  in  promot- 
ing business  and  a  factor  in  the   increasing  prosperity  of  Arizona. 


W.  A.  SHERWOOD. 


W.  A.  Sherwood,  the  founder  of  the  Courtland  Arizonian,  which  he  has  been  editing  for 
more  than  seven  years,  was  born  in  DeKalb  coimty,  Illinois,  in  1866,  and  is  the  eldest  in  a 
family  of  three  children,  his  parents  being  Frank  O.  and  Lucinda  E.  (Helm)  Sherwood,  both 
of  whom  are  still  living.  They  passed  the  early  period  of  their  married  life  in  Illinois  but 
subsequently  removed  to  Colorado,  where  the  father  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  and 
also  conducted  a  mercantile  business  for  a  time  at  Silverton.  One  son,  H.  H.  Sherwood,  is 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Illinois. 

Reared  at  home,  W.  A.  Sherwood  attended  the  public  schools  of  Illinois  and  Colorado, 
following  which  he  engaged  in  railroading  in  various  capacities  for  sixteen  years.  In  1901 
he  turned  his  attention  to  commercial  pursuits  and  located  in  Douglas,  Arizona.  In  1902  he 
opened  a  tinshop  and  plumbing  establishment,  which  he  conducted  for  about  two  years,  but 
disposed  of  those  enterprises  in  1904  and  retmned  to  Colorado,  where  he  spent  the  succeeding 
fovir  years.  He  came  again  to  Arizona  in  1908  and  located  at  Douglas,  remaining  there  until 
February  of  the  following  year,  when  he  removed  to  Courtland  and  established  the  paper  he 
is  now  editing.  Although  this  was  Mr.  Sherwood's  first  venture  in  the  newspaper  business  he 
has  made  a  success  of  the  undertaking  as  is  evidenced  by  his  large  subscription  list  and  the 
amount  of  advertising  which  appears  in  his  weekly  sheet.  He  has  a  well  equipped  plant  and 
has  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large  and  thriving  job  department,  which  nets  him  a  gratifying 
income.  He  is  both  practical  and  progressive  and  has  applied  himself  diligently  and  intelli- 
gently to  the  development  of  his  business,  which  has  shown  a  marked  improvement  from 
year  to  year  and  is  now  one  of  the  well  established  and  prosperous  printing  concerns  of  the 
county.  Mr.  Sherwood  owns  some  desirable  real  estate  in  Courtland,  including  his  home, 
place  of  business  and  several  residences  and  some  unimproved  property,  as  well  as  a  quarter 
section  of  land  in  the  valley  six  miles  east  of  town.   • 

In  Colorado,  in  1894,  Mr.  Sherwood  was  married  to  Miss  Louise  Reinhardt,  a  native  of 
Illinois,  where  she  was  reared  to  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  The  family  subsequently  removed 
to  Nebraska,  making  their  home  in  that  state  until  the  father  passed  away  in  1892,  follow- 
ing which  the  mother  and  children  located  in  Colorado.  Mrs.  Reinhardt  came  to  Douglas  in 
1901,  and  here  her  death  occurred  in  August  of  the  same  year.  Mrs.  Sherwood  is  the  fourth 
in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  six  children,  two  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  She  was  reared 
at  home  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Illinois  and  Nebraska. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Sherwood  affiliates  with  the  blue  lodge  and  chapter  of  the  Masonic 
order,  and  his  political  support  is  given  the  republican  party.  He  has  never  held  any  official 
position  save  that  of  United  States  commissioner,  the  duties  of  which  he  has  been  discharging 


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since  his  appointment  in  July,  1910.  He  is  a  man  with  liigh  standards  of  citizenship  and 
devotes  the  cohimns  of  his  paper  to  the  support  of  every  worthy  enterprise,  taking  an  active 
and  helpful  interest  in  all  movements  affecting  the  welfare  or  progress  of  the  community. 


J.  M.  W.  MOORE. 


For  thirty-seven  years  J.  M.  W.  Moore  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  and  during  that 
time  has  become  prominently  connected  with  the  mining  industry.  He  also  conducts  a  real- 
estate  and  insurance  business  of  gratifying  proportions  in  Prescott.  Mr.  Moore  was  born  in 
Ohio  in  1846  and  in  1855  removed  with  his  parents  to  Illinois.  In  that  state  he  graduated 
from  Knox  College  at  Galesburg  and  also  read  law  in  Chicago  and  took  a  course  in  assaying. 
In  1879  he  came  to  Arizona,  making  his  way  to  the  Big  Bug  country,  where  he  took  up  pros- 
pecting and  mining.  He  has  ever  since  been  more  or  less  connected  with  that  industry  and  is 
now  the  owner  of  valuable  mining  properties.  Mr.  Moore  came  to  Prescott  in  1887  and  has 
since  resided  there.  He  has  also  engaged  in  the  real-estate  and  insurance  business  as  he  has 
become  familiar  with  prevailing  land  values  and  has  been  more  and  more  successful  along 
those  lines.  He  enjoys  a  reputation  for  fair  dealing,  and  his  large  clientage  insures  him  a 
gratifying  revenue. 

In  1876  Mr.  Moore  married  Miss  Miranda  Banta,  of  Illinois,  and  they  became  the  parents 
of  two  children,  one  of  whom  is  deceased.  The  son,  Fred  C,  is  now  in  business  with  his 
father.    Mrs.  Moore  passed  away  in  1903. 

Mr.  Moore  is  a  republican  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  government  affairs.  From 
1889  to  1891  he  was  a  member  of  the  fifteenth  territorial  council  from  Yavapai  county  and  did 
valuable  work  in  that  connection.  In  1902  he  was  receiver  of  the  United  States  land  office  and 
he  has  also  been  district  court  commissioner  and  is  now  a  superior  court  commissioner,  dis- 
charging his  duties  in  a  highly  satisfactory  manner.  Fraternally  Mr.  Moore  is  connected 
with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  is  grand  master  for  Arizona,  being  elected  to 
that  high  ollice  in  1913.  He  is  classed  with  those  pioneers  of  the  state  who  have  done  much 
toward  making  possible  the  present  conditions  of  prosperity.  He  has  always  interested  him- 
self in  measures  that  have  contributed  toward  the  growth  of  the  commonwealth  and  has 
been  as  successful  and  valuable  a  citizen  as  he  is  a  business  man.  Mr.  Moore  enjoys  in  a 
large  measure  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  his  fellowmen  and  such  success  and  lionors 
as  have  come  to  him  are  well  merited.  He  is  a  man  of  high  character  and  his  commendable 
qualities  have  been  the  foundation  upon  which  he  has  reared  his  success. 


HIBAM  W.  TENNER,  M.  D. 


For  more  than  a  third  of  a  century  Dr..  Hiram  W.  Fenner  has  continuously  been  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  medical  profession  in  Arizona.  He  came  to  this  state  in  1881  and  since  1883 
has  resided  in  Tucson,  where  his  marked  ability  has  gained  him  rank  among  the  distinguished 
medical  men  of  the  state.  Recognizing  fully  the  responsibilities  that  rest  upon  the  profession 
and  conscientious  at  all  times  in  the  performance  of  his  professional  duties,  his  work  has 
proved  of  great  benefit.  He  was  born  in  Bucyrus,  Ohio,  in  1859,  a  son  of  Hiram  and  Elizabeth 
(Myers)  Fenner,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  of  German  descent,  although 
the  Fenner  family  was  founded  in  the  Keystone  state  in  colonial  times. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  in  his  native,  city,  Dr.  Fenner  attended 
the  public  schools  until  he  completed  the  high-school  course  with  the  class  of  1876.  His 
choice  of  a  life  work  was  made  the  same  year  and  found  expression  in  his  matriculation  in 
the  Medical  College  of  Ohio,  now  the  University  of  Cincinnati,  where  he  completed  his  course 
by  graduation  with  the  class  of  1881.  The  same  year  he  came  to  Arizona  and  was  appointed 
physician  for  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  at  Bisbee,  where  he  remained  until  1883. 
He  then  removed  to  Tucson  and  has  since  been  very  active  along  professional  lines,  his  ability 
advancing  him  to  a  foremost  place  in  the  ranks  of  the  medical  fraternity  in  his  part  of  the 


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state.  He  closely  adheres  to  a  high  standard  of  professional  ethics  and  keeps  in  direct  touch 
with  the  advanced  thought  and  methods  of  the  profession,  continually  broadening  his  knowl- 
edge and  promoting  his  efficiency  through  wide  reading,  investigation  and  research.  He  now 
has  a  large  private  ^practice  and  has  also  been  division  surgeon  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company  for  many  years. 

Dr.  Fenner  was  married  near  San  Francisco  to  Miss  Ida  Hemme,  who  was  born  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  theirs  is  an  attractive  and  hospitable  home  whose  good  cheer  is  greatly  enjoyed 
by  tlieir  many  friends.  Dr.  Fenner  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He 
is  especially  interested  in  the  cause  of  education  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of 
regents  of  the  University  of  Arizona  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  library  commissioners 
which  superintended  the  erection  of  the  Carnegie  library.  He  has  long  been  a  valued  and 
prominent  member  of  the  Arizona  Medical  Society  and  he  enjoys  the  confidence  and  goodwill 
of  his  professional  colleagues  just  as  he  does  the  friendship  and  high  regard  of  his  fellow 
citizens.  He  possesses  a  genial  manner,  tact,  courtesy  and  kindliness  and  is  no  less  endeared 
to  his  fellow  townsmen  by  reason  of  these  characteristics  tlian  through  his  professional  skill. 
He  carries  with  him  the  spirit  of  encouragement  and  optimism  and  he  sheds  around  him  much 
of  life's  sunshine. 


JESSE  L.  BOYCE. 


It  is  a  noticeable  fact  that  it  is  young  men  who  are  shaping  the  history  and  molding 
the  destiny  of  Arizona  through  the  development  of  its  rich  natural  resources,  through  the 
establishment  of  its  business  enterprises  and  the  conduct  of  its  political  offices.  In  more 
than  one  of  these  connections  Jesse  L.  Boyce  is  well  known  and  at  present  is  making 
his  home  in  Phoenix,  liaving  been  appointed  member  of  the  state  tax  commission  on  the  18th 
of  May,  1913.  He  was  born  October  20,  1881,  in  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  and  the  spirit 
of  enterprise  which  has  been  the  dominent  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  southwest  is 
manifest  in  his  career.  His  parents  were  C.  E.  and  Martha  (Murray)  Boyce,  the  latter 
a  native  of  Arkansas.  The  former  was  bom  in  Ireland,  but  when  fourteen  years  of  age  came 
to  the  United  States  and  eventually  made  his  way  to  the  southwest.  He  married  in  Texas 
and  for  some  years  was  a  freighter  in  that  section  of  the  country.  In  1882  he  removed 
to  Williams,  Arizona.  A  typical  pioneer,  he  is  numbered  among  those  who  blazed  the 
paths  of  civilization  into  the  southwest  and  constituted  the  vanguard  of  those  courageous, 
earnest  settlers  who  planted  the  seeds  of  a  later  day  improvement  and  progiess.  He  is 
now  well  known  as  a  merchant  of  Williams. 

Jesse  L.  Boyce  enjoyed  public  school  advantages  in  Williams  and  for  five  years  was  a 
student  in  St.  Vincent's  College  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he  completed  his  studies  by  graduation 
with  the  class  of  1903,  winning  the  Bachelor  of  Science  degree.  He  also  had  the  benefit  of 
a  commercial  course  and  was  thus  well  trained  to  meet  the  difficult  questions  which  arise  in 
business  life.  After  his  school  days  were  over  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business 
in  1898  and  was  thus  engaged  for  eleven  years.  At  one  time  he  was  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  and  had  other  commercial  and  industrial  interests,  but  sold  out  in  1909. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Boyce  had  become  recognized  as  a  forceful  factor  in  political 
circles.  In  1906  he  was  elected  county  recorder  of  Coconino  county  and  acceptably  filled 
that  position  for  six  years,  or  until  the  14th  of  February,  1912.  He  was  afterward  a  candi- 
date for  state  senator,  and  though  he  made  a  strong  race  the  normal  opposition  majority 
in  his  district  defeated  him  by  thirty  votes.  However,  political  service  yet  awaited  him,  for 
his  ability  was  recognized  in  an  appointment,  on  the  18th  of  May,  1912,  to  a  position  on 
the  state  tax  commission,  and  to  enter  upon  the  duties  of  that  office  he  removed  to 
Phoenix,  v.here  he  now  makes  his  home. 

On  the  19th  of  June,  1907,  Mr.  Boyce  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mavie  Patterson, 
of  Williams,  Arizona,  a  daughter  of  Wilson  and  Sarah  (Hamilton)  Patterson,  the  former 
connected  with  railway  interests.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boyce  are  communicants  of  the 
Catholic  church,  interested  in  its  success  and  contributing  to  its  support.  He  belongs 
also  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Hoo  Hoos, 


176  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE       , 

■  an  organization  formed  among  lumbermen.  During  his  residence  in  Arizona  his  fellow 
citizens  have  found  hlra  a  reliable,  enterprising  business  man,  an  active,  trustworthy 
political  leader  and  a  man  of  sociability,  his  genial  nature  winning  for  him  many  friends. 


CHRISTIAN  HORN. 


Among  the  estimable  citizens  Germany  has  furnished  Cochise  county  must  be  mentioned 
Christian  Horn,  one  of  the  foremost  business  men  of  Douglas,  where  he  owns  and  operates  a 
large  bakery.  He  has  been  diligent  and  thrifty  and  during  the  twenty-five  years  of  his 
residence  in  the  United  States  luis  steadily  advanced  in  his  career  until  he  is  now  numbered 
among  the  substantial  and  prosperous  business  men  of  tlie  county. 

Mr.  Horn  was  born  in  Bavaria  in  1868,  and  there  he  was  likewise  reared  and  educated. 
When  he  left  school  he  was  apprenticed  to  tlie  baker's  trade,  which  he  followed  in  his  native 
land  for  eight  years.  In  1890  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States  to  seek  his  fortune,  first 
locating  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  followed  his  trade  for  two  years.  Having  acquired 
a  fair  knowledge  of  the  English  language  and  the  customs  of  the  country,  he  continued  his 
journey  westward  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  at  the  end  of  that  time.  A  year  later  he 
went  to  San  Francisco,  thence  to  Seattle,  and  later  he  resided  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  for 
a  time.  His  next  removal  was  to  Covina,  California,  where  he  established  a  bakery,  which  he 
conducted  for  five  years  witli  a  good  measure  of  success.  He  then  disposed  of  tliis  enterprise 
and  three  years  later  he  came  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  where  lie  owns  one  of  the  finest  bakeries 
in  Cochise  county.  Mr.  Hoin  not  only  lias  a  thorough  knowledge  of  his  trade  but  is  a  good 
business  man  and  in  the  conduct  of  his  cstablisliment  has  adopted  a  policy  which  has  enabled 
him  to  build  up  a  large  and  constantly  increasing  patronage.  He  owns  the  residence  he 
occupies  and  several  other  properties  in  Douglas  which  he  rents,  including  a  large  garage 
located  in  the  central  business  section.  He  also  has  a  residence  at  Los  Angeles  and  some 
other  property,  and  owns  land  at  Venice,  California.  In  common  with  tlie  majority  of  the 
business  men  in  the  southwest  he  is  interested  in  mining  projects,  owning  stock  in  some 
copper,  gold  and  silver  mines  in  Cochise  county, and  old  Mexico. 

Mr.  Horn  was  married  in  1899  to  Miss  Meta  Treder,  a  native  of  Germany,  in  which 
country  slie  was  reared  and  educated,  emigrating  to  the  United  States  in  1895.  Of  this 
marriage  there  have  been  born  three  children,  as  follows:  Henry,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Anita,  who  was  born  in  1902;  and  Herman,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1906. 

In  religious  faith  the  family  are  Lutlierans.  Mr.  Horn  is  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  politically  he  indorses  the  principles  of  the  democratic  party. 
Diligence  and  enterprise  have  been  the  dominant  factors  in  liis  success  and  have  been  the 
means  of  winning  iiini  the  prosperity  he  is  now  enjoying. 


MICHAEL  DOYLE. 


Michael  Doyle,  who  for  the  past  twenty-eight  years  has  been  connected  with  the  min- 
ing interests  of  Hisbee  and  vicinity,  was  born  in  tlie  state  of  New  York  in  1863.  He  is  a 
son  of  .lohn  and  Bridget  Doyle,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  emigrated  to  America  in  tlieir  yontli 
and  were  married  in  New  York,  tlie  latter  period  of  their  lives  being  passed  in  Butlalo,  tliat 
state.  The  fatlier  followed  tlie  mason's  trade  and  also  engaged  in  contracting.  In  the  family 
were  eight  children,  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  our  subject  being  the  second  in  order  of 
birth.  The  others  are  as  follows:  James  and  Mary,  who  are  deceased;  Margaret,  who  is  a 
resident  of  Bisbee,  Arizona;  Nora,  who  is  living  in  Rochester,  New  Y'ork;  Anna,  now  Mrs. 
McGuire,  of  Grand  Rapids,  ^Michigan;  John,  a  resident  of  Rocliester,  New  York;  and  Thomas, 
whose  home  is  in  Buffalo,  New  York. 

Michael  Doyle  was  e(hicated  in  the  public  sdiools  of  his  native  state.  In  1879,  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years,  he  came  west,  first  locating  in  Colorado.  He  subsequently  enlisted  in 
the  United  States  army,  spending  five  years  in  the  Fourth  Cavalry,  and  during  four  years 


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of  that  time  lie  was  stationed  in  Arizona.  At  the  expiration  of  his  terra  of  service  he 
engaged  in  ranching  for  a  year,  and  then  freighted  out  of  Bisbee  for  about  seven  months. 
Next  he  joined  a  United  States  pack  train,  witli  which  he  remained  until  September,  1886, 
wjien  he  took  up  mining  for  two  years.  He  has  since  prospected  and  mined  on  his  own 
account,  meeting  with  a  good  measure  of  success,  and  he  now  owns  one  of  the  well  known 
hotels  in  Bisbee,  a  fine  residence  and  two  other  dwelling  houses.  He  is  also  interested  in 
various  mining  projects. 

Mr.  Doyle  was  married  in  1893  to  Miss  R.  C.  Wickstrom,  a  native  of  Virginia  City, 
Nevada,  whence  she  removed  to  Tombstone,  Arizona,  with  her  parents  when  a  child,  and 
was  reared  and  educated  in  this  state.  Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wickstrom : 
Eva,  the  wife  of  Jack  Pennypacker,  of  Bisbee;  Nora,  who  married  J.  S.  Williams,  superin- 
tendent of  the  Montezuma  Copper  Company,  of  Mexico;  Mrs.  Doyle;  and  Jack  and  William, 
both  of  whom  reside  in  Bisbee,  as  does  also  the  mother.  The  father  was  killed  in  the  mines 
in  1894.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Doyle  have  been  born  three  children:  Thomas  F.,  who  was  born 
in  1895  and  is  a  high  school  graduate;  William  J.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1897;  and  Harry 
A.,  born  in  1899. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Doyle  is  affiliated  with  the  Brotherhood  of  American  Yeomen  and 
the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  votes  the  republican  ticket  and  takes  an  active 
and  helpful  interest  in  political  afl'airs.  He  was  chief  of  police  at  Tombstone  for  two  years, 
from  1890  to  1892,  while  for  six  years  he  held  the  office  of  constable,  discharging  his  duties 
in  both  connections  in  an  efficient  and  capable  manner. 


J.  H.  Mcpherson. 


J.  H.  McPherson,  who  since  1882  has  made  his  home  in  Tombstone  engaged  in  freight- 
ing to  points  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  is  one  of  the  well  known  and  enterprising  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city.  He  was  born_  in  Moniteau  county,  Missouri,  December  27,  1850,  a  son 
of  J.  B.  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  McPherson,  natives  of  Kentucky,  who  after  locating  in 
Missouri  were  married  in  that  state,  where  they  lived  for  some  years  and  where  the  mother 
passed  away  when  our  subject  was  but  three  years  of  age.  The  father  afterward  removed  to 
Denison,  Texas,  where  his  death  occurred.  In  the  family  were  three  children:  J.  H.,  of 
this  review;  W.  B.,  who  lived  in  Oklahoma,  where  he  died  in  1915;  and  J.  M.,  who  when  last 
heard  of  was  in  Idaho. 

J.  H.  McPherson  acquired  his  education  in  Missouri  and  when  seventeen  years  of  age 
came  west,  settling  in  Nevada,  where  he  freighted  merchandise  and  bullion  to  various  parts 
of  the  country.  He  continued  in  that  business  on  an  extensive  scale  until  April,  1882, 
when  he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Tombstone,  where  he  resumed  his  former  occupa- 
tion, being  now  the  proprietor  of  an  important  business.  In  the  course  of  years  he  has 
accumulated  considerable  property  in  the  city,  owning  besides  his  attractive  home  val- 
uable real-estate  holdings.  He  is  also  one  of  the  original  stockholders  in  the  Citizens  Bank 
&  Trust  Company  of  Bisbee,  Arizona. 

In  1887  Mr.  McPherson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Hughes,  a  native 
of  California  and  a  daughter  of  William  Hughes,  who  settled  in  San  Francisco  in  1850 
In  the  early  days  Mr.  Hughes  followed  gold  mining  in  that  section  of  the  state  and  met 
with  a  gratifying  degree  of  success.  In  1882  he  and  his  family  removed  to  Charleston, 
Arizona,  and  later  to  Tombstone,  but  he  now  makes  his  home  in  Bisbee.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McPherson  have  four  children.  Josephine,  born  in  1889,  was  graduated  from  the  Tempo 
Normal  School  and  later  taught  in  the  Tombstone  public  schools.  She  is  now  the  wife  of 
Arthur  Ivey,  of  Tombstone.  William  A.,  born  in  1890,  is  also  a  resident  of  Tombstone. 
Lorine,  born  in  1894,  was  graduated  from  the  Northern  Arizona  Normal  School  and  taught 
school  prior  to  her  marriage  to  R.  B.  Jenkins,  of  Los  Angeles,  California.  Milton,  born  in 
1904,  is  still  attending  school.     The  family  are  devout  members  of  the  Episcopal  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  McPherson  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  order,  and  has  filled  most  of 
the  chairs  in  the  blue  lodge.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  the  Knights 
Templar  commandery  and  the  Eastern  Star  Chapter.     For  many  years  past  he  has  been  a 


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factor  in  local  democratic  politics  and  has  served  ably  and  efficiently  in  various  positions 
of  public  trust.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  county  board  of  supervisors  and  has  served 
also  on  the  city  council  and  as  a  school  trustee,  his  official  record  being  clean,  honorable 
and  above  reproach. 


JAMES  K.  BROWN. 


James  K.  Brown,  pioneer  in  California  and  in  Arizona,  early  settler  in  Tucson  and 
for  over  thirty-seven  years  one  of  the  greatest  individual  forces  in  the  development  of  the 
cattle-raising,  farming  and  mining  industries  in  Pima  county,  is  now  closely  identified 
with  various  corporate  and  business  interests  in  this  section,  where  he  figures  as  one  of 
the  most  progressve  and  valued  citizens.  He  was  born  and  reared  in  Ohio,  but  when  a 
young  man  decided  to  seek  a  fortune  in  the  west  and  accordingly,  with  characteristic  con- 
fidence and  courage,  sailed  from  New  York,  taking  the  Panama  route  to  San  Francisco 
and  passing  through  the  Golden  Gate  on  March  29,  1869,  after  a  journey  of  twenty-two 
days.  He  engaged  in  farming  in  the  San  Joaquin  valley  at  a  place  then  called  Empire 
City,  in  what  is  now  Stanislaus  county,  and  he  was  very  successful  in  that  occupation. 

In  the  spring  of  1877  Mr.  Brown  and  his  companions  started  overland  with  teams  for 
Tucson,  Arizona.  They  were  joined  by  two  more  men  in  the  course  of  their  journey  and 
the  party  numbered  nine  upon  its  arrival  in  Tucson.  After  locating  tliere  Mr.  Brown  turned 
his  attention  to  cattle-raising  and  dry  farming,  buying  the  Sahuarito  ranch  in  the  Santa 
Cruz  valley,  south  of  Tucson,  and  adding  to  his  holdings  until  lie  owned  four  thousand 
acres.  An  interesting  history  is  attached  to  this  ranch,  which  was  the  first  established 
on  the  line  of  the  river  in  Pima  county  between  Tucson  and  Tubac.  As  far  back  as  18,54 
it  was  operated  as  a  cattle  ranch  by  its  first  owner,  Mr.  Columbus,  who  sold  it  to  Mr.  Rice 
a  few  years  aftt-rward.  It  then  came  into  the  possession  of  A.  C.  Benedict,  who  sold  it  to 
the  subject  of  this  review  in  1877.  As  a  ranch  it  never  passed  out  of  the  hands  of 
American  owners,  being  sold  by  Mr.  Brown  to  George  H.  Holmes  in  1911.  However,  it  is 
now  owned  by  the  Valley  Farm  Company  and  is  being  subdivided.  Upon  this  historic 
property  Mrs.  W.  C.  Greene,  the  widow  of  the  noted  copper  king  of  Arizona,  was  born, 
her  father  being  the  third  owner,  A.  C.  Benedict.  .lames  K.  Brown  owned  and  operated 
this  ranch  for  many  years,  developing  it  into  a  productive  and  profitable  enterprise  and 
becoming  one  of  the  largest  raisers  of  high  grade  cattle  in  his  part  of  the  state.  During 
the  period  of  his  ownership  he  gave  the  right  of  way  through  the  property  to  the  Tucson 
&  Nogales  Railroad  and  the  station  at  this  point  was  named,  Sahuarito.  In  1911  Mr. 
Brown  bought  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  and  his  son,  J.  K.,  Jr.,  located  one 
Inmdred  and  sixty  acres,  while  John  located  three  hundred  and  twenty.  At  the  present 
time  Mr.  Brown  does  not  give  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits  but  engages  in  mining, 
in  which  he  has  been  interested  since  1879,  when  he  located  a  copper  mine  at  Santa  Rita, 
in  the  Rosemont  district,  which  he  named  the  Narragansett.  This  is  now  being  worked 
by  W.  R.  Ramsdell  and  is  proving  a  very  productive  mine.  In  1885  Mr.  Brown  became 
proprietor  of  another  valuable  mine  located  on  the  west  side  of  the  valley  and  to  this  he 
gave  the  name  of  Olive  in  honor  of  his  wife.  Until  1896  he  made  his  home  upon  his  ranch 
but  at  that  time  was  obliged  to  move  to  Camp  Olive  on  account  of  Indian  troubles  and 
lived  there  one  year,  returning  to  the  ranch  in  1897.  At  present,  however,  he  is  a  resident 
of  Tucson.  He  has  prospered  in  his  mining  operations  and  now  controls  valuable  proper- 
ties and  is  numltered  among  the  great  factors  in  the  mining  development  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Brown  was  married  in  Ohio,  November  6,  1879,  to  Miss  Olive  Stephenson,  a  native 
of  Iowa  and  a  daughter  of  John  A.  and  Clarissa  (Birge)  Stephenson,  who  removed  from 
Iowa  Ho  Ohio.  Of  the  five  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown,  Clara  B.  is  now  the  wife 
of  Mulford  Winsor  and  has  three  children,  Eleanor,  Margaret  and  Mulford,  Jr.  The  other 
children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  are  .Tames  K.,  Jr.,  Harriet  E.,  John  S.  and  Margaret  B. 
Mrs.  Brown  is  a  lady  of  refinement  and  culture  and  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all 
who  know  her.  She  came  to  the  west  from  Ohio  and  was  one  of  the  first  white  women 
to  locate  near  Tucson.     At  that  time  the  Indians  were  often  troublesome  and  many  were 


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the  hardships  and  privations  to  be  endured.     She  is  an  exceptionally  splendid  story  teller 
and  relates  many  interesting  incidents  of  the  early  life  on  the   frontier. 

Mr.  Brown  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  local  republican  organization  and  was  elected 
sheriff  of  Pima  county  in  the  fall  of  1890,  serving  for  two  years,  during  which  time  he 
faithfully  performed  the  duties  Avhich  fell  to  his  lot,  guarding  the  interests  of  the  people 
he  served  fearlessly  and  conscientiously.  He  is  prominent  and  widely  known  in  Arizona, 
where  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers.  He  believes  in  and  acknowledges  the  rights 
and  privileges  of  others  while  laboring  in  his  own  interests,  and  in  his  business  career  has 
never  been  known  to  advance  liis  own  prosperity  by  trespassing  upon  the  rights  of  others. 
He  is  a  typical  man  of  the  west — alert  and  enteiprising,  with  marked  fertility  of  resource 
— and  he  has  left  the  impress  of  his  forceful  personality  upon  Arizona's  growth  and 
development. 


OLIVER  N.  CRESWELL. 


Oliver  N.  Creswell,  who  since  June,  1912,  has  filled  the  office  of  state  inspector  of 
weights  and  measures,  making  his  home  in  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Tennessee,  November 
29,  1852,  his  parents  being  William  A.  and  Phoebe  A.  Creswell,  who  were  also  natives 
of  the  same  state.  In  the  year  1859  the  father  removed  with  his  family  to  Texas,  set- 
tling at  Fort  Worth.  He  served  as  chief  justice  of  the  county  court  and  at  the  time  of 
the  Civil  war  was  connected  with  the  quartermaster's  department  in  the  Confederate  army. 
Following  the  close  of  hostilities,  he  gave  liis  attention  to  general  agricultural  pursuits. 

Oliver  N.  Creswell  had  the  advantage  of  public-school  training  and  in  early  manhood 
went  to  Bell  county.  Texas,  where  he  filled  the  office  of  deputy  sheriff  for  five  years.  He 
afterward  engaged  in  merchandising  in  Albany,  Texas,  for  three  years  and  in  1885  came  to 
Arizona,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  Locating  originally  in  Payson,  he  there  kept 
a  store  for  four  years,  after  which  he  was  made  deputy  sheriff  and  removed  to  Globe, 
Arizona,  wliere  he  resided  for  si.x  years.  He  was  very  prompt  and  fearless  in  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  that  oltice  and  made  a  creditable  record  while  the  incumbent.  He  was 
also  called  to  other  public  positions,  acting  as  clerk  of  the  district  court  for  two  years. 
Once  more  he  entered  commercial  circles  and  conducted  stores  in  several  towns  for  dif- 
ferent people.  In  that  way  he  became  widely  and  favorably  known.  He  continued  In 
mercantile  life  until  June,  1912,  when  he  was  appointed  state  inspector  of  weights  and 
measures.  He  is  now  filling  that  position,  having  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  already  he  has 
formed  a  wide  acquaintance  not  only  in  political  but  also  in  social  circles.  He  has  always 
voted  with  the  democratic  party  since  attaining  his  majority,  believing  firmly  in  its  prin- 
ciples and  in  the  progressive  stand  which  it  has  taken  regarding  many  vital  problems. 

Mr.  Creswell  has  been  twice  married.  After  losing  his  first  wife  he  wedded  Mrs.  C.  J. 
Croy  of  Topeka,  Kansas,  and  they  have  gained  many  friends  in  Phoenix  and  throughout 
the  state,  where  they  have  now  made  their  home  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
Mr.  Creswell  has  ever  been  diligent,  determined  and  enterprising  in  business  and  the  same 
laudable   qualities  he  brings  to   the  discharge   of   his  official   duties. 


OWEN  E.  MURPHY. 


Owen  E.  Murphy,  familiarly  known  among  his  many  friends  in  Tombstone  as  ".Judge," 
has  been  prominent  in  public  life  in  that  part  of  Arizona  for  many  years  and  is  now  supple- 
menting able  service  as  justice  of  the  peace  by  straightforward,  progressive  and  energetic 
work  in  the  office  of  county  recorder.  He  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1865  and  is  a  son  of  Owen 
E.  and  Margaret  (Murphy)  Murphy,  natives  of  Ireland.  The  father  came  to  America  in  1846 
and  worked  at  various  occupations  during  his  life.  He  and  his  wife  had  eight  children,  of 
whom  only  three  are  now  living,  namely:  Owen  E.,  of  this  review;  John,  who  is  superin- 
tendent of  the  Flint  Manufacturing  Company,  one  of  the  largest  paper  concerns  in  New 
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England;  and  Dora,  the  wife  of  JI.  J.  Barrett,  district  agent  for  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  Vermont. 

In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  Owen  K.  Murphy  attended  the  public  schools  in 
Vermont  and  after  completing  a  high-school  course  worked  in  a  drug  store.  He  learned  the 
business  thoroughly  and  finally  established  himself  in  it.  At  the  end  of  six  years  he  came 
west  and  in  1891  settled  in  Tucson,  but  after  one  year  went  to  Bisbee  and  there  engaged  in 
mining.  In  1904  he  met  with  a  serious  accident  causing  the  loss  of  one  of  his  lower  limbs 
and  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  his  work.  Soon  afterward  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace 
in  Bisbee  and  served  ably  and  efficiently  for  two  terms,  his  reelection  proving  the  value  of 
his  work.  He  became  active  in  the  public  life  of  the  territory  and  won  the  election  to  the 
twenty-fourth  territorial  legislature  and  reelection  to  the  twenty-fifth.  Subsequently  he 
removed  to  Lowell,  where  for  three  years  he  acted  as  justice  of  the  peace.  When  his  term 
expired  he  was  elected  county  recorder  of  Cochise  county,  with  residence  in  Tombstone,  and 
this  office  he  still  holds,  proving  his  energy  and  capability  by  the  efficient  discharge  of 
his  duties.  In  1900  he  enlisted  in  the  Thirty-fourth  United  States  Volunteer  Infantry 
and  went  with  his  regiment  to  the  Philippines,  where  he  saw  a  great  deal  of  active 
service  for  two  years,  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  at  the  end  of  that  time. 

On  the  18th  of  February,  1912,  Mr.  Alurphy  married  Mrs.  Mary  O'Donnell,  who  was 
bom  in  Pennsylvania,  of  English  parentage.  Mrs.  Murphy  has  four  children  by  her  former 
maniage,  namely :  John,  a  miner  in  Bisbee,  Arizona ;  Clara,  who  is  attending  the  Normal 
School  in  Flagstaff,  Arizona;  Mazie,  the  wife  of  Arthur  Standish,  an  engineer  in  Omaha, 
Nebraska;  and  Frances,  the  wife  of  .Joseph  Barbee,  of  El  Paso,  Texas. 

Mr.  Murphy  gives  a  stanch  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  aside  from  the  offices 
before  mentioned  has  served  as  United  States  cominissionor.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men.  Many  years  in  public  service  have  gained  for  him  an  enviable  reputa- 
tion as  a  man  of  strict  political  and  business  integrity,  energy  and  enterprise  and  have  made 
him  widely  known  in  the  community  where  "Judge"  Murphy  counts  most  of  his  acquaintances 
as  warm  friends. 


ISHAM  C.  E.  ADAMS. 


Isham  C.  E.  Adams,  the  present  mayor  of  Bisbee,  was  born  in  Pickensville,  Alabama, 
December  11,  1862,  a  son  of  Isham  C.  E.  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Taggart)  Adams,  natives  of  that 
state.  The  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war  and  met  death  upon  the  battlefield.  In  the 
family  were  two  children:  William  E.,  who  died  November  3,  1912,  in  West  Point,  Mis- 
sissip])!,  where  he  was  then  residing;  and  Isham  C.  E.,  of  this  review. 

Isham  C.  E.  Adams  began  his  independent  career  at  the  early  age  of  fourteen  years  and 
has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  resources  since  that  time.  He  started  as  a  messenger 
boy  in  the  employ  of  his  uncle,  a  cotton  broker  in  Pine  BlufV,  Arkansas,  and  he  worked  in 
that  capacity  for  five  years,  becoming  connected  with  the  mercantile  business  at  the  end 
of  that  time.  He  worked  in  a  general  store  in  Arkansas  for  ten  years  and  then  went  to 
California  with  his  employer,  who  conducted  a  store  in  that  state  for  one  year.  At  the 
end  of  that  period  Mr.  Adams  removed  to  Pasadena,  where  he  was  employed  as  clerk  in 
a  grocery  store  for  two  years,  and  then  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  obtained  employment 
in  a  large  grocery  concern.  After  one  year  he  came  to  Bisbee,  Arizona,  and  here  entered 
the  store  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company,  rising  through  various  stages  of  progress 
and  advancement  to  the  position  of  manager  of  the  retail  grocery  department.  He  served 
as  such  for  ten  years  and  during  this  time  opened  a  news  and  cigar  store  in  the  de|)ot, 
placing  this  enterprise  in  charge  of  his  wife  and  son,  who  continued  it  until  1908,  when 
Mr.  Adams  resigned  his  position  with  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  and  assumed 
control.  He  has  an  up-to-date  and  attractive  stand  whereon  may  be  found  all  the  new 
periodicals  and  the  daily  papers  and  the  best  brands  of  cigars.  He  is  upright  and  honorable 
in  his  business  methods  and  straightforward  in  his  dealings,  and  these  qualities  have  been 
rewarded  by  a  liberal  patronage. 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  183 

On  March  4,  1892,  Mr.  Adams  married  Miss  Ella  R.  Long,  a  native  of  Indiana  and  a 
daughter  of  Adam  Long,  of  German  ancestry.  He  had  five  children  besides  Mrs.  Adams, 
namely:  Katie,  who  married  Robert  Arborn,  of  Hereford,  Arizona;  Emma,  the  widow  of 
Thomas  Arborn,  of  Bisbee;  Mamie,  the  wife  of  Ora  Collins,  of  Bisbee;  William,  of  Long 
Beach,  California;  and  John,  whose  home  is  in  Louisville,  Kentucky.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams 
have  two  children:  Gladys  Jewell,  who  was  born  March  4,  1893,  and  married  Charles  Mahon, 
a  tailor  in  Bisbee;  and  Ishara  C.  E.,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  1896  and  is  attending  school. 

Mr.  Adams  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  fraternally  is  affiliated 
with  the  Owls  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  takes  an 
active  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  has  been  prominently  identified  with  local  polities 
and  in  May,  1914,  was  elected  mayor  of  Bisbee  for  a  term  of  two  years.  He  is  now  a 
candidate  for  governor  of  Arizona.  He  has  made  good  use  of  his  opportunities  and  has 
prospered  from  year  to  year,  holding  today  the  high  esteem  and  respect  of  all  who  have 
business  dealings  with  him. 


WILLIAM   HUGHES. 


William  Hughes  is  living  retired  in  Bisbee  after  a  long  and  successful  business  career, 
which  began  when  he  was  so  small  that  he  had  to  be  carried  to  work  on  his  father's  shoulders 
and  which  e.\tended  through  many  years  of  an  honorable  and  upright  manhood,  becoming 
finally  crowned  with  prosperity  and  success.  Mr.  Hughes  has  been  principally  engaged  in 
mining  and  became  an  expert  in  this  line,  winning  at  length  a  comfortable  comi)etence, 
which  enables  him  to  spend  the  evening  of  life  in  rest  and  comfort.  He  was  born  in 
South  Wales,  February  10,  1839,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  JIargaret  (Davis)  Hughes, 
also  natives  of  Wales,  the  former  a  successful  miner  during  his  entire  life.  In  their  family 
were  thirteen  children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely:  William,  of  this  review; 
and  Annie,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Mainwaring,  of  Syracuse,  Ohio,  formerly  superintendent  of 
a  eod.\  mine. 

A^Hien  William  Hughes  was  a  child  of  ten,  so  small  that  he  could  be  carried  easily  on 
his  father's  shoulders,  he  began  working  in  the  mines  of  South  Wales  and  he  practically 
grew  up  in  that  line  of  work.  He  left  his  native  country  in  1853  and  came  to  the  United 
States,  where  he  worked  in  the  coal  mines  of  Ohio  for  some  time.  He  mined  for  gold 
in  California  and  there  met  with  considerable  success.  In  1868  he  removed  tor  San  Fran- 
cisco and  engaged  in  the  coal  and  wood  business  there.  Selling  out  at  the  end  of  one  year 
he  next  went  to  Contra  Costa  county,  California,  where  he  worked  in  the  Mount  Diablo 
coal  mines.  He  also  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  upon  it  engaged  in 
cattle  raising  and  dairying,  making  a  success  of  both  lines  of  work  and  remaining  upon  his 
property  until  1881.  In  that  year  he  began  prospecting  for  gold  in  Sonoma  county  but, 
not  finding  it  in  profitable  quantities,  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Pima  county,  where 
he  worked  as  foreman  for  the  Columbia  Company  for  one  year.  At  the  expiration  of  that 
time  he  went  to  Charleston  and  there  for  three  years  worked  in  a  lead  smelter,  but  removed 
to  Tombstone  finally  and  was  employed  in  the  mines  of  that  vicinity  for  one  year.  In 
1888  he  became  identified  with  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  in  Bisbee  and  worked 
in  their  interests  for  thirteen  years,  when,  having  accumulated  a  fortune  sufficient  for  his 
needs,  he  retired.  He  built  at  that  time  the  Hughes  block  near  the  center  of  the  business 
district  of  the  city,  this  being  the  third  bviilding  which  Mr.  Hughes  erected  upon  this  prop- 
erty.    He  owns  in  addition  a  fine  home  in  Bisbee. 

On  the  32d  of  February,  1858,  Mr.  Hughes  married  Miss  Annie  Long,  a  native  of  Wales 
and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Long,  the  former  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  He  followed 
that  occupation  until  his  death  in  1848  and  was  survived  by  his  wife,  who  died  in  1883. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  became  the  parents  of  thirteen  children.  Margaret  is  the  wife  of 
John  Lambert,  of  Concord,  California,  and  has  five  children.  Jane  passed  away  leaving 
two  children.  Annie  married  A.  W.  Swindle,  of  Clifton,  Arizona,  by  whom  she  has  one 
child.  Elizabeth  became  the  wife  of  Joseph  McPherson,  of  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  has 
four   children.     William,   who   is   a   contractor   in   Los    Angeles,   is   married   and    has   three 


184  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

children.  Camilla  married  I.  W.  Wallace,  a  real-estate  dealer  in  Bisbee,  and  they  have  four 
children.  Edith  Is  the  wife  of  Cliarles  Paeheco,  of  Concord,  California,  and  the  mother  of 
two  sons.  Edwin  A.  was  for  four  years  deputy  county  recorder  of  Cochise  county  and  is 
now  serving  as  county  assessor.  He  is  married  and  has  two  children.  He  makes  his  home 
in  Tombstone.  Xellie  married  Joseph  Dalgleish,  a  miner  of  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  they 
have  four  children.  Geoige,  engaged  in  the  transfer  business  in  Tombstone,  is  married  and 
has  three  children.  Edna  became  the  wife  of  M.  B.  Morse,  a  real-estate  dealer  in  Phoenix, 
and  they  have  four  children.  Tlie  two  youngest  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Hughes  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Hughes  is  independent  in  his  political  views,  never  allowing  party  affiliation  to 
influence  his  vote.  He  served  on  the  city  council  of  Bisbee  for  two  years  and  was  for  three 
terms  road  overseer.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
having  been  practically  the  founder  of  the  local  lodge,  and  he  is  also  connected  with  the 
Owls.  Ho  and  his  wife  belong  to  tlie  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Hughes'  success  has  come  to 
him  not  tlirough  any  fortunate  circumstances  or  through  the  aid  of  others  but  has  been 
acquired  by  his  own  well  directed  efforts.  His  work  began  early,  and  he  has  battled 
earnestly  and  energetically  through  the  years  and  well  deserves  rest  and  honor  in  his 
declining  days. 


GUY  C.  WELCH. 


Ciuy  C.  Welch,  who  since  February,  1913,  has  filled  tlic  position  of  deputy  sheriff  of 
Cocliise  county  in  an  efficient  and  acceptable  way,  is  well  known  in  public  life  in  his  part 
of  Arizona  and  is,  moreover,  entitled  to  the  honor  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens  as  a 
veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  war.  He  was  born  in  Greeley,  Qolorado,  April  15,  1879, 
and  is  a  son  of  W.  P.  and  Tlieresa  (Crittenden)  Welch,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York 
and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  The  parents  were  pioneers  of  Colorado,  locating  in  that  state  in 
1875.  In  their  family  were  six  children:  Ella,  who  married  T.  A.  Foley,  of  Greeley,  Colc^ado; 
Irene,  who  became  the  wife  of  Charles  Grissom,  assistant  claim  agent  of  railroads  in  Idaho, 
living  in  Idaho  Falls;  Fred,  deceased;  Guy  C,  of  this  review;  Harry  V.,  employed  by  the 
government  in  clieiviical  research  work  at  Anaconda,  Montana;  and  Harriett  L.,  who  mar- 
ried C.  M.  .lohnson.  of  Hereford,  Arizona.  The  niotlier  makes  her  liome  with  Mrs.  Gris- 
som at  iJaho  Falls.  The  father  was  a  practicing  physician  for  many  years  but  on  his 
removal  to  Colorado  abandoned  his  profession  and  turned  his  attention  to  farming. 

Ui)on  the  homestead  Guy  C.  Welch  grew  to  manhood,  acquiring  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  and  supplementing  this  by  a  course  in  the  Colorado  State  Normal  School. 
He  began  his  independent  career  at  the  early  age  of  sixteen  years  wlien  he  secured  a  posi- 
tion as  clerk  in  a  store  at  Greeley.  After  two  years  lie  enlisted  in  Company  D,  First 
Colorado  Infantry,  for  the  Spanisli- American  war  and  was  sent  with  his  regiment  to  the 
Pliililipines,  taking  part  in  the  caiiture  of  Manila.  Mr.  Welch  was  later  transferred  to  the 
ipiartermaster's  department  ami  after  one  year's  service  was  honorably  discharged.  He 
then  turned  liis  attention  to  business  pursuits  in  the  Pliilippine  islands,  accepting  a  position 
with  tile  American  Commercial  Company  in  Manila  and  later  engaging  in  business  for  him- 
self in  that  city. 

When  he  returned  to  America  Mr.  Welch  settled  in  San  Francisco  and  since  that  time 
liis  life  has  been  varied  in  its  activities,  all  of  the  occupations  which  claimed  his  interest 
advancing  in  some  way  his  material  jirosperity.  From  California  he  went  to  Berwind, 
Colorado,  and  there  remained  one  year,  after  which  he  determined  to  pursue  his  education 
further  and  entered  the  State  University  at  Boulder.  After  a  short  course  he  went  to 
Springerville,  Arizona,  and  tlience  to  Naco,  where  he  worked  in  the  interests  of  the  Cop- 
per Queen  :Mining  Company  for  three  years.  His  next  location  was  in  Hereford  and  there 
he  acted  as  bookkeeper  and  superintendent  for  a  large  cattle  company,  resigning  after  two 
years  in  order  to  come  to  Tombstone,  where  he  has  since  resided,  accepting  in  February, 
1912,  the  position  of  deputy  slieriff  of  Cochise  county.     A  man  of  good  business  ability,  un- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  185 

questioned  integrity  and  high  standards  of  political  morality,  he  has  done  efficient  and  able 
work  in  this  capacity  and  enjoys  in  large  measure  the  esteem  of  his  official  associates  and 
tlie  regard  and  confidence  of  the  public  he  serves. 

Mr.  Welch  married  Miss  Grace  Winifred  Tarbell,  a  native  of  Tombstone  and  a  repre- 
sentative of  one  of  the  prominent  pioneer  families  of  this  section  of  Arizona,  her  father 
having  been  one  of  the  early  merchants  in  the  city.  Mrs.  Welch  is  a  cultured  and  educated 
woman  and  is  entitled  to  practice  medicine,  holding  her  M.  D.  degree  from  the  University 
of  California  at  Lob  Angeles. 

Mr.  Welch  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  an  active  worker  in  its 
ranks,  his  present  position  being,  however,  the  only  public  office  he  has  ever  held.  He  is  a 
believer  in  pure  and  clean  politics  and  never  withholds  his  support  from  any  enterprise 
which  he  believes  will  advance  the  material,  political  or  moral  welfare  of  the  community. 


GEORGE  DUNN. 


George  Dunn,  one  of  the  pioneer  mining  men  and  prospectors  of  Cochise  county,  who 
is  now  residing  in  Bisbee,  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York  in  1865.  He  is  a  son  of  .Jack 
and  Mary  Dunn,  natives  of  Ireland,  whence  they  emigrated  to  America  in  childhood  with 
tlieir  parents  the  mother  being  but  four  years  of  age  when  the  came  to  the  United  States. 
They  were  married  in  the  Empire  state  and  there  made  their  home  for  many  years. 
The  father  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  and  Civil  wars,  having  served  under  General  Fre- 
mont in  the  former.  After  serving  in  the  Civil  war  he  was  discharged  with  the  rank  of 
first  sergeant  from  the  Third  United  States  Cavalry,  locally  known  as  "The  Dragoons," 
and  was  drawing  a  pension  in  recognition  of  his  services  at  the  time  of  his  death.  When 
mustered  out  he  returned  to  his  family  in  New  York  but  soon  afterward  came  to  the 
southwest  and  for  a  time  was  employed  as  carpenter  at  the  post  at  Fort  Union,  New 
Mexico.  During  the  early  years  of  his  residence  in  this  part  of  the  country  he  took  up 
scout  work  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  his  services  in  this  connection  proving  so  effi- 
cient that  he  was  later  made  chief  of  the  scouts.  It  was  at  about  this  time  that  he 
located  the  first  mine  on  the  present  site  of  the  city  of  Bisbee  and  on  the  3d  of  August, 
1877,  he  discovered  the  Rucker  mine,  named  in  honor  of  Lieutenant  Rucker  of  the  United 
States  army,  a  brother-in-law  of  General  Sheridan.  About  a  year  later  Mr.  Dunn  was 
crossing  a  swollen  stream  accompanied  by  Lieutenants  Rucker  and  Henley.  The  other 
two  were  drowned  but  Mr.  Dunn  escaped  by  grabbing  a  branch  of  a  tree.  Since  that  day 
the  canyon  has  been  khown  as  Rucker  Canyon.  Mr.  Dunn's  mining  operations  included 
the  location  of  the  Shakespeare  mine,  which,  however,  was  not  developed  until  some  time 
later.  While  at  Shakespeare  three  Apaches  stole  his  two  horses.  He  followed  them  on 
foot,  shot  one  of  the  Indians  and  succeeded  in  recovering  his  property.  He  continued  to 
engage  in  mining  and  in  scout  work  until  1885,  when  he  returned  to  tlie  east  and  passed 
away  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  The  mother  long  survived  him,  her  death  occurring  in 
Bisbee  in  1909.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children  but  two  of  the  sons,  John  and 
James,  and  the  daughter,  Emma,  are  deceased. 

The  only  surviving  member  of  the  family  is  George  Dunn,  who  spent  the  first  six- 
teen years  of  his  life  in  his  native  state,  his  education  being  there  obtained  in  the  public 
schools.  He  came  west  about  1881,  first  locating  at  Fort  Bowie,  where  for  two  years,  in 
1885  and  1886,  he  held  the  mail  contract.  While  driving  the  mail  stage  during  the  early 
part  of  the  latter  year  he  was  proceeding  up  the  canyon  about  three  miles  from  the  fort 
when  he  glanced  up  and  saw  three  Indians  standing  in  the  road.  Mr.  Dunn  went  to  pull  a 
gun  but  they  held  up  their  hands.  Two  of  them  had  rifles  and  one  a  bow  and  arrows.  They 
spoke  in  Apache,  which  Mr.  Dunn  could  not  understand,  but  they  kept  pointing  down  the 
mountain  and  they  followed  the  buckboard,  in  which  he  rode,  into  the  post.  His  father 
met  him  at  the  sutler's  store  and  spoke  to  the  Indians  in  their  language,  conducting  them 
up  to  headquarters,  where  they  proved  to  be  riuiners  for  Geronimo,  who  wanted  to 
surrender.  They  probably  knew  that  Mr.  Dunn  was  carrying  the  mail  and  took  that  method 
of  getting  into  the  fort  without  risking  a  chance   shot   from   some  one   whom   they  might 


186  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

encounter.  Geronimo  did  surrender  at  tliat  time  and  came  as  far  toward  the  post  as  the 
John  Slaughter  ranch,  where  two  despicable  Americans  sold  the  Indians  whiskey  and  they 
sill  left  in  the  night.  After  delivering  the  mail  under  contract  for  two  years  Mr.  Dunn 
spent  a  similar  period  in  connection  with  a  government  pack  train  and  while  thus  engaged 
in  1887  he  was  told  by  Lieutenant  Xeil,  quartermaster,  that  the  Indians  were  going  to  be 
sent  away  to  St.  Augustine  the  following  morning  and  that  he  wanted  Mr.  Dunn  to  drive 
Geronimo  down  to  Bowie  Station  with  four  mules  and  a  two-seated  buckboard.  Mr.  Dunn 
replied  that  he  had  never  driven  a  four-in-hand  in  his  life,  but  the  lieutenant  answered, 
"'You  can  handle  them,"  and  instructed  him  to  line  up  ten  feet  from  the  ambulance  on  the 
parade  ground.  He  made  the  trip  desired  and  lined  up  with  the  ambulance,  which  was 
to  contain  General  Miles  and  other  officers;  but  Captain  Thompson,  aide-de-camp  to  General 
Miles,  told  him  to  go  down  where  the  Indians  were.  On  obeying  this  order.  Lieutenant 
Neil  said:  "1  told  you  to  line  up  with  the  ambulance!"  Mr.  Dunn  replied  that  he  had 
had  orders  from  Thompson,  whereupon  Neil  said,  '"Never  mind  Thompson — do  as  I  told 
you."  At  that  time  the  mules  smelled  the  Indians  and  he  could  do  nothing  with  his  team 
until,  with  the  assistance  of  two  soldiers,  he  untangled  them  and  got  within  forty  feet 
of  the  ambulance.  Tom  Horn,  who  later  was  executed  in  Wyoming,  acted  as  interpreter 
and  was  on  tlie  front  seat  with  Mr.  Dunn,  while  Geronimo  and  Vatches  and  another  Indian 
were  on  the  back  seat.  When  about  to  start  Mr.  Dunn  looked  around  to  see  if  all  were 
seated  but  Geronimo  was  missing,  having  gone  back  among  the  squaws  in  an  escort  wagon. 
Mr.  Dunn  came  to  Bisbee  in  1889  and  has  there  since  made  his  headquarters.  He  took  up 
prospecting  ahd  mining  in  Arizona  and  Mexico  and  is  still  engaged  in  the  same  line  of 
work,  now  prospecting  in  the  Huachuca  Mountains.  He  still  resides,  however,  in  Bis- 
bee and  he  made  his  home  with  his  mother  imtil  her  death,  as  he  has  never  marrieii.  He 
holds  membership  in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  he  votes  the  democratic 
ticket.  He  has  spent  about  thirty-five  years  in  the  southwest,  during  which  time  he  has 
been  an  interested  observer  of  the  progress  and  development  of  Arizona  and  expects  to  yet 
see  it  one  of  the  foremost  states  of  the  Union. 


EDWARD  TITCOMB. 


In  taking  up  the  history  of  the  men  who  are  connected  with  the  prominent  business 
interests  of  Nogales  and  who  have  been  for  many  years  factors  in  its  commercial  and 
Industrial  prosperity  mention  should  be  made  of  Edward  Titcomb,  organizer  and  president  of 
Roy  &  Titcomb,  Inc.,  doing  a  large  business  in  mining  machinery  ami  supjilies.  This  is  one 
of  the  im])ortant  elements  in  Xogales'  business  circles  and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  Mr. 
Titcomb  has  been  active  in  its  control,  standing  today  among  the  successful  and  progressive 
business  men  of  the  city. 

He  was  Ixirn  in  Windham,  Rockingham  county.  New  Hampshire,  a  son  of  Edward  and 
Sarah  (Abbot)  Titcomb.  His  father  was  a  shipping  merchant  and  later  a  manufacturer. 
The  son  sjjcnt  his  childhood  in  his  native  place,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schools. 
When  he  was  a  .young  man  he  came  west  and  engaged  in  mining  in  the  silver  mining  districts 
of  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  making  his  first  settlement  in  Nogales  in  1884.  He 
afterward  went  to  the  mines  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  sjient  five  years  in  that  section,  return- 
ing at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Nogales,  where  he  has  since  remained.  In  1889  he  formed  a 
partnership  witli  Colonel  Roy  under  the  tirin  name  of  Roy  &  Titcomb.  In  a  small  way  they 
began  dealing  in  mining  machinery  and  sui)plies  but  their  business  expanded  rapidly,  its 
growth  being  due  to  excellent  management  and  straightforward  and  honorable  business 
methods.  The  company  continued  as  a  copartnership  until  the  death  of  Colonel  Roy  in  1900, 
when  it  was  incorporated,  the  present  officers  being:  Edward  Titcomb,  president;  L.  W. 
Mix,  vice  president;  H.  M.  Clagett,  second  vice  president;  and  Louis  Hudgin,  secretary  and 
treasurer.  The  plant  is  located  at  the  gateway  to  the  rich  districts  of  Sonora  and  Sinaloa, 
Mexico,  and  has  the  best  equi|)ped  foundry  and  machine  shops  and  the  largest  stock  of 
mining  machinery  and  supplies  in  the  southwest.  Roy  &  Titcomb,  Inc.,  are  exporters,  job- 
berg  an<l  manufacturers  of  mining  machinery  and  heavy  hardware.     They  turn  out  a  large 


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line  of  heavy  raining  machinery.  The  concern  has  the  distinction  of  liaving  built  the  first 
engines  and  quartz  mill  machinery  built  in  Arizona,  and  are  today  in  control  of  the  largest 
enterprise  of  this  character  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Titcomb  gives  a  great  deal  of  his  time  to  the  affairs  of  Koy  &  Titcomb,  Inc.,  but 
this  by  no  means  limits  the  scope  of  his  interests,  for  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Nogales  and  is  how  a  director;  is  secretary  and  director  of  the 
Nogales  Electric  Light,  Ice  &  Water  Comi)any,  and  president  of  the  Arizona  &  Sonora 
Manufacturing  Company.     He  has  mining  interests  in  Mexico. 

On  the  12th  of  November,  1892,  Mr.  Titcomb  married  Miss  Mary  G.  Christ,  of  Nogales, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  six  children :  Edward  A.,  Georgia,  Josephine,  Dorothy,  John  B. 
and  Mary.  Mrs.  Titcomb  is  a  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Forney)  Christ,  who  came  to 
Arizona  from  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in  1886.  Mr.  Christ  was  appointed  the  fir.st  customs  collector 
of  the  customs  district  of  Arizona  and  was  afterward  surveyor  general  of  the  territory. 
Mr.  Titcomb  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  business  man  has 
made  a  splendid  record,  his  success  being  founded  on  his  own  executive  and  organizing 
power,   his   industry   and   the   ability   which   commands   opportunity. 


JOHN  IGO. 


John  Igo,  who  served  as  city  marshal  of  Douglas  county  for  four  years,  was  born  in 
Lyon  county,  Kansas,  February  24,  1881,  his  parents  being  V.  H.  and  Margaret  A.  Igo.  The 
father,  who  was  a  railroad  contractor,  removed  with  his  family  to  Arizona  in  1882,  locating 
in  Santa  Cruz  county.  There,  in  partnership  with  Joseph  H.  Hampson,  now  deceased,  he 
was  awarded  various  contracts,  one  of  which  specified  the  grading  of  thirty-five  continuous 
miles  of  railroad  in  that  county,  at  that  time  known  as  Santa  Fe  Railroad  between  Benson 
and  Nogales.  He  followed  this  line  of  work  with  a  good  measure  of  success  until  1898, 
when  he  gave  it  up  in  order  to  devote  his  entire  attention  to  the  conduct  of  a  fruit  and 
cattle  ranch  he  had  previously  acquired  in  Santa  Cruz  county.  Two  years  later  he  dis- 
posed of  his  ranch  and  went  to  Mexico,  where  he  passed  away  in  1911.  Mr.  Igo  was  one  of 
the  foremost  citizens  of  his  community  and  took  an  active  interest  in  promoting  its  wel- 
fare and  progress.  He  always  manifested  an  earnest  and  helpful  interest  in  all  jjublic 
affairs,  particularly  of  a  political  nature,  and  was  a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Igo  were  born  three  daughters  and  eight  sons,  all  of  whom  are  living  with 
the  exception  of  one.  The  mother  still  makes  her  home  in  Santa  Ciuz  county,  where  she 
resides   on  a  ranch. 

John  Igo,  the  eldest  child,  was  only  an  infant  when  the  family  located  in  Arizona, 
where  he  was  reared.  He  completed  his  education  in  the  Evans  Camp  district  schools  and 
later  attended  the  University  of  this  state,  following  which  he  engaged  in  railroading,  being 
first  employed  on  the  Southern  Pacific.  He  held  various  positions  on  the  different  railroads 
in  the  state  and  then  went  on  the  range  as  a  cow  boy.  In  1901  he  returned  to  railroading, 
which  he  followed  for  a  year  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company,  remaining  in  their  service  for  about  six  years.  Mr. 
Igo  early  became  familiar  with  the  Spanish  language,  in  which  he  is  now  very  proficient, 
using  it  with  practically  the  same  ease  and  facility  as  English.  It  has  been  of  very  great 
assistance  to  him  in  his  business  and  in  1906  he  was  made  clerk  of  the  justice  and  municipal 
courts  of  Douglas  and  also  Spanish  interpreter  in  the  municipal  court.  He  retained  this 
post  until  May,  1909,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  marshal.  In  1915  he  took 
up  his  residence  in  Tombstone,  where  he  is  now  serving  as  court  interpreter,  librarian,  and 
court  bailiff.  Mr.  Igo  owns  stock  in  various  mines  in  Mexico  and  in  the  Arizona  Oil  Com- 
pany. He  is  also  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the  Lost  Hills  Oil  Company  in  the  vicinity 
of  Benson,  this  state.  He  has  property  in  Salt  Lake  City  and  owns  ten  acres  of  Everglade 
land  in  Florida. 

On  the  14th  of  February,  1904,  Mr.  Igo  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Flora  Morrill, 
a  native  of  New  Mexico  and  a  daughter  of  Edward  Morrill,  who  was  a  soldier.  He  was  born 
and  reared  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  whence  he  came  to  Arizona  in  1876,  being  one  of  the 


190  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

pioneers  of  the  southwest.  Mrs.  Morrill  liad  been  previously  married  to  P.  Funke,  wlio 
was  of  German  lineage  and  a  miller  by  trade,  and  by  him  she  had  four  children,  all  of 
whom  are  living:  Alfred;  Ambrocio;  Arthur;  and  Clara,  the  wife  of  J.  A.  Holden,  of  Los 
Angeles,  California.  Mrs.  Igo,  who  was  reared  in  Los  Angeles,  was  the  only  child  born 
to  her  parents,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Igo  have  four  children: 
Clara  M.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  January,  1905;  John  N.,  born  in  1906;  Louis  F.,  born 
in  1907;   and  Ruth  Helen,  born  in  1913. 

Mr.  Igo  is  a  member  of  the  Frateiiial  Brotherhood  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  Politically  he  stanchly  supports  the  democratic  party  and  has  always  taken  an 
active  interest  in  municipal  and  county  governmental  affairs.  In  addition  to  the  offices 
mentioned  he  has  served  as  assistant  postmaster  of  Douglas,  discharging  his  duties  in  this 
connection  with  the  same  general  efficiency  which  has  characterized  him  in  his  various  official 
capacities. 


LYSANDER  CASSIDY. 


During  the  fifteen  years  of  his  residence  in  Phoenix  Lysander  Cassidy,  attorney  at  law, 
has  won  distinction  in  his  profession,  having  now  a  large  and  distinctively  representative 
clientage.  He  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  born  January  21,  1871,  and  is  a  son  of  Leander  and 
Louisa  (Cox)  Cassidy,  the  former  a  farmer  by  occupation.  While  spending  his  youthful 
days  on  the  old  homestead  the  public  schools  afforded  him  his"  educational  privileges  until 
he  entered  Knox  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1892.  Upon  the  foundation  of 
broad  literary  learning  he  reared  the  superstructure  of  professional  knowledge,  pursuing  a 
law  course  in  the  Northwestern  University  at  Cliicago,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1894. 
He  then  located  for  practice  at  Peoria,  Illinois,  where  he  remained  for  a  few  years,  arriving 
in  Phoenix  in  1901.  He  has  since  been  actively  identified  with  the  profession  in  that  city 
and  his  progress  has  been  continuous  as  he  has  given  evidence  of  his  ability  to  cope  with 
intricate  and  involved  problems  of  law.  In  October,  1915,  Mr.  Cassidy  formed  a  partnership 
with  Judge  J.  0.  Phillips,  the  firm  name  being  Cassidy  &  Phillips.  He  is  a  democrat  in  politics 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Arizona  Constitutional  Convention  in  1910.  He  has  also  served 
on  the  State  Library  Board.  Fraternally  he  holds  membership  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Arizona  Club.  His  interests  are 
broad  and  varied,  bringing  him  into  close  connection  with  projects  and  measures  liaving 
direct  and  important  bearing  upon  the  welfare  'and  progress  of  his  community. 


JOHN  W.  BOGAN. 


The  name  of  John  W.  Began,  the  present  county  assessor,  has  appeared  on  the  roster 
of  Pima  county  since  1898,  his  years  of  continuous  service  having  outnumberd  those  of  any 
other  official.  He  is  a  resident  of  Tucson  and  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  where  for 
thirty-nine  years  he  has  been  interested  in  the  real-estate  and  cattle  business  and  is  now 
secretary  of  the  Arivaca  Land  &  Cattle  Company.  He  was  born  in  Grass  Valley,  Nevada 
county,  California,  August  8,  1855,  and  is  of  Irish  extraction,  his  parents,  John  and  Agnes 
(Byrne)  Bogan,  having  been  natives  of  the  Emerald  isle.  The  fatlier's  birth  occurred  in  the  city 
of  Belfast,  and  there  he  passed  his  boyhood.  On  starting  out  in  life  for  himself  he  entered 
the  service  of  the  merchant  marine  and  visited  practically  all  of  the  important  ports  of  the 
world.  He  worked  up  from  a  minor  position  to  that  of  captain,  and  on  attaining  his  major- 
ity was  placed  in  charge  of  a  ship.  In  1849  he  sailed  from  Liverpool  to  San  Francisco  around 
the  Horn,  and  upon  arriving  in  the  latter  city  abandoned  the  sea  and  turned  his  attention 
to  prospecting.  He  mined  in  the  gold  fields  of  Yuba,  Nevada,  and  Sierra  counties,  Califor- 
nia, until  1872,  and  then  went  to  Sail  Diego,  where  he  remained  until  1877,  following  which 
he  located  in  Pima  county,  Arizona.  He  died  in  1904,  and  the  mother  passed  away  in   1884. 

The  early  life  of  John  W.  Bogan  was  passed  in  Sierra  county,  California,  his  education 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  191 

being  acquired  in  the  public  schools.  He  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  San 
Diego  in  1872  and  soon  afterward  began  his  apprenticeship  to  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He 
followed  that  occupation  for  three  years  and  then  joined  the  engineering  corps  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  assisting  in  the  construction  of  their  lines  to  Yuma, 
Ai'izona.  He  continued  in  their  service  until  May,  1877,  and  next  engaged  in  the  mining 
and  cattle  business  in  the  Arivaca  district  of  Pima  county.  His  efforts  have  been  rewarded 
in  a  most  gratifying  manner  during  the  intervening  period  and  he  has  acquired  extensive 
property  and  valuable  mining  interests  and  is  likewise  the  owner  of  large  herds  of  cattle. 
He  was  formerly  manager  of  the  Yellow  Jacket  Mining  Company  and  the  Boston  Plomosa 
Mining  Company  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  he  is  now  secretary  of  the  Arivaca  Land  &  Cattle 
Company. 

For  his  wife  and  helpmate  Mr.  Bogan  chose  Miss  Catherine  Stuart,  a  native  of  Sacra- 
mento, California,  and  a  daughter  of  John  Stuart,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  section,  and 
to  them  have  been  born  two  children,  Ivo  G.  and  .John  Stuart. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Bogan  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Politi- 
cally he  supports  the  republican  party  and  takes  an  active  and  lielpful  interest  in  all  county 
and  municipal  affairs.  He  was  a  member  of  the  territorial  central  conmiittee  for  a  time 
and  has  served  continuously  as  an  official  of  Pima  county  since  1898.  He  began  his  public 
career  as  county  assessor  in  1898,  and  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  was  reelected.  Later 
he  was  elected  county  treasurer,  in  which  capacity  he  likewise  served  for  two  terms,  and 
in  1911  he  was  elected  county  assessor.  That  he  has  proved  an  efficient  and  capable  official 
is  evidenced  by  his  retention  in  office  as  well  as  by  the  regard  and  esteem  in  which  he  is 
held  by  his  constituency  and  the  community  at  large.  Mr.  Bogan  is  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  Pima  county  and  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen  of  Tucson,  where  he  enjoys  a 
wide  and  favorable  acquaintance  by  reason  of  his  service  to  the  community  both  as  a 
private  citizen  and  public  official. 


HORACE  C.  STILLMAN. 


Horace'  C.  Stillman,  fovmder  of  the  Douglas  Business  Men's  Protective  Association  and 
its  secretary  since  its  organization,  a  powerful  and  vital  factor  in  the  educational  life  of 
Cochise  county  and  a  progressive  and  reliable  business  man,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  in 
1848,  a  son  of  John  J.  and  Carrie  (Childs)  Stillman,  the  former  a  native  of  Connecticut  and 
the  latter  of  New  Hampshire.  The  father  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  manufacturer 
in  his  native  state  and  followed  that  occupation  until  his  death.  In  his  family  were 
eleven  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living;  William  A.,  a  resident  of  California;  Carrie, 
who  married  Sidney  B.  Earaes,  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut;  Augustus,  a  dealer  in  oil  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut;  Clara  J.,  an  osteopathic  physician  in  Pasadena,  California;  Horace  J., 
of  this  review;  and  Mamie,  the  wife  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Preston,  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut. 

Horace  C.  Stillman  was  reared  in  Connecticut  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
and  private  schools  of  that  state.  He  began  his  business  career  at  the  age  of  twenty-one, 
securing  a  position  with  the  Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Company,  with  which  he  remained 
for  three  years,  coming  west  in  1876  and  settling  in  California.  He  had  a  natural  mechan- 
ical talent,  which  he  developed  by  private  work,  and  during  his  residence  in  the  eastern  states 
was  successful  in  many  occupations.  In  California  he  turned  his  attention  to  ranching  for 
one  year  but  later  became  identified  with  railroading,  taking  charge  of  the  tunnel-driving 
operations  for  the  Southern  Pacific.  At  the  end  of  three  years  he  came  to  Arizona  and 
located  at  Bisbee,  where  he  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business  for  two  and 
one-half  years.  He  then  became  interested  in  mining  and  worked  in  and  about  the  mines 
in  various  capacities  from  1884  to  1898.  He  was,  however,  injured  in  an  accident  and 
was  obliged  to  take  up  clerical  work,  following  bookkeeping  in  Bisbee  until  he  came  to 
Douglas  in  1901,  at  the  time  when  the  town  was  just  being  organized.  He  became  identified 
in  an  important  way  with  the  hotel  business,  operating  a  large  and  profitable  enterprise 
of  this  character  for  three  years  and  afterward  resuming  his  clerical  work. 

Always  interested  in  progressive  public  movements  and  eager  to  advance  the  material. 


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intellectual  and  political  welfare  of  the  community,  Mr.  Stillman  became  identified  with 
various  phases  of  municipal  life  and  made  his  influence  felt  upon  the  general  advancement. 
He  organized  the  Douglas  Business  Men's  Protective  Association  and  lias  been  its  secre- 
tary since  that  time,  working  always  for  the  best  interests  of  the  city  and  holding  today 
a  high  place  among  the  substantial,  progressive  and  representative  business  men.  The 
scope  of  his  activities  has  been  extended  to  include  personal  identification  with  school 
matters  in  this  part  of  the  state  and  he  has  become  one  of  the  greatest  individual  forces  in 
the  promotion  of  public  education  throughout  Cochise  county.  In  Bisbee  he  was  one 
of  the  first  school  trustees  and  took  an  active  part  in  building  the  first  frame  schoolhouse 
in  the  city,  his  sister,  Clara  J.  Stillman,  acting  as  the  first  schoolteacher.  He  is  still  inter- 
ested in  everything  pertaining  to  the  development  and  expansion  of  educational  aff'airs  in  the 
state.  His  indorsement  of  any  public  measure  insures  for  it  a  large  following,  for  it  is  well 
known  that  he  has  the  best  interests  of  the  community  at  lieart,  and  many  of  the  leading 
enterprises   of  the  city  stand  today  as   a   testimonial   to   his   public   spirit. 

In  Dover,  Delaware,  in  1870,  Mr.  Stillman  married  Miss  Anna  Loomis,  a  native  of 
New  York  and  a  daughter  of  A.  and  Frances  (TuUer)  Loomis,  both  of  whom  were  born 
in  the  Empire  state  and  have  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stillman  have  three  children. 
Mae,  the  eldest,  is  the  wife  of  Fred  Door,  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  they  have  four 
children.  Will,  Charlotte,  Francis  and  Stillman.  Jack,  a  business  man  of  Douglas,  Arizona, 
is  married  and  has  one  daughter,  Rowena.  Ben,  the  first  white  child  born  in  Bisbee,  Arizona, 
is  now  a  resident  of  Douglas. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Stillman  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
of  which  he  is  a  charter  member.  He  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  local  republican  politics,  having 
■ssued  the  first  call  for  a  republican  meeting  in  Bisbee  and  having  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace  in  that  city  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  afterward  a  candidate  for  the  office 
of  county  recorder  and  in  a  democratic  district  was  defeated  by  a  majority  of  only  twenty- 
seven  votes.  He  enjoys  a  wide  and  favorable  acquaintance  in  Douglas,  where  he  has  resided 
since  the  foundation  of  the  city  and  where  he  has  long  been  numbered  among  its  most  sub- 
stantial  and   highly   esteemed   citizens.  - 


GEORGE   U.   YOUNG. 


The  name  of  George  V.  Young  is  well  known  in  connection  with  mining,  railroad  and 
other  interests  in  Arizona,  as  he  has  been  an  active  factor  in  the  development  of  the 
resources  of  the  state  whereby  the  wealth  of  Arizona  has  been  greatly  increased.  More- 
over, he  is  a  recognized  leader  in  republican  circles  and  his  opinions  carry  weight  in  both 
political  and  business  connections,  for  his  judgment  is  sound,  his  sagacity  keen  and  his 
industry  unfaltering. 

Mr.  Young  was  born  in  Hamburg,  CTark  county,  Indiana,  February  10,  1867,  and  is 
a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Wilson)  Young.  The  mother  died  during  the  early  boy- 
hood of  licr  son  George  and  in  1879  the  father  removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  resided  until 
1896.  When  but  fourteen  years  of  age  George  U.  Young  started  out  in  the  business  world 
on  his  own  account  and  has  truly  earned  the  proud  American  title  of  a  self-made  man, 
possessing  that  biisiness  genius  which  has  enabled  him  to  triumph  over  difficulties  and 
obstacles  and  work  his  way  steadily  upward  to  success  and  prominence.  He  was  first 
employed  as  a  farm  hand  and  in  early  manhood  engaged  in  teaching  school.  He  always 
displayed  special  aptitude  in  his  studies  and  readily  nuistcrcd  the  lessons  assigned  him. 
When  but  twelve  years  of  age  he  could  read  both  Latin  and  Greek.  Taking  up  the  study 
of  law,  he  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  of  Kansas  when  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
He  entered  at  once  upon  the  work  of  the  profession  and  gained  notable  success,  winning 
eighteen  lawsuits.  He  then  withdrew  from  active  practice  and  in  1890  made  his  way  to 
Phoenix.  He  was  employed  as  a  bookkeeper,  on  the  railroad  during  the  construction  of  the 
line  between  Ashfork  and  Phoenix  and  went  through  the  usual  experiences  incident  to  the 
development  of  a  new  district.  Later  he'  gained  experience  in  another  phase  of  railroad 
work,  that  of  the  actual   operation   of  a   road,  and   he  worked   up  to  locomotive  engineer. 


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I'or  four  years  he  filled  the  position  of  principal  of  the  schools  of  Williams,  and 
at  one  time  he  was  also  the  owner  of  a  newspaper  at  Williams,  publishing  one 
of  the  finest  and  most  popular  weeklies  in  the  state.  While  engaged  in  journalistic 
efforts  he  also  taught  school  and  proved  his  ability  in  both  connections.  He  is  ever  found 
adecjuate  to  the  situation  when  it  is  a  matter  of  intelligence  and  knowledge.  Only  once 
in  his  life  has  defeat  to  any  e.xtent  overtaken  him.  With  Captain  Buckey  O'Neil,  he  was 
one  of  the  originators  of  the  Santa  Fe  &  Grand  Canyon  Railroad,  and  his  loyalty  to 
Williams  and  the  promoters  of  that  project  lost  him  the  sura  of  more  than  seventy-five 
thousand  dollars  and  several  years  of  hard  work.  Undiscouraged  by  this,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  mining  and  within  three  years  had  paid  off  the  entire  sum  of  the  indebted- 
ness and  had  a  considerable  amount  to  the  good.  He  is  today  extensively  interested  in 
raining,  owning  a  big  mine  six  miles  west  of  Prescott  and  also  has  another  large  mine 
known  as  the  Mammoth  or  Goldfleld  mine,  his  interests  being  capably,  intelligently  and 
successfully  directed  under  the  name  of  the  Young  Mines  Company,  Ltd. 

Mr.  Young  has  long  been  recognized  as  a  leader  in  political  circles,  taking  an  active 
interest  in  municipal  as  well  as  state  polities.  In  this  he  is  actuated  by  an  earnest  desire 
to  promote  the  welfare  of  city  and  commonwealth.  He  acted  as  secretary  of  the  central 
committee  during  the  Cameron  and  Morrison  campaigns,  conducting  party  affairs  in  a 
manner  unequalled.  In  1909  he  was  appointed  secretary  of  state  for  Arizona  and  filled 
the  position  until  1912.  He  has  made  a  close  study  of  conditions  here,  thoroughly  under- 
stands the  needs  and  the  opportunities  of  the  state  and  has  labored  to  promote  public 
progress  through  political  activity. 

On  the  26th  of  September,  1900,  Mr.  Y'oung  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  M.  Smith,  of 
Williams,  and  they  have  a  family  of  one  son  and  two  daughters.  Mr.  Young  is  very 
])rorainent  in  fraternal  circles.  He  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish 
Rite  in  Masonry  and  has  also  crossed  the  sands  of  the  desert  with  the  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Knights  of  Pythias.  As  the  years  have  passed  his  activity  and  usefulness  have 
increased  in  all  the  lines  of  life  to  which  he  directs  his  efforts.  His  energy  is  unfaltering, 
his  sagacity  keen,  and  his  record  proves  that  success  is  not  a  matter  of  genius,  as  held  by 
some,  but  is  rather  the  outcome  of  clear  judgment,  experience  and  ready  adaptability.  He 
has  wisely  used  the  talents  with  which  nature  has  endowed  him  and  seems  to  have  accom- 
plished at  any  one  point  of  his  career  the  utmost  possibility  for  successful  achievement 
at  that  point.  He  is  now  acceptably  serving  as  mayor  of  Phoenix  and  has  given  the  city 
a  businesslike  administration,  clearly  showing  the  wisdom  of  his  judgment  in  municipal 
affairs  and  transforming  condemnation   into   praise  by   his   foresight   and  judgment. 


CHARLES  F.  MOSS. 


Charles  F.  Moss  is  one  of  the  foremost  representatives  of  commercial  interests  in  Benson, 
where  he  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  business  for  more  than  fifteen  years.  He  is  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  in  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  M.  F.  and  D.  W.  Moss.  The  father 
passed  away  in  Pennsylvania  in  1900,  but  the  mother  is  still  living  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight 
years  and  now  makes  her  home  in  Benson  with  our  subject.  They  were  the  parents  of  five 
sons,  one  of  whom,   S.   B.,   is  also   a   resident   of   Benson. 

The  early  life  of  Charles  F.  Moss  was  passed  in  very  much  the  same  manner  as  that  of 
the  average  .American  youth.  He  was  reared  at  home  and  acquired  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  state.  Wlien  he  was  twenty-three  he  came  to  Arizona,  locating 
In  Tucson,  where  for  eight  years  and  three  months  he  held  the  position  of  supply  agent  with 
the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  resigned  his 
post  and  came  to  Benson,  where  he  embarked  in  business  as  a  wholesale  and  retail  dealer 
in  ice  and  a  manufacturer  of  gas  and  soda  water.  He  now  handles  coal,  ice,  gas  and  oil. 
The  undertaking  has  thrived  from  its  incipiency  and  he  is  now  conducting  a  similar  enter- 
prise at  Willcox.  For  a  time  he  was  associated  with  Charles  E.  Goetz  in  the  operation  of  a 
wholesale  and  retail  grocery  but  sold  his  interest  in  1914.     More  than  average  success  has 


196  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

attended  Mr.  JIoss,  who  owns  all  of  his  business  property,  and  has  other  realty  interests 
in  Cochise  county  in  California. 

In  Tennsylvania  in  1895  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Moss  and  Miss  Jessie  Pauline 
Lewis,  also  a  native  of  the  Keystone  state,  >vliere  her  parents,  Frank  M.  and  Elmira  Lewis, 
still  reside.  They  had  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  living  with  the  exception  of  Mrs. 
Moss,  who  died  in  the  hospital  at  Benson  in  1908.  Slie  is  survived  by  one  daughter,  Frances 
Marian,  who  was  born  September  23,  1899,  and  is  attending  the  public  school  and  studying 
music.  On  the  21st  of  April,  1910,  Mr.  Moss  married  Miss  Sophia  Williams,  who  died  seven 
months  later.  She  was  born  at  AVilliamsburg,  Kansas,  and  was  one  of  the  six  children  born 
to  John  and  Rebecca  Williams.  On  September  3,  1912,  Mr.  Moss  married  Miss  Lena  Rye,  of 
Evansville,  Wisconsin,  and  by  this  marriage  there  are  two  children :  Charles,  Jr.,  born  June 
13,  1913;   and  Mary  Christine,  born  June  11,  1915. 

Mr.  Moss  and  his  family  are  of  the  Presbyterian  faith,  and  fraternally  he  is  afliliated 
with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Moose,  being  dictator  of  the  local 
lodge  in  the  latter  order.  He  indorses  tlie  principles  of  the  republican  party  on  national 
issues  but  often  casts  an  independent  ballot  at  local  elections,  voting  for  the  man  he  deems 
best  qualified  for  the  office  irrespective  of  his  political  views.  In  matters  of  citizenship  Mr. 
Moss  is  public-spirited  and  progressive,  taking  an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  all  move- 
ments he  feels  will  assist  in  promoting  the  development  of  the  community,  and  he  is  one 
of  the  stockholders  in  an  artesian  well  wliich  supplies  at  least  half  of  the  city  of  Benson 
with  water. 


JULIUS    I.    KRENTZ. 


In  taking  up  the  history  of  the  men  who  have  been  connected  prominently  with 
business  interests  in  Arizona  or  who  were  in  former  years  factors  in  its  commercial  pros- 
perity, mention  should  be  made  of  Julius  I.  Krentz,  pioneer,  a  force  in  its  political,' 
material  and  intellectual  upbuilding  and  one  of  the  most  influential  and  prominent  men 
in  the  territory.  He  was  the  founder  and  iipbuilder  of  the  Arizona  Meat  Company,  Incor- 
porated, which  he  developed  by  his  own  efforts  from  a  small  concern  into  a  great  estab- 
lishment which  is  still  a  factor  in  Douglas  business  circles,  his  work  being  efficiently  carried 
on  by  his  three  sons. 

Julius  I.  Krentz  was  born  in  1852  in  Wasselonne,  Alsace-Lorraine,  and  was  a  son  of 
Ignatius  and  Anna  Marie  (Goldback)  Krentz,  natives  of  that  country  and  representatives 
of  distinguished  families  there.  Members  of  the  family  in  the  maternal  line  wei-e  prom- 
inent in  the  French  Revolution,  a  great-uncle  of  the  subject  of  this  review  taking  part  in 
the  battle  of  Waterloo,  and  an  uncle  fought  in  the  Italian  war.  Ignatius  Krentz  also 
represented  an  old  and  aristocratic  family.  He  was  in  business  in  Wasselonne  for  a 
number  of  years  and  was  also  extensively  interested  in  farming.  He  had  three  sons,  Louis, 
Joseph  and  Julius  I.,  all  of  whom  are  now  deceased. 

Julius  I.  Krentz  lived  with  his  parents  in  his  native  country  until  he  was  twenty 
years  of  age,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schols.  To  avoid  service  in  the  German 
army,  he  being  a  loyal  citizen  of  France,  he  came  alone  to  the  United  States  and  settled 
in  St.  I-K)uis,  Missouri,  where  he  immediately  became  identified  with  the  meat  business, 
with  which  he  was  connected  for  over  twenty  years.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  otliers  for  a 
short  time  and  afterward  engaged  in  the  conduct  of  an  independent  enterprise,  beginning 
on  a  small  scale  and  eventually  building  up  a  lucrative  business.  He  remained  in  St.  Louis 
until  1884  and  then  came  with  his  family  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Globe,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  meat  business  for  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  moved  to  Apache  county, 
settling  in  Winslow,  where  he  engaged  in  stock-raising  on  an  extensive  scale.  He  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  in  that  section  of  the  state  and  took  an  active  part  in  various  phases  of 
its  develo'pment,  engaging  in  the  meat  business  there  until  1907,  when  he  came  to  Douglas 
and  with  his  sons  organized  the  Arizona  Meat  Company,  Incorporated,  of  which  he  was 
ihe  first  president.  Here  his  excellent  organizing  and  executive  ability  was  called  forth, 
-and  in   its  management  he  proved  a  thoroughly  shrewd,  able,  far-sighted   and  discriminat- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  197 

ing  business  man.  He  was  for  twenty  years  in  the  meat  business  and  tlie  concern,  which 
was  the  outgrowth  of  his  well  directed  activity,  is  still  conducted  under  the  same  name, 
being  one  of  the  largest  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  the  state. 

It  was  not  alone  along  business  lines,  however,  that  Mr.  Krentz  did  splendidly  effective 
work  for  Arizona,  for  he  was  a  man  of  active  public  spirit,  interested  in  those  projects 
and  measures  which  are  elements  in  upbuilding  and  development.  He  purchased  at  one 
time  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  which  he  irrigated  and  upon  it  he  later 
built  a  large  dam  which  did  much  to  increase  irrigation  facilities  in  the  vicinity.  In  all 
movements  of  a  public  or  semi-public  nature  Mr.  Ivientz  was  a  moving  and  leading  spirit, 
influencing  the  inception  and  promotion  of  much  constructive  work,  especially  along  lines 
of  irrigation  and  soil  development.  With  his  sons  he  built  what  is  known  as  the  Clievelon 
ditch  and  dam  and  many  other  projects  of  a  similar  nature  stand  as  testimonials  to 
the  force  and  power  of  his  public  spirit. 

Mr.  Krentz  was  a  central  figure  in  the  democratic  politics  of  his  time,  not  as  an  ofTice 
seeker  but  as  a  loyal  worker  in  the  ranks.  He  was  known  far  and  wide  in  Arizona  as 
one  who  dealt  honestly  and  honorably  with  all  men,  and  his  name  came  to  be  regarded 
as  a  synonym  for  integrity  in  business  circles.  He  was  never  so  busy  but  what  the 
community  could  call  upon  him  for  cooperation  in  public  affairs,  and  any  object  he  believed 
beneficial  received  his  earnest  indorsement  and  hearty  support.  Those  who  knew  him 
socially  found  him  a  courteous  and  honorable  gentleman,  wliile  in  all  the  other  relations 
of  life  he  was  equally  upright  and  worthy.  His  death,  which  occurred  December  15,  1910, 
was  widely  and  deeply  regretted,  being  a  loss  to  Arizona  in  the  ranks  of  her  pioneer  busi- 
ness men  and  of  her  influential  and  progressive  citizens.  Mr.  Krentz  molded  the  activities 
of  his  life  in  accordance  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  of  which  he  was 
a  devout  member.  Fraternally  he  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters.  In  addition  to  his  business  interests  he  owned  at 
the  time  of  his  death  extensive  property  holdings  throughout  the  state,  among  which  may 
be  mentioned  a  one  hundred  and  sixty  acre  farm  and  a  large  tract  of  grazing  land  in 
southern  Arizona. 

In  1875  ilr.  Krentz  was  married  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  to  Miss  Emma  Wolff,  a  native 
of  that  city  and  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Bertha  (Hugle)  Wolff,  the  former  of  whom 
was  born  in  France  and  the  latter  in  Germany.  Both  have  passed  away,  the  fath(# 
dying  in  1878  and  the  mother  surviving  until  1911.  In  their  family  were  eight  children: 
Emma;  Carrie,  who  is  in  business  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Josephine,  who  married  William 
Hitzeberg,  of  St.  Louis;  Anna,  who  is  engaged  in  business  in  St.  Louis;  George  A.,  formerly 
a  resident  of  Arizona,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Twenty-second  territorial  legislature, 
but  now  engaged  in  business  in  St.  Louis;  Edward,  a  sheep  raiser  of  Winslow,  Arizona; 
William  J.,  a  banker  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  and  Louise,  who  married  George  Kippenberger, 
also  of  St.  Louis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Krentz  became  the  parents  of  four  children:  Frank  L., 
who  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  August  1,  1875;  Joseph  G.,  whose  birth  occurred  in 
the  same  city,  December  30,  1878;  Ix)uis  E.  who  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  December  6,  1880; 
and  Bertie,  who  married  C.  J.  Spellmire,  a  merchant  and  sheepman  of  Winslow,  Arizona, 
by  whom  she  has  a  son,  Bertram  L.  Mr.  Krentz's  widow  resides  with  her  three  sons  in 
Douglas,  where  she  is  well  known  and  popular,  having  gained  many  friends  through  her 
many  excellent  qualities. 

Frank  I.,  Joseph  G.  and  Louis  E.  Krentz,  sons  of  Julius  I.,  were  educated  in  Winslow 
and  Globe,  Arizona,  and  all  afterward  returned  to  St.  Louis,  where  they  took  a  business 
course.  In  that  city  they  joined  their  father  in  the  meat  business  and  continued  with  him 
until  his  death.  In  1907  the  family  came  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  and  in  that  year  the 
Arizona  Meat  Company,  Incorporated,  was  formed  with  Julius  I.  Krentz  as  president,  an 
office  which  he  held  until  he  passed  away.  This  concern  stands  as  a  lasting  and  great 
memorial  to  his  enterprise  and  resourcefulness,  for  it  is  a  well  managed,  well  conducted 
and  profitable  business,  the  expansion  of  which  directly  affects  the  general  development. 
It  was  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  has  since  grown 
rapidly  and  steadily,  being  today  one  of  the  largest  meat  concerns  in  Arizona.  Both  whole- 
sale and  retail  departments  are  operated,  and  in  addition  the  company  does  a  large  cattle- 
raisin"  business,  owning  a  fine  ranch  upon  which  are  run  from  three  to  six  thousand  head 


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of  cattle  every  season.  In  connection  with  this  is  a  large  fruit  orchard  productive  to  a 
high  degree  and  a  valuable  addition  to  the  company's  resources.  The  three  sons  are  now- 
carrying  on  the  business  ably  and  successfully  and  are  numbered  among  the  most  pro- 
gressive and  substantial  business  men  of  Douglas.  During  their  father's  lifetime  they 
joined  him  in  the  inauguration  of  the  great  Winslow  irrigation  project  and  took  an  active 
part  in  this  and  other  public  enterprises  in  that  section.  They  carried  their  activities  still 
further  in  the  development  and  construction  of  the  Clear  Creek  and  Clievelon  dam,  which 
was  carried  forward  to  successful  completion  through  their  own  finances  and  without  out- 
side help  of  any  kind. 

On  October  9,  1904,  Frank  I.  Krentz  married  Miss  Sarah  Dugan,  who  was  born  on  the 
ocean  steamer  Arizona,  July  4,  1882.  She  went  to  New  Mexico  with  her  parents  and 
lived  there  until  she  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  after  which  she  removed  to  Prescott, 
where  she  made  her  home  until  her  marriage.  She  and  her  husband  have  six  children: 
Jules  L.,  Bertie  M.,  Stewart  F.,  Mildred  J.,  Dorothy  E.  and  Marian  E.  Of  the  other  brothers 
Louis  E.  married  Agnes  Baker  of  Bisbee,  June  17,  1914.  She  was  a  teacher  in  the  Douglas 
schools.     Joseph  G.   is  single. 

All  are  devout  adherents  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  in  which  religion  they  were 
reared.  They  are  connected  fraternally  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  oldest  brother  is  affiliated  also  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  The 
Krentz  family  has  indeed  done  excellent  work  for  Douglas  and  for  Arizona.  Julius  1. 
Krentz  was  a  man  of  strong  character  and  comprehensive  culture,  reading  and  speaking 
five  different  languages,  faithful  to  his  friends  and  loyal  in  citizenship.  Yet  the  best  traits 
of  his  character  were  ever  reserved  for  his  own  home  and  fireside,  and  in  the  circle  of 
his  family  he  was  known  as  a  loving  and  considerate  husband  and  father.  His  wife  and 
children  still  cherish  his  memory  and  his  sons,  following  in  his  footsteps,  have  become  not 
only  progressive,  able  and  discriminating  in  business  affairs  but  also  upright,  straightfor- 
ward and  worthy  men. 


V.  G.  MEDIGOVICH. 


V.  G.  Medigovich,  proprietor  of  the  Palace  Grocery  of  Bisbee,  was  born  in  Austria  in 
1852.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  land  of  his  birth,  where  he  made  his  home  until 
1873,  when  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States.  In  the  month  of  August,  tliat  year,  he  arrived 
in  Reno,  Nevada,  whence  he  shortly  removed  to  Virginia  City.  During  the  succeeding  seven 
years  he  followed  various  occupations  in  that  state,  working  in  Bounswick's  quartz  mill  on 
the  Carson  river  about  half  of  the  time.  On  the  1st  of  September,  1878,  while  out  hunting 
in  Nevada,  Mr.  Medigovich  met  with  an  accident  which  cost  him  the  sight  of  liis  right  eye. 
Although  tliis  came  at  a  time  when  he  was  a  young  man  struggling  to  make  his  way  in 
the  world,  he  did  not  yield  to  discouragement.  In  1880,  he  went  into  the  gold  mining  dis- 
trict of  California,  where  he  spent  a  year.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  removed  to 
Yuma,  that  state,  spending  a  similar  time  in  the  gold  mines  in  that  vicinity. 

His  next  removal  was  to  Arizona  and  from  that  time  until  1882  he  worked  in  the 
copper  and  lead  mines  near  the  Mexican  border.  In  1883,  he  went  to  Tucson,  and  after  a 
brief  sojourn  there  removed  to  Benson,  where  he  found  employment  in  the  Peabody  mines. 
On  the  2d  of  .lune,  1884,  he  came  to  Bisbee  and  during  the  greater  part  of  the  time  until 
1889  he  was  employed  in  the  Copper  Queen  mines,  first  working  for  a  short  time  in  the 
Copper  Prince  mines.  As  he  was  thrifty  and  industrious  he  managed  to  save  enough  from 
his  earnings  to  engage  in  business  and  in  1889  he  became  associated  with  J.  B.  Angius  in 
establishing  a  grocery.  Soon  afterward  C.  J.  Radovich  also  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
and  they  continued  in  business  until  their  place  was  destroyed  by  the  flood.  In  1891  Mr. 
Medigovich  bought  a  lot  and  erected  thereon  a  building  in  which  he  opened  the  store  he  is 
now  conducting.  He  met  success  until  1906,  when  he  sold  out  to  J.  S.  Sugich.  Three 
years  later,  in  1909,  he  bought  back  his  place  of  business,  which  he  has  since  conducted 
under  the  name  of  the  Palace  Grocery,  and  enjoys  a  good  trade.    He  owns  three  other  busi- 


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iiess  properties  adjoining  the  building  wliere  his  store  is  located  and  a  warehouse  and  resi- 
dence in  Bisbee. 

In  that  city  in  1894,  Mr.  Medigovich  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  V.  Sugich,  and  to  tlieni 
liave  been  born  four  children:  George,  Minnie,  Dushan  and  Milo. 

The  religious  views  of  Mr.  Medigovich  coincide  with  the  teachings  of  the  Greek  church, 
and  politically  he  supports  tlie  democratic  party.  He  has  lived  a  life  of  diligence  and  thrift 
since  coming  to  America,  by  means  of  which  he  has  won  the  prosperity  he  now  enjoys. 


WILLIAM  EWART  SHILLIAM. 

William  Ewart  Shilliam,  who  at  intervals  for  about  thirty  years  has  been  in  public 
office  in  Cochise  county,  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  Benson  in  February,  1909.  His 
previous  faithful  service  in  other  positions  gave  promise  of  what  he  would  do  when  elected 
to  this,  and  his  fellow  citizens  liave  found  him  a  capable,  reliable  and  conscientious 
j)ublic  servant.  He  was  born  in  London,  England,  in  1854  and  is  a  son  of  Richard  and 
Jane  (Oldham)  Shilliam,  also  natives  of  that  city.  The  father  was  engaged  in  the  stock 
business  in  London,  following  that  occupation  until  his  death.  The  mother  has  also  passed 
away. 

William  Ewart  Shilliam,  named  in  honor  of  Gladstone,  of  whom  his  father  was  a  great 
admirer,  remained  in  London  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  and  then  accompanied  his 
uncle  on  a  journey  to  America.  They  settled  in  Wisconsin  and  engaged  there  in  the  stock 
business,  Jlr.  Shilliam  dividing  his  time  between  the  pursuit  of  an  education  and  his  busi- 
ness affairs.  He  remained  with  his  uncle  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age  and  then 
began  his  independent  career.  Going  to  Iowa,  he  joined  a  survej'ing  party,  with  which 
he  was  connected  for  eighteen  months.  Later  he  went  to  Bismarck,  North  Dakota,  where 
he  engaged  as  a  packer  under  General  Custer,  with  whom  he  remained  for  one  year,  the 
connection  being  interrupted  by  the  death  of  his  father.  This  event  necessitated  his  going 
to  England  to  settle  the  estate  and  he  remained  there  for  six  months,  returning  at  the  end 
of  tliat  time  to  America  and  settling  in  Denver,  Colorado.  There  he  purchased  an  outfit  of 
horses  and  mules  and  engaged  in  the  freighting  business,  operating  a  line  between  Cheyenne 
and  the  Black  Hills  of  South  Dakota  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  spent  the  next  Twelve 
months  in  the  Black  Hills,  driving  a  stage,  but  in  1878  came  to  Yuma,  Arizona,  entering 
the  employ  of  the  San  Antonio  Gold  &  Silver  Mining  Company.  After  a  year  and  a  half 
he  settled  in  Tombstone  and  there  engaged  in  business,  grubstaking  miners.  In  this  line  of 
work  he  met  with  indifferent  success  and  finally  severed  his  connection  with  it  and  turned 
his  attention  to  politics.  He  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  of  Pima  county  by  R.  H.  Paul 
and  served  at  intervals  in  that  position  until  he  came  to  Benson.  At  that  time  he  was  inter- 
ested also  in  buying  and  selling  cattle  and  after  he  settled  in  Benson  in  1886  continued  his 
identification  with  that  line  of  work. 

Mr.  Shilliam  was  soon,  however,  carried  forward  into  important  relations  with  political 
life,  being  elected  constable  in  1888.  When  his  term  of  office  expired  he  was  appointed 
deputy  United  States  marshal,  serving  for  four  years,  and  then  deputy  sheriff  and  after- 
ward constable.  In  February,  1909,  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  and  has  since 
filled  that  position.  The  affairs  of  the  office  are  carefully  managed,  everything  being  done 
according  to  the  most  progressive  methods.  Mr.  Shilliam  discharges  his  duties  in  a  prompt 
and  able  manner,  fully  appreciating  the  responsibilities  which  rest  upon  him  in  this  con- 
nection. He  gives  also  a  great  deal  of  his  time  to  the  supervision  of  his  real-estate  interests, 
which  include  valuable  tracts  of  business  and  residence  property  in  Benson,  and  he  is  in 
addition   an   active  member  of  the  local  Board  of  Trade. 

In  Tombstone  in  1893,  Mr.  Shilliam  married  Miss  Minnie  J.  Bauer,  a  native  of  Chicago 
and  a  daughter  of  A.  and  Marie  Bauer,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Germany.  The  parents 
were  early  settlers  of  Tombstone  but  now  reside  in  Lowell,  where  the  father  lives  retired. 
In  their  family  were  seven  children:  Minnie  J.,  now  Mrs.  Shilliam;  Emma,  the  wife  of 
Georce  Mier,  of  Bisbee;  Frank,  whose  home  is  in  Lowell;  Molly,  who  married  John  Treu, 
of  Bisbee;  Eddie,  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Gus,  of  Lowell,  Arizona;  and  Mar- 


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guerite,  deceased.  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Shilliam  liave  three  children:  Ethel,  who  has  received  a 
common  scliool  and  commercial  education;  Marguerite,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Bisbee 
high  school;  and  William  McKinley,  who  is  a  student  in  the  Lowell  public  schools. 

Mr.  Shilliam  is  connected  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  while  his  religious  views  are  in  accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  gives  a  stalwart  support  to  the  republican  party  and  aside  from 
the  public  service  before  mentioned  he  is  known  as  an  active  educational  worker,  being 
especially  interested  in  the  Reform  School  at  Benson,  which  he  helped  to  secure  for  the 
i-ity  and  in  the  development  of  which  he  has  taken  an  important  part,  serving  under 
ex-CJovernor  Kibby  as  an  olficer  on  the  board  of  directors.  His  record  as  a  citizen  and  as  a 
business  man  has  been  so  honorable  and  upright  that  he  has  gained  the  confidence  and 
goodwill  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 


FRED  HENSING. 


One  of  the  most  progressive  and  enterprising  business  men  of  Flagstaff  is  Fred  Hensing, 
who  now  has  tlie  agency  for  the  Overland  automobile  throughout  northern  Arizona  and  is 
handling  liis  allotment  of  cars  through  sub-agents  and  has  demonstrated  his  ability  in 
this  line.  He  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1872,  and  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city 
acquired  his  education,  going  from  there  to  Boston  and  thence  to  New  York,  where  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two  lie  turned  his  attention  to  the  building  business.  In  1899  he  went  to 
California,  where  he  continued  in  that  line  of  work,  and  from  tliat  state  came  to  Flagstaff, 
settling  in  this  city  in  1901.  For  a  time  he  continued  his  building  operations,  erecting 
many  of  the  finest  homes  in  the  city,  but  in  1909  he  made  an  entire  change  in  his  active 
pursuits,  opening  the  mercantile  establishment,  which  he  conducted  until  February,  1915, 
when  he  sold  out  to  the  Flagstaff  Mercantile  Company.  He  then  embarked  in  his  present 
business. 

In  1900  Mr.  Hensing  married  Mrs.  Marie  Aubineau,  the  widow  of  Julius  Aubineau, 
and  he  has  four  t-tepsons.  He  is  one  of  the  most  substantial  business  men  in  Flagstaff 
at  the  present  time,  well  known  for  his  diligence  and  enterprise,  and  he  deserves  great 
credit  for  his  present  prosperity,  which  is  due  solely  to  his  own  exertions.  By  his  ballot 
he  supports  the  men  and  measures  of  the  republican  party  and  from  1909  to  1911  he 
efficiently  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Elks 
lodge  No.  499  of  FlagstafT. 


GEORGE  J.  ROSKRUGE. 


George  .J.  Roskruge,  pioneer,  cluimpion  ritle  shot  of  the  southwest,  civil  engineer  of 
commanding  ability  and  unusual  accomplishments,  and  the  father  of  Masonry  in  Arizona, 
was  born  in  Roskruge,  near  Hclston,  Cornwall,  England,  April  10,  1845.  He  is  truly  a  self- 
made  man,  for  he  began  his  business  life  at  the  early  age  of  fifteen  as  a  messenger  boy  in 
the  law  offices  of  Grylls,  Hill  &  Hill,  of  Helston.  On  April  12,  1860,  he  entered  the  Seventh 
Company  of  the  Duke  of  Cornwall's  Rifie  Volunteers  and  served  ten  years,  during  which  time 
he  came  into  prominence  as  a  remarkably  accurate  rifle  shot.  He  won  many  company  and 
regimental  prizes  and  on  August  31,  1868,  was  selected  as  one  of  the  Cornish  Twenty  to  com- 
pete with  the  Devon  Twenty  in  the  fourth  annual  match  for  the  challenge  cup.  For  two 
years  prior  to  his  resignation  from  tlie  volunteers,  he  wore  the  three  stars  which  marked 
him  as  the  champion  rifle  shot  of  his  company.  Mr.  Roskr\ige  has  maintained  his  skill 
through  the  many  years  of  his  active  life  and  his  shooting  forms  one  of  the  important 
interests  of  his  life  today.  He  is  tlie  National  Rifie  Association  secretary  for  Arizona  and 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  State  Rifle  Association.  He  served  as  president  of  the  Pacific 
Coast  Rifle  League  during  tlie  year  1914,  and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Tucson  Rifle  Club. 

Mr.  Roskruge  left  liis  native  country  in  1870  and  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America,  locat-  ; 


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ing  in  Denver,  Colorado,  in  the  year  of  his  arrival.  He  was  there  employed  for  two  years 
by  Lawrence  N.  Greenleaf  and  Gardner  G.  Brewer,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time,  in  company 
with  sixteen  others,  determined  to  visit  Arizona  whiclr^was  then  merely  a  wilderness.  After 
successfully  overcoming  the  perils  of  flood,  drouth  and  famine  and  the  hostility  of  the 
Apaches,  the  little  band  reached  Prescott  in  June,  1872.  Mr.  Roskruge  has  been  intimately 
connected  with  western  frontier  life,  has  seen  it  in  many  of  its  phases  and  has  been  con- 
nected with  it  by  his  own  work,  and  in  consequence  something  of  its  spirit  has  dominated 
his  activities. 

He  began  his  life  in  Arizona  as  a  cook  and  packer  for  Omar  H.  Case,  deputy  United 
States  surveyor,  who  was  then  running  the  fifth  standard  parallel  north  from  Partridge 
Creek  to  the  Colorado  river.  Mr.  Roskruge  assisted  him  as  chainraan  and  in  this  way 
became  connected  with  a  profession  in  which  he  has  attained  a  position  of  distinction  and 
eminence,  taking  his  place  among  the  state  builders  of  Arizona.  During  1874  he  was  in 
the  field  with  United  States  Deputy  Surveyor  C.  B.  Foster  and  later  prepared  the  maps 
and  field  notes  for  transmission  to  the  surveyor  general.  The  neat  and  accurate  manner 
in  which  these  maps  and  notes  were  drawn  up  brought  them  to  the  attention  of  the  sur- 
veyor general  of  Arizona,  Hon.  John  Wasson  and  gained  for  Mr.  Roskruge  the  offer  of  the 
position  of  chief  draughtsman  in  the  state  office.  He  served  ably  and  efliciently  until  1880, 
when  he  resigned  the  office,  having  been  appointed  United  States  deputy  land  and  mineral 
surveyor.  He  was  afterward  for  four  years  county  surveyor  of  Pima  county,  for  three 
years  city  engineer  of  Tucson,  and  on  July  1,  1893,  was  appointed  chief  clerk  in  the 
United  States  surveyor  general's  office.  His  progress  from  this  time  was  rapid  and  well 
deserved.  In  1896  he  was  made  United  States  surveyor  general  by  President  Cleveland,  an 
office  which  he  held  until  1897,  in  which  year,  upon  the  formation  of  the  Association  of 
Civil  Engineers  of  Arizona,  he  was  unanimously  elected  president.  He  is  also  identified 
with  the  American  Society  of  Irrigation  Engineers.  In  addition  lie  has  done  much  important 
government  work  in  engineering,  for  he  possesses  the  broad  experience,  the  ability,  the 
keen  mentality  and  expert  skill  which  places  him  easily  among  the  leaders  of  his  profession. 
During  President  Arthur's  administration  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  irrigating 
ditches  for  the  Papago  Indian  reservation  at  San  Xavier,  near  Tucson,  and  was  later 
appointed  by  President  Cleveland  special  inspector  of  public  surveys. 

In  May,  1896,  Mr.  Roskruge  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lena  Wood,  a  native  of 
California,  who  was  reared  and  educated  in  that  state.  He  served  as  president  and  member 
of  the  board  of  education  in  Tucson  at  intervals  from  1881  to  1914  and  was  otherwise 
identified  in  an  important  way  with  municipal  affairs.  He  served  as  member  of  the  board 
of  regents  of  the  university  under  Governors  Zulick,  Brodie,  Kibbey  and  Sloan. 

It  is  not  alone  along  professional  lines,  however,  that  Mr.  Roskruge  has  directed  his 
activities  and  accomplished  his  most  brilliant  successes,  for  he  has  the  lionor  of  being 
called  the  father  of  Masonry  in  Arizona  and  is  without  doubt  the  greatest  individual  force 
in  the  development  of  that  organization   here.     His  connection  with  the  order  began  June 

10,  1870,  when  he  was  made  a  Master  Mason  in  Truth  &  Faith  Lodge,  No.  318,  at  Helston, 
Cornwall,  England.  On  the  30tli  of  November,  1883,  he  was  exalted  to  the  Sublime  Royal 
Arch  degree,  joining  Tucson  Chapter,  No.  3,  and  two  years  afterward  was  admitted  and 
passed  as  a  Royal  and  Select  Master  Mason  in  California  Council,  No.  2,  at  San  Francisco. 
On  the  1st  of  May,  1883,  he  was  created  a  Knight  Templar  in  Arizona  Commandery,  No.  1, 
and  on  August  24th  of  the  following  year  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  Tucson 
Lodge,  No.  4,  F.  &  A.  M.     In  recognition  of  services  rendered  to  the  craft  he  was  on  April 

11,  1883,  elected  an  honorary  member  of  tlie  Masonic  Veterans  Association  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  on  October  21,  1893,  was  created  an  active  life  member  and  made  corresponding 
secretary  for  the  order  in  Arizona.  His  admission  into  Islam  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  took 
place  in  September,  1884,  and  two  years  previously  he  had  received  the  degrees  according 
to  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  from  the  fourth  to  the  thirty-second  inclusive. 
The  Supreme  Council  for  the  Southern  Jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  in  October,  1890, 
elected  him  a  grand  commander  of  the  Court  of  Honor,  and  on  January  24,  1894,  he  was 
crowned  sovereign  inspector  general  honorary.  The  grand  master  of  the  Knights  Templar 
of  the  United  States,  Sir  La  Rue  Thomas,  on  the  28th  of  November,  1895,  appointed  Mr. 
Roskruge  inspector  of  grand  and  subordinate  commanderies  for  the  fifteenth  Templar  dis- 

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tiict  of  the  United  States,  embracing  Nevada,  Utah,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.  Mr.  Ros- 
kruge  acquired  his  title  as  the  father  of  Masoni-y  in  Arizona  from  the  fact  that  when,  on 
the  23d  of  March,  1882,  the  grand  lodge  of  Arizona  was  formed,  he  was  elected  grand  secre- 
tary and  has  served  continuously  as  such  to  the  present  time,  with  the  exception  of  the 
year  1890,  when  he  served  as  grand  master.  As  proxy  for  David  F.  Day,  general  giand 
high  priest  of  the  United  States,  Mr.  Roskruge  on  November  12.  1890,  instituted  the  gran<l 
chapter  of  Royal  Ardi  Masons  of  Arizona  and  installed  the  grand  officers,  he  himself  being 
chosen  grand  secretary,  a  position  which  he  has  lield  continuously  since,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  his  one  year  of  service  as  grand  high  priest  in  1893.  Acting  as  proxy  for  Sir 
Hugh  McCurdy,  grand  master  of  Knights  Templar  of  the  United  States  of  America,  he 
instituted  the  Grand  Commandery  of  Arizona  on  November  6,  1893,  and  installed  its  grand 
officers,  being  at  that  time  elected  grand  commander.  He  is  the  grand  secretary  of  the 
gi'and  lodge  and  grand  chapter  and  grand  recorder  of  the  grand  commandery,  corresponding 
secretary  of  the  Masonic  Veterans  Association  of  the  Pacific  Coast  and  treasurer  of  the 
Most  Excellent  Order  of  High  Priesthood,  being  today  one  of  tlie  most  distinguished  and 
eminent  representatives  of  Masonry  in  the  American  southwest.  At  the  formation  of  the 
Past  Grand  Masters  Association  of  Arizona  he  was  elected  vice  president  and  the  following 
year  elected  president.  The  benevolent  and  fraternal  principles  for  which  the  order  stands 
he  has  made  the  guiding  rule  of  his  life  and  is  a  worthy  exemplar,  being  an  honorable, 
upright,  progressive   and  loyal   citizen   and  a  worthy  and   high-minded  gentleman. 


JOHN  L.  GUST. 


John  L.  Gust  is  one  of  the  younger  representatives  of  the  Arizona  bar,  whose  develop- 
ing powers  are  manifest  in  his  work  with  the  law  firm  of  Chalmers  &  Kent  of  Phoenix. 
He  was  born  in  Wisconsin  on  the  13th  of  December,  1878,  and  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Johanna  Gust,  who  were  farming  people  of  the  Badger  state.  No  event  of  special  importance 
occurred  to  vary  the  routine  of  farm  life  for  John  L.  Gust,  who  spent  his  boyhood  with  his 
parents  upon  the  farm  in  Wisconsin,  dividing  his  time  between  the  work  of  the  fields  and 
the  acquirement  of  an  education.  When  twenty-one  years  old  he  went  to  eastern  South 
Dakota.  After  attending  the  Dakota  Wesleyan  University,  he  entered  the  Northwestern 
University  at  Chicago,  in  which  he  pursued  a  law  course.  He  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1909,  and  in  November  of  the  same  year  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Arizona. 
Locating  in  Phoenix  he  entered  the  employ  of  Chalmers  &  Wilkerson,  which  later  became 
Chalmers  &  Kent,  attorneys  of  that  city,  remaining  with  them  until  March,  1913.  Since 
that  date  Mr.  Gust  has  practiced  law  independently  and  his  work  is  becoming  of  more 
and  more  importance  as  his  powers  are  expanding  and  he  gains  from'  experience  the  knowl- 
edge and  professional  strength  which  are -essential  as  factors  in   capable  law   practice. 

Mr.  Gust  was  married  June  8,  1914,  to  Ada  Rebstock,  a  native  of  Missouri.  He 
has  many  friends  in  the  Order  of  Moose  and  in  the  Fraternal  Brethren,  with  both  of  which 
he  holds  membership.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he 
keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day,  although  he  does  not  seek  nor 
solicit  public  office. 


E.  B.  WALLACE. 


E.  B.  Wallace  is  conducting  a  cigar  store  and  a  jobbing  business  in  Bisbee,  where 
he  is  numbered  among  the  most  successful,  enterprising  and  progressive  of  the  younger 
business  men.  He  was  born  in  Independence,  Kansas,  May  18,  1884,  and  is  a  son  of  .Joseph 
and  Victoria  P.  Wallace,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  The  family 
is  of  old  and  distinguished  ancestry  and  has  been  in  America  since  colonial  times.  Mem- 
bers of  both  the  paternal  and  maternal  lines  have  fought  in  the  country's  wars  and  the 
great-grandfather  of   the   subject   of  this  review   was   a  soldier   in  the  War   of   1812.     Mr. 


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and  Mrs.  Joseph  Wallace  became  the  parents  of  four  children:  Josephine,  the  deceased  wife 
of  Otto  Zimmerman,  of  Guthrie,  Oklahoma,  by  whom  she  had  one  child,  Wallace,  who 
now  resides  in  Wichita,  Kansas;  Marie,  who  makes  her  home  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri; 
William,  who   died   in   infancy;    and   E.   B.,   of   this   review. 

E.  B.  Wallace  began  his  business  career  by  selling  newspapers  in  the  streets  of  Wichita, 
Kansas,  and  thus  earned  enough  money  to  keep  himself  in  school,  continuing  his  educa- 
tion until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  after  which  he  went  to  Kansas  City  and  obtained 
a  position  with  the  Armour  Packing  Company,  remaining  with  them  for  one  year.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy,  serving  for  two  years  on  the  Iowa 
and  for  two  years  on  the  Atlanta.  After  receiving  his  discharge  he  went  to  Texas  and 
worked  as  a  cowboj'  upon  a  ranch  for  one  year,  coming  to  Bisbee,  Arizona,  at  the  end  of 
that  time  in  order  to  work  in  the  mines.  He  spent  two  years  with  the  Copper  Queen  Mining 
Company  and  then  started  in  business  for  himself,  opening  a  cigar  store,  which  he  at 
present  conducts.  He  started  on  a  small  scale  but  tlie  business  made  rapid  growth  and 
he  now  enjoys  a  liberal  patronage  because  of  his  well  selected  line  of  goods,  his  reason- 
able prices  and  his  straightforward  business  methods.  Mr.  Wallace  also  does  a  jobbing 
business  in  cigars  and  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  prosperous  and  enterprising  business 
men  of  his  community. 

Mr.  Wallace  was  married  September  15,  1913,  in  Bisbee,  to  Miss  Helen  Lamb,  a  daugh- 
ter of  W.  G.  Lamb,  and  they  now  liave  a  little  daughter,  Helen  Elizabeth,  born  August 
24,  1914. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Wallace  is  an  active  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks  and  has  done  a  great  deal  for  the  development  and  spread  of  that  organization.  He 
belongs  also  to  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  gives  his  ])oIitical  allegiance  to  the  demo- 
cratic party  and  in  1908  was  elected  to  the  chairmanship  of  the  Warren  District  Democratic 
Club  and  was  reelected  for  a  second  term,  still  holding  that  position  and  being  one  of  the 
best   known   men   in   public   life   in   the   county. 


E.  W.  ADAMSON,  M.  D. 


Dr.  E.  W.  Adamson  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Douglas  for  over 
ten  years,  during  which  time  he  has  manifested  marked  efficiency  both  as  a  physician  and 
surgeon  and  is  now  numbered  among  the  representative  members  of  his  profession  in 
Cochise  county.  He  was  born  in  Michigan  in  1876  and  is  a  son  of  James  W.  and  Emma 
Adamson,  the  father  of  Scotch  and  the  mother  of  German  extraction.  They  have  two 
children,  of  whom  the  Doctor  is  the  elder.  The  daughter  is  Mrs.  Melville  La  Marche  of 
Bay  City,  Michigan,  where  the  parents  also  reside,  the  father  owning  and  conducting  a 
drug  store  at  that  place. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  Dr.  Adamson  Avere  passed  in  the  parental  home,  and  at 
the  usual  age  he  began  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  Having  decided  to  adopt  the 
medical  profession  for  his  life  vocation,  after  graduating  from  high  school  he  matriculated 
in  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  from  which  institution  he  was  awarded  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1904.  Immediately  thereafter  he  was  engaged  as  physician  by  the 
'Calumet  &  Hecla  Mining  Company  at  Calumet,  Michigan,  remaining  there  until  1905.  In 
May  of  that  year  he  came  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  to  take  charge  of  the  Calumet  hospital  of 
the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company,  during  the  absence  of  Dr.  Wright.  He  retained 
this  post  for  a  year  and  in  July,  1906,  opened  an  office  here,  which  he  has  ever  since  main- 
tained, and  is  now  enjoying  a  large  and  lucrative  practice,  numbering  among  his  patients 
many  of  the  representative  citizens  of  the  community.  In  December,  1910,  he  was  ap- 
pointed surgeon  in  charge  of  the  Cochise  County  Hospital  at  Douglas,  which  institution  had 
just  been  completed  and  equipped  at  that  time.  He  retained  this  post  until  May,  1912, 
and  is  now  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  public  health  service  at  the  local 
port   of   entry. 

At  Salt  Lake  City,  in  1906,  Dr.  Adamson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Florence 
Dillingham,  a  native  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  who  came  to  Arizona  in  March,  1905,  and 


206  AKIZOxXA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

resided  in  Douglas  until  April,  1906,  when  she  went  to  Salt  Lake  City.     Her  parents  are 
both   deceased. 

Fraternally  the  Doctor  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Masons,  being  past  master  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  19,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  maintains 
relations  with  his  fellow  practitioners  through  the  medium  of  his  connection  with  the 
Cochise  County  Medical  Society,  the  Arizona  State  and  American  Medical  Associations, 
and  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Southern  Medical  Association  and  a  fellow  of  American 
College  of  Surgeons.  Politically  ha  supports  the  progressive  party  and  takes  an  active 
interest  in  all  local  affairs,  extending  his  indorsement  to  every  movement  he  feels  will  tend 
to  promote  the  wellbeing  of  the  community  generally. 


O.  H.  TUCKER. 


O.  H.  Tucker,  agent  for  the  Wells  Fargo  E.xpress  Company  at  Prescott,  has  been  in 
the  service  of  this  corporation  since  1894  and  is  regarded  today  as  one  of  its  mo.st  trusted 
and  reliable  representatives.  He  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1867  and  when  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age  removed  to  Kansas.  From  that  state  he  went  to  Colorado  and  in  1894  became 
coimected  with  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  at  Trinidad.  Following  this  he  was 
stationed  at  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  and  for  a  time  was  in  old  Mexico,  after  which  he 
came  to  Arizona,  becoming  assistant  at  the  Phoenix  office  in  August,  1899.  In  July  of  the 
following  year  he  was  transferred  to  Prescott  as  agent  at  this  point  and  has  held  the 
position  since  that  time.  He  discharges  his  duties  with  promptness  and  dispatch  and 
watches  the  interests  of  the  company   in  a  capable  and  conscientious  way. 

On  the  19th  of  February,  1902,  Mr.  Tucker  married  Miss  Fidelia  Towles,  of  Prescott, 
and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  a  son.  Mr.  Tucker  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  He  has  been  in 
the  employ  of  the  Wells  Fargo  Company  for  twenty-two  years  and  during  that  time  has 
proven  himself  a  man  of  straightforward  and  honorable  methods,  most  loyal  to  the  inter- 
ests of  the  company  he  serves. 


W.  H.  JOHNSON. 


W.  11.  .Johnson,  familiarly  known  as  Billy  .lohnson  by  his  many  friends,  is  one  of  the 
well  known  men  in  mining  circles  of  Cochise  county.  Although  comparatively  a  young 
man,  he  has  now  made  his  home  in  Arizona  for  more  than  thirty-six  years  and  was  the 
original  locater  of  the  Granite  group  of  mines  in  Cochise  county.  He  was  born  in  Utah  ] 
in  187.5,  a  son  of  Lars  M.  and  Hannah  Johnson,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Sweden. 
Their  marriage  occurred  in  Utah,  where  they  lived  until  1879,  when  they  came  to  Arizona, 
locating  in  Apache  county.  The  father  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  but  after  his  removal  i 
to  this  state  engaged  for  five  years  in  railroad  contracting  work,  moving  at  the  end  of 
that  time  to  (Jraham  county,  where  he  followed  farming  and  blacksmithing  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1887.  His  wife  died  in  the  same  year,  leaving  a  family  of  five  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  still  living. 

W.  H.  Johnson  acquired  his  education  in  Arizona,  being  only  four  years  of  age  when! 
the  family  came  to  this  state.  When  he  was  eighteen  he  began  his  independent  career,! 
conducting  a  cattle  business  on  a  small  scale  for  five  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  timej 
turning  his  attention  to  mining,  in  which  he  is  still  interested.  By  personal  experience  and! 
work  in  various  capacities  he  learned  tlie  business  in  every  detail  and  is  now  considered! 
a  mining  expert,  his  i>ractical  iniderstanding  of  the  principles  of  his  work  l>eing  one  of  | 
the  strong  elements  in  his  success.  In  May,  1913,  he  took  u)i  a  homestead  in  tlie  St.  David 
country  in  Cociiise  county,  on  what  is  called  CXirtis  Flat,  and  there  he  now  resides.  He 
is  still  interested  in  mines  and  mining,  doing  no  little  prospecting  from  time  to  time. 

Mr.  Johnson  married  Miss  Musetta   Saline,  who  was  born   in  the   territory  of  Arizona 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  207 

in  1883,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  Saline,  the  former  a  native  of  Finland  and  the 
latter  of  England.  Both  were  devout  members  of  the  Mormon  church  and  Mrs.  -Johnson'.s 
mother  came  over  from  England  when  ten  years  of  age  with  the  first  band  of  Mormons 
who  settled  in  Salt  Lake  Citj'  and  who  established  the  church  there.  She  made  her  home 
in  Utah  until  1880,  when  she  and  her  husband  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Apache 
county.  They  afterward  removed  to  Pima,  where  Mr.  Saline  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock-raising  on  an  extensive  scale.  He  died  in  July,  1900,  and  is  survived  by  his  wife. 
In  their  family  were  ten  children,  nine  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson 
became  the  parents  of  five  children:  William  H.,  who  died  in  infancy;  Louis  Leroy,  born 
November  26,  1908;  Musetta  Urilda,  February  20,  1911;  Lars  M.,  April  7,  1913;  and  Su- 
sanna, February   3,   1915. 

Mr.  Johnson  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Mormon  church,  and  politically  he 
gives  his  allegiance  to  the  socialist  party.  He  is  a  progressive  and  upright  business  man, 
and  throughout  the  long  period  of  his  identification  with  mining  interests  here  has  so 
conducted  his  afiairs  as  to  win  a  position  among  the  representative  and  substantial  men  of 
the  city. 


PEARL  H.  HAYES. 


Pearl  H.  Hayes,  a  member  of  the  Phoenix  bar  and  well  known  as  an  active  factor  in 
the  political  circles  of  Arizona,  being  now  allied  with  the  progressive  movement,  came  to 
tlie  soutliwest  from  Ohio.  His  birth  occurred  in  Pomeroy,  that  state,  in  April,  1877,  his 
parents  being  John  and  Sarah  (Young)  Hayes.  The  father,  who  devoted  his  life  to  general 
agricultural  pursuits,  was  a  soldier  of  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war,  remaining  at 
the  front  for  three  and  a  half  years  in  defense  of  the  stars  and  stripes,  during  which 
period  he  participated  in  a  number  of  hotly  contested  battles. 

At  the  usual  age  Pearl  H.  Hayes  entered  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
after  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  therein  taught  became  a  student  in  the  National 
Normal  University  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  where  he  pursued  his  more  specifically  literary  course 
and  won  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree.  Resolving  to  enter  upon  a  professional  career, 
he  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  and  under  the  direction  of  Judge  F.  C.  Russell 
of  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  and  thus  qualified  for  the  bar,  being  admitted  to  practice  upon  passing 
the  required  examination.  He  came  to  Arizona  in  1906  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  courts  of  this  state  in  November  of  tliat  year.  Opening  an  office  in  Phoenix  he  has 
since  remained  in  the  capital  city.  Not  long  after  his  arrival  here  he  entered  into  part- 
nership with  Judge  Webster  Street  and  the  firm  of  Street  &  Hayes  ranked  for  several 
years  as  one  of  the  strong  law  combinations  in  Arizona.  Their  relationship  was  continued 
until  a  year  prior  to  the  death  of  the  senior  partner.  Mr.  Hayes  remains  in  general 
practice,  being  well  versed  in  all  departments  of  the  law,  and  his  logical  grasp  of  facts 
and  the  principles  of  jurisprudence  applicable  thereto  has  been  one  of  the  potent  elements 
in  his  success.  In  his  presentation  of  a  case  there  is  a  remarkable  clearness  of  expression 
and  adequate  and  precise  diction  wliicli  enable  him  to  make  others  understand  not  only 
the  salient  points  of  his  argument  but  also  his  every  fine  gradation   of  meaning. 

Mr.  Hayes  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  prominent  factors  in  political  circles  in  Arizona. 
Always  interested  in  politics  and  the  science  of  government,  he  has  been  a  close  student  of 
the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise. 
He  served  as  chairman  of  the  republican  coimty  central  committee  in  1911,  and  in  the  same 
year  was  secretary  of  the  republican  state  committee.  In  1912  he  went  as  a  delegate 
to  the  progressive  convention  in  Chicago,  being  a  believer  in  the  "bull  moose"  principles 
and  policy.  He  has  kept  abreast  with  the  best  thinking  men  of  the  age  and  feels  that 
the  more  conservative  branch  of  the  republican  party  is  blocking  the  path  of  development 
and  hindering  the  best  interests  of  the  country  at  large.  It  is  characteristic  of  Mr.  Hayes 
that  he  stanchly  advocates  and  supports  any  cause  in  which  he  believes,  and  it  was  there- 
fore natiiral  that  he  should  become  an  aggressive  force  in  his  championship  of  the  progres- 
sive party. 


208  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

In  June,  1U04,  was  celebrated  tlie  marriage  of  Mr.  Hayes  and  Miss  Susan  C.  Digby  of 
Newport,  Kentucky,  and  they  have  one  child,  Sliarlot.  Mrs.  Hayes  is  a  daughter  of  James 
Digby,  who,  true  to  his  loyal  southland,  advocated  Confederate  interests  in  the  Civil  war. 
Mr.  Hayes  belongs  to  Arizona  Lodge  No.  3,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  to  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  having  many  friends  in  botli  societies.  He  is  an  excellent  representative 
of  that  type  of  alert,  energetic  young  men  who  are  not  only  active  in  business  and  pro- 
fessional circles  in  Arizona  but  are  also  molding  the  history  of  the  state  along  lines  of 
bubstantial    development    and    progress. 


RAMON  R.  BRENA. 


Ramon  R.  Brpna,  who  engages  in  the  mercantile  brokerage  business  in  Arizona,  old  and 
New  Mexico  with  offices  at  No.  37  South  Stone  avenue,  Tucson,  was  born  in  old  Mexico 
on  the  14th  of  February,  1879,  but  was  reared  in  the  southwestern  section  of  the  United 
States,  his  education  being  largely  acquired  in  St.  Vincent's  College  at  Los  Angeles, 
California. 

L'pon  completing  his  studies  Mr.  Brena  turned  his  attention  to  commercial  affairs, 
beginning  his  business  career  in  the  office  of  The  Brena  Commercial  Company  of  Tucson 
with  his  brother.  He  continued  with  that  firm  until  the  fall  of  1912,  when  he  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  mercantile  brokerage  business  under  the  firm  name  of  R.  R.  Brena  &  Com- 
pany. His  trade  now  extends  to  all  parts  of  Arizona  and  old  and  New  Mexico,  and  he  is 
continually   adding   the   names   of  new   patrons   to   his  books. 

Mr.  Brena  was  married  in  1906  to  Miss  Rose  Jameson,  a  native  of  Arizona,  and  to 
them  have  been  born  three  children:  Hortense,  Azalia  and  Ramon,  Jr.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Brena  is  affiliated  with  the  Mystic  Circle,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Foresters  of  America, 
the  Fraternal  Brotherhood  and  others.  He  is  a  man  of  practical  ideas  and  enterprising 
methods  and  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  business  associates  in  Tucson,  where  he 
has  many  friends. 


WILLIAM  H.  BROPHY. 


William  H.  Brophy,  general  manager  of  the  Phelps-Dodge  Mercantile  Company  and 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Bisbee,  is  not  only  one  of  Arizona's  foremost  men  in  business 
and  financial  circles  but  represents  as  high  type  of  manhood  and  citizenship  as  can  be 
found  in  the  state.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  for  more  than  thirty-three  years 
and  for  thirty-two  years  a  resident  of  Bisbee,  where  the  stimulus  of  his  energy  and  public 
spirit  has  had  much  to  do  with   the  town's  progress  and  development. 

Mr.   Brophy   was   born   in   Ireland   in    186.'!   and  there   passed   the   first   seventeen   years 
of  his   life,  acquiring  his  education  in  the   national   schools.     He  was  left  an  orphan  at  a 
very  tender  age  and  when  a  youth  of  seventeen  resolved  to  come  to  America  to  seek  his 
fortune.     In   1881   he  took   passage   for  California,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.     At 
the  expiration   of   that   time  he   came   to   Arizona,  first   locating   in   Sulphur   Spring   valley. 
In  April,  1884,  he  removed  to  Bisbee,  entering  the  employ  of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated 
Mining  Company,  and   for  one  year  thereafter  held  various  minor  positions  in  the  employ  ' 
of  that  company.     He  next  accepted  a  clerkship  in  a  store  owned  by  a  widow,  Mrs.  Cros- 
say,  who  sold  her  place  of  business  to  the  Copper  (^ucen  Consolidated  Mining  Company  inj 
1886.     The   company   retained   him   in   the  capacity  of   clerk    for   a    few    months   and   then  j 
promoted  liini  to  the  position  of  manager,  which  he  held  until  January   1,   1912.     At  that  j 
time  a  corporation  was  formed  to  take  over  the  mercantile  interests  of  the  various  mining  i 
companies   owned   by   the   Phelps- Dodge   Mercantile   Company   and    Mr.   Brophy   was   offered  J 
and  accepted  the  general  management  of  this  company,  conducting  stores  at  Bisbee,  Lowell,  i 
.    Warren,   Naco,   Douglas   and    Morenci,    Arizona;    Dawson    and    Tyrone,   New    Mexico;    and 
Nacozari,  Sonora,  Mexico. 


WILLIAM  H.  BROPHY 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  211 

Having  unlimited  confidence  in  the  future  of  Arizona  as  an  agricultural  and  commer- 
cial as  well  as  mining  country  Mr.  Bropliy  has  invested  extensively  in  both  town  and 
country  real  estate  and  results  liave  shown  the  soundness  of  his  judgment.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Bank  of  Bisbee  and  has  been  its  president  ever  since.  The  record 
of  this  institution  gives  it  a  position  as  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  ably  managed 
banks  in  Arizona.  Mr.  Brophy  is  extensively  interested  in  various  other  banks  in  different 
sections  of  the  state  and  is  largely  identified  with  mining  propt-rties  and  developments, 
public  utilities  and  various  prospects  that  have  and  will  result  in  the  state's  development. 

In  1S91  Mr.  Brophy  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ellen  A.  Goodbody,  a  native  of 
VVaukegan,  Illinois.  She  is  a  daughter  of  an  early  California  pioneer,  her  father  having 
crossed  the  plains  in  1850  and  cast  his  lot  with  the  gold  seekers  of  that  state.  For  several 
years  he  prospected  in  the  vicinity  of  the  present  site  of  Placerville,  his  early  experiences 
recording  innumerable  hardships  and  privations,  and  many  were  the  interesting  incidents 
he  related  of  the  mining  days.  He  passed  away  in  1906  and  his  wife  in  1911.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Brophy  there  have  been  born  three  children.  Mary  died  at  the  age  of  eight  months; 
Francis  C,  who  was  born  in  lS9i,  graduated  from  the  Newman  School  (preparatory)  at 
Hackensack,  New  Jersey,  after  which  he  entered  Phillips  Academy  at  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  prepared  for  Yale.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  class  of  1917  at  that 
iiniversity.     Ellen  A.,  the  youngest  of  the   family   was   born   in   1904. 

The  family  are  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  fraternally  Mr. 
Brophy  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Benevolent  Pi-otective  Order 
of  Elks.  He  supports  the  republican  party  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  although 
he  takes  an  active  interest  in  political  affairs  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  national  conven- 
tion in   1904. 

Mr.  Brophy  is  a  self-made  man  in  all  that  the  term  implies.  At  the-  beginning  of 
Ills  business  career  his  capital  was  his  push  and  energy.  He  had  no  ''pull"  unless  it  was 
his  loyalty  and  the  keen  interest  he  took  in  his  employers'  business,  his  success  being  re- 
garded as  the  well  merited  reward  of  earnest  effort  and  capably  organized  methods  diligently 
and  persistently  pursued.  He  has  not  lived  solely  to  accumulate,  and  many  charitable  and 
generous  acts  of  his  have  been  known   only  by  the  recipients. 


WILLIAM    M.    ADAMSON. 


Since  1901  William  M.  Adamson  has  been  prominently  identified  with  the  develop- 
ment and  progress  of  Douglas  as  a  successful  business  man  and  for  a  number  of  years 
past  has  represented  one  of  the  most  important  business  interests  of  the  city  as  president 
of  the  Arizona  Gypsum  Plaster  Company.  He  was  born  in  Wisconsin,  January  6,  1862, 
and  is  a  son  of  David  W.  and  Jannott  (McEwan)  Adamson,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  Scotland  They  came  to  America  in  1858  and  settled  in  Wisconsin,  later  moving  to 
North   Platte,  Nebraska,  where   their   deaths  occurred. 

William  M.  Adamson  was  still  a  child  when  the  family  removed  to  North  Platte  and 
there  he  grew  to  manhood,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age 
of  seventeen  he  served  his  apprenticeship  as  a  machinist  and  became  an  expert  and 
skilled  mechanician.  He  remained  at  home  until  he  was  twenty-one  and  then  began  his 
independent  career,  following  his  trade  in  various  parts  of  the  country  and  finally  drifting 
westward,  where  he  settled  in  Butte,  Montana.  There  he  spent  thirteen  years,  being 
employed  as  master  mechanic  in  the  mines  operated  by  W.  A.  Clark  and  afterward  serving 
for  two  years  as  assistant  state  boiler  inspector.  He  was  then  made  assistant  master 
mechanic  for  the  Butte  &  Boston  Mining  Company  and  held  that  position  until  July, 
1896,  when  he  came  to  Arizona  to  take  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  United  Verdie 
smelter  owned  by  his  former  employer,  W.  A.  Clark,  at  Jerome.  Mr.  Adamson  served  as 
master  mechanic  for  this  concern  until  September,  1901,  when  he  became  connected  with 
the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  as  superintendent  of  construction  and  machinery  at 
bouclas.     He  has  since  made  his  home  in   that   city,  retaining  his  identification   with   the 


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Copper  Queen  Company  until  the  smelter  was  completed  and  put  in  operation,  when  he 
resigned. 

Mr.  Adamson  then  purchased  the  Douglas  Cast  Stone- Company,  which  he  reorganized 
and  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Arizona  Gypsum  Plaster  Company.  This  is  a 
corporation  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Arizona  and  Mr.  Adamson  is  its  president, 
his  excellent  administrative  and  executive  ability  making  him  one  of  the  forceful  ele- 
ments in  the  growth  of  the  concern.  The  company  manufactures  hard  wall  gypsum  plaster, 
raw  gypsum  in  gypsite  form  being  obtained  five  miles  east  of  Douglas.  Here  the  beds 
cover  a  surface  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  are  eight  feet  in  depth,  and  the  raw 
gypsum  thus  obtained  is  hauled  five  miles  to  a  two-kettle  mill  with  a  capacity  of  thirty 
tons  in  eight  hours.  From  this  gypsum  the  Arizona  Gypsum  Plaster  Company  makes 
building  blocks  of  all  kinds,  building  ornaments  and  hard  plaster,  and  an  extensive  and 
growing  trade  has  been  built  up  as  the  high  quality  of  the  goods  has  become  more  widely 
known. 

Mr.  Adamson's  fine  business  ability  and  his  powerful  qualities  of  mind  have  car- 
ried him  forward  into  other  important  relations  with  representative  business  enterprises, 
nil  of  which  in  their  development  and  growth  aftect  the  progress  of  the  city  in  a  material 
and  vital  way.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Douglas  Investment  Company  and  of 
the  Douglas  Street  Railway  and  the  city  ice  plant,  all  of  these  concerns  being  incorporated 
as  one  company,  known  as  the  Douglas  Investment  Company,  rn  which  Mr.  Adamson  is 
a  director  and  a  leading  force.  He  helped  also  in  the  organization  of  the  first  telephone 
company  in  the  city  and  of  the  Douglas  water  works  and  is  otherwise  active  and  prom- 
inent in  progiessive  public  movements.  He  is  not  only  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  work 
which  claims  his  attention  bnt  is  also  a  man  of  good  business  and  executive  powers  and  the 
flourishing  enterprises  which  he  has  instituted  or  developed  stand  as  testimonials  to  his 
ability  and  public  spirit. 

Mr.  Adamson  was  married  in  Montana  in  1895  to  Miss  Carrie  Mather,  a  native  of 
that  state  and  a  daughter  of  C.  W.  and  Millie  (Dewing)  Mather.  Her  father  was  a  pioneer 
of  Montana,  in  which  state  he  still  lives,  but  her  mother  has  passed  away. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Adamson  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to  the  blue 
lodge,  chapter  and  commandery,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party.  He  is  a  progressive,  up-to-date  business  man,  of  strict  integrity  and  effective 
public  spirit,  and  he  enjoys  in  large  measure  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  those  with  whom 
he  is  brought  in  contact. 


LEE    COCHRANE. 


Lee  Cochrane,  representative  of  the  Singer  Sewing  Machine  Company  in  Bisbee,  was 
born  in  Kentucky,  March  22,  1864,  and  is  a  son  of  Nathan  W.  and  .Jane  Cochrane.  The 
parents  are  likewise  natives  of  Kentucky,  in  which  state  they  still  reside,  making  their 
home  in  Waterford,  Spencer  county,  but  they  arc  of  Scotch-Irish  lineage.  .  Eight  children 
were  born  to  them,  as  follows:  Thomas;  Bragg,  who  is  deceased;  Lee,  our  subject;  Nora; 
Nina;  Harry  and  Nat,  who  are  twins;  and  Emmett. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  I^ee  Cochrane  were  passed  in  his  native  state.  About  1886 
he  went  to  Mexico,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  having  the  manage- 
ment of  a  large  ranch  from  1888  until  189.5.  He  was  also  United  States  deputy  marshal 
in  western  Texas  for  a  year  or  so  and  during  the  year  1897  held  the  position  of  inspector 
of  customs  at  Eagle  Pass,  that  state.  During  President  Cleveland's  second  administration 
he  was  appointe<l  United  States  consul  at  what  was  then  Porfirio  Diaz,  now  called  Piedras 
Negras,  which  post  he  retained  during  a  portion  of  President  McKinley's  term.  Later  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  in  Mexico  City  and  remained 
with  them  in  various  capacities  for  eight  years.  In  1906  he  accepted  the  agency  at  San 
Pedro,  Coahuila,  Mexico,  with  the  same  company.  He  then  became  local  managmg  sales- 
man for  the  Singer  Sewing  Machine  Company  at  Tucson,  Arizona,  and  has  since  been  con- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  213 

iiected   with    that   corporation,   representing   their    interests    at    various    points    in    Arizona, 
New  Mexico  and  Texas.     He  now  makes  his  home  in  Bisbee. 

Mr.  Cochrane  has  one  son.  Earl  C,  who  was  born  in  Eagle  Pass,  Te.xas,  June  15,  1897, 
and  is  now  holding  a  lucrative  position  with  the  Texas  Pacific  Railroad  Company  at  Kl 
Paso,  Texas.  Fraternally  Mr.  Cochrane  is  affiliated  with  tlie  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
is  now  consul  commander  of  Warren  Camp,  No.  9,  at  Bisbee.  He  is  also  connected  with  the 
Ladies  Circle,  W.  0.  W.,  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood,  of 
which  he  is  now  president.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  the  democratic  party,  believ- 
ing tliat  its  principles  are  best  adapted  to  protect  the  highest  interests  of  the  majority. 


J.  H.  CRAWFORD. 


J.  H.  Crawford,  prominently  connected  with  business  interests  of  Flagstaff  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Crawford  &  Borum,  grocers  and  general  merchants,  was  born  in  Jlissouri 
in  1883,  a  son  of  Charles  C.  Crawford,  who  left  that  state  and  came  to  Flagstaft'  about 
the  year  1889.  He  left  his  family  in  Missouri  but  after  the  death  of  the  mother  the 
children  joined  him  in  Arizona. 

J.  H.  Crawford  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Missouri  and  in  1900 
came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  FlagstaflF,  where  he  has  since  remained.  On  the  15th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1912,  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  dry  goods  and  grocery  store  conducted  by 
C.  A.  Black  &  Brother.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  mercantile  establishments  in  the  city, 
having  been  founded  by  G.  H.  Coffin,  whom  C.  A.  Black  &  P.  S.  Coffin  succeeded.  The  busi- 
ness was  afterward  operated  under  the  name  of  C.  A.  Black  &  Brother  and  they  were 
succeeded  by  Black  &  Crawford,  but  this  name  ^^■as  changed  to  Crawford  &.  Borum  on  Octo- 
ber 1,  1913.  The  firm  has  a  fine  modern  store,  fifty  feet  wide  by  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  deep,  and  is  in  control  of  an  important  and  growing  trade,  much  of  the  credit  for  the 
success  of  tlie  institution  being  due  to  Mr.  Crawford's  excellent  organizing  ability  and  the 
spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  which  actuates  him  in  all  that  he  does. 

Mr.  Ci-awford  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America  and  the  Royal  Neighbors.  He  is  not  active  in  polities,  preferring  to  concentrate 
his  attention  upon  his  business  affairs,  which,  capably  conducted,  are  bringing  him  richly 
merited  success.  His  worth  is  widely  acknowledged,  his  business  enterprise  having  gained 
him  respect  in  commercial  circles  and  his  business  probity  standing  as  an  unquestioned 
fact  in  his  career. 


HON.  H.  L.  PICKETT. 


One  of  the  foremost  and  ablest  members  of  the  bar  of  the  southwest  for  more  than 
thirty  years  was  Hon.  H.  L.  Pickett.  He  was  born  at  Lebanon,  Tennessee,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  distinguished  southern  house  of  that  name,  which  has  produced  many  states- 
men, soldiers  and  men  of  letters,  among  them  being  the  famous  Confederate  general,  George 
E.  Pickett,  and  Albert  James  Pickett,  the  Alabama  historian.  His  literary  education  was 
-acquired,  at  Union  University  at  Murfreesboro,  Tennessee,  where  in  1872  he  received  the 
degree  of  A.  B.,  and  thereupon  entered  the  law  department  of  Cumberland  University  at 
Lebanon,  Tennessee,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1876,  locating  in  Lebanon  for  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  He  rapidly  became  recognized  as  one  of  the  able  young  men  of  the 
state;  achieved  marked  success  as  a  lawyer  and  advocate,  and  served  with  distinction 
in  the  Tennessee  assembly,  leading  the  fight  against  the  repudiation  of  the  state  debt, 
incurred  during  the  war  of  secession,  for  which  he  was  rewarded  by  the  naming  of  Pickett 
county  in  his  honor. 

In  1883,  having  acquired  interests  in  mining  property  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico, 
Mr.  Pickett  removed  from  his  native  state,  and  thereafter  until  his  death,  in  1914,  practiced 


214  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

his  profession  in  the  southwest,  having  been  a  resident  of  Tombstone,  Arizona,  for  many- 
years. 

Tliroughout  his  long  career,  Mr.  Pickett  occupied  a  place  in  the  front  rank  of  his  pro- 
fession and  enjoyed  a  very  extensive  practice.  He  appeared  as  counsel  in  some  of  the  most 
important  minmg  litigation  in  the  southwest,  in  whicli  field  of  the  practice  he  took  great 
interest  and  in  which  he  achieved  particular  distinction  not  only  at  the  bar  of  his  adopted 
state  but  in  Utah  and  New  Mexico,  where  he  was  frequently  called  as  counsel.  As  a 
lawyer  his  ability  was  of  the  highest  order.  He  was  learned  in  the  law,  eloquent  in  address, 
either  before  court  or  jury  and  met  with  marked  success.  Though  courteous  after  the 
manner  of  his  race,  he  was  an  uncompromising  adversary,  a  fearless  advocate  and  often 
unsparing  of  his  opponents.  His  inlluence  in  the  profession  was  considerable  and  uniformly 
exerted  for  its  very  highest  ideals. 

In  the  development  qi  Arizona  Mr.  Pickett  was  deeply  interested  and  was  an  active 
factor.  In  the  strenuous  years  immediately  ])receding  stateliood  he  took  an  active  and 
prominent  part  in  political  afi'airs,  twice  appearing  in  Washington  as  a  member  of  the 
delegations  chosen  to  oppose  tlie  joining  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  as  a  single  state, 
in  which  connection  his  work  was  particularly  effective.  His  career,  honorable  and  dis- 
tinguished, was  closed  by  his  sudden  death,  July  21,  1914. 

His  son,  Harry  E.  Pickett,  Ksq.,  with  wliom  he  had  been  associated  in  the  practice  for 
several  years,  has  succeeded  to  the  firm  practice  and  is  an  active  member  of  the  Cochise 
county  bar.  He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  graduating  with  the  class 
of  1909,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  ])ractice  of  law  at  Tombstone. 


EMIL  GANZ. 


The  steps  in  the  orderly  progression  of  Emil  Ganz  are  easily  discernible  and  have 
brought  him  from  an  humble  position  in  the  business  world  to  one  of  prominence  and 
responsibility  as  president  of  the  National  Bank  of  Arizona  at  Phoenix  and  he  is  the  oldest 
bank  president  in  point  of  service  in  the  state.  What  he  plans  he  executes.  His  determina- 
tion and  energy  overcome  obstacles  and  difficulties,  and  while  he  has  won  success  his  activi- 
ties have  at  all  times  conformed  to  the  highest  standards  of  business  ethics. 

Mr.  Ganz  is  a  native  of  (Jermany,  born  August  18,  1838,  and  his  parents  were  Meyer 
and  Hannah  Ganz.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  his  native  land,  where 
he  remained  until  he  reached  the  age  of  nineteen  years.  Reports  which  he  heard  concern- 
ing the  opportunities  of  the  new  world  led  him  to  determine  to  try  his  fortune  in  America, 
and  in  1859  he  sailed  for  the  United  States,  landing  at  New  York.  He  proceeded  thence 
to  Philadelphia  and  afterward  to  Rome,  Georgia.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  having  learned 
the  business  in  his  native  country,  and  after  coming  to  the  new  world  he  was  employed  at 
tailoring  for  a  time.  Following  the  outbreak  of  tlie  Civil  war,  he  joined  the  Confederate 
army  and  served  for  four  years  in  the  defense  of  the  Southland.  During  his  residence  In 
Georgia  he  also  served  aw  postmaster  at  Cedartown  under  President  Buchanan  prior  to 
secession. 

When  the  war  was  over  Mr.  Ganz  removed  westward  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  where 
he  remained  for  seven  years,  and  in  1873  went  to  Colorado.  The  year  1875  witnessed  his 
arrival  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  and  in  1879  he  removed  to  Phoenix.  For  a  time  he  conducted 
a  liotel  in  tliis  city  and  later  carried  on  a  wholesale  liquor  business.  Subsequently  he 
established  an  insurance  and  banking  business  and  thus  gradually  progressed  to  his  pres- 
ent position  in  the  iinancial  circles  of  Phoenix.  P\irchasing  an  interest  in  the  National 
Bank  of  Arizona,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  institution  and  in  that  position  is  directing 
its  affairs,  winning  for  the  bank  a  position  which  is  the  result  of  intelligently  directed  inter- 
ests combined  with  the  recognition  of  the  conditions  of  the  business  world  and  tlie  ability  | 
to  carefully  plan  and  perform. 

Mr.  (ianz  is  recognized  as  a  power  in  the  business  circles  of  Plioenix  and  at  the  same 
time  he  has  been  a  factor  in  guiding  public  policy  and  forming  public  opinion,  being  an 
mtluential   representative   of   the   democratic   party,   which   three   times   elected   him    mayor 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  217 

of  the  city.  His  reelection  came  in  .evidence  of  popular  belief  in  his  ability  and  fidelity, 
and  his  administration  was  businesslike  and  progressive.  His  aid  can  always  be  counted 
upon  to  further  any  movement  for  the  general  good  and  his  cooperation,  therefore,  is  sought 
along  many  lines. 

In  1883  Mr.  Ganz  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Angleman,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  who 
died  in  1904.  For  his  second  wife  he  chose  Elsie  Bryson,  of  Los  Angeles.  There  were  three 
children  born  of  the  first  marriage  and  one  of  the  second,  namely:  Sylvin,  who  is  assistant 
cashier  in  the  National  Bank  of  Arizona;  Julian,  who  is  in  the  insurance  business  in  Phoenix, 
succeeding  his  father  in  that  lint^  Aileen,  a  student  in  Lennox  Hall  at  St.  Louis;  and  Frenees 
Emily. 

The  family  are  well  known  socially  and  Mr.  Ganz  is  a  prominent  Mason,  having  at- 
tained the  thirty-second  degree  in  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks.  The  foregoing  illustrates  the  fact  that  he  has  been  closely 
connected  with  the  material,  social  and  political  progress  of  the  city  for  an  extended  period, 
and  throughout  the  entire  time  he  has  used  every  available  opportunity  to  advance  the 
interests  of  Phoenix  along  lines  of  substantial  upbuilding. 


NATIONAL  BANK  OF  ARIZONA. 

The  substantial  financial  institutions  of  the  state  include  the  National  Bank  of  Arizona 
in  Phoenix.  This  was  organized  in  1875,  in  Prescott,  by  Solomon  Lewis,  who  removed  the 
bank  to  Phoenix  in  1879.  The  following  year  the  bank  became  the  property  of  the  firm 
of  Kales  &  Lewis  and  in  1883  a  reorganization  was  effected  under  the  name  of  the  National 
Bank  of  Arizona,  at  which  time  it  was  capitalized  for  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Its 
officers  were  then  M.  W.  Kales,  president;  Solomon  Lewis,  vice  president;  and  George 
Hoadley,  cashier.  The  bank  was  a  close  corporation,  most  of  the  stock  being  owned  by 
the  officers,  while  John  Y.  D.  Smith  and  Charles  Goldman  also  had  ten  shares  each.  About 
1896  Mr.  Kales  withdrew  and  a  portion  of  his  stock  was  purchased  by  Emil  Ganz,  who 
was  soon  afterward  elected  to  the  presidency  and  has  since  acted  in  that  capacity.  His 
associate  officers  at  the  present  time  are:  Charles  Goldman,  vice  president,  and  S.  Oberf elder, 
cashier,  while  on  the  board  of  directors  are  also  Joseph  Thalheimer,  Jacob  Miller,  Augustus 
Streitz  and  E.  Eiselc.  The  bank  has  occupied  its  new  building  on  the  southeast  corner  of 
Central  and  Washington — one  of  the  finest  structures  of  the  kind  in  the  state^since  April, 
1911.  In  1910  its  capital  stock  was  increased  to  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  it 
now  has  deposits  amounting  to  over  a  million  dollars,  with  surplus,  not  including  the  un- 
divided profits,  amounting  to  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  thousand  dollars.  The  bank  is 
in  excellent  condition  and  under  its  present  management  occupies  a  prominent  place  in  the 
financial  history  of  the  state. 


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FRANCIS  EPPES  SHINE,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Francis  Eppes  Shine,  chief  surgeon  of  the  Copper  Queen  Hospital  and  of  the  El 
Paso  &  Southwestern  Railroad  Company  in  Bisbee,  was  born  in  St.  Augustine,  Florida,  in 
1871,  a  son  of  Dr.  William  Francis  and  Maria  Jefferson  (Eppes)  Shine.  The  father  was 
born  in  North  Carolina  and  the  mother  in  Virginia,  and  they  removed  to  Florida  at  an 
early  date.  Dr.  William  F.  Shine  was  an  able  and  successful  physician  and  acted  as  army 
surgeon  for  a  Confederate  regiment  during  the  Civil  war.  He  continued  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death  in   1910. 

Dr.  Francis  E.  Shine  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  grammar  and  preparatory 
schools  of  Sewanee,  Tennessee,  which  he  attended  for  four  years,  afterward  entering  the 
University  of  the  South  in  the  same  city,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1893.  He  after- 
ward studied  medicine  in  the  University  of  Virginia,  taking  his  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1895 
and  going  later  to  New  York  city,  where  he  was  interne  in  the  New  York  Hospital,  gaining 


218  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  that  way  valuable  practical  experience.  He  severed  his  connection  with  the  hospital  in 
1899  and  engaged  in  private  practice  in  New  York,  gaining  a  large  and  representative  pat- 
ronage as  a  reward  for  his  ability  and  skill.  From  1901  to  1902  he  was  medical  instructor 
in  Cornell  University  and  in  the  latter  year  came  to  Arizona  as  chief  surgeon  of  the 
Copper  Queen  Hospital  and  of  the  El  Paso  &  Southwestern  Railroad  Company,  offices  in 
which  he  has  served  continuously  since  that  time,  proving  his  ability  by  the  results  he 
lias  obtained  and  by  the  splendid  work  he  has  accomplished.  Dr.  Shine  is  an  expert  sur- 
geon, keeping  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought  in  his  profession  through  his  mem- 
bership in  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society,  of  whicli  hfe  was  president  in  1911,  and  he 
is  making  his  unusual  professional  ability  effective  in  a  general  way  by  his  services  as 
president  of  the  state  board  of  medical  examiners. 

In  1903  Dr.  Shine  married  Miss  Ann  Barker,  a  native  of  Toronto,  Canada,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  C.  B.  Barker,  who  has  passed  away.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Shine  have  three  children;  Francis 
Eppes,  Jr.,  Randolph  Eppes  and  Elizabeth  Eppes. 

The  Doctor  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  today  one  of 
the  prominent  men  in  local  politics,  having  served  as  delegate  to  the  national  democratic 
convention  in  Baltimore  in  1912.  He  has  e.\tensive  and  representative  fraternal  affiliations, 
being  connected  with  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  the  Masonic  Order,  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  Sigma  Aljdia  Epsilon.  He  is,  moreover,  a  director  in  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  a  devout  adherent  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and 
belongs  to  the  Virginia  Historical  Society.  He  is  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments,  most 
earnest  and  public  spirited  in  his  work,  and  he  has  gained  a  high  and  distinguished  ])lace 
in  the  profession  to  which  he  has  given  such  close  study  and  so  many  years  of  work. 


JAMES  A.  HOWELL. 


James  A.  Howell,  a  well  known  resident  of  Douglas,  is  a  native  of  Nevada,  his  birth 
having  occurred  at  White  Pine,  Lincoln  county,  in  1873.  He  is  the  youngest  child  born 
of  the  marriage  of  A.  C.  and  Mary  (Tyler)  Howell,  who  were  born  and  reared  in  Missouri. 
In  the  paternal  line  the  family  is  of  Scotch  extraction.  About  1878,  A.  C.  Howell  removed 
to  Arizona  with  his  family,  locating  in  the  vicinity  of  Tombstone,  Cochise  county,  where 
for  a  number  of  years  he  owned  and  conducted  a  cattle  ranch.  He  subsequently  disposed 
of  it  and  located  at  San  Bernardino,  California,  where  he  followed  in  tlie  same  business 
until  his  death  in  1890.  The  mother  is  still  living  and  continues  to  reside  on  the  San 
Bernardino  ranch,  as  does  also  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Cora  Slaughter.  The  other  member 
of  their   family  was  Stonewall  J.,   who  passed  away   at  the   age  of  twenty-five  years. 

As  he  was  only  a  child  of  six  years  when  he  accompanied  his  jiarents  on  their  removal 
to  Arizona,  James  A.  Howell  has  passed  the  greater  portion  of  his  life  in  Cochise  county. 
His  early  education  was  ac(|uircd  in  the  public  schools  and  later  he  attended  a  military 
academy  in  California,  following  which  he  pursued  a  commercial  course  in  the  Gem  City 
Business  College  at  Quiney,  Hlinois.  Returning  home,  he  then  assisted  in  the  operation  of 
the  ranch  for  several  years.  He  was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature  of  Arizona,  in 
which  he  served  during  the  term  of  1902  and  at  its  expiration  became  a  stockholder  and 
assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tombstone.  Two  years  later  he  resigned 
that  position  and  went  to  Benson,  this  state,  as  cashier  of  the  Citizens  Bank.  When  the 
latter  institution  was  sold  he  became  manager  of  the  Turkey  Track  Cattle  Company  hut 
resigned  his  duties  in  that  connection  at  the  expiration  of  six  months  in  order  to  accept 
the  post  of  cashier  of  the  Arizona  Trust  &  Banking  Company  of  Douglas,  later  known  as 
the  Arizona  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  At  the  end  of  two  years  he  terminated  his  official 
connection  with  that  institution  and  engaged  in  the  meat  business  in  Douglas  until  elected 
city  clerk,  treasurer  and  assessor  in  1912.  He  owns  his  residence  in  Douglas  and  a  ranch 
stocked  with  high  grade  cattle. 

In  1902  Jlr.  Howell  was  married  to  Miss  Frankie  J.  Todd,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  a 
daughter  of  S.  H.  and  Emma  Todd,  who  reside  in  Arizona.  She  is  the  eldest  child  in  a 
family  of  four.     Mrs.  Howell  is  a  very  capable  business  woman  and  served  for  some  time 


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as  assistant   cashier  in  the  Arizona  Bank  &  Trust  Company  and   is   now  employed  in   tlie 
First  National  Bank  of  Douglas. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Howell  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Moose,  and 
politically  he  supports  the  democratic  party.  He  was  a  very  popular  public  official,  meeting 
the  responsibilities  of  his  position  in  a  manner  quite  satisfactory  not  only  to  his  constit- 
uency but  the  community  at  largo.  He  is  a  man  of  high  standards  and  straightforward 
business  methods,  both  of  which  qualities  have  been  the  means  of  winning  him  many 
friends  during  tlie  period  of  his  residence  in  Cochise  county. 


ROBERT  WALLACE   CRAIG,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Robert  Wallace  Craig  of  Phoenix  was  born  in  Danville,  Hlinois,  October  30,  1871, 
a  son  of  Robert  G.  and  Harriett  (Wallace)  Craig,  the  former  a  farmer  who  devoted  his 
attention  to  general  agricultural  pursuits  in  the  middle  west.  Dr.  Craig  was  accorded 
the  educational  advantages  offered  by  the  public  schools  and  supplemented  his  work  in  the 
grades  by  a  high  scliool  course  in  Wichita,  Kansas,  and  by  study  in  the  University  of 
Kansas. 

He  read  medicine  and  pursued  a  course  in  the  Rush  Medical  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1895,  and  spent  two  years  as  interne  in  the  Cook  County  Hospital  in 
Chicago.  He  afterward  practiced  in  that  city  for  two  years  and  in  1898  arrived  in  Phoenix, 
where  he  has  since  remained. 

Dr.  Craig  belongs  to  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  American  Climatological 
Association,  the  Chicago  Medical  Society,  the  Chicago  Pathological  Society,  the  Cook 
County  Hospital  Alumni  Association,  the  Arizona  Medical  Association  and  the  Maricopa 
County  Medical  Association.     He  was  married  in  1905  to  Mrs.  Maud  Ward,  of  Victoria,  B.  C. 


DAVID  L.  PERRY,  Jr. 


David  L.  Perry,  Jr.,  a  well  known  business  man  of  Douglas,  identified  with  the  firm 
of  Saunders  &  Perry  and  with  various  representative  business  interests,  is  a  man  who  by 
his  own  determined  labor,  enterprise  and  unfaltering  resolution  has  worked  his  way 
upward  from  a  position  of  poverty  to  one  of  responsibility  and  importance.  He  was 
born  in  Illinois  in  1868,  a  son  of  David  L.  and  Harriet  (Andrews)  Perry,  the  former  a  native 
of  Massachusetts  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  They  went  as  pioneers  to  Illinois  and  there  the 
father  engaged  in  business  until  his  death.  His  wife  has  also  passed  away.  In  their 
family  were  five  children:  Lucy,  the  wife  of  Dr.  H.  M.  Bascom,  of  Illinois;  Ida,  who  lives 
in  Hinsdale,  that  state;  Charles  S.,  of  Montana;  David  L.,  of  this  review;  and  Everett  H, 
in  the  hotel  business  in  Chariton,  Iowa. 

David  L.  Perry  was  reared  in  Illinois  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  state,  attending  until  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age.  At  that  time  he  went  to 
Kansas  to  make  his  home  with  his  uncle  on  a  ranch  and  he  there  lived  for  eight  years, 
aiding  in  extensive  agricultural  operations.  His  marriage  occurred  there  in  1886  and  four 
years  afterward  he  went  to  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  where  he  became  identified  with 
railroad  work  between  that  city  and  Williams,  Arizona.  At  the  end  of  four  years  he 
removed  to  Winslow  in  the  latter  state,  but  after  two  years'  identification  with  railroad- 
ing there  he  returned  to  Albuquerque  and  worked  for  a  time  as  a  stationary  engineer  in 
connection  with  the  electric  light  plant.  He  afterward  became  interested  in  the  laundry 
business,  building  what  is  now  known  as  the  Imperial  Steam  Laundry,  and  this  enterprise 
he  conducted  for  one  year,  disposing  of  it  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  resuming  his  engi- 
neering work.  He  worked  in  the  mines  at  Bland,  New  Mexico,  and  rose  to  the  position  of 
superintendent,  a  capacity  in  which  he  was  actpg  when  the  mines  were  shut  down  and 
practically  all  business  suspended. 

Mr.  Perry  came  to  Douglas  in  1900,  when  there  were  only  a  few  scattered  residences 


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here,  and  he  was  obliged  to  sleep  for  the  first  night  on  the  floor  of  a  barber  shop.  He 
obtained  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  general  merchandise  store  and  held  it  for  one  year,  later 
becoming  identified  with  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  as  a  steam  shovel  operator. 
For  eight  months  he  dug  ore  pits  near  the  smelter  and  then  severed  his  connection  with 
that  company  to  become  engineer  for  the  Douglas  Improvement  Company,  winning  rapid 
advancement  to  the  position  of  chief  engineer.  Tliis  lie  resigned  in  1904  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  Mr.  Seaman.  Under  the  firm  name  of  Seaman  &  Perry  they  started 
in  the  hardware  business  on  a  very  small  scale  their  capital  being  limited,  but  their  patron- 
age grew  rapidly  and  the  business  steadily  expanded,  becoming  one  of  the  largest  of  its 
kind  in  the  city.  In  April,  1914,  Mr.  Perry  disposed  of  his  interest  to  Mr.  Seaman  and 
■removed  to  near  Phoenix,  where  he  bought  a  ranch  and  remained  until  September,  1914, 
when  he  returned  to  Douglas  and  in  October  following  formed  a  partnersliip  with  Doc 
Saunders  in  the  only  exclusive  paint  and  wall  paper  business  in  the  city.  He  is  a  progres- 
sive, resourceful  and  discriminating  business  man,  ably  carrying  forward  his  own  inter- 
ests, and  he  has  thus  made  his  name  lionored  and  respected  in  commercial  circles  of  the 
city.  He  and  his  former  partner,  Mr.  Seaman,  organized  the  Crystal  Ice  Company  and  Mr. 
Perry  served  as  its  president  until  they  sold  out  in  1909  to  the  Douglas  Improvement  Com- 
pany. 

Mr.  Perry  was  married  March  19.  1886,  to  Miss  Emma  R.  Rogers,  a  native  of  Canada 
and  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  H.  and  Mary  A.  Rogers.  In  this  family  were  four  children: 
Annie  S.,  who  lives  in  Watertown,  South  Dakota;  Emma  R.,  now  Mrs.  Perry;  Jacob  S., 
deceased;  and  EI  wood  T.,  who  is  interested  in  mining  in  Globe,  Arizona.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perry 
are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Lynn,  Dee  N.,  Olive  H.,  and  Elwood  E.,  all  attending  the 
Douglas   public  schools. 

Mr.  Perry  has  been  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  for  over 
twenty  years  and  is  also  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  being  a  man  well 
known  and  prominent  in  fraternal  circles.  He  is  liberal  ih  his  political  views,  voting  for 
men  and  measures  regardless  of  party  lines.  While  not  an  office  seeker,  he  is  interested 
in  the  growth  and  development  of  the  city  and  is  at  present  serving  as  a  water  com- 
missioner. He  is  essentially  a  self-made  man,  the  credit  for  his  success  being  entirely 
due  to  his  own  energy  and  enterprise.  He  is  justly  accorded  a  place  among  the  prom- 
inent and  re])resentative  citizens  of  Douglas,  for  he  belongs  to  that  class  of  men  whose 
enterprising  spirit  is  used  not  alone  for  their  own  benefit  but  who  advance  the  general 
good  and  public  prosperity  by  their  able  management  of  individual  interests.  He  has 
excellent  ability  as  an  organizer,  forms  his  plans  readily  and  is  determined  in  their  execu- 
tion, and  these  qualities  have  been  salient  features  in  his  success. 


F.  S.  BREEN. 


Among  those  who  have  achieved  prominence  as  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial 
worth  in  Flagstaff  is  F.  S.  Breen,  who  was  a  member  of  the  last  territorial  and  first  state 
tenate,  and  for  several  years  past  has  been  identified  with  journalistic  interests  of  the 
city  as  editor  and  publisher  of  The  Coconino  Sun.  He  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1869  and 
acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state.  Since  his  boyhood  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  newspaper  business  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  owned  the  Manteno 
(111.)  Independent,  in  which  he  was  interested  until  1911.  However,  he  did  not  continue 
in  the  active  management  of  this  enterprise  during  all  of  that  time  but  came  to  Ariiona  ^ 
in  1898  as  forest  supervisor  for  the  territory  lying  between  Utah  and  Clifton,  Arizona,  San  . 
Francisco  and  Black   Mesa,  an   immense   tract  of   land   which   has   recently   been   divided. 

Mr.    Breen    resigned   his    position    in    the    government    service    in    1908,    purchasing    in  I 
Flagstaff  The  Coconino   Sun   and  with  this  he  has  been   connected   since  that   time.     It  is 
one  of  the  oldest  papers   in   the  state,  having  been   established   in   1882   as  The  Champion  j 
by  A.  E.  Fay,  and  it  has  had  a  career  of  uninterrupted  prosperity  from  that  time  to  theJ 
present.      Mr.    Breen    has    applied    his    expert    knowledge    of    the    newspaper    business,   hi» 
excellent   ability,   his   discrimination    and    sound    financial    judgment   to    making    it   a   large! 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  221 

and  important  public  organ  and  that  he  has  succepded  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  The 
Sun  now  has  the  largest  circulation  of  any  weekly  newspaper  in  the  state.  In  connection 
with  it  Mr.  Breen  conducts  a  fully  equipped  job  printing  department  where  all  kinds  of 
commercial  and  legal  printing  are  done  and  this  brancli  of  his  business  is  rapidly  becoming 
|)rofltable  and  important. 

In  190G  Mr.  Breen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Caroline  Austin,  of  New  York,  who 
was  principal  of  the  Flagstaff  public  schools  before  her  marriage.  Fraternally  Mr.  Breen 
is  prominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  holding  membership  in  the  lodge,  chapter,  and  com- 
mandery  at  Preacott  and  the  Shrine  at  Phoenix  and  he  is  identified  also  with  the  con- 
sistory at  Tucson.  He  belongs  to  the  Modem  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  has  served  with  the  National 
Ouard  of  Arizona,  holding  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel.  His  political  allegiance  is  given 
the  republican  party  and  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  lower  house  of  the  territorial 
legislature  and  in  the  first  state  senate.  His  interests  are  varied  but  all  are  along  lines 
of  progress  and  improvement.  He  is  a  broad-minded  man  who  places  a  correct  valuation 
upon  life,  its  opportunities  and  its  privileges,  and  while  in  business  affairs  he  has  achieved 
a  gratifying  measure  of  prosperity,  he  has  at  the  same  time  wrought  along  lines  of  the 
greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number,  his  activity  in  various  fields  proving  of  benefit  to  the 
community  at  large.  ' 


CARL  CLAUSEN. 


Carl  Clausen,  one  of  the  well  known  and  successful  mining  engineers  of  Bisbee,  is  a 
native  of  Hanover,  Germany,  his  birth  occurring  in  1863.  His  parents  died  during  his 
early  childhood  and,  being  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  he 
apprenticed  himself  to  the  machinist's  trade.  At  first  he  received  only  twenty-five  cents 
a  week,  but  this  amount  was  increased,  however,  at  various  times  during  his  period  of 
service.  At  the  end  of  four  years  he  became  a  journeyman  and  was  able  to  earn  a  com- 
fortable salary,  but  it  was  his  ambition  to  make  more  of  himself  than  a  machinist  and 
he  continued  to  practice  the  most  rigid  economy  in  order  to  acquire  the  means  to  procure 
pn  education.  He  aspired  to  become  an  artist  or  draftsman  but  if  it  were  not  possible 
for  him  to  achieve  his  ambition  he  was  determined  to  be  an  engineer.  He  is  descended 
from  a  noble  family  and  inherited  the  fine  mental  powers  of  generations  of  educated 
and  cultured  ancestors.  Readily  appreciating  the  necessity  of  a  good  education,  he  utilized 
his  spare  moments  to  the  best  possible  advantage  by  studying  such  subjects  as  he  felt 
would  best  assist  him  in  his  career.  Through  his  own  efforts  he  had  become  very  well 
informed  on  various  engineering  subjects  before  he  went  to  Saxony,  where  he  entered  the 
Technicum  Mittweisa.  Three  years  later  he  was  graduated  from  that  institution  with 
the  degree  of  Mechanical  Engineer.  In  order  to  acquire  a  broader  and  more  practical 
knowledge  of  his  profession  he  subsequently  made  brief  sojourns  in  almost  every  country 
of  Europe,  during  which  time  he  was  employed  in  various  mines  and  identified  with  dif- 
ferent engineering  projects.  He  also  went  to  South  Africa  but  shortly  returned  to  Ger- 
many, where  he  accepted  a  position  as  engineer  with  the  Hamburg-American  Steamship 
Company.  At  the  expiration  of  a  year  he  resigned  and  entered  the  marine  engineering 
department  of  the  North  German  Lloyd  Steamship  Company,  where  he  was  afforded  an 
opportunity  of  designing.  He  had  only  been  in  their  service  for  a  short  time  when  he 
was  called  upon  to  serve  his  time  in  the  German  navy,  and  upon  receiving  his  discharge  he 
came  to  the  United  States. 

In  1881  Mr.  Clausen  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  and  the  year  following  he 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant,  in  which  capacity  he  served  in  Arizona 
until  1884.  Upon  receiving  his  discharge  he  became  associated  with  another  mining  engineer 
in  prospecting  in  the  southwest  and  in  1885  went  to  New  Mexico  and  installed  the  machin- 
ery for  a  mining  company  at  Las  Cruces,  where  he  located  and  subsequently  established  a 
machine  shop.  He  remained  there  for  about  thirteen  years,  assisting  in  various  engineer- 
ing projects  and  installing  and  designing  mining  and  milling  machinery.     In   1898,  he  was 


222  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

engaged  by  the  Union  Iron  Works  of  San  Francisco,  California,  as  consulting  engineer, 
which  position  he  retained  for  four  years.  He  next  went  with  the  Green  Consolidated 
Copper  Company  at  Cananea,  Sonora,  Mexico,  where  he  erected  their  large  smelter.  He 
continued  with  that  company  as  designer  and  engineer  until  1902,  when  his  health  failed 
and  he  was  compelled  to  seek  a  change  of  climate.  Feeling  able  to  resume  business  after  a 
rest  in  San  Francisco,  he  returned  to  Bisbee,  where  he  established  an  engineering  office 
which  he  has  since  maintained.  Mr.  Clausen  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  capable 
men  in  his  profession  in  the  southwest  and  as  such  has  built  up  a  large  business.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  designing  machinery  to  meet  particular  requirements  and  is  the  local 
representative  of  several  companies  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  mining  machinery,  which 
he  installs.  During  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  this  section  Mr.  Clausen  has  acquired 
extensive  mining  interests,  iii  the  development  of  which  he  is  actively  interested. 

While  residing  in  New  Mexico  Mr.  Clausen  met  and  married  Miss  Marianitta  Foun- 
tain, a  daughter  of  Colonel  A.  J.  Fountain,  one  of  the  widely  known  pioneers  of  that  state. 
Mrs.  Clausen  passed  away  in  1898,  leaving  a  daughter,  Henrietta,  who  is  residing  in  Bisbee 
with  her  father. 

Mr.  Clausen  is  a  charter  member  of  Bisbee  Lodge,  No.  671,  B.  P.  0.  E.  His  allegiance 
in  matters  politic  he  accords  to  the  republican  party  at  national  elections,  but  locally  he 
votes  for  the  man  he  deems  best  qualified  for  the  office.  His  early  experiences  in  New 
Mexico  and  Arizona  were  very  similar  to  those  of  the  majority  of  the  pioneers,  and  many 
are  the  thrilling  and  interesting  reminiscences  he  relates  of  the  days  of  Indian  warfare. 


JUDGE  WILLIAM  F.  COOPER. 

.ludge  William  F.  Cooper  has  the  distinction  not  only  of  being  the  first  judge  of  the 
superior  court  of  Pima  county  but  was  also  the  first  superior  judge  sworn  in  after  the  admis- 
sion of  the  state.  His  creditable  and  enviable  re])utation  as  a  representative  of  the  bench 
has  been  well  earned  by  the  dispiitch  with  wliicli  he  executes  the  business  of  the  courts 
as  well  as  the  fairness  and  impartiality  of  his  opinions.  The  record  of  no  man  in  public 
service  has  been  more  faultless  in  honor,  fearless  in  conduct  or  stainless  in  reputation. 

.Judge  Cooper  is  a  native  of  Wayne  county,  Indiana,  born  August  6,  1858,  and  to  the 
public-school  system  of  that  state  he  is  indebted  for  his  early  educational  opportunities. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  at  Richmond,  Indiana,  and  afterward  entered  the 
Peekskill  Military  Acadamy  at  Peekskill,  New  York,  there  completing  the  classical  course 
by  graduation  in  June,  1877.  At  the  earl}'  age  of  eight  years  he  began  work  during  his 
school  vacations  in  a  country  newspaper  office  and  served  his  apprenticesliip  as  a  printer, 
luid  in  after  years  worked  as  a  com|)08itor  on  many  of  the  leading  daily  papers  of  the 
I'nited  States.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Typographical  Union  since  1884.  He  had 
determined,  however,  to  make  the  practice  of  law  his  life  work  and  after  his  graduation 
returned  to  Richmond,  Indiana,  jvhere  he  began  his  reading  in  the  office  and  under  the 
prcceptorship  of  Judge  W.  A.  PecUe.  As  the  result  of  too  close  application  to  his  studies 
he  suffered  a  very  severe  physical  breakdown  and  was  compelled,  in  the  latter  part  of 
1879,  to  abandon  his  work  and  seek  health  out  west.  After  two  or  three  years'  service  as 
a  cowboy  he  regained  his  strength  and  resumed  his  studies.  He  was  admitted  to  tlie  bar 
of  the  district  court  in  Arizona  in  October,  1894,  and  to  tlie  supreme  court  in  December  of 
the  same  year  and  was  licensed  to  practice  before  the  superior  court  of  Los  Angeles  in 
1895. 

Judge  Cooper  first  visited  the  Pacific  coast  in  1879  but  returned  to  the  east  in  1884 
and  did  not  make  a  permanent  settlement  in  Arizona  until  1892.  For  a  time  he  was  at 
Kingman,  in  Mohave  county,  and  also  spent  a  brief  period  in  Phoenix.  He  afterward 
became  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Florence  Tribune  at  Florence,  Arizona,  and  in  1890 
removed  to  Tucson,  where  he  continued  his  connection  with  journalism  as  editor  of  the 
Tucson  Citizen,  remaining  in  that  connection  until  March,  1897,  when  he  became  a  stenog- 
rapher in  tlie  office  of  S.  M.  Franklin.  It  was  in  tlie  same  year  that  he  was  appointed 
secretary  of  the  territorial  board  of  e(|ualization,  which  position  he  acceptably  filled  during 


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the  administration  of  Governor  McCord.  In  1898  he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Pima 
county,  being  tlie  first  republican  ever  chosen  for  that  office  in  the  county.  So  creditable 
was  the  record  which  he  made  during  his  tirst  terra  that  he  was  reelected  and  continued 
in  the  position  for  four  years.  In  the  latter  part  of  1903  he  went  to  Nogales,  where  he 
continued  in  la«'  practice  for  one  year  as  a  partner  of  Frank  J.  Uufly.  In  1904  he  returned 
to  Tucson  and  was  ai)pointod  court  reporter  by  Judge  Davis,  was  reappointed  by  Judge 
John  H.  Campbell  and  continued  in  that  position  altogether  for  five  years.  In  1906  he  re- 
ceived the  republican  nomination  for  delegate  to  congress.  He  was  an  ardent  advocate 
of  single  statehood  for  Arizona  and  was  opposed  in  the  election  by  a  joint-statehood  repub- 
lican as  well  as  by  the  regular  democratic  nominee,  and  while  defeated,  he  received  most 
nattering  support  throughout  the  state,  carrying  his  own  county,  Pima,  by  a  majority  of 
six  hundred  and  thirteen.  In  1909  he  was  elected  probate  judge  on  the  republican  ticket 
iind  during  the  time  that  he  was  occupying  the  probate  bench  he  also  Served  as  a  delegate 
to  the  constitutional  convention  and  was  one  of  the  twelve  who  refused  to  sign  the  con- 
stitution, being  very  strenuously  opposed  to  the  recall  of  judges,  as  well  as  to  some  other 
\eiy  radical  measures.  Another  ofhce  which  he  held  was  that  of  councilman  at  large  for 
the  city  of  Tucson  while  he  was  filling  the  position  of  court  reporter.  In  1911  he  was 
elected  the  first  judge  of  the  superior  court  of  Pima  county  under  the  state  laws  and  since 
Lis  elevation  to  the  bench  he  has  allowed  no  personal  element  or  private  opinion  to  sway 
him  in  the  fair  and  faithful  administration  of  justice,  while  in  dispatching  the  business 
of  the  courts  he  has  manifested  the  same  spirit  of  promptness  that  characterized  his  private 
practice  and  the  conduct  of  his  personal  business  interests. 

In  1894  Judge  Cooper  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  A.  Douglass,  a  native  of  Arizona 
and  a  daughter  of  James  S.  and  ilelquiades  (Ellas)  Douglass,  the  former  a  Scotchman.  To 
Judge  and  Mrs.  Cooper  have  been  born  six  children:  John  D.,  Vida  E.,  Orville  W.,  XuUa  M., 
William  F.,  Jr.,  and  Maiy  Eileen. 

Judge  Cooper's  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  4,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  the  Scottisli  Rite  bodies  of  Masonry  (having  attained  the  thirty-second  degree),  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters  and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles. 
As  an  official,  as  a  lawyer  and  as  a  citizen  he  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  Pima  county, 
where  his  work  has  been  a  force  in  progress  and  his  activity  and  comprehensive  knowledge 
an  important  element  in  sliaping  the  legal  and  judicial  history  of  the  territory  and  of  the 
state.  His  high  standing  as  a  lawyer  and  lawmaker  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  was 
one  of  the  five  chosen  to  represent  Pima  county  in  the  state  constitutional  convention. 


L.  V.  McCOURT. 


L.  V.  JlcCourt  is  one  of  the  well  known  citizens  of  Willcox,  where  he  has  long  been 
successfully  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business.  His  birth  occurred  in  Ireland  in  1867, 
and  he  is  one  of  the  seven  children  born  of  the  marriage  of  John  and  Margaret  McCourt, 
both  of  whom  passed  their  entire  lives  in  the  Emerald  isle.  All  of  the  family  are  now 
deceased  with  the  exception  of  three  sons,  two  of  whom,  William  and  Patrick,  reside  in 
Ireland;  and  a  daughter,  Catherine,  the  widow  of  John  J.  Burke  of  Dublin,  who  makes  hor 
home  in  Chicago,  Illinois. 

The  early  years  in  the  life  of  L.  V.  JlcCourt  were  passed  in  his  native  land.  He  was 
reared  in  the  parental  home  and  completed  his  education  in  St.  Augustine  College.  Believing 
that  America  afforded  better  opportunities  for  advancement  to  ambitious  and  enterprising 
young  men,  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1884.  He  came  direct  to  Arizona,  and 
for  three  years  thereafter  was  a  resident  of  Fort  Thomas,  where  he  clerked  in  art  old  trad- 
ing post.  From  there  he  went  to  Soloraonville,  where  for  some  years  he  conducted  a 
general  mercantile  store,  in  the  operation  of  which  he  was  associated  with  a  Mr.  Fitz- 
gerald Disi)osing  of  his  interest  in  this  enterprise  he  next  went  on  the  road  as  a  travel- 
ing salesman  with  Charles  H.  Fargo  &  Company,  of  Chicago,  remaining  in  their  employ 
for  three  years.  Resigning  his  position  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  next  became  chief  clerk 
for  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  stores  at  Clifton.     Three  years  later  he  severed  his  con- 

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226  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

nection  with  that  organization  and  went  to  work  for  John  H.  Norton  &  Company  of  Will- 
cox.  He  continued  in  their  employment  for  some  years,  following  which  he  engaged  in 
the  general  mercantile  business  for  himself,  meeting  with  a  fair  measure  of  success.  Sub- 
sequently feeling  that  the  real  estate  business  afforded  quicker  and  larger  returns  with 
the  expenditure  of  less  energy  than  commercial  activities,  he  disposed  of  his  interest  in 
the  store  and  established  the  office  he  has  ever  since  maintained  with  increasing  success. 
He  handles  both  city  and  ranch  property  as  well  as  mining  claims  and  stocks  and  land  scrip 
and  is  the  local  representative  for  several  reputable  fire  and  life  insurance  companies.  He 
has  acquired  realty  interests  in  both  Cochise  and  Graham  counties,  holding  the  title  to 
some  very  desirable  business  and  residence  property  in  Willcox,  including  the  comfortable, 
modern  dwelling  occupied  by  himself  and  family.     He  also  has  some  ranch  land. 

Mr.  McCourt  was  married  in  1890  to  Miss  Mary  Leahy,  a  native  of  Kingston,  Canada, 
and  a  daughter  of  Michael  and  Mary  Leahy,  who  passed  their  entire  lives  in  Canada.  She 
is  the  second  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living. 
Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCourt  but  all  are  now  deceased  with 
the  exception  of  one  daughter,  Mary  M.,  who  was  born  in  1892.  She  is  a  graduate  of 
Loretta  Academy,  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico,  and  is  now  engaged  in  teaching  music. 

The  family  are  all  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  his  allegiance 
in  matters  politic  Mr.  McCourt  accords  to  the  democratic  party.  He  is  one  of  the  popular 
business  men  of  Willcox,  where  he  has  made  many  stanch  friends  who  hold  him  in  high 
regard  because  of  his  reputable  business  methods  and  active  interest  in  all  public  enter- 
prises. 


J.  W.  VAN  HORN. 


J.  W.  Van  Horn,  who  for  more  than  thirty-five  years  has  been  identified  with  the 
mining  interests  of  Arizona,  was  born  in  Markham,  Ontario,  Canada,  August  9,  1851. 
About  1864  the  family  crossed  the  border  into  the  United  States,  locating  in  Michigan, 
where  the  father  acquired  some  land,  in  the  cultivation  of  which  he  engaged  during  the 
remainder  of  his  active  life.  There  the  mother  passed  away  on  the  8th  of  October,  1871, 
her  burial  occurring  on  the  day  of  the  Chicago  fire.  She  was  long  survived  by  the  father, 
whose  death  occurred  in  March,  1908.  Our  subject  is  the  third  in  order  of  birth  of  the 
seven  children  who  lived  to  attain  maturity,  two  of  whom,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  arc 
now  deceased. 

Reared   in   a   home   of  limited   means   the   early  advantages  of  J.   W.  Van  Horn   were 
very  meagre.     The   first  thirteen   years   of  his  life  were   passed  in   his   native  country,  his 
education  being  obtained  in  the  cohiraon  schools  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home.     He  accom- 
panied his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Michigan,  and  soon  afterward  went  to  work  in  the 
lumber  woods  of  that  state,  where  he  was  employed  until  October,   1873.     Believing  that 
the  far  west  afforded  better  opportunities,  he  then  went  to  Nevada,  where  he  worked  in 
the   quartz   mills   for   five  years,   following  which   he   spent   a   year   in   the   deep   mines   at 
Virginia  City.     From  there  he  went  to  California,  and  on   October  18,  1880,  he   came  to  i 
Arizona,   locating  in   what   was   then   Pima  county,  now   Santa   Cruz   county,   at   Harshaw. 
The  next  year  he  went  to  Tombstone  to  work  in  the  silver  mines,  and  his  next  removal  i 
was  to  Charleston,  where  he   obtained   employment   in   the  mill   owned   by  the   Tombstone 
Mining   Company.     He   worked    in    various    capacities    in    diflfercnt    mines    until   November! 
1883,   when   he   leased   a   mine   belonging   to   the   Tough   Nut   Mining   Company,   which   her 
developed  until  June,  1884,  wlien  the  strike  put  a  stop  to  all  operations.     Subsequently  hq 
engaged  in   installing  quartz  mills  at  different  mines  and  has   ever  since  followed  milling 
and  mining.     In   1909,  he  leased  some  mines   from  the  Copper  Queen   Consolidated  Mining 
Company,  which   he   is   still   operating.     Mr.   Van   Horn    owns   some   mining   claims   in   the 
Baboquiva  district  and  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Van  Horn  House,  one  of  the  well  known 
hotels  of  Bisbee,  located  in  the  central  part  of  the  city.     He  also  owns  some  desirable  resi^ 
dence  property  in  San  Diego,  California. 

Mr.  Van  Horn  was  married  in  1883  to  Miss  Jennie  Hughes,  a  native  of  California,  and  to 


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them  have  been  born  three  children:  Luella,  the  wife  of  H.  Snodgrass,  of  Bisbee;  Lillian, 
who  married  F.  Davenport,  manager  of  the  Van  Horn  House;  and  Herbert  H.,  an  electri- 
cian in  the  employ  of  the  Bisbee  Improvement  Company,  of  Bisbee,  who  is  married  and  has 
one  son,  J.  W.,  born  May  30,  1915.  Mrs.  Van  Horn  passed  away  in  this  city  ou  the  23d 
of  October,  1891. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Van  Horn  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
lidding  membership  in  a  lodge  at  Virginia  City,  Nevada.  In  politics  he  is  a  progressive  but 
has  never  been  an  office  seeker.  Owing  to  his  long  connection  with  mines  and  mining  inter- 
ests, he  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  this  industry,  and  the  various  conditions  affecting  it  in 
the  southwest,  especially  in  his  immediate  vicinity,  where  he  has  an  extensive  acquaintance 
among  men  engaged  in  this  field  of  business. 


D.  N.  DARLING. 


One  of  the  enterprising  pioneers  and  extensive  property  owners  of  Douglas  is  D.  N. 
Darling,  who  located  here  soon  after  the  town  was  founded  and  has  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building  ever  since  with  a  good  measure  of  success.  He  was  born  at  Rutland,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1849  and  is  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Abigail  (Bartlett)  Darling,  the  fatlier  a  native 
oi  New  Hampshire  but  of  Knglish  extraction,  and  the  mother  of  Scotland.  Daniel  Darling 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Rutland,  where  he  followed  the  blacksmitli's  trade  until  age 
compelled  his  retirement  from  active  life.  In  matters  of  citizenship  he  was  progressive 
and  public-spirited  and  by  his  zealous  cooperation  in  forwarding  all  worthy  enterprises 
did  much  toward  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  town.  He  was  twice  nnrrried,  his 
lirst  wife,  Sarah  Bartlett,  having  been  a  sister  of  our  subject's  mother  and  the  daughter 
of  Captain  Charles  Bartlett,  a  veteran  of  the  War  of  1813.  To  them  were  born  nine  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  now  deceased  with  the  exception  of  one  daughter,  Lucy,  the  widow 
of  H.  E.  Tinker,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  Of  his  second  marriage  there  were  two  children : 
Adaliiie,  who  passed  away  in  Massachusetts  in  1890;  and  our  subject.  Tlie  father  lived 
to  the  advanced  age  of  seventy-six  years,  his  death  occurring  in  June,  1877,  in  Rutland, 
where  he  passed  the  greater  portion  of  his  life.     He  was  born  in  June,  1801. 

The  early  years  in  the  life  of  D.  N.  Darling  were  passed  in  New  England.  He  was 
reared  in  the  parental  home  and  completed  his  education  in  the  Wesleyan  Academy,  Wil- 
burham,  Massachusetts,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1866. 
He  subsequently  apprenticed  himself  to  the  mason's  trade,  which  he  followed  in  his  native 
ctate  for  about  four  years.  In  1870,  he  came  west,  locating  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  where 
he  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  until  after  the  Chicago  fire  in  1871,  when  he  re- 
moved to  the  latter  city.  There  he  followed  the  same  line  of  business  for  more  than  two 
years,  and  in  1874  went  to  Palestine,  Texas,  where  he  resided  for  ten  years,  and  during 
tliat  time  was  awarded  many  important  contracts,  having  erected  the  courthouse,  jail  and 
schoolhouse.  His  next  removal  was  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  he  located  in  1884, 
remaining  there  for  three  years,  and  devoting  his  energies  to  contracting  and  building. 
From  there  he  went  to  Seattle,  Washington,  thence  to  Sitka,  Alaska,  and  later  to  the 
Behring  sea  district.  There  for  a  time  he  engaged  in  placer  mining,  but  in  1889  he  returned 
to  the  states,  taking  up  his  residence  in  San  Francisco,  where  for  a  year  he  engaged  in  con- 
tracting. The  succeeding  eighteen  months  were  devoted  to  the  same  business  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  from  there  he  went  to  Phoenix,  Arizona.  While  located  in  the  latter  city 
lie  was  awarded  by  the  government  the  contract  for  the  erection  of  three  school  buildings 
on  the  Indian  reservations.  His  next  place  of  residence  was  Tucson,  where  ho  engaged  in 
contracting  for  two  years,  and  then  opened  a  brickyard  in  Safford,  Gila  valley,  Graham 
county,  this  state.  He  remained  at  the  latter  point  for  three  years,  engaging  in  contract- 
ing and  in  the  manufacture  of  brick.  During  that  time  he  was  intrusted  with  the  construction 
of  many  of  the  most  important  business  blocks  and  public  buildings  as  well  as  the  best  resi- 
dences in  that  vicinity.  When  the  town  of  Douglas  was  thrown  open  to  settlers  in  1902 
Mr.  Darling  came  here  and  established  himself  in  the  business  of  contracting  and  building. 
He  has   met  with   unqualified   success   in   his  undertakings   and   is  one   of   the   city's   most 


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extensive  property  owners.  He  has  erected  a  large  minibcr  of  buildings  for  tlie  Copper 
Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Comixmy,  including  a  portion  of  tlieir  smelter  plant,  and  many 
of  the  best  business  blocks  and  dwellings  in  the  city  were  constructed  by  liim.  The  rentals 
from  his  property  afford  him  a  very  comfortable  income  and  his  business  is  constantly  in- 
creasing, so  that  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Douglas.  He  owns 
one  of  the  finest  residences  in  the  community  and  is  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the 
Arizona  Oil  Company. 

Mr.  Darling  was  married  in  1908  to  Mrs.  Minnie  Hutcheson,  widow  of  the  late  John 
Hutcheson  and  a  daughter  of  Tlieodore  and  Nealy  J.  (Youngblood)  Ball,  both  of  whom 
are  deceased.  By  her  first  marriage  ilrs.  Darling  had  two  children,  John  and  Bessie,  both 
of  wliom  are  attending  school. 

The  family  attend  the  religious  services  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  cliurcli,  in  which 
Mrs.  Darling  holds  membership.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Darling  is  a  democrat,  but  he 
often  casts  an  independent  ballot  at  local  elections.  A  capable  business  man  of  reliable 
methods,  proven  integrity  and  upright  standards,  he  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  com- 
munity, where  his  success  is  recognized  as  the  result  of  concentrated  effort  and  intelligently 
directed   activities. 


J.  W.  ]!AZK]X,  M.  ]X 


One  of  the  most  progressive  and  able  young  physicians  and  surgeons  in  Holbrook  is 
Dr.  J.  ^V.  Bazell,  now  serving  as  county  physician  of  Navajo  county.  He  was  born  in  Ohio 
in  1881  and  ac(iuired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  ])ublic  schools  of  that  state,  later 
entering  the  Xortlieni  Ohio  University.  He  was  afterward  a  student  in  the  medical  d(>^)art- 
nient  of  the  Univer.sity  of  Louisville  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  ]!)()!i  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had  come  to  Arizona  and  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  for  a  short  time  and  after  his  graduation  he  returned  to  the  state,  spending 
one  year  with  the  Sliannon  Copper  Company  at  Clifton,  acting  as  assistant  surgeon.  "When 
he  resigned  he  removed  to  Holbrook,  settling  in  that  city  in  1911,  and  he  has  already 
secured  a  large  and  rci)resentative  patronage  which  is  steadily  growing  as  his  skill  and 
ability  become  more  widely  known.  He  is  serving  as  county  ijhysician  of  Navajo  county  and 
is  proving  farsiglited,  ca|)able  and  conscientious   in   the   discharge  of   his   important   duties. 

Dr.  Bazell  married  on  the  28tli  of  February,  1912,  Miss  Maude  Scott,  of  Pinedalc, 
Arizona,  and  both  are  veW  known  in  Holbrook.  Fraternally  Dr.  Bazell  is  identified  with 
the  Masonic  order  and  the  Order  of  Klks  aiid  along  professional  lines  is  a  member  of  the 
Arizona  iledical  Association.  He  is  still  a  young  man  but  has  already  advanced  far  on 
the  road  to  success  and  the  future  undoubtedly  liolds  for  him  continued  progress  and 
greater  distinction  in  his  chosen  field. 


B.  W.  NORTON. 


B.  W.  Norton,  chief  of  the   Bisbee   fire   department,  was  born   in  Chicago,  Illinois,  on 
the  29tli  of  July,  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Peter  J.  and  Annie  Norton.     The  father  is  a  nativej 
of  Wisconsin   and   the   mother   of  Vermont,  but   they  were   married   in   Chicago,  tlie   event 
being  celebrated  January  1,  1871.     Peter  J.  Norton  has  long  been  engaged  in  the  wholesalej 
clothing   business   at   the   corner   of   Jackson    and   Market    streets,   Chicago,   and   his   trad 
••xtcnds  over  a  large  territory,  including  the  entire  northern  peninsula  of  Michigan,  where 
he  is  the   oldest   comnu'rcial   traveler.     The   family   of  Mr.   and   Mrs.  Norton    numbers  ten 
children,  as  follows:    William  M.,  who  is  a  resident  of  Chicago;  Mrs.  William  F.  Barnes,  whol 
is  connected  with  tlie   Pullman   Company   of   Chicago;    Dr.  ,J.   P.   Norton,  also  of   Chicagojl 
Mrs.  R.  B.  Flitcraft,  a  resident  of  Oak  Park,  Illinois;   B.  W.,  our  subject;   Marguerite,  whoj 
is  living  at  home;   Paul   V.,  deputy  clerk  of  Cook  county,  Illinois;   Andrew,  who  is  in  the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  229 

employ  of  the  ^^'ells  Fargo  Express  Company,  Chicago;  Isabellc,  who  is  at  liome;  and 
Uayniond  J.,  wlio  is  attending  school. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  B.  W.  Norton  were  passed  under  the  parental  roof,  his  edu- 
cation being  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  Upon  its  completion  his 
energies  were  directed  along  commercial  lines  and  in  Mareli,  1903,  he  came  to  Bisbee  to 
take  a  position  in  the  store  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company.  At  the  expiration  of 
two  years  lie  resigned  his  post  there  in  order  to  become  bookkeeper  for  Fletcher  &  Hen- 
nesy,  who  are  engaged  in  the  livery  and  undertaking  business.  He  remained  in  their 
employ  for  a  year  and  then  assumed  the  duties  of  deputy  to  Sheriff  White,  serving  in  that 
capacity  until  April,  1910,  when  he  became  chief  of  the  fire  department.  Mr.  Norton  had 
lioen  a  volunteer  in  the  department  since  1905.  He  is  the  first  paid  chief  in  the  citv  and 
lias  proven  to  be  a  very  capable  and  eflicient  man  for  the  position. 

On  .luly  17,  1912,  Mr.  Norton  was  married  to  Miss  Rose  J.  Reding,  a  native  of  »Lake 
Linden,  Michigan,  and  a  daughter  of  Nick  and  Adelaide  Reding.  She  is  the  si.\th  in  order 
of  birtli  in  a  family  of  eight  children,  the  others  being  as  follows:  Frank  and  Benjamin, 
who  are  residing  in  Michigan;  John,  of  Bisbee;  Mary,  who  is  living  in  Wisconsin;  Ann,  a 
teacher  of  Latin  and  French  in  one  of  the  Michigan  high  schools;  Adelaide,  who  is  at  home; 
and  Nick,  who  is  deceased.  Mrs.  Norton,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan, 
came  to  Bisbee  in  February,  1911,  to  take  a  position  in  the  public  schools,  where  she  taught 
until  her  marriage. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Norton  have  one  daughter,  Ruth  Adelaide,  born  May  29.  1913.  They  are 
commnnicant.s  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  He  votes  the  democratic  ticket  and  takes  an  active  interest  in 
municipal  politics.  He  owns  his  residence,  one  of  the  attractive  properties  of  Bisbee,  ir 
which  city  both  he  and  Mrs.  Norton  have  many  friends  and  are  held  in  high  esteem. 


ROBERT  NAPOLEON  FRENCH. 

A  man  of  varied  Interests,  forceful  personality  and  commanding  ability,  Robert  Napoleon 
French  lias  gained  an  enviable  place  in  professional  circles  of  Douglas,  where  he  is  practicing 
at  the  bar  as  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  French  &  Stephenson.  He  was  born  in  Wise 
county,  Virginia,  May  17,  1861,  and  is  a  son  of  Colonel  John  and  Rhoda  L.  (Henderson) 
French,  the  former  an  officer  in  the  Confederate  army  during  the  Civil  war  and  now  living 
retired  in  California,  having  reached  the  age  of  eighty-three  years.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  successful  and  prominent  attorneys  of  Wise  county,  Virginia,  and  a  man  well  known 
in  state  polities,  having  served  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  member  of  the  Virginia  senate. 
His  wife  has  passed  away,  her  death  having  occurred  in  1897.  In  their  family  were  eight 
children:  Nannie,  deceased;  Robert  Napoleon,  of  this  review;  Wirt  A.,  judge  of  the  county 
court  of  Mercer  county.  West  Virginia,  and  a  prominent  attorney;  Rev.  .James  T.,  a  Metiio- 
dist  Episcopal  minister,  identified  with  Hollywood  church  in  Los  Angeles,  California:  Vir- 
ginia, the  wife  of  C.  C.  Hockett,  a  farmer  of  Phoenix,  Arizona;  Dr.  George  H.,  formerly 
prominent  in  business  affairs  of  Douglas,  where  he  built  the  Queen  Hotel,  and  now  a 
practicing  physician  in  Las  Vegas,  Nevada;  May,  formerly  a  teacher  of  art  and  music  in 
San  Diego,  California,  and  in  the  Arizona  School  of  Music  in  Phoeni.x  and  now  the  wife  of 
Harold  Worth;   and  Oshie,  the  wife  of  .John   Sincock,  of  I'ittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. 

Robert  N.  French  was  reared  in  Bland  county,  Virginia,  and  studied  law  in  lii.s  father's 
office.  He  attended  Tazewell  College  and  after  his  graduation  opened  an  office  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Logan  Court  House.  West  Virginia,  where  he  remained  from 
1881  to  1889.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Virginia  and  there  became 
prominent  and  well  known  in  professional  and  public  life,  being  elected  to  the  office  of  dis- 
trict attorney  and  serving  capably  and  efficiently  for  four  years.  He  engaged  in  general 
practice  in  Virginia  until  1901,  dividing  bis  attention  between  his  ]n-ofessional  duties  and 
his  journalistic  interests,  which  were  at  that  time  extensive  and  important.  He  founded  in 
I^ogan,  Virginia,  the  I^ogan  Democrat  and  also  the  New  Era  in  Bland  county,  conducting 
both  enterprises  for  a  number  of  years  and  becoming  a  powerful   force   in   newspaper  cir- 


230  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

cles.  Ill  1901  he  left  Virginia  and  came  west,  settling  in  Douglas,  Arizona,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  invested  heavily  in  mines  in  Mexico  and  was  unfortunate  in  his  specula- 
tions. He  lost  his  entire  fortune  and  was  compelled  to  resume  his  professional  work  in 
order  to  gain  a  livelihood.  He  opened  an  office  in  Douglas  and  for  a  ytar  or  two  was 
associated  with  his  brother  AVirt  A.  but  since  then  has  practiced  alone.  Mr.  French  is 
known  as  an  able  lawyer,  well  versed  in  the  underlying  principles  of  his  profession,  and 
forceful  and  logical  in  his  application  of  his  knowledge.  His  ability  has  been  recognized 
in  a  large  practice,  which  is  constantly  growing  in  volume  and  importance,  connecting  him 
with  some  of  the  most  notable  litigation  held  in  the  courts  of  the  state.  Mr.  French  has 
accumulated  a  comfortable  fortune  for  the  second  time  in  his  career  and  has  invested  it 
judiciously,  being  interested  in  valuable  mines  in  Mexico  and  active  in  buying  and  selling 
inining  property.     He  also  has  extensive  real-estate  interests  in  Douglas. 

Mr.  French  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  union  occurred  March  6,  1881,  when  he 
wedded  iliss  Victoria  French,  a  native  of  Mercer  county,  West  Virginia,  and  a  daughter  of 
Uussell  G.  French,  very  prominent  in  that  state.  To  them  were  born  five  children:  Milton 
R.,  now  a  railroad  man  of  Princeton,  West  Virginia,  who  is  married  and  has  one  child; 
Virginia  May,  deceased;  Wirt  Merlin,  a  lumberman  in  Grayburg,  Texas,  who  has  one 
child;  Gibbons  Kenna,  a  boilermaker  in  Douglas;  and  Rhodie  A.,  the  wife  of  Wayland 
AtnrriR.  a  contractor  of  Fresno.  California.  Mr.  French's  first  wife  died  May  2,  1901,  in 
Douglas,  and  he  afterward  married  Mrs.  Annie  Henderson,  the  widow  of  Joseph  Henderson. 
She  is  a  native  of  Knoxville,  Tennessee,  and  a  daughter  of  E.  H.  L.  and  Mattie  (Ross) 
Morris,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Rome,  Georgia.  Mrs.  French  has  two  children  by  her 
former  marriage,  Kssie  and  Ruth,  both  of  whom  are  attending  school  in  Douglas. 

Mr.  French  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and,  while  active  and  public- 
spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship,  has  never  taken  part  in  public  aflairs  since  coming  to 
Arizona.  He  formerly  belonged  to  the  Masonic  order  but  after  he  grew  to  manhood  he 
joined  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and  was  obliged  to  give  up  his  membership.  He  is 
widely  known  as  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  and  has  gained  an  unassailable 
place  in  professional  circles. 


HON.  JOHN  J.  HAWKINS. 


A  history  of  the  legal  profession  and  the  early  judiciary  of  the  state  of  Arizona  could 
not  be  written  without  prominent  mention  of  the  Hon.  John  J.  Hawkins,  who  from  1893 
to  1897  sat  upon  the  supreme  bench  of  the  state.  Since  the  latter  year  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  private  practice  of  law  in  Prescott  and  is  considered  one  of  the  foremost  lawyers 
of  Arizona. 

The   Ju<lg<!    was    born    in    Missouri   in    1855    and   in   the    acquirement   of   an    education 
attended   the   public   schools,  William  Jewell  College   and  the   University   of   Missouri.     He 
read  law  under  Tliomas  Shackelford,  of  Glasgow,  Missouri,  and  was  admitted  to  the  state 
bar  in  1878.    He  practiced  for  five  years  in  connection  with  Mr.  Shackelford  hut  in  1883  went 
to  Prescott,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  practiced,  with  the  exception   of  those  years  in 
which  he  served  as  judge.     From   1885  until   1893  he  was  in   partnership  with  Hon.  J.   C. 
Herndon,   now    deceased.     His   legal    ability    soon    found    recognition    and   in    1885    he   was 
chosen  ]irobate  judge,  serving  until  1886.     In  that  year  and  in  1887  he  was  auditor  of  the 
territory  of   Arizona.     Judge   Hawkins  was   a   member  of   the   seventeenth   legislature   and 
did  valuable  work  in  that  connection.    In  1893  he  was  made  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  J 
court  and  served  until  1897.     His  deep  knowledge  of  the  law,  his  retentive  memory  and  his  J 
clear  logic  made  him  an  ideal  judge  upon  the  highest  bench  of  the  state  and  particularly! 
litted  him  for  handing  down  final  opinions.     Since  1897  Mr.  Hawkins  has  practiced  privatelyj 
and  his  clientele  is  large  and  representative. 

On  May  5,  1885,  Judge  Hawkins  married  Miss  Olive  Birch,  of  Glasgow,  Missouri,  andl 
tliey  have  one  child.  He  and  his  wife  arc  members  of  the  Episcopal  church.  The  Judge  is  1 
an  adliereiit  of  the  democratic  party  and  has  always  taken  a  foremost  part  in  the  state  [ 
councils  of  the  organization.    He  is  a  shrewd  politician  and  yet  sincere  and  honest,  for  thcrej 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  233 

has  never  been  anything  underhanded  in  liis  methods  and  he  has  always  fought  in  the 
open,  being  able  to  defend  his  standpoint  by  his  honest  convictions.  Mr.  Hawkins  is  promi- 
nent in  tlie  Masonic  order,  being  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge,  the  chapter  and  commandery. 
He  is  a  past  commander  of  Commandery  No.  2  of  the  Knights  Templar  and  a  past  high 
priest  of  his  chapter.  He  is  also  past  grand  commander  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of 
Arizona.  Judge  Hawkins  has  done  valuable  work  in  establishing  the  bar  in  this  compara- 
tively new  state,  and  he  has  made  many  contributions  toward  the  advancement  and  progress 
of  Arizona  which  made  possible  the  reception  of  the  territory  among  her  fuU-tledged  sister 
states. 


ERNEST  W.  BAUM,  M.  D. 


Ernest  W.  Baum  is  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  in  Phoenix.  He  has 
continually  followed  the  profession  since  his  graduation  from  Rush  Medical  College  of 
Chicago  in  1895,  and  since  1901  has  been  a  member  of  the  medical  fraternity  in  Arizona. 
He  was  born  in  Danville,  Illinois,  February  9,  1872,  a  son  of  Charles  M.  and  Mary  Jane 
(Craig)  Baum.  The  father  was  well  known  as  an  importer  of  horses  in  Illinois,  where  he 
resided  until  the  1st  of  January,  189S,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Phoenix.  Soon 
afterward  he  purchased  a  ranch  near  the  city  and  made  his  home  there  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  on  the  8tli  of  August,  1908. 

Dr.  Baum  pursued  his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  Danville,  Illinois.  He  attained 
his  majority  in  the  year  the  family  came  to  Arizona.  His  connection  with  his  native 
state,  however,  continued  for  two  years  thereafter,  as  he  was  then  pursuing  a  course  in 
Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1895. 
Immediately  afterward  he  opened  an  office  in  Chicago  and  remained  in  practice  there  until 
1901,  when  the  reports  which  he  heard  concerning  the  growing  southwest  led  him  to 
believe  that  better  opportunities  might  be  secured  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Accord- 
ingly he  went  to  Bisbee  and  engaged  in  general  practice,  also  acted  as  physician  for  the 
Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  for  four  years.  He  afterward  practiced  independently  at 
Bisbee  until  the  fall  of  1910,  when  he  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  remained. 
During  his  residence  in  Cochise  county  he  was  a  member  of  the  County  Medical  Society 
and  was  elected  to  its  presidency.  He  belongs  also  to  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society 
and  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  has  already  become  well  established  in  prac- 
tice in  Phoenix  and  his  ability  insures  him  growing  success. 

On  the  22d  of  December,  1897,  Dr.  Baum  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Pulver  of  Morocco, 
Indiana,  and  they  have  one  child,  Ruth.  The  parents  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  church 
and  Dr.  Baum  belongs  also  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  while  his  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  These  associations  indicate  much  of  the  nature 
of  his  interests  and  of  the  rules  which  govern  his  conduct.  His  fellow  townsmen  speak  of 
him  as  a  man  always  genial  and  courteous,  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  professional  duties 
he  is  kindly  and  sympathetic,  his  manner  inspiring  hope  and  courage  in  his  patients  and 
thus  contributing  much  to  his  success. 


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JOHN  H.  IVEY. 


The  mining  interests  of  the  west  and  southwest  lost  a  progressive  and  able  repre- 
sentative when  John  H.  Ivey,  formerly  a  resident  of  Tombstone,  died  in  San  Bernardino, 
California,  January  24,  1906.  He  was  born  in  England  in  1861  and  spent  his  early  life 
in  that  country,  coming  to  America  in  1880.  He  settled  first  in  Montana,  being  at  that 
time  nineteen  years  of  age,  but  almost  immediately  afterward  he  went  to  California,  where 
he  began  mining  for  gold,  a  line  of  occupation  which  he  followed  until  his  death.  After 
a  few  years  in  California  he  was  transferred  by  the  company  by  whom  he  was  employed 
to  the  Montana  mines  and  was  there  made  superintendent  of  their  interests.     This  posi- 


234  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

tion  lie  held  until  1892,  discliargin<;  his  duties  ably,  conscientiously  and  thoroughly.  In 
that  year  Mr.  Ivey  was  sent  to  Utah  and  there  remained  until  1898,  when  he  returned  to 
Montana.  About  that  time  his  failing  health  made  travel  necessary  and  he  journeyed  to 
various  parts  of  the  United  States,  finally  locating  at  Tombstone.  Shortly  after,  how- 
ever, he  removed  to  San  Bernardino,  California,  where  he  died  January  24,  190G.  His  resi- 
dence in  Tombstone  had  made  him  widely  and  favorably  known  here,  and  his  sterling 
qualities  gained  him  the  goo<hvill  and  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  was  associated  in 
business  or  social  relations. 

Mr.  Ivey  was  married  in  1884  to  Miss  Margaret  A.  Ford,  a  native  of  Wales,  who  came 
to  America  with  her  parents  when  she  was  ten  years  of  age  and  settled  in  Utah,  where 
she  grew  to  womanhood.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ivey  became  the  parents  of  six  children:  Annie 
Edith,  deceased;  Joseph  A.  E.,  who  began  his  education  in  the  north  and  finished  it  in 
Tombstone,  where  he  is  now  chief  deputy  in  the  county  recorder's  office;  George  E.,  ma- 
chinist; Ernest  M.  F.,  who  is  employed  in  a  drug  store  in  Tombstone;  Marian  D.,  who  is 
attending  school;    and   Franklin   G.,  also  in   school. 

Mr.  Ivey  was  independent  in  politics,  supporting  men  and  measures  rather  than  parties. 
.\lthougli  he  never  sought  oflico  for  himself,  he  was  yet  eminently  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship,  cooperating  heartily  in  movements  for  the  public  good. 
Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He 
will  not  soon  be  forgotten  in  Tombstone,  which  learned  to  respect  him  for  his  energetic  and 
progressive  qualities,  his  upright  and  honorable  life  and  his  high  public  and  private  stand- 
ards. He  was  ranked  among  the  prominent  men  of  his  locality,  and  his  death,  in  the 
midst  of  a  useful  career,  was  regarded  as  a  distinct  loss  not  only  to  his  family  and  friends 
but  to  the  entire  community. 


HORACE  SIMPSON  KENYON. 

Horace  Simpson  Kenyon,  well  known  in  business  circles  of  Douglas,  was  born  in  Ohio, 
•lune  7,  1866.  He  is  a  son  of  James  R.  and  Emma  (Laughrey)  Kenyon,  natives  of  Ohio, 
where  the  father  was  for  many  years  principal  of  a  school.  He  later  bought  a  farm  in  that 
state,  which  he  operated  and  developed  for  six  years,  moving  at  the  end  of  that  time  to 
Lawrence,  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  retiring  from  active  life  in 
1907.  In  his  family  were  six  children:  Lucy,  who  married  J.  M.  Kenyon,  of  Los  Angeles, 
California;  Anna,  the  wife  of  George  M.  Walker,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Horace  Simpson, 
of  this  review;  James  D.,  a  resident  of  New  York  city;  Frank  C,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri; 
and  Ernest  L.,  of  Seattle,  Washington. 

Horace  S.  Kenyon  was  reared  at  home,  remaining  with  his  father  until  he  grew  to  man- 
hood. When  he  left  Ohio  he  went  to  Deming,  New  Mexico,  and  was  connected  with  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  (fating  houses  conducted  by  Fred  Harvey  until  1894,  when  he  establi-slied  him- 
self in  a  similar  line  of  work  at  Skull  Valley,  Arizona.  After  one  year,  however,  he  dis- 
posed of  his  business  and  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Ivansas  City  Southern  Railroad  eating 
houses,  and  also  did  clerical  work  for  a  year  and  a  half.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came 
to  Douglas,  locating  here  when  the  town  was  first  organized  and  securing  employment  in 
its  first  store.  When  a  second  mercantile  establishment  was  founded  Mr.  Kenyon  worked 
in  it  for  a  short  time  but  finally  identified  his  interests  with  those  of  Wamel  &  Baker, 
grocers.  The  business  was  later  reorganized,  Mr.  Wamel  assuming  the  entire  control,  and 
Mr.  Kenyon  was  at  that  time  appointed  general  manager.  He  was  well  qualified  for  his 
responsible  position  by  reason  of  his  excellent  business  and  executive  ability,  his  thorough 
understanding  of  the  grocery  business  in  principle  and  detail  and  his  reliable  and  upright 
standards.  On  July  1,  1915,  Mr.  Kenyon  established  his  present  grocery  at  519  Tenth  street, 
adopting  the  mottos  of  "Better  Service,"  "Better  Groceries,"  and  has  built  uj)  probably  one 
of  the  best  trades  enjoyed  by  any  business  man  in  his  line  in  the  city. 

On  November  14,  1892,  Mr.  Kenyon  married  Aliss  Katie  Brockman,  a  native  of  Illinois 
and  a  daughter  of  Adam  Brockman,  who  was  born  in  Germany.  She  was  one  of  a  family 
of  five  children,  the   others   being:      Elizabeth,   the   wife  of   William   Russell,   of   Douglas: 


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Maggie,  wlio  married  Charles  Mann,  of  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico;  Adam,  of  Douglas, 
Arizona;  and  Edith,  the  deceased  wife  of  Charles  Fetterly,  of  Riverside,  California.  Mrs. 
Kcnyon  passed  away  May  5,  1912,  leaving  three  children:  Horace,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Iiigli  scliool  and  is  now  employed  in  his  father's  store;  Margaret,  who  is  attending  school; 
and  JIarie. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Kcnyon  is  identified  witli  the  Masonic  order  and  also  the  Indcpentlent- 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  organization  he  has  been  through  all  of  the  chairs.  He  gives 
liis  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  has  never  held  any  public  office  with  the 
exception  of  that  of  school  trustee,  a  position  which  he  filled  capably  for  two  terms.  He 
has  resided  in  Douglas  since  the  foundation  of  the  city  and  is  well  known  here  as  a  reliable 
and  straightforward  business  man,  fully  meriting  the  confidence  and  goodwill  which  are 
extended  to  hira  by  his  fellow  citizens. 


NELSON  CHARLES  BLEDSOE,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Nelson  Charles  Bledsoe  has  reached  a  commanding  position  in  the  ranks  of  the  med- 
ical fraternity  in  Bisbee,  where  he  is  acting  as  chief  surgeon  of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Min- 
ing Company.  He  is  a  physician  of  great  power  and  ability,  of  comprehensive  knowledge 
and  wide  practical  experience,  and  these  qualities  he  brings  to  the  performance  of  his  respon- 
sible duties.  He  has  won  that  success  and  prominence  which  always  follow  conspicuous 
attainment. 

The  Doctor  was  born  in  Ventura,  California,  September  1,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  Nelson 
Charles,  Sr.,  and  Nettie  (McCrcery)  Bledsoe,  the  former  a  native  of  Texas  and  the  latter 
of  niinois.  The  parents  removed  to  California  before  the  birth  of  their  son  and  there  the 
father  has  practiced  law  for  many  years.  In  their  family  were  three  children:  Nelson 
Cliarles,  of  this  review;  Frank  C,  who  owns  a  half  interest  in  the  firm  of  Hood  &  Bledsoe, 
Ford  automobile  agents  for  South  Cochise  county;  and  Harry  R.,  connected  with  the  Bledsoe- 
]'"revert  Furniture  Company  of  San  Diego,  one  of  the  largest  concerns  of  its  kind  on  the 
Pacific  coast. 

Dr.  Nelson  C.  Bledsoe  was  reared  in  his  parents'  home  in  California  and  acquired  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Vent\ira.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  removed 
with  his  father  and  mother  to  Los  Angeles  and  there  completed  his  elementary  studies, 
graduating  from  the  Los  Angeles  Normal  school  in  1896.  He  afterward  spent  one  year  as 
a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  San  Bernardino  and  three  years  in  the  city  schools  of 
Los  Angeles.  In  1900  he  secured  a  position  as  teacher  in  a  night  school  and  for  three  years 
carried  on  this  work,  attending  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  California 
during  the  day  time.  Some  idea  of  the  strength  of  his  ambition  and  determination  is  gained 
from  tliis  fact,  and  these  qualities  were  productive  of  excellent  results,  for  before  his  gradu- 
ation Dr.  Bledsoe  was  assistant  to  the  police  surgeon  in  Los  Angeles  for  two  years.  Later 
he  entered  the  Los  Angeles  County  Hospital  as  interne.  He  received  his  medical  degree  in 
1903  and  in  the  following  year  he  came  to  Bisbee  as  assistant  surgeon  for  the  Calumet 
&  Arizona  Mining  Company.  His  ability  and  knowledge  were  soon  evident  in  the  results 
which  attended  his  labors,  and  in  1909  he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  chief  surgeon, 
in  which  capacity  he  acts  at  the  present  time.  He  possesses  a  comprehensive  and  exact 
knowledge  of  the  luiderlying  principles  of  medicine  and  has  in  addition  the  sympathetic 
power  and  the  humanitarian  instinct  of  the  true  physician.  He  has  done  excellent  work 
in  surgery,  following  always  the  most  advanced  methods  known  to  the  medical  fraternity, 
and  he  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fellow  practitioners  and  the  local  public.  He  owns 
a  half  interest  in  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Hospital  and  keeps  in  touch  with  the  trend  of 
scientific  advancement  in  his  profession  through  his  membership  in  the  County  and  State 
Medical  Societies  and  the  American  Medical  Association. 

In  1900  Dr.  Bledsoe  married  Miss  Harriet  Gage,  a  native  of  New  York  and  a  daughter 
of  Willard  and  Elizabeth  (Terry)  Gage,  the  former  of  whom  died  in  1891.  Mrs.  Gage 
survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Bisbee,  with  her  daughter. 

Dr.  Bledsoe  is  a  democrat  in  his   political  beliefs  but  has  never  been  an  aspirant   for 


236  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

public  honors.  He  has  representative  fraternal  affiliations,  being  well  known  in  the  Masonic 
order,  in  which  he  belongs  to  the  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  in  Arizona.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  acting  as  examining  pliysician  for  the  local  organization, 
and  he  is  very  popular  in  all  of  the  societibs  with  which  he  is  identified.  While  yet  a  com- 
paratively young  man  he  has  gained  a  high  place  in  his  chosen  profession,  and  the  ability 
upon  which  his  success  is  founded  will  undoubtedly  carry  him  forward  to  still  greater 
prominence  in  medical  circles. 


COLONEL  JAMES  D.  MONIHON. 

Foremost  among  the  pioneers  of  Arizona  stood  Colonel  James  D.  Monihon,  who  as  a 
soldier,  citizen  and  empire  builder  in  the  southwest  had  few  equals.  It  is  not  difficult 
to  speak  of  him,  for  his  life  and  character  were  as  clear  as  the  sunlight.  No  man 
came  in  contact  with  him  but  speedily  appreciated  him  at  his  true  worth  and  knew  he 
was  a  man  who  not  only  cherished  a  high  ideal  of  duty  but  who  lived  up  to  it.  He  utilised 
and  recognized  opportunities  not  only  for  his  own  benefit  but  for  the  good  of  the  com- 
munity at  large  and  much  of  his  life  was  devoted  to  service  for  others.  Perhaps  no  day 
passed  without  its  labor  of  love  or  kind  act  for  the  benefit  of  others.  He  laid  down  his 
task  in  the  twilight  of  the  day,  when  all  that  he  had  to  do  had  been  nobly,  beautifully 
and   fully  completed. 

Colonel  Monihon  was  born  in  St.  Johns,  Oneida  county.  New  York,  November  6,  1837, 
and  when  he  was  two  years  of  age  his  parents,  James  and  Ann  (Martin)  Monihon,  removed 
to  St.  Lawrence  county.  New  York,  where  he  remained  until  he  reached  the  age  of  seventeen 
years.  During  that  period  he  attended  the  public  schools  or  spent  his  boyhood  days  in 
work  upon  the  home  farm.  He  was  eighteen  years  of  age  when,  attracted  by  the  gold 
discoveries  in  California,  he  started  for  the  Pacific  coast  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  route. 
Eventually  he  reached  San  Francisco  in  safety  and  from  that  time  until  1861  followed 
raining,  doing  placer  work  at  Hamland's  Flats  in  Sierra  county,  California.  He  afterward 
became  president  and  superintendent  of  the  Orahm  Hill  tunnel  under  High  mountain, 
three  miles  from  Table  Rock,  on  the  Cold  Canon  side  of  the  mountain.  While  thus 
engaged  life  was  bringing  to  him  broadening  and  strengthening  experiences,  from  each  of 
which  he  gained  the  lesson  therein  contained. 

With  tlic  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Monihon's  patriotic  spirit  was  aroused  and 
he  enlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  F,  First  California  Infantry.  The  regiment  pro- 
ceeded southward  through  Arizona,  and  New  Mexico  and  wliile  a  detachment  was  camped 
at  Maricopa  a  party  wliicli  included  Colonel  Monihon  paid  a  visit  to  tlie  Salt  River  valley. 
It  did  not  then  occur  to  him  that  the  valley  could  ever  be  developed  to  its  present  condi- 
tion, b\it  after  they  visited  the  Rio  Grande  he  wondered  why  the  Salt  River  valley  C(mld 
not  be  transformed  into  a  like  fertile  and  productive  region.  He  did  not  imagine,  however, 
that  he  would  live  to  see  this  accomplished  or  that  it  would  become  the  most  productive 
valle.v  in  Arizona.  As  commander  of  the  detachment  Colonel  Monihon  fired  a  salute  at 
Tucson  on  the  4th  of  July,  1862,  for  he  was  at  that  time  chief  of  the  howitser  detach- 
ment. He  left  Tucson  on  the  lOtli  of  July  for  the  Rio  Grande  and  on  the  14th  of  that 
month  the  troops  were  attacked  at  Apache  Pass  by  the  noted  Apache  chief,  Cochise,  and 
his  warriors,  numbering  about  four  hundred  and  fifty.  There  were  but  sixty-four  in  the 
detachment  when  they  advanced.  The  sick,  wounded  and  guards  of  the  supplies  and 
amnuinition  left  but  thirty-two  for  active  duty  in  the  engagement.  They  fought  from 
midday  until  sundown  without  water  after  making  a  foil'cd  march  from  Dragoon  Si)rings, 
a  distance  of  forty-five  miles.  A  number  of  years  later  the  Indians  reported  to  the  clerk 
of  the  Indian  reservation  that  they  lost  seventy-seven  warriors  on  that  occasion  and 
Chief  Cochise  was  among  the  wounded.  Three  times  Colonel  Monihon's  clothing  was 
pierced  by  b\illets  and  his  face  and  clothing  were  full  of  lead  which  splattered  on  the 
gun  and  rocks. 

The  American  troops  were  stationed  for  two  months  at  Mesilla,  New  Mexico,  after 
which  the  company  was  removed  to  Fort  Craig,  where  they  remained  for  a  year  under 
command   of  Major   Riggs   of   tlie    First   California   Infantry.     From    tlmt   point   tliey   vvcir 


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ordered  to  Fort  Wingate,  New  Mexico,  over  what  is  known  as  the  Whipple  route.  For 
some  time  tliey  wore  camped  at  Chino  Valley  and  afterward  established  Fort  Whipple, 
Colonel  Monihon  being  made  provost  sergeant  of  Whipple  and  Prescott,  in  which  capacity 
he  served  until  lionorably  discharged.  While  at  the  latter  place  he  carried  the  mail 
between  Prescott  and  Bullybueno  and  had  many  thrilling  experiences  with  the  Indians. 
While  in  and  around  Prescott  he  also  assisted  in  burying  forty-six  men  who  had  been 
killed   by  the  Indians. 

Wlicn  Colonel  ilonilion  became  tired  of  mining  he  settled  in  the  Salt  River  valley, 
where  he  arrived  with  six  dollars,  some  tobacco,  a  gun  and  a  dog.  He  erected  the  second 
house  ever  built  in  Phoenix  and  planted  the  first  Cottonwood  tree.  After  earning  some 
money  he  built  a  livery  barn  where  the  present  Monihon  building  now  stands  and  con- 
ducted the  business  for  ten  years.  He  then  returned  east  with  his  family  and  remained 
for  six  years  but  again  came  to  Phoenix  in  1889.  During  the  early  period  of  his  residence 
here  Colonel  Monihon  had  become  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  in  1874  and  in  1881 
he  was  nominated  for  mayor  but  was  defeated  by  seven  votes  in  a  strong  democratic 
city,  he  being  the  republican  candidate.  In  1890  he  erected  the  Monihon  building,  at  that 
time  the  finest  edifice  in  Arizona,  and  in  many  ways  he  contributed  to  the  development 
and  progress  of  city  and  state.  In  1889  he  was  made  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  insane  asylum.  In  1891  he  again  became  a  candidate  for  mayor  but  was  at  that 
time  defeated.  In  1893,  however,  he  was  elected  to  the  office  by  a  handsome  majority  and 
made  such  an  excellent  record  in  the  position  that  he  was  reelected  in  May,  1896.  His 
administration  was  businesslike  and  progressive,  characterized  by  a  lack  of  needless 
expenditures,  yet  he  did  not  hamper  progress  by  useless  retrenchment.  He  also  served  in 
several  prominent  positions  in  the  county  and  was  a  very  popular  citizen.  Even  those 
who  opposed  iiim  politically  entertained  for  him  the  warmest  personal  regard  and  delighted 
in   his   friendship. 

On  the  15th  of  March,  1877,  Colonel  Monihon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Josie 
C.  Linville,  a  native  of  Santa  Rosa,  California,  and  a  daughter  of  H.  H.  and  Rebecca 
(Mothersead)    Linville.     To  them   was  born   a  daughter,  Rebecca   Ann. 

In  his  political  views  Colonel  Monihon  was  ever  an  earnest  republican  and  fraternally 
he  was  connected  with  the  Masons  as  a  member  of  the  lodge,  chapter,  coraraandery  and 
Mystic  Shrine.  His  prominence  in  the  order  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  served  for 
three  terms  as  grand  marshal  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  was  also  a  valued  member  of 
J.  W.  Owens  Post,  No.  5,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he  served  as  commander,  and  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  national  encampment  held  at  Boston  in  1889.  A  lover  of  outdoor  life,  he  was  for 
many  years  vice  president  of  the  Trotting  Association  and  during  his  boyhood  he  often 
rode  in  races.  He  belonged  to  the  first  fire  department  of  Phoenix  and  was  captain  of 
the  first  bucket  brigade.  He  manifested  the  deepest  and  most  helpful  interest  in  all 
things  pertaining  to  the  betterment  of  his  city  and  in  his  relations  with  his  fellowmen 
he  was  kind-hearted  and  genial  and  proved  a  true  friend  to  all  who  sought  his  aid. 

Colonel  Monihon  passed  away  in  Phoenix,  September  2,  1904,  and  in  his  death  Arizona 
chronicled  the  passing  of  one  of  its  most  valued  and  honored  pioneers.  At  the  funeral 
ceremonies  Francis  A.  Shaw,  acting  as  worshipful  master  of  the  Masonic  lodge,  said: 
"We  consign  his  body  to  the  grave,  commend  his  soul  to  God  and  cherish  his  memory 
here."  Dr.  Lewis  Halsey,  who  conducted  the  funeral  services,  spoke  of  him  as  one  whom, 
the  people  knowing,  they  loved.  His  remarks,  while  brief,  were  full  of  tenderness,  with 
a  note  of  courageous  faith  for  those  who  mourned  which  rang  true  to  the  life  of  the  man 
whose  memory  they  commemorated.  Colonel  Monihon  was  one  in  whom  patriotism  was 
a  transcendent  virtue.     In  liim  was  seen  the  expression  of  the  spirit  of  the  lines: 

"Off  with  your  hats  as  the  flag  goes  by! 

And  let  the  heart  have   its  say; 
You're    man    enough    for   a    tear   in   your   eye 

That  you  will  not  wipe  away." 

To  patriotism  he  added  business  enterprise  and  business  integrity,  and  while  he  gained 
success,  it  was  so  worthily  won  and   so  honorably  used  that  the  most  envious  could  not 


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grudge  him  his  prosperity.  To  patriotism  and  business  ability  he  added  the  capacity 
for  strong  friendships  and  he  ever  held  friendship  inviolable.  The  humblest  man  who 
honestly  lived  up  to  his  creed  and  his  opportunities  could  count  upon  the  regard  ami 
friendship  of  Colonel  JMonihon,  and  the  breadth  of  his  nature  made  him  also  the  cherished 
companion  and  equal  of  Arizona's  most   prominent   and   distinguished  citizens. 

As  his  remains  were  lowered  into  their  last  resting  place  were  heard  the  beautiful 
words  which  closed  the  llasonic  service.  "Soft  and  safe  to  you,  my  brother,  be  this 
earthly  bed.  Briglit  and  glorious  be  thy  rising  from  it.  Fragrant  be  the  acacia  sprig 
that  here  shall  flourish.  May  the  earliest  buds  of  spring  unfold  their  beauties  o'er  this 
your  resting  place,  and  may  the  sweetness  of  the  summer's  last  rose  linger  longest! 
Though  the  cold  blasts  of  autumn  may  lay  them  in  the  dust,  and  for  a  time  destroy 
the  loveliness  of  their  existence,  yet  the  destruction  is  not  final,  and  in  the  springtime  they 
shall  surely  bloom  again.  So,  in  the  bright  morning  of  the  world's  resurrection,  your 
mortal  frame,  now  laid  in  the  dust  by  the  chilling  blast  of  death,  sliall  spring  again  into 
newness  of  life,  and  expand  in  immortal  beauty,  in  realms  beyond  the  skies!  Until  then, 
dear   brother,   until   then,   farewell!" 


RICHARDS  BR0THI':RS. 


The  enterprising  city  of  Prescott  finds  worthy  rc])resentatives  of  its  business  interests 
in  Richards  Brothers,  owners  of  one  of  the  finest  groceries  in  the  community.  The  brothers, 
\V.  L.  and  J.  T.  Richards,  are  luitives  of  Tennessee  and  in  1897  removed  to  Texas,  where 
they  engaged  in  farming.  Tliey  came  to  Prescott  in  1903  and  after  working  at  various 
occupations  for  three  years  opened  a  grocery  store  which  they  have  since  conducted.  They 
have  beeil  accorded  a  liberal  and  representative  patronage,  for  they  keep  only  goods  of  high 
quality  and  follow  business  methods  which  neither  seek  nor  require  disguise. 

■  On  the  20th  of  Janiuiry,  1890,  W.  L.  Richards  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  OUie 
Pryor,  of  Tennessee,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children,  two  sons  and  three 
daughters.  W.  L.  Richards  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  gives  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  serving  at  the  inesent  time  as  a  member  of 
the  city  council.  Both  brothers  are  progressive  and  farsighted  business  men  and  their  influ- 
ence has  been  a  tangible  force  for  good  in  the  community. 


ANTHONY  VINCKNT  OROSSKTTA. 

Tireless  energy  Tinited  with  clear  judgment  and  intelligently  directed  effort  has  served 
to  win  for  Antlmuy  Vincent  (irossetta  the  success  entitling  him  to  mention  among  the 
representative  business  men  of  Tucson,  where  he  has  large  and  extensive  interests.  He  was 
born  in  Ragusa,  Austria,  on  the  27th  of  April,  1856,  and  is  a  son  of  Vincent  Grossctta, 
likewise  a  native  of  Ragusa,  where  he  engaged  in  the  shoe  business. 

The  boyhood  of  Anthony  A'incent  Grossetta  was  passed  in  his  native  city,  where  he 
attended  the  ])ul)lii'  sdiools  and  acquired  a  fair  knowledge  of  the  German,  Slavonic  and  Ital- 
ian languages.  When  a  youth  of  twelve  years  he  left  home  and  shipped  on  a  sailing  vessel 
as  an  apprentice  for  a  nautical  career  and  continued  to  follow  the  sea  for  six  years.  In 
1874  he  located  in  the  United  States  and  for  a  time  was  employed  on  the  New  York  (Central 
Railroad.  He  next  went  to  Montreal,  Canada,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  Italian 
consulate  for  two  years.  At  the  ex|)iration  of  that  period,  in  1877,  he  made  his  way  west- 
ward to  San  I'rancisco,  California,  and  thence  to  Los  Angeles,  remaining  in  that  state  for 
three  years. 

In  1880  Mr.  Grossetta  located  in  Tucson  and  has  ever  since  been  a  resident  of  that 
city.  During  the  first  two  years  he  was  employed  in  a  grocery  store,  where  he  acquired 
bis  first  knowledge  of  commercial  methods.  Having  accumulated  a  small  capital  and  feel- 
ing he  was  in  every  way  qualified  to  develop  an  enterprise  of  his  own  he  opened  a  grocery 


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iidjacont  to  tlie  railway  station  in  1883.  He  there  engaged  iii  business  for  eleven  years, 
working  early  and  late  and  meeting  with  the  success  tliat  invariably  rewards  the  efforts 
i>f  the  diligent  man  of  determination.  In  1893,  he  removed  his  grocery  to  what  is  known 
as  the  Grossetta  block  on  East  Congress  street,  where  he  is  still  located.  As  the  years 
(lassed  he  watched  for  opportunities  in  other  fields  of  activity  and  is  now  the  owner  of 
the  Tucson  Hardware  Company,  which  lie  organized  in  1900.  Since  then  lie  has  also  acquired 
some  valuable  realty  interests,  including  an  irrigated  ranch  of  a  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
located  three  miles  north  of  Tucson.  He  is  a  man  of  progressive  ideas  and  practical  methods 
and  has  assisted  in  promoting  various  public  utilities.  In  1897  he  erected  the  Tucson 
Opera  House  and  he  was  the  first  president  of  the  Tucson  Light  &  Power  Company,  and 
was  formerly  identified  with  the  Tucson  Building  &  Loan  Association. 

In  that  city.  May  4,  1884,  Mr.  Grossetta  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie  H.  Warren,  a 
native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  direct  descendant  of  General  Warren  of  Revolutionary  fame. 
She  passed  away  in  1907,  leaving  one  son,  Warren  A.,  who  was  born  in  Tucson  on  the  18th 
of  December,  1888.  Upon  completing  the  course  offered  by  the  public  schools  he  entered 
the  State  University,  being  graduated  from  that  institution  witli  the  class  of  1910.  He 
immediately  turned  his  attention  to  commercial  pursuits,  with  which  he  was  already  some- 
what familiar,  and  is  now  tlie  manager  of  the  Tucson  Hardware  Company.  He  was  mili- 
tary instructor  at  the  university  and  was  the  only  student  connected  with  the  institution 
wlio  has  ever  held  that  position.  He  was  married  on  the  16th  of  November,  1913,  to  Miss 
Winifred  Dodge,  a  native  of  Tucson.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternit}'.  '  A.  V.  Gros- 
setta has  always  been  prominent  in  Masonic  ciicles  and  holds  membership  in  Tucson  Lodge, 
>io.  4,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Tucson  Cliapter,  Xo.  3,  R.  A.  M.;  Arizona  Commandery,  No.  1,  K.  T.; 
;\nd  El  Zaribali  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  jM.  S.  at  Phoenix  and  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  is  likewise 
a  member  of  tlie  Elks,  being  adiliated  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  0.  E.  Mr.  Gros- 
setta enjoys  the  full  rights  of  citizenship  and  gives  his  political  support  to  the  republican 
jjarty.  He  was  a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature  in  1906  and  has  also  served  in  the 
Tucson  council,  while  in  March,  1901,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Murphy  to  the  board 
of  regents  of  the  University  of  Arizona  and  again  by  Governor  Kibbey  for  a  second  term. 
A  man  of  marked  ability,  Mr.  Grossetta  meets  the  demands  of  any  position  that  requires 
tlie  exercise  of  good  judgment  and  intelligence  in  a  most  creditable  manner.  His  career, 
both  as  a  business  man  and  public  official,  has  never  left  any  doubt  as  to  his  integrity,  and 
all  of  his  transactions  are  conducted  in  a  straightforward,  honorable  manner.  As  a  result 
lie  enjoys  the  respect  and  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  with  many  of  whom 
ho  has  had  intimate  relations  for  more  than  thirty  years. 


HARRY  J.  EVANS. 


Harry  J.  Evans,  expert  electrical  engineer  and  manager  of  the  Tombstone  exchange 
of  the  :Moiintain  State  Telephone  Company  of  Denver,  Colorado,  was  born  in  Wyandotte, 
Michigan,  in  1884,  and  is  a  son  of  Richard  and  Sophia  (Leofller)  Evans,  the  former  a 
native  of  Wales  and  the  latter  of  Detroit,  Michigan.  Their  marriage  occurred  in  that 
state,  where  the  father  has  engaged  in  business  as  mason  contractor  during  all  of  his 
business  career.  He  now  makes  his  home  at  Wyandotte,  having  survived  his  wife  since 
1903.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  living,  and  of  these 
TIarry  J.  is  the  eldest  and  the  only  one  who  left  Michigan. 

Harry  J.  Evans  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  and 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  began  learning  electrical  engineering,  a  profession  with  which 
he  has  since  been  connected  and  which  he  thoroughly  understands  in  principle  and  del^ail. 
After  he  left  Michigan  he  spent  three  years  in  Colorado  and  then  came  to  Tombstone, 
August  1,  1911.  He  was  made  manager  of  the  Tombstone  exchange  of  the  Mountain 
State  Telephone  Company,  whose  headquarters  are  at  Denver,  Colorado,  and  has  given 
evidence  of  his  executive  and  organizing  ability  in  his  able  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the 
office.     He   still  has   important   real-estate   interests   in   Michigan. 

Mr.  Evans  was  married  .July  18,  1908,  at  Big  Rapids,  Michigan,  to  Miss  Ruth  Cook,  a 


242  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

native  of  that  state  and  a  daughter  of  Hosea  and  Nancy  Cook,  both  born  in  New  York 
state.  Mrs.  Evans  is  a  graduate  of  the  Ypsilanti  Normal  and  Ferris  Institute  at  Big 
Kapids,  Michigan,  and  for  iive  years  previous  to  her  marriage  engaged  in  teaching  school. 
Even  after  her  marriage  she  was  obliged  to  retain  her  position  for  one  year  and  a  half 
owing  to  the  fact  that  the  school  board  was  unable  to  obtain  anyone  capable  of  filling 
her  place.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evans  have  one  son,  Harry  Richard,  born  July  8,  1914. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Evans  is  connected  witli  tlie  Knights  of  Pythias  and  politically  adheres 
to  the  republican  party.  Although  still  a  young  man,  he  has  gained  a  high  position  in 
professional  and  business  circles  of  Tombstone,  where  his  ability,  aggressiveness  and  pro- 
gressive spirit  are  widely  recognized.  He  has  many  friends  in  the  city,  who,  viewing  the 
success  which  he  has  already  achieved,  do  not  hesitate  to  predict  for  him  continued  progress 
in  his  chosen  field  of  labor. 


JOHN  WOHLSCHLEGEL. 


John  Wohlschlegel,  who  has  been  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  confectionery  business 
in  Bisbee  for  more  than  twelve  years,  is  a  native  of  Texas,  his  birth  having  occurred  at 
Seguin,  January  27,  1870.  He  is  a  son  of  John  F.  and  Catherine  Wohlschlegel,  natives  of 
Germany,  whence  tliey  emigrated'  to  America  in  early  life  and  were  married  in  Te.xas. 
They  still  reside  in  that  state,  where  the  father  is  connected  with  the  ministry  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal   church   and   also   teaches   school. 

Reared  in  the  parental  home,  John  Wohlschlegel  obtained  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  state.  He  early  became  self-supporting  and  for  a  time  operated  a 
stock  ranch  in  Texas  where  he  resided  until  1903.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Arizona 
with  his  family  and  located  at  Bisbee  in  June,  1903.  Soon  after  his  arrival  he  turned 
liis  attention  to  commercial  pursuits  and  established  a  grocery  and  confectionery  store, 
which  he  has  since  conducted  with  a  good  measure  of  success.  He  has  a  well  stocked  and 
attractive  store  and  is  enjoying  a  good  trade.  He  is  also  interested  in  the  development  of 
the  Warren  copper  mines,  in  which  he  owns  stock. 

In  Texas  in  1893,  Mr.  Wohlschlegel  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Heyen,  who  was  bom 
in  that  state  in  1870  and  is  the  eldest  of  the  nine  living  children  of  Henry  and  Catherine 
Heyen.  Her  parents  are  still  living  and  make  their  home  in  Texas.  Of  the  marriage  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wohlschlegel  there  have  been  born  six  children:  Linnie,  who  was  born  in 
1894  and  is  the  wife  of  J.  F.  Holman,  of  Bisbee;  Jessie,  who  was  born  in  1896,  and  mar- 
ried John  Peccolo  of  Bisbee;  Elizabeth,  who  was  born  in  1898  and  is  residing  at  home; 
George  F.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  four  and  a  half  years;  Rosa,  whose  death  occurred 
when  she  was  nineteen  months  old;  and  Josie,  who  was  born  in  1906. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Wohlschlegel  is  affiliated  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the 
Moose.  He  supports  the  democratic  party  at  'the  polls  but  has  never  taken  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs,  although  he  meets  the  requirements  of  good  citizenship  by  casting  a 
vote  on  election  day.  He  applies  himself  closely  to  his  business,  in  the  development  of 
which   he   is  meeting  with  a  good   measure   of   success. 


F.  E.  MURPHY. 


F.  E.  Murphy,  manager,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Douglas  Gas  Corporation, 
with  which  concern  he  has  been  identified  in  the  present  capacity  for  about  nine  years, 
was  born  in  New  York  in  1874.  He  is  the  only  living  child  of  John  F.  and  Mary  A. 
Murphy,  to  whom  were  born  two  daughters,  both  of  whom  died  in  New  York  in  childhood. 
The  father  has  long  been  deceased,  having  passed  away  in  New  York  about  1878,  but  the 
mother  is  still  living  and  now  makes  her  home  in  Pasadena,  California. 

When  a  lad  of  nine  years  F.  E.  Murphy  was  sent  to  Notre  Dame,  Indiana,  where  he 
attended  school  until  he  was  seventeen.     Immediately  afterward  he  went  to  Denver,  Colo- 


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i-ado,  and  was  tliere  employed  in  a  drug  store  for  six  years.  In  1898  he  continued  his 
journey  westward  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  was  first  employed  as  cashier  and 
bookkeeper  with  tlie  National  Ice  Company.  Later  he  identified  himself  with  the  Loa 
Angeles  Gas  &  Electric  Corporation,  being  connected  with  the  latter  concern  for  about 
two  years.  His  next  removal  was  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  In  July,  1907,  he  assumed  the  duties  of  manager,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Douglas  Gas  Corporation.  It  is  an  exclusive  gas  company  and  was  organized  in  April, 
1906,  with  E.  Titcomb,  president;  C.  0.  Ellis,  vice  president;  and  W.  N.  Hamaker  and 
II.  M.  Clagett,   directors. 

In  1898,  Mr.  Murphy  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Winston,  a  native  of  California  and 
a  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Mary  E.  Winston.  Mrs.  Murphy  is  the  youngest  of  the  five 
living  children  of  her  parents.  Her  father  passed  away  in  her  childhood  but  her  mother 
is  still  living  and  continues  to  make  her  home  in  California.  Mrs.  Murphy  was  educated 
in  her  native  state  and  is  a  graduate  of  Marlborough  College. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Murphy  are  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  politically 
he  supports  the  democratic  party.  He  has  acquired  some  property  in  Douglas  and  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  city's  diligent  and  estimable  residents. 


G.  O.  BOHANNON. 


G.  O.  Bohannon  is  one  of  the  diligent  and  highly  successful  representatives  of  the  com- 
mercial interests  of  Douglas,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  grocery  business.  He  was  born  in 
Missouri  in  1875,  and  there  his  parents  passed  away  in  his  early  boyhood.  They  are  sur- 
vived by  another  son,  also  a  native  of  Missouri. 

Left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  seven  years,  G.  O.  Bohannon  was  reared  by  an  uncle 
who  resided  in  Texas.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state,  where 
,he  continued  to  reside  until  he  had  attained  his  majority.  Deciding  that  the  southwest 
afforded  better  opportunities  to  ambitious  and  energetic  young  men,  in  1896  he  came  to 
Arizona,  making  the  journey  from  Stephens  county,  Texas,  to  Phoenix  on  horseback.  For 
two  years  thereafter  he  was  employed  on  various  cattle  ranches  in  that  vicinity  fn  the 
capacity  of  cowboy.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  obtained  work  in  the  smelter  at 
Jerome,  this  state,  and  was  there  employed  for  seven  years.  It  was  his  ambition  to  engage 
in  business  on  his  own  account  and  with  this  purpose  in  view  he  saved  as  much  as  possible 
of  his  earnings  each  month,  and  in  1905  bought  a  well  drilling  outfit,  which  he  operated 
with  good  success  for  about  five  years.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  commercial  activi- 
ties, by  purchasing  the  general  mercantile  establishment  of  Combs  &  Company,  at  Douglas, 
aad  is  still  conducting  the  enterprise,  which  during  the  intervening  years  he  has  developed 
into  one  of  the  best  grocery  stores  in  the  city.  Although  he  was  entirely  unfamiliar  with 
the  business  when  he  embarked  in  this  venture,  he  is  a  man  of  practical  ideas  and  resolute 
purpose,  to  which  qualities  must  be  largely  attributed  the  success  he  now  enjoys.  He 
carries  a  large  and  well  assorted  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and  also  feed  and 
hardware.  As  his  prices  are  reasonable,  his  goods  honestly  represented,  and  he  is  gracious 
and  accommodating  to  his  patrons,  he  has  built  up  a  large  trade  among  a  most  desirable 
class  of  people  and  is  doing  a  thriving  business.  Mr.  Bohannon  owns  a  comfortable  home 
and  other  real  estate  in  Douglas,  and  has  disposed  of  three  residence  properties  to  good 
advantage. 

In  Texas,  in  1902,  Mr.  Bohannon  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  Cockerell,  a  native  of 
that  state,  where  she  was  reared  and  educated.  She  is  one  of  the  older  members  of  a 
family  of  thirteen  children.  Her  father  is  deceased,  but  her  mother  is  still  living  and 
resides  in  Texas. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bohannon  manifest  their  religious  faith  through  their  affiliation  with 
the  Baptist  church.  His  fraternal  relations  are  confined  to  his  connection  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  his  allegiance  in  matters  politic  he  extends  to  the 
democratic  party.  Mr.  Bohannon  well  merits  such  prosperity  as  he  is  enjoying,  as  he  is  a 
tireless  worker  and  has  applied  himself  diligently  to  the  achievement  of  his  purpose,  direct- 


244  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

ing  his  undertakings  in  a  well  oigaiiized  and  systematic  manner  toward  the  attainment 
of  a  definite  end.  He  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  who  regard 
liim  as  a  man  of  integrity  and  upright  business  standards. 


ROBERT  M.  TAFEL,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Robert  M.  Tafel,  who  since  1904  lias  been  numbered  among  the  medical  practitioners 
in  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  37th  of  July,  1858.  His  parents 
were  Louis  O.  and  Statira  C.  (Shannon)  Tafel.  The  father,  who  was  born  in  Germany, 
lollowed  the  profession  of  bookkeeping  as  a  life  work.  The  mother,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, was  of  Dutch  descent,  her  ancestors  having  come  to  this  country  in  1710. 

Dr.  Tafel  was  a  higli  school  student  in  Pittsburgh  and  afterward  attended  tlie  Pitts- 
burgh Pliarmaceutical  College.  The  knowledge  tlicre  gained  has  been  of  inestimable  value 
to  him  in  the  discharge  of  his  professional  duties.  He  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  in  the 
jliiimi  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati,  Oliio,  and  in  1895  was  graduated  from  the  Bennett 
-Medical  College  of  Chicago.  He  then  located  for  practice  in  that  city,  where  lie  remained 
until  1904 — the  year  of  his  arrival  in  Phoenix.  Here  he  has  since  continued  and  in  the 
intervening  period  of  twelve  years  has  made  continuous  progress,  the  steps  in  his  orderly 
progression  being  easily  discernible.  His  ijrofessional  duties  are  const.'intly  making  greater 
and  greater  demand  upon  his  time  and  energies  and  he  gives  undivided  allegiance  to  his 
profession,  recognizing  the  grave  responsibilities  which  devolve  upon  the  physician  in  his 
cllort  to  check   the  ravages   of   disease,   restore   health   and   jjiolong   life. 

In  1898  Dr.  Tafel  was  married  to  Aliss  Elizalxth  liast  a  native  of  Pittsburgh  and  of 
tierman  lineage.  They  had  two  cliihlrcii  but  both  are  now  deceased.  Dr.  Tafel  is  a  chapter 
Mason,  having  taken  the  Koyal  Arch  degrees.  He  is  interested  in  all  that  works  for  the 
betterment  of  his  community,  yet  throughout  his  life  has  largely  concentrated  his  ener-: 
gies  upon  his  jirofessional  duties,  and  the  success  he  has  achieved  is  a  merited  reward  of 
liis  knowledge  accurately  applied,  his  ruklity  to  the  interests  of  his  patients  and  his  grow- 
ing slyll  in  his  chosen  calling. 


ALaNOUS  YOUNG  WRIGHT. 

In  a  profession  where  advancement  depends  entirely  upon  individual  merit  Alcinous 
Voung  Wright  has  gained  s\iccess  and  prominence,  practicing  at  the  bar  of  Douglas  since 
1904.  He  was  the  organizer  of  the  Arizona  &  Mexico  Realty  Company,  Incorporated,  and 
is  favorably  regarded  in  business  circles,  his  name  standing  for  progress  and  advancement 
in  professional  and  business  life. 

Mr.  Wright  was  born  in  Lamotte,  Jackson  county,  Iowa,  August  31,  1854,  a  son  of 
l-yman  and  Sarah  (Hag<'ruian)  Wright,  natives  of  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  "respectively. 
The  father,  liowever,  was  reared  in  Canada.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  but  never  followed 
that  profession,  giving  most  of  his  attention  during  life  to  general  farming.  He  died  in 
tlie  fall  of  1889,  having  siuvived  his  wife  since  18()2.  In  tlieir  family  were  three  children: 
.\ncil  Cecil  and  Wilbur  Ferdinand,  both  of  wiunn  are  deceased;  and  Alcinous  Young,  of  this 
review. 

Alcinous  Y.  Wright  was  reared  upon  his  father's  farm  in  Iowa  and  from  the  age  of 
live  until  fourteen  years  attended  the  district  schools.  He  then  began  his  business  career, 
working  on  a  nearby  farm  for  one  year,  but  he  later  abandoned  that  occupation  in  order 
to  resume  his  studies.  He  afterward  taught  school  for  some  time,  engaging  in  this  line  of 
work  before  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  and  retaining  his  connection  with  teaching  off  «nd 
on  for  si.x  years.  He  was,  however,  ambitious  and  energetic,  and  determine<l  to  acquire 
a  good  education.  By  his  own  energy  and  industry  he  accumulated  enough  money  to  pay 
his  expenses  in  Cornell  College  at  Mount  Vernon,  Iowa.  He  went  to  Idaho  and  spent  one 
year  there  witli  a  surveying  party.    Witli  tlie  jn-oceeds  of  his  twelve  months'  work  he  entered 


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the  Northwestern  University  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  which  he  attended  for  two  years  and 
one  term,  studying  law.  By  this  time  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  broadly  and  sj.e- 
cially  educated  and  with  the  elements  of  success  present  in  his  determined  and  energetic 
character.  Although  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois  he  did  not  immediately  engage 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  but  spent  more  than  two  years  teaching  school  in  Iowa. 
There  he  was  seized  with  a  serious  illness  and  upon  advice  of  his  physician  he  went  to  Nebraska, 
where  he  taught  school  in  Sutton  for  one  year  and  for  one  year  in  Harvard.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  he  entered  upon  the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  going  into  the  law  offices 
of  Heard  &  Barbour  at  Harvard,  Nebraska,  with  whom  he  was  associated  for  one  year.  In 
1879  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Arapahoe,  Nebraska,  and  practiced  alone  for  three  years, 
later  entering  into  partnership  with  W.  S.  Morlan,  with  whom  he  was  associated  until  1887. 
In  that  year  .he  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Furnas  county,  Nebraska,  and  served 
until  July  1,  1890.  At  that  time  he  went  farther  west,  settling  in  Santa  Ana,  California, 
where  he  became  well  known  as  an  able  and  successful  attorney  until  1903,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Iowa  for  the  purpose  of  settling  up  the  estates  of  two  relatives.  He  also  spent 
some  time  in  Nebraska,  where  he  practiced  law  at  Culbertson.  He  was,  however,  afterward 
sent  to  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico,  on  important  corporation  business  and  lived  in  that  city 
until  July,  1904,  when  he  came  to  Douglas,  where  he  has  since  built  up  a  large  and  lucra- 
tive practice.  He  confines  himself  almost  entirely  to  the  legal  side  of  property,  buying 
and  selling,  and  this  interest  led  to  his  identification  in  1906  with  the  Arizona  &  Mexico 
Realty  Company,  Incorporated,  of  which  he  was  the  organizer.  This  concern  has  had  an 
important  elfcct  upon  the  advancement  and  development  of  Douglas,  for  it  has  added  to 
the  city  the  beautiful  residence  section  known  as  the  Overlock  addition,  and  is  contemplat- 
ing the  exploitation  of  several  other  large  tracts  of  land  which  it  owns.  Mr.  Wright  is 
connected  with  this  concern  as  secretary  and  legal  adviser  and  owns  also  a  substantial 
interest   in  the   company. 

On  the  3d  of  July,  1884,  Mr.  Wright  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  B.  Reynolds, 
a  native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  daughter  of  Dr.  E.  Reynolds,  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright 
are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Leon  Cecil,  a  resident  of  San  Francisco;  and  Olive  Myrtle, 
a  giaduate  of  the  Misillia  College  of  Mexico  and  now  a  stenogiapher  for  her  father. 

Mr.  Wright  is  liberal  in  his  political  views  and  has  never  been  active  in  public  life 
since  coming  to  Arizona,  although  he  served  ablj'  and  conscientiously  as  prosecuting  attor- 
ney in  Nebraska  and  California.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are  extensive  and  important,  for 
he  became  identified  with  the  Masonic  order  soon  after  he  was  twenty-one  years  old  and 
was  nuister  of  his  lodge  at  the  age  of  twenty-six.  He  has  also  acted  as  deputy  grand  master 
and  belongs  to  the  chapter  and  the  Knights  Templar  and  to  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star. 
He  is  now  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Douglas  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Mines.  He  is 
numbered  among  the  prominent  and  successful  men  of  Douglas  and  is  entirely  responsible 
for  his  own  prosperity,  for  he  has  had  no  outside  assistance  or  influence  to  help  in  its  attain- 
ment. His  industry,  his  determination  and  his  well  directed  efforts  have  been  salient  factors 
in  it  and  have  today  brought  him  to  a  high  place  among  the  city's  substantial  and  public- 
spirited  citizens. 


J.  M.  WELBOURN. 


J.  M.  Welbonrn,  who  since  1908  has  been  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  meat  business  in 
Bisbce  with  S.  C.  Dodds,  was  born  in  Jackson  county,  Illinois,  in  1870,  and  is  a  son  of 
Alexander  and  Margaret  Welbourn. 

Reared  in  the  parental  home,  in  the  acquirement  of  an  education  J.  M.  Welbourn 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  1907. 
In  October,  of  that  year,  he  came  west,  locating  at  Bisbee,  Arizona,  and  nine  months  later 
he  became  associated  with  S.  C.  Dodds  in  establishing  the  store  in  Tombstone  Canyon, 
where  they  are  still  conducting  business.  In  April,  1914,  the  firm  established  a  branch 
store  in  the  Johnson  addition  to  Bisbee,  where  the  same  high  standard  of  business  and 
merchandise   is  maintained.     They  have   prospered   in   their  undertaking  and  now   own   the 

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248  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

buildings  in  which  their  stores  are  located,  and  have  also  acquired  some  local  raining  and 
property  interests. 

In  Illinois,  on  the  6th  of  January,  1895,  Mr.  Welboum  was  married  to  Miss  Kmma  A. 
Kelley,  a  native  of  that  state,  where  she  was  likewise  reared  and  educated.  The  fraternal 
relations  of  !Mr.  Welbourn  are  confined  to  his  membership  in  the  Court  of  Honor  and  the  Red 
Men.  He  votes  the  democratic  ticket  and  although  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  municipal 
affairs  has  never  sought  public  office.  During  the  brief  period  of  his  connection  with  com- 
mercial affairs  in  Bisbee  Mr.  Welbourn  has  manifested  the  high  principles,  integrity  and 
upright  business  methods  which  have  won  him  the  esteem  of  those  with  whom  he  has  had 
relations. 


S.  C.  DODDS. 


S.  C.  Dodds  of  the  grocery  firm  of  Welbourn  &  Dodds  is  one  of  the  estimable  young 
business  men  of  Bisbee.  He  was  born  in  Marion  county,  Ohio,  in  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel 
C.  and  Martha  E.  Dodds.  In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  he  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Kentucky  and  Ohio,  following  which  he  qualified  himself  for  a  business  career  by  pur- 
suing a  commercial  course  in  a  college  at  Lexington,  Kentucky.  He  remained  in  the  east 
until  he  was  about  twenty-six  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  Bisbee,  becoming  a  resident 
of  this  city  in  1906.  Two  years  later,  in  1908,  together  with  J.  M.  Welbourn,  he  estab- 
^  lished  at  182  Tombstone  Canyon  a  grocery  and  meat  market,  which  they  have  ever  since 
conducted  with  increasing  success.  They  carry  a  well  assorted  stock  of  staple  and  fancy 
groceries  and  a  full  line  of  meats,  all  of  a  superior  quality,  which  they  offer  at  reasonable 
prices.  As  it  is  the  policy  of  the  firm  to  be  gracious  and  courteous  to  their  customers  and 
strive  to  please  all,  they  have  succeeded  in  building  up  a  good  patronage  among  a  desirable 
class  of  people.  In  April,  1914,  they  established  a  branch  store  in  the  Johnson  addition  to 
Bisbee,  where  the  same  high  standard  of  business  and  merchandise  is  maintained. 

Mr.  Dodds  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  and  stanchly  supports  the  men  and 
measures  of  that  party.  His  only  fraternal  connection  is  with  the  Red  Men.  He  is  an 
enterprising  young  man  of  commendable  principles  and  good  habits  and  is  accorded  the 
esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  in  the  community. 


LEONARD  D.  REDFIELD. 


Leonard  D.  Redfield,  wlio  for  twenty  years  has  been  postmaster  at  Benson,  is  a  native 
of  the  state  of  New  York,  h\»  birth  occurring  in  1867.  He  is  the  only  child  born  of  the 
marriage  of  Henry  and  Malvina  Redfield,  likewise  natives  of  the  Empire  state,  whence  they 
removed  to  California  in  1868.  They  made  their  home  in  that  state  until  1876,  and  in 
December  of  that  year  came  to  Arizona,  settling  on  a  ranch  in  Pima  county,  where  the 
father  engaged  in  stock-raising  and  general  agricultural  pursuits  until  1884.  In  the  latter 
year  he  came  to  Benson  and  established  a  livery  stable,  which  he  conducted  until  his 
death  in  1886.     He  was  long  survived  by  the  mother,  who  passed  away  in  1906. 

As  he  was  only  an  infant  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Cali- 
fornia, practically  the  entire  life  of  Leonard  D.  Redfield  has  been  passed  in  the  west.  He 
obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  California  and  Arizona,  and  when  qualified 
to  start  out  in  the  world  for  himself  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Benson.  Soon 
after  establishing  his  store,  however,  he  had  the  misfortune  to  be  burned  out,  meeting  with 
a  total  loss,  and  he  was  thus  compelled  to  begin  at  the  bottom  again.  Thereafter  he 
owned  and  operated  a  fruit  stand  for  a  time,  thus  accumulating  sufficient  money  to  enable 
him  to  again  engage  in  the  mercantile  business.  He  conducted  this  store  witli  a  good 
measure  of  success  until  1905,  when  his  place  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and  he  again  experienced 
a  total  loss.  Mr.  Redfield  has  not  been  identified  with  commercial  activities  since  then  but 
has  given   his  undivided  attention  to  the   discharge  of  his  duties  as   postmaster,  to  wliich 


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office  lie  was  appointed  in  1896.  He  owns  liis  residence  and  some  business  property  in 
Jienson  and  also  has  real  estate  interests  in  San  Diego,  California. 

In  1910,  Mr.  Redfield  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Fannie  Aruiitage,  a  native  of 
New  Zealand,  who  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  childhood  with  her  parents.  They 
first  located  iki  San  Francisco  but  later  came  to  Arizona  and  for  a  time  resided  in  the 
vicinity  of  Yuma,  going  from  there  to  Benson  in  1895,  where  they  still  reside.  To  them 
were  born  four  children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  Mr.  and  Jlrs.  Kedfield  have  become  the 
parents  of  three  children,  Malvina,  Leonard  and  Florence. 

Mr.  Redfield  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  also  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
He  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs  in  the  subordinate  lodge  and  is  now  grand  master  of  the 
exchequer.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  stanch  republican,  and  he  and  Mrs.  Redfield  mani- 
fest their  religious  faith  through  their  connection  with  the  Presbyterian  church. 


ALBERT  SIDNEY  JOHNSTON  SHROPSHIRE. 

Albert  Sidney  Johnston  Shropshire,  a  dealer  in  feed  and  fuel  in  Douglas,  where  he 
is  conducting  a  successful  and  growing  business,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Alabama,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1862,  a  son  of  Ausborn  B.  and  Martha  (Goldsmith)  Shropshire.  The  family 
later  moved  to  Enterprise,  Mississippi,  where  the  father  engaged  in  the  grain  business  for 
a  number  of  years,  finally  selling  out  and  going  to  .lackson,  Tennessee,  where  ho  conducted 
a  hotel.  After  three  years,  however,  he  returned  to  Alabama,  settling  in  Mobile,  where  he 
lesumed  his  former  occupation  of  steamboating,  with  which  he  had  been  connected  in  his 
younger  days.  He  was  twice  married  and  by  his  first  union  had  eight  children,  seven 
daughters  and  one  son.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was  his  second  wife  and  she,  too,  had 
been  previously  married,  her  first  union  being  with  Nicholas  Windom,  by  whom  she  had 
one  daughter.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shropshire  have  passed  away.  There  were  four  children 
by  the  second  marriage:  Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  of  this  review,  named  in  honor  of 
General  Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  of  Confederate  fame;  Iva,  the  wife  of  M.  L.  Brewer,  of 
Laniai-,  Mississippi;  Jessie,  who  married  Dr.  B.  T.  Jones,  of  Shuqualak,  Mississippi;  and 
Maud,  deceased. 

Mr.  Shropshire  of  this  review  was  two  years  of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to 
Enterprise,  Mississippi,  and  he  accompanied  them  from  that  city  to  Jackson  and  thence 
to  Mobile,  Alabama,  where  he  embarked  at  the  age  of  fifteen  in  the  steamboating  business, 
following  that  occupation  for  four  years,  after  which  he  went  to  Texas  and  in  that  state  he 
worked  upon  a  cattle  ranch  from  1880  until  1885.  In  the  latter  year  he  came  to  Arizona, 
working  on  ranches  in  this  state  and  in  New  Mexico  for  the  next  ten  years.  During  that 
period  he  became  thoroughly  familiar  with  cattle  raising,  breeding,  buying  and  selling,  and 
was  known  as  an  expert  and  successful  stockman.  When  he  came  to  Douglas  his  work 
along  this  line  received  official  recognition  in  his  appointment  as  territorial  cattle  inspector, 
an  office  which  he  filled  ably  and  conscientiously  for  four  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time 
he  was  elected  constable  and  served  for  two  terms,  his  reelection  proving  the  efl:icacy  and 
value  of  his  work.  Subsequently  he  was  for  a  year  and  a  half  proprietor  of  the  Queen 
Hotel  in  Douglas  and  then  spent  a  similar  period  on  the  police  force,  turning  his  attention 
at  the  end  of  that  time  to  business  pursuits.  In  partnership  with  another  he  engaged  in 
the  feed  and  fuel  business  and  in  1912  purchased  his  jiartner's  interests,  having  since  con- 
ducteil  the  business  alone.  His  upright  methods,  reasonable  prices  and  the  high  quality  of 
his  goods  have  been  recognized  in  a  liberal  and  growing  patronage,  so  that  Mr.  Shropshire 
is  numbered  today  among  the  successful  men  of  the  city,  his  record  proving  conclusively 
that  prosperity  is  not  a  matter  of  genius  or  of  fortunate  circumstances  but  is  rather  the 
outcome  of  clear  judgment,  experience  and  unfaltering  diligence. 

On  February  24,  1903,  Mr.  Shropshire  married  Miss  Ruby  McDonald,  a  native  of 
Arkansas  and  a  daughter  of  James  McDonald,  of  that  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shropshire  have 
four  children:  Albert,  who  was  born  January  19,  1904,  and  is  attending  school;  Ruby, 
born  May  25,  1907,  also  in  school;  William  Raymond,  whose  birth  occurred  JFarcli  19, 
1909;  and  Frank  Sidney,  born  September  29,  1913. 


250  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Mr.  Shropshire  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  although  he 
has  never  sought  public  office  he  has  always  been  an  active  participant  in  political  affairs. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Woodmen  of  tlie  World.  His  life  in  its  various 
phases  has  been  an  honorable  and  upriglit  one,  bringing  him  not  only  a  fair  measure  of 
success  but  also  the  respect  and  trust  of  his  fellowmen. 


ED  R.  FLACH. 


Ed  R.  Flaeh,  graduate  pharmacist  and  now  at  tlie  head  of  the  only  drug  store  in 
Tombstone,  was  born  in  New  Hamburg,  Ontario,  in  1870.  He  is  a  son  of  Henry  G.  and 
Henrietta  Carolina  (Hoffman)  Flach,  natives  of  German}',  who  in  their  early  years  settled 
in  New  York  city,  where  tlieir  marriage  occurred.  They  lived  there  for  a  number  of  years 
and  later  removed  to  Canada,  where  the  father  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  at  St.  Thomas,  Ontario.  The  mother  survives  him  and  makes  her 
home  in  that  city. 

Ed  R.  Flach  is  the  youngest  son  in  a  family  of  eight  children.  He  acquired  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Hamburg  and  was  afterward  graduated  from  the 
Toronto  College  of  Pharmacy  in  May,  1890.  After  receiving  his  degree  he  traveled  through 
many  parts  of  the  United  States,  finally  locating  in  1!)02  at  Tombstone,  where  he  has 
since  remained.  He  establislied  himself  in  the  drug  business,  conducting  the  only  enter- 
prise of  this  character  in  the  community,  his  business  ability,  high  grade  stock  and  pro- 
gressive methods  being  recognized  in  a  large  and  representative  patronage.  He  owns  an 
attractive  home  in  Tombstone  and  in  addition  has  other  valuable  residence  property. 

Mr.  Flacli  was  married  in  1904  to  Miss  Elizabeth  G.  Knotwell,  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land and  came  to  America  in  1903,  her  parents  having  died  in  tlieir  native  country.  She  is 
one  of  a  family  of  two  children,  tlie  other  still  a  resident  of  England.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Flach 
have  five  children:     Irla  G.,  Ruth  K.,  Lillian  G.,  Edward  H.  and  Harry  K. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Flach  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  politically  gives  his 
allegiance  to  the  democratic  jiarty.  He  is  a  very  energetic  and  progressive  business  man, 
and  to  these  qualities  and  his  untiring  industry  may  be  attributed  his  success.  He  is 
thoroughly  reliable  in  all  his  transactions  and  upright  in  his  methods,  and  he  has  become 
both  widely   and   favorably   known   in   business   circles. 


D.  A.  RICHARDSON. 


D.  A.  Richardson,  senior  partner  of  the  law  firm  of  Richardson  &  Wliite,  is  one  of 
the  representative  members  of  the  legal  profession  of  Douglas,  where  he  has  been  engaged 
in  practice  for  almost  ten  years.  He  was  born  in  Crockett,  Texas,  in  1865,  and  there  he 
was  also  reared.  He  has  two  brothers  living  in  Crockett,  where  they  are  engaged  in  the 
banking  Imsiness,  and  also  own  and  operate  a  cotton  plantation.  Tlie  parents  are  both 
deceased,  liaving  passed  away  in  Texas. 

In  tlic  acquirement  of  his  preliminary  education  D.  A.  Richardson  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  In  early  youth  he  resolved  to  adopt  the  legal  profession  as  his 
life  vocation  and  subsequently  entered  the  law  offices  of  Willie,  Campbell  &  Dallinger  at 
Galveston,  there  mastering  the  principles  of  jurisprudence.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  June,  1890,  and  engaged  in  practice  in  Galveston  until  March  3,  1897.  Having  con- 
tracted tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  it  was  necessary  for  him  to  seek  a  change  of  climate,  and 
he  removed  to  El  Paso,  where  he  continued  his  practice  for  three  years. 

On  the  ]2tli  of  August,  1900,  Mr.  Ricliardson  came  to  Arizona,  first  locating  in  Nogales, 
where  he  practiced  until  September,  lOO.l,  when  he  removed  to  Douglas  and  established  an 
odice.  Mr.  Richardson  is  widely  read  and  well  informed  on  all  legal  technicalities,  particu- 
larly  those   pertaining   to   mining,   of   which   he   makes   a   specialty.     He    is   the  author  of 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  251 

Richardson's  Manual  of  Mexican  Law,  translated  from  the  Spanish,  with  commentaries  by 
the  author.  He  is  entitled  to  practice  in  all  of  the  courts  in  this  country  and  in  1899  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Mexico.  He  has  ever  since  engaged  in  practice  in  the  City  of  Mexico, 
the  greater  part  of  his  business  being  in  the  state  of  Sonora.  For  six  years  Mr.  Richard- 
son was  associated  in  practice  in  Douglas  with  a  Mr.  Doan,  under  the  name  of  Richardson 
&  Doan,  but  they  dissolved  partnership  on  the  31st  of  December,  1912.  Samuel  W.  White, 
of  Texas,  is  now  associated  with  Mr.  Richardson  under  the  lirm  name  of  Richardson  & 
White. 

At  Galveston,  Texas,  in  1893,  Mr.  Richardson  was  married  to  Miss  Angele  Constance 
Lisbony,  who  is  of  French  extraction  and  the  only  daughter  of  an  attorney  of  New  Orleans. 
She  had  two  brothers  but  one  of  them  and  his  family  were  drowned  in  the  Galveston  flood. 
The  other  still  resides  in  that  city. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richardson  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  worthy 
exemplar  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  having  taken  the  thirty-two  degrees  of  the  Scottish 
Rite  and  holding  membership  in  the  Mj'stic  Shrine.  Politically  he  supports  the  democratic 
party,  but  lie  has  never  aspired  to  an  official  position  or  public  honors.  During  the  period 
of  his  residence  in  this  state  he  has  acquired  quite  extensive  property  interests,  owning 
his  home,  which  is  one  of  the  best  in  Douglas,  a  ranch  in  Sulphur  Springs  valley  and  other 
real  estate.  Mr.  Richardson  has  been  identified  with  some  very  important  litigations  since 
locating  here,  in  all  of  which  he  has  acquitted  himself  creditably,  and  is  held  in  high  esteem 
in  business  circles  by  reason  of  his  professional  skill  no  less  than  because  of  his  many 
excellent  personal  qualities. 


THE  ARIZONA  LUMBER  &  TIMBER  COMPANY. 

The  welfare  and  advancement  of  any  community  depends  to  a  great  extent  upon  the 
character  of  its  business  institutions,  upon  their  rapidity  of  growth  and  the  direction  of 
their  development,  and  in  the  final  analysis  upon  the  men  who  direct  and  control  their 
destinies.  During  the  last  thirty-two  years  Flagstaff  has  profited  greatly  by  the  expansion 
and  growth  of  the  business  conducted  by  the  Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company,  which 
is  one  of  the  strongest  industrial  concerns   in  that   part  of  the  state. 

The  Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company  was  established  in  Flagstaff  in  1881  by 
lildward  B.  Ayer,  now  president  of  the  Field  ^Museum  in  Chicago.  Its  founder  sold  out 
his  interest  afterward  to  D.  lA.  Riordan,  who  as  superintendent  of  the  company  conducted 
it  under  the  name  of  the  Ayer  Lumber  Company  until  1884,  the  name  then  being  changed 
to  the  Arizona  Lumber  Company,  under  which  name  the  concern  operated  until  1893  when 
it  was  again  changed,  this  time  becoming  the  Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company.  In 
1897  T.  A.  and  M.  J.  Riordan  and  F.  W^.  Sisson  purchased  D.  M.  Riordan's  interest.  Mr. 
Sisson  died  in  1908.  The  present  officials  of  the  company  are:  T.  A.  Riordan,  president; 
M.  J.  Riordan,  secretary;  and  I.  B.  Koch,  vice  president  and  general  manager,  all  men 
capable  of  successfully  managing  the  important  interests  of  which  they  are  in  control. 
The  mill,  which  is  operated  by  steam  power,  is  situated  outside  the  corporation  limits  of 
Flagstaff,  and  a  small  town  known  as  Milton  (originally  Miltown)  is  growing  up  around 
their  ])lant  under  the  direction  of  the  company.  Not  long  after  the  plant  was  purchased, 
in  1897,  by  the  two  brothers  who  are  now  interested  in  the  business,  a  disastrous  fire 
occurred,  involving  a  gieat  loss  but  the  company  at  once  rebuilt  and  the  handsaw  was 
introduced  in  their  mill.  This  was  the  first  of  the  kind  in  the  southwest  and  was  a  great 
improvement  over  the  circular  saw.  At  that  time  the  force  of  men  employed  was  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty,  while  now  the  employes  in  their  two  mills  number  from  four  to 
six  hundred.  They  cut  timber  from  over  twenty  thousand  acres  of  land  and  their  capacity 
is  over  two  hundred  thousand  feet  of  lumber  per  day.  Part  of  the  timber  they  cut  from 
land  which  they  own  and  the  remainder  from  government  land,  which  Is  a  part  of  the 
forest  reserve.  About  one-third  of  their  output  goes  to  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  one- 
tiiird  to  eastern  points  and  one-third  to  California.  In  addition  to  the  mill  at  Milton  they 
also  own  and  operate  another  mill  four  miles  from  Flagstaff  under  the  name  of  the  Green- 


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law  Lumber  Conipaiiy,  and  this  is  already  rivaling  the  original  concern  in  extent  of  the  out- 
put and  the  entire  enterprise  is  well  managed,  profitable  and  steadily  growing — a  valuable 
contribution  to  the  industrial  resources  of  this  section  of  the  state.  The  company  beside 
dealing  in  all  kinds  of  dressed  lumber,  manufacture  boxes  of  all  kinds  for  fruit  growers 
and  for  other  uses.  The  lumber  from  the  mill  is  principally  utilized  for  buildings,  rail- 
road ties,  and  by  sash,  door  and  window  manufacturing  plants  throughout  the  country. 

In  1903  T.  A.  Riordan  conceived  the  idea  of  building  a  dam  about  eight  miles  from 
Flagstaff,  holding  back  the  waters  and  developing  what  is  known  as  Lake  Mary.  This  is 
three  miles  long  aiid  a  mile  wide.  It  constitutes  one  of  the  attractive  beauty  spots  of  this 
region.  Jloreover,  it  is  very  valuable  on  account  of  furnishing  a  water  reserve  supply  in 
case  of  need.  The  company  owns  its  own  electric  light  plant,  which  furnishes  light  not 
only  for  their  mills  but  also  for  the  town  of  Flagstaff.  Their  business  is  one  of  the 
chief  industries  in  Arizona,  constituting  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  commercial  activity 
upon  wliich  the  prosperity  and  development  of  the  state  is  being  built.  In  addition  to  the 
electric  light  plant  the  company  also  owns  about  fifty  houses  situated  near  the  mill  and 
occupied  by  employes  of  the  mill,  and  they  also  operate  a  store  for  the  convenience  of 
those  in  their  emjiloy.  The  Riordan  brothers  are  heavy  stockholders  in  several  banks  in 
Arizona  and  California,  and  they  also  owm  considerable  land,  cattle  and  sheep. 

All  the  members  of  the  Riordan  family  who  have  been  identified  with  the  growth  of 
this  comi)auy  were  born  in  Chicago,  and  D.  M.  Riordan  came  west  and  later  bought  the 
concern.  After  selling  out  his  stock  he  engaged  in  mining  for  many  years  throughout  the 
west  and  southwest  but  is  now  making  his  home  in  New  York  city.  His  successors  who 
control  the  destinies  of  the  institution  today  are  T.  A.  Riordan,  M.  J.  Riordan  and  I.  B. 
Koch.  I 


J.  KNOX  CORBETT. 


J.  Knox  Corl>ett,  who  is  now  acceptably  serving  as  mayor  of  Tucson,  has  been  a  resident 
of  that  city  since  1880  and  has  for  the  past  twenty-two  years  been  connected  with  the 
lumber  business  there.  He  also  served  capably  for  a  number  of  years  as  postmaster  and 
as  assistant  postmaster  and  in  this  way  has  become  a  well  known  and  prominent  man  in 
the  city.  He  is  of  Scotch  and  French  extraction,  his  paternal  grandfather,  James  Corbctt, 
having  been  a  native  of  Scotland,  while  his  maternal  ancestors  were  subjects  of  the  French 
crown.  The  maternal  line  has  been  in  America  since  colonial  times,  its  reprcsentativeR  liav- 
ing  fought  for  independence  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  This  branch  lived  for  some  genera- 
tions in  South  Carolina,  the  grandfather,  James  J.  Britton,  having  been  a  native  of  Sumter. 
The  pateriml  line  was  founded  in  America  by  James  Corbett,  a  refugee  from  Scotland,  who 
crossed  the  Atlantic  and  settled  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  where  he  became  a  wealthy 
and  prominent  maimfacturer.  His  son,  J.  N.  Corbett,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  review, 
was  born  in  Sumter,  South  Carolina,  and  lived  there  until  1899,  when  with  his  wife,  vi'ho 
was  in  her  maidenhood  Miss  Gulie  Britton,  he  came  to  Tucson  to  make  his  home  with  hia 
son.  During  his  active  life  he  was  a  hardware  merchant  and  his  eldest  son,  W.  J.  Corbett, 
engaged  in  the  same  business  in  Arizona.  He  had  six  other  children  besides  the  subject  of 
this  review,  namely:  Harry  D.,  a  resident  of  Tucson;  George,  a  physician  in  Ogdensburg, 
New  York;  L.  W.,  who  nmkes  his  home  in  Santa  Paula,  California;  and  Mrs.  Lizzie  Minims, 
Mrs.  Susan  L.  Hood  and  Mrs.  Emma  Roland,  all  of  whom  reside  in  Sumter,  South  Carolina. 

J.  Knox  Corbett  was  born  in  Sumter,  June  20,  1861,  and  after  acquiring  a  common 
school  education  learned  the  lumber  business  under  Samuel  Graham.  In  January,  1880, 
he  came  to  Tucson,  making  the  journey  from  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  to  this  city  by 
stage.  He  clerked  in  the  postollice  for  three  years  under  Dr.  Lord,  postmaster,  and  in  this 
way  he  learned  tlie  details  of  the  office  and  tlio  system  under  which  the  work  was  done. 
He  later  became  assistant  postmaster  to  M.  P.  Freeman  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  four 
years.  In  the  meantime,  however,  he  had  embarked  in  the  cattle  business,  buying  a  ranch 
in  the  Rincon  mountains,  where  he  subsequently  made  his  home.  Later  he  became  the  owner 
of  another  large  rancli  just  across  the  line  in  Cochise  county  and  in  their  management  was 


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very  succeBsful,  controlling  large  interests  which  he  conducted  with  great  foresight  and  dis- 
crimination. In  February,  1890,  Mr.  Corbett  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Tucson  by  Presi- 
dent Harrison  and  served  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  turned  his  attention  to 
business  pursuits.  He  established  a  lumberyard,  which  he  conducted  for  a  time  in  con- 
nection with  his  cattle  business  but  in  1898  disposed  of  his  ranches  in  order  to  give  all  of 
his  attention  to  the  development  of  his  lumber  business,  with  which  he  is  still  connected. 
By  able  management,  keen  business  ability  and  executive  power  he  has  made  this  a  profit- 
able enterprise  and  has  secured  a  large  patronage  which  is  continually  growing.  As  a  re- 
sourceful, able  and  discriminating  business  man  he  is  a  valued  citizen  of  Tucson,  his  success 
placing  him  among  the  leaders  in  the  commercial  world.  Mr.  Corbett  was  also  one  of  the 
organizers  and  is  a  director  in  the  Citizens  Building  &  Loan  Association  and  in  1902  was 
again  appointed  postmaster  by  President  Roosevelt,  discharging  his  duties  ably  and  con- 
scientiously until  the  election  of  Woodrow  Wilson. 

In  1885  Mr.  Corbett  married  Miss  Lizzie  Hughes,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Attie 
(Santa  Cruz)  Hughes,  of  whom  further  mention  is  made  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mrs. 
Corbett  was  born,  reared  and  practically  educated  in  Tucson,  although  she  completed  her 
education  in  Lawrence,  Kansas.  Bf  her  marriage  she  lias  become  the  mother  of  two  chil- 
dren, Hiram  S.  and  Gulie,  who  married  J.  C.  Caperton. 

Mr.  Corbett's  fraternal  connections  are  confined  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  in  which  he  has  attained  a  high  position.  The  local  republican  organization  num- 
bers him  among  its  leaders  and  among  the  men  whose  work  has  been  a  force  in  the  party's 
growth  and  progress  in  Arizona.  He  served  as  secretary  of  the  Arizona  territorial  central 
committee  from  1898  to  1900  and  has  also  been  chairman  of  tiie  city  republican  commit- 
tee and  connected  with  the  county  central  committee.  In  December,  1914,  Mr.  Corbett 
was  elected  mayor  of  Tucson  for  a  term  of  two  years.  He  inaugurated  the  commission  form 
of  government,  which  has  proved  very  successful  from  every  standpoint,  and  established 
many  reforms  and  improvements.  He  has  been  active  in  paving  streets,  developing  the 
water  supply  and  in  putting  in  cluster  lights.  He  has  cut  down  the  police  force  one-half 
and  is  about  to  begin  the  erection  of  a  hew  city  hall  whicli  will  cost  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars.  He  is  essentially  public  spirited,  a  firm  supporter  of  progressive  public  movements 
and  a  worker  in  the  cause  of  the  general  welfare  and  advancement — a  cause  which  all  of 
the  activities  of  his  life  have  helped  to  promote.  Inheriting  the  sterling  characteristics .  of 
a  long  line  of  Scotch  ancestry,  he  early  developed  all  the  attributes  which  make  a  success- 
ful man  and  today  is  held  in  high  regard  and  esteem  in  the  community  in  which  he  makes 
his  home. 


JOHN  B.  ANGIUS. 


It  is  seldom  that  the  news  of  death  causes  such  uniform  regret  as  was  felt  in  Bisbee 
and  in  Cochise  county  when  it  was  announced  that  the  life  record  of  John  B.  Angius  was 
ended.  This  could  only  be  said  of  a  man  whoso  many  good  qualities  and  sterling  worth, 
whose  genial  manner  and  kindly  disposition  had  made  him  popular.  He  was  for  a  number 
of  years  associated  with  commercial  interests  of  the  city  and  the  traits  which  won  him 
success  as  a  merchant  constituted  a  most  commendable  feature  of  his  career.  There  were, 
liowever,  many  other  elements  in  his  life  that  made  him  worthy  of  the  regard  and  good- 
will of  those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  and  his  life  history  cannot  fail  to  be  of 
interest  to  his  many  friends. 

Mr.  Ana^ius  was  born  in  Austria  in  1856  and  came  to  America  when  he  was  twenty 
years  of  age,  beginning  his  business  career  at  that  time.  He  settled  in  Nevada  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  grocery  business  in  Virginia  City,  where  he  remained  for  a  number 
of  years,  winning  well  deserved  and  substantial  success.  When  he  left  there  he  came  to 
Arizona  and  engaged  in  the  same  occupation  an  Tombstone  where  he  remained  until  1887, 
in  the  meantime  leaving  the  city  only  once  in  order  to  return  to  his  home  in  Austria,  where 
he  married.  In  1887  he  sold  his  business  in  Tombstone  and  went  to  Bisbee,  where  he 
engaged   in   the   grocery   business   until   his   death,   which    occurred    August    24,    1904.      He 


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enjoyed  an  extensive  and  representative  patronage  because  of  the  straightforward  business 
methods  he  pursued  and  the  excellent  line  of  goods  which  he  carried.  Mr.  Angius  would 
never  countenance  the  employment  of  any  business  methods  that  would  not  bear  the 
closest  investigation  and  scrutiny,  and  he  worked  diligently  and  honorably  to  secure  suc- 
cess, standing  in  the  course  of  time  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  leading  mercantile  enterprises 
of  the  city.  He  had  other  important  interests,  being  a  director  in  the  Bank  of  Bisbee  and 
also  in  the  Bisbee   Improvement  Company. 

Mr.  Angius  was  married  in  Austria  to  Miss  Stana  Medigovich,  and  to  their  union  were' 
born  five  children:  Dan,  who  makes  his  home  in  Bisbee;  John,  who  is  manager  of  his 
mother's  interests  in  that  city  and  who  has  entire  charge  of  the  grocery  business  founded 
by  his  father;  Danitza,  who  lives  at  home;  and  Dushan  and  Olga.  who  are  attending  school. 

Mr.  Angius  had  extensive  and  representative  fraternal  affiliations,  being  prominent 
in  the  Masonic  order  and  holding  membership  also  in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  the  Servian  Society.  He  was  liberal  in 
his  political  views,  voting  always  without  regard  for  party  lines.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
city  councilnien  of  Bisbee  but  his  interest  In  politics  was  that  of  a  citizen  rather  than  an 
office  seeker  and  his  public  spirit  took  the  form  of  hearty  cooperation  in  movements  for 
the  general  good  and  of  active  support  of  civic  institutions.  He  was  a  man  faithful  to 
those  to  whom  he  gave  his  friendship,  loyal  in  citizenship  and  true  to  every  trust,  and 
he,  therefore,  left  his  impress  for  good  upon  the  community  where  he  had  been  so  active 
a  force  in  business  circles.  However,  the  best  traits  of  his  character  were  reserved  for 
his  own  home  and  fireside,  where  his  loss  is  most  keenly  and  deeply  felt. 


JOHN  W.  FOSS.  M.  D. 


Dr.  John  W.  Foss,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  in  Phoenix,  entered 
upon  his  professional  duties  well  equipped  by  thdrough  preparatory  training  and  through- 
out the  intervening  period  has  remained  a  close  student  of  his  chosen  calling,  constantly 
broadening  his  knowledge  by  study,  research  and  investigation.  He  occupies  a  prominent 
place  in  professional  circles  throughout  the  state,  as  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  has 
filled  the  oflfice  of  secretary  of  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society. 

The  Doctor  was  bom  in  New  Hampshire  in  1863  and  is  a  son  of  James  W.  and  Julia 
(Littlefield)  Foss,  both  representatives  of  old  New  England  families.  The  Foss  family, 
however,  is  of  Norwegian  origin,  representatives  of  the  name  coming  from  the  land  of  the 
midnight  sun  to  the  new  worhl  alx)ut  1652.  It  was  well  represented  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  by  seven  men  who  bore  the  name  of  John  Foss  and  others  who  were  also  connected 
with  the  family.  Patriotism  has  ever  been  one  of  their  marked  characteristics  from  the 
time  when  the  first  ancestor  came  to  the  new  world  down  to  the  present.  James  W.  Foss 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  always  carried  on  business  along  that  line. 

Dr.  Foss  acquired  a  high-school  education  in  his  native  state  and  his  professional 
training  was  receh-ed  in  the  medical  department  of  Harvard  University,  from  which  he 
was  graduated.  He  practiced  for  a  time  in  Boston  but  afterward  heard  and  heeded  the 
call  of  the  west,  making  his  way  to  Colorado  Springs.  The  year  1899  witnessed  his  arrival 
in  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  remained,  devoting  his  attention  to  general  practice,  yet 
specializing  to  a  considerable  extent  in  the  treatment  of  tubercular  and  surgical  cases.  He 
has  studied  broadly  along  both  lines  so  that  his  opinions  are  largely  accepted  as  authority 
upon  those  branches,  while  his  skill  is  manifest  in  the  excellent  results  which  have  attended 
his  professional  service.  He  has  carried  his  research  work  far  and  wide  into  the  fields  of 
medical  science  and  is  now  one  of  the  lecturers  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  in 
which  he  holds  membership.  He  has  been  secretary  and  president  of  both  the  Maricopa 
County  and  Arizona  State  Medical  Societies  and  stands  high  in  professional  regard,  while 
the  consensus  of  public  opinion  places  him  in  a  leading  position  among  the  physicians  and 
surgeons  of  Phoenix. 

In  1896  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Dr.  Foss  and  Miss  Herminia  Weld  Eddy,  of 
Boston.     In  fraternal  circles  he  is  well  known.     He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  lodge  and  has 


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attained  high  rank  in  the  order,  as  is  indicated  by  the  fact  thai  he  is  now  a  Noble  of  the 
Jlystic  Shrine.  He  also  lias  membership  relations  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
indepenflent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  politics  he  is  independent,  voting  for  the  candi- 
date whom  he  thinks  best  qualified  for  oflice,  rather  than  for  party.  He  is,  however,  never 
remiss  in  the  duties  of  citizenship.  On  the  contrary,  he  cooperates  in  many  movements 
lor  the  public  good  and  during  his  connection  with  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  which  he  was 
for  four  years  president,  he  aided  largely  in  its  effective  work  for  advancing  public  progress 
in  tlie  capital  city. 


JAMES  H.  VAUGHAN. 


James  H.  Vaughan,  who  since  1904  has  been  engaged  in  the  grain  and  fuel  business 
in  Douglas,  where  he  has  secured  a  liberal  patronage  in  recognition  of  his  honorable  busi- 
ness methods,  was  born  in  Marion  county,  Alabama,  in  1857.  He  is  a  son  of  Jack  and 
Margaret  (Pullman)  Vaughan,  the  former  a  well  known  planter  in  ilarion  county.  When 
the  subject  of  this  review  was  still  a  child  the  family  removed  to  Texas,  where  the  father 
engaged  in  stock-raising  on  an  extensive  scale  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1874. 
The  mother  has  also  passed  away.  In  their  family  were  fourteen  children,  but  of  these 
the  subject  of  this  review  is  the  only  one  who  ever  crossed  the  Rio  Grande  river. 

James  H.  Vaughan  was  reared  in  Texas  and  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  inherited 
his  father's  stock  business,  which  he  conducted  ably  and  successfully  for  fifteen  years, 
becoming  known  as  one  of  the  prominent  and  substantial  cattle  dealers  in  the  state.  He 
came  to  Arizona  in  1904  and  settled  in  Douglas,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  the 
grain  and  fuel  business,  controlling  a  large  trade  in  this  direction.  In  his  business  life  he 
manifests  unfaltering  diligence  and  close  application,  combined  with  a  spirit  of  integrity, 
which  has  made  his  name  an  honored  one  in  commercial  circles.  He  has  accumulated  a 
great  deal  of  property  throughout  the  state,  owning  a  line  ranch  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  five  miles   from   Douglas   and  valuable   business  and  residence  property   in   the   city. 

Mr.  Vaughan  was  married  in  1887  to  Miss  Emma  Prewith,  a  native  of  Texas  and  a 
daughter  of  Ira  and  Harriett  (Ci-iswell)  Prewith,  the  former  a  native  of  Arkansas  and  the 
latter  of  Alabama.  The  father  passed  away  many  years  ago  but  the  mother  makes  her  home 
in  Oklahoma,  having  reached  an  advanced  age.  In  their  family  were  seven  children,  only 
one  of  whom,  the  wife  of  the  subject  of  this  review,  came  to  Arizona.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Vaughan  have  one  daughter,  Ira,  born  November  20,  1894.  She  lives  at  home  witli  her 
parents  and  is  attending  the  Douglas  high  school. 

Mr.  Vaughan  is  well  known  in  religious  circles  of  the  city  and  has  been  active  in 
church  work  for  a  number  of  years,  giving  his  ardent  support  to  the  First  Baptist  church, 
which  he  helped  to  organize  and  which  he  has  aided  in  many  important  ways.  His  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  but  he  has  never  sought  public  office  and,  in 
fact,  refused  the  position  of  county  commissioner  when  he  was  elected  to  it.  He  stands, 
however,  for  progressive  citizenship  and  for  advancement  in  the  business  world,  and 
recognizes  those  social  and  individual  obligations  which  make  a  man  worthy  of  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


JOHN  M.  JOHNSON. 


John  M.  Johnson,  who  platted  the  Johnson  addition  to  Bisbee,  where  he  is  conducting 
a  general  mercantile  store,  was  born  in  Missouri  on  the  17th  of  January.  1866,  his  parents 
being  Thomas  J.  and  Matilda  Johnson,  who  were  also  natives  of  Jlissouri,  -where  they 
passed  their  entire  lives.  The  father,  who  died  in  1911,  engaged"  in  farming.  The  mother 
passed  away  in  1891,  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years.  Our  subject  is  the  fifth  in  order  of 
birth  in  a  family  of  eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living. 

The  early  life  of  John  M.  Johnson  was  very  similar  to  that  of  the  average  youth  who 


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is  reared  on  a  farm.  He  attended  the  common  schools  in  the  acquirement  of  an  education 
and  assisted  with  the  work  of  the  farm  until  he  was  about  seventeen  years,  when  he 
started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  A  longing  to  pursue  his  career  amid  con- 
ditions different  to  those  in  wiiich  he  was  born  led  him  west.  For  three  years  thereafter  he 
followed  the  life  of  a  cowboy  in  Colorado  and  then  went  to  Pueblo,  where  he  opened  a 
restaurant  which  he  conducted  for  a  sliort  time.  In  1888  he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled 
among  the  Indians  on  the  present  site  of  the  city  of  Bisbee.  Here  for  twelve  years  he 
worked  as  a  miner  for  the  Copper  Queen  Company  and  then  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business,  with  which  he  has  ever  since  been  identified.  In  1896  he  platted  and  subdivided  a 
twelve  acre  tract  of  land,  which  he  called  the  Johnson  addition,  and  immediately  began 
its  improvement.  He  has  disposed  of  the  entire  amount  within  the  intervening  period  with 
the  exception  of  the  building  where  his  store  is  located  and  four  residence  pronerties.  Mr. 
Johnson  <iwns  more  than  three  hundred  acres  of  valuable  mineral  land  adjoining  the  Copper 
Queen  liokiings  and   is  a  stockholder  in  various  mines  which  are  under  development. 

On  the  18th  of  August,  1893,  Mr.  Johnson  was  married  to  Miss  Maggie  Edmunds,  who 
was  born  near  what  is  now  Florence,  Arizona.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Eugene  and  Antonie 
Edmunds,  who  went  to  California  in  the  '408  and  thence  to  Arizona.  Both  parents  passed 
away  in  Cochise  county,  the  father's  death  occurring  in  1885  and  that  of  the  mother  in 
1887,  and  they  were  buried  in  the  Tombstone  cemetery.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  have  been 
~  born  three  children,  as  follows:  Elsie  May,  who  was  born  April  2,  1898,  and  is  now  attend- 
ing the  Normal  School  at  Flagstaff  and  is  studying  music;  Milton  George,  who  was  born 
February  25,  1906,  and  is  a  student  of  the  public  schools;  and  Mabel,  who  died  at  tlic  age 
of  one  year. 

The  family  affiliate  with  the  Christian  church,  in  which  the  parents  hold  membership, 
and  Mr.  Johnson  belongs  to  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  Politically  he  supports  the 
democratic  party  but  has  never  held  an  office  save  that  of  deputy  sheriff.  He  has  been  a 
hardworking  man  and  fully  merits  such  success  as  has  come  to  him,  as  it  is  the  result  of 
persistent   endeavor  and  capably  organized   and  intelligently  directed  effort.  < 


JOHN  T.  LESUEUR. 


.Tohn  T.  Lesueur  is  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  Mesa,  and  liis  interests  are  varied 
and  important.  Wliile  he  has  attained  individual  prosperity  and  is  considered  one  of  the" 
foremost  merchants  of  his  part  of  the  state,  he  has  also  been  prominent  in  public  life  and 
at  present  serves  with  ability  and  circumspection  as  mayor  of  Mesa.  He  is  to  be  con- 
sidered one  of  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  having  come  here  in  1879. 

.Tohn  T.  Lesiieur  was  born  in  France  in  1852  and  after  crossing  the  ocean  with  his  par- 
ents settled  in  Utah,  where  the  family  founded  a  home  about  1857.  About  1866  they 
removed  to  Idaho.  Tlie  father,  John  Tjesueur,  who  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  passed  away 
in  1S63  in  Utah. 

.Tohn  T.  Lesueur  received  a  pixblic  school  education  .and  after  abandoning  his  studies 
accepted  employment  in  a  store  as  clerk.  In  1879,  when  about  twenty-seven  years  of  age, 
he  came  to  Arizona  and  about  1880  located  at  St.  Johns,  engaging  in  the  mercantile  business 
and  also  running  a  sheep  ranch.  In  1905  he  removed  to  Mesa  and  bought  out  the  Zenos 
Cooperative  Store.  He  has  enlarged  this  establishment,  which  has  grown  under  his  able 
management  to  extensive  proportions.  He  is  now  engaged  in  both  the  wholesale  and  retail 
grocery  business.  The  building  he  occupies  has  a  forty-two  foot  frontage  and  is  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty-three  feet  deep.  It  is  one  story  with  a  basement  and  the  interior  construction  , 
and  arrangement  is  well  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  business. 

In  1875  Mr.  Lesueur  married  Miss  Geneva  Casto,  of  Idaho,  and  they  became  the  par-1 
ents  of  eight  sons  and  two  daughters  who  are  living.  One  child  has  passed  away.  In  hi»j 
political  affiliations  Mr.  Lesueur  is  a  democrat.  He  always  has  taken  a  deep  interest  inj 
public  affairs  and  in  1887  and  1888  was  county  treasurer  of  Apache  county.  In  1889  and-j 
1890  lie  was  probate  judge  and  also  served  as  county  school  superintendent.  In  1891  andl 
1893  he  sat  in  the  territorial  legislature,  giving  his  efforts  toward  promoting  valuable  meas- 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  261 

urcs  for  the  benefit  of  the  commonwealth.  Since  coming  to  Mesa  he  is  as  deeply  interested 
in  the  affairs  of  that  city,  of  which  he  is  at  present  the  mayor.  His  administration  is 
businesslike  and  his  conscientious  efforts  in  the  executive  chair  have  resulted  in  a  number 
of  valuable  improvements.  Mr.  Lesueur  has  been  for  years  a  director  in  the  Mesa  City  Bank 
and  also  a  director  in  the  South  Side  Gas  &  Electric  Company. 


DRS.  HENRY  A.  AND  CLARA  M.  SCHELL. 

Dr.  Henry  A.  Scliell,  who  is  serving  his  third  term  as  secretary  of  the  board  of  examiners 
of  the  Arizona  optometry  board  of  examiners,  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  on  the  22d 
of  January,  1868.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  native 
city,  and  liis  professional  training  in  tlie  McCormick  Optical  College,  from  wliich  institution 
lie  was  giaduated  with  the  class  of  1898.  He  engaged  in  practice  in  Chicago  for  a  time 
and  in  1900  came  to  Tucson,  where  he  has  ever  since  resided.  He  was  the  first  appointee 
on  the  first  optometry  board  in  tlie  territory  and  was  made  president  of  the  board  of  exam- 
iners, in  wliich  capacity  he  served  for  two  terms.  He  is  now  discharging  the  duties  of 
secretary  of  the  same  board. 

In  Chicago,  February  20,  1891,  Dr.  Schell  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  M.  Kaub,  whose 
birth  occurred  in  that  city  on  the  27th  of  June,  1872.  She  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Northern  Illinois  Optical  College,  having  received  her 
degree  in  September,  1902.  She  began  her  professional  career  in  Tucson,  where  she  has 
ever  since  been  engaged  in  practice  with  her  husband.  They  have  two  children,  William 
Arthur  and  Helen  Alice. 

In  his  frateinal  relations  Dr.  Henry  A.  Schell  is  a  member  of  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385, 
B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  of  Nina  Lodge  of  the  Columbian  Knights.  Dr.  Clara  M.  Schell  is  a  member 
of  the  Women's  Club  of  Tucson  and  lias  served  as  lady  commander  of  Pueblo  Hive,  No.  6, 
Women's  Benefit  Association  of  the  Maccabees.  She  is  an  active  worker  in  the  Humane 
Society  and  helped  reorganize  the  Arizona  Humane  Society,  of  which  she  was  secretary 
in  1905,  and  has  been  honored  with  a  life  membership  in  that  organization.  She  took  a 
very  active  and  prominent  part  in  the  work  for  equal  suffrage,  which  bill  was  passed  in 
1914.  Drs.  Schell  are  worthy  representatives  of  their  profession  and  belong  to  that  class 
of  citizens  who  contribute  to  the  upbuilding  of  a  community  by  encouraging  all  movements 
which  tend  to  promote  the  intellectual,  moral  or  social  welfare. 


^VILLIAM  HENRY  KINGSTON. 

William  Henry  Kingston,  paymaster  in  the  general  office  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining 

Company  in  Bisbee.  was  born  in  Canada  in  April,  1869,  and  is  a  son  of  John  Henry  and 

lary  (Geary)  Kingston.     The  father,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  British  army  and  connected 

'with  military  affairs  in  Canada,  passed  away  in  1894  and  was  survi^ted  by  his  wife  until 

1896.     They  were  the  parents  of  two  children:     William  Henry,  of  this  review;   and  Lucy, 

8  resident  of   County  Kerry,  Ireland. 

Mr.  Kingston  had  an  interesting  and  eventful  childhood.  He  went  to  the  West  Indies 
when  he  was  very  young  and  remained  there  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  after  which 
he  lived  in  England  and  Ireland,-  attending  school  in  both  countries.  He  accompanied  his 
father,  who  was  an  extensive  traveler,  and  supplemented  his  early  education  by  study 
in  private  institutions  in  many  countries.  He  was  especially  proficient  in  mathematics 
and  became  an  expert  accountant,  an  occupation  with  which  he  has  been  in  some  way  con- 
nected since  beginning  his  business  career.  He  came  to  America  in  1892  and  settled  in 
San  Francisco,  California,  where  he  was  employed  as  accountant  by  various  large  corpora- 
tions, including  an  important  cattle  company  and  the  American  News  Company.  In  1903 
he  took  up  his  abode  in  Bisbee,  working  first  as  accountant  in  the  store  of  the  Copper  Queen 
Minin"  Company.     His  advancement  came  rapidly,  for  he  was  able,  progressive  and  ener- 


262  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

getic,  and  after  two  years  he  was  promoted  to  tlie  position  of  paymaster  in  the  general 
office  of  tlie  concern  and  lias  remained  in  tliat  capacity  ever  since,  proving  efficient,  prompt 
and  careful  in  the  discharge  of  his  important  duties. 

Mr.  Kingston  was  married  in  1901  to  Miss  Sarali  Bradway,  a  native  of  California  and 
a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Anna  Bradway,  who  was  born  in  Italy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kingston  have 
four  children:     Joseph,  born  ffi   1903;   Marie,  in   1904;   Lucy,  in   1906;   and  Anna,  in   1908. 

Quiet  and  unostentatious  in  manner,  Mr.  Kingston  is  nevertheless  a  shrewd,  able  and 
farsighted  business  man,  as  his  important  position  indicates,  and  he  is  numbered  among 
the  most  trusted  and  reliable  employes  of  the  company  he  serves.  He  is  a  republican  in 
politics  and  a  member  of  the  Clmrch  of  Kngland  and  is  a  man  whose  high  moral  character, 
industry  and  enterprise,  together  with  his  progressive  public  spirit,  have  given  him  high 
standing  in  the  community. 


DUFFY  BROTHERS. 


Among  the  substantial  enterprises  which  go  to  make  up  tlie  business  life  of  Williams 
is  the  general  mercantile  store  of  which  Dutl'y  Brothers  are  proprietors.  It  was  established 
by  Mannus  and  Michael  E.  Duffy,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  this  state  in  October,  1898, 
and  were  here  engaged  in  railway  and  other  lines  of  work  for  several  years.  On  the  Ist 
of  September,  1909,  however,  they  became  partners  in  the  organization  of  the  firm  of  Duffy 
Brothers,  establishing  a  general  mercantile  store  which  has  since  become  one  of  the  important 
and  prosperous  concerns  of  Williams.  The  rapid  growth  of  its  trade  is  indicated  by  the 
fact  that  within  the  short  space  of  its  existence  it  has  outgrown  its  original  quarters  and 
in  1913  removed  to  its  present  line  home,  a  new  brick  building  sixty  by  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet.  The  store  carries  a  general  line  of  merchandise  and,  recognizing  the  fact  that  satisfied 
patrons  are  the  best  advertisement,  the  brothers  have  attempted  in  every  way  to  meet 
the  desire  and  wishes  of  their  customers.  They  follow  a  safe,  conservative  policy  while 
employing  progressive  methods  in  the  conduct  of  their  business  and  by  reason  of  the  high 
class  of  goods  handled  and  the  unquestioned  business  integrity  of  the  partners  the  emporium 
of  Duffy  Brothers  has  become  a  popular  trading  place  with  the  general  public  of  Williams. 


C.   W.   BUSH. 


C.  W.  Bush,  who  with  J.  W.  Angle  owns  and  operates  four  lumberyards  in  Cochise 
county  with  headquarters  in  Willcox,  is  a  business  man  of  marked  diligence  and  enterprise. 
He  was  born  in  Alabama  in  1867,  and  is  a  son  of  Zachary  and  Sophronia  (Dubos)  Bush, 
both  descended  from  old  American  stock.  They  were  married  in  Alabama,  where  the  father, 
who  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  and  also  farmed  until 
1871.  In  that  year  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Texas  and  both  he  and  his  wife  passed 
away  in  Parker  coufity,  that  state.  Our  subject  is  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family 
of  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living  with  the  exception  of  the  eldest. 

C.  W.  Bush  was  only  four  years  of  age  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on  their 
removal  to  Texas,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated.  After  leaving  school  he  learned  the 
tinner's  trade,  which  he  followed  in  Wcathcrford,  Texas,  for  four  years.  From  there  he  went 
to  Hobart,  Oklalinnia,  in  1900,  continuing  to  work  at  his  trade  at  that  point  for  three  years. 
At  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  removed  to  Guymon,  Oklahoma,  where  he  was  similarly 
employed  for  four  years  and  then  engaged  in  the  hardware  business.  The  next  year  he 
disposed  of  his  interests  there  and  going' to  Willcox  joined  J.  W.  Angle  in  founding  the 
business  they  are  so  successfully  conducting.  They  are  both  men  of  energy  and  well  organ- 
ized ideas,  who  are  directing  the  development  of  their  enterprise  in  the  systematic  manner 
which  invariably  wins  success  in  any  field  of  endeavor.  As  they  have  prospered  they  have 
extended  the  scope  of  their  activities  and  now  own  yards  at  Bowie,  San  Simon  and  Mascot, 
Cochise  county,  where  they  have  built  up  a  gratifying  patronage.     They  own  the  property 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  263 

and  buildings  where  they  engage  in  business  in  all  four  towns  and  are  numbered  among 
the  substantial  citizens  and  capable  representatives  of  commercial  interests.  They  carry 
a  large  line  of  lumber  and  building  materials  including  lime,  cement  and  brick  and  manu- 
facture sheet  metal.  As  his  circumstances  have  permitted  Mr.  Bush  has  acquired  local 
realty  interests  and  now  owns  a  ranch  adjoining  Willcox.  which  he  is  improving. 

In  1903,  Mr.  Bush  was  married  to  Miss  Mahala  B.  Keeling,  a  native  of  Texas  and  a 
daughter  of  James  W.  and  Mary  A.  Keeling,  who  were  born  and  reared  in  America  and  have 
made  their  home  in  Texas  since  their  marriage,  the  father  devoting  his  energies  to  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  Mrs.  Bush,  who  is  the  fifth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  eight  living 
cliildren,  has  become  the  mother  of  a  daughter  and  a  son:  Mary  0.,  born  October  2,  1905; 
and  Charles  W.,  born  on  the  29th  of  October,  1908. 

The  family  attend  the  services  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  which  the  parents 
hold  membership,  and  his  political  indorsement  Mr.  Bush  extends  to  the  democratic  party. 
He  is  a  man  of  good  business  principles  and  earnest  purpose,  and  such  success  as  he  is 
experiencing  is  the  well  merited  reward  of  zealous  effort  and  intelligently  directed  energy. 
Both  as  a  business  man  and  private  citizen  he  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men, who  during  the  period  of  his  residence  here  have  found  him  to  be  trustworthy  and 
reliable  in  all  of  his  transactions. 


O.    GIBSON. 

0.  Gibson,  identified  with  business  interests  of  Tombstone  as  the  organizer  of  the 
Gibson  Abstract  Company  and  well  known  in  professional  circles  as  an  able,  resourceful  and 
successful  lawyer,  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1871.  He  is  a  son  of  Alonzo  P.  and  Mary  K. 
Gibson,  who  removed  to  Reno  county,  Kansas,  in  1876.  There  the  father  operated  a  trans- 
fer business  until  November,  1880,  when  he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Flagstaff,  the 
family  following  in  1883.  After  a  number  of  years  in  the  lumber  business  in  that  city  he 
removed  to  California  and  followed  farming  in  that  state  until  his  death  in  1906.  His 
wife  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  with  the  subject  of  this  review.  In  their  family  were 
four  children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living:  O.,  of  this  review;  and  Mrs.  Ida  M.  Hoch- 
derfTer,  of  Sacramento,  California.  The  father  also  had  three  children  by  a  former  marriage, 
two  of  whom  are  still  living:  Mrs.  A.  E.  Hill,  of  Tombstone;  and  William  F.,  of  Eldorado, 
California. 

0.  Gibson  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  grammar  schools  at  Flagstaff  and 
afterward  studied  law  in  that  city,  gaining  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  December,  1895. 
After  three  years  of  practice  in  Flagstaff  he  removed  to  Cochise  county  but  did  not  immedi-  . 
atoly  resume  his  professional  work,  spending  one  year  as  a  preacher  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  afterward  opened  a  law  oflice  at  Willcox  and  later  at  Tombstone.  He  was 
admitted  to  practice  before  all  the  courts  of  the  state  and  the  United  States  district  court, 
and  has  built  up  an  extensive  and  representative  patronage.  He  is  a  strong  advocate  with 
the  jury,  concise  in  his  appeals  before  the  court  and  much  of  the  success  to  which  he  has 
attained  in  his  profession  is  undoubtedly  due  to  the  fact  that  in  no  instance  will  he  permit 
himself  to  go  to  court  without  careful  and  thorough  preparation  of  a  case  to  be  heard.  Mr. 
Gibson  is  also  well  known  in  business  circles  in  Tombstone  in  connection  with  the  Gibson 
Abstract  Company,  which  he  organized  in  1905  and  to  the  conduct  of  which  he  has  since 
given  a  great  deal  of  his  attention,  making  it  a  profitable  and  important  business.  He  owns 
besides  his  attractive  home  in  the  city  valuable  real-estate  holdings  in  other  sections  of 
Cochise  county,  including  a  ranch  near  St.  David  in  the  Artesian  district. 

Mr.  Gibson  affiliates  with  the  prohibition  party,  supporting  its  doctrines  at  all  times 
and  doing  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  their  spread.  He  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
Ihe  public  life  of  his  section  of  the  state  but  his  ofiTicial  positions  have  been  almost  entirely 
along  lines  of  his  profession,  although  he  has  served  as  deputy  in  nearly  all  of  the  county 
offices.  He  was  clerk  of  the  court  of  Coconino  county  from  March,  1893,  to  September  1, 
1895  and  was  also  United  States  commissioner  and ,  district  court  commissioner  of  that 
county.     He  has  also  done  able  and  effective  work  as  assistant  district  attorney  of  Cochise 


264  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

county.  In  his  honorable  and  upright  life  he  exeniplilies  the  doctrines  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is  a  member  and  in  which  he  is  an  active  and  loyal  worker, 
nerving  ^s  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  and  by  practice  and  precept  spreading  the 
principles  and  teachings  of  his  denomination.  A  man  of  progressive  and  modern  ideas, 
he  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  fellowmen  who  have  been  acquainted  with  his 
record  for  many  years,  and  his  sterling  integrity  and  honorable  manhood  have  won  for  him 
a  representative  and  increasing  circle  of  friends. 


ROY   HIATT. 


The  enterprising  city  of  Douglas  finds  a  prominent  representative  of  its  business 
activities  in  Roy  Hiatt,  who  has  been  for  a  number  of  years  successfully  connected  with 
the  grocery  trade  there.  He  was  born  in  Hiattville,  Kansas,  August  20.  1877,  a  son  of 
William  F.  and  Sarah  (Gaines)  Hiatt,  the  former  a  native  of  Indiana  and  the  latter  of  New 
York.  In  their  family  were  five  children:  Carlos  0.,  of  Pittsburg,  Kansas;  Arthur  G.,  of 
Bartlcsville,  Oklahoma;  Lena,  the  wife  of  D.  Cordell  of  Skiatook,  Oklahoma;  Kdwin  Z., 
of  New  Mexico;  and  Roy. 

Roy  Hiatt  grew  to  manhood  in  his  native  city,  supplementing  a  common  school  educa- 
tion by  a  commercial  course  •  in  Highland  Park  College,  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  He  began  his 
business  career  in  Pitt.sburg,  Kansas,  where  for  five  years  he  worked  for  the  P.  &  M.  C.  M. 
Company,  coming  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Douglas,  September  10,  1907,  where  he  entered 
the  grocery  business  as  a  member  of  the  iirm  of  Hiatt  &  .Jones,  their  store  being  at  the 
corner  of  Ninth  street  and  G  avenue.  In  February,  1909,  Mr.  Hiatt  purchased  the  interest 
of  Mr.  Jones  and  continued  the  business  as  an  individual  until  November,  1909,  when  he 
sold  a  half  interest  in  it  to  his  brother  Edwin  Z.  The  firm  then  became  Hiatt  Brothers 
and  so  continued  until  February  1,  1914,  when  the  business  was  sold  to  tlie  Copper  City 
Grocery  Company.  In  July,  1914,  Roy  Hiatt  opened  his  present  grocery  business  at  814 
Q  avenue,  where  he  has  since  remained. 

He  married  Miss  Ruby  Kagay,  a  native  of  Cameron,  Missouri,  and  they  have  one  son, 
Claudius,  who  was  born  December  24,  1904.  In  his  political  connections  Mr.  Hiatt  is  a 
stanch  democrat.  He  served  as  mayor  pro  tem.  of  Douglas  for  eighteen  months  and  has  also 
served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council.  He  has  extensive  fraternal  relations,  belonging  to 
tlie  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Loyal 
Order  of  Moose.  Mr.  Hiatt  lias  always  been  faithful  in  citizenship  and  progressive  in  his 
support  of  measures  for  the  public  good.  He  is  held  in  higli  esteem  not  only  in  Douglas  but 
wherever  he  is  known   for  his  straightforward  methods  and  enterprising  spirit. 


JOHN   L.   IRVIN. 


The  history  of  the  southwest  is  in  the  making  and  those  who  are  taking  active  part  in 
the  upbuilding  of  the  state  are  men  who  have  brought  to  this  section  the  enterprise  of  the 
older  regions,  together  with  the  knowledge  and  experience  which  have  fitted  them  to  take  up 
the  specific  problems  here  presented.  In  many  ways  John  L.  Irvin  is  connected  with  the 
progress  of  Phoenix  and  Arizona  and  is  particularly  well  known  because  of  his  service  as 
secretary  of  the  Arizona  statehood  committee,  jmtting  forth  most  strenuous  effort  to  secure 
the  admission  of  Arizona  into  the  Union.  He  was  born  in  Reidsville,  North  Carolina,  in 
1861,  a  son  of  Captain  .John  and  Catherine  (Sniitli)  Irvin.  The  father,  who  was  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  war,  owned  a  larg^'  plantation  and  lumber  mills  in  the  south. 

At  the  usual  age  John  L.  Irvin  began  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  continuing 
his  studies  until  he  had  become  a  high-school  graduate.  He  early  had  the  benefit  of  home 
training  upon  the  plantation  and  followed  farming  in  the  south  until  1893.  He  then  came 
to  Arizona  and  purchased  a  farm  in  t^ie  vicinity  of  Phoenix.  Here  he  has  made  a  specialty 
of  the  cultivation   and  production   of  melons  and  was  the  first   man  to  ship  a  carload  of 


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melons  from  liis  district.  He  proved  that  soil  and  climate  were  adapted  to  the  raising  of 
that  crop  and  as  the  years  passed  on  he  gave  other  practical  evidence  of  what  could  be 
accomplished  in  raising  cereals,  vegetables  and  fruits  in  this  part  of  the  country.  He  con- 
tinued the  cultivation  of  his  farm  until  1902,  when  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  real-estate 
business  in  Phoenix  and  is  now  closely  associated  with  the  growth  and  improvement  of  the 
city  through  his  operation  in  property  there.  He  put  upon  the  market  Monte  Vista  Place, 
also  Woodland  Place,  which  he  improved  before  selling,  building  about  twenty-five  houses. 
He  has  placed  upon  the  market  Central  Park  Place  on  South  Central  avenue  and  has  made 
these  different  sections  attractive  residence  districts.  The  achievement  of  personal  success 
is  not  all  that  actuates  him  in  his  business  career.  He  is  looking  to  the  adornment  and 
improvement  of  the  city  in  the  conduct  of  his  real-estate  interests  and  in  the  development 
of  the  different  tracts  has  added  all  the  modem  improvements  and  has  placed  building 
restrictions  there^  as  to  insure  the  development  along  lines  of  permanent  beauty.  He  is 
associated  with  four  others  in  his  real-estate  dealings  and  has  become  a  prominent  factor 
in  his  field  of  labor. 

In  1883  Mr.  Irvin  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nettie  Smith,  of  Reidsville,  North 
Carolina,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  eight  children,  two  of  whom  have  passed  away. 
Mr.  Irvin  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  South,  and  are 
well  known  socially.  Mr.  Irvin  is  deeply  interested  in  politics,  believing  it  to  be  the  duty 
as  well  as  tlie  privilege  of  every  American  citizen  to  exercise  his  right  of  franchise.  He 
votes  with  the  democracy  and  his  position  upon  vital  questions  is  never  an  equivocal  one. 
His  labors  in  making  Arizona  a  state  were  untiring  and  efl'ective  and  as  secretary  of  tlie 
Arizona  statehood  committee  he  did  a  work  that  entitles  him  to  the  gratitude  of  all  of  his 
fellow  citizens  within  the  borders  of  this  most  recently  admitted  state  of  the  Union. 


ELWYN  A.  WATKINS. 


Elwyn  A.  Watkins,  now  in  the  twenty-first  year  of  his  service  as  an  employe  of  the 
Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  and  identified  with  business  interests  of  Bisbee  as  partner 
in  the  Henderson-Watkins  Lumber  Company,  was  born-  in  Oregon,  Wisconsin,  November  19, 
1873.  He  is  a  son  of  Christopher' C.  and  Emma  L.  (Ellis)  Watkins.  the  former  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  of  Welsh  descent,  and  the  latter  born  in  England.  The  mother  came  to  the 
United  States  with  her  parents  when  she  was  six  years  of  age  and  grew  to  womanhood  in 
Wisconsin.  The  father  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  but  was  reared  on  a  farm  near  Barneveld, 
Wisconsin.  He  came  west  in  1856  and  followed  mining,  prospecting  in  California  for  a 
number  of  years,  returning  around  Cape  Horn.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war, 
having  served  throughout  the  conflict  as  a  member  of  the  Thirtieth  Wisconsin  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  is  today  one  of  the  honored  and  respected  residents  of  Santa  Monica,  California, 
•where  he  is  living  retired.  His  wife  passed  away  in  1894.  To  their  union  were  born  ten 
children:  Albert  G.,  division  foreman  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  of  Bisbee; 
Bassett  T.,  who  is  city  marshal  of  Bisbee;  Elwyn  A.,  of  this  review;  Waldo  W.,  a  jeweler 
in  Bisbee;  Brewster  .1.,  who  is  employed  as  hoisting  engineer  by  the  Copper  Queen  Mining 
Company;  George  W.,  who  lives  in  Ocean  Park,  California;  Harvey  J.,  of  Los  Angeles;  Katie 
L.  and  Annie,  both  deceased;  and  one  child  who  died  in  infancy. 

Elwyn  A.  Watkins  was  six  years  of  age  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on  their 
removal  to  California  and  in  1880  the  family  came  to  Tucson,  Arizona.  After  living  for  a 
time  at  Harshaw  they  went  to  Sonora,  Mexico,  but  at  the  end  of  eighteen  months  returned 
to  Arizona  and  took  up  their  abode  near  Patagonia,  in  Santa  Cruz  county,  where  Mr.  Watkins 
grew  to  manhood.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  district  schools  and  remained  imder  the 
parental  roof  until  1892,  assisting  his  father  on  the  ranch.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  began 
his  independent  career,  working  on  a  railroad  in  various  capacities,  including  those  of  fireman 
and  engineer,  for  three  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came  to  Bisbee  and  became  con- 
nected as  miner  with  the  Copper  Mining  Company.  He  has  been  identified  witli  that 
corporation  for  twenty-one  years  and  for  the  past  fifteen  years  has  operated  hoisting  engines, 
running  the  hoisting  engine  on  the  Gardner  shaft  for  twelve  years.     He  is  an  expert  in  his 


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special  line,  a  reliable,  faithful  and  conscientious  worker  and  is  held  in  highest  esteem  by 
all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  He  is  also  interested  in  the  lumber  business  in  Bisbee 
in  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  J.  R.  Henderson,  conducting  a  large  and  important 
enterprise  of  this  character  under  the  name  of  the  Henderson-Watkins  Lumber  Company. 
He  is  also  interested  in  the  Citizens  Bank  &  Trust  Company  as  vice  president,  his  business 
acumen,  energy  and  enterprise  being  forceful  elements  in  the  increasing  success  of  these 
concerns. 

Mr.  Watkins  married  Miss  Annie  Nickols,  a  native  of  Colorado  and  a  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Ellen  Niekols,  who  was  born  in  England.  Mrs.  Watkins  is  one  of  five  children:  William, 
who  is  interested  in  mining  in  Bisbee;  Rillie,  who  became  the  wife  of  Andy  Tong,  of  Tucson, 
Arizona;  Nellie,  who  married  J.  R.  Henderson,  a  member  of  the  Henderson-Watkins  Lum- 
ber Company;  Annie,  now  Mrs.  Watkins;  and  Gilbert  Maston,  of  Bisbee.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Watkins  have  a  daughter,  Ellen  L.,  who  was  born  July  20,  1906,  and^fe  now  attending 
school. 

Mr.  Watkins  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  held  all 
the  chairs  in  the  local  lodge  and  is  grand  treasurer  of  the  state  organization.  Politically  he 
is  a  republican  but  has  never  been  eager  for  office,  preferring  to  do  his  public  service  in 
other  ways.  He  is  interested  in  the  welfare  of  Bisbee  and  as  the  years  have  gone  by  has 
won  for  himself  a  creditable  position  as  a  valued  citizen  and  business  man. 


RUPERT  EASTMER  MOORE. 

Rupert  Eastmer  Moore,  vice  president  and  cashier  of  The  Valley  Bank  at  Phoenix,  is  one 
of  the  well  known  and  capable  men  in  banking  and  financial  circles  in  the  state.  For  more 
than  twenty  years  he  has  been  connected  with  either  financial  or  big  concerns  in  capacities 
that  called  for  pood  sound  business  judgment  and  initiative,  thus  giving  him  a  valuable 
experience  and  superior  qualification  for  the  responsible  position  he  now  occupies. 

Mr.  Moore  was  bom  in  Kansas,  upon  the  site  where  the  city  of  Independence  now  stands, 
in  1872,  a  son  of  Reuben  and  Georgia  A.  Moore,  the  former  a  native  of  Indiai^i,  and  the 
latter  of  Kentucky.  Thp  father  died  in  1914  when  living  retired  in  Wichita,  Kansas,  having 
survived  his  wife  since  1S87.  They  were  the  parents  of'  three  children,  all  of  whom  are 
still  living. 

Rupert  E.  Moore  acquired  his  education  in  the  Kansas  public  schools,  supplementing  his 
high  school  course  by  attendance  at  Eureka  Academy  and  at  a  business  college  in  Kansas 
City.  He  began  his  business  career  as  clerk  in  a  loan  office  in  that  city  but  in  1894  went  to 
El  Paso,  Texas,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  First  National  Bank,  winning  advance- 
ment through  various  departments  and  gaining  in  his  three  years'  work  his  first  knowledge 
of  the  banking  business.  For  eight  years  thereafter  he  was  connected  with  the  American 
Smelting  &  Refining  Company  at  El  Paso,  working  his  way  upward  to  the  position  of  chief 
clerk,  wliich  he  held  when  he  resigned  in  1905.  In  that  year  he  went  to  Morenci  and  became 
connected  with  the  Gila  Valley  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  remaining  there  for  five  years, 
after  which  he  was  transferred  to  Globe,  where  he  was  manager  for  some  time.  The  hank 
in  the  latter  city  forms  one  of  a  chain  of  institutions  located  at  Morenci,  Clifton,  Safford, 
Miami,  Ray,  Hayden  and  Winkelman,  with  head  offices  at  Morenci,  and  in  1913  Mr.  Moore 
was  made  general  manager  of  the  entire  system,  liis  headquarters  being  at  Globe.  His  selec- 
tion for  this  responsible  position  was  the  best  evidence  of  liis  capability  and  a  distinct  tribute 
to  his  ability  as  a  banker.  His  .splendid  organizing  and  executive  force  was  called  forth  in 
the  direction  and  control  of  the  affairs  under  his  charge,  and  no  detail  of  management  escaped 
his  careful  supervision. 

In  May,  191.5,  Mr.  Moore  accepted  the  position  of  vice  president  and  cashier  of  the 
Valley  Bank  in  Phoenix,  which  institution  was  purchased  by  the  big  banking  interests  with 
which  he  has  been  associated  for  more  than  ten  years.  His  selection  for  tliis  position  was 
a  still  further  tribute  to  his  skill  as  a  financier,  as  it  called  for  a  broad  knowledge  of  the 
banking  Inisiness  in  all  its  phases.  Mr.  Moore  has  by  his  ability,  discrimination  and  resource- 
fulness reached  a  position  of  distinctive  precedence  in  financial  circles  in  Arizona. 


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In  1904  Mr.  Jloore  married  Miss  Louise  Wilcox,  a  native  of  Texas.  She  is  a  graduate  of 
tiie  El  Paso  high  school  and  previous  to  her  marriage  taught  in  the  schools  of  that  city. 
They  have  four  children:  R.  Eastmer,  who  was  born  in  .June,  1907;  Albert,  whose  birth 
occurred  in  January,  1911;  Helen,  born  in  September,  1912;  and  Donald,  born  November  4, 
1915.    The  family  are  devout  adherents  of  the  Catholic  church. 

Mr.  Moore's  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Order  of  Elks.  His 
loyal  support  is  given  to  the  republican  party  but  he  has  never  souglit  public  office.  Pre- 
eminently a  business  man  of  modern  and  intelligent  views,  he  has  practically  concentrated  his 
entire  attention  upon  his  banking  interests  and  has  thus  attained  the  high  position  he  now 
enjoys. 


ANTONY  HOFFMAN. 


Antony  Hoffman  is  one  of  the  pioneer  business  men  of  Douglas,  where  he  has  owned 
and  successfully  operated  a  bakery  for  fourteen  years.  He  was  born  in  Germany  in  1866 
and  is  tlie  youngest  child  in  a  family  of  eight,  all  of  whom  are  living  and,  with  the  exception 
of  himself,  reside  in  the  fatherland,  where  the  parents  passed  away. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  education,  which  was  acquired  in  the  common  schools  of  his 
native  land,  Antony  Hoffman  apprenticed  himself  to  the  baker's  trade,  which  he  later  follow^ed 
in  England.  In  1889  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  believing  that  he  would  find  better 
opportunities  for  business  advancement  in  this  country  than  were  afforded  in  the  old  world. 
For  a  time  he  followed  his  trade  in  New  York  city  but  later  went  to  Chicago,  where  he 
obtained  a  position  as  pastry  cook  with  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  at  Deming,  New 
Mexico.  He  continued  in  their  employ  for  two  years  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  time 
established  a  bakery  of  his  own  at  Deming,  which  he  operated  with  good  success  for  seven 
years.  In  1901  he  removed  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  and  opened  the  bakery  he  is  still  conduct- 
ing. Owing  to  the  qualitj'  of  his  goods,  reasonable  prices  and  capable  manner  of  directing 
his  business,  each  year  has  witnessed  an  advance  in  his  career,  and  he  is  now  numbered 
among  the  representative  business  men  of  the  city.  He  owns  the  property  where  his  busi- 
ness is  located  and  has  a  third  interest  in  three  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land  located 
nine  miles  from  Douglas. 

At  Deming,  New  Mexico,  in  1898,  Mr.  Hoffman  was  married  to  Miss  Theresa  Schafer, 
a  native  of  San  Francisco  and  a  daughter  of  George  and  Ermine  Schafer,  who  still  reside 
in  that  city.  Of  this  marriage  there  have  been  born  two  children:  Walter,  who  was  born 
in  1899  and  is  now  attending  high  school;  and  Mary,  born  on  the  4th  of  April,  1905. 

The  famil}'  attend  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  of  which  the  parents  are  communicants, 
and  fraternally  Mr.  Hoffman  is  affiliated  with  the  Eagles  and  the  Owls.  He  enjoys  the  full 
rights  of  citizenship,  and  while  he  avails  himself  of  his  political  prerogatives  does  not 
support  any  one  ticket  but  votes  for  such  men  and  measures  as  he  deems  best  qualified  to 
:  subserve  the  highest  interests  of  the  people.  He  is  a  splendid  example  of  the  thrift  £tnd 
i  enterprise  characteristic  of  the  German  people,  and  in  the  development  of  his  business  is 
meeting  with  the  success  which  invariably  crowns  diligent  and  persistent  effort  in  any 
field  of  endeavor. 


AMASA  S.  HAWLEY,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Amasa  S.  Hawley,  of  Phoenix,  is  enjoying  a  large  practice.  Nature  endowed  him 
with  many  of  the  qualities  which  work  for  success  among  the  practitioners  of  medicine 
and  guriery.  He  has  keen  intuition,  indomitable  energy,  laudible  ambition  and  notable 
mental  alertness  and  by  reason  of  these  qualities  he  has  steadily  advanced.  A  native  of 
Iowa,  he  was  born  in  the  year  1861  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  M.  and  Lucy  S.  (Whitney) 
Hawley.  His  father  was  a  large  landowner  in  Iowa,  to  which  state  he  removed  during  the 
pioneer  epoch  in  its  history,  having  previously  been  a  resident  of  New  York.  He  became  a 
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270  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

prominent  factor  in  republican  politics  there  and  was  accounted  one  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  his  community.     His  wife  was  a  native  of  Massachusetts. 

At  the  usual  age  Dr.  Hawley  entered  the  public  schools  at  Osage,  Iowa,  and  afterward 
attended  the  Cedar  Valley  Seminary  and  the  Winona  Normal,  thus  acquiring  a  broad  literary 
education.  He  prepared  for  a  professional  career  as  a  student  in  the  Hahnemann  Jledical 
College  of  Chicago,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1896.  In  the  meantime, 
however,  he  had  been  connected  with  commercial  pursuits,  having  conducted  a  jewelry  store 
at  Osage,  Iowa,  for  eight  years.  Thinking  to  find  professional  work,  however,  more  con- 
genial, he  entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine  and  following  his  graduation  opened  an  office 
and  located  for  practice  at  Clear  Lake,  Iowa,  where  he  remained  about  four  years,  during 
which  time  he  built  up  a  very  large  practice.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  removed 
to  Phoenix  and  has  been  equally  successful  there.  He  is  very  careful  in  the  diagnosis  of 
disease  and  in  foretelling  the  outcome  his  judgment  is  seldom  at  fault.  He  is  very  devoted 
to  his  profession,  watches  closely  the  symptoms  of  his  patients  and  is  accurate  in  his 
analysis. 

In  1885  Dr.  Hawley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Selma  Lawrence,  a  native  of 
Norway  but  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  a  resident  of  San  Francisco,  California.  They 
became  the  parents  of  four  children,  two  of  whom  have  passed  away. 

Dr.  Hawley  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternity.  In  politics  he  is  a 
republican,  although  not  strictly  bound  by  party  ties.  While  he  indorses  the  principles  of 
his  party  in  national  elections,  lie  often  casta  an  independent  local  ballot.  He  believes  in 
progressiveness  in  citizenship  as  well  as  in  any  otlier  avenue  of  life  and  his  influence  is 
always  on  the  side  of  reform,  improvement  and  advancement. 


H.  H.  JOHNSON. 


H.  H.  Johnson,  who  with  W.  J.  Reay  owns  and  operates  a  large  livery  stable  and 
transfer  line  in  Douglas,  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Pine  Bluff,  Arkansas,  in  1877  and  is  a 
son  of  W.  J.  and  Amanda  Johnson.  The  family  removed  to  New  Mexico  in  1882,  continuing 
to  reside  in  that  state  until  1900,  wiien  they  came  to  Arizona.  When  the  town  of  Douglas 
was  founded  they  removed  there,  where  the  father  is  now  living  retired,  but  the  mother 
passed  away  in  1907.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  there  were  born  two  sons,  the  elder  of 
whom,  R.  L.,  is  engaged  in  teaming  in  Douglas. 

Reared  at  home  H.  H.  Johnson  attended  the  public  schools  of  New  Mexico  in  the 
acquirement  of  his  education.  He  accompanied  the  family  on  their  removal  to  Arizona  and 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  went  to  Bisbee.  For  three  years  thereafter  he  was  employed 
in  the  mines  of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company,  and  as  he  was  diligent  and 
temperate  in  his  habits  he  managed  to  save  enough  money  during  that  period  to  engage 
in  business  for  himself.  He  then  went  to  Douglas  and  established  a  transfer  line.  As  he  made 
a  success  of  the  undertaking  he  later  extended  the  scope  of  his  activities  by  purchasing  an 
interest  in  a  livery  stable  with  W.  J.  Reay.  They  have  the  largest  and  best  equipped  barn  in 
the  city,  keeping  sixty  horses  and  vehicles  as  are  usually  found  in  such  an  establishment. 
Their  transfer  business  has  increased  during  the  intervening  years  until  they  now  keep 
six  teams  and  wagons  in  operation  all  of  the  time,  and  in  connection  with  their  stable  they 
have  a  storage  warehouse,  the  receipts  from  which  materially  increase  their  annual  profits. 
As  his  circumstances  have  permitted  Mr.  Johnson  has  invested  in  mining  projects  in 
Cochise  county  and  Mexico,  and  he  has  acquired  some  real  estate  in  Douglas,  including 
two  residence  properties.  One  of  these  he  is  occupying  and  the  other,  a  brick  structure, 
he  rents. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Johnson  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Eagles,  and  he  has  passed  through  all  of  the  chair* 
of  the  latter  organization.  His  support  in  political  matters  he  extends  to  the  democratifl 
party,  and  although  he  has  never  aspired  to  public  office  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  alU 
municipal  affairs.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  man  of  many  commendable  qualities,  not  the  least  ofi 
which  is  his  diligence  and  enterprise.     He  has  worked  hard  and  applied  himself  earnestlyj 


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to  the  development  of  his  business,  meeting  with  the  well  merited  prosperity  which  invariably 
crowns  the  etforts  of  those  who  zealously  and  persistently  apply  themselves  to  the  achieve- 
ment of  a  definite  purpose. 


CHARLES  H.  HINDERER. 


During  practically  the  entire  period  of  his  active  life  Charles  H.  Hinderer  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  United  States  forestry  service  and  has  risen  to  a  responsible  position  in  it, 
being  now  forest  supervisor  at  Prescott.  He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1880  and  after 
completing  the  public-school  course  entered  the  State  University.  In  1905  he  came  to 
Prescott  and  began  work  as  a  forest  ranger  for  the  United  States  government.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  made  acting  forest  supervisor  and  in  1907  was  transferred  to  New 
Mexico  and  given  charge  of  the  Sacramento  forest  as  supervisor.  He  returned  to  Prescott 
in  1908  and  in  the  same  year  was  made  forest  supervisor  there.  He  understands  his  work 
thoroughly,  is  conscientious  and  farsighted  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  and  he  has,  there- 
fore, won  an  unusual  degree  of  success  in  his  chosen  field.  Mr.  Hinderer  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  lodge  and  chapter  and  in  politics  votes  independently,  supporting  men  and  meas- 
ures rather  than  paijties.  He  is  still  a  young  man,  and  his  ambition  and  ability  will  undoubt- 
edly carry  him  to  further  prominence  in  his  chosen  line  of  work. 


STUART  WHITNEY  FRENCH. 

The  name  of  Stuart  Whitney  French  has  come  to  be  regarded  in  Douglas  as  a  synonym 
for  progress  and  advancement,  for  his  activities  have  been  of  a  character  which  affect  busi- 
ness and  municipal  growth.  He  stands  as  a  central  figure  in  the  business  life  of  the  city, 
a  man  whose  ability  has  commanded  success  and  whose  success  has  been  worthily  and  con- 
tinuously used  for  upright  and  honorable  ends.  As  general  manager  of  the  Copper  Queen 
Mining  Company  he  occupies  a  position  of  "distinction  in  mining  circles  of  the  state,  but 
this  one  connection  gives  no  idea  of  the  scope  of  his  activities,  which  have  had  their  effect 
upon  shaping  and  directing  the  business  progress  of  that  part  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  French  was  born  in  Dansville,  New  York,  February  12,  1867,  and  is  a  son  of  Byron 
W.  and  Martha  G.  (Brown)  French,  also  natives  of  the  Empire  state,  where  the  father  was 
engaged  in  business  for  a  number  of  years.  In  their  family  were  five  children:  Cliarles 
B.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  bond  business  in  Chicago;  Stuart  Whitney,  of 
this  review;  Minerva,  who  married  H.  A.  Dunbar,  of  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts;  Howard  D., 
a  Congregational  minister  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois;  and  Harry  P.,  who  is  in  business  in 
Chicago. 

When  Stuart  W.  French  was  still  a  child  the  family  removed  to  Chicago  and  there  he 
grew  to  manhood,  acquiring  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  eighteen 
he  entered  Amherst  College  at  Amherst,  Massachusetts,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1889. 
He  was  well  known  and  very  popular  at  college,  holding  membership  in  the  Alpha  Delta 
Phi  fraternity,  an  interest  which  he  still  maintains.  After  leaving  school  Mr.  French 
became  identified  with  the  insurance  business  and  continued  in  it  for  many  years,  each  of 
which  added  materially  to  his  prominence  in  the  business  world.  He  began  in  a  humble 
capacity  in  the  office  of  the  Home  Insurance  Company  of  Chicago  and  won  rapid  advance- 
ment, being  appointed  after  three  years  as  special  agent  for  the  London  Insurance  Company 
of  Chicago.  He  later  embarked  in  the  insurance  business  on  his  own  account  and  then  entered 
into  partnership  with  another  insurance  concern,  becoming  well  known  in  business  circles 
of  Chicago  as  a  man  thoroughly  expert  in  his  chosen  line. 

Mr.  French  came  to  Arizona  in  1899  and  located  at  Bisbee  as  assistant  superintendent 
of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company.  He  has  since  continued  his  connection 
•with  this  concern,  holding  his  original  position  until  the  reorganization  of  the  company, 
when  in   1904  he  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  assistant  general  manager,  rising  after 


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five  years  to  the  office  of  general  manager.  In  the  same  year,  1904,  he  took  up  liis  residence 
in  Douglas,  wliere  the  general  offices  are  located,  and  in  a  sliort  time  has  made  his  iiiHuence 
felt  upon  the  business  life  of  the  community.  He  assisted  in  the  construction  of  a  smelter 
for  tlie  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  and  has  otherwise  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
expansion  of  the  great  concern  which  numbers  liira  among  its  most  efficient  and  able  officials. 
Mr.  French  is  a  man  of  great  executive  and  administrative  ability,  capable  of  coordinating, 
systematizing  and  directing  intricate  business  affairs  and  of  carrying  forward  business  plans 
to  successful  completion.  Many  of  the  most  imi^ortant  concerns  in  Bisbee  and  Douglas  owe 
their  foundation  to  his  initiative  spirit  and  their  continued  development  to  his  progressive 
ability,  as  tlie  least  of  his  connections  clearly  sliows.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Bisbee  Improvement  Company,  a  director  and  president  of  the  Douglas  Country  Club  and  a 
director  in  tlie  Douglas  Investment  Company  and  the  Douglas  Light  &  Traction  Company 
and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town  of  Douglas.  He  was  identified  with  the  men  who 
first  took  up  land  upon  the  present  town  site,  survej'ed  and  laid  out  the  city,  and  the  work 
which  he  thus  aided  in  inaugurating  he  has  successfully  carried  forward  by  active  and 
close  connection  with  projects  for  business  and  civic  advancement. 

On  December  27,  1894,  Mr.  French  married  Miss  Helen  S.  Stevison,  a  native  of  Peoria, 
Illinois,  and  a  daughter  of  Josiah  H.  and  Sarah  (Swain)  Stevison,  both  of  whom  were  born 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  In  their  family  were  two  children:  Helen  S.,  and  Dudley  J., 
of  Chicago.  Mrs.  French  is  a  woman  of  excellent  education  and  broad  culture  and  has  identi- 
fied herself  in  an  important  way  with  club  work  in  Arizona,  being  president  of  the  State 
Federation  of  Woman's  Clubs.  She  is  well  known  also  in  social  circles  of  Douglas,  where 
her  charming  personality  is  ever  welcome  and  appreciated. 

Mr.  French  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  his  public  spirit 
never  takes  the  form  of  office  seeking.  He  is  identified  with  the  Episcopal  churcli  and  is  a 
thirty-second  degree  Scottish  Rite  Mason  and  is  now  presiding  officer  of  the  blue  lodge  at 
Douglas.  He  is  a  man  of  marked  individuality,  of  firm  convictions  and  stalwart  purpose, 
who  in  citizenship  and  in  business  circles  as  well  as  in  ijrivate  life  commands  the  respect 
of  all  with  wliom  he  comes  in  contact. 


DOANE  AND  HORACE  P.  MERRILL. 

Financial  and  general  business  interests  of  Benson  and  of  Cochise  county  find  worthy 
and  infiuential  representatives  in  Doano  and  Horace  P.  Merrill,  who  are  connected  in  im- 
portant capacities  with  the  Bank  of  Benson.  Doane  Merrill  organized  the  institution  in 
1905  and  has  been  its  casliier  since  that  time,  his  brother  acting  as  assistant  cashier.  Both 
are  also  extensively  interested  in  the  Southwest  Lumber  Company  and  are  recognized  as 
representative  and  progressive  business  men  whose  activities  have  been  avpart  of  the  build- 
ing up  and  development  of  the  city  and  county. 

Doane  Merrill  was  born  in  Marysvillc,  California,  November  9,  1870,  while  his  brother's 
birth  occurred  on  the  32d  of  November,  1872,  in  the  same  city.  They  are  the  sons  of  Rufus 
R.  and  Rebecca  R.  (Doane)  Merrill,  the  former  a  native  of  Indiana  and  the  latter  of  Maine. 
The  father  died  when  his  sons  were  still  children  and  the  mother  afterward  married  again, 
her  second  husband  being  William  M.  Blaine.  To  this  union  was  born  a  son,  William  H.  C, 
whose  birth  occurred  December  35,  1879.  and  who  now  makes  his  home  in  Fresno,  California. 

Doane  and  Horace  P.  Merrill  removed  with  their  mother  to  Tucson,  Arizona,  in  1881 
and  after  one  year  went  to  Prescott,  where  they  obtain,ed  ,the  greater  part  of  their  educa- 
tion. The  elder  brother,  afterward  took  a  business  and  literary  course  in  Stockton,  Califor- 
nia, while  the  younger  attended  a  commercial  college  in  San  Francisco.  Doane  Merrill  began 
his  independent  career  in  1891,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  S.  F.  Meguire,  with  whom 
he  carried  on  a  general  merchandise  business  for  three  years.  Their  concern  was  destroyed 
by  fire  but  was  afterward  rebuilt,  and  Horace  P.  Merrill  took  Mr.  Meguire's  place  in  the 
business,  which  the  brothers  continued  on  a  much  larger  scale.  In  1898,  however,  their  store 
was  consumed  in  a  fire  which  destroyed  the  entire  town.  At  this  time  Doane  Merrill  went 
to  San  Francisco,  where  he  obtained  employment  in  a  wholesale  millinery  house,  where  he 


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lemainod  three  years,  locating  in  Benson  in  1904.  There  he  liad  charge  of  the  construction 
of  a  mining  smelter  but  after  one  year  again  turned  liis  attention  to  business,  organizing 
the  Bank  of  Benson,  of  which  he  was  elected  cashier,  a  position  which  he  still  holds.  He 
is  a  shrewd,  able,  resourceful  and  farsighted  financier  and  his  judgment  in  matters  connected 
witli  banks  and  banking  is  seldom  at  fault.  Under  his  able  management  the  Bank  of  Benson 
lias  grown  and  expanded  along  modern  and  progressive  lines,  being  today  a  strong  and 
reliable  moneyed  institution.  It  was  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars.  Doane  Merrill  was  also  the  organizer  of  the  Southwest  Lumber  Company, 
wliicli  he  organized  at  Benson  witli  a  capital  of  fifty  thousand  dollars.  The  concern  was 
established  in  1907  and  Mr.  Merrill  lias  been  its  secretary  since  that  time.  By  well  directed 
and  intelligent  work  and  unquestioned  business  methods  he  has  here  built  up  a  flourishing 
and  profitable  business  which  is  an  element  in  the  material  growth  of  the  city.  It  does  not, 
however,  complete  the  list  of  Mr.  Merrill's  activities,  for  he  is  also  interested  in  important 
development  work  in  California,  having  purchased  a  valuable  tract  of  land  at  Colton,  that 
state.  He  intends  to  make  this  into  an  attractive  suburban  addition  and  is  now  giving  a 
great  deal  of  his  attention  to  the  sale  of  the  lots. 

Horace  P.  Merrill,  who  is  associated  with  his  brother  in  almost  all  of  his  business  inter- 
ests, began  his  career  in  Jerome,  Arizona,  where  he  was  identified  with  important  concerns 
until  1908,  when  he  removed  to  Benson  and  joined  his  brother  in  the  conduct  of  the  Bank 
of  Benson,  of  which  he  has  since  been  assistant  qashier.  He  is  a  Ifirge  stockholder  in  this 
concern  and  also  in  the  Southwest  Lumber  Company,  of  which  he  is  serving  as  treasurer. 
He  owns  valuable  tracts  of  farming  lands  near  Benson  and  has  important  holdings  in  business 
and  residence  property  in  the  city.  In  the  conduct  of  his  important  interests  he  has  proved 
himself  thoroughly  progressive  and  reliable,  possessed  of  that  executive  and  organizing 
power,  without  which  there  can  be  no  great  measure  of  business  success. 

Both  of  the  brothers  are  married.  In  July,  1898,  Doane  Merrill  wedded  Miss  Deborah  I. 
Morris,  a  native  of  New  Jersey  and  a  daughter  of  John  Morris,  of  Prescott,  Arizona.  They 
have  become  the  parents  of  two  children:  Dorothy,  who  died  In  infancy;  and  Ruth,  who 
was  born  in  May,  1908.  On  June  13,  1908,  Horace  P.  Merrill  married  Miss  Mary  Rye,  a 
native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  daughter  of  Louis  and  Catherine  Rye,  both  of  whom  were  born  in 
Norway.  They  emigrated  from  that  country  to  Wisconsin  about  forty  years  ago  and  settled 
near  Janesville,  where  the  father  still  engages  in  farming. 

The  Merrill  brothers  hold  opposite  political  beliefs,  Horace  P.  affiliating  with  the  demo- 
cratic party  and  Doane  being  a  consistent  and  progiessive  republican,  taking  an  active  part 
in  public  afl'airs,  although  never  as  an  office  seeker.     Horace  P.  Merrill  was  appointed  post- 
master of  Benson  by  President  Wilson  but  resigned  the  office  on  account  of  other  business 
affairs.     Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  in   1909  was  grand 
chancellor.     The  brothers  are  known   in  Benson  as  public-spirited  and  progressive   citizens 
las  well  as  upright  and  honorable  business  men.     They  believe  in  the  maintenance  of  the 
[highest  possible  standards  in  the  business  and  financial  field  and  their  clear  judgment  and 
.Bound  opinions  have  been  influencing  factors  in  the  solution  of  vital  financial  problems  and 
Ithe  conservation   of   banking  interests   in   Arizona. 


EUGENE  McGUIRE,  D.  D.  S. 

Dr.  Eugene  McGuire,  an  alumnus  of  Washington  University  of  St.  Louis,  has  been  a 
[practitioner  in  Phoenix  since  1909.  He  is  yet  a  comparatively  young  man  and  the  success 
•which  he  has  already  achieved  indicates  his  high  standing  in  the  profession.  He  was  born 
tin  Illinois,  October  22,  1875,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Annie  (Stokes)  McGuire,  who  were  natives 
lof  Illinois  but  were  of  Virginian  and  New  York  ancestry.  The  father  devoted  his  life  to 
ifarming  but  is  now  deceased. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof.  Dr.  McGuire  became  a  public-school 
[pupil  and  continued  his  course  until  he  had  completed  his  high-school  studies.  He  afterward 
ipursued  a  literary  course  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  as  a  student  in  the  Northern  Indiana 
[Normal  and  for  his  professional  training  entered  the  dental  department  of  Washington  Uni- 


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versity  at  St.  Louis,  from  which  lie  was  graduated  with  tlie  class  of  1900.  For  the  greater 
part  of  a  decade  he  practiced  in  Illinois  but  in  1909  removed  to  the  southwest  and  has  since 
been  located  in  Phoenix,  practicing  in  partnership  with  Dr.  Lentz  until  1913.  Dr.  McGuire 
ia  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  capable  dentists  in  Phoenix,  his  ability  being  attested  by  the 
liberal  practice  accorded  him.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hunt  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  dental  examiners  of  the  state  of  Arizona  and  in  1915  was  elected  secretary  of 
the  board. 

Dr.  McGuire  married  Miss  Ina  Smith,  of  Illinois,  who  died  leaving  two  children,  Vaughan 
and  Helen.  In  November,  1912,  Dr.  McGuire  married  Annie  McLean,  of  Nova  Scotia.  He 
gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  does  not  seek  the  honors  nor  the 
rewards  of  office.  His  interest  centers  upon  his  profession,  in  which  he  has  gained  creditable 
standing. 


W.  E.  SCHWAMM. 


Any  man  who  rise^  from  a  position  of  limited  means  to  one  of  afllucnce  through  his 
individual  efforts  in  fifteen  years  is  deserving  of  high  commendation,  as  such  a  result 
honorably  achieved  calls  for  the  expenditure  of  much  thought  and  energy,  capably  organ- 
ized and  intelligently  directed  labors.  Among  the  citizens  of  Cochise  county  who  have 
accomplished  such  a  result  must  be  mentioned  W.  E.  Schwamm  of  Douglas,  president  of 
the  German-American  Bank  3b  Realty  Company  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Schwamm  was  born  in  Germany  in  1870  and  is  a  son  of  Sebastian  and  Gertrude 
Schwamm.  The  father  came  to  America  in  1848  on  a  sailing  vessel  which  was  one  hun- 
dred and  ninety-eight  days  in  making  the  voyage  across  the  Atlantic  and  around  the 
Horn  to  San  Francisco.  There  he  built  the  first  bakery  in  the  city  on  what  is  now  the 
site  of  the  United  States  government  mint.  In  1854  he  returned  to  Germany,  where  he  was 
married,  and  he  then  brought  his  bride  to  the  new  world.  He  again  went  to  Germany  in 
1866  and  remained  there  during  the  rest  of  his  life. 

\V.  K.  Schwamm  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  land,  where  he 
resided  until  he  was  a  youth  of  eighteen  years.  Believing  that  America  afforded  better 
opportunities  to  diligent  young  men  of  enterprising  methods  than  were  to  be  found  in  the 
old  country,  he  then  took  passage  for  the  United  States.  He  took  up  his  residence  in 
Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  8up))leniented  his  early  education  by  a  course  in  a 
local  business  college  and  at  the  same  time  acquired  a  knowledge  of  American  commercial 
methods.  Later  he  engaged  in  the  retail  tobacco  business  until  1896,  when  he  founded 
a  tailoring  establishment  in  that  city,  which  lie  conducted  until  1901.  His  next  removal 
was  to  Bisbee,  where  for  a  time  he  was  employed  in  the  stationery  department  of  the 
Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company.  Subsequently  he  took  up  railroading  and 
was  in  the  service  of  Robison  &  Duee  at  the  completion  of  the  El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Railroad.  His  next  venture  was  a  general  store  which  he  conducted  in  connection  with  a 
cleaning  and  pressing  establishment  and  second  hand  business  until  190,3.  He  then  devoted 
his  attention  to  the  mercantile  business,  meeting  with  such  success  that  he  was  shortly 
able  to  enlarge  his  establishment  and  in  order  to  do  this  purchased  and  removed  to  a 
larger  building,  now  known  as  the  Ninth  Street  Grocery,  During  this  time  he  was  also 
conducting  a  restaurant  in  Douglas.  Mr.  Schwamm  is  still  engaged  in  general  merchandis- 
ing and  is  president  of  the  German-American  Bank  &  Realty  Company.  He  is  one  of 
the  city's  enterprising  and  progressive  business  men  and  has  made  extensive  and  judicious 
investments  in  real  estate.  The  rentals  from  his  property  now  yield  an  income  of  more 
than  a  thousand  dollars  per  month  and  he  holds  notes  and  mortgages  amounting  to  over 
thirty  thousand  dollars.  He  came  to  this  county  fifteen  years  ago  with  three  hundred 
dollars  and  today  is  one  of  the  wealthy  men  of  Cochise  county.  His  success  has  not  been 
at  all  phenomenal  but  is  the  result  of  well  organized  methods  intelligently  pursued.  He 
is  a  man  of  marked  foresight  and  sagacity  and  readily  recognizes  opportunities  not  dis- 
cernible to  the  less  perspicacious  which  he  utilizes  to  his  own  advantage. 

Mr.  Schwamm  was  married  in  1903  to  Miss  Ara  Winkler,  a  native  of  Texas,  and  to 
them   have   been   born   four   children:      Leo,   whose   birth   occurred   in    1905;    Alice,   born   in 


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1907;   Lucy,  born   in   1909;   and  Pauline,  born  in   1913.     The  family  residence  is  not   only 
the  best  in  Douglas  but  one  of  the  finest  in  southwest  Arizona. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schwamm  are  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catliolic  church.  He  enjoys 
the  full  rights  of  citizenship  and  is  a  stanch  advocate  of  the  political  principles  of  the 
progressive  party.  He  is  as  progressive  and  enterprising  in  matters  of  citizenship  as  in 
business  and  extends  his  indorsement  to  every  worthy  enterprise  and  public  movement  he 
feels  will  advance  the  development  of  the  community  or  promote  the  welfare  of  its  resi- 
dents. Mr.  Schwamm  is  widely  known  in  his  section  of  the  state  and  enjoys  the  respect 
and  liigh  regard  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances,  many  of  whom  are  stanch  friends  of 
many  years  standing. 


MRS.  ABBIE  0.  HASKIN. 


Mrs.  Abbie  0.  Haskin  is  one  of  the  best  known  women  of  Tucson,  her  work  in  behalf 
of  the  suffrage  cause  gaining  for  her  a  wide  acquaintance  not  only  through  Arizona  but 
in  other  states  as  well.  She  is  a  native  of  Iowa  and  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Charlotte 
Spaulding  (Canfield)  Howe.  Her  youthful  days  were  spent  in  .Jones  county,  Iowa,  where 
she  was  born,  and  she  was  married  in  Mediapolis,  that  state,  after  which  she  came  immediately 
to  Tucson  to  accept  a  position  in  the  city  schools  here.  Her  husband  is  deceased  and  their 
only  daughter,  Cliarlotte  L..'  married  George  T.  Stanton,  who  died  in  January,  1012.  She 
is  now  the  wife  of  Aleck  C.  Wallace  of  Bisbee.  Two  daughters  were  born  to  her  first  union: 
Margaret  C,  whose  birth  occurred  October  15,  1907,  and  who  died  in  April,  1914;  and  Ruth 
Georgia,  born  February  26,  1912.  By  her  second  marriage  she  has  a  son,  Earle  Christie,  who 
was  born  February  18,  1915. 

Not  only  did  Mrs.  Haskin  become  identified  with  the  educational  development  of  Tucson 
but  with  other  lines  of  important  public  work  has  been  actively  associated.  She  became 
prominent  in  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union,  her  activities  and  her  influence  in 
that  direction  being  strongly  felt  throughout  Arizona.  She  has  ever  been  among  those 
who  have  attended  largely  to  the  detail  work  of  the  conventions  of  that  organization.  She  is 
also  an  active  member  of  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  6,  of  the  Maccabees,  but  her  chief  activity  per- 
haps has  been  in  relation  to  the  suffrage  cause.  She  organized  the  first  suffrage  club  in  Pima 
county,  of  which  Dr.  Rosa  Boido  was  elected  the  first  president,  while  Mrs.  Haskin  afterward 
became  vice  president.  This  club,  through  the  efforts  of  a  few  loyal  and  undaunted  women, 
succeeded  in  developing  and  crystallizing  the  suffrage  sentiment  that  finally  led  to  success 
at  the  polls  in  November,  1912.  Pima  was  one  of  the  counties  that  gave  a  large  majority 
for  equal  suffrage  and  to  Mrs.  Haskin  and  her  associates  most  of  the  credit  is  due  for  this 
victory.  She  is  vice  president  of  the  Equal  Suffrage  Club  of  Tucson  and  a  member  of  the 
state  central  committee  for  Pima  county.  With  keen  insight  she  saw  the  possibilities  and 
the  needs  of  the  situation  and  her  utterances  were  logical  and  convincing,  receiving  the 
indorsement  of  the  more  progressive  element  of  the  male  population,  who  recognized  the 
beneficent  and  cleansing  influence  that  woman's  vote  would  have  upon  the  political  situation. 
Mrs.  Haskin  is,  moreover,  a  lady  of  broad  general  culture,  determined,  forceful  and  capable, 
and  her  work  and  influence  along  many  lines  have  been  of  direct  value  to  the  state. 


EDWIN  A.  HUGHES. 


Edwin  A.  Hughes,  acceptably  filling  the  position  of  county  assessor  of  Cochise  county, 
was  born  in  California  in  1877.  He  is  a  son  of  William  and  Ann  (Long)  Hughes,  natives  of 
Wales,  who  came  to  the  United  States  at  different  times  in  their  childhood.  They  now  reside 
in  Bisbee.  In  their  family  were  thirteen  children:  Margaret,  who  married  John  Lambert, 
of  California;  Annie,  now  Mrs.  Swindle,  of  Tyron,  New  Mexico;  Jennie,  the  deceased  wife 
of  J.  W.  Van  Horn,  of  Bisbee;  W.  E.,  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Elizabeth,  who 


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became  the  wife  of  J.  H.  McPherson,  of  Tombstone,  Arizona;  Willie  and  Jolin^  who  died  in 
infancy;  Camilla,  who  married  I.  W.  Wallace,  of  Bisbee;  Edith,  now  Mrs.  Charles  Pacheco, 
of  California ;  Edwin  A.,  of  this  review ;  Nellie,  who  married  James  Dalgleish,  of  Tombstone ; 
George  W.,  of  the  same  city;  and  Edna,  the  wife  of  Bing  Morse,  of  Douglas,  Arizona. 

Edwin  A.  Hughes  came  to  Arizona  when  lie  was  five  years  of  age.  He  began  his  inde- 
pendent career  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  having  completed  the  prescribed  course  in  tlie  public 
schools  of  Cochise  county.  He  learned  the  boiler  maker's  trade  and  followed  it  for  four 
years,  after  which  he  entered  the  University  of  Arizona  at  Tucson,  attending  for  one  year. 
He  later  went  to  the  Shattuck  School  at  Faribault,  Minnesota,  and  after  graduating  there 
in  1900  pursued  his  studies  further  in  the  State  University.  Having  thus  supplemented  the 
deficiencies  of  his  early  education,  he  again  embarked  upon  his  business  career,  obtaining  a 
position  in  the  employ  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company  in  Minneapolis.  After  one  year  he 
went  to  North  Dakota  and  became  connected  with  the  First  National  Bank  of  Mandan,  with 
which  he  remained  for  two  years,  returning  to  Arizona  at  the  end  of  that  time.  After  a 
short  stay  in  Bisbee  he  located  in  Tombstone,  working  at  various  occupations  for  a  few 
months  and  finally  entering  the  county  recorder's  office  as  chief  deputy.  At  the  end  of  five 
years  of  able  service  he  was  elected  county  assessor,  taking  office  February  14,  1913.  In  this 
position  he  has  discharged  his  duties  ably,  capably  and  conscientiously  and  the  record  he 
has  made  as  a  public  official  has  been  in  all  respects  honorable  and  worthy. 

Mr.  Hughes  married,  in  November,  1906,  Miss  Mabel  Feldman,  a  native  of  Tucson  and 
a  daughter  of  Alter  H.  and  Mary  E.  Feldman,  early  residents  of  that  city,  who  made  their 
home  there  almost  four  decades  ago.  Both  have  passed  away.  In  their  family  were  six 
children:  Charles,  of  Tucson;  Yetta,  the  widow  of  Herman  Smeading,  of  Arizona;  Fred  J., 
of  El  Paso,  Texas;  Alice,  who  married  Mark  Walker,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Alter,  Jr., 
also  of  Los  Angeles;  and  Mabel,  the  wife  of  the  subject  of  this  review.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hughes  have  become  the  parents  of  three  children :  Marjorie,  who  was  born  in  December, 
1907;  Marian,  born  in  June,  1909;  and  Edwin  A.,  Jr.,  born  in  August;  1914. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hughes  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  democrat  and  his  religious  views  are  in  accord  with  the 
doctrines  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  is  one  of  the  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizens 
of  Tombstone,  and  his  record  is,  indeed,  a  commendable  one,  his  official  service  being  above 
reproach  and  his  business  activities  ever  dominated  by  the  strictest  fidelity  to  high  principles. 


W.  J.  EEAY. 


W.  J.  Reay  is  one  of  the  citizens  of  Douglas  who  is  entitled  to  be  termed  a  self-made 
man,  as  he  began  the  struggle  of  life  for  himself  when  a  lad  of  tender  years,  and  the  success 
he  now  enjoys  has  been  purchased  through  unremitting  toil  and  ceaseless  effort.  For  prac- 
tically twelve  years  he  has  been  identified  with  the  business  interests  of  Douglas,  where  he 
is  associated  with  H.  H.  Johnson  in  the  operation  of  a  livery  stable,  warehouse  and  transfer 
line.  Mr.  Reay  was  born  in  England,  his  natal  year  being  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  Robert  and 
Mary  Reay.  The  family  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  the  early  '80s,  locating  at  George- 
town, Colorado,  where  the  father  engaged  in  mining  for  two  years.  At  the  expiration  of 
that  time  they  continued  their  journey  westward  to  Kingston,  New  Mexico,  and  there  the 
parents  still  reside,  the  father  having  been  a  foreman  in  the  mines  of  the  St.  Louis  Company 
at  that  point  for  more  than  twenty-five  years.  He  has  been  diligent  and  thrifty  and  during 
the  long  period  of  his  residence  there  has  managed  to  acquire  some  mining  and  realty  inter- 
ests in  Kingston. 

W.  J.  Reay,  who  is  next  to  the  youngest  child  in  a  family  of  seven,  was  a  lad  of  only 
seven  years  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  the  United  States.  He 
completed  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Mexico  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
years  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  He  engaged  in  such  pursuits  as  were 
afforded  and  for  nine  years  drove  a  stage  from  Lake  Valley  to  Kingston.  In  1904,  he  came 
to  Arizona  and  subsequently  became  associated  with  H.  H.  Johnson  in  the  livery,  storage 
and  transfer  business  in  Douglas.     They  are  both  enterprising  men  of  progressive  methods 


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and  in  the  conduct  of  their  various  undertakings  have  adopted  a  policy  that  commends  them 
to  the  contidence  of  the  business  men  of  the  community.  As  a  result  they  have  prospered 
and  are  now  enjoying  a  large  and  lucrative  trade.  They  have  the  largest  and  finest  equipped 
livery  in  Douglas,  keeping  sixty  horses  and  a  large  variety  of  vehicles  suitable  for  all 
occasions.  In  connection  with  their  barn  they  have  established  a  storage  warehouse  and 
also  maintain  a  six-team  transfer  line.  Mr.  Reay  owns  a  line  residence  and  other  property 
in  Douglas,  and  is  becoming  numbered  among  the  city's  substantial  citizens  and  representative 
business  men. 

On  the  28th  of  September,  1902,  Mr.  Reay  was  married  to  Miss  Laura  Sparks,  who  was 
born  in  Kansas  in  1881  and  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Maggie  Sparks,  who  now  reside  at 
Tonopah,  Nevada.  Of  their  children  there  are  but  two  living,  Laura,  and  Lillian,  the  wife  of 
Lou  Herring,  of  Tonopah,  Nevada.  Mrs.  Reay  completed  her  education  in  a  business  college 
at  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  subsequently  engaged  in  teaching  until  her  marriage. 

In  religious  faith  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reay  are  Episcopalians,  and  politically  he  supports  the 
democratic  party  in  national  issues  but  locally  often  casts  an  independent  ballot.  He  is  a 
man  of  practical  ideas  and  systematic  methods,  and  his  business  career  has  been  marked  by 
the  orderly  progression  that  indicates  well  organized  plans  and  a  definite  purpose.  Mr.  Reay 
stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  as  he  is  a  man  of  good  principles, 
proven  integrity  and  straightforward  methods  in  business  transactions. 


CHARLES  M.  SEAMAN. 


Charles  M.  Seaman,  identified  with  business  interests  of  Douglas  as  a  dealer  in  hard- 
ware and  a  leading  figure  in  the  civic  and  business  development  of  the  city,  was  born  in 
Michigan  in  1866.  He  is  a  son  of  Lafayette  and  Roxanna  (Moore)  Seaman,  natives  of  New 
York.  The  father,  a  farmer  and  lumberman,  now  lives  retired  in  Phoenix.  The  mother 
has  passed  away,  her  death  having  occurred  in  1904.  In  their  family'  were  nine  children: 
Dana  A.,  a  resident  of  Phoenix,  Arizona;  Charles  M.,  of  this  review;  Ernest  E.,  Rufus  W. 
and  John  Victor,  all  of  whom  reside  in  Phoenix;  Irene,  the  wife  of  Herbert  Barnum,  of 
Michigan;  Clara,  who  married  Herbert  McClure,  also  of  Michigan;  Zellia,  the  wife  of  Herbert 
Young,  of  Jerome,  Arizona;   and  Angle,  who  resides  at  home. 

Charles  M.  Seaman  was  reared  in   Michigan  and  acquired  his  education  in   the  public 
and  high  schools  of  that  state.    He  later  attended  Albion  College,  where  he  took  a  commercial 
and  scientific  course,  graduating  in  1888.     Afterward  he  taught  in  the  public  schools  for  one 
year  and  then  turned  his  attention  to  business  pursuits,  securing  employment  as  a  clerk 
in  a  general  store.     When  he  left  his  native  state  he  went  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  for 
four  years  he  worked  in  a  hardware  store,  coming  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Arizona  and 
settling  in   Phoenix  in   1894.     There  he  became   identified  with   mercantile   interests  as   an 
employe  of  a  hardware  concern,  for  which  he  worked  until  1900,  when  he  went  to  Bisbee. 
There  he  spent  two  years  in  the  hardware  department  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company 
and  at  the  end  of  that  time  removed  to  Douglas,  organizing  the  firm  of  Seaman  &  Perry 
[  and  opening  a  hardware  store  in  the  city.     The  concern  started  in  a  very  small  way  but 
[gradually  expanded  into  an  important  mercantile  enterprise.     In  March,  1914,  Mr.  Seaman 
[purchased  his  partner's  interest  in  the  business  and  now  is  sole  owner.     His  sterling  integrity, 
[progressive   spirit   and   upright   and   straightforward   business   methods   have   been    forceful 
[elements  in  the  growth  of  the  business  and  have  brought  him  a  degree  of  success  which 
[places  him  in  the  front  ranks  of  progressive  and  representative  citizens.     He  has  not  been 
[content,  however,  to  devote  all  of  his  time  to  carrying  forward  his  individual  interests,  for 
llie  possesses  an  active  and  forceful  public  spirit  which  finds  an  outlet  in  well  directed  work 
I  for  the   development   of  the   general   business   interests  of   the   city.     He   was   one   of   the 
[organizers  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  &  Mines  and  during  his  year  of  service  as  a  member 
of  the  traffic  committee  has  accomplished  work  which  has  had  beneficial  and  far-reaching 
Results.     Mr.   Seaman  was  the  moving  spirit  in  the  organization   of   the  Douglas  Business 
len's  Protective  Association,  of  which  he  is  now  the  president,  and  was  one  of  the  con- 
spicuous promoters   of   the  Arizona   Oil   Company,  which   controls   large   holdings   in   mines 


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near  Douglas,  and  he  can  always  be  found  among  the  leaders  in  any  movement  calling  for 
initiative,  cool  business  judgment,  energy,  aggressiveness  and  executive  power. 

In  Phoenix,  in  1897,  Mr.  Seaman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lillie  Rowen,  a  native 
of  Kansas  and  a  daughter  of  Nelson  Rowen,  who  is  living  retired"  in  Artesia,  California. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Seaman  have  two  children:  Arthur  R.,  who  was  born  August  23,  1899,  and 
is  now  attending  scliool;  and  Evelyn  E.,  born  September  26,  1911.  The  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Seaman  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party. 
Douglas  is  proud  to  number  him  among  her  citizens,  for  he  is  not  content  to  promote  his 
own  prosperity  but  is  interested  also  in  the  broader  phases  of  municipal  expansion,  and  his 
personal  success  has  been  so  far-reacliing  in  its  effects  and  so  beneficial  in  its  results  that  it 
constitutes  a   public  asset. 


FRANK  V.  WOODWARD,  D.  D.  S. 

On  the  list  of  successful  dental  practitioners  in  Phoenix  appears  the  name  of  Dr.  Frank 
V.  Woodward,  who  has  been  located  at  the  capital  for  more  than  a  decade,  enjoying  a 
practice  that  is  constantly  increasing  in  volume  and  importance.  He  was  born  in  Kondall- 
ville,  Indiana,  April  16,  1863,  and  is  a  son  of  John  J.  and  Laura  0.  (Goodwin)  Woodward. 
The  former  was  a  well  known  business  man,  devoting  much  of  his  life  to  merchandising.  He 
removed  from  Indiana  to  Oliio  and  in  1886  became  a  resident  of  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  where 
he  opened  a  real-estate  office. 

Dr.  Woodward  acquired  a  public-school  education  in  Ohio  and  also  attended  Hiram 
College  in  that  state.  The  broad  literary  training  which  he  there  received  served  as  an 
excellent  foundation  upon  which  to  build  the  superstructure  of  professional  knowledge  and 
in  1889  he  was  graduated  from  the  Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery.  He  afterward  prac- 
ticed in  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  and  in  1903  removed  to  Phoenix.  His  advancement  there  has 
been  continuous,  for  the  professional  service  that  he  has  done  for  one  has  constituted  a 
recommendation  to  another  and  thus  his  practice  has  grown  and  has  now  assumed  gratify- 
ing proportions. 

On  the  15th  of  January,  1895,  Dr.  Woodward  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  M.  Sterling,  a 
native  of  Ohio.  They  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  are  well  known  socially. 
In  politics  Dr.  Woodward  is  a  republican,  while  his  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  Along  strictly  professional  lines  he  is  connected  with  the  local, 
state  and  national  dental  associations  and  has  been  president  of  the  Phoenix  Dental  Society. 
He  enjoys  the  high  regard  of  his  professional  brethren  because  of  his  social  qualities  and 
also  by  reason  of  his  close  conformity  to  a  liigh  standard  of  professional  ethics. 


DR.  RUDOLPH  H.  H.  BLOME. 

People  begin  more  and  more  to  realize  that  the  greatest  asset  of  a  nation  lies  in  a 
thorough  education  of  its  youth,  and  it  is  tlierefore  that  more  and  more  attention  is  paid 
to  educational  affairs.  Arizona  is  fortunate  in  having  at  the  head  of  the  Northern  Arizona 
Normal  School  n  man  of  such  ability  and  wide  knowledge  as  Dr.  Rudolph  H.  H.  Blome,  who 
is  well  prepared  for  this  difficult  position  by  a  most  thorough  education,  acquired  in  this 
country   and   abroad. 

Dr.  Blome  was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  and  there  attended  parochial  school.  In 
1869  he  came  to  the  United  States  and  in  this  country  took  courses  at  Wheaton  College, 
Wheaton.  Illinois,  and  Northwestern  College  at  Naperville,  that  state.  In  1890  he  was 
graduated  from  tlie  Illinois  State  Normal  University  at  Normal  and  after  leaving  that 
institution  taught  in  tlie  district  schools  for  a  time.  He  later  had  charge  of  Rice  Collegiate 
Institute  at  Paxton,  Illinois,  for  six  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  period  returned  to  Ger- 


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many,  taking  a  course  at  the  University  of  Jena,  where  he  specialized  on  the  subjects  of 
education,  pliilosophy,  botany  and  zoology. 

Dr.  Blome  came  to  Arizona  in  1900,  being  made  professor  of  pedagogy  and  psychology 
at  Tempe,  and  later  had  charge  of  the  training  school  there,  continually  broadening  his 
views  in  these  various  positions  which  brought  him  in  contact  with  numerous  details.  The 
year  1909  marks  his  arrival  in  Flagstaff  and  he  has  since  had  charge  of  the  Northern 
Arizona  Normal  School,  of  which  he  is  president.  Dr.  Blome  is  not  only  an  educator  of 
deep  learning  but  has  rare  executive  ability  and  the  school  under  his  direction  has  taken 
on  new  life.  He  is  preeminently  interested  in  his  work  and  is  ready  to  make  any  sacrifice 
in  furthering  the  interests  of  the  school  of  which  he  is  the  head. 

In  1883  Dr.  Blome  married  Miss  Mary  J.  Pierce,  of  Illinois,  and  they  have  four  chil- 
dren. He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  and  fraternally  is  connected  with  the 
blue  lodge  of  Masons  and  tlie  Knights  of  Pythias.  Although  much  of  the  work  that  he 
accomplishes  is  done  in  a  quiet,  unobtrusive  way,  it  is  of  untold  value  to  the  new  state  of 
Arizona.  Many  of  those  who  seek  instruction  in  his  school,  leave  it  imbued  with  the  high 
principles  and  ideals  of  its  president.  Dr.  Blome  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  unselfish  labor, 
which  he  so  readily  renders  in  the  interest  of  humanity,  and  he  well  merits  the  confidence 
which  is  placed  in  his  ability.  He  is  a  practical  idealist  and  the  state  of  Arizona  will  be 
the  richer  for  his  life  work. 


JOHN  GLEESON. 


John  Gleeson,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town  of  Gleeson,  which  was  named  in  his 
honor,  has  been  identified  with  the  mining  interests  of  Arizona  for  more  than  a  quarter  of 
a  century  and  is  one  of  the  pioneer  prospectors  of  Cochise  county.  His  birth  occurred  in 
Ireland  in  November,  1861,  and  he  is  one  of  a  family  of  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are 
living,  and  of  these  five  reside  in  the  United  States.  The  parents  passed  their  entire  lives 
in  tlie  Emerald  isle,  where  the  father  devoted  his  energies  to  agricultural  pursuits. 

The  boyliood  and  early  youth  of  John  Gleeson  were  passed  in  Ireland,  where  he  acquired 
his  education  and  was  fitted  for  the  duties  of  life.     Believing  that  his  labors  would  meet 
with  larger  and  better  returns  in  America  than   in  the  old  country,  he  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1879,  first  locating  in  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa.     After  a  brief  sojourn  there 
he  went  to   Breckenridge,  Colorado,  where  he  worked  in  the  gold  mines  and  did  his  first 
prospecting.    At  the  end  of  a  year  he  continued  his  journey  westward  to  Tombstone,  Arizona, 
where  he  prospected  for  about  eight  months,  and  then  went  to  Prescott.     After  prospecting 
at  the  latter  point  for  six  niontlis,  he  went  to  Silver  King,  Pinal  county,  and  there  followed 
the  same  occupation  for  two  years.     His  next  removal  was  to  Globe,  where  he  prospected 
J  for  a  time,  but   subsequently  settled  in  Ray.     He  there  acquired  some   mining  properties, 
rhich  he  developed,  but  later  went  to  Hachita,  New  Mexico,  where  for  four  years  he  was 
actively  engaged  in   the  operation   of  the  American   mine.     The   stockholders,  of  which  he 
{was  one,   sold   their   claim   at  the   end  of   that   time,   and  he  turned   his   attention   to  the 
[development   of  another  mine  in  that   immediate   vicinity.     Ten   years   later   he   abandoned 
[that  undertaking  and  went  to  Pearce,  Arizona,  removing  from  there  to  Gleeson,  which  town 
he  assisted   in    founding   shortly   afterward.      There,   in    1897,   with    others    he   located   the 
Copper  Bell  mine,  one  of  the  heaviest  producers  in  the  state  and  now  the  property  of  the 
Leonard  Copper  Company  of  Gleeson.     He  has  disposed  of  his  interest  in  it  but  still  owns 
mining  claims   adjoining   and   in   various   other   sections   of  Arizona.     For   some   time   past 
he  has  been  operating  a  mine  of  which  he  is  the  sole  owner,  the  duties  thus  entailed,  together 
with  the  care  of  his  extensive  property  interests  there,  occupying  his  entire  attention. 
'  In  1889,  Mr.  Gleeson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Cummings  of  Syracuse, 

New  York,  a  daughter  of  John  Cummings,  who  is  now  deceased.  Her  mother  is  living  at 
the  age  of  seventy-two  years  and  continues  to  make  her  home  in  the  Empire  state.  In 
their  family  were  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  Mrs.  Gleeson,  who  is  one  of  the 
elder  members  of  the  family,  has  become  the  mother  of  three  children:  Nellie,  born  in 
1891,  who  was  graduated  from  the  Sisters  school  and  completed  her  education  in  a  Catholic 


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academy  at  Los  Angeles,  California;  Edwin  M.,  born  in  1895,  who  attended  at  Catholic 
academy  and  a  military  school  in  the  acquirement  of  his  education  and  is  now  at  home; 
and  Emmet,  born  in  1900,  who  is  still  attending  school  at  Gleesou. 

The  family  are  all  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  Mr.  Gleeson  sup- 
ports the  progressive  party.  He  is  thorouglily  familiar  with  pioneer  conditions  througliout 
the  different  mining  sections  of  tlie  west  and  can  relate  many  interesting  experiences  of 
his  days  on  the  range  and  in  the  mining  camps  in  various  parts  of  tlie  country  from 
Wyoming  to  Arizona.  In  1895  he  went  to  Idaho  and  spent  eight  months  in  the  Wood 
river  country,  during  the  gold  excitement  there.  He  met  with  a  good  measure  of  success 
•in  his  prospecting,  locating  and  opening  up  a  valuable  mine,  which  he  subsequently  sold 
to  good  advantage.  From  there  he  went  to  Utah  where  he  prospected  and  located  a  mine, 
which  he  later  sold,  and  then  returned  to  Arizona.  Mr.  Gleeson  has  ever  since  devoted 
his  energies  to  the  development  of  his  interests  here,  which  he  has  so  judiciously  directed 
that  he  is  numbered  among  the  most  substantial  and  prosperous  business  men  of  the 
community. 


DENNIS  J.  BRANNEN,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Dennis  J.  Brannen,  whose  name  is  closely  interwoven  with  the  history  of  Arizona 
and  who  left  his  impress  for  good  along  many  lines  of  development  in  the  state,  was  born 
in  Canada  in  1857,  his  parents  being  Philip  B.  and  Mary  A.  (Hurley)  Brannen,  botli  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Van  Kleek  Hill,  Canada.  The  paternal  grandparents  were  of  Irish  birth, 
the  grandfather  born  in  County  Cavan  and  the  grandmother  in  Cork.  Philip  B.  Brannen 
devoted  his  life  to  mining,  contracting  and  farming  and  his  activities  in  the  west  were  an 
clement  in  its  development  and  progress.  It  was  in  the  year  1867  that  he  made  the  trip  around 
Cape  Horn  to  California  and  success  awaited  him  in  the  mines.  He  engaged  in  the  contract- 
ing business  too  in  the  west,  building  some  of  the  snow  slieds  on  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road through  the  Sierra  Nevada  mountains.  He  was  also  identified  with  mining  at  White 
Pine,  California,  in  1868  and  1869,  and  through  the  two  succeeding  years  met  with  very 
substantial  prosperity  in  his  mining  operations  at  Eureka,  Nevada.  In  the  spring  of  1872 
he  returned  to  Canada  and  removed  his  family  to  Cliampaign,  Illinois,  settling  on  a  large 
farm,  where  he  continued  to  maintain  his  residence  until  his  death.  In  the  meantime  he  was 
interested  in  mining  in  Colorado.  He  passed  away  in  July,  1898,  and  his  widow,  surviving 
him  for  a  decade,  died  in  the  year  1908.  The  family  numbeied  three  sons,  but  only  one  is 
now  living,  Philip  C.  Brannen,  a  prominent  clotliing  mereliant  of  Tucson,  mentioned  else- 
where in  this  Work. 

Dr.  Dennis  J.  Brannen  was  a  youtli  of  fifteen  years  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the 
family  to  Illinois,  where  he  completed  his  more  specifically  literary  education  by  study  in 
the  State  University  of  Illinois  at  Champaign.  Determining  upon  the  practice  of  medicine 
as  a  life  work,  he  afterward  entered  the  Eclectic  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  from 
which  he  was  graduated,  winning  his  professional  degree.  He  afterward  practiced  in 
Cincinnati  for  a  short  time,  but  the  opportunities  of  the  growing  southwest  attracted  him 
and  he  made  his  way  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Flagstaff.  This  was  before  the  era  of  extensive 
railroad  building  in  the  southwest  and  he  had  to  travel  by  stage  from  Albuquerque  to  his 
destination.  He  at  once  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  received  appoint- 
ment to  the  position  of  surgeon  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  with  which  he  was 
thus  connected  for  a  number  of  years.  He  also  acted  as  surgeon  for  the  Arizona  Lumber 
Company  in  addition  to  engaging  in  private  practice.  He  established  the  first  drug  store  in 
Flagstaff  and  it  remained  the  only  one  for  a  number  of  years.  He  regarded  medical  prac- 
tice, however,  as  his  real  life  work  and  was  a  noted  surgeon,  his  marked  skill  and  ability 
in  that  line  being  widely  recognized,  while  his  work  was  of  the  greatest  benefit  through- 
out the  pioneer  epoch  and  during  the  later  period  in  the  liistory  of  the  state. 

Dr.  Brannen  was  married  twice.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  political  affairs,  being 
one  of  the  leaders  of  the  democratic  party  in  northern  Arizona.  He  delivered  many  cam- 
paign addresses  and   he   represented   his   district   in   the   thirteenth   legislature.     His   public 


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work  at  all  times  looked  to  the  betterment  of  the  community,  to  the  utilization  of  the 
resources  and  the  opportunities  of  the  state  and  his  efforts  wrought  results  that  were 
highly  beneficial.  Moreover,  his  professional  service  was  of  untold  value  in  the  days  when 
there  were  few  physicians  upon  the  Arizona  frontier,  and  as  he  kept  in  touch  with  the 
advanced  thought  and  progress  of  tlie  profession,  his  work  continued  of  great  worth  along 
professional  lines. 


J.  M.  CLARK. 


One  of  the  most  progressive,  able  and  farsighted  men  of  Flagstaff  is  J.  M.  Clark,  who 
in  partnership  with  his  brother  conducts  one  of  the  leading  general  furnishing  stores  in  the 
city.  He  was  born  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  in  1871,  a  son  of  Asa  and  Rosaline  Clark, 
who  came  to  Arizona  in  1884,  tlie  father  turning  his  attention  to  ranching  and  stock-raising 
near  Flagstaff.  The  mother  became  prominent  in  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  serving 
for  many  years  as  grand  matron  of  the  Arizona  Lodge.  In  the  family  were  three  sons, 
two  of  whom  grew  to  maturity:  J.  M.,  of  this  review;  and  C.  A.,  who  is  a  sheep  rancher 
at  Navajo  Springs  and  is  interested  with  his  brother  in  the  conduct  of  the  mercantile  enter- 
prise in  Flagstaff. 

J.  M.  Clark  joined  his  parents  in  Arizona  in  1885  and  acquired  the  greater  part  of  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state.  In  1907  he  formed  a  partnersliip  with  his 
brother  C.  A.  and  established  a  general  furnishing  store  in  Flagstaff.  This  enterprise  he 
lias  since  conducted,  his  energy,  business  ability  and  excellent  management  having  made  it 
one  of  the  leading  concerns  of  its  kind  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Clark  was  married,  on  the  11th  of  January,  1904,  to  Miss  Agnes  Martin,  of  Tucson, 
Arizona,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  George  Martin,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Arizona  territory, 
having  come  to  the  site  of  what  is  now  Yuma  in  1854.  He  later  established  the  Martin 
drug  store  in  Tucson  and  became  well  known  in  business  and  professional  circles  of  that  city. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Clark  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  has  always  taken  a  prominent  and  active  part  in 
public  affairs,  cooperating  heartily  in  all  projects  for  the  general  advancement  and  growth. 
He  has  been  chairman  of  the  republican  central  committee  of  Coconino  county  and  was 
deputy  United  States  marshal  for  some  time,  serving  also  for  seven  years  as  gatekeeper 
of  the  Arizona  state  prison.  His  life  has  been  one  of  continuous  activity,  in  which  has 
been  accorded  due  recognition  of  labor,  and  today  he  is  numbered  among  the  reliable  and 
progressive  business  men  and  public-spirited  citizens  of  his   community. 


CHARLES  GOLDMAN. 


The  name  of  Charles  Goldman  is  inseparably  interwoven  with  the  history  of  com- 
mercial enterprise  in  Phoenix,  and  even  more  so  with  it  in  the  state.  For  almost  forty-five 
years  he  has  been  identified  with  mercantile  interests  in  Arizona,  and  for  nearly  thirty- 
eight  years  has  occupied  a   foremost  position  in  business  and  financial  circles  in  Phoenix. 

Charles  Goldman  was  born  in  Bavaria,  Germany,  October  17,  1845,  a  son  of  Solomon 
and  Rebecca  (Kauft'mann)  Goldman,  who  were  farming  people.  In  the  schools  of  his  native 
country  the  son  pursued  liis  education  and  in  early  manhood  served  a  three  years'  ap- 
prenticeship to  a  dry-goods  merchant  of  Germany.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1866 
when  a  young  man  of  about  twenty-one  years,  joining  his  brother,  A.  Goldman,  who  had 
previously  crossed  the  Atlantic.  For  a  year  he  engaged  in  clerking  in  Philadelphia  and 
then  went  to  Woodland,  California,  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  San  Francisco. 
There  he  engaged  in  clerking  and  afterward  spent  some  time  at  San  Luis  Obispo,  California, 
and  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  arriving  in  this  state  in  1871.  He  remained  in  Prescott  five  years 
and  then  opened  a  store  in  Williamson  Valley.     His  brother,  Adolf  Goldman,  had  become 


286  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

a  merchant  of  Phoenix  in  1874,  and  in  1878  he  sold  the  business  to  his  brother,  Cliarles 
Goldman.  In  1879  the  firm  of  Goldman  Brothers  was  formed,  Charles  being  joined  by  his 
brother  Leo  in  a  partnership  that  still  exists.  Tliey  purchased  a  lot  at  the  northwest 
corner  of  Washington  and  Center  streets,  and  after  liolding  it  for  twenty  years  sold  it  in 
1900  for  the  highest  price  ever  paid  for  a  lot  in  Phoenix  up  to  that  date. 

Tlie  business  as  it  was  originally  established  in  1874  by  Adolf  Goldman,  was  prin- 
cipally dealing  in  hay  and  grain.  When  Goldman  Brothers  secured  the  business  general 
merchandise  was  added.  It  was  the  upbuilding  period  of  the  history  of  Phoenix,  and 
through  the  liberality  of  these  merchants  many  farmers  and  miners  were  able  to  tide 
over  uncertain  years.     With  the  growth  of  the  city,  the  business  grew. 

Their  store,  located  on  the  west  side  of  Center  street  between  Washington  and  Jeffer- 
son, occupied  two  floors  of  the  building  forty-five  by  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  and 
comprised  a  large  stock  of  general  niercliandise,  hardware,  agricultural  implements,  car- 
riages and  wagons,  grain  and  hay,  and  they  conducted  their  trade  along  both  wholesale  and 
retail  lines.  Their  patronage  was  extensive  and  the  establishment  became  known  as  one  of 
the  strongest  commercial  enterprises  in  the  capital  city.  Mr.  Goldman  retired  from  this  busi- 
ness in  November,  1915,  retaining,  however,  his  interest  in  the  hardware  and  vehicle  busi- 
ness on  Madison  street,  in  which  his  son  Eugene  and  brothei-  Leo  are  associated  with  him. 
Mr.  Goldman's  interests  have  long  since  been  varied  and  extensive  aside  from  those 
in  mercantile  lines.  He  is  largely  interested  in  ranches  and  cattle,  and  helped  organize 
the  National  Bank  of  Arizona  and  for  many  years  has  been  its  vice  president.  Mr.  Gold- 
man was  administrator  of  the  Wormser  estate  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trade. 

In  1881,  in  San  Francisco,  Jlr.  Goldman  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Fleischman,  who 
was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Fleischman,  and  was  born  in  Diamond  Springs,  California, 
to  which  state  her  father  removed  as  a  pioneer  in  1850.  Mrs.  Goldman  died  in  August, 
1910.  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goldman  are:  Rose  Belle,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the 
San  Francisco  Female  College;  Sidney,  a  graduate  of  the  Belmont  (Cal.)  Military  Colloge; 
and  Eugene,  a  graduate  of  the  Phoenix  high  school. 

Mr.  Goldman  is  a  friend  of  higher  education,  and  a  thorough  believer  in  good  mental 
training  as  a  |)reparation  for  life's  practical  and  responsible  duties,  and  has  extended 
excellent  educational  opportunities  to  his  family.  His  political  support  is  given  to  the 
democratic  party,  but  aside  from  exercising  liis  right  of  franchise  he  takes  no  active  part 
in  politics,  as  his  business  affairs  have  made  constantly  growing  demand  upon  his  time, 
bringing  him  to  a  foremost  place  in  business  circles,  his  interests  constituting  an  important 
feature  in  the  trade  circles  of  Phoenix.  He  came  to  this  city  when  not  a  brick  or  frame 
business  house  had  yet  been  erected.  He  has  witnessed  its  wonderful  growth  in  which 
few,  if  any,  of  his  contemporaries  have  taken  a  more  helpful,  certainly  not  a  more  honor- 
able part  than  has  Charles  Goldman. 


WILLIAM  F.  KUCHENBECKER. 

William  F.  Kuclienbecker,  mayor  of  Tombstone  and  successful  general  merchant,  is 
numbered  among  those  who  have  been  active  in  shaping  the  business  and  political  history 
of  the  city,  his  work  along  both  lines  being  constructive,  efficient  and  far-reaching.  He  was 
born  in  Germany  in  1850  and  is  one  of  a  family  of  eight  children,  only  two  of  whom  beside 
himself  survive:  Charles  F.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  transfer  business  in  Gallup,  New 
Mexico;   and   Dr.   August  Kuchenbecker,  a   practicing  physician   in   Germany. 

William  F.  Kuchenbecker  acquired  a  limited  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  country  and  when  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  came  to  America,  settling  first  in 
Cairo,  Illinois,  where  he  followed  various  occupations  until  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
army.  He  was  sent  to  the  western  frontier  against  the  Indians  and  served  for  five  years 
throughout  New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  becoming  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  conditions 
of  life  in  the  southwest.    After  he  had  obtained  his  discharge  he  remained  in  New  Mexico, 


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where  he  worked  first  in  a  post  trading  store  for  four  years  and  then  went  to  Gallup, 
where  he  engaged  in  general  merchandising  until  1907,  going  in  that  year  to  Los  Angeles, 
California.  After  a  short  time,  however,  he  removed  to  Tombstone,  buying  out  a  general 
merchandise  stock  there  and  establishing  himself  in  business.  He  has  been  very  successful 
and  has  buiit  up  a  large  and  representative  patronage.  He  is  very  methodical  and  accurate 
in  his  transactions  and  has  so  conducted  his  interests  that  he  has  gained  the  respect  and* 
confidence  of  his  business  associates. 

Mr.  Kuchenbecker  married,  in  1881,  in  New  Mexico,  Miss  Angelina  Young,  a  native 
of  Gallatin,  Missouri.  The  father  of  Mrs.  Kuchenbecker  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  her 
mother  of  Kentucky.  Both  are  deceased.  Mrs.  Kuchenbecker  passed  away  in  Los  Angeles, 
California,  December  5,  1895.  She  was  the  mother  of  two  children:  Minnie,  who  died  in 
infancy;  and  Louis  Frederick,  who  was  born  in  Gallup,  New  Mexico,  July  5,  1885.  He  is 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  general  merchandise  business  in  Tombstone  and  is  num- 
bered among  the  most  progressive  and  enterprising  of  the  younger  generation  of  busi- 
ness men  in  the  city.  He  married  Miss  Sadie  E.  Cowan,  a  native  of  Tombstone  and  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Cowan,  of  that  city.  They  have  one  son,  William  Thomas.  On  October 
£9,  1913,  Mr.  Kuchenbecker  married  Miss  Alice  Feeney,  a  native  of  Muskegon,  Michigan. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Kuchenbecker  is  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  has  ever 
been  interested  in  public  affairs  and  his  interest  takes  the  form  of  active  participation  in 
public  life.  For  three  terms  he  was  maj'or  of  Gallup,  Xew  Mexico,  and  for  two  terms  served 
ably  and  conscientiously  in  the  New  Mexico  territorial  legislature.  He  was  elected  mayor 
of  Tombstone  in  1912  and  reelected  in  1914  and  has  done  constructive  and  able  work  in 
the  interests  of  the  city.  He  is  today  recognized  as  one  of  the  strong  and  forceful  men  of 
Tombstone,  whose  initiative  spirit  and  executive  ability  have  found  expression  in  the 
upbuilding  of  an  extensive  business  and  have  carried  him  forward  into  important  political 
relations. 


LAMSON  BUSINESS  COLLEGE. 

Colonel  E.  M.  Lamson,  president  of  the  Lamson  Business  College,  through  the  influence 
of  his  brother-in-law,  E.  M.  Mills,  decided  in  1888  to  move  to  Phoenix  to  establish  a  busi- 
ness college.  He  had  already  established  the  first  business  college  in  the  Dakotas  in  the 
fall  of  1885.  He  arrived  in  Phoenix  on  the  5th  of  April,  1889,  and  a  few  days  later  opened 
a  private  school.  On  the  2d  day  of  September,  1889,  the  Lamson  Business  College  was 
opened  for  business.  Only  one  student  enrolled  the  first  day  but  others  came  in  later. 
In  a  few  weeks  there  was  a  very  good  attendance  but  the  school  had  a  precarious  existence 
the  first  and  second  years. 

The  first  building  used  was  a  small  brick  residence  on  West  Adams  street  between 
Fourth  and  Fifth  avenues.  It  soon  outgrew  these  quarters  and  was  moved  to  rooms  in 
the  Monihon  building  at  the  corner  of  First  avenue  and  Washington  street.  Many  of  the 
students  were  young  and  the  building  not  being  built  for  school  purposes,  the  pupils  ran 
through  the  halls  and  made  so  much  noise  that  the  other  tenants  in  the  building  oV)jected 
and  the  school  was  moved  to  a  one  story  building  known  as  the  Sherman  Block,  corner 
Second  avenue  and  Washington  street.  In  1893  it  was  moved  to  the  Moss  building,  corner 
of  Fourth  and  Washington  street.  The  school  soon  outgrew  these  quarters  and  the  next 
move  was  to  a  building  especially  constructed  for  the  school  on  North  Central  avenue.  This 
move  was  made  in  the  fall  of  1894.  The  hard  times  soon  began  to  alfect  Arizona,  a  shortage 
of  water  in  the  Salt  River  valley  and  other  parts  of  Arizona  causing  short  or  no  crops 
and  the  loss  of  thousands  of  cattle  almost  ruined  the  Lamson  Business  College.  In  the 
fall  of  1897  the  school  was  moved  to  the  building  at  the  corner  of  Adams  street  and  First 
avenue.  In  1914  the  school  was  moved  to  its  present  commodious  quarters  in  the  Kress 
building  on  West  Washington  street. 

Forty-seven  students  enrolled  the  first  year,  most  of  whom  attended  a  few  months 
only.  Every  year  the  attendance  has  increased  both  as  to  length  of  terms  and  the  number 
\nrolled  until  two  hundred  pupils  are  enrolled  and  at  times  five  or  six  teachers  are  required 


288  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

as  instructors.     The   school   is   purely   a   business   college,   teaching   only   branches   used   in 
business,  leaving  all  other  instruction  to  the  public  schools. 

The  school  has  been  owned  since  its  organization  by  a  number  of  diflferent  people,  but 
Colonel  E.  M.  Lamson  has  been  the  head  of  the  institution  most  of  the  time.  Mrs.  Mat^e 
W.  Loraine  had  charge  of  the  school  in  1898  and  1899,  and  Mrs.  Ellen  B.  Land  in  1908 
'  and  1909.  Hundreds  of  the  young  and  middle-aged  business  men  of  Arizona  were  at  one 
time  students  of  this  school,  which  is  indicative  of  the  fact  that  the  influence  of  the 
institution  has  been  far-reaching,  its  work  efficient  and  its  educators  earnest,  inspiring  the 
cooperation  of  those  who  have  come  under  their  instruction.  The  president  certainly  de- 
serves to  rank  among  those  most  prominent  in  the  teaching  profession  in  the  state. 


PETER  B.  ZIEGLER. 


Various  business  interests  have  claimed  the  attention  of  Peter  B.  Ziegler,  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial pioneers  of  Tucson,  now  living  retired.  Moreover,  his  activities  have  largely  been 
of  a  character  that  have  contributed  to  public  progress  and  improvement,  his  efforts  being 
tangible  assets  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  section  in  which  he  has  now  long  made  his  home. 
A  native  of  Ohio,  he  was  born  in  Perry  county  on  the  17th  of  March,  1851,  and  is  a  son 
of  N.  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Bugh)  Ziegler.  The  parents  were  also  natives  of  theBuckeye  state, 
where  for  many  years  the  father  was  engaged  in  business  as  a  dealer  in  shoes.  The 
maternal  grandfather,  Peter  Bugh,  was  descended  from  a  family  represented  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  and  was  numbered  among  the  earliest  settlors  of  Ohio. 

Peter  B.  Ziegler  was  reared  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  acquired  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  city.  When  a  youth  of  eighteen  years  he  started  out  in  life  on  his 
own  account,  securing  the  position  of  brakenian  on  the  Hocking  Valley  &  Panhandle  Rail- 
road. From  that  time  on  until  his  retirement  his  life  was  one  of  indefatigable  industry 
and  enterprise.  When  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age  he  was  promoted  to  the  position 
of  engineer  on  the  run  between  Columbus  and  Indianapolis.  He  made  his  home  in  the 
former  city  until  1876,  when  the  family  removed  to  Indianapolis,  there  remaining  for  two 
years.  In  1878  Mr.  Ziegler  became  a  resident  of  San  Jose,  California,  remaining  in  that 
state  for  two  years,  during  wliicli  period  he  also  engaged  in  railroading.  In  March,  1880, 
he  was  engineer  on  the  second  train  that  ran  into  Tucson,  Arizona,  in  which  city  tlie  family 
have  since  resided.  Subsequently  he  entered  the  Southern  Pacific  shops  in  Tucson  in  the 
capacity  of  foreman  but  remained  there  only  a  brief  period,  when  he  went  uiK)n  the  road 
as  an  engineer.  He  continued  in  that  position  until  1902,  when  he  resigned  and  concentrated 
his  energies  upon  the  confectionery  business  in  connection  with  his  wife  and  sons,  who 
had  been  established  in  that  line  from  1898.  Six  years  later  the  business  was  sold  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ziegler  retired.  Since  then  he  has  divided  his  time  between  Tucson  and 
San  Diego,  California,  having  extensive  property  interests  in  both  cities. 

Various  interests  have  claimed  the  attention  and  profited  by  the  cooperation  of  Mr. 
Ziegler,  who  is  a  man  of  sound  business  judgment  and  keen  sagacity.  His  la!)or»  have 
largely  been  directed  along  lines  that  have  promoted  the  vipbuilding  and  development  of  his 
city.  He  was  a  large  stockholder  in  the  Tucson  street  railway  and  was  at  one  time 
president  of  the  company.  For  many  years  he  devoted  a  large  jiortion  of  his  time  to  horse 
racing,  having  built  and  maintained  the  old  Ziegler  track,  which  was  a  half  mile  in  length. 
He  was  the  owner  of  several  fine  horses,  among  them  Tommy  Atkins,  which  made  a  mile  in 
two  minutes  and  f(mrteen  seconds.  Mr.  Ziegler  is  now  actively  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business.  He  is  a  large  stockholder  and  director  in  the  San  Diego  Security  Company,  also 
the  Union  National  Bank  of  San  Diego,  California.  ^ 

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a  native  of  that  city  and  a  daughter  of  Michael  and  Catharine  (Dietz)  Bickel,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Bavaria,  Germany.  They  were  married  there  and  soon  afterward  came  to 
the  United  States,  crossing  the  Atlantic  in  a  sailing  vessel  which  was  three  months  in 
completing  the  voyage.  Proceeding  into  the  interior  of  the  country  to  Cleveland,  they 
traveled  thence  by  canal  jto  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  they  spent  their  remaining  days.     Tlij 


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father,  who  was  born  in  1811,  was  killed  on  a  railroad  crossing  at  the  venerable  age  of 
eighty  years  and  his  widow  passed  away  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  The  Bickels  were 
neighbors  of  Mr.  Ziegler's  parents  in  Columbus  for  many  years  and  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  S. 
Ziegler  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Michael  Bickel  lived  to  celebrate  their  golden  weddings.  Mr.  Bickel 
built  a  log  cabin  in  what  is  now  known  as  the  hub  of  Columbus,  which  district  was  then 
covered  with  forest  growth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ziegler  attended  the  same  school  in  childhood  and 
the  friendship  of  their  early  days  ripened  into  love,  terminating  in  a  most  happy,  helpful 
marriage.  To  them  have  been  born  two  sons,  Andrew  and  Albert,  the  former  now  a  resident 
of  San  Diego,  California.  The  latter  died  October  18,  1913,  from  injuries  received  in  an 
automobile  and  motorcycle  accident.  Aside  from  their  own  children  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ziegler 
have  reared  and  educated  four  girls,  to  whom  they  gave  a  home,  all  of  whom  are  now  married 
and  have  homes  of  their  own.  Broad  humanitarianism  prompted  this  kindly  action.  They 
have  always  been  willing  to  extend  a  helping  hand  wherever  aid  is  needed  and  many  deeds 
of  kindness  and  of  charity  are  accredited  to  them. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Ziegler  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  order,  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  his  membership  being  in  lodges 
at  San  Diego.  He  is  one  of  the  pioneers  who  early  recognized  the  opportunities  afforded  in  the 
southwest  and  by  the  exercise  of  intelligence  and  foresight  has  prospered  in  his  under- 
takings and  is  now  able  to  spend  his  latter  years  in  well  earned  ease  and  comfort,  the 
income  from  his  property  providing  him  and  his  wife  with  all  of  the  necessities  and 
many  of  the  luxuries  of  life.  Not  only  is  his  career  crowned  by  individual  success  but" 
also  with  the  highest  honor  and  respect  of  his  fellowmen  because  of  his  many  good  deeds 
and  his  deep  and  helpful  interest  in  the  welfare  and  progress  of  his  fellow  beings. 


J.  A.  IVnLLER. 


J.  A.  Miller  has  been  active  in  business  circles  in  Douglas  since  1901.  He  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  in  1861  and  is  the  eldest  in  the  family  of  thirteen  children  of  Edward  and 
Sophia  Miller.  The  parents  were  natives  of  New  England  but  passed  the  latter  period  of 
their  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  long  made  their  home,  the  father  hav- 
ing for  thirty-five  years  been  an  employe  of  the  Pittsburgh  &  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 
Seven  of  their  children  are  still  living. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  J.  A.  Miller  were  passed  in  his  native  state,  his  education 
being  obtained  in  the  public  schools.  Being  the  eldest  son  of  a  large  family,  his  early 
opportunities  were  very  limited  and  at  the  age  of  eleven  years  he  started  out  to  make  his 
own  way.  He  first  learned  the  baker's  trade  and  later  worked  on  steamboats,  remaining 
in  Pennsylvania  until  he  was  twenty,  when  he  went  to  Kentucky.  There  he  farmed  for  a 
time  on  the  Cumberland  river,  and  then  continued  his  travels  to  Denver,  Colorado.  In  the 
latter  city  he  obtained  a  position  as  baker  with  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  being 
assigned  duty  at  one  of  their  stone  quarries.  He  remained  there  for  three  years  and  then 
went  to  Silverton,  Colorado,  where  he  cooked  for  two  years.  His  next  removal  was  to 
Durango,  that  state,  where  he  conducted  a  hotel  for  two  years,  and  at  the  expiration  of 
that  period  became  manager  of  a  boarding  ear  on  the  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  serving  as  such 
until  1893,  following  which  he  removed  from  one  raining  camp  to  another  and  for  nine 
months  conducted  a  restaurant  at  Cripple  Creek.  From  there  he  came  to  Bisbee,  Arizona, 
where  he  opened  a  bakery,  that  he  conducted  with  a  good  measure  of  success  until  1901. 
In  the  year  last  named  he  removed  to  Douglas  and  established  a  bakery,  but  only  operated 
it  for  a  brief  period  and  then  went  into  the  retail  tobacco  business.  In  1905  he  'engaged 
in  the  furniture  business  and  continued  some  years  with  a  good  measure  of  success.  He  later 
embarked  in  motorcycle  and  bicycle  repair  business.  He  owns  his  store  building,  which  is 
located  in  the  heart  of  the  commercial  district,  and  a  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  a 
mile  and  a  half  from  the  city  limits.  , 

Mr.  Miller  was  married  in  Colorado  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years  to  Miss  Julia 
Miller,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  where  she  was  reared  and  educated,  coming  west  in  1887. 
She  was  left  an  orphan  in  childhood  and  is  the  youngest  of  the  three  surviving  members 
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294  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  her  family.     To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  was  born  a  daughter,  Mary  G.,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  1889,  and  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Frank  Barnett,  an  electrician  of  Douglas. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Jliller  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Knights 
of  Pythias,  Eagles,  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  His  political  sup- 
port he  accords  to  such  men  and  measures  as  he  deems  best  adapted  to  protect  the  highest 
interests  of  the  people.  He  is  public-spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship  and  takes  an  active 
iind  helpful  interest  in  all  municipal  affairs,  although  he  has  never  served  in  any  official 
capacity  save  as  a  member  of  the  first  school  board  in  Douglas.  Both  as  a  business  man 
and  private  citizen  Mr.  Miller  is  held  in  favorable  regard  by  his  fellow  townsmen,  among 
Whom  he  numbers  many  stanch  friends. 


ARTHUR  FLAG  SWITZER,  D.  D.  S. 

Dr.  Arthur  Flag  Switzer,  who  since  November,  1910,  has  practiced  dentistry  in  Flag- 
staff, was  born  in  Canada  in  1878  and  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  his  native  country.  He  afterward  became  a  student  in  the  Chicago  Dental 
College  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1901,  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.  He 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Manteno,  Illinois,  where  he  remained  until  Novem- 
ber, 1910,  when  he  went  to  Flagstaff  and  has  practiced  there  continuously  since  that  time. 
He  has  gained  recognition  as  one  of  the  most  able  and  successful  dentists  in  the  city  and 
by  his  labors,  his  high  professional  attainments  and  his  sterling  characteristics  has  justified 
the  respect  and  confidence  in  which  he  is  held  by  the  medical  fraternity  and  the  local  public. 

On  the  29th  of  July,  1903,  Dr.  Switzer  married  Miss  Jean  Norris  Breen,  of  Manteno, 
Illinois,  and  both  are  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Flagstaff.  The  Doctor  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  advancement  of  his  profes- 
sion, continually  broadening  his  knowledge  through  individual  research  and  investigation 
until  his  ability  places  him  today  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  dental  fraternity  in  his 
part  of  the  state. 


J.  M.  COSBY. 


J.  M.  Cosby  is  one  of  the  representative  citizens  of  Benson,  where  for  many  years  he 
successfully  conducted  a  general  mercantile  store.  During  that  time  he  invested  extensively 
in  real  estate  in  this  city,  toward  the  progress  and  development  of  which  he  has  contributed 
in  innumerable  ways.  He  was  born  near  Richmond,  Virginia,  in  1849,  and  is  a  son  of 
D.  L.  and  P.  P.  Cosby.  His  boyhood  and  youth  were  passed  in  the  home  of  his  parents, 
•who  were  in  limited  circumstances,  therefore  his  early  advantages  were  very  meager.  When 
Mr.  Cosby  was  twenty-six  years  of  age  he  crossed  the  plains  to  California,  in  various  portions 
of  which  state  he  resided  for  about  twenty  years.  In  1876  he  located  on  a  ranch  in  the 
vicinity  of  Bakersfield,  that  state,  where  for  four  years  he  devoted  his  energies  to  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  From  there  he  went  to  Fresno  and  engaged  in  the  breeding  and  raising 
of  swine,  which  he  let  range  in  the  foothills  and  forage  for  their  food.  He  followed  that 
industry  with  a  good  measure  of  success  for  seven  years,  during  two  of  which  he  also 
engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  business.  He  next  went  to  Traver,  California,  and  there  I 
establislied  and  conducted  a  mercantile  store  for  ten  months.  His  next  commercial  venture 
was  in  San  Diego,  that  state,  where  he  opened  a  boot  and  shoe  store  and  in  connection 
with  it  carried  a  stock  of  men's  furnishing  goods. 

After  conducting  that  establishment  for  two  years  Mr.  Cosby  came  to  Tempe,  Arizona, 
and  conducted  a  notion  store  for  a  similar  period.  He  became  very  much  interested  in  the 
bee  industry,  in  which  he  first  engaged  about  that  time  and  has  ever  since  followed  it  in  con. 
nection  with  his  other  business.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bee-Keepers  Associ- 
ation of  Arizona,  and  shipped  the  first  carload  of  honey  from  Tempe  to  Los  Angeles,  making 
the  consignment    in    1890.      Soon   afterward   he   removed   to   Mesa,   Arizona,   and   opened   a 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  295 

general  store,  which  he  conducted  for  six  years.  In  1897  he  went  to  Benson  and  became 
identified  with  the  business  interests  of  that  city.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  there  he 
founded  a  general  mercantile  store,  which  he  conducted  for  twelve  years,  when  he  had  the 
misfortune  to  be  burned  out.  Mr.  Cosby  is  not  the  type  of  man  to  be  vanquished  by  such 
an  experience,  however,  and  as  soon  as  he  could  adjust  his  affairs  resumed  operations.  He 
is  one  of  the  city's  enterprising  and  progressive  men  and  in  1909  he  promoted  and  con- 
structed the  Benson  canal,  wliich  was  built  for  the  purpose  of  irrigating  two  thousand  acres 
of  arid  land,  four  hundred  of  which  he  owned.  He  lias  since  disposed  of  a  portion  of  this 
tract  but  still  holds  the  title  to  two  hundred  and  forty  acres,  which  he  has  brought  to  a 
high  state  of  productivity,  transforming  it  from  a  desert  into  a  perfect  garden,  revealing 
tiie  rich  agricultural  possibilities  of  the  land  of  this  section.  In  1914  he  retired  from  active 
business. 

Mr.  Cosby  was  married  in  Virginia  in  1871  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Powell,  a  native  of  that 
state,  and  to  them  have  been  born  six  children,  all  of  whom  are  now  deceased  with  the 
exception  of  two  sons:  M.  Powell,  who  is  married  and  operates  a  rancli  in  the  valley  two 
miles  from  Benson;  and  John  R.,  who  isi  also  married  and  ranching  two  and  a  half  miles 
from  Benson.  In  order  of  birth  those  deceased  are  as  follows:  James  Melvin;  D.  L.;  one 
who  died  in  infancy;  and  A.  B.,  whose  death  occurred  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years. 

In  his  religious  views  Mr.  Cosby  is  a  Mormon,  and  his  political  support  is  given  such  men 
and  measures  as  he  deems  best  qualified  to  subserve  the  interests  of  the  majority.  He  is  a 
man  of  tireless  energy  who  zealously  pursues  his  undertakings  with  a  determination  of 
purpose  that  paves  the  way  to  success,  and  he  is  numbered  among  the  substantial  and  effi- 
cient citizens  of  the  community,  where  he  is  accorded  the  esteem  he  justly  merits  by  reason 
of  his  public-spirited  citizenship  and  stanch  loyalty  to  tlie  interests  of  the  city  and  the 
county  at  large. 


ERNEST  MUNSON,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Ernest  Munson  is  the  oldest  practitioner  of  optometry  in  Phoenix  and  his  skill  and 
ability  are  manifest  in  hfs  constantly  growing  practice.  He  also  has  other  business  interests 
and  the  city  has  come  to  recognize  him  as  a  resourceful,  enterprising  man  wliose  efi'orts 
are  of  worth  to  the  general  community.  He  was  born  in  Donovan,  Illinois,  April  28,  1875, 
and  in  the  acquirement  of  his  education  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  state.  Deter- 
mining upon  a  professional  career,  his  decision  concerning  a  life  work  was  indicated  in  the 
fact  that  he  became  a  student  in  the  Illinois  College  of  Ophthalmology  and  Otology,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1902.  The  following  year  he  came  to  Phoenix  and  in  the  length 
of  his  connection  with  practice  in  this  city  is  the  oldest  representative  of  the  profession. 
He  is  interested  in  every  question  bearing  upon  the  science  and  his  broad  knowledge,  long 
experience  and  notable  skill  have  brought  to  him  the  liberal  practice  which  he  now  enjoys. 
Dr.  Munson  was  one  of  those  who  succeeded  in  obtaining  the  passage  of  a  law  for  the 
regulation  of  the  practice  of  optometry  in  1907.  He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  board 
of  examiners  by  Governor  Kibbey  and  was  reappointed  by  Governors  Sloan  and  Hunt. 

In  1909  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Munson  Brothers,  being  joined  by  J.  and  L. 
Munson  for  the  purpose  of  canning  olives  and  manufacturing  pure  olive  oil.  They  have 
doubled  their  output  each  year,  putting  out  seventy-five  thousand  cans  of  olives  in  1915, 
and  the  demand  is  now  greater  than  the  supply.  Their  product  is  sent  all  over  the  United 
States  and  they  have  also  made  small  shipments  to  Canada  and  Germany.  They  follow  a 
process  of  their  own  which  produces  a  superior  flavor  in  the  olives  and  also  in  the  oil.  They 
have  a  twenty-acre  grove  of  olive  trees  and  they  also  buy  extensively  from  adjoining  groves. 
The  establishment  and  conduct  of  this  business  has  been  directly  beneficial  to  tlie  neighbor- 
hood, for  since  they  began  to  can  the  olive  that  edible  is  bringing  a  better  price  to  the 
growers  and  at  the  same  time  is  selling  cheaper  to  the  consumer.  Dr.  Munson  and  his 
brothers  have  demonstrated  possibilities  along  the  line  of  olive  production  in  this  state 
and  well  merit  the  success  which  has  come  to  them  in  the  development  of  their  business. 

On  the  19th  of  June,  1905,  Dr.  Munson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rae  E.  Callahan, 


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of  Chicago,  and  they  have  a  daughter  Alberta  Anna,  six  years  of  age,  and  a  son,  Ernest 
Raymond,  four  years  of  age.  The  parents  are  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
cimreh,  to  the  support  of  which  they  contribute  liberally,  while  in  the  various  departments 
of  church  work  they  are  deeply  interested.  Their  friends  are  many  and  wherever  they  are 
known  they  are  held  in  high  regard. 


HON.   SAMUEL  HUGHES. 


On  the  28th  of  August,  1915,  Hon.  Samuel  Hughes  reached  the  age  of  eighty-six  years, 
which  covered  the  period  of  his  active  life  and  also  marked  the  principal  era  of  development 
in  the  American  southwest,  bringing  to  that  section  prosperity,  civilization  and  government 
and  to  the  men  whose  interests  were  so  closely  allied  wealth,  accomplishment,  honor  and 
finally  rest  after  labor.  Mr.  Hughes  was  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers  in  Arizona  and  for 
well  over  half  a  century  intimately  connected  with  the  development  of  the  state  along 
many  lines,  and  the  retirement  which  he  enjoys  today  has  been  richly  merited  by  hard 
work  and  important  attainment  in  the  past.  He  was  born  in  Pembrokesliire,  Wales,  August 
28,  1829,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Edwards)  Hughes,  natives  of  the  same 
place. 

Mr.  Hughes  of  this  review  was  eight  years  of  age  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to 
America,  crossing  the  Atlantic  on  the  North  Star  sailing  vessel,  spending  sixty  days  upon 
the  journey  and  arriving  at  the  end  of  that  time  in  the  Philadelphia  harbor.  For  a  time 
he  worked  upon  a  farm  and  in  1844  moved  with  his  fatlier  and  mother  to  Allegheny  City, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  obtained  a  position  as  driver  of  a  canal  boat.  He  was  later  employed 
in  the  spinning  department  of  Blackstock's  cotton  factory  and  went  from  there  into  the 
blacksmithing  department.  Wlien  he  left  the  factory  he  worked  as  cabin  boy  on  a  steam- 
boat for  some  time  and  in  1849  made  his  first  trip  to  New  Orleans.  He  remained  there  for 
one  year  and  on  April  10,  1850,  turned  his  face  westward,  going  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
and  thence  across  the  plains,  driving  ox  teams.  He  went  by  way  of  Fort  Kearney,  crossing 
the  Platte,  Sweetwater  and  Green  rivers  and  arriving  in  Hangtown,  now  Placerville,  Cali- 
fornia, on  the  10th  of  .June,  1850.  In  the  spring  of  the  following  year  he  established  him- 
self in  the  restaurant  business  in  Yreka,  Siskiyou  county,  and  was(  successful  in  this  venture, 
remaining  connected  with  it  until  1852.  In  that  year  he  crossed  the  mountains  into  the 
Rogue  River  valley  in  Oregon,  there  discovering  the  rich  gold  gulch  at  Jacksonville.  He  was 
very  successful  in  his  mining  operations  and  remained  in  Oregon  for  over  a  year,  again 
crossing  the  mountains  in  the  fall  of  1853.  He  bought  the  Mountain  House,  now  known  as 
Cole  Station,  at  the  foot  of  the  Siskiyou  range,  on  the  California  side  of  the  line  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  and  tliere  conducted  a  stage  station  for  the  California  &  Oregon 
stage  line  until  1856,  when  he  returned  to  the  .Shasta  valley  and  engaged  in  stock-raising. 
He  followed  this  occupation  until  1858,  in  which  year  he  came  overland  with  mules  and 
horse  team  from  Los  Angeles  into  Arizona,  arriving  in  Tucson  in  March  of  the  same  year. 
He  is  today  the  oldest  living  white  settler  in  Arizona  and  there  is  no  phase  of  the  state's 
development  from  the  time  of  frontier  settlement  to  the  present  era  of  progress  and  pros- 
perity with  which  he  is  not  familiar.  He  took  an  active  part  in  many  battles  with  the 
Indians  both  in  the  Rogue  River  district  of  Oregon  and  with  the  Apuches  in  Arizona,  and 
he  is  acquainted  with  every  feature  of  Indian  life  and  warfare.  He  owned  nearly  all  of  the 
land  in  what  is  now  Tucson  and  there  is  no  one  who  has  done  more  for  the  pioneer  develop- 
ment of  the  county  than  he.  He  would  sell  to  any  honest  man  willing  to  work  whether  he 
had  money  or  not.  If  a  man  failed,  yet  was  honest,  Mr.  Hughes  would  trust  him  over  and 
over  again.  By  doing  this  way  he  says  he  "made  more  targets  for  the  Indians,"  but  if  he 
had  not  the  Old  Pueblo  and  its  surroundings  would  now  be  a  desert.  If  he  had  been 
penurious,  taking  advantage  of  his  fellowmen,  he  might  have  been  today  very  wealthy, 
but,  as  he  expresses  it,  "I  have  enough,  I  have  my  bag  of  beans  and  sack  of  flour."  He 
never  sought  to  gain  wealth.  He  was  too  busy  helping  others,  too  strongly  humanitarian 
in  spirit,  but  he  acquired  a  comfortable  competence  and  now  has  all  that  is  necessar.y  to 
meet  his  needs  and  make  him  comfortable.     His  word  has  ever  been  as  good  as  a  govern- 


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ment  bond  and  his  note  is  good  for  any  amount  he  might  wish  to  raise  upon  it.  He  has 
many  friends,  tried  and  true,  all  of  whom  delight  in  counting  "Sammy  Hughes,"  as  he  is 
called,  as  their  friend. 

Since  arriving  in  Arizona  Mr.  Hughes  has  been  a  factor  in  many  phases  of  the  city's 
development  and  has  been  connected  with  many  o'.  her  most  representative  industries, 
including  mining,  merchandising  and  banking,  and  he  has  been  important  in  political  circles 
also.  He  is  numbered  among  the  founders  and  organizers  of  the  city  and  among  the  most 
active  developers  of  her  business  interests,  organizing  the  first  bank  in  Tucson  and  "lying 
a  great  deal  of  his  attention  to  financial  interests.  He  was  at  one  time  president  of  the 
Santa  Cruz  Bank  and  a  director  in  many  other  similar  institutions,  his  business  prosperity 
forming  an  even  balance  with  his  political  activity.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
aldermen  in  Tucson  and  served  ably  and  conscientiously  for  seven  years,  later  becoming 
adjutant  general  of  Arizona  and  afterward  territorial  and  county  treasurei',  his  public  career 
being  distinguished  by  straightforward,  courageous  and  disinterested  work  in  the  service 
of  the  people  and  by  steadfast  support  of  all  measures  and  projects  making  for  reform, 
progress  and  advancement. 

Mr.  Hughes  was  married  in  Tucson,  Arizona,  to  Miss  Anastasia  Santa  Cruz,  who  was 
born  in  this  city  in  1850.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Juan  and  Mannela  (Borques)  Santa  Cruz, 
also  natives  of  Arizona,  the  former  a  soldier  in  the  Spanish,  Mexican  and  Indian  wars. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  became  the  parents  of  nine  children:  Elizabeth,  who  married  J.  Knox 
Corbett,  of  Tucson;  Frances,  the  wife  of  Frank  Treat;  Steven  S.;  David  L.;  Thomas  E., 
deceased;  Petra  E.,  the  wife  of  Frank  Landon;  Jessie  Anastasia,  the  wife  of  J.  C.  Bernhardt; 
Farrell  S.;  and  Mary. 

Mr.  Hughes  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  was  the  first  Mason  in  Tucson  and  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  tlie  Masonic  order  in  the  Old  Pueblo.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Arizona  Pioneer  Society,  serving  as  its  president  for  many  years.  At  all 
times  he  is  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  state,  among  the  builders  of  which  he  occupies 
a  prominent  place,  and  his  eff'orts  in  behalf  of  the  general  improvement  have  been  effective 
and  far-reaching.  Living  in  Arizona  for  fifty-eight  years,  he  is  one  of  the  best  known 
citizens  in  his  locality,  being  widely  recognized  as  a  man  of  tried  integrity  and  business 
enterprise  and  of  unfaltering  determination.  Now  that  he  has  passed  his  eighty-sixth 
year  he  is  enjoying  a  well  earned  rest,  counting  his  truest  success  in  the  honor  and  respect 
which  his  fellowmen  accord  him  and  in  the  loyalty  and  esteem  of  his  extensive  circle  of 
friends. 


A.   CASS   REDEWILL. 


A.  Cass  Redewill  is  vice  president  of  the  Redewill  Music  Company,  one  of  the  foremost 
commercial  enterprises  of  the  southwest,  for  through  the  efforts  of  its  founders  and  its 
stockholders  its  business  has  been  broadly  extended,  covering  an  area  that  reaches  from 
the  Rockies  to  the  Pacific.  The  name  of  Redewill  is  known  in  music  circles  throughout  the 
entire  west  and  stands  for  progressiveness  in  trade  and  for  high  standards  in  the  line  of 
musical  instruments  handled. 

A.  Cass  Redewill  was  born  in  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  a  son  of  A.  Redewill,  who  was  the 
■  first  piano  salesman   on  the   Pacific   coast — a  man   honored  and   respected  wherever  known 
and  most  of  all  where  he  is  best  known.    Extended  mention  of  him  is  made  on  another  page 
of  this  volume.     The   son   was   afforded   excellent   educational   opportunities,   supplementing 
his  public  school  education  by  graduation  from  the  University  of  California  with  the  class 
of  1903  on  the  completion  of  a  course  in   electricity.     He  followed  his  profession   in  New 
York  and  for  one  year  in  Baltimore  and  since  that  time  has  been  connected  with  the  Rede- 
will Music  Company,  which  was  established  by  his  father  in  1881.     The  father,  previously 
I  well  known   as   a   piano   salesman   along  the   coast   and  throughout   the   western   territory, 
[opened  a  house  in  Phoenix  for  the  sale  of  pianos  and  organs  and  such  was  his  wide  acquaint- 
ance and  his  business  ability  that  his  success  was  immediate.     Subsequently  the  business 
was  conducted  under  the  firm  style  of  A.  Redewill   &   Son   and   in   1900  was   incorporated 


298  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

under  the  name  of  tlie  Redewill  Music  Company.  In  1910  the  company  erected  a  splendid 
business  block  with  one  hundred  and  seventy  feet  front  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  and  a  half  feet.  When  completed  the  building  will  be  eight  stories  in  height. 
It  is  all  reinforced  concrete  construction  and  is  one  of  the  best  business  structures  in 
Phoenix.  The  company  occupies  a  storeroom  with  a  frontage  of  forty  feet  and  handles  a 
full  line  of  musical  instruments,  embracing  the  standard  makes  of  pianos  and  organs.  This 
is  the  largest  and  oldest  music  house  of  the  state.  Their  business  extends  througliout  the 
southwest  and  they  also  control  the  trade  on  several  lines  of  instruments  in  the  state  of 
Sonora,  Mexico.  The  liouse  is  conducted  along  a  most  progressive  policy  and  no  feature  of 
the  music  trade  is  unfamiliar  to  the  company.  The  Redewills  are  a  music-loving  family 
and  their  own  understanding  and  ability  in  the  field  of  musical  art  well  qualifies  them  to 
pass  judgment  upon  tlie  goods  which  they  handle. 

A.  Cass  Redewill  is  well  known  in  club  circles,  holding  membership  with  the  Arizona 
Club  and  being  an  honorary  member  of  the  Bachelors'  Club.  He  is  also  identified  with  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Klks.  On  April  6,  1913,  he  was  married  in  Plioenix  to  Miss 
Marie  Louise  Craven,  and  they  have  one  child,  A.  Cass,  Jr. 


E.  R.  REDEWILL. 


E.  R.  Redewill,  treasurer  of  the  Phoenix  house  of  tlie  Redewill  Music  Company,  was 
born  in  California  in  1881  and  in  tlie  acquirement  of  his  education  attended  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Phoenix.  He  has  always  been  connected  with  the  piano  trade,  entering 
his  father's  establishment  when  he  had  arrived  at  a  proper  age.  He  has  mastered  every 
piiase  of  the  business  and  his  energy  and  enterprise  are  constantly  instituting  new  methods 
for  the  development  of  the  trade,  which  is  now  of  extensive  proportions. 

In  December,  1904,  Mr.  Redewill  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Fickas,  of  Phoenix, 
and  they  have  a  daughter,  Elizabeth.  The  family  is  one  of  social  prominence,  the  Redewills 
occupying  a  leading  position  in  those  circles  where  intelligence  and  true  worth  are  accepted 
as  the  passports  to  good  society.  Like  his  brother,  E.  R.  Redewill  is  an  Elk.  Both  have 
many  friends  in  Plioenix  and  tlieir  worth  as  factors  in  its  commercial  circles  is  widely 
acknowledged. 


WILLIAM  G.  GILMORE. 


William  0.  Gilmore,  who  since  February  14,  1918,  has  been  county  attorney  of  Cochise 
county,  is  the  first  to  hold  this  office  under  the  new  state  laws  and  in  the  able  and  efficient 
discharge  of  his  duties  is  inaugurating  a  precedent  of  earnest,  upright  and  well  directed 
work  in  the  best  interests  of  the  eoiniiiunity.  He  was  born  near  St.  Mary's,  Oliio,  October 
13,  1866,  and  is  a  son  of  Augustus  and  Emma  Gilmore,  both  representatives  of  old  Ameri- 
can famflies.  The  paternal  ancestors  were  of  jiuie  English  stock  and  settled  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  in  1689.  Representatives  of  this  branch  took  a  prominent  part  in  com- 
munity affairs  for  many  years.  General  Q.  A.  Gillmore,  who  planted  the  famous  siege  gun 
called  the  Swamp  Angel  near  Charleston  in  the  Civil  war,  being  a  member  of  the  family. 
Mr.  Gilmore's  maternal  ancestors  settled  in  Maryland  in  1732  and  the  family  at  that  time 
was  of  pure  English  stock.  Since  then,  however,  strains  of  Scotch  and  Irish  blood  have 
been  grafted  in.  This  line  also  contains  many  well  known  historical  characters,  among 
whom  may  be  mentioned  Bishop  Latimer,  who  was  burned  at  the  stake  in  the  time  of 
Queen  Mary. 

AV'illiam  G.  Gilmore  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  scliools  of  his 
native  city  and  afterward  studied  law  in  the  Ohio  Northern  University  at  Ada,  graduating 
with  the  degrees  of  Master  of  Science  and  Bachelor  of  Law  in  June,  1893.  Upon  begin- 
ning his  business  career  he  did  not  immediately  engage  in  the  practice  of  his  profession 
but  spent   some   time  teaching  school,  first   in   Ohio   and   then   in   Arizona.     He   opened  his 


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fust  law  office  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  went  from  there  to  Bakersfield  and  finally 
to  Tombstone,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  general  practice,  meeting  with  that  success 
which  is  the  natural  result  of  his  knowledge,  industry  and  ability.  His  success  as  a  lawyer 
soon  drew  to  him  a  wide  recognition,  carrying  him  forward  into  important  relations  with 
public  life  along  lines  of  his  profession.  He  served  from  November  15,  1910,  to  November 
15,  1912,  as  city  attorney  of  Tombstone  and  on  February  14  of  the  latter  year  was  elected 
first  county  attorney  of  Cochise  county  under  the  state  laws.  He  has  proved  himself 
capable,  energetic,  farsighted  and  discriminating,  for  he  is  a  man  of  comprehensive  knowl- 
edge and  efTective  public  spirit,  interested  in  remedial  political  legislation  and  practical 
in  his  efl'orts  to  obtain  it.  He  has  done  effective  work  in  the  cause  of  penal  code  revision 
in  Arizona,  directing  his  efforts  with  special  reference  to  procedure  in  criminal  trials,  and 
his  knowledge  of  law  and  his  interest  in  legal  matters  he  makes  the  broad  basis  of  benefi- 
cial and  lasting  work  in  the  public  service. 

Mr.  Gilmore  was  married  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  October  9,  1903,  to  Miss  Minta 
Keach,  a  daughter  of  p'rank  M.  and  Anna  C.  Keach  and  a  descendant  of  Virginia  and 
Texas  stock.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gilmore  have  two  children:  Muriel,  aged  ten  years;  and 
William   Stuart,   aged   six. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Gilmore  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  in  tlie  latter  organization  he  has  attained  a  position  of 
distinction,  becoming  grand  chancellor  of  the  grand  domain  of  Arizona,  elected  November 
7,  1911,  for  a  term  expiring  in  March,  1913.  He  has  reached  a  position  of  precedence  in 
legal  circles  of  Tombstone  and  is  equally  prominent  in  political  life,  where  his  efforts  are 
constantly  directed  toward  progress,  advancement  and  reform.  He  has  in  large  meas\ire 
the  esteem  of  his  professional  associates,  the  respect  of  his  official  brethren  and  the 
regard  and  confidence  of  a  large  circle  of-  friends. 


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A.  T.  SOWLE. 


r  A.  T.  Sowle,  who   for  about  eighteen   years   has   been   employed  in   tlie   mercantile  de- 

partment of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company  and  is  now  manager  of  the 
Phelps-Dodge  Company  store  at  Lowell,  was  born  in  California  in  1874.  He  is  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (McGrury)  Sowle,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York  and  the  latter  of 
Ireland.  Both  parents  are  now  deceased,  the  father  having  passed  away  in  this  state  in 
1901,  wliile  the  mother's  death  occurred  in  1910.  To  them  were  born  two  other  children: 
Mamie,  wlio  died  at  the  age  of  eight  years;  and  Joseph,  who  was  killed  by  lightning  when 
he  was  a  youth  of  fourteen. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  A.  T.  Sowle  were  passed  in  California  and  Arizona,  his 
education  being  completed  in  a  business  college  in  his  native  state.  Having  resolved  to 
pursue  a  mercantile  career,  he  subsequently  entered  the  employ  of  the  Copper  Queen  Con- 
solidated Mining  Company  as  a  clerk  in  the  Bisbee  store  in  1895.  He  was  diligent  and 
applied  himself  attentively  to  the  duties  assigned  him,  so  that  he  won  the  recognition  and 
approval  of  his  superiors.  He  was  promoted  from  time  to  time,  serving  several  years  as 
department  manager,  and  later  he  was  made  superintendent.  He  retained  the  latter  posi- 
tion for  three  years  and  in  September,  1907,  was  made  manager  of  the  store  a1  Lowell,  now 
known  as  the  Phelps-Dodge  Company  store.  The  business  of  this  branch  has  increased  very 
largely  within  the  last  few  years,  and  in  1912  the  company  erected  a  new  building,  taking 
possession  of  the  same  on  December  3d  of  that  year.  It  is  a  thoroughly  modern  structure 
and  is  in  every  way  adapted  to  meet  the  needs  for  which  it  was  designed.  M™  Sowle 
makes  his  home  in  Bisbee,  where  he  owns  a  pleasant  residence  and  also  other  property. 
He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Building  &  Loan  Association  and  is  a  member  of  its  board  of 
directors,  and  he  also  owns   some  mineral  lands. 

In  1898  Mr.  Sowle  was  married  to  Miss  McNally,  a  native  of  Virginia  City,  Nevada, 
in  wliich  state  her  father  passed  away.  The  mother  later  removed  to  California  with  her 
family  and  there  her  death  occurred.  Mrs.  Sowle  was  reared  in  her  native  state  and  Cali- 
fornia  and  was  given  tlie   advantages  of  a   high  school  education.     She  is  the  younger  of 


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the  two  children  born  to  her  parents  and  the  mother  of  one  daugliter,  Marian  G.,  whose  birth 
occurred  on  the  15th  of  September,  1904. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sowle  are  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  His  political 
support  is  given  the  democratic  party,  and  for  two  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Bisbee  council.  In  matters  of  citizenship  Mr.  Sowle  is  public-spirited,  taking  an  active  and 
helpful  interest  in  all  movements  that  will  promote  the  progress  or  development  of  the 
community. 


G.   E.   NOLL. 


G.  E.  Noll,  who  since  November,  1901,  has  been  interested  in  the  Arizona  Laundry 
Company  and  as  such  is  a  well  known  representative  of  industrial  interests  in  Phoenix,  was 
born  in  Rogersville,  Ohio,  October  7,  1880,  and  after  acquiring  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  attended  a  college  at  Sheboygan,  Wisconsin.  He  was  twenty-one  years 
of  age  when  he  arrived  in  Plioenix  and  througliout  the  entire  period  of  his  manhood  he  has 
been  a  resident  of  the  southwest,  continuously  connected  with  the  laundry  business  in  the 
capital  city.  It  was  in  November,  1901,  that  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Arizona 
Laundry  Company,  wliich  had  been  organized  in  March  of  that  year  by  J.  J.  Kolberg, 
W.  K.  MauU  and  Frank  Ainsworth.  In  November  Mr.  Noll  became  a  partner  and  in  1905 
Mr.  MauU  sold  his  interest  to  the  other  partners.  The  present  officers  are  J.  J.  Kolberg, 
president,  and  G.  E.  Noll,  secretary.  Something  of  the  growth  and  volume  of  the  business 
is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  they  now  employ  lifty  people.  Their  plant  has  been  enlarged 
and  is  supplied  with  all  modern  machinery  and  the  excellent  work  turned  out  is  the  source 
of  their  growing  business,  which  is  now  both  gratifying  and  remunerative. 

In  1908  Mr.  Noll  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Pearl  Albrecht,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  His  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
his  religious  faith  is  evidenced  in  his  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  has  many 
attractive  and  pleasing  social  qualities  as  well  as  e.\cellent  business  qualifications  and  has 
made  for  himself  a  creditable  place  in  the  regard  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 


GEORGE  MIEYR. 


George  Micyr,  well  known  in  mining  circles  of  Bisbee  as  the  master  mechanic  of  the 
Copper  Queen  Mining  Company,  was  born  in  Michigan,  June  23,  1870,  a  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Kirchen)  MiejT,  natives  of  Germany,  the  father  having  come  to  America  when  a 
child.  In  the  family  were  twelve  children:  Nicholas,  who  is  a  miner  in  Michigan;  John, 
who  is  engaged  in  merchandising  in  Great  Falls,  Montana;  Annie,  the  wife  of  Joe  Krupp, 
yardmaster  of  the  Calumet  &  Hecla  Mining  Company  of  Calumet,  Michigan;  Lena,  who 
married  Peter  Thill,  of  Great  Falls,  Montana;  Mathew,  who  lives  in  Utah;  Charles,  a 
miner  in  Bisbee,  Arizona;  Frank,  also  a  resident  of  Bisbee;  George,  of  this  review;  Albert, 
a  machinist  in  Montana;  Eva,  Thomas  and  Edward,  all  of  whom  are  deceased. 

George  Mieyr  was  reared  in  Michigan  and  practically  grew  up  in  the  mining  camps  of 
that  state.  He  attended  district  school  until  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  and  then  served 
an  apprenticeship  in  a  machine  shop,  thus  early  laying  the  foundations  for  his  present 
efficiency  and  success.  When  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  he  left  his  native  state  and 
went  to  Great  Falls,  Montana,  where  he  worked  as  a  machinist  for  some  time,  being  also 
identified  with  construction  work  on  a  smelter  for  three  years.  He  afterward  traveled  in 
various  parts  of  the  west  until  1896,  when  he  settled  in  Bisbee,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  war  he  entered  the  navy  and  spent  one 
year  in  special  service.  Upon  his  discharge  he  returned  to  Bisbee  and  worked  as  a  regular 
machinist  until  1900,  when  he  went  to  Cananea,  Mexico,  as  master  mechanic  identified  with 
important  construction  work.  After  two  years  he  returned  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Douglas, 
where  he  was  made  master  mechanic  of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company,  resigning 


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in  1905  to  return  to  Bisbee.  Tliere  four  years  later  he  accepted  the  position  of  master 
mechanic  for  the  Copper  Queen  Company,  an  office  which  he  has  held  since  that  time.  He 
is  a  skilled  and  expert  mechanician  with  natural  mechanical  ability  which  has  been 
strengthened  by  long  experience,  and  he  has  met  with  success  in  handling  the  important 
matters  under  his  charge  because  he  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  his  business  in  principle 
and  detail.  With  the  aid  of  one  assistant  he  accomplishes  all  of  the  work  of  his  depart- 
ment for  the  great  corporation  with  which  he  is  identified,  giving  to  the  company  the 
efHcient  services  of  a  trained  specialist  as  well  as  a  shrewd  and  farsighted  business  man. 

In  September,  1898,  Mr.  Mieyr  married  Miss  Emma  Bauer,  a  native  of  Los  Angeles  and 
a  daughter  of  Absalom  and  Mary  Bauer,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Germany.  The  father 
was  for  many  years  prominent  in  the  meat  business  in  Los  Angeles  but  is  now  a  resident 
of  Bisbee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mieyr  have  two  children:  Madeline,  who  was  born  in  1901;  and 
George,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1907. 

Mr.  Mieyr  is  liberal  in  his  political  views  and  has  never  sought  public  office.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  Through  his  own  energy  and  enterprise  he 
has  won  success  in  his  chosen  line  of  work,  and  through  his  honorable  character  and  fidelity 
to  upright  principles  has  commanded  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellowmen. 


JOSEPH  PEARCE  SEXTON. 


Joseph  Pearce  Sexton,  who  combines  with  the  duties  of  city  engineer  of  Douglas 
important  professional  work  as  chief  engineer  for  the  Douglas  Improvement  Company,  is 
known  as  a  man  of  superior  scientific  attainments  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  and  one  whose 
skill  and  ability  have  brought  him  to  a  commanding  place  in  engineering  circles.  He  was 
born  in  Wallasey,  AVales,  June  35,  1873,  and  is  a  son  of  James  and  Esther  (Pearce)  Sexton. 
The  father  was  for  many  yearS  a  captain  in  the  service  of  the  White  Star  line,  having 
followed  the  sea  from  the  time  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age  until  his  death  in  1894.  His 
wife  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  San  Francisco,  California.  In  their  family  were 
five  children:  Frank,  who  is  engaged  in  the  automobile  business  in  San  Francisco;  Norman, 
a  prominent  architect  of  the  same  city;  Harold,  who  resides  in  Oakland,  California;  Dora, 
who  was  killed  in  the  San  Francisco  earthquake  and  who  was  the  wife  of  Archie  Cole,  a  sea 
captain ;  and  Joseph  Pearce,  of  this  review. 

Joseph  P.  Sexton  was  reared  in  England,  his  home  being  in  Waterloo,  near  Liverpool, 
until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  and  he  acquired  his  education  in  private  schools  there. 
He  began  his  active  life  by  going  to  sea  with  his  father  and  thus  spent  three  years,  finally 
landing  in  San  Francisco,  California,  where  he  remained  for  some  time.  From  there  he  went 
to  Sonoma  county,  that  state,  where  he  spent  two  years.  He  was  afterward  employed  as 
a  steam  engineer  on  the  Pacific  coast  until  1902,  gaining  during  that  time  prominence  and 
distinction  in  professional  circles.  The  high  position  which  he  achieved  as  chief  steam  and 
electrical  engineer  for  the  Spreckles  Company  at  Coronado  is  one  of  the  best  indications 
of  his  ability  and  of  the  high  regard  in  which  he  was  held. 

Mr.  Sexton  resigned  that  office  in  1903  and  came  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  where  he  became 
identified  with  the  Douglas  Improvement  Company,  installing  for  them  ice  and  electric 
plants,  telephone  system  and  water  works  in  the  city.  When  this  work  was  finished  he 
allied  his  interests  with  those  of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company,  becoming  chief  engineer, 
installing  the  sampling  works  and  completing  various  other  important  engineering  projects. 
At  length,  however,  he  resumed  his  connection  with  the  Douglas  Improvement  Company 
and  has  since  served  this  concern  in  the  capacity  of  chief  engineer.  He  is  recognized  as  a 
man  whose  comprehensive  general  knowledge  forms  a  solid  basis  for  his  special  training  and 
whose  professional  skill,  steadily  growing  greater  through  the  years,  has  gained  him  promi- 
nence and  a  distinguished  position  among  his  associates.  Mr.  Sexton  also  acts  as  engineer 
of  Douglas  and  the  city  is  to  be  congratulated  on  having  in  this  office  a  man  of  such  capa- 
bility, power  and  special  skill.  As  building  and  plumbing  inspector  he  is  doing  important 
work,  and  he  is  also  interested  in  residence  property  and  in  oil  and  mining  concerns. 

On  January  1,  1898,  Mr.  Sexton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Williams,  a 


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native  of  California  and  a  daughter  of  E.  B.  and  Elizabeth  (Beecher)  Williams,  the  former 
a  pioneer  of  1849,  who  established  himself  in  the  flour  milling  business  in  California  in  that 
year  and  later  settled  in  San  Diego,  where  lie  died  in  1890.  Mrs.  Williams  survives  him  and 
makes  her  home  in  Douglas.  They  had  two  children:  Mary,  the  wife  of  Frank  Sexton, 
of  San  Francisco,  California;  and  Elizabeth,  who  by  her  marriage  to  Joseph  P.  Sexton  has 
become  the  mother  of  five  children:  Frances,  who  was  born  in  October,  1898,  and  is  now 
attending  school;  Josepli  P.,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  1901  and  who  is  also  attending  school; 
James,  who  was  bom  in  1906;  Tliomas,  deceased;  and  Elizabeth,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  1911. 

Mr.  Sexton  is  a  stanch  democrat  and  active  in  support  of  the  policies  and  principles  of 
that  party.  He  has  iield  no  political  offices  beyond  those  in  connection  with  his  profession, 
preferring  to  do  his  public  service  in  a  private  capacity.  He  is  a  devout  adherent  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  and  fraternallj-  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order.  Since  coming  to 
Douglas  he  has  been  an  important  factor  in  professional  circles,  and  liis  prosperity  is  well 
deserved.  He  is  a  public-spirited  man,  giving  his  cooperation  to  every  movoinont  which 
tends  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  his  work  has  had  an  important  bearing 
upon  general  progress,  development  and  advancement. 


JESSE  W.  ELLISON. 


The  life  of  the  southwest  is  an  open  book  to  Jesse  W.  Ellison,  now  living  retired  in 
Phoenix,  who  was  born  in  Brazos  county,  Texas,  and  has  spent  all  of  his  life  in  this  part 
of  the  country,  engaged  principally  in  the  stock  business.  A  great  deal  of  the  breadth  of 
view,  the  energy  and  initiative  spirit  so  characteristic  of  the  section  has  been  engendered  and 
developed  in  his  character  and  these  qualities  have  been  salient  features  in  a  success  which 
places  him  among  the  substantial  men  of  the  community  where  he  made  his  home  for  so 
many  years.  He  formerly  controlled  one  of  the  largest  stock  ranches  in  Gila  county,  keeping 
over  five  thousand  head  of  cattle  upon  over  twenty-five  thousand  acres  of  fine  land  fifty 
miles  northeast  of  the  Roosevelt  dam.  and  he  conducted  his  extensive  interests  in  an  able 
and  profitable  manner,  aided  greatly  by  his  long  experience  in  that  line  of  work. 

His  birth  occurred  September  22,  1841,  and  he  is  a  son  of  Jesse  and  Isabelle  (Steward) 
Ellison,  who  removed  from  Alabama  to  Texas  in  1836.  There  the  father  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  stock  business  with  such  remarkable  success  that  at  the  time  of  his  death  he 
owned  more  than  five  thousand  acres  of  land,  upon  which  were  several  hundred  head  of 
cattle.  The  estate  was  divided  among  his  children  after  his  demise,  which  occurred  in 
1849.  His  wife  survived  him  many  years,  dying  in  1878.  Of  their  children  eight  grew  to 
maturity,  all  being  now  deceased  except  the  subject  of  this  review  and  one  sister,  Louisa, 
who  resides   in   Shackelford  county,  Texas. 

After  acquiring  a  limited  education  in  such  schools  as  his  native  locality  afforded  in 
those  days,  Jesse  W.  Ellison  began  his  independent  career,  going  to  Mexico  in  1858  and 
there  engaging  in  the  horse  and  slieep  business  in  the  employ  of  others  for  one  year.  He 
received  for  his  services  ten  dollars  per  month.  In  1860  he  resigned  and  went  to  the  Texas 
frontier  as  a  member  of  a  ranging  company  which  in  February,  1861,  captured  Camp 
Cooper,  a  United  States  government  post.  He  continued  in  the  service  until  July,  1861, 
when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Lampasas,  Texas,  and  from  there  went  to  McLennan  county, 
that  state,  where  <iii  the  12tli  of  August,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army.  He 
served  during  that  fall  in  Arkansas  and  Missouri  and  after  wintering  in  tlie  former  state 
was  sent  in  the  following  spring  to  Mississippi  with  an  infantry  regiment  and  took  jmrt 
in  the  battle  of  Corinth.  In  October  he  was  transferred  to  a  cavalry  regiment  and  served 
in  Georgia,  Alabama.  Tennessee  and  Mississippi,  taking  part  in  the  famous  campaign  in  the 
first  mentioned  state.  He  was  detailed  for  scout  duty  and  with  nine  others  did  important 
work  in  tearing  up  the  railroads  throtighout  the  state.  At  one  time  the  wrecking  party 
carried  the  rails  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  a  pond  where  they  were  sunk  to  the  bottom  with  the 
expectation  that  tliis  would  effectually  stop  the  transportation  of  rations  to  General  Sher- 
man's army.     However,  on  the  following  morning  the  road  was  found  to  be  again  in   per- 


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feet  order  and  the  train  came  through  with  rations  and  ammunition  and,  as  Mr.  Ellison 
often  afterward  remarked,  the  joke  was  on  himself  and  his  companions.  He  served  with 
credit  and  ability  for  four  years  during  the  Civil  war  and  after  receiving  his  honorable  dis- 
charge went  to  Texas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  in  McLennan  county  until 
1876.  From  1869  to  1874  he  drove  cattle  through  to  Kansas,  which  was  then  the  principal 
market  for  that  section  of  Texas.  In  1876  he  sold  a  portion  of  his  herd  and  drove  the 
remainder  into  Shackelford  county,  Texas,  where  he  continued  in  business  until  1885,  when 
lie  again  disposed  of  his  stock  and  went  to  Globe,  Arizona.  He  afterward  shipped  eighteen 
hundred  head  of  cattle  to  Bowie,  Arizona,  and  from  there  drove  them  across  the  mountains 
to  the  Salt  River  valley,  locating  with  his  family  near  Payson,  Arizona,  where  he  remained 
until  1891,  when  he  moved  fifty  miles  northeast  of  the  Roosevelt  dam  and  si.xty  miles 
north  of  Globe.  There  he  conducted  an  extensive  and  profitable  stock  business,  managing 
over  twenty-five  thousand  acres  of  fine  grazing  land,  which  was  fenced  and  excellently 
improved.  In  1913  Mr.  Ellison  disposed  of  his  ranch  interests  and  located  in  Plioeni.x, 
where  he  now  lives  retired.  He  understood  the  stock  business  in  principle  and  detail,  was 
farsighted  in  all  business  dealings,  and  the  success  which  he  attained  is  well  deserved, 
rewarding  a  life  of  unremitting  labor. 

On  Ecbruary,  14,  1864,  Mr.  Ellison  married  Miss  Susan  M.  Smith,  who  was  born  in 
Rusk  county,  December  17,  1844,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Henry  M.  and  Sarah  (Hall)  Smith. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ellison  became  the  parents  of  eight  children:  Pearl  G.,  who  with  his  wife 
and  four  children  resides  in  Globe;  Helen  D.,  who  is  the  wife  of  Governor  Hunt  of  Arizona 
and  has  one  daughter;  Lena,  at  home;  Rosa,  who  married  R.  Campbell  and  died  leaving 
two  children ;  Minnie,  the  widow  of  J.  C.  Ellison  and  the  mother  of  five  children ;  Mattie, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Ben  Nail  and  at  her  death  left  three  sons,  all  of  whom  resi'de  in 
Globe;  .Jesse  T.,  who  with  his  wife  and  two  children  resides  on  a  ranch  in  Gila  county; 
and  Denia,  who  was  the  wife  of  F.  I.  Kline,  of  Phoenix,  by  whom  she  has  four  children. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Ellison  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  order,  having  filled  all  of  the 
chairs  up  to  that  of  senior  warden.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party 
and  while  a  resident  of  Yavai)ai  county  served  as  supervisor,  holding  the  same  position 
for  several  terms  in  Gila  county.  He  is  a  public  spirited  citizen  and  popular  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  resides,  his  unfeigned  cordiality  and  uniform  courtesy  gaining  him  the 
warm  friendship  and  lasting  regard  of  all  with  whom  he  comes   in  contact. 


T.   A.   RIORDAN. 


The  southwest,  rich  in  its  natural  resources  whicli  as  yet  have  not  been  overworked  by 
the  claimant  for  wealth,  ofi'ers  splendid  opportunities  to  the  enterprising  business  man  and 
in  this  connection  T.  A.  Riordan  merits  prominent  mention,  for  he  is  conducting  important 
and  extensive  interests  as  the  president  of  the  Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company  of 
Flagstafi',  in  whicli  capacity  he  controls  a  foremost  commercial  and  industrial  concern.  He 
was  born  in  Chicago  in  1858  and  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  that  city, 
while  in  the  school  of  experience  he  has  learned  many  valuable  lessons.  After  reaching 
manhood  he  was  for  some  time  engaged  In  the  flour  business,  after  which  he  sold  out  and 
removed  to  the  west,  making  his  way  to  Arizona,  to  which  state  his  brother,  M.  J.  Riordan, 
had  previously  gone  on  account  of  his  health.  He  arrived  in  Flagstaff  in  1886,  at  which 
time  his  eldest  brother,  D.  M.  Riordan,  was  engaged  in  the  sawmill  business  and  in 
that  undertaking  the  two  younger  brothers  eventually  joined  him,  the  three  remaining 
together  in  the  undertaking  until  1897,  when  T.  A.  and  M.  J.  Riordan  and  F.  W.  Sisson 
bought  the  interest  of  D.  M.  Riordan  and  organized  their  interests  under  the  name  of  the 
Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company,  T.  A.  Riordan  becoming  president  of  the  company. 
He  is  largely  responsible  for  its  growth  and  prosperity,  and  while  a  man  of  modest  and 
unassuming  nature,  he  deserves  credit  for  the  large  and  thriving  enterprise  which  he  has 
developed.  The  company  operates  extensively  along  the  line  indicated  in  the  firm  title  and 
their  business  is  "rowing  year  by  year.     T.  A.  Riordan  is  also  interested  in  stock  and  land 


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and  is  a  stockholder  in  several  banks  and  otlier  business  concerns,  all  of  which  contribute 
to  the  development  and  growth  of  the  county. 

In  1889  Mr.  Riordan  was  married  to  Miss  Caroline  Metz,  of  Cincinnati,  whose  fatlier 
was  a  prominent  tobacco  grower  and  merchant.  Mrs.  Riordan  is  a  sister  of  his  brother's 
wife  and  by  her  marriage  she  has  become  the  mother  of  two  daughters,  Mary  and  Anna. 
The  plan  of  Lake  Mary  was  conceived  and  developed  by  Mr.  Riordan  and  was  named  after 
his  elder  daughter. 

The  family  are  members  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mr.  Riordan  is  a  generous  con- 
tributor to  charitable  and  benevolent  work.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  the  democratic 
party  but  he  never  seeks  nor  desires  office.  He  has  traveled  widely,  gaining  that  broad 
knowledge,  culture  and  experience  which  only  travel  can  bring.  He  is  a  man  of  tine  per- 
sonal appearance,  of  genial  manner  and  cheerful  disposition  and  ever  looks  upon  the  bright 
side  of  things.  The  consensus  of  public  opinion,  by  reason  of  his  strong  personal  char- 
acteristics, his  business  ability,  his  devotion  to  the  public  good  and  high  standards,  places 
him  among  the  representative  and  prominent  citizens  of  the  state. 


JAMES    MARKS. 


James  Marrs,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Tombstone,  was  born  in  Fayette  county.  West 
Virginia,  August  15,  1856.  He  is  a  son  of  James  J.  and  Mildred  (Rhodes)  MaiTS,  natives 
of  Virginia,  the  former  of  whom  followed  the  shoemaker's  trade  throughout  his  life.  Both 
parents  passed  away  in  their  native  state.  To  their  union  were  born  three  children: 
Eliza,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Blake  of  Virginia;  James,  of  this  review;  and  .Tohn,  wlio  died  in 
Virginia  in  1878. 

James  Marrs  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Virginia  and  after  laying 
aside  his  textbooks  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  remaining  in  his  native  state  until 
1866  and  then  removing  to  Missouri,  where  he  made  his  home  for  twelve  years.  In  1878 
lie  abandoned  agricultural  pursuits  and  went  to  Leadville,  Colorado,  where  he  spent  eight 
months  in  the  mines,  coming  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  remained. 
For  a  time  he  engaged  in  teaming  and  in  hauling  ore,  and  he  worked  at  various  other 
occupations  until  May  10,  1897,  when  he  started  a  liquor  business  in  Tombstone,  which 
he  conducted  until  1914.  He  now  operates  a  pool  room.  All  of  his  business  interests  are 
carefully  and  ably  managed  and  he  has  gained  that  success  which  always  rewards  earnest, 
straightforward  and  well  directed  labor.  He  has  accumulated  a  comfortable  fortune,  owning 
besides  his  fine  home  in  Tombstone  and  his  store  extensive  interests  in  three  mines  in 
different  parts  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Marrs  has  two  children,  Mildred  and  Virginia.  He  had  a  son,  .John,  who  died  in 
Tombstone  wlien  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age.  Fraternally  Mr.  Marrs  is  connected 
with  Opeka  Lodge,  No.  15,  I.  0.  R.  M.,  and  Bisbee  Lodge,  No.  671,  B.  P.  0.  K.  His  family 
are  members  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  has  resided  in  Tombstone  for  a  number  of  years 
and  has  ever  enjoyed  in  the  fullest  degree  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellowmen,  his 
worth  as  a  man  and  a  citizen  being  widely  acknowledged. 


WALTER  TALBOT. 


Walter  Talbot  one  of  Arizona's  leading  merchants,  and  for  more  than  twenty-five  years 
holding  a  foremost  place  in  the  mercantile  life  of  Phoenix,  is  one  of  that  city's  successful 
business  men. 

Mr.  Talbot  comes  from  an  old  New  England  family,  one  that  dates  far  back  into  the 
early  settlement  of  that  section  of  the  country.  He  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
November  14,  1844,  and  in  that  state  received  his  early  education.  His  parents  Josiah  H. 
and  Eliza  (Foster)  Talbot  removed  with  their  family  to  Minnesota  in  1859,  and  in  186.3 
they  became  residents  of  Chicago. 


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It  was  in  that  city  that  Walter  Talbot  made  his  initial  step  in  the  business  world, 
being  connected  with  the  wliolesale  grain  trade.  He  was  also  connected  with  the  Board 
of  Trade,  but  attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  growing  southwest,  he  removed  to 
Phoenix  in  February,  1888,  and  entered  the  hardware  business  in  partnership  with  George 
E.  Hubbard,  of  Grand  Haven,  Michigan,  under  the  firm  name  of  Talbot  &  Hubbard.  Mr. 
Hubbard  died  in  1889.  The  partnership  was  thus  terminated,  since  which  time  Mr.  Talbot 
has  been  alone  in  business  retaining  the  original  firm  name.  The  business  was  incorporated 
in  1912  as  Talbot  &  Hubbard.  Tlie  business  of  Talbot  &  Hubbard,  in  its  various  lines,  has 
long  been  one  of  the  leading  ones  in  its  line  in  the  state  with  a  reputation  for  commercial 
integrity  surpassed  by  none. 

Notably  prompt,  energetic  and  reliable  in  all  of  his  business  relations,  Mr.  Talbot  has 
in  a  large  measure  those  essential  qualities,  which  are  too  often  lacking,  good  judgment 
and  common  sense.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  republican,  believing  firmly  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  party  as  factors  in  good  government.  In  1900  he  was  chosen  mayor  of  Phoenix 
and  gave  to  the  city  a  businesslike  and  progressive  administration.  He  served  as  a  member 
of  the  capitol  building  committee,  has  been  regent  of  the  university  and  at  all  times  is 
interested  in  those  movements  which  are  looking  to  the  betterment  of  the  state  along  the 
lines  of  material,  intellectual,  political,  social  and  moral   progress. 

Mr.  Talbot  married  Miss  Henrietta  Hubbard,  of  Grand  Haven,  Michigan,  and  they 
became  parents  of  two  daughters.  Edith  is  now  Mrs.  Will  C.  Barnes,  and  Miriam,  is  now 
tlie  wife  of  Dr.  Aneil  Martin,  of  Phoenix,  and  has  two  sons,  Walter  Talbot  and  Donald. 


JESSE  YOUKUM. 


Jesse  Youkum,  a  well  known  resident  of  Cochise  county,  has  been  actively  identified 
with  its  development  and  is  prominent  in  realty  circles  in  Warren  and  an  active  member 
of  the  Bisbee  Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  native  of  Decatur,  Illinois,  his  birth  occurring  on  the 
15th  of  March,  1871,  and  a  son  of  B.  F.  T.  and  Sally  Youkum,  who  were  born  and  reared 
in  Ohio,  the  mother  having  come  from  Pickaway  county,  that  state.  The  father  entered 
the  Union  army  as  a  private  in  the  Ninety-nintli  Illinois  Cavalry  during  the  early  days  of 
the  Civil  war  and  was  mustered  out  three  years  later  with  the  rank  of  sergeant.  In  his 
family  were  four  children,  our  subject  being  the  third  in  order  of  birth.  The  eldest  member 
of  tlie  family,  F.  B.,  is  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  while  Mrs.  Nellie  Magee  makes 
her  home  in  Inglewood,  that  state,  and  Fannie  died  in   1881   at  Genoa,  Nebraska. 

Jesse  Youkum  was  reared  in  Nebraska  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  old  Indian 
chool  at  Genoa  and  also  at  Columbus,  that  state.  His  energies  were  early  directed  along 
ommercial  lines,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  butcher  busi- 

*^nes8  at  Omaha,  with  his  father  and  brother,  F.  B.  Youkum.  They  conducted  this  enterprise 
for  four  years  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  disposed  of  it  and  removed  to  EUenwood, 
J^ebraska.  where  Jesse  Youkum  bought  an  interest  in  a  drug  store  but  was  connected  with 
that  busines  for  only  a  brief  time.  In  1886  he  removed  to  California  and  later  located  in 
Ban  Diego,  where  for  about  three  years  he  held  the  position  of  assistant  steward  at  the 
Doronado  Hotel.  Resigning  that  position  in  1891  he  went  to  Santa  Monica,  California,  and 
established  a  wholesale  and  retail  liquor  store  and  also  engaged  in  the  artificial  ice  business. 
Leaving  there  in  1899  Mr.  Youkum  removed  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  but  after  a  year's 
residence  in  that  city  he  went  to  Tucson.  Six  months  later  he  went  to  Clifton,  Arizona, 
vhere  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  soda  and  he  also  established  a  bakery  and  grocery 
business  there  and  at  Morenci.  In  1903  he  disposed  of  his  interests  at  both  points  and  went 
io  Bisbee.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  there  he  identified  himself  with  real  estate  interests 
by  becoming  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  J.  E.  Thompson  &  Company,  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected until  1908.  He  next  became  an  agent  for  the  Warren  Company  and  has  ever  since 
been  connected  with  their  real  estate  department.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  Warren  & 
Bisbee  Railroad  from  September,  1911,  until  January,  1914.     Mr.  Youkum  resides  in  War- 

'  ren,  where  he  owns  an  attractive  home  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  community  affairs. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Bisbee  Board  of  Trade  ever  since  he  located  in  Cochise  county. 


310  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  is  also  connected  with  the  Landlord  Company  of  tliat  city,  and  is  assistant  secretary  of 
the  Cochise  Building  &  Loan  Association. 

In  1892  Mr.  Youkuiu  was  married  to  Miss  Emelia  Vaclie,  a  native  of  San  Bernardino, 
California,  and  a  daughter  of  Adolpli  Vache,  a  well  known  wine  manufacturer  of  southern 
California,  who  now  resides  at  Santa  ilonica.  Mrs.  Youkum.  who  is  the  eldest  in  a  family  of 
seven  cliildren  kept  house  for  her  father  after  the  death  of  her  mother,  which  occurred  when 
she  was  a  girl  of  fifteen  years,  and  cared  for  tlie  other  children.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Youkum 
nave  been  born  a  daughter  and  a  son:  Jessie,  who  was  born  in  1893  and  is  completing  her 
education  in  a  convent;  and  Emile  B.,  wliose  birth  occurred  in  1895.  After  leaving  high 
school  he  spent  the  year  1913  in  the  employ  of  the  Thompson,  Towle  Company,  brokers  of 
New  Y'ork  city,  and  in  1914  entered  the  University  of  Arizona,  where  he  remained  one  year, 
in  the  fall  of  1915  he  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Michigan  in  Ann  Arbor.  He  is 
very  active  in  athletic  sports  and  has  been  a  leader  in  the  local  teams. 

In  matters  of  religious  faith  the  family  are  Roman  Catholics.  Mr.  Youkum  has  been 
affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs, 
and  has  three  times  .been  delegate  to  the  Grand  Lodge  since  1891.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  president  of  the  Warren  District  Commercial 
Club  and  served  for  two  years  as  secretary  of  the  Warren  District  Country  Clvib.  Politically 
ne  supports  the  democratic  party,  and  although  he  is  public-spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship 
he  does  not  figure  prominently  in  municipal  affairs,  never  having  aspired  to  an  official  position. 
Kach  year  is  witnessing  an  advance  in  the  career  of  Mr.  Youkum,  who  is  meeting  with  suc- 
cess in  the  development  of  his  imdertakings  in  Arizona  and  has  acquired  some  mining  inter- 
ests in  Mexico. 


GEORGE  B.  WILCOX. 


Campaigning  in  the  southwest  is  an  old  story  to  Geoige  B.  Wilcox,  who  was  for  a 
number  of  years  connected  with  tlic  army  and  is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  war. 
A  native  of  the  Empire  state,  he  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  then  took 
up  the  study  of  pharmacy.  When  in  the  hospital  service  of  the  United  States  army,  which 
he  joined  in  1885,  he  was  detailed  for  duty  in  southern  Arizona  and  in  Mexico  and  for  some 
time  was  at  Fort  Bowie  and  other  points  in  the  southwest.  From  1889  until  1891,  inclusive, 
he  was  steward  and  assistant  superintendent  of  the  territorial  asylum  at  Phoenix  and 
afterward  went  to  Bisbee  as  head  clerk  in  the  Bisbee  drug  store,  in  which  he  remained  for 
five  years.  Following  the  outbreak  of  the  war  with  Spain  he  again  donned  the  soldier's 
uniform,  becoming  a  first  lieutenant  of  Troop  B,  First  United  States  Volunteer  Cavalry. 
He  served,  however,  with  the  rank  of  captain,  as  the  commander  of  the  company  was  shot. 

When  the  war  was  over  and  the  country  no  longer  needed  his  aid,  Mr.  Wilcox  returned 
to  Bisbee  and  was  appointed  a  clerk  of  the  United  States  court  in  the  second  district  by 
President  Roosevelt.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Phoenix  since  1910,  when  he  purchased  the 
Adams  Pharmacy,  which  was  established  when  the  Adams  Hotel  was  first  built  and  was 
opened  by  Thomas  McGrath.  It  has  passed  through  several  changes  in  ownership,  at  one 
time  being  the  property  of  Dr.  Craig  and  J.  C.  Adams,  who  sold  to  Fen  S.  Hildrcth,  the 
predecessor  of  Mr.  Wilcox,  who  from  1910  to  1913  was  proprietor  of  this  old  and  well  known 
establishment,  having  a  large  and  finely  appointed  store  in  which  lie  carritd  an  extensive 
line  of  drugs  and  druggists'  sundries.  He  built  up  a  large  business  and  continued  operating 
the  store  until  1913  when  he  sold  out  to  the  Western  Wholesale  Company,  of  Los  Angeles, 
California. 

In  1888  Mr.  Wilcox  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jennie  E.  Rowe,  of  Michigan.-and 
to  them  were  bom  seven  children,  of  whom  one  is  now  deceased.  Those  still  living  are: 
Georgia  B.,  the  wife  of  Harry  Kohlberg,  of  Globe,  Arizona;  C.  Leslie;  Helen  J.;  Bruce  L.; 
Ruth;  and  Harold  R. 

Mr.  Wilcox  is  an  active  republican,  deeply  interested  in  the  success  and  welfare  of  liis 
party  and  ever  taking  a  helpful  part  in  promoting  its  growth  and  insuring  its  success.  He 
is    prominent    and    popular    in    various    fraternal    organizations,    holding    membership    with 


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the  Masons,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  experiences  in  the 
southwest  have  been  varied  and  interesting  and  iiis  life  story  if  written  in  detail  would 
present  many  interesting  and  unique  chapters.  With  the  settlement  of  the  southwest, 
obviating  the  necessity  for  any  extensive  armed  military  forces  here,  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  commercial  pursuits  and  in  his  chosen  field  has  met  with  well  merited  success,  his 
fellow   citizens   welcoming  him   to   the   business    circles    of   Phoenix. 


PETER  RYAN. 


The  name  of  Peter  Ryan  figures  in  commercial  circles  in  Phoenix  in  connection  with 
the  sale  of  vehicles  and  farm  machinery.  In  the  course  of  an  active  life  he  has  traveled 
largely  over  this  country  but  in  1907  went  to  Phoenix  and  witli  the  belief  that  the  city 
oifered  good  opportunities  determined  to  make  his  home  there.  He  is  a  native  of  Edwards- 
ville,  Illinois,  born  November  12,  1867.  His  youthful  days  brought  him  the  usual  experiences 
of  the  farm  lad  wlio  aids  in  the  work  of  the  fields,  assisting  in  the  task  of  plowing,  planting 
and  harvesting  through  the  spring  and  summer  months  while  the  winter  seasons  are  devoted 
to  the  acquirement  of  a  public  school  education.  He  did  not  desire  to  make  farming  his 
life  work,  however,  and  began  traveling  for  the  McCormick  Harvesting  Machine  Company 
which  he  represented  in  Minnesota  for  thirteen  years.  He  then  went  to  Spokane,  Washing- 
ton, as  manager  for  the  Minneapolis  Threshing  Machine  Company,  his  territory  covering 
the  northwest.  In  this  connection  he  became  well  known  to  the  farm  implement  trade  and 
gained  a  knowledge  of  the  business  which  is  considered  a  potent  element  in  his  present 
success.  His  brother,  M.  .T.  Ryan,  was  with  the  Deere  &  Weber  Company,  of  Minneapolis. 
In  1907  Peter  Ryan  arrived  in  Plioenix  and  in  the  spring  of  1908  established  the  business 
of  which  he  is  now  the  head.  In  May,  1911,  he  organized  the  Ryan  Vehicle  Company,  in 
connection  with  his  brother,  M.  J.  Ryan,  but  in  1914  purchased  his  brother's  interest  in  the 
business.  He  has  a  store  fifty  by  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  and  a  half  feet  and  handles 
a  full  line  of  farm  machinery  including  the  best  makes  upon  the  market.  His  business  is 
constantly  growing  and  constitutes  one  of  the  important  commercial  enterprises  of  the  city. 
In  1894  Mr.  Ryan  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret  E.  Murphy,  of  Le  Sueur, 
Minnesota,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  six  children.  He  and  his  family  are  communi- 
cants of  the  Catholic  church  and  he  belongs  to  the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters  and  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  being  a  grand  knight  in  the  latter.  Labor,  earnest,  persistent  and 
unfaltering,  has  constituted  the  key  which  has  unlocked  to  him  the  portals  of  success. 
Whatever  he  has  undertaken  he  has  faithfully  executed  and  as  the  years  have  passed  he 
has  progressed  in  a  bu.siness  way  until  he  is  now  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  important  com- 
mercial houses  of  Plioenix,  enjoying  an  enviable  reputation  for  reliability  and  progres- 
siveness  as  manifest  in  modern  business  methods. 


JAMES  R.   NORTON. 


James  R.  Norton  has  built  up  an  extensive  and  lucrative  business  in  Benson,  where  he 
is  recognized  as  a  progressive  and  successful  business  man,  the  proprietor  of  a  feed,  hay 
and  grain  store.  He  was  born  in  Tennessee,  February  21,  1850,  and  is  a  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Jane  (Crabtree)  Norton,  the  former  a  native  of  Michigan  and  the  latter  of  Tennessee. 
Both  parents  have  passed  away,  dying  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  only  three  years 
of  age.  Tliey  have  three  children:  Frances  E.,  deceased;  James  R.,  of  this  review;  and 
Nettie  J.,  who  has  passed  away. 

James  R.  Norton  was  reared  in  Arkansas  and  began  his  active  career  in  that  state, 
obtaining  a  position  in  a  doctor's  office  and  holding  it  until  after  he  was  twenty-one  years 
of  age.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits,  which  he  followed  in  Arkansas 
for  several  years,  and  later  went  to  Missouri,  where  he  farmed  successfully  for  some  time. 
From  Missouri  he  went  south  to  Texas,  where  he  rented  land  and  engaged  in  farming  and 


312  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

freighting  for  nine  j-ears,  after  which  he  continued  his  identification  with  both  occupations 
in  New  Mexico.  At  the  end  of  four  years  spent  in  that  state  he  came  to  Arizona,  locating 
in  Willcox  in  1892.  There  he  carried  on  a  general  freighting  business  for  two  years  and  at 
the  end  of  that  time  went  to  Phoenix.  He  resumed  his  farming  operations  on  land  twenty- 
six  miles  southwest  of  the  city,  where  for  seven  years  and  a  half  he  engaged  in  general 
Hgricultural  pursuits  and  stock-raising.  When  he  removed  to  Benson  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  business  affairs,  establishing  himself  in  the  hay,  feed  and  grain  business,  with  which 
he  is  still  connected.  His  enterprise  has  constantly  grown  along  substantial  lines  and  has 
now  reached  gratifying  proportions,  Mr.  Norton  having  secured  a  liberal  patronage  in  recog- 
nition of  his  straightforward  methods  and  his  reasonable  prices. 

In  1888  Mr.  Norton  married  Miss  Anna  O'Brien,  a  native  of  Texas  and  a  daughter  of 
James  O'Brien,  of  Arkansas.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Norton  were  born  seven  children:  Adelia  K., 
the  wife  of  Abe  Walker,  of  Dragoon,  Arizona,  and  the  mother  of  four  children;  Amelia, 
the  wife  of  James  Boozenbark,  of  Dragoon,  Arizona,  and  the  mother  of  two  children;  Frances 
L.,  Royal  A.,  and  Anna  Nita,  who  are  attending  school;  and  two  children  who  died  in 
infancy. 

Mr.  Norton  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  while  a  resident 
of  Arkansas  served  as  constable.  He  is  not,  however,  desirous  of  political  preferment  and 
has  never  held  office  during  his  residence  in  Arizona.  In  business  life  he  has  displayed  careful 
management  and  keen  discernment  and  his  watchfulness  and  diligence  have  constituted 
important  elements  in  the  success  he  is  today  enjoying. 


MERRILL  P.  FREEMAN,  LL.  D. 

From  pioneer  times  to  the  present  day,  Merrill  P.  Freeman  has  been  closely  associated 
with  the  history  of  Tucson  and  of  Arizona,  wherein  he  has  been  a  mbst  potent  factor  in 
business,  politics,  and  education,  his  activities  so  varied  and  so  far-reaching  in  effect  as  to 
make  his  record  an  integral  part  of  the  state's  history. 

Dr.  Freeman  was  born  in  Ohio,  in  February,  1844,  but  was  only  three  years  of  age 
when  the  family  changed  residence  to  Iowa  and  only  eight  when  a  start  was  made  across 
the  plains  with  ox  teams.  There  was  hard  training  for  him  on  the  way,  for  everyone, 
however  yoimg,  had  a  part  of  the  burden  to  bear,  and  to  him  was  assigned  the  task  of 
assisting  in  driving  the  loose  cattle,  which  he  did  till  towards  the  end  of  the  journey,  when 
his  pony  was  stolen  by  the  Indians.  Five  months  were  required  to  complete  the  journey 
to  California.  There  only  little  Indian  boys  were  available  as  companions  and  playmates. 
In  1857  he  returned  to  the  east,  by  the  Isthmus  route,  and  completed  a  four-years  academic 
course.  Then  the  plains  again  were  crossed  by  ox  team,  and  this  time  regular  guard  duty 
against  the  Indians  formed  a  part  of  his  work  for  the  tedious  five  months  of  travel. 

He  became  a  resident  of  Nevada  in  1862  and  in  that  state  devoted  about  eighteen 
years  to  banking  and  mining.  He  also  acted  as  agent  at  various  places  for  the  WeUs 
Fargo  Express  Company,  and  at  the  time  of  the  completion  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad, 
in  1869,  was  in  charge  of  the  western  terminus  of  its  overland  stage  line.  Again  and  again 
he  was  called  upon  to  fill  public  office,  acting  as  regent  of  the  University  of  Nevada,  receiver 
of  the  T'nited  States  Land  Odice,  postmaster,  county  treasurer  and  chairman  of  the  repub- 
lican central  committee  of  his  county. 

During  the  winter  of  18S0-81  Dr.  Freeman  came  to  Arizona,  to  look  after  mining  inter- 
ests, and  established  his  home  in  Tucson.  There  he  has  since  remained.  In  1884  lie  was 
appointed  postmaster  of  Tucson.  This  office  he  resigned  in  1887  to  become  cashier  of  the 
Bank  of  D.  Henderson.  This  institution,  after  a  number  of  changes,  now  is  perpetuated  in 
the  Consolidated  National  Bank  of  Tucson.  In  1888  he  left  (he  Consolidated  National,  later 
to  establish  the  ganta  Cruz  Valley  Bank,  now  the  Arizona  National  Bank,  another  of  the 
state's  strong  moneyed  institutions.  Still  later  he  became  connected  again  with  the  Con- 
solidated National  Bank,  as  its  president,  and  in  that  position  directed  its  activities  till 
ill  health   forced   his  retirement   in    1911.     Throughout,  his   executive  ability,  keen   insight 


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and  capacity  for  solving  intricate  financial  problems  were  valuable  asset-s  to  the  banks  of 
Tucson. 

Since  retiring  from  a  business  life,  his  personal  habits  seem  only  to  have  been  diverted 
into  channels  of  activity  at  least  as  valuable  to  the  community  and  the  state.  Of  great- 
est importance,  to  posterity  as  well  as  to  the  people  of  today,  have  been  his  researches 
into  the  history  of  tlie  soutliwest,  leading  to  publications  of  large  value  to  the  student 
and  of  keenest  interest  to  the  public  generally.  The  Editor  here  desires  to  acknowledge 
his  own  indebtedness  to  Dr.  Freeman,  whose  investigations  into  the  old  traditions  and 
records  have  been  made  not  only  with  patient  skill  but  have  been  drawn  to  conclusions 
set  forth  with  clearness  and  common  sense.  His  work  has  been  done  in  a  spirit  of  local 
patriotism  tliat  the  worker  himself  modestly  might  define  as  "something  that  interested 
me  and  that  occupied  my  spare  time."  But  the  results  have  been  such  that  Dr.  Freeman's 
name  has  been  more  permanently  written  into  Arizona's  history  than  it  could  have  been 
upon  any  monument  of  bronze  or  of  marble.  In  this  connection  he  has  acquired  a  historical 
library  of  more  than  five  hundred  volumes,  bearing  on  the  west  in  general,  but  more  speci- 
fically the  southwest,  some  of  them  very  rare,  many  long  out  of  print  and  difficult  to  secure. 
A  number  of  these  works  are  from  one  to  two  hundred  years  old. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Freeman  is  a  Mason,  initiated  into  the  order  in  1870.  Since  that  time 
lie  has  passed  tlirough  its  various  brandies  and  upon  him  has  been  conferred  the  honorary 
thirty-tliird  degree.  He  has  been  grand  master  of  two  separate  jurisdictions,  Nevada  and 
Arizona,  an  unusual  distinction,  and  has  been  president  of  the  Association  of  Past  Grand 
blasters  of  Arizona. 

Ho  has  left  deep  impress  of  his  individuality  upon  tlie  history  of  Arizona's  educational 
progress.  In  1889  he  became  a  member  of  the  board  of  regents  of  the  University  of  Arizona 
and  at  intervals,  occupied  tliat  position  for  more  than  sixteen  years,  for  ten  years  serving 
us  chancellor.  This  service  to  the  university  and  the  territory  was  recognized  in  1911,  when, 
following  nomination  by  Governor  Sloan,  he  was  formally  invested  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws.  The  investiture,  in  the  presence  of  the  university  faculty  and  student 
body  and  of  many  gratified  friends,  followed  presentation  by  Dr.  A.  H.  Wilde,  president 
of  the  university,  whose  characterization  of  the  candidate  the  Editor  feels  should  here  be 
reproduced.  In  all  brevity,  it  told  that  Merrill  Pingree  Freeman  had  been  "one  who  has 
been  constant  and  conspicuous  in  his  service  to  this  community,  to  the  state  and  to  the 
imivcrsity,  in  adherence  to  the  principles  and  practice  of  sound  banking,  in  civic  loyalty, 
in  wise  counsel,  in  generous  beneficence,  in  devotion  to  every  detail  of  his  office  as  regent 
and  chancellor,  in  hopeful  confidence  in  tlie  present  and  in  the  future  promise  of  the  uni- 
versity." 

Tucson's  public  library  was  started  more  than  thirty  years  ago  by  Dr.  Freeman's  gift 
of  one  hundred  volumes.  From  him  also  came  the  start  of  the  library  of  the  Old  Pueblo 
Club  of  Tucson.  Still  again  his  generosity  and  inclinations  were  made  manifest  when  he 
gave  more  than  one  hundred  books  of  fiction,  history  and  science  to  the  Tucson  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  as  a  nucleus  for  a  third  library. 

It  is  pleasing,  indeed,  to  write  even  as  brief  a  sketch  as  this  in  covering  the  record  of 
a  man  whose  life  so  largely  has  been  devoted  to  unselfish  labor  and  in  whose  mind  his 
fellow  man  ever  has  had  so  large  consideration,  one  whose  honesty  of  purpose  never  has 
been  questioned  and  whose  civic  influence,  large  and  often  exerted,  ever  has  been  recog- 
nized as  for  good.  That  these  attributes  have  met  with  appreciation  within  his  lifetime, 
this  most   material  age,  is  most  gratifying. 


JOSEPH  LEFEBVRE. 


Joseph  Lefebvre,  a  well  known  business  man  of  PirtlevlUe,  has  passed  the  greater  part 
of  his  life  in  Cochise  county,  although  he  is  a  native  of  California,  his  birth  having  occurred 
in  San  Francisco  in  1872.  The  family  removed  to  Arizona  in  1886,  locating  in  Tucson,  where 
the  father  established  a  bakery  and  laundry,  which  he  conducted  with  good  success  for  more 
than  twenty  years.     In  1909  he  disposed  of  his  business  and  lived  retired  until  hi.s  death. 

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For  two  years  after  his  retirement  he  lived  in  Paris,  France,  but  returned  to  America  on 
the  29th  of  September,  1912,  and  made  liis  home  with  our  subject  in  Douglas  until  he  passed 
away  on  December  29tli  of  that  year.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  who  is  seventy-three  years 
of  age  and  makes  her  home  with  her  son,  Joseph,  whose  twin  brother,  Henry,  is  a  foreman 
in  the  C.  &  A.  Smelter  of  Douglas.     They  are  the  only  children. 

The  education  of  Joseph  Lefebvre  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
where  lie  passed  the  first  fourteen  years  of  his  life.  He  remained  at  home  until  he  wa» 
eighteen  and  then  started  out  for  himself.  He  began  his  business  career  as  a  laborer  with 
a  railroad  construction  crew,  but  applied  himself  to  his  work  with  diligence  and  intelligence 
that  won  the  recognition  of  his  superiors.  As  a  result  he  was  promoted  from  time  to  time 
until  lie  became  foreman,  in  which  capacity  he  served  the  El  Paso  &  Soutliwestern  Railroad 
Company  for  seven  years,  and  was  identified  with  the  C.  &  A.  Smelter  for  a  similar  period. 
Thrifty  and  temperate  in  his  habits,  he  managed  to  save  a  goodly  portion  of  his  earnings, 
and  in  1910  he  established  a  general  mercantile  store  at  Pirtleville,  a  suburb  of  Douglas, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Joe  Lefebvre  &  Son.  He  applied  himself  diligently  to  the  develop- 
ment of  that  enterprise,  adopting  a  business  policy  tliat  commended  liim  to  the  confidence 
of  the  people.  Disposing  of  his  store  in  1913,  he  is  now  engaged  in  building  flats  for  rent. 
He  has  acquired  extensive  mining  interests  in  Mexico  and  some  property  in  Cochise  county, 
including  his  beautiful  residence  on  Pirtle  avenue,  and  is  numbered  among  the  substantial 
citizens  and  capable  business  men  of  Douglas. 

In  1893  Mr.  Lefebvre  married  Miss  R.  Gallardo,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Tucson,  as 
were  also  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Gallardo,  of  whose  marriage  there  was  bom 
another  daughter,  Frances,  the  wife  of  A.  Moscoso,  of  Los  Angeles,  California.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lefebvre  have  four  children:  Charley,  born  on  the  2d  of  August,  1895;  Josephine,  born 
November  11,  1900;  Ernest,  born  in  June,  1906;  and  Albert,  born  on  the  10th  of  May,  1912. 
The  daughter  and  second  son  are  attending  the  public  schools  of  Douglas. 

The  family  are  of  the  Catholic  faith,  and  fraternally  Mr.  Lefebvre  is  a  member  of  the 
Moose  and  tlie  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  votes  the  republican  ticket  and  during  the  period 
of  his  connection  with  the  commercial  interests  of  Pirtleville  served  for  a  year  as  postmaster. 
He  is  a  musician  of  more  than  average  ability  and  for  many  years  was  a  member  of  the 
Calumet  &  Queen  band,  of  which  he  was  the  manager  at  the  time  of  his  resignation  in 
1912.  He  is  one  of  the  enterprising  men  of  the  community  and  is  conducting  his  business 
along  progressive  lines  keeping  abreast  of  modern  improvements.  In  matters  of  citizen- 
ship he  is  public-spirited  and  can  be  depended  upon  to  give  his  supjiort  to  every  wortliy 
enterprise,  and  enthusiastically  indorse  all  movements  inaugurated  to  promote  the  welfare 
of  the  community. 


E.  T.  COLLINGS. 


During  his  residence  of  fifteen  years  in  Arizona  E.  T.  Collings  has  become  well  known 
in  both  agricultural  and  commercial  circles.  During  the  early  period  of  his  residence  in  this 
state  lie  owned  and  conducted  a  fruit  and  alfalfa  ranch  and  in  later  years  has  been  at  the 
head  of  the  Collings  Vehicle  &  Harness  Company.  He  is  also  widely  known  because  of  his 
inventive  genius,  which  has  given  to  the  public  a  valuable  farm  implement.  His  life  history 
had  its  beginning  in  Indiana  in  1866.  The  years  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  were  there  passed 
and  his  public-school  education  was  supplemented  by  a  year's  study  in  a  university.  He 
then  entered  business  circles  in  his  native  state,  in  which  he  remained  until  lie  reached  the 
age  of  thirty-five  years,  when  the  opportunities  of  the  southwest  lured  him  to  this  section 
of  the  country  and  he  arrived  in  Arizona  in  1901.  Soon  afterward  he  purchased  an  orange 
grove  and  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  planted  to  alfalfa.  He  bent  every  energy 
toward  the  benefit  of  his  ranch,  but  at  length  returned  to  commercial  pursuits,  selling  his 
acreage  property  and  taking  up  his  abode  in  Phoenix,  wliere  he  established  a  vehicle  and 
implement  business  under  the  name  of  the  Collings  Vehicle  &  Harness  Coinjiany,  dealing  not 
only  in  vehicles  but  al.so  in  farm  machinery.  His  stock  includes  vehicles  and  macliinery  of 
standard   makes   and   he   has   himself   invented   and   patented   an    alfalfa   cultivator   that    is 


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meeting  with  a  big  sale,  liis  patent  being  taken  out  on  tlie  lltli  of  September,  1913.  In 
putting  this  machine  upon  the  market  he  met  a  want  in  alfalfa  cultivation,  for  liis  own 
experience  had  taught  him  the  need  of  such  a  farm  implement  and  Iiis  inventive  genius  led 
to  its  production.  Mr.  Collings  is  widely  conversant  with  conditions  in  the  southwest  bear- 
ing upon  its  development  and  the  utilization  of  its  natural  resources  and  has  faith  in  the 
future  of  the  state.  He  has  served  as  a  director  of  the  Hoard  of  Trade  of  Phoenix  and  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Phoenix  high  school  and  in  many  ways  has  contributed  to  the  progress  and 
welfare  of  the  city  in  which  he  makes  his  home. 

In  1886  Mr.  Collings  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Pauline  Woodward  and  to  them 
have  been  born  a  son  and  daughter:  Paul  E.,  now  twenty-two  years  of  age;  and  Mary 
Josephine,  seventeen  years  old.  Mrs.  Collings  holds  membership  in  the  Methodist  church 
and  Mr.  Collings  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of 
Pytliias  fraternity.  Those  who  meet  him  socially  find  him  a  genial,  courteous  gentleman, 
and  those  who  meet  him  in  his  business  relations  know  him  to  be  a  reliable,  enterprising 
man,  prompted  in  his  efforts  by  laudable  ambition  and  controlled  by  honorable  purpose. 


N".  PORTER  SADDLE  &  HARNESS  COMPANY. 

The  business  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  N.  Porter  Saddle  &  Harness  Company  was 
established  in  1897  by  N.  Porter,  who  came  to  Arizona  from  Abilene,  Texas.  He  had  served 
in  the  war  as  a  Confederate  soldier  and  was  always  allied  with  southern  interests.  In 
1897  he  removed  from  the  Lone  Star  state  to  Arizona,  and  continuing  in  tlie  line  of  business 
in  which  he  had  formerly  been  engaged,  opened  a  harness  and  saddlery  establishment  in 
Phoenix.  From  the  beginning  the  new  enterprise  prospered  and  in  a  comparatively  short  space 
of  time  a  good  trade  had  been  secured,  while  with  passing  years  the  business  has  rapidly 
increased.  In  June,  1906,  the  death  of  N.  Porter  occurred,  since  which  time  his  sons,  E.  H., 
F.  S.  and  J.  R.  Porter,  have  succeeded  to  the  business,  which  they  are  now  carrying  on.  It  is 
tlie  largest  store  in  its  line  in  Arizona.  They  carry  their  own  makes  of  harness  and  saddlery 
and  enjoy  an  extensive  patronage,  for  anytliing  needed  in  this  line  can  be  found  in  their 
establishment,  while  their  business  methods  are  at  all  times  reliable.  Their  store  has  a 
frontage  of  twenty-five  feet  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  feet.  From  eight 
to  twelve  men  are  employed  and  their  manufactured  products  are  notable  for  their  durability 
and  their  excellence  of  finish.  Their  trade  iias  grown  with  the  settlement  of  this  section 
of  the  country  and  the  brothers  are  maintaining  the  high  standards  established  by  their 
father,  standards  which  have  made  the  name  of  the  N.  Porter  Saddle  &  Harness  Company 
a  synonym  for  enterprise  and  progressiveness  in  the  business  circles  of  Phoenix. 


JAMES    S.   GRIFFIN. 


James  S.  Griffin,  well  known  in  real-estate  and  insurance  circles  in  Phoenix,  is  one  of 
the  young  business  men  of  the  city  whose  advancement  is  attributable  to  enterprise  and 
perseverance  combined  with  laudable  ambition.  Illinois  numbers  him  among  her  native 
sons,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Castleton,  that  state,  on  the  1st  of  June,  1872.  His  youth 
was  passed  in  a  manner  similar  to  that  of  most  boys  of  the  locality  and  period,  and  when 
his  school  days  were  over  he  made  his  initial  step  in  the  business  world  by  securing  employ- 
ment in  a  clothing  store  in  Henry,  Illinois.  In  1893  he  arrived  in  Arizona,  making  his  way 
to  Phoenix,  where  he  secured  employment  with  Greene,  the  Hatter.  He  became  interested 
in  the  real-estate  business  in  connection  with  Mr.  Greene  in  1904,  but,  carefully  saving  his 
earnings,  was  at  length  enabled  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account,  and  leaving  the 
firm  in  January,  1912,  he  opened  an  independent  real-estate  office  in  the  month  of  April. 
He  is  now  conducting  both  a  real-estate  and  insurance  business  and  has  secured  a  good 
clientele.  He  has  thoroughly  informed  himself  concerning  property  values  and  makes  a 
specialty   of   handling   Marinette   and   Glendale   fruit    lands.     His   study   of   the   real-estate 


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market  and  property  conditions  has  made  liim  well  informed  concerning  the  properties  that 
are  for  sale  and  he  is  tlierefore  able  to  secure  for  purchasers  what  they  desire  and  also  to 
ably  handle  real  estate  for  sale. 

In  1895  Mr.  Griffin  was  married  to  Miss  Delia  K.  Kalfus,  of  Phoenix,  and  they  have 
one  son,  Jatk.  Mr.  Griffin  is  a  well  known  and  popular  member  of  the  local  lodge  of 
Elks.  During  the  many  years  of  his  residence  in  Phoenix  he  has  become  widely  known  and 
has  a  constantly  increasing  cucle  of  friends,  for  his  genial  companionship  and  sterling 
worth  have  gained  for  him  the  warm  regard  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in 
contact. 


GEORGE  HAGEMAN. 


George  Hageman  is  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  important  industrial  enterprises  of  Phoenix. 
He  has  never  feared  that  laborious  attention  to  detail  so  necessary  to  success  and  at  the 
same  time  his  ability  enables  him  to  successfully  control  and  develop  important  interests. 
A  native  of  Iowa,  he  was  born  in  Buchanan  county,  mi  January  2(),  1870,  and  during  his 
youthful  days  mastered  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Independence, 
Iowa.  After  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  and  the  time  had  come  for  him  to  enter  business 
circles,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  hardware  trade  and  to  plumbing  and  for  thirty  years 
has  been  engaged  in  these  lines,  in  which  he  does  expert  work,  being  familiar  with  every 
phase  of  the  business.  In  1901  he  organized  the  George  Hageman  Company,  under  which 
name  he  is  now  conducting  his  interests.  He  does  sheet  metal  manufacturing  and  carries 
on  a  wholesale  and  retail  plumbing  e.><tablishment.  occupying  a  building  one  hundred  by 
one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  feet.  His  patronage  has  increased  steadily  from  the  beginning 
and  something  of  tlic  i)r()portions  of  his  business  at  the  present  date  is  indicated  in  the  fact 
that  he  now  employs  a  large  and  competent  force  of  men:  indeed,  he  has  the  largest  estab- 
lishment of  the  kind  in  Arizona  and  his  success  is  well  merited,  as  it  is  the  direct  i-esult 
of  close  application,  fair  dealing  and  unremitting  energy. 


JAMES  H.  KINNEY. 


.lames  If.  Kinney  is  a  pioneer  of  the  southwest  and  the  history  of  its  development  has 
long  been  familiar  to  liim.  Almost  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  come  and  gone  since  he  arrived 
in  Phoenix,  and  throughout  the  intervening  period  he  has  been  closely  associated  with  its 
interests  as  a  public  official  and  as  a  business  man,  his  attention  being  now  given  to  real- 
estate  dealing.  lie  was  born  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  in  1862,  a  son  of  John  and 
Bridget  Kinney,  and  is  of  Irish  descent.  In  the  early  'COs  the  parents  removed  to  Michigan, 
where  their  remaining  days  were  passed,  the  father's  death  occurring  in  1871. 

As  the  family  were  in  limited  financial  circumstances,  making  it  necessary  that  James 
H.  Kinney  should  early  begin  to  earn  his  own  living,  he  had  but  limited  educational  oppor- 
tunities, but  in  the  school  of  experience  he  has  learned  many  valuable  lessons  as  the  years 
have  gone  on.  In  his  youthful  days  lie  worked  in  the  lumber  woods  and  on  a  farm  and 
he  has  never  been  afraid  of  earnest  toil.  He  was  yet  a  young  man  of  twenty-five  when  in 
1887  he  went  to  the  Indian  Territory,  where  he  remained  for  R  year  and  a  half.  The  spring 
of  1889  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Phoenix,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  firm  of 
Fowler  Brothers.  He  was  afterward  employed  by  Frank  Parker  and  others  and  also  spent 
two  years  in  mining.  As  time  went  on  he  improved  his  opportunities  to  the  best  of  his 
ability  and  at  length  became  enabled  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account.  In  1891 
be  established  a  transfer  and  hack  line  and  conducted  the  business  for  ten  years.  He  was 
'then  elected  to  the  office  of  city  marshal  and  his  capable,  faithful  and  fearless  service  led  to 
his  reelection  until  he  had  served  for  three  terms,  or  six  years.  On  his  retirement  from 
that  office  in  1907  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  real-estate  business,  in  which  he  is  now 
engaged.      He   has    thoroughly   acquainted    himself    with    property   values   here,   knows    the 


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real-estato  market  and  has  made  contimious  advancement  in  gaming  a  large  clientele, 
hi  1910  he  was  elected  city  treasurer  and  held  that  office  until  May,  1914. 

On  the  10th  of  January,  1895,  Mr.  Kinney  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Angle  G. 
Hand,  the  widow  of  Isaac  Hand,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Phoenix.  To  them  have  been  born 
six  children,  one  of  whom  has  passed  away,  while  those  still  living  are:  Helen  M.,  James 
J.,  Angle  A.,  Edward  J.  and  Frances  M. 

Mr.  Kinney  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternity,  also  to  the  Fraternal  Brother- 
hood, and  for  the  past  fifteen  years  has  been  a  member  of  the  volunteer  fire  department. 
His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  is  unfaltering 
in  support  of  its  principles,  yet  never  sacrifices  the  public  good  to  partisanship.  His  has 
been  a  very  active  life  and  whatever  success  he  has  achieved  is  the  result  of  his  own  efforts. 
He  has  worked  diligently  and  persistently,  has  been  faithful  and  trustworthy  in  public 
office  and  has  gained  for  himself  a  creditable  name  and  place  in  Phoenix. 


ALBKET  G.  WATKINS. 


Albert  0.  Watkins,  division  foreman  for  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Com- 
pany, is  one  of  the  most  valuable  and  able  men  in  the  employ  of  that  concern  and  he  is 
also  connected  in  this  way  and  as  a  stockholder  with  various  copper  mining  interests  in 
Bisbee.  He  was  born  in  Wisconsin,  April  4,  1868.  and  is  a  son  of  C.  C.  and  Emma  L.  (Ellis) 
Watkins,  the  former  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  latter  of  England.  A  more  extended 
mention  of  Mr.  Watkins'  parents  is  fotind  on  another  page  in  this  volume  in  connection 
with  the  sketch  of  Elwyn  A.  Watkins. 

Albert  G.  Watkins  removed  to  Santa  Cruz  county,  Arizona,  with  his  parents  and  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  began  working  in  the  mines.  He  was.  therefore,  practically  reared  to 
that  occupation,  which  he  has  since  mastered  in  principle  and  detail,  making  a  varied,  prac- 
tical experience  the  basis  of  his  intelligent  and  able  work.  He  filled  various  positions  in 
and  around  the  mines  of  Santa  Ciniz  county  until  1886,  when  he  went  to  Bisbee,  where  he 
has  since  been  identified  with  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company.  Mr.  Watkins  began  as  a 
tool  nipper  and  steadily  worked  his  way  upward,  becoming  carman,  then  miner  and  tira- 
berman  and  then  shift  boss.  He  went  from  the  latter  position  to  that  of  division  fore- 
man, which  position  he  has  filled  ably  and  well  for  the  past  seven  years.  He  has  given 
to  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company  over  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  honorable  and  faith- 
ful service,  proving  reliable,  trustworthy  and  straightforward  in  business  relations  and 
skillful  and  expert  in  the  performance  of  his  duties.  He  has  made  some  very  judicious 
investments  in  the  course  of  years — investments  dictated  by  sound  and  discriminating  busi- 
ness judgment — and  he  now  owns  some  valuable  mining  stock  and  important  holdings  in 
residence  property  besides  his  own  attractive  home  on  Quality  Hill. 

Mr.  Watkins  was  married  .June  3,  1894,  to  Miss  Mary  C.  Watkins,  a  distant  relative. 
She  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  daughter  of  Thomas  B.  and  Hanna  B.  (Davis)  Watkins, 
in  whose  family  were  five  children.  Hazel,  the  eldest,  married  William  E.  Powell,  of 
Dodgevillc,  Wisconsin,  and  they  have  two  children:  Mrs.  James  Bennett,  of  Milwaukee; 
and  Mrs.  Clarence  Rubido,  of  Cameron,  Wisconsin.  Mary  C.  is  the  wife  of  the  subject  of 
this  review.  Barbara  became  the  wife  of  Richard  Thomas,  of  Rewey,  Wisconsin.  Elizabeth 
married  Arthur  1j.  Davis,  of  Wales,  Wisconsin,  and  they  have  one  child,  Marian.  John  B., 
the  youngest  child  in  this  family,  lives  in  Barneveld,  Wisconsin.  He  is  married  and  has 
three  sons,  Stanley,  Howard  and  Milford.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  G.  Watkins  became  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Florence,  born  February  6,  1895;  and  Barbara  L..  whose  birth 
occurred  November  26,  1896.     Both  have  attended  Downer  College  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Watkins  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
has  passed  through  all  the  chairs  in  the  local  organization  and  is  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Lodge.  He  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but,  while  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship,  never  seeks  public  office.  He  is,  however,  interested  in 
the  cause  of  education  and  is  president  and  chairman  of  the  local  school  board.  While  his 
life  has  been  quietly  passed,  its  record  nevertheless  contains  lessons  of  value,  for  it  shows 


320  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

what  can  be  accomplished  by  a  determined  and  persistent  spirit  and  honorable  dealings. 
He  now  occupies  a  position  among  the  prosperous  residents  of  Bisbee,  and  the  most  envious 
cannot  grudge  him  his  success,  so  wortliily  has  it  been  won.  , 


HENHY  K.  BEHN. 


The  success  that  follows  individual,  earnest  effort  has  come  to  Henry  K.  Behn,  whose 
residence  in  Arizona  dates  from  1890.  while  since  1910  he  has  lived  in  Phoenix,  being  now 
manager  for  the  Arizona  Hardware  Supply  Company.  A  native  of  Gennany,  he  acquired 
his  education  in  tlie  schools  of  that  country  and  on  attaining  his  majority  crossed  the 
Atlantic  to  the  United  States.  He  spent  some  time  in  Iowa  and  Nebraska  and  In  fact 
throughout  the  entire  period  of  his  residence  in  the  new  world  has  remained  on  this  side 
the  Mississippi.  In  1884  he  went  to  Colorado  and  thence  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico.  He 
also  spent  some  time  in  California,  where  lie  engaged  in  mining  and  also  carried  on  busi- 
ness along  commercial  lines.  In  1890  he  went  to  Prescott  and  was  identified  with  mining 
interests  in  that  locality  until  1900,  when  he  turned  his  attention  to  merchandising,  in 
which  he  continued  until  the  Ist  of  January,  1910.  He  is  now  manager  of  the  Arizona 
Hardware  Supply  Company,  which  was  organized  on  the  1st  of  May  of  that  year  with 
H.  P.  DeMund  as  president  and  H.  K.  Behn,  manager.  The  warehouses  are  located  along 
the  Santa  Fe  tracks  and  have  thirty  thousand  square  feet  of  floor  space.  The  business  is 
developing  rapidly  and  its  substantial  growth  is  attributable  to  the  sound  business  judg- 
ment and  clearly  defined  jdans  of  Mr.  Behn  and  Ins  partner. 


HARRY  HOUSTON  HUGHART,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Harry  Houston  Hugliart,  who  since  190,"!  has  been  practicing  his  profession  in 
Tombstone  where  lie  is  the  only  representative  of  the  medical  fraternity,  was  born  in 
Warm  Springs,  Virginia,  September  11,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  J.  P.  and  Mary  J. 
(MeC\itchan)  Hughart,  the  former  a  rei)re8entative  of  an  old  Virginia  family.  The  paternal 
grandfather  was  a  planter  in  that  state  and  a  prosperous  and  representative  citizen.  His 
son,  ])r.  .1.  P.  Hughart,  removed  to  West  Virginia,  where  he  held  an  important  position 
as  a  railway  surgeon.  He  died  in  1906  and  was  survived  by  his  wife  until  1909.  They 
had  four  children:  Betty  M.,  the  wife  of  Walter  A.  Saunders,  of  Hinton,  West  Virginia; 
Nellie  R..  deceased;  Ur.  John  E.,  of  Landisburg,  West  Virginia;  and  Dr.  Hairy  Houston, 
of  this  review. 

Dr.  H.  Houston  Hu{?hart  was  reared  in  West  Virginia,  acquiring  his  early  education 
In  the  ))ublic  schools  of  Sewell.  When  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Hunting- 
ton and  tliere  ccmtinued  his  studies,  attending  the  high  school  for  two  years.  He  completed 
his  high  M'hool  course  in  Staunton,  ^'irginia,  and  when  he  was  sixteen  entered  a  business 
college  in  that  city.  Returning  to  W'eat  Virginia,  he  woiked  as  a  bookkeeper  and  stenog- 
rapher for  one  year  and  then  spent  a  year  and  a  half  in  the  coal  mines,  abandoning  that 
line  of  oecu|mtion  in  1897.  Having  determined  to  make  the  practice  of  medicine  his  life 
work,  he  entered  the  University  College  of  Medicine  at  Richmond,  Virginia,  and  was  grad- 
uated with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  April,  1900.  He  afterward  took  a  post-graduate  course 
and  then  practiced  in  various  parts  of  Virginia,  spending  only  a  short  time  in  each  end 
ijoing  in  May  of  tlie  following  year  to  Lanark.  West  Virginia,  where  he  had  an  office  until 
190.3,  when  lie  cnnie  to  Tombstone,  Arizona.  He  lias  lemiiined  a  continuous  resident  here 
i'or  twelve  years  and  has  built  up  in  that  time  an  enviable  reimtation  as  a  skilled  pliysician, 
'jonimanding  a  liberal  jiatronage  that  is  indicative  of  the  confidence  and  trust  reposed  in 
liim  professionally.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  County  Hospital  for  five  years,  or  until 
I  hat  institution  was  removed  to  Douglas,  and  is  otherwise  well  known  in  medical  circles 
of  Cochise  county. 

In  1901  Dr.  Hughart  married  Mrs.  Lillie  L.  Bishop,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  a  daughter 


DR.  H.  HOUSTON  HUGHART 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  32:5 

of  Samuel  D.  and  Margaret  (Callalian)  Dixon,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  that  state.  In 
their  family  were  five  children:  William,  deceased;  Robert,  who  h^s  also  passed  away; 
Charles,  a  contractor  and  builder  of  Covington,  Virginia;  Ella,  deceased;  and  Lillie  L., 
now  Mrs.  Hughart. 

Dr.  Hughart  gives  Ids  political  allegiance  to  tlie  democratic  party,  and  his  religious 
views  are  in  accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Fraternally  he  has 
important  connections,  being  a  member  of  the  lodge,  cliapter  and  commandery  in  Masonry 
and  being  also  affiliated  with  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  in  addition  deputy 
grand  high  priest  of  the  Grand  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.  He  owns  one  of  the  most  attractive 
homes  in  Tombstone  and  has  other  important  property  interests,  including  the  opera  house 
in  Courtland,  Arizona,  and  valuable  real  estate  in  West  Virginia.  Conscientious  in  the 
discharge  of  his  professional  duties,  constantly  broadening  his  knowledge  by  reading  and 
Investigation,  he  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  among  the  able  members  of 
the  medical  fraternity  in  Cochise  county. 


MRS.  F.  J.  WARREN. 


Among  those  wlio  have  been  actively  associated  witli  the  educational  interests  of  Tucson 
must  be  mentioned  Mrs.  F.  J.  Warren,  who  for  twenty-three  years  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  this  city.  She  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  her  birth  having  occurred  in  Willow 
Springs  in  1840.  She  was  reared  in  the  state  of  her  nativity,  where  she  was  accorded  better 
educational  advantages  than  fell  to  the  lot  of  the  average  woman  of  tliat  period.  She  adopted 
tiie  profession  of  teaching,  which  vocation  she  has  followed  during  a  large  portion  of  her 
life.  Iiaving  been  left  a  widow  in  lier  early  womanhood.  For  a  number  of  years  she  taught 
in  the  public  schools  of  California,  and  when  returning  from  that  state  to  Willow  Springs 
in  1881  she  stopped  at  Tucson.  As  she  liked  the  place,  which  was  then  only  a  straggling 
town  giving  little  promise  of  its  present  metropolitan  air,  she  located  there  and  has  ever 
since  made  it  her  home.  Three  years  later  she  resumed  teaching,  in  which  she  continued  to 
engage  until  1907. 

Mrs.  Warren  was  married  in  1860  to  Dr.  Warren  of  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  and  to  them 
was  born  one  daughter,  Bessie  H.,  who  in  1884  became  the  wife  of  A.  V.  Grossetta,  a  well 
known  business  man  of  Tucson,  who  is  more  fully  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mrs. 
Grossetta  passed  away  in  1907,  leaving  a  son,  Warren  A.  Grossetta,  the  manager  of  the 
Tucson  Hardware  Company.  After  the  death  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Warren,  who  had  reached 
the  age  of  sixty-seven  years,  resigned  her  position  but  still  makes  her  home  in  Tucson.  A 
woman  of  fine  mental  attainments,  high  standards  of  life  and  excellent  principles,  she  was 
not  only  an  instructor  of  unusual  merit  but  exercised  over  those  who  were  privileged  to 
study  with  her  an  influence  which  assisted  in  developing  men  and  women  of  strong  character, 
high  ideals  and  noble  purposes. 


I 


E.  GREBE. 

E.  Grebe,  superintendent  of  the  interests  of  the  Phelps-Dodge  Company  at  Tombstone, 
is  one  of  the  capable  mining  engineers  of  the  southwest.  He  was  born  in  Trier,  Germany, 
March  5,  1872,  and  comes  of  a  very  illustrious  family.  His  father  was  for  years  government 
geologist  in  the  service  of  the  German  government,  while  other  members  of  the  family  have 
been  successful  professional  men. 

E.  Grebe  pursued  his  education  in  the  University  of  Zurich,  the  Mining  Academy  of  Frei- 
berg and  the  University  of  Geneva.  In  young  manhood  he  traveled  considerably,  visiting 
the  United  States  in  1897  but  did  not  locate  permanently  in  this  country  until  1905.  Soon 
after  his  arrival  in  America  he  became  superintendent  of  the  St.  Lawrence  Pyrites  Company 
at  Hermon,  New  York,  and  from  the  fall  of  1907  until  the  fall  of  1909  he  was  a  consulting 
engineer,  doing  work  in  British  Columbia,  California,   South  Dakota  and   elsewhere   in   the 


324  •  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

mining  regions  of  the  west.  In  1909  he  became  associated  with  the  Phelps-Dodge  interests 
and  for  several  years  was  examining  engineer  for  that  company  tliroughout  the  southwest  and 
Mexico.  In  July,  1914,  he  was  assigned  to  his  present  position,  where  he  is  in  full  charge 
of  the  e.xtensive  mining  interests  of  the  company  at  Tombstone.  Tliat  he  occupies  this 
position  is  an  indication  of  his  superior  business  abilty  and  executive  force,  his  enterprise 
and  determination. 

Mr.  Grebe  was  married  in  Zurich,  Switzerland,  to  Miss  Johanna  Lier,  of  that  city.  Their 
children  were   named  Roland,  Marguarete,   Hildegard,  Harry   and   William. 

Mr.  Grebe  is  nonpartisan  in  politics  and  looks  to  men  and  issues  rather  than  party  to 
determine  the  exercise  of  his  right  of  franchise.  In  professional  lines  he  is  identified  with 
the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers.  Mr.  Grebe  is  highly  qualified  by  superior  educa- 
tion and  practical  experience  for  his  work  and  is  very  popular  among  the  employes.  He 
is  watchful  of  every  detail  pointing  to  success,  knows  every  phase  of  the  business  and  his 
high  efficiency  is  manifest  in  capable  and  successful  control.  The  positions  which  he  has 
filled  have  been  those  of  increasing  responsibility  and  importance  and  no  higher  testimonial 
of  his  ability  eould  be  given  than  tlie  fact  that  one  of  the  foremost  mining  concerns  of  the 
country  has  placed  him  in  the  position  which  he  now  fills. 


R.  P.  ROZIENE. 


Gradually  working  his  way  upward  in  the  business  world,  R.  P.  Roziene  is  now  proprietor 
of  the  Bear  Drug  Store,  of  Phoenix.  He  is  a  native  of  Minnesota  but  came  to  Arizona  in 
1896.  Here  he  sought  and  secured  employment  in  a  drug  store  and  his  experience  acquainted 
him  with  the  practical  phase  of  the  trade.  At  length  he  purchased  the  Bear  Drug  Store, 
which  had  been  organized  in  1895  by  Ben  L.  Bear,  who  conducted  it  for  six  years  and  then 
sold  to  Mr.  Roziene,  wlio  since  1901  has  conducted  the  business  at  Nos.  118  and  120  East 
Washington  street.  He  has  a  double  store,  neat  and  tasteful  in  its  arrangement,  attractive 
in  its  management,  and  supplied  with  everything  to  be  found  in  a  first  class  establishment 
of  its  character.  He  measures  up  to  the  highest  standards  of  progressive  merchandising  and 
enjoys  the  full  confidence  of  colleagues  and  contemporaries,  for  his  business  record  is  such  , 
as  any  man  might  be  proud  to  possess.  There  have  been  no  exciting  or  unusual  chapters 
in  his  life  history,  but  his  record  is  that  of  a  man  who  has  been  faithful  to  his  duty,  who 
has  met  his  obligations  and  has  improved  his  opportunities,  thus  gaining  a  favorable  place 
and  high  regard  in  tlie  business  circles  of  his  adopted  city. 


M.  J.  RIORDAN. 


M.  J.  Riordan  is  the  secretary  of  tlie  Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company  of  Flag- 
btafl.  A  native  of  Chicago,  Mr.  Riordan  received  a  limited  education  and  in  1885  came  to 
Arizona  on  account  of  his  health.  He  found  in  the  equable  climate  and  conditions  here  the 
opportunities  needed  for  the  restoration  of  his  health  and  when  he  was  again  in  normal 
condition  he  became  associated  with  his  brother,  D.  M.  Riordan,  and  afterward  with  another 
brother,  T.  A.  Riordan,  in  the  Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company.  With  the  passing 
years  their  operations  have  increased  in  volume  and  extent.  Mr.  Riordan  modestly  gives 
all  credit  for  his  prosperity  to  the  country,  but  while  the  southwest  undoubtedly  offered 
the  opportunity,  it  is  the  man  who  sees  and  recognizes  the  opportunity  who  gains  a  notable 
place  in  the  business  world.  He  is  a  man  capable  of  judging  of  his  own  capacities  and 
powers  and  of  the  people  and  circumstances  that  make  up  his  life's  contacts  and  experiences. 
He  has  never  feared  to  venture  where  favoring  opportunity  has  led  the  way,  and  pos- 
sessing character  and  ability  that  inspire  confidence  in  others,  the  simple  weight  of  his 
character   and  ability  has  carried  him  into  important  relations. 

Mr.  Riordan  was  married  in  1893  to  Miss  Eliza  Metz,  of  Cincinnati,  and  to  them  have 
been  born  six  children,  namely:    Blanche,  Arthur,  Clara,  Robert,  Richard  and  one  who  died 


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in  infancy.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Riordan  is  a  republican  and  has  been  accorded  leader- 
ship in  the  ranks  of  Iiis  party.  He  served  for  one  term  as  a  member  of  the  state  legis- 
lature during  territorial  days  but  does  not  care  for  other  political  honors.  However,  he  is 
not  remiss  in  the  duties  of  citizenship  but  concentrates  his  efforts  upon  the  upbuilding  of 
the  district  througli  the  development  of  business  interests.  He  has  traveled  extensively 
and  has  been  a  close  student  of  religion,  holding  to  the  faith  of  the  Catholic  church,  of 
which  he  has  been  a  lifelong  member.  He  possesses  some  fine  cathedral  pictures  and  is 
an  excellent  judge  of  art  of  that  character.  His  interest  centers  in  his  family,  his  love  for 
wife  and  children  being  one  of  his  strongest  characteristics.  The  business  world,  however, 
speaks  of  him  as  a  most  capable  and  resourceful  man  and  one  who  along  the  well  defined 
lines  of  labor  has  reached  success. 


JAMES  NEWTON  GAINES. 


Many  years  in  public  service  have  brought  James  Newton  Gaines  honor  and  wide 
recognition  throughout  Cochise  county,  where  his  integrity,  ability  and  high  political  con- 
scientiousness are  well  known.  After  serving  in  practically  all  of  the  important  county 
offices  he  was  in  February,  1911,  made  secretary  of  the  Cochise  County  Taxpayers  Associa- 
tion and  has  been  reelected  annually  up  to  the  present  time. 

Mr.  Gaines  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1869  and  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Harriet  (Gilky) 
Gaines,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  The  father  farmed  in  Illinois 
for  a  number  of  years  but  in  the  early  '70s  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  continued  his 
agricultural  pursuits,  dying  in  1902.  His  wife  survived  him  six  years.  In  their  family 
were  six  children:  Lucy,  who  married  Willard  P.  Charles,  of  Brownington,  Missouri;  Alex- 
ander, a  farmer  in  the  same  state;  Mary,  who  is  a  designer  of  gowns  in  Los  Angeles;  Joseph 
A.,  a  farmer  in  Oklahoma;  James  Newton,  of  this  review;  and  Lou  F.,  the  wife  of  William 
Wright,  connected  with  the  United  Railways  of  San  Francisco,  California. 

James  N.  Gaines  began  his  independent  career  at  the  early  age  of  fourteen,  having 
acquired  a  meager  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state.  He  first  obtained  a 
position  as  a  farm  hand  and  worked  at  that  occupation  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of 
age,  after  which  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He  worked  at  that  for  three  years 
and  then,  feeling  the  disadvantages  of  his  lack  of  education,  determined  to  continue  his 
studies.  He  accordingly  entered  an  academy  at  Clinton.  Missouri,  and  completed  the  pre- 
scribed course,  proving  an  apt  student.  He  fitted  himself  for  teaching  and  for  ten  years 
thereafter  engaged  in  that  occupation  in  Missouri,  after  wliich  he  traveled  as  general 
inspector  for  a  government  contracting  concern.  He  journeyed  throughout  the  entire  west  for 
two  years  and  was  attracted  by  its  many  opportunities  and  advantages,  finally  determining 
to  settle  in  Arizona.  He  spent  the  first  year  and  a  half  of  his  residence  in  this  state  in 
Congress,  where  he  taught  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  accepted  a 
position  as  bookkeeper  for  the  Congress  Gold  Company,  with  which  he  continued  for  about 
a  year.  He  then  moved  to  Tombstone  and  was  made  principal  of  the  city  schools,  holding 
that  position  for  two  years.  During  that  time  he  became  known  as  an  authority  upon 
school  affairs,  his   influence  being  widely  felt  in   educational   circles. 

On  June  1,  190,3,  Mr.  Gaines  was  made  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  serving  ably 
until  January  1,  1905,  when  he  was  elected  county  treasurer  and  tax  collector  of  Cochise 
county  and  was  reelected  at  the  expiration  of  his  first  term,  serving  four  years  in  all. 
In  February,  1911,  he  was  made  secretary  of  the  Cochise  County  Taxpayers  Association, 
which  was  organized  at  that  time,  and  this  position  he  still  holds.  The  object  of  this 
association  is  to  advise  and  consult  with  the  county  officials  to  bring  about  the  most 
economical  and  effective  administration  of  public  affairs  in  keeping  with  general  business 
conditions.  The  expense  of  the  organization  is  paid  by  the  members,  each  of  whom  con- 
tributes one  per  cent  of  the  taxes  which  he  paid  during  the  previous  year.  During  the 
first  year  of  its  existence  the  association  reduced  the  county  expenses  more  than  sixty- 
five  thousand   dollars,  this  gratifying  result  being  entirely   due  to  the   well   directed   work 


326  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  Mr.  Gaines,  who  has  proven  himself  an  ideal  man  for  this  difficult  position,  his  busi- 
ness and  executive  ability  and  his  progressive  ideals  being  salient  elements  in  his  success. 
Mr.  Gaines  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order,  holding  membership  in  the  commandery  and 
Shrine.  He  is  afiiliated  also  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  politically 
has  always  belonged  to  the  democratic  party,  being  earnest  in  his  support  of  its  principles 
and  active  in  promoting  their  spread.  He  is  greatly  respected  wherever  he  is  known,  for 
his  efforts  have  been  always  to  a  high  degree  unselfish  and  so  directed  as  to  prove  of 
permanent  and  practical  beneiit  to  his  county  and  state. 


J.  H.  ALLISON. 


Among  the  prosperous  merchants  of  Mesa  is  J.  H.  Allison,  part  owner  of  the  Allison- 
Davis  Hardware  Company,  which  was  established  as  a  branch  of  the  Arizona  Hardware  & 
Vehicle  Company  about  1902  but  the  enterprise  soon  failed.  It  then  was  conducted  by 
Hagerlund  &  Jones  for  a  short  time.  In  1907  C.  C.  Manning  bought  out  Mr.  Jones'  interest 
and  in  turn  George  S.  Barnett  bought  out  Mr.  Manning  and  also  Mr.  Hagerlund's  interest 
in  the  firm.  It  was  then  known  as  the  Mesa  Hardware  store  and  under  that  name  it  was 
sold  to  the  Jones-Davis  Furniture  Company,  which  consisted  of  A.  A.  Jones,  Frank  J.  Davis 
and  George  W.  Radell.  On  June  1.  1911,  the  Allison-Davis  Hardware  Company  was  organ- 
ized as  a  copartnership  concern.  In  it  are  interested  J.  H.  Allison,  V.  E.  Allison  and  Frank 
J.  Davis.  The  Allison-Davis  Hardware  Company  has  been  successful  since  its  organization 
and  its  prosperous  condition  must  be  largely  attributed  to  J.  H.  Allison.  They  have 
doubled  the  stock  and  their  business  has  doubled  in  volume.  They  are  manufacturers  of 
harness  and  also  carry  machinery,  the  latest  model  machines  being  represented  in  their 
store.  Their  line  of  hardware  and  implements  is  complete  and  a  large  and  choice  selection 
is  at  the  disposal  of  their  patrons.  The  frontage  of  their  store  is  seventy-five  feet  and 
the  building  has  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  feet. 

J.  H.  Allison,  the  senior  partner,  was  born  in  Macomb,  Illinois,  in  1884  and  there  he 
attended  public  school.  He  is  a  son  of  A.  G.  and  Sybil  Allison,  who  removed  to  Phoenix, 
Arizona,  and  bought  a  ranch  in  1891,  and  they  also  leased  the  old  Vail  ranch.  In  1893 
they  came  to  Mesa  and  the  father  has  since  been  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  that 
vicinity.  J.  H.  Allison  is  a  high  school  graduate  and  after  discontinuing  liis  studies  became 
connected  with  the  lumber  business.  He  later  worked  for  the  Consolidated  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  also  clerked  for  other  firms.  For  a  time  he  had  charge  of  the  office  of  the  Alex- 
ander &  Brackett  Grocery  Company  of  Mesa.  Afterward  he  embarked  in  his  present  busi- 
ness and  has  been  very  successful  in  the  conduct  of  his  enterprise. 

Mr.  Allison  was  married  on  the  5th  of  April,  1911,  to  Miss  Ada  K.  Tway,  of  Mesa, 
Arizona,  who  was  born  in  Ohio.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
Not  only  is  he  successful  in  business  but  is  popular  socially,  and  his  pleasing  manners,  his 
accommodating  ways  and  his  ability  as  a  merchant  have  won  him  a  great  number  of 
patrons  and  friends. 


WILLIAM  A.  PARR. 


William  A.  Parr  is  engaged  in  the  contracting  and  building  business  at  Winslow,  Arizona, 
and  is  also  proprietor  of  a  well  appointed  undertaking  establishment  in  that  city.  Along 
public  lines  as  well  as  through  business  connections  he  has  contributed  to  the  upbuilding 
and  progress  of  the  town,  his  work  being  followed  by  efTcctive  and  beneficial  results.  He  is 
a  native  of  Canada,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Ontario  on  the  8th  of  April,  18,55.  After 
acquiring  a  public-school  education  in  his  native  province  he  came  to  the  United  States 
in  18S:i,  settling  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  where  he  remained  until  November  12,  1887. 
In  that  year  he  made  his  way  to  the  coast,  settling  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he  resided  until 
1891,  when  he  came  to  Winslow.     He  has  since  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  and  tliroughout 


WILLIAM  A.  PARR 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  329 

the  intervening  period,  covering  a  quarter  of  a  century,  has  been  engaged  in  the  con- 
tracting and  building  business,  enjoying  a  constantly  increasing  patronage  which  is  evidence 
of  his  skill  and  ability.  For  the  past  eighteen  years  he  has  also  conducted  a  large  under- 
taking establishment  in  Winslow  and  this  branch  of  his  activities  is  well  managed,  a  liberal 
patronage  being  accorded  to  him  in  recognition  of  his  reasonable  prices  and  iiis  unquestioned 
business  integrity. 

On  the  8th  of  March,  1882,  Mr.  Parr  was  united  in  marriage  tc  Sliss  Mary  Clark,  who 
passed  away  December  24,  1902,  leaving  two  children.  The  elder  daughter,  Mrs.  Essee  Z. 
Lancaster  is  the  wife  of  Raphael  B.  Lancaster,  an  engineer  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
residing  at  Winslow,  and  they  have  two  children.  The  younger  daughter,  Mrs.  V.  Alberta 
Byrd,  is  the  wife  of  Orval  P.  Byrd,  a  telegraph  operator  living  at  Ferguson,  Iowa,  and 
they  also  have  two  children.  On  the  27th  of  -July,  1904,  Mr.  Parr  was  again  married,  his 
second  wife  being  !Miss  Frona  A.  Phillips,  a  native  of  Iowa. 

5Ir.  Parr  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  prominent  and  active  in 
public  affairs,  having  served  capably  and  with  distinction  in  various  positions  of. trust  and 
responsibility.  He  was  for  five  years  on  the  city  council  and  for  four  years  was  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  the  cause  of  education  has  found  in  him  an  intelligent  supporter  during  his 
term  of  office  on  the  school  board.  WTiile  serving  in  his  official  connection  with  the  public 
schools  Mr.  Parr  has  been  instrumental  in  securing  the  erection  of  the  new  high  school  and 
two  other  school  buildings  in  the  city,  and  it  was  he  who  circulated  the  first  petition  for  a 
high  school  in  Winslow.  Still  other  official  honors  awaited  him.  In  1899  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature  and  in  1903  was  reelected.  He  gave  his  vote  and 
influence  to  all  progressive  public  measures  that  came  up  for  consideration  while  he  was 
connected  with  the  house  and  his  work  received  the  strong  indorsement  of  his  constituents. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Parr  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  and  he  is  a  thirtj'-second  degree  Mason,  belonging  to  the 
lodge  at  Winslow,  of  which  he  became  a  charter  member.  He  belongs  also  to  the  Royal 
Arch  chapter,  to  Los  Angeles  consistory.  No.  1,  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  to  the  Eastern 
Star  and  to  the  Arizona  Order  of  Anointed  High  Priests.  He  is  very  prominent  in  Masonic 
circles  and  has  completed  a  history  of  ilasons  to  be  used  in  a  state  work  of  this  character. 
His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  church  and  he  is  much  interested  in  the  project 
to  erect  a  new  house  of  worship  at  Winslow.  He  has  been  a  generous  contributor  to  the 
support  of  the  church  and  does  all  in  his  power  to  promote  its  growth  and  further  its 
influence.  His  has  been  a  most  active  and  useful  life,  characterized  by  conscientiousness  in 
all  that  he  does  and  by  effort  to  reach  high  ideals.  He  is  a  public-spirited  and  loyal  citizen, 
a  reliable,  forceful  and  straightfonvard  business  man,  and  his  influence  has  ever  been  a 
tangible  force  for  good  in  the  community. 


LEVI  D.  McCartney. 


Levi  D.  McCartney,  prominently  connected  with  business  interests  of  Douglas  as  a  suc- 
cessful general  merchant,  was  bom  in  Waxahachie,  Texas,  December  9,  1867.  He  is  a  son  of 
Andrew  C.  and  Mary  (Donaldson)  McCartney,  the  former  a  native  of  Tennessee  and  the 
hitter  of  Alabama.  The  father  was  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business  for  many 
years,  pursuing  that  occupation  until  the  time  of  his  death  in  1886.  The  mother  has  also 
passed  away,  her  death  having  occurred  in  1872.  They  had  a  family  of  five  children:  Andrew 
D.,  of  Waxahachie,  Texas;  Mary,  the  widow  of  W.  W.  McClellan,  of  the  same  city;  William 
E.  and  J.  Luther,  both  of  Waxahachie;   and  Levi  D.,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  was  reared  upon  his  father's  ranch  in  Texas  and  acquired  his  education 
in  the  district  schools.  He  remained  at  home  until  the  age  of  sixteen  years  and  then  began 
hLs  business  career,  working  on  different  ranches  in  the  neighborhood  for  some  time.  He 
afterward  followed  various  occupations,  turning  his  attention  finally  to  the  grocery  business 
in  San  Angelo,  Texas,  where  in  nine  years  he  built  up  a  profitable  and  flourishing  enterprise. 
He  came  to  Arizona  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  settled  in  Douglas  in  1902,  being  variously 
employed  for  several  years,  but  in  1907  he  established  a  general  store.     He  handles  a  com- 


330  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

plete  line  of  merchandise,  keeps  liia  stock  always  modern  and  tastefully  arranged,  and 
adheres  closely  to  straightforward  and  progressive  business  policies.  In  consequence  his 
patronage  has  grown  steadily,  being  today  of  gratifying  proportions,  and  his  business  is 
expanding  along  satisfactory  lines,  much  of  its  rapid  development  being  due  to  the  per- 
sistent efforts  and  close  application  of  the  proprietor.  Mr.  McCartney  has  made  judicious 
investments  in  local  real  estate  and  now  owns  valuable  business  property  in  Douglas  besides 
thelot  upon  which  his  store  is  located  at  1134  G  avenue. 

Mr.  McCartney  was  married  in  1888  to  Miss  Eunice  C.  Gould,  a  native  of  Bell  county, 
Texas,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children;  Mary  Beatrice,  the  wife  of  J.  S.  Belond, 
of  Los  Angeles,  California;  and  Hugh  and  Leroy,  both  of  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

Fraternally  Mr.  McCartney  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  progressive 
and  public  spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship,  although  never  desirous  of  political  preferment. 
He  is  today  one  of  the  successful  and  enterprising  merchants  of  Douglas,  and  all  who  know 
him  hold  him  in  high  -esteem  by  reason  of  his  honorable  business  principles  and  the  upright 
and  straightforward  qualities  of  his  character. 


F.  J.  HEIL,  Jr. 


F.  J.  Heil,  Jr.,  proprietor  of  a  well  appointed  drug  store  in  Prescott,  was  born  in  Indiima 
in  1876  and  there  acquired  a  public-school  education.  He  began  his  independent  career  at 
the  early  age  of  eleven  years,  becoming  connected  with  the  drug  business,  with  which  he  has 
since  been  identified.  He  was  in  business  for  some  time  in  South  Bend,  Indiana,  and  in  1906 
removed  to  Prescott,  Arizona.  After  clerking  for  five  years  he  opened  a  drug  store  there  and 
he  has  now  one  of  the  finest  pharmacies  in  the  city,  well  equipped  and  intelligently  managed. 
The  prescription  department  is  especially  complete  and  the  business  is  jn-oving  increasingly 
important  and  profitable. 

On  the  4th  of  December,  1909.  Mr.  Heil  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Kathryn  Turner, 
of  Middletown,  Illinois.  Mr.  Heil  is  a  man  of  energy,  enterprise  and  ability  and  has  gained 
an  important  place  among  the  merchants  of  Prescott. 


R.  T.  STONE. 


R.  T.  Stone,  who  owns  and  conducts  a  hotel  and  feed  yard  in  Gleeson,  is  one  of  the 
enterprising  and  diligent  business  men  of  the  town,  with  the  interests  of  which  he  has  now 
been  identified  for  about  seven  years.  He  was  born  in  Georgia  in  1866  and  is  a  son  of  Jesse 
and  Mary  Stone,  in  whose  family  were  twelve  children,  our  subject  being  one  of  the  youngest. 
The  father,  who  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  removed  with  his  family  to  South  Carolina, 
and  there  both  he  and  the  mother  passed  away. 

The  early  childhood  of  R.  T.  Stone  was  passed  in  his  native  state,  where  he  began 
his  education,  completing  his  course  of  study  in  the  public  schools  of  South  Carolina.  He 
assisted  with  the  cultivation  of  the  home  farm  and  also  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  remain- 
ing under  the  parental  roof  until  he  was  twenty-seven  years  of  age.  When  he  left  home 
he  went  to  Texas,  where  for  a  time  he  worked  on  the  railroad  with  a  bridge-building  crew. 
but  later  went  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  contracting  for  a  year.  In  1896  he  continued  his 
journey  westward  to  Arizona  and  upon  his  arrival  here  turned  his  attention  to  mining  and 
prospecting,  which  he  followed  for  about  ten  years.  At  the  expiration  of  that  period,  in 
J 906,  he  went  to  Gleeson,  where  he  has  since  conducted  a  hotel  and  feed  yard,  with  a  good 
measure  of  success.  He  is  still  identified  with  various  mining  projects,  owning  twelve  hun- 
dred shares  of  stock  in  the  Leadville  Mining  Company,  one  of  the  thriving  enterprises  of 
Leadville,  Cochise  county,  and  a  fourth  interest  in  the  Gleeson  mine,  located  in  Chihuahua. 
Mexico.     He  also  owns  a  mining  claim,  which  he  believes  contains  a  rich  vein  of  ore,  but  it 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  331 

has  never  been  developed.  In  addition  to  liis  place  of  business  Mr.  Stone  owns  a  residence 
in  Gleeson  and  a  half  block  of  unimproved  property. 

In  July,  1908,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Stone  and  Mrs.  Laura  Adams  Whitt. 
The  mother  died  during  the  childhood  of  Mrs.  Stone,  who  was  reared  and  educated  in 
Tennessee,  her  native  state,  and  in  Colorado.  Her  father  13  still  living  and  continues  to 
reside  in  Colorado.  Two  sons  wej-e  born  to  Mrs.  Stone  by  her  first  marriage:  Frank,  who 
is  in  the  auto  service  in  Douglas;  and  Willard,  who  is  residing  with  his  mother  and  step- 
lather  and  attending  school. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Stone  is  a  democrat  and  gives  his  unqualified  support  to  the 
men  and  measures  of  that  Jiarty.  He  is  interested  in  all  public  movements,  and  so  far  as 
lies  within  his  power  contributes  toward  the  progress  and  upbuilding  of  the  community, 
among  whose   citizens  ho   numbers   many  friends. 


J.  CALISHER. 


The  commercial  circles  of  Douglas  find  a  wortliy  representative  in  the  person  of  J. 
Calisher,  who  owns  and  conducts  a  dry  goods  and  a  men's  furnishing  goods  store  in  that 
city,  where  he  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  business  for  fifteen  years.  He  was  born  in 
Nevada  in  1864  and  tliere  passed  his  boyhood.  The  family  subsequently  removed  to 
Anaheim,  California,  where  tho  fatlier  engaged  in  mercantile  business  for  twelve  years.  At 
the  expiration  of  that  period  he  disposed  of  his  establishment  and  came  to  Arizona,  settling 
in  Florence,  where  he  continued  in  the  same  line  of  busiiless  for  two  years.  He  then  went 
to  Tombstone,  where  he  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits  for  some  years  but  subsequently 
returned  to  California  and  there  lived  retired  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1897.  He 
was  survived  by  the  mother  until  1910. 

Reared  at  home,  after  completing  his  schooling  J.  Calisher  engaged  in  business  with 
his  father  until  the  latter's  death.  In  1901  he  came  to  Douglas  and  established  a  dry  goods 
store,  which  in  its  development  has  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  town  and  is  now  one 
of  the  foremost  commercial  enterprises  in  the  community.  It  was  the  second  store  estab- 
lished in  Douglas,  and  as  it  has  been  conducted  in  accordance  with  a  progressive  policy  has 
thrived  from  its  incipiency.  Of  recent  years  Mr.  Calisher  has  extended  the  scope  of  his 
activities  by  founding  a  clothing  store  here  and  is  meeting  with  a  goodly  measure  of  suc- 
cess in  its  conduct.  He  has  prospered  in  his  various  undertakings  and  now  owns  two  of  the 
thriving  and  firmly  established  commercial  concerns  of  Douglas. 

Mr.  Calisher  was  married  in  1906  to  Miss  Mary  Wood,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
Kentucky,  where  her  mother  still  resides,  and  is  the  second  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family 
of  five  children. 

In  matters  of  citizenship  Mr.  Calisher  is  public- spirited  but  he  is  independent  in  his 
political  views,  according  his  support  to  such  men  and  measures  as  he  deems  best  adapted 
to  subserve  the  highest  interests  of  the  people.  He  has  acquired  some  property  interests 
in  Douglas  since  locating  here  and  has  erected  a  fine  modern  residence.  Mr.  Calisher  is 
one  of  the  influential  men  of  the  community,  and  by  his  progressive  ideas  and  enthusiastic 
support  of  all  worthy  enterprises  is  substantially  contributing  toward  the  development  and 
upbuilding  of  the  city. 


C.  S.  POWELL,  M.  D. 


Among  the  worthy  representatives  of  the  medical  fraternity  in  Cochise  county  must 
be  mentioned  Dr.  C.  S.  Powell,  who  for  twelve  years  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Benson.  His  birth  occurred  in  Tennessee  in  1854  and  his 
boyhood  and  youth  were  passed  in  his  native  state.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  prelim- 
inary education  he  decided  to  become  a  physician  and  subsequently  matriculated  in  the 
medical    department    of   the   Vanderbilt    University    at   Nashville,    Tennessee,    from    which 


332  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

institution  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  U.  U.  with  the  class  of  1885.  He  began 
iiis  professional  career  in  Wilson  county,  that  state,  where  he  engaged  in  practice  for 
eighteen  years,  meeting  with  good  success.  Having  long  been  strongly  attracted  to  the 
southwest,  he  came  to  Arizona  in  1903,  passing  tlie  winter  in  Tucson.  In  April  of  the 
following  year  he  removed  to  Benson  and  established  the  olKce  he  Jias  ever  since  main- 
tained. During  the  intervening  years  lie  has  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice  and 
is  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  physicians  not  only  in  the  town  but  in  Cochise  county. 
He  is  physician  and  surgeon  for  tlie  Kl  Paso  &  Southwestern  and  the  Southern  Pacific 
Kailroads,  while  for  many  years  he  has  held  the  same  position  at  the  State  Reform  School. 
Dr.  Powell  owns  one  of  the  finest  residences  in  Benson  and  also  other  property  here  and 
elsewhere  in  the  county. 

In  Tennessee  in  1886,  Dr.  Powell  was  married  to  Miss  Kllen  Hancock,  a  native  of 
Wilson  county,  that  state,  and  a  daughter  of  William  Hancock.  To  them  were  born  two 
children:  John,  a  resident  of  Benson,  who  is  a  lireman  on  the  railroad;  and  Annie,  who  is- 
a  graduate  of  Jliss  Orton's  School  at  Pasadena,  California,  and  is  now  at  home.  The 
mother  of  these  children  pa&sed  away  in  1892,  and  in  1897  Dr.  Powell  was  married  to  Miss 
Addie  Thompson,  also  a  native  of  Wilson  county,  Tennessee,  and  a  daughter  of  Squire  Peter 
Thompson,  who  is  now  deceased  as  is  also  her  mother.  Of  this  marriage  there  has  been 
born  one  son,  Charles  Spencer,  whose  natal  year  was  1900. 

Dr.  Powell  and  his  two  eldest  children  belong  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  but 
Mrs.  Powell  is  affiliated  with  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  maintains  relations  with  his  fellow  practitioners  through  the  medium  of 
his  connection  with  the  Cochise  County  Medical  Society  and  the  Arizona  State  Medical 
Association.  His  political  support  he  accords  to  the  democratic  party,  and  lie  is  numbered 
among  the  progressive  and  enterprising  citizens  of  the  community. 


WILLIAM  H.  MORRIS. 


Dairy  interests  of  Cochise  county  find  a  progressive  and  worthy  representative  in  Wil- 
liam H.  Morris,  who  operates  a  model  sanitary  dairy  upon  eighty  acres  of  land  near  Douglas. 
He  was  born  in  Georgia,  April  28,  1851,  and  is  a  son  of  Gilbert  and  Susan  (Cummins)  Morris, 
both  of  whom  have  passed  away,  the  father  dying  in  September,  1858,  and  the  mother  in 
December,  1863. 

When  Mr.  Mbrris  was  still  a  child  the  family  removed  to  Tennessee,  where  he  remained 
until  about  thirteen  years  of  age,  aiding  in  the  work  of  the  farm  and  acquiring  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools.  In  March,  1804,  lie  went  to  Clay  county,  Missouri,  and  remained 
there  until  May,  1871,  when  he  removed  to  Texas  and  engaged  in  ranching  in  the  employ  of 
others  for  seven  years.  From  Texas  he  went  to  New  Mexico  in  July,  1878,  and  located  in 
the  Pecos  River  country,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  "cow  puncher"  for  Evans,  Hunter  & 
Evans  on  what  was  known  as  the  "Long  I"  ranch.  In  April,  1879,  he  removed  to  Las  Vegas, 
New  Mexico,  and  engaged  in  merchandising  along  the  line  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  Railroad,  then  building.  His  tent  store  was  moved  from  time  to  time  along  the  line 
from  Las  Vegas  to  Hurlow  Station.  On  closing  out  that  business  he  bought  a  team  and 
engaged  in  railroading  for  about  a  year.  He  next  went  to  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  and  in 
that  vicinity  lived  until  July,  1897.  During  that  time,  or  in  the  early  part  of  1881,  he  made 
a  trip  through  southeastern  Arizona,  looking  over  the  country.  This  was  during  the  time 
of  the  Apache  troubles,  when  Geronimo  was  at  his  worst,  and  there  was  no  telling  how  long 
a  town  would  escape  his  depredations.  In  the  summer  of  1897  Mr.  Morris  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Arizona  and  engaged  in  freighting  between  Naco  and  Cananea,  Mexico,  until  1902, 
at  which  time  he  came  to  Douglas  and  turned  his  attention  to  dairying,  with  which  he  has 
since  been  connected.  Upon  his  eighty  acres  of  land,  situated  two  and  one-half  miles  north- 
west of  Douglas,  he  has  developed  an  extensive  and  profitable  business,  operating  a  dairy 
which  is  modern,  sanitary  and  completely  equipped  in  every  particular.  He  milks  fifty 
Jersey  and  Holstein  cows  and  sells  the  milk  in  the  local  markets,  where  it  commands  a 
ready  sale  because  it  is  known  to  be  pure  and  wholesome. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  333 

On  the  11th  of  August,  1880,  in  New  Mexico,  Mr.  Morris  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Flora  Loera,  a  native  of  that  state,  and  to  them  have  been  born  seven  children,  of  whom 
Gilbert,  Susie  and  Elvia  are  all  deceased.  James  M.  and  Thomas  D.  are  now  engaged  in 
business  with  their  father.  Sarah  I.  is  the  wife  of  John  L.  Schultz,  by  whom  she  has  one 
child,  Agnes,  and  Mr.  Schultz  is  also  in  business  with  Mr.  Morris.  Ola  Mae  is  attending 
school  in  Douglas. 

Mr.  Morris  is  connected  with  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men  and  the  Fraternal  Order 
of  Eagles.  He  has  voted  the  democratic  ticket  since  1870,  believing  firmly  in  the  principles 
and  policies  for  which  the  party  stands.  He  is,  however,  not  active  in  public  life,  preferring 
to  devote  his  time  to  the  further  development  and  expansion  of  his  business,  which  under 
his  able  management  is  rapidly  becoming  one  of  the  important  dairy  enterprises  in  this 
part  of  the  state. 


CHAKLES  H.  DUNLAP. 


Charles  H.  Dunlap,  controlling  a  growing  business  conducted  under  the  name  of  (he 
People's  Ice  &  Fuel  Company,  of  which  he  is  secretary,  was  born  in  Missouri,  July  5,  1862. 
His  youthful  days  were  spent  in  a  manner  not  unsimilar  to  that  of  most  boys  of  the  period, 
his  time  being  divided  between  the  acquirement  of  an  education  and  the  work  of  the  home 
farm.  In  early  manhood  his  energies  were  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  the  fields,  but 
attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  southwest,  he  removed  to  Phoenix  in  December,  1895, 
and  has  since  been  connected  with  commercial  pursuits.  Indeed  he  had  known  something 
of  the  state  prior  to  that  year,  having  first  come  to  Arizona  in  1881,  spending  a  year  in 
Tombstone  and  Tucson.  Following  his  location  in  Phoenix  he  engaged  in  the  ice  business 
and  rapidly  developed  a  good  trade  which  has  grown  in  volume  and  importance  as  the  city 
lias  developed  and  the  country  round  about  has  become  more  thickly  settled.  In  1904  he 
joined  R.  C.  Baker  in  the  organization  of  the  People's  Ice  &  Fuel  Company,  of  which  he  is 
now  the  secretary.  Their  trade  is  now  extensive  and  the  firm  enjoys  a  well  earned  reputa- 
tion for  reliability  and  enterprise. 

On  the  31st  of  December,  1885,  Mr.  Dunlap  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Dora  D. 
Frazicr  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  sons,  John  T.  and  R.  M.  Mrs.  Dunlap  is  a  member 
of  the  Christian  church.  Mr.  Dunlap  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  gives  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  but  while  he  keeps  well  informed  on  the  ques- 
tions and  issues  of  the  day,  he  does  not  seek  nor  desire  office,  preferring  to  concentrate 
his  energies  upon  his  business  affairs,  which,  well  managed,  are  bringing  to  him  gratifying 
returns. 


HUACHUCA  WATER  COMPANY. 

The  security  and  future  growth  of  any  community  depend  in  a  large  measure  upon 
the  quality  of  its  business  institutions,  upon  the  character  of  the  men  who  control  their 
destinies  and  upon  the  nature  of  the  policies  under  which  they  are  managed.  Tombstone 
is  fortunate  in  numbering  the  Huachuca  Water  Company  among  its  important  business 
concerns.  Among  the  men  connected  with  its  business  life  and  interested  in  its  growth  are 
A.  E.  Davis,  president  and  principal  owner,  and  Arlington  H.  Gardner,  general  manager, 
both  of  whom  have  in  their  control  of  the  company  made  their  active  and  able  work  in 
the  promotion  of  their  private  interests  a  valuable  public  asset. 

The  Huachuca  Water  Company  was  organized  in  1881  by  Mr.  Hale,  a  prominent  piano 
manufacturer  of  New  York  city,  who  became  interested  in  the  development  of  the  south- 
west and  constructed  the  entire  system  of  twenty-eight  miles  of  gravity  pipe  line  from 
the  Huachuca  mountains  to  Tombstone.  He  continued  in  personal  control  of  the  affairs  of 
his  company  until  his  death,  when  the  business  passed  to  the  management  of  the  Hale 
estate  which  sold  it  in  1906  to  A.  E.  Davis,  now  president  of  the  Huachuca  Water  Company 


334  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

aud  principal  owner  of  tlie  business  it  conducts.  Mr.  Davis  was  born  in  Ohio  and  went 
from  tliere  to  Tennessee  and  thence  to  Natchez,  Mississippi,  where  he  accumulated  a  large 
lortune  in  tlie  construction  of  railroads  in  that  state  and  in  Louisiana,  owning  for  a  time 
two  large  railroad  systems  in  those  states  and  a  short  line  in  Michigan.  About  the  year 
1906  he  arrived  in  Tombstone  and,  recognizing  there  an  unusual  business  opportunity,  pur- 
chased the  water  plant  owned  by  the  Huachuca  Water  Company  and  for  two  years  gave 
iilmost  liis  entire  attention  to  its  development.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  removed  to 
N'irginia  but  later  returned  west,  settling  in  San  Diego,  California.  He  built  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  homes  in  tliat  city,  where  he  now  resides.  He  has,  however,  since  1906 
controlled  the  Huachuca  Water  Company,  the  affairs  of  which  he  has  conducted  in  a 
progressive,  able  and  farsighted  way,  building  up  an  influential  and  prosperous  concern 
which  is  one  of  the  important  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  its  section  of  the  state.  Mr.  Davis 
IS  still  active  in  his  supervision  of  his  Tombstone  interests  and  has  many  friends  in  the 
city  who  recognize  his  unusual  constructive  and  executive  ability,  his  initiative  spirit  and 
his  power  in  the  planning  and  control  of  large  affairs.  His  work  has  been  of  inestimable 
value  to  the  city,  affecting  as  it  does  an  important  municipal  interest  by  placing  the  con- 
trol of  the  city's  water  supply  in  the  hands  of  able,  reliable  and  progressive  men. 

Mr.  Davis  married  Miss  Effie  Faulkner,  a  native  of  Ripley,  Mississippi,  and  a  daughter 
of  General  Faulkner.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  are  well  known  and  popular  in  social  circles  of 
San  Diego,  where  they  have  an  e.\tensive  acquaintance  and  many  friends. 

Before  the  affairs  of  the  Huachuca  Water  Company  passed  out  of  the  control  of  the 
Hale  estate  Arlington  H.  Gardner  was  sent  from  Natchez,  Mississippi,  to  Tombstone  to 
take  charge  of  the  business.  He  was  retained  as  manager  after  !Mr.  Davis  purchased  the 
plant  and  still  holds  that  responsible  position.  He  was  born  in  Iowa  and  is  a  son  of  Charles 
A.  and  Susan  (Davis)  Gardner,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Quincy,  Illinois. 
The  father  came  south  when  he  was  twenty-seven  years  of  age  and  for  thirty-five  years 
engaged  in  important  railroad  promotion  work.  He  is  now  living  retired  in  Waco,  Texas.  Mr. 
Gardner  located  at  Tombstone  in  1905  and  since  that  time  has  given  a  great  deal  of  his 
time  and  attention  to  the  affairs  of  the  Huachuca  Water  Company,  which  shows  the  results 
of  his  careful  and  well  directed  supervision  in  increasing  business  and  more  eflicient  manage- 
ment. Mr.  Gardner  has  become  one  of  the  most  prominent  business  men  of  Tombstone, 
respected  in  business  circles  for  his  ability,  integrity  and  success  and  recognized  as  a  leader 
in  all  movements  for  promoting  the  business  progress  of  the  community.  In  addition  to  his 
stock  in  the  Huachuca  Water  Company  he  built  and  now  controls  the  largest  and  finest 
theater  in  Natchez,  Mississippi,  and  has  valuable  business  and  residence  property  holdings 
in  Tombstone,  where  his  name  stands  as  a  synonym  for  all  that  is  progressive  and  upright 
in  modern  business. 

Mr.  Gardner  married  Miss  Ella  Shepherd,  a  native  of  Iowa,  who  was  reared  in  California, 
her  parents  having  been  pioneers  in  the  southern  part  of  that  state. 


L.  0.  COWAN. 


L.  O.  Cowan,  city  judge  and  recorder  of  Tucson  and  a  powerful  factor  in  local  demo- 
cratic   politics,   was    bom    in    Due    West,   Abbeville,    South    Carolina,    September    18,    1858. 
He  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  and  was  later  graduated  from 
lOrskine  College,  after  which  he  began  the  study  of  law.     He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  i 
the  supreme  court   of   Georgia   in    1883   and   after  a   period   of   successful   practice   in   that  J 
state  came  west  to  Mohave  county,  Arizona,  locating  in  Kingman,  where  he  won  a  large  " 
and  representative   clientage   and  gradually   became   prominent    in    public   life.     He   served 
as  probate    judge    and    for    four    years    was    superintendent    of    county    schools.      Ho    was , 
clerk  of   the  district  court  for  four  years,  and  was  for  one  term  a  member  of  the  state  j 
legislature,  representing  Mohave  county.     After  he  came  to  Tucson  Mr.  Cowan   still  con- 
tinued   his    identification   with    public   life,   winning   election    to    the    state    assembly    from  | 
I'ima   county,   where  he  served  the   people   of   his   district   ably,  conscientiously   and  faith- 
fully.    He  is  now  serving  his  third  term  as  judge  of  the  police  court  and  was  city  recorder  | 


L.  0.  COWAN 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  337 

of  Tucson  for  a  two  years'  term,  his  work  in  these  offices  adding  luster  to  the  many  years 
of  his  disinterested  public  service.  He  is  a  member  of  the  democratic  state  executive 
committee  and  the  democratic  state  central  committee,  these  connections  indicating  some- 
thing of  his  high  standing  in  his  party's  councils.  All  that  is  truest  and  best  in  citizen- 
ship finds  exemplification  in  his  public  career,  for  he  has  ever  agitated  the  highest  and 
most  worthy  political  standards  and  principles,  giving  the  weight  of  his  undoubted  influence 
to  the  cause  of  progress  and  reform. 

On  December  24,  1887,  Mr.  Cowan  married  Miss  Rose  R.  Ogden,  a  native  of  California, 
and  they  have  two  daughters:  Edith,  who  married  G.  V.  Tompkins;  and  Florence,  tlie  wife 
of  Harry  Draehman.  Judge  Cowan  has  gained  distinction  and  wide  recognition  for  his 
fairness,  liis  disinterested  spirit  and  his  impartiality  and,  being  a  man  of  sterling  character, 
has  always  merited  and  received  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  with  whom  business, 
official  or  social  relations  have  brought  him  in  contact.  For  the  past  seventeen  years  he 
has  been  associated  with  Senator  Mark  A.  #mith  in  copper  mining  in  Sonora,  Mexico. 


J.   R.    BROUGHT. 


Among  the  well  known  and  popular  business  men  of  Plioenix,  Arizona,  is  J.  R.  Brought, 
the  owner  of  the  Coliseum  Theater,  one  of  the  foremost  places  of  entertainment  in  the  city. 
Bom  in  New  York  in  1866,  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and 
early  being  attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  west  went  to  Nebraska  in  1880,  when  but 
fourteen  years  of  age,  subsequently  working  in  various  capacities  in  Wyoming  and  Montana. 
Pursuing  his  westward  course  he  finally  landed  in  California,  where  he  owned  a  stock  ranch 
for  some  time,  and  thence  removed  to  New  Mexico,  where  lie  conducted  a  similar  enterprise 
near  Albuquerque.  For  several  years  he  also  traveled,  selling  adding  machines,  typewriters, 
safes  and  other  office  appurtenances.  Thrifty  and  industrious,  he  had  acquired  the  means 
to  embark  in  a  business  which  he  believed  would  return  to  him  greater  financial  results, 
and  in  1909  he  came  to  Phoenix  and  built  the  Savoy  Theater,  operating  it  until  1915.  He 
then  took  over  the  Coliseum,  which  has  a  seating  capacity  of  one  thousand,  is  well  appointed 
and  furnished,  and  as  Mr.  Brought  always  sees  to  it  that  the  entertainment  is  of  a  high 
class  and  worthy  of  attendance,  capacity  houses  are  tlie  rule  with  him  and  prosperity  is 
attending  his  enterprise. 

Being  of  a  social  and  genial  nature  Mr.  Brought  is  popular  with  people  in  all  walks 
of  life  and  is  highly  respected  and  esteemed  for  his  high  qualities  of  character  wliich  are 
manifest  in  his  social  and  business  relations.  He  is  connected  with  the  Fraternal  Brother- 
hood and  takes  a  deep  interest  in  tliat  organization  and  the  spread  of  its  principles.  He 
lias  made  a  creditable  record  in  business,  his  growth  being  marked  by  steady  progress 
gained  by  ready  utilization  of  every  opportunity  that  has  presented  itself,  and  liis  industry 
and  energy  have  found  substantial  reward  in  his  present  success. 


PETER  CORPSTEIN. 


The  lumber  interests  of  Phoenix  are  well  and  ably  represented  by  Peter  Corpstein,  who 
is  connected  with  the  Valley  Lumber  Company  of  that  city.  A  native  of  Pine  Grove,  Cali- 
fornia, he  was  born  July  31,  1857,  and  is  a  son  of  John  Corpstein.  He  attended  (he  public 
schools  in  his  native  state  and  in  May,  1881,  came  to  Arizona,  here  embarking  upon  a  busi- 
ness career  in  the  employ  of  Harwood  &  Morse,  lumber  merchants  of  Tombstone.  At  the 
close  of  a  year  he  identified  himself  with  the  Blinn  Lumber  Company  of  the  same  place  and 
for  several  years  continued  with  that  well  known  firm.  He  was  chosen  in  1887  to  locate  a 
branch  lumberyard  for  that  company  at  Tompe,  Arizona,  and  for  about  three  years  acted 
as  manager  of  that  establishment.  In  1890,  when  the  extraordinary  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  Los  Angeles  and  many  other  towns  of  that  vicinity  demanded  men  of  unusual  ability 
to  meet  the  requirements  for  builders  and  men  of  allied  trades,  Mr.  Corpstein  was  sent  by 

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his  firm  to  San  Pedro,  where  a  flourishing  wholesale  lumberyard  of  the  company  is  situ- 
ated, and  there  he  remained  in  charge  for  two  years,  doing  efficient  service  in  promoting  the 
company's  extensive  trade  relations.  Two  years  later  he  returned  to  Tempe,  Arizona,  where 
he  again  took  over  the  local  management  of  the  same  concern,  so  continuing  for  four  years. 
In  1896  he  came  to  Phoenix  and  acted  "in  a  like  capacity  for  the  Blinn  Lumber  Company  until 
August,  189S,  when  he  helped  to  organize  the  Valley  Lumber  Company,  witli  whicli  he  has 
since  been  connected,  its  business  being  greatly  stimulated  by  his  efficient  and  careful  labors 
As  the  years  have  passed  prosperity  has  come  to  him  and  he  is  today  numbered  among  the 
foremost  business  men  of  the  state. 

On  April  4,  1887,  Mr.  Corpstein  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Johnson,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Honestus  Harvey  and  Anna  M.  Johnson.  Two  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Corpstein,  William  and  Mary.  The  public  and  progressive  spirit  of  Mr.  Corpstein  finds 
expression  in  his  membership  in  the  Board  of  Trade,  through  which  organization  he  always 
favors  such  movements  as  have  for  their  objfct  important  and  effective  plans  for  trade 
expansion.  His  fraternal  relations  are  confined  to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  in  which  he 
is  popular.  A  man  of  sterling  traits  of  character,  he  has  won  the  high  regard  and  confidence 
of  all  those  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact  and  while  he  has  attained  success  his  labors 
have  been  an  important  factor  in  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  state  and  have 
especially  aflTected  the  lumber  industry  in  a  largely  beneficial  way. 


MERCHANTS  BANK  &  TRUST  COMPANY. 

Among  the  financial  enterprises  in  Tucson,  the  expansion  and  development  of  which 
have  been  important  elements  in  general  progress,  is  numbered  the  Merchants  Bank  &  Tnist 
Company,  one  of  the  strongest  financial  concerns  in  the  city.  It  was  organized  by  John 
Mets  in  April,  1907,  and  was  op^ed  for  business  on  January  15th  of  the  following  year.  Its 
officers  are  as  follows:  W.  J.  Corbett,  president;  John  Mets,  vice  president;  and  Byrd  Brooks, 
secretary.  Fred  Fleishman,  A.  Rossi,  J.  P.  Hobusen,  John  B.  Ryland,  J.  Knox  Corbett  and 
John  Heidel  constitute  the  board  of  directors,  all  of  whom  are  men  vvell  known  in  private 
or  business  life  in  Tucson. 

The  bank  has  a  paid  up  capital  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  since  its  incorporation 
has  made  a  steady  and  rapid  growth,  greater  in  proportion  to  its  size  than  that  enjoyed  by 
any  other  bank  in  the  city.  Its  afl'airs  are  capably  conducted  along  modern  lines,  every 
means  being  taken  to  safeguard  the  interests  of  its  twelve  thousand  depositors  and  at  the 
game  time  to  give  them  the  benefit  of  a  progiessive  business  policy.  In  connection  with 
a  general  banking  business  a  real  estate,  trust  and  insurance  department  is  conducted  and 
it  was  in  the  offices  of  this  branch  of  the  concern  that  the  great  project  of  The  Tucson 
Farms  was  conceived — an  enterprise  which  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  greatest 
real-estate  projects  inaugurated  in  this  part  of  Arizona  in  recent  years.  A  more  extended 
mention  of  this  work  and  its  purposes  is  found  in  connection  with  the  sketch  of  John 
Mets  on  another  page  in  this  volume. 

The  business  of  the  Merchants  Bank  &  Trust  Company  is  being  conducted  by  prac- 
tical men,  many  of  whom  are  otherwise  proving  their  capabilities  in  the  conduct  of  suc- 
cessful interests.  Safe  and  conservative  metho<ls  have  been  constantly  employed  and  the 
bank  has  enjoyed  a  steadily  increasing  patronage. 


WILLIAM  J.  WHITE. 


William  J.  White,  a  surface  foreman  for  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Com- 
pany at  Bisbee,  was  born  at  Fort  McPowell,  Arizona,  in  1876.  He  is  the  fourth  child  of 
Patrick  and  Annie  White,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  child- 
hood with  their  respective  parents.  The  families  located  in  the  state  of  New  York  and 
there   the   young  people  were  reared   and   married.     Patrick  White   enlisted   in   the   United 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  339 

states  army  in  his  early  manhood,  remaining  in  the  service  for  twenty-two  years.  He 
was  stationed  at  various  points  in  the  east  until  1870,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Wyoming, 
whence  he  was  later  sent  to  Fort  McDowell.  He  received  his  discharge  in  1878,  and  for 
two  years  tliereafter  he  conducted  a  stock  ranch  in  the  vicinity  of  Fort  McDowell.  In 
1880  lie  removed  with  his  family  to  the  Salt  River  valley  in  tile  vicinity  of  l*hoeni.x,  in  wliich 
city  he  established  a  wagon  shop  and  conducted  the  sam^  for  five  years.  At  the  expiration 
of  that  period  he  went  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and  there  made  his  home  until  his  death, 
wliich  occurred  in  1893.  He  is  survived  by  the  mother,  who  continues  to  reside  in  the 
national  capital,  and  seven  of  his  children  also  live  there. 

The  entire  life  of  William  J.  White  has  been  passed  in  Arizona.  He  was  reared  in  the 
parental  home  and  completed  his  education  in  the  Normal  School  at  Tempo.  At  the  age 
of  si.xteen  years  he  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world,  his  first  employment 
being  in  a  mine.  He  has  ever  since  engaged  in  mining  in  various  capacities,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  five  years,  when  he  served  as  deputy  sheriff  of  Cochise  county.  He  has  been  pro- 
moted from  time  to  time  until  he  now  holds  the  position  of  surface  foreman. 

In  1910  Mr.  White  was  married  to  Mrs.  Daisy  Gladraan,  who  by  her  first  marriage 
!ias  one  son,  Francis  Gladman,  born  on  the  27th  of  October,  1905.  There  is  one  child  by 
the  second  union,  Alice  Marian  White,  born  August  17,  1913.  Mrs.  White  is  a  native  of 
Missouri  and  a  daughter  of  V.  O.  and  Martha  Gillett,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased, 
their  latter  years  having  been  passed  in  Missouri.  Mrs.  White  was  educated  in  Missouri 
and  South  Dakota  and  after  leaving  school  engaged  in  teaching  until  her  marriage.  The 
family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gillett  numbered  five,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Those  living 
are  as  follows:  John  L.,  a  resident  of  Barnard,  Missouri;  Dora,  now  Mrs.  Clarence  Dacan, 
of  Stanberry,  Missouri;  and  Mrs.  White. 

Fraternally  Mr.  White  is  afliliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Knights  of  Pythias.  .  His  allegiance  in  matters  politic  he  accords  to  the  republican 
])arty,  but  he  has  never  held  any  public  office  save  that  of  deputy  sheriff  and  deputy 
United  States  marshal  for  Cochise  county,  serving  in  the  latter  capacity  for  two  years  under 
Charles  A.  Overloek.  Mr.  White  has  been  diligent  and  thrifty  in  his  habits  and  is  now 
tlie  owner  of  a  fine  residence  property  in  Bisbee,  where  he  has  many  friends  who  accord 
liim  the  respect  ever  extended  to  men  of  good  principles  and  honorable  business  methods. 


B.  A.  TAYLOR. 


One  of  the  most  capable  and  successful  representative  business  men  of  Gleeson  is 
B.  A.  Taylor,  who  for  fifteen  years  has  been  identified  with  the  general  mercantile  interests 
there,  directing  his  undertaking  with  the  foresight  and  sagacity  that  has  ranked  him  with 
tlie  foremost  citizens  of  the  community.  His  energies  have  not  been  confined  to  the  develop- 
ment of  his  store  alone  but  have  been  directed  along  other  lines,  and  he  is  financially  inter- 
ested in  different  enterprises  in  Cochise  county,  where  he  has  made  some  judicious  realty 
investments,  being  one  of  the  heaviest  property  holders  in  Gleeson.  Mr.  Taylor  was  born 
in  Missouri  in  1866  and  is  a  son  of  James  B.  and  Debby  Taylor,  the  former  a  native  of 
Bedford  county,  Virginia,  and  the  latter  of  Louisville,  Kentucky.  Their  last  years  were 
passed  in  Missouri,  where  the  mother's  death  occurred  in  1881,  and  that  of  the  father  in  1910. 

B.  A.  Taylor  remained  under  the  parental  roof  until  he  was  eleven  years  of  age,  when 
he  joined  some  friends  who  were  going  to  California.  He  resided  in  Madison,  that  state 
until  1885,  and  then  went  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where  he  clerked  in  a  grocery  store  for  ten 
months.  Returning  to  California  at  the  end  of  that  time,  he  worked  on  a  ranch  for  three 
months,  following  whicli  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  wholesale  liquor  concern  at  San 
Francisco,  remaining  in  their  service  for  five  years.  The  succeeding  four  and  a  half  years 
ho  spent  on  the  road  as  traveling  representative  for  a  wholesale  clothing  house,  and  his 
next  position  was  that  of  head  scaler  in  the  Leland  Stanford  Winery.  On  leaving  that 
employ  at  the  end  of  three  years,  he  opened  a  general  mercantile  store  at  Millwood,  in  the 
Sierra  Nevada  mountains,  California. 

After  conducting  that  enterprise  for  ten  months  Mr.  Taylor  disposed  of  it  and  came  to 


3iO  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Arizona  and  for  three  years  worked  in  the  mines  of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining 
Company  at  Bisbee.  In  1900,  he  went  to  Alaslca  but  as  the  climate  there  did  not  agree 
with  liim,  he  returned  to  Arizona  in  about  nine  months  and  located  at  Gloeson,  where  he 
established  a  general  mercantile  store.  As  he  is  an  enterprising  man  of  practical  and 
systematic  methods  and  conducts  his  business  along  progressive  lines,  success  has  attended 
his  elForts,  each  year  witnessing  an  improvement  in  his  establishment  until  it  became  the 
largest  concern  of  the  kind  in  the  community.  In  June,  1912,  the  entire  place,  which 
invoiced  over  a  hundred  and  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  was  destroyed  by  fire.  It  was  almost 
a  total  loss  as  the  insurance  Mr.  Taylor  carried  did  not  nearly  cover  the  value  of  his  stock 
and  building.  However,  he  is  not  a  man  to  be  vanquished  by  a  misfortune  such  as  that 
and  immediately  began  preparations  for  the  erection  of  a  new  building  and  resumed  business 
on  even  a  larger  scale  than  before.  He  carries  a  large  assortment  of  fancy  and  staple 
groceries,  hay,  grain  and  miners'  supplies,  as  well  as  such  sundries  and  notions  as  are 
generally  to  be  found  in  an  establishment  of  the  kind.  As  his  wares  are  truthfully  repre- 
sented and  he  is  honorable  and  straightforward  in  his  dealings  he  enjoys  a  large  and  con- 
stantly increasing  patronage.  He  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Taylor  Theatre  and  owns  various 
other  properties  in  Gleeson.  He  is  also  interested  in  several  mining  projects  in  Cochise 
county  and  Mexico,  while  he  is  a  stockholder  in  the  oil  fields  of  California  and  owns  resi- 
dence property  in  San  Diego,  that  state.  His  mercantile  interests  are  not  confined  to  Gleeson 
as  he  is  conducting  a  store  at  Pearce,  and  ahso  at  Kelton,  this  state.  He  is  one  of  the 
stockholders  of  the  Central  Pharmacy  of  Bisbee  and  of  the  Citizens  Bank  &  Trust  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  the  vice  president. 

In  1901,  Mr.  Taylor  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lizzie  Henninger,  a  native  of 
Atchison,  Kansas,  and  a  daughter  of  George  and  Minnie  Henninger.  The  family  removed 
to  San  Diego,  California,  during  the  early  days,  coming  from  there  to  Bisbee  in  1901,  where 
the  father  opened  a  cigar  factory,  which  he  is  still  operating.  J\Irs.  Taylor,  who  is  the 
eldest  in  a  family  of  seven  children,  completed  her  education  in  San  Diogo  and  subsequently 
engaged  in  teaching  music  until  her  marriage.  Two  daughters  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Taylor:     Leila  B.,  born  in  1903;  and  Dorothy,  born  in  1908. 

Mr.  Taylor  supports  the  democratic  ticket  and  is  one  of  the  enterprising  and  public- 
spirited  citizens  of  the  town,  taking  an  active  interest  in  all  political  aflfairs.  His  teachings 
are  guided  by  the  Masonic  lodge,  of  which  he  is  a  member.  Both  as  a  business  man  and 
private  citizen  he  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen  by  reason  of  his  hearty 
indorsement  of  every  worthy  enterprise  and  the  substantial  manner  in  which  he  has  con- 
tributed toward  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  community. 


ALBERT  LINCOLN  MOORE. 


Albert  Lincoln  Moore,  one  of  the  representative  business  men  of  Phoenix  and  a  type 
of  the  citizen  whose  influence  is  always  wielded  for  the  city's  material  progress  as  well  as 
moral  uplift,  was  born  April  15,  1865,  in  Watcrford,  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  son  of 
Thomas  and  Isabel  (Powell)  Moore.  The  father  was  born  in  County  Down,  Ireland,  and  was 
of  Scotch-Irish  parentage.  Religious  persecution  had  much  to  do  with  the  family's  emigra- 
tion to  America.  A.  L.  Moore  was  reared  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  lived  to  the  age  of 
seventeen  years,  when  he  removed  to  the  west,  settling  in  Pueblo,  Colorado,  where  for  nearly 
twenty-five  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  retail  coal  business.  In  1905  he  arrived  in 
Phoenix  and  the  following  year  opened  an  undertaking  establishment  in  Tempe.  In  1906 
he  returned  to  Phoenix  and  in  company  with  A.  H.  McLellan  organized  the  firm  of  Mooro 
&  McLellan,  undertakers  and  embalmcrs.  The  business  of  this  firm  is  one  of  the  foremost 
of  its  kind  in  the  state  and  since  1912  has  occupied  the  building  at  No.  329  West  AdamI 
street,  which  was  designed  and  constructed  especially  for  its  accommodation. 

In  1898  Mr.  Moore  was  married  to  Miss  Olive  Potter,  of  New  York  city,  and  they  havd 
two  sons,  Albert  Lee  and  Harold  Potter.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  are  members  of  the  Presby^ 
terian  church.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Arizona  Club  and  has  served  as  a  director  therein 
Politically  his  sympathies  are  with  the  republican  party  in  state  and  national  matters,  whilij 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  341 

in  municipal  affairs  he  looks  to  fitness  of  candidate  as  much  as  to  political  lines.  He  is 
past  exalted  ruler  of  Phoenix  Lodge,  No.  335,  B.  P.  0.  E.  In  1910  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Arizona  Fair  Commission.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  one  of  the  directors 
of  that  organization.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  on  the  reorganization  of  the  Valley 
Kank  in  1914  and  with  F.  S.  Vielie  comprised  the  executive  committee  in  connection  with 
the  affairs  of  that  reorganization.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Central  Bank  of 
Phoenix  in  1914  and  is  now  a  director  of  that  institution.  Mr.  Moore  has  always  taken 
an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  promoting  the  business  development  of  the  city,  where 
he  holds  a  high  place  in  business  circles,  and  his  excellent  personal  characteristics  have 
gained  him  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 


GEORGE  W.  MATHEWS. 


George  W.  Mathews  is  one  of  the  successful  business  men  of  Williams,  Arizona,  where 
he  conducts  a  general  store,  known  as  the  "Racket."  He  was  born  in  1854  in  Wisconsin, 
where  he  attended  public  school,  and  later  turned  his  attention  to  various  pursuits  in  that 
state,  being  successful  at  farming,  lumbering  and  mining.  In  1896  he  was  induced  to 
come  to  Williams,  Arizona,  and  for  one  year  was  connected  with  a  mill  in  that  city. 
In  1897  he  opened  a  store  which  he  called  the  "Racket"  and  which  has  become  favorably 
known  under  that  name.  He  carries  a  large  and  well  selected  stock  of  general  merchandise 
and  has  met  with  success  in  his  business.  His  patronage  is  extensive  and  much  of  his  suc- 
cess must  be  attributed  to  his  good  judgment,  his  knowledge  of  merchandise,  his  executive 
ability  and  his  pleasant  manners.  Fair  dealing  is  the  principle  which  underlies  all  his 
actions  and  the  "Racket"  therefore  naturally  enjoys  popularity.  The  store  was  destroyed 
by  a  fire  some  time  ago,  but  Mr.  Mathews  soon  rebuilt,  the  floor  space  occupied  by  the 
building  being  twenty  by  forty  feet. 

In  1899  Mr.  Mathews  wedded  Miss  Florence  Askew,  of  Tennessee.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  Mr.  Mathews  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Foresters. 
He  is  a  republican  in  politics  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  city  council  for  three  terms, 
his  first  election  taking  place  in  1911.  He  has  done  much  toward  promoting  valuable  meas- 
ures and  in  all  his  actions  has  shown  himself  to  be  a  public-spirited  citizen. 


GEORGE  DA  WE. 


George  Dawe,  chief  clerk  in  the  smelting  department  of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining 
Company,  was  born  in  California  in  1875  and  is  a  son  of  Thomas  R.  and  Mary  Dawe.  The 
parents  were  both  natives  of  England,  whence  the  father  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
in  1861  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  He  subsequently  returned  to  his  native  land,  where 
lie  was  married,  and  soon  after  that  event  he  brought  his  bride  to  America.  For  two 
years  they  resided  in  Wisconsin,  going  from  there  to  Santa  Barbara,  California,  where  for 
thirty-five  years  the  father  engaged  in  the  hardware  business.  He  was  one  of  the  enter- 
prising and  public- spirited  citizens  of  that  period  and  took  an  actice  interest  in  political 
affairs,  serving  for  six  years  as  county  assessor.  He  passed  away"n  1912  at  the  age  of 
sixty-five  years.  The  mother's  death  occurred  in  1887.  In  their  family  were  six  children, 
those  besides  our  subject  being:  Thomas  and  Henry,  twins,  who  are  residing  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara; William,  who  died  in  infancy;  Ida  M.,  a  teacher  in  the  p"ublic  schools  of  Los  Angeles, 
California;  and  Arthur,  who  is  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  in  Santa  Barbara. 

Reared  at  home,  George  Dawe  attended  the  graded  and  high  schools  of  his  native  state 
in  the  acquirement  of  his  education,  later  supplementing  the  knowledge  thus  acquired  by  a 
course  in  a  business  college.  He  then  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world  and 
for  two  years  thereafter  worked  in  the  nurseries  of  Joseph  Sexton  &  Son  at  Santa  Barbara. 
Subsequently  he  became  cashier  and  auditor  of  the  Arlington  Hotel  of  that  city,  and  in 
January,  1902,  he  came  to  Arizona.     For  a  time  he  held  the  position  of  bookkeeper  with 


342  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company  and  was  shortly  made  cashier  and  credit 
man  of  their  mercantile  department.  He  retained  the  latter  position  for  two  years  and 
in  December,  1904,  became  timekeeper  in  tlie  smelting  department  of  the  Calumet  & 
Arizona  Mining  Company  at  Douglas.  He  continued  to  discharge  the  duties  of  that  position 
until  1905.  when  he  was  made  chief  clerk,  which  position  he  has  ever  since  retained.  He  is 
also  a  stockholder  and  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Douglas,  in  which  city,  during 
the  ])eriod  of  his  residence  there,  he  has  acquired  some  desirable  property  interests. 

In  1907  Mr.  Da  we  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Griffith,  a  native  of  Indiana  and  a 
daughter  of  Preston  A.  and  Mary  B.  Griffith,  to  whom  was  also  bom  a  son,  Edward,  a 
resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California.  Mr.  Griffith  removed  with  his  family  to  Nebraska, 
where  for  some  years  he  was  connected  with  the  United  States  land  oflicc.  From  there 
he  came  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  in  1904  and  was  an  employe  of  the  EI  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Railroad  for  four  years.  In  1908  he  severed  his  connection  with  this  company  and  became 
identified  with  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company  of  Douglas,  with  whom  he  is  still 
associated.  Mrs.  Dawe  was  reared  at  home  and  was  given  the  advantages  of  a  gootl  educa- 
tion. She  engaged  in  teaching  ])rior  to  her  marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dawe  have  one  son, 
George  Griffith,  whose  birth  occurred  in  May,  1908. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dawe  attend  the  Episcopal  church,  of  which  she  is  a  member.  Frater- 
nally he  belongs  to  the  blue  lodge  and  chapter  of  the  Masonic  order  and  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  which  organization  he  has  filled  part  of  the 
chairs.  He  votes  the  republican  ticket,  and  although  he  is  interested  in  promoting  the 
development  of  the  city  does  not  prominently  participate  in  mvmicipal  affairs.  He  owns 
his  residence  and  is  numbered  among  the  progressive  citizens  and  estimable  business  men 
of  Douglas,  where  he  has  made  many  stanch  friends. 


WILLIAM  ARNOLD  GREENE,  M.  D. 

Actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  tlie  practice  of  medicine  in  Douglas,  Dr.  William 
Arnold  Greene  was  well  (|ualilied  for  jiiofessional  service  by  thorough  training  in  eastern 
schools  and  has  since  ke]>t  in  close  touch  with  the  onward  march  of  the  profession  through 
wide  reading  and  research.  He  was  born  in  Rho<le  Island  in  18i'>9  and  after  acquiring  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  entered  upon  preparation  for  the  practice 
of  medicine  as  a  student  in  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1895  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  For  two  years  thereafter  he  was  connected 
with  Bellevue  Hospital  of  New  York  city  aTid  there  received  the  broad  practical  training 
and  experience  which  only  hospital  service  can  bring. 

In  1898  Dr.  Greene  arrived  in  Arizona  and  became  connected  with  the  Copper  Queen 
Hos]>ital  at  Bisbee,  there  continuing  until  1901,  Avhen  lie  went  to  Morenci,  Arizona,  where 
he  was  employed  professionally  by  the  Detroit  Copper  Company  for  one  year.  In  January, 
1902,  he  returned  to  New  York  city,  where  he  became  steamship  surgeon  on  the  Holland 
American  Line,  th(>re  continuing  until  December.  He  became  medical  examiner  for  the 
Equitable  Life  Insurance  Society  and  after  three  months  with  that  company  was  sent  to 
Its  Chicago  office,  where  he  remained  until  1904.  But  the  lure  of  the  southwest  was  upon 
him  and,  returning  toJ)ouglas,  Arizona,  he  established  an  office  and  has  since  continued  in 
the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery,  iK-ing  accorded  an  extensive  patronage. 

Dr.  Greene  gives  liis  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.     He  is  no  office  seeker 
although  he  served  as  alderman   from   1906   until    1908   and   through   the   two   succeeding 
years  as  mayor  of  his  city.     He   also  filled  the  position   of  health   officer   for  a  time  butj 
resigned  in  1912.     In  June,  1914,  however,  he  resumed  the  duties  of  that  office,  being  thel 
present  incumbent.     He  seeks  democratic   success  and  for  two  years  was  chairman   of  thel 
democratic  county  central  committee. 

In  September,  1903,  Dr.  Greene  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss   Adeline  Slaughter,  al 
native  of  Texas  and  a  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Adeline    (Harris)    Slaughter,  her   father 
being  the   owner   of   the   well   known   San    Bernardino   ranch   about   eighteen  miles   east  ofl 
Douglas.     Dr.  and  Mrs.  Greene  have  three  children:     John   Slaughter,  born   September  17,1 


DR.  WILLIAM  A.  GRKENE 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  345 

1904;  William  Arnold,  born  October  1,  1906;  and  Adeline  Howell,  born  November  11, 
1911.  The  parents  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  church.  Mrs.  Greene  was  educated  in  the 
Field  Seminary   at   Oakland,   California,  and   studied   painting  under   Bishoff. 

Dr.  (Ireene  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in  Douglas  and  throughout  Cochise  county.  He 
was  elected  councilman  of  the  second  ward  of  his  city  by  a  majority  that  leaves  no  doubt 
as  to  his  popularity  among  his  neighbors.  He  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  who  has  done 
much  for  his  town  along  many  lines  of  progress,  his  efforts  being  particularly  beneficial 
in  her  upbuilding.  In  Masonic  circles  he  is  prominently  known.  He  became  one  of  the 
first  members  admitted  to  the  local  lodge  after  its  organization  and  is  a  past  master. 
He  was  one  of  tlie  organizers  of  Keystone  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  is  now  a  past  high  priest. 
He  likewise  belongs  to  Bisbee  Conunandery,  No.  4,  K.  T.;  to  El  Zaribah  Temple,  A.  A.  O. 
N.  M.  S.,  and  is  also  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  scholarly 
attainments,  his  deep  interest  in  his  profession  from  both  the  scientific  and  liumanitarian 
standpoint  and  his  devotion  to  the  public  good  are  all  qualities  which  have  established  him 
high  in  the  regard  of  his  fellowmen. 


FRANK  J.  DAVIS. 


Frank  .J.  Davis,  who  was  born  in  Utah  in  1870,  is  now  prominently  connected  with  the 
mercantile  life  of  Mesa  as  a  member  of  the  Allison-Davis  Hardware  Company.  He  is  a  man 
of  progressive  ideas  and  modern  tendencies,  and  the  success  of  the  firm  is  largely  due  to 
his  energetic  efforts.  He  received  a  public  school  education  in  his  native  state  and  in  1S90 
came  to  Arizona.  Until  he  became  connected  with  Mr.  Allison  in  the  hardware  business  he 
was  successfully  engaged  in  ranching.  The  store,  formerly  known  as  the  Mesa  Hardware 
Store,  was  taken  over  in  turn  by  the  Jones-Davis  Furniture  Company,  of  which  Frank 
J.  Davis  was  a  partner.  The  Allison-Davis  Hardware  Company  receives  much  of  his  atten- 
tion and  he  has  succeeded  in  greatly  increasing  the  patronage  of  the  store  by  his  accomo- 
dating ways.  The  line  of  goods  carried  by  the  firm  is  complete  and  every  customer  who 
trades  here  feels  that  he  receives  dollar  for  dollar  in  value. 

Mr.  Davis  was  married  in  1S92,  when  about  twenty-two  years  of  age,  to  Miss  Levina 
Harper,  of  Mesa,  Arizona,  and  to  this  union  were  born  seven  children,  all  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing. Mr.  Davis  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
He  is  public  spirited  and  deeply  interests  himself  in  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  city. 
He  has  been  elected  to  the  city  council  and  by  his  able  service  has  contributed  toward 
valuable  public  improvements.  He  always  upholds  the  right  and  decries  what  he  believes 
to  be  wrong.  A  man  of  honest  convictions,  he  has  done  much  good  in  the  council  and  has 
contributed  his  share  toward  beneficial  legislation.  Mr.  Davis  stands  high  in  the  estima- 
tion of  his  fellow  citizens  and  well  merits  the  confidence  which  all  who  know  him  place  in 
him. 


EDWARD  JOHN  LEHMANN. 

Edward  John  Lehmann,  who  is  efficiently  serving  as  postmaster  of  Gifton,  was  bom 
in  Cliicago  in  1879,  a  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Ortlieb)  Lehmann,  natives  of  France.  The 
father,  who  followed  general  agricultural  pursuits  for  many  years,  passed  away  in  1885, 
and  the  mother  died  December  20,  1915.  In  their  family  were  four  children:  Lydia,  de- 
ceased;  Clara;   Edward  John,  of  this  review;   and  Emily,  who  has  passed  away. 

Edward  J.  Lehmann  was  reared  in  Chicago  and  educated  in  the  city  schools.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  yeare  he  laid  aside  his  books  and  began  working  for  his  uncle,  J.  Ortlieb, 
in  a  delicatessen  store,  where  he  remained  until  his  uncle's  retirement.  The  uncle"  passed 
away  January  24,  1915.  After  leaving  his  employ  Mr.  Lehmann  worked  for  otiiers  until 
1904,  when  he  came  west.     He  settled  first  in  Tucson  and  there  became  connected  with  the 


346  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Tucson  Telephone  Company  as  mesaenger.  He  gradually  worked  his  way  upward  through 
various  responsible  positions,  gaining  the  confidence  and  trust  of  his  superiors  and  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  his  associates  and  friends  and  rising  finally  to  the  position  of  man- 
ager at  Clifton,  where  he  took  up  his  residence  in  1905.  He  remained  in  charge  of  the 
local  olfice  for  eight  years,  resigning  when  he  was  appointed  by  President  Taft  postmaster 
of  the  city,  a  capacity  in  which  he  has  served  successfully  and  capably  since  June,  1912. 
Under  his  management  the  affairs  of  the  office  have  been  carefully  and  economically 
administered  and  the  volume  of  business  done  has  increased  greatly,  especially  since  the 
inauguration  of  the  present  parcel  post  system. 

In  business  circles  of  Clifton  Mr.  Lehmann's  name  stands  for  progress,  initiative 
and  enterprise,  his  business  connections  showing  his  foresight  and  ability.  He  is  a  director 
in  the  Clifton  Investment  Company  and  a  stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Clif- 
ton, the  First  National  Bank  of  Duncan,  Arizona,  and  the  First  National  Bank  of  Morenci. 
He  held  at  one  time  a  similar  position  in  the  Polaris  Mining  &  Milling  Company  of  Clifton. 

On  December  25,  1914,  Mr.  Lehmann  married  Miss  Edith  Jennings,  of  Clifton,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  Katherine  Jennings  of  Saflord,  Arizona.  Her  father,  John  Jennings,  who  died 
about  1905,  was  a  pioneer  of  Arizona  and  engaged  in  stock-raising  until  his  death.  There 
were  three  children  in  the  family,  including  Arthur,  who  resides  in  SafTord  with  his  mother. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Lehmann  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  has  gained  a 
prominent  position  in  this  association,  being  past  master  at  arms  of  his  lodge.  He  owns 
valuable  residence  property  in  Clifton.  While  politically  a  loyal  republican,  he  never  seeks 
public  office,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  attention  upon  his  business  affairs,  his  present 
political  position  having  come  to  him  entirely  unsolicited.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  character 
and  sterling  worth  and  well  merits  the  high  regard  in  which  he  is  uniformly  held. 


JUDGE  FRANK  H.  LYMAN. 


Since  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1889,  Judge  Frank  H.  Lyman  has  continuously  followed 
the  legal  profession  and  since  March,  1893,  has  made  his  home  in  Phoenix.  He  was  born 
in  Greigsville,  Livingston  county.  New  York,  September  1,  1863,  a  son  of  E.  H.  and  Martha 
C.  (Collins)  Lyman,  the  former  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  the  latter  of  New  York. 
The  family  is  of  Englisli  origin  and  was  founded  in  America  when  this  country  was  still 
under  the  rule  of  Great  Britain.  The  grandfather,  Giles  Lyman,  and  the  great-grandfather 
of  Frank  H.  Lyman,  were  both  soldiers  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  E.  H.  Lyman  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming,  remaining  a  resident  of  the  Empire  state  until  1866,  when  he 
removed  with  his  family  to  Michigan,  where  his  remaining  days  were  passed. 

Frank  H.  Lyman  was  only  three  years  of  age  when  the  family  established  their  home 
in  the  middle  west.  In  the  public  schools  of  Michigan  he  pursued  his  early  education  and 
■  afterward  attended  Olivet  College  of  that  state.  Wishing  to  make  the  practice  of  law 
his  life  work  he  began  reading  in  the  office  and  under  the  direction  of  an  uncle  in  Toledo, 
Ohio,  and  afterward  continued  his  studies  in  Michigan,  being  there  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1889.  He  practiced  for  a  short  time  in  Grand  Rapids  and  then  removed  to  Ogden,  Utah, 
where  he  remained  until  March,  1893,  when  he  arrived  in  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  For  two  terms  he  filled  the  office  of  assistant  district  attorney  and 
in  1911  was  elected  to  the  position  of  county  attorney  in  which  connection  he  made  an 
excellent  record,  carefully  safeguarding  the  legal  interests  of  the  public.  In  June,  1915, 
he  was  appointed  judge  of  the  superior  court,  resigning  the  office  of  county  attorney.  In 
his  law  practice  he  has  made  continuous  progi-ess.  He  is  able  to  base  his  arguments  upon 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  and  familiarity  with  precedents  and  he  presents  a  case  upon  its 
merits,  never  failing  to  recognize  the  main  point  at  issue  and  never  neglecting  to  give  a 
thorough  preparation. 

On  the  15th  of  November,  1906,  Mr.  Lyman  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  W.  Watrous, 
of  Phoenix,  a  native  of  Castile,  New  Y'ork.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lyman  hold  membership 
in  the  Presbyterian   church   and   he  is  connected   with   several   fraternal   organizations,   liis 


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las 


name  being  on  the  membership  rolls  of  the  Elks,  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pyth._-. 
and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat,  active  and  earnest  in  his 
support  of  the  party  because  of  his  firm  belief  in  its  principles.  He  has  served  as  secretary 
of  the  city  waterworks  commission  but  the  only  other  offices  he  has  filled  have  been  in  the 
strict  path  of  his  profession.  He  never  neglects  a  duty  of  citizenship  and  has  cooperated 
in  many  movements  for  the  general  good  but  he  regards  the  legal  profession  as  his  real 
life  work  and  along  that  line  has  made  continuous  advancement.  There  is  a  precision  and 
clearness  in  his  statements,  acuteness  and  strength  in  his  arguments  which  indicate  a  mind 
trained  in  the  severest  school  of  investigation  and  close  reasoning  that  has  become  habitual 
and  easy. 


KEESE  M.  LING. 


Since  1884  Reese  M.  Ling  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona,  at  which  time  he  took  up  his 
abode  in  Prescott.  In  1912  he  came  to  Phoenix.  The  reputation  which  he  had  previously 
won  as  a  practitioner  of  law  preceded  him  and  served  as  an  introduction  to  the  public  in 
the  capital  city,  where  he  is  now  well  established  in  practice,  being  regarded  as  one  of  the 
foremost  lawyers  of  central  Arizona.  A  native  of  Ohio,  he  was  born  on  the  16th  of  May, 
1868,  his  parents  being  Martin  and  Mary  (Reese)  Ling.  The  father  died  in  1869  and 
in  1884  the  mother  brought  her  family  to  Arizona,  having  previously  become  the  wife  of 
Thomas  H.  Bowen,  and  the  family  home  was  established  in  Prescott,  where  she  remained 
to  the  time  of  her  death. 

Reese  M.  Ling  was  only  about  a  year  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death  and  was  a 
youth  of  sixteen  when  he  came  to  this  state,  then  a  territory.  His  early  educational 
advantages  were  those  offered  by  the  public  schools  in  the  districts  in  which  he  lived.  He 
was  a  student  at  the  Ohio  State  University  at  Columbus,  being  at  the  time  the  youngest 
student  ever  admitted  to  that  institution.  He  was  also  the  first  graduate  of  the  Normal 
School  of  Arizona  at  Tempe  and  for  two  years  successfully  engaged  In  teaching  but  regarded 
that  merely  as  an  initial  step  to  other  professional  labor  and,  desirous  of  becoming  a 
member  of  the  bar,  he  matriculated  in  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan  at 
Ann  Arbor,  being  graduated  therefrom  with  the  class  of  1890.  In  March  of  that  year  he 
located  in  Chicago,  where  he  remained  for  six  months  and  then  returned  to  Arizona  to  enter 
upon  a  professional  career  in  this  state.  He  opened  an  office  in  Prescott  and  it  was  not 
long  before  he  had  given  evidence  of  his  ability  to  successfully  cope  with  intricate  and 
involved  legal  problems.  He  carefully  prepared  his  case,  presented  it  clearly  and  forcefully 
and  his  strong  reasoning  and  logical  deductions  proved  potent  forces  in  winning  for  him  the 
verdicts  desired.  Public  recognition  of  his  ability  came  to  him  in  his  election  to  the 
office  of  district  attorney,  which  he  filled  for  four  years,  and  he  was  also  city  attorney  of 
Prescott  for  ten  years  or  more,  his  long  retention  in  that  office  being  proof  conclusive  of  his 
ability  and  fidelity.  He  continued  to  make  his  home  in  Prescott  until  1912,  when  he  came 
to  Phoenix  and  entered  into  a  partnership  with  George  J.  Stoneman  which  continued  until 
1914.  Since  that  time  Mr.  Ling  has  been  practicing  alone.  He  is  well  versed  in  all  depart- 
ments of  the  law  and  displays  notable  soundness  in  the  application  of  legal  principles  to 
the  points  in  controversy. 

Aside  from  his  profession  Mr.  Ling  is  widely  known  as  one  of  the  prominent  democratic 
leaders  of  Arizona,  having  long  been  an  active  and  stalwart  champion  of  the  principles  of 
the  party.  His  eflforts  in  its  behalf  have  been  far-reaching  and  beneficial  and  in  1911,  when 
he  became  democratic  candidate  for  the  United  States  senate,  he  lost  by  only  five  hundred 
votes.  In  1912  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  democratic  national  committee  and  as  such 
is  in  close  touch  with  the  leaders  of  democracy  throughout  the  country.  His  opinions  carry 
weight  in  party  councils  and  few  have  as  intimate  knowledge  of  the  political  conditions  of 
the  southwest  as  has  Reese  M.  Ling.  After  the  election  in  1912,  his  friends  in  Arizona  and 
other  parts  of  the  country  urged  his  selection  upon  President  Wilson  for  the  appointment 
as  secretary  of  the  interior. 

At  Prescott,  in  1889  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Ling  and  Miss  Nellie  Osenburg, 


348  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  Topeka,  Kansas,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  Osenburg,  the  former  one  of  the  early- 
pioneers  and  merchants  of  Prescott.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ling  have  become  the  parents  of  three 
children:  David,  an  attorney  of  Clifton,  Arizona,  and  Perry,  an  attorney  of  Los  Angeles, 
both  of  whom  are  graduates  of  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Southern  California; 
and  Harry,  at  home. 

Mr.  Ling  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge  No.  330  and  is  the  oldest  past 
exalted  ruler  in  Arizona.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  he  and  his  family  attend  the  Methodist  church.  His  inlluence 
has  always  been  found  on  tlie  side  of  right  and  progress-  and  he  has  been  an  active  factor 
in  seeking  and  obtaining  advancement  along  many  lines  relating  to  the  general  good.  He 
has  been  a  close  student  of  the  political,  sociological  and  economic  questions  of  the  day  and 
on  all  such  keeps  abreast  with  the  best  thinking  men  of  the  age. 


JACOB  SCHEERER. 


Jacob  Scheerer,  now  living  retired  in  Douglas,  is  one  of  the  well  known  pioneers  of 
Cochise  county,  where  for  many  years  he  siiccessfuUy  operated  a  cattle  ranch.  He  was  born 
iu  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  in  1853.  and  is  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Scheerer.  The  parents 
were  natives  of  Germany  but  were  married  in  America  and  passed  the  early  period  of  their 
domestic  life  in  Pennsylvania.  They  subsequently  removed  to  Michigan,  thence  to  Illinois 
and  later  to  Missouri.  In  1869  they  went  to  Kansas,  taking  up  a  homestead  in  Osage 
county,  on  which  they  passed  the  remainder  of  their  years.  Of  the  four  children  born  to 
them  but  two  arc  now  living:  Jacob;  and  George  W.,  who  is  living  on  a  ranch  in  this 
county. 

Jacob  Soheerer  passed  tlie  first  twenty-two  years  of  his  life  under  the  parental  roof. 
In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Missouri  and  Kan- 
sas and  wlien  not  occupied  with  his  lessons  assisted  his  father  about  the  farm.  About 
1875  he  left  home  and  started  out  to  make  liis  own  way  in  the  world.  He  located  at 
Chico,  California,  and  ran  an  engine  in  a  sawmill  for  several  years,  thus  acquiring  a  good 
general  knowledge  of  that  industry.  In  1880  he  came  to  Tombstone,  Arizona,  where  he 
bought  a  freighting  outfit,  consisting  of  three  ox  teams  and  equipment,  for  which  he  was 
to  pay  three  thousand  two  huiulred  dollars.  Althougli  he  did  not  have  any  capital  he  was 
not  asked  to  give  a  note  b\it  paid  for  the  outfit  as  -he  was  able,  meeting  with  no  dilliculty 
in  tlie  final  settlement.  He  followed  that  business  for  twelve  years,  during  which  time 
l:e  also  engaged  in  various  other  activities.  In  1883  he  purchased  a  half  interest  in  a  saw- 
mill located  in  Mormon  Canon,  Cochise  county,  and  operated  it  for  three  years.  At  the  ex- 
piration of  that  time  he  disposed  of  that  enterprise  and  invested  the  proceeds  in  some  land 
twenty-five  mjles  north  of  Douglas,  where  he  established  a  ranch.  He  began  with  a  hundred 
and  fifty  head  of  Mexican  cattle  and  two  freight  teams,  but  developed  the  business  during 
the  intervening  years  until  he  disposed  of  it  upon  his  retirement  in  1907  for  a  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars.  It  was  one  of  the  best  and  moat  capably  directed  cattle  industries  in  hisi 
section  an<l  was  known  as  the  Double  Hod  Ranch.  Since  1907  Mr.  Scheerer  took  up  hia 
abode  in  Douglas,  where  he  owns  a  very  ]>leasant  modern  residence.  He  holds  tlie  title  tol 
twelve  hiinilred  and  eighty  acres  of  alfalfa  and  fruit  land  in  Corcoran,  California,  and  also 
owns  several  mining  claims  thirty-five  miles  north  of  Douglas,  one  of  which  he  has  undef 
operation. 

Mr.  Scheerer  was  married  in    1886  to  Miss  Virginia   M.   Smith,  a  native  of  Virginil 
City,  Nevada,  and  a  daughter  of  B.  F.  Smith.     Her  father  passed  away  at  Pearce,  Arizona 
but  the  mother  is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  in  Cochise  county.     She  is  one  of  th^ 
pioneer  women  of  Arizona,  having  come  to  this  state  in  1882.     Her  husband  came  in  1880 
and  later  sent  for  his  family.     Six  of  the  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  are  livingJ 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scheerer  liave  two  children:  Pearl,  who  was  born  in  1887,  and  is  now  the  wifel 
of  Earl   Reed,  of  Bisbee:    and  George  W.,  who  was  born   November   19,   1889,  and   is  nowJ 
taking  the  agricultural  course  at  the  University  at  Tucson  and  will  graduate  in  Jime,  1916.f 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Scheerer  are  confined  to  his  membersliip  in  tlie  Benevo-j 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  351 

lent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  and  has  always 
taken  an  active  interest  in  local  affairs,  having  served  for  one  term  on  the  board  of  super- 
visors of  Cochise  county.  His  early  experiences  were  not  unlike  those  of  the  majority  of 
the  pioneers  and  involved  innumerable  hardships  and  privations.  He  is  a  man  of  much  de- 
termination, however,  and  resolutely  stuck  to  his  purpose  until  he  ultimately  attained  suc- 
cess and  IS  now  numbered  among  the  substantial  citizens  of  Douglas. 


REV.  JOHN   G.    PRITCHARD. 

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The  religious  development  of  Arizona  numbers  among  its  greatest  individual  forces 
Rev.  John  G.  Pritchard,  pioneer  minister  of  the  state,  founder  of  the  first  church  in  Bisbee, 
preacher,  worker  and  scholar.  He  has  done  more  than  any  one  man  in  Arizona  to  promote 
the  spread  of  Presbyterian  doctrines,  and  his  influence  has  been  made  doubly  powerful  and 
effective  by  reason  of  his  upright  life,  which  has  been  great  in  its  simplicity  and  straight- 
forward in  all  of  its  relations.  Mr.  Pritchard  was  born  in  Wales,  .January  20,  1848,  and  is 
a  son  of  Griffith  and  Jennie  (.Jones)  Pritchard,  both  natives  of  North  Wales.  The  father 
was  a  shipbuilder  by  trade  and  claimed  descent  from  Griffith  App  Cunnin,  prominent  in 
early  Welsh  history. 

John  G.  Pritchard  is  the  only  surviving  member  of  a  family  of  four  children.  He 
was  fifteen  years  of  age  when  he  began  his  independent  career,  working  in  the  stone  quar- 
ries in  Wales.  After  si,\  years  he  came  to  the  United  States  and  pursued  the  same  occupa- 
tion in  New  York  and  Vermont,  later  going  to  Canada,  where  he  spent  two  years  in  the 
Dominion  quarries.  He  was  eager  for  knowledge  and  in  order  to  gain  an  education  entered 
St.  Francis  College  at  Richmond,  Quebec,  spending  two  years  there  and  a  similar  period  in 
Morrin  College.  He  was  later  graduated  from  McGil!  University  in  Montreal  with  the  degree 
of  B.  A.  and  afterward  pursued  his  theological  studies,  becoming  an  ordained  Presbyterian 
minister  in  1883.  For  three  years  previous  to  this  time  he  had  been  a  missionary  in 
Quebec  and  after  his  ordination  was  given  a  pastorate  in  that  province,  where  he  remained 
for  two  and  one-half  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Danville, 
Quebec,  where  he  was  pastor  for  a  similar  period. 

Mr.  Pritchard  then  came  to  Bisbee,  beginning  in  this  city  a  career  which  has  been  useful, 
beneficial  and  of  far-reaching  helpfulness.  He  was  the  fifth  Presbj'terian  minister  in  the 
territory  of  Arizona,  completing  the  number  required  to  make  up  the  presbytery  and  synod 
of  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.  He  began  life  in  Bisbee  as  librarian  for  the  Copper  Queen 
Mining  Company  and  soon  after  his  arrival  here  fitted  up  a  church  in  the  library  building, 
organizing  in  this  way  the  Union  church  of  Bisbee,  which  is  known  as  the  mother  of  all  the 
five  churches  now  in  the  city.  Mr.  Pritchard  proved  not  only  a  zealous,  loyal  and  enthusi- 
astic minister  but  a  practical  and  able  business  man  and  these  qualities  aided  him  greatly 
in  the  work  of  organization  which  he  began  at  that  time.  He  founded  the  first  Presby- 
terian church  in  Bisbee  and  became  the  first  resident  pastor,  steadily  carrying  forward  the 
work  of  promulgating  its  doctrines  and  spreading  its  Cliristian  and  humanitarian  prin- 
ciples. He  made  himself  a  power  and  a  vital  force  in  religious  circles,  strengthening  his 
professions  by  active,  aggi'essive  and  practical  work,  and  he  soon  won  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  resigned  his  active  church  work  in  1901  and  his 
office  as  librarian  in  the  following  year.  In  1903  he  gave  up  the  office  of  postmaster  of 
Bisbee,  which  he  had  held  since  February,  1889,  and  since  that  time  has  been  devoting  a 
great  deal  of  his  attention  to  business  pursuits.  For  a  time  he  was  a  mining  broker, 
handling  valuable  mining  properties  and  building  up  an  extensive  and  important  business. 
He  also  did  a  great  deal  of  prospecting  and  for  twenty-four  years  took  the  weather  observa- 
tions for  the  United  States  government.  He  is  now  interested  in  the  insurance  business 
and  in  it  is  meeting  with  that  success  which  is  always  the  result  of  practical  and  progressive 
methods  and  shrewd  and  discriminating  business  ability. 

On  the  3d  of  June,  1873,  Mr.  Pritchard  wedded  Miss  Jennie  Evans,  a  native  of  North 
Wales,  who  came  to  the  United  States  with  her  parents  when  she  was  a  small  child.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Drfrothy    (Owen)    Evans  and  one  of  a  family  of  nine  children. 


352  •  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGP]ST  STATE 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pritcliard  had  adopted  two  children:  a  son,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  years;  and  a  daughter,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Robert  J.  Wilson,  of  Tucson.  Mrs. 
Pritcliard  passed  away  March  8,  1915. 

Mr.  Pritchard  has  since  coming  to  Eisbee  been  a  force  in  the  development  of  local 
fraternal  organizations,  for  he  has  organized  many  of  the  most  important  of  these  societies 
here.  Three  years  after  his  arrival  he  founded  the  lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  he  was  identified  with  the  organization  of  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.  He  also  organized  a  temperance  society,  which  was  finally  merged  with  the 
Good  Templars.  His  career  has  been  successful,  measured  by  its  usefulness.  It  has  been 
characterized  by  the  utmost  fidelity  to  principle  and  by  untiring  zeal  and  consecration  to 
his  work.  Unlike  many  men  of  his  profession,  he  kept  during  the  period  of  his  ministry 
in  close  touch  with  his  parishioners  in  tlieir  lives  and  their  interests,  so  that  his  teachings, 
his  advice  and  his  sympathy  were  of  the  utmost  benefit  to  those  who  came  under  his 
instruction. 


LOUIS  H.  CHALMERS. 


Louis  H.  Chalmers,  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Chalmers  &  Kent,  occupies  a  position 
among  the  foremost  lawyers  practicing  at  the  Phoenix  bar,  and  while  well  versed  in  all 
departments  of  the  law,  he  is  specializing  to  a  large  extent  in  corporation  practice.  He 
was  born  .lanuary  1,3,  1861,  in  Jamestown,  Greene  county,  Ohio,  and  was  the  only  child 
who  reached  years  of  maturity  in  the  family  of  Clark  and  Hattie  (Jenkins)  Chalmers. 
He  is  descended  from  one  of  the  old  southern  families.  His  great-grandfather,  who  was  a 
planter,  was  bom  in  the  state  of  South  Carolina,  which  was  also  the  birthplace  of  James 
and  Clark  Chalmers,  the  grandfather  and  father  respectively  of  Louis  H.  Chalmers.  Remov- 
ing westward,  James  Chalmers  became  one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  where 
he  died  in  1882.  The  father  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  business  in  Xenia  until  after  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  war,  when  he  enlisted  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Seventy-fifth  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry  and  died  at  Camp  Chase  in  the  same  year.  His  wife,  who  was  a  native 
of  Jamestown,  Ohio,  passed  away  in  Iowa. 

In  the  schools  of  his  native  city  Louis  H.  Chalmers  pursued  his  education  until  he  had 
completed  the  high-school  course.  In  1881  he  turned  his  attention  to  journalism,  purchasing 
the  Republican,  a  republican  paper  published  in  Pike  county,  Ohio.  This  he  edited  for 
two  years,  it  giving  him  a  continuous  source  of  income  while  he  pursued  the  study  of 
law,  having  determined  to  make  the  practice  of  the  profession  his  life  work.  In  the  fall 
of  1883  he  continued  his  preparation  for  the  bar  by  matriculation  in  the  Cincinnati  Law 
School  as  a  senior  and  was  graduated  with  the  LL.  B.  degree  in  1884. 

The  lure  of  the  west,  with  its  constantly  broadening  opportunities,  attracted  him  and 
by  way  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  he  reached  Phoenix,  Arizona.  Here  he  at  once  opened 
a  law  oflice  and  is  today  one  of  the  older  members  of  the  bar  in  years  of  continuous  practice 
here  as  well  as  one  of  the  most  able  and  successful.  He  has  practiced  in  all  departments 
of  the  law  but  has  confined  his  attention  mostly  to  civil  law  practice,  specializing  some- 
what in  corporation  law.  He  is  also  attoniey  for  the  Phoenix  National  Bank  and  the 
Ray  Consolidated  Copper  Company  and  is  one  of  the  solicitors  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
Company  in  Arizona.  His  knowledge  of  the  law,  as  exemplified  in  his  successful  practice, 
is  comprehensive  and  exact  and  his  close  application  to  his  profession  has  brought  Iiiiii  to 
a  position  of  prominence. 

In  Phoenix,  in  1891,  Mr.  Chalmers  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Laura  E.  Coates,  a 
daughter  of  George  F.  Coates.  She  is  a  native  of  Iowa  and  a  graduate  of  the  Ellis  Female 
Academy  of  Los  Angeles,  California.  Her  father  was  a  member  of  an  Iowa  regiment  in 
the  Civil  war.  He  came  to  Phoenix  in  1878  and  for  some  time  was  engaged  in  merchandising 
here  but  is  now  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Chalmers  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  public  progress  and  welfare  in  Phoenix 
and  the  state  and  has  cooperated  in  many  measures  and  movements  which  are  a  matter  of 
civic  virtue  and  civic  pride.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  is  in  sympathy 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  353 

with  its  various  plans  for  the  benefit  of  the  city.  The  Maricopa  Club  numbers  him  among 
its  popular  members  and  his  standing  is  high  in  the  Territorial  Bar  Association.  His 
political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and  for  two  or  three  terms  he  has 
rilled  the  office  of  city  attorney.  In  1890  he  was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature,  serv- 
ing with  distinction  in  the  sixteenth  general  assembly  as  chairman  of  the  judiciary  com- 
mittee. While  he  is  probably  not  without  that  laudable  ambition  which  works  for  good 
in  the  holding  of  office,  he  yet  regards  the  pursuits  of  private  life  as  abundantly  worthy 
of  his  best  efl'orts  and  his  devotion  to  his  profession  has  brought  him  to  the  honorable  and 
enviable  position  which  he  now  occupies. 


HOWARD  SAWYER  REED. 


Important  problems  affect  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  Arizona  and  to  their 
solution  have  been  brought  methods  at  once  practical  and  scientific.  The  natural  resources 
of  the  state  are  not  being  utilized  in  any  haphazard  way.  Men  of  intelligence  and  wide 
learning  are  meeting  conditions  here  in  a  manner  to  best  conserve  the  forces  and  wealtli 
of  the  state.  It  is  in  this  connection  that  Howard  Sawyer  Reed  has  become  well  known. 
As  an  engineer  of  the  United  States  reclamation  service  he  had  charge  of  the  operation 
and  maintenance  of  the  Salt  river  project,  making  his  headquarters  in  Phoenix. 

There  is  a  wide  distance  between  his  present  place  of  residence  and  the  place  of  his 
nativity,  for  he  was  born  in  Booth  Bay  Harbor,  Maine,  in  April,  18fi9,  his  parents  being 
Chapman  N.  and  Sarah  Ann  (Orne)  Reed.  He  is  descended  in  the  paternal  line  from 
ancestors  who  came  from  England  while  this  country  was  still  numbered  among  the  colonial 
possessions  of  Great  Britain.  His  great-great-grandfather  was  a  lieutenant  colonel  of  the 
Third  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Regiment  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  the  same  spirit 
of  loyalty  and  bravery  characterized  his  father,  who  became  a  captain  of  Company  C  of 
the  Fourteenth  Regiment  of  Maine  during  the  Civil  war.  He  made  an  excellent  military 
record,  and  with  the  close  of  hostilities  returned  home  to  again  enter  upon  the  pursuits  of 
civil  life.  He  was  well  known  as  a  leading  contractor  and  builder  of  Maine  and  was 
prominent  in  public  affairs,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  state  legislature. 

Howard  S.  Reed  pursued  his  education  through  consecutive  grades  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city  until  graduated  from  the  high  school.  Later  he  was  connected  with 
mercantile'  interests  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  from  1885  until  1894.  In  the  latter  year  he 
formed  a  business  connection  with  the  firm  of  Moore  &  Company,  engineers  and  builders 
of  waterworks.  He  was  associated  with  them  in  carrying  out  various  engineering  projects 
throughout  Maine  and  Massachusetts  until  1897,  when  hfe  went  to  the  Nicaraguan  and 
Isthmian  canal  zone  as  assistant  hydrographer.  He  spent  three  years  in  hydrographic  work 
on  the  Nicaraguan  route  and  in  1903  he  assisted  in  the  preparation  of  the  report  on  the 
Salt  river  project  of  Arizona  and  also  in  preparing  the  annual  report  of  the  hydrograplno 
division  of  the  United  States  geological  survey.  On  the  28th  of  June,  1902,  he  was  appointed 
resident  hydrographer  for  work  on  the  Uinta  Indian  reservation,  and  on  the  28th  of  May, 
1903,  became  assistant  engineer  in  the  United  States  reclamation  service.  Two  years  passed 
in  that  work  and  on  the  27th  of  August,  1905,  he  was  detailed  for  the  position  of  assistant 
engineer  at  Phoenix  in  connection  with  the  Salt  river  project,  which  has  reclaimed  so  much 
of  the  hitherto  arid  lands  of  the  state.  A  few  months  later  he  was  made  chief  engineer.  He 
had  charge  of  all  canals  of  this  extensive  irrigation  system  and  also  all  the  construction  work 
on  the  south  side  unit.  He  retired  from  the  United  States  reclamation  service  August  15, 
1913.  In  1907-8  he  designed  the  present  waterworks  plant  of  Phoenix  and  acted  as  con- 
sulting engineer  during  its  construction  and  installation  and  during  1914-15  he  has  devoted 
considerable  time  to  the  Venturi  Irrigation  meter,  a  device  for  measuring  water  for  irriga- 
tion purposes.  He  is  at  present  engaged  in  private  practice  in  Phoenix,  devoting  his  time 
to  hydraulic  and  irrigation  engineering.  Broad  study  and  wide  experience  have  given  him 
intimate  and  accurate  knowledge  of  many  puzzling  questions  that  confront  the  engineer. 
While  his  methods  conform  to  the  highest  scientific  principles,  they  are  also  of  extremely 


354  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

practical   character,   working   out  for   tlie   benefit   of   all   the   diflferent   engineering   interests 
with  which  he  is  connected. 

In  Washington,  on  the  31st  of  December,  19O0,  ilr.  Reed  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Fay  B.  Merriam  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  They  have  one  son,  Chapman  Benson. 
The  parents  are  members  of  the  Trinity  Episcopal  church  and  Mr.  Reed  is  serving  as  a 
vestryman.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  and  along  strictly 
social  lines  he  is  connected  with  the  Arizona  Club,  of  which  he  is  director,  and  the  Country 
Club.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Arizona  chapter  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, of  which  he  served  as  president  in  1911,  and  is  an  associate  member  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  His  advancement  along  jirofessional  lines  has  been  continuous, 
bringing  him  to  a  place  of  no  secondary  importance  in  engineering  circles.  His  power  and 
ability  entitle  him  to  a  position  of  leadership,  and  while  his  colleagues  and  contemporaries 
recognize  his  power  the  initiated  of  the  laity  see  the  far-reaching  and  practical  results  of 
his  labors. 


GEORGE  E.  DODGE,  M.  D. 


Dr.  George  E.  Dodge,  who  for  several  years  has  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  medicine  and  surgery  in  Tucson,  was  born  in  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  March  30,  1873. 
He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  and  later  was  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Tennessee.  He  received  his  medical  degree  from  the  University  of  Virginia 
and  afterward  took  a  post  graihiate  course  in  Vienna,  returning  to  America  splendidly 
equipped  for  professional  practice. 

Dr.  Dodge  began  his  professional  career  in  New  York  city  in  1890  and  remained  there 
for  twelve  years,  winning  such  prominence  in  his  profession  that  he  was  appointed  as  a 
member  of  the  medical  stall'  of  the  hospital  ship  Maine,  which  went  to  South  Africa  during 
the  Boer  war.  The  expedition  was  organized  and  financed  by  Mrs.  Cornwallis  West,  formerly 
Lady  Randolph  Churchill,  and  the  vessel  was  supplied  with  a  perfect  hospital  equipment  in 
charge  of  American  surgeons  and  nurses.  Resuming  his  private  practice  in  New  York,  Dr. 
Dodge  remained  there  until  I'.IO'J,  when  he  came  to  Tucson.  He  has  secured  a  large  and 
lucrative  patronage,  which  is  steadily  increasing,  and  he  is  now  numbered  among  the  leaders 
of  his  profession  in  liis  part  of  the  state.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  modern  advani'ement 
through  his  membership  in  the  American  Medical  Association  and  the  state  and  local 
medical  societies,  and  he  is  also  a  fellow  of  tlie  American  College  of  Surgeons. 


BENJAMIN  COOK. 


Among  those  enterprising  and  i)rogressivc  citizens  who  attained  such  s\icccss  in  busi- 
ness affairs  that  they  were  able  to  8])end  their  last  days  in  retirement  was  Benjamin  Cook, 
who  dated  his  residence  in  Tombstone  from  1878.  Throughout  tlie  intervening  years  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  October  30,  1915,  he  gained  recognition  as  a  public-spirited  and 
loyal  citizen,  an  acute  and  farsighted  business  man,  and  above  all  as  a  force  in  the  mining 
development  of  the  state  of  Arizona.  He  was  born  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  November 
7,  1831,  and  was  a  son  of  Gideon  Cook,  who  was  of  English  ancestry.  Both  parents  have 
passed  away,  their  deaths  having  occurred  in  Massachusetts.  Four  of  the  children  born  to 
them  grew  to  maturity  but  all  are  now  deceased. 

Benjamin  Cook  acquired  his  education  in  Beverly,  but  his  advantages  along  this  line 
were  limited,  for  at  tlie  age  of  twelve  years  he  went  to  sea  and  in  the  course  of  tl'.ree  years 
visited  France,  England,  China  and  Africa.  He  landed  at  Vera  Cruz,  Mexico,  on  his  first 
trip.  In  1851  he  abandoned  his  seafaring  career  and  went  to  California,  wtere  he  became 
connected  with  mining,  working  in  Placer  and  adjoining  counties  until  1875,  in  which  year  . 
he  took  up  his  residences  in  Arizona.  He  s(!ttled  in  Preseott  and  there  sppnt  two  years  j 
working  in  a  mill,  removing  to  Tombstone  in   1878.     He  continued  mining  there,  operating 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  355 

the  Vizner  mine  for  two  years,  after  wliicli  lie  sold  it  and  bought  the  Herchel  property.  This 
he  developed  into  a  profitable  and  productive  mine,  running  it  for  live  years  and  tlien  selling 
to  Douglas  Gray,  its  present  owner.  In  1910  Mr.  Cook  retired  from  active  life,  having 
earned  rest  and  comfort  by  many  years  of  intelligently  directed  and  earnest  labor.  He 
owned  a  great  deal  of  residence  property  in  Tombstone  and  gave  his  personal  attention  to 
its  supervision. 

Mr.  Cook  was  married  in  1863  in  Massachusetts  to  Miss  Willette  Lorraine  Collins,  a 
native  of  that  state,  and  they  had  two  daughters:  Willette  Lorraine,  now  the  wife  of  Paul 
Murpliy,  a  son  of  ex-Governor  Murphy,  of  California;  and  Frances  R.,  who  man-ied  Charles 
Bowman,  an  attorney  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  Both  acquired  their  education  in  Arizona, 
where  they  grew  to  womanhood. 

Mr.  Cook  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  and  fraternally  v/as 
connected  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  filled  part  of  the  chairs  in  the  chapter.  His  resi- 
dence in  Tombstone  covered  perhaps  the  most  important  period  of  the  city's  development 
and  in  this  he  bore  an  active  and  helpful  part  through  the  years.  He  proved  a  prominent 
factor  in  the  community  by  the  quiet,  yet  forceful  influence  which  he  exerted  in  behalf  of 
public  progress  and  by  his  generous  support  of  measures  for  the  public  good,  rendering  timely 
assistance  when  material  aid  was  needed.  He  contributed  at  least  forty  thousand  dollars 
to  projects  of  municipal  improvement  in  which  he  believed,  and  the  city  is  undoubtedly 
better  and  more  prosperous  for  his  well  directed  efforts.  He  passed  the  eighty-fourth  mile- 
stone on  life's  journey  and  his  career  was  ever  such  as  to  win  and  hold  the  regard  of  his 
fellowmen. 


HON.  ROBERT  EMMET  MORRISON. 

One  of  the  foremost  lawyers  of  the  state  of  Arizona  is  the  Hon.  Robert  Emmet  Mor- 
lison,  who  was  long  connected  with  the  government  of  the  state  and  the  United  States  in 
various  important  positions.  He  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  July  13,  1856,  and  is  a  son 
of  the  Hon.  A.  L.  and  Jane  (Clark)  Morrison.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ballycastle, 
County  Antrim,  Ireland,  and  came  to  the  United  States  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years. 
He  joined  the  army  and  fought  in  the  Mexican  war,  in  the  ranks  of  a  New  York  regiment. 
In  1853  he  sought  the  growing  metropolis  of  the  middle  west,  where  he  engaged  in  chair 
making,  which  trade  he  had  previously  learned.  Ambitious  for  higher  things  in  life,  he 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  state  of  Illinois  in  1868,  successfully  prac- 
ticing in  Chicago  until  1881.  For  several  years  he  was  police  magistrate  there  and  in  1881 
was  appointed  by  President  Arthur  United  States  marshal  for  New  Mexico,  holding  this 
posit?ion  until  1885.  Under  President  Harrison's  administration  he  was  registrar  of  the 
United  States  land  office  at  Santa  Fe,  continuing  in  that  office  until  1893.  He  was  a 
personal  friend  of  President  McKinley  and  by  him  he  was  appointed  to  the  post  of  collector 
of  revenues  for  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.  He  became  a  landholder  in  the  latter  state,  and 
was  the  proprietor  of  a  large  cattle  ranch  in  Apache  county.  In  1871-3  he  was  the  choice 
of  the  people  of  the  state  of  Illinois  for  the  state  legislature  and  ably  represented  his  district 
in  the  house. 

His  son,  Robert  E.  Morrison,  was  educated  in  the  Chicago  schools  and.  selecting  the 
law  as  his  life  work,  enrolled  in  the  Union  College  of  Law,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1877.  He  was  engaged  in  active  practice  in  Chicago  until  1883,  when  he  came  toiArizona, 
being  attracted  by  the  unlimited  opportunities  the  territory  offered.  He  established  a 
cattle  ranch  at  the  head  of  the  Little  Colorado  river  in  Apache  county  and  continued  in  that 
business  successfully  for  three  years.  In  1886  he  was  elected  county  judge  and  ex-officio 
probate  judge  and  superintendent  of  schools  at  the  same  time.  When  his  official  duties  in 
Apache  county  were  ended  he  resumed  his  practice  and  located  at  St.  Johns,  where  he 
remained  until  1891,  when  he  made  a  permanent  settlement  in  Prescott.  In  1893  he  was 
elected  district  attorney  of  Yavapai  county  and  was  reelected,  serving  in  all  until  January 
1,  1897.  In  February,  1898,  he  was  appointed  by  the  late  President  McKinley  United 
States  attorney   for  Arizona.     In   1906  he  was   again  elected  district  attorney   of  Yavapai 


356  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

county  practically  against  liis  own  wislies,  to  continue  the  prosecution  of  several  criminal 
cases  in  which  the  people  were  vitally  interested.  Mr.  Morrison  is  a  member  of  the  Terri- 
torial and  American  Bar  Associations.  He  has  become  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost 
lawyers  of  the  state  and  stands  high  among  his  professional  brethren.  He  is  prominent 
in  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  now  being  master  of  the  fourth  degree  of  the  order. 


MOSE  DRACHMAK 


Mose  Drachman,  member  of  the  state  senate  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  business 
men  of  Tucson,  stands  in  the  front  rank  of  the  columns  which  have  advanced  the  civilization 
of  Arizona  and  has  been  among  the  leaders  in  the  substantial  development,  progress  and 
upbuilding  of  Tucson,  where  he  still  makes  his  home.  He  has  made  good  use  of  his  oppor- 
tunities and  has  prospered  from  year  to  year,  conducting  all  business  matters  carefully  and 
successfully  and  in  all  his  acts  displaying  an  aptitude  for  wise  management.  He  was  bom 
in  San  Francisco,  November  16,  1870,  a  son  of  Phillip  and  Rose  (Katzenstein)  Drachman, 
the  former  a  native  of  Poland  and  the  latter  of  Baltimore,  Miaryland.  The  father  came  to  the 
new  world  when  sixteen  years  of  age  and  arrived  in  Arizona  in  1863,  after  which  he  engaged 
in  merchandising  at  Tucson  as  a  raemoer  of  the  firm  of  Goldberg  &  Drachman.  He  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature  m  1867  and  he  was  also  chosen  to  serve  as  a 
member  of  the  city  council  of  Tucson  for  several  terms,  covering  the  period  of  its  village- 
hood  and  after  its  incorporation  as  a  city.  He  died  in  the  year  1889,  after  leaving  the 
impress  of  his  individuality  and  ability  upon  the  city  in  which  he  made  his  home. 

Mose  Drachman  was  but  an  infant  when  brought  to  Arizona  territory.  His  education 
was  largely  acquired  in  the  school  of  experience,  for  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  when 
he  was  but  nine  years  of  age  and  he  secured  his  first  earnings  as  a  newsboy.  He  first 
entered  business  on  his  own  account  as  a  grocer  when  twenty  years  of  age,  but  the  enter- 
prise failed  and  he  afterward  became  agant  for  the  Arbuckle  Coffee  Company,  which  he 
represented  for  twenty  years.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  real-«state  business  in 
Tucson  and  also  entered  the  field  of  banking,  becoming  a  director  and  the  vice  president 
of  the  Arizona  National  Bank.  From  time  to  time  he  has  extended  the  scope  of  his  activi- 
ties until  he  is  now  prominently  connected  with  various  business  concerns  of  which  he  is 
an  ofKcer  or  a  director.  He  has  cattle,  mining  and  agricultural  interests  and  operates  largely 
in  real  estate  and  thus  by  the  steps  of  an  orderly  progression  has  worked  his  way  upward 
until  he  stands  among  the  most  prominent  and  best  known  business  men  of  his  part  of  the 
state. 

In  public  affairs  Mr.  Drachman  has  gained  equal  prominence.  In  1896  he  was  appointed 
oy  Governor  Franklin  a  member  of  the  territorial  board  of  equalization,  on  which  he  served 
for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  filled  the  office  of  city  councilman  in  the  years  1906  and  1907 
and  again  in  1909  and  1910,  and  it  was  during  the  year  1910  that  there  occurred  the  first 
i-emoval  of  a  Tucson  mayor  from  his  office,  showing  that  the  people  would  not  stand  for 
misrule  in  public  affairs.  Mr.  Drachman  was  made  the  democratic  nominee  for  state  sena- 
tor and  was  elected  to  the  second  state  senate  from  Pima  county,  his  term  to  cover  the 
years  1915  and  1916.  He  has  done  important  committee  work,  serving  on  the  committees 
on  banking  and  insurance,  education  and  public  institutions,  live  stock,  county  and  county 
affairs  and  others.  He  was  largely  instrumental  in  securing  the  passage  of  various  impor- 
tant bills,  particularly  those  relating  to  city  improvements.  He  made  a  strong  fi^ht  for 
a  bill  for  the  proper  enforcement  of  the  prohibition  amendment  to  the  constitution  but  wa(^ 
not  successful  in  securing  its  adoption. 

On  the  16th  of  December,  1897,  Mr.  Drachman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ethe^ 
M.  Edmunds,  her  parents  being  Sterling  and  Mary  (Claiborne)  Edmunds,  of  Virginia.  T<^ 
them  have  been  born  three  children,  as  follows:  Rosemary,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Phoenix 
in  1899  and  who  will  graduate  from  the  Tucson  high  school  with  the  class  of  1916;  PhillipJ 
who  was  born  in  Phoenix,  December  31,  1901,  and  is  also  a  liigh-school  student;  and  Oliver^ 
who  was  born  in  T\ic8on,  August  12,  1903,  and  attends  school. 

Mr.   Drachman   is   a   member  of   the   Old   Pueblo   Club,  the   Tucson    Country   Club,   th« 


MOSE  DKACHMAN 


AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  359 

Benevolent  Protoctive  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  holds  membership 
in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Tucson,  of  which  he  was  the  first  secretary,  and  he  has 
been  most  active  in  promoting  the  welfare  and  advancement  of  the  city  along  all  the  lines 
leading  to  its  material,  intellectual,  political,  social  and  moral  progress.  He  is  a  strong 
temperance  man  and  a  believer  in  the  enforcement  of  law  and  his  senatorial  service  has 
been  characterized  by  marked  devotion  to  the  public  good. 


JESSE  B.  WOODWARD. 


Jesse  B.  Woodward,  a  practitioner  at  the  Phoenix  bar,  was  born  in  Fort  Wayne, 
Indiana,  his  parents  being  Samuel  P.  and  Adeline  (Bostwick)  Woodward.  He  represents 
one  of  the  old  Pennsylvania  families  of  Engli.sh  origin  founded  in  America  in  colonial  days. 
Three  brothers  of  tlie  name  crossed  tlie  Atlantic  when  tliis  country  was  still  numbered 
among  the  colonial  possessions  of  Great  Britain  and  settled  in  Connecticut,  whence  repre- 
sentatives of  the  family  at  a  later  period  removed  to  the  Keystone  state.  The  father  was 
an  attorney,  but  died  when  a  comparatively  young  man. 

Jesse  B.  Woodward  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  scliools  of  New  York  city  and  was  after- 
ward a  member  of  tlie  same  class  at  Columbia  University  with  Charles  P.  Taft,  a  brother 
of  e-\-President  Taft.  Mr.  Woodward  there  pursued  a  course  in  law,  being  graduated  in 
due  time,  after  which  he  located  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  where  he  remained  in  active 
practice  for  several  years,  during  which  period  lie  served  as  county  attorney  there.  Later 
he  removed  to  St.  Louis  and  in  1886  made  his  way  to  the  southwest  with  New  Mexico  as 
his  destination.  For  three  years  he  practiced  in  that  territory  and  was  a  member  of  its 
supreme  court.  In  1889  he  came  to  Phoenix,  wliere  he  is  now  engaged  in  general  practice, 
having  a  large  and  distinctively  representative  clientage.  He  has  never  been  a  candidate 
for  office,  yet  has  held  the  position  of  United  States  court  commissioner  by  appointment. 

in  1879  Mr.  Woodward  was  married  to  Miss  Honorine  P.  Armstrong,  of  St.  Louis, 
and  they  have  two  children:  Dean;  now  of  Phoenix;  and  Stanley,  a  resident  of  Douglas, 
Arizona. 


JOHN  D.  WICK,  Jr. 


Through  successive  stages  of  advancement  John  D.  Wick,  Jr.,  has  made  continuous 
progress  in  the  business  world  until  he  occupies  the  responsible  position  of  manager  of  the 
Gila  Valley  Bank  &  Trust  Company  of  Globe.  He  was  born  in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  in  1876 
and  is  a  son  of  John  D.  and  Georgiana  M.  Wick,  the  former  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and 
the  latter  of  Chicago,  Illinois.  The  father  was  for  many  years  engaged  In  steel  and  iron 
manufacturing  in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  but  has  now  abandoned  that  occupation  and  is  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  coal  business  in  Chicago.  He  and  his  wife  have  two  sons:  .John  D.,  Jr., 
of  this  review;   and  Philip  A.,  bookkeeper  for  the  Chicago  Telephone  Company. 

John  D.  Wick,  Jr.,  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Peoria, 
Illinois,  and  after  laying  aside  his  books  entered  the  Peoria  Savings,  Loan  &  Trust  Company 
as  bookkeeper,  remaining  in  that  position  for  four  and  one  half  years  and  gaining  during 
that  time  his  first  experience  in  banking.  He  then  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  spent  one 
year  as  cashier  of  the  Subsidiary  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation  and  was  then 
transferred  to  New  York  city,  remaining  in  the  employ  of  the  same  company  as  cashier 
for  four  years.  In  December,  1905,  he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Globe,  where  he  became 
teller  of  the  Gila  Valley  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  winning  promotion  in  a  short  time  to  the 
position  of  manager,  which  he  still  holds.  He  has  been  active  in  the  direction  and  control 
of  the  bank  and  has  proved  a  courteous,  obliging  and  capable  official  whoso  personal  pop- 
ularity constitutes  one  of  the  elements  in  the  success  of  the  institution.  He  is  also  con- 
nected in  an  official  capacity  with  the  Globe  Improvement  Association  and  has  valuable 
property  holdings  in  the  city. 

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360  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

In  1902  Mr.  Wick  married  Miss  Mary  Kinsman,  a  native  of  Warren,  Ohio,  and  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Kinsman,  who  still  make  their  home  in  tliat  _city.  Her  father 
formerly  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  but  is  now  living  retired.  In  the  family  were 
two  children:  Mary,  now  Mrs.  Wick;  and  Jennie,  who  married  James  A.  Keeves,  of  Warren, 
Ohio. 

Mr.  Wick  gives  a  general  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  is  liberal  in  his  views. 

Fraternally  he  is  connected  witli  the  Masonic  lodge,  having  taken  the  thirty-second  degree 

.  in  that  order.     He  is  one  of  the   successful  and  prominent  young  business   men  of  Globe, 

honorable  and  upright  in  his  dealings;   and  progressive   and  modem  in  his  standards  and 

ideals. 


PAUL  E.  FULLER. 


Paul  E.  Fuller,  of  Mesa,  Arizona,  enjoys  a  gratifying  reputation  as  an  irrigation  en- 
gineer. He  has  done  much  important  work  along  that  line  in  this  state  and  neighboring 
districts  and  is  today  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  men  and  one  of  the  best  authorities 
on  engineering  problems  that  have  to  do  with  irrigation.  Mr.  Fuller  was  born  in  Detroit, 
Michigan,  in  1876,  a  son  of  Edwin  P.  and  Louise  (Shaw)  Fuller.  The  father  was  a  native 
of  New  York  and  the  mother  of  London,  Canada.  Her  parents  came  to  the  United  States 
when  she  was  but  a  child.     The  father  of  our  subject  was  by  profession  a  civil  engineer. 

Mr.  Fuller  of  this  review  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  and  then 
attended  college  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan.  He  took  a  special  engineering  course  at  Detroit, 
becoming  a  full-fledged  mechanical  and  electrical  engineer.  He  now  is  in  the  employ  of 
the  government  and  has  charge  of  important  irrigation  work.  He  is  directing  projects 
which  are  undertaken  on  behalf  of  the  state  and  the  federal  governments  and  is  making 
some  searching  investigations  in  regard  to  irrigation  matters.  Mr.  Fuller  has  charge  of 
all  the  work  west  of  the  Mississippi  for  pumping  investigations.  He  designed  the  first 
pumping  plant  in  Arizona  and  later  has  had  charge  of  all  the  larger  ones  in  this  state.*  He 
has  also  done  important  work  in  Mexico  and  California! 

In  1905  Mr.  Fuller  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Para  Lee  Kimball,  of  Mesa,  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  A.  Kimball,  and  they  now  have  one  son.  In  polities  Mr.  Fuller  is  a  demo- 
crat and  although  he  has  never  aspired  to  public  office  he  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest 
in  all  matters  of  public  moment.  He  is  a  forceful  man  of  great  engineering  ability,  and 
his  social  qualities  have  made  him  popular  in  his  part  of  the  state. 


PAUL  RENAU  INGLES. 


Arizona  with  its  pulsing  industries  and  constantly  broadening  opportunities  is  attract- 
ing to  itself  many  capable  representatives  of  the  professions,  in  which  class  Paul  Renau 
Ingles  is  numbered,  being  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Phoenix.  Moreover,  he  was 
the  secretary  of  the  Arizona  Bar  Association,  which  he  aided  in  organizing.  He  came  to  tills 
section  of  the  country  from  the  middle  west,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Charleston,  Indiana, 
October  29,  1877.  His  parents  were  Warren  and  Amelia  N.  (Brickey)  Ingles.  The  father 
was  descended  from  Scotch-Irish  ancestry.  The  great-great-grandmother  of  Paul  R. 
Ingles  was  the  first  white  woman  ever  married  west  of  the  Allegheny  mountains  and  her  son 
was  the  first  white  child  born  west  of  the  AUeghenies.  A  monument  to  her  memory  has 
recently  been  erected  in  Virginia.  She  was  connected  with  the  distinguished  Warren 
family  of  that  state,  prominently  represented  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  It  will  thus  be 
seen  that  back  of  Paul  R.  Ingles  is  an  honorable  and  distinguished  ancestry  and  he  is 
fortunate  in  that  his  lines  of  life  were  cast  in  harmony  therewith.  His  father,  Warren 
Ingles,  was  well  known  in  journalistic  circles,  becoming  connected  with  newspaper  publica- 
tion in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  during  the  boyhood  of  his  son  Paul,  who  was  reared  in  that  city. 

The  usual  experiences  of  boyhood  were  his  and  as  he  passed  on  to  early  manhood  his 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  361 

review  of  life's  opportunities  and  activities  convinced  him  that  he  preferred  the  practice 
of  law  as  a  life  work.  Accordingly  he  pursued  a  course  of  study  in  the  Cincinnati  Law 
Scliool,  from  wliich  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1901.  He  came  to  Phoenix  in 
March,  1902,  and  in  the  intervening  period  of  fourteen  years  has  practiced  in  this  city, 
gaining  a  creditable  and  enviable  place  among  the  more  successful  members  of  the  bar. 
Unflagging  application,  intuitive  wisdom  and  the  determination  to  fully  utilize  the  means 
at  liand  are  the  concomitants  which  insure  personal  success  and  procedure  in  this  "reat 
profession  whicli  is  the  stern  conservator  of  justice.  It  is  a  calling  upon  which  none  should 
enter  without  a  recognition  of  the  obstacles  to  be  overcome  and  battles  to  be  won,  for 
success  does  not  perch  on  tlie  falchion  of  every  person  who  enters  the  competitive  fray, 
but  comes  only  as  the  direct  result  of  capacity  and  unmistakable  ability.  Possessing  all 
the  requisite  qualities  of  the  able  lawyer,  Mr.  Ingles  has  advanced  to  a  prominent  position 
at  the  Phoenix  bar.  His  influence  among  his  fellow  practitioners  was  indicated  in  his 
successful  solicitation  of  their  cooperation  in  organizing  the  Arizona  Bar  Association,  of 
which  he  was  cliosen  secretary.  He  is,  moreover,  known  as  a  prominent  Elk  and  for  two 
years  filled  the   office  of   district  deputy  grand  exalted   ruler. 


HERBERT  H.  PRATT. 


Herbert  H.  Pratt,  who  combines  activity  in  public  service  with  progressive  and  able 
work  in  the  advancement  of  his  private  business  interests,  is  now  serving  as  justice  of  the 
peace  in  Globe.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  the  city  since  the  days  of  its  foundation,  has 
been  one  of  the  forces  in  its  business  development  and  expansion  and  a  factor  in  its 
official  life  and  is  today  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  tlie  commimity.  He  was  born  in 
Maine  in  1870  and  is  a  son  of  H.  Harris  and  Abbie  E.  Pratt,  both  natives  of  the  Pine  Tree 
state,  as  were  their  ancestors  for  many  generations.  The  father  followed  the  seas  from 
the  time  he  was  ten  years  of  age  until  his  death,  when  he  was  eighty-three,  and  rose  to 
the  position  of  captain  of  his  vessel.  His  wife  survived  him  only  five  weeks,  lier  death 
occurring  when  she  was  seventy-five  years  of  age.  Of  their  ten  children  eight  survive, 
Herbert  H.,  of  this  review,  being  the  youngest. 

Herbert  H.  Pratt  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  but 
liis  advantages  along  that  line  were  meager  for  at  the  age  of  ten,  following  in  his  father's 
footsteps,  he  shipped  aboard  a  vessel  and  from  that  time  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of 
age  worked  as  a  sailor.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  railroading,  becoming  a  fireman 
on  the  Boston  &  Lowell  Railroad,  now  the  southern  division  of  the  Boston  &  Maine.  He 
acted  in  this  capacity  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  and  then  came  to  Globe,  settling 
in  this  city  in  the  spring  of  1891.  He  obtained  work  as  a  fireman  in  the  Old  Dominion 
mines  and  after  two  years  went  to  western  Arizona  but  after  a  short  stay  he  pushed  on 
to  California.  There  he  remained  for  one  year  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  returned  to 
Globe  and  became  connected  with  the  Globe  United  Mine  Company,  with  which  he  remained 
for  eight  months,  becoming  at  the  end  of  that  time  night  watchman  of  the  city  and  deputy 
,  sheriff  and  constable.  At  that  time  Globe  was  in  its  infancy  and,  recognizing  its  future, 
its  possibilities  for  growth  and  its  certain  business  advancement,  Mr.  Pratt  determined  to 
establish  himself  here.  Accordingly  he  bought  property  upon  which  there  was  a  small 
confectionery  store  which  he  conducted  successfully  for  six  years,  selling  his  business  at 
the  end  of  that  time  to  the  firm  of  McQueen  &  Congers  and  buying  an  interest  in  the 
Globe  Steam  Laundry.  One  year  later  he  sold  his  stock  in  the  latter  concern,  having  been 
elected  constable.  In  that  capacity  he  served  for  two  years  and  was  then  made  justice  of 
the  peace,  an  oflice  which  he  still  holds.  From  time  to  time  he  has  added  to  his  property 
interests  by  judicious  investments  and  now  has  valuable  holdings  in  improved  and  unim- 
proved real  estate.  He  owns  a  large  apartment  house  in  Globe  and  other  business  and 
residence  property,  besides  an  interest  in  one  hundred  and  sixteen  acres  belonging  to  the 
Miami  Inspiration  Town  Site  Company,  of  which  he  is  a  director. 

In  1898  Mr.  Pratt  married  Miss  Lou  A.  Davis,  who  was  born  in  Texas  and  reared  near 
St.  Louis,  Missouri.     She  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Lizzie  Davis,  both  deceased,  the  former 


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of  whom  was  a  druggist.  In  their  family  were  Ave  cliildren,  three  of  whom  still  survive: 
Lou  A.,  now  Mrs.  Pratt;  Silas,  of  Topeka,  Kansas;  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Fulwood,  of  Globe,  Ari- 
zona. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pratt  became  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Abbie  M.,  who  was  born  in 
1899  and  died  in  1902.  Mrs.  Pratt  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Christian  churcli,  while  her 
husband  is  an  adherent  of  the  Episcopalian  religion. 

Mr.  Pratt  is  a  republican  in  his  political  beliefs  and  active  in  public  affairs,  having 
served  in  the  offices  before  mentioned  and  also  as  police  judge  and  coroner  ex-officio. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  having  passed 
through  all  of  the  chairs  and  being  now  past  grand  master  of  his  lodge.  He  is  connected 
also  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  The  community  finds  in  liim  a  worthy 
and  progressive  citizen  and  since  the  early  days  of  the  city's  history  his  name  has  been 
well  known  here  and  honored  by  reason  of  the  things  for  which  it  stands — business  integrity, 
public  spirit   and  straightforward  dealing  with   his  fellowmen. 


ROBERT  S.  FISHER. 


Although  one  of  the  younger  representatives  of  the  Phoenix  bar  Robert  S.  Fisher  has 
already  made  a  creditable  position  for  himself  as  a  practitioner  of  law  and  enjoys  the 
reputation  of  being  one  of  Arizona's  foremost  orators.  He  is  a  native  of  Callaway  county, 
Missouri,  born  on  the  6th  of  May,  1877,  his  parents  being  Joseph  N.  and  Anna  J.  Fisher, 
the  former  a  lumber  merchant.  The  son  pursued  a  public-school  education.  The  family 
removed  to  the  west  in  1898  and  entering  the  University  of  Southern  California  at  Los 
Angeles  he  was  there  graduated  with  the  class  of  1900.  His  preparatory  reading  for  the 
bar  was  thorough  and  when  he  had  largely  mastered  the  principles  of  jurisprudence  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  before  the  Arizona  bar  in  1910  and  before  the  bar  of  California  in 
1911.  In  the  former  year  he  opened  an  office  in  Phoenix  vyhere  he  has  since  remained. 
Nature  endowed  Mr.  Fisher  with  a  splendid  oratorical  power  which  he  has  cultivated  and 
his  ability  in  this  direction  particularly  qualifies  him  for  the  presentation  of  his  cases 
before  the  courts.  It  is  a  dull  mind  that  does  not  respond  to  the  touch  of  his  thought,  to 
the  play  of  his  fancy  and  to  the  force  of  his  logic. 

On  the  17th  of  October,  1900,  Mr.  Fisher  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Georgia  M. 
Holman,  a  native  of  Iowa  who  also  completed  her  education  in  the  University  of  Southern 
California,  being  a  graduate  of  the  same  class  as  her  husband.  They  have  an  extensive 
social  acquaintance  in  Phoenix  and  their  own  home  is  justly  celebrated  for  its  warm- 
hearted and  gracious  hospitality.  In  politics  Mr.  Fisher  is  allied  with  the  progi-essive 
movement  and  was  a  congressional  candidate  in  1912.  He  does  not  believe  in  the  blind 
following  of  party  leadership  but  feels  that  progress  should  be  just  as  pronounced  in  mat- 
ters of  government  as  in  private  business  interests.  With  hearty  concern  for  the  public 
welfare,  he  is  therefore  identified  with  the  wholesome  and  purifying  reforms  which  have 
been  giadually  growing  in  the  political  life  of  the  country  and  is  a  strong  advocate  of 
that  movement  toward  better  politics  which  is  common  to  both  parties  and  which  con- 
stitutes the  most  hopeful  political  sign  of  the  period. 


PROFESSOR  J.  J.  THORNBER. 

Professor  J.  .J.  Thornber,  scholar,  educator  and  scientist,  is  now  occupying  the  chair 
of  biology  and  botany  in  the  University  of  Arizona.  He  is  a  specialist  in  his  chosen  field 
and  has  already  accomplished  scholarly  work  which  is  destined  to  make  his  name  an  hon- 
ored one  in  educational  circles  of  the  country.  He  was  born  in  Rantoul,  Illinois,  February 
8,  1873,  a  son  of  James  and  Ann  (Strickland)  Thornber,  who  were  natives  of  England  and 
came  to  the  United  States  before  their  marriage,  which  occurred  in  Illinois.  The  father 
■was  a  farmer  by  occupation. 

After  completing  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  Professor  Thornber  entered 


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the  South  Dakota  Agricultural  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
B.  S.  in  1895,  and  he  continued  his  special  studies  in  science  in  the  University  of  Nebraska, 
receiving  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  biology  in  1897.  He  afterward  taught  in  the  Nebraska 
City  high  school  until  1901  and  then  accepted  the  position  of  professor  of  biology  and 
botany  in  the  University  of  Arizona,  in  which  capacity  he  has  acted  since  that  time. 
Professor  Thornber  has  done  valuable  work  as  an  educator  and  has  put  the  results  of  his 
study  and  research  into  a  number  of  scientific  volumes  and  treatises  which  are  themselves 
enough  to  establish  his  high  status  among  the  scientific  men  of  the  age.  He  has  written  a 
bulletin  called  The  Grazing  Ranges  of  Arizona,  treating  of  grazing  conditions  in  the  state 
and  of  cactus  as  an  emergency  food  for  stock.  In  this  volume  he  has  presented  to  the 
world  the  results  of  ten  years  of  close  observation  and  study  on  the  part  of  an  able  and 
))ractical  investigator.  The  book  has  obtained  recognition  all  over  the  world,  has  received 
the  stamp  of  government  approval  and  is  already  considered  a  necessary  volume  in  a 
complete  scientific  library.  Professor  Thornber  is  engaged  in  valuable  research  work  on 
the  flora  of  Arizona  and  in  1914  he  published  a  work  entitled  Western  Wild  Flowers  and  has 
in  preparation  two  other  volumes  on  Economic  Plants  of  the  Southwist. 

Professor  Thornber  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Harriet  A.  Brown,  a  native  of  Iowa, 
and  a  daughter  of  James  P.  Brown.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thornber  have  one  son,  Strickland.  The 
Professor  is  a  man  of  broad  scientific  knowledge  and  attainments,  as  is  clearly  evident  in  a 
brief  review  of  his  career.  His  researches  and  investigations  have  been  carried  far  and 
wide  into  the  realms  of  scientific  knowledge  but  his  work  has  not  been  alone  that  of  a 
scholar,  for  he  has  demonstrated  its  worth  in  practical  form.  His  labors  have,  therefore, 
been  of  the  utmost  benefit  to  his  fellowmen  and  he  well  deserves  the  honors  and  dis- 
tinction which  have  come  to  him  as  a   man   of  superior  scientific  attainments. 


JOHN   B.   HART. 


.John  B.  Hart,  who  was  formerly  engaged  in  the  restaurant  business  in  Bisbee  and 
Lowell  but  in  October,  1915,  sold  out,  has  been  a  resident  of  Cochise  county  for  more  than 
twelve  years.  He  was  born  in  Wyandot  county,  Ohio,  in  1878,  and  is  a  son  of  John  F. 
and  Adella  Hart.  The  mother  is  likewise  a  native  of  that  county,  but  the  father  was  born 
in  Dublin,  County  Clare,  Ireland.  He  emigrated  to  America  in  1854,  and  in  Ohio  he  met 
the  lady  who  subsequently  became  his  wife.  For  forty-three  consecutive  years  he  was 
an  engineer  on  the  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago  Railroad  but  is  now  pensioned,  and 
he  and  his  wife  make  their  home  in  Upper  Sandusky,  Ohio.  Of  their  marriage  were  born 
nine  children,  eight  of  whom  are  now  living.  In  order  of  birth  they  are  as  follows:  George 
F.,  who  is  residing  in  Lowell,  Arizona ;  Edward  P.,  a  resident  of  San  Francisco,  California ; 
John  B.;  Eugene  L.,  of  Miami,  Arizona;  Mrs.  Ira  M.  Sullivan,  of  Globe,  Arizona;  Mrs.  Kate 
CoUett,  who  is  living  in  Ohio;  Mrs.  C.  S.  Rice,  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana;  and  Laura,  who  is 
still  at  home. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  John  B.  Hart  were  passed  in  the  parental  home.  In  the 
acquirement  of  an  education  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  until  gradu- 
ated from  the  high  school  at  Upper  Sandusky.  He  began  his  business  career  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years,  as  the  proprietor  of  a  restaurant  at  Marion,  Ohio,  which  he  conducted  for 
two  years.  He  then  disposed  of  his  business  at  that  point  and  on  the  15th  of  October, 
1903,  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Bisbee,  where  he  conducted  a  restaurant  until  1915. 
During  the  entire  time  he  practically  had  charge  of  two  restaurants  and  sometimes  more. 
In  addition  to  the  one  he  owned  at  Bisbee,  which  was  an  attractive  and  well  kept  estab- 
lishment, he  owned  a  half  interest  in  the  Busy  Bee  restaurant  at  Lowell.  As  he  was 
tlioroughly  familiar  with  the  business,  gave  careful  attention  to  the  quality  and  preparation 
of  the  food  served  and  strove  to  please  his  patrons,  he  met  with  a  good  measure  of  suc- 
cess and  was  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the  most  popular  restaurants  in  Bisbee.  Since  coming 
to  the  west  Mr.  Hart  has  acquired  property  interests  in  El  Paso,  Texas. 

On  the  30th  of  May.  1912,  Mr.  Hart  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marion  Batson, 
a  native  of  Joplin,  Missouri,  and  a   daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warren   Batson,  who  were 


364  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

born,  reared  and  married  in  Wisconsin.  In  the  early  years  of  their  domeatic  life  they 
removed  to  Joplin,  Missouri,  in  the  vicinity  of  which  city  the  father  owned  and  operated 
a  large  farm,  specializing  in  the  raising  of  wheat.  Some  years  ago  he  disposed  of  his 
interests  there  and  invested  the  proceeds  in  gold  mines  in  Mexico  and  is  now  engaged 
in  their  development.  Mrs.  Hart  is  the  second  in  order  of  birth  of  the  four  daughters  born 
to  her  parents  and  was  given  the  advantages  of  a  higli  school  education.  The  others  are 
as  follows:  Neva,  the  widow  of  .James  F.  McGinn,  of  El  Paso,  Texas;  Merle,  who  graduated 
from  high  school  in  Tucson;  and  Verna,  who  is  living  at  home  and  going  to  school. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hart  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Ck)lumbus,  Fraternal  Order  of 
Eagles,  Fraternal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Politically 
he  supports  the  democratic  party,  and  while  he  is  interested  in  all  matters  affecting  the 
welfare  or  prbgress  of  the  municipality  has  never  souglit  an  official  position  or  public 
honors.  However,  Mr.  Hart  is  not  remiss  in  matters  of  citizenship  but  is  one  of  the  enter- 
prising and  public-spirited  men  of  tlie  town,  who  can  be  depended  upon  to  contribute  his 
support  to  every  movement  he  feels  will  promote  the  development  of  tlie  community  or 
advance  the  welfare  of  its  citizens.  On  his  retirement  from  the  restaurant  business  in 
October,  1915,  tlie  Bisbee  Daily  Review  said  of  him:  "During  his  business  life  in  the 
Warren  district  Jlr.  Hart  has  been  proprietor  of  restaurants  in  Lowell  and  Bisbee.  He 
has  established  an  enviable  reputation  for  business  abilitj'  and  integrity  as  well  as  enjoy- 
ing a  remarkably  wide  degree  of  poi)ularity.  In  fact,  it  is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that 
Johnny  Hart  is  one  of  the  most  generally  liked  business  men  in  the  district.  The  loss  of 
liis  presence  as  a  business  figure  on  Main  street  is  the  cause  of  very  great  regret  by  all 
who  know  him." 


C.  L.  CUMMINGS. 


A  life  varied  in  its  activities  and  honorable  in  its  purposes,  resulting  each  year  in 
increased  prosperity,  places  C.  L.  Cummings  today  among  the  representative,  progressive 
and  truly  successful  business  men  of  Tombstone.  In  business  circles  his  name  stands  for 
integrity,  straightforward  dealing,  progress  and  advancement  along  many  lines,  his  did'er- 
cnt  interests  constituting  forces  in  the  general  financial  and  commercial  growth  of  the 
city.  He  is  interested  in  banking,  mercliandising,  mining  and  real  estate  and  in  all  lines 
has  attained  notable  and  lasting  success.  He  was  born  in  New  York  in  1855  and  is  a  son 
of  .Jolm  Dwight  and  Sallie  Ann  (Cook)  Cummings.  both  natives  of  tlie  Empire  state,  where 
the  father  passed  away.  The  mother  survived  and  died  in  New  York  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
five  years.  Three  of  their  children  are  still  living  and  of  these  all  except  the  subject  of 
this  review  reside  in  New  York. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  state  afforded  C.  L.  Cummings  his  educational  oppor- 
tunities, which  were,  however,  limited.  He  worked  upon  the  homestead  and  followed  gen- 
eral fanning  until  1880,  when,  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years,  he  crossed  the  plains  to 
Arizona,  .settling  first  at  Cliarleston,  where  he  became  connected  with  the  Tombstone  Mill 
&  Mining  Company,  remaining  thus  employed  for  five  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he 
went  to  Bisbee  and  jiurcliased  a  butcher  business,  wliicli  he  conducted  for  one  year.  His 
plant  was  then  destroyed  by  fire  but  he  immediately  rebuilt  and  shortly  after  sold  his 
enterprise,  removing  to  Tombstone,  where  he  established  a  wholesale  butcher  business. 
After  one  year,  however,  he  sold  out  but  immediately  purchased  another  of  a  similar 
character  and  this  he  has  since  owned,  building  up  in  the  course  of  years  one  of  the 
largest  wholesale  and  retail  butcher  establishments  in  the  city.  From  1894  to  1895  he 
conducted  in  connection  witli  this  a  butcher  sliop  in  Bisbee  but  has  since  abandoned  that. 
He  was  also  at  one  time  extensively  interested  in  stock-raising  in  partnership  with  E.  .1. 
.Jackson,  William  Ludley,  John  Miano  and  Dr.  Gordon,  near  Tombstone,  until  1909.  In  1900 
he  sold  part  of  his  stock  and  three  years  later  disposed  of  his  entire  holdings.  For  some 
years  he  also  conducted  a   large  drug  store. 

Mr.  Cummings  has  of  late  years  turned  his  attention  to  real  estate,  handling  much 
valuable  property  and  in  this  line,  as  in  all  of  the  others  which  claim  his  interest,  is  doing 


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a  very  extensive  and  profitable  business.  Even  this,  liowever,  does  not  complete  the  list 
of  the  business  enterprises  with  which  he  is  connected  in  an  important  way,  for  he  is 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Tombstone,  of  which  lie  was  one  of  the  founders; 
is  a  stockholder  in  the  Commonwealth  Extension  mine;  is  proprietor  of  a  large  blacksmith 
shop  and  garage;  and  is  the  owner  of  much  valuable  business  and  residence  property  in 
Tombstone  and  Courtland.  Preeminently  a  business  man  of  great  organizing  power  and 
executive  ability,  he  has  so  directed  and  managed  his  varied  business  interests  that  all 
have  become  substantial  factors  in  the  growth  of  the  city.  He  is  upright  in  character, 
modern  in  his  views  and  aggressive  in  action,  capable  of  carrying  forward  to  successful 
completion  whatever  he  undertakes — a  man  of  enterprising  spirit,  whose  activities  have 
been  an  clement  not  only  in  his  individual  iwosperity  but  in  the  general  business  advance- 
ment of  Tombstone. 

On  January  2,  1900,  Mr.  Curamings  married  Miss  Ida  E.  Padfleld,  and  they  have  become 
the  parents  of  a  son,  C.  L.,  Jr.,  whose  birth  occurred  February  6,  1901.  Mr.  Cummings 
gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  while  a  resident  of  Bisbee  served 
one  term  in  the  state  legislature.  He  was  also  for  two  terms  a  member  of  the  city  council 
of  Tombstone  and  did  able  work  in  the  political  field,  his  public  service  being  marked 
by  the  same  energy  and  thoroughness  which  are  the  basis  of  his  business  success. 


WILLIAM  DE  HERTHBURN  WASHINGTON. 

William  de  Herthburn  Washington,  an  upright  and  straightforward  gentleman,  well 
worthy  of  the  honored  name  he  bears,  is  one  of  the  leading  and  progressive  business  men 
of  Douglas,  where  he  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Douglas  Hardware  Company,  Inc. 
He  was  born  in  Jefferson  county.  West  Virginia,  in  1864,  a  son  of  Richard  Blackburn  Scott 
and  Christine  Maria  (Washington)  Washington,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away,  the 
mother  dying  in  1896  and  the  father  in  1911.  Both  were  representatives  of  the  illustrious 
Washington  family,  the  father  being  a  direct  descendant  of  John  Augustus  Washington,  a 
brotlier  of  George  Washington,  while  the  mother  was  descended  from  another  brother, 
Samuel  Washington.  In  their  family  were  seven  children:  .John  A.,  who  resides  in  Jeffer- 
son county.  West  V^irginia:  Elizabeth,  the  deceased  wife  of  George  H.  Flagg,  who  has  also 
passed  away;  Samuel  Walter,  of  Cliarlestown,  West  Virginia;  Richard  Scott  Blackburn,  of 
Woodbury,  New  Jersey;  Christine  M.,  who  lives  upon  the  old  homestead  in  West  Virginia; 
George  S.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania;   and  William  de  Herthburn,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  was  reared  in  the  country  home  called  Harewood,  which  was  built  by 
General  George  Washington  for  his  brother.  The  property  was  inherited  by  the  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  review  and  is  now  owned  by  John  A.  Washington.  In  the  acquirement 
of  an  education  William  de  Herthburn  Washington  attended  a  district  school  in  Jefferson 
county  and  laid  aside  his  books  at  the  age  of  fourteen  in  order  to  begin  his  business  career. 
He  clerked  in  a  railroad  office  for  some  time  and  then  became  a  civil  engineer,  working 
at  this  profession  for  three  years.  In  1882  he  left  his  native  state  and  went  to  Texas, 
where  he  engaged  in  stock-raising,  going  at  the  end  of  two  years  to  New  Mexico.  There 
and  in  old  Mexico  he  followed  mining  until  1893,  in  which  year  he  took  up  his  residence 
in  Arizona.  For  several  years  he  was  well  known  as  a  general  merchant  in  Willcox,  but 
later  removed  to  Johnson  and  then  to  Pearce,  where  lie  served  as  the  first  postmaster  of  the 
town  for  two  years.  His  residence  in  Douglas  dates  from  1903,  in  which  year  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business,  with  which  he  was  Identified 
until  1909,  when  he  organized  the  Douglas  Hardware  Company,  which  was  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  the  state  with  a  capital  stock  of  twenty  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Washing- 
ton was  elected  secretary-treasurer  and  W.  H.  Fisher  president,  and  under  their  ablel 
management  the  concern  has  had  a  remarkable  growth,  being  today  one  of  the  leading 
commercial  enterprises  in  Douglas.  Mr.  Washington's  progressive  methods  and  his  shrewd 
and  farsighted  business  policy  have  been  important  elements  in  the  continued  expansion 
of  the  business  and  have  placed  him  among  the  men  who  are  recognized  forces  in  inaugurat- 
ing and  shaping  the  commercial  development  of  the  city. 


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In  Ftbruary,  1901,  Mr.  Washington  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  L.  Lemons, 
a  native  of  Texas  and  a  daughter  of  P.  L.  and  Leola  Lemons.  She  is  one  of  a  family  of 
six  children,  namely:  Mary,  who  is  the  widow  of  Roy  Powell,  of  Pearce,  Arizona;  Alice 
L.,  now  Mrs.  Washington;  John,  who  makes  his  home  in  Johnson,  Arizona;  and  James, 
Charles  and  Pasquel,  all  of  whom  reside  in  Pearce.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  ^\'ashington  are  the 
parents  of  one  son,  Richard  Scott  Blackburn,  born  October  25,   1901. 

Mr.  Washington  has  been  a  member  of  tlie  Episcopal  church  since  his  childliood  and 
still  retains  liis  membership  in  that  religious  organization.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Masonic  order  and  has  attained  a  position  of  prominence  in  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tectve  Order  of  Elks,  having  been  through  all  the  chairs  and  having  served  as  trustee  since 
the  establishment  of  the  lodge  at  Douglas.  He  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  but 
beyond  his  service  as  postmaster  of  Pearce  has  never  held  public  office,  preferring  to 
concentrate  his  attention  upon  his  business  affairs.  He  has  inherited  the  traditions  and 
characteristics  of  what  is  undoubtedly  the  most  honored  family  in  America  and  by  his 
straightforward,  useful  and  successful  career  has  added  a  new  luster  to  a  great  name. 


FRED  BLAIR  TOWNSEND. 


Fred  Blair  Townsend  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  younger  members  of  the  bar  at 
Phoenix,  where  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  April,  1911.  Since  that  time  he  has  made 
continuous  progress,  having  already  attained  a  position  that  many  an  older  attorney  might 
well  envy.  His  birth  occurred  in  Weedsport,  New  York,  November  1,  1885,  his  parents 
being  Charles  and  Mary  (Blaikie)  Townsend,  and  he  comes  of  a  family  of  strong  intellectual 
attainment,  his  father  having  been  an  author  and  literary  man.  His  own  lines  of  life 
have  been  cast  in  harmony  therewith  for  in  person,  in  talents  and  in  character  he  is  a 
worthy  scion  of  his  race.  His  youthful  days  were  passed  in  the  Empire  state  where  he 
supplemented  his  public-school  education  acquired  in  the  grades  by  further  study  in  the 
high  school.  With  a  determination  to  make  law  practice  his  life  work  he  pursued  a 
course  of  study  in  the  Syracuse  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1907,  having  completed  the  full  law  course  in  that  institution.  The  same  year  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  New  York  and  followed  his  profession  in  that  state 
for  one  year.  In  1908  he  sought  the  opportunities  of  the  west  and,  locating  at  Denver,  was 
admitted  to  the  Colorado  bar  at  which  he  practiced  until  December,  1910.  He  then  came 
to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  this  state  in  April,  1911.  He  practiced 
alone  until  1912,  when  he  joined  Messrs.  Stanford  and  Walton  under  the  firm  style  of 
Stanford,  Walton  &  Townsend,  and  continued  in  that  partnership  until  1914.  Since  that 
date  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  the  upbuilding  of  his  own  practice,  meeting  with  gratifying 
Buccess. 

Mr.  Townsend  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternity,  the  Arizona  Club  and  the 
Country  Club,  and  his  political  support  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  An  eminent 
American  statesman  has  said  that  America's  strongest,  most  capable  and  most  resourceful 
citizens  are  those  who  have  had  their  birth  and  training  in  the  east  and  are  testing  their 
powers  in  the  opportunities  of  the  west. 


JUDGE  J.  W.  TOMPSON. 


Phoenix  has  known  Judge  Tompson  only  since  1912,  but  long  experience  at  the  bar 
in  Missouri  qualified  him  to  at  once  take  rank  among  its  strong  and  capable  members  in 
Arizona's  capital.  He  was  born  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky,  January  21,  1861,  his  parents 
being  J.  Harvey  and  Esther  Antoinette  (Martin)  Tompson.  The  father  was  a  son  of 
William  Tompson,  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  became  the  founder  of  the  family  in  America. 
Crossing  the  Atlantic,  he  settled  in  Virginia  and  later  removed  to  Kentucky.  His  son,  J.  H. 
Tompson,  devoted  his  early  life  to  farming  and  afterward  engaged  in   merchandising.     He 


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was  a  prominent  factor  in  local  political  circles,  yet  a  man  of  modest,  unassuming  man- 
uer,  his  merit  and  not  self-assertion  winning  him  the  enviable  place  which  he  occupied  in 
public  regard. 

Judge  Tompson  of  this  review  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Kentucky  and  read 
law  under  Judge  La  Fayette  Dawson,  who  later,  under  ai)pointment  of  President  Cleveland, 
served  as  judge  of  the  court  of  Alaska.  On  the  5th  of  October,  1885,  Mr.  Tompson  was 
admitted  to  practice  at  the  Missouri  bar  and  remained  an  active  member  of  the  profession 
in  Marysville,  that  state,  for  twenty  years.  While  advancement  in  the  law  is  proverbially 
slow,  after  a  comparatively  brief  period  he  had  gained  a  good  clientage  and  was  accorded 
an  enviable  position  in  his  chosen  life  work  there.  He  held  the  oflice  of  probate  judge 
and  several  times  served  as  special  judge,  sitting  upon  the  circuit  bench.  He  was  also  a 
leader  in  political  circles  there  and  for  six  years  served  as  chairman  of  the  democratic  county 
central  committee,  while  for  two  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  democratic  state  central 
committee.  He  was  equally  stalwart  in  his  championship  of  the  cause  of  education  and 
for  twelve  years  served  as  member  of  the  school  board  of  Marysville.  He  has  always  been 
a  stalwart  advocate  of  democracy  and  is  a  warm  personal  friend  of  W.  J.  Bryan. 

In  1884  Judge  Tompson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Vaughn,  a  daughter  of 
G.  W.  Vaughn  of  Marysville,  Missouri,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children:  Warren 
V.  and  George  H.  The  parents  are  members  of  the  Baptist  church  and  Judge  Tompson 
belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  is  past  master  of  Xodaway  Lodge,  No.  470,  F.  &  A. 
M.,  and  is  a  worthy  e.xemplar  of  the  craft.  He  also  has  membership  relations  with  the 
Elks  and  Modem  Woodmen  of  America.  He  removed  to  Phoenix  in  1913  but  is  now  a 
resident  of  Oakland,  California.  His  professional  reputation  and  his  fraternal  relations 
served  to  introduce  him  to  the  public  here  and  his  ability  as  a  practitioner  of  law  gained 
for  him  a  gratifying  clientage. 


JEREMIAH  HYNDMAN. 


On  the  roll  of  Gila  county's  honored  dead  appears  the  name  of  Jeremiah  Hyndraan, 
long  a  resident  of  that  section  of  the  state,  where  liis  sterling  traits  of  character  gained 
him  the  favorable  regard  of  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  a  native  of  Canada,  born  in  1836, 
and  spent  his  childhood  in  that  country.  As  a  young  man  he  left  the  Dominion  and  went 
to  Illinois,  where  for  a  few  years  he  operated  a  farm,  later  journeying  to  the  southwest 
and  locating  in  Silver  City,  New  Mexico.  Until  1877  he  worked  in  the  sawmills  of  that 
locality  but  in  that  year  came  to  Globe.  Here  he  purchased  a  sawmill  belonging  to  a 
Mr.  Breman,  of  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  and  moved  it  to  the  Pinal  mountains  of  Gila  county, 
where  he  set  it  up  and  began  its  operation,  continuing  his  identification  with  it  as  general 
manager  until  1881,  when  he  retired  from  active  life  and  removed  to  Globe,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death,  December  17,  1912.  A  resourceful,  farsighted  and  aWe  business  man, 
Mr.  Hyndman  accumulated  a  comfortable  competence  and  this  he  invested  judiciously  in 
business  and  residence  properties  in  the  city.  All  of  his  affairs  were  carefully  and  capably 
conducted  and  therefore  profitable,  and  his  death  was  a  distinct  loss  to  business  interests 
of  his   part   of  Arizona. 

On  February  17,  1882,  at  Tucson,  Mr.  Hyndman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eliza 
Campbell,  who  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  and  made  her  home  there  until  1877.  She 
then  went  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  and  in  1880  came  to  Globe,  where  she  resided  until 
death  claimed  her  February  5,  1915.  She  now  lies  buried  beside  her  husband  in  the  Globe 
cemetery.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Colin  Campbell,  who  in  their  youth  came 
from  Scotland  to  Canada  and  made  their  home  in  that  country  until  their  deaths,  the 
father  giving  his  attention  to  general  farming.  Of  their  family  of  ten  children  only  one  is 
now  living,  Maggie,  the  wife  of  D.  M.  Stewart,  of  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Mr.  Hyndman  was  ever  stanch  in  his  support  of  the  republican  party  and  while  not 
.Tn  office  seeker  did  all  in  his  power  to  further  the  best  interests  of  the  community.  He 
was  public  spirited  to  a  marked  degree  and  loyal  in  all  matters  of  citizenship,  taking  a 
deep  interest  in  those  measures  and  projects  which  had  for  their  object  the  upbuilding  and 


370  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

development  of  his  section  of  tl'e  state,  and  thus  it  was  that  in  liis  passing  Gila  county 
lost  one  of  its  representative  and  valued  citizens.  Mrs.  Hyndman  was  a  member  of  the 
Aletliodist  Episcopal  church  and  was  a  lady  whose  many  excellent  traits  of  heart  and  mind 
won  her  the  affection  and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  her. 


I.  J.  LIPSOHN. 


I.  J.  Lipsohn,  a  lawyer  of  Phoenix,  specializing  in  the  department  of  corporation  law, 
was  born  in  New  York  city  November  30,  1879,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Rosa  Lipsohn. 
The  father  devoted  many  years  to  merchandising  and  by  his  successful  conduct  of  the 
business  won  a  substantial  competency  that  now  enables  him  to  live  retired.  His  son, 
wiiose  name  introduces  this  review,  became  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  New  York  at 
the  usual  age  and  pursued  Ills  professional  studies  in  the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
He  thus  became  well  qualified  for  the  bar  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of 
New  York  in  1900.  He  then  located  in  his  native  city,  where  he  opened  and  maintained 
an  office  until  April,  1902,  when  attracted  by  the  constantly  growing  southwest  he  came 
to  Arizona.  Settling  in  Plioenix,  he  has  since  been  connected  with  General  Ainsworth  in 
the  practice  of  law,  and  while  versed  in  all  departments  of  jurisprudence,  he  lias  specialized 
in  the  field  of  corporation  law,  directing  his  reading  and  energies  along  that  line.  His 
comprehensive  study  has  made  him  well  acquainted  with  principles  and  precedents  of 
corporation  law  and  in  his  work  he  has  been  very  successful,  being  now  numbered  among 
the  leading  young   representatives  of  the  profession   in   Phoenix. 

Mr.  Lipsolin  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  keeps  well 
informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day,  but  does  not  seek  nor  desire  public  office, 
preferring  to  concentrate  his  energies  upon  his  professional  duties.  He  is  popular  and 
prominent  in  the  Elks  lodge  of  Phoenix  and  has  been  its  secretary  for  five  years 


A.  H.  LAWRENCE. 


In  business  circles  of  Phoenix  A.  H.  Lawrence,  who  passed  away  on  the  10th  of  June, 
1912,  was  widely  and  favorably  known,  and  his  many  sterling  traits  of  character  endeared 
him  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  was  sixty-two  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  hia 
demise,  his  birth  having  occurred  near  Watertown,  New  York,  on  the  29th  of  January,  1850. 
He  continued  a  resident  of  the  Empire  state  until  he  had  attained  his  majority  and  then 
removed  westward  to  Minnesota,  where  he  carried  on  general  mercantile  pursuits.  Think- 
ing to  have  still  better  business  opportunities  in  the  southwest,  he  came  to  Arizona  after 
living  for  more  than  two  decades  in  Minnesota,  arriving  in  Phoenix  on  the  4th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1892.  Soon  afterward  he  opened  a  steam  laundry,  which  was  the  first  in  Arizona.  In 
this  enterprise  he  was  associated  with  G.  A.  Hidden,  who  remained  his  partner  for  eight 
years,  and  then  sold  out  in  1900.  Mr.  Lawrence  erected  the  present  brick  building  in  1894 
and  from  the  outset  met  with  success  in  the  undertaking,  installing  modern  and  improved 
machinery  from  time  to  time  and  keeping  everything  about  his  (ilant  in  excellent  condition, 
so  that  the  business  developed  in  a  most  substantial  and  gratifying  manner.  The  work 
turned  out  was  of  excellent  quality  and  commended  the  house  to  a  liberal  public  patronage. 

In  1877  Mr.  I^wrence  was  married  in  Dodge  Center,  Minnesota,  to  Miss  Ida  Hidden, 
of  Minnesota,  who  died  In  that  state  in  February,  1892.  They  were  the  parents  of  four 
children:  Guy  H.,  who  now  conducts  the  laundry,  and  who  is  married  and  has  one  child; 
Winifred  F.;  Frances;  and  Ruth.  After  losing  his  first  wife  A.  H.  Lawrence  married  Edna 
Wright  and  they  had  two  children,  Esther  and  Wright  H.  His  widow  and  the  children  of 
the  second  marriage  survive. 

Jlr.  Lawrence  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  in  politics  was  independent, 
voting  as  his  judgment   dictated,  without   regard  to  party   ties.     He   made   for   himself   a 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  373 

creditable  place  in   business  circles,  building  up  an  enterprise  of  large  and  profitable  pro- 
portions. 

Guy  H.  Lawrence,  who  is  his  father's  successor  in  business,  now  owns  and  conducts 
the  Phoenix  Steam  Laundry  and  in  this  connection  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  leading 
representatives  of  industrial  interests  in  the  city.  He  attends  the  Methodist  church  and 
his  fraternal  relations  are  with  Phoenix  Lodge,  No.  3,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  His  long  residence  in  Phoenix  has  made  him  widely  known,  and  his  many  sub- 
stantial qualities  have  gained  for  him  the  high  regard  of  those  with  whom  he  has  been 
brought  in  contact. 


SIDNEY  RANDOLPH  De  LONG. 

Sidney  Randolpli  De  Long  was  one  of  the  most  widely  known  residents  of  Pima  county. 
For  many  years  he  i-esided  in  Tucson,  of  which  city  he  was  the  first  mayor  in  1872  and 
at  tlie  time  of  his  death  he  was  serving  as  secretary  of  the  Pioneer  Society.  His  worth 
as  a  citizen  was  widely  acknowledged,  for  as  a  business  man  and  in  public  relations  his 
service  was  of  substantial  benefit  to  the  community.  A  native  of  New  York,  his  birth 
occurred  in  Clinton  county,  on  the  28th  of  December,  1828.  His  early  years  were  passed 
in  the  state  of  his  nativity,  where  lie  was  educated,  completing  his  course  in  the  Military 
Academy  at  Plattsburg,  where  he  made  a  specialty  of  civil  engineering.  Subsequently  he 
engaged  in  railroad  work  and  assisted  in  making  the  survey  for  the  line  extending  from 
Plattsburg  to  Montreal.  This  was  during  the  '40s.  The  desire  to  try  his  fortune  in  the 
west  resulted  in  his  taking  passage  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco  in  1849  and  sailing 
around  the  Horn.  He  arrived  in  the  metropolis  the  following  year  and  located  in  Amador 
county.  He  engaged  in  prospecting  and  also  taught  school  for  a  time.  He  voted  for  the 
constitution  when  California  was  admitted  into  the  Union  in  1851  and  continued  to  make 
his  home  in  that  city  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  Avar.  When  the  call  came  for  troops 
in  1861  he  responded  by  enlisting  at  the  Presidio  in  San  Francisco  as  a  member  of  Com- 
pany C,  First  California  Infantrj'.  He  began  his  service  in  the  capacity  of  a  private  but 
was  later  promoted  to  the  rank  of  quartermaster  of  the  regiment.  The  troops  proceeded 
by  steamer  to  San  Pedro  and  in  the  vicinity  of  Los  Angeles  went  into  winter  quarters  for 
drill  practice.  In  the  spring  they  marched  to  Tucson,  where  they  did  garrison  duty  for  a 
time  but  later  were  ordered  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico.  Mr.  De  Long  was  mustered  out  in 
that  city  in  1866  and  immediately  returned  to  Tucson,  where  he  resumed  the  duties  of 
civil  life. 

In  1872  Mr.  De  Long  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city,  in  which  capacity  he  was  serving 
when  the  municipality  bought  two  sections  of  land  from  the  United  States  government 
and  formed  the  township  of  Tucson.  Later  he  turned  his  attention  to  commercial  activi- 
ties, becoming  a  member  of  the  mercantile  firm  of  TuUy,  Ochoa  &  Company.  Upon  severing 
that  connection  he  began  trading  at  the  Indian  military  post  located  in  the  mountains  one 
hundred  and  ten  miles  east  of  Tucson.  From  there  he  went  to  Dos  Cabezos,  where  he 
engaged  in  gold  mining  for  several  years  with  a  fair  measure  of  success.  In  1898  he  dis- 
posed of  his  interests  at  that  town  and  returned  to  Tucson,  making  his  home  at  199  Church 
street.  In  1905  he  was  chosen  secretary  of  the  Pioneer  Society  and  with  the  exceptioa 
of  one  year,  when  he  was  receiver  of  the  United  States  land  office,  continuously  filled  that 
position  until  his  death. 

Mr.  De  Long  was  married  twice  and  by  the  first  marriage  had  a  daughter,  Rachel,  the 
wife  of  James  Whitaker,  a  well  known  banker  of  Gait,  California.  The  wife  and  mother 
nassed  away  in  1881  and  in  1893  Mr.  De  Long  wedded  Miss  Maria  Fry,  a  member  of  an  old 
New  England  family  and  a  native  of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  She  went  to  Tucson  in  1878 
and  for  five  years  was  associated  with  the  banking  firm  of  Safford,  Hudson  &  Company, 
in  the  capacity  of  bookkeeper  and  assistant  cashier,  at  which  time  A.  P.  K.  Safford,  presi- 
dent of  the  company,  was  governor  of  Arizona.  She  was  later  identified  with  the  David 
Hudson  Banking  Company,  remaining  in  that  service  for  two  years,  following  which  she 
became   assistant   postmaster   of  Tucson  under  J.  Knox  Corbett.     She   is  a   well   informed 


374  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

woman  of  progressive  ideas  and  possesses  fine  discernment  and  good  judgment  in  matters 
of  business.  Slie  liolds  membersliip  in  the  Episcopal  eliurcli,  which  ilr.  De  Long  also  attended. 
He  was  for  sixty-one  years  affiliated  witli  the  Masonic  fraternity,  having  joined  the  order 
in  Amador  county,  California,  in  December,  1851,  and  being  the  oldest  Mason  of  the  state 
at  the  time  of  his  demise.  He  maintained  relations  with  his  comrades  of  the  Civil  war 
through  his  connection  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  served  aa  commander 
of  the  Tucson  post.  Mrs.  I>e  Long  is  one  of  the  active  workers  of  the  Tucson  Woman's 
Club  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  its  historical  committee.  Politically  Mr.  De  Long  sup- 
ported the  republican  party  and  in  earlier  life  took  an  active  interest  in  public  att'airs, 
representing  this  district  in  the  territorial  legislature  of  1874.  His  life  was  a  factor  for 
good  in  the  upbuilding  and  improvement  of  the  community  and  his  active  cooperation 
furthered  public  progress  in  many  ways.  He  lived  in  Arizona  during  the  great  formative 
period  of  its  development  and  in  later  years  he  related  many  interesting  incidents  of  the 
early  days  and  of  pioneers  who  formed  the  advance  guard  of  civilization  and  began  the 
great  work  of  subduing  the  west. 


MICHAEL  EDWARD  CURRY. 

Michael  Edward  Curry,  now  conducting  a  profitable  hardware  store  in  Tempe,  is  num- 
bered among  Arizona's  pioneers,  his  residence  here  dating  from  1879.  He  has,  therefore, 
witnessed  practically  the  entire  development  of  the  state  and  to  a  great  extent  has  assisted 
in  it,  his  influence  being  always  on  tlie  side  of  progress  and  advancement  and  his  high 
standards  necessarily  affecting  the  direction  of  development  in  the  sections  where  he  has 
resided. 

Mr.  Curry  was  born  in  Relledune,  Gloucester  county.  New  Brunswick,  Canada,  on  the 
25th  of  March,  1854,  and  is  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Moloughney)  Curry.  Both  have  passed 
away,  the  father  dying  in  1877,  at  the  age  of  seventy  years,  and  the  mother  in  1898  when  she 
was  ninety  years  of  age.  In  their  family  were  eight  children,  five  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters, of  whom  four  still  survive. 

Michael  E.  Curry  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and 
after  laying  aside  his  textbooks  went  to  Michigan,  whence,  after  a  short  time,  he  removed 
to  California.  From  the  latter  state  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  at  Pinal,  or  Picket  Post 
Mountain,  in  June,  1879.  His  next  location  was  at  Silver  King,  and  he  afterward  went  to 
the  mountains  in  Tonto  basin,  coming  from  there  to  Tempe,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He 
turned  his  attention  first  to  the  lumber  business  and  was  then  in  succession  a  miner  and 
cattleman.  He  finally  established  a  hardware  store,  which  has  since  claimed  his  attention. 
By  industry,  honesty, and  ability  he  has  ])romoted  the  expansion  and  growth  of  his  busi- 
ness, a  large  and  representative  patronage  being  now  accorded  him  in  recognition  of  his 
straightforward  and  honorable  methods,  his  reasonable  prices  and  his  earnest  desire  to 
please  his  patrons. 

Mr.  Curry  was  married,  in  May,  1900,  to  Mrs.  Mary  (Carr)  Tracy,  and  they  have  seven 
children.  Hazel  A.,  John  J.,  Michael  E.,  Ruth  G.,  Naomi  E.,  Arthur  R.  and  Vinson  H.  Mr. 
Curry  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  has  served  several  terms 
on  the  city  council.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  school  board.  His  life  has  been  one 
of  public  service,  for  it  has  been  high  in  its  purposes,  beneficial  in  its  results  and  at  all 
times  dominated  by  high  standards  and  worthy  ideals. 


CHARLES  F.  SLACK. 


Charles  F.  Slack,  who  for  the  past  five  and  one-half  years  has  held  a  position  as  account- 
ant with  the  Albert  Steinfeld  Company,  is  an  ex-mayor  of  Tucson,  having  served  in  this 
capacity  in  the  years  1908  and  1909.  He  was  born  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the 
13th  of  August,  1848,  and  there  passed  his  boyhood  and  early  youth.     In  the  acquirement 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  375 

of  his  education  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county  and  completed  his 
course  of  study  in  the  Philadelphia  high  school.  He  early  resolved  to  pursue  a  commercial 
career,  beginning  his  business  training  when  a  boy  in  a  Philadelphia  wholesale  dry  goods 
house.  In  1868  he  came  west  to  assume  the  duties  connected  with  a  government  position 
to  which  he  had  been  appointed  at  Fort  Harker,  one  of  the  pioneer  military  posts.  He  was 
next  identified  with  the  civil  engineering  department  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  and  in 
1876  went  to  Pueblo,  Colorado,  with  the  engineering  corps  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  Company.  Later  he  had  charge  of  grading  and  track  building  on  a  portion 
of  the  Union  Pacific  lines,  and  for  a  time  he  was  employed  in  the  general  offices  of  the 
Kansas  Pacific  at  Kansas  City.  He  served  in  a  similar  capacity  at  Omaha  and  El  P^so 
with  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad.  During  one  period  of  his  career  he 
resumed  his  connection  with  commercial  activities  and  for  a  time  conducted  a  grocery. 
In  1900  he  came  to  Tucson  and  for  ten  years  was  secretary  of  the  Gardiner,  VVorthen  & 
Ooss  Company,  who  engage  in  the  operation  of  a  machine  shop  and  foundry.  In  1910  he 
became  an  accountant  with  the  Albert  Steinfeld  Company,  with  wliich  he  is  still  connected. 
For  his  wife  Mr.  Slack  chose  a  Miss  Florence  Trout,  a  native  of  Illinois.  For  forty- 
two  years  he  has  been  identified  with  the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  has  attained  the 
thirty-second  degree,  and  he  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Politically  Mr.  Slack  supports  the  republican  party  and  has 
always  taken  an  active  interest  in  all  municipal  afl'airs  wherever  he  has  resided.  While 
living  in  El  Paso  he  served  as  county  commissioner  for  one  term  and  as  a  member  of  the 
city  council  for  two  terms.  He  was  a  member  of  the  last  territorial  board  of  equalization 
in  Arizona,  having  been  appointed  to  that  position  by  Governor  J.  H.  Kibbey.  He  is  a 
man  of  practical  ideas  and  progressive  metliods  as  was  substantially  evidenced  when  he 
was  mayor  of  Tucson,  at  which  time  he  wrought  various  reforms  and  effected  some  much 
needed  improvements.  It  was  during  his  term  of  office  that  the  bill  was  passed  extending 
the  water  works  system,  thus  providing  the  city  with  better  sanitary  regulations  and  fire 
protection,  and  the  city  was  put  on  a  cash  financial  basis.  There  has  never  been  anything 
spectacular  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Slack,  who  is  a  man  of  unassuming  manner,  but  he  possesses 
the  determination  and  honesty  of  purpose  that  enables  him  to  creditably  discharge  his 
duties  in  both  public  and  private  life. 


E.  PAYNE  PALMER,  M.  D. 


That  Dr.  E.  Payne  Palmer  is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  progress  and  laudable  ambition 
is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  has  again  and  again  visited  centers  of  professional  learning 
for  post-graduate  work  in  the  science  of  medicine  and  surgery.  He  has  thus  kept  abreast 
with  the  onward  march  of  the  jjrofession  and  public  recognition  of  his  ability  is  found 
in  the  extensive  practice  accorded  him.  He  now  specializes  exclusively  in  surgery  and  has 
done  excellent  work  along  that   line. 

Dr.  Palmer  is  a  native  of  Churchill,  Mississippi.  He  was  born  in  1876  of  the  marriage 
of  George  A.  and  Virginia  (Payne)  Palmer,  the  former  a  native  of  Michigan,  while  the 
latter  was  a  daughter  of  James  Payne  of  Virginia,  who  became  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Mississippi.  George  A.  Palmer  was  a  civil  engineer,  following  his  profession  in  the 
south.  Recognizing  the  value  of  education,  he  afforded  his  son  excellent  opportunities  in 
that  direction,  Dr.  Palmer  supplementing  his  early  training  by  study  in  the  Chamberlain- 
Hunt  Academy.  His  literary  education  served  as  an  excellent  foundation  upon  which  to 
rear  the  superstructure  of  professional  knowledge.  With  the  desire  to  make  the  practice 
of  medicine  his  life  work,  he  entered  the  Barnes  Medical  College  of  St.  Louis  and  was 
graduated  therefrom  with  the  class  of  1898.  For  two  years  thereafter  he  was  engaged 
in  hospital  work,  obtaining  the  broad,  varied  and  valuable  experience  which  only  hospital 
service  can  give.  This  constituted  an  excellent  preparation  for  his  private  practice  and  in 
1900  he  came  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  maintained  his  office.  Gradually  his  patronage 
has  grown  and  the  public  recognizes  in  him  one  of  the  progressive  member*  of  the  profes- 
sion^ constantly    alert    to    the    opportunities    for    gaining    knowledge    and    promoting    his 


376  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

efficiency.  From  time  to  time  he  has  pursued  post-graduate  courses.  He  went  to  Cliicago 
for  further  study  in  1902,  to  New  York  in  1909,  and  in  1910-11  did  post-graduate  work 
in  Europe,  where  he  investigated  the  methods  of  the  most  eminent  physieiaiis  and  surgeons 
of  the  old  world.  He  has  made  an  especial  study  of  surgery  and  displays  particular  skill 
in  tliat  professional  branch. 

In  1907  Dr.  Palmer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bertha  Schantz,  of  Dayton.  Ohio, 
and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children,  one  of  whom  is  now  deceased.  The  others 
are:  Payne  Schantz,  Paul  Vincent  and  Mary  Virginia.  Tlie  parents  are  members  of  the 
Catholic  church.  Dr.  Palmer  has  membership  relations  with  the  Maricopa  County,  the 
Arizona  State  and  the  American  Medical  Associations  and  is  a  fellow  of  the  American 
College  of  Surgeons,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  founders.  He  has  always  concentiated  his 
energies  upon  his  professional  duties,  and  witli  the  recognition  of  the  grave  responsibilities 
which  confront  the  surgeon,  he  has  put  forj^h  every  effort  in  his  power  to  promote  his 
skill  that  he  may  be  qualified  to  cope  with  the  intricate  and  complex  problems  that  con- 
tinually confront  him. 


TOM  K.  RICHEY. 


Tom  K.  Riehey,  a  successful  lawyer  of  Tucson,  was  born  in  Crawford  county,  Kansas, 
•June  27,  1874.  His  parents,  George  H.  and  Fannie  (Oossin)  Riehey,  were  both  natives  of 
Ohio  but  were  married  in  Crawford  county,  Kansas.  The  father  died  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, but  at  that  time  made  his  home  in  Txicson,  where  the  mother  is  still  living.  Mr. 
Riehey  of  this  review  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  and  later  attended 
St.  John's  Military  Academy  at  Salina.  Having  early  determined  to  make  the  practice  of 
law  his  life  work,  lie  entered  the  office  of  John  Randolph  at  Pittsburg,  Kansas,  and  there 
pursued  his  professional  studies,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  state  in  1901.  During 
that  time  he  served  as  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  Crawford  county.  He  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Lawton,  Oklahoma,  where  he  remained  from  1901 
to  1904,  and  he  came  to  Arizona  in  1905,  having  since  made  his  home  in  Tucson.  He  has  a 
good  practice,  which  has  long  since  reached  lucrative  proportions,  and,  in  fact,  from  the 
beginning  his  business  has  steadily  grown  in  volume  and  importance.  He  served  as  city 
attorney  of  Tucson  from  1907  to  1911  and  made  a  very  creditable  official  record,  displaying 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  the  energy,  aggressiveness  and  fearlessness  which  indicate 
true  public  spirit. 

Mr.  Riehey  was  married  .July  19,  1911,  to  Miss  Marie  Grandpr*,  of  Chicago,  and  they 
have  one  son,  Thomas  V.,  and  two  daughters,  Marie  and  Imogene.  Mr.  and  Jlrs.  Riehey  are 
well  known  in  social  circles  of  Tucson.  In  his  ])rofession  Mr.  Riehey  has  made  steady 
progress,  his  ability  as  a  lawyer  being  many  times  demonstrated  by  his  able  handling  of 
important  litigated  interests.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  tlie 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  he  also  belongs  to 
the  Old  Pueblo  Club  and  the  Tucson   Golf  and  Country  Club. 


JUDGE  EDWARD  KENT. 


Judge  Edward  Kent,  for  ten  years  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona  and  now 
actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  was  born  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  in  1862,  a  son 
of  the  Hon.  Edward  and  Abby  (Rockwood)  Kent,  the  former  a  native  of  New  Hampshire 
and  the  latter  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  The  Kent  family  is  of  JJnglish  descent  and  was 
founded  in  America  in  1640,  at  which  time  settlement  was  made  in  Massachusetts.  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  name  followed  the  sea  during  many  generations.  The  Hon.  Edward 
Kent,  Sr.,  however,  became  a  lawyer  and  at  an  early  age  removed  to  Maine  and  became 
one  of  the  distinguished  citizens  of  that  state.  He  twice  served  as  governor  of  Maine, 
being  elected  in  1838  and  1840,  and  was  the  Governor  Kent  whose  name  became  famous  in 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  377 

the  campaign  song  of  the  latter  year,  "Wlien  Maine  went  Hell  bent  for  Governor  Kent." 
Subsequently  he  served  as  a  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  that  state  for  many  years. 

His  son,  Judge  Edward  Kent,  of  Phoenix,  acquired  a  public-school  education  and  after- 
ward attended  the  Adams  Academy  at  Quincy,  Massachusetts.  Later  he  entered  Harvard 
and  was  graduated  in  1883.  He  subsequently  spent  a  year  in  the  law  department  of 
Harvard  and  in  1887  was  graduated  from  the  Columbia  Law  College,  thus  receiving  liberal 
training  in  two  of  the  oldest  and  best  law  schools  of  the  country.  For  ten  years  he  remained 
a  practitioner  at  tlie  bar  of  New  York  and  became  a  partner  of  Butler,  Stillman  &  Hub- 
bard, one  of  the  leading  law  firms  of  the  metropolis.  In  1896  he  removed  to  Colorado 
settling  in  Denver.  While  there  he  was  appointed  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Ari- 
zona and  came  to  Phoenix  in  1902.  He  was  twice  reappointed,  serving  until  the  state  was 
admitted  to  the  Union  ten  years  later.  In  1913,  upon  his  retirement  from  the  bench,  he 
formed  a  partncrsliip  in  Phoenix  with  Louis  H.  Chalmers,  with  whom  he  is  now  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law,  this  constituting  one  of  the  strongest  firms  of  tl'.e  city. 

In  1893  Judge  Kent  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Chadwick,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland. 
Judge  Kent  is  known  as  a  leader  of  the  republican  party.  The  bent  of  his  active  mind  has 
made  him  have  a  lively  interest  in  the  study  of  the  science  of  government.  Although  he 
has  held  but  few  offices  and  these  have  been  in  the  strict  path  of  liis  profession,  he  has  been 
a  more  active  and  efficient  politician  than  many  who  have  devoted  their  entire  time  to 
public  affairs.  He  is  an  attentive  observer  of  men  and  measures  and  is  thus  able  to  present 
clearly  and  impressively  great  public  questions  which  have  agitated  the  times.  Attached 
to  his  profession,  systematic  and  methodical  in  habit,  sober  and  discreet  in  judgment,  calm 
in  temper,  diligent  in  research,  conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  every  duty,  courteous  and 
kind  in  demeanor  and  inflexibly  just  on  all  occasions,  these  qualities  have  enabled  Judge 
Kent  to  take  first  rank  among  those  who  have  held  the  higliest  judicial  office  in  the  state 
and  make  him  the  conservator  of  that  justice  wherein  is  the  safeguard  of  individual  liberty 
and  happiness  and  the  defense  of  our  national  inistitutions.  His  reported  opinions  are 
monuments  to  his  legal  learning  and  superior  ability.  They  show  a  thorough  mastery 
of  the  questions  involved,  a  simplicity  of  style  and  an  admirable  -terseness  and  clearness 
in  the  statement   of  the   principles   upon   which  the   opinions   rest. 


JOHN  H.  GRAYSON. 


.John  H.  Grayson,  who  since  1909  has  been  connected  with  the  El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Railroad,  was  born  in  Saline  county,  Missouri,  in  1867,  a  son  of  James  W.  and  Mary  J. 
(Elder)  Grayson.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  followed  tliat  occupation  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1908.  His  widow  still  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  at  Sweet 
Springs,  Missouri.  To  them  were  born  eleven  children:  John  H.,  of  this  review,  Willie, 
the  widow  of  L.  L.  McLeskey,  of  Sweet  Springs,  Missouri;  Mildred  M.,  who  married  L.  M. 
Steel,  of  Marshall,  Missouri;  James  E.,  a  druggist  in  El  Paso,  Texas;  Gabriella,  the  wife  ot 
James  A.  Walker,  a  banker  of  Marshall,  Missouri;  Frankie,  deceased;  Walter  R.,  who  is 
connected  with  the  El  Paso  Foundry  &  Machine  Company  of  El  Paso;  George  Everett,  a 
druggist  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  who  died  February  19,  1913;  Nellie,  who  married  -J.  M. 
Thornton,  a  banker  of  Dunnebecke,  South  Dakota;   and  two  children  who  died  in  infancy. 

John  H.  Grayson  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Saline  county, 
Missouri,  which  he  attended  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age.  He  then  worked  upon  the 
home  farm  until  after  he  had  attained  his  majority,  entering  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  the 
Gem  City  Business  College  at  Quincy,  Illinois.  He  took  a  thorough  business  course  and 
afterward  began  his  active  career  as  bookkeeper  for  a  lumber  firm.  He  held  that  position 
for  four  years  and  then  spent  two  years  in  Sweet  Springs  and  Kansas  City,  working  in 
the  interests  of  his  first  employers.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  joined  the  clerical  depart- 
ment of  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  in  Kansas  City  and  from  there  went  to  El  Paso,  Texas, 
where  he  spent  four  years  in  the  freight  office  of  the  Galveston,  Harrisburg  &  San  Antonio 
Railroad  and  four  years  as  assistant  city  ticket  agent.  He  went  to  Bisbee  Arizona,  in 
1909  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  EI  Paso   k   Southwestern  Railroad.     He   is   still   with 


378  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

that  road  but  on  the  1st  of  January,  1913,  was  transferred  to  Tucson  as  city  passenger 
agent.  Able,  reliable  and  trustworthy,  he  has  given  the  corporation  conscientious  and 
faithful  service  and  is  today  considered  one  of  the  best  men  in  the  employ  of  the  company. 
His  services  have  been  recognized  and  rewarded  by  his  promotion  to  the  position  he  now 
occupies  in  Tucson. 

On  the  8tli  of  June,  1904,  Mr.  Grayson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Clara  Read, 
a  native  of  Toronto,  Canada,  and  a  daugliter  of  William  and  Margaret  Read,  both  of  whom 
were  born  in  England,  where  the  father  was  a  Metliodist  minister.  Mr.  Grayson  is  a 
devout  member  of  the  Christian  church  and  fraternally  is  affiliated  with  tlie  Masonic  order, 
being  a  Knight  Templar  and  a  member  of  Commandery  Xo.  36,  at  Horton,  Kansas.  He 
votes  the  democratic  ticket  but  his  railroad  duties  leave  him  very  little  time  for  active 
political  work.  He  is,  however,  a  public-spirited  citizen,  who  is  widely  and  favorably 
known,  and  his  life  history  cannot  fail  to  be  of  interest  to  liis  many  friends. 


ALLEN  T.  BIRD. 


Allen  T.  Bird,  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  authority  upon  all  branches  of  mining,  author 
and  journalist,  has  since  May,  1893,  been  editor  and  proprietor  of  The  Oasis,  a  paper  which  he 
conducted  in  Arizola  and  Benson  before  transferring  it  to  Nogales  in  1894.  He  was  born 
in  Madison,  Wisconsin,  April  13,  1849,  a  son  of  Rlienodyne  A.  and  Elizabeth  (Tracy)  Bird, 
both  natives  of  New  York  and  representatives  of  families  that  became  pioneer  settlers  of 
Wisconsin  during  tlie  early  childhood  days  of  Mr.  and  ilrs.  Bird.  The  former  was  a  son 
of  H.  H.  Bird,  a  contractor  and  builder,  who  secured  the  contract  to  erect  the  territorial 
capitol  wlien  Wisconsin  was  sei)arated  from  Iowa.  At  Milwaukee  he  organized  a  force 
of  mechanics  and  workmen  and  they  proceeded  by  wagon  train  to  the  townsite  of  Madison, 
arriving  there  early  in  March,  1836.'  To  make  camp  they  cleared  away  the  snow  from  a 
space  sufficiently  large  and  the  fire,  burning  through  the  night,  melted  away  the  snow  bank, 
80  at  morning  the  stake  at  the  nortlieast  corner  of  tlie  cajiitol  square  was  just  outside 
the  snow  bank. 

It  was  in  the  United  States  Hotel,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  same  street,  tliirteen 
years  afterward,  that  C^oloncl  Allen  T.  Bird  was  born  and  there  he  spent  his  childhood, 
learning  the  printer's  trade  under  his  father.  When  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  lie  enlisted 
for  the  Civil  war  in  tlie  One  Hundred  and  Korty-first  Infantry  Regiment  and  afterward 
joined  the  Eleventh  Illinois  Cavalry,  serving  until  the  close  of  liostilities.  Returning  home 
with  a  creditable  military  record,  he  resumed  his  interrupted  education  and  at  tlie  age  of 
seventeen  laid  aside  his  books.  At  that  time  he  went  to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  and  secured  a 
position  as  printer  on  the  Omaha  Republican,  with  which  he  was  connected  until  he  turned 
his  attention  to  railroading.  He  was  the  first  ticket  agent  for  the  Union  Pacific  Company 
at  Clieyenne,  Wyoming,  and  at  tlie  age  of  nineteen  he  became  identified  with  the  Central 
Pacific  Railroad  as  brakeman,  baggageman  and  conductor.  He  held  the  latter  position 
for  seven  years  and  in  1S80  began  his  career  as  a  miner,  a  field  of  labor  in  which  he  has 
since  attained  a  high  and  honored  position.  He  worked  as  superintendent  of  a  mine  in 
California  and  afterward  in  Arizona  and  followed  the  mining  business  in  various  parts  of 
the  western  country  from  the  City  of  Mexico  to  tlie  Canadian  border  on  the  north,  travel- 
ing over  twenty  thousand  miles  on  horseback  in  pursuit  of  his  mining  interests.  Ho  became 
an  expert  judge  of  mine  values  and  his  labors  are  still  in  demand  as  an  examiner  for 
prospective  buyers.  His  opinion  on  matters  connected  with  mining  is  considered  in  the 
southwest  as  practically  infallible  and  has  attained  general  circulation  through  the  publi- 
cation of  his  many  valuable  reviews  on  mines  and  mining  in  Mexico  and  Arizona.  In  1904 
he  wrote  and  published  the  Land  of  Nayarit,  an  account  of  the  great  mining  region  south 
of  the  Gila  river  and  east  from  the  Gulf  of  California  to  the  Sierra  Madre  mountains.  This 
was  published  under  the  auspices  of  the  Arizona  and  Sonora  Chamber  of  Mines  and  Is  con- 
sidered a  weighty  and  Important  addition  to  tlie  industrial  literature  of  the  southwest. 

In    1884   Colonel    Bird   again   turned    his   attention    to   newspaper    work   and    has    been 
connected  with  this  line  of   occupation  since   that  time.     He  was   editor  of  the   Woodland 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  381 

(Cal.)  Mail  and  afterward  of  the  San  Bernardino  Daily  Index.  He  afterward  established 
a  paper  of  the  same  name  in  San"  Juan  county,  New  Mexico,  retaining  his  identification  with 
it  until  May  9,  1893,  when  he  established  The  Oasis  at  Arizola,  near  Casa  Grande.  He  later 
moved  his  plant  to  Benson,  where  he  ran  the  paper  for  six  months,  coming  to  Nogales  in 
November,  1894.  Here  he  has  since  remained,  editing  The  Oasis  and  conducting  a  job 
printing  establishment  in  connection  with  it.  He  has  made  his  paper  one  of  the  leading 
journals  in  the  state,  important  as  a  director  of  public  thought  and  opinion  and  also  as  a 
powerful  political  force.  He  follows  progressive  methods  in  its  publication  and  its  con- 
stantly increasing  patronage  is  indicative  of  the  favor  which  it  finds  with  the  general 
public.  In  its  columns  and  on  various  public  occasions  Colonel  Bird  has  advocated  the  cause 
of  woman's  suffrage  for  Arizona,  of  which  he  is  an  active  supporter.  His  wife  is  also 
interested  in  the  cause  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  promoting  its  spread.  She  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  for  women's  votes  at  Nogales  and  was  one  of  the  important 
factors  in  obtaining  the  large  vote  which  was  then  polled. 

It  was  on  the  4th  of  August,  1886,  at  San  Francisco,  that  Coloi.el  Bird  wedded  Mrs. 
Calla  (Watkins)  Xabb  and  they  have  two  sons,  Allen  T.  and  Walter  Duane,  the  latter 
being  now  business  manager  of  The  Oasis,  while  the  younger  is  a  law  student  in  the 
University  of  Michigan.  By  an  earlier  marriage  Colonel  Bird  has  a  son  and  daughter: 
Marshall  N.  Bird,  now  of  Taft,  California;  and  Mrs.  Enid  Rosenberg,  of  Haywards,  California. 

Colonel  Bird  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles,  holding  membership  in  the  Loyal  Legion 
and  also  holding  a  position  of  distinction  in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  having  been 
the  first  commander  of  W.  H.  Seward  Post  at  Woodland  and  in  1887  acting  as  junior  vice 
commander  of  the  organization  for  the  state  of  California.  In  1895  he  was  commissioned 
captain  of  Company  O  of  the  First  Regiment  Infantry  of  the  National  Guard  of  Arizona, 
serving  two  years.  Afterward  he  was  on  the  staff  of  Governor  M.  H.  MeCord  as  aid-de- 
camp with  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel.  He  served  for  seven  years  as  clerk  of  the  district 
court  of  Santa  Cruz  county  and  has  served  a  term  as  United  States  commissioner  at  Nogales. 
In  the  newly  organized  Chamber  of  Commerce  at  Nogales  he  is  a  director.  When  the  last 
transcontinental  tariff  was  formed  by  the  New  York  commission  Nogales  was  relegated 
from  the  position  of  an  intermediate  point  to  a  branch  line  point,  which  added  forty-nine 
cents  per  hundred  weight  on  all  freight  going  into  Nogales  from  the  east.  The  Chamber 
of  Commerce  sent  to  San  Francisco  a  committee  of  which  Colonel  Bird  was  chairman,  and 
in  a  conference  with  President  Spooner  of  the  Southern  Pacific  the  committee  induced  the 
railroad  to  file  a  supplementary  schedule  which  restored  Nogales  to  its  former  place  in  the 
transcontinental  system,  saving  the  Nogales  merchants  about  fifty  thousand  dollars  annu- 
ally. The  name  of  Colonel  Bird  is  always  associated  with  projects  of  progress  and  improve- 
ment and  in  all  public  service  as  well  as  private  interests  he  is  a  man  of  action  rather  than 
of   theory. 


CLARENCE  EDGAR  YOUNT,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Clarence  Edgar  Yount,  a  prominent  and  successful  representative  of  the  medical 
fraternity  in  Prescott,  has  there  practiced  his  profession  continuously  since  1902.  His 
birth  occurred  in  Iowa  in  1874,  his  parents  being  E.  M.  and  Laura  (Musselman)  Yount.  He 
acquired  his  early  education  in  the  graded  schools  and  afterward  pursued  a  high  school 
course  at  Washington,  D.  C,  his  father  being  connected  with  the  bureau  of  pensions  in 
the  nation's  capital. 

Having  determined  upon  a  professional  career,  Clarence  E.  Yount  entered  the  medical 
department  of  Georgetown  University  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1896. 
He  subsequently  practiced  in  Washington  until  1902  and  then  came  to  Arizona,  locating 
in  Prescott,  which  has  since  remained  the  scene  of  his  professional  labors.  An  extensive 
and  steadily  growing  practice  has  been  accorded  him  as  he  has  demonstrated  his  ability  in 
coping  with  the  intricate  problems  which  continually  confront  the  physician  in  his  efforts 
to  restore  health  and  prolong  life.  Through  his  membership  in  a  number  of  medical  societies 
he  keeps  in  close  touch  with  the  progress  of  the  profession.  Dr.  Yount  was  formerly  con- 
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382  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

tract  surgeon  of  the  United  States  army  at  Whipple  Barracks  and  now  serves  as  surgeon 
to  the  National  Guard,  with  the  rank  of  major. 

On  the  14th  of  December,  1904,  Dr.  Yount  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Clara  N. 
Criley,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  M.  Criley,  a  resident  of  Prescott  but  a  native  of  Ohio.  Our 
subject  and  his  wife  have  three  children:     Clarence  E.,  Jr.,  Robert   E.  and  Martha. 

In  his  political  views  Dr.  Yount  is  independent,  while  his  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  Congregational  church.  He  is  also  a  worthy  exemplar  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and 
belongs  to  the  blue  lodge,  council  and  chapter.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Association  of 
Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States,  has  been  secretary  of  the  Arizona  Medical  Asso- 
ciation since  May,  1913,  and  is  a  fellow  of  the  American  College  of  Surgeons.  In  both  pro- 
fessional and  social  circles  of  Prescott  he  is  well  known   and   highly   esteemed. 


THOMAS  J.  PRESCOTT. 


Thomas  J.  Prescott  in  his  professional  connection  needs  no  introduction  to  the  Phoenix 
public  for  he  served  eight  years  as  city  attorney.  The  consensus  of  public  opinion  accords 
him  an  enviable  position  as  a  representative  of  the  bar.  He  was  born  in  St.  Paul,  Min- 
nesota, July  19,  1873,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Annie  (Simpson)  Prescott,  who  were  pioneer 
settlers  of  that  state.  The  father  was  for  a  long  period  connected  with  mercantile  inter- 
ests in  St.  Paul  and  while  spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  Thomas  J. 
Prescott  there  attended  private  schools  and  was  a  student  in  the  St.  Paul  Home  School 
until  1893.  He  became  identified  with  the  far  west  in  1894  when  he  made  his  way  to  Los 
Angeles,  California.  Later  in  the  same  year  he  came  to  Phoenix  and  for  a  few  years  was 
engaged  in  merchandising.  He  was  a  young  man  of  about  twenty-one  years  when  he 
arrived  here  and  while  he  devoted  a  brief  period  to  commercial  pursuits  he  used  his  leisure 
during  that  time  in  law  reading  with  Judge  Street  and  Judge  Campbell  as  his  preceptors. 
When  he  had  largely  mastered  the  principles  of  jurisprudence  he  successfully  passed  the 
required  examination  that  admitted  him  to  the  bar  in  1900.  He  has  since  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  and  has  secured  a  good  clientage  which  is  constantly  growing  in  volume 
and  importance. 

On  the  2d  of  September,  1914,  Mr.  Prescott  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Aleida  W. 
Vis.schers,  a  native  of  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  In  his  political  views  he  has  always  been 
a  republican,  earnestly  advocating  and  supporting  the  principles  of  that  party,  and  during 
his  residence  in  the  southwest  he  has  been  chosen  for  several  official  positions,  serving  at 
different  times  as  city  assessor,  as  deputy  clerk  of  the  court  and  as  city  attorney.  His 
-  ability  and  trustworthiness  in  the  last  mentioned  office  is  plainly  indicated  by  the  fact 
of  his  reelection,  making  him  the  incumbent  of  the  office  for  eight  years.  He  belongs  to 
the  Masonic  lodge  and  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  has  many  friends  in 
those  organizations  who  appreciate  his  loyalty  to  the  teachings  of  the  orders  and  their 
high  purpose. 


WALTER  GAY  SCOTT. 


Walter  Gay  Scott,  in  whose  life  record  is  a  creditable  military  chapter,  is  one  of  the 
most  able  and  successful  lawyers  in  Globe,  his  extensive  patronage  covering  litigation  in 
all  of  the  state  and  federal  courts.  He  was  born  in  Washington,  Pennsylvania.  February 
31,  1853,  and  is  a  son  of  John  P.  Scott,  a  native  of  Hancock,  Washington  county,  Maryland. 
When  a  young  man  the  father  removed  to  Pennsylvania  and  a  few  years  later  to  Wheeling, 
West  Virginia,  where  he  took  up  the  practice  of  law,  remaining  there  until  1856.  In  that 
year  he  removed  to  Morristown,  Ohio,  and  practiced  there  and  in  other  cities  of  the  B^ck- 
cye  state  until  1888,  when  he  removed  to  Joliet,  Illinois,  engaging  in  important  profee- 
sional  work  there  until  he  retired  from  active  life.  He  is  now  deceased,  his  death  occurring 
July  10,  1913,  when  he  was  eighty-four  years  of  age.     He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  383 

\var  and  also  of  the  Civil  war,  having  served  all  through  the  latter  conflict  and  having  been 
mustered  out  as  major.  His  wife  died  in  1880.  Of  their  eight  children  Walter  Gay,  of 
this  review,  is  tlie  eldest  and  one  of  the  seven  who  still  survive. 

Walter  G.  Scott  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Oliio  and  when  seventeen 
years  of  age  joined  the  Ohio  National  Guaids  at  Cambridge,  serving  at  that  time  for  one 
year.  He  remained  in  Ohio  until  1883  and  then  went  to  Toronto,  Canada,  where  he  l>ecame 
connected  with  the  Toronto  Globe,  continuing  his  identification  with  journalism  after  his 
removal  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  where  he  secured  a  position  on  the  Pioneer  Press.  Being 
desirous,  however,  for  a  military  career,  he  enlisted  in  tlie  Fourteenth  United  States 
Infantry  and  served  for  three  years  at  the  end  of  that  time  receiving  his  honorable  discharge. 

Mr.  Scott  then  went  to  San  Francisco  and  became  connected  with  the  San  Francisco 
Call  but  after  a  short  time  removed  to  Flagstafl',  Arizona,  where  he  worked  upon  The 
Champion.  His  ambitions,  however,  lay  along  legal  lines  and  in  order  to  fit  himself  for 
professional  work  he  went  to  Prescott,  where  he  studied  in  the  office  of  .Judge  E.  M. 
Sanford.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1888  and  in  the  next  year  opened  an  office  in 
St.  Johns,  where  he  practiced  until  1898.  During  that  time  he  had  resumed  his  connection 
with  military  affairs,  joining  Company  K,  First  Regiment,  Arizona  National  Guard,  and 
at  the  end  of  six  years  received  his  discharge  as  captain.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish- 
American  war  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Territorial  Infantry,  receiving  a  commission  as  second 
lieutenant,  was  assigned  to  Company  C  and  was  honorably  discharged  February  16,  1899, 
at  Albany,  Georgia.  Mr.  Scott  afterward  went  to  Saiford,  where  he  practiced  his  pro- 
fession for  two  years,  going  to  Globe  in  1901.  There  he  has  since  engaged  in  practice 
before  the  state  and  federal  courts.  He  is  known  as  a  strong  and  able  practitioner,  well 
versed  in  the  underlying  principles  of  the  law  and  efficient  in  his  application  of  them,  and  he 
has  ill  consequence  secured  a  gratifying  patronage. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Scott  is  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  his  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  He  is  progressive  and  liberal  in  his  views  and 
interested  in  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  Globe.  He  served  as  district  attorney  of 
Apache  county  but  has  never  cared  for  political  preferment,  his  ambitions  lying  along 
strictly  professional  lines.  He  is  entitled  to  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men as  an  able  and  progressive  citizen  and  also  as  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American 
war.  In  legal  circles  he  stands  high  among  his  associates,  his  success  being  due  largely 
to  his  ability  and  comprehensive  knowledge  and  to  a  rightly  directed  ambition  which 
seldom  fails  in  accomplishing  the  desired  ends. 


CHARLES  C.  WOOLF. 


The  Arizona  bar  numbers  among  its  representatives  no  more  prominent,  able  or  suc- 
cessful man  than  Charles  C.  Woolf,  now  city  attorney  of  Tempe  and  in  control  of  a  large 
and  growing  private  practice  there.  In  a  profession  where  advancement  comes  only  in 
recognition  of  superior  merit  and  ability  he  has  made  steady  and  rapid  progress  and, 
extending  his  activities  beyond  merely  professional  lines,  has  influenced  in  an  important 
way  local  public  development. 

He  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1871  and  is  a  son  of  J.  W.  and  Mary  A.  (McConnell) 
Woolf,  also  natives  of  that  state.  They  went  from  there  to  Colorado  in  1875  and  thence 
to  New  Mexico  in  1879.  Ten  years  later  they  removed  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Tempe,  where 
the  father  engaged  in  farming  and  the  cattle  business,  occupations  with  which  he  was 
connected  during  the  entire  period  of  his  active  life  He  became  prominent  in  local  politics 
and  was  honored  by  election  to  the  territorial  legislature,  serving  with  ability  and  conscien- 
tiousness in  1897  and  in  1903,  his  influence  being  always  on  the  side  of  right  and  progress, 
and  lie  is  now  living  retired  in  Tempe,  enjoying  a  period  of  rest  and  leisure  following  many 
years  of  earnest  and  straightforward  work. 

Charles  C.  Woolf  acquired  his  early  education  under  the  instruction  of  private  tutors 
and  in  the  public  schools  of  Trinidad,  Colorado.  He  was  afterward  a  student  in  the  State 
Normal  School  at  Tempe,  Arizona,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1892.    Having  determined 


384  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  study  law,  lie  entered  the  law  scliool  of  the  University  of  Denver,  where  he  remained  a 
student  for  one  year  and  then  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1896.  Prior  to  his  graduation  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  the  supreme  court  of  Colorado  in  February  of  tliat  year.  He  began  tlie  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Phoenix  in  1896  but  after  one  year  opened  an  office  in  Tenipe,  where  he  has 
since  continued  to  make  his  home,  being  numbered  today  among  the  well  known  and  promi- 
nent residents  of  the  city.  Mr.  Woolf  specializes  in  litigation  connected  with  irrigation  and 
having  made  an  exhaustive  study  of  all  phases  of  this  question,  is  considered  an  authority 
upon  everything  relating  to  it,  his  reputation  liaving  the  solid  backing  of  important  accom- 
plishments. He  has  successfully  represented  the  interests  of  the  Tempe  Canal  Company 
and  took  an  important  part  in  the  water  litigation  in  the  Salt  River  valley.  His  able 
presentation  of  his  clients'  interests,  liis  brilliant  conduct  of  the  cases  intnisted  to  him 
and  the  success  which  has  steadily  attended  his  professional  work  have  drawn  to  liini  a 
large  and  representative  patronage  connecting  liim  witli  a  great  deal  of  important  litiga- 
tion. In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he  is  serving  as  city  attorney  of  Tempe  and  his 
record  in  this  office  reflects  credit  upon  his  ability,  his  legal  knowledge  and  his  public 
spirit  alike.  In  January,  1912  Mr.  Woolf  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  supreme  court 
of  the  United  States. 

In  1903  Mr.  Woolf  married  Miss  Ruby  M.  Tucker,  a  native  of  Kansas  and  a  graduate 
of  the  Tempe  Normal  School,  and  they  liave  become  the  parents  of  two  children.  Fra- 
ternally Mr.  Woolf  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pytliias  and  the  Masonic  lodge,  and 
his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  tlie  democratic  party.  He  cooperates  in  all  movements 
which  he  deems  beneficial  to  Tempe  and  is  never  neglectful  of  the  duties  of  citizenship 
nor  of  liis  obligations  to  his  fellowmen. 


C.  A.  SCHRADER,  M.  D. 


Dr.  C.  A.  Schrader  has  been  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and 
surgery  in  Tucson  and  the  position  to  which  he  has  attained  in  the  ranks  of  the  medical 
fraternity  has  brought  him  a  very  gratifying  and  lucrative  patronage.  He  is  a  native  of 
California  born  in  San  Francisco,  July  15,  1870,  and  he  acquired  his  education  in  tliat 
state.  After  completing  the  usual  public  school  course,  lie  entered  the  Oakland  high  school 
and  graduated  from  that  institution,  after  which  he  studied  in  the  Hahnemann  Hospital 
in  San  Francisco,  receiving  his  medical  degree  in  1893.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  San 
Diego  for  ten  years  and  then  came  to  Tucson,  where  lie  has  since  resided.  Members  of  the 
medical  profession  as  well  as  the  general  public  acknowledge  his  ability  and  hold  him  in 
high  regard  because  of  his  close  conformity  with  high  standards  of  professional  ethics. 
He  is  careful  in  the  diagnosis  of  cases  and  in  the  application  of  remedies  and  has  demon- 
strated his  ability  in  the  excellent  results  which  have  attended  his  labors. 

Dr.  Schrader  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Lillie  B.  Clemens,  a  native  of  St.  Louis. 
He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  but 
beyond  this  has  no  fraternal  connections.  He  is  not  ambitious  for  political  honors,  prefer- 
ring to  concentrate  his  time  and  energies  upon  liis  professional  duties,  in  wliicli  lie  is 
meeting  wth  gratifying  success. 


C.  O.  ANDf^RSON. 


Among  the  many  citizens  of  Phoenix  wlio  enthusiastically  admire  Arizona  and  are 
stanchly  loyal  to  its  interests  must  be  mentioned  0.  O.  Anderson,  who  located  in  this  state 
in  1900.  He  is  a  native  of  Norway,  born  in  1862,  and  is  a  son  of  Ole  A.  Hordesven,  who 
assumed  the  name  of  Ole  A.  Anderson  upon  his  arrival  in  America  in  1867.  The  mother 
passed  away  in  the  Norseland  in  1S62,  and  about  five  years  later  the  father  emigrated  to 
the  United  States  with  his  cliildren,  of  whom  our  subject  is  the  youngest.     He  first  took 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  385 

up  his  residence  in  Blue  Mound,  Wisconsin,  wlieie  he  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  until 
1875,  and  In  that  year  removed  to  Minnesota,  settling  on  a  farm  near  Marshall,  Lyon 
county,  in  tlie  cultivation  of  which  he  engaged  until  his  death  in  1898.  He  is  survived  by 
his  five  children. 

C.  O.  Anderson  was  a  child  of  only  five  years  when  he  accompanied  his  father  to 
America.  He  was  reared  in  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota,  remaining  at  home  until  he  was  a 
youth  of  eighteen.  He  then  started  out  for  himself  and  for  some  time  thereafter  resided 
in  Illinois,  where  for  two  years  he  attended  normal  seliool.  In  1885  he  went  to  Colorado 
but  the  next  year  returned  to  Illinois,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching  until  1888,  when  he 
accepted  the  principalship  of  the  school  at  Minneota,  Minnesota.  He  remained  at  that 
point  for  a  year,  during  which  time  he  contracted  a  pulmonary  affection  and  sought  the 
advice  of  the  famous  Mayo  Brothers,  well  known  surgeons  and  physicians  of  Rochester, 
Minnesota.  They  told  him  his  condition  was  such  that  they  could  not  promise  him  more 
than  three  montlis  to  live  and  advised  his  remaining  with  his  friends.  However,  he  deter- 
mined to  try  a  change  of  climate  and  first  went  to  Butte,  Montana.  After  a  brief  stay 
there  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City  and  joined  a  railway  survey  crew,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  a  year.  He  was  first  assigned  to  duty  as  a  brush  cliojjper  but  rapidly  won  promotion 
and  at  the  expiration  of  five  months  was  made  assistant  engineer.  Some  months  later 
they  completed  their  work  and  when  laid  off  Mr.  Anderson  went  to  Delta,  Colorado,  where 
he  resumed  teaching,  devoting  his  spare  hours  to  the  study  of  law.  He  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  supreme  court  of  that  state  in  1893,  and  for  two  years  thereafter  maintained 
an  ofTice  at  Delta. 

During  that  time  Mr.  Anderson  was  married  and  in  February,  1895,  he  and  his  wife 
came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  they  both  engaged  in  teaching  for  a  year.  From  there 
they  went  to  Holbrook  and  purchased  the  Holbrook  Argus,  which  he  edited  and  at  the 
same  time  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  was  principal  of  the  school.  In 
1900,  he  disposed  of  his  paper  and  removed  to  Willcox,  where  he  purchased  the  Arizona 
Range  News.  He  published  that  journal,  discharged  the  duties  of  United  States  commis- 
sioner and  justice  of  the  peace  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  for  three  years.  At  the 
end  of  that  time,  in  1903,  he  disposed  of  his  interests  here  and  went  to  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington, locating  at  Kenncwick.  There  he  again  engaged  in  the  newspaper  business  as 
proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Courier  for  eighteen  months.  He  also  continued  to  practice 
law  and  was  the  first  city  attorney  of  Kennewick  and  the  first  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Benton  county,  Washington.  That  he  won  recognition  as  an  able  representative  of  his 
profession  and  discharged  his  official  duties  efficiently  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  in  1910 
he  declined  the  nomination  on  the  non-partisan  ticket  for  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of 
that  state. 

Owing  to  the  condition  of  his  health  in  February,  1911,  Mr.  Anderson  returned  to 
Willcox,  Arizona,  where  he  improved  so  rapidly  during  the  succeeding  two  months  that  he 
resolved  to  once  more  locate  here.  Returning  to  Washington,  he  straightened  up  his  afl'airs 
and  on  June  1,  of  that  year,  again  became  a  resident  of  Willcox.  Soon  thereafter  he  was 
made  general  agent  in  Arizona  for  the  Muncie  Crude  Oil  Engine  Company,  of  Muncie,  Indi- 
ana, which  concern  manufactures  a  crude  oil  engine  that  has  won  favorable  recognition  and 
is  becoming  extensively  used  for  irrigation  purposes.  Mr.  Anderson  again  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  Willcox  and  built  up  a  very  desirable  clientage.  He  practiced  in  both 
the  state  and  federal  courts  and  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  able  representatives  of  his 
profession  in  Cocliise  county.  In  1913  he  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  now  lives.  He  owns 
a  half  section  of  land  in  the  valley  near  Willcox,  which  he  is  developing,  and  property 
elsewhere. 

At  Delta,  Colorado,  in  1895,  Mr.  Anderson  was  married  to  Miss  Lula  Stephens,  a  native 
of  Springfield,  Missouri,  where  she  was  born,  reared  and  educated.  She  is  the  eldest  of 
eight  children  in  the  family  of  Lewis  Stephens,  a  native  of  Missouri,  who  has  long  been  a 
resident  of  Springfield,  that  state.  After  graduating  from  the  Springfield  high  school  Mrs. 
Anderson  engaged  in  teaching  for  nine  years  in  the  states  of  Missouri,  Colorado  and  Arizona. 
She  is  a  woman  of  fine  mental  attainments  and  progressive  ideas  and  devotes  much  of 
her  time  and  attention  to  civic  and  social  reforms  as  well  as  sufirage.  All  questions  affect- 
ing the   welfare   or  progress   of  humanity   enlist   her   interest,   and   she   actively   cooperates 


386  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  promoting  every  movement  she  feels  will  forward  the  development  of  the  community  or 
advance  the  wellbeing  of  its  citizens.  She  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Woman's  Club 
of  Willcox,  which  was  organized  in  1911,  and  served  as  president  of  that  body.  Two  chil- 
dren were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anderson  but  both  died  in  infancy. 

Fraternal!}'  Mr.  Anderson  is  afliliated  with  tlie  blue  lodge  and  chapter  of  the  Masonic 
order,  in  which  he  has  passed  through  all  of  the  chairs,  and  Mrs.  Anderson  belongs  to  the 
Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.  They  are  both  highly  esteemed  in  Willcox  and  Phoenix,  where 
they  have  many   stanch  friends. 


MANUEL  ESCALADA. 


Through  enterprise,  commercial  integrity  and  business  ability  JIanuel  Escalada  has 
in  the  course  of  twenty-three  years'  residence  in  Nogales  become  one  of  the  most  prominent 
business  men  of  the  city,  where  he  is  associated  with  his  brother  in  the  conduct  of  a  leading 
dry  goods  establishment.  He  was  born  in  northern  Spain,  April  11,  1867,  and  spent  his 
childhood  in  his  native  country,  coming  to  America  in  1883,  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  He  set- 
tled in  Brownsville,  Texas,  where  he  obtained  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  mercantile  establish- 
ment. He  proved  able,  energetic  and  honorable,  retaining  his  position  for  nine  years 
and  during  that  time  saving  enough  money  to  establish  a  business  of  his  own.  He  came 
to  Nogales  in  1892  and  in  partnership  with  his  brother  Leo  Escalada  started  a  small  general 
store,  whicli  in  twenty-three  years  has  expanded  into  a  large  modern  and  up-to-date  estab- 
lishment, intelligently  managed  along  progressive  lines.  Much  of  the  credit  for  its  remark- 
able growth  is  due  to  Manuel  Escalada,  whose  business  and  executive  ability  have  been 
called  forth  and  who  has  worked  steadily  and  earnestly  to  make  it  a  first  class  establish- 
ment of  its  kind.  He  has  always  been  a  very  active,  progressive  and  enterprising  business 
man  and  has  achieved  marked  success,  his  patronage  being  drawn  not  only  from  Nogales 
but  from  the  surrounding  districts  as  well.  He  is  now  serving  as  treasurer  and  a  director 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  he  is  also  a  director  of  the  Nogales  Building  &  Loan 
Association. 

Mr.  Escalada  was  married  in  Spain,  September  37,  1899,  to  Miss  Domitila  Revuelta,  a 
native  of  that  country,  and  they  have  three  children:  Joseph,  aged  twelve;  Louis,  aged 
ten;   and  Manuel,  aged  eight. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Escalada  is  identified  with  Nogales  Lodge,  No.  1784,  Knights  of 
Columbus,  and  he  belongs  also  to  the  Mystic  Circle  and  the  Spanish  American  Alliance. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  town  council,  elected  in  1914  for  a  term  of  two  years.  He  is  truly 
a  self-made  man,  for  all  that  is  today  his  has  been  acquired  by  his  own  earnest  and  well 
directed  labor.  He  is  active  and  energetic  in  his  business  affairs  and  has  a  wide  acquaintance 
in  the  city,  where  he  enjoys  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  is  associated. 


WILLARD  SMITH,  M.  D. 


Devoting  his  energies  largely  to  surgical  practice,  T)r.  Smitli  has  made  liis  home  in 
Phoenix  since  1906  and  his  success  argues  well  for  the  skill  and  ability  wliich  underlie  his 
work.  Ohio  numbers  him  among  her  native  sons,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Creston, 
January  1,  1876.  His  parents,  Wallace  Milton  and  Rachel  E.  (Patterson)  Smith  are  both 
natives  of  the  Buckeye  state  and  the  father  became  a  commercial  traveler,  devoting  his 
life  to  that  business.  While  spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof.  Dr.  Smith 
pursued  his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  city.  He  afterward 
attended  the  Oregon  Agricultural  College  and  on  his  graduation  with  the  class  of  1895 
received  the  degree  of  B.  M.  E.  In  preparation  for  the  practice  of  medicine  he  attended  the 
Cleveland  University  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  where  he  pursued  a  course  in  medicine  and 
surgery  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1898.  Not  yet  content  with  his  preparatory  training, 
and  wishing  to  reach  the  highest  degree  of  perfection  possible  ere  he  entered  upon  the  actual 


JIAJSrUEL  ESCALADA 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  389 

work  of  the  piofpssioii,  he  became  a  student  in  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia 
and  is  numbered  among  its  alumni  of  1900.  From  the  Oregon  Agricultural  College  he  has 
since  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Science.  His  early  professional  experience 
came  to  him  through  two  years'  service  as  interne  in  a  hospital" at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and 
well  qualified  him  for  arduous  an^  important  professional  duties  at  a  later  date.  In  1901 
he  located  at  La  Grande,  Oregon,  where  he  remained  until  1906,  whicli  year  witnessed  his 
arrival  in  Phoenix.  While  continuing  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  he  has  also 
specialized  in  surgery  and  his  work  has  brought  to  him  splendid  results  when  viewed  from 
both  the  professional  and  financial  standpoints.  He  is  interested  in  everything  that  tends 
to  promote  the  power  and  skill  of  the  physician  and  surgeon  and  to  this  end  holds  mem- 
bership with  tlie  various  medical  societies,  that  he  may  learn  of  what  is  being  done  by 
other  representatives  of  the  profession.  He  is  not  hasty  in  discarding  the  old  and  time- 
tried  methods,  the  value  of  which  has  been  proven  in  years  of  practice,  yet  his  progressive 
spirit  prompts  him  to  take  up  any  new  idea  which  his  sound  judgment  recognizes  as  of 
worth  in  furthering  professional   skill. 

On  the  26th  of  December,  1901,  Dr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Aves  of  Norwalk,  Ohio,  and  during  their  residence  in  Phoenix  they  have  gained  many  friends, 
the  number  constantly  increasing  as  the  circle  of  their  acquaintance  broadens.  Dr.  Smith 
is  well  known  as  a  representative  of  Masonry,  having  attained  tlie  thirty-second  degree  in 
the  Scottish  Rite  and  being  also  a  Knight  Templar.  He  is  always  loyal  to  the  teachings 
of  the  craft  and  in  his  practice  has  many  opportunities  to  exemplify  its  principles  con- 
cerning mutual  helpfulness  and  brotherly  kindness. 


CHARLES  T.  MARTIN. 


During  a  residence  in  Gila  county  extending  from  1877  to  the  present  time  Charles  T. 
Martin  has  left  the  impress  of  his  ability  and  individuality  upon  the  political  and  business 
history  of  that  section  of  Arizona,  his  activities  influencing  in  an  important  way  the  gen- 
eral growth  and  advancement.  He  has  served  with  credit  and  distinction  in  various 
important  county  offices  and  has  been  from  an  early  date  a  force  in  mining  development, 
his  work  in  this  field  having  brought  him  to  a  position  of  prominence  and  importance  as  a 
director  and  stockholder  in  the  Copper  Reef  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Mr.  Martin  was  born  in  Texas  in  1854  and  is  a  son  of  Louis  and  Elizabeth  Martin, 
natives  of  Germany.  The  father  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  1846  and  settled  in  Texas,  where 
his  marriage  occurred  and  where  he  followed  stock-raising  and  ranching  until  he  was 
murdeled  during  the  Civil  war,  his  death  occurring  in  1863.  His  wife  survived  him  many 
years,  dying  in  1909,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one.  To  their  union  were  born  eight  children, 
five  of  whom  still  survive.  Of  these  the  subject  of  this  review  is  the  fourth  in  order  of 
birth. 

Charles  T.  Martin  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Texas  and  at  the 
<;arly  age  of  fifteen  years  began  his  independent  career,  going  to  New  York  city,  where 
for  four  years  he  clerked  in  a  mercantile  establishment.  Returning  west  in  1873,  he  settled 
first  in  Texas  but  shortly  afterward  removed  to  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  where  he  again 
secured  a  position  as  clerk,  spending  four  years  in  that  state.  In  1877  he  came  to  Gila 
county,  Arizona,  and  at  McMillan  opened  a  general  mercantile  establishment  of  his  own, 
which  he  conducted  successfully  for  one  year,  removing  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Globe, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  He  immediately  became  interested  in  mining  and  followed 
this  in  connection  with  other  lines  of  occupation  until  1881,  when  he  received  the  appoint- 
ment to  the  position  of  county  recorder  at  the  organization  of  Gila  county.  He  completed 
the  term  for  which  he  was  appointed  and  in  1884  was  elected  to  the  same  position  on  the 
republican  ticket,  serving  in  all  for  five  consecutive  terms  as  county  recorder  and  dis- 
charging his  duties  in  an  able  and  progressive  manper.  When  he  went  out  of  office  he 
again  turned  his  attention  to  mining  but  after  three  years  was  appointed  clerk  of  the 
district  court,  serving  for  eight  years  under  Judges  Doan,  Kent  and  Nave.  While  he  was 
still   filling  that   position   he   formed  a   partnership   with   Thomas   A.   Pascoe   and   together 


390  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

they  organized  the  company  wliich  built  and  operated  the  city  waterworks.  Mr.  Martin 
continued  to  be  interested  in  that  enterprise  for  a  few  years  but  later  disposed  of  his 
holdings  and  again  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  now  controlling  valuable  and  important 
properties.  He  is  one  of  the  directors  and  a  large  stockholder  in  the  Copper  Reef  Con- 
solidated Mining  Company,  owning  mines  twelve  miles  south  of  San  Carlos  in  Graham 
county.  He  has  many  other  valuable  holdings  in  Gila  county  and  in  company  with  his 
wife  holds  title  to  a  great  deal  of  business  and  residence  property  in  Globe.  All  of  his 
interests  are  capably  and  carefully  conducted,  for  lie  is  an  able,  resourceful  and  discriminat- 
ing business  man,  and  his  own  energy  and  initiative  spirit  have  brought  him  to  a  position 
of  power  and  importance  in  business  circles.  His  wife  owns  in  her  own  right  one  of  the 
finest  theaters  in  the  state  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Martin  was  married  in  1890  to  Miss  Sarah  S.  Eaton,  who  was  born  in  Ashtabula, 
Ohio,  where  her  parents  lived  and  died.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  have  one  son,  Louis  T.,  who 
was  born  in  1893  and  attended  St.  Mathew's  Military  School  in  Burlingame,  California. 
He  was  married  in  1913  to  Miss  Armada  Hunsaker. 

For  more  than  a  year  Mr.  Martin  served  as  second  lieutenant  of  Company  A,  National 
Guards,  of  Globe,  and  fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the 
Mystic  Circle.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs  in  the 
blue  lodge  and  chapter!  Politically  he  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  in 
addition  to  the  offices  before  enumerated  has  done  able  and  constructive  work  as  a  member 
of  the  board  of  supervisors.  His  life  has  been  high  in  its  purposes  and  beneficial  in  its 
results,  and  his  activities  have  aflected  important  phases  of  business  and  political  develop- 
ment. His  name  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  a  synonym  for  i)rogres8  and  advancement 
along  both  lines,  and  it  is  deservedly  honored  and  respected  wherever  it  is  known. 


KIRKE  T.  MOORF. 


Among  the  men  high  in  official  life  in  Arizona  who  best  represent  the  truest  purpose 
of  government  and  legislation  in  the  state  Kirke  T.  Moore  occupies  a  prominent  place. 
His  official  activity  was  a  force  in  territorial  affairs  and  its  influence  has  extended  into 
state  politics.  He  is  one  of  the  prominent  young  attorneys  of  Tucson,  where  he  is  con- 
nected with   important   litigated  interests. 

Mr.  Moore  was  born  in  Topeka,  Kansas,  October  4,  1882,  a  son  of  Milton  R.  and  Annie 
(Perkins)  Moore.  The  father  came  to  Arizona  in  1889  and  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Eighteenth  territorial  legislature  from  Pinal  county  and  later  was  appointed  register  of 
the  United  States  land  office  at  Tucson.  Tliis  appointment  was  made  by  President  McKinley 
in  1898,  and  Mr.  Moore  held  the  office  until  the  time  of  his  death  in  1907. 

Kirke  T.  Moore  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Colorado 
and  Arizona.  He  later  attended  the  Arizona  State  University  in  1908  and  graduated  from 
Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  in  California,  where  he  received  his  degree  in  law. 
He  came  to  Arizona  in  1892,  before  he  had  completed  his  education,  and  in  1908  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  opening  an  office  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Tucson.  His 
ability  along  legal  lines  has  carried  him  forward  to  prominence  in  politics,  and  he  is  today 
one  of  the  most  popular  men  in  public  life  in  the  state.  His  official  career  began  when 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  twenty-fifth  and  last  territorial  legislature,  and  his  work 
was  so  progressive,  businesslike  and  far-reaching  in  its  effects  that  he  was  called  upon  to 
represent  his  county  in  the  first  state  assembly.  He  took  his  seat  in  November,  1911, 
representing  a  republican  constituency,  and  he  has  already  made  his  influence  felt  in  behalf 
of  clean  and  pure  politics.  As  a  member  of  the  educational  and  judiciary  committee  he  has 
u  splendid  scope  for  his  activities  and  has  given  evidence  of  the  quality  of  his  statesman- 
ship and  his  work  for  progress,  reform  and  advancement. 

Mr.  Moore  was  married  in  January,  1912,  to  Miss  Catherine  I.  Devine,  of  Phoenix, 
and  they  have  one  daughter.  Sheila.  Both  are  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Tucson  and 
Mr.  Moore  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Tau  Delta.  He  has  always  been  interested  in  educa- 
tional affairs  and  did  effective  work  in  the  promotion  of  this  cause  during  his  oflScial  service 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  391 

as  superintendent  of  public  instruction  for  the  territory  of  Arizona,  an  office  whicli  he 
held  from  1909  until  the  state  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  Although  he  is  still  a  young 
man,  he  has  been  instrumental  in  promoting  the  growth  and  progress  of  his  county  and 
state,  cooperating  in  many  movements  that  liave  been  of  material  and  lasting  benefit. 


H.  A.  DIEHL. 


H.  A.  Diehl  is  proprietor  of  the  oldest  exclusive  shoe  store  in  Phoenix,  which  is  also 
the  largest  establishment  of  the  kind  in  Arizona.  Its  proportions  and  its  prosperity  consti- 
tute indisputable  proof  of  the  possession  of  certain  business  qualifications  on  the  part  of 
Mr.  Uiehl,  who  lias  been  identified  with  the  business  interests  of  Phoenix  for  two  decades. 
He  was  born  in  Ohio,  June  13,  1866,  but  after  attending  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Warren,  Ohio,  there  entered  business  circles  in  connection  with  the  shoe  trade,  remaining 
for  four  years  thus  connected  with  commercial  interests  in  Warren.  He  arrived  in  Phoenix 
on  the  20th  of  May,  1893,  and  entered  commercial  circles  of  this  city  as  a  salesman  In 
H.  L.  Chandler's  shoe  store,  which  was  established  in  1891.  Gradually  Mr.  Diehl  acquired 
an  interest  in  the  business,  became  sole  proprietor  in  1893  and  has  conducted  the  store 
alone  since  then.  No  other  equals  it  in  point  of  lengtli  of  existence  and  amount  of  trade 
in  all  Arizona.  Mr.  Diehl  carries  a  large  and  carefully  selected  line  of  shoes  and  kindred 
goods,  obtained  from  leading  manufacturers  throughout  the  country,  and  his  stock  is  able 
to  meet  almost  any  demand  made  upon  it.  Reliable  and  enterprising  in  his  business 
metliods,  he  has  succeeded  in  surrounding  himself  with  an  able  corps  of  assistants,  from 
whom  he  demands  attentive  and  polite  service  to  his  patrons.  The  reliability  of  his  trade 
methods  is  also  a  factor  in  his  success  and  is  a  means  of  retaining  his  present  patrons  and 
winning  many  new  ones. 

Mr.  Diehl  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  his  religious  faith  is  evidenced 
in  his  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  His  political  support  is  given  to  the  progress- 
ive party,  and  while  he  has  never  been  an  office  seeker  in  the  usually  accepted  sense  of 
the  term,  he  has  twice  been  elected  to  the  office  of  city  treasurer  and  was  a  most  faithful 
custodian  of  the  public  funds.  The  men  who  know  him  best  respect  him  most,  a  fact 
indicative  of  an  upright  and  well  spent  life. 

Mr.  Diehl  was  married  in  Warren,  Ohio,  September  26,  1906,  to  Miss  Mary  Frances 
Estabrook,  of  that  city,  a  daughter  of  James  A.  and  Matilda  (Aldridge)  Estabrook,  now 
residing  in  Phoenix. 


ROBERT  NELSON  LOONEY,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Robert  Nelson  Looney,  who  has  practiced  medicine  in  Prescott  for  the  past  eighteen 
years,  is  a  prominent  representative  of  the  profession  in  the  state,  having  been  president 
of  the  Arizona  Medical  Society  in  1910  and  now  serving  as  state  superintendent  of  public 
health.  His  birth  occurred  in  Tennessee  in  1870,  his  parents  being  J.  H.  and  Martha 
(Smith)  Looney,  the  former  an  agriculturist  by  occupation.  He  acquired  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  and  subsequently  attended  Grant  University  at  Athens,  Tennessee, 
while  his  training  for  his  chosen  profession  was  received  in  the  medical  department  of 
Vanderbilt  University  at  Nashville,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1898.  He  then  came 
direct  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  and  has  here  remained  to  the  present  time,  having  built  up  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  practice.  His  standing  in  professional  ranks  is  indicated  by  the 
fact  that  he  has  served  as  president  of  the  Yavapai  County  Medical  Society  and  was  at  the 
head  of  the  Arizona  Medical  Society  in  1910.  In  1912  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hunt 
to  the  office  of  state  superintendent  of  public  health,  in  which  important  position  he  is 
proving  an  efficient  and  worthy  incumbent.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association.  . 

In   1900  Dr.  Looney  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martie  G.  Mayer,  a  daughter  of 


392  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Josepli  and  Belle  Mayer,  tlie  former  being  the  founder  of  the  town  of  Mayer,  Arizona.  He 
was  successfully  engaged  in  business  as  a  merchant  and  also  had  extensive  mining  interests. 
He  died  in  November,  1908. 

Dr.  Looney  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  ably  served  as  a  member  of  the  council  of 
the  twenty-third  legislature.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Masons,  belonging  to 
the  blue  lodge  and  the  chapter  and  commandery  of  the  York  Rite.  Those  who  know  him 
recognize  his  sterling  worth  as  a  man  and  a  citizen  as  well  as  a  physician.  He  bases  his 
labors  upon  the  broadest  scientific  principles  and  holds  to  the  highest  standards  in  all  his 
professional    duties. 


COLONEL  WILLIAM  HERRING. 

A  life  varied  in  its  activities,  loyal  in  its  purposes  and  far-reaching  and  beneficial  in  its 
accomplishments  gained  for  Colonel  William  Herring  a  position  of  distinction  in  professional, 
business  and  political  circles  of  Tucson  and  will  cause  his  name  to  be  held  in  grateful  and 
loving  remembrance  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Arizona 
and  through  thirty-two  years  of  active,  upright  and  honorable  manhood  was  identified  with 
all  of  the  larger  issues  connected  with  the  growth  and  development  of  the  territory  and 
state,  his  name  .standing  as  a  synonym  for  progress  and  reform. 

Colonel  Herring  was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  January  31,  1833,  and  at  an 
early  age  removed  with  his  parents  to  New  York  city,  where  he  attended  the  jiublic  schools 
and  later  the  normal  school.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  engaged  in  teaching  and  when  twenty- 
three  was  made  principal  of  the  largest  school  in  the  city.  He  was  a  most  successful  and 
able  instructor,  introducing  mechanical  drawing  into  the  evening  schools  of  the  city  and 
numbering  among  his  pupils  many  who  later  attained  distinction  along  this  line,  including 
A.  S.  Cameron,  the  noted  inventor  of  the  Cameron  steam  pumj).  After  a  number  of  years 
devoted  to  teaching,  Colonel  Herring  entered  Columbia  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  high  honors,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  He  located  for  practice  in  New  York  city 
and  rose  rapidly  in  his  chosen  profession,  also  becoming  prominent  in  public  affairs  of  the 
state.  In  1873  he  was  nominated  for  the  Net*'  York  legislature  from  the  first  district  of 
Westchester  county  and,  despite  the  fact  that  this  district  was  democratic.  Colonel  Herring,  a 
republican,  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  six  hundred  and  fifty-four  votes.  He  introduced  into 
the  New  York  legislature  an  act  which  later  gained  for  him  the  title  of  "the  father  of 
Greater  New  York,"  for  it  provided  for  the  annexation  of  the  lower  portion  of  Westchester 
county  to  New  York  city.  He  has  also  the  distinction  of  being  the  originator  of  Decoration 
Day,  for  it  was  he  who  introduced  the  bill  setting  aside  !May  30th  as  a  day  sacred  to  the 
memory  of  the  soldiers  of  the  Civil  war.  New  York  celebrating  this  event  first.  Colonel 
Herring  supported  his  project  by  an  able,  forceful  and  virile  speech  which  gained  him  the 
title  of  "orator  of  the  house."  He  left  New  York  in  the  spring  of  1880  and  came  to  Arizona 
as  manager  of  the  Neptune  Mining  Company  at  Bisbee.  Later  he  entered  upon  the  general 
practice  of  law  at  Tombstone  and  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice  connecting  him 
with  much  important  litigation.  He  continued  to  practice  his  profession  after  his  removal  to 
Tucson  and  was  known  as  one  of  the  most  able  lawyers  in  that  part  of  Arizona,  keeping  in 
touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought  of  his  profession  through  his  membership  in  the  Tucson 
and  State  Bar  Associations. 

In  Arizona  politics  Colonel  Herring  for  many  years  occupied  a  prominent  and  conspicuous 
position,  for  he  served  his  fellow  citizens  in  various  important  ways.  He  was  attorney  general 
under  Governors  Irwin  and  Murphy  and  later  assisted  in  drafting  Arizona's  first  state  con- 
stitution, drawn  up  more  than  twenty  years  ago.  For  four  years  he  served  as  chancellor  of 
the  board  of  regents  of  the  University  of  Arizona,  and  Herring  Hall,  used  as  a  gymnasium, 
was  named  in  his  honor.  Shortly  after  he  had  tendered  his  resignation  as  chancellor  of 
the  university  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  that  institution. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  eloquent  orators  in  Arizona  and  his  ease  of  manner,  his  wonderful 
command  of  the  English  language  and  his  brilliant  and  forceful  arguments  won  him  the  deep 
admiration  of  all  who  listened  to  his  si^eches. 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  395 

In  1857  Colonel  Herring  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  M.  luslee,  who  was  one  of 
the  most  widely  beloved  women  in  the  state.  Slie  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Phoebe 
(Parker)  Inslee.  Of  the  four  children  born  to  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Herring  three  are  still  living, 
while  Mrs.  Sarah  Sorin  died  A])ril  30,  1914.  Mrs.  C.  W.  Klura,  of  Kensington,  Maryland, 
has  six  children,  Dorothy,  Mary  Elizabeth,  Helen  Van  Dusen,  Marjory,  Bertha  and  John  Philip. 
Mrs.  S.  M.  Franklin,  of  Tucson,  has  four  children,  Marjory,  Gladys,  Mary  Inslee  and  Selim 
Herring.  Miss  Bertha  Herring  was  her  father's  constant  companion  during  his  later  years 
and  is  now  living  in  Los  Angeles. 

It  is  not  alone  as  a  successful  lawyer  and  politician  that  Colonel  Herring's  memory  is 
held  in  esteem,  for  he  displayed  many  sterling  traits  of  character  which  greatly  endeared 
him  to  those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact  and  his  death  was  deeply  regretted  in  every 
village  and  city  in  Arizona,  all  of  which  have  profited  by  his  constructive  public  work.  He 
was  an  honored  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  served  as  exalted 
ruler  of  Tucson  Lodge. 


J.  HARVEY   BLAIN,  D.  D.   S.    ' 

Dentistry  may  be  said  to  be  almost  uniq\ie  among  occupations,  as  it  is  at  once  a 
profession,  a  trade  and  a  business.  Such  being  the  case,  it  follows  that  in  order  to  attain 
the  highest  success  in  it  one  must  be  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  thcorjf  of  the  art, 
must  be  expert  with  the  many  tools  and  appliances  incidental  to  the  practice  of  modern 
dentistry  and  must  possess  business  qualifications  adequate  to  dealing  with  the  financial 
side  of  the  profession.  In  all  of  these  particulars.  Dr.  Blain  is  well  qualified  and  therefore 
has  attained  prestige  among  the  able  representatives  of  dentistry  in  Prescott,  where  he 
has  practiced  his   profession  for  more  than  a  decade. 

J.  Harvey  Blain  was  born  in  Michigan  in  1872  and  attended  the  public  schools  in  the 
acquirement  of  an  education.  Having  determined  upon  the  practice  of  dentistry  as  a  life 
work,  he  entered  the  department  of  dental  surgery  of  the  Detroit  College  of  Medicine 
and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1898.  For  a  period  of  two  years  he  followed 
his  profession  in  his  native  state.  In  1902  he  came  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  where  he  has 
remained  continuously  since,  being  accorded  an  extensive  and  lucrative  practice  in  recog- 
nition of  his  skill  and  ability.  He  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Arizona  State  Dental  Society, 
of  which  he  has  been  president,  and  now  serves  as  president  of  the  state  board  of  dental 
examiners. 

In  1901  Dr.  Blain  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Annie  Pagen,  of  Michigan,  by  whom 
he  has  two  children.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Delta  Sigma  Delta,  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Masons, 
belonging  to  the  blue  lodge  and  the  commandery  of  the  last  named.  In  social  circles  he  is 
also  popular,  having  won  the  regard  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 


GEORGE   W.   MINTZ. 


More  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  come  and  gone  since  George  W.  Mintz  arrived 
in  Arizona  and  during  the  intervening  years  he  has  been  closely  associated  with  journalistic 
interests  and  with  the  abstract  business,  being  now  manager  of  the  Arizona  Abstract  & 
Title  Company  which  was  organized  in  1899.  On  his  arrival  in  the  territory  in  1885,  how- 
ever, he  turned  his  attention  to  newspaper  publication,  being  connected  with  the  Herald, 
of  Phoenix,  for  about  fifteen  years.  He  then  established  the  Globe  Times  but  ultimately 
withdrew  from  the  field  of  journalism  to  enter  into  active  connection  with  the  abstract 
business,  becoming  one  of  the  organizers  in  1899  of  the  Arizona  Abstract  &  Title  Company 
which  was  capitalized  for  fifty  thousand  dollars.  They  conduct  a  general  trust  and  abstract 
business.  They  own  and  use  a  reitograph  machine  for  photographing  documents  and 
records,  doing  expert  work  in  this  connection.     This  machine  is  the  only  one  of  the  kind 


396  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  Maricopa  county.  Instead  of  copying  tlie  records  they  always  pliotogiapli  them  and 
thus  have  indisputable  proof,  securing  accuracy  which  is  not  always  obtained  in  copying. 
The  business  has  now  assumed  extensive  proportions,  having  been  reincorporated  witli  a 
capital  stock  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  Mr.  Mintz'  position  as  manager  is  an 
arduous  and  important  one  but  he  has  proven  himself  fully  equal  to  the  tasks  which  devolve 
upon  him. 

Mr.  Mintz  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles,  attaining  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the 
Scottish  Rite  in  Masonry  and  also  holding  membership  in  the  Mystic  Shrine,  while  of  the 
Odd  Fellows  society  he  has  been  grand  secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  for  the  past  si.xtcen 
years.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  has  been  chairman  of  the  county  central 
committee  on  two  different  occasions. 


C.  FRED  BRACKETT. 


C.  Fred  Brackett,  a  prosperous  merchant  of  Mesa,  is  a  partner  in  the  A.  &  B.  Grocery 
Company,  Incorporated.  This  business  was  organized  by  James  W.  Alexander  and  our 
subject  in  March,  1909?  and  as  the  j'ears  have  gone  by  has  increased  in  prosperity  and 
scope.  The  store  was  originally  founded  by  the  Shattuck  &  Desmond  Warehouse  Company 
of  Los  Angeles,  for  whom  Mr.  Brackett  at  first  was  manager,  and  was  later  owned  by  the 
Shattuck  &  Nimo  Warehouse  Company.  He  acted  as  manager  for  both  concerns  until 
1908,  when  he  organized  the  present  company  and  witli  Mr.  Alexander  bought  out  their 
interests.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1915,  however,  Mr.  Alexander  sold  his  interest  to  C.  T. 
AVashburn,  but  business  is  still  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  A.  &  B.  Grocery  Company, 
Incorporated.  The  firm  does  a  large  warehouse  business  and  their  retail  grocery  establish- 
ment returns  to  them  a  most  gratifying  income.  They  carry  a  large  variety  of  provisions 
and  also  deal  in  coal.  They  run  their  own  freighting  outfit  to  Superior  and  other  points 
in  this  vicinity  and  buy  all  of  their  goods  and  provisions  by  the  carload  and  forward  sup- 
plies to  ranches  and  mines. 

Mr.  Brackett  was  born  in  California  in  1876  and  there  received  his  education.  He  was 
afterward  a  bookkeei)er  and  assistant  cashier  in  various  banks  in  San  Francisco  and  in 
1905  came  to  Mesa,  Arizona,  which  city  has  since  been  his  home. 

In  May,  1908,  Mr.  Brackett  married  Miss  Bessie  DuiT,  of  Denver,  Colorado,  and  they 
have  one  son.  He  is  popular  in  fraternal  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Red  Men,  the  Woodmen  and  the  Maccabees.  In  politics  he  is  a  pro- 
gressive, being  a  warm  admirer  of  ex-President  Roosevelt.  Mr.  Brackett  has  always  inter- 
ested himself  in  public  affairs  and  has  served  efficiently  on  the  Mesa  city  council.  He  is 
chief  of  the  fire  department,  which  under  his  administration  has  been  perfected  along 
various  lines.  He  is  a  young  man  of  energy  and  ability,  typical  of  the  progressive  and  fast 
developing  state  of  Arizona. 


LEWIS   JOHN   FREDERICK   lAEGER. 

Lewis  .John  Frederick  laeger  was  born  in  1824,  on  Greenwich  Farm,  near  Hamburg, 
Berks  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  after  acquiring  his  education  he  entered  the  Baldwin 
Machine  Shop  in  Pliiladelphia  to  learn  the  machinist's  trade.  After  mastering  the  business 
he  was  sent  with  others  to  the  navy  yard  in  Washington,  D.  C,  about  1846  or  1847,  to  put 
up  machinery  of  all  kinds  for  ordnance  material.  At  the  beginning  of  1849  he  left  the 
navy  yard,  resigning  his  position,  and  returned  to  Philadelphia,  whence  he  took  passage  on 
a  sailing  vessel  for  California,  making  the  trip  around  the  Horn.  Eight  or  nine  months 
had  passed  before  he  reached  his  destination.  He  landed  at  San  Francisco,  where  he  did 
some  carpenter  work  and  was  also  employed  as  engineer  on  one  of  the  steamers  in 
the  bay.  He  resigned  to  go  with  the  other  partners  to  the  Colorado  river  to  establish  the 
ferry,  and  Mr.  laeger  with  twelve  others  arrived  at  a  point  on  the  Colorado  river  on  the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  397 

California  side,  in  what  was  then  San  Diego  county,  on  the  11th  of  July,  1850.  They  put 
their  ferry  boat  in  operation  about  five  miles  below  the  present  site  of  Yuma,  near  Pilot 
Knob.  Tlie  river  was  then  about  three  miles  south  of  its  present  bed.  They  had  to  make 
their  lumber  out  of  cottonwood,  wliich  they  sawed  by  hand,  some  of  the  party  keeping 
guard  while  others  were  working,  as  the  Indians  were  hostile.  They  afterward  built  a 
flatboat  and  skiff  and  also  built  a  stockade,  it  being  necessary  to  keep  the  men  and  every- 
thing within  its  protection.  One  man  was  always  on  guard,  acting  for  a  few  hours  until 
he  was  relieved  by  another  of  the  party.  In  a  little  while,  however,  the  Indians  learned  that 
the  wliite  men  did  not  mean  to  deprive  them  of  their  rights  and  became  more  friendly. 

After  a  few  weeks  the  commissary  was  becoming  depleted  and  Mr.  laeger  was  selected 
to  go  to  San  Diego  and  procure  needed  supplies.  He  started  with  nine  pack  mules  and  a 
Mexican  assistant.  They  made  the  trip  all  right  to  San  Diego  and  upon  the  return  trip  they 
were  unmolested  until  Jlr.  laeger  met  two  or  three  soldiers  going  to  San  Diego  with  the 
news  that  the  Indians  were  on  the  warpath.  The  soldiers  were  men  from  the  locating  or 
surveying  party  representing  the  United  States  government.  They  had  arrived  at  the 
camp  and  were  inside  of  the  stockade,  where  they  prepared  to  flght  the  Indians.  They, 
too,  had  run  short  of  provisions  and  were  preparing  to  leave  tlie  camp.  The  soldiers  advised 
Mr.  laeger  not  to  return,  as  they  felt  sure  he  and  his  Mexican  helper  would  be  killed.  He 
met  the  soldiers  somewhere  near  the  Coyote  Wells  but  he  did  not  stop  and  compelled  the 
Mexican  to  go  with  him,  although  the  man  did  not  wish  to  proceed  any  farther  but  wanted 
to  return  with  the  soldiers  and  the  following  night  managed  to  make  his  escape.  Mr. 
laeger  was  thus  left  alone.  He  knew  that  his  comrades  were  out  of  food.  He  drove  the 
nine  pack  mules  himself,  but  he  rode  a  good  horse  and  was  unafraid.  Three  days  after 
meeting  the  soldiers,  when  he  was  nearing  camp,  being  about  three  miles  from  Pilot  Knob, 
he  was  riding  over  a  knoll  when  the  Indians  attacked  him.  In  those  days  the  red  men  had 
no  guns,  using  only  arrows  and  clubs,  and  undoubtedly  that  accounts  for  the  fact  that 
he  managed  to  escape  with  his  life.  When  he  was  attacked  the  mules  scattered.  The 
Indians  knew  him,  calling  him  "Yek."  The  two  chiefs  recognized  him,  and  one  of  them 
made  a  swing  with  a  club  but  proceeded  no  farther,  for  Mr.  laeger  pulled  his  rifle  and 
the  redskin  dropped  from  his  horse.  Mr.  laeger's  horse,  fleet  of  foot,  was  leaving  the 
Indians  behind.  However,  there  were  many  of  them  on  each  side  of  him  and  the  wonder 
is  that  they  did  not  fill  him  full  of  arrows.  The  only  reason  that  he  could  give  was  that 
there  were  so  many  of  the  red  men  that  they  were  afraid  to  hit  one  of  their  own  crowd. 
However,  Mr.  laeger  had  his  two  six  shooters  but  was  saving  his  shots.  When  he  had 
practically  outdistanced  them  the  biceps  of  his  left  arm  were  pierced  by  two  arrows  which 
penetrated  the  flesh  and  were  dangling,  so  he  broke  them  off  at  both  sides.  The  Indians 
headed  him  off  the  trail,  or  road,  to  the  camp,  so  that  he  was  obliged  to  make  a  detour, 
hut  he  rode  such  a  good  mount  that  he  beat  the  Indians  to  the  junction  of  the  road  and 
trail.  The  first  old  chief,  Pascual,  knew  Mr.  laeger  well,  and  as  they  met  at  the  junction  of 
the  road  and  trail  called  him  "Yek"  and  pulled  his  bow  to  send  an  arrow.  Other  Indians 
were  following  close  behind  on  the  narrow  trail,  for  the  country  was  thick  with  willow 
and  brush.  When  the  chief  called  out  "Yek"  and  pulled  his  bow,  Mr.  laeger  shouted 
"Pascual"  and  fired  a  shot  which  made  the  man  drop  from  his  horse.  This  occurred 
about  five  hundred  yards  from  the  stockade.  He  then  passed  on  to  the  stockade,  but 
the  other  Indians  let  fly  a  rain  of  arrows,  one  of  which  struck  Mr.  laeger  in  the  middle 
of  the  back  of  his  neck  and  went  half  through  sideways.  His  comrades  saw  him  com- 
ing and  rushed  to  open  the  gate.  No  sooner  had  he  got  inside  than  he  fell  unconscious 
from  loss  of  blood.  The  boys  of  his  party  did  the  best  they  could.  They  broke  off 
both  ends  of  the  arrow  and  washed  and  dressed  his  wounds,  but  that  was  all  they 
could  do,  and  he  did  not  recover  consciousness  until  the  next  day.  That  night  the 
entire  party  left  the  stockade  for  San  Diego,  making  Mr.  laeger  as  comfortable  as  they 
could.  In  those  days  the  Indians  did  not  travel  at  night,  so  by  daylight  the  party  were 
well  into  the  desert.  They  continued  on  their  journey  uninterrupted,  aiTiving  in  San  Diego, 
where  Mr.  laeger  secured  medical  attention.  The  pieces  of  broken  arrow  were  removed 
from  his  neck  and  from  his  arm  and  he  quickly  recovered.  His  comrades  in  the  stockade 
told  him  that  they  had  held  the  Indians  off  for  a  week  and  that  the  soldiers  who  met  him 
had  been  sent  for  help,  but  they  never  heard  from  the  soldiers  or  help.     During  the  whole 


398  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

week  the  Indians  were  around   the  stockade   and  the   squaws   would  appear   within   a   few 
Iiundred  yards  and  try  and  get  tlie  men  out  to  tlie  woods  in  order  to  club  them  to  death. 

•  After  Mr.  laeger  had  recovered  and  early  in  the  year  1851,  Generals  Thorns  and 
Heurtzeman  started  for  the  Colorado  with  troops  to  subdue  the  Yuma  Indians.  Mr.  laeger 
and  his  party  fitted  out  again  with  some  of  the  boys  who  had  been  with  him  before.  He  estab- 
lished tlie  ferry  a  mile  from  Fort  Yuma.  There  was  no  fort,  only  the  camp  and  a  Hag 
pole.  They  again  had  to  make  tlieir  boat  of  Cottonwood  lumber  sawed  by  liand.  The  travel 
was  heavy  toward  the  gold  fields  in  California  at  that  time.  The  army  fought  the  Indians 
tor  about  twelve  months,  at  which  time  a  stockade  was  built  and  Mr.  laeger  with  his  men 
built  some  adobe  houses.  When  the  pen  was  completed  the  whole  tribe  of  Indians  was  at 
Mr.  laeger's  place  and  a  treaty  of  peace  was  signed  at  his  home.  Generals  Thorns  and 
Heurtzeman  appointed  a  new  chief  whom  they  also  called  Pascual,  by  which  name  the 
former  chief  had  been  known.  This  chief  kept  the  terms  of  the  treaty  and  proved  himself 
a  good  Indian  until  his  death.  He  was  the  successor  of  Caballo  en  Pelo  (meaning  bare- 
back), who  had  made  a  swing  at  Mr.  laeger  at  the  time  of  the  attack  when  he  was  wounded. 

Mr.  laeger  had  fired  at  him  but  had  missed,  and  the  man  Avas  afraid  of  laeger,  .so  that 
this  led  to  the  appointment  of  the  second  Pascual.  It  was  about  a  year  afterward  that  Mr. 
laeger  sent  word  through  an  interpreter  to  Caballo  en  Pelo  to  come  in  and  be  friends  and 
that  he  would  do  him  no  injury.  The  old  chief  obej-ed  and  friendship  was  established. 
After  peace  was  declared  they  began  to  turn  to  better  living. 

Mr.  laeger  bought  out  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the  ferry  boat  and  continued  to 
enlarge  his  boats,  hauling  lumber  from  San  Diego  and  later  bringing  it  by  steamer  from 
the  mouth  of  the  Colorado  river.  He  established  a  freighting  system,  using  mule  teams, 
ox  teams  and  horses.  He  also  established  and  conducted  a  general  mercantile  store,  black- 
smith shop  and  in  fact  did  all  kinds  of  wagon  work.  He  not  only  hauled  all  government 
supplies  but  also  furnished  to  the  government  meat,  grain,  hay,  wood,  etc.  The  little  com- 
munity became  known  as  laegerville  and  was  so  styled  until  1862,  when  the  big  flood  of 
that  year  carried  away  a  part  of  the  town.  It  was  then  that  Yuma,  on  the  Arizona  "^ide  of 
the  river,  began  to  grow.  In  addition  to  his  mercantile  and  freighting  interests  Mr.  laeger 
had  extensive  ranches  and  was  the  owner  of  large  numbers  of  cattle,  horses  and  sheep.  He 
did  the  first  teaming  in  hauling  ore  from  the  Vulture  mine,  and  with  every  event  almost 
that  had  to  do  with  the  settlement  and  development  of  his  part  of  the  state  was  closely 
and  prominently  associated.  He  lent  great  aid  to  the  settlers  in  the  Salt  River  valley 
and  he  advanced  some  of  the  money  to  build  the  first  canal,  whereby  the  farmers  were 
enabled  to  raise  grain  and  hay  for  his  teams.  The  records  show  that  his  name  was  given 
to  the  first  canal.  He  also  had  various  other  business  interests  in  California  and  in  Arizona. 
Before  1870  the  overland  stage  office  was  at  laegerville  and  he  ever  kept  an  open  lio\ise 
for  all,  his  doors  being  open  and  his  table  spread  for  the  reception  of  any  who  came  his 
way.  It  was  undoubtedly  this  spirit  of  hospitality  and  good  cheer  that  saved  his  life  in 
those  early  days.  The  stages  were  frequently  held  up  and  the  passengers  robbed  betweiMi 
Yuma  and  San  Diego  and  between  San  Diego  and  San  Bernardino,  California,  but  Mr. 
laeger  was  never  molested,  although  he  always  traveled  in  his  buggy  with  a  two-horse 
team  and  carried  money  with  him.  It  is  probable  that  among  the  two  or  three  gangs  of 
robbers  were  those  who  at  some  time  had  been  befriended  by  Mr.  laeger.  In  fact  this 
was  the  testimony  which  one  Mexican  gave  when  he  was  tried.  He  said  that  they  always 
knew  laeger,  that  he  was  good  to  all,  fed  them  and  gave  them  medicine  when  sick.  The 
Mexicans  always  called  him  Don  Diego,  which  was  as  near  his  real  name  as  they  could  get. 

In  1861  or  1862  the  commanding  officer  ordered  Mr.  laeger's  ferry  boats  destroyed, 
as  they  expected  the  southern  army  to  come  through  Yuma,  but  the  Confederate  forces  never 
passed  beyond  Tucson.  The  boats  were  below  Yuma  about  nine  miles  and  were  brought 
up  the  river  and  destroyed,  but  the  big  ferry  boat  was  taken  to  a  point  near  the  fort,  under 
its  guns,  and  kept  there  for  several  weeks.  When  the  commanding  officer  released  the  boat 
Mr.  laeger  established  the  ferry  opposite  Fort  Yuma,  California,  and  Yuma,  Arizona,  and 
continued  its  operation  until  he  sold  out  to  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  in  1878.  During 
the  war  he  had  big  contracts  with  the  government,  which  paid  him  in  currency  dollar  for 
dollar,  and  he  had  to  pay  his  help  with  gold.  In  exchanging  this  currency  for  gold  he  suf- 
fered a  heavy  loss — about  thirty-seven  or  thirty-eight  cents  on  the  dollar. 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  399 

Mr.  laeger  was  one  of  the  first  to  locate  tlie  Ajo  group  of  mines  and  ship  ore  eitlier 
by  boat  or  freiglit  to  San  Diego.  He  also  had  a  smelter  built  there  but  in  later  years  had 
all  the  brick  hauled  back.  At  the  present  time  a  railroad  is  being  built  to  the  original 
Ajo  mines  and  in  the  near  future  this  will  be  one  of  the  big  camps  of  Arizona.  By  some 
mismanagement  or  bad  investment  Mr.  laeger  lost  all.  He  died  from  an  operation  for 
appendicitis  in  Washington,  D.  C,  in  1893,  when  pressing  his  claim  against  the  government 
for  destroying  his  boats. 

In  1860  Mr.  laeger  was  married  at  Fort  Yuma  by  a  commanding  officer  of  the  fort 
to  Cleofes  Saiz  and  later  the  religious  ceremony  was  performed  in  the  Catholic  church. 
She  was  born  in  Mexico,  of  Spanish  parentage,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  three  sons 
and  a  daughter,  all  now  deceased  save  L.  J.  F.  laeger,  of  Tucson,  and  a  sister,  Cliona,  who 
is  the  wife  of  Gabriel  Martinez,  of  Yuma,  Arizona.  The  mother  is  deceased  and  the  father's 
death,  as  previouslj'  stated,  occurred  in  1892.  Viewed  in  the  light  of  the  present,  his  is  a 
most  picturesque  history.  There  was  no  phase  of  pioneer  development  with  which  he  was 
not  connected.  The  days  of  chivahy  and  knighthood  in  Europe  cannot  furnish  more  inter- 
esting or  romantic  tales  than  our  own  western  history.  Into  the  wild  mountain  fastnesses 
of  the  unexplored  west  went  brave  men,  whose  courage  was  often  called  forth  in  encounters 
with  hostile  savages.  The  land  was  rich  in  all  natural  resources,  in  gold  and  silver,  in 
agricultural  and  commercial  possibilities,  and  awaited  the  demands  of  man  to  yield  up  its 
treasures,  but  its  mountain  heights  were  hard  to  climb,  its  forests  difficult  to  penetrate, 
and  the  magnificent  trees,  the  dense  bushes  or  jagged  rocks  often  .sheltered  the  skulking 
foe,  who  resented  the  encroachment  of  the  pale  faces  upon  these  "hunting  grounds."  The 
establishment  of  homes  in  this  beautiful  region  therefore  meant  sacrifices,  hardships  and 
ofttimes  death  but  there  were  some  men,  however,  brave  enough  to  meet  the  red  man  in 
his  own  familiar  haunts  and  undertake  the  task  of  reclaiming  the  district  for  purposes  of 
civilization.  The  rich  mineral  stores  of  this  vast  region  were  thus  added  to  the  wealth  of 
the  nation;  its  magnificent  forests  contributed  to  the  lumber  industries  and  its  fertile  valleys 
added  to  the  opportunities  of  the  farmer  and  stock-raiser,  and  today  the  southwest  is  one 
of  the  most  productive  sections  of  the  entire  country.  That  this  is  so  is  due  to  such  men 
as  L.  J.  F.  laeger,  whose  name  is  inseparably  interwoven  with  the  history  of  the  region. 
No  story  of  fiction  contains  more  exciting  chapters  than  may  be  found  in  his  life  record 
but  space  forbids  an  extended  account  of  these. 


LEWIS  JOHN  FREDERICK  lAEGER,  Jb. 

Probably  no  citizen  of  Tucson  has  done  more  to  favorably  advertise  the  city  to  the 
traveling  public  than  Lewis  John  Frederick  laeger,  Jr.,  proprietor  and  manager  of  the 
Santa  Rita  Hotel,  who  has  exerted  his  eflforts  in  this  direction  through  the  medium  of  his 
excellently  conducted  hostelry.  The  hotel  business  has  for  many  years  engaged  the  energies 
of  Mr.  laeger,  who  is  sole  owner  of  some  of  the  finest  hotel  properties  of  the  southwest, 
including  both  the  Santa  Rita  and  the  Montezuma.  He  has  passed  his  entire  life  in  the 
southwest,  his  bir^;h  having  occurred  at  laegerville,  San  Diego  county,  California.  He  is  a 
son  and  namesake  of  Lewis  John  Frederick  laeger,  Sr.,  one  of  the  most  picturesque  figures 
connected  with  the  history  of  the  development  of  the  southwest,  extended  mention  of 
him  being  made  on  another  page  of  this  work. 

Mr.  laeger  of  this  review  passed  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  the  paternal  home  and 
upon  completing  his  education  went  to  work  on  his  father's  ranch.  When  he  was  twenty- 
two  he  started  out  for  himself  and  was  for  a  time  in  the  employ  of  the  Wells  Fargo 
Express  Company  at  Yuma.  He  next  clerked  in  the  general  mercantile  store  of  Genocheo 
&  Company  at  Yuma  for  a  time,  following  which  he  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  cattle 
and  later  became  the  owner  of  a  cattle  ranch.  His  next  venture  was  in  the  liquor  business 
in  Yuma,  where  in  1896  he  began  his  career  in  the  hotel  business  as  proprietor  of  the  old 
Southern  Pacific  Hotel.  In  1901  he  purchased  the  Montezuma  Hotel  at  Nogales,  Arizona, 
which  he  has  ever  since  conducted.  The  next  year  he  bought  the  Santa  Rita  Hotel  of 
Tucson,  which  has  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  finest  hostelries  in  the  southwest. 


400  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

It  contains  nearly  two  hundred  large,  airy  outside  rooms,  splendidly  furnished  and  pro- 
vided with  every  convenience  for  the  comfort  of  the  guests.  A  large  lobby,  pleasant  writing 
rooms  and  commodious  parlors  still  further  add  to  the  attractiveness  of  this  hotel,  which 
would  be  a  credit  to  a  city  several  times  the  size  of  Tucson  and  has  given  it  the  reputation 
among  the  traveling  public  of  being  an  enterprising  and  progressive  place  with  metro- 
politan standards.  The  management  of  the  Santa  Rita  is  especially  proud  of  the  elevator 
service,  which  is  most  excellent  in  every  respect,  and  the  large,  well  lighted  sample  rooms. 
Pleasant  dining  rooms,  with  service  a  la  carte  and  an  elaborate  menu  offering  everything 
the  market  affords  at  reasonable  prices  completes  the  many  attractions  provided  by  this 
beautiful  hotel,  which  is  tlie  pride  of  the  people  of  this  section.  The  success  of  this  estab- 
lisliment  must  be  attributed  in  no  small  degree  to  the  genial  manner  of  Mr.  laeger,  who 
is  most  considerate  of  the  comfort  of  his  guests  to  which  he  adds  by  his  unfailing  courtesy 
and  graciousness.  At  one  time  he  owned  four  hotels  in  this  vicinity,  the  Bowie  Hotel  at 
Bowie  Station,  the  San  Xavier  at  Tucson,  the  Southern  Pacific  at  Yuma  and  the  Montezuma 
at  Nogales,  but  he  has  disposed  of  his  interest  in  all  but  the  Santa  Rita  at  Tucson  and  the 
Montezuma  at  Nogales,  the  latter  having  sixty  rooms.  These  are  two  of  the  finest  hos- 
telries  in  the  southwest,  equipped  with  all  of  the  modern  appointments  and  conveniences 
found  in  the  first-class  hotels  of  the  Atlantic  coast. 

On  the  30th  of  January,  1904,  Mr.  laeger  was  united  in  maiTiage  to  Miss  Minnie  Du 
Bline,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  Fraternally  he  is  afiiliated  with  the  Masonic  order, 
in  which  he  has  attained  high  rank,  having  passed  through  thirty-two  degrees  of  the 
Scottish  Rite.  He  is  also  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In 
politics  he  is  independent  and  for  some  time  served  as  deputy  sherift'  of  his  county  under 
M.  J.  Nugent  and  was  also  elected  city  marshal  of  Yuma,  in  wliicli  position  he  remained  for 
two  years.  His  social  nature  finds  expression  in  his  membersliip  in  the  Old  Pueblo  Club, 
the  Tucson  Golf  and  Country  Club  and  in  the  Santa  Cruz  Club  of  Nogales.  He  is  likewise 
a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  he  belongs  to  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  in  both  Tucson  and  Nogales,  cooperating  in  their  many  plans  and  purposes 
for  the  upbuilding  and  betterment  of  these  cities.  The  splendid  work  instituted  by  his 
father  he  has  carried  on  under  modern-day  conditions  and  his  activities  have  resulted  in 
the  benefit  and  improvement  of  the  state.  He  is  honored  and  esteemed  wherever  known 
and  most  of  all  where  he  is  best  known. 


LEMUEL  K.  DRAIS. 


A  life  of  unremitting  toil  for  many  years  has  at  last  brought  Lemuel  K.  Drais  to  a 
position  where  he  can  enjoy  a  well  merited  rest  and  the  comforts  which  go  to  make  life 
worth  living.  He  was  born  in  Kentucky  but  reared  in  Ohio,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  later  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  offer  his  services 
to  the  government  at  the  outbreak  of  the  C^vil  war,  enlisting  in  April,  1861,  for  three 
months  as  a  member  of  Company  H,  Twelfth  Oliio  Vohinteer  Infantry.  At  the  expiration 
of  that  time  he  reenlisted,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  H,  Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  with 
which  lie  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  having  again  enlisted  in  186.'!  in  tlie  same  com- 
pany. He  participated  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  in  the  siege  of  Corintli,  Mississippi,  and  the 
battle  of  Vicksburg.  He  was  afterward  with  Sherman  on  the  march  to  the  sea  and  was 
wounded  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  July  22,  1864.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  Holly  Springs, 
Mississippi,  but  was  exchanged  at  the  end  of  two  weeks  and  rejoined  his  regiment,  being 
mustered  out  when  his  services  were  no  longer  needed,  at  Ijouisville,  Kentucky,  in  1865. 

Mr.  Diais  followed  his  trade  for  some  years  in  Oliio  and  then  went  to  Winnemucca, 
Humboldt  county,  Nevada,  in  1868.  He  spent  ten  years  upon  tlie  plains,  following  his 
trade  and  becoming  well  known  as  a  stiaiglitforward  and  progressive  business  man.  In 
1880  he  came  to  Arizona,  making  his  first  settlement  at  Silver  King,  where  he  engaged  in 
blacksmithing  for  a  number  of  years,  but  in  1893  removed  to  Florence,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  For  one  year  he  followed  his  trade  but  then  turned  his  attention  to  business  pur- 
suits, buying  the  Florence  Hotel,  which  he  improved  and  remodeled  and  which  he  conducted 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  403 

lor  many  years,  meeting  with  most  excellent  success  in  its  management.  For  a  time  he 
owned  a  dairy  farm,  which  lie  ran  in  connection  with  his  hotel,  supplying  his  kitchen  with 
the  best  and  most  wholesome  dairy  products.  He  has  sold  this  enterprise  but  still  retains 
the  ownership  of  the  hotel,  together  with  valuable  real  estate  holdings  in  Florence,  to  which 
he  gives  careful  supervision,  although  he  has  now   retired  from  active  business  life. 

Mr.  Drais  has  been  three  times  married.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Roxalina  Ruse,  by 
whom  he  had  four  children,  namely:  Mrs.  Jessie  G.  Nash,  Mrs.  Lulu  Moden  and  Frank  M. 
Drais,  all  of  whom  reside  in  California;  and  Louisa,  deceased.  After  the  death  of  his  first 
wife  he  married  Mrs.  Kate  M.  French,  a  noted  writer  and  organizer,  who  served  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  as  secretary  of  the  I^ocal  Improvement  ('lub.  After  her  death  he  married 
Miss  Marion  Miller,  who  at  that  time  was  a  noted  court   reporter  of  I'hoenix. 

Mr.  Drais  gives  his  jiolitical  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  has  been  for  many 
yeare  active  and  prominent  in  public  affairs.  For  one  term  he  was  sheriff  of  Pinal  county 
and  for  a  similar  period  deputy  United  States  marshal  under  Marshal  Paul.  As  the  years 
have  gone  by  he  has  made  steady  progress  along  business  lines  and  his  enterprise  and 
energy  are  salient  factors  in  his  success.  He  has  never  deviated  from  the  highest  com- 
mercial standards  and  has,  therefore,  gained  a  most  satisfactory  reward,  permitting  now 
of  an  honorable  retirement  and  the  enjoyment  of  rest  after  labor. 


THE   HOSTON   STOKF. 


The  Boston  Store  of  Phoenix,  ranking  with  the  foremost  mercantile  enterprises  of  the 
capital,  was  established  in  1894  by  1.  Diamond,  who  was  afterward  joined  by  his  brother, 
N.  Diamond.  The  store  has  always  included  a  large  line  of  dry  goods,  clothing,  shoes 
and  carpets.  The  building  occupied  has  a  frontage  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  and 
is  one  story  in  height.  Mr.  Diamond  came  from  Kl  Paso,  Texas,  to  Phoenix  in  1894  and  in 
the  intervening  period,  covering  twenty-two  years,  has  been  continuously  connected  with 
commercial  pursuits  in  the  capital,  ever  enjoying  a  large  and  well  merited  patronage  which 
has  come  to  him  as  the  result  of  his  close  application,  his  unfaltering  energy,  his  industry, 
perseverance  and  capable  management. 


JOHN  BRYAN  McNALLY,  M.  1). 

Dr.  John  Bryan  MtNally  has  been  established  as  a  medical  practitioner  in  Prescott 
since  1896  and  has  built  up  an  extensive  practice.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  on  the  11th 
of  June,  1866,  and  attended  the  public  schools  and  Christian  Brothers  College  in  the  land 
of  Krin.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  arrived  in  San  Francisco,  where  he  turned  his 
attention  to  any  work  that  came  to  hand  and  would  earn  him  an  honest  dollar.  Desirous 
of  better  things  in  life,  he  selected  the  medical  profession  as  suitable  to  his  tastes  and 
by  carefully  husbanding  his  resources  made  it  possible  to  take  a  course  at  the  Hahnemann 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1896.  He  later  attended  the 
College  of  Physicians  &  Surgeons  in  Chicago  in  1902,  graduating  also  from  that  institu- 
tion. He  had  always  recognized  the  value  of  education  and  before  entering  Hahnemann 
(!ollege  took  a  course  at  the  Lincoln  night  school  in  San  Francisco,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated and  which  enabled  him  to  teach  for  a  short  time  before  entering  medical  college,  in 
that  way  providing  the  means  to  pay  for  his  course. 

In  1896  Dr.  McNally  came  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  and  has  been  since  engaged  in  practice 
here,  with  the  exception  of  the  time  he  spent  in  pursuing  further  courses  to  promote  his 
knowledge  along  medical  lines,  for  he  has  taken  post-graduate  work  in  San  Francisco  and 
elsewhere.  He  is  ever  progressing  in  his  science  and  has  become  recognized  as  one  of  the 
foremost  physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  state.  For  the  past  nine  years  he  has  been  chief 
surgeon  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Prescott  and  is  also  surgeon  and  jjhysician  for  the 
Pioneers  Home  in  this  city.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Yavapai  Cbunty   and   Arizona   State 

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Medical  Societies  and  is  an  ex-president  of  the  former.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the  county 
board  of  censors. 

On  February  14,  1898,  Dr.  McNally  married  Miss  Annie  Sweeney,  also  a  native  of 
Ireland,  who  with  her  parents  went  to  California  at  an  early  day  in  the  history  of  that 
state.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Tliomas  Sweeney,  a  prominent  Californian.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
McNally  have  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  They  are  devout  adherents  of  the  Catholic 
church. 

The  Doctor  has  made  for  himself  quite  a  reputation  as  an  author,  having  written 
extensively  and  interestingly,  touching  upon  political,  scientific  and  other  subjects.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Jloose,  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  His  political  support 
is  given  the  democratic  party.  Dr.  McNally  has  shown  himself  a  most  valuable  citizen  and 
is  highly  respected  by  all  who  know  him  on  account  of  his  professional  attainments  and 
because  of  his  high  principles  of  manhood. 


CAPTAIN  TRUSTRIM  CONNELL. 

Captain  Trustrim  Connell,  commercial  agent  at  Phoenix  for  the  Wells  Fargo  Express 
Company,  was  born  at  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  12th  of  May,  1844,  and  in  the 
common  schools  of  that  state  pursued  his  early  education,  wliich  was  afterward  supple- 
mented by  study  in  Millersburg  College.  He  was  only  eighteen  years  of  age  when  he 
offered  his  service  to  the  government,  enlisting  in  1863  as  a  member  of  Company  I,  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  Pennsylvania  Infantry.  He  went  to  the  front  as  a  private, 
served  throughout  the  Civil  war,  and  by  his  valor  and  loyalty  won  promotion,  becommg 
second  lieutenant  and  afterward  captain  of  the  company.  He  inspired  the  men  who  served 
under  him  with  much  of  his  own  courage  and  loyalty  and  his  name  deserves  a  high  place  on 
the  roll  of  the  honored  war  veterans  who  are  now  so  fast  passing  away.  He  was  awarded 
a  medal  of  honor  by  congress  for  capturing  a  rebel  battle  Hag  in  the  last  engagement  at 
Sailors  Creek,  Virginia,  on  the  6th  of  April,  1865.  After  the  close  of  hostilities  between 
the  north  and  the  south  Captain  Connell  was  engaged  in  the  Indian  service  in  the  Indian 
Territory,  spending  fifteen  years  in  that  way.  For  the  past  thirty  years  he  has  been  with 
the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  and  in  1897  he  located  in  Phoenix,  where  he  is  now 
acting  as  commercial  agent. 

Captain  Connell  was  married  in  Pennsylvania  to  Miss  Anna  E.  Maffett,  a  native  of 
that  state,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  three  children,  but  two  are  now  deceased. 
The  living  daughter  is  Caroline.  Captain  Connell  is  well  known  in  Masonic  circles,  in  which 
he  has  attained  the  Knight  Templar  degree.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen.  His  political  support  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  never 
falters  in  the  advocacy  of  its  principles,  believing  that  they  constitute  the  platform  of 
progressive  government.  His  faithfulness  in  business  needs  no  other  proof  than  the  fact 
that  he  has  remained  with  tlie  Wells  Fargo  Company  for  three  decades.  Such  a  corporation 
does  not  retain  incompetent  or  inefficient  men  in  its  service,  and  his  fidelity  and  loyalty 
have  made  him  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  best-liked  employes  of  the  company  in  this 
Ktate. 


WALTER   DOUGLAS. 


The  development  of  the  American  southwest  into  one  of  the  greatest  mining  sections 
of  the  country  has  been  brought  about  through  many  agencies  and  represents  the  combined 
labor  and  efforts  of  various  men  of  diligence,  industry  and  keen  foresight.  Among  these, 
however,  certain  names  stand  forth  prominently  because  their  owners  have  been  great 
individual  forces  and  liave  accomplished  work  which  is  distinctly  preeminent.  Such  a  one 
is  Walter   Douglas,   expert   chemist   and    metallurgist,    whose    position    as   general    manager 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  405 

of  Phelps,  Dodge  &  Company,  Incorporated,  represents  only  one  of  liis  interests,  the 
various  ramitieations  of  which  make  him  probably  the  best  known  man  in  the  Warren 
mining  district  today. 

Mr.  Douglas  was  born  in  Quebec  province,  Canada,  December  16,  1870,  and  is  a  son 
of  .James  and  Naomi  (Douglas)  Douglas.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools,  later  attending  the  Upper  Canada  College,  Morrin  College  and  tlie  Royal  Military 
College.  He  next  entered  Columbia  School  of  Mines  and  there  acquired  hia  special  training. 
He  has  been  identified  with  mining  interests  in  Arizona  since  1890,  when  he  accepted  the 
position  of  engineer  of  the  Commercial  Mining  Company  at  Prescott,  serving  until  1892. 
From  that  year  until  1894  he  was  metallurgist  for  the  Consolidated  Kansas  City  Smelter 
&  Refining  Company  and  was  later  chemist  for  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining 
Company.  From  1896  to  1899  lie  held  the  same  position  with  the  Detroit  Copper  Mining 
Company  and  was  from  the  latter  year  until  1903  superintendent  of  the  same  concern, 
lioldin>r  this  position  until  lie  was  made  general  manager  of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated 
Mining  Company,  serving  as  such  until  1911.  He  was  then  chosen  general  manager  of 
Phelps,  Dodge  &  Company,  Incorporated.  This  position  has  called  forth  his  excellent 
business  and  executive  ability,  his  talent  for  organization  and  control,  and  has  afforded 
him  full  scope  for  his  business  powers  so  that  today  by  virtue  of  the  work  he  has  done 
Mr.  Douglas  stands  as  a  central  figure  in  mining  circles  of  the  southwest. 

A  man  of  varied  and  forceful  interests,  he  iias  not  confined  his  attention  to  one  hue 
of  work  but  has  been  active  in  tlie  affairs  of  various  largo  and  representative  corporate 
inttrests  of  this  section  of  the  country.  He  is  second  vice  president  of  the  El  Paso  &  South- 
western Railroad  Company;  president  of  the  Texas,  Mexico  &  Colorado  Railroad  Company; 
second  vice  president  of  the  El  Paso  &  Northeastern  Company;  and  a  director  in  the 
Dawson  Railway  &  Coal  Company;  and  the  Nacozari  Railroad  Company.  He  is  identified 
also  with  the  Morenei  Southern  Railroad  Company  and  with  the  New  Mexico  Fuel  Com- 
pany. As  a  mining  engineer  Mr.  Douglas  stands  preeminent,  his  fine  special  training 
reenforcing  his  comprehensive  general  knowledge.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most 
advanced  thought  of  his  profession  through  liis  membersliip  in  the  American  Institute 
of  Mining  Engineers  and  he  is  a  director  of  tlie  American  Mining  Congress  and  a  member 
of  the  Academy  of  Political  Science,  American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  National  Geograpliical  Society,  being  always  a  welcome  addition 
in  those  circles  where  the   intelligent   thinking  men   of  the  day  gatlier. 

Mr.  Douglas  was  married  September  10,  1902,  to  Miss  Edith  Margaret  Bell,  of  Ottawa, 
Canada,  and  both  are  well  known  and  popular  in  the  community.  They  have  a  beautiful 
home  five  miles  from  Bisbee,  erected  at  a  cost  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  they  have 
made  this  the  center  of  a  charming  social  circle.  Mr.  Douglas  is  today  one  of  the  best 
known  men  in  southern  Arizona,  where  his  commanding  ability,  the  work  he  has  accom- 
plished and  the  standards  by  which  he  governs  all  of  his  business  operations  have  won 
him  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellowmen. 


FRANK  THOMAS. 


Frank  Thomas,  city  recorder  and  police  judge  of  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Toledo,  Ohio, 
August  10,  1855,  his  parents  being  Tliomas  D.  and  Jane  Thomas,  the  former  a  merchant 
tailor.  To  the  public-school  system  of  Indiana  Frank  Thomas  is  indebted  for  the  early 
educational  privileges  which  he  enjoyed,  and  later  he  attended  the  Northeastern  Indiana 
Institute.  In  early  manhood  he  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  and  for  a  time  was  a 
resident  of  North  Dakota  and  later  of  Minnesota.  In  January,  1895,  he  arrived  in  Arizona 
and  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  a  clothing  store  in  Phoenix.  He  was  afterward  made  assistant 
postmaster  under  J.  C.  Adams,  filling  the  position  for  two  years,  and  subsequent  to  that 
time  he  traveled  for  a  local  wholesale  grocery  house.  In  the  spring  of  1904  he  was  appointed 
city  recorder  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and  in  1905  was  elected  to  the  position  of  city  recorder  and 
police  judge,  in  which  capacities  he  has  since  served,  discharging  his  duties  with  care,  fidelity. 


406  '       ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

promptness  and  ability.     His  work  as  public  ortieial  commends  him  to  the  high  regard  and 
ionfidenoe  of  all. 

In  1879  Mr.  Thomas  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Julia  Etta  Scott,  of  Orland,  Indiana, 
and  they  have  five  children:  Nellie  L.,  the  wife  of  William  D.  Capson;  Frank  Bernard: 
Liiidley  E.;  Pauline  Elizabeth;  and  Homer  Duftield.  Mr.  Thomas  votes  with  the  republican 
party  and  is  an  active  and  earnest  worker  in  its  local  ranks.  He  belongs  to  the  Elks  Lodge, 
\o.  335,  and  is  very  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  holding  membership  in  Arizona  Lodge 
No.  2,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  a  past  master,  while  in  Arizona  Chapter  No.  1,  R.  A.  M., 
he  is  a  past  high  priest.  He  is  the  present  eminent  commander  of  the  Knights  Templar 
commandery  and  is  past  worthy  patron  of  the  Eastern  Star  chapter  at  Phoenix.  Still  higher 
honors,  however,  have  been  conferred  upon  him  through  his  connection  with  Masonry,  for  in 
1910  he  served  as  grand  master  of  the  (irand  Lodge  of  the  state  of  Arizona.  He  is  also  first 
ceremonial  master  of  FA  Zaribah  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  a  member  of  Arizona 
Consistory,  No.  1,  of  Tucson.  His  fellow  members  of  those  fraternal  bodies  find  him  ever  a 
cordial,  genial  gentleman  who  exemplifies  in  his  life  the  beneficent  spirit  of  the  craft;  those 
who  meet  him  in  official  circles  know  him  to  be  reliable,  accurate  and  trustworthy,  and  those 
whom  he  meets  in  a  social  way  count  his  friendship  as  something  of  value. 


SAMUEL  L.  PATTEE. 


Samuel  L.  Pattee,  formerly  state  code  commissioner  of  Arizona,  was  bom  in  Chicopee 
Falls,  Massachusetts,  October  22,  1869.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
New  Hampshire  and  afterward  read  law  in  that  state.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
ilinnesota  in  1893  and  practiced  in  Minneapolis  for  a  few  years,  coming  to  Arizona  in 
.January,  1899.  He  opened  an  office  in  Prescott  in  that  year  and  soon  became  well  known 
in  professional  and  public  circles,  serving  as  district  attorney  of  Yavapai  county.  He  came 
to  Tucson  in  190G  and  was  assoi;iated  with  K.  S.  Ives  in  the  general  practice  of  law.  They 
icmained  together  until  May,  1912,  when  their  association  was  dissolved,  Mr.  Pattee  contin- 
uing in  practice  alone. 

Mr.  Pattee  was  jnarried  in  1902  to  Miss  Eva  M.  Sanborn,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  they  liave  one  son,  Ridiard.  Mr.  Pattee  is  now  serving  as  assistant  United  States  attor- 
ney, being  appointeil  by  the  attoriu'y  general  of  the  United  States. 


W.  S.  GOLDSWORTHY. 


W.  S.  Goldsworthy,  general  agent  at  Phoenix  for  the  Sauta  Fe  Railroad  Company,  has 
been  connected  with  railway  interests  during  the  greater  part  of  liis  life  and  through  the 
stages  of  successful  development  and  i)rogress  has  reached  his  present  responsible  position. 
He  was  born  in  Linn  county,  Iowa,  November  20,  1868,  and  at  the  usual  age  entered  the 
public  schools  there  while  subsequently  he  continued  his  studies  in  Caldwell,  Sumner  county, 
Kansas.  On  starting  out  in  the  business  world  on  his  own  account  he  obtained  employment 
with  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  with  which  he  was  connected  for  three  years.  He 
took  up  railroad  work  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  however,  ami  has  since  given  his  atten- 
tion to  that  line  of  activity.  He  was  first  with  the  Wichita  &  Western  Railway,  now  a  part  of 
the  Santa  Fe  System,  at  Wichita,  Kansas,  and  there  continued  for  two  years,  after  which  he 
removed  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  in  1889,  spending  three  years  in  that  city,  and  afterward 
I  one  year  in  Albuquer()ue.  The  year  1893  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Arizona,  reaching  Prescott 
on  the  23d  of  June.  For  twelve  years  he  continued  in  that  city  with  the  railroad  company 
and  in  1905  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  been  general  agent  for  the  Santa  Fe. 
His  advancement  in  the  railroad  service  has  been  continuous  since  he  first  entered  the  employ 
of  the  corporation  with  which  he  is  now  connected.  The  steps  in  his  orderly  progression 
are  easily  discernible  and  indicate  how  faithful,  ])rompt  and  capable  he  has  been  in  the  dis- 
charge of  the  duties   which   liave  devolved  upon   him. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGP]ST  STATE  407 

On  the  22(1  of  January,  1902,  Mr.  Goldsworthy  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Clara 
Hoffman,  of  Sebringville,  Ontario,  Canada.  Tliey  have  one  son,  George  W.  Mr.  Goldsv/orthy 
is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  camp  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  church,  finding  in  its  teachings  the  motive  springs  of  their  lives.  Diligence  and 
enterprise  have  characterized  him  in  all  of  his  labors  and  with  tlie  great  corporations  where 
only  merit  wins  advancement  lie  lias  made  continuous  progress  until  his  position  is  n6w 
one  of  responsibility,  onerous  and  creditable. 


HARRY  KAY. 


A  real-estate  bu.siness  of  large  and  gratifying  proportions  is  now  being  controlled  by 
Harry  Kay,  of  Phoenix,  who,  alert,  enterprising  and  energetic,  has  carefully  directed  his 
interests  and  made  wise  use  of  his  opportunities.  He  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1871,  a  son 
of  C.  W.  and  Rebecca  (Hewes)  Kay.  The  father  arrived  in  Arizona  in  the  spring  of  1887 
and  purchased  a  ranch.  In  the  succeeding  fall  he  brought  his  family  to  the  southwest  and 
devoted  his  energies  to  cattle-raising  and  ranching  on  a  place  s(mtli  and  east  of  Glendale. 
The  family  included  four  sons,  the  eldest  two  assisting  in  the  develo])ment  and  improvement 
of  the  ranch.  Upon  that  place  C.  W.  Kay  remained  until  1904,  when  he  removed  to  Los 
Angeles  where  he  passed  away  in  1909.  His  widow  survives  and  is  now  a  resident  of 
Whittier,  California.  In  the  family  were  eight  children.  si.\  of  whom  came  to  Arizona. 
Of  the  number  a  brother  and  sister  of  Harry  Kay  are  still  residents  of  this  state  but  the 
others  are  now  in  California. 

Harry  Kay  was  a  youth  of  sixteen  years  when  the  family  came  to  the  southwest.  He 
supplemented  his  public-school  education  by  study  in  the  Lamson  IJusiness  College,  which 
he  entered  the  year  of  its  opening.  He  has  always  been  interested  in  ranching  and  stock- 
raising,  making  a  specialty  of  the  cultivation  of  alfalfa  and  the  raisinig  of  stock.  He  has 
ever  recognized  the  possibilities  of  the  state  in  those  directions  and  his  labors  have  brought 
liim  a  substantial  measure  of  success.  In  1906  he  became  assistant  cashier  of  the  Union 
Bank  of  Phoenix  but  the  following  year  left  that  position  and  opened  a  real-estate  oflice 
which  he  has  since  conducted,  handling  considerable  city  and  ranch  property.  He  has 
become  thoroughly  conversant  with  realty  values  and  his  judgment  is  most  accurate  in 
foretelling  a  rise  in  real-estate  prices. 

In  1898  Mr.  Kay  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ella  Sears,  of  Phoenix.  !Mr.  Kay 
belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  has  taken  the  degrees  of  the  York  and  Scottish 
Rites.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Klks.  More  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century's  residence  in  Arizona  has  made  him  largely  familiar  with  the  history 
of  the  state  in  all  the  phases  of  its  development  and  progress  and  he  has  ever  borne  his 
■  part  in  the  work  of  general  improvement,  realizing  what  can  be  accomplished  here  and 
wishing  at  all  times  to  do  his  share  toward  placing  this  rapidly  developing  state  on  a  par 
with  the  older  and  more  thickly  settled  states-  of  the  east. 


M.  J.  DOUGHERTY. 


Among  the  younger  members  of  the  Maricopa  county  bar  is  M.  .1.  Dougherty,  of  Mesa, 
who  enjoys  a  large  and  representative  clientage.  He  was  born  in  Wisconsin  in  1881  and 
acquired  his  fundamental  education  in  the  common  schools  of  that  state.  After  graduating 
from  St.  James  Academy,  he  attended  the  Stafe  Normal  College  at  Stevens  Point,  and 
spent  five  years  as  teacher  and  superintendent  in  the  schools  of  Wisconsin.  Washington 
and  Indiana,  and  as  instructor  at  Valparaiso  University.  Discontinuing  teaching,  he  grad- 
uated from  that  university  in  1908.  As  a  student  he  established  and  for  two  years  edited 
the  Valparaiso  University  Herald.  He  has  always-  been  prominent  in  athletics  and  was 
twice  elected  captain  of  his  college  football  team. 


408  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

After  graduation,  Mr.  Dougherty  came  to  ilesa,  Arizona,  where  lie  lias  since  been 
successfully  established  as  a  lawyer.  He  is  Avell  versed  in  the  principles  of  the  law  and, 
possessing  a  clear  and  logical  mind,  easily  grasps  thfe  vital  points  in  any  case  which  is 
intrusted  to  his  care.  He  is  effective  before  judge  and  jury  and  there  are  a  number  of  cases 
to  his  credit  which  he  has  won  under  adverse  circumstances.  His  ability  is  recognized  more 
and  more,  and  his  practice  has  already  grown  to  highly  satisfactory  proportions. 

Mr.  Dougherty  married  in  November,  1909,  a  college  classmate  and  talented  musician, 
Miss  Bcssis  L.  Severn,  of  Cuba,  New  York.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat,  and  ever  since 
coming  to  this  state  he  has  taken  a  prominent  place  in  the  ranks  of  his  party.  He  was 
nominated  but  refused  to  make  the  race  for  member  of  the  constitutional  convention,  has 
been  city  attorney  for  Mesa  and  has  done  valuable  service  in  this  position.  He  also  is  a 
member  of  the  state  central  committee  of  the  democratic  party  and  director  and  member 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Arizona  State  Bar  Association.  Mr.  Dougherty  is  promi- 
nent fraternally,  being  a  member  of  Sigma  Epsilon,  an  association  of  his  college  days;  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose;  the  Foresters,  the  Modern  Woodmen,  the  Red  Men  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.  He  is  prominent  in  all  these  lodges  and  popular.  As  organizer  and  president 
of  the  Mesa  Commercial  Club  for  five  years  he  has  done  much  toward  extending  the  trade 
interests  of  the  city  and  has  always  been  in  the  van  with  those  who  are  foremost  to 
inaugurate  new  policies  of  expansion.  He  is  an  able  speaker,  lawyer  and  writer,  a  good 
citizen  and  has  become  a  loyal  son  of  Arizona,  in  whose  great  future  he  firmly  believes. 


J.  W.  ANGLE. 


Commercial  activities  have  always  claimed  the  attention  of  J.  W.  Angle,  who  with 
C.  W.  Bush  owns  and  operates  a  thriving  lumber  business  in  Willcox.  He  is  a  native  of 
Georgia,  his  birth  occurring  in  ISIS,  and  a  son  of  J.  Y.  and  P.  E.  Angle.  The  father  is  also 
a  native  of  Georgia  and  the  mother  of  Alabama,  in  which  state  they  were  married.  They 
removed  to  Georgia  in  18G8,  where  the  father  who  was  an  agriculturist  for  many  years, 
engaged  in  farming  and  also  dealt  in  fertilizer.  He  has  now  withdrawn  from  active  work 
and  he  and  his  wife  make  their  home  in  Rome,  Georgia,  as  do  their  four  eldest  children. 
There  they  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  in  1909.  on  which  occasion  their  five  children,  of 
whom  our  subject  is  the  youngest,  were  present. 

The  boyhood  and  early  youth  of  J.  W.  Angle  were  passed  in  the  state  of  his  nativity, 
his  education  being  acquired  in  the  public  schools.  When  he  was  seventeen  he  left  the 
parental  roof  and  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world,  and  for  ten  years  there- 
after was  on  the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman.  At  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  went 
to  Texas,  locating  in  the  Panhandle,  where  he  conducted  a  stock  ranch  for  three  years. 
He  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Star  Lumber  Company,  with  which  he  remained  for 
two  years,  following  which  he  engaged  in  the  grain  business  at  Guymon,  Oklahoma,  and 
operated  a  lumberyard  at  Nara  Visa,  New  Mexico,  being  associated  with  U.  .7.  Warren, 
A.  W.  and  B.  E.  Rumage  in  the  latter  enterprise.  He  withdrew  from  the  grain  trade  at 
the  end  of  two  years  and  severed  his  connection  with  the  lumber  company  a  year  later.  In 
1908,  he  came  to  Willcox  and  together  with  C.  W.  Bush  founded  the  business  with  which 
he  is  now  associated.  They  carry  a  large  stock  of  lumber  of  varied  quality  and  a  full  line 
of  building  materials,  including  lime,  cement  and  brick,  and  have  succeeded  in  building  up 
a  large  trade,  owning  one  of  the  thriving  business  enterprises  of  the  community.  As  the 
years  have  passed  they  have  extended  the  scope  of  their  activities  and  now  own  and  main- 
tain yards  at  Bowie,  San  Simon  and  Mascot,  Arizona,  where  they  are  enjoying  a  lucrative 
patronage.  They  own  the  property  where  their  yards  are  located  in  all  four  places,  and 
are  regarded  as  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  substantial  business  concerns  in  the  com- 
munity. Mr.  Angle  owns  a  ranch  three  miles  from  Willcox,  which  he  is  developing,  and 
he  is  also  interested  in  a  ranch  near  Benson,  while  he  owns  several  pieces  of  business 
and  residence  property  in  Willcox,  including  his  attractive  home.  He  is  also  financially 
interested  in  two  additions  to  the  city  and  is  actively  cooperating  in  promoting  their  im- 
provement. 


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In  1898  Mr.  Angle  was  married  to  Miss  Beiilali  L.  Millican,  who  was  born  in  Georgia 
and  is  a  daughter  of  R.  E.  Millican.  In  early  girlhood  she  accompanied  her  parents  on 
tlieir  removal  to  Texas,  where  her  mother  passed  away.  Later  her  father  located  in  Okla- 
homa and  is  now  a  resident  of  Alex,  that  state.  Mrs.  Angle  completed  her  education  in 
Texas  and  subsequently  engaged  in  teaching  school  until  her  marriage.  She  is  the  eldest  in 
a  family  of  four  children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Angle  there  have  been 
born  six  children,  as  follows:  M.  Elizabeth,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1899;  Mabel  L.,  who 
was  born  in  1901;  Clyde  W.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen  months;  Joseph  E.,  born  in 
1905;  B.  Margaret  and  J.  Melvin,  twins,  born  on  the  12th  of  July,  1911.  The  throe  eldest 
children  are  attending  the  public  schools. 

The  family  affiliate  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  fraternally  Mr.  Angle 
holds  membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
Masonic  order.  He  is  now  filling  the  master's  chair  in  the  local  lodge  of  the  last  named 
organization.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  stanch  democrat,  but  does  not  figure  promi- 
nently in  municipal  affairs,  although  he  is  not  remiss  in  matters  of  citizenship  but  enthu- 
siastically indorses  every  movement  inaugurated  for  the  betterment  of  local  conditions. 


JAMES  A.  HOPE. 


James  A.  Hope  is  a  prominent  representative  of  mercantile  interests  as  president  of  the 
Bashford-Burmister  Company,  conducting  the  largest  general  store  in  Prescott.  He  was 
born  in  Canada,  in  1855,  and  subsequently  became  a  resident  of  Michigan,  where  he  remained 
until  1901.  In  that  year  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Bashford-Burmister  Company,  con- 
ducting the  largest  general  store  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  and  eventually  succeeded  to  the 
presidency  of  flie  concern,  having  held  that  position  for  the  past  ten  years.  His  efforts  have 
contributed  in  no  uncertain  degree  to  the  continued  growth  and  success  of  the  Bashford- 
Burmister  Company,  which  conducts  an  up-to-date  and  well  appointed  general  mercantile 
establishment  and  enjoys  an  unassailable  reputation  for  reliability  and  business  integrity. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hope  is  identified  with  the  Masons,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge,  the 
commandery  and  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  His  life  has  been  upright  and  honorable  in  its  varied  relations  and  he  enjoys 
an  extensive  and  favorable  acquaintance  in  both  business  and  social  circles  of  Prescott. 


ARTHUR  G.  HULETT. 


Arthur  G.  Hulett  is  one  of  the  partners  and  the  manager  of  the  oldest  drug  store  in 
Phoenix,  and  in  its  conduct  displays  excellent  business  ability,  keen  discrimination  and 
unfaltering  enterprise.  Moreover,  since  1903  he  has  continuously  served  as  a  member  of  the 
territorial  and  state  board  of  pharmacy  and  has  ever  endeavored  to  hold  high  the  pharma- 
ceutical standards  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Hulett  was  born  in  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  in  1869,  and  at  the  usual  age  began  his  educa- 
tion, which  lie  pursued  through  the  grades  and  eventually  became  a  high-school  student.  .  He 
afterward  took  up  the  study  of  pharmacy  and  was  the  youngest  man  to  pass  the  examination 
before  the  state  board,  of  pharmacy  in  Iowa.  For  five  years  he  was  employed  in  a  drug 
store  in  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  and  in  1890  removed  to  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  where  he  remained  for 
ten  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period,  or  in  1900,  he  came  to  Phoenix  and  purchased 
an  interest  in  the  business  in  which  he  is  now  engaged.  The  drug  store  which  today  is 
owned  by  the  firm  of  Elvey  &  Hulett  was  established  about  1880.  It  passed  into  the  pos- 
session of  E.  E.  Powell  and  later  was  owned  by  George  H.  Keefer.  In  1900  it  became  the 
property  of  Elvey  &  Hulett.  The  store  was  first  opened  in  an  adobe  building  and  has  remained 
at  about  the  same  location  continuously  since.  It  is  today  the  oldest  drug  store  in  Phoenix 
and  one  of  the  best  appointed,  carrying  a  large  and  carefully  selected  line  of  drugs  and 
druggists'  sundries.    Mr.  Hulett's  partner  is  Mary  A.  Elvey.    The  management  of  the  business 


412  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

devolves  upon  Mr.  Hulett  and  in  its  control  lie  displays  excellent  ability,  foresight  and 
undaunted  energy.  His  standing  in  trade  circles  is  indicated  in  tlie  fact  that  he  was  ap- 
pointed in  1903  a  member  of  the  territorial  commission  of  pharmacy  and  has  been  reappointed 
tor  each  term  since,  acting  throughout  the  entire  period  as  secretary  of  the  commission. 
He  is  constantly  studying  to  improve  conditions  existing  in  tlie  drug  trade,  to  promote  the 
interests  of  those  engaged  therein,  and  to  give  to  the  public  a  line  of  unadulterated  gooda. 
He  believes  in  maintaining  a  high  standard  in  this  and  in  other  fields  of  business,  and  his 
labors  have  been   effective  and  far-readiing. 

In  1897  Mr.  Hulett  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha  A.  Cook,  of  Iowa,  and  tliey 
have  become  the  parents  of  three  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hulett  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  active  and  prominent  in  its  work,  and  he  is  now  vice  president  of  the  Men's 
League  of  the  church.  During  1913  he  was  a  director  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  In 
Masonry,  too,  lie  is  prominent,  belonging  to  the  lodge  and  chapter  and  to  Phoenix  Com- 
mandery,  K.  T.,  of  which  lie  was  eminent  commander  in  1912.  He  is  now  the  grand  captain 
general  of  the  (Jrand  Comniandery  of  Arizona.  He  is  also  active  in  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  is 
the  high  priest  and  propliet  of  Kl  Zaribah  Temple.  Tlie  foregoing  indicates  clearly  that  his 
own  standards  of  life  are  high.  He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to  prog- 
ress along  material,  intellectual,  social  and  moral  lines,  and  his  life  during  the  past  few 
decades  has  indeed  been  a  valuable  element  in  general  improvement  in  Phoenix. 


ALBERT  STEINFELD. 


The  gradual  development  of  Arizona  from  a  frontier  wilderness  to  a  prosperous  and 
growing  state  has  been  brouglit  about  through  various  agencies  and  represents  the  combined 
labors  and  eiforts  of  many  men  of  intelligence,  discrimination  and  foresight.  Certain  names, 
however,  stand  out  prominently  upon  the  list  on  account  of  important  accomplishments  in 
industrial,  political  or  professional  life.  Among  those  widely  known  and  honored  throughout 
the  state  none  is  more  justly  entitled  to  mention  in  connection  with  Arizona's  building 
and  development  than  Albert  Steinfeld,  known  as  the  "merchant  prince"  of  Arizona  and 
recognized  as  well  as  the  largest  developer  of  copper  mines  in  tlie  state.  He  is  now  presi- 
dent of  the  Consolidated  National  Bank  of  Tucson  and  has  many  other  important  interests 
which  have  figured  largely  in  the  development  of  the  material  resources  and  the  financial 
strength  of  Arizona. 

A  native  of  Germany,  Mr.  Steinfeld  was  born  in  Hanover  on  the  23d  of  December,  1854, 
and  there  spent  the  first  eight  years  of  his  life,  after  which  he  was  brought  to  the  new 
world,  continuing  liis  education  in  the  public  schools  until  he  reached  the  age  of  fifteen, 
although  he  started  upon  his  business  career  two  years  earlier  and  has  since  been  dependent 
upon  his  own  resources.  The  family  home  had  been  established  in  New  York  city  and  it 
was  there  that  Mr.  Steinfeld  pursued  much  of  his  education  and  received  his  initial  business 
training,  entering  a  large  dry-goods  house  with  which  he  remained  for  two  years.  The 
succeeding  year  was  passed  in  the  employ  of  an  uncle  at  Denver,  Colorado,  and  in  February, 
1872,  he  arrived  in  Tucson,  with  the  commercial  and  business  interests  of  which  city  he  has 
since  been  closely  associated.  Here  he  joined  his  uncles,  A.  and  L.  Zeckendorf,  and  after  six 
years  was  admitted  to  a  partnership  in  a  business  conducted  under  the  firm  style  of  L. 
Zeckendorf  &  Company.  He  became  manager  of  the  business  and  since  1904  has  been  sole 
owner  of  the  great  enterprise,  which  through  his  indefatigable  energy,  foresight,  aggressive- 
ness and  resourceful  ability  has  been  developed  from  a  small  beginning  until  it  is  today 
the  largest  and  most  important  mercantile  establishment  in  Arizona.  The  location  of  the 
store  was  originally  at  the  corner  of  Congress  and  Maine  streets  in  the  old  part  of  the 
city,  but  in  1905  a  new  two  story  and  basement  business  block,  covering  an  area  of  three 
and  one-half  acres  of  floor  space,  was  erected  on  North  Stone  avenue.  It  is  thoroughly 
equipped  in  the  most  modern  manner,  and  there  is  conducted  a  mammoth  department  store 
managed  along  metropolitan  lines  and  constituting  one  of  the  really  important  elements 
in  the  commercial  development  of  the  state.  The  firm  also  does  a  very  large  wholesale  business 
and  their  trade  covers  all  of  southern  Arizona  and  the  west  coast  of  Mexico  as  far  as  the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  il'.i 

Southern  Pacific  of  Mexico  goes.  Their  annual  sales  are  said  to  total  about  two  million 
dollars.  Mr.  Steinfeld  is  farsighted  and  his  sound  judgment  makes  him  capable  of  handling 
an  intricate  situation  with  discrimination.  He  has  ever  held  to  high  standards  in  the  per- 
sonnel of  the  house,  in  the  character  of  service  rendered  to  the  public  and  in  the  lines  of 
goods  carried  and  thus  his  business  lias  become  unequalled  in  the  state  in  volume  and  in 
importance.  The  business  is  now  conducted  under  the  firm  style  of  Albert  Steinfeld  &  Com- 
pany and  one  of  the  secrets  of  success  is  the  cordial  relations  existing  between  the  firm  and 
their  employes,  indicating  mutual  confidence  and  respect  and  resulting  in  most  admirable 
cooperation. 

It  is  not  alone  as  a  merchant,  however,  that  Mr.  Steinfeld  has  done  splendid  work  for 
Arizona,  nor  does  this  one  connection  indicate  in  any  adequate  way  the  scope  and  importance 
of  his  interests.  About  six  years  ago  he  and  some  of  the  other  leading  men  of  Tucson  bought 
all  the  stock  of  the  Consolidated  National  Bank,  which  was  reorganized,  its  capital  doubled, 
and  its  business  vastly  expanded  until  on  the  15th  of  November,  1915,  its  total  assets 
exceeded  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars.  The  officers  are:  Albert  Steinfeld,  presi-- 
dent;  Epes  Randolph,  vice  president;  Charles  E.  Walker,  cashier;  Tenney  Williams  and  John 
C.  Etchells,  assistant  cashiers.  Mr.  Steinfeld  is  considered  the  largest  developer  of  copper 
mines  in  the  state  and  stands  among  the  most  powerful  individual  forces  in  the  growth  of 
the  mining  industry.  In  1881  he  incorporated  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company,  operating 
one  of  the  most  famous  copper  mines  in  the  world,  and  he  was  its  general  manager  for  a 
number  of  years,  his  uncle,  L.  Zeckendorf.  acting  as  treasurer.  This  mine  was  later  sold  to 
the  Phelps-Dodge  Company,  its  present  owners,  and  its  annual  production  is  an  important 
addition  to  the  mining  wealth  of  the  state.  Mr.  Steinfeld  also  organized  the  Ray  Copper 
Company,  controlling  important  interests,  and  he  continued  his  association  with  it  for  some 
time,  later  selling  his  interests  to  English  capitalists,  who  are  still  operating  and  improving 
the  property  with  great  success.  The  Silver  Bell  Copper  Company  is  another  of  Mr.  Stein- 
feld's  important  mining  interests.  It  is  now  owned  by  the  Imperial  Company,  who  have 
spent  large  sums  of  money  improving  its  buildings  and  railroad  facilities  and  who  have 
made  it  one  of  the  most  productive  copper  properties  in  the  state.  Among  Mr.  Steinfeld's 
other  interests  may  be  mentioned  the  Mowry  lA^ad  Mine  at  Patagonia,  which  he  later  sold 
to  the  Mowry  Mining  &  Smelting  Company,  and  the  Alto  Copper  Company  in  the  Salero 
district,  with  which  he  was  connected  until  the  property  controlled  was  bought  by  the  present 
Alto  Copper  Company. 

Mr.  Steinfeld  married,  on  the  15th  of  February,  1883,  Miss  Bettina  V.  Donau,  a  resident 
of  Denver,  Colorado,  and  a  daugliter  of  Simon  Donau,  formerly  a  manufacturer  of  New  York 
city,  who  passed  away  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  several  years  ago.  They  have  become  the 
parents  of  four  children:     Lester  A.,  Irene,  Harold  and  Viola. 

In  his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Steinfeld  is  a  Mason  and  an  Elk.  He  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  later  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade  when  it  suc- 
ceeded the  former.  His  life  has  been  preeminently  that  of  a  successful  business  man, 
merchant  and  banker  and  yet  his  activities  and  assistance  reach  out  along  various  lines 
relative  to  the  good  of  the  individual  and  of  the  community.  As  a  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  citizen  he  has  taken  a  commendable  interest  in  public  affairs.  A  man  of  sterling 
integrity,  commanding  force  and  of  firm  convictions,  he  has  left  the  impress  of  his  great 
ability  and  his  forceful  personality  upon  the  general  business  development  of  Arizona.    ' 


.lAMES  L.  GIBSON. 


James  L.  Gibson,  living  retired  in  Globe,  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1853  and  is  a  son  of 
Charles  L.  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Lambeth)  Gibson,  the  former  a  native  of  that  state  and  the 
latter  of  Tennessee.  As  a  child  the  mother  removed  to  Missouri  and  there  her  marriage 
occurred,  after  wliich  she  and  her  husband  continued  to  reside  in  that  state  until  1853.  the 
father  engaging  in  general  farming  and  stock-raising.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Llano 
county,  Texas,  and  there  continued  farming  until  1889,  when  he  sold  his  place  and  moved 
his  stock  to  New  Mexico,  remaining  a  resident  of  that  state  for  five  years.     In  1894  he  came 


414  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Globe,  where  lie  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  dealing  until  his 
death  in  1897.  He  had  long  survived  his  wife,  lier  death  having  occurred  in  Texas  in  1873. 
To  their  union  were  born  thirteen  children,  eiglit  of  wliom  are  still  living,  the  subject  of 
this  review  being  the  second  in  order  of  birth. 

James  L.  Gibson  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Texas  and  remained 
in  that  state  until  1893,  giving  his  entire  attention  to  farming  and  stock-raising.  When  he 
left  Texas  he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  near  Phoenix,  where  he  took  up  government 
land,  engaging  in  farming  for  four  years  thereafter  in  the  Salt  River  valley.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  lie  removed  to  Congress  Junction  and  there  operated  a  stock  ranch  until  1904, 
when  he  disposed  of  all  his  interests  and  removed  to  Globe,  turning  his  attention  to  mining. 
He  was  very  successful  in  this  work  and  is  today  in  control  of  important  mining  properties 
in  Gila  county,  the  income  from  which  lias  enabled  him  to  early  retire  from  active  business 
life.  He  owns  a  fine  home  in  Globe  and  other  real  estate  in  the  city  and  gives  a  great  deal 
of  attention  to  the  supervision  of  his  important  interests. 

In  1882  Mr.  Gibson  married  Miss  Maggie  E.  Campbell,  a  native  of  Illinois  and  a  daughter 
of  Archie  Campbell,  who  was  born  in  Scotland  and  came  to  America  before  his  marriage, 
settling  in  lUinos.  From  that  state  he  removed  to  Texas  in  1881  and  there  three  years  later 
his  wife  passed  away.  Afterward  Mr.  Campbell  came  to  Phoenix  and  made  his  home  with 
the  subject  of  this  review  until  his  death  in  1902.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gibson  have  become  the 
parents  of  seven  children:  James  Roy,  who  was  born  in  1883  and  is  now  in  the  insurance 
business  in  Phoenix;  Walter  W.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1886  and  who  is  serving  as  deputy 
sheriff  of  Winkelman;  Charles  A.,  wlio  was  born  in  1888  and  is  now  a  student  in  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin;  Winnie  K.,  who  was  born  in  1890  and  is  now 
attending  a  business  college  in  Madison,  Wisconsin;  Audrey  E.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1893 
and  who  is  the  wife  of  Robert  Whalley,  of  Globe;  and  Lewis  and  Lottie,  twins,  who  were 
born  in  1896  and  are  attending  liigh  school.     The  family  are  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 

Mr.  Gibson  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  interested  in 
everything  pertaining  to  the  growth  and  development  of  Globe,  his  vote  and  influence  being 
always  on  the  side  of  right,  reform  and  progress.  His  success  in  life  is  due  to  his  own 
exertions,  for  he  has  acquired  everything  which  he  now  enjoys  through  his  own  energy,  ability 
and  resourcefulness.  He  is  widely  known  throughout  Gila  county  as  a  representative  citizen 
and  commands  and  holds  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  entire  community. 


JUDGE  SIDNEY  SAPP. 


The  judicial  history  of  Navajo  county  would  be  incomplete  and  unsatisfactory  were 
there  failure  to  make  mention  of  Judge  Sidney  Sapp,  who  in  1911  was  elected  to  the  bench 
of  the  superior  court  of  Arizona.  Since  1909  he  has  been  an  able  member  of  the  bar  of 
that  county  and  throughout  his  entire  business  career  has  been  prominently  identified  with 
the  legal  profession  or  with  positions  of  public  responsibility  and  trust. 

The  Judge  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Fayette  county,  Illinois,  in  1868  and  remained  in 
his  native  state  until  1875,  when  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Missouri,  acquiring  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state.  He  was  afterward  a  student  at 
Christian  College  in  Weaubleau,  Missouri,  where  he  read  law,  winning  admission  to  the 
bar  at  Stockton,  Missouri,  in  1895.  For  some  years  thereafter  ho  practiced  his  profession 
in  that  state  but  in  1902  went  to  Oklahoma,  where  he  held  the  position  of  postmaster  at 
Hominy  and  afterward  that  of  United  court  commissi(mer  at  Ralston. 

Judge  Sapp  went  to  Holbrook,  Arizona,  in  February,  1909,  and  there  resumed  the 
practice  of  his  jirofession,  in  which  he  has  since  attained  notable  success.  His  mind  is 
analytical,  logical  and  inductive,  and  he  has  the  faculty  of  so  presenting  his  arguments  as 
to  impress  court,  jury  and  the  general  public  alike  with  his  full  meaning.  He  has  taken 
part  in  a  great  deal  of  important  litigation  and  has  always  been  one  of  the  closest  students 
of  his  profession  in  this  section.  His  legal  ability  received  recognition  in  1911,  when  he 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  judge  of  the  superior  court,  and  he  has  since  served  in  that 
rapacity,  discharging  his  duties  elliciently  and  ably.     Many  of  the  opinions  written  by  him 


JUDGE  SIDNEY  SAPP 


AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  417 

Iiavo  come  to  be  locogiiized  standards  in  almost  general  use  throughout  the  courts  of  the 
state.  With  a  thorough  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  law 
he  combines  a  clear  and  sober  judgment,  which  makes  him  not  only  a  formidable  legal 
adversary  but  has  also  given  him  the  distinction  on  the  bench  of  having  very  few  deci- 
sions revised  or  reversed.  He  is  also  prominently  connected  with  journalistic  interests 
of  the  city  in  which  he  resides,  having  founded  in  1909  the  Holbrook  News,  which  under  his 
able  management  has  grown  to  be  a  powerful  organ  in  the  direction  of  public  thought  and 
opinion. 

Judge  Sapp  was  married  6n  the  15th  of  June,  1911,  to  Mrs.  Alma  (Fortner)  Spears, 
who  has  one  daughter  by  her  former  marriage,  now  attending  the  Flagstaff  Normal  School. 
Fraternally  the  Judge  is  a  prominent  JIason,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge  at  Holbrook,  the 
chapter  at  Winslow,  the  consistory  at  Tucson  and  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Phoenix.  He  is  also 
connected  with  the  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a  republican  in  politics.  A  member  of  the  Arizona 
bar  for  only  seven  years,  he  has  already  made  a  splendid  record  by  reason  of  his  pro- 
nounced ability,  which  has  resulted  from  close  study  and  research,  unremitting  endeavor 
and  the  exercise  of  his  native  talents  and  forces.  Those  who  know  him  in  other  than  pro- 
fessional relations  find  him  always  courteous  and  sincere,  and  no  man  more  fully  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  the  people  or  more  fully  deserves  the  respect  and  esteem  in  which  he  is 
uniformly  held. 


CARROLL  L.  SCOTT. 


Carroll  L.  Scott  has  devoted  his  life  largely  to  educational  work  among  the  Indians  and 
has  risen  to  a  high  place  in  the  government  service,  being  now  principal  of  the  Indian  school 
at  Phoenix.  He  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1875  and  in  that  state  acquired  his  public  school  educa- 
tion. He  afterward  attended  Marietta  College  and  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Oliio. 
For  four  years  he  was  in  the  railroad  business  and  then  for  one  year  resumed  his  teaching. 

In  1907  Mr.  Scott  entered  the  government  Indian  service  and  became  connected  with  the 
Stockbridge  Indian  school  in  Wisconsin.  In  1908  he  was  transferred  to  the  White  Moiuitain 
Apache  reservation  in  Arizona  and  he  did  such  excellent  work  in  this  field  that  in  1910  he 
was  made  ])rincipal  teacher  of  the  Phoeni.x  Indian  school.  He  has  accomplished  a  great  deal 
of  important  work  since  tliat  time  both  as  principal  and  teacher  and  is  regarded  today  as 
one  of  the  most  valuable  men  in  the  service,  for  he  has  made  a  special  study  of  Indian  needs 
and  characteristics,  founding  success  upon  practical  knowledge  and  wide  experience. 

On  the  34th  of  December,  1901,  Mr.  Scott  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Beulah  I. 
Lapham,  of  Beaumont,  Texas.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church  and  is  a  man  of 
exemplary  character  and  high  standards.  He  takes  a  keen  and  intelligent  interest  in  the 
work  to  which  he  gives  his  time  and  attention,  and  he  possesses,  moreover,  the  faculty  of 
inspiring  those  under  him  with  something  of  his  own  zeal  and  enthusiasm. 


CHARLES  C.  KEELER. 


Charles  C.  Keeler  is  one  of  the  conscientious  and  capable  oflficials  of  Yavapai  county 
and  since  1912  has  done  creditable  and  able  work  in  the  office  of  sheriff.  Since  1888  lie  has 
been  engaged  in  the  freighting  and  packing  business  at  Prescott  and  is  today  classed  among 
the  progressive  and  representative  business  men  of  the  city,  where  he  has  made  his  home 
for  over  a  quarter  of  a  century.  He  was  born  in  Iowa  in  April,  1859,  and  is  a  son  of  Eli 
Keeler,  who  went  to  that  state  as  a  pioneer  but  removed  to  Kansas  in  1869,  and  there  his 
death  occurred  in  the  following  year.  His  wife  afterward  lived  in  Lyndon,  Kansas,  where 
she  passed  away. 

Charles  C.  Keeler  acquired  a  public  school  education  and  following  the  completion  of  his 
studies  worked  for  some  time  upon,  a  farm.  He  went  to  W'yoming  in  1877  and  there  became 
connected  with  the  business  in  which  he  has  since  engaged.     He  has  followed  freighting  and 


418  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

packing  all  over  the  west  and  a  great  deal  of  his  present  success  is  due  to  his  wide  experi- 
ence and  thorough  familiarity  with  this  line  of  work.  He  came  to  Arizona  in  June,  1888, 
settling  in  I'rescott,  where  he  immediately  became  connected  with  the  freighting  business. 
Tliroughout  the  years  which  followed  his  enterprise  has  grown  rapidly  and  he  is  now  the 
proprietor  of  one  of  the  finest  freighting  outfits  in  the  city  and  in  control  of  a  large  and 
growing  patronage. 

In  August,  1902,  Mr.  Keeler  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eilla  E.  Wilson,  of  Prescott, 
and  they  have  become  the  ])arents  of  a  son,  Charles  Wilson.  Mr.  Keeler  is  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  gives  liis  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  par^y 
and  is  interested  in  public  afl'airs,  coojierating  in  many  movements  for  the  general  good. 
For  three  years  he  served  as  deputy  sheriff  under  Mr.  Smith  and  in  1912  was  elected  sheriff 
of  Yavapai  county,  in  which  position  he  has  since  done  creditable  and  able  work.  Mr. 
Keeler  is  one  of  the  older  residents  of  Prescott  and  has  become  well  known  in  the  city  as  a 
capable  business  man,  a  public-spirited  oliicial  and  a  useful  and  progressive  citizen. 


GEORGE  H.  COFFIN. 


The  career  of  George  H.  Coffin  furnishes  many  excellent  examides  of  the  value  of  energy 
and  enterprise  in  the  development  of  a  successful  career  and  his  prosperity  places  him  among 
the  leading  business  men  of  Phoenix,  where  since  1906  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  transfer 
business.  He  was  born  in  Leavenworth,  Kansas.  June  17,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  George  B. 
and  Sarah  (Hammond)  Coffin,  who  removed  from  Illinois  to  Kansas  in  1864,  the  father 
engaging  in  ranching  in  that  state  for  a  number  of  years. 

George  H.  Coffin  acquired  a  public  school  education  and  in  1888  r(?moved  to  Arizona. 
He  located  in  Flagstaff  in  1892  and  established  himself  in  tlie  fruit  and  cigar  business,  after- 
ward opening  a  general  meichandise  store.  He  embarked  upon  this  enter|)rise  with  a  capital 
of  thirty  dollars  and  through  his  untiring  and  well  directed  labors  developed  a  business  worth 
eighty-five  thousand  dollars  a  year.  In  connection  with  it  Mr.  Coffin  also  operated  a  sheep 
ranch  and  made  this  an  im|)ortant  and  profitable  enterprise.  In  1906  he  disposed  of  his 
interests  in  Flagstaff  and  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  on  the  1st  of  January,  1911,  lie  started 
the  transfer  business  which  he  now  conducts  under  the  name  of  the  Lightning  Delivery  Com- 
pany. He  has  forty  teams  and  five  auto  trucks  and  is  in  control  of  a  large  and  growing 
business.     The  firm  also  has  five  warehouses  for  storage  purposes,  one  of  which  is  fireproof. 

On  the  10th  of  July,  1901,  Mr.  Coffin  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Etta  Farmer,  of 
Springfield.  Missouri,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children.  Mr.  Coffin  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  lodge  and  chapter.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  Phoenix,  hav- 
ing already  established  himself  among  the  able  and  successful  business  men  of  the  com- 
munity. 


LEO  GOLDSCHMIDT. 


Leo  Goldschmidt  is  president  of  the  Eagle  Flour  Milling  Company  of  Tucson  and  has 
been  connected  with  various  other  business  concerns  that  have  contributed  to  the  material 
development  and  upbuilding  of  the  state.  In  fact,  his  work  is  of  wide  worth  and  he  is  a 
worthy  representative  of  that  class  of  citizens  who  while  promoting  individual  interests 
also  advance  the  general  prosperity.  He  was  born  in  Hamburg,  (Germany,  September  15, 
1852,  a  son  of  Samuel  H.  and  Frederika  (Lichtenhein)  Goldschmidt.  The  father  was  engaged 
in  the  banking  business  as  manager  of  tlie  Hamburg  brancli  of  the  C:o)ienhagen  Bank  but 
during  the  financial  crisis  of  1857  the  bank  failed,  after  which  he  entered  into  active  con- 
nection with  manufacturing  interests  in  Hamburg.  He  passed  away  in  1884,  at  the  venerable 
age  of  eighty-four  years,  while  his  wife  died  in  1878,  at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years.  In  their 
family  were  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  of  whom  seven  are  living,  and  all  came  to  the 
new  world.     Gertrude,  the  eldest,  is  the  widow  of  William  Florsheim   and   is  now   making 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  419 

her  home  with  lier  brother  Leo  in  Tucson.  Matilda  became  the  wife  of  Aaron  Zeckendorf, 
a  pioneer  resident  of  Tucson  and  founder  of  the  firm  of  L.  Zeckendorf  &  Company,  until 
recently  conducting  one  of  the  most  important  commercial  enterprises  of  the  southwest  and 
now  succeeded  by  A.  Steinfeld  &  Company.  Mr.  Zeckendorf  died  in  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico, 
bince  which  time  his  widow  has  returned  to  Hamburj;,  Germany,  where  she  now  makes  her 
home.  Henry  S.  is  a  practicing  attorney  of  Chicago.  Eva  is  the  widow  of  J.  S.  Mansfcld, 
who  conducted  the  pioneer  news  depot  of  Tucson,  in  which  city  she  is  still  living.  Adolf,  who 
for  several  years  was  associated  with  his  brother  Leo  in  business,  died  in  the  year  1899. 
Leo  is  the  ne.xt  of  the  family.  Helen  became  the  wife  of  M.  Laventhal  and  resides  in  Los 
Angeles,  California.     Alfred  .J.  completes  the  family. 

IjCo  Goldschmidt  spent  his  youthful  days  in  Hamburg,  Germany,  and  completed  his 
education  in  the  high  school  of  that  city.  He  was  eighteen  years  of  age  when,  attracted  by 
the  opportunities  of  the  new  world,  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  and  made  his  way  direct  to 
Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  mercantile  house  of  Solomon  Spiegel- 
berg  until  1878,  when  he  removed  to  Tucson.  In  the  meantime  he  had  carefully  saved  his 
earnings  until  his  economy  and  industry  had  enabled  him  to  carry  out  his  cherished  plan 
of  embarking  in  business  on  his  own  account  and  following  his  removal  to  Tucson  he  opened 
a  furniture  store,  which  he  successfully  conducted  for  ten  years,  making  it  one  of  the 
important  mercantile  enterprises  of  the  city.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  organized 
the  Kagle  Flour  Milling  Company,  of  which  he  is  still  the  president.  He  was  practically  the 
pioneer  in  this  line  of  work  in  southern  Arizona,  for  he  erected  the  first  modern  flour  mill 
m  Tucson.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Consolidated  National  Bank  of  Tucson  and  has  been 
connected  with  various  other  financial  and  industrial  enterprises,  being  now  president  of 
the  Gila  Valley  Milling  Company  at  SafTord,  Arizona.  His  plans  are  well  defined  and  care- 
fully executed  and  he  is  regarded  as  a  forceful  and  resourceful  business  man  who  throughout 
his  career  has  readily  recognized  and  utilized  opportunities  tliat  otiiers  have  passed  heed- 
lessly by. 

Mr.  Goldschmidt  is  a  man  who  enjoys  the  confidence  and  high  regard  of  all  with  whom 
lie  comes  in  contact  through  business  or  social  relations.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Scottish  Rite 
Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  also  holds  member- 
ship in  the  Old  Pueblo  Club  and  is  a  member  of  the  Tucson  Golf  and  Country  Club.  In  these 
organizations  he  has  gained  many  friends  and  bis  worth  as  a  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  his 
city  is  widely  acknowledged. 


W.  H.  TIMERHOFF. 


Among  the  representative  anil  valued  citizens  of  Prescott  is  numbered  W.  H.  Timerhoff, 
now  mayor  of  the  city,  and  since  1904  connected  with  its  business  interests  as  the  proprietor 
of  a  first  class  drug  store.  He  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1865.  and  in  his 
early  childhood  moved  with  his  parents  to  Illinois,  where  he  acquired  a  public  school  educa- 
tion. At  the  age  of  eigiiteen  years  he  removed  to  South  Dakota,  settling  in  Chamberlain, 
where  he  studied  pharmacy.  Following  his  graduation  he  opened  a  drug  store  in  Hill 
City,  South  Dakota,  and  conducted  that  successfully  until  1900,  when  he  came  to  Arizona. 
After  one  year  spent  in  traveling  he  bought  a  drug  store  in  Flagstaff  and  remained  active 
in  its  operation  until  1904.  In  that  year  he  sold  out  and  moved  to  Prescott,  where  he 
bought  the  drug  store  owned  by  W.  P.  Covilland.  This  he  has  since  conducted  and  under 
his  able  management  it  has  become  one  of  the  leading  pharmacies  in  the  city.  Mr.  Timerhbff 
controls  a  large  patronage,  for  his  goods  are  of  high  quality,  his  prices  reasonable  and  his 
business  methods  straightforward  and  honorable. 

In  South  Dakota,  Mr.  Timerhoff  married  Miss  Jessie  Green,  who  passed  away  in^  Flag- 
staff, Arizona.  Later  he  married  again,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Louise  Fakin,  of 
Elgin,  Illinois. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Timerhoff  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Masonic  lodge, 
chapter  and  coramandery,  the  Woodmen,  the  Elks  and  the  Moose.  He  is  one  of  the  leading 
democrats  in  Prescott  and  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs,  cooperating 


420  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  all  movements  and  projects  for  the  general  good.  During  Cleveland's  second  adminis- 
tration lie  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Hill  City,  South  Dakota,  and  he  is  now  serving  in  the 
office  of  mayor  of  Prescott.  He  is  giving  the  city  a  straightforward,  progressive  and  business- 
like administration  and  has  accomplished  a  great  deal  of  constructive  work  along  lines  of 
municipal  development.  His  official  record  reflects  credit  upon  his  ability  and  his  public 
spirit,  and  he  has  also  won  a  place  of  prominence  in  business  and  social  circles. 


RALPH  LEE  ALEXANDER,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Ralph  Lee  Alexander,  one  of  the  prominent,  able  and  successful  physicians  and  sur- 
geons in  Tempe,  was  born  in  Illinois  on  the  20th  of  August,  1876,  and  in  his  native  state 
acquired  a  public  school  education.  He  was  afterward  for  two  years  a  student  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Missouri  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  entered  the  Kansas  City  University,  gradu- 
ating from  the  medical  department  in  1903.  In  the  same  year  he  came  to  Arizona  and 
after  spending  eight  months  in  Florence  located  in  Tempe,  where  he  lias  since  resided  and 
where  through  a  residence  of  almost  thirteen  years  lie  has  been  accorded  an  extensive  practice, 
placing  him  in  a  prominent  position  among  the  medical  and  surgical  practitioners  of  the  city. 

In  1905  Dr.  Alexander  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bessie  Boon,  of  Missouri,  and 
they  have  become  the  parents  of  one  daughter.  The  Doctor  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  His  political  allegiance  is  given 
to  the  democratic  party.  He  belongs  to  the  Arizona  State  and  the  Maricopa  County  Medical 
Societies  and  the  American  Medical  Association  and  thus  keeps  in  touch  with  the  progress 
of  the  profession  through  the  society  discussions  of  measures,  methods  and  principles. 


LEANDER   LA    CHANCE. 


In  the  death  of  Leander  La  Chance  Phoenix  lost  one  of  her  representative  business  men 
who  for  a  long  period  had  occupied  a  prominent  position  in  commercial  circles  of  the  city. 
He  passed  away  on  the  28th  of  May,  1910,  at  the  age  of  si.xty-si.x  years,  his  birth  having 
occurred  in  St.  Cyprien,  near  Montreal,  Canada,  on  the  14th  of  February,  1844.  The  family 
is  of  French  descent,  being  founded  in  America  by  his  great-great-grandfather  who  in  early 
life  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  Canada. 

In  early  life  Leander  La  Chance  left  his  northern  home  and  made  his  way  southward 
to  New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  Subsequently  he  went  to  St.  Louis  and  afterward  was  located 
in  Wausau,  Wisconsin,  where  he  owned  and  conducted  a  grocery  store  for  a  number  of 
years,  winning  a  place  among  the  representative  business  men  of  that  city.  The  opportuni- 
ties of  the  southwest  attracted  him  and  about  1897  he  arrived  in  Arizona,  making  his  way 
to  Phoenix,  where  for  two  years  he  was  emjiloyed  as  steward  in  the  insane  asylum.  About 
the  time  he  gave  up  that  position  E.  S.  Wakelin  establislied  his  large  wholesale  and  retail 
grocery  store,  and  six  months  afterward  Mr.  La  Chance  became  general  manager,  in  which 
responsible  position  he  continued  to  the  time  of  his  death.  During  his  residence  in  that 
city  he  came  to  be  regarded  as  one  whose  opinions  deserved  respectful  consideration.  In 
matters  of  business  his  judgment  was  sound,  his  discrimination  keen  and  his  industry  unfalter- 
ing. As  manager  of  the  Wakelin  Wholesale  &  Retail  Grocery  House  he  carefully  formulated 
his  plans  and  carried  them  forward  to  successful  completion  so  that  his  efforts  were  an 
important  element  in  the  success  which  attended  the  business. 

On  the  34th  of  March,  1872,  in  Wausau,  Wisconsin.  Mr.  La  Chance  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Imogen  Florence  Hanscom,  of  that  city,  who  was  born  in  Sheboygan,  Wis- 
consin, on  the  22d  of  November,  185.3,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Dudley  Marvin  and  Elizabeth 
Isabella  (Pickering)  Hanscom.  The  father,  who  at  one  time  was  a  merchant  of  Sheboy- 
gan, is  now  deceased.  Mr.  La  Chance  is  survived  by  his  widow  and  three  children,  namely: 
Marie  Isabel,  principal  of  the  Washington  school  of  Phoenix;  Ethel  Alice,  the  wife  of  W.  F. 
Rudolph,  of  San  Diego,  California,  by  whom  she  has  one  daughter,  Doris  Marie;  and  Leander 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  421 

H.,  president  of  the  Flexible  Shaft  Company  of  Chicago,  who  married  Helen  Sargent,  of 
Wausau,  Wisconsin,  and  has  three  children,  Donald  L.,  Virginia  and  Helen. 

Mr.  La  Chance  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Maricopa  County  Commercial  Club  and 
has  been  greatly  missed  in  the  councils  of  that  association,  of  which  he  was  vice  president 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  belonged  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  local  lodge  conducted 
the  funeral  services.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  First  Metliodist  Episcopal  church  for  a 
number  of  years,  taking  an  active  part  in  its  work  and  serving  on  its  official  board  at  the  time 
of  his  demise.  His  life  was  actuated  by  its  teachings  and  guided  by  its  principles  and  he 
was  recognized  among  his  fellow  townsmen  as  a  high  type  of  Christian  manhood  and  citizen- 
ship. 

Mrs.  La  Chance,  who  resides  in  Phoenix,  is  president  of  the  state  organization  of  the 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union,  a  work  with  wliich  she  has  been  identified  for  nearly 
forty  years,  first  becoming  interested  in  it  while  a  resident  of  Chicago  in  1877.  Since  coming 
to  Arizona  in  1895  she  has  done  invaluable  work  in  the  interests  of  temperance.  She  was 
elected  state  president  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  of  Arizona  in  1900  and 
under  her  able  leadership  most  excellent  results  have  been  accomplished.  She  has  served  in 
that  capacity  continuously  since  1900  with  the  exception  of  one  year.  Mrs.  La  Chance  is 
an  ardent  advocate  of  woman  suffrage  and  has  gained  a  wide  acquaintance  throughout  Ari- 
zona as  a  result  of  her  activity  in  various  movements  for  social  and  moral  uplift. 


E.  L.  HIGDON. 


E.  L.  Higdon,  conducting  a  profitable  and  well  managed  transfer  business  in  Globe,  was 
born  in  eastern  Tennessee  in  1867  and  is  a  son  of  Eli  L.  and  ilalissa  Higdon,  the  former  a 
native  of  South  Carolina  and  the  latter  of  Tennessee.  The  parents  died  when  the  subject  of 
this  review  was  a  small  child,  leaving  ten  children,  four  of  whom  still  survive. 

E.  L.  Higdon  remained  in  his  native  state  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  and  then 
accompanied  his  brothers  and  sisters  to  Arkansas  and  thence  to  Indian  Territory.  From 
there  they  returned  to  Tennessee  but  in  1881  Mr.  Higdon  went  to  Colorado,  engaging  in 
farming  in  that  state  for  four  years.  In  1885  he  came  to  Globe,  Arizona,  making  the  journey 
overland  with  wagons  and  landing  just  in  time  to  come  in  contact  with  the  Indian  outbreak 
headed  by  Geronimo.  He,  however,  reached  the  city  without  any  serious  trouble  and  after 
his  arrival  turned  his  attention  to  mining  but  subsequently  abandoned  that  occupation  and 
conducted  a  cattle  ranch  lu'ar  the  present  site  of  the  Roosevelt  dam  for  three  years.  He  then 
left  Globe  and  went  to  Flagstaff,  wlience  after  one  year  he  removed  to  Prescott  and  there 
engaged  in  mining  in  the  employ  of  the  Phelps-Dodge  Mining  Company  until  1891.  In  that 
year  he  went  to  Contra  Costa  county,  California,  and  again  turned  his  attention  to  farming, 
but  after  four  years  returned  to  Globe,  where  he  formed  a  partner.ship  with  his  brother  and 
engaged  in  extensive  mining  operations.  At  the  end  of  four  years  he  went  to  Mexico,  spend- 
ing one  year  in  a  mercantile  establishment  at  Cananea,  and  from  that  city  he  returned  to 
California,  turning  his  attention  to  quartz  mining  in  Placer  county.  In  1902  he  again  came 
to  Globe  and  after  working  for  a  while  as  a  member  of  a  machine  gang  established  )iimself 
in  the  transfer  business,  to  which  he  has  since  given  his  entire  attention.  He  handles  all 
of  the  transfer  business  controlled  by  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  in  the  city  and 
has  secured  a  large  outside  patronage,  his  honorable  and  progressive  business  methods  and 
his  enterprising  spirit  having  gained  their  natural  reward.  From  time  to  time  he  has  invested 
judiciously  in  real  estate  and  has  now  valuable  property  holdings,  including  two  residences 
on  Cedar  street  and  a  tract  of  land,  five  acres  in  extent,  near  the  city  limits. 

Mr.  Higdon  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Eva  Simpson,  of  California,  who  died  three 
months  after  the  marriage.  In  1903  he  wedded  Mrs.  Sarah  Pence,  the  widow  of  John  I. 
Pence,  who  died  in  Globe,  leaving  one  son,  Raymond,  a  resident  of  that  city.  Mrs.  Higdon 
was  born  in  Chester  county,  England,  and  after  the  death  of  her  parents  came  to  America, 
crossing  the  Atlantic  in  1890.  Previous  to  her  marriage  she  conducted  a  millinery  and 
dressmaking  business  and  of  late  years  has  become  interested  in  osteopathy,  having  gradu- 
ated in   that  science  in   1913. 


422  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Mr.  Higdoii  gives  his  political  allegiaiuo  to  the  democratic  party  and  fraternally  is 
lonnccted  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  having  tilled  part  of  the  chairs  in  the  local  lodge. 
He  is  a  man  of  strong  character  and  sterling  worth  and  well  merits  the  high  regard  in 
which  he  is  uniformly  held. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  BARNES. 

One  of  the  foremost  representatives  of  the  Arizona  bar  during  territorial  days  was  the 
late  William  Henry  Barnes,  who  was  an  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  court  for  four 
years  and  in  his  private  practice  was  connected  with  many  of  the  most  famous  mining 
litigations  in  the  history  of  the  state.  From  1883  until  the  time  of  his  death  in  1904  he 
was  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Tucson,  exerting  an  influence  that  did  much 
to  mold  the  history  of  the  state,  and  to  the  progress  and  development  of  the  commonwealth 
lie  contributed  both  as  a  private  citizen  and  public  official. 

Hampton,  Connecticut,  was  the  place  of  his  birth,  his  natal  year  being  1843,  and  his 
parents  William  and  Eunice  (Hubbard)  Barnes.  He  was  descended  in  both  lines  from  old 
American  families,  his  father's  people  originally  coining  from  the  south,  while  his  mother 
was  of  New  England  extraction.  The  paternal  grandfather  removed  from  Maryland,  of 
which  state  he  was  a  native,  to  Portsmouth,  Ohio,  in  the  early  years  of  the  nineteenth 
century.  In  that  city  occurred  the  birth  of  William  Barnes,  the  father  of  oiu-  subject,  in 
1812.  Reared  in  a  home  of  comfortable  circumstances,  he  was  given  better  advantages 
than  fell  to  the  lot  of  the  majority  of  youths  of  that  period,  and  comi)leted  his  education  at 
Yale  University.  He  was  subsequently  ordained  a  minister  in  the  Presbyterian  church, 
occupying  pulpits  in  various  sections  of  the  east  and  middle  west  for  fifty  years.  In  18.53, 
he  removed  to  Alton,  Illinois,  and  for  many  years  made  his  home  in  that  state,  spending 
the  latter  period  of  his  life  in  retirement  in  .lacksonville.  The  mother  of  William  Henry 
Barnes  was  born  and  reared  in  Manchester,  Coniiecti<ut,  where  her  father,  who  was  a  farmer, 
passed  his  entiie  life.  The  maternal  grandmotlier  was  a  Miss  Talcott  and  a  niece  of  the 
Revolutionary  hero,  Nathan  Hale. 

The  education  of  William  Henry  Barnes  was  begun  in  his  native  state,  where  he  passed 
the  first  ten  years  of  his  life.  After  the  family  removed  to  Illinois  he  continued  his  studies 
in  the  public  schools  of  Alton  until  qualified  for  college,  when  he  enrolled  in  the  Illinois 
College  at  Jacksonville,  that  state.  He  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
in  1885  and  immediately  afterward  began  his  legal  studies  in  the  University  of  Michigan. 
He  diligently  applied  himself  to  tlu'  mastery  of  the  principles  of  jurisprudence  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  18GG.  Having  chosen  .lacksonville  as  his  |)lace  of  residence  he 
returned  to  the  town  of  his  alma  mater  and  established  an  ofiice,  which  he  maintained  for 
nearly  twenly  years.  He  was  an  active  young  iiuni  of  earnest  purpose  and  readily  inspired 
confidence  in  the  business  and  professional  nu-n  of  the  town,  among  whom  he  built  up  a 
large  and  lucrative  practice.  Soon  after  opening  his  office  he  was  appointed  legal  representa- 
tive for  the  Wabash  Railroad  Company,  and  with  the  dawning  recognition  of  his  abilities 
he  added  to  his  clientele  various  other  corporations  of  local  prominence. 

Mr.  Barnes  removed  to  Arizona  in  188.5,  locating  in  Tucson,  where  he  engaged  in  practice 
until  his  death  on  November  10,  1904.  The  .same  yar  he  was  appointed  associate  chief 
justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  territory,  representing  the  first  judicial  district  in  this 
capacity  for  four  years.  Later  he  became  associated  in  practice  with  .lohii  II.  Martin,  his 
son-in-law,  under  the  fimi  name  of  Barnes  &  Martin.  It  was  a  strong  combination  and 
they  numbered  among  their  clients  many  of  tlie  territory's  representative  citizens,  among 
them  W.  C.  Greene,  the  copper  king,  and  were  legal  advisers  for  the  (ircene  Consolidated 
('opper  Company.  Judge  Barnes  was  not  only  widely  versed  in  legal  lore,  but  he  was  one 
of  the  strongest  debaters  and  ablest  public  speakers  in  the  southwest  at  that  period.  His 
ease  of  manner,  ready  command  of  ICnglish,  concise  habits  of  speech  and  ability  to  quickly 
recognize  a  weakness  in  his  opponent's  argument  made  him  a  much  dreaded  foe  in  forensic 
battles.  He  became  interested  in  mining  and  was  president  of  the  Cieneguita  Copper  Com- 
pany of  Sonora,  Mexico. 


WILLIAM  H.  BARNES 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  425 

In  Illinois,  in  1872,  Judge  Barnes  was  married  to  Miss  Belle  J.  Dailey,  a  native  of 
Carthage,  that  state,  and  to  them  was  born  one  daughter,  Josephine,  the  wife  of  John  H. 
Martin,  her  father's  legal  partner,  who  resides  on  Riverside  Drive,  New  York  city. 

Judge  Barnes  was  the  second  president  of  the  Arizona  Bar  Association,  of  which  organi- 
zation he  was  an  active  member  during  the  years  of  his  connection  with  the  legal  profession 
of  Tucson.  His  fraternal  relations  were  confined  to  his  membership  in  the  Masonic  lodge. 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Benevolent  Trotective  Order  of  Elks.  His  political 
views  coincided  with  the  principles  of  the  democratic  party,  of  which  he  was  a  stanch 
supporter.  He  became  identified  with  political  activities  during  the  early  years  of  his 
practice  in  Illinois,  beginning  his  public  career  as  representative  to  the  state  legislature  in 
1871  and  1872.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  national  democratic  conventions  in  1876,  1880  and 
1884,  and  a  member  of  every  state  convention  held  in  Illinois  from  1865  to  1885.  Although 
he  never  held  any  official  position  after  coming  to  Arizona,  save  that  of  associate  justice,  he 
was  one  of  the  leaders  in  every  public  movement  and  must  be  accorded  much  credit  for  the 
service  he  rendered  not  only  to  the  community  where  he  resided  but  to  the  state  by  reason 
of  the  spirit  of  progress  he  manifested  and  the  enthusiastic  cooperation  he  extended  to  every 
commendable  enterprise. 


RALPH  J.  ROPER,  D.  D.  S. 


Dr.  Ralph  J.  Roper,  who  since  1899  has  engaged  in  the  practice  of  dentistry  in  Prcscott, 
was  born  in  Garden  Prairie,  Illinois,  in  1873.  After  completing  his  public  school  education 
he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  where  he  studied  dentistry,  graduating  with  the 
degree  of  D.  D.  S.  in  1898.  Following  this  he  spent  one  year  in  Santa  Ana,  California,  and 
in  1899  came  to  Prescott,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  practice.  He  has  secured  a  large 
and  representative  patronage,  for  he  is  a  man  of  superior  professional  attainments,  and 
his  ability  is  widely  known  and  recognized. 

In  1899  Dr.  Roper  married  Miss  Marie  Burdick,  of  Orange,  California,  and  they  have 
become  the  parents  of  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter.  The  Doctor  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  served  for  one  term  as  a  member  of  the  territorial 
board  of  examiners,  and  he  occupies  an  enviable  position  in  professional  circles,  being 
recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  dental  surgeons  in  Prescott. 


HOTEL  REST  SANATORIUM. 

One  of  the  most  reliable  acquisitions  to  the  institutions  for  the  care  of  the  alHicted  in 
Tucson  is  the  splendidly  equipped  and  maintained  sanatorium  established  by  Miss  Mattie  .1. 
Cummings  on  July  1.  1912,  at  the  corner  of  First  street  and  Euclid  avenue.  It  is  a  two 
story  building  containing  ten  large,  light,  airy  rooms,  which  have  been  provided  with  every 
convenience  to  insure  the  comfort  and  wellbeing  of  the  patients.  Four  large,  porches,  cover- 
ing an  area  of  six  thousand  seven  hundred  feet,  make  abundant  provision  for  them  to  enjoy 
the  fresh  air  and  sunlight  when  conditions  are  favorable,  while  an  attractive  reading  room 
with  large,  comfortable  chairs,  all  the  latest  periodicals  and  a  piano,  provides  diversion  and 
amusement  for  them  when  housed  in.  The  location  of  the  home  is  all  that  could  be  desired, 
as  it  is  conveniently  situated  in  a  quiet  neighborhood,  with  a  pleasant  outlook.  Large, 
spacious  halls  and  a  comfortable  dining  room,  tastefully  furnished  and  arranged,  completes 
the  attractive  features  of  this  pleasant  institution,  which  is  supplying  a  deeply  felt  need 
in  Tucson.  It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  management  to  make  every  provision  for  the  pro- 
tection of  those  intrusted  to  its  care,  and  for  this  purpose  all  the  invalids  must  conform 
to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  institution.  These  are  not  unduly  rigid,  simply  meeting 
the  scientific  requirements  for  sanitation  necessarily  observed  in  the  treatment  of  tuber- 
culosis. The  most  careful  attention  is  given  to  the  selection  and  preparation  of  the  food, 
which  is  of  the  best  quality  and  strictly  fresh.     All  milk  and  eggs  are  obtained  from  the 

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426  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

ranches  in  tlie  vicinity,  as  also  are  the  green  vegetables,  and  every  effort  is  made  to  provide 
the  patient  with  dainty,  nourishing  dishes  to  tempt  the  appetite  and  thus  advance  the 
process  of  recovery. 

This  institution  was  founded  by  Miss  Mattie  J.  Cunimings,  a  trained  nurse,  who  was 
graduated  from  the  Charity  School  of  Louisiana  in  1904,  after  which  she  nursed  contin- 
uously until  July  1,  1912,  when  she  opened  this  home.  She  is  a  woman  of  wide  experience 
in  work  of  this  kind  and  is  well  qualified  to  undertake  the  responsibilities  connected  with 
the  management  of  such  an  institution.  The  staff,  comprising  Miss  Cummings,  R.  A.  Williams, 
the  business  manager,  the  nurses  and  general  attendants,  is  all  that  could  be  desired  and 
is  in  every  way  a  credit  to  Miss  Cummipgs.  Slie  has  spared  no  expense  in  making  every 
provision  for  perfect  sanitation,  and  the  patients  intrusted  to  her  are  given  every  possible 
attention  to  insure  their  comfort  and  promote  their  recovery.  Although  the  sanatorium  has 
only  been  in  existence  tlirec  and  one-half  years,  Miss  Cummings  has  found  it  necessary  to 
enlarge  her  quarters  and  purchased  the  property  in  the  rear  of  her  establishment,  on  which 
it  is  her  intention  to  erect  several  cottages,  as  necessity  may  require.  The  sanatorium  is 
open  to  all  physicians,  tlie  only  requirements  being  that  the  patients  abide  by  the  rules  and 
regulations  established  for  all.  The  charges  are  moderate,  considering  the  quality  of  the 
service  and  the  pleasant  surroundings,  all  of  which  contribute  tlieir  quota  in  promoting  the 
recovery  of  the  patients.  It  has  been  Miss  Cummings'  aim  to  fill  tlie  long  felt  need  of  a 
moderate  priced  sanatorium  where  patients  can  have  all  the  necessary  care  and  proper 
foods  so  essential  to  a  recovery  and  at  the  same  time  enjoy  more  home  comforts  and  indi- 
vidual attention  than  is  possible  in  a  large  institution. 


NERI  OSBORN. 


The  name  of  Osborn  is  inseparably  associated  with  tlie  history  of  Phoenix  and  the 
important  part  played  by  representatives  of  the  family  has  done  much  to  shape  the  history 
of  territory  and  state  to  the  period  of  its  present  progressive  development.  He  whose  name 
introduces  this  review,  now  an  honored  and  valued  citizen  of  Plioenix,  was  born  in  Iowa, 
April  7,  1856,  a  son  of  John  P.  and  Pauline  E.  (Swetnam)  Osborn,  who  were  natives  of 
Tennessee  and  Kentucky  respectively.  The  father,  bom  in  1815,  became  a  resident  of  Iowa 
in  1852  and  in  1863  removed  to  Colorado.  On  the  6th  of  July  of  the  following  year  he 
arrived  in  Arizona.  The  state  at  that  time  was  indeed  a  frontier  district,  only  a  com- 
paratively few  courageous  pioneers  having  penetrated  into  this  section  of  the  southwest 
to  take  advantage  of  its  broad  ranges  for  cattle  grazing.  Mr.  Osboni  went  to  Prescott  and 
became  well  known  as  a  cattleman  and  stock-raiser.  In  1870  he  removed  to  Salt  River 
valley,  where  he  remained  until  his  death  in  1900.  He  was  a  resident  of  the  state  during 
the  period  when  the  white  people  had  to  contend  with  tlie  Indians  for  supremacy  and  he 
participated  in  much  of  the  fighting  with  the  red  race.  He  also  explored  much  new  country 
in  this  section  and  there  were  indeed  few  men  better  informed  concerning  Arizona,  its  con- 
ditions, its  natural  resources. and  its  possibilities.  He  was  the  owner  of  much  land  whereon 
Phoenix  now  stands  and  was  one  of  those  who  first  laid  out  and  established  the  town  in 
1870.  In  fact  it  was  John  P.  Osborn  who  started  the  Phoenix  town  site.  His  activities,  his 
enterprise  and  his  progressive  spirit  constituted  a  valuable  element  in  the  progress  and 
upbuilding  of  the  state  and  his  name  should  be  inscribed  high  on  the  roll  of  those  who  were 
the  real  founders  and  promoters  of  Arizona's  upbuilding. 

To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  ten  children  and  the  record  indicates  how  closely  the 
family  has  been  connected  with  the  history  of  this  state.  W.  L.  Osborn,  the  eldest,  was  the 
first  deputy  sheriff  of  Maricopa  county,  and  made  farming  his  life  work.  Elizabeth  M., 
the  second  child,  died  at  the  age  of  seven  years.  Louisa  A.  became  the  wife  of  John  T. 
Alsap,  a,  very  prominent  and  influential  citizen,  an  ex-probate  judge,  ex-territorial  treasurer 
and  a  member  of  the  first  state  legislature.  Jeanette  J.  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Barnum,  a 
merchant  of  Phoenix,  who  in  the  early  days  had  a  big  freigliting  outfit  which  he  operated 
before  the  building  of  railroads.  He  was  the  first  sheriff  elected  to  tlie  position  in  Maricopa 
county.     David  E.  died  in  Iowa  at  the  age  of  eleven  years.     John  W.,  of  Phoenix,  is  promi- 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  427 

nently  connected  with  mining  interests.  Ncri  is  the  seventh  of  the  family.  Pauline  Rebecca 
is  the  wife  of  Joseph  B.  Cramer.  Rose  G.  is  the  wife  of  L.  D.  Copeland,  a  mechanical  engineer 
and  inventor  of  New  Jersey.     Emma  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen  months. 

.John  P.  Osborn  sent  his  children  to  California  that  they  might  be  educated  in  the  schools 
of  that  state,  and  Neri  Osborn  also  pursued  his  studies  in  the  schools  in  Prescott  in  early 
youth.  In  young  manhood  he  began  farming  and  became  clo.sely  connected  with  ranching, 
making  a  specialty  of  raising  and  lierding  cattle.  Later  he  turned  his  attention  to  com- 
mercial pursuits  as  a  clerk  and  bookkeeper  in  Phoenix  but  during  much  of  his  life  has  been 
connected  witli  public  office.  He  and  his  brother  were  pages  in  the  first  Arizona  legislature, 
and  in  1879  Neri  Osborn  became  assistant  chief  clerk  in  the  council  and  in  1881  became 
deputy  clerk.  He  was  also  deputy  treasurer  of  Maricopa  county  from  March,  1879,  until 
1880  and  then,  as  previously  stated,  again  entered  the  office  of  council  clerk  in  the  position 
of  deputy.  In  1882  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  and  the  same  year  was  once  more 
called  to  public  office  in  his  election  to  the  position  of  county  recorder  of  Maricopa  county. 
He  became  interested  in  mining  and  in  real  estate  and  operated  along  those  lines  until 
1888,  when  lie  was  once  more  elected  county  recorder  and  was  reelected  again  in  1890  and 
in  1893,  so  that  his  service  in  that  position  covers  altogether  four  terms  or  eight  years. 
He  retired  from  the  office  as  he  had  entered  it — with  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  all 
concerned,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  until  1901,  when  he  was  appointed 
county  clerk,  acting  in  that  capacity  until  February,  1905.  About  ten  years  before,  or  in 
1895,  he  had  been  made  deputy  revenue  collector  and  so  served  until  April,  1897.  On  his 
retirement  from  the  position  of  county  clerk  he  turned  his  attention  once  more  to  mining 
interests,  with  which  he  was  connected  until  1909,  when  he  opened  a  real-estate  office  in 
Phoenix  and  is  today  handling  important  property'  interests.  His  long  residence  in  the  state 
and  his  public  service  have  been  factors  in  acquainting  him  with  property  conditions  and 
as  the  years  have  gone  on  he  has  gained  .1  knowledge  of  real-estate  values  that  is  perhaps 
unsurjjassed  by  any  engaged  in  the  business.  Moreover,  his  enterprise  and  well  known  busi- 
ness ability  have  gained  for  him  a  liberal  and  well  merited  clientage. 

On  the  12th  of  June,  1882,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Osborn  and  Miss  Marilla 
\V.  Murray,  a  daughter  of  William  Pinckney  JIurray,  a  descendant  of  Charles  Pinckney, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  The  family  is  an  old  one  of  South 
Carolina.  Mrs.  Osborn  was  educated  in  California  and  successfully  engaged  in  teaching 
prior  to  her  marriage.  Eight  children  were  born  of  this  union,  the  eldest  being  the  Hon. 
Sidney  P.  Osborn,  now  secretary  of  state.  The  others  are:  Ambra  M.  and  Alma  JI.,  at 
home;  Adine  Mildred,  who  died  at  the  age  of  three  years;  Neri  F.  and  Kathryn,  both  at 
home;  Margaret  Elizabeth,  who  died  at  the  age  of  one  year;  and  Gordon,  seven  years  of 
age. 

Tlie  parents  attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  The  family  has  always  been  strongly  demo- 
cratic in  their  political  belief  and  it  has  been  upon  the  ticket  of  that  party  that  Neri 
Osborn  has  been  .again  and  again  called  to  the  public  offices  in  which  he  has  made  so 
creditable  a  record.  He  has  always  been  keenly,  deeply  and  activclj'  interested  in  matters 
pertaining  to  the  progress  and  welfare  of  the  state  and  his  cooperation  has  ever  been  an 
element  that  could  be  counted  upon  to  promote  the  general  welfare  along  lines  that  have 
to  do  with  good  citizenship  and  material  progress. 


H.    S.   CORBETT. 


One  of  the  enterprising  young  business  men  of  Tucson  is  H.  S.  Corbett,  vice  president 
of  the  J.  Knox  Corbett  Lumber  Company.  He  was  born  in  that  city,  September  13,  18S6, 
and  is  a  son  of  J.  Knox  and  Elizabeth  Corbett.  The  father,  who  is  well  known  in  local 
business  circles,  founded  the  enterprise  now  known  as  the  J.  Knox  Corbett  Lumber  Company 
in  1894  and  four  years  later  incoqiorated  under  the  present  name.  It  is  one  of  the  largest 
concerns  of  the  kind  in  tlie  southwest  and  they  have  built  up  an  e.xtensive  trade  in  southern 
Arizona.  Their  stock  comprises  all  lines  of  building  materials,  of  which  they  carry  a  large 
and  varied  assortment. 


428  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Practically  the  entire  life  of  H.  S.  Corbett  lias  been  passed  in  his  native  city.  At  the 
usual  age  he  began  his  education  in  the  local  public  schools,  following  which  he  attended 
a  preparatory  scliool  at  Belmont,  Califoniia,  and  later  matriculated  in  the  University  of 
Arizona.  Upon  completing  his  education  he  first  entered  the  employ  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  Company,  but  only  remained  in  their  service  for  a  brief  period.  In  1907  he  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  lumber  business  and  is  now  vice  president  of  the  company. 
He  is  an  enterprising  young  man  and  has  applied  himself  diligently  to  the  mastery  of  every 
detail  of  the  business.  As  a  result  he  is  well  informed  in  all  lines  of  the  trade  and  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  promising  representatives  of  the  city's  commercial  interests. 

Mr.  Corbett  was  married  February  1,  1910,  to  Miss  Dorothy  Udall,  a  native  of  Maine, 
and  to  them  has  been  born  one  son,  ,1.  Kno.x,  Jr.  Mr.  Corbett's  fraternal  relations  are  con- 
fined to  his  membership  in  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.  In  his  political  views  he 
is  a  republican  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  municipal  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  county  and  state  central  committees  and  was  once  the  republican  candidate  for  city 
treasurer  but  was  defeated  by  one  vote.  Mr.  Corbett  is  a  young  man  of  practical  ideas 
and  commendable  business  methods,  which  qualities  have  contributed  in  no  small  measure 
toward  his  success. 


W.  A.  CLINE. 


W.  A.  Gine  has  been  a  resident  of  Prescott  since  1877  and  is  therefore  numbered  among 
the  pioneers  in  the  city,  with  the  business  development  of  which  he  has  been  closely  identi- 
fied since  his  arrival.  He  is  one  of  the  well  known  mining  men  of  the  community  and  is 
also  the  proprietor  of  the  business  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Prescott  Transfer 
Company,  with  which  he  has  been  connected  since  1902. 

Mr.  Cline  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1848  and  acquired  a  public  school  education, 
following  which  he  embarked  in  the  hardware  business  in  Boston.  In  1877  he  removed 
to  PreSQott,  Arizona,  and  in  partnership  with  C.  A.  Randall  opened  a  hardware,  boot  and 
shoe  store  here.  This  connection  continued  until  1880,  when  Mr.  Cline  sold  his  interest 
to  Mr.  Randall,  turning  his  attention  to  mining.  He  has  since  been  interested  in  mineral 
properties  and  his  holdings  are  today  extensive  and  important.  In  1902  Mr.  Cline  bought 
out  the  Lowery  &  Merritt  Transfer  Company,  established  in  1878  by  R.  M.  Frederick.  He 
now  conducts  this  under  the  name  of  the  Prescott  Transfer  Company  and  by  his  intelligent 
and  capable  management  has  made  the  business  expand  rapidly  until  it  is  today  one  of  the 
leading  concerns  of  its  kind  in  Prescott. 

Mr.  Cline  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  for  four  years 
served  in  the  office  of  supervisor.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having  enlisted  in 
1864  in  Company  A,  Sixth  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  belongs  to  the  local  post 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  is  interested  in  the  work  of  that  organization, 
through  which  he  keeps  in  touch  with  his  comrades  of  fifty  years  ago.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  lodge  and  chapter  and  also  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In 
Prescott,  where  he  has  resided  for  almost  forty  years,  his  personal  characteristics  have 
gained  him  the  warm  regard  and  friendship  of  many,  while  his  business  success  places  him 
among  the  men  of  prominence  and  importance  in  the  city. 


H.  J.  McCLUNG. 


Honored  and  respected  by  all,  there  is  no  one  who  occupies  a  more  enviable  position  in 
financial  and  business  circles  in  Phoenix  than  does  H.  J.  McClung,  president  of  the  Phoenix 
National  Bank.  His  position  is  due  not  alone  to  the  success  lie  has  achieved  but  also  to  the 
straightforward,  honorable  methods  he  has  ever  followed,  combined  with  his  ready  recogni- 
tion and  utilization  of  opportunities.  He  has  always  guided  his  actions  by  the  rules  which 
govern  strict  and  unswerving  integrity  and  enterprise.    A  native  of  Illinois,  his  birth  occurred 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  429 

in  18G9,  his  parents  being  J.  S.  and  Lois  (Clark)  McClung,  who  are  now  residents  of  Colorado, 
to  which  state  they  removed  in  1879.  The  father  at  the  present  time  is  living  retired  but 
for  a  long  period  was  prominently  identified  with  the  educational  system  of  that  state. 

H.  J.  McClung  was  a  little  lad  of  but  ten  years  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the  family 
to  Colorado  and  in  the  schools  of  that  state  he  pursued  his  early  education,  completing  his 
course  in  the  high  school  of  Pueblo.  Starting  upon  his  business  career  in  that  city,  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Pueblo,  with  which  institution  he  was  connected 
for  fifteen  years,  gaining  intimate  knowledge  of  every  phase  of  the  banking  business  in  all 
of  its  varied  departments.  Gradually  he  worked  his  way  upward  and  Miis  training  well- 
qualified  him  to  assume  the  responsibilities  which  devolved  upon  him  when  in  1903  he  came 
to  Phoenix  and  was  made  cashier  of  the  Phoenix  National  Bank,  which  was  organized  in 

1892  and  was  capitalized  for  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Gradually  the  patronage 
increased  and  the  bank  has  become  one  of  the  strong  financial  institutions  of  the  state.  In 
January,  1911,  its  capital  was  increased  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  The 
building  now  occupied  by  the  bank  was  erected  for  that  purpose  by  James  A.  Fleming  in 

1893  and  is  a  four-story  structure  with  offices  above  the  first  floor,  which  is  well  equipped 
for  banking  purposes.  Mr.  McClung  continued  to  serve  as  cashier  until  1904  and  his  popu- 
larity, careful  attention  to  the  patrons  of  the  bank  and  fidelity  to  the  interests  of  the 
institution  were  factors  in  the  growing  success  of  the  business.  At  the  date  mentioned  he 
was  made  vice  president  and  so  served  until  April,  1912,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency 
and  is  now  bending  his  efforts  to  administrative  direction  and  executive  control. 

On  the  28th  of  November,  1900,  Mr.  McClung  was  married  to  Miss  Mattie  Drake,  of 
Pueblo,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  W.  A.  and  Julia  M.  Drake,  the  former  vice  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Santa  Fe,  Prescott  &  Phoenix  Railroad.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McClung 
have  two  children,  Nellie  and  Billy,  both  at  home.  The  family  are  prominent  in  the  social 
circles  of  the  city  and  their  own  home  is  noted  for  its  warm-hearted  and  gracious  hospitality. 
Mr.  McClung  has  made  continuous  advancement  since  he  started  out  in  the  business  world 
and  not  a  little  of  his  success  may  be  attributed  to  the  fact  that  he  has  not  dissipated  his 
energies  oyer  a  jvide  field  but  has  on  the  contrary  concentrated  his  efforts  largely  along  one 
line.  Notably  prompt,  energetic  and  reliable,  he  carries  forward  to  successful  completion 
whatever  he  undertakes  and  brooks  no  obstacles  that  can  be  overcome  by  persistent  and 
earnest  effort. 


W.  S.  SULTAN. 


W.  S.  Sultan,  who  was  the  first  mayor  of  Globe  and  filled  the  position  of  county 
engineer  of  Gila  county  for  ten  years,  has  had  an  uninterrupted  experience  in  responsible 
positions  of  engineering  work  for  sixteen  years  and  has  now  reached  a  place  of  distinction 
in  his  profession.  His  broad  experience  and  the  heavy  responsibilities  which  had  previously 
come  to  him  well  qualified  him  for  the  public  and  private  positions  which  he  has  been  called 
upon  to  fill,  and  the  city  of  Globe  finds  in  him  one  of  the  most  worthy  representatives  of  her 
business  interests. 

Mr.  Sultan  was  born  in  Nevada  in  1876,  a  son  of  Louis  and  Ernestina  Sultan,  both 
natives  of  Germany,  who  came  to  America  in  early  years  and  settled  in  Nevada,  where  the 
father  conducted  a  profitable  mercantile  establishment  until  1884.  In  that. year  he  sold 
out  his  interests  and  removed  to  Globe,  Arizona,  where  he  again  engaged  in  business  as  a 
general  merchant,  conducting  his  store  there  until  his  death,  in  April,  1897.  His  wife  survives 
hira  and  makes  her  home  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  Of  their  five  children  four  are  still 
living. 

W.  S.  Sultan  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Globe  and  later  took 
a  course  in  mining  engineering  at  Oakland,  California.  He  began  his  professional  career  in 
1893,  when  he  became  connected  with  the  firm  of  Phelps-Dodge,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  three  years  and  a  half.  Being  desirous  of  further  advancement  along  lines  of  his 
profession,  he  determined  to  carry  forward  his  studies  and  accordingly  entered  the  University 
of  Arizona  at  Tucson,  which  he  attended  for  one  year.     Upon  the  expiration  of  that  time 


430  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

lie  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  becoming  manager  of  tlie  Arizona  Commercial  Copper 
Company  at  Globe,  in  which  capacity  he  acted  until  1906.  He  has  since  been  connected 
witli  important  mining  and  engineering  projects  tliroughout  his  section  of  the  state  and  has 
now  reached  a  gratifying  position  in  business  and  professional  circles.  In  1897  he  became 
manager  and  agent  for  the  N.  L.  Amster  mining  and  commercial  interests  in  Globe.  In  1912 
he  opened  up  the  3R  mines  in  Santa  Cruz  county,  Arizona,  for  N.  L.  Amster.  Jlr.  Sultan 
had  entire  charge  of  the  light  and  power  company  of  Globe  and  did  important  public  service 
in  that  connection,  his  course  receiving  the  commendation  of  all  who  have  any  knowledge 
of  the  responsibilities  and  importance  of  this  work.  He  was  the  first  mayor  of  the  city, 
serving  from  October,  1906,  to  June,  1908,  and  for  ten  years  was  co^unty  engineer  of  Gila 
county.  He  is  a  stockliolder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Globe  and  interested  in  many  of 
the  leading  business  blocks  in  the  town.  He  has  also  valuable  mining  properties  in  the 
vicinity  and  is  connected  in  an  important  way  with  the  Globe  Ray  Development  Company. 
In  his  profession  he  has  used  every  means  for  promoting  his  knowledge  and  efficiency,  and 
his  skill  and  ability  have  gained  for  him  wide  and  favorable  recognition  throughout  his 
section  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Sultan  was  married  in  February,  1903,  to  Miss  Ida  Fanta,  a  native  of  Colorado  and 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bernard  Fanta,  who  reside  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  where 
the  father  is  living  in  retirement.  Mrs.  Sultan  acquired  her  education  in  California  and 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Los  Angeles  high  school.  She  and  her  husband  have  one  daughter, 
Charlotte  R.,  who  was  born  in  1907. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Sultan  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  having  been  initiated  accord- 
ing to  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  is  affiliated  also  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  having  filled  all  the  chairs  in  tlie  hitter 
organization  and  being  now  a  member  of  the  grand  lodge.  His  time  and  attention  have  been, 
however,  largely  concentrated  upon  his  profession  with  the  result  that  he  now  stands  in  the 
front  ranks  of  its  most  progressive  representatives. 


HON.  JOHN  T.  HUGHES. 


Arizona  numbers  in  the  ranks  of  her  statesmen  no  more  broad-minded,  public-spirited, 
aggressive  and  energetic  man  than  Hon.  John  T.  Hughes.  His  lalrors  are  resultant.  Again 
and  again  the  hi.story  of  the  state  has  been  impressed  by  the  tangible  effect  of  his  labors 
for  public  progress  and  improvement.  He  studies  and  thinks  along  constantly  broadening 
lines  and  his  opinions  are  the  logical  result  of  careful  investigation.  He  ia  indeed  one  of 
those  who  are  making  history  in  the  southwest  and  are  building  with  a  permanency  that 
argues  for  the  future  as  well  as  the  present  welfare  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Hughes  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  second  white  child  born  in  Tucson,  his  natal 
year  being  1874.  His  parents  were  L.  C.  and  Josephine  B.  Hughes,  honored  pionooi  resi- 
dents of  the  state,  who  contributed  much  toward  shaping  its  early  destiny  and  of  whom 
further  mention  is  made  elsewhere  in  this  work.  He  was  a  little  lad  of  six  years  when, 
with  his  sister  Gertrude,  he  was  sent  to  Oakland,  California,  to  attend  Snell's  school,  and 
two  years  later  he  was  placed  in  Beck's  Family  School  for  Boys,  a  Moravian  institution  at 
Lititz,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  continued  his  studies  for  four  years.  He  afterward  became 
a  pupil  in  the  Freehold  Academy  of  New  Jersey  and  there  completed  his  more  specifically 
literary  course  by  graduation.  He  turned  to  the  profession  of  law  and  in  preparation  for 
practice  pursued  a  course  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  at  Philade1])hia,  being  admitted 
to  practice  in  that  state  upon  examination  Ix'fore  the  supreme  court  in  1898.  He  then  went 
to  Chicago,  where  he  followed  his  profession  for  two  years  after  winning  admission  to  the 
bar  of  Illinois.  He  was  then  urged  to  return  to  Tucson  and  take  a  course  in  newspaper 
and  journalistic  work,  which  he  did  on  the  Star,  becoming  financially  interested  in  that  paper. 
He  also  formed  a  law  partnership  with  his  father,  the  Hon.  L.  C.  Hughes,  at  one  time  gov- 
ernor of  Arizona,  and  together  they  opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of  their  profession. 
John  T.  Hughes  is  recognized  as  a  most  able  member  of  the  bar,  well  versed  in  the  underly- 
ing principles  of  his  profession  and  possessed  of  the  force  of  personality  and  the  corapre- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  433 

liensive  general  knowledge  necessary  to  make  liis  ability  effective.  He  is  devoutly  attached 
to  his  profession,  systematic  and  methodical  in  habit,  sober  and  discreet  in  judgment  and 
diligent  in  research. 

Mr.  Hughes,  liowever,  is  perhaps  more  widely  known  as  a  statesman,  for  his  activity 
in  the  senate  and  in  furthering  the  interests  of  the  commonwealth  along  other  lines  have 
placed  him  prominently  before  the  public.  Mr.  Hughes  has  always  given  his  political  alle- 
giance to  the  democratic  party  and  his  first  activity  along  political  lines  was  manifest  in 
the  campaign  when  William  Jennings  Bryan  was  for  the  first  time  the  presidential  candi- 
date of  his  party.  On  that  occasion  Mr.  Hughes  organized  democratic  clubs  and  delivered 
more  than  one  hundred  speeches  in  support  of  democratic  principles.  After  his  return  to 
Arizona  liis  activity  in  support  of  democracy  continued  and  he  was  made  a  member  of  the 
Pima  county  central  committee  and  also  of  the  state  central  and  executive  committees. 
Following  the  admission  of  the  state  into  the  Union  he  was  elected  the  first  senator  from 
I'ima  county  and  at  once  became  an  active  working  member  of  the  upper  house,  his  labors 
doing  much  to  mold  legislation  through  that  period.  He  studies  government  affairs  with 
the  same  thoroughness  which  he  has  ever  manifested  in  the  preparation  of  a  case  for  the 
courts  and  is  well  acquainted  with  public  men  and  measures. 

Mr.  Hughes  lias  ever  been  an  advocate  of  equal  suffrage  and  was  dubbed  the  "Suffrage 
Knight  of  Arizona,"  when  in  1894  he  went  with  his  mother,  who  was  territorial  president 
of  the  suffrage  forces  in  Arizona  and  a  warm  personal  friend  of  Susan  B.  Anthony,  to 
Washington,  D.  C,  to  attend  the  national  suffrage  convention.  On  seeing  him  enter  the  hall 
witli  his  mother,  Miss  Anthony  called  him  to  the  platform  and  introduced  him  to  the  vast 
audience  as  the  son  of  Governor  and  Mrs.  L.  C.  Hughes,  life  champions  of  equal  rights,  and 
predicted  his  sterling  loyalty  to  their  faith  in  the  cause.  His  work  has  fulfilled  her  pre 
diction,  for  he  has  ever  been  a  stalwart  advocate  of  equal  suffrage  and  following  his  elec- 
tion to  the  first  state  senate  he  proposed  a  constitutional  amendment  giving  the  franchise 
to  the  women  of  Arizona.  The  issue  came  before  the  people  through  the  initiative,  which 
resulted  in  the  adoption  of  the  constitutional  amendment  by  a  large  majority  and  his  home 
county,  where  the  fight  for  the  cause  waged  fiercest,  gave  a  vote  of  two  to  one  in  favor 
of  the  amendment. 

During  his  service  in  the  senate  Jlr.  Hughes  was  made  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
suffrage  and  elections  and  on  printing  and  clerks  and  was  also  made  a  member  of  the  judi- 
ciary, appropriations,  constitutional  amendments  and  municipal  corporations  committees. 
One  of  his  contemporary  biographers  wrote  concerning  his  senatorial  service:  "During  the 
first  and  second  sessions  he  introduced  and  put  through  many  bills,  all  of  wjiich  are  con- 
ceded to  be  of  advantage  to  the  state,  one  of  which  is  the  state  weights  and  measures  ordi- 
nance, which  he  urged  as  a  just  and  equitable  measure,  to  prevent  the  short  weighing  of 
goods  and  merchandise.  Among  others  of  importance  was  a  resolution  ratifying  the  income 
tax  aniendnu>nt  to  the  constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  Arizona  was  the  twenty-ninth 
state  to  ratify  the  amendment.  Also  the  following  acts:  providing  for  the  taxation  of  gifts, 
legacies  and  inheritances;  an  obligatory  indeterminate  sentence  law,  with  parole  principle; 
providing  for  the  publicity  of  campaign  expenses  before  and  after  the  primary  and  election; 
providing  for  an  endowment  of  three  luindred  thousand  acres  of  land  for  the  College  of 
Agriculture  and  the  School  of  Mines  for  the  University  of  Arizona;  a  comprehensive  primary 
election  law;  providing  severe  penalities  for  tampering  with  switch  lights  on  railroads. 
This  much,  and  more,  stands  to  his  credit  for  the  first  session. 

"During  the  next  extra  sessions  he  introduced  and  had  passed,  among  other  important 
laws:  an  act  providing  for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  municipal  slaughter  houses 
in  cities  of  three  thousand  or  more  population,  where  all  animals  are  to  be  inspected  before 
killing,  and  slaughter  houses  to  be  maintained  under  sanitary  conditions;  an  act  permitting 
the  sale  of  lands  to  the  Carnegie  Desert  Laboratory;  an  act  authorizing  the  removal  of  the 
State  Industrial  School  from  Benson  to  the  Fort  Grant  Military  Reservation;  an  act  author- 
izing incorporated  cities  to  issue  bonds  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  sanitary  sewers;  an 
act  to  provide  punishment  for  contenipt  of  court;  an  act  relating  to  the  reorganization  of 
the  Arizona  Pioneers'  Home;  an  appropriation  for  the  benefit  of  the  Arizona  Historical 
Society;  a  bill  providing  for  an  appropriation  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  for 
an  agricultural  building  for  the  University  of  Arizona,  and  appropriations  for  agricultural 


434  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

education  and  experiment  work.  These  items  were  placed  in  the  general  appropriation  bill 
and  passed.  Acts  authorizing  the  working  of  convicts  on  public  roads,  highways  and  bridges, 
and  a  bill  authorizing  the  purchase  of  a  prison  farm. 

"He  introduced  the  following  bills,  which  were  passed  by  the  senate  but  defeated  in  the 
house;  providing  that  all  state,  county  and  city  printing  should  be  done  within  the  state; 
providing  for  the  working  eight  hours  a  day  for  the  prisoners  in  county  and  city  jails  on 
the  roads,  streets  and  parks;  making  it  a  felony  to  practice  the  third  degree  on  persons 
charged  with  crime;  permitting  the  probating  of  wills  during  the  lifetime  of  the  testator; 
submitting  to  a  vote  of  the  people  an  amendment  to  the  present  miners'  lien  law;  pro- 
hibiting the  sale  of  cigarettes,  cigars  and  tobacco  to  minors  under  eighteen  years  of  age; 
creating  the  office  of  public  defender  in  the  various  counties  of  the  state;  creating  a  bureau 
of  legislative  research.  He  also  introduced  a  joint  memorial  to  congress  urging  the  granting 
of  independence  to  the  Philippines,  and  a  resolution  for  a  constitutional  amendment  abolish- 
ing capital  punishment. 

"It  will  be  observed  from  the  character  and  spirit  of  the  foregoing  bills,  that  Senator 
Hughes  works  entirely  on  constructive  and  reformatory  lines.  He  is  a  citizen  of  much  civic 
pride;  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  educational,  moral  and  material  welfare  for  many 
years  of  the  territory  of  Arizona,  and  now  of  the  commonwealth.  His  pride  as  a  native 
son  of  Arizona  excites  his  highest  ambition  for  the  present  and  future  of  his  state.  He 
believes  that  its  future  bids  fair  to  outstrip  all  the  states  of  the  Union,  in  material  pros- 
perity and  in  the  high  and  progressive  character  of  its  citizenship.  As  a  mark  of  apprecia- 
tion of  his  public  service,  he  was  unanimously  elected  honorary  member  of  the  Society  of 
Arizona  Pioneers,  being  the  first  native-born  citizen  thus  honored." 

Senator  Hughes  was  nominated  for  a  second  term  but  the  condition  of  his  health  forced 
him  to  withdraw  from  the  race.  The  entire  public  recognize  the  value  and  worth  of  his 
work.  A  Tucson  newspaper,  speaking  of  his  ability  and  accomplishments,  reflects  the  senti- 
ments of  the  people  of  Arizona  in  the  following  words:  "Senator  Hughes  is  a  gentleman 
of  great  civic  pride  and  takes  an  active  part  in  any  practical  movement  that  tends  to  the 
development  of  the  vast  natural  resources  of  the  state.  Briefly  summed  up.  Senator  Hughes 
has  made  good  in  everything  and  he  has  the  interests  of  Arizona  at  heart,  and  if  the  suc- 
cess in  the  past,  together  with  his  splendid  statesmanship,  is  any  guide  to  the  future, 
he  will  not  only  succeed  in  his  office,  but  his  enlarged  scope  will  place  him  in  a  position 
to  do  still  greater  good  for  Arizona  and  the  nation."  Mr.  Hughes'  life  might  be  summed 
up  in  two  words,  earnestness  and  integrity.  He  is  above  all  honest  in  his  convictions. 
His  judgments  are  never  hastily  formed  or  ill  advised  but  are  the  result  of  careful,  thorough, 
logical  study  and  investigation,  and  when  his  opinions  are  formed  he  does  not  hesitate  to 
express  them  and  his  expression  is  clear,  forcible,  concise  and  carries  with  it  conviction  to  the 
minds  of  his  hearers. 


DWIGHT  B.  HEARD. 


Dwight  B.  Heard,  one  of  Arizona's  foremost  business  men  and  citizens,  has  for  more 
than  twenty  years  been  identified  with  tlie  jirogrcss  and  development  of  the  Salt  River 
valley.  His  labors  and  influence  have  probably  contributed  more  toward  the  advancement 
of  the  agricultural  and  stock-raising  interests  of  tliat  section  than  those  of  any  other 
individual.  He  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  May  1,  1869,  a  son  of  Leander  Bradford 
and  Lucy  (Bancroft)  Heard.  The  father  was  born  in  Way  land,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a 
descendant  of  a  family  who  had  lived  in  that  New  England  village  for  over  two  hundred 
years,  the  original  American  ancestor  of  the  Hoards  crossing  the  ocean  on  the  ship  Anne 
in  1638.  Mr.  Heard's  ancestors  fought  against  the  British  in  the  battles  of  Lexington  and 
Concord,  and  one  of  them  served  in  the  first  colonial  congress  held  at  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
The  motlier,  who  in  her  maidenhood  was  Miss  Lucy  Bancroft,  was  born  in  Montpelier,  Ver- 
mont, of  an  old  Vermont  family  wlio  had  been  on  the  Continental  side  in  the  Revolutionary 
war. 

Dwight  B.  Heard  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  and  in   1886, 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  435 

when  seventeen  years  old,  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  for  nine  years  associated  with 
HibbarU,  Spencer,  Bartlett  &  Company,  the  well  known  wholesale  hardware  house.  He  left 
the  firm  on  account  of  ill  liealth  and  at  that  time  had  full  charge  of  their  northwestern 
credits  department.  Much  of  his  later  success  may  be  laid  to  the  thorough  business  training 
and  valuable  knowledge  which  Mr.  Heard  acquired  while  in  the  employ  of  this  well  known 
business  house.  In  an  effort  to  regain  his  health,  Mr.  Heard  spent  some  time  on  the  large 
cattle  ranch  of  the  X  I  T  Company  in  the  Panhandle  of  Texas,  and  in  1895  came  to  the 
Salt  River  valley.  He  purchased  a  ranch  west  of  Phoenix  and  with  the  complete  recovery  of 
his  health  began  an  identification  with  the  state's  development  that  has  proven  of  ines- 
timable value  to  the  various  interests  that  have  felt  the  impetus  of  his  activities. 

Since  coming  to  Arizona  he  has  secured  the  investment  of  a  large  amount  of  eastern 
money  in  Salt  River  valley  property.  In  1897  he  established  a  real  estate  and  insurance 
business  in  Phoenix,  which  has  become  one  of  the  best  known  in  the  southwest.  Many 
millions  of  dollars  have  been  invested  for  eastern  clients,  with  a  record  of  safety  and  con- 
servatism that  has  been  remarkable.  The  success  of  this  important  establishment  is  entirely 
due  to  the  indefatigable  labor  and  the  good  judgment  of  Dwight  B.  Heard,  who  has  shown 
himself  to  be  an  able  and  shrewd  business  man,  thoroughly  imbued  with  the  western  spirit 
of  enterprise.  He  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest  in  irrigation  and  was  one  of  the  water 
storage  commissioners  of  the  county  of  Maricopa,  which  commission  did  all  of  the  prelimi- 
nary work  leading  to  the  construction  of  the  Roosevelt  dam  by  the  United  States  government. 
For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Heard  was  the  Arizona  vice  president  of  the  American  National 
Irrigation  Congress.  He  also  was  a  member  of  the  first  Conservation  Congress  called  by 
President  Roosevelt  at  the  White  House  on  May  13-15,  190«.  For  a  number  of  years  Mr. 
Heard  was  president  of  the  Arizona  Cattle  Growers'  Association  and  is  now  president  of  the 
American  National  Live  Stock  Association.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Arizona  Good  Roads 
Association.  All  these  connections  indicate  where  his  interests  lie  and  along  which  lines  he 
has  been  particularly  successful.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Citizens  Committee  from  Arizona 
during  the  statehood  fight  and  successfully  opposed  the  union  of  New  Mexico  and  Arizona. 

The  importance  of  the  life  work  of  Mr.  Heard  and  his  varied  interests  can  be  but 
indicated  in  a  sketch  of  this  character,  but  what  a  role  he  has  played  in  the  development 
and  growth  of  the  state  is  evident  from  the  positions  he  has  held  and  which  he  still  holds. 
He  is  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Arizona  Republican,  an  independent  progressive 
journal,  the  only  paper  in  Arizona  published  every  day  in  the  year,  as  well  as  using  the 
full  leased  wire  Associated  Press  service;  vice  president  of  the  Bartlett-Heard  Land  &  Cattle 
Company;  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Phoenix  Title  &  Trust  Company,  also 
of  the  Arlington  Improvement  Company  and  the  Mesa  Realty  Company.  As  publisher  he 
has  always  defended  the  rights  of  the  people,  as  landowner  he  has  developed  and  thrown 
open  great  tracts  of  land  and  contributed  toward  settlement,  as  a  business  man  he  has 
faithfully  guarded  tlie  interests  of  the  depositors  of  the  institutions  with  which  he  is  con- 
nected. The  fields  in  which  he  has  been  active  are  so  varied  and  his  interests  so  large  that 
there  is  practically  nothing  in  the  state  of  Arizona  with  which  the  name  of  Heard  is  not 
connected. 

Up  to  January,  1912,  Mr.  Heard  was  a  republican,  and  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest 
in  public  affairs  although  not  seeking  political  office.  As  the  chairman  of  the  regular  dele- 
gation, instructed  for  Roosevelt,  from  Arizona,  he  attended  the  national  convention  in 
Chicago.  He  was  one  of  the  fifty-three  who  signed  the  call  for  the  progressive  convention 
and  attended  the  first  convention  of  the  progressive  party  as  chairman  of  the  Arizona  dele- 
gation. How  highly  he  is  valued  in  that  organization  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  he 
was  selected  as  a  member  of  the  committee  on  resolutions  which  formed  the  progressive 
platform. 

Mr.  Heard  has  crowded  much  into  his  life,  as  indicated  by  his  many  interests,  and  he 
takes  seriously  his  recreation  as  a  counterweight  to  his  many  confining  activities.  He  is 
a  great  friend  of  athletics  and  fond  of  fishing  and  outdoor  exercise,  being  a  particularly 
enthusiastic  tennis  player.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  Al- 
though reared  a  Presbyterian  he  has  for  a  number  of  years  been  an  attendant  of  Trinity 
parish,  Phoenix,  and  has  recently  been  actively  identified  with  raising  the  funds  for  the  new 
cathedral  house. 


436        •  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

On  August  1,  1893,  in  Chicago,  Mr.  Heard  was  married  to  Miss  Maie  P.  Bartlett,  daugh- 
ter of  A.  C.  Bartlett  of  Chicago.  She  has,  since  coming  to  Arizona,  taken  an  active  interest 
in  many  matters  affecting  the  welfare  of  the  state.  She  is  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Woman's  Club  and  as  such  actively  interested  herself  in  the  construction  of 
their  building.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heard  have  a  son,  Bartlett  Bradford  Heard.  The  Heard  resi- 
dence on  North  Central  avenue  in  Phoenix,  with  its  beautiful  grounds,  is  one  of  Arizona's 
most  attractive  private  liomes. 

The  phenomenal  growth  and  advancement  made  in  the  state  of  Arizona  is  largely  due 
to  such  enterprising  and  resourceful  men  as  Mr.  Heard.  He  is  one  of  those  few  who  stand 
out  from  the  masses  by  his  conspicuous  ability,  and  he  has  turned  his  talents  to  good  account. 
His  claim  to  distinction  lies  not  so  much  in  the  fact  that  he  has  achieved  great  material 
success,  but  that  lie  has  contributed  by  his  ceaseless  activity  toward  making  Arizona  one 
of  the  most  promising  states  in  this  country.  He  stands  for  the  people  and  is  with  the  peo- 
ple in  tlieir  figlit  for  just  distribution  of  rights,  as  is  indicated  by  his  unequivocal  stand  in 
the  ranks  of  that  party  which  proclaims  itself  the  champion  of  moral,  intellectual  and 
industrial  independence. 


JUDGE  FLKTCHER  MORRIS  DOAN. 

Judge  Fletclier  Morris  Doan,  wlio  on  the  1st  of  January,  1913,  removed  to  Douglas  to 
engage  in  the  practice  of  law  in  partnership  with  his  son  Frank,  is  one  of  the  most  able 
and  successful  members  of  the  Arizona  bar  and  during  liis  recent  term  as  associate  justice 
of  the  supreme  court  constituted  a  valuable  addition  to  the  bench  of  the  state.  He  was 
born  in  Pickaway  count}',  Ohio,  July  21,  1846,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Maria  (McClel- 
lan)  Doan,  the  former  born  in  1810,  of  Quaker  parentage,  and  the  latter  in  1812.  The  father 
was  at  one  time  a  preacher  but  devoted  most  of  his  life  to  farming  and  died  in  1886. 
His  wife  has  also  passed  away,  her  deatli  having  occurred  when  she  was  eighty-four  years 
of  age.  Of  the  six  children  born  to  their  union  three  are  still  living,  namely:  Frank  K., 
a  practicing  physician  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Amelia  C,  widow  of  Samuel  R.  Peters,  of 
Newton,  Kansas;   and  Fletcher  Morris,  of  this  review. 

Judge  Doan  was  reared  upon  his  father's  farm  in  Pickaway  county,  Ohio,  and  acquired 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  locality,  graduating  from  the  Union  high  school 
in  1864.  He  supplemented  this  by  a  course  in  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  of  Delaware, 
Ohio,  receiving  his  B.  A.  degree  in  1867  and  his  M.  A.  degree  in  1873.  Having  determined 
to  -itudy  law,  he  entered  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Albany,  New  York,  and 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1868,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  supreme  court 
in  the  same  year.  Splendidly  equipped  by  abilitj'  and  training  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  he  came  west  and  in  1869  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  of 
^lissouri,  practicing  his  profession  in  Pike  county  at  the  same  bar  with  Champ  Clark,  now 
v.oil  known  in  democratic  polities.  Judge  Doan  lived  in  Pike  county  for  ten  years  and 
afterward  practiced  in  St.  Louis  for  a  similar  period,  coming  to  Arizona  in  January,  1888. 
He  spent  the  first  five  years  of  his  residence  here  trying  to  establish  an  irrigation  enter- 
prise in  Yuma  county  and  it  was  only  when  he  and  his  associates  had  lost  four  or  five 
hundred  tliousanil  dollars  that  he  was  willing  to  call  his  scheme  unsuccessful.  In  1894, 
however,  he  definitely  abandoned  the  project  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Pinal  county  in  1894  and  practiced  there 
for  many  years,  gaining  wide  and  favorable  recognition.  He  possesses,  perhaps,  few  of  the 
more  brilliant  legal  qualities  but  places  his  dependence  rather  upon  more  solid  and  sub- 
stantial attainments,  winning  through  force  of  argument  and  the  strong  and  clear  pre- 
sentation of  a  case.  His  mind  is  analytical,  logical  and  inductive,  and  he  has  the  faculty 
of  so  presenting  liis  arguments  as  to  impress  the  court,  jury  and  the  general  public  alike 
with  his  full  meaning.  There  came  to  him  a  recognition  of  his  ability  in  the  line  of  his 
chosen  profession  in  his  election  as  district  attorney  of  Pinal  county  in  1894.  In  June, 
1897,  he  was  made  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  court  by  President  McKinley  and  was 
assigned  to  the   second  judicial  district  of  Arizona.     He  was   twice  reappointed  under   the 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  439 

Roosevelt  administration  and  once  by  President  Taft,  Iiolding  his  position  until  the  state 
was  admitted  to  the  Union,  February  14,  1913.  Many  of  his  opinions  have  come  to  be 
recognized  standards  and  have  been  almost  universally  followed  since  by  the  courts.  With 
a  thorough  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  law  he  com- 
bines a  clear  judgment  wliich  makes  liim  not  only  a  formidable  adversary  in  a  legal 
battle  but  gave  hira  the  distinction  while  on  the  bench  of  having  very  few  decisions  revised 
or  reversed.  In  1913  Judge  Doan  resumed  the  private  practice  of  law  in  Tombstone  and 
there  remained  until  January  1,  1913,  when  he  removed  to  Douglas  to'  join  his  son  Frank 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

Judge  Doan  was  married  December  35,  1873,  to  Miss  Anna  Murray,  a  native  of  Mis- 
souri, and  a  daughter  of  Judge  Samuel  F.  Murray,  of  that  state.  She  is  a  sister  of  Major 
(Jeneral  Arthur  ^lurray,  now  in  command  of  the  western  division  of  the  United  States 
Army.  Judge  and  Mrs.  Doan  became  the  parents  of  four  children:  John  the  eldest,  rep- 
resented Yuma  county  in  the  twentieth  legislature  and  Pima  county  in  the  last  territorial 
legislature.  Ho  is  married  and  has  four  children.  Frank  W.  is  a  graduate  of  Stanford 
University  of  California  and  is  now  an  attorney  of  Douglas,  Arizona.  He  is  married  and 
has  one  child.  Leslie  Murray  is  deceased.  Fletcher  M.,  Jr.,  who  completes  the  family,  is  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Arizona  and  is  now  a  mining  engineer  in  Mexico. 

Fraternally  Judge  Doan  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  held 
membership  for  forty-eight  years.  In  it  he  has  gained  a  position  of  prominence  and  dis- 
tinction,-serving  from  November,  1908,  until  February,  1910,  as  grand  master  of  the  grand 
lodge  of  Arizona.  He  belongs  also  to  the  Order  of  the  Kastern  Star,  of  which  he  was 
grand  patron  in  1910,  and  he  is  a  member  of  El  Zaribah  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at 
Phoenix.  In  1900  lie  was  giand  chief  templar  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Good  Templars 
and  along  lines  of  his  profession  is  identified  with  Sigma  Chi.  He  has  important  business 
interests  in  Douglas,  where  he  is  a  director  of  the  Douglas  Realty  &  Trust  Company,  and 
interested  on  an  extensive  scale  in  many  other  representative  industrial  and  commercial 
enterprises.  For  over  half  a  century  he  has  been  a  devout  adherent  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  and  molds  his  upright  and  honorable  life  according  to  its  doctrines.  A 
member  of  the  Arizona  bar  for  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century.  Judge  Doan  has  made  a  splen- 
did record  by  reason  of  his  pronounced  ability,  his  close  application  and  the  exercise  of 
his  native  talents  and  forces,  and  no  man  in  the  state  is  more  respected  or  more  fully 
enjoys  the  confidence  of  his  associates  and  friends. 


SELIM  M.  FRANKLIN. 


Selim  M.  Franklin,  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  Arizona,  was  born  in  San  Bernardino, 
state  of  California.  October  19,  1839.  His  father,  Maurice  A.  Franklin,  was  a  California 
pioneer,  having  gone  to  that  state  in  1849  from  Manchester,  England.  Selim  M.  Franklin 
graduated  from  the  University  of  California  in  1883,  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  In  October, 
1882,  he  was  admitted  to  practice  before  the  supreme  court  of  the  state  of  California.  In 
May,  1883,  he  came  to  Tucson  and  entered  into  partnership  in  the  practice  of  the  law  with 
Hugh  Farley,  at  that  time  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  Arizona.  In  1885  Mr.  Franklin  was 
a  member  of  the  legislature  of  Arizona  from  Pima  county.  He  was  instrumental  in  having 
the  act  passed  by  that  legislature  creating  the  University  of  Arizona  and  locating  it  near 
Tucson;  indeed,  to  his  eflorts  are  to  be  ascribed  the  founding  of  the  institution  at  that 
time.  Hugh  Farley  having  left  Tucson  in  1885,  Mr.  Franklin  formed  a  partnership  with 
Harry  R.  .Jeffords,  under  the  name  of  Jeffords  &  Franklin,  which  firm  continued  in  existence 
for  five  years  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Jeffords.  During  this  time  Mr.  Franklin  was  city 
attorney  of  Tucson,  assistant  county  attorney  and  also  assistant  United  States  district 
attorney  for  Arizona.  He  was  engaged  in  many  notable  criminal  trials,  amongst  others 
being  the  Wliam  robbery  case.  From  1890  on,  Mr.  Franklin  continued  to  practice  law  in 
Tucson,  and  is  still  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Arizona  bar.  He  has  been  engaged 
in  many  notable  cases,  particularly  those  involving  the  settlement  of  the  large  Mexican 
grants  in  the  southern  part  of  the  state.    He  has  been  president  of  the  Arizona  Bar  Associa- 


440  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

tioii;  a  regent  of  the  University  of  Arizona  for  many  years;  a  member  of  the  capltol  com- 
mission which  selected  the  present  site  on  which  the  state  capitol  is  built;  is  a  Mason,  an 
Klk,  a  member  of  the  Old  Pueblo  Club  and  other  societies.  He  is  the  owner  of  considerable 
real  property  in  the  city  of  Tucson,  and  has  been  always  an  active  worker  for  the  upbuilding 
of  the  city,  as  well  as  of  the  state. 

On  December  14,  1898,  Mr.  Franklin  married  Miss  Henrietta  Herring,  youngest  daughter 
of  Colonel  William  Herring.  Mrs.  Franklin  is  an  active  worker  of  the  Episcopal  church  and 
Woman's  Club,  and,  like  her  father,  takes  an  interest  in  all  matters  for  the  general  social 
uplift.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  are  three  daughters.  Marjorie,  Gladys,  and  Mary,  and 
one  son,  Selim  Herring  Franklin.  Since  his  marriage,  Mr.  Franklin  has  lived  at  a  home 
w^hich  he  built,  at  402  North  Main  street,  which  is  noted  for  two  beautiful  palms  (Phoenix 
canariensis),  which  adorn  the  front  lawn. 

Mr.  Franklin  is  still  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  the  law,  and  still  takes  a  lively 
interest  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  building  up  and  advancement  of  the  state  of 
Arizona,  and  the  city  of  Tucson. 


GEORGE  JOHIS'  STONEMAN. 

George  John  Stoneman,  whose  position  in  professional  circles  is  indicated  by  the  fact 
that  he  was  honored  with  election  to  the  presidency  of  the  Territorial  Bar  Association  in 
1910,  was  bora  in  Petersburg,  Virginia,  in  1868,  a  son  of  General  George  Stoneman,  whose 
name  is  inscribed  high  on  the  roll  of  American  citizens.  He  was  born  in  Busti,  New  York, 
August  8,  1822,  and  was  a  son  of  George  Stoneman,  of  English  and  German  descent.  He 
supplemented  his  early  educational  training  by  a  course  at  the  West  Point  Military 
Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1846.  He  became  the  chief  of  cavalry  of  the 
Army  of  tlie  Potomac  in  1861  and  his  military  career  constitutes  an  important  chapter  in 
military  and  civil  war  annals  of  the  country.  Civic  honors  came  to  him  in  equal  propor- 
tion, California  electing  him  its  governor  in  1883  for  a  four  years'  terra.  General  Stone- 
man was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Oliver  Hardisty,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  a 
descendant  of  the  McLeans  and  Brevits,  old  Maryland  families  established  on  this  side  the 
water  in  colonial  days.  Mrs.  Stoneman  died  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  March  8,  1915. 
Their  family  numbered  four  children:  Cornelius  McLean,  who  was  a  mechanical  engineer 
and  died  in  1904;  Katharine  Chony,  who  resides  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts;  George  John, 
of  this  review;  and  Mrs.  Adele  Schmidgall,  a  resident  of  New  York  city. 

During  his  youthful  days  George  John  Stoneman  acquired  a  good  public  school  and 
classical  education  and  with  the  determination  to  make  the  practice  of  law  his  life  work 
he  entered  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan  and  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1889.  Thus  thoroughly  equipped  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profes- 
sion in  Seattle,  Washington,  and  put  his  theoretical  knowledge  to  the  practical  test.  His 
clientage  grew  steadily  as  he  demonstrated  his  power  to  carefully  prepare  his  cases  and 
present  them  successfully.  For  five  years  he  remained  in  Seattle  and  within  that  period 
filled  the  office  of  city  clerk  for  two  years.  In  the  winter  of  1894  he  came  to  Arizona, 
settling  first  at  Winslow,  and  in  1896  he  removed  to  Globe,  where  he  resided  until  1911, 
when  he  came  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  general  law  practice.  Along  with 
those  qualities  indispensable  to  the  lawyer — a  keen,  rapid,  logical  mind  plus  the  business 
sense  and  a  ready  capacity  for  hard  work — Mr.  Stoneman  brought  to  the  starting  point  of  his 
legal  career  certain  rare  gifts — eloquence  of  language  and  a  strong  personality.  An  excellent 
presence,  marked  strength  of  character,  a  thorough  grasp  of  the  law  and  the  ability  to  cor- 
rectly apply  its  principles  are  factors  in  his  effectiveness  as  an  advocate. 

In  1901  Mr.  Stoneman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Julia  S.  Hamm,  of  Albuquerque, 
New  Mexico,  and  to  them  have  been  born  three  children.  Mr.  Stoneman  is  well  known  in 
Masonic  circles,  having  attained  the  Kniglit  Templar  degree  in  the  York  Rite  and  also 
crossed  the  sands  of  the  desert  with  the  nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  which  he  is  a  life 
member.  He  is  also  a  life  member  of  the  Benevolent  Pi-otective  Order  of  Elks  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  The  Cincinnati,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  which  society  was  organized 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  441 

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by  the  staff  officers  of  General  Washington,  the  maternal  line  of  descent  enabling  Mr..  Stone- 
man  to  become  a  representative  of  that  organization.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  questions 
of  vital  importance  that  indicate  the  progress  of  the  hour  and  promote  the  welfare  of  city, 
state  and  nation.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  first  railway  commission  of  Arizona,  was 
chosen  to  the  presidency  of  the  Territorial  Bar  Association  in  1912  and  until  recently  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  law  examiners,  tliis  latter  connection  being  further  proof  of 
his  high  standing  in  the  profession  which  he  has  made  his  life  work. 


H.  D.  AITKEN. 


H.  D.  Aitken  may  be  numbered  among  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  for  he  has  resided  in 
this  state  over  thirty  years,  having  made  his  home  in  Prescott  since  1886.  He  is  promi- 
nently connected  with  commercial  interests  in  that  city.  Mr.  Aitken  was  born  in  Nova 
Scotia  in  1S60  and  there  he  was  educated  and  grew  to  manhood.  He  came  to  this  state 
in  1885,  locating  at  Willcox,  and  a  year  later  he  made  his  way  to  Prescott.  Ever  since 
then  he  has  been  connected  with  The  Bashford-Burmister  Company,  of  wliich  he  was 
treasurer  for  many  years,  and  is  now  first  vice  president  and  treasurer. 

On  January  5,  1893,  Mr.  Aitken  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mattie  B.  Tuttle,  of 
Gilroy,  California,  and  to  this  union  have  been  born  three  children.  Mr.  Aitken  is  a  repub- 
lican in  politics  and  although  he  has  never  aspired  to  public  office,  interests  himself  in  all 
measures  undertaken  to  promote  the  growth  of  the  state  or  better  the  conditions  of  tlie 
people.  He  is  a  man  of  modern  ideas  and  is  always  to  be  found  among  those  wlio  lead  in 
matters  of  public  progress.  Fraternally  Mr.  Aitken  is  connected  with  the  Masons,  being 
a  past  master  of  Aztlan  Lodge,  No.  1,  and  he  is  also  a  past  commander  of  Knights  Templar. 
He  enjoys  in  large  measure  the  confidence  of  the  business  men  of  Prescott  and  has  earned 
the  goodwill  of  the  general  public.  At  present  he  is  president  of  the  Yavapai  County 
Chamber  of  Commerce. 


JOHN  H.  DAVIS. 


One  of  the  most  valued  citizens  and  progressive  business  men  of  Miami  is  John  H. 
Davis,  who  since  1894  has  lived  in  that  city,  giving  his  attention  to  various  occupations,  all 
of  which  have  been  important  elements  in  municipal  advancement.  He  was  born  in  North 
Carolina  in  1863,, a  son  of  Augustus  and  Ruth  Davis,  also  natives  of  that  state,  as  were 
the  grandparents  on  both  sides  of  the  family.  The  father  served  in  the  Confederate  army 
during  the  Civil  war  and  died  in  a  Union  prison  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  but 
a  year  old.     His  wife  survived  him  many  years,  dying  in  1908. 

John  H.  Davis  is  the  youngest  in  a  family  of  seven  children.  He  acquired  his  educa- 
tion at  the  Oxford  Orphans  School  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  left  North  Carolina, 
going  to  Texas,  where  he  settled  in  Stephens  county.  For  eleven  years  thereafter  he 
prospected  and  mined  for  gold  in  that  vicinity  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  came  to  Arizona, 
establishing  liimself  as  a  dealer  in  wood  in  Globe  in  1894.  At  the  end  of  a  year  he  went  to 
Graham  county  and  accepted  a  position  as  foreman  for  the  Spenasuna  Milling  &  Mining 
Company,  discharging  his  responsible  duties  in  an  able  and  conscientious  manner  for  six 
years.  When  he  came  to  Miami  he  erected  a  building  and  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
conducting  a  large  and  profitable  store  for  two  years.  Of  late  years  he  has  become  con- 
nected with  important  real  estate  transactions,  having  purchased  a  large  amount  of  city 
property,  upon  which  he  built  residences  which  he  leases.  Being  a  resourceful,  able  and 
progressive  business  man,  his  interests  are  all  well  managed  and  profitable,  and  his  position 
in  business  circles  of  Miami  practically  unassailable. 

Mr.  Davis  was  married  in  1885  to  Miss  Myrtle  Robinson,  who  was  born  in  Knox  county, 
Tennessee,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wesley  Robinson,  the  former  of  whom  still  resides 
in  that  state,  having  survived  his  wife  since  1911.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  became  the  parents 


442  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living:  Charles,  who  was  born  in  1886  and  is  a 
large  property  owner  in  Miami;  Josepli,  whose  birth  occurretl  in  1892;  Ollie,  born  in  189S; 
and  Henry,  who  was  born  in  1900  and  is  now  attending  scliool. 

Mr.  Davis'  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  Although  not  an  office 
seeker  he  served  for  several  years  as  deputy  sheriff  of  Gila  county  and  is  interested  always 
in  the  promotion  of  progressive  public  projects.  Throughout  his  business  career  he  has 
manifested  an  aptitude  for  successful  management,  carrying  forward  to  completion  what- 
ever he  undertook,  and  his  labors  have  been  resultant  factors  in  the  attainment  of  a 
prosperity  which  places  him  among  the  men  of  affluence  in  the  city. 


JACOB  S.  MANSFELD. 


Jacob  S.  Mansfeld  was  the  moving  spirit  in  tlie  establishment  of  the  State  University 
at  Tucson  and  this  alone  would  liavc  entitled  him  to  distinction  and  to  the  heartfelt 
gratitude  of  his  fellow  citizens  had  he  done  no  other  work  worthy  of  note.  Witli  the  material 
development  of  city  and  state,  however,  he  was  closely  associated  and  liis  political  activity 
was  at  all  times  first  in  civic  progress  and  virtue.  There  are  nmny  tangible  evidences  of 
his  public  spirit  and  his  name  is  most  closely  and  inseparably  interwoven  with  the  annals 
of  Arizona.  The  life  record  of  Mr.  Mansfeld  covered  the  intervening  period  between  the 
9th  of  November,  1832,  and  the  19th  of  February,  1894.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Pase- 
walk,  in  nortli  (iermany,  and  tlierc  attended  the  jmblic  scliools  until  he  readied  his  fourteenth 
year,  after  whidi  lie  received  thorougli  training  along  commercial  lines  tlirougli  a  four  year's 
apprenticeship,  followed  by  a  clerkship  covering  tliree  years.  He  was  then  drafted  into  the 
Prussian  army  and  rendered  the  allotted  military  service  to  his  country.  On  his  disdiarge' 
from  the  army  in  1856  lie  made  arrangements  to  come  to  the  new  world  and  in  August  of 
tliat  year  arrived  in  San  Francisco.  For  some  time  he  remained  in  California,  first  securing 
a  clerksiiip  in  Amador  county,  followed  by  tliree  years  spent  in  a  similar  way  in' Shasta.  In 
1861  he  became  junior  partner  in  a  book  store  of  that  city.  Some  time  afterward  he  sold 
his  interest  in  the  business  and  removed  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  wliere  in  a  few  months 
he  lost  all  that  he  liad  accumulated  in  Calitornia.  Not  discouraged  and  not  disheartened  by 
his  losses,  however,  he  set  to  work  to  again  build  up  his  fortunes  and  in  1865  went  to  Idalio 
City,  where  he  established  a  store.  Three  days  later  his  business  was  destroyed  by  lire 
and  he  was  left  penniless.  With  the  courage  and  determination  that  always  characterized 
him  he  succeeded  in  reestablishing  the  business  and  in  tlie  two  years  that  followed  developed 
a  most  gratifying  trade  but  lire  again  devastated  the  city  and  once  more  left  Jlr.  Mansfeld 
penniless. 

Removing  to  Silver  City,  he  again  made  a  good  start  in  business,  remaining  there  until 
the  white  pine  excitement  depopulated  the  place  and  with  otliers  he  went  to  the  mining 
camps.  He  was  connected  at  different  times  with  various  mining  camps  of  that  part  of  the 
country  and  in  the  winter  of  1867  he  carried  the  first  newspaper  over  the  mountains  to 
Patterson  district  and  to  Ely,  now  Pioche,  Nevada.  Like  thousands  of  others,  he  did  not 
win  a  fortune  in  the  mining  camps  and  turned  his  face  toward  Arizona.  In  the  summer 
of  1869  he  traveled  across  the  Colorado  desert,  making  his  way  to  San  Bernardino,  Cali- 
fornia, as  it  was  unsafe  to  travel  the  direct  route  from  White  Pine  to  Prescott  unless  one 
were  a  member  of  a  large  and  well  armed  party.  From  San  Bernardino  he  jiroceeded  to 
San  Diego  and  thence  made  his  way  to  Yuma  and  on  to  Tucson,  where  lie  arrived  after  weary 
months  of  travel.  Tucson  did  not  jierhaps  recognize  at  the  time  tliat  it  was  welcoming  one 
who  was  to  be  a  foremost  citizen,  for  Mr.  Mansfeld  had  no  capital  save  energy  and  deter- 
mination. He  began  business,  however,  by  opening  a  small  news  depot  in  a  room  upon  the 
site  of  the  extensive  store  of  which  he  was  afterward  ^iroprietor.  His  trade  was  very 
small  for  some  time  but  gradually  the  business  grew  and  he  not  only  handled  newspapers 
and  such  goods  as  arc  usually  found  upon  news  stands  but  extended  tlii'  scope  of  liis  business 
to  include  stationery  and  books.  He  also  introduced  a  circulating  library  and  gradually 
with  the  growth  of  the  city  his  business  developed  and  became  one  of  the  large  and  prolitable 
commercial  concerns  of  Tucson.    One  writing  of  him  jirior  to  his  death  spoke  of  his  business 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  443 

record  as  follows:  "Mr.  Mansfeld  established  his  career  upon  a  business  basis  and  althougli 
enjoying  a  monopoly  in  his  line  has  never  taken  advantage  of  this  circumstance  to  demand 
more  than  a  legitimate  profit  upon  his  goods.  He  has  devoted  a  close  personal  attention  to 
his  business  and  has  accorded  every  patron,  from  the  most  prominent  citizen  to  the  hum- 
blest native,  the  same  unvarying  courtesy  and  square  treatment  and  to  this  day  no  man 
can  truthfully  say  that  J.  S.  Mansfeld  has  ever  wronged  him  of  a  single  penny.  His  word 
is  as  good  as  a  double  oagle  and  lie  is  the  personification  of  honor  and  integrity.  What 
greater  compliment  can  be  paid  a  human  being?" 

On  the  lOtli  of  May,  1878,  Mr.  Mansfeld  was  united  in  marriage  in  New  York  city, 
to  Miss  Eva  Goldschmidt,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Fredericka  Goldschmidt.  They  became 
the  parents  of  four  cliildren:  Hannah  Fredericka,  now  the  Avife  of  Harry  Lauda,  of  New 
Braunfcls,  Texas;  Samuel,  who  is  connected  with  the  Eagle  Milling  Company  of  Tucson, 
and  who  married  Vivian  Ainsworth  by  whom  he  has  two  children,  Ann  Eve  and  Leonore; 
Phyllis,  at  home;  and  Monte,  who  wedded  Mary  E.  Kirkland  and  has  one  child,  Monte,  Jr. 
They,  too,  reside  in  Tucson. 

While  Mr.  Mansfeld  remained  for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Tucson 
he  never  concentrated  his  energies  upon  commercial  interests  to  the  exclusion  of  cooperation 
in  matters  relating  to  the  public  welfare.  In  fact  few  men  have  realized  so  thoroughly  or 
met  so  fully  the  duties  and  obligations  of  citizenship  as  he  did.  In  many  way.s  lie  con- 
tributed to  the  public  welfare  and  the  upbuilding  of  city  and  state  and  whenever  called  upon 
he  was  ready  to  do  his  full  share  in  furthering  the  interests  of  his  community.  He  served 
as  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Tucson  under  the  mayoralty  of  John  B.  Allen,  with  whom 
he  was  associated  in  drafting  the  first  city  charter.  In  1876  he  was  appointed  centennial 
commissioner  to  Philadelphia.  Elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Pima 
county,  he  served  as  its  chairman  in  1885  and  1886  and  his  record  was  characterized  by 
many  plans  and  projects  for  the  public  good.  While  he  served  in  that  capacity  roads  were 
buildcd,  the  lawsuits  concerning  the  Port  Lobos  railroad  were  ended  and  forfeited  bonds  of 
the  Calabasas  railroad  were  destroyed,  and  he  also  prepared  the  funding  bill  for  Pima  county. 

Mr.  Mansfeld's  work  in  connection  with  the  university  was  one  which  entitled  him  to 
lasting  gratitude.  He  may  well  be  termed  the  father  of  the  institution.  When  he  sug- 
gested it  it  was  met  with  laughter,  people  wanting  to  know  who  would  attend,  but  he  called 
a  meeting  in  the  back  room  of  his  store  and  a  few  other  hopeful  spirits  joined  him,  fore- 
seeing the  growth  of  the  state  and  recognizing  its  future  needs.  He  continued  to  agitate 
the  subject  until  public  sentiment  was  created  in  favor  of  the  university  and  lie  was  instru- 
mental in  securing  the  passage  of  a  bill  in  the  legislature  providing  for  the  establishment 
of  the  university  with  an  appropriation  for  the  work.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Tritle  one  of  the  first  regents  of  the  university,  in  March,  1885,  and  was  the  only  member 
of  the  board  who  took  sufficient  interest  in  the  matter  to  even  qualify.  He  never  lost  sight 
of  the  ultimate  importance  of  the  institution  to  Tucson  and  he  took  the  initial  step  to  bring 
about  the  consummation  of  the  project,  and  the  ground  upon  which  the  university  building 
now  stands  was  offered  to  Mr.  Mansfeld  by  Robert  Starr  and  E.  B.  Pomroy,  in  May,  1885. 
Being  the  only  qualified  regent  he  was  unable  to  accomplish  anything  until  Charles  M. 
Strauss  was  appointed  a  regent  and  both  went  to  work  with  determination.  They  induced 
the  indifferent  members  of  the  board  to  resign,  followed  by  the  appointment  of  Judge  J.  S. 
Wood,  M.  G.  Samaniego  and  G.  J.  Roskruge.  With  the  cooperation  of  the  new  members  of 
the  board  Mr.  Mansfeld  pushed  official  operations  to  a  successful  issue.  He  even  advanced 
funds  to  meet  the  necessary  expenses  of  an  absent  member  to  secure  a  quorum  of  the 
board  of  regents.  Upon  his  motion  Dr.  .J.  C.  Handy  was  made  chancellor  and  the  lands 
having  been  purchased  by  Messrs.  Parker  and  Read  and  donated  to  the  imiversity,  tlie 
regents  at  once  took  steps  to  place  the  bonds  which  were  then  in  the  custody  of  Thomas 
J.  Butler,  treasurer  of  the  territory.  They  were  secured  and  sold  to  David  Henderson  and 
the  money  was  then  raised  to  begin  the  active  work  of  constructing  the  buildings.  It  is 
a  well  known  fact  that  an  effort  was  contemplated  to  repeal  the  university  act  by  the 
fourteenth  legislative  assembly  and  in  order  to  forestall  such  action  it  was  imperative  that 
work  should  begin  before  the  legislature  could  act.  Bids  were  invited  for  the  erection  of 
the  building  without  delay  and  thus  the  imiversity  was  saved  to  Tucson  and  the  state. 
Mr.  Mansfeld  never  faltered  in  his  purpose  but  put  forth  a  most   strenuous   effort,  giving 


444  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

his  time  and  means  to  furthering  tlio  cause  and  to  liim  all  honor  is  due  that  the  state  now 
has  this  splendid  educational  institution  and  that  Tucson  became  the  university  town. 

In  1883,  through  appointment  of  Mayor  Strauss,  Mr.  Mansfeld  was  appointed  the  first 
trustee  of  the  Tucson  public  library  and  succeeding  mayoralty  appointments  continued  him 
in  that  position  until  his  demise.  He  was  elected  and  served  for  tliree  years  as  school 
trustee  and  his  influence  was  ever  on  the  side  of  education  and  intellectual  progress.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Society  of  Arizona  Pioneers,  of  which  he  was  president 
and  director.  Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Masons,  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  United 
Workmen  and  the  Elks  and  his  life  was  an  exemplification  of  the  fraternal  spirit  that 
recognizes  the  brotherhood  of  mankind  and  the  obligations  thereby  imposed.  A  modem 
philosopher  has  said  "Not  the  good  that  comes  to  us  but  the  good  that  comes  to  the  world 
through  us  is  the  measure  of  our  success,"  and  judged  by  this  standard  Jacob  S.  Mansfeld 
was  a  most  successful  man,  for  his  iife  work  has  not  yet  reached  its  fruition  nor  will  the 
measure  of  his  influence  be  realized  while  the  State  University  stands.  The  work  that  he 
instituted  is  going  on  in  ever  broadening  circles,  proving  the  benefit  not  only  to  present 
but  to  future  generations. 


ARTEMAS  LOUDEN  GROW. 

Throughout  the  course  of  a  long,  honorable  and  worthy  career,  forty-four  years  of 
which  were  spent  in  Arizona,  Artemas  Louden  Grow  has  steadily  adhered  to  the  highest 
principles  of  honorable  manhood,  faithfully  fulfilling  all  the  obligations  of  life,  and  is 
today,  in  the  seventy-ninth  year  of  his  age,  an  active  factor  in  the  world's  work.  Mining 
interests  in  Arizona  owe  him  an  important  debt  by  reason  of  the  work  he  has  accomplished 
in  reorganizing  the  mines  of  the  Tombstone  district  and  putting  them  on  a  solid  financial 
basis,  and  the  entire  state  is  better  and  more  prosperous  by  reason  of  his  many  years  of 
straightforward  and  progressive  work.  He  was  born  in  Tccumseh,  Lenawee  county,  Michi- 
gan, February  26,  1837,  and  is  a  son  of  Ortes  C.  and  Elinor  (Louden)  Grow.  T)ie  paternal 
branch  of  this  family  comes  of  old  colonial  stock,  Mr.  Grow's  grandfather,  Asa  Grow,  having 
been  the  son  of  John  Grow,  who  served  in  the  Continental  army  during  the  Revolutionary 
war. 

Artemus  L.  Grow  is  one  of  a  family  of  seven  children  and  the  only  one  still  living. 
Two  of  his  brothers  were  killed  in  the  Civil  war  and  he  is  also  a  veteran  of  that  conflict, 
having  served  in  the  United  States  navy  under  McKeen  in  the  Gulf  Squadron,  and  under 
Du  Pont,  Foot  and  Dahlgren  in  the  South  Atlantic.  After  the  close  of  hostilities  he  still 
continued  in  the  service  and  was  ordered  to  the  ironclad  Monadnock  as  one  of  the  engineers. 
Upon  that  vessel  he  made  the  trip  from  Philadelphia  to  San  Francisco,  traveling  from 
November,  1865,  to  June,  1866.  Upon  his  arrival  at  the  latter  city  he  was  transferred 
to  the  Vanderbilt  and  later  to  tlie  Saginaw  and  remained  in  the  service  until  1868,  when 
he  was  honorably  discharged,  being  mustered  out  in  New  York  on  October  31st  of  that  year. 

In  1869  Mr.  Grow  returned  to  California  and  from  there  came  in  March,  1870,  to  Arizona, 
of  which  state  he  was  a  continuous  resident  for  forty-four  years.  The  last  thirty-four 
years  were  spent  in  Tombstone  and  during  that  time  he  was  connected  with  various  mines 
and  mills  in  that  district  as  manager  and  superintendent.  In  1895  and  1896  he  attempted 
the  reorganization  of  the  mines  around  Tombstone,  which  were  then  in  a  very  precariojis 
financial  condition.  As  superintendent  of  the  Tranquility  mine  he  labored  until  he  was 
able  to  pay  off  all  of  the  old  debts  contracted  by  the  former  operating  company  and  after- 
ward reorganized  the  concern  under  the  name  of  the  Tombstone  Mines  Consolidated  Com- 
pany, Limited.  In  1900  he  had  the  work  of  reconstruction  well  under  way  and  transferred 
all  of  the  bonds  on  the  different  companies  and  all  claims  and  rights  to  E.  B.  Gage,  who 
finished  the  work  in  1901.  Mr.  Grow  was  appointed  secretary  of  the  new  concern.  On 
July  18,  1911,  the  Tombstone  Mines  Consolidated  Company,  Limited,  went  into  bankruptcy, 
and  he  was  elected  and  qualified  as  trustee,  witli  full  charge  of  all  the  affairs  of  the  cor- 
poration. He  has  since  ably  carried  on  the  mining  operations  and  has  accomplished  such 
excellent  results  that  the  royalties  have  been  sufficient  to  pay  all  the  taxes  and  other 
obligations  and  leave  a  fair  fund  remaining  in  the  treasury.  Mr.  Grow  conducted  this 
work  of   reconstruction   and   organization   in   a   masterly  way,  evidencing  in   everything  he 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  447 

(lid  the  splendid  executive  and  administrative  ability,  the  foresight,  shrewdness  and  enter- 
prise of  an  able  and  judicious  business  man,  and  the  finished  work  stands  as  a  gratifying 
testimonial  of  liis  ability  and  public  spirit. 

Since  1914  Mr.  Grow  has  made  his  home  in  Sawtelle,  California.  In  politics  he  was 
until  1896  an  adherent  of  the  republican  party  but  since  that  date  has  voted  independently, 
supporting  men  and  measures  rather  than  party.  He  has  always  been  intelligently  inter- 
ested in  public  affairs  but  the  only  office  he  has  held  was  that  of  supervisor  of  Yuma 
county,  a  position  to  which  he  was  elected  in  1876.  His  religion  is  simple  but  compre- 
hensive in  its  scope,  embraced  as  it  is  in  the  words  of  the  Golden  Rule.  Throughout  his 
life  he  has  lived  up  to  its  precepts,  never  seeking  his  own  advancement  through  the  mis- 
fortune of  others.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  holding  member- 
ship in  the  chapter,  commandery  and  consistory  and  he  keeps  in  touch  with  his  comrades 
of  fifty  years  ago  through  his  connection  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  is  a 
life  member  in  the  latter  society  and  was  tlie  organizer  of  tlie  Arizona  department,  serving 
as  its  first  commander.  His  life  has  at  all  times  been  a  commendable  one,  and  in  matters 
of  citizenship  he  has  ever  displayed  the  same  patriotic  spirit  which  he  manifested  as  a 
soldier  on  southern  battlefields. 


PROFESSOR  CHARLES  O.  CASE. 

Professor  Charles  0.  Case,  state  superintendent  of  schools,  is  recognized  as  one  of 
Arizona's  eminent  ed\ieators,  long  connected  witli  the  public  school  system  of  the  state.  He 
has  had  broad  experience  in  both  the  rural  and  city  schools  and  was  thus  well  qualified  to 
enter  upon  the  responsible  duties  to  which  he  was  called  in  the  election  in  the  fall  of  1911. 
He  was  born  in  Rock  Island  county,  Illinois,  July  9,  1860,  a  son  of  Cliarles  H.  and  Sarah  F. 
(Taylor)  Case.  The  father  was  a  teacher  and  preacher  and  for  some  time  filled  the  position 
as  professor  of  mathematics  in  an  Ohio  college.  In  1832  he  removed  from  Ohio  to  Illinois 
and  did  active  service  in  tlie  Blacklmwk  war.  Both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  during  the 
early  boyhood  of  their  son  Cliarles. 

In  elementary  and  higher  schools  of  Illinois  and  Michigan  Professor  Case  pursued  his 
education,  but  throughout  life  has  been  a  close  student,  learning  continually  the  lessons  to 
be  mastered  in  the  school  of  experience  and  also  adding  to  his  knowledge  through  wide 
reading  and  investigation.  His  identification  with  Arizona  dates  from  1889,  at  which 
time  he  settled  in  Phoenix,  and  later  he  was  at  Upper  Jonesville.  He  has  taught  school  con- 
tinuously for  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century  and  following  broad  experience  in  the  rural 
schools  has  had  much  to  do  with  shaping  and  promoting  the  public  school  system  of  Arizona 
through  his  active  work  as  superintendent  of  the  schools  of  Globe,  Alma  and  Mesa,  as 
assistant  superintendent  at  Prescott  and  as  principal  of  the  high  school  of  Phoenix.  After 
acting  in  the  latter  capacity  for  a  time  he  was  made  principal  of  the  business  course  in 
Phoenix,  and  in  fact  originated  and  installed  that  course  as  a  part  of  the  public  school 
system  of  the  capital  city.  He  spent  a  number  of  summers  in  connection  with  the  Woodbury 
Business  College  at  Los  Angeles  and  for  three  years  was  superintendent  of  the  schools  of 
Jerome,  Arizona,  where  he  was  located  at  the  time  of  his  election  to  his  present  office.  He 
has  won  the  highest  diploma  that  Arizona  can  give  and  has  long  been  recognized  as  one 
of  the  leading  educators  in  the  state.  While  in  the  active  Avork  of  the  schools  he  closely 
studied  the  needs  of  individual  pupils,  knowing  that  no  set  system  can  meet  all  require- 
ments. He  inspired  the  teachers  and  pupils  under  him  with  much  of  his  own  zeal  and 
interest  in  the  work,  and  as  the  years  passed  on  his  success  was  such  that  it  naturally 
commended  him  for  the  responsible  place  that  he  is  now  filling.  As  state  superintendent 
he  has  made  it  his  purpose  to  come  in  close  touch  with  the  schools  throughout  Arizona, 
solving  complex  and  intricate  problems,  stimulating  interest  and  gaining  the  hearty  coopera- 
tion of  teachers  throughout  the  state. 

On  the  26th  of  July,  1892,  Professor  Case  was  married  to  Miss  Angle  Jackson,  a  daugh- 
ter of  M.  M.  .Tackson,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  state,  and  a  relative  of  Andrew  Jackson's. 
Her  father  was  the  promoter  of  the  Buckeye  canal  and  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  near  Phoenix. 
Professor  and  Mrs.  Case  have  three  living  children:     Wilmott,  Harvey  0.  and  Eugene  M. 

In   politics   he  has   always   been   a   stalwart   democrat   and  his   fraternal   association   is 

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448  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

with  the  Masonic  lodge.  He  and  his  wife  attend  tlie  Methodist  Episcopal  cliurch,  South, 
and  he  is  interested  in  all  those  projects  which  tend  to  uplift  humanity.  A  visit  to  his 
library  and  a  chat  with  him  in  his  pleasant  home  at  Phoenix  are  sufficient  to  dispel  any 
idea  that  the  new  west  is  witliout  cultured  men  of  ability,  interested  in  its  educational  prog- 
ress and  development.  He  has  given  some  of  the  best  years  of  an  active  and  useful  life  to 
the  cause  of  education  and  he  is  in  sympathy  with  the  spirit  of  Kant,  who  says:  "The 
object  of  education  is  to  train  each  individual  to  reach  the  highest  perfection  possible  for 
him." 


W.  H.  WOODSON. 


One  cannot  carry  investigation  far  into  the  history  of  Globe  or  of  the  mining  develop- 
ment of  Gila  county  without  learning  of  the  influential  part  wliich  W.  H.  Woodson  took 
in  shaping  their  annals.  He  came  here  in  pioneer  times,  before  the  town  of  Globe  was 
thought  of,  and  mined  throughout  Gila  county,  winning  as  the  years  passed  success  and 
prominence  and  a  position  among  the  state's  most  honored  pioneers. 

Mr.  Woodson  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1847  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  state,  remaining  there  until  1872.  When  he  left  there  he  went  to  Denison, 
Texas,  where  he  witnessed  the  survey  of  the  town  site  and  where  for  four  years  lie  followed 
tlie  blaclcsmith's  trade,  building  up  a  profitable  and  paying  business.  In  company  with  three 
others,  he  then  crossed  the  plains  to  Arizona,  driving  mule  teams,  and  at  tlie  end  of  two 
months  the  party  arrived  at  the  present  site  of  Globe,  before  a  single  house  had  been  built 
in  the  town.  There  was,  however,  a  mine  here,  called  the  Globe  mine,  on  the  Globe  ledge, 
from  which  the  city  afterward  derived  its  name.  Mr.  Woodson  located  the  first  two  exten- 
sions east  of  the  Globe  mine  and  held  this  valuable  property,  developing  a  high  grade  of 
copper  ore,  until  1881,  when  he  sold  to  John  R.  Saltsman,  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania.  These 
were  the  first  copper  mines  sold  in  the  Globe  district.  This  transaction  completed,  Mr. 
Woodson  located  several  silver  mines,  among  which  were  the  East  and  West  Richmond  mines 
in  the  Richmond  basin,  properties  which  he  operated  until  1893,  wlien  he  again  came  to  Globe 
and  turned  his  attention  to  copper  mining,  leasing  properties  which  now  form  a  part  of 
the  mines  owned  by  the  Inspiration  Consolidated  Copper  Company.  Mr.  Woodson  also 
located  and  developed  a  new  mine  and  bought  an  interest  in  the  Inspiration  Copper  Mine, 
giving  active  supervision  to  his  interests  until  1904,  when  he  sold  to  J.  D.  Copeland  and 
retired  from  active  life,  having  earned  rest  and  comfort  by  many  years  of  well  directed  and 
earnest  work.    He  is  now  centering  his  attention  upon  buying  and  selling  stocks  and  bonds. 

Mr.  Woodson  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  and  interested  in  the  continued 
advancement  of  the  section  to  which  he  came  as  a  pioneer,  althougli  this  interest  never 
takes  the  form  of  office  seeking.  In  the  city  where  he  has  resided  for  thirty-five  years  he 
is  known  as  a  man  of  kindly  spirit  and  generous  disposition  and  added  to  these  qualities 
is  marked  business  ability  and  unfaltering  integrity,  manifested  in  every  business  trans- 
action. His  name  is  inseparably  interwoven  with  the  development  of  his  section  of  the 
state  from  the  period  of  early  progress  to  the  present  time,  and  his  efforts  through  the 
years  have  resulted  in  the  attainment  of  individual  prosperity  and  in  the  advancement  of 
one  of  the  greatest  industries  of  Arizona. 


AMOS  W.  COLE. 


While  Arizona  is  the  youngest  in  the  great  sisterhood  of  states  that  constitute  the 
Union,  she  has  profited  by  the  experience  of  others  and  no  state  can  surpass  her  in  the 
wisdom  and  the  progressiveness  of  her  laws  and  her  system  of  government.  While  the  older 
states  have  little  or  nothing  upon  their  statute  books  to  meet  existing  conditions,  Arizona, 
recognizing  the  needs  and  demands  of  the  hour  and  looking  forward  to  those  of  the  future, 
has  so  organized  her  system  of  government  that  the  vital  and  significant  problems  of  the 
day  are  finding  ready  solution.     Tlirough  a  recognition  of  the  conditions  of  the  times  she 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  449 

established  a  corporation  commission  and  it  is  upon  this  board  that  Amos  W.  Cole  is 
serving,  and  in  the  prompt  and  faithful  performance  of  his  duty  is  meeting  with  warm 
commendation  and  approval. 

Mr.  Cole  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Montgomery  county  on  the 
8th  of  September,  1868.  His  parents  were  Henry  W.  and  Nancy  J.  (Langhorn)  Cole.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  served  in  the  Civil  war  as  a  member  of  the  Con- 
federate army.  He  was  a  son  of  Merly  Cole,  who  was  killed  Avhile  serving  as  a  soldier  in 
the  Mexican  war.  He  came  of  Irisli  ancestry  and  was  a  representative  of  an  old  Scotch 
family. 

After  attending  the  public  schools,  Amos  W.  Colo  entered  the  University  of  Missouri 
at  Columbia  and  there  pursued  a  course  of  study  until  graduated  from  the  law  department 
with  the  class  of  1888.  He  then  located  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Missouri, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years  and  in  1890  removed  to  Texas.  Since  that  date  he  has 
been  an  active  member  of  the  bar  in  Texas,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.  He  first  came  to 
this  state  in  1892  and  for  ten  years  he  was  located  at  Douglas,  where  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Copper  Queen  Consolidated  Mining  Company  in  the  capacity  of  smelterman.  He  con- 
tinued in  such  employment  until  the  election  of  1912  wlien  he  entered  into  the  duties  of 
office.     In  1911  he  served  as  secretary  of  the  constitutional  convention  of  Arizona. 

In  1891  Mr.  Cole  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Baker,  of  Missouri,  and  to 
them  were  born  six  children,  two  sons  and  four  daughters.  Mr.  Cole  is  a  member  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  tlie  democratic  party.  It  was 
upon  tliat  ticket  that  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  corporation  commission  in  1911, 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  the  position  in  the  following  January.  His  record  as  a  lawyer, 
as  a  business  man  and  as  a  public  official  places  him  in  higli  regard  and  his  worth  as  a  citizen 
is  widely  acknowledged  by  all  who  know  aught  of  his  history. 


FRANKLIN  IVY  COX. 


Franklin  Ivy  Cox,  who  passed  away  June  27,  1914,  was  one  of  the  foremost  attorneys 
of  the  southwest  and  his  legal  interests  as  adviser  and  counselor,  gave  him  high  rank  among 
his  professional  brethren.  He  was  born  in  Belmont,  Texas,  December  5,  1856,  his  parents 
being  Ivy  H.  and  Mary  J.  (Cook)  Cox.  He  attended  Soule  University  at  Chapel  Hill,  Texas, 
and  afterward  continued  his  education  in  San  Diego,  California.  He  was  but  sixteen  years  of 
age  when  he  made  his  initial  step  in  business  as  a  partner  of  H.  S.  Harbison  in  the  conduct 
of  an  apiary  near  San  Diego.  This  was  in  1873.  Thinking,  however,  to  find  a  professional 
career  more  congenial  and  hoping  that  it  would  give  him  broader  opportunities,  he  took  up 
the  study  of  law  and  in  1879  came  to  Phoenix.  Soon  afterward  he  was  elected  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  democratic  central  committee  of  Maricopa  county  and  in  1881  was 
elected  clerk  of  the  board  of  county  supervisors.  The  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  entered  upon  active  practice.  In  1884  he  was  elected  district  attorney  and  through 
four  successive  terms  filled  that  position,  his  reelections  continuing  him  in  the  office  until 
1892,  a  fact  indicative  of  his  creditable  record  and  his  ability  in  that  connection.  He  also 
served  as  judge  advocate  general  of  Arizona  during  the  administration  of  Governor  B.  .J. 
Franklin.  He  was  attorney  general  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  in  Arizona 
for  fifteen  years  and  was  local  adviser  for  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Compan}%  the 
Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  the  Maricopa  &  Phoenix  Railroad  Company  and  the  Salt 
River  Valley  Railroad  Company,  a  fact  indicative  of  his  knowledge  of  corporation  law  and 
his  ability  to  successfully  cope  with  the  questions  that  confronted  him  in  managing  the 
legal  interests  of  the  companies  which  he  represented.  He  was  for  some  time  a  member  of 
the -law  firm  of  Cox,  Street  &■  Williams,  which  later  became  Cox  &  Street,  and  his  high 
standing  among  liis  professional  brethren  was  indicated  by  the  fact  that  they  chose  him 
for  the  oflRce  of  president  of  the  Territorial  Bar  Association.  His  ability  was  recognized  by 
the  laity  as  well  as  the  profession  and  throughout  his  connection  with  the  Arizona  bar  his 
practice  was  large  and  of  an  important  character. 

On  the  16th  of  September,  1883,  Mr.  Cox  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Annie  Boyd, 


450  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

a  daughter  of  S.  C.  Reed,  a  pioneer  of  the  Pacific  coast.  Mr.  Cox  was  well  known  in  Masonic 
circles,  holding  membership  in  Arizona  Lodge,  No.  2,  F.  &  A.  M.;  Arizona  Chapter,  No.  1, 
R.  A.  M.;  Phoenix  Commandery,  No.  3,  K.  T.;  and  El  Zaribah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.  He 
also  belonged  to  the  Maricopa  Club  of  Phoenix.  He  was  usually  to  be  found  in  those 
circles  where  intelligent  men  are  met  in  the  discussion  of  vital  and  impoi-tant  themes  and 
his  contribution  to  such  discussions  was  considered  of  value  by  all  who  participated  therein. 
Mr.  Cox  was  a  broad  and  liberal-minded  man,  one  who  recognized  life's  duties,  obligations 
and  opportunities  and  performed  the  first  and  met  the  second  as  fully  as  he  enjoyed  and 
utilized  the  last. 


W.  G.  DICKINSON. 


W.  G.  Dickinson,  who  is  now  serving  as  sheriff  of  Coconino  county  and  with  his  brother, 
Frank  L.,  is  extensively  engaged  in  the  cattle  industry  near  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  was  born 
in  Missouri  in  1869.  The  family  made  their  way  overland  to  this  state  in  1875,  and  here 
W.  G.  Dickinson  grew  to  manhood.  He  is  interested  with  his  brother  in  a  ranch,  theirs 
being  one  of  the  oldest  brands  in  Yavapai  county. 

Mr.  Dickinson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nellie  Pattee,  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  who 
was  born  near  Janesville,  Iowa.  They  are  the  parents  of  one  child.  Mr.  Dickinson  is  a  demo- 
crat and  has  always  been  interested  in  governmental  affairs.  He  served  for  some  time  as 
deputy  sheriff  and  is  now  sheriff  of  Coconino  county,  rendering  highly  efficient  service  in 
tliat  capacity.  Along  fraternal  lines  Mr.  Dickinson  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  Such  success  as  has  come  to  him  must  be  largely  attributed  to  an 
ambitious  turn  of  mind,  energy  and  industry,  and  it  is  for  these  characteristics,  more  than 
for  his  material  success,  that  Mr.  Dickinson  is  highly  esteemed  by  his  friend's  and  neighbors. 


JOHN  F.  CRAMPTON. 


John  F.  Crampton,  the  first  white  child  to  come  into  Salt  River  valley,  was  for  many 
years  a  force  in  the  mining  development  of  Arizona  and  is  today  one  of  the  substantial  and 
representative  citizens  of  Globe.  He  was  born  in  California,  December  1,  1856,  and  is  a 
son  of  John  V.  and  Matilda  J.  Crampton,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  came  to 
America  when  he  was  a  young  man.  Tlie  mother  was  born  in  South  Carolina  and  crossed 
tlie  plains  to  California  in  1850.  Their  marriage  occurred  in  the  following  year.  The 
father  was  extensively  engaged  in  siiwmilling  and  logging  in  the  San  Bernardino  mountains 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  about  1856.  To  this  union  were  born  three  children:  Mrs. 
Mary  Fitzgerald,  of  San  Francisco,  California;  John  F.,  of  this  review;  and  Sarah  J.,  the  widow 
of  C.  H.  Kenyon,  and  a  resident  of  Globe.  She  and  her  husband  were  the  first  white  people 
to  be  married  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Phoenix.  Rev.  J.  T.  Alsap  oiTiciating 
at  the  ceremony.  After  the  death  of  her  first  husband  the  mother  married  James  A.  Moore, 
who  remained  in  California  until  1866  and  then  brought  the  family  to  Arizona.  He  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  this  state,  settling  at  McDowell,  where  he  operated  the  Settlers'  store 
until  1869.  In  that  year  he  sold  out  his  interests  to  the  firm  of  Hellings  &  Grub  and  pur- 
chased the  Maricopa  Wells  stage  line  from  San  Diego  to  Tucson,  conducting  the  latter 
until  1878,  when  the  railroad  was  completed.  He  was  at  that  time  already  interested 
in  a  series  of  mines  near  Globe  and  when  obliged  to  abandon  his  other  business  took  up 
the  active  work  of  their  development,  carrying  it  forward  successfully  until  1881,  when 
he  went  to  the  Silver  King  mine,  where  he  remained  for  one  year.  Failing  health  necessi- 
tated his  removal  to  California  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  he  died  in  San  Francisco  in  1882. 
For  many  years  he  took  an  active  interest  in  mining  projects  and  he  and  Mr.  Crampton 
raised  the  money  for  the  Wickenburg  quartz  mill,  which' was  erected  in  1864  and  which  later 
hecarae  known  as  the  Vulture  gold  mine  mills.  In  the  early  days  in  San  Bernardino  county 
'he  conducted  a  large  butcher  shop  and  served  as  sheriff. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  451 

Jolin  F.  Crampton  remained  in  California  until  1866  and  was  ten  years  of  age  when  the 
family  came  to  Arizona,  lie  being  the  first  white  child  to  enter  the  Salt  River  valley.  He 
remained  with  his  stepfather  until  3879,  assisting  him  in  the  conduct  of  the  Settlers'  store 
at  McDowell  and  in  the  development  of  his  other  extensive  enterprises,  and  he  then  came 
to  Globe,  where  he  has  since  resided,  being  now  one  of  tlie  oldest  living  settlers  in  point 
of  continuous  residence.  He  made  his  home  liere  before  the  surveys  were  made  and  helped 
to  locate  the  town  and  lay  out  the  town  site.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  a  force  in  its 
upbuilding  and  development,  lending  the  weight  of  his  influence  always  to  measures  of 
progress,  reform  and  advancement.  In  company  with  his  motlier  he  conducted  a  hotel  for 
some  time  but  in  January,  1882,  turned  over  the  property  to  her,  after  which  he  gave  his 
attention  to  raining  and  smelting,  ranching  and  cattle-raising.  He  has  never  given  up  his 
active  connection  with  mining  interests  here  and  his  holdings  have  accumulated  through 
the  years  until  they  are  now  extensive  and  valuable.  He  is  in  control  of  what  is  known  as  the 
Red  Bluff  group  of  fourteen  claims,  located  ten  miles  southeast  of  Globe.  These  he  operates 
under  lease,  and  in  the  management  of  his  affairs  displays  the  energy,  shrewdness  and  pro- 
gressive spirit  upon  which  all  of  his  success  is  founded. 

On  the  14th  of  February,  1883,  Mr.  Crampton  married  Miss  Rosella  Snelling,  a  native  of 
Indiana  and  a  daughter  of  Amos  Snelling,  who  was  wounded  during  tlie  Civil  war  and 
died  later  from  the  effects  of  his  injury.  Her  mother  is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  in 
Globe.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crampton  are  the  parents  of  four  cliildren:  .lohn  William,  who  was 
born  in  1883  and  is  now  head  engineer  in  the  Old  Dominion  mines;  Rovilla,  the  wife  of 
Joe  Crowley,  connected  with  a  well  known  news  company;  Alfred,  who  died  in  infancy;  and 
Evelyn  May,  who  married  Fred  Barrett. 

Mr.  Crampton  has  always  been  active  in  public  affairs  in  Globe  and  has  held  various 
important  public  ofBces,  supporting  always  the  democratic  ticket.  He  served  for  four  years 
as  postmaster  under  Cleveland  and  has  been  dejiuty  marshal  and  city  assessor.  He  is  now 
serving  his  first  term  a?  county  and  state  constable.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  having  passed  through  all  the  chairs,  and  is  connected 
also  with  the  Mystic  Circle.  He  has  been  a  force  in  the  growth  of  Globe  and  is  one  of  the 
honored  pioneers  of  Arizona,  his  residence  here  covering  an  important  period  in  the  evolu- 
tion of  the  territory  into  the  new  state.  Great  changes  have  taken  place  since  he  settled 
here  fifty  years  ago.  He  has  seen  the  towns  built  up,  railroads  established  and  the  great 
mineral  wealth  of  the  state  to  some  extent  developed,  and  he  has  borne  an  active  and  help- 
ful part  in  the  work  of  general  improvement  and  progres.s.  His  influence  has  always  been 
on  the  side  of  material,  intellectual  and  moral  development  and  his  work  has  been  an  ele- 
ment in  the  advancement  of  the  city  and  state.  ' 


GEORGE  D.  CHRISTY. 


George  D.  Christy,  a  Harvard  man  whose  law  training  was  received  in  America's  oldest 
university  and  who  since  1900  has  practiced  continuously  in  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Osceola, 
Iowa,  September  24,  1869,  a  son  of  William  Christy.  Reared  in  his  native  state,  he  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  following  his  removal  to  the  west  matriculated 
in  the  University  of  California,  in  which  he  completed  his  course  in  1890.  Another  decade 
witnessed  his  graduation  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1900. 
He  had  determined  upon  the  practice  of  law  as  his  life  work  and  when  thorough  preliminary 
training  had  qualified  him  for  the  onerous  duties  of  the  bar  he  located  at  Phoenix,  where 
he  has  since  remained  in  a  growing,  active  and  successful  practice.  He  served  as  assistant 
United  States  attorney  from  1905  until  1908.  He  is  now  engaged  in  general  practice  that 
connects  him  with  much  of  the  most  important  litigation  tried  in  the  courts  of  his  district. 
He  is  resourceful,  alert,  capable  and  thoroughly  well  informed  on  the  principles  of  juris- 
prudence and  has  made  a  creditable  place  for  himself  as  a  member  of  the  Phoenix  bar.  He 
has  served  since  1914  as  city  attorney  of  Phoenix  and  was  for  three  years  attorney  for  the 
Water  Users  Association. 

On  the  30th  of  January,  19'D2,  Mr.  Christy  was  married  to  Miss  Helen  Grier  of  Phoenix, 


452  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  to  them  liave  been  born  three  children:  William,  Helen  Jane  and  Mary  Alice.  Mr. 
Christy  is  identified  with  the  Sigma  Chi,  a  college  fraternity,  and  has  attained  high  rank 
in  Masonic  circles,  having  taken  the  degrees  of  the  York  Rite  and  being  also  a  member  of  tlie 
Shrine.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  with  several 
military  organizations,  including  the  Loyal  Legion  and  the  Spanish-American  War  Veterans. 
He  is  entitled  to  membership  in  the  latter  from  the  fact  that  he  served  with  tlie  rank  of  cap- 
tain in  Company  A  of  the  First  Arizona-  Volunteer  Infantry  during  the  Spanish-American 
war,  remaining  with  that  command  for  nine  montlis.  That  tlie  blood  of  military  ancestors 
flows  in  his  veins  is  indicated  by  tlie  fact  that  he  is  a  member  of  the  Arizona  chapter  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  church, 
while  his  wife  holds  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  Their  acquaintance  in  Phoenix 
is  wide  and  their  friends  are  many,  goodwill  and  confidence  being  accorded  them  in  recogni- 
tion of  their  sterling  qualities.  i 


CAPTAIN  JOHN  DEWITT  BURGESS.  > 

• 

Probably  no  citizen  of  Tucson  is  more  widely  informed  on  pioneer  life  in  the  west  and 
southwest  than  Captain  John  De  Witt  Burgess,  who  as  army  oflficer,  government  oflicial, 
prospector  and  miner,  has  had  ample  opportunity  to  witness  the  varying  conditions  that 
marked  tlie  progress  of  the  country's  development.  Captain  Burgess  is  a  native  of  Devon- 
sliire,  England,  his  birth  occurring  on  the  2d  of  May,  1847,  and  he  is  the  eldest  of  the  five 
cliildren  born  of  the  marriage  of  Cyrus  and  Leonora  (De  Witt)  Burgess,  natives  respectively 
of  I>ublin,  Ireland,  and  Devonshire,  England.  The  father  was  reared  and  educated  in  his 
native  city  and  for  seventeen  years  was  professor  of  mathematics  in  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 
He  subsequently  engaged  in  civil  and  mining  engineering  in  Cornwall,  England,  and  in 
Wales.  In  1849  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States  with  his  family  and  for  five  years 
thereafter  was  employed  on  the  construction  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  with  headquarters 
at  Philadelphia.  Later  he  rejjresented  a  large  English  corporation  whicli  controlled  much  of 
the  stock  of  the  New  York  &  Eric  Railroad.  The  remainder  of  his  life  was  largely  passed 
in  the  eastern  section  of  tlie  United  States,  his  death  occurring  in  New  Jersey  in  1868.  The 
Captain's  mother,  who  passed  away  in  IXiblin,  was  a  daughter  of  Jolin  De  Witt,  wlio  was  a 
younger  brother  of  Sir  Henry  De  Witt  of  Devonshire  and  a  capitalist,  owning  extensive 
estates  in  Scotland  and  England.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burgess  were  born  three  sons  and  two 
daughters,  all  of  whom  are  living. 

Captain  Burgess,  who  was  a  child  of  only  two  years  when  he  came  to  America  with 
his  parents,  was  reared  and  educated  in  this  country.  In  1862,  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Sixth  Indiana  Cavalry,  and  on  August  30  of  that  year  participated 
in  the  battle  of  Richmond.  The  following  December  he  was  in  the  engagements  at  Elizabeth- 
town  and  Muldroiigh's  Hill  and  was  with  (Jeiieral  Burnside  when  he  captured  Knoxville 
after  a  three  weeks  siege.  He  continued  to  serve  under  the  leadership  of  General  Burnside 
until  Mardi,  1864,  when  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  I^exington,  Kentucky,  and  on  May  4 
of  the  same  year  was  transferred  to  General  Sherman's  army,  which  it  joined  at  Rocky  Face 
Ridge,  remaining  with  him  in  Stoneman's  brigade  until  August  2,  1864.  Captain  Burgess 
was  in  the  engagements  at  Strawberry  Plains,  Blaine's  Crossroads,  Loudon  and  Campbell 
Station.  While  in  the  vicinity  of  Macon  he  engaged  in  a  raid  on  the  9th  o,f  August,  1864, 
was  captured  by  the  enemy  at  Sunshine  church  and  sent  to  Andersonville  prison.  Later  he 
was  sent  to  Cliarleston  but  was  afterward  transferred  to  Florence,  South  Carolina,  being 
held  prisoner  until  the  montli  of  December,  when  he  was  released  on  special  parole.  He  was 
then  sent  to  Savannah,  tlience  to  Annapolis  and  next  to  Camp  Cliase,  Ohio,  where  he  was 
in  command  of  the  paroled  prisoners  until  May,  1865.  He  then  rejoined  his  regiment  and 
was  mustered  out  at  Pulaski,  Tennessee,  on  the  28th  of  July,  1865.  He  had  entered  the 
service  as  a  private  but  won  rapid  promotion,  and  on  September  1,  1862,  was  made  second 
lieutenant.  On  July  18,  1864.  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  and  on  the 
2d  of  May,  1865,  was  made  captain,  serving  in  this  capacity  until  mustered  out.  Twice 
Captain  Burgess  almost  lost  his  life.     On  one  occasion,  he  was  shot  in  the  left  side  in  the 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  455 

region  of  the  heart,  the  bullet  passing  clear  through  his  body,  and  at  Resaca  he  was  knocked 
down  and  run  over  by  a  caisson.  At  the  siege  of  Atlanta,  on  the  22d  of  July,  1864,  his 
horse  was  killed  and  in  falling  almost  crushed  the  Captain's  leg. 

Captain  Burgess  won  the  apix)intraent  to  West  Point  from  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  by 
competitive  examination  in  1866  and  was  a  member  of  the  class  of  1870.  He  resigned  in 
June,  1868,  however,  and  in  the  following  August  was  appointed  second  lieutenant  of  the 
Seventh  United  States  Cavalry,  stationed  at  Fort  Hays,  Kansas.  That  fall  he  was  in  the 
campaign  against  Black  Kettle's  band  of  Cheyennes,  participating  in  the  battle  at  Wichita, 
but  after  the  close  of  hostilities  he  resigned  his  commission  November  28,  1868.  Going  to 
Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  he  there  organized  and  outfitted  a  band  of  twenty-one  men  with 
arms  and  ammunition  and  with  a  well  equipped  pack  train  started  across  the  prairies  of 
New  Mexico  and  Arizona  for  Los  Angeles,  California.  After  engaging  in  prospecting  at  that 
point  for  some  time  Captain  Burgess  continued  his  journey  to  San  Francisco  by  horseback. 
In  May,  1869,  he  returned  to  the  east  as  a  passenger  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  which 
had  just  been  put  into  operation.  He  was  married  in  South  Bend,  Indiana,  in  1870,  and 
immediately  returned  to  England  with  his  bride,  spending  four  or  five  months  in  his  native 
land.  There  Mrs.  Burgess  passed  away,  and  in  1871  he  embarked  at  Liverpool  on  a  cruise 
around  the  world,  sailing  around  Cape  Good  Hope  to  India,  thence  to  San  Francisco  and 
returned  to  Indiana.  Upon  his  return  he  purchased  a  machine  shop  and  foundry  at  Terre 
Haute,  which  lie  operated  until  March,  1873,  when  he  disposed  of  it  and  came  to  Arizona.  Soon 
after  his  arrival  here  he  became  associated  with  General  A.  V.  Kautz  and  Colonel  James 
Biddle  in  the  development  of  some  Silver  Creek  property,  now  known  as  the  Equator  mine, 
located  in  the  vicinity  of  Verde.  In  1875  Captain  Burgess  was  given  the  appointment  of 
storekeeper  on  the  Verde  Indian  reservation,  and  later  he  aided  in  the  removal  of  the 
Tonto  Apaches  and  the  Apache  Mojaves  to  the  San  Carlos  reservation.  He  subsequently 
became  agency  clerk  at  the  latter  reservation,  retaining  that  post  until  May,  1876,  when 
he  assisted  in  removing  the  Chirieahui  Apaches  from  Bowie  to  San  Carlos.  For  eight  and 
one-half  years  he  held  the  position  of  chief  scout  at  San  Carlos  and  in  the  field,  continuing 
to  serve  in  this  capacity  until  1882,  when  he  resumed  his  connection  with  mining  activities, 
with  which  he  has  ever  since  been  identified.  For  two  years  he  was  manager  of  the  Table 
Mountain  copper  mines,  and  for  several  years  he  discharged  the  duties  of  the  same  position 
in  the  Saginaw  mines,  located  nine  miles  from  Tucson,  while  for  a  time  he  was  super- 
intendent of  the  Bolivia  Placer  Mining  Company.  He  is  now  associated  with  Colonel  William 
F.  Cody,  "Buffalo  Bill,"  in  the  development  of  various  mining  enterprises  in  the  state  of 
Arizona. 

Captain  Burgess  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  is 
generally  regarded  to  be  one  of  the  best  informed  and  most  efficient  representatives  of  his 
profession  in  this  section.  Politically  he  is  a  stanch  adherent  of  the  republican  party  but 
has  never  figured  prominently  in  local  affairs.  He  is  widely  informed  on  all  matters  affecting 
the  progress  of  Arizona,  and  has  witnessed  the  state  pass  through  the  various  stages  of 
evolution  as  its  Indian  settlements  and  mining  camps  have  been  transformed  into  thriving 
towns  and  bustling  cities  with  the  development  of  its  rich  natural  resources. 


E.  H.  McEACHREN. 


E.  H.  McEachren,  serving  in  a  creditable  and  able  manner  as  justice  of  the  peace  and 
police  judge  in  Miami,  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1876  and  is  a  son  of  Dougard  McEach- 
ren, a  native  of  Canada,  of  Scotch  ancestry.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Massachusetts  and  Canada  and  in  1899  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Bisbee,  where  for 
two  years  he  worked  in  the  mines.  He  had  learned  the  machinist's  trade,  at  which  he  was 
employed  in  the  shops  of  the  Calumet  and  Arizona  Mining  Companies  for  seven  years.  Sub- 
sequently he  journeyed  through  various  states  of  the  west  and  northwest,  finally  crossing 
the  Canadian  line  into  British  Columbia.  Six  months  later  he  returned  to  Arizona  and 
for  a  time  worked  at  his  trade  in  Phoenix,  later  going  to  Ray  and  thence  to  Prescott.  He 
spent  a   short  time  in   Flagstaff  and   from  there  came  to  Miami,  where  he  worked  at  his 


456  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

trade  successfully  until  January  1,  1913,  when  he  became  justice  of  the  peace.  He  still 
holds  that  position  and  in  the  execution  of  his  duties  is  determined,  prompt  and  reliable, 
his  record  reflecting  credit  upon  his  ability  and  his  public  spirit  alike. 

In  1907  Mr.  McEachren  married  Miss  Roxie  Perkins,  a  native  of  Fredonia,  Kansas, 
and  a  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  John  Perkins,  of  that  city.  Her  father  has  passed  away 
but  her  mother  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Colorado  Springs.  In  this  family  were 
five  children,  all  of  whom  still  survive.  Mr.  aud  Mrs.  McEachren  became  the  parents  of 
two  children:     John  H.,  who  was  born  in  1910;  and  Everett  P.,  born  in  1911. 

Mr.  McEachren  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  as  a  public 
spirited  citizen  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  the  welfare  and  advancement  of  the  com- 
munity. Throughout  his  life  he  has  made  good  use  of  his  time  and  opportunities,  and  he 
justly  merits  the  prosperity  which  has  come  to  him. 


FRANK  E.  CURLEY. 


Frank  E.  Curley,  formerly  city  attorney  of  Tucson,  was  born  in  Walton,  Kentucky, 
September  22,  1877.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state  and 
was  later  graduated  from  the  Cincinnati  College,  receiving  his  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1897.  In 
the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  he  practiced  in  his  native  city  until  he  came 
to  Arizona.  He  located  in  Tucson  in  1907  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  this  state.  He 
is  a  keen,  able  and  resourceful  lawyer,  possessing  unusual  analytical  powers  and  the  executive 
force  which  makes  ability  effective.  He  has  secured  a  large  and  representative  patronage, 
connecting  him  with  much  of  the  important  litigation  held  in  the  courts  of  the  district, 
and  he  has  demonstrated  his  professional  skill  in  the  conduct  of  the  cases  intrusted  to  him. 
In  July,  1911,  he  was  appointed  city  attorney  of  Tucson,  and  his  work  in  that  capacity  was 
ably  managed  and  in  its  effects  far-reaching. 

Mr.  Curley  was  married  October  9,  1912,  to  Miss  Amie  Trippel,  a  native  of  Arizona. 
Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Masonic  order 
and  the  Elks.  He  is  also  a  member  of  tlie  Old  Pueblo  Club,  the  Tucson  Golf  and  Country 
Club,  the  Collegiate  Club,  the  Arizona  Bar  Association,  the  American  Bar  Association  and 
the  Pima  County  Bar  Association.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party.  He  has  made  an  excellent  professional  record,  as  is  indicated  by  the  lucrative  prac- 
tice now  accorded  him,  and  he  is,  moreover,  known  as  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen. 


LYMAN  C.  WOODS. 


Mining  interests  in  the  southwest  find  a  progressive  and  worthy  representative  in 
Lyman  C.  Woods,  who  controls  extensive  holdings  in  mining  properties  in  various  parts  of 
Arizona  and  who  since  coming  to  the  territory  in  1883  has  been  one  of  the  greatest  indi- 
vidual forces  in  its  mining  and  general  business  development.  He  was  born  in  Wisconsin, 
in  1869,  a  son  of  Theodore  and  Julia  A  (Sisson)  Woods,  natives  of  Illinois.  The  father 
passed  away  in  Kansas  City  in  1897  and  the  mother  afterward  married  Charles  E.  Taylor, 
whose  birth  occurred  in  New  Hampsliire  in  1845.  He  was  a  pioneer  of  the  west,  crossing 
the  plains  to  California  when  he  was  only  fourteen  years  of  age  and  afterward  working 
at  various  occupations  in  that  state  for  a  number  of  years.  He  came  to  Arizona  when  it 
was  still  a  frontier  territory,  driving  a  stage  across  the  desert  from  San  Diego  to  Tucson, 
a  number  of  years  before  the  railroad  was  built.  In  1878  he  settled  in  McMillan  and  turned 
his  attention  to  various  business  enterprises.  Later  he  removed  to  Globe,  and  became  one 
of  the  prominent  mine  owners  and  operators  in  the  Gila  district.  He  has  since  concen- 
trated his  energies  and  attention  upon  the  development  of  his  mining  interests  which  have 
grown  to  be  extensive  and  important,  as  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  recently  sold  three 
of  his  properties  for  one  and  a  half  million  dollars.  He  is  now  living  comparatively  retired, 
making  his  home  in  Los  Angeles,  and  giving  his  time  to  the  supervision  of  his  extensive 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  457 

interests,  which  include  a  large  ranch  of  eleven  hundred  and  fifty  acres  near  San  Jose,  an 
office  building  in  Los  Angeles  valued  at  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  two  large  groups 
of  mining  properties  near  Globe. 

Lyman  C.  Woods  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  California  and  Arizona, 
completing  his  studies  in  Globe,  where  ho  attended  school  for  four  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  he  returned  to  California  and  for  a  number  of  years  worked  in  a  laundry,  giv- 
ing his  attention  to  that  line  of  activity  until  1890,  when  he  returned  to  Arizona  and  for 
some  time  engaged  in  the  liquor  business  in  Globe,  dividing  his  attention  between  the  con- 
duet  of  this  establishment  and  an  extensive  real  estate  business.  Finally,  however,  he  turned 
his  attention  to  mining  and  his  holdings  now  rank  him  among  the  representative  and  sub- 
stantial men  of  Gila  county.  In  company  with  others  he  owns  the  Montezuma  mines.  Mr. 
Woods  has  a  controlling  interest  in  this  property  which  is  estimated  to  contain  over  four 
million  tons  of  copper  ore.  It  is  situated  seven  miles  west  of  Globe  and  adjoins  the  proper- 
ties owned  by  the  Inspiration  Copper  Mining  Company.  Mr.  Woods  is  also  the  proprietor 
of  the  Copper  Chief  group  of  mines,  located  near  Globe,  and  the  Idaho  group  adjoining 
them,  and  the  Copper  Sulphide  group,  located  at  the  foot  of  the  Pinal  mountains,  four 
miles  south  of  Miami  in  Gila  county.  He  is  also  the  proprietor  of  the  California  group  and 
valuable  mining  properties  in  Canal  county  known  as  the  Copper  Silver  King  claims.  He 
owns  the  Mount  Stanley  group  of  claims  in  Graham  county,  a  half  interest  in  the  Copper 
Beauty  mines,  fifteen  miles  west  of  Globe,  and  various  other  mining  properties,  all  of 
which  are  in  profitable  operation.  This  list  of  holdings  speaks  for  itself  and  in  their  control 
and  management  Mr.  Woods  has  shown  himself  a  man  of  action  and  initiative,  of  foresight, 
keen  and  reliable  business  judgment  and  of  great  discrimination,  his  opinions  being  seldom 
if  ever  at  fault  on  matters  connected  with  mining  values  or  methods  of  mine  operation. 
In  addition  to  the  properties  above  enumerated  Mr.  Woods  also  owns  a  stock  ranch  in  Cochise 
county.  This  property  comprises  si.x  hundred  and  forty  acres,  all  fenced  and  improved,  and 
lies  in  the  most  fertile  part  of  the  Sulphur  Spring  valley.  He  is  also  the  proprietor  of 
valuable  real  estate  holdings  in  Globe,  where  he  owns  his  own  home  and  nine  other  resi- 
dences, and  he  controls  property  at  Richmond,  Elsengundo  and  San  Diego,  California. 

In  1890  Mr.  Woods  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Carrie  McLaughlin,  a  native  of 
California,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  six  children:  Julia,  who  is  a  graduate  of  an 
academy  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  is  now  the  wife  of  Harry  Bell,  a  wholesale  shoe 
merchant  in  Los  Angeles,  California;  Laura,  who  graduated  in  1914  from  the  Tempe  Normal 
School;  Charles,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years;  Lylac,  who  is  attending  school  at  Los 
Angeles;  Lyman,  who  is  seven  years  of  age;  and  Taylor,  aged  six.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woods 
and  their  children  are  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Woods  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and 
although  not  an  office  seeker,  has  been  for  two  years  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisol-s 
and  for  two  years  a  member  of  the  city  council.  By  whatever  standards  we  measure  achieve- 
ment he  is  a  successful  and  prosperous  man  who,  not  content  with  his  individual  success, 
has  striven  always  to  make  it  a  force  in  general  advancement.  He  is  active  in  promoting 
the  interests  of  the  county  along  many  lines  of  development  and  upbuilding,  giving  hearty 
cooperation  to  movements  for  the  good  of  Globe,  and  is  now  a  force  in  the  advancement 
of  one  of  its  leading  productive  industries,  while  his  enterprise,  indefatigable  energy  and 
business  probity  are  the  salient  features  of  his  career. 


COLONEL  WINFRED  WYLIE,  M.  D.,  LL.  B.,  F.  A.  C.  S. 

Qualified  for  two  of  the  most  important  professions  to  which  man  directs  his  ener- 
gies. Colonel  Winfred  Wylie  is  now  concentrating  his  efforts  upon  the  practice  of  medicine 
with  a  success  that  has  placed  him  among  the  distinguished  physicians  of  Arizona.  He 
was  born  in  Marathon  county,  Wisconsin,  August  8,  1855,  a  son  of  Dr.  Daniel  B.  Wylie. 
In  the  public  schools  of  Wausau,  Wisconsin,  he  pursued  his  literary  course  and  then  pre- 
pared for  medical  practice  as  a  student  in  the  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  from  which 


458  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1877.  Desiring  to  prepare  even  more  thoroughly  for 
his  chosen  life  work,  he  went  to  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he  entered  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1878.  Almost  two  decades  later  he 
entered  the  Atlanta  (Ga.)  Law  School  and  won  his  LL.  B.  degree  on  his  graduation  from 
that  institution  on  the  25th  of  June,  1895.  Immediately  after  completing  his  Rush  Medical 
course  Dr.  Wylie  opened  an  office  in  Wausau,  Wisconsin,  and  during  his  residence  there 
he  not  only  engaged  in  private  practice  but  was  also  surgeon  for  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
&  St.  Paul  and  for  the  Milwaukee,  Lake  Shore  &  Western  Railroads.  He  removed  to  West 
Superior,  Wisconsin,  and  while  practicing  there  acted  as  railroad  surgeon  for  the  St.  Paul 
&  Duluth,  the  Duluth  &  Winnipeg,  the  Lake  Superior  Terminal  &,  Transfer,  the  Great 
Nortliern,  the  Northern  Pacific,  the  Duluth,  South  Shore  &  Atlantic  and  the  Omaha  Rail- 
road Companies.  His  increasing  skill  and  ability  won  him  continuous  advancement  in  his 
professional  standing  and  he  was  honored  by  the  Northwestern  Wisconsin  Medical  Asso- 
ciation by  election  to  its  presidency.  It  was  during  the  past  year  that  the  degree  of 
fellowship  in  tlie  American  College  of  Surgery  was  conferred  upon  him. 

Dr.  Wylie  came  to  Arizona  in  1896  and  during  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Phoenix 
has  enjoyed  a  position  among  the  leading  physicians  of  tlie  capital  city.  In  1897  he  was 
appointed  surgeon  general  of  Arizona  by  Governor  McCord  and  the  following  year  was 
reappointed  by  Governor  Murphy.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party, 
but  while  exercising  his  riglit  of  franchise  and  keeping  well  informed  on  the  issues  and 
questions  of  the  day,  he  does  not  seek  nor  desire  oflTice.  He  is  widely  known  through 
fraternal  connections,  having  attained  the  Knight  Templar  degree  in  Masonry  at  Wausau, 
Wisconsin,  while  his  membership  relations  extend  also  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  in  which  he  has  taken  the  fourth  degree. 

Dr.  Wylie  has  been  twice  married.  In  Wisconsin  he  wedded  Miss  Cora  J.  Alban,  by 
whom  he  had  two  daughters,  Ktta  and  Edith.  For  his  second  wife  he  chose  Miss  Grace 
O'Brien  and  they  have  two  children:  Winfred,  .Jr.,  born  on  the  16th  of  September,  1912; 
and  .Joseph  Bent,  born  on  the  16th  of  March,  1915.  Socially  the  family  is  well  known 
but  tlic  professional  demands  made  upon  Dr.  Wylie  leave  him  little  time  for  interests 
outside  of  his  chosen  life  work.  He  holds  to  tlie  highest  standards  of  professional  ethics 
and  is  constantly  promoting  his  knowledge  through  reading  and  investigation,  wherein  la 
found  the  secret  of  his  success. 


L.  R.  BROWN,  D.  D.  S. 


Dr.  L.  R.  Brown  is  a  worthy  representative  of  the  dental  profession  who  has  been 
successfully  engaged  in  practice  in  Douglas  for  about  nine  years.  He  is  located  in  the 
Brophy  block,  where  he  has  a  very  pleasant  and  appropriately  furnished  office,  and  num- 
bers among  his  patients  many  of  the  representative  people  of  the  town.  Dr.  Brown  was 
born  in  Quebec,  Canada,  in  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  John  L.  and  Isabella  Brown,  also  natives 
of  Canada,  where  they  were  reared  and  married.  The  family  removed  to  Arizona  in  1890 
and  in  ilarch  of  that  year  took  up  their  residence  in  Bisbee,  where  the  motlier  still  makes 
her  home,  but  the  father  passed  away  in  1910.  The  Doctor  is  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth 
in  a  family  of  ten  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living.  All  are  married  with  the  ex- 
ception  of   one,   and   all   reside   in    Cochise    county. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  Th.  Brown  were  ])aased  in  his  native  country.  He  was 
reared  at  home  and  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  Inverness  Academy  of 
Canada.  Later  he  pursued  a  commercial  course  in  a  business  college  of  tJleveland,  Ohio, 
while  his  professional  training  was  obtained  in  the  University  of  Maryland  at  Baltimore, 
from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1905  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S,  Immediately 
after  receiving  his  degree  he  returned  to  Arizona,  joining  his  family  at  Bisbee,  where  he 
established  an  office  and  engaged  in  practice  for  a  year.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time 
he  went  to  Mexico  but  in  1907  returned  to  Cochise  county,  locating  in  Douglas,  where 
during  tlie  intervening  period  he  has  succeeded  in  building  up  a  lucrative  practice.     He  was 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  461 

the  first  tenant  in  the  Brophy  block,  where  he  has  an  attractive  suite  of  rooms.  He  has 
prospered  in  his  profession  and  owns  a  pleasant  residence  in  Douglas  and  is  interested  in 
various   mining  projects   in   the  state. 

Dr.  Brown  was  married  in  Maryland  in  1904  to  Miss  Ada  K.  Cook,  a  native  of  Long 
Island,  New  York,  and  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Seth  and  Emma  Cook.  Her  parents  died 
during  the  early  childhood  of  Mrs.  Brown,  who  is  an  only  daughter  and  the  elder  of  two  chil- 
dren. Her  brother,  Henry  Cook,  is  an  electrician  in  New  York  city.  She  was  educated  at 
Cambridge,  Maryland,  and  resided  for  some  years  in  that  state,  where  she  and  Dr.  Brown 
became  acquainted.  To  them  has  been  born  one  daughter,  Louise  H.,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  1905. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Brown  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
has  attained  high  rank  in  the  Masonic  order,  being  a  member  of  the  Shrine.  Mrs.  Brown 
belongs  to  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  has  served  as  worthy  matron  of  the  local 
lodge.  She  is  one  of  the  very  active  workers  in  the  Sundaj-  school  of  the  Episcopal  cluirch, 
in  which  both  she  and  Dr.  Brown  hold  membership.  During  the  Spanish-American  war  he 
enlisted  at  Tucson  in  1898  in  the  First  Territorial  United  States  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
was  located  at  various  points.  He  served  as  hospital  steward  during  the  two  years  of  his 
enlistment  and  was  mustered  out  in  1899.  Dr.  Brown  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  the 
people  of  Douglas  both  by  reason  of  his  professional  worth  and  his  many  excellent  per- 
gonal qualities  which  serve  to  make  hira  a  most  desirable  citizen.  He  takes  an  active  inter- 
est in  all  community  affairs  and  can  be  depended  upon  to  give  his  indorsement  to  every 
movement  inaugurated  to  promote  the  intellectual,  moral  or  material  welfare  of  the 
municipality. 


LEROY  S.  COLWELL. 


Since  ten  years  of  age  Leroy  S.  Colwell  has  practically  spent  his  entire  life  in  the 
state  of  Arizona  and  may  therefore  be  numbered  among  its  pioneers.  For  many  years 
he  has  been  successful  in  mining  and  in  1912  was  chosen  by  the  people  as  recorder  of 
Yavapai  county.  He  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1863  and  began  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Peoria,  that  state.  In  1873  he  came  to  Arizona  with  his  parents,  Charles  H.  and 
Hester  Colwell.  The  father  found  employment  with  S.  C.  Miller,  but  later  returned  to 
Illinois,  where  he  still  makes  his  home. 

Leroy  S.  Colwell  has  long  been  successfully  connected  with  prospecting  and  mining. 
He  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  the  general  public,  and  when  he  was  put  forth  as  a 
candidate  for  the  office  of  coimty  recorder  in  1912  was  elected.  He  has  since  discharged 
his  duties  faithfully  and  has  made  many  friends  while  in  office. 

Mr.  Colwell  was  married  August  21,  1894,  to  Miss  Louise  C.  Mayer,  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Bed  Men.  His  political 
persuasion  is  that  of  the  democratic  party.  He  is  a  nephew  of  S.  C.  Miller,  one  of  the  early 
pioneers  of  this  state,  and  he  himself  has  witnessed  much  of  the  progress  and  advancement 
made  here  since  his  arrival  forty-three  years  ago.  He  is  interested  in  all  worthy  public 
enterprises  and  gives  his  influence  and  material  support  to  their  realization. 


ROSS  H.  BLAKELY. 


Ross  H.  Blakely,  who  since  1910  has  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  law  in  Kingman, 
was  born  in  Washoe,  Nevada,  on  the  9th  of  March,  1863,  and  when  he  was  still  a  child  was 
brought  by  his  father  to  Arizona,  settling  in  this  state  in  1871.  After  acquiring  a  public 
school  education  he  read  law  under  his  father  and  also  with  his  brother  in  iJackson,  Michi- 
gan, but  did  not  immediately  engage  in  professional  work,  becoming  interested  in  the  live 
stock  business  in  Arizona.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1910  and  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  that  year.    In  the  time  which  has  since  elapsed  he  has  made  steady  progress 


462  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  tlie  profession,  having  already  secured  a  good  clientage,  which  argues  well  for  larger 
success  in  the  future.  He  is  using  as  the  foundation  of  his  prosperity  careful  preparation 
of  cases,  clear  analysis  and  logical  reasoning  and  lie  has  won  for  himself  a  creditable  position 
at  the  Arizona  bar. 

Mr.  Blakely  has  been  twice  married  and  has  one  daughter  by  his  first  wife.  In  1897  he 
wedded  Mrs.  Sadie  M.  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Missouri,  a  descendant  of  James  Wilson,  of 
Pennsylvania,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Blakely  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  lodge,  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party. 
He  has  been  active  in  public  affairs,  serving  for  ten  years  as  clerk  of  tha  district  court, 
filling  also  the  positions  of  deputy  county  recorder  and  deputy  assessor.  He  represented 
Mohave  county  at  the  first  Territorial  Assessors'  Association  held  in  1910.  His  public  career 
has  been  varied  in  service  and  characterized  at  all  times  by  an  honest  regard  for  tlie  public 
interest,  and  his  worth  along  both  professional  and  official  lines  has  won  him  widespread 
regard  and  esteem  in  the  city  where  he  makes  his  home. 


JOHN  I.   REILLY. 


One  of  the  most  deservedly  successful  men  of  Tucson  is  John  I.  Keilly,  proprietor  of  the 
business  operated  by  the  Reilly  Undertaking  Company.  He  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
January  29,  1878,  and  acquired  his  education  in  a  Catholic  school  and  college  in  that  city. 
He  began  his  independent  career  as  an  employe  of  R.  G.  Dun  &  Comiiany  but  later  resigned 
that  position  in  order  to  come  to  Arizona,  where  for  some  time  he  was  connected  with  Bab- 
bitt Brothers,  wholesale   and  retail   merchants   in   Flagstaff. 

Mr.  Reilly  settled  in  Tucson  on  the  4th  of  October,  1901,  and  here  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Robert  Hennessy.  They  purchased  a  large  undertaking  business  and  conducted 
it  successfully  under  the  firm  name  of  Reilly  &  Hennessy  until  1903,  when  Mr.  Reilly  pur- 
chased his  partner's  interest  and  has  since  conducted  the  concern  as  the  Reilly  Undertaking 
Company.  He  has  erected  a  two  story  business  block  at  No.  100  Pennington  street,  which 
is  modern  and  sanitary  in  every  way,  and  the  funeral  chapel  in  connection  with  it  is  one 
of  the  finest  of  its  kind  in  Arizona.  Mr.  Reilly  is  a  licensed  embalmer,  having  taken  a 
course  at  the  Chicago  College  of  Embalming,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1901.  Wishing 
to  further  complete  and  perfect  his  knowledge,  he  took  a  post  graduate  course  in  the  same 
institution  in  1910  and  is  now  considered  one  of  the  most  able  embalmers  in  his  section 
of  Arizona.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Arizona  State  Board  of  Embalmers  and  has  served 
several  years  as  president  of  the  Arizona  Funeral  Directors'  Association.  In  addition  he 
has  been  an  official  of  the  National  Funeral  Directors'  Association  for  three  years,  this 
connection  indicating  something  of  his  high  standing  with  his  professional  associates. 

In  1907  Mr.  Reilly  married  Miss  Cecilia  M.  O'Leary,  of  Chicago,  and  they  have  two 
children,  John  I.,  Jr.,  and  Christopher.  The  family  are  devout  members  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church  and  Mr.  Reilly  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  belongs  also 
to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  interested  in  the  development  and 
advancement  of  Tucson  and  has  taken  an  active  and  commendable  interest  in  promoting 
public  progress. 


JUDGE  RAWGHLIE  C.  STANFORD. 

Judge  Rawghlie  C.  Stanford  is  one  of  Arizona's  early  citizens,  his  birtli  having  occurred 
en  route  to  this  state  from  Texas,  in  1879,  his  parents  being  M.  A.  and  M.  J.  (Gamble) 
Stanford.  The  father,  who  was  a  cattle  man,  removed  from  Alabama  to  Texas,  when  a 
youth  of  thirteen  years,  in  the  early  '608  and  was  reared  upon  the  Texan  frontier  in  the 
typical  manner  of  those  days,  witnessing  the  development  of  that  great  state  and  meet- 
ing all  the  hardships  and  experiences  incident  to  life  on  the  frontier.     In  1882  he  Lft  Texas 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  463 

and  bpcaine  a  permanent  resident  of  Arizona,  where  for  a  number  of  years  before  he  had  ■ 
had  business  interests.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  cattle  ranch  in  this  state  and  in  1889 
removed  to  the  Salt  River  valley,  where  he  engaged  in  raising  stock.  He  was  soon  recognized 
as  one  of  the  prominent  ranchmen  of  Arizona,  his  interests  being  extensive  and  important. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature  in  1904  and  has  been  a  factor  in  shaping 
public  affairs  as  well  as  In  contributing  to  the  material  progress,  upbuilding  and  pros- 
perity of  the  state.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He 
and  his  wife  are  typical  pioneer  settlers  and  their  worth  to  the  community  is  widely  acknowl- 
edged. Their  family  numbered  but  two  sons,  the  elder  being  E.  A.  Stanford,  who  is  now 
a  resident  of  San  Diego,  California,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 

The  younger  son,  Rawghlie  C.  Stanford,  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  tlie 
country  schools  in  Creighton  district  and  then  took  up  the  study  of  law  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Thomas  Armstrong,  Jr.,  an  attorney  of  Phoenix.  In  1905  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Cochise  county,  where  he  practiced  continuously  for  four  years,  coming  to  Phoenix 
in  1909.  He  then  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Stanford,  Walton  &  Townsend,  in  which 
connection  he  continued  until  1914.  In  that  year  he  was  elected  superior  judge'of  Maricopa 
county,  in  which  position  he  is  now  serving.  His  pleas  have  been  characterized  by  terse 
tliought  and  decisive  logic  and  a  lucid  presentation  rather  than  by  fliglits  of  oratory,  and 
his  power  is  greater  from  the  fact  that  it  is  recognized  that  his  aim  is  ever  to  secure 
justice  and  not  to  enshroud  the  cause  in  a  sentimental  garb  or  illusion  which  will  thwart 
the  principles  of  right  and  equity  involved. 

In  1907  Mr.  Stanford  was  married  to  Miss  Ruth  Butchee  of  Buffalo  Gap,  Texas,  and 
their  family  numbers  three  children :  Rawghlie  C,  Jr.,  Margaret  T.  and  Sharon.  Mr. 
Stanford's  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  but  while  never  neglectful 
of  the  duties  of  citizenship,  he  feels  that  his  first  duty  is  to  his  profession  and  his  devotion 
to  it  is  proverbial. 


JOHN  HOE  MOREHEAD. 


John  Hoe  Morehead,  formerly  general  manager  of  the  Ferndale  Grocery  in  Globe  and 
one  of  the  prominent,  enterprising  and  successful  business  men  of  the  city,  is  now  located 
at  Oatnian,  Arizona,  attracted  there  by  the  recent  gold  discoveries.  He  has  invested  in 
mining  property  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  real  estate  operations.  He  is  a  descendant 
of  an  old  American  family  and  a  worthy  representative  of  a  long  line  of  able  and  successful 
men.  He  was  born  in  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  in  1878,  and  is  a  son  of  Alexander  and 
Fannie  Morehead,  the  former  a  native  of  Missouri  and  the  latter  of  New  Mexico.  His  great- 
grandfather. Turner  Morehead,  was  born  in  Fauquier  county,  Virginia,  January  7,  1757,  and 
was  a,  son  of  Charles  and  Mary  (Turner)  Morehead.  Cliarles  Morehead  was  a  captain  in 
the  colonial  army  and  his  father,  also  named  Charles,  was  the  founder  of  the  family  in 
America,  having  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  Virginia  in  1630.  Turner  Morehead  enlisted 
at  an  early  age  in  the  Revolutionary  array,  the  records  showing  that  he  served  as  sergeant 
of  Captain  James  Scott's  company  of  Virginia  troops  in  1777.  On  May  25,  1778,  he  was 
appointed  captain  and  later  became  colonel,  serving  with  distinction  throughout  the  Revo- 
lution and  participating  in  the  various  battles  in  which  Virginia  troops  were  engaged.  He 
was  twice  bayoneted  in  the  breast.  Colonel  Morehead  was  a  man  of  great  physical  courage 
and  moral  bravery,  flinching  at  nothing  and  upholding  the  colonial  cause  with  the  foremost 
of  Virginia  patriots.  He  married  Polly  A.  Hoe,  a  descendant  of  Richard  M.  Hoe  of  printing 
press  fame,  and  they  had  several  sons  and  daughters.  In  1811  he  removed  from  Virginia 
to  Kentucky  and  there  his  death  occurred.  John  Hoe  Morehead,  son  of  Turner  Morehead 
and  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  born  in  Fauquier  county,  Virginia,  May 
5,  1804,  and  emigrated  to  Missouri  at  an  early  age.  During  the  California  gold  excitement 
he  journeyed  across  the  plains  to  that  state  and  there  died  in  1852. 

Among  his  sons  was  Alexander  Morehead,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  review.  He 
made  his  home  in  Missouri  during  his  childhood  and  early  youth,  acquiring  his  education 
in  the    public    schools.     He    afterward    lived    in    California,    Oregon,    Washington    and    New 


464  ■         ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Mexico  for  a  number  of  years  but  in  the  early  '70s  came  to  Arizona,  settling  at  Globe. 
Here  he  became  a  prominent  merchant  and  mine  operator  and  was  also  well  known  in 
local  politics,  being  one  of  the  acti\e  supporters  of  the  democratic  party.  He  served  on 
the  city  council  and  also  as  county  treasurer  and  in  addition  did  able,  farsighted  and  progres- 
sive work  as  a  member  of  the  territorial  assembly.  During  his  residence  in  New  Mexico 
he  was  county  clerk,  and  in  that  state  first  became  identified  with  the  Masonic  order,  in 
which  he  was  from  that  time  forward  prominent  and  active,  serving  as  grand  master  of 
his  lodge.  During  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Globe  he  accumulated  valuable  holdings 
in  real  estate,  owning  at  the  time  of  his  death,  hi  1906,  a  great  deal  of  residence  and 
business  property.  He  had  survived  his  wife  for  a  number  of  years.  To  their  union  were 
born  four  children:  John  Hoe,  of  this  review;  Mrs.  Katie  Crandall,  of  Washington,  D.  C; 
and  Fannie  and  Agnes,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away. 

John  Hoe  Morehead  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Jlexico  and 
Arizona  and  later  took  a  course  in  a  business  college  in  San  Francisco.  When  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  in  1899,  he  became  a  stockholder  in  the  Ferndale  Grocery  at 
Globe  and  proved  an  able,  farsighted  and  progressive  business  man.  He  has  also  extensive 
mining  interests  in  this  state,  his  holdings  including  property  near  the  Old  Dominion  mines 
in  the  Globe  district  and  at  Oatman. 

In  1899  Mr.  Morehead  married  iDss  Lucy  Merritt,  a  native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Elizabetli  Merritt,  who  were  also  born  in  that  state.  Her  parents  made 
their  home  there  until  the  early  '80s,  when  they  went  to  Colorado,  settling  in  I'ueblo, 
whence  later  they  carae  to  Globe.  Here  the  father  worked  as  a  painter  and  decorator  until 
1908  when  he  removed  to  Brawley,  California.  His  death  occurred  January  1,  1915.  In  that 
city  and  in  Globe  Mrs.  Merritt  is  well  known  in  church  and  Sunday  school  circles  and  is 
also  a  prominent  lodge  worker,  holding  membership  in  various  important  societies.  She 
owns  a  great  deal  of  real  estate  in  Globe,  her  holdings  comprising  both  business  and  resi- 
dence property.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Merritt  became  the  parents  of  two  children:  Lucy,  now 
Mrs.  Morehead;  and  Robert,  prominent  in  republican  politics  in  Globe.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  More- 
head  have  one  daugliter,  Marjorie,  who  was  born  in  February,  1903.  The  parents  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Episcopal  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Morehead  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  his  political  alleg- 
iance is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  He  has  lived  for  many  years  in  Globe  and  has 
become  respected  and  esteemed  in  business  and  social  circles  of  the  city,  where  his  many 
sterling  traits  of  character  have  won  him  a  place  among  representative  and  prominent 
citizens. 


CYRUS  GRANT  JONKS. 


Cyrus  Grant  Jones,  who  since  1893  has  been  conducting  a  large  alfalfa  ranch  eight 
miles  beyond  Tempe  and  is  now  president  of  the  Tempe  National  Bank,  was  born  in 
Towanda,  McLean  county,  Illinois,  in  1869,  and  acquired  his  education  in  that  state,  sup- 
plementing a  course  in  the  public  schools  by  attendance  at  the  Illinois  Wesleyan  University. 
He  began  his  independent  career  as  clerk  in  the  State  National  Bank  at  Bloomington  and 
after  one  year  turned  his  attention  to  the  grain  business  in  that  city.  When  he  abandoned 
that  he  engaged  in  farming,  following  that  occupation  successfully  in  Illinois  until  1893, 
in  which  year  he  purchased  a  ranch  in  Maricopa  county,  Arizona,  and  upon  this  he  has 
since  resided.  He  owns  a  fine  tract  eight  miles  south  of  Tempe  and  has  it  all  in  alfalfa, 
harvesting  several  fine  crops  annually.  His  business  interests  are  conducted  capably  and 
practically  along  progressive  business  lines  and  have  proved  important  and  profitable.  In 
1901  Mr.  Jones  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Tempe  National  Bank  and  was  elected 
president,  a  position  which  he  still  occupies. 

In  1895  Mr.  Jones  married  Hortense  Frankenberg,  a  native  of  Bloomington,  Illinois,  and 
they  have  two  children,  Leona  and  Maurice  E.  Mr.  Jones  is  connected  fraternally  with 
the  Masonic  order  and  in  that  organization  has  attained  a  position  of  prominence  and  dis- 
tinction, having  been  the  first  master  of  Tempe  Lodge  and  being  past  grand  master  of  the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  465 

state  Lodge  of  Arizona,  in  wliicli  capacity  lie  served  from  1907  to  1908.  He  belongs  also  to 
the  commandery  and  to  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  his  political  allegiance  is 
given  to  the  republican  party.  During  the  twenty-three  years  of  his  residence  in  this  part 
of  the  state  he  has  become  known  as  a  resourceful,  enterprising  and  reliable  business  man, 
and  he  commands  the  favorable  regard  of  all  who  are  in  any  way  connected  with  hira. 


PATRICK  J.  FARLEY. 


Patrick  J.  Farley  has  lived  in  Arizona  since  1888  and  during  the  entire  period  his 
interests  have  extended  to  many  diflerent  fields,  in  all  of  wliich  he  has  won  a  position  of 
importance.  He  has  done  excellent  work  in  the  public  service  and  is  now  ably  discharging 
the  duties  of  clerk  of  the  court  in  Prescott.  He  was  born  in  Ireland,  March  17,  1865,  and  is  a 
son  of  Michael  Farley,  who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1867,  settling  in  Alabama.  He 
later  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  was  joined  by  his  children  in  1883. 

Patrick  J.  Farley  acquired  a  normal  school  and  civil  service  education  in  Ireland.  In  1883 
he  became  a  resident  of  Missouri,  where  for  some  years  he  was  in  business  in  partnership 
with  his  father.  One  year  later  he  went  to  Kansas  City  and  was  for  tliree  years  foreman 
for  the  contracting  firm  of  Smith  &  Bear.  In  1888  he  came  to  Arizona  and  has  been  a 
resident  of  this  state  since  that  time.  Following  his  arrival  he  gave  his  attention  largely 
to  mining  and  he  has  since  been  interested  in  mining  properties,  his  holdings  being  today 
extensive  and  important.  He  is  regarded  as  an  authority  upon  land  values  and  is  the  author 
of  a  valuable  article  on  the  mines  of  Mohave  county.  Mr.  Farley  has  given  a  great  deal  -of 
time  to  journalism,  beginning  as  a  reporter  on  the  Prescott  Journal-Miner  and  was  serving  as 
city  editor  of  that  paper  when  he  resigned.  Later  he  held  a  similar  position  on  the  Courier 
but  was  afterward  again  connected  with  the  Journal-Miner  as  night  editor.  Mr.  Farley's 
activities  have  extended  also  to  politics  and  in  that  field  lie  has  won  a  place  of  prominence 
and  importance.  He  was  elected  county  recorder  in  1900  and  served  for  four  years,  doing 
creditable  and  able  work.  He  was  enrolling  clerk  of  the  twenty-third  legislature  and 
later  deputy  county  assessor.  In  1913  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the  court  and  he  still  holds  that 
office,  discharging  his  duties  in  a  way  which  reflects  credit  upon  his  ability,  energy  and 
public  spirit. 

Mr.  Farley  has  been  twice  married.  He  wedded  first  Miss  Mary  Carr,  and  after  her 
death  he  married  MoUie  B.  Kirwan,  a  native  of  Dublin,  Ireland.  She  is  a  daughter  of  a 
lumber  merchant  in  that  city  and  was  graduated  from  St.  Michael's  Convent  of  Mercy  in 
Newton  Forbes,  County  Longford,  Ireland.  She  is  a  lover  of  good  music  and  a  pianist  of 
unusual  ability.     Mr.  Farley  has  four  children  by  his  first  wife. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
democratic  party  and  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  is  one  of  the  most  popular  and  prominent  men  of  Prescott  and  during  the  period 
of  his  residence  here  has  won  widespread  regard  as  a  representative  business  man  and  a 
useful  citizen. 


HENRY  SHOAP. 


Henry  Shoap,  deceased,  became  a  resident  of  Globe  in  1878,  and  for  many  years  was  a 
successful  speculator  in  mining  properties  and  owned  valuable  interests  in  Gila  and  Pinal 
counties.  He  was  born  in  Germany  in  1843  and  in  1854  came  to  America  with  his  parents. 
The  family  settled  first  in  Brazoria  county,  Texas,  where  the  father  worked  as  a  mechanic 
and  also  operated  a  sawmill  until  he  was  accidentally  killed  in  1856.  The  mother  has  also 
passed  away,  her  death  having  occurred  in  1861.  In  their  family  were  three  children,  of 
whom  only  one  is  still  living,  the  oldest  having  been  killed  in  Germany  when  he  was  five 
years  of  age. 

Henry  Shoap  completed  an  education,  begun  in  Germany,  in  the  public  schools  of  Te.xas 


466  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  worked  in  a  wagon  and  blacksmith  shop  for  two 
years,  resigning  his  position  in  order  to  enlist  in  the  Confederate  army.  He  was  eighteen 
years  of  age  when  lie  went  to  the  front  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  receiving  his 
honorable  discharge  in  April,  1865.  With  a  creditable  record  for  active  and  loyal  service 
he  returned  to  Texas  and  there  worked  as  a  wagon  maker  until  1878,  when  he  came  to 
Olobe,  being  one  of  the  old  residents  of  the  city.  For  a  short  time  he  conducted  a  black- 
smith and  wagon  shop  here  and  then  began  working  in  the  mines  and  prospecting  for 
himself.  He  also  speculated  to  a  great  extent  in  mining  lands,  handling  much  valuable  prop- 
erty, and  his  interests  along  this  line  were  considerable,  comprising  valuable  claims  in  Gila 
and  Pinal  counties.  Tlirougliout  the  course  of  his  active  career  liis  business  interests  were 
always  carefully  and  ably  conducted  and  his  well  directed  efforts  resulted  in  gaining  for 
him  a  gratifying  measure  of  success  and  a  prominent  position  in  mining  circles  of  his  locality. 
Mr.  Shoap  had  other  business  interests  in  Globe,  being  a  stockholder  in  tlie  Home  Printing 
Company.  He  owned  what  is  known  as  the  Hird  group  of  mines  in  Gila  county,  located 
two  miles  above  Globe,  comprising  some  of  the  finest  producing  properties  in  this  section  of 
the  state. 

Mr.  Shoap  gave  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  was  very  progressive  and 
liberal  in  his  views,  casting  a  nonpartisan  ballot  when  he  considei-ed  that  the  best  interests 
of  the  community  demanded  independent  action.  Fraternally  he  was  connected  witli  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  was  one  of  the  able  and  progressive  men  of  his 
locality,  active  and  enterprising  in  business,  and  his  intelligently  directed  efl'orts  and  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  mining  values  and  conditions,  his  industry,  perseverance  and  integrity, 
•were  all  elements  in  his  success. 


FRANK  J.  BARR. 


Frank  J.  Barr,  who  passed  away  July  12,  1913,  was  one  of  the  prominent  and  well 
known  real  estate  men  of  Phoenix  and  was  an  extensive  owner  of  rancliing  properties 
throughout  Maricopa  county.  He  was  born  in  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  son  of  James  and  Han- 
nah Barr,  and  was  reared  in  Toledo,  Oliio,  where  he  studied  civil  and  mining  engineering. 
Later  he  had  an  uninterrupted  experience  in  responsible  positions  in  that  profession  ex- 
tending over  a  period  of  thirty-two  years.  During  that  time  he  was  connected  with  many 
important  construction  projects  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  building  on  contract  one 
inile  of  the  Chicago  drainage  canal.  He  afterward  engaged  in  railroad  construction  work 
on  the  Nortliern  Pacific  and  other  lines,  doing  work  of  this  cliaraeter  througliout  tlie  en- 
tire west  and  soutliwest.  In  Utah  Mr.  Barr  superintended  tlie  construction  of  the  Los 
Angeles  &  San  Pedro  Railroad  in  tlie  interests  of  the  N.  A.  Walker  Construction  Company 
and  in  1875  went  to  California,  where  for  a  time  lie  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  de- 
veloping valuable  claims  in  Amador  county.  The  next  year,  liowever,  he  again  took  up  his 
professional  work  and  in  1877  engaged  as  assistant  engineer  on  the  steamers  of  the  Godalt 
Perkins  Steamship  Company  of  the  Pacific  coast.  The  broad  experience  and  large  responsibili- 
ties which  came  to  him  in  connection  with  the  great  projects  which  he  carried  forward 
to  successful  completion  gained  him  in  the  course  of  time  a  position  of  distinction  in 
■engineering  circles  in  western  America  and  made  his  retirement  in  1903  a  loss  to  the  pro- 
fession throughout  tliis  section  of  the  country. 

Mr.  Barr  settled  in  Phoenix  in  1903  and  there  he  established  himself  in  the  real  estate 
business,  handling  a  large  amount  of  valuable  mining  lands  and  rancli  and  city  property. 
He  accumulated  a  great  deal  of  land  in  his  own  name  and  was  tlie  owner  of  three  fine 
farms.  One  comprised  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  the  Salt  River  valley,  upon  which  he 
installed  his  own  water  system  and  all  the  canals  and  ditches  necessary  for  irrigating 
purposes.  There  Mr.  Barr  raised  alfalfa,  barley  and  cotton,  harvesting  fine  crops  annually. 
He  also  owned  a  forty  acre  ranch  cast  of  Phoeni.x,  on  which  he  raised  cantaloupes  on  an 
extensive  scale,  and  three  and  a  half  acres  within  the  city  limits,  at  the  corner  of  Eleventli 
and  Portland   streets.     Upon  this,  which   is  called  the  El  Verde  ranch,  he   made  his  liome. 

Mr.  Barr  was  married  in  1886  to  Miss  Lucia  Raymond,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  to  them 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  469 

was  born  one  son,  Frank  R.  Mr.  Barr  was  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  was  well 
known  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being  commander  of  Phoenix  canton. 
He  was  prominent  in  business,  professional  and  social  circles  of  Phoenix  and  possessed 
those  genial  and  open  traits  of  character  which  drew  men  to  him  in  warm  friendship  and 
kindly  regard. 


ANCIL  MARTIN,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Ancil  Martin  was  born  in  Iowa,  March  11,  1861,  a  son  of  Ancil  and  Anna  (Mac- 
Kenzie)   Martin. 

Dr.  Martin  acquired  his  collegiate  education  in  the  Michigan  University  at  Ann  Arbor 
and  took  his  professional  course  in  the  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1885.  For  one  year  he  was  an  assistant  to  Dr.  William  H. 
Daly  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  following  which  he  continued  his  training  in  the  specialty 
of  eye  and  ear  in  New  York.  He  then  located  for  practice  in  Iowa,  coming  thence  to 
Phoenix  in  1891.  For  twenty-five  years  he  has  followed  his  profession  in  this  city,  in  the 
treatment  of  diseases  of  tlie  eye  and  ear.  He  has  been  honored  by  being  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  American  Medical  Association,  president  of  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society,  and 
president  of  the  Maricopa  County  Medical  Society.  He  is  an  ex-president  and  ex-secretary 
of  the  board  of  territorial  medical  examiners,  with  which  he  was  connected  for  twelve  years, 
having  received  appointments  to  the  board  by  four  of  Arizona's  governors.  He  has  ever 
advocated  the  highest  professional  standards  and  in  his  own  practice  has  sought  to  reach 
the  higliest  point  of  perfection.  His  ability  has  been  recognized  by  his  having  been  retained 
as  oculist  for  all  the  railroad  companies  and  all  of  the  large  raining  companies  of  Arizona 
and  northern  Mexico. 

In  1895  Dr.  Martin  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Miriam  Talbot,  a  native  of  Chicago, 
and  a  daughter  of  Walter  Talbot,  of  Phoenix.  They  have  two  sons:  Walter  T.  and 
Donald  MacK.  The  parents  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  are  actively  inter- 
ested in  the  moral  progress  of  the  community.  Dr.  Martin  also  takes  a  helpful  part  in 
promoting  the  public  welfare  along  many  lines  and  in  this  connection  has  been  a  member 
of  the  city  board  of  education;  a  member  of  the  freeholders  committee,  which  drafted  the 
present  city  charter;  and  an  active  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  which  he  has  been 
president.  He  is  in  full  sympathy  with  the  projects  and  plans  to  advance  the  interests 
of  Phoenix,  and  as  a  citizen  stands  as  high  as  in  profession^  circles.. 


HENRY  V.  ANAYA. 


Among  the  most  able,  successful  and  prominent  men  in  the  service  of  the  Mexican 
government  is  Henry  V.  Anaya,  consul  for  the  Tucson  district.  He  was  born  in  Los  Angeles 
county,  California,  November  30,  1880,  but  when  he  was  still  a  child  went  with  his  parents 
to  Mexico,  where  he  ac<iuired  a  common  school  education  which  he  later  completed  by  a 
two  years'  course  in  a  college  in  the  City  of  Mexico.  He  took  up  his  residence  in  Tucson 
in  1900  and  for  some  time  sei-ved  as  Spanish  interpreter.  After  reading  law  in  the  offices 
of  Lovell  &  Richey  he  was  admitted  to  practice  as  a  land  attorney  and  from  1903  to  1907 
acted  as  such.  In  the  latter  year  he  went  to  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  and  served  as  assistant 
cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Sonora,  returning  to  Tucson  in  1908.  For  one  year  he  practiced 
law  in  connection  with  the  firm  of  Lovell  &  Richey,  but  abandoned  his  private  practice 
when  appointed  deputy  United  States  marshal  of  Arizona,  under  Marshal  Overlock.  He 
served  ably,  conscientiously  and  efficiently  until  September,  1911,  when  he  was  made  sec- 
retary of  the  Yavapai  Tribe  of  Peace  Commissions,  an  office  which  he  held  until  March  4, 
1912,  when  he  received  his  appointment  as  Mexican  consul  of  the  Tucson  district.  He  is 
a  worthy  and  dignified  representative  of  the  Mexican  government,  capable  in  the  discharge 
of  his  official  duties  and  efficient  in  guarding  the  interests  of  the  Mexicans  in  Arizona.  He 
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470  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

has  proved  his  fitness  for  his  position  and  the  future  undoubtedly  holds  for  him  further  and 
greater  successes  in  the  diplomatic  service. 

In  1904  Mr.  Anaya  married  Miss  Jesus  Escobosa,  a  native  of  Tucson,  and  they  have 
two  children,  Eva  and  Henry  V.,  Jr.  Fraternally  Mr.  Anaya  is  identified  with  the  Spanish- 
American  Alliance,  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood,  the  Improved  Order  of  Ked  Men  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  in  addition  holds  membership  in  the  JIasonic  order,  in  which 
he  was  initiated  according  to  the  Scottish  and  York  Rites.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  He  and  his  wife  are  among  the  most  promi- 
nent Spanish-American  residents  of  the  city  and  are  favorably  known  in  social  circles, 
where  their  many  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  character  have  brought  them  an  extensive 
acquaintance  and  many  friends. 


J.  H.  IvNIGHT. 


J.  H.  Knight,  prominently  identified  with  mercantile  interests  of  Kingman  as  treasurer 
of  the  Arizona  Stores  Company,  conducting  one  of  the  leading  general  merchandise  estab- 
lishments in  that  part  of  Mohave  county,  was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  Canada,  in  1874 
and  in  1897  came  to  Arizona.  Here  he  worked  for  otiiers  at  various  occupations  until 
October  10,  1910,  when  the  Arizona  Stores  Company  was  organized  and  he  was  elected 
president,  later  resigning  that  office  to  become  treasurer.  The  other  members  of  the  firm 
are  W.  K.  Ridenour  and  E.  A.  Shaw.  All  are  men  of  sound  judgment  and  wide  business 
experience  and  have  been  residents  of  Mohave  county  for  a  number  of  years.  The  business 
which  they  started  in  a  small  way  is  now  one  of  the  largest  in  Kingman,  and  a  branch 
store  has  been  established  at  Oatman  with  Mr.  Ridenour  in  charge.  The  company  erected 
their  own  building,  which  is  a  fine  structure  sixty-five  by  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  large  basement  and  well  improved  and  modern  in  every  particular. 
They  started  in  1910  with  four  men  but  now  employ  over  fifty  and  do  a  larger  business 
than  any  other  concern  in  Mohave  county.  The  company  controls  an  important  and  growing 
trade  and  the  business  methods  which  have  been  followed  as  standards  are  such  as  commend 
it  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  public. 

Mr.  Knight  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  his  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  He  has  based  his  principles  and  actions  upon 
strict  adherence  to  the  rules  which  govern  industry  and  economy  and  by  his  enterjjrising 
and  progressive  spirit,  accompanjpd  by  good  business  judgment,  has  won  for  himself  the 
prominent  position  which  he  now  holds  in  commercial  circles,  having  the  friendship  of  many 
and  the  respect  of  all  who  know  him. 


WILLIAM  WARNER  WATKINS,  M.  D. 

Dr.  William  Warner  Watkins,  well  known  as  a  member  of  the  medical  fraternity  and 
even  more  widely  known  in  connection  with  temperance  work  throughout  the  state,  being  now 
secretary  of  the  prohibition  party  in  Arizona,  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1883,  a  son  of  W.  T. 
and  Carrie  (Wilson)  Watkins,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Charlotte  county,  Virginia. 
The  paternal  ancestors  came  to  the  new  world  in  the  colonial  days,  three  brothers  crossing 
the  Atlantic  from  Wales  in  the  eighteenth  century.  The  father  was  a  commercial  traveler 
and  also  followed  fanning  to  some  extent.  He  has  now  passed  away  but  the  mother  survives 
and  makes  her  home  with  her  son,  Dr.  Watkins,  in  Phoenix. 

Excellent  educational  opportunities  were  accorded  Dr.  Watkins,  who  completed  his 
more  specific  literary  course  by  graduation  from  Tazewell  College  in  Tazewell,  Virginia, 
in  1902.  A  review  of  the  many  occupations  and  professions  to  which  man  directs  his  energies 
led  him  to  the  conclusion  that  he  believed  he  would  find  the  practice  of  medicine  a  congenial 
pursuit,  and  in  preparation  therefor  he  entered  the  Medical  College  of  Virginia  at  Richmond 
and  was  graduated  with  the  class   of   1906.     Immedijitcly   he   sought   to   establish   himnclf 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  471 

in  practice  in  the  southwest,  hoping  to  find  better  opportunities  in  this  great  and  rapidly 
growing  section  of  the  country.  He  made  his  way  first  to  Metcalf,  Arizona,  where  he 
remained  for  a  year,  and  in  1907  came  to  Plioenix,  wliere  he  lias  since  been  located.  Ho 
practices  along  advanced  scientific  lines  and  is  continually  adding  to  his  knowledge  through 
reading  and  research  and  through  the  discussion  of  significant  professional  problems  in  the 
various  medical  societies  to  which  he  belongs.  He  holds  membership  in  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Association  of  the  Southwest,  the  Arizona 
State  Medical  Society,  the  Maricopa  County  Medical  Society,  and  the  American  Roentgen 
Ray  Society.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis  and  is  a 
firm  believer  in  the  dissemination  of  knowledge  which  will  cheek  or  prevent  disease  entirely 
rather  than  cure  it.  It  has  been  said  that  no  calling  is  so  little  commercialized  as  that  of 
the  practice  of  medicine.  This  statement  finds  its  verification  in  the  efforts  of  such  men 
as  Dr.  VVatkins,  who  are  constantly  seeking  to  bring  about  sanitary  conditions  and  introduce 
an  understanding  of  the  laws  of  health  which  will  do  away  with  much  of  the  illness  now 
prevalent.  In  his  practice  and  in  his  study  he  has  always  made  a  study  of  pathology  and 
bacteriology.  He  is  pathologist  for  St.  Luke's  Home  and  is  the  editor  of  the  Arizona 
Medical  Journal,  published  in  Phoenix.  He  possesses  the  finest  laboratory  of  its  kind  in  the 
state  and  his  medical  library  is  extensive.  His  practice  has  been  of  constantly  increasing 
volume  and  importance,  showing  the  high  standard  he  has  reached  as  a  representative  of 
the   medical   fraternity   in   the   southwest. 

On  the  31st  of  July,  1909,  Dr.  Watkins  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bessie  Thomas, 
a  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Thomas  of  Phoenix.  They  have  one  daughter,  Merial,  born 
December  7,  1912.  They  hold  membership  in  the  Baptist  ehuveli  and  take  an  active  and 
helpful  part  in  its  various  lines  of  work.  Dr.  Watkins  advocates  the  highest  moral  teach- 
ings and  practices  and  to  this  end  labors  earnestly  in  support  of  the  prohibition  party, 
regarding  intemperance  as  one  of  the  great  evils  of  the  country.  That  he  is  one  of  the 
foremost  temperance  workers  in  the  state  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  is  his  party's  secre- 
tary in  Arizona.  Dr.  Watkins  might  well  be  termed  a  practical  idealist,  for  while  he  labors 
for  the  adoption  of  high  ideals  the  methods  which  he  employs  indicate  sound  judgment  and 
clear  perception.  There  is  nothing  about  him  of  the  visionary  who  dreams  dreams  and  makes 
plans  but  cannot  accomplish  their  fulfillment.  His  labors  along  many  lines  have  constituted  a 
step  in  advance  and  his  name  is  associated  with  professional,  intellectual  and  moral  prog- 
ress in  Arizona. 


ROBERT  BURADELL  SIMS. 


Robert  Buradell  Sims,  who  since  March,  1912,  has  acted  as  superintendent  of  the 
Arizona  state  prison  at  Florence,  is  a  public  spirited  citizen  who  well  deserves  mention 
among  the  successful  and  representative  men  of  Pinal  county.  He  was  born  in  eastern 
Texas  and  there  attended  the  common  schools,  later  graduating  from  the  Metropolitan 
Business  College  at  Dallas.  He  was  for  fifteen  years  thereafter  prominently  connected 
with  the  lumber  trade  in  his  native  state  and  abandoned  it  only  when  he  came  to  Arizona, 
settling  in  Douglas  in  October,  1901.  For  a  time  he  worked  in  the  interests  of  the  Phelps- 
Dodge  Company  and  was  later  connected  with  the  Douglas  Improvement  Company,  severing 
his  connection  with  that  organization  in  order  to  enter  the  employ  of  M.  F.  Dicus.  During 
this  time  he  took  an  active  and  prominent  part  in  public  affairs,  serving  on  the  city  council 
as  a  member  of  the  water  commission  and  by  earnest,  straightforward  and  conscientious 
work  promoting  the  best  interests  of  the  community.  Since  March,  1912,  he  has  served 
as  superintendent  of  the  state  prison,  with  residence  in  Florence,  and  his  ability  and 
business  enterprise  are  evidenced  in  the  excellent  condition  of  affairs  at  that  institution. 
Many  improvements  in  system  and  conditions  have  been  inaugurated  since  he  took  charge 
and  many  needed  changes  instituted,  everything  being  now  done  in  a  businesslike  and 
competent  way. 

Mr.  Sims  married  Miss  Gertrude  Leggett,  of  Tennessee,  and  they  have  one  son,  Jack  L. 
Mr.  Sims  is  well  known  in  local  fraternal  circles,  being  especially  prominent  in  the   Henevo- 


472  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

lent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  holds  membership  in  the  grand  lodge  of  that  organiza- 
tion and  in  1909  represented  the  Douglas  lodge  at  the  grand  meeting  in  Los  Angeles.  He  is 
also  past  exalted  ruler  and  past  lecturing  knight  of  Douglas  Lodge,  No.  955,  B.  P.  O.  E. 
He  is  president  of  the  board  of  education  in  district  No.  1  and  also  president  of  the  Florence 
Valley  Club.  In  1911-12  lie  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  representing 
Cochise  county  and  served  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  counties  and  municipalities. 
He  is  a  progressive  and  public  spirited  citizen  and  tliroughout  his  entire  life  lias  labored 
for  the  improvement  of  every  line  of  business  or  for  public  interest  with  which  he  liaf 
been  identified  and  he  feels  a  just  pride  in  any  work  of  improvement  in  his  home  locality. 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  JOHNSON. 

The  late  Benjamin  Franklin  Johnson  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Arizona  and  one  of  its 
foremost  horticulturists.  It  was  largely  due  to  liis  enterprise  that  tlie  nursery  business 
was  established  in  his  section  of  tlie  state  and  that  fruit  farming  took  on  life  there.  Mr. 
Johnson  was  born  in  New  York  and  married  Miss  Melissa  Holman,  of  Illinois.  During  the 
pioneer  days  they  made  their  way  to  Utah,  where  lie  was  successful  as  a  fruit  grower,  and  he 
naturally  drifted  into  the  cannitig  business  as  the  result  of  the  former  occupation.  He 
came  to  the  Salt  River  valley  of  Arizona  in  1882,  locating  in  Tcnipe.  He  introduced  into  this 
district  the  nursery  business  and  was  also  successful  in  establishing  tlie  fruit  industry 
there.  He  brought  with  him  a  number  of  small  fruit  trees  and  may  be  called  the  father 
of  horticulture  in  the  vicinity  of  Terape.  While  in  Utah  he  was  a  member  of  the  legislature. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  deceased.  They  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living. 

L.  B.  .Johnson,  a  son  of  Benjamin  F.  Johnson,  is  a  well  known  and  prosperous  merchant 
of  Mesa,  being  president  of  and  a  heavy  stockholder  in  "The  Toggery,  Inc.,"  which  company 
was  financed  by  him  while  conducting  a  wholesale  produce  business  under  the  name  of 
L.  B.  Johnson  &  Company.  From  the  beginning  The  Toggery  has  been  managed  by  his 
brother,  George  A.,  who  is  a  large  stockholder  and  who  has  succeeded  in  building  up  an 
extensive  clothing  business  for  the  company. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  L.  B.  Johnson  attended  the  Normal  School  of 
Arizona  at  Tenipc,  being  one  of  the  first  and  the  youngest  to  be  enrolled  in  that  institution. 
On  moving  to  Mesa  he  made  himself  useful  in  various  lines  of  work  and  was  the  pioneer  in 
the  packing  and  shipping  of  fruits  and  other  products  from  the  Mesa  section,  commencing 
before  tlie  advent  of  the  railroad  to  Mesa,  at  which  time  he  made  shipments  to  mining 
towns  via  Tempe  by  stage.  He  gradually  built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  wholesale  produce 
business,  which  he  conducted  for  nearly  twenty  years.  He  then  sold  his  establishment  but 
continued  to  live  in  Mesa  and  to  look  after  his  agricultural  and  stock  breeding  interests. 

On  the  25th  of  January,  1893,  L.  B.  .Johnson  married  Miss  Elnora  Hill,  who  was  born 
in  Utah  and  came  with  her  parents  to  Mesa  in  1882.  To  this  union  have  been  born  six 
children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  Mr.  .Johnson  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  and  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America. 


JACOB  SUTER. 


Jacob  Suter,  deceased,  was  born  in  Switzerland  in  November,  1850,  and  spent  his  child- 
hood in  that  country,  where  his  parents  passed  away.  On  the  17th  of  March,  1871,  he 
landed  in  New  York  and  for  some  time  thereafter  worked  at  the  tinner's  trade  in  that  city, 
taking  passage  aboard  a  steamer  bound  for  San  Francisco,  February  17,  1873.  On  his 
arrival  he  resumed  work  at  his  trade  and  also  followed  that  occupation  in  Virginia  City, 
Nevada,  where  he  resided  until  February  20,  1877.  In  that  year  he  determined  to  come  to 
Arizona  and  accordingly  took  up  his  residence  in  Pinal,  but  about  eight  years  later  removed 
to  Florence,   whence  he  came   to  Globe.     Three  weeks  after   his   arrival   he   went   into   the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  473 

Silver  King  mining  district  and  spent  one  year  prospecting  and  mining  before  settling  in 
Florence  in  May,  1878.  He  there  opened  a  tin  shop  in  the  interests  of  John  Miller  and 
after  a  sliort  time  purcliased  tlie  establishment,  which  he  conducted  alone  for  a  number  of 
years,  disposing  of  it  in  1895.  He  then  returned  to  Globe  and  opened  a  hardware  and  tin 
shop  and  conducted  it  successfully  until  May,  1906,  when  he  sold  his  Interests  to  the  Globe 
Hardware  Company,  in  which  he  was  a  large  stockholder  and  first  vice  president,  being  an 
intluential  factor  in  its  continued  development.  Mr.  Suter's  success  was  the  result  of 
specialization  in  one  line  of  work,  for  he  spent  practically  his  entire  life  at  his  trade  and 
became  a  skilled  and  expert  workman.  This  mechanical  ability  he  strengthened  and  sup- 
plemented by  sound  and  practical  business  judgment  which  guided  him  in  his  various  adven- 
tures, bringing  him  to  a  position  among  the  leading  business  men  of  Globe.  Aside  from  his 
interests  in  the  Globe  Hardware  Company  he  was  also  vice  president  of  the  Old  Dominion 
Commercial  Company  of  Globe  and  he  owned  business  and  residence  property  of  great  value. 

On  the  28th  of  .January,  1884,  Jlr.  Suter  married  Miss  Bertha  Andreas,  a  native  of 
Switzerland,  who  lived  in  that  country  until  her  marriage.  Tliey  became  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  Emma,  who  was  born  May  21,  1886,  and  is  the  wife  of  J.  M. 
Barry,  of  Globe;  Bertha,  born  in  1890;  Walter,  born  in  1893;  Alice,  born  in  1895;  and 
Otto,  whose  birth  occurred  in   1900. 

Mr.  Suter  was  a  republican  in  his  politics  and  while  a  resident  of  Florence  was  elected 
county  supervisor,  serving  ably  and  efficiently  for  six  years.  As  a  business  man  he  was 
thoroughly  honorable,  and  his  honesty  in  all  business  dealings  was  one  of  the  factors  in 
his  substantial  success.  He  possessed,  moreover,  sound  and  practical  judgment  and  his 
industry  and  perseverance  gained  him  prominence  in  mercantile  circles  of  Globe.  He 
passed  away  on  the  8th  of  November,  1915,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years. 


OSCAR  L.   PEASE. 


Oscar  L.  Pease,  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  war  and  secretary  and  past  exalted 
ruler  of  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  was  born  in  Corinna,  Penobscot  county,  Maine, 
September  28,  1861.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
state  and  in  1881  was  graduated  from  the  Maine  State  College  at  Orono.  He  afterward 
became  connected  with  the  United  States  weather  bureau  and  after  six  months  at  the 
government  school  at  Fort  Meyer,  Virginia,  he  was  sent  to  the  Arizona  department  of  the 
bureau  in  1883.  He  located  in  Prescott,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  signal  bureau  until 
he  was  transferred  to  Fort  Verde  with  full  charge  of  the  weather  office  in  that  locality. 
He  was  later  placed  in  control  of  the  office  of  the  government  weather  bureau  at  Phoenix 
and  there  remained  until  1887,  when  he  made  an  entire  change  of  interests,  entering  the 
employ  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  as  agent  at  Gila  Bend.  For  eleven  years  he 
served  ably  and  conscientiously  in  that  capacity,  resigning  only  when  war  was  declared 
between  Spain  and  the  United  States.  At  the  outbreak  of  hostilities  he  offered  his  services 
to  the  government  and  was  sent  to  the  front  as  a  member  of  the  First  Unied  States  Ter- 
ritorial Volunteer  Infantry.  He  saw  much  active  service  and  was  mustered  out  and  honorably 
discharged  in  February,  1899. 

With  a  creditable  military  record  Mr.  Pease  returned  to  Tucson  and  again  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  becoming  train  dispatcher  and  rising  to  the 
position  of  chief  of  his  department.  He  served  until  February,  1910,  when  he  purchased 
the  Tucson  Steam  Laundry,  which  a  year  and  a  half  later  he  consolidated  with  the  Sanitary 
Laundry,  the  business  being  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Tucson  Steam  Laundry 
Company,  with  Mr.  Pease  as  the  president.  He  sold  his  laundry  in  .January,  1914,  and  is 
now  agent  for  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company.  He  is  an  able  and  farsighted  busi- 
ness man  of  known  integrity  and  reliability  and  as  a  result  has  prospered  exceedingly. 

In  1904  Mr.  Pease  married  Miss  Zena  O.  Fetterley,  a  native  of  New  Mexico,  and  a 
daughter  of  Ralph  and  Margaret  (Ownby)  Fetterley.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pease  are  the  parents 
of  two  children,  Margaret  Rose  and  Ralph  Leroy  J. 

Mr.   Pease's   fraternal   connections   constitute   one   of   the   most   important   interests   of 


474  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

his  life.  He  is  a  member  of  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  4,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  well  known  in  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  which  he  joined  at  Phoenix  in  1886,  being  now  past 
noble  grand  of  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  4.  He  belongs  to  the  grand  lodge  of  Elks  and  in  March, 
1912,  was  elected  secretary  of  the  local  lodge,  in  which  capacity  he  has  since  acted,  giving 
to  the  organization  the  expert  and  efficient  services  of  an  able  executive.  He  has  been 
througli  all  the  chairs  of  the  order  and  is  now  past  e.\alted  ruler.  He  is  widely  and  favorably 
known  in  social,  fraternal  and  business  circles  of  Tucson  and  has  many  friends  here,  for 
he  is  a  man  of  alert  and  enterprising  spirit,  possessing  the  resolute  will  that  enables  him 
to  carry  forward  to  successful  completion  whatever  he  undertakes.  In  all  of  his  business 
dealings  he  has  been  thoroughly  reliable  and  in  matters  of  citizenship  helpful  and  progres- 
sive, giving  liis  aid  and  intluence  to  many  measures  for  the  public  good. 


JOHN  J.  BIRDNO. 


Wherever  he  is  known,  and  that  is  quite  well  throughout  the  state,  the  name  of  John 
J.  Birdno  stands  as  a  synonym  for  progress,  reform  and  advancement,  for  organizing 
work  along  lines  of  municipal  development,  for  political  integrity,  for  constructive  states- 
manship and  for  that  activity  in  business  which  is  in  itself  an  element  in  the  promotion  of 
the  general  welfare.  With  the  leverage  of  his  paper,  the  Satford  Guardian,  .\Ii-.  Birdno  has 
worked  valiantly  for  the  growth  of  the  city  in  support  of  progressive  public  measures 
and  for  general  advancement  and  reform,  his  own  prosperity  being  entirely  secondary  to 
his  work  in  the  public  service.  He  was  born  in  Logan,  Utah,  in  1868  and  is  a  son  of 
N.  W.  and  Mary  (Farrell)  Birdno,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Liverpool, 
England.  The  father  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Utah  and  also  an  early  settler  of  Graham 
county,  Arizona,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1903.  His  wife  survives  him  and  makes  her 
home  in  Safford. 

John  J.  Birdno  is  a  self-made  man  and  an  honorable  addition  to  his  class,  for  at  the 
early  age  of  eight  years  he  began  his  apprenticeship  to  the  printer's  trade,  witji  which  he 
has  been  connected  in  some  capacity  almost  continuously  since  that  time.  During  his 
apprenticeship  he  lived  at  home  and  spent  somo  time  in  school,  although  most  of  his 
education  was  received  in  the  printing  office.  In  1884  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Arizona, 
locating  in  Safford  and  continuing  his  residence  at  home.  He  helped  his  father  in  the 
blacksmith  shop  and  at  the  same  time  engaged  in  printing,  taking  charge  of  the  Valley 
Bulletin,  which  he  conducted  for  two  years.  In  189;!  he  began  teaching  school,  but  his 
wages  being  small  and  conditions  unsatisfactory,  he  continued  in  that  line  of  work  only 
two  years.  A\hen  he  was  twenty-one  he  turned  his  attention  to  politics  but  his  first 
venture  along  that  line  was  unsuccessful,  for  in  a  democratic  county  he  was  defeated  for 
office  by  a  republican  candidate.  He  was,  however,  appointed  by  the  board  of  supervisors 
assessor  of  Graham  county  and  in  that  position  did  radical  but  beneficial  work,  being 
still  remembered  as  the  man  who  instigated  the  dissension  among  the  mining  interests 
which  finally  resulted  in  the  division  of  Graham  county  and  the  formation  of  Greenlee.  He 
also  organized  the  4sse8sors  Association  of  Arizona  in  his  first  term  and  upon  its  expiration 
was  reappointed,  serving  in  all  for  five  years  or  until  Arizona  was  admitted  to  the  Union. 

In  1895  Mr.  Birdno  again  turned  his  attention  to  journalism,  establishing  in  Safford 
the  Guardian,  of  which  he  has  been  editor  and  owner  since  that  time  and  which  he  has 
made  a  prominent  factor  in  directing  luiblic  thought  and  opinion  in  that  i)art  of  Arizona. 
He  founded  the  paper  on  credit  but  was  almost  immediately  successful,  his  plant  being 
now  entirely  free  from  debt  and  the  paper  on  a  paying  basis.  It  has  a  circulation  of  about 
twelve  hundred  and  also  a  giatifying  advertising  patronage.  In  the  columns  of  his  journal 
and  through  his  individual  activity  Mr.  Birdno  has  inaugurated  and  promoted  many  pro- 
gressive public  enterprises  and  so  beneficial  and  far-reaching  has  been  his  work  that  he  is 
numbered  among  the  greatest  of  the  individual  forces  in  community  development.  The 
Graham  Guardian  has  for  years  been  the  leading  newspaper  in  that  section  and  through  its 
columns  Mr.  Birdno  has  argued  for  the  development  of  the  great  Gila  valley.  A  man  of 
force   and   foresight,  his  able  editorials   have   been   an   important    factor   in   promoting   the 


JOHN  J.  BIRDNO 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  477 

interests  of  tliat  valley.  Probably  to  him  more  than  to  any  one  else  Safiford  is  indebted 
for  the  removal  of  the  county  seat  to  that  place  in  1915.  In  the  very  first  issue  of  the 
(iraham  Guardian  in  1895,  he  advocated  the  removal  of  the  county  seat  to  Safford,  and 
in  almost  every  issue  since  that  time  the  Guardian  has  given  splendid  reasons  why  the 
county  seat  should  be  removed.  After  all  these  years  an  election  was  finally  ordered  in 
which  four  towns  were  candidates,  but  Safford  won  an  easy  victory.  It  was  he  who  first 
interested  eastern  capitalists  in  the  great  irrigation  project  which  resulted  in  the  con- 
struction of  one  of  the  finest  water  systems  in  the  southwest,  water  being  piped  from  the 
mountains  into  Safford.  In  addition  he  was  one  of  the  principal  factors  in  incorporating 
the  town  of  Safford,  helped  to  organize  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Civic  League  and 
is  now  a  director  in  the  local  bank.  A  man  of  varied  interests,  initiative  spirit  and 
progressive  ideas,  he  possesses  the  faculty  of  making  his  work  effective  as  an  element  in 
progress,  his  activities  being  always  influenced  by  a  broad,  liberal  and  intelligently  directed 
public  spirit.  He  owns  forty  acres  of  land  near  Fort  Thomas  and  two  other  fine  ranches 
near  Saflord  and  his  interests  are  capably  and  conservatively  managed,  bringing  him  a 
gratifying  measure  of  success. 

In  1888  Mr.  Birdno  married  Miss  Ella  M.  Johnson,  a  native  of  Utah  and  a  daughter  of 
William  D.  and  Caroline  (Wild)  Johnson.  Her  parents  were  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Utah  and  from  that  state  the  father  enlisted  for  the  Black  Hawk  Indian  war.  He  after- 
ward came  as  a  pioneer  to  Arizona.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Birdno  had  five  children,  namely:  Mildred 
May,  the  wife  of  E.  H.  Larsen  of  Safford;  Blanche  Elizabeth,  who  holds  a  position  in  the 
state  treasurer's  and  state  engineer's  office  at  Phoenix;  Mary  Lon-aine;  and  Leroy  and 
Syraore,  both  of  whom  are  deceased. 

Air.  Birdno  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  prominent  in 
its  councils,  having  served  for  si.\teen  j'ears  as  chairman  of  the  democratic  committee.  He 
was  chosen  as  first  chairman  of  the  first  democratic  state  committee  and  took  personal 
charge  of  the  first  campaiun,  in  which  every  democratic  candidate  was  elected  to  office.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  twenty-first  territorial  legislature  at  the  time  when  the  statutes  of  Arizona 
were  recodified  and  he  read  proof  on  the  entire  document.  In  1913  he  was  appointed  by 
President  Wilson  receiver  of  the  United  States  land  ofiice,  with  headquarters  in  Plioeni\, 
where  he  now  resides.  He  is  fraternally  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Fra- 
ternal Brotherhood,  the  Moose  and  the  Red  Men.  He  is  a  broad-minded  and  liberal  man 
who  places  a  correct  valuation  upon  life  and  its  opportunities  and  while  in  business  affairs 
he  has  achieved  a  great  measure  of  prosperity,  he  has  at  the  same  time  wrought  along 
lines  of  the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number,  standing  today  among  the  foremost  and 
honored  men  who  have  come  from  Graham  county. 


LOUIS  DYSART,  M.  D. 


Broad  experience,  wide  learning  and  a  deep  and  abiding  interest  in  his  profession  are 
the  concomitants  which  have  brought  success  to  Dr.  Louis  Dysart  in  his  practice  of  medicine 
and  surgery.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Phoenix  since  1904,  coming  to  this  city  from 
Bisbee.  Previously  he  had  been  an  active  practitioner  in  Mexico  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  was  born  in  Schuyler  county,  Missouri,  March  25,  1871,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  A.  and 
Eliza  (Higbee)  Dysart,  who  were  natives  of  Tennessee  and  of  Iowa  respectively.  The 
father  was  an  attorney  at  law,  practicing  his  profession  for  many  years  and  also  taking 
an  active  part  in  politics,  being  a  recognized  leader  in  the  ranks  of  the  democratic  party 
in  Schuyler  county.  He  there  filled  the  office  of  county  treasurer,  was  also  prosecutmg 
attorney  for  three  years  and  acted  in  other  public  positions,  the  duties  of  which  he  dis- 
charged with  promptness  and  fidelity.  He  came  to  Phoenix  in  1894  and  opened  an  abstract 
office,  which  he  conducted  successfully  for  about  nine  years,  or  until  his  death  in  1903. 
He  had  long  survived  his  wife,  who  passed  away  in  1886. 

Samuel  A.  Dysart  brought  his  family  to  Arizona,  but  at  the  time  of  the  removal  here' 
Dr.  Dysart  was  a  student  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  Chicago.  He  had 
completed   his   public   school    education   by   graduation   from   the   high   school   at  Lancaster, 


478  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Missouri,  and  then,  wishing  to  make  the  practice  of  medicine  his  life  work,  he  matriculated 
in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  from  which  lie  was  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1895.  He  enjoyed  the  benefits  of  broad  and  varied  hospital  practice  in  the  Cook  County 
Hospital  at  Chicago  for  a  year  and  a  half.  On  tlie  expiration  of  that  period  he  went  to 
Mexico  and  was  in  charge  of  the  hospital  for  the  Mexican  Central  Railway  Company  at 
Tampico  from  1896  until  1898,  inclusive.  He  also  spent  about  three  and  a  half  years  at 
Jimulco,  Mexico,  as  local  surgeon  for  the  Mexican  Central  Railroad.  In  the  fall  of  1902 
he  arrived  in  Bisbee,  Arizona,  and,  in  a  professional  way  represented  the  Copper  Queen 
Mining  Company  and  the  El  Paso  and  Southwestern  Railway  Company,  continuing  at  that 
place  for  two  years.  With  his  arrival  in  Phoenix  in  1904  he  opened  an  office  in  this  city, 
practicing  first  with  Dr.  DufReld  for  a  year  and  a  half,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
engaged  in  independent  practice.  As  the  public  has  seen  evidences  of  his  power  and  ability 
his  patronage  has  steadily  increased  and  he  is  now  accorded  a  practice  of  gratifying  and 
substantial  proportions.  He  belongs  to  the  Maricopa  County  and .  Arizona  State  Medical 
Societies  and  to  the  American "  Medical  Association. 

In  1903  Dr.  Dysart  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mabel  Palmer  of  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  and 
they  have  three  children:  Palmer,  Birney  and  Winnifred,  the  first  two  being  twins.  Dr. 
Dysart  holds  membership  in  the  Christian  church  and  his  wife  in  the  Presbyterian  church. 
His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  and  while  never  an  office-seeker 
he  is  a  progressive  citizen  whose  interest  in  the  public  welfare  is  deep,  sincere  and  abiding. 


RAYMOND  T.  BELCHER. 


Raymond  T.  Belcher,  who  since  1913  has  served  in  a  creditable  and  able  manner  as 
deputy  clerk  of  the  supreme  court,  was  born  in  Phoenix,  tliis  state,  February  23,  1888,  and 
is  a  son  of  a  pioneer  of  Arizona.  His  parents  were  Benjamin  M.  and  Frances  G.  M. 
(Thornton)  Belcher,  the  former  of  whom  came  to  tliis  state  in  the  early  '70s  and  engaged 
afterward  in  merchandising,  mining  and  the  hotel  business.  For  several  years  he  conducted 
a  store  at  Tiptop,  Arizona,  and  was  afterward  a  merchant  at  Phoenix.  He  removed  to 
Prescott  in  1889  and  there  his  death  occurred  October  31,  1913.  He  had  been  for  many 
years  a  hotel  proprietor  there  and  was  also  active  in  public  affairs,  having  served  for  six 
years  previous  to  liis  death  as  a  member  of  the  city  council. 

Raymond  T.  Belcher  acquired  a  public  school  education  and  also  attended  Leland  Stan- 
ford University  in  California.  When  lie  began  his  independent  career  lie  became  an  employe 
of  the  Prescott  National  Bank  and  was  later  connected  with  the  Arizona  Mines  Supply 
Company.  In  1909  he  was  appointed  assistant  clerk  of  tlie  board  of  supervisors,  doing 
creditable  and  able  work  in  that  office.  Following  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  spent  three 
years  engaged  in  railroad  work  in  Mexico  and  then  returned  to  Prescott,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  He  was  appointed  deputy  clerk  of  the  supreme  court  in  1912  and  in  1913  was 
appointed  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  the  duties  of  which  position  he  discharges  in 
a  capable  and  farsighted  way.  Mr.  Belcher  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America  and  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  He  is  still  a  young  man 
but  has  already  become  well  known  in  Prescott  as  a  progressive  official  and  a  useful  citizen. 


ROBERT  R.  BROWNFIELD,  M.  D. 

This  is  preeminently  an  age  of  specialization.  Almost  all  branches  of  science  have 
become  so  broad  and  complex  as  study  and  investigation  have  brought  to  light  various  and 
varied  truths  that  it  is  almost  impossible  for  a  single  individual  to  be  well  informed  upon 
all  departments  of  the  science  in  which  he  is  particularly  interested.  He  therefore  concen- 
trates his  attention  upon  one  or  more  of  its  departments  and  in  his  specialization  develops 
power  and  reaches  prominence  that  he  could  not  otherwise  hope  to  attain.  Dr.  Robert  R. 
Brownfield,  a  member  of  the  medical  profession  in  Phoenix,  gives  his  attention  to  treatment 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  479 

of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  tliioat  and  his  opinions  have  come  to  be  regarded  largely 
as  an  authority  upon  this  special  branch  in  Phoenix. 

Dr.  Brownfield  is  a  native  of  Nebraska,  bom  at  Grand  Island  in  1880.  His  parents  are 
Thomas  J.  and  Emma  (Meyers)  Brownfield,  the  former  a  well  known  capitalist  and  banker, 
who  in  addition  to  handling  important  financial  projects  also  deals  in  lands  and  conducts 
an  insurance  business.  He  resides  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  and  is  a  personal  friend  of  William 
Jennings  Bryan. 

Dr.  Brownfield  mastered  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Grand  Island  and  of  Lincoln  and  later  entered  the  State  University  of  Nebraska.  He  not 
only  made  an  excellent  record  for  scholarship,  but  was  also  well  known  in  athletic  circles, 
playing  football  under  Yost.  Dr.  Brownfield  pursued  medical  studies  in  the  University  of 
Nebraska  and  in  1903  was  graduated  from  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Kansas,  known  at  that  time  as  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College.  He  afterwards  practiced  in 
Utah  until  1910,  when  he  arrived  in  Phoenix.  In  the  meantime  he  had  pursued  post-giad- 
uate  work  in  the  New  York  Polyclinic  and  the  New  York  Post-Graduate  and  the  Eye  and 
Ear  Hospitals  in  New  York.  In  his  early  practice  he  gave  his  attention  largely  to  general 
surgery,  but  for  some  years  has  specialized  in  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear, 
nose  and  throat.  His  reading  and  research  have  been  directed  along  that  line  with  the 
result  that  he  has  broad  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  this  department  and  is  doing 
excellent  work  in  that  field.  Dr.  Brownfield  is  the  inventor  of  the  Audiomicrometer  for 
testing  the  hearing.  This  has  been  spoken  of  by  eminent  practitioners  as  one  of  the  most 
valuable  contributions  to  ear  surgery.  He  has  also  invented  an  instrument  for  the  control 
of  the  eyelids  in  Smith's  Inter-Capsular  Operation,  which  is  regarded  by  scientific  men  as 
almost  invaluable  for  the  use  for  which  it  is  intended.  In  addition  to  his  practice  Dr. 
Brownfield  has  farming  interests  in  Arizona,  owning  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  west  of 
Phoenix,  devoted  to  the  production  of  alfalfa. 

In  1902  Dr.  Brownfield  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  P.  Simms  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and 
they  have  one  daughter,  Edith  Dorothy.  In  his  political  views  Dr.  Brownfield  is  independent, 
voting  for  men  rather  than  for  measures,  with  the  belief  that  competent  and  loyal  public 
officials  will  stand  for  principles  that  will  work  for  the  best  interests  of  the  community  and 
the  country  at  large.  His  name  is  on  the  membership  rolls  of  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  he  is  a  member  of  various 
medical  societies,  thus  keeping  in  close  touch  with  the  advanced  work  that  is  being  done  by 
the  profession.  He  possesses  a  laudable  ambition,  and  with  a  nature  that  could  never  be 
content  with  mediocrity  he  has  constantly  worked  his  way  upward,  occupying  now  a  position 
which  many  an  older  member  of  the  medical  profession  might  well  envy. 


G.  D.  BARCLAY. 


Among  the  men  who  for  the  past  thirty  years  have  utilized  the  opportunities  offered  in 
Globe  for  business  progress  and  who  have  thereby  attained  notable  success  is  G.  D.  Barclay, 
the  present  well  known  and  popular  mayor  of  the  city.  For  many  years  he  has  been  a 
partner  in  the  conduct  of  the  oldest  livery  stable  in  the  city,  and  his  activity  has  contributed 
to  general  progi-ess  and  improvement  as  well  as  to  his  individual  prosperity. 

He  was  born  in  Norfolk  county,  Virginia,  November  12,  1863,  and  is  a  son  of  Solomon 
T.  and  Johanna  Barclay,  also  natives  of  that  state,  where  they  resided  \mtil  their  deaths. 
In  his  early  years  the  father  conducted  a  large  paper  manufacturing  plant  and  a  book  bind- 
ery, using  rags  exclusively  in  making  his  paper,  and  he  built  up  an  extensive  and  profitable 
busintss.  He  was,  however,  obliged  to  retire  on  account  of  failing  health  and,  selling  out 
his  interests  in  Richmond,  moved  to  Norfolk  county,  where  he  bought  a  plantation,  which 
he  operated  until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  fifty-four  years.  The  mother  passed  away  in 
1878.  To  their  union  were  born  twelve  children,  of  whom  the  following  are  now  living: 
R.  C,  who  is  living  in  retirement  in  P&rtsmouth,  Virginia;  J.  W.,  living  retired  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. ;  G.  D.,  of  this  review;  Lewis  B.,  who  is  connected  with  the  Norfolk  navy  yard 
at  Portsmouth,  Virginia;  S.  T.,  who  is  general  manager  of  a  furniture  company  in  Virginia; 


480  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Rose  13.,  the  widow  of  A.  G.  Pendleton,  of  Berkeley,  California;  and  V.  B.,  agent  for  the 
Cardina  Granite  Company  of  Newport  News,  Virginia. 

G.  1).  Barclay  acquired  his  education  in  tlie  public  schools  of  Virginia  and  in  1881 
came  to  Arizona,  wliere  after  working  in  the  employ  of  others  for  a  short  time,  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  cattle  business  with  his  brother-in-law,  A.  G.  Pendleton.  Tliey  did 
an  extensive  business  of  this  cliaracter  in  Globe  for  ten  years  and  then  sold  their  ranch  and 
stock,  purchasing  a  livery,  feed  and  sales  stable,  which  they  conducted  in  conjunction  with 
a  feed  business.  Mr.  Pendleton  died  in  1904  and  since  that  time  Mr.  Barclay  has  been 
associated  with  his  widow  in  the  conduct  of  what  is  now  the  oldest  livery  stable  in  Globe. 
It  IS  also  one  of  the  largest  enterprises  of  this  character  in  the  city,  tlie  building  liaving  a 
frontage  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-four  and  one-half  feet  and  extending  across  an  entire 
block.  By  progressive  business  methods  and  straightforward  dealing  Mr.  Barclay  lias 
secured  a  large  and  representative  patronage  and  conducts  an  extensive  and  ])rofitable 
business.  He  is  interested  in  residence  property  in  the  city  and  to  some  extent  in  mining 
properties  in  Gila  county  and  in  addition  owns  his  attractive  residence. 

On  May  30,  1910,  Mr.  Barclay  married  Mrs.  Lillian  McSwain,  who  was  born  in  Dead- 
wood,  South  Dakota.  She  was  the  widow  of  J.  W.  McSwain  and  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Wilson,  who  now  reside  in  Globe.  Her  father  has  reached  the  age  of  seventy- 
four  years  and  the  mother  is  sixty-live.  Of  the  four  children  born  to  their  union  two  still 
survive. 

Mr.  Barclay  is  connected  with  Rescue  Lodge,  No.  12,  1.  O.  0.  F.,  of  which  he  is  a  charter 
member  and  in  which  he  has  tilled  many  of  the  chairs.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  the 
democratic  party  and  althougli  he  has  never  sought  public  office  he  served  for  four  years 
as  county  supervisor.  On  the  Ist  of  June,  1914,  Mr.  Barclay  was  elected  mayor  of  Globe 
for  a  term  of  two  years.  During  his  administration  many  needed  improvements  have  been 
made,  including  a  motor  lire  apparatus  to  take  the  place  of  the  old  hose  cart  drawn  by 
horses.  Two  modern  reinforced  concrete  bridges  have  been  built  across  Pinal  creek  on 
Broad  street  and  one  modern  steel  bridge  on  Sutherland  creek,  while  many  other  streets 
have  been  improved  by  grading  and  the  building  of  cement  sidewalks.  He  cooperates  in  all 
movements  for  the  progress  and  advancement  of  the  city  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  its 
foremost  business  men,  his  extensive  and  well  managed  interests  placing  him  in  a  prominent 
position  in  business  circles. 


PETER  ELISHA  HOWELL. 


Peter  Elisha  Howell  is  the  secretary  and  manager  of  the  Tucson  Steam  Laundry  Com- 
pany, Incorporated,  which  is  one  of  the  important  industrial  enterprises  of  the  city.  More- 
over, he  deserves  mention  in  a  work  of  this  character  as  the  first  county  recorder  of  Pima 
county  under  the  state  government  and  as  a  thirty-third  degree  Mason,  being  one  of  the 
few  in  the  state  upon  whom  this  honorary  degree  has  been  conferred.  He  was  born  upon 
a  farm  in  Oxford  county,  Ontario,  April  24,  1874,  and  is  descended  from  English  ancestry. 
His  great-great-grandfather  came  to  America  from  England  in  the  early  part  of  the 
eighteenth  century,  settling  in  New  Jersey,  where  the  great-grandfather,  Bernard  Howell, 
was  born  and  lived  until  1802.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Canada,  settling  in  the  province 
of  Ontario.  His  son,  Enoch  Howell,  was  born  in  Ontario,  devoted  his  life  to  the  occupa- 
tion of  farming  and  remained  a  resident  until  removing  to  Michigan  with  his  son  and. 
family,  where  he  passed  away  at  a  ripe  old  age.  He  had  several  children,  one  of  whom, 
William  S.  Howell,  who  became  the  father  of  Peter  E.  Howell,  was  born  in  Canada  and  also 
devoted  his  life  to  general  agricultural  pursuits.  He  wedded  Mary  E.  Gee,  a  daughter  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Springstien)  Gee,  both  of  Canada.  To  William  S.  and  Mary  E. 
Howell  were  born  five  children.  Their  firstborn,  an  only  daughter,  died  in  infancy.  The 
others  are:  William  E.,  Henry  I.,  Sampson  and  Peter  E.,  but  AVilliam  E.  and  Peter  E. 
are  the  only  ones  now  living.  In  1883  the  father  removed  with  his  family  to  Stanton, 
Michigan,  and  there  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber  and  shingh'S,  building  a  factory 
in  connection  with  his  brother,  Reuben  D.  Howell,  their  enterprise  being  conducted   under 


PETER  E.  HOWELL 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  48b 

the  firm  style  of  Howell  Brothers.  They  operated  both  a  lumber  and  shingle  mill  in  Miclii- 
gan  and  also  in  Woodruff  county,  Arkansas,  manufacturing  cypress  shingles  and  hardwood 
lumber.  For  about  twenty  years  William  S.  Howell  remained  in  that  business.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  survive  and  have  reached  a  ripe  old  age. 

Peter  E.  Howell  was  a  child  when  his  parents  removed  to  Michigan,  where  he  was 
reared  and  educated,  attending  the  common  schools  and  the  Poucher  Business  College  at 
Ionia,  Michigan.  After  leaving  scliool  he  started  in  the  barbering  business  at  Stanton, 
Michigan,  and  afterward  went  to  Alpena,  Michigan,  where  he  conducted  a  barber  shop 
for  eight  years.  In  1900  he  came  to  Arizona,  where  he  engaged  in  the  same  business  in 
the  employ  of  others  for  two  years,  after  which  he  opened  a  modern  shop  in  Tucson,  which 
he  has  since  conducted.  He  has  secured  a  liberal  patronage  as  the  result  of  his  sti-aight- 
forward  business  methods  and  his  courteous  service  and  is  now  one  of  the  well  known 
business  men  of  his  community.  In  tlie  fall  of  1911  he  was  elected  county  recorder  to  take 
office  at  the  time  Arizona  should  become  a  state.  Ere  that  time  arrived,  however,  he 
was  appointed  by  the  board  of  supervisors  on  the  Ist  of  February,  1912,  to  fill  out  an 
unexpired  term  as  county  recorder,  making  him  the  last  incumbent  in  the  office  in  Pima 
county  under  territorial  regime  and  the  first  under  statehood.  He  continued  in  the  posi- 
tion until  January  1,  1915,  proving  a  most  capable  and  trustworthy  official.  He  is  now 
concentrating  his  energies  largely  upon  his  business  affairs  and,  as  stated,  is  secretary  and 
manager  of  the  Tucson  Steam  Laundry  Company,  Incorporated,  which  has  the  most  mod- 
ernly  equipped  plant  in  the  southwest,  costing  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  or  more.  The 
business  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Sixth  street  and  Seventh  avenue  in  Tucson  and  em- 
ployment is  furnished  to  fifty  or  more  people.  The  most  modern  methods  are  employed 
and  the  latest  improved  machinery  used  to  facilitate  the  work,  and  the  large  patronage 
accorded  is  proof  of  the  excellence  of  the  output. 

On  the  16th  of  September,  1897,  in  Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada,  Mr.  Howell  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Ducharne,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Ducharne,  who  were 
of  French  descent.  Mrs.  Howell  died  in  Tucson  in  1901.  In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Howell 
is  well  known.  He  holds  membership  with  the  Masons  and  has  attained  high  rank  in  the 
order.  He  is  a  past  eminent  commander  of  Arizona  Commandery,  No.  1,  K.  T.;  is  now 
master  of  Arizona  Consistory,  No.  1,  A.  &  A.  S.  R.;  and,  moreover,  he  has  received  the 
honorary  thirty-third  degree,  which  is  accorded  only  in  lecognition  of  able  official  service 
and  unfaltering  loyalty  to  the  order.  There  are  but  few  in  the  state  upon  whom  the  honor 
has  been  conferred  and  Mr.  Howell  may  well  be  proud  that  he  is  one  of  the  number.  He 
is  also  past  exalted  ruler  of  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  0.  E.,  and  is  past  chief  ranger  of 
the  local  organization  of  the  Foresters  of  America.  His  political  allegiance  is  always  given 
to  the  republican  party  and  he  is  well  known  and  popular  throughout  the  county,  not  only 
with  members  of  that  party  but  with  those  who  represent  the  opposite.  He  possesses  a 
genial,  social  nature,  readily  recognizes  and  appreciates  the  good  traits  in  others,  and  wins 
friends  wherever  he  goes. 


P.  H.  McGUIRE. 


After  a  long  and  useful  career  as  a  telegraph  operator  and  train  dispatchfer  in  various 
parts  of  the  west.  P.  H.  McGuire  is  living  in  Globe,  where  he  is  now  serving  as  bailiff  of  the 
superior  court.  He  was  born  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  in  1854,  and  is  a  son  of  Patrick  and  Ann 
McGuire,  natives  of  Ireland.  Their  marriage  occurred  in  that  country  and  in  1848  they 
crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America,  going  immediately  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  the  father 
worked  as  a  tool  finisher  in  the  employ  of  the  Hayden  Tool  Company  until  his  death  in 
1859.  He  had  survived  his  wife  only  a  few  years,  as  she  died  in  1855.  In  their  family  were 
five  children,  three  of  whom  are  still  living,  the  subject  of  this  review  being  the  youngest. 

P.  H.  McGuire  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Columbus  and  when  he  had 
laid  aside  his  textbooks  began  his  independent  career  as  a  railroad  switchman,  following 
that  occupation  for  eleven  years  in  his  native  city.  In  1874  he  went  to  Peoria,  Illinois, 
where  he  worked  as  a  switchman  until  1878.     In  that  year  he  met  with  a  serious  accident. 


484  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

which  caused  him  to  resign  his  position.  He  then  studied  telegraphy,  soon  becoming  expert 
at  it,  and  in  various  capacities— as  agent,  operator  or  train  dispatcher— worked  in  different 
states  in  the  west  until  1883,  when  he  came  to  Arizona.  He  was  train  dispatcher  at  Winslow 
and  Globe,  Arizona,  and  at  Juarez,  Mexico,  and  later  removed  to  Miami,  where  he  held  a 
position  in  a  freight  warehouse  for  a  time,  but  is  now  bailiff  of  the  superior  court  at  Globe. 
Fraternally  Mr.  McGuire  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  order,  the  Order  of  Telegraphers, 
the  Red  Men  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  he  has  filled  all  the  chairs  irt  the  latter 
oro-anization.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and,  although  not  an 
office  seeker,  is  progressive,  loyal  and  public  spirited  in  everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare 
and  advancement  of  the  city.  He  is  well  known  in  Globe  as  a  progressive  citizen  and 
straightforward  business  man. 


JOHN  W.  ESTILL. 


John  W.  Estill  is  prominent  in  public  life  in  Pima  county,  serving  as  the  first  county 
supervisor  under  the  state  laws,  and  he  is  also  well  known  in  business  circles  of  Tucson  as 
the  organizer  of  the  Arizona  Lumber  &  Mill  Company.  He  was  born  in  Morris  county,  Xew 
Jersey,  July  28,  1861,  and  at  eleven  years  of  age  went  to  Ohio,  where  he  lived  upon  a  farm 
for  six  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  removed  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  there  engaged 
as  a  manufacturer  of  brooms.  He  later  became  manager  of  the  Wooden  Willowwarc  Manu- 
facturing Company  and  by  his  progressive  business  methods  and  executive  ability  made  it  a 
profitable  enterprise. 

Mr.  Estill  took  up  his  residence  in  Arizona  in  1898  and  in  1900  became  connected  with 
business  interests  of  Oracle  as  a  general  merchant.  He  also  acted  as  postmaster  and  was 
well  and  favorably  known  in  that  locality,  where  he  remained  for  si.x  years,  coming  to 
Tucson  in  1906.  Here  he  organized  the  Arizona  Lumber  &  Mill  Company  and  is  still  con- 
nected with  the  concern,  which  under  his  able  management  has  become  one  of  the  large  and 
representative  industries  of  the  city. 

In  1887  Jlr.  Estill  married  Miss  Ella  K.  Howard,  a  native  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  they 
have  become  the  parents  of  three  children:  Howard  W.,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Arizona,  and  now  assistant  in  chemistry  of  that  institution;  and  Mary  H.  and  Edward,  both 
sophomores  at  the  same  university.  Mr.  Estill  was  elected  as  a  supervisor  of  Pima  county 
in  1911,  being  the  first  incumbent  under  the  state  laws,  and  he  is  now  serving  as  chairman 
of  the  board.  He  has  discharged  his  duties  to  the  general  satisfaction,  winning  high  com- 
mendation by  reason  of  his  able,  well  directed  and  disinterested  public  service. 


HENRY  J.  JESSOP,  D.  D.  S. 


Dr.  Henry  J.  Jessop,  of  Phoenix,  is  the  oldest  dentist  of  Arizona  in  years  of  continuous 
practice  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  ablest  reiircsentatives  of  the  profession  in  this  state. 
He  was  born  in  Cheltenham,  Gloucestershire,  England,  March  22,  1863,  a  son  of  Dr.  H.  E. 
and  Susan  (Hughes)  Jessop.  The  father,  a  graduate  physician  of  the  College  of  Physicians 
of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  acted  for  many  years  as  house  surgeon  of  Charing  Cross  Hospital  in 
London.  He  became  recognized  as  an  eminent  member  of  his  profession  but  his  life's  labors 
were  terminated  in  death  when  he  was  fifty  years  of  age. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  land  afforded  Dr.  Henry  J.  Jessop  his  early  educational 
privileges.  He  was  a  young  man  of  about  nineteen  years  when  he  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1882,  settling  at  El  Paso,  Woodford  county,  Illinois,  where  he  took  up  the  study 
of  dentistry.  When  he  had  prepared  for  the  profession  he  opened  an  office  at  Minden, 
Nebraska,  and  there  had  his  initial  experience  as  a  dental  practitioner.  In  February,  1889, 
he  came  to  Phoenix  and  is  today  the  oldest  dentist  of  the  city.  In  1889  he  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  territorial  board  of  dental  examiners  and  his  work  in  that  connection 
has  done  much  to  hold  high  the  standard  of  professional  service  in  this  state.     In  his  prac- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  485 

tice  he  displays  notable  mechanical  skill  and  ingenuity  combined  with  the  comprehensive 
scientific  knowledge  whicli  directs  the  mechanical  efforts  of  the  dental  practitioner.  He 
keeps  in  touch  with  the  latest  improvements  and  developments  of  dentistry  as  the  work 
of  advancement  is  being  carried  on  by  the  profession  and  thus  has  well  merited  the  liberal 
patronage  accorded  liim. 

While  a  resident  of  El  Paso,  Illinois,  Dr.  Jessop  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lillie 
Waite  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Ruth.  Dr.  Jessop  votes  with  the  republican  party, 
having  supported  its  principles  since  becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  He  is  not 
only  interested  in  all  matters  of  national  moment  but  in  local  affairs  as  well  and  cooperates 
in  many  movements  which  have  had  direct  bearing  upon  the  upbuilding  and  prosperity  of 
the  city.  He  gives  active  aid  to  all  projects  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  which  he  is  a  member, 
for  the  benefit  of  Phoenix,  and  it  is  well  known  that  his  influence  is  ever  on  the  side  of 
right,  progress  and  improvement.  His  personal  popularity  is  indicated  by  the  extensive 
number  of  his  friends  in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Arizona  Club,  in 
both  of  which  he  holds  membership. 


CHARLES  H.  KENYON. 


The  list  of  Arizona's  honored  pioneers  contains  the  name  of  no  more  worthy,  upright 
and  loyal  citizen  than  that  of  Charles  H.  Kenyon,  whose  death  in  February,  1906,  lessened 
that  sturdy  band  of  men  to  whose  initiative  spirit  and  persevering  labor  the  state  owes  her 
eariy  development  and  upbuilding.  Mr.  Kenyon  was  born  in  New  York  in  1840  and  was 
a  son  of  Henry  C.  and  Elizabeth  (Yerden)  Kenyon,  natives  of  New  York,  where  they  lived 
and  died.  In  their  family  were  five  children,  all  of  whom  have  passed  away,  the  subject 
of  this  review  being  the  second  in  order  of  birth. 

Charles  H.  Kenyon  acquired  his  education  in  the  New  York  public  schools  and  when  he 
was  eighteen  years  of  age  came  west  across  the  plains,  taking  the  old  overland  route,  by 
which  the  journey  from  St.  Louis  to  San  Francisco  could  be  accomplished  in  twenty-two  days. 
He  pushed  on  to  Arizona,  naming  the  Kenyon  stage  station  and  going  forward  to  Stein's 
Pass,  in  Pima  county,  where  he  spent  eight  years  as  a  pony  express  rider  between  that 
place  and  Fort  Yuma.  Here  he  encountered  conditions  typical  of  the  pioneer  west,  his 
days  being  filled  with  hard  riding,  rough  labor  and  danger  from  Indians  and  outlaws.  He 
had  many  narrow  escapes  from  death,  having  his  horse  killed  under  him  on  several  occa- 
sions, and  the  life  was  altogether  one  which  demanded  courage,  coolness  and  self-reliance. 
Possessed  of  these  qualities,  Mr.  Kenyon  became  well  known  and  popular  in  the  locality, 
which  he  left  after  eight  years  to  become  stage  agent  of  the  line  between  Tucson  and 
Fort  Yuma.  After  eight  or  ten  years  thus  spent  he  settled  in  Fort  Yuma  and  embarked 
in  business  as  a  general  merchant,  conducting  a  profitable  and  importajit  enterprise  of  this 
character  until  1872,  when  he  disposed  of  his  mercantile  interests  and  purchased  property 
in  Rome,  New  York.  For  some  time  thereafter  he  journeyed  back  and  forth  across  the 
continent,  dividing  his  attention  between  the  management  of  his  eastern  and  western  in- 
terests, but  in  1879  located  permanently  in  Globe,  where  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business. 
He  purchased  a  large  herd  of  cattle  and  conducted  a  profitable  ranch  until  1900,  when  he 
sold  his  land  and  stock,  investing  the  comfortable  fortune  which  he  had  acquired  in  city 
real  estate  and  retired  from  active  life,  making  his  home  in  Globe  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  February,  1906. 

In  1872  Mr.  Kenyon  wedded  Miss  Sarah  .J.  Crampton  and  they  had  the  distinction  of 
being  the  first  white  couple  married  in  Phoenix.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John  V.  and  Matilda 
J.  (Bumette)  Crampton.  The  mother,  who  was  a  native  of  South  Carolina,  crossed  the 
plains  to  California  with  her  parents  in  1850  and  was  married  the  following  year  to  John 
V.  Crampton,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  died  about  1856.  She  subsequently  married  James  A. 
Moore,  who  was  born  in  New  Y'ork  and  was  also  a  western  pioneer.  Their  marriage  took 
place  in  San  Bernardino,  California,  where  for  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Moore  served  as 
county  sheriff.  He  afterward  went  to  Wickenburg  and  became  interested  in  the  Vulture, 
gold  mines.    He  was,  however,  unsuccessful  in  his  mining  operations  and  there  lost  a  fortune 


486  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  forty  tliousaiid  dollars.  Afterward  he  removed  to  Fort  McDowell,  where  he  conducted 
the  post  store  for  a  number  of  years  but  finally  bought  the  old  Maricopa  \^'ells  station. 
He  held  the  government  contract  to  carry  mail  from  Yuma  to  Tucson  and  made  this  pointy 
his  central  station.  In  1878  he  sold  his  interests  to  Barnett  &  Block  and  came  to  Globe, 
where  he  became  interested  in  mining,  developing  his  claims  in  this  locality  until  his  failing 
health  obliged  him  to  remove  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  died  in  1885.  His  wife  survived 
him  until  1901  and  made  her  home  in  Globe.  By  her  first  marriage  Mrs.  Moore  had  three 
children:  Mary,  the  widow  of  Henry  Fitzgerald,  of  San  Francisco,  California:  John  F. 
Crampton,  of  Globe;  and  Sarah  J.,  now  Mrs.  Kenyon.  The  children  by  the  second  marriage 
were  Susie  A.  and  Clara  A.,  twins,  the  former  of  whom  is  deceased,  while  the  latter  is  the 
wife  of  George  Schofield,  a  ranchman  living  near  Rosemont;  and  J.  Arthur  Moore,  who 
resides  in  Globe. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenyon  became  the  parents  of  four  children :  Maud  B.,  who  was  born  in 
New  York  and  is  now  the  wife  of  George  Kingdon,  general  superintendent  of  the  Old 
Dominion  Mines  &  Smelter  Company  of  Globe;  Arthur  il.,  who  operates  the  lioist  in  the 
Old  Dominion  mines;  Myrtle  M.,  who  is  connected  with  the  Gila  Valley  Bank;  and  Claude 
H.,  who  was  born  in  1893.  All  of  these  children  acquired  their  education  in  California  and 
the  eldest  daughter  was  a  teacher  of  music  previous  to  her  marriage.  All  are  nu'mbers 
of  the  Episcopal  church,  to  which  the  father  also  belonged.  Jlrs.  Kenyon  owns  a  large 
amount  of  property  in  Globe  and  has  proven  very  efficient  and  capable  in  the  nuuiagement 
of  her  interests. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Kenyon  was  afliliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
his  political  allegiance  was  given  to  the  republican  party.  During  the  course  of  his  long 
residence  in  Arizona  his  many  sterling  qualities  of  mind  and  character  won  him  warm 
friends  in  various  parts  of  the  state,  all  of  whom  felt  his  death  as  a  i)ersonal  loss.  In 
Globe  he  is  remembered  as  a  man  of  most  admirable  principles,  thoroughly  loyal  to  his 
friends,  a  liberal  giver  to  all  worthy  projects  and  a  patriotic  and  broad-minded  citizen  who 
was  active  in  numberless  ways  in  advancing  the  permanent  welfare  of  the  community. 
Indeed,  no  record  of  Gila  county  would  be  complete  without  a  review  of  the  honorable  and 
useful  career  of  Charles  H.  Kenyon,  one  of  its  most  honored  and  prominent  citizens. 


FRANK  H.  PARKER. 


Frank  H.  Parker,  former  register  of  the  land  office  in  Phoenix,  is  thoroughly  conversant 
with  land  values  in  Arizona  and  is  watching  with  keen  interest  the  development  and  settle- 
ment of  the  state.  His  own  efforts  have  proven  what  may  be  accomplished  in  the  manage- 
ment of  ranch  property,  as  he  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  best  ranclics  in  the  vicinity  of 
Phoenix.  A  native  of  Huron  county,  Ohio,  Frank  H.  Parker  was  born  September  17,  1859, 
his  parents  being  J.  T.  and  Roxanna  (Woodruff)  Parker.  He  completed  his  early  educa- 
tion by  a  high  school  course  and  from  1880  until  1884  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Otsego 
county,  Michigan.  Later  he  was  connected  with  educational  interests  in  Dundee  and  in 
Ridgeway,  Michigan,  and  in  the  latter  place  was  principal  of  the  schools  for  three  years. 
He  further  promotetl  his  own  education  by  attending  the  Michigan  State  Normal  at  Ypsi- 
lanti,  but  left  there  in  his  senior  year  in  order  to  come  to  Arizona.  For  a  year  after  his 
arrival  he  was  assistant  principal  of  the  Phoenix  high  school  and  later  served  as  principal 
of  the  Osborne  school. 

Throughout  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Arizona,  Mr.  Parker  has  been  more  or  less 
active  in  public  affairs  and  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties  has  made  a  most  creditable 
record.  He  votes  with  the  republican  party  and  is  a  stalwart  advocate  of  its  principles. 
In  1898  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  capitol  grounds  and  building  commission  and 
served  as  secretary  during  the  construction  of  the  building.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
county  board  of  school  examiners  and  has  never  failed  to  manifest  a  deep,  effective  and 
helpful  interest  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  general  good.  He  has  been  a  close  and  dis- 
criminating student  of  questions  affecting  Arizona's  progress  and  is  enabled  to  speak  with 
authority  upon  many  subjects  bearing  directly  upon  her  welfare.     In  1902  he  became  secre- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  487 

tary  of  tlie  County  Water  Users  Association,  and  from  February,  1903,  until  June  1907, 
was  secretary  of  the  Water  Users  Association.  In  1903  he  became  a  member  of  the  terri- 
torial board  of  equalization  and  served  thereon  until  1909.  In  November,  1908,  he  was 
appointed  register  of  the  United  States  land  office,  and  held  tliat  position  until  August, 
1913.  In  October,  1913,  he  became  a  member  of  the  survey  board,  which  was  created  for 
the  purpose  of  determining  and  fixing  the  limits  and  area  of  the  Salt  River  irrigation  plant, 
and  served  until  October,  1914.  In  his  various  official  connections  he  has  done  efficient 
service  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  territory.  Since  July,  1915,  he  has  been  land  attorney  in 
partnership  with  F.  S.  Hildreth,  specializing  in  public  anl  state  lands. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Parker  and  Miss  Edna  Warren  was  celebrated  in  Phoenix,  the 
lady  being  a  native  of  Michigan  and  a  daughter  of  D.  C.  Warren,  now  of  Phoenix.  They 
have  one  cliild,  Warren  H.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parker  have  a  wide  acquaintance  in  the  capital 
city  and  their  circle  of  friends  is  constantly  growing.  Mr.  Parker  belongs  to  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World,  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  Phoenix  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
His  ranching  interests  have  been  successfully  conducted  and  at  the  same  time  he  has  found 
opportunity  to  serve  the  public  loyally  and  well,  his  activities  constituting  a  valuable 
element  in  general  growth  and  improvement  in  his  section  of  the  state. 


WESLEY  G.  DE  VORE,  D.  D.  S. 

Dr.  Wesley  G.  De  Vore,  a  prominent  and  successful  dentist  in  Tempe,  was  born  in 
Illinois  in  1868  and  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  that  state.  He  spent  two  terms 
in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  was  for  two  years  a  student  in  the  Chicago  College 
of  Dental  Surgery,  graduating  from  that  institution  in  1891  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.  He 
opened  his  first  office  in  Oak  Park,  Illinois,  and  after  remaining  there  for  four  years  went 
to  California,  where  he  continued  in  the  practice  of  dentistry  for  two  years.  He  located  in 
Tenipe  in  1897  and  has  been  continuously  in  practice  here  since  that  time,  his  ability  and 
skill  having  drawn  to  him  an  important  and  growing  patronage.  He  has  also  an  office  in 
Mesa  and  has  valuable  interests  outside  the  line  of  his  profession,  being  connected  with 
important  mining  and  oil  operations  in  his  part  of  the  state. 

In  1897  Di-.  De  Vore  married  Miss  Julia  Holcomb,  of  California,  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  three  children,  all  of  whom  have  passed  away.  Fraternally  the  doctor  is  identi- 
fied with  Tempe  Lodge  No.  15,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  the  Eastern  Star,  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  his  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  progressive  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Phoenix  Dental  Society 
and  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought  of  his  profession,  holding  the  respect 
and  goodwill  of  his  brethren  in  the  dental  fraternity  and  the  confidence  of  liis  patients  and 
the  local  public. 


JOHN  MULLIGAN. 


Among  the  real  promoters  and  upbuilders  of  Mohave  county  and  especially  of  the  city 
of  Kingman  is  numbered  John  Mulligan,  who  came  to  this  part  of  Arizona  in  1878  and 
whose  interests,  rapidly  extending  along  important  and  representative  lines,  have  been 
forceful  factors  in  development  and  growth.  The  section  has  profited  greatly  by  his  long 
continued  and  well  directed  work  and  his  own  prosperity  has  been  advanced  in  a  notable 
degree  during  the  years,  for  he  stands  today  among  the  men  of  marked  ability  and  substan- 
tial worth  in  Kingman,  where  he  makes  his  home. 

Mr.  Mulligan  was  born  in  Massachusetts  on,  the  15th  of  May,  1854,  and  in  that  state 
acquired  a  public  school  education.  In  1876  he  came  west,  settling  first  in  San  Francisco, 
California,  and  in  1878  locating  in  Arizona.  He  turned  his  attention  to  mining  in  Mohave 
county  in  early  times,  taking  up  the  New  London  mine  and  others  of  equal  prominence,  and 
he  still  continues  active  in  that  line,  his  mining  property  being  today  extensive  and  impor- 


488  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

tant.  In  March,  1894,  he  added  to  his  activities  by  engaging  in  the  hotel  business,  forming 
a  partnership  with  H.  Hubbs  and  erecting  the  Miners  Exchange  Hotel.  Tliis  was  operated 
by  the  firm  of  Mulligan  &  Hubbs  for  one  year,  when  it  was  entirely  destroyed  by  fire.  The 
partners  afterward  owned  a  half  interest  in  the  Beal  Hotel,  wliich  was  erected  after  the 
fire,  and  when  they  sold  out  Mr.  Mulligan  joined  J.  W.  Thompson  in  the  erection  of  the 
Brunswick  Hotel,  of  which  he  still  remains  half  owner.  This  is  one  of  the  finest  hotels  in 
this  section  of  the  state,  containing  fifty  sleeping  rooms  and  six  baths,  and  is  modern  and 
up-to-date  in  furniture  and  equipment,  everything  being  provided  which  will  contribute  to 
the  comfort  or  convenience  of  the  guests.  In  addition  to  his  interest  in  this  enterprise  and 
in  mining,  Mr.  Mulligan  also  controls  a  large  and  representative  trade  as  a  contractor  and 
builder  and  this  business  has  occupied  a  great  deal  of  his  time  and  attention  since  pioneer 
times.  He  built  the  first  house  in  Kingman  in  the  fall  of  1881,  erecting  it  on  the  site  where 
the  Gaddis  &  Perry  Company's  store  now  stands,  and  a  great  many  of  the  business  blocks 
and  residences  in  the  city  have  been  built  by  him.  His  extensive  business  interests  are 
capably  and  progressively  conducted  and  all  have  proved  extremely  profitable,  Mr.  Mulligan 
standing  today  among  the  substantial  and  representative  citizens  of  the  community  where 
he  has  resided  since  pioneer  times. 

Mr.  Mulligan  was  married  in  1892  to  Miss  Sara  W.  Lynch,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  three  children,  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  Fraternally  Mr.  ^Mulligan  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  his  political  allegiance  is 
given  to  the  democratic  party.  -He  Is  interested  In  the  growth  and  welfare  of  M'ohave 
county  and,  although  he  is  not  active  as  an  office  seeker,  he  served  one  term  as  supervisor. 
He  is  familiar  with  the  history  of  the  growth  and  progress  of  his  section  of  the  state,  where 
the  best  and  most  forceful  years  of  his  life  have  been  spent,  and  he  has  been  one  of  the 
greatest  individual  forces  in  promoting  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  where  he  makes  his 
home  and  where  his  genuine  personal  worth  and  high  integrity  have  gained  him  widespread 
respect  and  esteem. 


JOSEPH  M.  MUHEIM. 


The  development  of  mining  and  real  estate  interests  have  long  successfully  engaged  the 
energies  of  .Joseph  M.  Muheim,  vice  president  and  one  of  tlie  founders  of  the  Miners  &  Mer- 
chants Bank  of  Bisbee,  where  he  has  resided  since  August  1,  1888.  He  is  a  native  of 
Switzerland,  his  birth  occurring  in  the  canton  of  Uri,  January  25,  1867,  and  a  son  of  Joseph 
and  Carolina  Muheim.  The  father  has  |)a8sed  away  but  the  mother  is  still  living  and  con- 
~tinucs  to  make  her  home  in  the  old  country. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  .Joseph  M.  Muheim  were  passed  in  the  parental  home,  his 
education  being  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  land.  Having  decided  that 
America  afforded  better  opportunities  and  greater  advantages  to  enterprising  and  ambitious 
young  men,  he  took  passage  for  the  United  States  in  1887,  with  San  Francisco  as  his  desti- 
nation. For  about  two  years  thereafter  he  engaged  in  farming  in  that  vicinity,  but  at  the 
expiration  of  that  time  he  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Bisbee  in  1888.  During  the  first 
four  years  of  his  residence  here  he  engaged  in  brewing  beer  but  subsequently  turned  hia 
attention  to  mining  operations.  He  invested  his  capital  in  copper  mines  in  Arizona  and 
Mexico,  first  developing  what  is  now  known  as  Capote,  No.  1,  in  Cananea,  Mexico,  wl-.ich  he 
later  sold  to  the  Green  Consolidated  Copper  Company.'  He  still  has  some  valuable  mining 
interests  in  Mexico,  however,  and  also  owns  stock  in  several  mines  in  the  vicinity  of  Bisbee. 
Mr.  Mulicim  has  not  confined  his  attention  to  the  development  of  his  mining  interests,  how- 
ever, but  has  directed  his  energies  along  other  lines.  A  man  of  more  than  average  fore- 
sight and  sagacity,  he  early  recognized  the  wonderful  natural  resources  of  Arizona  and 
as  opporttfnity  afforded  made  judicious  investments  in  real  estate.  Outside  of  the  mining 
corporations  lie  is  one  of  the  largest  tax-payers  in  Cochise  county,  where  he  holds  the  title 
to  some  valuable  town  and  country  property.  He  owns  and  erected  the  Muheim  block,  which 
is  located  in  one  of  the  most  desirable  sections  of  the  business  district  in  Bisbee,  and  also 
the  Orpheum  building.     He  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  public-spirited  men  of  the  town 


JOSEPH  M.  MUHEIM 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  491 

and  extends  his  indorsement  and  iinaneial  support  to  every  worthy  enterprise  and*  lias 
done  mucli  to  promote  the  commercial  development  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Muheim  was  married  in  Tombstone  in  1892  to  Miss  Carmelite  La  Forge,  who  was 
born  in  Canada  but  reared  in  Michigan,  and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children.  In  order 
of  birth  they  are  as  follows:  Joseph  M.,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  1899;  Antone,  whose  birth 
occurred  in   1904;  Henry  E.,  born  in   1905;   and  Helena  C,  born  in   1908. 

The  family  attend  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  of  which  the  parents  are  communicants. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Muheim  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks  and  the  Red  Men.  He  enjoys  the  full  rights  of  citizenship  and  gives  his 
political  indorsement  to  the  republican  party.  Although  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  all 
tilings  pertaining  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of  tlie  community,  he  has  never  held  a  public 
office  nor  sought  political  preferment.  Mr.  Muheim  deserves  much  commendation  for 
the  excellent  use  he  has  made  of  his  opportunities,  as  he  came  to  this  country  practically 
empty-handed  and  has  through  his  individual  efforts  attained  a  position  which  fully  en- 
titles him  to  the  respect  and  esteem  he  is  accorded  by  his  fellow  townsmen. 


WILLIAM  K.  JAMES. 


William  K.  James,  well  known  in  insurance  circles  and  also  by  reason  of  his  extensive 
operations  in  real  estate,  now  handling  acreage  property  in  Phoenix,  has  along  these  lines 
become  a  factor  in  tlie  gradual  growth  and  development  of  the  capital  city,  where  by  the 
consensus  of  public  opinion  he  is  accorded  rank  as  a  leading  and  representative  citizen.  He 
■was  born  in  JeflTersonvillc,  Indiana,  May  11,  1861,  a  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Mabury) 
James.  The  father  was  a  mercliant  and  was  active  as  a  local  political  leader  as  well  as 
in  business  circles. 

A  public  school  education  fitted  William  K.  James  for  the  more  onerous  duties  of  life 
which  have  since  come  to  him.  He  was  but  eight  years  of  age  when  he  was  left  an  orphan 
and  when  a  youth  of  sixteen  he  made  his  way  westward  to  California,  securing  employment 
in  the  Commercial  Bank  at  Los  Angeles.  He  there  remained  for  several  years,  after  which 
he  went  to  Fresno,  California,  and  became  cashier  of  the  Fresno  County  Bank,  which  was 
changed  to  the  First  National  Bank  during  his  connection  therewith.  He  remained  with 
that  institution  for  four  years  and  his  broad  experience  well  qualified  him  for  further 
responsibilities.  At  the  end  of  tliat  time  lie  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  California,  where  he 
became  cashier  of  the  Commercial  Bank,  continuing  there  for  three  years.  On  the  expira- 
tion of  that  period  he  removed  to  Nogales,  Arizona,  and  was  cashier  and  manager  of  the 
International  Bank  until  June,  1892.  He  came  to  Phoenix  on  the  28th  of  February,  1893, 
to  establish  a  savings  bank  capitalized  by  Los  Angeles  parties.  The  bank  was  duly  opened 
but  on  account  of  the  widespread  financial  panic  of  that  year  was  closed  out — its  business 
being  terminated,  however,  without  loss  to  depositors  or  stockholders.  Mr.  James  then 
turned  his  attention  to  the  mortgage,  loan  and  insurance  business  and  throughout  the  period 
of  his  residence  in  Phoenix  has  figured  prominently  in  its  financial  circles.  He  afterward 
extended  the  scope  of  his  activities  by  establishing  a  real  estate  department,  since  wliich 
time  he  has  handled  considerable  property.  He  has  subdivided  a  quarter  section  into 
acreage  tracts,  the  entire  place  being  known  as  the  Ranchitos  Bonitos.  Air.  James  and  his 
family  are  well  known  in  the  best  social  circles  of  Phoenix. 


J.  H.  THOMPSON. 


J.  H.  Thompson,  who  after  eighteen  years  of  capable  and  efl'ective  service  as  sheriff  of 
Gila  county  retired  in  1912  to  give  all  of  his  attention  to  the  supervision  of  his  extensive 
mining  and  business  interests  in  Globe  and  vicinity,  was  born  in  Texas  in  1861,  a  son  of 
W.  G.  and  Ellen  (Williams)  Thompson.  He  acquired  a  limited  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  state  and  there  remained  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age. 
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492  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

At  that  time  Mr.  Thompson  came  to  Arizona,  settling  one  hundred  miles  north  of 
Globe,  at  Tonto  ISasin,  where  he  spent  five  years  engaged  in  ranching  and  stock-raising  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  Van  Stack.  He  was  successful  during  this  period  and  acquired  large 
land  lioldings  and  a  herd  of  cattle  numbering  more  than  two  thousand  liigh  grade  animals. 
When  he  came  to  Globe  he  turned  his  attention  to  raining,  becoming  connected  with  the 
Old  Dominion  mines,  in  which  he  worked  until  1890,  when  he  was  appointed  sherifl'  to  fill 
out  the  unexpired  term  of  Sheriff  Reynolds,  who  had  been  killed  by  the  Indians.  At  the 
end  of  the  term  he  was  elected  to  the  office  and  afterward  twice  reelected,  serving  at  that 
time  for  seven  consecutive  years.  He  then  spent  one  terra  out  of  office  but  at  the  next 
election  was  again  made  sheriiT,  a  position  which  he  held  at  intervals  until  1912,  his  entire 
service  covering  a  period  of  over  eighteen  years.  In  January,  1912,  he  resigned  his  office, 
his  place  being  filled  by  his  deputy,  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  further  developraent 
of  his  raining  interests  throughout  his  section  of  the  state.  In  company  with  J.  B.  Newman, 
of  Lob  Angeles,  Mr.  Thompson  owns  the  Superior  mines,  comprising  eighty-one  valuable 
claims,  and  also  a  group  of  silver  and  copper  mines  in  Tonto  Basin.  In  Globe  he  owns  an 
attractive  residence  and  valuable  holdings  in  residence  property  besides  an  interest  in  the 
Palace  Livery.  He  is  also  extensively  interested  in  business  property  in  Miami.  All  of  his 
interests  are  capably  and  carefully  conducted,  and,  therefore,  profitable,  Mr.  Thompson 
standing  today  among  the  substantial  men  of  this  community. 

On  the  Ist  of  January,  1887,  Mr.  Thompson  married  Miss  Carrie  L.  Nash,  who  was 
born  in  Indiana,  a  daughter  of  George  W.  Nash,  of  that  state.  The  Nash  family  came  to 
Arizona  in  early  times,  and  the  father  taught  school  in  Yuma  when  the  inhabitants  of  that 
city  consisted  mainly  of  Mexicans.  He  passed  away  in  1897  and  his  wife  died  in  Indiana. 
Mrs.  Thompson  acquired  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  state  and  came 
to  Arizona  in  1884,  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  Yuma  until  her  marriage.  She  is  one 
of  a  family  of  two  children.  Her  brother,  Harry,  died  in  the  Philippines.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thompson  had  five  children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living:  Louise,  who  resides  at  home; 
and  Ellen,  the  wife  of  Marcus  A.  S.  Ming,  who  is  now  living  in  Tucson  and  is  a  lieutenant 
in  the  National  Guards.  Mrs.  Ming,  with  her  two  children,  Jane  and  Mary,  is  now  living 
with  her  parents  in  Globe.  All  the  members  of  the  Thompson  family  are  devout  adherents 
of  the.  Baptist  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Thompson  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  tlie  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  his 
political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  He  has  lived  for  many  years  in  Globe 
and  his  sterling  qualities,  having  become  widely  recognized,  have  drawn  to  him  an  extensive 
circle  of  friends.  As  a  public  official  he  has  won  the  respect  and  commendation  of  all  with 
whom  he  is  associated  and  in  the  business  world  is  well  known  for  his  alert  and  enterprising 
spirit,,  his  salient  qualities  and  characteristics  being  such  as  always  win  an  honorable 
success. 


LEWIS  W.  COGGINS. 


Lewis  W.  Coggins,  well  known  in  financial  circles,  his  business  interests  being  conducted 
under  the  name  of  the  Phoenix  Title  &  Trust  Company,  was  born  in  Lamoine,  Maine, 
January  15,  1869,  a  son  of  Luther  D.  and  Mary  C.  (Durfee)  Coggins,  the  former  a  stockman 
who  in  1876  left  the  northeast  and  with  his  family  removed  to  Colorado,  whore  lie  engaged 
in  raising  and  soiling  live  stock  until  1892,  when  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Phoenix. 
In  the  capital  city  he  turned  his  attention  to  coniniorcial  pursuits  as  manager  of  a  lumber 
company  and  remained  in  tliat  line  of  business  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  January, 
1911,  maintaining  throughout  the  entire  period  a  creditable  name  and  place  in  the  business 
circles  of  the  city.  He  survived  his  wife  for  about  six  years,  her  death  occurring  in 
February,  1905. 

Lewis  W.  Coggins  was  a  lad  of  seven  years  when  the  family  wont  to  Colorado,  so  that 
his  education  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  that  state.  When  twonty-ono  voars  of  age  he 
became  deputy  county  recorder  of  Weld  county,  Colorado,  and  after  the  removal  of  the 
family  to  Plioenix  in  1892  he  engaged  in  the  abstract  business  in  the  employ  of  tlie  Arizona 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  493 

Abstract  Company.  Later,  however,  he  became  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Coggins  & 
Urown  in  the  conduct  of  an  abstract  business  on  tlieir  own  account.  Upon  the  consolidation 
of  the  various  abstract  companies  of  the  city  under  the  name  of  the  Phoenix  Title,  Guar- 
antee &  Abstract  Company  in  1897,  Mr.  Coggins  was  made  secretary.  He  later  became 
manager  of  the  company  and  in  1908  purchased  the  interests  of  all  the  other  stockholders. 
In  1910  tlie  business  was  reorganized  under  the  name  of  the  I'hoenix  Title  &  Trust  Company 
at  whicli  time  other  stockholders  were  admitted  and  Mr.  Coggins  took  the  position  of 
manager.  The  business  is  capitalized  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  there 
is  now  a  good  surplus.  Throughout  tlie  entire  period  of  his  residence  in  Phoenix  Mr. 
Coggins  has  been  connected  with  tliis  line  of  business  and  tliere  is  no  one  in  the  capital 
city  more  familiar  tlierewith  or  better  qualified  to  discharge  the  important  duties  that 
devolve  upon  liim. 

On  the  15th  of  January,  1896,  was  celebrated  tlie  marriage  of  Mr.  Coggins  and  Miss 
Sarah  E.  Mason,  of  Greeley,  Colorado,  and  to  them  have  been  born  five  children,  Ruth  M., 
May  A.,  Ralph  L.,  Milton   D.  and  Alice. 

The  parents  are  members  of  the  Baptist  church  and  are  highly  esteemed  because  of 
their  many  excellent  traits  of  heart  and  mind.  Mr.  Coggins  has  been  more  or  less  promi- 
nent in  public  aflTairs  throughoul;  the  entire  period  of  his  residence  in  this  state  and  it  is  a 
well  known  fact  that  no  public  trust  reposed  in  him  has  ever  been  betrayed  in  the  slightest 
degree.  He  filled  the  oflice  of  county  assessor  in  1900-1  and  has  been  mayor  of  Phoenix 
two  terms,  the  records  showing  that  his  administration  was  progressive,  and  that  while  he 
was  carefully  conserving  public  expenditures  he  did  not  sacrifice  improvement  to  needless 
letrenchment.  The  most  notable  features  of  his  administration  were  the  abolislunent  of 
public  gambling  and  the  purcliase  by  the  city  of  tlie  waterworks  system,  which  ended  a  long 
and  expensive  litigation.  For  twenty  years  he  was  associated  with  the  Arizona  National 
Guard  and  has  filled  every  intermediate  position  from  that  of  noncommissioned  officer  to 
that  of  adjutant  general,  which  he  became  on  the  6th  of  February,  1908,  serving  under 
Governors  Kibbey,  Sloan  and  Hunt.  He  retired  in  1913  after  a  service  which  continued 
for  longer  duration  than  that  of  almost  any  other  representative  of  the  National  Guard 
in  this  state.  His  record  in  public  and  private  life  is  above  question,  his  patriotism  and 
loyalty  standing  as  unquestioned  facts  in  his  career,  while  his  integrity  and  enterprise 
are  prominent  factors  of  his  business  success. 


FREDERIC  G.  WHITE. 


Frederic  G.  White  is  always  to  be  found  among  the  leaders  in  any  progressive  ' 
public  project  and  is  one  of  the  able,  successful  and  farsighted  business  men  of  Florence, 
where  he  conducted  a  lumberyard  and  a  hardware  store  from  1908  until  he  disposed  of  his 
interest  in  December,  1914.  He  is  a  representative  and  public  spirited  citizen  whose  coop- 
eration can  always  be  counted  upon  to  further  community  interest,  and  his  name  has 
come  to  stand  as  a  synonym  for  progress  and  advancement  along  municipal  and  business 
lines. 

Mr.  White  was  born  In  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  1871  and  acquired  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  that  city,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  At 
that  time  he  entered  the  coasting  arid  later  the  deep  water  trade,  following  the  sea  until 
1891,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy  at  San  Francisco  and  served  for  three 
years.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge  in  1894  and  was  later  identified  with  the  marine 
hospital  and  lighthouse  service.  In  this  connection  he  remained  until  1898,  when  he  came 
to  Florence,  Arizona,  and  turned  his  attention  to  business  pursuits,  engaging  in  carpentering 
in  Florence  and  Globe  and  also  following  mining  at  Mineral  Hill.  In  1907  he  abandoned 
all  of  these  occupations  and  established  a  lumber  and  hardware  business,  with  the  conduct 
of  which  he  continued  until  1914.  By  his  business  ability,  foresight  and  executive  skill 
he  made  this  one  of  the  important  mercantile  concerns  of  the  city,  the  continued  expansion 
of  which  had  a  notable  effect  upon  general  business  development.  Mr.  White's  interests  are 
varied  in  their  scope  and  all   powerful  as   factors  in  civic   advancement.     He  aided   in  the 


494  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

construction  of  the  0.  T.  canal  and  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  operating  company 
until  1915,  when  he  resigned.  He  held  a  similar  position  in  the  Casa  Grande  Valley  Water 
Users  Association,  which  has  partially  completed  a  canal  forty-three  miles  long  and  forty 
feet  wide,  carrying  six  feet  of  water.  This  runs  from  the  Gila  river,  ten  miles  above 
Florence,  to  Casa  Grande,  and  upon  its  completion  will  irrigate  fifty  thousand  or  more 
acres  of  desert  land.  It  is  being  built  upon  a  cooperative  plan,  the  promoters  intending 
later  to  make  it  a  part  of  the  San  Carlos  system,  and  it  is  impossible  to  estimate  the 
importance  of  the  work  or  the  benefit  and  extent  of  its  results. 

ilr.  White  married  Miss  Natalia  Michea,  a  native  of  Florence,  and  they  have  five 
children,  Martha,  .John,  Eugene,  Benjamin  and  Mary.  Mrs.  Wliite's  father,  J.  B.  Jliehea, 
had  an  eventful  and  successful  career.  He  was  born  in  France,  September  20,  1842,  and 
was  reared  in  his  native  country,  leaving  home  in  1859.  In  that  year  he  enlisted  as  a 
soldier  in  the  French  army  and  later  traveled  extensively,  journeying  to  almost  every  civ- 
ilized country  in  the  world  and  crossing  the  Atlantic  ocean  three  times  in  fifteen  years. 
He  located  in  Florence,  Arizona,  in  1874,  among  the  earliest  settlers  in  the  territory,  and 
engaged  in  merchandising,  cattle-raising  and  mining  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1886. 
On  February  6,  1878,  he  married  Miss  Carmen  Robles,  a  native  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  four  eliildrcn,  John  B.,  Claude,  Louis  and  Natalia. 

Mr.  White  is  widely  recognized  as  an  enterprising  business  man,  successful  in  the 
various  lines  which  claim  his  interest  and  attention.  He  stands  liigh  in  both  business  and 
social  circles  and  deserves  classification  with   the   representative  citizens   of   Florence. 


HERMAN  P.  DeMUND. 


Various  important  business  interests  have  felt  the  stiniuhis  and  profited  by  the  coop- 
eration of  Herman  P.  DeMund.  He  is  an  active  factor  in  industrial  and  financial  circles 
and  his  efforts  have  been  an  element  in  piiblic  growth  and  prosperity  as  well  as  in  indi- 
vidual success.  He  was  born  in  Wisconsin  in  1856,  a  son  of  Sylvester  and  Polly  (Carter) 
UeMund,  who  in  the  year  1857  remo\ed  with  their  family  to  Missouri,  where  llie  father 
engaged  in  farming,  making  his  home  in  that  state  until  his  death. 

Herman  P.  DeMund  supplemented  his  public  scliool  education  by  a  commercial  course 
at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  He  Avas  in  the  contracting  and  building  business  and  later  in  the 
lumber  business,  and  throughout  liis  entire  career  he  has  steadily  worked  his  way  upward, 
each  forward  step  bringing  him  a  broader  outlook  and  widened  opportunities.  In  the  spring 
of  1895  he  earao  to  Plioenix  and  here  established  a  lumberyard.  He  further  extended  the 
scope  of  his  activities  by  undertaking  the  operation  of  a  fiour  mill  in  1900.  He  continued 
the  manufacture  of  flour  until  1907  under  the  name  of  the  Phoenix  Flour  Mill.  In  the 
meantime  he  became  the  owner  of  extensive  ranching  property,  and  he  is  also  president 
of  the  Phoenix  Warehouse  Company,  president  of  the  Southwest  Sash  &  Door  Company, 
president  of  the  Valley  Realty  &  Trust  Company,  president  of  the  Citizens'  State  Bank 
and  president  of  the  Sovithwest  Building  &  Investment  Company,  a  company  devoting  its 
efforts  to  the  building  of  homes.  All  these  indicate  the  scope  of  his  interests  and  activities 
and  sliow  something  of  the  business  ability  wliich  he  possesses.  He  is  very  careful  in 
formulating  his  plans,  but  wlien  once  completed  they  are  carefully  executed  and  the  result 
goes  far  toward  the  attainment  of  success,  wliich  is  the  goal  of  his  lamlable  ambition. 
He  has  never  allowwl  any  obstacles  to  bar  his  path  if  they  could  be  overcome  with  determi- 
nation and  energy,  and  his  intelligently  directed  efl'orts  and  his  large  commercial  anil 
industrial   interests  have  carried  him    into  important  relations. 

In  1880  Mr.  DeMund  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  Pierce,  of  Missouri,  and  to 
them  have  been  born  seven  children,  of  whom  two  are  now  deceased.  Mrs.  DeMund  attends 
the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  DeMund  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternity  and 
Independent  Order  of  0<hl  Fellows.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  demo<'ratic  party, 
but  has  no  time  nor  inclination  for  public  office,  jireferring  to  concentrate  his  energies  upon 
his  business  affairs.  At  the  outset  of  his  career  he  realized  the  eternal  principal  that 
industry  wins  and   industry   became  tlie   beacon   light  of   his   life.     Moreover,   he   lias  seen 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  495 

and  utilized  opportunities  whieli  others  have  passed  heedlessly  by,  and  liis  sound  judgment 
and  progressiveness  have  made  his  opinions  of  value  in  shaping  the  conduct  and  dictating 
the  policy  of  the  business  interests  with  which  he  is  connected. 


RICHARD  GARNETT  BRADY. 

Richard  Garnett  Brady,  who  since  1890  has  been  engaged  in  farming,  cattle  dealing 
and  stock-raising,  is  one  of  Tucson's  native  sons,  his  father,  Hon.  P.  P.  Brady,  being  one 
of  the  earliest  and  most  prominent  of  Arizona's  pioneers.  The  son  acquired  his  education 
in  St.  Vincent's  College  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1887. 
Immediately  afterward  he  returned  to  Tucson  and  since  1890  has  devoted  his  entire  atten- 
tion to  his  present  business.  By  reason  of  his  honorable  and  straightforward  methods,  his 
close  study  of  business  conditions  and  his  long  experience  he  has  met  with  a  gratifying 
degree  of  success  in  the  business  world  and  is  now  regarded  in  Tucson  as  a  native  son  of 
whom  the  city  has  every  reason  to  be  proud. 

In  1892  Mr.  Brady  was  united  in  marriagfe  to  Hiss  Josephine  Lee,  a  daughter  of  James 
and  Mary  (Romero)  Lee,  and  she  died  in  1897,  leaving  four  cliildren,  namely:  Arthur  R., 
Anita  Patsy,  Marie  and  Josephine  Lee.  Mr.  Brady  was  again  married  in  1899,  his  second 
union  being  with  Miss  Bemice  D.  Smith,  a  native  of  Santa  Barbara,  California,  and  a 
daughter  of  Nelson  and  Carroll  (Edwards)  Smith,  who  located  in  California  when  young 
and  came  to  Arizona  in  1896.  By  the  second  marriage  there  is  one  daughter,  Doris.  Mr. 
Brady  is  extensively  engaged  in  the  breeding  of  registered  Hereford  cattle  and  there  is  no 
better  herd  in  the  state.  He  and  his  wife  and  children  com])ose  the  company  carrying  on 
farming  and  stock-raising  and  they  own  about  si.xteen  thousand  acres  of  land,  their  ranches 
being  on  the  northeastern  slope  of  the  Catalina  mountains  and  San  Pedro  river. 

Mr.  Brady  is  a  member  of  the  live  stock  sanitary  board  of  Arizona  and  also  belongs 
to  the  lOlks  Club,  the  Tucson  Coiuitry  Club  and  Old  Pueblo  Club.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Mystic  Circle,  which  absorbed  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  He  takes  an  active 
interest  in  public  affairs  and  for  one  term  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  of 
Tucson.  Having  resided  in  this  community  since  his  birth,  Mr.  Brady  is  well  and  favorably 
known  here  and  has  an  extensive  circle  of  warm  friends  who  have  been  drawn  to  him 
by  res])ect  for  his  honorable  and  upright  life.  He  is  a  progressive  business  man  and  seems 
to  recognize  the  vahie  of  every  situation  and  to  make  the  most  of  his  opportunities,  and 
through  legitimate  channels  of  trade  has  built  up  a  growing  business  which  is  indicative  of 
his  spirit  of  enterprise  and  his  determination. 


GEORGE  PUSCH. 

George  Pusch,  closely  connected  with  business  interests  of  Tucson  as  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Pusch  &  Zellweger,  wholesale  and  retail  butchers,  has  the  distinction  of  having  been 
the  pioneer  butcher  and  cattle  dealer  in  Arizona  and  now,  after  thirty-seven  years  in  the 
busiiiess,  occupies  a  prominent  place  among  the  forces  in  the  commercial  development  of 
the  state. 

Mr.  Pusch  was  born  in  Germany,  June  24,  1847,  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  country.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1865,  having  already  learned 
the  butcher's  trade.  He  spent  some  time  in  Baltimore,  St.  Louis,  Sedalia,  Missouri,  and 
Chetopa,  Kansas,  but  in  1874  came  to  Arizona,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  state.  His 
journey  here  was  accomplished  with  difficulty  and  was  attended  by  all  the  hardships  of 
early  travel,  for  this  was  before  the  days  of  railroads  and  Mr.  Pusch  was  obliged  to  drive 
a  fourteen  mule  team  into  the  territory.  After  short  stays  in  Phoenix  and  Prescott  he 
finally  settled  in  Tucson  and  in  1879  established  himself  in  the  cattle  business,  running  his 
stock  on  ranges  in  Pima  and  Pinal  counties  and  conducting  a  butcher  shop  in  Tucson.  He 
was  the  first  man  in  Arizona  to  eng.age  in  the  butchering  business  and  still  holds  a  position 


496  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  ])ieemiiieiicp  in  wliolesale  and  retail  circles.  At  present  he  is  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
I'usch  &  Zellweger,  who  conduct  a  large  and  important  butchering  and  cattle-raising  enter- 
prise in  Tucson.     He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Arizona  National  Bank. 

On  the  24tli  of  April,  1880,  Mr.  Tusch  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Matilda  .Feldnian, 
a  daughter  of  Willielm  and  Wilhelmina  (Meyer)  Feldman,  who  spent  their  entire  lives  in 
Germany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pusch  are  the  parents  of  seven  children,  all  of  whom  have  reached 
maturity.  It  has  not  been  alone  along  business  lines  that  Mr.  Pusch  has  done  splendid  work 
for  Arizona,  for  his  public  spirit  is  of  that  constructive  and  progressive  kind  which  counts 
citizenship  an  honor  and  oflicial  activity  a  duty.  He  was  elected  on  the  republican  ticket 
a  member  of  the  sixteenth  and  twentieth  territorial  legislatures,  representing  Pima  county, 
and  he  was  afterward  appointed  by  Governor  J.  H.  Kibbey  a  member  of  the  live  stock 
sanitary  board,  serving  for  the  last  four  years  as  chairman  of  the  association.  When 
Arizona  was  admitted  to  the  Union  Mr.  Pusch  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  con- 
vention and  thus  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  state.  Locally  he  has  served  for  several 
terms  on  the  city  council  of  Tucson,  standing  in  his  oflicial  capacity  for  right,  reform  and 
progress  and  making  the  results  of  his  public  service  and  of  his  business  activity  combine 
to  justify  the  work  and  ambitions  of  his  life.  He  is  a  member  of  Elks  Lodge,  No.  385, 
of  Tucson. 


JOHN  CLARK. 


.lohn  Clark  merits  distinction  as  tlie  first  settler  of  FlagstaflT  and  he  now  occupies  an 
attractive  home  adjoining  the  city  limits,  while  his  attention  is  directed  to  the  sheep 
industry,  of  which  he  is  a  prominent  representative,  having  about  ten  thousand  sheep 
on  pasturage  in  that  vicinity.  He  was  born  near  Augusta,  Maine,  March  13,  1839,  his 
parents  being  John  and  Martha  (Prebble)  Clark.  The  father  first  engaged  in  the  dry- 
goods  business  in  Boston  but  later  abandoned  mercantile  ptirsuits  to  take  up  the  profession 
of  teaching,  which  he  followed  for  forty  years  in  Maine  and  South  Carolina.  In  the  family 
weie  thirteen  children  and  two  of  the  sons  are  now  residents  of  Flagstaff,  a  brother  of 
John  Clark  living  there  retired. 

The  educational  opportunities  of  John  Clark  were  very  limited,  for  at  the  age  of  twelve 
years  he  began  to  earn  liis  living  by  working  in  cotton  mills  near  Lowell,  Massachusetts. 
There  ho  remained  for  a  number  of  years  and  dining  that  time  saved  enough  money  to 
(•nablo  him  to  make  a  trip  to  California.  Traveling  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  route,  he  reached 
the  Golden  state  about  1859  and  lived  on  a  dairy  farm  near  San  Jose,  for  a  time,  while 
later  he  took  charge  of  five  hundred  sheep  in  the  Santa  Clara  valley  and  thus  made  his 
initial  step  in  connection  with  the  sheep  industry.  He  remained  there  for  three  or  four 
months,  after  which  he  was  employed  for  about  a  year  under  a  school  teacher  of  the  name 
of  Frenu)nt  Gage.  He  afterward  removed  to  Merced  county,  California,  where  he  enteied 
the  employ  of  Smith  Brothers  and  for  about  eight  years  had  charge  of  their  sheep  on  the 
fiee  range  of  the  San  Joacpiin  valley,  where  they  pastured  from  sixteen  to  twenty  thousand 
sheep  at  a  time.  In  1872  Mr.  Clark  purchased  two  thousand  sheep  and  thus  starte<l  in 
business  on  his  own  account,  continuing  his  residence  in  California  until  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  spoiled  the  free  range,  when  he  started  for  Arizona  with  five  thousand 
sheep.  It  took  three  months  to  make  the  trip  and  he  had  the  misfortune  to  encounter  a 
severe  sand  storm  on  the  desert,  during  which  he  lost  over  two  thousand  of  his  sheep.  This 
occurred  between  Soda  Lake  and  Moral  Springs. 

In  the  spring  of  1870  Mr.  Clark  removed  to  Bill  Williams  and  there  remained  until 
May,  1877,  when,  after  looking  over  th<^  country  for  a  ])ernuinent  location,  he  settled  in  a 
valley  between  Graham  and  Mormon  mountains,  which  was  later  named  Clark  valley.  There 
lie  continued  until  1883,  when  he  came  to  what  is  now  Flagstafi',  being  the  first  man  to 
settle  on  the  site  of  th('  city.  Disposing  of  his  sheep  interests,  he  turned  his  attention 
to  the  cattle  business,  in  which  he  continued  for  a  number  of  years  but  it  was  always  his 
desire  to  again  handle  sheep  and  after  a  time,  in  connection  with  his  brother-in-law,  Gcorfje 
F.  Campbell,  he  once  more  became  actively  engaged   in   the   sheep  industry,  having  in   the 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  499 

meantime  disposed  of  his  cattle.  He  has  been  engaged  along  that  line  since  and  handles 
about  ten  thousand  sheep  most  of  the  time.  In  1883  he  purchased  his  present  farm  just 
outside  of  Flagstaff  and  thereon  has  a  commodious  residence  and  many  modern  improve- 
ments, wliich  stand  in  the  midst  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  suitable  for 
grazing,  a  part  of  which  is  cultivated.  There  is  no  man  better  informed  concerning  the 
sheep  business  than  Mr.  Clark,  who  is  a  prominent  representative  of  that  undertaking.  He 
is  also  interested  in  mining  and  holds  patents  to  some  valuable  copper  claims.  At  one 
time  he  was  connected  with  a  mercantile  business  in  Flagstaff  and  he  has  contributed  in 
very  largo  measure  to  the  substantial  development  and  improvement  of  the  section  of 
the  state  in  which  he  lives. 

He  had  many  interesting  experiences  on  tlie  range  in  the  early  days,  one  of  which  was 
rather  remarkable.  With  a  companion  he  had  camped  for  the  night,  when  he  noticed  a  large 
silver  tip  bear  making  for  the  camp.  He  only  had  a  revolver,  while  his  companion  had  a 
rifle.  The  latter  concealed  himself  behind  some  bushes  and  when  the  bear  was  only  a  few 
feet  from  him  stood  up  and  took  aim  with  his  rifle  but  becoming  nervous,  he  missed  the 
animal  and  the  bear,  scared  by  the  noise,  did  not  see  the  man  who  had  fired,  but  made  straight 
for  Mr.  Clark.  When  the  animal  came  within  distance  Mr.  Clark  fired  all  his  six  shots 
from  his  revolver  into  the  animal,  which  apparently  fell  dead.  By  the  time  his  companion 
came  toward  him  the  bear  had  aroused,  however,  and  chased  them  both  up  a  tree,  and  as 
Mr.  Clark  was  the  last  one  up,  with  the  bear  in  close  pursuit,  bruin  caught  his  boot  and 
pulled  it  off  his  foot.  It  remained  at  the  foot  of  the  tree  for  hours  but  finally  lay  down 
and  died  from  the  effects  of  the  revolver  shots.     It  certainly  was  a  close  call  for  Mr.  Clark. 

On  the  8th  of  January,  1888,  occurred  the  marriage  of  John  Clark  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
M.  Cook,  a  daughter  of  William  K.  and  Permelia  Campbell.  The  father  followed  farming 
in  Maine  for  a  time  and  afterward  removed  to  Massachusetts.  On  coming  to  the  southwest 
Mrs.  Clark  went  first  to  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  and  later  to  Flagstaff.  She  was  one 
of  a  family  of  ten  children,  of  whom  four  sisters  and  a  brother  are  living. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Clark  has  always  been  an  earnest  republican  but  not  an 
office  seeker.  When  in  California  he  held  membership  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  he  belongs 
to  the  Baptist  church.  He  is  president  of  the  Pioneer  Society,  which  he  and  Dr.  Brennan 
organized.  His  has  been  an  active,  useful  and  well  spent  life.  He  knows  every  phase  of 
life  on  the  western  frontier  and  especially  on  the  open  range  of  California  and  of  Arizona. 
He  deserves  much  credit  for  what  he  has  accomplished  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  citizens 
of  his  part  of  the  state,  having  a  circle  of  friends  almost  coextensive  with  the  circle  of  his 
acquaintance. 


WILLIAM  W.  P.  McCONNELL. 

William  W.  P.  McConnell  has  made  an  almost  lifelong  study  of  agriculture  and  the 
various  conditions  affecting  that  branch  of  labor  and  he  is  therefore  splendidly  qualified  to 
carry  on  the  work  to  which  he  is  now  giving  his  attention  in  the  publication  of  The  Great 
Southwest  Farmer.  He  is  well  knowh  throughout  the  country  as  a  lecturer  along  the 
lines  upon  which  he  has  continuously  studied  and  has  done  much  to  stimulate  progress 
and  to  advance  the  standard  upheld  by  progressive  agriculturists. 

Mr.  McConnell  was  born  in  Leavenworth,  Indiana,  September  22,  1840,  and  is  a  son  of 
Hiram  and  Malinda  (McCartney)  McConnell,  both  of  whom  were  of  Scotch  descent.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  therefore  William  W.  P.  McConnell,  reared  upon 
the  old  homestead,  early  became  familiar  with  the  duties  and  labors  incident  to  the  devel- 
opment of  a  farm.  He  attended  public  school  in  Indiana  and  Iowa,  his  parents  having 
removed  to  the  latter  state  in  1851.  In  1858  the  family  home  was  established  in  Kansas 
where  he  remained  until  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war,  when  his  patriotic  spirit 
prompted  his  enlistment  and  he  joined  the  Ninth  Kansas  Cavalry,  becoming  captain  of 
Company  M.  He  had  previously  acted  as  a  government  scout.  He  served  throughout  the 
entire  period  of  hostilities,  making  a  most  creditable  military  record,  and  participated  in 
many  hotly  contested  engagements   which   led   up   to  the   final  victory   which   crowned   the 


500  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Union  arms.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  Kansas  and  was  in  the  mercantile  business  for 
a  number  of  years.  Subsequently  he  resided  for  a  time  in  Minnesota  and  on  the  21st  of 
November,  1910,  came  to  Phoenix.  While  in  Minnesota  lie  occupied  the  position  of  state 
creamery  inspector  and  also  served  as  state  dairy  and  food  commissioner.  He  afterward 
lectured  on  creamery  and  dairying  for  the  state  in  all  parts  of  Minnesota  and  during  his 
residence  there  began  the  .publication  of  the  Western  Farmer  and  Dairyman.  He  also 
published  the  Minnesota  and  Dakota  Farmer,  becoming  editor  and  manager  of  both  papers. 
He  is  still  the  owner  of  farms  in  Minnesota  but  is  pleased  'with  Arizona  and  its  prospects 
and  has  made  many  friends  during  his  residence  here.  • 

Since  coming  to  Phoenix  Mr.  McConnell  has  organized  The  Great  Southwest  Farmer, 
which  he  is  publishing  monthly  and  which  is  proving  of  great  value  to  the  southwest,  being 
sent  to  all  sections  of  that  district.  It  advocates  the  most  practical  methods  of  progressive 
farming,  indicating  clearly  what  is  best  to  be  done  with  certain  climatic  and  soil  conditions 
and  how  to  do  it.  His  paper  is  stimulating  a  deep  and  widespread  interest  that  is  produc- 
tive of  good  results.  Mr.  McConnell  is  supervisor  at  the  State  University,  testing  pure  bred 
cattle  for  the  State  University  for  advanced  registery  and  registery  of  merit  and  is  super- 
intendent of  the  dairy  division  of  the  State  Fair  of  Arizona  and  also  secretary  of  the  Salt 
Kiver  Valley  Dairyman's  Association.  His  opinions  arc  largely  accepted  as  authority  and 
his  labors  are  proving  of  untold  benefit  to  this  section  of  the  country. 


FRED  M.  IRISH. 


Fred  M.  Irish,  in  charge  of  the  department  of  physical  science  in  the  Tempe  Normal 
School  and  discharging  the  duties  which  devolve  upon  him  in  that  capacity  in  an  able, 
conscientious  and  efficient  manner,  was  born  in  Iowa  in  1870  and  there  acquired  his  public 
school  education,  later  entering  the  State  University,  where  he  pursued  a  scientific  course. 
He  was  afterward  for  four  years  a  teacher  of  science  in  the  high  school  at  Dubuque,  and 
the  same  profession  has  claimed  his  interests  and  his  energies  since  tliat  time. 

Mr.  Irish  came  to  Tempe,  Arizona,  in  1896  and  with  the  exception  of  one  year,  from 
1898-9,  when  he  was  again  connected  with  the  Dubuque  liigh  school,  he  has  remained  an 
esteemed  and  valued  resident  of  Tempe.  He  is  in  charge  of  the  department  of  physical 
science  at  the  Tempe  Normal  School  and  is  aided  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  by  a  pro- 
found and  exhaustive  knowledge  of  the  subject  in  which  he  specializes  and  a  faculty  for 
imparting  that  knowledge  to  others  in  a  concise  and  forcible  way. 

Mr.  Irish 'is  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi.  He  is  well  known  in  educational  circles  of 
the  city  where  he  resides  and  his  excellent  record  in  his  present  position  makes  him  one 
of  the  most  valued  and  representative  members  of  the  faculty  of  the  institution  with  which 
he  is  connected. 


L.  L.  HAYDEN. 


L.  L.  Hayden  is  an  attorney  at  law  in  Globe  with  a  large  clientage  and  in  his  chosen 
profession  has  made  that  steady  advancement  which  results  only  from  merit  and  ability. 
He  was  born  in  Iowa  in  1878  and  is  a  son  of  Lee  and  Rebecca  Hayden,  the  former  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania  and  the  latter  of  Iowa.  The  father  went  to  tiie  Hawkeye  state,  where 
for  a  number  of  years  he  engaged  in  farming,  finally  disposing  of  his  agricultural  interests 
and  removing  to  Mason  City,  where  he  now  lives  retired. 

L.  L.  Hayden  is  the  oldest  in  a  family  of  five  children.  He  acquired  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  and  after  laying  aside  his  text  books  came  to  Arizona, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  He  lived  for  a  short  time  in  Bisbee,  removing  later  to  Globe, 
where  he  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1901.  He  at  once  entered  upon  pro- 
fessional work  there,  being  entitled  to  practice  before  the  state  and  federal  courts.  He 
has  secured  a  large  and  representative  clientage  connecting  him  with  much  important  liti- 
gation  and  in  addition  is   prominent  as   a  corporation   counsel.     At  one  time   he   acted   as 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  501 

attorney  for  the  Live  Oak  Mining  Company  and  the  Warrior  Development  Company  and  at 
present  is  acting  in  that  capacity  for  various  important  concerns  in  Mexico. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hayden  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  gives  his  political  support  to  the  republican 
party,  in  which  he  is  an  active  worker,  liaving  served  as  a  member  of  the  county  and  state 
central  committee.  He  is  also  entitled  to  added  esteem  and  respect  as  a  veteran  of  the 
Spanish-American  war,  having  enlisted  in  1898  and  having  served  during  one  year  of  that 
conflict.  In  Globe  he  is  recognized  as  a  strong  and  able  lawyer  with  a  thorough  under- 
standing of  tlie  underlying  principles  of  his  profession  and  an  ability  and  force  which  make 
his  knowledge  effective. 


A.  G.  PENDLETON. 


The  late  A.  G.  Pendleton,  who  passed  away  in  Globe,  Arizona,  in  March,  1904,  was  one 
of  the  foremost  pioneers  of  this  state.  He  was  connected  with  a  number  of  important 
surveying  projects  and  engineering  works,  was  also  engaged  in  the  stock  business  and  was 
prominent   in  other  affairs  which  have  made  Arizona  the  prosperous  state  that   it  now   is. 

Mr.  Pendleton  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  in  1852,  a  son  of  Alexander  G.  and 
Selina  Pendleton,  natives  of  Virginia.  Both  the  father  and  mother  died  in  Washington. 
Tlie  former  was  connected  with  the  United  States  coast  survey  service,  having  his  office 
at  the  naval  observatory  in  Washington.  A.  G.  Pendleton  is  one  of  a  family  of  eight 
children,  of  whom  four  are  living:  E.  C.  Pendleton,  who  now  lives  in  Philadelpliia,  being  a 
retired  admiral  of  the  United  States  navy;  Mrs.  Wilson,  a  resident  of  Maryland;  Mrs. 
Darrell,  of  Washington;  and  Mrs.  Read,  the  wife  of  Dr.  W.  M.  Read,  of  Clarence,  Missouri. 

A.  G.  Pendleton  received  his  education  at  Renssalaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  Troy,  New 
York,  and  while  there  became  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity.  He  was 
graduated  in  1872  and  immediately  entered  the  United  States  coast  survey  service,  con- 
tinuing in  that  coimcction  for  three  years.  In  1875  he  married  Miss  Rosa  B.  Barclay,  of 
Norfolk  county,  Virginia,  who  survives  him  and  now  makes  her  home  in  Berkeley,  Cali- 
fornia. She  is  a  daughter  of  S.  T.  and  .Johanna  Barclay,  lifelong  residents  of  Virginia.  Her 
father  was  a  paper  manufacturer  and  book  binder  in  early  days,  his  plant  being  located 
at  Riclimond,  Virginia,  where  he  continued  in  business  until  his  health  failed  and  he  bought 
land  in  Norfolk  county,  that  state.  He  operated  tliis  plantation  until  liis  demise.  His 
death  occurred  in  1873,  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  1880.  Mrs.  Pendleton  is  one  of  twelve 
children  and  the  third  oldest  in  her  family. 

Mr.  Pendleton  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Globe  in  1876.  His  wife  followed  him 
three  years  later.  Here  he  took  up  the  profession  of  civil  engineering  and  was  retained  in 
various  capacities.  In  1880  he  was  in  the  employ  of  Colonel  Tiffany,  the  Indian  agent  of 
the  San  Carlos  reservation,  to  lay  out  farms  and  to  provide  irrigation  canals  on  the  reser- 
vation. He  later  surveyed  the  railroad  from  Flagstaff  to  Globe,  known  as  the  Mineral  Belt 
Railroad.  This  project,  however,  was  never  completed,  owing  to  the  lack  of  funds.  Later 
he  was  connected  with  the  survey  for  the  Roosevelt  dam  and  its  canals  and  wagon  roads. 
His  last  work  was  the  Fish  Creek  road,  which  lie  built.  Up  to  the  time  of  his  death  Mr. 
Pendleton  was  a  United  States  mineral  surveyor  and  in  1883  laid  out  the  town  site  of 
Globe  in  order  to  obtain  the  patent  from  the  United  States.  He  built  the  government  road 
between  Rice  and  Fort  Apache,  and  in  this  work,  as  in  many  other  enterprises  which  he 
undertook  for  the  government,  he  used  Indian  helpers  and  found  them  entirely  satisfactory. 

Although  busily  engaged  in  his  profession,  Mr.  Pendleton  found  time  to  devote  to 
other  lines  and  was  engaged  as  a  part  owner  in  the  stock  business  with  his  brother-in-law, 
Mr.  Barclay,  as  his  partner.  This  connection  lasted  ten  years  and  he  sold  out  his  interests 
in  1902,  wlien  he  opened  a  livery,  feed  and  sales  stable  with  Mr.  Barclay,  in  Globe,  Arizona. 
He  continued  to  engage  in  civil  engineering  until  his  death  in  1904. 

Mr.  Pendleton  was  a  republican  and  for  many  years  held  the  office  of  county  surveyor. 
His  first  position  of  this  kind  was  in  Gila  county.  At  the  time  of  his  demise  he  owned 
both  residential   and  business   property   in   Globe,  and   his   widow   still   retains  her   interest 


502  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  the  livery  business  although  she  now  resides  in  her  fine  residence  at  2139  Stuart  street, 
Berkeley,  California.     She  is  also  owner  of  vacant  property  in  Globe. 

Mr.  and  Mrs. '  Pendleton  had  seven  children,  five  of  whom  survive.  Alexander  G.  was  born 
in  1882.  He  was  graduated  from  West  Point  in  1906  and  is  now  stationed  at  Fort  Adams, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  is  instructor  in  mathematics.  In  January,  1916,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  a  captaincy  in  the  United  States  army.  Rosa,  a  high  school  graduate,  is  at  home, 
Anna  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California  and  teaches  in  Yuma.  Conway  is  yet 
at  home,  attending  school.  Walton  also  attends  school.  The  two  children  who  have  passed 
away  were:  Alexander  G.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ton  months,  in  October,  1881;  and  Barclay, 
who  died  when  eleven  years  of  age,  in  1898. 

llr.  Pendleton  was  an  Episcopalian  and  his  family  also  attend  that  church.  He  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  engineers  of  Arizona  and  did  much  toward  opening  up  this  country  to 
civilization.     His  name  will  go  down  in  the  history  of  the  state. 


JAKOB  SCHMID. 


Among  the  many  estimable  citizens  that  Switzerland  has  furnished  Arizona  appears 
the  name  of  Jakob  Schmid,  whose  thrift  and  industry  have  served  to  rank  him  among 
the  highly  successful  and  substantial  citizens  of  Bisbee,  with  the  progress  and  develop- 
ment of  which  city  he  has  been  identified  since  July,  1882.  He  was  born  April  6,  1848, 
in  the  canton  of  Zurich  and  after  receiving  a  meager  education  was  apprenticed  to  the 
blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  continued  to  follow  in  his  native  land  until  he  emigrated 
to  the  United  States  in  1872.  His  entire  capital  when  he  reached  his  destination — tlie 
city  of  Milwaukee — consisted  of  three  dollars.  He  readily  found  emploj-ment,  however, 
and  remained  in  the  Wisconsin  metropolis  until  the  following  spring.  It  was  liis  desire 
to  continue  his  journey  westward  to  California,  and  with  this  ])ur])ose  in  mind  he  practiced 
:the  most  rigid  economy,  thus  saving  fiftj'-three  dollars,  fifty  of  which  he  paid  for  a  ticket 
to  Sacramento.  Upon  his  arrival  there  he  obtained  work  in  a  blacksmith  shop  but  sub- 
sequently entered  the  employ  of  the  railroad  company  and  for  two  years  was  a  member 
of  the  construction  crew.  He  next  held  a  position  with  the  Modock  Mining  Company  for 
three  years,  folhiwing  wliich   he  spent  two  years   in   some  of  the  California   mines. 

Having  heard  much  regarding  the  rich  veins  of  ore  discovered  in  some  of  the  mines  of 
Pima  county,  Arizona,  he  came  to  Bisbee  in  1882.  The  city  at  tliat  time  was  nothing  but  a 
mining  settlement  and  gave  iittle  promise  of  its  future  development.  Availing  himself 
of  his  homestead  rights  Mr.  Sclimid  took  »ip  some  government  land,  which  now  forms  the 
site  of  the  commercial  center  of  the  city.  He  readily  found  work  at  his  trade  in  the  smelter 
of  the  Copper  Queen  Mining  Company,  continuing  to  be  employed  in  that  capacity  for  four 
years.  Proving  not  only  to  be  an  elficient  and  capable  blacksmith  but  also  a  skilled  me- 
chanic, at  the  expiration  of  that  time  the  company  ])laced  liim  in  cliarge  of  all  the  machin- 
ery in  their  plant.  As  the  years  passed  they  continued  to  promote  him  until  he  was 
made  general  superintendent,  which  position  he  retained  for  twenty  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  period  he  retired  and  has  since  devoted  his  entire  time  and  attention  to  the  develop- 
ment of  his  private  interests.  In  1901,  Mr.  Sclimid  erected  the  Smith  building,  a  model 
three  story  structure  located  in  the  very  heart  of  t'lie  business  district  on  Brewery  avenue. 
In  1904,  together  witli  Mr.  Sliattuck,  he  built  the  Sclimid-Shattuck  block,  which  is  one  of 
the  best  business  buildings  in  the  city.  Both  buildings  were  constructed  in  accordance  with 
plans  and  designs  made  by  Mr.  Schmid,  who  gave  his  personal  supervision  to  their  erec- 
tion, employing  his  workmen  by  the  day.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial  pioneers  of  Bisbee, 
where  he  has  other  property  interests,  including  five  valuable  residences.  He  is  also  inter- 
ested in  various  copper  mines  in  the  vicinity  and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Miners  &  Mer- 
chahts   Bank. 

Ill  1881  at  Hodie,  Mono  county,  California,  Mr.  Schmid  was  married  to  Mrs.  McGraw, 
the  widow  of  "Lucky"  McGraw,  who  is  the  mother  of  five  children  born  of  her  first  mar- 
riage. In  order  of  birth  they  an;  as  follows:  Tliomas,  a  lesident  of  Bisbee;  George,  of 
Lakeside,   California;    Elsie,   the   deceased   wife   of   George   Toles,   by   whom    she   had    tlirec 


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JAKOB  SCHMID 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  505 

children,  Elsie  and  Miriam,  both  teachers  in  Douglas,  and  Silas,  also  of  Douglas;  Mrs.  .Jolin  A. 
Campbell,   of   Bisbee;    and   Mrs.   Minnie   Cutter,  of   Naco,   Arizona. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schmid  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  church.  He  enjoys  the  full  rights 
of  citizenship  and  exercises  his  political  prerogatives  in  support  of  the  men  and  measures 
of  tlie  republican  party.  Although  he  has  novel'  flguied  prominently  in  municipal  affairs 
he  served  for  a  time  on  tlie  city  council,  proving  a  very  practical  and  capable  member  of 
that  body.  Tlie  success  which  has  attended  Mr.  Schmid  since  coming  to  America  is  but 
another  i)roof  of  the  fact  that  prosperity  is  the  result  of  diligence  and  persistence  intelli- 
gently directed  rather  than  favorable  circumstances.  He  came  to  the  United  States  without 
capital  and  possessing  but  little  education  in  German,  while  he  was  entirely  ignorant  of 
the  language  and  customs  of  this  country,  but  he  was  well  equipped  with  an  inexhaustible 
supply  of  determination  and  energy,  by  means  of  which  he  hewed  his  way  to  success.  At 
the  age  of  sixty-seven  years  his  remarkably  well  preserved  physical  condition  is  wonderful 
and  he  has  not  seen  a  sick  day  in  fifty  years.  He  finds  great  pleasure  in  motoring  and 
now  owns  his  third  automobile.  In  the  many  thousands  of  miles  he  has  driven  he  has  been 
his  own  cliauffeur  and  mechanician.  He  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen 
both  as  a  business  man  and  private  citizen,  as  in  all  of  his  relations  he  manifests  those 
qualities  which  show  him  to  be  a  man  of  good  principles  and  honorable  intentions. 


THE  McNeil  company. 


The  McNeil  Company  stands  at  the  head  of  the  printing,  stationery  and  office  supplies 
business  in  Arizona.  Their  establishment  in  Phoenix  was  founded  in  1891  by  H.  H.  McNeil 
and  Colonel  B.  O'Neil.  From  the  beginning  the  business  was  successful  and  about  1831 
the  company  was  incorporated.  Its  present  officers  are  T.  E.  Irvine,  president;  and  Frank 
T.  Alkire,  secretary  and  treasurer.  They  ocoipy  three  floors  of  a  building  fifty  by  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  and  a  lialf  feet,  and  each  department  is  well  equipped.  They  have 
an  extensive  patronage  in  printing,  handle  large  quantities  of  stationery  and  carry  a  com- 
plete line  of  office  fixtures.  They  sell  to  the  wholesale  trade  and  their  business  covers  a 
large  section  of  the  southwest.  Mr.  Alkire  is  an  active  factor  in  its  control,  in  the  direction 
of  its  policy  and  in  the  management  of  its  affairs  and  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in 
the  business  circles  of  Phoenix. 


FRANKLIN  D.  LANE. 


Important  lias  been  the  public  service  which  Franklin  D.  Lane  has  performed,  and  in 
business  connections  he  is  well  known,  especially  in  the  last  decade,  during  which  period 
he  has  operated  quite  extensively  in  the  real  estate  field,  promoting  and  inaugurating  many 
important  property  transfers.  He  was  born  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  on  the  8th  of  August, 
1876,  and  is  a  son  of  Henry  P.  and  Eleanor  R.  (Dubois)  Lane.  The  father  was  in  tho,^ 
government  employ  in  connection  with  the  postoffice  department  for  many  years  and  passed 
away  in  1903.  The  son  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Indianapolis  and  was  engaged 
in  the  drug  trade  there  early  in  his  business  career.  He  was  also  connected  with  the  Ewart 
Manufacturing  Company  for  ten  years,  but  believing  that  still  broader  business  opportuni- 
ties might  be  secured  in  the  newly  developed  but  growing  southwest,  he  came  to  Phoenix 
in  1900.  During  the  intervening  period  of  sixteen  years  his  service  in  public  connections 
has  been  of  an  important  character,  and  every  duty  has  been  promptly  and  faithfully  dis- 
charged. The  work  nearest  his  hand  is  that  which  has  always  chiefly  concerned  Mr.  Lane. 
The  possibility  of  doing  something  else  has  never  been  a  stumbling  block  in  his  way  as  it 
has  in  that  of  many  another.  Therefore  advancement  has  come  to  him  and  the  public 
acknowledges  its  indebtedness  to  him  as  a  public  official.  At  one  time  he  was  chief  clerk 
to  the  state  auditor,  has  also  been  secretary  of  the  territorial  board  of  equalization,  and 
for  some  time   was  clerk  of  the  board  of  control.     His  active  identificatiim   with   business 


506  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

interests  began  in  1902,  when  he  began  dealing  in  bicycles,  and  he  is  now  the  president  of 
the  Phoenix  Cycle  Company.  He  broadened  the  scope  of  his  interests  and  activities  in  1903 
wlien  he  became  a  partner  of  E.  J.  Bennett  in  the  conduct  of  a  real  estate  business.  This 
partnership  continued  until  January  1,  1915,  since  which  time  Mr.  Lane  has  been  in  business 
independently.  He  is  well  acquainted  with  property  values,  anticipates  with  almost  unerring 
accuracy  the  possible  rise  or  diminution  in  real  estate  prices,  and  as  years  have  passed  by 
has  gained  a  large  clientage  that  has  connected  him  with  many  important  real  estate  trans- 
actions in  the  capital  city. 

In  1907  Mr.  Lane  was  married  to  Miss  Vivian  P.  Hamilton,  of  Phoenix,  who  came  from 
Mississippi.  Both  are  members  of  the  Trinity  Episcopal  church,  and  Mr.  Lane  is  well  known 
in  Masonic  circles  as  a  member  of  the  lodge,  chapter,  commandery  and  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
He  is  in  thorough  sympathy  with  the  teachings  of  the  craft  concerning  mutual  helpfulness 
and  brotherly  kindness,  and  is  mindful  of  his  opportunities  for  exemplifying  its  tenents 
in  his  daily  life.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leaders  in  its  local  ranks. 


SAMUEL  HILL. 


Among  the  men  of  Prescott  wha  were  active  in  inaugurating  and  shaping  its  business 
development  Samuel  Hill  was  numbered,  and  during  the  many  years  of  his  residence  here 
his  energy  and  ability  were  counted  among  the  valuable  public  assets.  His  death,  which 
occurred  on  the  16th  of  December,  1902,  was  therefore  the  occasion  of  deep  sorrow  and 
widespread  regret  in  the  community. 

Mr.  Hill  was  born  in  Bradford,  England,  October  27,  1844,  and  acquired  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  country.  When  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  came  to 
the  LTnited  States  and  engaged  in  clerking  in  New  York  state,  where  he  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  army.  On  leaving  the  Empire  state  lie  went  to  San  Francisco  county,  Cali- 
fornia, and  from  there  came  to  Prescott,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  hardware 
business,  managing  his  enterprise  so  carefully  and  capably  that  it  became  in  the  course 
of  years  one  of  the  largest  in  Arizona.  He  secured  a  representative  patronage,  for  liis 
goods  were  always  of  high  quality,  his  prices  reasonable  and  his  business  methods  above 
reproach. 

On  the  Ist  of  October,  1889,  Mr.  Hill  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Amy  Dwyer,  of 
Prescott,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Dwyer,  a  pioneer  in  this  state,  who  took  up  his  residence 
here  thirty-seven  years  ago.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  became  the  parents  of  four  children,  two  of 
whom  survive.  They  were  as  follows;  Edmund  James,  who  was  accidentally  killed  at  the 
age  of  twenty-three;  William  Daniel,  who  died  in  infancy;  Ijouise,  at  home;  and  George, 
who  is  now  attending  high  school  in  Prescott. 

Mr.  Hill  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
republican  party,  and  was  connected  fraternally  witli  the  Masonic  lodge,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  was  known  as  a  man  of  exemplary 
character  and  of  high  principles,  and  his  death  was  regarded  as  a  distinct  loss  to  Prescott 
in  the  ranks  of  her  valued  and  useful  citizens. 


J.  B.  NORCROSS. 


.J.  B.  Norcross,  manager  of  the  Crystal  Tlieater  of  Miami,  was  born  in  Wisconsin  in 
1878  and  is  a  son  of  Walter  and  Mary  Ann  Norcross.  They  were  both  natives  of  the  state 
of  New  York  but  were  married  in  Wisconsin,  and  there  passed  the  remainder  of  their  lives, 
the  father  devoting  his  energies  to  farming.  Our  subject  is  the  second  in  order  of  birth 
in  a  family  of  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  still  living. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  J.  B.  Norcross  were  passed  in  the  parental  home,  his  edu- 
cation being  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Whitewater  and  the  normal  at  Milton,  Wis- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  507 

consin.  In  common  with  many  other  lads  he  desired  to  come  west  and  wlien  he  was  sixteen, 
years  of  age  crossed  the  continent  to  San  Francisco,  California.  He  there  followed  various 
occupations  until  1896,  when  he  came  to  Arizona,  and  for  three  years  engaged  in  dairying 
at  Globe.  In  1899  he  went  to  Bisbee,  where  he  became  connected  with  the  Arizona  &  West 
Lake  Mining  Company,  which  he  actively  promoted  for  three  years.  During  the  succeeding 
eight  years  he  was  employed  in  the  meclianical  department  of  the  Copper  Queen  Consoli- 
dated Mining  Company  in  that  city.  Next  he  became  interested  in  the  S.  West  Amusement 
Company  of  Bisbee  and  was  a  member  of  its  board  of  directors  until  1908,  when  he  made 
a  trip  to  Florida,  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  the  Everglade  lands  in  the  interest  of 
real  estate  holders.  He  remained  in  the  soutli  for  about  two  years,  returning  to  Bisbee  in 
1910,  and  immediately  thereafter  took  over  the  management  of  the  Royal  Theater.  At  the 
present  time,  however,  he  has  charge  of  the  Crystal  Theater  in  Miami.  Mr.  Norcross  owns 
several  residence  properties  and  some  unimproved  real  estate  in  Bisbee  and  he  also  has 
interests  in  Florida. 

In  1896  Mr.  Norcross  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  West,  a  native  of  Tombstone,  this 
state.  Her  father  passed  away  in  Tombstone,  but  her  mother  is  still  living  and  now  resides 
in  Bisbee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Norcross  have  become  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
William,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1U07;  Justice  B.,  born  in  1908;  Louise,  in  1909;  Warren, 
in  1911;  and  Kdward  J.,  deceased. 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Norcross  are  confined  to  his  membership  in  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Politically  he  supports  the  democratic  party  but  has  never 
been  identified  with  tlie  official  life  of  the  municipality.  Nevertheless  he  is  one  of  Miami's 
public  spirited  citizens,  taking  an  active  interest  in  all  movements  which  in  his  opinion  are 
conducive  to  progress  or  are  likely  to  promote  the  wellbeing  of  the  community. 


ISAAC  T.  STODDARD. 


Isaac  T.  Stoddard  was  one  of  Arizona's  foremost  citizens,  and  had  been  identified  witli 
the  state's  development  in  various  ways  for  nearly  thirty-five  years.  After  becoming  a 
permanent  resident  of  Phoenix  in  1901  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  business,  profes- 
sional, public  and  social  life  of  the  city,  territory  and  state. 

Mr.  Stoddard  was  born  in  Triangle,  Broome  county,  New  York,  January  19,  1851,  a 
son  of  Roswell  W.  and  Angelino  (Taft)  Stoddard,  the  latter  being  a  cousin  of  ex-President 
William  H.  Taft.  Mr.  Stoddard's  father  was  a  merchant,  devoting  his  life  to  business 
pursuits  in  the  east. 

Isaac  T.  Stoddard  was  accorded  the  privileges  of  academic  instruction  and  at  an  early 
age  began  reading  law,  subsequent  to  which  time  he  practiced  in  the  local  courts  of  New 
York.  Gradually,  however,  he  drifted  into  the  fire  and  accident  insurance  business  and 
important  corporations  were  attracted  by  his  ability,  so  that  he  was  employed  as  special 
agent  of  the  Hartford  Accident  Company  and  within  nine  months  had  been  advanced  to 
the  position  of  general  superintendent.  In  three  years  he  became  adjuster  and  had  charge 
of  the  law  department  of  one  of  the  largest  companies  in  the  country,  winning  a  wide 
and  well  merited  reputation.  He  became  well  known  in  insurance,  financial  and  legal 
circles  and  his  services  were  secured  for  the  Blaine  estate  and  also  for  the  Dwight  estate, 
which  he  represented  in  an  action  against  twenty-two  of  the  largest  companies.  He  repre- 
sented the  estate  of  Roscoe  Conklin  and  Orlo  W.  Chapman,  who  was  afterwards  solicitor 
general  of  the  United  States  under  President  Harrison. 

His  attention  attracted  to  the  southwest,  Mr.  Stoddard  began  making  investments  in 
Arizona  in  1879  and  from  that  time  had  been  prominently  identified  with  development  work 
hero  and  with  the  promotion  of  its  constantly  growing  business  interests.  He  built  the 
first  copper  smelter  north  of  Globe  and  was  the  owner  of  two  large  groups  of  patented  mines 
at  Stoddard.  Arizona.  He  made  over  two  hundred  trips  between  New  York  and  this  state, 
but   from  June,   1901,  maintained  his  residence  in   Phoenix. 

While  controlling,  formulating  and  directing  important  business  enterprises  on  his 
own  account  and  for  others,  Mr.  Stoddard  also  became  a  recognized  factor  in  political  circles 


508  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  in  June,  1901,  was  appointed  to  the  position  of  secretary  of  tlie  territory  by  President 
McKinley  and  was  reappointed  by  President  Roosevelt.  He  voluntarily  resigned  in  order 
to  attend  to  liis  increasing  incorporating  business,  whicli  lie  developed  to  such  extensive 
proportions  that  it  required  his  entire  attention.  He  built  up  the  largest  business  of  tlie 
kind  in  the  southwest  and  represented  clients  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  He  did  not 
cease  to  feel  an  interest  in  the  political  situation  of  the  country,  however,  althougli  no 
longer  an  active  worker  in  republican  ranks.  He  possessed  notable  oratorical  power,  which 
he  utilized  many  times  in  advancing  the  welfare  of  the  republican  party  and  was  a  most 
interesting  speaker  on  all  occasions  on  which  he  consented  to  address  the  public.  He  had 
been  to  all  but  two  of  the  republican  conventions  for  the  past  forty  years  and  had  a  wide 
and  intimate  acquaintance  among  the  leaders  of  the  party  through  the  entire  period.  For 
more  than  three  decades  he  had  been  a  member  of  the  Republican  Club  of  New  York  city. 
Mr.  Stoddard  held  membership  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  belonged 
to  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  having  at  one  time  served  as  president  of  his 
chapter.  \\"ith  a  nature  that  could  never  be  content  with  mediocrity,  Jlr.  Stoddard  in 
every  field  in  which  he  labored  attained  a  position  of  leadership,  and  as  an  active  guiding 
spirit  achieved  results  which  promoted  the  interests  of  the  companies  and  organizations 
which  he  represented,  whether  in  his  own  behalf  or  for  the  benefit  of  the  public.  Mr. 
Stoddard  died  November  10,  1914. 

Mr.  Stoddard  was  survived  by  his  widow  and  son,  Cleora  Martin,  who  married  Miss 
Ada  Vansant,  of  Philadelphia,  and  has  one  son  Vansant,  born  in  June,  1911.  Mrs.  Stoddard 
previous  to  her  marriage  was  Miss  Mary  L.  Martin,  and  came  from  one  of  the  old  and 
prominent  families  of  the  Empire  state.  Her  father  was  Judge  C.  E.  Martin,  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  legists  and  jurists  of  the  state  of  New  York. 


W.  C.  DAVIS. 


A  history  of  the  progress  and  development  of  Pima  county  would  hardly  be  complete 
if  it  did  not  contain  the  biography  of  the  late  W.  C.  Davis,  who  for  more  than  thirty-two 
years  was  actively  identified  with  the  commercial  and  banking  interests  of  Tucson.  He 
passed  away  at  San  Jose,  California,  in  1902.  A  native  of  Pennsylvania,  he  was  born  in 
1843,  and  after  finishing  his  education  qualified  for  a  commercial  career  in  the  east,  where 
he  resided  until  1870.  In  that  year  he  decided  to  come  to  Arizona,  feeling  assured  he  would 
here  find  better  opportunities  along  business  lines  than  were  all'orded  in  the  more  thickly 
populated  districts  of  the  east.  He  crossed  the  plains  with  a  mule  team  in  an  emigrant 
train,  joining  Senator  Elkins'  party  at  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  and  continiiing  with  them 
to  Tucson,  which  was  his  destination. 

His  first  business  venture  here  was  the  establishment  of  a  hardware  store  on  Main 
street,  which  he  conducted  with  good  success  for  a  number  of  years.  He  then  disposed 
of  it  and  turned  his  attention  to  banking,  becoming  vice  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank.  He  retained  that  office  until  the  First  National  was  merged  into  the  Consolidated 
National  Bank,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  same  jiosition,  continuing  to  serve  in  that  capacity 
until  his  death.  Mr.  Davis  was  a  man  of  fine  discernment  and  sound  judgment  in  matters 
of  business  and  early  became  recognized  as  one  of  the  leaders  in  local  commercial  circles. 
In  the  development  of  his  interests  he  manifested  the  foresight  and  sagacity  that  invariably 
win  success  when  supported  by  such  diligence  and  enterprise  as  he  ])08sessed.  Each  year 
witnessed  a  marked  advance  in  his  career  and  he  ultimately  became  known  as  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  citizens  and  substantial  business  num  of  the  city.  Early  during  his  resi- 
dence here  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business,  increasing  his  interests  in  this  connection  from 
time  to  time  until  he  owned  a  large  cattle  and  also  a  sheep  ranch,  both  of  wliicli  were 
operated  under  his  personal   supervision. 

Mr.  Davis  was  married  in  Tucson  in  1879  to  Mrs.  M.  E.  Tenney,  a  native  of  Wisconsin, 
who  came  to  Arizona  in  1879,  locating  in  Tucson.  She  was  a  woman  of  rare  culture  and 
refinement  and  always  took  an  active  interest  in  all  educational  work,  extending  her  indorse- 
ment and  cooperation   to   every  movement   which   would   tend  to  elevate   the   staiulards  of 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  509 

taste  along  art  lines,  being  an  enthusiastic  worker  in  various  societies  organized  for  this 
purpose.  She  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Tucson  Woman's  Club,  which  started  with  a 
membership  of  twelve  dnd  now  has  an  enrollment  of  a  hundred  and  seventy-six  names. 
The  city  of  Tucson  is  greatly  indebted  to  iMrs.  Davis  for  its  large  and  well  equipped  public 
library,  which  through  her  tireless  cfi'orts  was  started  in  1883  with  a  small  collection  of 
miscellaneous  books.  She  was  its  first  trustee  and  despite  the  many  rebuli's  and  discour- 
agements she  encountered  persistently  endeavored  until  her  ambition  was  realized  with 
the  completion  of  the  beautiful  Carnegie  library  on  South  Si.xth  avenue.  She  also  organ- 
ized the  .Saturday  Morning  Musical  Club  and  was  the  first  president  of  that  society,  which 
began  with  a  membership  of  sixteen  and  now  has  a  hundred  names  on  its  roll.  Every 
movement  inaugurated  in  the  city  for  a  worthy  purpose  was  accorded  the  enthusiastic 
cooperation  of  Mrs.  Davis,  the  value  of  whose  influence  during  the  long  period  of  her 
residence  here  was  incalculable. 

There  were  no  children  born  to  ilr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  but  by  her  first  marriage  Mrs. 
Davis  had  one  son,  Herbert  B.  Tenney,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Monroe,  Wisconsin,  in  1858. 
He  was  educated  in  that  city  and  Milwaukee,  and  in  the  spring  of  1880  came  to  Tucson 
to  take  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with  Mr.  Davis,  who  was  then  engaged  in  the  hardware 
business.  He  subsequently  became  manager  of  the  Tucson  Citizen,  holding  that  position 
for  two  years,  following  which  he  was  bookkeeper  in  the  First  National  Bank  until  the 
formation  of  the  Consolidated  National  Bank  when  he  was  made  cashier,  retaining  that 
office  until  his  death  in  1909.  Mr.  Tenney  was  a  very  capable  man  in  his  line  and  was 
held  in  high  regard  in  local  business  circles.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Beiievolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  and  his  political  support-  was  given  the  republican  party.  Public 
affairs  engaged  his  attention  from  the  time  he  was  granted  the  right  of  franchise  and  he 
always  took  an  active  interest  in  county  and  municipal  politics.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
republican  central  committee  at  one  time  and  served  one  term  in  the  territorial  legislature. 

Mr.  Davis  also  gave  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  was  one  of  the 
progressive,  public  spirited  men  of  the  county  and  was  several  times  called  to  public  oflRce. 
He  served  as  school  trustee,  county  supervisor  and  as  a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature, 
manifesting  the  same  general  efficiency  and  capability  in  the  discharge  of  his  oflicial  duties 
as  characterized  him  in  his  business  transactions.  He  was  a  man  of  many  estimable  quali- 
ties and  enjoyed  a  wide  and  favorable  acqiiaintance  in  Pima  county,  where  he  had  hosts 
of  friends.  For  more  than  twenty  years  the  Davis  home  was  located  on  Congress  street 
in  the  first  brick  residence  erected  in  Arizona,  but  in  1900  the  family  removed  to  a  beau- 
tiful modern  residence  on  North   Stone  avenue. 


REV.  LOGAN  W.  WTIEATLEY. 

Rev.  Logan  W.  ^^^leatley,  who  for  nearly  seven  years  has  been  the  pastor  of  the  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Tucson,  is  a  native  of  Howard  county,  Missouri,  his  birth 
there  occurring  on  the  15th  of  .January,  1876.  The  family  removed  to  Barber  county,  Kansas, 
in  1884,  locating  on  a  farm,  in  the  cultivation  of  which  the  father  engaged. 

The  education  of  Logan  W.  ^Vlleatley  was  begun  in  the  schools  of  his  native  state,  where 
he  passed  the  first  eight  years  of  his  life.  WTien  he  was  eleven  he  went  on  the  cattle  range 
and  has  since  been  self-supporting.  He  was  an  ambitious  youth  of  high  aspirations  and  utilized 
his  spare  moments  to  the  best  possible  advantage.  The  fact  that  he  was  compelled  to  earn 
his  own  living  and  also  the  money  to  pay  for  his  schooling  never  caused  him  to  relinquish 
his  determination  to  obtain  an  education  but  apparently  only  served  to  strengthen  his 
purpose.  While  residing  in  Kansas  he  attended  the  public  schools  but  later  he  became  a  pupil 
in  a  preparatory  school  at  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  qualified  for  college,  completing  his 
course  of  study  at  the  University  of  Southern  California.  He  decided  to  devote  his  life  to  the 
ministry  and  in  October,  1905,  vfas  ordained  an  elder  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at 
Yuma,  Arizona.  He  was  a  local  preacher  in  Colorado  and  Idaho  for  two  years  and  he  also 
preached  while  attending  college.  He  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Safford,  Graham  county, 
Arizona,  for  ten  months,  supplementing  his  small  salary  with  his  wages  as  clerk  in  the  post- 


510  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

office.  He  also  presided  over  the  ehiirch  at  Bisbee  for  sixteen  montlis,  going  from  there  to 
Preseott,  this  state,  where  he  began  his  pastoral  duties  in  1905.  In  1909  he  was  sent  to 
Tucson  and  has  ever  since  been  located  at  this  point. 

In  October,  1905,  Mr.  Wheatley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Kleanor  St.  Clair  Ward- 
law,  a  native  of  South  Carolina,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children,  Eleanor  Dixie  and 
Logan  Wardlaw. 

Mr.  Wheatley  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge  and  tlie  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  is  a  man  who  takes  an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  all  worthy  movements  and 
cooperates  in  promoting  the  development  of  the  community  and  the  welfare  of  its  citizens. 
He  is  cliairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Tucson  public  library  and  has  given  very 
efficient  service  in  this  connection.  He  is  also  regent  of  the  University  of  Arizona  and  trustee 
of  the  Arizona  Wesleyan  University  at  Phoeni.x,  while  he  is  serving  on  the  committee  for 
church  federation  of  tlie  state  and  tlie  executive  committee  for  Arizona  State  Sunday  schools. 
He  is  also  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  local  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 
Mr.  Wheatley  belongs  to  that  class  of  broad  minded  clergymen  who  realize  that  the  minister 
of  the  modern  churcli,  in  order  to  obtain  desirable  results  and  achieve  the  chief  purpose  and 
aim  of  his  calling,  must  be  sufficiently  versatile  not  only  to  meet  his  pastoral  requirements 
but  exert  an  influence  through  his  everyday  life  that  will  make  his  power  as  a  private  citizen 
felt  throughout  the  community.  He  capably  fills  his  puli)it  and  discharges  his  pastoral 
duties,  and  yet  has  sufficient  time  left  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  affairs  of  the  day  and  take 
an  active  interest  in  promoting  the  general  development  of  tlie  city. 


.J LUCE  J.  S.  ROBINSON. 


Judge  J.  S.  Robinson,  whose  death  occurred  at  Tombstone,  Arizona,  May  30,  1903,  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  state  and  one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  that  ever  practiced  here.  He 
came  from  a  fine  old  Virginia  family,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  'Julpcper  county,  that 
state,  and  during  his  childhood  lie  accompanied  his  ])arent8  on  their  removal  westward  to 
Texas.  His  father  wa.s  a  lawyer  and  became  a  prominent  man  in  Robinson  county,  Texas, 
which  was  named  in  his  honor. 

When  Judge  Robinson  was  sixteen  years  of  age  he  was  sent  back  to  Virginia  to  be 
educated,  after  which  he  returned  to  Texas  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law  in  Robin- 
son county.  His  rise  was  rapid  and  he  was  soon  made  district  attorney  there.  Subsequently 
he  located  at  Fort  Smith,  Arkansas,  whore  his  ability  soon  gained  him  a  wide  and  well 
deserved  reputation.  He  was  ai)|iointcd  United  States  district  judge  and  for  some  time 
served  on  the  bench.  There  liis  wonderful  capacity  for  judicial  work  and  his  ability  to 
expedite  court  ])r<icecdings  gained  for  him  a  moat  enviable  reputation  as  a  jurist.  His 
judicial  labors  there,  however,  undermined  his  health  so  that  he  was  compelled  to  resign 
from  the  bencJi.  Soon  afterward  he  was  called  to  Salt  Lake  City  as  a  consulting  attorney  by 
Brigliam  Young  and  while  there  .Judge  Robinson  contracted  a  cold,  his  trouble  becoming  of 
a  serious  nature  so  that  upon  the  advice  of  his  physician  he  wont  to  California.    / 

Locating  at  Napa,  California,  he  recovered  his  health  and  later  began  to  practice  law. 
He  was  attorney  for  the  defendants  in  the  celebrated  murder  trials  known  as  the  Crowcy 
cases  and  his  masterful  handling  of  that  defense  gained  for  him  a  foremost  position  among 
the  able  lawyers  of  the  state.  Soon  afterward  lie  formed  a  partnership  with  Alexander 
Cam])bell,  the  great  criminal  lawyer  of  California  at  that  time,  and  the  firm  enjoyed  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  practice. 

It  was  in  1879  that  Judge  Robinson  became  identified  with  the  legal  profession  in 
Arizona,  going  first  to  Tucson.  He  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Campbell,  Robinson, 
Earl  &  Smith,  one  of  the  foremost  law  firms  in  the  state  in  those  days.  This  firm  was  repre- 
sented at  Tombstone  by  different  jiaitners  and  it  was  through  this  that  .Judge  Robinson  sub- 
sequently became  a  resident  of  tliat  city  and  became  the  partner  of  Mark  A.  Smith,  now 
United  States  senator.  Still  later  lie  resided  in  San  Diego  and  San  Bernardino,  California, 
and  afterward  went  to  J^os  Angeles,  where  he  was  associated  with  John  Robarts,  removing 
from  that  city  to  Oakland,  California,  where  he  became  a  partner  of  Judge  Goldsby.     Wher- 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  513 

ever  lie  was  located  Judge  Robinson  enjoyed  an  important  and  distinctively  representative 
clientage  and  his  professional  associates  were  ever  eminent  lawyers.  About  the  fall  of  1899 
he  again  took  up  his  residence  in  Tombstone  and  considered  that  place  his  home  throughout 
his  remaining  days. 

On  the  25th  of  December,  1883,  in  Los  Angeles,  Judge  Robinson  married  Mrs.  Robert 
Lowrey,  a  widow,  who  in  her  maidenhood  was  Miss  Sarah  J.  Mellor,  a  native  of  Baltimore, 
Maryland.  In  her  girlliood  days  slie  went  to  California  with  her  parents,  William  and  Mary 
E.  (Ayer)  Mellor,  who  were  prominent  in  the  best  social  circles  of  Napa,  California.  Mr. 
Mellor  was  one  of  the  leading  business  men  and  manufacturers  of  that  part  of  the  state. 
Mrs.  Robinson  was  graduated  from  the  Kapa  Collegiate  Institute  at  Napa.  California,  in 
which  city  she  lived  many  years  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  its  social  life.  She  survives 
her  husband  and  resides  in  Tombstone,  where  she  is  accounted  one  of  the  most  highly  esteemed 
ladies  of  the  city  and  an  unusually  capable  business  woman,  displaying  marked  ability  in 
the  management  of  extensive  interests.  She  is  well  known  as  an  advocate  of  woman  sufTrage 
and  has  written  and  spoken  a  great  deal  on  that  topic.  Two  daughters  survive.  Edith  Oma 
is  now  the  wife  of  John  Patton,  of  Bisbee,  and  the  younger  daughter,  Ida  May,  is  now  the 
wife  of  John  H.  Gronnett,  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania. 

Judge  Robinson  was  a  very  active  political  worker,  taking  a  keen  interest  in  politics, 
and  he  gave  his  support  to  the  democratic  party.  He  held  membership  in  both  the  Masonic 
and  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternities  and  in  the  latter  organization  was  a  prominent  worker. 
Beared  as  a  Presbyterian,  he  attended  the  services  of  that  church.  He  had  a  host  of  warm 
friends  in  the  southwest  and  a  wide  acquaintance  that  included  the  most  prominent  men  of 
Arizona  and  California,  and  association  with  him  meant  expansion  and  elevation.  Pleasant, 
affable,  courteous,  a  thorough  gentleman,  lie  endeared  himself  to  the  people  wherever  he  went. 
Tlie  life  of  Judge  Robinson  was  intimately  associated  with  the  history  of  Tucson,  Bisbee  and 
Tombstone  for  twenty  years  or  more,  and  in  his  death  a  grand  old  landmark  has  been 
removed,  but  the  service  it  has  been  to  travelers  across  this  particular  vista  in  the  journey 
of  life  will  never  be  forgotten. 


ST.  MARY'S  PARISH. 


St.  Mary's  parish  in  Phoenix  is  now  one  of  the  strong  Catholic  districts  of  Arizona. 
A  prepared  history  of  the  church  states  the  fact  that  only  forty-six  years  after  Columbus 
discovered  America  Father  JIarcos  de  Niza,  a  Franciscan  friar,  of  the  same  order  that  has 
charge  of  St.  Mary's  parish  in  Phoenix  today,  offered  to  explore  these  regions  and  preach 
the  gospel  to  the  natives.  He  and  his  followers  marched  northward  and  for  an  entire  year 
suffered  many  perils  and  hardships,  but  returned  to  Mexico  with  indisputable  proof  of 
having  been  in  the  territories  now  inchided  within  the  states  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico. 
This  was  in  the  year  1539.  Father  Marcos  again  passed  through  the  territory  with  Cor- 
onado  in  the  following  year,  and  in  the  ensuing  centuries  many  Franciscan  fathers  visited 
what  is  now  the  state  of  Arizona  to  carry  the  gospel  of  Catholicism  to  the  people.  St. 
Mary's  parish  is  as  old  as  Plioenix,  which  was  surveyed  and  platted  in  1870.  From  that 
time  till  1880  religious  services  were  conducted  at  the  home  of  Sr.  Don  Jesus  L.  Otero  on 
the  lot  now  occupied  by  the  Fleming  building,  corner  Washington  street  and  First  avenue. 
In  1880  work  was  begun  for  the  erection  of  a  church  on  East  Monroe  street  between  Third 
and  Fourth  streets,  by  the  Rev.  Edward  Gerard,  then  parish  priest  of  Florence.  This  church 
was  constructed  of  adobe  and  had  a  shingle  roof.  It  was  completed  in  1881.  In  1883  the 
parish,  heretofore  attended  at  regular  intervals  from  Florence,  Arizona,  obtained  a  resi- 
dent priest  in  the  person  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Bloise.  He  was  succeeded  in  1877  by  the  R«v. 
F.  X.  Jouvenceau.  The  rapid  growth  of  the  parish,  comprising  all  of  Maricopa  county, 
made  it  necessary,  in  1891,  to  give  Father  Jouvenceau  an  assistant.  The  first  to  fill  this 
office  was  the  Very  Rev.  P.  Timmermans,  now  vicar  general  of  the  diocese.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded, in  1894,  by  the  Rev.  Michael  Vandermaesen,  now  pastor  at  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico. 
In  January,  1896,  the  parish  was  entrusted  by  the  Most  Rev.  Peter  Bourgade,  D.  D.,  then 
vicar  apostolic,  to  the  Franciscan  Fathers  of  the  Sacred  Heart  Province  of  St.  Louis,  Mis- 

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514  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

souri.  Following  is  the  list  of  rectors  of  the  parish  since  January,  1896:  Rev.  Seraphin 
Lampe,  O.  F.  M.,  from  January,  1896,  to  August,  1896.  Rev.  Novatus  Benzing,  O.  F.  M., 
from  August,  1896,  to  September,  1903.  Rev.  Mathias  Rechstciner,  O.  F.  M.,  from  Sep- 
tember, 1903,  to  August,  1904.  Rev.  Novatus  Benzing,  O.  F.  M.,  from  August,  1904,  to  March, 
1910.  Rev.  Severin  WesthofT,  0.  F.  M.,  from  March,  1910,  to  July,  1911.  Rev.  Alban 
Schwarze,  0.  F.  M.,  from  July,  1911,  to  August,  1912.  Rev.  Novatus  Benzing,  O.  F.  M., 
since  August,  1912. 

In  the  year  1902,  the  old  adobe  church  was  replaced  by  the  construction  of  the  base- 
ment for  a  new  church  at  a  cost  of  sixteen  thousand  dollars  according  to  plans  drawn  by 
Brother  Leonard,  O.  F.  M.  The  same  was  dedicated  in  February,  1903,  under  the  patronage 
of  the  Immaculate  Conception  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  Granjon,  bishop  of  Tucson.  This 
basement,  one  hundred  forty-four  feet  in  length  and  si.vty-one  feet  wide,  has  served  and  is 
still  serving  as  a  parish  place  of  worship.  In  July,  1913,  the  work  of  completing  tlie  church 
was  taken  up,  and  is  now  completed.  The  parish,  since  1893,  has  also  had  its  parochial 
school,  to  which  is  attached  a  primary  school  for  the  Mexican  children  who  do  not  speak 
the  English  language.  There  they  remain  until  proticient  enough  to  continue  their  course 
of  studies  with  the  English-speaking  children.  The  school  was  founded  in  1892  at  the 
instant  invitation  of  Rev.  F.  X.  Jouvenceau,  pastor  of  the  parish,  by  the  Sisters  of  Mercy, 
who  remained  in  charge  of  the  school  until  1903,  when  the  growth  of  their  various  hos- 
pitals in  the  diocese  made  it  necessary  for  them  to  give  up  the  school.  At  this  critical 
time,  the  pastor  succeeded  in  securing  a  new  staff  of  teachers  in  the  Sisters  of  the  Precious 
Blood  with  headquarters  at  Maria  Stein,  Ohio. 

To  complete  the  brief  sketch  of  the  history  of  the  parish,  it  is  necessary  to  make 
mention  of  the  outside  missions  attached  to  the  parish  and  attended  to  with  genuine  zeal 
and  much  sacrifice  by  Rev.  Lucius  Zitter,  O.  F.  M.  These  are  Tempe,  Mesa,  Wickenburg, 
Glendale,  Buckeye  and  Guadalupe,  each  having  a  church.  The  one  in  Tempe,  dedicated  to 
Our  Lady  of  Carmel,  was  built  in  1903;  that  in  Wickenburg,  dedicated  to  St.  Anthony,  in 
1901;  that  in  Buckeye,  dedicated  to  St.  Henry,  in  1912;  that  in  (Jlendale,  dedicated  to  St. 
Joseph,  in  1912.  The  one  in  Guadalupe,  a  Yaqui  Indian  settlement,  serves  both  as  a  church 
and  school,  since  the  old  cliapel  has  fallen  into  ruins.  Likewise  mention  must  be  made 
of  the  county,  state,  and  United  States  government  institutions,  located  in  the  vicinity 
of  Phoenix.  The  County  Poor  Farm  and  the  County  Tubercular  Hospital,  the  State  Asylum 
for  the  Insane,  and  the  United  States  Government  Indian  School  all  receive  spiritual  minis- 
trations at  regular  times. 

The  following  report  of  the  dedicatory  services  was  taken  from  the  Arizfcna  Republican 
of  February  12,  1915:  "St.  Mary's  Catholic  church  of  this  city  was  dedicated  with  pontifical 
high  mass  yesterday  by  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Granjon  of  Tucson,  assisted  by  practically  all  the 
priests  of  the  diocese  assisting  at  the  ceremonies.  There  was  an  enormous  crowd  present 
and  the  edifice  which  seats  more  than  one  thousand  was  crowded  to  the  doors,  and  a  number 
were  unable  to  gain  admittance.  T)ie  building  is  one  of  tlie  finest  in  the  southwi'st  and 
practically  every  detail  of  its  conception,  erection  and  completion  has  passed  through  the 
hands  of  Father  Novatus.  Of  Romanesque  architecture,  the  church  has  a  seating  capacity 
of  about  one  thousand  one  hundred,  including  a  balcony,  wliich  seats  about  one  hundred 
and  sixty.  The  basement  which  has  been  used  for  many  years  will  still  be  used  as  a  place 
of  worship.    This  has  a  seating  capacity  of  eight  hundred,  and  is  well  furnished. 

"One  of  the  notable  features  of  the  exterior  construction  is  the  magnificent  porch  with 
entrance  at  both  ends.  It  is  a  thing  of  beauty,  and  adds  greatly  to  the  charm  of  the 
building  as  a  whole.  The  ceiling  formed  of  interlacing  arches,  the  noble  windows  of  the 
choicest  stained  glass,  the  comfortable  seating  arrangements,  the  magnificent  high  altar  all 
combine  to  give  an  impression  of  ecclesiastical  beauty  and  harmony  rarely  realized  in  even 
the  greatest  churches.  Massive  simplicity  and  dignity  are  the  keynotes  of  the  entire  interior 
and  every  detail  shows  painstaking  and  skilled  thought  and  care. 

"The  high  altar  is  a  magnificent  conception  rising  almost  to  the  ceiling  of  the  apse. 
Just  below  the  uppermost  cross  is  a  beautifully  executed  panel  containing  the  pelican, 
emblematic  of  the  Holy  Eucharist.  Beside  an  elaborate  representation  of  the  crucifixion, 
the  altar  is  decorated  below  with  a  panel  In  high  relief  which  Is  a  reproduction  of  Leonardo 
da  Vinci's  'last  supper.'     The  altar  is   further  embellished  with  statues  of  St.  Francis,  the 


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fouiuler  of  the  Franciscan  order  and  of  St.  Pascal,  the  patron  of  Kucharistic  congresses. 
The  sanctuary  lamps  are  supported  by  two  remarkably  well  executed  statues  of  angels, 
eaeli  bearing  aloft  the  lamp  which  indicates  the  presence  of  the  Holy  Kucharist.  The  stained 
glass  windows,  every  one  a  gift  to  the  parish  add  splendor  to  the  general  scheme  of  deco- 
ration. The  large  window  in  the  east  transept  represents  the  death  of  St.  .Joseph  and  tlie 
windows  around  tlie  nave  show   scenes  in  the  life  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary. 

"Another  feature  of  the  furnishings  of  the  church  worthy  of  special  mention  is  the 
stations  of  the  cross  whicli  extend  around  the  walls  between  the  upper  windows.  These 
are  not  paintings  according  to  the  general  usage  but  are  casts  in  high  relief  on  a  gold 
background  wliich,  especially  when  the  church  is  artificially  lighted,  cause  the  figures  to 
stand  out  prominently.  These  stations  and  the  panel  in  relief  are  from  the  studios  of  The 
Andrew  Kaletta  Company  of  St.  Louis.  All  the  woodwork  of  the  furnishings  and  pews  as 
well  as  the  fixtures  in  the  vestries  is  of  solid  oak  in  an  antique  finish. 

"At  tlie  south  end  is  built  a  large  gallery  in  the  center  of  whicli  is  a  raised  platform  for 
the  accommodation  of  choir  and  organ.  This  gallery,  like  the  rest  of  the  church,  is  finished 
in  solid  oak.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  the  most  critical  eye  will  not  find  a  single  note  of  dis- 
cord in  tlie  entire  church,  inside  or  out.  The  fabric  itself,  its  furnishings  and  decorations 
form  a  harmonious  whole  which  makes  the  structure  a  fit  vehicle  for  the  worship  of  God 
and  a  striking  testimonial  to  the  skill  and  artistry  of  its  designers. 

"The  heating,  cooling  and  ventilating  of  the  building  have  received  all  proper  attention. 
Heat  is  supplied  from  a  large  bank  of  oil  burning  furnaces  in  the  basement  and  the  cooling 
is  done  by  means  of  a  large  motor  driven  fan  which  forces  cooled  and  washed  air  through 
the  cooling  ducts.  Particular  attention  has  been  paid  to  tiie  lighting  of  tlie  church,  which 
is  all  indirect,  the  liglit  being  refiected  downward. 

"At  the  rear  a  cloistered  portico  extends  along  the  entire  face  of  the  building  and 
affords  access  to  both  the  Fathers'  house,  to  the  basement  and  to  the  vestries.  The  choir 
and  altar  boys'  entrance  are  also  on  this  portico." 


J.  H.  MULREIN. 


J.  H.  Hulrein,  president  of  The  .J.  H.  Mulrein  Plumbing  Supply  Company,  was  born  in 
San  Francisco,  California,  in  1868.  He  is  a  son  of  David  Mulrein,  a  native  of  New  York  city, 
who  went  to  California  in  1849  and  engaged  in  the  contracting  business.  He  was  contractor 
on  the  Hall  of  Records  still  in  use  in  that  city. 

J.  H.  Mulrein  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  San  Francisco  and  afterward  learned 
the  plumbing  trade.  In  1884  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles  and  in  189;^  was  married  to  Miss 
Carrie  Warren  of  that  city.  She  passed  away  in  1897,  leaving  tAvo  daughters,  Anita  Frances 
Mulrein  and  Carrie  Lillian  Mulrein. 

In  1899,  while  engaged  on  some  contracts  in  .Jerome,  Arizona,  the  town  was  swept  by 
lire  and  when  inventory  was  taken  Mr.  Mulrein  found  that  all  he  had  worked  for  was  lost. 
The  rebuilding  of  Jerome  was  at  once  started  and  he  opened  business  and  went  at  it  again, 
partially  making  good  some  of  his  losses.  In  1900  he  secured  a  contract  for 'plumbing  the 
Burke  Hotel  of  Prescott.  As  the  work  was  to  be  carried  on  without  disturbing  the  guests,  this 
necessitated  getting  all  the  material  in  the  ground.  When  work  was  ready  to  start,  Prescott 
was  wiped  out  by  the  big  fire  of  July  17,  1900,  and  again  everything  was  lost.  Not  dismayed, 
Mr.  Mulrein  with  other  merchants  opened  business  in  a  tent  on  the  Plaza  grounds,  which  was 
donated  by  the  supervisors  of  Yavapai  county  after  the  fire.  He  thus  made  a  start  and  in 
1908  erected  the  Mulrein  building  ne.xt  to  the  postoflice  on  Cortez  street. 

After  securing  many  contracts  in  and  around  Phoenix  he  opened  a  branch  shop  in 
Phoenix  and  erected  the  brick  building  at  440  West  Washington  street,  where  he  conducted 
a  plumbing  shop  until  1912.  He  was  in  the  fire  of  the  Adams  Hotel  when  it  burned  to  the 
ground  in  May,  1910.  In  December,  1912,  Mr.  Mulrein  took  over  the  Arizona  Plumbers  Supply 
Company,  which  had  been  in  existence  only  a  short  time,  and  formed  The  J.  H.  Mulrein 
Plumbing  Supply  Company,  becoming  president  and  general  manager  since  its  organization. 
F.  B.  Mulrein  is  vice  president,  and  F.  E.  Browning,  treasurer  and  secretary.    The  -T.  H.  Mulrein 


516  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STAT^ 

Plumbing  Supply  Company,  Inc.,  is  strictly  a  wholesale  business,  no  contracting  being  in  any 
way  connected.    It  is  the  only  house  of  its  kind  between  Denver  and  Los  Angeles. 

Besides  this  business  Mr.  Mulrein  has  some  large  interests  in  mining  in  Yavapai 
county,  among  them  the  Sunny  South  niine  and  the  Combination  Groups,  consisting  of 
thirty-six  claims.  He  is  also  interested  in  the  coal  and  timber  properties  in  Mohave  county 
and  is  owner  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  farming  land  in  Maricopa  county.  He  gives 
practically  all  of  his  time  to  the  plumbing  supply  business.  Strict  and  close  attention  to 
his  aflairs  has  made  him  one  of  Arizona's  successful  business  men.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 


HARRY  BRISLEY. 


H.ury  Brislej',  founder  and  president  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Arizona 
and  since  1889  one  of  the  leading  druggists  of  Prescott,  was  born  in  Kent  county,  England, 
in  1862.  He  acquired  his  high  school  education  there  and  following  its  completion  removed 
to  Toronto,  Canada.  In  1883  he  came  to  the  United  States,  remaining  in  the  central  west 
until  1888.  In  that  year  he  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  in  1889  to  Prescott,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  In  partnership  with  Dr.  Robinson  he  bought  a  drug  store  and  since  the 
latter's  death  one  year  later  has  continued  alone  in  the  management  of  this  store,  which 
is  one  of  the  finest  and  most  modern  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  In  1910  Mr.  Brisley  organized 
the  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Arizona  and  has  since  served  as  its  president. 

Mr.  Brisley  is  married  and  lias  two  children.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  lodge  and  to 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  During  the  twenty-seven  years  he  has  lived  in 
Prescott  he  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  in  business  circles,  his  interest  and 
attention  centering  chiefly  upon  the  development  of  affairs  appertaining  to  his  profession. 


ZACHARY  T.  VAIL. 


One  of  the  most  extensive  cattlemen  in  Arizona  is  Zachary  T.  Vail  of  Tucson,  who  owns 
four  large  ranches  in  the  Catalina  mountains,  in  the  operation  of  which  he  has  been  engaged 
for  many  years.  He  is  a  native  of  Saratoga  county,  New  York,  born  on  the  1.5th  of  July, 
1849,  and  is  a  son  of  R.  S.  and  Eliza  (Hunter)  Vail.  Tlie  parents  and  also  the  paternal 
grandfather,  Barna  Vail,  were  likewise  natives  of  Saratoga  county,  whence  the  father,  who 
was  a  railroad  man,  removed  with  his  family  in  the  'SOs  to  Elgin,  Illinois.  There  he  died 
in  1889  and  the  mother  of  our  subject  also  passed  away  in  Elgin  in  1894.  The  maternal 
grandfather,  .lames  Hunter,  located  in  tluit  city  in  1849  and  there  died  in  the  early  '70s. 
R.  S.  Vail  was  for  many  years  employed  on  the  Galena  &  Chicago  Railroad,  now  known  as 
the  Northwestern. 

Zachary  T.  Vail,  who  is  one  of  a  family  of  eight  children,  was  very  young  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Elgin,  where  he  was  reared.  In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  he 
attended  the  jniblic  schools  and  also  the  Elgin  Academy  until  he  was  a  youth  of  about 
eighteen  years.  He  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world  in  1807,  his  first  position 
being  that  of  brakcman  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and  later  he  was  made  baggageman, 
running  from  North  Platte,  Nebraska,  west  to  Rawlins,  Wyoming.  In  1869  he  went  to 
California,  running  on  the  Central  Pacific  between  Oakland  and  Sacramento,  and  in  1874 
he  was  made  yardrnaster  at  Carson  City,  Nevada,  for  the  Virginia  &  Truckce  Railroad.  From 
1880  to  1886,  he  was  conductor  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  between  Yuma,  Arizona, 
and  Deniing,  New  Mexico,  with  headquarters  at  Tucson.  He  subsequently  became  a  con- 
.  ductor  on  the  California  S(mtliern,  running  on  the  Los  Angeles  and  San  Diego  division.  In 
1890  he  went  to  Mexico  and  for  a  year  held  the  l)Osition  of  conductor  on  the  Mexican 
Central.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Texas  Pacific  as  conductor  on  the  Fort  Worth 
and  Texarkana  division. 

It  was   in    1883,  while   engaged   in  the   service   of   the   Southern   Pacific,   that  Mr.  Vail 


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bought  a  ranch  in  the  Catalina  mountains  and  went  into  the  cattle  business.  In  1892  he 
became  a  permanent  resident  of  Tucson  and  the  same  year  purchased  three  more  ranches 
in  the  Catalina  mountains,  near  the  San  Pedro  river.  For  the  past  twenty-three  years  he 
has  given  his  undivided  attention  to  the  development  of  his  cattle  business,  in  which  he 
has  met  witli  a  marked  degree  of  success,  being  one  of  the  foremost  representatives  of  this 
industry  in  the  state. 

At  Alameda,  California,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Vail  and  Miss  Carrie 
Pcndelton,  a  native  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  to  them  have  been  born  five  children: 
Maud  L.,  Robert  W.,  George  M.,  Thirza  J.  and  Hattio  E. 

Mr.  Vail  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen, 
and  Fraternal  Order  of  Railway  Conductors.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat  and  has  served  as 
supervisor  of  Pima  county  for  two  years.  Diligence  and  thrift  have  been  the  dominent 
factors  in  the  career  of  Mr.  Vail,  who  well  merits  such  success  as  has  come  to  him,  as  it  is 
the  result  of  his  individual  efforts^  Prosperity  has  not  spoiled  him,  but  he  is  the  same 
genial,  agreeable  man  known  to  the  railway  fraternity  for  more  than  twenty  years,  and 
he  enjoys  the  respect  and  high  regard  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  in  Pima  county, 
where  he  also  has  hosts  of  friends. 


JAMES  0.  NORTON,  D.  V.  S. 

Dr.  James  C.  Norton,  a  well  known  veterinary  surgeon  of  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Muscatine 
county,  Iowa,  August  16,  1867,  a  son  of  C.  W.  and  Mary  (Collier)  Norton.  He  acquired  his 
early  education  near  his  home  in  Iowa  and  afterward  entered  the  Norton  Normal  &  Scientific 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  in  1888.  Later 
he  continued  his  studies  at  the  University  of  Iowa  and  afterward  entered  the  veterinary 
department  of  the  Iowa  State  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1890. 

Dr.  Norton  came  to  Phoenix  in  1892  and  here  he  has  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  since  that  time,  meeting  with  gratifying  and  well  deserved  success.  He  was 
appointed  territorial  veterinary  surgeon  in  1898  by  Governor  Hughes  and  filled  that  position  by 
reappointment  under  Governors  Franklin,  McCord,  Murphy,  Brodie,  Kibbey  and  Sloan,  serving 
continuously  until  Arizona  took  on  statehood,  in  all  nineteen  years.  He  was  also  at  one 
time  resident  secretary  for  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  of  the  American  'Veterinary  Medical 
Association  and  he  holds  a  position  of  prominence  and  importance  in  the  ranks  of  his  fellow 
practitioners. 

On  the  11th  of  October,  1892,  Dr.  Norton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Clara  Tufts,  a 
native  of  Wilton,  Iowa,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  four  children,  Marietta,  Oakley  T., 
Victor  0.  and  James  C.  The  Doctor  and  his  wife  are  well  known  in  Phoenix,  where  their  many 
excellent  characteristics  have  gained  them  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  a  large  circle  of 
friends.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  at  Phoenix  and  also 
treasurer  of  that  organization. 


MIKE  RAIS. 


In  a  history  of  the  business  development  of  Globe  it  is  imperative  that  mention  be  made 
of  Mike  Rais,  who  is  well  known  in  the  town  as  a  successful  grocer  and  who,  although  a  young 
man,  has  already  demonstrated  his  business  worth  and  reliability  in  building  up  an  importaftt 
and  representative  patronage.  He  was  born  in  Syria,  Turkey,  in  1887  and  spent  his  childhood 
in  his  native  country.  In  1903,  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  he  came  to  America  and 
settled  in  Douglas,  Arizona,  where  for  nine  months  he  clerked  in  a  mercantile  establishment. 
He  afterward  spent  a  short  time  in  Texas  similarly  engaged  and  in  1905  came  to  Globe,  open- 
ing a  grocery  store  on  Broad  street,  where  he  has  since  developed  a  profitable  and  extensive 
business.  He  has  secured  a  large  patronage,  accorded  him  in  recognition  of  his  honorable 
and  straightforward  business  methods,  the  high  quality  of  his  goods  and  the  courteous  service 


518  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

he  gives  to  his  patrons,  and  he  is  today  one  of  the  leading  merchants  in  the  city.  In  addition 
to  this  store  he  also  conducts  a  similar  enterprise  in  Miami,  where  he  owns  besides  two  business 
houses  a  good  residence.     Furthermore,  he  has  e-xtensive  business  interests  in  Europe. 

In  1911  Mr.  Eais  married  Miss  Annie  Moses,  who  was  born  in  Kl  Paso,  Texas.  She  is 
a  dauyiiter  of  Joseph  Moses,  who  now  operates  a  general  merchandise  store  in  Globe.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Rais  are  members  of  tlie  Koman  Catliolic  clmrch.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
republican  party  but  sometimes  casts  an  independent  ballot  when  he  considers  that  the  best 
interests  of  the  community  demand  it.  He  is  still  a  young  man  but  has  already  realized  the 
hope  of  success  which  brought  him  to  America,  and  in  his  growing  business  has  an  indication 
of  contiiuied  prosperity. 


COLONEL  THOMAS  HUGHES. 

High  in  the  annals  of  the  pioneers  of  Tucson  stands  the  name  of  the  late  Colonel 
Thomas  Hughes  of  The  Thomas  Hughes  Hardware  Company,  who  for  twenty-five  years  was 
prominently  identified  with  the  business  interests  of  that  city,  toward  the  upbuilding  of 
which  he  contributed  by  entliusiastieally  championing  every  worthy  enterprise.  His  career 
was  not  alone  notable  for  his  achievements  in  private  life  but  it  contained  many  worthy 
services  to  tlie  munici])ality,  county  and  state  in  the  capacity  of  a  public  ollicial,  and  to  the 
nation  as  a  soldier  on  the  battlelields  of  the  south  during  the  Civil  war  and  on  tlie  western 
prairies  during  the  Indian  wars  of  the  late  '60s. 

Colonel  Hughes  was  born  in  Allegheny  City,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  passed  his  early 
childhood.  At  the  age  of  eleven  he  went  to  Kansas,  making  his  home  in  that  state  until  he 
came  to-  Arizona.  During  tlie  first  three  years  of  his  residence  in  the  former  state  he  worked 
at  the  machinist's  trade  in  Kimball  Brothers'  shop  at  Lawrence.  On  the  16th  of  May,  1861, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  1),  First  Kansas  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  went  to  the  front,  serving 
witli  tliis  regiment  for  three  years  and  two  nu)nths.  In  an  engagement  at  Wilson  creek  on  the 
10th  of  August,  1861,  he  was  wounded  in  the  right  side  and  was  compelled  to  spend  three 
months  in  the  hospitals  at  KoUo  and  St.  Louis.  He  toojv  part  in  all  of  the  engiigoments 
of  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee,  including  the  battles  of  Fort  Donolsoii,  Fort  Henry,  Shiloh 
and  Corinth,  and  he  participated  in  the  campaign  in  central  Mississippi  during  the  winter 
of  1862-:)  under  Generals  Grant  and  Sherman.  He  was  present  at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg, 
at  which  time  he  suffered  a  wound  in  the  left  elbow.  Colonel  liughes  reenlisted  in  July, 
1864,  in  Company  IB,  Seventeenth  Kansas  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  mustered  out  with 
the  rank  of  first  sergeant  in  December  of  that  year.  His  last  active  service  was  in  the 
campaign  against  General  Price  during  the  last  raid  in  Kansas  in  the  autumn  of  1864. 
After  the  close  of  hostilities  he  assisted  in  organizing  six  regiments  of  soldiers  from  the 
relx'l  prisons  to  fight  the  Siou.x  Indians,  and  on  Marcli  1,  18G5,  the  president  appointed 
him  first  lieutenant  of  Company  G,  Fifth  United  States  Volunteers,  which  command  he 
held  until  mustered  out  in  November,  1866,  at  Fort  Kearney,  Nebraska.  He  saw  much 
active  service  and  participated  in  the  disastrous  Powder  River  expedition  under  General 
Connors.  On  July  26,  1866,  he  was  brevctted  major  and  later  lieutenant-colonel  of  Kansas 
Volunteers  in  recognition  of  his  services  during  the  Civil  war  and  the  Indian  difficulties. 
At  the  time  of  the  uprising  among  the  Indians  the  next  year  in  the  western  part  of 
Kansas,  he  was  again  called  into  service  and  was  sent  to  th(^  front  as  first  lieutemmt  and 
regimental  quartermaster  of  the  P^ighteenth  Kansas  Cavalry  under  General  Custer.  There 
were  several  sharp  battles,  and  the  natives  were  not  (|uellcd  until  late  in  the  year,  the 
troops  being  mustered  out  on  the  24th  of  Decembi'r,   1867. 

In  July,  1868,  Colonel  Hughes  came  to  Arizona  and  engaged  in  rancliing  in  tlu^  vicinity 
of  the  present  site  of  Crittenden  station.  For  a  time  he  was  also  the  manager  of  the 
settlers'  store  at  Fort  Bowie.  During  the  early  period  of  his  residence  in  this  state  he 
experienced  many  difficulties  with  the  Indians.  He  was  in  one  engagement  when  twenty- 
two  men  were  killed  and  (m  another  occasion  he  was  the  only  one  of  a  party  of  four  to 
escape.  In  1882  he  disposed  of  his  ranch  and  came  to  Tucson,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
hardware    business   with    Stevens   &    Company.      The    firm    name    was    changed    to   Hughes, 


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Stevens  &  Company  in  1887,  and  in  1893  it  became  The  Tliomas  Hughes  Hardware  Com- 
pany. The  Colonel  prospered  in  his  undertakings  and  acquired  three  valuable  ranches  in 
the  southern  part  of  rima  county,  in  the  region  of  Crittenden,  known  as  "The  Cueves," 
"The  Mesquite"  and  "The  Casa  Blanca."  He  was  the  first  man  in  Arizona  to  plant  an 
orchard,  which  he  successfully  developed,  and  he  also  raised  large  quantities  of  grain  and 
engaged  in  the  cattle  business.  The  latter  period  of  his  life  was  largely  devoted  to 
c»pper  mining  near  Twin  Buttes,  and  he  was  also  interested  in  the  Mineral  Hill  and 
Chesterfield   mines. 

On  the  30th  of  September,  1876,  Mr.  Hughes  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elena 
Martinez,  a  descendant  of  an  old  Spanish  family  who  located  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  at  the 
time  Maximilian  came  from  Spain.  She  died  August  23,  1893.  By  this  union  were  born 
the  following  children:  Annie,  now  the  wife  of  W.  R.  Edwards,  of  Oakland,  California; 
Thomas  E.,  a  resident  of  San  Francisco;  William  S.  and  Samuel,  both  of  Tucson;  Arthur, 
of  California;  Ralph;  David,  of  California;  John,  who  is  now  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1916   at   Leland   Stanford   University;    Louis   and   Helen,   both   residents    of    Tucson. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife  Miss  Annie  Hughes  kept  house  for  her  brother  and 
reared  his  children.  She  came  to  Arizona  in  1874  and  was  at  Fort  Bowie  at  the  time  of 
tlie  Indian  wars  under  Chiefs  Geronimo,  Cochise  and  the  latter's  son,  Towsa.  Tucson 
contained  only  a  few  adobe  buildings  when  Miss  Hughes  arrived  and  tliere  were  not 
more  than  five  white  families  in  the  town,  beside  the  Spaniards  and  Mexicans.  Miss 
Hughes  is  an  active  member  of  the  Congregational  church  and  fraternally  is  affiliated  with 
the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  Gold  Links,  being  a  charter  member  of  both  of  these 
organizations.     She  also  belongs  to  the  Pioneer  Society. 

Mr.  Hughes  was  an  ardent  republican  and  took  an  active  interest  in  political  affairs. 
He  was  elected  treasurer  of  Pima  county  in  1884,  while  in  1889  he  was  made  territorial 
auditor,  retaining  the  latter  office  until  1893.  He  was  a  practical  man  of  energetic  methods 
and  progressive  ideas  and  manifested  the  same  diligence  and  dispatch  in  fulfilling  his 
official  duties  as  he  exercised  in  the  discharge  of  his  business  affairs.  Fraternally  he  was 
identified  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  the 
Kansas  Commandery  of  the  Loyal  I.K'gion  and  Legion  of  Honor  of  Tucson,  and  he  was 
one  of  the  enthusiastic  members  of  the  Pioneer  Society.  Mr.  Hughes  passed  away  on  the 
7th  of  November,  1907.  He  had  lived  a  life  of  intense  activity  and  was  highly  esteemed 
by  his  fellow  townsmen,  who  found  him  to  be  upright  and  honorable  as  a  private  citizen, 
public  official  and  business  man  and  had  for  him  the  respect  ever  given  men  of  good 
principles   and   commendable   motives. 


CHARLES  E.  WALKER. 


Charles  E.  Walker,  who  for  the  past  five  years  has  been  cashier  of  the  Consolidated 
National  Bank  of  Tucson,  was  born  in  Bloomington,  Indiana,  on  the  19th  of  August,  1880.  He 
was  reared  in  his  native  town  and  educated  in  its  public  schools,  graduating  from  the  high 
school.  On  starting  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world  he  engaged  in  railroad  work,  fol- 
lowinff  that  occupation  in  Indiana  and  Colorado  for  five  years.  In  1903,  he  came  to  Tucson, 
where  he  was  connected  with  the  Southern  Pacific,  Arizona  &  Eastern  and  Southern  Pacific  of 
Mexico  in  the  capacities  of  secretary,  treasurer,  general  purchasing  agent  and  director  until 
March,  1910.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  banking,  becoming  assistant  to  the  president  of 
the  Consolidated  National  of  this  city.  He  proved  to  be  very  adaptable  and  efficient  and  the 
same  year  was  promoted  to  the  office  of  cashier,  in  which  capacity  he  has  ever  since  served 
with  a  marked  dcree  of  success.  Mr.  Walker  has  not  entirely  withdrawn  his  connection 
with  railroad  interests,  however,  as  he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  on  both  the 
Arizona  &  Eastern  and  the  Phoenix  &  Eastern.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  mining  interests 
of  the  state  and  holds  stock  in  several  well  known  mines. 

In  1904  Mr.  Walker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  Seward,  a  native  of  Indiana, 
and  to  them  have  been  born  three  children,  as  follows:  Frank  S.,  Elizabeth  V.  and  Cliarles 
E.,  Jr. 


522  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Fraternally  Mr.  Walker  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  holding 
membership  in  an  Indiana  lodge,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has 
attained  high  rank  in  the  Scottish  Rite,  and  belongs  to  the  Mystic  Shrine.  Although  he  is 
but  thirty-five  years  of  age  Mr.  Walker  has  made  for  himself  a  name  and  a  reputation  in 
the  business  circles  of  Tucson,  where  he  is  accorded  the  respect  he  well  merits  by  reason  of 
his  earnest  efforts  and   capably  directed  energies. 


M:AJ0R  EDGAR  P.  GRINSTEAD. 

Since  1899  Major  Edgar  P.  Grinstead  has  been  connected  with  the  United  States  Indian 
service  and  since  1903  has  been  disciplinarian  at  the  Plioenix  Indian  school,  bringing  to  the 
discharge  of  his  duties  tact,  insight  and  ability  developed  through  his  seventeen  years' 
experience  in  the  Indian  service.  He  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1877  and  acquired  a  public 
school  education  in  that  state.  He  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  government 
in  the  Indian  department  in  1899,  becoming  a  teacher  of  the  Pottawatomie  school  in  Kansas. 
At  the  end  of  one  year  he  was  transferred  to  Duck  Valley,  Nevada,  where  he  was  connected 
with  the  faculty  of  the  Western  Shoshone  Indian  school.  Following  this  he  was  for  two 
years  a  teacher  in  the  Seneca  Indian  school  in  the  Indian  Territory  and  at  the  end  of  that 
time  came  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  been  disciplinarian  of  the  Indian  school.  He  has 
done  capable  and  farsighted  work  in  this  difficult  position  and  his  understanding  of  the 
needs  and  requirements  of  the  Indian  make  him  one  of  the  valued  men  in  this  department 
of  the  government  service. 

In  1904  Major  Grinstead  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Beulah  Blanchard,  of  Memphis, 
Missouri,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter.  The 
parents  are  members  of  the  Methodist  church  and  Major  Grinstead  is  connected  with  the 
Masonic  lodge.  He  holds  the  rank  of  major  in  the  Arizona  National  Guard,  which  he  joined 
as  a  private  in  1905.  He  is  prominent  and  aetiVe  in  the  work  of  the  organization  and  has 
gained  promotion  through  honorable  and  efficient  service. 


GEORGE  R.  HILL. 


George  R.  Hill,  numbered  among  the  incorporators  of  Globe,  is  one  of  the  prominent 
and  able  lawyers  of  that  city,  enjoying  an  extensive  and  lucrative  practice,  which  has  been 
accorded  him  in  recognition  of  merit  and  ability  in  the  handling  of  important  litigated 
interests.  Ho  was  born  in  McDonough  county,  Illinois,  in  1870,  and  is  a  son  of  William 
G.  and  Martha  Hill,  the  former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  The  father, 
who  was  a  practicing  physician,  spent  some  years  in  Iowa,  where  his  death  occurred  in 
1875.  In  the  following  year  the  mother  joined  an  emigrant  train  and  crossed  the  plains 
to  California,  settling  in  San  Diogo,  where  she  resided  until  her  death  in  1906.  In  the  family 
were  two  cliildren;  George  R.,  of  this  review;  and  William,  a  grocer  in  Los  Angeles, 
California. 

George  R.  Hill  acquired  liis  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  California  and 
afterward  studied  law  in  an  office  in  San  Diego,  later  taking  a  special  course  in  Lcland 
Stanford  University.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  California  supreme  court  in 
1897  and  for  a  short  time  practiced  in  San  Diego,  coming  from  that  city  to  Arizona  in  1898. 
He  was  given  the  right  to  practice  before  all  the  courts  of  this  state  and  opened  an  office 
in  Globe,  where  he  has  since  continued  to  reside.  The  zeal  with  which  he  devotes  his  energies 
to  his  profession,  the  careful  regard  he  evinces  for  the  interests  of  his  clients  and  the 
assiduous  and  unrclaxing  attention  which  he  gives  to  all  the  details  of  his  cases  have  brought 
him  a  large  business  and  made  him  very  successful  in  its  conduct.  In  addition  to  his 
private  practice  Mr.  Hill  also  acts  as  attorney  and  legal  adviser  for  various  cor|)<)ralions 
in   Gila  county   and    aside    from    professional    lines    has    extensive    interests    in    copper   and 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  523 

silver  mines  in  this  section.  He  also  owns  an  attractive  home  in  Globe  and  business  property 
in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Hill  was  married  in  1903  to  Miss  Goldie  Morey,  a  native  of  Illinois  and  a  daughter 
of  W.  P.  Morey,  who  came  to  California  in  1904  and  now  makes  his  home  in  Long  Beach. 
He  is  the  father  of  four  children,  all  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  have  three 
children:  Rowland,  who  was  born  in  1902  and  is  attending  school;  George,  born  in  1907; 
and  Martha,  born  in  1909. 

Mr.  Hill  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  politically  is 
identified  with  the  progressive  party.  He  has  served  in  various  important  capacities  along 
the  lines  of  his  profession,  having  acted  as  city  attorney  and  also  as  district  attorney  of 
Gila  county  for  two  years.  He  is  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  representative  citizens 
of  Globe  and  has  attained  a  place  of  prominence  in  legal  circles  of  his  part  of  the  state. 


ARIZONA  SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC. 

The  Arizona  School  of  Music  is  an  institution  of  which  Phoenix  has  every  reason  to 
be  proud.  It  was  established  and  opened  on  the  1st  of  October,  1904,  by  Mrs.  Shirley 
Christy  and  is  in  the  twelfth  year  of  its  existence.  The  present  attractive  building  occupied 
by  the  school  and  built  after  a  modified  old  mission  style,  was  erected  in  1907,  being  designed 
and  planned  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christy.  The  school  was  established  to  offer  superior  advan- 
tages for  a  school  of  music  in  all  its  branches,  its  aim  being  to  give  an  extended,  progressive 
and  thorough  musical  education.  Other  departments  of  the  school  have  been  formed  to 
include  instruction  in  expression,  physical  culture,  dancing  and  the  languages.  The  building 
contains  light,  well  ventilated  teaching  and  practice  rooms  and  has  an  auditorium  with 
a  seating  capacity  of  six  hundred,  which  is  of  great  advantage  to  pupils  in  recital  work. 

Mrs.  Christy  is  a  graduate  of  the  Simpson  Conservatory  of  Music  of  Iowa,  studied  in 
New  York  city  under  Professor  S.  B.  Mills,  now  deceased;  in  Paris,  France,  under  Francis 
Thome,  now  deceased;  and  in  Florence,  Italy,  under  several  eminent  masters,  including 
E.  Dell  Valle  de  Paz.  In  her  work  as  director  of  the  Arizona  School  of  Music  she  has  called 
to  her  assistance  men  and  women  eminent  in  their  particular  departments.  Franz  Darvas, 
a  native  of  Vienna,  is  director  of  piano,  and  has  seven  capable  assistants;  Frank  Lloyd 
Stuchal  is  violin  teacher  and  instructor  in  harmony;  Ivar  Skougaard,  the  noted  Danish 
baritone,  is  head  of  the  vocal  department  and  is  assisted  by  Mrs.  Cromwell  Stacey,  soprano; 
and  Miss  Beatrice  Fales  has  charge  of  the  expression  and  physical  training  department. 
The  work  of  the  school  is  thoroughly  organized;  high  standards  are  maintained  in  every 
department  and  the  graduates  have  given  proof  of  their  training,  ranking  them  with  leading 
musicians  throughout  this  and  other  states. 


GEORGE  M.  FRIZZELL. 


George  M.  Frizzell,  professor  of  mathematics  at  the  Tempe  Normal  School  and  one  of  the 
most  able  educators  connected  with  that  institution,  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  born  in  1865.  He 
there  acquired  his  public  school  education  and  was  afterward  graduated  from  a  normal  school 
in  that  state,  receiving  his  degree  in  1895.  In  the  following  year  he  came  to  Arizona  and 
during  his  entire  active  career  has  been  engaged  in  teaching,  rising  by  sheer  force  of  his  ability 
and  personality  to  a  high  place  in  his  chosen  profession.  His  knowledge  has  gained  rapid  and 
well  deserved  recognition.  He  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Tempe  for  about  seven  years 
and  for  the  past  thirteen  years  has  been  connected  with  the  Tempe  Normal  School  as  professor 
of  mathematics,  accomplishing  sound  and  excellent  work  in  that  capacity,  his  exhaustive 
knowledge  of  the  branch  which  he  teaches  and  his  rare  ability  to  impart  what  he  knows  to 
others  being  salient  features  in  his  continued  progress. 

Mr.  Frizzell  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Minnie  Cave,  of  Tempe,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  two  daughters,  Stella  and  Florence.     Mr.  Frizzell  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  the 


524  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Independont  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  liis  religious  views  are  in 
accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Baptist  cliurcli.  He  is  very  popular  and  prominent  in  the 
educational  circles  centering  around  Tempe  and  is  well  known  also  in  the  social  life  of  the 
city,  liis  sterling  worth  and  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  character  having  gained  him  the  respect 
and  regard  of  all  wlio  know  him.  ' 


CHARLES  T.  JOSLIN. 


diaries  T.  Joslin,  -founder  and  president  of  the  Arizona  Mine  Supply  Company  and  one 
of  the  substantial  and  progressive  business  men  of  Prescott,  was  born  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan,  in  1863.  After  acquiring  a  jniblic  scliool  education  he  entered  Lake  Forest  University, 
from  whidi  lie  was  graduated.  Following  this  he  engaged  in  mining  in  the  iron  and  copper 
districts  of  Jlichigan,  where  he  was  interested  in  a  luimber  of  valuable  properties,  and  he  was 
afterward  for  three  years  in  the  banking  business  at  Marquette.  In  1891  he  removed  to 
Chicago  to  take  the  position  of  cashier  of  the  West  Chicago  Bank,  and  after  he  resigned  that 
position  in  18!)3  was  assistant  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Title  Guarantee  &  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Chicago  for  six  years.  From  1899  until  1903  he  was  cashier  of  tlic  trust  department 
of  the  Cliicago  Title  &,  Trust  Company. 

In  tlie  latter  year  Mr.  Joslin  came  to  Arizona.  Turning  his  attention  to  mining,  he 
operated  the  old  McCabc  mine  until  the  local  smelter  burned  down  and  then,  in  1906,  purchased 
the  business  interests  of  Brown  Brotliers  in  Prescott  and  organized  the  Arizona  Mine  Supply 
Company,  of  which  he  was  president  until  February,  1915,  when  illness  compelled  him  to  give 
up  active  business  for  a  few  montlis.  He  has  now  fully  recovered  and  is  looking  after  his 
private  interests.  The  Arizona  Mine  Supply  Company  has  grown  rapidly  since  its  formation, 
much  of  tlie  credit  for  this  being  due  to  Mr.  Joslin,  who  as  its  president  followed  a  con- 
structive and  progressive  policy,  never  neglecting  any  opportunity  to  promote  tlie  expansion 
and  development  of  the  company's  interests. 

During  the  year  1914  Mr.  Joslin  was  president  of  the  Yavapai  Oounty  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  the  famous  Yavapai  t:hib  of  Prescott.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
republican  party  and  is  active  and  prominent  in  public  ad'airs,  altluiugli  lu'  never  seeks  public 
office.  His  attention  is  concentrated  upon  his  business  all'airs,  and  in  this  field  his  energy, 
initiative  and  executive  ability  have  brought  him  gratifying  and  well  deserved  success. 


OSCAR  FREDERIC  KARL  (!OLL. 

Oscar  Frederic  Karl  Goll,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  Cochise  county  since  he  was  fif- 
teen years  of  age,  identified  with  public  life  as  the  incumbent  of  various  appointive  offices ' 
and  with  journalism  as  a  war  and  local  correspondent,  was  bom  in  New  York  state,  March 
19,  1884.  He  is  a  son  of  H.  G.  A.  and  Emma  (Endner)  Goll,  also  natives  of  New  York,  both 
of  whom  liave  passed  away,  the  motlier  dying  when  the  subject  of  tliis  review  was  only 
three  years  of  age  and  the  father,  April  fi,  1909.  In  their  family  were  three  children: 
Amandus.  deceased;  .lolianna,  who  is  cliief  nurse  in  the  Long  Island  College  Hospital,  New 
York;  and  Oscar  Frederic  Karl,  of  this  review. 

Oscar  (ioll  was  reared  in  liis  parents'  home,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  New  York 
public  schools,  and  he  afterward  worked  in  one  of  his  father's  drug  stores  until  he  had 
accumulated  eiiougli  money  to  jiay  his  passage  to  Arizona.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  started 
westward  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  making  the  last  part  of  the  journey  to  Tomb- 
stone by  stage.  Here  he  obtained  employment  on  a  paper  which  at  that  time  repre- 
sented tile  moral  and  religions  iiiti'n^sts  of  the  southwest — the  Tombstone  Prospector — 
iind  lie  reiiiained  connected  with  it  for  seven  years,  learning  the  newspaper  and  printing 
business  in  principle  and  detail.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  prominent  in  public  life,  hav- 
ing held  various  appointive  county  offices,  including  those  of  county  commissioner  of 
immigration,   county    fair    commissioner    and    game    warden    of    Cochise    county.      He    was 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  527 

aftoiward  appointed  deputy. county  recorder  and  then  assistant  clerk  of  the  board  of  super- 
visors, a  position  wliich  he  held  for  about  one  year,  discliarging  his  duties  in  a  thoroughly 
conscientious,  able  and  progressive  way,  and  which  position  he  resigned  to  accept  the  sec- 
vetarysliip  of  the  Douglas  Chamber  of  Commerce  &  Mines.  He  has  not  entirely  severed 
his  connection  witli  journalism,  for  he  acts  as  local  correspondent  for  various  leading  news- 
papers throughout  the  east.  During  the  Madero  revolution  in  Mexico  he  was  at  the  front 
and  was  wounded  in  battle,  the  only  American  newspaper  correspondent  being  thus  injured 
in  the  discharge   of  his   duties. 

.Since  liis  arrival  in  the  southwest  Mr.  Goll  has  accumulated  valuable  property  hold- 
ings, including  important  mining  claims  in  the  state  of  Arizona  and  Sonora,  Mexico,  be- 
sides considerable  residence  property  in  El  I'aso,  Texas.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  democratic  party  but  has  never  oflFered  himself  for  any  elective  office,  although 
active  in  public  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  fraternally  is 
connected  with  Douglas  Lodge,  No.  955,  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  wliich 
he  is  a  prominent  and  active  member.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known  young  men  generally 
throughout  the  entire  state  of  Arizona  and  particularly  in  Cochise  county,  where  his 
record  as  a  business  man  and  as  an  ollitial  has  brought  him  the  esteem  and  respect  of  all 
with  whom  lie  is  associated. 

Mr.  Goll  was  also  lionored  by  the  governor  of  Arizona  with  the  appointment  as  a 
member  of  the  commission  which  christened  the  battleship  Arizona  in  the  New  York 
navy  yards  in  June,  1915,  while  during  the  past  several  years  he  has  also  been  honored  by 
the  several  chief  executives  of  his  state  with  appointments  as  delegate  to  several  of  tlie 
important  mining  and   irrigation  congresses  of  the  nation. 


PROFESSOR  ALVIN  K.  STABLER. 

Many  regard  the  profession  of  teaching  as  the  most  important  to  which  man  can  direct 
liis  energies,  whether  it  be  from  the  platform,  the  schoolroom  or  from  the  pulpit.  The 
object  and  purpose  is  ever  the  same — the  preparation  of  the  young  that  the  duties  of  life 
may  be  faithfully,  inomptly  and  capably  met  and  that  native  powers  and  talents  may  be 
developed.  With  educational  interests  as  teacher  and  preacher  Professor  Alvin  K.  Stabler 
has  been  connected  and  he  has  served  as  principal  of  the  Union  high  school  of  Plioenix. 
He  was  born  in  Ohio,  April  5,  1867,  and  is  a  son  of  Daniel  F.  and  Rachel  A.  Stabler,  the 
former  a  farmer  by  occupation.  While  spending  his  youthful  days  on  the  old  homestead 
farm  in  the  Buckeye  state  A.  K.  Stabler  attended  the  district  schools  but,  ambitious  for 
further  ojiportunities  in  that  direction,  afterward  became  a  student  in  the  normal  school 
at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  and  subsequently  attended  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  and  the  Miami 
University  at  Oxford,  Ohio.  He  also  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  Moore's  Hill  College  at 
Moore's  Hill,  Indiana,  where  he  won  the  Master  of  Arts  degree.  He  took  up  the  profession 
of  teaching  in  Ohio,  being  connected  with  the  district  schools  there  for  a  few  years,  and 
later  he  went  upon  the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  drug  house  which  he  represented 
for  three  year.s.  He  devoted  the  succeeding  ten  years  of  his  life  to  the  work  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  ministry  in  Ohio  and  also  continued  the  work  of  teaching  as  a  private  tutor. 

The  year  1905  witnessed  the  arrival  of  Professor  Stabler  in  Arizona  and  for  one  year 
he  was  principal  of  the  Central  school  in  Globe,  this  state.  Later  he  was  elected  to  the 
position  of  superintendent  of  the  city  schools,  serving  three  years  in  all.  In  1908  he 
arrived  in  Phoenix  and  served  continuously  as  principal  of  the  Union  high  school  until  1915, 
since  which  date  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  literature,  "Arizona  Sunshine,"  a  booklet  of 
verse,  having  been  published  in  November  of  the  same  year.  In  earlier  years  lie  devoted 
five  years  to  preaching  in  Colorado.  His  efforts  along  both  lines  as  preacher  and  teacher 
have  been  of  great  benefit  to  those  who  have  come  under  his  influence.  He  has  the  ability 
to  impart  clearly,  readily,  concisely  and  effectively  to  others  the  knowledge  that  he  has 
acquired  and  he  has  always  held  to  the  highest  standards  of  education,  putting  forth  every 
effort  to  inspire  the  teachers  and  pupils  under  him  with  much  of  his  own  zeal  and  interest 
in  the  work. 


528  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

On  the  33d  of  September,  1891,  Professor  Stabler  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Cullie 
Wilson,  of  Texas,  in  which  state  the  marriage  was  celebrated  altliough  their  acquaintance 
began  in  Ohio.  They  have  three  children,  namely:  Corinne  Wilburre,  the  wife  of  Milton 
P.  Hunger,  of  Phoenix;   Ethelyn;   and  Harold  Wilson. 

Both  Professor  and  Mrs.  Stabler  hold  membership  in  tlie  Methodist  church,  to  the 
teachings  of  which  they  are  loyal,  doing  everything  in  their  power  to  promote  the  growth 
of  the  church  and  extend  its  influence.  In  his  college  days  Professor  Stabler  became  a 
member  of  the  Alpha  chapter  of  Sigma  Chi  and  his  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Masons, 
in  which  order  he  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  has  ever 
been  a  man  of  earnest  purpose  and  while  holding  to  high  ideals  utilizes  practical  methods  in 
their  attainment. 


LESTER  RUFFNER. 


Lester  Ruffner,  well  known  in  business  circles  of  Prescott  as  the  proprietor  of  a  well 
appointed  undertaking  establishment,  was  born  in  Mason,  Illinois,  on  the  28th  of  May,  1885. 
He  acquired  a  public  scliool  education  in  his  native  state  and  afterward  attended  Brown's 
Business  College  at  Champaign.  In  1905  he  came  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  but  soon  afterward 
returned  to  Illinois,  taking  a  course  in  the  Barnes  School  of  Embalming  in  Chicago.  Fol- 
16wing  his  graduation  lie  again  took  up  his  resi<lence  in  Prescott,  where  in  June,  1908,  he 
assumed  the  management  of  the  G.  C.  RufVner  Undertaking  Parlors.  He  bought  that 
establishment  on  the  10th  of  August  and  has  since  remoileled  it  throughout,  installed  new 
iixtures  and  modern  equipment.  He  has  one  of  the  well  appointed  undertaking  establish- 
ments in  tlie  city  and  is  in  control  of  a  large  business,  for  his  methods  are  straightforward 
and  his  prices  reasonable. 

In  June,  1912,  Mr.  Ruffner  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Ward,  of  Benton, 
Illinois,  who  came  to  Prescott  in  1910,  engaging  in  teaching  here  for  one  year.  Jlr.  Ruffner 
is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Masonic  lodge,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic 
party.  He  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  successful  young  business  men  of  Prescott  and  he 
will  undoubtedly  be  carried  forward  into  still  more  important  relations  with  its  business 
interests. 


FRANK  L.  GATES. 


Frank  L.  Gates,  now  serving  with  credit  and  ability  as  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors 
of  Gila  county,  is  a  native  of  Nevada,  born  on  the  10th  of  October,  18G5.  He  is  a  son  of 
Amos  L.  and  Maria  Gates,  the  former  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  latter  of  Louisiana. 
At  an  early  day  they  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams  and  settled  in  Carson  City,  where  the 
father  worked  as  a  teamster  until  the  early  '808,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Arizona.  From  this  state  he  went  to  New  Alexieo  and  there  his  death  occurred.  His  wife 
survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Globe,  having  readied  the  age  of  seventy-one.  To 
their  union  were  born  three  children:  Cliarles  and  William,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Frank 
L.,  of  this  review. 

The  public  schools  of  Nevada  and  California  afforded  Frank  L.  Gates  liis  early  educa- 
tional opportunities,  and  he  later  entered  Heald's  Business  College  in  San  Francisco,  from 
which  he  was  giaduated  on  the  23d  of  July,  1882.  He  began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk 
in  a  grocery  store  in  that  city  but  on  the  24th  of  September,  1884,  came  to  Globe,  where 
he  has  since  remained  a  prosperous  and  respected  citizen.  He  became  connected  almost 
immediately  with  the  Old  Dominion  Copper  Company  and  worked  in  their  interests  in 
various  capacities  for  twenty-five  years,  rising  through  successive  stages  of  progress  and 
advancement  and  winning  the  confidence  and  regard  of  his  superiors  and  the  esteem  of  his 
associates.     He  resigned  his  position   with   this  corporation   on  the   lOtli  of  July,   1910,  on 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  529 

which  date  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Gila  county,  and  he  has 
since  served  in  that  capacity,  discharging  his  duties  in  a  capable,  farsighted  and  discrimi- 
nating way. 

Jlr.  Gates  was  married  on  the  7th  of  October,  1890,  to  Miss  Anna  Belle  Collins,  a  native 
of  California,  and  to  their  union  were  born  throe  children:  Frankie  Belle,  the  wife  of  James 
A.  Larson,  of  Globe;  Mrs.  Katie  Pearl  Kcegan,  of  Globe;  and  Charles,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  1897.  Mr.  Gates'  first  wife  passed  away  in  1903  and  in  1906  he  married  Miss  Kate 
Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Liberty  Hill,  Texas,  wliere  her  parents  still  reside.  They  have 
one  daughter,  who  was  born  in   1907. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Gates  is  affiliated  with  White  Mountain  Lodge,  No.  3,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
is  a  life  member  of  Globe  Lodge,  No.  489,  B.  P.  O.  E.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the 
democratic  party  and  in  addition  to  the  /iffice  which  he  now  holds  he  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  board  of  school  trustees,  accomplishing  during  three  years  a  great  deal  of  valuable 
and  beneficial  work.  During  the  thirty-two  years  he  has  resided  in  Globe  his  life  has  fully 
measured  up  to  the  highest  standards  of  honorable  manhood  and  has  gained  for  him  a  high 
place  in  the  confidence  and  regard  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


S.  H.  STEWART. 


S.  H.  Stewart,  by  consensus  of  popular  opinion,  is  called  one  of  the  leading  young  business 
men  of  Phoenix,  where  he  is  well  known  as  a  representative  of  financial  interests,  being 
connected  with  the  Valley  Bank.  He  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  having  been  born  in 
Suffolk  county,  January  13,  1885.  He  is  indebted  to  the  public-school  system  of  that  state 
for  the  educational  opportunities  which  he  enjoyed,  and  in  early  manhood  removed  from 
New  England  to  the  southwest,  becoming  identified  with  the  business  interests  of  Phoenix, 
where  he  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  name  and  won  an  enviable  position.  Soon  after 
his  arrival  here  in  1902  he  entered  the  Valley  Bank  of  Phoenix,  of  which  he  was  assistant 
cashier  until  it  was  reorganized  as  the  Valley  Bank  in  January,  1915.  He  holds  a  similar 
position  in  the  Valley  Bank  and  has  made  himself  popular  with  tHe  patrons  of  the  bank 
through  his  uniform  courtesy  and  kindliness  and  has  gained  favor  with  the  management 
through  his  unfaltering  devotion  to  the  best  interests  of  the  institution. 

In  1913  :Mr.  Stewart  was  united  in  marriage  to  ^liss  Nellie  E.  Battin  and  they  have  two 
children,  Sidney  H.,  Jr.,  and  Helen  Josephine.  They  are  well  known  socially  in  Phoenix,  where 
Mr.  Stewart  is  also  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  having  attained  the  Knight  Templar  degree. 
He  is  well  liked  wherever  known  and  the  circle  of  his  friends  is  constantly  increasing  as  the 
circle  of  his  acquaintance  broadens. 


EOMULUS  A.  WINDES. 


Following  a  long,  successful  and  beneficial  career  in  the  service  of  Christianity  as  a 
minister  of  the  Baptist  church,  Romulus  A.  Windes  came  to  Tempe  in  1900  and  turned  his 
attention  to  the  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance  business,  in  which  he  has  since  continued 
to  engage  with  constantly  increasing  success.  He  was  born  in  Apple  Grove,  Alabama,  on 
the  10th  of  September,  1849,  and  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
locality,  later  entering  the  University  of  Chicago,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1878, 
with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  Afterward  he  became  a  student  in  the  Baptist  Union  Theological 
Seminary  at  Morgan  Park,  Illinois,  and  after  his  graduation  in  1879  was  for  twenty-one 
years  active  in  the  Baptist  ministry  as  a  preacher  and  teacher. 

Coming  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  in  1879,  Mr.  Windes  preached  for  six  years  thereafter, 
winning  the  confidence  of  his  people  as  an  earnest,  sincere  and  straightforward  servant  of 
God.  He  was  afterward  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Phoenix  and  he  is  still  remembered 
as  the  organizer  of  that  church,  founded  in  1883  with  a  membership  of  seven  and  now  one 
of  the  most  fiourishing  congregations  in  that  part  of  the  state.     Mr.  Windes  was  afterward 


530  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

located  in  Globe  for  five  years  and  spent  the  time  between  1887  and  1900  in  Verde  valley 
and  Jerome,  accomplishing  during  that  time  a  great  deal  of  important  work.  From  time 
to  time  he  gave  his  attention  to  teaching,  being  a  firm  believer  in  public  education  and 
doing  all  in  his  power  to  promote  the  cause.  For  a  time  lie  served  as  principal  of  the  Globe 
city  schools.  He  came  to  Tempe  in  1900  and  turned  his  attention  in  tluit  year  to  business 
pursuits,  as  a  real  estate  dealer.  In  this  line  of  work  he  has  continued  since  that  time  and 
his  patronage  has  steadily  increased  as  his  honorable  and  straightforward  b\isiness  metliods 
have  become  more  widely  known  and  rccogiiized. 

Mr.  Windes  was  married  in  Alabama  in  1874  to  Miss  Maggie  A.  Reed,  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  five  children,  four  of  whom  still  survive.  Mr.  Windes  formerly  gave  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  of  late  years  has  voted  the  prohibition 
ticket.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Good  Templars.  He  is  well  known  throughout 
Arizona,  having  been  a  resident  here  for  thirty-seven  years,  during  which  time  his  genuine 
worth,  his  active  life  and  his  high  principles  have  coniniended  liim  to  the  goodwill,  trust 
and  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 


THE  VALLEY  FLOUR  MILLS. 

One  of  the  chief  manufacturing  industries  of  Phoenix  was  established  in  .7une.  1905,  by 
E.  Viault,  under  the  name  of  the  V'alley  Flour  Mills.  The  ca])acity  of  tlio  plant  is  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  barrels  and  the  business  is  carried  on  at  Ninth  and  \aii  Bureii  streets.  They 
also  have  a  large  warehouse  one  hundred  and  fifty  by  one  hundred  and  fiftj'  feet  which  is 
unsurpassed  in  Arizona  in  construction,  having  a  cenu'nt  lloor,  iron  roof  and  other  features 
which  make  it  the  foremost  institution  of  this  kind  in  the  state.  The  company  manufac- 
tures what  is  known  as  Daisy  flour,  made  of  native  wheat,  and  another  fiour  put  ui)on  the 
marki<  under  the  name  of  the  Perfect  brand,  made  from  a  l)len(k'd  wheat.  Another  of  their 
products  is  the  Blue  Ribbon  flour  made  of  Kansas  hard  wheat.  The  "hun\  of  inthistry"  eon- 
stan,tly  heard  in  the  plant  of  the  Valley  Flour  Mills  indicates  the  continued  growtli  of  the 
business,  which  now  has  assumed  extensive  and  gratifying  proportions,  bringing  a  substan- 
tial financial  return  to  the  members  of  the  firm.  E.  Viault  serves  as  president,  but  leaves 
the  active  management  of  the  mill  to  his  children.  The  present  olHcers  are:  E.  \'iault, 
president;  Frank  Viault,  vice  president;   and  R.  V.  Naylon,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

E.  Viault,  a  native  of  Frjince,  was  born  in  1 854  and  in  young  manhood  came  to  the 
United  States,  settling  first  in  Minnesota.  He  arrived  in  Arizona  in  189'i  ami  becanu'  con- 
nected with  the  manufacture  of  flour  as  an  employe  in  the  Capital  Mills  at  Phoenix.  Since 
tlicn  the  name  of  Viault  has  been  associated  witli  the  numufacture  of  (lour  in  this  city  and 
has  become  a  synonym  for  excellence  of  quality  in  manufacture  and  for  reliability. 


TALMA  E.  POMEROY. 


Talma  E.  Pomeroy  was  one  of  the  first  successful  real-estate  and  insurance  men  of 
Mesa,  where  he  has  succeeded  in  building  uj)  a  large  and  prosperous  business.  He  was 
born  in  Salt  Lake  City  on  the  6th  of  May,  1863,  and  is  a  son  of  Francis  M.  and  Sarah  M. 
Pomeroy.  The  father  was  one  of  tlie  early  settlers  of  Utah,  nuiking  liis  home  in  that  state 
in  1847.  He  was  one  of  the  first  company,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  forty-three  men, 
three  women  and  two  children  made  up  by  Brigham  Young  to  pioneer  the  roadway  across 
the  Rocky  Mountains  to  the  Salt  Lake  valley.  By  trade  he  was  a  mechanic  and  mill  builder 
and  he  also  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  to  good  purpose.  In  1864  lu'  went  to  Boar 
Lake,  Idaho,  and  in  February,  1878,  came  to  Arizona.  Here  he  took  up  ranching.  He  came 
with  four  others  who  were  selected  to  find  a  site  for  a  Mormon  settlement.  He  lived  in 
this  state  until  his  death,  becoming  one  of  its  substantial  and  [iromiiicnt  citizens.  His  wife 
survives  him.     In  their  family  were  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 

Talma  E.  Pomeroy  attended  the  public  schools  of  Idaho  and  later  assisted   liis   father 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  531 

with  the  ranch  work.  In  conjunction  with  his  brother,  W.  E.,  he  organized  and  established 
the  first  real  estate  and  insurance  office  in  Mesa  in  1887.  The  brotlier  is  now  in  Mexico  but 
Mr.  Pomeroy  of  this  review  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in  Mesa 
except  for  such  times  as  he  has  been  out  of  the  state.  He  has  been  connected  with  the 
New  York  Life  Insurance  Company  for  a  period  of  twelve  years,  for  five  years  of  which 
time  he  was  their  agency  director  in  the  republic  of  Mexico.  He  also  held  an  insurance 
position  in  Phoenix  for  some  time.  Of  late  years,  however,  he  has  been  a  permanent  resident 
of  Mesa,  where  he  now  handles  a  large  volume  of  business  as  agency  director  for  beneficial 
life  insurance  companies  in  Arizona.  He  is  also  considered  one  of  the  best  authorities  on 
real  estate  values.  He  is  fair  in  his  dealings  and  careful  of  the  interests  of  his  customers 
and  has  succeeded  in  establishing  a  most  prosperous  insurance  business. 

In  1886  Mr.  Pomeroy  wedded  Miss  Sarah  M.  Johnson,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Franklin 
Johnson,  deceased,  of  whom  more  extended  mention  is  made  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Pomeroy  have  two  sons  and  four  daughters.     Another  child  has  passed  away. 

Mr.  Pomeroy  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  military  allairs  and  for  the  past  four- 
teen years  has  been  identified  with  the  National  Guard  of  the  state.  He  was  captain 
of  Company  K — the  first  company  to  be  organized  in  Mesa — later  was  captain  of  Company 
D,  and  for  two  and  a  half  years  was  major  of  the  Second  Battalion.  He  is  now  chief  recruit- 
ing officer  of  Arizona.  His  splendid  qualities  have  gained  him  a  prominent  position  in 
business  life  and  his  honest  principles  have  won  him  the  goodwill  and  confidence  of  business 
associates.  He  is  socially  popular,  has  many  friends  and  stands  high  in  th^  estimation  of 
the  general  public. 


CHARLES  F.  WEBER. 


Charles  F.  Weber,  the  proprietor  of  the  Union  Market,  has  for  thirty  years  been  iden- 
tified with  the  commercial  interests  of  Tucson.  He  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  on  the 
5th  of  September,  1865,  and  is  a  son  of  William  F.  and  Caroline  M.  Weber,  both  natives  of 
Germany.  They  came  to  the  United  States  when  young  people  and  settled  in  St.  Louis. 
The  father  was  a  butcher  by  trade. 

In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  Charles  F.  Weber  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city  until  he  was  a  youth  of  thirteen  years.  He  then  laid  aside  his  textbooks 
and  went  to  work  in  the  Laux  Packing  House,  where  he  learned  the  butcher's  trade.  He 
subsequently  entered  the  employ  of  his  father,  a  wholesale  meat  dealer  of  St.  Louis,  in 
which  city  he  continued  to  reside  until  December  31,  1879.  He  then  went  to  Pueblo,  Colo- 
rado, where  he  worked  at  the  butcher's  trade  until  1885,  which  year  witnessed  his  arrival 
in  Tucson,  where  he  has  since  been  located.  Here  he  was  first  employed  by  his  uncle  for 
twenty-five  years  and  then  purchased  the  business,  being  now  the  proprietor  of  the  Union 
Market,  which  he  is  conducting  with  excellent  success. 

Mr.  Weber  was  married  in  1910  to  Mrs.  Helen  (Hartten)  Young,  a  widow  with  three 
sons:  Walter  E.,  Louis  E.  and  Carl  H.  Jlrs.  Weber  was  born  in  Illinois  and  came  to 
Tucson  in  1905.  Mr.  Weber's  fraternal  relations  arc  confined  to  his  membership  in  the 
Red  Men.  He  is  an  industrious  man  of  honest  business  methods  and  in  the  development  of 
his  interests  is  meeting  with  tlie  success  which  invariably  rewards  earnest  and  persistent 
effort. 

I 


PHOENIX  FLOUR  MILLS. 


One  of  the  important  productive  industries  of  the  capital  city  is  the  flour  manufacturing 
plant  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Phoenix  Flour  Mills,  successors  to  the  Phoenix  Steam 
Flouring  Mills.  The  business  was  established  in  the  '80s  by  J.  Y.  T.  Smith,  who  in  1899  sold 
to  the  company  now  operating  under  the  name  of  the  Phoenix  Flour  Mills,  of  which  H.  M. 
Kennedy  is  the  president  and  W.  T.  Studer  the  secretary  and  treasurer.     There  is  a  well 


532  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

equipped  plant,  supplied  with  tlie  latest  improved  macliinery  and  everything  necessary  to 
produce  a  high  grade  and  fine  quality  of  flour.  The  mills  have  a  capacity  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  barrels  per  day,  and  their  product  is  placed  upon  the  market  under  the 
name  of  the  "Arizona  Star,"  "Ruby"  and  "White  Loaf"  brands.  They  have  a  warehouse 
one  hundred  and  thirty  by  one  hundred  and  forty-seven  feet  in  which  to  store  the  grain 
and  the  finished  product.  They  employ  the  latest  improved  processes  of  manufacture  and 
their  diflercnt  brands  are  of  such  quality  and  excellence  as  to  insure  a  ready  sale  upon  the 
market. 

Mr.  Kennedy,  the  president  of  the  company,  came  to  Arizona  in  1891  and  was  associated 
with  the  Capitol  Mills  until  he  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Phoenix  Flour  Mills. 
His  partner,  Mr.  Studer,  a  native  of  Topeka,  Kansas,  was  for  some  years  engaged  in  the 
grain  trade  in  Kansas  City  and  in  February,  1908,  came  to  Phoenix,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Phoenix  Flour  Mills,  of  which  he  later  became  one  of  the  proprietors.  The 
owners  are  well  known,  enterprising  and  energetic  business  men,  thoroughly  conversant  with 
the  trade  in  principle  and  detail,  and  their  capable  management  is  evidenced  in  the  success 
whicli  has  attended  the  undertaking. 


B.  F.  CRAWFORD. 


Among  the  prominent  and  substantial  business  men  of  Globe  is  numbered  B.  F.  Craw- 
ford, who  came  to  Arizona  before  the  year  1873.  His  residence  here  has  covered  the  period 
of  the  state's  growth  and  progress,  and  in  the  work  of  improvement  he  has  borne  his  full 
share  as  the  years  have  gone  by.  His  career  has  not  been  without  its  obstacles  and  reverses 
but  these  have  been  faced  with  confidence  and  courage  so  tliat  he  stands  today  among  the 
successful  men  of  Globe  and  among  the  honored  Arizona  pioneers. 

Mr.  Crawford  was  born  in  Shelby  county,  Missouri,  September  23,  1851,  and  is  a  son 
of  Joseph  A.  and  Emily  Crawford,  natives  of  Virginia.  Their  marriage  occurred  in  that 
state  and  two  of  their  children  wcie  born  tliere  b\it  thoy  later  removed  to  Missouri,  settling 
in  Shelbyville,  Shelby  county,  among  the  earliest  residents.  The  father  bought  land  there 
and  divided  liis  attention  between  farming  and  work  as  a  wheelwright,  aceunuilating  during 
his  lifetime  a  considerable  fortune.  In  the  family  were  twelve  children,  five  of  whom  are 
still  living,  namely:  Jane,  the  widow  of  John  Highland,  of  Kansas  City;  Mary,  the  widow 
of  Stivend  Hager,  of  Topeka,  Kansas;  Thomas  B.  and  Williiim,  of  Shelby  county,  Missouri; 
and  B.  F.,  of  this  review.  The  deceased  members  are  Virginia,  Elizabeth,  Emily,  Sarah, 
Alice,  Joseph  and  William,  who  died  in  infancy. 

B.  F.  Crawford  acquired  a  limited  education  in  the  public  schools  in  Missouri  and  at  the 
early  age  of  ten  years  was  brought  to  a  realization  of  the  meaning  of  war  and  its  effects 
by  seeing  his  three  brothers  march  to  the  front,  one  in  defense  of  the  Union  and  two  as 
privates  in  the  army  of  the  Confederacy.  He  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  made  his  home  until 
he  was  nineteen  years  of  age,  after  which  he  removed  to  Texas,  settling  at  Granbury.  He 
afterward  built  the  first  store  at  Sipe  Springs,  Texas,  trading  men's  furnishings  for 
cuttle.     He  continued   in  that  occupation   for  a   few   years,   finally   removing  to   California. 

After  a  short  time  Mr.  Crawford  came  to  Arizona,  settling  first  in  Yuma,  then  in 
Phoenix  and  finally  in  Globe,  where  he  took  up  his  residence  in  1873  in  pioneer  times,  when 
the  town  had  barely  been  founded.  He  remained  in  this  vicinity  for  some  time  and  then 
returned  to  Phoenix,  entering  the  employ  of  Joe  Radondo,  a  rancher.  He  worked  as  ranch 
foreman  for  five  years  and  then  engaged  in  furnishing  beef  to  the  Indians,  later  again  taking 
up  Ills  residence  in  Globe.  There  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Captain  James  Wiley  in  the 
butcher  business  and,  having  afterward  purchased  his  associate's  interest,  conducted  the 
enterprise  alone  for  a  short  time.  He  abandoned  this  in  order  to  form  a  connection  with 
Thomas  Smith  and  together  they  opened  the  first  ten  pin  alley  and  billiard  hall  in  Globe. 
After  managing  this  concern  for  a  short  time  Mr.  Crawford  engaged  in  the  blacksmith  and 
livery  business  with  Aleck  Graydon  and  their  association  continued  until  all  of  their 
property  was  destroyed  in  the  flood  of  1891. 

Having   suffered   serious   loss,   Mr.   Crawford   then   removed   to   the    Salt   River    valley, 


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purchased  a  squatter's  right  and  turned  his  attention  to  farming.  He  spent  several  thousand 
dollars  building  irrigation  ditches  and  making  general  improvements  and  had  his  property  in 
excellent  condition  when  the  floods  again  descended  into  the  valley,  destroying  all  of  his 
crops  and  buildings.  After  this  he  sold  his  ranching  interests  and  traveled  throughout  the 
west  and  soutliwest,  searching  for  a  suitable  business  opening.  He  spent  a  short  period  in 
Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Me.xico  but  Anally  located  in  Plioenix,  where  he  spent  some 
time  hauling  grain  to  the  Indians.  Afterward  he  went  to  Flagstaff  and  engaged  in  railroad 
construction  for  a  short  time,  eventually  going  to  Tonto,  where  he  had  charge  of  the 
general  store  and  postottice  for  a  number  of  years.  He  next  turned  his  attention  to  ranching, 
operating  a  small  farm  and  also  furnishing  beef  to  the  soldiers  at  San  Carlos  under  con- 
tract with  the  government.  After  several  years  he  sold  his  ranch  and  returned  to  Globe, 
where  he  has  since  remained.  Mr.  Crawford  has  made  his  home  in  this  city  at  various 
times  and,  although  his  residence  there  has  not  been  continuous,  his  work  has  affected 
in  a  vital  and  material  way  the  general  progress  of  the  community.  He  has  erected  fifty 
or  sixty  buildings  there  and  a  number  of  residences,  some  of  which  he  still  owns.  He  built 
the  Mountain  View  Hotel  and  conducted  it  for  a  sliort  time,  and  many  other  substantial 
business  institutions  in  the  city  owe  their  foundation  and  development  to  his  executive 
ability.  In  addition  to  his  interests  in  Globe  he  owns  stock  in  the  steam  laundry  at 
Miami  and  in  the  Powers  Gulch  Mines  &  Development  Company,  whose  claims  are  located 
eighteen  miles  west  of  that  city.  He  is  also  the  proprietor  of  some  excellent  residence  prop- 
erty in  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  El  Paso,  Texas;  and  in  Winkelman,  Arizona.  All  of  his 
business  interests  are  carefully  and  capably  conducted,  for  Mr.  Crawford  is  a  farsighted, 
progressive  and  reliable  business  man,  possessed  of  the  true  initiative  spirit  and  the  power 
of  carrying  forward   to   successful  completion   whatever  he  undertakes. 

In  1880  Mr.  Crawford  manied  Miss  Cordelia  Adams,  who  was  born  in  Lampasas,  Texas, 
and  came  to  Arizona  with  her  parents  when  she  was  two  years  of  age.  The  family  settled 
at  Phoenix  and  lived  there  for  two  years,  after  which  they  removed  to  California.  There 
the  father  engaged  in  farming  for  a  short  time  but  returned  to  Arizona  in  1878  and  settled 
in  Globe.  He  lived  in  the  territory  until  his  death,  passing  away  at  Yuma  when  he  was 
about  ninety  years  of  age.  The  mother  died  in  Phoenix,  also  at  the  age  of  ninety.  In  their 
family  were  six  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living:  Mrs.  Johnson,  of  California;  A.  J., 
who  lives  in  Phoenix;  J.  D.,  who  is  serving  as  sheriff  of  Phoenix;  Cordelia,  no^y  Mrs.  Craw- 
ford; and  Texas  Hill,  who  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Plioenix  and  now  makes  her 
home  in  California.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crawford  have  three  children:  Nona,  who  was  born 
August  4,  1881,  and  married  P.  E.  Johnson;  Oran  S.,  who  was  born  March  14,  1884,  and 
died  in  June,  1895;  and  Emily,  who  was  born  November  14,  1886,  and  married  Charles 
M.  McLaughlin,  of  Miami. 

Mr.  Crawford's  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Fraternally  he 
is  connected  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  is  liberal  in  his  political  views,  supporting 
men  and  measures  rather  than  parties.  For  over  forty  years  he  has  lived  in  Arizona  and 
is  one  of  the  few  who  have  so  long  witnessed  its  growth  and  development.  Through  the 
years  he  has  borne  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  upbuilding,  giving  active  and  hearty  support 
to  measures  for  the  public  welfare,  and  he  stands  today  among  the  honored  citizens  of 
Globe. 


MATTHEW  F.  SHAW,  Sb. 


Matthew  F.  Shaw,  Sr.,  a  resident  of  Tucson  who  is  identified  with  the  mining  interests 
of  Mexico  and  is  also  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  in  Arizona,  was  born  in  North  Carolina, 
August  31,  1858.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  that  state,  making  his  home  there  until 
he  attained  his  majority.  In  1879  he  went  to  Texas,  where  he  remained  until  the  summer 
of  1881,  at  which  time  he  came  to  Tucson,  having  since  been  a  resident  of  Arizona.  He  was 
first  engaged  in  mining  in  the  Silver  Bell  district  but  in  1882  became  connected  with  a  large 
cattle  company  which  had  a  contract  with  the  United  States  government  to  supply  meat  to 
the  Indians   on   the   San   Carlos   reservation.     He   was   connected    with   that   enterprise   for 

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three  years  and  subsequently  engaged  in  teaming  between  Tucson  and  the  mines.  Having 
some  trouble  with  the  Indians,  he  then  gave  up  freighting  and  served  as  deputy  sheriff  of 
Pima  county  under  his  brother,  E.  O.  Shaw,  until  the  latter's  death.  He  was  appointed  to 
fill  out  the  unexpired  term  and  at  its  end  was  elected  to  the  same  office  for  a  term  of  two 
years,  serving  in  1889  and  1890.  He  next  went  to  Yuma,  where  he  was  assistant  superin- 
tendent at  the  state  prison,  being  appointed  by  Governor  L.  C.  Hughes.  At  the  death  of 
the  superintendent,  Thomas  Gates,  he  was  made  superintendent  and  served  as  such  until 
Governor  Hughes  resigned.  Returning  to  Tucson,  he  has  since  engaged  in  mining  in  Mexico 
and  devoted  considerable  attention  to  the  cattle  business  in  this  state. 

In  1893  Mr.  Shaw  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  A.  Smith,  a  native  of  Arizona 
and  a  daughter  of  Lyman  A.  and  Isabelle  (Ballesteros)  Smith,  who  were  pioneers  of  this 
state,  having  located  in  Yuma  in  1860.  Mr.  Smith  became  a  prosperous  and  well  known 
citizen  of  Arizona  and  bore  an  active  part  in  the  development  of  the  state  until  his  death  in 
1909.  His  widow  now  lives  on  a  ranch  between  Tucson  and  Nogales.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shaw 
have  two  sons,  Eugene  0.  and  Matthew  F.,  Jr. 

In  matters  of  citizenship  Mr.  Shaw  is  enterprising  and  progressive  and  he  gives  his 
political  support  to  the  democratic  party,  in  the  work  of  which  he  takes  an  active  interest. 
He  served  as  assistant  chief  of  police  in  Tucspn  during  the  years  1913  and  1914  and  the 
following  year  was  appointed  by  Sheriff  A.  W.  Forbus  as  deputy  sheriff,  which  office  he 
now  holds.  He  is  a  man  of  good  principles  and  reliable  business  methods  whose  transac- 
tions are  conducted  in  a  straightforward  manner,  and  he  enjoys  the  respect  and  goodwill  of 
his  fellow  townsmen. 


SAMUEL  Y.  BARKLEY. 


Samuel  Y.  Barkley,  a  well  known  resident  of  Tucson,  was  born  in  Wilson  county, 
Tennessee,  on  the  26th  of  April,  1866.  He  was  reared  in  Dyer  county,  that  state,  until  he 
liad  attained  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  when  he  went  to  Johnson  county,  Texas.  There  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  also  attended  school,  following  which  he  taught  for  a  year  in  that 
state.  Soon  after  attaining  his  majority  he  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  settled  in  the 
Salt  River  valley  near  Mesa.  Subsequently  he  read  law  in  the  office  of  Cox,  Street  &  Williams 
in  Phoenix.  In  1895  he  came  to  Tucson  and  engaged  in  the  livery  and  staging  business 
imtil  1902,  when  he  disposed  of  it.  The  same  year  he  became  associated  with  Mr.  Beck 
in  the  establishment  of  a  transfer  line  under  the  firm  name  of  the  Beck  &  Barkley  Transfer 
Company.  Four  years  later,  in  1906,  he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  this  enterprise  and  the 
next  year  embarked  in  the  hay  and  grain  business  with  Mr.  Zipf,  under  the  name  of  the 
Tucson  Hay  &  Grain  Company.  In  1914  lie  disposed  of  that  business  and  has  since  given 
his  attention  to  the  development  of  what  is  now  known  as  the  Tanque  Verde  ranch, 
fourteen  miles  east  of  Tucson.  It  comprises  five  hundred  and  forty  acres  and  he  now  has 
one  hundred  and  ninety  acres  irrigated  and  is  still  devoting  his  attention  to  its  development 
and  the  raising  of  horses,  cattle  and  hogs. 

At  Tempe,  Arizona,  Mr.  Barkley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nannie  A.  Howard,  a 
native  of  Collin  county,  Texas,  and  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Nancy  E.  (Wilson)  Howard. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barkley  have  been  born  four  children :  Bessie  J.,  who  was  graduated  from 
the  State  University  of  Arizona  in  1915  and  is  now  a  teacher  in  the  English  de|)artnient  of 
the  Tempe  high  school;  Velina  E.,  who  was  graduated  from  the  State  Normal  School  in 
1915  and  is  now  a  teacher  in  the  receiving  grade  at  Tucson;  Huward  T.,  who  is  attending 
school;  and  Madge  Louise.  < 

Mr.  Barkley  is  a  prominent  member  and  an  elder  in  the  Trinity  Presbyterian  church  of 
Tucson  and  represented  the  presbytery  in  the  general  assembly  held  at  Chicago  in  1914. 
Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
He  votes  the  democratic  ticket  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  first 
entered  the  political  field  in  1914,  when  he  was  a  candidate  for  assessor  of  Maricopa  county. 
In  1900  he  was  elected  to  the  twenty-first  territorial  legislature  from  Pima  county  and 
the  next  year  represented  his  ward  in  the  city  council  of  Tucson,  of  which  body  he  was 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  537 

afterward  a  member,  having  been  appointed  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  Mr.  Christen- 
son.  He  was  appointed  by  State  Land  CommissioTier  W.  A.  Moeur,  on  the  board  of  state 
land  appraisers,  which  convened  September  1,  1915.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Southern 
Arizona  Fair  Association.  Public  spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship,  honorable  and  upright 
in  business  afTairs  and  trustworthy  in  all  the  relations  of  life,  Mr.  Barkley  enjoys  the 
respect  of  his  associates  and  fellow  townsmen. 


GENERAL  ARCHIBALD  J.  SAMPSON. 

Among  the  able  and  distinguished  men,  who  have  been  leaders  in  public,  professional 
or  business  life  and  wliose  personal  advancement  lias  intluenced  and  directed  the  advancement 
of  the  country,  stands  General  Archibald  J.  Sampson,  soldier,  statesman  and  diplomat, 
now  living  retired  in  Phoenix,  Arizona,  whose  career  has  steadily  progressed  through  many 
distinguished  and  worthy  years  to  honor  and  prosperity  and  to  the  success  which  lies  in 
great  accomplishment. 

The  General  was  born  in  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  June  21,  1839,  and  was  there  reared 
and  educated,  his  childhood  being  spent  amid  pioneer  conditions.  He  acquired  his  early 
education  in  an  old  log  cabin  school  and  later  attended  an  academy  at  New  Hagerstown, 
Ohio,  supplementing  this  by  a  course  in  Mount  Union  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  This  institution  later  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary 
degree  of  LL.  D. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war,  his  patriotism  and  loyalty  aroused.  General  Sampson 
enlisted  in  the  Forty-third  Ohio  Regiment,  but  later  served  in  the  Twenty-seventh  United 
States  and  remained  in  the  army  until  the  close  of  hostilities,  being  discharged  with  the 
rank  of  captain  in  April,  1865.  After  he  was  mustered  out  he  returned  to  Ohio  and  com- 
pleted his  legal  studies,  which  he  had  begun  before  the  outbreak  of  hostilities.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Sedalia,  Missouri,  his  ability 
commanding  immediate  success  and  drawing  him  forward  into  important  relations  with 
public  life.  He  became  city  attorney  and  then  district  attorney  in  Missouri  and  served 
ably  in  the  latter  office  until  1872,  when  he  removed  to  Canyon  City,  Colorado.  There 
through  tlie  office  of  county  attorney  he  rose  to  the  position  of  attorney  general  of  the  state 
in  1876  and  afterward  each  year  brought  him  new  honors  and  public  distinctions.  In  1889 
President  Benjamin  F.  Harrison  appointed  him  American  consul  to  Mexico  and  he  lived  in 
that  country  five  years,  representing  his  government  with  ability  and  true  dignity.  He 
first  took  up  his  residence  in  Arizona  in  1893,  when  he  purchased  property  and  built  a 
home  in  Phoenix,  where  he  remained  until  1897.  That  year  brought  him  new  honors  for 
President  Melvinley  appointed  him  envoy  and  minister  to  Ecuador,  he  being  the  second  man 
ever  appointed  to  the  diplomatic  service  from  a  territory.  The  ten  years  of  his  service 
were  marked  by  farsighted,  able  and  discriminating  activity,  dominated  always  by  a  com- 
prehension of  the  true  purposes  of  government,  an  ability  to  determine  fine  questions  of 
intermitional  policy  and  the  dignified  and  impartial  work  of  a  real  statesman. 

Returning  to  Phoenix  with  a  distinguished  record.  General  Sampson  has  since  made 
his  home  here,  lending  the  weight  of  his  influence  to  progressive  public  measures  and  cooper- 
ating heartily  in  all  work  of  advancement,  reform  and  progress.  He  is  interested  in  ranching 
and  mining  in  this  state  and  is  a  central  figure  in  business  circles  of  Phoenix,  being  a 
director  on  the  Board  of  Trade  and  otherwise  connected  with  important  business  interests. 
He  was  honorary  vice  president  of  the  Panama  Pacific  International  Exposition  for  the  state 
of  Arizona  and  is  prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  being  past  eminent  commander  of  the 
Knights  Templar  of  Phoenix,  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Legion  and  past  department  com- 
mander of  the  Arizona  department  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  is  ex-president 
of  the  Phoenix  Chamber  of  Commerce,  having  served  from  1895  to  1896. 

General  Sampson  has  been  twice  married.  In  1866  he  wedded  Miss  Kate  I.  Turner, 
a  native  of  Ohio,  and  to  their  union  were  born  three  children:  Mrs.  Fenno  T.  Osgood,  of 
San  Dii'go,  California;  Mrs.  F.  M.  Livermore,  of  Yuma,  Arizona;  and  Anderson  .!.,  auditor 
and  assistant  general  manager  of  the  Stark  Electric  Railroad  of  Alliance,  Ohio.     After  the 


538  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

dfiith  of  liis  first  wife  General  Sampson  was  married  in  1891  to  Mrs.  Frances  S.  Wood,  a 
resident  of  Joliet,  Illinois,  but  a  native  of  Ohio.  General  and  Mrs.  Sampson  are  well  known 
in  social  circles  of  Pliocnix,  being  people  of  culture,  refinement  and  education.  They  have 
been  extensive  travelers  and  have  journeyed  throughout  twenty-four  different  countries, 
covering  for  twenty-four  years  an  average  of  over  ten  thousand  miles.  General  Sampson 
is  a  man  of  action,  whose  present  distinction  is  entirely  the  result  of  what  he  has  accom- 
plished. He  has  known  the  hardships  of  war,  the  rewards  and  compensations  of  work 
well  done  and  the  honors  of  public  service,  and  today  counts  his  truest  reward  in  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  his  friends  and  in  his  reputation  as  a  courteous  gentleman  and  a  valorous 
soldier.  Few  men  at  fifty  years  of  age  are  more  active  than  he  or  more  interested  in  social 
and  business  life. 


I.  M.  GEORGE. 


I.  M.  George,  well  known  in  mercantile  circles  of  Kingman  as  the  proprietor  of  the 
leading  meat  market  in  the  city,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1871  and  in  tliat  state 
acipiired  a  public  school  education.  He  came  to  Arizona  in  1895,  settling  first  in  Cedar, 
wlience  tluee  years  afterward  he  came  to  Kingman.  Here  he  becanu'  identified  witli  the 
Cedar  Valley  Gold  &  Silver  Mining  Company,  working  in  tlieir  interests  until  1898.  He  was 
then  engaged  in  the  men's  furnishing  and  shoe  business  in  1904,  wlien  he  purchased  his 
present  meat  market  from  Jolin  Crozier,  who  had  bought  it  from  its  founder,  .John  Phelan. 
Since  assuming  control  Mr.  George  has  entirely  remodeled  tlie  building  and  installed  new 
fixtures,  making  it  up-to-date  in  every  particular  and  one  of  the  finest  establishments  of 
its  kind  in  that  part  of  Moliave  county.  In  connection  with  it  lie  owns  his  slaughter- 
liouse  and  lias  a  stock  ranch  in  tlio  vicinity  of  the  city,  upon  wliich  lie  raises  his  own  cattle. 
A  liberal  and  representative  ])atronage  lifts  been  accorded  to  him,  for  he  carries  an  excellent 
class  of  meats  and  is  always  courteous  and  competent  in  meeting  the  desires  of  his  cus- 
tomers. 

In  1897  Mr.  George  married  Miss  Anna  T.  Jolinson,  of  Atlantic  City,  New  Jersey,  and 
they  have  three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  one  boy  and  one  girl  being  twins.  Fra- 
ternally Mr.  George  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  He  is  one 
of  the  successful  merchants  of  Kingman,  exemplifying  in  his  business  career  the  modern 
methods  and  the  spirit  of  progress  which  are  revolutionizing  trade  interests  in  the  city.  He 
is  well  and  favorably  known,  his  many  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  character  classing  him 
with  the  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial  worth  in  the  community  where  he  resides. 


HON.  JOHN  H.  CAMPBELL. 


Hon.  John  H.  Campbell,  who  from  1905  to  1912,  when  Arizona  became  a  state,  served 
as  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona  and  of  the  United  States  district  and 
county  courts,  with  headquarters  in  Tucson,  was  born  in  Tuscola,  Illinois,  September  19, 
1868.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  city  schools,  which  he  attended  until  he  was  twenty 
years  of  age,  and  in  1887  he  went  to  Washington,  0.  C,  where  he  became  a  clerk  in  the 
United  States  treasury  department.  He  held  that  position  until  1894  but  in  the  meantime 
studied  law  in  Columbia  University,  graduating  from  that  institution  with  the  degree  ot 
LL.  B.  in  1891  and  receiving  his  LL.  M.  degree  in  the  following  year.  In  1893  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  he  gradually  advanced  in  his  profession 
to  a  foremost  place  in  the  ranks  of  the  legal  fraternity,  for  he  possessed  the  ability  to 
cope  with  intricate  legal  problems.  In  1894  he  was  transferred  to  the  law  department  of  the 
<lcpartment  of.  justice,  with  general  oflices  in  Washington,  and  was  made  attorney  in  charge 
of  pardons  and  also  a  member  of  the  examining  board. 

Mr.  Campbell  held  that   position   until   1901,  when   he  came  to   Tucson,   where   he   has 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  539 

since  gained  a  prominent  and  distinguished  place  among  tlie  members  of  the  Arizona  bencli 
and  bar.  He  formed  a  partnership  with  Roscoe  Dale  in  October,  1901,  and  they  engaged 
successfully  in  the  general  practice  of  law  until  Mr.  Campbell  was  appointed  assistant 
United  States  attorney  for  Arizon.a.  AVhen  his  term  of  office  e.xpired  he  associated  himself 
with  former  Supreme  Justice  F.  S.  Nave  under  the  firm  name  of  Nave  &  Campbell  and 
opened  another  office  in  Tucson.  Witli  a  mind  natuially  logical  and  inductive  in  its  reason- 
ing and  analytical  in  its  tendencies,  Mr.  Campbell  has  never  feared  tlie  arduous  labor  which 
is  so  necessary  in  the  preparation  of  cases  for  the  courts,  while  in  the  presentation  of  his 
arguments  he  always  displays  the  soundest  reasoning,  together  with  utmost  accuracy  in  the 
application  of  legal  principles  to  the  points  at  issue.  He  was  called  to  the  bench  of  the 
supreme  court  in  March,  1905,  when  he  was  appointed  associate  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Arizona  and  of  the  United  States  district  and  county  courts.  He  served  until 
Febniarj',  1912,  and  made  an  exceptional  record  by  his  energy,  impartiality  and  sincerity  of 
purpose.  He  was  one  of  the  last  associate  justices  under  the  territorial  government,  going 
out  of  office  when  Arizona  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  During  his  incumbency  lie  vinilicateil 
the  highest  expectations  of  his  friends,  giving  proof  of  the  fact  that  he  possessc;!  a  judicial 
mind  and  by  his  dignity,  sincerity  and  conscientiousness  proving  an  able  .minister  in  the 
temple  of  justice. 

Mr.  Campbell  was  married  April  15,  1890,  to  Miss  EstcUe  Freet,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, who  died  in  October,  1910,  leaving  three  children,  William,  Helen  and  Ruth.  Frater- 
nally Mr.  Campbell  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  past  grand  chancellor 
of  Arizona.  He  has  now  resumed  the  general  practice  of  law  and  his  analytical  mind,  untir- 
ing energy  and  strong  purpose  have  already  gained  him  a  success  equal  to  that  which  he 
won  upon  tlie  bench. 


G.  M.  ALLISON. 


In  Globe  the  name  of  G.  M.  Allison  stands  for  reliability  in  business,  loyalty  in  citizen- 
ship and  faithfulness  to  all  the  obligations  of  life,  for  since  1881.  when  he  ciimc  to  the  city, 
he  has  been  closely  identit'ed  with  its  growth  and  development,  ptomoting  these  through 
his  well  directed  business  activity  and  his  honorable  and  faithful  service  in  the  various 
■  positions  of  responsibility  and  trust  to  whicli  he  has  been  elected  by  his  fellow  citizens. 
He  is  now  living  in  practical  retirement,  although  he  is  conducting  a  small  fire  insurance 
business  and  gives  careful  supervision  to  the  various  interests  with  which  he  has  become 
connected  through  his  judicious  investments. 

Mr.  Allison  was  born  in  California  in  1861  and  is  a  representative  of  one  of  the  pioneer 
families  of  that  state,  his  parents,  Thomas  and  Sarah  Allison,  having  crossed  the  plains 
with  an  ox  team  in  1852  and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Sacranu>nto.  There  they  remained 
for  five  years,  removing  in  1857  to  Lake  county,  where  the  father  built  the  first  Hour  mill 
in  that  section  of  the  state.  For  fifteen  years  he  successfully  operated  this  but  it  was  finally 
destroyed  by  fire,  after  which  he  planted  an  apple  and  peach  orchard — the  first  in  Lake 
county — and  gave  his  entire  attention  to  its  development  and  improvement  until  1881.  In 
that  year  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles  county  and  built  another  flour  mill  near  Downey,  but 
this  was  also  destroyed  by  fire  in  1887.  The  father  lived  only  one  year  thereafter,  dying 
when  he  was  seventy-four  years  of  age.  His  wife  survived  him  imtil  1904  and  was  seventy- 
nine  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her  death.  They  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  eight 
of  whom  are  still  living. 

G.  M.  Allison  was  reared  in  California  and  there  acquired  a  public  school  edxication 
He  learned  telegraphy  when  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  and  for  four  years  thereafter  fol- 
lowed that  occupation  in  his  native  state,  removing  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Globe, 
Arizona,  where  he  has  since  resided,  gaining  during  the  years  of  his  residence  here  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  For  some  years  he  continued  as  a  telegraph 
operator,  following  that  line  of  occupation  until  1904.  In  the  meantime,  however,  he 
became  prominent  and  active  in  public  affairs,  his  loyal  and  progressive  spirit  carrying  him 
forward   into    important    relations   with   county    politics.      From    1892    to    1894    he    served    as 


540  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

probate  judge  of  Gila  county  and  at  tlie  end  of  that, time  was  elected  county  recorder,  a 
position  in  which  he  served  with  credit  and  ability  for  two  terms.  He  was  for  five  years 
assistant  postmaster  of  Globe  and  from  1900  to  1307  served  as  postmaster.  Since  that  time 
he  has  lived  retired,  giving  his  attention  to  the  conduct  of  a  small  lire  insurance  business 
and  to  important  mining  interests  with  which  he  is  connected  in  Gila  and  Graham  counties. 
He  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  establishment  of  the  Miami  Town  Site  Company  and  has 
been  identified  with  other  important  development  work  in  Gila  county,  his  inlluence  being 
always  on  the  side  of  advancement  and  improvement. 

In  1883  Mr.  Allison  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hattio  Middleton,  a  native  of 
Nevada  and  a  daughter  of  William  and  Myra  Middleton,  the  former  born  in  Kentucky  and 
the  latter  in  Hlinois.  Her  father  was  a  i)ioueer  of  California,  having  sailed  around  the 
Horn  to  that  state  in  1849.  In  the  following  year  he  returned  to  Illinois,  where  iie  was 
married,  he  and  his  wife  coming  across  the  plains  in  1851.  They  settled  first  in  Oregon  but 
shortly  afterward  went  to  Siskiyou  county,  ('alifornia.  whence  three  years  later  they 
removed  to  Mendocino  county,  where  William  Middleton  conducted  a  blacksmith  shop  for  a 
number  of  years.  Coming  to  Arizona  in  1871,  he  settled  in  Tucson,  but  one  year  later 
removed  to  Tempe,  where  he  remained  five  years.  In  1876  he  purchased  a  ranch  twelve 
miles  north  of  Globe  and  upon  this  property,  which  was  known  as  the  Wheat  Fields,  he 
remained  for  three  years,_  eventually  moving  into  the  mountains,  where  he  purchased  a  large 
herd  of  cattle  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  stock  business.  This  was  in  pioneer  times 
in  Arizona  and  the  Indians  were  still  to  some  extent  hostile  to  the  early  settlers.  During 
an  uprising  which  occurred  about  this  time  they  attacked  Mr.  Michlleton's  ranch  and  an 
engagement  ensued,  Mrs.  Allison  having  a  lock  of  her  hair  shot  oil'  and  a  brother  receiving  a 
serious  bullet  wound  in  the  shoulder.  Two  neighbors,  assisting  the  family,  were  killed  and 
a  great  deal  of  damage  was  done  to  the  ranch  and  its  buildings.  After  this  Mr.  Middleton 
sold  his  home  and  removed  to  Globe,  which  he  nuide  his  headquarters  in  the  operation  of  a 
pack  train  across  the  country.  He  was  successful  in  that  work  and  later  bought  the  River- 
side stage  line,  which  he  operated  until  his  death  in  1891.  His  wife  s<irvives  him  and  makes 
her  home  in  Globe,  having  reached  the  age  of  eighty  years.  They  were  the  parents  of  eleven 
children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allison  have  three  children.  Wini- 
fred £.  was  graduated  from  the  Tempe  Normal  School  and  later  engaged  in  teaching  until 
she  married  Richard  .Johns,  a  resident  of  Globe.  Ix-ster  L.  ;,vas  graduated  from  the  Globe 
high  school  and  later  attended  the  University  of  California.  His  wife  was  in  her  maidenhood 
Miss  Ethel  Dennis,  of  Globe.  Marguerite  was  graduated  from  the  Globe  high  school  and 
later  studied  stenography  in  a  business  college.  She  is  now  the  wife  of  Richard  A.  Morris, 
of  Globe. 

Mr.  Allison  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  progressive  party  and  fraternally  is 
connected  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  the  Mystic  Circle  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
During  his  active  business  life  his  energy  was  untiring  and  it  was  through  his  zealous  appli- 
cation to  business  and  his  straightforward  dealing  that  he  is  now  able  to  retire,  maintaining 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens  and  enjoying  the  comforts  and  contentment 
of  a  well  spent  and  useful  life. 


J.  W.  WENTWORTH. 


.1.  W.  Wentworth  has  been  a  resident  of  Globe  since  1880  and  is  now  serving  with  credit 
and  ability  as  clerk  of  the  superior  court  of  (iila  county.  He  was  horn  in  California  in  18.'JS 
and  is  a  son  of  .John  and  Maria  (Cummings)  Wentworth,  the  former  of  whom  crossed  the 
plains  to  California  with  ox  teams  in  1851  and  estahlished  him.self  in  the  real  estate  business 
in  San  Francisco,  giving  all  of  his  attention  to  this  line  of  work  until  his  retirement.  He 
still  makes  his  home  in  that  city,  where  he  is  well  known  as  a  reliable  and  straightforward 
business  man  and  a  iniblic  spirited  citizen.  He  and  his  wife  became  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren:    J.  W.,  of  this  review;  and  George  A.,  an  attorney  in  San  Francisco. 

•T.  W.  Wentworth  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  C-alifornia  and  after  he 
lai.l  aside  his  text  books  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy,  remaining  in  this  service   for 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  543 

one  year  and  a  half.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Globe,  April 
14,  1880,  and  here  he  has  since  resided,  giving  his  attention  largely  to  mining,  prospecting 
and  smelting,  operating  at  times  mines  of  his  own.  He  has  been  very  successful,  his  hold- 
ings comprising  valuable  ore  properties  at  the  present  time.  In  addition  to  his  business 
interests  he  has  been  active  and  prominent  in  local  public  affairs  and  his  fellow  citizens  have 
honored  him  by  electing  him  to  various  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility,  including  those 
of  justice  of  the  peace,  district  attorney  and  probate  judge.  In  ]yi2  he  was  elected  chnk 
of  the  superior  court  of  Gila  county  and  he  holds  that  position  at  the  present  time,  liis 
record  in  office  reflecting  credit  upon  his  ability,  energy  and  public  spirit.  He  owns  a  fine 
home  in  Globe  and  other  valuable  real  estate,  and  liis  business  interests  are  conducted  in  a 
thoroughly  capable  and  discriminating  way. 

In  1890  Mr.  Wentworth  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Katherine  B.  Houston,  a  native 
of  California  and  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Houston,  of  Visalia,  that  state.  Both 
have  passed  away,  the  father  dying  in  1907  and  the  mother  in  1909.  Of  their  family  of 
nine  children  four  still  survive,  Mrs.  Wentworth  being  the  youngest.  She  and  her  hus- 
band became  the  parents  of  three  children:  Alene,  who  was  graduated  from  the  Globe  high 
school  and  is  now  the  wife  of  Robert  G.  Hussey,  a  ranchman  in  Payson,  Arizona;  Virginia, 
who  is  attending  school;  and  Katherine  Wiley,  aged  three. 

Mr.  Wentworth  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  fraternally 
is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  man  of  loyal  and  enter- 
prising spirit,  possessing  the  resolute  will  which  enables  him  to  carry  forward  to  successful 
completion  whatever  he  undertakes,  and  he  has,  therefore,  commanded  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  all  who  have  been  associated  with  him  during  the  thirty-six  years  he  has  resided  in 
Globe. 


MARIANO  G.  SAMANIEGO. 


With  events  which  shaped  the  history  of  Tucson,  Hon.  Mariano  G.  Samaniego  was  long 
associated  and  his  activities  proved  an  element  in  the  substantial  growth  and  development 
of  this  section  of  the  country.  He  belonged  to  that  class  of  citizens  of  Spanish  lineage  who 
did  so  much  for  the  establishment  and  development  of  the  territory  and  he  lived  to  garner 
in  the  fullness  of  time  the  ripe  harvest  of  his  labors,  becoming  one  of  the  substantial  resi- 
dents of  the  state. 

Mr.  Samaniego  was  born  in  the  state  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  July  26,  1844,  a  son  of  Bartolo 
and  Ysabel  Samaniego,  who  were  natives  of  Babispe  and  Fronteras,  Mexico,  respectively. 
The  paternal  grandfather,  Tiburcio  Samaniego,  was  also  born  in  Babispe  and  there  engaged 
in  stock-raising  and  in  merchandising.  He  owned  large  tracts  of  land  in  that  locality  and 
filled  the  oHice  of  magistrate.  He  also  served  as  counselor  for  the  Yaqui  and  Opata  Indians, 
being  their  trusted  friend  and  helpful  adviser.  The  family  to  which  he  belonged  was  one 
of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  in  Sonora. 

Bartolo  Samaniego  spent  his  active  life  in  the  management  and  development  of  his 
large  business  interests,  remaining  a  resident  of  Mexico  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
1850.  His  widow  afterward  removed  to  what  is  now  Mesilla,  New  Mexico,  where  she  and 
her  son  Mariano  conducted  a  store.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Pedro  Luna,  a  Sjianish 
soldier  who  was  born  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  died  in  New  Mexico.  The  death  of  Mrs. 
Samaniego  occurred  in  Tucson,  February  22,  1902. 

It  was  during  the  residence  of  the  family  at  Mesilla  that  Mariano  G.  Samaniego  was 
naturalized  by  the  terms  of  the  treaty  connected  with  the  Gadsden  purchase.  He  was 
associated  with  his  mother  in  the  conduct  of  a  store  there  for  some  time,  after  whicli  they 
removed  to  Albuquerque,  where  they  held  large  property  interests.  Later  they  became  resi- 
dents of  Tucson  and  both  mother  and  son  continued  their  residence  in  this  city  until  called 
to  their  final  rest.  M.  G.  Samaniego  was  accorded  most  liberal  educational  opportunities, 
as  it  was  the  desire  of  his  parents  that  he  should  be  qualified  to  fill  any  position  of  respon- 
sibility. Accordingly  he  was  sent  to  the  St.  Louis  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1862.     After  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  became  interpreter  for  the  Confederates 


544  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  Texas  Rangers  and  after  several  months  spent  in  that  connection  joined  his  mother  at 
Meailla,  New  Mexico,  and  became  an  active  factor  in  the  management  of  the  store  there.  In 
1864  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  work  of  freigliting  between  difTerent  posts,  also  making 
trips  as  far  cast  as  the  Missouri  river.  He  journeyed  by  wagon  to  Tucson  in  1869  and 
thereafter  continued  his  residence  in  that  city  until  his  demise.  He  was  accorded  a  number 
of  contracts  for  carrying  supplies  to  various  Arizona  forts,  but  in  1881  he  sold  all  of  these 
contracts  and  concentrated  his  energies  upon  the  business  of  cattle  raising,  which  he  con- 
ducted extensively  and  successfully  until  his  demise.  In  the  meantime  he  made  judicious 
and  extensive  investments  in  real  estate,  becoming  the  holder  of  large  property  interests. 
Among  his  ranches  was  the  Canada  Ora,  thirty  miles  nortli  of  Tucson,  near  Oracle.  He  was 
also  the  owner  of  the  Rillito  ranch,  six  miles  northeast  of  Tucson  at  the  foot  of  the  Santa 
Catalina  mountains.  His  real-estate  holdings  included  fifty  acres  in  and  adjoining  Tucson, 
together  with  other  city  property.  For  years  he  operated  tlie  stage  line  between  Tucson 
and  Oro  Blanco,  with  a  connection  to  Nogales,  and  he  also  had  the  mail  contract  to  Oro 
Blanco  and  Mammoth  and  from  Arivaca  and  La  Osa.  His  business  interests  brought  liim 
into  close  connection  with  the  development  of  the  country  and  he  witnessed  a  marvelous 
change  from  the  time  of  the  establishment  of  his  home  in  New  Mexico  until  his  death.  He 
cooperated  in  many  movements  for  tlie  general  good  and  through  a  long  period  was  accounted 
one  of  the  foremost  citizens. 

Mr.  Samaniego  was  married  at  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico,  to  Miss  Dolores  Aquirre,  who 
was  born  in  Chihualiua,  Mexico.  Her  brother,  E.  Aquirre,  at  one  time  conducted  the  most 
extensive  freighting  business  between  Colorado  and  the  Missouri  river,  but  he  was  killed 
by  the  Indians. 

Mr.  Samaniego  worked  most  earnestly  for  the  development  and  progress  of  this  state. 
While  born  on  foreign  soil,  he  displayed  the  utmost  loyalty  to  the  country  after  becoming 
an  American  citizen  and  his  labors  were  far-reaching  and  beneficial  along  the  line  of  Ari-- 
zona's  improvement.  Recognizing  how  great  wouldrbe  the  value  of  an  adequate  water  supply 
for  Tucson,  he  was  among  the  leaders  in  the  movement  to  supply  the  city  with  water  and 
owned  the  land  that  furnished  the  first  water  supply.  In  politics  he  was  recognized 
as  'one  of  the  democratic  leaders  of  Arizona.  He  served  as  the  first  assessor  of  Pima 
county  and  for  ten  years  was  a  member  of  its  board  of  supervisors,  acting  as  chairman 
during  his  last  term.  He  was  called  upon  for  still  more  important  official  duties,  however, 
for  Pima  county  chose  him  as  its  representative  in  the  eleventh,  thirteenth,  sixteenth  and 
eighteenth  territorial  assemblies,  during  which  he  labored  earnestly  and  ofttimes  success- 
fully to  promote  the  best  interests  of  the  territory.  He  became  one  of  the  first  to  espouse 
the  cause  of  the  State  University  and  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  its  board  of  regents 
and  for  a  time  acted  as  treasurer  of  the  institution.  Later  he  served  for  another  term  as 
regent.  In  the  organization  of  the  Spanish-American  alliance  he  was  warmly  interested 
and  in  1901  was  supreme  president  of  the  body.  He  served  for  several  terms  as  a  member 
of  the  city  council  of  Tucson  and  exercised  his  official  prerogatives  in  support  of  all  measures 
and  movements  that  he  deemed  of  municipal  benefit. 

Another  honor  came  to  Mr.  Samaniego  in  his  election  to  the  presidency  of  the  Arizona 
Pioneers'  Society,  which  position  he  occupied  for  two  terms.  There  was  no  feature  of 
pioneer  life  in  the  southwest  with  which  he  was  not  familiar  and  during  the  early  days  of 
his  residence  in  Arizona  he  faced  great  danger  as  well  as  difficulty,  for  the  Indians  ren- 
dered it  a  perilous  undertaking  to  establish  and  nuiintain  a  home  in  this  section  of  the 
country.  Their  hostility  continued  for  a  long  period  and  in  1885  they  made  a  raid  within 
fifteen  miles  of  Tucson  and  captured  a  boy  on  a  ranch.  When  this  news  reached  Mr. 
Samaniego  he  gathered  about  him  thirteen  men,  all  Mexicans  with  one  exception,  and  started 
in  pursuit.  They  cliased  the  Indiana  for  four  and  one-half  hours,  keeping  up  a  running  fight, 
and  at  the  end  of  that  time  recovered  the  boy.  Proceeding  to  the  Martinez  ranch,  they 
reorganized  and  with  a  force  of  nineteen  men  again  started  in  pursuit  of  the  Indians,  whom 
they  overtook  just  as  they  were  making  a  raid  on  an  Italian's  ranch.  Fortunately  they 
were  in  time  to  save  the  family  ard  they  also  captured  twenty  head  of  stock  from  the 
Indians.  This  was  the  last  raid  which  the  red  men  made  in  the  vicinity  of  Tucson.  Twice 
Mr.  Samaniego  sufl'ered  wounds  at  the  hands  of  the  hostile  Indians.  He  was,  however,  a 
man  of  great  courage,  always  displaying  marked  valor,  his  fearlessness  well  equip|)ing  him 


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for  the  life  of  the  western  plains  in  pioneer  times.  It  would  be  impossible  to  overestimate 
the  value  of  his  services  as  a  factor  in  the  settlement,  development  and  improvement  of 
this  part  of  the  state  and  his  name  should  long  be  honored  by  the  settlers  who  are  now 
enjoying  tin;  benefits  of  the  labors  of  tlie  early  pioneers.  That  he  did  have  the  fullest 
confidence,  the  goodwill  and  the  friendship  of  Arizona's  people  is  indicated  in  the  large 
number  of  floral  ofi'erings  which  were  sent  at  the  time  of  his  demise  and  by  the  almost 
numberless  messages  of  condolence  which  reached  his  family  when  death  called  him.  More- 
over, the  vehicles  in  line  at  the  funeral  covered  a  distance  of  seven  blocks  and  scarcely  has 
there  ever  been  held  so  large  a  funeral  in  this  state.  His  work  was  appreciated  while  he 
lived  and  his  name  will  be  honored  for  years  to  come. 


JAMES  FREDERICK. 


For  the  past  twenty-eight  years  James  Frederick  has  been  in  some  way  connected  with 
the  Old  Dominion  Mining  Company  at  Globe  and  in  the  course  of  that  time  has  become 
known  as  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  trustworthy  representatives  of  the  corporation, 
winning  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  superiors  and  the  esteem,  regard  and  goodwill  of 
his  associates.  He  came  to  Globe  before  the  railroad  was  constructed  through  this  part  of 
the  state  and  since  pioneer  times  has  remained  a  respected  and  honored  resident  of  the  city 
which  he  has  aided  so  materially  in  upbuilding.  He  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1845  and  is  a  son 
of  Christ  and  Esther  Frederick,  both  natives  of  that  state  and  of  German  ancestry.  The 
father  followed  carpentering  and  contracting  and  at  dift'erent  times  also  operated  a  grist 
and  sawmill,  spending  his  entire  life  in  Knox  and  Ricliland  counties,  Ohio,  and  dying  in 
1904.  He  survived  his  wife  only  a  short  time,  her  death  occurring  in  1902.  Of  tlieir  family 
of  ten  children  nine  are  still  living. 

In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  James  Frederick  attended  the  public  schools  in  his 
native  state  and  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  at  which 
time  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-third  Ohio  Home  Guards,  for  one 
hundred  days'  service.  After  one  hundred  and  ten  days  he  was  mustered  out  and  honorably 
discharged.  He  afterward  spent  two  years  in  Ohio,  going  at  the  end  of  tliat  time  to  Big 
Rapids,  Michigan,  where  he  engaged  in  lumbering  for  a  similar  period.  His  next  location 
was  in  Moscow,  Iowa,  where  he  spent  a  number  of  years  engaged  in  farming,  moving  even- 
tually to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  where  for  one  year  he  was  in  the  employ  of  his  uncle.  He 
then  removed  to  Maysville,  Arkansas,  where  he  worked  as  an  engineer  and  as  foreman  in 
various  flour  and  saw  mills  of  that  city,  leasing  at  the  same  time  a  tract  of  land  which  he 
developed  and  improved  for  five  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  went  to  Texas  but  later 
returned  to  Arkansas,  though  he  afterward  went  overland  to  EI  Paso,  Texas.  Upon  the  trip 
he  underwent  a  siege  of  smallpox  but  recovered  his  health  entirely  and  went  to  Silver  City, 
New  Mexico,  where  he  engaged  in  teaming  for  two  years,  spending  a  similar  period  of  time 
at  McMillan.  In  1878  he  came  to  Globe,  where  he  engaged  in  freighting  before  a  railroad 
was  constructed  into  the  city.  He  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  mining  but  at  the  end 
of  six  years  abandoned  that  occupation  in  favor  of  the  stock  business,  in  which,  however, 
he  continued  only  a  short  time,  resuming  his  connection  with  mining  interests  eventually 
by  entering  the  employ  of  the  Old  Dominion  Mining  Company.  For  over  thirty  years  he 
has  been  in  some  way  connected  with  this  concern,  although  for  the  last  six  years  he  has 
operated  one  of  their  mines  under  lease,  and  he  has  gained  a  reputation  in  the  Globe  district 
not  only  as  an  exceptionally  able  miner  and  a  discriminating  and  Tarsighted  business  man 
but  also  as  a  loyal,  public  spirited  and  progressive  citizen.  He  has  invested  extensively 
in  local  property  and  now  owns  two  fine  residences  and  valuable  holdings  in  the  business 
section  of  the  city. 

In  1884  Mr.  Frederick  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Kate  Richardson,  widow  of  Gus 
Richardson,  who  passed  away  in  1880.  She  is  a  daughter  of  H.  T.  V.  Blevin,  who  was  born 
in  Tennessee  and  removed  to  Arkansas  and  later  to  Pueblo,  Colorado,  from  which  city  he 
came  to  Globe  in  1885.  He  still  resides  in  this  city,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years,  having 
long  survived  his  wife,  who  died  in  1898.    In  his  family  were  five  children,  four  of  whom  are 


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living,  Mrs.  Frederick  being  the  oldest.  She  and  her  husband  became  the  parents  of  four 
children:  Grover,  who  died  in  Globe  in  1901;  Archie,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1890;  Grace, 
who  was  born  in  1892;  and  Katie,  who  married  A.  M.  Bernstein.  By  her  former  marriage 
Mrs.  Frederick  has  one  daughter,  May,  wlxo  married  H.  E.  Grant,  a  contractor  and  builder 
in  Miami,  Arizona.  The  family  occupy  a  fine  home  in  Globe  and  their  sterling  qualities  of 
character  and  genuine  personal  worth  have  greatly  endeared  them  to  a  large  circh  of 
friends. 

Mr.  Frederick  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  did  creditable  and  able  work  as  road 
supervisor.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Miners  Union.  He 
is  widely  aiid  favorably  known  in  Globe,  where  he  has  resided  for  many  years  and  where 
his  industry,  honesty  and  high  integrity  have  commanded  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the 
entire  community. 


WILLIAM  F.  CHENOWETH,  M.  D. 

Dr.  William  F.  Chenoweth  has  since  1889  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and 
surgery  in  Nogales  and  the  position  to  which  he  has  attained  gives  him  prominence  in  the 
ranks  of  the  medical  fraternity  and  has  brought  him  a  very  gratifying  patronage.  He  was 
born  in  Ross  county,  Ohio,  September  19,  1865.  a  son  of  Dr.  A.  L.  and  Emma  (Kelley)  Cheno- 
weth, and  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  later  entered  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati,  receiving  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1888. 
He  located  for  practice  in  Cincinnati  and  remained  there  for  one  year,  coming  at  the  end 
of  that  time  to  Nogales,  where  he  has  continued  to  reside  since  1889. 

The  medical  profession  as  well  as  the  general  public  acknowledge  his  ability  and  hold 
liim  in  high  regard  because  of  his  conformity  to  high  standards  of  professional  ethics.  He 
is  careful  in  the  diagnosis  of  a  case,  studying  it  from  every  standpoint,  and  has  demonstrated 
his  ability  in  tlie  excellent  results  which  liave  attended  his  labors.  Dr.  Chenoweth  has  a 
large  practice  and  in  addition  is  serving  as  superintendent  of  health  of  Santa  Cruz  county 
and  as  surgeon  for  thi  Soutliern  Pacific  Railroad,  connections  which  show  liis  high  profes- 
sional standing  and  his  place  in  the  public  regard. 

Dr.  Chenoweth  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  H85, 
B.  P.  0.  E.,  and  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the 
advancement  made  in  the  medical  science  through  liis  memhersliip  in  the  Arizona  and  Santa 
Cruz  County  Medical  Societies  and  the  American  Medical  Association.  Aside  from  his  work 
along  medical  lines  Dr.  Chenoweth  has  no  ambition  for  public  office,  preferring  to  concen- 
trate his  time  and  attention  upon  his  professional  duties,  in  which  he  is  meeting  with  signal 
success. 

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NORMAN  .1.  JOHNSON. 


One  of  the  most  progressive,  able  and  prominent  young  lawyers  of  Globe  is  Norman 
J.  Johnson,  who  since  1907  has  been  engaged  in  general  practice  in  this  city,  his  ability 
carrying  him  forward  into  important  political  relations  and  winning  for  him  finally  election 
to  the  office  of  county  attorney,  which  he  has  filled  with  credit  and  distinction.  He  was  born 
in  Colorado  in  1884  and  is  a  son  of  Hans  A.  Jolinson,  who  went  to  that  state  in  1880  and 
settled  in  Clear  Creek  county,  where  he  resided  until  1906,  giving  hi.-i  attention  to  mining. 
In  tlie  latter  year  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Globe,  Arizona,  and  here  he  has  since  resided, 
being  at  present  underground  foreman  of  tlie  Superior  and  Boston  mines.  He  and  his  wife 
became  tlie  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  seven  are  still  living. 

Norman  J.  Johnson  acquired  his  early  education  in  tlu-  public  schools  of  Colorado  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Victor  high  school  in  1903.  Having  determined  to  study  law,  he 
entered  the  University  of  Missouri  and  paid  his  own  expenses  through  the  law  department, 
graduating  in  1907,  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.     He  was  admitted  to  the  Arizona  bar  in  the 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  549 

same  year,  having  passed  his  examination  at  Phoenix,  and  he  came  immediately  to  Globe, 
where  for  one  year  he  turned  his  attention  to  mining.  However,  in  1908  lie  entered  upon 
his  professional  career  and  since  that  time  has  practiced  before  all  the  courts  of  the  state, 
including  the  supreme  court.  He  has  become  known  as  a  strong  and  able  lawyer,  well 
versed  in  the  underlying  principles  of  his  profession  and  capable  and  effective  in  the  appli- 
cation of  his  knowledge.  He  was  elected  county  attorney  of  Gila  county  in  1912  and  still 
(ills  this  position,  discharging  his  duties  in  an  able,  far-sighted  and  judicious  manner. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  married  in  1910  to  Miss  Marie  Moran,  who  was  born  in  Ohio,  where 
her  parents  still  reside.  She  acquired  her  education  in  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and  is  a  graduate  of 
the  high  school  of  that  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  have  become  the  parents  of  three 
daughters:  Melouise  Emily,  who  was  born  July  15,  1912;  Phyliss,  born  September  29,  1913; 
and   Elinor,  August  28,   1915. 

Mr.  Johnson  is  a  member  of  tlje  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  along  pro- 
fessional lines  belongs  to  the  Phi  Delta  Phi.  He  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party 
and  in  1912  was  the  only  member  of  that  party  elected  to  any  office  in  Gila  county.  He  was 
reelected  in  November  of  1914  upon  the  democratic  ticket,  an  indication  of  his  personal 
popularity  and  the  widespread  recognition  which  his  legal  ability  has  received.  He  has 
served  also  as  United  States  commissioner  and  is  an  official  whose  prominence  and  popularity 
have  come  as  a  direct  result  of  straightforward,  disinterested  and  loyal  public  service.  Tn  a 
profession  where  advancement  comes  only  as  a  result  of  superior  merit  and  ability,  he  has 
already  gained  a  place  of  importance,  and  his  many  friends  in  Globe  do  not  hesitate  to  predict 
for  him  continued  and  rapid  progress  in  his  chosen  calling. 


ALFRED  C.  KINGSLEY,  M.  D. 

Ur.  Alfred  C.  Kingsley,  serving  in  an  efficient  and  conscientious  manner  as  superintendent 
of  the  State  Insane  Asylum  at  Phoenix,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1876.  He  acquired  a  public 
school  education  in  his  native  state  and  later  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Buffalo,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1901,  afterward 
practicing  for  four  years  at  Ripley,  New  York.  In  1905  he  came  to  Arizona,  locating  at 
Nogales,  where  he  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  until  April,  1912,  when  he 
was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  State  Insane  Asylum  at  Phoenix.  He  has  already  made 
a  creditable  record  in  this  office,  discharging  his  duties  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 

On  the  19th  of  December,  1901,  Dr.  Kingsley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha 
Hitchcock,  of  New  York,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Marjorie.  The 
Doctor  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
in  politics  votes  independently.  He  holds  membership  in  the  American  Medical  Association 
and  in  the  county  and  state  medical  societies  and  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced 
thought  of  his  profession.  His  standing  in  the  ranks  of  the  medical  fraternity  is  high,  and 
his  line  qualities  of  mind  and  character  have  gained  him  the  esteem  and  respect  of  all  who 
are  in  any  way  associated  with  him. 


ROBERT  PRINGLE. 


Robert  Pringle,  now  living  retired  at  Wheatfield  Ranch  fourteen  miles  from  Globe,  is  one 
of  the  early  settlers  in  this  locality,  his  residence  here  dating  from  1882.  He  was  born  in 
Dairy,  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  in  1848  and  is  a  son  of  Andrew  Pringle,  who  lived  and  died  in 
that  country.  In  his  family  were  four  sons,  two  of  whom  have  passed  away.  All  grew  to 
maturity,  three  coming  to  America  and  one  continuing  to  reside  in  Ayrshire. 

Robert  Pringle  remained  in  Scotland  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  acquiring  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  land.  In  1868  he  crossed  the  Atlarttic  and  on 
his  arrival  in  this  country  went  immediately  to  Rockford,  Illinois,  whence  two  years  later 
he  removed  to  Xeodesha,  Kansas,  where  he  helped  to  survey  the  old  Osage  reservation.   When 


550  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

that  work  was  completed  lie  removed  to  Woodson  county,  locating  near  Humboldt,  where  he 
turned  his  attention  to  farming,  operating  a  valuable  and  productive  property  in  that  section 
for  six  years.  In  the  spring  of  1883  he  came  to  Arizona,  riding  in  a  stagecoach  from  Casa 
Grande  to  the  Silver  King  mine  and  thence  on  muleback  into  Globe.  He  pushed  on  fourteen 
miles  northwest  of  the  city  and  there  purchased  eighty  acres  of  land,  to  which  he  has  added 
from  time  to  time,  being  now  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  acres,  all  well  irri- 
gated and  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  The  property  is  now  rented  to  gardeners  and  brings 
Mr.  Pringle  a  large  annual  income,  upon  which  he  has  retired  from  active  business  life. 

In  1903  Mr.  Pringle  married  Miss  Anna  K.  Edwards,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Her  fatlier  died  in  that  state  but  her  mother  is  still  living  at  the  age  of  seventy-five, 
making  her  home  with  the  subject  of  this  review.  Jlrs.  Pringle  acquired  her  education  in 
her  native  state  and  previous  to  her  marriage  engaged  in  teaching.  She  and  her  husband 
have  become  the  parents  of  a  son,  Andrew  Love,  who  was  born  in  1903  and  who  is  now 
attending  school. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pringle  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  fraternally  he 
is  identified  with  the  Masonic  order,  having  held  membership  in  the  lodge  since  1868.  He 
gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  is  interested  and  active  in  any 
movement  for  the  promotion  of  public  growth  and  advancement,  although  he  never  seeks 
public  office.  A  resident  of  Gila  county  for  thirty-four  years,  he  has  become  widely  and 
favorably  known  in  this  part  of  Arizona,  and  his  genuine  personal  worth  and  many  sterling 
qualities  of  mind  and  character  have  gained  for  him  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  with 
whom  he  has  been  associated. 


FRANK  LUKE. 


Frank  Luke,  who  for  over  eighteen  years  has  bet-n  continuously  in  ])\iblie  oflice  in 
Maricopa  county,  was  in  the  fall  of  1911  elected  county  supervisor,  a  position  which  he 
has  since  capably  and  creditably  filled.  He  was  born  in  Germany  in  1859  and  spent  his 
early  childhood  in  his  native  country,  coming  to  Arizona  when  he  was  five  years  of  age. 
He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  territory  and  after  laying  aside  his 
textbooks  engaged  in  mining  and  merchandising  in  Prcscott.  He  dates  his  residence  in 
the  Salt  River  valley  from  1880  and  has  been  in  Maricopa  county  for  a  number  oS  years, 
during  which  he  has  gained  a  position  of  i)recedenee  in  local  political  circles.  He  was 
made  city  and  county  assessor  of  Maricopa  county  and  was  reelected  to  that  position  for 
fourteen  consecutive  years,  his  return  to  ollice  being  conclusive  proof  of  the  cllicacy  of 
his  work.  In  the  fall  of  1911  he  was  elected  county  supervisor  of  Maricopa  county  and  has 
since  served,  discharging  his  duties  with  a  sense  of  conscientious  obligation  and  a  com- 
prehension of  the  responsibilities  which   rest  upon   him. 

Mr.  Luke  married  Miss  Tilly  Liebcnow,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
the  family  being  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Phoenix.  As  an  oHlcial  and  in  private  life 
Mr.  Luke  is  prominent,  being  today  classed  with  the  enterprising  and  representative  men 
of  Phoenix  and  a  creditable  addition  to  the   ranks  of   its  adopted  citizens. 


MAX  LANTIN. 


Max  Lantin  is  the  owner  of  the  Lantin  building,  in  •  which  he  conducts  one  of  the 
largest  wholesale  and  retail  men's  furnishing  stores  in  Globe.  A  native  of  Germany,  he 
was  born  in  Prussia  in  1874,  and  is  a  son  of  Solomon  and  IJessie  Lantin.  The  mother  died 
in  the   fatherland  and  the  father  is  still  living  in  that  cimntry. 

Max  Lantin  acquired  a  limited  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Pni.ssia  but  when  he 
was  sixteen  years  of  age  laid  aside  his  textbooks  and  since  that  time  has  been  dependent 
upon  his  own  resources.  He  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America  and  pushed  westward  to 
Texas,  settling  in  El  Paso,  where  he  became  a  clerk  in  a  store.    That  occupation  lie  continued 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  55i 

to  follow  after  coining  to  Arizona,  settling  first  at  Jerome  and  then  in  Prescott.  In  1900 
he  removed  to  Globe  and  established  a  men's  furnishing  store,  beginning  on  a  small  scale 
and  gradually  developing  a  concern  which  is  now  a  substantial  element  in  the  city's 
resources.  Its  expansion  made  larger  quarters  necessary  and  in  1906  he  erected  the  Lantin 
building  and  moved  his  stock  into  it,  conducting  today  one  of  the  largest  and  finest  whole- 
sale and  retail  enterprises  in  tlie  city.  He  is  courteous  in  manner  and  holds  the  favor  of 
his  patrons  tlirougli  honest,  modern  and  legitimate  methods.  He  owns  one  of  the  finest 
residences  in  Globe  and  also  a  large  amount  of  business  and  residence  property  here  and 
in  Richmond,  California. 

In  1904  Mr.  Lantin  married  Jliss  I.  E.  Solomon,  who  was  born  in  Solomonville,  Ari- 
zona, a  daughter  of  I.  E.  and  Annie  Solomon,  who  were  among  the  early  settlers  at  Graham 
and  Solomonville.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lantin  have  two  children:  Philip  A.,  born  in  September, 
1905;  and  Elizabeth,  born  December  21,  1908.  The  family  are  all  devout  members  of  the 
Jewish  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Lantin  is  connected  with  tlie  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  as  a  loyal  and  public-spirited  citizen  takes  an  inter- 
est in  community  affairs,  althougli  never  an  office  seeker.  He  has  been  eminently  suc- 
cessful and  his  prosperity  is  all  the  more  creditable  from  the  fact  that  it  is  due  entirely 
to  his  own  efforts.  Coming  to  America  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  with  no  capital  except 
ambition,  determination  and  energy,  he  has  steadily  worked  his  way  upward  in  the  business 
world  until  today  he  ranks  among  the  most  substantial,  progressive  and  representative 
men  of  Globe. 


LLOYD  B.  CHRISTY. 


Lloyd  B.  Christy,  of  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Osceola,  Iowa,  on  the  10th  of  March,  1868, 
and  has  been  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  enterprise  which  has  been  the  dominant  factor 
in  the  upbuilding  of  the  middle  west.  His  parents  were  William  and  Carrie  (Bennett) 
Cliristy,  who  in  .January,  1883,  arrived  in  Arizona.  The  father  had  visited  the  territory 
in  1881  and  the  following  year,  in  company  with  E.  .1.  Bennett  organized  the  Valley  Bank. 
He  was  well  fitted  to  successfully  conduct  financial  institutions,  for  throughout  his  entire 
life  he  had  been  engaged  in  banking  and  furthermore  had  controlled  important  financial 
interests  as  the  state  treasurer  of  Iowa.  The  only  interruption  to  his  business  career 
came  through  his  service  in  the  Civil  war,  in  which  he  held  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel 
in  the  Eighth  Iowa  Cavalry.  He  participated  with  his  command  in  many  important  engage- 
ments and  in  his  political  connections  stood  firmly  in  support  of  the  party  which  was  the 
defense  of  the  Union  during  the  darkest  hours  in  our  country's  history.  He  was  recognized 
as  an  active  political  leader  both  in  Iowa  and  in  Arizona  and  after  coming  to  the  south- 
west served  for  one  term  as  territorial  treasurer.  He  was  also  active  in  business  affairs 
not  only  in  his  banking  interests  but  also  as  an  investor  and  landowner  and  also  as  man- 
ager of  the  canal  system  that  was  later  taken  over  by  the  government.  His  energy,  fore- 
sight and  determination  were  such  that  he  contributed  in  large  measure  to  the  growth, 
development  and  progress  of  the  state.  He  died  in  March,  1903,  and  was  survived  for  about 
two  years  by  his  wife,  who  passed  away  in  1905.  They  had  a  family  of  five  children : 
Lloyd  B. ;  Captain  George  Christy,  an  attorney  of  Phoenix;  Shirley,  who  occupies  the  old 
home  and  who  is  well  known  as  a  stock  breeder  and  the  former  secretary  of  the  State  Fair 
Association;  Carrie,  at  home;  and  William  Carroll,  who  is  now  with  the  Seventh  United 
States  Cavali-y  in  Manila,  P.  I. 

Reared  in  Iowa,  Lloyd  B.  Christy  had  the  advantage  of  high  school  training  in  Des 
Moines  and  later  attended  the  University  of  Southern  California  in  Los  Angeles,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1890.  Upon  his  return  to  Phoenix  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Valley  Bank,  acquainting  himself  with  the  various  duties  necessary  in  its  successful  con- 
trol. He  was  appointed  cashier  in  1903  and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  1914.  In  1915 
he  aided  in  organizing  the  Central  Bank  of  Phoenix,  of  which  he  is  vice  president. 

In  1896  Mr.  Christy  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Culver,  a  native  of  Penn- 


552  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

sylvania  and  a  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Culver,  an  army  surgeon,  ilr.  and  Mrs.  Giristy 
are  tlie  parents  of  four  daughters,  namely,  Mary,  Doris,  Margaret  and  Katherine,  all  yet 
at  home. 

Tlic  parents  are  members  of  the  Methodist  church  and  Mr.  Christy  belongs  also  to 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  has  attained  the  Knight  Templar  degree  in  the  York 
Rite.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Mystic  Sluine  and  other  membership  relations  have 
made  him  a  representative  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and  the  Loyal  Legion. 
His  political  support  has  always  been  given  to  the  republican  party,  which  elected  him  to 
the  otlice  of  mayor  of  Phoenix  in  May,  1909.  The  same  qualities  which  have  brought  him 
success  in  business  were  manifest  in  his  control  of  municipal  affairs  and  his  administra- 
tion was  therefore  businesslike  and  progressive.  He  stands  for  all  that  works  for  the 
betterment  of  the  community  along  material,  intellectual,  social,  political  and  moral 
lines  and  his  influence  has  been  a  resultant  force  for  good. 


THEODORE  DICKINSON. 


Theodore  Dickinson,  prominently  connected  with  important  business  interests  in  Tempe 
as  manager  of  the  local  branch  of  the  Valley  Lumber  Company,  is  a  native  of  California, 
born  in  1865,  and  is  a  son  of  Theodore  and  Augusta  (Brown)  Dickinson,  both  of  whom  were 
born  in  New  York.  The  father  went  to  California  in  1852  and  the  mother  in  1854  and  in 
that  state  the  former  followed  mining  for  a  number  of  years,  later  turning  his  attention  to 
contracting  and  building. 

Mr.  Dickinson  of  this  review  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
state  and  when  he  began  his  independent  career  turned  his  attention  to  mining  and  stock- 
raising,  occupations  in  which  he  continued  until  February,  1893.  He  then  came  to  Tempe, 
where  he  has  been  prominently  connected  with  the  lumber  business  since  that  time.  He  is 
manager  of  the  Tempe  branch  of  the  business  controlled  by  the  Valley  Lumber  Company 
and  in  this  connection  his  excellent  business  and  executive  ability  has  been  called  forth, 
much  of  the  success  of  the  enterprise  being  due  to  his  good  management  and  his  mastery  of 
even  the  slightest  details  connected  with  the  operation  of  the  business.  In  Tempe  he  is 
known  as  a  resourceful,  able  and  discriminating  man,  and  he  holds  in  a  gratifying  measure 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  business  associates. 

On  November  6,  1884,  Mr.  Dickinson  married  Miss  Adelia  F.  Lilamondeaux  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  five  children,  four  of  whom  still  survive.  Fraternally  ^Ir.  Dickinson 
is  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Uniform  Rank,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America 
and  the  Mystic  Circle.  The  democratic  party  finds  in  him  a  stanch  supporter  of  its  prmci- 
ples  but  he  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics  as  his  business  interests  claim  prac- 
tically all  of  his  time  and  attention. 


CLAUD  M.  HENKEL. 


The  success  which  Claud  M.  Henkel  has  achieved  in  the  jewelry  business  by  his  own 
efforts  is  proof  of  his  remarkable  business  ability  and  his  power  of  noting  and  using  his 
opportunities.  In  his  chosen  field  of  labor  he  has  made  consecutive  progress,  starting  with 
a  little  store  and  owning  today  the  largest  and  finest  enterprise  of  its  kind  in  Bisbee.  He 
was  born  in  Virginia  in  1867  and  is  a  son  of  David  H.  and  Anna  (Printz)  Henkel.  also 
natives  of  that  state.  The  father  conducted  a  mercantile  establishment  in  Virginia  for 
some  time  but  later  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business.  In  his 
family  were  four  children:  Claud  M.,  of  this  review;  Carl  P.,  a  United  States  commis- 
sioner stationed  in  Alaska;  Clarence  D.,  a  resident  of  Pittsburg,  Kansas,  where  he  is  in  the 
grocery  business;  and  Susan  V.,  who  married  Warren  G.  Williams,  clerk  of  the  court  in 
Wakeeney,  Kansas. 

Claud  M.  Henkel  acquired  his  preliminary  educa.tion  in  New  Market  Academy  in   Vir- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  553 

ginia  and  in  1884  accompanied  his  parents  to  Kansas.  He  remained  at  home  until  1890, 
in  which  year  he  went  to  Colorado  and  worked  at  the  jeweler's  trade  in  Denver  for  two 
years,  learning  the  manufacturing  end  of  the  business  during  this  time  and  laying  the 
foundations  of  his  future  success.  He  spent  three  years  thereafter  working  in  Silverton, 
Colorado,  at  his  trade,  and  in  1894  went  to  Cripple  Creek,  that  state,  where  he  conducted 
a  store  of  his  own  for  a  time  but  was  later  in  the  employ  of  others.  He  came  to  Bisbee, 
Arizona,  in  1898,  and  opened  a  small  jewelry  store,  the  nucleus  of  his  present  large  con- 
cern. At  first  he  did  only  repairing  but  gradually  extended  the  scope  of  his  business, 
adding  department  after  department  until  he  has  today  the  largest  jewelry  store  in  the 
city.  This  is  a  well  equipped  and  well  appointed  establishment  and  Mr.  Henkel  strives 
to  keep  it  always  up-to-date  and  attractive  in  every  particular.  He  laid  the  first  cement 
sidewalk  in  Bisbee  in  front  of  his  place  and  later  installed  in  his  store  the  first  plate  glass 
windows  in  the  city.  He  understands  the  jewelry  trade  thoroughly  in  principle  and  detail, 
caiTies  a  large  and  well  selected  line  of  goods  and  lias  secured  a  liberal  and  representative 
patronage.  In  addition  he  owns  some  valuable  mining  property  in  Cochise  county,  an 
attractive  residence  in  town  and  a  large  interest  in  the  Copper  King  Mining  Company. 

On  the  15th  of  June,  1912,  Mr.  Henkel  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Viola  Moyer,  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  for  four  years  was  a  teacher  in  the  high  school  at  Bisbee,  hav- 
ing come  to  Arizona  from  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  Henkel  was  a  member  of  the  Bisbee  fire  department  for  ten  years  and  was  for 
five  years  its  chief,  being  instrumental  during  that  time  in  establishing  a  paid  department 
to  replace  the  volunteer  service.  He  also  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  installation  of  the 
new  city  water  works  and  in  all  of  these  connections  has  done  for  Bisbee  whatever  his 
hand  has  found  to  do,  introducing  many  movements  which  have  resulted  beneficially  in 
promoting  the  city's  welfare.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  takes  an 
active  part  in  the  affairs  of  all  of  these  organizations.  He  is  independent  in  his  political 
views  and  keeps  well  informed  on  questions  and  issues  of  the  day,  but  his  interest  in 
polities  is  that  of  a  citizen  rather  than  of  an  office  seeker.  He  upholds  all  those  institutions 
which  are  matters  of  civic  virtue  and  civic  pride  and  through  his  energetic  and  capable 
work  has  greatlj'  advanced   the  material   development  of  the   city. 


COLONEL  E.  A.  ROGERS. 


Colonel  E.  A.  Rogers,  of  Prescott,  has  had  a  most  interesting  and  picturesque  career. 
A  part  of  his  time  has  been  devoted  to  newspaper  work  and  during  other  years  he  was  in 
the  midst  of  exciting  raining  episodes.  Since  1879  he  has  made  his  home  in  Prescott  and 
since  his  arrival  here  has  been  connected  with  The  Courier,  of  which  he  is  the  owner.  He 
has  been  editor  and  publisher  of  a  newspaper  in  this  section  longer  than  any  other  man 
and  stands  high  in  the  newspaper  fraternity.     He  has  also  been  prominent  in  politics. 

Colonel  Rogers  was  born  in  Charlottesville,  Albemarle  county,  Virginia,  in  1853,  and  is 
a  son  of  C.  P.  Rogers,  who  was  killed  in  the  Civil  war.  Our  subject  is  a  representative  of 
the  same  family  to  which  General  George  Rogers  Clark  belonged.  As  a  boy  he  made  his  way 
to  Texas,  where  for  a  time  he  worked  on  the  Waco  Examiner,  making  his  first  acquaintance 
with  newspaper  work  in  that  office.  He  then  went  to  Dakota  and  was  in  that  territory 
during  the  gold  excitement  there.  Later  he  went  to  Leadville,  Colorado,  and  in  1879  came  to 
Prescott,  Arizona,  bringing  with  him  three  burros.  He  was  first  employed  on  the  Arizonan, 
owned  by  John  H.  Marion  and  later  became  connected  with  The  Courier,  which  was  founded 
by  Mr.  Marion  in  1882.  Colonel  Rogers  helped  to  get  out  the  first  issue  of  the  paper  and  after 
the  death  of  Mr.  Marion  bought  his  interests  and  has  since  been  in  charge.  He  is  to  be  com- 
mended upon  his  editorial  policy,  which  is  straightforward  and  undisguised  in  expressing  his 
honest  opinions  upon  any  subject  touching  upon  the  welfare  of  the  poeple.  He  has  used  the 
paper  as  a  weapon  against  malefactors  and  as  a  means  of  commendation  of  those  things  which 
make  for  the  betterment  of  mankind.    The  Courier  is  a  modern  and  a  most  readable  sheet.    It 


554  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

publislies  a  complete  record  of  the  important  events  of  the  world  and  is  particularly  strong 
in  reporting  local  news.  Its  subscription  list  is  large  and  its  advertising  patronage  of 
gratifying  proportions.  The  Colonel  has  been  longer  engaged  in  running  one  paper  than 
any  other  publisher  in  Arizona. 

He  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  president  of  the  local  Typographical  Union. 
In  politics  he  is  a  democrat  and  in  1912  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county  treasurer  and 
so  ably  did  he  fill  that  position  that  he  was  reelected  in  1915  by  a  majority  of  eight  hun- 
dred and  eighty.  He  has  been  circumspect  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties 
of  his  office  and  has  earned  thereby  the  approval  of  the  general  public.  Both  as  a  pub- 
lisher and  as  an  official  he  has  showJi  himself  to  be  a  man  of  character  and  while  he  has 
attained  individual  prosperity  has  been  an  important  factor  in  promoting  general  advance- 
ment. Colonel  Rogers  is  an  enthusiastic  Arizonan  and  does  everything  in  his  power  to 
further  the  growth  and  greatness  of  his  state. 


THOMAS  D.  MOLLOY. 


One  of  the  most  prominent  and  by  the  consensus  of  public  opinion  one  of  the  most 
able  members  of  the  Arizona  bar  is  Thomas  D.  MoUoy,  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Yuma.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Fidelity  Title  Guarantee  Company  in 
that  city  and  respected  and  esteemed  in  business  circles.  He  was  born  in  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1864,  but  was  reared  and  educated  in  Ireland,  his  parents  having  been  natives  of 
that  country.  The  father  came  to  America  before  the  Civil  war  and  during  that  conflict 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Irish  brigade  in  the  Federal  army. 

After  completing  an  academic  education  in  Dublin,  Mr.  MoUoy  returned  to  America 
and  in  1882  came  to  Arizona.  Here  he  began  reading  law  but  his  studies  were  not,  how- 
ever, uninterrupted  for  in  1892  and  1893  he  served  as  deputy  United  States  marshal  and 
deputy  sheriff  in  Arizona,  was  city  marshal  in  Phoenix  in  1895,  and  from  1903  to  1906 
was  clerk  of  the  court  in  Yuma  county.  Eventually,  however,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Arizona  and  given  the  right  to  practice  before  the  state  courts  in  1906.  He  opened  an 
office  in  Yuma  and  has  since  made  a  creditable  record  for  legal  discrimination,  keen  analytical 
power  and  inductive  reasoning,  his  practice  being  today  large  and  representative.  In  addi- 
tion he  is  serving  as  president  of  the  Fidelity  Title  Guarantee  Company  in  Yuma  and  has 
recently  become  a  landowner,  having  homesteaded  a  ranch  in  Gila  valley. 

Mr.  Molloy  married  Miss  Anna  C.  Wadin,  by  whom  he  has  one  daughter,  Geraldine. 
By  a  former  marriage  he  has  two  sons,  Thomas  R.  and  Theodore  0. 

Always  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen,  Mr.  Molloy  has  taken  an  intelligent 
interest  in  public  affairs — an  interest  which  is  evidenced  in  his  active  support  of  movements 
for  the  public  good.  He  was  a  m(*mber  of  the  Volunteer  Fire  Department  of  Phoenix  and 
belongs  to  a  similar  organization  in  Yuma.  Along  professional  lines  he  is  known  as  one 
of  the  most  able  and  deservedly  successful  lawyers  in  the  city  and,  moreover,  is  esteemed  as 
a  man  of  genuine  personal  worth,  enjoying  in  a  laige  measure  the  confidence  and  goodwill 
of  all  who  know  him. 


JOSEPH  GOLDTREE. 


Joseph  Goldtree,  deceased,  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Tucson,  where  he  acquired  some 
valuable  realty  interests.  He  was  born  in  Berlin,  Germany,  in  1844  and  was  thirteen 
years  of  age  on  his  emigration  to  the  United  States.  He  first  made  his  home  in  New  York, 
where  he  followed  the  glazer's  trade  until  coming  west  in  1863.  He  crossed  the  country 
with  an  ox  team  to  Denver,  Colorado,  and  after  a  brief  sojourn  there  continued  his 
journey  westward  to  Tucson.  There  he  was  first  engaged  in  the  liquor  business  but  later 
established  a  hay  and  grain  store  on  Myers  street.  Subsequently  he  conducted  a  general 
store  and  also  engaged  in  the  grain  business  at  Tubae  and  still  later  at  San  Xavier  Mission. 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  557 

He  prospered  in  his  various  undertakings  and  acquired  both  ranch  and  mining  interests 
in  the  vicinity  of  that  mission.  He  established  a  cattle  ranch  in  the  Oro  Blanco  district 
but  on  account  of  lack  of  water  the  latter  did  not  prove  a  success.  He  owned  stock  in 
the  Mammoth  mines  and  had  some  valuable  real  estate  on  Congress  street,  Tucson,  where 
the  family  erected  a  building  after  his  death. 

During  pioneer  days  Mr.  Goldtree  had  many  interesting  and  exciting  experiences  and 
on  more  than  one  occasion  nearly  lost  his  life.  Accompanied  by  two  companions,  he  was 
making  the  journey  from  Tucson  to  his  business  in  Tubac  and  while  crossing  the  prairies 
the  party  was  attacked  by  twenty-one  Indians.  The  other  two  men  were  killed  but 
Mr.  Goldtree  managed  to  escape  to  a  high  mound,  where  he  kept  constantly  dancing  and 
moving  so  that  the  red  men  could  not  hit  him  with  their  arrows.  As  the  Indians  fought 
among  themselves  over  their  plunder  he  was  at  length  enabled  to  escape  to  a  ranch,  where 
he  was  at  first  mistaken  for  an  Indian  and  came  very  nearly  being  killed  but  was  recognized 
in  time  to  save  his  life.  The  Indians  thought  he  was  the  devil  because  they  CQuld  not  hit 
him  with  their  arrows.  Later  returning  to  his  wagon,  he  found  the  horses  had  been  killed 
and  everything  of  value  stolen.  One  of  the  men  with  whom  he  had  traveled  was  pinned 
to  the  ground  with  arrows.  Mr.  Goldtree  was  actively  identified  with  the  progress  and 
development  of  Tucson  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1897.  Mr.  Goldtree  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Lillie  Marks  and  to  them  were  born  two  daughters:  Henrietta,  who  mar- 
ried Eugene  M.  Wolf  and  has  one  daughter,  Lillian;  and  Stella,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Burrell  R.  Hatcher  and  has  one  son,  Richard  Burrell.  Mrs.  Goldtree  is  a  native  of  Oro- 
ville,  California,  and  a  daughter  of  Simon  and  Sarah  (Keller)  Marks,  who  came  to  this 
country  from  Germany  and  crossed  the  plains  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  a  wagon.  Both  are 
now  deceased.  Mrs.  Goldtree  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  San  Francisco.  Since  the 
death  of  her  first  husband  she  has  become  the  wife  of  Columbus  Frederick  Davant,  of  Tucson, 
and  they  now  reside  at  No.  945  North  Sixth  avenue. 


E.  J.  BENNITT. 


E.  .J.  Bennitt,  becoming  a.  factor  in  Arizona's  pioneer  development,  has  since  early 
times  been  identified  with  the  upbuilding  and  progress  of  the  state,  his  efforts  being  par- 
ticularly instrumental  in  promoting  financial  interests  at  Phoenix.  Laudable  ambition, 
well  directed  energy  and  perseverance  have  brought  to  him  a  substantial  measure  of  pros- 
perity. He  was  born  at  Moreland,  Schuyler  county,  New  York,  June  13,  1853,  a  son  of 
John  M.  and  Clymena  Bennitt.  After  completing  an  academic  education  in  Havana,  New 
York,  he  pursued  a  preparatory  course  in  Alfred  University  at  Alfred  Center,  New  York, 
and  then  entered  Union  College  at  Schenectady  in  1873.  He  pursued  the  civil  engineering 
course  and  was  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1875.  In  May  of  the  latter  year  he  started  for 
Arizona  and  in  June  was  joined  by  his  parents  and  younger  brother,  B.  G.  Bennitt,  at 
Junction  City,  Kansas,  where  the  real  journey  to  the  pioneer  southwest  was  begun  on  the 
26th  of  June.  They  started  with  ox  teams  as  members  of  a  party  luider  the  leadership 
of  Hon.  A.  W.  Callan.  The  party  consisted  at  that  time  of  about  forty  but  later  additions 
increased  the  number  to  about  eighty.  It  developed  into  a  semi-military  organization 
owing  to  the  hostility  of  the  Indians  at  that  time.  They  maintained  an  armed  sentinel 
in  camp  and  armed  and  mounted  guards  to  care  for  the  stock.  After  five  months  of  con- 
tinuous travel  they  arrived  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  on  the  3d  of  November.  The  hostile 
Indians  had  just  been  subdued  by  General  Crook,  but  even  then  no  one  ventured  from  town 
without  being  fully  armed. 

From  that  period  forward  E.  J.  Bennitt  followed  mining,  merchandising  and  civil 
engineering  until  1882,  and  in  1880,  in  company  with  E.  A.  EckhofI,  located,  between 
Phoenix  and  Maricopa,  the  first  line  of  north  and  south  railway  projected  in  the  territory. 
In  November,  1882,  with  Colonel  William  Christy  and  others,  he  organized  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Phoenix,  which  later  was  reorganized  into  the  Valley  Bank,  of  which  Mr. 
Bennitt  acted  as  assistant  cashier  until  1890.  In  March,  1892,  he  became  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Phoenix  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was  cashier  until  June,  1894,  when  declining 
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558  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

health  caused-  him  to  make  a  change.  He  then  entered  the  loan  and  brokerage  business, 
in  which  he  has  since  continued  and  is  likewise  heavily  intere^ed  in  real  estate  and  con- 
ducts important  real  estate  transactions.  He  knows  property  values  thoroughly  and  is 
thus  able  to  wisely  direct  the  investments  of  his  clients  or  promote  sales  which  they  wish 
to  make. 

On  the  3d  of  October,  1888,  Mr.  Bennitt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma  K. 
Bennett,  a  daughter  of  Guy  Bennett.  Mr.  Bennitt  is  a  prominent  representative  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity  in  this  section  of  the  state.  He  joined  Myrtle  Lodge,  No.  131,  F.  &  A. 
M.,  at  Havana,  New  York,  in  July,  1874,  and  in  1881  became  a  member  of  Prescott  Chapter, 
No.  3,  E.  A.  M.,  at  Prescott,  Arizona.  In  1887  he  was  knighted  in  St.  Omar's  Commandery, 
K.  T.,  at  Elmira,  New  York,  and  he  assisted  in  organizing  Phoenix  Commandery,  No.  3, 
K.  T.,  in  1891,  when  he  was  appointed  generalissimo.  He  was  elected  eminent  commander 
in  November,  1893,  and  was  honored  with  election  to  tlie  office  of  grand  commander  of 
Arizona  in  November,  1895.  He  takes  a  personal  interest  and  manifests  great  civic  pride 
in  everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  his  city,  its  progress  and  improvement.  For 
over  forty  years  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  and  has  not  only  witnessed  its  won- 
derful growth  and  development  but  has  been  a  factor  in  bringing  about  the  changes  that 
have  led  to  the  utilization  of  its  natural  resources  and  to  its  marvelous  upbuilding.  His 
labors  have  been  directly  beneficial  in  the  work  of  progress  and  he  is  honored  and  respected 
throughout  the  state  and  by  all  who  know  him. 


FRANK  L.  HUNT. 


Frank  L.  Hunt,  controlling  extensive  and  important  mining  interests  in  the  vicinity  of 
Kingman  and  also  serving  as  assessor  of  Mohave  county,  was  born  in  Missouri  in  18G3  and 
acquired  a'public  school  education  in  that  state.  In  1885  he  went  west  to  Colorado  and 
there  established  himself  in  the  cattle  business,  following  it  for  a  few  years  thereafter. 
He  then  secured  a  position  in  the  employ  of  Swift  &  Company  in  Utah  and  Wyoming  but 
eventually  returned  to  Colorado,  where  he  became  connected  with  the  mining  business. 

Mr.  Hunt  came  to  Kingman,  Arizona,  in  May,  1894,  and  here  he  has  gained  control  of 
important  raining  interests,  owning  the  Iowa  group  of  mines,  the  Boulder  and  the  Midniglit 
groups  and  several  others.  He  is  a  practical  and  able  miner  as  well  as  a  farsighted  and 
discriminating  business  man  and  his  extensive  and  important  affairs  are  conducted  in  an 
able  and  profitable  way.  In  1909  he  was  appointed  county  assessor  of  Mohave  county  and 
in  1911  was  elected  to  the  position  in  which  he  is  now  serving,  discharging  his  important 
duties  ably,  elRciently  and  conscientiously.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic 
party  and  although  not  an  active  office  seeker,  is  interested  in  the  growth  of  the  com- 
munity, cooperating  heartily  in  all  progressive  public  measures.  He  holds  the  respect  of 
his  business  associates,  the  confidence  of  men  high  in  official  life  and  the  warm  regard  and 
esteem  of  many  friends  who  have  been  drawn  to  him  by  his  genuine  personal  worth  and 
his  sterling  qualities  of  mind  and  character. 


WILLIAM  M.  PRYCE. 


William  M.  Pryce.  prominently  connected  with  educational  interests  of  Pima  county 
as  county  superintendent  of  schools  and  with  financial  interests  of  Tucson  as  assistant 
secretary  of  the  Merchants  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  was  born  in  Red  Oak,  Montgomery 
county,  Iowa,  July  20,  1875.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  local  public  and  high 
schools  and  afterward  attended  Mount  Ilermon  Academy  at  Mount  Hermon,  Massachusetts, 
going  from  there  to  the  University  of  Nebraska  at  Lincoln. 

Mr.  Pryce  came  to  Tucson  in  1902  and  was  until  1905  connected  with  the  Southern 
Arizona  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  proving  himself  an  expert  and  able  financier.  When  he 
severed   his  connection   with   that   enterprise   he   engaged   in   the   real   estate   business   with 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  559 

Lee  &  Diaclimau,  with  whom  he  continued  until  1908,  when  he  was  elected  county  super- 
intendent of  schools.  His  able  and  elfective  work  won  him  reelection  in  1911  and  he  is 
still  serving,  discharging  his  duties  with  a  sense  of  conscientious  obligation  and  a  keen 
realization  of  the  responsibilities  whicli  rest  upon  him.  He  also  holds  a  higli  place  in 
financial  circles  of  Tucson,  for  he  is  serving  as  assistant  secretary  of  the  Merchants  Bank 
&  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Pryce  was  married  on  tlie  18tli  of  April,  1906,  to  Miss  Berniee  Cheyney,  a  native 
of  Arizona,  and  tliey  have  three  children,  William,  Frances  and  Kdith.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Pryce  are  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Tucson  and  are  highly  esteemed  as  people  of  gen- 
uine personal  worth  and  many  sterling  traits  of  mind  and  character. 


FRANCIS  A.  JONES. 


Witli  business  and  public  interests  in  Arizona  Francis  A.  Jones  has  been  closely,  actively 
and  prominently  connected  for  more  than  a  decade.  CoiTectly  judging  of  his  own  capacities 
and  powers  and  those  things  which  go  to  make  up  life's  contacts  and  experiences,  he  has 
wisely  used  his  time,  talents  and  opportunities  not  only  for  liis  own  advancement  but 
also  as  factors  in  tlie  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  sections  with  which  he  has  been 
associated.  Illinois  numbers  him  among  her  native  sons,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  that 
state  on  the  5th  of  .January.  1866,  his  ])arents  being  .Jacob  M.  and  Catherine  V.  .lones,  the 
former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  The  father  was  a  merchant,  conducting 
a  store  at  La  Fayette  and  in  the  public  schools  of  that  place  Francis  A.  .Jones  pursued  his 
early  education.  He  later  attended  an  academy  and  afterward  entered  the  Northern  Illi- 
nois Normal  School  at  Dixon,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  188,S.  His 
thorongli  training  well  qualified  him  for  onerous  and  responsible  duties  in  later  life,  and 
moreover  a  conscientious  purpose  to  make  the  most  of  his  advantages  actuated  him  from 
the  outset  of  his  business  career.  He  was  first  employed  by  the  Iowa  Central  Railroad 
as  station  agent  and  telegraph  operator  and  in  the  field  of  railway  service  gradually  worked 
his  way  upward,  acquiring  from  the  faithful  performance  of  each  day's  duties  tlic  strength 
and  courage  for  the  labors  of  tlie  succeeding  day.  Experience,  too,  constantly  developed 
his  powers,  and  after  serving  for  a  time  as  station  agent  and  telegraph  operator  he  was 
transferred  to  Peoria,  Illinois,  where  he  filled  the  position  of  cashier  in  a  railroad  office. 
On  leaving  the  middle  west  he  went  to  Topeka,  Ivansas,  where  he  entered  tlie  office  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  with  whicli  he  was  continuously  connected  for  twenty-one 
years,  a  fact  which  stands  as  incontrovertible  proof  of  his  capability  and  his  loyalty  to 
the  interests  of  the  corporation  which  he  served.  During  that  period  he  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  became  general  agent  and  traveling  passenger  agent.  Step  bj'  step  he 
advanced  and  following  his  arrival  in  Arizona  about  1902  he  served  for  two  years  as  general 
fieiglit  and  passenger  agent  of  the  Santa  Fe  &  Phoeni.x  Railroad  Company.  He  thus  gained 
a  wide  acquaintance  in  railway  circles  and  wherever  he  was  known  enjoyed  the  high  regard 
and  confidence  of  his  associates. 

At  length,  however,  Mr.  Jones  determined  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account  and 
in  1905  turned  his  attention  to  printing  and  publishing  at  Phoenix.  He  established  the 
State  Press  Publishing  House,  of  which  he  was  president,  manager  and  principal  owner. 
Bending  his  efi'orts  to  the  development  of  tlie  business,  he  soon  succeeded  in  making  it  a 
paying  enterprise,  with  far-reaching  trade  relations,  and  as  the  years  passed  on  his  success 
grew  because  of  his  close  application,  his  keen  sagacity  and  his  unfaltering  industry.  Mr. 
.Jones  was  also  made  secretary  and  manager  of  the  Maricopa  County  Commercial  Club  at 
one  time.  He  took  upon  himself  further  public  duties  following  his  election  to  the  office 
of  corporation  commissioner  in  1911.  The  work  of  the  office  now  requires  almost  his 
entire  time  and  in  the  discliargc  of  his  duties  he  is  prompt,  capable  and  notably  reliable. 

In  189.3  Mr.  .Tones  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Florence  Croff,  a  native  of  Minnesota, 
although  the  wedding  was  celebrated  in  California.  They  have  one  son,  Lloyd  F.  ^Ir.  .Jones 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  has  held  all  of  the  chairs  in  tlie  blue  lodge. 
He  advanced  through  the  York  Rite  to  tlie  Knight  Templar  degree  in  the  eonunandery  and 


560  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

is  also  a  member  of  tlie  Mystic  Slirine.  His  name  is  on  the  membership  rolls  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  in  the  latter  he  has  also 
filled  all  of  the  offices  in  the  local  organization.  His  political  allegiance  has  ever  been  given 
to  tlie  democratic  party  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise,  and  his  ellorts 
along  political  lines  have  been  a  factor  in  advancing  the  party  success.  He  was  elected 
and  served  as  a  member  of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention  of  Arizona,  taking  a  deep 
and  active  interest  in  the  deliberations  of  that  body  and  serving  as  chairman  of  tlie  com- 
mittee for  the  regulation  of  railways,  his  previous  railway  service  well  qualifying  him  to 
speak  authoritatively  on  subjects  coming  up  before  the  committee  and  the  convention  regard- 
ing railway  interests.  It  has  always  been  characteristic  of  Mr.  Jones  that  he  has  accom- 
plished what  he  has  undertaken,  and  this  has  been  no  less  true  in  his  discharge  of  public 
duties  than  in  carrying  forward  his  private  afl'airs. 


0.  L.  HART. 


Since  O.  L.  Hart  was  fourteen  years  of  age  he  has  been  connected  with  ranching  and 
cattle-raising  in  Arizona  and  now  holds  extensive  and  important  interests  along  that  line, 
being  proprietor  of  the  business  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Hart  Cattle  Company. 
He  was  born  in  Colorado  on  the  30th  of  March,  1873,  and  is  a  son  of  D.  F.  and  Arniintha 
(Johnson)  Hart,  pioneers  of  that  state.  The  father  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stock- 
man, conducting  his  interests  successfully  in  Colorado  until  March  15,  1883,  when,  with  his 
family,  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  near  Flagstaff,  where  he  went  into  the  cattle  business 
upon  a  small  scale,  developing  afterward  a  large  and  important  enterprise.  He  has  now 
retired  from  active  business  life  and  makes  his  home  in  Winslow,  Arizona. 

0.  L.  Hart  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Arizona,  having  in  1883 
accompanied  his  parents  to  this  state.  He  is  in  all  essential  respects  a  self-made  man,  for 
at  the  early  age  of  fourteen  years  he  laid  aside  his  books  and  went  into  the  cattle  business 
for  liimself,  the  self-reliance  and  independence  thus  developed  in  his  character  being  salient 
elements  in  his  present  success.  In  the  course  of  his  career  he  has  owned  several  large 
ranches  and  is  now  the  proprietor  of  the  cattle  business  conducted  by  the  Hart  Cattle 
Company,  which  uses  the  A  L  brand,  his  land  holdings  being  located  near  Mormon  lake, 
at  Canon  Diablo  and  at  Hay  lake.  He  understands  the  business  with  which  he  is  connected 
in  principle  and  detail,  having  acquired  his  knowledge  through  early  training  and  long 
experience,  and  his  interests  are  expanding  rapidly,  their  extent  placing  him  today  among 
the  prominent  cattlemen  of  his  locality. 

Mr.  Hart  was  married  in  1901  to  Miss  Leila  Reed,  of  Colorado,  and  they  have  become 
the  parents  of  six  children.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  He  gives  a  great  deal  of  time  to  his  business  affairs  and  his  labors  are 
attended  witli  a  measure  of  success  that  indicates  his  business  ability  and  executive  force, 
his  strong  purpose  and  laudable  aml)ition.  He  had  no  assistance  at  the  outset  of  his 
career  but,  having  early  realized  that  labor  constitutes  the  basis  of  all  prosperity,  he  has 
never  hesitated  to  apply  himself  persistently  to  his  work  and,  therefore,  has  gained  recogni- 
tion as  a  prosperous  and  prominent  business  man. 


GEORGE  E.  SHUTE. 


George  E.  Shute,  engaged  in  the  livery  and  feed  business  in  Globe,  was  born  in  New 
Jersey,  February  38,  1853,  a  son  of  John  and  Dt'borah  Shute,  also  natives  of  that  state. 
The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  followed  that  pursuit  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  Harrisonville,  Gloucester  county.  New  Jersey.  He  and  his  wife  had  twelve 
children,  ten  of  whom  are  still  living,  the  subject  of  this  review  being  the  eighth  in  order 
of  birth. 

George  E.  Shute  acquired  his  education  in  the  New  Jersey  public  schools  and  in   1873, 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  561 

when  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  left  his  native  state  and  came  west  to  Arizona,  settling 
in  Tempe,  where  he  engaged  in  general  farming  and  rancliing  until  1905.  In  tliat  year  he 
sold  liis  land  and  liis  stock  and  removed  to  Globe,  where  he  purcliased  business  property  and 
erected  upon  it  a  large  livery  stable  and  feed  barn,  the  leading  enterprise  of  its  kind  in  the 
city.  He  keeps  a  number  of  good  horses  and  fine  vehicles  and  tlie  feed  sold  is  high  in 
(luality  and  reasonable  in  price.  Mr.  Sluite  also  owns  valuable  raining  interests  in  Gila 
county,  especially  in  the  Globe  district,  and  has  a  comfortable  and  attractive  residence  in 
the  city.  He  is  energetic  and  determined  in  all  of  liis  business  relations,  and  his  enter- 
prise, ability  and  modern  methods  have  brouglit  him  substantial  and  well  merited  success. 

In  1875  Mr.  Shute  married  Miss  Ella  Middleton,  a  native  of  California  and  a  daughter 
of  William  and  Miriam  Middleton.  The  father  died  in  Globe  in  1897  and  tlie  mother  sur- 
vives him.  She  makes  her  home  in  that  city  and  has  rea<;hed  the  age  of  eighty-five.  In 
this  family  were  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mi-,  and  Jlrs.  Sliute  have 
eight  children.  Walter,  who  was  born  in  1876,  was  graduated  in  law  at  Tempe  and  Globe 
and  is  now  judge  of  the  district  court  of  Gila  county.  Harry,  born  in  1878,  acquired  hia 
education  at  Globe  and  is  now  a  ranchman  on  the  Salt  river.  Eugene,  born  in  1880,  was 
educated  in  Gila  county  and  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  is  now  deputy  sheriff  of  Gila 
county.  May,  bom  in  1882,  acquired  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Globe  and  is 
now  the  widow  of  Samuel  Plunkett,  by  whom  she  had  two  children,  Maud  and  Leona. 
Myrtle,  born  in  1884,  is  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Ruyle,  of  Globe.  Laurel,  bom  in  1886,  is  the 
wife  of  Gus  Pinion,  of  Globe.  Frank,  born  in  1888,  is  at  home.  Grace,  who  completes  tiie 
family,  was  born  in  1890  and  is  also  residing  at  home. 

Mr.  Shute  is  a  member  of  Globe  Lodge,  No.  489,  B.  P.  0.  E.,  and  politically  is  con- 
nected with-  the  republican  party,  his  active  political  service  embracing  one  term  as  sheriff 
of  Gila  county.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Globe  and  his  former  success 
and  the  salient  qualities  of  his  character  promise  continued  and  increased  prosperity. 


WILLIAM    CHARLES    FAULKNER. 

A  man  of  clear  insight  and  excellent  business  ability,  whose  ready  appreciation  of 
opportunities,  combined  with  his  uiiflagging  industry,  have  enabled  him  to  build  up  from 
a  small  beginning  one  of  the  largest  and  most  important  lumber  concerns  in  Safford,  is 
William  Charles  Faulkner,  today  numbered  among  the  progressive  and  representative  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city.  He  was  bom  in  Willard,  Utah,  in  1869,  and  is  a  son  of  William 
and  Rebecca  (Cato)  Faulkner,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away.  The  father  went  to  Utah 
in  1867  and  settled  in  Willard,  whence  he  afterward  removed  to  Arizona,  locating  at 
Central,  Graham  county,  where  he  purchased  a  home.  He  followed  carpentering  until  his 
death.  In  his  family  were  seven  children,  three  of  whom  are  still  living:  Edith,  the  wife 
of  William  Gillespie,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  near  Solomonsville,  Arizona;  Sylvia,  the 
wife  of  Cluis  Allred,  who  is  following  agricultural  pursuits  near  Thatcher;  and  William 
Charles,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  began  his  business  career  by  serving  an  apprenticeship  of  three  and  a 
half  years  at  the  printer's  trade  in  Utah.  After  his  father's  death  he  abandoned  that 
occupation  and  turned  his  attention  to  carpentering,  contracting  and  building,  which  he 
followed  in  various  parts  of  Arizona  until  1899,  when  he  came  to  Safford,  where  he  has 
since  remained.  He  engaged  at  contracting  and  building  until  1909  and  then  stai-ted  in  the 
lumber  and  general  building  supply  business  on  a  small  scale,  building  up  a  large  and 
important  concern  in  six  years.  He  also  established  a  lumberyard  at  Thatcher  and 
operates  a  planing  mill  in  Safford,  which  enterprise  was  also  begun  in  an  humble  way  but 
has  expanded  rapidly  until  it  is  now  a  substantial  concern. 

Mr.  Faulkner  was  married  June  15,  1893,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Elmer,  a  native  of  Utah, 
whose  parents  were  early  settlers  of  that  state,  having  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams. 
They  later  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Graham  county,  where  the  father  passed  away. 
The  mother  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Thatcher.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Faulkner  became 
the  parents  of  six  children:     Lillie  M.,  who  is  attending  the  academy  at  Thatcher;  William 


562  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Albert,  deceased;   Cliailes  Cato,  Edward  and  Clyde,  all  of  whom  are  in  school;   and  Ellen, 
who  is  five  and  a  half  years  of  age. 

Mr.  l-'aulkner  is  a  member  of  the  Mormon  chiircli.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  democratic  party  and  is  progressive  in  citizenship,  having  served  for  a  term  of  three 
years  as  a  member  of  tlie  board  of  school  trustees.  His  official  duties  have  always  been 
discharged  in  such  a  manner  as  to  win  geiieral  commendation,  while  in  business  and  social 
life  he  occupies  an  enviable  position. 


JAMES    A.    KETCHERSIDE,    M.  D. 

Dr.  James  A.  Ketclierside,  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  medical  profession  in 
Yuma,  was  born  in  Texas  in  1874.  He  Is  a  son  of  Dr.  E.  B.  and  Eliza  (Allison)  Ketcherside, 
both  of  whom  were  born  in  Georgia  and  removed  to  Texas  in  1865.  In  1895  the  father 
came  to  Arizona  and  is  still  practicing  medicine  in  this  state. 

Dr.  James  A.  Ketcherside  acquired  a  jniblic  school  education  in  Georgia  and  later  en- 
tered the  University  of  Tennessee,  graduating  from  tlie  medical  department  in  1893.  He 
practiced  for  a  short  time  in  Georgia  and  tlien  lemoved  to  Yavapai  county,  Arizona,  where 
he  remained  for  seven  years.  In  1901  he  located  in  Yuma  and  lias  practiced  here  continu- 
ously since,  with  the  exception  of  the  time  between  August,  1908,  aiul  January,  1911,  when 
he  liad  chaige  of  the  insane  sylum  at  Phoenix.  He  is  in  control  of  a  representative  and 
growing  patronage  and  is  regarded  as  a  citizen  of  unusual  merit  and  ability. 

On  the  :id  of  June,  1903,  Dr.  Ketcherside  was  tinited  in  marriage  to  Miss  Frances 
Hance,  of  Yavapai  county,  Arizona,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children. 
The  Doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Anu-rican  iledioal  Association  and  the  Arizona  State  and 
V'uma  County  Medical  Societies,  and  he  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Masonic  lodge 
and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Klks.  He  is  one  of  the  public-spirited  and  progres- 
sive citizens  of  Yunui  and  is  accomplishing  important  work  along  lines  of  civic  develop- 
ment as  president  of  the  Yuma  Commercial  Club.  He  is  prominently  connected  with  the 
national  highway,  being  one  of  the  three  members  from  Arizona  of  the  national  highway 
committee.  No  progressive  movement  lacks  his  cooperation  and  support,  and  his  inllucnce 
is  always  found  on  the  side  of  advancement  and  growtli.  In  jmblic  and  professional  circles 
alike  his  activities  have  been  of  far-reailiiiig  importance  and  his  success  places  him  among 
the  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial  worth  in  his  locality. 


DAVID  M.  CANSLER. 


David  M.  Cansler,  well  known  in  business  circles  of  Morenci  as  proprietor  of  the  only 
livery  stable  in  the  town,  was  born  in  Ho|)kinsville,  Kentucky,  in  December,  1867.  His 
parents,  M.  B.  and  Mary  (McCord)  Cansler,  were  also  mitives  of  Kentucky,  as  were  the 
grandparents  on  both  sides.  The  father  was  for  man)'  years  an  extensive  planter  in  that 
state  but  is  now  deceased.  In  his  family  were  seven  children:  Mivlburn,  wlio  lives  on  the 
home  plantation  in  Kentucky;  David  M.,  of  this  review;  John  E.,  who  passed  away  leaving 
two  children;  James  B.,  also  deceased,  who  was  the  father  of  three  children;  William  R., 
of  California;  Theodosia,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years;  and  Ida,  who  died  when 
she  was  fourteen  years  of  age. 

David  M.  Cansler  was  reared  In  Kentucky  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Hopkinsville,  laying  aside  his  books  at  the  age  of  fourteen  in  order  to  work 
in  a  general  store.  He  made  his  home  with  his  uncle  for  several  years,  engaging  during  this 
time  in  various  occupations  around  Hopkinsville.  In  189S  he  determined  to  seek  his  fortune 
in  the  west  and  accordingly  went  to  New  Mexico,  where  he  obtained  employment  with  the 
Santa  Fe  Coal  Company,  working  in  their  store  for  four  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he 
came  to  Morenci,  Arizona,  and  held  a  position  in  the  store  of  the  Detroit  Copper  Company 
for  nine  years,  or  imtil  1906,  when  he  opened  a  livery  stable,  the  only  enterprise  of  this  kind 


DAVID  M.  CANSLER 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  565 

in  the  city.  This  he  has  since  conducted,  the  volume  of  his  business  having  grown  steadily 
through  the  years  and  having  reached  gratifying  proportions  at  tlie  present  time.  On  the 
1st  of  January,  1914,  he  began  operating  an  auto  stage  between  Morenci  and  Clifton,  which 
made  it  very  convenient  for  the  general  public  traveling  between  those  two  towns.  A  few 
months  later  he  admitted  J.  A.  Albrecht  to  a  partnership  in  tlie  business  and  tliey  now  have 
three  ^even-passenger  cars  which  have  a  daily  schedule  of  two-hour  trips  each  way.  Mr. 
Cansler  is  also  interested  in  the  undertaking  business  here  and  is  one  of  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  &  Arizona  Gold  &  Copper  Company,  operating  near  the  city,  all  of  his  business 
interests  being  capably,  carefully  and  progressively  managed. 

Mr.  Cansler  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Elizabeth  McKinley,  a  native  of  New  Mexico 
and  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (James)  McKinley.  Her  father  died  in  January, 
1913,  and  her  mother  still  makes  her  home  in  New  Alexico.  In  their  family  were  four  chil- 
dren: Mary,  who  married  John  James,  of  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  by  whom  she  has 
four  children;  Elizabeth,  now  Mrs.  Cansler;  John,  of  Gallup,  New  Mexico,  who  is  married 
and  has  three  children;  and  Maud,  who  married  John  Hart,  of  Carthage,  New  Mexico.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cansler  becaiue  the  parents  of  foiu-  children:  Helen,  who  died  at  the  age  of  four 
years;  Harry,  who  was  born  in  1903  and  is  now  attending  school;  John  Ellis,  whose  birth 
occurred  in  1907;  and  Robert  E.,  who  was  born  in  1913  and  died  in  1914. 

In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Cansler  occupies  a  leading  position,  having  aided  in  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  being  past  chancellor  commander  of  his  lodge.  He 
gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and,  although  not  an  office  seeker,  has  ever 
proven  a  loyal  and  public-spirited  citizen,  doing  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  the 
general  interests.  Since  coming  to  Morenci  he  has  formed  an  extensive  and  representa- 
tive acquaintance,  and  his  many  friends  here  know  him  as  an  enterprising,  progressive  and 
farsighted  business  man,  whose  work  has  been  an  clement   in   municipal  advancement. 


DANIEL  C.  STEVENS. 


Probably  no  man  in  Arizona  is  more  familiar  with  its  pioneer  history  than  Daniel  C. 
Stevens,  who  learned  it  by  personal  contact  with  many  of  its  phases  and  by  personal 
encounter  with  the  hardships  and  privations  of  early  times.  He  is  one  of  the  few  remain- 
ing representatives  of  that  unique  class  of  men,  the  pioneer  stage  men  of  the  southwest, 
for  he  established  in  the  summer  of  1878  the  first  daily  stage  line  between  Fort  Worth, 
Texas,  and  Yuma,  Arizona,  and  was  identified  with  its  conduct  for  many  years.  At  present 
he  is  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Arizona  Consolidated  Stage  &  Livery  Company,  having 
been  connected  with  that  company  and  its  predecessors  since  March,  1870,  without  losing 
a  day.  He  makes  his  home  in  Florence  and  has  been  prominent  in  the  public  life  of  that 
section  for  thirty  years,  serving  ably   and  conscientiously   in   several  offices. 

Mr.  Stevens  was  born  in  Milan,  Erie  county,  Ohio,  September  8,  1846,  and  when  he  was 
four  years  of  age  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Illinois.  At  the  age  of  seven  he  left  his  home 
in  Sterling,  that  state,  and  went  to  Wisconsin,  living  for  some  time  at  Black  River  Falls, 
Chippewa  Falls  and  Eau  Claire.  One  year  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Stevens 
enlisted  in  Company  G,  Sixteenth  Wisconsin  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  present  at  the 
battle  of  Shiloh,  where  he  was  taken  ill  and  obliged  to  leave  the  service.  After  being 
honorably  discharged  he  returned  to  Wisconsin  and  there  remained  one  year  before  he 
started  for  the  west,  traveling  by  easy  stages  through  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Kansas, 
Missouri,  Arkansas,  Indian  Territory,  Texas  and  New  Mexico  and  arriving  at  the  Colorado 
river  in  Arizona  in  August,  1878. 

In  the  summer  of  that  year  Mr.  Stevens  established  a  daily  stage  line  from  Fort  Worth, 
Texas,  to  Yuma,  for  this  was  before  the  days  of  railroads  in  Arizona.  He  conducted  this 
line  until  the  first  railroad  was  built  into  the  territory  and  he  then  established  a  stage  line 
from  Phoenix  to  Prescott  via  the  Black  Canyon  route.  He  sold  it  at  a  profit  in  1882  and 
removed  to  Florence,  where  he  has  since  resided.  For  a  time  he  ran  a  stage  line  from 
Casa  Grande  to  Florence  but  with  the  advent  of  better  railroad  facilities  this  became  un- 
remunerative  and  Mr.   Stevens   abandoned  it,   turning  liis  attention   to  the  livery  business 


566  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

with  which  lie  has  since'  been  connected.    He  lias  developed  a  large  and  constantly  increasing 
business,   for  his   methods   are   honorable   and   upright  and   his   business   standards   beyond 

reproach. 

Mr.  Stevens  has  been  twice  married.  In  1886  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
OUie  Coleman,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  has  passed  away.  On  March  11,  1895,  Mr.  Stevens 
wedded  Miss  Ellen  Bamrick,  who  was  born  in  Mexico. 

Mr.  Stevens  has  for  many  years  taken  an  active  and  prominent  part  in  public  affairs 
and  his  service  has  been  distinguished  by  the  same  uprightness  which  marked  and  made 
successful  his  business  career.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  supervisors  of  Pinal 
county  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  three  terms.  Later  he  was  elected  school  trustee 
of  Florence,  an  office  in  which  he  did  able,  farsighted  and  effective  work  for  sixteen  years. 
For  two  terms  he  was  treasurer  of  Pinal  county  and  for  one  term  acted  as  probate  judge, 
after  which  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  United  States  and  district  courts  at  Florence, 
serving  continuously  from  September  14,  1897,  to  the  fall  of  1911,  when  he-  was  elected 
clerk  of  the  superior  court,  a  position  which  he  held  until  January  1,  1914.  He  discharged 
his  duties  in  a  prompt  and  able  manner,  influenced  at  all  times  by  a  desire  to  promote  the 
best  interests  of  the  community  and  by  an  appreciation  of-  the  important  public  responsi- 
bility which  rests  upon  him.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Circle  and  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge  in  Florence,  the  consistory  in  Tucson  and  the 
Mystic  Shrine  in  Phoenix.  Having  lived  in  Arizona  since  pioneer  times,  he  is  thoroughly 
familiar  with  many  of  the  phases  of  development  in  the  territory  and  state,  his  personal 
experience  embracing  many  of  the  things  which  are  merely  matters  of  history  today.  He 
has  borne  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  progress  and  as  the  years  have  gone  by  has  won 
success,  his  record  as  a  business  man  and  as  an  official  being  unshadowed  by  any  suspicion 
of  evil. 


EUGENE    BRADY    O'NEILL. 

Eugene  Brady  O'Neill  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  well  known  citizens  of  Phoenix, 
where  he  has  resided  since  1900.  He  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  his  birth  having  occurred 
in  that  state,  April  21,  1869.  His  parents  were  John  Owen  and  Mary  (McMenemin)  O'Neill, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ireland.  They  came  to  America,  however,  in  early  life  and 
were  married  in  Pennsylvania.  They  were  residents  of  that  state  at  the  time  of  the 
Civil  war  and  Mr.  O'Neill,  responding  to  the  country's  call  for  aid,  enlisted  as  a  member 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry  and  did  duty  at  the 
front  as  captain  of  Company  K.  In  an  engagement  he  was  wounded  and  afterward  served 
in  the  veteran  reserve  corps  until  the  end  of  the  war.  Following  the  close  of  hostilities 
he  was  made  military  commander  of  southwestern  Virginia  and  later  went  to  Washington, 
D.  C,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  treasury  department.  In  days  of  peace  as  in  days 
of  war  he  was  most  loyal  to  his  adopted  land,  adhering  closely  to  American  principles 
and  to  the  democratic  spirit  which  underlies  our  form  of  government.  He  continued  a 
resident  of  the  nation's  capital  until  his  death   in  1897. 

Eugene  B.  O'Neill  was  largely  reared  in  Washington,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools,  followed  by  a  course  in  St.  John's  Academy  and  in  the  Georgetown  University  at 
Washington.  As  a  student  in  that  institution  he  won  his  Bachelor  of  Laws  degree  upon 
graduation  with  the  class  of  1888  and  the  following  year  his  alma  mater  conferred  upon 
him  the  Master  of  Laws  degree.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Washington  in  1889  and 
for  about  eight  years  remained  in  active  practice  in  that  part  of  the  country.  Then  his 
attention  was  directed  to  the  southwest,  and  with  a  belief  that  Arizona  offered  a  splendid 
field  for  professional  activity  he  came  to  the  territory  in  1897,  settling  first  at  Prescott. 
There  he  remained  for  three  years  but  in  1900  he  moved  to  Phoenix,  where  he  continued 
in  the  practice  of  law.  He  is  the  owner  of  the  O'Neill  building,  a  handsome  two-story 
structure  located  at  Adams  and  First  avenue.  He  also  operates  the  O'Neill  Auto  Supply 
Company,  which  handles  the  Maxwell  and  Chalmers  cars.  In  1915  Mr.  O'Neill  retired  from 
active  work  and  devotes  his  time  to  his  home  and  private  interests. 


ARIZOxNA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  567 

In  1901  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Eugene  B.  O'Neill  and  Mrs.  Pauline  M. 
(Schindler)  O'Neill,  and  they  have  an  adopted  son,  Maurice.  Mr.  O'Neill  is  identified  with 
the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  are  members  of  the  Catholic  chuicli  and  are  generous  contributors  to  its  support. 
His  connection  along  strictly  social  lines  is  with  the  Arizona  Club.  Politically  he  is  a 
democrat  and  has  served  for  two  terms  in  the  legislative  council.  Whatever  else  may  be 
said  of  the  legal  fraternity  it  cannot  be  denied  that  members  of  the  bar  have  been  more 
prominent  factors  in  public  affairs  than  any  other  class  of  the  community.  This  is  but  a 
natural  result  of  causes  which  are  manifest  and  require  no  explanation.  The  ability  and 
training  which  qualify  one  to  practice  law  also  qualify  him  in  many  respects  for  duties 
which  lie  outside  the  strict  path  of  his  profession  and  which  touch  the  general  interests 
of  society.  Thus  it  is  that  Mx.  O'Neill,  while  not  an  otfice  seeker,  is  regarded  as  a  leading 
representative  of  the  democratic  party  and  as  one  who  has  had  considerable  influence  over 
public  progress  outside  of  political  lines. 


JOHN   H.   LACY,   M.  D. 


Dr.  John  H.  Lacy,  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  in  Miami  and  acting 
also  as  physician  and  surgeon  for  the  McArthur  Construction  Company  of  Gila  county,  was 
bom  in  Raleigh,  North  Carolina,  and  is  a  son  of  Drury  and  Mary  Richie  (Rice)  Lacy, 
natives  of  Prince  Edward  county,  Virginia.  His  father  and  grandfather  were  Doctors  of 
Divinity  and  the  former  continued  active  in  his  religious  work  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  North  Carolina  in  1884,  when  he  was  eighty-two  years  of  age.  He  had  sur- 
vived his  wife  some  time,  her  death  occurring  when  she  was  seventy  years  of  age.  To 
them  were  born  three  children:  Benjamin  R.,  who  is  in  the  sixteenth  year  of  his  service 
as  state  treasurer  of  North  Carolina;  Agnes,  the  wife  of  Frederick  Van  Wagnen,  of  Orange, 
New  Jersey;   and  John  H.,  of  this  review. 

The  Bingham  Military  Academy  of  Mebane,  North  Carolina,  afforded  Dr.  Lacy  his 
early  educational  opportunities,  and  after  he  had  completed  the  prescribed  course  he  entered 
Hampden-Sidney  College,  Prince  Edward  county,  Virginia,  and  then  matriculated  at  the 
University  of  Maryland,  at  Baltimore,  graduating  from  the  medical  department  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1879.  He  was  afterward  physician  for  the  Ute  Indians  in  Colorado  for 
two  years  and  when  he  resigned  that  position  became  acting  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
United  States  army  in  southern  New  Mexico.  He  served  in  that  capacity  from  1880  to 
1884  and  in  the  latter  year  turned  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  medicine  in  connection 
with  the  mining  companies  of  the  sovithwest,  in  which  line  of  professional  work  he  still 
continues.  His  connections  have  been  important  and  profitable  and  he  has  pioved  in  every 
way  equal  to  the  work  intrusted  to  him,  as  a  list  of  the  companies  he  has  served  plainly 
shows.  He  was  first  for  one  year  surgeon  for  the  Carlisle  Gold  Mining  Company  and  spent 
a  similar  period  in  the  employ  of  the  Detroit  Copper  Company.  He  was  for  eight  years 
at  Clifton  with  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  and  then  for  one  year  at  Cerrillos,  New 
Mexico,  where  he  acted  in  the  interests  of  the  Cerrillos  Coal  Company.  AVhen  he  resigned 
that  position  he  went  to  Tampico,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  Mexican  Central  Railroad 
Hospital  for  one  year  and  a  half,  after  which  he  settled  at  Solomonsville,  Graham  county, 
Arizona.,  There  he  served  ably  and  conscientiously  for  fifteen  years  as  county  physician, 
his  retention  in  office  proving  the  importance  and  acceptability  of  his  service.  During 
that  time  he  also  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  and  for  a  time  conducted  a 
drug  store,  disposing  of  that  enterprise  when  he  came  to  Miami,  where  he  has  been  in  gen- 
eral practice  since  that  time,  being  connected  also  with  the  McArthur  Construction  Com- 
pany as  physician  and  surgeon.  His  ability  and  skill  have  become  widely  acknowledged, 
owing  to  the  excellent  results  which  have  steadily  attended  his  labors,  and  throughout 
this  part  of  Gila  county  he  is  known  as  a  competent  physician,  well  versed  in  the  scien- 
tific principles  which  underlie  his  profession  and  possessed  of  the  personality,  sympathy 
and  conscientiousness  necessary  to  make  his  knowledge  effective  for  good.  His  private 
practice  has  steadily  increased  since  he  came  to  Miami  and  has  now  reached  extensive  pro- 


568  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

portions.  In  addition  to  it  lie  acts  as  examiner  for  every  insurance  company  represented 
in  tlie  state  of  Arizona  and  has  proven  capable,  reliable  and  straightforward  in  the  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  devolving  upon  him  in  this  capacity. 

Dr.  Lacy  was  married  in  1888  to  Miss  May  A.  James,  who  was  born  in  Virginia  City, 
Nevada,  a  daughter  of  Isaac  E.  James,  a  mining  engineer  and  superintendent  of  the  Com- 
stock  mines  of  that  state.  He  died  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  having  long  survived  his 
wife,  who  passed  away  when  Mrs.  Lacy  was  still  a  child.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lacy  became  the 
parents  of  four  children,  the  eldest  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  others  are:  Alice, 
the  wife  of  E.  T.  Usher,  connected  with  the  sanitarium  at  Tempe;  Drury,  who  is  a  graduate 
of  high  school  and  college  and  is  now  a,  resident  of  Miami;  and  Florence,  nineteen  years 
of  age,  also  a  graduate  of  the  Miami  high  school.  The  family  are  devout  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church. 

Dr.  Lacy  has  important  fraternal  affiliations,  having  been  through  nearly  all  the  chairs 
of  the  Masonic  order.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  has  filled  all 
the  offices  in  that  organization.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party 
and  he  has  served  for  the  past  four  years  as  president  of  the  Miami  district  school  board. 
His  ability  and  skill  have  carried  him  forward  into  important  professional  relations  and  his 
life  of  broad  usefulness  has  gained  for  him  the  respect  of  his  brethren  in  the  medical  fra- 
ternity and  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who  have  come  in  contact  with  him. 


HENRY  C.  IX)CT^ETT. 


Agricultural  interests  of  the  state  of  Arizona  find  a  foremost  representative  in  Henry 
C.  Lockett,  who  for  many  years  has  been  extensively  engaged  in  sliecp  raising  and  is  the 
owner  of  valuable  ranch  land  near  Phoenix.  Born  in  Benton  county,  Missouri,  February  5, 
1856,  he  is  a  son  of  Mason  and  Amanda  Lockett,  the  former  of  wliom  successfully  followed 
agricultural  pursuits   for  many  years. 

Henry  C.  Lockett  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof,  receiving  but  a  common-school 
education.  When  he  was  five  years  old  his  parents  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  largely  grew 
to  manhood.  In  1878,  when  twenty-two  years  old,  he  came  as  far  west  as  Kansas,  in 
which  state  he  engaged  in  catching  and  breaking  wild  horses,  leading  the  life  of  a  plains- 
man. In  1881  he  drove  a  mule  team  and  wagon  from  Kansas  to  Fhigstaff,  Arizona,  and 
his  first  occupation  after  arriving  in  this  state  consisted  of  hauling  railroad  ties  for  the 
Santa  Fe  line,  which  was  then  being  built  from  Winslow  toward  Flagstaff,  the  latter  being 
but  a  small  tent  town  in  those  days.  A  year  after  coming  to  FlagstalV  Mr.  Lockett  engaged 
in  the  pursuit  of  agriculture,  raising  principally  hay  and  potatoes  on  a  ranch  two  miles 
north  of  the  town.  Industriously  and  energetically  applying  Iiimself  to  his  task,  he  obtained 
good  results  and  gradually  extended  the  boundaries  of  his  farm,  which  has  now  grown  to 
an  estate  of  one  thousand  acres,  partly  agricultural  and  partly  valuable  timber  land.  The 
ranch  now  serves  as  the  summer  home  of  tlie  Lockett  family  and  in  1007  a  very  attractive 
and  modern  bungalow  replaced  the  little  white  farmhouse  that  had  Ix-en  their  home  for 
nearly  thirty  years.  The  winter  residence  is  upon  a  farm  nine  miles  north  of  Phoenix. 
About  tliree  years  after  coming  to  Arizona  Mr.  Lockett  engaged  in  the  sheep  business  and 
has  gradually  become  more  and  more  extensively  interested  in  the  same,  being  now  num- 
bered among  the  most  extensive  sheepmen  in  the  state.  Prosperity  has  attended  his 
efforts  on  every  hand,  and  his  career  is  proof  of  the  fact  that  8\iccess  is  but  ambition's 
answer. 

In  1893  Mr.  Lockett  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rosa  Clark,  of  Brownsville, 
Ontario,  Canada,  and  of  this  union  were  born  three  children:  Rial  C,  Virginia  M.  and 
Nettie  A.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  at  Flagstaff,  May  21,  1898.  In  1905 
Mr.  Lockett  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hattie  M.  Greene,  a  daughter  of  W.  H.  Greene, 
of  Phoenix.  For  six  years  preceding  her  marriage  Miss  Greene  wag  engaged  in  public 
school  work  in  Maricopa  county,  Arizona,  enjoying  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the 
best  teachers  in  the  district.  She  is  a  graduate  of  Western  Normal  College  of  Bushnell, 
Illinois,  in  the  class  of  1897,  and  also  graduated  with  the  class  of  1901   from  the  Arizona 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  571 

Normal   School   of   Tcmpe,   Arizona.     The   two   children   of   this   marriage   are   Henry   Clai- 
borne, Jr.,  and  Robert  Wallace. 

Mr,  Lockett  gives  his  support  to  the  requblican  party  and  has  always  been  deeply  inter- 
ested in  political  questions,  his  public  spirit  liaving  found  recognition  in  election  to  tlie 
twenty-fourth  legislature,  in  which  he  served  from  1900  until  1908  as  senator  from  Coco- 
nino county,  doing  mucli  important  work  on  tlie  floor  of  the  house  and  being  connected 
with  important  constructive  legislation.  His  practical  interest  in  advancement  and  develop- 
ment is  also  evident  from  the  fact  that  he  was  one  of  the  original  promoters  and  one  of 
tlie  stockholders  of  the  Arizona  Territorial  Fair  Association,  serving  as  vice  president  of 
the  second  board  of  commissioners.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Elks  and  the 
OMd  Fellows.  While  Mr.  Lockett  deserves  full  credit  for  his  attainments  and  is  iiighly 
esteemed  for  those  qualities  whicli  liave  made  liis  success  possible,  he  is  always  glad  to 
bear  his  sliare  in  the  work  of  making  Arizona  wliat  he  believes  it  will  one  day  become^ 
one  of  the  most  prosperous  sections  in  the  United  States.  A  spirit  of  contagious  enthusiasm 
that  is  an  inspiration  to  others  lias  always  moved  him,  and  his  endeavors,  while  bringing 
him  individual  success,  have  been  a  serviceable  factor  in  the  growth  and  upbuilding  of 
the  state. 


F.   L.    JONES. 


Prominent  among  the  substantial  and  successful  business  men  of  Globe  is  F.  L.  Jones, 
wlio  since  1898  has  conducted  an  undertaking  business  and  a  monument  agency  in  that 
city,  dealing  also  in  pianos  and  Jones  scales.  He  was  bom  in  Wisconsin  in  1847,  a  son  of 
P.  W.  and  Julia  G.  (Andrews)  Jones,  both  natives  of  New  York,  who  shortly  after  their 
marriage  in  the  early  '40s  removed  to  Wisconsin,  where  they  took  ,ui)  land,  upon  which  the 
father  engaged  in  general  agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
passed  away  in  Wisconsin.  They  were  tlie  parents  of  three  children:  F.  L.,  of  this  review; 
Carrie  May,  the  wife  of  Frank  Cady,  wlio  is  operating  the  family  liomestead  in  Reedsburg, 
Wisconsin;   and  Lillian  V.,  who  married  Wilbur  Church,  of  South  I>akota. 

F.  L.  Jones  acquired  his  education  in  Wisconsin  and  remained  at  home  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  ago,  after  which  he  went  to  Darien,  Wisconsin.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two 
he  became  a  resident  of  Waukegan,  Illinois,  where  for  twelve  years  he  served  as  clerk  and 
bookkeeper  in  a  general  merchandise  store.  From  Illinois  he  went  to  Texas  and  there  en- 
gaged in  ranching,  buying  a  tract  of  thirty-three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  in 
Wharton  county,  which  he  stocked.  This  he  operated  for  some  years  and  was  very  suc- 
cessful in  the  conduct  of  his  interests,  becoming  known  as  a  prominent  and  representative 
agriculturist  and  cattle  dealer.  At  the  end  of  two  years,  however,  he  turned  his  attention 
to  mercantile  pursuits,  establishing  a  store,  in  which  he  sold  nearly  everything  except 
groceries.  His  business  was  located  at  Wharton,  the  county  seat  of  Wharton  county,  Texas, 
and  he  conducted  it  in  connection  with  his  ranch  for  six  years.  In  1884  he  sold  the  store, 
retaining  his  title  to  his  land,  however,  and  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  "where  he 
purchased  the  Globe  Coffee  and  Spice  Mills.  These  he  entirely  remodeled,  replacing  the 
old  equipment  by  modern  and  labor-saving  machinery,  and  for  three  years  conducted  a 
lucrative  business,  gaining  a  large  patronage  by  reason  of  his  progressive  and  upright 
methods  and  his  straightforward  dealings.  When  he  sold  the  mills  he  turned  his  attention 
to  buying  and  selling  leal  estate  in  Los  Angeles  and  engaged  in  this  and  various  other 
occupations  in  that  city  for  ten  years.  In  1898,  however,  he  sold  his  most  important  hold- 
ings in  California  and  came  to  Arizona,  opening  in  Globe  his  present  establishment.  Besides 
his  undertaking  business  he  conducts  a  monument  agency,  and  his  success  is  entirely  the 
result  of  his  own  industry,  ability  and  enterprise.  He  has  not  been  unmindful  of  the  busi- 
ness opportunities  which  have  come  his  way  in  the  course  of  years  but  has  made  some  judi- 
cious investments  in  real  estate,  owning  today  besides  his  own  home,  three  large  business 
houses  in  Globe.  His  wife  and  son  are  interested  with  him  in  the  conduct  of  his  business 
and  are  part  owners  in  all  of  the  property. 

Mr.  Jones  was  married  in  1882  to  Miss  Annie  M.  Hare,  a  native  of  New  York  state 


572  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  a  daughter  of  Stephen  Hare,  wlio  renioved  to  Illinois  and  later  to  Wisconsin.  He  passed 
away  in  Kansas  City,  Kansas;  his  wife  died  in  Wisconsin.  They  had  four  daughters,  all  of 
whom  are  still  living,  Mrs.  Jones  being  the  third  In  order  of  birth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones 
have  a  son,  Fred  Hare,  who  was  born  in  January,  1887.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Los  Angeles  and  Globe,  and  was  giaduated  from  high  school  when  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age.  In  1911  he  married  Miss  Annabelle  Chisliolm,  a  native  of  Michigan, 
who  lost  her  life  in  Salt  river,  September  7,  1914. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Jones  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  is 
liberal  in  his  views.  He  served  for  one  term  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  but  is  not 
active  as  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  do  his  public  service  in  other  ways.  He  is  interested 
in  the  welfare  of  Globe  and  as  the  years  have  gone  by  has  won  for  himself  a  creditable 
position  as  a  valued  citizen  and  business  man. 


THOMAS   F.   WEEDIN. 


Practically  all  of  the  vital  and  important  interests  which  go  to  make  up  the  sum  of 
human  existence  have  at  some  time  claimed  the  attention  of  Thomas  F.  Weedin,  editor, 
business  man,  statesman  and  public-spirited  citizen.  His  activities  have  been  as  varied  as 
they  have  been  important  and  in  their  ofiects  as  beneficial  as  they  have  been  far-reaching, 
placing  him  today  among  the  social,  political  and  business  leaders  of  Phoenix. 

Mr.  Wee,din  was  born,  in  Cooper  county,  Missouri,  December  15,  1854,  and  since  he  was 
nine  years  of  age  has  been  identified  with  journalism.  At  that  time  he  went  to  Kansas 
City  and  became  connected  as  newsboy  with  the  Kansas  City  Times,  rising  through  all  the 
diffierent  de])artments  of  the  business  and  thoroughly  learning  newspaper  work  in  principle 
and  detail.  During  this  time  he  attended  night  school,  but  when  he  went  to  St.  Louis  laid 
aside  liis  textbooks  and  gave  his  attention  entirely  to  journalism  until  1873,  when  he  went 
to  Tennessee  and  established  his  first  journal  in  Brownsville,  calling  it  the  Brownsville 
Democrat.  In  1875  he  was  editor  of  the  Daily  Herald  at  Fremont,  Nebraska,  and  in  the 
following  year  became  city  editor  of  the  Omaha  Herald.  After  two  years  in  that  respon- 
sible position  he  was  made  editor  of  the  Daily  Prospect,  at  Silver  Cliff,  Colorado,  and 
abandoned  that  position  to  take  up  prospecting  and  mining  there.  His  interests  along  that 
line  brought  him  from  Silver  City  to  Tombstone,  Arizona,  in  1880,  but  in  the  following 
year  he  again  resumed  newspaper  work,  establishing  The  Enterprise  at  Florence  on  March 
30th  of  that  year.  That  paper  he  conducted  until  President  Cleveland's  first  administration, 
when  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  United  States  court  in  his  district,  serving  ably  and 
efficiently  until  1900.  He  then  established  The  Blade  in  Florence  and  purchased  The  Tribune, 
consolidating  the  papers  under  the  name  of  The  Blade-Tribune,  with  which  he  was  connected 
until  his  removal  to  Phoenix.  He  possesses  the  gift  of  style  and  is  a  forceful,  virile  and 
powerful  writer,  and  his  editorial  comments  were  read  eagerly  and  accepted  as  authoritative 
on  questions  of  public  thought  and  interest.  Mr.  Weedin  made  The  Blade-Tribune,  the 
organ  of  the  democratic  party  in  Florence,  powerful  on  account  of  a  wide  circulation  and 
in  addition  he  developed  an  extensive  advertising  patronage,  being  a  far-sighted,  experi- 
enced and  thoroughly  trained  newspaper  man.  He  has  extensive  interests  in  mining  prop- 
erty in  Arizona  and  is  known  as  an  expert  judge  of  mine  values,  this  knowledge  having 
come  to  him  during  his  first  years  as  a  prospector.  In  1913  he  was  appointed  register  of  the 
land  office  at  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Weedin  married  Mrs.  J.  D.  Payton,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  they  became  the  parents 
of  a  daughter,  Jennie  F.  She  inherits  her  father's  literary  ability  and  took  the  Harvard 
medal  at  the  State  Normal  School  for  the  best  composition,  and  also  the  gold  medal  at  St. 
Joseph's  Academy  for  the  best  composition.  By  her  former  marriage  Mrs.  Weedin  had  four 
children,  Thomas  G.,  Ada,  Emma  and  Ira  B.  Payton.  Mrs.  Weedin  passed  away  September 
8,  1915. 

Aside  from  his  business  interests,  Mr.  Weedin  has  had  an  important  and  successful 
career  in  public  life  and  has  left  the  impress  of  his  powerful  personality,  his  political  integrity 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  573 

and  his  conscientiousness  upon  the  legislative  history  of  Arizona.  He  is  aided  in  his  work 
by  unusual  oratorical  power,  being  known  throughout  the  state  as  a  public  speaker  of 
marked  ability.  He  has  used  this  gift  at  various  democratic  conventions  and  has  attended 
nearly  all  of  these  gatherings  since  1883.  He  was  a  member  of  the  thirteenth,  twenty- 
fourth  and  twenty-lifth  territorial  legislative  councils,  serving  as  floor  leader  of  his  party 
during  all  of  the  sessions  and  standing  always  on  the  side  of  right,  reform  and  progress. 
He  accomplished  much  practical  and  beneficial  work  during  his  terms  in  the  assembly,  for 
he  was  instrumental  in  having  the  state  prison  located  in  Florence,  and  it  was  largely  due 
to  his  efforts  that  many  of  the  city  schools  were  built  and  cement  bridges  erected.  He  was 
supervisor  of  Pinal  county  for  four  years  and  was  at  one  time  a  candidate  for  governor 
of  Arizona  but  lost  at  the  primaries,  defeating/  however,  the  present  governor  of  the  state 
sixty  to  one  in  Pinal  county.  Mr.  Wecdin  was  the  first  mayor  of  Florence  and  gave  the 
city  a  straightforward,  businesslike  and  progressive  administration.  He  was  probably  one 
of  tlie  most  widely  known  and  influential  men  in  Florence.  He  stands  at  all  times  for 
progress,  reform  and  advancement  in  municipal  affairs,  and  in  the  broader  political  circles 
of  the  county  and  state  has  made  his  name  a  synonym  for  all  that  is  worthy  and  acceptable 
in  public  service.  He  has  many  friends  throughout  Arizona,  drawn  to  him  by  the  force  of 
his  personality  and  ability,  and  his  name  is  honored  and  respected  wherever  it  is  known. 


ARTHUR  C.  CARLSON,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Arthur  C.  Carlson,  doing  capable  and  able  work  as  assistant  physician  for  the 
United  Verde  Mining  Company  at  Jerome,  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1885,  a  son  of  Frank 
and  Minnie  Carlson,  the  latter  of  whom  has  passed  away.  The  father,  a  contractor  and 
stonecutter  by  trade,  still  engages  in  those  occupations.  The  son  acquired  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  and  was  afterward  a  student  in  the 
University  of  Michigan,  where  he  remained  for  three  and  one-half  years,  obtaining  his 
M.  D.  degree,  however,  from  the  University  of  Southern  California  in  1910.  In  order  to 
obtain  the  advantages  of  practical  experience  in  his  chosen  work  he  entered  the  Los  Angeles 
Hospital  as  interne  and  when  he  began  his  independent  career  became  connected  with  the 
Verde  Valley  Railroad  as  physician  and  surgeon.  In  August,  1912,  he  came  to  Jerome 
as  assistant  physician  for  the  United  Verde  Mining  Company,  a  capacity  in  which  he  is 
still  acting,  his  ability,  knowledge  and  high  professional  attainments  being  evidenced  in  the 
excellent  results  which  have  followed  his  labors. 

On  the  30th  of  June,  1909,  Dr.  Carlson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Frances  Grace 
Soddy,  of  Calumet,  Michigan,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Frank  and  Arthur. 
Fraternally  Dr.  Carlson  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  holding  membership  in  the 
lodge  and  chapter,  and  he  is  independent  in  politics.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most 
advanced  thought  in  his  profession  through  individual  reading,  research  and  investigation 
and  through  his  membership  in  the  Yavapai  County  and  tlie  Arizona  State  Medical  Societies 
and  the  American  Medical  Association,  and  he  is  known  as  one  of  the  most  capable  and 
successful  young  phj-sicians  in  his  section  of  the  state. 


ANSON  H.  SMITH. 


Anson  H.  Smith,  who  is  editor  and  manager  of  the  Mohave  County  Miner  and  who 
has  extensive  mining  interests  in  his  section  of  Arizona,  is  numbered  among  the  pioneers 
in  the  state,  his  residence  here  dating  from  1879.  He  has  been  one  of  the  greatest  indi- 
vidual forces  in  local  mining  development,  and  along  other  lines  of  work  which  claim  his 
interest  he  has  accomplished  effective  and  far-reaching  results  also,  his  paper  being  today 
important  as  a  director  of  public  thought  and  opiiiion. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  New  York  in  1860  and  acquired  a  public  school  education  in 
that  state.     In  1879  he  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Mineral  Park  as  a  representative  of 


574  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

tlie  Cerbat  Mining  Company.'  He  continued  in  that  line  of  work  for  several  years  and 
indeed  has  never  abandoned  it,  his  mining  property  today  being  important  and  profitable. 
He  extended  the  field  of  liis  activity  in  1882,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  James 
J.  Hyde,  with  whom  lie  established  the  Moliave  County  Miner,  a  weekly  newspaper,  which 
liis  energy  and  entei-prise  made  successful  from  the  beginning.  He  sold  liis  interest  in  the 
paper  in  1886  and  for  five  years  thereafter  gave  his  entire  attention  to  mining,  but  in  1891 
he  repurchased  his  stock.  In  1898  he  was  joined  by  M.  A.  Sawyer  and  together  tliey  con- 
duct one  of  the  largest,  most  interesting  and  most  powerful  journals  in  Mohave  county. 
Mr.  Smith  acts  as  editor  and  manager  and,  being  possessed  of  the  newspaper  instinct  as  well 
■  as  sound  and  reliable  business  judgment,  lias  accomplished  a  great  deal  of  important  and 
constructive  work  in  that  position.  He  still  has  large  mining  interests  which  are  capably 
conducted  and  therefore  profitable,  and  ho  takes  his  place  among  the  men  who  for  the 
past  thirty-seven  years  have  influenced  the  direction  and  character  of  business  develop- 
ment in   Arizona. 

In  1883  Mr.  Smith  married  Miss  Mary  Agnes  Hughes,  a  native  of  Nevada,  and  tliey 
became  the  parents  of  ten  children.  Fraternally  Mr.  Smith  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Kniglits  of  Pythias,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church.  He  does  not  give  his  political  allegiance  to  any  particular  party  but  votes 
independently,  according  to  the  dictates  of  his  personal  convictions.  In  the  course  of  his 
long  residence  in  Arizona  he  has  earned  for  himself  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  careful 
man  of  business  and  in  all  of  his  dealings  is  known  for  the  prompt  and  reliable  methods 
which  have  won  him  the  well  deserved  and  unqualified  confidence  of  liis   fellowmen. 


JOHN  F.  MYERS. 


John  F.  Myers,  one  of  the  public-spirited  men  of  Tucson,  whose  labors  have  been  of 
material  and  substantial  value  to  the  community  in  the  line  of  general  business  progress 
throughout  his  term  of  service  as  secretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  was  born  in 
Cincinnati,  Hamilton  county,  Ohio,  October  13,  1888.  After  acquiring  a  public  school  educa- 
tion he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  in  his  native  city  and  became  a  well  known  and 
successful  dealer,  gaining  tlie  recognition  of  liis  business  associates  by  being  aiipointed  to 
fill  out  an  imexpired  term  as  secretary  of  the  Real  Estate  Exchange  of  Cincinnati.  For 
eighteen  months  he  was  connected  with  the  brokerage  firm  of  Newcomb  &  Jenkins,  and  he 
owned  valuable  realty  holdings  in  Norwood. 

On  April  1,  1912,  Mr.  Myers  came  to  Tucson  to  accept  the  position  of  secretary  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  an  office  which  he  still  holds.  He  has  proved  his  administrative  and 
executive  ability  in  the  three  years  of  liis  service,  has  promoted  the  business  interests  of 
the  city  ably  and  progressively  and  has  neglected  no  opportunity  to  furtlier  tlie  general 
advancement  and  development.  He  is  considered  an  ideal  man  in  his  position  and  the  work 
he  has  done  for  Tucson  has  won  him  many  friends  in  the  city,  wliere  his  ability,  progressive 
spirit  and  integrity  are  known  and  recognized.  He  is  now  serving  as  secretary .  of  the 
Southern   Arizona   Fair  Association. 

On  January  14,  1912,  Mr.  Myers  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Gertrude  M.  Scliroer, 
a  native  of  Ohio,  and  both  are  well  known  and  highly  respected  in  social  circles  of  Tucson, 
where  their  many  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  character  have  gained  tlieni  the  esteem  and 
regard  of  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 


JUIJGE   WILLIAM   H.    STILWELL. 

The  evidences  of  .Judge  William  H.  Stilwell's  prominence  and  success  at  tlie  bar  are 
found  in  the  court  records  of  Arizona.  His  work  has  won  recognition  from  the  bar  for  its 
superior  merit,  and  public  opinion  places  his  name  high  on  the  roll  of  the  eminent  lawyers 
in  Arizona. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  575 

Judge  Stilwell  was  born  in  St.  Lawrence  county,  New  York,  in  1853,  a  son  of  James 
and  Mary  (Brazee)  Stilwell,  the  former  a  farmer  by  6ccupation.  The  son  acquired  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Ogdensburg,  New  York,  and,  continuing  his  education  in 
his  native  state,  attended  successively  Governeur  Seminary,  the  Potsdam  Normal  School 
and  the  Albany  Law  College.  On  the  completion  of  his  professional  course  he  was  graduated 
in  1875  and  entered  upon  active  practice  in  Albany,  whence  he  afterward  removed  to  New 
Y'ork  city.  For  a  time  he  was  a  law  student  in  the  office  of  Peckham  &  Tremain,  the  senior 
partner  of  the  firm  being  Judge  Peckham,  afterward  of  the  United  States  supreme  court. 
The  friendship  which  was  thus  formed  continued  until  the  death  of  that  well  known  jurist. 

A  short  time  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  Mr.  Stilwell  became  private  secretary  to 
General  Edward  A.  Merritt,  collector  of  the  port  of  New  York,  with  whom  he  was  thus 
connected  for  two  years,  also  acting  as  assistant  in  the  law  department  for  the  custom 
house.  On  tlie  expiration  of  that  period  he  was  appointed  by  President  Hayes  as  associate 
justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona  and  in  January,  1881,  removed  to  Prescott  to  take 
his  place  upon  the  bench  and  as  trial  judge  of  the  third  judicial  district,  comprising  the 
counties  of  Yavapai,  Mohave,  Coconino  and  Apache.  The  territorial  legislature,  then  being 
in  session,  reassigned  the  judges  of  the  territory,  and  Judge  Stilwell  was  assigned  to  the 
first  judicial  district,  comprising  the  southern  part  of  the  territory,  where  he  organized 
the  first  district  court  of  Cochise  and  Graham  counties,  having  his  headquarters  at  Tucson. 
While  presiding  over  the  court  tliere  he  tried  one  of  the  most  important  mining  suits  ever 
held  in  Arizona — the  ease  of  the  Head  Center  Mining  Companj-  versus  the  Contention  Mining 
Company.  It  attracted  some  of  the  brightest  and  best  legal  talent  of  the  west  and  was  a 
matter  of  intense  interest  to  lawyers  and  judges  throughout  the  country.  Judge  Stilwell 
presided  over  that  court  through  the  administration  of  President  Garfield,  after  which  he 
opened  a  law  ofiice  in  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  specialized  in  the  trial  of  mining  cases.  He 
was  retained  in  the  case  of  Watervail  Mining  Company  versus  Leach  &  Gage,  representing 
the  plaintiff.  The  question  in  controversy  concerned  veins  crossing  each  other.  The  suit 
was  lost  in  the  lower  court  but  Judge  Stilwell  appealed  to  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona 
and  the  decision  rendered  established  a  precedent  that  has  since  been  followed  in  California, 
Colorado  and  elsewhere,  his  contention  therein  being  upheld  in  all  the  courts  since  that 
time.  The  case  is  now  cited  as  authority  in  the  textbooks.  Its  substance  was  that  Colorado 
had  given  the  junior  locator  the  right  to  cross  the  mine  of  the  senior  locator  on  the  strike 
of  a  ledge,  and  in  the  trial  Judge  Stilwell  established  the  contention  of  his  clients — that  the 
ape.x  of  the  cross  ledge  was  in  the  ground  of  the  senior  locator  and  belonged  to  the  senior 
locator.  That  section  2336,  Revised  Statutes  of  United  States,  relating  to  crossing  of  rain- 
ing veins,  did  not  refer  nor  was  it  applicable  to  veins  crossing  on  their  strike  or  course, 
but  only  to  veins  running  and  striking  in  the  same  direction  and  crossing  and  intersecting 
each  other  on  their  dip,  like  the  legs  of  a  sawhorse. 

For  some  time  after  retiring  from  the  bench  Judge  Stilwell  made  his  home  in  Tomb- 
stone, but  in  1893  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  lived.  His  practice  has  not  only 
been  extensive  but  of  a  most  important  character,  involving  many  questions  which  have 
direct  and  important  bearing  upon  the  subsequent  history  of  the  state.  He  represented 
two  hundred  farmers  in  a  lawsuit  concerning  the  ownership  of  the  water  rights  of  the 
Salt  river.  It  came  upon  the  docket  under  the  title  of  Henry  E.  Slauser  versus  the  Salt 
River  Valley  Canal  Company,  Judge  Stilwell  representing  the  plaintiff.  He  contended  that 
the  water  belonged  to  the  owners  of  the  land  and  not  to  the  canal  company.  There  were 
five  cases  and  the  litigation  covered  nine  and  one-half  years.  Three  of  these  cases  were 
carried  to  the  United  Statei^  supreme  court  and  the  decisions  rendered  were  in  favor  of  the 
water  users.  The  canal  company  valued  its  holdings  at  nearly  two  million  dollars,  and 
when  the  case  ended  the  United  States  reclamation  service  bought  them  out  for  about 
three  hundred  thousand  dollars.  This  case,  of  the  utmost  importance,  attracted  nation-wide 
attention,  involving  principles  of  general  interest.  Only  six  out  of  the  two  hundred  farmers 
who  instituted  proceedings  staid  with  the  fight  until  the  final  settlement  was  reached,  and 
.Judge  Stilwell  during  the  period  of  litigation  met  much  of  the  expense  connected  therewith. 
While  he  was  residing  in  Tombstone  numerous  fights  occurred  between  the  representatives 
of  the  Earp  and  the  Canton  factions.  The  fight  became  very  bitter  and  on  one  day  four 
men  were  killed.     The  condition  was  such  that  national  attention  was  directed  thereto,  and 


576  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  1882  President  Aitliiir  issued  a  proclamation  demanding  tliat  tlie  condition  of  things 
cease  or  he  would  be  forced  to  place  the  community  under  martial  law.  Judge  Stilwell 
organized  a  posse  from  among  the  mining  companies,  selected  as  its  captain  John  H. 
Jackson  and  succeeded  in  putting  an  end  to  the  difficulties,  bringing  about  a  cessation  of  all 
fighting. 

While  residing  in  Cochise  county.  Judge  Stilwell  was  elected  district  attorney  in  1888 
but  since  that  time  lifts  never  been  a  candidate  for  an  elective  office,  preferring  to  concen- 
trate his  energies  upon  his  professional  duties,  which  make  constant  and  onerous  demand 
upon  his  energies.  He  is  a  diligent  and  industrious  worker  and  to  this  attributes  much 
of  his  success.  It  is  well  known  that  he  has  wisely  used  the  time  and  talents  with  which 
nature  endowed  him,  constantly  adding  to  his  knowledge  through  extensive  reading,  study 
and  experience,  while  his  work  in  the  courts  demonstrates  his  ability  to  correctly  apply 
legal  principles  to  litigated  points. 

Judge  Stilwell  was  married  in  188.5  to  Miss  Harriet  Newell  Bean,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  a  daughter  of  Colonel  A.  A.  Bean.  They  have  two  children,  Mary  E.  and  Kate. 
Judge  and  Mrs.  Stilwell  have  a  wide  acquaintance  in  Phoenix  and  their  circle  of  friends  is 
almost  coextensive  therewith.  In  citizenship.  Judge  Stilwell  always  maintains  a  pro- 
gressive attitude  that  has  found  tangible  expression  in  assistance  to  many  movements  for 
the  public  good.  However,  his  profession  constantly  makes  greater  demands  upon  his  time. 
The  zeal  with  which  he  has  devoted  his  energies  to  the  law,  the  careful  regard  evinced  for 
the  interests  of  his  clients  and  an  assiduous  and  unrelaxed  attention  to  all  the  details  of 
his  cases  have  brought  him  a  large  business  and  made  him  very  successful  in  its  conduct. 


JAMES  A.  HARRISON. 


James  A.  Harrison  was  bom  in  Sonoma  county,  California,  February  12,  1870,  and 
is  a  son  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Wilson)  Harrison,  the  former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the 
latter  of  New  York  state.  The  father  was  a  California  pioneer  of  1849,  coming  west  in 
that  year  from  Virginia.  He  was  a  lawyer  and  surveyor  by  profession  and  a  man  of  good 
general  ability  and  excellent  special  training.  He  soon  became  prominent  in  the  public  life 
of  the  state,  serving  ably  as  county  .judge  of  Mendocfno  county,  California.  He  was  also 
a  pioneer  of  Arizona,  coming  to  this  state  in  May,  1879.  and  locating  in  Tucson,  whence 
one  year  later  he  went  to  Washington  Camp,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hotel  business.  In 
1882  he  located  at  Lochiel,  where  he  followed  ranching  and  store  keeping  with  good  success. 
He  was  always  interested  in  educational  affairs  and  did  able  work  along  that  line  as  a 
member  of  the  first  board  of  regents  of  the  University  of  Arizona.  He  died  in  Tucson  in 
1910  and  his  wife,  who  came  around  the  Horn  to  San  Francisco  in  1852,  survived  him 
one  year.  In  their  family  were  eight  children:  Harry,  deceased;  Charles,  of  Lochiel, 
Arizona;  James  A.;   Nellie,  deceased;   Mary;   Virginia;   Richard,  deceased;   and  Marion. 

James  A.  Harrison  was  nine  years  of  age  when  the  family  came  to  Arizona,  and  he 
grew  to  manhood  in  this  state,  acquiring  a  public  school  education.  In  1886  he  had  the 
contract  to  haul  mail  from  Lochiel  to  Crittenden  for  one  year  and  then  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  cattle  business,  in  which  he  was  active  until  1890,  when  he  became  identified 
with  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  as  messenger  between  Nogales  and  Guaymas. 
After  three  years  he  was  appointed  agent  for  that  company  at  Lordsburg,  New  Mexico, 
and  there  remained  for  seven  years,  returning  in  1900  to  Nogales.  He  then  turned  his 
attention  to  the  cattle  business  eight  miles  east  of  the  city,  an  occupation  which  still 
claims  his  interest.  He  is  now  president  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Valley  Bank  &  Trust  Company 
and  also  president  of  the  R.  J.  Lester  Company,  Inc..  wholesale  merchandise  brokers.  He 
is  a  large  landowner  and  is  known  in  business  circles  as  a  man  of  high  integrity  and  honor. 
These  qualities  have  also  distinguished  his  public  service,  which  has  been  marked  by  well 
directed  work  in  the  best  interests  of  the  community.  For  six  years  he  was  supervisor 
of  Santa  Cruz  county  and  for  four  years  chairman  of  the  board.  In  the  fall  of  1911  he 
was  elected  on  the  democratic  ticket  to  the  first  state  senate  and  there  his  work  was 
progressive,  beneficial  and  far-reaching.     He  was  a  member  of  several  important  committees, 


JAMES  A.  HARRISON 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  579 

including  tlie  jjublic  lands  and  code  committees,  and  was  chairman  of  the  live  stock  com- 
mittee.    His  public  record  has  been  unshadowed  by  any  suspicion  of  corruption. 

Jlr.  Harrison  married  Miss  Katherine  W.  Hill,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  a  grand- 
daughter of  ex-Senator  Wise  of  that  state,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  three 
children:  Virginia  and  .Mary,  who  are  both  graduates  of  Notre  Dame  College  at  San  Jose, 
California;  and  Richard,  who  is  now  attending  the  New  Mexico  Military  Institute  at 
Eoswell. 

Mr.  Hanison  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  belonging  to  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and 
he  is  also  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternity,  liaving  passed  through  all  the 
chairs  in  the  local  lodge.  He  is  numbered  among  the  deservedly  successful  men  of  Santa 
Cruz  county  whose  actions  at  all  times  have  been  sincere  and  his  standards  high,  and 
whether  in  business,  social  or  public  relations  he  deserves  the  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he 
has  come  in  contact. 


DR.  LOFUS  HYATT  GOODKICH. 

A  more  worthy  and  exemplary  citizen  never  lived  within  the  borders  of  the  state  of 
Arizona  than  Dr.  Lofus  Hyatt  Goodrich,  and  it  is  to  such  men  as  he  that  the  state  owes 
its  advancement  and  development.  He  came  at  that  fortunate  period  when  everything  was 
in  the  formative  state,  and  although  his  life  was  an  extremely  active  one  his  services  and 
prominence  were  commensurate  with  his  labors. 

He  was  born  in  St.  Joseph  county,  Michigan,  JIarch  38,  1843.  At  the  age  of  nine  his 
father  died  leaving  a  wife  and  four  children,  Lofus  being  the  eldest  of  three  sons.  The 
family  having  limited  means  he  was  compelled  to  work  on  the  farm  in  the  summertime  and 
he  attended  the  district  schools  during  winter.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  entered  the 
academy  near  home,  and  when  nineteen  began  the  study  of  dentistry,  for  which  he  seemed 
to  have  a  natural  aptitude.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  he  completed  his  course  and  began 
practicing  at  Sturgis,  Michigan.  Seven  years  later  he  removed  to  Coldwater,  Michigan, 
where  he  continued  until  December,  1878. 

The  student  of  history  cannot  carry  his  investigations  far  into  the  records  of  Arizona 
without  learning  of  the  prominent  connection  of  Dr.  L.  H.  Goodrich  with  progress  and 
improvement  here.  He  arrived  in  December,  1878,  at  which  time  he  was  without  a  pro- 
fessional colleague  within  the  boundaries  of  the  territory.  He  located  at  Phoenix  and  went 
out  from  the  city  on  visits  to  the  various  mining  camps  and  settlements,  where  his  visits 
were  often  eagerly  awaited.  He  journeyed  to  the  west  before  the  era  of  railroad  building 
in  this  section  of  the  country,  and,  while  practicing  his  profession,  he  embraced  his  oppor- 
tunities for  judicious  investment  and  became  the  owner  of  town  property  and  extensive 
ranch  interests.  In  1878  Dr.  Goodrich  erected  the  first  brick  building  on  Washington 
street.  His  ability  and  prominence  as  a  professional  and  business  man,  and  his  well  known 
interest  in  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  tlie  territory,  led  to  his  selection  for  political 
honors,  and  in  1887-8  he  represented  his  district  in  the  territorial  legislature.  He  was 
frequently  a  delegate  to  republican  conventions  and  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading 
representatives  of  that  party.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  national  convention  that  nominated 
Harrison  the  first  time.  In  Masonry,  too,  he  attained  high  rank,  taking  the  thirty-second 
degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and  becoming  also  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  served 
for  many  years  as  president  of  the  Arizona  Dental  Society  and  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Phoenix  Chamber  of  Commerce  from  its  organization  and  served  as  president  in   1895. 

Dr.  Goodrich  was  married  in  April,  1874,  to  Miss  May  A.  Kidder,  of  Niagara  Falls,  New 
York.  He  died  May  2,  1907,  and  his  death  was.  the  occasion  for  deep  and  widespread  regret 
tliroughout  the  territory,  where  he  was  so  widely  known  and  highly  honored.  His  widow, 
whose  earnest  Christian  life  was  an  exemplification  of  her  faith,  was  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church  and  survived  her  husband  for  about  a  year  and  a  half,  passing  away  on 
the  lOtli  of  November,  1908.  Their  family  numbered  but  two  children,  the  younger  being 
Mrs.  Clifford  D.  Castle,  now  a  resident  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 

The  son,  Roy  S.  Goodrich,  born  February  12,  1875,  was  brought  to  the  western  frontier 

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580  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

in  early  childhood,  and  was  sent  to  the  east  for  his  educational  training,  supplementing  his 
public  school  course  by  study  in  the  Lawrenceville  (New  Jersey)  Preparatory  School.  He  thus 
qualified  for  college  and  entered  Harvard  University,  graduating  from  the  college  in  1898 
and  from  the  law  school  in  1901,  and  in  the  thorougli  training  of  that  institution  he  laid 
the  foundation  for  his  professional  success.  At  once  returning  to  Arizona  he  opened  an  office 
in  Phoenix,  where  he  lias  since  remained  in  general  practice.  He  has  won  for  himself  very 
favorable  criticism  for  the  careful  and  systematic  methods  which  he  has  followed.  His 
oratory,  clothing  the  sound  logic  of  truth,  carries  conviction  to  the  minds  of  judge  and 
jury,  and  merit  has  enabled  him  to  mount  the  ladder  of  success.  In  addition  to  his  law 
practice  he  is  interested  in  business  affairs,  being  the  owner  of  a  large  ranch  on  whicli  he 
is  developing  fruit.  He  follows  scientific,  modern  methods  in  this  work  and  his  labors  are 
being  attended  with  a  large  measure  of  success  and  are  furthermore  far-reaching  in  tlieir 
effects  as  demonstrating  the  possibilities  of  Arizona's  soil  and  climate  in  fruit  production. 
On  the  25th  of  October,  1907,  Mr.  Goodrich  was  married  to  Miss  Ann  Estelle  Murray, 
of  Springfield,  Ohio,  and  they  have  two  children,  Elinor  and  Donald.  Mrs.  Goodricli  is  a 
member  of  the  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Goodrich  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks  and  both  have  an  extensive  social  acquaintance,  being  gladly  welcomed  in  the 
best  homes  of  Phoenix.  Few  men  of  his  years  liave  a  widft-  acquaintance  with  Arizona's 
history,  or  have  witnessed  for  so  long  a  period  her  actual  development  and  progress  as 
has  Roy  S.  Goodrich.  The  state  has  been  his  home  since  1878  and  the  spirit  of  western 
enterprise  is  his  in  large  measure.  He  is  a  believer  in  the  southwest,  its  possibilities  and 
its  opportunities,  and  is  numbered  among  those  who  in  their  activity  are  writing  the  history 
of  this  newly  created  state. 


HINSON  THOMAS. 


Hinson  Thomas,  a  resident  of  Globe  since  1895,  has  varied  and  representative  interests 
in  the  city,  his  activities  embracing  work  in  the  public  service  and  in  private  business 
capacities,  all  contributing  in  substantial  measure  to  the  general  growth  and  expansion. 
He  was  born  in  Mobile,  Alabama,  January  8,  1854,  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  Louis  and 
Emmeline  (Goodwin)  Thomas,  the  former  a  native  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  the  latter 
of  New  York.  They  spent  most  of  their  lives  in  Alabama,  where  the  father  was  a  large 
cotton  merchant,  remaining  in  that  line  of  business  until  his  death  in  1864.  In  that  year 
while  journeying  by  steamboat  to  buy  cotton,  a  boiler  explosion  occurred  which  resulted 
in  his  death.  His  wife  survived  him  until  1886,  dying  in  F"lorence,  Arizona,  while  visiting 
her  son.     Of  their  family  of  four  children  Hinson  is  the  only  one  now  living. 

Hinson  Thomas  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Alabama,  where  he 
remained  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  going  at  that  time  to  New  York  city,  where  he 
began  his  independent  business  career.  He  obtained  a  position  first  with  the  Equitable  Life 
Insurance  Company  and  at  nineteen  was  made  chief  dividend  clerk,  holding  that  position 
for  one  year.  In  1874  he  left  New  York  and  came  west,  locating  in  Los  Angeles,  California, 
where  for  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  newspaper  work.  In  March  of  the  following  year 
he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Prescott  as  assistant  editor  of  the  Prescott  Courier. 
His  ability  and  the  prominence  of  his  [msition  carried  him  forward  into  public  life  and  in 
1878  he  was  made  chief  clerk  in  the  upper  house  of  the  ninth  territorial  legislature,  serving 
for  one  year,  after  which  he  removed  to  Tucson  and  continued  his  identification  with  public 
life  as  deputy  recorder.  At  the  end  of  one  year  he  again  turned  his  attention  to  journalism, 
editing  the  Tucson  Record  for  a  short  time.  This  was  one  of  the  earliest  papers  in  Arizona, 
established  before  1878  by  S.  W.  Carpenter.  Mr.  Thomas  continued  his  identification  with 
it  until  1879  and  then  went  to  Patagonia,  where  he  spent  a  short  time  prospecting  and 
mining.  In  1880  Mr.  Thomas  located  in  Globe  and  was  for  one  year  thereafter  connecte<l 
with  the  Globe  Weekly  Chronicle,  wliich  he  organized.  From  Globe  he  went  to  Florence 
as  under  sheriff  of  Pinal  county,  acting  under  J.  P.  Gabriel,  and  he  served  in  that  capacity 
for  two  years,  after  which  he  was  elected  county  recorder.  His  able  and  efficient  cervice 
won   him   reelection   and   after   four   years   he  was  made   deputy   sheriff,   in    which   capacity 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  581 

he  also  served  for  four  years  under  Slieriff  Fryer  and  for  two  years  under  Slierilf  L.  K. 
Drais.  Wlien  liis  last  term  expired  he  engaged  in  copper  and  gold  mining  in  the  Casa 
Grande  district  and  in  the  Santa  Catalina  mountains  until  1895,  when  he  again  took  up 
his  residence  in  Globe,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  various  occupations,  in  all  of  which 
he  has  won  success.  He  was  bookkeeper  for  the  United  Globe  mines  and  also  for  the  Old 
Dominion  Commercial  Company.  He  has  continued  his  connection  with  public  alfairs, 
serving  as  deputy  sheriff  under  J.  H.  Thompson  and  C.  R.  Rogers,  and  for  the  past  eight 
years  has  been  continuously  in  office  as  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  also  for  three  years 
police   judge   of  Globe. 

In  the  course  of  time  Mr.  Thomas  has  made  good  use  of  his  many  business  oppor- 
tunities and  has  accumulated  a  comfortable  fortune,  holding  valuable  interests  in  mining 
properties.  He  owns  one-half  of  the  Rambo  group  of  silver,  lead  and  copper  mines,  which 
produced  in  the  early  '80s  one  hundred  and  eighty  thousand  dollars  in  silver  alone.  Mr. 
Thomas  has  a  fine  home  in  Globe,  residence  and  business  property  in  the  city  and  other 
valuable  mining  interests  and  claims  in  Gila  county.  He  is  a  successful  and  prominent 
man,  the  variety  of  his  interests  detracting  in  no  way  from  their  force  and  effectiveness 
He  is  a  man  of  progressive  and  modern  ideas,  constructive  in  his  business  policy,  and  his 
success  has,  therefore,  been  as  widespread  in  its  efforts  as  it  has  been  varied  in   its  form. 

In  1887  Mr.  'Hiomas  married  Miss  Inez  Sanches,  a  native  of  Mexico,  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  eight  children,  Frank,  Mararita,  Ida  M.,  Charles  M.,  Emmeline,  Hinson, 
Olivia  and  Alice,  all  of  whom  have  good  business  educations,  acquired  in  the  schools  of 
Globe  and  Florence. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Thomas  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
tlie  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  His  wife  and 
children  are  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  but  he  adheres  to  the  Tpiscopalian 
religion  and  guides  his  life  by  its  principles.  His  enterprise  and  laudable  ambition  have 
carried  him  forward  into  important  business  relations  and  at  all  times  the  course  which 
he  has  pursued  has  commended  him  to  the  goodwill  and  confidence  of  those  who  know  him. 


THEODORE  T.  SWIFT. 


Theodore  T.  Swift,  mine  examiner  for  district  No.  3  in  the  government  forest  service  and 
a  recognized  authority  on  all  matters  relating  to  mining  and  to  mining  engineering,  was 
born  in  State  Center,  Iowa,  December  20,  1871,  and  is  a  son  of  Ephraim  G.  and  Charlotte 
.1.  (Goodrich)  Swift.  Tlie  father  died  December  9,  1911,  after  a  successful  career  as  a 
farmer.     His  wife  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  with  the  subject  of  this  review. 

Tlieodore  T.  Swift  was  reared  upon  his  father's  farm  in  Iowa,  acquiring  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  secured  a  position  in  a  drug 
store  and  at  the  end  of  two  years  entered  the  University  of  Iowa,  where  he  took  a  course 
in  pharmacy.  On  its  completion  he  returned  to  his  former  position  but  after  a  short  time 
became  interested  in  mining  and  went  to  Colorado,  where  for  three  years  he  worked  in 
the  mines  around  Cripple  Creek.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  went  to  Michigan  and 
worked  in  a  wholesale  drug  house  in  that  state,  later  studj'ing  mining  engineering  in 
Pennsylvania.  In  January,  1901,  he  came  to  Arizona  and  engaged  in  mining  in  the  Gila 
mountains  and  in  the  Copper  Creek  district.  After  Ave  years  he  entered  the  government 
service  as  a  forest  ranger,  winning  promotion  after  a  short  time  to  the  position  of  super- 
visor of  the  Crook  national  forest.  He  still  retains  his  connection  with  the  government 
service  and  is  recognized  today  as  a  man  eminently  fitted  by  abilitj'  and  experience  for 
the  important  work  with  which  he  is  intrusted.  He  served  as  supervisor  of  the  national 
forest  for  some  time  and  his  work  during  the  great  fire  of  June,  1912,  which  destroyed 
five  thousand  acres  of  young  timber  is  still  remembered.  Mr.  Swift  is  now  mine  examiner 
for  district  No.  3  in  the  forest  service  and  is  doing  beneficial  and  far-reaching  work  in  that 
capacity,  his  expert  knowledge  of  mine  values,  his  ability  as  an  engineer  and  his  former 
experience   in   positions   of   trust   combining   as   elements   in   his   undoubted   success. 

On  July  20,   1894,  Mr,   Swift   married  Miss  Grace  I.   Frater,  a  native  of   Iowa   and   a 


582  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

daughter  of  John  H.  Frater,  deceased,  who  was  a  farmer  in  that  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Swift  have  four  children:  Joseph  H.,  born  in  1890,  who  took  a  course  iu  pattern  making 
and  manual  training  in  the  Polytechnic  School,  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  followed 
with  a  post  graduate  course  in  the  same  school  and  is  at  the  present  time  teacher  of 
manual  training  in  the  public  school  of  Safford;  Donald  F.,  who  was  born  April  14,  1897, 
and  is  now  studying  mechanical  engineering  in  the  Polytechnic  School  of  Los  Angeles; 
Theodore  W.,  whose  birth  occurred  September  33,  1907;  and  Grace  Isabelle,  born  June 
26,  1910. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Swift  belongs  to  the  ^Masonic  order  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  having 
been  through  all  the  chairs  in  the  latter  organization.  He  served  as  grand  prelate  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  in  Iowa.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star, 
and  both  are  devout  adherents  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Politically  he  gives  his  allegiance 
to  the  republican  party  and  although  not  an  office  seeker,  he  always  keeps  well  informed 
on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  and  in  matters  relating  to  public  affairs  takes  a 
progressive  stand,  manifesting  his  public  spirit  in  support  of  many  movements  for  the 
general  good. 


HON.  JOHN  A.  ELLIS. 


Among  the  most  able  and  successful  of  the  younger  members  of  the  Arizona  bai'  is 
numbered  Judge  John  A.  Ellis,  who  since  1913  has  practiced  in  Kingman  and  is  now 
serving  as  judge  of  the  superior  court,  to  which  position  he  was  elected  in  November,  1914, 
for  a  term  of  four  years.  He  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1886  and  acquired  a  public  school 
education  in  that  state,  later  attending  a  normal  school.  He  studied  law  in  Washington 
University  at  St.  Louis  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1910.  Two  years 
later  he  came  to  Kingman  and  has  become  one  of  the  leading  professional  men  of  the 
city,  his  ability  and  exhaustive  legal  knowledge  having  drawn  to  him  a  large  and  repre- 
sentative clientage. 

On  the  7th  of  August,  1912,  Judge  Ellis  married  Miss  Osliia  White,  of  Charleston, 
Illinois,  and  both  are  well  known  in  .social  circles  of  Kingman.  Fraternally  the  Judge  is 
identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  he  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  beliefs.  He  has  always 
been  interested  in  the  cause  of  education  and  has  himself  been  a  teacher,  following  that 
occupation  for  three  years  in  Illinois  and  for  two  years  in  Arizona.  Although  still  a 
young  man,  his  ability  is  widely  recognized  and  he  is  justly  accounted  one  of  tlie  able 
lawyers  and  valued  citizens  of  Kingman. 


FRANK  GU.L. 


Frank  Gill,  known  throughout  Arizona  as  the  discoverer  of  the  Gila  mines  and  today  one 
of  tlie  most  important  mine  locators  and  developers  in  Gila  county,  was  born  in  England 
in  1855,  a  son  of  Frank'  and  Mary  A.  Gill.  In  1858  the  father  and  children  came  to  the 
United  States  and  settled  at  Hougliton,  Michigan,  whence  after  a  short  time  they  came 
around  the  Horn  to  California,  looting  in  (Jrass  Valley,  where  the  father  engaged  in 
mining.  Later  lie  went  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  and  from  there  to  Eureka,  being  con- 
nected with  important  mine  develojuncnt  tlier.'  until  1894,  wlu'ii  he  returned  to  Calilornia 
and  made  his  home  in  Bodie  until  his  death.  His  wife  passed  away  in  England  in  1887. 
To  tlieir  union  were  born  live  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living:  John,  now  a  resident 
of  Australia;  Joseph,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Michigan;  Frank,  of  this  review;  and 
William. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  Frank  Gill,  who  had  been  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools, 
laid  aside  his  textlxjoks  and  turned  his  attention  to  mining.  His  early  childhood  was 
spent  in  the  mining  district  of  the  north   of  England  and,  his   father  having  been  promi- 


ARIZOxNA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  583 

neiitly  connected  with  mining  operations,  it  was  but  natural  that  the  interests  of  tlie 
son  sliould  turn  in  that  direction.  He  mined  in  Marquette  county,  Micliigan,  for  a  year  atid 
four  montlis  and  tlien  in  July,  1882,  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Globe,  where  for  the 
past  thirty-four  years  he  has  been  connected  in  an  iulluential  way  with  mining  interests. 
As  the  discoverer  of  the  famous  Gila  mines  he  has  left  his  mark  upon  the  industrial  history 
of  tlie  state  for  these  properties,  now  owned  by  the  Ray  Consolidated  Company,  are  among 
the  heaviest  producers  ot  high  grade  ores  in  Arizona.  Mr.  Gill  sold  his  interests  in  them 
in  1907  for  seventy-live  thousand  Jollars  and  since  that  time  has  been  interested  in  the 
development  of  a  number  of  mines  adjoining  the  Old  Dominion  properties.  He  owns  eighteen 
valuablt  claims  with  open  locations  upon  them  and  in  addition  is  heavily  interested  in  busi- 
ness and  residence  properties  in  Globe.  All  of  his  interests  are  carefully  managed  and 
liis  business  alfairs  are  conducted  along  modern  and  progressive  lines,  so  that  he  stands 
today  among  the  substantial  and  representative  men  of  this  community. 

Jn  1881  Mr.  Gill  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bessie  Opie,  who  was  born  in  Kngland 
in  1856.  Her  parents  were  also  natives  of  that  country  and  her  mother  passed  away 
tiiere.  Her  father  died  in  Chile.  Upon  her  arrival  in  America,  Mrs.  Gill  settled  in  Globe, 
Arizona,  where  she  has  since  resided.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gill'  became  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren, but  the  only  one  now  surviving  is  Frederica,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  liigh  school  and 
is  now  a  teacher  in  the  Miami  schools. 

Mr.  Gill  holds  membership  in  the  Lojal  Order  of  Moose  and  supports  the  republican 
party  at  the  polls,  but  has  never  sought  nor  desired  ofKce,  preferring  to  give  his  undivided 
attention  to  his  business  affairs,  in  wliieh  he  has  met  with  great  and  well  merited  success. 


CHARLES  H.  McLANE. 


Charles  H.  McLane,  a  well  known  and  valued  resident  of  Prescott,  serving  in  the  ollice 
of  justice  of  the  peace,  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1872.  He  is  a  son  of  John  H.  and  Emma 
McLane,  the  former  of  whom  after  a  successful  business  career'  in  Denver,  Colorado, 
removed  to  California  in   1879,  living  in  retirement   in  that  state. 

Charles  H.  McLane  attended  the  public  schools  of  Berkeley,  California,  and  after  laying 
aside  his  books  worked  as  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  San  Francisco  house  for  several  years. 
In  1899  he  came  to  Prescott  and  in  tlie  following  year  was  elected  judge  of  the  police 
court,  serving  with  credit  and  ability  in  that  office  until  1907.  Since  that  time  he  has 
been  justice  ot  the  ])eace  and  in  this  office  his  work  has  been  distinguished  by  the  same 
energy  and  insight  which  mark  all  of  his  accomplishments  in  the  public  service. 

In  1894  Mr.  McLane  married  Miss  Gertie  M.  Knott,  of  California,  and  they  have 
become  the  parents  of  a  son.  Mr.  McLane  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Eagles,  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
democratic  party.  He  is  a  man  of  insight  and  ability  and  is  held  in  high  esteem  and 
regard  wherever  known. 


YUMA   ICE    COMPANY. 


Among  the  business  enterprises  in  Yuma  the  expansion  and  growth  of  which  have 
materially  affected  the  commercial  development  of  the  city  is  that  controlled  by  the  Yuma 
Ice  Company,  today  one  of  the  leading  concerns  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  It  was  founded 
by  F.  L.  Ewing  in  1890  and  was  conducted  bj'  him  and  his  partners  under  a  copartnership 
agreement  until  1903,  when  the  business  was  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Yuma 
Ice  Company.  E.  F.  Sanginneth  was  made  president  and  treasurer  and  Mr.  Ewing  secre- 
tary and  manager.  The  ice  sold  by  the  company  is  frozen  from  filtered  water  and  the 
plant  has  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  tons  a  day.  A  creamery  is  run  in 
connection  with  the  ice  business  and  both  departments  are  important  and  jirofitable 
because   they  are  intelligently  managed   along  progressive  and  modern   lines. 


^84  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Mr.  Ewing  is  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Yuma  and  he  has  been  prominent  also 
in  public  affairs.  From  1890  to  1894  he  served  as  postmaster  and  he  was  for  three  terms 
in  the  office  of  probate  judge.  From  1910  to  1912  he  was  mayor  of  Yuma  and  his  admin- 
istration was  characterized  by  the  accomplishment  of  a  great  deal  of  important  and  con- 
structive work  along  lines  of  municipal  development. 


JOHN  HEIDEL. 


John  Heidel,  owner  of  the  Heidel  Hotel  and  other  valuable  property  of  Tucson,  of 
which  city  he  has  been  a  resident  for  the  past  fourteen  years,  was  born  and  reared  in 
St.  Louis,  Missouri.  He  is  a  son  of  Conrad  and  Regina  (Klingler)  Heidel,  who  came  from 
Germany  when  young  and  were  married  in  the  United  States,  settling  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri.    The  father  was  a  hor&eman,  dealing  in  draft  horses. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  in  the  schools  of  St.  I^uis,  John  Heidel  immedi- 
ately began  qualifying  for  a  business  career  and  was  for  some  years  employed  in  a  whole- 
sale grocery  in  his  native  city,  where  he  resided  until  1898.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he 
came  to  Tucson  and  engaged  in  the  liquor  business  until  1907.  As  his  circumstances  per- 
mitted he  invested  in  local  real  estate  and  now  owns  fifteen  fiats  in  Tucson,  which  he  is 
renting  to  good  advantage.  In  1907,  he  erected  the  Heidel  Hotel,  which  is  one  of  the  most 
substantially  constructed  and  best  equipped  buildings  in  the  city.  It  is  the  newest  and 
most  thoroughly  modern  hotel  in  Tucson  and  was  first  opened  for  business  in  February, 
1908.  Mr.  Heidel  conducted  it  witli  very  good  success  until  November  1,  1910,  since  which  time 
he  has  leased  it.  He  has  met  with  \inqualified  success  in  the  development  of  his  interests 
here  and  is  devoting  his  entire  attention  to  the  management  of  his  property.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  the  Gila  Land  &  Cattle  Company  as  director  and  treasurer;  owns  stock  in  several 
corporations;   and  is  deeply  interested  in  the  Arizona  Fire  Insurance  Company. 

Mr.  Heidel  has  been  married  twice.  His  first  wife,  who  is  now  deceased,  was  Miss 
Anna  Weider,  of  St.  Louis,  and  to  them  were  born  six  children,  as  follows;  Fred  C, 
Charle.><  J.,  Carrie,  Mamie,  Lulu  and  Harrj'.  The  lady  who  now  bears  his  name  was  in 
Iier  maidenhood  Miss  Emily  Mee\,  and  she  too  is  from  St.  Louis.  To  Mr.  Heidel  and  his 
second  wife  there  has  been  born  one  daugliter,  Jeannetta.  The  family  home  is  located 
on  University  avenue,  where  Mr.  Heidel  has  erected  a  beautiful,  modern  residence. 

Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  holding 
membership  in  Tucson  Lodge,  Tfo.  385;  the  Eagles;  the  I^egion  of  Honor  of  Missouri  and 
the  Ked  Men.  In  matters  of  citizenship  he  is  public-spirited,  taking  an  active  interest  in 
the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community  and  supporting  every  worthy  enterprise  or 
commendable   public   movement. 


JAMES    BLAIR    BOURNE. 


James  Blair  Bourne,  a  prominent  and  public-spirited  citizen  of  Florence,  is  acting  as 
the  efficient  treasurer  of  I'inal  county,  following  a  term  of  service  as  a  member  of  the 
twenty-fiftli  territorial  a.«senil)ly.  He  was  born  in  Canton,  Lewis  county,  Missouri,  June 
19,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  John  P.  and  Elizabeth  (Blair)  Bourne.  The  father  has  been  cashier 
in  the  Clark  County  Savings  Bank  at  Kahoka,  Missouri,  for  forty-flve  years.  0>ir  subject's 
grandfather  Blair  was  a  member  of  congress  from  the  first  district  of  Missouri. 

James  Blair  Bourne  grew  to  manhood  in  Missouri  and  ac<iuired  his  early  education  in 
the  public  seliools.  He  later  studied  law  but  abandoned  tluit  pursuit  before  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  In  Sejjtember,  1898,  he  left  his  native  state  and  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in 
Mammoth,  where  he  became  associated  with  the  Mammoth-Collins  Cold  Mining  Company, 
with  which  he  is  still  connected,  having  charge  of  their  property  interests  throughout  the 
state.  He  is  also  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  and  is  stockholder  in  and  vice  president  of 
tlie  Alta  Land  and  Cattle  Company,  with  ranches  on  the  Gila  river. 


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JOHN  HEIDEL 


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Mr.  Bourne's  public  life  began  when  he  was  elected  on  the  democratic  ticket  as  a 
member  of  the  twenty-fifth  territorial  legislature  and  he  served  ably  and  efficiently,  being 
constant  in  his  support  of  progressive  public  measures  and  lending  the  weight  of  his  in- 
fluence to  projects  which  he  deemed  for  the  best  interests  of  Arizona.  In  the  fall  of  1911  he 
was  elected  county  treasurer  of  Pinal  county  and  reelected  in  November,  1914,  without  oppo- 
sition from  any  of  the  parties.  This  position  he  still  holds  and  he  conducts  the  affairs  of 
his  office  in  a  prompt  and  able  manner,  fully  appreciating  the  responsibility  which  rests  upon 
him  in  this  connection. 

In  1903  Mr.  Bourne  married  Miss  Rosa  M.  Lewis,  a  native  of  Independence,  Missouri, 
and  they  have  one  son,  George  B.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Bourne  is  identified  with  the  Masonic 
order  and  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party.  His  record  as  an  official  and  as  a  business  man  has  been  so  honorable  and  upright 
that  he  has  gained  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in 
contact,  while  he  is  also  well  known  in  social  circles. 


GEORGE  M.   BROCKWAY,  M.   D. 

Dr.  George  M.  Brockway,  recognized  throughout  the  state  as  one  of  the  able  represent- 
atives of  the  medical  profession,  was  born  in  New  London  county,  Connecticut,  December 
30,  1S64.  He  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  locality  and 
was  later  a  student  in  Amherst  College.  Having  determined  to  study  medicine,  he  entered 
the  University  of  Buffalo  and  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  that  institution  in  1890. 
He  followed  tliis  by  a  period  of  work  as  interne  in  the  Buffalo  General  Hospital  and  later 
establislied  an  oflice  in  that  city.  From  Buffalo  he  went  to  Greater  New  York,  where  he 
practiced  for  three  years. 

In  1894  Dr.  Brockway  became  a  resident  of  Florence,  Arizona,  and  made  his  home 
there  until  his  removal  to  Phoenix  in  1913.  For  nineteen  years  he  served  as  county  super- 
intendent of  public  health  in  Pinal  county  and  he  was  also  superintendent  of  the  county 
hospital  and  physician  and  surgeon  at  the  state  prison  for  some  time.  His  fellow  citizeift, 
recognizing  his  wortli  and  ability,  called  liim  to  public  office  and  for  two  terms  he  was 
the  efficient  mayor  of  Florence.  Since  locating  in  Phoenix  he  has  been  associated  in  prac- 
tice with  Dr.  Win  Wylie  under  the  firm  name  of  Wylie  &  Brockway.  He  stands  high  in 
professional  circles  and  has  the  esteem  of  all  who  know  him. 


CHRISTIAN   A.   TAYLOR. 


Christian  A.  Taylor  is  at  present  an  attache  of  the  Lfnited  States  senate,  in  the 
capacity  of  assistant  superintendent  of  documents,  which  position  he  has  occupied  since 
April  5,  1913.  He  came  west  in  1881  and  since  that  time  has  been  closely  identified  with 
many  phases  of  its  development  and  progress.  Its  spirit  of  freedom  and  energy  is  imbued 
in  his  character  and  influences  to  a  great  extent  his  business  affairs,  which  have  been 
varied  in  their  nature  but  all  successful  in  their  outcome  and  prominent  factors  in  his 
present  prosperity.  He  has  become  one  of  the  leading  real  estate  dealers  in  Douglas  and 
is  also  engaged  in  important  development  work,  his  name  standing  in  that  section  of  the 
state  for  progress,  expansion  and  advancement. 

Mr.  Taylor  was  born  in  Wisconsin,  February  28,  1855,  a  son  of  Allan  and  Wil- 
helmina  (Pider)  Taylor,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Germany.  The 
mother  passed  away  in  1887  and  the  father,  who  is  a  retired  architect,  makes  his  home 
with  the  subject  of  this  review,  having  reached  the  eighty-ninth  year  of  his  age.  In  their 
family  were  five  children:  William,  a  resident  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska;  Christian  A.,  of 
this  review;  Charles,  of  Tacoma,  Washington;  Arthur,  also  a  resident  of  that  city;  and 
Alice,  the  deceased  wife  of  John  Van   Deventer,  of  Colorado. 

Christian   A.   Taylor   spent   his   childhood    in   various   states,   the   family   having   made 


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several  removals  during  that  period.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  began  an  independent 
career,  teaching  school  in  Iowa  until  he  was  twenty-three,  at  which  time  he  went  to  the 
Black  Hills  of  Dakota  and  prospected  for  three  years,  working  also  as  assistant  govern- 
ment surveyor.  He  next  went  to  Chicago  and  after  a  short  time  came  to  Arizona,  locating 
here  in  1881.  He  traveled  in  various  parts  of  the  territory  for  three  years  and  then  went 
to  Colorado,  where  he  spent  a  short  time  in  Durango.  From  there  he  went  to  Azotea,  New 
Mexico,  working  as  a  foreman  and  shipping  clerk  for  a  large  lumber  company  for  one 
year  and  removing  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Kansas,  where  his  marriage  occurred.  He 
afterward  returned  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Denver,  where  for  several  years  he  was 
successful  as  a  contractor  and  builder.  He  became  prominent  also  in  local  politics,  serving 
first  as  chairman  of  the  finance  committee  of  the  central  committee  of  Arapahoe  county, 
and  later  as  secretary  to  the  fire  and  police  board.  When  he  left  Denver  he  went  to  Utah, 
where  he  taught  school  for  a  time,  going  in  1898  to  San  Francisco.  There  he  obtained 
a  position  in  the  employ  of  the  Union  Iron  Company,  but  after  a  short  time  went  to  Oak- 
land and  thence  to  Los  Angeles.  From  the  latter  city  he  journeyed  to  Phoenix  and  then 
to  Williams,  Arizona,  where  he  worked  as  foreman  and  shipping  clerk  for  a  lumber  com- 
pany. He  was  employed  for  a  time  by  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  but  in  1902  located 
in  Douglas  and  turned  his  attention  to  contracting  and  building.  He  later  abandoned  this 
in  favor  of  real  estate,  in  w^hich  he  is  now  engaged,  having  built  up  an  extensive  and 
profitable  business.  He  handles  a  great  deal  of  valuable  property  for  himself  and  others 
and  has  been  successful  in  his  ventures  because  he  possesses  a  comprehensive  and  exact 
knowledge  of  land  values,  and  an  aggressive  business  ability  which  makes  his  knowledge 
eflfective.  Mr.  Taylor  is  interested  in  the  exploitation  of  Sulphur  Springs  valley,  a  fine 
farming  section,  and  he  has  been  one  of  the  greatest  individual  forces  in  giving  publicity 
to  that  district,  the  development  of  which  has  had  an  important  effect  upon  the  resources 
of  Cochise  county.  He  owns  a  fine  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  besides  valuable 
business  and  residence  property  in  Douglas  and  is  numbered  among  the  influential  and 
successful  men  of  the  city. 

On  February  14,  1888,  Mr.  Taylor  married  Miss  Alice  M.  Taylor,  a  native  of  Hlinoia, 
and  a  daughter  of  William  and  Katherine  (Douglas)  Taylor.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christian  A. 
Taylor  became  the  parents  of  two  children,  Birdie  Floye  and  Bertha,  twins,  born  August  30, 
1889,  in  Denver.     The  farmer  is  now  studying  law  but  the   latter  is  deceased. 

Mr.  Taylor  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  very  progressive 
in  matters  of  citizenship.  He  was  elected  supervisor  of  Cochise  county  and  served  one 
term,  standing  during  that  time  for  advancement  and  reform  in  every  phase  of  com- 
munity life.  His  fraternal  connections  are  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  he  is  known 
in  Douglas  as  a  "booster," — a  man  actively  interested  in  promoting  the  growth  of  the  city 
along  material,  political  and  moral  lines  and  in  the  establishment  and  building  up  of  insti- 
tutions upon  which  the  stability  of  the  community  rests.  His  disinterested  public  spirit  is 
one  of  the  most  valuable  of  the  city's  resources  and  he  is  himself,  by  reason  of  his  honorable 
and  upright  character  and  the  nature  of  his  interests,  an  important  addition  to  the  ranks 
of  progressive  citizens. 


ALFRED  KIISTNEY. 


Alfred  Kinney  is  the  present  representative  of  his  district  in  the  Arizona  senate.  He 
is,  moreover,  numbered  among  the  prominent  citizens  of  Globe  because  of  the  high  place 
he  has  attained  in  public  affairs  and  by  reason  of  the  extent  and  importance  of  his  business 
interests.  He  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1856  and  is  a  son  of  Aaron  and  Sarah  J.  Kinney,  the 
former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1865  they  removed  to  Iowa 
and  there  the  father  took  up  government  land  and  followed  farming  until  his  death.  His 
wife  has  also  passed  away  and  both  are  buried  in  Emerson,  Iowa. 

Of  a  family  of  seven  children  Alfred  Kinney  is  the  second  in  order  of  birth.  He 
was  reared  in  Iowa  and  after  acquiring  a  public  school  education  there  went,  at  the  age  of 
sixteen,   to  Denver,  Colorado,   where   he   secured   employment   in   a   railroad   shop.     At   the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  589 

end  of  three  months  he  went  to  the  Divide,  where  for  two  years  he  worked  in  a  sawmill,  ' 
going  finally  to  Trinidad,  where  he  formed  a  partnership  in  the  construction  of  a  planing 
mill  and  in  its  operation  he  was  interested  for  four  years.  Upon  the  expiration  of  that 
period  he  left  Colorado  and  came  to  the  southwest,  locating  in  the  mountains  of  New  Mex- 
ico, thirty  miles  northwest  of  Las  Vegas.  There  he  continued  his  connection  with  saw- 
milling  and  developed  a  profitable  and  important  business  along  that  line,  securing  the 
contract  to   supply   a  great  number  of   bridge  timbers  and  ties. 

When  he  came  to  Globe  in  1881  Mr.  Kinney  took  charge  of  an  old  sawmill  ten  miles 
north  of  the  city,  which  he  repaired  and  operated  for  some  time.  While  working  in  a 
planing  mill  he  met  with  an  accident  which  caused  the  loss  of  his  right  hand  and  he  was 
obliged  to  discontinue  his  former  line  of  work.  A  few  years  later  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  Mr.  Bailey  and  established  an  ice  plant  in  Globe,  in  which  he  was  interested  until  1908, 
when  he  sold  out  and  retired  from  active  life.  He  now  owns  many  fine  residences  in  Globe, 
which  are  leased  to  tenants,  and  is  the  proprietor  of  what  is  known  as  Kinney  Park,  whicli 
he  improved  himself.  All  of  his  business  interests  are  proving  profitable  and  important, 
a  fact  which  indicates  his  sound  judgment  and  clear  business  discernment. 

Mr.  Kinney  was  married  in  1881  to  Miss  Clara  Weisig,  who  also  has  extensive  inter- 
ests in  Globe  and  in  the  surrounding  country,  owning  various  mines  throughout  Gila  county, 
one  of  whicli,  known  as  the  Sultana,  she  recently  sold  for  ninety  thousand  dollars. 

Since  taking  up  his  residence  in  this  city  Mr.  Kinney  has  been  a  powerful  factor  in 
local  public  affairs,  proving  his  loyalty  and  public  spirit  by  active  official  service.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors  for  one  term  and  was  the  first  mayor  of  Globe,  giving 
to  the  city  a  businesslike,  progressive  and  public-spirited  administration.  He  served  as  a 
member  of  the  constitutional  convention  which  drew  up  the  laws  under  which  Arizona  was 
admitted  to  the  Union,  and  in  1911  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate,  a  position  which 
he  has  since  filled.  His  interests  are  varied  but  all  are  along  lines  of  progress  and  im- 
provement. He  is  a  broad-minded  man,  who  places  a  correct  valuation  upon  life  and  its 
opportunities,  and,  while  in  business  affairs  he  has  met  with  a  gratifying  measure  of  pros- 
perity, his  public  service  has  been  even  more  beneficial  and  far-reaching  in  its  effects.  He 
stands  today  among  the  most  honored  and  eminent  residents  of  Gila  county. 


HARRY  AUSTIN  DAVIS. 


Harry  Austin  Davis  is  founder  and  promoter  of  the  Arizona  State  Press,  which  con- 
ducts an  extensive  and  profitable  general  publishing,  printing  and  binding  business.  He 
belongs  to  that  class  of  citizens  whose  enterprise  and  energy  are  effective  forces  in  pro- 
moting public  prosperity  as  well  as  individual  success.  In  the  field  of  business  he  has 
gradually  worked  his  way  upward  and  merit  and  ability  have  constituted  the  source  of  his 
advancement.  Mr.  Davis  is  a  native  of  Nebraska,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Franklin 
county,  November  23,  1879.  His  parents  were  Charles  H.  and  Angie  M.  (Friend)  Davis, 
both  of  whom  were  representatives  of  old  New  England  families.  The  father  became  a 
pioneer  of  Nebraska  and  there  devoted  his  time  and  energies  to  farming  and  merchandising 

In  the  state  of  his  nativity  Harry  A.  Davis  spent  the  period  of  his  boyhood  and  youth 
and  in  the  acquirement  of  his  education  attended  the  public  and  high  schools,  being  gradu- 
ated from  the  latter  with  the  class  of  1895.  In  early  manhood  he  was  employed  in  the 
mines  of  Colorado,  where  he  made  close  study  of  mineralogy  and  became  known  to  the 
public  as  a  writer  of  special  articles.  He  started  in  the  newspaper  business  in  Norton, 
Kansas,  and  later  was  connected  with  the  Salina  (Kan.)  Herald.  On  leaving  that  state 
lie  was  employed  in  newspaper  work  in  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  for  a  time,  after  which  he  went 
to  Beaumont,  Texas,  where  he  acted  as  business  manager  of  the  Beaumont  Daily  Journal. 

Subsequently  he  was  connected  with  the  Hot  Springs  Daily  News,  afterward  with  the 
New  Orleans  Item  and  with  other  papers  in  the  south,  becoming  well  known  as  a  leading 
figure  in  journalistic  circles.  At  length  he  purchased  a  paper  in  Minden.  Louisiana,  and 
continued  its  publication  until  1908,  when  he  came  to  Arizona.  .  He  was  thereafter  editor 
of   the   Bisbee   Review   for  a   brief   period,   but   in   December   of    the   same   year   came    to 


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Phoenix,  where  he  established  the  business  now  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Arizona 
State  Press.  Mr.  Davis  recognizes  the  fact  that  satisfied  patrons  are  the  best  advertise- 
ment, and  moreover  he  takes  pride  in  having  everytliing  sent  out  from  his  establishment 
of  the  highest  class  of  workmanship.  The  business  is  now  well  organized,  carefully  sys- 
tematized and  is  imbued  with  a  spirit  of  energy  that  brooks  no  obstacles  or  difficulties 
that  can  be  overcome  by  persistent,  earnest  effort. 

While  a  resident  of  Iowa  Mr.  Davis  was  united  in  marriage,  in  1902,  to  Miss  Alice 
Greenhalgh,  of  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  and  they  have  three  children,  Helen,  Harry  Austin,  Jr., 
and  Franklin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  have  gained  many  friends  during  their  residence  in 
Phoenix  and  their  own  home  is  a  hospitable  one.  Mr.  Davis  holds  membership  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  with  the  Order  of  Moose.  He  has  taken  a  very  active  interest 
in  politics  from  the  age  of  fifteen  years  and  has  always  been  a  stalwart  supporter  of 
democratic  principles.  In  December,  1911,  he  was  elected  state  senator  from  Maricopa 
county  and  during  a  later  campaign  he  made  many  addresses  throughout  the  state  in 
support  of  referendum  measures  and  woman  suffrage.  He  stands  as  one  of  the  progressive 
representatives  of  his  party,  feeling  that  with  the  advancing  years  there  comes  to  the 
political  organization,  as  to  the  individual,  broader  opportunities  for  doing  good  and  accom- 
plishing substantial  results.  In  January,  1915,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hunt  as 
a  member  of  the  Arizona  commission  on  "National  Conference  of  Commissioners  on  Uniform 
State  Laws"  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Hon.  M.  J.  Canniff.  His  own  life 
work  has  been  characterized  by  continuous  advancement,  resulting  from  a  utilization  of 
all  the  means  and  opportunities  at  hand,  and  each  forward  step  in  his  career  has  brought 
him  a  broader  outlook.  He  has  gained  the  distinction  of  being  the  youngest  senator  of 
Arizona,  and  serving  in  the  upper  house  has  taken  the  leading  part  in  the  deliberations 
of  tliat  body,  showing  readiness  in  debate  and  a  student's  insight  into  affairs  of  states- 
craft.  He  was  active  in  promoting  the  more  conservative  labor  legislation  as  well  as  along 
the  lines  already  mentioned,  and  has  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality  and  ability  upon 
Arizona's   laws.        ^ 


WALTER  G.  HUBBARD. 


One  of  the  worthy  representatives  of  the  commercial  interests  of  Bisbee  is  Walter  G. 
Hubbard,  who  with  J.  J.  Bowen  is  engaged  in  the  livery  and  undertaking  business,  and 
they  are  also  owners  of  the  Bisbee  Automobile  Company.  He  was  born  in  Allen  county, 
Kansas,  in  1873  and  is  a  son  of  John  C.  and  Olive  Hubbard,  natives  of  Indiana.  The  parents 
made  their  home  in  the  latter  state  until  shortly  after  their  marriage,  when  they  removed 
to  Allen  county,  Kansas,  where  the  father  bought  land  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits. He  subsequently  located  in  Cherokee  county,  Kansas,  where  he  served  as  recorder 
of  deeds,  and  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  success  of  the  democratic  party.  He  is 
now  living  retired  in  Galena,  where  the  mother  passed  away  in  1888.  Our  subject  is  the 
third  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  seven  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living. 

Reared  in  the  paternal  home,  the  education  of  Walter  G.  Hubbard  was  acquired  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  state,  where  he  subsequently  learned  the  undertaking 
business.  He  resided  in  Kansas  until  he  was  twenty-six  years  of  age,  wlien  he  came  to 
Bisbee.  During  the  first  eight  months  of  his  residence  here  he  worked  in  the  Copper  Queen 
mines  but  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  took  over  the  management  of  the  B.  F.  Graham 
Undertaking  Company.  He  remained  in  their  employ  for  a  year  and  then  bought  an 
interest  in  tlie  business,  which  he  disposed  of  at  the  end  of  another  year.  Next  he  bought 
a  half  interest  in  the  livery  business  of  .J.  J.  Bowen  and  at  the  same  time  they  also  estab- 
lished an  undertaking  parlor.  Success  attended  their  efforts  in  the  development  of  both 
enterprises  and  in  1909  they  further  extended  the  scope  of  their  activities  by  founding 
the  Bisbee  Automobile  Company.  They  have  the  agency  for  Cochise  county  for  the 
Studebaker  and  Velie  trucks  and  pleasure  cars,  in  connection  with  which  they  maintain 
a  repair  department,  carrying  a  full  stock  of  automobile  accessories.  Tlieir  business  in  this 
line,  like   in   the  undertaking  department,   is   among  the   leading  ones   of   the   state.     The 


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latter  includes  a  well  appointed  chapel  and  auto  hearse  and  also  an  auto  ambulance  and  a 
complete,  modern  and  up-to-date  equipment  in  accordance  with  the  latest  scientific  conduct 
of  the  undertaking  business.  Tlie  firm  own  practically  all  of  the  buildings  and  business 
property  they  are  using  and  are  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial  and  strongly  organized 
commercial  concerns  of  the  city.  Mr.  Hubbard  owns  his  residence  in  Bisbee,  also  a  tract 
of  land  in  Dade  county,  Florida,  and  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Pawnee  Mill  &  Elevator 
Company,  located  at  Pawnee,  Oklahoma,  where  he  likewise  owns  a  farm  of  two  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Cleveland  oil  district,  Pawnee  county,  and  he  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  Hubbard  Mining  &  Milling  Company,  twelve  miles  from  Joplin,  Missouri. 
Included  in  Mr.  Hubbard's  business  interests,  aside  from  those  already  mentioned,  is  his 
connection  with  many  Arizona  projects.  In  1915  he  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
Bisbee  Copper  Development  &  Mining  Company,  of  which  he  is  now  treasurer,  and  he  was 
likewise  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Gila  Land  &  Water  Company,  of  which  he  is 
both  secretary  and  treasurer.  He  is  a  man  of  practical  ideas  and  fine  discernment  in 
matters  of  business,  as  is  substantially  evidenced  by  the  orderly  progression  he  has  made 
in  the  development  of  his  career  since  coming  to  Bisbee. 

In  June,  1903,  Mr.  Hubbard  was  married  to  Miss  Katheryne  M.  Hanley,  whose  birth 
occurred  in  Tombstone  in  1884.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Annie  Hanley,  the 
father  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  the  mother  of  Wales.  They  were  married  at  Fall 
River,  Massachusetts,  where  they  made  their  home  until  1877,  when  they  removed  to 
California.  In  1881  they  came  to  Arizona  and  have  since  been  residents  of  this  state,  the 
father  now  living  retired  in  Bisbee.  Mrs.  Hubbard,  who  passed  away  on  the  28th  of 
January,  1907,  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom 
are  still  living.  She  was  the  mother  of  one  son,  John  Clabourne,  who  was  born  on  the 
9th  of  January,  1907.  On  the  17th  of  October,  1908,  Mr.  Hubbard  married  Miss  Flora 
Harper,  a  native  of  Logan,  Kansas,  in  which  state  she  was  reared  and  educated,  being 
graduated  from  the  Galena  high  school.  She  is  the  eldest  of  the  three  children  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  L.  Harper,  who  now  reside  at  Pawnee,  Oklahoma,  where  the  father 
has  the  management  of  Mr.  Hubbard's  mill.  He  was  born  in  Iowa  but  his  wife  is  a  native 
of  Sweden.  To  Mr.  Hubbard  and  his  second  wife  has  been  born  one  son,  George,  whose 
natal  day  was  the  29tli  of  November,  1909. 

In  religious  faith  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hubbard  are  Episcopalians,  taking  an  active  interest 
in  the  work  of  the  local  church  of  which  he  is  a  vestryman.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  and  also  a  Sliriner  and  belongs  to  the  Knights'  of  Pythias,  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles 
and  the  Moose.  His  allegiance  in  matters  politic  he  gives  to  the  democratic  party,  but 
he  has  never  aspired  to  official  honors.  Nevertheless  he  meets  the  requirements  of  good 
citizenship  by  appearing  at  the  polls  on  election  day  and  is  one  of  the  public-spirited,  pro- 
gressive citizens  of  Bisbee.  Mr.  Hubbard  is  a  resourceful  man  of  definite  purpose  and 
tireles  energy,  all  of  which  qualities  he  has  manifested  in  the  development  of  his  interests 
with  the  result  that  he  is  numbered  among  the  city's  most  capable  and  prosperous  busi- 
ness men. 


E.    S.    JONES. 


E.  S.  Jones,  president  and  organizer  of  the  Brayton  Commercial  Company,  operating 
two  fine  stores,  one  at  Wickenburg  and  the  other  at  Salome,  is  by  virtue  of  this  position 
one  of  the  prominent  and  influential  business  men  of  Maricopa  county.  He  is  a  native  of 
Wales,  born  in  1858,  and  spent  his  childhood  in  that  country,  coming  to  America  in  1876. 
He  devoted  some  time  to  traveling  throughout  the  west  but  finally  in  1881  located  in 
Marion,  Wisconsin,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  In  1883  he  removed  into  the  iron 
district  of  northern  Michigan,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandising  and  banking  and  also  acted 
as  agent  for  the  United  States  Express  Company.  Inftl894  he  secured  employment  with 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  and  came  to  Arizona.  When  he  abandoned  his  connection  with  rail- 
roading he  was  made  manager  of  the  large  mercantile  establishment  of  the  Congress  Con- 
solidated Mines  Company  at  Congress,  holding  that  position  for  eleven   years  and  gaining 


594  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

during  that  time  much  of  the  practical  experience  and  knowledge  upon  which  his  success  is 
founded. 

On  the  1st  of  October,  1906,  Mr.  Jones  organized  at  Salome  the  Brayton  Commercial 
Company  and  under  this  name  conducted  a  large  mercantile  establishment  there  for  some 
time.  He  later  purchased  the  store  conducted  bj-  the  D.  L.  Murray  Company  at  Wicken- 
burg  and  moved,  his  residence  to  that  place,  being  now  active  in  the  management  of  both 
stores.  The  fine  quality  of  goods  whieli  he  handles,  his  complete  stock  and  liis  upright  and 
honorable  business  methods  have  brought  him  a  large  patronage  and  his  business  is  con- 
stantly increasing  in  volume  and  importance.  Mr.  Jones  also  owns  a  fine  rancli  near  Salome 
which  is  partly  improved  and  which  later  will  be  fully  developed. 

In  1882  Mr.  Joiies  married  Miss  Ella  M.  Lathrop,  a  native  of  New  York  state,  and  they 
have  five  children,  Edward  L.,  Lucy  K.,  Mrs.  Dorothy  M.  Springer,  Mrs.  Evelyn  E.  Watkins 
and  Llewellyn  P. 

Mr.  Jones  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  but  since  coming  to 
Wickenburg  has  never  been  active  in  public  afl'airs  in  the  sense  of  ofTice  holding,  althougli 
in  Salome  and  in  Cengress  he  served  ably  and  conscientiously  as  postmaster.  He  is  con- 
nected with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Phoenix  Lodge  No.  335,  B.  P.  0.  E.,  and  in  fraternal 
circles  as  well  as  in  business  and  social  life  he  is  well  known  and  popular,  his  integrity  and 
forceful  personality  being  widely  recognized  and  appreciated. 


FREDERICK  FLEISHMAN. 


Frederick  Fleishman,  who  since  1881  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Tucson, 
was  born  in  Humboldt  county,  California,  December  27,  1857,  a  son  of  H.  C.  Fleishman. 
He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state  and  New  York  and  began  his . 
business  career  by  engaging  in  the  drug  trade  in  Los  Angeles.  He  remained  in  that  city 
imtil  1880,  when  he  came  to  Tucson,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  He  opened  a 
drug  store  in  this  city  and  has  built  up  an  extensive  business,  receiving  a  very  liberal 
patronage,  which  is  accorded  him  in  recognition  of  his  honorable  business  principles,  liis 
earnest  desire  to  please  his  patrons  and  his  reasonable  prices.  Mr.  Fleishman  is  president 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  a  position  which  indicates  something  of  his  high  stand- 
ing among  his  professional  brethren,  while  in  general  business  circles  of  Tucson  he  is 
prominent  and  well  known,  being  vice  president  of  the  Citizens  Building  &  Loan  Associa- 
tion and  a  director  in  the  Merchants  Bank  &  Trust  Company  and  the  Arizona  National 
Bank. 

Mr.  Fleishman  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  0.  E.  He  has  won  his  success  in  legitimate  channels  of 
trade  and  is  now  accounted  one  of  the  leading  druggists  and  progressive  business  men 
of    the    city. 


ALBERT  L.  TILTON,  M.  D. 


One  of  the  most  able  and  successful  physicians  and  surgeons  in  Kingman  is  Dr.  Albert 
L.  Tilton.  In  1908,  after  six  years  in  the  government  medical  service,  he  settled  in  that 
city,  where  he  now  controls  a  large  and  growing  practice.  He  was  born  in  Kansas  in  1870 
and  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state,  later  entering 
the  University  Medical  College  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  graduating  from  that  insti- 
tution with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1899.  Two  years  later  he  came  to  Arizona  as  a  physician 
in  the  government  Indian  service  and  did  a  great  deal  of  capable  work  on  the  -Western 
Navajo  reservation  in  Blue  canyon,  and  later  in  various  other  parts  of  the  west.  In 
1904  he  was  sent  to  the  Oraibi  Hopi  Indian  reservation  in  Arizona  and  he  remained  there 
until   1907,  when  he  resigned   from  the  government   service  and  came   to  Kingman,   where 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  595 

he  has  since   resided,   his  practice  growing   steadily   as   his  ability   and   skill   have   become 
more  widely  known. 

In  1900  Dr.  Tilton  married  Miss  Laura  M.  Estle,  of  Louisburg,  Kansas,  and  both  are 
well  known  in  social  circles  of  Kingman.  Fraternally  the  Doctor  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  and  in  politics  is  a  member  of  the  progressive  party.  He  belongs  to  the  Arizona 
State  Medical  Society,  the  American  Medical  Association,  is  an  ex-vice  president  of  the 
Mohave  County  Medical  Society,  and  he  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought 
in  his  profession.  In  Kingman  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  growing  practice  and  since  he 
conforms  always  to  the  highest  standards  of  professional  ethics,  holds  the  respect  of  his 
brethren  in  the  medical  fraternity  and  the  confidence  and  high  regard  of  his  patients  and 
friends. 


PROFESSOR  FRANK  WILLIAM  HART. 

Professor  Frank  William  Hart,  well  known  as  one  of  the  most  able  educators  in 
Prescott  and  since  1912  principal  of  the  high  school  in  that  city,  was  born  in  Indiana  in 
1881.  He  acquired  a  public  school  education  and  later  attended  the  University  of  Indiana, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1908.  In  the  same  year  he  came  to  Prescott  and  secured 
a  position  on  the  faculty  of  the  high  school  as  teacher  of  science  and  mathematics.  He 
did  capable  work  in  that  position  until  1913,  when  his  ability  was  recognized  in  his  appoint- 
ment to  the  office  of  principal  of  the  school.  As  such  he  has  since  served  and  he  has 
accomplished  a  great  deal  of  beneficial  and  effective  work. 

On  the  25th  of  December,  1912,  Professor  Hart  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louise 
E.  Gibbs,  of  Michigan,  a  graduate  of  the  university  of  that  state  and  previous  to  her 
marriage  principal  of  a  school  in  Prescott.  Professor  Hart  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
lodge  and  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  He  takes  an  intelligent 
interest  in  public  affairs  but  is  not  active  as  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his 
attention  upon  the  duties  of  the  responsible  and  difficult  position  which  he  so  creditably 
fills. 


ALBERT   L.   WATERS. 


Albert  L.  Waters,  of  Tucson,  has  been  identified  with  various  important  business  enter- 
prises and  his  sound  judgment  has  made  his  opinions  valuable  on  questions  of  policy  and 
control.  The  secret  of  his  success  is  not  found  in  any  fortunate  combination  of  circum- 
stances but  in  his  unfaltering  diligence  and  perseverance  and  in  the  resolute  determina- 
tion which  enabled  him  to  rise  from  the  position  of  a  common  laborer  to  be  a  dominating 
factor  in  the  industrial  activity  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Waters  was  born  in  Michigan,  March  2,  1869,  and  acquired  a  high  school  education 
'  in  that  state.  In  1890  he  received  the  degree  of  B.  S.  from  the  Michigan  Agricultural 
College  and  three  years  later  was  graduated  in  mining  engineering  from  the  Michigan  Col- 
lege of  Mines.  He  came  to  Arizona  in  1895  and  became  connected  with  the  Old  Dominion 
Copper  Mining  &  Smelting  Company,  at  Globe,  and  later  with  the  Phelps-Dodge  Com- 
pany there.  He  started  as  a  common  laborer  but  rose  steadily,  mastering  the  details  of 
work  and  management  of  each  department  with  which  he  was  connected  and  resigning 
after  two  years  as  superintendent  of  the  smelting  plant.  He  afterward  spent  a  number  of 
years  in  Mexico,  where  he  was  connected  with  mining,  and  in  this  way  he  broadened  his 
interests  and  developed  his  business  ability.  Mr.  Waters  in  1913  was  managing  the  Twin 
Buttcs  Mining  Company  including  its  railroad  and  the  Mineral  Hill  Consolidated  Copper 
Company. 

In  1898  Mr.  Waters  married  Miss  Maude  Shanley,  of  Globe,  Arizona,  and  they  have 
two  children,  Alice  T.  and  Albert  L.,  Jr.  Mr.  Waters  is  a  life  member  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers.     He  has  always  been  a  member  of  the  democratic  party 


596  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  has  long  been  among  its  leaders,  giving  a  firm  support  to  its  principles  and  policies 
and  doing  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  its  interests.  In  1910  Governor  Hunt  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Waters  president  of  the  board  of  regents  and  chancellor  of  the  University  of 
Arizona.  He  was  county  surveyor  of  Gila  county  for  some  time  and  has  served  as  secre- 
tary of  the  democratic  county  central  committee.  Although  he  has  always  been  anxious 
to  achieve  success  in  the  business  world,  he  has  yet  found  time  for  other  interests  and 
especially  those  relating  to  the  general  welfare,  and  his  labors  are  considered  a  valuable 
asset  in  public  progress. 


ALFRED  J.  GOLDSCHMIDT. 


Alfred  J.  Goldschmidt,  pioneer  business  man  of  Arizona  and  now  a  force  in  industrial 
circles  of  Tucson  as  vice  president  and  manager  of  the  Kagle  Milling  Company,  was  born 
in  Hamburg,  Germany,  in  October,  1857.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city,  attending  school  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  after  which  he 
became  identified  with  the  mercantile  business.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1879 
and  reached  Arizona  in  April  of  the  same  year.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  terri- 
tory, coming  here  before  a  railroad  was  constructed  through  and  accomplishing  the  last 
thirty-six  hours  of  the  journey  by  stage,  traveling  in  this  way  from  Gila  Bend  to  Tucson. 
His  first  employment  in  the  latter  city  was  with  his  brother-in-law,  J.  S.  Mansfeld,  a 
pioneer  newsdealer  in  Arizona,  who  at  that  time  was  conducting  a  store  in  Tucson.  Their 
association  continued  for  about  seven  years,  after  which  Mr.  Goldschmidt  went  to  the 
silver  mining  camps  and  spent  two  years  there,  returning  to  Tucson  in  1886.  The  next 
six  months  were  spent  in  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  then,  after  a  short  residence  in  Tucson,  he 
went  to  Los  Angeles,  where  from  1887  to  1890  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business. 
Again  returning  to  Tucson  in  the  latter  year,  he  followed  the  same  occupation  until  1896, 
when  he  again  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  engaged  in  various  pursuits  for  three  years. 
He  made  his  final  location  in  Tucson  in  1899  and  in  that  year  became  connected  with  his 
brother  Leo  in  the  Eagle  Milling  Company,  of  which  he  is  now  vice  president.  Each  change 
in  his  business  connections  has  represented  a  forward  step,  bringing  him  a  broader  outlook 
and  wider  opportunities.  He  has  utilized  his  advantages  in  a  most  excellent  manner  and 
has  become  recognized  in  business  circles  as  one  whose  judgment  is  sound  and  whose 
sagacity  is   far-reaching. 

In  1910  Mr.  Goldschmidt  married  Miss  Louise  Harris,  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  both 
are  well  and  favorably  known  in  Tucson.  In  all  of  his  business  dealings  he  is  straight- 
forward and  reliable  and  enjoys  to  the  fullest  extent  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  those 
who   know    him. 


DAVID  L.  BIDGWAY. 


David  L.  Ridgway,  a  young  man  of  excellent  business  ability,  whose  personal  success 
has  combined  with  his  excellent  official  work  and  his  public  spirit  to  make  his  activities 
a  force  in  expansion,  is  now  one  of  the  leading  merchants  in  Safford,  where  he  owns  a 
half  interest  in  an  important  mercantile  enterprise.  He  was  born  in  Missouri,  in  1875 
and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Annie  (Hukaby)  Ridgway.  The  father  has  engaged  in  agricul- 
tural pursuits  since  beginning  his  business  career  and  now  owns  a  fine  farm  in  Missouri. 
The  mother  has  passed  away. 

David  L.  Ridgway  is  one  of  a  family  of  five  children  and  the  only  one  who  lives  in 
Arizona.  He  spent  his  childhood  and  early  youth  ui)on  his  father's  farm,  acquiring  his 
education  in  the  Missouri  public  schools,  and  he  remained  at  home  until  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age,  when  he  secured  a  position  as  a  farm  laborer.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four 
he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  SalTord,  where  for  a  time  he  worked  in  the  sawmills  and 
mines,  later  turning  his  attention  to   the  transfer  business.     Afterward  he   sold  out  and 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  597 

bouglit  a  half  interest  in  the  mercantile  store  coiulueted  by  his  father-in-law.  He  has 
since  given  a  great  deal  of  his  attention  to  the  furtlier  improvement  and  development  of 
the  business,  which  under  his  able  management  has  steadily  increased  in  volume  and 
importance  and  has  now  almost  doubled  its  original  value.  The  partners  carry  a  stock 
worth  fifteen  thousand  dollars  and  have  secured  a  liberal  and  representative  patronage, 
accorded  to  them  in  recognition  of  their  straiglitforward  and  upright  business  methods 
and  honorable  dealings.  Mr.  Ridgway  also  owns  a  residence  and  business  property  in 
Safford  and  valuable  holdings  in  farm  lands  and  is  careful  and  conservative  in  the  manage- 
ment of  his  interests,  standing  as  a  representative  of  that  type  of  young  and  progressive 
Tuen  who  are  rapidly  revolutionizing  business  methods.  Modern  in  his  views,  straight- 
forward in  his  dealings  and  unbending  in  his  business  and  personal  integrity,  he  has 
pmsued  a  steady  course  upward  and  in  gaining  prosperity  has  not  neglected  the  duties 
of  citizenship,  but  takes  an  active  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  schools,  churclies  and  other 
public  and   semi-public   institutions. 

Mr.  Ridgway  was  married  in  April,  1907,  to  Miss  Klla  Young,  a  daughter  of  G.  R.  and 
Kate  (Tliompson)  Young,  of  Safford.  They  have  three  children;  George,  who  was  born 
in  1908;   Ryder,  born  in   1909;   and  Ruth,  whose  birth  occurred  in   1912. 

Mr.  Ridgway  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  politically 
gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  has  ever  been  active  in  public  affairs, 
serving  for  four  years  as  deputy  sheriff  and  as  constable  for  one  term.  He  is  now  in 
the  second  term  of  his  service  on  the  city  council  and  has  done  able  work  in  that  office, 
being  one  of  the  leaders  in  securing  the  passage  of  the  property  tax  bill,  which  relieves 
the  merchants  from  the  heavy  load  of  paying  for  the  upkeep  of  the  city.  He  has 
manifested  sterling  qualities  in  all  the  relations  of  life  and  is  justly  accounted  one  of  the 
valued  residents  of  his  community. 


W.  J.  MURPHY. 


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Throughout  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Arizona,  covering  more  than  a  third  of  a 
century,  W.  J.  Murphy  has  been  identified  with  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  state 
in  many  ways  and  his  labors  have  been  of  a  character  that  have  contributed  largely  to 
public  ])ro8perity  as  well  as  to  individual  success.  He  was  born  in  New  Hartford,  New 
York,  August  23,  1839,  and  although  he  has  now  passed  the  seventy-sixth  milestone  on  life's 
journey  he  is  still  to  some  extent  an  active  factor  in  business  life,  handling  important  real- 
estate  interests.  His  parents  are  George  A.  and  Nancy  (Allen)  Murphy,  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent  although  both  were  born  in  Ireland.  It  was  in  the  year  1836  that  they  crossed, 
the  Atlantic  to  New  Y'ork  and  in  the  Empire  state  the  father  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing, there  remaining  until   1857,   when   he   removed  westward   to  Illinois. 

W.  J.  Murphy,  after  attending  the  public  schools,  became  a  student  in  a  normal  school 
at  Hopedale,  Ohio,  and  for  one  term  engaged  in  teaching,  but  following  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  war  his  patriotic  spirit  was  aroused  and  he  enlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  M, 
First  Illinois  Light  Artillery,  in  1862.  He  continued  at  the  front  until  1865  and  was 
second  lieutenant  of  this  company,  adjutant  of  the  fourth  corps  of  the  Army  of  the  Cumber- 
land, and  adjutant  under  General  C.  O.  Loomis,  chief  of  artillery  of  the  district  of  Tennessee. 
Prior  to  that  time  he  participated  in  a  number  of  hotly  contested  engagements. 

Following  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Murphy  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Tennessee  for 
a  year.  He  afterward  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in  Pontiac,  Illinois,  conducting 
his  store  for  several  years,  and  later  became  identified  with  farming,  with  which  he  was 
connected  for  a  few  years,  thus  returning  to  the  occupation  to  which  he  had  been  reared. 
His  next  step  was  in  the  field  of  railroad  building,  with  which  he  was  connected  in  Illinois, 
Nebraska,  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  as  a  contractor.  The  work  which  he  did  in 
that  connection  was  of  important  character  and  made  him  largely  familiar  with  the  south- 
west and  its  opportunities.  In  1880  he  came  to  Arizona  and  has  since  resided  in  this  state. 
In  1882  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Salt  River  valley  and  the  following  year  built  the  Arizona 
canal.     He  studied  the  question  of  water  supply  and  irrigation,  worked  out  various  methods 


598  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  meet  tlie  demand  and  liis  efforts  in  that  direction  have  been  of  untold  value  to  the  state, 
being  the  means  of  bringing  hundreds  of  acres  under  cultivation.  He  has  always  been 
interested  in  ranching,  becoming  owner  of  ten  thousand  acres,  and  his  practical  experience 
in  that  great  held  of  work  has  enabled  him  to  solve  many  problems  connected  with  the 
improvement  of  the  state.  In  his  professional  capacity  as  contractor  and  engineer  he  has 
done  considerable  work  for  the  Water  Users  Association.  He  also  built  a  part  of  the  main 
line  of  the  Santa  Fe  Kailroad  and  likewise  the  Maricopa  &  Phoenix  Railroad,  and  his  labors 
in  these  connections  have  constituted  an  important  element  in  the  growth  and  progress  of 
the  state.  For  the  past  ten  or  fifteen  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  real-estate  busi- 
ness, princiijally  handling  his  own  land.  Another  feature  of  his  life  work  which  indicates 
liis  public  spirit  has  been  the  planting  of  trees  along  the  boulevards  surrounding  Phoenix, 
covering  thirty  miles  on  each  side  of  the  road  in  this  way. 

Mr.  Murphy  was  married  to  Miss  Laura  J.  Fulweather,  of  Lexington,  Illinois.  They 
have  two  children,  Kalph  and  Louise.  Mr.  Murphy  belongs  to  the  Loyal  Legion  and  to 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party 
Init  has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  energies  upon  his  business 
affairs. 


ALBERT  MORRIS  SAMES. 


Tiieve  is  no  movement  formulated  in  Douglas  for  the  benefit  of  the  community  along 
lines  of  substantial  upbuilding,  progress  and  advancement  that  does  not  receive  the  indor-ie- 
ment  and  active  support  of  Albert  Morris  Sames,  whose  labors  as  a  lawyer  and  orator,  a 
politician  and  public-spirited  citizen  liave  been  cooperant  factors  in  the  work  of  general 
improvement.  He  was  born  in  Rockford,  Illinois,  February  9,  1873,  and  is  a  son  of  Peter 
and  Ellen  M.  (Lockhart)  Sames,  the  former  a  prominent  agricultural  '  implement  manu- 
facturer who  died  in  1909.  His  wife  still  survives  and  makes  her  home  with  the  subject 
of  this  review.  In  their  family  were  three  children :  Charles  M.,  editor  of  the  Engineering 
Digest  in  New  York  city;  Albert  Morris,  of  this  review^  and  Ellen  D.,  deceased  wife  of 
Captain  F.  Hase,  of  the  United  States  Army. 

Albert  Morris  Sames  was  reared  in  his  father's  home  in  Rockford  and  acquired  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  When  he  was  nineteen  years  of 
age  he  entered  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  taking  a  special  course,  and  in  1894  was  grad- 
uated in  law  from  that  institution.  He  did  post-graduate  work  in  the  law  department  of 
what  is  now  the  George  Washington  University  of  Washington,  D.  C,  graduating  with 
the  degree  of.  LL.  M.  Returning  home  he  engaged  for  two  years  in  the  manufacturing 
business  with  his  father  and  then  went  to  Los  Angeles  California,  where  he  practiced 
law  and  acted  as  a  law  clerk  until  1899. 

In  that  j'ear  Mr.  Sames  came  to  Arizona,  locating  first  in  Solomonville,  where  he  became 
connected  with  the  railroad  law  firm  of  Edwards  &  McFarland,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
two  years.  In  December,  1902,  he  located  in  Douglas  as  a  representative  of  the  Townsite 
Company,  in  wiiose  employ  he  remained  until  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Flannigan,  Feltus,  Flanigan  &  Sames.  This  connection  continued  until  190G, 
when  Mr.  Sames  formed  his  present  partnership  with  Hon.  G.  W.  Cass,  with  whom  he  iias 
since  carried  on  the  active  practice  of  his  profession.  As  is  often  the  ease  Mr.  Sames' 
success  in  law  has  carried  with  it  prominence  in  politics,  in  which  as  an  avenue  to  more 
efficient  public  service,  he  is  interested  and  active.  Before  Douglas  was  incorporated  he 
had  served  as  assistant  district  attorney  and  after  the  organization  of  the  city  was  its 
first  city  clerk  and  treasurer.  He  is  one  of  the  stalwart  supporters  of  the  republican  party 
in  his  part  of  the  state  and  an  influential  man  in  its  councils,  as  is  indicated  by  the  fact 
tliat  from  ]910  until  the  admission  of  Arizona  into  the  Union  he  served  as  chairman  of  the 
republican  territorial  central  committee.  In  1906  he  was  appointed  United  States  com- 
missioner and  continued  in  that  office  until  '1914,  discharging  his  duties  ably  and  con- 
scientiously.    He  was  city  attorney   in    1914   and   1915. 

Mr.   Sames  is  well  known   and   prominent   in    local   fraternal   circles,   holding  member- 


ALBERT  M.  SAMES 


I 

ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  601 

ship  in  the  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  in  the  Masonic  order  and  being  past  exalted 
ruler  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  belongs  to  the  Delta  Upsilou  fra- 
ternity in  the  Wisconsin  State  University  and  in  the  Columbian  University  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  was  admitted  to  membership  in  the  Phi  Delta  Phi.  He  is  a  member  of  tlie  Young 
Men's  Cliristian  Association  in  Douglas,  and  socially  is  connected  with  the  local  country 
club.  His  most  distinguishing  characteristic  is  his  high  minded  and  disinterested  public 
spirit — a  quality  which  dominates  and  controls  his  activity,  influencing  his  professional 
work  and  leaving  its  mark  upon  the  history  of  Douglas  in  increased  municipal  develop- 
ment. He  has  used  his  vivid  oratorical  power  to  further  the  promotion  of  the  progressive 
projects  in  which  he  is  interested  and  the  spread  of  the  political  doctrines  in  which  he 
believes,  and  he  is  always  to  be  found  among  the  leaders  in  any  public  movement.  His 
greatest  ambition  is  centered  in  furthering  the  development  of  Douglas  along  material, 
intellectual  and  political  lines  and  in  winning  for  himself  a  prominent  place  in  the  esteem 
and  regard  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


W.    HAROLD    SHOREY. 


It  is  well  recognized  that  there  is  no  factor  as  eflfectual  in  establishing  civilization  and 
promoting  progress  along  material  as  well  as  moral  and  intellectual  lines  as  the  country 
press.  H  is  therefore  but  natural  that  W.  Harold  Shorey,  the  editor  of  the  Yuma  Daily 
Examiner,  should  occupy  an  important  place  in  the  affairs  of  this  state.  The  Yuma  Daily 
Examiner,  published  daily  except  Sundays,  was  founded  March  17,  1906,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Associated  Pres!^.  The  same  company  also  publishes  the  Weekly  Inter  Ocean,  which 
was  founded  January  20,  1911,  and  is  a  pioneer  newspaper  of  the  northeastern  part  of 
Imperial  county,  California,  and  the  Arizona  Weekly  Sentinel,  founded  in  1870  and  pub- 
lished every  Thursday  for  forty-five  years  without  missing  an  issue.  These  three  jour- 
nals are  the  leading  papers  in  the  sections  where  they  are  published  and  their  success  must 
be  largely  attributed  to  \V.  Harold  Shorey,  who  is  a  newspaper  man  by  intuition  and  by 
training. 

Mr.  Shorey  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  .January  8,  1874,  and  is  a  son  of  William  C. 
and  M.  E.  Shorey,  both  natives  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  The  father,  who  was  a  build- 
ing contractor  by  occupation,  died  in  that  state.  The  subject  of  this  review  has  always 
been  a  newspaper  man.  He  went  to  Colorado  in  1890,  when  but  sixteen  years  of  age,  and 
two  years  later  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Yuma.  He  soon  became  actively  identified 
with  business  life,  establishing  the  Yuma  Bakery  and  later  the  Yuma  News  Company, 
incl  iding  the  agency  for  the  Los  Angeles  Times  and  Examiner.  On  the  1st  of  July,  1911, 
he  bought  the  Arizona  Weekly  Sentinel,  while  on  March  17,  1906,  he  founded  the  Yuma 
Daily  Examiner.  A  few  years  later,  on  January  20,  1911,  the  W^cekly  Inter  Ocean  fol- 
lowed. Mr.  Shorey  never  takes  an  unequivocal  stand  in  regard  to  any  public  question  in 
the  editorial  columns  of  his  papers.  He  condemns  that  which  stands  in  need  of  better- 
ment and  readily  commends  meritorious  measures.  His  papers  have  been  the  means  of 
bringing  about  many  improvements  in  their  sections  of  the  country  and  they  have  always 
been  conducted  in  the  interests  of  the  masses.  Most  loyal  and  patriotic  they  have  been 
in  support  of  measures  which  would  be  of  benefit  to  the  state  and  the  locality.  In  their 
cohimns  can  be  found  all  the  important  news  of  the  world  and  a  particular  effort  is  made 
to  produce  as  much  of  the  local  news  as  possible.  For  this  purpose  a  modern  linotype 
machine  is  included  in  the  plant,  by  means  of  which  the  Yuma  News  Company  is  enabled 
to  give  their  readers  a  great  variety  of  local  affairs.  It  is  but  iiatural  that  the  subscriptions 
of  the  papers  have  increased  by  leaps  and  bounds  and  that  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Shorey  have 
been  greatly  appreciated.  The  advertising  patronage  has  increased  in  an  even  tenor  and 
the  Yuma  News  Company,  considered  from  a  financial  standpoint,  is  a  most  excellent 
enterprise.  The  printing  plant,  from  the  presses  of  which  the  papers  come  forth,  is 
modern  and  up-to-date  in  every  respect  and  in  connection  with  the  publication  of  the  daily 
and  weeklies  Mr.  Shorey  runs  a  job  printing  department  which  furnishes  artistic  and 
tastefully  printed  matter  at  reasonable  prices  and  which  is  prompt  in  the  execution  of 
all  work. 

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602  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

On  the  19th  of  January,  1904,  Mr.  Shorcy  married  Miss  Lola  X.  Day,  of  Yuma,  who 
died  May  3,  1913,  leaving  a  son  and  daughter.  Mr.  Shorey  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church,  to  which  his  wife  also  belonged.  In  politics  he  is  independent,  giving  his 
support  to  such  candidates  and  measures  as  he  considers  worthy  thereof.  He  is  prom- 
inent in  the  fraternal  circles  of  Yuma,  being  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge,  chapter,  com- 
mandery  and  Shrine  of  the  Masons  and  also  belonging  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr.  Shorey  and  his  papers  have  become  a  power  for 
good  in  their  section  and  his  efforts  in  giving  to  the  public  valuable  information  on  outside 
liappenings  and  local  affairs  and  well  written  editorials  and  other  features  of  educational 
worth  is  to  be  highly  commended. 


PROFESSOR  WARREN  D.  BAKER. 

Professor  Warren  D.  Baker,  who  since  1908  has  served  as  superintendent  of  the  Prescott 
public  schools,  winning  for  himself  a  place  among  the  leading  educators  of  the  state,  was 
born  in  Michigan  in  1870  and  there  acquired  his  preliminary  education.  He  afterward 
entered  the  University  of  Michigan  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1893  and 
with  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  the  following  year.  Subsequently  he  did  special  work  in  peda- 
gogy in  the  Leland  Stanford  University,  where  he  was  a  student  from  1900  to  1901. 

In  the  latter  year  Mr.  Baker  removed  to  Prescott  and  gave  his  attention  to  business 
pursuits  until  1908,  when  he  was  appointed  to  his  present  position.  For  two  years  previous 
to  that  time  he  had  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board,  accomplisliing  in  that  posi- 
tion capable  and  useful  work,  which  was  important  as  a  factor  in  the  development  of  educa- 
tional interests  of  the  city.  As  superintendent  of  schools  Professor  Baker  has  inaugurated  a 
number  of  changes  and  improvements,  and  his  work  has  received  the  commendation  of  the 
local  public  and  the  school  board.  His  methods  are  practical  and  progressive,  for  he  has 
given  a  great  deal  of  time  to  educational  affairs  and  has  risen  to  a  place  of  prominence  in 
that  field. 

On  the  26th  of  June,  1906,  Mr.  Baker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Corinne  E.  Smith, 
a  native  of  Ohio  and  a  graduate  of  Leland  Stanford  University.  Previous  to  her  marriage 
she  was  a  teacher  in  the  high  school  of  Prescott.  Mj-.  and  Mrs.  Baker  have  one  child,  Har- 
riet Eleanor.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  gives  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  As  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen 
he  takes  an  intelligent  interest  in  public  affairs  and  is  liberal  in  his  support  of  charitable 
and  other  enterprises  which  he  believes  will  promote  the  general  welfare.  His  attention  is 
now  largely  given  to  the  important  work  which  is  under  his  charge  and  to  the  performance 
of  which  he  brings  unusual  ability,  experience  and  interest. 


GEORGE  F.  WESTFALL. 


George  F.  Westfall,  whose  reelection  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in  Florence 
proves  the  efficacy  and  acceptability  of  his  services,  is  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Arizona. 
He  came  to  the  territory  in  1875  and,  although  his  residence  here  has  not  been  continuous, 
he  has  spent  a  great  deal  of  the  intervening  time  here,  being  connected  in  an  important 
■way  with  mining  and  ranching  interests. 

Mr.  Westfall  was  born  in  Galena,  Illinois,  May  14,  1850,  and  spent  his  childhood  and 
youth  in  that  section.  In  1874  he  came  west  to  California  and  from  there  drove  a  sixteen 
mule  team  across  the  desert  from  Los  Angeles  to  Mineral  Park,  Arizona,  locating  in  this 
state  in  the  spring  of  1875.  He  at  once  turned  his  attention  to  mining  and  prospecting, 
working  in  the  Surbat  coal  mine  in  Mohave  county,  and  also  acting  as  manager  of  a  mine 
near  Casa  Grande.  He  later  returned  to  California  but  after  four  years  came  again  to 
Arizona,  resuming  mining  at  Silver  King  and  then  in  the  Raymond  mine.  In  the  fall 
of  1897  he  again  left  this  state  and  went  to  Dawson,  Alaska,  at  the  time  of  the  discovery 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  60^ 

of  the  gold  fields,  where  he  mined  for  a  short  time,  returning  to  Arizona  and  settling  in 
Florence.  He  prospected  and  was  finally  successful,  operating  a  productive  copper  mine 
near  Florence,  from  which  he  is  now  taking  valuable  ore.  He  acquired  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  government  land  and  has  about  sixty  acres  of  his  property  under  cultiva- 
tion. It  is  well  watered  and  needed  improvements  have  been  installed.  Mr.  Westfall ' 
conducts  this  aa  a  poultry  farm,  raising  high  grade  chickens,  the  sale  of  which  is  a  profit- 
able source  of  income  to  him.  He  also  raises  hogs  and  alfalfa  for  feed.  He  served  for 
six  years  as  constable  for  the  Mill  Company  at  Silver  King.  He  has  been  successful  in  his 
business  affairs  because  he  thoroughly  understands  the  work  in  which  he  is  engaged, 
combining  with  his  knowledge  upright  and  straightforward  business  methods  and  standards 
of  commercial  integrity  that  are  beyond  question.  In  September,  1911,  Mr.  Westfall  was 
appointed  justice  of  the  peace  to  fill  out  an  unexpired  term  until  .January  1,  1912,  but 
continued  to  hold  the  office  until  1914,  at  which  time  he  was  elected  to  the  same  position, 
the  duties  of  which  he  has  most  faithfully  and  conscientiously  performed. 

Mr.  Westfall  married  Miss  Mary  Yepiz,  a  native  of  Mexico,  and  they  have  five  children, 
Sarali  E.  and  Mary  E.,  both  in  the  postoflice  at  Florence;  Mabel  A.;  .James  L.;  and  Alfred  J. 
All  were  born  in  Florence.  Mr.  Westfall  is  well  known  in  Arizona,  where  he  has  spent 
a  great  deal  of  his  active  life,  and  he  and  his  wife  enjoy  the  hospitality  of  many  of  the 
best  homes,  while  his  record  as  a  business  man  and  as  an  official  has  won  for  him  the 
highest  regard. 


I 


FREDERias;   I.  HENGEHOLD. 

Frederick  I.  Hengehold,  who  was  formerly  the  proprietor  of  a  large  fuel  and  feed  store 
and  of  a  modern  grocery,  controls  important  business  interests  in  Globe.  At  the  present 
time,  however,  he  is  devoting  considerable  attention  to  the  improvement  of  a  homestead 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  the  public  highway  betwen  Globe  and  Miami,  about  two 
and  a  half  miles  from  the  former  place. 

Mr.  Hengehold  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Oliio,  in  1877,  a  son  of  Frederick  G.  and  Mar- 
garet Hengehold,  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  and  the  latter  of  Cincinnati.  In  that 
city  the  father  was  a  pioneer  coal  merchant  and  the  maternal  grandfather  was  for  many 
years  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the  large  breweries  there,  an  enterprise  which  he  conducted 
until  his  death,  when  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  his  sons.  The  mother  of  the  subject  of 
this  review  died  in  Cincinnati  in  1887  but  the  father  still  makes  his  home  in  that  city. 
They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children  besides  Frederick  I.:  Louis,  who  conducts  a  tailor- 
ing establishment  in  Dresden,  Germany;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Henry  Schuermeyer,  a  banker  in 
Dortmund,  Germany;  Frances,  of  Cincinnati;  Mrs.  John  Fisher,  of  San  Diego,  California; 
John,  a  mechanic  of  Cincinnati;  George,  who  acts  as  a  salesman  in  Cincinnati;  and  Charles, 
who  conducts  a  grocery  in  San  Diego,  California.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  the  father 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  Braun  and  to  them  were  born  four  children:  Margaret,  who  married 
James  O'Connell,  a  salesman  in  San  Diego,  California;  Leo,  a  contractor  in  Cincinnati; 
Anna  A.,  who  is  a  professional  nurse  in  the  same  eity;  and  Felix,  who  is  a  partner  with 
Charles  Hengehold  in  the  conduct  of  a  cash  grocery  in  San  Diego,  California.  The  mother 
of  these  children  passed  away  in  1910. 

Frederick  I.  Hengehold  acquired  his  education  in  the  parochial  and  public  schools  of 
Cincinnati  and  began  his  business  career  as  a  representative  of  Bien  &  Vandeval,  and  the  Sems- 
heimer  Paper  Company  of  that  city,  in  whose  interests  he  worked  for  eleven  years.  In  1908 
he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Globe,  and  in  the  following  year  opened  a  fuel  and  feed 
business  which  he  conducted  until  1913.  In  January,  1911,  he  also  embarked  in  the  grocery 
business  and  both  enterprises  proved  profitable  and  important.  Mr.  Hengehold  is  known 
in  Globe  as  a  progressive,  able  and  resourceful  business  man  and  enjoys  to  a  gratifying 
degree  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  business  associates.  He  owns  a  great  deal  of  valuable 
property  in  the  city  and  has  built  upon  one  of  his  lots  a  modern  automobile  garage.  He  has 
an  attractive  home  and  owns  other  city  residences  which  he  rents  to  tenants  and  in  addi- 
tion is  interested  in  what  is  known  as  the  Merrimac  group  of  copper,  gold,  lead,  silver  and 


604  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

zinc  miiifs  Iwated  in  Powits'  guldi,  six  miles  west  of  the  properties  owned  by  the  Inspira- 
tion  Copper  (  onipany  in  Inspiration  Mineral  Zone.  He  also  has  other  valuable  interests  in 
the  mineral  district  around  Globe  and  is  connected  with  the  Walter  J.  Scott  Publicity  Com- 
pany, establislied  for  tlie  juirpose  of  exploiting  and  selling  mineral  properties. 

In  1903  Mr.  Hengehold  married  Miss  Anna  J.  Bien,  a  native  of  Cincinnati  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Anthony  C.  and  Catherine  M.  (Post)  Bien,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Germany 
and  the  latter  in  Ohio.  The  father  came  to  America  and  after  his  marrigae  established 
himself  in  the  grocery  business  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1897.  He 
liad  survived  his  wife  three  years.  In  their  family  were  six  children:  Mary  and  Sallie, 
wlio  liave  passed  away;  Valentine  J.,  a  dealer  in  real  estate  in  Cincinnati;  Fred  A.,  one  of 
the  prominent  real  estate  men  in  the  same  eity;  Anna,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Anna  J., 
now  ilrs.  Hengehold.  The  last  named  received  her  education  in  the  parochial  schools  of 
her  native  eity  and  after  taking  a  business  course  spent  five  years  as  a  bookkeeper  for  the 
firm  of  Bien  &  Vandeval,  paper  and  woodenware  manufacturers.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hengeliold 
have  three  children:  Frederick  Bien,  born  in  1903;  Katherine  Post,  born  in  1905;  and 
Valentine  Bien,  born  in  1906.  The  family  are  devout  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church 

Mr.  Hengehold  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Although  one  of  the  younger 
men  of  Globe,  he  has  already  become  a  substantial  factor  in  the  business  life  of  the  city, 
having  attained  a  position  of  prominence  by  perseverance,  determination  and  honorable 
efforts.  He  is  preeminently  a  man  of  affairs  and,  being  progressive  and  public-spirited,  his 
labors  have  contributed  largely  to  the  business  development  of  the  community  as  well  as 
to  his  individual  prosperity. 


BEKNDT  &  KOCH. 


Globe  finds  progressive  and  worthy  representatives  of  its  business  interests  in  the 
gentlemen  who  constitute  the  firm  of  Berndt  &  Koch,  conducting  a  profitable  and  growing 
bakery  in  that  city.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Louis  Berndt  and  William  Koch,  the  former 
born  in  Germany  in  1856.  After  acquiring  a  common  school  education  in  his  native  coun- 
try, lie  came  to  America  in  1881,  settling  first  in  New  York  and  going  from  there  to 
Buffalo.  In  1882  he  removed  to  .Chicago  and  in  the  following  year  to  Kansas  City,  where 
he  remained  until  1887.  He  then  went  to  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  and  later  to  Denver, 
settling  in  La  Junta,  Colorado.  In  1890  he  was  in  business  in  Seattle  and  in  1891  in  San 
Francisco,  going  from  there  to  Los  Angeles,  California.  He  worked  at  the  baker's  trade, 
which  he  had  learned  in  the  fatherland,  in  all  of  these  cities.  In  1900  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  Globe,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  remained.  In  1901  he  established  the 
present  firm  of  Berndt  &  Koch  and  their  business  has  been  conducted  with  gratifying  suc- 
cess since  that  time.  In  1908  the  increasing  volume  of  trade  made  new  quarters  necessary 
and  a  two-story  fireproof  building  was  erected  on  the  corner  of  Broa<l  and  Cedar  streets. 
This  is  one  of  the  finest  stores  of  any  kind  in  the  city,  modernly  equipped  in  every  par- 
ticular and  supplied  with  all  the  latest  labor-.iaving  and  sanitary  machinery  used  in 
bakeries.  The  enterprise,  known  as  the  Globe  Bakery,  is  proving  an  important  clement 
in  tlie  commercial  progress  of  the  town,  and  the  business  of  tlie  concern  is  '  constantly 
increasing,  owing  to  the  straightforward  methods  and  enterprising  spirit  of  those  who 
are  active  in  its  conduct. 

William  Koch,  the  other  member  of  the  firm  of  Berndt  &  Koch,  is  also  a  native  of 
Germany,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  1847.  Both  of  his  jiarents  died  in  the  fatherland 
and  afterward,  in  1882,  the  son  came  to  America,  settling  in  New  York  and  coming  west 
in  the  following  spring.  He  had  learned  the  baker's  trade  in  Germany  and  at  this  he 
worked  in  San  Francisco,  spending  five  years  of  the  period  of  his  residence  there  in  the 
management  of  his  own  concern.  Later  he  dis])Ose<l  of  his  interests  and  in  January.  1900, 
came  to  Globe.  As  stated  before,  tlie  firm  of  Berndt  &  Koch  was  organized  in  1901  and  has 
since  had  a  prosperous  career.  The  partners  own  besides  their  modem  bakery  a  fine 
residence  in  Globe  and  valuable  mining  interests  in  Pinal  and  Gila  counties. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  605 

Mr.  Berndt  is  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  and  his  partner  are  liberal 
ill  their  political  views  and  have  always  been  faithful  in  citizenship  and  progressive  in 
their  support  of  measures  for  the  public  good.  They  are  held  in  high  esteem  not  only  in 
Globe  but  throughout  the  county  and  are  meeting  with  gratifying  and  well  merited  success 
in   their  business. 


AQUILES   ARRIOLA. 


Aquiles  Arriola,  proprietor  of  the  establishment  popularly  known  as  the  Cosmopolitan 
Store,  is  a  prominent  representative  of  commercial  interests  of  Florence.  A  spirit  of  enter- 
prise characterizes  him  in  all  that  he  does  and  his  close  application  and  energy  have  been 
salient  factors  in  the  success  he  is  now  enjoying.  He  is  a  native  of  Hermosillo,  Jlexico, 
and  he  is  a  son  of  Espiritu  and  Concepcion  (Bernal)  Arriola,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
Sonora,  Mexico,  and  of  old  Spanish  stock.  They  were  pioneers  of  Arizona.  The  father 
engaged  in  farming,  about  three  thousand  peons  working  on  the  hacienda,  and  also  carried 
on  business  as  a  dealer  in  flour,  meal  and  produce.  He  was  a  freighting  contractor,  driving 
a  twenty-four  mule  team  between  Wickenburg  and  Vulture,  hauling  ore  from  the  mines, 
and  he  had  built  up  an  extensive  and  protitable  business  along  that  line  when  his  whole 
outfit  was  destroyed  by  the  Apache  Indians,  causing  him  great  financial  loss.  He  was  obliged 
to  return  to  Mexico  and  there  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  recovering  some  of  his 
fortune  in  this  way. 

Aquiles  Arriola  went  to  Casa  Grande  in  1893  and  there  with  a  partner  started  a 
small  general  store,  with  which  he  was  connected  for  seven  years.  He  then  came  to 
Florence,  where  he  opened  a  small  store  whicli  has  developed  through  the  passing  years 
into  one  of  the  finest  and  most  modern  general  merchandise  establishments  in  the  city. 
By  persistency  of  purpose,  determined  resolution  and  excellent  business  ability  Mr.  Arriola  has 
built  up  a  large  and  profitable  business  and  lias  secured  a  representative  patronage,  drawn 
not  only  from  Florence  but  from  the  surrounding  country  as  well.  He  carries  a  complete 
and  carefully  assorted  line  of  the  most  up-to-date  goods  on  the  market  and  his  store  and 
stock  would  be  a  credit  to  a  city  of  metropolitan  proportions. 

Mr.  Arriola  married  Miss  Petra  Montano  and  they  have  eight  children:  Herminia,  aged 
eighteen;  Aquiles,  Jr.,  sixteen  years  of  age;  Fernando,  aged  fifteen;  Oscar,  aged  twelve; 
Hector,  aged  eight;  Victor,  aged  six;  Laura,  three  years;  and  Medardo,  eight  months  old. 
Mr.  Arriola's  only  fraternal  afKliation  is  with  the  Spanish-American  Alliance.  His  fellow 
townsmen,  recognizing  his  worth  and  ability,  accord  him  their  highest  esteem,  for  he  is  a 
man  whose  many  sterling  traits  of  character  and  business  progressiveness  would  make  him 
a  creditable  addition  to  the  ranks  of  citizens  in  any  community. 


JOSEPH  SEXTON  HOPLEY. 


The  life  of  the  west  in  the  phases  of  its  pioneer  settlement  and  in  those  of  its  later 
development  and  advancement  has  been  an  open  book  to  Joseph  Sexton  Hopley,  who  has 
been  identified  with  it  as  a  soldier,  a  ranchman  and  a  business  man.  He  is  one  of  the 
able,  enterprising  and  progressive  sons  whom  Ireland  has  given  to  America,  his  birth  having 
occurred  on  the  Emerald  isle,  October  24,  1851.  He  came  to  the  United  States  at  the  age 
of  fourteen  years  and  lived  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  until  he  was  eighteen.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1869,  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  regular  army  and  was  assigned  to  the  Fourth 
United  States  Cavalry  and  in  the  following  year  was  sent  to  Texas.  He  served  in  various 
parts  of  the  country  for  fifteen  years  under  Colonel  R.  S.  McKenzie  and  rose  to  the  rank 
of  first  sergeant  of  his  troop.  He  bravely  took  part  in  Indian  wars  throughout  the  west 
and  became  thoroughly  familiar  with  frontier  life  in  this  section,  where  he  often  rode  for 
two  hundred  miles  without  seeing  a  single  habitation.  In  1880  Mr.  Hopley's  duties  in  the 
pursuit  of  hostile  Apache  Indians  brought  him  to  Arizona  and  four  years  later  he  made  a 
permanent  location  in  the  state.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  army  in 
1885  at  Fort  Lowell  and  he  began  his  business  career  as  a  dairyman,  operating  a  dairy  farm 


606  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

near  that  place.  He  later  ranched  in  Pantano,  thirty  miles  east  of  Tucson,  where  he  was 
extensively  interested  in  cattle-raising,  and  for  eight  years  he  also  carried  the  mail  between 
Pantano  and  Greaterville,  operating  a  mail  stage  and  express  line. 

In  1898  Mr.  Hopley  abandoned  stock-raising  for  by  reason  of  drouth  he  lost  nearly  five 
hundred  head  of  cattle.  He  then  came  to  Tucson,  where  from  1899  to  1900  he  served  as 
deputy  sheriff  under  ilr.  Wakefield.  He  was  afterward  for  eight  years  a  member  of  the 
cjty  police  department  and  during  the  time  was  elected  for  four  consecutive  terms  to  the 
office  of  city  marshal,  a  distinction  which  has  fallen  to  no  other  man  in  Arizona.  It  is 
the  more  remarkable  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  Mr.  Hopley  is  a  stanch  republican  and 
is  the  only  man  of  that  party  who  was  ever  a  chief  of  police  in  Tucson,  with  the  exception 
of  George  Oats  and  Robert  Paul,  each  serving  one  term  of  two  years.  He  resigned  that 
office  in  1908  to  become  under  sheriff  with  John  Nelson,  and  served  six  years,  discharging 
his  duties  in  a  thoroughly  able  and  satisfactory  manner.  He  is  now  serving  as  chief  proba- 
tion officer  of  Pima  county,  being  appointed  by  Superior  Court  Judge  W.  F.  Cooper.  He 
has  large  holdings  in  silver,  lead  and  copper  mines  in  Pima  county  and  is  secretary  of  the 
Swastika  Copper  &  Silver  Mine,  the  first  enterprise  in  Arizona  to  bear  that  name. 

Mr.  Hopley  married  Mrs.  Clara  H.  Thayer  and  to  them  has  been  born  one  daughter, 
Lucy  May,  who  is  now  attending  high  school.  Both  are  well  known  in  social  circles  of 
Tucson  and  Mr.  Hopley  is  especially  prominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  holding  membership 
in  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  4,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  was  elected  master  in  1905,  again 
in  1910,  1911  and  1912,  being  the  only  Mason  in  Pima  county  who  has  been  honored  with 
that  office  for  three  consecutive  terms.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of  Santa  Catalina 
Consistory  No.  1.  A  very  public-spirited  and  progressive  citizen,  he  has  taken  an  active  and 
mfiuential  part  in  public  affairs  and  his  service  as  a  public  official  has  been  most  com- 
mendable. 


WALTER  L.  DU  MOULIN. 


Walter  L.  Du  Moulin,  superintendent  of  the  Morenei  Water  Company,  has  had  a  varied 
experience  in  responsible  positions  of  civil  engineering  since  the  beginning  of  his  active  career 
and  although  still  a  young  man,  possesses  in  his  ability  and  well  developed  intellectual 
powers  the  elements  of  distinguished  attainment  along  professional  lines.  He  was  born  in 
Joliet,  Illinois,  in  1882  and  is  a  son  of  Ferdinand  and  Emma  Du  Moulin,  residing  in  the  latter 
city,  who  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Walter  L.  of  this  review,  and  Alice,  who  resides 
at  home. 

Walter  L.  Du  Moulin  was  reared  in  Illinois  and  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  that  state.  He  later  completed  his  high  school  course  in  Pontiac,  Illinois, 
followed  this  by  a  full  business  course  and  supplemented  that  by  a  course  in  electrical  and 
mechanical  engineering  in  the  University  of  Illinois  at  Urbana,  leading  to  the  degree  of  M.  E. 
After  a  general  business  experience  along  mercantile  lines,  Mr.  Du  Moulin  came  to  Arizona 
in  1904  and  settled  in  Globe,  where  he  acted  as  draughtsman  for  the  Old  Dominion  Copper 
Mining  &  Smelting  Company  and  as  first  assistant  to  C.  F.  Moore,  mechanical  engineer  of  that 
concern.  After  one  year,  he  went  to  Troy,  New  York,  in  order  to  still  further  carry  forward 
his  technical  studies  at  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1908  with  the  degree  of  C.  E..  being  honored  with  election  to  membership  in  both  the  honorary 
engineering  fraternity  Tau  Beta  Pi  and  the  honorary  scientific  fraternity  Sigma  Xi.  Thus 
splendidly  equipped  and  specially  trained  for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  he  went  to 
Cananea,  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  there  became  identified  with  the  Cananea  Consolidated  Copper 
Company,  with  which  he  continued  until  .January  1,  1910,  when  he  came  to  Morenei  as  super- 
intendent of  The  Morenei  Water  Company.  He  has  proved  himself  practically  invaluable  in 
that  position,  eminently  well  fitted  by  experience  and  ability  for  the  responsible  duties 
intrusted  to  him.  He  has  accomplished  a  great  deal  of  construction  work  since  taking  charge, 
increasing  the  capacity  of  the  plant,  systematizing  methods  of  operation  and  doing  all  in  his 
power  to  promote  efliciency  of  service.  This  is  the  largest  privately  owned  water  company  in 
the  state  and  perhaps  the  only  one  in  the  United  States  furnishing  water  to  a  community 
for  domestic  purposes,  where  water  is  delivered  in  one  lift  through  about  five  miles  of  pipe 


WALTER  L.  DU  MOULIN 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  609 

lines  against  a  total  head  of  over  one  thousand  seven  hundred  feet.  This  is  an  independent 
corporation  in  no  way  connected  witli  any  of  the  copper  companies  and  as  its  directing  head 
Mi\  Du  Moulin  occupies  a  prominent  place  in  business  circles  of  Morenci,  which  he  holds  by 
reason  of  his  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  details  of  his  profession  and  his  practical  and 
farsighted  business  ability. 

Mr.  Du  Moulin  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  taken  the  thirty-second 
degree,  and  is  a  Jvoble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  in  El  Zaribah  Temple,  of  Phoenix,  Arizona.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Along  the  lines  of  his 
profession,  he  belongs  to  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers,  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Mining  Engineers,  the  American  ilining  Congress  and  the  American  Water  Works 
Association.  He  is  the  author  of  a  paper  of  general  interest  to  the  engineering  profession 
which  was  published  in  the  Transactions  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  of 
other  papers  and  articles  on  engineering  and  technical  subjects.  In  his  religious  belief,  he  is 
an  adherent  of  the  Presbyterian  faith.  While  independent  in  his  political  belief  and  not  an 
active  office  seeker,  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  he  keeps  well  informed  on  national  and  local 
affairs  and  his  constant  aim  while  advancing  his  own  interests  is  also  to  promote  to  the  extent 
of  his  ability  the  general  welfare  of  the  community. 


H.  H.  WATKINS. 


H.  H.  Watkins,  who  in  1883  opened  the  first  drug  store  in  Kingman  and  has  con- 
tinued in  its  successful  conduct  since  that  time,  was  born  in  California  in  1858  and  is  a 
son  of  B.  F.  and  Laura  (Broughton)  Watkins,  natives  of  New  Yoi-k.  The  father  was  a 
pioneer  of  California,  crossing  the  plains  in  1847  as  a  member  of  the  Donner  party,  but 
four  years  later  he  returned  east  by  way  of  the  Istlimus.  After  bis  marriage  he  again 
went  to  California  and  established  one  of  the  first  nurseries  in  the  state,  giving  a  great 
deal  of  attention  to  its  conduct  and  that  of  his  extensive  fruit  business  He  died  in  1880 
and  is   survived  by  his  wife.  ^ 

H.  H.  Watkins'acquired  his  education  in  his  native  state,  attending  a  high  scliool  and 
business  college,  and  in  1880  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Mineral  Park,  where  in 
partnership  with  his  brother,  F.  F.  Watkins,  he  opened  the  first  pharmacy  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  territory.  After  disposing  of  his  interests  in  that  enterprise  he  came  in  1883 
to  Kingman  and  opened  the  first  drug  store  in  this  community,  establishing  it  upon  a  firm 
and  reliable  basis.  It  has  become  a  well  managed  and  profitable  business  concern.  Mr. 
Watkins  has  today  a  large  and  representative  patronage  which  has  been  accorded  him  in 
recognition  of  his  straightforward  and  honorable  business  methods  and  earnest  desire  to 
please  his  patrons. 

In  1885  Mr.  Watkins  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jessie  Tolman,  of  Watsonville, 
California,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  daughters.  Mr.  Watkins  gives  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  One  of  the  early  settlers  in  Kingman,  he 
has  witnessed  practically  the  entire  development  of  the  city  and  has  assisted  in  it  to  a 
great  extent,  building  up  a  profitable  business  enterprise  which  is  important  as  an  element 
in  the  city's  mercantile  growth  and  progress. 


OLVA  CLAYTON  PARKER. 


Olva  Clayton  Parker,  the  proprietor  of  a  well  appointed  undertaking  establishment 
in  Tucson  and  otherwise  connected  in  an  important  way  with  business  interests  of  the 
city,  was  born  in  Henry  county,  Tennessee,  January  28,  1860.  His  parents  afterward 
removed  to  Anna,  Illinois,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated  and  where,  after  laying  aside 
his  textbooks,  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  money  order  department  of  the  postoffice.  He 
came  west  to  New  Mexico,  journeying  by  stage  from  Kansas  City  and  arriving  in  Las 
Vegas,  April  20,  1879.  For  four  years  he  was  connected  with  cattle  ranching  in  that 
section  and  also  took  part  in  the  Lincoln  county  war,  joining  a  company  organized  by 
fJeiieral  Lew  Wallace.  •  He   served  until  the  close  of  hostilities,  a  period  of  one  and  one- 


610  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

half  years,  and  afterward  fought  against  the  Indians  at  Silver  City,  finally  retiring  from 
military  life  as  senior  major,  New  Mexico  National  Guard. 

Mr.  Parker  came  to  Arizona  in  1896  and  spent  two  years  in  the  undertaking  business 
in  Phoenix,  after  which  he  opened  a  similar  establishment  in  Tucson.  He  carries  a  fine 
line  of  caskets  and  funeral  supplies  and  a  liberal  patronage  is  accorded  him,  for  his  prices 
are  reasonable  and  his  integrity  above  question.  He  has  other  extensive  business  interests 
here,  being  president  of  the  Hart-Parker  Company,  brokers  and  investors,  a  director  in 
the  Arizona  National  Bank  of  Tucson  and  also  in  the  Cochise  Copper  Company.  He  erected 
the  Citizens  building  in  Tucson,  which  he  rented  to  the  company  for  ten  years. 

In  1894  Mr.  Parker  married  Miss  Honerene  M.  McDonald,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and 
they  have  three  daughters:  Malvene  and  Grace,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Las  Vegas, 
New  Mexico;  and  Edith  Virginia,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Tucson.  Mr.  Parker  is  a  life 
member  of  the  Tucson  and  Grand  Lodges  of  Elks  and  is  affiliated  also  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Masons,  having  been  through  all  the 
chairs  of  the  last  named  organization.  In  connection  with  his  business  he  is  interested 
in  various  associations,  being  secretary  of  the  State  Association  of  Undertakers  and  having 
served  as  president  of  the  first  State  Board  of  Embalmers.  His  business  record  deserves 
commendation,  for  in  the  conduct  of  the  important  enterprises  with  which  he  is  connected 
he  has  displayed  great  ability  and  organizing  power,  and  he  has  at  all  times  employed 
methods  which  will  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny. 


J.  H.  SMITH. 


J.  H.  Smith,  a  well  known  business  man  of  Yuma,  was  born  in  Youngstown,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1881.  After  completing  a  public-school  education  he  entered  the  Pittsburgh  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1905.  Following  this  he 
was  for  some  years  in  the  drug  business  in  Pittsburgh  and  from  that  city  removed  to 
Phoenix,  Arizona,  in  1910,  where  he  clerked  for  two  years  in  a  drug  store.  In  1912  he 
removed  to  Yuma  and  purchased  the  drug  store  belonging  to  Joseph  Jauman.  This  is  the 
oldest  pharmacy  in  the  city  and  under  Mr.  Smith's  able  management  has  expanded  rapidly 
along  modern  lines.  He  controls  a  large  business,  for  his  drugs  are  of  high  quality,  his 
prices  reasonable  and  his  methods  above  question. 

In  1906  Mr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Jloyes,  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
they  have  one  son.  Mr.  Smith  is  independent  in  his  political  views  and  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he 
has  been  initiated  according  to  both  the  Scottish  and  York  Rites.  In  Yuma  he  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  progressive  and  resourceful  merchants  of  (he  city  and  he  will  undoubtedly 
be  carried  forward  into  still  more  important  relations  with  business  interests. 


PHILIP  J.  MILLER. 


Well  known  in  the  public  service  of  the  state  as  one  of  the  old  time  residents  of 
Arizona,  where  he  settled  in  1883,  Philip  J.  Miller  was  born  in  Oneida  county,  New  York, 
in  1863  and  is  a  son  of  .lohn  and  Catherine  Miller,  both  of  German  descent.  The  father 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  in  his  youthful  days  Philip  J.  Miller  became  familiar  with 
the  labor  of  tilling  the  soil.  His  education  was  continued  through  the  graded  and  high 
schools  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  when  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  became  connected 
with  the  dry  goods  trade  in  that  city.  He  afterward  went  to  Chicago  in  1881  and  for 
two  years  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  In  the  fall  of  1883  he  came  to 
Prescott,  Arizona,  and  for  one  year  was  employed  at  the  Dosorus  silver  mine,  in  Yavapai 
county,  at  the  end  of  which  time  the  mine  shut  down.  He  next  entered  government  employ 
as  storekeeper  at  Fort  Whipple  and  subsequently  was  forage  master  and  afterward  corral 
master.     During  the  Crook  campaign  he  was  acting  superintendent  of  the  depot  hcadquar- 


AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  611 

ters  of  the  army  in  Arizona  and  lut't  with  many  of  the  experiences  which  constitute  an 
exciting  and  now  picturesque,  but  then  ofttimes  an  arduous  and  prosaic,  chapter  in  the 
history  of  the  state.  In  1889  he  went  to  Seattle,  Washington,  and  afterward  to  Anacortes, 
that  state.  Tlie  year  1891  found  him  in  New  York  city,  and  for  three  years  he  was  upon 
the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman. 

In  1900  Mr.  Miller  returned  to  Arizona,  settling  at  Yuma,  where  he  secured  a  home- 
stead. He  helped  to  organize  the  Yuma  County  Water  Users  Association  and  was  its  first 
secretary.  Greatly  interested  in  tlie  irrigation  problem,  he  studied  it  from  every  possible 
standpoint  and  felt  that  the  solution  of  the  question  was  to  have  it  in  government  con- 
trol. He  was  therefore  one  of  the  main  factors  in  getting  the  government  to  take  up  the 
project,  which  was  done  after  Mr.  Miller  had  served  as  secretary  of  the  association  until 
1909.  He  held  other  important  public  offices  while  residing  in  Yuma,  but  became  clerk  of 
the  board  of  supervisors  there  and  so  served  until  June,  1912.  He  also  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council  of  Y'uma  and  exercised  his  official  prerogatives  in  support  of  various 
progressive  measures  there.  In  June,  1912,  he  was  appointed  on  the  state  tax  commission 
and  removed  to  Phoenix,  becoming  its  chairman,  serving  as  such  until  December  31  of  that 
year,  after  which  he  continued  as  a  member  of  the  commission  until  his  term  expired, 
December  31,  1914.  In  July,  1915,  Mr.  Miller  was  appointed  selector  of  the  state  lands, 
in  which  capacity  he  is  now  serving. 

Mr.  Miller's  family  consists  of  wife  and  two  children,  Marie  B.  and  Kathryn  B.  His 
fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Masons  and  he  is  past  master  of  Fildago  Lodge,  No.  76, 
F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Anacortes,  Washington,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  the  first 
master.  He  is  now  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the 
Scottish  Rite.  In  politics  he  is  an  active  democrat,  allied  with  the  progressive  element  of 
the  party,  and  his  interest  in  vital  questions  is  that  of  a  public-spirited  citizen  who  seeks 
ever  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  district  and  state  in  which  he  lives. 


J.  W.  DOREIS. 


J.  W.  Dorris  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  successful  merchants  of  Phoenix,  where  he 
has  resided  since  1888.  He  was  born  in  Winona,  Mississippi,  September  8,  1862,  a  son  of 
Joseph  M.  Dorris.  He  completed  his  education  in  Clinton  College  at  Clinton,  Mississippi, 
and  in  1886,  when  twenty-four  years  of  age,  entered  upon  the  profession  of  teaching  at 
Woodland,  California.  In  1888  he  came  to  Phoenix  and  purchased  a  half  interest  in  a  very 
small  confectionery  business  in  connection  with  his  brother,  R.  B.  Dorris.  Their  trade 
constantly  increased,  but  J.  W.  Dorris  sold  out  in  1891  and  the  next  day  purchased  a 
half  interest  in  the  business  of  R.  W.  Draper  &  Company.  Six  months  afterward  he 
became  sole  owner  by  the  purchase  of  his  partner's  interest  and  since  that  time  has  con- 
ducted the  enterprise  alone.  In  1892  he  removed  to  his  present  location  at  the  corner  of 
First  and  Washington  streets,  which  is  a  most  central  one.  His  store  at  first  was  only 
a  quarter  of  its  present  size,  but  in  the  intervening  years  the  dimensions  have  from  time 
to  time  been  increased  and  he  now  has  one  of  the  large  mercantile  establishments  of  the 
city.  Since  1898  he  has  been  conducting  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  business 
known  as  the  J.  W.  Dorris  Cash  Grocery.  His  is  a  well  appointed  establishment  in  which 
may  be  found  a  carefully  selected  stock  of  the  greatest  variety  and  the  store  is  the  best 
equipped  of  its  kind  in  Arizona.  He  has  ever  maintained  high  standards  in  the  character 
of  the  goods  carried,  in  the  personnel  of  the  house  and  in  the  service  rendered  to  patrons, 
and  his  business  success  has  been  founded  upon  honorable,  straightforward  methods  and 
undaunted   enterprise. 

In  August,  1888,  in  Mississippi,  Mr.  Dorris  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sallie 
Gelena  Wilson  and  they  have  two  children,  Ruth  Temple,  now  the  wife  of  Sidney  H. 
Boddinghouse,  of  White  Salmon,  Washington;  and  Rema  Mae,  the  wife  of  William  H. 
Lewis,  of  San  Francisco,  California.  Mr.  Dorris  votes  with  the  democratic  party,  but  the 
honors  and  emoluments  of  office  have  little  attraction  for  him.  He  is  identified  with  the 
Phoenix  Board  of  Trade  and  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare,  progress  and 


612  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

improvement  of  the  city.  The  family  are  members  and  regular  attendants  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  has  also  been  very  active  in  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  work, 
served  as  temporary  chairman  of  the  association  and  was  chairman  at  the  time  that  the 
fund  of  one  hundred  and  tliree  thousand  dollars  was  raised  to  erect  the  present  beautiful 
building.  He  was  also  president  of  the  association  for  two  years.  He  has  worked  his 
way  upward  by  means  of  qualities  which  any  might  cultivate,  for  a  careful  analyzation 
of  liis  life  record  indicates  that  industry  carefully  directed  and  combined  with  sound  judg- 
ment  has   constituted  the  basis   of  his   advancement. 


TEOFILO  E.  AEOS. 


Teofilo  E.  Aros,  a  well  known  resident  of  Tucson,  is  one  of  tlio  prominent  cattlemen 
of  Arizona,  where  he  also  has  valuable  realty  and  mining  interests.  He  was  born  in  San 
Bernardino  county,  California,  in  1860,  and  is  a  son  of  the  late  Antonio  Aros,  a  native  of 
Sonora,  Mexico,  who  went  to  California  in  1849  and  engaged  in  the  cattle  and  mercantile 
business  and  also  operated  a  large  ranch.  He  prospered  in  his  various  undertakings  and  was 
known  as  one  of  the  successful  business  men  of  the  southwest.  In  1884,  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  Arizona,  locating  on  a  cattle  ranch  in  the  Sasabe  district,  and  there  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  his  death  occurring  in  1912,  when  he  had  reached  a  ripe  old  age. 
He  had  acquired  large  interests,  including  extensive  and  valuable  land  holdings  in  Mexico. 
He  assisted  in  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  southwest,  and  in  early  life  participated 
in  many  of  the  Indian  wars  in  this  section.    The  mother  of  our  subject  died  July  25,  1903. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  Teofilo  E.  Aros  were  passed  in  his  native  state,  his  education 
being  acquired  in  St.  Vincent's  College  at  Los  Angeles.  When  old  enough  to  assume  the 
duties  of  manhood  he  became  associated  with  his  father  in  the  management  of  the  cattle 
ranch,  and  he  also  assisted  him  in  conducting  a  general  merchandise  store  at  Sasabe,  where 
he  filed  on  a  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  government  land  on  which  he  proved  up.  For  a 
time  he  engaged  in  teaching  scliool  in  that  district  and  also  held  the  office  of  postmaster. 
He  possesses  keen  discernment  and  sagacity  in  matters  of  business  as  well  as  good  judgment 
and  foresight  and  as  a  result  he  has  met  with  more  than  average  success  in  his  career.  He 
holds  the  title  to  some  valuable  mining  interests  in  Mexico  and  has  extensive  realty  holdings 
in  Tucson,  in  partnership  with  his  brother  and  two  sisters.  Mr.  Aros  removed  to  that  city 
with  his  family  in  the  fall  of  1912  in  order  to  give  his  children  better  educational  advantages. 

Mr.  Aros  married  Miss  Mercedes  Celaya,  a  native  of  Mexico,  and  to  them  have  been 
born  ten  sons,  eight  of  whom  are  living,  as  follows:  Antonio,  Gustave,  Teofilo  E.,  Jr., 
Aureliano,  Randolplio,  Bernardo,  Armando  and  Jesus.  The  family  residence  is  located  on 
East  Fourteenth  street.  In  matters  of  religious  faith  the  family  stanchly  adhere  to  the 
teachings  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  Mr.  Aros  is  one  of  the  widely  known  citizens  of 
Pima  county,  where  he  has  made  many  friends  during  the  thirty-two  years  of  his  residence 
in  the  state. 


W.  T.  SMITH. 


Arizona  has  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  record  of  many  of  her  pioneer  settlers,  men 
who  faced  the  hardships,  privations  and  conditions  which  are  factors  in  frontier  life  and 
through  their  energy,  activity  and  enterprise  laid  the  foundation  for  the  present  progress 
and  prosperity  of  the  state.  Among  this  number  is  W.  T.  Smith,  who  has  been  variously 
identified  with  business  interests  in  Arizona  and  now  occupies  a  creditable  place  in  financial 
and  business  circles.  He  is  a  western  man  by  birth,  training  and  preference,  having  been 
born  in  California  in  1853,  liis  father  being  \V.  A.  Smith,  a  native  of  Tennessee  who  removed 
from  that  state  to  Illinois  and  in  1850  became  a  resident  of  California,  where  he  remained 
to  the  time  of  his  deatli. 

W.  T.   Smith    was   reared   in   the   state   of   his   nativity   and   learned    mueli    concerning 


TEOriLO  E.  AROS 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  615 

the  pioneer  conditions  there  for  during  the  period  of  his  youth  the  state  was  still  in  the 
throes  of  mining  excitement  and  consequent  development.  He  was  twenty-one  years  of 
age  when  in  1874  he  left  the  coast  and  came  to  Arizona  where  for  two  years  he  was 
employed  by  King  Woolsey.  In  the  intervening  years  to  the  present  time,  covering  more 
than  four  decades,  he  has  borne  active  and  helpful  part  in  the  work  of  general  improvement 
and  development  by  promoting  his  individual  interests.  He  has  realized  the  needs  of  the 
territory  and  has  sought  to  meet  them,  and  his  efforts  have  been  a  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  natural  resources  of  the  state  and  the  expansion  of  its  trade  relations.  Mr. 
Smith  has  at  various  times  been  connected  with  mining  and  merchandising  and  has  also 
owned  and  conducted  extensive  ranch  interests.  His  interests  at  this  time  are  varied  and 
extensive  and  include  some  valuable  mining  property,  large  ranch  holdings  and  Phoenix 
city  realty.  His  careful  management  through  the  passing  years  has  brought  him  a  sub- 
stantial measure  of  success,  giving  him  place  among  the  men  who  are  active  in  business 
and  financial  circles  in  Phoenix.  Any  question  concerning  the  history  of  the  state  brings 
from  liim  an  interesting,  clear  and  lucid  reply  for  he  has  been  a  witness  of  much  of  the 
development  and  progress  of  the  southwest  and  has  lived  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  later-day 
improvement. 


A.  T.  HAMMONS. 


A.  T.  Hammons,  formerly  general  manager  of  the  Old  Dominion  Commercial  Company  and 
otherwise  prominently  connected  with  business  and  mining  interests  in  Gila  county  but 
now  cashier  of  the  Payson  Commercial  &  Trust  Company,  was  born  in  Angelina  county, 
Texas,  in  1868,  a  son  of  Judge  James  T.  and  llartlia  F.  Hammons.  His  father  was  at  one 
time  lieutenant  governor  of  Texas.  In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  Mr.  Hammons 
of  this  review  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  and  afterward  took  courses 
in  several  business  colleges,  remaining  in  Texas  until  he  was  thirty-two  years  of  age. 
There  he  spent  four  years  as  the  publisher  of  a  newspaper  and  was  for  three  terms  clerk 
of  the  district  in  his  home  county. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  his  last  period  of  service  Hammons  left  Texas  and  came  to 
Globe,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  resided.  Soon  after  his  arrival  here  he  became  connected 
with  the  Old  Dominion  Commercial  Company  as  a  miner,  becoming  an  experienced  ore 
sorter  in  the  two  and  one-half  years  of  his  service  in  that  capacity.  In  recognition  of 
his  earnest,  faithful  and  capable  work  he  was  afterward  given  a  position  in  the  company's 
bank,  which  was  then  in  charge  of  Mr.  Hunt.  When  the  latter  was  elected  governor  of 
Arizona  Mr.  Hammons  succeeded  to  the  position  of  general  manager  of  the  store  and 
bank.  There  his  splendid  business  and  executive  ability  were  called  forth  and  under  his 
able  management  both  enterprises  expanded  rapidly,  every  detail  of  their  operation  being 
carefully  supervised.  In  1915  the  Payson  Commercial  &  Trust  Company  was  organized 
and  is  now  doing  a  general  banking  business  at  Payson  with  Mr.  Hammons  as  cashier. 
He  is  president  of  the  Manitou  Hill  Copper  Company  whose  claims  are  located  on  Pinto 
creek,  eighteen  miles  west  of  Globe  and  is  president  of  the  Five  Points  Copper  Mining 
Company  whose  mines  lie  twenty  miles  west  of  the  city. 

In  1893  Mr.  Hammons  married  Miss  Harriet  J.  Baker,  a  native  of  Indiana,  who  at 
the  age  of  ten  years  removed  with  her  parents  to  Illinois,  where  she  attended  the  public 
schools.  She  later  studied  in  a  seminary  in  that  state  and  afterward  taught  school  there 
until  her  marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammons  have  two  children.  Edith  H.,  born  in  1895, 
was  graduated  from  the  Globe  high  school  in  June,  1912,  from  the  Grand  Prairie  Seminary 
at  Onarga,  Illinois,  in  1914.  and  is  now  attending  the  Wesley  Training  School  for  Nurses 
in  Chicago.  Dorothy,  born  in  1902,  is  now  a  junior  in  the  Globe  high  school.  Mrs.  Ham- 
mons is  a  devout  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  prominent  in  religious 
circles,  taking  a  great  interest  in  Sunday  school  work.  She  is  in  addition  a  leader  in 
local  club  affairs,  being  treasurer  of  the  State  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  and  connected 
with  the  Rebekahs  and  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  in  both  of  which  she  acts  as  treasurer. 

Mr.  Hammons   is  a   stanch   democrat  and   for  many  years   has  been   prominent    in  his 


616  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

party's  oouiicils,  serving  as  president  of  the  democratic  central  committee.  He  is  a  tliirty- 
second  degree  Mason  and  has  fllleJall  of  tlie  chairs  in  tlie  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
being  now  past  noble  grand  in  that  order.  He  holds  membership  in  all  of  its  grand 
lodges  and  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  His  career 
shows  plainly  the  value  of  industry,  enterprise  and  determination,  for  he  began  in  a  humble 
capacity  with  the  Old  Dominion  Mining  Company  and  steadily  worked  his  way  upward 
through  successive  stages  of  progress  and  advancement  to  be  one  of  the  leading  men  in 
the  ranks  of  its  ofHcials.  His  success  is  well  merited  for  he  is  upright  in  his  methods, 
straightforward  in  his  dealings,  capable  in  management  and,  moreover,  displays  untiring 
industry  in  carrying  forward  his  own  interests  and  those  of  the  company  he  serves. 


LAFAYETTE  P.  NASH. 


One  cannot  carry  investigation  far  into  the  history  of  Arizona's  pioneer  settlement 
without  encountering  the  name  of  Lafayette  P.  Nash,  who  in  1870  made  his  first  settle- 
ment in  Phoenix.  With  the  exception  of  short  periods  spent  in  Alaska  and  Mexico  he 
remained  a  continuous  resident  of  this  state  until  his  death,  which  occurred  March  17, 
1914,  at  his  home  in  Miami..  His  activities  affected  important  phases  of  development,  for 
he  was  interested  in  mining,  prospecting,  merchandising  and  ranching  and  ho  also  left 
the  impress  of  his  work  and  personality  upon  political  history.  He  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace  in  Miami  and  in  that  capacity  did  capable,  farsighted  and  able  work,  distinguished 
by  the  same  enterprise  which  marked  all  the  activities  of  his  independent  career. 

Mr.  Nash  was  born  in  Delaware  county,  Ohio,  in  1842,  and  made  his  home  in  that 
section  of  the  state  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  in  1861,  when  he  went  to  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  where  he  joined  the  First  Missouri  Cavalry,  serving  for  more  than  three  years 
and  taking  part  in  many  important  engagements.  He  was  twice  wounded,  once  at  Pea 
Ridge  and  again  at  Prairie  Grove,  Arkansas,  and  in  1864  was  mustered  out  at  Little  Rock, 
receiving  his  honorable  discharge  as  a  private.  He  went  immediately  to  St.  Louis  and 
thence  to  Indiana,  making  his  way  back  from  there  to  Delaware,  Ohio,  where  for  a  short 
time  he  attended  school.  Laying  aside  his  text  books,  he  entered  tlie  government  employ 
as  a  bridge  builder  and  followed  that  occupation  until  1865,  when  he  went  to  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana.  Shortly  afterward  he  was  seized  with  yellow  fever  and  upon  his  recovery 
started  on  a  journey  through  the  western  states,  his  travels  eventually  bringing  him  to 
Eldorado,  Arizona,  where  he  joined  three  others  and  went  on  a  raft  down  the  Colorado 
river  to  La  Paz,  Mexico. 

In  1870  Mr.  Nash  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Phoenix,  and  for  a  short  time  he 
worked  on  a  canal  in  that  city,  later  coming  across  the  country  to  Gila  county  in  order 
to  prospect  for  gold.  This  journey  was  made  with  a  company  of  soldiers  and  after 
several  encounters  with  hostile  Indians  the  party  landed  on  Pinto  creek,  where  Mr.  Nash 
prospected,  engaging  in  that  work  in  various  parts  of  Gila  county.  Eventually,  however, 
he  abandoned  it  and  went  to  Ehrenberg,  where  he  obtained  a  position  as  a  clerk  in  a 
mercantile  establishment  operated  by  the  United  States  government  and  this  he  held  for 
a  number  of  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  accepted  a  wood  contract  which  it  took 
two  years  to  fill  and  when  his  work  was  completed  he  returned  to  Phoenix,  taking  charge 
of  a  freighting  outfit  which  he  later  i)urcliased  and  operated  for  some  time.  When  he 
sold  it  he  removed  to  Mesa  City  and  came  from  there  to  the  north  end  of  Gila  county, 
where  he  located  the  Golden  Wonder  mine,  operating  jthis  property  for  three  years.  He 
sold  it  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  turned  his  attention  to  ranching,  engaging  in  stock- 
raising   until    1893. 

During  that  time  Mr.  Nash  became  very  well  known  and  prominent  throughout  Gila 
county,  winning  recognition  as  a  man  of  superior  business  ability,  of  progressive  and 
modern  ideas  and  effective  public  spirit.  He  was  honored  by  his  fellow  citizens  by  election 
to  the  territorial  legislature,  in  which  he  served  one  term,  supporting  with  his  vote  and 
inHuenee  only  measures  of  reform  and  advancement.  When  he  sold  his  stock  business  in 
1893  he  again  went  to  Phoenix,  where  he  opened  a  general  store,  which  was  destroyed   by 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  617 

fire  in  tlie  following  year.  After  this  disaster  Mr.  Nash  went  to  Alaska,  where  he  mined 
and  prospected  until  1898,  returning  in  that  year  to  Arizona  and  continuing  his  mining 
operations  in  Yavapai  county.  After  a  short  time  he  went  to  Cananea,  Me.vico,  where  he 
operated  a  mine  in  the  interests  of  the  Cananea  Mining  Company  and  where  he  also  served 
as  chief  clerk  of  that  organization,  spending  nine  years  in  their  employ.  In  1909  he  went 
to  Goldfield,  Nevada,  and  in  the  following  year  to  Globe,  where  he  was  appointed  jailer 
by  Sheriff  Thompson,  serving  in  that  capacity  for  one  year.  He  resigned  that  position  on 
his  removal  to  Miami,  where  he  became  an  honored  and  respected  citizen.  For  a  time  he 
served  as  deputy  sheriff  but  on  the  16th  of  March,  1910,  was  made  justice  of  the  peace, 
a  capacity  in  which  he  served  in  a  conscientious,  capable  and  practical  manner. 

Jn  1878  Mr.  Nash  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Birdsall,  a  native  of  San 
Francisco,  California,  who  died  in  Phoenix  in  1901,  leaving  the  following  children:  Herbert, 
who  died  March  18,  1913;  Nina,  now  Mrs.  Jolin  Burger  of  Los  Angeles;  W.  B.,  superviser 
of  Gila  county,  residing  at  Hayden;  Louis,  who  is  engaged  in  raining  at  Cananea,  Mexico; 
Lucy,  a  graduate  of  a  normal  school  and  now  engaged  in  teaching  in  Miami;  and 
Will,  a  resident  of  Miami. 

Mr.  Nash  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  was  always  a 
stalwart  worker  in  its  ranks,  supporting  it  by  able  official  service  and  by  high  standards 
of  citizenship  to  which  he  steadily  adhered.  He  wag  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  pioneer 
history  of  Arizona,  having  learned  it  through  personal  encounter  with  pioneer  conditions, 
and  in  the  course  of  his  long,  useful  and  honorable  life  he  witnessed  practically  the  entire 
growth  of  the  state,  contributing  in  a  substantial  measure  toward  its  progress  and  advance- 
ment. The  duties  whether  private  or  public  which  he  was  called  upon  to  perform  were  at 
all  times  faithfully  executed  and  success  and  prominence  rewarded  a  life  that  was  at  all 
times  sincere  in  its  purposes  and  high  in  its  ideals  and  standards. 


MEADE   CLYNE,   M.   D. 


Dr.  Meade  Clyne,  now  a  prominent  physician  of  Tucson,  was  born  on  the  30th  of 
April,  1882,  in  Joliet,  Illinois,  of  whicli  city  his  parents,  John  T.  and  Anna  (McCloskey) 
Clyne,  are  still  residents.  Both  are  natives  of  New  York  state.  The  Doctor  passed  his 
boyhood  and  youth  in  Joliet,  and  is  indebted  to  its  public  schools  for  his  early  education. 
After  his  graduation  from  high  school  he  matriculated  in  the  medical  college  of  the  North- 
western University  at  Chicago  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  class  of 
1907.  An  excellent  student,  he  made  notable  progress  in  his  work  and  was  held  in  high 
regard  by  the  members  of  the  faculty,  who  early  prophesied  for  him  a  successful  career  in 
his  chosen  field  of  activity.  Immediately  following  his  graduation  he  was  appointed  interne 
at  Wesley  Hospital,  Chicago,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  and  the  practical  experience 
thus  acquired,  together  with  his  thorough  preparation,  well  qualified  him  to  begin  his 
independent  career  on  his  return  to  Joliet,  where  he  maintained  an  office  for  one  year. 

Believing  that  the  southwest  afforded  better  opportunities  to  an  ambitious  young  man, 
Dr.  Clyne  came  to  Tucson  in  1910  and  has  since  successfully  engaged  in  practice  in  this  city. 
A  fine  mind,  independent  and  decisive  habits  of  thought,  a  gentle  and  sympathetic  manner, 
united  with  keen  powers  of  analysis,  make  him  a  power  in  the  sickroom,  where  he  appears 
to  excellent  advantage.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  progress  of  his  profession  through  the 
medium  of  various,  medical  works  and  journals  and  his  frequent  visits  to  large  medical 
centers.  For  three  years  he  maintained  an  office  alone  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  and 
three  other  physicians  purchased  what  was  then  known  as  the  Rogers  Hospital  but  now 
the  Arizona  Hospital,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  directors.  In  1911  and  1912  he  served  as 
secretary  of  the  Pima  County  Medical  Society  and  was  honored  with  the  presidency  of  that 
organization  in  1914. 

On  the  28th  of  March,  1910,  Dr.  Clyne  \vas  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  Budlong, 
a  native  of  Chicago.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  is  quite  prominent 
socially,  being  affiliated  with  the  Old  Pueblo  Club  of  Tucson  and  the  Tucson  Golf  and  Coun- 
try Club.    He  is  now  serving  as  city  health  officer  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Ari- 


618  ARIZOxNA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

zona  State  Medical  Society,  the  Pima  County  Medical  Society,  the  Southwestern  Medical  & 
Surgical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association.  The  Doctor  is  a  man  of  high 
principles  and  his  course  has  ever  been  such  as  to  win  the  commendation  and  friendship  of 
those  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact. 


FRANK  HAYNES.     ' 


Frank  Haynes,  serving  in  a  creditable  and  able  manner  as  slieriflf  of  Gila  county,  was 
born  in  Tennessee  in  1874,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Martha  Haynes,  the  former  a  native  of 
Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Kentucky.  They  made  their  home  for  many  years  in  Tennessee, 
where  the  father  owned  a  large  plantation,  which  he  operated  until  his  death  in  1878.  The 
mother  remained  upon  the  homestead  for  ten  years  thereafter  and  then  removed  to  Eastland, 
Texas,  where  she  resided  until  her  death  in  1891.  In  the  family  were  two  children,  but 
the  younger  died  in  infancy. 

Frank  Haynes  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Texas  and  when  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age  went  upon  a  ranch  as  a  cowboy,  continuing  at  that  work  until  1898, 
when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Texas  Pacific  Railroad.  He  was  a  brakeman  upon  that 
road  until  1900,  in  which  year  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  first  in  Globe  and  later  in  Bisbee, 
where  he  remained  until  1903.  Returning  to  Globe  in  that  year,  he  resumed  his  connection 
with  railroading,  entering  the  service  of  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railroad  and  maintaining  his 
connection  with  it  until  1908,  when  he  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  under  Henry  Thomp- 
son, serving  until  1912.  In  that  year  Sheriff  Thompson  resigned  and  Mr.  Haynes  was  ap- 
pointed to  fill  out  his  unexpired  term.  At  the  elections  held  in  1911  he  was  elected  to  the 
position  by  a  large  majority,  the  heavy  vote  which  he  polled  being  the  highest  possible  tes- 
timonial of  his  capability  and  his  satisfactory  services. 

Mr.  Haynes  owns  good  residence  and  business  property  in  Globe  and  has  interests  in 
valuable  mining  claims  near  the  city.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Elks  and  the 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Order  of  Railway  Conductors  and  the 
Brotherhod  of  Railroad  Trainmen,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party.  His  record  both  as  a  railroad  man  and  as  a  public  official  is  commendable,  and 
he  enjoys  in  a  gratifying  measure  the  confidence,  goodwill  and  friendship  of  all  with  whom 
he  is  brought  in  contact. 


HARRY  JOHIJSON. 


Harry  Johnson,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Phoenix,  has  become  known  as  one  of  Arizona's 
representative  and  honored  citizens.  He  has  left  and  is  still  leaving  his  impress  upon  public 
thought  and  action  and  is  well  qualified  by  character  and  attainments  for  the  position  of 
leadership  to  which  he  has  attained.  As  representative  of  Maricopa  county  to  the  state 
legislature  he  stands  high  in  the  state  and  his  legislative  history  constitutes  an  important 
chapter  in  Arizona  politics. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  born  in  Atlanta,  Georgia,  and  was  reared  on  a  cotton  plantation  in  the 
northern  part  of  that  state.  His  preliminary  education  was  acquired  in  Tennessee  and 
after  one  year  spent  in  teaching  school  in  Alabama  he  entered  the  Cumberland  University, 
where  he  began  the  study  of  law.  His  force  of  character  soon  drew  him  into  important 
relations  with  community  life  and  he  became  one  of  the  most  popular  men  in  the  university, 
taking  an  active  part  in  athletics  and  winning  a  position  on  the  football  and  baseball  teams. 
Nor  did  he  neglect  his  professional  studies  but  became  president  of  the  Law  Society  and 
a  member  of  Beta  chapter.  Kappa  Sigma.  After  his  graduation  he  took  the  state  examina- 
tion in  Tennessee  and  was  admitted  to  the  supreme  court  of  that  state,  opening  an  office 
in  Chattanooga,  where  he  remained  until  1908,  when  he  came  to  Phoenix.  Here  he  has 
engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  his  profession  since  that  time,  his  ability  securing  for  him 
a  large  and  increasing  patronage,  connecting  him  with  much  important  litigation. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  619 

Mr.  Johnson's  success  in  law  has  carried  with  it  prominence  in  politics.  He  was  elected 
to  the  first  state  assembly  from  Maricopa  county  and  had  the  honor  of  making  the  first 
speech  on  the  floor  of  the  first  legislature  of  Arizona.  Since  assuming  office  he  has  safe- 
guarded the  interests  of  his  constituents  and  promoted  the  common  welfare  in  an  aggressive 
and  forceful  way,  winning  recognition  as  an  able  statesman  and  man  of  affairs.  He  intro- 
duced the  first  prison  reform  bill  and  was  also  an  active  worker  in  the  passage  of  the  bill 
which  exempts  the  producer  in  Arizona  from  paying  any  license  for  the  sale  of  his  products 
in  any  city,  town  or  county  in  the  state.  He  is  chairman  of  the  corporation  committee  and 
a -member  of  the  judiciary,  public  lands,  constitutional  amendment  and  referendum  commit- 
tees. It  was  he  who  introduced  and  obtained  the  passage  of  the  law  which  makes  it  a 
felony  for  a  man  to  fail  to  provide  for  his  wife  and  children  and  already  seven  of  his  bills 
liave  been  signed  by  the  governor.  Mi\  Johnson's  name  figures  prominently  upon  the 
legislative  records,  for  he  has  been  the  promoter  of  many  measures  which  have  found  their 
way  into  the  statute  books  of  the  state.  He  is  a  fearless  champion  of  whatever  course  he 
believes  to  be  right,  and  his  loyal  defense  of  his  honest  convictions  is  one  of  the  strong 
elements  of  his  success  in  political  circles.  Maricopa  county  has  profited  largely  by  his 
efforts  in  its  behalf  and  on  the  floor  of  the  house  Mr.  Johnson  is  known  as  an  active  work- 
ing member,  deeply  interested  in  his  party's  success  but  placing  the  general  good  before 
partisanship. 


ALBERT  Le  ROY  SMITH. 


Albert  Le  Roy  Smith,  who  was  the  efTicient  and  capable  postmaster  of  Prescott,  from 
June,  1902,  to  July,  1914,  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1862  and  acquired  a  high  school  educa- 
tion in  that  state.  He  was  afterward  employed  as  a  clerk  in  mercantile  establishments  in 
various  parts  of  Indiana,  continuing  thus  until  March,  1891,  when  he  came  to  Prescott, 
Arizona,  and  secured  a  position  in  a  clothing  store.  In  1902  he  was  appointed  postmaster 
of  the  city  and  held  that  responsible  position  for  twelve  j'cars,  his  work  reflecting  credit 
alike  upon  his  industry,  ability  and  public  spirit.  He  is  now  successfully  engaged  in  the 
life  insurance  business  in  Prescott. 

On  the  30th  of  June,  1897,  Mr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Ramlow, 
of  Prescott,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons,  now  aged  sixteen  and  nine  years. 
Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  and  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party 
and  takes  an  active  and  intelligent  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  has  proved  capable  and 
farsighted  in  office  and  has  won  the  confidence  and  regard  of  all  with  whom  he  is  asso- 
ciated. 


ALFRED  L.  PELLEGRIN. 


Alfred  L.  Pellegrin,  who  has  been  engaged  in  assaying  in  Tucson  for  the  past  five  years, 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  on  the  31st  of  July,  1863.  His  education  was  begun  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city,  where  he  passed  the  first  ten  years  of  his  life,  and  com- 
pleted at  Anaheim,  California,  of  which  town  he  became  a  resident  in  1872.  There  he  subse- 
quently studied  photography,  in  which  vocation  he  engaged  in  connection  with  the  music 
business  until  1890.  At  the  same  time  he  became  interested  in  mining  and  took  up  assay- 
ing, qualifying  himself  for  practical  mining  service.  In  1890  he  removed  to  Sonora,  Mexico, 
where  he  was  employed  as  assayer,  and  remained  there  until  1898,  when  he  went  to  Nogales, 
Arizona,  continuing  to  follow  mining  and  assaying.  While  residing  there  he  was  appointed 
United  States  assayer,  the  duties  of  which  position  he  discharged  in  a  capable  and  efficient 
manner  for  six  years.  His  next  removal  was  to  Douglas,  this  state,  where  he  located  in 
January,  1909,  and  at  the  expiration  of  two  years,  in  January,  1911,  he  came  to  Tucson, 
continuing  his  work  as  an  assayer. 


620  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Mr.  I'ellegrin  has  been  married  twice.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Alma  Eymann,  a  native 
of  California,  and  to  them  were  born  three  children:  Alfred;  Harold,  who  graduated  from 
Princeton  College  and  is  now  a  minister  of  the  gospel;  and  Pansy.  AH  are  living  in  Cali- 
fornia. The  lady  who  now  bears  the  name  of  Mrs.  Pellegrin  was  in  her  maidenhood  Miss 
Matilda  Lopez,  and  she  is  a  native  of  Mexico.  Of  this  marriage  there  have  been  born  five 
children:   Alfonso,  Julia,  Louis,  Robert  and  Laura. 

Mr.  Pellegrin  is  a  capable  representative  of  his  profession,  which  he  has  followed  with 
good  success  for  more  than  twenty  years,  and  enjoys  a  wide  and  favorable  acquaintance 
among  the  mining  men  of  this  section  of  the  country. 


RAMON  VASQUEZ. 


As  the  proprietor  of  The  Red  House,  one  of  the  largest  mercantile  establishments  in 
Nogales,  Ramon  Vasquez  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  substantial  business  men  of  the  city 
to  which  he  came  as  an  early  settler,  ^nd  he  aided  in  securing  the  town  site  from  the  gov- 
ernment. He  was  born  in  Tucson  in  1858  and  grew  to  manhood  there,  attending  the 
first  school  opened  in  that  locality,  which  was  established  in  1871  and  during  Mr.  Vasquez's 
time  was  taught  by  John  Spring.  After  completing  his  education  the  subject  of  this 
review  obtained  employment  in  a  dry  goods  house  conducted  by  L.  Zeckendorf  &  Company 
and  there  learned  the  mercantile  business  thoroughly,  laying  at  this  time  the  foundations 
of  his  .splendid  success.  He  afterward  opened  a  store  of  his  own  on  Myers  street  in  Tuc-son 
and  conducted  it  successfully  until  1885,  when  he  sold  his  interests  there  and  located  in 
Nogales,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

A  local  paper  gives  this  account  of  the  foundation  and  development  of  his  large  mer- 
cantile establishment.  "Early  in  the  history  of  the  line  city  there  arrived  in  Tucson  one 
of  the  natives  of  that  city,  of  the  Spanish  stock  that  had  descended  from  the  early  oon- 
quistadores,  Ramon  Vasquez,  who  came  in  1885,  and.  recognizing  the  advantages  of  the 
location  together  with  the  advancing  importance  of  the  place,  he  cast  here  his  lot  and 
entered  into  business,  establishing  a  dry  goods  em])orium  which  he  named  La  C'asa 
Colorado,  or  The  Red  House.  Possessed  of  the  best  business  instincts  and  with  a  thorough 
experience,  Mr.  Vasquez  took  quickly  a  leading  place  in  the  commercial  life  of  the  border 
metropolis,  which  position  he  has  maintained  from  the  very  start  to  the  present  day,  and, 
expanding  with  the  growing  wants  and  needs  of  the  new  community,  his  business  has 
grown  steadily  and  has  achieved  proportions  of  great  nuignitude.  With  an  abiding  faith 
in  the  town,  Mr.  Vasquez  made  early  in  his  residence  here  important  investments  in  choice 
real  estate,  which  he  has  improved  in  the  most  approved  manner.  Two  of  the  finest 
buildings  on  Morley  avenue  were  erected  by  Mr.  Vasquez — that  occupied  by  his  extensive 
establishment,  and  another  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  a  little  farther  north,  which 
is  leased  to  and  occupied  by  the  Marsh  hardware  store.  The  latter  is  of  the  modern,  con- 
crete, fireproof  construction,  Mr.  Vasquez  having  been  one  of  the  first  in  the  line  city  to 
adopt  that  method  and  material  in  construction.  Both  buildings  are  substantial  and  of 
massive  appearance,  adding  greatly  to  the  handsome  transformation  which  the  avenue  has 
presented  with  its  widening.  The  Red  House  fills  a  cons])icuous  position  on  the  east  side 
of  Morley  avenue,  near  International  street,  and  it  is  a  large  two-story  structure,  built 
of  brick  and  stone,  six  hundred  by  one  hundred  feet  in  its  interior  dimensions  and  door 
space,  with  large  and  handsome  plate  glass  windows,  the  interior  open  clear  to  the  ceiling 
of  the  second  story,  tlie  shelving  and  stands  filled  with  goods  occupying  the  entire  space, 
a  gallery  around  the  inside  making  available  the  wall  space  to  the  very  highest  point. 
Upon  the  gallery  at  the  head  of  the  stairway  leading  up  there  are  the  cashier's  and  packing 
departments,  connected  with  all  parts  of  the  store  by  automatic  carriers.  By  the  use  of 
the  latter  all  purchases  are  sent  up  for  inspection  and  packing,  and  all  payments  and 
memoranda  go  to  the  desk  directly." 

liesides  his  business  and  real  estate  investments  in  Nogales  Mr.  \'as((uez  has  other 
and  varied  interests,  being  the  owner  of  a  fine  cattle  ranch  on  the  lower  San  Pedro  river  and 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  623 

also  secretary  and  managing  director  of  the  Compania  Proveedora  de  Agua  de  Nogales, 
S.  A.,  the  corporation  which  aupplies  with  water  the  town  of  Nogales  in  Sonora. 

In  1879  Mr.  Vasquez  married  Miss  Carmen  Soto,  a  descendant  of  a  famous  old  Spanish 
family,  her  grandfather  having  been  commander-in-chief  of  tlie  array  post  at  Tucson  in 
early  days.  Being  denied  children  of  their  own,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vasquez  have  been  influenced 
by  their  great  love  of  children  and  their  broad  and  comprehensive  charity  in  adopting  two 
sons  and  one  daughter,  as  follows:     Romero,  Alicia  and  Armando. 

Mr.  Vasquez  is  a  charter  member  of  Nogales  Lodge,  K.  P.,  and  is  president  of  Endow- 
ment Rank.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has 
taken  the  thirtieth  degree  in  Masonry,  having  been  through  all  the  chairs  in  Sonora 
Lodge.  His  interests  are  varied  but  all  along  lines  of  progress  and  improvement.  He  is 
a  broad-minded  man  who  places  a  correct  valuation  upon  life,  its  opportunities  and  its 
privileges,  and,  while  in  business  affairs  he  has  achieved  a  gratifying  success,  he  has  at 
the  same  time  wrought  along  the  lines  of  the  greatest  good,  his  activity  in  various  fields 
proving  of  value  to  the  community  at  large. 


CHARLES  W.  HERNDON. 


Although  still  a  young  man,  Charles  W.  Herndon  has  already  gained  a  creditable  posi- 
tion at  the  bar  of  Arizona  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Kingman,  where  he  is  serving  as  district 
attorney,  discharging  his  duties  in  an  able  and  efficient  manner.  He  was  born  in  Missouri 
in  1878  and  is  a  son  of  John  C.  and  Florence  (Wilson)  Herndon,  who  came  to  Arizona  in 
1883,  locating  in  Prescott,  where  the  father  became  a  successful  and  prominent  attorney. 
More  extended  mention  of  the  parents  is  made  on  another  page  in  this  work. 

Charles  W.  Herndon  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state 
and  afterward  attended  the  University  of  Missouri.  He  read  law  under  his  father  and  in  the 
offices  of  Judge  Norris  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1903,  gaining  the  right  to  practice 
before  the  state  supreme  court  in  1909.  After  practicing  for  a  short  time  in  Prescott  he 
came  to  Kingman  in  1910  and  has  since  followed  his  profession  here,  where  his  thorough  and 
comprehensive  knowledge  of  law  has  gained  for  him  an  enviable  degree  of  success.  In  1911 
he  was  elected  district  attorney,  assuming  office  in  1912,  and  he  is  now  discharging  his  im- 
portant duties  with  credit  to  himself  and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  public. 

Mr.  Herndon  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  beliefs  and  he  takes  an  active  and  intelligent 
interest  in  the  welfare  and  growth  of  the  city  where  he  makes  his  home.  He  is  widely  and 
favorably  known,  figuring  prominently  in  public  affairs  as  well  as  in  the  profession  he  has 
chosen  as  a  life  work. 


THOMAS  THOMPSON  HUNTER. 

One  cannot  carry  investigation  far  into  the  history  of  the  pioneer  settlement  of  Arizona 
or  of  the  progress  and  development  of  the  territory  along  business  and  political  lines  with- 
out encountering  the  name  of  Thomas  Thompson  Hunter,  who  made  a  permanent  location 
in  Graham  county  In  1878  and  who  through  the  passing  years  identified  himself  with  prac- 
tically every  phase  of  progress  and  advamement.  His  death,  which  occurred  February  1, 
1913,  was  therefore  a  distinct  loss  to  the  community.  It  was  felt  as  a  personal  bereavement 
by  his  many  warm  friends,  to  whom  his  upright  life  and  high  integrity  had  greatly  endeared 
him. 

Mr.  Hunter  was  born  in  Louisiana,  February  24,  1844,  and  is  a  son  of  James  and  Alice 
(Lawson)  Hunter,  the  former  a  native  of  South  Carolina  and  the  latter  of  Georgia.  The 
father  was  a  large  plantation  owner  in  Louisiana.  In  his  family  were  six  children:  John, 
who  now  lives  retired  in  Louisiana;  Andrew,  deceased;  Thomas  Thompson,  of  this  review; 
and  Julius,  Alice  and  Emily,  all  deceased. 

When  Thomas  Thompson  Himter  was  sixteen  years  of  age  he  laid  aside  his  text  books 

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624  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  joined  the  Confederate  army,  serving  through  the  entire  Civil  war  with  Retts'  artillery. 
He  was  at  the  front  in  many  hotly  contested  engagements  and  in  nearly  all  of  the  important 
battles  during  the  four  years  and,  unwounded  and  with  a  creditable  military  record,  returned 
after  his  discharge  to  Louisiana,  where  he  joined  his  uncle.  Together  they  went  to  Te.xas, 
crossing  the  plains  with  a  party  of  emigrants  and  pushing  onward  to  Arizona.  Mr.  Hunter 
met  his  first  wife  upon  this  journey  and  later  their  wedding  was  celebrated  in  Wickenburg, 
Arizona,  theirs  being  the  first  marriage  recorded  in  that  locality.  They  remained  with  the 
emigrant  train  and  went  to  San  Diego,  California,  where  they  resided  ten  years,  returning  to 
Arizona  in  1878.  They  settled  in  Graham  county,  where  Mr.  Hunter  established  himself  in 
the  cattle  business,  in  which  he  continued  for  many  years,  making  the  influence  of  his  ability 
and  enterprise  felt  upon  the  business  history  of  the  community.  Eventually,  however,  he 
retired  from  active  life  and  on  the  1st  of  February,  1913,  passed  away. 

It  is  not  alone  as  a  business  man,  however,  that  Mr.  Hunter  did  splendid  work  for 
Arizona,  for  his  ability,  energy  and  progressive  spirit  carried  him  forward  into  important 
relations  with  public  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the  thirteenth  territorial  legislature,  when 
the  capital  was  located  in  Prescott,  and  in  this  connection  did  able,  farsighted  and  con- 
structive work.  He  was  not,  however,  in  any  sense  a  politician  and  never  sought  public 
office,  although  he  was  loyal,  conscientious  and  broad-minded  in  matters  of  citizenship  and 
active  always  in  initiating  and  promoting  movements  for  the  general  good.  During  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  he  supported  the  democracy  but  in  1912  allied  himself  witli  the 
progressive  party. 

Mr.  Hunter  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  passed  away  July  11,  1893,  leaving  four 
children.  Martha  Alice  is  now  the  widow  of  Thomas  K.  Davis,  of  Oakland,  California. 
Mary  E.  married  Harry  L.  Castle,  government  employe  in  the  forest  service  in  Payson, 
Arizona,  and  they  have  three  children.  Virginia  Lee  makes  her  home  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia. Katherine  Lawson  married  Dr.  J.  N.  Stratton,  of  Safford,  and  they  are  tlie  parents 
of  two  children.  Mr.  Hunter  was  married  October  11,  1894,  to  Miss  Carrie  Maurer,  a  native 
of  New  York,  who  survives  her  husband  and  makes  her  home  in  Safford,  where  her  many 
excellent  traits  of  heart  and  mind  have  won  her  the  affection  and  esteem  of  all  who  know 
her. 

Mr.  Hunter  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  having  served  as  secretary  of 
his  lodge,  and  just  before  his  death  he  was  elected  vice  president  of  the  Pioneer  Historical 
Society  of  Graham  County.  In  the  list  of  notable  men  who  directed  their  efforts  toward 
promoting  the  general  development  of  Arizona  his  name  stands  forth  conspicuous  and  prom- 
inent by  reason  of  what  he  accomplished  and  his  methods  of  securing  results.  Essentially 
public-spirited  and  broad-minded,  he  made  his  individual  prosperity  a  factor  in  public  expan- 
sion and  thus  it  was  that  in  his  passing  Graham  county  lost  one  of  its  representative  and 
valued  citizens. 


JOHN  DENNETT,  Jr. 


The  dairy  interests  of  Arizona  are  among  the  state's  important  resources  and  John 
Dennett,  Jr.,  as  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Hassayampa  Creamery  Company  of  Phoenix 
occupies  a  foremost  position  among  the  men  who  devote  their  energies  to  the  expansion  of 
that  industry.  Although  he  prepared  for  the  medical  profession  in  one  of  the  foremost 
schools  of  America  and  acted  as  mine  physician  for  a  number  of  years,  he  has  given  up  the 
profession  since  coming  to  Phoenix  and  in  the  dairy  industry  has  found  a  fruitful  field  for 
his  activities. 

A  native  of  Maine,  Mr.  Dennett  removed  with  his  parents  to  Boston  when  a  child  and 
was  educated  in  that  city,  attending  Harvard  University,  from  the  medical  department  of 
which  he  giaduated  in  1894  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Seeking  the  greater  opportunities  of 
the  west  he  left  the  east  and  from  1895  until  1903  acted  as  physician  of  the  Congress  mine 
at  Congress,  Arizona.  He  then  removed  to  the  Silver  Bell  mine  where  he  filled  a  similar 
position  until  1910.  That  year  marked  his  arrival  in  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he  became 
connected   with   the   Hassayampa   Creamery   Company,   which   was   established   in    1888    hv 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  625 

(jeorge  Marshall,  August  Hagueland  and  others,  Mr.  Hagueland  becoming  secretary  and 
yeneral  manager  of  the  concern.  The  Hassayampa  Company  is  a  part  of  the  Marshall  inter- 
ests which  are  owned  and  operated  by  the  holding  company  known  as  the  George  N. 
Marshall  Company.  Since  the  creamery  plant  was  built  it  has  been  enlarged  and  modernly 
equipped  and  in  its  sanitary  appointments  is  a  model  of  its  kind.  .It  is  the  best  equipped 
plant  in  the  state  and  the  flourishing  condition  of  the  business  is  largely  due  to  the  business 
sagacity  and  the  progressive  methods  of  Mr.  Dennett,  who  gives  close  attention  to  the 
smallest  details  of  the  business.  He  'S  also  interested  in  the  Aguirre-Dennett  Cattle  Com- 
pany who  hold  ranches  in  the  southern  part  of  Arizona  and  in  the  C.  Hess,  Jr.,  Sheep 
Company.  As  vice  president  of  the  Phoenix  Title  &  Trust  Company  he  is  prominently 
connected  with  financial  circles  in  Phoeni.x;  and  his  work  in  the  promotion  of  his  various 
interests  has  not  only  brought  him  personal  success  but  has  been  a  forceful  factor  in 
general  growth  and  development. 

Mr.  Dennett  is  pleasantly  situated  in  his  home  life  and  has  two  children.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  politically  gives  his  support  to  the  republican  party, 
bringing  to  the  live  issues  of  the  day  that  ready  understanding  and  enthusiastic  apprecia- 
tion which  it  is  the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  take  in  his  government.  A  business  man  of 
the  modern  type,  he  possesses  sufficient  courage  to  venture  where  favoring  opportunities  lead 
the  way  and  he  lias  been  carried  forward  by  his  judgment  and  energy  to  enviable  success. 


WILLIAM  C.  POHL. 


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William  C.  Pohl,  controlling  valuable  mining  interests  in  the  vicinity  of  Globe,  was  born 
in  Texas  in  1858  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  and  Louise  Pohl,  natives  of  Germany.  Their  mar- 
riage occurred  in  that  country  and  in  the  late  '40s  they  came  to  America,  settling  at  Galves- 
ton, Texas.  The  father  followed  the  sea  during  the  Civil  war  and  shortly  after  the  close 
of  hostilities  passed  away,  his  death  occurring  in  1866.  His  wife  survived  him  a  number 
of  years,  dying  in  1886.  To  them  were  born  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living, 
the  subject  of  this  review  being  the  fourth  in  order  of  birtli. 

A  spirit  of  enterprise  and  self-reliance  has  actuated  William  C.  Pohl  in  all  the  activities 
of  his  career  and  this  has  been  largely  due  to  the  hardships  and  privations  of  his  early 
life,  which  developed  these  qualities  in  his  character.  When  he  was  only  nine  years  of  age 
he  left  the  private  schools  of  Galveston  which  he  had  attended  and  learned  the  butcher's 
trade,  at  which  he  worked  in  the  employ  of  others  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age, 
during  that  time  contributing  to  the  support  of  the  family.  He  then  opened  a  meat  market 
of  his  own,  starting  with  a  capital  of  thirty-five  dollars,  and  by  reason  of  his  energy  and 
unremitting  industry  he  made  a  success  of  that  venture,  building  up  a  large  and  profitable 
trade. 

On  disposing  of  his  market,  Mr.  Pohl  came  to  Arizona  in  1898,  after  which  he  worked 
for  two  years  at  the  butcher  business  in  Globe,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  turned  his 
attention  to  mining.  For  a  short  time  he  was  in  the  employ  of  others  but  afterward  began 
prospecting  and  taking  up  claims  of  his  own,  also  leasing  mines,  which  he  operated  success- 
fully, and  his  interests  extended  rapidly,  a  gieat  number  of  claims  proving  valuable  and 
important.  He  owns  today  the  North  Star  group  of  silver  mines  in  the  Richmond  basin, 
properties  which  he  is  now  operating,  and  he  has  also  an  interest  in  the  Hilltop  group  adjoin- 
ing the  Old  Dominion  mines  on  the  west,  near  Globe.  He  owns  a  lovely  home  in  the  city  and 
he  and  his  wife  have  a  fine  greenhouse  adjoining  it,  confining  their  attention  solely  to  the 
cultivation  of  flowers.  They  are  well  known  in  Globe  and  their  genuine  personal  worth  and 
high  qualities  have  gained  them  the  respect,  confidence  and  esteem  of  many  friends. 

Mr.  Pohl  was  married  in  1884  to  Miss  Lina  Mertz,  who  was  born  in  Dewitt  county, 
Texas.  Her  parents,  George  and  Agnes  Mertz,  were  natives  of  Germany,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  their  respective  parents  when  they  were  still  children.  They  were  married  in  Dewitt 
county,  Texas,  where  the  father  worked  as  a  mechanic  until  his  death  in  1876.  His  wife 
survives  him  and  still  makes  her  home  in  Texas.  In  their  family  were  four  children:  Lina, 
now  Mrs.  Pohl;  Joanna  and  Julia,  deceased;  and  George,  who  resides  in  Fort  Worth,  Texas, 


626  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  ToliI  liave  one  daughter,  Agnes  L.,  who  married  Harold  S.  Duncan,  a  mining 
engineer,  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Bernice  Louise. 

Mr.  I'ohl  is  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  Although  not  an 
office  seeker,  he  is  numjjered  among  the  progressive  citizens-  of  Globe  who  are  never  so  en- 
grossed in  business  all'airs  and  individual  interests  that  they  cannot  iind  time  and  oppor- 
tunity to  cooperate  in  measures  and  projects  for  the  public  good.  Nevertheless,  in  business 
he  has  been  actuated  by  laudable  ambition  and  has  made  continuous  progress  along  the 
path  leading  to  prosperity. 


IRVING  L.  HILL. 


A  man  who  has  done  much  for  Arizona  along  the  line  in  which  he  is  interested  is  Irving 
L.  Hill,  proprietor  of  a  large  seed  store  in  Phoenix  and  an  authority  upon  the  subject  of  seed 
culture.  He  was  born  in  Michigan  in  1872  and  there  acquired  a  public  school  education. 
In  1888  he  removed  to  Arizona,  locating  at  Phoenix,  where  he  worked  at  various  occupations 
until  1901.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  seed  business  and  has  been  remarkably  suc- 
cessful in  that  field,  owning  a  large  store,  in  which  he  handles  a  full  line  of  seeds,  besides 
poultry  supplies  and  nursery  goods.  Mr.  Hill  has  made  a  special  study  of  seed  culture  and 
has  introduced  into  Arizona  a  number  of  the  most  profitable  seeds  in  the  state.  Until 
recently  all  Bermuda  grass  seed  was  sent  to  this  country  from  Australia,  but  Mr.  Hill,  con- 
ceiving the  idea  that  it  could  be  grown  in  Arizona,  purchased  several  fields  in  the  vicinity 
of  Phoenix,  which  lie  planted  to  this  seed.  He  harvested  a  fine  crop  and  successfully  threshed 
an  entire  carload  of  this  seed. 

In  1901  Mr.  Hill  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Minnie  Wines,  of  Texas,  and  they  have 
become  the  parents  of  four  children.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge  and  is  well 
known  in  the  affairs  of  that  organization.  His  business  career  has  been  characterized  by 
honorable  efl'ort  and  successful  accomplishment  and  he  today  occupies  a  most  enviable  posi- 
tion in  commercial  circles. 


H.  B.  MERIWETHER. 


H.  B.  Meriwether  is  an  honored  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  today  occupies  a  promi- 
nent position  in  business  circles  as  one  of  the  leading  photographers  of  Globe.  A  spirit  of 
energy,  progress  and  advancement  has  actuated  him  since  the  beginning  of  his  active  career 
and  high  standards  of  integrity  have  distinguished  all  of  his  business  relations  bo  that  he 
is  now  a  successful  and  representative  citizen,  whose  name  is  honored  and  respected  wherever 
it  is  known. 

Mr.  Meriwether  was  born  in  Hayncsville,  Alabama,  in  1847  and  is  a  son  of  James 
Meriwether,  also  a  native  of  that  state  and  a  large  planter.  The  father  was  prominent  in 
public  life,  serving  for  many  years  as  sheriff  of  his  county.  He  died  in  1859  and  was  sur- 
vived by  his  wife  until  1865.  In  their  family  were  ten  children,  four  of  whom  are  still 
living:  Alexander,  a  resident  of  Texas;  Robert,  who  still  makes  his  home  in  Alabama; 
H.  B.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Mrs.  Haygood,  of  Alabama. 

H.  B.  Meriwether  remained  at  home  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  accpiiring  during 
that  time  a  common  school  education.  In  1802  he  enlisted  for  the  Civil  war  in  th^  Second 
Alabama  Cavalry  and  saw  active  service.  He  was  twice  wounded  but  not  seriously  incapaci- 
tated and  he  remained  with  his  regiment  until  his  discharge.  With  a  creditable  military 
record  he  returned  to  his  native  state  and  there  remained  until  1868,  when  he  went  to 
Leesburg,  Florida,  where  he  spent  two  years,  returning  in  1870.  In  the  same  year  ho 
agam  took  up  his  residence  in  Leesburg  and  there  established  himself  as  a  photographer 
fpllowmg  that  work  in  Florida  until  1888,  when  he  went  to  Huntsville,  Alabama.  There 
he   remamed   for   sixteen    months   and   then    established   photographic    studios    in   Aberdeen 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  627 

Hoquiam  and  Elma,  Chehalis  county,  Washington,  conducting  those  galleries  for  about  ten 
years,  during  which  time  lie  was  also  in  the  government  employ.  In  1900  he  left  Washing- 
ton and  came  to  Arizona,  conducting  pliotographic  studios  in  different  places  throughout  the 
state  until  1907,  wlien  he  located  in  Globe.  Here  he  has  a  modern,  up-to-date  establishment, 
completely  equipped  and  tastefully  arranged,  and  the  high  artistic  quality  of  his  work 
has  brought  him  a  large  and  representative  patronage.  He  still  remains  in  the  government 
employ  and  in  this  capacity  has  proved  a  capable,  reliable  and  trustworthy  worker  in  the 
public  interests. 

Mr.  Meriwether  was  married  in  1875  to  Miss  Minnie  E.  Glover,  a  native  of  Georgia  and 
a  daughter  of  Wiley  Glover.  Mr.  Meriwether  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Masonic 
lodge  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  he  is  liberal  in  his  political  views,  taking  an  interest 
in  community  affairs  as  a  loyal  and  public-spirited  citizen  but  never  seeking  office.  As  a 
business  man  he  has  long  been  conspicuous  among  liis  associates  not  only  for  the  success 
which  he  has  attained  but  for  the  probity,  fairness  and  honorable  standards  which  have 
always  distinguished  him.  In  May,  1915,  he  made  a  trip  into  old  Mexico  and  acquired 
interests  in  a  gold  mine  in  the  Altar  district  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  contemplates  removal 
to  that  place  for  the  purpose  of  operating  the  same. 


JOHN  H.  BEHAN. 


A  life  varied  in  service  and  faultless  in  honor  came  to  a  close  June  7,  1912,  when  John 
H.  Behan  died  at  his  home  in  Tucson.  In  his  career  those  things  which  make  for  success 
■ — good  citizenship  and  worthy  living — found  ample  justification,  and  the  record  of  his 
activities  may  well  serve  as  a  source  of  inspiration  to  the  younger  generation.  Mr.  Behan 
was  born  in  Westport,  Missouri,  and  came  as  a  pioneer  to  Arizona,  crossing  the  plains  in 
1863.  He  settled  immediately  in  Tucson  and  was  engaged  by  the  United  States  government 
to  furnish  supplies  to  the  troops  stationed  at  the  fort.  He  afterward  went  to  Prescott, 
where  he  freighted  to  the  mines  with  bull  teams,  and  gradually  became  well  known  in 
public  life,  serving  as  county  recorder  and  sheriff  of  Yavapai  county.  During  the  course  of 
his  career  he  made  many  changes  in  location,  becoming  familiar  with  standards  and  con- 
ditions in  all  parts  of  Arizona  and  proving  his  loyalty  and  public  spirit  by  efficacious  and 
worthy  public  service.  He  was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature  from  Mohave  county 
on  the  democratic  ticket  and  was  afterward  the  first  sheriff  of  Cochise  county.  He  followed 
this  by  a  period  of  service  as  superintendent  of  the  state  prison  at  Yuma,  under  Governor 
Zulick,  and  was  then  appointed  by  President  Cleveland  special  agent  of  the  department 
of  the  treasury  for  Arizona  and  Texas,  with  headquarters  at  El  Paso. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  war,  his  patriotic  spirit  aroused,  Mr.  Behan 
joined  the  army  and  was  sent  to  the  front  as  a  member  of  the  quartermaster  department, 
under  General  Humphreys.  He  saw  active  service  in  Cuba  and  continued  his  military  career 
in  China,  where  he  took  part  in  many  engagements  during  the  Boxer  uprising.  The  last 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  Tucson,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  commissary  depart- 
ment of  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railroad,  in  which  capacity  he  was  serving  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  June  7,  1912.  His  upright  and  straightforward  life  and  his  long  and  honorable 
public  service  won  him  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  and  his 
death  was  sincerely  mourned  by  his  many  friends. 

Mr.  Behan  was  married  and  had  one  son,  Albert  P.,  who  was  born  in  Prescott,  Arizona, 
in  1873.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  common  schools  of  that  city  and  in  Cogswell 
Polytechnic  College  in  San  Francisco.  Following  in  his  father's  footsteps  he  entered  public 
life  and  in  it  gained  a  position  of  importance  and  prominence.  He  began  in  1880  as  page 
in  the  territorial  legislature  and  when  that  body  removed  to  Phoenix  he  served  as  messen- 
ger in  1893.  He  was  deputy  collector  of  customs  on  the  Mexican  border  and  later  for  three 
years  under  sheriff  of  Yuma  county.  This  was  followed  by  eight  years  devoted  to  mining 
in  Mexico,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  returned  to  Arizona  and  in  1911  was  made  deputy 
sheriff  of  Yuma  county,  an  office  in  which  he  is  now  serving,  discharging  his  duties  in  an 


628  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

able  and  conscientious  manner.  He  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
at  Yuma  and  is  well  known  in  that  city  as  one  whose  life  record  is  a  credit  to  a  name  that 
has  long  been  an  honored  one  in  Arizona. 


THOMAS  ABBOTT  PASC»E. 

Various  business  and  corporate  interests  in  Globe  and  Gila  county  owe  their  incep- 
tion to  Thomas  Abbott  Pascoe's  initiative  spirit  and  organizing  power  and  their  develop- 
ment and  expansion  to  his  business  ability  and  foresight.  Since  1881  he  has  lived  in  that 
city,  closely  connected  with  its  general  business  life,  and  from  that  time  until  his  retire- 
ment in  1904  made  his  influence  felt  in  various  phases  of  municipal  progress.  He  was  born 
in  Galena,  Illinois,  in  1846,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  Pascoe,  natives  of  England, 
who  crossed  the  Atlantic  several  years  after  their  marriage  and  in  1844  settled  in  Illinois. 
They  made  their  home  in  that  state  until  1852,  when  the  father  came  west  by  way  6f 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama  to  California,  his  family  joining  him  in  the  following  year.  He 
settled  in  Nevada  county  and  for  two  or  three  years  mined  for  gold  in  that  vicinity,  later 
turning  his  attention  to  contracting.  For  a  number  of  years  he  afterward  farmed  on  the 
Feather  river,  near  Marysville,  where  he  passed  away  in  1884.  He  was  survived  by  his 
wife  until  1896.     Of  their  eleven  children  ten  grew  to  maturity  and  seven  still  survive. 

Thomas  Abbott  Pascoe  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  California  and 
when  twenty-two  years  of  age  went  to  the  lumber  camps  in  the  redwood  district,  where 
he  remained  four  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  turned  his  attention  to  ranching  and 
stockraising  in  San  Benito,  operating  an  extensive  enterprise  of  this  character  for  several 
years  but  finally  disposing  of  his  interests  and  removing  to  Nevada  county,  where  for 
three  years  he  conducted  a  butcher  establishment.  From  Nevada  county  he  went  to  Sur- 
prise valley  and  thence  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Globe  in  January,  1881.  He  was  first  inter- 
ested in  prospecting  and  mining  but  eventually  became  identified  with  public  aflfairs, 
serving  as  constable  of  Globe  for  one  year,  after  which  he  was  appointed  to  the  position 
of  deputy  sheriff  imder  his  brother  B.  F.  Pascoe.  He  served  four  years  and  upon  the  expira- 
tion of  this  time  turned  his  attention  to  business  pursuits,  opening  a  livery  stable  in  Globe, 
known  as  the  Pascoe  Livery.  He  conducted  this  business  for  fourteen  years,  dividing  his 
attention  between  it  and  a  large  ranch  and  fish  pond  in  the  vicinity  of  the  city.  This  proved 
a  profitable  enterprise  and  Mr.  Pascoe  remained  connected  with  it, until  1891,  when  all  of 
his  property  was  destroyed  by  a  flood.  Afterward  he  centered  his  energies  upon  the  con- 
duct of  a  hay  and  grain  business  in  connection  with  his  livery  establishment  until  1899, 
wlien  he  disposed  of  all  his  business  interests  in  Globe  in  order  to  be  free  to  give  his  entire 
time  to  the  establishment  of  the  Globe  water  works  system,  in  which  he  had  become  heavily 
interested.  As  the  largest  stockholder  in  this  concern  he  was  the  prime  mover  in  the 
construction  of  the  plant,  being  associated  at  this  time  with  C.  T.  Martin.  Mr.  Pascoe 
was  made  president  of  the  operating  company  and  held  the  position  for  four  years,  selling 
his  interest  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  M.  L.  Amster,  of  Boston. 

Among  other  important  business  enterprises  in  Globe  which  stand  as  testimonials  to 
Mr.  Pascoe's  ability  and  enterprise  is  the  Miners  &  Merchants  Bank,  of  which  he  was  one 
of  the  organizers  and  of  which  he  was  president  until  the  institution  was  absorbed  by 
the  Gila  Valley  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  Mr.  Pascoe  is  now  vice  president  of  that  organiza- 
tion and  one  of  the  powerful  forces  in  its  continued  prosperity.  Previous  to  the  building 
of  the  Roosevelt  dam  he  was  also  interested  in  stock  farming  in  the  Salt  River  valley  but 
this  ranch  he  sold  to  the  United  States  government  in  1904  and  since  that  time  has  lived 
in  comparative  retirement,  giving  his  attention  to  the  supervision  of  his  important  business 
interests,  which  include  valuable  holdings  in  business  and  residence  property  in  Globe, 
stock  in  various  important  business  enterprises  and  an  interest  in  the  ice  and  cold  storage 
company,  of  which  he  is  now  president. 

In  1886  Mr.  Pascoe  married  Mrs.  Elsie  Nichols,  who  was  born  in  Scotland  and  came 
to  America  in  1872.  She  is  a  devout  adherent  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  her  husband 
being  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  organization.     He  is  a  prominent  thirty-second 


THOMAS  A.  PASCOE 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  631 

degree  Mason  and  has  served  as  eminent  commander  of  Globe  Commandery,  No.  5,  K.  T. 
He  has  been  closely  identified  with  Gila  county  in  its  upbuilding  and  development  for  a 
number  of  years  and  is  justly  accounted  one  of  its  progressive  and  representative  citizens. 
His  labors  have  been  effective  as  forces  in  general  business  expansion,  and  his  success  is 
well  merited,  for  he  is  capable  in  management  and  displays  untiring  industry  in  carrying 
forward  his  interests. 


JOHN  RAINER. 


•John  Eainer,  deceased,  was  prominently  identified  with  mercantile  interests  of  Globe 
as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Zucco  &  Company,  grocers.  He  was  born  in  Tyrol,  Austria,  in 
1876,  and  acquired  his  education  in  his  native  country.  When  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America  and  spent  three  years  in  New  York  state,  later  coming 
west  and  settling  in  Colorado,  where  for  seven  years  he  engaged  in  mining.  From  that  state 
he  went  to  Washington  and  after  mining  there  for  a  short  time  came  to  Arizona,  settling 
m  Globe  in  1904.  He  turned  his  attention  to  the  grocery  business  shortly  after  his  arrival 
and  in  that  line  his  well  directed  eff'orts  met  with  a  gratifying  measure  of  success.  He  was 
associated  with  Messrs.  Zucco  and  Bono  in  the  firm  of  Zucco  &  Company,  owning  a  fine  estab- 
lishment at  485  North  Broad  street — one  of  the  leading  retail  grocery  houses  in  the  city. 
An  important  and  growing  trade  was  built  up,  Mr.  Rainer's  energy,  aggressiveness  and 
initiative  contributing  in  substantial  measure  to  this  result.  He  continued  his  connection 
with  that  business  until  his  death,  which  occurred  October  8,  1915. 

In  1902  Mr.  Rainer  married  Mrs.  Anna  Vidano,  a  native  of  Italy,  who  came  to  America 
in  1893.  She  was  the  widow  of  Sam  Vidano,  who  passed  away  in  1899,  leaving  three  children: 
Peter,  of  Globe,  now  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business;  Edward,  who  lives  in  Italy;  and  Lena, 
who  also  lives  in  Globe.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rainer  were  born  two  children:  Carrie,  born 
in  1903,  and  John,  born  in  1906. 

Mr.  Rainer  led  a  busy  life  and  his  marked  enterprise  made  him  one  of  the  most  pros- 
perous residents  of  Globe  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  possessed  excellent  business  ability, 
formed  his  plans  readily  and  in  their  execution  was  prompt,  determined  and  reliable.  This 
enabled  him  to  overcome  the  obstacles  which  he  encountered  in  the  course  of  his  business 
career  and  was  one  of  the  salient  features  in  his  success. 


EDWARD  L.  SHAW. 


Edward  L.  Shaw,  formerly  proprietor  of  Shaw's  Smokehouse  in  Phoenix,  was  born  in 
Missouri,  April  29,  1872,  and  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  that  state,  later  attend- 
ing the  University  of  Missouri.  In  1892  he  removed  to  California  and  in  the  fall  of  that 
year  to  Bowie,  Arizona,  where  for  eight  years  he  was  manager  of  the  wholesale  grocery 
house  conducted  by  Solomon  &  Wickersham.  In  1900  he  removed  to  Tucson,  where  he  was  for 
two  years  in  the  brokerage  and  commission  business,  after  which,  in  May,  1903,  he  removed 
to  Phoenix,  where  he  purchased  land.  He  also  became  connected  with  the  firm  of  Tillman 
&  Bendell  of  San  Francisco  as  their  Arizona  representative  and  traveled  throughout  this 
state  in  their  interests  until  after  the  San  Francisco  fire.  Mr.  Shaw  was  later  connected  with 
M.  J.  Brandenstien  &  Company  for  two  years  and  then  bought  an  interest  in  the  Baer  Cigar 
Company  of  Los  Angeles.  He  was  made  vice  president  of  that  concern,  which  he  represented 
in  Arizona  for  three  years,  and  then  disposed  of  his  interest  in  it.  He  next  opened  a  "smoke- 
house" in  Phoenix  and  this  enterprise  he  conducted  with  constantly  growing  success  until 
1914,  when  he  sold  out  to  C.  T.  Love.  He  is  an  energetic  and  farsighted  business  man  and 
rose  rapidly  to  a  high  place  in  business  circles  of  the  city.  He  has  large  farming  interests 
in  the  locality,  to  which  he  now  devotes  his  time,  and  is  also  an  extensive  feeder  and  breeder 
of  cattle. 

On  the  3d  of  June,  1897,  Mr.  Shaw  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Helen  Guernsey,  a 


632  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

native  of  Iowa  and  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  a  resident  of  Bowie,  Arizona.  Mr.  Shaw  is 
connected  fraternally  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  stands  high  in  its  councils,  as 
is  evident  from  the  fact  tliat  in  1912  he  served  as  delegate  to  the  national  convention  at 
Baltimore.  His  energy  and  ambition  have  carried  hira  forward  into  important  relations  with 
business  interests  of  Phoenix  and  his  personal  characteristics  have  gained  him  the  regard 
and  confidence  of  many  friends. 


J.  C.  HEKNDON. 


From  1883,  when  J.  C.  Herndon  came  to  Arizona,  until  his  demise,  he  was  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law  in  Prescott,  becoming  one  of  the  most  able  and  reputable  members  of  the 
bar  of  the  state,  and  his  name  found  a  high  place  among  those  on  the  legal  arch  of  Arizona. 
He  was  born  in  Fayette,  Missouri,  March  6,  1849.  In  his  native  town  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Central  College,  and  subsequently  Lexington  College  of  Kentucky.  He  graduated 
from  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Virginia  and  then  returned  to  Fayette,  Mis- 
souri, where  for  several  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  bar.  Being  impressed  with  the  oppor- 
tunities of  the  west  such  as  the  new  country  afforded,  he  made  liis  way  to  Arizona  in  1883 
and  located  in  Prescott,  where  as  a  resident  lawyer  he  remained  until  his  demise,  which 
occurred  May  10,  1906.  Mr.  Herndon  was  at  one  time  a  partner  of  Judge  Hawkins  and  later 
a  partner  of  T.  J.  Norris.  He  was  a  man  of  great  legal  capacity,  well  read  in  the  fundamentals 
of  the  law  and  precedence.  He  progressed  as  the  years  brought  hira  experience  and  at  the 
time  of  his  passing  stood  among  the  peers  of  the  legal  fraternity  in  this  state.  He  served 
twice  as  district  attorney  and  in  1891  represented  Prescott  in  the  territorial  legislature. 
He  was  a  candidate  for  congress  but  conditions  combined  toward  his  defeat.  His  political 
support  was  given  the  democratic  party. 

On  the  29th  of  December,  1875,  Mr.  Herndon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Florence 
May  Wilson,  of  Mount  Vernon,  Missouri,  who  is  also  a  graduate  of  Central  College  at 
Fayette.  Of  the  four  children  born  of  this  union,  two  are  living:  Cliarles  W.,  an  attor- 
ney at  Kingman,  Arizona;   and  Florence  John,  the  wife  of  D.  W.  Russell. 

While  in  Missouri,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herndon  were  members  of  the  Christian  church  but 
the  latter  is  now  attending  the  Congregational  church  in  Prescott,  of  which  she  is  a  member. 
Mr.  Herndon  was  prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  being  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  and  a 
Shriner.  He  also  belonged  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  entitled  to  a  place  among  the  pioneer  attorneys  of  the 
state  and  during  his  active  career  he  contributed  much  toward  that  progress  which  has 
made  it  possible  for  Arizona  to  be  received  as  a  unit  among  her  sister  states.  He  was 
always  public  spirited  and  was  recognized  as  a  patriotic  citizen.  His  death  therefore  was 
not  only  a  deep  loss  to  his  family  but  the  cause  of  wide  spread  mourning  among  all  who 
knew  him  and  a  loss  to  the  community  and  the  people  in  general.  Such  men  as  J.  C. 
Herndon  set  examples  of  citizenship  which  may  be  profitably  emulated  by  the  present 
generation  and  those  that  follow. 


SPORGEON  D.  STEWART. 


One  of  the  younger  as  well  as  one  of  the  most  able  and  successful  representatives  of 
the  Arizona  bar  is  Sporgeon  D.  Stewart,  who  since  1911  has  been  engaged  in  general  practice 
at  Kingman.  He  was  born  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  in  February,  1883,  and  is  a  son  of 
Norman  A.  and  Harriett  A.  (Donville)  Stewart,  who  went  to  North  Dakota  in  1887,  locat- 
ing in  Bottineau,  where  the  father  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  They  later 
removed  to  Williston,  same  state,  and  remained  there  until  Norman  A.  Stewart  retired 
from  active  life,  going  to  San  Diego,  California,  where  he  now  resides. 

Sporgeon  D.  Stewart  acquired  his  grammar  and  high  school  education  in  North  Dakota 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  633 

and  was  afterward  a  student  in  the  law  department  of  Leland  Stanford  University  in 
California.  After  receiving  his  degree  he  practiced  for  one  year  in  San  Francisco  aa  a 
partner  with  District  Attorney  Charles  M.  Fickert,  with  whom  he  remained  until  he 
came  to  Arizona.  He  settled  first  in  Prescott,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  important 
law  firm  of  Clark,  Howarth  &  Stewart,  but  in  December,  1911,  removed  to  Kingman, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  His  ability  has  been  demonstrated  in  the  success  which 
has  followed  him  in  the  handling  of  many  important  and  serious  cases  and  his  practice 
has  increased  rapidly,  being  now  of  extensive  and  profitable  proportions. 

On  the  22d  of  July,  1912,  Mr.  Stewart  married  Miss  Sarah  Uucher,  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  they  have  one  son,  William  D.  In  Kingman  Mr.  Stewart  is  known  as  a  strong 
and  able  lawyer,  possessed  of  a  comprehensive  and  exact  knowledge  of  underlying  legal 
principles,  and,  although  he  has  been  but  a  short  time  in  the  city,  he  has  conducted  suc- 
cessfully a  great  deal  of  important  litigation.  He  holds  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his 
brethren  in  the  legal  fraternity,  the  regard  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact, 
and  his  future  success  is  assured. 


GEORGE  F.  MERRYMAN. 


George  F.  Merryman,  deceased,  who  was  one  of  the  prominent  and  well  known  business 
men  of  Phoenix,  was  born  near  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  May  23,  1855.  His  birth  occurred 
on  the  family  liomestead,  which  had  been  taken  up  as  government  land  in  the  time  of 
Andrew  Jackson.  The  father  of  the  subject  of  this  review  operated  this  property  as  a 
large  stock  farm  and  was  known  aa  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  successful  agricul- 
turists in  his  locality.  He  was  also  prominent  in  politics,  taking  an  active  part  in  the 
promotion  of  all  measures  and  projects  for  the  community  good.  He  died  in  Indiana,  on 
the  old  homestead,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five.  His  wife,  who  was  in  her  maidenhood  Miss 
Mary  Dellzell,  was  a  representative  of  a  Pennsylvania  family,  members  of  which  went 
overland  to  Indiana  by  wagon. 

George  F.  Merryman  was  born  and  reared  upon  his  father'a  homestead  and  in  his  childhood 
aided  in  its  operation.  His  early  education  was  begun  in  the  country  school  near  the 
home  and  later  he  finished  his  education  in  Indianapolis.  In  1891  he  went  west  to  California, 
locating  near  Los  Angeles,  where  he  took  charge  of  a  large  lemon  orchard.  Following  this 
he  turned  his  attention  to  the  undertaking  business  in  partnership  with  Dexter  Samson 
in  Los  Angeles  and  he  soon  gained  a  gratifying  degree  of  success  in  this  field  of  activity. 
On  the  8t!i  of  February,  1899,  he  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  became  associated  with 
William  A.  Davis  in  the  undertaking  business  at  24  West  Jefferson  street.  One  year  later 
he  purchased  Mr.  Davis'  interest  and  moved  the  establishment  to  the  O'Neill  building  at 
144  West  Adams  street,  where  he  continued  until  December  1,  1909.  In  that  year  he 
moved  into  the  parlors  designed  especially  for  him  at  124  North  Second  avenue.  The 
establishment  is  the  best  of  its  kind  in  the  state,  being  modern  in  all  respects  and  having 
complete  up-to-date  equipment,  including  a  chapel  and  auto  hearse.  Mr.  Merryman  con- 
tinued active  in  the  business  until  his  death,  which  occurred  August  24,  1913,  and  was 
buried  in  the  old  family  cemetery,  "Crown  Hill,"  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  Since  Mr. 
Merryman's  death  Mrs.  Merryman  has  continued  the  business  under  the  name  of  George 
F.  Merryman   Company  and  has   several   able   assistants. 

On  the  17th  of  April,  1894,  Mr.  Merryman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Holland 
Leach,  a  daughter  of  J.  C.  and  Susan  J.  (Rhal)  Leach.  Mr.  Merryman  attended  the 
Episcopal  church  and  was  an  active  thirty-second  degree  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  joining 
Mystic  Tie  Lodge,  No.  398,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  in  Indiana  and  serving  for  three 
years  as  master.  Subsequently  he  affiliated  with  the  local  blue  lodge  and  the  chapter  at 
Phoenix.  From  boyhood  he  had  manifested  a  keen  interest  in  Masonic  affairs,  in  fact 
from  an  age  when  most  boys  would  scarcely  give  such  matters  a  second  thought,  he  had 
expressed  a  desire  to  some  day  be  a  Mason.  The  appearance  of  any  Masonic  body  in 
uniform  or  the  sight  of  any  Masonic  demonstration  always  created  boyish  enthusiasm  and 
stimulated  the  expresaed  desire.     To   a  great  extent   this   can   be   explained   as  when   but 


634  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

five  years  old  he  had  inherited  from  relatives  some  Masonic  jewels  that  always  remained 
to  him  a  source  of  great  pride.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Lodge.  He 
gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  took  an  intelligent  interest  in 
public  affairs.  Practically  his  entire  time  and  attention,  however,  were  given  to  the  conduct 
of  his  business  and  he  ranked  among  the  men  of  prominence  and  worth  in  this  community. 
His  death  brought  a  sense  of  deep  bereavement  to  many  and  his  memory  will  long  be 
cherished  by  his  family  and  friends. 


PHILIP  CORNELIUS  BRANNEN. 

Philip  Cornelius  Brannen,  one  of  the  enterprising  and  progressive  business  men  of  Tucson, 
is  now  identified  with  mercantile  interests  as  a  successful  clothier.  .  He  was  born  in  Ottawa, 
Canada,  June  12,  1864,  and  is  of  Irish  lineage.  His  paternal  grandparents  were  natives  of 
Ireland,  the  grandfather  having  been  born  in  County  Cavan,  while  the  grandmother  came 
from  Cork.  They  settled  in  Canada  and  at  Van  Kleek  Hill,  Canada,  occurred  the  birth  of* 
their  son,  Philip  B.  Brannen,  who  engaged  in  the  business  of  mining  and  contracting.  He 
was  one  of  the  men  who  helped  to  make  history  in  the  western  country.  He  took  the 
contract  to  build  some  of  the  snow  sheds  on  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad  through  the 
Sierra  Nevada  mountains  and  was  identified  with  mining  at  White  Pine,  California,  in  the 
latter  part  of  1868  and  1869.  When  he  went  to  California  in  1867  he  made  the  trip  around 
Cape  Horn.  In  1870  and  1871  he  followed  mining  at  Eureka,  Nevada,  and  won  a  fortuna 
In  the  spring  of  1872  he  returned  to  Canada  and  removed  his  family  to  Champaign,  Illinois, 
where  he  settled  on  a  large  farm,  making  his  home  there  until  his  death.  In  the  meantime, 
however,  he  had  become  interested  in  mining  in  Colorado.  Tlie  farm  is  still  in  the  possession 
of  his  son  Philip  C.  Brannen,  who  is  the  only  survivor  of  the  family  of  three  sons.  One 
brother,  Dr.  Dennis  J.  Brannen,  was  a  pioneer  of  Arizona  and  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this 
work.  The  father  passed  away  in  Illinois  in  July,  1898,  and  the  mother's  death  occurred 
in  the  year  1908. 

Philip  C.  Brannen  was  a  lad  of  about  eight  years  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on 
their  removal  to  Illinois.  He  supplemented  a  public-school  education  by  study  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Illinois  at  Champaign  and  his  practical  business  training  was  that  of  the  farm,  with 
the  work  of  which  he  early  became  familiar.  He  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-three  years, 
when,  in  1887,  he  left  Illinois  and  came  to  Arizona,  spending  some  time  at  work  in  mercantile 
establishments  in  Flagstaff  and  in  Phoenix.  In  1897  he  arrived  in  Tucson  and  for  four 
years  was  employed  in  the  clothing  department  of  the  store  operated  by  the  Albert  Stein- 
feld  Company,  dry-goods  merchants,  gaining  during  that  time  a  practical  experience  which 
has  proved  invaluable  to  him  in  the  conduct  of  his  independent  enterprise.  In  1901  he 
established  himself  in  the  clothing  business  and  has  since  won  substantial  success,  securing, 
in  recognition  of  his  well  selected  line  of  goods,  his  courteous  service  and  reasonable  prices, 
a  large  and  representative  patronage.  This  does  not,  however,  cover  the  sco])e  of  his  business 
activities  and  interests,  for  he  is  a  director  of  the  Gila  Land  &  Cattle  Company  and  a 
director  of  the  Consolidated  National  Bank. 

At  Chicago,  Illinois,  Mr.  Brannen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  M.  Barry, 
a  native  of  Canada  and  a  daughter  of  Michael  J.  and  Mary  (Lynch)  Barry.  Mr.  Barry  was 
engaged  extensively  in  the  lumber  business  at  Barry  Lakes,  Canada,  and  it  was  in  honor 
of  him  that  the  lakes  were  named.  He  subsequently  removed  to  Rochelle,  Illinois,  retiring 
from  active  business  at  that  time.  Both  he  and  his  wife  have  now  passed  away.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Brannen  have  been  born  three  children,  Dorothy  Mary,  Phyllis  M.  and  Philip  Barry, 
all  now  students  in  the  high  school  of  Tucson. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Brannen  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the  last  named  indicating  his 
religious  faith  to  be  that  of  the  Catholic  church.  He  is  a  member .  of  the  Country  Club, 
the  Old  Pueblo  Club  and  is  a  director  in  the  physical  department  of  the  Yoimg  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association.  As  a  business  man  he  is  thoroughly  reliable  and  his  honesty,  as  displayed 
in  all  of  his  dealings,  is  one  of  the  factors  in  his  substantial  success.     He  possesses,  more- 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  637 

over,  good  business  tact  and  judgment  and  his  industry  and  perseverance  have  gained  him 
prominence  in  commercial  circles  of  the  town.  Moreover,  he  has  been  identified  with  most 
of  the  enterprises  for  the  upbuilding  of  Arizona.  He  wojild  never  accept  public  office,  though 
often  solicited  to  do  so,  but  has  ever  manifested  a  progressive  spirit  in  relation  to  public 
affairs  and  his  efforts  in  behalf  of  city  and  state  have  been  far-reaching,  effective  and 
beneficial.  » 


ALFREDO  J.  DURAZO,   Sr. 


Alfredo  J.  Durazo,  Sr.,  who  is  now  actively  engaged  in  the  operation  of  his  ranch 
ne^r  the  Tucson  Farms,  was  born  in  Hermosillo,  Sonora,  Mexico,  in  1857  and  came  to 
Tucson  in  October,  1866.  Here  he  has  since  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  time,  though 
for  two  years,  from  1868  until  1870,  he  again  lived  in  Mexico.  For  about  a  year  he  was 
in  the  employ  of  L.  Zeckendorf  &  Company,  pioneer  merchants  of  Tucson,  after  which  he 
went  to  Tubac  and  engaged  in  farming  for  three  years,  following  which  he  freighted  from 
Yuma  to  Tucson  for  seven  years.  During  that  time  he  had  some  rather  exciting  experiences 
with  the  Indians.  Diligent  and  thrifty,  he  accumulated  a  small  capital  and  about  1877 
purchased  a  ranch  twenty-five  miles  from  Tucson,  whereon  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business 
for  eighteen  years  with  good  success.  In  1896  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Tucson  in  order 
to  give  his  children  better  educational  advantages  and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home. 
Soon  after  his  removal  to  the  city  he  opened  a  modern  meat  market  on  Meyers  street, 
which  he  conducted  with  the  assistance  of  his  eldest  son,  Alfredo  J.,  Jr.,  until  1915,  when 
he  retired  from  that  business  and  has  since  devoted  his  attention  to  general  farming. 

In  1873  Mr.  Durazo  married  Miss  Eloisa  Herreras,  a  daughter  of  Pedro  Herreras,  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  who  for  some  years  was  engaged  in  ranching  and  cattle  raising 
at  Tubac.  He  passed  away  in  1868.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Durazo  were  born  six  children, 
namely:  Sarah,  now  Mrs.  Shindel;  Alfredo  J.,  Jr.;  Sophy;  Genevieve;  Pedro;  and  Otilia. 
The  wife  and  mother  is  now  deceased.  Mr.  Durazo  has  always  been  a  hard  working  man 
of  economical  habits  and  well  deserves  the  success  that  has  come  to  him.  He  is  widely 
known  and  enjoys  the  respect  and  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  friends. 


JOSEPH  SPINAS. 


Arizona  numbers  among  her  honored,  prominent  and  deservedly  successful  pioneers  Joseph 
Spinas,  who  dates  his  residence  in  the  state  from  1870.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  interested 
in  ranching  and  cattle  dealing,  his  interests  growing  in  extent  and  importance  through  the 
passing  years  until  today  he  is  one  of  the  successful  and  substantial  residents  of  Florence.  He 
was  born  in  Switzerland  in  1843  and  spent  his  childhood  and  early  youth  in  that  country, 
leaving  home  in  1860.  Thereafter  he  spent  ten  years  in  travel,  journeying  through  Italy, 
France  and  Spain  and  finally  crossing  the  Atlantic  to  Cuba  and  on  to  Mexico.  He  landed  at 
Vera  Cruz,  Mexico,  and  traveled  through  Sinaloa  and  Sonora  and  thence  came  by  horseback 
to  Arizona,  settling  in  Florence  May  24,  1870,  among  the  pioneer  residents  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Spinas  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  government  land  five  miles  beyond 
the  town,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Gila  river,  developed  water  and  turned  his  attention  to 
general  farming,  improving  the  ranch  by  a  ditch  four  miles  in  length  and  by  installing  the 
necessary  equipment.  He  did  all  of  this  work  himself  with  pick  and  shovel  and  was  his 
own  surveyor.  He  made  his  place  a  profitable  and  productive  property  and  continued  the 
work  of  development  until  1907,  when  he  sold  the  farm.  For  many  years  he  had  divided  his 
attention  between  the  conduct  of  his  ranches  and  the  management  of  his  cattle-raising 
interests,  which  were  very  extensive  and  important  but  he  has  now  disposed  of  these.  He 
owned  three  fine  farms,  two  near  Redrock  and  another  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  near 
Florence,  known  as  the  Spinas  ranch.  Upon  the  first  of  these  he  developed  water  at  ninety 
feet  and  conducted  it  as  a  cattle  ranch,  breeding  and  raising  high  grade  stock.    On  the  other, 


638  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

whicli  was  also  a  cattle  ranch,  water  was  developed  at  three  hundred  and  thirty  feet  and 
all  modem  improvements  were  added,  including  everything  required  for  the  care,  feeding 
and  fattening  of  Mr.  Spinas'  excellent  herds.  For  a  time  he  conducted  a  retail  meat  market 
and  a  general  store  in  Florence  and  after  abandoning  that  business  centered  his  attention 
upon  his  cattle  interests. 

Mr.  Spinas  was  married  in  1880,  and  si-x  years  later  his  wife  passed  away,  leaving  two 
daughters,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Nicholas  and  Mrs.  Katherine  Devine.  Mr.  Spinas  also  has  six  grand- 
children. As  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  the  territory  of  Arizona  he  is  familiar  with  many 
phases  of  its  development  and  has  been  an  active  force  in  the  promotion  of  a  representative 
industry.  He  has  never  failed  to  do  his  duty  in  citizenship,  while  in  business  he  has  always 
held  to  a  high  commercial  standard,  so  that  his  name  is  respected  and  esteemed  wherever  it 
is  known. 


PROFESSOR  JOHN  D.  LOPER. 

Professor  John  D.  Loper  is  superintendent  of  the  city  schools  of  Phoenix  and  in  this 
connection  is  giving  the  benefit  of  his  broad  knowledge  and  ability  to  his  chosen  field  of 
labor,  winning  for  himself  recognition  as  one  of  the  foremost  representatives  of  educational 
interests  of  Arizona.  He  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  in  1870  and  is  a  son  of  Ben- 
jamin M.  and  Eleanor  (Davies)   Loper.     His  father  was  engaged  in  farming. 

Professor  Loper  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  country  schools  of  Ohio  and  there 
also  took  his  high  school  course.  He  later  attended  the  Northern  University  of  Ohio  and 
following  this  engaged  in  teaching  for  some  time.  He  afterward  worked  in  a  drug  store 
for  a  short  period  and  then,  in  January,  1896,  came  to  Arizona.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  located  in  Mesa,  where  for  thirteen  years  he  engaged  in  educational  work,  spending 
the  last  eleven  years  as  superintendent  of  the  Mesa  schools.  In  July,  1909,  he  came  to 
Phoenix  and  was  made  superintendent  of  the  city  schools  here,  serving  since  that  time  in 
an  efficient  and  capable  manner  in  that  position.  He  has  taught  consecutively  longer  than 
any  other  man  in  Arizona  and  as  superintendent  has  introduced  many  important  changes 
in  methods  of  teaching.  His  labors  are  at  all  times  practical  and  he  inspires  the  teachers 
under  him  with  something  of  his  own  zeal  and  interest  in  the  work.  The  University  of 
Arizona  conferred  upon  him  the  master  degree  in   1915. 

In  1898  Professor  Loper  married  Miss  Agnes  Dobbie,  who  was  born  in  California  but 
has  lived  the  greater  part  of  her  life  in  Arizona.  They  have  three  children,  John  D.,  Jr., 
Margaret   E.  and  Andrew  Benjamin. 

The  Professor  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  churcli,  is  grand  secretary  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  also  connected  with  the  Masonic  lodge.  He  takes  no  active  part  in  politics 
but  as  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen  is  intelligently  interested  in  public  affairs 
and  his  influence  has  been  a  tangible  force  for  good  in  the  community. 


CONSOLIDATED  NATIONAL  BANK. 

Among  the  solid,  safe  and  conservative  financial  institutions  of  Tucson,  upon  which 
the  present  security  and  future  growth  of  the  city  to  a  great  extent  rest,  is  numbered 
the  Consolidated  National  Bank,  which  since  1888  has  been  a  power  in  financial  circles 
here.  It  was  organized  in  that  year  as  the  Consolidated  Bank  of  Tucson,  being  the  outcome 
of  the  amalgamation  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Valley  Bank  and  the  bank  owned  by  D.  Henderson. 
At  that  time  its  officials  were  as  follows:  B.  M.  Jacobs,  president;  D.  Henderson,  vice 
president;  T.  L.  Power,  secretary;  and  M.  P.  Freeman,  cashier;  with  B.  M.  Jacobs,  D. 
Henderson  and  M.  P.  Freeman  constituting  the  board  of  directors. 

The  bank  was  reorganized  March  15,  1890,  when  a  twenty-year  charter  was  secured 
and  the  institution  incorporated  under  national  laws  as  the  Consolidated  National  Bank. 
The  capital  stock  was  at  that  time  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  D.  Henderson  acted  as  presi- 


AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  639 

dent  and  H.  B.  Tenney  as  cashier.  These  were  the  only  officers  until  December,  1895,  when 
M.  P.  Freeman  was  elected  vice  president  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors.  A  slight 
change  in  management  took  place  in  March,  1896,  when  M.  P.  Freeman  was  made  president, 
but  the  otlier  officers  remained  the  same  until  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Tenney  on  March 
24,  1909,  when  H.  A.  Estabrook  succeeded  him  as  cashier.  In  itay,  1910,  the  cliarter  was 
e.\tended  for  anotlier  twenty  years  and  in  April  of  the  same  year  the  capital  stock  was 
increased  to  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Freeman  retiring  in  October,  1910,  Albert 
Steinfeld  succeeded  him  as  president  and  on  November  30  of  the  same  year,  Charles  E. 
Walker  was  elected  to  succeed  Mr.  Estabrook  as  cashier.  The  bank  now  has  a  surplus  of 
one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  fifty  thousand  dollars  in  undivided  profits,  deposits  aggre- 
gating one  million,  six  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  total  resources  amounting 
to  over  two  and  one-half  million  dollars.  Its  officers  are:  Albert  Steinfeld,  president; 
Epes  Randolph,  vice  president;  Charles  E.  Walker,  cashier;  and  Tenney  Williams  and 
John  C.  Etchells,  assistant  cashiers.  The  board  of  directors  is  composed  of  the  following 
members:  Albert  Steinfeld,  Epes  Randolph.  Phil  C.  Brannen,  F.  H.  Hereford,  Charles  E. 
Walker,  Charles  H.  Bayless,  Leo  Goldschmidt  and  Harold  Steinfeld.  These  are  all  able 
men,  of  comprehensive  business  experience,  foresight,  intelligence  and  aggressive  spirit 
and  many  of  them  have  otherwise  proven  their  capabilities  in  various  fields  of  endeavor. 
Under  their  able  management  the  destinies  of  the  Consolidated  National  Bank  cannot  fail 
to  continue  favorable  and  its  power  in  financial  circles  to  increase. 


EUGENE  MIDDLETON. 


Eugene  Middleton  is  largely  familiar  witli  the  pioneer  history  of  Arizona,  for  he 
came  to  the  territory  in  1873  and  has  witnessed  its  evolution  into  one  of  the  most  promis- 
ing states  in  the  Union.  He  has  encountered  a  number  of  interesting  phases  of  pioneer 
life,  including  warfare  with  the  Indians,  and  has  done  a  great  deal  in  the  course  of  years  to 
promote  general  pi-ogress  and  improvement.  For  some  time  past  he  has  been  in  the  employ  of 
the  Old  Dominion  Copper  Company  at  Globe  as  an  engineer  in  the  mechanical  department 
and  this  is  liis  present  business  connection,  his  ability  and  skill  being  fully  evidenced  in 
the  capable  discharge  of  his  duties. 

Mr.  Middleton  was  born  in  California  in  1861  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Miriam 
Middleton,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  Their  marriage 
occurred  in  the  last  mentioned  state  and  immediately  afterward  they  crossed  the  plains 
to  California,  the  father  having  previously  visited  that  state  in  1849.  It  was  in  1853  that 
he  and  his  wife  settled  in  the  gold  fields  and  he  engaged  in  mining  and  blacksmithing  in 
difl'erent  localities  for  over  twenty  years.  In  1873  he  came  to  Arizona  and  located  at 
Tempe,  where  he  worked  in  a  blacksmith  shop  until  1876,  removing  in  that  year  to  what 
is  now  known  as  the  Wheatfield,  near  Globe.  He  engaged  in  ranching  in  that  locality 
until  1880,  when  he  disposed  of  his  land  and,  buying  four  hundred  head  of  King  Woolsey 
cattle,  removed  to  Pleasant  valley,  fifty  miles  north  of  Globe,  and  engaged  in  the  stock 
business.  The  venture  promised  to  be  a  success  but  he  was  obliged  to  discontinue  it  soon 
afterward  as  the  Indians  were  on  the  warpath,  and  in  1883  he  sold  his  herd  and  removed 
to  Globe,  where  he  conducted  a  blaeksmitli  shop.  He  also  had  a  pack  train  and  engaged 
in  various  occupations  until  his  death  by  drowning  during  the  flood  which  washed  a  great 
portion  of  the  city  away.  His  wife  survives  him  and  is  now  eighty-five  years  of  age.  Of 
their  nine  children  seven  still  survive. 

Eugene  Middleton  acquired  liis  education  in  the  California  public  schools  and  in  1873 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Arizona,  remaining  with  them  until  1888,  in  which  year  he 
took  charge  of  the  stage  between  Florence  and  Globe.  After  seven  years  he  sold  out  and 
opened  a  stationery  store  in  Globe,  which  he  successfully  conducted  for  five  years,  disposing 
of  it  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  entering  the  employ  of  the  Old  Dominion  Copper  Company 
as  engineer  in  the  mechanical  department.  He  has  proved  capable,  conscientious  and 
eflicient  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  and  in  the  course  of  his  connection  with  the  cor- 
poration has  gained  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  superiors  and  the  regard  and  goodwill 


640  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  his  associates.  He  has  from  time  to  time  made  judicious  investments  in  local  real 
estate  and  now  owns  a  number  of  residence  properties  and  a  fine  home  in  Globe. 

In  1894  Mr.  Middleton  married  Miss  Elvira  Borques,  who  was  born  in  Tucson,  Arizona, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Modesto  Borques.  Her  father,  who  conducted  large  mercan- 
tile establishments  in  Phoenix  and  Globe,  died  in  1906,  but  her  mother  survives  him, 
making  her   home   in  Los   Angeles,   California. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Middleton  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
having  filled  all  the  chairs  in  the  local  lodge,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Mystic 
Circle.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  socialist  party  and  in  the  early  days  served 
as  a  member  of  the  city  council.  In  pioneer  times  he  had  many  thrilling  experiences  with 
hostile  Indians  and  was  once  left  for  dead  upon  the  stage  road  to  Yuma  county.  He  was 
at  that  time  assisting  the  sheriff  and  the  deputy  sheriff  to  convey  eight  Indian  convicts  to 
that  part  of  Ai-izona  and  the  prisoners,  in  some  way  escaping,  overpowered  the  sheriff  and 
his  assistant,  taking  their  guns.  They  shot  Mr.  Middleton  through  the  neck  and,  thinking 
him  dead,  left  him  on  the  road,  a  fact  to  which  he  undoubtedly  owes  his  life.  This  and 
similar  incidents  were  characteristic  of  the  period,  which  gradually  evolved  into  one  of 
greater  order  and  civilization,  Mr.  Middleton  witnessing  and  to  some  extent  assisting 
in  the  change.  He  is  today  one  of  the  best  known  residents  of  Globe  and  one  of  the  most 
deservedly   successful  of  Arizona's   pioneers. 


L.  A.  HAWKINS,  D.  D.  S. 


Tlie  enviable  reputation  which  Di'.  L.  A.  Hawkins  enjoys  today  throughout  Arizona 
as  an  able,  reliable  and  successful  dentist  has  been  earned  through  thirty  years  of  con- 
tinuous practice  of  his  profession  in  this  state,  the  first  seven  of  which  were  spent  in 
traveling  from  place  to  place  and  the  last  twenty-three  at  Jerome,  where  he  still  makes 
his  home.  He  is  truly  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  community,  for  his  settlement  here 
antedated  the  foundation  of  the  city  and  his  high  standing  in  the  eyes  of  the  people  at 
large  is  sufficient  evidence  that  his  life  has  been  at  all  times  honorable,  upright  and 
straightforward. 

The  Doctor  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1 867  and  is  a  son  of  W.  H.  and  H.  M.  Hawkins, 
who  came  overland  to  Arizona  in  1875,  locating  in  Verde  valley,  where  the  father  turned 
his  attention  to  the  cattle  business.  Pioneer  conditions  prevailed  everywhere,  the  Indians 
being  hostile  and  numerous,  but  in  spite  of  these  obstacles  and  difficulties  W.  H.  Hawkins 
was  successful  in  the  conduct  of  his  ranch,  both  parents  remaining  thereon  until  their 
deaths. 

Dr.  Hawkins  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  Arizona  public  schools  and  after 
studying  dentistry  took  a  post  graduate  course  in  Cliieago,  entering  immediately  afterward 
upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  this  state.  He  has  the  distinction  of  being  the 
oldest  continuous  practitioner  in  Arizona  and  each  year  of  the  thirty  during  which  he 
has  been  active  has  brought  him  increased  patronage  and  added  distinction  in  his  chosen 
field.  For  a  time  he  worked  in  various  parts  of  Arizona,  traveling  from  place  to  place 
with  his  instruments,  and  he  also  maintained  offices  in  different  cities,  including  Phoenix 
and  Globe.  Eventually,  however,  he  located  on  the  present  site  of  Jerome,  coming  here 
before  the  city  was  founded,  and  for  the  past  twenty-three  years  he  has  remained  one  of 
the  representative  and  honored  citizens  of  the  community.  His  practice  increased  rapidly 
as  his  skill  and  ability  became  widely  known,  and  outside  the  line  of  his  profession  he  is 
Interested  in  everything  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  and  growth  of  the  city  and  to  its 
material,  intellectual  or  moral  upbuilding.  For  many  years  he  has  had  charge  of  the 
weather  bureau  at  Jerome  and  his  work  in  this  capacity  has  been  done  with  his  usual 
efficiency  and  ability. 

In  1890  Dr.  Hawkins  married  Miss  E.  J.  Carrier,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  M.  A.  Carrier,  a 
native  of  New  York  and  a  pioneer  in  Arizona.  They  have  become  the  parents  of  one  son. 
The  Doctor  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and 
givdg  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.     He  was  one  of  the  true  pioneers  in 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  641 

Jerome,  having  witnessed  the  entire  development  of  the  city,  and  he  is  widely  and  favor- 
ably known,  his  genuine  personal  worth  and  sterling  qualities  of  character  having  gained 
for  him  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who  are  associated  with  him.  In  November,  1915, 
he  was  elected  president  of  the  Arizona  Dental  Society,  which  fact  indicates  his  high 
standing  in  the  profession. 


PHILIP  HOOVER. 


Arizona  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  one  of  her  pioneer  residents  when  on 
the  3d  of  January,  1912,  Philip  Hoover  died  at  his  home  in  Prescott.  He  had  been  a  resident 
of  the  state  since  the  late  '60s  and  was  accounted  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  the 
city,  where  since  1893  he  had  conducted  a  butcher  shop.  He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
October  29,  1843,  and  there  acquired  a  public  school  education.  He  enlisted  for  service  in 
the  Civil  war  in  Company  H,  Twenty-second  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Cavalry,  and  was 
honorably   discharged  with   the   rank  of   sergeant. 

After  the  close  of  hostilities  Mr.  Hoover  came  west  and  settled  in  Colorado,  where 
for  several  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  stock  business.  In  the  late  '60s  he  removed  to 
Arizona  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business,  with  which  he  remained  connected 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1893  he  added  to  his  activities  by  establishing  a 
butcher  shop  in  Prescott  and  under  his  able  management  this  became  one  of  the  leading 
enterprises  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Hoover  was  known  in  business  circles  as  a  man  of 
insight,  ability  and  discrimination  and  was  held  in  high  regard  wherever  he  was  known. 

Mr.  Hoover  held  membership  in  the  Methodist  church  and  gave  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  democratic  party.  He  belonged  to  the  local  post  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
and  was  affiliated  with  the  Red  Men.  He  was  a  man  of  exemplary  character  and  high 
standards  and  during  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  Prescott  gained  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  a  representative  circle  of  friends,  so  that  his  death  January  3,  1912,  was 
widely  and  deeply  regretted.     His  widow,  Mrs.  Matilda  Hoover,  still  lives  in  Prescott.  • 


JOHN  J.  HOLOHAN. 


John  J.  Holohan  is  now  living  in  retirement  in  Phoenix  after  a  long  and  successful 
business  career  in  Arizona  extending  over  a  period  of  thirty-seven  years.  He  has  been  a 
resident  of  this  state  since  1879  but  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1849,  a  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Holohan,  both  of  whom  died  on  the  Emerald  isle.  To  their  union  were  born  six  children, 
all  of  whom  came  to  America:  Maggie,  the  wife  of  Walter  Mills,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia; Delia,  the  widow  of  Michael  Hough,  also  of  Los  Angeles;  Babe,  who  is  the  widow 
of  J.  J.  JIaloney  and  who  is  now  residing  temporarily  in  Ireland;  Thomas,  a  soldier  in  the 
United  States  army,  who  died  in  New  York  state;  John  J.,  of  this  review;  and  Mary  Shan- 
non, who  died  in  Chicago. 

John  J.  Holohan  came  to  America  when  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  and  settled  first 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  making  his  home  with  an  aunt  who  had  previously  removed  to  the 
United  States.  In  1870  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  California,  and  for  a  short  time  worked 
as  brakeman  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  later  purchasing  a  saloon,  which  he  con- 
ducted for  a  few  years.  In  1879  he  left  California  and  came  to  Arizona,  working  for  a 
time  in  the  McMorris  mines  in  Richmond  Basin  but  locating  shortly  afterward  in  Globe, 
where  he  rented  a  store  and  established  himself  in  the  liquor  business.  Later  he  sold  that 
enterprise  and,  buying  a  herd  of  cattle,  stocked  a  small  ranch,  dividing  his  attention 
between  its  conduct  and  the  operation  of  some  mining  properties  which  he  had  acquired. 
He  continued  his  identification  with  both  until  1902,  when  he  disposed  of  his  mining  and 
stock-raising  interests  to  Robert  Sloan  and  became  connected  with  the  Old  Dominion  Mining 
Company  at  Globe.  In  that  position  he  remained  for  three  years  and  afterward  worked 
at  various  occupations  until  he  put  aside  the  cares  of  active  life  and  retired.     He  owns 


642  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

three  residence  properties  in  Globe,  valuable  business  blocks  in  Phoenix,  one  on  Adams 
street  and  the  other  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Polk  streets,  and  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
Arizona  Record,  deriving  from  these  sources  a  comfortable  annual  income. 

In  1876  Mr.  Holohan  married  Miss  Annie  Ryan,  a  native  of  Ireland,  whose  parents 
died  in  that  country.  She  afterward  came  to  America,  settling  in  Madison,  Wisconsin, 
when  she  was  fourteen  years  of  age.  She  continued  to  reside  in  that  city  until  she  went 
to  Chicago  and  from  there  she  proceeded  to  San  Francisco,  where  she  remained  until  her 
marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holohan  became  the  parents  of  seven  children:  John  J.,  who 
was  murdered  in  1896  while  on  a  roundup  in  Horseshoe  Bend,  Gila  county;  Thomas,  Babe 
and  William,  all  of  whom  died  of  diphtheria  within  three  days  of  each  other;  May,  who 
was  bom  in  Globe  and  married  Stephen  Tillman,  an  electrician  in  the  employ  of  the  Old 
Dominion  Mining  Company;  Pearl,  also  a  native  of  Globe  and  now  the  wife  of  Edgar 
Griffin,  a  merchant  of  Phoenix;  and  Ella,  who  was  born  in  Globe  and  married  Henry  Maffeo, 
also  a  mining  electrician.  Mrs.  Holohan,  who  passed  away  in  1898,  was  a  devout  member  of 
the  Roman  Catholic  clnirch  and  the  surviving  members  of  the  family  are  all  adherents  of 
that  religion. 

Mr.  Holohan  gives  liis  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  interested  in 
all  that  pertains  to  the  growth  and  develojjment  of  the  city  although  he  never  seeks 
public  office.  He  is  numbered  among  the  early  settlers  in  Arizona  and  for  a  long  period 
contributed  in  a  substantial  measure  to  the  business  development  of  the  section  of  the 
state  in  which  he  made  his  home.  Starting  out  without  capital,  he  worked  his  way  steadily 
upward,  improving  every  opportunity  that  led  to  honorable  advancement,  and  he  has  won 
a  period  of  rest  and  retirement  as  the  result  of  his  untiring  industry  and  practical  labors. 


PATRICK:    ROSE. 


With  the  exception  of  eight  years  spent  in  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  Patrick  Rose  has 
lived  continuously  in  Globe  since  1878  and  during  the  time  has  been  an  important  factor 
in  the  development  of  the  city,  his  activities  being  of  the  kind  that  promotes  public 
growth  while  furthering  individual  prosperity.  His  initiative  spirit,  enterprise  and  execu- 
tive ability  have  carried  him  forward  into  important  relations  with  raining  interests  here 
and  his  holdings  have  steadily  grown  during  the  years,  being  today  extensive,  important  and 
well  managed. 

Mr.  Roee  was  born  in  Los  Lunas,  New  Mexico,  in  1858  and  is  a  son  of  W.  H.  and 
Mary  (Towle)  Rose,  the  former  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  tlie  latter  of  Ireland.  The 
mother  is  a  sister  of  Patrick  J.  Towle,  famous  as  the  manufacturer  of  the  Log  Cabin 
syrup.  The  parents  were  married  in  New  York  and  from  that  state  went  to  New  Mexico 
in  18.50,  settling  in  Silver  City,  where  they  lived  for  a  short  time,  later  spending  fifteen 
years  abroad  and  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  United  States.  In  1876  they  returned  to  Silver 
City  and  there  they  still  reside,  the  father  being  now  ninety-four  years  of  age  and  the 
mother  eighty-three.  Of  the  eight  children  born  to  their  union  six  still  survive,  the  subject 
of  this  review  being  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 

Patrick  Rose  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Silver  City,  New  Mexico 
and  on  the  27th  of  June,  "1878,  came  to  Globe,  where,  with  the  exception  of  eight  years 
spent  afterward  in  Silver  City,  he  has  since  resided,  being  today  numbered  among  the 
honored  representative  and  substantial  citizens.  He  has  always  been  interested  in  mining 
and  m  the  course  of  time  has  accumulated  valuable  holdings,  his  interests  lying  almost 
entirely  m  Gila  and  (Jrahani  counties.  With  three  partners  he  owns  and  operates  the  Cobra 
Orande  group  of  mines  and  the  Grey  Eagle,  group,  located  in  the  Aravaipa  district  of  Graham 
county,  and  he  is  heavily  interested  in  other  groups  of  mines  in  the  G1o1k>  district.  He  was 
one  of  the  discoverers  and  locators  of  the  Superior  and  Boston  mines,  which  he  and  his 
associates  sold  in  1905  for  a  consideration  of  more  than  three  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and 
he  IS  today  one  of  the  leading  mining  men  in  this  section,  an  expert  judge  of  ore  values,  an 
able  prospector,  a  practical  miner  and  a  farsighted  and  discriminating  business  man.  He 
owns  a  great  deal  of  valuable  real  estate  in  Globe  and  was  for  a  time  connected  as  a  director 


PATRICK  ROSE 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  645 

with  the  Globe  National  Bank,  serving  in  that  capacity  from  the  time  of  the  organization 
of  the  institution  until  it  was  sold  in  1910.  He  has  other  important  business  interests 
and  is  not  only  one  of  the  most  popular  residents  of  the  city  but  one  of  the  most  successful 
and  prominent  also. 

Mr.  Rose  married  in  1882  Miss  Sarah  J.  Shanley,  a  native  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and 
a  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Annie  (Dwyer)  Shanley,  who  settled  in  Colorado  in  1872,  the 
father  following  freighting  for  a  number  of  years  in  that  state.  He  also  accepted  and 
filled  important  railroad  contracts  and  followed  that  occupation  afterward  in  New  Mexico 
and  Arizona,  having  settled  at  McMillan,  Gila  county,  in  1878.  He  was  the  organizer  of 
the  XS  Cattle  Company  in  that  city,  which  has  now  grown  to  be  one  of  the  largest  con- 
cerns of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  He  died  in  1899  and  was  survived  by  his  wife  until 
September,  1912.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  ^ose  became  the  parents  of  five  children:  William  P., 
who  was  born  in  1882  and  is  now  employed  by  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railroad;  George  F., 
who  died  in  Jiily,  1912,  leaving  a  wife  and  one  son,  George  Patrick;  Maud  S.,  the  wife 
of  Max  Bauersfeld,  who  is  connected  with  the  Olive  Hotel  at  Safford,  Arizona;  Cecilia, 
deceased;  and  Anna  Laura,  who  was  born  in  1894.  Mrs.  Rose  passed  away  on  the  22d  of 
March,  1912.  She  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and  to  this  religion 
her  husband  and  children  also  adhere.  On  the  16th  of  June,  1915,  Mr.  Rose  married  Miss 
Agnes  E.  Mavis  of  West  Point,  Nebraska. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Rose  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  which 
he  has  served  as  trustee  of  the  building  committee,  and  in  1887  he  joined  the  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen,  which  has  now  been  replaced  by  the  Mystic  Circle.  Always  a  progres- 
sive and  public-spirited  citizen,  he  has  during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Globe  become 
identified  with  various  phases  of  public  life,  serving  in  important  official  positions  and 
cooperating  heartily  and  intelligently  in  movements  to  promote  municipal  progress  and 
reform.  Supporting  the  democratic  party,  he  was  for  two  years  a  member  of  the  city 
council  and  since  1908  has  been  a  member  of  the  county  board  of  supervisors.  He  has  given 
special  attention  to  good  roads,  supporting  this  cause  by  his  influence,  his  vote  and  by  his 
substantial  contributions  to  projects  which  promote  it.  A  resident  of  Globe  almost  con- 
tinuously for  thirty-eight  years,  he  has  accomplished  during  that  time  much  constructive 
and  eflTicient  work  in  the  city's  interests  and  has  also  gained  the  confidence  and  goodwill 
of  his  friends  and  business  associates. 


MRS.  GERTRUDE  HUGHES  WOODWARD. 

Reared  in  an  atmosphere  where  interest  centered  upon  activities  for  the  benefit  and 
betterment  of  mankind,  Gertrude  Hughes  Woodward  naturally  entered  upon  such  work 
and  her  influence  has  long  been  a  potent  factor  in  advancing  those  things  which  work 
for  progress,  improvement  and  higher  ideals.  She  was  born  in  Meadville,  Pennsylvania, 
in  July,  1869,  a  daughter  of  Governor  L.  C.  and  Josephine  B.  Hughes,  both  of  whom  have 
been  active  and  efficient  workers  for  Arizona's  growth,  development  and  progress  along 
material,  political,  intellectual  and  moral  lines.  She  was  brought  by  her  mother  to 
Arizona  in  1872  and  was  reared  amid  early  pioneer  conditions.  There  are  lessons  to  be 
learned  in  every  situation  in  life  and  to  those  which  she  gained  through  her  experience  on 
the  frontier  she  added  the  advantages  of  educational  training  upon  the  Pacific  coast  and 
also  in  the  east.  After  attending  St.  Joseph's  Academy  at  Tucson  she  continued  her 
studies  in  Snell's  Seminary  for  Young  Ladies  at  Oakland,  California,  spending  two  years 
there,  after  which  she  entered  Linden  Hall  Seminary,  a  Moravian  institution  at  Lititz, 
Pennsylvania.  Following  her  graduation  in  1888  she  remained  for  a  year's  post-graduate 
study  and  later  became  a  student  in  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music  at  Boston, 
devoting  four  years  there  to  the  study  of  music,  dramatic  art,  physical  culture  and 
languages,  being  graduated  with  the  class  of  1894.  She  returned  to  Tucson  to  accept 
the  professorship  of  dramatic  art,  English  history  and  physical  culture  in  the  University 
of  Arizona,  being  the  first  woman  instructor  appointed  a  member  of  the  university  faculty. 
She  remained  in  that  position  for  four  years  and  in  1898  she  became  the  wife  of  Professor 
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646  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Sherman  Woodward,  a  member  of  the  university  faculty,  who  continued  work  in  Arizona 
for  a  time  and  was  then  tendered  and  accepted  a  more  advanced  and  lucrative  position  as 
professor  of  hydraulics  and  electric  engineering  in  the  University  of  Iowa. 

In  1911  Mrs.  Woodward  went  abroad  accompanied  by  her  two  children,  Miriam  and 
Ronald,  tliat  they  might  have  the  benefits  of  European  travel,  which,  as  a  noted  writer 
lias  expressed  it,  "is  equal  to  a  college  course."  Mi's.  Woodward  was  reared  in  a  home 
where  the  deepest  interest  was  felt  in  all  the  vital  problems  and  questions  of  the  day 
and  naturally  her  attention  was  directed  thereto  and  her  efforts  have  become  a  resultant 
factor  in  bringing  about  various  reforms  and  improvements  that  have  grown  up  in  the 
civic  and  social  life  of  the  community.  She  has  worked  for  suffrage,  for  temperance  and 
for  all  of  those  elevating  influences  which  are  of  cultural  or  moral  worth. 


HON.  EDMOND  W.  WELLS. 


Among  the  men  who  have  made  the  history  of  Arizona  and  who  have  in  a  large 
measure  contributed  toward  advancement  and  progress  in  this  state  is  Hon.  Edmond  W. 
Wells.  He  has  been  for  many  years  a  resident  here  and,  while  a  lawyer  by  profession, 
has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  mining  industry,  the  cattle  business,  the  development  of 
financial  institutions  and  also  has  played  a  foremost  role  in  governmental  affairs.  During 
territorial  days  he  held  some  of  the  highest  political  oflices  under  presidential  appointment. 
He  is  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  state  and  his  influence  upon  public  affairs  has  been  of  para- 
mount importance. 

Judge  Wells  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Ohio,  February  14,  1846,  a  son  of  Edmond  W.  and 
Mary  J.  (Arnold)  Wells.  The  family  removed  to  Iowa  in  1853,  where  the  father  was  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  pursuits  and  where  the  mother  passed  away.  The  former,  witli  our 
subject,  made  his  way  to  Denver  in  1862  and  they  arrived  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  in  1864. 
E.  W.  Wells,  Sr.,  subsequently  returned  to  Iowa,  where  he  made  liis  home  for  some  time, 
but  passed  away  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  while  visiting  his  son. 

Judge  Wells  was  educated  in  Iowa  and  Colorado.  After  coming  to  Prescott  he  read 
law  under  Chief  Justice  Turner  and  wag  admitted  to  the  Arizona  bar  in  1875  and  to  prac- 
tice before  the  supreme  court  in  1876.  He  was  actively  engaged  in  his  profession  in  Pres- 
cott until  1890,  becoming  one  of  the  foremost  lawyers  of  tlie  state.  Of  studious  mind,  he 
was  well  informed  on  statutes  and  precedents  and  liis  legal  ability  made  him  an  authority 
upon  constitutional  law.  In  his  active  practice  he  handled  some  of  the  most  important 
cases  which  came  before  the  bench  of  the  state. 

Since  1890  Judge  Wells  has  largely  devoted  his  time  to  business,  becoming  prominent 
in  the  financial  world  as  president  of  the  Bank  of  Arizona,  which  office  he  now  holds.  For 
the  past  forty  years  he  has  been  more  or  less  actively  connected  with  mining  and  has  pro- 
moted a  number  of  most  prosperous  mining  enterprises.  He  has  also  derived  a  gratifying 
income  from  the  cattle  business,  in  which  he  has  been  extensively  engaged  for  a  number 
of  years.  In  fact  it  was  in  connection  with  this  industry  that  he  made  his  financial  start. 
He  is  interested  in  several  banks  in  Prescott  and  Phoenix. 

The  Bank  of  Arizona  of  Prescott,  of  which  he  is  now  president,  was  organized  in  1877 
by  Sol  Lewis,  who  became  president,  and  Martin  W.  Kales,  cashier.  Its  capital  of  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  was  authorized  under  territorial  charter  and  of  this  sum  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars  was  paid  in.  In  1882,  Hugo  Richards,  E.  W.  Wells  and  W.  E.  Hazeltine 
bought  an  interest  in  the  bank.  Mr.  Richards  became  president  in  1888.  W.  E.  Hazel- 
tine,  who  had  been  connected  with  the  institution  since  March  31,  1882,  as  cashier,  remained 
in  that  position  until  December  31,  1896,  when  he  resigned  and  was  succeeded  by  M.  B. 
Hazeltine.  In  1912  the  latter  became  vice  president  and  Charles  A.  Pete  was  made  cashier. 
Mr.  Richards  died  in  1911  and  Judge  Wells  was  made  president.  He  has  since  given  a 
good  deal  of  attention  to  the  management  and  business  of  this  institution  and  has  proved 
to  be  an  able  financier.  The  paid  in  capital  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  was  increased 
in  1903  to  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  meet  the  greater  demand  of  resources  and  the  con- 
stantly Increasing  business.     The  bank  is  considered  one  of  the  strongest  within  the  state 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  647 

and  has  been  an  important  factor  in  developing  new  industries  in  the  territory.  It  has 
always  l)een  located  on  the  corner  of  Cortez  and  Gurley  streets,  where  it  was  housed  in  the 
first  two-story  brick  building  in  Prescott.  The  present  handsome  building  was  erected 
in   1900. 

Judge  Wells  is  of  republican  persuasion.  In  the  '60s  he  served  for  seven  years  as 
clerk  of  the  district  court  and  has  since  that  time  been  more  or  less  intimately  connected 
with  the  government.  For  two  terms  he  was  district  attorney,  entering  upon  his  duties 
in  that  office  in  1S75,  and  he  was  later  for  several  years  assistant  United  States  attorney 
for  the  northern  district  of  Arizona.  He  enjoyed  the  full  confidence  of  the  public  and  was 
sent  to  the  upper  house  of  the  legislature,  in  which  he  did  effective  service  for  two  terms. 
In  1887  Judge  Wells,  Cameron  King  and  Benjamin  Goodrich  were  appointed  code  commis- 
sioners to  codify  the  Arizona  laws.  As  the  result  of  their  labors  the  present  laws  of  the 
state  came  into  being.  Judge  Wells  took  a  most  active  part  in  this  difficult  task  and 
succeeded  in  sliaping  the  code  of  the  state  in  a  manner  most  suitable  to  the  conditions  pre- 
vailing here.  Being  well  acquainted  with  all  phases  of  life  in  Arizona  and  of  great  legal 
ability,  he  was  particularly  suited  for  the  important  office.  He  has  always  been  active  in 
the  cause  of  education  and  has  done  much  toward  promoting  the  school  system  in  Pres- 
cott. Under  President  Harrison,  Mr.  Wells  was  appointed  associate  justice  of  the  supreme 
court,  serving  with  great  distinction.  He  also  held  the  office  of  attorney  general  under 
Governor  Brody  and  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention.  In  1912  he  was  the 
republican  candidate  for  governor. 

In  1869  Judge  Wells  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rose  G.  Baughart,  a  native  of 
Canada  and  a  daughter  of  George  Baughart,  an  Arizona  pioneer  of  1866.  The  father  was  a 
prominent  cattleman  and  rancher.  Judge  and  Mrs.  Wells  had  six  children,  of  whom  one 
has  passed  away. 

Fraternally  he  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge,  com- 
mandery  and  Egyptian  Rite.  He  is  a  past  eminent  commander  in  the  order.  He  and  his 
family  are  members  of  the  Christian  Scientist  church.  The  Judge  has  exerted  his  good  in- 
fluence in  many  fields  of  endeavor  and  has  succeeded  in  all.  He  has  perhaps  done  more  for 
Arizona  than  any  other  man,  and  while  he  has  attained  financial  independence,  political 
prominence  and  public  esteem,  he  has  been  one  of  the  moving  factors  in  bringing  the  ten'i- 
tory  to  the  stage  where  it  would  be  admitted  to  full  statehood  among  her  sister  common- 
wealths. His  services  for  the  common  good  cannot  be  considered  lightly  and  the  gratitude 
of  all  Arizonans  is  due  him  for  his  able,  timely  and  progressive  work. 


HON.  JOSEPH  H.  KIBBEY. 


Hon.  Joseph  H.  Kibbey,  ex-governor  of  Arizona  and  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law 
in  Phoenix,  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  strong  representatives  of  the  bar  of  this  state.  To 
an  understanding  of  uncommon  acuteness  and  vigor  he  added  a  thorough  and  conscien- 
tious preparatory  training  and  in  his  practice  has  exemplified  all  the  higher  elements  of 
the  truly  great  lawyer,  being  constantly  inspired  by  an  innate,  inflexible  love  of  justice 
and  a  delicate  sense  of  personal  honor  which  controls  him  as  well  in  all  of  his  personal  rela- 
tions. His  fidelity  to  the  interests  of  his  clients  is  proverbial,  yet  he  never  forgets  that 
he  owes  a  higher  allegiance  to  the  majesty  of  the  law.  It  is  these  qualities  which  have 
made  him  a  prominent  factor  in  public  office  as  well  as  in  the  private  practice  of  his 
profession. 

Joseph  H.  Kibbey  was  born  in  Centerville,  Indiana,  April  4,  1853,  and  comes  of  Eng- 
lish ancestry,  the  family,  however,  being  founded  in  America  in  colonial  days,  while  repre- 
sentatives of  the  name  participated  in  the  war  for  independence.  His  parents  were  Hon. 
John  F.  and  Caroline  E.  (Cunningham)  Kibbey,  the  former  a  distinguished  lawyer  who 
served  as  attorney  general  of  Indiana  and  later  sat  upon  the  bench  but  is  now  deceased. 
His  widow,  however,  survives. 

Joseph  H.  Kibbey  was  reared  in  his  native  state  and  supplemented  his  early  education 
by  preparation  for  the  bar,  being  admitted  to  practice  in  1875.     He  then  followed  his  pro- 


648  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

fession  in  Indiana  for  about  thirteen  years,  gradually  working  iiis  way  upward  as  lie  gave 
demonstration  of  his  power  to  successfully  cope  with  intricate  problems  of  the  law.  The 
year  1888  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Arizona,  where  he  became  attorney  for  the  promoters 
of  the  Florence  Canal  Company.  His  ability  as  a  lawyer  was  soon  recognized  here  and 
in  1889  he  was  appointed  a  judge  of  the  supreme  court,  serving  creditably  and  acceptably 
upon  that  bench  for  four  years.  In  18U2  Judge  Kibbey  rendered  the  decision  determining 
the  right  of  appropriation  of  water  for  irrigation,  this  being  the  first  decision  ever  ren- 
dered in  regard  to  this  matter.  He  removed  from  Florence  to  Phoenix  and  opened  a  law 
office  in  the  latter  city.  In  1903  Judge  Kibbey  formed  the  Salt  River  Valley  Water  Users 
Association,  which  became  the  model  for  all  similar  associations  since  formed.  His  clientage 
grew  rapidly,  connecting  him  with  the  most  important  litigation  tried  in  the  courts  of  the 
district,  but  again  he  was  called  from  private  life  to  public  office  in  his  appointment  as 
governor  of  Arizona  in  February,  1905.  He  entered  upon  a  four  years'  term — years  char- 
a^cterized  by  unfaltering  devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  territory  and  by  earnest  etforts 
to  further  public  progress  in  as  far  as  it  lay  within  his  official  province.  He  served  until 
May  1,  1909,  and  then  resumed  the  practice  of  law.  He  Avas  the  first  legal  adviser  of  the 
Water  Users  Association  and  is  still  serving  in  that  capacity.  He  has  held  offices  in  the 
tlirect  path  of  his  profession,  having  served  as  city  attorney  of  Phoenix,  while  in  1903  he 
was  elected  to  the  legislative  council  and  in  1904  was  appointed  attorney  general  of  the 
territory.  Three  times  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  state  republican  central  committee, 
was  twice  chairman  of  the  county  central  committee,  and  in  1904  was  delegate  to  the 
republican  national  convention  held  at  Chicago.  His  record  in  all  these  connections  has 
been  above  reproach,  for  he  has  been  conscientious  in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties 
and  has  in  all  of  his  private  and  oificial  practice  shown  an  intimate,  comprehensive  knowl- 
edge of  the  law,  with  ability  to  accurately  apply  its  principles.  Judge  Kibbey  specializes 
in  irrigation  and  corporation  law  and  his  services  in  behalf  of  the  Water  Users  Association 
have  been  of  inestimable  value  to  that  organization.  He  is  now  senior  partner  of  the  firm 
of  Kibbey,  Bennett  &  Bennett,  one  of  the  strongest  combinations  in  the  state. 

In  January,  1877,  Mr.  Kibbey  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nora  Burbank,  of  In- 
diana, and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children:  Walter,  now  a  practicing  attorney  of 
Los  Angeles,  California;  and  Ann,  the  wife  of  J.  S.  Jenckes,  who  is  an  attorney  now  prac- 
ticing in  Phoenix. 

Judge  Kibbey  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  long  residence  in  the  state  has  brought  him  a 
wide  acquaintance,  especially  among  rejiresc'ntatives  of  the  bar.  As  few  men  have  done, 
he  has  seemed  to  realize  the  importance  of  the  profession  to  which  he  has  devoted  his 
energies.  His  reputation  as  a  lawyer  has  been  won  througli  earnest,  honest  labor  and  hia 
standing  at  the  bar   is   a  merited   tribute   to  his   ability. 


ALFRED  HANSEN. 


Alfred  Hansen,  manager  of  the  Dominion  Hotel  in  Globe  and  organizer  of  the  operat- 
ing company,  was  born  in  Denmark  in  1869,  a  son  of  Johannes  and  Katherine  Hansen.  The 
father  died  in  Denmark  in  1885,  and  the  mother  is  still  living  in  that  country.  In  their 
family  were  nine  children,  of  whom  the  subject  of  this  review  was  the  only  one  to  come 
to   America. 

Alfred  Hansen  acquired  his  education  in  the  iiublic  schools  of  his  native  country  and 
in  1888  crossed  the  Atlantic,  settling  first  in  Nebraska.  A  short  time  later  he  located 
in  South  Omaha,  where  he  worked  in  a  hotel  for  two  years,  becoming  in  this  way  first 
identified  with  the  business  which  has  claimed  his  attention  for  many  years.  For  five 
years  thereafter  ho  worked  in  the  eating  houses  conducted  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
and  when  he  severed  his  connection  with  that  road  was  with  the  Fred  Harvey  railroad 
eating  houses  for  twelve  years.  With  this  wide  and  varied  experience  as  a  foundation 
for  success.  Mr.  Hansen  came  to  Globe  in  1905,  organized  a  stock  company  and  erected  the 
Dominion  Hotel,  of  which  he  has  been  the  manager  since   that   time.     Understanding  the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  649 

business  thoroughly,  he  has  conducted  the  enterprise  successfully  along  modern  and  pro- 
gressive lines,  making  the  Dominion  Hotel  the  leading  hostelry  in  Globe,  well  managed 
and  completely  equipped,  supplied  with  every  accessory  for  the  comfort  and  convenience 
of  guests. 

In  December,  1902,  Mr.  Hansen  married  Miss  Lydia  Jacoby,  a  native  of  Las  Cruces, 
New  Mexico,  and  a  daughter  of  Adolph  and  Henrietta  Jacoby,  of  that  city.  In  this  family 
were  three  children:  Clara,  who  resides  in  Mexico;  Lydia,  now  Mrs.  Hansen;  and  Wil- 
liam, also  of  Mexico.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hansen  have  a  daughter,  Catherine  Kuth,  who  was  born 
December  39,   1905,  and  who  is  attending  school. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hansen  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge,  in  which  he  has  filled  office, 
and  he  is  identified  also  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  supports  the 
republican  party  but  is  liberal  in  his  political  views,  voting  always  for  the  man  whom 
he  considers  best  fitted  for  the  position.  He  is,  however,  preeminently  a  business  man, 
energetic,  determined  and  progressive,  and  an  alert  and  enterprising  spirit  have  kept  him 
in  touch  with  all  that  pertains  to  the  line  of  business  in  which  he  has  so  long  engaged. 
The  success  which  has  come  to  him  is  well  merited,  being  the  fitting  crown  of  his  perse- 
verance and  his  labors. 


G.  F.  WATSON. 


G.  F.  Watson,  deceased,  capably  filled  the  office  of  county  recorder  of  Pinal  county, 
for  tliree  terms,  his  reelections  proving  the  power  and  efficacy  of  his  public  service.  He  was 
born  in  San  Joaquin  county,  California,  April  29,  1878,  his  father.  Alpha  Watson,  having 
been  an  early  settler  of  tliat  state.  After  the  latter's  death  in  1882  G.  F.  Watson  and  his 
mother  and  brother  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Florence,  where  he  made  his  home  until 
his  death  in  1913. 

Mr.  Watson  turned  his  attention  to  mining  and  to  various  other  pursuits  in  Pinal 
county,  gaining  success  in  all  of  the  occupations  which  claimed  his  interest.  In  1907  he 
was  elected  county  recorder  of  Pinal  county  and  his  fellow  citizens  demonstrated  their 
complete  satisfaction  with  his  official  work  by  twice  reelecting  him  to  this  office,  in  the 
management  of  wliieh  he  made  sojne  important  changes,  discharging  his  duties  capably,  con- 
scientiously and  always  with  a  view  to  the  best  interests  of  the  county. 

In  1910  Mr.  Watson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Olive  M.  McGugin,  a  native  of 
Ohio.  Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the 
Mystic  Circle.  He  enjoyed  in  a  large  measure  the  regard  of  his  brethren  in  these  organiza- 
tions, while  in  official  and  social  circles  his  standing  was  equally  high. 


PROFESSOR  SIDNEY  CARLETON  NEWSOM. 

Professor  Sidney  Carleton  Newsom.  one  of  the  best  known  educators  in  Arizona, 
now  prominently  connected  with  educational  interests  of  Tucson  as  city  superintendent 
of  schools,  was  born  in  Cherokee,  Colbert  county,'  Alabama.  October  26,  1863,  and  is  a  son 
of  Charles  Edward  and  Mary  Towns  (Ligon)  Kewsom.  His  father  was  a  graduate  of  the 
University  of  South  Carolina  and  was  also  a  college  professor,  being  connected  with  the 
Masonic  College  at  ilacon.  Tennessee.  The  son  acquired  an  excellent  education  as  a  prep- 
aration for  his  important  life  work,  for  after  completing  the  usual  course  in  the  public 
schools  of  Macon,  Tennessee,  he  attended  the  Indiana  State  Normal  School.  He  received 
his  A.  B.  degree  from  Harvard  University  in  1895  and  was  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Chicago  with  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1898.  He  began  his  independent  career  as  superin- 
tendent of  schools  at  Marion,  Illinois,  and  later  became  principal  of  the  Houston  (Texas) 
high  school.  From  there  he  went  to  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  where  for  five  years  he  did 
able  work  in  a  similar  position.  He  spent  three  years  thereafter  in  the  Philippine  islands 
as   division    superintendent   of   schools   and   in   this   way   he   broadened   his   knowledge   and 


650  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

came  in  contact  with  other  standards  and  methods.  Each  step  which  he  took  in  educational 
circles  was  a  step  forward,  for  he  utilized  his  opportunities  for  study  and  advancement, 
remaining  always  a  scholar  and  a  thinker. 

Professor  Newsom  came  to  Arizona  in  1904  and  spent  four  years  as, head  of  the 
English  department  in  the  State  University,  after  which  he  accepted  the  position  of  city 
superintendent  of  the  Tucson  schools.  He  is  a  man  of  broad  learning,  comprehensive  knowl- 
edge and  strong  mentality  and  has  developed  his  powers  to  their  higliest  efficiency  and 
utilized  his  talents  to  good  advantage,  making  a  creditable  name  for  himself  in  educa- 
tional circles  of  the  United  States.  During  his  residence  in  the  Philippines  he  devoted  a 
great  deal  of  his  time  to  writing  and  is  the  author  of  a  series  of  textbooks,  nine  in  num- 
ber, whicli  are  considered  standards  of  their  kind.  He  has  also  compiled  three  editions  of 
the   English  classics  for  the  Macmillan   Publishing  Company. 

Professor  Newsom  was  married  in  1898  to  Miss  Levona  Hamlin  Payne,  a  native  of 
Franklin,  Indiana,  who  is  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Tucson  and  has  served  as  president 
of  the  Woman's  Club.  Mr.  Newsom  is  a  Master  Mason  but  beyond  this  has  no  fraternal 
affiliations,  preferring  to  devote  his  time  to  other  duties.  He  combines  with  scholarly 
attainments  a  keen  business  sense  and  executive  power  and  has,  therefore,  made  a  success 
of  school  organization  and  management  in  Tucson,  standing  today  in  an  eminent  position 
among  Arizona's  scholars  and  educators.  .    , 


JUDGE  FRANK  J.  DUFFY. 


']'he  judicial  liistory  of  Santa  Cruz  county  would  be  incomplete  and  unsatisfactory 
were  there  failure  to  make  prominent  mention  of  Judge  Frank  J.  Duffy,  who  in  December, 

1911,  was  elected  without  opposition  to  the  superior  court  bench  and  is  now  serving  as 
city  attorney  of  Nogales.  For  almost  seventeen  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  bar 
of  this  county  and  has  ever  been  known  as  an  able,  conscientious  and  capable  lawyer, 
while  in  his  present  position  he  never  forgets  that  certain  things  are  due  to  the  court  and 
to  himself  which  neither  the  zeal  of  an  advocate  nor  the  pleasure  of  success  would  permit 
him  to  disregard. 

Judge  Duffy  was  born  in  St.  Lawrence  county,  New  York,  April  3,  1866,  a  son  of 
Michael  and  Mary  (O'Brien)  Duffy,  and  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  that  section,  acquiring 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools.  In  1888  he  was  graduated  from  St. 
Lawrence  University  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  came  to 
Arizona,  where  he  spent  three  winters  teaching  school  in  the  Salt  River  valley  and  two 
winters  at  Globe.  He  spent  all  of  his  spare  moments  during  that  time  reading  law,  con- 
tinuing to  do  this  after  he  came  to  Nogales  in  June,  1893.  He  here  accepted  a  clerkship 
in  the  United  States  customs  service  and  was  for  three  years  in  that  office,  studying  law 
at  the  same  time.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  first  district  court  in  1899  and  to 
the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona  in  1903.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had  begun  his 
public  career,  his  first  office  being  that  of  justice  of  the  peace.  In  1899  and  1900  lie  was 
county  assessor  of  Santa  Cruz  county  and  in  the  latter  year  was  elected  district  attorney, 
serving  for  two  terms,  until  1905.  He  was  also  for  four  years  city  attorney  of  Nogales  and 
a  member  of  the  city  council  and  during  all  of  that  time  practiced  law,  building  up  a 
large  and  representative  clientage.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  twenty-fifth  territorial- 
legislature  and  was  afterward  elected  judge  of  the  superior  court  of  Santa  Cruz  county 
without   opposition   at   the   primaries   or   at   the   election.     He   assumed   office    in   February, 

1912,  and  served  until  October  20,  1913,  wlien  he  resigned.  With  a  thorough  and  compre- 
hensive knowledge  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  law  he  combines  a  sober  and  clear 
judgment,  which  makes  him  not  only  a  formidable  adversary  in  a  legal  battle  but  has 
given  him  the  distinction  while  on  the  bench  of  having  very  few  decisions  revised  or 
reversed. 

Judge  Duffy  has  been  twice  married.  In  1894  he  wedded  Miss  Catherine  C.  Lindcr, 
a  daughter  of  J.  A.  Linder,  of  Tucson,  an  early  settler  of  Arizona.  Mrs.  Catherine  Duffy 
died  in   1902,  leaving  two  children:     Francis  R.,  who  is  now   pursuing  a   civil  engineering 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  653 

course  at  the  University  of  Arizona,  being  a  member  of  the  class  of  1918;  and  Mary  L., 
who  is  attending  the  Northern  Arizona  Normal  at  Flagstaff  and  is  a  member  of  the  class 
of  1917.  In  1905  Judge  Duffy  married  Miss  Annie  M.  Parker,  a  native  of  Phoenix, 
Arizona,  and  a  daughter  of  James  Parker,  who  came  to  the  territory  in  the  early  '70s 
•and  is  now  a   resident  of  Santa  Cruz  county. 

Fraternally  Judge  Duffy  is  connected  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  0.  E.,  the 
Mystic  Circle,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  is  one  of 
the  board  of  regents  of  the  University  of  Arizona.  A  member  of  the  Nogales  bar  for  more 
than  si.vteen  years,  continually  engaged  in  practice,  he  has  made  a  splendid  record  by 
reason  of  his  professional  ability,  which  has  been  developed  by  close  and  unremitting  study 
and  research  and  by  the  exercise  of  his  native  talents  and  forces.  No  man  in  the  city  is 
more  respected  in  professional  or  social  circles  or  more  fully  deserves  the  esteem  accorded 
him,  for  his  ability,  dignity,  impartiality  and  love  of  justice  make  him  one  of  the  most 
honored  representatives  of  the  bepcli   and  bar   in  the  southwest. 


EDWARD  L.  MIX. 


On  the  roster  of  county  officials  in  Santa  Cruz  county  appears  the  name  of  Edward 
L.  Mix,  clerk  of  the  superior  court  and  court  commissioner.  Practically  his  entire  life  has 
been  spent  in  Nogales  and  his  history  is  well  known  to  his  fellow  townsmen,  who  have 
always   found  him   a   reliable  and  enterprising  citizen  and  a   progressive   business   man. 

He  was  born  in  Fargo,  North  Dakota,  October  31,  1888,  but  when  two  years  of  age 
accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Nogales,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He 
acquired  his  education  in  the  graded  and  high  schools  of  the  city  and  after  laying  aside 
his  textbooks  worked  for  two  years  for  his  uncle,  L.  W.  Mix,  in  the  mining  district  of 
Sonora.  Afterward  for  six  years  he  was  identified  with  the  Roy  &  Titcomb  Company  in 
Nogales,  severing  this  connection  in  1911,  when  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the  superior  court 
of  Santa  Cruz  county,  which  office  he  still  fills.  He  has  been  very  prompt  in  the  execu- 
tion of  his  duties  and  his  public  service  has  secured  for  him  the  commendation  of  all 
concerned. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Mix  is  identified  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  he  also 
belongs  to  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  Having  lived  in  Nogales  practically  all  of  his  life, 
he  is  well  and  favorably  known  here  and  has  an  extensive  circle  of  friends.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  all  that  pertains  to  the  city's  welfare  and  upbuilding  and  his  cooperation  is  given 
to  many  measures  calculated  to  promote  the  material,  political  and  moral  interests  of  the 
community. 

On  July  20,  1915,  Mr.  Mix  was  married  at  Nogales  to  Miss  Clara  Lona  Lerg,  of  Phoenix, 
Arizona. 


JUDGE  CARL  G.  KROOK. 


Judge  Carl  K.  Krook,  of  Kingman,  served  as  judge  of  the  superior  court  from  1912 
to  1914  and  is  known  as  one  of  Arizona's  representative  and  honored  citizens.  He  has  left 
and  is  leaving  the  impress  of  his  individuality  upon  public  thought  and  action  and  is  well 
qualified  by  nature  for  the  position  of  prominence  to  which  he  has  attained.  He  stands 
in  the  front  ranks  of  able  and  successful  lawyers  in  Kingman  and  his  service  in  office  was 
of  such  a  character  that  it  forms  an  important  chapter  in  the  judicial  history  of  the  state. 
Moreover,  in  all  private  relations  of  life  he  has  commanded  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  those  who  know  him,  and  his  record  will  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny. 

.ludge  Krook  was  born  .in  Minnesota  in  1870  and  is  a  son  of  Carl  W.  A.  and  Hannah 
Krook,  who  came  to  the  United  States  from  Sweden  in  the  early  '60s,  settling  in  that 
state,  where  the  father  first  engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  He  afterward  turned 
his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits  and  finally  conducted  a  general  store.     The  son  was 


654  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

reared  in  his  native  state  and  after  acquiring  his  preliminary  education  in  the  Minnesota 
public  scliools  entered  Dr.  Martin  Luther  College,  studying  later  in  Gustavus  Adolphus 
College.  Having  determined  to  make  the  practice  of  law  his  life  work,  he  entered  the  office 
of  M.  E.  Matthews  in  Marshall,  Minnesota,  and  after  acquiring  a  fair  knowledge  of  his 
profession  went  in  1895  to  England,  where  he  studied  in  the  Inns  of  Court  School  in  London. 
Already  a  capable  and  forceful  lawyer,  he  returned  to  America  and,  entering  tlie  University 
of  Minnesota,  was  graduated  from  the  law  department  in  1899,  later  taking  a  post  grad- 
uate course  and  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.  M.  in  1900.  Tints  splendidly  equipped  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  he  opened  an  office  in  Minneapolis  and  there  remained  in  suc- 
cessful practice  until  1903,  when  he  came  to  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  been  an  honored 
and  respected  citizen. 

Here  Judge  Krook  did  not  immediately  resume  the  practice  of  law  but  followed  mining 
for  five  years  after  his  arrival,  becoming  each  year  more  and  more  active  in  public  affairs. 
In  1906  he  was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature  and  served  in  the  twenty-fourtli  ses- 
sion with  credit  and  ability,  his  name  standing  during  that  time,  as  always,  for  integrity, 
honor  and  straightforward  dealing.  Upon  the  close  of  his  term  he  went  to  Bisbee,  and  fol- 
lowed mining  in  that  vicinity  for  six  months,  after  which  he  came  to  Kingman  in  order  to 
make  the  race  for  the  office  of  county  attorney.  He  was  defeated  and  in  January,  1909, 
opened  an  office  in  this  city  and  resumed  private  practice.  In  his  profession  he  has  since 
made  continuous  progress,  for  almost  immediately  lie  proved  his  worth  in  solving  intricate 
problems  of  law  and  in  directly  applying  legal  principles  to  points  of  litigation.  His 
analysis  has  ever  been  clear,  his  deductions  logical  and  his  arguments  strong  and  forceful, 
and  he  has  long  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  able  lawyers  practicing  in  Arizona.  He 
was  elected  to  tlie  bench  of  the  superior  court  in  1912  and  served  with  credit  and  distinc- 
tion, his  decisions  being  at  all  times  impartial,  able  and  public-spirited. 

Fraternally  Judge  Krook  is  connected  with  the  Masons  and  tlie  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  His  record 
at  the  bar  and  on  the  bench  reflects  credit  upon  his  knowledge,  his  ability  and  his  loyalty, 
and  the  work  he  has  already  accomplished,  together  with  the  standards  by  which  it  has 
been  directed,  has  made  his  name  honored  and  respected  wherever  it  is  known. 


GRAHAM  COUNTY  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE. 

Among  the  most  important  factors  in  the  growth  and  development  of  Graham  county 
along  general  business  lines  is  the  Graham  County  Chamber  of  Commerce  which,  although 
it  has  been  in  existence  only  five  years,  has  already  affected  in  a  substantial  yay  business 
interests  in  that  part  of  Arizona.  It  was  organized  April  19,  1911,  by  the  business  men  of 
Graham  county  for  the  purpose  of  advertising  the  resources  of  the  section  and  promoting 
general  development  along  commercial  and  industrial  lines.  E.  W.  Clayton  was  made 
president,  Rudolph  J.  Young,  secretary,  and  Perry  Lathrop,  treasurer,  all  men  of  acknowl- 
edged prominence  and  ability,  most  of  whom  are  proving  tlieir  importance  in  other  fields 
of  endeavor.  Already  a  great  deal  of  beneficial  work  ha^s  been  accomplished  in  dividing 
great  tracts  of  land  into  small  farms,  in  bringing  settlers  into  the  county  and  in  spreading 
a  more  general  information  regarding  the  resources  and  conditions.  Agricultural  and 
stock-raising  interests  have  been  promoted  and  new  business  enterprises  fostered,  and 
a4though  the  work  of  the  association  has  barely  begun,  its  influence  has  already  been  felt 
along  constructive  lines  of  development. 

Much  of  the  credit  for  the  successful  operation  of  the  Graham  County  Chamber  of 
Commerce  is  due  to  the  organizing  and  executive  ability  of  Rudolph  J.  Young,  its  first  sec- 
retary. He  was  bom  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  October  13,  1870,  and  is  a  son  of  John  W. 
Young  and  a  grandson  of  Brigham  Young,  president  of  the  Mormon  church,  wlio  first 
proclaimed  the  doctrine  of  polygamy. 

Mr.  Young  was  reared  and  educated  in  Salt  Lake  City  and  after  leaving  the  academy 
there  took  a  course  in  civil  and  mining  engineering.  He  afterward  traveled  over  various 
parts  of  the  United  States  and  in   1896  came  to  Arizona,   settling   in   Clifton,   which   was 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  655 

then  in  Graham  county  but  is  now  in  Greenlee  county.  For  ten  years  he  lield  the  position 
of  United  States  deputy  mineral  surveyor  and  followed  fliis  by  three  years'  private  work 
as  a  mining  engineer  and  mine  examiner.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came  to  Safford, 
taking  up  his  residence  here  in  1909  but  continuing  to  travel  throughout  the  state,  exam- 
ining mineral  properties.  Upon  the  organization  of  the  Graham  County  Chamber  of 
Commerce  he  was  appointed  secretary.  A  man  of  resourceful  ability,  excellent  organizing 
and  executive  power,  modern  in  his  views  and  progressive  in  his  methods,  he  is  ideally 
fitted  to  direct  the  business  policy  and  growth  of  any  community,  and  Graham  county  is 
fortunate  in  numbering  him  among  its  citizens  and  among  the  forces  in  its  development. 
Mr.  Young  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order,  this  forming  his  only  fraternal  connection. 
Politically  he  affiliates  with  the  republican  party  and  for  some  time  served  as  chairman 
of  the  republican  county  committee,  acting  in  that  capacity  during  the  campaign  which 
preceded  tlie  admission  of  Arizona  into  the  Union.  Trustworthy  and  faithful  in  business, 
progressive  in  citizenship  and  loyal  to  all  claims  and  obligations  of  life,  he  has  displayed 
many  good  qualities  which  have  gained  him  high  regard  and  has  accomplished  work  of 
vital   importance   in   the   upbuilding   of   the   community. 


JOSEPH  H.  HAMILL. 


Journalistic  interests  of  Globe  are  well  represented  by  Joseph  H.  Hamill,  first  editor 
and  manager  of  the  Arizona  Record.  He  is  a  man  to  whom  the  newspaper  business  is 
familiar  in  principle  and  detail  and  who  has  proven  capable  of  filling  the  important  posi- 
tion which  lie  now  holds  by  many  years  of  progressive  and  effective  work  as  the  proprietor 
and  editor  of  the  old  Silver  Belt.  He  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1856  and  is  a  son 
of  Samuel  and  Anne  Hamill.  The  father  was  one  of  the  early  wholesale  grocers  in  that 
city.  He  was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  in  1809  and  on  coming  to  America  settled  in 
Philadelphia  but  several  years  later  went  to  St.  Louis  and  established  himself  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  business,  in  which  he  continued  until  his  death  in  1865.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him  until  1879.  Of  their  three  sons  only  one,  the  subject  of  tliis  review,  is  still 
living. 

Joseph  H.  Hamill  acquired  his  education  at  Smith  Academy  and  Washington  Univer- 
sity of  St.  Louis.  He  then  went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  C.  E.  Whitmore  in  the  conduct  of  a  grain  and  flour  brokerage  business  under  the 
firm  name  of  Whitmore,  Hamill  &  Company.  After  a  year  and  a  half  ilr.  Hamill  disposed 
of  his  interests  and  returned  to  St.  Louis,  later  coming  west  and  settling  in  Globe,  Arizona, 
where  his  uncle,  Aaron  H.  Hackney,  had  establislied  the  original  Silver  Belt  newspaper. 
With  him  Mr.  Hamill  learned  the  newspaper  business  and  in  1886  was  taken  into  partner- 
ship, their  association  continuing  until  Mr.  Hackney's  death  in  1899,  when  the  subject 
of  this  review  assumed  entire  control.  He  published  the  Silver  Belt  as  a  weekly  until  1906, 
when  he  made  it  a  daily  paper  which  rapidly  became  prominent  and  influential,  one  of  the 
powerful  public  forces  in  Globe.  At  the  end  of  a  year  Mr.  Hamill  leased  his  paper  to  Hiener 
&  Holdsworth,  who  purchased  it  in  1911.  In  1907  he  retired  from  active  life  and  removed 
to  San  Diego,  California,  where  he  remained  until  1913,  when  the  citizens  of  Globe  estab- 
lished a  pa])er  which  they  called  the  Arizona  Record  and  chose  him  as  its  editor  and  manager 
in  recognition  of  his  known  ability  in  the  journalistic  field.  The  paper  began  publication  in 
February  with  A.  Hansen  as  president  of  the  company  and  J.  N.  Purdum,  as  secretary  and 
treasurer. 

In  1888  Mr.  Hamill  married  Miss  Flora  I.  Wood,  who  was  born  in  Nevada  county, 
California,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Carrie  R.  (Campbell)  Wood.  Mr.  and  Jlrs.  Hamill 
have  five  children.  Carrie  H.,  bom  in  1889,  acquired  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Globe  and  in  the  Tempe  Normal  School,  and  was  married  in  August,  1913,  to  Dr.  Henry 
C.  Richter,  of  Calexico,  California,  where  they  now  reside.  Flora  A.,  born  in  1890,  com- 
pleted her  education  at  the  State  Normal  School  of  San  Diego,  California,  having  previously 
attended  Notre  Dame  College  at  San  Jose,  California.  Joseph  H.,  who  was  born  in  1900, 
is  attending  San  Diego  high   school.     Samuel  W.   was  bom  in  April,   1904.     Ruth   M.,  the 


656  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

youngest  in  the  family,  wag  born  in  1908.     The  family  are  devout  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Haraill  owns  an  attractive  and  comfortable  residence  in  San  Diego  and  is  exten- 
sively interested  in  business  property  in  Globe.  He  gives  a  general  allegiance  to  the  demo- 
cratic party  but  is  liberal  in  liis  views,  voting  for  men  and  measures  rather  than  for  parties. 
He  was  for  two  terms  postmaster  of  Globe,  serving  under  the  Harrison  and  Cleveland  ad- 
ministrations. His  name  is  always  associated  with  projects  of  improvement  and  progress, 
and  in  all  public  service  as  well  as  in  the  conduct  of  his  private  interests  he  is  a  man  of 
force,  power  and  action. 


A.  M.  COWIE,  M.  D. 


Dr.  A.  M.  Cowie,'  a  prominent  and  successful  physician  and  surgeon  of  Kingman,  was 
born  in  Canada  and  spent  his  early  life  in  his  native  country.  He  acquired  an  excellent 
public  school  education  and  was  afterward  a  student  in  McGill  University  at  Montreal, 
graduating  from  the  medical  department  of  tliat  institution  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He 
came  to  Arizona  in  1893  and  settled  in  Kingman  in  the  same  year.  He  has  since  made  his 
home  in  this  city  and  in  the  intervening  years  has  built  up  a  practice  which  attests  to  the 
fact  that  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  best  informed  and  most  capable  physicians  in  his 
part  of  the  county.  He  has  always  been  a  close  student  of  his  profession  and  his  success 
further  lies  in  his  ability  to  apply  his  knowledge   correctly  to  the  needs   of   his   patients. 

Dr.  Cowie  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  He  keeps  in  touch 
with  the  most  advanced  professional  thought  through  his  membership  in  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  the  state  and  county  medical  societies,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
he  did  able  and  effective  work  as  county  physician.  Always  practicing  in  close  conformity 
with  the  highest  professional  ethics,  he  holds  the  regard  and  confidence  of  his  brethren 
of  the  medical  fraternity,  and  his  large  and  growing  patronage  is  a  proof  of  his  standing 
in  the  eyes  of  the  local  public. 


THEODOR  GEBLER. 


Theodor  Gebler  was  an  early  settler  in  Nogales  and  has  been  connected  with  many 
phases  of  its  business  and  political  development  since  taking  up  his  residence  here  in  1886. 
He  was  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in  one  location  for  twenty-eight  years  but  sold 
out  in  1914.  He  is  interested  in  mining  property  and  is  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank. 

Mr..  Gebler  is  a  native  of  Germany,  born  in  Berlin,  July  1,  1831,  and  there  he  attended 
the  German  Military  Academy,  afterward  learning  the  trade  of  a  tinsmith.  When  he  was 
nineteen  years  of  age  he  came  to  the  United  States,  working  at  his  trade  for  six  years 
thereafter  in  New  York,  and  finally  going  west  to  San  Francisco  by  way  of  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama.  He  located  in  that  city  in  1856  and  after  working  as  a  tinsmith  for  a  short 
period  opened  a  shop  of  his  own  on  Clay  street,  where  he  conducted  a  profitable  and  well 
managed  business,  later  adding  hardware  to  his  line  of  tin  goods.  He  was  during  this 
time  a  member  of  the  famous  vigilante  committee  in  San  Francisco  and  a  man  prominent 
in  public  and  business  life.  He  removed  from  San  Francisco  to  San  .To.«e.  where  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  common  council,  and  he  continued  his  identification  with  the  hardware 
business  there  until  1879,  when  a  pleasure  journey  to  Arizona  influenced  him  in  making  a 
permanent  location  in  this  state,  where  he  has  since  resided.  His  first  settlement  was 
made  in  Tucson,  whence  in  1886  he  removed  to  Nogales,  building  the  first  American  house 
in  the  city  and  establishing  a  hardware  business,  which  he  conducted  in  tlie  same  shop 
for  twenty-eight  years.  He  later  aided  in  organizing  the  First  National  Bank  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  foundation  of  this  institution,  of  which  he  was  for  a  time  vice  president 
and  is  still  a  director.     He  also  owns  valuable  mining  property  in  the  Patagonia   district. 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  659 

All  of  his  business  interests  are  capably  conducted,  for  Mr.  Gebler  is  a  man  of  great  execu- 
tive and  administrative  ability,  capable  of  carrying  forward  to  successful  completion  any 
project  which  he  undertakes.  Because  he  is  upright,  straightforward  and  honorable  in 
his  dealings  and  of  high  integrity  his  affairs  have  prospered  so  that  he  is  today  ranked 
among  the  well-to-do  and  representative  citizens  of  Nogales,  where  he  has  so  long  resided. 

Mr.  Gebler  was  married  in  New  York  city  in  1851  to  Louisia  Waldman,  who  died  in 
1.910,  and  the  five  children  born  to  them  are  also  deceased. 

Mr.  Gebler  joined  the  Masonic  order  in  1859  in  San  Francisco  and  in  the  same  year 
became  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  becoming  a  charter  member  of 
Alamena  Lodge  at  San  Jose,  California,  and  of  the  blue  lodge  No.  11,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  at 
Nogales.  He  helped  to  organize  the  Nogales  lodge  and  has  since  remained  an  active 
member.  He  served  for  ten  years  as  a  member  of  the  common  council  of  Nogales,  being 
for  a  great  deal  of  that  time  chairman  of  the  board.  During  his  term  of  service  he 
exeixised  his  official  prerogatives  in  support  of  progressive  public  measures  but  whether 
he  is  in  oflice  or  out  of  it  liis  loyalty  to  the  general  good  is  never  questioned.  His  efforts 
have  been  of  substantial  benefit  in  the  material  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  he  stands  today 
among  the   inttuential  citizens  of  Nogales. 


J.  C.  FOREST. 


J.  C.  Forest,  of  Phoenix,  has  served  in  a  capable  and  farsighted  way  as  assistant  United 
States  attorney  and  is  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  bar  of  Arizona.  He  was  born  in 
Wisconsin  on  the  8th  of  January,  1862,  and  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  state.  In  October,  1889,  he  came  to  Arizona  and  read  law  under  Ross 
&  O'SuUivan.  He  also  engaged  in  teaching,  an  occupation  to  which  he  had  turned  his  atten- 
tion previously  in  Wisconsin.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Prescott  in  1899  and  has  since 
been  engaged  in  professional  work  here,  winning  recognition  as  a  powerful,  forceful  and 
able  practitioner.  He  served  as  assistant  district  attorney  of  Yavapai  county  under  Judge 
Robert  E.  Morrison  and  later  held  the  office  of  assistant  United  States  attorney  under 
Judge  Joseph  E.  Morrison,  discharging  his  duties  in  a  capable  and  efRcient  manner.  Since 
April,  1913,  Mr.  Forest  has  been  in  the  general  practice  of  law  at  Phoenix,  and  has  been 
connected  with  a  great  deal  of  important  litigation.  He  is  also  attorney  for  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railway  at  Phoenix. 

On  the  8th  of  January,  1907,  Mr.  Forest  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Annie  Suits, 
of  Santa  Monica,  California,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  one  son,  John  S.  Mr. 
Forest  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  past  exalted  ruler 
of  Lodge  No.  330  at  Prescott.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party. 
In  both  professional  and  social  circles  he  is  well  known  and,  being  a  man  of  high  character 
and  superior  attainments,  holds  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  who  are  associated  with 
him. 


G.  W.  M.  CARVIL. 


A  man  whose  public  spirit,  business  ability,  industry  and  success  have  been  efiective 
in  a  general  way  through  his  able  service  as  mayor  of  Globe  is  G.  W.  M.  Carvil.  In  business 
circles  he  is  known  as  the  proprietor  of  the  leading  blacksmith  and  wagon  manufacturing 
plant  of  the  city,  an  expert  at  his  trade  and  a  man  whose  unwavering  commercial  integrity 
is  the  groundwork  of  his  success.  He  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1845,  a  son  of  Levi  and 
Mary  (Fisher)  Carvil,  in  whose  family  were  seven  children,  only  three  of  ■v^hom  are  still 
living. 

Mr.  Carvil  attended  the  public  schools  of  Nova  Scotia  and  after  completing  his  educa- 
tion learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  and  that  of  wagon  making,  occupations  in  which  he 
became  proficient  and  successful.     He  remained  in  his  native  land  until  1880  and  then  came 


660  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  the  United  States,  settling  first  in  Leadville,  Colorado,  where  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
others  for  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  went  to  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  where 
in  November,  1883,  he  bought  a  blacksmitli  shop  and  a  wagon  manufacturing  plant  which 
he  Operated  for  twenty-two  years,  building  up  during  that  time  a  large  and  lucrative 
patronage.  This  was  accorded  him  in  recognition  of  his  expert  work,  his  integrity  and 
industry  and  his  honorable  and  straightforward  business  dealings.  During  this  time  he  also 
became  a  power  in  local  political  circles,  serving  for  seven  years  on  the  city  council  of  Silver 
City  and  for  one  year  as  county  assessor.  In  1904  he  disposed  of  all  of  his  interests  in  New 
Me.vico  and  came  to  Globe,  Arizona,  where  he  established  a  blacksmith  and  wagon  manu- 
facturing plant,  which  has  grown  to  be  the  leading  enterprise  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  Mr. 
Carvil  is  a  stockholder  in  one  of  the  leading  newspapers.  All  of  his  business  interests  are 
carefully  and  progressively  conducted  and  he  has  met  with  a  gratifying  degree  of  prosperity, 
standing  today  among  the  substantial  business  men  in  Globe. 

Tn  1867  Mr.  Carvil  married  Miss  Caroline  McKinzie,  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia  and  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  McKinzie.  Her  father  died  in  Nova  Scotia  and  her  mother 
afterward  went  to  Massachusetts,  where  she  resided  until  her  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carvil 
have  become  the  parents  of  eleven  children:  George  I.,  now  deceased;  Ella  B.,  who  married 
N.  Smith,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Maud,  the  wife  of  Henry  S.  Carter,  of  Globe;  W.  D., 
who  makes  his  home  in  Globe;  Minnie,  the  wife  of  Baxter  St.  George  Bishop,  of  Klamath 
Falls,  Oregon;  Harry  M.  and  Bert  F.,  twins,  both  of  whom  reside  in  Globe;  Caroline  A.,  who 
married  W.  G.  Sapp,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  George  A.,  of  Globe,  who  married  Miss  Ray 
Reque;  F.  M.  and  Ada,  who  reside  at  home.  The  family  are  devout  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church. 

Mr.  Carvil's  fraternal  relations  are  limited  to  his  membership  in  the  Mystic  Circle. 
Politically  he  gives  a  loyal  support  to  the  democratic  party  and  in  1912  was  its  candidate 
for  the  office  of  mayor.  He  was  elected  by  a  large  majority  and  is  now  serving,  his  adminis- 
tration being  marked  by  constructive,  efficient  and  progressive  work  in  the  interests  of  the 
city.  A  man  of  broad  views  and  modem  ideas,  his  public  work  has  had  a  lasting  ellect  upon 
the  growth  of  Globe  and  her  municipal  institutions. 


ADOLPHUS  H.  NOON,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Adolphus  H.  Noon,  physician  and  surgeon,  pioneer  of  Arizona,  mine  developer  and 
able  politician,  was  born  in  London,  England,  in  1838.  He  spent  his  childhood  in  his  native 
city  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  went  to  South  Africa,  where  he  began  the  study  of 
medicine  imder  Dr.  John  Eglinton,  an  East  Indian  physician.  He  completed  liis  medical 
course,  however,  in  San  Francisco,  California,  and  there  practiced  his  profession  until  1S78, 
in  which  year  he  came  to  Arizona,  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  state.  He  remained  for 
a  short  time  in  Tucson  and  then  settled  in  Nogales,  where  he  has  since  resided.  His  ability 
soon  drew  to  him  a  large  and  profitable  patronage,  for  he  became  recognized  as  an  earnest 
and  exacting  student  of  his  profession,  and  lie  rapidly  gained  success  in  it,  being  today  one 
of  the  prominent  and  able  physicians  of  the  state. 

It  is  not  in  professional  circles  alone,  however,  that  Dr.  Noon  has  claims  to  distinction 
and  prominence,  for  in  mining  circles  he  occupies  an  equally  important  place.  He  was  one 
of  tlie  first  settlers  in  the  Oro  Blanco  district  and  has  since  given  a  great  deal  of  his  time 
to  the  exploitation  and  development  of  the  region.  He  has  large  mining  interests  in  Oro 
Blanco  and  extensive  property  holdings  there.  In  political  circles,  too,  he  has  l(mg  been 
well  known  and  prominent,  having  been  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors  wlien  Santa 
Cruz  county  was  formed.  He  has  lield  the  positions  of  clerk  of  the  district  court  and  court 
commissioner  and  was  later  elected  first  representative  to  the  territorial  legislature  on  the 
democratic  ticket,  an  office  which  he  held  for  one  term,  beginning  in  1901.  He  served  for 
two  years  as  mayor  of  Nogales,  his  administration  extending  from  1910  to  1911,  during 
which  time  he  proved  an  able,  forceful  and  farsighted  politician,  ever  watchful  of  the  best 
interests  of  the  community. 

Dr.  Noon  married  Miss  Emma  C.  E.  Slaughter,  a  native  of  England,  and  they  have  five 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  661 

children,  Adolphus  S.,  Arthur  H.,  Edward  E.,  Samuel  F.  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Renshaw.  Dr.  Noon 
has  also  twenty-two  grandchildren  and  four  great-grandchildren.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Mason  and  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  state.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced 
thought  of  his  profession  by  reading  and  research  and  by  membership  in  various  medical 
societies,  having  been  the  first  president  of  the  Santa  Cruz  County  Medical  Association. 
He  is  a  man  of  effective  and  forceful  public  spirit,  of  broad  knowledge  and  liberality  of 
view,  and  his  work  has  been  an  element  in  the  expansion  of  this  section  of  the  country, 
while  he  liimself  is  esteemed  and  honored  by  many  friends. 


THOMAS  DEVINE. 


Thomas  Devine  is  the  owner  of  the  Beale  Hotel  in  Kingman  and  conducts  the  enter- 
prise in  an  able  and  farsighted  way,  his  ability  and  success  placing  liim  among  the  substan- 
tial business  men  of  the  city.  He  was  born  in  Michigan  in  1869  and  is  a  son  of  Thomas  and 
Martlia  (Dobbin)  Devine,  who  left  that  state  for  Kansas  in  1873,  settling  in  St.  Marys. 
The  father  was  in  early  life  a  farmer  but  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  the  hotel  and 
grocery  business,  operating  enterprises  of  that  character  in  Kansas  City,  Kansas,  until  his 
retirement. 

Thomas  Devine  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Kansas  and  began  his 
independent  career  in  the  employ  of  a  railroad  running  out  of  Kansas  City.  He  also  learned 
the  blacksmith's  trade,  at  which  he  worked  in  that  vicinity  until  1892,  when  he  came  to 
Arizona  and  afterward  followed  his  trade  in  Flagstaff  for  twelve  years.  He  was  connected 
with  the  Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Company  in  various  positions  for  about  ten  years,  and 
during  that  time  came  into  prominence  in  local  affairs,  winning  election  to  the  office  of 
county  treasurer  of  Coconino  county  in   1902.     He  was  reelected,  serving  in  all  four  years. 

At  the  end  of  that  time  Mr.  Devine  removed  to  Kingman,  where  he  purchased  the  hotel 
which  he  now  owns.  Under  his  able  management  this  enterprise  has  prospered  and  expanded 
rapidly  and  it  is  today  a  fine  modern  hostelry,  equipped  with  all  the  accessories  necessary 
to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  its  guests.  Mr.  Devine  has  continued  his  interest  in  local 
public  affairs  since  taking  up  his  residence  in  Kingman  and  in  1911  was  elected  county  treas- 
urer and  reelected  in  1914,  serving  ably,  efficiently  and  conscientiously.  The  discharge  of 
his  duties  reflects  credit  upon  liis  ability  and  public  spirit  alike. 

Mr.  Devine  lias  been  twice  married.  He  first  wedded  Miss  Ida  Hays,  who  died  in  1893, 
leaving  a  daughter.  On  the  28th  of  .June,  1901,  he  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being 
with  Miss  Amy  Ward,  of  Orion,  Hlinois,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons. 

Mr.  Devine  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
he  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  beliefs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and 
a  man  of  exemplary  character,  his  honesty  in  business  and  his  loyalty  in  official  relations 
having  gained  for  him  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who  come  in  contact  with  him. 


L.  L.  HENRY. 


L.  L.  Henry,  a  prominent  and  successful  attorney  of  Globe,  where  he  has  practiced  his 
profession  since  1904,  was  born  in  Lee  county,  Iowa,  in  1868.  He  is  a  son  of  Robert  C.  and 
Jane  F.  Henry,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
The  father  removed  to  Iowa  in  1843,  the  mother  having  reached  that  state  two  years  pre- 
vious. Their  marriage  occurred  in  1866  and  some  time  afterward  the  father  determined 
to  study  law,  graduating  in  this  profession  from  the  Iowa  State  University  in  1869.  For 
eight  years  he  practiced  in  Mount  Ayr,  Iowa,  and  was  for  a  similar  period  district  judge, 
discharging  the  duties  of  his  office  ably,  conscientiously  and  efficiently.  Later  he  was  prose- 
cuting attorney  for  a  number  of  terms.  He  then  came  to  Arizona  and  in  1909  to  Globe, 
where  he  joined  his  son  in  the  practice  of  law,  continuing  until  his  death  in  1910.  His 
wife  died  in  Iowa  in  November,  1904.     They  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  three  of  whom 


662  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

are  still  living:  L.  L.,  of  this  review;  Iowa  I.,  the  wife  of  D.  0.  Jennings,  of  Wewoka,  Okla- 
homa; and  Jennie  J.,  now  Mrs.  V;  S.  Faiis,  of  El  Reno,  Oklahoma. 

L.  L.  Henry  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Ringgold  county, 
Iowa,  pursuing  the  usual  course  of  studies.  Following  in  his  father's  footsteps,  he  studied 
law,  entering  the  State  University  at  Iowa  City  and  graduating  with  the  degree  of  IX.  B. 
in  1890.  He  began  his  professional  career  in  the  following  year  in  San  Juan  county.  New 
Mexico,  where  he  practiced  until  1895,  when  he  removed  to  Gallup,  New  Mexico,  securing 
a  profitable  patronage  in  that  city.  In  1904  he  came  to  Globe,  where  he  has  since  remained, 
his  law  practice  covering  litigation  in  all  the  courts  of  the  state.  Mr.  Henry  has  proved 
an  able  and  forceful  lawyer,  his  ability  commanding  a  large  clientage  and  his  comprehensive 
knowledge  making  him  very  successful.  He  owns  one  of  the  finest  homes  in  tlie  city  and 
has  extensive  mining  interests  throughout  Arizona,  in  the  management  of  which  he  lias 
proved  a  capable,  resourceful  and  farsighted  business  man. 

Mr.  Henry  was  married  in  1899  to  Miss  Viola  Bolton,  who  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, her  father  having  extensive  business  interests  in  that  city  and  in  Pike  county.  He 
later  removed  to  Trinidad,  Colorado,  and  then  to  New  Mexico,  where  his  death  occurred. 
The  mother  died  in  San  Bernardino,  California.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  have  two  children: 
Robert  L.,  born  July  7,  1900;  and  Jennie  Lorena,  born  February  3,  1903. 

Mr.  Henry  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  fraternally  is  connected  with  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  affiliates  with  the  republican  party  and  along 
lines  of  his  profession  served  as  district  attorney  for  eighteen  months,  having  been  appointed 
to  that  position  in  1907.  He  cooperates  in  all  movements  which  he  deems  beneficial  to 
Globe,  never  at  any  time  being  neglectful  of  the  duties  of  citizenship  nor  of  his  obligations 
to  his  fellowmen. 


A.  L.  PECK. 


A.  L.  Peck,  whose  interest  in  Arizona's  mining  property  as  a  prospector,  locator  and 
developer  has  made  him  a  powerful  factor  in  the  growth  of  this  great  industry  of  the  state, 
has  attained  prominence  also  in  business  and  political  circles.  His  interests  are  broad  and 
varied,  connecting  him  with  important  phases  of  activity,  his  work  affecting  the  general, 
material  and  political  development.  He  is  now  in  the  second  term  of  his  able  service  as 
supervisor  of  Santa  Cruz  county. 

Mr.  Peck  was  born  in  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  in  March,  1845,  but  in  childhood 
left  the  Empire  state  and  went  to  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  and  from  there  to  Eureka, 
Nevada,  where  he  located  in  1874.  He  afterward  engaged  in  mining  at  Virginia  City, 
going  from  there  in  1880  to  Bodie,  California,  and  thence  to  the  gold  mines  in  Sonora,  Mexico. 
There  he  became  connected  with  the  Preatus  Mining  Company,  controlling  important  gold 
ore  properties  and  operating  a  forty-stamp  mill.  He  remained  there  five  years  and  in  1887 
came  to  Nogales,  turning  his  attention  to  ranching.  He  bought  land  near  the  Tumacacori 
Mission  and  developed  it  until  his  wife  and  child  were  killed  by  the  Apache  Indians.  After 
this  great  misfortune  Mr.  Peck  sold  his  ranch  and  his  cattle  and  returned  to  the  mines  of 
Sonora,  later  coming  to  Nogales  to  accept  the  position  of  superintendent  of  the  Promontory 
Mining  Company,  located  thirty  miles  from  Nogales.  After  three  years  he  purchased  a 
part  of  the  International  strip,  sixty  feet  wide,  which  ran  through  Nogales,  and  in  1899 
he  added  to  his  activities  by  establishing  a  livery  business,  with  which  he  has  since  been 
connected.  Mr.  Peck  has  still  important  and  valuable  mining  interests  in  this  part  of  the 
country,  holding  seven  claims  in  the  3d  of  May  grant,  three  miles  from  the  famous  3  R's 
mine.  He  was  the  original  locator  of  the  property  owned  by  the  Crescent  Copper  Company, 
whose  claims  are  in  Washington  Camp  and  the  Four  Metal  district,  and  he  has  other  exten- 
sive interests  in  ore  property. 

Some  time  after  the  murder  of  his  first  wife  by  the  Apache  Indians  Mr.  Peck  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Carmen  Cainas,  and  they  have  four  children, 
Mrs.  Mary  Salaido,  Lola,  Arthur  and  Natalia. 

Mr.  Peck  gives  stalwart  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  since  coming  to  Nogales 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  663 

has  been  prominent  and  active  in  the  public  life  of  the  community,  proving  his  public  spirit 
by  loyal  and  active  service.  For  fourteen  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  common  council 
of  Nogales  and  is  now  in  the  seventh  term  of  his  service  as  county  supervisor  of  Santa 
Cruz  county.  He  is  also  street  commissioner  in  Nogales  and  in  all  his  public  relations  has 
proven  a  straightforward,  honorable  and  practical  worker  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
community.  Having  lived  in  Nogales  for  many  years,  he  is  widely  and  favorably  known 
liere  and  is  a  prosperous  and  progressive  business  man  as  well  as  an  upright  and  honorable 
official. 


HENRY  H.  BRAXTON,  D.  D.  S. 

Among  the  members  of  the  dental  fraternity  in  Phoenix,  Dr.  Henry  H.  Braxton  is 
numbered.  He  had  thorough  preliminary  training  in  early  manhood  and  since  1907  has  been 
located  in  Plioenix,  where  his  ability  and  skill  are  manifest  in  the  liberal  patronage  accorded 
him.  He  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1874,  a  son  of  Charles  L.  and  Eliza  A.  (Bariden)  Braxton. 
While  residing  in  the  east  the  father  followed  merchandising  and  also  dealt  in  horses.  In 
1905  he  removed  to  Phoenix  with  his  family  and  is  now  living  retired  in  this  city. 

After  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  graded  and  high  schools  of 
Loogootee,  Indiana,  Dr.  Braxton  entered  the  Ohio  College  of  Dentistry  at  Cincinnati,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1895.  He  then  located  for  practice  in  his  native 
state,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years  and  in  1906  came  to  Phoenix.  The  following  year 
he  opened  an  office  and  in  the  intervening  period  of  nine  years  has  become  well  established 
in  his  profession.  He  has  the  latest  instruments  and  devices  to  facilitate  his  work  and  is 
conversant  with  the  most  advanced  methods  in  vogue  among  the  dental  fraternity.  He  per- 
forms the  most  delicate  dental  work  in  skillful  manner  and  his  excellent  service  has  brought 
to  him  the  reward  of  prosperity.  Dr.  Braxton  is  a  member  of  the  Phoenix  and  the  Arizona 
State  Dental  Associations  and  through  liis  connection  therewith  keeps  in  close  touch  with 
the  most  advanced  work  being  done  by  representatives  of  the  profession  throughout  the 
country. 

In  1901  Dr.  Braxton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Mitchell,  of  Bedford, 
Indiana.  He  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  wherever  he  is  known 
his  social  qualities  have  gained  him  a  large  circle  of  friends. 


J.  F.  GERALD. 


No  history  of  Arizona  would  be  complete  without  mention  of  J.  F.  Gerald,  a  pioneer 
in  the  southwest,  who  for  many  years  has  been  closely  associated  with  several  of  the 
most  important  and  representative  industries  of  the  state.  He  now  owns  extensive  mining 
and  real  estate  interests  in  Globe  and  Gila  county  and  gives  most  of  his  time  to  their  man- 
agement, though  living  to  some  extent  retired  from  active  life.  His  investments  have  been 
judiciously  made  as  a  result  of  sound  judgment  and  keen  foresight.  He  early  had  the  dis- 
cernment to  see  the  greatness  which  the  future  held  for  Arizona  and  wisely  identified  him- 
self with  business  interests  here,  standing  today  among  the  important  and  representative 
men  of  Globe,  where  he  makes  his  home. 

Mr.  Gerald  was  bom  in  Massachusetts  in  1837  and  is  a  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Frank- 
lin) Gerald.  The  parents  were  both  born  across  the  water  but  came  to  America  separately 
when  they  were  very  young.  They  were  married  in  Massachusetts  and  made  their  home 
upon  a  farm  in  that  state  for  some  time,  the  father  dying  upon  the  homestead  in  1845. 
The  mother  continued  to  live  in  Massachusetts  until  her  death,  which  occurred  when  she 
was  ninety-three  years  of  age. 

J.  F.  Gerald  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Massachusetts  and  until 
he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  remained  upon  his  father's  farm  in  that  state.  When  he  left 
home  he  went  to  Boston  and  there  secured  employment  in   the  Quincy   Market,   where  he 


664  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

remained  until  September,  1856.  At  tliat  time  he  shipped  as  a  sailor  and  came  around  the 
Horn  to  California,  landing  in  San  Francisco  in  1857.  Until  May  of  the  following  year  he 
worked  in  a  provision  store  in  that  city  and  then,  influenced  by  the  reports  of  gold  dis- 
coveries on  the  Frazier  river,  in  Canada,  journeyed  to  that  section,  where  he  became  iden- 
tified with  the  Delaware  Company  as  the  owner  of  two  large  steamboats.  He  operated 
these  from  1858  to  1862,  hauling  freight  and  passengers  back  and  forth  on  the  Frazier  river, 
Mr.  Gerald  acting  as  captain  and  pilot.  In  1862  he  sold  out  his  interests  in  the  Delaware 
Company  and  went  to  tlie  Cariboo  gold  fields,  where  he  mined  for  gold  until  1875.  He 
made  his  first  settlement  in  Arizona  in  1877,  coming  in  that  year  to  Globe,  where,  in  com- 
pany with  others,  he  built  the  first  ten-stamp  quartz  mill  at  the  mouth  of  the  Miami  valley. 
After  operating  this  for  a  few  years  he  sold  it  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  hotel  business, 
conducting  a  hotel  at  Pioneer  which  he  and  his  partner,  Mr.  Tucker,  erected.  After  a  year 
and  a  half  Mr.  Gerald  went  to  Pinal  creek  in  Gila  county,  eiglit  miles  from  Globe,  and  there 
purchased  land,  conducting  an  extensive  cattle  ranch  until  his  retirement  from  active  life 
in  1911.  In  that  year  he  sold  his  ranching  interests  and  removed  into  the  city,  where  he 
has  a  fine  home  and  other  residential  properties.  He  also  controls  extensive  mining  inter- 
ests in  Gila  and  Pinal  counties  and  remains  the  supervisor  of  his  business  affairs,  conducting 
them  in  an  able,  farsighted  and  ca])able  manner. 

In  1876  Mr.  Gerald  married  Miss  Genevieve  Snow,  a  native  of  Crawford  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children:  Geraldine,  now  the  wife  of 
D.  I.  Craig,  the  owner  of  a  fruit  ranch  in  Pinal  county;  and  Genevieve,  who  lives  at  home. 
When  eighteen  years  of  age  the  older  daughter  began  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  Gila 
county  and  after  some  time  spent  in  her  own  district,  applied  for  a  school  in  Globe,  which 
she  soon  obtained.  She  remained  for  four  years  in  this  city,  making  rapid  advancement, 
and  at  tlie  time  of  her  marriage  liad  charge  of  the  eighth  grade  room.  The  younger  daughter 
is  also  making  a  brilliant  record  as  a  teacher,  having  graduated  from  the  Tempe  Normal 
Scliool  at  the  head  of  a  class  of  thirty-seven  pupils. 

Mr.  Gerald  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  and  his  religious  views  are  in  accord 
with  the  doctrines  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  cliurch.  Many  years  have  passed  since  he 
arrived  in  Gila  county  and  he  is  justly  numbered  among  her  honored  pioneers.  His  is  the 
record  of  one  who  has  by  his  upright  life  won  tlie  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come 
in  contact  and  who  has  by  his  earnest  work  made  his  business  career  an  encouragement  to 
his  associates  and  an  example  well  worthy  of  emulation  by  the  young. 


MAURICE  DENN. 


Maurice  Denn,  who  has  extensive  mining  interests  in  southern  Arizona  and  is  now 
living  retired  in  Bisbee,  where  he  has  made  his  home  for  more  than  a  third  of  a  century, 
is  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  born  at  Bunker  Hill  on  the  15th  of  June,  1854,  and  is 
the  eldest  in  a  family  of  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living. 

In  the  early  days  of  his  childhood  Maurice  Denn  accompanied  liis  parents  on  their 
removal  to  Wisconsin,  in  which  state  he  was  reared  and  educated.  Soon  after  he  attained 
his  majority  the  family  again  started  westward,  California  being  their  destination  on  this 
occasion,  and  there  the  fattier  and  motlicr  passed  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  Maurice 
Denn  resided  in  California  for  five  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  period,  in  1880,  came  to 
Arizona,  locating  in  Bisbee.  and  there  for  many  years  he  was  actively  engaged  in  mining  and 
prospecting.  He  met  with  a  good  measure  of  success  in  his  undertakings  and  is  now  living 
retired.  He  owns  an  attractive  residence  in  the  city  and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  copper 
mines,  Shattuck  and  Denn. 

Mr.  Denn  has  been  twice  married.  In  1896  he  wedded  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Ovens,  who  passed 
away  four  years  later,  and  on  the  20th  of  August,  1905,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ella 
Sugich,  a  native  of  Austria.  To  them  have  been  born  five  children:  fallen,  whose  birth 
occurred  November  15,  1906:  Angelina,  born  February  14,  1908;  Mary,  born  March  13,  1910; 
Maurice,  born   August   23,   1912;    and   Martin,  born   December    15,   1914. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Denn  are  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and  are  rearing 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  667 

their  family  in  tliat  faith.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  democrat  and  always  supports 
that  party  at  national  elections,  but  locally  votes  for  the  man  he  deems  best  qualified  to 
meet  the  demands  of  the  office.  Mr.  Denn's  residence  in  Bisbee  covers  a  period  of  almost 
thirty-six  years,  during  which  time  he  has  witnessed  many  marvelous  changes  in  the  state 
as  the  mining  camps  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  have  been  transformed  into  thriving 
towns  and  cities. 


JAMES  T.  HODGES. 


James  T.  Hodges,  serving  in  a  creditable  and  able  way  as  recorder  of  Yuma  county,  is 
a  native  of  Arizona  and  a  son  of  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  territory.  He  was  born  in  Fort 
Yuma,  in  1883,  his  parents  being  Frank  M.  and  Frances  M.  Hodges,  the  former  a  prominent 
and  successful  cattle  dealer.  The  father  is  well  known  in  public  life  and  has  held  a  number 
of  important  official  positions,  serving  as  sheriff  at  Tucson  and  for  two  terms  as  a  member 
of  the  state  legislature.  In  his  family  were  eleven  children:  William,  who  has  passed  away; 
Frank,  a  well  known  cattle  raiser  and  butcher  of  Yuma;  Peter,  who  died  in  1911;  John,  a 
resident  of  Los  Angeles;  Albert,  a  general  merchant  of  Yuma;  Edward,  engaged  in  the 
butcher  business;  George;  Benjamin,  of  the  Imperial  valley;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Charles 
Willber;  James  T.,  of  this  review;  and  Josie,  now  Mrs.  Young. 

James  T.  Hodges  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Los  Angeles  and  later  attended 
business  college.  In  1905  and  1906  he  served  as  deputy  recorder  of  Yuma  county  under  his 
brother  Peter  and  afterward  worked  for  another  brother  as  bookkeeper  in  his  butcher  es- 
tablishment. He  was  elected  to  the  position  of  county  recorder  in  1911  and  still  holds  that 
office,  the  duties  of  which  he  discharges  in  a  capable  and  farsighted  way.  He  is  a  young  man 
of  energy,  resource  and  ability,  and  his  record  will  undoubtedly  add  further  credit  to  a 
prominent  and  worthy  name. 


JOHN  NEWTON  STRATTON,  M.  D. 

One  of  the  most  able  and  successful  physicians  and  surgeons  in  Graham  county  is  Dr. 
John  Newton  Stratton,  of  SafTord,  who  is  also  prominently  connected  with  business  interests 
as  part  owner  of  the  enterprise  operated  by  the  Safford  Dioig  Company  and  that  controlled 
by  the  Solomonsville  Drug  Company.  He  was  born  in  Texas,  December  4,  1877,  and  grew  to 
manhood  in  that  state,  acquiring  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools.  He 
afterward  attended  the  Southwestern  University  of  Dallas,  where  he  took  a  course  in 
pharmacy,  upon  the  completion  of  which  he  studied  medicine,  receiving  his  M.  D.  degree  in 
1907. 

Dr.  Stratton  came  immediately  to  Safford,  Arizona,  where  he  took  up  the  practice  of 
his  profession  and  where  he  has  since  remained,  his  ability  being  recognized  in  a  large  and 
growing  patronage.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he  is  acting  as  local  surgeon  for  the 
Arizona  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  is  head  of  the  medical  department  of  the  local  branch 
of  the  Mountain  States  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company  and  superintendent  of  the  County 
Hospital,  in  the  second  term  of  his  service,  these  connections  indicating  something  of  his 
high  standing  in  the  eyes  of  the  general  public.  He  occupies  an  equally  important  place 
among  the  members  of  the  medical  fraternity  and  is  known  as  a  man  of  ability  and  energy 
who  always  conforms  to  high  standards  of  professional  ethics.  He  is  interested  in  farming 
property  in  the  vicinity  of  Safford  and  has  also  valuable  holdings  in  city  real  estate. 

In  April,  1908,  Dr.  Stratton  married  Miss  Kate- Hunter,  a  native  of  Arizona  and  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  T.  Hunter,  who  died  in  Safford,  February  1,  1913.  He  was  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  the  territory,  having  arrived  in  Willcox  in  1880.  After  residing  there  for  sev- 
eral years  he  removed  to  the  Aravaipa  canyon  and  there  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  com- 
ing after  a  number  of  years  to  Safford,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  was  prominent 
in  public  affairs,  having  served  for  a  number  of  times  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  having  acted 
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668  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

also  as  a  member  of  the  city  council,  as  a  member  of  the  thirteenth  territorial  legislature 
which  met  in  Preseott,  and  as  postmaster  of  the  city  under  Cleveland's  administration.  He 
was  a  Mason  in  high  standing,  having  attained  the  thirty-second  degree,  and,  moreover, 
was  one  of  the  few  old  settlers  who  contributed  valuable  articles  based  on  personal  experi- 
ence to  the  history  of  Arizona  which  was  begun  several  years  ago  by  Miss  Charlotte  Hall. 
Upon  his  death  he  left  four  daugiiters,  Mrs.  H.  L.  Castle,  Mrs.  Alice  Davis,  Mrs.  J.  N.  Strat- 
ton,  and  Miss  Leo  Hunter.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Stratton  have  two  children:  Newton  H.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1909;   and  Robert,  born  Februai-y  25,  1911. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Stratton  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  His  political  views  are  in  accord 
with  the  principles  of  the  republican  party  and,  while  not  a  politician,  his  support  is  given 
to  all  progressive  measures  and  his  cooperation  can  always  be  relied  upon  to  further  those 
interests  which  are  of  genuine  value  to  the  community. 


R.  C.  BAKER. 


Important  commercial  interests  of  Phoenix  are  represented  by  R.  C.  Baker,  president 
of  the  Phoenix  Wood  &  Coal  Company.  He  is  a  native  of  Texas,  where  he  was  reared  on 
the  home  farm,  and  in  1892  he  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  The  Phoenix  Wood  &  Cbal  Company,  of  which  he  is  executive  officer,  was  established  in 
the  '90s  by  Brizard  &  Bennum,  but  in  1906  they  sold  out  to  E.  W.  Spear  and  James  Aldrich, 
the  latter  being  secretary  of  the  concern  at  that  time.  Mr.  Spear  subsequently  disposed  of 
his  interest  to  Mr.  Baker  and  C.  H.  Dunlap,  and  the  latter  is  now  serving  in  the  capacity 
of  vice  president.  The  firm  is  one  of  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  city  and  they  handle 
a  full  line  of  wood,  coal  and  fuel.  It  was  largely  thro\igh  the  efiorts  of  Mr.  Baker  that 
in  1905  the  Peoples  Ice  &  Fuel  Company  was  established,  he  being  connected  with  C.  H. 
Dunlap,  ¥.  M.  Avis  and  two  other  gentlemen  at  that  time.  Mr.  Avis  and  the  others  have 
since  disposed  of  their  interests  and  the  company  is  now  entirely  controlled  by  Mr.  Baker 
and  Mr.  Dunlap. 

A  business  man  of  the  modern  type,  Mr.  Baker  has  made  a  creditable  record,  his  course 
being  marked  by  steady  progress  gained  througli  the  utilization  of  every  opportunity  that 
has  presented  itself.  The  two  important  corporations  with  which  he  is  connected  have 
grown  marvelously  under  his  able  management  and  he  is  today  numbered  among  the  suc- 
cessful men  of  the  state.  Devoting  practically  all  of  his  time  to  his  important  commercial 
interests,  he  has  given  little  attention  to  outside  affairs  although  he  takes  a  laudable  interest 
in  all  matters  that  affect  the  public  weal.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent 
Prbtective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  popular  in  its  ranks.  Every  effort  to  make  Phoenix  one 
of  the  great  cities  of  the  southwest  finds  in  him  a  warm  champion,  and  he  is  always  glad 
to  bear  his  share  in  the  work  of  upbuilding  and  expansion. 


JOSEPH  WESTON  MORGAN. 

Joseph  Weston  Morgan,  serving  in  an  able  and  efficient  manner  as  county  recorder  of 
Mohave  county,  an  office  which  he  has  twice  before  filled  with  equal  credit  and  distinction, 
has  been  a  resident  of  this  section  of  Arizona  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  and  has  done 
a  great  deal  during  that  time  to  promote  and  upbuild  its  mining  interests.  He  was  born 
in  San  Francisco,  California,  on  the  24th  of  October,  1854,  and  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Eliza  (Prichard)  Morgan,  natives  of  South  Wales.  The  father  crossed  the  Atlantic  on  the 
brig  Norman,  sailing  direct  from  Liverpool  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  to  San 
Francisco,  where  he  arrived  in  September,  1849.  Three  years  later  the  mother  made  the 
journey  across  the  Atlantic  and  came  from  New  York  around  Cape  Horn  in  tlie  clipper 
ship  N.  B.  Palmer,  joining  her  husband  in  San  Francisco. 

Joseph  W.  Morgan  acquired  his  education   in  the  public  schools  of  San  Francisco  and 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  669 

Sacramento  and  in  1867  laid  aside  his  books.  Leaving  his  native  city  he  went  to  Virginia 
City,  Nevada.  He  resided  there  and  in  Sacramento,  California,  vmtil  February  24,  1880, 
when  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  first  in  Phoenix  and  later  in  Globe  and  finally  in  Mohave 
county,  where  he  has  now  resided  continuously  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  century.  His  busi- 
ness career  has  been  devoted  almost  entirely  to  mining  and  he  is  an  expert  in  this  field  of 
labor,  understanding  practical  mining  in  principle  and  detail.  He  was  with  the  Golden 
Gem  at  Cerbat  in  Mohave  county  and  was  afterward  connected  with  the  C.  O.  D.  mine  in 
the  same  section,  acting  as  foreman  for  these  and  other  mines  and  discharging  his  duties 
always  conscientiously  and  capably. 

During  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  this  part  of  tlie  state  Mr.  Morgan  has  liecome 
well  known  in  public  affairs  and  he  has  been  a  number  of  times  elected  to  the  office  of  county 
recorder,  serving  first  in  1893  and  1894.  again  in  1910  and  1911,  and  gaining  his  third  elec- 
tion to  this  position  in  1912.  His  able  and  l)usinesslike  management  of  the  details  of  the 
work  reflect  credit  upon  his  ability  and  his  public  spirit. 

Mr.  Morgan  was  married  in  Kingman  in  1893  to  Miss  Marian  L.  Terry,  of  Texas,  and 
tliey  have  one  son,  Joseph  Terry.  Fraternally  Mr.  Morgan  is  connected  witli  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  being  trustee  of  his  lodge,  and  liis  political  allegiance  is  given  to 
the  democratic  party.  Long  a  resident  of  Moliave  county,  he  has  become  widely  and  favor- 
ably known  here,  and  in  both  business  and  official  relations  commands  the  regard,  esteem 
and  confidence  of  those  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 


MARK  LUIXEY. 


There  is  living  in  Nogales  today,  giving,  supervision  to  extensive  and  profitable  mining 
interests,  a  man  who  is  probably  one  of  the  most  unique  and  interesting  characters  in 
Arizona's  history.  This  is  Mark  Lulley  who,  it  is  needless  to  say,  was  a  pioneer,  a  man 
familiar  witli  tlie  roughness  and  liardsliips  of  the  early  mining  times  and  who  has  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  the  development  of  the  territory  tlirough  active  and  well  directed  labor. 
He  is  called  "The  Wandering  Jew"  and  "The  Prospector  Pioneer"  and  is  widely  known  and 
highly  esteemed  throughout  the  state,  where  his  name  stands  for  lionesty  and  progressive 
spirit.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  prospectors  in  tiie  Santa  Rita  mountain  region,  coming 
to  Arizona  in  1875  and  going  directly  to  that  section,  where  he  found  at  once  several  valu- 
able mines  which  he  sold  to  good  advantage  to  some  of  the  early  operators.  Among  these 
properties  may  be  mentioned  the  Goldtree  mine,  now  the  Alto,  the  Santa  Rita  group,  the 
Joplin  group  and  others  which  yielded  liandsomely  in  those  early  days. 

After  several  years  in  Arizona  Mr.  Lulley  returned  east  and  followed  other  callings  for 
many  years,  but  the  lure  of  Arizona  had  been  cast  upon  liim  and  about  1898  he  returned, 
bent  upon  seeking  in  the  Santa  Ritas  another  fortune,  in  other  prospects.  In  furtherance 
of  that  desire  he  made  a  careful  examination  and  study  of  these  mountains,  their  formation, 
veins  and  ledgA,  locating  several  good  pioperties,  some  of  wliich  have  proved  profitable. 
In  1898  he  took  up  the  Apache  group  of  mines,  whicli  he  sold  at  a  handsome  profit  to  T.  R. 
French,  of  French  Brothers,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  he  lived  in  Cincinnati  for  a  short  time, 
becoming  sujjerintendent  for  tliat  concern.  After  one  year,  however,  he  returned,  gaining 
possession  of  the  Joplin  group  of  mines  and  forming  an  operating  company  composed  of 
many  prominent  business  men  of  Arizona.  It  was  in  1901  that  he  took  up  the  Wandering 
Jew  claim  and  at  his  own  expense  brouglit  a  party  of  forty  men  from  Nogales  to  Patagonia 
to  inspect  its  resources.  He  still  holds  title  to  a  number  of  valuable  mines  and  in  the  Wan- 
dering Jew,  the  M.  &  S.  and  other  fine  properties  upon  which  he  has  done  no  little  develop- 
ing, he  has  opened  fine  veins  of  high  grade  ore.  These  have  given  ample  proof  that  they 
have  the  making  of  real  mines  and  need  but  tlie  touch  of  capital  to  make  them  highly 
productive.  In  his  wanderings  about  the  Santa  Ritas  Mr.  Lulley  has  found  many  other 
good  ledges  and  is  ready  and  willing  at  all  times  to  put  those  seeking  such  opportunities 
in  touch  with  them.  It  is  hard  to  estimate  how  much  has  been  done  toward  the  advance- 
ment of  the  mineral  riches  of  this  part  of  the  country  by  this  hardy  prospector.     He  has 


670  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

found   mines   which   others  liave  developed  and   in   so  doing   has  enriched  himself   and   the 
coranuinity  and  country  as  well. 

Mr.  LuUey  possesses  an  individuality  of  character  which  has  given  rise  to  many  inter- 
esting stories  concerning  his  doings.  In  1901  he  captured  two  cub  bears  in  the  course  of 
his  wanderings  and  took  them  to  Washington,  D.  C,  receiving  an  ovation  at  every  point 
along  the  way,  notably  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  stopped.  It  was  an  election  year 
and  Mr.  LuUey,  an  enthusiastic  Bryan  supporter,  backed  his  support  by  the  following 
wager.  If  Mr.  Brj'an  won  the  presidency  Mr.  Lulley  was  to  be  driven  from  the  capitol 
building  to  the  White  House  with  a  fine  team  of  white  horses  and  if  his  candidate  lost 
the  election  he  was  to  walk  with  the  bears  to  the  executive  mansion.  Mr.  Lulley  walked 
and  created  a  sensation  along  Pennsylvania  avenue,  being  received  at  the  White  House 
by  President  McKinley,  who  decorated  him  with  a  medal.  These  bears  are  now  in  the 
"Zoo"  in  Washington,  the  property  of  the  United  States  government,  and  are  the  original 
"Teddy"  bears,  their  capture  and  exploitation  being  perhaps  not  the  least  of  Mr.  LuUey's 
many  claims  to  a  place  in  history. 


HARRY  W.  HEAP. 


A  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  has  actuated  Harry  W.  Heap  in  all  the  activities 
of  life  and  has  brought  him  today  to  a  prominent  place  in  business  circles  of  Prescott,  where 
he  is  well  known  as  the  proprietor  of  the  Prescott  Sanitary  Laundry.  He  was  born  in  San 
Bernardino,  California,  in  1876  and  there  acquired  a  public  school  education.  In  1896  he 
moved  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  lie  became  very  ])rominent  in  business  circles,  building 
and  operating  the  Phoenix  Street  Railway  and  the  Phoenix  waterworks  plant.  In  1900  he 
came  to  Prescott  and  since  that  time  he  lias  been  connected  with  business  interests  here. 
He  organized  tlie  Yavapai  County  Savings  Bank  and  remained  connected  with  that  institu- 
tion until  June,  1907,  when  he  purchased  the  Prescott  Sanitary  Laundry,  of  which  he  has 
been  the  proprietor  since  that  time.  The  enterprise  was  founded  by  D.  A.  Clark  in  1895 
and  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Heap  manages  it  in  his 
usual  capable  and  progressive  manner  and  has  won  a  degree  of  success  which  places  him 
among  the  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial  worth. 

In  October,  1899,  Mi-.  Heap  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Helene  Wells,  a  daughter 
of  Judge  Wells,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons.  Mr.  Heap  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
republican  party.  He  has  served  in  the  office  of  county  supervisor  and  is  now  a  member  of 
the  city  council,  his  vote  and  influence  being  always  on  the  side  of  right  and  progress. 


i  PETER  RAINESFORD  BRADY. 

To  devote  practically  a  lifetime  to  the  public  service,  to  support  constantly  those 
things  which  exemplify  the  better  hope  and  the  truer  purpose  of  the  life  of  the  state,  to 
accomplish  work  that  is  beneficial  and  far-reaching  in  its  results  and  to  die  full  of  years 
and  honors — this  is  a  notable  life  record.  This  is  the  history  of  the  career  of  Peter  Raines- 
ford  Brady,  pioneer,  statesman,  historian,  whose  death  on  the  2d  of  May,  1902,  deprived 
Arizona  of  one  of  her  most  loyal  and  worthy  citizens.  He  was  born  in  Georgetown,  D.  C, 
August  4,  1825,  and  was  a  son  of  Peter  and  Anna  (Rainesford)  Brady,  natives  of  Ireland. 
The  father  founded  the  family  in  Virginia  upon  his  arrival  from  his  native  counti-y  and 
afterward  married  there  and  moved  to  Georgetown,  where  he  and  his  wife  were  among  the 
earliest  settlers.  Mr.  Brady  became  a  close  friend  of  Andrew  .Jackson  and  his  descendants 
still  possess  a  pipe  presented  to  him  by  Mr.  Jackson  when  he  was  president  of  the  United 
States. 

Peter  R.  Brady  was  educated  in  Georgetown  College,  which  he  attended  until  he  reached 
the  age  of  fourteen,  after  which  he  entered  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  from  which 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  671 

he  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  He  served  for  one  year  as  junior  oflicer  on  the 
United  States  battleship  Plymouth,  ci'uising  around  the  world,  but  on  October  20,  1840,  left 
the  service  and  started  west,  journeying  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  landing  at 
San  Diego.  He  pushed  on  to  San  Francisco  with  the  United  States  Boundary  Commission 
and  afterward  made  his  way  to  the  Ajo  mine,  near  Yuma,  Arizona.  He  came  to  Tucson 
in  18.5;!,  among  tlie  very  early  settlers  in  the  city,  and  almost  immediately  identified  him- 
self witli  the  public  life  of  the  county,  being  elected  in  1857  to  the  ofTice  of  sherifl'  and 
serving  for  two  terms.  In  1863  he  served  as  Indian  interpreter  at  Tucson  and  was  later 
made  private  military  secretary  with  the  rank  of  major,  to  Governor  A.  P.  Saft'ord.  In  the 
summer  of  1870  he  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  delegate  to  congress  on  the  democratic 
ticket  and  was  defeated  by  only  a  small  majority.  Governor  llcCormick  winning  the  office. 
Three  years  later  Mr.  Brady  moved  to  Florence,  Arizona,  and  purchased  land.  When  Pinal 
county  was  cut  away  from  Pima  county  his  ranch  was  left  in  the  new  district  and  here, 
too,  he  became  prominent  in  public  affairs,  for  he  possessed  the  true  public  conscientiousness 
which,  combined  with  the  force  of  his  personality  and  his  executive  ability,  soon  canied  him 
forward  into  important  relations  with  political  life.  He  was  the  first  sheriff  of  the  new 
county,  serving  in  1876  and  later,  in  1880,  acted  as  treasurer.  He  was  four  times  elected 
to  the  territorial  legislature  from  Pinal  county  and  in  1887  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Zulick  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  commissioners  at  the  State  Penitentiary  at  Yuma.  During 
the  Mexican  and  also  during  the  Texan  war  he  was  oppointed  by  Hoke  Smith,  secretary  of 
the  interior,  as  agent  to  the  Yuma  Indians  and  he  discharged  the  duties  of  this  responsible 
position  with  the  same  energy,  conscientiousness  and  executive  power  which  distinguished 
and  made  eminent  all  of  his  public  service.  In  1897  he  served  as  special  agent  for  the 
government,  securing  evidence  against  Sofia  Mayo  and  Peraltarevis,  who  made  claims  against 
the  Federal  autliorities  for  all  the  territory  comprised  in  the  Arizona  and  Xew  ilexico 
boundary  lines.  Arizona  is  greatly  indebted  to  him,  for  he  labored  many  years  in  her 
interests  and  accomplished  work  which  has  already  become  a  part  of  her  political  history. 

It  was  not  as  a  statesman  alone  that  Mr.  Brady  did  notable  work  for  the  common- 
wealth, for  he  was  not  only  among  the  makers  of  history  but  among  the  writers.  On  June 
6,  1898,  there  appeared  in  the  Tucson  Citizen  a  short  history  of  Arizona  published  under 
his  name,  in  the  interests  of  the  State  Pioneer  Society,  of  which  he  was  an  active  member. 
Mr.  Brady  was  well  known  in  business  circles  also,  for  he  controlled  large  property,  industrial 
and  mining  interests  throughout  the  state,  owning  a  flour  mill  in  Florence  and  three  large 
ranches  in  the  vicinity.  He  had  equal  shares  with  John  D.  Walker  in  the  Vekol  silver  mine, 
near  Casa  Grande,  a  property  which  was  sold  in  the  '70s  for  one  hundred  and  sixty  thousand 
dollars.  Mr.  Brady  made  his  home  in  Florence  until  December  13,  1899,  w'hen  he  moved  to 
Tucson,  where  he  resided  until  his  death,  May  2,  1902. 

Mr.  Brady  was  twice  married.  His  first  union  was  with  Miss  Juanita  Mendivles,  a  native 
of  Mexico,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons,  Peter  R.,  Richard  G.,  Henry  W.  and  Robert  L.  Mr. 
Brady's  second  wife  was  in  her  maidenhood  Miss  Maria  Antonia  Ochoa,  also  a  native  of 
Mexico,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  four  children,  John  A.,  Margaret  A.,  Charles  A.  and 
.James  F.  Mr.  Brady's  death  took  from  the  state  of  Arizona  a  man  of  deeds  and  accom- 
plishments. He  possessed  ambitions  and  ideals  and  the  force  of  character  and  ability  which 
made  them  effective.  He  therefore  left  a  deep  impress  upon  the  history  of  the  state  during 
the  many  years  of  his  residence  here  jind  his  passing  was  a  great  loss  to  the  future  develop- 
ment of  Arizona. 


SONORA  NEWS  COMPANY. 


An  important  element  in  the  general  business  development  of  Nogales,  Arizona,  and 
Mexico  is  the  Sonora  News  Company,  one  of  the  largest  railroad  news  corporations  in  the 
southwest  and  one  of  the  old  business  institutions  of  Arizona  and  Mexico.  It  was  estab- 
lished in  Nogales  in  1885,  when  the  Sonora  Railway  was  opened  for  business.  At  that  time 
three  gentlemen  with  wide  experience  in  the  railway  news  business  obtained  the  concession 
to  sell  their  line  of  goods  upon  the  trains  of  that  road.     They  were  William  F.  Layer,  Con 


672  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Van  Mouiick  and  James  D.  Fislier,  the  latter  two  since  deceased,  William  F.  Layer,  president 
of  the  corporation,  alone  surviving.  To  assist  in  carrying  on  the  traffic  on  the  •  road  they 
conducted  as  'a  depot  of  supplies  a  small  store  in  Nogales,  Arizona,  and  as  the  business 
increased  and  the  country  expanded  the  store  grew  likewise.  Ijater  the  company  secured 
similar  concessions  from  time  to  time  from  other  railways  in  Mexico  until  they  now  hold 
the  news  concessions  on  all  the  roads  in  that  republic.  The  expansion  of  their  business 
necessitated  the  establishment  of  other  stores  througliout  Mexico  and  along  the  border  and 
they  now  have  a  total  of  twenty  in  various  parts  of  Mexico  besides  the  original  establish- 
ment in  Kogales.  Connected  with  the  establishment  in  the  city  of  Mexico  is  a  department 
dealing  in  Mexican  antiquities  of  all  kinds  and  this  collection  is  unique  and  valuable, 
rivaling  most  collections  in  the  world. 

The  officers  of  the  Sonora  News  Company  are  as  follows:  W.  F.  Layer,  president;  G. 
Van  Jlourick',  manager  and  secretary;  and  F.  W.  Davis,  treasurer,  all  with  offices  in  the 
city  of  Mexico.  L.  F.  Poston,  with  headquarters  at  Monterey,  is  superintendent  of  the 
lines  east  of  the  Sierra  Madre  and  F.  M.  Van  Mourick,  with  headquartere  at  Nogales,  is 
superintendent  of  the  lines  on  the  west  coast.  The  latter,  who  is  a  native  of  Detroit, 
Michigan,  came  to  Arizona  in  1898  and  became  connected  in  that  year  with  the  Sonora 
News  Company,  being  today  a  leading  figure  in  its  affairs.  Progressive  public  movements 
and  projects  for  the  community  advancement  and  growth  receive  his  indorsement  and  hearty 
support,  his  public  spirit  being  proven  by  active  political  service.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  common  council  of  Nogales  and  was  school  trustee,  his  public  life  being  marked  by 
the  same  enterprise,  progressive  spirit  and  well  directed  energy  which  has  distinguished 
and  made  successful  his  business  career. 


JAMES  F.  DUNCAN. 


Tlie  pioneer  history  of  Arizona  contains  the  record  of  no  more  able,  progressive  and 
representative  citizen  than  James  F.  Duncan,  who  settled  here  in  1879  and  has  remained 
a  contiiuious  resident  since  that  time.  This  lias  covered  the  most  important  period  of  the 
development  wliicli  transformed  a  frontier  territory  into  the  present  prosperous  and  grow- 
ing state,  and  in  the  evolution  Mr.  Duncan  has  borne  a  prominent  and  active  part,  inlluencing 
by  his  work  and  activity  the  political  and  business  advancement  of  the  entire  community. 
In  practically  every  phase  of  life  in  Arizona  the  influence  of  his  ambitions,  his  standards 
and  his  accomplishments  has  been  felt,  and  the  general  development  has  been  for  him 
accompanied  by  a  private  prosperity  which  places  liim  today  among  the  substantial  and 
represeritative  men  of  Tombstone,  where  he  makes  his  home.  He  was  torn  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  June  15,  1839,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Duncan,  the  former  a  native 
of  New  York,  of  Scotch  ancestry,  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania,  of  Holland  extraction. 

James  F.  Duncan  acquired  his  education  in  the  Philadelphia  public  schools  and  one 
term  at  a  country  school  in  Milllin  county,  Pennsylvania.  This  concluded  his  schooling, 
and  on  the  1st  of  April,  1855.  he  began  learning  blacksmithing  at  Atkinsons  Mills,  Penn- 
sylvania, finally  finishing  his  trade  at  Mount  Union,  that  state,  where  he  spent  the  greater 
portion  of  five  years.  He  was  still  following  his  trade  when  the  Civil  war  broke  out  and  On 
the  10th  of  August,  1861,  he  offered  his  services  to  the  federal  government  at  Mount  Union, 
Pennsylvania,  and  was  enrolled  at  Lewistown  and  sworn  in  at  Camp  Curtin.  Harrisburg, 
August  16,  1861.  becoming  a  member  of  Company  A,  Forty-sixth  Pennsylvania  Infantry. 
In  November,  1862,  he  was  made  commissary  sergeant  of  the  regiment  and  after  serving 
for  three  years  reenlisted  in  the  same  regiment,  tx'coming  quartermaster  sergeant  March 
5,  1864,  at  Decherd,  Tennessee.  He  was  in  active  service  until  the  close  of  hostilities  and 
with  a  creditable  military  record  was  mustered  out  at  Alexandria,  Virginia,  July  16,  1865, 
receiving  his  discharge  at  Harrisburg.  Pennsylvania,  July  31st  of  the  same  year,  having 
been  at  the  front  three  years,  eleven  months  and  twenty  days. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Duncan  established  himself  in  the  mercantile  business,  at 
Atkinsons  Mills.  Mifflin  county,  Pennsylvania,  but  after  a  year  and  a  half  sold  out  and 
became  connected  with  the  oil  business  at  Parker  City,  Foxburg,  Kdinburg  and  Klk   City, 


JAMES  r.  DUNCAN 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  675 

his  specialty  being  tlie  sinking  of  oil  wells  in  tlie  rich  fields  of  that  locality.  In  tliis  line 
of  work  lie  was  associated  with  Lem  Young  for  twelve  years  and  they  built  up  a  profitable 
and  extensive  business.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  influenced  by  reading  the  articles  upon 
the  opportunities  and  advantages  in  Arizona,  written  by  Colonel  W.  L.  Foulk,  then  stationed 
at  Camp  Tliomas  as  captain  of  the  Si.xth  United  States  Cavalry,  Mr.  Duncan  c&me  west, 
determined  to  see  the  new  country  of  opportunity  and,  if  possible,  to  ally  his  interests  with 
it.  In  1879  lie  sold  all  of  his  interests  in  Pennsylvania  and  started  on  the  journey  west, 
stopping  at  Leadville,  Colorado,  for  four  months  and  then  pushing  on  to  Las  Vegas,  New 
Mexico,  where  he  bought  an  outfit,  and  in  the  following  August  he  started  for  Camp 
Thomas.  He  there  interviewed  Colonel  Foulk,  who  advised  him  to  go  to  Tombstone,  point- 
ing out  the  exceptional  opportunities  which  the  newly  opened  mines  offered.  Mr.  Duncan 
took  his  advice  and  arrived  in  that  city,  October  2,  1879.  In  November  of  the  same  year 
he  went  to  tlie  Mule  mountains,  near  the  present  site  of  Bisbee,  and  there  prospected  for 
some  time,  being  at  that  time  one  of  the  pioneer  miners  of  the  locality.  There  were  only 
four  men  besides  himself  in  the  entire  district.  These  were  Charles  Vincent,  Joseph  Dyer, 
Marcus  F.  Herring  and  George  Eddleman,  all  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Mr.  Duncan 
remained  in  that  locality  until  1890,  prospecting  and  engaging  in  other  occupations,  and 
there  he  first  became  prominent  in  public  life,  serving  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  Mule  Gulch 
for  ten  years.  In  1890  he  sold  all  of  his  interests  in  that  section  and  returned  to  Tomb- 
atone,  where  he  has  since  lived.  He  owns  a  fine  residence  in  the  city  and  has  also  extensive 
interests  in  Florida  and  Los  Angeles,  being  a  stockholder  in  the  Los  Angeles  Investment 
Company.  He  is  living  practically  retired,  although  he  still  gives  personal  supervision 
to  his  business  affairs. 

Mr.  Duncan  was  first  married  on  the  25th  of  December,  1871,  and  to  that  union  was 
born  a  son,  Lemuel,  whose  birtli  occurred  in  February,  1873,  and  who  is  now  mining  in 
Nevada.  Mr.  Duncan's  first  wife  died  in  1883  and  on  September  25,  1905,  lie  wedded  Mrs. 
Julia  A.  Blockburger,  a  second  cousin  of  General  Robert  E.  Lee  and  a  daughter  of  .John 
Lee,  formerly  of  Virginia  and  afterward  of  Richfield,  Illinois. 

Mr.  Duncan  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  and  since  casting  his  first  vote  for 
Douglas  in  1860  has  always  been  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies  of  that 
party.  He  served  for  many  years  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  Mule  Gulch  and  in  1882  was 
elected  to  the  legislature,  serving  in  the  twelfth  territorial  assembly.  He  has  been  three 
times  alderman  from  the  first  ward  in  Tombstone  and  also  served  as  city  clerk  and 
treasurer,  while  for  more  than  five  years  he  was  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors.  In 
fact,  he  has  held  practically  all  of  the  municipal  offices  and  has  extended  his  activities 
to  the  field  of  state  politics  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  state  legislature,  his  public  career 
being  distinguished  by  broad-minded,  capable  and  constructive  work  in  the  general  interests. 
Mr.  Duncan  is  one  of  Arizona's  most  honored  pioneers.  The  best  and  most  active  years 
of  his  life  were  spent  in  the  territory,  to  the  advancement  and  growth  of  which  he  gave 
his  energies  and  talents  so  ungrudgingly  and  with  sucli  gratifying  success.  During  his 
long,  busy  and  useful  career  he  has  faithfully  performed  the  duties  of  citizenship  and  met 
all  of  his  obligations  to  mankind.  He  lias  been  an  eye  witness  to  the  many  changes  which 
have  taken  place  through  the  growth  and  development  of  the  state  and  is  esteemed  and 
honored  wherever  he  is  known.  Not  only  is  his  name  inscribed  upon  the  list  of  those  who 
went  valiantly  forth  at  the  time  of  the  nation's  peril,  but  as  a  worthy  and  upright  citizen 
and  a  Christian  gentleman  he  will  be  remembered  through  the  coming  years. 


ARTHUR  HERBERT  WILDE. 

Arthur  Herbert  Wilde,  now  residing  in  Needham,  Massachusetts,  contributed  to  the 
advancement  of  Arizona's  educational  interests  as  president  of  the  State  University.  A 
native  son  of  New  England,  he  was  born  at  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  April  29,  1865, 
his  parents  being  Joseph  and  Susan  (French)  Wilde.  His  education,  acquired  in  his  native 
state,  included  a  course  in  the  Boston  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1887,  and  in  Harvard  University,  which  conferred  upon  him  the  A.  M.  degree   in 


676  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

1899  and  the  Ph.  D.  degree  in  1901.  In  the  meantime  he  entered  upon  the  work  of  teaching, 
which  he  followed  for  two  years  before  his  matriculation  at  Harvard.  In  1894  he  became  a 
member  of  the  college  faculty  at  Northwestern  University  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  where  he 
became  known  as  instructor,  assistant  professor  and  professor,  his  special  field  being  that  of 
history.  When  he  came  to  Tucson  as  president  of  the  Arizona  University  his  experience 
in  the  east  both  as  instructor  and  in  administrative  capacities  enabled  him  to  bring  to 
the  institution  a  valuable  fund  of  knowledge  and  an  executive  ability  that  has  meant  much 
for  the  advancement  of  the  university.  As  college  registrar  at  Northwestern,  a  university 
that  has  an  enrollment  of  about  forty-five  hundred  students,  as  principal  of  the  Evanston 
Academy,  a  preparatory  school  having  about  five  hundred  students,  then  as  secretary  of  the 
university  and  administrative  assistant  to  the  president,  he  met  and  coped  with  questions 
which  ably  fitted  him  for  the  duties  of  the  presidency  to  which  he  was  later  called.  He 
has  kept  constantly  in  touch  with  advanced  methods  of  instruction  and  with  those  advanced 
ideas  which,  successfully  passing  through  the  stage  of  experimentation,  become  valued 
factors  in  preparing  the  young  for  the  later  duties  and  responsibilities  of  life.  Since  Septem- 
ber, 1914,  he  has  been  head  of  the  department  of  education  of  Boston  University. 

On  the  6th  of  September,  1892,  Dr.  Wilde  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Frances  Kellows, 
of  Center  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Congregational 
church,  while  his  political  policy  and  attitude  are  that  of  an  independent  republican.  He 
has  been  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  New  England  Association  of  College  Teachers  of  Education,  of  the  New  England  Asso- 
ciation of  Colleges  and  Secondary  Schools,  and  of  the  National  Educational  Association. 
His  literary  contributions  are  valuable.  He  has  written  upon  general  educational  matters 
and  has  prepared  articles  on  the  culture  of  the  early  middle  ages  for  current  periodicals. 
His  life  record  has  been  a  credit  to  his  alma  mater  and  his  success  is  the  expression  of 
individual  worth,  ability  and  power. 


B.  G.  FOX,  M.  D. 


Dr.  B.  G.  Fox,  a  physician  and  surgeon  who  since  1893  has  practiced  continuously  and 
ably  in  Globe,  was  bom  in  Clayton  county,  Iowa,  in  1853.  He  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin and  Julia  B.  (Plum)  Fox,  natives  of  New  York,  who  were  married  in  Iowa  and  made 
their  home  in  that  state  from  1848  until  their  deaths.  The  father  was  well  known  in  Clay- 
ton county  and  served  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Black  Hawk  war. 

The  public  schools  of  Clayton  county  afforded  Dr.  Fox  his  early  educational  oppor- 
tunities and  he  afterward  attended  the  Iowa  State  Agricultural  College  at  Ames.  He 
came  to  Globe  in  June,  1878.  Afterward,  however,  he  determined  to  study  medicine  and 
accordingly  went  to  Kentucky,  where  he  entered  the  University  of  Louisville,  graduating 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1892.  In  that  year  he  opened  an  office  in  Globe  and  has  since 
remained,  becoming  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  able,  efficient  and  conscientious  members 
of  the  profession  in  the  city.  Reading  and  research  keep  him  in  touch  with  the  advance- 
ment of  the  times  and  he  is  recognized  as  one  who  is  most  careful  in  the  diagnosis  of  a 
case  and  whose  application  of  scientific  principles  is  always  judicious.  Dr.  Fox  has  a  large 
general  practice  and  in  addition  has  served  as  city  health  officer  since  the  incorporation  of 
Globe.  He  was  for  five  years  county  superintendent  of  health  and  for  four  years  physi- 
cian for  the  O.  D.  &  United  Globe  mines.  Aside  from  his  profession  he  has  extensive 
interests  in  residence  and  mining  properties  in  Gila  county  and  in  their  management  dis- 
plays good  business  ability  and  keen  discernment. 

Dr.  Fox  was  married  in  1881  to  Miss  Alice  E.  Richards,  a  native  of  Connecticnt  and 
a  daughter  of  Frederick  Richards,  a  pioneer  in  Iowa.  They  have  an  only  son,  Jesse  B., 
who  was  born  in  1891.  He  attended  the  Polytechnic  school  in  Pasadena,  California,  for 
one  year  and  a  half  and  for  two  years  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railroad 
in  the  engineering  department.  He  is  now  in  the  engineering  department  of  the  Arizona 
&  Calumet  Mining  Company  at  Bisbee. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Fox  is  connected  with   the  Masonic  order  and  has  served  through  all 


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the  chairs  in  the  blue  lodge  and  chapter.  He  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  beliefs  and 
has  always  been  active  in  public  affairs,  serving  as  clerk  of  the  district  court  for  nine 
years  and  also  as  court  commissioner.  In  addition  he  was  from  1884  to  1885  justice  of 
the  peace  in  Globe.  He  has  throughout  his  life  made  wise  use  of  his  time  and  talents,  and  his 
ability,  both  natural  and  acquired,  has  placed  him  among  the  leading  physicians  in  his  part 
of  Arizona. 


JULIUS  KRUTTSCHNITT,  Jr. 

Julius  Kruttschnitt,  Jr.,  manager  of  the  American  Smelting  &  Refining  Company  at 
Tucson,  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  prominent  young  business  men  of  the  city,  holding  high 
rank  in  the  profession  of  mining  engineering.  He  was  born  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  May 
7,  1885,  a  son  of  Julius  and  Minna  E.  (Kock)  Kruttschnitt,  who  were  also  natives  of  the 
Crescent  city.  The  son  pursued  his  education  in  a  preparatory  school  at  Belmont,  California, 
and  afterward  entered  Yale  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  witli  the  class  of 
]  906,  completing  the  course  in  mining  engineering.  Well  qualified  for  important  professional 
service,  he  afterward  entered  the  employ  of  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  as  a  mining  engi- 
neer at  Morenci,  Arizona.  In  1909  he  became  connected  with  the  American  Smelting  & 
Refining  Company,  which  he  represented  in  Mexico  for  two  and  a  half  years.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  the  development  department  was  established  with  headquarters  in  Tucson  and 
he  was  placed  in  charge  at  that  city  and  still  fills  the  position  most  capably,  directing  the 
aflairs  of  the  company  at  that  point.  He  possesses  pronounced  ability  in  the  field  of  his 
chosen  profession  and  constant  study  and  broadening  experience  are  adding  to  his  efficiency 
and  skill. 

On  the  24th  of  September,  1907,  Mr.  Kruttschnitt  was  married  to  Miss  Marie  Pick- 
ering, of  San  Francisco,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  M.  Pickering,  the  former  a 
real  estate  dealer  of  that  city.  The  children  of  this  marriage  are  Marie  Elise,  Barbara 
and  Julius. 

Mr.  Kruttschnitt  is  a  gentleman  of  attractive  .and  pleasing  social  qualities  which  have 
won  for  him  personal  popularity  and  made  him  a  valued  member  of  the  Old  Pueblo  Club 
and  of  the  Tucson  Golf  and  Country  Club.  Along  strictly  professional  lines  he  is  connected 
with  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  American  Mining  Congress.  He 
has  the  deepest  interest  in  his  profession,  and  laudable  ambition  has  prompted  hmi  to 
put  forth  most  eflective  effort  toward  acquiring  added  knowledge  and  ability  and  thus  he 
is  continually  taking  forward  steps  toward  the  goal  of  success. 


I.  W.  FRYE. 


I.  W.  Frye,  deceased,  was  at  one  time  the  proprietor  of  the  Arizona  Steam  Laundry  in 
Globe  and  one  of  the  most  enterprising,  progressive  and  successful  business  men  in  the  city. 
He  was  born  in  Clear  Lake,  Minnesota,  in  1872,  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Ida  M.  Frye.  The  father 
died  in  Minnesota  and  the  mother  is  still  making  her  home  in  that  state.  They  had  a  large 
family  of  children,  of  whom  six  still  survive,  the  subject  of  this  review  being  the  oldest. 

I.  W.  Frye  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  and  in  1893 
went  west  to  California,  where  he  spent  three  years  as  hoisting  engineer  in  the  mines.  He 
came  to  Globe,  Arizona,  in  1896  and  for  five  years  thereafter  worked  at  his  former  occupa- 
tion in  the  mines,  acting  also  as  master  mechanic  for  three  years.  In  1906  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Thomas  Cavanaugh  and  engaged  in  the  laundry  business  on  a  small  scale. 
Their  increasing  patronage  soon  made  enlargement  necessary  and  more  commodious  quarters 
were  secured,  the  enterprise  soon  becoming  the  leading  laundry  in  the  city.  Mr.  Frye  pur- 
chased his  partner's  interest  in  1912  and  until  his  death  was  sole  proprietor  of  the  plant, 
which  was  operated  under  the  name  of  the  Arizona  Steam  Laundry  and  which  occupied  a 
fine  modem  building  at  750  North  Broad  street.     Much  of  the  credit  for  the  growth  of  the 


G78  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

business  since  the  beginning  and  for  its  development  along  modern  and  practical  business 
lines  was  due  to  the  initiative  spirit,  energy  and  enterprise  of  Mr.  Frye,  who  gave  practically 
all  of  his  attention  to  its  management.  He  had  a  reputation  for  courtesy  and  correct  busi- 
ness methods  and  he  held  the  favor  of  the  people  of  the  city  through  his  honest  and 
legitimate  business  dealings.  During  the  jjeriod  of  his  connection  with  mining  interests 
here  he  became  an  expert  judge  of  mine  values  and  made  some  judicious  investments  along 
that  line.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Sleeping  Beauty  Copper  Miniiig  &  Smelting  Company, 
whose  properties  are  located  ten  miles  north  of  Globe,  and  he  was  a  heavy  stockholder  in 
that  concern. 

In  1900  Mr.  Frye  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Ida  N.  Edwards,  a  native  of  Texas, 
who  came  to  Arizona  with  her  parents  when  she  was  still  a  child.  Her  father  afterward 
returned  to  Texas,  where  he  passed  away,  but  her  mother  now  makes  her  home  in  Phoenix. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frye  had  one  son,  Irving  W.,  who  was  born  in  1903.  Mr.  Frye  died  at  Globe, 
September  13,  1913,  and  on  February  6,  1914,  Mrs.  Frye  was  married  to  D.  S.  McDonald, 
who  for  eighteen  years  has  been  engaged  in  the  mining  industry  in  Arizona.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Frye  was  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  he  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party. 
As  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen  he  took  ap  intelligent  interest  in  public  affairs 
andwas  always  ready  to  do  his  utmost  to  promote  public  development.  He  served  as  justice 
of  the  peace  and  he  was  an  able  and  conscientious  member  of  the  Globe  city  council. 


JOSEPH  A.  AMBROSY. 


Joseph  A.  Ambrosy,  located  in  Tucson  in  1912  and  there  he  has  rapidly  won  recognition 
as  a  skilled  veterinary  surgeon,  building  up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  is  a  specialist 
on  diseases  of  the  eye  of  all  kinds  of  domestic  animals  and  is  a  very  skillful  surgeon.  He 
is  a  native  of  southern  Austria,  his  birtli  occurring  on  the  14th  of  May,  1870.  Upon  com- 
pleting his  preliminary  education  he  learned  the  horseshoeing  trade,  which  is  one  of  the 
requirements  for  admission  to  the  Royal  Veterinary  College  at  Vienna.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  latter  institution  in  1889.  In  1888  he  had  entered  the  Austrian  army,  where  he 
served  for  five  years,  being  discharged  with  the  rank  of  captain. 

It  was  in  1893  that  Dr.  Ambrosy  came  to  the  United  States,  having  decided  that  the 
new  world  afforded  better  opportunities  for  a  successful  career  than  were  to  be  found 
in  the  more  congested  sections  of  Europe.  He  first  located  at  Bii(lgei)ort,  Connecticut,  whore 
he  engaged  in  horseshoeing  and  also  practiced  veterinary  surgery.  From  there  he  went  to 
Morton  county,  North  Dakota,  where  he  established  a  shop  which  he  conducted  for  three 
years  and  also  practiced  liis  profession.  He  next  went  to  North  Yakima,  Washington,  and 
after  a  brief  residence  there  removed  to  San  Francisco,  California,  where  he  attended  the 
Veterinary  College,  from  which  he  subsequently  graduated.  During  that  time  he  was 
residing  in  Larkspur,  Marin  county,  that  state,  where  he  ateo  established  a  shop  and  engaged 
in  practice  there  and  in  San  Francisco.  In  1912  the  college  a<lvised  him  to  locate  in  Tucson, 
as  there  was  an  excellent  opening  there  for  a  capable  man  in  the  profession.  This  lie  did  and 
has  iiad  no  occasion  to  regret  it.  He  is  veterinary  for  the  Tucson  Farms  Company  and  the 
Autrey  &  Peterson  Dairy,  and  is  also  live  stock  inspector.  In  addition  to  his  duties  in  this 
connection  he  is  rapidly  building  up  a  large  private  practice,  and  despite  the  fact  that  he 
has  been  here  little  more  than  three  years  has  practically  all  that  he  can  do.  His  practice 
now  extends  all  over  tlie  state,  especially  in  consultation  and  dithcult  operations.  He  has 
property  interests  at  Larkspur,  where  he  owns  a  very  pleasant  residence. 

Dr.  Ambrosy  was  married  in  Vienna,  Austria,  in  1893,  to  Miss  Marie  Appol.  He  holds 
membership  with  the  Kniglits  of  Pythias  and  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  maintains  rela- 
tions with  the  members  of  his  profession  through  the  medium  of  his  connection  with  the 
Veterinary  Association  of  San  Francisco.  He  has  traveled  extensively  in  Mexico  and 
Guatemala  during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  the  west.  Dr.  Ambrosy  is  a  well  educated 
man  and  an  exceptionally  good  linguist,  being  familiar  with  six  different  languages.     He  is 


DR.  JOSEPH  A.  AMBROSY 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  681 

well  informed,  especially  on  all  subjects  having  any  connection,  however  remote,  with  his 
profession,  in  which  he  is  constantly  advancing  through  his  private  research  work  and 
careful  study  of  the  various  veterinary  publications  and  scientific  works  treating  on  the 
subject  of  animal  husbandry. 


SABINO  OTERO. 


Sabino  Otero,  now  deceased,  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  early  Spanish  settlers  in 
Arizona  and  was'  a  representative  of  the  fourth  generation  of  his  family,  his  great-grand- 
tather  having  located  here  when  this  section  of  the  southwest  was  still  the  property  of 
Spain.  He  was  born  on  the  old  historic  family  ranch  at  Tubac,  in  the  vicinity  of  Nogales, 
on  the  29th  of  December,  1846,  a  son  of  Manuel  Otero.  This  old  family  has  but  one  sur- 
viving representative,  Teofilo  Otero,  a  brother  of  our  subject. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  Sabino  Otero  were  passed  on  the  home  ranch,  which  formed 
one  of  the  Spanish  grants,  and  when  little  more  tlian  a  boy  he  participated  in  the  Indian 
wars.  He  subsequently  acquired  some  land  six  miles  south  of  Tubac,  on  which  he  installed 
a  crude  system  of  irrigation  and  raised  corn.  He  sold  his  crops  to  the  United  States  military 
post  established  nearby  for  the  protection  of  the  settlers,  whose  safety  was  constantly 
menaced  at  tliat  time  by  the  Indians.  For  a  number  of  years  he  also  engaged  in  freighting 
for  the  government  to  Fort  Bowie,  but  the  Indians  gave  so  much  trouble  that  he  disposed 
of  his  outfit  and  invested  the  proceeds  in  a  herd  of  cattle  from  Texas.  He  was  still  troubled 
by  the  Indians,  wlio  drove  off  his  cattle,  and  finally  obtained  permission  from  the  Mexican 
government  at  Sonora  to  drive  his  herds  across  the  border  and  for  five  years  ranged  his 
cattle  on  the  prairies  of  Mexico.  He  then  brought  them  back  to  his  ranch,  ranging  them  on 
the  old  home  place,  which  comprises  three  hundred  acres.  For  many  years  Mr.  Otero  resided 
in  Tucson,  which  was  an  old  Spanish  settlement  when  he  first  came  here  and  contained  but 
few  settlers.  He  related  many  interesting  experiences  of  the  early  days,  when  the  United 
States  government  maintained  a  military  post  in  Tucson  in  order  to  protect  the  inhabitants 
from  the  Indians.  He  watched  with  interest  the  growth  and  devslopment  of  the  city, 
which  with  its  many  beautiful  residences,  fine  hotels  and  large  shops  bears  little  resemblance 
to  tlie  Tucson  of  fifty  years  ago. 


E.  G.  CARUTHERS. 


The  prosperity  prevailing  in  the  state  of  Arizona  at  present  is  largely  due  to  the  enter- 
prising efl'orts  of  such  men  as  E.  G.  Caruthers,  of  Yuma.  He  is  not  only  an  important 
factor  in  banking  circles  as  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Yuma  but  also  has  land 
interests  and  is  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  and  grocery  business.  He  is  numbered 
among  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  having  come  to  this  state  in  1888. 

ilr.  Caruthers  was  born  in  Texas  in  1866  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  Caruthers,  who 
established  his  residence  in  the  Lone  Star  state  in  1834.  He  was  a  cattle  man  and  later 
engaged  in  mercantile  business.  His  son,  E.  G.  Caruthers,  acquired  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  subsequently  gave  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits.  In  1888,  when 
about  twenty-two  years  of  age,  he  removed  to  Arizona,  locating  at  Gila  Bend,  Maricopa 
county,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandising.  He  still  owns  the  store  there  and  also  has 
important  land  interests  in  that  vicinity.  He  came  to  Y'^uma  in  November,  1904,  and  in 
1905  was  instrumental  in  organizing  the  First  National  Bank.  This  important  financial 
institution  was  originally  capitalized  for  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  but  its  business 
increased  to  such  an  extent  that  the  capital  was  raised  to  fifty  thousand  in  1909  and  was 
made  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  1913.  The  present  directors  are:  E.  G.  Caruthers, 
president.  J.  W.  "Dorrington,  Eugene  Caruthers  and  T.  L.  Lane.  The  bank  occupies 
a  handsome  building  and  is  one  of  the  most  solid  financial  institutions  in  the  state.  Its 
rapid  success   is   largely   due   to  the   enterprise   and  business  ability   of   Mr.   Caruthers,   its 


682  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

executive  ofHcer.  Besides  these  important  interests  he  is  the  owner  of  two  prosperous 
general  stores,  one  in  Gila  Bend  and  the  other  in  Somerton.  Both  of  these  establishments 
are  conducted  along  modern  lines  and  return  a  gratifying  income  to  the  owner. 

In  1885  Mr.  Canithers  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lilly  U.  Ramsey,  of  Texas,  and 
they  have  three  children,  Kugene,  Samuel  R.  and  Elizabeth.  In  his  political  faith  Mr. 
Caruthers  is  a  democrat.  He  is  public-spirited  and  takes  great  interest  in  all  measures 
undertaken  to  promote  the  interests  of  the  general  public.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member 
of  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons.  It  is  due  to  men  of  the  enterprise  and  ability  of  Mr.  Caruthers 
that  the  state  of  Arizona  is  enjoying  an  unprecedented  era  of  prosperity,  and  while  he  has 
attained  to  a  position  of  independence,  he  has  also  been  a  great  factor  and  valuable  force 
in  furthering  commercial,  financial,  and  agricultural  interests  which  are  assets  in  the 
commonwealth. 


J.  P.  GIDEON. 


J.  P.  Gideon,  who  served  in  a  creditable  and  able  way  as  sheriff  of  Mohave  county,  is 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  his  residence  here  dating  from  1872.  During  the  intervening 
years  he  has  been  prominently  connected  with  mining  operations  in  various  parts  of  the 
state  and  has  now  important  interests  of  this  character,  his  standing  as  a  business  man 
fully  equaling  his  high  position  in  financial  circles. 

Mr.  Gideon  was  born  in  Mississippi  in  1850  and  after  acquiring  a  public  school  educa- 
tion in  that  state  went  to  Nevada  in  1807.  tuniing  his  attention  to  mining.  In  1872  he 
came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  the  ten-itory  in  pioneer  times,  and  he  followed  his  chosen 
occupation  in  various  sections  until  1874,  when  he  came  to  Kingman,  where  he  has  since 
remained  a  continuous  and  highly  respected  resident.  His  mining  interests  have  constantly 
been  extended  through  the  passing  years  and  his  holdings  are  today  important  and  profitable, 
his  work  in  their  development  having  constituted  one  of  the  elements  in  the  growth  and 
progress  of  the  city  where  he  has  so  long  made  his  home.  Mr.  Gideon  began  his  oflicial 
career  in  1902,  when  he  was  made  deputy  sheriff,  and  after  serving  for  three  terms  he  was 
in  1911  elected  sheriff,  an  office  he  filled  in  a  manner  creditable  to  his  ability  and  his  public 
spirit  alike  until  1914. 

Mr.  Gideon  married  Miss  Julia  Miller,  who  has  ])assed  away  and  the  two  children  born 
to  them  are  also  deceased.  In  1908  Mr.  Gideon  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being 
with  Mrs.  H.  B.  Hanna,  of  Prescott,  Arizona,  who  has  four  children  by  her  former  marriage. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Eehckahs  and  Mr.  Gideon  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  He  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  is  not  an  active  politician. 
He  takes  an  intelligent  interest  in  the  development  and  growth  of  the  community  wliere  he 
has  made  his  home  for  the  past  forty-two  years.  He  has  witnessed  i)ractically  its  entire 
progress  and  has  to  a  great  extent  been  identified  with  it,  being  luimbered  today  among 
Mohave  county's  most  honored  and  respected  pioneers. 


MICHAEL  FEGAN. 


After  a  straightforward  and  honorable  business  career,  varied  in  its  activities  but  at 
all  times  high  in  its  purposes  and  beneficial  in  its  results,  Michael  Fegan  is  living  retired  in 
Globe,  where  for  a  number  of  years  he  was  connected  in  an  important  way  with  business 
interests.  He  was  born  in  Kingstown,  Ireland,  and  is  a  son  of  Thomas  Fegan,  who  for  a 
number  of  years  followed  the  brick  and  stone  contracting  business  in  England.  He  was 
killed  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  still  a  child.  The  mother  came  to  America  in  1892 
and  settled  in  Globe,  Arizona,  in  1890,  making  her  home  in  that  city  until  her  death,  which 
occurred  in  1899. 

Michael  Fegan  is  in  all  essential  respects  a  self-made  man.  At  the  early  age  of  four- 
teen years  he  went  to  sea  and  was  a  sailor  until  1892,  traveling  over  nearly  all  the  waters 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  683 

of  the  world.  He  accompanied  liis  mother  to  America  in  1892  and  four  years  later  settled 
with  her  in  Globe,  wliere  hs  turned  his  attention  to  mining  for  about  three  years.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  ho  establislied  a  dairy  in  the  city  and  in  eight  years  and  a  half  built  up  a 
large  and  lucrative  business  of  that  character,  becoming  widely  and  favorably  known  as  a 
resourceful,  farsighted  and  progressive  business  man,  whose  sagacity  was  far-reaching  and 
whose  business  probity  beyond  all  question.  His  well  directed  ellorts  eventually  brought 
him  a  comfortable  competence  and  enabled  him  to  retire  from  active  life.  He  still  makes 
his  home  in  Globe,  wliere  he  supervises  his  important  residence  and  business  property  inter- 
ests, from  which  he  derives  a  substantial  income. 

Mr.  Fegan  was  married  in  1874  to  JNIiss  Julia  McKevitt,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  was 
reared  in  England.  They  became  the  parents  of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  still  survive, 
as  follows:  Bridget,  who  manied  T.  F.  McCann,  a  dealer  in  men's  furnishings  in  Kansas 
City,  Missouri;  Thomas,  a  mechanical  engineer;  Catherine,  the  wife  of  E.  G.  Griffith,  of 
Globe,  by  whom  she  has  one  son,  Ernest,  born  in  1910;  and  Margaret,  a  graduate  of  the 
Globe  high  school  and  now  a  bookkeeper  and  stenographer. 

The  family  are  devout  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  Mr.  Fegan  gives  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  has  served  with  credit  and  ability  in  the 
city  council  of  Globe.  He  has  proved  public-spirited  and  progiessive  in  matters  of  citizen- 
ship and  reliable  in  all  his  business  dealings,  and  he  has  well  earned  the  rest  and  leisure 
which  now  reward  his  many  years  of  active  and  honorable  labor. 


P.  C.  LITTLE. 


In  a  profession  where  advancement  depends  entirely  upon  individual  merit  and  ability 
P.  C.  Little  has  made  rapid  and  continuous  progress,  being  today  one  of  the  most  able  and 
successful  members  of  the  bar  in  Globe,  where  he  is  engaged  in  general  practice  before  all 
the  courts  of  the  state  in  partnership  with  Charles  L.  Rawlins.  He  was  born  in  North 
Carolina  in  1861,  a  son  of  Peter  and  Eleanora  (Henkel)  Little,  also  natives  of  that  state, 
where  the  father  died  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  but  one  year  old.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him  and  reached  the  age  of  eighty-five.  She  passed  away  In  April,  1913.  In  their 
family  were  five  children,  of  whom  P.  C.  tittle  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Sabina  C.  Little,  are  the 
only  ones  still  living.     She  is  the  wife  of  Professor  C.  S.  Little,  of  Conover,  North  Carolina. 

P.  C.  Little  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  North  Carolina  and 
after  determining  to  study  law,  entered  Concordia  College  at  Gravelton,  Missouri,  and 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  1886.  Two  j'ears  later  he  was  admitted  to  the  Missouri 
bar  and  after  practicing  there  for  four  years  went  to  California,  winning  his  admission  to 
the  bar  of  that  state  in  1893.  After  six  years  he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  at  Clifton, 
where  he  practiced  until  1907,  having  during  that  time  served  two  terms  as  probate  judge. 
From  Clifton  he  removed  to  Globe  and  heie  formed  a  partnership  with  Charles  L.  Rawlins, 
with  whom  he  is  still  associated.  Although  their  practice  is  general,  covering  litigation  in 
all  the  courts  of  the  state.  Mi'.  Little  has  made  a  specialty  of  corporation  law  and  has  built 
up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice  in  tliat  line,  his  ability,  comprehensive  legal  knowledge  and 
keen  incisive  qualities  of  mind  having  become  widely  known.  From  time  to  time  he  has 
invested  in  real  estate  and  now  has  valuable  holdings  in  Globe  and  its  vicinity. 

Mr.  Little  was  married  in  1889  to  Miss  Julia  P.  Dalton,  of  Greenville,  Missouri,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Adam  Dalton,  of  that  city.  They  became  the  parents  of  one  son,  Kirby  Dalton,  who 
was  born  in  1890  and  was  graduated  in  1913  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  fuom  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Southern  California  at  Los  Angeles.  He  now  conducts  a  law  office 
in  Miami,  Arizona,  which  is  a  branch  of  the  business  of  the  firm  of  Rawlins  &  Little.  Mr. 
Little's  first  wife  passed  away  in  1899  and  in  1902  he  married  Miss  Emma  C.  Whitener,  a 
native  of  Wayne  county,  Missouri,  and  a  daughter  of  Miles  W.  Whitener,  who  removed  to 
Oregon  in  1890  and  passed  away  in  that  state.  Mrs.  Little  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
I'jpiscopal  church  South. 

FrateiTially  Mr.  Little  is  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Order  of  Foresters  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood 


684  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  America.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  tiie  democratic  party  and  while  a  residant 
of  Orange,  California,  served  as  city  attorney  and  in  Missouri  was  a  school  commissioner. 
In  1913  he  represented  the  district  comprising  Greenlee,  Pinal,  Gila  and  Graham  counties  in 
the  democratic  national  convention  at  which  Woodrow  Wilson  was  nominated  for  the  presi- 
dency and  he  has  done  other  important  work  in  his  party's  interests.  He  is  justly  accounted 
one  of  the  able  lawyers  and  valued  citizens  of  Globe. 


WILLIAM  H.  BUCHER,  M.  D. 

One  of  the  most  able  members  of  the  medical  profession  in  Arizona  and  a  man  whose 
ability  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  is  the  outward  expression  of  his  close  study  and 
wide  experience  is  Dr.  William  H.  Bucher,  now  specializing  in  surgery  in  Kingman.  He 
was  born  in  Sunbury,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  Ist  of  January,  1874,  and  is  a  son  of  John  W. 
and  Mary  (Faust)  Bucher.  The  father,  who  was  a  prominent  lumberman  in  that  state, 
came  to  Arizona  in  1911  and  has  since  lived  retired. 

Dr.  William  H.  Bucher  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
state  and  was  afterward  a  student  in  Bucknell  University.  He  took  his  medical  course  in 
the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  in  Philadelphia  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
1896.  He  afterward  practiced  for  some  time  in  Pennsylvania  but  on  tlie  5th  of  April.  1898, 
was  commissioned  by  President  McKinley  a  surgeon  in  the  United  States  navy  and  continued 
in  the  service  until  1911,  when  he  retired  as  lieutenant  commander.  He  then  came  to  King- 
man, Arizona,  and  opened  an  office  here,  wliere  he  has  already  been  carried  forward  into 
important  professional  relations.  A  large  and  representative  patronage  has  been  accorded 
to  him  in  recognition  of  his  extensive  knowledge  of  medical  principles  and  his  ability  in 
their  application  as  well  as  his  conscientious  sense  of  the  responsibilities  which  devolve  upon 
him.  He  specializes  in  surgery,  his  office  i)eing  equipped  with  the  most  modern  apparatus, 
and  he  has  performed  many  difficult  operations  most  successfully. 

Dr.  Bucher  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order.  He  belongs  to  the  Anu-riean  Medical 
Association,  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society  and  is  now  serving  with  credit  and  ability 
as  president  of  the  Mohave  County  Medical  Society.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most 
advanced  professional  thought,  conforms  always  to  the  highest  professional  standards  and 
thus  commands  and  holds  the  respect,  confidence  and  regard  of  his  brethren  of  the  medical 
fraternity. 


H.  S.  GRISWOLD. 


Commercial  interests  of  Phoenix  have  been  ably  represented  by  H.  S.  Griswold  who  until 

past  seventy  years  of  age  was  still  actively  identified  with  business  affairs.  His  standing 
in  the  community  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  he  was  elected  as  one  of  the  seven  who  in 
February,  1911,  proceeded  to  Washington  to  place  before  President  Taft  their  views  in 
regard  to  the  state  constitution,  and  in  that  way  he  has  been  intimately  connected  with  the 
historical  event  of  Arizona's  admittance  to  statehood. 

Born  in  Susquehanna  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1842,  Mr.  Griswold  attended  public 
schools  of  that  state  in  the  acquirement  of  his  education  and  subsequently  learned  the 
watchmaker's  trade.  Being  thrifty  and  industriou?  he  was  thus  enabled  to  open  a  store  in 
Flmira,  New  York,  which  he  conducted  for  fifteen  years,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  he 
returned  to  Susquehanna,  Pennsylvania,  and  making  a  change  in  his  occupation  engaged  in 
contracting  and  building.  Success  attended  his  efforts  and  as  the  years  passed  his  financial 
resources  increased  steadily  and  in  a  gratifying  manner.  He  subsequently  spent  a  i\'\v  years 
in  Towanda,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1893  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  engaging  in  shipping  live 
game  until  that  business  was  prohibited  by  state  law.  In  1894  he  opened  a  bicycle  and 
repair  shop  in  Phoenix  and  continued  in  that  line  with  increasing  success  until  1914,  when 
he  sold  his  business  and  retired  from  active  life.     His  is  the  oldest  business  of  its  kind  in 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  685 

the  state  and  Mr.  Griswold  has  reared  it  upon  the  basis  of  strict  integrity,  reliability  and 
promptness  that  gained  for  him  an  enviable  reputation. 

In  1874  Mr.  Griswold  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Cash,  of  Pennsylvania,  who 
passed  away  after  about  twenty-seven  years  of  happy  married  life,  in  1901.  Subsequently 
he  wedded  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Johnson,  of  Elmira,  New  York,  and  they  are  highly  esteemed  by  all 
who  know  them. 

Politically  Mr.  Griswold  is  a  republican  and  brings  an  intelligent  understanding  to  the 
issues  of  the  day  as  they  affect  the  government.  This  led  to  the  important  appointment 
which  took  him  to  Washington  in  the  interests  of  his  state.  Public-spirited  and  progressive, 
he  has  not  only  been  an  interested  witness  of  the  changes  that  have  occurred  here  but  has 
been  helpful  and  cooperant  in  promoting  the  general  advancement. 


THE  CATHOLIC  CHURCH  OF  NOGALES. 

Intimately  connected  with  the  history  of  the  Catholic  church  in  Arizona  and  one 
of  the  strong  elements  in  the  spread  of  Catholic  doctrines  is  the  Catholic  church  of  Xogales, 
one  of  the  largest  and  finest  religious  institutions  in  this  part  of  the  state.  It  forms 
the  center  of  a  little  group  of  churches,  including  all  the  missions  of  Santa  Cruz  county, 
one  of  which  is  the  historic  old  mission  of  Tumacacori,  twenty  miles  north  of  the  city. 
The  Church  of  Nogales  was  founded  in  January,  1887,  Rev.  Father  Dolgfi,  then  pastor  of 
Tombstone,  being  put  in  charge  of  Nogales  as  a  missionary.  He  began  the  erection  of 
the  first  church,  a  small  adobe  hall  about  tliirty  by  twenty-two  feet,  with  two  rooms  in 
the  rear  which  served  as  a  residence  for  the  priest  who  visited  the  place  at  intervals,  there 
being  no  regular  pastor  in  the  early  days.  Tlie  church  was  next  in  charge  of  Rev.  Father 
Granjon,  now  bishop  of  Arizona,  and  after  him  came  Rev.  Father  Freri,  who  came  from 
France  to  America  as  a  delegate  of  the  Society  of  tlie  Propagation  of  the  Faith.  He 
is  now  a  resident  of  New  York  city.  After  a  short  period  under  the  administration  of 
Rev.  Father  Delby  the  church  was  next  in  charge  of  Rev.  Father  Gheldof,  both  main- 
taining their  residences  in  Tombstone  and  visiting  Nogales.  They  made  extensive  improve- 
ments in  the  church,  paving  the  way  for  the  efRcient  work  of  Rev.  Father  W.  Meurer, 
who  was  the  first  resident  priest  in  Nogales,  serving  from  1900  to  1905.  He  made  sub- 
stantial improvements  and  additions  to  the  original  building  and  did  excellent  work  in 
the  cause  of  tlie  Catholic  religion.    . 

Rev.  Father  L.  Duval,  pastor  at  Nogales  for  nine  and  a  half  years,  assumed  charge  of 
the  church  in  1905  and  accomplished  some  beneficial  results  during  the  years  of  his  con- 
nection with  it,  extending  his  activities  to  include  important  school  and  hospital  work. 
Upon  his  arrival  he  found  the  town  of  Nogales  growing  and  at  once  saw  the  need  of  a 
modern  hospital.  In  order  to  accomplish  his  plan  he  called  the  Sisters  of  Mercy  from 
Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  who  came  to  Nogales,  purchased  the  old  sanitarium  and  there 
founded  St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  now  one  of  the  finest  and  most  completely  equipped  institu- 
tions of  its  kind  in  Santa  Cruz  county.  The  old  building  was  entirely  remodeled  and 
refurnished  and  a  fine  modern  operating  room  was  installed.  Everything  is  provided  for 
the  most  efficient  care  of  the  patients  and  nothing  neglected  which  will  add  to  their  comfort. 

This  work  accomplished,  Father  Duval  turned  his  attention  to  the  improvement  of 
the  church  which,  under  his  administration,  was  made  double  the  original  size  and  a 
fine  cupola  added,  surmounted  by  the  image  of  our  Lord.  In  connection  with  the  church 
there  is  an  excellent  parochial  school  which  was  first  presided  over  by  the  Sisters  of  St. 
Dominick,  who  came  to  Nogales  in  1910  from  Adrian,  Michigan,  but  is  now  in  charge  ot 
the  Sisters  of  Mercy.  The  building  which  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  thirteen  thousand  dol- 
lars, has  been  enlarged  and  is  a  commodious  structure.  It  is  the  realization  of  a  dream 
long  and  fondly  cherished  by  Father  Duval  and  his  congregation  and  they  intend  in  the 
near  future  to  develop  it  into  a  fine  academy.  He  had  charge  of  the  different  mission 
churches  in  Santa  Ci"uz  county  and  paid  particular  attention  to  the  mission  of  Tumacacori, 
but  in  October,  1914,  he  was  transferred  to  Tucson  as  rector  of  the  cathedral  and  Rev.  George 
Van  Goethen  is  now  pastor  of  the  church  of  Nogales. 


686  '  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

rather  Duval  is  an  earnest,  intelligent  and  indefatigable  -worker  and  he  made  the 
church  at  Nogales  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  influential  religious  bodies  in  the  com- 
munity. He  is  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments  and  practical  ability,  most  earnest  and 
consecrated  in  his  work,  and  he  made  his  influence  felt  in  an  important  way  upon  the 
religious  history  of  Santa  Cruz  county. 


PAUL  REISINGER. 


Paul  Rfisinger,  general  superintendent  of  the  Arizona  &  New  Mexico  Railroad  since 
1909,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1871,  a  son  of  J.  W.  H.  and  Louise  (Winans)  Reisinger, 
both  natives  of  that  state.  He  grew  to  manhood  there,  acquired  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  and  supplemented  this  by  a  course  in  the  United  States  Military 
Academy  at  West  Point,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1896.  He  followed  a  military 
career  for  three  years  thereafter,  resigning  from  the  army  in  1899  as  second  lieutenant 
in  the  Tenth  Cavalry.  He  immediately  turned  his  attention  to  business,  becoming  identified 
as  civil  engineer  with  the  Great  Northern  Railroad  Company,  with  whom  he  continued 
his  identification  until  1906,  gaining  wide  recognition  for  his  able  work  along  professonal 
lines.  He  came  to  Clifton  in  the  latter  year  as  chief  engineer  for  the  Arizona  Copper 
Company  and  the  Arizona  &  New  Mexico  Railroad  and  in  1909  was  put  at  the  head  of 
the  operating  department  of  the  latter  organization,  with  tlie  title  of  general  superintend- 
ent. Mr.  Reisinger  has  had  long  experience  in  positions  of  importance  and  responsibility 
in  the  field  of  railroading  and  civil  engineering  and  is  a  man  accustomed  to  control  and 
manage  large  affairs.  This  means  that  he  possesses  a  spirit  of  initiative,  executive  ability 
and  power  of  control  which  have  combined  with  his  professional  knowledge  to  increase 
liis  efliciency  and  hasten  liis  advancement.  Under  his  management  many  improvements 
liave  been  made  on  the  railroad  property  owned  by  the  Arizona  &  New  Mexico  system  and 
everything  has  been   done  on  the  most  businesslike   basis. 

'  Mr.  Reisinger  married  Miss  Nan  Roberts,  a  native  of  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  and 
both  are  widely  and  favorably  known  in  the  best  social  circles  of  Clifton.  Mr.  Reisinger 
retains  his  connection  with  military  afTairs  through  his  membership  in  the  Arizona  National 
Guard,  being  captain  and  regimental  adjutant  of  the  First  Infantry.  Through  his  pro- 
fessional associations  he  has  formed  a  wide  and  influential  acquaintance  among  the  leading 
men  of  Clifton  in  whose  ranks  he  stands  and  is  a  valued  and  representative  citizen. 


H.  F.  BLEVINS. 


11.  F.  Blevins,  who  is  ably  discharging  the  duties  of  street  commissioner  of  Globe  and 
chief  of  the  fire  department,  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  1866  and  is  a  son  of  H.  T.  V.  and 
Malissa  Blevins,  also  natives  of  that  state.  They  made  their  liome  there  until  1866  and  then 
removed  to  Sidney,  Texas,  whence  two  years  later  they  went  to  Arkansas,  wliere  the  father 
first  became  interested  in  the  hotel  business,  in  wliich  he  was  very  successful.  He  con- 
ducted a  large  hotel  in  Bentonville  and  another  at  Kureka  Springs,  Arkansas,  giving  his 
attention  to  that  business  until  1881.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Pueblo,  Colorado,  and 
spent  four  years  teaming  in  the  mountains.  He  came  to  Globe  in  1885  and  liere  took  up 
government  land,  where  he  farmed  for  a  short  time.  Later  he  went  into  the  mountains,  where 
he  conducted  a  large  ranch  and  cattle  business  until  1900.  In  that  year  he  retired  from 
active  business  and  has  since  made  his  home  in  Globe,  being  now  eighty-three  years  of  age. 
He  has  survived  his  wife  some  years,  her  death  liaviiig  occurred  when  she  had  reached  the 
age  of  sixty-four.     Of  their  family  of  five  children  four  still  survive. 

H.  F.  Blevins  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Arkansas  and  of  Pueblo, 
Colorado,  and  after  laying  aside  his  text-books  engaged  in  various  pursuits  in  Colorado, 
California  and  Arizona,  locating  in  Globe  in  May,   1885.     He  at  once  engaged  in  the  stock 


H.  F.  BLEVINS 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  689 

business  here  and  until  1907  was  connected  witli  it  to  some  extent,  although  at  times 
he  gave  some  attention  to  other  fields  of  endeavor.  In  1907  he  was  appointed  deputy 
city  marshal  and  after  serving  eleven  months  was  made  supervisor  of  streets  in  Globe, 
in  which  office  he  is  still  serving.  The  efficacy  of  his  work  and  its  acceptability  to  the 
people  of  the  city  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  has  been  twice  reelected,  being  now 
in  the  third  term  of  his  service.  In  addition  to  this  he  is  .chief  of  the  city  fire  department, 
an  office  which  he  has  held  since  the  incorporation  of  Globe  in  1905.  He  is  public-spirited, 
progressive  and  energetic  and  in  his  public  capacities  has  done  beneficial  and  far-reaching 
work,  being  today  one  of  the  most  popular  men  on  the  roster  of  city  officials.  He  has  valu- 
able holdings  in  real  estate  in  Globe  and  gives  a  great  deal  of  his  time  to  the  supervision  of 
his  interests. 

In  1910  Mr.  Blevins  married  Miss  Lillian  Archer,  a  native  of  Texas  and  a  daughter  of 
Judge  Archer,  who  was  for  eight  terms  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  that  state.  Mrs.  Blevins 
is  one  of  a  family  of  four  children.  She  acquired  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Texas  and  graduated  from  San  Marcos  State  Normal  School  in  1906.  For  some  time  previous 
to  her  marriage  she  taught  in  the  schools  of  Globe  and  in  other  sections  of  the  state.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Blevins  have  one  child,  Elizabeth  Archer  Blevins,  born  August  8,  1913. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Blevins  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in 
which  he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs.  He  is  identified  with  tlie  democratic  party  and  is  a 
public  spirited  and  progressive  citizen,  deeply  interested  in  the  substantial  improvement  of 
his  home  locality.  He  is  honorable  and  straightforward  in  his  business  dealings  and  is  highly 
esteemed  and  respected  wherever  he  is  known. 


JOHN  W.  FLINN,  M.  D. 


Dr.  .John  W.  Flinn,  a  prominent  and  successful  physician  of  Prescott,  was  born  in  Nova 
Scotia  in  1870.  After  completing  his  course  in  the  Pictou  Academy  there  he  entered  McGill 
University  in  Montreal,  where  he  studied  medicine,  receiving  the  degree  of  M.  D.  C.  M.  in 
1895,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Nova  Scotia  for  three  years. 

In  1898  Dr.  Flinn  removed  to  Kingman,  Arizona,  and  in  January,  1902,  came  to  Prescott, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  He  has  here  built  up  a  large  and  growing  clientage,  for  his 
ability  has  received  widespread  recognition.  Dr.  Flinn  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  belongs  to  the  Yavapai  County  Medical  Society  and  accomplished  a  great  deal 
of  important  work  as  secretary  of  the  Association  for  the  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis,  which 
office  he  held  for  seven  years  and  which  organization  he  helped  to  organize. 

In  1894  Dr.  Flinn  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maggie  B.  Mackaj',  of  Nova  Scotia, 
and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children.  The  Doctor  gives  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  republican  party  but  is  not  active  as  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his 
attention  upon  his  important  and  responsible  professional  duties. 


THOMAS  E.  CAMPBELL. 


Thomas  E.  Campbell  was  born  in  Prescott,  Arizona,  on  the  18th  of  .Tanuary,  1878,  and 
has  since  resided  at  that  place.  He  is  the  son  of  early  pioneers — Daniel  and  Eliza  Camp- 
bell,— the  former  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  latter  of  Ireland,  his  mother  coming 
to  America  with  her  parents  when  ten  years  of  age.  Daniel  Campbell  came  to  Arizona 
in  1867,  being  in  the  government  service  as  a  member  of  the  Wheeler  expedition.  In 
1873  he  married  Eliza  Flynn  at  Dodge  City,  Kansas,  coming  directly  to  Fort  Whipple 
with  his  bride,  and  he  was  employed  in  the  general  service  department  from  that  date 
until  1887.  when  the  army  headquarters  of  the  Department  of  the  Colorado  were  removed. 
During  tlie  early  period  of  his  residence  here  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  dairying 
and  cattle-raising,  remaining  active  in  these  industries  until  his  retirement  in  1910.  Both 
parents  are  now  alive  and  are  making  their  home  in  Prescott. 
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Thomas  E.  Campbell  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  in  Prescott  and  also  St. 
Mary's  College  in  Oakland,  California.  Following  the  completion  of  his  school  work  he 
was  employed  for  four  years  as  assistant  postmaster  in  the  Prescott  postoffice,  being  sent 
from  there  to  Jerome  as  acting  postmaster  to  be  later  appointed  postmaster.  In  1900  he 
was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature  and  served  two  years,  devoting  his  attention  and 
talents  to  legislation  affecting  education,  taxation  and  industrial  welfare.  Mr.  Campbell 
was  the  first  native  son  to  be  elected  to  an  Arizona  legislature.  Since  1900  his  attention 
has  been  devoted  to  mining,  in  which  industry  he  is  still  largely  interested;  also  in  the 
cattle  and  ranch  business,  his  ranges  being  located  on  the  Upper  Verde  river. 

In  1906  he  was  selected  as  the  chairman  of  the  republican  county  committee  of 
Yavapai  county  and  as  such  waged  a  successful  campaign,  the  platform  being  "efficiency 
and  honesty  in  public  office  and  equal  taxation."  In  1907  he  was  appointed  county  assessor 
and  reappointed  and  elected  in  1912  to  the  same  position;  was  the  founder,  organizer 
and  president  of  the  Arizona  Assessors'  Association,  which  is  still  a  very  active  and  bene- 
ficial association,  having  for  its  purposes  the  adjustment  and  equalization  of  tax  burdens. 
In  the  fall  of  1913  he  received  the  nomination  on  the  republican  ticket  as  member  of 
congress  and  in  1914  was  nominated  and  elected  to  the  position  of  state  tax  commissioner, 
being  the  only   republican   elected   to   a   state   office,   and   which   position   he   now   occupies. 

In  1900  Mr.  Campbell  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eleanor  Gayle  Allen  of  Jerome, 
Arizona,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Allen  and  Brodie.  Mr.  Camp- 
bell is  a  member  of   numerous  benevolent  and   fraternal   organizations. 


EUGENE  S.  IVES. 


Eugene  S.  Ives,  lawyer  and  statesman,  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  November  11, 
1859.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city  and  was  later 
graduated  from  Georgetown  College  with  the  class  of  1878.  He  afterward  pursued  his 
studies  in  Austria  and  France,  holding  today  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.  and  LL.  B., 
the  latter  having  been  received  from  the  Columbia  College  of  Law  in  1880.  He  practiced 
his  profession  in  New  York  city  until  1895  and  then  came  to  Tucson,  where  he  has  since 
remained.  His  professional  ability  has  been  recognized  in  a  large  and  constantly  increasing 
patronage  connecting  him  with  much  important  litigation,  for  Mr.  Ives  is  a  shrewd,  keen 
and  efficient  lawyer  and  exceptionally  able  in  the  solution  of  complex  legal  problems. 

On  the  15th  of  June,  1889,  Mr.  Ives  wedded  Miss  Anna  M.  Waggaman,  a  native  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  they  have  seven  children,  Annette,  Cora,  Helen,  Miriam,  Ennals, 
Eugene  and  Eleanor.  In  New  York  Mr.  Ives  served  as  a  member  of  the  state  senate  and 
in  Arizona  also  his  ability  and  the  force  of  his  personality  have  carried  him  forward  into 
important  relations  with  public  life.  He  served  twice  as  president  of  the  Arizona  council, 
standing  at  all  times  for  right,  reform  and  progress  and  making  a  record  which  is  destined 
to  live  in  the  official  history  of  the  state. 


ALBERT  T.  COLTON. 


From  the  time  Albert  T.  Colton,  then  a  poor  and  friendless  boy  bound  out  to  a  farmer 
at  the  age  of  fourteen,  ran  away  from  his  master  and  faced  the  world  alone  up  to  the 
present,  when  as  water  commissioner  of  the  SafTord-Solomonsville  valley  he  controls  im- 
portant engineering  and  irrigation  work  in  Arizona,  he  has  made  steady  and  honorable 
progress,  his  self-reliance,  unfaltering  courage  and  unbending  integrity  constituting  the 
basis  of  his  prosperity.  His  career  may  well  serve  as  a  source  of  inspiration  to  others, 
for  he  has  gained  success  in  spite  of  obstacles,  reaching  and  holding  a  position  of  power 
and  prominence  in  a  field  of  labor  which  more  than  any  other  influences  the  greatness 
and  wealth  of  the  state  of  Arizona.  Mr.  Colton  was  born  in  Kinsville,  Ohio,  March  16, 
1851,   and   is   a   son   of   Elijah   and   Apha    (Chesley)    Colton,   natives   of    that   state,.      The 


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grandfather  was  a  sawmill  owner  and  the  father  for  many  years  acted  as  superintendent 
in  a  woolen  mill.  The  parents  have  passed  away.  In  their  family  were  three  children: 
Francis  H.,  deceased;  Elijah  V.  R.,  of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado;  and  Albert  T.,  of  this 
review. 

When  tlie  last  named  was  four  yeare  of  age  his  mother  died  and  his  father,  then  a 
helpless  cripple,  was  able  to  support  his  son  only  until  he  was  six  years  old.  At  that  time 
he  was  bound  out  to  a  farmer  and  obliged  to  engage  in  the  heavy  labor  which  fell  to  the 
lot  of  the  farmer's  boy  at  that  time.  Seeing  no  future  in  tliis  line  of  work  and  ambitious 
to  be  something  more  than  a  farm  laborer,  he  ran  away  and  engaged  in  various  occupa- 
tions for  some  time,  working  hard  during  the  day  and  spending  his  evenings  in  school. 
He  earned  enough  money  to  complete  his  studies  in  civil  engineering  and  surveying  and 
he  did  not  lay  aside  his  books  until,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  joined  the  army.  He 
enlisted  in  the  Seventh  United  States  Cavalry  and  served  for  five  years,  engaging  in  vari- 
ous Indian  wars  and  fighting  against  Sitting  Bull  and  his  famous  tribe.  He  saw  active 
service  on  the  Dakota  frontier  under  General  Cuater  and  made  an  enviable  record  for 
courage  and  loyalty,  receiving  his  discharge  just  before  the  Custer  massacre.  He  is  de- 
servedly proud  of  the  document  releasing  him  from  service  for  it  bore  at  the  bottom  of  the 
page  these  words :   "Character  excellent  and  excellent  soldier." 

After  leaving  the  army  Albert  T.  Colton  went  to  California  and  began  his  career  as  a 
surveyor  and  engineer,  being  connected  with  irrigation  projects  in  Kern  county,  where  he 
remained  ten  years,  gaining  valuable  practical  experience  along  the  line  of  his  chosen 
work  and  winning  recognition  as  a  man  of  superior  professional  attainments.  He  made 
rapid  advancement  and  in  1886,  when  he  came  to  Florence,  Arizona,  was  chief  engineer 
and  superintendent  for  the  Florence  Canal  Company  and  supervised  the  construction  of 
the  project  in  which  it  was  interested  until  the  successful  completion  of  the  work.  By  this 
time  he  was  one  of  the  best  known  engineers  in  the  territory  and  his  ability  brought  him 
public  recognition  in  his  election  to  the  office  of  county  surveyor  of  Pinal  county,  to  which 
position  he  was  again  and  again  reelected,  serving  altogether  for  ten  years.  During  that 
time  he  was  also  employed  by  the  United  States  government  on  important  surveying 
work  and  in  addition  served  as  deputy  clerk  of  the  United  States  court  in  Florence.  His 
last  work  for  the  federal  government  was  the  survey  of  the  Hualapai  Indian  reservation 
on  the  Grand  Canyon  in  Arizona,  which  he  completed  in  an  able  and  satisfactory  way. 
In  1903  Mr.,  Colton  was  appointed  by  .Judge  Fletcher  M.  Doan  water  commissioner  of  the 
SalTord-SoIomonsville  valley  with  charge  of  all  the  canals  in  that  locality,  and  still  holds 
tliis  position,  proving  his  ability,  comprehensive  and  exact  professional  knowledge  and 
general  capability  by  the  excellent  results  which  he  has  already  accomplished.  His  position 
in  business  and  professional  life  is  indeed  a  creditable  one  and  the  more  commendable  fiom 
the  fact  that  it  is  entirely  due  to  his  own  energy,  ambition  and  determination.  He  is  one 
of  the  substantial  men  in  this  part  of  Arizona,  owning  property  in  Bowie,  Casa  Grande 
and  in  Safford,  and  he  has  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  who  have  had  dealings  with  him. 

On  April  36,  1883,  Mr.  Colton  married  Miss  Mary  F.  Kentfield,  a  native  of  New  York 
arid  one  of  a  family  of  three  children:  George  H.,  a  druggist  in  Morrison,  Illinois;  Lottie, 
the  wife  of  H.  C.  Parke,  secretary  of  the  Peerless  Oil  Company  of  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia; and  Mary  E.,  wife  of  the  subject  of  this  review.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Colton  have  become 
the  parents  of  four  children:  Georgiana,  the  eldest,  married  B.  F.  Thurman,  a  merchant 
in  Sailord,  and  they  have  two  children.  Fern  and  Frederick.  Lottie,  who  was  for  some 
time  a  teacher,  married  Edward  O.  Devine,  a  merchant  of  Florence.  Alberta,  who  resides 
at  home,  is  bookkeeper  and  stenographer  in  the  University  of  Arizona.  Mattie,  the  young- 
est child  in  this  family,  has  passed  away. 

Mr.  Colton  is  very  loyal  to  Arizona,  where  he  has  resided  since  1886,  and  ho  has  been 
at  all  times  an  interested  student  of  the  history  of  the  territory  and  the  phases  of  its 
development.  His  work  has  taken  him  into  various  sections  and  its  nature  has  given  him 
an  unusual  opportunity  for  collecting  curios,  of  which  he  has  a  large  and  varied  assort- 
ment, some  of  great  rarity  and  value,  and  his  collection  is  kept  in  a  large  case  made  entirely 
of  the  Arizona  cactus  plant.  Fraternally  Mr.  Colton  is  identified  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  has  been  through  all  the  chairs  in  the  local  lodge,  being  now  past  chancellor. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.     He  gives  a  general  allegiance  to  the  republican 


692  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

party  and  is  a  progressive  and  intelligent  citizen,  interesting  himself  in  all  the  questions 
and  issues  of  the  day.  He  is  a  believer  in  prohibition  and  a  stanch  advocate  of  woman's 
suffrage  and  holds  broad-minded  views  on  all  political  and  social  issues.  He  served  ably 
and  well  as  United  States  commissioner  for  six  years  and  was  made  justice  of  the  peace 
of  (ivaliara  county,  serving  two  years  and  winning  on  January  1,  1913,  reappointment  to 
the  office  by  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Graham  county.  His  life  has  made  liim  liberal, 
progressive  and  tolerant,  lias  developed  his  independence  of  thought  and  action  and  made 
his  a  well  rounded  character  with  marked  strength  of  purpose  and  ability.  Arizona  is 
proud  to  number  him  among  her  citizens  and  he  in  turn  is  proud  of  the  achievements  of 
the  state  with  which  he  has  allied  his  interests  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  century. 


JAMES  G.  COOPER. 


James  G.  Cooper,  cashier  of  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  and  one  of  the  most  able 
and  trusted  men  connected  with  that  corporation,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  1877. 
He  was  reared  in  his  native  country  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  common  schools, 
remaining  in  Scotland  until  1899,  when  he  came  to  America  and  settled  immediately  in  Clif- 
ton, where  he  has  since  resided.  He  had  received  a  tliorough  business  training  across  the 
water  and  had  become  proficient  in  stenography,  his  first  position  being  as  stenographer 
to  the  .general  manager  of  the  Arizona  Copper  Com|)any.  1  lirough  the  different  departments 
of  the  general  office  Mr.  Cooper  rose  ra))idly,  his  ability  gaining  for  him  quick  recognition 
and  steady  advancement.  In  1910  he  was  made  purchasing  agent  and  July  1,  1912,  was 
appointed  cashier,  a  position  the  importance  and  responsibility  of  which  are  the  best  proofs 
of  his  standing  with  the  company  he  serves.  Mr.  Coo])cr  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
State  Bank  of  Morenci  and  he  was  at  one  time  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Qifton.  His  fraternal  connections  are  with  the  Masonic  order  and  his  religious  views  those 
held  by  the  Presbyterian  church.  Through  his  own  labor,  enterprise  and  ability  lie  has  risen 
to  a  higii  position  witli  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  and  is  widely  and  favorably  known 
in  this  part  of  Arizona  for  his  many  sterling  traits  of  character  and  his  business  pro- 
gressiveness. 


LEPtOY  MIDDLETON. 


One  of  the  prominent  business  men  and  representative  citizens  of  Globe  is  Leroy 
IMiddleton,  now  in  control  of  one  of  the  largest  automobile  agencies  in  the  city.  A  spirit 
of  enterprise  and  initiative  actuates  him  in  all  that  he  docs  and  his  close  application  and 
energy  have  been  salient  features  in  the  success  which  he  now  enjoys  and  which  places 
him  among  the  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial  worth  in  the  community.  He  is 
one  of  Arizona's  native  sons,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Tucson  in  1874,  his  parents  being 
William  and  Myra  Middleton,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Kentucky  and  the  latter 
in  Illinois.  Tlie  father  was  a  pioneer  in  California,  having  crossed  the  plains  with  ox 
teams  to  that  state  in  1849.  He  there  spent  a  number  of  years  before  coming  to  Arizona, 
where  he  lived  in  various  sections  for  some  time,  finally  locating  in  Globe,  where  he  fol- 
lowed the  blacksmitli's  trade  until  his  dcatli,  which  occurred  in  1891.  His  wife  survives 
him  and  is  now  over  seventy  years  of  age.  Seven  of  their  nine  children  still  survive,  the 
subject  of  this  review  being  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth. 

Leroy  Middleton  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and 
when  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age  began  his  independent  career,  learning  the  blacksmith's 
trade  under  his  father  and  following  it  in  various  jiarts  of  Arizona  for  a  number  of  years, 
for  six  years  of  tliis  time  acting  as  blacksmith  for  the  Old  Dominion  Jlining  Company 
in  Globe.  In  1911,  however,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  automobile  business  and  is  now 
agent  for  the  Hudson  and  Hupmobile  cars.  He  has  secured  a  large  and  r.^presentative 
patronage,  his  business  metliods  being  at  all  times  unquestionable  and  his  business  probity 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  693 

above  reproach.  His  trade  has  steadily  and  rapidly  expanded,  being  today  one  of  the 
largest  of  its  kind  in  Gila  county.  Mr.  Middleton  has  valuable  real  estate  holdings  in 
Globe,  including  nearly  a  block  of  business  buildings  in  the  main  section  of  the  city,  sev- 
eral of  which  are  modern  fireproof  structures,  one  occupied  by  Mr.  Middleton's  garage 
and  tlie  remainder  rented  under  lease.  All  of  his  business  interests  are  conducted  in  a 
capable  manner,  for  he  imderstands  business  conditions  and  has  proved  able  to  cope  with 
them,  making  good  use  of  every  opportunity  and  steadily  promoting  his  interests  along 
modern  and  constructive  lines. 

In  1895  Mr.  Middleton  married  Miss  Florence  Pascoe,  a  native  of  California,  and  they 
have  become  the  parents  of  a  daugliter,  Gertrude,  who  was  born  in  November,  1896,  and 
who  is  now  attending  the  Globe  high  school.  Mr.  Middleton  is  prominent  in  local  fraternal 
circles,  holding  membevsliip  in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Masonic 
order,  and  in  tlie  latter  organization  lie  has  won  a  position  of  distinction  and  honor,  hav- 
ing been  unanimously  elected  grand  master  of  the  state  organization  at  the  annual  state 
convention  held  at  Bisbee  in  1913.  He  has  for  many  years  been  intimately  identified 
with  the  local  and  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons,  has  been  master  of  White  Mountain  Lodge, 
No.  3,  for  three  terms  and  has  passed  through  all  the  chairs  in  the  Grand  Lodge,  receiving 
the  highest  honors  the  Masonic  order  of  the  state  of  Arizona  can  confer  upon  any  one  man. 
He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  interested  in  the  welfare 
and  growth  of  his  community,  although  not  active  as  an  office  seeker.  In  Globe  and  through- 
out Gila  county  he  is  respected  as  an  energetic  and  capable  man  of  business  and  as  a  loyal 
citizen  who  has  always  contributed  to  the  extent  of  his  ability  to  the  upbuilding  of  the 
region  witli  which  he  has  been  identified  during  the  greater  portion  of  his  active  career. 


E.  S.  CLARK. 


E.  S.  Clark,  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Arizona  bar,  engaged  in  professional 
practice  at  Prcscott,  was  born  in  Maine  in  1862.  He  there  acquired  a  public-school  educa- 
tion and  afterward  read  law  by  himself.  In  1882  he  came  to  Arizona  and  ten  years  later 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  engaged  in  practice  in  Flagstaff  for  some  time  and  during 
this  period  rose  to  a  place  of  prominence  in  his  profession,  serving  from  1896  to  1898  as 
district  attorney  of  Coconino  county.  Mr.  Clark  afterward  moved  to  Prcscott  and  in  1902 
was  elected  district  attorney  of  Yavapai  county,  serving  until  1904.  In  the  following 
year  he  was  made  attorney  general,  an  ofTice  in  which  lie  did  important,  capable  and  con- 
structive work  for  four  years.  Since  1909  he  has  engaged  in  the  private  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Prescott  and  his  ability  has  drawn  to  him  a  large  and  representative  clien- 
tage, which  lie  is  very  successful  in  conducting. 

In  1886  Mr.  Clark  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ida  Coffin,  of  Leavenworth,  Kansas, 
and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  three  sons.  Mr.  Clark  is  connected  fraternally  with 
the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  he  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  Practically  all  his  time  is  devoted  to  his  legal  work 
and  in  a  profession  where  advancement  comes  only  as  a  result  of  individual  merit  and 
ability  he  has  made  rapid  and  steady  progress,  standing  today  among  the  leading  members 
of   the   bar    in   this   community. 


WALTER  C.  MILLER. 


Walter  C.  Miller,  connected  with  business  interests  of  Jerome  in  an  important  way 
as  treasurer  and  manager  of  one  of  the  largest  mercantile  companies  in  the  city,  was  born 
in  Iowa  in  1871  and  is  a  son  of  T.  F.  and  Margaret  (Clark)  Miller.  The  family  went  to 
California  in  1882  and  on  the  7th  of  June,  1890,  the  firm  of  T.  F.  Miller  &  Company  waa 
organized  to  transact  business  as  merchants  and  forwarding  agents.  In  ]8n6  the  business 
was  incorporated  with  the  following  officers:     T.  F.  Miller,  president;  C.  A.  Minty,  secretary; 


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and  Walter  C.  Miller,  treasurer  and  manager.     Theirs  is  one  of  the  strong  mercantile  con- 
cerns of  nortliern  Arizona,  witli  a  branch  store  in  Clarkdale,  Arizona. 

Mr.  Miller  married  Miss  Laura  Minty,  of  Jerome,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three 
children.  Fraternally  Mr.  Miller  is  identilled  with  the  Masonic  order,  having  been  initiated 
according  to  the  York  Rite.  He  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  business  man  and  his 
entire  life  has  been  guided  by  the  most  honorable  principles,  his  self-reliance  and  unfalter- 
ing industry  constituting  the  salient  features   of  his  success.  : 


D.   R.    WILLIAMSON. 


D.  R.  Williamson,  controlling  important  interests  in  copper  and  porphyry  mines  in 
the  Miami  district  of  Gila  county,  has  been  a  resident  of  this  part  of  Arizona  since  1885 
and  has  become  widely  and  favorably  known  through  his  connection  with  its  business 
interests  and  his  prominence  in  public  life.  He  is  a  native  of  California,  born  in  1863,  a 
son  of  Angus  and  Catherine  Williamson,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Scotland  and 
the  latter  in  England.  They  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America  in  1853  and  pushed  west- 
ward to  San  Francisco,  California,  where  the  father  conducted  a  general  store  for  a  few 
years,  after  which  lie  went  to  San  Leandro,  where  he  established  a  similar  enterprise,  con- 
tinuing active  in  its  management  until  1857.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Suisun, 
California,  and  was  identified  with  mercantile  pursuits  in  that  city  for  a  number  of  years, 
afterward  conducting  a  similar  enterprise  in  Fairfield.  In  1874  he  made  an  entire  change 
in  his  active  pursuits,  going  to  southern  California,  where  he  successfully  engaged  in  the 
stock  business  for  three  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  went  to  Oregon,  settling  near 
Portland,  whence  he  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Seattle,  Washington,  whore  lie  purchased 
land  which  lie  operated  as  a  truck  farm  until  his  death  in  1901.  His  wife  survives  him  and 
makes  her  home  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  having  reached  the  age  of  eiglity-si.x  years.  To 
them  were  born  nine  children:  Mary  Jane,  now  the  wife  of  J.  R.  Davisson,  of  Suisun, 
California;  A.  D.,  of  Globe,  Arizona,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  for  gold  on  Spring  creek, 
eighty  miles  north  of  Globe  and  is  the  owner  of  six  claims;  J.  H.,  who  is  engaged  in 
ranching  near  Riverside,  California;  Helen  T.,  who  is  the  wife  of  L.  L.  Bowcn,  a  real  estate 
dealer  in  Los  Angeles;  D.  R.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Catherine  Sophia,  the  wife  of 
J.  H.  Jones,  who  is  engaged  in  the  commission  business  in  Chico,  California;  Annie  Laurie, 
who  is  engaged  in  teaching  school;  Florence  N.,  the  wife  of  Charles  Reynolds,  an  attorney 
of  Seattle,  Washington,  and  chairman  of  the  Washington  State  Commission;  and  Edward 
T.,  cashier  of  the  Butte   County   Savings   Bank  of   Chico,  California. 

U.  R.  Williamson  is  known  today  as  a  man  of  independence  and  initiative  and  these 
qualities  he  owes  in  a  large  measure  to  the  conditions  of  his  early  life  which  developed 
them.  At  the  early  age  of  thirteen  he  laid  aside  his  textbooks  and  began  this  business 
career,  obtaining  employment  in  a  railroad  station  and  rising  to  telegraph  operator,  which 
occupation  he  followed  successfully  for  ten  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  secured  a 
clerical  position  in  the  employ  of  the  United  States  government  at  San  Carlos  and  did 
able  work  in  that  capacity  for  seven  years.  In  1888  he  came  to  Globe  and  has  been  an 
honored  and  respected  resident  of  the  city  since  that  time,  his  activities  being  always 
broad  in  scope  and  far-reaching  in  results.  He  first  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  pros- 
pecting and  developing  mines  in  Gila  county,  but  his  labors  were  interrupted  in  1897,  when 
he  was  elected  sheriff,  serving  at  the  same  time  as  United  States  deputy  marshal.  When 
he  retired  from  that  office  he  became  agent  for  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  the 
Gila  \  alley  Railroad  Company  and  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  positions  which 
he  resigned  in  January,  1907,  having  been  honored  by  his  fellow  citizens  by  his  election 
to  the  position  of  county  treasurer,  and  he  served  therein  for  five  consecutiVe  years,  dis- 
charging his  duties  in  a  capable,  fearless  and  efTicient  manner.  Upon  the  close  of  his  last 
term  he  resumed  his  mining  operations  and  is  now  in  control  of  valuable  copper  holdings 
in  the  Miami  district,  comprising  some  forty  claims,  known  as  the  Inspiration  Needles 
group,  covering  five  hundred  acres  of  land  and  producing  the  low-grade  porphyries.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  he  owns  a  home  in  Globe  and  other  property,  to  the  management  of  which  he 


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gives  liis  personal  supervision  and  attention.  Tlie  success  wliicli  he  enjoys  today  is  entirely 
the  result  of  his  energy,  enterprise  and  perseverance,  qualities  which  have  dominated  all 
the  activties  of  his  life  and  have  brought  him  prominence  and  a  name  that  is  honored 
and  respected  throughout  the  section  where  he  has  resided  for  the  last  quarter  of  a  century. 

In  1905  Mr.  Williamson  married  Miss  Josephine  Hamm,  a  native  of  Missouri  and  a 
daughter  of  Frederick  A.  and  Josephine  Hamm.  Her  father  was  also  born  in  Missouri 
and  her  mother  in  Pennsylvania,  both  being  of  German  ancestry.  Their  marriage  occurred 
in  Missouri  and  they  made  their  home  in  that  state  until  1885,  when  they  went  to 
Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  where  the  mother  died  in  1903.  The  father  afterward  removed 
to  Arizona  and  is  now  making  his  home  with  the  subject  of  this  review,  having  reached 
the  age  of  seventy  years.  Mrs.  Williamson  is  the  third  in  their  family  of  four  children. 
She  acquired  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Missouri  and  at  the  University  of  New 
Mexico,  and  after  her  graduation  from  that  institution  taught  school  until  her  marriage. 
She  and  her  husband  have  two  daughters  and  one  son:  Kathryn,  who  was  born  in  1906; 
Josephine,   born   in   1908;    and  Daniel,  Jr.,   born  in    1913. 

Fraternally  Mi-.  Williamson  is  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks;  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World;  and  has  filled 
all  the  chairs  of  the  subordinate  lodge  and  encampment  of  the  first  named  organization. 
He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  is  an  active  worker  in  its 
ranks,  contributing  to  the  promotion  of  its  interests  through  active  official  service  and 
loyalty  in  all  public  relations.  He  is  a  man  of  many  sterling  traits  of  character,  able  in 
business,  progressive  in  citizenship  and  at  all  times  trustworthy  and  reliable. 


PROFESSOK  H.  Q.  ROBERTSON. 

Professor  H.  Q.  Robertson  enjoys  the  distinction  of  having  been  connected  longer  than 
any  other  man  with  educational  interests  in  the  state  of  Arizona.  He  is  an  efficient  and 
successful  educator,  and  is  now  superintendent  of  the  schools  of  Benson.  He  was  born  in 
1866  at  Woodland,  California,  and  is  a  son  of  the  late  Judge  P.  C.  and  Elizabeth  (Tebbs) 
Robertson,  the  former  a  native  of  Illinois  and  a  lineal  descendant  of  General  James  Robert- 
son, while  the  latter  was  a  native  of  Missouri.  They  made  their  way  to  California  in  1853, 
and  the  father  became  prominent  in  public  affairs  in  the  Golden  state,  where  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  legislature  and  otherwise  connected  with  important  public  positions.  On  January 
1,  1881,  he  located  at  Globe,  Gila  county,  this  state,  where  he  established  himself  in  the 
livery  business,  but  later  took  up  a  farm  on  the  Upper  Salt  river.  He  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Gila  county  and  in  1886  he  was  elected  to  the  territorial 
council.  He  served  in  the  territorial  legislature  at  Prescott,  was  probate  judge  and  county 
school  superintendent  of  Gila  county,  for  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life. 

H.  Q.  Robertson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  subsequently  attended  the 
Normal  School  of  Arizona  at  Tempe,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1888  with  the  second 
class  to  go  out  from  that  institution.  He  has  now  taught  school  for  the  past  twenty-seven 
years,  making  a  remarkable  record  in  this  new  state.  He  began  teaching  in  the  country 
schools  in  the  early  days  and  later  acted  as  principal  of  the  Tempe  and  Globe  schools,  being 
also  city  school  superintendent  and  deputy  county  superintendent.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  territorial  board  of  education  four  years  and  later  served  two  years  on  the  state  board 
of  examiners.  In  1908  he  went  to  Mesa,  where  he  remained  until  1914,  when  he  removed 
to  Benson,  and  became  superintendent  of  schools  there.  He  has  continuously  taught  in 
Arizona  longer  than  any  other  man  connected  with  educational  work.  He  is  a  teacher  by 
education  and  intuition,  and  his  work  has  resulted  in  untold  benefit  to  the  youth  of  the 
state. 

Professor  Robertson  was  married  May  33,  1889,  to  Miss  Katie  Brown,  who  was  bom 
in  Mississippi  and  with  her  father  came  to  Arizona  in  1887.  They  have  become  the  parents 
of  six  children:  Lillian,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Wesley  R.  Hughes,  of  Globe,  and  is  the 
mother  of  two  little  daughters;   Dorris,  who  was  a  well  known  teacher  in  the  schools  of 


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Mesa  and  Benson  and  has  recently  become  the  wife  of  C.  M.  Pomeroy,  of  Mesa;  Orick  and 
Allen,  students  at  the  Flagstaff  Normal;  and  Henry  and  H.  Q.  Jr.,  who  are  at  home. 

Professor  Kobertson  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles  of  •  the  state,  being  a  member 
of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Modern  Woodmen,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Red 
Men.  In  polities  lie  is  a  democrat,  taking  a  citizen's  interest  in  public  affairs.  It  is  well 
recognized  that  the  future  greatness  of  this  country  largely  depends  upon  the  training  that 
our  young  boys  and  girls  receive  and  tlie  work  of  an  efficient  and  understanding  teacher, 
such  as  Professor  Robertson,  is  of  the  greatest  value  in  making  sure  of  the  future  growth 
and  advancement  of  the  people  in  a  material  as  well  as  in  an  intellectual  way. 


JAMES  G.  HAMMELS. 


Dairy  interests  of  Maricopa  county  find  a  worthy  and  progressive  representative  in 
James  O.  Hamraels,  who  is  a  dairyman  by  inheritance,  tradition  and  long  experience  and  is 
today  one  of  the  most  successful  men  in  his  line  of  b\isiness  in  that  section  of  the  state. 
A  native  of  Gei-many,  he  was  born  in  Lenzen  on  the  Elbe,  near  Hanover,  in  1863,  and  when 
he  was  two  years  of  age  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  tlie  United  States,  settling  in  Cook 
count}',  near  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1865.  There  the  father  engaged  in  farming  and  dairying 
and  upon  the  homestead  James  G.  Haramels  was  reared  to  manhood,  gaining  practical  ex- 
perience in  the  line  of  work  which  has  claimed  his  attention  throughout  practically  all  of  his 
business  career.  He  has  been  in  Arizona  since  1881,  having  after  short  stays  at  Tucson  and 
Prescott  settled  in  Salt  River  valley,  and  purchased  and  developed  a  ranch  at  Buckeye,  later 
turning  his  attention  to  the  live  stock  commission  business.  Upon  first  coming  to  Glendale 
he  raised  grain  on  an  extensive  scale  but  afterward  devoted  his  time  to  dairying  and  is 
now  dividing  his  attention  between  that  business  and  the  breeding  of  high  grade  hogs  and 
cattle.  He  owns  two  forty  acre  ranches  near  the  city  and  has  built  up  one  of  the  largest 
and  finest  dairy  herds  in  Arizona,  his  stable  containing  nearly  five  hundred  Holstein  cows. 
These  he  leases  to  nearby  farmers  in  small  lots,  thus  relieving  himself  of  the  care  of  a  largfe 
herd,  while  at  the  same  time  deriving  a  handsome  income  from  them.  Mr.  Hammels'  suc- 
cess is  founded  on  experience.  He  is  a  specialist  in  his  line  of  work,  which  has  engaged  his 
attention  during  practically  all  his  business  career,  and  in  addition  he  is  a  capable,  resource- 
ful and  energetic  business  man,  progressive  in  his  methods  and  straightforward  in  his  com- 
mercial standards. 

On  the  29th  of  August,  1893,  Mr.  Hammels  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nellie  M. 
Kendall,  a  native  of  Olmsted  county,  Minnesota,  and  a  daughter  of  John  V.  and  Emily  E. 
(Farrington)  Kendall,  who  brought  their  family  to  Arizona  in  1887  and  settled  in  Phoenix. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammels  have  three  cliildren,  namely:  J.  Vinton,  Josephine  E.  and  Helen  G. 

Mr.  Hammels'  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and 
wherever  known  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  reason  of  the  high  standards  and  upright 
principles  to  which  he  adheres. 


W.  G.  McBRIDE. 


W.  G.  McBride,  who  1ms  for  seven  years  been  general  superintendent  of  the  Great 
Western  Copper  mine,  located  at  C'ourthmd,  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  in  1879.  He  is 
the  youngest  of  the  five  living  children  born  to  William  and  Maria  McBride,  also  natives  of 
Canada,  where  tlie  father  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  January, 
1903.     The  mother  passed  away  in  December,   1902. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  W.  G.  McBride  were  passed  on  his  father's  farm,  his  prelim- 
inary education  being  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  province.  He  subsequently 
matriculated  in  McGill  College  at  Montreal,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1902.  Immediately  after  receiving  his  degree  he  came  west  to  follow  his  pro- 
fession, first  locating  in  Bisbee,  Arizona,  where  he  was  identified  with  various  mining  proj- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  699 

ects  in  different  capacities.  He  has  resided  in  Cochise  county  practically  ever  since  he  came 
west  with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent  in  one  of  tlie  mining  districts  of  old  Mexico. 
Seven  years  ago  he  accepted  the  position  of  general  superintendant  of  the  Great  Western 
Copper  mine,  which  is  located  at  Courtland.  It  is  one  of  the  newer  mines  in  the  county 
and  the  quality  and  amount  of  its  yield  gives  every  assurance  of  more  gratifying  returns 
as  its  development  proceeds.  As  opportunity  has  afforded  Mr.  McBride  has  invested  in 
real  estate  and  owns  both  business  and  residence  property  in  Bisbee,  and  he  also  has  interests 
in  El  Paso,  Te.xas. 

In  1904  Mr.  McBride  was  married  to  Miss  Ethel  Douglas,  wlio  was  born  in  the  province 
of  Ontario  and  is  the  older  of  the  two  children  of  John  and  Bessie  Douglas,  the  other  being 
now  deceased.  The  parents  were  both  natives  of  Canada,  where  the  father  passed  away  in 
1902,  and  the  mother  now  makes  her  home  in  Courtland,  Arizona,  with  her  daughter.  Mrs. 
McBride  was  reared  at  home  and  obtained  her  education  in  the  common  schools  of  her 
native  province,  being  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Orangeville,  C?anada,  following 
which  she  engaged  in  teaching  until  her  marriage.  One  son  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McBride 
died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  McBride  is  a  member  of  the  Warren  District  Country  Club  and  the  Sierra  Madre 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  California.  He  enjoys  the  full  rights  of  citizenship,  giving  his  political 
support  to  the  republican  party.  During  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Courtland  he  has 
made  a  very  favorable  impression  in  both  business  and  social  circles,  and  enjoys  the  esteem 
and  respect  of  the  representative  citizens  of  the  community. 


PROFESSOR  ELIAS  CONWAY  BUNCH. 

Professor  Elias  Conway  Bunch  is  occupying  the  position  of  principal  of  the  grammar 
school  in  Benson,  Arizona,  and  while  prominently  known  as  an  educator,  he  is  also  equally 
and  widely  known  as  one  who  has  been  a  close  student  of  the  problems  of  the  southwest 
and  has  contributed  in  substantial  measure  to  progress  along  various  lines  relating  to  the 
welfare  and  prosperity  of  his  section  of  the  country.  He  is  quoted  as  an  authority  upon 
many  subjects  bearing  upon  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  Arizona.  He  was  born  in 
Arkansas  on  the  18th  of  March,  1856,  and  is  a  son  of  Bradley  and  Jane  (Boswell)  Bunch. 
The  former,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  was  a  son  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Bunch,  a  soldier  of 
the  Mexican  war,  and  a  representative  of  an  old  Virginia  family.  The  father,  Bradley 
Bunch,  was  a  planter  and  a  man  of  prominence  in  his  state  who  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Arkansas  legislature,  and  of  the  senate,  was  president  of  the  upper  house  of  the  general 
assembly  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  in  1874.  He  has  thus 
done  not  a  little  in  molding  public  thought  and  opinion  and  in  shaping  the  destiny  of  his 
adopted  state.  Three  of  his  sons  were  soldiers  of  the  Civil  war  and  two  of  them  laid  down 
their  lives  on  the  altar  of  the  southland  in  defense  of  the  principles  in  which  they 
believed. 

Elias  C.  Bunch  acquired  his  education  in  tlie  private  schools  at  Perryville,  Arkansas, 
and  in  1876,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty  years,  came  to  Arizona.  He  drove  cattle  across 
the  plains  and  at  length  located  at  Springerville,  this  state.  From  the  time  of  his  arrival 
in  Arizona  he  was  a  close  student  of  the  questions  and  problems  which  confronted  the  dis- 
trict concerning  its  development  and  the  utilization  of  its  natural  resources  and  his  work 
along  the  line  of  improvement  has  been  a  source  of  general  prosperity  as  well  as  of  individual 
advancement  and  success.  It  was  Professor  Bunch  who  constructed  the  Bunch  ditch  and 
reservoir,  irrigating  the  district  in  which  he  lived  and  in  which  he  was  farming  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  of  land.  He  developed  the  first  orchard  there  and  in  other  ways  gave 
proof  of  the  productiveness  of  the  soil  and  the  adaptability  of  the  climate  to  fruit  raising 
under  favorable  conditions.  In  1893  he  sold  out  and  went  to  Oregon  where  he  remained 
for  four  years.  The  question  of  irrigation  he  has  always  regarded  as  a  vital  one,  has  made 
a  close  study  of  it  and  has  done  much  practical  work  in  that  connection.  He  became 
president  of  the  Owyhee  Canal  Company,  which  through  its  system  of  irrigation  covered 
forty  thousand  acres  of  land.     In  1897  Mr.  Bunch  returned  to  Arizona,  settling  at  Glendale, 


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where  he  entered  the  educational  field  as  principal  of  the  schools  of  that  place.  He  remained 
in  cliarge  for  seven  years,  after  which  he  was  for  one  year  a  teacher  of  the  West  End 
school  at  Phoenix.  He  afterward  became  principal  of  the  Clifton  school  in  Greenlee  county, 
remaining  there  for  two  years,  and  for  one  year  was  principal  of  the  grammar  school  in 
Willcox,  Arizona.  Having  given  proof  of  his  capability  and  progressiveness  in  the  educa- 
tional field,  he  was  appointed  assistant  superintendent  of  public  instruction  in  Arizona  in 
1912,  serving  until  1914  when  he  resigned  to  take  charge  of  the  Benson  grammar  school. 
He  still  owns  his  home  in  Phoenix,  however.  He  has  been  awarded  the  highest  diploma 
that  Arizona  can  bestow  and  is  justly  accounted  one  of  the  leading  educators  of  the  state. 
His  diploma  grants  him  the  right  for  life  to  teach  in  Arizona  without  further  examination. 

In  1881  Professor  Bunch  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ellen  Weatherford,  of  Rich- 
field, Missouri,  a  daughter  of  Jasper  Weatherford,  and  they  have  become  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Carl;  Otis,  who  died  in  infancy;  Edith,  now  Mrs.  H.  M.  Strough; 
Conway;  Eufus,  who  died  in  infancy;  Harry;  Alvin;  and  LeRoy. 

Professor  Bunch  has  always  voted  with  the  democratic  party  and  is  a  stalwart  be- 
liever in  its  platform.  While  at  Springerville,  Arizona,  he  was  probate  judge  and  also  filled 
the  position  of  superintendent  of  schools  for  four  years.  His  official  service  also  covers 
his  membership  in  the  twenty- fourth  territorial  legislature.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  lias  filled  all  of  the  chairs  in  the  local  lodge. 
Both  lie  and  liis  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  church  and  are  interested  in  all  the 
projects  and  movements  which  tend  to  promote  the  growth  of  the  church  and  extend  its 
infiuence.  It  would  be  almost  tautological  in  tliis  connection  to  enter  into  any  series  of 
statements  as  sliowing  Professor  Bunch  to  be  a  man  of  broad  scholarly  attainments,  for 
this  has  been  shadowed  forth  between  tlie  lines  of  this  review.  It  sliould  be  said,  how- 
ever, that  he  is  a  man  of  broad  sympathy,  charitable  in  his  opinion  and  kindly  in  his  acts. 
He  fully  enjoys  and  well  merits  the  confidence  of  the  people  who  rejoice  in  his  advance- 
ment and  in  tlie  honors  to  whicli  he  has  attained. 


ARIOCH  WENTWORTH. 


Arioch  Wentwortli.  who  is  living  retired  in  Tombstone  after  many  years  of  active 
public  service  and  of  close  connection  with  business  affairs,  was  born  in  Maine,  October  3, 
1850.  He  is  a  son  of  Horace  and  Sarah  J.  (Buxton)  Wentworth,  the  former  for  many 
years  engaged  in  the  tanning  business.  They  were  the  parents  of  three  children,  two  of 
whom  are  still  living:  Ruth,  wlio  married  Leslie  M.  Jones,  by  whom  she  has  one  son;  and 
Arioch,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  began  his  independent  career  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  following 
the  shoemaker's  trade,  which  he  had  previously  learned.  He  divided  his  time  between  tliat 
Knd  helping  his  father  in  the  tanyard  until  1880,  when  he  became  connected  with  rail- 
roading, working  at  that  occupation  for  live  years.  In  February,  1885,  he  went  to  Fair- 
bank,  Arizona,  and  continued  liis  identification  with  railroading  there  until  November, 
1892,  when  lie  removed  to  Tombstone.  There  his  personality,  force  and  abjlity  soon  car- 
ried him  forward  into  important  relations  with  local  politics,  his  public  life  beginning  when 
he  was  elected  county  recorder  of  Cochise  county.  Mr.  Wentworth  served  for  two  terms 
in  that  capacity  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  last  was  made  county  treasurer,  discharging 
tlie  duties  of  botli  offices  in  a  conscientious,  straiglitforward  and  progressive  way.  At 
the  end  of  liis  second  term  as  county  treasurer  he  turned  his  attention  to  business  pur- 
suits, establisliing  the  Tombstone  Billiard  Parlors,  which  he  conducted  successfully  until 
J 912,  when  he  sold  his  interests  and  retired.  He  is  a  straightforward,  farsighted  and 
discriminating  business  man  and  while  active  in  business  conducted  his  affairs  capably  and 
progressively,  winning  a  measure  of  prosperity  and  success  which  now  enables  him  to 
rest  from  the  cares  of  active  life.  He  owns  a  great  deal  of  residence  property  in  Tomb- 
stone and  devotes  much  of  his  time  to  its  supervision. 

Mr.  Wentworth  was  married  in  May,  1874,  to  Miss  Ellen  R.  Hussey,  a  native  of  Maine 
and  a  daughter   of  .lames  and  Elizabeth  Hussey,  also   born   in   that   state.     Mr    and   Mrs. 


ARIOCH  WENTWORTH 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  703 

Wentworth  are  the  parents  of  a  son,  Horace  B.,  wlio  is  engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  busi- 
ness in  Portland,  ilaine.  He  married  Miss  Edna  Moulton  and  lias  two  children,  Elena 
and  Cynthia. 

For  many  years  ilr.  Wentworth  has  been  one  of  the  prominent  individual  forces  in 
local  democratic  politics,  serving  in  the  public  offices  before  mentioned  and  also  as  mayor 
of  Tombstone.  He  was  elected  in  1903  and  served  until  1910,  giving  to  the  city  a  con- 
structive, efficient  and  progi-essive  administration,  which  has  left  an  impress  upon  munici- 
pal history.  In  fraternal  circles,  too,  he  is  well  known  and  prominent,  being  especially 
active  in  the  Masonic  order.  He  was  initiated  according  to  the  Scottish  Rite  and  holds 
membersliip  in  the  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery,  besides  being  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
Veterans  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  is  identified  also  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men  and  tlie  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  also  par- 
ticularly proud  of  belonging  to  tlie  Cliinese  Masons.  After  thirty  years  of  earnest  effort 
to  gain  admission  to  this  organization,  he  abandoned  the  project  as  hopeless  and  had  given 
up  all  idea  of  membership  when  the  local  Chinese  officials  sent  for  him  and  initiated  him 
into  their  order,  of  whicli  he  is  now  an  active  member.  He  is  a  man  of  varied  and  forceful 
interests  and  of  pleasing  personality  and  as  such  is  well  know^n  in  Tombstone  and  through- 
out Cochise  county.  His  efforts  have  not  been  entirely  devoted  to  his  own  advancement 
but  have  been  potent  factors  in  the  growth  and  development  of  the  communitj'  at  large, 
the  consensus  of  jmblic  opinion  according  him  a  high  place  among  the  honored  and  valued 
citizens   of    Tombstone. 


W.  G.  DUNCAN. 


W.  G.  Duncan,  serving  as  tax  assessor  of  Gila  county  and  one  of  the  most  able,  far- 
sighted  and  progressive  men  on  the  roster  of  county  officials,  was  born  in  Burleson  county, 
Texas,  in  1859,  and  is  a  son  of  William  W.  and  Dora  Duncan,  both  natives  of  Tennessee. 
Their  marriage  occurred  in  that  state  and  in  1854  they  removed  to  Texas,  settling  in  Bur- 
leson county,  where  they  made  their  home  until  1860.  In  that  year  they  removed  to  Port, 
Sullivan,  in  the  same  state,  and  there  the  father  died  in  1864,  on  the  sixth  day  after  his 
return  from  the  Civil  war,  he  having  served  for  four  years  in  the  Confederate  army.  His 
wife  survived  him  many  years,  dying  in  Whitney,  Texas,  in  1909,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two. 
Of  the  ten  children  bom  to  them  eight  are  still  living,  the  subject  of  this  review  being  the 
youngest. 

W.  G.  Duncan  acquired  his  education  in  Texas,  accompanying  his  parents  from  Bur- 
leson county  to  Port  Sullivan  and  in  1887  removing  with  his  mother  to  Hillsboro,  where 
he  began  his  independent  career,  securing  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with  a  mercantile  concern 
in  that  city.  He  was  later  elected  clerk  of  the  Hill  county  court  in  1888,  winning  reelection 
in  1890  and  serving  with  credit  and  ability  in  that  important  office.  In  1896  he  came  to 
Arizona,  settling  in  Fort  Tliomas,  then  the  terminus  of  the  Gila  Valley  Railroad,  and  there 
in  partnership  with  others  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business,  conducting  a  large  gen- 
eral store  under  the  firm  name  of  Porter  &  Hunt.  After  three  j'ears  he  disposed  of  his 
interest  in  that  concern  and  in  1903  came  to  Globe,  where  for  a  short  time  he  was  employed 
by  the  W.  W.  Brookner  Company.  One  year  afterward,  however,  he  went  to  San  Carlos 
and  in  partnership  with  his  former  employer,  Mr.  Brookner,  opened  a  mercantile  establish- 
ment there,  conducting  this  and  acting  as  a  post  trader  for  four  years  thereafter.  Return- 
ing to  Globe  in  1907,  he  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  under  J.  H.  Thompson  and  also  served 
as  constable  until  1912,  when  he  was  elected  tax  assessor  of  Gila  county,  which  oHice  he 
still  fills,  discharging  his  duties  in  a  creditable  and  able  way.  He  has  made  judicious  busi- 
ness investments  in  the  course  of  his  residence  in  Arizona  and  has  now  extensive  mining 
interests  in  various  parts  of  the  state,  having  property  in  the  San  Carlos  district  and  also 
valuable  ore  holdings  in  various  sections  of  Gila  county.  His  business  affairs  are  always 
carefully  and  ably  conducted,  bringing  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success. 

In  1883  Mr.  Duncan  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Laura  J.  Long,  a  native  of  Mis- 
souri and  a  daughter  of  a  prominent  physician  of  that  state.     She  removed  with  her  parents 


704  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  Texas,  wiiore  botli  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duncan  became  the  parents  of  five 
children.  W.  W.,  who  was  born  in  18S4,  makes  his  home  with  his  parents  and  acts  as 
deputy  county  assessor.  Jefferson  A.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1887,  is  at  present  living 
in  Los  Angeles,  California.  John  A.,  born  in  1890,  is  married  and  lives  in  Fort  Thomas, 
where  he  is  connected  as  agent  with  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railroad  Company.  Clarence  C, 
born  in  1893,  is  married  and  is  engaged  in  business  at  Plioenix  as  a  manufacturer  of  jewelry. 
Olive  May  was  born  in  1900  and  with  her  mother  has  been  spending  the  past  two  years 
in  Los  Angeles.     The  family  are  devout  members  of  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  church. 

Mr.  Duncan  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  fraternally  is 
identified  with  the  Loyal  Older  of  Moose,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Masonic  order.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  progressive  residents  of  Globe  and 
his  official  record  is  a  most  commendable  one,  no  word  of  blame  having  ever  been  uttered 
against  his  public  service.  In  business,  too,  his  course  has  been  characterized  by  the  strictest 
fidelity  to  principle  and  in  social  relations  he  displays  an  unfailing  courtesy  and  genial  cor- 
diality which  have  won  him  many  friends. 


HON.  FRANK  BAXTER. 


Since  1902  Judge  Frank  Ba.xter  has  made  his  home  in  Yuma,  Arizona.  He  is  a  dis- 
tinguished lawyer  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  public  affairs.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  has  sat  upon  the  bench  and  has  also  represented  the  people  in  the  legislature.  He  is 
now  judge  of  the  superior  court,  having  been  elected  in  1911,  and  he  has  held  other  important 
offices. 

Judge  Baxter  was  born  in  Petersburg,  Virginia,  May  3,  1853,  a  son  of  Thomas  H.  and 
Elizabeth  A.  Baxter.  The  father  was  a  planter  and  later  held  the  government  position  of 
collector  of  customs  in  Philadelphia  for  many  years  under  the  Buclianan  administration. 
The  Judge  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  in  1874  graduated  from  the  Chestei*  Mili- 
tary Academy.  Making  his  way  to  Elgin,  Illinois,  he  read  law  there  under  the  preceptorship 
of  E.  C.  and  V.  S.  Lovell,  who  were  in  their  time  prominent  lawyers  of  central  Illinois. 
On  March  27,  1883,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  and  practiced  in  that  state  until 
1885.  He  then  removed  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he  practiced  law  in  a  private  capacity 
and  was  later  elected  probate  judge  for  a  term  of  four  years.  He  was  speaker  of  the  seven- 
teenth assembly  and  did  very  valuable  work  in  guiding  to  safety  a  number  of  important 
measures  under  consideration  by  the  assembly.  In  1903  he  came  to  Yuma  and  in  1911  was 
elected  to  the  distinguished  position  of  judge  of  the  superior  court.  In  former  years  he 
was  also  county  attorney  and  deputy  district  attorney  in  that  city.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  had  important  ranch  interests  but  has  sold  out. 

In  February,  1889,  Judge  Baxter  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Fry,  of 
Phoenix.  He  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  has  taken  a  very  prominent  part  in  the  delib- 
erations of  the  city  council.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  476,  B.  P.  ().  E.  The 
Judge  has  done  valuable  work  along  the  lines  of  his  profession  in  the  commonwealth  of 
Arizona  and  great  credit  must  be  given  him  for  the  part  which  he  took  and  now  takes  in 
shaping  the  destiny  of  the  state.  He  is  highly  regarded  by  high  and  low,  rich  and  poor,  and 
as  judge  has  established  a  record  which  stamps  him  as  a  good  lawyer  and  a  fair  and  im- 
partial arbiter  of  the  law. 


W.  W.  WOODMAN. 


W.  W.  Woodman,  a  pioneer  of  Arizona,  is  esteemed  and  respected  by  all  who  know 
him  as  one  who  was  an  active  and  important  factor  in  the  agricultural  development  and 
public  life  of  the  territory  in  early  times  and  who  is  now  a  force  in  the  continued  growth 
of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Caledonia  county,  Vermont,  February  23,  1831,  and  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Rochester,  New  York,  when  he  was  still  an  infant.     They  went   from 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  705 

that  city  to  A'an  Buien  county,  Michigan,  and  there  Mr.  Woodman  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated, spending  his  eliildhood  upon  his  fatlier's  farm.  On  the  1st  of  September,  1853, 
he  began  his  independent  career,  going  to  the  vicinity  of  St.  Anthony,  Minnesota,  where 
lie  engaged  in  general  agricultural  pursuits.  After  seven  years,  in  1859,  he  crossed  the 
plains  to  Pike's  Peak,  Colorado,  and  pushed  onward  with  ox  teams  to  California,  whence 
in  1879  he  came  to  Cocliise  county,  Arizona.  He  immediately  turned  his  attention  to  min- 
ing, becoming  an  important  factor  in  the  early  development  of  this  representative  industry. 
After  a  successful  career  in  that  section  he  removed  to  Yuma  valley  and  in  1892  home- 
steaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  which  he  developed  and  improved  along  modem 
and  progressive  lines,  making  his  activity  doubly  effective  as  an  element  in  the  advance- 
ment and  improvement  of  agricultural  conditions  in  his  part  of  the  state.  A  man  essen- 
tially public-spirited  and  progressive,  he  soon  became  interested  in  projects  of  general 
interest,  organizing  an  irrigation  district  and  otherwise  identifj'ing  himself  with  progressive 
measures.  He  is  today  lionored  as  a  man  whose  enterprise  and  industry  have  contributed 
substantially  to  the  upbuilding,  expansion  and  wealth  of  Yuma  county,  where  he  is  counted 
among  the  honored  pioneers. 

Mr.  Woodman  was  married  September  1,  1851,  to  Miss  Malissa  Jane  Thompson,  a 
native  of  New  York,  and  he  has  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Florence  Rolfe,  a  granddaughter  and 
a  great-granddaughter.  He  is  familiar  with  many  pliases  of  pioneer  life  in  Arizona, 
having  learned  them  through  personal  experience  and  contact  with  early  conditions,  and 
during  the  passing  years  he  has  wrought  ably  for  the  improvement  and  development  of 
the  state,  bearing  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  general  progress.  He  has  ever  been 
straightforward  and  upright  in  his  dealings,  has  displayed  keen  sagacity  and  unfaltering 
diligence,  and  as  the  years  have  gone  by  has  made  a  most  creditable  record. 


T.  N.  CLANTON. 


T.  N.  Clanton  is  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  residents  of  Arizona,  having  lived  within 
its  borders  since  1877.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  on  an  extensive  scale, 
operating  a  large  ranch  and  dairy  neai-  Buckeye,  and  has  met  with  the  success  which  he 
has  well  merited  through  many  years  of  earnest  and  persistent  labor. 

Mr.  Clanton  was  born  in  Missouri  and  reared  in  Madison  county,  Iowa,  where  his 
father  went  as  a  pioneer,  locating  the  first  land  claim  in  that  county.  He  grew  to  man- 
liood  in  Iowa  and  in  1877  came  to  Arizona,  where  he  engaged  in  ranching  and  cattle  dealing 
at  Bigbug,  Yavapai  county,  turning  his  attention  later  to  the  butcher  business  at  the 
mines.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  removed  to  Phoenix  and  there  conducted  a  butcher  shop 
and  also  kept  a  cattle  corral  on  Center  street,  dividing  his  attention  between  these  enter- 
prises and  tlie  management  of  a  ranch  which  he  owned  in  Valley,  near  Phoenix.  In  1885 
he  accepted  a  contract  to  build  ten  miles  of  the  Buckeye  canal.  This  work  was  completed 
in  April,  1S86,  and  two  years  later  Mr.  Clanton  moved  to  Buckeye  and  established  him- 
self in  tlie  cattle  business,  in  which  he  has  since  continued.  He  conducts  a  large  ranch 
and  a  modem,  sanitary  dairy  and,  being  progressive,  enterprising  and  farsighted,  has  made 
both  branches  of  his  concern  profitable  and  important.  His  ability  and  public  spirit 
liave  carried  him  forward  into  important  relations  with  those  enterprises  which  directly 
affect  the  general  business  progress  and  the  community  development,  and  he  is  president 
of  the  Buckeye  Water  Works  and  also  president  of  the  Buckeye  Improvement  Company. 

Mr.  Clanton  married  Miss  Sarah  E.  Keeler,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  died  in  1909,  leaving 
seven  children:  Mrs.  Cora  J.  Kell;  David  P.;  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Irons;  Charles  W. ;  Mrs.  Stella 
Dysert;  Albert  N.;  and  Sarah  C,  deceased.  Fraternally  Mr.  Clanton  is  affiliated  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  In  1905 
he  was  elected  on  that  ticket  to  tlie  office  of  supervisor  of  Maricopa  county  and  served  ably 
and  efTicicntly  for  two  years.  Since  he  came  to  Arizona  great  changes  have  occurred  as 
the  territory  has  developed  and  in  the  work  of  general  progress  he  has  borne  his  full  share. 
His  business  career  has  been  that  of  a  man  whose  strong  purpose  and  laudable  ambition 
have  constituted  tlie  secret  of  his  success.     He  has  ever  been  straightforward  and  upright 


706  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNCxEST  STATE 

in  his  dealings  and  has  displayed  keen  sagacity  and  unfaltering  diligence  and  as  the  years 
have  gone  by  has  made  a  most  creditable  record,  being  today  numbered  among  the  successful 
and  prominent  men  of  Buckeye. 


C.  H.  TINKER. 


C.  H.  Tinker  is  an  excellent  type  of  the  wideawake,  progressive  business  man  who  is 
today  taking  an  important  part  in  the  utilization  and  development  of  Arizona's  resources. 
He  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1880  and  when  a  very  young  man  went  to  Texas,  where  he 
learned  the  banking  business,  with  which  he  was  connected  until  July,  1915.  In  1901  he 
removed  to  Sayre,  Oklahoma,  and  there  was  identified  with  the  organization  of  tlie  First 
National  Bank,  becoming  cashier  of  the  institution.  Tliat  position  he  held  until  1911,  when 
he  came  to  Glendale  and  purchased  the  State  Bank,  an  institution  which  had  been  organized 
in  1909  by  W.  H.  Slaughter.  The  growth  of  the  bank  was  rapid  under  Mr.  Tinker's  able 
management,  the  volume  of  business  having  doubled  in  less  than  two  years  after  he  took 
hold  of  it.  A  new  brick  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  eight  thousand  dollars,  affording 
a  commodious  and  modern  home  for  the  institution.  Mr.  Tinker  remained  as  the  executive 
head  of  the  Glendale  State  Bank  until  July,  1915,  when  he  disposed  of  his  interests  therein 

The  force  of  his  character  and  ability  has  carried  him  forward  into  other  imi)ortant 
relations  \^ith  the  business  life  of  the  city  and  he  has  now  representative  connections  along 
this  line,  being  president  of  the  Glendale  Ice  Company,  a  large  and  growing  business.  This 
concern  handles  twenty  tons  of  ice  daily  and  has  a  storage  capacity  of  one  thousand  tons, 
its  business  representing  a  total  investment  of  fifty  thousand  dollars.  In  addition  to  this 
Ml'.  Tinker  has  extensive  interests  in  the  cattle  business.  All  his  business  affairs  are  con- 
ducted ably  along  progressive  and  constructive  lines,  and  his  excellent  judgment  and  re- 
sourceful ability  are  important  factors  in  his  success. 

Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  Order  and  is  connected  also  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  man  of  unquestioned  integrity  and  high  aims  and  an 
honored  representative  of  the  substantial  interests  of  Glendale. 

Mr.  Tinker  was  married  in  1908  at  Dallas,  Texas,  to  Miss  Josie  Bramhall,  of  that  city, 
and  they  have  two  children,  Katherine  and  Josephine. 


ANGUS  CASHION. 


Angus  Cashion,  well  known  among  that  class  of  men  whose  enterprise  and  public 
spirit  have  had  to  do  with  Arizona's  development,  is  a  native  of  Ontario,  Canada,  and 
remained  in  that  province  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  acquiring  his  education  in 
the  public  schools.  He  left  Canada  in  1888  and  went  to  California,  where  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Grant  Brothers  Construction  Company,  with  which  he  has  been  connected  in 
important  capacities  since  that  time.  Advancement  canui  rapidly,  won  by  energetic,  faithful 
and  intelligent  work,  and  in  1905  Mr.  Cashion  was  admitted  to  the  lirm,  which  is  today 
in  control  of  one  of  the  most  important  construction  concerns  in  the  southwest.  For  ai 
time  he  acted  as  superintendent  of  railroad  construction  in  and  around  Los  Angeles  but 
in  I'JOO  came  to  Arizona  in  the  interests  of  the  company.  Under  his  direction  some  very 
important  railroad  construction  work  has  been  done  throughout  Arizona  and  Mexico  during 
the  past  fifteen  years.  He  superintended  the  construction  of  the  I'hoenix  &  Eastern  Kail- 
road  to  Winkelman  and  in  1900  went  to  old  Mexico,  where  one  thousand  miles  of  road  were 
laid  in  five  years,  the  work  being  done  under  Mr.  Cashion's  management,  with  a  complete  out- 
fit from  Grant  Brothers  Company.  Mr.  Cashion  was  in  charge  of  the  work  of  erecting  the 
power  plant  and  canal  intake  near  Inglesid(',  an  important  engineering  project,  for  the 
successful  completion   of  which   Grant   Brothers  had   the  contract. 

Essentially  a  man  of  action  and  yet  a  man  of  detail;  broad-minded,  modern  and 
aggressive,   yet   practical    and   conservative    in    his   standards   and   ideals,   Mr.   Cashion   has 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  707 

proved  equal  to  the  great  work  which  has  been  intrusted  to  him  and  which  influences 
and  affects  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  great  southwest.  Of  late  years  he  has 
become  interested  in  Arizona  ranch  lands  and  in  1910  purchased  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  a  part  of  the  B.  A.  Fowler  ranch  at  Glendale.  This  was  at  that  time  raw 
land  but  Mr.  Cashion  has  cleared  the  brush,  developed  water  and  brought  the  property  to 
a  high  state  of  cultivation.  This  he  keeps  stocked  with  high  grade  cattle  and  managed  on 
a  business  basis  has  proven  profitable.  He  is  well  known  and  popular  throughout  the  state 
and  his  influence  has  proven  a  potent  factor  for  progress  in  his  section,  where  his  work, 
his  energy,  his  ability  and  his  success  have  won  him  the  respect  and  admiration  of  all  who 
know  him.     Mr.  Cashion  resides  in  Phoenix. 


LEWIS  A.  W.  BURTCH,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Lewis  A.  W.  Burtch,  who  for  the  past  eighteen  years  has  been  engaged  in  the  gen- 
eral practice  of  his  profession  in  Clifton,  winning  a  gratifying  measure  of  prosperity  by 
reason  of  his  ability  and  his  wide  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  underlying  prin- 
ciples of  medicine,  was  born  in  Morrison,  Illinois,  June  16,  1875,  a  son  of  James  M.  and 
Phoebe  F.  (Wood)  Burtch,  natives  of  New  York,  of  English  and  Scotch  descent.  Tlie 
father  was  for  many  years  in  business  in  Morrison,  Illinois,  where  he  resided  until  his  death, 
in  TJOS.  His  wife  still  makes  her  home  there  and  is  prominent  and  well  known  in  social 
and  club  circles.  In  their  family  were  three  children:  Dr.  Lewis  A.  W.,  of  this  review; 
Ethel,  who  married  Frank  A.  Van  Osdall,  mayor  of  Morrison,  by  whom  she  has  three  chil- 
dren; and  a  child  who  died  in  infancy. 

Dr.  Burtch  was  reared  in  Morrison,  Illinois,  and  was  graduated  from  the  local  high 
school  in  1892.  He  supplemented  this  by  a  course  in  a  business  college  in  Clinton,  Iowa, 
and  began  his  active  career  as  a  stenographer  in  the  oflice  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Com- 
pany in  Fort  Madison.  The  profession  of  medicine  had,  however,  always  attracted  him  and 
he  determined  to  make  it  his  life  work.  Accordingly,  he  entered  Rush  Medical  College  in 
Chicago  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  that  institution  in  1897.  He  came 
directly  to  Clifton  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession,  in  which  he  has  since  reached 
a  high  and  commanding  position.  He  possesses  a  comprehensive  and  exact  knowledge  of 
the  underlying  principles  of  medicine,  the  spirit  of  the  investigator,  which  keeps  him  con- 
stantly alert  to  new  methods  and  modern  discoveries,  keen  sympathy  and  a  humanitarian 
instinct,  all  essential  elements  in  the  making  of  a  successful  physician.  As  a  consequence 
his  practice  has  increased  rapidly  through  the  years  and  is  now  a  representative  and  lucrative 
one,  the  efficient  conduct  of  which  places  him  among  the  most  prominent  members  of  his 
profession  in  this  part  of  Arizona.  Dr.  Burtch  has  extensive  property  interests  in  Clifton, 
owning  besides  his  own  attractive  home  a  number  of  residences,  from  the  rents  of  which 
he  derives  a  substantial  addition  to  his  income. 

Dr.  Burtch  has  been  twice  married.  In  1897  he  wedded  Miss  Margaret  E.  Stark,  a 
native  of  Michigan  and  a  daughter  of  Gaines  A.  and  Sarah  (Downing)  Stark,  the  former  of 
whom  was  born  in  New  York  and  the  latter  in  Michigan.  To  this  union  were  born  two 
children :  James  D.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1900  and  who  is  now  attending  school  in 
Clifton;  and  Margaret  F.,  born  in  1903,  who  resides  with  her  grandmother  in  Morrison, 
Illinois.  Dr.  Burtch's  wife  died  in  1908  and  in  November,  1911,  he  wedded  Mrs.  Beulah  R. 
Newell,  a  native  of  Arizona,  and  a  daughter  of  Dillard  H.  and  Lulu  (Yorke)  Bass,  the  former 
of  whom  was  born  in  Mississippi  and  the  latter  in  Missouri.  In  this  family  were  two 
children:  Beulah  R.,  wife  of  the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Viola,  who  married  Earle  F. 
Hastings,  Jr. 

Dr.  Burtch  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  along  lines  of 
his  profession  has  held  various  important  offices.  In  1903  he  was  elected  superintendent 
of  the  county  board  of  health  of  Graham  county,  which  office  he  held  for  four  years,  and 
when  the  county  was  divided  he  was  appointed  county  health  officer  of  Greenlee  county,  a 
position  which  he  still  holds.  He  is  also  city  health  officer,  having  served  since  the  incor- 
poration of  the  city  of  Clifton.     Fraternally  he  is  first  exalted  ruler  of  the  Clifton  Lodge 


708  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  Elks,  of  which  he  is  a  charter  member,  and  lie  belongs  also  to  the  Masonic  order,  the 
Kniglits  of  Pythias  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  an  enterprising  and 
progressive  citizen  who  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  public  affairs  and  during  his  resi- 
dence in  Clifton  he  has  made  a  host  of  warm  friends. 


W.   J.    MULRONY,    M.  D.,    D.  0.,    D.  P. 

Dr.  W.  J.  Mulrony,  a  prominent  and  successful  osteopathic  practitioner  in  Yuma,  was 
born  in  New  Y'ork  city  of  English  and  Irish  parentage.  A  part  of  his  early  education  was 
acquired  in  London,  England,  and  he  also  attended  the  public  schools  of  New  York.  This 
was  supplemented  bj'  a  course  in  the  Button  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  from  which 
he  was  giaduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He  afterward  practiced  his  profession  in  British 
Columbia  "and  Idaho,  and  then,  wishing  to  specialize  in  osteopathy,  he  entered  Littlejohn 
College  in  Chicago,  from  which  he  received  his  degree  as  Doctor  of  Osteopathy.  In  order 
to  keep  in  touch  with  the  advancement  of  the  profession,  he  later  took  a  post-graduate 
course  in  the  new  methods  of  treatment.  For  four  years  he  practiced  osteopathy  success- 
fully in  the  state  of  Washington  and  then  spent  some  time  In  travel  for  the  purpose  of 
discovering  a  suitable  place  in  which  to  locate.  Attracted  by  the  splendid  climate  of 
Yuma,  he  settled  there  in  1909  and  has  since  built  up  a  profitable  and  growing  practice 
He  has  a  fine  suite  of  rooms  in  a  new  and  modern  building  on  Second  street  and  his  offices 
are  completely  equipped  with  every  modern  appliance  needed  in  his  professional  work. 
In  the  near  future  Dr.  Mulrony  contemplates  building  a  sanitarium  in  Yuma.  He  has 
gained  recognition  as  a  prominent  and  able  representative  of  his  school  and  by  his  labors, 
his  high  professional  attainments  and  his  sterling  characterictics  has  justified  the  respect 
and  confidence  in  which  he  is  held  by  the  local  public. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Mulrony  belongs  to  the  Uniformed  Rank  of  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
is  identified  also  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  lodge  he  has  passed 
all  the  chairs  and  is  serving  as  official  examiner  for  the  three  branches.  He  has  made  an 
excellent  professional  record,  as  is  indicated  by  the  lucrative  practice  now  accorded  him, 
and  he  is,  moreover,  known  as  a  progressive  and   public-spirited  citizen. 


ALLAN  KRICHBAUM. 


Allan  Krichbaum,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Morenci  and  an  active,  zealous 
and  successful  worker  in  promoting  the  spread  of  the  doctrines  of  Presbyterianisra  through- 
out Greenlee  county,  was  born  in  Canton,  Stark  county,  Ohio,  in  1859.  lie  is  a  son  of  David 
and  Sarah  (Buchtel)  Krichbaum,  the  former  a  mechanic,  carpenter  and  builder,  who  was 
killed  in  a  railroad  accident  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  six  years  of  age.  The 
mother  has  also  passed  away.  In  their  family  were  three  children:  George,  a  retired 
school  teacher  of  Canton,  Ohio;  Charles,  probate  judge  of  Stark  county,  Ohio;  and  Allan, 
of   this   review. 

The  last  named  was  reared  in  his  parents'  home  in  Canton  and  acquired  his  prelimi- 
nary education  in  the  public  schools.  He  later  entered  Wooster  University,  of  Wooster, 
Ohio,  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1886,  supplementing  this  by  a  course  in  the 
Western  Theological  Seminary,  of  Allegheny  City,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  there  for  three 
years  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  was  ordained  to  the  Presbyterian  ministry  and  given 
charge  of  a  church  in  Pennsylvania,  whence  after  two  years  he  was  transferred  to  Barnes- 
ville  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for  six  years.  His  health  failed  at  this  time  and  necessi- 
tated his  retirement  from  active  work  for  four  years,  after  which  he  came  to  Arizona, 
taking  charge  of  the  church  in  Douglas  in  1902.  After  four  months  he  came  to  Morenci, 
wheio  he  has  remained  almost  continuously  ever  since.  At  one  time  he  resigned  his 
pa.storate  and  returned  to  Ohio  but  was  persuaded  to  return  and  continue  the  excel- 
lent work  which  he  had  begun  here.     He  has  since  given  his  entire  time  and  attention  to 


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the  work  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  strengthening  good  precept  by  good  example  and 
making  his  beneficent  influence  a  far-reaching  force  for  righteousness  in  the  community. 
For  about  eight  years  Mr.  Krichbaum  was  also  in  charge  of  the  Morenci  Club,  an  organiza- 
tion conducted  along  the  same  lines  as  tlie  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  but  more 
liberal  in  its  policy,  and  he  made  that  another  means  of  service  of  his  fellowmen.  He 
stands  high  in  the  councils  of  his  denomination,  being  the  first  moderator  of  the  Arizona 
Synod.  He  is  doing  good  work  in  Morenci  among  his  people  and  has  their  love  in  large 
measure,  while  he  enjoys  the  esteem  and   respect  of  people  of  all  denominations. 


FRANCIS  M.  HARTMAN. 


Francis  M.  Hartman,  an  attorney  at  law  practicing  at  the  bar  of  Tucson,  is  a  native 
of  Ohio  and  there  acquired  a  common  school  education.  He  had  early  determined  to  make 
the  practice  of  law  his  life  work  and  accordingly  read  in  the  offices  of  the  law  firm  of 
Carpenter  &  Logan,  of  Cincinnati.  He  later  entered  the  Cincinnati  Law  School  and  after 
receiving  his  degree  went  to  Huntington,  West  Virginia,  where  he  entered  the  legal  depart- 
ment of  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railroad,  becoming  during  his  first  term  of  service  thoroughly 
familiar  with  the  practical  details  of  railroad  litigation.  He  has  specialized  in  that  branch 
of  his  profession  since  that  time  and  since  coming  to  Tucson  in  1902  has  built  up  a  large 
and  lucrative  practice.  He  is  attorney  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  in  Arizona  and 
New  Mexico  and  has  displayed  keen,  alert  and  incisive  legal  ability  in  the  conduct  of  the 
interests  of  this  corporation. 

Mr.  Hartman  was  married  in  Winchester,  Kentucky,  in  1900,  to  Miss  Mary  Bush  and 
both  are  widely  and  favorably  known  in  the  city.  In  a  comparatively  few  years  Mr.  Hart- 
man has  won  a  host  of  professional  and  social  friends  in  Tucson  and  is  accounted  a  valuable 
addition  to  the  ranks  of  her  citizenship.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  fraternity 
and  also  belongs  to  the  Old  Pueblo  Club  and  the  Tucson  Golf  and  Country  Club. 


THOMAS  P.  WALTON. 


Thomas  P.  Walton  is  one  of  the  young,  but  active  members  of  the  Phoenix  bar,  whose 
growing  success  is  proof  of  his  ability  as  a  lawyer.  He  was  born  at  Guntown,  Lee  county, 
Mississippi,  December  18,  1881,  the  son  of  Thomas  W.  and  Katherine  (McCully)  Walton. 
They  were  members  of  pioneer  families  of  that  state. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  of  that  state,  he  continued  his  studies  in  the  Northern 
Mississippi  Normal  College,  and  in  the  Providence  Male  and  Female  College.  He  was  but 
sixteen  years  of  age  when  he  entered  the  profession  of  teaching.  When  a  young  man  of 
eighteen,  he  left  Mississippi  and  went  to  Texas  where  he  continued  in  the  profession  of 
teaching  for  three  years.  Giving  up  his  work  as  a  teacher,  he  entered  the  United  States 
Railway  Mail  Service,  where  he  remained  for  some  five  years. 

Shortly  after  entering  the  railway  mail  service  he  began  reading  law  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Walker  &  Baker,  attorneys  of  Cleburne,  Texas,  later  under  Goldsmith  &  Warren,  and 
still  later  under  Judge  William  Poindexter,  and  in  1909  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  tlie 
supreme  court  of  the  state  of  Texas. 

In  1910  he  accepte(J  an  appointment  as  law  clerk  in  the  United  States  land  office  at 
Phoenix,  and  in  May,  1911,  he  resigned  his  position  in  the  land  office  and  entered  the  prac- 
tice of  law  as  a  partner  of  R.  C.  Stanford,  the  firm  being  Stanford  &  Walton.  In  the  latter 
part  of  the  year  1912,  the  firm  took  another  member,  making  the  firm  Stanford,  Walton  & 
Townsend.  The  firm  dissolved  in  April,  1914.  When  the  old  firm  dissolved,  Mr.  Walton 
remained  in  suite  412-414  National  Bank  of  Arizona  building,  where  he  has  continued  in 
the  practice  alone. 

On  the  12th  of  April,  1905,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Walton  and  Miss  Elizabeth 
Hutson  of  Bosque  county,  Texas,  and  they  have  two  sons,  Marshall  W.  and  Tom  P.,  .Ir.  The 
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parents  are  members  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  Mr.  Walton  belongs  to  the  Kniglits  of 
Pythias  and  Moose  lodges.  Mr.  Walton  is  a  stanch  democrat  buv  has  little  time  for 
political  activity,  bending  his  energies  to  building  tip  and  taking  care  of  his  large  and 
growing  practice  in  the  law.  He  has  probably  one  of  the  largest  practices  of  any  member 
of  the  bar  who  has  been  in  the  practice  no  longer  than  he. 


FRANK  L.  DICKINSON. 


One  of  the  greatest  resources  of  the  state  of  Arizona  has  been  the  cattle  industry  and 
one  of  tlie  most  successful  men  along  that  line  has  been  Frank  L.  Dickinson,  who  came  to 
this  state  with  his  parents  in  1875  when  but  eight  years  of  age.  He  was  born  in  Missouri 
in  1867  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  C.  and  Nancy  (Green)  Dickinson.  The  family  made  the 
journey  overland  in  1875  and  located  on  the  Central  Verde,  where  the  father  successfully 
farmed  until  his  death.  At  the  time  of  their  arrival  the  Indians  were  still  plentiful  and 
primitive  conditions  prevailed. 

Frank  L.'  Dickinson  was  reared  on  the  home  ranch  and  received  his  education  in  the 
neighborhood.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  became  a  cattle  man,  and  he  and  his  brother, 
W.  G.,  became  partners  in  the  ownership  of  a  ranch,  known  as  the  old  Walker  ranch,  located 
on  Beaver  creek.  Their  brand  is  one  of  the  earliest  and  best  known  in  Yavapai  county. 
Frank  L.  Dickinson  is  the  owner  of  over  fifteen  hundred  cattle  and  is  considered  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  men  in  his  section.     He  now  makes  his  home  at  Flagstaff. 

In  1899  Mr.  Dickinson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hulda  Smith,  of  Missouri,  who 
with  her  father,  Maurice  Smith,  came  to  Arizona  in  1880.  Tlie  latter  was  one  of  the  early 
ranchmen  of  the  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickinson  have  three  children.  Our  subject  is  a 
democrat  in  his  political  faitli  and  although  not  actively  connected  with  politics,  takes  a  deep 
Interest  in  all  progressive  public  measures  and  gives  them  the  benefit  of  his  support.  Along 
fraternal  lines  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  While  Mr.  Dickin- 
son has  attained  prosperity,  he  has  done  much  in  promoting  the  cattle  industry  in  Arizona, 
and  his  enlightened  and  progressive  work  along  that  line  has  been  an  asset  of  public  value. 


PHIL  C.  MERRILL. 


Among  the  men  of  Pima  who  are  active  in  inaugurating  and  shaping  business  and 
public  policies  is  numbered  Phil  C.  Merrill,  who  through  his  connection  with  the  Webb-Merrill 
Commercial  Company  stands  high  in  the  ranks  of  progressive  merchants  and  through  his 
work  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors  has  directly  influenced  the  general  develop- 
ment of  Graham  county. 

He  was  born  in  Idaho  in  1870  and  is  a  son  of  Phil  C.  and  Lucinda  T.  (Brown)  Mer- 
rill, the  former  a  native  of  Illinois  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  For  generations  members  of  this 
family  have  atliliated  with  the  Mormon  cliurcli,  the  grandfather  having  been  a  member  of 
the  Mormon  Battalion.  After  its  discliargo  in  California  he  went  to  Utah  in  1847  and 
there  he  resided  for  many  years.  His  son,  the  father  of  our  subject,  went  to  Idaho  in 
1860  and  several  years  later  came  to  Arizona,  where  he  first  engaged  in  freighting.  After- 
ward he  removed  to  the  Gila  valley  and  took  up  government  land,  which  he  developed  and 
improved  until  his  death  in  1897.  His  wife  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Pima.  To 
the  union  were  born  eleven  children:  Joanna,  who  married  S.  S.  Marshall,  of  Pima,  and 
died  leaving  one  cliild;  Phil  C,  of  this  review;  Timothy,  who  resides  in  Miami;  Gerald,  a 
United  States  forest  ranger;  Susie,  the  wife  of  W.  W.  Crockett,  of  Pima;  Rhoda,  who  mar- 
ried S.  E.  Lines,  of  Pima;  Josephine,  the  wife  of  0.  W.  Follctt,  of  the  same  city;  Seaman, 
who  also  resides  in  Pima;  and  Bartlett,  Cyrena  and  Milton,  all  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

Phil  C.  Merrill  was  reared  in  Idaho  and  was  ten  years  of  age  when  he  came  with  his 
parents  to  Arizona.  He  spent  two  years  in  the  public  schools  of  the  territory  but  is  largely 
self-educated,  having  made  up  for  his  early  disadvantages  along  this  line  by  reading,  obser- 


ARIZONA— THP:  youngest  state  713 

vation  and  study  in  liis  mature  years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  lie  began  his  independent 
career,  buying  a  farm  on  credit.  With  characteristic  energy  he  set  himself  to  improve  and 
develop  liis  property  and  soon  had  it  free  from  debt  and  in  a  flourishing  condition.  Until 
1908  he  remained  upon  his  original  tract  of  land,  but  in  that  year  disposed  of  his  homestead 
and  bought  other  property,  which  he  still  owns,  giving  more  or  less  personal  attention  to 
its  cultivation.  It  is  as  a  general  merchant,  however,  that  Mr.  Merrill  is  best  known  in 
Pima,  for  he  has  been  connected  with  mercantile  interests  here  for  several  years.  In  1901 
he  embarked  in  business  and  conducted  his  store  successfully  for  five  years,  after  which 
he  joined  Webb  Brothers  in  tlie  organization  of  the  Webb-Merrill  Commercial  Company.  He 
is  known  as  a  resourceful  and  farsiglited  business  man,  modern  and  progressive  in  his  views 
and  ideas  and  possessed  of  the  executive  force  wliich  enables  him  to  carry  forward  to  suc- 
cessful  completion   whatever   he   imdertakes. 

Mr.  Mei-rill  was  married  October  12,  1898,  to  Miss  Pearl  Weech,  a  native  of  Pima  and  a 
daughter  of  Hiram  and  Sarah  (Dall)  Weech,  natives  of  England.  Her  father  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Pima,  having  made  a  permanent  location  here  in  1873.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Merrill  liavc  seven  children:  Paul,  Ralph,  Melba,  .losoph  I).,  and  Hiram  L.,  all  attending 
school;   Walter  Scott  and  Ruth  Geneva. 

Mr.  Merrill's  success  in  business  is  fully  equalled  by  his  prominence  in  politics,  for  he 
is  todaj'  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  denuicratic  jjarty  in  his  section  of  Arizona  and  has  served 
creditably  in  various  important  and  responsible  ])Ositions,  his  oflicial  career  being  dis- 
tinguished by  able,  constructive  and  farsighted  work  in  the  public  interests.  In  1896  he 
was  appointed  deputy  county  assessor  under  W.  P.  Birchfield  and  served  ably  for  two  years, 
after  which  he  was  again  appointed  to  the  oflice  by  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Graliam 
county.  He  served  in  all  seven  years,  resigning  in  order  to  enter  the  last  territorial  legis- 
lature. When  Graham  county  was  divided  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  and  after  one  year  was  elected  to  that  body,  later  becoming  chairman  of  tlic 
board.  Since  he  assumed  oflice  many  beneficial  public  measures  have  been  inaugmated  and 
carried  forward  to  successful  completion,  these  including  the  improvement  of  a  number 
of  the  higliways  throughout  the  county  and  the  erection  of  a  steel  bridge  across  the  Gila 
river.  Important  work  has  also  been  accomplished  in  increasing  the  valuation  of  assessed 
property.  Mr.  Merrill  is  particularly  interested  in  school  affairs  and  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion finds  in  him  a  stanch  supporter.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  when  the 
large  schoolhouse  was  built  in  Pima  after  two  luisuccessful  attempts  had  been  made  to  bond 
the  district.  The  work  was,  however,  finally  accomplislied  and  the  school  is  now  one  of  tlie 
best  equipped  in  the  county,  fully  up  to  the  highest  standards  of  public  educational  institu- 
tions. Mr.  Merrill  stands  high  in  tlie  councils  of  the  Mormon  church,  of  which  he  has  always 
been  a  devout  adherent,  and  at  present  is  bishop  of  Pima  ward.  He  is  recognized  as  a  pow- 
erful factor  in  Graham  county's  development,  his  influence  being  felt  along  many  lines  which 
aflect  the  public  welfare. 


GEORGE  COOK. 


George  Cook  lias  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  since  1884  and  during  that  time  has  been 
carried  forward  into  important  relations  with  mining  interests,  having  done  effective  work 
in  this  state  and  in  various  others  as  a  mining  mechanic.  He  today  controls  important 
interests  of  his  own  in  the  vicinity  of  Globe  and  is  also  well  known  in  that  city  as  the 
capable  superintendent   of   the  city   waterworks,  a   position   which   he   has   lield   since   1912. 

Mr.  Cook  was  born  in  Xew  Jersey  in  1864  and  is  a  son  of  Phillip  Cook,  a  native  of 
Germany,  who  came  to  America  when  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  served  in  the  Union  army 
throughout  the  entire  period  of  the  Civil  war  and  died  in  1876.  His  wife,  who  was  a 
native  of  England,  came  to  America  when  she  was  still  a  child.  Her  death  occurred  in 
1873.  To  them  were  born  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  still  living,  the  subject  of  this 
review  being  the  tliird  in  order  of  birth. 

George  Cook  acquired  his  education  in  the  >few  Jersey  public  schools  and  is  in  all 
essential  respects  a  self-made  man,  having  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen  years  laid  aside  his 


714  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

books  in  order  to  begin  his  independent  career.  Leaving  New  Jersey,  he  went  to  Fort 
Scott,  Kansas,  where  for  eighteen  months  he  worked  upon  a  farm,  later  removing  to  Find- 
lay,  that  state,  where  he  obtained  employment  in  the  coal  mines.  After  three  years  he 
secured  a  position  on  a  railroad  and  held  it  until  1881,  wlien  he  became  connected  with  the 
Northern  Pacific  in  Montana.  In  1884  he  left  the  latter  state  and  came  to  Arizona,  settling 
first  in  Winslow,  where  he  secured  employment  in  the  locomotive  department  of  the  rail- 
road shops,  rising  to  the  rank  of  engineer  in  1886  and  holding  that  position  until  1894.  In 
the  latter  year  he  turned  his  attention  to  mechanics  as  related  to  mining,  making  a  scientific 
study  of  this  subject  and  working  as  a  mining  mechanic  in  various  sections  of  the  west, 
including  Arizona,  Colorado,  Wyoming,  Utah  and  California.  He  accumulated  important 
mining  interests  of  his  own  during  that  time,  being  an  expert  judge  of  mine  values,  and  he 
today  controls  valuable  ore  properties  near  Globe.  He  was  appointed  on  the  1st  of  Decem- 
ber, 1912,  superintendent  of  the  city  waterworks  and  he  has  since  served  in  that  capacity, 
proving  most  able,  discriminating  and  enterprising  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  He  owns 
a  fine  home  in  the  city  and  has  also  invested  heavily  in  real  estate  in  San  Bernardino, 
California. 

Mr.  Cook  was  married  in  1891  in  California  to  Miss  Lucy  Taylor,  a  native  of  San 
Bernardino  and  a  daughter  of  .J.  F.  Taylor,  of  that  city.  She  is  one  of  a  family  of  seven 
children,  all  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cook  became  the  parents  of  two  children. 
The  elder,  Ursula,  was  born  in  1893  and  acquired  her  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Globe.  She  later  was  graduated  from  the  Tempe  Normal  School  in  June,  1912,  and  is 
now  engaged  in  teaching.     The  other  child  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cook  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Cook  has  filled  all  the  chairs  in  the  Masonic  lodge  and  for  two  years  served  as  a 
representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  A  resident  of  Arizona  for  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  he  is  well  known  within  its  borders  and  the  substantial  quali- 
ties he  has  displayed  in  business  and  citizenship  have  gained  him  a  high  place  in  the  regard 
and  goodwill  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 


WILLIAM  R.  CHAMBERS. 


William  R.  Chambers  has  been  practicing  law  in  Safford  for  four  years  and  is  ranked 
among  the  able  and  successful  attorneys  of  the  city,  his  ability  having  gained  both  quick 
and  well  deserved  recognition.  He  was  born  in  Illinois,  January  30,  1873,  and  is  a  son 
of  Jacob  G.  and  Ann  (Rock)  Chambers,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York  and  the  latter 
of  Illinois.  The  father  was  for  many  years  a  practicing  physician  and  surgeon  in  the  Prairie 
state  but  has  now  lived  retired  for  about  a  quarter  of  a  century  and  he  and  his  wife  reside 
on  the  old  home  place  in  Illinois.  In  their  family  were  five  children:  William  R.,  of  this 
review;  Gertrude,  who  married  E.  E.  Craw,  a  druggist  in  Illinois,  by  whom  she  has  two 
children;  Jacob  J.,  a  farmer  in  Illinois,  who  is  married  and  has  three  children;  Clifton  C, 
also  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  Illinois;  and  Ralph  E.,  a  farmer  in  the  same  state. 

William  R.  Cliambers  was  reared  in  Champaign,  Illinois,  acquiring  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  country  schools.  When  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  he  turned  his  attention 
to  teaching,  following  that  occupation  for  one  year,  after  which  he  entered  the  Northwestern 
Law  School.  He  did  not  complete  his  legal  course  in  that  institution  b\it  after  twelve 
months  enrolled  in  the  University  of  Michigan,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1896  with 
the  degree  of  LL.  B.  In  the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Michigan  and  returned 
to  Illinois,  opening  an  office  in  Champaign,  where  he  practiced  for  fifteen  months.  From 
Champaign  he  went  to  Danville  and  there  became  well  known  as  a  successful  attorney, 
remaining  until  January,  1907,  when  failing  health  obliged  him  to  come  to  Arizona.  He 
settled  in  Solomonsville  and  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district  court,  serving  for  four  years 
and  resigning  in  1911  to  take  up  private  practice.  At  the  end  of  a  year  he  removed  to 
Safford  and  here  he  has  since  resided.  In  1911  he  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  superior 
judge  of  Graham  county,  but  being  defeated,  took  up  the  practice  of  his  profession,  in  which 
he  has  attained  prominence  and  success.    He  is  known  as  a  strong  and  able  lawyer,  whose   ' 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  715 

knowledge  of  underlying  legal  principles  is  comprehensive  and  e»ict,  and  whose  ability  in 
their  application  has  been  evidenced  by  nnicli  successful  litigation.  He  has  a  large  practice, 
which  is  continually  growing  as  he  becomes  more  widely  known,  and  he  will  undoubtedly 
make  his  inlluence  felt  in  professional  circles  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Cliambers  was  married  November  10,  1904,  to  Miss  Lida  Spencer,  a  native  of 
Illinois  and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  (Harvey)  Spencer,  both  of  whom  were  born  in 
North  Carolina  and  are  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chambers  are  the  parents  of  one  son, 
Richard  H.,  who  was  born  November  7,  190G,  and  is  now  attending  school. 

Mr.  Chambers  has  extensive  and  representative  fraternal  affiliations,  being  connected 
with  the  Masonic  order  and  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  in  the  latter  organization  he  has  held 
all  the  oflices.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Elks,  having  been  through  all 
the  chairs,  and  he  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Tribe  of  Ben  Hur  and 
the  Mystic  Workers  of  the  World.  Politically  he  generally  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  repub- 
lican party,  but  reserves  his  right  to  cast  an  independent  ballot  when  he  feels  called  upon 
to  do  so.  Since  coming  to  SafTord  he  has  gained  in  large  measure  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  his  fellowmen,  and  his  worth  as  a  man  and  a  citizen,  as  well  as  a  lawyer,  is  widely 
acknowledged.  For  four  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Safford  school  board.  Through 
his  eflorts  largely  a  new  high  school  building  was  erected  and  in  order  to  accomplish  this 
a  consolidation  of  the  two  school  districts  was  the  first  secured,  which  was  done  by  his  per- 
sistent efforts  to  promote  the  best  educational  interests  of  the  community. 


HENRY  A.  HUGHES,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Henry  A.  Hughes  is  one  of  the  oldest  representatives  of  the  medical  profession  in 
Phoenix,  having  practiced  in  this  city  since  1886,  or  for  a  period  of  thirty  years.  He  i.-< 
well  known,  too,  because  of  his  active  connection  with  efforts  for  the  public  good,  especially 
along  temperance  lines,  and  Phoenix  counts  him  among  her  citizens  who  have  done  much  to 
further  her  interests  in  many  ways.  Ho  was  born  in  Mahoning  county,  Ohio,  November  12, 
1848,  and  is  a  son  of  Mordecai  B.  and  Ann  (Adams)  Hughes,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
Virginia  but  at  an  early  day  removed  to  Ohio.  The  Hughes  family  is  of  Scotch  and  Welch 
descent  and  was  founded  in  Virginia  in  colonial  days.  Representatives  of  the  name  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  war,  aiding  in  winning  American  independence.  Mordecai  B.  Hughes 
was  also  a  ))hysician,  devoting  his  life  to  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery. 

When  comparatively  young  Henry  A.  Hughes  left  home  and  made  his  way  to  Missouri 
hut  in  1870  he  became  a  resident  of  Texas.  During  the  period  spent  in  that  state  he  resolved 
to  make  the  practice  of  medicine  his  life  worlf  and  attended  the  Louisville  Medical  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1875.  He  has  since  done  considerable  post- 
graduate work,  thus  keeping  in  touch  with  the  advanced  thought  and  progress  of  the 
profession.  In  1881  he  pursued  a  postgraduate  course  in  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Phila- 
delphia and  at  different  times  was  a  student  in  the  University  of  New  York  and  in  the  Johns 
Hopkins  University  at  Baltimore,  Maryland.  For  thirteen  years  following  his  graduation 
he  continued  in  active  practice  in  Texas.  In  an  early  day  he  did  nearly  all  the  surgical 
work  in  the  Salt  River  valley,  as  in  1886  he  came  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  remained, 
and  for  thirty  years  he  has  maintained  a  most  prominent  and  creditable  position  as  one  of 
Arizona's  ablest  medical  practitioners.  He  served  as  superintendent  of  the  insane  asylum 
and  was  honored  with  election  as  the  second  president  of  the  Arizona  Medical  Association, 
which  he  assisted  in  organizing.  He  has  always  advocated  the  adoption  of  the  highest  pro- 
fessional standards  in  the  state  and  his  own  professional  service  has  been  in  accord  with 
the  most  advanced  scientific  methods.  Wliile  many  years  have  passed  since  his  graduation, 
reading,  experience,  observation  and  research  have  kept  him  in  constant  touch  with  what  is 
being  done  by  the  most  advanced  members  of  the  profession  and  his  services  have  exemplified 
the  most  progressive  thought. 

In  1873  Dr.  Hughes  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Inge,  a  native  of  Texas,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  eight  children,  five  of  whom  are  yet  living,  namely:  Dr.  Coit  I., 
Bettie  Dameron,  Erile  Garner,  Blanche  Summers  and  Dr.  Henry  A.,  Jr. 


716  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Dr.  Hughes  belongs  to  a  number  of  fraternal  organizations.  In  Masonry  ho  Ii^s  taken 
the  degrees  of  the  commandery  and  Shrine  and  ho  is  al?o  identified  with  the  Knights  of 
Honor,  the  Woodmen  of  tlie  World  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  In  politics  he  has  always 
been  a  democrat  and  the  offices  which  he  has  hold  have  been  in  the  strict  line  of  his  pro- 
fession. For  twenty  years  he  filled  the  position  of  quarantine  officer  in  Maricopa  county 
and  for  four  years  was  city  health  officer.  He  was  a  candidate  for  governor  in  1911  but 
withdrew  before  the  primary.  There  are  many,  however,  who  advocate  his  nomination  for 
high  political  honors,  which  will  undoubtedly  come  to  him  in  time.  He  stands  for  all  that 
is  progressive  along  political  lines  and  there  is  nothing  equivocal  in  his  position.  He  an- 
nounces his  beliefs  fearlesslj',  advocates  them  faithfully  and  at  no  time  will  tolerate  under- 
hand political  methods.  He  is  a  stanch  advocate  of  temperance  principles  and  has  been 
president  of  the  Anti-Saloon  League  since  its  organization.  His  chief  pride  today  is  in 
the  work  along  temperance  lines  that  ho  has  seen  enacted  into  law  of  the  state,  prohibiting 
the  sale,  manufacture  or  importation  into  the  state  of  all  alcoholic  spirits.  The  motive 
power  of  his  life  is  found  in  his  membership  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  South,  with 
which  his  wife  and  children  are  also  identified.  In  the  various  branches  of  church  work  he 
has  taken  active  and  helpful  ])art,  serving  for  nearly  twenty-five  years  as  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school.  His  life  has  at  all  times  been  upright  and  honorable,  and  the  pro- 
fessional, political  and  fraternal  chapters  in  his  history  are  such  as  will  bear  close  investiga- 
tion and  scrutiny. 


J.  F.  ROSS. 

.T.  F.  Ross  is  one  of  the  induontial  citizens  and  successful  attorneys  of  Cochise  county, 
where  he  has  resided  since  1900.  His  birth  occurred  on  a  ranch  in  the  vicinity  of  Boise  City, 
Idaho,  in  1869,  and  he  is  a  son  of  John  M.  and  Jeannette  Ross.  The  father  was  born  in 
Vermont  but  left  the  oast  in  early  youth  and  came  west,  seeking  his  fortune.  He  arrived 
in  San  Francisco,  California,  in  1849,  but  later  located  in  Idaho,  where  he  met  the  lady  who 
subsequently  became  his  wife.  She  crossed  the  plains  with  her  parents  in  1864,  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  years,  and  was  married  to  Mr.  Ross  at  Rocky  Bar.  Idaho.  Soon  afterward 
they  removed  to  Hoiso  City,  where  for  many  years  the  father  owned  and  operated  a  cattle 
ranch,  being  one  of  the  prosperous  and  extensive  stockmen  of  that  section.  The  mother 
passed  away  in  April,  1894,  and  in  1900  Mr.  Ross  disposed  of  his  ranch  and  removed  to 
I'ocatello,  Idaho,  where  he  is  now  living  retired  at  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-two  years. 
Our  subject  is  the  second  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  six  children,  five  of  whom  are 
living,  and  of  those  three  reside  in  Idaho.  The  other  surviving  member  of  the  family,  a  son, 
is  a  commercial  traveler. 

The  early  life  of  .1.  F.  Ross  was  passed  in  very  much  the  same  manner  as  that  of  otiier 
lads  who  wore  roared  in  a  western  ranch  at  that  jioriod.  At  tlie  usual  age  he  entered  the 
public  schools  of  Boise  City,  where  he  jjursuod  his  studies  until  graduated  from  the  high 
.school,  following  which  ho  took  a  business  course  in  a  commercial  college.  For  some  years 
fhorcaftor  his  energies  wore  largely  devoted  to  assisting  with  the  operation  of  the  home 
ranch,  but  having  decided  to  adopt  the  legal  profession  for  his  life  vocation,  he  subsequently 
took  up  the  study  of  law,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Idaho  in  1898.  He  established  an 
office  in  I'ocatello  and  there  engaged  in  i)ractico  for  two  years.  In  May,  1900,  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  supreme  court  of  that  state.  On  coming  to  Arizona  he  first 
located  in  I'lioenix  but  sliortly  after  rouu)vcd  to  Douglas.  Mr.  Ross  is  privileged  to  practice 
in  the  LTnitod  States  courts  and  is  reganled  as  one  of  the  able  representatives  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Cochise  county.  During  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Douglas  ho  has  been  engaged 
in  some  very  important  litigations,  revealing  in  his  capable  handling  of  the  cases  a  thorough 
and  comprelionsivo  knowledge  of  all  the  legal  points  at  issue.  He  has  made  creditable 
advancement  in  his  profession  and  in  1913  was  admitted  to  land  office  practice.  He  was 
elected  city  attorney  of  Douglas  in  1909  and  served  for  three  years.  In  1914  he  was  elected 
county  attorney  and  is  discharging  the  duties  of  that  office  in  a  creditable  manner. 

On  the  14th   of  December,  190:!,  Mr.  Ross  was  married   to  Miss  Rosetta  Nelson,  who   is 


J.  F.  BOSS 


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a  native  of  Utali  but  was  reared  in  Idalio,  in  which  state  her  father  passed  away.  Her 
mother  now  resides  in  the  vicinity  of  Caldwell,  Idalio,  and  four  of  their  live  children.  Mrs. 
Ross  is  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  five  cliildren,  four  of  whom  are  still  living.  She  was 
educated  in  Idaho.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  liave  an  adopted  son,  Claten  K. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Koss  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  being  past  grand  chancellor  of  the  grand  lodge  of  Arizpna  in  the  latter 
organization.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Pythian  Sisters  and  is  also  connected  with  the 
grand  lodge  of  that  order.  Religiously  she  is  an  active  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Mr.  Ross  gives  his  political  support  to  the  democratic  party,  and  for  two  years  prior  to 
his  election  as  city  attorney  served  as  assistant  district  attorney  of  Cochise  county.  He  has 
met  with  a  good  measure  of  financial  success  in  his  practice  and  has  acquired  extensive 
business  and  residence  property  in  Douglas,  and  he  has  large  mining  and  realty  interests  in 
Courtland  and  owns  stock  in  some  Mexican  mining  propositions.  Mr.  Ross  is  a  man  of 
good  judgment  and  clear  understanding  in  matters  of  business,  as  is  manifested  in  the 
practical  advice  he  gives  those  who  seek  his  counsel.  He  is  held  in  high  regard  in  the 
community  as  a  representative  of  his  profession  because  of  the  careful  and  conscientious 
manner  in  which  he  safeguards  the  interests  of  his  clients,  as  a  public  official  by  reason 
of  his  faithful  service,  and  as  a  private  citizen  because  of  the  active  and  helpful  interest 
iie  takes  in  all  public  movements  inaugurated  to  promote  the  development  of  the  municipality. 


V.  A.  SMELKER,  M.  D. 


Dr.  V.  A.  Smelker,  a  successful  and  prominent  practicing  physician  in  Nogales  and 
division  surgeon  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  of  Mexico,  was  born  in  Dodgeville,  Iowa 
county,  Wisconsin,  September  11,  1883.  He  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  city  and  in  1905  was  graduated  in  medicine  from  the  Northwestern 
University  of  Chicago.  He  later  served  for  two  years  as  interne  in  Wesley  Hospital,  Chicago, 
and  thus  splendidly  equipped  by  training  and  practical  experience  for  the  duties  of  his 
profession,  came  west,  settling  in  Mexico,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  field  hospital  during 
the  construction  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  of  Mexico.  He  acted  in  that  capacity  from 
1907  to  1908  and  in  the  latter  year  settled  in  Nogales,  where  he  has  since  continued,  his 
atility  gaining  recognition  in  an  extensive  and  growing  patronage.  Although  still  a  young 
man  Dr.  Smelker  has  gained  distinction  as  an  able  and  honored  member  of  the  medical 
profession,  a  fact  which  is  proven  by  his  appointment  as  division  surgeon  for  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  of  Mexico  and  by  the  large  private  practice  which  he  enjoys. 

In  1913  Dr.  Smelker  married  Miss  Marie  Wrotnowski,  a  daughter  of  Colonel  A.  F. 
Wrotnowski,  a  noted  engineer  in  Mexico.  He  belongs  to  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
and  to  the  Nu  Sigma  Nu  medical  fraternity,  He  is,  moreover,  identified  with  the  County, 
State  and  American  Medical  Associations.  His  ambition  is  centered  in  his  profession  and 
in  a  calling  where  advancement  depends  entirely  upon  individual  merit  he  has  gained  a 
position  of  distinction,  his  ability,  both  natural  and  acquired,  placing  him  in  the  front  ranks 
of  the  medical  profession  of  Arizona. 


JOHN  M.  WEBSTER. 


John  M.  Webster,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Clifton,  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  1880  and 
is  a  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Billingsly)  Webster,  also  natives  of  that  state,  where  they 
now  reside.  In  their  family  were  the  following  children:  John  M.,  of  this  review;  Ida,  the 
wife  of  W.  S.  North,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Louise,  who  married  G.  H.  Francis,  of  Erie, 
Tennessee;  and  James  J.,  of  Chattanooga,  Tennessee. 

John  M.  Webster  was  reared  upon  the  home  farm  in  Tennessee  and  divided  his  time 
in  his  childhood  between  his  studies  in  the  common  schools  and  work  upon  the  homestead. 
He  remained  in  Tennessee  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age  and  then  came  to  Arizona 


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to  begin  his  independent  career  in  the  west.  He  obtained  employment  with  the  Arizona 
Copper  Company  as  a  laborer  in  their  smelter  and  rose  rapidly  tiirough  various  positions 
to  that  of  smelter  foreman,  a  responsible  and  important  office  which  he  was  eminently  fitted 
by  experience  and  ability  to  fill.  He  proved  efficient,  conscientious  and  capable,  gaining  the 
confidence  and  trust  of  his  employers,  and  he  held  that  position  until  1910,  when,  upon  the 
organization  of  Greenlee  county,  he  was  elected  county  treasurer  on  the  democratic  ticket. 
He  was  returned  to  office  in  1912,  his  reelection  proving  the  efficacy  of  his  work  and  its 
acceptability  to  the  general  public.  He  served  two  terms  as  county  treasurer,  until  January 
1,  1915,  the  laws  of  Arizona  not  permitting  reelection. 

On  March  16,  1904,  Mr.  Webster  married  Miss  Nina  M.  Hilton,  a  native  of  Kansas, 
whose  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Price  Hilton,  were  among  the  first  settlers  in  Wichita. 
Both  have  passed  away.     In  their  family  were  six  children. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Webster  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order  and  is  worshipful  master 
of  the  local  lodge.  He  is  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Clifton,  Arizona.  He  is 
still  a  young  man  and  the  position  of  county  treasurer  was  his  first  public  office,  but  his 
energetic,  capable  and  farsighted  work  is  the  best  evidence  that  it  will  be  by  no  means 
his  last. 


EVERETT  VICTOR  HORTON. 

No  man  in  Clifton  has  better  merited  distinction  in  public  service  than  Everett  Victor 
Horton,  who  has  served  two  terms  as  district  attorney.  His  public  spirit  is  of  that  active 
kind  which  finds  an  outlet  in  efficient  work  in  the  public  interests,  and  he  is  at  all  times 
fearless,  straightforward  and  capable  in  the  discharge  of  his  responsible  duties.  He  was 
born  in  Maxwell,  Tennessee,  September  14,  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Francis  M.  and  Margaret 
(Noah)  Horton.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  his  death  occurred  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Tennessee  in  1914.  The  mother  died  in  January,  1915.  Of  their  family  of  eleven  children 
Everett  Victor  Horton  of  this  review  is  the  only  one  who  has  come  to  Arizona.)  The 
others,  with  the  exception  of  two  who  have  passed  away,  are  living  near  the  home  farm 
in  Tennessee. 

Everett  V.  Horton  was  reared  upon  the  homestead  and  acquired  his  education  in  the 
neighboring  public  schools,  graduating  from  the  liigh  school  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  He  first 
engaged  in  teaching  in  the  country  schools  and  later  attended  Burritt  College  at  Spencer. 
Tennessee,  where  he  took  a  literary  course,  completing  his  studies  in  1899,  when  he  was 
nineteen  years  of  age.  He  then  resumed  his  teaching,  securing  a  position  in  the  high  school 
at  Maxwell  and  gaining  a  place  of  prominence  in  educational  circles,  rising  to  the  position  of 
principal  of  the  high  school  at  Guntersville,  Alabama.  When  he  abandoned  teaching  he 
removed  to  New  Mexico  and  made  his  home  at  Roswell  until  January,  190,'!.  In  the  follow- 
ing year  he  came  to  Clifton,  securing  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with  the  Arizona  Copper 
Company.  He  acted  in  this  capacity  until  1906,  when  he  returned  to  Tennessee  with  the 
intention  of  studying  law.  In  furtherance  of  this  ambition  he  entered  Vanderbilt  University 
at  Nashville  and  completed  in  a  year  and  a  half  the  prescribed  course,  returning  to  Clifton 
in  1907  with  his  degree  of  LL.  B.  He  opened  an  office  in  tliis  city,  where  he  was  for  a  time 
associated  with  John  R.  Hampton,  and  then  spent  two  years  in  Metcalf,  Arizona,  returning 
to  Clifton  at  the  end  of  that  time.  Here  he  has  since  made  his  home,  being  today  well 
known  in  professional  and  social  circles.  He  is  a  strong  and  forceful  ])ractitioner,  possessed 
of  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  underlying  legal  principles  and  of  a  personality  whidi 
makes  his  ability  doubly  effective.  His  cases  are  always  thoroughly  prepared  and  clearly 
and  lucidly  presented  and  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  representative  patronage.  When 
Greenlee  county  was  organized  his  ability  received  recognition  in  his  election  to  the  office 
of  district  attorney  and  the  results  he  accomplished  are  the  best  indication  of  his  capability. 
He  has  important  business  interests,  being  a  director  and  stockholder  in  the  Improvement 
Company  at  Metcalf  and  also  in  the  Eagle  Gold  &  Mining  Company  of  Clifton. 

On  the  15th  of  December,  1910,  Mr.  Horton  married  Miss  Katherine  Jean  Anderson,  a 
native  of  Waverly,  Tennessee,  and  a  daughter  of  James  T.  and   Mary   Anderson,   both   of 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  721 

whom  are  residing  on  tlie  old  homestead  in  that  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horton  have  two 
sons:  Edward  A.,  born  September  17,  1911;  and  James  Marion,  born  July  33,  1913.  The 
family  are  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Horton  is  connected  witli  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  his  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  He  is  one  of  the  mos't  prominent  and  successful  of  the 
younger  members  of  the  legal  fraternity  in  Greenlee  county  and  has  already  made  an  excel- 
lent professional  and  official  record,  a  record  which  contains  a  gratifying  promise  of  future 
achievement. 


THOMAS  P.  THOMPSON. 


Ranching  interests  of  Santa  Cruz  county  find  a  worthy  and  progressive  representative 
in  Thomas  P.  Thompson,  who  is  also  well  known  in  public  life  as  the  efficient  county  assessor. 
He  was  born  in  Burleson  county,  Texas,  June  36,  1884,  and  in  that  locality  acquired  a  com- 
mon school  education.  He  was  reared  upon  a  farm  and  for  some  time  after  laying  aside  his 
books  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  but  finally  abandoned  that  occupation  and  came  to 
Arizona,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  in  Yavapai  county,  where  he 
remained  until  1905.  In  that  year  he  left  the  territory  and  went  to  California,  engaging  in 
tlie  restaurant  business  in  Colton  until  1908,  when  he  returned  to  Arizona  and  settled  in 
Nogales,  where  for  two  years  he  conducted  a  restaurant,  later  turning  his  attention  to 
faiming. 

On  the  16th  of  November,  1910,  Mr.  Thompson  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  government  land  thirty  miles  east  of  the  city,  in  San  Rafael,  securing  the  first  water  right 
on  the  Santa  Cruz  river,  and  he  began  the  development  and  improvement  of  his  ranch,  which 
is  now  one  of  the  finest  and  best  in  that  section.  He  raises  Texas  and  Egyptian  corn  and 
potatoes  and  tlie  fact  that  from  half  an  acre  of  potatoes  he  took  five  thousand  pounds  shows 
something  of  the  producing  power  of  his  property.  The  soil  is  rich  and  fertile  and  the  ranch 
well  supplied  with  water.  It  has  already  greatly  increased  in  value  and  when  fully  developed 
will  be  one  of  the  most  productive  tracts  in  Santa  Cruz  county. 

Mr.  Thompson's  fraternal  relations  are  with  Nogales  Lodge,  No.  9,  I.  O.  O.  F.  He  has 
always  taken  an  intelligent  interest  in  local  political  afl'airs,  giving  a  stanch  and  loyal 
support  to  the  democratic  party.  Upon  that  ticket  he  was  elected  in  1911  county  assessor 
of  Santa  Cruz  county,  the  first  under  the  new  state  laws.  He  has  since  served  in  that  office, 
discharging  his  duties  in  a  competent,  able  and  progressive  way,  earning  for  himself  an 
enviable  reputation  as  a  careful  man  of  business,  while,  in  official  circles  he  is  known  for 
his  prompt  and  honorable  methods  which  have  won  for  him  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his 
fellowmen. 

Being  such  a  strong  democrat  Mr.  Tliompson  would  not  be  married  until  there  was  a 
democratic  president  but  wedded  Miss  Willie  Lane  Ford,  of  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico.,  on 
inauguration  day  of  President  Wilson,  March  4,  1913. 


JAMES  H,  MACK. 


Graham  county  owes  to  tlie  energy  and  enterprise  of  James  H.  Mack  the  development 
of  one  of  the  finest  farms  in  that  section  from  a  tract  of  raw  and  unimproved  land.  He  is 
today  one  of  the  most  progressive  and  successful  ranchmen  in  the  vicinity  of  Pima  and  his 
fai-m,  worth  twenty  thousand  dollars,  is  a  valuable  addition  to  the  general  resources  as 
well  as  a  substantial  factor  in  liis  individual  prosperity. 

Mr.  Mack  was  born  in  Georgia,  February  30,  1851,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Martha  (Swin- 
ney)  Mack,  the  former  a  native  of  South  Carolina  and  the  latter  of  Georgia.  Both  have 
passed  away,  the  mother  dying  in  1863  and  the  father  in  1883.  In  their  family  were  twelve 
children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living,  as   follows:      James  H.,  of  this  review;    Cliarlcs,  a 


722  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

lesidont  of  Safford,  Arizona;  Tressie,  the  wife  of  Joe  Dodson,  of  Oklahoma;  Eliza,  the  wife 
of  William  Mack,  of  Texas;  and  Louise,  who  married  .John  Sink,  also  a  resident  of  Texas. 

Until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventeen  years  James  H.  Mack  remained  in  Georgia, 
acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  then  went  to  Arkansas  and  turned  his, 
attention  to  farming,  renting  land  which  he  improved  and  developed  for  fifteen  years.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  he  spent  one  year  in  Colorado  and  then  came  to  the  vicinity  of  Pima, 
Arizona,  where  he  purchased  ninety  acres  of  raw  land.  With  characteristic  energy  he  began 
its  improvement  and  development,  building  a  house  upon  the  property  and  placing  the  land 
under  the  plow.  As  the  years  passed  success  rewarded  his  labors  and  his  farm,  which  he 
purcliased  for  six  hundred  dollars,  is  now  one  of  the  finest  in  tliat  part  of  Arizona,  valued 
at  twenty  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Mack  breeds  high  grade  cattle  and  other  stock  and 
sptcializes  in  the  raising  of  grain  and  fruits,  his  orchard  comprising  one  of  the  most  important 
departments  of  his  ranch.  It  is  now  in  full  bearing.  He  sent  twenty  boxes  of  fruit  from 
his  orchard  to  the  State  Fair  in  1915  and  received  the  highest  award.  He  has  eleven  acres 
planted  in  different  varieties  of  fruits  and  since  1906,  when  he  first  planted  his  crops,  they 
have  increased  in  quality  and  abundance  each  year. 

In  Arkansas,  in  1880,  Mr.  Mack  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Thomason.  a 
native  of  that  state  and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  (Bradley)  Thomason,  who  were 
born  in  South  Carolina.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mack  became  the  parents  of  eleven  children:  John 
Wesley,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Nevada;  Martha,  who  is  the  wife  of  Kimball  Maxham, 
of  Thatcher,  Arizona,  by  whom  she  has  four  children ;  James  Arthur,  of  Pima,  who  is  mar- 
ried and  has  three  children ;  Mary  E.,  who  married  RoUin  Jones,  principal  of  schools  in 
Central,  Arizona,  by  whom  she  has  three  children;  William  Sanford,  of  Fairview,  who  was 
sent  by  the  Mormon  church  as  a  missionary  to  Soutli  Africa  and  spent  three  years  in  active 
work  there,  being  very  successful  and  rendering  valuable  service;  Henry  H..  also  a  resident 
of  Fairview;  Amanda,  now  tlie  wife  of  Hirara  Larson  of  Fairview;  I-loyd,  at  home;  Thomas 
A.  and  Tressie,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away;  and  Ella,  also  at  home. 

Mr.  Mack  belongs  to  the  Mormon  church  and  stands  high  in  its  councils,  being  first 
councillor  to  Bishop  Larson  of  Matthew's  ward.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
republican  party  and  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  has  always  taken  an  intelligent  interest  in 
community  afl'airs,  although  he  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  political  honors.  It  is  evi- 
denced, however,  in  his  promotion  and  hearty  support  of  progressive  public  movements, 
especially  the  large  irrigation  projects  in  which  he  is  interested.  He  has  been  for  four 
years  president  of  one  of  the  largest  concerns  of  this  kind  in  Arizona,  owning  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  along  that  ditch,  and  in  this  way  as  well  as  in  many  others,  has  done 
effective  and  far-reaching  work  which  has  influenced  the  ])re8ent  growth  and  the  fuUire 
prosperity  of  Arizona. 


QUINTUS  MONIER. 


Quintus  Monier  is  one  of  the  foremost  representatives  of  business  activity  in  Tucson, 
being  at  the  lu'ad  of  the  Tucson  Pressed  Brick  Company,  which  is  the  only  enterprise  manu- 
facturing pressed  brick  in  Arizona.  It  is  a  home  industry  that  is  most  worthy  and  is  receiv- 
ing the  patronage  of  the  people  of  the  state,  its  business  rapidly  increasing  as  the  vahie  of 
its  product  is  becoming  known.  Notably  prompt,  energetic  and  reliable,  he  possesses  in 
large  measure  the  quality  of  planning  and  executing  the  right  thing  at  the  right  time.  He 
has  resistless  will  power  joined  to  everyday  common  sense  and  in  the  legitimate  lines  of 
trade  and   commerce   is   meeting   with   gratifying   prosperity. 

Mr.  Monier  was  born  in  Clermont,  France,  on  the  23d  of  October,  18.5.5,  and  is  a  son 
of  Claude  and  Frances  (.lobert)  Monier.  In  the  paternal  line  the  family  has  for  several 
generations  been  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  in  France,  tlie  grandfather,  Quintus 
Monier,  and  also  the  father  having  been  the  heads  of  a  large  and  thriving  business  and 
awarded  contracts  of  considerable  importance.  Claude  Monier  served  as  a  noncommissioned 
officer  in  the  French  army  under  Napoleon  HI.  The  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Quintus 
Jobert,  who  owned   an   estate   in  the   vicinity  of  Clermont,  where   she  was   also  born   and 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  725 

reared.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Monier  became  the  parents  of  two  sons,  the  younger  of  whom,  Frank, 
is  now  deceased. 

Quintus  Monier,  wliose  name  introduces  this  review,  is  the  only  member  that  has 
emigrated  to  the  United  States.  He  was  reared  in  the  city  of  his  birtli,  began  his  education 
in  the  national  schools  and  completed  liis  studies  in  the  Christian  Brothers  College,  after 
which  he  learned  the  trade  of  stone  cutting  and  of  stone  and  brick  laying  under  his  father. 
Having  decided  that  America  was  a  better  place  in  which  to  pursue  business,  he  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1877,  making  his  waj-  direct  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  where  he  was 
awarded  the  contract  for  the  erection  of  the  Catholic  Cathedral,  a  fine  stone  structure  erected 
at  a  cost  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars.  He  also  built  the  Christian  Brothers' 
College,  the  Loretto  Academy,  St.  Michael's  College,  the  court  house  and  many  business 
buildings  and  private  residences  in  that  city,  where  he  made  his  home  for  eighteen  years. 
In  1895  Mr.  Monier  removed  to  Tucson  to  construct  the  Catholic  Cathedral,  which  was 
the  first  large  brick  building  erected  in  the  city.  Later  he  was  given  the  contract  for  St. 
Joseph's  Academy,  St.  Mary's  Sanitarium,  the  Eagle  flour  mills  and  various  other  business 
buildings  and  private  residences.  In  1890  he  established  a  brickyard  and  during  the  inter- 
vening period  has  continued  in  the  manufacture  of  brick,  his  output  amounting  to  more  than 
twenty-five  million  common  bricks.  The  undertaking  proved  profitable  from  the  beginning 
and  in  1908  the  business  was  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Tucson  Pressed  Brick 
Company,  of  which  Mr.  Monier  was  chosen  the  president.  He  has  since  acquired  all  of  the 
stock  and  is  now  the  sole  owner  of  this  industry,  which  is  the  only  pressed  brick  manufactory 
in  the  state.  There  is  a  large  demand  for  the  product,  which  is  made  from  the  volcanic 
shale  found  in  the  hills  adjacent  to  the  city.  The  brick  has  proved  to  be  very  durable  and 
is  equally  ornamental.  It  is  manufactured  in  six  different  shades  and  has  become  very 
jiopular  with  the  contractors  and  builders  throughout  this  section.  The  importance  and 
benefit  of  the  Tucson  Pressed  Brick  Company  to  the  people  of  the  city  and  the  state  can 
scarcely  be  overestimated,  for  before  the  establishment  of  the  business  pressed  brick  of  a 
quality  inferior  to  that  of  the  Tucson  plant  was  obtained  from  Los  Angeles  at  a  cost  of 
from  eighty  to  ninety  dollars  per  thousand,  while  the  Tucson  Pressed  Brick  Company  sells 
its  product  at  thirty  dollars  per  thousand.  Moreover,  it  constitutes  a  market  for  local  sup- 
jdies  in  that  all  material  used  in  manufacture  is  purchased  here.  The  wood  is  purchased 
from  the  Papago  Indians  and  the  plant  gives  employment  to  many  Indians  and  Mexicans, 
the  number  of  employes  amounting  to  over  one  hundred.  Because  of  the  price  for  whicli 
the  product  is  sold  there  has  been  a  great  decrease  in  the  cost  of  building.  The  flour  mills 
and  the  steel  mills  buy  their  raw  material  outside  of  the  state,  but  this  brick  manufactur- 
ing plant  utilizes  raw  material  secured  within  the  borders  of  Arizona.  Wood  is  used  at 
a  greater  cost  than  oil  or  coal  and  thus  the  money  paid  out  for  materials  all  goes  to  people 
living  in  the  vicinity  of  Tucson  and  is  used  in  the  city.  The  company  has  furnished  pressed 
brick  for  the  Adams  school  at  Phoenix,  the  Monroe  school  and  the  new  Hotel  Jefferson  at 
Phoenix  and  for  the  front  of  the  new  brick  block  on  Congress  street  in  Tucson.  They  fur- 
nished the  brick  for  the  State  Normal  at  Tempe,  Arizona,  the  National  Bank  of  Arizona  and 
for  many  business  blocks  throughout  the  state.  Many  of  the  beautiful  residences  on  Uni- 
versity avenue  of  Tucson  have  been  constructed  from  the  output  of  the  plant  and  they  make 
large  consignments  of  brick  to  Phoenix,  Cilobe,  Nogales,  Wilko.x,  Bowie  ami  otlier  towns. 

Mr.  Monier  is  still  devoting  much  of  his  attention  to  contracting  and  building  and  in 
1907  erected  the  Southern  Pacific  Kail  way  station.  He  also  built  the  beautiful  Rincon  apart- 
ment building  on  University  avenue.  Marked  success  has  attended  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Monier, 
who  is  not  only  a  skilled  workman,  but  possesses  a  fine  appreciation  of  artistic  values  and 
a  wide  knowledge  of  general  architecture  united  with  practical  ideas  and  good  business 
ability.  His  factory,  located  west  of  the  city,  is  a  thoroughly  modern  plant,  equipped  with 
the  latest  improved  machinery  and  utilizing  the  most  modern  process  in  brick  manufacture. 
At  the  present  time  more  machinery  is  being  added  in  order  to  allow  the  manufacture  of 
tapestry  brick  and  hollow  tilfc  used  for  fire  proofing  and  inside  partitions. 

On  the  14th  of  February,  1901,  Mr.  Monier  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Siewert,  a  native 
of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  a  daughter  of  William  and  Sophia  Siewert,  the  former  a 
native  of  Russia.  The  mother  is  now  deceased.  To  ifr.  and  Mrs.  Monier  have  been  born 
two  children:     Claudius,  fourteen  years  of  age;   and  Paul,  aged  twelve. 


726  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE      > 

In  his  religious  views  Mr.  Monier  is  a  Roman  Catiiolic,  wliile  in  politics  lie  is  a  demo- 
crat, giving  his  unqualified  support  to  this  party  in  national  elections,  but  in  local  issues  he 
supports  the  man  lie  deems  best  qualilied  for  the  oHice.  He  served  on  the  Tucson  council  in 
1907  and  1908,  having  been  elected  to  this  position  on  the  non-partisan  ticket.  He  is  enter- 
l)rising  and  progressive  in  everything  he  undertakes,  possessing  the  tenacity  of  purpose  and 
determination  of  character  which  go  far  toward  molding  a  successful  career  in  any  field  of 
endeavor.  His  life  record  contains  many  elements  and  qualities  worthy  of  emulation.  His 
life  has  never  been  characterized  by  a  vaulting  ambition  and  yet  he  has  never  hesitated  to 
venture  where  favoring  opportunity  has  led  the  way.  He  is  fortunate  in  that  he  possesses 
character  and  ability  tliat  inspire  confidence  in  others  and  the  simple  weight  of  his  character 
and  ability  have  carried  him  into  important  relations. 


FRED  L.  INGRAHAM. 


Fred  L.  Ingraham,  one  of  the  able  and  successful  lawyers  of  Yuma,  is  a  native  of  Ohio, 
born  in  1868,  a  son  of  Richard  and  Lucy  Ingraham,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  merchant  and 
farmer  in  that  state.  Fred  L.  Ingraham  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Ohio  and  Michigan  and  afterward  entered  the  Ypsilanti  Normal  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1890.  He  then  enrolled  in  the  Michigan  State  University,  gradu- 
ating from  the  law  department  in  1896  and  with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  in  1899.  Between  the 
years  1896  and  1899  he  also  engaged  in  teaching  in  Normal  College  and  in  the  latter  year 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  moved  to  Yuma  in  1901  and  since  that  time  has 
gained  for  himself  a  prominent  position  in  the  ranks  of  forceful  and  successful  lawyers.  He 
has  taken  a  more  or  less  active  part  in  politics  and  has  held  some  important  positions  of 
public  trust  and  responsibility,  lending  the  weight  of  his  influence  to  measures  of  reform 
and  advancement.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  in  1911  and  in 
the  same  year  was  elected  attorney  of  Yuma  county.  To  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
this  position  he  brought  a  thorough  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  law  an<l  a  courage 
and  impartiality  which   made  his  work  of  double  value. 

In  1907  Mr.  Ingraham  married  Miss  Inez  Jacobs,  of  Yuma,  and  they  have  become  the 
parents  of  a  daughter,  Alice,  and  a  son,  Lewis.  Mr.  Ingraham  gives  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  democratic  party  and  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Elks  and  the  Masonic  lodge. 
He  is  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  legal  fraternity  in  Yuma  and  has  risen  to  a  place 
of  prominence  in  his  profession  through  his  own   ability  and  well   directed   energy. 


E.  D.  REED. 


E.  D.  Reed,  proprietor  of  Reed's  meat  market  in  Globe  and  one  of  the  progressive  and 
enterprising  merchants  of  that  city,  is  a  native  of  Arizona,  born  at  Fort  McDowell  in  1878. 
He  is  a  son  of  C.  C.  and  Hannah  Reed,  the  former  of  whom  crossed  the  plains  to  this  state 
in  1874  and  settled  eighty  miles  north  of  Phoenix,  where  he  accepted  a  contract  to  furnish 
meat  to  the  United  States  government  for  a  period  of  four  years.  He  afterward  turned 
his  attention  to  ranching  and  stock  raising  and  finally  opened  a  retail  butcher  shop  at  the 
Peck  mining  camp,  thirty- five  miles  beyond  Prcscott.  This  enterprise  he  conducted  suc- 
cessfully for  five  years,  after  which  he  went  to  Phoenix  and  there  established  the  Alfalfa 
meat  market,  which  he  afterward  sold,  the  concern  being  still  in  operation  under  the  man- 
agement of  Triblet  &  Sons.  After  he  disposed  of  this  store  the  father  engaged  in  the  stock 
business  on  an  extensive  scale  and  continued  in  that  line  of  occupation  until  his  retirement 
from  active  life  in  1908.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  four  children,  of  whom  the 
subject  of  this  review  is  the  eldest. 

E.  D.  Reed  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Phoenix  and  after  he  had 
completed  the  high  school  course  attended  business  college.  At  nineteen  he  began  his  inde- 
pendent career,  opening  a   butcher   shop   in   Globe   and   building   up   a   large   and   profitable 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  727 

business,  which  lie  continued  to  conduct  until  1900.  In  that  year  he  disposed  of  his  inter- 
ests in  Globe  and  went  to  Bisbee,  where  he  continued  in  the  butcher  business  for  five  years, 
after  which  he  spent  one  year  at  Douglas.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  returned  to  Globe 
and  opened  here  Reed's  meat  market,  of  which  he  has  since  been  proprietor.  He  iinder- 
stands  the  butcher  business  in  all  of  its  details,  having  practically  been  reared  in  the  occu- 
pation, and,  although  he  has  made  many  changes  In  location  during  the  course  of  his  active 
life,  each  has  furthered  his  interests.  He  is  now  in  control  of  a  large  and  growing  enterprise, 
which  he  manages  in  a  progressive  and  able  manner,  his  lucrative  patronage  being  the  direct 
result  of  his  lionorable  and  straightforward  business  methods,  the  high  quality  of  his  goods 
and  his  reasonable  prices.  In  addition  to  his  main  enterprise  he  conducts  also  a  large 
slaughter  house  and  a  branch  shop  at  Miami,  where  he  is  known  as  an  able,  resourceful 
and  farsighted  business  man. 

In  1898  Mr.  Reed  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Fannie  A.  Dewey,  a  native  of  Illinois 
and  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Dewey,  who  left  that  state  for  Oklahoma  in  1887  and  who  has 
made  his  liome  there  ever  since  that  time.  His  daughter  received  her  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  state  and  there  remained  until  her  marriage.  She  is  a  devout  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  is  connected  with  the  Pythian  Sisters  at  Globe. 

Mr.  Reed  is  independent  in  his  political  views,  voting  according  to  his  personal  convic- 
tions without  regard  to  party  lines.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  is  well  known  in  both  organizations.  A  spirit 
of  enterprise  and  initiative  actuates  him  in  all  that  he  does  and  it  has  influenced  his  success, 
bringing  him  to  a  position  of  prominence  in  mercantile  circles  of  the  city  in  which  he 
resides. 


ARVIA  hEVnS  TERRY. 


Arvia  Lewis  Terry,  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Graham  county,  was  born  in 
Pontiac,  Michigan,  September  29,  1875.  He  is  a  son  of  L.  W.  and  Alice  (Cowles)  Terry,  the 
former  a  native  of  Michigan  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  They  now  make  their  home  in  Memphis, 
Tennessee,  where  the  father  is  a  prominent  contractor  and  builder.  In  their  family  were 
six  children:  Edith,  the  widow  of  Charles  Hunt,  of  Memphis,  Tennessee;  Arvia  Lewis,  of 
this  review;  Alton  N.,  of  Morenci,  Arizona;  Blanche,  the  wife  of  B.  G.  Polk,  of  Buffalo, 
New  York;  Archie,  a  resident  of  Memphis,  Tennessee;  and  Laura,  who  married  A.  B.  Bills, 
of  Memphis,  Tennessee. 

When  Arvia  L.  Terry  was  ten  years  of  age  his  parents  moved  to  Memphis  and  he  there 
acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  which  he  attended  until  he  was  seventeen  years 
of  age.  In  the  meantime,  however,  he  had  become  interested  in  journalism  and  he  worked 
on  the  Commercial-Appeal  of  Memphis  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  when  he  turned 
his  attention  to  other  pursuits,  becoming  connected  with  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea  Company. 
In  the  interests  of  this  concern  he  did  able  and  efficient  work  for  twelve  years,  resigning  in 
1907  to  come  to  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  He  worked  first  in  the  store 
department  of  the  Detroit  Copper  Company  in  Clifton  but  soon  abandoned  this  in  favor 
of  engineering,  gaining  a  gratifying  measure  of  success  in  this  occupation  and  an  important 
place  in  professional  circles.  On  the  14th  of  February,  1912,  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  of  Greenlee  county  and  has  since  served  in  that  office,  discharging  his 
duties  promptly  and  capably.  During  his  term  of  office  many  necessary  reforms  and 
changes  in  county  aff'airs  have  been  brought  about,  the  policy  of  the  present  board  being 
consistent,  constructive  and  progressive.  Forty  thousand  dollars  has  been  expended  in 
increasing  the  efficiency  of  the  school  system,  the  matter  of  good  roads  has  been  carefully 
studied  and  sixteen  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars  spent  in  improving  existing  conditions. 
One  of  the  finest  courthouses  in  this  section  of  the  state  has  been  erected  at  a  cost  of  fifty 
thousand  dollars  and  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  has  been  expended  each  year  for  the  needs 
of  the  County  Hospital.  The  affairs  of  the  health  department  have  been  administered  care- 
fully and  economically,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  the  total  amount  spent  in  its  man- 
agement, including  all  expenses  for  the  year  1912,  was  forty-seven  hundred  dollars.     All  of 


728  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

this  money  has  been  carefully  expended,  every  dollar  purchasing  something  for  the  county 
or  promoting  some  needed  public  improvement,  and  the  county  affairs  were  never  in  the 
hands  of  a  more  able,  efficient  and  farsighted  body  of  men  than  the  present  board  of  super- 
visors. 

On  February  7,  1905,  Mr.  Terry  married  Miss  Annie  Saunders,  a  native  of  Tennessee, 
and  a  daughter  of  J.  Y.  and  Annie  (McNeill)  Saunders,  the  former  of  whom  has  passed  away. 
He  was  for  some  time  a  prominent  merchant  in  Tennessee  and  afterward  became  a  resident 
of  Arkansas,  where  he  served  for  four  years  as  treasurer  of  Jefferson  county.  His  widow 
makes  her  home  in  Little  Rock,  Arkansas.  In  their  family  were  four  children  besides  Mrs. 
Terry,  namely:  J.  Y.,  Jr.,  a  resident  of  Little  Rock,  Arkansas;  Myrtle,  who  married  D.  M. 
Petert,  of  Columbus,  Mississippi ;  and  John  and  McNeill,  who  reside  in  Morenci,  Arizona. 

Mr.  Terry  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  fraternally  is 
connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  has  been  a  most  commendable  business  and 
professional  record,  unshadowed  by  any  suspicion  of  corruption,  and  in  Clifton  and  through- 
out the  county  he  has  won  a  host  of  warm  friends. 


HARRY  T.  SOUTHWORTH,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Harry  T.  Southworth,  city  physician  of  Prescott,  county  physician  of  Yavapai 
county  and  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  medical  profession  in  that  pai-t  of  the  state, 
was  born  in  Ohio  in  1876.  He  acquired  his  public  school  education  in  that  state  and  later 
attended  the  Tri-State  Normal.  Following  this  he  became  a  student  in  the  Chicago  Home- 
opatliic  Medical  College  and  received  his  degree  from  that  institution  in  1901.  After  serving 
his  interneship  in  a  hospital  in  Chicago  he  practiced  his  profession  for  one  year  in  that  city. 

In  January,  1904,  Dr.  Southworth  came  to  Prescott  and  has  since  engaged  in  practice 
here,  specializing  in  surgery.  He  has  built  up  a  large  and  representative  patronage,  for 
his  ability  has  become  widely  known  and  is  evident  in  the  successful  results  which  have 
followed  his  labors.  The  Doctor  is  surgeon  at  Prescott  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company 
and  is  doing  creditable  and  able  work  in  the  offices  of  city  and  county  physician.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  was  president  of  the  Yavapai  County  Medical 
Society  for  two  years,  and  belongs  to  the  Arizona  Medical  Society,  keeping  in  close  touch 
with  the  advancement  and  progress  of  his  profession. 

In  1903  Dr.  Southworth  married  Miss  Harriet  Fay  Fox,  of  Chicago,  and  they  have 
become  the  parents  of  a  son  and  daughter.  They  are  members  of  the  Congregational  church 
and  Dr.  Southworth  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  i)arty.  He  is  past  master 
of  the  Masonic  lodge;  past  high  priest  of  Royal  Arch  chapter;  past  commander  of  the 
Knights  Templar  Commandery;  and  past  deputy  grand  commander  of  the  (irand  Com- 
mandery  of  Arizona.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  Elks  and  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  never 
seeks  public  office,  preferring  to  devote  all  of  his  attention  to  his  profession,  in  which  he 
has  risen  to  a  place  of  prominence  and  importance. 


ELMER  COOPER  HEa\. 


Since  1909  Elmer  Cooper  Heck  has  been  connected  witli  mining  and  industrial  inter- 
ests of  Clifton  and  is  today  manager  of  the  Clifton  Water  &  Improvement  Company.  He 
was  born  in  Lathrop,  Missouri,  January  17,  1879,  and  is  a  son  of  Herman  and  Mary 
(Cooper)  Heck,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away.  The  father  wag  formerly  an  extensive 
stock-raiser  near  Lathrop.  In  his  family  were  seven  children:  Herman,  of  RiHc,  Colorado; 
William  and  Orlando,  residents  of  Lathrop,  Missouri;  Etra  A.,  the  wife  of  Frederick  Rob- 
inson, of  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma;  Elmer  Cooper,  of  this  review;  Raymond,  a  dentist 
in  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  and  Mary,  who  resides  in  Lathrop,  Misso\iri. 

Elmer  C.  Heck  was  reared  in  Lathrop  and  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools.     After    completing    a    high    school    course    he    entered    the    mining    department    of 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  729 

tlie  University  of  Missouri  and  was  graduated  in  mining  engineering  in  1905.  He  went 
immediately  afterward  to  Mexico,  where  he  had  charge  of  some  large  silver  and  copper 
mines  for  four  years,  after  which  he  removed  to  El  Paso,  Texas.  He  was  there  employed 
as  chemist  for  the  El  Paso  Smelter  Works.  During  all  of  this  time  he  rose  rapidly  in 
his  profession  and  when  he  came  to  Clifton  in  1909  was  already  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  able  and  expert  mining  engineers  in  the  southwest.  He  began  his  career  hero  as 
engineer  for  the  Shannon  Copper  Company  and  held  that  position  until  the  completion 
of  the  Shannon  Railroad  in  March,  1910,  when  he  took  charge  of  the  Clifton  Water  & 
Improvement  Company,  being  stiil  manager  of  this  concern  and  displaying  excellent  busi- 
ness and  executive  ability  in  the  control  of  its  affairs.  A  man  of  initiative,  he  has  inaugu- 
rated many  changes  in  policy  during  his  term  of  service  and  has  followed  progressive  and 
constructive  lines  in  his  work,  promoting  in  this  way  the  rapid  expansion  of  the  system 
and  the  prosperity  and  financial  growth  of  the  company.  In  addition  to  this  he  has  valu- 
able holdings  in  mining  properties  throughout  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  and  is  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  development  of  this  industry,  keeping  in  touch  with  new  methods  and  modern 
ideas  through  his  membership   in  the  American   Institute  of  Mining  Engineers. 

Mr.  Heck  is  intelligently  interested  in  community  affairs  and  anxious  to  advance  com- 
munity interests,  but  his  work  along  this  line  never  takes  the  form  of  office  seeking.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  held  all  of  the 
chairs  in  the  local  lodge.  He  is  a  progressive  and  wide-awake  business  man  of  known  relia- 
bility, and  the  success  which  has  come  to  him  is  the  just  reward  of  his  own  industry,  ability 
and  good  management. 


JOHN  DAVID  WILLIAMS. 


John  David  Williams,  a  leading  representative  of  financial  interests  of  Morenci,  has 
through  successive  stages  in  his  business  career  worked  his  way  upward  to  his  present 
responsible  position  as  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Morenci.  He  was  born  in  Wetumpka,  Alabama, 
in  1877,  and  is  a  son  of  Robert  S.  and  Mary  (Moore)  Williams,  the  former  a  representative 
of  an  old  American  family.  The  grandfather  was  for  some  time  prominent  in  public  affairs 
in  Wetumpka  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  Alabama  state  legislature  for  four  terms.  He 
has  passed  away  but  his  widow  survives  and  makes  her  home  in  Wetumpka.  The  father  of 
our  subject  was  a  large  plantation  owner  and  an  extensive  dealer  in  cotton  during  his 
residence  in  Alabama.  He  and  his  wife  now  make  their  home  in  Mineral  Wells,  Texas. 
In  their  family  were  seven  children,  four  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  others  are:  John 
David,  of  this  review;  Robert  S.,  who  is  manager  of  the  telephone  exchange  in  Sweet 
Water,' Texas,  and  who  has  one  child;  and  M.  G.,  who  is  mangled  and  lives  in  Fort  Worth, 
Texas. 

.lohn  D.  Williams  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Wetumpka  and  after 
graduating  from  the  high  school  went  to  New  York,  where  he  completed  a  business  course. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Ardmore,  Indian  Territory,  where  the 
father  had  extensive  cotton  interests,  and  there  he  began  his  independent  career,  doing  office 
work  for  various  concerns  until  1899,  when  he  came  to  Morenci,  securing  a  position  with  the 
Arizona  Copper  Company.  In  the  ten  years  of  his  service  in  this  connection  ^Ir.  Williams 
steadily  worked  his  way  upward,  beginning  at  the  bottom  lound  of  the  ladder  and  rising 
steadily  until  he  had  charge  of  the  local  office.  He  resigned  in  order  to  accept  the  position 
of  county  treasurer  of  Graham  county  and  when  he  entered  upon  his  duties  was  the 
youngest  man  on  the  roster  of  county  officials  in  that  section.  He  served  ably  and  efficiently 
for  three  years  and  then  retmned  to  Morenci.  where  he  organized  the  Morenci  State  Bank, 
of  which  he  was  elected  cashier,  his  work  since  that  time  making  him  one  of  the  recognized 
authorities  on  finance  in  this  part  of  the  state.  He  was  elected  a  director  of  the  State  Bank 
of  Morenci   in   1911. 

Mr.  Williams'  fraternal  affiliations  are  limited  to  his  connection  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  He  is  a  democrat  and,  although  not  an  office  seeker,  is  interested  in  public  affairs, 
cooperating  heartily  in  measures  for  the  public  good.    He  is  a  man  of  exceptional  enterprise, 


730  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

keen  business  insight  and  progressive  spirit  and  has  already  gained  success,  while  his 
excellent  business  and  executive  ability  will  undoubtedly  secure  for  him  still  greater  promi- 
nence in  commercial  and  financial  circles  of  the  community. 


LORKNZO  BOIDO,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Lorenzo  Boido,  who  since  1899  has  been  numbered  among  the  leading  and  able 
medical  practitioners  of  Arizona,  was  born  in  Guaymas,  Sonora,  Mexico,  June  6,  1871,  and  is 
the  oldest  of  the  five  children  of  Lorenzo  and  Ruperta  Boido.  The  father  was  born  in  Pied- 
mont, Italy,  and  the  mother  in  Guaymas,  Mexico. 

Dr.  Boido  acquired  his  elementary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  country 
and  later  was  graduated  from  Santa  Clara  College,  San  Jose,  California,  receiving  the  degree, 
of  Bachelor  of  Science,  in  1890.  Immediately  afterward  lie  took  up  the  study  of  medicine 
in  Cooper  Medical  College  at  San  Francisco  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
1893.  Kor  a  time  he  served  as  special  assistant  to  Dr.  Lane,  president  of  Cooper  College, 
in  his  private  hospital  but  after  three  years  went  to  Guatamala,  Central  America,  where 
during  his  five  years  of  practice  he  was  surgeon  at  the  government  hospital.  Wishing 
to  carry  forward  his  professional  studies.  Dr.  Boido  went  to  New  York  in  1898  and  attended 
the  Polyclinic  Hospital  for  one  year,  after  which  he  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Benson 
in  the  spring  of  1899.  He  there  served  as  local  surgeon  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
and  was  connected  in  the  same  capacity  with  the  New  Mexico  &  Arizona  Railroad,  resign- 
ing both  positions  when  he  went  to  Tucson  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  In  September, 
1912,  he  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  now  resides.  He  has  always  remained  a  close 
and  earnest  student  of  his  profession,  keeping  in  touch  with  the  trend  of  advancement  by 
reading  and  research.  His  patronage  has  steadily  giown  as  he  lias  demonstrated  his  skill 
and  ability  and  he  is  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  and  able  medical 
practitioners  in  the  city.  Dr.  Boido  and  his  wife.  Dr.  Rosa  G.  Boido,  were  the  pioneer 
users  in  the  entire  southwest  of  "twilight  sleep."  In  May,  1914,  they  secured  from  Dr. 
(jauss  and  Dr.  Konig,  of  Freiburg.  Germany,  sufficient  drug  for  three  hundred  administrations, 
and  June  18,  1914,  it  was  first  used  by  them  in  their  practice. 

Dr.  Boido  was  married  in  Santa  Rosa,  California,  to  Miss  Rosa  Goodrich,  a  native  of 
Navasota,  Texas,  wlio  is  also  a  practicing  physician,  having  graduated  from  the  Cooper 
Medical  College  with  the  class  of  1895.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Boido  have  two  children:  Rosalind 
and  Lorenzo,  Jr.  The  daughter  married  Professor  E.  S.  Bates,  who  for  seven  years  was 
professor  of  English  in  the  University  of  Arizona  and  is  now  holding  a  similar  position  in 
the  University  of  Oregon.  They  have  one  son,  Roland  Sutlierland,  born  in  Phoenix, 
August  3,  1914. 

Dr.  Boido's  personal  characteristics  have  gained  him  tlie  warm  regard  and  friendship  of 
many,  while  in  professional  lines  he  has  attained  that  eminence  which  comes  only  in  recogni- 
tion of  merit  and  ability.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Southwest  Surgical  and  Medical  Association. 


ROSA   (GOODRICH)    BOIDO,  \L  D. 

Dr.  Rosa  (Goodrich)  Boido,  who  is  associated  with  her  husband.  Dr.  Lorenzo  Boido,  in 
the  general  practice  of  medicine  in  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Navasota,  Texas,  February  24,  1870. 
At  the  age  of  fifteen  she  went  to  Santa  Rosa,  California,  and  there  attended  the  Pacific 
Methodist  College  for  four  years,  after  wliich  she  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  tlu-  Cooper 
Medical  College  of  San  Francisco,  graduating  from  that  institution  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
in  1895.  She  afterward  took  a  post  graduate  course  at  the  New  York  Post  Graduate  Medical 
School  and  Hospital  and  thus,  splendidly  equipped  for  success  in  her  chosen  profession,  she' 
went  to  Central  America  where  she  practiced  for  six  years.  She  afterward  located  in  Tucson, 
but  at  the  end  of  two  years  went  to  Mexico  and  practiced  throughout  the  republic  for  some 
time,  returning  to  Tucson  in  1901,  where  she  resided  until  locating  in  Phoenix  in  1912.     She 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  735 

is  rcc-ognized  as  a  learned  and  able  member  of  the  medical  profession  and  a  large  and  con- 
stantly increasing  patronage  has  rewarded  her  work,  her  success  standing  as  the  best  proof 
of  her  capabilities.  She  and  her  husband,  Dr.  Ijorenzo  Boido,  were  the  pioneer  users,  in  the 
entire  southwest,  of  "twilight  sleep."  In  May,  1914,  they  secured  from  Dr.  Gauss  and  Di-. 
Konig  of  Freiburg,  Germany,  sufficient  drug  for  thrte  hundred  administrations  and  June  18, 
1914,  it  was  first  used  by  them  in  their  profession. 

Rosa  Goodrich  was  married  in  Santa  Rosa,  California,  in  1893,  to  Dr.  Lorenzo  Boido,  the 
wedding  occurring  two  years  before  her  giaduation  from  Cooper  Medical  College.  They  have 
two  children:  Rosalind  and  Lorenzo,  Jr.  Rosalind  married  Professor  E.  S.  Bates,  who  for 
seven  years  was  professor  of  J'^nglish  with  the  University  of  Arizona  and  now  professor  of 
ICnglish  in  University  of  Oregon.  They  have  a  son,  Roland  Sutherland,  born  August  3,  1914, 
in  Phoenix. 

Dr.  Boido  is  prominent  in  Phoenix  both  professionally  and  socially.  She  has  won 
the  favorable  recognition  of  the  medical  fraternity  in  the  city  as  well  as  of  the  general 
iniblic,  and  her  labors  have  been   attended  by  a  gratifying  measure  of  success. 


JOHN  A.  LENTZ,  D.  D.  S. 


Dr.  John  A.  Lentz,  a  dentist  of  Phoenix  and  son  of  Adolph  and  Emilie  (Schmidt)  Lgntz, 
was  born  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  April  20,  1875,  and  is  one  of  a  family  of  three  sons  and 
a  daughter  yet  living.  The  father  has  passed  away,  while  the  mother  resides  in  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota. 

Dr.  Lentz  acquired  his  education  in  his  native  city,  where  he  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  in  1893  and  from  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1894. 
He  completed  a  course  in  the  dental  department  of  the  State  University  in  1896  and  fol- 
lowing his  graduation  went  to  St.  Paul  to  enter  upon  active  practice,  there  remaining  until 
January,  1899,  when  he  came  to  Phoenix,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  He  has  been 
prominently  identified  with  all  dental  matters  in  the  state  and  is  the  past  president  of  the 
Phoenix  Dental  Society  and  of  the  Arizona  State  Dental  Society,  while  for  many  years  he 
was  president  of  the  Arizona  State  Board  of  Dental  Examiners.  Besides  enjoying  a  lucrative 
dental  practice  he  has  become  largely  interested  in  Salt  River  valley  real  estate  and  has 
done  much  to  develop  and  improve  the  valley. 

On  the  4th  of  January,  1912,  Dr.  Lentz  married  Miss  Harriet  Irene  Morris,  and  they 
have  one  son,  John  Adolph,  born  October  6,  1912,  and  one  daughter,  Olga  Emilie,  born  Jan- 
uary 4,  1914.  Dr.  Lentz  holds  membership  with  the  Masons,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World 
and  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  and  his  political  views  are  expressed  in  his  support 
of  the  democratic  party. 


W.  P.  KELSEY. 


W.  P.  Kelsey,  who  died  on  the  24th  of  July,  1913,  was  proprietor  of  a  livery  stable  in 
Globe  and  owner  of  a  stage  line  between  that  city  and  Kelvin,  Arizona.  He  was  born  in 
California  in  1863,  a  son  of  A.  R.  Kelsey,  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  state,  where  he  made  his  home  until  1893.  For  some  time  he  conducted  a 
livery  stable  there  and  also  operated  a  stage  line,  dividing  his  attention  between  these 
enterprises  and  the  cultivation  of  his  orange  grove,  twenty-six  miles  east  of  Los  Angeles. 
In  1893  he  came  to  Arizona  and  here  first  became  interested  in  stock-raising,  conducting  a 
large  cattle  ranch  for  seven  years.  For  the  last  six  years  of  that  time  he  also  served  as 
deputy  sheriff  of  his  county  and  proved  himself  as  able  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties 
as  he  was  successful  in  the  conduct  of  his  business  interests.  On  selling  his  ranch  in  1900 
he  turned  his  attention  to  the  livery  business  in  Globe,  developing  here  a  large  and  profitable 
enterprise  by  reason  of  his  progressive  methods  and  his  straightforward  business  dealings. 
In  connection  with  this  he  operated  a  stage  line  between   Globe  and   Kelvin  and  this  also 

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proved  to  be  a  lucrative  branch  of  his  business.  He  had  extensive  and  valuable  mining 
interests  in  Arizona,  having  been  interested   in  properties   in   the  Superior   mining  district. 

In  Tucson,  in  1898,  Mr.  Kelsey  married  Mrs.  Josephine  Trayer,  who  was  born  in  Cali- 
fornia in  1863,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phillip  Schrieber.  She  came  to  Tucson,  Arizona, 
with  her  parents  in  1880  and  made  her  home  in  that  city  until  her  marriage.  Her  inother 
passed  away  in  1887  and  her  father  now  resides  in  Prescott,  Arizona.  A  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Kelsey  by  her  first  husband,  Gwendolyn  G.,  married  W.  A.  Peters,  of  Oklahoma  City. 
Mrs.  Kelsey  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Roman  Catliolic  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Kelsey  was  connected  with  the  Masonic  lodge  and  with  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World.  He  was  a  republican  in  his  political  belief  and,  although  not  an  office  seeker, 
his  generous  and  helpful  cooperation  was  given  to  many  projects  for  the  upbuilding  and 
improvement  of  his  community,  and  thus  he  ranked  among  the  valued  and  progressive 
citizens  as  well  as  the  enterprising  and  prosperous  business  men  of  Globe. 


FRANCIS  HENRY  HEREFORD. 

Francis  Henry  Hereford,  a  man  whose  activity  has  been  of  benefit  to  city  and  state, 
well  known  in  Tucson  as  a  prominent  attorney  and  also  actively  connected  with  financial 
aijd  other  business  interests  of  importance,  has  as  well  left  his  impress  upon  the  political 
history  of  the  state  as  a  member  of  the  first  constitutional  convention  and  as  a  legislator. 
A  native  of  Sacramento,  California,  he  was  born  November  21,  1801,  his  parents  being 
Benjamin  H.  and  Mary  (Jewel)  Hereford.  The  father  became  a  distinguished  member  of 
the  Arizona  bar  and  in  the  year  1879  was  elected  to  represent  his  district  in  the  territorial 
legislature.  He  also  served  for  several  terms  as  district  attorney  of  Pima  county,  where 
he  maintained  his  residence  until  called  to  his  final  rest  in  1889.  His  wife  had  died  when 
their  son,  Francis  H.,  was  but  six  years  of  age. 

In  the  meantime  the  family  had  removed  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  but  after  his 
mother's  death  Francis  H.  Hereford  largely  spent  his  time  in  California  with  relatives,  attend- 
ing school  in  that  state  until  his  sixteenth  year,  when  he  joined  his  father  in  Tucson.  Since 
that  time,  with  the  exception  of  about  a  year  and  a  half,  he  has  continuously  been  a  resi- 
dent of  this  city.  In  the  meantime  he  attended  McClure's  Academy  at  Oakland,  California, 
later  pursued  his  studies  in  Santa  Clara  (Cal.)  College  and  afterward  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  the  Pacific  at  San  Jose.  In  the  year  1883  and  part  of  the  year  1884  he  held  the 
position  of  private  secretary  to  Governor  F.  A.  Tritle,  then  the  chief  executive  of  Arizona 
territory.  He  remained  in  that  connection  for  something  over  a  year,  after  wliich  he  took 
up  the  study  of  law,  as  previously  indicated,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Arizona  bar  in  1884. 
Some  years  later  lie  entered  into  partnership  with  his  father,  who  was  then  district  attorney 
in  Pima  county,  and  upon  the  death  of  his  father  was  appointed  his  successor  in  the  office 
and  was  later  elected  to  the  position,  whicli  he  ably  and  conscientiously  filled.  In  the 
private  practice  of  his  profession,  which  he  has  continuously  followed  in  Tucson,  he  has 
made  a  specialty  of  mining  and  corporation  law  and  is  the  regular  attorney  and  chief 
counsel  for  a  number  of  the  larger  mining  companies  of  southern  Arizona.  He  has  ever 
been  a  close  and  discriminating  student  and  is  not  only  an  able  practitioner  in  the  trial  of 
cases  before  the  courts  but  is  also  regarded  as  a  most  wiise  counsellor.  He  is  interested  in 
a  large  number  of  business  enterprises  in  the  state,  and  is  on  the  directorate  of  a  number  of 
corporations,  among  which  is  the  Consolidated  National  Bank  of  Tucson.  He  is  and  has 
been  for  some  years  a  regent  and  tlie  cliancellor  of  the  University  of  Arizona. 

On  the  30th  of  July,  1901,  Mr.  Hereford  married  Miss  Adeline  Rockwell,  a  native  of 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  a  daughter  of  H.  H.  and  Eliza  A.  (Ward)  Rockwell.  Her  father 
is  deceased  and  her  mother  is  a  resident  of  Tucson.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hereford  have  three  sons: 
Francis  Rockwell,  John  H.  and  Edgar  Tenney. 

Mr.  Hereford  takes  great  interest  in  educational  matters  and  has  been  untiring  in  his 
work  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  regents  of  the  State  University.  His  political  allegiance 
has  always  been  given  the  democratic  party  and  in  1891  he  was  chosen  to  represent  his 
district  in  the  constitutional  convention  wliich  drew  up  the  first  constitution  under  which 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  737 

Arizona  sought  admission  to  the  Union.  He  stands  liigh  in  legal  circles,  his  colleagues  and 
contemporaries  recognizing  his  superior  ability.  Nature  endowed  him  with  keen  mentality 
and  he  h^s  wisely  and  etl'ectively  used  his  powers  in  professional  ways  and  for  tlie  benefit 
of  his  city  and  state.  He  is  one  of  the  most  widely  known  of  Tucson's  citizens  and  his 
many  substantial  characteristics  have  gained  for  him  the  warm  regard  and  unqualified 
trust  of  Ills  fellow  townsmen  and  of  tlie  people  of  the  state  at  large. 


HARRY  W.  PURDY,  M.  D. 


Ur.  Harry  W.  Purdy,  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Nogales,  was 
born  in  Florida,  February  8,  1857,  a  son  of  Elijali  and  Elizaboth  (Johnson)  Purdy,  who  were 
also  natives  of  that  state.  The  father  owned  a  plantation  there  but  soon  after  the  Civil 
war  removed  to  New  York  city,  where  he  engaged  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  picture 
frames,  being  senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  E.  H.  Purdy  &  Company.  He  was  a  son  of 
Elijah  Purdy,  Sr.,  who  came  from  England  and  settled  in  Florida,  becoming  the  founder 
of  the  family  in  the  new  world.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Elizabeth  Thorpe, 
was  a  native  of  Scotland. 

Dr.  Purdy  pursued  his  education  in  Columbia  University  of  New  York  city  for  two 
years  and  then  entered  the  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  from  which  he  won  liis  degree 
in  the  class  of  1883,  afterward  spending  a  year  there.  He  then  came  west  to  Arizona  in 
1884  and  was  surgeon  for  the  Silver  King  Mining  Company  for  six  months.  On  the  26th 
of  July  of  the  same  year  he  arrived  in  Nogales,  where  he  entered  upon  the  private  practice 
of  medicine  and  was  also  surgeon  for  the  Arizona  &  New  Mexico  Railroad.  He  has  con- 
tinued in  Nogales  throughout  the  intervening  period,  covering  thirty-two  years,  and  has 
ever  occupied  an  enviable  position  in  the  ranks  of  the  medical  fraternity.  For  a  long  period 
he  served  as  city  and  county  physician  and  he  has  ever  been  accorded  a  liberal  practice, 
his  ability  well  entitling  him  to  the  support  and  confidence  of  the  public.  He  belongs  to  the 
Santa  Cruz  County  Medical  Association  and  he  keeps  in  close  touch  with  any  advance 
made  by  the  profession.  In  addition  to  his  practice  he  has  other  business  interests,  owning 
herds  of  cattle  in  Mexico,  while  to  some  extent  he  has  been  interested  in  mining  in  Sonora, 
Mexico,  and  in  Arizona. 

On  tlie  9th  of  September,  1800,  Dr.  Purdy  was  united  in  nuirriage  to  Mrs.  Josephine 
(Vasquez)  Carpenter,  who  is  a  native  of  Sonora  and  came  to  Tucson  with  her  parents  when 
six  years  of  age.  The  Doctor  has  a  stepdaughter,  Isabelle,  who  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Ruppo- 
lino  and  lives  on  the  3-C  Ranch  in  Pinal  county. 

Dr.  Purdy  belongs  to  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  he  has  membership  also 
with  the  Red  Men,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Spanish-American  Alli- 
ance. In  politics  he  is  a  prominent  democrat  and  for  over  twenty  years  was  chairman  of 
the  democratic  central  committee,  while  at  the  present  time  he  is  serving  as  a  member 
of  the  state  democratic  central  committee,  thus  aiding  in  shaping  the  policy  of  the  party 
in  Arizona.  He  studies  closely  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  and  his  support  of  the 
party  is  directed  by  an  intelligent  understanding  of  its  principles  and  purposes. 


JOSEPH  CUBITTO. 


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One  of  the  most  able,  progressive  and  successful  j'oung  business  men  of  Globe  is  Joseph 
Cubitto,  conducting  a  large  jewelry  and  watch  making  establishment  in  the  city.  He  is  an 
expert  in  his  special  line  of  work,  having  studied  his  trade  in  various  countries  of  Europe 
and  having  added  to  his  knowledge  by  practical  experience  since  coming  to  America.  He 
was  born  in  Italy  in  1881  and  in  that  couritry  acquired  his  education,  learning  the  jewelry 
trade  and  watch  making  and  engraving.  In  order  to  become  thoroughly  familiar  with  this 
line  of  work  he  traveled  extensively  through  Europe',  studying  in  France,  Germany,  Switzer- 
land, Belgium   and   other  countries,  learning  the  languages   and  familiarizing   himself   with 


738  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

different  methods  and  varying  styles  of  workmansliip.  He  was  a  master  jeweler  and  an 
expert  watch  maker  and  engraver  when  he  came  to  America  in  1902  but  he  did  not  imme- 
diately begin  work  at  his  trade  in  this  country,  spending  two  years  in  the  mines  near 
Marcus,  Utah,  and  some  time  in  the  gold  fields  of  California  and  Alaska.  After  a  short 
period  in  the  latter  country  he  settled  in  Seattle,  Washington,  whence  he  came  to  Globe  in 
1904.  Here  in  the  following  year  iie  opened  a  jewelry  and  watch  making  establishment 
which  he  has  since  operated.  Every  year  his  business  has  increased  in  volume  and  importance 
and  from  time  to  time  he  has  been  compelled  to  enlarge  his  quarters  until  he  now  has  one 
of  the  largest  and  finest  stores  in  the  city.  His  ability,  becoming  widely  known,  has  drawn 
to  him  a  representative  and  liberal  patronage  and  this  has  now  assumed  such  gratifying  pro- 
portions that  Mr.  Cubitto  holds  an  important  position  among  the  ppominent  business  men  of 
Globe. 

In  1909  Mr.  Cubitto  married  Miss  Mary  IJrand,  who  was  born  in  Mexico  in  1887  and  who 
came  to  Arizona  in  1905,  having  acquired  her  education  in  her  native  country.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Cubitto  have  two  sons:  Joseph  Claude,  who  was  born  July  16,  1910;  and  Adolph  John,  whose 
birth  occurred  November  10,  1911. 

In  fraternal  circles  of  Globe  Mr.  Cubitto  is  well  known,  being  connected  with  the 
Masonic  lodge  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  has  been  through  a  portion  of  the  chairs 
of  the  first  named  organization  and  has  filled  all  the  chairs  of  the  Lega  Fratellanza.  Although 
still  a  young  man  he  has  already  become  a  substantial  and  infiuential  business  factor  in 
Globe  and  in  liis  ability,  progressive  methods,  energy  and  enterprise  has  a  guarantee  of 
continued  progress  and  advancement  in  his  chosen  line  of  work. 


JAMES  R.  WELKER. 


Various  business  interests  have  claimed  the  attention  of  James  R.  Welker  during  the 
course  of  his  long  residence  in  Safford  and  all  have  been  so  carefully  and  capably  conducted 
that  he  stands  today  among  the  successful  men  of  the  city,  a  force  in  its  financial  and 
general  business  expansion.  He  is  also  interested  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  the  locality, 
owning  and  operating  a  fine  farm  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  He  was  born  in 
liloomington,  Idalio,  January  25,  1866,  and  is  a  son  of  Adam  and  Agnes  (Dock)  Welker, 
who  now  reside  in  Safford.  Tlie  father  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Idaho  and  came  to  Arizona 
in   1883,  settling   in   Safford,  where  he  has   since   resfded. 

James  R.  Welker  is  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  twelve  children.  He  grew  up  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Idalio  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  removed  with  his  parents  to  Saf- 
ford. Arizona,  where  the  father  took  up  land  and  with  the  aid  of  his  sons  ])laced  it  under 
cultivation.  This  was  then  a  frontier  district  and  Mr.  Welker's  early  manhood  was  spent 
amid  pioneer  conditions.  He  aided  in  the  operation  of  the  homestead,  remaining  upon  it 
until  two  years  after  his  marriage,  when  he  turned  his  attention  to  business  pursuits, 
engaging  in  general  nuMchandise  on  a  small  scale.  Since  that  time  his  activities  have 
been  varied  and  have  included  his  identification  with  farming,  banking  and  sawmilling,  in 
all  of  which  he  is  still  prominent.  He  has  a  fine  mill  on  Graham  mountain  and  to  supply 
it  has  just  ]iurchased  fifty  million  feet  of  timber  from  the  United  States  government.  A 
great  deal  of  his  attention  is  taken  up  by  the  operation  of  his  fine  farm  of  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  and  by  the  affairs  of  tht'  Hank  of  Safford,  with  which  he  is  connected  in 
an  important  way.  This  institution  was  consolidated  with  the  Graham  County  State  Bank, 
of  which  Mr.  Welker  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  in  which  he  served  as  cashier.  He 
is  now  vice  president  of  the  Bank  of  Safford  and  a  member  of  its  beard  of  dire.Hors.  As 
a  progressive,  able  and  resourceful  business  man  he  has  successfully  conducted  his  important 
interests  which  connect  liim  with  practically  every  phase  of  commcicial  and  financial  life 
in  Safi'ord,  and  his  etl'orts  have  been  attended  with  such  gratifying  results  that  he  is  now 
numbered  among  the  forces  in  the  city's  expansion. 

On  September  16,  1886,  Mr.  Welker  married  Miss  Louisa  Pell,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Nancy  (TumbuU)  Pell.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Welker  have  five  children:  Chloe,  who  was  born 
July  14,  1887,  and  is  now  the  wife  of   Kugcne   Evans,   of   Safford.  bv   whom   she   has   one 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  739 

cliiUl;  Willaid  ,T.,  w]io  was  born  July  9,  18915,  and  loaides  at  liome;  Lawrence  H.,  born 
November  37,  1898,  also  residing  at  liome;  Ruby,  wbo  was  born  July  i:{,  1903;  and  fStruan 
N'.,  born   July   T,   1908. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Wclker  is  a  republican  and  generally  votes  the  straight  ticket, 
altliough  lie  reserves  the  right  of  independent  action.  He  has  always  taken  an  intelligent 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  community  and  is  now  serving  as  a  member  of  the  SafFord 
city  council.  He  is  a  bishop  in  the  Mormon  church  and  his  faith  is  a  vital  force  in  his  life 
and  is  suj)ported  by  good  works.  He  served  for  three  years  as  a  missionary  in  the  South 
Sea  islands  and  in  Arizona  has  done  effective  work  in  propagating  tlie  doctrines  in  which 
lie  believes. 


CHALMERS  R.  WOOD. 


Chalmers  ]i.  Wood  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  mi'ii  in  public  life  in  Arizona,  whoso 
successful  political  career  extended  over  a  period  of  many  years.  He  was  born  in  Calla- 
way county,  Missouri,  a  son  of  Edward  ^V.  and  Helen  M.  (Strother)  Wood,  and  was  of  old 
Virginia  stock,  his  ancestors  on  both  sides  having  settled  in  that  state  before  the  Revolu- 
tion. The  paternal  branch  of  the  family  is  of  Anglo-Saxon  lineage,  while  the  maternal  line 
is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  both  branches  having  been  prominent  and  well  known  in  the 
south  for  some  time.     Mr.  Wood  was  related  to  many  of  the  best  Virginia  families. 

He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  ])ublic  schools  of  his  native  state  and  later 
attended  Westminster  College  at  Fulton,  ADssoiiri,  graduating  from  that  institution  with 
the  class  of  1894.  In  1895  he  went  to  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  and  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business.  In  1898  he  went  to  Duluth,  Minnesota,  and  r-emained  there 
until  1900.  It  was  in  February  of  that  year  that  he  came  to  Maricopa  county,  Arizona, 
where  he  maintained  his  residence  until  his  death,  which  occurred  October  31,  1915.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  powerful  and  vital  force  in  public  life,  his  name  standing  as  a 
synonym  for  ])rogrcss,  reform  and  advancement.  He  represented  his  county  in  the  first 
state  senate  of  Arizona  and  the  extent  "of  his  political  iiiHuencc  and  power  was  indicated 
by  his  im])ortant  committee  connections  in  that  body.  He  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittees on  finance,  on  education  and  on  jniblic  institutions  and  a  member  of  the  commit- 
tees on  rules,  appropriations,  judiciary,  banking  and  insurance,  the  committee  on  public 
service  corporations,  on  suffrage  and  elections,  and  on  counties  and  county  affairs,  and 
in  all  doing  broadly  effective,  comprehensive  and  constructive  work.  He  was  recognized 
as  an  authority  uiron  school  affairs  and  was  one  of  the  best  informed  men  in  Arizona 
on  matters  of  county  and  state  government.  In  1914  Mr.  Wood  was  appointed  postmaster 
of  Phoenix  by  President  Wilson  and  was  serving  in  that  capacity  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

On  November  34,  1890,  ilr.  Wood  married  Miss  Eleanora  Wilson  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  three  children,  Wilson  ]?.,  Mary  A.  and  Helen  W.  In  the  course  of  many 
honorable  and  worthy  years  in  the  jmblic  service  Mr.  Wood  made  steady  progress  toward 
the  distinguished  goal  which  he  reached,  standing  as  a  conspicuous  figure  among  the  men 
of    scholarly    attainments    and    commanding    political    ability. 


WILLI  Ail  SCTirCKMANN. 


William  Schuckmann,  the  jnesent  postmaster  of  Nogales.  is  a  native  of  Germany,  born 
in  Hesse,  on  the  River  Rhine,  November  24,  1802.  and  remained  in  the  fatherland  until  he 
grew  to  maturity,  acquiring  an  excellent  education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-five  he  came  to  America.  He  was  a  farmer  and  miller  but  never  followed  those  occupa- 
tions in  the  United  States,  obtaining  his  first  work  in  this  country  as  clerk  in  a  hardware 
store  in  Milwaukee.  From  Wisconsin  he  came  to  the  southwest  in  1889,  making  his  way 
to  Sonora.  Mexico,  where  he  obtained  ■],  jjosition  as  assayer  and  superintendent  of  the  Grand 


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740  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Central  mine.  He  remained  in  Mexico  until  1894  and  then  returned  to  Milwaukee,  where 
he  spent  three  years  as  an  employe  of  the  Gcttelman  Brewing  Company.  At  the  end  of  that 
time,  however,  he  again  went  to  Sonora  and  engaged  in  mining  for  a  time,  settling  in  1898 
in  Nogales,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  was  engaged  in  business  as  a  cigar 
manufacturer  until  May,  1915,  when  he  took  ciiarge  as  cashier  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Valley  Bank 
&  Trust  Company  and  on  the  17th  of  the  following  December  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Xogales  by  President  Wilson.  He  has  proven  himself  a  far-sighted,  shrewd  and  capable 
business  man  of  great  organizing,  developing  and  executive  ability. 

On  July  20,  1898,  Mr.  Schuckmann  married  Miss  L.  Gettelman,  a  native  of  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Elsa,  who  was  born  in  Nogales.  Fraternally  Mr. 
.Scliuckmann  is  identified  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  tlie  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters.  He  has  taken  a  somewhat  active  part  in  local 
politics,  having  served  for  two  terms  as  councilman  of  Nogales  and  from  1894  to  1896  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  county  supervisors.  For  three  years  he  has  been  a  director  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  of  Nogales.  He  is  recognized  as  a  leader  in  business  circles  and  is  deeply 
interested  in  any  good  work  which  tends  toward  the  betterment  of  liis  town  or  community. 
Few  men  are  more  prominent  or  more  widely  known  in  Nogales  than  is  Mr.  Schuckmann,  for 
throughout  a  long  ])eriod  he  has  been  an  important  factor  in  its  business  life,  and  the 
j)rosperity  he  today  enjoys  is  well  deserved. 


CHARLES  M.  CLARK. 


The  life  of  the  west  and  southwest  is  an  open  book  to  Charles  M.  Clark,  to  whom  its 
various  phases  and  conditions  are  familiar  through  personal  experience.  Although  he  has 
made  many  changes  in  location  since  he  first  came  to  Arizona  in  1873  these  have  all  added 
in  some  way  to  his  material  prosperity  so  that  today  he  is  considered  one  of  the  substan- 
tial mining  men  of  Globe,  where  he  makes  his  home. 

Mr.  Clark  was  born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  in  1855  and  is  a  son  of  Russell  E.  and  Philena 
(Howland)  Clark,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  The  mother  is  a 
descendant  of  the  Howland  family  whose  representatives  came  to  America  in  the  May- 
flower. The  fatlier  attended  a  school  taught  by  Stephen  A.  Douglas  and  was  afterward 
a  teacher  in  the  same  institution.  He  was  married  in  Illinois  and  afterward  removed  with 
his  wife  to  Wisconsin,  where  for  six  or  seven  years  he  engaged  in  mining  at  Hazel  Green. 
He  was  among  the  pioneer  lead  miners  in  that  locality  and  continued  in  that  occupation 
until  1854,  when  he  removed  to  Dubuque,  where  he  joined  his  brother-in-law  in  the  con- 
duet  of  a  wagon  making  business,  the  firm  being  known  as  Pickett  &  Clark.  Mr.  Clark 
retained  his  interest  in  that  concern  until  1860,  when  the  business  was  sold  to  Tom  Con- 
]ey,  its  present  owner.  The  father  of  our  subject  next  removed  to  Hannibal,  Missouri, 
but  owing  to  the  unsettled  conditions  prevailing  there  on  account  of  the  Civil  war,  he 
returned  to  Dubuque  in  1862  and  became  active  as  a  contractor  and  builder,  continuing  in 
that  line  of  work  until  his  death,  which  occurred  June  6,  1875.  He  had  survived  his  wife 
since  1864.  To  their  union  were  born  two  children:  Charles  M.,  of  this  review;  and  Laura 
E.,  who  married  E.  V.  Chamberlain,  of  New  York  city. 

In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  Charles  M.  Clark  attended  public  school  in  Dubuque 
and  after  graduating  from  the  high  school  learned  telegraphy.  He  became  associated  after- 
ward with  the  Western  Union  Telegra|)h  Company,  serving  first  as  messenger  boy  in  the 
Dubuque  ofiice  and  being  promoted  after  five  months  to  assistant  operator  for  tlie  Illinois 
Central  Railroad.  After  a  short  time  he  went  to  Cliicago  and  engaged  in  commercial  pur- 
suits there,  following  this  by  a  period  of  activity  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States. 
He  came  to  Arizona  as  governnuMit  telegraph  operator  in  1872  and  tlnee  years  afterward 
«as  put  in  duirge  of  tl>e  construction  of  the  telegraph  line  between  Prescott  and  Tucson. 
Upon  its  completion  he  was  made  cliief  ojjcrator  of  government  lines  in  Arizona.  In  1877 
he  removed  to  Phoenix  and  after  three  years  in  business  there  sold  his  interests  and  started 
overland  for  Uadville,  Colorado,  being  influenced  in  this  move  by  reports  of  gold  discov- 
eries in  that  vicinity.    However,  when  liis  party  arriyd  at  Payson  in  Green  Valley,  Arizona, 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  743 

they  discovered  some  rich  gold  float  and  coneludi'd  to  remain  in  that  locality,  abandoning  their 
project  of  going  to  Leadville.  Mr.  Clark  located  a  number  of  claims,  but  owing  to  the 
remoteness  of  the  district  and  the  hostility  of  the  Indians,  was  compelled  to  leave  his  prop- 
erty and  return  to  Globe.  He  located  here  in  1879  and  for  a  short  time  worked  in  a  quartz 
mill,  later  opening  the  first  telegraph  office  in  the  city  and  remaining  in  charge  of  the  line 
from  Globe  to  San  Carlos  for  one  year.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  again  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  mining  and  was  fairly  successful  until  1882,  when  he  removed  to  Clifton,  where 
he  served  for  two  years  as  postmaster  and  justice  of  the  peace,  at  which  time  the  desperadoes 
were  active. 

Mr.  Clark  made  his  second  location  in  Globt^  in  1885  and  followed  mining  here  for  two 
years,  removing  to  Prescott  in  1887.  He  mined  in  the  vicinity  of  that  city  for  two  years, 
organizing  at  the  end  of  that  time  the  Alice  Mining  &  Developing  Company,  which  pur- 
chased and  developed  the  Silver  Belt  mine.  He  retained  that  connection  until  1892,  when, 
on  account  of  the  depreciation  in  the  value  of  silver,  he  closed  all  of  his  mines  and  gave  his 
entire  attention  to  his  duties  as  World's  Fair  commissioner,  in  charge  of  the  mineral  exhibits 
of  Yavapai  county.  In  1895  he  removed  to  Jerome  and  for  five  years  conducted  an  assay 
office  there.  His  building  was,  however,  entirely  destroyed  by  fire  and  he  never  resumed 
that  business.  Returning  to  Globe  he  was  again  connected  with  mining  interests  in  Gila 
county,  where  he  has  since  remained.  In  1907  he  organized  the  Orphan  Copper  Company, 
which  controls  ten  valuable  claims  lying  between  the  Miami  and  the  Inspiration  mines.  Mr. 
Clark's  success  in  the  development  of  his  properties  is  the  result  of  long  experience  in  this 
line  of  work,  thorough  familiarity  with  mine  values  and  a  keen  and  farsighted  business 
ability  which  directs  his  investments  and  all  of  his  business  dealings.  His  interests  are 
capably  and  progressively  conducted  and  therefore  profitable,  and  his  labors  have  resulted 
in  a  gratifying  degree  of  success,  placing  him  today  among  Gila  county's  substantial  citi- 
zens. He  makes  his  home  in  Globe,  where  he  owns  an  attractive  residence  and  valuable 
holdings  in  city  property. 

In  1880  Mr.  Clark  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Dora  Jones,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania 
and  a  daughter  of  Robert  Wilson  and  Nancy  (Schallenberger)  Jones,  the  former  of  Welsh 
extraction,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Virginia  of  German  ancestry.  They  made  their 
home  for  a  number  of  years  in  McKeesport,  Pennsylvania,  where  the  father  worked  as  a 
cabinet-maker  and  where  both  passed  away.  To  tlieir  union  were  born  five  children,  two  of 
■whom  still  survive:  Dora,  now  Mrs.  Clark;  and  Minnie,  who  married  William  Mason,  of 
Wilkinsburg,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  are  the  parents  of  a  son,  Charles  L.,  whose 
birth  occurred  in  1883.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Globe  and  San 
Francisco  and  is  now  electrician  for  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railroad  Company  of  Globe. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Clark  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  He  is  ever  loyal  to  the  interests 
of  the  community  and  is  a  progressive  and  public  spirited  citizen  as  well  as  an  enterprising 
business  man.  All  who  know  him  esteem  and  respect  him,  and  the  circle  of  his  friends  in 
Globe  is  an  extensive  one. 


H.  E.  KELL. 


H.  E.  Kell,  who  has  been  postmaster  of  Buckeye  since  1898,  is  also  well  known  in  the 
community  as  a  successful  grocer,  having  built  up  by  his  own  efforts  a  large  and  flourishing 
business  from  a  humble  beginning.  His  career  has  been  somewhat  varied  and  eventful,  for 
he  has  traveled  widely,  seen  many  countries  and  encountered  varied  conditions  of  living, 
the  effects  of  his  early  journeyings  being  seen  today  in  his  breadth  of  view  and  the  scope 
of  his  interests. 

Mr.  Kell  \yas  born  in  Suffolk,  England,  in  1869,  and  began  his  independent  career  at 
the  early  age  of  thirteen,  becoming  at  that  time  an  office  boy  in  the  employ  of  a  doctor  in 
his  native  section.  A  short  time  afterward  he  went  to  sea,  going  to  Melbourne,  Australia, 
and  then  to  all  the  East  India  ports,  being  identified  with  the  English  coast  trade.  He 
spent   many   years   aboard   ship,   traveling   extensively   to   various    parts   of   the   world    and 


744  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

milking  his  last  voyage  from  London  to  San  Francisco  around  the  Horn,  consuming  one  liun- 
dred  and  thirty-one  days  on  the  journey  and  reaching  the  Golden  Gate  in  1888.  For  some 
time  he  worked  for  wages  in  San  Francisco  and  later  entered  the  employ  of  the  Crocker- 
Hutfman  Land  &  Water  Company  in  Merced  county.  Subsequently  he  was  employed  in 
various  parts  of  Fresno  county  and  in  Redlands  and  Riverside,  California,  leaving  the  statu 
in  1891  to  come  to  Arizona.  He  settled  in  the  Salt  River  valley  and  there  obtained  employ- 
ment, setting  out  vineyards  between  Glendale  and  Peoria.  He  afterward  worked  on  the 
Bartlett  ranch  and  did  freighting  in  the  mountains  between  Prescott  and  Jerome.  This 
occupation  he  abandoned  in  favor  of  grading  work  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  the  field  of 
his  activities  extending  between  Phoenix  and  New  River.  Finally  he  turned  his  attention 
to  mining,  working  west  of  Phoenix  and  Yuma  and  eventually  arriving  in  Buckej'e  valley, 
where  he  has  since  remained.  For  some  time  he  worked  on  the  Evans  ranch,  but  in  May, 
1897,  came  to  the  city.  Here  with  a  capital  of  forty  dollars  Mr.  Kell  established  himself  in 
the  grocery  business  and  by  untiring  industry  through  the  years  has  built  up  a  large  and 
flourishing  enterprise,  representing  the  best  energies  of  an  able  and  progressive  busines.s 
man.  His  store  is  in  a  modern  brick  building,  where  he  carries  a  complete  line  of  staple  and 
fancy  groceries,  his  upright  and  honorable  business  methods  and  the  high  quality  of  his 
goods  being  recognized  in  a  large  and  representative  patronage.  Mr.  Kell  was  also  for  a 
number  of  years  engaged  in  cattle  ranching  in  Buckeye  valley  but  sold  out  his  interests 
along  this  line  in  1904.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Buckeye  Improvement  Company  and  in 
connected  in  the  same  capacity  with  the  Buckeye  Water  Company. 

Mr.  Kell  married  Miss  Cora  J.  Clanton,  and  they  have  three  children,  Newton,  Amelia 
and  Cora  M.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  has  been  for  eighteen  years  postmaster  of  Buckeye,  having 
been  appointed  October  29,  1898.  He  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  city's  welfare 
and  upbuilding  and  his  cooperation  is  given  to  many  measures  calculated  to  promote  mate- 
rial, political  and  moral  interests. 


JOHN  A.  McLEAY. 


John  A.  McLeay,  assistant  master  mechanic  and  foreman  of  the  machine  shop  and 
roundhouse  of  the  Arizona  &  New  Mexico  Railroad  Company,  is  known  in  railroad  circles 
of  the  southwest  as  a  man  whose  natural  mechanical  ability  has  been  supplemented  and 
strengthened  by  many  years  of  practical  experience,  making  him  today  an  expert  worker 
in  his  line.  He  was  born  in  Canada  in  June,  1874,  and  is  a  son  of  Tliomas  and  Margaret 
(Neilson)  McLeay,  natives  of  that  country,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away.  In  their 
family  were  four  children:  John  A.,  of  this  review;  Roderick,  a  locomotive  engineer  in 
Canada;  William,  a  resident  of  Canada  and  a  boiler  maker  by  trade;  and  Jennie  M.. 
deceased. 

John  A.  McLeay  was  reared  in  Canada  and  acquired  liis  education  in  the  district 
schools  of  that  country,  laying  aside  his  books  at  the  age  of  fifteen  in  order  to  enter 
upon  his  term  of  apprenticeship  in  the  meclianical  department  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
road. He  served  for  five  years  and  tlien  remained  with  tlie  Grand  Trunk  system  for  one 
year  before  he  became  connected  with  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad,  in  whose  interests 
he  worked  for  a  similar  period  of  time,  gaining  valuable  experience  and  learning  the  ma- 
chmist's  trade  in  its  connectioii  with  practical  railroading  in  principle  and  detail.  Thus 
splendidly  equipped,  he  left  Canada  and  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Clifton  in  1898. 
Here  he  secured  a  position  as  machinist  and  worked  in  that  capacity  until  June,  1905 
when  he  became  connected  with  the  Arizona  &  New  Mexico  Railroad  Company  as  foreman' 
of  the  machine  shop  and  roundhouse  and  as  assistant  master  mechanic.  His  thorough 
knowledge  of  every  detail  of  his  work,  his  former  experience  in  responsible  positions, 
his  industry,  ability  and  enterprise  make  him  today  one  of  the  most  valued  employes  of 
the  railroad  company,  to  whom  he  gives  expert  work  and  faithful  service.  He  is  also 
a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Clifton  and  a  stockholder  in  the  Arizona  Copper 
Company  and  also  in  the  Clifton  Improvement  Company. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  745 

Mr.  McLeay  married,  in  June,  1902,  Miss  Annie  Ci'omb,  a  native  of  Scotland  and  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Christina  Cromb,  residents  of  that  country.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McLeay 
liave  three  children:  Roderick,  who  was  born  in  September,  1905;  Marion,  born  March  30, 
1007;  and  Kenneth,  born  April  21,  1912.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

In  fraternal  circles  of  Clifton  Mr.  McLeay  is  well  known  and  prominent,  his  connec- 
tions being  representative  and  important.  He  is  a  past  master  of  the  Masonic  lodge,  past 
grand  master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Arizona  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  past  grand  representative  of  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge  of  the  latter  organization. 
His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  He  is  a  specialist  in  his  chosen 
line  of  work  and  as  the  years  have  gone  by  has  made  steady  progress  in  it,  achieving  a 
gratifying  and  creditable  measure  of  prosperity.  Moreover,  his  business  methods  have 
been  always  honorable  and  reliable,  winning  for  him  the  respect  and  goodwill  of  his  fel- 
low  citizens. 


ALLEN  B.  MING. 


Allen  B.  Ming,  filling  the  office  of  county  assessor  of  Yuma  county,  was  born  in-  New 
Jersey  in  1874.  He  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  his  native  state  and  afterward 
attended  the  Coleman  Business  College  at  Newark.  Following  this  he  clerked  for  some 
time  and  in  1900  came  to  Arizona,  locating  at  Patagonia,  where  he  engaged  in  mining. 
In  1903  he  removed  to  Yuma,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
and  also  engaged  in  raining  and  in  the  real  estate  business.  He  was  appointed  county 
immigration  commissioner  in  1909  and  in  1911'  was  elected  county  assessor,  an  office 
which  he  still  holds.  He  discharges  his  duties  in  an  efficient  and  capable  manner  and  has 
made  a  creditable  record  in  the  public  service. 

Mr.  Ming  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  is  connected 
fraternally  with  the  Elks  and  the  Eagles.  He  is  well  and  favorable  known  in  Yuma, 
where  he  occupies  a  prominent  place  in  business  circles  and  where  liis  many  excellent 
qualities  of  character  have  gained  him  the  lasting  regard  of  a  representative  circle  of 
friends. 


J.  J.  CHATHAM. 


J.  J.  Chatham,  whose  record  in  various  positions  of  public  trust  and  responsibility 
has  been  such  as  to  gain  for  him  wide  and  favorable  recognition  throughout  Arizona,  is 
now  serving  in  his  usually  efficient  and  capable  way  as  justice  of  the  peace,  police  judge 
and  coroner  of  Nogales.  For  many  years  he  was  prominently  connected  with  journalistic 
interests  in  the  middle  west  and  later  in  Arizona  and  Is  an  accomplished  and  able  news- 
paper man,  who  has  left  his  mark  upon  the  journalistic  history  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Chatham  was  born  in  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  October  21,  1848,  and  when  he 
was  still  a  child  removed  with  his  parents  to  Vandalia  and  later  to  Effingham,  Illinois, 
where  he  grew  to  manhood,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  he  went  to  K;uisas  and  farmed  near  Olathc  for  some  time,  later  becoming  con- 
nected with  newspaper  work  there.  There  he  also  held  his  first  public  office,  acting  as 
city  constable  and  assistant  chief  of  police  until  he  left  Olathe  and  went  to  Kansas  City, 
Kansas,  as  telegraph  editor  of  the  Kansas  City  Times.  Being  desirous  of  engaging  in 
business  for  himself,  he  established  in  May,  1863.  the  CoflFeyville  (Kan.)  Courier,  which 
he  conducted  in  CoiTeyville  for  two  years,  meeting  with  such  success  that  he  afterward 
moved  the  paper  to  Independence,  then  the  county  seat  of  Montgomery  county,  and  made 
it  a  daily  journal.  In  1877  he  sold  his  interest  in  it  and  accepted  the  position  of  sergeant 
at  arms  for  the  Kansas  house  of  representatives,  later  going  to  Galena,  where  he  edited 
a  paper.     His  next  place  of  residence  was  in  Joplin,  Missouri,  and  there  he  was  associated 


746  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

with  the  Joplin  Press,  serving  also  during  that  time  for  one  term  as  city  clerk.  Return- 
ing to  Galena,  he  became  identified  as  publisher  with  the  Daily  Republican  but  after  one 
year  went  to  Cherryvale,  Kansas,  where  he  ran  the  Globe  until  February  12,  1883,  when 
he  came  to  Arizona. 

Mr.  Chatliam  resumed  his  newspaper  work  here,  becoming  associated  with  the  Star 
and  the  Citizen  of  Tucson,  where  he  remained  until  1885,  in  which  year  he  went  to  Tomb- 
stone as  editor  of  the  Epitaph.  He  remained  in  Tombstone  until  1886  and  then  esta*b- 
lished  his  residence  in  Nogales,  continuing  his  newspaper  work.  Until  August,  1887,  he 
•published  the  Daily  Reserve  and  in  1888  founded  the  Sunday  Herald,  with  which  he  was 
connected  for  some  time.  During  all  of  this  time  he  was  becoming  better  and  more 
widely  known,  his  journalistic  activities  carrying  him  forward  into  important  relations 
with  public  life.  He  made  good  use  of  his  growing  political  strength,  winning  election 
to  the  fifteenth  Arizona  legislature  upon  the  republican  ticket  and  serving  ably,  conscien- 
tiously and  with  intelligent  regard  for  the  best  interests  of  the  commonwealth.  From 
that  time  on  he  continued  his  acti've  participation  in  public  life,  being  appointed  in  1884 
postmaster  of  Nogales  and  in  1886  elected  school  trustee  and  afterward  twice  reelected. 
He  was  postmaster  for  four  years.  He  finally  returned  to  Tucson,  where  in  1900  he 
edited  the  Citizen,  but  eventually  again  became  a  resident  of  Nogales  and  went  in  1903 
to  Cananea,  where  he  edited  the  Herald  for  one  year,  returning  to  Nogales  at  the  end 
of  that  time.  In  1908  he  was  elected  to  his  present  positions  of  justice  of  the  peace, 
police  judge  and  coroner  and  has  since  served,  his  compreliensive  knowledge,  general  ability, 
aggressiveness  and  shrewdness  being  important  elements  in  his  able  conduct  of  the  affairs 
of  the  offices. 

Mr.  Chatham  was  married  in  1891  to  Miss  Lillian  Chenoweth,  and  they  have  five 
children,  Jessie,  Herbert,  Martha,  Grace  and  Lucy.  Fraternally  Mr.  Chatham  is  con- 
nected with  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.;  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  who  is  widely  and  favorably 
known  in  journalistic  and  ofiicial  circles,  in  both  of  which  relations  his  progressive  spirit, 
breadth  of  view  and  business  ability  have  brought  him  well  deserved  success. 


GEORGE    W.    NORTON. 


George  W.  Norton,  who  came  to  Arizona  in  1877  and  wliose  labors  since  that  time 
have  been  factors  in  the  general  expansion,  development  and  growth  of  the  Yuma  valley, 
is  now  serving  as  United  States  commissioner  and  city  engineer  at  Yuma.  He  was  born 
in  South  Bend,  Indiana,  August  9,  1843,  and  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams  to  California 
in  1852,  remaining  in  the  west  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1863,  however,  he  enlisted 
from  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  in  the  federal  army  and  went  east  with  his  regiment,  which 
was  under  the  command  of  General  P.  E.  Conner.  He  served  until  the  close  of  the  Civil 
war  and  afterward  took  part  in  various  Indian  cam])aigns,  seeing  active  service  at  Bear 
River  and  Spanish  Fork.  He  was  wounded  in  the  latter  conflict,  and  carried  the  bullet 
in  his  chest  for  many  years,  only  recently  having  it  removed. 

From  1866  to  1879  Mr.  Norton  was  engaged  in  important  railroad  construction  work 
throughout  California  and  Arizona,  serving  in  the  engineering  department  of  the  Union 
Pacific,  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the  Central  Pacific  Railroads.  He  came  to  Yuma  in  1877, 
among  its  pioneers,  and  for  some  time  was  engineer  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  in 
charge  of  the  first  bridge  across  the  Colorado  river  at  that  point.  After  its  completion 
he  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  and  developed  many  silver  mines  in  the  silver  district 
of  Yuma  county,  among  the  most  im|)ortant  of  his  claims  being  the  Cliffer,  Red  Cloud, 
Pacific  and  Silent  mines,  and  he  has  still  valuable  holdings  in  ore  property. 

Always  a'  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen,  Mr.  Norton  luvs  ever  been  a  leader 
in  the  promotion  of  progressive  projects  and  was  largely  instrumental  in  locating  in 
1883  the  Mohawk  canal  on  the  Gila  homestead,  an  enterprise  which  was  completed  in  1889. 
reclaiming  twenty  thousand  acres  of  land  in  the  Mohawk  valley.  Mr.  Norton  mined  and 
farmed  in  Yuma  county  until  1912,  when  he  removed  into  Yuma  and  turned  his  attention 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUiNGEST  STATE  749 

to  the  real-estate  business,  in  wliich  he  has  become  successful  and  prominent.  He  still 
retains  valuable  property  holdings  in  his  section,  owning  eleven  hundred  acres  of  land 
in  Yuma  valley. 

Mr.  Norton  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  in  her  maidenhood  Miss  Emma 
James,  and  after  her  death  he  wedded  Miss  Carmen  Martines,  by  whom  he  has  two  children, 
Charles  G.  and  Mary  A.  In  politics  he  has  ever  been  a  stanch  democrat  and  throughout 
the  period  of  his  residence  here  has  taken  a  conspicuous  part  in  public  affairs,  serving 
in  1881  as  a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature  from  Yavapai  county  and  afterward 
becoming  a  membeV  of  the  twenty-fifth  territorial  assembly.  His  public  service  was  con- 
Btructive,  efficient  and  farsightcd,  marked  by  constant  consideration  for  the  best  interests 
of  the  people  and  by  energetic  and  capable  work  in  support  of  measures  for  the  general 
good.  His  life  of  industry  has  been  crowned  with  a  gratifying  measure  of  success  and  in 
liis  business  relations  he  has  manifested  the  sterling  qualities  of  perseverance  and  integrity 
which  have  won  him  an  honored  name  as  well  as  prosperity. 


WILLIAM  J.  RILEY. 


William  J.  Riley,  holding  a  position  of  precedence  as  a  financier  in  Clifton,  has 
throughout  his  period  of  connection  with  banking  interests  stood  as  an  honored  repre- 
sentative of  that  department  of  activity,  which  has  ever  been  a  most  important  factor 
in  the  business  development  and  progress  of  every  community.  He  is  cashier  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Clifton  and  through  investment  and  official  service  is  connected 
also  with  many  other  financial  and  business  institutions  which  are  substantial  forces  in 
the  growth  of  this  section  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Riley  was  born  in  California  in  1883,  a  son  of  Francis  M.  and  Frances  S.  (Webb) 
Riley,  the  former  a  native  of  Texas  and  the  latter  of  Missouri.  TBey  now  make  their 
home  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  the  father  is  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business. 
In  their  family  were  eight  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living.  The  eldest,  Edmond 
J.,  lives  in  Metcalf,  Arizona.  He  is  married  and  has  two  children.  Florence  L.,  deceased, 
was  the  wife  of  George  B.  Paxton,  of  Los  Angeles.  Upon  her  death  she  left  two  children. 
Walter  is  county  treasurer  of  Yuma  county,  Arizona.  Louisa  died  in  infancy.  William 
J.  is  the  subject  of  this  review.  John  also  died  in  infancy.  Maud  Frances  became  the 
wife  of  Richard  F.  Davis,  an  attorney  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  they  have  one 
child.     Grace  makes  her  home  with  her  parents  in  Los  Angeles. 

William  J.  Riley  was  reared  in  San  Diego,  California,  and  acquired  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city,  where  he  afterward  took  a  course  in  a  com- 
mercial college.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  left  California  and  came  to  Arizona,  settling 
in  Yuma,  where  he  was  afterward  for  two  years  deputy  county  recorder  and  upon  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  office  bookkeeper  in  a  bank.  After  one  year  and  a  half  in  tliis 
latter  position  he  came  to  Clifton,  where  in  1904  he  became  identified  with  the  First 
National  Bank  as  bookkeeper.  He  filled  that  position  for  two  years  and  was  then  made 
assistant  cashier,  gradually  working  his  way  upward  to  his  present  important  position, 
winning  the  confidence  of  those  over  him  and  the  goodwill  and  friendship  of  all  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact.  The  First  National  Bank  is  one  of  the  strong  moneyed  institutions 
of  this  part  of  the  state.  It  was  organized  in  1901  with  a  capital  stock  of  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars  and  has  been  in  a  flourishing  condition  since  that  time,  the  volume  of  its  busi- 
ness being  today  five  times  as  great  as  it  was  when  Mr.  Riley  assumed  his  present  ollice. 
Mr.  Riley  is  also  a  stockholder  and  a  director  in  the  institution  and  a  director  in  the 
State  Bank  of  Morenci,  Arizona,  as  well  as  in  the  Bank  of  Duncan  in  Duncan,  Arizona. 
His  judgment  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  practically  infallible  concerning  problems  of 
banking  and  finance,  for  his  progressiveness  is  tempered  by  safe  conservatism,  based 
iipon  a  thorough  knowledge  of  banking  conditions  and  the  business  principles  involved. 
Along  strictly  business  lines  he  is  connected  officially  with  the  Clifton  Lumber  Company, 
holding  the   positions  of   secretary  and   treasurer  of  that  concern. 

Mr.   Riley   married,   August   10,   1907,   Miss   Jessie  Cummens,   a   native   of   Iowa.      Her 


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father  was  for  tlirec  years  connected  in  an  important  capacity  witli  the  Arizona  Copper 
Company.  Both  lie  and  his  wife  liave  passed  away.  They  left  a  family  of  six  children,  of 
whom  Mrs.  Riley  was  the  only  one  to  come  to  Arizona.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Riley  liave  become 
the  parents  of  two  children:  Francis,  who  was  born  in  September,  1908;  and  William  J., 
Jr.,   who   died   in   infancy. 

Mr.  Riley  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  has  served  ably  and  efli- 
ciently  as  city  treasurer.  He  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  being  past  master 
of  the  local  lodge.  He  is  connected  also  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
He  is  a  farsiglited  and  progressive  business  man,  has  always  adhered  to  methods  which  are 
above  reproach  and  has  won  his  success  along  lines  wliich  will  bear  the  closest  investiga- 
tion and  scrutiny,  for  he  has  never  sacrificed  the  interests  of  others  to  further  his  own 
prosperity. 


W.  J.  YOUNG. 


W.  J.  Young,  one  of  the  most  extensive  landowners  and  prominent  stock-raisers  in 
Gila  county,  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  born  in  1867.  He  is  a  son  of  S.  W.  and  Myra  J. 
Young,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Indiana  and  the  latter  in  Kentucky.  Their 
marriage  occurred  in  Missouri  and  in  that  state  they  remained  for  a  number  of  years, 
eventually  removing  to  Bandera  county,  Texas,  where  the  father  operated  a  stock  ranch 
until  1888.  In  that  year  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Gila  county,  where  he  is  now 
numbered  among  the  prominent  ranchmen  and  stock-raisers  in  Pleasant  valley.  He  is 
seventy-six  years  of  age  and  has  survived  his  wife  since  1906.  Of  tlieir  family  of  four 
cliildren  the  subject  of  this  review  is  the  oldest. 

W.  J.  Young  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Texas  and  alter  laying 
aside  his  books  naturally  turned  his  attention  to  tlie  occupation  to  which  he  had  been 
reared.  He  came  to  Arizona  with  his  father  in  1888  and  in  the  same  year  purcluvsed  a 
ranch  in  Gila  county,  which  he  has  since  operated,  adding  to  his  holdings  from  time  to 
time  until  he  is  now  in  control  of  an  important  property.  He  has  extensive  holdings  in 
his  own  right  besides  operating  a  large  tract  of  land  under  lease  and  all  of  his  attention 
is  given  to  stock-raising.  He  has  about  one  thousand  head  of  cattle,  a  fine  band  of  horses 
and  a  great  deal  of  other  stock  and  all  of  his  animals  command  a  ready  sale  upon  the 
local  market.  Understanding  tlie  stock  business  in  principle  and  detail,  he  has  met  witli 
steadily  increasing  success  since  the  beginning  of  his  business  career  and  has  now  reached 
an  enviable  position  among  the  substantial  business  men  of  his  part  of  the  state. 

In  1897  Mr.  Young  married  Miss  Virginia  Hazelwood,  a  native  of  Texas  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  J.  Hazelwood.  Her  father  died  in  the  Lone  Star  state  and  her 
mother  is  now  making  her  home  in  Globe,  Arizona.  In  their  family  were  three  children, 
one  of  whom,  a  daughter,  still  survives.  Mrs.  Young  passed  away  on  the  21st  of 
May,  1912,  at  the  age  of  thirty-four  years,  leaving  to  mourn  her  loss  six  children:  W.  J.,  ,Ir.. 
born  in  1S98;  Sarah  J.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1902;  Charley  E.,  born  in  1904;  Frank 
J.,  in  1907;  Virginia,  in  1910;  and  Elizabeth  Lucille,  in  1912. 

Mr.  Young  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  fraternally  is 
affiliated  with  the  Masonic  lodge.  He  is  well  known  in  Gila  county,  where  he  has  resided 
for  a  quarter  of  a  century  and  where  his  progressive  business  methods,  his  industry, 
ability  and   success  have  won   him   widespread   regard   and   confidence. 


OLIVER  C.  THOMPSON. 


Oliver  C.  Thompson  was  born  in  Story  county.  Iowa,  September  12,  1854,  and  is  the 
son  of  William  and  Cassandra  (French)  Thompson.  His  paternal  ancestors  were  of  Revolu- 
tionary stock  living  in  Greenbrier  county,  West  Virginia,  and  his  mother's  people  were 
among  the  pioneers  of  eastern  Ohio.     Losing  liis  motlier  at  an  early  age  he  was  reared  by 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  751 

his  grandpai'ents  in  McLean  county,  Illinois.  In  early  manhood  lie  returned  to  Iowa  and 
completed  his  education  at  the  Iowa  Agricultural  College.  He  took  up  the  profession  of 
civil  engineering  and  held  the  office  of  county  surveyor  in  Ida  county,  Iowa,  for  four  years 
following  his  majority.  Later  he  filled  a  responsible  position  in  the  office  of  the  city  engi- 
neer of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  in  1892  became  ofTice  engineer  for  the  Santa  Fe,  Prescott 
&  Phoenix  Kailwaj'  Company  at  Prescott,  Arizona. 

In  February,  1897,  Mr.  Thompson  settled  in  Phoenix,  where  he  now  resides.  In  the 
same  year  M  became  office  engineer,  with  headquarters  at  Williams,  for  the  Santa  Fe 
Railway  Company  when  it  took  over  the  old  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railroad  from  Albuquerque 
to  Mohave  and  designed  much  of  the  heavy  reconstruction  work  which  followed  during  the 
next  three  years,  notably  the  Canyon  Diablo  bridge  and  the  Seligman  and  Walnut  Canyon 
dams,  the  two  latter  being  practically  on  the  same  lines,  except  as  to  size,  as  the  famous 
Roosevelt  dam  which  was  built  at  a  later  date. 

After  a  year  of  location  work  for  the  Santa  Fe  in  Indian  Territory  (now  Oklahoma), 
and  on  the  Grand  Canyon  line  he  was  engaged  as  division  engineer  by  the  Greene  Con- 
solidated Copper  Company  in  1901  and  in  that  capacity  located  and  constructed  the  rail- 
road from  Naco  to  Cananea.  When,  in  1905  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  was 
considering  the  project  of  a  line  from  Guaymas  to  Guadalajara,  Mexico,  he  was  employed 
by  Colonel  Randolpli  of  Tucson,  to  make  the  first  reconnoissance  from  Guadalajara  via  Tepic 
and  Mazatlan  to  Culiacan,  a  distance  of  five  hundred  miles.  He  covered  this  assignment 
in  less  than  thirty  days,  and  the  following  year  had  charge  of  construction  between 
Guaymas  and  the   Yaqui   river. 

Mr.  Thompson's  local  work  of  a  public  nature  consists  of  a  year,  1903-4,  as  city  engi- 
neer of  Phoenix;  the  location  of  the  Buckeye  Railroad  in  1910  and  a  three  years'  term 
as  surveyor  of  Maricopa  county,  ending  December  31,  1915.  At  the  present  time  he  enjoys 
a  satisfa(?tory  private  practice  in  his  chosen   profession. 

On  JIarcli  19,  1878,  Oliver  C.  Thompson  and  Mary  A.  Gard  were  married  at  Council 
Blufis,  Iowa.  Of  this  union  there  are  three  children,  Henrietta,  the  wife  of  Morris  X. 
Simser,  living  seven  miles  west  of  Phoenix;  Edith  A.,  mineral  clerk  in  the  United  States 
surveyor  general's   office;    and  William   E..   musician   and   photographer   of  Phoenix. 


PRESCOTT  JOURNAL-MINER. 

Since  its  establishment  in  1864  the  Prescott  .lournal-Miner  has  been  one  of  the  leading 
factors  in  promoting  the  growth  and  development  of  the  city  and  is  today  not  only  the 
oldest  but  is  also  one  of  the  leading  newspapers  of  the  state.  It  is  published  by  the  Jour- 
nal-Miner Publishing  Company  imder  the  management  of  J.  W.  Milnes  and  edited  by 
P.  R.  Milnes,  who  together  own  practically  all  of  the  stock  of  the  corporation.  Under 
their  direction  the  paper  has  had  a  rapid  and  steady  growth  and  now  enjoys  a  large  cir- 
culation. It  is  valuable  both  as  a  news  and  advertising  medium.  The  first  issue  of  the 
paper  was  brought  out  on  the  9th  of  March,  1864,  and  the  first  copy  taken  from  the  press 
has  been  preserved  through  all  those  years.  One  of  its  publishers  in  the  early  days,  A.  F. 
Banta,  on  the  occasion  of  ihe  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the  paper,  wrote 
the    following: 

"In   Camp   near   Wickenburg,    March    7,   1914. 

"Editor  .lournal-Miner.   Prescott,   Arizona. 
"Dear  Sir:     ' 

"Fifty  years  ago  to-wit,  March  9,  1864,  tlie  writer  hereof  ofRciated  as  assistant  ac- 
coucheur at  the  birth  of  the  Arizona  Miner.  The  above  mentioned  remarkable  event  occurred 
at  Fort  Whii)]de.  then  located  in  Chino  valley,  and  which  at  the  time  was  the  temporary 
capital  of  the  territory  of  Arizona.  The  Miner  was  a  monthly  publication,  which  was 
often  enough,  there  not  being  a  single  mail  line  anywhere  within  the  vast  domain  of 
Arizona  at  that  time.  The  first  issue  contained  the  proclamations  and  other  official 
notices  of  the  governor,  .lohn  N.  Goodwin,  in  which  a  census  was  ordered  taken.  The 
governor    ordered   the    territory    to    he    subdivided    into    four    counties    and    their    boundaries 


752.  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

were  defined;  tliree  judicial  districts  were  named  and  the  several  judges  were  assigned 
to  tlieir  respective  posts.  The  first  judicial  district  was  Pima  county  and  the  courts 
were  ordered  to  be  held  at  Tuqson.  The  second  district  included  Yuma  and  Mohave 
counties,  with  courts  to  be  held  at  La  Paz  on  the  Colorado  river.  The  third  judicial 
district  embraced  the  whole  of  northern  Arizona,  east  of  the  Yuma  and  Mohave  line,  and 
to  the  New  Mexico  line  and  the  center  of  the  channel  of  the  Gila  river  on  the  south  and 
was  named  Yavapai.  Associate  Justice  Howell  was  assigned  to  the  first  district.  Judge 
Howell  was  the  author  of  the  'Howell  Code.'  that  was  adopted  by  the  first  legislature  that 
met  in  Prescott  in  September,  1864,  and  which  remained  the  law  of  the  land  for  years 
thereafter.  To  the  second  district  was  assigned  Justice  G.  Allan  and  Chief  Justice  Turner 
to  the  third  district,  or  Prescott. 

"In  the  early  days  lumber  was  like  precious  stones — very  costly.  The  only  lumber  to 
be  had  cost  from  fifty  cents  to  a  dollar  per  foot.  It  was  whipsawed  at  the  expense  of 
many  backaches  and  much  elbow  grease.  However,  notwithstanding  the  great  cost  of 
tliis  article,  enough  was  procured  to  build  a  'home'  for  the  Arizona  Miner  at  Fort  Whipple 
in  Chino  valley,  which  had  the  honor  of  being  the  only  house  at  the  fort.  After  governor 
Goodwin  had  selected  the  townsite  of  Ash  Fork  and  it  had  been  surveyed  and  platted  by 
Colonel  Bob  Groom  and  Van  C.  Smith,  the  Miner's  'home'  was  taken  down  and  moved 
up  to  the  new  townsite  and  immediately  reerected.  The  vicissitudes  of  the  Arizona 
Miner  since  its  first  initial  bow  to  the  wilds  of  northern  Arizona  at  Chino  valley,  down 
to  the  present  day  have  been  many  and  varied,  whilst  not  a  few  have  been  tragical.  It 
had  the  honor  of  being  really  the  first  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  Arizona.  True, 
it  is.  The  Arizonian  was  published  at  Tubac,  Pima  county.  New  Mexico,  for  judicial 
purposes,  while  all  territory  north  of  the  Gila  river  was  parts  of  the  counties  of  Socorro, 
Valencia  and  Bernalillo,  Territory  of  New  Mexico.  Therefore,  it  is  plain  no  Arizona  ter- 
ritory existed  until  congress  divided  New  Mexico  on  the  one  hundred  and  ninth  meridian 
and  gave  the  western  half  the  name  of  Arizona. 

"Of  the  Miner's  former  editors,  all  of  whom  passed  over  the  divide,  R.  C.  McCormick 
was  the  first;  he  died  some  years  ago  in  New  York  state.  Colonel  H.  A.  Bigelow  is  dead, 
as  also  is  John  H.  Marion.  Charles  W.  Beach  was  assassinated  and  Lieutenant  Sam 
Holmes  was  burned  in  a  fire  at  Prescott.  T.  J.  Butler,  the  tallest  man  in  Arizona,  is 
gone,  as  well  as  many  other  names  attached  to  the  early  history  of  the  paper  who  have 
ended   their   earthly   career. 

"The  writer  worked  on  the  Miner  in  1864.  after  its  removal  to  Prescott,  at  a  wage  of 
fifty  dollars  per  week.  At  this  time  'Father  Fleury'  played  the  part  of  'devil'  for  the 
Miner  and  also  did  the  cooking  for  Governor  Goodwin's  mess.  'Father  Fleury'  was  an 
old  saiW  and  ship's  cook.  It  was  at  this  time  the  writer  first  heard  of  John  H.  Marion, 
through  his  many  letters  from  Big  Bug  Creek,  where  he  was  engaged  in  placer  mining. 
On  receiving  the  first  communication  from  Marion  the  writer  inquired  of  McCormick,  who 
is  this  Marion,  and  McCormick  replied:  'He  is  a  pretty  bright  fellow  and  a  newspaper 
man  mining  on  Big  Bug.'  Honest  John  Marion,  one  of  the  best  men  in  Arizona,  a  scion 
of  old  'Swamp  Fox'  of  revolutionary  days,  was  too  honest  though  to  compete  with  the 
schemers  and  sharks  of  those  degenerate  days. 

"Perhaps  I  have  said  enough;  perhaps  too  nmch.  Y'et  the  writer  is  chock  full  of 
ye  olden-time  reminiscences  and  could  scribble  on  ad  libitum  and  perhaps  ad  nauseam  to  the 
jumpingoff  place.  But  a  line  must  be  drawn  at  some  point  and  so  'tis  here  the  writer 
wishes   the"  Journal-Miner  another   and   more  prosperous   fifty   years  yet  to   come. 

"Yours  truly, 
"A.  F.  BANTA." 

The  present  management  of  the  Journal-Miner  assumed  control  in  April,  1904,  at 
which  time  a  linotype  machine  was  installed  and  the  Associated  Press  franchise  secured. 
At  that  time  there  were  two  other  dailies  in  Prescott,  the  Herald  and  the  Courier.  The 
former  suspended  publication  in  six  months  and  a  year  later  the  Courier  abandoned  the 
daily  field  and  has  since  been  published  as  a  weekly.  After  the  big  fire  of  1900  the  Jour- 
nal-Miner was  published  in  a  one-story  brick  structure  on  West  Gurley  street  at  the  rear 
of  the  Hotel  St.  Michael.  Its  business  outgrew  these  quarters  and  the  comjjany  purchased 
property   at   the   corner  of  Cortez   and   Union    streets   and   after   remodeling    the   two-story 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  753 

brick  building  thereon  and  erecting  an  addition  in  the  rear  for  a  press  room,  moved  into 
the  new  home  on  the  Ist  of  January,  1914.  It  is  conceded  to  be  the  finest  newspaper  build- 
ing in  Arizona,  the  business  office  being  fitted  up  in  Juana  Costa  mahogany  with  tile 
rtooring  made  to  harmonize  with  the  rich  woodwork.  The  manager's  private  office  is  in 
panels  of  circular  cut  Oregon  pine  stained  a  dark  brown  and  in  wax  finish,  while  the 
editorial  sanctum  is  in  natural  California  redwood,  waxed  finish.  A  Goss  web-perfecting 
press  was  part  of  the  new  equipment  installed.  The  Journal-Miner's  real  estate  and  plant 
is  said  to  be  the  only  daily  newspaper  property  in  Arizona  that  is  absolutely  free  of 
incumbrance  at  the  time  this  history  is  being  written.  The  paper  is  a  most  interesting 
sheet,  well  edited  and  carefully  published,  enterprising  business  metliods  being  utilized 
in  the  conduct  of  the  paper,  which   is  certainly  a  journal  creditable  to   the  state. 


HARRY  H.   WILSON,  D.  D.  S. 

Arizona,  with  its  pulsing  industrial  activities  and  broadening  opportunities,  is  con- 
stantly drawing  to  itself  a  citizenship  of  high  order.  It  is  men  of  enterprise  and  foresight 
who  recognize  the  possibilities  of  a  new  district  and  have  the  courage  and  faith  to  utilize 
tiiem.  Active  and  successful  in  the  practice  of  dentistry  in  Phoenix  is  Dr.  Harry  H.  Wilson, 
who,  conversant  with  the  most  advanced  methods  of  the  profession,  has  a  well  equipped 
oflice  in  Phoenix  and  is  accorded  a  liberal  patronage.  He  was  born  in  Aurora,  Illinois, 
•July  24,  1858,  and  is  a  son  of  John  J.  and  Catherine  (Sherwood)  Wilson,  the  former  having 
been  Aurora's  first  dentist.  The  son  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and 
pursued  his  professional  course  in  the  Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1887.  He  then  opened  an  office  in  Chicago,  where  he 
remained  for  seventeen  years  or  until  1904,  winning  and  maintaining  high  rank  as  a 
member  of  the  dental  fraternity  of  that  city.  He  became  the  president  and  secretary  and 
was  also  one  of  the  orgaiiizers  of  the  Odontographic  Society  of  Chicago.  He  likewise  held 
membership  in  the  Chicago  Dental  Society  and  was  president  of  the  alumni  association 
of  the  Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery.  In  his  college  days  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Delta  Sigma  Delta,  of  which  he  has  ever  been  a  prominent  representative  and  of  which 
he  is  now  a  past  supreme  grand  master. 

In  1891  Dr.  Wilson  was  married  to  Miss  Catherine  O'Neill,  of  Cliicago,  and  they  have 
two'  children,  Ruth  and  Arthur,  who  are  graduates  of  the  Phoenix  high  school.  The  former 
is  now  the  wife  of  S.  M.  Cotten  of  Dallas,  Texas.  Arthur  is  a  member  of  the  Phoenix  fire 
department.  Dr.  Wilson  belongs  to  the  JIasonic  fraternity  and  gives  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  republican  party  but  concentrates  his  efforts  more  largely  upon  his  professional  duties, 
which  he  discharges  with  the  utmost  sense  of  conscientious  obligation.  Through  reading  and 
study  he  keeps  abreast  with  the  advancement  that  is  being  continually  made  in  dental  prac- 
tice, has  a  splendidly  equipped  office  and  possesses  the  expert  mechanical  skill  that  manifests 
itself  in  the  performance  of  tlie  multitudinous  delicate  duties  that  devolve  upon  the  practi- 
tioner of  dentistry. 


WILLIAM  RYAN. 


William  Ryan,  who  has  extensive  business  interests  in  Globe  and  in  the  vicinity,  where 
he  is  known  as  a  progressive,  able  and  successful  man,  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1858  and 
spent  his  childhood  and  youth  in  that  country.  When  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age  he 
came  to  America,  settling  in  Arizona  in  1880.  He  worked  in  the  mines  in  various  sections 
of  this  state  for  three  years  and  then  settled  in  Globe,  where  he  has  since  maintained 
his  residence.  He  became  interested  in  mines  in  the  vicinity  of  the  city  and  was  active 
in  their  development  until  1900.  when  he  sold  all  of  his  interests  along  this  line  and 
accepted  the  position  as  night  foreman  of  the  Old  Dominion  smelter.  In  the  meantime  he 
also  conducted  a   large  business   in   buying   and   selling  cattle   and   is   still   connected   with 


754  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

that  business,  being  today  a  very  extensive  dealer.  In  addition  he  is  the  proprietor 
of  a  large  drug  store  in  Globe,  vifhieli  he  established  in  1902,  and  one  in  Miami,  established 
in  1914.  His  sons  are  identified  with  him  in  the  management  of  both  business  concerns 
and,  following  in  tlie  footsteps  of  their  father,  are  upright,  able  and  successful  business 
men.  Mr.  Ryan  lias  large  interests  in  business  and  residence  properties  in  Globe  and 
also  in  California  and  in   El  Paso,  Texas. 

In  1884  Mr.  Kyan  married  Miss  Anna  Moloney,  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  to  them 
have  been  born  si.x  children,  namely:  William  E.,  who  was  born  in  1886  and  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Globe  and  St.  Vincent's  College  at  Los  Angeles;  Cornelius 
M.,  who  was  born  in  1888  and  is  a  graduate  of  St.  Vincent's  College;  May,  born  in  1890, 
who  was  educated  at  St.  JIary's  Academy  in  Los  Angeles  and  is  now  the  wife  of  a  suc- 
cessful business  man  in  Globe;  Joe,  who  was  born  in  1891  and  acquired  his  education 
in  Koswell  Military  Academy  of  Roswell,  New  Mexico;  Emmet,  who  was  born  in  1893 
{(nd  attended  the  Globe  public  schools  and  the  University  of  Arizona  at  Tucson;  and 
Alice,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  who  was  born  in  1908.  The  family  all  hold  membership 
in  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Ryan  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  republican  party  and  served  two  terms  on  the  board  of  supervisors,  discharging 
his  duties  in  this  connection  in  a  prompt  and  able  manner.  He  has  lived  in  Globe  for 
thirty  years  and  during  the  time  his  labors  in  the  diflferent  fields  to  which  he  has  turned 
his  attention  have  been  practical  and  far-reaching.  He  has  souglit  success  along  legiti- 
mate lines  and  by  tlie  steady  pursuit  of  a  persistent  purpose  has  gained  a  most  satisfactory 
reward. 


IRA  ERVEN  HUFFMAN,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Ira  Erven  Huffman,  mayor  of  Tucson  and  one  of  the  most  able  and  |]rominent  physi- 
cians and  surgeons  in  Pima  county,  was  born  in  Ripley  county,  Indiana,  March  13,  1870. 
He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  and  received  his  M.  D.  and  Ph.  G. 
degrees  from  Drake  University  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  being  a  member  of  the  class  of  1901. 
After  his  graduation  he  located  for  practice  in  Paton,  Iowa,  and  was  made  district  physi- 
cian of  Greene  county.  The  years  between  1902  and  1906  he  spent  in  Beaver,  Utah,  and 
there  he  also  came  into  prominence  as  city  physician.  In  the  latter  year  he  removed  to 
Tucson  and  has  since  taken  an  active  interest  in  professional  and  public  life.  He  has 
secured  a  liberal  patronage,  for  he  has  given  abundant  proof  of  his  ability  and  skill  and 
of  his  extensive  knowledge  of  the  underlying  principles  of  medicine.  He  reads  broadly 
along  medical  and  surgical  lines  and,  therefore,  is  constantly  promoting  liis  odiciency,  for 
he  correctly  applies  his  knowledge  to  the  needs  of  those  to  whom  ho  ministers.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association  and  of  the  Arizona  State  and  Pima  County 
Medical  Societies  and  served  as  president  of  the  state  society  in  1914.  He  holds  an  appoint- 
ment by  Governor  Hunt  as  a  member  of  the  state  board  of  medical  examiners  and  is 
captain  of  the  medical  cori)3  of  the  Arizona  National  Guard.  In  1913  Dr.  Huffman,  with 
seven  associates,  all  physicians,  purchased  the  Rogers  Hospital  and  changed  the  name  to 
the  Arizona  Hospital.  Each  physician  has  his  own  special  work  and  they  are  now  able 
to  care  for  fifteen  patients  at  a  time.  It  is  the  only  hospital  within  the  city  limits  of 
Tucson  and  has  been  incorporated.  They  care  for  all  surgical  and  medical  cases  except 
contagious  diseases.  Tliere  is  a  training  school  for  nurses  in  connection  with  the  hospital 
and  six  nurses  arc  now  employed. 

Dr.  Huffman  was  elected  mayor  of  Tucson  in  December,  1910,  and  reelected  in 
1912.  He  has  given  the  city  an  able,  businesslike  and  progressive  administration,  has 
taken  a  keen  interest  in  municipal  improvement  and  has  worked  earnestly  in  support 
of  movements  to  promote  the  public  welfare,  using  his  official  power  for  the  better- 
ment and  further  development  of  the  city.  During  his  administration  streets  have  been 
paved  and  graded,  public  parks  have  been  improved  and  the  price  of  electric  light  reduced. 


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so  tliat    it   comes   within   tlie   reach  of   all,  and   in   addition   the   EI   Paso   &   Southwestern 
Railroad  lias  been  built  from  El  Paso  into  Tucson. 

Ur.  Huffman  was  married  September  1,  1910,  to  Miss  Edith  Gillmor,  a  native  of 
Iowa,  and  they  have  one  son,  Ira  Erven,  Jr.,  born  December  5,  1913.  Both  the  Doctor 
and  his  wife  are  well  known  in  social  circles,  enjoying  in  large  measure  the  friendship  and 
kindly  regard  of  those  with  whom  they  are  brought  in  contact.  He  has  extensive  and 
representative  fraternal  affiliations,  as  he  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  tlie  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 


w.  s.  Mcknight. 


W.  S.  McKnight,  who  is  now  capably  and  satisfactorily  filling  the  office  of  sheriff 
of  Santa  Cruz  county,  being  the  first  to  hold  that  office  under  the  state  laws,  was  born  in 
White  county,  Illinois,  October  13,  1864.  He  spent  his  childhood  and  youth  in  that  section, 
coming  to  Arizona  on  the  12th  of  April,  1887,  and  associating  himself  with  mining  interests, 
which  held  his  attention  for  many  years.  For  a  time  he  was  connected  with  the  Hudson  & 
Bent  Company,  at  that  time  operating  the  Humboldt  Camp  gold  and  silver  mine.  He  remained 
with  them  for  six  years  and  then  went  to  the  Arinoca  mine  in  the  old  Con-Arizona  mill.  He 
remained  there  for  two  years,  finally  abandoning  mining  and  turning  his  attention  to  the 
butcher  business  in  the  Oro  Blanco  district.  He  afterward  resumed  his  mining  operations 
in  Montanta  camp,  where  he  helped  to  erect  the  Old  Glory  Stamp  Mill,  of  which  he  later 
became  superintendent.  He  worked  in  the  Oro  camp  as  millman  for  some  time,  going  finally 
to  Crittenden,  where  he  acted  as  ranch  foreman  for  R.  R.  Richardson  on  the  Pennsylvania 
ranch.  Two  years  later  he  went  to  Patagonia  and  formed  a  partnership  with  W.  H.  Barnett 
in  the  butcher  business,  witli  which  he  was  connected  until  1899,  when  he  came  to  Nogales. 

After  spending  a  year  in  the  butcher  business  in  Nogales,  Mr.  McKnight  was  appointed 
mounted  customhouse  inspector,  discharging  his  duties  capably  for  three  years,  and  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  office  he  received  the  government  contract  to  furnish  beef  and 
grain  to  Fort  Huachuca  for  four  years.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  returned  to 
Nogales  and  went  froni  here  to  Tubac,  where  in  1910  he  established  himself  as  a  general 
merchant.  In  the  fall  of  1911  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Santa  Cruz  county  on  the  repub- 
lican ticket  and  again  took  up  his  residence  in  Nogales,  where  he  has  since  resided,  being 
reelected  in   1914   and  dischai-ging  his   duties   in  a  conscientious,  able  and  effective  way. 

Mr.  McJ\night  married  Miss  Geneva  Crocomb,  a  native  of  California,  and  tliey  have 
become  the  parents  of  nine  children,  William  M.,  Josephine,  Edmund,  Raymond,  Edna, 
Earl,  Mabel,  Eail  and  Wilber. 

Mr.  McKnight's  fraternal  connections  are  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  Mystic  Circle,  in  both  of  which  organizations  he  is  well  known.  In  all  of 
the  various  interests  which  have  claimed  his  attention  since  coming  to  Arizona  he  has 
won  prosperity  and  prominence,  his  business  career  having  been  marked  by  the  same 
high  integrity,  conscientiousness  and  persistency  of  purpose  which  distinguish  and  make 
effective   his  official  service. 


E.  P.  CONWAY. 


E.  P.  Conway,  district  manager  for  the  Wanen  Brothers  Company,  with  offices  in 
Phoenix  and  Tucson,  is,  in  this  connection,  at  the  head  of  a  constantly  growing  business.  He 
was  born  in  Manitowoc,  Wisconsin,  in  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Lawrence  J.  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
Conway.  The  father  was  also  interested  in  the  paving  business.  Liberal  educational  advan- 
tages were  accorded  the  son,  who  was  a  member  of  the  class  of  1903  of  the  University  of 
Wisconsin. 

After  leaving  college  Mr.  Conway  entered  into  active  connection  with  the  paving  busi- 
ness, with  the  R.  F.  Conway  Company  of  Chicago,  in  which  his  father  was  interested.     Illness 

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758  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

caused  him  to  come  to  the  southwest  in  1906,  and  for  a  time  he  resided  at  Silver  City,  New 
Mexico.  Later  ho  spent  four  years  in  southern  California  and  while  there  was  engaged  in 
the  paving  business.  In  fact,  his  entire  business  life  has  been  identified  with  engineering, 
contracting  on  general  construction,  particularly  pavements. 

Mr.  Conway  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  on  the  29th  day  of  March,  1911.  His  arrival 
in  Arizona  was  at  the  inception  of  street  paving  and  permanent  highway  construction  in  the 
state.  On  the  4th  of  April,  1911,  the  first  bids  on  street  paving  in  Arizona  were  received  in 
Phoenix.  On  the  10th  of  May  Mr.  Conway's  company  was  awarded  a  large  contract  for 
the  first  street  pavement  to  be  laid  in  the  state  of  Arizona,  in  the  city  of  Phoenix.  There 
was  very  keen  competition  for  this  work  and  many  large  companies  were  represented.  The 
Phoenix  paving  program  has  continued  almost  without  interruption,  and  now  the  city  has 
many  miles  of  handsomely  paved  streets  of  bitulithic.  Approximately  fifteen  miles  of  the 
.same  type  of  pavement  has  also  been  built  in  the  city  of  Tucson,  and  likewise  the  Bisbee- 
Lowell-Warren  highway,  about  two  and  a  half  miles  in  length,  in  Cochise  county.  Recently 
a  large  contract  for  highways  has  been  secured  in  Yuma  county.  In  addition  to  this  con- 
siderable highway  construction  and  bridge  pavement  has  been  laid  in  Maricopa  county,  and 
Douglas  and  Flagstaff  have  each  adopted  paving  specifications  and  work  will  soon  be  under 
way  in  each  of  these  cities. 

All  the  work  done  so  far  in  the  state  of  Arizona  has  been  built  under  Mr.  Conway's 
supervision.  The  class  of  pavement  laid  has,  in. every  case,  been  bitulithic,  which  is  partic- 
ularly adapted  to  withstand  the  somewhat  severe  summer  heat,  and  is  today  the  most 
advanced  pavement  known. 

Mr.  Conway  has  familiarized  himself  with  every  phase  of  the  business  and  can  talk  to 
any  one  on  the  subject  concerning  any  point,  whether  bearing  upon  the  technical  nature  of 
pavements,  the  cost  of  maintenance  or  other  phases  of  the  work.  He  is  a  close  student  of 
the  situation  with  reference  to  public  improvements  and  has  secured  for  his  company  large 
contracts  throughout  Arizona.  Mr.  Conway's  district  embraces  Arizona,  New  Mexico  and 
the  west  coast  of  old  Mexico,  with  headquarters  in  Phoenix.  He  represents  a  company  of 
world-wide  renown  and  his  own  efforts  in  this  field  have  brought  him  an  extended  acquaint- 
ance in  the  southwest. 

Mr.  Conway  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church,  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Elks  and 
the  Moose,  and  is  well  known  in  club  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Arizona,  Bachelors,  Coun- 
try and  University  Clubs  here,  and  Tucson  Country  Club,  as  well  as  California  and  eastern 
clubs.  Mr.  Conway  has  made  many  friends  and  held  them,  and  his  position  is  that  of  one 
of  the  best  known  and  liked  men  in  this  section  of  the  country. 


GEORGE  BRAVIN. 


George  Bravin,  who  since  1890  has  been  a  guardian  of  the  public  peace  in  some  official 
capacity,  is  now  serving  ably  and  efficiently  as  city  marshal  of  Tombstone,  chief  of  police 
and  constable.  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  this  branch  of  public  service  and  has  become 
proficient  in  it,  his  long  and  honorable  record  standing  as  the  best  proof  of  the  work  he 
has  accomplished. 

Mr.  Bravin   was  born  in  Devonshire,   England,   in   1862   and   is  a   son   of  Richard   and 

.  Catherine  Bravin,  also  natives  of  England.     The  father  died  when  the  subject  of  this  review 

was  but  three  months  old  and  the  mother's  death  occurred  in  1896.     Thirteen  children  were 

born  to  their  union,  only  four  of  whom  are  still  living:   two  sons,  who  make  their  home 

in  California;   one  daughter  still  in  England;   and  the  subject  of  this  review. 

George  Bravin  is  in  all  essential  respects  a  self-made  man,  for  from  the  early  age  of 
nine  years  he  has  been  entirely  dependent  upon  his  own  resources.  After  acquiring  a  very 
limited  education  in  England  he  worked  at  various  occupations  from  the  age  of  nine 
until  eighteen  years,  learning  at  this  time  lessons  of  independence,  determination  and  self- 
reliance  which  have  been  invaluable  to  him  throughout  his  entire  career. 

When  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Bravin  came  to  America,  settling  first  in 
Colorado,  where  he  mined  for  gold  until  1882,  that  year  witnessing  his  location  in  Tombstone. 


AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  759 

He  continued  his  identification  with  mining,  leasing  properties  near  the  city  until  1889, 
when  he  was  elected  city  assessor.  He  served  one  term  and  at  its  expiration  was  made 
deputy  eheriir,  thus  beginning  his  long  career  as  a  peace  oflncer.  In  1892  he  was  elected 
city  marshal  of  Tombstone  and  has  been  continuously  reelected  since  that  time.  This  is 
a  remarkable  career  and  serves  to  show  in  a  decisive  way  the  acceptability  of  Mr.  Bravin's 
work  and  the  importance  and  value  of  the  results  he  has  accomplished.  With  a  record  of 
having  made  arrests  of  practically  every  character  since  first  assuming  office,  he  is  still  ably 
carrying  forward  his  work,  being  recognized  as  one  of  the  shrewdest,  most  able  and  most 
thorough  police  ofiicers  in  that  section  of  the  state.  In  connection  with  his  duties  as  city 
marshal  he  is  acting  also  as  constable.  He  owns  a  fine  home  In  Tombstone  and  extensive 
mining  properties,  being  connected  with  six  different  mines.  At  one  time  he  owned  a 
ranch  and  conducted  upon  it  as  valuable  stock  business.  He  was  also  for  two  years  the 
proprietor  of  a  livery  barn  in  the  city,  but  all  of  these  interests  he  has  since  abandoned. 

Mr.  Bravin  is  married  and  has  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living:  Etta,  the 
wife  of  Joseph  Anderson,  who  is  connected  with  the  El  Paso  &  Southwestern  Railroad; 
John,  who  is  in  the  employ  of  the  Phelps-Dodge  Mercantile  Company  of  Bisbee;  Eliza- 
beth, the  wife  06  L.  C.  Clover,  an  engineer  in  the  employ  of  the  El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Railroad;    Valentine;    Richard;    Catherine;    Georgie;    and   Dorothy. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Bravin  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of 
which  he  is  a  past  grand,  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  has  also  been  through  all  of 
the  chairs  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  In  politics  he  is  affiliated  with  the 
democratic  party  though  in  local  matters  he  votes  independently  and  has  received  the  sup- 
port of  independent  voters.  He  and  his  family  hold  membership  in  the  Congregational 
church  and  are  held  in  the  highest  regard  by  all  who  know  them. 


W.  A.  LINES  &  COMPANY. 


Dairy  interests  in  Greenlee  county  find  worthy  and  progressive  representatives  in  the 
two  gentlemen  who  form  the  firm  of  W.  A.  Lines  &  Company,  controlling  large  dairies  at 
Clifton  and  Morenci.  They  are  progressive,  able  and  resourceful  young  business  men  who 
work  together  harmoniously  in  the  conduct  of  their  important  enterprise,  their  straiglit- 
forward  and  up-to-date  methods  and  high  standards  of  integrity  being  powerful  factors  in  a 
success  which  has  already  placed  them  among  the  representative  and  substantial  citizens  of 
this  section  of  the  state.  The  firm  is  composed  of  William  Arthur  and  Milton  Lines,  sons  of 
Henry  and  Emily  (Weech)  Lines,  the  former  born  in  England  and  the  latter  in  Illinois.  They 
now  reside  in  Pima,  Arizona,  where  the  father  is  engaged  in  farming. 

William  Arthur  Lines  was  born  in  Utah  in  1880  and  when  still  a  child  came  to  Arizona 
with  his  parents.  In  Pima,  Graham  county,  this  state,  his  brother  Milton  was  born  in  1883 
and  both  acquired  their  education  in  the  public  schools.  The  family  circle  remained  unbroken 
until  1901,  when  William  Arthur  Lines  went  to  Clifton,  wliere  he  established  a  dairy,  which 
he  called  the  Eock  House  Dairy.  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  extensive  enterprise  with 
which  he  is  connected  today  and  he  conducted  it  alone  until  1904,  when  he  was  joined  by  his 
brother  Milton  and  a  partnership  was  formed  under  the  name  of  Lines  Brothers,  the  company 
being  later  incorporated  with  the  title  of  W.  A.  Lines  &  Company,  under  which  style  the 
business  is  now  conducted.  The  brothers  operate  a  dairy  at  Clifton  and  one  at  Morenci  and 
have  developed  an  extensive  and  lucrative  business,  which  is  yearly  increasing  in  volume 
and  importance,  the  two  dairies  now  giving  employment  to  an  average  of  ten  men.  Starting 
with  a  herd  of  thirteen  cows,  the  brothers  have  gradually  added  to  this  until  they  now  own 
one  hundred  high  grade  animals  of  mixed  stock.  They  each  have  a  farm  in  Pima,  Graham 
county,  and  upon  these  properties  is  raised  all  the  feed  for  their  dairy  herd,  and  every 
other  branch  of  the  business  is  superintended  with  the  same  minute  care.  Everything  is 
kept  up-to-date,  clean  and  sanitary,  the  most  modern  equipment  is  used  and  nothing  is 
neglected  to  make  the  dairies  high  class  in  every  particular.  W.  A.  Lines  &  Company  sup- 
plies Clifton  and  Morenci  with  excellent  milk  and  cream  and  other  dairy  products  and  enjoys 
a  liberal  and  representative  patronage. 


760  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Both  brothers  are  married.  William  A.  Lines  was  united  in  marriage  in  September, 
1903,  to  Miss  Kva  Anderson,  a  native  of  Utah  and  a  daughter  of  H.  J.  and  Sarah  (Barney) 
Anderson,' both  of  Swedish  extraction.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.  Lines  have  four  children: 
Opal,  who  was  born  in  1903  and  is  attending  school  in  Pima;  Vearl,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  1905;  Phyllis,  born  in  1906;  and  an  infant.  Milton  Lmes  married,  January  30,  1903,  Miss 
Mary  Lambert,  a  native  of  Utah  and  a  daughter  of  Wilson  and  Elizabeth  (Miner)  Lam- 
bert, the  former  a  native  of  England  and  the  latter  of  Utah.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milton  Lines 
have  three  children:  Clara,  who  was  born  December  15,  1903,  and  is  attending  school  in 
Morenci;  Lenora,  born  August  11,  1907;  and  Earl,  whose  birth  occurred  February  13,  1910. 

William  A.  and  Milton  Lines  are  members  of  the  Mormon  church.  They  give  their 
political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  William  has  served  ably  and  conscientiously 
as  road  supervisor.  They  are  not,  however,  desirous  of  political  honors,  preferring  to  con- 
centrate their  attention  upon  the  further  development  of  their  business,  in  the  conduct  of 
which  they  are  meeting  with  gratifying  and  well  merited  success. 


WILLIAM  STEVENSON. 


William  Stevenson,  deceased,  was  one  of  the  pioneer  miners  of  Arizona,  controlling 
important  raining  interests  in  Gila  and  Pinal  counties.  He  was  continuously  identified  with 
copper  mining  and  prospecting  work  for  thirty-eight  years.  He  was  born  in  Vermont  in 
1841  and  was  a  son  of  James  and  Margaret  Stevenson,  both  of  whom  passed  away  in  that 
state.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  Vermont  public  schools  and  in  1862,  when  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  enlisted  for  the  Civil  war  in  the  Fifteentli  Regiment,  Vermont 
Volunteer  Infantry.  His  term  called  for  nine  months'  service  but  he  reenlisted  at  the  end 
of  that  time  and  served  under  Colonel  Redfleld  Proctor,  who  afterward  became  senator 
from  Vermont  and  later  governor  of  the  state.  Mr.  Stevenson  remained  in  the  service 
until  1863,  when  he  was  discharged  at  Brattleboro.  He  remained  in  his  native  state  until 
he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age  and  then  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Denver,  where  for  three  years  he  engaged  in  mining.  Returning  to  the  east, 
he  remained  a  short  time  and  then  again  crossed  the  continent,  locating  this  time  in  Texas 
and  going  from  there  to  New  Mexico,  whence,  in  1876,  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in 
Globe,  where  for  some  time  he  worked  in  the  quartz  mills.  Later,  however,  Mr.  Stevenson 
became  interested  in  buying  and  selling  mining  properties  and  ojierated  some  of  his  claims. 
In  this  line  of  work  he  was  engaged  until  his  death  and  because  he  was  practical,  far- 
sighted  and  progressive  in  business  ventures  proved  successful.  He  had  various  mining 
interests  in  the  vicinity  of  Globe  and  in  Pinal  county  and  owned,  besides,  valuable  residence 
property  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Stevenson  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  was  loyal  and 
public  spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship,  although  never  an  office  seeker.  His  life  was  a 
busy  and  useful  one  and  throughout  his  business  career  he  manifested  an  aptitude  for  suc- 
cessful management  which  resulted  in  a  gratifying  measure  of  success.  Whatever  he 
undertook  lie  carried  forward  to  successful  completion  and  his  own  labors  were  the  principal 
factors  in  the  attainment  of  the  prosperity  whicli  placed  him  among  the  men  of  allluence 
in  his  section  of  the  state.  He  died  at  the  Clara  Barton  Hospital,  in  Los  Angeles,  California, 
August  37.  Ill  14,  and  was  buried  in  Northlleld  Falls,  N'ermont. 


WILLIAM  B.  LONG. 


Ranching  interests  of  Maricopa  county  find  a  worthy  and  progressive  representative 
in  William  B.  Long,  who  since  1900  has  been  engaged  in  the  development  and  improvement 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  near  Buckeye.  He  has  been  in  Arizona  since  1880 
but  was  horn  in  Chippewa  county,  Wisconsin,  where  lie  grew  to  manhood.  He  later  came 
west,  engagiiitr  in  the  lumber  business  in  Colorado  and   Washington  and  locating  finally  in 


WILLIAM  STEVENSON 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  763 

Yavapai  county,  Arizona,  wliere  iie  worked  at  copper  mining  in  the  employ  of  the  Hartford 
Copper  Company.  He  spent  some  time  in  the  Ora  Bella  and  Ora  Bonita  mines  in  the  Brad- 
shaw  mountains  and  went  to  Phoenix  in  1885,  turning  his  attention  to  the  butcher  business. 
With  Mike  Hurley  as  a  partner  he  conducted  a  large  and  profitable  enterprise  of  this  char- 
acter for  five  years  and  then  came  to  Buckeye.  He  took  up  his  residence  here  in  1900 
and  purchased  his  present  ranch  of  one  liundred  and  sixty  acres,  upon  which  he  has  since 
lived,  giving  a  great  deal  of  his  attention  to  its  development  and  improvement.  He  raises 
a  number  of  crops  of  alfalfa  every  year  and  is  besides  an  extensive  cattle  dealer  and  dairy- 
man, all  of  the  branches  of  his  business  being  well  managed  and  profitable.  He  is  in  addi- 
tion connected  with  business  interests  of  Buckeye  as  the  proprietor  of  Long's  Hotel,  which 
he  has  made  by  his  excellent  business  ability  the  leading  hostelry  in  the  city.  He  is  also  a 
director  in  the  Buckeye  State  Bank. 

Mr.  Long  married  Miss  Nellie  Hurley,  a  native  of  New  York,  and  thoy  have  six  chil- 
dren, Robert,  Marshall,  Lawrence,  William,  Harry  and  Nellie.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Phoenix  Lodge  in  Masonry.  He  enjoys  in  a  high  degree  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  many  friends  and  acquaintances  and  is  known  as  a  man  of  unusual  energy  and  ability 
who  generally  accomplishes  what  he  sets  out  to  do  and  is  always  governed  by  a  high  sense 
of  honor  in  his  dealings  with  his  fellowmen. 


ST.  JOSEPH'S  ACADEMY. 


The  oldest  educational  institution  in  Tucson  is  St.  Joseph's  Academy,  which  was  founded 
by  six  of  the  Sisters  of  the  Order  of  St.  Joseph  in  1870,  and  during  the  forty-six  years  of  its 
existence  has  numbered  among  its  students  many  of  the  well  known  women  not  only  of 
this  city  but  of  the  southwest. 

This  order  of  the  sisterhood  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  was  first  represented  in  the 
United  States  in  1836,  when  six  of  their  members  came  to  this  country  from  France  and 
established  themselves  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  the  mother  house  is  still  located.  As 
the  years  have  passed  their  numbers  have  increased  with  the  development  of  their  work, 
and  now  eveiy  city  of  any  size  in  the  Union  has  representatives  of  this  order  engaged  in 
educational  work.  Recognizing  the  need  of  an  educational  institution,  which  would  also 
provide  religious  instruction,  in  this  section  of  the  country,  in  1870  volunteers  were  asked 
for  and  six  of  the  sisterhood  offered  their  services  and  were  sent  here  the  same  year  to 
establish  a  school.  Traveling  facilities  in  the  southwest  were  then  very  inadequate  and 
they  were  compelled  to  come  down  the  Colorado  river  to  Yuma,  the^ce  overland  to  Tucson. 
Here  they  began  their  educational  work  the  year  before  the  public  school  system  was  put 
into  operation.  At  first  they  had  some  trouble  Vvith  the  Indians,  who  were  very  hostile  to 
all  white^,  but  the  government  immediately  responded  to  their  appeals  for  protection  by 
sending  a  detachment  of  soldiers  to  their  relief,  and  they  met  with  no  further  difficulty. 

Their  first  school  was  located  in  the  old  section  of  the  city,  where  they  conducted  their 
work  for  seventeen  years,  but  in  1887  they  removed  to  their  present  location  at  Fifteenth 
and  Sixteenth  avenues,  where  they  have  a  splendidly  equipped  and  thoroughly  modern  build- 
ing. Here  is  afforded  the  refined  and  cultured  environment  so  desirable  in  the  rearing  of 
girls  and  young  ladies,  who  at  the  same  time  are  provided  with  a  thorough  preparatory 
training  along  classical,  literary  or  scientific  lines  fitting  them  for  either  college  or  univer- 
sity work.  The  school  also  affords  the  advantages  of  commercial  training,  special  attention 
being  given  to  penmanship,  the  instruction  in  this  connection  being  in  accordance  with 
the  method  inaugurated  by  A.  N.  Palmer  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  who  at  the  end  of  the  year 
awards  diplomas  to  all  who  have  taken  the  course.  The  highest  facilities  for  thorough 
training  in  music  and  art  are  afforded  to  all  who  desire  to  specialize  in  these  particular 
branches,  the  Sisters  in  charge  of  these,  departments  having  been  given  the  advantages  of 
studying  with  representative  teachers  in  their  various  lines.  St.  Joseph's  makes  a  specialty 
of  fitting  young  women  for  any  position  in  life  and  particularly  qualifies  them  to  grace  the 
home  and  develop  into  women  who  will  exert  a  refined  Christian  influence  in  the  community. 

The  Sister  Superior,  Sister  Alexandrine,  is  a  woman  of  rare  culture  and  refinement  as 


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well  as  wide  education,  the  value  of  whose  influence  over  those  who  are  privileged  to  come 
under  her  supervision  cannot  be  too  highly  estimated.  United  with  these  qualities  she 
combines  the  initiative,  executive  ability  and  fine  powers  of  organization  which  well  adapt 
her  to  the  duties  of  her  office  and  have  done  much  to  place  St.  Joseph's  among  the  foremost 
educational  institutions  of  the  kind  in  this  section. 

As  time  has  passed  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph  have  extended  their  work  in  various  needed 
lines  in  the  community  and  now  have  under  their  control  four  houses:  St.  Joseph's  Acad- 
emy, Hospital  and  Home  and  the  St.  Xavier  Mission.  All  are  doing  excellent  work  and 
achieving  results  higlily  commendable  to  the  noble  women  who  form  this  sisterhood. 


AUSTIN  WINFIELD  MORRILL. 

Austin  Winfield  MoiTill,  entomologist  and  author,  and  territorial  and  state  entomologist 
since  1909,  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  born  in  Tewksbury,  September  11,  1880,  and 
is  the  son  of  James  and  Elvira  (Webster)  Morrill.  His  early  training  was  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  in  1896  he  entered  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  Cbllege. 
In  1900  he  received  the  degree  of  B.  S.  from  that  institution  and  also  from  Boston  Univer- 
sity. For  further  preparation  in  his  cliosen  profession  Mr.  Morrill  devoted  the  next  three 
years  to  study  and  research  in  entomology,  zoology  and  botany,  completing  his  thesis  and 
receiving  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  in  June,  1903,  from  the  graduate  department 
of  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College.  He  was  immediately  appointed  a  field  agent  of 
the  bureau  of  entomology,  United  States  department  of  agriculture,  and  continued  in  the 
government  service  for  a  little  over  six  years.  For  three  years  he  was  stationed  in  Texas 
and  traveled  extensively  through  Mexico  and  the  southern  states  in  connection  with  investi- 
gations of  the  Mexican  cotton  boll  weevil  and  other  cotton  pests.  In  July,  1906,  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  citrus  white  fly  investigations  and  established  the  government  laboratory 
at  Orlando,  Florida.  He  resigned  from  the  government  service  in  August,  1909,  to  accept 
the  position  of  entomologist  of  the  Arizona  Horticultural  Commission  and  entomologist  of 
the  Arizona  agricultural  experiment  station.  He  is  the  originator  and  holder  of  letters 
patent  ("Dedicated  to  the  public,"  no  rights  reserved),  on  a  simplified  system  of  fumigating 
citrus  trees.  This  system,  as  the  "Graduated  tent  system,"  was  first  employed  in  Florida 
and  is  now  generally  used  in  California  for  the  control  of  citrus  pests. 

Mr.  Morrill  is  the  author  of  numerous  government  and  state  bulletins  and  reports  and 
articles  in  scientific  journals  upon  original  investigations  in  entomological  subjects.  He 
has  also  contributed  extensively  to  agricultural  and  horticultural  papers,  being  associate 
editor  of  the  Southwestern  Stockman-Farmer  (Phoenix).  He  is  a  fellow  in  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  active  member  of  the  Association  of  Economic 
Entomologists,  Entomological  Society  of  America  and  Association  of  Horticultural  In- 
spectors.   He  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  fraternity. 

Mr.  Morrill  was  married  April  29,  1908,  to  Florence  McCormick,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  a 
daughter  of  Judge  A.  P.  McCormick  of  the  United  States  circuit  court  of  appeals.  They 
have  one  son,  Austin  W.  Morrill,  Jr. 


JAMES  H.  KERBY. 


One  of  the  most  prominent  and  progressive  young  men  in  public  life  in  Greenlee  county 
is  James  H.  Kerby,  now  in  the  third  term  of  his  capable  service  as  county  assessor.  He 
was  born  in  Huntsville,  Missouri,  April  30,  1881,  and  is  a  son  of  C.  T.  and  Cassie  (Ruther- 
ford) Kerby,  natives  of  Kentucky.  The  father  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  in  Missouri 
and  died  in  that  state  December  31,  1884.  His  wife  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in 
Moberly,  Missouri.  In  their  family  were  five  children:  Joseph  T.,  of  Huntsville,  who  is 
county  auditor  of  Randolph  county;  William  P.,  of  Huntsville,  Missouri;  George  T.,  also  a 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  7.65 

resident  of  that  city;  Lucy,  who  is  principal  of  the  North  Clifton  public  school  in  Clifton 
and  who  makes  her  home  with  her  brother  James;  and  James  H.,  of  this  review. 

James  H.  Kerby  grew  to  manhood  in  Huntsville,  Missouri,  acquired  his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  and  afterward  took  a  course  in  a  business  college  at 
Quincy,  Illinois.  Since  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  he  has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  re- 
sources. When  he  began  his  business  career  he  went  to  St.  Louis  and  tliere  became  asso- 
ciated with  a  large  shirt  manufacturing  firm,  later  securing  employment  in  the  circulation 
department  of  the  St.  Louis  Star.  After  a  year  and  a  half  in  this  position  he  went  to  East 
Orange,  New  Jersey,  where  he  spent  a  similar  period  in  a  large  drug  store  before  coming  to 
Arizona  and  settling  in  Clifton.  He  located  here  May  39,  1903,  and  for  three  months  worked 
in  a  drug  store  conducted  by  the  Arizona  Copper  Company,  after  which  he  secured  a  position 
as  bookkeeper  for  Cronib  &  Shannon.  He  remained  in  their  employ  for  tliree  years  and 
then  turned  his  attention  to  real  estate  and  insurance,  handling  a  great  deal  of  valuable 
property  and  by  his  progressive  methods  and  straightforward  dealing  building  up  a  pros- 
perous and  lucrative  business  which  he  conducted  until  January  1,  1911.  Previous  to  that 
time,  however,  Mr.  Kerby  had  acted  for  six  years  as  deputy  assessor  of  Graham  county,  dis- 
playing in  the  conduct  of  the  affairs  under  his  charge  such  ability,  resourcefulness  and  true 
public  spirit  that  when  the  county  was  divided  and  Greenlee  county  organized  he  was  elected 
county  assessor.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1912,  he  was  elected  to  succeed  himself,  winning 
reelection  by  the  largest  majority  polled  by  any  county  official.  The  assessed  valuation 
when  the  county  was  divided  was  five  million  seven  hundred  and  sixty-two  thousand  four 
hundred  and  forty-seven  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents,  wliich  was  increased  after  the  first  year 
to  an  assessed  valuation  of  seven  million  two  hundred  and  fifty-two  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty-nine  dollars  and  fifty  cents  and  in  1913  was  raised  to  twelve  million  seven  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Kerby  is  well  known  in  financial  circles  of  Clif- 
ton, being  an  extensive  stockholder  in  one  of  the  leading  banks  of  the  city. 

On  June  1,  1906,  Mr.  Kerby  married  Miss  Cora  Gibson,  a  native  of  Missouri  and  a 
daughter  of  George  D.  Gibson,  who  was  born  in  one  of  the  southern  states  and  who  now 
resides  in  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  and  his  wife  had  ten  children,  only  one  of  whom,  Mrs. 
Kerby,  came  to  Arizona. 

Mr.  Kerby  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  and  fraternally  is  con- 
nected with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  the  organization  of  which  he  assisted 
in  1910,  and  with  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  holds  the  office  of  junior  deacon  of  the 
local  lodge.  He  is  well  known  in  Clifton  and  throughout  Greenlee  county  as  a  man  of  relia- 
bility and  worth  and  a  public  official  of  incorruptible  integrity.  He  is  justly  accounted  a 
self-made  man,  for  he  has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  resources  since  the  age  of  fifteen  and 
has  worked  his  way  steadily  upward  through  the  years,  his  diligence  and  industry  constitut- 
ing the  rounds  of  the  ladder  by  which  he  has  climbed. 


GEORGE  W.  REED. 


George  W.  Reed,  of  Globe,  who  since  the  beginning  of  his  active  career  has  been  con- 
nected with  railroading  and  who  is  now  serving  as  a  passenger  conductor,  was  born  at  Al- 
toona,  Pennsylvania,  February  22,  1850.  He  is  a  son  of  William  and  Susan  (Carl)  Reed, 
natives  of  the  Keystone  state,  who  moved  from  there  to  Kansas  in  1878,  settling  in  Rice 
county,  where  the  father  took  up  government  land  and  followed  farming  until  his  death,  in 
1908.  He  had  survived  his  wife  one  year.  Of  their  large  family  of  children  the  subject 
of  this  review  is  the  fourth  in  the  order  of  birth  and  one  of  eight  who  still  survive.  He 
has  two  sisters  living  in  Manchester,  Oklahoma,  one  sister  who  makes  her  home  at  Little 
River,  Kansas,  .ind  a  brother  who  is  a  resident  of  Hawarden,  Iowa.  Another  of  his  brothers 
lives  in  Herington,  Kansas,  and  another  in  Pierce,  Montana,  while  still  another  has  hia 
home  in  Pueblo.  Colorado. 

After  completing  his  public  school  education  George  W.  Reed  became  connected  with 
railroading,  beginning  as  a  brakeman  and  winning  rapid  promotion  to  the  position  of  freight 
conductor  on  the  Santa  Fe  system.     Four  years  later  he  was  made  passenger  conductor  and 


766  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

has  continued  in  that  capacity  ever  since,  although  he  has  worked  in  the  interests  of  three 
different  roads. 

In  1887  Mr.  Reed  married  Miss  Florence  Andrews,  a  native  of  Elgin,  Illinois,  and  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Andrews,  who  died  in  Elgin.  The  father  was  a  pioneer  in 
Illinois,  having  gone  in  his  childhood  from  England  to  that  state  and  having  afterward 
followed  farming  there  until  his  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reed  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Reed  gives  loyal  support  to  the  republican  party  and  fraternally  is 
connected  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Order  of  Railroad 
Conductors,  of  which  latter  organization  he  has  been  a  member  since  1882.  He  owns  valuable 
residence  property  in  Globe,  some  unimproved  city  lots  and  a  number  of  valuable  mineral 
claims  near  Winkelman,  all  of  his  business  interests  being  carefully  and  capably  conducted. 
He  is  interested  in  the  welfare  of  Globe  and  as  the  years  have  gone  by  has  won  for  himself 
a  creditable  position  as  a  valued  citizen. 


CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  McDERMOTT. 

Captain  William  McDermott  of  Tucson,  Arizona,  was  born  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
June  24,  1850.  His  father,  Michael  McDermott,  was  a  native  of  County  Galway,  Ireland, 
born  September  10,  1810.  He  was  liberally  educated  in  his  native  land,  also  in  EIngland, 
and  was  master  of  a  number  of  languages.  He  married  Miss  Catherine  Fitzgerald,  a  native 
of  County  Clare,  Ireland,  their  marriage  occurring  in  Canada  in  1842.  Nearly  the  whole 
of  his  life  was  spent  as  a  civil  engineer.  He  was  a  civilian  surveyor  on  the  ordinance  sur- 
vey of  Ireland  parochial,  surveyor  of  England,  certified  land  surveyor  for  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland  provincial,  land  surveyor  for  Canada  and  afterwards  city  engineer  of  Milwau- 
kee and  Chicago.  He  was  a  member  of  many  scientific  societies  and  author  of  a  work 
entitled  "The  Surveyors  Manual."  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Catholic 
church.  She  died  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years,  and  he  died  at  seventy-seven,  his  death 
being  caused  by  a  fall  while  getting  off  a  car.  Two  of  his  five  children  were  born  in 
Canada  and  three  in  the  United   States. 

The  Captain  is  well  known  in  the  western  country,  especially  in  mining  communities. 
He  began  his  western  career  in  Dakota  in  the  year  1872  as  superintendent  of  bridge  con- 
struction on  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  and  at  a  time  when  the  Indians  were  numerous 
and  bad,  as  well  as  the  bad  white  men  who  followed  up  the  building  of  new  railroads  and 
it  sometimes  required  pluck,  strength  and  ability  for  a  young  fellow  to  take  care  of  him-, 
self.  In  1874  he  went  to  Jefferson,  Montana,  and  became  interested  in  the  Overland  placer 
mines  for  a  short  time,  and  being  a  master  workman  in  framing  all  sorts  of  timber  wont 
into  the  metal  mines  and  soon  had  charge  of  all  such  work  as  mine  timbering,  erection  of 
hoists,  mills,  etc.  and  was  sent  to  Butte,  Montana,  by  John  Howe,  in  1875,  who  at  one 
time  was  mayor  of  St.  Louis,  to  take  "charge  and  build  the  Centennial  stamp  mill,  the  first 
mill  erected  in   Butte.     The  mill  was  completed  in   1876,   hence  the  name. 

After  a  good  deal  of  experience  in  mining  and  erecting  other  mills  Captain  McDermott 
and  Geoff  Lavell  built  the  famous  Clipper  mill  in  1878.  This  mill  together  with  the  Bell 
mine  that  McDermott  owned  and  developed  put  Butte  on  the  map.  The  mine  was  rich 
in  copper  and  silver,  so  much  so  that  pieces  of  the  ore  were  sent  to  all  parts  of  the  globe, 
and  the  greatest  camp  on  earth  was  discovered.  After  taking  out  a  great  deal  of  money, 
the  mine  was  sold  to  C.  T.  Mcader  for  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  which  in  those  days 
was  considered  an  extremely  large  price  for  a  copper  mine. 

The  Captain  tells  a  story,  whicli  should  be  of  interest  to  all  mining  men  of  the  present 
day  as  follows:  In  August,  1880,  copper  was  selling  at  twenty-five  cents  per  pound  in  New 
York,  and  it  was  difficult  to  obtain  much  information  on  copper  in  Butte,  and  he  sent  a 
sample  of  the  ore  to  Pope  Cole  &  Company,  of  Baltimore  asking  what  they  would  pay 
for  such  ore.  They  replied  that  the  ore  run  forty- four  per  cent  copper,  fifty-two  ounces 
silver  and  three-fourths  per  cent  in  arsenic  and  on  account  of  the  arsenic  they  could  not 
use  the  ore  at  all.  After  disposing  of  this  property  he  opened  up  a  great  many  Butte 
mines  among  them,  the  Liquidator,  also  a  copper  mine  and  even  as  late  as  1883  and  1884 


CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  McDERMOTT 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  769 

he  classed  the  ore  over  thirty  per  cent  first  class,  between  twenty-three  per  cent  and  thirty 
per  cent  second  class,  and  between  fifteen  and  twenty-three  per  cent  third  class.  Fifteen  per 
cent  and  under  was  waste  and  no  one  ever  thought  it  possible  to  do  anything  with  such 
low  grade  ore,  but  they  do  nowadays — so  much  for  progress. 

To  record  the  different  enterprises  the  Captain  had  been  engaged  in  would  require 
too  much  space.  In  1877,  during  the  Nez  Perces  Indian  war,  his  name  appears  as  the  first 
on  the  list  of  volunteers,  where  he  served  most  of  his  time  as  Indian  scout,  and  it  is  said 
a  few  times  at  least  that  he  went  where  others  refused  to  go.  After  this  war  was  over  he 
gave  his  attention  to  doing  things.  He  built  and  was  principal  owner  of  the  Liquidator 
Concentrator,  the  McDermott  Hotel,  and  a  number  of  smaller  concerns.  He  built  the  first 
mill  and  took  out  the  first  silver  in  Butte  and  now  has  the  little  silver  brick.  He  opened 
up  the  first  good  copper  mine,  built  the  first  good  hotel,  served  two  terms  as  alderman  and 
refused  to  run  for  mayor  several  times.  He  served  as  state  senator,  was  appointed 
United  States  marshal  not  because  he  wanted  the  position  but  the  leading  men  of  the 
state  requested  him  to  accept  it,  and  he  had  plenty  to  attend  to  during  his  four  years  in 
office  wliich  was  during  the  time  of  the  Coxey  army  and  the  Pullman  strike,  and  as  the 
Northern  Pacific  and  Union  Pacific  Railway  were  in  receivers'  hands  it  was  up  to  the 
United  States  marshal  to  protect  them.  The  marshal  does  not  care  to  go  into  details,  but 
simply  says  "they  were  hot  times." 

In  1902  Captain  McDermott  went  to  Alaska  to  examine  the  Bonanza  copper  mine  at 
the  head  of  Copper  river  as  well  as  other  properties  and  endured  all  sorts  of  privations 
and  hardships.  On  his  return  Senator  Clark,  who  has  been  his  particular  friend  for  many 
years,  and  some  others  obtained  an  option  on  all  the  old  mining  properties  at  Pioche, 
Nevada,  and  the  Captain  took  charge  of  the  examination  and  turned  them  down,  but  con- 
tinued to  examine  both  coal  and  metal  mines  all  over  Utah  and  Nevada  for  Senator  Clark 
until  he  was  called  on  by  the  Senator  to  take  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  Salt 
Lake  Railway  owned  by  Clark,  which  he  did  successfully  until  the  spring  of  1904.  Senator 
Clark,  the  owner  of  the  United  Verde  mine  at  Jerome,  Arizona,  again  required  his  services 
as  superintendent  of  the  mine,  where  he  put  in  nearly  three  years  in  which  he  terms 
the  best  but  hardest  mine  in  the  country  to  handle  at  that  time. 

In  1907  Captain  McDermott  received  an  offer  of  eighteen  thousand  dollars  a  year  to 
become  general  manager  of  the  Twin  Buttes  mines  and  railroad  near  Tucson,  Arizona,  and 
while  he  disliked  very  much  to  separate  from  his  friend  Clark  he  wanted  to  locate  his 
family  where  his  children  would  have  better  school  advantages  and  his  good  wife  a  pleasanter 
place  to  live. 

In  speaking  of  Senator  Clark  no  man  living  knows  him  better  than  the  Captain  does. 
He  says  he  considers  him  the  best  and  greatest  man  the  west  has  ever  known.  He  is 
worth  several  hundred  million  dollars  and  never  wronged  a  man  knowingly  of  a  dollar, 
but  worked  hard  and  honestly  for  every  thing  he  owns.  He  believes  that  a  history  of 
Senator  Clark  should  be  and  will  be  written  some  day  showing  what  one  man  has  done 
for  the  western  country. 

After  nearly  three  years  with  the  Twin  Buttes  Company,  where  he  made  a  success, 
as  he  had  always  done  in  other  places,  he  became  interested  in  real  estate  in  Tucson  and 
mining  properties  of  his  own,  and  having  some  spare  time  and  of  active  mind  began  to 
look  around  to  see  what  could  be  done  to  improve  Tucson.  He  was  president  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  through  his  influence  and  work  more  than  any  other  one  man 
Tucson  today  is  a  city  of  the  first  class,  and  he  is  still  doing  things  too  numerous  to 
mention,  and  as  he  says  "you  can't  keep  a  good  man  down." 

He  has  always  been  a  consistent  democrat  and  a  strong  advocate  of  national  defense. 
He  is  quite  proud  of  his  father  who  became  one  of  the  main  factors  in  the  upbuilding  of 
Chicago — that  wonderful  city.  The  oldest  son,  Michael,  also  made  his  mark,  having  been 
one  of  the  leading  contractors  of  Chicago  and  receiving  credit  for  building  the  drainage 
canal  as  he  built  both  ends  and  the  middle.  The  Captain  inherits  his  love  of  activity  and 
adventure — a  natural  born  frontiersman  and  one  of  the  pioneers  that  are  fast  disappear- 
ing but  should  be  remembered  in  the  history  of  our  western  states.  The  name  McDermott 
will  always  be  remembered  in  the  northwest  because  in  Glacier  National  Park,  Montana, 
it  is  the  name  he  gave  many  years  ago  to  a  lake  and  falls  and  a  peak. 


770  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

It  is  said  by  his  friends  that  his  record  for  honesty  and  industry  has  never  been  ques- 
tioned by  his  worst  enemy.  Although  he  took  a  leading  part  in  the  greatest  political  con- 
test the  west  has  ever  known,  such  as  the  capital  contest  of  Montana,  and  the  election  of 
Clark  to  the  United  States  senate,  it  lias  never  been  said  tliat  McDermott  did  anytliing 
dishonest  or  cowardly,  and  next  to  Senator  Clark  he  did  more  toward  locating  the  capital 
at  Helena  than  any  other  person,  which  is  well  understood  in  Montana,  where  his  friends 
are  legion,  and  being  of  good  old  Irish  stock,  was  always  ready  for  a  fight  or  a  frolic,  to 
help  a  friend,  to  uphold  law  and  order  at  any  risk,  and  has  not  changed  with  his  advancing 
years.  He  claims  to  have  the  best  wife  in  the  world  and  three  children  with  college  educa- 
tions, and  he  only  hopes  that  he  can  make  good  and  useful  citizens  of  them. 


GEORGE  MICHELSEN. 


The  city  of  Yuma,  Arizona,  has  the  distinction  of  being  a  United  States  depository,  and 
this  distinction  is  the  more  remarkable  as  it  is  the  smallest  place  in  the  country  to  be  thus 
selected  by  the  government.  The  bank  to  whom  the  government  funds  are  intrusted  is  the 
Yuma  National,  and  George  Michelsen  as  its  vice  president  and  manager  occupies  an  •  im- 
portant position  in  tlie  financial  circles  of  Yuma  and  the  surrounding  territory.  He  is  a 
native  of  Denmark,  born  in  1866,  and  seeking  the  opportunities  of  the  western  hemisphere 
landed  in  San  Francisco,  California,  in  1883.  While  on  the  coast  he  was  engaged  in  various 
lines  of  business.  The  year  1898  marked  his  arrival  in  Yuma  and"  since  coming  here  he  has 
been  connected  with  various  enterprises  of  a  commercial  nature.  He  was  soon  in  the  full 
confidence  of  the  general  public  and  important  business  men  trusted  him  to  such  an  extent 
that  he  was  chosen  as  the  receiver  to  settle  up  the  affairs  of  the  Bank  of  Yuma  in  1904. 

In  1906  public  honors  came  to  him  in  his  selection  to  the  position  of  county  treasurer, 
in  which  capacity  he  served  until  1911,  discharging  his  duties  faithfully  and  making  many 
friends  while  in  office.  He  became  connected  with  the  Yuma  National  Bank  in  1912.  This 
institution  was  founded  late  in  the  year  1909.  The  first  officers  were:  W.  A.  Hampton, 
president;  Mary  E.  Nugent,  vice  president;  and  0.  W.  Hampton,  cashier.  The  capital  stock 
was  fifty  thousand  dollars.  The  Hamptons  sold  out  their  interests  in  the  bank  in  1912  and 
the  present  oflTicers  are:  J.  M.  Molina,  president;  George  Michelsen,  vice  president  and 
manager;  and  E.  H.  Tobias,  cashier.  The  directors  include  E.  F.  Sanguinetti,  Epes  Randolph, 
J.  M.  Molina,  John  Dunne,  Mary  E.  Nugent,  George  Michelsen  and  Fred  L.  Ingraham.  The 
Yuma  National  Bank  calls  itself  the  Bank  of  Safety  and  Service  and  its  officers  include 
the  wealthiest  and  foremost  citizens  of  the  community.  An  idea  of  the  growth  of  the 
institution  is  given  in  the  fact  that  the  resources  on  December  21,  1909,  were  given  as 
fifty  thousand,  seven  hundred  eighty-seven  dollars  and  seventy  cents,  while  tlie  November 
10,  1915,  statement  shows  resources  to  the  amount  of  six  hundred  forty  thousand,  nine 
hundred  eight  dollars  and  nine  cents.  The  policy  of  the  bank,  which  has  been  largely 
formulated  by  George  Michelsen,  has  been  one  of  conservatism.  However,  credits  have  been 
frequently  extended  and  satisfactory  security  was  forthcoming  and  in  that  way  the  Y'uma 
National  Bank  has  been  instrumental  in  being  a  help  to  a  number  of  commercial  and 
industrial  enterprises  and  in  contributing  largely  toward  the  prosperity  of  the  locality. 
Its  sound  condition,  its  reputation  among  financiers  and  those  who  are  in  charge  of  the 
banking  institutions  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  it  was  selected  as  a  United  States 
depository. 

Mr.  Michelsen  is  an  able  banker,  a  student  of  human  nature,  of  conditions  that  generally 
affect  the  financial  world  and  those  situations  which  arise  from  local  conditions.  It  is  largely 
due  to  his  keen  insight  and  understanding  that  the  Yuma  National  Bank  enjoys  such  an 
era  of  unprecedented  prosperity.  He  finds  time  to  become  acquainted  with  the  smallest 
details  of  the  business  and  never  overlooks  seemingly  little  matters  in  the  rush  of  business 
which  might  contribute  toward  the  solidarity  and  solidity  of  the  institution.  While  he  is 
an  aggi-essive,  shrewd  and  able  business  man,  he  is  ever  conservative  in  administering  the 
deposits  of  the  institution.  He  is  pleasing  in  manner  and  no  doubt  many  customers  have 
been  secured  to  the  bank  through  his  personality.     He  is  well  informed  upon  all  local  busi- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  771 

ness  and  realty  values  and  naturally  his  advice  is  often  sought  and  freely  and  graciously 
given. 

In  1905  Mr.  Michelsen  married  Miss  Leah  Schmidt,  of  California,  and  they  have  four 
children.  In  his  politics  he  is  a  democrat  and  has  always  taken  an  interested  part  in  state 
aflfaira  of  his  party.  He  was  the  first  secretary  of  the  first  state  central  committee  and 
later  was  appointed  state  tax  commissioner  but  resigned  upon  identifying  himself  with 
the  Yuma  National  Bank.  When  Arizona  was  admitted  to  statehood  he  held  the  position 
of  special  state  examiner.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Michelsen  is  prominent,  particularly  in  Masonry, 
having  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  in  that  order.  He  is  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge, 
the  commandery  and  the  Shrine.  He  is  also  enrolled  in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  is  a  thoroughly  western  man,  typical  of  the  progressive  citizenship  that  prevails 
in  this  section  of  the  country.  He  has  found  the  opportunities  which  he  sought  and  has 
made  good  use  of  them.  Public-spirited,  he  can  ever  be  found  among  those  men  who  have 
at  heart  the  general  welfare  and  will  promote  progress  and  improve  conditions  which  make 
for  further  development  and  greater  prosperity. 


JOSEPH  H.  LINES. 


Joseph  H.  Lines,  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  largest  mercantile  enterprises  in  Pima  and 
otherwise  identified  in  an  important  way  with  projects  and  movements  which  directly  affect 
the  general  commercial  expansion  of  Graham  county,  was  born  in  Goshen,  Utah,  October  4, 
1870.  He  is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Emily  (Weech)  Lines,  natives  of  England,  now  residing  in 
Pima.  The  father  removed  to  Utah  during  the  Civil  war  and  the  mother  arrived  in  that 
state  with  her  parents  some  time  later.  In  their  family  were  eight  children:  .Joseph  H., 
of  this  review;  Emma,  deceased;  Mary,  the  wife  of  William  E.  McBride,  of  Pima,  by  whom 
she  has  seven  children;  Samuel  E.,  of  Pima;  William  A.,  also  of  Pima,  who  is  married  and 
has  four  children;  Milton,  who  resides  with  his  wife  and  three  children  in  Morenci;  Alvin, 
who  also  makes  his  home  in  Pima;  and  John  G.,  who  with  his  wife  and  two  children  resides 
in  Pima. 

Joseph  H.  Lines  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  was  married  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  and  afterward  he  worked  at  different  occupations  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1897  and 
1898  he  engaged  in  teaching  and  in  the  latter  year  was  sent  on  a  mission  in  the  interests 
of  the  Mormon  church.  He  accomplished  the  work  assigned  him  in  two  years  and  then  came 
to  Pima,  Arizona,  where  in  1900  and  1901  he  taught  in  the  public  schools.  He  then  turned 
his  attention  to  business  pursuits,  clerking  in  mercantile  establishments  for  three  yearS 
and  then  working  for  his  brothers  in  the  dairy  business  in  Clifton  and  Morenci.  Returning 
to  Pima,  he  joined  his  brother,  Milton  Lines,  in  purchasing  a  small  merchandise  store  which 
had  been  established  by  D.  H.  Weech,  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  valley.  Joseph  H.  Lines 
took  charge  of  the  business  and  has  been  the  head  of  the  concern  since  that  time,  increasing 
gradually  but  steadily  the  volume  and  importance  of  its  patronage  and  making  it  finally 
one  of  the  large  enterprises  in  the  city.  After  a  short  time  William  A.  Lines,  another 
brother,  purchased  an  interest  in  the  business  and  the  enterprise  is  now  conducted  under 
the  firm  name  of  Lines  Brothers  &  Company,  H.  J.  Anderson  being  also  a  stockholder.  It 
has  had  a  prosperous  and  successful  career  and  the  stock,  which  was  originally  valued  at 
four  thousand  dollars,  has  increased  in  value  to  nine  thousand  dollars.  Milton  and  William 
A.  Lines  are  stcfckholders  in  the  Citizens  Bank  of  Thatcher,  a  branch  of  which  has  been 
established  in  their  store  with  Joseph  H.  Lines  of  this  review  as  local  manager.  In  addition 
he  owns  a  one  hundred  and  sixty  acre  ranch  partly  improved. 

On  October  6,  1891,  Mr.  Lines  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Ferrin,  a  native 
of  Utah  and  a  daughter  of  Jacob  S.  and  Jenetta  A.  (McBride)  Ferrin.  The  mother  crossed 
the  plains  to  Utah  as  a  member  of  one  of  the  handcart  companies,  walking  all  the  way 
from  Missouri.  The  father  accompanied  her  a  part  of  the  way  but  died  on  the  journey. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lines  have  become  the  parents  of  twelve  children:  Freda  E:,  who  resides 
at  home  and  is  employed  in  the  mercantile  establishment  of  Lines  Brothers  &  Company; 
Cora,  deceased;    Eowena,   who  is   attending   an   academy   in   Thatcher;    Charles   H.,  Lavena 


772  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  Lavona,  twins,  Walter  and  Milo,  all  attending  school;   Alice;  Maggie,  deceased;  Cleve; 
and  Claude. 

Mr.  Lines  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  beliefs  and  has  served  as  justice  of  the  peace 
in  Pima  for  three  terms.  He  stands  high  in  the  councils  of  the  Mormon  church,  working 
zealously  and  indefatigably  for  the  spread  of  its  doctrines.  He  served  as  superintendent 
of  religious  classes  of  St.  Joseph  Stake  and  also  as  Stake  superintendent  of  Sunday  schools. 
He  is  now  a  member  of  the  high  council  of  his  Stake  church  and  has  held  a  number  of 
important  ward  offices,  his  honorable  and  upright  life  being  in  entire  conformity  with  the 
doctrines  in  Nvhich  he  believes. 


J.  G.  O'MALLEY. 


Among  the  residents  of  Phoenix  whose  ability,  energy  and  well  directed  efforts  make 
them  men  of  prominence  and  importance  in  business  circles  of  the  city  is  numbered  J.  G. 
O'Malley,  president  of  the  O'Malley  Lumber  Company,  which  he  aided  in  organizing  in  1908. 
Mr.  O'Malley  was  born  in  Missouri  and  is  a  son  of  James  and  Catherine  O'Malley,  who  in 
1904  moved  from  that  state  to  Colorado,  where  they  still  reside.  In  1908  their  three  sons, 
J.  G.,  E.  L.  and  C.  F.  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  bought  out  the  interests  of  the  Dc 
Mund  Lumber  Company,  organizing  the  O'Malley  Lumber  Company.  They  have  since  been 
in  control  of  this  enterprise,  which  they  have  made  one  of  the  leading  concerns  of  its  kind  in 
this  section  of  the  state.  The  plant  is  located  on  the  comer  of  Fourth  avenue  and  Jefferson 
street  and  in  addition  to  lumber  the  company  deals  in  other  kinds  of  building  material. 
J.  G.  O'Malley  holds  the  position  of  president  and  he  discharges  his  important  duties  in  a 
capable  and  farsighted  manner,  being  ranked  today' among  the  progressive  and  representa- 
tive business  men  of  the  city. 


PETER    T.    ROBERTSON. 


Among  the  successful  lawyers  practicing  at  the  bar  of  Arizona  is  Peter  T.  Robertson, 
■  of  Yuma.  He  is  a  native  of  the  west,  being  born  in  California  on  the  24th  of  August,  1869, 
and  is  a  son  of  Judge  Peter  C.  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Tebbs)  Robertson.  The  father  removed 
to  the  Golden  state  from  Pike  county,  Illinois,  in  1852,  in  the  wake  of  the  gold  excitement. 
The  mother  was  born  in  Ray  county,  Missouri,  and  she  and  her  parents  went  to  California 
in  1851.  In  the  early  mining  days  Peter  C.  Robertson  was  a  freighter,  packing  goods 
from  California  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  and  in  the  '60s  was  a  hotel  owner  in  the  latter 
state.  He  subsequently  followed  agricultural  pursuits  in  California  and  was  later  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  in  Woodland,  that  state.  There  he  served  as  city  assessor  for  one 
term.  Later  he  removed  to  Modoc  county,  California,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
also  in  cattle-raising.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  section  and  served  in  the  twenty- 
second  state  legislature.  In  1880  he  brought  his  family  to  Arizona  and  located  at  Globe, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  livery  business  and  delivered  the  government  mail  for  some  time. 
He  also  owned  a  farm  situated  where  Roosevelt  now  stands.  He  actively  i)articipated  in 
government  affairs  in  this  state  and  for  some  time  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  super- 
visors of  Gila  county.  He  represented  his  district  in  the  fourteenth  territorial  legislative 
council  and  served  for  several  terms  as  probate  judge  of  Gila  county  until  his  death.  His 
wife  survives  him. 

Peter  T.  Robertson  attended  the  public  schools  and,  selecting  a  professional  career, 
subsequently  read  law  in  the  office  of  J.  D.  McCabe,  district  attorney  of  Gila  county.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1891  and  established  himself  in  practice  at  Globe,  where  ho 
remained  until  1899,  when  he  removed  to  Yuma.  Here  he  has  since  been  very  successful. 
He  has  been  connected  with  many  important  cases  and  is  recognized  as  a  forceful  speaker 
who  presents  his  views  and  convictions  clearly  and  logically.  He  has  grown  continuously 
in  his  profession  and  his  years  of  experience  have  made  him  one  of  the  foremost  lawyers  of 


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his  part  of  the  state.  In  1893  and  1894  Mr.  Robertson  was  district  attorney  of  Gila  county 
and  in  1907  and  1908  was  district  attorney  in  Yuma  county. 

On  November  11,  1892,  Mi'.  Robertson  wedded  Miss  Lula  A.  Brown,  of  Globe,  Arizona, 
who  is  a  native  of  Mississippi.  Of  their  seven  children  two  have  passed  away,  those  still 
living   being  Iris,   Chermian,   Gloria,   Yarda   and   Peter   T.,   Jr. 

Mr.  Robertson  is  most  modern  in  his  political  views.  He  was  born  a  democrat  in  a 
democratic  household  and  reared  under  inlluences  of  that  political  faith.  He  himself  was 
for  years  an  adherent  of  the  republican  party,  but  has  now  embraced  the  socialist  maxim, 
believing  that  there  are  many  principles  involved  in  the  socialist  platform  that  are  con- 
ducive to  the  betterment  of  conditions  affecting  the  large  mass  of  the  people.  He  has 
taken  quite  an  active  and  influential  part  in  public  affairs  and  is  the  author  of  two 
important  measures — prohibition  and  woman's  suffrage.  Fraternally  Mr.  Robertson  is  a 
past  master  of  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons  at  Yuma.  He  enjoys  in  full  measure  the  confidence 
of  his  clients,  his  friends  and  the  general  public. 


HENRY  HH,L. 


The  name  of  Henry  Hill  stands  in  Clifton  as  a  synonym  for  progress,  enterprise  and 
advancement  for  he  took  up  his  residence  in  the  city  at  an  early  date  and  has  since  identi- 
fied himself  in  a  prominent  way  with  practically  every  phase  of  its  industrial,  commercial 
and  general  business  growth.  Most  of  the  important  enterprises  which  have  been  factors 
in  the  development  of  the  city  owe  their  expansion  to  his  splendid  organizing  and  executive 
ability  and  their  continued  prosperity   to  his  business   discrimination. 

Mr.  Hill  was  born  in  Ireland,  October  30,  1850,  and  remained  in  his  native  country  until 
he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  then  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America  and  settled  in  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  where  he  learned  the  hat  manufacturing  business,  working  at  it  for  four 
years  and  then  going  west  to  San  Francisco.  Here  he  joined  the  regular  army,  enlisting  in 
the  Sixth  Cavalry  and  serving  for  five  years,  receiving  his  discharge  in  Arizona,  where  he 
was  stationed  at  that  time.  He  spent  one  year  thereafter  as  a  packer  in  the  government 
employ  and  when  he  resigned  this  position  came  to  Clifton,  where  he  settled  in  early  times, 
being  one  of  the  first  men  outside  of  those  employed  by  the  Copper  Company  to  locate  on 
the  present  town  site.  This  was  before  the  days  of  railroads  and  the  Southern  Pacific  had 
not  then  been  constructed  into  the  territory,  so  that  he  was  obliged  to  walk  from  Yuma 
to  Fort  Apache.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  in  this  city  Mr.  Hill  took  a  mail  contract 
and  engaged  in  the  transfer  business  between  Clifton  and  Morenci  for  five  years,  after 
which  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  Ice  business,  establishing  the  first  plant  of  this  character 
in  the  city  and  operating  it  successfully  for  one  year.  He  then  purchased  what  is  known 
as  Hill's  addition  to  the  city,  laid  out  the  town  site  and  for  many  years  gave  his  attention 
to  developing  what  has  come  to  be  the  finest  residence  section  of  Clifton.  This  work  accom- 
plished, he  turned  his  attention  to  the  establishment  and  development  of  business  enterprises, 
organizing  the  City  Water  Company,  of  which  he  is  now  the  president,  and  the  First  National 
Bank,  in  which  he  holds  the  position  of  vice  president.  Realizing  the  need  of  a  newspaper, 
he  helped  establish  .the  Copper  Era,  now  a  flourishing  weekly  publication,  of  which  he  is  the 
president.  In  fact,  he  is  interested  in  practically  all  of  the  commercial  and  industrial  institu- 
tions of  Clifton,  but  he  has  never  turned  his  attention  to  mining.  A  man  of  initiative,  of 
sterling  integrity  and  of  firm  convictions,  quick  to  take  the  necessary  action  to  meet 
changing  situations,  he  has  been  undoubtedly  one  of  the  greatest  forces  in  the  development 
and  continued  growth  of  the  city,  where  his  splendid  work  has  made  secure  to  him  a  position 
of  prominence  and  importance. 

In  1881  Mr.  Hill  married  Miss  Rose  Trumbull,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  came  to  Cali- 
fornia with  her  parents  in  pioneer  times,  settling  later  in  Arizona.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  have 
two  children:  Maggie,  who  married  Harry  Wright,  of  Clifton;  and  Rosie,  the  wife  of  W.  L. 
Burch,  an  attorney  of  San  Francisco,  California. 

Fraternally  "Sir.  Hill  is  connected  with  the  Elks,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given 
to  the  republican  party.     He  served  for  six  years  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors 


776  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  Graham  county  but  has  never  been  active  as  an  office  seeker,  although  eminently  pro- 
gressive and  public-spirited  in  matters  of  citizenship.  Few  men  are  more  prominent,  or  more 
widely  known  in  Clifton  or  in  the  surrounding  country  than  Mr.  Hill,  wlio  has  for  many 
years  been  an  important  and  leading  figure  in  business  affairs.  His  prosperity  is  well 
deserved,  for  he  is  at  all  times  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  community,  giving  his  active 
and  hearty  cooperation '  to  every  movement  which  tends  to  promote  advajicement  along 
moral,  intellectual  or  material  lines. 


GEORGE  0.  HILZINGER. 


George  O.  Hilzinger,  attorney  of  Pima  county,  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  Tucson  for  almost  eight  years.  He  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  California, 
on  tlie  4th  of  January,  1879,  and  is  a  son  of  the  late  John  G.  Hilzinger,  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  Tucson.  The  father,  who  was  an  expert  accountant,  came  to  Arizona  in  1879  to  take 
a  position  with  William  B.  Hooper  &.  Company.  Later  he  was  connected  with  L.  Zecken- 
dorf  &  Company  and  during  the  latter  years  of  his  life  he  was  employed  by  Albert  Steinfeld 
&  Company.     He  passed  away  on  the  11th  of  February,  1911. 

As  he  was  only  an  infant  when  his  parents  removed  to  Tucson,  George  0.  Hilzinger  has 
passed  the  greater  part  of  liis  life  in  this  city.  At  the  usual  age  he  began  his  education  in 
the  public  schools,  and  upon  completing  his  high  school  course  entered  the  University  of 
Arizona,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1897.  Having  resolved  to  adopt  the 
legal  profession  for  his  life  vocation,  he  subsequently  matriculated  in  the  law  department 
of  the  University  of  Michigan,  receiving  his  degree  with  tlie  class  of  1901.  After  gaining 
admission  to  the  bar  he  went  to  El  Paso,  Texas,  where  he  engaged  in  practice  for  a  time, 
while  for  two  years  he  was  in  the  City  of  Mexico.  He  returned  to  Tucson  in  1908  and 
established  an  office,  which  he  has  ever  since  maintained.  He  early  manifested  qualities 
which  marked  him  as  a  capable  representative  of  liis  profession  and  as  a  result  has  suc- 
ceeded in  building  up  a  good  practice.  He  numbers  among  his  clients  some  of  tlie  leading 
citizens  and  foremost  business  concerns  of  the  city. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hilzinger  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  votes  the  repub- 
lican ticket  and  in  the  fall  of  1911  was  the  successful  candidate  for  the  office  of  county 
attorney.  He  has  been  discharging  the  duties  of  that  office  for  more  than  four  years  and  lias 
met  his  responsibilities  in  a  manner  highly  satisfactory  not  only  to  his  constituency  but  the 
community  at  large.  Mr.  Hilzinger  is  a  man  of  high  principles,  upright  standards  and 
definite  purpose  and  in  the  fulfilment  of  his  official  duties  is  establishing  a  record  that 
entitles  him  to  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


ISAAC  N.  STEVENS. 


Isaac  N.  Stevens,  living  retired  in  Clifton,  is  numbered  among  the  early  settlers  in  the 
southwest  and  for  many  years  was  closely  connected  with  mining  interests  in  Arizona  and 
New  Mexico.  Without  the  advantages  of  an  education  or  the  help  of  influential  friends  he 
has  made  his  own  way  in  the  world,  brooking  no  obstacles  which  could  be  overcome  by 
persistent  and  honorable  labor,  and  as  a  result  he  stands  today  among  the  substantial  and 
representative  citizens  of  Greenlee  county.  He  was  born  in  Maine,  October  19,  1848,  and 
is  a  son  of  Isaac  J.  and  Priscilla  (Kates)  Stevens,  both  natives  of  that  state.  The  father 
for  some  years  followed  the  lumber  business  there  but  in  1861  moved  to  New  Mexico, 
settling  in  Simerone,  which  was  then  known  as  Maxwell's  Ranch.  He  and  liis  wife  became 
the  parents  of  fourteen  children:  Agnes,  the  deceased  wife  of  Otis  Heath,  who  has  also 
passed  away;  Hattie,  the  deceased  wife  of  Harvey  Whitehill,  also  deceased;  Harrison  and 
Moses,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away;  Susan,  the  deceased  wife  of  John  Ramsdale,  also 
deceased;  William,  deceased;  Isaac  N.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  Emma,  llie  deceased  wife 
of  John  Turner,  who  has  also  passed  away;  Mary,  who  married  Richard  Hudson,  of  Deming, 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  777 

New  Mexico,  a  lieutenant  in  a  Calif oniia  volunteer  regiment  during  the  Civil  war;  Georgia 
and  Ida,  deceased;  Charles,  who  has  mining  interests  in  Metcalf,  Arizona;  Albert,  who  is 
engaged  in  farming  in  Porto  Rico;   and  Josephine,  deceased. 

During  his  childhood  Isaac  N.  Stevens  had  no  educational  advantages  and  the  only 
schooling  he  ever  received  was  limited  to  fourteen  months'  attendance  in  a  Methodist 
Seminary  at  Denver,  where  he  studied  from  the  time  he  was  seventeen  until  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age.  His  childhood  was  spent  with  his  parents  in  Maine  but  before  1861  he 
came  alone  to  the  southwest,  his  father  and  mother  following  him  a  short  time  afterward. 
In  this  section  of  the  country  Mr.  Stevens  turned  his  attention  to  placer  mining  and  in 
1870  went  to  the  silver  camp  at  Eawlston,  New  Mexico,  drifting  from  there  to  Silver  City, 
where  he  remained  until  1876.  During  this  time  he  had  made  various  trips  to  Arizona, 
prospecting  and  mining,  and  had  accumulated  a  number  of  claims  in  the  state.  In  order 
to  supervise  these  more  carefully  he  made  his  home  in  Clifton  in  1876,  making  the  journey 
from  Silver  City  with  burros.  Two  years  later  his  parents  joined  him  in  Arizona  and 
located  on  the  farm  now  known  as  Stevens'  Ranch,  where  the  father  died  a  short  time 
afterward.     The  mother  later  returned  to  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  where  her  death  occurred. 

Isaac  N.  Stevens  afterward  continued  his  mining  work  in  the  southwest,  locating  in 
1879  what  is  now  known  as  the  New  England  &  Clifton  mine.  He  has  discovered  and 
developed  some  of  the  most  famous  mines  in  this  section,  many  of  which  have  become  large 
producers  and  he  has  sold  for  a  song  mines  today  worth  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars. 
He  was  the  locator  of  what  is  known  as  the  Standard  group  of  claims,  which  he  later  dis- 
posed of  at  a  comparatively  small  price,  and  this  property  has  since  become  one  of  the 
most  valuable  copper  mines  in  the  Clifton  district.  Mr.  Stevens  is  today  associated  with 
his  brother  in  the  Stevens  Copper  Company  and,  although  living  in  retirement,  gives  per- 
sonal supervision  to  his  extensive  interests.  He  is  also  a  large  holder  of  city  real  estate, 
owning  residence  properties  which  he  rents  out.  Although  he  says  he  has  always  been 
"broke,"  the  value  of  his  labors  in  the  southwest  cannot  be  gauged  in  money,  for  they  have 
influenced  the  growth  and  development  of  one  of  the  greatest  mining  sections  in  the  world 
and  their  eff'ects  will  long  outlast  his  day  and  generation.  He  has,  however,  acquired  a  com- 
fortable competency  and  has  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  throughout  his  entire  life  he 
has  been  a  man  of  independent  action,  responsible  to  no  one  but  himself. 

Mr.  Stevens  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  union  was  with  Miss  Refugio  Orosco,  a 
native  of  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  and  a  cousin  of  Pascal  Orosco,  a  general  in  the  revolutionary 
army  in  Mexico.  Mr.  Stevens'  first  wife  passed  away  in  1903  and  he  afterward  married 
Miss  Jessie  K.  Ashton,  a  native  of  New  York  state. 

Mr.  Stevens  is  a  great  admirer  of  Theodore  Roosevelt,  whose  rugged,  straightforward 
character  and  fearlessness  of  conduct  closely  resemble  his  own,  and  in  1912  he  gave  a  loyal 
support  to  the  ex-president,  joining  the  progressive  party,  of  which  he  has  since  been  a 
member.  During  the  years  of  his  residence  in  this  section  of  the  state  he  has  been  active 
in  public  affairs.  He  served  in  1884  as  one  of  the  first  supervisors  of  Graham  county  and 
was  also  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Clifton  town  council,  doing  able  work  in  this  capacity 
in  forwarding  the  best  interests  of  the  city.  His  has  been  in  many  respects  an  unusual 
history  owing  to  its  connection  with  early  times  in  the  southwest.  He  has  witnessed  almost 
the  entii-e  growth  and  development  of  this  section  of  the  country  and  is  today  one  of  its 
most  honored  pioneers. 


CHAEIiES  W.  GOODMAN. 


Charles  W;  Goodman,  who  was  for  many  years  superintendent  of  the  Phoenix  Indian 
schools,  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  born  in  1860.  He  acquired  his  public  school  education  in 
that  stale,  later  attending  the  University  of  Chicago.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Kansas 
State  Nonnal  School  in  1891  and  following  this  turned  his  attention  to  teaching,  becoming 
principal  of  the  high  school  at  St.  John,  Kansas.  He  afterward  held  the  same  position  in 
the  high  schools  of  other  Kansas  towns  and  also  conducted  various  teachers  institutes  in 


778  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

that  state.  He  took  up  government  land  in  Kansas  in  1881  and  at  one  period  in  his  career 
developed  the  property. 

Mr.  Goodman  entered  the  government  service  as  supervisor  of  Indian  schools  for  the 
northern  district  and  in  1893  he  was  sent  to  Arizona  as  superintendent  of  the  Moqui  Indian 
school  at  Keanis  Canyon.  After  one  year  he  was  transferred  to  Pawnee,  Oklahoma,  where 
he  bad  charge  of  the  school  for  four  years,  later  spending  a  similar  period  of  time  in  cliarge 
of  the  Chilocco  Indian  school.  He  came  to  Phoenix  in  January,  1903,  and  became  superin- 
tendent of  the  Indian  school  here,  bringing  to  the  discharge  of  his  duties  the  ability  developed 
through  long  experience  in  his  chosen  work.  Mr.  Goodman  was  one  of  the  oldest  teachers 
of  Indians  in  the  state  and  his  success  was  based  upon  intimate  knowledge  of  the  race  and  a 
sympathy  with  their  needs  and  characteristics.  The  institution  of  which  he  was  head  had 
an  enrollment  of  seven  hundred  pupils  and  under  his  able  direction  became  the  leading 
Indian  school  in  the  soutliwest.  Mr.  Goodman  resigned  in  the  summer  of  1914  but  was  not 
relieved  of  his  duties  until  April,  1915,  since  which  time  he  has  resided  on  a  ranch  six  miles 
north  of  Phoenix. 

In  1889  Mr.  Goodman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Helen  S.  Shannon,  of  Riverside, 
California,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  yet  living. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goodman  are  members  of  the  Baptist  church  and  he  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  was  one  of  the  most  able  men  in  the  United  States 
Indian  service  and  his  work  in  that  field  was  at  all  times  beneficial,  effective  and  far- 
reaching.  , 


JOSEPH    E.    WISE. 


Joseph  E.  Wise,  a  worthy  representative  of  a  prominent  pioneer  family  of  Arizona,  is 
known  throughout  Santa  Cruz  county  as  an  extensive  ranchman  and  cattle  dealer.  He  was 
born  in  Waynesburg,  Pennsylvania,  February  21,  1867,  and  is  a  son  of  Morgan  R.  and 
Catherine  (Hook)  Wise.  The  father  went  to  California  as  a  pioneer  in  1850,  traveling 
overland  with  an  outfit  secured  at  Independence,  Missouri.  After  crossing  the  plains  he 
_mined  for  gold  on  Feather  river  for  a  number  of  years  but  later  returned  east  and  settled 
in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  resumed  his  education,  graduating  from  Waynesburg  College. 
He  afterward  became  prominent  in  democratic  politics  and  served  for  two  terms  as  state 
senator  and  later  as  representative  to  congress  from  the  twenty-first  Pennsylvania  district 
for  two  terms.  In  1882  he  came  to  the  southwest  and  acted  as  American  consul  at  Nogales, 
Sonora,  Mexico,  under  appointment  by  President  Cleveland.  When  his  term  of  office 
expired  he  engaged  in  ranching  and  mining  at  Calabasas  and  continued  in  that  occupa- 
tion until  he  died  in  1902.  He  was  a  member  of  tlie  Masonic  order  and  during  a  short 
residence  at  Tucson  acted  as  deputy  collector  of  customs.  His  death  was  widely  and 
deeply  regretted,  for  it  was  a  great  loss  to  Arizona,  not  only  in  the  ranks  of  her  success- 
ful pioneers  but  also  in  those  of  her  honorable  and  upright  citizens!  His  widow  is  still 
living  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years  and  makes  her  home  with  her  son  Joseph  E.,  who 
is  the  youngest  in  the  family  of  four  children.  The  others  are  Mrs.  Lucy  W.  Mansfield 
and  Jesse  H.,  both  residents  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania;  and  Emma,  deceased. 

Joseph  E.  Wise  grew  to  manhood  in  his  native  state,  acquiring  a  public  school  educa- 
tion. He  came  to  Arizona  in  1883  and  immediately  made  his  way  to  Calabasas,  where  he 
purchased  land  and  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  in  which  he  has  since  attained  il 
position  of  prominence  and  importance.  He  is  one  of  the  largest  cattle  dealers  in  the 
state  and  has  extensive  land  interests.  By  Baca  grant  No.  3  the  supreme  court  in 
December,  1914,  decreed  to  hini  in  fee  simple  title  to  one  thousand  acres  of  land  and  the 
federal  court  at  Tucson  decreed  to  him  and  his  sister  title  to  ope  nineteenth  of  the  whole 
property,  his  share  consisting  of  over  five  thousand  acres.  All  of  his  business  interests  are 
capably  and  progressively  conducted  and  success  has  come  to  him  as  a  natural  result, 
Mr.  Wise  being  today  numbered  among  the  substantial,  able  and  wealthy  men  of  Santa 
Cruz  county.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  a  director  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Valley  Bank 
&.  Trust  Company   liut   has   resigned. 


MORGAN  R.  WISE 


MRS.  MORGAN  R.  WISE 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  783 

i!r.  Wise  married  Miss  Lueia  J.  Sykes,  whose  father,  Charles  P.  Sykes,  a  native  of 
New  York  state,  went  to  Colorado  in  the  early  'COs  from  Wisconsin,  where  he  was  then 
residing.  He  developed  the  American  Flag  mine  in  Colorado  and  was  interested  in  mining 
during  practically  all  of  his  life.  He  was  also  a  pioneer  in  Arizona,  having  come  to  tills 
state  in  1877  and  purchased  a  grant  of  land  at  Calabasas.  H^  promoted  different  enter- 
prises in  various  parts  of  the  state,  organizing  the  Arizona,  Tucson  &  Northwestern  Railroad 
in  1880  and  assisting  in  its  construction.  In  the  same  year  he  began  the  operation  of  the 
San  Xavier  mine  and  erected  at  Twin  Buttes  the  building  for  the  smelter  now  operated  by 
the  Pioneer  Smelter  Company.  Mr.  Sykes  lived  for  thirty  years  in  Tucson,  giving  his  atten- 
tion to  all  progressive  public  measures,  promoting  and  organizing  the  irrigating  system 
for  the  Santa  Cruz  valley  and  being  otherwise  a  leader  in  movements  for  county  and 
municipal  advancement.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  order.  His  death 
occurred  in  New  York  in  1901  and  Mrs.  Sykes  died  in  1911. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wise  have  four  children:  Margaret,  aged  sixteen;  Charles  and  Mary, 
twins,  who  are  twelve  years  of  age;  and  Knight,  aged  ten.  Mr.  Wise  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason  and  a  Shriner  and  is  also  identified  with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men. He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  tor  twenty  years  was 
continuously  in  oflice  as  postmaster  of  Calabasas  until  June,  1913,  when  the  office  was 
discontinued.  All  measures  and  movements  instituted  for  the  general  welfare  receive  his 
cooperation  and  hearty  support  and  he  is  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  not  only  as  a 
representative  of  a  worthy  pioneer  family  but  also  as  a  citizen  whose  individual  eflorts 
have  brought  him  prosperity  and  success. 


ROBERT  W.  ARTHUR.  Sr. 


^  Robert  W.  Arthur,  Sr.,  is  now  engaged  in  dry  farming  on  a  ranch  of  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  near  San  Rafael,  Santa  Cruz  county.  He  came  to  Arizona  from  California 
but  is  a  native  of  Tennessee,  his  birth  occurring  in  1853,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Mary 
J.  (Webster)  Arthur,  the  father  of  English  and  the  mother  of  Scotch  extraction.  The  family 
left  Tennessee  in  1860  and  settled  in  Kentucky,  whence  they  removed  to  Kansas  and  from 
there  went  to  Texas,  following  which  they  spent  a  year  in  Mexico.  At  the  expiration  of 
that  time  they  returned  to  Texas  and  in  1865  came  to  Arizona,  but  the  next  year  removed 
to  San  Bernardino  county,  California. 

Robert  W.  Arthur  was  a  lad  of  thirteen  years  when  the  family  settled  in  San  Ber- 
nardino county,  California,  where  he  completed  his  schooling,  and  subsequently  he  served 
an  apprenticeship  at  the  blacksmith's  trade.  After  mastering  that  trade  he  worked  in  the 
mines  of  California  for  three  years,  and  in  1872  returned  to  Arizona.  For  a  time  thereafter 
he  worked  for  the  Overland  Stage  Company,  but  when  the  railroad  was  completed  to  Los 
Angeles  he  obtained  employment  in  the  Southern  Pacific  shops  at  that  point. 

Shortly  after  his  marriage  in  1875  Mr.  Arthur  again  came  to  Arizona  and  devoted  his 
energies  to  prospecting  and  placer  mining  in  various  sections  of  the  state  until  1903.  In 
the  latter  year  he  came  to  Douglas  and  purchased  a  lot  on  which  he  erected  a  building  for 
the  purpose  of  engaging  in  blaeksmithing  and  wagon  making  in  partnership  with  his  son- 
in-law,  J.  E.  Bates.  Mr.  Arthur  carried  on  business  along  that  line  for  ten  years  but  for 
the  past  three  years  has  engaged  in  farming  in  Santa  Cruz  county,  where  he  owns  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres.  He  owned  his  residence  and  other  property  in  Douglas,  and  has 
realty  and  mining  interests  in  Sonora,  Mexico. 

In  1875,  Mr.  Arthur  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Dusoe,  who  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts 
and  a  daughter  of  Moses  and  Amelia  Dusoe,  and  to  this  union  have  been  born  the  following 
children:  May,  who  was  born  in  1876  and  is  the  wife  of  J.  E.  Bates,  of  Douglas;  Robert, 
whose  birth  occurred  in  1887,  and  who  is  also  a  resident  of  Douglas;  Lillian,  the  wife  of 
Roy  R.  Reed.  Of  Cochise  county;  one  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Pearl,  who  was  born  in 
1897  and  is  now  attending  school. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Arthur  is  affiliated  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Knights 

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784  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  Pythias.  He  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  but  has  never  figured  prominently  in 
public  affairs,  although  he  is  not  remiss  in  matters  of  citizenship  but  takes  an  active 
interest  in  all  movements  affecting  the  welfare  of  the  community. 


AUGUSTUS  E.  MARDEN,  M.  D. 

Since  1891  Dr.  Augustus  E.  Harden  has  been  connected  with  the  United  States  Indian 
service  and  following  several  years  of  capable  work  in  various  localities,  was  in  1911 
appointed  to  the  position  of  resident  physician  at  the  Phoenix  Indian  School.  He  was  born 
in  New  Hampshire  in  1863  and  there  acquired  a  public  school  education,  afterward  attending 
the  St.  Johnsburg  Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1880.  He  completed  a  course 
in  Dartmouth  Medical  College  four  years  later  and  following  this  entered  the  medical 
department  of  Boston  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
in  1889.  He  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Danville,  Vermont,  for  two  years 
and  then  in  1891  entered  the  United  States  Indian  service,  wherein  he  has  since  continued. 
He  was  stationed  first  at  the  Apache  reservation  at  Mescalero,  in  New  Mexico,  and  after 
two  years  was  moved  to  the  Pima  reservation.  From  1896  until  1900  he  was  resident 
physician  at  various  mining  camps  throughout  the  state  and  in  February,  1911,  was  trans- 
ferred to  Phoenix  as  resident  physician  at  the  Phoenix  Indian  School.  Dr.  Harden  is  a 
capable  and  experienced  physician  and  takes  a  '  great  interest  in  the  work  to  which  he 
devotes  his  attention,  discharging  his  duties  carefully  and. conscientiously.  He  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  county  and  state  medical  societies  and  the 
National  Society  for  the  Study  and  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis,  and  his  ability  is  widely 
recognized  in  the  profession. 

On  the  6th  of  January,  1903,  Dr.  Harden  was  united  in  marriage  to  Hiss  Ella  R. 
Gracey,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  they  have  two  daughters.  The  parents  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  They  are  well  and  favorably  known  in  Phoenix,  where  Dr. 
Marden's  excellent  work  has  won  him  a  position  of  prominence  in  professional  circles. 


.JESUS  SALDAHANDO. 


Jesus  Saldaraando,  expert  pharmacist  and  successful  druggist,  is  one  of  the  pioneer 
business  men  of  Nogales,  having  come  to  the  city  in  1887.  During  the  period  of  its  devel- 
opment he  has  extended  his  activities  to  include  many  phases  of  business  life,  cooperating 
heartily  in  progressive  public  movements,  and  he  now  occupies  a  central  position  among 
the  men  of  marked  ability  and  substantial  worth  in  the  city.  For  twenty-one  years  he  has 
been  known  as  a  prominent  druggist  and  the  enterprise  which  he  now  conducts,  called  the 
American  Drug  Store,  is  an  important  element  in  the  general  commercial  growth. 

Mr.  Saldamando  is  a  native  of  Ures,  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  spent  his  childhood  and  early 
manhood  there,  having  been  engaged  for  some  time  in  the  general  merchandise  business.  He 
came  to  Nogales  in  1877,  locating  in  the  city  when  the  population  was  only  four  hundred, 
and  he  immediately  turned  his  attention  to  business,  working  for  two  years  in  the  branch 
office  of  the  Nogales  Record.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  identified  with  the  drug  trade, 
entering  the  store  conducted  by  Chenoweth  &  Mix  and  becoming  an  expert  pharmacist  as 
well  as  a  practical  and  progressive  business  man.  He  worked  in  the  employ  of  others 
until  1905,  when  he  established  a  store  of  his  own,  which  he  called  the  American  Drug 
Store  ajid  which  has  grown  so  steadily  and  rapidly  that  it  is  now  one  of  the  important 
business  enterprises  of  the  city.  It  has  recently  moved  into  new  quarters  near  International 
street,  in  which  has  been  installed  a  large,  new  and  fresh  stock  of  drugs,  medicines,  toilet 
articles  and  pharmaceutical  preparations.  In  appointment  and  finish  this  new  store  is 
modern  in  every  particular  and  very  attractive.  The  stock,  which  includes  jiroprietary 
medicines  and  articles  and  toilet  accessories  as  well  as  cigars,  cigarettes  Und  fancy  candies, 
is   one  of   the  largest  and   most   varied   in   the   southwest.      The   public   receives   the   most 


AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  785 

perfect  service,  for  all  concerned  with  the  establishment  give  close  attention  to  the  needs 
of  its  patrons.  During  a  period  of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  the  proprietor,  Mr. 
Saldamando,  has  followed  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  Nogales  and  is  known  far  and  wide 
as  one  of  the  most  skilled  and  reliable  pharmacists  in  Arizona  and  in  Sonora.  In  the 
pharmaceutical  department  of  his  store  all  the  preparations  are  fresh  and  first  class  in  every 
particular,  the  utmost  care  and  caution  being  exercised  in  compounding  prescriptions.  In 
professional  lines  Mr.  Saldamando  is  a  member  of  the  Arizona  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  aside  from  his  drug  store  has  other  representative  business  interests  in  this  community. 
He  is  a  half  owner  in  the  Third  of  ^May,  a  silver  and  lead  mine  in  the  Patagonia  district,  and 
proprietor  of  tlie  Turtle  silver  mine  in  Ures,  Sonora.  He  recently  sold  the  Venus  gold  mine 
in  bond  for  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  his  interests  along  this  line  are  steadily  increasing 
in  extent  and  importance.  Moreover,  he  owns  a  fine  cattle  ranch  at  Santa  Cruz,  Mexico, 
and  valuable  tracts  of  real  estate  in  Nogales  and  Sonora,  being  today  one  of  the  substantial 
and  successful  men  in  his  locality. 

Mr.  Saldamando  is  married  and  has  four  children,  Pedro,  Alexander,  Mario  and  Estella. 
He  takes  an  intelligent  interest  in  public  afi'airs  but  he  prefers  that  his  public  service  be 
done  in  the  capacity  of  a  private  citizen  rather  than  as  an  office  holder.  He  has,  however, 
held  the  important  position  of  sanitary  inspector  of  Nogales,  Sonora,  and  in  1902  was 
appointed  by  the  Mexican  government  to  the  honorary  office  of  veterinary  for  the  port 
of  Nogales.  He  is  an  enterprising  citizen,  his  work  being  of  a  character  that  has  largely 
promoted  public  progress,  and  since  an  early  period  in  the  city's  growth  he  has  constantly 
supported  all  of  those  interests  which  are  matters  of  civic  virtue  and  civic  pride,  liis  labors 
during  the  years  constituting  an  important  factor  in  community  development. 


ANDREW  H.  MILLER. 


Among  the  men  whose  energy  and  initiative  have  been  factors  in  promoting  the  mer- 
cantile development  of  Phoenix  is  Andrew  H.  Miller,  who  since  1903  has  been  connected 
with  the  drug  business  here.  He  is  now  manager  of  the  Owl  Drug  Company  and,  although 
still  a  young  man,  holds  a  position  of  prominence  and  importance  in  business  circles.  He 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1884,  and  there  acquired  a  public  school  education.  He 
later  studied  pharmacy  and  in  June,  1903,  went  to  Alamogordo,  New  Mexico,  where  he  was 
manager  of  a  large  drug  concern.  In  November  of  the  same  year  he  came  to  Phoenix, 
becoming  connected  with  the  drug  business  here.  Six  years  later  he  identified  himself 
with  the  Owl  Drug  Company  and  since  that  time  has  served  as  manager  of  this  concern. 
It  was  established  by  E.  H.  McCIure  in  1900  and  in  1904  was  bought  by  E.  H.  Winters, 
■who  conducted  it  until  1908.  In  that  year  Mr.  Miller  of  this  review  and  Mr.  Bachman 
purchased  the  enterprise  and  under  Mi'.  Miller's  able  management  it  has  become  one  of  the 
leading  pharmacies  in  the  city. 

On  the  25th  of  September,  1905,  Mr.  Miller  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jessie 
M.  Sheridan,  a  native  of  Arizona,  and  they  have  one  child,  a  daughter.  The  parents  are 
members  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  they  are  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Phoenix. 
Mr.  Miller  is  regarded  as  a  representative  and  successful  business  man  and  is  highly  esteemed 
wherever  he  is  known. 


GEORGE  WYLIE  ERASER. 


Throughout  the  thirty-one  years  during  which  he  has  been  identified  with  the  Arizona  Cop- 
per Company  in  Clifton,  George  Wylie  Eraser  has  advanced  through  the  various  departments, 
winning  each  year  new  successes.  He  is  also  prominent  in  public  life,  having  served  con- 
tinuously as  mayor  of  the  city  since  1909.  He  was  born  in  Scotland,  May  15,  1863,  and  is 
a  son  of  Alexander  and  Elizabeth  (Wylie)  Eraser,  also  natives  of  that  country.  The  father 
was  an  expert  machinist,  possessing  a  talent  which  amounted  almost  to  genius  in  his  line. 


786  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

George  Wylie  Fraser  was  reared  in  Scotland  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  common, 
schools  ot  that  country.  He  laid  aside  his  textbooks  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  and  then 
served  an  apprenticeship  to  the  carpenter's  trade  for  four  years.  In  1885  he  crossed  the 
Atlantic  to  America,  and  immediately  puslied  westward  to  Wyoming.  He  remained  there 
only  a  sliort  time,  however,  coming  in  the  latter  part  of  1885  to  Clifton,  Arizona,  where 
he  obtained  work  as  a  carpenter  for  the  Arizona  Copper  Company,  rising  from  that  position 
in  a  few  months  to  be  engineer.  He  was  able,  ambitious  and  energetic  and  applied  himself 
dili"ently  to  his  duties,  winning  rapid  promotion  to  the  position  of  foreman  of  furnaces  and 
being  advanced  after  ten  years  to  the  responsible  office  of  superintendent  of  smelters.  His 
long  experience  has  proven  a  valuable  asset  to  him  and  unites  with  his  energy,  enterprise 
and  conscientiousness  in  making  him  ideally  litted  for  his  work,  which  has  always  been  so 
well  done  as  to  win  for  liim  the  entire  confidence  of  liis  associates  and  the  esteem  and  regard 
of  all  who  have  business  relations  with  him.  Mr.  Fraser  is  a  stockliolder  in  the  company 
with  which  he  is  connected  and  a  director  and  stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Clifton. 

Since  taking  up  his  residence  in  Clifton  Mr.  Fraser  has  been  one  of  the  greatest  indi- 
vidual forces  in  its  upbuilding,  growth  and  expansion,  making  his  public  service  and  his 
private  prosperity  alike  factors  in  progress.  When  the  town  was  incorporated  he  was 
selected  as  the  logical  man  to  control  its  destinies  as  mayor  and  was  first  elected  to  that 
office  June  5,  1909.  So  acceptably  did  he  fill  the  position  that  he  lias  been  continuously 
reelected  and  is  the  present  incumbent.  His  administration  is  distinguished  by  straight- 
forward, efficient  and  constructive  work  in  the  best  interests  of  the  municipality,  and  by 
constant  support  and  promotion  of  projects  for  the  general  good.  Mr.  Fraser  has  proved 
an  excellent  business  man  as  well  as  an  able  politician.  He  is  not,  however,  a  politician 
in  the  generally  accepted  sense  of  an  office  seeker,  never  being  desirous  of  the  public  honor 
which  has  been  thrust  upon  him  by  the  people  of  the  city,  who  recognize  his  ability  and 
his  public  spirit.  He  gives  a  stanch  and  loyal  support  to  the  democratic  party,  although 
his  political  service  is  never  partisan.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Masonic  order,  having  attained  the  thirty-second  degree 
in  the  Scottisli  Rite.  He  is  also  a  Knight  Templar  and  is  past  master  of  the  blue  lodge  and 
past  patron  of  the  Eastern  Star  chapter  to  which  he  belongs.  His  religious  views  are  in 
accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  In  tlie  course  of  thirty-one  years 
during  which  he  has  lived  in  Clifton  he  has  become  widely  and  favorably  known,  his  name 
standing  at  all  times  for  incorruptible  business  and  public  integrity,  enterprise,  progress  and 
higli  standards  of  political  morality. 


CHARLES  P.  SYKES. 


A  glance  at  the  history  of  past  centuries  will  indicate  at  once  what  would  be  the  con- 
dition of  the  world  if  the  mining  interests  no  longer  had  a  part  in  the  industrial  and  com- 
mercial life.  Only  a  few  centuries  ago  agriculture  was  almost  the  only  occupation  of  man.  A 
landed  pioprietor  surrounded  himself  with  his  tenants  and  his  serfs  who  tilled  his  broad 
fields,  while  he  reaped  the  reward  of  their  labors,  but  when  the  rich  mineral  resources  of  the 
world  were  placed  upon  the  market,  industry  found  its  way  into  new  and  broader  fields, 
minerals  were  used  in  the  production  of  hundreds  of  inventions  and  the  business  of  nations 
was  revolutionized.  When  considering  those  facts  we  can  in  a  measure  determine  the  value  to 
mankind  of  the  mining  interests.  One  who  was  connected  with  the  rich  mineral  resources  of 
the  southwest  was  Charles  P.  Sykes,  whose  labors  were  of  the  greatest  possible  benefit  in  the 
development  of  the  mining  resources  of  this  section  of  the  country.  A  native  of  New  York, 
he  removed  to  the  middle  west,  becoming  a  resident  of  Wisconsin,  and  on  leaving  that  state 
in  tlie  early  '60s  went  to  Colorado.  He  developed  the  American  Flag  mine  in  that  state  and 
continued  his  active  interest  in  mining  throughout  i)ractically  his  entire  life.  He  also  became 
a  pioneer  settler  of  Arizona,  having  arri>ed  in  this  state  in  1877,  at  wliich  time  he  purchased 
a  grant  of  land  at  Calabasas.  He  promoted  dilTerent  enterprises  in  various  parts  of  the  state 
and  was  a  man  of  resourceful  business  ability  who  recognized  and  utilized  the  opportunities 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  791 

tliat  others  passed  heedlessly  by.  He  wa.i  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Arizona,  Tucson  & 
Northwestern  Railroad  Company  in  1880  and  assisted  in  the  construction  of  that  road.  In 
the  same  year  he  began  the  operation  of  the  San  Xavier  mine  and  erected  at  Twin  Buttes  the 
building  for  the  smelter  now  operated  by  the  Pioneer  Smelter  Company.  He  was  identified 
with  many  pliases  of  the  early  development  of  the  country  and  knew  every  feature  of  pioneer 
11  le  and  the  subsequent  progress  and  improvement  which  wrought  marvelous  changes  and 
biduglit  the  state  to  its  present  advanced  and  progressive  condition.  For  thirty  years  he  was 
a  resident  of  Tucson,  giving  his  attention  to  all  progressive  public  measures,  promoting  and 
organizing  the  irrigating  .system  for  the  Santa  Ciuz  valley  and  being  otherwise  a  leader  in 
movements  for  county  and  municipal  advancement. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Sykes  occurred  in  New  York  in  1901,  while  his  wife  survived  until 
1911.  He  is  represented  in  Arizona  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Lucia  J.  Wise,  the  wife  of  Joseph 
E.  Wise,  a  prominent  ranchman  and  cattle  dealer  of  the  Santa  Cruz  valley.  The  part  which 
he  played  in  the  early  development  and  progress  of  the  community  cannot  be  overestimated, 
his  work  being  of  the  greatest  possible  value  along  the  line  of  developing  the  material 
resources  of  the  state  and  also  in  laying  a  route  for  future  progress  and  advancement. 


H.  A.  SIDOW. 


H.  A.  Sidow,  a  stockholder  in  the  Pinta  Copper  Company  of  Globe  and  oOvner  of  some 
very  valuable  mining  claims  in  this  locality,  was  born  in  JefTerson  county,  Wisconsin,  in 
1862.  He  is  a  son  of  August  and  Hannah  Sidow,  natives  of  Germany  and  for  many  years 
residents  of  Wisconsin.  The  father  followed  farming  in  that  state  until  his  death  in  1912, 
having  survived  his  wife  since  1873.  H.  A.  Sidow  is  the  youngest  in  their  family  of  four 
children  and  one  of  three  who  are  still  living. 

H.  A.  Sidow  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Wisconsin  and  after  laying 
aside  his  books  followed  farming  in  .JefTerson  county  until  1881,  when  he  came  to  Arizona. 
Here  for  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  general  ranching  and  cattle  raising  but  later  opened  a 
butcher  .shop  at  the  Pioneer  mining  camp  in  Gila  county.  When  this  camp  became  deserted 
Mr.  Sidow  resumed  his  ranching.  During  this  time  he  also  located  some  mining  claims, 
which  proved  valuable,  and  he  became  active  in  their  development,  his  holdings  being  at 
that  time  known  as  the  Pioneer  mines.  He  engaged  in  mining  until  1892,  when  the  depre- 
ciation in  the  value  of  silver  made  his  activities  unprofitable  and  he  turned  his  attention 
again  to  ranching.  Later  he  resumed  his  mining  operations  and  he  is  now  in  control  of 
the  Pinta  Copper  Company,  in  which  he  is  the  principal  stockholder,  and  he  has  valuable 
undeveloped  claims  besides  important  holdings  in  business  and  residence  properties  in 
Globe. 

In  politics  Mr.  Sidow  gives  an  intelligent  and  loyal  support  to  the  republican  party 
but,  while  interested  in  public  affairs,  has  never  been  active  as  an  office  seeker.  He  prefers 
rather  to  concentrate  his  attention  upon  his  business  interests  in  which  he  has  been  most 
successful,  and  much  credit  is  due  him  for  the  position  he  has  attained  among  the  country's 
prosperous  miners  and  prospectors. 


RICARDO  GAYOU. 


The  Mexican  diplomatic  service  has  in  the  ranks  of  its  representatives  no  more  able,  far- 
sighted  and  discriminating  man  than  Ricardo  Gayou,  Mexican  consul  at  Nogales,  Arizona. 
With  a  mind  naturally  powerful  and  judicious  and  broadened  by  travel,  reading  and  observa- 
tion; with  the  ability  to  grapple  with  intricate  phases  of  government  and  with  the  tact  to 
determine  fine  questions  of  policy,  he  is  ideally  fitted  for  his  high  position,  which  his  per- 
sonality and  character  dignify  and  elevate. 

Mr.  Gayou  was  born  in  Guaymas,  Mexico,  October  6,  1850,  and  there  remained  uiitil 
he  was  nine  years  of  age,  when  he  and  his  brother  Louis  were  sent  to  Santa  Clara  College, 


792  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

California,  where  they  remained  five  years,  supplementing  this  by  a  course  of  study  in 
Paris  and  Dresden.  After  two  years  in  a  preparatory  school  in  the  latter  city  they  entered 
the  School  of  Mining  Engineering  in  Saxony,  Germany,  from  which  both  received  degrees. 
Thus  broadly  and  specially  educated  and  well  equipped  for  exceptional  work  in  the  pro- 
fession they  had  chosen,  the  brothers  returned  to  America,  Louis  locating  at  Mexico  City 
and  Ricardo  engaging  in  professional  work  throughout  Sonora,  Sinaloa  and  Chihuahua  with 
his  younger  brother,  Eugene,  as  a  partner.  Kicardo  Gayou  possesses  natural  ability  and 
the  elements  of  a  successful  business  man,  and  he  rose  rapidly  in  his  profession,  becoming 
general  manager  of  the  large  mining  and  milling  interests  of  Matias  Alzua  in  the  state  of 
Sonora.  This  association  continued  for  eleven  years,  during  the  first  five  of  which  Mr. 
Gayou  traveled  to  the  various  mines  owned  by  his  employer,  making  maps  and  surveys. 
The  last  six  years  were  spent  as  resident  general  manager  at  Trinidad.  Wlien  he  resigned 
this  position  he  devoted  some  time  to  the  completion  of  a  topographical  map  of  the  Coronado 
district  and  he  afterward  became  general  superintendent  of  the  Panica  mine  and  mills  in 
Sinaloa,  retaining  that  position  for  ten  years. 

In  November,  1911,  Mr.  Gayou  abandoned  professional  work  and  turned  his  attention 
to  very  diflerent  pursuits,  being  appointed  in  that  year  director  of  the  State  Press  at 
Hermosillo.  His  work  in  that  capacity  gained  high  official  recognition  and  on  April  15, 
1912,  he  was  appointed  Mexican  consul  at  Nogales,  Arizona,  a  position  which  he  still  holds. 
His  work  has  been  discriminating,  thorough  and  conscientious,  broad  in  its  scope  and 
effective  in  its  results,  molded  along  the  moat  modern  lines  of  diplomacy  and  guided  by 
sound  and  practical  business  judgment. 

Mr.  Gayou  married  Miss  Matilda  Sandoval,  a  native  of  Mexico,  and  they  have  six  chil- 
dren: Richard,  a  mining  engineer  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Louis,  a  resident  of  San 
Diego,  that  state;  Alberto,  who  is  connected  with  the  customhouse  at  Naco,  Mexico; 
Matilda,  who  married  Aurelo  Roduques,  who  is  identified  with  the  Mexican  war  department 
at  Hermosillo;  Angela;  and  Maria. 

In  the  responsible  and  trying  position  which  he  now  holds  Mr.  .Gayou  represents  his 
government  capably  and  with  dignity,  his  character,  traditions  and  personality  uniting  to 
make  him  ideally  fitted  for  his  work.  In  private  life  he  is  a  cultured,  well  educated  and 
courteous  gentleman,  popular  in  social  circles  and  respected  and  esteemed  wherever  he  is 
known. 


HARRY  J.  SAXON. 


Harry  J.  Saxon,  a  worthy  representative  of  a  prominent  western  pioneer  family,  is 
now  cattle  inspector  for  Santa  Cruz  county  and  has  figured  prominently*  in  public  affairs  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  was  born  in  Los  Angeles  county,  California,  July  24,  1882,  a  son  of 
Thomas  A.  and  Josephine  (Fuller)  Saxon.  The  father  was  a  pioneer  in  California,  removing 
to  that  state  in  early  days  and  making  his  home  in  Los  Angeles  county  until  his  death,  in 
1889.  He  was  at  one  time  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  Los  Angeles  county  and  always 
interested  and  active  in  educational  affairs.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was  born  in  Oregon 
and  was  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Melissa  Ann  (Williams)  Fuller,  who  settled  in  that  state 
in  1845.  Mr.  Fuller  was  a  veteran  of  the  Indian  wars  of  1848.  He  went  overland  from 
Oregon  to  California  and  thence  to  Globe,  Arizona,  in  the  early  '60s  and  there  engaged  in 
mining  and  cattle  dealing,  later  removing  to  Calabasas,  Santa  Cruz  county,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farmin-;  and  where  liis  death  occurred  in  1911.  He  was  also  a  pioneer  miner  in  Tomb- 
stone, Arizona,  and  in  northern  Mexico  and  Nogales.  His  daughter  was  born  in  Oregon  but 
her  marriage  occurred  in  Los  Angeles  county,  California.  Previous  to  this  she  had  taught 
school  in  that  county  and  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Saxon  taught  in  Nogales  and  in  the  coun- 
try schools  of  Santa  Cruz  county  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1914  she  was  elected  county 
superintendent  of  schools,  which  position  she  now  holds. 

Harry  J.  Saxon  was  brought  to  Santa  Ciuz  county  in  1890  and  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools,  growing  to  manhood  here.  Since  beginning  his  active  life  he  has 
been  interested  in  cattle  dealing  and  mining  in  Calabasas  but  makes  his  home  on  his  cattle 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  793 

ranch  near  Nogales.  For  three  years  he  was  in  the  civil  service,  acting  as  mounted  inspector 
of  customs,  and  he  vcas  afterward  elected  sheriff  of  Santa  Cruz  county.  He  was  twice 
reelected,  his  term  of  service  covering  a  period  of  five  years.  In  December,  1911,  he  was  made 
a  member  of  the  first  state  legislature  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  two  terms,  during 
which  time  he  was  constant  in  his  support  of  progressive  public  measures  and  lent  the 
weight  of  his  inlluence  only  to  those  projects  which  he  deemed  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
state.  He  is  now  filling  the  office  of  cattle  inspector  of  Santa  Cruz  county  for  the  second 
time,  having  been  appointed  to  that  position  on  the  1st  of  January,  1916,  and  he  is  discharg- 
ing his  duties  in  a  very  satisfactory  manner. 

Mr.  Saxon  married,  April  29,  1909,  Miss  Anna  H.  Martin,  a  native  of  Salinas,  Monterey 
county,  California,  and  J)oth  are  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Nogales.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Saxon  is  connected  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  0.  E.,  .and  belongs  also  to  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Eythiaa 
and  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men.  He  is  a  young  man  of  forceful  personality  and  marked 
ability  and  has  already  gained  a  high  and  influential  place  in  political  circles.  He  will 
undoubtedly  be  carried  forward  into  still  more  important  relations  with  the  public  life  of 
the  state,  for  he  possesses  the  qualities  which  lead  to  advancement  and  progress. 


RICHARD  G.  LAYTON. 


Closely  identified  with  important  development  work  in  Graham  county  and  with  various 
corporate  and  business  interests  in  Thatcher,  Richard  G.  Layton  figures  as  one  of  the  most 
progressive  and  valued  citizens  of  this  locality,  his  interests  being  of  a  character  which  pro- 
motes the  upbuilding  and  advancement  of  the  county  and  state.  Forming  his  plans  readily, 
he  carries  them  forward  to  successful  completion,  manifesting  great  executive  and  business 
ability  in  the  control  of  his  affairs.  He  was  bom  in  Davis  county,  Utah,  March  21,  1862, 
and  is  a  son  of  Christopher  and  Isabelle  (Golightly)  Layton,  the  former  a  native  of  England 
and  the  latter  of  Scotland.  The  father  was  one  of  the  five  hundred  men  who  composed  the 
Mormon  Battalion  and  after  being  discharged  in  California  in  1846  he  remained  in  that 
state,  being  one  of  the  first  to  discover  gold  there.  After  returning  to  Utah  he  remained 
there  a  short  time  and  then  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Graham  county  in  February,  188:!. 
He  was  high  in  the  councils  of  the  Mormon  church  and  served  as  president  of  the  St.  Joseph 
stake,  forming  one  of  the  Mormon  committee  who  came  to  Arizona  to  investigate  condi- 
tions in  the  territory.  This  little  band  bought  and  laid  out  the  town  of  Thatcher,  now  one 
of  the  flourishing  communities  in  Graham  county.  Christopher  Layton  brought  with  hira 
two  carloads  of  mules  and  horses  to  be  used  by  the  Mormon  settlers  and  thoroughly  identi- 
fied himself  with  the  life  of  the  Mormon  colony,  becoming  one  of  the  most  prominent  and 
important  men  in  this  locality. 

Richard  G.  Layton  was  reared  in  Utah  and  in  1883  accompanied  his  father  to  Arizona. 
Here  he  began  his  independent  career,  establishing  himself  as  a  stock  raiser  near  Benson, 
Arizona.  He  also  took  up  land  and  increased  his  holdings  by  the  purchase  of  a  large  ranch, 
which  he  improved  and  developed  along  modem  and  scientific  lines  for  nine  years,  coming 
at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Gila  valley.  He  settled  in  Thatcher  and  resumed  his  farming  and 
stock  raising,  occupations  with  which  he  is  still  connected  as  the  owner  of  three  hundred 
and  forty  acres  of  land,  cultivated  and  well  irrigated.  During  the  years  of  his  residence 
in  this  section  of  Arizona  he  has  become  closely  identified  with  its  business  development, 
making  his  influence  felt  in  financial  circles  as  vice  presdent  of  the  Graham  County  State 
Bank,  which  was  recently  consolidated  with  the  Bank  of  Safford.  Mr.  Layton  was  vice 
president  of  the  first  institution  for  three  years  but  at  the  time  of  the  reorganization  sold 
his  interest  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  general  merchandise  business  and  to  flour  milling. 
He  has  sold  his  interests  along  this  line  also  and  is  now  engaged  in  building  a  large  reser- 
voir in  the  mountains,  south  of  Safford.  He  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  promotion  of  this 
enterprise  and  his  executive  ability  and  business  resourcefulness  have  been  powerful  ele- 
ments in  carrying  it  forward  to  successful  completion.  He  helped  to  promote  large  irriga- 
tion  enterprises   in  Graham   county,  organizing  companies  which  built  canals   through   this 


794  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

section,  and  thus  reclaimed  tliousands  of  acres  of  land  for  cultivation.  He  now  gives  most 
of  his  attention  to  his  farming  operations,  but  the  work  lie  has  accomplished  along  lines  of 
general  progress  and  business  development  is  destined  to  form  a  part  of  the  history  of  the 
advancement  and  expansion  of  this  part  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Lay  ton  married,  on  the  8th  of  February,  1886,  Miss  Annie  Home,  a  native  of  Bear 
Lake  county,  Idaho,  and  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  A.  (Crisman)  Home,  the  former  one 
of  the  first  settlers  in  Utah  and  also  a  pioneer  in  Idaho  and  Arizona.  He  is  now  living 
retired  in  Salt  Lake  City,  having  survived  his  wife  for  many  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Layton 
became  the  parents  of  nine  children.  Belle  married  Lemuel  R.  Pace,  of  Thatcher,  and  they 
have  two  children.  Lenora  became  the  wife  of  Asahel  Clifford,  of  Layton,  Arizona,  and 
has  three  children.  Richard,  Jr.,  has  charge  of  his  father's  ranch  near  Thatclier.  He  is 
married  and  has  two  children.  Martha  became  the  wife  of  Willard  Pace,  of  Thatcher. 
Sophrona  is  now  Mrs.  LeRoy  Clawspn,  of  Ray,  Arizona.  Theresa,  Cleo  and  Marden  are 
attending  school.    The  youngest  wa^  Leland,  who  has  passed  away. 

Jlr.  Layton  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  for  a  number  of  years  has  been 
county  road  supervisor,  and  in  1915  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  state  fair  commission 
by  the  governor.  He  is  a  typical  man  of  the  age — alert  and  enterprising — and  is  leaving  the 
impress  of  his  marked  individuality  upon  Graham  county's  growth  and  improvement. 


WINTHROP  HOUSE. 


Winthrop  House  is  numbered  among  the  pioneers  of  Arizona,  his  residence  in  the 
state  dating  from  1877.  He  has  since  that  time  made  substantial  contributions  to  its 
mining  development  and  since  going  to  Globe  in  1879  has  been  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent mining  men  in  the  district,  his  interests  along  this  line  being  today  extensive  and 
important.  He  was  born  in  Connecticut  in  1850  and  is  a  son  of  Urbane  and  Angeline  House, 
also  natives  of  that  state.  The  mother  passed  away  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was 
still  a  child  and  the  father  later  removed  to  Florida,  where  he  resided  until  his  death, 
following  the  stone  cutter's  trade,  which  was  his  occupation  during  his  entire  life  with  the 
exception  of  the  period  during  which  he  operated  a  paper  mill  at  Haddam,  Connecticut. 
He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review  being  the  second  in  order  of  birth. 

Winthrop  House  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Connecticut  and  after 
laying  aside  his  books  studied  the  machinist's  trade,  at  which  he  worked  in  tliat  state 
for  seven  years.  He  left  home  in  1875  and  went  to  California,  where  he  obtained  employ- 
ment on  a  railroad.  Later  in  partnership  with  his  cousin,  he  opened  a  restaurant  at  Col- 
ton,  California,  conducting  that  enterprise  successfully  for  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Yuma  in  1877,  and  after  two  years  in  that  city  went 
to  Globe,  where  he  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  locating  several  valuable  claims,  which 
in  1880  he  sold.  Having  disposed  of  all  of  his  holdings,  he  set  about  locating  other  claims, 
and  being  an  expert  judge  of  ore  values,  an  able  prospector  and  a  practical  miner,  he  was 
soon  in  control  of  important  properties  which  have  proven  in  the  course  of  years  productive 
and  lucrative.  He  owns  a  controlling  interest  in  the  Bird  group  of  mines,  located  in  the 
Copper  Hill  district  near  Globe,  two  and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  the  city,  and  has  invested 
heavily  in  residence  property  in  Globe.  All  of  his  business  interests  are  carefully  and 
capably  conducted,  for  he  is  a  resourceful  and  farsighted  business  man,  whose  labors  have  had 
an  important  effect  upon  the  business  development  and  the  business  standards  of  the  city 
where  he  has  so  long  made  his  home. 

Mr.  House  married  Miss  Lizzie  Anderson,  who  was  bom  in  Ireland,  a  daughter  of 
James  and  Marjorie  Anderson,  natives  of  the  Emerald  isle,  who  came  to  America  in 
1857  and  settled  in  Massachusetts.  TIkj  father  served  through  the  Civil  war  as  a 
member  of  Company  A,  Sixth  MassacliUHetts  Cavalry,  and  was  known  as  one  of  the 
"Boston  Nine."  He  and  his  wife  had  three  children:  Mary,  who  married  J.  C.  Clark, 
of  Globe;  Lizzie,  now  Mrs.  House;  and  James,  twin  to  Lizzie,  who  resides  in  Globe.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  House  have  four  children.     The  eldest,  Edward,  was  bom  in  1881  and  now  follows 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  797 

mining  in  Globe.  James  W.,  born  in  1888,  received  an  excellent  business  college  education 
in  California  and  is  now  married,  making  his  home  in  Globe,  where  he  is  engaged  in  mining. 
Winthroj)  A.  was  born  in  1899.  Urbane  lives  upon  a  ranch  on  Coon  creek  in  Gila  county 
and  engages  extensively  in  stock  raising  and  dealing.  Upon  his  property  stands  the  largest 
fig  tree  in  the  United  States,  bearing  hundreds  of  pounds  of  figs  every  year. 

Mrs.  House  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles  of  Globe,  being  a  member  of  the  Pythian 
Sisters,  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  and  Uie  Order  of  Pocahonjtas,  having  been  through  all  of 
the  cliairs  in  the  two  latter  organizations.  She  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Episcopal 
cluirch,  while  her  husband  adheres  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  denomination.  Mr.  House 
gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  served  for  two  years  upon  the 
Globe  city  council.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  Through  personal  experience  he  knows  many  things  connected  with  the  pioneer 
settlement  of  Arizona  which  are  matters  of  history  at  the  present  time.  He  was  in  the 
thick  of  the  Indian  fight  at  Middleton's  ranch  in  1881,  when  ten  men  opposed  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  hostile  savages,  and  he  had  a  very  narrow  escape.  He  has  witnessed  prac- 
tically the  entire  development  of  the  state  and  has  to  a  great  extent  assisted  in  it,  his 
labors  being  at  all  times  of  a  constructive  and  beneficial  character.  He  is,  however,  still  in 
the  prime  of  life  and  enjoys  to  the  fullest  extent  the  advantages  afforded  by  the 
present  day,  and  being  progressive  and  a  man  whose  life  has  always  been  in  keeping  with 
high  standards,  he  deserves  the  full  measure  of  confidence  and  respect  now  entertained  for 
liini  by  all  who  know  him. 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  DANIELS. 

To  say  that  Henjamin  Franklin  Daniels  is  interested  in  mining  and  is  winning  success 
in  the  brokerage  business  in  Tucson  is  to  give  but  a  very  incomplete  idea  of  his  character 
and  accomplishments.  His  life  has  been  fraught  with  many  adventurous  and  even  dangerous 
phases  and  has  been  closely  connected  with  some  characteristic  aspects  of  frontier  develop- 
ment. He  is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  war,  has  been  cowboy  and  Indian  fighter 
and  buffalo  hunter,  and  as  marshal  in  various  western  towns  lias  proven  his  coolness,  his 
courage   and   his   ability. 

Born  on  the  4th  of  November,  1852,  Mr.  Daniels  is  a  native  of  Illinois  and  in  that  state 
was  reared  to  the  age  of  eleven  years.  His  parents  were  Aaron  and  Mariah  (Sanders) 
Daniels,  natives  of  Virginia  and  Kentucky  respectively.  They  were  married  in  the  former 
state,  removed  to  Ohio  and  afterward  to  Illinois.  The  mother  and  six  children,  two  sons 
and  four  daughters,  died  of  cholera  within  two  days,  and  Benjamin  F.  Daniels,  then  a  babe, 
was  left  for  dead  and  his  coffin  was  ordered,  but  a  neighbor  found  him  and  gave  him  brandy, 
which  resuscitated  him.  The  father  survived  the  cholera  scourge,  married  again  and  removed 
to  Kansas  when  his  son  Benjamin  was  eleven  years  of  age,  spending  his  remaining  days 
in  that  state. 

It  was  in  the  year  1863  that  Benjamin  F.  Daniels  became  a  resident  of  Kansas.  When 
he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Texas,  running  cattle  on  the  range,  and  while  in 
that  state  he  had  trouble  with  the  Indians  and  met  the  usual  experiences  of  cowboy  life.  He 
remained  there  for  about  two  years,  after  which  he  went  to  Wichita,  Kansas,  and  later 
engaged  in  hunting  buffalo  in  the  west.  At  Dodge  City,  Kansas,  he  accepted  the  position  of 
marshal  of  the  town,  succeeding  two  incumbents  who  had  been  killed  in  riots.  While  serving 
in  that  capacity  in  1883,  at  which  time  Dodge  City  was  one  of  the  toughest  towns  in  the 
west,  a  fire  was  started  in  the  back  end  of  one  of  the  many  saloons  of  the  place  and  the 
rising  wind  caused  it  to  spread  over  the  whole  block  so  that  the  business  men  of  that  and 
adjacent  blocks  began  carrying  their  goods  out  of  the  buildings  and  piling  them  in  the 
streets  in  order  to  save  wliat  tliey  could.  It  became  Mr.  Daniels'  duty  as  marshal  to  have 
extra  policemen  sworn  in  in  order  to  protect  these  goods.  When  the  fire  was  raging  in  its 
greatest  fury  one  of  the  policemen  approached  Mr.  Daniels  and  told  him  that  a  certain  man 
was  helping  himself  to  whatever  he  wanted  and  when  asked  as  to  why  he  did  not  arrest 
the  man,  the  reply  was  that  he  was  a  Texas  killer  and  the  policeman  was  afraid  to  tackle 


798  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

him.  Just  then  he  ejaculated:  "There  he  is  now,"  and  they  saw  a  man  filling  his  pockets 
with  candy  from  a  showcase.  Mr.  Daniels  walked  up  to  him  and  asked  him  what  he  was 
douig  and  the  man  replied  that  he  was  taking  some  candy.  Mr.  Daniels  gave  him  a  very 
unpleasant  lecture  and  told  him  to  stay  away  and  that  it'  he  was  caught  around  there  any 
more  he  would  be  locked  up.  An  hour  later  a  policeman  reported,  telling  Mr.  Daniels  to  be 
careful,  that  the  Texan  had  a  six  shooter  strapped  on  him  and  was  making  some  bad  talk. 
Mr.  Daniels  immediately  started  for  the  man,  walked  up  to  him,  took  his  gun  away  and 
locked  him  in  the  city  jaU.  It  was  the  fall  of  the  year  and  the  weather  was  cold.  The  jail 
was  rudely  built  and  there  was  no  stove  in  it.  Before  long  two  of  the  man's  friends 
approached  Mr.  Daniels  and  offered  to  go  on  his  bond  if  the  Texan  should  be  let  out.  Mr. 
Daniels  replied  that  if  they  would  put  up  fifty  dollars  for  his  appearance  the  next  morning 
at  nine  o'clock  and  promise  that  they  would  take  him  home  and  keep  him  there  until  morning 
lie  would  be  released.  The  men  consented  and  the  next  morning  they  appeared  with  the 
prisoner,  whereupon  Mr.  Daniels  charged  him  with  carrying  concealed  weapons  and  turned 
the  money  that  had  been  put  up  for  his  bond  over  to  the  judge.  The  man  plead  guilty 
and  the  judge  fined  him  fifty  dollars  and  costs,  which  he  paid  without  a  murmur,  but 
immediately  said:  "Mr.  Marshal,  if  you  will  lay  ofi'  your  gun  I  will  show  you  how  quick 
I  can  lick  you,"  whereupon  the  marshal  threw  his  sixshooter  across  the  table  to  the  judge 
and  jumped  over  the  railing  after  the  Texan,  whereupon  ensued  a  hot  fight  in  which  the 
stove  was  thrown  over  and  furniture  broken,  while  the  judge  stood  on  top  of  his  table 
swinging  the  sixshooter  over  his  head  and  demanding  peace  in  the  courtroom.  Finally  Mr. 
Daniels'  opponent  cried  enough  and  after  Mi-.  Daniels  asked  the  man  if  he  was  satisfied  that 
he  couldn't  whip  him  and  was  answered  in  the  aftirmative,  he  turned  to  the  judge  and 
complained  on  himself  for  disturbing  the  peace,  whereupon  he  was  fined  twenty-five  dollars. 
He  then  made  complaint  against  his  opponent  for  the  same  offense  and  the  man  was  fined 
an  equal  amount.  Afterward  Mr.  Daniels'  fine  was  remitted.  The  Texan  remained  in  Dodge 
City  for  a  number  of  months  but  Mr.  Daniels  had  no  more  trouble  with  him,  having  suc- 
ceeded in  making  him  a  fairly  good  law-abiding  citizen.  Other  e.xperiences  of  a  similar 
nature  constituted  events  and  incidents  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Daniels.  For  a  short  time  lie  was 
deputy  sheriff  of  Bent  county,  Colorado,  and  later  served  as  marshal  at  Guthrie,  Oklalionia, 
holding  the  office  during  the  time  when  twenty-five  thousand  homeseekers  made  a  rush  for 
government  lands.  It  was  estimated  that  twenty-flve  thousand  people  landed  in  Guthrie  alone 
the  first  day.  He  afterward  returned  to  Colorado,  where  he  spent  two  years  in  Cripple 
Creek,  acting  as  marshal  and  also  becoming  connected  with  mining  interests. 

The  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-Araerieai:  war  found  Mr.  Daniels  in  Texas  and  from  San 
Antonio  he  joined  Troop  K,  of  the  First  United  States  Cavalry,  known  as  the  Rough  Riders 
and  commanded  by  Colonel  Theodore  Roosevelt.  He  went  to  Cuba,  saw  much  active  service, 
taking  part  in  various  hotly  contested  battles,  and  returned  home  uninjured  with  a  creditable 
military  record,  after  which  he  was  mustered  out  with  his  command.  Mr.  Daniels  tells  an 
interesting  incident  in  connection  with  his  war  service.  ^Vhile  his  troop  was  in  camp  at  San 
Antonio  numbers  were  <;iven  to  each  of  the  company  but  no  one  could  be  found  who  would 
accept  No.  13.  Mi-.  Daniels,  however,  took  the  number  and  out  of  the  twenty  men  in  his 
company  was  the  only  one  not  killed,  crippled  or  injured  in  battle,  and  he  returned  home 
with  an  added  disbelief  in  an  old  and  time-honored  superstition. 

After  the  close  of  the  Spanish-American  war  Mr.  Daniels  went  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
where  he  worked  for  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  in  the  capacity  of  guard  over  big 
shipments  of  money.  In  1899  he  resigned  from  that  position  and  came  to  Arizona,  where  he 
engaged  in  mining  until  appointed  to  the  position  of  superintendent  of  the  territorial  prison 
at  Yuma,  Arizona.  After  the  election  of  his  former  commander.  Colonel  Roosevelt,  to  the 
presidency,  Mr.  Daniels  was  appointed  United  States  marshal  for  the  territory  of  Arizona  and 
served  in  that  capacity  with  ability  and  conscientiousness  for  four  years  and  two  mouths. 
Following  the  election  of  William  Howard  Taft  he  was  removed  from  the  office  and  given  a 
position  at  the  Menominee  Indian  Reservation,  which  is  forty  miles  west  of  Green  Bay,  Wis- 
consin. After  a  short  time,  however,  he  resigned  and  again  came  to  Arizona,  taking  up 
his  residence  in  Tucson,  where  he  has  since  remained.  He  is  interested  in  the  mining  and 
brokerage  business  here,  controlling  valuable  holdings,  and  he  has  proven  himself  to  be  aa 
able  a  business  man  as  he  was  a  soldier  or  Indian  fighter. 


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On  the  15th  of  July,  1908,  Mr.  Daniels  married  Mrs.  Seayrs,  a  native  of  Indiana,  who 
by  a  former  marriage  had  a  daughter,  Mary  Louise,  who  died  March  13,  1915.  Mrs.  Daniels 
engaged  in  teaching  school  before  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Daniels  and  has  always  been  intensely 
interested  in  educational  work.  In  fact,  her  activities  have  been  felt  along  many  lines  of 
uplift  and  public  benefit  but  she  has  reason  to  take  especial  pride  in  her  achievements  in 
relation  to  the  Arizona  Children's  Home,  which  owes  its  existence  to  her  efforts.  When  she 
was  president  of  the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  of  Tucson  the  need  of  such  an 
institution  was  presented  to  the  society  and  she  at  once  took  up  the  work  of  bringing  about 
a  federation  of  all  the  missionary  societies  under  the  name  of  The  Woman's  Home  Council 
of  Missions,  which  holds  its  meetings  in  November  and  February  of  each  year.  She  was 
made  the  first  president  of  this  council  and  through  that  organization  reached  the  leading 
families  of  Tucson  and  presented  forcefully  the  need  of  a  children's  home.  At  the  meeting 
of  the  council  held  at  the  Methodist  church  in  November,  1914,  Mrs.  Julia  A.  Attix  announced 
that  she  would  be  pleased  to  give  a  tract  of  land  in  Mission  View  addition  to  Tucson  as  a 
building  site  for  the  children's  home.  From  that  day  the  work  has  gone  steadily  foi-ward  and 
in  December,  1914,  the  Arizona  Children's  Home  Association  was  organized  and  in  the  follow- 
ing May  was  incorporated.  A  receiving  home  was  opened  at  No.  838  East  Ninth  street  in  the 
same  year  and  children  are  now  being  received  there.  An  effort  is  made  to  secure  their 
adoption  in  good  private  homes,  but  when  that  is  not  possible  they  will  be  cared  for  in  the 
Children's  Home.  Local  chapters  of  the  Arizona  Children's  Home  Association  are  to  be 
formed  in  every  city  of  the  state  with  the  purpose  of  seeking  out  dependent  children  and  of 
assisting  in  securing  funds  for  the  carrying  on  of  the  work.  Branches  have  already  been 
organized  in  South  Bisbee,  Warren,  Upper  Lowell,  Yuma,  Phoenix  and  Prescott  and  Mrs. 
Daniels  is  giving  much  time  to  traveling  over  the  state  and  organizing  new  branches.  The 
association  has  secured  the  contract  to  care  for  Arizona's  dependent  children  from  the  state 
board  of  control  and  it  is  expected  to  build  before  the  close  of  1916  on  the  land  donated  to 
the  association.  At  the  annual  meeting  in  December,  1915,  Mrs.  Daniels  was  reelected  presi- 
dent and  is  planning  to  carry  on  the  work  on  a  larger  scale  than  has  heretofore  been  pos- 
sible. She  hopes  in  time  to  secure  legislation  in  favor  of  the  children's  home  which  will  result 
in  its  being  made  the  equal  of  the  best  similar  institutions  in  the  country. 

Mr.  Daniels  is  a  life  member  of  the  Cripple  Ci'eek  lodge  of  Elks  and  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  his  fraternal  affiliations  being  limited  to  these  connections,  while  his  wife  is 
identified  with  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah  and  the  Ladies  of  the  Golden  Eagle.  In  his 
political  views  Mr.  Daniels  is  a  stalwart  progiessive.  He  believes  that  the  party  is  grow- 
ing steadily  in  the  southwest  and  said  that  if  Theodore  Roosevelt  had  been  president 
the  Mexican  trouble  would  have  been  settled  without  so  much  bloodshed  and  that  other  vital 
questions  before  the  country  would  have  been  brought  to  a  successful  and  amicable  ending 
before  this  time.  Mr.  Daniels  embodies  the  true  spirit  of  the  west — a  spirit  of  alertness, 
enterprise,  coolness  and  courage — and  no  taint  of  dishonor  has  ever  marred  his  adventures  or 
shadowed  his  good  name.  He  is  today  one  of  the  most  respected  and  esteemed  men  of 
Tucson,  honored  in  business  circles  and  very  popular  among  his  many  friends. 


ALEXANDER  T.  THOMSON. 

Alexander  T.  Thomson,  formerly  general  manager  of  the  Detroit  Copper  Mining  Com- 
pany of  Arizona  and  manager  of  the  Morenci  Southern  Railway,  is  one  of  the  best  known  men 
in  Greenlee  county  today,  his  prominence  coming  as  a  result  of  many  years  of  able  and  con- 
structive work  in  connection  with  important  projects  and  corporate  interests  which  are 
elements  in  the  expansion  of  the  southwest.  He  was  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in  1875 
and  is  a  son  of  Henry  Torrance  and  Jessie  Bryce  Thomson,  natives  of  that  country  and  both 
now  deceased.  Of  their  large  family  of  children  the  subject  of  this  review  is  the  only  one 
who  came  to  Arizona,  although  two  of  his  brothers  reside  in  America. 

Mr.  Thomson  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  1896,  having  completed  a  school  and  collegiate 
course  in  Edinburgh  Academy  and  after  having  spent  four  years  in  an  accountant's  oiEce 


(jOO  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNOKST  STATE 

In  KtliiiliiHKli.  ScoIIniiiI.  Uv  xcttlpd  in  Clifton,  Aritonn,  wliere  he  bpcanie  coniu'cted  witii  the 
Aruoim  (  ii|>|it'r  r<mi|>Hiiy  iik  lM>ol<l<<-i'|M>r,  and  timt  |Mmitii>n  he  llllod  until  1900,  when  he  was 
nmilr  cimhiiT  iif  the  iMineein  iiiiil  treumirn  (if  the  Ari/.iinn  &  New  Mexico  Kailroud  Com- 
imn.v.  tliix  iuimiHcnu'nl  liein^  fullnweil  in  tlie  next  year  liy  tiiit  a|>|iointment  a»  general  Ruper- 
Inteiiilent  and  IriiUle  nutuiiKei',  Mr.  TluiniKoM  Im.t  ]irnetieiilly  seen  the  development  of  the 
AriMMiH  Copper  (.\>ni|>Hny  and  the  Ariitona  &  New  Mexieo  Hailroad,  liuvin^'  worked  in  tlieir 
intereHts  lor  over  lifteen  yearn,  winning  promotion  after  promotion  i^nd  linally  becoming  one 
of  the  prominent  ollieiaU  in  Inith  eorporationn.  In  1912  he  closed  lifteen  and  one-half  years 
of  fiiittiliil  and  ellieient  ^ervi(•e  in  their  intereiitti  and  accepted  the  position  of  general  man- 
ager of  the  IH'troit  .Copper  Mining  Company  of  Arizona,  which  carried  with  it  the  olBcv  of 
nmniiger  of  the  Morenci  Southern  Kailroad,  pottitionx  which  he  lilled  for  some  time,  suc- 
ctHsling  C.  Iv  Mills.  The  IVIruit  Topper  Mining  Company  is  one  of  tlie  subsidiary  companies 
of  riielps,  IKnlgc  Jt  Company  of  New  York  and  in  July,  1915,  Mr.  Thomson  was  appointed 
innnplrtdU-r  and  assistant  general  manager  for  the  company,  with  headquarters  in  >iew  York 
eitv.  A  man  of  |Hiwerful  i|ualitie8  ot  intellect,  of  constructive  and  farsighted  business  abil- 
itv,  llrni  in  his  convictions  and  unwavering  in  his  integrity,  he  is  admirably  lltted  for  the 
responsible  position  which  he  now  holds,  for  he  posseshes  the  power  of  coordinating,  sys- 
teniatixing  and  planning  and  of  carrying  forwaril  large  i)rojeet8  to  successful  completion. 
Mr.  Thomson  wa,-  also  a  dirwtor  in  the  (iila  Valley  Hank  Jt  Trust  Company,  which  controls 
a  chain  of  eight  banks  in  various  parts  of  Greenlee  county,  but  he  resigned  that  position  on 
having  Arixona. 

On  August  12,  1904,  Mr.  Thomson  marrii-d  Miss  May  K.  Harris,  a  native  of  Texas  and 
a  daughter  of  Ceorge  and  Hama  Harris.  Her  father  has  |iassed  away  and  her  mother  makes 
her  home  in  Texas.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomson  have  a  daughter,  Ruth,  born  February  27,  1911. 

Kraternally  Mr.  Thomson  is  a  n\emlK'r  of  the  Masonic  order.  His  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  republican  party  but  he  has  never  been  active  as  an  otlice  sei-ker,  preferring 
to  wnceutrate  his  attention  upon  his  business  alTairs,  which  are  ably  and  judiciously  con- 
ducte<l,  entitling  him  to  a  high  place  among  practical  and  farsighted  business  wen. 


HON.  ALBIXCS  A.  WORSLKV. 

Hon.  Albinus  A.  Worsley,  statesman,  lawyer,  orator,  is  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
rttiidents  of  Arizona.  He  has  the  j>ower  to  sway  audiences  by  the  gift  of  his  eloquence  and 
the  force  of  his  arguments,  for  his  pr»-sentation  of  any  question  strikes  liome  in  a  manner 
that  leavtfts  an  indelible  impression  and  ofttimes  carries  conviction  to  the  minds  of  his 
hearvrs.  He  is  perhaps  beet  and  most  widely  known  in  connection  with  the  efforts  to  bet- 
ter c«>ndi(ious  lor  the  workingnu-n  and  his  strong  friendshi))  for  the  t|;reat  industrial  army 
has  made  him  known  as  the  "champion  of  labor  and  labor  legislation."  It  is  his  great  sense 
of  right  aial  justice  that  has  prompted  his  efforts  in  this  connection,  for  he  believes  that  the 
profits  of  labor  should  go  to  him  who  toils. 

Senator  Worsley  has  been  a  resident  of  Tucson  since  1904  and  in  the  intervening  period 
has  left  indelibly  the  impress  of  his  individuality  upon  the  history  of  the  state.  He  was 
boru  in  Sylvania,  Kacine  county,  Wisconsin,  June  34,  1869,  and  there  acquired  his  early 
edw.'atiou  as  a  publi<--sehool  pupil  while  spending  his  youthful  days  in  the  home  of  his  par- 
ents, Thomas  ti.  and  Maria  (Shields)  Worsley.  The  father,  a  direct  descendant  of  Oliver 
Cromwell,  came  to  the  new  world  from  Lancashire,  Kngland,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  and 
took  up  the  owu^mtion  of  farming  in  Wis«>nsin  in  pioneer  times.  His  wife  was  brought  to 
America  when  a  little  maiden  of  seven  years  from  Qxieens  county,  Ireland,  «b«re  her  birth 
iweurrvtt.     The  father  died  in   IS74  and  the  mother  in  1904. 

Senator  Worsley '»  gilt  of  eloquence  was  early  manifest.  At  a  county  fair  he  won  a 
prue  for  oratory  and  the  money  thus  secured  enabled  him  to  attend  Wheaton  Oillege  at 
Whetttua.  Illinois.  He  htter  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  was  graduated  from  the  North- 
ern liMiiana  Law  Sirhoul  at  Valparaiso  in  1S99,  after  which  he  immediately  joined  his 
brother  Ambrose  in  the  practk-e  of  his  profes.»ion  in  Chicago.     A  year  later  he  made  his  way 


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ARIZOxNA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  803 

westward   to  Omaha   and  remained  a  member  of  the  Nebraska   bar  for  three  years,   after 
which  he  came  to  Tucson  in  1904. 

Mr.  Worsley  has  since  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  and  has  been  prominently  identified 
with  it.s  legal  history  as  well  as  in  other  connections.  In  private  practice  he  is  known  as  a 
strong  and  able  lawyer,  well  versed  in  the  underlying  principles  of  the  profession  and  pos- 
sess(Kl  of  the  force  of  personality  necessary  to  make  ability  and  knowledge  effective.  The 
value  of  his  work  gained  recognition  in  a  large  clientage  which  connected  him  with  much 
of  the  important  litigation  heard  in  the  courts  of  the  state  and  the  able  conduct  of  which 
placed  him  in  the  front  ranks  of  successful  practitioners. 

It  is  but  natural  that  those  who  are  engaged  in  interpreting  the  laws  should  be 
interested  in  their  framing  and  thus  it  is  that  the  lawyer  figures  more  prominently  in 
connection  with  public  life  than  perhaps  "any  other  class  of  individuals.  Mr.  Worsley  has 
been  connected  with  political  activity  from  early  manhood  and  when  but  twenty-four 
years  of  age  was  the  candidate  on  the  labor  and  populist  ticket  for  governor  of  Wisconsin. 
He  was  but  nineteen  years  of  age  when  he  made  a  tour  through  the  eastern  states  repre- 
senting the  C'hicago  Single  Tax  Club  and  oven  at  that  date  was  widely  known  as  an  orator. 
He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  first  direct  legislation  league  in  the  United  States  in 
St.  Louis  in  1892  and  has  since  acted  as  one  of  its  national  organizers.  He  has  done 
extensive  campaign  work,  traveling  over  Ohio,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  South  Dakota  and 
Neliraska  for  such  men  as  "Golden  Rule"  Jones,  Pettigrew  and  Governor  Altgeld,  who  in 
that  year  was  elected  governor  of  Illinois.  His  broad  understanding  of  vital  questions 
has  naturally  led  him  to  write  upon  such  subject^  and  he  is  the  author  of  "Corporation 
Rat^s  in  the  National  Corn  Crib,"  which  was  published  in  1896,  and  "The  First  Step  in 
the  National  Progress  or  Direct  Legislation,"  which  was  sent  out  by  the  press  in  1899. 
When  Arizona  was  admitted  to  the  I'nion  Mr.  \\'orsley  was  elected  to  represent  Pima  county 
in  the  first  state  senate,  where  ho  became  the  recognized  champion  of  labor.  Since  his 
boyhood  he  has  been  an  advocate  of  the  labor  cause  and  his  efforts  in  the  senate  largely 
promoted  its  interests.  He  was  made  chairman  of  the  labor  committee  and  was  also  made 
a  member  of  the  committees  on  code  revision,  finance,  judiciary,  public  lands,  rules  and 
style,  revision  and  compilation.  He  has  addressed  the  assembly  ujion  taxation,  upon  state 
development  of  internal  resources  and  state  promotion  of  industrial  enterprises,  and  he  has 
also  given  the  benefit  of  his  clear,  incisive  and  telling  words  in  behalf  of  all  the  amend- 
ments. Not  only  is  Mr.  Worsley  the  most  noted  orator  in  Arizona  but  he  is  also  one  of  the 
greatest  statesmen,  using  his  unusual  talents  worthily  for  the  public  good. 

On  August  26,  1904,  Mr.  Worsley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  J.  Major,  a 
native  of  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin,  and  they  have  become  parents  of  four  children:  Henry 
(jeorge,  Paul  Robert,  Dorcas  Maria  and  Arvon  Albinus.  Mrs.  Worsley  is  a  lady  of  most 
libera'l  education  and  prior  to  her  marriage  was  for  several  years  one  of  the  leading  teach- 
ers in  the  Northern  Indiana  Normal  School  at  Valparaiso,  which  is  the  largest  institution 
of  the  kind  in  the  country. 

Mr.  Worsley  has  important  business  interests  in  Pima  county,  where  he  owns  two 
large  copper  mines.  Fraternally  lie  is  connected  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  is  a 
broad-minded  man  who  i)laces  the  correct  valuation  upon  life,  its  opportunities  and  its 
privileges,  and  he  has  wrought  along  lines  of  the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number,  his 
activities  proving  of  benefit  to  the  community  at  large.  He  stands  today  among  the  most 
honored  and  eminent  residents  of  Pima  county. 


BISHOP  FRANK  N.  TYLER. 

Among  the  most  earnest  and  consecrated  workers  in  the  spread  of  the  Mormon  doctrines 
in  Arizona  is  Frank  N.  Tyler,  who  in  March,  1909,  was  made  a  bishop  of  the  Mormon  church. 
He  is,  moreover,  one  of  the  most  able,  progressive  and  successful  business  men  of  Thatcher, 
holding  a  position  of  distinctive  precedence  in  financial  circles  as  president  of  the  Citizens 
Bank,  an  institution  which  he  aided  in  organizing.  Mr.  Tyler  was  born  in  Washington 
county,  Utah,  August  26,  1860,  and  is  a  son  of  Oscar  and  Amanda  (Brown)  Tyler,  the  former 


804  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

a  native  of  Texa^  and  a  pioneer  in  Utah.  He  married  in  that  state,  his  wife  having  been  a 
daughter  of  early  settlers.  The  father,  who  was  for  many  years  a  successful  miller  and  was 
also  identified  with  agricultural  interests,  died  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  still  a 
child.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  foiir  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely: 
Frank  N.,  of  this  review;  Oscar,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  near  Bryce;  Orson,  who  follows 
agricultural  pursuits  near  Thatcher;  and  Carnetta,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Rose,  of  Thatcher. 

Frank  N.  Tyler  was  reared  in  Utah  and  there  acquired  his  education,  coming  at  the  age 
of  twenty-two  to  Gila  valley,  in  Graham  county,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  took 
up  land  and  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  becoming  successful  in  this  line  of  work  which  he 
followed  until  1897.  In  that  year  he  established  himself  in  the  mercantile  business  but 
after  disposing  of  his  interests  along  that  line  returned  to  the  farm,  where  he  remained  until 
he  purchased  an  interest  in  a  flour  mill  in  Matfiewsville.  He  maintained  his  residence  in 
Thatcher  but  aided  in  the  conduct  of  that  concern  until  he  became  identified  with  the 
Graham  County  State  Bank,  which  was  recently  consolidated  with  the  Bank  of  Safford  at 
Safford,  Arizona.  He  afterward  helped  to  promote  and  organize  the  Citizens  Bank  of  Thatcher 
and  when  this  institution  opened  its  doors  to  the  public  in  1910  he  was  elected  president,  an 
office  which  he  still  holds.  In  this  connection  his  splendid  business  and  executive  ability  have 
been  called  forth  and  the  success  of  the  institution  is  largely  due  to  him.  The  business  of 
the  bank  has  steadily  increased  under  his  able  management  and  the  shares  have  practically 
doubled  in  value  since  he  assumed  control.  Mr.  Tyler  has  given  his  best  energies  to  the 
advancement  of  this  institution  and  is  uniformly  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  financiers  in 
this  part  of  the  state.  He  has  played  no  small  part  in  the  development  of  other  business 
enterprises  and  helped  to  organize  the  Mount  Graham  Lumber  Company  of  Thatcher,  of 
which  he  was  business  manager  for  two  years,  or  until -1909,  when  he  disposed  of  his  inter- 
ests therein.  He  is  also  a  stockliolder  and  among  the  promoters  of  what  is  known  as  The 
Big  Six  Mercantile  Company,  composed  of  six  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  this  section  of 
the  state.  All  of  his  business  interests  are  carefully  managed  along  progressive  lines  and 
his  able,  farsighted  work  through  the  years  has  brought  him  today  a  gratifying  measure  of 
prosperity. 

Mr.  Tyler  married  on  September  30,  1882,  Miss  Mary  Adelia  Pace,  who  was  born 
October  16,  1864.  To  her  parents  James  and  Anna  (Webb)  Pace  were  born  eight  children, 
only  four  of  whom  survive.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tyler  became  the  parents  of  ten  children,  of 
whom  six  are  living:  Lucinda,  the  wife  of  Frank  Carpenter,  of  Thatcher,  Arizona;  Ella,  who 
is  attending  school;  and  Delbert  F.,  .Jesse  L.,  Flossie  and  Adelia,  all  of  whom  are  pursuing 
their  studies. 

Mr.  Tyler  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  has  never  sought  nor 
desired  public  office,  refusing  all  preferment  which  has  been  tendered  him.  He  divides  his 
attention  between  his  business  affairs  and  his  missionary  work  as  a  bishop  in  the  Mormon 
church,  his  religious  beliefs  guiding  and  infiuencing  all  the  relations  of  his  life.  He  and  his 
wife  were  pioneers  of  Graham  county  and  experienced  all  of  the  hardships  and  privations  of 
pioneer  life.  The  Indians  were  hostile  and  there  were  also  bands  of  thieving  marauders  who 
made  a  business  of  stealing  cattle  and  horses  from  the  settlers,  but  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tyler  never 
lost  courage  nor  despaired  of  the  future  of  Arizona. 


COLIN  CAMERON,  Sk. 


In  all  probability  no  other  citizen  of  Arizona  contributed  so  largely  toward  imjiroving 
the  laws  and  general  conditions  affecting  the  interests  of  the  cattlemen  as  Colin  Cameron, 
Sr.,  the  result  of  whose  efforts  is  apparent  in  the  laws  and  regulations  controlling  the  live 
stock  industry  in  the  state  today. 

He  was  born  in  Danville,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  10th  of  December,  1849,  and  was  a  son 
of  Simon  and  Elizabeth  (Leinbach)  Cameron.  In  the  paternal  line  the  family  is  descended 
from  sturdy  Highland  Scotch  stock,  and  has  furnished  not  only  to  Pennsylvania,  but  to  the 
American  nation,  some  of  its  notable  public  men.  This  branch  of  the  family  has  been  twice 
represented  in   the  United  States  cabinet  by  General  Simon  Cameron,  and   his  son.  James 


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Donald  Cameron — close  relatives  of  Simon  Cameron,  who  was  the  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch.  General  Simon  Cameron  was  secretary  of  war,  under  President  Lincoln,  until 
1862,  when  he  became  United  States  minister  to  Russia.  He  was  also  for  many  years  a, 
member  of  the  United  States  senate  from  Pennsylvania.  James  Donald  Cameron  was 
secretary  of  war  under  President  Grant.  He  resigned  from  the  cabinet  in  1877  ahd  in  that 
year  was  elected  United  States  senator  from  Pennsylvania,  succeeding  his  father,  General 
Simon  Cameron. 

The  early  years  of  Colin  Cameron,  Sr.,  were  passed  in  a  home  of  comfortable  circum- 
stances and  amid  an  environment  conducive  to  the  development  of  high  principles  and  sterling 
qualities  of  character.  His  advantages  were  superior  to  those  which  fell  to  the  lot  of  the 
majority  of  youths  of  that  period  and  he  completed  his  education  at  Lafayette  College. 
Immediately  thereafter  he  turned  his  attention  to  business  affairs  and  for  a  time  was 
manager  of  the  estate  of  G.  Dawson  Coleman  of  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania.  He  continued  to 
reside  in  his  native  state  until  1882,  when  he  and  his  brother  Brewster  came  to  Arizona, 
where  they  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land,  known  as  the  San  Rafael  grant,  which  was  made 
under  the  Spanish  government.  Their  holding  extended  for  miles  in  every  direction,  but 
its  boundaries  had  not  then  been  definitely  established  and  for  ten  years  the  question  of 
the  lines  of  their  grant  was  fought  out  in  the  courts.  The  squatters  who  had  settled 
on  the  land  claimed  by  the  Camerons  were  very  hostile  in  their  attitude  toward  the 
brothers,  and  there  was  hardly  a  day  for  a  long  period  but  brought  threats  of  bodily  injury 
or  death  to  them.  At  last  the  dispute  was  settled,  however,  and  the  court  gave  them  legal 
possession  of  a  large  portion  of  the  tract  their  deed  called  for.  They  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  when  they  first  located  in  Arizona,  maintaining  for  many  years  one  of  the  largest 
outfits  on  the  southwestern  range. 

Their  early  experiences  were  mos^^  difficiilt  and  discouraging,  as  while  engaged  in  fighting 
for  the  title  to  their  land  they  sufl^ered  large  losses  in  their  herds  from  the  cattle  rustlers 
and  thieves,  who  at  that  time  infested  this  section.  With  the  sharp  enforcement  of  the 
law  and  the  settling  of  the  country,  however,  these  marauders  were  gradually  stamped  out 
and  conditions  became  more  favorable  for  the  cattle  industry.  Practically  the  entire 
responsibility  connected  with  the  establishment  of  the  land  grant  and  the  development 
of  the  ranch  devolved  upon  Colin  Cameron.  He  was  one  of  the  most  progressive  of  the 
pioneer  cattlemen  and  in  the  early  years  of  his  career  as  an  Arizona  rancher  decided  to 
breed  his  stock  more  carefully  and  thus  improve  the  standard  of  his  grade.  With  this 
purpose  in  mind  he  imported  some  of  the  best  pedigreed  Hereford  cattle,  and  the  result 
of  his  efforts  is  apparent  in  the  breed  of  the  cattle  of  this  section  at  the  present  time.  For 
several  years  he  sent  some  of  his  herd  to  the  live  stock  exhibits  at  Kansas  City,  and  he 
became  recognized  as  one  of  the  authorities  on  Hereford  cattle.  He  was  a  prominent  member 
of  the  National  Live  Stock  Association  and  also  of  the  American  Hereford  Breeders' 
Association,  of  which  organization  he  was  at  one  time  president.  He  worked  tirelessly  in 
his  efforts  to  improve  the  conditions  regulating  the  stock  industry  in  this  state  but  met 
with  little  encouragement  in  his  endeavors  for  many  years.  When  appointed  chairman 
of  the  Arizona  Cattle  Sanitary  Board  the  stock  laws  of  the  state  were  very  crude  and 
inadequate.  At  his  own  expense  he  had  a  set  of  laws  drafted  which  contained  the  best 
sections  from  the  stock  laws  of  the  various  western  states  and  battled  for  and  won  their 
adoption  in  the  territorial  legislature.  Thanks  to  his  persistence  and  firm  determination 
Arizona  today  has  the  best  stock  laws  and  regulations  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  western 
states.  Several  years  prior  to  his  death  Mr.  Cameron  sold  his  ranch  and  removed  to  Tucson, 
where  he  erected  a  beautiful  residence  called  Lochaber  on  Franklin  street,  and  lived  retired 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  March  6,  1911. 

On  the  15th  of  March,  1877,  Mr.  Cameron  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  F.  Smith,  also  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  to  them  were  born  four  children:  Colin,  Jr.,  of  Tucson; 
Mary  C,  the  wife  of  Walter  Wakefield,  of  Tucson;  Jean  C,  wife  of  Leland  D.  Adams,  of 
Weedon.  Canada;  and  Alice  F.  Cameron,  II. 

Mr.  Cameron  was  one  of  the  most  progressive  and  enterprising  of  the  pioneers  and  by  his 
enthusiastic  co-operation  in  all  worthy  public  movements  contributed  largely  in  promoting 
the  state's  development.  He  had  unlimited  confidence  in  the  future  of  Tucson,  feeling 
assured  it  would  ultimately  be  one  of  the  foremost  cities  of  the  southwest,  and  never  failed 


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to  avail  liimself  of  an  opportunity  to  forward  it.  interests.  His  death  removed  from  the 
community  one  of  its  most  public-spirited  men  and  highly  lionored  citizens  and  was  deeply 
felt  in  Tucson,  where  he  numbered  many  friends  of  long  years  standing. 


A.  M.  HARMKR. 


A.  M.  Harmer  was. horn  in  Ohio  in  1875  and  in  that  state  acquired  his  education,  su])- 
plcmenting  a  public  school  course  by  attendance  at  the  Ohio  Northern  University  at  Ada, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  pharmacy  in  1896.  Immediately  afterward  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  drug  business,  which  he  followed  in  Ohio  until  1899,  when  he  came  to 
Arizona.  He  settled  first  in  Mesa,  where  he  remained  for  three  years,  and  was  afterward 
manager  of  a  pharmacy  in  Tombstone  for  one. year  before  coming  to  Tempe  in  1903.  Here 
he  purchased  a  drug  store,  buying  the  interests  of  J.  W.  Burg  in  the  enterprise  established 
by  Dr.  .J.  F.  Hart  and  J.  H.  Root  in  1883.  He  conducted  the  business  with  growing  success 
until  1914,  when  he  sold  out  to  0.  C.  McNary.  Mr.  Harmer  now  devotes  his  time  to  the 
development  of  his  ranch  in  the  Salt  River  valley,  located  at  Chandler. 

Mr.  Harmer  was  married  in  1903  to  Miss  Nellie  Clark,  of  Mesa,  and  both  are  now  well 
known  and  popular  in  Tempe.  Fraternally  Mr.  Harmer  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  order 
and  has  served  as  master  of  the  Tempe  blue  lodge  of  Masons.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  politically  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  In  business 
he  has  won  success  along  lines  which  will  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny,  for 
he  has  never  sacrificed  the  interests  of  others  to  further  his  own  prosperity. 


GEORGE  A.  MACDONALD. 


George  A.  Macdonald,  of  Phoenix,  is  filling  the  position  of  county  treasurer  of  Maricopa 
county.  He  is  a  western  man  by  birth,  training  and  preference  and  has  been  closely  iden- 
tified with  the  improvement  and  upbuilding  of  various  sections  of  the  west.  His  birth  occurred 
in  Provo,  Utah,  February  9,  1870,  his  parents  being  Alexander  and  Agnes  (Aird)  Mac- 
donald, both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Scotland.  In  the  decade  of  the  'OOs  they  arrived  in 
Utah  and  the  father,  who  was  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade,  there  followed  farming  and  survey- 
ing. In  1880  he  came  to  Arizona  and  purchased  a  farm.  Locating  at  Mesa,  he  invested  in 
land  there  and  then  concentrated  his  energies  upon  the  development  and  improvement  of  a 
ranch.  He  also  established  the  cooperative  store  in  Mesa,  now  owned  by  Lesueur  &  Com- 
pany, and  through  his  ranching  and  mercantile  interests  became  a  prominent  and  valued 
factor  in  the  community,  contributing  in  substantial  measure  to  its  business  development. 
He  died  in  the  year  1902,  having  for  four  years  survived  his  wife,  who  passed  away  in  1898. 

While  the  family  were  residents  of  Utah  George  A.  Macdonald  pursiiod  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Provo  and  afterward  attended  the  University  of  Provo,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1890.  He  afterward  took  up  the  profession  of 
teaching,  which  he  followed  for  two  years  in  firaliam  county,  Arizona,  and  later  became 
connected  with  mercantile  circles  as  bookkeeper  in  a  store  at  Mesa,  where  he  remained  for 
thirteen  years.  He  was  afterward  engaged  in  the  stock  business  for  a  few  years,  and  grad- 
ually working  his  way  upward  was  at  length  enabled  to  purchase  the  plant  of  the  Mesa 
Milling  Company,  which  he  operated  for  three  years.  He  was  called  to  public  office  in  his 
appointment  to  the  position  of  deputy  county  treasurer  of  Maricopa  county  in  1906,  acting 
in  that  capacity  until  elected  county  treasurer  in  1911.  His  previous  service  as  deputy 
well  qualified  him  for  the  office,  the  duties  of  which  he  is  discharging  with  marked  prompt- 
ness and  fidelity,  being  a  most  faithful  custodian  of  the  public  funds.  He  still  owns  his 
farm  and   other  interests   in   Mesa   and  derives  therefrom   a   siibstantial   income. 

On  the  nth  of  October,  1891,  Mr.  Macdonald  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lulu  J. 
Cluff,  a  native  of  Utah,  who  was  then  living  in  Graham  county,  Arizona.  Two  children 
have  been  born  of  this  union:    Rose  and  Aaron.     In  politics  Mr.  Macdonald  is  a  democrat, 


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AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  809 

always  supporting  the  party  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  He 
belongs  to  Phoenix  Lodge  No.  2,  K.  P.  and  to  tlie  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  For  twenty-six 
years  Arizona  has  numbered  him  among  her  citizens  and  she  finds  a  loyal  champion  of  her 
interests  and  opportunities  in  Mr.  Macdonald,  who  is  a  firm  believer  in  her  future  and  is 
laboring  persistently,  energetically  and  effectively  to  promote  her  welfare. 


CLARENCE  A.  LINDEMAN. 


Among  the  younger  representatives  of  the  bar  in  Yuma  is  numbered  Clarence  A.  Linde- 
man,  who  has  gained  for  himself  a  creditable  place  in  professional  circles  of  the  city.  He 
was  born  in  Minnesota  in  1884  and  is  a  son  of  A.  A.  and  Celia  Lindeman.  The  family 
moved  to  California  in  1901  and  there  the  parents  still  reside. 

Clarence  A.  Lindeman  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Minnesota 
and  afterward  entered  George  Washington  University  in  Washington,  D.  C,  graduating 
from  the  law  department  in  1913.  In  the  same  year  he  opened  an  office  in  Yuma,  Arizona, 
and  he  has  already  secured  a  large  patronage,  connecting  him  with  important  litigated 
interests.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Yuma  for  some  time  and  previous  to  his  admission  to 
the  bar  was  for  five  years  fiscal  agent  in  the  reclamation  service. 

Mr.  Lindeman  holds  membership  in  the  Methodist  church  and  in  politics  votes  inde- 
pendently. He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  and  Elks  lodges  and  belongs  also  to  Phi  Sigma 
Kappa.  Practically  all  of  his  time  and  attention  are  given  to  his  profession,  in  which  he 
has  made  that  progress  which  comes  only  as  a  result  of  superior  merit  and  ability. 


HON.  RICHARD  E.  SLOAN. 


Hon.  Richard  E.  Sloan,  of  Phoenix,  was  born  in  Preble  county,  Ohio,  June  23,  1857,  his 
parents  being  Dr.  Richard  and  Mary  Caldwell  Sloan.  He  attended  public  and  private  schools 
until  he  entered  Monmouth  College,  where  he  graduated  in  1877,  receiving  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  After  graduating  he  taught  for  a  year  in  a  private  school  and  then 
removed  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  newspaper  work  and  at  the  same  time 
pursued  his  law  studies  begun  in  Ohio.  In  1882  he  returned  to  Ohio  and  matriculated  in  the 
Cincinnati  Law  College,  where  he  graduated  in  1884,  obtaining  the  LL.  B.  degree.  The  same 
year  he  located  in  Phoenix  where  with  his  classmate,  L.  H.  Chalmers,  he  opened  a  law  office 
and  began  active  practice.  In  1886  he  removed  to  Florence,  where  he  was  elected,  in  the 
same  year,  district  attorney  of  Pinal  county.  In  1888  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
council  of  the  fifteenth  genei-al  assembly  of  Arizona.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  associate 
justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  territory  by  President  Harrison  and  assigned  to  the 
first  judicial  district  with  headquarters  at  Tucson.  After  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  ofTice  in  June,  1894,  he  retired  from  the  bench  and  located  in  Prescott  and  reengaged  in 
the  practice  of  the  law  at  that  place.  In  1897  he  was  reappointed  to  the  supreme  bench  of 
the  territory  by  President  McKinley,  and  assigned  to  the  fourth  judicial  district.  He  was 
reappointed  by  President  Roosevelt  in  1902  and  again  in  1906.  He  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  code  commission  of  the  territory  by  Governor  Murphy  in  1890.  In  1908  he  was 
chosen  by  two  rival  republican  conventions  of  the,  territory  as  one  of  the  two  delegates  to 
the  republican  national  convention  of  that  year,  and  was  instrumental  in  securing  the 
adoption  of  the  statehood  plank  by  the  committee  on  resolutions,  of  which  he  was  a  mem- 
ber, and  by  the  convention.  In  1909  he  was  appointed,  by  President  Taft,  governor  of  the 
territory.  The  appointment  was  unsought  and  accepted  only  after  being  personally  urged 
to  take  the  office  by  the  president.  He  served  as  governor  until  the  admission  of  the  state 
February  14,  1912. 

A  few  days  after  his  retirement  as  governor.  Judge  Sloan  was  named  by  President 
Taft  as  district  judge  of  the  United  States  for  the  district  of  Arizona.  Owing  to  the  opposi- 
tion of  the  democratic  senators  from  Arizona,  the  confirmation  in  the  senate  was  held  up, 

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and  notwithstanding  a  favorable  report  by  the  committee  on  judiciary,  no  action  was  taken 
by  the  senate  until  the  expiration  of  the  sixty-second  congress,  when  the  appointment 
along  with  a  large  number  of  other  Taft  appointments  expired  by  limitation  of  law.  In 
1913  Judge  Sloan  resumed  the  practice  of  law  in  Phoenix,  where  he  still  resides.  He  has 
the  distinction  of  having  served  on  the  territorial  bench  for  a  longer  period  than  any  other 
judge  in  the  history  of  Arizona.  As  a  jurist  he  ranks  with  the  most  eminent  judges  of  the 
southwest,  his  opinions  having  given  him  a  wide  celebrity  as  a  clear,  logical  and  concise 
writer  and  thinker.  As  governor  of  Arizona  he  gave  to  the  territory  an  economical  and  busi- 
nesslike administration  and  made  a  record  which  has  received  the  commendation  of  even  his 
political  antagonists  and  critics.  Since  retiring  from  office  Judge  Sloan  has  been  frequently 
called  upon  to  deliver  addresses  on  various  subjects  and  is  in  constant  demand  as  a  public 
speaker.  A  few  years  since  his  alma  mater  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D. 
Judge  Sloan  was  married  in  1887  to  Mary  Brown,  daughter  of  the  late  William 
E.  Brown,  a  prominent  member  of  the  bar  of  Hamilton,  Ohio,  and  for  several  years  president 
of  the  Second  National  Bank  of  that  city.  He  has  two  children  living,  Eleanor  B.  and  Mary 
Caldwell. 


ABIJAH  G.  SMITH. 


Abijah  G.  Smith  was  eighteen  years  of  age  when  he  began  his  independent  career 
and  also  his  identification  with  the  banking  business,  with  which  he  continued  his  con- 
nection for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  rising  steadily  and  iinally  attaining  a  posi- 
tion of  prominence  and  distinction  in  his  chosen  field.  Much  constructive  work  intluencing 
financial  conditions  in  the  eastern  states  and  in  various  parts  of  Colorado  and  Arizona 
stands  to  his  credit  and  although  he  has  now  severed  his  connection  with  banking,  liis 
name  is  still  an  honored  one  in  financial  circles  of  this  state. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  West  Nanticoke,  Pennsylvania,  December  31,  1857,  and  is  a 
son  of  Levi  M.  and  Emily  (Cook)  Smith.  The  family  was  in  Pennsylvania  for  at  deast 
two  generations;  the  grandfather,  Abijah  Smith,  having  opened  the  first  coal  mine  in  the 
United  States  which  shipped  coal  to  the  market,  having  in  1807  shipped  seventy  tons 
down  the  Susquehanna  river  to  Philadelphia.  His  son,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
review,  spent  his  early  years  as  a  coal  dealer  in  Pennsylvania  but  later  moved  to  Colorado, 
where  he  engaged  in  various  occupations  until  his  death.  His  wife  has  also  passed  away. 
To  their  union  were  born  eight  children:  Major,  who  died  in  infapcy;  another  who  died 
in  infancy;  Emma  J.,  the  deceased  wife  of  Patrick  McPike,  by  whom  she  had  three  chil- 
dren; Leander  J.,  a  business  man  of  Denver,  Colorado;  Charles  E.,  who  is  associated  with 
the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  in  Berkeley,  California;  Abijah  G.,  of  this  review; 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Isaac  G.  Eckert,  a  business  man  of  Drifton,  Pennsylvania;  and 
Stella,  the  wife  of  William  G.  Clemons,  of  Detroit,  Michigan. 

Abijah  G.  Smith  acquired  his  education  in  the  p\il)lic  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and  in 
the  graded  schools  of  New  York  city,  which  he  attended  for  two  years.  He  supplemented 
this  by  a  course  in  Wyoming  Seminary  in  Kingston,  Pennsylvania,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  began  his  independent  career.  He  went  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  the  banking 
business  there,  an  occupation  in  which  he  continued  for  over  twenty-five  years.  At  the 
age  of  twenty  he  was  given  charge  of  a  bank  in  Colorado  and  in  that  capacity  continued 
for  ten  years,  gaining  a  ijosition  of  precedence  in  financial  circles  of  the  state.  When  the 
concern  with  which  he  was  connected  was  sold  he  went  to  Denver  and  was  there  employed 
by  the  City  National  Bank,  continuing  for  two  years.  For  six  years  thereafter  he  was 
connected  with  the  American  National  Bank,  severing  his  connection  with  it  when  the 
institution  went  into  liquidation.  He  spent  two  years  and  a  half  after  this  in  Denver  but 
in  1899  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Solomonsville,  where  he  associated  himself  immedi- 
ately with  financial  interests,  organizing  the  Gila  Valley  Bank  and  the  Solomonsville  Com- 
mercial Company,  with  which  he  continued  his  connection  until  January,  1906.  having 
in  the  meantime  enlarged  the  Gila  Valley  Bank  to  the  Gila  Valley  Bank  &  Trust  Company, 
which  now  has  eight  branch  institutions  in   various  parts  of  Arizona.     He   is  also  known 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  811 

as  the  organizer  of  the  Arizona  Bankers  Association,  which  lias  done  such  important  work 
among  financial  institutions  in  the  state. 

In  January,  1906,  Mr.  Smith  severed  his  connection  with  all  of  the  above  financial 
institutions.  He  determined  upon  Globe  as  a  suitable  place  for  his  operations  and,  settling 
there,  organized  the  Globe  National  Bank,  which  was  opened  May  28,  1906.  He  remained 
its  head  until  January  16,  1910,  and  on  October  1st  of  the  same  year  came  to  Salford  as 
treasurer  and  general  manager  of  the  Gila  Electric,  Gas  &  Water  Company,  which  was 
organized  June  1,  1910.  This  position  he  still  retains  and  in  It  his  splendid  organizing 
and  executive  ability  have  been  called  forth,  a  great  deal  of  the  success  of  the  insti- 
tution being  due  to  his  constructive  and  able  work.  In  the  course  of  his  residence  in 
Arizona  Mr.  Smith  has  acquired  extensive  property  interests,  owning  now  fine  farming 
lands  in  the  Salt  river  valley,  upon  which  he  raises  fine  crops  of  alfalfa,  having  it  all  in 
an  excellent  state  of  cultivation.  His  business  interests  are  all  capably  and  progressively 
conducted,  entitling  him  to  a  place  among  the  representative  citizens  of  this  locality. 

Mr.  Smith  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  union  was  with  Miss  Mary  Wolcott,  of 
Ohio,  whom  he  wedded  on  October  12,  1887.  She  was  a  daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  S. 
(Carpenter)  Wolcott,  also  natives  of  the  Buckeye  state,  both  of  whom  have  passed  away. 
By  his  first  union  Mr.  Smith  has  two  daughters:  Felicia  Grace,  who  was  born  in  Denver, 
Colorado,  and  who  is  now  a  professional  nurse;  and  Charlotte  Ellen,  the  wife  of  Herbert 
W.  Woodward,  of  Copper  Hill,  Arizona.  Mr.  Smith's  first  wife  died  December  30,  1894, 
and  on  the  1st  of  February,  1903,  he  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss 
Mary  Wheeler  Woodman,  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  a  daughter  of  Herbert  K.  and 
Victoria  Guelph  (McLean)  Woodman,  the  latter  born  in  Nova  Scotia  and  named  in  honor 
of  Queen  Victoria. 

Mr.  Smith  gives  a  general  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  is  very  liberal  and 
progressive  in  his  political  views.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order  and  is 
active  in  the  affairs  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  a  man  who  has  faithfully  discharged 
every  duty  imposed  upon  him,  has  met  fully  the  obligations  and  responsibilities  of  life, 
and  won  for  himself  an  honorable  position  in  business  and  social  circles. 


GLEN'N  LEE  COFFEE. 


Glenn  Lee  Coffee,  now  serving  in  an  able  and  progressive  way  as  city  marshal  and 
fire  chief  of  Clifton,  was  born  in  Texas  in  1879,  a  son  of  Mansel  and  Georgia  F.  (Reynolds) 
Coffee,  deceased.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Alabama  and  for  many  years  engaged  in 
stock-raising.  The  mother  was  born  in  Mississippi.  In  their  family  were  eight  children: 
Woods  and  Logan,  of  Miami,  Texas;  Cleveland,  a  resident  of  Fort  Worth,  that  state; 
Henry,  whose  home  is  in  Miami,  Arizona;  James,  who  resides  in  Canadian,  Texas;  Mansel, 
of  Mobeetie,  Texas;  Mary,  who  married  Claude  F.  Lock,  of  Miami,  Texas;  and  Glenn  Lee, 
of  this  review. 

Glenn  L.  Coffee  was  reared  upon  the  ranch  owned  by  his  father  and  uncle  in  Texas 
and  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state.  He  afterward 
went  to  Fort  Worth  and  there  attended  the  Texas  University  for  one  year,  after  which  he 
laid  aside  his  books  and  joined  his  uncle  in  North  Dakota,  working  upon  the  latter's  ranch 
in  various  capacities  for  two  and  one-half  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came  to 
Arizona,  settling  in  Globe,  where  for  a  short  time  he  held  a  position  in  the  postoffice,  after 
which  he  became  a  cow  puncher,  working  on  a  ranch  near  Globe  for  six  months.  Being 
ambitious,  however,  to  engage  in  business  for  himself,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  .J.  M. 
Porter,  of  Globe,  and  together  they  conducted  a  large  and  successful  cattle  raising  enter- 
prise for  four  years.  Mr.  Coffee  was  by  this  time  recognized  authority  upon  matters  per- 
taining to  cattle  raising  and  feeding  and  his  ability  along  this  line  led  to  his  appointment 
by  the  government  as  superintendent  of  grazing  on' Indian  reservations.  After  one  year 
of  able  service  in  this  capacity  he  came  to  Clifton  and  here  became  connected  with  the 
New  England  Copper  Company,  acting  as  their  railroad  superintendent  until  1910.  when 
he  was  appointed  city  marshal  and  fire  chief,  positions  which  he  has  filled  since  that  time. 


812  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

He  has  been  very  faithful  and  prompt  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  and  lias  inaugurated 
many  important  changes  in  the  conduct  of  his  office,  which  have  won  for  him  tlie  com- 
mendation of  all  concerned.  Mr.  Coffee  is  known  in  business  circles  of  Clifton  as  a  stock- 
holder and  secretary  of  the  White  Mountain  Lumber  Company,  which  he  helped  to  organize 
and  to  the  allairs  of  which  he  gives  a  great  deal  of  his  time  and  attention.  He  has  lived 
long  in  the  southwest  and  has  been  identified  with  many  important  development  projects, 
among  which  may  be  mentioned  his  work  on  the  Eoosevelt  dam.  He  was  at  the  time  of 
its  construction  connected  with  the  engineering  department  and  was  the  first  to  erect  a 
tent  upon  the  property. 

In  1905  Mr.  Coffee  married  Miss  Catherine  Young,  a  native  of  Texas  and  a  daughter 
of  Hume  and  Carrie  (Copinda)  Young.  Mr.  and  Mis.  Coliee  have  two  children:  Georgia 
Lee,  who  was  born  June  16,  1906;  and  Glenn  F.,  Jr.,  born  June  10,  1908.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Coffee  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  which  he  holds  the 
chair  of  esteemed  lecturing  knight,  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party.  He  is  a  most  loyal  and  public-spirited  citizen  and  in  whatever  relation  of  life  he 
is  found,  whether  in  business,  political  service  or  in  social  circles,  deserves  and  holds  the 
high  regard  and  esteem  of  all  who  are  associated  with  him. 


ORA  I.  TOWER,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Ora  I.  Tower,  filling  the  office  of  assistant  United  States  railroad  surgeon  and 
engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  in  Yuma  in  partnership  with  Dr.  Henri  ApJohn, 
was  born  in  Indiana  in  1886  and  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  that  state.  He 
afterward  attended  the  Danville  State  Normal  School  and  then  enrolled  in  the  University  of 
Louisville.  He  was  graduated  in  medicine  from  the  University  of  California  in  June,  1910, 
and  afterward  was  for  three  months  connected  with  a  maternity  hospital  in  Los  Angeles, 
following  which  he  was  interne  in  the  Los  Angeles  County  Hospital.  Dr.  Tower  came  to 
Yuma,  Arizona,  in  1911  and  shortly  afterward  was  appointed  assistant  United  States 
railroad  surgeon.  He  practices  his  profession  in  partnership  with  Dr.  Henri  Ap.Tohn  and  has 
already  secured  a  large  and  representative  clientage,  having  become  recognized  as  a  careful 
and  conscientious  physician  and  one  who  keeps  closely  in  touch  with  tlie  advancement  of 
his  profession  along  all  lines. 

In  February,  1911,  Dr.  Tower  married  Misa  Bessie  B.  Fairlie,  of  Los  Angeles.  The 
Doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  repub- 
lican party.  He  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Masonic  lodge,  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Phi  Clii.  He  gives  practically  all  of  his  time 
and  attention  to  his  profession  and  has  made  rapid  advancement  in  it,  being  ranked  today 
among  the  successful  and  able  physicians  in  Yuma. 


ROSARIO  BRENA. 


Rosario  Brena,  founder,  president  and  manager  of  the  Brena  Commercial  Company  for 
nearly  thirty  years,  is  now  deceased.  He  was  born  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  in  1854  and  was 
there  reared  and  educated.  In  1878  he  came  to  Tucson  and  entered  the  employ  of  L.  Zeck- 
endorf  &  Company,  for  whom  he  worked  for  about  six  years.  He  then  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  on  his  own  account  and  was  engaged  in  the  retail  trade  until  1901.  He 
opened  a  wholesale  establishment  under  the  name  of  the  Brena  Commercial  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  president  and  general  manager  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on 
the  18th  of  January,  1914.  It  was  the  only  exclusive  wholesale  store  of  the  kind  in  Arizona 
and  it  prospered  from  the  very  first.  Mr.  Brena  enlarged  his  business  from  time  to  time 
to  meet  the  growing  demands  of  his  trade  and  it  is  now  one  of  the  city's  most  thriving  com- 
mercial establishments.     Its  trade  now  covers  southern  Arizona  and  a  large  portion  of  the 


ROSARIO  BRENA 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  815 

adjacent  territory  of  old  Mexico.  In  addition  to  his  commercial  enterprise  Mr.  Brena  at  one 
time  owned  and  conducted  a  large  cattle  ranch  in  the  Sopori  district. 

Mr.  Brena  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Cotton,  who  was  born  in  Mexico  of 
American  parentage,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  two  sons:  Pedro  C,  who  is  mentioned 
below;   and  Rosario  C,  who  died  August  8,  1911. 

The  prosperity  enjoyed  by  Mr.  Brena  was  won  through  diligence,  close  concentration 
and  the  ability  to  recognize  opportunities  not  discernible  to  the  average  business  man  and 
utilize  them  to  the  best  possible  advantage,  all  of  wliich  qualities  placed  him  in  the  fore- 
most ranks  of  the  representative  business  men  of  Tucson. 

Pedro  C.  Brena,  who  is  now  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Brena  Commercial 
Company,  was  reared  at  home  and  completed  his  education  in  the  University  of  Arizona. 
After  leaving  school  he  entered  his  father's  office  and  for  twelve  ye^rs  was  connected  with 
him  in  business.  In  1912  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Concha  Calderon,  a  native  of 
Mexico.  Pedro  C.  Brena  is  a  young  man  of  marked  capabilities  and  pleasing  personality, 
and  his  business  career  gives  every  assurance  of  being  a  most  promising  one. 


CAPTAIN  JOHN  C.  POTTS. 


No  history  of  the  development  of  Arizona  from  a  frontier  territory  into  an  important 
and  growing  state  would  be  complete  without  mention  of  the  life  and  activities  of 
Captain  John  C.  Potts,  who  came  here  in  1869  and  bore  an  active  part  in  the  development 
and  growth  of  the  sections  in  which  he  has  resided.  The  honesty,  the  industry  and  the 
loyalty  which  formed  the  dominating  elements  in  his  success  were  salient  qualities  in 
his  character  and  made  him  one  of  the  most  highly  honored  and  deservedly  respected  men 
of  Kingman,  where  he  resided  continuously  from  1884  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
April  10,  1914.  He  was  honored  also  as  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having  served  through- 
out the  entire  four  years  of  that  conflict,  and  his  loyalty  was  as  strong  in  days  of  peace 
as  it  was  on  the  southern  battlefields,  finding  outward  manifestation  in  his  efScient  and 
capable  work  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Mohave  county. 

Captain  Potts  was  bom  in  Pennsylvania  on  the  22d  of  January,  1838,  and  was  a  son 
of  John  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Coyle)  Potts,  who  went  to  Iowa  in  1846,  the  father  following 
farming  in  Clayton  county  until  his  death  in  1872.  The  mother  has  also  passed  away. 
John  C.  Potts  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa  and  in  1858  settled  in 
Nebraska,  from  which  state  he  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  war.  In  May,  1861,  he 
joined  the  First  Nebraska  Volunteer  Infantry  and  went  to  the  front  as  a  private,  serving 
with  credit  and  ability  and  participating  in  many  of  the  important  engagements  of  the 
war.  At  Shiloh  he  was  made  second  lieutenant  for  bravery  in  action,  was  afterward 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  and  in  1863,  when  his  regiment  was  changed  from 
the  infantry  to  the  cavalry,  was  made  captain,  with  which  rank  he  was  serving  when 
discharged  on  the  26th  of  August,  1864. 

After  the  war  Captain  Potts  went  west,  living  for  a  time  in  Colorado,  Wyoming, 
Dakota  and  New  Mexico,  and  finally  in  1869  settling  in  Arizona,  among  the  pioneers  of 
the  state.  He  took  up  his  residence  in  Prescott,  making  his  home  in  th^t  city  until  1872, 
when  he  came  to  Mohave  county,  and  here  he  has  since  resided,  giving  his  attention  to 
those  things  which  make  for  progress,  reform  and  advancement  in  community  affairs. 
He  has  figured  prominently  in  public  life,  holding  various  important  and  responsible 
official  positions,  his  political  career  being  varied  in  service  and  faultless  in  honor.  He 
served  two  terms  as  sheriff  of  Mohave  county,  in  1881  and  1882  and  again  in  1897  and 
1898,  and  was  for  several  years  thereafter  deputy  sheriff.  In  1873  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  board  of  supervisors  and  was  again  elected  to  that  body  in  1908,  being  chairman 
of  the  board  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Many  movements  of  reform  and  progress  have 
been  inaugurated  under  his  direction  and  the  work  of  the  board  has  been  at  all  times  con- 
structive, efficient  and  public-spirited. 

Mr.  Potts  was  married  on  the  14th  of  November,  1872,  to  Miss  Louise  M.  Zaff,  of 
California,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  seven  children,  two  of  whom  have  passed  away. 


816  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Among  these  were  the  first  white  twins  born  in  Arizona,  one  of  whom  died  at  the  age  of  three 
/ears,  tlie  other  being  now  married  and  a  resident  of  California. 

Mr.  Potts  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  At  all  times  he  was 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  county  where  he  so  long  resided  and  gave  active  coopera- 
tion to  movements  for  the  public  good,  while  his  efforts  in  behalf  of  general  improve- 
ment have  been  effective  and  far-reaching.  Living  in  Arizona  for  forty-five  years  and  in 
Mohave  county  for  forty-two,  he  was  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  in  this  locality,  being 
widely  recognized  as  a  man  of  tried  integrity  and  worth,  of  public  spirit  and  business 
discrimination.  His  fellow  townsmen  honored  and  respected  him  and  wherever  he  was 
known  he  had  an  extensive  circle  of  friends.  Moreover,  he  deserves  mention  in  this  volume 
as  one  of  the  veterans  of  the  Civil  war,  to  whom  the  country  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude 
that  can  never  be  fully  repaid. 


EDWARD  P.  GRINDELL. 


No  man  has  done  more  worthy,  useful  or  far-reaching  work  for  Douglas  along  lines 
of  general  advancement  and  development  than  Edward  P.  Grindell,  formerly  secretary  of 
the  Douglas  Chamber  of  Commerce  from  the  third  year  of  its  existence  until  June,  1913, 
and  whose  public  spirit  has  thus  been  made  effective  in  a  practical  and  beneficial  way. 
He  is  now  secretary  pf  the  McNeal  Basin  Commercial  Club  and  also  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  McNeal  Fair  Association.  Mr.  Grindell's  success  in  these  difficult  positions  has 
its  root  in  his  former  adventurous  and  varied  career,  embracing  activity  in  practically 
every  line  of  work  which  Arizona  offers  and  affecting  all  of  his  later  operations  by  increas- 
ing the  breadth  and  extent  of  his  ability  and  experience. 

He  was  born  in  Platteville,  Wisconsin,  in  1873,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Margaret 
(McMurray)  Grindell,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland  and  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade.  The 
mother,  who  was  born  in  Illinois,  died  in  January,  1915,  having  survived  her  husband 
since  1892.  In  their  family  were  eight  children:  Wesley,  deceased;  Samuel,  who  is  in 
business  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Frederick,  who  has  passed  away;  Lillie,  the  wife  of  W.  F. 
Kepner,  of  Oceola,  Nebraska;  Clara,  who  is  engaged  in  the  millinery  business  in  Wisconsin; 
Thomas,  also  deceased;  Mary,  who  resides  at  the  old  home  in  Wisconsin;  and  Edward  P., 
of  this  review.  Of  these  children  Thomas  Grindell  had  an  adventurous  and  varied  career. 
He  was  for  three  years  clerk  of  the  supreme  court  and  for  several  years  principal  of  the 
Normal  School  at  Tempe.  He  afterward  became  prominent  in  educational  circles  of 
Douglas  as  principal  of  the  public  schools.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American 
war,  having  served  under  Colonel  Theodore  Roosevelt  in  the  famous  Rough  Rider  Regiment, 
and  he  died  of  thirst  on  the  Tiburon  desert  in  Mexico,  whither  he  had  gone  with  three 
companions.  One  member  of  this  party  escaped  and  still  lives  but  the  others  succumbed 
to  thirst  after  several  months  of  wandering.  Thomas  Grindell  was  born  in  1870  and  was 
thirty-five  years  of  age  and  in  the  prime  of  his  successful  career  at  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1905. 

Edward  P.  Grindell  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  .Wisconsin  and  later 
attended  a  Normal  School.  He  learned  the  cabinet  maker's  trade  under  his  father  and 
at  the  age  of  twenty  began  his  independent  career,  selling  furniture  on  the  road  for  two 
years.  He  afterward  traveled  in  the  interests  of  a  bicycle  house  and  also  sold  sundries 
for  three  years,  making  his  headquarters  in  Cliicago,  and  then  came  west,  settling  in 
Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he  became  identified  with  journalism.  For  some  time  he  was 
one  of  the  best  known  newspapermen  in  Arizona  but  he  abandoned  that  line  of  work 
when  he  went  to  Tucson,  where  for  five  years  he  was  identified  as  a  traveling  salesman 
with  the  International  Correspondence  Schools.  Since  that  time  Mr.  Grindell  has  been 
connected  with  practically  every  phase  of  life  in  Arizona,  from  a  cowboy  to  that  of  a 
progressive  and  successful  business  man.  He  served  from  1908  until  1913  as  secretary 
of  the  Douglas  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  accomplished  permanent  and  vitally  important 
work   along   many   lines.     He   is   especially   interested   in   the   agricultural    development    of 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  817 

Cochise  county  and  has  furthered  this  work  to  the  utmost  of  Iiis  ability,  the  results 
standing  as  the  best  proof  of  his  eneigy  and  well  directed  labor. 

In  June,  1913,  Mr.  Grindell  was  compelled  to  give  up  his  work  in  Douglas  owing  to 
the  condition  of  his  health.  He  located  on  a  ranch  in  the  Sulphur  Springs  valley,  where 
he  has  exercised  a  most  helpful  influence  in  that  section's  progress.  He  was  the  originator 
of  the  well  known  Borderland  route  for  cross-country  automobile  travel  and  has  other- 
wise been  connected  with  important  work  of  development  and  progress  in  this  state,  his 
name  being  today  a  synonym  for  all  that  is  aggressive,  forceful  and  original  in  civic 
improvement  and  general  advancement.  He  served  as  secretary  of  the  Arizona  Bank  & 
Trust  Company  and  has  important  real  estate  interests  in  Douglas,  being  an  officer  in 
the  Aiizona  &  Mexico  Realty  Company,  controlling  large  landholdings.  He  has  extensive 
property  interests  as  a  private  business  man. 

Mr.  Grindell  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  beliefs  but  never  active  as  an  office  seeker. 
He  is  identified  fraternally  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  with  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  serving  as  treasurer  of  the  local  lodge.  He  is  peculiarly  fitted  by 
character  and  ability  for  the  important  positions  he  has  held  in  Douglas  and  elsewhere, 
and  his  reputation  in  business  circles  is  high  and  secure  and  his  worth  as  a  citizen  widely 
and  gratefully  ackno'vledged. 


CHARLES  COLFAX  BERAULT. 

Charles  Colfax  Berault,  occupying  the  position  of  chief  clerk  in  the  state  engineer's  office 
at  Phoenix,  came  to  Arizona  in  1907.  He  brought  with  him  the  training  of  the  east,  com- 
bined with  intellectual  enterprise  and  ambition  and  has  become  a  recognized  factor  in  the 
progress  and  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  the  country.  His  birth  occurred  in  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  in  1872,  his  parents  being  Whcaton  and  Sarah  P.  (Colfax)  Berault,  the  latter  a 
daughter  of  General  Colfax.  The  father  was  born  in  New  York  city,  studied  law  and  made 
its  practice  his  life  work,  following  the  profession  in  New  Jersey  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

The  son,  Charles  C.  Berault,  completed  his  education  by  graduation  from  the  Sacred 
Heart  College,  at  Vineland,  New  Jersey,  in  1893.  He  then  started  in  the  business  world  as 
a  clerk  in  his  father's  law  office  and  also  acted  as  court  stenographer.  At  length,  however, 
he  turned  his  attention  to  merchandising  in  New  York  city,  dealing  in  civil  engineer's  sup- 
plies. He  was  afterward  associated  at  diflFerent  times  with  a  number  of  eastern  railways  as 
clerk  and  stenographer,  and  broad  experience  in  those  connections  well  qualified  him  for  the 
duties  which  have  since  devolved  upon  him.  He  came  to  Arizona  in  1907  and  acted  as  clerk 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  of  Mexico  &  Eastern  Arizona  Railway  at  Tucson,  Arizona.  There 
he  remained  until  appointed  chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  state  engineer  on  the  27th  of 
May,  1912,  and  removed  to  Phoenix.  In  the  discharge  of  his  duties  he  is  systematic, 
methodical,  capable  and  faithful  and  has  won  popularity  and  regard  among  the  public  officials 
with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact. 

On  the  2d  of  July,  1909,  Mr.  Berault  was  married  to  Miss  Cora  Dougherty,  of  Tucson, 
a  daughter  of  James  B.  Dougherty.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Berault  attend  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Cincinnati,  belonging  to  Rhode  Island  Plantation. 
His  political  support  is  given  the  democratic  party  but  he  is  not  an  office  seeker  in  the 
usually  accepted  sense  of  the  term,  although  loyal  to  the  principles  in  which  he  believes. 
His  has  been  an  active,  busy  and  useful  life,  resulting  in  advancement  step  by  step  until 
he  now  occupies  a  prominent  position  in  connection  with  the  interests  of  the  state. 


DENIS  MURPHY. 


One  of  the  most  influential  men  in  Globe  was  Denis  Murphy,  who  for  a  third  of  a  cen- 
tury was  actively  identified  with  important  interests  in  that  city  but  is  now  living  in  Los 
Angeles,  California.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1856  and  although  he  was  only  three  years 
of  au-e  when  his  father  died  he  comes  of  a  long-lived  family,  both  his  maternal  and  paternal 


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grandmotliers  having  lived  for  more  than  a  century  while  his  mother  had  reached  the  age 
of  ninety-seven  years  at  the  time  of  her  death. 

Denis  Murphy  acquired  his  education  in  his  native  country  and  there  remained  until  he 
'  was  twenty-four  years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  came  to  the  United  States.  After  two 
months  spent  in  New  York  he  crossed  the  continent  to  San  Francisco,  whence  in  June,  1881, 
he  came  to  Globe,  where  he  spent  seven  years  engaged  in  mining  and  cattle  dealing,  running 
a  few  hundred  head  of  cattle  on  a  small  ranch.  In  1889  he  went  back  to  Ireland  and  was 
there  married,  returning  with  his  bride  to  Globe,  where  lie  later  became  a  prosperous  and 
successful  citizen.  He  opened  "a  large  butcher  shop  and  conducted  it  in  connection  with  his 
cattle  ranch  for  twenty-one  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  discontinued  that  busi- 
ness in  order  to  devote  more  of  his  time  to  his  stock-raising  interests.  At  one  time  he 
owned  from  five  to  seven  thousand  head  of  cattle  but  in  recent  years  has  been  gradually  clos- 
ing out  his  business  along  this  and  other  lines,  having  already  sold  the  livery  stable  whicli 
he  owned  in  Globe.  Hin  interests,  however,  are  still  extensive  for  he  owns  a  great  deal  of 
stock  in  the  Miami  Laundry,  four  acres  of  fine  ranch  land  just  outside  of  Globe  and  his 
old  slaughter-house  and  the  grounds  upon  which  it  stands.  In  addition  to  this  he  has  exten- 
sive mining  properties  in  Gila  county,  most  of  his  holdings  lying  between  Hayden  and 
Kelvin.  All  of  his  business  affairs  are  capably  conducted  along  progressive  lines,  ioi  Mr. 
Murphy  possesses  those  qualities  which  make  him  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  the  locality, 
being  mdustrious  and  farsighted,  modern  in  his  ideas  and  discriminating  in  the  handling  of 
complicated  business  problems. 

In  1890  Mr.  Murphy  married  Miss  Margaret  Ryan,  a  native  of  Ireland  and  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  Ryan,  both  of  whom  died  in  that  country.  She  is  one  of  a  fam- 
ily of  eight  children,  six  of  whom  still  survive.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Murphy  have  three  daughters: 
Josephine,  who  is  a  graduate  of  St.  Mary's  Academy  and  of  a  business  college  of  San  Diego,  and 
is  now  the  wife  of  M.  J.  Doran  of  Globe;  Margaret  Anna,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1896  and  who 
is  now  attending  St.  Mary's  Academy  in  Los  Angeles;  and  Muriel  L.,  born  in  September,  1906. 
The  family  are  all  devout  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  Mrs.  Murphy  owns  a  great 
deal  of  business  and  residence  property  in  Globe,  fifteen  of  her  houses  being  leased  to  tenants. 
She  also  has  a  fine  home  in  San  Diego,  California,  a  business  block  in  the  southern  part  of 
that  state,  an  attractive  residence  in  Los  Angeles  and  several  vacant  lots  there. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Murphy  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  and  politically  he  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  has  always 
taken  an  intelligent  interest  in  public  affairs  and  was  a  member  of  the  first  city  council 
of  Globe.  A  man  of  high  worth,  sterling  integrity  and  progressive  public  spirit,  he  ia 
highly  respected  and  honored  in  the  community  which  has  known  him  for  more  than  thirty 
years. 


JAMES  E.  O'CONNOR. 


James  E.  O'Connor,  who  served  for  five  consecutive  terms  as  district  attorney  in  Florence 
and  later  as  judge  of  the  superior  court  of  Pinal  county,  is  a  lawyer  of  great  power  and 
ability  and  an  official  of  uncompromising  integrity,  impartiality  and  honor.  He  was  born  in 
Pescadero,  San  Mateo  county,  California,  February  20,  1865,  and  there  acquired  his  prelimi- 
nary education.  Having  determined  to  study  law,  he  entered  the  offices  of  William  Guynee 
and  Judge  Gesfoid,  in  Napa,  and  proved  an  apt  and  intelligent  pupil,  winning  his  admis- 
sion to  the  bar  of  the  California  superior  court  in  1892  and  of  the  supreme  court  in  the 
following  year.  He  opened  his  first  oflice  in  Madera,  where  he  remained  two  years,  going 
at  the  end  of  that  time  to  San  Jose,  where  he  was  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession 
from  1895  to  1898. 

In  the  latter  year  Judge  O'Connor  came  to  Florence,  Arizona,  and  opened  an  oflfice, 
becoming  rapidly  well  known  in  public  life  as  well  as  prominent  in  professional  circles. 
In  1899  he  was  appointed  deputy  district  attorney,  serving  until  October  7,  1900,  when 
he  was  appointed  district  attorney  to  fill  out  an  unexpired  term.  He  was  later  elected  to 
that  position   and  filled  it  capably   and  etiiciently  until   1911,  four   reelections   proving  the 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  821 

efficacy  and  impartiality  of  his  service  and  his  acceptability  to  the  people  at  large.  Judge 
O'Connor  was  made  the  first  judge  of  the  superior  court  of  Pinal  county  under  the  new  state 
laws  in  1911  and  served  until  January  2,  1915,  with  credit  to  himself  and  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 

In  1898  Judge  O'Connor  married  Miss  Lillian  Breyfogle,  a  native  of  San  Jose,  California, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  Olive,  Wallace,  Alice,  Lillian,  Margaret  and  Wil- 
liam. Fraternally  the  Judge  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Mystic 
Cirple.  He  belongs  also  to  the  Phoenix  lodge  of  Elks  and  is  identified  with  the  Loyal  Order 
of  Moose,  his  connections  along  this  line  being  important  and  representative.  In  Florence 
he  is  known  as  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen  and  a  capable  official,  whose  life  has 
always  been  characterized  by  a  recognition  of  community  interests  and  by  active  cooperation 
therein. 


ANDREW  C.  PETERSON. 


Andrew  C.  Peterson,  principal  of  the  Gila  Academy  and  by  reason  of  his  able  and  suc- 
cessful wot-k  a  force  in  educational  circles  of  the  state  of  Arizona,  was  born  in  Gunnison,  Utah, 
September  24,  1870.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas  P.  and  Maria  (Tyggeson)  Peterson,  natives  of 
Denmark,  who  came  to  America  direct  from  that  country  and  crossed  the  plains  with  ox 
learns  to  Utah,  where  they. arrived  among  the  early  settlers.  The  father  engaged  in  farm- 
ing until  he  was  killed  there  in  an  accident  in  1873.  In  1878  the  family  removed  to  Arizona 
and  settled  on  the  Little  Colorado  river.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  P.  Peterson  became  the 
parents  of  five  children:  Thomas,  deceased,  who  was  second  lieutenant  of  the  Arizona 
National  Guard;  Mary,  who  married  Peter  A.  Peterson,  of  Utah  county,  Utah;  Elsina,  the 
wife  of  Isaac  Isaacson,  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Apache  county  and  also  a 
prominent  stockman;  Joseph,  who  has  passed  away;  and  Andrew  C,  of  this  review. 

Andrew  C.  Peterson  was  eight  years  of  age  when  he  came  with  his  mother  to  Arizona, 
settling  on  the  Little  Colorado  river  in  1878.  His  success  in  educational  work  today  is  the 
more  commendable  to  him  from  the  fact  that  before  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age  he  had 
only  nine  months'  schooling.  However,  his  early  disadvantages  were  to  a  great  extent  over- 
come by  observation  and  reading  and  he  later  entered  the  district  school  in  St.  Johns,  Arizona, 
an  institution  of  which  he  was  afterward  principal.  He  supplemented  this  by  a  normal 
course  in  Provo,  Utah,  which  he  completed  in  1897  and  was  then  made  principal  of  the  St. 
Johns  school.  He  held  this  position  for  two  years,  resigning  in  1898  in  order  to  offer  his 
services  to  the  government  for  the  Spanish- American  war.  He  joined  Company  C,  of  the 
First  Territorial  Regiment,  and  was  sent  to  Whipple  harracks  and  thence  to  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky. Later  his  regiment  was  stationed  in  Albany,  Georgia,  and  there  was  mustered  out 
in  February,  1899,  never  having  seen  active  service.  Mr.  Peterson  returned  to  St.  Johns, 
Arizona,  and  for  a  time  worked  upon  a  farm  and  taught  school,  dividing  his  attention 
between  the  two  occupations  until  he  was  sent  to  the  northern  states  on  a  mission  for 
the  Mormon  church,  of  which  he  is  a  devout  adherent.  Having  completed  this  work  success- 
fully he  returned  to  Apache  county  and  taught  school  there  for  one  season,  coming  at  the 
end  of  that  time  to  Thatcher,  where  for  two  years  he  acted  as  teacher  in  the  Gila  Academy, 
of  which  he  has  been  principal  since  1905.  He  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  broad  education 
and  scholarly  attainments  and  he  moreover  possesses  the  faculty  erf  imparting  to  his  sub- 
ordinates something  of  his  own  zeal  and  enthusiasm.  As  a  result  the  academy  is  well 
organized,  well  managed  and  well  taught,  being  fully  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  similar 
educational  institutions. 

On  June  28,  1903,  Mr.  Peterson  married  Miss  Eleanor  Post,  a  native  of  Illinois  and  a 
daughter  of  Simeon  Van  Winkle  and  Mary  (Kane)  Post,  the  former  of  Holland  descent.  He 
was  an  accomplished  musician  and  well  known  also  as  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having 
served  in  the  Federal  army  as  major.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peterson  have  six  children:  Pearl  and 
Eleanor,  who  are  attending  school;   Myrtle;   Glenn;   Dale;   and  Arman. 

Mr.   Peterson  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  has  taken  an 


822  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

active  part  in  public  affairs,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Graliam 
county.  He  was  nominated  as  a  delegate  for  the  constitutional  convention  which  drew  up 
the  laws  under  which  Arizona  was  admitted  to  the  Union  but  he  resigned  without  serving. 
He  is  high  in  the  councils  of  the  Mormon  church  and  an  active  worker  for  its  expansion, 
having  been  for  two  years  a  bishop  in  Thatcher.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  high  council 
of  St.  Joseph  stake  and  does  ali  in  his  power  to  promote  the  spread  of  the  doctrines  in  which 
he  believes.  His  life  has  ever  been  in  harmony  with  the  standards  of  upright  manhood  and 
his  good  qualities  have  gained  for  him  widespread  respect  and  esteem  and  an  honored  name. 


B.  B.  MOEUR,  M.  D. 


Dr.  B.  B.  Moeur  has  been  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  in 
Tempe  since  1896  and  during  that  time  has  been  carried  forward  by  the  force  of  his  ability 
and  knowledge  into  important  professional  relations,  being  numbered  today  among  the 
prominent  and  successful  members  of  the  medical  fraternity  in  this  part  of  the  county. 
He  was  born  in  Tennessee,  on  the  23d  of  December,  1869,  and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  J.  B.  and 
Esther  K.  Moeur,  who  went  to  Texas  in  1871,  the  father  practicing  in  that  state  until 
his  death. 

Dr.  B.  B.  Moeur  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Texas  and,  having 
determined  to  practice  medicine,  afterward  entered  the  University  of  Arkansas  at  Little 
Rock,  graduating  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  on  the  9th  of  April,  1896.  He  came  immediately 
afterward  to  Tempe  aijd  has  since  remained  in  this  city.  He  possesses  a  comprehensive 
knowledge  of  the  principles  which  underlie  the  medical  science  and  keeps  in  touch  with 
the  most  advanced  medical  thought,  and  his  ability  and  skill,  becoming  widely  recognized, 
have  been  rewarded  by  a  large  and  representative  patronage. 

Dr.  Moeur  married,  on  the  18th  of  June,  189C,  Miss  Honor  G.  Anderson,  of  Texas,  and 
they  have  become  the  parents  of  four  children.  Dr.  Moeur  is  very  prominent  in  local 
democratic  politics  and  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  which  drew  up  the 
laws  under  which  Arizona  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  school 
board.  His  fraternal  connections  are  extensive  as  he  is  aflRliated  with  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Rebekahs,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  belongs 
to  the  Arizona  State  and  the  Maricopa  County  Medical  Societies  and  the  American  Medical 
Association  and  in  his  professional  life  as  well  as  in  official  circles  holds  the  confidence, 
regard  and  esteem  of  all  who  are  in  any  way  associated  with  him. 


WILLIAM  KEMP. 

I 
William  Kemp,  an  expert  mining  engineer  and  a  standard  authority  upon  all  matters 
pertaining  to  mining  and  smelting,  has  been  connected  with  some  of  the  most  important 
mining  corporations  in  America  and  is  now  manager  for  the  Socorro  Smelting  Works  of 
Socorro,  New  Mexico,  and  of  the  Hardscrabble  mine  at  Magdalena,  New  Mexico.  He  has 
left  the  impress  of  his  work  and  activity  upon  industrial  development  of  many  states, 
making  steady  progress  in  his  profession  through  the  passing  years  and  standing  today 
in  the  front  ranks  of  mining  specialists  in  America- 
Mr.  Kemp  was  born  in  Durham,  England,  May  1.5,  1863,  and  acquired  his  education  in 
the  Physiological  College  of  Science  at  Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  He  took  a  course  in  mining 
engineering  and  metallurgy  and  after  completing  it  became  associated  with  the  Rio  Tinto 
Copper  Company  in  their  works  at  Jarrow,  England.  He  served  as  their  engineer  for 
nine  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  came  to  the  United  States  in  their  interests,  acting 
as  their  superintendent  at  the  New  Jersey  Copper  Refining  Works  at  Elizabeth,  New  .Tersey. 
Afterward  he  superintended  the  erection  of  a  smelter  in  Newfoundland  and  then  went 
to  Venezuela,  where  he  became  superintendent  of  a  smelting  plant.     In   1889  he  changed 


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Ilia  business  connections,  becoming  associated  with  Lewisohn  Brothers,  of  New  York  city, 
for  whom  he  took  charge  of  the  Santa  Fe  Copper  Company  in  New  Mexico.  He  later 
superintendented  their  interests  at  Silver  City,  where  he  had  charge  of  their  smelter,  and 
since  then  he  has  remained  in  the  west,  going  from  Nevada  to  California,  where  he  looked 
after  the  mining  interests  of  the  Lewisohn  Brothers  in  Shasta  county.  He  later  repre- 
sented them  at  Salt  Lake  City  as  superintendent  of  their  smelting  works  and  in  1899 
came  to  Arizona.  His  first  professional  work  in  this  state  was  done  at  Roseraont,  thirty  miles 
east  of  Tucson,  but  Mr.  Kemp  afterward  left  the  employ  of  Lewisohn  Brothers  in  order 
to  take  cliarge  of  the  Copper  Bell  Mining  Company's  interests  at  Gleeson,  Arizona,  and 
he  was  also  connected  with  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Company  of  Bisbee,  acting  as  their 
mining  engineer  for  six  years.  He  is  now  manager  of  the  Hardscrabble  Mine  at  Magda- 
lena,  New  Mexico,  and  under  his  able  control  important  work  has  been  accomplished,  for 
a  smelter  has  been  erected  and  ore  is  beginning  to  be  shipped.  Mr.  Kemp  has  met  with 
that  success  which  always  attends  the  able  specialist.  He  has  studied  mining  engineering 
thoroughly,  has  mastered  the  business  in  principle  and  detail  through  years  of  practical 
experience  and  today  is  a  leader  in  his  profession,  a  man  of  superior  scientific  attainments, 
sup'5>lemented  by  a  practical  ability  which  makes  his  knowledge  effective. 

Mr.  Kemp  married  Miss  Margaret  Towns  of  North  Shields,  England,  and  they  have 
one  daughter,  Nellie,  who  resides  with  her  parents  in  their  attractive  home  at  No.  301 
Fourth  street,  in  Tucson.  They  are  well  and  favorably  known  and  have  gained  the  warm 
regard  and  esteem   of  all   with   whom   they  liave  been  associated. 


WILL  L.  CLARK. 


One  of  the  prominent  mining  men  in  Arizona  is  Will  L.  Clark,  now  local  manager  at 
Jerome  for  the  mines  and  smelters  controlled  by  Senator  W.  A.  Clark  of  Montana.  Prac- 
tically his  entire  life  has  been  devoted  to  this  line  of  work  and  his  success  is  the  result 
of  an  expert  knowledge  of  mine  values  and  methods  of  mining  operation,  combined  with 
a  business  ability  and  discrimination  which  have  gained  for  him  a  place  among  tlie  repre- 
sentative citizens  of  the  community  where  he  makes  his  home. 

Mr.  Clark  was  born  in  Colorado  in  1865  and  is  a  son  of  Henry  S.  and  Laura  Clark, 
who  went  to  that  state  from  New  York  in  1863.  The  father  engaged  extensively  in 
mining  and  was  one  of  the  locators  of  Manitou  Springs.  Upon  the  organization  of  El  Paso 
county  he  was  made  supervisor.  He  left  Colorado  in  1865  and  went  to  Blackfoot  city,  Mon- 
tana, where  he  engaged  in  mining,  later  going  to  Deer  Lodge  and  then  to  Butte,  where 
he  resided  until  his  death  in  the  year  1914. 

Will  L.  Clark  acquired  his  education  at  the  Lowville  Academy  in  New  York  and 
immediately  after  leaving  school  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  following  that  occupa- 
tion for  some  time  in  Butte.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  he  was  appointed  clerk  of 
•the  district  court  and  in  1887  was  elected  clerk  of  the  superior  court,  serving  with  credit 
and  ability  for  four  years.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  secured  the  position  as  manager 
of  mines  of  P.  A.  Largey,  a  prominent  mining  man  in  Montana  and  president  of  the  State 
Savings  Bank  at  Butte.  Mr.  Clark  continued  in  his  employ  until  Mr.  Largey's  death  in 
1897,  after  which  he  remained  for  one  and  a  half  years  as  manager  of  his  estate.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Jerome  in  1898  as  manager  of  the  mining 
properties  controlled  by  F.  A.  Heinze  and  one  year  afterward  went  to  Bisbee,  where  he 
had  charge  of  the  option  bond  and  lease  on  Lowell  mines.  In  1901  he  returned  to  Butte 
and  became  assistant  general  manager  of  the  properties  owned  by  Senator  W.  A?  Clark 
and  three  years  later  returned  to  Jerome  as  local  manager  of  the  United  Verde  Copper 
Company.  He  has  since  remained  in  this  capacity,  his  knowledge  and  business  ability 
having  displayed  themselves  in  excellent  management  of  the  important  affairs  under  his 
charge. 

Mr.  Clark  is  married  and  resides  near  Jerome.  He  is  connected  fraternally  with  the 
Masonic  order,  having  taken  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the  Scottish  Rite,  and  he  is 
well  and  favorably  known  in  the  city  as  a  man  expert  in  his  special  line  of  work,  capable. 


824  ■  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

resourceful  and  farsighted.  The  years  have  brought  him  constantly  increasing  success 
and  his  energies,  constantly  directed  along  modern  and  progressive  lines,  are  considered 
important  factors  in  the  growth  of  the  state.  He  is  a  member  of  the  following  societies: 
American  Historical  Society,  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  National  Geographic 
Society,  National  Economic  League,  American  Mining  Congress  and  Arizona  Archaelogical 
Society. 


ROBERT   T.   BOLLEN. 


Robert  T.  BoUen,  deceased,  was  a  pioneer  in  Arizona  and  was  prominently  and  influ- 
entially  connected  with  business  interests  of  Casa  Grande  as  proprietor  of  a  large  livery 
stable  and  hay  and  grain  business.  He  was  a  native  of  Texas,  born  near  San  Antonio,  and 
spent  the  early  years  of  his  life  in  Illinois  but  came  as  a  pioneer  into  the  western  country, 
the  energy  and  progressive  spirit  of  which  dominated  and  influenced  his  entire  career.  He 
located  in  California  in  1850  and  spent  five  years  mining  on  the  Eraser  river.  The  year 
1855  found  him  in  Oregon,  where  he  participated  in  the  Rogue  River  Indian  war,  and  for 
that  service  he  later  received  a  pension  from  the  government.  From  Oregon  he  went  to 
British  Columbia,  where  he  mined  for  six  years,  and  subsequently  spent  some  time  in 
mining  in  Virginia,  Nevada.  He  also  engaged  in  cattle-raising  and  came  to  Arizona  in  1877, 
among  the  early  settlers  in  the  state.  For  a  number  of  years  he  drove  the  stage  between 
Florence  and  Casa  Grande  and  when  he  abandoned  that  occupation  turned  his  attention 
to  ranching  and  cattle  dealing,  becoming  prominent  and  successful  along  both  lines.  He 
afterward  conducted  a  large  livery  stable  and  a  hay  and  grain  business  in  Casa  Grande  and 
developed  a  large  and  profitable  enterprise,  enjoying  a  representative  and  important  patron- 
age. He  died  March  9,  1915,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years,  honored  and  respected  by 
all  who  knew  him. 

On  the  9th  of  Januarj',  191."),  Mr.  BoUen  married  Miss  Carmelita  Lopez,  a  young  lady 
of  marked  musical  talent,  playing  several  different  instruments  and  possessing  a  fine  voice. 
She  is  a  native  of  Florence,  Arizona,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  best  singers  in  the  state. 
Mr.  BoUen's  fraternal  connections  were  with  the  Mystic  Circle,  in  which  he  holds  a  promi- 
nent and  important  place.  In  Casa  Grande  he  was  known  as  a  very  energetic  and  progres- 
sive business  man  and  to  these  qualities  and  his  untiring  industry  could  be  attributed  hirt 
success.  He  was  thoroughly  reliable  in  all  transactions  and  became  both  widely  and 
favorably  known  in  business  circles. 


DAVID  DEVORE. 


David  Devore,  who  since  1880  has  been  engaged  in  ranching,  stock-raising  and  mining 
in  Gila  county,  has  been  a  resident  of  Arizona  since  1873  and  is  accounted  among  the  state's 
most  honored  pioneers.  He  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1856,  and  is  a  son  of  Robert  C.  and 
Sarah  .1.  Devore,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania.  In 
1864  they  removed  to  Kansas  and  settled  near  Topeka,  where  the  father  followed  farming 
until  his  death.  To  them  were  born  seven  children,  of  whom  the  subject  of  this  review  is 
the  eldest. 

David  Devore  acquired  a  limited  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Kansas  and  remained 
in  that  state  until  1873,  when  he  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Prcscott.  Here  he  secured 
employment,  hauling  lumber  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  Camp  Verde,  forty  miles  east 
of  the  city,  and  he  afterward  worked  for  seven  years  in  the  mines  near  Bigbug,  dividing 
his  attention  between  this  line  of  work  and  the  conduct  of  a  roadhouse  or  station  near 
Marrs,  his  trade  being  drawn  from  the  Peck,  Black  Warrior  and  Tiptop  mining  camps  and 
from  the  prospectors  and  visitors  continually  traveling  to  these  properties. 

In  1880— the  year  of  the  organization  of  Gila  county— Mr.  Devore  came  to  Gfebe  and 
turned  his  attention  to  ranching  and  stock-raising  and  also  became  interested  in   mining. 


DAVID  DEVORE 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  827 

As  the  discoverer  of  the  Daisy  and  Lillie  Gipson  mines,  fifteen  miles  soutliwest  of  Globe, 
he  has  left  his  impress  upon  the  mining  history  of  the  state.  Two  of  these  claims  he  oper- 
ated for  twelve  years,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  disposed  of  his  mining  interests  and 
centered  his  attention  upon  the  conduct  of  his  ranch,  which  comprises  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
tive  acres,  lying  fifteen  miles  north  of  Globe.  It  is  known  as  the  Wheatfields  ranch  and  is 
well  irrigated  and  highly  improved,  being  today  one  of  the  finest  fruit  ranches  in  the  locality. 
For  the  past  ten  years  Mr.  Devore  has  been  interested  in  fruit  cultivation  and  at  one  time 
was  extensively  engaged  in  stock-raising,  although  he  has  now  sold  all  of  his  catttle.  He 
owns  a  fine  home  in  Globe  and  is  a  director  in  the  Miami  Inspiration  Town  Site  &  Improve- 
ment Company. 

Mr.  Devore  was  married  in  1882  to  Miss  Ada  Price,  a  native  of  Texas  and  a  daughter  of 
Nathan  Price,  who  after  serving  in  the  Confederate  army  went  to  California  in  1865  and 
thence  to  Arizona  in  1880.  Fifteen  years  later  he  settled  at  Globe  and  went  from  there 
to  Mesa,  where  he  engaged  In  farming  until  his  death.  His  wife  survives  him.  They  were 
the  parents  of  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Devore  became  the 
parents  of  eight  children  but  three  have  passed  away.  Daisy,  who  was  born  in  1883  married 
W.  B.  Lewis,  of  Globe,  and  died  November  24,  1915.  Those  still  living  are:  Jennie,  whose 
birth  occurred  in  1885  and  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Edward  Aberthal,  also  of  Globe;  Robert, 
who  was  born  in  1887  and  now  makes  his  home  on  his  father's  ranch;  Alfred,  who  was  born 
in  1889  and  is  engaged  in  stock  ranching  on  Salt  river;  David,  who  was  born  in  1893  and 
lives  at  home;  and  William,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1900  and  who  is  now  attending  school. 

Mr.  Devore  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  has  always  been 
active  in  local  affairs,  having  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Gila  county, 
of  which  he  was  chairman  for  three  years.  He  was  also  for  fourteen  years  school  trustee. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Loyal  Order 
of  Moose.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Gila  county  for  thirty-three  years  and  has  come  to 
be  regarded  as  a  substantial  and  progressive  business  man  and  a  public-spirited  citizen. 
No  measure  for  the  general  good  seeks  his  aid  in  vain  and  his  labors  have  been  a  cooperant 
factor  in  many  movements  which  have  been  of  value  to  the  community  in  its  agricultural 
and  mining  development. 


MAT   DANENHAUER. 


Among  the  successful  and  representative  men  of  Clifton  who  owe  their  prosperity  entirely 
to  their  own  initiative,  enterprise  and  well  directed  efforts  is  Mat  Danenhauer  who,  after  a 
successful  period  of  close  connection  with  journalistic  interests  in  the  southwest,  is  now 
serving  in  a  capable  and  progressive  way  as  police  .judge  and  city  clerk.  He  was  born  in 
Algiers,  Louisiana,  May  31,  1882,  and  is  a  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  (Kuehne)  Danenhauer, 
natives  of  that  state,  of  French  descent.  The  father  was  for  many  years  a  successful 
blacksmith  in  New  Orleans  but  is  now  living  retired  in  Texas.  His  wife  has  passed  away. 
To  their  union  were  born  three  children:  Julia  and  George,  deceased;  and  Mat,  of  this 
review. 

In  all  essential  respects  Mat  Danenhauer  is  a  self-made  man,  for  he  started  out  in  life 
with  meager  educational  advantages  and  without  the  influence  of  wealth  and  by  steady 
industry  worked  his  way  upward  in  the  business  world.  At  the  early  age  of  eleven  years 
he  began  earning  his  own  livelihood  but  continued  his  studies  until  1895.  He  moved  with 
his  parents  to  San  Antonio,  T^xas,  and  from  there  to  Velasco,  in  the  same  state,  and  thence 
to  Angleton,  Texas,  where  he  laid  aside  his  books,  being  at  that  time  thirteen  years  of 
age.  He  then  obtained  employment  in  a  printing  oflfice  and  continued  his  connection  with 
printing  and  journalism  in  various  parts  of  the  southwest  until  1912.  He  was  in  Galveston 
at  the  time  of  the  great  flood,  both  he  and  his  wife  being  survivors  of  the  disaster.  He 
continued  his  newspaper  work  afterward  in  various  localities  until  he  came  to  Clifton. 
He  was  identified  with  the  Copper  Era,  working  his  way  upward  from  the  position  of 
printer  through  the  various  departments  to  be  part  owner,  manager  and  editor  and  as  such 
a  power  and  a  dominating  force  in  local  journalistic  circles.     Mr.  Danenhauer  abandoned 


828  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

his  connection  with  newspaper  interests  in  1910,  wlien  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
life  and  fire  insurance  business,  in  which  he  continued  for  one  year,  selling  out  his  interests 
November  1,  1910,  when  he  was  appointed  by  the  Clifton  city  council  as  police  judge  and 
city  clerk.  As  a  public  oUicial  he  has  made  an  excellent  record,  characterized  by  the  utmost 
loyalty  to  duty,  while  all  of  the  work  of  his  office  is  discharged  in  a  systematic  and 
methodical  manner. 

On  September  37,  1905,  Mr.  Danenhauer  married  Miss  Bertha  Parker,  a  native 
of  Kansas  and  a  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Mary  (Hershner)  Parker,  both  of  whom  were 
born  in  that  state.  The  father  was  for  many  years  a  prosperous  and  successful  farmer 
there  but  now  resides  in  Humble,  Texas,  where  he  works  in  the  oil  fields.  He  and  his 
wife  became  the  parents  of  three  children:  Edwin,  who  is  married  and  resides  in 
Taft,  California;  Earl,  whose  home  is  in  Dallas,  Texas;  and  Bertha,  the  wife  of  the 
subject  of  this  review.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Danenhauer  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  Dorothy, 
who  was  born  >fovember  13,  1906;  Mat,  Jr.,  born  April  .'J,  1908;  Mary,  born  October  5,  1910; 
Edwin,  born  April  1,  1912;  and  George,  born  August  24,  1913. 

Mr.  Danenhauer  is  well  known  in  fratei-nal  circles,  having  been  through  all  the  chairs 
of  the  local  lodge  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Over  the  record  of  his  official  career  there 
falls  no  shadow  of  corruption  or  dishonesty,  for  he  has  always  been  most  loyal  to  the 
interests  of  the  community  in  discharging  his  public  duties. 


AVERY  G.  CURRY. 


Avery  G.  Curry,  a  pioneer  of  Arizona,  successful  in  business  and  well  known  in  the  public 
life  of  the  state,  was  born  in  Visalia,  California,  in  1854,  a  son  of  Enoch  J.  nnd  Narcissa 
(Rowland)  Curry.  The  father  was  born  in  Alabama  and  in  his  early  life  practiced  medicine, 
later  turning  his  attention  to  ranching  and  cattle-raising.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican 
war  and  after  the  close  of  hostilities  went  to  California  in  search  of  gold.  He  made  his 
home  in  Texas  until  1869  and  then  drove  cattle  from  that  state  to  California,  returning  to 
Texas  some  time  afterward.  In  188^  he  joined  his  son,  Avery  G.  in  Arizona  and  lived  in 
this  state  until  his  death  in  1880.  The  mother,  who  was  a  native  of  Arkansas  and  reared 
in  Texas,  still  survives,  making  her  home  with  her  children,  of  whom  she  has  two:  Avery  G.; 
and  Joseph  E.,  chief  clerk  of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company,  with  headquarters 
in  Warren. 

Avery  G.  Curry  was  reared  at  home  and  began  his  independent  career  at  the  age  of 
twenty  years,  when  he  journeyed  across  the  plains  to  Arizona.  He  settled  in  Charleston, 
Cochise  county,  and  there  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  and  in  general  ranching  on  the  San 
Pedro  river.  He  became  a  successful  stock  dealer  and  a  progressive  and  representative  agri- 
culturalist, selling  out  his  interests  in  1901  and  going  to  Naco,  where  for  three  years  he  was 
connected  with  the  general  merchandise  business.  He  later  disposed  of  that  enterprise  and 
turned  his  attention  to  dealing  in  dry  goods.  He  subsequently  moved  his  business  to  Douglas, 
where  he  has  since  conducted  an  extensive  and  important  enterprise,  his  straightforward 
business  methods  and  honorable  dealings  being  indicated  in  a  large  and  growing  patronage. 

On  September  4,  1888,  Mr.  Curry  married  Miss  Hughella  Pyeatt,  a  native  of  Texas  and 
a  daughter  of  Benton  and  Margaret  (Warren)  Pyeatt,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in 
Missouri  and  the  latter  in  Tennessee.  The  father  engaged  in  farming  in  both  states  and 
now  makes  his  home  in  San  Saba,  Texas.  The  mother  passed  away  in  1880.  In  their  family 
were  thirteen  children,  of  whom  the  following  were  the  only  ones  who  came  west:  Henry, 
of  Fort  Huachuca,  Arizona;  Benjamin,  foreman  of  the  B.  A.  Packard  cattle  ranch  in  Mexico; 
and  John,  of  Tempe,  Arizona.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Curry  have  become  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren: Ann,  who  is  a  bookkeeper  for  her  father;  Esther,  who  is  a  student  in  the  State 
University  at  Tucson,  where  she  is  taking  the  literary  course;  Roland,  a  cowboy  in  Arizona 
and  Mexico;  and  Joseph  G.,  who  is  connected  with  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Com- 
pany's smelter  at  Douglas. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Curry  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  order  and  has  been  through  all  of 
the  chairs  in  the  local  lodge  of  the  Odd  Fellows.     He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  829 

democratic  party  and  is  one  of  its  most  active  and  progressive  supporters  in  the  state,  inter- 
ested in  many  phases  of  municipal  and  state  growth  and  anxious  to  do  his  part  in  promoting 
progress.  He  was  one  of  the  iirst  city  councilmen  of  Douglas  elected  after  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  city  and  he  served  for  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  first  state  legislature 
after  the  admission  of  Arizona  into  the  Union.  He  is  eminently  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  in  his  citizenship,  a  leader  in  projects  of  reform  and  advancement,  and  his  public 
life  has  been  marked  by  the  same  earnestness  of  purpose,  incorruptible  integrity  and  high 
standards  which  distinguished  and  made  successful  his  business  career. 


H.  VANCE  CLYMEE,  M.D. 


Among  the  successful  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Yuma  is  Dr.  H.  Vance  Clymer,  who 
enjoys  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  was  born  in  Oregon  in  1863  and  there  attended 
the  public  schools.  He  was  graduated  in  medicine  from  Willamette  University  in  1889 
and  subsequently  practiced  in  his  native  state  until  1897.  He  then  sought  the  new  oppor- 
tunities to  be  found  in  Arizona  and  went  to  Phoenix,  where  he  was  established  for  five 
years.  From  there  he  removed  to  Sonora,  Mexico,  as  surgeon  for  the  Meleazear  Mining 
(Company  and  for  the  next  two  and  one -half  years  was  surgeon  for  the  Picacho  Mining 
Company  at  Picacho,  California.  In  1904  Dr.  Clymer  came  to  Yuma  and  has  ever  since 
been  in  practice  here.  He  is  careful  in  diagnosis  and  well  versed  in  the  underlying  prin- 
ciples of  his  profession.  Many  difiicult  cases  have  come  to  him  and  he  has  handled  them 
with  most  gratifying  results.  For  seven  years  he  was  surgeon  for  United  States  reclamation 
service  at  Yuma. 

In  1890  Dr.  Clymer  married  Miss  Ida  Gear,  of  Salem,  Oregon,  and  they  have  three 
children,  two  daughters  and  a  son.  The  Doctor  is  a  member  of  the  county  and  state  medical 
societies  and  of  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  serves  as  major  surgeon  of  the 
Arizona  National  Guard.  He  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles,  being  both  a  York  and 
Scottish  Rite  Mason  and  belonging  to  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Dr.  Clymer  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  politics  and 
gives  his  allegience  to  the  republican  party.  He  is  at  present  chairman  of  the  Yuma 
county  republican  central  committee  and  since  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  he  has  always 
been  a  member  of  the  nominating  conventions  in  Oregon  and  Arizona.  Among  the  official 
positions  which  he  has  held  are  those  of  surgeon  for  the  state  penitentiary  and  the  Indian 
schools.  Dr.  Clymer  still  owns  the  home  farm  in  Oregon,  which  comprises  four  hundred 
acres  and  on  which  he  was  born.  His  parents  went  to  that  state  in  1846  from  Iowa,  th'> 
father  having  been  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  the  mother  in  Indiana.  The  former  passed 
away  many  years  ago,  having  been  accidentally  drowned  in  1863,  and  the  mother  died 
in  Yuma  at  the  home  of  our  subject  in  1912.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Clymer  are  very  popular  in 
social  circles  of  Yuma  and  are  interested  in  many  measures  undertaken  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  the  people.  The  Doctor  has  become  an  enthusiastic  son  of  Arizona  and  does 
eveiything  within  his  power  to  promote  the  growth  and  greatness  of  the  state.  Not  only 
is  he  popular  professionally  but  is  a  favorite  with  the  general  public  and  enjoys  the  con- 
fidence and  goodwill  of  all.  " 


THOMAS  E.  PULLIAM. 


The  safety  and  security  of  the  citizens  of  Coconino  county,  Arizona,  is  in  good  hands 
and  this  satisfactory  condition  must  be  largely  attributed  to  the  efficient  service  of  Thomas 
E.  Pulliam,  sheriff.  He  has  succeeded  to  a  large  extent  in  ridding  the  county  of  lawless 
and  imdesirable  characters  and  it  may  be  said  of  him  that  he  is  on  the  scent  of  the 
criminal  day  and  night.  He  has  held  his  present  office  since  1911  and  the  results  of  his 
activity  are  very  visible. 

Mr.  Pulliam  was  born  at  Fort  Smith,  Arkansas,  in  1861  and  there  he  attended  public 


830  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

school,  subsequently  clerking  in  various  stores  until  he  removed  west.  In  1877  we  find 
him  in  Colorado,  where  he  ranched  and  mined  for  some  time.  Later  he  made  his  way  to 
California  and  iu  1S89  he  came  to  Flagstaff,  where  he  became  clerk  for  the  Arizona  Lumber 
&  Timber  Company.  Being  careful  of  his  earnings,  he  accumulated  the  means  that  enabled 
him  to  embark  in  the  men's  furnishing  goods  business,  along  which  line  he  was  engaged  for 
a  few  years.  In  1896  Mr.  PuUiam  was  elected  county  recorder  and  served  for  two  terms. 
He  was  supervisor  of  Coconino  county  from  1901  to  1903.  In  the  latter  year  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  mercantile  business  and  was  so  successfully  engaged  until  1908,  when  he 
was  appointed  deputy  sheriff.  He  held  that  office  for  five  years  and  showed  himself  so 
efficient  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  that  in  1911  he  was  elected  the  sheriff  of  the  county. 
In  1883  Mr.  Pulliam  married  Miss  Lida  Freeman,  of  Springfield,  Missouri,  and  they 
have  three  children,  all  of  whom  have  reached  years  of  maturity.  Mi".  Pulliam  is  a  demo- 
crat in  politics  and  takes  an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  party.  He  is 
popular  fratenially,  being  a  member  of  Flagstaff  Lodge,  No.  7,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is 
past  master,  and  Lodge  No.  499,  B.  P.  0.  E.  He  has  shown  himself  to  be  a  valuable  county 
officer  and  has  received  many  commendations  on  the  way  in  which  he  administers  his 
office.  He  enjoys  the' general  confidence  and  goodwill  and  his  supporters  may  be  congratu- 
lated upon  the  choice  they  made  in  electing  him  to  the  office  which  he  so  ably  fills. 


HENHY  H.  BUEHMAN. 


The  name  of  Henry  H.  Buchraan  stands  high  in  the  list  of  Arizona's  honored  dead,  for 
he  was  for  many  years  prominently  connected  with  business  and  political  interests  of  Tucson, 
in  both  of  which  fields  his  intelligently  directed  efforts  won  him  substantial  success.  He  was 
above  all  a  pioneer,  having  been  among  the  first  to  plant  the  seeds  of  civilization  in  the 
territory  which  has  since  grown  to  be  a  prosperous  state.  Mr.  Buehman  was  a  resident  of  the 
old  Pueblo  since  1874.  He  was  born  in  the  free  city  of  Bremen,  Germany,  May  14,  1851,  where 
he  received  a  public  school  education.  In  his  fifteenth  year  he  became  an  apprentice  in  the 
photograph  business  and  mastered  the  art  in  all  of  its  details.  In  June,  1868,  he  embarked 
on  a  North  German  Lloyd  steamer  for  America.  Spending  two  weeks  in  New  York,  he  took 
a  steamer  for  San  Francisco,  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  After  a  residence  of  one  year  in 
San  Francisco,  being  in  the  employ  of  a  firm  of  photographers,  Mr.  Buehman  determined  to 
be  his  ov.n  master  and  opened  up  an  establishment  in  Viaalia,  California.  After  two  years' 
residence  there  he  traveled  over  large  portions  of  California,  Nevada  and  Utah  and  reached 
Prescott,  the  mile  high  city  of  Arizona,  early  in  July,  1874.  Here  equipping  himself  with 
spring  wagon  and  sjian  of  mules,  Mr.  Buehman  started  on  a  long  contemplated  trip  to  Mexico, 
but  reaching  Tucson  the  latter  part  of  the  same  month,  he  abandoned  the  trip  to  Mexico  and 
settled  down  to  business  in  the  old  Pueblo,  from  which  time  he  was  known  as  an  enterpris- 
ing, energetic  and  very  public-spirited  citizen,  taking  a  keen  interest  in  all  that  concerned 
the  welfare  or  progress  of  the  Spanish-American  pueblo.  He  purchased  a  lot  on  Congress 
street,  adjoining  the  site  now  occupied  by  tlie  Arizona  National  Bank,  and  proceeded  to  erect 
an  adobe  building,  consisting  of  three  suites  of  rooms  for  residence  purposes.  As  the  Apache 
Indians  were  rampant  at  that  time,  committing  many  depredations  both  near  and  far,  many 
criticised  or  censured  Mr.  Buehman  for  locating  "so  far  out  in  the  wilderness,"  the  very 
farthest  outpost  being  the  old  "Military  Plaza,"  then  occupied  by  a  military  force  as  a  protec- 
tion from  marauding  bands  of  Indians. 

In  October,  1882,  Mr.  Buehman  married  Miss  Estelle  Morehouse,  of  Portland,  Michigan, 
a  pioneer  kindergarten  teacher,  and  while  in  Michigan,  without  previous  campaign  efforts  on 
his  part,  he  was  elected  public  administrator  of  Pima  county,  notice  of  which  was  wired 
him  at  Portland  the  evening  of  the  marriage  ceremony.  Holding  this  office  for  two  years, 
other  and  various  offices  of  public  trust  and  usefulness  were  discharged  by  him  with  fidelity 
to  all  and  credit  to  himself,  for  his  life  was  an  open  book  with  inspection  privileges  to  all. 
From  a  political  standpoint  his  efforts  were  those  of  a  foundation  builder  who  realized  that 
the  groundwork  of  a  beloved  commonwealth  must  be  laid  deep  and  with  care,  the  never 
solicited  office,  and  "campaigning" — aside  from  the  privilege  of  telling  his  fond  squibs  and 


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HENRY  H.  BUEHMAN 


MBS.  HENRY  H.  BUEHMAN 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  835 

jokes  to  a  larger  circle  of  friends  than  in  private  life — was  most  distasteful  to  his  serene 
nature.  As  the  years  went  by  he  served  on  the  board  of  school  trustees,  of  which  he  was 
clerk,  then  became  county  assessor,  and  was  the  only  successful  republican  candidate  for 
supervisor  at  an  election  in  which,  by  a  board  of  democratic  judges,  he  was  finally  recounted 
out.  For  a  number  of  years  he  served  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Territorial  Reform 
School  at  Benson,  now  the  State  Industrial  School  at  Fort  Grant,  and  was  secretary  of  the 
same.  In  1894  Mr.  Buchman  was  elected  mayor  of  Tucson,  serving  two  terms  in  which  his 
public  spirit  was  manifested  in  street  grading  and  sidewalk  curbing,  with  many  other  meas- 
ures, both  material  and  moral,  for  the  benefit  and  uplift  of  the  growing  metropolis  of  Arizona. 
For  excellence  of  citizenship  he  was  unsurpassed  and  for  comradeship  of  spirit  and  manner  he 
shone  resplendent.  "Once  a  friend,  always  a  friend,"  was  his  sentiment,  and  many  an 
"old  timer"  whose  name  was  long  forgotten  yet  whose  face  remained  on  memory's  walls, 
was  always  sure  of  a  hearty  handgrasp  and  cordial  greeting.  An  artist  by  profession,  he  was 
truly  that  in  spirit.  Never  satisfied  with  his  work  and  attainment,  his  love  for  his  art 
ever  reached  out  toward  higher  ideals  and  nobler  achievements.  Children's  pictures  were  his 
specialty  and  delight,  and  his  love  for  and  tact  with  the  little  ones  were  such  that  he  was 
generally  successful  in  winning  over  the  most  obstinate  subjects  for  portraiture,  though 
often  he  would  come  from  the  ordeal  dripping  at  every  pore. 

Mr.  Buehman  was  a  Master  Mason  and  belonged  also  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  Religiously  he  was  in  early  life  a  Lutheran  but  in  later  years  owed  allegiance 
to  the  First  Congregational  church  of  Tucson,  where  for  many  years  he  was  senior  deacon. 
His  reverent  nature  evidenced  itself  in  practical  works  of  charity  and  quiet,  unostentatious 
deeds  of  kindness  and  love.  He  died  a  firm  believer  in  Bible  Christianity  and  in  Christ  as  his 
personal  Savior.  He  often  declared  that  "when  he  couldn't  work  any  longer  then  he  wanted 
to  die,"  and  so  deep  within  him  was  this  feeling  of  personal  responsibility  in  the  discharge 
of  duty  that  he  worried  much  about  his  work  during  his  four  days  of  severe  illness,  sitting 
up  in  bed  two  of  those  days  to  etch  backgrounds  in  large  batches  of  Cliristraas  pictures,  and 
when  his  eyes  grew  dim  in  approaching  death,  begged  for  the  raising  of  the  window  shade  so 
that  he  could  fix  the  prints  that  he  declared  were  not  satisfactory.  He  died  retouching  the 
dress  of  his  wife  as  she  sat  beside  him,  and  when  strength  failed,  still  held  the  retouching 
pencil. 

This  truly  noble  life,  for  he  was  universally  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  came  to  its 
close  from  pneumonia  on  December  19,  1913.  Mr.  Buehman  accumulated  considerable  prop- 
erty, being  in  the  cattle  business  for  several  years,  his  ranch  being  located  in  the  foothills 
of  the  Catalinas,  eight  miles  from  San  Pedro.  He  left  his  wife  comfortably  provided  for,  and 
two  promising  sons,  Willis  and  Albert,  who  are  fully  capable  of  carrying  out  the  plans  and 
principles  of  their  lamented  father.  Willis,  the  elder  son,  has  been  for  several  years  accountant 
and  cashier  and  finally  acting  general  manager  of  the  El  Tivo  Copper  Company  at  Silver  Bell, 
with  offices  in  New  York  and  Philadelphia.  Albert,  the  younger,  though  a  mining  man,  hav- 
ing graduated  from  the  Michigan  College  of  Mines  with  the  degree  of  mining  engineer,  yet 
by  the  force  of  circumstances  took  up  and  carried  on  his  father's  business,  accomplishing 
the  difficult  art  of  photography  and  maintaining  his  father's  enviable  reputation  as  an 
unrivalled  artist.  Mr.  Buehman  was  buried  by  the  Masons  and  laid  in  a  beautiful  sunny 
spot  in  a  perpetual-care-taken  plot  in  Evergreen  cemetery. 


^  MRS.   ESTELLE   MOREHOUSE   BUEHMAN. 

Mrs.  Estelle  Morehouse  Buehman  was  born  in  Portland,  Michigan,  September  28,  1846, 
of  New  York  Dutch  ancestry  on  her  mother's  side  and  of  Scotch  and  English  on  her  father's. 
He  was  Albert  Farrand  Morehouse,  both  of  whose  parents  had  relatives  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  Her  mother  was  Sarah  Catherine  Freeman,  whose  grand- 
mother Buys  was  directly  descended  from  the  Holland  Anneka  Jans,  who  was  the  original 
proprietor  of  old  Trinity  church  property  in  New  York  city,  which  she  leased  to  the  trustees 
of  that  church  for  ninety  years,  after  which  time  the  property  was  to  revert  to  her  lieirs; 
but  with   the   proverbial   neglect  of  human   nature,  the   direct   claim  to   the   property   was 


836  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

lost  among  the  three  or  four  generations  of  ninety  years,  and  though  many  true  heirs 
tried  to  establish  tlieir  claims,  yet  the  successive  boards  of  trustees  either  never  allowed 
these  claims  or  bought  olf  the  heirs,  so  old  "Trinity"  of  immense  wealth  still  stands  in 
care  of  the  trustees  for  that  cliurch,  tliough  Mrs.  Bueliman's  motlier  often  spoke  hopefully 
of  the  time  "when  her  ship  should  come  in." 

The  subject  of  this  siieteh,  though  shy  and  reticent  in  childhood,  became  a  very  ambitious 
student  in  scliool  days,  receiving  at  the  age  of  fifteen  a  first  grade  certificate  entitling  het 
to  teach  anywhere   in  the  state   of  ^Michigan.     From  tlie   age  of  eighteen  Miss  Morehouse 
taught  steadily  in  various  towns  of  her   state  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  in   early  days 
passing  through  the  old-time  experience  of  "boardin'   'roun' "   in   the  houses  of  her   pupils 
and  being  carried  back  and  forth  in  the  "family  sleigh"  in  bad  weather.     Her  last  teaching 
in  Mieliigan  was  in  the  city  schools  of  Lansing,  but  obtaining  a  position  as  temporary  clerk 
for  the  vacation   in   the   state  auditor  general's  ollice   in   that  city,  Miss   Morehouse,  with 
several  other  young  ladies,  was  retained  for  a  n\nnbcr  of  years,  at  the  same  salary  as  the 
men  clerks,  viz.:   one  thousand  dollars,  for  the  auditor  general  said  their  "work  was  more 
painstaking"  than  that  of  the  men  and  that  they  should  be  paid  as  well.     Then  becoming 
interested  in  the  principles  of  child  culture  and  education  along  lines  of  Frederic  Froebel's 
system,  she  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  and  graduated  from  the  Kindergarten  Normal 
at  Columbus,  Ohio.     Teaching  a  short  term  in  her  native  town,  she  finally  decided  to  come 
west  with  her  eldest  brother,  then  visiting  ia  Portland,  but  whose  residence  had  been  on  the 
coast  for  several  years,  he  assuring  her  that  "she  would  make  a  heap  more  money."     Though 
arrived  at  years  of  maturity,  the  newly  Hedged  kindergartner  looked  a  mere  "slip  of  a  girl," 
and  being  duly  committed  to  the   care  of  her  brother.   Edwin   Forrest   Morehouse,  by  her 
father,  she  was  allowed  to  depart  for  the  western  country.     Globe  being  their  first  objective 
point,  Miss  Morehouse  established  herself  in  a  corner  lot  house,  suitable  for  school  i)urpose8, 
where  she  built  up  a  fine  kindergarten  which  continued  till  hot  weather;  but  an  old  friend 
from  the   east   with   whom   Miss  Morehouse   had  taught   in   St.  Joseph   on   Lake   Michigan, 
liking  the  school  for  herself,  it  was  turned  over  to  her.  Miss  Morehouse  having  first  made 
due  inquiries  about  Tucson,  for  she  longed  for  the  sight  of  running  water,  there  being  two 
rivers  in  her  native  town  in  Michigan,  and  asking  some  one  concerning  rivers  in  Tucson, 
she  was  told,  "Why  yes!     There's  the  raging  Santa  Cniz."     So  in  the  last  week  of  August, 
1881,  her  brother  having  gone  to  Tombstone,  Miss  Morehouse  bade  her  friend  "goodbye''  and 
took  passage  in  a  "donkey  pack  train,"  traveling  over  the  Pinal  mountains,  a  distance  of 
twenty  miles,  climbing  "Devil's  Canyon,"  a  stone  stairway  cut  out  of  solid  rock,  and  was  set 
down — she  couldn't  stand  up— at  Maricopa  Hotel,  where  she  spent  the  night,  but  took  an 
early  morning  train  for  Tucson,  the  Southern   Pacific  Railroad   having  only  recently  made 
connections  between   the   east  and  west  at  that   point.     Engaging  room   and  board  in  the 
family  of  E.  N.  Fish  on  Main  street,  Miss  Morehouse  entered  upon   preparations   for  the 
opening   of   a   kindergarten.     Obtaining    the    use   of   the   old   Presbyterian,    later   the    First 
Congregational  church  of  Tucson,  it  proved  of  material  benefit,  for  the  school  was  a  great 
success  and  was  continued  until  spring. 

However,  during  the  winter  Miss  Morehouse  became  acqnaintcd  with  Henry  Buehman, 
so  many  years  Tucson's  "local  photographer,"  and  being  persuaded  by  him  to  take  him  for 
a  life  pupil,  she  closed  her  school  on  May  23d  and  retiirned  at  once  to  Michigan,  where  she 
spent  the  summer  with  her  parents  and  eastern  friends  and  in  preparation  for  her  wedding 
in  October.  The  prompt  bridegroom  arrived  in  Portland  some  days  before  the  date  set  for 
the  ceremony,  which  was  the  19th,  and  the  bride's  brother.  Rev.  L.  Cass  Morehouse  of  Hlinois, 
a  Baptist  clergyman,  officiated.  Immediately  after  the  wedding  Mr.  and  MrjBiBuehman 
left  for  Canada  on  their  honeymoon  trip  and  in  November  returned  to  Tucson^pd  settled 
down  in  what  proved  to  be  their  permanent  home  on  Convent  street.  Here  centered  for 
more  than  thirty  years  the  interest,  afi'ection  and  devotion  of  their  family  of  four,  two  sons, 
Willis  and  Albert,  having  come  to  share  their  undivided  hearts. 

Mrs.  Buehman  was  one  of  the  nine  original  members  who  organized  the  First  Congrega- 
tional church  of  Tucson  and  is  the  only  surviving  member  of  that  early  company  in  the  city 
at  the  present  time.  Her  experience  as  a  teacher  made  her  useful  in  the  Sunday  school, 
where  at  one  time  for  a  number  of  years  she  had  entire  charge  of  the  primary  department 
of  sixty-two  little  ones.     Of  strong  temperance  proclivities   from  early  childhood,  she  was 


ALBERT  BUEHMAN 


WILLIS  BUEHMAN 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  839 

always  interested  in  the  work  of  the  Woman's  Cliristian  Temperance  Union,  joined  the 
Good  Templars  lodge  at  the  age  of  fourteen  and  never  violated  her  pledge.  In  later  years 
when  their  dear  boys,  who  liad  been  their  motlier's  embroidery,  fancy  work  and  card  party, 
were  old  enough  to  attend  school,  Mrs.  Buehman,  interested  in  all  of  her  husband's  business 
matters,  was  a  valuable  assistant  whenever  he  was  out  of  town,  taking  charge  of  the  studio 
and  writing  him  daily  of  its  affairs,  and  for  the  last  four  years  of  his  life  she  was  always 
with  him  in  the  reception  room  of  their  studio  over  the  postoffice.  While  their  own  sons 
were  growing  up,  and  for  the  benefit  of  all  boys  and  j'oung  men  in  town  and  the  university, 
Mrs.  Buehman  was  earnestly  working  to  secure  a  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  for 
Tucson.  Many  well  remember  the  four  well  lighted  and  well  warmed  rooms  in  Xave  block 
called  "Recreation  and  Reading  Rooms"  that  Mrs.  Buehman  and  a  few  others  maintained 
for  a  period  of  fourteen  months,  before  the  Carnegie  library  was  finished.  For  many 
years  she  was  continually  writing  to  all  the  noted  philanthropists  in  the  country  for  money 
to  start  a  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  Dr.  Babcock,  president  of  the  university, 
feeling  the  extreme  need  of  this  institution  for  his  young  men,  indorsed  her  efforts  in  letters 
sent  out  for  this  purpose.  The  recreation  and  reading  rooms  were  well  furnished  and 
equipped  with  tables,  periodicals,  newspapers  and  games  of  every  procurable  kind  and  were 
well  patronized.  When  lack  of  funds  caused  their  discontinuance  the  organization  closed 
up  out  of  debt,  giving  all  usable  articles  to  the  library,  and  buying  up  the  balance  of  things 
among  themselves.  With  the  proceeds  the  ladies  presented  a  fine  Century  dictionary  to 
the  city  library. 

Not  only  interested  in  charitable  and  educational  work,  Mrs.  Buehman  was  also  literary 
in  her  tastes,  writing  sometimes  for  the  public  press,  and  as  member  of  the  Woman's  Club 
produced  papers  on  such  subjects  as  Japan,  The  Philippines,  The  American  Woman  of  the 
Nineteenth  Century,  The  Elizabethan  Thought  in  England  and  America,  The  Lost  Arts,  by 
Wendell  Phillips,  Education  in  Russia,  etc.  At  her  husband's  request  she  put  out  a  little 
booklet  entitled  "Old  Tucson"  and  was  honored  in  having  the  same  placed  in  the  corner  stone 
of  the  new  Masonic  Temple,  likewise  in  the  tablet  of  the  new  Congregational  church.  The 
hospitality  of  the  Buehman  home  was  well  known  and  acknowledged  and  its  life  almost 
ideal.  Her  husband's  interest  and  convenience  and  his  comfort  and  that  of  their  children 
were  matters  of  first  consideration  with  the  wife  and  mother.  Friends  were  often  gathered 
around  their  board  and  the  family  never  seemed  happier  than  when  their  house  was  filled 
with  pleasant  guests.  After  Mr.  Buehman's  death  the  old  Convent  street  house  was  sold 
and  Mrs.  Buehman  Is  still  living  at  32  Council  street,  where  she  is  often  surrounded  by  her 
sons  and  their  families,  being  blest  with  four  beautiful  grandchildren  who  cheer  and  brighten 
her  life,  which  would  otherwise  be  sad  and  lonely. 


ROBERT  CAMPBELL. 


Robert  Campbell,  of  Metcalf,  pioneer  miner  and  prospector  of  the  southwest  and  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  is  now  serving  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of 
Greenlee  county,  discharging  his  duties  in  an  able  and  entirely  satisfactory  way.  He  was 
born  in  Tennessee  in  1845  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Sirams)  Campbell,  both 
natives  of  that  state,  the  former  of  Scotch  descent.  The  mother  died  when  the  subject 
of  this  review  was  five  years  of  age  and  in  1855  the  father  moved  to  Kansas,  where  his 
death  occurred  in  1863. 

Robert  Campbell,  who  is  the  only  one  of  a  family  of  three  children  to  grow  to  maturity, 
was  sixteen  years  of  age  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  and  in  1861  he  enlisted  in  the 
Confederate  army,  serving  through  the  entire  period  of  hostilities  and  taking  part  in 
many  hotly  contested  engagements.  After  peace  was  declared  he  went  to  Texas  and  there 
spent  a  number  of  years  on  the  cattle  ranches,  later  drifting  into  New  Mexico,  where  he 
mined  and  prospected  until  1869,  when  he  made  his  first  settlement  in  Arizona,  pushing 
onward  in  the  same  year  to  Califoraia.  He  remained  in  that  state  for  two  years,  work- 
ing on  a  ranch  in  the  San  Joaquin  valley  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  returning  to  Texas, 
where  he  again   worked  upon   a   ranch.     The   year   1880   again   found   him   in  New   Mexico 


840  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

prospecting  in  that  state  and  he  there  remained  until  1884,  when  he  came  to  Metcalf, 
Arizona.  Here  he  worked  in  the  mines  for  the  Arizona  Copper  Company,  maintaining  this 
connection  for  twenty  years  and  becoming  well  known  as  a  reliable  and  faithful  employe. 
He  left  Arizona  again  in  1898  and  went  to  Alaska,  whence  after  prospecting  for  two  years 
unsuccessfully  he  returned  to  Metcalf,  and  here  he  has  since  resided.  In  1902  he  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace  and  served  until  February  14,  1912,  when  he  was  made  a 
member  of  the  county  board  of  supervisors,  in  which  capacity  he  has  since  acted,  display- 
ing in  the  efficient  discharge  of  his  duties  the  excellent  business  ability  and  public  spirit  which 
have  been  his  distinguisliing  characteristics  during  the  entire  course  of  his  long  and  honor- 
able life. 

Mr.  Campbell  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  aside  from 
the  offices  before  mentioned  has  never  sought  to  figure  prominently  in  the  political  field. 
No  man  is  more  familiar  with  pioneer  conditions  in  the  southwest  than  he,  to  whom 
they  were  matters  of  personal  experience,  and  no  man  has  done  more  effective  work  in 
the  interests  of  mining  development  in  this  section.  He  has  located  a  great  number  of 
claims  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  but  has  now  sold  out  all  of  his  mining  interests  and 
is  giving  his  attention  to  the  supervision  of  his  tracts  of  residence  property  in  El  Paso  and 
his  official  duties  in  Metcalf.  He  has  seen  many  changes  during  the  course  of  his  pros- 
pecting through  this  region,  has  borne  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  upbuilding,  and  stands 
today  among  the  honored  and  representative  citizens  of  this  community  and  among  Ari- 
zona's notable  pioneers. 


HON.  A.  A.  JOHNS. 


Hon.  A.  A.  Johns,  member  of  the  house  of  representatives  in  the  second  Arizona  state 
legislature,  is  one  of  the  well  known  and  valued  citizens  of  Prescott,  where  he  has  made  his 
home  since  1882.  During  the  intervening  period  he  has  witnessed  much  of  its  advancement 
and  growth  and  has  borne  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  development.  He  has  been  engaged 
in  the  real-estate  business,  in  mining  and  ranching  in  this  district  and  has  won  a  notable 
measure  of  success  in  those  fields,  standing  today  among  the  men  of  marked  ability  and 
substantial  worth  in  this  locality.  > 

Mr.  Johns  is  a  native  of  England.  He  was  born  June  10,  1864,  of  the  marriage  of 
Anthony  Arthur  and  Margaret  (Richards)  Johns,  the  former  a  mine  superintendent.  He 
was  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  in  1883  he  arrived  in  Arizona  and  secured  employment  in 
the  mines  of  Yavapai  county.  He  afterward  followed  mining  in  British  Columbia  and  in 
California  and  subsequent  to  his  return  to  Arizona  he  became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Aubrey  Investment  Company  of  Prescott,  with  which  business  he  has  since  been  identified 
in  that  connection.  He  is  also  carrying  on  business  as  a  grading  contractor  and  is  like- 
wise engaged  in  the  wool  growing  business.  His  interests  are  increasing  as  the  result  of 
mtelligently  directed  effort  and  business  sagacity  and  he  is  now  numbered  among  the  sub- 
stantial residents  of  his  city. 

In  1892  Mr.  Johns  was  united  in  mairiage  to  Miss  Cora  Weaver,  the  first  white  child 
born  in  Prescott,  a  daughter  of  B.  H.  Weaver,  a  well  known  Arizona  pioneer,  who  formerly 
owned  the  Arizona  Miner,  which  was  the  first  newspaper  published  in  the  territory.  Both 
Jlr.  and  Mrs.  Johns  are  widely  known  in  Prescott  and  their  many  excellent  traits  of  char- 
acter have  gained  for  them  a  representative  circle  of  friends. 

Mr.  Johns  has  in  large  measure  taken  an  active  part  in  public  affairs  and  in  molding 
public  opinion,  lor  four  years  he  was  under  sheriff  of  Yavapai  county  and  has  been  chief  of 
the  Prescott  fire  department  for  fourteen  years.  He  is  further  interested  in  the  material 
development  of  city  and  state  as  superintendent  of  the  Northern  Arizona  Fair.  His  fraternal 
relations  arc  witli  the  Masons  and  the  Elks  and  his  prominence  as  a  Mason  is  indicated  in  the 
fact  that  in  1898  he  was  chosen  for  the  office  of  grand  master  of  the  grand  lodge  of  Arizona. 
Appreciation  of  his  worth,  ability  and  public  spirit  on  the  part  of  his  fellowmcn  was  indi- 
cated in  his  election  in  1914  to  ihe  second  legislature  of  the  state  and  taking  his  place  as 
a  member  of  the  house  he  was  made  chairman  of  the  committee  on  the  capitol  building 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  841 

and  a  member  of  the  committees  on  rules,  good  roads,  live  stock,  appropriations  and  public 
lands.  The  members  of  the  house  also  chose  him  chairman  of  the  committee  which  handled 
the  patronage.  He  has  been  connected  with  much  constructive  legislation  looking  ever  to 
the  development  of  the  state  and  in  his  public  work  has  had  the  vision  to  see  beyond  the 
exigencies  of  the  moment  to  the  needs  and  opportunities  of  the  future. 


SAil  ABRAHAM. 


Sam  Abraham,  proprietor  of  one  of"  the  leading  hotels  in  Clifton  and  otherwise  active 
and  prominent  in  business  affairs,  rejoices  in  the  proud  American  title  of  self-made  man, 
his  success  having  come  to  him  by  reason  of  his  own  indefatigable  and  long  continued 
labor.  In  addition  he  is  a  worthy  representative  of  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  families  of 
Arizona  and  by  his  intelligent  work  in  the  public  interests  is  carrying  forward  the  policies 
of  service  in  community  upbuilding  inaugurated  by  his  father  in  early  times. 

Mr.  Abraham  was  born  in  San  Francisco  in  1864  and  is  a  son  of  David  and  Esther 
Abraham.  The  father  was  a  pioneer  in  the  southwest  and  a  prominent  and  successful 
merchant  in  El  Pa#o,  for  a  number  of  years  conducting  a  large  store  there  in  the  early 
'70s,  when  the  town  was  called  Franklin.  He  later  engaged  in  merchandising  in  Shakes- 
peare, Arizona,  and  in  1874  came  to  Clifton,  where  from  that  time  until  his  death  he  did 
constructive  and  progressive  work  in  the  interest  of  the  community.  He  constructed  the 
wagon  road  from  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  to  Clifton,  Arizona,  for  the  Arizona  Copper 
Company  and  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  mining  men  in  this  section  of  the  state, 
being  remembered  in  its  history  as  one  of  the  original  discoverers  of  the  rich  copper  dis- 
trict around  Clifton  and  one  of  the  greatest  individual  forces  in  its  development.  During 
the  remainder  of  his  life  he  continued  to  be  interested  in  copper  mines  and  had  charge 
of  important  construction  work  through  the  mining  district,  building  over  one  hundred 
and  ten  miles  of  road.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  seven  children:  Abe,  who  is 
identified  with  hotel  interests  in  Silver  City,  New  Mexico;  Phoebe,  who  married  Ned  Levy, 
of  New  York  city,  by  whom  she  has  six  children;  Anna,  the  widow  of  J.  S.  Bernstein,  of 
Clifton,  and  the  mother  of  one  son;  Hyman,  probate  judge  of  Silver  City,  New  Mexico, 
who  is  married  and  has  two  children;  Louis,  a  furniture  dealer  of  Silver  City;  Jacob,  who 
is  living  retired  in  Los  Angeles;   and  Sam,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  acquired  his  early  education  in  Chicago,  where  he  had  gone  to  make 
his  home  with  his  aunt  after  the  death  of  his  mother.  His  advantages  along  educational 
lines  were,  however,  extremely  limited,  for  at  the  early  age  of  fourteen  he  began  earning 
his  own  livelihood,  working  in  the  interests  of  the  Longfellow  Copper  Mining  Company  in 
Clifton.  He  was  employed  in  the  store  department  and  rose  rapidly  through  the  various 
departments  until  he  was  one  of  the  most  trusted  and  able  men  in  the  service  of  the 
corporation.  After  ten  years  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  hotel  business,  in  which  he 
has  engaged  since  that  time.  In  1901  he  purchased  a  twenty-room  hotel  in  Clifton  and 
has  since  added  to  it  at  intervals  until  it  now  contains  eighty  large  well  furnished  and 
convenient  rooms.  The  hotel  business  requires  the  same  careful  management  and  well 
laid  plans  that  are  demanded  in  commercial  or  industrial  pursuits  and  at  the  same  time 
the  hotel  proprietor  must  possess  the  tact  which  enables  him  to  understand  the  needs  of 
his  guests  and  to  meet  their  demands.  Mr.  Abraham  is  well  qualified  in  all  these  particulars 
and  the  hotel  under  his  able  management  has  proven  a  very  popular  and  profitable  enter- 
prise. He  has  other  important  and  representative  business  interests  in  Clifton,  having 
been  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of  which  he  is  now  a  director  and 
a  large  stockholder.  He  was  also  connected  with  the  establishment  of  the  Morenci  State 
Bank  of  Morenci,  Arizona,  and  is  now  a  director. 

Mr.  Abraham  married,  in  1890,  Miss  Laura  Dorsey,  a  native  of  Kansas,  who  was 
reared  in  Silver  City,  New  Mexico.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  the 
former  a  native  of  Kansas  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abraham  have 
two  children.  The  eldest,  Edwin  D.,  twenty-four  years  of  age,  acquired  his  preliminary 
education  in  a  private,  school  at  Clifton  and  was  later  graduated  from  the  Harvard  School 


842  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

of  Los  Angeles.     He   is  now   a  student   in   the   medical   department   of   the   University   of 
Chicago.    Leah  is  thirteen  years  of  age  and  a  student  in  the  public  schools  in  Clifton. 

Mr.  Abraham  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  taken  the  thirty- 
second  degree,  and  is  identified  also  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  being  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  local  lodge.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic 
party  and,  although  never  an  office  seeker,  has  inherited  his  father's  public  spirit,  cooper- 
ating heartily  in  all  progressive  public  projects.  He  has  depended  upon  no  fortunate  com- 
bmation  of  circumstances  to  aid  him  in  his  business  career  but  has  worked  for  the  success 
which  is  now  his,  laboring  steadily  through  the  years  and  guiding  his  eilbrts  by  sound 
and  practical  judgment. 


JOHN  D.  COPLEN. 


Success  in  business  is  the  result  of  many  and  complex  causes  having  to  do  with  per- 
sonality, with  natural  ability,  resourcefulness  and  energy  of  will,  combined  with  aggres- 
siveness, self-control  and  the  power  to  coordinate  forces  and  utilize  opportunities.  These 
elements  practically  make  up  the  character  of  Jolui  D.  Coplen,  one  of  the  most  prominent 
mining  men  in  Arizona  and  for  a  number  of  years  past  a  great  individual  force  in  the 
development  of  this  most  representative  industry  of  the  state.  His  interests  are  many 
and  various,  the  result  of  a  life  given  over  almost  entirely  to  mining,  and  have  connected 
him  with  some  of  the  most  important  operations  in  the  southwest,  his  constructive  intel- 
ligence  and  keen   business  discrimination   having   carried   him   steadily   forward  to   success. 

Mr.  Coplen  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1844  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Ruth  Coplen, 
both  natives  of  Ohio,  who  went  to  Colorado  about  1801.  The  father  became  a  rancliman  and 
stock-raiser  in  Colorado  City  and  followed  those  occupations  until  his  retirement  from 
active  life  eight  years  previous  to  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  22d  of  July,  1892,  when 
he  was  seventy-eight  years  of  age.  His  wife  survived  him  some  years  dying  in  Santa  Cruz, 
California,  June  22,  1910,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two.  To  them  were  born  eight  children, 
five  of  whom  are  still  living. 

John  D.  Coplen  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  pre- 
ceded his  parents  by  one  year  to  Colorado,  giving  his  attention  immediately  to  mining,  in 
which  occupation  lie  has  since  continued.  He  engaged  in  gold  placer  mining  in  Fairplay, 
Colorado,  but  remained  there  less  than  one  year  and  then  took  up  his  residence  in  Denver, 
Colorado,  where  he  continued  his  education  in  the  Denver  Seminary  in  18G5.  Even  during 
this  time  he  continued  active  in  mining  and  from  that  time  until  1903  maintained  his 
residence  and  business  headquarters  at  Denver,  becoming  the  owner  of  valuable  mining 
interests  and  accumulating  considerable  wealth  as  a  reward  of  his  earnest  and  practical 
labor. 

After  he  left  Denver  Mr.  Coplen  engaged  in  mining  operations  in  various  states, 
including  New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  until  1904,  when  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Globe, 
Gila  county,  this  state,  where  he  had  large  mining  interests.  Among  the  enterprises  which 
engaged  his  attention  at  this  time  was  that  controlled  by  the  Pacific  Mining  &  Metals 
Company  of  Arizona,  of  which  he  became  general  manager  and  controlling  stocklioldcr, 
its  properties  being  situated  at  Copper  Hill,  Arizona.  Eventually  this  company  transferred 
its  property  to  the  Inspiration  Mining  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Coplen  was  general  man- 
ager, and  with  his  son.  J.  B.  Coplen,  and  Edward  Wilder,  one  of  the  largest  stockholders.  In 
1903,  in  company  with  his  son,  he  purchased  a  group  of  mining  jiroperties  near  Globe  and 
these  now  constitute  the  greater  part  of  the  properties  owned  by  the  Insiiiration  Con- 
solidated Copper  Company.  Upon  them  he  made  the  final  payment  May  19,  1904,  express- 
ing to  Globe  under  guard  about  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  in  gold  coin,  it  being  necessary 
to  make  legal  tender  payment.  While  the  property  was  yet  owned  by  the  Inspiration 
Mining  Company  Mr.  Coplen  built  upon  it  the  first  mill  and  he  was  manager  of  the  plant 
at  the  time  of  the  panic  of  1907,  when  the  strenuous  financial  conditions  made  necessary 
the  raising  of  a  large  sum  of  money  for  the  company's  use  and  this  was  done  by  the  issue 
of  mortgage  bonds.    In  the  latter  part  of  1908  the  Inspiration  Mining  Company  transferred 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  843 

its  properties  to  tlie  Inspiration  Copper  Company,  this  transaction  proving  profitable  for  its 
eight  hundred  stockholders,  and  at  the  same  time  it  amended  its  articles,  changing  its  name 
to  the  Majestic  Copper  Company,  Mr.  Coplen  continuing  as  general  manager  and  becoming 
also  a  large  stockholder  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  new  company. 
This  concern  in  1911  merged  interests  with  the  Live  Oak  Company  and  in  this  the  subject 
of  this  review  still  controls  large  interests.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Barney  Copper 
Company  which  owns  a  large  strip  of  valuable  copper  property  consisting  of  twenty-six 
locations  adjoining  the  west  end  of  the  Inspiration  property  and  he  is  the  largest  stock- 
holder in  this  concern.  He  holds  mining  properties  in  Colorado  and  in  that  state  is 
interested  in  the  petrified  forest  ranch  in  charge  of  the  Colorado  Museum  Association  and 
also  owns  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  dairy  and  farming  lands  near  Raton,  New 
Mexico,  all  eligible  to  irrigation.  In  addition  to  this  he  has  important  property  inter- 
ests in  the  city  of  Globe.  All  of  the  corporations  with  which  he  is  connected  have  profited 
greatly  by  his  initiative  spirit,  his  excellent  organizing  and  executive  ability  and  his 
exhaustive  knowledge  of  the  conditions  which  govern  modern  mining  operations.  His  large 
interests  are  practically  and  capably  conducted  and  his  contributions  to  the  mining  develop- 
ment of  the  southwest  have  been  and  still  continue  to  be  large  and  substantial,  both  as 
regards  material  accomplishments  and  also  as  regards  the  effect  of  his  honesty,  integrity 
and  ability  upon  general  business  standards. 

In  1868  Mr.  Coplen  married  Miss  Anna  S.  Gross,  a  native  of  New  York,  and  they  have 
become  the  parents  of  three  children:  John  B.,  who  was  bom  in  1873  and  who  is  now  a 
ranchmaji  of  Corona,  California;  Laura  C,  the  wife  of  J.  E.  Miner,  who  is  employed  on 
the  Barney  group  of  mines  in  Gila  county;  and  Bertha  A.,  the  wife  of  W.  J.  Miller, 
secretary  of  the  Barney  Copper  Company. 

Mr.  Coplen  is  a  stanch  democrat  in  politics  and  has  served  his  party  in  various 
important  capacities,  including  that  of  mayor  of  Globe,  which  office  he  held  from  June  1, 
1910,  to  November  10,  1912,  giving  to  the  city  a  constructive,  efficient  and  businesslike 
administration.  He  is  never  remiss  in  the  duties  of  citizenship  and  proved  his  loyalty  by 
active  service  in  his  country's  cause  during  the  Civil  war,  serving  as  a  member  of  Company 
G,  Third  Regiment  of  Colorado  Cavalry,  United  States  Army,  Colonel  Shivington  command- 
ing. He  received  his  honorable  discharge  in  1864.  The  same  spirit  of  loyalty  and  con- 
scientiousness has  distinguished  him  in  all  the  relations  of  his  life  and,  combined  with  his 
sterling  personal  worth  and  his  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  character,  has  brouglit  honor, 
riches  and  many  friends. 

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WILLIAM  FRANKLIN  BURNS. 

In  the  course  of  a  long  and  successful  career  William  Franklin  Burns  has  made  many 
changes  in  location  and  interests  and  yet  his  life  stands  in  contradistinction  to  the  old  adage 
of  the  rolling  stone,  for  ea«h  step  he  has  taken  has  been  a  step  forward,  adding  something 
to  his  material  prosperity.  Today  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  Metcalf  he  is  widely  and  favor- 
ably known,  his  popularity  being  the  direct  outcome  of  earnest  and  able  work.  He  was  born 
in  a  mining  camp  in  Amador  county,  California,  March  1,  1866,  a  son  of  Michael  and  Margaret 
(Jarvis)  Burns,  natives  of  New  York  and  pioneers  in  California.  The  father  crossed  the 
plains  with  ox  teams  at  an  early  date  and  the  mother  made  the  journey  around  Cape  Horn. 
Both  have  passed  away.  In  their  family  were  three  children:  Mary,  who  married  Frank 
Curzon,  of  Oakland,  California;  William  Franklin,  of  t%is  review;  and  Edward,  who  died 
in  infancy. 

William  Franklin  Burns  remained  at  home  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  and  then 
made  his  home  with  his  uncle  until  he  was  sixteen.  At  that  time  he  began  his  independent 
career,  obtaining  a  position  in  a  shingle  mill  in  Santa  Cruz,  California,  and  there  ho 
remained  for  two  years,  going  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Jackson,  where  he  began  working 
in  the  mines.  This  occupation  had  been  familiar  to  him  since  his  childhood  and  he 
became  successful  in  it,  remaining  in  California  for  four  years  and  then  going  to  the 
state  of  Washington.     There  he  worked  in  the  coal  mines  for  a  short  time,  finally  pushing 


844  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

on  to  British  Columbia,  where  he  spent  one  year  in  a  logging  camp.  Returning  to  Cali- 
fornia, he  made  his  home  with  his  uncle  on  a  ranch  in  that  state  for  twelve  months  and 
at  the  end  of  that  time  resumed  his  mining,  becoming  connected  with  a  local  mining  com- 
pany. After  two  years  he  went  to  Death  Valley  and  spent  a  similar  period  working  in 
the  borax  fields  in  the  interests  of  the  makers  of  the  famous  30  Mule  Team  borax.  Mr. 
Burns  made  his  first  settlement  in  Metcalf  in  the  fall  of  1900  and  spent  two  years  here, 
returning  to  California  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  settling  in  Oakland,  where  he  spent 
a  year  as  an  employe  of  some  local  contractors,  doing  important  construction  work.  When 
he  returned  to  Metcalf  he  made  a  permanent  settlement  here,  working  first  as  shift  boss 
in  the  mines  of  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  and  in  1910  becoming  identified  with  the 
store  department  of  the  Shannon  Copper  Company,  which  connection  he  maintained  until 
1913,  when  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace.  He  has  since  served  in  that  capacity  and 
in  office  has  proven  capable,  earnest  and  conscientious,  discharging  his  duties  promptly 
and  ably  and  with  a  keen  sense  of  his  personal  responsibility  and  obligation. 

Mr.  Burns  married,  in  October,  1904,  Miss  Lillian  Erickson,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania 
and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Amanda  Erickson,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Sweden.  In 
their  family  were  four  children:  Lillian;  George,  deceased;  Belle,  who  married  Hugh 
Clark,  of  California;  and  Sadie,  the  wife  of  Ross  Thomas,  of  Clifton,  Arizona,  by  wlioni 
she  has  one  son.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bums  have  one  child,  Douglas  E.,  who  was  born  August 
14,  1905,  and  who  is  attending  school  in  Metcalf. 

Mr.  Burns  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  progressive  party.  Although  not  an 
office  seeker,  he  served  for  seven  years  on  the  school  board  in  this  district  and  is  always 
ready  to  take  his  part  in  community  affairs.  His  fraternal  connections  are  with  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He  is  entirely  responsible  for  his  own  success,  for  he  started  out 
for  himself  at  an  early  age  and  has  steadily  worked  his  way  upward  since  that  time. 
His  life  has  been  one  of  continuous  activity,  guided  by  sound  and  practical  judgment, 
and  today  he  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Greenlee  county. 


GUttLERMO  R.  SERVIN,  M.  D. 

A  most  worthy  representative  of  the  medical  fraternity  of  Tucson  is  Dr.  Guillermo  R. 
Scrvin,  who  has  achieved  marked  success  as  a  specialist  in  the  treatment  of  tuberculosis  and 
is  regarded  as  an  authority  on  the  subject,  his  papers  and  the  results  of  his  researches  having 
been  published  in  the  English,  French  and  Spanish  languages  for  general  circulation. 

Dr.  Servin  was  born  in  Guadalajara,  Mexico,  on  the  10th  of  February,  1861,  and  there 
he  was  reared  and  educated.  His  professional  studies  were  pursued  in  the  Guadala- 
jara Medical  College,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1885.  He 
served  as  medical  examiner  for  the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company  for  the  entire  Pacific 
coast  from  Lower  California  to  Panama  and  for  six  months  was  afterward  in  military  service 
as  a  member  of  the  Twenty-seventh  Mexican  regiment,  and  then  accepted  the  appointment  as 
physician  in  a  mining  camp  in  Lower  California.  He  subsequently  spent  two  years  in  the 
American  hospital  at  Cananea,  Sonora,  Mexico,  resigning  his  post  at  the  expiration  of  that 
time  to  engage  in  private  practice. 

In  1904,  Dr.  Servin  came  to  Tucson,  where  he  has  won  recognition  as  one  of  the 
foremost  representatives  of  his  profession  in  the  city  and  is  enjoying  a  large  and  lucrative 
practice.  He  was  for  four  years  government  physician  at  the  Tucson  Indian  reservation 
and  anesthetist  at  the  Rogers  Hospital  of  Tucson  but  now  confines  himself  to  his  private 
practice.  Since  the  early  years  of  his  practice  he  has  made  a  close  and  careful  study  of 
tuberculosis  in  its  various  forms  and  has  effected  some  marvelous  cures  by  means  of  the 
methods  he  has  adopted  in  his  treatment.  He  has  written  several  pamphlets  on  the  disease, 
which  have  been  read  before  different  medical  associations  in  the  country,  and  have  since 
been  published  in  the  French  and  Spanish  as  well  as  the  English  language  for  general  dis- 
tribution. 

On  the  35th  of  October,  1890,  Dr.   Servin   was  married  to  Miss  Victoria  Mendoza,  a 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  847 

native  of  Mexico,  and  to  them  have  been  born  five  children:   Quadaloupe,  Rodolpho,  Marianna, 
Carmillo  and  Octavio. 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Dr.  Servin  are  confined  to  his  connection  with  the  Modem 
Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  He  is  physician  for  the  Women's 
Circle,  an  auxiliary  of  the  former  order  and  is  also  physician  for  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood 
and  supreme  physician  for  the  Spanish-American  Society  of  which  he  is  a  member.  He 
maintains  relations  with  his  fellow  practitioners  through  the  medium  of  his  membership 
in  the  Pima  Medical  Society  and  the  Arizona  State  and  American  Medical  Associations. 
Dr.  Servin  is  a  man  of  fine  mental  attainments  and  progressive  ideas  and  has  kept  in  close 
touch  with  the  advance  of  medical  science  through  the  columns  of  various  professional 
publications.  He  is  too  conservative,  however,  to  readily  adopt  every  new  theory  in  his 
practice  but  at  the  same  time  he  is  ever  ready  to  cast  aside  an  old  method  when  assured  of 
the  superiority  of  the  new.  A  pleasing  personality,  sympathetic  nature  and  rare  profes- 
sional skill  have  won  him  the  high  regard  of  those  who  employ  his  services  and  who  accord 
him  their  stanch  loyalty  because  of  his  conscientious  devotion  to  the  needs  of  his  patients. 


JOHN  P.  ORME. 


John  P.  Orme,  a  prominent  and  well  known  pioneer  of  Arizona,  now  president  of  the 
Salt  River  Valley  Water  Users  Association,  has  long  been  greatly  interested  in  the  problems 
wliich  Arizona  has  faced  in  promoting  her  development  and  his  efforts  toward  their  solution 
have  been  practical  and  far-reaching  in  result.  It  has  been  demonstrated  that  the  soil  of 
tliis  state  is  rich  and  adapted  to  the  cultivation  of  almost  all  kinds  of  grain,  vegetables  and 
fruits  if  water  can  be  secured,  and  the  importance  of  the  business  in  which  Mr.  Orme  is  now 
engaged  is  therefore  easily  determined. 

A  native  of  Maryland,  John  P.  Orme  was  born  in  Montgomery  county  on  the  28th  of 
November,  1853,  his  parents  being  Charles  and  Deborah  (Pleasants)  Orme.  The  son  spent 
his  youthful  days  in  the  acquirement  of  a  public  school  education  until  1866,  when  he  went 
to  Columbia,  Missouri,  and  entered  the  Missouri  State  University,  there  studying  civil 
engineering  and  graduating  in  1868.  His  first  position  was  that  of  resident  engineer  for 
the  Texas  &  Pacific  Railroad  in  southeastern  Texas.  Owing  to  ill  health  he  then  went  to 
Colorado,  remaining  a  short  time.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that  he  has  long  been  identified 
with  Xhe  west  and  its  progress.  From  Colorado  he  went  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health  and  in  March,  1876,  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  while  in  May,  1879,  he 
went  to  Maricopa,  where  he  started  the  first  corral  there.  He  is  therefore  to  be  classed  with 
the  pioneers  of  this  state,  forty  years  having  come  and  gone  since  he  took  up  his  abode  within 
its  borders.  In  1880  he  returned  to  Phoenix  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  Much  of 
the  land  was  still  in  the  possession  of  the  government  and  he  secured  a  tract  of  eight  hun- 
dred acres  which  he  developed  into  a  well  Improved  ranch  property,  devoted  to  cattle 
raising  and  agricultural  pursuits.  His  study  of  the  best  methods  of  irrigation  and  his  own 
practical  efforts  in  developing  his  property  led  to  his  becoming  authority  upon  many  phases 
of  the  irrigation  problem  and  the  water  supply.  He  became  one  of  three  who  built  the  Mari- 
copa canal  and  served  as  superintendent  and  director  of  the  same.  He  is  now  president  of 
the  Salt  River  Valley  Water  Users  Association,  in  which  connection  he  is  putting  fortli  every 
effort  for  the  careful  conservation  of  the  water  supply  of  the  state  in  order  that  it  may  be 
turned  into  channels' of  usefulness,  bringing  about  the  agricultural  development  of  Arizona. 

On  the  8th  of  March,  1879,  Mr.  Orme  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ella  Thompkins, 
a  native  of  Texas,  who  died  December  28,  1898.  They  had  four  children:  Mrs.  Clara  E. 
Kyle;  Ora  D. ;  Mrs.  Winifred  D.  Leeds,  of  Los  Angeles;  and  Charles  H.,  who  was  graduated 
from  the  law  department  of  Leland  Stanford  University  in  1916.  The  last  named  also 
served  as  captain  of  the  rowing  crew  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  university  athletic 
sports. 

Mr.  Orme  belongs  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  to  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  his  membership  being  in  local  lodges  in  Phoenix.  He  is  also  promi- 
nent in   Masonry,  belonging  to  the  blue   lodge,  chapter,  commandery   and  shrine.     A  true 


848  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

democrat,  he  was  for  years  actively  interested  in  his  party's  affairs  and  served  for  nine 
years  as  supervisor  of  Maricopa  county  and  for  four  years  as  chairman  of  the  board.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1911.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  school  district  No.  16,  of  Maricopa  county,  and  the  cause  of  education 
finds  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  Progress  has  ever  been  his  watchword  and  his  advance- 
ment has  been  promoted  through  indefatigable  industry,  energy  and  well  defined  plans.  He 
has  gradually  worked  his  way  upward  in  a  business  sense  and  is  well  known  as  one  of  the 
worthy  representative  residents  of  Phoenix.  It  is  not  alone  in  business,  however,  that  his 
contribution  has  been  of  value  to  the  community  and  state,  for  his  work  along  many  lines 
has  been  of  the  utmost  worth,  looking  ever  to  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  this  section  of 
the  country  with  a  recognition  of  its  natural  resources  and  of  its  opportunities.  He  has 
caught  a  vision  of  the  future  and  has  looked  beyond  the  exigencies  of  the  moment  to  the 
opportunities  of  coming  years,  so  that  the  value  of  his  service  is  recognized  by  all. 


PROTO  BROTHERS. 


For  many  years  the  city  of  Nogales  found  worthy  representatives  of  all  that  is  highest 
and  most  progressive  in  business  life  in  Anton  and  Louis  Proto,  who  constituted  the  firm  of 
Proto  Brothers,  and  the  death  of  the  junior  member,  March  7,  1909,  was  felt  as  a  distinct 
and  vital  loss  to  business  development.  The  firm,  however,  still  continues  under  the  original 
name  and  controls  one  of  the  largest  jobbing  houses  in  Nogales  and  the  magnificent  Cocospera 
ranch  in  Sonora.  Anton  and  Louis  Proto  were  born  in  Macedonia,  Greece,  and  came  to 
America  in  1878,  both  being  young  men  at  that  time.  They  brought  a  number  of  sponges 
from  their  native  land  and  sold  tliese  profitably  in  New  York,  after  which  they  went  to  Colon, 
Panama,  and  acted  as  interpreters,  an  occupation  for  which  they  were  eminently  well  fitted, 
being  conversant  with  several  languages.  They  removed  to  San  Francisco  in  1879  and  after 
spending  two  years  in  that  city  settled  in  Tucson,  Arizona,  in  1881.  For  a  time  they  con- 
ducted a  restaurant  business  there,  going  finally  to  Tombstone,  where  they  established  them- 
selves as  general  grocers.  Their  business  liaving  been  destroyed  by  fire,  they  were  obliged 
to  turn  their  attention  to  other  pursuits  and  sold  adobe  brick,  which  was  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  houses  of  those  early  days.  From  Tombstone  they  went  to  St.  Helena,  pros> 
pecting  in  the  mines,  and  thence  to  Sonora,  Mexico,  where  they  engaged  in  the  restaurant 
business.  In  1883  they  made  a  permanent  settlement  in  Nogales  and  continued  together  in 
all  of  their  business  ventures  until  the  death  of  Louis  Proto,  March  7,  1909. 

The  firm  of  Proto  Brothers  was  one  of  the  earliest  to  enter  into  business  in  Nogales. 
In  1884  the  two  brothers  established  a  small  bakery  in  the  city  and  from  that  beginning,  by 
frugality,  industry  and  keen  business  sense,  developed  the  great  jobbing  house  which  bears 
their  name  and  also  the  magnificent  Cocospera  ranch  in  Sonora.  This  embraces  more  than 
a  quarter  of  a  million  acres  of  land,  upon  which  graze  large  herds  of  high  bred  horses  and 
cattle.  There  are  fine  fields  of  alfalfa,  grazing  grounds  that  spread  over  the  hills  and 
mesas  mile  after  mile,  besides  immense  forests  of  oak,  pine  and  fir  that  will  be  developed  in 
time  into  a  great  lumber  and  timber  industry.  This  extensive  jobbing  business  and  the 
ranch  are  conducted  by  the  surviving  brother,  Don  Anton  Proto,  who  is  ably  assisted  in 
the  management  of  the  jobbing  concern  by  his  nephew,  Spiro  S.  Proto,  and  at  the  ranch  by  the 
sons  of  Louis  Proto,  Anton  and  Manuel  Proto. 

The  history  of  the  Cocospera  ranch  is  interesting  in  the  extreme  jtnd  is  related  some- 
what to  the  pioneer  history  of  the  district  of  Sonora.  It  embraces  the  whole  extent  of  a 
principality  in  the  Magdelena  district  and  is  reached  from  Imuris,  a  station  about  forty 
miles  south  from  Nogales,  on  the  Sonora  Railway.  It  can  also  be  reached  from  IMartinez, 
on  the  Cananea  Railroad,  about  twenty  miles  distant  from  Nogales.  It  is  equally  distant 
from  both  points  and  the  boundary  lines  of  the  grants  are  not  more  than  six  or  seven 
miles  from  the  line  of  either  railway.  The  ranch  embraces  two  great  land  grants,  with 
title  direct  from  the  federal  government  of  Mexico,  each  including  about  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  thousand  acres  of  land — tlie  Cocospera  and  the  Santa  Tereza  concessions.  Tliey 
cover  the  entire  Cocospera  valley,  with  the  slopes  of  the  Pineta  mountains  and  the  Sierra 


AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  849 

Azul,  the  beautiful  valley  lying  between,  well  watered  by  the  Cocospera  river  and  its 
tributaries,  a  great  part  of  the  flow  of  which,  amounting  to  several  thousand  inclies,  has 
been  appropriated  under  the  irrigation  laws,  for  watering  the  bottom  lands  in  the  valley. 
Available  reservoir  sites  offer  facilities  for  storage  that  can  add  greatly  to  the  supply 
when  it  is  needed  and  give  sufficient  water  to  cover  all  the  land  upon  which  canals  can 
be  run.  Upon  the  mesas  and  foothills  of  the  mountains  are  thousands  of  acres  of  fine 
grazing  grounds,  covered  with  rich  and  succulent  grasses,  afl'ording  pasture  for  vast  herds 
of  cattle,  of  whicli  there  are  now  several  thousand,  all  higli  grade  Herefords,  classed  as 
the  best  of  range  cattle  for  beef.  With  the  broad  fields  of  alfalfa  on  the  bottom  lands  and 
the  grass  on  the  mesas  the  cattle  can  be  raised  to  maturity  and  fattened  for  marliet 
at  Cocospera  and  sold  at  a  high  price  in  the  local  markets.  At  the  great  Copper  mining 
camp  at  Cananea  and  in  the  cities  of  Hermosillo,  Guaymas  and  Nogales  there  are  great 
and  growing  markets  for  all  the  fattened  bullocks  that  can  be  turned  off  from  tliis  rancli. 
The  Pineta  mountains,  which  form  a  part  of  the  land  controlled  by  Proto  Brothers,  are 
covered  to  their  very  summits  with  splendid  forests  of  pine  and  fir  and  witli  a  growth  of 
oak  on  the  lower  hills.  The  stumpage  in  the  pine  forests  has  been  estimated  by  experts  to 
exceed  in  value  the  sum  of  one  million  dollars  in  American  money.  This  latent  wealth 
will  some  day  be  realized  and  even  at  present  is  counted  a  very  valuable  asset. 

Louis  Proto  did  not  live  to  see  the  entire  fulfillment  of  the  plan  he  assisted  in  inau- 
gurating but  during  the  years  of  his  activity  made  his  influence  felt  in  a  vital  and  powerful 
way  and  his  death  was  deeply  regretted  in  Nogales  and  in  Sonora,  for  it  took  from  both 
a  man  of  powerful  and  pleasing  personality  and  of  splendid  executive  and  constructive 
ability.  He  left  four  children  to  mourn  his  loss:  Anton;  Manuel;  Louisa,  who  was  graduated 
with  high  honors  from  St.  Mary's  College  in  California;  and  Elena. 

Fraternally  Louis  Proto  was  connected  with  Pan-American  Lodge,  No.  11,  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  preeminently  a  business  man,  devoting 
practically  all  of  his  time  to  the  management  of  the  Cocospera  ranch  and  his  other 
interests  in  Mexico  and  Nogales.  His  brother  Anton  has  now  assumed  most  of  the  work 
of  management  and  is  carrying  it  forward  in  an  able  and  progressive  way.  He  finds  time 
for  other  interests  of  a  public  character,  having  served  for  four  terms  on  the  city  council 
and  having  been  mayor  of  Nogales  at  one  time.  His  has  been  an  active,  varied  and  eventful 
life,  the  activities  of  which  have  been  broad  and  forceful  in  scope  and  the  final  triumph 
of  which  has  placed  him  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  leading  business  men  of  the  southwest. 


EVERETT. BENEDICT  POMROY. 

One  of  the  most  brilliant  representatives  of  the  legal  fraternity  of  Tucson  was  Everett 
B.  Poraroy,  who  came  here  in  the  late  '70s  to  discharge  the  duties  of  United  States  district 
attorney  of  Arizona,  and  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  engaged  in  private  prac- 
tice in  Tucson,  becoming  one  of  the  foremost  attorneys  of  the  southwest.  He  was  born 
and  reared  in  Oakland,  California,  and  was  a  son  of  Horace  B.  and  Susan  L.  (Bigelow) 
Pomroy,  well  known  pioneers  of  that  city.  The  father  was  a  Canadian  and  the  mother  a 
native  of  Ohio,  but  they  came  to  California  in  early  life  and  there  passed  the  remainder  of 
their  days.  All  of  their  immediate  family  are  now  deceased  with  the  exception  of  one 
daughter.  Miss  Nellie  Pomroy,  of  Tucson. 

The  preliminary  education  of  Everett  Benedict  Pomroy  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  Oakland,  California.  He  subsequently  matriculated  in  the  University  of  California 
at  Berkeley  and  was  a  member  of  the  first  class  graduated  from  that  institution.  Having 
resolved  to  become  an  attorney  ha  then  entered  the  law  office  of  Jarboe  &  Harrison,  of  San 
Francisco,  where  he  qualified  for  admission  to  the  bar.  He  possessed  a  brilliant  mind, 
retentive  memory  and  good  reasoning  powers,  all  of  which  qualities  readily  won  hira  recogni- 
tion in  his  chosen  profession.  Soon  after  admitted  to  practice  he  was  appointed  United 
States  district  attorney  of  Arizona  and  came  to  Tucson  to  assume  his  duties  in  this  con- 
nection. At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  he  became  associated  in  practice  with  A. 
M.  Farley,  under  the  firm  name  of  Farley  &  Pomroy,  and  was  early  recognized  as  one  of  the 


850  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

most  capable  and  well  read  representatives  of  the  law  in  the  southwest.  He  was  connected 
with  many  of  the  important  litigations  in  Arizona  at  that  period,  in  all  of  which  he 
acquitted  himself  commendably,  as  he  was  not  only  well  versed  in  legal  lore  but  possessed  a 
command  of  English  and  a  gift  of  oratory  that  made  him  a  much  dreaded  foe  in  forensic 
battles. 

For  his  wife  Mr.  Pomroy  chose  Miss  Annie  Blake,  now  deceased,  who  was  also  a  native 
of  California  and  a  daughter  of  Francis  and  Mary  Blake  of  Oakland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Pomroy  was  bom  one  daughter,  Ethel,  the  deceased  wife  of  Beech  Soul6,  of  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, who  is  survived  by  two  sons.  Beech,  Jr.,  and  Pomroy.  Mr.  Pomroy  died  in  November, 
1892,  honored  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Episcopal  church  in  Tucson  and  always  took  a  very  active  and  prominent  part  in  its  work, 
making  the  first  contribution  of  fifty  dollars  to  the  organization. 


CHAIILES  C.  HUTCHINSON. 

Few  men  in  northern  Arizona  were  any  better  known  and  none  ranked  higher  in  citizen- 
ship or  left  a  cleaner  record  as  a  business  man  than  Charles  C.  Hutchinson.  He  was  one  of 
the  chief  sheep  barons  oi  the  southwest,  whose  extensive  interests  in  connection  with  the 
sheep  raising  industry  gave  him  a  foremost  position  among  Arizona's  stockmen.  At  the  time 
of  his  demise  he  was  at  the  head  of  some  of  the  largest  sheep  outfits  in  the  state,  being  presi- 
dent of  the  Grand  Canyon  Sheep  Corporation  and  of  the  Hutchinson  Sheep  Company,  besides 
being  a  heavy  stockholder  in  a  number  of  other  important  sheep  and  cattle  companies.  To 
him  probably  more  than  to  any  other  individual  is  due  the  credit  for  improving  the  breeds  of 
range  sheep  in  Arizona. 

Mr.  Hutchinson  was  born  July  15,  1852,  in  Sutton,  Vermont,  a  son  of  William  and 
Susan  (Hill)  Hutchinson,  and  was  the  youngest  of  a  large  family.  Reared  in  that  environ- 
ment he  never  lost  those  characteristics  of  refinement  common  to  such  rearing,  neither  did  he 
lose  the  peculiar  pronunciation  of  words  characteristic  of  New  Englanders.  He  prepared  for 
college  at  Lyndon  Literary  Institute  in  Vermont  and  then  entered  Dartmouth  College,  tak- 
ing a  coinse  in  the  Chandler  scientific  department,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1879. 

After  leaving  college  he  removed  to  the  west  and  for  a  short  time  was  with  a  publishing 
house  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  Continuing  his  westward  travels  he  was  for  some  time 
employed  as  a  surveyor  in  Colorado  and  Texas  and  in  1884  went  to  Sonora,  New  Mexico,  and 
engaged  in  mining.  Soon  afterward  he  came  to  Arizona  and  for  a  time  was  employed  in  the 
Congress  mine.  He  there  followed  mining  for  a  while  and  about  1892  engaged  in  the  sheep 
raising  business.  His  early  experience  in  this  was  of  a  character  to  test  his  pluck  and 
determination.  The  strenuous  times  of  the  early  '90s  when  the  price  of  sheep  dropped  to  a 
dollar  and  a  quarter  per  head  did  not  drive  him  out  of  the  business.  It  was  a  hard  struggle 
but  such  a  sheep  raiser  as  he  could  not  be  kept  down.  He  survived  those  trying  times  and 
eventually  reached  the  foremost  position  in  the  industry,  remaining  at  the  front  for  years 
prior  to  his  death.  He  early  saw  the  necessity  for  better  breeding  if  the  southwest  was  ever 
to  get  better  prices  for  wool  and  he  introduced  from  the  east  and  from  California  the  best 
blood  that  money  could  buy,  establishing  a  large  stud  stock  of  Rambouillet  and  Merino 
sheep.  In  order  to  assist  in  building  up  the  lamb  raising  business  he  afterward  established  a 
splendid  flock  of  Oxford  and  Hampshire  Down  sheep  and  in  later  years  devoted  his  attention 
for  the  most  part  to  the  breeding  of  full  blooded  rams,  of  both  the  mutton  and  fine  wooled 
strains.  His  flocks  in  this  respect  ranked  second  to  none  in  the  west.  He  believed  in  organ- 
ization, practiced  the  most  scientific  methods  and  whatever  he  did  was  done  in  a  most  intelli- 
gent manner.    He  was  successful  in  business  because  he  was  honest  and  clear  brained. 

Politicians  could  not  "use"  Mr.  Hutchinson.  He  had  a  legion  of  friends  because  he  won 
them  and  could  keep  them.  In  his  relations  with  others  he  was  considerate  and  charitable 
and  it  is  said  of  him  that  he  never  discharged  a  herder  or  a  foreman.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  solution  of  the  forest  reserve  problem,  studied  every  phase  of  the  public  life  and 
worked  untiringly  to  further  the  welfare  of  his  section  of  the  country.  Few  men  in  the  state 
-  had  a  larger  acquaintance  or  were  more  popular.     Although  a  close  student  of  politics  and 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  853 

public  affairs  he  was  never  an  office  seeker.  Against  his  wishes  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Arizona  constitutional  convention  in  1911.  A  man  of  highest  ideals  he  lived  up  to  them, 
a  deep  thinker,  though  reticent  and  modest  in  his  views,  he  stood  as  the  highest  type  of 
American  manhood  and  chivalry.  Throughout  Arizona  he  was  noted  for  his  kindnes.3  and 
gentleness  of  spirit  and  in  his  home  was  a  most  devoted  husband.  He  was  a  lover  of  chil- 
dren, was  a  patron  of  art,  a  reader  and  a  collector  of  good  books.  In  thought  he  was 
charitable  and  in  deed  was  sincere.  At  the  time  of  the  accident  causing  his  death  he  was 
giving  to  an  orphan  child  its  first  ride  in  an  automobile,  and  again  and  again  he  did  some 
act  that  brought  happiness  and  pleasure  to  the  children.  Mr.  Hutchinson  was  reared  as  a 
Baptist  and  retained  his  membership  in  that  church.  While  not  a  constant  attendant  at  its 
services,  he  ever  lived  the  ideal  Christian  life.  The  following  Ig  a  merited  tribute  to  his  life: 
"With  great  physical  strength  and  endurance  he  possessed  unusual  mental  power  and 
notwithstanding  the  exactions  of  his  widely  scattered  business  interests  he  found  time  to 
read  liis  favorite  authors  and  was  always  looking  for  the  best  books.  He  was  considered  one 
of  the  best  business  men  in  the  state.  He  left  no  enemies;  every  one  was  his  friend.  His 
partner  in  the  livestock  business,  a  banker  of  wide  acquaintance,  said  that  of  all  the  men 
he  knew,  Hutchinson  was  the  last  to  lose  his  poise,  and  that  he  never  knew  his  spirits  to  be 
depressed,  even  in  the  lean  years  when  the  rains  failed  and  their  flocks  were  decimated." 

On  the  33d  of  December,  1898,  at  Caldwell,  Idaho,  Mr.  Hutchinson  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Ella  St.  Clair,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Charlotte  Hunter,  of  Rockport,  Missouri.  In  an 
automobile  accident  which  occurred  near  Seligman,  Arizona,  December  9,  1913,  Mr.  Hutchin- 
son sustained  injuries  that  resulted  in  his  death  four  days  later  in  Mercy  Hospital  at  Pres- 
cott,  where  he  had  been  hurried  by  special  train  from  the  scene  of  the  accident.  His  remains 
were  interred  in  Phoenix.  While  at  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Vitruvian  fraternity, 
now  the  Beta  Theta  Pi.  In  Masonry  he  was  a  Knight  Templar  and  a  member  of  tlie  Mystic 
Shrine.  For  several  years  he  had  resided  in  Phoenix  during  the  winter  seasons  and  there 
his  widow,  a  most  estimable  lady,  still  makes  her  home.  After  his  death  letters  of  condolence 
came  to  Mrs.  Hutchinson  from  prominent  public  and  professional  men  in  the. east  who  had 
known  him  in  his  college  days  and  in  a  number  of  cases  had  not  seen  him  since  his  giadu- 
ation.  They  referred  to  him  as  "Little  Hutch,"  a  name  by  which  he  was  known  in  college, 
and  spoke  in  feeling  terms  of  his  fine  personal  qualities.  These  letters  coming  after  a  separa- 
tion of  more  than  a  third  of  a  century  indicate  that  as  a  young  man  at  college  Mr.  Hutchin- 
son had  many  warm  friends  just  as  he  had  in  later  years  as  a  successful  business  man. 
Splendid  traits  endeared  him  to  many  and  his  memory  is  enshrined  in  the  hearts  of  all  who 
knew  him. 


^  GEORGE  E.  GOODRICH,  M.  D. 

Dr.  George  E.  Goodrich,  whose  ability  as  a  physician  and  whose  place  in  the  ranks  of 
the  medical  fraternity  of  Arizona  are  indicated  by  his  position  as  chief  surgeon  of  the  Arizona 
Copper  Company,  was  born  in  De  Kalb,  Illinois,  July  1,  1879.  He  is  a  son  of  Erastua  and 
Phoebe  (Dodge)  Goodrich,  the  former  a  prominent  farmer  and  business  man.  Both  have 
passed  away.  In  their  family  were  four  children.  Harriet  became  the  wife  of  Dr.  Colfax 
Schuyler,  a  dentist  of  De  Kalb,  Illinois.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children.  Lucy  mar- 
ried Dr.  Anson  Smith,  who  is  practicing  dentistry  in  Springfield,  Illinois.  They  have  two 
children.  Mary  married  H.  W.  McEwen,  an  attorney  of  De  Kalb  and  a  brother  of  Judge 
McEwcn,  of  Chicago.    They  are  also  the  parents  of  two  children. 

Dr.  George  E.  Goodrich,  the  youngest  child  born  to  his  parents,  was  reared  in  De  Kalb, 
Illinois,  and  there  attended  public  school,  preparing  himself  for  his  college  course  at  Lake 
Forest  Academy.  When  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  University  of  Lake 
Forest  but  after  one  year  became  a  student  in  the  University  of  Chicago,  where  he  remained 
for  two  years.  He  then  enrolled  in  Rush  Medical  College  at  Chicago,  graduating  with  his 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1905.  In  order  to  get  the  advantage  of  practical  experience  he  served  one 
year  as  Dr.  J.  B.  Murphy's  interne  in  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  and  then,  splendidly  equipped 
for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  went  to  Clifton,  where  in  the  same  year  he  was  appointed 
assistant  surgeon  for  the  Arizona  Copper  Company.  He  did  such  able  work  in  this  capac- 
ity that  he  was  transferred  in  1909  to  Morenci  and  made  chief  surgeon  of  the  company,  with. 


854  AEIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

charge  of  the  hospital  at  this  point.  He  has  acted  in  this  capacity  since  that  time,  proving 
himself  a  capable,  broad-minded  and  able  physician,  whose  knowledge  of  the  underlying 
principles  of  his  profession  is  strengthened  and  supplemented  by  a  humanitarian  inatlnet 
which  pervades  and  influences  all  of  his  work.  Along  professional  lines  Dr.  Goodrich  is  a 
member  of  the  county  and  state  medical  societies  and  the  American  Medical  Association, 
and  through  the  interchange  of  thought  and  opinion  in  these  organizations  keeps  abreast  of 
modern  medical  advancement. 

Aside  from  his  professional  interests  Dr.  Goodrich  has  figured  prominently  in  the  business 
life  of  Morenei,  being  well  known  here  as  the  organizer  of  the  State  Bank  of  Morenci,  of 
which  he  is  now  president.  This  institution  was  capitalized  at  thirty  thousand  dbllars  and 
has  done  a  gratifying  annual  business  since  its  establishment,  its  deposits  now  amounting 
to  about  ninety  thousand  dollars.  Dr.  Goodrich  has  given  a  great  deal  of  his  time  to  the 
management  of  this  enterprise,  bringing  to  the  solution  of  difficult  financial  problems  his 
keen  discrimination. 

Dr.  Goodrich  married,  January  19,  1907,  Miss  Ruth  JIason  Wood,  a  native  of  Illinois 
and  a  daughter  of  E.  0.  and  Amelia  (Mason)  Wood,  residents  of  De  Kalb,  Illinois,  where 
the  father  is  a  prominent  banker.  In  tliis  family  were  four  children:  E.  O.,  Jr.,  who  is  in 
business  in  Champaign,  Illinois;  Grace  H.,  who  resides  with  her  parents  in  De  Kalb; 
Harry  C,  a  farmer  of  Macon,  Mississippi;  and  Ruth  M.,  the  wife  of  the  subject  of  this 
review. 

Dr.  Goodrich  has  extensive  affiliations  with  Greek  letter  fraternities,  having  been 
initiated  into  Phi  Pi  Epsilon  at  Lake  Forest,  Chi  Psi  at  Chicago  University  and  Nu  Sigma  Nu 
in  Rush  Medical  College.  He  is  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  republican  party  and  one  of  the 
most  stalwart  workers  in  its  ranks,  having  served  as  chairman  of  the  republican  central 
committee  of  Greenlee  county.  He  is  not  only  a  distinguished  and  successful  physician  but 
also  a  public-spirited  and  progressive  citizen,  active  along  many  lines  of  development  and 
upbuilding  and  cooperating  heartily  in  measures  for  the  public  good.  His  professional  record 
has  been  a  commendable  one,  characterized  by  earnest,  practical  and  beneficial  work  along 
medical  lines  and  with  its  activities  guided  by  high  ideals  of  personal  service. 


LYMAN  H.  HAYS. 


Lyman  H.  Hays,  a  prominent  attorney  of  Willcox,  whose  ability  has  brought  him  to 
the  front  rank  in  the  practice  of  law  so  that  he  is  now  accorded  an  extensive  clientage,  was 
born  on  the  6th  of  May,  1868,  in  Lawrence  county,  Missouri,  a  son  of  W.  S.  and  Elizabeth 
(Boyd)  Hays.  The  father,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  October  25,  1839,  died  in  Idaho,  in 
May,  1914,  but  the  mother  still  survives.  The  ancestral  line  is  traced  back  to  James  Hays, 
who  was  born  in  England  in  1747  and  emigrated  to  America  in  1764,  settling  in  Massachusetts, 
where  his  sympathy  with  the  cause  of  the  colonists  led  him  to  join  the  American  army  at  the 
time  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  did  active  duty  with  the  Massachusetts  regiment  and 
thus  aided  in  securing  independence  for  the  nation.  His  son,  David  Hays,  was  born  in 
Massachusetts  in  1780  and  was  the  father  of  John  Hays,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1808.  He 
was  the  father  of  W.  S.  Hays,  making  Lyman  H.  Hays  a  representative  of  the  fifth  gene- 
ration of  the  family  in  America.  Removing  to  the  west,  W.  S.  Hays  established  his  home  in 
Iowa  and  afterward  went  to  Missouri,  where  he  followed  the  occupation  of  farming.  In 
July,  1861,  he  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  troops,  enlisting  as  a  member  of  Company 
E,  Sixth  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry  at  Burlington.  He  saw  active  service  throughout  Missouri, 
Arkansas  and  Mississippi,  and  was  honorably  discharged  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  in  1865,  returning 
to  his  home  with  a  most  credital)le  military  record  because  of  the  bravery  and  loyalty  which 
he  had  displayed  on  various  southern  battlefields. 

Lyman  H.  Hays  was  a  lad  of  seven  years  when  his  parents  removed  to  Sedan,  Kansas, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  passing  through  consecutive  grades  to  the  high  school. 
Later  he  became  a  student  in  the  Kansas  State  University  at  Lawrence,  where  he  pursued 
a  course  in  law  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1889.  He  afterward  went  to  Aspen, 
Colorado,  where  he  entered  upon  the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  and  while  there  residing 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  855 

he  became  county  attorney  of  Pitkin  county,  whicli  position  lie  filled  for  three  years,  also 
acting  as  deputy  district  attorney  for  the  ninth  district  of  Colorado  for  five  years.  In 
January,  1909,  he  removed  to  Willcox,  Arizona,  -where  he  entered  upon  the  active  practice 
of  law  and  by  Judge  Marrow,  of  San  Fiancisco,  was  appointed  United  States  commissioner 
in  Willcox,  filling  that  position  until  Judge  Sawtelle  was  appointed  his  successor  by  Presi- 
dent Wilson  in  1914.  He  has  since  given  his  undivided  attention  to  his  private  law  practice, 
and  is  well  known  as  an  able  and  successful  attorney  of  Willcox,  preparing  his  cases  with 
thoroughness  and  care  and  presenting  his  cause  with  clearness  and  force.  He  has  won  many 
verdicts  favorable  to  the  interests  of  his  clients,  and  his  knowledge  of  legal  principles  is 
comprehensive  and  exact,  while  in  the  application  of  a  point  at  law  he  is  seldom  if  ever 
at  fault.  He  also  owns  a  ranch  adjoining  Willcox,  comprising  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  on  which  he  makes  his  home; 

Mr,  Hays  was  married  September  27,  1893,  to  Miss  Maggie  Bymaster,  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Porch)  Bymaster,  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  and  the  latter  of  Indiana. 
They  first  established  their  home  in  Indiana  and  later  removed  to  Missouri,  becoming  farming 
people  of  that  locality.  Both  are  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hays  liave  been  bom  six 
children:  Vinton,  who  was  born  in  1895  and  is  now  a  student  in  the  Arizona  University 
at  Tucson;  Mabel,  who  was  bom  in  1897  and  is  now  a  high  school  student  in  Willcox; 
Lyndall,  who  was  born  in  1901  and  is  also  attending  high  school;  and  John,  Mary  and  Paul, 
who  were  born  in  1907,  1909  and  1912  respectively. 

Mr.  Hays  is  a  republican  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics,  putting  forth  every 
effort  in  his  power  to  promote  the  growth  and  insure  the  success  of  the  party  along  legitimate 
lines.  His  ability  and  position  have  made  him  a  leader  of  public  thought  and  opinion,  and 
his  activity  is  at  all  times  actuated  by  a  deep  desire  for  thfe  public  welfare. 


EDWARD  C.  CONWAY. 


Edward  C.  Conway  is  living  retired  in  his  beautiful  home  thirty-five  miles  north  of  the 
Roosevelt  dam  after  many  years  of  close  identification  with  stock-raising  interests  of  Gila 
county,  his  industry  and  enterprise  since  pioneer  times  having  gained  for  him  such  a  com- 
petence as  now  enables  him  to  put  aside  the  active  duties  of  life  and  enjoy  somewhat  of  its 
rest  and  pleasures.  He  is  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Arizona,  his  residence  here  dating  from 
1874,  and  he  has  witnessed  a  great  deal  of  the  development  and  progress  of  the  state  since 
that  time,  his  own  activities  contributing  in  substantial  measure  to  the  general  growth. 

Mr.  Conway  was  born  in  Maine  in  1848  and  is  a  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  Conway, 
the  former  a  miller  in  Milltown,  Maine,  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1882,  when  he 
was  ninety-two  years  of  age.  His  wife  survived  him  only  a  few  years,  dying  in  1887.  To 
them  were  born  three  children,  of  whom  the  subject  of  this  review  is  the  only  one  still 
living. 

Edward  C.  Conway  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Maine  and  when  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age  went  to  Wisconsin,  where  for  two  years  he  worked  in  the  lumber 
camps.  In  1868  he  went  overland  to  California  and  pushed  northward  to  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington, where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  for  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time 
he  went  to  the  eastern  part  of  Oregon  and  there  prospected  and  mined  for  gold  for  one  year, 
going  in  1870  to  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  where  he  hauled  the  first  logs  for  the  Wallula 
&  Walla  Walla  Railroad.  In  1872  he  went  to  Silver  City,  Idaho,  and  was  for  two  years 
a  horse  dealer  in  that  locality,  coming  from  there  to  Arizona  in  1874.  His  first  settlement 
In  the  territory  was  made  at  Prescott,  where  he  engaged  in  lumbering  in  the  employ  of 
Clark  &  Adams  for  two  years,  resigning  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  removing  to  Globe, 
where  for  a  short  period  he  worked  in  a  number  of  mines  near  the  city.  He  afterward  went 
to  the  Silver  King  mines  and  in  1881  was  a  packer  in  (he  employ  of  the  United  States  gov- 
ernment, witnessing  during  this  period  one  of  the  gieat  battles  between  the  United  States 
troops  and  the  Indian  tribes  under  Geronimo.  He  afterward  worked  in  the  Silver  King  mine 
until  1884  and  in  that  year  turned  his  attention  to  cattle-raising  and  ranching  on  Tonto 
creek.     His  interests  extended  rapidly  and  steadily,  his  land  holdings  becoming  greater  and 


856  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

his  herds  larger  year  by  year  until  finally  he  became  the  owner  of  one  of  the  most  important 
ranches  in  the  locality  and  was  accorded  recognition  as  one  of  the  most  successful  stockmen 
in  his  part  of  the  state.  Recently  he  sold  a  large  part  of  his  herd  and  retired  from  active 
business  life,  retaining,  however,  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  patented  land,  well  irrigated 
and  excellently  improved.  He  makes  his  home  thirty-five  miles  north  of  the  Roosevelt  dam, 
in  the  Greenback  valley,  and  is  there  enjoying  the  rest  and  comfort  earned  during  the  course 
of  a  long,  active  and  honorable  life. 

Mr.  Conway  was  married  in  1888  to  Miss  Alice  Harra,  who  was  born  in  eastern  Oregon, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  H.  Harra,  the  former  of  whom  died  in  1907,  while  the 
latter  now  makes  her  home  in  Phoenix  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Con- 
way became  the  parents  of  six  children:  Edward,  who  was  born  in  1889  and  is  engaged  in 
ranching  in  Gila  county;  David,  at  home;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Earl  Vogel,  a  blacksmith  of 
Gallup,  New  Mexico;  and  Qara  Belle,  Georgia  A.  and  William,  all  of  whom  are  living  at 
home.  The  two  eldest  of  this  family  received  their  business  training  in  Lampton  College 
at  Phoenix. 

Mr.  Conway  is  a  member  of  White  Mountain  Lodge,  No.  3,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  a 
democrat  in  his  political  beliefs.  He  is  now  in  the  sixty-eighth  year  of  his  age  and  it  can 
readily  be  seen  that  his  life  has  been  an  honorable  and  useful  one,  characterized  by  a 
progressive  business  activity  that  has  resulted  in  bringing  him  a  comfortable  and  well 
merited  competence.  Moreover,  he  has  borne  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  general  improve- 
ment and  development  since  he  took  up  his  abode  here,  when  this  section  was  a  frontier 
wilderness,  giving  little  evidence  of  what  the  future  had  in  store  for  it.  He  is  numbered 
among  the  men  who  believed  in  the  territory  and  in  its  possibilities — the  wisdom  of  this 
belief  being  more  and  more  clearJy  evidenced  as  the  years  have  gone  by. 


HERBERT  BROWN. 


In  Tucson,  where  for  many  years  he  made  his  home,  Herbert  Brown  was  known  as  a 
man  of  lofty  principles  and  high  ideals.  In  many  ways  he  was  identified  with  the  develop- 
ment and  progress  of  the  city  and  along  every  line  in  which  his  activities  were  put  forth  his 
influence  proved  a  factor  for  benefit  and  progress.  He  was  born  in  Winchester,  Virginia, 
March  6,  1848,  a  son  of  John  S.  and  Elizabeth  (White)  Brown,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
England,  who  on  coming  to  America  settled  in  Virginia,  the  father  becoming  connected  with 
the  iron  works  at  Tunnelton. 

Herbert  Brown  was  a  youth  of  seventeen  years  when  the  war  ended  in  the  spring  of 
1865  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he  joined  a  host  of  young  men  from  both  armies  who 
were  making  their  way  westward.  But  few  had  any  education,  for  those  who  should  have 
been  their  schoolmasters  were  abroad  with  a  gun  instead  of  a  birch.  On  leaving  home  Mr. 
Brown  made  his  way  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  was  living  at  the  time  he  attained  his  major- 
ity and  when  he  left  there  in  the  spring  of  1873  he  had  an  education  that  carried  him 
through  life.  The  record  of  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Cincinnati  was  that  of  work  in 
the  daytime  and  study  at  night  and  to  his  schoolroom  training  he  added  many  valuable  les- 
sons gained  in  the  school  of  experience.  After  brief  stops  along  the  route  he  arrived  in 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  a  town  then  noted  more  for  its  lawlessness  than  for  those  things  which 
would  prove  attractive  to  a  young  man  of  Mr.  Brown's  disposition  and  character.  Accord- 
ingly he  left  Cheyenne  in  the  fall  and  removed  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and  spent  the 
winter  in  twenty-two  feet  of  snow  at  Alta,  in  the  Wasatch  range,  where  he  worked  in  the 
Emma  mine  under  Colonel  Richardson.  When  travel  opened  in  the  spring  he  went  to 
Virginia  City,  Nevada,  then  in  the  height  of  its  glory,  and  subsequently  he  was  employed 
in  the  mines  of  both  northern  and  southern  California,  proceeding  by  stage  in  the  spring 
of  1876  to  Yuma.  While  there  he  heard  the  report  that  a  big  strike  had  been  made  in 
Mohave  county,  every  incoming  stage  from  the  east  magnifying  the  find  and  making,  80 
it  proved,  much  out  of  nothing.  As  the  country  was  full  of  Indians  he  was  advised  to 
return  to  Los  Angeles,  outfit  there  and  cross  the  Mohave  desert.  He  paid  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five   dollars   for   a   liorse,   which   he   purchased   from   the   sheriff  of   San   Bernardino 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  859 

county  and  which  he  rode  to  his  destination.  After  various  wanderings  he  returned  in 
1877  from  what  proved  a  wild  goose  chase  into  Mexico  and  located  in  Tucson.  During  the 
first  two  years  of  his  residence  in  Arizona  he  engaged  in  lumbering  in  the  Santa  Rita  moun- 
tains. He  knew  every  phase  of  pioneer  life  in  the  state.  When  working  in  the  mountains 
it  was  often  necessary  for  a  part  of  the  men  to  stand  guard  while  the  others  did  the 
work,  for  the  Indians  were  always  an  uncertain  factor.  Later  a  sawmill  was  built  and  under 
contract  he  made  roads  and  conveyed  the  logs  to  the  mill.  Subsequently  he  became  con- 
nected with  a  friend  in  the  mtrcantile  business  on  Main  street,  in  Tucson,  under  the  name 
of  Welisch  &  ComJ)any,  but  did  not  find  that  pursuit  congenial  and,  becoming  interested  in 
newspaper  work,  determined  to  master  the  profession.  With  that  object  in  view  he 
accepted  a  reportorial  position  on  the  Arizona  Star  under  Louis  C.  Hughes,  remaining  in 
connection  with  that  paper  for  a  year,  when  he  became  general  manager  of  the  Tucson 
Citizen,  owned  by  W.  C.  Davis,  remaining  in  that  position  for  nearly  five  years.  He  then 
became  owner  and  editor  of  the  paper,  which  he  continued  to  publish  for  about  nineteen  years. 
Under  President  Harrison  Mr.  Brown  declined  appointment  to  the  position  of  governor 
of  the  territory  of  Arizona  but  accepted  the  ofiice  of  register  of  the  land  office,  which  posi- 
tion he  filled  for  five  years.  Wlien  President  Cleveland  was  inaugurated  he  resigned  and 
he  received  from  the  president's  private  secretary  a  note  written  in  the  name  of  the  chief 
executive,  thanking  him  for  his  efficiency  in  office,  and  Mr.  Stocklager,  commissioner  of 
the  American  land  office,  also  wrote  him  a  commendatory  letter.  In  1902  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Oakes  Murphy  to  the  office  of  warden  of  the  Arizona  penitentiary  at  Yuma 
and  served  for  four  years  as  superintendent  of  the  territorial  prison,  during  which  time  he 
made  a  record  for  economy  and  efficiency  that  has  never  been  surpassed,  and  the  board  of 
control  under  which  he  served  so  testifies.  He  did  not  immediately  return  to  Tucson  but 
for  a  time  conducted  the  Gondolfo,  then  the  leading  hotel  at  Yuma.  The  year  1907,  how- 
ever, again  found  )iim  in  Tucson,  where  he  purchased  the  Tucson  Post.  In  1908,  however, 
he  again  became  connected  with  the  Arizona  Star,  acting  for  some  time  as  its  editor  and 
also  publishing  the  Post.  In  1910  he  was  nominated  for  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  superior  court 
of  Pima  county  by  the  republican  party  and  was  elected.  He  entered  upon  the  duties  of 
that  position,  which  he  was  so  ably  discharging  when  death  called  him. 

In  March,  J  909,  Mr.  Brown  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Shibell,  a  daughter 
of  Charles  A.  Shibell,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Arizona.  By  a  former  marriage  Mr. 
Brown  had  one  son,  Herbert  S.,  who  like  his  father  is  in  the  newspaper  business,  being  con- 
nected with  the  San  Francisco  Bulletin. 

It  was  on  the  12th  of  May,  1915,  that  Mr.  Biown  was  called  to  his  final  rest.  The 
deepest  regret  was  felt  by  all  who  knew  him,  for  his  activities  had  touched  many  lines  of 
general  interest  and  brought  him  in  contact  with  many  people,  all  of  whom  extended  to  him 
the  heartiest  goodwill  and  highest  respect.  He  was  a  prominent  Mason,  being  initiated  into 
the  order  in  Miami  Lodge,  No.  46,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  afterward  became  a  member  of 
Tucson  Lodge,  No.  4,  and  dcraitted  therefrom  to  become  a  charter  member  of  Yuma  Lodge, 
No.  17,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  was  elected  master  in  1902.  He  also  held  membership  in 
Tucson  Chapter,  No.  4,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Arizona  Commandery,  No.  1,  K.  T.  He  became  an 
officer  in  the  Grand  Lodge,  serving  as  junior  grand  warden  in  1903,  senior  grand  warden  in 
1904,  deputy  grand  master  in  1905  and  grand  master  in  1906,  thus  receiving  the  highest 
official  honors  accorded  in  the  state.  He  was  also  a  charter  member  of  Tucson  Lodge,  No. 
385,  B.  P.  O.  E.  In  politics  he  was  always  a  stalwart  republican  but  though  he  never  wavered 
in  his  allegiance  to  the  principles  in  which  he  believed,  he  numbered  his  political  opponents 
among  his  stanchest  personal  friends  and  there  was  no  stronger  proof  of  the  winning  qual- 
ities of  his  personality  than  the  strength  of  his  many  friendships  with  those  who  diflfered 
from  him. 

In  the  early  '808  Mr.  Brown  spent  some  time  in  Mexico  and  knew  the  people  of  that 
country  well.  He  had  the  warm  personal  friendship  of  President  Diaz  and  was  one  of  the 
peace  commissioners  in  the  Yaqui  trouble.  He  was  a  valued  member  of  the  Arizona  Humane 
Society  for  a  number  of  years  and  served  for  some  time  as  its  first  vice  president.  He  was 
also  president  of  the  Audubon  Society  and  in  1885  was  elected  an  associate  member  of  the 
American   Ornithologists'  Union   and  in   1901  was  elected  to  full  membership.     One  of  his 

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860  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

greatest  interests  was  in  collecting  rare  insects,  birds  and  reptiles  and  in  connection  with 
this  work  he  became  a  skilled  taxidermist.  His  collection  is  most  valuable  and  has  been 
highly  praised  by  experts.  From  the  foundation  of  the  University  of  Arizona  lie  served  as 
curator  of  the  institution  and  was  most  active  and  helpful  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the 
school  in  every  way  and  particularly  along  the  line  of  securing  valuable  specimens  for  its 
museum,  to  which  his  collection  of  birds  and  reptiles,  representing  the  work  of  over  twenty 
years,  was  presented.  He  also  made  a  number  of  valuable  donations  of  birds  and  reptiles 
to  the  Smithsonian  Institution  of  Washington,  thus  coming  in  contact  with  many  of  the 
leading  naturalists  and  scientific  workers  who  came  to  visit  Arizona.  He  indeed  became  a 
man  of  broad  education  and  liberal  culture  and  did  much  to  further  the  world's  work,  his 
efforts  being  of  the  greatest  value  to  Arizona  along  many  lines.  His  standards  of  life  were 
most  high  and  were  unfalteringly  adli?red  to.  \Vithout  that  quality  which  leads  the  individ- 
ual to  greet  everyone  as  a  valued  friend,  he  nevertheless  had  the  keenest  desire  for  the  wel- 
fare and  happiness  of  others  and  put  forth  his  efforts  for  good  where  assistance  was  most 
needed,  so  that  he  became  a  factor  in  ameliorating  hard  conditions  for  the  unfortunate  and 
in  supplanting  want  with  comfort.  His  character  was  aa  clear  as  the  sunlight  and  no  man 
came  into  contact  with  him  but  speedily  appreciated  him  at  his  true  worth,  knowing  him 
to  be  a  man  who  not  only  cherished  a  high  ideal  of  beauty  but  who  lived  up  to  it.  His 
friends  miss  him  but  the  memory  of  hi*'  upright  and  beautiful  life,  of  his  sincerity  and  sim- 
plicity will  not  be  forgotten.  The  flower  and  promise  of  his  youth  came  into  full  fruition 
and  when  his  task  was  completed  the  consensus  of  opinion  was  that  it  had  been  most  nobly 
done. 


JOHN  FREDERIC  CLEAVELAND. 


John  Frederic  Cleaveland,  of  Phoenix,  Arizona,  was  bom  in  Denver,  CJolorado,  on  the  30th 
of  November,  1878,  his  parents  being  John  Riddle  and  Helen  (Bateman)  Cleaveland.  He 
is  a  direct  descendant  of  General  Moses  Cleaveland,  soldier,  educator,  philosopher  philan- 
thropist and  founder  of  the  city  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  It  was  on  the  11th  of  March,  1908, 
at  Phoenix,  that  he  married  Miss  Zelma  Bailey,  by  whom  he  has  two  sons,  John  Bailey 
Cleaveland,  and  Frederic  Neill  Cleaveland. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Denver, 
graduating  from  the  high  school  of  that  city  in  the  class  of  1897.  He  then  entered  the 
University  of  Colorado  but  left  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year  to  take  up  the  study  of 
law  in  Denver.  Although  qualilied  to  do  so,  he  has  never  practiced  law.  He  went  instead 
to  Morenci,  Arizona,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Detroit  Copper  Company.  After 
two  years'  service  with  this  company  he  accepted  the  superintendency  of  the  Morenci  Water 
Company.  In  1902,  while  connected  with  this  company,  Mr.  Cleaveland  became  the  owner 
of  the  Morenci  Leader  and  the  Solomonsville  Bulletin,  two  weekly  papers  devoted  to  the 
mmmg  development  of  Arizona.  In  1906  he  resigned  his  position  with  the  water  company 
and  for  the  next  two  years  gave  his  time  to  the  management  of  these  two  publications.  He 
moved  to  Phoenix  in  1908,  after  a  brilliant  career  in  the  political  field,  and  in  May,  1910, 
became  interested  in  the  Union  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  of  which  he  was  elected  cashier. 
In  July,  1911,  he  was  elected  president. 

Mr.  Cleaveland,  who  has  been  active  in  politics  for  more  than  ten  years,  is  a  progressive 
repub  ican-an  indefatigable  worker.  In  1903  he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  Graham  county 
republican  central  committee,  serving  also  as  a  member  of  the  territorial  executive  conf- 
mittee.  In  1906  when  but  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  council 
pv.!^'  .*^^"*y-f°";:t''  ■'•g'slature.  His  victory  in  this  election  remains  one  of  the  historic 
n  fir  7  n      ^''''''"  '''""*^-    '^'"^  '«  ""''  "f  t'^"  strongholds  of  democracy  and 

the  neaLr  f  ^7?  ""v""""  "'"'''^  '"  "'^  legislature  from  there.  His  opponent  was 
maioritv  afte  b  ».  T"  ""^'V^^^"^-  Cleaveland's  victory  by  more  than  three  hundred 
majority,  after  he  had  made  a  horseback  canvass,  was  one  of  the  greatest  surprises  in  the 
political  records  of  the  county.  Mr.  Cleaveland  was  chosen  floor  leader  bv  the  li,  it  and 
elected  president  pro  tempore  of  the  senate,  and  under  his  leadership  numerous  statu  e  r    o  m 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  861 

were  adopted.  Among  these  was  the  bullion  tax  law,  increasing  the  taxation  on  mine  pro- 
duction, thus  giving  to  the  state  an  increase  of  more  than  one  hundred  per  cent  in  yearly 
revenues.  Acts  were  passed  for  the  regulation  of  saloons,  abolition  of  gambling  and  other 
vice.  The  entire  school  law  of  Arizona  was  revised,  greater  efficiency  of  teachers  being 
required  and  an  increase  of  salaries  allowed.  The  schools  of  the  state  have  always  been  a 
particular  study  of  Mr.  Cleaveland  and  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  visiting  board  of 
the  two  State  Normal  Schools.  Another  branch  of  public  policy  which  has  claimed  a  great 
deal  of  his  attention  is  that  of  prison  reform,  and  during  his  service  in  the  legislature  he 
was  instrumental  in  having  adopted  certain  legislation  for  the  correction  of  the  methods 
used  in  the  treatment  of  prisoners,  one  of  the  most  important  being  the  institution  of  the 
indeterminate  sentence  law  under  which  a  prisoner  is  given  a  chance  to  reform  and  gain  his 
liberty  through  good  behavior. 

At  the  conclusion  of  his  legislative  work  in  1908,  Mr.  Cleaveland  was  chosen  by  Gov- 
ernor Kibbey,  in  recognition  of  his  record  in  the  senate,  to  assist  him  in  his  official  duties 
as  confidental  secretary.  In  this  capacity  he  proved  himself  an  invaluable  official.  Recog- 
nizing his  ability.  Judge  Sloan  when  appointed  governor  retained  him  in  the  office  and  during 
their  association  he  wielded  even  more  influence  than  h§  had  previously.  When  he  became 
interested  in  banking  affairs  in  the  spring  of  1910  Mr.  Cleaveland  tried  to  resign  this  office, 
but  lie  was  not  relieved  until  nearly  a  year  later. 

In  1911,  at  the  first  general  state  election,  Mr.  Cleaveland,  nominated  for  secretary  of 
state  by  the  republicans,  although  not  elected,  led  his  ticket  by  approximately  one  thousand 
votes.  He  has  served  Phoenix  as  chairman  of  a  citizens'  committee  of  thirty-one  chosen 
to  revise  the  city  charter  preparatory  to  installing  the  commission  form  of  government,  and 
he  was  elected  by  the  voters  on  June  6,  1913,  to  be  a  member  of  the  official  charter  revision 
commission. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  was  made  president  of  the  State  Roosevelt  Clubs  and  led  the  fight  for 
the  presidential  primaries.  This  failed  of  adoption  because  the  state  executive  committee 
was  not  in  sympathy  with  the  plan  and  a  direct  result  was  a  split  at  the  state  convention 
held  in  Tucson,  where  the  Roosevelt  supporters  refused  to  accept  the  program  of  the 
executive  committee  and  held  an  independent  convention  at  which  national  delegates  were 
chosen.  Mr.  Cleaveland  was  the  unanimous  choice  of  the  progressives  for  republican  national 
committeeman  for  Arizona.  He  enjoys  a  remarkable  popularity  among  the  members  of 
both  wings  of  the  party.  He  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  men  in  the  city 
and  has  devoted  himself  willingly  to  all  public  matters  which  have  for  their  object  the  bet- 
terment of  civic  conditions.  Besides  his  interests  already  mentioned,  he  is  interested  in 
farming  and  stock-raising  in  the  Salt  River  valley  and  is  also  identified  with  companies  who 
are  developing  properties  in  the  Copper  Mountain  district  of  Greenlee  and  Pinal  counties. 

He  is  president  of  the  Capital  Savings  Investment  Company  and  a  director  in  several 
other  enterprises  in  the  state.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Arizona  Bankers  Association  and  of 
the  Arizona  Cattle  Growers  Association  and  an  active  worker  in  the  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade. 
Mr.  Cleaveland  is  at  present  supreme  representative  for  Arizona  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  ranking  major  of  the  Uniform  Rank  of  the  same  order.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Arizona  Club,  the  Phoenix  Country  Club  and  Phoenix  Lodge  of  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks. 


JOHN  HENRY  VERFURTH. 


John  Henry  Verfurth,  whose  activity  in  business  has  not  only  contributed  to  his  own 
prosperity  but  has  also  been  a  factor  in  the  development  of  Bisbee,  is  now  conducting  a 
large  fuel  and  feed  business  in  that  city  and  is  also  interested  in  the  Arizona  Grocery  Com- 
pany. He  has  other  business  relations  connecting  him  with  important  financial  and  com- 
mercial interests  and  the  community  is  glad  to  number  him  among  its  business  men  whose 
energy  and  enterprise  are  factors  in  its  upbuilding. 

Mr.  Verfurth  was  bom  in  Iowa  in  1869,  a  son  of  John  Henry  and  Mary  (Wynhoff)  Ver- 
furth, natives  of   Germany.     The   father  was   seven  years  of  age  when  he  came   with  his 


862  ABIZONA-THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

parents  to  America  and  the  mother  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  her  infancy.  Upon  reaching 
maturity  John  Henry  Verfurth,  Sr.,  took  up  land  in  Iowa  and  farmed  there  until  his  death 
in  1876  He  was  survived  by  his  wife  until  1891.  They  had  a  family  of  nine  children: 
Kate  who  married  Fred  Luth,  of  Iowa;  Annie,  the  wife  of  William  Rhodes,  of  the  state  of 
Washington-  Mary,  who  married  John  Polison,  of  Illinois;  Henry,  of  Mesa,  Arizona;  Dora, 
the  deceased  wife  of  Elmer  Warren,  of  Washington;  Theo,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
two  years;  John  Henry,  of  this  review;  Ella,  who  married  Milton  Johnson,  of  Washington; 
and  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  William  Ashley,  also  of  Washington. 

John  H.  Verfurth  was  reared  in  Iowa  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  district  schools 
of  that  state.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  came  west,  settling  at  Longmont,  Colorado, 
where  he  spent  eight  months  upon  a  ranch.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  returned  home  but 
after  a  few  months  removed  to  Washington,  where  he  worked  at  various  occupations  for 
four  years.  Eventually,  however,  he  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits,  taking 
up  land  near  Creston,  which  he  Improved  and  cultivated  for  six  years.  After  his  marriage 
he  disposed  of  his  holdings  and  went  to  British  Columbia,  where  he  mined  and  engaged  in 
various  other  occupations  until  he  came  to  Bisbee,  Arizona,  in  1899. 

Mr.  Verfurth  began  his  career  here  as  a  miner  in  the  copper  mines  and  after  a  year 
and  a  half  obtained  a  position  as  driver  of  a  grocery  wagon,  engaging  afterward  in  the 
draying  business  for  himself.  He  gradually  rose  in  importance  in  the  business  world,  being 
a  man°of  ability  and  ambition,  and  he  eventually  became  connected  with  the  grain,  feed  and 
fuel  business,  in  which  he  still  engages.  He  began  on  a  small  scale  and  gradually  secured 
a  large  and  representative  patronage,  his  business  constantly  increasing  in  volume  and  im- 
portance until  today  he  is  at  the  head  of  the  Independent  Fuel  &  Feed  Company,  one  of  the 
two  large  enterprises  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Verfurth  owns  a  two  story  concrete  and 
brick  business  block  on  the  main  street  of  Bisbee  and  has  extensive  property  holdings, 
including  three  residences  which  he  rents.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Citizens  Bank  &  Trust 
Company  and  since  coming  to  Bisbee  has  figured  as  one  of  its  most  enterprising  citizens, 
his  labors  constituting  a  valuable  factor  in  the  growth  and  development  of  Cocliise  county. 
In  addition  he  owns  an  eighty  acre  farm  in  the  Salt  River  valley,  well  improved  and  developed, 
and  upon  this  he  raises  fine  crops  of  alfalfa.  His  harvests  in  1912  amounted  to  two  hundred 
and  fifty  tons,  which  he  marketed  in  Bisbee  at  twenty  dollars  per  ton. 

On  December  16,  1895,  Mr.  Verfurth  married  Miss  Josie  Bogart,  a  native  of  Oregon  and 
a  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Katherine  (Allen)  Bogart,  pioneers  in  tliiit  state,  who  crossed 
the  plains  with  ox  teams  from  Missouri  in  the  early  days.  The  father  died  in  Oregon  in 
1910  but  her  mother  is  still  living  in  that  state.  In  their  family  were  five  children:  Anna, 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Fountain,  of  Elmira,  Oregon;  Ida,  who  married  Thomas  Cook,  of  Lebanon, 
Oregon;  William,  whose  home  is  in  the  state  of  Washington;  Josie,  now  Mrs.  Verfurth; 
and  Lillie,  who  married  Dan  Worby,  also  of  Washington.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Verfurth  are  the 
parents  of  two  children.  Ralph,  who  was  born  September  18,  1896;  and  John  Henry,  Jr., 
whose  birth  occurred  September  20,  1912. 

Mr.  Verfurth  is  liberal  in  his  political  views  and  fraternally  is  connected  with  the 
Masonic  order,  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  As  a 
business  man  he  has  an  unassailable  record,  for  throughout  his  entire  life  he  has  made 
steady  and  substantial  progress,  never  taking  advantage  of  the  necessities  of  another  in  a 
business  transaction  and  bearing  always  an  unsullied  reputation  for  commercial  probity. 


LEE  O.  WOOLERY. 


Lee  0.  Woolery,  whose  law  practice  covers  litigation  in  all  of  the  courts  of  Arizona, 
is  one  of  the  prominent  and  well  known  citizens  of  Tombstone,  where  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  in  the  conduct  of  a  general  real  estate  and  insurance 
business  since  1903.  He  was  born  at  Bedford,  Indiana,  in  1877,  a  son  of  George  W.  C. 
and  Mary  E.  Woolery,  who  came  to  the  southwest  in  1903  and  settled  in  Arizona,  where 
they  now  reside.     The  father  is  a  prominent  rancher  and  is  ranked  among  the  progressive 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  865 

and  successful  agriculturists  of  the  state.  In  the  family  were  four  children,  one  of  wliom 
died  in  infancy. 

Lee  0.  Woolery  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Indiana  and  after 
completing  his  high  school  course  entered  the  law  department  of  the  Indiana  State  Univer- 
sity. In  1901  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  circuit  court  of  Indiana  but  did  not  remain 
in  that  state,  moving  to  Arizona  and  establishing  an  office  here.  Afterward,  however,  he 
made  several  journeys  to  his  native  state,  but  in  1903  located  permanently  in  Tombstone. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Arizona  in  the  same  year  and  given  the  right  to  practice 
before  all  the  courts  of  the  state,  where  he  is  well  known  as  an  able,  farsighted  and  suc- 
cessful attorney.  His  ability  has  drawn  to  him  a  large  and  increasing  practice,  and  his 
comprehensive  and  exact  knowledge  of  the  underlying  principles  of  the  law  has  made  him 
very  successful  in  its  conduct,  so  that  he  stands  today  among  the  well  known  men  in  pro- 
fessional circles  of  the  state.  In  addition  to  his  legal  work  he  is  also  interested  in  real 
estate  and  insurance,  being  the  only  agent  in  Tombstone,  and  he  has  built  up  a  profitable 
and  important  business  of  this  character  by  reason  of  his  honorable  methods  and  straight- 
forward dealings.  He  owns  an  attractive  and  comfortable  home  in  Tombstone  and  valuable 
holdings  in  business  and  residence  property. 

In  1904  in  Indiana,  Mr.  Wooley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Gloria  M.  Pickard,  of 
Rockville,  that  state,  a  daughter  of  I.  A.  and  Josie  (Brockway)  Pickard.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Woolery  have  three  children:  Loris  P.,  born  in  1905;  George  A.,  born  in  1907;  and  Mary 
J.,  born  September  26,  1912. 

Mr.  Woolery  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  has  served 
as  deputy  county  recorder.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  lodge.  He  is  a 
man  of  intelligent  and  progressive  public  spirit,  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  city  and 
anxious  to  do  his  part  in  promoting  it,  and  this  he  has  accomplished  by  active  public 
service  and  by  the  attainment  of  private  prosperity,  which  is  a  public  asset. 


A.  J.  CHANDLER. 


No  history  of  Arizona  would  be  complete  without  extended  mention  of  Dr.  A.  J. 
Chandler,  whose  labors  have  been  of  the  greatest  possible  worth  and  value  to  the  state. 
Along  the  lines  of  continued  development  and  progress  he  has  labored,  looking  far  into  the 
future  and  manifesting  hope  and  faith  where  others  despaired.  In  the  face  of  obstacles 
caused  by  nattire  and  by  man  he  has  continued  his  work,  which  found  its  achievement  in 
the  great  irrigation  project  that  resulted  in  the  building  of  the  Roosevelt  dam  and  the 
reclamation  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  acres  in  the  Salt  River  valley.  He  has  indeed 
pushed  for^i'ard  the  wheels  of  civilization  and  progress  and  generations  will  have  passed  ere 
his  work  reaches  its  full  fruition. 

Dr.  Chandler  was  born  July  15,  1859,  in  the  province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  a  son  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  A.  (Lorimer)  Chandler,  who  were  natives  of  Scotland  and  of  England  respectively. 
The  father  was  long  a  Baptist  minister  in  the  province  of  Quebec.  The  son  was  educated 
in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  that  city  and  afterward  attended  the  Montreal  Veterinary 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1882.  He  afterward  went  to  Detroit, 
Michigan,  where  he  practiced  for  five  years,  and  in  1887  he  was  appointed  territorial  vet- 
erinary surgeon  of  Arizona  by  the  governor  and  at  once  located  in  Prescott,  where  he  remained 
for  about  thirty  days.  He  then  removed  to  Phoenix,  where  he  continued  in  his  position  for 
about  four  years.  He  then  resigned  to  become  actively  connected  with  the  ranching  and 
cattle  raising  business.  He  foresaw  the  opportunities  for  future  fanning  and  as  the  result 
of  his  sagacity  and  discrimination  he  began  to  make  plans  for  a  system  of  irrigation.  In 
the  meantime  he  located  on  a  ranch  near  Mesa,  in  the  Salt  River  valley — a  tract  of  barren 
land,  little  development  having  been  made  in  that  region.  In  1889  he  began  active  work 
on  his  irrigation  project  and  in  1890,  in  company  with  D.  M.  Ferry  and  C.  C.  Bowen,  two 
prominent  and  well  known  Detroit  business  men,  he  began  the  development  and  building  of 
the  present  irrigation  system.  Having  unlimited  faith  in  the  future  of  Arizona  and  its 
possibilities,  Dr.  Chandler  purchased  as  much  land  as  possible.     It  was  his  idea  to  develop 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 


an  abundant  water  and  power  supply  and  later  sell  the  land  to  settlers  in  small  tracts. 
As  the  result  of  several  years  of  hard  labor  and  capable  management  the  canal  system 
was  built,  supplying  water  to  the  towns  and  farms  of  Mesa  and  Tempe  and  irrigating  thou- 
sands of  acres  of  land.  It  was  about  that  time  that  Dr.  Chandler  devised  the  plan  of  erecting 
a  power  plant  at  the  head  waters  of  the  canal.  Much  opposition  was  brought  to  bear  against 
this  by  water  users,  wlio  claimed  that  he  had  no  right  to  do  so,  but  Dr.  Chandler  proved 
to  them  that  it  would  in  no  way  impair  the  supply  of  water.  Being  ambitious  and  believing 
that  he  was  in  the  right,  Dr.  Chandler,  in  association  with  others,  erected  a  power  plant 
costing  thousands  of  dollars  without  any  assurance  tliat  the  courts  would  sustain  them  in 
their  rights.  After  several  years  of  court  litigation  tlie  company  of  which  Dr.  Oiandler  la 
a  member  won  their  suit  and  in  the  meantime  he  labored  long  and  hard  for  the  success  of 
both  the  canal  and  the  power  plant.  Some  who  had  located  in  the  valley  became  discouraged 
at  an  early  day  and  sold  their  land  to  Dr.  Cliandler,  who  never  for  a  moment  lost  faith  in 
the  future  of  the  country  and  its  possibilities.  The  surrounding  country  had  begun  to 
develop  and  crops  were  planted  and  grew  abundantly.  Dr.  Chandler  also  sank  various  wells 
throughout  different  sections  of  the  land  to  give  additional  water  supply.  His  holdings  at 
that  time  comprised  eighteen  thousand  acres,  much  of  which  he  has  since  sold  to  settlers 
and  farmers.  In  November,  1908,  he  and  his  associates  disposed  of  their'  canal  system  to 
the  United  States  government,  which  was  then  operating  in  connection  with  the  Roosevelt 
dam.  This  irrigation  system,  owned  and  operated  by  the  United  States  government,  and 
the  greatest  in  the  world,  now  supplies  water  to  over  a  quarter  of  a  million  acres  of  farming 
land. 

Dr.  Chandler  has  been  untiring  in  his  efforts  to  secure  settlers  for  this  section  and  in 
the  summer  of  1911  the  town  site  of  Cliandler  was  laid  out.  He  has  since  directed  much 
effort  toward  the  development  of  the  town,  which  is  indeed  a  monument  to  his  enterprise 
and  progressive  spirit.  It  is  situated  twenty-three  miles  southeast  of  Phoenix,  in  one  of  the 
most  fertile  sections  of  the  famous  Salt  River  valley  and  its  location  is  one  of  rare  beauty. 
All  around  it  are  small  farms  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  Green  alfalfa,  orchards,  cotton 
and  grain  fields  extend  to  the  north  and  west  for  from  fifteen  to  fifty  miles  and  to  the 
east  and  south  five  or  six  miles  to  the  irrigation  canal.  Beyond  the  canal  lies  the  picturesque 
Arizona  "desert,"  covered  with  giant  cacti,  creosote  bushes,  mesquite  and  other  trees  and 
shrubs,  and,  in  the  distance,  to  every  point  in  the  compass,  the  serrated  peaks  of  the  distant 
mountains  lift  their  heads  against  the  sky  line.  Tliough  Cliandler  was  only  laid  out  as  a 
town  site  in  the  summer  of  1911,  it  has  none  of  the  characteristics  of  the  raw  frontier 
settlement.  The  dwellings  now  building  in  the  residence  section  of  the  town  would  be  a 
credit  to  any  city  and  their  number  is  steadily  increasing;  its  business  blocks  are  of  con- 
crete and  are  handsome  and  modern  in  aspect  as  are  the  stores  and  shops  which  occupy 
them.  Indeed,  it  is  a  fundamental  principle  with  the  Chandler  Improvement  Company,  under 
whose  auspices  the  town  is  being  developed,  that  no  consideration  of  temporary  gain  shall 
allow  within  the  town  anything  that  shall  interfere  with  the  founder's  original  conception 
of  a  "city  beautiful." 

In  1913  Dr.  Chandler  erected  the  beautiful  San  Marcos  Hotel,  which  is  a  tourists'  hotel 
of  the  liighest  type  and  modern  in  every  detail.  Realizing  that  when  guests  come  thousands 
of  miles  to  enjoy  an  unparalleled  climate  they  do  not  wish  to  be  enclosed  within  city  walls, 
the  San  Marcos  was  located  in  a  high  class  suburban  town  where  the  advantages  of  both 
country  and  city  could  be  obtained  without  the  discomforts  of  either.  The  San  Marcos  is 
beautiful  in  outline  and  affords  the  utmost  possibilities  of  comfort  to  its  guests.  The  build- 
ing is  of  concrete  construction  throughout  and  finished  in  natural  gray  cement.  In  its 
general  appearance  the  influence  of  the  best  in  Italian  and  Spanish  architecture  is  very 
marked.  It  is  but  two  stories  in  height  yet  is  broad  and  deep  and  is  surmounted  by  a  Hat, 
Spanish  roof.  It  fronts  upon  a  grassy  hollow  square  or  patio  and  between  that  and  the 
street  arises  a  graceful  columned  pergola.  Inside  the  building  the  guests  find  all  that  is 
best  in  modern  hotel  equipment,  for  the  house  is  heated  by  steam,  lighted  by  reHccted  elec- 
tric lights  and  IS  kept  most  cleanly  through  the  agency  of  vacuum  cleaners.  Many  of  the 
rooms  have  private  sleeping  porches  and  the  furnishings  are  the  very  best  that  could  be 
secured  to  add  to  the  comfort  of  the  guests.  The  cuisine  is  excellent,  the  table  providing 
the  best  the  market  affords,  and  the  big  kitchen   is  one  of  the  show  places  of  the  hotel. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  867 

Many  kinds  of  amusement  may  be  had  here,  including  golf  and  horseback  riding,  and  there 
is  a  garage  maintained  in  connection  with  the  hotel.  From  Chandler  many  of  the  scenic  and 
historic  points  of  interest  in  Arizona  are  accessible  so  that  there  is  never  a  lack  of  enter- 
tainment for  the  guests,  and  there  is  automobile  service  between  Chandler  and  Phoenix. 
Dr.  Chandler  is  now  making  plans  for  the  erection  of  bungalows  adjacent  to  the  hotel  tor 
the  use  of  those  who  do  not  desire  to  stay  in  the  larger  building.  He  is  an  active  factor 
in  the  Chandler  Improvement  Company.  In  1913  he  organized  the  Bank  of  Chandler,  of 
which  he  is  now  the  president,  and  he  has  erected  a  number  of  the  fine  business  blocks  of 
the  town.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Mesa  City  Bank,  of  which  he  has  served  as  president, 
and  is  interested  in  the  Salt  River  Valley  Bank  of  Mesa,  the  Phoenix  National  Bank  and  the 
Phoenix  Trust  Company. 

In  1891  Dr.  Chandler  was  married  to  Miss  Julia  Pope,  a  daughter  of  John  D.  and  Grace 
Pope,  of  Atlanta,  Georgia.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican  but  cares  nothing  for  political 
office.  He  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythiasy  is  a  member  of  the  Arizona  Country  Club, 
the  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade,  the  Commercial  Club  of  Cliandler  and  the  Good  Roads  Associa- 
tion. He  enjoys  outdoor  life  and  takes  pleasure  in  motoring  and  golf,  but  recreation  has 
ever  been  a  minor  feature  in  his  life  although  he  has  used  it  to  maintain  that  even  balance 
which  can  never  be  secured  when  one's  entire  attention  is  devoted  to  business.  It  is  the  con- 
sensus of  public  opinion  on  the  part  of  his  fellowmen  that  he  has  done  more  to  develop  the 
Salt  River  valley  than  any  other  individual  and  this  is  without  doubt  the  garden  spot  of 
the  southwest,  the  wonderful  crops  that  are  raised  being  the  best  evidence  of  the  fertility 
of  the  soil.  Never  for  a  moment  has  Dr.  Chandler  lost  faith  in  Arizona  and  its  possibilities 
and  none  can  ever  estimate  the  value  of  his  service.  He  has  perhaps  builded  even  better 
than  he  knew  and  later  generations  will  regard  him  as  a  benefactor. 


HENRY  H.  SCORSE. 


The  real  builders  and  promoters  of  Navajo  comity  have  largely  been  the  men  who  came 
to  this  section  when  Arizona  was  a  frontier  territory  and  since  that  time  have  given  greatly 
of  their  time,  energies  and  labors  to  the  development  of  its  agricultural  and  business  inter- 
ests. Henry  H.  Scorse,  now  controlling  a  lange  alfalfa  ranch,  extensive  sheep  and  cattle 
raising  interests  and  various  other  business  enterprises  in  Holbrook,  is  one  who  has  con- 
tributed in  substantial  measure  to  the  country's  advancement,  for  his  residence  here  dates 
from  pioneer  times  and  his  activities,  always  representative  and  well  directed,  have 
influenced  the  character  and  the  rapidity  of  development  and  growth. 

Mr.  Scorse  was  born  in  Cheddar,  England,  and  when  a  young  man  came  to  the  United 
States,  going  directly  westward,  where  he  became  thoroughly  familiar  with  frontier  life 
in  Montana,  Oregon,  Washington,  Idaho,  British  Columbia,  Utah,  Texas  and  California.  He 
put  one  of  the  first  dams  in  the  Little  Colorado  river  and  is  one  of  the  remaining  few  of 
that  picturesque  band  of  pioneers  who  drove  the  stage  on  the  old  Star  route  of  the  Santa 
Fe  trail.  Mr.  Scorse  came  to  Arizona  in  pioneer  times  and  was  one  of  the  eairliest  business 
men  in  the  territory  aiding  in  giving  an  impetus  to  that  general  commercial  and  industrial 
activity  which  means  growth.  He  is  the  oldest  storekeeper  in  northern  Arizona.  He  came 
to  Holbrook  in  1879  and  turned  his  attention  to  sheep  raising  on  a  ranch  just  south  of  the 
city.  Eventually  he  extended  the  field  of  his  activities  to  include  the  breeding  of  cattle  and 
he  also  brought  the  first  horses  which  were  not  Indian  horses  to  this  part  of  the  territory. 
In  the  early  days  he  was  very  much  troubled  by  the  depredations  of  the  Indians  who  con- 
stantly stole  his  animals,  but  with  characteristic  energy  and  determination  he  carried  forward 
the  work  he  had  begun  and  today  has  one  of  the  largest,  best  managed  and  most  profitable 
sheep  and  cattle  ranches  in  Arizona. 

In  the  early  '80s  Mr.  Scorse  established  in  Holbrook  the  first  blacksmith  shop  and  also 
a  tent  store,  called  Horse  Head  Crossing,  but  in  1888  the  whole  city  was  destroyed  by  fire, 
his  business  sufi'ering  in  the  general  disaster.  He  again  turned  his  attention  to  mercantile 
interests  here,  opening  in  1899  a  general  store  which  his  son  now  manages  and  which  has 
grown  to  be  a  large  and  profitable  enterprise.     He  is  still  the  proprietor  of  an  extensive 


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stock  ranch  near  the  city,  running  upon  it  over  one  thousand  sheep  and  an  equal  number 
of  cattle,  and  he  owns  one  of  the  largest  alfalfa  ranches  in  the  Salt  River  valley.  All  of  his 
business  interests  are  capably  managed  and  systematically  conducted  and  the  passing  years 
have  brought  him  steadily  increasing  success,  so  that  he  stands  today  among  the  men  of 
marked  ability  and  worth  in  the  community,  to  the  development  of  which  he  has  made  so 
many  substantial  contributions. 

A  resident  of  Arizona  for  thirty-seven  years,  Mr.  Scorse  has  a  deep  interest  in  this  section 
of  the  country,  its  development,  its  early  history,  its  customs  and  traditions,  and  has  become 
especially  interested  in  the  Aztec  Indians  and  the  traces  of  their  early  occupancy  which 
are  still  to  be  found.  He  has  the  most  wonderful  museum  of  prehistoric  pottery  in  the 
world,  including  the  only  Aztec  idol  ever  discovered,  and  he  has  spent  thousands  of  dollars 
in  making  this  collection,  most  of  the  specimens  of  which  were  found  at  from  two  to  seven 
feet  below  tlie  surface  of  the  earth. 

Mr.  Scorse  was  married  in  Joseph  City,  Arizona,  to  Miss  Julia  Garcia  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  six  children,  one  of  whom  has  passed  away,  the  family  now  consisting  of  two 
sons  and  three  daughters.  Of  these  Henry  H.  Scorse,  Jr.,  is  one  of  Holbrook's  most  pro- 
gressive, active  and  enterprising  native  sons,  born  on  the  24th  of  July,  1888.  He  noAV  gives 
a  great  deal  of  his  attention  to  the  conduct  of  his  father's  store  and  ranches  and  has  been 
thus  employed  in  connection  with  the  real  estate  business  since  he  was  nineteen  years  of 
age.  He  has  the  only  alfalfa  ranch  in  northern  Arizona  which  is  equipped  with  a  pumping 
plant.  His  interests  are  carefully  and  capably  managed  and  although  he  is  still  a  j'oiing 
man,  success  has  attended  his  labors  in  a  remarkable  degree,  his  record  being  a  credit  to  his 
enterprise,  industry  and  initiative  spirit  and  a  name  that  has  been  respected  and  honored 
in  Arizona  since  pioneer  times. 


ALLAN  C.  BERNARD. 


The  life  of  Allan  C.  Bernard  has  been  so  varied  in  its  activities,  so  honorable  in  its 
purposes  and  so  far-reacliing  in  its  effects  that  it  has  become  an  integral  part  of  the  his- 
tory of  Pima  county  and  has  also  left  its  impress  upon  the  annals  of  the  state.  Prob- 
ably no  man  in  Arizona  is  more  familiar  with  pioneer  conditions  than  he,  for  he  came  to 
the  state  in  1876  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  its  development  since  that 
time,  having  been  at  one  period  in  his  career  one  of  the  best  known  men  on  the  frontier. 

Mr.  Bernard  was  born  in  Wcstport,  Missouri,  in  1859,  a  son  of  Joab  and  Arabella 
(Bier)  Bernard.  The  father,  a  native  of  Virginia,  born  in  July,  1800,  devoted  his  life  to 
merchandising.  The  mother,  a  native  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  was  born  in  1816.  They 
were  married  in  Baltimore  in  18.39  and  became  the  parents  of  eight  children,  two  sons  and 
six  daughters.  The  ancestry  of  the  Bernard  family  can  be  traced  back  to  Count  Pierre 
Bernard,  who  left  France  in  1665  and  settled  in  Soutli  Wales,  England.  His  son,  John 
Bernard,  left  South  Wales  and  came  to  America  in  1720,  taking  up  his  abode  eighteen  miles 
below  Richmond,  Virginia,  on  the  James  river.  He  afterward  removed  to  what  was  then 
called  the  "frontier,"  seventy-five  miles  above  Richmond,  in  what  afterward  became  Flu- 
vanna county.  He  had  two  children,  John  and  Elizabeth,  but  the  latter  was  carried  off 
by  the  Indians  and  was  never  heard  from  again.  The  son,  John,  born  November  16,  1736, 
was  married  March  6,  1760.  He  was  with  General  Braddock  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war 
and  was  with  him  when  he  was  killed.  Allan  Bernard,  son  of  John  Bernard,  Jr.,  was 
born  January  29,  1763,  and  participated  with  the  colonists  in  the  struggle  to  win  inde- 
pendence in  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  also  served  for  two  terms  as  a  member  of  the 
Virginia  legislature.  He  was  the  father  of  Joab  Bernard,  who  was  born  July  12,  1800, 
and  was  married  August  21,  1839,  to  Arabella  Bier.  They  became  the  pare'nts  of  eight  chil- 
dren: Margaret,  Catherine,  Mary,  Ann,  Jessie,  Arabella,  Noah  W.  and  Allan  Cunningliam. 

The  last  named  spent  his  early  life  in  Missouri  and  came  to  Arizona  from  Kansas 
City,  arriving  in  Tucson  in  October,  1876,  after  a  four  months'  trip,  driving  a  mule  team 
for  Hon.  M.  G.  Samaniego  from  La  Junta,  Colorado.  The  trip  through  the  Apache  country 
— western  New  Mexico  and  eastern  Arizona — was  made  at  night,  as  it  was  unsafe  to  drive 


ALLAN  C.  BERNARD 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  871 

in  the  daytime  on  account  of  the  Indians.  Mr.  Bernard  was  accompanied  by  his  sister, 
Jessie  G.,  his  brother,  jf.  W.  Bernard  and  sister,  Mrs.  M.  B.  Aguirre  having  arrived  in 
Tucson  in  1874,  traveling  overland  from  Westport,  Missouri. 

After  his  arrival  here  Allan  C.  Bernard  first  became  associated  with  T.  F.  White  who 
had  at  that  time  the  government  contract  to  survey  the  lands  on  the  Gila  and  Santa  Cruz 
rivers.  When  tliis  work  was  completed  Mr.  Bernard  went  to  Fort  Bowie  and  there  clerked 
for  Tully,  Oelioe  &  Company,  general  merchants,  for  three  years,  receiving  at  the  end  of 
that  time  the  position  of  manager  of  their  branch  store  at  Huachuca.  There  he  also 
remained  for  three  years  and  then  became  associated  with  W.  P.  Horton,  an  Indian  trader 
at  San  Carlos  and  Fort  Apache.  He  later  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  cattle  and  then 
spent  seven  years  associated  with  W.  C.  Greene,  the  famous  copper  king,  in  important 
mining  projects.  He  had  charge  of  the  land  and  law  department  of  the  company  which 
they  formed  and  now  has  valuable  mining  interests  here  and  in  Mexico. 

No  man  in  Arizona  has  done  more  valuable  and  far-reaching  work  for  the  state  in 
the  suppression  of  her  Indian  troubles  than  has  Mr.  Bernard,  for  he  was  for  many  years 
upon  the  frontier  and  served  as  interpreter  at  the  time  of  the  Geronimo  uprising.  He 
has  taken  part  in  many  of  the  Indian  wars  and  now  has  a  very  fine  collection  of  relics 
secured  during  his  years  of  service  among  the  savages. 

In  1881  Mr.  Bernard  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Minnie  Chouteau,  a  native  of 
Shawnee,  Kansas,  and  a  daughter  of  Frederick  and  Elizabeth  (Ware)  Choteau  and  a 
granddaughter  of  Pierre  Chouteau,  a  native  of  New  Orleans  who  became  the  founder  of 
the  city  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bernard  have  been  born  two  sons,  Allan 
C.  and  Fred  H.  The  former  was  maiTied  in  1905  to  Agnes  McDermott,  of  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, and  their  children  are:  Aileene,  Allan  C,  William  McDermott  and  Jean.  The  younger 
son,  Fred  H.  Bernard,  is  an  attorney  at  law  practicing  in  Tucson.  The  older  son  resides 
at  Los  Mochis,  Mexico. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Bernard  is  identified  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No:  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  of  which 
he  is  a  charter  member.  He  holds  a  life  membership  in  this  and  in  the  national  lodge  of 
Elks  and  is  past  exalted  ruler.  Since  early  times  he  has  been  prominent  in  public  life 
in  Arizona  and  in  many  ways  has  been  active  in  promoting  the  public  welfare.  He  was 
under  sheriff  of  Pima  county  for  two  years  under  M.  F.  Shaw  and  at  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  service  became  deputy  clerk  of  the  United  States  court  at  Tucson.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  territorial  legislature  from  Pima  county  and  served  from  1897  to  1901,  repre- 
senting the  democratic  constituency.  His  official  service  was  distinguished  by  disinterested 
and  earnest  work  in  the  interests  of  the  people  he  served  by  loyal  support  of  measures 
of  progress,  reform  and*  advancement  and  by  strict  adherence  to  the  highest  standards  of 
political  ethics.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  city  council  from  the  second  ward  and  at  this 
writing,  in  the  fall  of  1915,  is  acting  as  mayor  in  the  absence  of  J.  Knox  Corbett.  The 
history  of  his  entire  career  is  intimatelj'  connected  with  the  history  of  Arizona,  in  the 
early  development  and  later  advancement  of  which  his  work  has  been  so  forceful  and  so 
valuable  an  element,  and  he  is  recognized  today  as  an  important  factor  in  the  social,  politi- 
cal and  business  progress  of  his  city  and  state,  , 


PROFESSOR  F.  J.  SULLIVAN, 

Professor  F.  J.  Sullivan,  now  superintendent  of  schools  at  Florence,  Arizona,  and  one 
of  the  most  able  and  progressive  educators  in  his  section  of  the  state,  was  born  in  Tennessee 
on  the  22d  of  January,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  John  A.  and  Nannie  Sullivan,  the  former  of 
whom  engaged  in  farming.  Their  son  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  state  and  was  afterward  a  student  in  Cumberland  University,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1897  with  the  degree  of  B,  A.  He  supplemented  this  by  a  course  in  Jennings 
Business  College  at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  by  a  special  course  in  physical  culture  at 
Ralston  University  in  Washington, 

Professor  Sullivan  has  devoted  his  entire  life  to  teaching,  for  immediately  after  his 
graduation  he  became  connected  with  the  Tennessee  public  schools,  teaching  in  the  grammar 


872  -  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

and  high  schools  of  that  state  for  ten  years  thereafter.  He  went  to  Tempe,  Arizona,  in 
1908,  already  a  well  known  and  prominent  educator,  and  for  some  years  was  superintendent 
of  the  high  school  and  grammar  schools  of  that  city,  but  is  now  superintendent  of  the 
schools  at  Florence,  of  which  he  has  been  in  charge  since  September,  1914.  Seeing  the  need 
of  a  high  school,  he  used  every  effort  toward  securing  the  same  and  as  a  result  Florence 
now  lias  a  seventy-five  thousand  dollar  high  school  with  an  enrollment  that  has  surprised 
the  most  optimistic.  The  building  is  the  most  modern  in  the  state  and  is  supplied  with 
the  very  best  furniture  and  equipment  to  be  found  on  the  United  States  markets.  Pro- 
feshor  Sullivan  is  imbued  with  a  deep  appreciation  of  the  value  and  importance  of  the 
work  to  which  he  has  given  his  life,  this  being  the  basis  of  his  success  in  the  educational  field, 
and  he  is  aided  greatly  in  his  piiesent  executive  position  by  a  keen  and  discriminating  abilty, 
which  has  enabled  him  to  handle  the  affairs  of  the  city  schools  in  a  capable  and  efficient 
manner. 

Professor  Sullivan  was  married  on  the  13th  of  July,  1905,  to  Miss  Willie  Pierce,  of 
Tennessee,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  daughters.  Fraternally  Professor  Sullivan  is 
connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men,  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  He 
is  a  man  of  broad  knowledge  and  experience,  a  student,  a  thinker  and  a  business  man,  and 
he  has  proved  by  definite  results  that  he  is  eminently  well  qualified  for  the  responsible  position 
which  he  fills. 


DAVID  BABBITT. 


The  specific  and  distinctive  office  of  biography  is  not  to  give  voice  to  a  man's  modest 
estimate  of  himself  and  his  accomplishments  but  rather  to  leave  the  perpetual  record  estab- 
lishing his  position  by  the  consensus  of  public  opinion.  Ask  any  man  in  Flagstaff  and  other 
sections  of  Arizona  who  are  the  foremost  citizens  and  among  the  number  will  be  named 
David  Babbitt,  with  a  word  as  to  his  marked  business  ability  and  notable  and  honorable  suc- 
cess. From  pioneer  times  he  has  been  identified  with  the  commercial  upbuilding  and  the 
development  of  stock  raising  interests  of  northern  Arizona  and  in  his  entire  record  there  la 
not  one  esoteric  chapter,  his  career  being  open  to  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny. 

Mr.  Babbitt  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  May  14,  1858,  a  son  of  David  and  Catherine 
(Spellmeier)  Babbitt.  He  supplemented  his  early  education  acquired  in  the  public  schools 
by  study  in  St.  Xavier's  College  and  at  sixteen  years  of  age  entered  the  employ  of  John 
Holland,  manufacturer  of  gold  pens.  He  afterward  clerked  for  the  firm  of  Mills  &  Spell- 
meier, manufacturers  of  doors,  sash  and  window  frames  and  later  he  engaged  in  the  whole- 
sale business  on  his  own  account,  when  industry,  enterprise  and  economy  had  brought  him 
sufficient  capital  to  enable  him  to  make  his  start  in  trade.  His  brother  William  became 
his  associate  in  the  undertaking  and  after  continuing  business  in  Cincinnati  for  a  period 
they  turned  their  attention  to  the  southwest,  believing  it  to  be  the  land  of  promise  and 
opportunity.  Accordingly  in  1886  they  disposed  of  their  interests  in  Ohio  and  came  to 
Arizona.  From  that  time  forward  they  have  been  closely  associ^ed  with  mercantile  and 
stock  raising  interests  in  this  part  of  the  state  and  their  business  has  grown  to  mammoth 
proportions.  A  history  of  their  activities  along  these  lines  is  given  on  another  page  of  this 
work  under  the  caption  of  Babbitt  Brothers,  for  the  firm,  now  composed  of  five  brothers, 
well  deserves  prominent  mention  in  the  records  of  the  state. 

In  October,  1886,  Mr.  Babbitt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma  Verkamp,  and 
to  them  have  been  born  six  children:  Raymond  G.,  whw  is  now  in  charge  of  the  grocery 
department  of  the  extensive  department  store  of  Babbitt  Brothers  at  Flagstaff,  which  covers 
an  entire  block;  Edwin  David,  who  is  in  charge  of  the  automobile  department;  Joseph  R., 
who  IS  head  cashier  of  the  establishment;  David  M.,  who  has  just  completed  his  education; 
and  Elaine  and  Gertrude,  both  at  home.     The  wife  and  mother  died  in  1899. 

The  family  are  members  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mr.  Babbitt  is  also  identified  with 
the  Knights  of  Columbus.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  democrat  and  on  one  occasion  served 
as  mayor  of  the  city  but  has  since  declined  to  hold  public  office.    In  manner  he  is  quiet  and 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  873 

unassuming.  He  lives  absolutely  for  his  family  and  their  welfaire  and  it  is  his  desire  that  his 
sons  shall  gradually  take  over  his  interest  in  the  business.  A  man  of  most  charitable  spirit 
he  gives  freely  to  aid  and  assist  others  and  his  cooperation  can  always  be  counted  upon 
to  further  any  measure  or  movement  for  the  general  good.  Few  men  are  more  prominently 
or  more  widely  known  in  the  state  than  David  Babbitt.  He  has  been  a  most  important 
factor  in  business  circles  and  hia  prosperity  is  well  deserved,  as  in  him  are  embraced  the 
characteristics  of  an  unbending  integrity,  unabating  energy  and  industry  that  never  flags. 
He  is,  moreover,  public  spirited,  giving  his  assistance  to  every  movement  which  tends  to 
promote  the  moral,  intellectual  and  material  welfare  of  the  community. 


ROY  R.  KNOTTS,  M.  D. 


The  medical  profession  of  Maricopa  county  numbers  among  its  most  able  and  successful 
representatives  Dr.  Roy  R.  Knotts,  of  Gila  Bend,  who,  although  he  is  still  a  young  man,  has 
risen  to  a  place  of  prominence  in  liis  chosen  field  of  labor.  He  was  born  in  Oregon  on  tlie  19th 
of  July,  1883,  and  is  a  son  of  Edward  A.  and  Mary  E.  (Hachett)  Knotts,  also  natives  of 
that  state,  whither  his  grandfather  went  in  the  '40s. 

Dr.  Knotts  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  his  native  state  and  later  attended 
Willamette  Academy.  He  was  graduated  from  Willamette  Medical  College,  April  29,  1908, 
and  followed  this  by  an  interneship  in  the  Northern  Pacific  Sanitarium  at  Portland.  He 
removed  to  Yuma,  Arizona,  in  September,  1908,  but  he  has  since  spent  some  time  in  Chicago 
and  New  Y'ork,  where  he  did  important  post  graduate  work.  After  spending  some  years  in 
Yuma  he  located  in  Gila  Bend,  where  he  now  makes  his  home.  He  confines  his  attention 
to  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  car,  nose  and  throat  and  has  secured  an  enviable 
reputation  in  this  field.  His  practice  is  constantly  increasing  and  it  has  reached  gratifying 
proportions  at  the  present  time.  Dr.  Knotts'  ability  is  widely  recognized  in  the  profession 
and  he  keeps  in  close  touch  with  tlie  trend  of  modern  medical  thought  through  his  member- 
ship in  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  International  Congress  of  Hygiene  and 
Demography  and  the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society.  He  was  president  of  the  last  named 
organization,  which  was  formed  in  February,  1912. 

Dr.  Knotts  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Rebekahs  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  he 
gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  He  stands  high  in  both  business  and 
social  circles  and  holds  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  who  are  associated  with  him. 


ALFRED  S.  DONAU. 


Alfred  S.  Donau,  a  prominent  real  estate  dealeir  of  Tucson  and  a  pioneer  of  Arizona, 
was  born  in  New  York  city,  December  18,  1866,  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  remaining  there  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  of  Arizona  and  traveled  all  over  the  territory  before  the  first  railroad  had  been 
constructed  through  it.  He  camq  to  Tucson  in  1883  and  was  associated  in  business  with 
Albert  Steinfeld  until  1890,  being  connected  during  that  time  with  various  important  enter- 
prises. For  some  time  he  engaged  in  cattle  raising  and  mining  but  finally  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  real  estate  business,  with  which  he  is  connected  today.  He  possesses  a  comprehensive 
knowledge  of  land  values  and  the  faculty  far  foreseeing  their  rise  and  fall,  and  he  has 
handled  a  large  amount  of  valuable  property,  his  business  being  profitable  not  only  to  him- 
self but  to  his  clients  also. 

However,  it  is  not  alone  in  business  circles  that  Mr.  Donau  has  done  notable  and  lasting 
work.  Since  pioneer  times  he  has  been  a  prominent  figure  in  Arizona,  lending  the  weight 
of  his  executive  and  organizing  ability  to  the  affairs  of  government  and  accomplishing  much 
valuable  work  of  reform  and  advancement.  In  1899  he  served  one  term  in  the  territorial 
legislature,  representing  Pima  county,  and  was  on  the  territorial  board  of  equalization  under 


874  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

Governors  Brodie  and  Kibbey.  His  service  has  been  able,  sincere  and  unselfish  and  has  led 
to  tlie  accomplishment  of  much  valuable  political  work,  its  various  phases  influencing  and 
directing  tlie  development  of  the  state  along  many  lines.  Mr.  Donau  represented  Arizona 
at  the  convention  of  the  National  Live  Stock  Association  held  in  Denver,  Colorado,  in  1898, 
and  was  one  of  the  commissioners  from  this  state  to  the  Pan-American  Exposition  held  at 
Buffalo,  New  York.  He  has  continued  this  interest  to  the  present  time,  having  been  appointed 
one  of  the  commissioners  to  the  exposition  held  at  San  Diego  in  1915.  He  is  trustworthy 
and  faithful  in  business,  progressive  in  citizenship  and  loyal  to  the  claims  of  friendship,  and 
the  good  qualities  thus  displayed  have  gained  him  high  regard. 


CAPTAIN  JAMES  wn>EY. 


Captain  James  Wiley,  who  in  the  course  of  a  long  and  honorable  career  has  proved  his 
valor  in  war  and  his  uprightness  and  honor  in  times  of  peace,  is  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and  respected  men  in  Globe,  his  residence  in  the  city  dating  back  to  pioneer  times. 
He  has  left  his  impress  upon  the  history  of  his  section  of  the  state,  establishing  in  the 
early  days  educational  and  business  institutions  and  making  his  activities  in  mining  opera- 
tions a  force  in  the  development  of  this  greatest  industry  of  the  southwest.  He  was  born 
in  New  York  in  1841  and  is  a  son  of  James  and  Rachel  Wiley,  both  of  whom  died  when 
he  was  still  a  child. 

In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  Captain  Wiley  attended  the  public  schools  in  New 
York  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Fifteenth  New  York 
Heavy  Artillery,  serving  for  three  years  during  the  Civil  war.  He  went  to  the  front  as  a 
private  but  was  promoted  on  the  battlefield  of  the  Wilderness  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
of  artillery,  the  advancement  coming  in  recognition  of  his  signal  bravery  as  a  vedette,  his 
loyalty,  fairness  and  faithfulness  to  duty.  After  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  he  continued  his 
military  service,  entering  the  United  States  Engineering  Corps  as  a  private  and  receiving 
his  discharge  at  the  end  of  six  years  of  able  service  as  senior  first  sergeant,  carrying  with 
it  the  rank  of  senior  non-commissioned  officer  in  the  line  in  the  United  States  regular  army. 

In  1871,  with  a  creditable  military  record.  Captain  Wiley  returned  to  New  York  and 
there  engaged  in  general  merchandising  and  in  the  conduct  of  a  profitable  lumber  business. 
Later  he  removed  to  Florida,  but  disliking  the  climate  in  that  state  went  to  Denison,  Texas, 
where  he  turned  his  attention  to  refrigerating  meat,  being  a  pioneer  in  that  work  there. 
He  was  the  first  man  to  ship  successfully  frozen  meat  from  the  southwest  to  New  York, 
Boston  and  Chicago.  Captain  Wiley  remained  in  Texas  until  187G,  when  he  came'  to  Globe. 
The  journey  from  Denison  was  made  on  horseback  and  was  filled  with  the  hardships  and 
privations  incident  to  pioneer  travel  in  the  southwest.  He  rode  seventy-five  miles  through 
the  dust  and  heat  of  the  desert  without  water  and  attacks  from  hostile  Indians  were  no 
uncommon  occurrence.  Arriving  here,  he  turned  his  attention  to  prospecting  and  mining 
in  the  vicinity  of  Globe  and  has  since  engaged  in  these  pursuits,  his  present  success  and 
prominence  proving  his  capable  and  farsighted  work.  He  has  been  one  of  the  great  indi- 
vidual forces  in  the  general  development  of  this  section,  especially  along  educational  lines, 
and  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  founder  of  the  first  school  in  Pinal  county,  from  which 
Gila  county  was  afterward  cut  off.  Captain  Wiley  furnished  the  money  for  the  erection 
of  the  building  and  for  the  operating  expenses  and  also  interested  himself  in  procuring  an 
efficient  teacher.  All  movements  and  projects  for  the  promotion  of  the  general  good  of  the 
county  still  receive  his  indorsement  and  hearty  support,  his  public  spirit  being  of  that 
active  and  practical  kind  which  finds  proof  in  personal  service.  He  has  been  successful 
since  coming  to  Arizona  and  now  has  substantial  interests  here,  owning  valuable  raining 
property  in  Gila  county  and  a  number  of  residences  in  Globe,  which  are  leased  to  tenants. 

In  1893  Captain  Wiley  was  imited  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Arthur  B.  Ross,  who  was  in 
her  maidenhood  Miss  Martha  F.  King.  She  is  a  native  of  New  Jersey  and  a  descendant  of 
the  well  known  King  family,  who  have  been  in  that  state  for  many  generations.  On  the 
maternal  side  also  Mrs.  Wiley  is  a  descendant  of  old  Revolutionary  stock,  her  grand- 
father having   served   through   the   war   for   independence.     She   acquired   Ber   education   in 


CAPTAIN  JAMES  WILEY 


ABIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  877 

New  Jersey  and  when  eighteen  years  of  age  went  to  New  York  city,  where  she  remained 
for  a  number  of  years.  There  she  married  Arthur  B.  Ross,  with  ,whora  she  came  to  Arizona 
in  1892,  settling  in  Globe.  Mr.  Ross  died  in  the  same  year  and  his  widow  afterward  mar- 
ried Captain  Wiley.  She  has  always  been  interested  in  school  matters  and  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  development  of  educational  interests  in  Arizona.  She  was  the  founder 
of  the  Indian  school  established  at  the  San  Carlos  reservation  in  1881,  and  served  as  a 
teacher  for  nine  months  under  her  husband,  who  was  then  principal.  She  afterward  taught 
for  eleven  consecutive  years  in  Globe.  She  is  well  known  in  the  city,  being  a  member  of 
the  Eastern  Star  and  also  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps.  She  is  active  in  the  Rebekahs, 
having  passed  through  all  of  the  chairs  in  that  organization.  In  religious  circles,  too,  she 
is  prominent  and  active,  taking  a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  church, 
of  which  she  is  a  devout  member. 

Fraternally  Captain  Wiley  is  connected  with  the  Elks  and  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  Living  in  this  part  of 
Arizona  for  forty  years,  he  is  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  of  the  locality,  being  widely 
recognized  as  a  man  of  tried  integrity  and  worth,  of  business  enterprise  and  unfaltering 
diligence.  His  fellow  townsmen  honor  and  respect  him  and  wherever  he  is  known  he  has 
an  extensive  circle  of  friends.  Moreover,  he  deserves  mention  in  this  volume  as  one  of  the 
veterans  of  the  Civil  war  to  whom  the  country  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  that  can  never  be 
forgotten  and  never  fully  repaid.  In  proof  of  his  ability  in  military  affairs  we  quote  the 
following  from  a  letter  written  by  Colonel  W.  R.  Livermore.  In  writing  to  Mrs.  Van  Em- 
burgh,  Colonel  Livermore  said:  "I  am  very  glad  that  you  wrote  to  me  about  Mr.  Wiley. 
I  had  a  high  regard  for  him  when  he  was  in  the  Engineer  Battalion  and  am  very  ^ad  indeed 
to  be  remembered  by  him.  He  was  a  very  competent  sergeant  and  the  people  of  Arizona 
may  regard  themselves  fortunate  to  have  such  a  man  to  build  up  their  military  establish- 
ment. I  have,  as  you  suggested,  written  a  strong  letter  directly  to  him  to  show  as  a  proof 
of  my  approval."    The  following  is  the  letter  written  to  Mr.  Wiley. 

"17  Hereford  St.,  Boston,  Mass.,  May  28,  191S. 
Mr.  James  Wiley,  Globe,  Arizona. 

Dear  Sir:  It  is  very  pleasant  to  hear  from  you  after  so  long  an  absence,  and  to  be 
remembered  by  one  of  the  old  Engineer  Battalion.  I  am  also  glad  to  know  that  you  keep 
up  your  interest  in  military  matters.  You  are  eminently  qualified  to  drill  and  instruct  a 
battalion  of  infantry,  still  more,  a  smaller  organization.  I  know  of  no  one  who  could  do 
it  better.  Your  experience  as  first  sergeant,  often  acting  as  sergeant  major  and  as  a  company 
commander  of  the  Engineer  Battalion,  was  surely  the  best  school  for  this  work  in  America, 
and  you  then  showed  an  unusual  aptitude  for  it.  I  take  great  pleasure  in  recommending 
you  and  suggest  that  you  show  this  letter  as  evidence  of  my  approval. 

Very  sincerly  yours, 
W.  R.  LIVERMORE,  Colonel  of  Engineers  (retired)." 


J.  E.  LUDY. 


The  name  of  J.  E.  Ludy  is  well  known  throughout  Arizona  as  that  of  a  man  whose 
opinion  on  matters  of  civil  engineering  is  practically  infallible  and  whose  ideas  on  irrigation 
are  standard  authority.  During  a  residence  of  fifteen  years  he  has  been  identified  with 
responsible  and  important  engineering  work  and  his  labors  have  been  great  and  vital  forces 
in  the  development  of  the  state  through  reclamation  of  lands  and  large  construction 
projects. 

Mr.  Ludy  was  born  in  Mercer  county,  Missouri,  in  1858,  and  was  only  six  years  of  age 
when  his  parents  crossed  the  plains.  They  encountered  on  their  journey  all  the  hardships 
incident  to  travel  in  early  times,  being  obliged  to  battle  with  the  hostile  Indians  and  suffering 
greatly  from  their  depredations.  The  family  settled  in  Sacramento  valley,  near  Butte  City, 
California,  and  there  J.  E.  Ludy  acquired  his  education,  attending  for  four  years  Pierce 
Christian  College,  where  he  first  became  interested  in  civil  engineering.  He  became  proficient 
in  that  line  of  work  and  in  1879  went  to  the  state  of  Washington,  where  h©  engaged  in 


87y  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

important  engineering  and  railroad  constmction  work  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was 
made  county  surveyor  of  Lincoln  county,  Washington,  and  afterward  city  surveyor  of 
Davenport  and  Sprague,  tiiese  connections  indicating  something  of  the  prominence  he  had 
attained  along  the  line  of  his  chosen  work. 

After  several  years  spent  in  construction  work  on  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Mr. 
Ludy  came  to  Yuma,  Arizona,  where  he  located  in  1898,  and  began  surveying  for  the  Irriga- 
tion" Land  &  Improvement  Company,  of  which  he  was  later  made  vice  president  and  general 
manager.  After  the  completion  of  the  surveys  the  company  was  incorporated,  February  26, 
1900,  lind  thus  the  first  permanent  irrigation  project  on  the  Colorado  river  was  inaugurated. 
The  oflicials  of  the  company  were:  John  F.  Green,  president;  Will  J.  Green,  secretary  and 
treasurer;  and  J.  E.  Ludy,  vice  president  and  general  manager.  They  purchased  land  in 
Yuma  county  and  built  sixty  miles  of  canals  and  laterals,  iiTigating  fifty  thousand  acres 
of  land.  The  company  was  incorporated  to  build  canals  and  had  the  right  to  take  its  water 
from  the  Colorado  river  three  and  a  half  miles  southwest  of  Yuma.  During  the  year  1900 
it  acquired  by  purchase  the  business  controlled  by  two  canal  companies,  with  all  their 
chattels,  water  rights  and  improvements.  These  were  the  Colorado  Canal  &  Levee  Com- 
pany and  the  Eureka  Canal  Company  and  they  owned  thirty-six  miles  of  canals.  After 
the  consolidation  the  Irrigation  Land  &  Improvement  Company  started  the  first  permanent 
and  successful  irrigation  system  in  the  Yuma  valley  and  carried  forward  the  work  con- 
nected with  it  successfully  until  1908,  when  it  was  absorbed  by  the  United  States  govern- 
ment in  order  to  complete  successfully  the  famous  Yuma  project.  In  1910  Mr.  Ludy  went 
to  Imperial  county,  California,  and  there  spent  one  year  on  an  important  irrigation  project 
in  Imperial  valley.  On  his  return  to  Yuma  he  was  foreman  of  construction  on  the  Colorado 
river  protection  work  for  two  years,  working  under  F.  L.  Sellew,  and  in  that  position  he 
acquitted  himself  ably.  In  May,  1913,  he  went  to  the  Paloverde  valley  to  take  part  in 
the  development  of  that  section  and  is  now  chief  engineer  and  general  manager  for  the 
California  Farms  &  Irrigation  Company.  He  is  an  expert  and  reliable  civil  engineer,  capable, 
trustworthy  and  conscientious,  and  his  many  years  of  experience  in  responsible  professional 
positions  have  qualified  him  in  a  peculiar  way  for  the  duties  of  his  present  position.  He 
owns  also  valuable  mining  and  lime  deposit  interests  in  Yuma  county  and  conducts  all  of 
his  business  affairs  capably,  with  the  result  that  he  is  now  numbered  among  the  successful 
men  of  this  locality. 

Mr.  Ludy  married  Miss  Josephine  Noble,  a  native  of  Missouri,  and  they  have  three 
children,  Adam  E.,  Clarence  C.  and  Verda  L.  Mr.  Ludy  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order, 
having  taken  the  thirty-second  degree  in  that  organization.  He  is  undoubtedly  a  successful 
man,  yet  his  individual  prosperity  is  secondary  in  importance  to  the  lasting  and  beneficial 
results  which  his  work  has  had  upon  the  development  of  Arizona.  In  professional  and 
social  life  he  holds  to  high  standards  and  enjoys  in  large  measure  the  confidence  and  trust 
of  those  with  whom  he  is  brought  in  contact  in  every  relation  of  life. 


R.  H.  BURMISTER. 


R.  H.  Burmister  is  now  devoting  all  of  his  time  to  his  extensive  mining  Interests  in 
Yavapai  county,  which  include  some  of  the  most  Important  of  the  mining  groups  of  this 
section  of  the  state,  and  in  this  way  is  connected  with  an  industry  which  has  important 
bearing  upon  the  welfare  and  material  upbuilding  of  Arizona.  He  was  formerly  prominently 
identified  with  commercial  pursuits,  coming  to  Prescott  in  1874  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
L.  Bashford  &  Company.  In  1886,  when  L.  Bashford  retired  from  the  firm,  it  became  Bash- 
ford  &  Burmister,  and  in  1892  was  organized  as  a  stock  company  with  R.  H.  Burmister  as 
president.  In  1900  he  withdrew  from  the  business  and  in  partnership  with  his  sons  started 
an  independent  enterprise— the  R.  H.  Burmister  &  Sons  Company,  of  which  he  was  president, 
and  under  which  name  he  conducted  the  business  until  1913,  when  he  closed  out  the  estab- 
lishment. He  and  his  sons  were  very  successful  in  its  conduct  and  he  deserves  much  credit 
for  building  up  a  prosperous  and  extensive  business.  Mr.  Burmister  was  an  able  merchant, 
sagacious,  farsightcd  and  enterprising  and  he  ever  realized  that  satisfied  customers  are  the 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  879 

best  advertisement.  He  made  fair  dealing  one  of  the  strongest  elements  in  the  conduct 
of  the  establishment  and  upon  such  qualities  as  a  foundation  he  builded  his  success.  Since 
retiring  from  mercantile  activities  he  has  devoted  all  of  his  time  to  his  extensive  mining 
interests  in  his  home  county.  He  is  connected  with  the  .Jersey  Lily,  the  Doscris,  the  Bull 
Whacker,  and  the  Silver  Belt  groups  of  mines  and  many  otliers,  and  the  future  of  Prescott 
is  largely  dependent  upon  the  activities  of  such  men. 

In  1873,  in  Wisconsin,  Mr.  Burmister  wedded  Margaret  F.  Bashford,  a  daughter  of  Coles 
Bashford,  ex-govornor  of  Wisconsin,  who  was  also  later  a  member  of  congress  from 
Arizona.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burmister  have  three  children,  Robert  B.,  Howard  C.  and  Helen  F. 

Mr.  Burmister  is  a  republican  and  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  his  party's 
affairs  and  those  of  the  state  and  his  community.  In  1900  he  was  mayor  of  Prescott  and 
gave  the  city  a  businesslike,  effective  administration.  Under  Governor  McCord,  Mr.  Bur- 
mister served  on  the  board  of  equalization  and  ably  filled  this  difficult  position — a  position 
which  demanded  great  fairness  on  his  part  and  diplomatic  qualities  of  no  mean  order.  Mr. 
Burmister  not  only  engendered  no  antagonism  from  any  quarter  but  Increased  his  reputation 
for  unprejudiced  impartiality.  He  is  a  popular  pioneer  of  Arizona,  a  loyal  son  of  the  new 
state,  a  successful  merchant,  a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  stands  high  in  the  confidence  of 
the  people.  He  bears  the  reputation  of  being  "liberal  to  a  fault,"  and  his  kindly  nature 
and  optimistic  views  of  life  have  cheered  many  a  person  in  his  battle  with  adversity. 


ROBERT  E.  TALLEY. 


Throughout  an  active  career  devoted  entirely  to  mining  Robert  E.  Talley  has  made 
steady  and  rapid  progress  in  his  chosen  field  of  labor,  holding  today  the  important  position 
of  superintendent  of  mines  at  Jerome.  He  was  born  in  Nevada  in  1877  and  is  a  son  of 
T.  J.  and  .T.  B.  Talley,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  the  early  '60s  and 
settled  in  that  state,  where  the  father  worked  the  old  Comstock  mine. 

Robert  E.  Talley  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  his  native  state  and  was  after- 
ward a  student  in  the  Nevada  State  University,  graduating  from  the  School  of  Mines  in 
1899,  excellently  trained  for  the  work  in  which  he  had  determined  to  engage.  For  nine 
years  thereafter  he  mined  in  various  parts  of  Xevada  and  then  went  to  Britisli  Columbia, 
where  he  remained  until  1907,  engaged  in  important  mining  operations.  In  that  year  he 
came  to  Jerome,  Arizona,  as  assistant  superintendent  of  mines,  and  his  ability,  scientific 
knowledge  of  his  profession  and  practical  business  judgment  soon  won  him  promotion  to 
the  position  of  superintendent,  a  capacity  in  which  he  has  acted  since  1908.  He  has  proven 
capable,  farsighted  and  efficient  in  tlie  discharge  of  his  duties,  his  special  training  and  wide 
experience  forming  the  basis  of  his  gratifying  success. 

In  1912  Mr.  Talley  married  Miss  G.  E.  Charlevois,  of  Ventura,  California,  and  both  are 
well  known  in  social  circles  of  Jerome.  Fraternally  Mr.  Talley  is  connected  with  the 
Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  been  initiated  according  to  both  the  York  and  Scottish  Rites, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  Verde  Lodge,  No.  14,  B.  P.  O.  E.  He  is  an  intelligent  and  progressive 
citizen,  taking  an  active  interest  in  the  growth  and  development  of  the  city,  and  all  witli 
whom  he  is  associated  have  for  him  the  highest  regard  and  esteem. 


LOUIS  C.  HILL. 


Science  and  industry  are  accomplishing  marvels  in  the  development  of  the  southwest, 
where  the  once  sterile  and  arid  regions  are  being  transformed  into  wealth  producing  tracts, 
Variously  used  for  agi-iculture,  stock-raising  or  other  pursuits.  Nature  may  not  have  given 
to  the  district  certain  advantages,  but  she  has  endowed  man  with  a  power  that  enables 
him  to  add  the  advantages  denied  the  region.  It  is  well  known  that  the  soil  of  Arizona  is 
most  productive  under  cultivation  if  the  requisite  amount  of  water  can  be  secured,  and 
there  have  developed  great  reclamation  projects  which  are  solving  for  the  state  the  problems 


880  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

that  confront  her.  Active  in  this  work  is  Louis  C.  Hill,  now  in  the  United  States  reclama- 
tion service  with  headquarters  at  Phoenix.  Thorough  scientific  and  practical  training  have 
qualified  him  for  the  task  that  engages  his  attention.  He  was  born  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan, 
February  22,  1865,  and  is  a  son  of  Alvah  T.  and  Frances  B.  (Bliss)  Hill,  the  father  at  one 
time  a  jewelry  merchant  of  Detroit,  Michigan.  In  the  public  schools  of  that  city  Louis  C. 
Hill  pursued  his  education  until  qualified  for  collegiate  work,  when  he  entered  the  University 
of  Michigan,  from  which  he  was  giaduated  in  1886  on  the  completion  of  a  civil  engineering 
course,  and  in  1890  when  he  had  mastered  the  branches  of  electrical  engineering.  In  1891 
he  received  an  honoraiy  degree  from  the  State  University  of  Michigan. 

With  the  completion  of  his  course  Mr.  Hill  went  to  Minnesota  and  to  the  Dakotas, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  railway  location  and  construction  work  along  the  line  of  the 
Great  Northern.  He  was  thus  'engaged  for  three  j'ears,  after  which  he  took  up  the  pro- 
fession of  teacliing  electric  and  hydraulic  engineering  in  the  Colorado  School  of  Mines,  with 
which  he  was  thus  connected  for  thirteen  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  entered 
the  United  States  reclamation  service  and  was  engaged  on  investigation  work  in  connection 
with  the  selection  of  the  reservoir  site  on  the  Colorado  river.  The  government  had  under- 
taken great  reclamation  projects  and  in  that  connection  Mr.  Hill  has  visited  various  sections 
of  the  southwest,  where  his  labors  have  constituted  important  elements  of  development.  In 
August,  1903,  he  was  assigned  to  the  Salt  riv6r  project  in  Arizona  and  his  reclaraation  work 
in  that  connection  was  of  an  arduous  and  important  character,  productive  of  far-reaching 
and  beneficial  results.  He  continued  in  charge  of  the  work  from  the  spring  of  1904  until 
March,  1911,  both  as  supervising  and  projecting  engineer.  He  also  had  charge  of  similar 
work  in  Arizona,  New  Mexico,  Texas,  southern  California,  Utah  and  a  part  of  Colorado 
and  Wyoming  in  the  capacity  of  supervising  engineer  of  the  southern  district  reclamation 
service.  His  collegiate  training,  his  subsequent  study  and  research  and  his  broad  and  varied 
experience  have  enabled  him  to  speak  with  authority  upon  questions  connected  with  his 
chosen  line  of  labor  and  have  made  his  service  of  untold  value  in  the  conversion  of  the 
arid  west  into  one  of  the  productive  garden  spots  of  the  country. 

On  the  26th  of  August,  1890,  Mr.  Hill  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Gertrude  Rose 
of  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  and  they  have  two  children:  Raymond  A.  and  Margaret  A.  Mr. 
Hill  has  progressed  far  in  Masonry,  having  taken  the  degrees  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  Along  more  strictly  professional  and  scientific  lines  his  membership  con- 
nections are  with  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  National  Geogiaphic  Society 
and  the  American  Foresters  Association.  An  eminent  American  statesman  has  said:  "In 
all  this  world  the  thing  supremely  worth  having  is  the  opportunity,  coupled  with  the 
capacity,  to  do  well  and  thoroughly  a  piece  of  work  the  doing  of  which  shall  be  of  vital 
significance  to  mankind."  This  opportunity  Louis  C.  Hill  has  found  and  in  its  utilization 
18  contributing  largely  to  the  advancement  and  prosperity  of  the  southwest. 


FRANK   MILTENBERG. 


Frank  Miltenberg,  now  deceased,  owned  and  operated  a  bakery  on  Stone  avenue,  being 
for  thirty-six  years  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of  Tucson.  He  was  born  in 
Bavaria,  Germany,  on  the  27th  of  December,  1854,  and  there  he  was  reared  and  educated  to 
the  age  of  fifteen  years. 

In  1869  Mr.  Miltenberg  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  locating  in  New  York  city, 
where  he  learned  the  baker's  trade,  which  he  followed  in  that  city  for  three  years.  He 
went  south  at  the  expiration  of  that  period  and  for  a  time  followed  his  trade  in  North  and 
South  Carolma  and  in  Florida.  Returning  to  New  York,  he  later  took  a  steamer  for  Aspin- 
wall  and,  crossmg  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  sailed  from  the  opposite  shore  for  San  Francisco. 
California,  in  which  city  he  arrived  in  1873.  He  worked  there  for  about  a  year  and  in  187« 
came  to  Arizona,  spending  a  year  at  the  Silver  King  mine  in  the  mountains.  His  next 
removal  was  to  Tucson,  where  he  established  the  first  bakery  and  continued  to  make  his 
home  until  his  death,  which  occurred  March  25.  1913.  His  first  place  of  business  was  in  the 
old  commercial  section,  but  when  the  city  developed  he  changed  his  location   to  a  modern 


FRANK  MILTKNBERG 


MRS.  FRANK  MILTENBERG 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  S85 

building  at  28  North  Stone  avenue.  He  was  a  capable  man  of  business  and  prospered  in  his 
undertakings,  becoming  the  owner  of  one  of  the  largest  and  best  patronized  bakeries  in  the 
city. 

Mr.  Miltenberg  was  married  in  Tucson,  in  1880,  to  Mrs.  Margaret  (Finley)  Tyler,  a 
native  of  New  York  city  and  a  graduate  of  the  New  York  State  Normal  School.  She  taugllt 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  eastern  metropolis  until  she  was  married  to  Mr.  Tyler  and  after 
his  death  she  was  similarly  employed  in  the  schools  of  Tucson.  Mr.  Tyler  stood  very  high 
in  Masonry.  There  were  three  sons  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miltenberg,  namely:  Frank,  who 
died  in  infancy;  and  Frank  and  Edgar  F.,  who  now  have  charge  of  the  business  left  by  their 
father. 

Mr.  Miltenberg  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  at 
Tucson  and  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  republican  party,  taking  an  active  interest  in 
political  affairs.  He  represented  the  second  ward  in  the  city  council  for  six  years  and  proved 
a  very  efficient  and  able  member  of  that  body.  He  deserved  much  commendation  for  the 
success  that  he  achieved,  as  it  was  the  result  of  his  zealous  efforts  and  close  application. 
He  came  to  America  unfitted  for  the  responsibilities  of  life  and  not  only  mastered  the  details 
of  his  trade  but  qualified  himself  for  a  business  career  by  earnestly  directing  his  efforts  to 
acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  language  and  customs  as  well  as  commercial  methods 
of  the  country.  His  adaptability,  tireless  energy  and  determination  were  the  dominant 
factors  in  winning  his  prosperity  and  placing  him  high  in  the  ranks  of  the  business  men  of 
Tucson,  where  he  enjoyed  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 


L.  A.  KEHR. 


L.  A.  Kehr,  manager  at  Prescott  for  the  United  Verde  Extension  Mining  Company  and 
also  with  other  important  mining  interests  there,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1881.  When  ha 
was  still  a  child  his  parents  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  completed  his  high  school 
education,  following  which  he  worked  for  some  time  in  an  iron  foundry.  He  came  to  Arizona 
in  1902  and  secured  a  position  in  an  office  and  also  engaged  in  mining.  In  1907  he  came 
to  Prescott  as  purchasing  agent  for  the  Prescott  Electric  Company,  a  capacity  in  which  he 
did  able  work  for  three  years.  In  1910  he  opened  an  insurance  office  and  also  established 
himself  as  a  public  accountant.  He  is  at  present  local  manager  for  the  United  Verde  Exten- 
sion Mining  Company  and  for  other  concerns  of  a  similar  character  and  has  proven  capable 
and  farsighted  in  his  management  of  the  important  interests  under  his  charge. 

Mr.  Kehr  was  married  in  1907  to  Miss  Eugenie  S.  Chick,  of  Titusville,  Pennsylvania, 
and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons.  Mr.  Kehr  belongs  to  the  Yavapai  Club,  is 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party. 
He  is  well  known  in  Prescott  and  occupies  a  gratifying  place  in  social  and  business  circles. 


EDWARD  F.  THOMPSON. 


Throughout  a  period  of  residence  in  Arizona  dating  from  1877,  Edward  F.  Thompson 
has  made  his  influence  felt  in  various  important  lines  of  activity,  his  initiative  spirit, 
organizing  power  and  business  ability  affecting  the  rate  and  the  direction  of  mining  develop- 
ment and  political  progress  in  his  section  of  the  state.  He  is  known  as  the  founder  of 
Kingman  and  has  made  his  home  there  since  the  town  was  established,  his  interests  cen- 
tering in  the  management  of  his  important  mining  and  real  estate  interests. 

He  was  born  in  California  on  the  12th  of  December,  1852,  and  is  a  son  of  James  M. 
and  Elizabeth  (White)  Thompson,  whose  marriage  occurred  in  that  state.  The  maternal 
branch  of  the  family  had  been  in  California  for  three  generations,  the  grandfather  having 
gone  there  in  order  to  organize  the  Masonic  lodges.  He  died,  however,  in  1849  before  his 
work  was  accomplished.     The  parents  of  the  subject  of  this  review  resided  in  California  for 

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a  number  of  years  after  their  marriage  and  later  went  as  pioneers  to  Nevada.     Both  have 

passed  away. 

Edward  F.  Thompson  acquired  his  education  in  private  schools  in  Nevada,  studying 
under  Miss  Clapp  and  Miss  Babcock.  He  began  his  business  career  at  the  age  of  sixteen, 
and  the  independence  and  self-reliance  developed  in  him  by  being  thrown  thus  early  upon 
his  own  resources  remain  essential  elements  in  his  character  at  the  present  time.  After  he 
left  home  he  lived  in  California,  Utah,  Washington  and  Oregon  for  a  number  of  years  and 
finally,  in  March,  1877,  came  to  Arizona,  working  in  the  Silver  King  mine  until  1881.  For 
a  short  time  thereafter  he  did  contracting  on  the  old  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railway,  now  under 
control  of  the  Santa  Fe  system,  and  in  1882  suggested  the  locating  of  the  town  of  Kingman, 
which  was  founded  with  the  name  of  Middleton,  the  title  being  afterward  changed  to 
Kingman.  Mr.  Thompson  was  made  the  first  postmaster  and  continued  his  identification 
with  mining  interests,  becoming  connected  with  the  Empire  mine,  with  which  he  remained 
as  manager  for  many  years.  His  holdings  are  now  extensive  and  imi)ortant,  and  in  con- 
nection with  his  mining  operations  he  is  also  a  well  known  real  estate  dealer,  this  branch 
of  his  business  proving  profitable  on  account  of  the  ability  and  skill  which  he  has  dis- 
played in  its  management. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  married  in  1892  to  Mrs.  Josephine  Christy,  of  Mineral  Park, 
Arizona,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children,  two  of  whom  have  passed  away. 
The  others  are  Stewart.  Arthur  and  Bessie. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Thompson  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
being  a  charter  member  and  past  exalted  ruler  of  Lodge  No.  468.  It  is  not  alone  along 
business  lines  that  he  has  done  excellent  work  for  the  city  which  he  helped  to  found  and 
for  the  state  of  Arizona,  for  since  pioneer  times  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  politics, 
being  today  a  leading  figure  in  the  counsels  of  the  democratic  party.  He  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  democratic  county  committee,  besides  having  served  as  a  delegate  to  the  last 
democratic  national  convention.  A  resident  of  Arizona  for  the  past  thirty-nine  years  and 
of  Kingman  since  1882,  he  has  borne  an  active  and  honorable  part  in  the  work  of  progress 
and  advancement,  his  efforts  along  lines  of  public  growth  being  eflective  and  far-reaching. 
By  an  honorable,  straightforward  and  upright  life  he  has  gained  the  respect  and  high 
regard  of  all  who  have  come  in  contact  with  him,  and  his  name  stands  for  honor  in  all 
business  dealings  and  for  progressive  citizenship. 


J.  W.  VORIS. 


To  say  that  J.  W.  Voris  has  been  engaged  in  cattle  ranching  in  various  parts  of  the 
southwest  since  the  beginning  of  his  active  career  is  to  give  but  a  small  idea  of  the  event- 
ful, active  outdoor  life  he  has  led  upon  the  plains  and  ranges,  a  life  intimately  and  per- 
sonally connected  with  the  history  which  has  made  this  section  of  the  coimtry  famous  in 
song  and  story — the  cattle  ranges,  the  encounters  with  the  Indians,  the  escapes  from  death 
and  all  the  more  forceful  events  and  conditions  which  make  up  the  spirit  of  the  American 
west.  Through  it  all  he  has  labored  steadily  and  in  a  straightforward  manner  toward 
the  goal  of  success  and  is  today  one  of  the  large  ranchmen  and  stock  raisers  of  Gila  county, 
where  since  1885  he  has  made  his  home. 

Mr.  Voris  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1868,  a  son  of  Alec  and  Melissa  (Tipton)  Voris, 
also  natives  of  that  state,  where  the  father  died  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  eight 
years  of  age.  The  mother  and  her  children  afterward  removed  to  Texas,  settling  at  Dallas 
in  1880,  and  from  there  some  years  later  went  to  Albany,  where  she  still  resides.  A-fter 
the  death  of  her  first  husband  she  married  E.  W.  Rose  and  to  this  union  were  bom  two 
daughters:  Emma  B.,  now  the  wife  of  William  Eddleman,  of  San  Diego,  California;  and 
Marie,  who  married  Robert  Burns,  of  Paul's  Valley,  Oklahoma.  By  her  first  marriage  she 
had  three  children:  Sallie  B.  and  Carrie  A.,  both  of  whom  died  at  Albany;  and  J.  W.,  of 
this  review. 

J.  W.  Voris  acquired  his  education  in  the  Kentucky  and  Missouri  public  schools  and 
began  his  independent  career  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen  years,  when  he  secured  a  position 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  887 

in  the  employ  of  a  cattleman  in  Texas,  holding  it  for  two  and  one-half  years.  He  resigned 
at  the  end  of  that  time  but  continued  in  the  same  line  of  work  until  1882,  spending  two 
winters  during  this  time  in  the  public  schools.  In  1884  he  helped  make  a  cattle  drive  from 
Albany,  Texas,  to  Dodge  City,  Kansas,  the  work  requiring  several  months.  When  it  was 
completed  he  returned  to  Albany  and  went  to  school  for  one  winter  but  in  the  following 
spring  secured  a  position  with  Mr.  Ellison,  who  was  driving  a  herd  of  eighteen  hundred  head 
of  cattle  to  Colorado  City,  whence  he  shipped  them  to  Bowie,  Arizona,  driving  them  from 
that  city  to  the  upper  Salt  river.  Mr.  Voris  capably  assisted  in  this  undertaking  and  in  the 
following  spring  crossed  the  mountains  into  the  northern  part  of  Arizona,  where  he  obtained 
employment  with  the  Aztec  Cattle  Company.  Shortly  afterward  he  came  to  Gila  county 
and  here  worked  for  the  Haigler,  Kinsel  &  Ming  Cattle  Company  for  two  and  one-half 
years,  during  which  time  he  was  stationed  on  the  Pleasant  Valley  ranch.  He  was  working 
there  at  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  the  Pleasant  Valley  war,  which  was  waged  between 
the  two  factions  of  Tewksbury  and  the  Grahams,  the  latter  being  at  the  head  of  a  large 
band  of  horse  and  cattle  thieves  who  were  carrying  on  their  illegal  operations  in  that  sec- 
tion of  the  country.  During  the  course  of  hostilities  Mr.  Voris  had  many  narrow  escapes 
from  death  and  he  helped  to  bury  many  men  who  were  killed  in  the  feud.  The  band,  how- 
ever, was  eventually  broken  up  by  the  vigilance  committee  and  peace  once  more  reigned. 

When  Mr.  Voris  left  the  employ  of  the  Haigler,  Kinsel  &  Ming  Cattle  Company  he 
purchased  a  herd  of  cattle  and  followed  ranching  on  a  moderate  scale  for  four  years,  af 
the  end  of  that  time  coming  to  Globe,  where  he  remained  from  1896  to  1902.  In  the  latter 
year  he  sold  his  herd  and  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  but  at  the  end  of  a  year  and  a 
half  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  under  J.  H.  Thompson.  During  the  six  years  of  his  service 
he  was  sent  in  connection  with  Ben  Brook.  Mr.  Kitcherside  and  Houston  Kyle  to  arrest  two 
Indians  on  Sipicu  creek,  forty  miles  west  of  Fort  Apache.  The  Indians  were  wanted  for 
burglary  and  when  the  deputies  demanded  them  from  Chief  Nel  Kil  Ah  Zhone  they  were 
given  up  peaceably  but  in  accordance  with  a  plot  previously  formed  other  members  of  the 
tribe  refused  to  allow  the  two  men  to  be  taken  away.  The  deputies,  being  greatly  in  the 
minority,  returned  their  prisoners  to  the  tribe  and  started  for  home  but  were  stopped  a 
short  distance  from  the  camp  and  surrounded.  The  chief  of  the  tribe  seized  the  bridle  of 
the  horse  ridden  by  Mr.  Voris,  took  possession  of  the  latter's  rifle  and  was  on  the  point 
of  killing  him  when  Mr.  Voris  pulled  his  six-shooter  and  shot  Nel  Kil  Ah  Zhone,  woimding  him 
mortally.  Under  cover  of  the  excitement  caused  by  this  event  the  deputies  ran,  pursued  by 
a  large  band  of  Indians  until  darkness  covered  their  retreat  and  they  were  able  to  reach 
Globe  in  safety.  However,  they  were  attacked  on  the  way  by  United  States  soldiers,  mem- 
bers of  the  \A1iite  Horse  Cavalry,  who  had  been  misinformed  as  to  their  intentions  by  the 
Indians  and  who,  escorted  by  seven  Indian  scouts,  formed  an  ambush  to  waylay  the 
deputies.     They  were  finally  released. 

After  serving  for  six  years  in  an  able  and  efficient  manner  as  deputy  sheriff  "Mr.  Voris 
again  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business,  taking  charge  of  a  herd  for  C.  C.  Griffin 
and  continuing  in  that  position  for  two  and  one-half  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he 
homesteaded  a  quarter  section  of  land  in  the  northern  part  of  Gila  county,  near  Pleasant 
Valley,  purchased  stock  and  established  himself  as  an  independent  ranchman  and  stock- 
raiser,  occupations  in  which  he  has  since  continued,  his  interests  being  now  extensive, 
important  and  capably  managed.  Mr.  Voris  owns  valuable  residence  property  in  Globe 
and  is  known  in  that  city  as  a  capable,  farsighted  and  progressive  business  man  whose 
life  has  brought  him  into  contact  with  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men  and  has  given  him 
a  thorough  understanding  of  the  life  which  surroimds  him. 

In  December,  1898,  Mr.  Voris  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Pearl  B.  Coftee,  who  was 
bom  in  Texas.  Her  father,  Robert  Coffee,  removed  from  that  state. to  Globe,  Arizona,  in 
1899  and  he  and  his  wife  still  reside  in  that  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Voris  have  become  the 
parents  of  four  children:  Kentucky  Mildred,  born  in  1899;  Kobert  E.,  born  in  1901;  Emma 
Marie,  who  was  bom  in  August,  1903;  and  Georgia  Virginia,  born  January  6,  1911. 

Ml-.  Voris  is  connected  fraternally  with,  the  Masonic  order  and  he  and  his  family  are 
members  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  has  held  important  public 
offices,  serving  as  district  cattle  inspector  for  the  Gila  district  during  the  time  he  was 
deputy  sheriff  under  J.  H.  Thompson.     He  was  also  in  1909  and  1910  deputy  United  States 


888  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

marshal  and  special  officer  of  the  United  States  government  to  suppress  the  liquor  traffic 
among  tlie  Indians  and  in  the  latter  year  his  resignation  was  refused  by  William  E.  John- 
son, cliief  special  officer  of  the  United  States  government.  It  is  almost  impossible  to  estimate 
tlie  value  of  the  work  Mr.  Voris  has  done  in  the  southwest,  his  understanding  and  appre- 
ciation of  the  spirit  of  the  country  making  his  services  always  practical  and  thoroughly 
efficient.  In  the  course  of  his  life  he  has  won  prosperity  for  himself  while  advancing  com- 
munity  interests  and  has  also  won  the  esteem,  confidence  and  high  regard  of  all  who 
have  had  business,  political  or  social  relations  with  him. 


CHARLES  A.  SHIBELL. 


No  history  of  Tucson  would  be  complete  or  satisfactory  if  extended  mention  were  not 
made  of  Charles  A.  Shibell,  who  from  pioneer  times  until  his  death,  covering  a  period  of 
more  than  forty  years,  was  almost  continuously  in  public  office.  Perhaps  no  citizen  of  Tucson 
has  continued  longer  in  the  public  service,  and  the  record  of  none  has  been  more  faultless  in 
honor,  fearless  in  conduct  or  stainless  in  reputation.  He  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
August  14,  1841.  The  early  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  that  state,  where  he  pursued  his 
education,  and  he  first  visited  Arizona  in  1863,  arriving  in  Tucson  on  the  20th  of  May.  at 
which  time  he  was  an  army  teamster  attached  to  the  command  of  General  J.  H.  Carleton. 
While  his  duties  in  the  employ  of  the  government  soon  took  him  away  from  Tucson,  he  was 
very  favorably  impressed  with  the  place  and  upon  receiving  an  honorable  discharge  in  March, 
1863,  he  returned  to  the  city,  which  was  largely  the  place  of  his  residence  from  that  date  until 
his  death.  From  1863  until  1875  he  devoted  his  attention  to  mining  and  ranching,  his  inter- 
ests always  centering,  however,  in  Pima  county.  In  1870  he  was  made  deputy  collector  of 
internal  revenue  and  in  his  official  capacity  testified  before  the  legislature  regarding  Indian 
depredations  of  which  he  had  personal  knowledge.  In  1875  he  was  appointed  dep\ity  sheriff 
of  Pima  county  and  the  following  year  was  elected  to  the  office  of  sheriff,  at  which  period 
the  county  embraced  much  of  southern  Arizona.  He  entered  upon  the  duties  of  the  position 
at  the  beginning  of  1877  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  four  years.  In  1888  he  became 
proprietor  of  the  Palace  Hotel,  now  known  as  the  Occidental,  and  conducted  that  hostelry  for 
^three  years.  In  1884  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business,  with  which  he  was  identified 
until  1887,  and  through  the  succeeding  two  years  he  filled  the  office  of  deputy  sheriff.  In 
1888  he  was  elected  county  recorder  and  took  the  office  on  the  1st  of  January,  1889,  remain- 
ing in  that  position  until  his  demise  or  for  a  period  of  twenty  consecutive  years.  During 
the  later  years  of  his  incumbency  he  sufl'ercd  from  writer's  paralysis  but  the  republicans, 
recognizing  his  worth  as  a  deserving  citizen  and  appreciating  his  past  activities  when  the 
services  of  real  men  were  needed,  continued  him  in  office  and  undoubtedly  he  would  have 
been  elected  for  the  eleventh  successive  term  had  not  death  ended  his  career.  A  higher 
tribute  of  respect  and  esteem  could  not  be  paid  to  any  man. 

With  every  phase  of  Tucson's  development  and  progress  Mr.  Shibell  was  closely  con- 
nected. At  the  time  of  his  arrival  the  city  was  an  old  pueblo  and  lawlessness  to  a  large  extent 
reigned,  but  with  the  arrival  of  General  Carleton  he  put  the  town  under  martial  law,  which 
edict  was  in  force  until  tlie  territorial  government  was  organized  December  29,  1863.  Tucson 
contained  a  population  of  only  five  hundred  at  that  period.  As  the  years  passed  on  Mr. 
Shibell  always  exerted  his  aid  and  influence  on  the  side  of  right,  progress  and  improvement 
and  his  labors  were  productive  of  great  good  in  the  community.  His  indorsement  of  a  meas- 
ure always  secvired  for  it  further  support,  as  it  was  well  known  that  his  ideals  of  citizen- 
ship were  high. 

Mr.  Shibell  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mercedes  Sais,  and  they  became  the  parents 
of  four  children:  Mary,  now  the  widow  of  Herbert  Brown;  Lillie  M.;  Charles  B.,  of  Port- 
land, Oregon;  and  Mercedes,  the  widow  of  Dr.  A.  J.  Gould.  Two  years  after  the  death 
of  his  wife  Mr.  Shibell  married  Miss  Nellie  M.  Norton,  of  Eufaula,  Alabama,  and  two  chil- 
dren were  born  to  them,  Lionel  J.  and  Orpha  N. 

Mr.  Shibell  was  a  very  prominent  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  891 

and  when  he  passed  away  October  21,  1908,  the  local  body  of  that  organization  took' charge 
of  the  funeral  services,  which  were  also  attended  by  the  Society  of  Arizona  Pioneers,  of 
which  he  was  a  charter  member.  In  his  life  there  were  displayed  many  sterling  characteristics. 
He  held  friendsliip  inviolable  and  was  loyal  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him.  He  was  an 
exemplary  citizen,  kind  and  considerate  to  those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact  and  in  his 
home  was  a  most  devoted  husband  and  fatlier,  finding  his  greatest  happiness  in  the  com- 
panionship of  his  .wife  and  children  and  counting  no  sacrifice  on  his  part  too  great  if  it  would 
promote  their  welfare.  His  contribution  to  Tucson's  development  was  most  valuable  and 
he  may  well  be  numbered  among  the  real  builders  of  the  city,  being  of  that  class  of  men  who 
look  beyond  the  exigencies  of  the  moment  to  the  opportunities  of  the  future  and  work  for 
later  good  as  well  as  present  progress. 


CLEMENT  H.  COLEMAN. 


Clement  H.  Coleman  is  one  of  the  enterprising  New  Englanders  who  sought  the  oppor- 
tunities of  the  far  west  and  found  a  profitable  field  for  his  labors  in  Arizona.  He  is  a 
lawyer  by  profession,  by  inclination  and  by  talent  and  has  gained  a  distinguished  place 
at  the  bar  of  the  state.    He  has  thoroughly  entered  into  the  progressive  spirit  of  the  west. 

Mr.  Coleman  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1872  and  there  attended  the  grammar  and 
high  schools.  He  read  law  in  the  office  of  W.  H.  Baker  of  Boston  and  afterward  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  Massachusetts,  practicing  in  Boston  for  a  number  of  years.  The  magic 
spirit  of  the  west  caught  his  fancies  and  induced  him  to  leave  his  New  England  home  for 
fields  unknown.  He  came  to  Yuma,  Arizona,  in  December,  1905,  and  has  since  been  a 
resident  of  this  city.  Not  disdaining  any  employment,  he  clerked  for  a  short  time  but  soon 
turned  his  attention  to  his  chosen  profession,  having  practiced  here  since  1906.  In  that  year 
he  became  assistant  district  attorney,  serving  until  1907.  Mr.  Coleman  is  enterprising  and 
progressive,  reliable  and  trustworthy,  and  a  number  of  important  cases  have  been  success- 
fully conducted  by  him.  He  is  logical  and  clear  cut  in  his  words  and  actions.  His  prac- 
tice, which  has  been  growing  steadily,  is  still  in  the  ascendency  as  regards  extension  and  im- 
portance. 

In  1905  Mr.  Coleman  married  Miss  Georgia  Cameron,  of  Massachusetts.  He  has  one 
son  by  a  former  marriage.  He  is  a  republican  in  politics  and  has  always  taken  an  interested 
part  in  the  affairs  of  his  party.  Fraternally  he  is  master  of  Yuma  Lodge,  No.  78,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M. ;  a  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge  No.  476;  and  a  past  archon  of  Fremont  Conclave  of  the 
Improved  Order  of  Hcptasophs.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church.  Arizona 
is  to  be  congratulated  upon  receiving  such  an  addition  to  its  inhabitants  as  Clement  H. 
Coleman,  who  is  proving  a  trustworthy  and  reliable  man,  a  capable  lawyer  and  a  patriotic, 
public-spirited  citizen. 


L.  D.  DIVELBESS. 


L.  D.  Divelbess,  one  of  the  most  successful  cattlemen  in  the  vicinity  of  Holbrook  and 
connected  prominently  with  the  oflficial  life  of  that  section  as  treasurer  of  Navajo  county, 
was  born  in  New  Mexico  in  1881  and  is  a  son  of  Louis  E.  and  Daisy  (Jackson)  Divelbess. 
The  family  is  of  German  origin,  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  review  having  come 
to  America  from  Germany,  settling  first  in  Pennsylvania  and  later  in  Indiana.  The  parents 
went  to  New  Mexic9  in  1879,  settling  at  Liberty,  where  the  father  engaged  in  general  mer- 
chandising. He  had  come  west  as  a  pioneer,  crossing  the  plains  with  ox  teams  in  the  early 
'60s  and  settling  in  California,  whence  he  went  to  Colorado  and  then  to  New  Mexico.  He 
and  his  wife  settled  in  Holbrook,  Arizona,  in  1883  and  for  twenty  years  thereafter  Louis 
E.  Divelbess  was  a  trusted  employe  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  serving  later  in  a  capable 
and  conscientious  manner  as  postmaster  of  Holbrook.  He  became  well  known  in  local  politics, 
holding  various  other  important  ofKces,  including  that  of  chairman  of  the  board  of  super- 


392  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

visors,  and  at  his  dcatli,  wliicii  occurred  in  1909,  Holbrook  lost  one  of  her  moat  valued  and 
representative  citizens.     His  uife  has  also  passed  avfay,  her  death  having  occurred  in  1896. 

L.  D.  Divelbess  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Arizona  and  after  laying  aside  his 
books  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business  in  Holbrook,  in  which  line  he  now  controls 
extensive  and  important  interests.  He  uses  the  N-Y  brand,  ranging  his  cattle  north  of  the 
city,  and  he  is  respected  in  Holbrook  and  in  its  vicinity  as  a  reliable,  straightforward  and 
progressive  business  man,  whose  success  is  entirely  the  result  of  his  own  ability  and 
enterprise. 

Mr.  Divelbess  was  married  in  1902  to  Miss  Lorine  Gardner^  of  Holbrook,  and  they  have 
five  children.  Fraternally  Mr.  Divelbess  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he 
has  taken  the  thirty-second  degree,  and  he  is  past  master  of  Lodge  No.  6,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
having  served  as  master  for  three  years.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican 
party  and  from  1904  to  1906  did  able  and  conscientious  work  as  deputy  sheriff.  He  takes  an 
active  part  in  public  affairs,  being  at  all  times  interested  in  the  gi'owth  and  progress  of 
the  city  where  he  has  made  his  home  since  childhood,  and  in  1908  he  was  elected  county 
treasurer  and  reelected  in  1911.  He  has  discharged  the  duties  of  his  ofBice  in  a  capable, 
farsiglited  and  progressive  way,  his  work  reflecting  credit  upon  both  his  ability  and  his 
public  spirit.  He  is  one  of  the  able  and  successful  men  of  Holbrook,  well  known  in  business 
and  official  circles,  and  his  record  is  a  credit  to  a  name  that  has  long  been  an  honored  one  in 
that  locality. 


HARRY  S.  ROSS. 


Among  the  active,  efficient  and  progressive  men  in  public  life  in  Tombstone  is  numbered 
Harry  S.  Ross,  acceptably  serving  his  second  term  as  chief  deputy  assessor  of  Cochise  county. 
He  was  born  in  Crown  Point,  Indiana,  November  14,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  William  W.  and 
Marie  (Miller)  Ross,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Indiana.  The  father  was 
for  many  years  connected  with  the  Standard  Oil  Company  but  has  now  retired  from  active 
life  and  makes  his  home  in  California.  In  the  family  were  two  children:  Harry  S.,  of  this 
review;  and  Carson  M.,  a  photographer  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Harry  S.  Ross  acquired  a  grammar  school  education  in  Crown  Point,  Indiana,  and  after 
he  had  laid  aside  his  text  books  went  to  Cliicago,  where  he  entered  his  uncle's  grocery  store 
as  a  clerk.  He  remained  there  one  year  and  then  worked  in  some  of  the  large  department 
stores  of  the  city,  holding  clerical  positions.  Aftef  five  years,  however,  he  determined  to 
further  pursue  his  education  and  in  order  to  do  this  worked  on  Saturdays,  thus  acquiring 
enough  money  to  take  a  course  in  the  Chicago  Business  College.  He  studied  stenography 
and  after  his  graduation  became  connected  as  stenographer  with  the  E.  J.  Decker  Company, 
conducting  a  large  printing  establishment.  Something  of  the  force  of  Mr.  Ross'  ability  and 
energy  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  in  five  years  he  worked  up  from  his  original  position  to 
be  office  manager  and  one  of  the  most  efficient  men  in  the  company's  employ.  When  he 
resigned  he  came  direct  to  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  became  connected  almost  immediately 
with  public  life,  entering  the  recorder's  office  as  deputy  recorder  May  30,  1903.  He  served 
for  two  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  turned  his  attention  to  business  pursuits,  organ- 
izing the  Cochise  Abstract  Company  of  Tombstone,  of  which  he  became  manager.  This  con- 
cern is  now  known  as  the  Abstract,  Title,  Insurance  &  Trust  Company.  After  one  year 
Mr.  Ross  resigned  his  position  in  order  to  become  chief  deputy  assessor  under  Qiarles  R. 
Howe,  who  IS  now  state  tax  commissioner.  He  served  for  five  years  and  was  then  reappointed 
by  h.  A.  Hughes,  the  present  assessor.  Mr.  Ross  discharges  his  duties  with  marked  ability, 
promptness  and  fidelity,  his  reappointment  indicating  his  excellent  record.  He  is  now  the 
owner  of  four  ^•aluable  lots  and  two  residences  in  Tombstone. 

,  f/'  ^?l.'^v'  '"''"■'"^  ■^""'  ®'  ^^'"''  *°  ^"'^  ^"""^  II°rton,  a  native  of  Michigan  and  a 
daughter  of  Willmm  G.  and  Lucy  P.  Horton,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  New  England  and 
were  p.oneers  of  Michigan.  The  father  has  passed  away  but  the  mother  makes  her  home  in 
Mecosta,  Michigan.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  have  two  children:     Raymond  William  and  Marie 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  893 

Mr.  Ross  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  local  lodge  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  of 
which  he  is  consul  commander,  and  he  Is  identified  also  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and 
the  Masonic  order.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  in  addition 
to  the  offices  already  mentioned  he  served  for  two  years  on  the  Tombstone  city  council.  He 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  party's  able  workers,  active  in  its  support  and  earnest  in  his 
efforts  to  promote  its  success.  He  has  made  a  most  commendable  official  record,  while  in  all 
the  other  relations  of  life  he  enjoys  to  the  full  extent  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  those 
with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 


A.  J.  HEAD. 


A.  J.  Head  has  been  a  resident  of  Prescott  since  1876  and  during  that  time  has  won  a 
place  of  prominence  and  importance  in  business  circles  of  the  city  and  has  become  well  known 
also  in  public  affairs.  Since  1893  he  has  been  connected  with  lumber  interests  here  ayl  for 
the  past  ten  years  has  operated  one  of  the  finest  hotels  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Head  was  born  in  Alabama  in  1852  and  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  that 
state.  From  the  ages  of  eighteen  to  twenty-one  years  he  held  a  position  as  overseer  of  a 
plantation  there  and  following  this  removed  to  Florida,  where  he  was  in  the  sawmill  business 
until  1876.  In  that  year  he  went  to  San  Francisco  and  thence  by  stage  from  Los  Angeles 
to  Prescott,  Arizona,  where  he  has  since  resided.  During  the  first  years  of  his  residence 
here  he  worked  at  various  occupations,  principally  as  a  sawmill  operator  in  the  employ  of 
others.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  in  1887,  serving  until  1891,  and  two  years  later  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  lumber  business,  with  which  he  is  still  connected.  He  is  also 
interested  in  the  piano  business  and  since  1903  has  been  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the  finest 
hotels  in  Prescott.  All  of  his  interests  are  carefully  and  capably  managed  and  have  brought 
him  a  gratifying  measure  of  success. 

In  1884  Mr.  Head  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Susan  Tie,  of  Wisconsin,  and  they 
have  become  the  parents  of  a  daughter.  Mr.  Head  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  pSrty.  As  a  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  citizen  he  takes  an  intelligent  interest  in  public  affairs  and  has  held  a  number  of 
offices  of  responsibility,  serving  as  school  trustee  and  for  the  past  eighteen  years  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council.  His  life  has  been  a  busy  and  useful  one  and  throughout  his  business 
career  he  has  manifested  an  aptitude  for  successful  management.  Whatever  he  has  under- 
taken he  has  carried  forward  to  successful  completion  and  his  labors,  have  been  resi^ltant 
factors  In  promoting  the  development  and  growth  of  the  city  in  which  he  has  resided  for 
forty  years. 


ANDREW  NIELSEN". 


Among  that  class  of  men  who  had  much  to  do  with  the  progress  and  development  of 
the  Salt  River  valley  in  Arizona  was  Andrew  Nielsen,  now  a  resident  of  National  City, 
California.  He  was  one  of  the  leading  and  prominent  business  men  of  Tempe,  controlling 
large  real-estate  interests  in  the  city  and  vicinity.  He  is  a  native  of  Denmark,  born  on  the 
25th  of  September,  1858.  He  acquired  his  education  in  that  country  and  there  remained 
until  1881,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  first  in  Illinois.  In  the  following 
year  he  came  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  in  1883  settled  in  Tempe,  where  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  farming,  still  retaining  large  interests  in  valuable  farming  property  there.  Most  of 
his  attention,  however,  centered  upon  the  conduct  of  his  real-estate  business,  which  he 
established  in  1893  and  which  he  managed  in  an  able  and  profitable  manner.  He  promoted 
some  of  the  largest  land  deals  ever  successfully  completed  in  Maricopa  county  and  has  been 
connected  with  other  important  business  transactions  along  this  line,  his  patronage  becom- 
ing  extensive   and   representative   and  his   success   founded  upon  his  upright  and   straight- 


894  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

forward  methods,  his  exhaustive  knowledge  of  his  business  and  the  lionorable  business 
policy  he  has  ever  followed.  From  1888  to  1891  he  had  charge  of  all  the  irrigation  projects 
on  the  south  side  of  the  river  and  carried  forward  to  successful  completion  a  great  deal  of 
responsible  work  of  this  character.  His  Interests  extended  over  a  wide  field,  making  him 
one  of  the  representative  and  leading  business  men  in  that  section  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Nielsen's  residence  was  one  of  the  finest  homes  in  Tempe,  where  he  and  his  wife 
are  well  known  in  the  best  social  circles.  Mr.  Nielsen  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent 
Older  of  Odd  Fellows  and  in  1909  and  1910  was  grand  master  of  his  lodge.  He  belongs  also  to 
the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  His  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and  he  has  taken  quite  an  active  and  influential  part  in  local 
politics,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  at  Tempe  for  four  years.  He  also  served 
for  seven  years  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  was  public-spirited  and  progressive  in  matters 
of  citizenship,  giving  his  cooperation  and  hearty  support  to  everything  which  tended  to  pro- 
mote the  growth  and  material  prosperity  of  Tempe. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANIC  OF  NOGAI,ES. 

Among  the  strong,  safe  and  conservative  moneyed  institutions  of  Arizona  is  The 
First  National  Bank  of  Nogales,  established  in  1903.  So  great  lias  been  its  expansion  and 
so  powerful  is  its  place  in  financial  circles  that  it  has  contributed  in  no  small  degree  to 
the  commercial  and  industrial  progress  of  the  line  city.  Among  its  shareliolders  and 
directors  it  includes  some  of  the  foremost  and  most  enterprising  business  men  in  the  town, 
who  conduct  its  policy  along  safe  and  conservative  but  always  broad  and  liberal  lines. 

The  First  National  Bank  of  Nogales  was  organized  .Tanuary  ."!.  190.3,  by  its  present 
president,  Bracey  Curtis,  and  a  number  of  associates  wlio  established  in  that  year  the 
Sandoval  National  Bank  of  Nogales,  Arizona,  with  a  capital  stock  of  twenty-five  thou- 
sand dollars.  On  December  16th  of  tlie  same  year  the  comptroller  of  the  currency  author- 
ized the  name  to  be  changed  from  the  Sandoval  National  Bank  of  Nogales  to  The  First 
National  Bank  and  on  February  20,  1905,  the  same  official  authorized  an  increase  in  its 
capital  stock  from  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  fifty  thousand  dollars.  The  surplus 
and  xmdivided  profits  of  the  bank  are  sixty-five  thousand  dollars,  while  the  deposits  reach 
the  handsome  aggregate  of  four  hundred  and  ninety  thousand  nine  hundred  and  twenty- 
nine  dollars  and  eighty-eight  cents. 

The  First  National  Bank  of  Nogales  is  the  ilepositary  of  public  funds,  not  only  for 
the  county  of  Santa  Ci-uz  and  the  town  of  Nogales,  but  for  the  United  States,  the  funds 
of  the  postoffiee,  the  immigration  office  and  custom  house  being  deposited  in  its  vaults, 
and  payments  for  either  of  the  departments  of  the  federal  government  represented  here 
and  the  two  local  governments  being  made  by  check  upon  the  institution.  An  Issue  of 
the  Nogales  Oasis  of  December  25,  1912,  gives  the  following  account  of  its  history  and 
development.  "The  record  made  by  The  First  National  Bank  of  Nogales  is  one  which 
raigh't  be  emulated  with  profit  by  many  far  more  pretentious.  Wlien  the  panic  of  1907 
struck  Arizona  it  was  almost  the  only  financial  institution  in  the  state  which  met  all  of  its 
obligations  without  hesitation  or  reservation  and  paid  all  checks  presented  at  its  counter 
without  giving  out  to  depositors  the  admonition  to  draw  lightly,  nor  did  it  limit  the 
amounts  drawn  to  small  sums,  as  was  the  case  with  banks  in  Phoenix,  Bisbee.  Tucson, 
Douglas  and  other  places;  and,  for  that  matter,  all  over  the  United  States.  At  a  time 
when  all  over  the  land  banks  were  doling  out  to  depositors  their  own  money  in  limited 
quantities.  The  First  National  Bank  of  Nogales  announced  that  it  had  no  limit  short  of 
the  total  deposit  of  any  of  its  customers,  and  that  it  would  honor  all  checks  by  any 
and  all  depositors;  and  through  a  period  of  several  months,  when  depositors  in  banks 
elsewhere  and  everywhere  throughout  the  United  States  were  skimping  along  in  the  most 
distressing  way,  fearing  to  draw  checks  to  meet  pressing  obligations,  depositors  in  The 
First  National  Bank  of  Nogales  were  drawing  as  needed,  their  checks  were  taken  readily 
everywliere,  and  when  they  were  presented  at  the  bank  counter  they  were  cashed  with 
alacrity.     That  very  course  was  the  part  of  wisdom  and  it  was  far  reaching  and  valuable 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  897 

in  its  inlluenoe.  It  established  witliout  any  question  tlie  permanence  and  stability  of  the 
banlc  and  gave  a  reputation  for  soundness  and  solidity  that  is  treasured  among  its  most 
valuable  assets.  That  single  circumstance  raised  the  institution  very  high  in  the  esti- 
mation of  the  entire  business  and  commercial  world,  and  has  given  it  a  moat  enviable 
standing,  second  to  none  anywhere  in  the  country.  The  First  National  conducts  the  usual 
exchange  and  collection  business  and  along  tliese  lines  it  is  very  accommodating  to  cus- 
tomers. In  connection  there  is  conducted  a  safety  box  department  for  the  deposit  of 
valuable  documents,  bonds,  money,  jewels,  etc.  It  also  conducts  a  Mexican  department, 
buying  and  selling  Mexican  money,  and  conducts  a  large  and  extensive  business  down 
the  west  coast  of  Mexico.". 

A  list  of  the  oflicers  and  directors  of  the  bank  includes  men  of  great  business  and 
executive  ability  and  effective  public  spirit  who  take  an  active  part  in  the  development  of 
the  town  and  manifest  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs.  The  president,  Bracey  Curtis, 
and  the  cashier.  Otto  H.  Herold,  are  members  of  the  municipal  council  of  the  town  of 
Nogales,  and  Grover  Marsteller,  one  of  the  clerks,  is  town  clerk.  The  officers  are  as  fol- 
lows: president,  Hon.  Bracey  Curtis;  vice  president,  Theodore  Gcbler;  cashier.  Otto  H. 
Herold;  assistant  cashier,  Theron  Richardson.  Tlie  following  constitute  the  board  of 
directors:  Bracey  Curtis,  E.  Titconib,  Phil.  Herold,  L.  Lindsay,  H.  M.  Clagett  and  Otto 
H.  Herold. 

The  First  National  Bank  is  to  be  congratulated  on  having  in  its  highest  official  posi- 
tion so  capable,  farsighted  and  discriminating  a  business  man  as  Bracey  Curtis,  who  since 
the  organization  of  the  institution  has  ably  directed  its  affairs  along  constructive  and 
progressive  lines.  He  was  born  July  21,  1870,  in  Medfield,  Jlassachusetts,  and  lived  there 
until  1889,  when  he  left  for  Mexico  and  the  American  southwest.  For  some  years  he 
engaged  in  mining  in  Cananea,  Sonora,  Mexico,  but  afterward  came  to  Arizona,  settling 
in  Nogales,  where  he  joined  in  the  organization  of  the  bank  with  which  he  is  now  con- 
nected. He  is  also  vice  president  of  the  Washington  Trading  Company  of  Patagonia 
and  has  large  mining  interests  in  that  section.  He  has  ever  taken  an  active  part  in  municipal 
affairs,  his  public  spirit  being  of  that  vital  and  powerful  kind  which  influences  develop- 
ment. He  is  a  member  of  the  town  board  and  is  chairman  of  the  fire  and  water  committee, 
which  has  charge  of  the  municipal  water  system.  Through  many  years  Mr.  Curtis  has 
been  chief  engineer  of  the  Nogales  Volunteer  Fire  Department,  an  organization  which  lie 
has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  efficiency.  He  was  the  representative  of  Santa  Cruz  county 
in  the  convention  which  framed  the  constitution  of  the  state  of  Arizona  and  in  that  body 
was  a  capable  and  disinterested  worker.  He  is  in  addition  prominent  in  fraternal  circles, 
holding  membership  in  Meridian  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Massacliusctts.  He  has  taken  the 
thirty-second  degree  according  to  the  Scottish  Rite  in  Tucson  and  belongs  to  the  Shrine 
at  Phoenix.  He  has  been  identified  actively  with  the  Santa  C^uz  Club  and  the  Board  of 
Trade  and  he  is  chairman  of  the  latter  organization. 


W.  H.  BURBAGE. 


No  name  in  recent  years  has  figured  more  prominently  or  honorably  in  connection  with 
the  financial  development  of  Winslow  than  that  of  W.  H.  Burbage,  who  as  president  of  the 
Navajo-Apache  Bank  &  Trust  Company  stands  as  a  central  figure  in  banking  circles  of  the 
community.  At  the  same  time  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  able  lawyers  at  the  bar 
of  his  district  and,  moreover,  enjoys  the  friendship  and  kindly  regard  which  are  given  him 
by  reason  of  an  unfailing  courtesy  and  an  unassuming  cordiality.  He  is  a  man  of  varied 
interests,  of  breadth  of  view  and  commanding  ability,  and  when  business  matters  are  under 
discussion  is  found  alert,  energetic  and  capable,  his  habits  of  thought  and  ready  understand- 
ing enabling  him  to  place  a  correct  valuation  upon  any  business  situation. 

Mr.  Burbage  was  born  in  New  York  in  1854  and  after  acquiring  a  public  school  education 
in  that  state  removed  with  his  parents  to  Ohio,  where  he  attended  Hiram  College  at  the 
time  Garfield  was  its  president.  In  1876  he  went  to  Montana  as  a  civilian  employe  in  the 
quartermaster's  department  under  General  Miles  and  after  working  there  for  two  years  went 


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to  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  and  from  there  to  Santa  Fe.  In  1883  he  came  to  Arizona  and 
settled  in  Holbrook,  where  he  became  connected  with  tlie  mercantile  business,  developing  a 
large  and  profitable  enterprise,  but  his  store  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1888.  Afterward  Mr. 
Burbage  went  to  Los  Angeles,  Califoraia,  where  he  conducted  a  wholesale  butcher  business 
and  controlled  large  sheep  interests,  remaining  in  that  city  and  vicinity  until  he  came  to 
Winslow  in  1890.  In  his  college  days  he  had  read  law  and  obtained  a  legal  degree  and  while 
in  California  resumed  the  study  of  his  profession,  winning  admission  to  the  California  bar 
about  tlie  year  1890.  Almost  immediately  afterward  he  came  to  Winslow  and  was  given  the 
right  to  practice  before  the  district  and  supreme  courts  of  Arizona.  He  lias  since  followed 
his  profession  and  is  today  in  control  of  an  important  and  growing  patronage.  His  knowledge 
of  the  law  is  comprehensive  and  exact  and  he  is  rarely,  if  ever,  at  fault  in  the  application 
of  a  legal  principle.  He  has  figured  as  counsel  for  the  prosecution  or  defense  in  many 
important  cases  that  have  appeared  before  the  courts  of  his  district  and  has  displayed  his 
ability  at  the  bar  in  his  forceful  presentation  of  his  cases,  his  clear  reasoning  and  his  powers 
of  deduction  and  analysis. 

Of  late  years,  however,  Mr.  Burbage  has  given  a  great  deal  of  his  attention  to  the  afl'airs 
of  the  Navajo-Apache  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  which  he  aided  in  organizing  and  of  which 
he  has  served  as  president  ever  since.  This  institution  was  founded  by  Mr.  Burbage  and 
F.  W.  Nelson  in  1900  as  a  private  banking  concern  under  the  name  of  the  Navajo  County 
Bank  and  in  1906  it  was  reorganized  as  a  state  bank,  receiving  its  present  title  of  the 
Navajo-Apache  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  It  has  an  authorized  capital  of  two  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand  dollars,  one  hundred  thousand  of  which  is  fully  paid  up.  The  present  modern 
and  attractive  bank  building  was  erected  in  1904  and  in  the  same  year  branches  were  estab- 
lished at  Holbrook  and  St.  Johns.  This  is  one  of  the  safest  and  most  reliable  financial 
institutions  in  that  part  of  Arizona  and  much  of  the  credit  for  its  continued  growth  and 
prosperity  is  due  to  Mr.  Burbage,  whose  ability  as  a  financier  and  whose  constructive  busi- 
ness intelligence  have  played  an  important  part  in  its  management. 

Mr.  Burbage  was  married  in  August,  1901,  at  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  to  Miss 
Margaret  Cashion,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children.  Fratei"nally  Mr.  Burbage  is 
affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  It  is  not  alone  along  business  lines 
that  he  lias  done  splendid  work  for  Winslow,  for  he  has  figured  prominently  in  local  demo- 
cratic circles,  his  influence  being  always  on  the  side  of  progress  and  advancement.  He  served 
for  four  terms  as  district  attorney  and  was  delegate  from  Arizona  to  the  national  demo- 
cratic convention  which  first  nominated  Bryan.  In  all  of  his  public  and  business  relations 
he  has  manifested  great  ability,  insight  and  determination,  and  the  eiTect  of  his  activities 
has  been  important  and  far-reacliing.  He  is  preeminently  a  business  man,  his  time  being 
largely  occupied  by  his  professional  and  financial  interests,  and  he  occupies  an  enviable  place 
in  business  circles,  his  ability  commanding  the  respect,  confidence  and  high  regard  of  all  who 
come  in  contact  with  him. 


MANUEL  J.  KING. 


It  is  always  a  source  of  inspiration  to  read  of  the  lives  of  men,  who  through  their  own 
efforts  have  risen  from  an  impecunious  position  to  one  of  affluence,  a»>d  yet  in  so  doing  have 
maintained  their  honor  intact  and  enjoy  the  respect  and  esteem  of  their  fellow  citizens. 
Such  a  life  is  that  of  Manuel  J.  King,. who  owns  five  ranches  in  Pima  county,  where  lu!  is 
extensively  engaged  in  the  cattle  business.  He  was  born  in  Alameda  county,  California,  on 
the  17th  of  December,  1867,  and  is  a  son  of  Andrew  .1.  King,  who  was  one  of  tlie  pioneers  of 
that  state.  The  father  located  in  California  in  1848  and  for  some  years  thereafter  engaged 
in  prospecting  and  mining  but  subsequently  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  jmrsuits, 
developing  land  in  Alameda  and  Contra  Costa  counties. 

Manuel  J.  King  was  reared  at  home  and  given  the  advantages  of  a  common  school  edu- 
cation. After  laying  aside  his  textbooks  he  assisted  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  ranch 
at  San  Leandro,  remaining  at  home  until  he  was  about  nineteen  years  of  age.  In  1886,  he 
came  to  Tucson,  Arizona,  and  went  on  the  range  as  a  cowbov  with  the  Baboquivari  Land  & 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  899 

Cattle  Company  in  the  Sasabe  valley.  He  was  ambitious  and  enterprising  and  as  he  was 
temperate  and  economical  in  his  habits  managed  to  save  a  large  portion  of  his  earnings,  which 
he  invested  from  time  to  time  in  cattle.  These  he  would  later  sell  at  an  advance  and  invest 
again,  following  this  method  until  he  had  accumulated  sufficient  money  to  enable  him  to 
establish  a  ranch  of  his  pwn.  In  1896  he  took  up  a  tract  of  government  land,  on  which  he 
made  the  necessary  improvements  and  then  invested  the  remainder  of  his  capital  in  cattle. 
Careful  management  and  the  exercise  of  intelligence  and  good  judgment  in  the  direction  of 
his  undertakings  brought  the  usual  reward  and  each  year  witnessed  an  advance  in  his  career. 
As  the  years  passed  he  increased  his  herds  and  extended  his  holdings  until  he  now  owns  five 
ranches,  which  aggregate  two  thousand  acres.  Three  of  these  are  located  in  the  Baboquivari 
mountains  and  the  other  two  in  the  Sasabe  valley,  and  are  used  for  cattle  ranges,  while 
during  a  part  of  the  season  his  cattle  are  turned  out  upon  the  public  domain. 

In  1896  Mr.  King  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  Corra,  a  native  of  Mexico,  and  to  them 
have  been  born  five  children:  Margaret,  Marj',  John,  Joseph  and  Walter.  The  family 
resided  on  one  of  the  ranches  until  1908,  when  Mr.  King  erected  a  comfortable  residence  on 
South  Stone  avenue,  Tucson,  and  removed  to  that  city  in  order  to  give  his  children  better 
educational  advantages.  He  is  still  operating  his  ranches,  however,  but  he  is  also  directing 
his  energies  along  other  business  lines,  and  in  1910  in  company  with  W.  B.  Coberly  estab- 
lished the  Tucson  Iron  Works,  wliicli  they  sold  in  1913  to  the  Steinfeld  Company. 

Fraternally  Mr.  King  is  affiliated  with  the  Eagles,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Red 
Men.  He  is  a  man  of  many  estimable  traits  of  character;  public-spirited  in  matters  of  citi- 
zenship; honorable  and  upright  in  matters  of  business;  and  reliable  and  trustworthy  in  all 
of  the  relations  of  life.  Hard  work,  ceaseless  effort  and  determination  of  purpose  have  been 
the  dominant  Jactors  in  his  career  and  to  these  must  be  attributed  the  prosperity  he  now 
enjoys. 


CHARLES  H.  HOWE. 


In  the  summer  of  1915  Charles  H.  Howe  became  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California. 
Previous  to  this  time,  however,  he  had  been  actively  and  prominently  connected  with  mer- 
cantile interests  in  Arizona  and  he  was  in  Bisbee  from  July,  1913,  until  August  1,  1915,  and 
previously  he  had  conducted  a  large  and  well  appointed  jewelry  store  in  Douglas.  An 
initiative  spirit,  a  ready  recognition  of  opportunity  and  indefatigable  energy  have  so 
influenced  and  dominated  his  character  as  to  insure  him  success  and  render  him  a  forceful 
and  valued  factor  in  business  circles.  He  was  bom  in  Gilead,  Michigan,  May  1,  1859,  a  son 
of  Milo  M.  and  Mary  E.  (Huxford)  Howe,  natives  of  New  York.  They  later  moved  to 
Michigan  and  finally  to  Indiana,  the  father  following  agricultural  pursuits  in  both  states. 
He  died  in  1892  but  his  wife  survives  him,  making  her  home  in  Douglas  with  the  subject 
of  this  review.  In  their  family  were  four  children:  Eugene  P.,  who  is  a  contracting  painter 
with  a  carriage  factorj-  in  Michigan;  Mariette,  the  wife  of  Burnham  Neff,  a  contractor  in 
Phoenix,  Arizona;  Charles  H.,  of  this  review;  and  Emma  E.,  the  deceased  wife  of  J.  E.  Fish, 
of  Springfield,  Missouri. 

Charles  H.  Howe  remained  upon  his  father's  farm  until  the  age  of  twelve,  when  he 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Kansas  and  became  identified  with  the  jewelry  business.  After 
one  year  he  went  to  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  following  his  former  occupation,  and  he  has 
thus  practically  grown  up  in  this  business,  mastering  at  an  early  age  every  detail  connected 
with  it.  When  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  began  his  independent  career,  securing 
a  position  as  a  watchmaker,  and  he  remained  in  Albuquerque  until  1882,  when  he  moved  to 
Tucson,  working  at  the  jewelry  business  in  the  employ  of  others  for  seven  years.  When  he 
left  Arizona  he  went  to  Farraville,  Virginia,  where  he  conducted  a  jewelry  store  of  his  own 
and  where  his  marriage  occurred.  He  sj)ent  two  years  in  the  east  and  then  settled  again  in 
New  Mexico,  Iiaving  inherited  a  farm  from  his  father.  This  property  he  operated  and 
developed  for  seven  years,  becoming  well  known  in  agricultural  circles  as  a  successful  farmer 
and  stock  raiser.  When  he  again  turned  his  attention  to  business  pursuits  he  began  manu- 
facturing brick  in  Albuquerque  and  continued  at  this  for  two  years,  abandoning  it  at  the 


900  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

end  of  that  time  in  order  to  remove  to  Douglas,  wliere  in  December,  1902,  he  opened  a 
jewelry  store  in  partnership  with  H.  E.  Fox.  Later  J.  T.  Erickson  purchased  Mr.  Fox's 
interests  and  became  a  partner  of  Mr.  Howe  in  the  conduct  of  the  largest  jewelry  establish- 
ment in  the  city.  They  increased  their  stock,  adding  a  line  of  general  jewelry  and  diamonds 
and  a  good  patronage  was  accorded  them.  In  July,  1913,  however,  JMr.  Howe  disposed  of  his 
jewelry  store  in  Douglas  and  removed  to  Bisbee,  where  he  conducted  the  leading  store  in 
that  line  in  the  city  until  August  1,  1915,  when  he  went  to  Los  Angeles.  He  understands 
the  jewelry  business  in  principle  and  detail,  having  been  familiar  with  it  since  his  childhood, 
and  he  is,  moreover,  a  man  of  sound  and  reliable  business  judgment  and  enterprise. 

In  September,  1891,  Mr.  Howe  married  Miss  Marie  Virginia  Blanton,  a  native  of  Virginia 
and  a  daughter  of  Charles  W.  and  Marie  V.  (Peters)  Blanton,  both  of  whom  were  born  in 
that  state.  The  father  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  the  mother's  uncle  also  served  in 
that  conflict  iis  guide  to  General  Lee  on  his  march  to  Appomattox  Courthouse,  where  the 
surrender  occurred.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Blanton  have  passed  away.  In  tlieir  family 
were  four  children:  Cliarles  William,  of  Virginia;  Burton,  of  New  York;  Marie  Virginia, 
who  became  the  wife  of  the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Rosa,  of  Virginia.  Mrs.  Howe  passed 
away  July  28,  1892,  leaving  one  daughter,  Marie  Virginia,  who  is  associated  with  her  father 
in  the  jewelry  business. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Howe  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  which  he  is  past  trustee  and  treasurer.  He  was  one  of  the 
contributors  to  the  building  fimd  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  at  Douglas  and 
aided  in  the  organization  of  the  Douglas  Cliamber  of  Commerce.  He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  Business  Men's  Protective  Association,  his  public  spirit  taking  this  form  rather 
than  that  of  ofTice  seeking.  His  labors  in  these  and  similar  connections  have  been  practical 
and  far-reaching  and  in  evci-y  field  to  which  he  turns  his  activities  it  is  found  that  his  ideals 
and  labors  are  both  resultant.  He  has  sought  success  in  legitimate  lines  of  trade  and  by  tlie 
pursuit  of  persistent  purpose  has  gained  a  most  satisfactory  reward. 


FRITZ  CONTZEN. 


On  the  pages  of  pioneer  history  in  the  southwest  the  name  of  Fritz  Contzen  figures 
prominently.  He  came  to  Arizona  in  1855  with  the  United  States  boundary  commission 
that  established  the  boundary  line  between  the  United  States  and  Mexico.  He  was 
descended  from  a  family  that  for  generations  has  been  identified  witli  educational  affairs 
and  with  forestry  interests  in  Germany  and  that  has  furnished  to  the  fatherland  many 
able  and  scholarly  men.  His  birth  occurred  at  Stormbrucli  in  the  principality  of  Waldeck, 
Germany,  on  the  27th  of  February,  1831.  He  was  a  son  of  Philip  Contzen,  who  was  born 
March  23,  1803,  and  who  for  many  years  was  chief  forester  on  the  estate  of  the  prince 
of  Waldeck,  who  was  the  maternal  grandfather  of  Wilhelmina,  the  present  queen  of  Hol- 
land. He  had  a  younger  brother,  Hcinrich  Contzen.  who  became  a  professor  and  noted 
lecturer  on  economics  in  a  number  of  the  universities  of  Germany  and  Switzerland.  He 
established  many  newspapers  and  was  the  author  of  a  number  of  books,  principally  on 
national  economy. 

In  1848,  during  the  stormy  days  of  revolution  in  Germany,  Fritz  Contzen  accompanied 
his  brother,  Julius,  formerly  a  professor  of  forestry  in  one  of  the  German  universities, 
to  America.  Soon  after  reacliing  Galveston,  Texas,  he  joined  "Bigfoot"  Wallace  and  his 
company  of  rangers,  of  which  the  late  Pete  Brady,  also  one  of  Arizona's  earliest  pioneers, 
was  likewise  a  member,  and  with  that  command  he  took  an  active  part  in  subduing  the 
Comanche  Indians,  who  were  terrorizing  the  settlers  in  certain  sections  of  Texas.  In 
1855  he  and  his  brother  Julius,  who  had  come  to  Arizona  the  previous  year  with  a  cele- 
brated mining  engineer,  Von  Ehrenberg.  while  on  their  way  to  Hermosillo,  at  that  time 
the  only  ph^ce  where  supplies  could  be  obtained,  accomi.anied  by  two  I'apago  Imlians, 
were  attacked  by  a  band  of  thirty-five  Apaches,  who  a  dav  befoi'e  had  munh-red  twelve 
Mexican  soldiers  under  command  of  Captain  Aros  and  stolen  their  arms  and  ammuni- 
tion,  so   that   they   were   well   armed.     Although   they   lost   all   of  their   horses   and   pack 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  903 

animals,  the  two  brothers  succeeded  in  killing  twelve  Indians,  but  Mr.  Contzen  sus- 
tained a  wound  in  his  left  leg  which  left  him  a  cripple  for  many  years,  while  his  brother 
met  wounds  that  finally  resulted  in  his  death  two  j'ears  later  at  San  Xavier  Mission. 
The  two  Papagos  managed  to  escape  and  reported  at  Imuris  to  the  Mexican  settlers,  who 
organized  a  party  and  went  to  the  relief  of  Mr.  Contzen  and  his  brother,  conveying  them 
to  Imuris,  where  they  received  medical  attention,  remaining  at  that  point  until  they 
were  able  to  resume  their  journey. 

The  first  American  with  whom  Mr.  Contzen  became  acquainted  after  coming  to  Arizona 
was  old  Pete  Kitchen,  whom  he  met  at  the  Nogales  boundary  monument,  now  No.  122. 
Later  he  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Solomon  Warner,  who  was  living  at  Yuma,  and  he 
also  met  a  few  Germans  who  were  residing  at  Calabasas  and  Tubac,  these  few  settlers 
and  a  few  Spaniards  forming  the  white  population  of  Arizona  at  that  time.  On  the 
present  site  of  the  city  of  Tucson  was  located  a  presidio,  which  was  maintained  by  the 
Mexican  government  until  the  Gadsden  treaty.  All  the  money  in  circulation  in  this  sec- 
tion at  that  time  consisted  of  ten  silver  dollars,  Senora  Dona  Guadalupe  Saenz-Pacheeo 
being  the  banker  of  the  community  in  those  days.  Mr.  Contzen,  like  most  of  the  early 
pioneers,  devoted  his  energies  to  trading,  mining  and  ranching  and  also  served  as  a 
deputy  sheriff.  While  in  Tucson  he  held  the  government  mail  contracts  for  Prescott, 
Tubac  and  Sasabe  and  on  many  occasions  his  mail  carriers,  especially  those  who  traveled 
over  the  Prescott  route,  were  killed,  together  with  the  military  escort.  Mr.  Contzen  located 
the  San  Xavier  mine,  now  owned  by  the  Empire  Zinc  Company,  who  will  soon  operate  it 
on  a  large  scale.  He  also  located  the  Young  America,  which  is  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Silverbell,  near  the  property  of  the  Oxyde  Copper  Company,  and  all  of  these  are  in 
the  vicinity  of  Tucson.  He  likewise  owned  a  ranch  known  as  Punta  de  Agua,  which 
was  located  three  miles  south  of  the  San  Xavier  Mission,  and  there  in  October,  1S61,  he 
was  attacked  by  a  band  of  Apache  Indians  and  suffered  considerable  loss  of  property  and 
stock.  His  pioneer  life  was  one  of  intense  activity  and  recorded  many  unusual,  novel 
and  ofttiraea  dangerous  experiences,  the  story  of  which  he  later  told  in  a  most  interesting 
manner.  He  took  part  in  many  battles  with  the  Apaches,  one  of  the  most  noted  occur- 
ring in  the  early  '60s  at  the  mouth  of  Arlvaipa  canyon,  prior  to  the  establishment  of 
what  is  now  known  as  old  Fort  Grant,  about  ten  miles  below  Mammoth,  in  which  from  one 
hundred  and  fifty  to  two  hundred  Indians  were  killed,  while  the  white  forces  lost  but  one 
man.  The  party  consisted  of  about  twenty  Americans,  fifty  Mexicans  and  one  hundred 
Papago  Indians.  A  number  of  Indian  children  were  brought  back  by  the  party  to  Tucson 
and  were  reared  by  different  families.  A  few  of  these  are  still  to  be  found  in  and  around 
Tucson. 

On  the  9th  of  January,  1862,  at  the  San  Xavier  Mission,  Mr.  Contzen  was  married 
to  Miss  Margarita  Ferrer,  a  descendant  of  prominent  Spanish  pioneers  who  settled  on  the 
west  coast  of  Mexico  in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  In  September,  1873, 
she  went  with  her  husband  to  Germany  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  remained 
there  until  1880,  during  which  time  she  became  very  proficient  in  languages,  especially  in 
the  German  tongue.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Contzen  became  parents  of  two  sons,  one  of  whom 
died  in  infancy,  the  other  being  Philip  Contzen,  who  is  widely  known  in  Arizona  owing 
to  his  connection  with  public  land  surveys  and  who  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work. 
Mr.  Contzen  passed  away  on  the  2d  of  May,  1909,  after  a  residence  of  fifty-four  years 
'  in  Arizona.  He  became  widely  known  throughout  the  state  and  lived  to  see  Tucson  de- 
velop from  a  fort  into  one  of  the  leading  cities  of  the  southwest,  provided  with  all  the 
comforts  and  conveniences  known  to  modern  civilization.  The  days  of  chivalry  and  knight- 
hood in  Europe  cannot  furnish  more  interesting  or  romantic  tales  than  our  own  western 
history.  Into  the  wild  mountain  fastnesses  of  the  unexplored  west  went  brave  men, 
whose  courage  was  often  called  forth  in  encounters  with  hostile  savages.  The  land  was 
rich  in  all  natural  resources,  in  gold  and  silver,  in  agricultural  and  commercial  possibili- 
ties, and  awaited  the  demands  of  man  to  yield  up  its  treasures,  but  its  mountain  heights 
were  hard  to  climb,  its  forests  difficult  to  penetrate,  and  the  magnificent  trees,  the  dense 
bushes  or  jagged  rocks  often  sheltered  the  skulking  foe,  who  resented  the  encroachment 
of  the  pale  faces  upon  these  "hunting  grounds."  The  establishment  of  homes  in  this 
beautiful   region   therefore   meant   sacrifices,   hardships  and  ofttimea   death,  but  there  w^re 

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some  men,  however,  brave  enougli  to  meet  the  red  man  in  his  own  familiar  haunts  and 
undertake  the  task  of  reclaiming  the  district  for  purposes  of  civilization.  The  rich  mineral 
stores  of  this  vast  region  were  thus  added  to  the  wealth  of  the  nation;  its  magnificent 
forests  contributed  to  the  lumber  industries,  and  its  fertile  valleys  added  to  the  opportuni- 
ties of  the  farmer  and  stock-raiser,  and  today  the  southwest  is  one  of  the  most  productive 
sections  of  the  entire  country.  That  this  is  so  is  due  to  such  men  as  Fritz  Contzen,  whose 
name  is  inseparably  interwoven  with  the  early  history  of  the  region.  No  story  of  fiction  con- 
tains more  exciting  chapters  than  may  be  found  in  his  life  record,  but  lack  of  space  for- 
bids an  extended  account  of  these. 


ALFRED  JOHN  MUKRIETA,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Alfred  John  Murrieta,  one  of  the  most  able  and  successful  physicians  and  surgeons 
in  Jerome,  where  he  has  resided  since  1906,  is  a  native  of  California,  born  in  1876,  and  a 
son  of  Juan  and  Adele  (Golch)  Murrieta.  The  father  went  to  California  in  1850  and  turned 
his  attention  to  cattle  ranching  in  that  state,  developing  a  large  and  important  enterprise, 
which  he  still  conducts. 

Dr.  Murrieta  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  California  and  afterward  entered  St. 
Vincent's  College,  graduating  from  the  medical  department  in  1899.  He  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Salt  Lake  Railway  as  a  physician,  in  which  capacity  he 
remained  for  two  years  and  a  half,  and  then  came  to  Jerome,  where  he  has  since  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  possesses  a  comprehensive  and  exact  knowledge  of  the 
underlying  principles  of  medicine,  is  successful  in  their  application  and  is  imbued  at  all 
times  with  a  sense  of  the  conscientious  obligations  which  rest  upon  him  as  a  physician  and 
surgeon.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  medical  thought  through  his  member- 
ship in  the  American  Medical  Association  and  in  the  Arizona  State  and  the  Yavapai  County 
Medical  Societies  and  his  ability  is  widely  recognized  in  the  profession.  He  belongs  also  to 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Medical  Society,  having  joined  it  when  he  began  practice  in  that 
section. 

On  the  22d  of  April,  1911,  Dr.  Murrieta  married  Miss  Mabel  Gregory,  of  San  Francisco, 
and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  one  son,  Alfred  John,  Jr.  Dr.  Murrieta  is  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a  republican  in  his  political  beliefs.  His 
religious  views  are  in  accord  with  the  doctrines  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  while  his 
wife  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  In  his  professional  service  he  is  prompted 
by  a  laudable  ambition  to  gain  distinction  in  medicine,  and  he  is  always  actuated  by  humani- 
tarian principles  that  are  manifest  in  a  ready  and  helpful  sympathy. 


WttLIAM  F.  TIMMONS. 


The  bar  of  Arizona  has  just  reason  to  be  proud  of  such  men  as  William  F.  Timmons, 
now  living  in  Los  Angeles,  who  practiced  law   in  the  city  of  Yuma  for  some  years.     His- 
practice  was  extensive  and  he  was  connected  with  a  number  of  important  cases.     Not  only 
IS  he  able,  but  his  tnistwortliiness  was  well  recognized  and  his  large  clientele  cams,  to  him 
in  recognition  of  his  qualities  of  character  as  well  as  his  legal  ability. 

Mr.  Timmons  was  bom  in  Missouri  in  1869  and  there  he  attended  the  public  schools  and 
Oakland  College.  Making  his  way  to  the  Golden  state,  he  read  law  in  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  had  gone  with  his  parents  in  1888  when  about  nineteen  years  of  age.  In  1895  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  established  himself  independently  in  practice  in  Los  Angeles,  later 
removing  to  Portland.  Oregon.  In  December,  1899,  he  located  in  Yuma,  Arizona,  and  in 
course  of  years  became  one  of  its  foremost  citizens.  In  1900,  only  a  year  after  his  arrival, 
Mr.  Timmons  was  elected  district  attorney  and  elTiciently  served  for  two  terms,  taking  great 
care  of  the  interests  of  the  people.     He  is  logical,  shrewd  and  able,  and  his  oratorical  gifts 


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permit  him  to  express  his  views  forcefully.  He  therefore  is  effective  before  judge  and  jury 
and  he  has  won  a  number  of  difficult  cases.  He  has  the  quality  of  impressing  the  people 
with  his  convictions  and  he  has  therefore  been  successful  as  a  lawyer  as  well  as  in  politics. 

In  1905-6  Mr.  Timmons  served  in  the  Arizona  territorial  legislature  and  in  the  commit- 
tee rooms  as  well  as  from  the  floor  oi  the  house  ably  defended  the  interests  of  his  constituents, 
always  taking  part  in  those  deliberations  which  affect  the  whole  state,  and  being  able  in 
making  a  number  of  valuable  measures  laws  by  his  support.  Until  1912  he  practiced  in 
partnership  with  Judge  Baxter  and  this  combination  was  conducive  of  very  satisfactory 
results — results  satisfactory  to  their  clients  as  well  as  to  themselves.  In  1908  Mr.  Timmons 
was  again  elected  district  attorney  and  served  until  February,  1912,  his  reelection  giving 
evidence  of  his  high  standing  in  the  community  and  the  ready  recognition  of  his  policies,  as 
lawyer  and  official.  Later  he  was  a  partner  of  Mr.  Harris  at  Yuma,  the  jirm  being  widely 
and  favorably  known  as  that  of  Timmons  &  Harris. 

Mr.  Timmons  is  a  democrat  and  has  always  stanchly  supported  the  party,  which  is  now 
obtaining  such  excellent  results  in  improving  and  correcting  governmental  measures  that 
affect  the  prosperity  and  wellbeing  of  the  nation.  In  1904  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  national 
convention  and  has  campaigned  in  various  states  during  every  national  election  since  he 
attained  his  majority.  He  is  recognized  as  an  able,  forceful  and  eloquent  speaker,  one  who 
sways  his  audience  and  by  the  powers  of  persuasion  is  able  to  make  them  see  things  from 
his  point  of  view.  He  is  honest  in  his  beliefs  politically  as  well  as  privately,  and  it  is 
straightforward  talk  that  makes  friends  and  votes. 

On  .January  7,  1897,  Mr.  Timmons  was  married  to  Miss  Lulu  E.  Breedlove,  of  San  Diego, 
California,  and  they  have  two  children.  Mr.  Timmons  is  a  Mason,  being  a  past  master  of 
Yuma  Lodge,  No.  17,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Socially  he  is  a  favorite  and  professionally  he  stands 
high  in  the  estimation  of  his  confreres.  He  is  a  successful  man,  a  trustworthy  lawyer  and 
a  patriotic  American  citizen. 


BABBITT  BROTHERS 


No  history  of  Arizona's  substantial  development,  continued  growth  and  present  pros- 
perity would  be  complete  without  extended  reference  to  the  firm  of  Babbitt  Brothers,  of 
Flagstaff.  This  firm  controls  one  of  the  most  important  mercantile  enterprises  in  the  city 
and  its  business  activity  extends  to  various  other  lines  demanding  keen  discernment,  sound 
judgment  and  unflagging  industry.  The  firm  is  composed  of  five  brothers:  David,  George, 
William,  Qiarles  J.  and  P^dward  J.  In  early  life  David  and  William  were  proprietors  of  a 
grocery  store  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  whence  they  removed  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Flagstaff  in 
1886.  They  invested  practically  all  their  capital  in  one  thousand  head  of  cattle  and  David 
Babbitt  also  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  from  John  Clark  in  what  was 
known  as  Clark  valley.  The  cattle  business  at  that  time,  however,  was  proving  an  unprofitable 
venture  because  of  the  low  price  being  paid  for  stock  and  it  was  this  condition  that  led  the 
Babbitt  brothers  to  become  connected  with  mercantile  interests.  Accordingly,  David  Babbitt 
opened  a  small  hardware  store,  which  with  the  passing  years,  owing  to  the  capable  direction 
of  the  proprietors,  has  developed  into  an  extensive  department  store,  employing  a  large 
force  of  sales  people,  and  having  branches  at  Holbrook,  Winslow,  Williams  and  Ash  Fork, 
beside  three  trading  posts  on  the  Indian  reservation  at  Red  Lake,  Willow  Springs  and  Tuba 
City.  David  Babbitt  remains  at  the  head  of  this  imdertaking,  which,  however,  is  conducted 
as  a  partnership  enterprise.  Their  original  store  was  the  property  of  Robert  Cameron,  of 
whom  i%  was  purchased  by  David  Babbitt,  but  the  little  establishment  bears  no  resemblance 
to  their  present  enterprise,  which  now  occupies  the  whole  block. 

When  the  time  became  propitious  the  brothers  also  embarked  in  the  cattle  and  sheep 
business  and  in  the  passing  years  have  become  prominent  along  that  line,  in  which  they  are 
also  leaders.  The  five  brothers  have  always  harmoniously  cooperated  in  the  management 
and  control  of  their  business  interests  and  this  understanding  between  them  has  been  a  large 
factor  in  their  success.  William  Babbitt  now  looks  after  the  cattle  on  the  range,  while 
Charles  J.  has  supervision  of  the  sale  and  the  purchase  of  cattle  and  sheep  and  of  the  land. 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 


George,  though  financially  interested,  is  not  active  in  the  firm  but  deals  in  sheep  in  company 
with  his  two  brothers-in-law,  the  Verkamp  brothers.  Edward  J.  Babbitt,  the  youngest  of 
the  five,  is  a  lawyer  by  profession,  now  practicing  in  Cincinnati. 

The  little  hardware  store  which  had  been  purchased  of  Mr.  Cameron  became  the  nucleus 
of  a  growing  business.  After  about  a  year  David  Babbitt  purchased  a  general  mercantile 
store  from  John  Lind  and  R.  Emerson  and  the  two  stores  were  consolidated.  As  the  business 
grew  the  other  brothers  were  admitted  to  a  partnership  and  different  departments  were 
organized  as  the  trade  warranted,  until  today  their  mercantile  institution  covers  practically 
everytliing  needed  by  any  family.  Not  only  do  they  carry  a  full  line  of  general  merchandise 
but  they  also  have  their  own  ice  plant,  meat  plant  and  a  small  packing  plant  in  connection 
with  their  raeati  department,  while  at  the  present  time  they  are  erecting  a  new  five-story 
cement  garage  for  liandling  their  automobile  trade.  They  are  agents  for  the  Ford,  Dodge, 
Cadillac  and  Hupmobile  cars  and  they  are  installing  a  large  repair  department  in  connection 
with  their  auto  trade.  Their  store  is  well  worth  a  visit  from  every  tourist  to  the  southwest. 
Their  collection  of  Indian  curios  and  Navajo  blankets  is  as  large  aSi  can  be  found  in  the 
country.  Maintaining  three  or  four  trading  posts  on  Indian  reservations,  they  are  thus 
enabled  to  conduct  a  wholesale  business  in  Indian  goods  and  there  is  no  article  of  Indian 
manufacture  which  cannot  be  found  in  their  establishment.  One  of  the  elements  of  their 
success  is  found  in  the  ability  of  David  Babbitt  to  select  capable  help. 

Probably  the  largest  part  of  their  enormous  business,  however,  is  represented  by  their 
cattle  and  sheep  interests  which  cover  all  of  northern  Arizona  and  run  into  very  large  amounts 
of  money.  This  is  handled  through  the  aid  of  many  employes  all  over  the  state  who  look 
after  the  buying,  selling  and  shearing  of  sheep,  while  the  marketing  of  the  products  is  parried 
on  through  the  headquarters  at  Flagstaff.  The  brothers  are  also  extensive  real  estate  owners, 
not  only  in  Flagstaff  but  all  over  the  country.  In  the  city  where  they  reside  they  own  the 
Commercial  Hotel,  which  is  leased,  also  the  Opera  House,  and  they  hold  title  to  many  resi- 
dences in  Flagstaff  and  elsewhere.  They  have  always  taken  a  deep  and  helpful  interest  in 
public  affairs  and  while  Edward  Babbitt  was  residing  in  Arizona  he  served  in  the  territorial 
legislature  and  as  probate  judge  of  Coconino  county.  George  Babbitt  was  the  first  county 
treasurer  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  always  taking 
an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  the  proper  administration  of  the  county  government.  All 
of  the  brothers  give  their  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  They  stand  among  the  fore- 
most representatives  of  business  activity  in  Arizona,  carrying  forward  to  successful  com- 
pletion wliatever  they  undertake.  Their  plans  arc  well  defined,  their  judgment  is  sound, 
their  industry  unfaltering  and  their  labors  have  been  of  a  character  which  have  contributed 
not  only  to  individual  success  but  have  greatly  promoted  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the 
state. 


THOMAS  FREW  WILSON. 


To  but  few  men  has  been  granted  the  privilege  of  actively  engaging  in  public  service 
for  more  than  half  a  century,  and  this  fact  makes  all  the  more  interesting  the  history  of 
Thomas  Frew  Wilson,  who  despite  the  fact  that  he  has  outlived  the  Psalmist's  allotted 
span  is  still  identified  with  the  professional  interests  of  Tucson,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law.  He  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Mcadville,  Crawford  county.  Pennsyl- 
vania, on  the  2d  of  October,  1834,  and  is  a  son  of  Job  and  Eliza  (Frew)  Wilson.  The 
father,  who  was  a  minister,  was  of  Scotch  extraction,  while  the  mother,  who  was  born  and 
reared  at  Meadville,  was  of  American  lineage.  ^ 

Left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  about  ten  years,  Thomas  Frew  Wilson  was  reared  in 
the  home  of  his  maternal  grandparents  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania.  He  pursued  his  academic 
course  in  the  schools  of  that  city  and  later  matriculated  in  Allegheny  College,  from  which 
institution  he  was  graduated  in  1854  with  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  Having  decided 
to  engage  in  the  practice  of  law  he  subsequently  began  his  legal  studies  in  Pittsburgh,  being 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Pennsylvania  in  1857.  He  engaged  in  practice  in  that  city  until 
1861,  when  he  responded  to  the  nation's  call   for  troops,  being  one  of  the  first  to  enlist. 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  909 

He  joined  the  union  forces  in  West  Virginia,  and  was  aide  on  Governor  Pierpoint's  staff 
with  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel  until  February,  1862,  when  he  was  compelled  to  resign 
owing  to  the  condition  of  his  health.  The  same  year  President  Lincoln  gave  him  the 
appointment  of  consul  to  Bahia,  Brazil,  at  which  port  he  was  stationed  until  October  7, 
1864.  Four  days  prior  to  that,  on  October  3,  the  United  States  man-of-war,  VVachutta,  came 
into  the  port  of  Bahia  in  pursuit  of  the  Confederate  privateer,  Florida.  On  the  5th  «f 
October  the  Florida  entered  port,  and  immediately  following  her  arrival  Consul  Wilson 
went  on  board  the  Wachutta  and  urged  her  commander.  Captain  Collins,  to  capture  the 
Confederate  boat  on  the  grounds  that  she  was  a  pirate  and  was  interfering  with  the  United 
States'  commerce  in  Brazilian  waters.  He  also  urged  the  governor  of  the  province  of 
Bahia  to  take  possession  of  the  Florida,  but  the  latter  refused  to  comply  with  his  request. 
Upon  the  failure  of  his  efforts  in  this  direction.  Consul  Wilson  again  entreated  the  com- 
mander of  the  Wachutta  to  immediately  take  action.  Captain  Collins  and  his  staff,  togetlicr 
with  Consul  Wilson,  lield  a  council  and  planned  tlieir  attack  on  the  night  of  the  6tli  and 
the  following  morning  carried  their  plans  into  execution.  The  Florida  was  boarded,  lier 
crew  taken  prisoners  and  the  boat  towed  out  into  the  bay.  The  Brazilian  forts  opened 
fire  on  them,  while  an  eighteen  gun  Brazilian  frigate  and  a  six  gun  steamer  pursued  them 
out  into  the  open  sea,  but  the  Wacliutta  sustained  no  serious  damages.  Mr.  Wilson 
returned  to  the  United  States  with  Captain  Collins  and  the  Confederate  prisoners,  who 
outnumbered  the  crew  of  Wachutta,  whicli  towed  back  to  the  American  port  the 
prize  ship,  Florida.  Later  Mr.  Wilson  was  appointed  consul  at  Honolulu,  where  he  served 
for  three  years,  following  which  he  was  vice  consul  general  at  Montreal,  Canada.  In  1870, 
President  Grant  made  him  consul  at  the  port  of  Matamoros,  his  territory  covering  tlie 
five  northern  states  of  Mexico,  bordering  on  the  Bio  Grande  river.  He  remained  there  for 
eight  years  and  was  then  sent  to  Cardenas,  Cuba,  at  which  port  he  was  stationed  for  three 
years,  being  located  there  during  the  famous  ten  years'  war.  Mr.  Wilson  was  in  the 
consular  service  for  twenty  years,  during  which  time  the  government  twice  intrusted  )iim 
with  missions  to  European  countries.  He  resigned  in  1883  and  bought  the  Harrisburg 
(Pa.)   Daily  Telegraph,  which  he  edited  for  about  two  years. 

In  1884  Mr.  Wilson  sold  his  paper  and  in  December  of  that  year  he  came  to  Tucson, 
Avhich  has  since  been  liis  home.  Of  recent  years  he  has  given  his  entire  attention  to  his 
law  practice,  but  during  the  early  period  of  his  residence  here  lie  was  largely  identified 
with  public  life,  his  most  notable  service  being  as  United  States  attorney,  to  which  oflice 
he  was  appointed  by  President  Harrison  in  1890,  serving  for  four  years.  He  has  always 
taken  an  active  interest  in  the  development  of  Arizona,  and  was  one  of  the  promoters  of 
the  Florence  canal,  running  from  Florence  to  Casa  Grande,  and  he  served  as  attorney  for 
the  company.  At  that  time  he  located  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  government 
land,  on  which  he  proved  up,  and  which  he  still  owns.  He  first  planted  it  to  wheat  and 
alfalfa  but  later  put  the  entire  tract  in  alfalfa,  continuing  to  cultivate  it  until  the  water 
supply  was  exhausted.  He  was  also  one  of  the  five  founders  of  the  town  of  Arizonia, 
Arizona,   and   organized   the    first   building  and   loan   association   in   Tucson. 

Mr.  Wilson  married  Miss  Marian  G.  Calvert,  a  native  of  Maryland,  and  to  tliem  was 
bom  one  son,  Calvert  Wilson,  formerly  assistant  United  States  attorney  of  Arizona  and 
district  attorney  of  Yuma  but  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia. 

Mr.  Wilson  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  having  joined  this  order  in  1855. 
The  same  year  he  was  initiated  into  the  Alpha  chapter  of  the  Plii  Kajipa  Psi  fraternity,  at 
Jefferson  College,  Pennsylvania,  and  is  now  the  oldest  living  member  of  this  association. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Society  of  Arizona.  Politically  he  formerly  su])- 
ported  the  republican  ticket,  hut  he  now  accords  his  allegiance  to  tlie  prohibition  party.  He 
served  as  city  attorney  of  Tucson  and  for  three  years  was  president  of  tlie  school  board. 
In  1904  he  was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature,  where  he  served  for  one  term,  and  in 
1906  Governor  Kibbey  appointed  him  to  the  territorial  board  of  equalization.  In  1888 
Tie  ran  for  congress  on  the  republican  ticket  but  was  defeated  by  Marcus  A.  Smith,  the 
present  senator  from  this  state.  At  the  national  election  of  1912  he  was  presidential 
elector  on  the  prohibition  ticket  and  outran  his  ticket.  Mr.  Wilson  began  his  political 
career  in  Pennsylvania,  while  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Pittsburgh,  becoming  a 
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member  of  the  city  council  on  January  1,  1860,  and  continuing  to  serve  with  that  body 
until  he  joined  the  Union  army.  The  general  tenor  of  his  life  has  been  varied  by  many 
interesting  and  unusual  experiences,  especially  during  the  years  of  his  consular  service, 
at  which  time  he  met  a  large  number  of  men  who  figured  prominently  in  the  history  of 
the  country  a  generation  ago.  Mr.  Wilson  is  one  of  the  honored  pioneers  of  Tucson,  his 
strongly  marked  traits  of  character  and  public  service  as  well  as  his  active  interest  in 
municipal  affairs  having  placed  him  in  the  ranks  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  the  community. 


HENRI  APJOHN,  51.  D. 


Dr.  Henri  ApJohn,  whose  ability  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  is  evidenced  b)'  the 
successful  results  which  have  attended  his  labors  and  the  liberal  patronage  which  has  been 
accorded  him,  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  oldest  practicing  physician  in  Yuma,  where 
he  located  in  1900.  He  was  born  in  Montreal,  Quebec,  August  17,  1866,  and  acquired  his 
preliminary  education  in  that  city.  He  afterward  studied  medicine  and  gained  some  hospital 
experience  in  New  York  City  before  going  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where  he  entered  the  Wil- 
lamette Medical  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  April  4, 
1892.  He  was  afterward  connected  for  some  time  with  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital  there 
and  then  engaged  for  a  few  years  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  San  Diego  county,  California. 

Dr.  ApJohn  came  to  Yuma  in  1900  and  here  he  has  since  built  up  a  large  practice.  He 
has  thoroughly  identified  himself  with  professional  interests  of  the  city  and  served  as  the 
first  health  officer  of  Yuma  and  also  as  physician  for  the  Indian  school  and  physician  in  the 
United  States  reclamation  service.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association  and 
the  Arizona  State  Medical  Society  and  is  widely  and  favorably  known  among  the  most  suc- 
cessful members  of  the  medical  fraternity  in  his  section. 

Dr.  ApJohn  married  Miss  Dollie  Clarke,  a  native  of  Oregon,  and  they  have  one  daughter, 
Felice.  The  Doctor  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  local  lodge  of  the  Fraternal  Order  of 
Eagles  and  is  its  physician,  and  is  besides  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Loyal 
Order  of  Moose  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  prominent  botli  in  pro- 
fessional and  social  life  and  has  many  friends  in  Yuma,  where  he  is  known  as  a  progressive 
citizen  and  a  successful  physician,  whose  position  in  tlie  community  is  enviable,  as  the  expres- 
sion of  public  opinion  regarding  him  is  altogether  favorable. 


JAMES  HARPER. 


There  is  hardly  a  phase  in  tlie  development  of  Arizona  from  a  frontier  territory  into  a 
prosperous  and  growing  state  that  is  not  familiar  to  James  Harper,  who  has  resided  here 
since  1880  and  has  been  actively  identified  with  many,  representative  industries,  mining, 
prospecting  and  cattle  raising  in  diflerent  sections.  He  came  as  a  pioneer  to  Pearce  before 
the  town  site  was  surveyed  and  is  now  successfully  engaged  in  buying,  selling  and  raising 
cattle  and  in  general  farming.  He  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  born  in  1854,  and  he  came  to 
America  with  his  three  brothers  and  his  sister,  joining  his  fatlier,  who  had  come  to  Penn- 
sylvania some  time  before.  He  was  a  miner  by  occupation  and  followed  that  work  .until  li\? 
death.     The  mother  has  also  passed  away. 

James  Harper  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and  remained 
in  that  state  until  1880,  when  he  came  as  a  pioneer  to  Arizona,  working  at  various  occupa- 
tions for  some  time  and  finally  becoming  connected  with  mining.  He  went  first  to  Tombstone 
and  then  to  the  Chi-ri-cahui  mountains,  mining  and  prospecting.  After  six  months  there  he 
prospected  through  the  entire  mining  district  of  Arizona,  becoming  familiar  with  frontier 
lite  in  all  of  its  phases  but  meeting  with  indifferent  success.  He  came  to  Pearce  in  1898,  before 
the  first  house  had  been  built  upon  the  town  site,  and  here  established  himself  in  the  cattle 
ousmess,  with  which  he  has  since  been  prominently  connected.  He  owns  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  and  upon  it  is  raising  high  grade  cattle,  which  he  sells  in  the  local  mar- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  911 

kets,  wliere  they  command  a  high  price  and  a  ready  sale.  Mr.  Harpef  also  buys  and  sells 
cattle  on  an  extensive  scale  and  is  known  as  one  of  the  most  successful  dealers  in  his  part 
of  Arizona,  his  prosperity  being  the  result  of  his  long  familiarity  and  practical  experience. 
He  was  among  the  first  residents  of  Pearce  and  for  a  long  time  his  ranch  supplied  the  town 
with  tlie  necessaiy  water.  During  the  passing  years  he  has  watched  the  work  of  develop- 
ment and  gi-owth  as  it  has  been  steadily  carried  forward  and  has  been  one  of  the  greatest 
individual  forces  in  it,  making  his  name  a  synonym  for  all  that  is  loyal  in  citizenship  and 
upright  in  business  relations. 

Mr.  Harper  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  neither  seeks  nor 
desires  public  oflice.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  and  he  has  extensive  property  interests  throughout  the  southwest,  holding  val- 
uable tracts  in  El  Paso  and  Douglas.  He  may  truly  be  called  the  architect  of  his  own  for- 
tune, for  he  came  to  Arizona  with  practically  no  assets  beyond  his  pack  and  saddle  horse  and 
has  steadily  worked  his  way  upward,  attaining  prosperity,  wealtli  and  prominence  and  a 
respected  and  an  honored  name. 


EDWARD  A.  SHAW. 


Edward  A.  Shaw,  secretary  of  tiie  Arizona  Stores  Company  and  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and  able  business  men  of  Kingman,  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1875,  a  son  of  James  S.  and 
Abbie  Shaw,  who  removed  to  Colorado  in  1880.  They  settled  in  Denver  and  there  the  father 
identified  himself  with  the  furniture  business,  acting  in  a  capable  and  efficient  way  as  vice 
president  of  the  Cooper-Powell  Furniture  Company.  He  lias  now  retired  from  active  business 
life  and  makes  his  home  in  Los  Angeles. 

After  acquiring  a  public  school  education  Edward  A.  Shaw  turned  his  attention  to  book- 
keeping and  mining,  following  those  occupations  in  Colorado  and  Arizona  until  the  Arizona 
Stores  Company  was  organized,  when  he  became  identified  with  that  concern  as  secretary, 
an  office  which  he  still  creditably  fills.  It  has  called  forth  his  excellent  organizing  and  execu- 
tive ability,  his  keen  business  sagacity  and  resourcefulness,  and  a  gi'eat  deal  of  the  credit 
for  the  rapid  and  steady  growth  of  the  enterprise  is  due  to  him.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  I^oyal  Order  of  Moose.  Politically  he  affiliates 
with  the  democratic  party  and  was  for  five  years  postmaster  of  Goldroad.  His  life  has  been 
one  of  continuous  activity,  well  directed  industry  and  enterprise,  and  today  lie  holds  a  high 
and  well  deserved  place  in  mercantile  circles  of  Kingman. 


THORWAED  LARSON. 


Thorwald  Larson  has  since  1903  been  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  law  in  Holbrook 
and  the  thirteen  years  that  have  passed  have  chronicled  his  steady  progress  in  his  profession, 
with  increasing  ability  to  handle  intricate  and  important  litigated  interests.  He  was  born 
in  Utah  in  1871  and  is  a  son  of  George  and  Hannah  (Thompson)  Larson,  who  went  to  that 
state  in  1863  and  lived  there  for  many  years.  The  father  has  now  retired  from  active  life 
and  makes  his  home  in  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

Thorwald  Larson  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state 
and  was  afterward  a  student  in  Salt  Lake  Seminary  and  the  L'niversity  of  Utah.  When  he 
began  his  independent  career  he  entered  the  railway  mail  .service  in  1889  and  followed  that 
occupation  for  ten  years.  During  that  time  lie  steadily  read  law  and  was  eventually  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Utah,  practicing  tliereafter  in  that  state  until  1903,  when  he  came  to  Arizona. 
He  spent  one  year  in  Yuma  and  in  April  of  the  following  year  came  to  Holbrook  and  has 
since  remained  an  active  member  of  the  profession  in  this  city.  He  prepares  his  cases  with 
thoroughness  and  care  and  is  seldom,  if  ever,  at  fault  in  the  application  of  a  legal  principle. 
His  mind  is  naturally  analytical  and  incisive  and  in  his  reasoning  he  clearly  presents  the 
relation  between  cause  and  efl"ect,  his  deductions  being  entirely  logical.     In  addition  to  his 


912  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

professional!  work  he  is  also  agent  for  the  United  States  government  in  the  quartermaster's 
department,  taking  full  charge  of  shipping  supplies  to  Fort  Apache. 

Dr.  Larson  was  married  in  1897  to  Miss  Mary  Evarts,  of  Salisbury,  Vermont,  and  both 
are  well  known  in  social  circles  of  Holbrook.  Mr.  Larson  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
democratic  party  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  energies 
upon  his  professional  duties.  His  devotion  to  his  clients'  interests  is  proverbial  and  he  has 
established  himself  in  a  successful  and  growing  practice  in  Holbrook. 


REV.  CONSTANT  MAUDIN. 


Rev.  Constant  Maudin  was  pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Sacred  Heart  in  Prescott  for 
some  years  but  is  now  at  the  head  of  the  church  at  Bisbee.  He  is  a  native  of  France  and 
acquired  his  education  in  that  country,  completing  it  in  the  Seminary  of  Lausanne.  He  came 
to  America  in  November,  1903,  and  at  San  Antonio,  Texas,  in  the  following  year  was  ordained 
to  the  priestliood  of  the  Roman  Catliolie  church.  When  Father  Maudin  left  Texas  he  removed 
to  Tucson,  Arizona,  and  after  five  months  was  transferred  to  Prescott  in  1908  and  made 
assistant  pastor  of  the  Cluircli  of  the  Sacred  Heart.  Following  the  latter's  resignation  Father 
Maudin  was  appointed  pastor  of  the  churcli  and  held  that  position  until  his  removal  to  Bisbee. 
He  is  thoroughly  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  people  and  he  liolds  their  love  in  large 
measure  as  he  Isolds  the  respect  and  confidence  of  people  of  all  denominations.  He  is  a  man 
of  scholarly  attainments,  high  ideals  and  humbleness  of  spirit,  qualities  upon  which  he  lias 
founded  his  success  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  important  work  under  his  charge. 


JUDGE  \\1LLL\M  A.  O'CONNOR. 

■Judge  William  A.  O'Connor,  a  prominent  and  able  lawyer  of  Nogales,  formerly  (]is- 
trict  attorney,  is  now  judge  of  the  superior  court  of  Santa  Cruz  county,  to  which  position 
he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hunt  on  the  20th  of  October,  1913,  and  has  "since  con- 
tinued, by  reelection,  in  the  office.  He  w^as  born  in  San  Mateo  county.  California,  and 
is  a  son  of  .James  and  Ellen  (Heffron)  O'Connor.  The  father  went  to  California  by  way 
of  the  Horn  in  the  clipper  ship  Flying  Cloud,  settling  there  in  18.53.  He  afterward  spent 
ten  years  in  the  mines  and  lumber  camps  but  passed  the  latter  portion  of  his  life  in 
Napa  county,  where  liis  death  occurred  in  1900.  His  wife  had  made  the  trip  to  the  west 
l)y  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  in  1858  and  settled  in  San  Francisco.  Her  death 
occurred  in  Napa,  California,  in  1896  and  her  remains  were  there  interred. 

Judge  O'Connor  was  reared  in  Jiis  native  state  and  pursued  his  education  in  the 
Oak  Mound  school,  a  private  school  for  boys  and  young  men,  and  in  the  Napa  Collegiate 
Institute,  both  of  which  schools  are  located  in  Napa,  California.  Having  made  prepara- 
tion for  the  bar,  lie  was  admitted  to  practice,  upon  examination,  before  the  supremo 
court  of  San  Francisco,  December  24,  1895,  but  did  not  immediately  enter  upon  an  active 
professional  career,  turning  his  attention  to  teaching  school.  He  was  thus  identified  with 
the  schools  of  Modera,  Napa  and  Sacramento  counties,  California,  and  continue<l  in  the 
profession  of  teaching  after  his  removal  to  Santa  Cruz  county,  Arizona,  in  1899.  continu- 
ing as  a  teacher  in  Nogales  until  elected  i)robate  judge  in  1900.  He  filled  tluit  position 
most  acceptably  for  six  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  was  elected  district  attorney, 
occupying  that  position  from  1906  until  the  14th  <if  February.  1912.  During  this  period 
he  accomplished  able,  far-reaching  and  beneficial  work,  proving  a  lawyer  of  ability  and 
a  conscientious  public  ofiicial.  He  retired  from  that  position  ujion  tlie  admission  of 
Arizona  into  the  Union.  At  that  time  he  resumed  hi*  private  practice,  w.hich  was  extensive 
and  of  an  important  diaracter.  He  largely  confined  his  attention  to  corporation  law, 
in  which  branch  of  the  profession  he  is  particularly  well  versed,  and  as  such  he  reijresented 
the  Nogales  Building  &  Loan  Association,  the  International  Gas  Company,  the  (iuaymas 
Water  Company,  the  Ceno  dc  Plata  Mining  Company  and  others,  and  also  filled  the  ofBce 


WILLIAM  A.  O'CONNOR 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  915 

of  city  attorney  of  Nogales.  On  the  20th  of  October,  1913,  lie  was  appointed  superior 
judge  of  Santa  Cruz  county  by  Governor  Hunt  and  was  elected  for  a  term  of  four  years 
at  the  general  election  in  1914,  so  that  he  is  now  serving  upon  the  bench  and  by  a  pccwliar 
coincidence,  when  appointed,  he  joined  his  brother,  James  E.  O'Connor,  on  the  superior 
bench  of  the  state  of  Arizona. 

At  Nogales,  on  the  21st  of  April,  1901,  Mr.  O'Connor  was  married  to  Miss  I'Jmma 
Walker,  a  native  of  Monterey  county,  California,  and  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  0. 
Walker,  who  is  now  a  resident  of  Nogales,  but  wlio  crossed  the  plains  of  California  in 
1850  and  spent  many  years  in  that  state.  His  wife  was  also  a  pioneer,  having  crossed 
the  plains  about  tlie  same  time.  She  now  lies  buried  in  (iuadalupe,  California,  where 
she  passed  away  in  1893.  Mrs.  O'Connor  came  to  tlie  Santa  Cruz  valley  in  1895  to  join  her 
two  brothers,  W.  H.  and  Harvey  S.  Walker,  who  are  now  ])roniinent  ranchers  of  Calabasas. 

Judge  O'Connor  is  connected  fraternally  with  Tucson  Lodge,  No.  385,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and 
is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 


A.  J.  McKELVEY. 


A.  J.  McKelvey,  a  well  known  resident  of  Tucson,  was  born  in  Iowa  on  the  4tli  of 
August,  1882,  and  is  a  son  of  N.  W.  and  Mary  (McFeaters)  McKelvey,  who  removed  to 
Canton,  Ohio,  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was  only  five  years  of  age.  The  father 
was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  was  a  man  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who 
knew  him.  A.  J.  McKelvey  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  Buckeye 
state  and  after  laying  aside  his  textbooks  was  connected  with  tlie  mercantile  business 
in  Ohio  until  1901,  when  he  came  to  Arizona.  He  first  located  in  Tucson,  where  he  held 
the  position  of  assistant  casliier  with  the  Southern  Arizona  Bank  &  Trust  Company  for 
several  years  and  in  November,  1911,  resigned  to  become  cashier  of  the  Citizens  Bank  of 
Kingman,  which  opened  for  business  in  February,  1912.  On  account  of  ill  health  he 
resigned  that  position  in  June,  1914,  and  for  a  year  and  a  half  did  not  actively  engage  in 
any  occupation.  In  August,  1915,  however,  he  returned  to  Tucson  and  has  since  been 
connected  with  the  Southern  Arizona  Bank  &  Tr\ist  Company. 

On  the  2d  of  June,  1909,  Mr.  McKelvey  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eleanor 
Woertz,  of  I.K)uisville,  Kentucky.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Tucson  Lodge.  No.  9, 
K.  P.,  and  he  gives  his  political  support  to  the  progressive  party.  He  is  still  a  young 
man  but  has  already  attained  a  gratifying  degree  of  success  and  will  undoubtedly  continue 
to  make  rapid  and   substantial   progress   in  his  chosen  field. 


HENRY  J.  DOWDLE. 


Among  the  men  of  Klondyke,  Arizona,  whose  activities  have  materially  contributed  to 
the  general  growth  and  public  welfare  is  Henry  J.  Dowdle.  He  was  born  in  California  in 
I860  and  is  a  son  of  David  T.  and  Ora  (Miveder)  Dowdle,  the  former  a  native  of  North 
Carolina  and  the  latter  of  Arkansas.  The  father  crossed  tlie  plains  to  California  in  1852, 
iit  the  time  of  the  gold  excitement,  but  later  went  to  Texas,  driving  a  herd  of  cattle  to  a 
mining  camp  in  that  state.  He  was  there  identified  with  stock  raising  interests  until  1878, 
when  he  came  to  Arizona  and  settled  in  Tucson,  going  from  there  to  the  Gila  valley  in 
1884.  '  He  made  his  home  there,  engaged  in  the  stock  raising  business,  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1899.  His  wife  survives  him  and  now  makes  her  home  in  Hollywood,  California. 
In  their  family  were  seven  children:  Sarah,  the  wife  of  James  N.  Vaughan,  of  California; 
Jane,  who  married  R.  Roberts,  also  of  California;  Henry  J.,  of  this  review;  Mary  E.,  wli« 
married  F.  L.  Proctor,  of  California;  John  D..  of  Douglas,  Arizona;  and  William  E.  and 
^Minnie,  both  of  whom  have  passed  awaj'. 

Henry  J.  Dowdle  was  reared  in  his  parents'  home  in  California,  acquiring  his  educa- 
tion  in   the   public   schools.      At   the   age   of   fifteen   years   he   came   to   Arizona   and   engaged 


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ill  the  cattle  business  in  Tucson,  conducting  a  large  enterprise  in  partnership  with  his 
brother  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1884  tliey  sold  their  interests  in  that  section  and 
drove  their  cattle  into  the  Gila  valley,  where  they  took  up  land  and  also  bought  several 
farms,  accumulating  in  all  about  six  hundred  acres  of  land.  This  they  irrigated  and 
operated  it  as  a  large  stock  ranch  for  some  time,  Henry  J.  Dowdle  eventually  selling  his 
interests.  After  a  short  period  spent  in  various  parts  of  Arizona  he  returned  to  Saiford 
and  in  connection  with  his  three  sons  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  there,  his  excellent 
ability,  untiring  energy,  and  \inbending  integrity  bringing  him  a  gratifying  measure  of 
success.  After  having  seemed  a  comfortable  competence  and  built  up  a  large  and  ])ros- 
perous  business,  he  retired,  handing  over  the  enterprise  to  his  sons,  who  have  since  con- 
ducted it  in  an  able  and  satisfactory  way,  Mr.  Dowdle  helped  in  the  organization  of 
the  Bank  of  Saiford  and  is  at  present  one  of  the  largest  stockholders.  A  man  of  varied 
interests  and  with  the  ability  to  make  them  effective,  he  has  identified  himself  with  va- 
rious financial  and  business  enterprises  in  his  part  of  the  state  and  with  other  move- 
ments of  a  more  public  character,  giving  his  support  to  many  of  the  greatest  irrigation 
projects  in  that  section. 

In  1885  Mr.  Dowdle  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lydia  Freeman,  a  native  of  Utah 
and  a  daughter  of  C.  K.  and  Lydia  (West)  Freeman.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Missouri, 
a  pioneer  in  Ctali  and  also  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  the  Gila  valley,  where  he  took  np 
his  abode  in  1882,  He  and  his  wife  have  both  passed  away,  Mr,  and  Mrs,  Dowdle  are 
the  parents  of  six  children:  Henry  E,,  who  owns  an  interest  in  his  father's  stock  ranch, 
of  which  he  acts  as  manager:  May,  who  married  Jesse  M.  Foster,  manager  of  a  mercantile 
establishment  in  Mexico,  by  whom  she  has  one  child,  Pauline;  Fred,  who  is  also  residing  on 
liis  father's  ranch,  in  which  he  is  part  owner,  and  who  is  married  and  has  two  children, 
Henry  and  Ellen;  Frank,  who  also  has  an  interest  in  the  ranch  and  resides  upon  .the 
jiroperty;  Clarence,  who  is  attending  the  University  of  Arizona  in  Tucson;  and  Madge, 
at  home, 

Mr,  Dowdle  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order  and  stands  high  in  the  councils  of  that 
organization.  He  has  taken  the  thirty  second  degree  in  the  Scottish  Rite;  is  a  past  master 
of  the  blue  lodge;  and  belongs  also  to  the  Shrine.  Politically  he  gives  his  allegiance  to 
the  democratic  party  and  has  been  an  important  force  in  local  affairs,  serving  in  various 
responsible  political  positions.  In  1898  he  was  elected  county  recorder  and  served  for  two 
terms,  his  re-election  proving  the  acceptability  of  his  work.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  (iraliam  county,  serving  as  clerk,  and  for  two  years  was 
a  member  of  the  Safford  town  council.  In  private  life  he  has  ever  been  actuated  by  the 
principles  which  govern  honorable  and  upriglit  manhood,  and  the  same  high  ideals"  have 
also  been  manifest  in  his  dealings  with  those  with  whom  he  has  been  connected  in  an 
oHicial  capacity.  His  present  retirement  is  well  merited,  for  it  has  been  earned  by  stead- 
fast, earnest  and  untiring  labor  in  the  past. 


WILLIAM   EUGENE   KELLY. 

William  Kugoiu-  Kelly,  now  a  resident  of  Metcalf,  Arizona,  is  a  native  of  Tombstone, 
born  August  26,  1888,  and  is  a  son  of  Michael  and  .lulia  (Sullivan)  Kelly,  The  father  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Tombstone,  in  the  vicinity  of  which  he  followed  mining  until 
his  death  ui  1901,  His  wife  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Bisbee.  In  their  family 
were  five  children:  Jerry  J.,  assistant  cashier  of  tlie  First  National  Bank  of  Clifton; 
William  Eugene,  of  this  review;  li.  .1.,  „f  ]!isb,.c;  Richard,  also  of  Bisbee;  and  Minnie, 
who  lives  with  her  mother, 

William  Eugene  Kelly  was  r<>ared  in  Bisbee  and  attended  school  in  New  Mexico,  lay- 
ing aside  his  books  in  1900.  In  that  year  he  began  his  independent  career,  obtaining  "a 
position  as  head  bookkeepr  for  the  Shannon  Copper  Company  in  their  store.  He  held  this 
tor  three  years  and  spent  a  similar  period  in  various  other  clerical  capacities.  At  the 
ena  ot   that  tune  l,e  was  el<.,t .„„„ty  r<.<<.rder  of  (Jvenlee  cmmtv   and  took  up  his   resi- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  917 

dcuoe  in  Clifton.     H«  proved  himself  well  fitted  for  the  position,  being  capable,  conscientious 
and  progressive  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 

Mr.  Kelly  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  politically  is  con- 
nected with  the  democratic  party.  His  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  he  is 
well  known  in  all  of  these  organizations.  He  is  still  a  young  man  but  the  position  which 
lie  has  already  gained  is  a  pleasant  augury  of  his  future  attainment.  He  is  capable,  ambi- 
tious and  progressive,  public-spirited  to  a  marked  degree  and  eager  for  advancement,  and 
in  his  business  life  as  well  as  in  public  service  has  proved  himself  a  native  son  of  whom 
Arizona  has  every  reason  to  be  proud. 


D.  H.  Mcdonald. 


D.  H,  McDonald,  who  owns  and  operates  a  ranch  of  eighty  acres  near  Buckeye,  upon 
which  he  raises  alfalfa  seed  and  conducts  a  small  dairy,  was  born  on  Cape  Breton  Island, 
Nova  Scotia,  in  1867.  He  spent  his  early  life  in  that  locality,  acquiring  his  education 
in  the  public  schools,  and  when  a  young  man  went  to  Montana,  where  he  turned  his 
attention  to  mining.  This  occupation  he  later  followed  in  South  Dakota,  Idaho  and  Wasli- 
ington  and  arrived  in  Arizona  in  the  j'ear  1898.  He  was  by  this  time  an  expert  in  rain- 
ing operations,  understanding  the  business  thoroughly  in  principle  and  detail,  and 
he  was  accordingly  made  superintendent  of  a  mine  at  Mayer,  near  Prescott.  He  divided 
his  attention  between  the  duties  of  that  position  and  the  conduct  of  a  large  butcher 
business,  besides  dealing  in  cattle. 

From  Mayer  Mr.  McDonald  removed  to  Tempe,  in  the  Salt  River  valley,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  cattle-raising  on  an  eighty  acre  ranch  which  he  still  owns  but 
which  is  rented  to  a  tenant.  He  came  to  Buckeye  in  1911  and  purchased  eighty  acres 
near  the  town,  turning  his  attention  to  raising  alfalfa  seed.  Ho  has  been  so  successful 
that  already  this  is  one  of  the  finest  seed  ranches  in  the  state,  its  profitable  and  excel- 
lent condition  being  entirely  due  to  Mr.  McDonald's  enterprise  and  business  ability.  He 
raises  two  crops  of  seed  yearly  as  well  as  two  crops  of  alfalfa  hay  and  the  yearly  output 
has  at  times  amounted  to  as  high  as  six  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  of  seed  an  acre,  the 
average  yield  being  five  hundred  pounds  to  the  acre.  He  also  conducts  a  small  dairy, 
milking  twenty-five  cows,  and  this  is  also  an  important  source  of  income  to  him. 

Mr.  McDonald  married  Miss  Agnes  Gleynn,  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  they  have  one 
son,  Dan  Cameron.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  today  numbered  among  the  most  prominent  and 
representative  citizens  of  Buckeye.  In  business  life  he  is  well  known  for  his  alert  and 
enterprising  spirit,  and  his  salient  qualities  and  characteristics  are  such  as  always  win  an 
honorable  success. 


HENRY  ALFRED  MORGAN. 

Henry  Alfred  Morgan,  connected  with  mercantile  interests  of  Willcox  as  a  member  of 
the  Norton-Morgan  Commercial  Company  and  with  financial  interests  as  president  of  the 
Willcox  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  is  a  man  who  represents  the  highest  and  best  business 
ideals,  combining  activity  in  the  advancement  of  his  private  affairs  with  forceful  partici- 
pation in  all  progressive  public  movements. 

Mr.  Morgan  was  born  in  Columbia,  Tuolumne  county,  California.  October  1.  1861,  a  son 
of  George  and  Margaret  Morgan.  In  the  public  schools  of  Columbia  he  acquired  his  edu- 
cation and  later  attended  the  Pacific  Business  College  in  San  Francisco,  following  the  occu- 
pation of  bookkeeping  after  his  graduation.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  Norton  &  Stewart 
at  Fort  Grant.  Arizona,  from  18S0  to  1890  and  then  entered  into  partnership  in  Willcox 
with  John  H.  Norton  under  the  firm  name  of  .John  H.  Norton  &  Company,  a  title  which 


918  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

was  later  changed  to  Norton.  Morgan  &  Company.  In  1903  the  busness  was  incorporated, 
tlie  name  being  changed  to  the  Norton-Morgan  Commercial  Company,  and  since  that  time 
the  concern  has  had  a  rapid  growth,  being  now  one  of  the  leading  mercantile  enterprises 
of  the  city.  Aside  from  this  connection  Mr.  Morgan  stands  as  a  central  figure  in  financial 
circles  of  Willcox  as  the  organizer  of  the  Willco.x  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  He  has  been 
its  president  since  the  foundation  of  the  institution  and  in  his  management  of  the  impor- 
tant affairs  under  his  charge  has  proven  himself  a  capable,  conservative,  farsighted  and 
discriminating  financier.  All  departments  of  the  banking  business  are  here  conducted 
and  the  institution  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  substantial  financial  con- 
cerns in  that  part  of  the  state. 

In  March,  1886,  Mr.  Morgan  was  married  at  Tucson,  Arizona,  to  Miss  Anna  B.  Dixon, 
a  daughter  of  J.  E.  Dixon,  of  that  city,  and  they  have  four  children,  George  P.,  Kthel  R.. 
Florence  R.  and  Helen  A.  Mrs.  Morgan  is  a  well  educated  and  cultured  woman  and  a 
welcome  addition  to  society  circles  in  Willcox.  She  was  president  of  the  Woman's  Club 
in  1912,  and  in  1908  was  grand  matron  for  Arizona  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.  She 
is  also  prominent  in  the  local  branch  of  that  organization,  being  past  matron  of  Harmony 
Chapter.  Mr.  Morgan  also  has  important  and  extensive  fraternal  relations,  being  past 
master  of  Willcox  Lodge,  No.  10,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star,  of  which  he  was  grand  patron  in  1907.  He  also  served  as  grand  master  of  the 
Arizona  Grand  Lodge  in  1911.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  and  a  member  of  the  Old  Pueblo 
Club  of  Tucson  and  has  other  important  club  affiliations. 

Mr.  Morgan  has  always  taken  an  active  and  influential  part  in  public  life.  In  Fort 
Grant,  Arizona,  he  held  the  offices  of  postmaster,  justice  of  the  peace  and  notary  public 
and  since  coming  to  Willcox  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  territorial  board  of  equali- 
zation and  on  the  executive  committee  for  Arizona  of  the  International  Dry  Farm  Congress 
held  in  1913.  His  public  duties  are  discharged  with  promptness  and  fidelity  and  with 
intelligent  consideration  for  the  permanent  welfare  and  growth  of  city  and  county,  so 
that  he  is  justly  counted  among  the  public-spirited  and  representative  citizens.  A  brief 
history  of  his  career  shows  him  to  be  a  man  whose  life  at  all  times  measures  up  to  the 
highest  standards  and  who  by  his  many  splendid  qualities  has  gained  the  respect,  confidence . 
and  goodwill  of  all  who  know  him. 


JOHN  T.  BPJCKWOOD. 


Worthy  of  perpetuation  is  the  memory  of  tliose  men  who  take  the  initial  step  in  the 
development  of  a  new  community,  planting  tlie  seeds  of  civilization  and  of  progress  and 
promoting  those  activities  which  are  salient  factors  in  the  substantial  upbuilding  of  a  dis- 
trict. Such  a  relation  did  .John  T.  Brickwood,  now  deceased,  bear  to  Nogales,  where  he 
settled  in  1882,  when  the  town  contained  but  one  frame  and  one  adobe  house,  with  a  few 
tents,  these  forming  the  homes  of  the  ten  or  twelve  people  then  living  in  the  hamlet. 
From  that  year  until  his  death  Mr.  Brickwood  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  development 
of  Nogales,  erected  a  number  of  buildings  and  promoted  various  enterprises  which*  have 
proven  substantial  factors  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  community.  In  1889  he  erected  the 
Brickwood  block,  which  was  one  of  the  finest  business  blocks  of  Nogales,  the  upper  floors  of 
which  are  now  used  as  a  hotel.  He  also  owned  a  valuable  ranch  on  the  Santa  Cruz  river, 
together  with  important  mining  property  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  at  one  time  wtia  inter- 
ested in  the  cattle  industry. 

Mr.  Brickwood  was  born  near  Vandalia.  Fayette  county.  Illinois,  December  19,  1849-, 
a  son  of  John  and  Maria  (Bennett)  Brickwood,  who  were  early  settlers  of  Fayette  county. 
The  son  was  reared  to  manhood  there  and  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Fayette  county,  where  he  remained  until  1867,  when  he  removed  to  Colorado  and  engaged 
in  mining  in  the  vicinity  of  Blaekliawk,  Georgetown  and  Central  City.  In  ISfiO  he  went 
overland  to  Arizona  by  way  of  Albu<iuerque,  arriving  in  Arizona  in  1869  and  reaching 
Prescott  in  January,  1870.  He  became  interested  in  mining  and  did  a  very  profitable 
business  as  a  freighter,  owning  liis  own  outfit  and  receiving  several  government  contracts 


JOHN  T.  BRICKWOOD,  Sr. 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  921 

to  carry  supplies  to  forts  in  the  territory.  He  engaged  in  prospecting  in  the  Bradsliaw 
mountains  and  was  one  of  the  men  who  broke  the  trails  into  the  mountains.  In  1879 
he  located  in  Tucson,  where  for  a  time  he  engaged  in  the  liquor  business,  and  subsequently 
ho  made  his  home  in  Hershaw  and  Tombstone,  conducting  business  in  the  former  place. 

In  1882  he  arrived  in  Nogales  and  was  variously  engaged  in  business,  chiefly  in  min- 
ing and  stock  raising,  until  1898,' when  his  place  of  business  was  destroyed  by  the  order 
which  put  through  International  street,  which  separates  the  United  States  from  Mexico,  this 
being  done  by  a  proclamation  of  President  McKinley  declaring  it  a  reservation.  Mr.  Brick- 
wood  was  very  successful  in  his  mining  and  stock  raising  interests  and  also  dealt  to  a 
considerable  extent  in  real  estate,  negotiating  many  important  and  profitable  transfers. 

In  April,  1884,  Mr.  Brickwood  wedded  Miss  Guadalupe  Canes,  a  native  of  Guaymas, 
Sonora,  Mexico,  and  a  member  of  a  ])rominent  family  of  that  place.  Their  living  children 
are  Frances,  .lohn  T.,  Margaret,  Guadalupe,  Lola,  Ellen  Luisa  and  Eliza.  Two  of  the 
number  Mary  and  Amelia,  are  deceased.  Of  the  daughters,  Frances  married  Joseph  Mc- 
Donald of  Nogales,  and  with  their  one  child  they  are  now  living  in  Los  Angeles.  Margaret 
is  the  wife  of  Charles  Karns,  of  Nogales. 

In  1874  Mr.  Brickwood  joined  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  became  an 
active  worker  in  the  lodge  at  Nogales,  of  which  he  was  past  noble  grand  and  which  he 
twice  represented  as  a  delegate  to  the  grand  lodge.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  encamp- 
ment at  Tucson.  He  held  membership  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  at  Nogales  and 
exemplified  in  his  life  the  fraternal  spirit  of  these  organizations.  In  politics  he  was  an 
earnest  republican  and  served  for  four  terms  as  a  member  of  the  city  council.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  securing  the  division  of  Pima  county,  which  resulted  in  the  creation 
of  Santa  Cruz  county.  He  was  for  two  terms  mayor  of  Nogales  and  could  have  served 
longer  had  he  desired,  but  he  preferred  to  concentrate  his  energies  upon  other  interests 
and  activities.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Pioneers  Society  of  Arizona  and  was  deeply  in- 
terested in  all  that  pertained  to  public  progress  and  improvement.  He  died  November  24. 
1913,  and  his  death  was  the  occasion  of  deep  and  widespread  regret  in  the  community  in 
which  he  lived.  His  enterprise  as  a  business  man.  his  progressiveness  in  citizenship  and 
his  fidelity  in  friendship  had  endeared  him  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 


CHARLES  P.  DUNN. 


Charles  P.  Dunn  is  now  well  known  in  business  circles  of  Phoenix  as  the  proprietor  of 
the  Busy  Drug  Store  in  that  city.  He  was  born  in  Clinton,  Louisiana,  December  7,  1874, 
and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  W.  W.  and  Emma  (Stall)  Duun,  the  former  of  whom  has  passed  away. 
The  mother  makes  her  home  in  El  Paso,  Texas.  In  this  family  were  two  children:  Catherine, 
who  lives  with  her  mother;   and  Charles  P.,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  remained  in  Louisiana  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  acquiring 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  and  later  completing  the  regular  course  in  the 
State  University.  He  afterward  studied  pharmacy,  thoroughly  mastering  this  science  in 
principle  and  detail,  and  later  established  himself  in  the  drug  business  in  Texas,  where 
he  remained  for  four  years.  He  went  from  there  to  New  Mexico  and  after  one  year  removed 
to  Clifton,  where  from  1899  until  his  removal  to  Phoenix  he  was  the  proprietor  of  a  prosperous 
and  leading  pharmacy.  A  man  of  indomitable  energy  and  well  directed  activity,  he  built 
up  an  extensive  business,  receiving  a  very  liberal  i)atronage,  which  was  accorded  him  in 
recognition  of  his  honorable  methods,  his  earnest  desire  to  please  his  patrons  and  his  reason- 
able prices.  He  was  also  connected  as  manager  with  the  Empire  Theater  of  Clifton,  which 
ho  opened  in  1908  and  which  he  conducted  along  progressive  and  modern  lines. 

Mr.  Dunn  was  married  in  1898  to  Miss  Adele  Brutinel,  a  native  of  France  and  a 
daughter  of  W.  T.  and  Melvina  M.  Brutinel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunn  have  three  children: 
Wylie,  born  in  1900;  Catherine,  in  1902;   and  Florence,  in  1907. 

Mr.  Dunn  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  has  served  capably 
on  the  board  of  siipervisors.     Previous  to  his  election   to  this  office  he  was   for  three  years 


922  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

a  iiiciiiber  of  the  town  council  of  Clifton  and  is  a  man  active  and  prominent  in  community 
affairs.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  wit-h  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  having  been  through  all 
the  chairs  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  is  a  member  also  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  His  business  record  has  been  an  excellent  and  commendable  one,  the  success  with 
which  it  has  been  attended  being  entirely  the  result  of  his  own  industry  and  ability.  In 
legitimate  channels  of  trade  he  lias  won  prosperity  and  is  now-  accounted  one  of  the  leading 
druggists  and  progressive  business  men  of   Phoeni.x. 


R.  G.  BAZELL,  M.  D. 


Dr.  R.  G.  Bazell,  who  since  1906  has  been  engaged  in  tlie  general  practice  of  medicine 
and  surgery  in  Winslow,  where  his  ability  and  skill  have  become  known  and  recognized,  was 
born  in  Ohio  in  1879  and  in  that  state  acquired  a  public  school  education.  He  afterward 
studied  pharmacy  in  the  Ohio  Northern  University  for  two  years  and  then  determined  to 
study  medicine.  He  accordingly  became  a  student  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Cincinnati  and  after  graduating  in  1901  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  opened  an  office 
in  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  lie  remained  for  three  years.  He  afterward  engaged  in  practice 
successfully  in  Ironton,  Ohio,  and  from  there  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Winslow  in  1900. 
Here  he  has  since  continued  to  reside  and  has  been  carried  forward  into  Important  profes- 
sional relations,  his  patronage  being  today  large  and  representative. 

In  August,  1912,  Dr.  Bazell  married  Miss  Helen  Gibson,  and  both  are  well  known  in 
social  circles  of  this  city.  The  Doctor  is  connected  fraternally  with  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  has  been  a  most  grati- 
fying professional  record  and  in  every  relation  of  life  he  enjoys  to  the  fullest  extent  the 
confidence  and  goodwill  of  all  who  are  associated  with  him. 


BENJAMIN  AUSTIN  FOWLER. 

There  is  perhaps  no  man  in  America  more  thoroughly  informed  concerning  questions  of 
irrigation  than  Benjamin  Austin  Fowler  nor  one  to  wlioin  the  country  owes  a  greater  debt 
of  gratitude  for  what  has  been  accomplished  through  the  reclamation  of  arid  lands  in  the 
conservation  and  utilization  of  the  water  supply  adjacent  thereto.  By  those  interested  in 
or  active  in  the  investigation  of  the  problems,  his  word  is  accepted  as  authority  and  at  the 
same  time  his  activities  along  other  lines  have  been  of  vital  worth  to  community,  state  and 
nation.  Mr.  Fowler  was  born  at  Stoneham,  Massachusetts,  December  14,  1843,  a  son  of 
Benjamin  Coleman  and  Sophia  C.  (Stevens)  Fowler.  After  attending  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  he  became  a  student  in  Phillips  Academy  at  Andover,  completing  the  course 
there  by  graduation  with  the  class  of  1862.  Subsequently  he  entered  Yale  and  is  numbered 
among  its  alumni  of  1868.  In  the  meantime  he  had  seen  active  duty  at  the  front  as  a  soldier 
of  the  Civil  war.  for  soon  after  liis  graduation  from  Andover  ho  enlisted  in  the  Fiftieth 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Regiment  and  was  detailed  for  service  with  the  United  States  Signal 
Corps  in  the  Department  of  the  Gulf.  TTnder  General  Banks  he  did  duty  at  Port  Hudson, 
Louisiana,  until  its  surrender  in  July,  1863,  and  participated  in  most  of  the  battles  of  that 
district.  In  August  of  the  same  year  he  was  mustered  out  and  in  the  succeeding  fall  entered 
Yale.  After  two  terms  he  was  obliged  to  leave  the  university  on  account  of  illness  contracted 
in  the  army  but  in  January,  1865,  was  again  enrolled  and  continued  his  course  to  his  gradua- 
tion witli  the  class  of  18(58. 

Mr.  Fowler  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  profession  of  teaching,  which  he  followed 
for  one  year  at  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  and  for  five  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  education  in  his  native  town.  His  activities  along  educational  lines  in  later  years  have 
indeed  been  far-reaching  and  licneficial,  for  he  lias  brought  to  the  country  a  knowledge  of 
subjects  of  the  greatest  significance  in  the  develoiiment  of  the  southwest  and  the  conserva- 
tion ot   Its  resources.     In   early  manhood  he  devoted  a  year  to  the  study  of  law  in  Boston, 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  923 

Massachusetts,  and  from  1871  until  1898  gave  his  attention  largely  to  the  subscription  and 
publishing  business  in  Boston,  New  York  and  Chicago.  Then  the  southwest  received  him 
into  its  citizenship  and  has  since  been  proud  to  number  him  among  its  representatives.  He 
located  in  the  Salt  River  valley,  near  Phoenix,  in  ilarch,  1899,  and  at  once  began  a  study 
of  the  southwest,  acquainting  himself  with  the  various  phases  of  life  as  affecting  its  material 
and  political  interests.  In  1901  he  was  chosen  to  represent  his  district  in  the  twenty-first 
territorial  legislature  and  in  1904  became  the  republican  nominee  for  delegate  to  congress. 

In  the  meantime  he  was  studying  the  irrigation  question  and  during  the  opening  decade 
of  the  present  century  was  at  the  head  of  the  water  storage  movement  and  through  seven 
years  of  that  period  was  president  of  the  Salt  River  Valley  Water  Users'  Association,  num- 
bering about  two  thousand  landowners  and  afTecting  two  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  acres 
of  land.  This  association  is  pledged  to  reimbiuse  the  government  for  ten  million  dollars 
expended  on  the  Salt  river  irrigation  project.  Mr.  Fowler  spent  two  winters — 1901-2  and 
1902-3 — in  Washington,  D.  C,  working  earnestly  for  the  passage  of  the  national  irrigation 
act.  For  seven  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  national  irrigation 
congress  and  at  its  sixteenth  meeting,  held  in  Sacramento,  California,  in  September,  1907, 
he  was  elected  secretary.  When  tlie  national  irrigation  congress  convened  in  Albuquerque, 
New  Mexico,  for  its  seventeenth  session,  in  October,  1908,  he  was  again  elected  secretary  and 
in  August,  1909,  at  Spokane,  Washington,  was  elected  president  of  the  eighteenth  national 
irrigation  congress.  In  September,  1910,  at  Pueblo,  Colorado,  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  nineteenth  national  irrigation  congress  and  in  December,  1911,  at  Cliicago,  was  succeeded 
by  Senator  Francis  G.  Newlands.  who  had  been  his  fellow  student  in  Yale.  His  prominent 
connection  with  the  national  irrigation  congress  is  indicative  of  the  position  which  he  occu- 
pies in  this  connection.  He  lias  read  and  studied  upon  every  phase  of  the  question  and  in 
large  measure  has  succeeded  in  molding  public  opinion. 

Mr.  Fowler  is  well  known  in  financial  circles  as  a  director  of  the  Phoenix  Title  &  Trust 
Company.  He  is  a  landowner  in  the  Salt  river  valley  but  his  business  office  and  his  residence 
are  maintained  in  the  city  of  Phoenix.  He  was  married  October  17,  1888,  to  Miss  Ella 
Frances  Quinby,  of  Medford,  Massachusetts,  and  they  are  well  known  in  the  social  circles 
of  the  capital. 

During  his  college  days  Mr.  Fowler  became  a  member  of  the  Linonia,  Delta  Kappa,  Delta 
Heta  Xi.  D.  K.  E.  and  Scroll  and  Key.  Otherwise  he  has  never  become  active  in  fraternities 
but  is  identified  with  various  organizations  which  are  seeking  the  substantial  development 
and  improvement  of  the  country  along  many  lines.  He  has  not  confined  his  attention  merely 
to  irrigation  subjects  but  has  reached  out  along  constantly  broadening  lines  and  has  been 
president  of  the  Arizona  Agricultural  Association  and  vice  president  of  the  American  Forestry 
Association.  His  interests  of  a  more  local  character  are  with  the  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade, 
of  which  he  has  been  the  president,  the  Associated  Charities  of  Phoenix,  of  which  he  has 
also  been  president,  and  the  Phoenix  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  being  now  in  the 
fourth  year  of  his  service  as  its  president.  Alert,  enterprising  and  resourceful,  his  labors 
are  daily  liringing  him  nearer  to  successful  accomplishment  in  every  field  in  which  his  tictivi- 
ties  are  exerted. 


AGNES  McKEE  WALLACE,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Agnes  JIcKee  Wallace,  now  matron  of  the  Fort  Grant  Industrial  Home,  was  num- 
bered among  the  representative  and  valued  members  of  the  medical  profression  in  Prescott 
for  some  years,  her  ability  having  gained  her  prominence  in  professional  circles.  She  was 
born  in  Galesburg,  Illinois,  and  there  remained  until  lier  marriage.  In  1878  she  removed  to 
Kansas  and  afterward  studied  medicine  in  Washburn  University  in  Topeka.  After  receiving 
her  degree  she  engaged  in  tlie  general  practice  of  medicine  in  that  city  for  twenty  years, 
building  up  a  large  and  representative  patronage,  which  was  proof  of  her  ability. 

Dr.  Wallace  came  to  Arizona  in  1906  and  located  for  practice  in  Prescott,  where  she 
became  known  as  a  capable  and  conscientious  physician,  well  versed  in  the  underlying  prin- 
ciples of   medicine,  careful   in   the   diagnosis  of   eases  and   imbued  with   a   deep   sense  of  the 


924  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

responsibility  wliich  her  profession  entails  upon  lier.  She  holds  membership  in  the  American 
Medical  Association,  in  the  Arizona  Medical  Society  and  was  vice  president  of  the  Yavapai 
County  Medical  Society,  and  her  ability  is  widely  recognized  in  professional  circles. 

.  Dr.  Wallace  is  married  and  has  two  daughters.  She  takes  a  great  interest  in  the  activities 
of  the  women  of  Arizona  and  has  been  president  of  the  Arizona  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs, 
accomplishing  a  great  deal  of  constructive  and  beneficial  work  while  holding  that  office.  For 
a  number  of  years  she  served  as  superintendent  of  legislative  work  for  the  Women's  Christian 
Temperance  Union  in  Arizona.  She  is  a  woman  of  high  standards  and  broad  views  and  in 
professional  and  social  circles  alike  lias  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who  are  asso- 
ciated with  her. 


PHILIP  CONTZEN. 


Philip  Contzen,  civil  engineer  and  surveyor  of  Tucson,  his  native  city,  was  born  on 
the  4th  of  February,  1868,  a  son  of  the  late  Fritz  Contzen,  one  of  Arizona's  earliest  settlers, 
who  located  here  in  1855  and  passed  away  on  the  2d  of  May,  1909.  Further  mention  is 
made  of  him  on  another  page  of  this  work. 

Philip  Contzen  largely  spent  his  early  years  in  Kurope,  principally  In  Germany.  He 
attended  the  Stadtschule  at  Mengeringliauscii,  Waldeck,  Germany,  the  Kiinigliclic  Gewerbc- 
sehule  at  Cassel,  Germany,  the  public  schools  of  Tucson,  Arizona,  the  Realschule  in  Stettin, 
Germany,  and  acquired  his  professional  education  at  the  Royal  Polytechnic  College  at 
Charlottcnburg,  Berlin,  pursuing  a  course  in  civil  and  mechanical  engineering.  Prior  to  his 
return  to  his  native  country  he  traveled  extensively  throughout  Kurope,  visiting  many 
points  of  modern  and  historic  interest,  and  he  speaks  Knglish,  German,  Spanish  and 
French  fluently.  Upon  his  return  to  the  United  States  In  1889  he  settled  in  San  Francisco, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years  and  then  returned  to  Tucson,  entering  the  office  of 
the  United  States  surveyor  general,  remaining  in  that  connection  for  about  three  years. 
He  was  then  commissioned  as  a  United  States  land  and  mineral  surveyor  and  entered  uiioii 
his  work  in  the  district  of  Arizona  under  the  direction  of  Surveyor  General  Royal  .lolinsoii. 
He  continued  in  that  position  under  Mr.  .lohnson's  successors  In  ofllce — U  II.  Manning, 
George  Roskruge,  George  Christ,  Hugh  Price  and  Frank  S.  Ingalls,  covering  a  period  of  more 
than  twenty  years.  During  that  period  he  surveyed  thousands  of  acres  of  the  public  lands 
and  most  of  the  Spanish  grants  in  the  state  of  Arizona.  He  made  the  surveys  of  San  Ignacio 
de  la  Canoa,  San  Jose  de  Sonoita,  San  Rafael  de  la  Tanja,  San  Rafael  del  Valle,  San  Ignacio 
del  Babecomari,  Buena  Vista  and  Baca  Float  No.  3,  the  last  named  having  been  created  under 
special  act  of  congress,  June  18,  1863,  given  In  lieu  of  certain  Spanish  groups,  the  title 
to  which  was  decided  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  United  States  in  June,  1914,  based  upon 
his  survey.  These  various  grants  were  confirmed  by  the  United  States  private  land  court, 
which  was  created  under  the  administration  of  President  Cleveland.  He  made  the  survey 
of  the  south  boundary  of  the  White  Mountain  Indian  Reservation,  which  cut  oil'  the  San 
Carlos  coal  fields  and  what  is  known  as  the  mineral  strip.  He  examined  the  boundaries 
of  Fort  McDowell  and  Fort  Huachuca  and  portions  of  the  subdivisions  of  the  Fort  Lowell 
Military  Reservations.  He  made  resurveys  of  portions  of  the  international  boundary  line 
between  the  United  States  and  Mexico  and  executed  many  other  ini]iortant  mineral  and 
land  surveys  embraced  in  the  public  domain  of  Arizona.  Through  the  cndeaxois  of  Mr. 
Contzen  many  government  surveys  were  initiated  and  extended  over  the  public  lands,  which 
have  been  of  great  benefit  to  thousands  of  settlers  throughout  Arizona,  together  with  the 
advice  which  he  has  given  to  settlers,  and  many  today  have  the  titles  to  their  lands  by 
reason  of  the  assistance  which  he  rendered  through  advice  and  survey  work. 

Mr.  Contzen  has  filled  the  office  of  city  engineer  at  Tucson  and  served  for  three  terms 
as  county  surveyor  of  Pima  county.  At  the  present  time  he  is  devoting  his  attention 
to  the  development  of  the  Catalina  Water  &  Power  Company,  of  which  he  is  the  vice 
jiresident  and  consulting  engineer.     This  company  is  promoting  nii  irrigation  )>roject  twenty 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  927 

miles  north  of  Tucson  and  gives  every  assurance  of  proving  a  most  successful  undertak- 
ing.    He  is  also  engaged  in  the  development  of  certain  mines  at  Twin  Buttes. 

In  Tucson,  Mr.  Contzen  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Conrow,  a  native  of  Saginaw, 
Michigan,  and  a  daughter  of  Captain  Frank  Conrow,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  ii  Civil  war 
veteran  who  served  as  a  member  of  Company  D  of  the  Fiftli  Infantry  of  Michigan  Volun- 
teers. She  is  also  a  niece  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Cronly,  pioneers  of  Arizona.  Jlr. 
and  Mrs.  Contzen  have  three  children,  Marie  Marguerite,  Philip  A-ndrew  and  Frederick 
Joseph  Walbeck. 

Mr.  Contzen  is  one  of  the  progressive  public-spirited  citizens  of  Tucson  and  takes  an 
active  interest  in  all  municipal  affairs.  He  served  at  one  time  as  a  member  of  the  city 
council,  discharging  his  duties  in  this  connection  with  the  same  efficiency  that  cliaracter- 
izes  him  in  all  of  his  undertakings,  whether  in  public  or  private  life.  Formerly  he  was 
11  member  of  the  National  Guard  of  Arizona,  belonging  to  Company  D,  whicli  he  com- 
manded as  its  captain.  Mr.  Contzen  enjoys  a  wide  acquaintance  in  this  state  owing  to  his 
long  connection  with  tlie  work  of  making  public  land  surveys,  and  he  is  accorded  the 
esteem  and  high  regard  of  a  large  circle  of  friends,  who  know  him  to  be  a  man  of  integrity 
and  sterling  worth.  His  efforts  in  liis  professional  capacity  have  been  of  the  gi'eatest 
possible  value  in  promoting  the  development  of  the  state,  and  he  is  now  engaged  in  further 
work  that  utilizes  the  natural  resources  of  the  state  and  continues  its  development  and 
improvement. 


J.  C.  ADAMS. 


•J.  C.  Adams,  builder  and  promoter  of  the  Adams  Hotel  of  Phoenix,  the  leading  hos- 
teb'y  in  Arizona,  has  in  tlie  conduct  of  this  establishment  displayed  much  of  the  spirit 
of  the  pioneer  in  that  he  has  instituted'  new  methods  and  improvements,  setting  an  example  • 
which  others  have  followed.  Phoenix  has  every  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  Adams  Hotel 
and  to  number  its  proprietor  among  her  representative  and  progressive  citizens.  He  was 
born  in  Kingston,  Canada,  in  1862,  a  son  of  J.  Q.  and  Margaret  Adams,  who  during  his 
boyhood  days  crossed  the  border  into  the  United  States  and  for  sometime  were  residents ' 
of  Illinois. 

J.  C.  Adams  completed  his  education  as  a  student  in  Hedding  College  at  Abingdon, 
Illinois,  and  in  early  manhood  he  spent  five  years  as  a  traveling  salesman  in  the  employ  of 
the  firm  of  Janeway  &  Company,  of  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  during  which  periexl 
he  made  his  home  in  Rock  Island,  Illinois.  He  then  determined  to  prepare  for  the  bar 
and  from  1890  until  1896  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Chicago,  where  he  met 
with  an  encouraging  degree  of  success.  He  turned  from  that  profession  to  hotel  keeping, 
however,  and  in  this  field  of  activity  has  found  the  business  for  whicli  nature  certainly 
well  adapted  him.  On  coming  to  Phoenix  he  purchased  property  at  the  corner  of  Adams 
street  and  Central  avenue  and  he  set  himself  to  the  task  of  erecting  the  modern  hotel 
which  bears  his  name  and  which  was  built  under  his  direction,  Mr.  Adams  giving  personal 
supervision  to  every  detail.  In  1910  the  hotel  was  destroyed  by  fire  but  Mr.  Adams 
at  once  began  its  rebuilding  on  a  more  extensive  and  more  modern  scale.  It  was  completed 
in  1911  and  is  today  the  finest  hotel  in  Arizona.  It  is  a  four  story  structure,  built  of 
pressed  brick,  with  brown  stone  trimmings,  and  has  a  frontage  of  a  half  block.  All  of 
its  two  hundred  rooms  arc  outside  rooms,  and  sixty-six  of  the  number  are  cquipjied  with 
private  bath  with  porcelain  tubs.  The  office  is  sixty  by  forty  feet  and  there  are  two 
attractive  and  well  lighted  dining  rooms,  together  with  spacious  halls.  The  hotel  is  thor- 
oughlv  modern  in  every  particular  and  from  November  until  May  is  conducted  on  the 
American  plan,  rates  ranging  from  three  dollars  per  day  upward,  while  during  the  remain- 
der of  the  year  the  European  plan  prevails.  The  hotel  contains  the  liandsome  quarters 
of  the  Maricopa  Club,  a  large  suite  of  rooms  occupied  by  the  New  York  Life  Insurance 
Company  and  also  a  first  class  di-ug  store.  Attention  is  paid  as  well  to  the  cuisine  and 
every   department  of   the   hotel   receives  the  indorsement  of  a  discriminating  public. 

In    1889   Mr.   Adams   was   united   in   marriage   to  Miss   Anna   Dimick.   of   Rock  Island, 


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ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 


of  Jolin  T.  Bartleson,  a  pioneer  of  Arizona,  who  came  to  the  territory  in  1875.  He  was 
for  a  number  of  years  interested  in  the  Silver  King  mine  and  later  owned  a  ranch  on  the 
site  where  Florence  now  stands.     He  died  in  1896. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Reppy  is  well  known  in  the  Masonic  order,  holding  memberahip  in  the 
lodge  at  Florence,  the  chapter  at  Tombstone  and  the  commandery  in  Tucson.  He  is  con- 
nected with  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  in  Phoenix  and  belongs  to  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star  in  Safford.  In  addition  he  is  well  known  in  the  Loyal  Legion  of  Cali- 
fornia and  he  keeps  in  touch  with  his  comrades  of  the  Civil  war  through  his  membership 
in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  For  many  years  Mr.  Reppy  has  been  prominent  and 
active  in  state  and  county  politics,  serving  as  United  States  deputy  collector  of  customs 
and  as  chief  clerk  in  the  eighteenth  territorial  legislature.  He  afterward  did  able  and 
conscientious  work  as  a  member  of  the  nineteenth  territorial  legislature,  representing  Pinal 
county.  In  all  the  relations  of  his  life  he  has  proved  himself  thoroughly  upright,  straight- 
forward and  honorable,  displaying  in  business  all'airs  and  in  his  public  service  the  same 
loyalty,  conscientiousness  and  courage  which  distinguished  him  on  southern  battlefields 
during  the  Civil  war. 


PROFESSOR   ARTHUR   JOHN    MATTHEWS. 

Professor  Arthur  John  Matthews  has  devoted  his  entire  life  to  educational  pursuits  and 
has  today  reached  a  position  of  prominence  and  inllueuce  in  his  chosen  field,  serving  as 
president  of  the  State  Normal  School  of  Arizona  at  Tempe.  His  success  has  been  entirely 
the  result  of  his  ability  and  power  as  an  educator,  his  comi>rehension  of  the  importance  of  a 
teacher's  work  and  of  the  value  and  ultimate  aims  of  education,  and  the  results  lie  has 
accomplished  in  his  present  position  are  worthy  contiibutions  to  the  cause  in  which  he  so 
thoroughly  believes. 

Professor  Matthews  was  born  of  Irish  and  English  parents  in  Madison  county.  New  York, 
September  3,  1860,  a  son  of  Patrick  and  Ann  (King)  Matthews.  Both  came  to  the  United 
States  in  their  childhood.  Professor  Matthew.s  acquired  his  public  school  education  in  New 
York,  later  attending  Cazenovia  Seminary  and  also  Syracuse  University  at  Syracuse.  He 
began  his  career  as  a  teacher,  securing  a  position  in  a  country  school  when  he  was  only 
nineteen  years  of  age.  He  soon  became  well  known  in  educational  circles,  becoming  principal 
of  the  schools  at  Eaton,  New  York,  and  from  that  city  he  went  to  Adams,  New  York,  as 
principal  of  schools.  There  he  met  with  success,  as  in  his  previous  engagements.  It  was 
.  about  1890  when  he  left  the  east  to  go  to  Rock  Springs,  Wyoming,  where  for  seven  years 
he  was  city  superintendent  of  schools.  He  comi>letely  reorganized  the  schools  there,  raised 
their  standard  and  successfully  agitated  the  question  of  new  and  modern  buildings  that  were 
erected  during  his  regime. 

In  1897  Professor  Matthews  came  to  Arizona,  locating  in  Prescott,  where  lie  was  soon 
carried  forward  into  important  relations  with  educational  work,  being  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  the  city  schools.  In  that  capacity  he  gained  widespread  recognition  and 
approval,  and  in  1900  he  was  offered  and  accepted  thi  presidency  of  the  State  Normal  School 
of  Arizona  at  Tempe,  in  which  capacity  he  has  since  served  with  ability  and  ellieiency.  In 
order  to  accomplish  the  excellent  woik  which  he  has  done  Professor  Matthews  has  been 
mori  than  a  student,  a  scholar  and  an  educator;  he  has  also  been  a  business  man  of  rare 
ability  and  executive  power,  capable  of  managing  the  institution  of  which  he  is  the 
head  in  an  able  and  businesslike  way.  Wlien  he  assumed  charge  of  the  State  Normal  School 
there  was  but  one  building  and  an  enrollment  of  eighty  students.  He  applied  himself 
assiduously  to  the  task  of  improving  the  facilities  and  increasing  the  attendance  and  there 
are  now  twelve  line  modem  buildings,  wlierc  four  hundred  students  take  advantage  of  the 
excellent  courses  offered.  He  likewise  establislied  a  training  school  in  which  are  enrolled 
about  two  hundred  and  fifty  pupils.  The  campus  comprises  about  thirty-three  acres,  on 
a  portion  of  which  is  conducted  a  school  garden  and  agricultural  tests.  Special  attention 
is  given  to  vocational  training  in  a  completely  equipped  building  that  was  erected  at  a 
cost  of  one  hundred  and  fifteen  thousand  dollars. 


PROFESSOR  ARTHUR  J.  MATTHEWS 


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Aside  from  his  important  work  in  the  institution  of  wliieh  lie  is  at  the  head,  Professor 
Matthews  has  made  other  valuable  contributions  to  the  educational  interests  of  the  west, 
having  been  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  State  Teachers'  Association  of  Wyoming,  of  which 
he  served  as  president.  He  has  also  been  president  of  the  State  Teachers'  Association  of 
Arizona,  and  still  retains  his  membership  in  that  organization.  His  influence  has  extended 
even  beyond  local  boundaries,  as  for  ten  years  he  was  state  director  of  the  National  Educa- 
tional Association  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  committee  on  standardization  of  normal 
schools  of  the  United  States.  For  the  past  live  years  he  lias  been  a  member  of  the  National 
Educational  Council,  now  serving  on  its  executive  committee.  These  various  connections 
indicate  something  of  the  scope  of  his  influence  and  his  high  standing  in  hia  chosen 
profession. 

The  State  Normal  School  of  Arizona  at  Tempe  under  Professor  Matthews'  direction 
lias  become  known  as  a  well  managed,  well  systematized  and  particularly  thorougli  educa- 
tional institution.  Its  diplomas  are  recognized  as  life  certificates  in  Arizona  and  accredited 
without  examinations  in  California,  Oregon,  Washington,  Michigan  and  Iowa,  in  fact  in  all 
states  of  the  Union  wherein  credentials  of  any  kind  are  accepted.  Throughout  his  entire 
career  as  an  educator,  covering  more  than  thirty-six  years,  he  has  been  known  as  an 
organizer,  builder  and  extremely  capable  in  administration,  displaying  an  unusual  combina- 
tion of  qualifications  that  would  seem  to  have  brought  success  in  any  line  of  endeavor.  Full 
of  determination  and  energy,  these  have  been  so  thrown  into  his  work  that  every  institution 
with  which  he  has  ever  been  connected  has  felt  the  beneficial  results  therefrom. 

Fraternally  Professor  Matthews  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which 
for  the  past  ten  years  he  has  been  trustee  of  the  grand  lodge,  and  he  is  a  member  also 
of  the  Masonic  blue  lodge,  chapter,  coramandery  and  Shrine.  He  and  his  wife  belong 
to  the  Eastern  Star  and  are  also  members  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  is  well  known  and 
highly  respected  in  Tempe,  both  among  educators,  who  recognize  and  respect  the  importance 
of  his  accomplishments,  and  In  social  circles,  where  his  fine  qualities  of  character  and  hia 
genuine  personal  worth  have  drawn  to  him  many   friends. 

On  the  31st  of  December,  1885,  Professor  Matthews  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  L. 
Walden,  a  native  of  West  Eaton,  New  York,  and  a  daughter  of  Philo  and  Ann  (Wellington) 
Walden.  They  have  one  daughter,  Anna,  who  graduated  from  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Tempe  in  the  class  of  1906  and  subsequently  attended  Cornell  University  for  two  years. 
She  is  now  the  wife  of  Edgar  L.  Hendrix,  of  Roundup,  Montana,  and  has  two  children, 
Louise  and  Verne. 


NOKMAN  CARMICHAEL. 


By  whatever  standards  we  gauge  success — height  of  attainment,  extent  of  influence, 
its  present  power  or  its  future  usefulness,  Norman  Carmichael  may  be  termed  a  successful 
man,  for  he  reached  a  commanding  position  in  mining  circles  of  the  southwest,  rising  by 
reason  of  his  constructive  and  executive  ability,  his  incorruptible  business  and  personal 
integrity,  his  industry,  ambition  and  intelligence  to  be  a  great  and  powerful  individual 
force  in  the  afl'airs  of  the  Arizona  Copper  Company,  of  which  he  was  general  manager. 

A  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  born  in  1860,  Mr.  Carmichael  remained  in  that  country 
imtil  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  graduating  in  mining  engineering  and  beginning  his 
business  career  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  In  1890  he  came  to  America,  settling  first  in  British 
Columbia,  where  he  was  connected  with  professional  work  in  various  capacities,  serving  as 
sampler  and  assayer  in  the  mines,  smelters  and  laboratories  and  rising  to  superintendent 
of  some  of  the  finest  mining  properties  in  the  province.  He  also  acted  as  manager  of  two 
valuable  properties. 

After  leaving  Canada  Mr.  Carmichael  went  to  California,  where  he  did  some  important 
mining  for  two  years,  and  in  1905  came  to  Arizona  as  superintendent  of  the  Arizona  Copper 
Company.  His  professional  knowledge,  his  former  experience  and  the  important  work  he 
had  already  accomplished  in  mining  engineering  were  all  elements  in  his  rapid  rise  to 
prominence  in  the  southwest,  his  ability  soon  carrying  him  forward  into  important  relations 

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934  AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

with  mining  interests.  Shortly  after  liis  arrival  here  he  became  superintendent  of  the 
Longfellow  group  of  mines  belonging  to  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  and  after  one  year 
was  sent  to  Clifton  as  assistant  general  manager.  At  the  end  of  three  years  lie  was  made 
general  manager  of  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  and  the  importance  and  responsibility  ot 
that  position  is  the  best  proof  of  his  ability  and  his  high  standing  in  professional  and  mining 
circles  of  this  section  of  the  state.  A  man  of  initiative,  of  progressve  and  modern  views, 
he  inaugurated  many  changes  in  policies  and  methods  and  instituted  some  important  im- 
provements, all  of  which  have  been  of  material  assistance  in  promoting  efficiency.  Mr. 
Caimichael  proved  his  splendid  executive  ability  in  the  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the  great 
corporation  of  which  he  was  the  head  and  by  his  well  directed,  farsighted  and  cajjable  work 
secured  for  himself  a  position  of  prominence  in  his  chosen  field  of  work.  In  addition  to  the 
position  he  held  in  the  Arizona  Copper  Company  he  was  vice  president  of  the  Arizona  &  New 
Mexico  Railroad  Company  and  president  of  the  Arizona  Telephone  &  Telegraph   Company. 


JOSEPH  EDWAKD  F.  MORRISON. 

The  bar  of  Arizona  numbers  among  its  members  no  more  resourceful,  able  and  brilliant 
man  than  Joseph  Kdward  F.  Morrison,  who  is  now  serving  as  United  States  district 
attorney.  Although  still' a  young  man  he  has  won  honors  and  distinction  in  his  jirofession, 
lias  become  connected  with  important  legal  alTairs  and  has  accomplislied  work  which  is 
destined  to  live  in  the  judicial  history  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Morrison  is  a  native  of  Oiicago,  Illinois,  but  is  a  true  son  of  the  southwest,  having 
spent  his  boyhood  in  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  and  grown  up  with  some  of  the  breadth  and 
spirit  of  the  country  in  his  character.  His  birth  occurred  July  9,  1871,  and  he  is  a  son  of 
Alexander  L.  and  Jane  (Clark)  Morrison,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland  and  the  latter 
of  Troy,  New  York.  The  father  is  today  living  retired  in  Santa  Fe,  having  reached  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty-four.  During  his  active  life  he  was  one  of  the  moat  able  and  well 
known  attorneys  in  Chicago  and  in  New  Mexico,  having  served  in  Illinois  as  justice  of  the 
peace  and  having  also  represented  Iiis  district  in  the  state  legislature.  His  wife  passed 
away  July  11,  1899.  In  their  family  were  eiglit  children:  Two  who  died  in  infancy: 
Robert  E.,  a  prominent  attorney  in  Prescott,  Arizona ;  Alexander  L.,  Jr.,  an  expert  accountant 
residing  in  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico;  Hugh  O'Neil,  also  an  expert  accountant,  specializing  in 
mining  work  in  Los  Angeles;  Sister  Dolorine,  who  was  educated  in  Santa  Fe  and  who  is 
now  a  nun  in  the  House  of  Loietta  at  Denver,  Colorado;  Mary  Agnes,  deceased;  and  Josci)h 
Edward  F.,  of  this  review. 

Mr.  Morrison  attended  the  public  schools  in  Chicago  and  remained  in  that  city  during 
his  early  ehildhood.  Shortly  after  the  assassination  of  President  fiarlield  his  father  was 
appointed  United  States  marshal  to  New  Mexico,  and  witli  liis  older  sons  came  to  the 
southwest.  Wiile  still  in  office  he  purchased  a  large  cattle  ranch  in  the  Esquidilla  mountains 
and  located  upon  it,  bringing  his  family  to  New  Mexico  at  the  expiration  of  his  terra.  Later 
the  father  was  obliged  to  remain  in  Albuquerque  on  account  of  Indian  troubles,  but  after 
a  short  time  again  removed  to  the  ranch.  There  Mr.  Morrison  of  this  review  grew  to  man- 
hood and  became  familiar  with  western  standards  and  conditions,  taking  his  full  share  in  tlu' 
life  of  the  community.  When  Geronimo,  the  famous  Indian  chief,  went  on  the  war  iiath, 
Mr.  Morrison  rode  for  miles  around,  warning  the  neiglibors  and  ollering  them  shelter  in  his 
father's  home.  When  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  the  family  removed  to  Santa  Fe  and 
there  he  attended  the  public  schools,  laying  aside  his  text  books  finally  to  become  interpreter 
on  the  Indian  reservation.  After  a  short  period  devoted  to  that  work  he  resumed  his  studies 
and  having  successfully  passed  the  required  examination,  was  graduated  from  St.  Michael's 
College.  He  returned  immediately  to  the  reservation  as  interpreter,  but  when  his  father 
was  appointed  register  of  the  land  onice  in  New  Mexico  Joseph  was  made  chief  clerk.  The 
profession  of  law  had  always  attracted  him  and  he  accordingly  began  studying  by  himself 
while  still  working  in  the  land  office.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  territory  of  New- 
Mexico  in  1892  by  a  committee  of  attorneys.  About  this  time  his  brother,  Robert  E. 
Morrison,  had  just  been   appointed  district  attorney  of  Prescott  and   Mr.  Morrison   accord- 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  D35 

ingly  removed  to  that  city,  where,  in  January,  1893,  he  was  appointed  assistant  district 
attorney.  He  Avas  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  of  Arizona  and  after  the 
expiration  of  his  brother's  term  of  office  formed  a  partnership  with  him  vinder  the  firm  name 
of  Morrison  &  Morrison,  and  togetlicr  they  engaged  in  general  practice  until  1899,  when 
their  association  was  dissolved. 

Joseph  E.  Morrison  remained  in  Prescott  until  January,  190G,  when  he  removed  to 
Bisbee,  where  he  practiced  until  January,  1911.  He  possesses  a  keen,  logical  and  incisive 
mind,  a  thorougli  knowledge  of  the  undei'lying  principles  of  law  and  the  forceful  ability 
necessary  to  make  use  of  this  knowledge.  IIo  is,  moreover,  a  man  of  marked  strength  of 
cliaracter,  endowed  by  nature  with  strong  mentality,  and  he  has  developed  and  utilized  liis 
talents  to  good  advantage,  gaining  distinction  and  success  in  his  legal  ])ractice.  His  ability 
has  been  made  effective  in  a  general  way  tlnough  his  service  in  tlie  office  of  United  States 
district  attorney  for  the  territory  of  Arizona,  to  which  he  was  appointed  in  December,  1909, 
the  appointment  being  confirmed  by  the  senate  in  January,  1910.  When  Arizona  was 
admitted  to  the  Union  this  office  became  nonexistent,  but  Mr.  Morrison  was  made  special 
assistant  attorney  general  of  the  United  States  and  for  a  short  time  acted  as  special  deputy 
to  Attorney  General  Wickersham.  In  recognition  of  his  able  and  effective  work  he  was 
appointed  United  States  attorney  for  the  district  of  Arizona,  the  appointment  having  been 
confirmed  May  1,  1912.  The  strength  of  his  position  and  the  high  place  which  he  holds  in 
public  and  legal  circles  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  was  reappointed  and  that  the  two 
state  democratic  senators  moved  the  confirmation  of  his  appointment,  regardless  of  the  fact 
that  Mr.  Morrison  is  a  stanch  republican. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Morrison  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
He  has  been  aided  in  his  professional  and  official  career  by  the  power  of  forceful  and  effective 
speaking,  and  as  personal  speaker  he  accompanied  Ralph  H.  Cameron  on  his  toxir  of  the 
territory,  resulting  in  the  latter's  election  as  a  delegate  to  congress  in  the  fall  of  1898. 
These  two  able  men  are  close  personal  friends,  and  Mr.  Morrison  spoke  in  the  interests  of 
Mr.  Cameron  each  niglit  at  a  different  place.  So  effective  was  the  work  which  he  did,  so 
forceful  were  his  arguments  and  so  concisely  and  clearly  were  they  set  forth  that  Mr. 
Cameron  was  elected  by  a  large  majority.  This  is  but  one  proof  of  Mr.  Morrison's  great 
power  and  force  as  an  orator  and  of  his  ability  as  a  lawyer.  A  review  of  his  career  fur- 
nishes many  other  examples  equally  conclusive,  for  he  has  attained  a  high  place  in  legal 
circles  and  in  a  profession  where  advancement  depends  entirely  uy.on  personal  merit  has 
won  many  honors  and  great  distinction. 


JOHN  T.  BRICKWOOD,  .Jk. 


John  T.  Brickwood,  Jr.,  a  well  known  resident  of  Nogales,  has  been  prominently  identi- 
fied with  the  development  of  the  rich  mineral  resoii'ces  of  southern  Arizona  and  is  perfect- 
ing plans  to  carry  on  the  work  still  more  extensively.  He  was  born  March  6,  1887,  in  the 
city  in  which  he  still  makes  his  home,  his  parents  being  John  T.  and  Guadalupe  (Canes) 
Brickwood,  of  whom  mention  is  made  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  In  the  acquirement  of  his 
education  he  passed  through  consecutive  grades  in  the  public  and  liigh  schools  and  in  190G 
took  up  mining  in  Cananea,  while  later  he  worked  in  the  mines  at  Bisbee  and  Globe,  being 
thus  employed  for  four  years.  In  1910  he  returned  to  Nogales  and  assisted  his  father  in  the 
operation  of  his  mines  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Brickwood,  Sr.,  save  for  the  year  1912,  when 
by  appointment  he  served  as  mounted  inspector  for  the  government,  occupying  that  position 
until  his  father's  death,  when  he  resigned  in  order  to  take  charge  of  his  father's  business 
and  carry  out  his  wishes  in  the  conduct  of  his  mines.  Mr.  Brickwood  is  now  sole  owner 
of  liis  late  father's  interests,  which  he  has  further  developed.  He  has  opened  up  several 
ricli  ore  chutes  and  is  making  preparations  to  work  them  extensively.  The  mines  are  rich 
in  ore  and  will  be  among  the  greatest  producers  of  Arizona.  Temporarily  Mr.  Brickwood  is 
acting  as  deputy  sheriff  of  his  county. 

Mr.  Brickwood  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha  McMalion,  whose  parents  were 
pioneer   residents   of  Arizona,   her   father  having  been   a   prominent  Indian   fighter.     In   his 


936  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

liati'inal  relations  Mr.  Brickwood  is  a  Kiiiglit  of  Pytliias  but  has  not  figured  prominently 
in  fraternal  circles.  In  matters  of  citizenship,  however,  he  is  wide-awake  and  alert,  ready 
to  further  any  measure  for  tlie  public  good,  and  his  work  along  that  line  has  been  bcnefieial, 
while  his  business  activities  liave  been  of  the  greatest  value  in  utilizing  and  developing  the 
rich  mineral  resources  of  the  country. 


PAUL  v.  SPRANKLE,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Paul  D.  Sprankle,  one  of  the  prominent  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Winslow,  where 
he  has  practiced  since  1908,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1879  and  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  Virginia  when  he  was  still  an  infant.  In  the  public  schools  of  that  state  he 
acquired  his  preliminary  education  but  afterward  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  took 
*a  course  in  the  State  Normal  School.  Having  determined  to  study  medicine,  he  entered 
Jefferson  Medical  College  in  Philadelphia  and  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  that  insti- 
tution in  1904.  In  order  to  get  the  benefit  of  practical  experience  he  spent  fourteen  months 
as  interne  in  the  West  Pennsylvania  Hospital  in  Pittsburgh  and  then  began  the  active  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Dubois,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  for  two  years. 

At  the  end  of  that  time  Dr.  Sprankle  came  to  Winslow,  Arizona,  settling  here  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1908,  and  he  has  since  continued  a  resident  of  this  city.  He  has  gained  recognition 
as  one  of  the  most  able  and  successful  physicians  in  his  section  of  the  country,  and  by 
his  labors,  his  high  professional  attainments  and  his  sterling  characteristics  has  justified 
the  respect  and  confidence  in  which  he  is  held  by  the  medical  fraternity  and  the  public. 

Dr.  Sprankle  was  piarried  in  1908  to  Miss  Ruth  Rand,  of  Winslow,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  three  children.  The  Doctor  is  a  republican  in  his  political  belief  and  is  inter- 
ested in  the  welfare  of  the  city  in  which  he  resides,  although  he  is  not  active  as  an  oftice- 
sceker.  He  lias  made  an  excellent  professional  record  and  in  all  other  relations  of  life 
enjoys  to  tlie  fullest  extent  the  respect  and  confidence  of  those  who  are  in  any  way  associated 
with  him. 


WILFRED  T.  WEBB. 


^'arious  business  interests  have  claimed  the  attention  and  been  developed  through  the 
efforts  and  ability  of  Wilfred  T.  Webb,  and  in  political  circles,  too,  his  name  is  known  as 
that  of  a  leader  whoso  work  is  practical  and  resultant  and  yet  he  never  places  personal 
aggrandizement  or  ])artisanship  before  patriotism  and  the  jiublic  welfare.  Mr.  Webb  is  a 
western  man  by  birth,  training  and  preference  and  the  enterprising  spirit  which  has  been 
the  dominant  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  the  country  finds  manifestation 
in  his  life. 

He  was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  in  18G5,  a  son  of  Gilbert  and  Almira  (Taft)  Webb, 
the  former  a  native  of  Michigan  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  They  were  pioneer  residents  of  the 
west  and  Gilbert  Webb  contributed  largely  to  the  upbuilding  and  progress  of  tliis  great 
section  of  the  country.  He  was  interested  in  tlie  I'ony  Express  and  built  the  first  telegraph 
line  in  Utah.  He  did  a  considerable  busin('ss  as  a  contractor  and  was  also  extensively 
engaged  in  the  cattle  industry  in  that  state. 

Wilfred  T.  Webb  was  roared  upon  the  frontier  and  in  .June,  1881.  when  a  youth  of 
sixteen  years,  came  to  Arizona,  since  which  time  he  has  been  identified  with  the  develop- 
ment and  progress  of  the  state.  He  settled  first  at  Tombstone,  whore  for  one  year  he 
worked  in  the  mines.  At  the  end  of  that  period,  however,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
stock  business,  with  which  ho  had  become  familiar  under  his  father's  direction.  He  is  now 
the  owner  of  a  fine  ranch  near  Fort  (irant.  He  has  one  of  the  few  typical  cow  ranches  left 
in  the  southwest — one  of  the  few  renmining  features  of  the  earlier  period  when  this  great 
state  was  largely  given  over  to  the  grazing  of  stock.  His  range  covers  a  territory  fifty  by 
twenty  miles,   and   his   brand   is   known    througliout   the  state.     He   is   a   typical   cattle   miin 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  939 

and  pioneer,  possessing  tlie  strong,  rugged  force  of  tlie  men  wlio  liad  to  grapple  with  condi- 
tions that  advancing  civilization  have  made  extinct.  The  same  qualities  have  proven 
valuable  factors  in  his  other  business  relations  and  in  his  public  life.  He  is  interested  in 
a  mercantile  enterprise  at  Pima,  Arizona,  and  is  the-  president  of  the  Webb-Merrill  Com- 
mercial Company.  What  lie  undertakes  lie  carries  forward  to  successful  completion  and 
is  alert,  energetic  and  progressive. 

Mr.  Webb  knows  Arizona's  history  almost  from  first  to  last  and  has  done  not  a  little 
in  shaping  progress  and  advancement.  He  is  accounted  one  of  the  democratic  leaders  of  the 
state  and  tliree  terms  has  been  a  member  of  the  legislature,  serving  as  speaker  of  the  house 
in  1905.  While  in  the  general  assembly  he  aided  in  solving  various  complex  and  intricate 
problems  whicli  have  been  features  of  the  development  and  government  of  the  state,  and 
he  was  also  made  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention.  In  1913  he  was  chosen  one  of  the 
presidential  electors  of  his  party.  His  words  not  only  carry  weight  in  political  councils  but 
in  business  circles  as  well  and,  while  thoroughly  progressive,  Mr.  Webb  is  also  one  of  the  few 
remaining  e.\amples  of  that  type  of  forceful,  resourceful*  pioneers  who  have  shaped  the 
history  of  Arizona.  Success  is  his  and  it  is  well  merited  because  it  has  come  as  the  direct 
and  logical  result  of  business  ability,  careful  management,  keen  sagacity  and  unfaltering 
enterprise.    He  is  now  residing  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 


WALTER  H.  .WILBUR. 


Walter  H.  Wilbur,  now  living  at  Crystal  Luke,  Illinois,  was  for  some  years  one  of  the 
leading  financiers  of  Maricopa  county,  Arizona,  .being  cashier  of  the  Tempe  National  Hank. 
He  was  born  in  Iowa  in  1876  and  is  a  son  of  K.  W.  and  Sarah  1).  Wilbur,  who  came  from 
that  state  to  Mesa,  Arizona,  in  1892.'  Tliere  tlie  father  organized  and  owned  the  Mesa  City 
Bank  and  conducted  it  successfully  for  a  number  of  years.  He  still  resides  in  that  city 
and  is  connected  with  the  Wilbur  Realty  Company  there. 

Walter  H.  Wilbur  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  and  litgh  schools  of  Iowa 
and  was  afterward  a  sttident  in  the  Arizona  State  Normal  Scliool,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1898.  He  practically  grew  up  in  tlie  banking  business,  for  he  was  for  a  long  time 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  Mesa  City  Bank  and  he  continued  Ills  connection  with  that 
institution  until  he  became  cashier  of  the  National  Bank  at  Tempe.  Fraternally  Mr.  Wilbur 
is  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  Avidely  recognized  as  an  able  financier  and 
has  earned  for  liimself  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  careful  man  of  business,  his  prompt 
and  honorable  methods  having  won  lilin  tlie  deserved  and  unbounded  confidence  of  Ills 
fellowmen. 


PHOEBUS  frei:denthal. 


Phoebvis  Fieudenthal,  manager  of  the  Solomon  Commercial  Company  in  Solomonsville. 
was  born  in  Germany  in  1854  and  remained  in  tliat  country,  where  his  father  was  engaged 
in  business,  until  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age.  At  tliat  time  lie  came  to  America  and  after 
live  months  spent  in  New  York,  attending  the  public  schools,  started  across  the  plains  in 
May,  1869,  for  New  Mexico.  He  arrived  in  I>as  Cruces  a  short  time  afterward  and  immedi- 
ately became  identified  witli  mercantile  pursuits  there,  securing  a  position  in  the  store  con- 
ducted by  the  Clifton  Copper  Company.  He  held  that  position  for  twelve  years,  and  in  the 
meantime  became  thoroughly  interested  in  the  affairs  of  the  community,  and  was  one  of 
the  first  men  to  open  the  road  from  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  to  Clifton.  When  tlie  railroad 
was  built  through  to  Arizona,  Mr.  Freudentlial  was  sent  to  Kl  Paso,  Texas,  to  establish 
a  branch  store  there  for  his  ein])loyers.  He  remained  Its  manager  until  the  company  sold  all 
of  its  mining  interests  in  Clifton  and  shipped  their  mercantile  stock  to  that  city,  where 
Mr.  Freudenthal  went  in  order  to  wind  up  the  affairs  of  the  concern.  Returning  afterward 
to  Las  Cruces,  he  engaged  in  business  for  himself,  selling  out  after  a  few  years  In  order  to 


940  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

enter  public  life.  He  was  elected  county  treasurer  on  the  democratic  ticket  and  reelected 
at  the  end  of  his  first  term,  his  work  in  office  proving  entirely  satisfactory  to  the  people 
of  that  section.  Later,  after  Cleveland's  administration,  when  New  Mexico  joined  the  ranks 
of  republican  states,  he  was  elected  on  that  ticket  to  the  same  office  and  served  five  terms, 
his  continued  reelection  evidencing  the  efficacy  and  acceptability  of  his  work. 

When  Mr.  Freudenthal  left  Las  Cruces  he  again  went  to  El  Paso,  where  he  spent  six 
months  as  manager  of  liis  uncle's  business,  later  returning  to  Las  Cruces  in  order  to  dispose 
of  all  of  his  business  interests.  This  accomplished,  he  spent  a  short  time  as  manager  of  a 
mercantile  concern,  but  in  1900  came  to  Solomonsville,  where  he  has  since  been  ranked  among 
substantial  and  representative  citizens.  He  purchased  the  business  controlled  by  I.  E. 
Solomon  &  Company,  and  established  by  1.  K.  Solomon,  after  whom  the  town  was  named, 
and  he  assumed  its  management,  his  excellent  business  and  executive  ability  and  organizing 
power  bringing  him  rapid  success.  Under  his  able  management  the  business  done  by  the 
concern  has  doubled  in  volume  and  increased  in  importance,  and  the  store  is  today  one 
of  the  leading  mercantile  enterprises  in  the  city. 


HADDINGTON  G.  BROWN. 

Haddington  G.  Brown,  now  living  in  Benson,  has  during  a  great  part  of  his  active 
life,  been  interested  in  educational  affairs  and  has  done  some  very  capable  and  effective 
work  along  that  line.  He  was  born  at  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  November  24,  1868,  and 
acquired  his  early  education  in  the  i)ublic  schools  of  that  state.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Universities  of  North  Dakota  and  Minnesota,  going  to  the  latter  state  in  1881.  After  his 
graduation  he  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Arvilla,  North  ]>akota.  and  then  went  to  the 
Indian  Territory  as  superintendent  of  an  Indian  school,  where  ho  remained  for  three  years. 
At  the  end  of  that  time  he  accepted  the  position  of  principal  of  the  Springville  Academy  at 
Springville,  Utah,  and  spent  a  similar  period  in  that  community  before  removing  to  Tucson, 
Arizona,  where  he  became  connected  with  important  educational  interests  as  superintendent 
of  the  Tucson  Indian  Training  School.  He  made  himself  a  powerful  and  vital  force  in 
educational  circles,  for  he  is  a  man  of  broad  and  comprehensive  knowledge  and  practical 
ability,  and  he  possesses,  moreover,  the  necessary  executive  and  organizing  power.  Mr. 
Brown  later  served  for  some  time  as  superintendent  of  the  city  water  department  of  'Tucson 
and  was  subsequently  closely  connected  with  business  interests  of  the  city  as  manager  and 
part  owner  of  the  Tucson  Steam  Laundry.  I'nder  his  able  direction  that  concern  expanded 
rapidly  and  became  one  of  the  important  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  operated  along 
modern  lines  and  equipped  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  most  discerning  patrons. 

Mr.  Brown  married  Miss  Martha  Ashley,  a  native  of  Fairmont,  Nebraska,  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  five  children,  Evelyn,  Amanda,  Allan,  Elizabeth  and  Gratia.  Mr.  Brown 
is  in  all  respects  worthy  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  in  Arizona,  and  in  whatever 
relation  of  life  we  find  him,  whether  as  an  educator  or  as  a  business  man,  is  true  to  the 
highest   principles   of   honorable   and   upright   numliood. 


W.  H.  CONSTABLE 


W.  H.  Constable,  deceased,  was  the  owner  of  a  fine  cold  storage  plant  and  ice  house  in 
Phoenix  and  was  also  engaged  in  the  brokerage  business,  being  well  known  in  commercial 
circles  as  a  man  of  keen  insight  and  sound  judgment.  His  business  relations  extended  over 
all  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  and  he  also  had  an  ofiice  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  where 
he  made  his  home. 

Mr.  Constable  was  born  in  St.  .loseph,  Missouri,  in  1863.  and  acquired  a  public  school 
education  in  that  city.  He  began  his  independent  career  in  1885  as  traveling  salesman 
for  Steel  &  Walker,  grocers,  of  St.  Joseph,  and  he  held  that  position  for  two  years.  In  1887 
he  removed  to  Arizona  and  afterward  confined  his  business  activities  to  the  southwest,     tn 


AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  941 

1892  he  established  brokerage  headquarters  in  Las  \'ega8,  New  Mexico,  and  five  years  later 
erected  a  cold  storage  plant  in  El  r%so,  Texas.  There  lie  also  controlled  a  large  business  as  a 
grocery  broker.  In  1902  he  openea  a  brokerage  olhce  in  Phoenix  and  in  1904  he  built  a  cold 
storage  plant  there,  which  he  conducted  in  connection  with  the  ice  house  erected  in  1908. 
Los  Angeles,  however,  was  liis  headquarters  and  there  he  made  his  home. 

In  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  Mr.  Constable  married  Miss  Sophie  Fuelling,  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  a  son.  Mr.  Constable  was  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks  and  well  known  in  that  organization.  Through  his  own  efforts  he  built  up  a  large 
and  profitable  business  and  gained  a  success  which  showed  him  to  be  a  man  of  marked 
ability  and  worth.     He  passed  away  in  January,  1915. 


GEORGE  MARGARETIC. 


George  Margaretic,  pioneer  prospector  and  miner  in  Arizona,  was  born  in  Dalmatia, 
Austria,  in  1842,  and  spent  his  early  childhood  in  that  country.  He  came  to  America  in 
1857  and  soon  afterward,  as  a  member  of  a  party  of  four  young  men,  left  Buffalo,  New  York, 
and  crossed  the  plains  on  horseback,  arriving  in  Amador  county,  California,  in  1858.  He 
immediately  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  working  in  that  section  until  1874,  when  he 
went  to  Nevada,  still  pursuing  his  former  occupation,  in  which  he  became  proficient  and 
successful. 

Mr.  Margaretic  came  to  Arizona  in  1879  and  has  maintained  a  continuous  residence  lierc 
since  that  time,  becoming  in  the  course  of  the  thirty-seven  years  one  of  the  great  individual 
forces  in  the  development  of  the  mining  industry  in  the  state.  He  mined  at  Cherry  Creek 
and  later  prospected  in  the  Wickenburg  section,  where  he  developed  gold  and  copper  mines, 
notably  the  United  group  and  the  Golden  State  mines,  which  he  still  owns  and  operates, 
taking  from  them  rich  deposits  of  gold  and  copper  ore.  All  of  his  business  interests  are 
capably  and  carefully  conducted  and  as  the  years  have  passed  his  industry  and  laudable 
ambition  have  been  rewarded  by  the  success  which  places  him  today  among  the  substantial 
and  able  men  of  Maricopa  county. 

Mr.  Margaretic  was  married  in  1889  to  Mrs.  Rebecca  Clam,  a  native  of  Indiana.  She 
has  three  children  by  her  former  marriage,  namely.  Alma,  Mrs.  Clara  Palmer  and  Mrs. 
Julia  Dority.  Mr.  Margaretic  is  one  of  Arizona's  most  honored  and  successful  pioneers 
and  since  early  times  his  work  has  been  a  factor  in  development,  his  name  standing  always 
for  integrity,  honor  and  progress  in  all  the  relations  of  life 


A.  L.  GUSTETTER,  M.  D. 


Dr.  A.  L.  Gustetter,  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  war  and  an  eminent  and  successful 
physician  and  surgeon,  whose  work  has  been  of  vital  importance  to  Nogales  in  professional 
circles  and  In  the  public  service,  was  bom  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  February  1,  1876.  He 
acquired  his  prelimary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city  and  was  later  graduated 
in  medicine  from  the  University  of  Cincinnati,  receiving  his  degree  in  1900.  He  was  then 
an  interne  in  a  local  hospital,  and,  being  splendidly  equipped  by  training  and  experience 
for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  came  to  Nogales,  where  he  opened  an  office  in  1902.  He 
has  since  remained  here,  standing  today  among  the  men  of  recognized  ability  and  prominence 
in  the  medical  profession.  Since  1903  he  has  been  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Marine 
Hospital  service  at  Nogales,  and  in  April,  1912,  was  appointed  consulting  surgeon  for 
important  mining  companies  in  Sonora,  Mexico.  He  is  also  county  physician  of  Santa  Cruz 
county  and  has  done  able  work  in  this  as  in  all  positions  of  public  trust  with  which  he 
has  been  honored. 

A  great  deal  of  Dr.  Gustetter's  interest  and  attention  is  centered  upon  the  upbuilding 
and  development  of  the  Mira  Monte  Sanitorium.  being  president  of  the  controlling  corpora- 
tion.    The  mild  and  equable  climate  of  Nogales  has  made  it  an  ideal  spot  for  those  seeking 

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942  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

to  recuperate  their  failing  health;  and  many  who  have  sojourned  here  have  found  the 
continuous  sunshine  and  invigorating  air  of  remarkable  cflicacy  in  restoring  worn  and  wasted 
tissues.  The  environment  being  everything  that  could  be  desired  for  a  health  resort,  there 
has  been  established  here  a  model  sanitorium  where  have  been  elTected  many  remarkable 
cures  by  the  use  of  modern  methods  of  treatment.  Situated  in  a  quiet  and  sheltered  little 
cove,  free  from  winds  and  dust,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town,  commanding  a  beautiful 
view  of  the  Santa  Rita  mountains  in  the  distance  (whence  the  name  "Mountain  View")  is  the 
charming  site  of  the  Mira  Monte  Sanitorium,  the  property  of  a  corporation  of  which  Dr. 
A.  L.  Gustetter  is  president,  and  he  and  Dr.  H.  W.  Purdy  are  the  physicians  in  charge.  Under 
new  and  approved  methods  of  treatment  many  chronic  diseases  arc  dissipated  and  there 
have  been  scored  many  remarkable  cures  of  such  ailments  as  rheumatism,  nervous  prostra- 
tion, other  nervous  disorders,  dyspepsia,  dipsomania,  etc.  The  treatment  consists  greatly 
in  complete  rest  and  fresh  pure  milk  for  nourishment.  The  milk  is  supplied  by  thoroughbred 
Jersey  cows,  owned  by  the  company.  Little  or  no  medicine  is  given.  The  treatment 
prescribed  is  the  result  of  careful  research  and  experimentation  by  some  of  the  most  eminent 
medical  talent  in  America  and  it  has  proved  a  complete  success  whenever  adopted.  The 
institution  has  treated  with  great  success  many  patients  from  various  parts  of  Mexico, 
from  California  and  the  east,  and  its  fame  and  reputation  are  traveling  constantly  afar. 

Dr.  Gustetter  is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  war,  liaving  served  as  a  member  of 
the  hospital  corps  stationed  at  Tampa,  Florida,  first  in  the  volunteer  service  and  later  in  the 
regular  army.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Santa  Ciiiz  Club  of  Nogales  and  has 
been  its  president  since  the  foundation  of  the  society  in  1909.  He  has  taken  the  thirty- 
second  degree  in  Masonry  according  to  the  Scottish  Rite  and  belongs  to  the  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine  and  the  local  lodge  of  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  county  and  state  medical 
societies  and  the  American  Medical  Association,  and  is  interested  in  all  organizations  for  the 
promulgation  of  scientific  knowledge.  He  is  ever  an  industrious  and  ambitious  student  of  his 
profession,  keeping  abreast  with  the  progress  made  through  reading,  research  and  investiga- 
tion, while  in  social  life  he  is  popular  by  reason  of  a  genial  disposition  and  a  pleasing 
personality. 


B.  B.  GROVE. 


B.  B.  Grove,  one  of  the  well  known  citizens  of  Douglas  where  lie  has  been  engaged  in 
various  business  pursuits  during  the  twelve  years  of  his  residence,  was  born  in  Indiana 
in  1866.  He  is  a  son  of  Hiram  E.  and  Mary  Grove,  natives  of  Trumbull  county,  Ohio,  who 
became  the  parents  of  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  all  of  whom  are  residing  in  Indiana 
with  the  exception  of  our  subject,  who  is  the  eldest  of  the  family.  The  mother  passed 
away  in  August,  1912,  but  the  father  is  still  living  and  continues  to  reside  in  Indiana. 

B.  B.  Grove  spent  his  boyhood  at  home,  his  education  being  procured  in  the  publie 
schools  of  his  native  state.  In  1884  he  went  to  Minnesota  but  after  a  brief  sojourn  there 
returned  to  Indiana,  where  he  remained  until  1888.  In  the  latter  year  he  came  to  Arizona, 
locating  in  Graham  county,  where  he  worked  on  a  ranch.  From  there  he  went  to  San 
Carlos  to  assume  a  government  position  and  for  two  years  was  connected  with  the  depart- 
ment of  the  interior.  He  subsequently  ranched  for  a  brief  period  and  then  went  to  St. 
Thomas  and  managed  a  mercantile  concern.  His  ne.xt  venture  was  the  establishment  of  a 
stage  line,  which  he  operated  with  good  success  for  several  years.  Disposing  of  this  enter- 
prise, he  went  to  Willcox,  this  state,  and  engaged  in  the  liquor  business  for  a  short  time. 
In  1903,  he  went  to  Douglas  and  during  the  early  period  of  his  residence  there  handled 
stock  on  a  commission  basis  for  a  California  firm.  He  also  conducted  a  clothing  store  for 
a  time,  but  in  1915  embarked  in  the  manufacture  of  brick  and  has  met  witn  success  in 
this  venture.  Mr.  Grove  owns  one  of  the  fine  residence  properties  of  Douglas  and  has 
acquired  stock  in  various  mining  enterprises  in  the  state. 

On  the  14th  of  November,  1900,  Mr.  Grove  was  married  to  Miss  Beryl  E.  Crowninshield, 
a  native  of  Michigan  but  of  German  extraction.  She  was  reared  and  educated  in  Indiana, 
and  is  the  sixth  in  order  of   birth   of  the   seven   children   born   to   William   and   Elizabeth 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  945 

Crowninshield.  Her  mother  passed  away  in  Indiana  in  1913,  but  her  father  is  still  living 
and  continues  to  make  his  home  in  that  state.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grove  have  been  born 
four  children:  Bert  B.,  born  on  the  15th  of  January,  1909;  Walter  C,  boni  on  the  1st  of 
Jlecember,  1913;  Florence  May,  who  died  in  Indiana  at  the  age  of  one  year;  and  James 
H.,  who  was  fifteen  months  old  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  Arizona. 

The  family  are  of  the  Baptist  faith  and  the  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Grove  are 
confined  to  his  membership  in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  votes  the  repub- 
lican ticket  and  has  held  several  ollieial  positions,  among  them  that  of  United  States 
commissioner,  to  which  he  was  appointed  by  Judge  Kibby.  While  residing  at  Fort  Thomas  he 
held  the  office  of  assistant  postmaster  and  he  has  discharged  the  duties  of  justice  of  the 
jieace.  Mr.  Grove  has  witnessed  many  and  marvelous  changes  in  Arizona  during  the 
twenty-eight  years  of  his  residence  here,  not  the  least  of  which  has  been  the  development 
of  Cochise  county. 


THOMAS  TAYLOR. 


Thomas  Taylor,  who  since  1894  has  been  connected  with  tlie  Inited  Verde  Mining  Com- 
pany in  Jerome,  rising  through  successive  stages  of  progress  and  advancement  to  superin- 
tendent of  the  smelters,  was  born  in  Swansea,  South  Wales,  in  1865,  and  spent  his  early  life 
in  his  native  country,  where  he  acquired  his  education.  In  1884  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to 
the  United  States,  settling  first  in  Jersey  City.  From  there  he  went  to  Butte,  Montana, 
turning  his  attention  to  mining,  an  occupation  with  which  he  has  been  in  some  way  con- 
nected since  that  time.  He  went  from  Butte  to  Great  Falls  as  a  representative  of  the  Boston 
&  Montana  Mining  Company,  and  on  the  10th  of  October,  1894,  came  to  Jerome,  Arizopa, 
securing  a  position  with  the  United  Verde  Mining  Company.  He  has  advanced  rapidly  as  a 
result  of  his  practical  knowledge  of  mining  and  his  conscientiousness  and  reliability  in  the 
discharge  of  any  duty  intrusted  to  him,  and  in  1905  he  was  made  superintendent  of  smelters, 
which  position  he  still  holds.  A  man  of  rare  business  discrimination  and  sound  jjidgment, 
lie  has  been  carried  forward  in  the  course  of  years  into  important  relations  with  outside 
business  interests  and  is  now  vice  president  of  the  Bank  of  .Teronie  and  is  recognized  as  a 
leader  in  financial  circles.  He  is  heavily  interested  in  ranch  and  orchard  property  in  the 
valley  and  has  a  fine  home  in  .lerome,  which  he  has  made  the  center  of  hospitality  for  his 
many  friends. 

Mr.  TiJyIor  was  married  in  1895  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Harvey,  who  was  born  in  Arkansas, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter.  Fraternally  Mr.  Taylor  is  connected  with  the 
Masonic  order,  having  been  initiated  according  to  both  the  York  and  Scottish  Rites,  and  he  is  a 
life  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  A 
democrat  in  his  political  beliefe,  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  polities  and  served  for  a 
number  of  terras  on  the  democratic  central  committee  and  in  other  ways  has  made  his 
influence  felt  as  a  factor  in  local  politics. 


JOSEPH  E.  COX. 


Joseph  E.  Cox  was  formerly  a  leading  representative  of  financial  interests  in  Holbrook 
and  through  successive  stages  of  development  in  his  business  career  worked  his  way  upward 
to  the  responsible  position  of  cashier  of  the  Merchants  &  Stock  Growers  Bank  in  that  city, 
but  he  is  now  connected  with  the  First  National  Bank  of  Albuqxierque,  New  Mexico.  He 
was  born  in  Iowa  in  1883,  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  Illinois  when  he  was  still  very 
young,  acquiring  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state.  He  began  his  independent 
career  in  1907,  when  he  went  to  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  where  he  became  connected  witli 
banking  interests,  becoming  well  known  in  that  city  as  a  resourceful  and  capable  financier. 
In  August,  1909,  he  removed  to  Holbrook,  Arizona,  assisting  in  the  organization  of  the 
Merchants  &  Stock  Growers  Bank  of  that  city,  afterward  being  elected  to  the  position  of 


946  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

cashier.  Throughout  his  entire  business  career  Mr.  Cox  has  been  connected  with  banking, 
which  lie  has  mastered  in  every  department,  both  in  principle  and  detail,  and  much  of  the 
success  of  the  institutions  with  which  he  has  been  connected  is  due  to  his  excellent  manage- 
ment and  his  superior  ability  as  a  financier. 

Mr.  Cox  was  married  on  the  11th  of  July.  1905,  to  Miss  Minnie  Peterson,  of  Moline, 
Illinois,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  three  children.  Fraternally  Mr.  Cox  is  identified 
with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  interest  in  public 
alfairs  is  of  a  most  practical  character,  manifest  in  active  cooperation  in  measures  calculated 
to  promote  the  public  good.  He  is  a  man  of  brains,  personality  and  ability,  modern  in  his 
views  and  progressive  in  his  ideas,  and  possessing  A  forceful  character  that  makes  him  a 
leading  factor  in  community  life  as  well  as  in  business  circles. 


lEBERT  B.  ENGLISH. 


Irbert  B.  English  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  progressive  citizens  of  Phoenix.  He  was 
born  in  Texas  in  1876  and  is  a  son  of  William  J.  and  Nancy  (Blackwell)  English,  the  former 
a  native  of  Arkansas  and  the  latter  of  Tennessee.  The  father  is  now  living  in  his  native 
state,  where  he  is  a  prosperous  and  successful  farmer.  He  and  his  wife  had  a  large  family 
of  children,  only  four  of  whom  are  still  living:  Libbie,  the  wife  of  A.  T.  I'rather,  of  New 
Mexico;  Irbert  B.,  of  this  review;  Nancy,  wlio  married  B.  F.  Sanford,  of  New  Mexico;  and 
Lee  L.,  of  Metcalf,  Arizona. 

Irbert  B.  English  was  reared  in  Texas  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  state.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  laid  aside  his  books  and  went  to  work  punching 
cows  and  breaking  horses,  engaging  in  these  occupations  in  various  parts  of  Texas  and  New 
Mexico.  He  came  to  Arizona  in  1895  and  settled  first  in  Duncan,  where  he  acted  as  a  cow 
puncher  for  five  years,  going  at  the  end  of  tluit  time  to  Moronci,  where  he  became  connected 
with  the  Detroit  Copper  Company  as  fireman  and  pump  operator.  These  duties  occupied  his 
attention  for  four  years,  after  which  he  spent  a  year  and  a  half  in  Los  Angeles  before 
returning  to  Morenci,  where  he  turned  his  attention  to  independent  business  pursuits,  opening 
a  barber  shop  wliicli  lie  conducted  for  two  years.  Upon  the  expiration  of  tliat  jieriod  he 
removed  to  Clifton,  ':ontinuing  in  his  former  business  for  four  years  and  severing  his 
connection  with  it  when  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  the  newly  organized 
Greenlee  county.  He  served  capably  and  efficiently  for  one  term  and  upon  its  expiration 
turned  his  attention  to  the  insurance  business,  in  which  he  met  with  well  deserved  success, 
building  up  a  large  and  representative  patronage  by  reason  of  his  enterprise,  business 
ability  and  capable  management.  He  has  extensive  interests  in  mining  properties  and  his 
investments  have  been  judiciously  made.  , 

In  1901  Mr.  English  married  Miss  Eleanor  J.  Stinson,  a  native  of  Oliio  and  a  daughter 
of  William  Stinson,  who  was  born  in  Indiana.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  English  are  the  parents  of  a 
daughter,  Mabel  G.,  who  was  born  in  1902  and  is  attending  school. 

Mr.  English  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  and  fraternally  is 
connected  with  the  Masons,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star,  the  Rebekahs  and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  He  is  well  known  throughout  the 
community  as  a  prosperous,  reliable  and  successful  business  man  and  enjoys  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  is  associated. 


JOHN  D.  PATTY. 


John  D.  Patty,  identified  with  ranching  and  stock-raising  interests,  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Greenlee  county  in  1889.  During  the  intervening  twenty-seven  years  he  has  been 
prominent  as  a  reliable  and  successful  business  man  and  also  as  a  force  in  public  aflfairs, 
his  importance  in  county  politics  being  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  served  as  sheriff. 


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He  was  born  in  South  Carolina  in  1868,  a  son  of  Mark  and  Hannah  (Cable)  Patty, 
the  former  also  a  native  of  that  state  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  The  father  was  for  many 
years  prominently  connected  with  milling  interests.  He  came  to  the  southwest  in  1880 
and  settled  in  New  Mexico,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and  stock-raising  on  an  extensive 
scale.  He  is  now  living  retiied  in  Kansas,  having  survived  his  wife  since  1801.  Of  the 
ten  children  born  to  them  three  are  still  living:  John  D.,  of  this  review;  Laura,  who  mar- 
ried Fremont  Miller,  of  Emporia,  Kansas,  by  wliom  she  has  two  children;  and  Anna,  who 
married  Dr.  James  Jaquith,  of  Emporia,  Kansas,  by  whom  she  has  three  children. 

Jolm  D.  Patty  was  reared  in  New  Mexico  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  state,  laying  aside  his  books  at  tlie  age  of  sixteen  years  in  order  to  begin 
his  independent  career.  He  worked  as  a  cowboy  for  Some  time,  saving  his  money  until  he 
was  able  to  engage  in  business  for  himself.  He  purchased  land  and  in  the  course  of  years 
accumulated  a  considerable  amount  of  high  grade  stock,  dividing  his  attention  between 
the  conduct  of  his  cattle  interests  and  prospecting  and  mining  throughout  Arizona  and  New 
Mexico.  After  twelve  years  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Clifton,  in  1889,  and  he  has  lived 
in  and  around  that  city  ever  since,  becoming  widely  and  favorably  known  and  securing 
an  extensive  circle  of  friends.  He  worked  first  as  foreman  and  assistant  superintendent 
of  mines  in  the  district  but  in  1908  again  turned  his.  attention  to  the  cattle  business, 
purchasing  a  ranch  forty-five  miles  north  of  Clifton.  Being  a  farsighted  and  discriminating 
business  man,  he  conducts  his  affairs  in  a  capable  and  ])rogressive  way  and  has  enjoyed  a 
steady  prosperity  tliroughout  the  passing  years,  being^odayone  ^f^the  substantial  and 
influential  men  in  his  section  of  the  state.  P^n^^P^  i-JWjKJ 

As  a  public-spirited  citizen  Mr.  Patty  has  ahva}\s  taken  an  intelligent  and  active  inter- 
est in  public  affairs  and  lias  at  times  held  office,  proving  liis  loyalty  by  personal  service. 
He  was  at  one  time  constable  for  the  Clifton  precinct,  serving  two  terms,  and  from  1906 
to  1913  was  deputy  sheriff  of  Greenlee  county.  His  services  in  that  capacity  were  recog- 
nized in  his  election  to  the  office  of  sheriff,  which  he  capably  filled,  discharging  his  duties 
conscientiously  and  ably  and  always  with  a  view  to  the  best  interests  of  the  community 
at  large. 

On  December  22,  1912,  Mr.  Patty  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Grace  Kenedon,  a 
native  of  Kansas  and  the  widow  of  Charles  Kenedon.  She  is  a  daughter  of  a  Mr.  and  Mjs. 
Anderson,  early  settlers  of  Kansas,  where  the  father  followed  farming  for  a  number  of 
years.     He  now  makes  his  home  in  Junction  City,  Kansas. 

Mr.  Patty  gives  a  loyal  support  to  the  republican  party,  and  fraternally  is  connected 
with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  taken 
the  thirty-second  degree.  He  is  a  man  of  high  moral  character,  industry  and  enterprise, 
and  these  qualities,  together  with  his  interest  in  the  general  welfare  of  the  community, 
have  gained  him  high   standing  throughout  the   community   where  he  has  so   long   resided. 


W.  J.  KINGSBURY. 


In  a  history  of  Tempe's  professional  and  financial  interests  it  is  imperative  that  mention 
be  made  of  W.  J.  Kingsbury,  lawyer  and  banker,  whose  enterprise,  initiative  and  ready 
recognition  of  opportunity  have  made  him  one  of  the  leading  factors  in  the  general 
development  of  the  town.  As  president  of  the  Farmers  &  Merchants  Bank  he  stands  as  a 
central  figure  in  financial  circles  and  his  influence  along  legal  lines  has  been  wide  and 
important,  covering  litigation  of  all  characters  and  before  all  the  courts  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  was  born  in  San  Antonio,  Texas,  and  acquired  his  early  education  in  tlie 
public  schools  of  that  city,  later  entering  Washington  and  Lee  University  in  Virginia,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  law  in  1879.  He  practiced  for  some  time  afterward  in  his 
native  city  and  from  there  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  George  J.  Dennis,  with  whom  he  continued  for  two  years.  Afterward  he  spent 
one  year  in  Europe  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  Tempe  in 
1887.     He  has  since  been  in  active  practice  here  and  has  built  up  an  enviable  reputation  for 


948  ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 

ability  in  his  jjrofessioii,  being  not  only  a  profound  student  of  tlie  law  but  a  strong  and 
forceful  practitioner. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  greatly  enlarged  his  interests  in  1897,  when  he  purchased  a  controlling 
Interest  in  the  Farmers  &  Merchants  Bank  of  Tempe,  of  which  he  has  since  been  president 
and  active  manager.  Tliis  institution  was  organized  in  1893  by  John  S.  Armstrong,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  half  of  which  was  paid  up,  and  with  the  following 
oflicers:  John  S.  Armstrong,  president;  E.  G.  Frankenberg,  vice  president;  and  F.  G. 
Dodson,  cashier.  In  1897  Mr.  Kingsbury  became  connected  with  it,  assuming  the  oflice 
of  president,  and  since  that  time  the  official  board  has  been  as  follows;,  W.  J.  Kingsbury, 
president;  E.  G.  Frankenberg,  vice  president;  H.  G.  Carson,  cashier;  and  B.  B.  Sanders, 
assistant  cashier.  The  capital  stock  lias  been  fully  paid  up  and  tliere  is  now  a  surphi.-^ 
of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  the  deposits  amounting  to  about  two  hundred  and  forty  thousand 
dollars.  Mr.  Kingsbury  has  conducted  the  enterprise  upon  a  safe  conservative  basis  and  the 
business  has  gradually  developed  until  it  is  now  one  of  the  strong  moneyed  institutions  of 
Maricopa  county.  His  executive  ability  and  organizing  power  have  been  called  forth  and 
much  of  the  success  of  the  bank  is  due  to  him,  his  record  proving  him  as  capable  in  finance 
as  he  is  able  in  law. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  was  married  on  the  16th  of  August,  1891,  to  Miss  Viola  C.  Webster,  a 
native  of  Iowa,  and  they  have  two  children,  William  West  and  Olive.  The  family  are  well 
known  in  social  circles  of  Tempe  and  Mr.  Kingsbury  has  important  club  affiliations  outside 
of  the  city,  holding  membership  in  the  Plioenix  and  the  Arizona  Clubs  and  in  the  California 
Club  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Country  Club  of  Tempe  and  fraternally 
is  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  ])arty 
and  for  two  terms  served  as  city  attorney  of  Tempe,  discharging  his  duties  in  a  nuinner 
which  reflected  credit  upon  his  ability  and  his  public  spirit.  A  splendid  representative  of 
the  best  type  of  American  business  men,  he  has  by  perseverance,  determination  and  honorable 
effort  made  his  way  upward  to  success,  while  his  genuine  worth,  broad  mind  and  public 
spirit  have  made  him  a  director  of  thought  and  action  in  his  community.  He  is  pre- 
eminently a  man  of  affairs  and  his  labors  contribute  largely  to  the  business  and  professional 
development  of  Tempe  as  well  as  to  his  individual  prosperity. 


HON.  WILLIAM  MICKLE  WHIPPLE. 

Hon.  William  Mickle  Whipple,  an  honored  and  well  known  resident  <if  Phoenix,  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  and  his  attitude  toward  public  questions  has 
always  been  that  of  progressive  citizenship.  He  was  born  in  Provo  City,  Utah,  a  son  of 
Edson  and  Mary  Ann  (Weager)  Whipple,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Tlio  father  was 
a  native  of  Vermont  and  the  mother  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  He  devoted  his  atten- 
tion to  farming  and  went  with  the  Mormon  pioneers  to  Utah  in  1847.  The  family  numbered 
four  children:  John  D.,  now  deceased;  William  M.;  Mary  Ann.  the  wife  of  Ezra  Curtis, 
of  Castle  Dale,  Utah;  and  Laura,  the  wife  of  George  Holdaway,  of  Aurora,  I'tah. 

William  M.  Whipple  was  reared  in  Utah  and  went  into  the  mines  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years  to  earn  his  own  living.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  his  lionu'  town,  but  his 
school  privileges  were  somewhat  limited  and  the  greater  part  of  his  education  has  been 
obtained  in  the  school  of  experience.  He  worked  in  various  capacities  in  the  mines  during 
his  youth  and  in  early  manhood  and  in  1876,  following  his  marriage,  came  with  his  wife  to 
Arizona.  They  were  pioneer  residents  of  the  territory,  settling  on  Little  Colorado  river  at 
a  period  when  the  work  of  civilization  and  development  seemed  scarcely  l>egun.  The  place 
at  which  they  took  up  their  abode  is  now  known  as  St.  .Toseph.  Mr.  Whiiiple  a.ssisted  in 
colonizing  the  farmers  there  and  remained  at  that  place  for  fifteen  or  sixteen  months,  after 
which  he  returned  to  Utah,  where  he  remained  for  a  year.  At  that  tinu-  the  father  and  the 
other  members  of  the  family  came  to  Arizona,  settling  in  the  northern  jiart  of  the  territory, 
and  William  M.  Wliipple  worked  on  the  railroad  and  freighted  in  northern  Arizona.  Ho 
subsequently  spent  a  year  in  Prescott  at  teaming  and  mining  and  in  1883  removed  to  Graham 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  949 

county,  first  settling  near  Solomonsville.  He  taught  school  in  that  section  for  ten  j-ears, 
aiding  much  in  developing  the  early  educational  system  there,  and  he  also  worked  at  the 
carpenter's  trade.  At  different  periods  he  has  been  connected  with  mining.  In  February, 
1895,  he  removed  to  Clifton,  Arizona,  and  was  engaged  in  freighting  between  that  place  and 
Lordsburg  before  the  railroad  was  built.  He  was  thus  engaged  at  the  time  the  noted  Indian 
chief,  Geronimo,  went  on  his  campaign,  but  Jlr.  Wliipple  was  fortunate  in  never  being 
molested  on  any  of  these  raids  of  the  red  men. 

With  the  development  and  business  activity  of  Clifton  Mr.  Whipple  was  closely  identified. 
He  established  a  dairy  near  the  town  and  operated  it  successfully  for  twelve  years.  At 
•different  periods  he  prospected  and  was  more  or  less  successful  in  that  line  of  work.  While 
conducting  his  dairy  he  also  organized  the  Crystal  Water  Company  of  Clifton,  which  is  still 
in  operation  and  furnishes  a  portion  of  the  water  used  by  the  town.  He  likewise  has  an 
interest  in  a  bank  of  Phoenix  and  another  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  He  has  improved 
a  ranch  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  in  Graham  county,  having  entered  the  land  from 
the  government  and  brought  it  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  It  is  known  as  the  Whipple 
ranch  but  recently  has  been  sold  by  its  original  owner. 

On  the  14th  of  February,  1876,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Whipple  and  Miss 
Polly  Ann  Carter,  a  native  of  Provo  City,  Utah,  and  a  daughter  of  Dominicus  and  Polly 
(Miner)  Carter,  who  were  early  settlers  of  Utah.  Nine  children  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Whipple:  William  D.,  born  April  25,  1877,  is  now  married  and  lives  in  Clifton, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  business.  Orson.  Frank.  Albert,  Anna  Laura  and  Leland  S.  are  all 
deceased.  Flossie,  living  at  home  with  her  parents,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Clifton  High 
School;  has  made  a  specialty  of  the  study  of  music  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  best 
pianists  of  Arizona.     Violet  and  Dawnz  have  both  passed  away. 

Mr.  Whipple  is  a  member  of  the  F.  M.  C.  His  political  support  is  given  to  the 
democratic  party  and  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  in  1911,  meeting  with  that  body 
early  the  following  year.  All  of  the  laws,  seventy-six  in  number,  which  were  passed  at  the 
session  of  the  legislature  were  of  a  more  or  less  progressive  character  and  received  the 
strong  indorsement  of  Mr.  Whipple,  who  is  alwaj's  found  on  the  side  of  improvement  and 
advancement.  He  has  filled  some  local  positions,  being  a  school  trustee  in  Graham  county, 
also  road  supervisor  and  justice  of  the  peace  for  one  term.  Since  his  retirement  from  the 
general  assembly  he  has  become  a  resident  of  Phoenix,  where  he  now  makes  his  home. 
His  public  record,  like  his  private  life,  is  commendable  and  displays  a  devotion  to  the  general 
good  that  none  question.  In  his  business  career  he  has  worked  his  way  steadily  upward, 
hasing  his  success  upon  energy,  industry  and  perseverance. 


SAMUEL  H.  DRACHMAN. 


Through  a  residence  of  fifty-four  years  in  Tucson  Sanuiel  H.  Drachman  firmly  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  affection  and  regard  of  those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact  and  left 
the  impress  of  a  forceful  personality  upon  commercial  interests  and  public  affairs.  His 
death,  which  occurred  December  26,  1911.  marked  the  passing  of  a  gallant  soldier  and  an 
able  politician  and  was  a  great  loss  to  Arizona  in  the  ranks  of  her  representative  and 
substantial  citizens. 

Mr.  Drachman  was  born  in  Petrokoy,  Russian  Poland,  November  9,  1837,  and  spent 
his  childhood  and  youth  in  his  native  country.  He  was  eighteen  years  of  age  when  he 
crossed  the  Atlantic,  landing  in  New  York,  where  lie  spent  some  time,  later  going  to  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  and  joining  the  Confederate  army  from  that  state  in  1861,  He  served 
through  the  entire  Civil  war  under  General  Beauregard,  and  with  a  creditable  military 
record  came  in  1867  to  Tucson,  Arizona,  where  he  worked  for  some  time  as  a  government 
contractor.  He  later  established  himself  in  the  tobacco  pnd  cigar  business,  and  when  his 
patronage  grew,  extended  the  scope  of  his  activities  to  include  a  branch  store  in  Phoenix. 
From  that  time  until  his  death  he  steadily  prospered,'  becoming  one  of  the  representative 
business  men  of  Pima  county. 

Mr.  Drachman  was  married  in  San  Bernardino,  California,  December  17,  1875,  to  Miss 


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AKIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE 


Jennie  Migel,  a  native  of  Russia,  and  they  became  tlie  parents  of  tliiee  eliildron:  Heibeit, 
who  makes  his  home  in  San  Francisco;  Lucille;  and  Myrtle.  Fraternally  51r.  Drachman  was 
affiliated  with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Benevolent  I'rotective  Order  of  Elks,  and  was  also 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Arizona  Pioneer  Society. 

The  connections  already  mentioned,  however,  are  not  sufficient  to  indicate  the  scope 
and  variety  of  Mr.  Drachman's  interests,  for  he  was  not  only  one  of  the  greatest  individual 
forces  in  the  educational  life  of  Tucson  but  he  left  his  mark  also  upon  the  local  political 
history  of  his  time.  He  was  a  member  of  the  seventh  Arizona  legislature  and  also  served 
on  the  city  council  of  Tucson,  standing  always  on  the  side  of  right,  reform  and  progress 
and  steadily  opposing  all  kinds  of  political  corruption.  Public  education  in  Tucson  owes  Mr. 
Drachman  a  great  debt,  for  during  the  nine  years  of  his  service  as  school  trustee  be  achieved 
great  and  lasting  results,  doing  work  which  still  stands  as  a  memoiial  to  him.  During  his 
term  of  office  the  Tucson  high  school  was  built  and  the  Davis,  Mansfield,  Holliday  and 
Drachman  schools  erected  and  the  first  real  impetus  given  to  the  cause  of  public  education. 
Mr.  Drachman  ever  manifested  a  deep  and  helpful  interest  in  those  projects  which  were  of 
vital  significance  to  the  welfare  of  his  community  and  his  cooperation  therein  was  beneficial 
and  far-reaching  in  its  effects,  his  work  and  accomplishments  forming  the  fitting  crown  to  a 
well  spent  life. 


GEORGE  H.  CROSBY,  Jr. 


In  legal,  religious,  educational  and  political  circles  of  Arizona,  George  H.  Crosby,  Jr.,  now 
judge  of  the  superior  court  of  Apache  county,  has  made  a  state-wide  reputation.  He  is  a  man 
to  whom  success  has  come  as  a  result  of  an  earnest  labor,  close  application  and  intelligently 
directed  energy,  for  he  started  out  in  life  empty  handed  and  has  steadily  worked  his  way 
upward  to  prosperity. 

He  was  born  in  I'tah,  February  29,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  George  H.  and  Sarali  (Brown) 
Crosby,  the  former  a  pioneer  of  Utah  and  the  latter  a  native  of  that  state.  The  father  is  a 
stanch  adherent  of  the  Mormon  religion  and  in  the  interest  of  his  church  came  to  Arizona, 
settling  on  a  farm  in  Apache  county.  He  founded  and  helped  to  build  the  town  of  Eagar, 
installed  there  a  cooperative  water  storage  and  irrigation  system  unsurpassed  by  any  in 
the  state  and  became  prominent  as  an  early  advocate  and  builder  of  good  roads  and  in  the 
support  of  many  movements  of  public  and  semi-public  nature.  Tlie  father  has  made  his 
influence  felt  upon  the  political  history  of  Arizona  through  his  able  and  distinguished  service 
as  a  member  of  the  eighteenth  territorial  legislature,  as  the  historic  "Gentlennin  from 
Apache  county,"  who  shaped  much  of  that  legislature's  work.  At  all  times  lie  is  interested 
in  religious  matters  and  as  bishop  in  the  Mormon  church  active  in  the  ))ropagation  of  the 
doctrines  in  which  he  believes.  He  and  his  wife  became  the  i)arcnts  of  twelve  children: 
Benjamin  B.,  a  well  known  railroad  contractor  of  northern  Arizona;  George  H.,  of  this 
review;  William  H.,  deceased;  Lorenzo,  who  passed  away  leaving  three  children;  Amelia, 
the  wife  of  William  E.  Wiltbank,  of  Eagar,  Apache  county;  Jesse  E.,  formerly  county  attor- 
ney of  Navajo  county,  Arizona;  .John  A.,  of  Ramah,  New  Mexico;  Cliarles  W.,  a  resident  of 
Eagar;  and  Albert  W.,  of  Eagar.     The  other  members  of  the  family  died  in  infancy. 

George  IL  Crosby,  Jr.,  was  reared  upon  his  father's  farm  in  Apache  county  and  was 
nineteen  years  of  age  before  he  had  any  educational  advantages.  He  then  went  to  Utah 
and  entered  a  district  school,  completing  his  course  there  and  in  a  high  school.  Later  he 
attended  the  State  University  at  Salt  Lake  City,  supplementing  this  by  a  course  in  law  in 
the  Michigan  State  University  at  Ann  Arbor.  During  all  of  this  time  he  had  very  little 
money  and  all  that  he  could  get  together  was  spent  upon  his  education.  His  efforts  were 
loyally  supplemented  by  those  of  his  wife,  who  taught  school  in  order  to  add  to  their  income 
and  assist  her  husband  in  getting  his  education.  Eventually  Mr.  Crosby  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  in  Salt  Lake  City  and  began  the  ])racticc  of  his  profession. 

He  had  previously  identified  himself  with  public  affairs  of  the  state,  serving  as  county 
surveyor  and  turning  his  attention  to  journalism.  From  1890  to  1898  he  was  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  Southern  Censor  in  Richfield,  I'tah,  and  afterward  edited  the  Richfield 
Reaper,  becoming  well  known  as  a  force  in  the  direction  of  public  thought  and  opinion 
through  the  influence  of  his  papers.  While  still  a  resident  of  Utah  he  founded  a  town,  bring- 
ing settlers  to  what  later  became  Torrcy,  Wayne  county,  Utah,  and  establishing  a  thriving 


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town,  working  energetically  for  the  development  of  the  community  along  material,  political, 
moral  and  educational  lines.  He  was  in  1899  and  again  in  1903  in  the  Utah  legislature,  and 
his  work  in  this,  as  in  all  other  capacities,  was  straightforward  and  progressive,  influencing 
in  an  important  way  the  liistory  of  the  state. 

In  1903  Mr.  Crosby  left  Utah  and  came  again  to  Arizona,  settling  first  in  Navajo  county, 
where  for  one  year  he  acted  as  principal  of  the  academy  at  SnowHake.  In  1904  he  was 
invited  to  return  to  Apache  county  and  was  there  elected  district  attorney,  defeating  Isaac 
Barth,  now  a  member  of  the  New  Mexico  legislature.  Here  he  stood  out  against  great  odds 
and  opposed  joint  statehood  with  New  Mexico,  and  thus  first  became  known  over  the  terri- 
tory. After  serving  one  term  he  removed  to  Graham  county,  taking  up  the  practice  of  law 
in  Safford  in  1907.  In  December,  1911,  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county  attorney  of 
Graham  county  and  served  until  1914,  displaying  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  the  energy, 
aggressiveness  and  high  integrity  which  have  distinguished  the  varied  activities  of  his  suc- 
cessful career.  In  1914  he  again  accepted  an  invitation  to  return  to  his  old  home  county 
of  Apache  and  accept  public  trust  as  judge  of  the  superior  court,  to  which  he  was  readily 
elected  and  which  place  he  is  now  filling. 

Mr.  Crosby  was  married  August  8,  1894,  to  Miss  Martlia  Miller,  a  native  of  Utah  and 
a  daughter  of  Hans  P.  and  Caroline  (Larson)  Miller.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crosby  became  the 
parents  of  four  children:  Gwendolyn,  deceased;  Kent  M.,  who  is  attending  school;  and 
Lucile  and  Laprele,  twins. 

Mr.  Crosby  is  still  connected  in  an  important  way  with  business  interests  in  the  Gila 
valley  being  the  largest  stockholder  in  the  Smithville  Extension  Canal  Company,  now  en- 
gaged in  important  irrigation  work  effecting  tlie  watering  of  from  six  to  seven  thousand 
acres  of  land  near  Pima.  He  owns  also  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  farm  land  in 
Graham  county.  He  is  a  devout  adherent  of  the  Mormon  church  and  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  high  council  of  both  the  St.  Johns  and  St.  Joseph  stakes,  and  has  also  served  both 
stakes  as  stake  superintendent  of  the  Young  Men's  Association. 

Mr.  Crosby  was  a  leader  in  early  day  labor  for  prohibition  in  Graham  county,  both  for 
establishing  it  and  enforcing  it.  His  busy  and  useful  life  may  well  serve  as  a  source  of 
Inspiration  to  others  and  as  a  splendid  example  of  the  value  of  indomitable  determination, 
j)erseverance  and  energy  in  the  making  of  a  successful  career.  By  perseverance  and  honor- 
able effort  he  has  overcome  the  obstacles  which  barred  his  path  to  success,  while  his  genuine 
worth  and  broad  minded  public  spirit  make  him  a  director  of  thought  and  action  in  the  ■ 
community  where  he  makes  his  home. 


JAMES  WOOD. 


James  Wood,  now  living  at  Ocean  Park,  Los  Angeles,  was  for  several  years  superin- 
tendent of  the  C.  &  A.  Smelter  at  Douglas  in  which  city  he  acquired  some  desirable  prop- 
erty interests  during  that  time.  He  was  born  in  Canada  in  1860,  and  is  the  eldest  child 
in  a  family  of  nine  children,  all  of  whom  are  living  and  continue  to  reside  in  their  native 
country  with  the  exception  of  our  subject  and  one  brother,  Albert,  who  makes  his  home 
in  California.     The  father  passed  away  in  Manitoba  in  1909,  but  the  mother  is  still  living. 

Reared  in  a  home  of  limited  means  the  early  advantages  of  James  Wood  were  very 
meager  and  his  education  is  almost  entirely  self-acquired,  the  greater  part  of  it  having 
been  obtained  in  the  scliool  of  experience.  The  hardships  and  privations  he  has  passed 
through  have  undoubtedly  largely  contributed  toward  making  him  the  practical,  resourceful 
and  generally  efficient  man  he  is  today  and  have  been  the  means  of  developing  the  many 
fine  sterling  qualities  he  possesses.  At  the  age  of  twenty  years  James  Wood  crossed  the 
border  into  the  United  States,  obtaining  employment  in  a  smelter  in  Montana,  where  he 
worked  for  about  thirteen  years.  In  1893,  he  removed  to  Bisbee.  Arizona,  to  take  charge 
of  the  converting  department  of  the  Copper  Queen  Smelters,  but  he  early  manifested  such 
marked  efficiency  and  wide  knowledge  of  the  business  that  he  was  promoted  to  the  office 
of  general  superintendent  of  the  entire  plant.  He  retained  that  position  for  about  ten 
years,  resigning  his  post  in  1903,  in  order  to  assume  the  duties  of  superintendent  of  the 
C.   &    A.   Smelters   at   Douglas.      During   his    long   residence    in    Codiise   county    Mr.    Wood 


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acquired  some  dcsiiablo  property  in  both  Bisbee  and  Douglas,  and  he  also  has  realty  inter- 
ests in  California,  including  his  fine  residence  at  Ocean  Park. 

In  1S91  Mr.  Wood  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Ames,  who  was  born,  reared 
and  educated  in  Ireland.  To  them  have  been  born  seven  children,  as  follows:  John  H., 
born  in  1892;  Thomas,  in  1894;  James,  Jr.,  in  1896;  Earl,  in  1897;  Grace,  in  1899; 
JIary,  in  1900;  and  Carlton,  in  1902. 

In  religious  faith  the  family  are  Catholics  and  fraternally  Mr.  Wood  has  attained  high 
rank  in  the  Masonic  order  and  is  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shi'ine.  In  polities  he  supports  the 
lepublican  party  but  has  never  aspired  to  an  official  position  or  sought  jjublic  honors. 
He  has  been  a  hard  working  man,  winning  advancement  through  his  personal  merits  and 
worth,  rather  than  favorable  circumstances  or  influence,  and  is  in  every  way  deserving  of 
such  success  as  lie  has  achieved,  as  it  is  the  result  of  ceaseless  application  and  zealous 
endeavor. 


GEORGE  BRINTON  UPTON.  " 

George  Brinton  Upton,  mining  engineer  and  mine  manager,  has  organized  some  important 
mining  companies  in  Arizona,  and  is  an  extensive  holder  of  valuable  mineral  lands  in  the 
state.  He  has  made  his  influence  felt  in  a  lasting  way,  and  in  the  development  of  his  large 
interests  has  contributed  substantially  to  the  growth  of  the  mining  industry. 

He  was  born  in  Clinton,  Iowa,  January  2,  1864,  and  there  acquired  his  early  education. 
\\'liile  quite  young  he  took  up  the  study  of  geology  and  at  the  age  of  si.\teen  years  had  one 
of  tlie  best  private  collections  of  fossils  in  the  state.  This  collection  was  later  presented 
to  the  high  school  and  State  University.  In  1879  he  went  to  Colorado,  where  he  studied 
mining  and  geology.  He  returned  to  Clinton,  Iowa,  and  later  followed  contracting  in  the 
building  line  with  his  father  and  uncle  who  had  established  the  business  in  1855.  In  1895 
he  came  to  Arizona  and  acquired  mining  properties  on  Rich  Hill,  Yavapai  county.  In  1897 
lie  organized  the  Gold  King  Mining  Company  and  worked  this  property  for  about  one  year. 
He  then  organized  tlie  Mountainside  Mining  &  Milling  Company  and  secured  other  properties 
on  Rich  Hill.  Later  these  two  companies  were  reorganized  under  the  name  of  the  Mountain 
Side  Gold  Company,  and  both  properties  were  taken  over  by  the  latter  company.  In  1900 
lie  located  the  Oro  Grande  mine  and  organized  the  Oro  Grande  Mines  Company.  This  mine 
is  four  miles  from  Wickenbuig  and  is  a  very  large  low  grade  gold  mine.  He  has  expended 
large  sums  of  money  in  the  development  of  this  mine.  Mr.  Upton  still  holds  controlling 
interest  in  both  of  these  companies  and  has  other  mining  properties,  both  placer  and  quartz. 
In  1907  he  established  a  wholesale  oil  business  at  Wickenburg,  under  the  name  of  the 
Distillate  Storage  Company,  and  later  opened  a  branch  at  Bouse,  Arizona. 

On  June  26,  1884.  Mr.  Upton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Lilian  Sanford,  a  native  of 
Lj'ons,  Iowa,  and  they  have  one  son,  Eugene  S.  Upton,  an  artist,  who  married  Katheritie 
Flood  of  Olean,  New  York.     They  reside  in  New  York  city. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Upton  is  a  member  of  Prescott  Lodge,  No.  330,  B.  P.  0.  E.,  and  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  Yavapai  Club  of  Prescott,  and  a  member  of  the  Arizona  Club  of 
Phoenix,  and  the  National  Geographic  Society.  Along  the  lines  of  his  profession  he  belongs 
to  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  American  Mining  Congross.  He  is 
recognized  as  a  conservative  mining  man  and  a  man  of  superior  attainments,  whose  ability 
has  gained  gratifying  honor  in  professional  circles  and  whose  acumen,  foresight  and  resource- 
fulness make  him  a  valued  addition  to  the  ranks  of  progressive  business  men. 


ALFRED  J.  PETERS. 


A  constructive  intelligence,  an  initiative  spirit  and  keen  discrimination,  guided  and 
controlled  by  sound  and  practical  business  judgment,  have  dominated  Alfred  J.  Peters  in 
all  the  activities  of  his  career  and  have  made  him  today  one  of  the  most  powerful  and 
successful  men  in  Tempc.  his  interests  extending  to  practically  every  representative  line 
of  activity  in  that  jiart  of  the  state.     Possessed  of  a  power  of  coordinating  forces  and  a 


ARIZONA— THE  YOUNGEST  STATE  953 

keen  grasp  of  business  detail,  he  has  become  important  in  tlie  world  of  business — a  man  who, 
recognizing  in  pioneer  times  the  real  future  of  Arizona,  has  done  all  in  his  power  to  pro- 
mote general   development  while  advancing  his   individual  interests. 

Mr.  Peters  was  born  in  Australia  in  1853  and  acquired  his  education  in  his  native 
country.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1878,  locating  in  Maricopa,  Arizona,  in  pioneer 
times.  His  first  position  was  as  clerk  in  a  store,  where  he  remained  one  year,  removing 
at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Tempe,  where  since  October  31,  1879,  he  has  remained  a  respected 
and  highly  esteemed  citizen.  He  rose  from  the  position  of  clerk  in  the  employ  of  Charles 
T.  Hayden  to  be  one  of  his  most  valued  business  associates  and  later  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Ben  Goldman  and  Perry  Wyman  and  others,  but  disposed  of  all  of  these  busi- 
ness interests  in  order  to  enter  the  hay  and  grain  business.  He  is  now  associated  with 
A.  A.  Walsworth  in  that  line  and  they  control  an  extensive  trade,  especially  in  Hour,  for 
they  have  leased  a  mill  of  their  own  and  have  conducted  it  profitably  for  a  number  of 
years.  Mr.  Peters  is  one  of  the  large  landowners  and  stockmen  in  his  part  of  Arizona, 
being  interested  in  the  Packard  and  the  Hanson  ranches  and  controlling  a  large  and  grow- 
ing cattle  business.  In  partnership  with  George  Taylor  he  owns  a  fine  herd  of  over  four 
thousand  head  of  cattle  on  the  desert  and  has  also  extensive  interests  of  this  character 
in  association  with  Andres  Jepson.  He  thoroughly  understands  the  cattle  business,  hav- 
ing been  familiar  with  it  and  having  watched  its  development  since  pioneer  times,  and 
he  bases  his  success  upon  this  knowledge  and  upon  the  executive  ability  and  sound  judg- 
ment which  are  at  the  bottom  of  all  of  his  business  prominence.  A  man  of  broad  views 
and  liberal  ideas,  his  powers  directed  into  business  channels  have  steadily  developed  through 
the  years  until  today  he  is  a  splendid  type  of  ^he  modern  business  man — aggressive,  re- 
sourceful and  efficient,  capable  of  Initiating  large  projects  and  controlling  large  affairs. 

Mr.  Peters  was  married  in  1894  to  Miss  Grace  L.  Jordon,  a  daughter  of  T.  C.  Jordon, 
of  Phoenix,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children,  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
Mr.  Peters  is  well  known  in  local  politics,  giving  his  hearty  and  intelligent  cooperation  to 
all  progressive  public  measures.  The  cause  of  education  finds  in  him  a  loyal  champion  and 
he  has  done  excellent  work  in  promoting  it  during  the  ten  years  which  he  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Normal  School  board,  of  which  he  was  for  some  time  secretary.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  is  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  both  organizations.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known  men 
in  Tempe  at  the  present  time,  heading  the  list  of  the  city's  successful  pioneers,  and  his 
work  has  been  of  value  and  worth  to  the  community  along  many  lines.  Business  men 
respect  him  for  his  honesty,  his  ability  and  his  success,  and  his  sterling  qualities  of  mind 
and  character  have  gained  him  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  many  friends. 


SAMUEL  H.  MITCHELL. 


Samuel  H.  Mitchell,  manager  of  the  Phoenix  Railway  Company  of  Arizona,  is  a  Nova 
Scotian  by  birth  but  received  his  school  education  in  St.  John,  New  Brunswick.  In  1886  he 
went  west  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  and  soon  secured  employment  with  the  largest  wholesale 
paper  and  stationery  house  in  the  northwest  and  soon  rose  to  the  position  of  head  bookkeeper 
and  assistant  cashier.  In  1890  his  emploj'ers  sent  him  to  Portland,  Oregon,  to  take  charge 
of  the  office  of  their  branch  house  at  that  point.  Returning  to  Minnesota  in  1893,  he  accepted 
a  position  made  vacant  by  the  death  of  his  uncle,  Mr.  McAfee,  as  credit  man  in  the  wholesale 
paper  house  of  Leslie  &  McAfee,  which  position  he  held  until  shortly  before  coming  to  Arizona. 
In  1902  he  accepted  a  position  of  bookkeeper  and  cashier  with  the  Phoenix  Railway  Company 
and  has  advanced  to  superintendent  and  later  as  manager,  which  responsible  position  he 
is   well  qualified  to  fill. 

Mr.  Mitchell  married  Miss  Ella  McAllister,  a  native  of  Newcastle,  New  Brunswick,  and 
their  married  life  has  been  blessed  with  two  daughters.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  an  officer  in  the 
Presbyterian  church,  an  officer  of  high  degree  in  the  Masonic  order,  and  has  recently  resigned 
from  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  which  position  he  had 
filled  for  the  past  six  years.  He  is  a  man  of  broad  views  and  high  standards,  and  his  record 
in  every  way  refiects  credit  upon  his  ability,  energy  and  public  spirit. 

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INDEX 


f 


Abraham,    Sam    841 

Adams,  C.  H 116 

Adams,  I.  C.  E 182 

Adams,    J.    C 927 

Adamsoii,   E.    W 205 

Adarason,   W.   M 211 

Aitken,    H.    D 441 

Alexander,   R.   L 420 

Allison,    G.    M 539 

Allison,  J.   H 326 

Ambrosy,    J.   A 678 

Anaya,  "H.    V 469 

Anderson,    C.    0 384 

Anjfius,    J.    B 255 

An<,'le,    J.    W 408 

ApJohn,  Henri   910 

Arizona  Lumber  &  Timber  Co.,  The....  251 

Arizona   School   of  Music 523 

Aros,    T.    E 612 

Arriola.    Aquiles    . 605 

Arthur,   R.   G 140 

Arthur,  R.   VV.,   Sr 783 

Atkinson,   G.   W 110 

Babbitt    Brothers    905 

Babbitt,   David    872 

Babbitt,    George    14 

Bailey,    R.    R 25 

Baker,    A.    C 27 

Baker,  R.   C 668 

Baker,   VV.  D 602 

Barclay,   G.   D 479 

Barkley,   S.   Y 536 

Barnes,   VV.   H 422 

Baron,    August    101 

Barr,   F.   J 466 

Baum,    E.    W 233 

Baxter,    Frank     704 

Bazell,   J.   W 228 

BazcU,  R.  G 923 

Behan,  J.  H 627 

Behn,  H.  K 320 

Belcher,  R.  T 478 

Bennitt,    E.    .T 557 

Berault,    C.    C 817 

Bernard,   A.   C 868 

Berndt  &  Koch 604 

Bird,    A.    T 378 

Birdno.  J.  J 474 

Bisbee   Improvement   Co 159 

Blain,    J.    H 395 

Blakelv,   R.   H 461 

Blakely,  W.  G 164 

Bledsoe.  X.  C 233 

Blevins,    H.    F 686 


Blome,  R.  H.  H 280 

Bogan,   J.   VV 190 

Bohannon,  G.  0 243 

Boido,  Lorenzo  730 

Boido,  Rosa  G 730 

Bollen,    R.    T 824 

Boston   Store,  The 403 

Bourne,  J.   B 584 

Bowen,  J.  J 91 

Boyce,  J.  L 175 

Brackett,    C.    F 396 

Bradner,  S.  B 137 

Bradv,  P.  R 670 

Brady,  R.  G 495 

Brannen,   D.   J 284 

Brannen,  P.  C 634 

Bravin,  George   758 

Braxton,    H.    H 663 

Breen,    F.    S 220 

Brena,  Rosario   812 

Brena,  R.  R 208 

Brickwood,  J.   T 918 

Brickwood,  .J.  T.,  Jr 935 

Brisley,  Harry   516 

Brockwav,  G.  M 587 

Brophy.  "M.    J 33 

Brophv,  VV'.  H 208 

Brought.   J.   R 337 

Brown,  Herbert    856 

Brown,    H.    G 940 

Brown.  .L  K 178 

Brown,    L.    R 458 

Brownfield,    R.    R 478 

Bucher,    VV.    H 684 

Buchman,   Estelle  M 835 

Buehman,  H.  P 830 

Buggeln,  Martin    56 

BuUard,  G.  P 12 

Bunch.   E.   0 699 

Burbage.  VV.   H 897 

Burgess,    .T.    De    VV 452 

Buimister.   R.   H 878 

Burns,   VV.    F 843 

Burtch.  L.  A.  VV 707 

Bush,   C.   VV 262  ' 

Calisher,  .T 331 

Callaghan.  .L  C 116 

Cameron.   Qolin,  Sr 804 

Campbell,   J.   A 167 

Campbell.  J.   H 538 

Campl)ell,    Robert    839 

Campbell,   T.   E 689 

Cansler,  1).   M 563 


955 


956 


INDEX 


Carlson,  A.  C 573 

Carmichael,   Norman    933 

Carpenter,  L.  T 35 

Carson,    A.    W 61 

Carnthers,   E.    G 681 

Carvil,  G.  W.  M 659 

Case,   C.   0 447 

Cashion,  Angus 706 

Cass.  G.  W : .  83 

Cassidy,  Lysander    190 

Catholic  Cliurch  of  Nogales,  The 685 

Chalmers,  L.  H 352 

Chambers,    W.    R 714 

Cliandler,  A.  J 865 

Chandler,   H.   L 62 

Chatham,  J.  J 745 

Chenoweth,   W.   F 546 

Christy,   G.    D 451 

Christy,  L.  B 551 

Clagett,  H.  M 118 

Clanton,   T.   N 705 

Clark,  C.  M 740 

Clark,  E.  S 693 

Clark,  John  496 

Clark,  J.  M 285 

Clark,  W.  L 823 

Clausen,  Carl    221 

Cleaveland,  J.  F 860 

Cline,  W.  A 428 

Clymer,  H.  V 829 

Oyne,  Meade   617 

Coberly,  W.  B 142 

Cochrane,  Lee  212 

Coffee,  G.  L 811 

Coffin,  G.  H 418 

Coggins,  L.  W 492 

Cole,  A.  W 448 

Coleman,  C.  H 891 

CoUings,   E.   T 316 

Colton,   A.    T 690 

Colwell,  L.  S 461 

Comstock,  0.  E.,  Sr 115 

Connell,  Trustrim   404 

Consolidated  National  Bank  of  Tucson..  638 

Constable,    W.    H 940 

Contzen,  Fritz    900 

Contzen,   Philip    924 

Conway,    E.   C 855 

Conway,  E.   P 757 

Cook,  Benjamin   354 

Cook,  George 713 

Cooper,  J.  G 692 

Cooper,  W.  F 222 

Coplen.  .T.  D 842 

Corbett,  H.  S 427 

Corbett,  .J.  K 252 

Corpstcin,  Peter    337 

Cosby,  J.  M 294 

Cowan,   L.   0 334 

Cowie.   A.   M 656 

Cox,    F.    1 449 

Cox,  J.   E 945 

Craig,  R.  W '.!!!'.'.!  219 

Crampton,  .T.  F 450 

Crawford,  B.   F 532 

Crawford,  .J.  H 213 

Creswell.  0.  N 181 

Crosby,  G.  H.,  .Jr ....'.'....'.  950 

Crosby,   .J.   E 43 

Crowley,  .T.   F 109 

Cubitto,  Joseph   737 


Cull,  J.  P 15 

Cummings,   C.   L 364 

Cummings,  Mattie  J 425 

Cunningham,   D.   L 85 

Cunningham,   M.   J 47 

Cnirley,    F.    E 456 

Curry,   A.   G 828 

Curry,  J.   E 63 

airry;  M.  E 374 

Curtis,  Bracey    894 

Daniels,    B.    F 797 

Darling,   D.   N 227 

Danenhauer,   Mat    827 

Davis,  F.  J 345 

Davis,   H.  A 589 

Davis,   J.    H 441 

Davis,  W.  C 508 

Davis,  W.  E 94  • 

Dawe.  George   341 

De  Long,  S.  R 373 

DeMund,  H.  P 494 

Denn,  Maurice    664 

Dennett,  John,  Jr 624 

Devine,   Thomas    661 

Devore,   David 824 

De  Vore.  W.  G 487 

Dickinson,  F.  L 712 

Dickinson,  Theodore   552 

Dickinson,  W.  G 450 

Diehl.  H.   A 391 

Divelbess,  L.  D 891 

Doan,   F.   M 436 

Dodds,  S.   C 248 

Dodge,  G.  E 354 

Donau,  A.  S 873 

Dorrington.  .1.   W 156 

Dorris,  .L   W 611 

Dougherty,  M.  J 407 

Douglas,  J.  S 169 

Douglas,  Walter    404 

Dowdle,  H.  J 915 

Doyle.    Allen     28 

Doyle.  Michael   : 176 

Drachman.   Mose    356 

Drachman.   S.  H 949 

I>iai8,  L.  K 400 

Drane,  J.   E 33 

Duffy  Brothers  262 

DuffV,    F.    J 650 

Du  Moulin,  W.  L 606 

Duncan.  J.   F 672 

Duncan,  W.   G 703 

Dunlap.  C.  H 333 

Dunlap.  H.  E 161 

Dunn.  C.   P 921 

Dunn,  George   185 

Dunseath,  J.  R 128 

Durazo,  A.  J.,  Sr 637 

Dy.sart,    Louis    477 

Ellis,   C.   0 29 

Ellis,   ,T.   A 582 

Ellison,    .T.    W 304 

English.  I.   B 946 

Escalada.  Manuel    386 

Estill.  J.  W 484 

Etz.   H.   W 113 

Evans.  TL  J 241 

Evans  School  for  Boys 58 

Ewing.  F.  L ". 583 


INDEX 


957 


Farley,  P.  J 465 

Faulkner,  W.  C 561 

Fegan,  Michael 682 

Feiiner,   H.   W 1T4 

First  National  Bank  of  Nogales,  The..  894 

Fisher,  R.   S 362 

Flach,  E.  R 250 

Fleishman,  Frederick    594 

Flinn,   J.   W 689 

Forest,  J.   C 659 

Foss,  J.  W 256 

Fowler,   B.   A 922 

Fox,   B.  G 676 

Franklin,   S.   M 439 

Fraser,  G.  W 785 

Frederick,  James  545 

Freeman,   M.    P 312 

French,  R.   N 229 

French,  S.  W :  271 

Freiidenthal,  Phoebus  939 

Frizzell,   G.   M ». ....  523 

Frve,  I.  W 677 

Fuller,   P.   E 360 

Gaines,  J.  N 325 

Ganz,  Emil    214 

Gardner,  J.  1 94 

Gates,  F.  L 528 

Gayou,  Ricardo 791 

Gcbler,  Theodor   656 

George,  I.  M 538 

Gerald,  J.   F 663 

Gibson,  J.  L 413 

Gibson,  0 263 

Gideon,  J.  P 682 

Gill,  Frank    582 

Gillard,  A.  E 153 

Gilmore,  W.  G 298 

(ileeson,  John    283 

Goldman,   Charles    285 

Goldschmidt,    A.    J 596 

Goldschmidt,  Ijeo 418 

Goldsworthy,   W.   S 406 

<;oldtree,   .Joseph    554 

(ioll.  O.  F.  K 524 

Goodman.    C.    W 777 

(ioodrich,  G.  E 853 

Goodrich,  L.  H 570 

(iraham  County  Chamber  of  Commerce.  654 

Gray,  Douglas    86 

Grayson.  .T.  H 377 

Grebe,   E 323 

Greene,   W.   A 342 

Greenway,  .J.   C 48 

Griffin.  ,T.  S 317 

Griftith,  A.  R 147 

Grindell.   E.    P 816 

Gvinstead,   E.   P 522 

Griswold,  H.  S 684 

Grossetta,  A.  V 240 

Grove,  B.   B 942 

Grow,  A.  L 444 

Gust,   J.   L 204 

( iustetter,  A.  L 941 

Hagenian.   George    ' 318 

Haigler,    Augustus    41 

Hamill,  J.  H 655 

TTanimels,   .T.   G 698 

Hammill,  O.  0 92 

Hammons,   A.   T 615 


Hansen,   Alfred    648 

Harmer,  A.  M 806 

Harper,  .James   910 

Harris,   C.   W 155 

Harrison,  J.  A 576 

Hart,  F.   W 595 

Hart,  J.  B 363 

Hart,  O.  L 560 

Hartman,  F.  M 711 

Haskin,  Abbie  0 277 

Hawkins,  J.  J 230 

Jlawkins,  Ij.  A 640 

Hawley,   A.    S 269 

Hayden,  Carl    74 

Hayden,  L.  L 500 

Hayes,  P.  H 207 

Haynes,  Frank  .  .  ! 618 

Hays,  L.  H 854 

Head,  A.  J 893 

Heap,  H.   W 670 

Heard,  D.  B 434 

Heck,  E.  C 728 

Heidel,  John   584 

Heil,  F.  J.,  Jr 330 

Henderson,  J.  R 79 

Hengchold,  F.  1 603 

Henkel,  C.  M 552 

Henning,  Jj.  C 93 

Henry,  L.  L 661 

Henrv,  W.  R 122 

Hensing.  Fred    200 

Hereford,  F.  H 736 

Herndon,  C.   W 623 

Herndon,   J.    C 632 

Herring,  William  392 

Hiatt,  Roy 264 

Hicky,  Gus   100 

Higdon,   E.  L 421 

Hill,  G.  R 522 

Hill,    Henry    775 

Hill,  J.  L 626 

Hill,  J..   C 879 

Hill.  Samuel   506 

Hillman,  H.  S 129 

Hilzinger,   G.   0 776 

Hinderer,  C.  H 271 

Hodges,   J.   T 667 

Hoffman,  Antony    269 

Hohusen,    .T.    P. ." 153 

Holohan,  J.J 641 

Hoover.  Philip    641 

Hope,  .J.  A 411 

Hopley.  J.  S 605 

Horn,  Christian    176 

Horton,  E.  V 720 

Hotel    Rest    Sanatorium 425 

House,  Winthrop   794 

Howe,  A.  W 121 

Howe,   C.   H 899 

Howe.   C.   R 168 

Howell,   J.   A 218 

Howell,  P.  E 480 

Huaohuca  Water  Co 333 

Hubbard,  W.  G 590 

Huffman.  J.   E 754 

Hughart,   H.  H 320 

Hughes,  E.  A 277 

JIuglies,  H.  A 715 

Hughes,  .Josephine  B 8 

Hughes,  .J.  T 430 

Jlughes,   J^.  C 5 


958 


INDEX 


Huglies,    Samuel    396 

Hughes.  Thomas    ^1° 

Hughes,  William   183 

Hulett,  A.  G *ll 

Hunt,  F.  L -58 

Hunter,  T.  T 623 

Hutchinson;   C.   C «»" 

Huxtable,  E.  J JJ 

Hyndman,  Jeremiah   •^"■J 

laeger,  L.  J.  F 396 

laeger,  L.  J.  F.,  Jr 399 

Tso,  John    Ill 

Ingles.  P.  R 360 

Ingraham.  F.  L 726 

Irish,  F.  M 500 

Irvin,  J.  L 264 

Ive8,E.  S 690 

Ivey,  .1.  H 333 

.Tames,  W.  K 491 

.Tessop,  H.  J 484 

.Johns,  A.  A 840 

.Johnson,  B.  F 472 

.lohngon,  G.  A 57 

.Johnson,  Harry 618 

.Johnson,  H.  H 270 

.Johnson,  .J.  M 257 

.lohnson,  N.  J 546 

.Johnson.  W.  H 206 

.Jones,  C.  G 464 

.Jones,  E.  S 593 

.Jones,  F.  A 559 

.Tones,  F.  L 571 

.Joslin.   C.   T 524 

Kay.  Harry    407 

Keating,   J.  G 80 

Keeler.  C.  C 417 

Kehr.   h.  A 885 

Kell,   H.    E 743 

Kelly.  W.  E 916 

Kelsev,  W.  P 735 

Kemp.   William    833 

Kennedy,  H.  M 531 

Kent,  Edward   376 

Kenyon.   C.   H 485 

Kenyon.  H.  S 234 

Kerby,    J.    H 764 

Keteherside,   .1.   A 562 

Kibbey,  .T.   H 647. 

King.M.  .J 898 

Kingan.   S.  L 40 

Kingsbury,  .J.   T 91 

Kingslpury,  R.  A 79 

Kingsbury.  W.  J 947 

Kingslev,    A.    C 549 

Kingston.   W.   H 361 

Ki'iney.  Alfred 588 

Kinnev.  .1.   H 318 

Knight,   .T.   H 470 

Knotts.  R.  R 873 

Krentz.  .1.   1 196 

Kriehbaum.  Allan    708 

Krook.  C.  G 653 

Kr\ittsehnitt,  T.  H 66 

Kruttsehnitt,  Julius.  Jr 677 

Kuclienbecker,   W.    F 286 

J>a   f'hanee,  T.,eander 420 

Lacy.  J.  II .  .  1 507 


Lamsou   lousiness   College 28? 

Lanison,  Richard   62 

Lane,  !•'.   U 505 

Lantin.  Max   550 

Larson,  Thorwald   911 

Lawrence,  A.  H 370 

Layton.  X.  G 93 

Layton.  R.  G 793 

Lee,  J.  W 57 

Ivefebvre,  .Toseph    315 

Lehmann,  E.  J 345 

Lentz,   J.    A 735 

Lesueur,    J.    T 258 

Lewis,    E.    W 20 

Lindeman,  C.  A 809 

Lines,  J.  H 771 

Lines.  W.  A.  &  Co 759 

Ling,  R.  M 347 

Lipsolin.   I.   J 370 

Little,  P.  C 683 

Loekett,   H.   C 568 

Long,   W.   B 760 

Looney,  R.  N 391 

Loper,   J.   D 638 

Lovell,  W.  M 78 

Ludy,  J.  E 877 

Luh'rs,  (;.  H.  N 34 

Luke,    Frank    550 

LuUey,  Mark    669 

Lutley,  William   130 

Lyman,  F.  H 346 

MeBride,   W.   G 698 

McCartney,  L.  D 329 

McClintock,   J.   H 52  , 

McClung,   H.    J 438 

McConuell.  W.  W.   P 499 

McCourt.  L.  V 225 

McCrea,  J.  J 139 

McDermid,  Alexander  106 

McDermott,  William    766 

McDonald,  C.  A 87 

McDonald,  D.   H 917 

McEachren,   E.   H 455 

McGillen,   R.    E 114 

McGuire,  Eugene   273 

McGuire,    P.    H 483 

Mcintosh.   Paul    928 

McKee,  W.  E 154 

McKelvey,  A.  J 915 

McKnigJi't,  W.  S 757 

McLane,   C.   H •. 583 

McLea V,  J.  A 744 

McNallv.    J.    B 403 

^IcNeil    Company,   The 505 

:\rcPherson,  J.  H 177 

^NTacdonald,  G.  A 806 

Mack.  .L  H 781 

Planning,  G.  F 161 

Manninsr.   L.   H 44 

:\[iinsfcld,  .L   S '.  442 

Marden.   A.   E 784 

Margaretic,  George   941 

Mariotti.  P.   F 152 

Miirrs.  .fames    308 

Martin,  Aiicil    469 

Martin,   C.   T 389 

:\Trttliews.  G.  W 341 

Matthews.    A.    J 930 

Mauiliii,  Constant    912 

Mcdigovich.   V.   (! 198 


INDEX 


959 


Merchants  Bank  &  Trust  Co 338 

Meriwether,  H.   15 626 

Merrill,  Doane    272 

Merrill,  H.  P 272 

Merrill,   P.   C 712 

Menyman,   G.   F 633 

Mets,  John    99 

Michelsen,  George    770 

Middleton,   Eugene    639 

Middleton,   Leroy    692 

Mieyr,  George    302 

Miller,  A.  H 785 

Miller,  Jacob    43 

Miller,  J.  A 293 

Miller,  P.  J 610 

Miller,    W.    C 693 

Miltenbcrg,   Frank    880 

Ming,  A.  B 745 

Mintz,   G.    W 395 

Mitchell,   S.   H 953 

Mix,  E.  h 653 

Mix,   L.   W 96 

Moeur,  B.  B 822 

MoUoy,  T.  D 554 

Monier,   Quintus    722 

Monihon,  J.   D 236 

Montano,   J.    M 35 

Moore,  A.  L 340 

Moore,  J.  M.  W 174 

Moore,  K.  T 390 

Moore.  R.  E 260 

Morehead,  J.  H 463 

Morgan.   H.   A 917 

Morgan.   J.   W 668 

Morrill,   A.  W 764 

Morris,    W.    H 332 

Morrison,  J.   E.  F 934 

Morrison.    R.    E 355 

Moss,   C.    F 195 

Muheim,  J.   M 488 

Mulligan.   John    487 

Mulrein.  .T.  H 515 

Mulrony,   W.    J 708 

Munger,  C.  P 70 

Munk,  ,r.  A 148 

Munson,    Ernest     295 

Murphy,  Denis   817 

MurphV,    F.    E 242 

-Murphv.   n.   E 181 

JIurphv.    W.    J 597 

Murrieta,  A.  J 904 

Myers,  J.   F 574 

Nash,  L.  P 616 

National  Bank  of  Arizona 217 

Newell,  J.  J 20 

Newman,    Moses    51 

Newsom,   S.   C 649 

Nichols.  T.  F 131 

Nicholson.  A.  A 85 

Nielsen,   Andrew    893 

Noll,  G.  E 302 

Noon,  A.  H 660 

Norcross,  J.  B 506 

Norton,    B.  W 228 

Norton,   G.   W 746 

Norton,  J.  C 517 

Norton.   J.   R 311 

O'Connor,  J.  E 818 

O'Connor,  W.  A 912 


O'Malley,  J.  G 772 

O'Neil,  U.  C 163 

O'Neill,   E.   B... 566 

Ornie,  J.   P §47 

Ormond,  J.  B 128 

Osborn,   Neri    426 

Osborn,   S.   P 107 

Osburn,  C.  R 159 

Otero,  Sabino   681 

Overlock,    C.   A 22 

Pacheco,  Nabor    88 

Packard,  B.  A 30 

Palmer,  E.  P 375 

I'almer,  R.  F 73 

Parker,  F.  H 486 

Parker,   O.   C 609 

Parr,   W.   A 326 

Pascoe,    T.   A 628 

Pattee,  S.  h ' 4O6 

Patton,  J.  J 127 

Patty,   J.    D 946 

Paul.    Alfred    40 

Pease,   O.    L 473 

I'eck,  A.  L 662 

Pellegrin,   A.   L 619 

Pendleton,   A.   G 501 

Perkins.  F.   W 42 

Perry,   D.   L.,   Jr 219 

Peters,  A.  J 952 

Peterson,    A.    C 821 

Phoenix    Flour    Mills 531 

Pickett,  H.  L 213 

Pirtle,  E.   R 151 

Pohl,  W.  C 625 

Ponieroy.    T.    E 530 

Poniroy.   E.    B 849 

Poppen,  Henry   72 

Porter,  N.,  Saddle  &  Harness  Co 317 

Potts,    J.    C 815 

Powell,  C.  S 331 

Pratt,  H.  H 36I 

Prescott  Journal-Miner    751 

Prescott.   T.   J 332 

Pringle.  Robert    549 

Pritchard,   J.   G 351 

Proto  Brothers   848 

Pryce,   W.  M 558 

Pu'lliam.   T.   E 829 

Purdy,  H.  W 737 

Pusch,  George    495 

Rainer,  TTohn    631 

Rais,  Mike    517 

Randolph,   Epes    26 

Reay,  W.J 278 

Redewill,    Augustus    102 

Redewill,  A.  C 297 

Redewill,    E.    R ', .  298 

Redewill,    F.    H 36 

Redfield,   L.   D 248 

Reed,   E.   T) 726 

Reed,   G.   W 765 

Reed,  H.   S 353 

Reilly,    J.    1 462 

Reisingcr.   Paul    686 

Renaud.  C   M 117 

Rejijiy .  C.  D 929 

Richards    Brothers     240 

Richardson,   D.   A 250 

Richey,  T.  K 376 


960 


INDEX 


Kidgway,  D.  L 596 

Riley,  W.  J 749 

Riordan,    M.    J 324 

Riordan,   T.   A 307 

Robertson,  H.  Q 697 

Robertson,   P.    T 772 

Robinson,  J.  S 510 

Roemer,  Steve   145 

Rogers,  E.  A 553 

Roper,   R.   J 425 

Rose,  Patrick    642 

Roskruge,   G.  J 200 

Ross,  H.  D 72 

Ross,  H.   S 892 

Ross,   J.    F 716 

Rounseville.   George    123 

Reuse,  0.  T 138 

Roziene,   R.    P 324 

RuiTner.   Lester    528 

Ryan,   Peter    311 

Ryan,    William    753 

8t.  Joseph's  Academy 763 

St.   Mary's    Parish 513 

Saldamando,  Jesus   784 

Samaniego,   M.   G 543 

Sames,   A.   M 598 

Sampson,   A.    J 537 

Sampson,  G.  P 21 

Sapp,  Sidney   414 

Saxon,  H.  J 792 

Scheerer.  Jacob   348 

Schell,  Clara  M 261 

Schell,   H.    A 261 

Sehmid,  Jakob   502 

Schrader,   C.    A 384 

Schufkmann,  William    739 

Schwamm,  W.  K 274 

Scorse,   H.  H 867 

Seott,  C.  L 417 

Scott,  C.  S 160 

Scott,  Robert   170 

Scott,  W.  G 382 

Seaman,  C.  M 279 

Servin,  G.  R 844 

Sexton.   J.   P 303 

Shaw.  K.  A 911 

Shaw,   E.  L 631 

Shaw,  M.  F.,  Sr 535 

Sherman.  G.  F 95 

Sherwood,  W.  A 173 

ShibcU,   C.   A 888 

Shilliam,  W.   E •. .  .  199 

Shine.    F.    E 217 

Shoap,    Henrv    465 

Shorey.  W.   H 601 

Shropshire,  A.  S.  J 249 

Shute,  G.  E 560 

Sidow,  H.  A 791 

Sims,  R.  B 471 

Sims,   W.   P 65 

Slack,  C.  F 374 

Slaughter,  J.  H 16 

Sloan,  R.   E 809 

Smclker,  V.  A 719 

Smith,  A.  G 810 

Smith,  A.  H 573 

Smith,  A.  L 619 

Smith,  R  L 141 

Smith,  J.  H 610 

Smith,  Willard  386 


Smith,  W.  T 612 

Sonora  News  Company 671 

Southworth,  H.  T 728 

Sowle.  A.  T 301 

Spangler,  J.  G 142 

Spinas,  Joseph   637 

Sprankle,  P.  D 936 

Stabler.  A.  K 527 

Stacy,  Albert   55 

Stanford,  R.  C 462 

Steinfeld,  Albert    412 

Stevens,   D.   C 565 

Stevens,  I.  N 776 

Stevenson,   William    760 

Stewart,   S.   D 632 

Stewart,   S.   H 529 

Stillnian,  H.  C 191 

Stilwell,  W.  H 574 

Stoddard,  I.  T 507 

Stone,  R.  T 330 

Stoneman,  G.  J 440 

Stratton,  J.  N 667 

Sullivan.   F.   J 871 

Suit.  0.  W.. 139 

Sultan,  W.  S 429 

Sutor,  Jacob .• 472 

Sutter,  Fred   51 

Sweeney,  J.  J 50 

Sweet  wood,  B.  F 147 

Swift,   T.   T 581 

Switzer,   A.    F 294 

Syke.s,   C.   P 786 

Tafel.   R.    M 244 

Talbot.   Walter    308 

'I'alley,   R.   E 879 

Taylor,   B.   A 339 

Taylor,  C.   A 587 

Taylor,    J.    D 84 

Taylor,   Thomas    945 

Terry,  A.   L 727 

Thomas,  Frank    405 

Thomas,   Hinson    580 

Thompson,   E.    F 885 

Thompson,  J.   H 491 

Thompson,   O.    C 750 

Thompson,  T.   P 721 

Thomson,  A.   T 799 

Thornber,    J.    J 362 

Tilton,  A.  L 594 

Timerhoff,  W.  H 419 

Timmons,   W.   F 904 

Tinker,   C.  H 706 

Titcomb,   Edward    186 

Tompson,  J.  W 368 

Tower,  0.   1 812 

Towner,   .Tohn    39 

Townsend,   F.   B 368 

Tracy.   J.    F 108 

Tronham,  Mrs.   E 140 

Trcu,  .John    114 

Tucker,  O.  H 206 

Tiithill,  A.  M 928 

Tyler,  F.  N 803 

I'pton,  G.  B 953 

\'abrc,  Cvprian    77 

Vail,  Z.  t 516 

N'allcy  Flour  Mills 530 

\'an  Horn.  J.  W 226 

Vasquez,  Ramon    620 


INDEX 


961 


Vaughan,  J.  H 257 

Verf urth,  J.  H 861 

Voris,  J.   W 886 

Walker,  C.  E 521 

Wallace,   Agnes   M 923 

Wallace,  E.   B 204 

Wallace,  I.   W 167 

Walton,    T.    P 711 

Warren,  F.  J.,  Mrs 323 

Washington,  W.  de  H 367 

Waters,  A.  L 595 

Watkins,  A.  G 319 

Watkins,  B.  T 121 

Watkins,  E.  A 265 

Watkins,  H.   H 609 

Watkins,  W.   W 470 

Watson,   G.   F 649 

Webb,  W.  T 936 

Weber,  C.  F 531 

Webster,  J.  M 719 

Weedin,  T.  F 572 

Welbourn,   J.   M 247 

Welch,  G.  0 184 

Welker,  J.   R 738 

Wells,    E.    W 646 

Wentworth,  Arioch   700 

Wentworth,  J.  W 540 

Westf all,  G.  F 602 

Whaley,   Smith    162 

Wheatley,   L.  W 509 

Whipple,  W.  M 948 

White,  F.  G 493 

White,   W.   J 338  . 

Whitmore,  W.  V 13 

Wick,  J.  D.,  Jr 359 

Wilbur,   E.   W 124 

Wilbur,  W.  H 939 


Wilcox,  G.  B 310 

Wilde,  A.  H 675 

Wiley,  James   874 

Williams,  F.  L 146 

Williams,  J-  D 729 

Williamson,  D.  R 694 

Wilson,   C.  B 69 

Wilson,  H.  H 753 

Wilson,   J.   C 130 

Wilson,  T.  F 906 

Windes,    R.   A 529 

Wise,  J.  E 778 

Wohlschlegel,   John    242 

Wolcott,  F.  N 64 

Wood,   C.   B 739 

Wood,  James   951 

Woodman,  W.  W 704 

Woods,  L.  C 456 

Woodson,   W.   H 448 

Woodward,  F.  V 280 

Woodward,   Gertrude   H 645 

Woodward,  J.  B 359 

Woolery,  L.  0 862 

Woolf,   G.   C 383 

Wootton,   H.   E 13 

Worsley,  A.  A 800 

Wright,    A.    Y 244 

Wright.    J.    B 64 

Wylie,  Winfred   457 

Youkum,  Jesse  309 

Young,  G.  U 192 

Young,   W.  J 750 

Yount,  C.  E 381 

Yuma    Ice    Co 583 

Zepeda,  J.  M 132 

Zeigler,  P.   B 288 


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