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HISTORY

OF THE

CITY OF SPOKANE

AND

SPOKANE COUNTRY

WASHINGTON

From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME

SPOKANE-CHICAGO-PHILADELPHIA

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1912

THE. NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

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PUBLIC LIBRART

TH.»»H F0UHDA1 .

KOBERT E. STRAHOEX

Biographical

ROBERT EDMLXn STHAHOiiX.

Starting out in life with liss opjjortiiiiity <ir ((iiiipiiH iit tli.iii tin .-ivcrafrc Anur-
icaii hoy, liiit I vidciitly jjossessed of an optimism .•uui di lirniiiiatiDii wliicli i iialilcd
liiiii t(i triimipii over many adverse situations and discourafrcmi iits, Kdiurt K(himMd
Stialiorn lias followed the lead of his o))|)ortnniti(s, doing as best he could any-
thing that came to hand, and creating and seizing legitimate .advantages as they
have arisen. He has never hesitated to take a forward step when the way was
open. I'ortunate in Jjossessing a degree of earnestness and frankness that have
inspired confidence in otiiers, the simple weigiit of his eliaraeti-r and aliilitv have
earried llini into important relations %vith large intirests and lie is now the i)resi-
dent of several important railway and otlier corjiorations with headcjuarters in
.•^pokaTic. The North Coast Railroad project especially owes its inception and
prosecution to him and is constituting a most important element in business activity
tlirougliout the northwest.

.Mr. .Str.iliorn w.as horn in Center county. I'ennsylv.uii.i. M.iy l.j, ]8.V2. The
family is of Scotch- Irish origin and the ancestry in Amerii'.a is tr.iced li.iek to the
gre.at-grandf.ather of our subject, who in colonial days came from Scotl.aiid to the
new world and afterward aided in obtaining American liberty in the Revolutionary
w.ar. He continued a resident of Union county, Pennsylvania, until his death and
his son .Samuel .Str.ahorn, grandfather of our subject, .also made his honii' in that
county. The f.ather, Thomas F. Strahorn, there born .and re.ared, b.iriii d the
trades of a millwright and machinist and in 1856 removed from Center count v,
Pennsylvania, to I'"ree))ort. Illinois, and nine years later became a resident of
.Sedalia, Missouri. In 1878 he crossed tlu' Rockies, following in the foolstips of
his sou who h.ad preceded in 1870, .and .after residing for .i time in Idaho and
Moiil.iii.i lie lucame .a resident of Los Angeles, California, where he p.assed .aw.iv
m 188;i. His wife, who bore the m.aidi n n.iiiie of Hi In cea I'.iiiiiii rt. w.is born in
Center county, Pennsylv.ania, ;ind w.as of Dutch line.ige. .i (l.auglit<r of .lohn I'ln-
mert, who had come to this country from .Switzerl.and. The death of .Mrs. .Strahorn
iieciirred in 1861.

Robert E. .Strahorn sjjcnt the first four years of his life in the state of his
nativity and w.is then t.iketi by bis ji.arents to northern Illinois, where the period
of his youth was passed in village .and f.arm life where his work w.as of tin- li.rd-
cst. His educational privileges were very limited, as he attended school only until
ten years of .age. Private reading and study, however, eonst.antly bro.adened his
knowledge and the studious li.aliits of his youlli li.iM' ui.ide liiin ,i iii.iii oi «iil'-
general inform.ation. In the school of experieiica', too, lie learned m.ariy v.alu.alib'
lessons which have jiroven of significant worth in bis adv.anceinent in th<' busi-
ness world. In his boyhood days, after bis life on tin- f.arm. In- first sold p.apirs

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uii tile streets and tlit-ii began learning the |>rinter'.s trade in Setlalia. Missouri,
following that occupation for five years. Subsequent to his removal to Denver,
Colorado, in 1870, he was engaged in newspaper work as reporter, editor and
correspondent until 1877. During the Sioux war of 1875-6 in Wyoming and
Montana, he was \ritli General Crook as special correspondent of the New York
Times, Chicago Tribune and Denver News, personally participating in the fight-
ing in all of the engagements witii tiie Indians, the secretary of war commending
him for his gallantry and helpfulness to the government. Moreover, he wrote most
interesting accounts of that frontier warfare, which was needed in quelling the
Indians in their hostile resentment of the incoming civilization.

While pursuing the journalistic profession Mr. Strahorn became interested in
and to some extent identified with the railway business, accomi^anying as corre-
sjiondent several surveying parties and also performing publicity work for the
Denver & Rio Grande, the Colorado Central and the Union Pacific Railroad Com-
panies. This opened up to him the opportunity of entering into active connec-
tion with railway interests and he organized and conducted the publicity bureaus
of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific Companies, during which period, from
1877 until 1881, he resided much of the time in Omaha and in Denver. He was
also engaged in a confidential capacity in work relating to the extension of lines
for the Union Pacific, this carrying him by stage, horseback and on foot into
almost every county of every state and territory west of the Missouri river and
brought to him his wide knowledge of the conditions and the opportunities of the
west. His next step in the business world brought him into intimate connection
with town-site, irrigation and power enterprises in Idaho, Oregon and Washington
and when six years had passed in that way he returned to the east, settling in
Boston, Massachusetts, in 1890. Through the succeeding eight years he devoted
his attention to the negotiation of municipal bonds but since 1898 has perma-
nently resided in Spokane, where he again became actively interested in develop-
ment projects, his special lines of operation being in connection with the construc-
tion and operation of waterworks, power and electric plants and irrigation. Those
interests still, claim his attention and energies to a considerable extent and have
constituted a significant force in the improvement and upbuilding of the districts
in which he has operated. His enterprise and executive ability in recent years
have, moreover, brought him into prominence in railway connections as the promo-
ter and builder of the North Coast Railroad. He undertook to prosecute that
project in the spring of 1905 with the result that in the fall of that year a com-
pany was organized and the engineering and construction work has since proceeded
steadily. The system is designed to bring Seattle, Tacoma and Portland on the
west into direct connection with Walla Walla and Spokane on the east and includes
a new short line between Spokane and Walla Walla and another between Spokane
and Lewiston, Idaho, and, with its branches, is to have a total length of seven
hundred and fifty miles. Throughout practically the whole existence of the com-
pany Mr. Strahorn has been its president and active manager. The value of the
project is recognized by every business man of this section and its worth as a
developing factor of Washington can scarcely be overestimated. In connection
with this, Mr. Strahorn has organized the Spokane Union Terminal project which
will center five railways in one grand passenger terminal and provide for their
concentration along one central zone through the heart of the city, with all surface

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or gradf crossiiii^s cliiiiiiiattcl. In workiii); tliis out In- DviTcanif ohstaclcs wliicli
in tin- ag}{r»gatf wire almost appallinj;.

The North Coast Railroad project lias soinctiuics been callrd tlir railway
romance of our time and our subject, its central fipirc, the "S])hinx" and "Man
of Mystery" because of the very unusual and unicjue manner of its financing and
building, involving many millions of dollars, without the identity of Mr. Strnhorn's
financial backers becoming known. The war m.adc uj>on him by rival railway in-
terest.s- and otli<rs bent upon unmasking and defeating him has been :\ sensation
of large magnitude in tin I'aeirie iiortli west, .iiid prolvably more tli;iii aiiv otlier of
Mr. Strahorn's undertakings has eiiipii.isi/.i-d iiis tine jioise, unfaltering |)iirsiiit of
an undertaking once decided upon and bis undying devotion to any trust iiii)>osed
in liiiii, .'IS Well as Ills modesty in success. I..ite in tlie \car liMO. win ii tin'
larger matters desired had been accomplished, this ban of secrecy was ninoved
.ind it develojied that Mr. .Strahorn li.id been the confidential agent of .Mr. Ilarri-
nian from the first .iiid tin North Co.ist H.iilroad t nterprise wa.s consolidated with
other H.'irrim.in lines in the northwest under the n.imc of the Oregon-\\';ishington
Railroad & Navigation Company, and Mr. Str.ahorn made vice-president of the
larger corporation.

In order to ajipreciatc some of the accomplishments of this gn-.at railroad builder
be it stated that several hundred miles of ro.id siir\-ey( d .ind in )).irt constructed
have been paid for. to the extent of sixcral iiiillioii dolLirs. hv the prrsnii.il elii ek
of .Mr. Strahorn. A thousand miles of surveyed lines, a hundred miles completed
in tin- Yakima valley, trains ojierating on (lortions of ro.id, .ire .1 few of the things
that li.i\c been ;iecoiiiplishe(l in an ineredilily short time .-iiid in the face of trriiieiid-
ous odds and ojiposition. There has been built one bridge two tlious.uid nine hun-
dred feet long s|)aiining the Columbi.a ; .inothcr over the ."snake will be four tlwui-
s.ind .ind seM-nty feet long and two hundred and seventy-five feet high, probably
the highest over any large river in the L'nited .States, and this bridge will li.ive
ten million pounds of steel used in its construction. Mr. Str.ihorn will erect in
the city of Spokane alone one bridge one hundred .ind sixty-fivi- feet high and three
thousand feet long; .another one hundred and seventy-five feet high .ind oiu- thou-
s;md fi-et long, and both to be marvelous engineering feats.

.More recently these interests have organized the West Coast Railway designed
to do important construction .across the Cascade mount.-iins, with Mr. Str.ahorn as
president, .and also the Yakima V.allev Tr.insport.ition Company, which is build-
ing ini)iorl.iMt ele<'lrie railw;i\- lines under his (iirrelion. Among liis iii.iny inipurl.iiit
|)erson;il enterprises are the Northwest Light & W'.ater Conijiany. owning w.iter-
|)ower, electric lighting .and w.iterworks jilants in various cities of Oregon. W'.ishing-
ton .-iiid Idaho; the ^'akiini \'.allev Power (dnip.iiiy. which has built t lectric trims-
mission lines one iiundred .and ten miles in length, conneetiiig up .ind furnishing
electric power to all the cities of the Yakim.a v.alley .-md Pasco; .and the Pasco
Reclamation Company, which is irrigating .md ollnrwise developing large areas
of orch.ird l.mds surrounding the city of P.isco. Hesiiies fin.ancing .and being presi-
dent .and m.aii.ager of these .and other companies. .Mr. Str.ahorn has found time to
engage in m.inv other .icti\ities in connection with ( umiuercial oi'g.ini/,;itions through-
out the northwest.

On the lyth of September, 1877, -Mr. Str.ihorn w;is married to .Miss Carrie

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Adell Green, a daugliter of Dr. J. W. Green, of Marengo, Illinois, whose social
graces and literary attainments (the latter best evidenced b}- her authorship of the
popular volume "Fifteen thousand miles by stage") are eloquent testimonials to
the credit her husband so freely accords her for a large measure of his success.

Mr. Strahorn is a valued member of several social organizations, including the
Spokane Club, Spokane Athletic Club, the Inland Club and the Spokane Country
Club, and for several years he has been a trustee of the Spokane Chamber of Com-
merce, cooperating in all of its practical plans for the development of the city.
His genial nature, ever-ready helpfulness and philanthropy have given him a large
place in the hearts of his fellow citizens. !Mr. Strahorn is a man of well balanced
capacities and powers, without any of that genius which is liable to produce erratic
movements resulting in unwarranted risk and failure. He is eminently a man of
business sense, of well balanced mind, even temper and conservative habits, and
possesses that kind of enterprise that leads to great accomplishments and benefits
others more than himself.

MRS. CARRIE ADELL STRAHORN.

Carrie Adell (Green) Strahorn. wife of Robert E. Straliorn, of Spokane, is a
native of Marengo, McHenry county, Illinois, being the second daughter of Dr.
John W. and Louise Babcock Green. Her parents were pioneers of northern Illi-
nois, her father having removed in 1846 from Greenfield, Ohio, of which place Dr.
Green's parents were founders. These grandjiarents of Mrs. Strahorn, on her
father's side, were descendants of prominent patriots of like name of the Revolu-
tionary war. Her mother, who died in ^Marengo in 1899, was a native of Lavonia
Center, New York, and was a descendant of Aaron Burr. Dr. John W. Green,
]\Irs. Strahom's father, who died in Chicago in 1893, was for fifty 3-ears one of the
most noted surgeons of the Mississippi valley. He was the first surgeon to admin-
ister an anesthetic west of Chicago. He served with great distinction during tlie war
of the Rebellion, first as regimental surgeon of the Ninety-fifth Illinois, and later
as brigade and finally as division surgeon with General Grant in the Army of the
Tennessee. ^Irs. Green accompanied her husband throughout the famous Red river
campaign, sharing every danger of field and hospital.

Carrie Adell Green had the advantage of the public schools of Marengo, supple-
mented by a liberal education in the higher branches at Ann Arbor. Developing an
ardent love for music, she studied to good purpose under some of the foremost
American and European vocal masters, and thus, when wedded to Robert E. Stra-
horn, at Marengo, September 19, 1877, she possessed to an unusual degree the
graces and refinements and all the wholesome attributes and practical helpfulness
of the sensibh' reared young womanhood of those days.

It is not too much to say that Carrie Adell Strahorn has well maintained the
lofty traditions of the sturdy, heroic stock of pioneers, patriots and state builders
of her ancestry. A superb, home-loving, womanly woman always, yet she has had
so much to do with the development of the frontier that her public life and ac-

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coiuijlislinunts have been tlie iiisi)ir.iti(>ii and pride of many communities in the
Rocky .Mountain and Pacific coast states. It has been well said of her that she
has "motlicred tlie west. "

Inimediatelv after her marria^je in 1877 slic set out with lur Inishand on tlie
often dangerous and romantic, and always toilsome career (in a field covering nearly
half our continent) the brighter aspects of which are so vividly ix)rtraycd in her
famous book '■Fifteen Thousand .Miles by Stage," which was jiubiished in 1911 by
G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Proliaiilv no other woman has so thoroughly ex))orienecd every )ihase of far west
cx|)lor;ition and genuine pioneering. This, covering a period of thirty-four years
while the west has been in the making, has gone through all gradations from the
wildi-rness haunts of the hostile savage along through the rudest camps of the miner
and cowbov to zealous, ])ractical partieii)ation in colonization, and town and city
building in many waste i>laees, often f.ir in advance of the railways. Tliis work
was particularly noticeable and effective from 1877 to 1880 in Nebraska, Colorado
and ^^'yonling, and from 1880 to 1890 in Utaii, Montana, Idaho and Washington.
From 1890 to 1898, while Mr. Strahorn transferred his activities largely to New
England, .Mrs. .Strahorn pursued her nnisical and literary studies in Boston. Dur-
ing tliis period however, the .Straliorn's spent a |>ortion of each year in Spokane and
vicinity, or elsewhere in the Rocky Mountains. .Since 1898. win n they located per-
manently in Spokane, Mrs. Strahorn lias been everything in the life and growth
of the city and state that might be expected from one so fully equipiicd and so
ardently in love with the Pacific fpast country and its institutions.

Heing a frequent contributor to the coliHuns of various eastern ))ub]ieations dur-
ing all these years, she has made the most of many opportunities to faithfully jjor-
tray the leading characteristics of far, wast Hfe and development, never failing to
award due praise to the heroic M'oirk-of tlio' jjionee'rs, as well as to enthusiastically
strive for wider recognition of the merits of western resources and institutions, and
our climatic, scenic and other attractions.

The camp or home of the .Strahorns lias always been ;i landmark of hospitality
and a rallying point for the creation and nourishing of jmblic spirit and the strenu-
ous promotion of every good cause. Not a few of the far west's foremost men in
business, ]irofessional and (lolitieal life, join her noted husband in gratefully ascrib-
ing much of their success to Mrs. Straliorn's untiring encour.igemeiit and general
helpfulness in hir home, social and public activities at the period in their lives when
such helj) meant everything to them. .She has also accomiilislii-d much in church
building and in the founding and sup)V)rt of educational and eharitable institutions.
Notwithstanding the success, financially and otherwise, of Mr. .Strahorn, and her
)5rominent place and hearty ]>artiei))ation in the social life of .S])okane, Mrs. Stra-
horn has not relaxed in lur devotion to these more useful and serious things and is
still actively engaged in liter.iry jjursuits.

EDW.Mtl) II! ANKIJN W.VGGONER.

Edward Franklin Waggoner is the iiresidiiit of the L'nion Fuel & Ice Coiniiany
of Spokane, with offices at 107 S))rague avenue. He was born in Lostant, Illinois,
February, 15, 1870, and acquired his early education in the public schools there,

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while spending liis yoiitliful days in the liome of liis parents, John G. and Sarah
E. (Cox) Waggoner. He was afterward sent to Eureka College at Eureka, Illi-
nois, and when he had put aside his text-books he became a clerk in a store there.
The next step in his business career brought him into close connection with the
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company as traveling salesman and collector, in
which capacity he traveled for them in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. He dis-
played notable ability in all branches of the harvesting machinery business, thereby
winning the position of general agent and manager of the company's business in
AVashington. Oregon, Idaho, Montana and a part of Wyoming. In 1903 the Inter-
national Harvester Company was formed, taking over the ^IcCormick Harvesting
Machine Company and Mr. Waggoner was continued in charge of the business
until October 15. 1906, when he resigned to enter upon an independent business
venture, organizing the Union Fuel & Ice Company, of which he has since been
president. The company was established as a wholesale and retail business. The
business has grown steadily and substantially since its inception and is now one
of the important and prosperous commercial undertakings of Spokane, doing a
business of nearly a half million dollars in 1911.

Mr. Waggoner is also trustee and secretary of the Masonic Temple Association
and it was he who as the master of Spokane Lodge No. 34., F. & A. M., conceived
the project of erecting a Masonic Temple in Spokane and assisted in the forma-
tion of the association which erected the temple. He acted as secretary of the
board of trustees and as chairman of its finance committee from the outset until the
tem|3le was completed, and his work in this connection has received warm com-
mendation. The association was formed in 1901 ; ground for the temple was
broken by President Roosevelt on the 26th day of May, 1903; the corner stone
was laid October 6. 1904.; and the building was dedicated June 14, 1906. Mr.
Waggoner is one of the best known and most prominent Masons of the state, tak-
ing an active part in the work of the order and ever upholding the high standard
which has been maintained by this fraternity. He belongs to and is past master
of Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M.; is a member and past high priest of Spo-
kane Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M.; and belongs to Spokane Council, No. 4, R. & S. M.;
Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T. ; Oriental Consistory, No. 2, S. P. R. S.; and
El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He has been awarded high honors in the
order and was grand master of the state of Washington in 1906-7. He likewise
belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E.; Samaritan Lodge, No. 52,
I. O. O. F.; Spokane Council, No. 92, United Commercial Travelers; and is a
Woodman of tlie World.

In addition to his other business interests he is a director and a member of the
executive committee of the International Casualty Company and also a director in
the Western Soap Company, one of Spokane's largest manufacturing institutions.
He is now serving for the second term as a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce
and has cooperated readily and effectively in its measures and plans for promoting
public progress. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party and he
takes an active and helpful interest in its work, yet would never consent to be-
come a candidate for office. He wields an influence which is all the stronger, per-
haps, because it is moral rather than political, and is exercised for the public weal
rather than for personal ends.

On the 16th of February, 1898. Mr. Waggoner was married, in Chicago, to

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Miss NcIIif Mc'KihIxii. a daiiglitiT of Ciptnin .1. M. and Marparct McKiblit-ii, of
Sliilliyvilli-. Illinois. Tlicy have two iliildrtn. Edward F.; Jr., and Marpirct. In
tlic social circles of Spokane tlicy arc well known and the Iiospitality of the best
homes is cordially extended tlicni. His business interests have brought him a wide
acquaintance in the northwest and through Masonry he has become even mori'
widely known, standing as a ))r(iiiiiiii iit representative of that ordir which has ever
inculcated principles of high .nid honorable maidiood and promoted good citizenship.

S. A. STAXlTET.n.

S. A. Stanfield is one of the widely known residents of Lincoln county, who has
been more or less actively identified with the agricultural and business interests of
Odessa for more tlian twenty years. He was born in Umatilla comity, Oregon, on
February 10. I8C<), and is a son of Robert N. and Phoebe (.\twood) Stanfield.
natives of Illinois. In the early '50s they crossed the ))lains to Cilifornia. whence
tiny l.iti r nuioved to Oregon, settling in Liiiatill.i eotiiitv wlim- the father liled on
some government land and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

The early years of S. A. .St;infield did not differ save in details from those of
other lads re.ari-d on ranches on tlie frontier at that ]>eriod. He atli iidid the public
schools in the acquirement of an education until he was eighteen years of age, and
when not engaged with his studies assisted his father with the operation of the
ranch. By the time In- h.id att.iined his ni.iturity he w.is thoroughly familiar with
the practical methods of tilling the fields aiul caring for the stock. In 1887, he en-
gaged in stock raising for three years, meeting with very good success. At the
expiration of that period, in 1890, he came to Lincoln county and filed on a home-
stead near Odessa, and for fourteen years devoted his entire time and energy to
the cultivation and im|)rovement of this place. As he is a man of ))r;ictical ideas
who intelligently directs his efforts toward the accomplishment of a definite ))ur-
posi-. he ))r()sj)ered in his undertakings. He brought his land into a high state of
productivity and erected good substantial l)arns and outbuildings as well as a com-
fort.ible residence on his r.ineh, nuiking it one of the attractive and valuable prop-
erties of that section. In 1901- he disposed of it and withdrawing from agricultural
pursuits removed to Odessa. Here he establislii-d a meat m.irk< t that he con-
ducted with very good success for two years, and then disjiosed of it. .\fter selling
his business hi' went to Orant county. U'.isliington, .md bought a section of l.iiid
that 111- eultiv.ited for about :\ year. Renting this pro])erty in li)07. he p.issed the
following two years in and .ibout Spokane, subsequently returning to Odessa. In
1909 he again took ])osscssion of the meat market he had jireviously establisheil,
but only conducted it for a brief jieriod, closing out the business in 1910. Prior
to this he had ae(|uin-d a fini- tract of Land adjacent to Odessa upon which he lo-
cated and here he has ever since residid. His land is all under cultivation and is
well adapted to the raising of fruits and alfalfa in which hi- is s|)ecializing with
very good results. Mr. Stanfield has jirospered in his undertakings and is the
owner of some very fine land, that is constantly increasing in value. He sold his
section of land in Grant county. Washington, .-is the cultivation of the ranch on
which he is living brings him an income that is more than sufficii-nt for the needs
of himself and family. In addition in these jiroperties he has a nice residence in
Odessa and is a stockholder and director of the Odessa Mercantih- Company.

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Umatilla count}' was the scene of Mr. Stanfield's marriage on December 22,
1889, to Miss Emma B. Boardman, a daughter of Robert Boardmaii of Illinois,
and they have become the parents of one son, Lloj'd, whose natal day was in
April, 1891.

Mr. Stanfield has attained the rank of a Royal Arch Mason and is affiliated
with the lodge at Davenport. Politically he is a democrat, but has never been
officially identified with local governmental affairs. He is an excellent representa-
tive of the unassuming, enterprising citizens who form the strength of a community
and measure its jjossibilities and resourcefulness.

RICHARD ASHTON HUTCHINSON.

Richard Ashton Hutchinson is well known in Spokane through the real-estate
business which he has conducted, but is perhaps more widely known throughout
the state as tlie senator from the Spokane district. He has been almost continu-
ously in office since 1882 when, at the first election held in Spokane county, he was
chosen assessor. Consecutive progress has brought Iiim to a position of prominence
and individual ability has made him a leader in public thought and action.

^Nlr. Hutchinson was born in Grand Gulf, Mississippi, February 11, 1853, a
son of William Dean and Margaret (Murray) Hutchinson. The father, who was
born in Kentucky in 1798, was a cousin of Andrew Jackson, whose mother be-
longed to the Hutchinson family. In 1836 William Dean Hutchinson removed
from Kentucky to Illinois and afterward went to Havana, Cuba, where he was
engaged in business until the outbreak of the Mexican war, when he returned to
the United States and volunteered for service with the Mississippi troops. He
also went to California in 1819 with the argonauts in search of the golden fleece,
but after a brief period spent on the coast returned to Mississippi. His opposi-
tion to slavery caused him to join John Brown in his famous campaign in Kansas
and during the Civil war he served as guide on General Sigel's staff in Missouri
but became disabled and left the armj'. In the winter of 1862 he went to Colorado
but returned to Kansas and was the builder of the first house in Hays City, that
state. He became a resident of eastern Washington, and he and his sons became
the first settlers in what is now Mondovi, Lincoln countj^ where his death occurred
on the 8th of November, 1881. There have been few men whose lives have been
more closely connected with a greater number of events of national importance
than William Dean Hutchinson. Enterprising in spirit, fearless in action, he was
the champion of his country's interest in the Mexican war, the friend of the op-
pressed when slavery marred the fair name of the nation and he met with valorous
spirit the hardships and privation incident to pioneer life in California and Wash-
ington. His wife was of Irish and Scotch descent. Her father was a lieutenant
in the Scotch Grays of the British army during the Napoleonic wars and fought
under Wellington througliout the Peninsular campaign and at Waterloo.

Richard Ashton Hutchinson was with his father in Missouri in 1857 when a
lad of four years and afterward in Colorado and Kansas. While in the former
state he served as a page in the legislature and also worked for a time in the
Denver mint. During his residence in Kansas he was for seven years engaged in

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driving c.ittlt- and in conducting a store as well as in fighting Indians, for tlic set-
tlers had to contest their riglit to the territory against the red men. In 187'2 with
the others of the f.iniiiy he became a jnoneer of (Jiiillayiite county on tile P;icific
coast wlicre he improved and developed land. .Mioul tli.it time his fatlur met
with reverses and the sujiport of the family fell upon Kiehard .V. Ilutiliinson. then
twentv-two years of .'ige. I'rom 187.'i until 187!) he worked in the eo.il mines .it
Newcastle. King county, but while there became cripjjled and also lost iiis health.
On the 1st of May, 1879. he started on foot for eastern Washington with bis
younger brother William Hutchinson. They arrived at .Spokane on the -JOth day
of Mav. finding lure a h.imlet of fifty people. The brothers took up land thirty-
five miles west of the city which they developed and cultivated, transforming
it into a valuable tract which they still own. Almost from the beginning of his
residence in .Siiokane county Mr. Hutchinson has been prominent .-is .i f.-ietor in
its public life. .At its first election held in 188'2 the district, then eomiirising tiie
present counties of S])okane, Lincoln, Adams. Douglas .ind I'ranklin, he w;is
elected assessor. In 188.S the division of the county was changed so that his
l)roperty was beyond the borders of Spokane county and as he wished to be
with his father he resigned his office but was elected assessor of Lincoln county.
In June 188(>. he grubstaked the halfbreeds who discovered the mines at Ruby
camp. Okanog.-in county when the reservation was first opened. He has always
been interested there and still retains a working property in that district. \\'hen
.Iosel)h's band of Nez Perce Indians were brought to .S))okane in 18H(> he received
them as prisoners of war and took them to the Nespelem valley on the C'olville
reservations where he lived with them until .Inly. 1 889. teaching them farming.
During the first year and a half Mr. Hutcliin.son and his wife were the only
white residents with those Indians, his nearest neighbor being ;i horseman fifteen
miles distant, on the south side of the Columbia river.

Erom time to time Mr. Hutchinson was called to i)ublic office ,ind has done
not a little in shaping the policy of the country during its formative period. In
1890 he had charge of the United States census in Lincoln county and was elected
a member of the house of rejiresentatives for the fifteenth district. In 189'^ he
was chosen senator from Okanogan and Lincoln counties representing the first
district, .and thus be was actively concerned with framing the laws of the state,
giving c.ireful consitiiration to every ini])ortant question wliieh eame u)) for set-
tli nient.

Reverses overtook Mr. Hutchinson in 189.S. for during the |);inic of that ye.-ir
he lost all of his ))roperty and was in debt fifteen thousand dollars, but with
resolute spirit he looked to the future to retrieve his losses and in 189") came to
.Spokane, where with a borrowed capit.al of five hundred doU.ars he embarked in
the real-estate business. Such was the sound judgment that he displayed in his
|)urchases and sales of property that within a short time he was able to regain
possession of his old home in Lincoln county and discharge all of his indebted-
ness, .'since that time he has continued not only to engage in the real-estate busi-
ness but also in mining and he is one of the most exti-nsive individual wheat rais-
ers in the state, having over ten thousand acres in Lincoln. Adams, Douglas and
Spokane counties. His mining interests are in the tdeur d'Alenes, Hritish Colum-
bia .and in Ok.anogan and ."Stevens counties. Recognizing the possibilities for the
country especi.illy when w.-iter e.-m be secured to .lid in its development, .Mr.

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Hutchinson became the promoter of the Oiiportunity irrijration district east of
Spokane. The National Country Life Commission, apjjointed by President Roose-
velt, said of Opjjortunity : "It is the most ideal jjlace for Rural Homes that we
have seen." Since disposing of his interest in Opportunity Mr. Hutchinson has
been actively engaged in real-estate dealing in Spokane, especially handling that
district of the city known as the Hutchinson addition. His fitness for office as in-
dicated by his public-spirited citizenshi]) and his devotion to all that works for
the welfare of the locality and the commonwealth led to his election in 190() to the
house of representatives from Spokane county and in 1908 he was elected from the
fourth district to the state senate, wherein his term of office will continue until 191:2.
Senator Hutchinson has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Amelia
.Johnson, a native of Washington. They were married in 1883. Three children
were born to bless this union: ^Margaret Elizabeth, wife of J. B. Hayes; Ida A.;
and William Dean. Mrs. Hutchinson died April 10. 1893. On the 9th of Feb-
ruary. 1895 he was united in marriage to Marguerite Wright, a native of \'irginia
and a daughter of Weitzel A. and Sarah Ann (Taylor) Wright. Mrs. Hutchinson
taught the first school in Wenatchee in 188a. being then only sixteen years of age.
Three children were born of this union. Marita. Rachael and Richard Ashton. Jr.
The parents are members of the Episcopal church and are interested in all those
features which contribute to the material, intellectual, social and moral welfare
of the community. The life record of Mr. Hutchinson if written in detail would
present many thrilling and unusual chapters because of his life on the frontier and
his experience with the red men. as well as his efforts to attain advancement in
a business way. efforts that have ultimately been crowned with a substantial meas-
ure of success.

F. R. JANSEN.

F. R. Jansen. manager of the Odessa Union ^\'arehouse Company, has been
identified with the business interests of Odessa for the past five years. He is a
native of Iowa, his birth having occurred at Avoca on the 16th of March. 1881,
and a son of Henry and Caroline Kuhl. The parents were both born and reared
in Germany, whence they emigrated to Iowa, where for many years the father
engaged in farming. In 1889. they removed to Washington, settling in Lind,
Adams county, and there the father continued his agricultural pursuits.

As he was a lad of eight years when his people removed to Washington, the
education of F. R. Jansen was begun in the schools of his native county and con-
tinued in those of Adams county. He subsequently pursued a commercial course
for two years in Walla Walla, thus better qualifying himself for the practical
duties of life. At the expiration of that time he came to Lincoln county, settling
in Krupp, where he began his business career as a grain buyer. He remained
there for three years following this occupation, and during that time he discharged
his duties with such efficiency and capability that he attracted the attention of
various local grain men, and in 1907 he was offered the position of manager of
the Odessa Union Warehouse Company, with headquarters at Odessa. This com-
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SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE 19

and supervision of Mr. Jaiisen, whose services have proven in every way <(mal to
the expeetations of his employers, as is manifested by the l)eriod of his eonneetion
with the company.

At Lind, this state, on tlie SOtli of May, 1906. Mr. .lanscn was united in mar-
riage to Miss Gertrude Baumgard, a daughter of August Baumgard, a promiiu-nt
pioneer raneliman of Adams county.

Mr. Jansen is a trustee of the Presbyterian church, in whieli his wife also holds
membership, and in liis political views he is a socialist, believing that the principles
of this party arc best adapted to subserve the highest interests of the majority.
He is one of the younger members of the local business circles, where he is held
in high esteem and is recognized as a very capable young man, whose enterprising
and progressive ideas give every assurance of his success.

JOSEPH E. HORTON.

Joseph E. Horton. who has been actively engaged in the real-estate business
in Spokane for the past eight years with offices located in the Lindelle building,
was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, in September, 18;)1. His j)arents are George
\\ . .iiitl Klizabcth (Byrne) Horton, formerly farming people of Iowa, whence they
later removed to Minnesota, but they are now residents of California, having lo-
c.ited tliere in 1910. The father has long outlived the Psalmist's allotment of
years, having passed the ninety-fifth aniii\ersary of his birth, whih' the iiiother
is now seventy-six years of age.

The |)reliminary education of .Joseph E. Horton was obtained in the ]iul)lie
schools of Minnesota, in which state he was reared, this being supplemented later
l)y :i course in the .State University at Minneapolis, where he received the degree
of B. I,, in 1880. Three years later he located in .South Dakoti. becoming a resi-
dent of Campbell county, where in 1883 he was appointed to the office of probate
judge and was elected to sanu- office in 1881. He served in this capacity until
I88(i when he was elected register of deeds and ex-offieio county clerk for a term
of four years, and in ISOl and ] 89ii he was state senator on the democratic ticket
from C.-mipbell .iiid Walworth counties. Two years later, in ISgi. Mr. Horton
w.is appointed Indian |)ost trader at the Cheyenne river agency, .South Dakota,
continuing to fidfil the duties of this position until 1899. The following ye.ir he
organized the Bank of Linton, North Dakota, of which he was i)resident for three
years, during that timi' develo])ing it into one of the conservative .and firmly es-
tablished financial institutions of the county. In 1903. Mr. Horton dis|)osed of all
of his interests in North Dakota and came t<> .Spokane, where he has ever since
engaged in buying and selling real estate on his own account. Possessing much
sagacity and foresight, he has made a success of this undertaking, as he possesses
tile intuitive f.aeulty of recognizing an ojiportunity not discernible to the average
individual and utilizes it to his own advantage. .Since locating here, .Mr. Horton
has lidti eorini<t((l witli a nunilier of important real-estate transfers, and is the
owiur of some \alu.il)le pro|)erty. He built and still owns the city market, located
at the corner of Second avenue and .Stevens street, which covers twenty-five thou-
sand feet of floor space and contains twiiity-four stalls.

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On the ith of August, 1894., Mr. Horton was united in marriage to Miss Minerva
A. Eckert, a daughter of Henry and Caroline Eckert. of Tumwater. Washington,
and they have become the parents of four children: Erwin, who was born in 189.5;
Josephine, whose natal year was 1897; Doris, who celebrated her ninth anniversary
in 1911; and Jack, whose birth occurred in 1907. The family home is located at
12108 Altamont boulevard, this city, where Mr. Horton owns a beautiful residence.

Mr. Horton votes the democratic ticket, but he has had neither the time nor
inclination to prominently participate in governmental affairs since locating in Spo-
kane, and his fraternal relations are confined to his membership in the Masonic
order. He is intensely loyal to the state of his adoption and feels that the develop-
ment of Washington, industrially, commercially and agriculturally during the next
few years will exceed by far that of the past decade, as its wonderful natural re-
sources are just beginning to be realized.

JOSEPH KRIEGLER.

Joseph Kriegler, who is actively engaged in the real-estate, insurance and loan
business in Odessa is one of the town's most i)ublic-spirited and enterprising citi-
zens. He was born in Bohemia on the 18th of February. 1866, and there he was
likewise educated and reared to the age of nineteen years. As he was a most
ambitious j'outh he longed to make more rapid })rogress in the business world than
was possible in his native land with its conservative methods and system, and he
decided to come to America, feeling convinced that he would here find the op-
portunities he was seeking. Upon his arrival in this country in 188.5, he first
located in Waterville, Minnesota, where for eighteen months he followed agri-
cultural pursuits. During that period he became quite familiar with the language
and customs of the country, thus qualifying himself to become identified with com-
mercial activities. He, therefore, witlidrew from farming and went to Castleton,
North Dakota, where he engaged in the general mercantile business for two years.
At the end of that time he returned to Minnesota, and for eighteen months followed
the same business at Wadina, that state. Five years had elapsed since he first
came to the United States and a longing to see his boyhood home proved too strong
to be resisted and in 1891. he returned to Europe. He spent four months amid
the scenes of his native land, and then came back to America, locating in Everest,
North Dakota. For a short time thereafter he clerked in a general mercantile
store, that he subsequently purchased and conducted with excellent success for
ten years. Soon after he bought this establishment he ojjened a branch store at
Castleton, where he had previously been in business, and tliis also proved to be a
very successful undertaking. In 1901, he disposed of both places and came to
Washington, settling in Odessa, and here he has ever since resided. When he
first came here Mr. Kriegler engaged in business with his brother E. J. Kriegler
for several years, but later he sold his interest to his brother and went into the
lumber business. He applied himself energeticall}' and intelligently to the devel-
opment of this enterprise, which he operated under the name of the Joseph Kriegler
Lumber Comjjany until 1908, when he sold it and withdrawing from commercial
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is an alert, wide-awake, enterprising business man. who (luickly recognizes op-
portunities not discernible to a man of less perspicacity and utilizes tbchi to his
advantage. He has iirosjiered in a most gratifying manner since locating here,
and has acquired not only some fine town property but twenty-five hundred acres
of excellent wheat land that he is leasing.

Odessa was the scene of Mr. Kriegler's marriage in l!»l);j to .Miss Louise Hal-
1(T. .1 native of Spokane, and to them has been born unc son Joseph E., who is
now attending sc1uk)1.

Mr. Kriegler is a communicant of the Roman Catholic ehureli. He has al-
ways taken a very deep interest in all municipal affairs and for the past five years
has discharged the duties of town treasurer and he is also a member of the school
board. In matt»-rs of citizenship he is most progressive, .always finding ample time
and opj)ortunity to promote the welfare of the community or to cooperate in devel-
oping the various ])ublic utilities. He was one of the organizers of the Odessa
Commercial Club, of which he was president for two terms, and has always en-
thusiastically championed every movement inaugurated by this association that he
felt would in any way tend to advance the interests of the town. In addition to
his other business responsibilities he is vice president of the Union State Hank of
Odessa and is one of the largest stockholders of this institution, which is one of
the county's well est.ablished and conservative financial enteri^rises. Mr. Kriegler
is one of the highly regarded business men of the town and is meeting witii well
deserved success in the develoi)ment of his various undertakings. His prosperity
is generally recognized as the reward of unceasing industry, close concentration
and the inlierent faculty to utilize every opportunity to the best possible advantage.
He has high standards of citizenship and although he is much absorbed in the
development of his personal affairs, never neglects his imblie duties, his services
always being at the command of the community.

FREDERICK OM AH HUGHES.

In .a ra])idly growing country there is excelK nt opportunity for the .irciiitect
and in that profession Frederick Oui.ar Hughes is winning not only a liveliliood
hut gratifying success as a member of the firm of Diamond & Hughes. He was
born near Muskoka, Canada, December 6, 1880. His parents, Peter and Emma
(.larrett) Hughes, arc !)oth natives of England and are now residents of Spokane,
h.iving in Se|)tembcr, 1886, removed to this city wliere the father was engaged in
the general contracting business but is now living retired. He erected the first
.Medical Lake Insane Asylum and, prior to 1900, was the builder of a large
number of the business blocks of Spokane. In addition to Frederick Omar Huglies
the others of his father's family arc: Tliomas B., conducting a wholesale i)luuibi?ig
est.ablisiiment in .Spokane; R. H., foreman of the |)rint sho|) of the .Sh.aw i*v: Horden
Coni))any ; and Minnie, a resident of Spokane.

As a |)upil in the pul)lic schools of .Spokane Frederick Omar Hugiies ])asscd
tlirough consecutive grades and followed liis higli schodl eonrsr \n two eorresjiond-
ence courses in architecture. He received practical training luider the direction
of his father, with whom he workerl for four years in the contracting business.

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and then entered upon the active work of his chosen profession as a draftsman in
the employ of Albert Held, and was afterward with the firm of Preusse & Zittel
and subsequently joined C. T. Diamond in the organization of the present firm with
offices in the Mohawk block. They have specialized in store interiors and bank
fixtures, yet also do a general architecture business. They were architects for the
Llovd apartments, representing an expediture of eighty-five thousand dollars, and
the wholesale plumbing liouse of Hughes & Company, representing an investment
of fifty thousand dollars. They remodeled the Fidelity National Bank and were
professionally employed by the Spokane Table Supply Company, Greenough Broth-
ers, the Inland Empire Biscuit Company and many others.

On the 6th of October, 1906, in Spokane, Mr. Hughes was united in marriage
to Miss Carrie McPhee. He has spent the greater part of his life in this city and
has a wide acquaintance socially as well as professionally, sterling qualities win-
ning him high regard in both connections.

WILLIAM PETTET.

The life history of William Pettet if written in detail would furnish many a
chapter of thrilling interest and in the plain statement of facts should serve to in-
spire and encourage others, giving indication of what may be accomplished when a
high sense of duty is coupled with determined purpose, energy and intelligence. He
came to Spokane as a pioneer of 1883. He was then sixty-five years of age, his
birth having occurred in England in September, 1818, He was born of wealthy
parents, pursued his education in the schools of his native land and in 1836, when
about eighteen years of age, crossed the Atlantic to New York. Two years later
he removed to the south, settling in ilobile, Alabama, where in connection with two
practicing physicians he established a drug store. The following year, however, his
partners and two other business associates succumbed to the yellow fever. He
bravely faced this crisis in his affairs when it became necessary for him to close
out the business and make a division of interests in behalf of those deceased, al-
though he had scarcely entered upon manhood at that time. In 1841, then twenty-
three vears of age, he established a commission house in New York and in ISiS
accompanied the Amon Kendall party as far as Galveston, Texas, On the 6th of
May, 1846, he left Independence, ^lissouri, on the overland trip to San Francisco,
whence he made his way to Yuba Bueno. When they passed through Kansas they
experienced considerable trouble with the Indians and at different times had to
reckon with the hostility of the red men, engaging with them in a severe fight on
the Truckee river in order to recover stock driven away by them. When near
Truckee lake tliey were overtaken by a snow storm at which time Mr. Pettet joined
a party of six and started for the Sacramento valley, leaving behind their wagons
and about sixty people who, refusing to proceed, camped near the lake, Mr. Pettet
and his companions reached Sutter's Fort in safety but those who remained all
perished save four and these were insane when they finally secured assistance.

Mr. Pettet remained at Sutter's Fort for the purpose of enlisting emigrants as
they came in for the war that was then being waged in southern California. With
quite a number of enlisted men he went to San Francisco where the troops were
fitted out for service on the sloop of war Portsmouth, Returning to Yuba Bueno

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WILLIAM PETTET

MRS. WILLIAM PKTTET

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PUBUC LIBRARY,

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Mr. Pttti-t tlicn org.inizi-d tlic (inn of Ellis \- Pttttt for the purpose of dtalin;^ with
the Russians at Sitka, Alaska, and ivhcn he had disposed of his business interests
in that eouiitry he returned tn San I'raneiseo, where he was eleeted to the oftiee of
city elerk. He was afterward ajijjointed sheritT and at the close of his term in that
position returned to New York. In 1851. however, he returned to San Francisco,
sending; around Cape Horn the material for the first iron buildiiifx <'reeted in that
city — a .structure destroyed hy fire a few weeks after its ecimpletion. Ill health
again compelled hira to return to New York and while there he became interested
in mercantile cnterjirises. In 18(58 lie went ahroad with his family and spent five
viars in Europe, returning to the I'nitcd .States in J 873. ior some time In- was a
resident of ."^t. Paul, wlure he was widely known.

The year 1883 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Pettet in Spokane and, believing
that the city would enjoy rapid .and substantial growth at a Later d;iy. he made
considerable investments in real estate. The following year in connection with F.
R. Moori'. now deceased, V. C'hamberlin .and William Nettleton, he secured the
block on which the county courthouse now stands .and at their own expense these
gentlemen erected a building for the reception of the county records when they
were brought from Cheney. In association with Messrs. Moore .and Cli.amberlin
Mr. Pettet .also established permanent arc lights for the streets. From this part-
nership developed the present Edison Electric Light Company of Spokane. It was
this eompanv that purchased the lower falls of the river and the l.ind on which
the big power plant of the Washington Water Power Company now stands. He
invested in considerable business property' together with a large amount of north-
side residence property and with the growth of the city and demand for realty, his
holdings grew in value, in time making him one of the wealthiest residents of Spo-
kane.

On tlie 7th of November, 18.50, in Milford, Worcester county, MassaehusettM.
Mr. Pettet was united in marriage to Miss Caroline S. Dean, a daughter of Syl-
vester and Charlotte (Cutler) Dean, both representatives of old and well known
Massachusetts families. The former was a son of Seth Dean, a soldier of the
Revolutionary war. Sylvester Dean became a merchant of New York, where he
long continued in business. Unto Mr. and .Mrs. Pettet were born two children.
The son George is now assistant secretary of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Com-
pany. The daughter. Grace, became the wife of ,T. P. M. Richards, president of
the .Spokane & Eastern Trust Com)>.any, and unto them were born five children:
Grace, who is the wife of the Rev. E. P. Smith, of Boise, Idaho, and who has two
children. Dorothy and Cornelia; Caroline, the wife of Lieutenant .Sherburne Whip-
ple, of the United States army now stationed in the Pliili|)|)ines and by whom she
has one son, Sherburne; and .IdIiii X'.anderpool, Josiah and William Pettet Richards.
In the sprinir of 1889. three months before the great fire. .Mr. Pettet was stricken
with typhiiid fev<'r from which he never fully recovered. The latter years of his
life were l.irgely spent at his home. Cilasgow Lodge, on the North l)()nle\ard. where
he had a forty-acre tract of land within the city limits and a beautiful residence
on the li.inks of the .'^pokane river, fitted u|) in English style. His eightieth
birthday was celebrated by a garden party attended by over two hundred of his
friends. It was said of him: "Mr. Pettet's benign influenei- has been v<'ry sensibly
felt in .Spokane to the development of which he has contril)uted incaleul.ably. He

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has always been a man of great energy and his superb business ability and keen
foresight made him eminently successful in his various enterprises."

In his political views Mr. Pettet was a republican during the early days of his
residence in this country but in later life became a stanch democrat. He attended
the Episcopal church until old age compelled him to remain away from the house
of worship, after which he always observed the Sabbath in services at home. He
was a most congenial, entertaining man, of kindly nature and greatly enjoyed the
companionship of young people. He died in November, 1904, in London. He
and his wife three years before had left Spokane for an extended tour of the old
country and were on their way home when both were taken ill in London. Mrs.
Pettet improved but her husband gradually failed until the end came. He was
then about eighty-six years of age. His had been a long, well spent and honorable
life, and it is said that no one who met him, even casually, would ever forget his
frank personality. He was a remarkable and unique character and a most valuable
citizen. He sought out his own ways of doing good but they were effective ways,
productive of immediate and substantial results. He contributed much to the pio-
neer development of the city, giving impetus to its industrial and commercial in-
terests in the era which preceded the fire and also in the period that followed the
great conflagration. His wise judgment and clear insight were often used for the
benefit of others as well as in the conduct of his own business affairs and he stood
as a splendid type of the Anglo-Saxon race who finds or makes Iiis opportunity and
uses it to the best advantage.

STANLEY ALEXANDER EASTON.

Stanley Alexander Easton, living in Kellogg, lias since 1902 acted as manager
of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company. His birth oc-
curred in Santa Cruz, California, on the 17th of April, 1871, his parents being
Giles A. and Mary Elizabeth (Gushee) Easton. The father, a California pioneer,
was an early ofHeer of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and later entered the
ministry as one of the pioneer Episcopal clergi'men of San Francisco. His demise
occurred about 1896.

Stanley A. Easton sup|)lemeiited his early education by n course of study in the
department of mining engineering of the University of California, from which he
was graduated in 1891 with the degree of E. !M. He first came to Wardner, Idaho,
in 1896 and as a mining engineer entered the service of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Mining & Concentrating Company but was absent for several years, working at
his profession in British Columbia, other parts of Idaho. Colorado, and all the
principal mining centers. Returning to Wardner in 190ii. lie took cliarge of the
properties of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company as
manager and in this capacity has ably served to tlie present time. It has been dur-
ing his administration that the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating
Company erected the Young Men's Christian Association building in Kellogg. In
the line of his profession 'Sir. Easton is connected with the American Institute of
Mining Engineers, the Mining Metallurgical Society of America and the Institute
of Mining & Metallurgy, of London, England.

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On tin- l."»lli of Nuvciiilji r. \'.>0G. Mr. K.-istnii w.is iinitid in marriage to Miss
Kstelle (irccnough of Missoul.i. .Montaii-i. a daiigliti r o( Tlionias I.. Grecnougll,
tilt- i)roniinfiit mining and railroad man <it Montana anil Idaiio. who passed away
in July, 1911. Our sulijii-t anil his wift- have two childr.ii. Ruth and Jane, who
were horn in tile years 190" and 1910 n -pi cliv . )y.

Mr. Easton's fraternal relations are with \\'.irilnir Lodge, No. at, A. 1'. iS: A.
M., of which lie is master, and W.dlaee Lodge, No. 331, B. P. O. E. He is like-
wise a member of the Spokane Cluh of Spok.me and helongs to the Idaho Sons of
the American Revolution. His husiness c.ireer has lieeii marked by ste.idy advance-
ment and he has ever maintained an unassailable reputation for integrity as well
a.s enterprise.

.TAMF..S M. ST M P.SOX.

James M . .Simpson, actively engaged in the practice of law in Spokane since
190-.', now has a large clientage that h.is eomiected him with much important liti-
g.-ition tried in the courts of this .and .idjoining states. He is a western man in that
he was born this side of the Mississippi river, which event occurred in Knox county,
Missouri, on the 1st day of January, ISfiO, his jjarents, Benjamin and Perlina
.Sinijison, being jiioneers of that county.

He entered the puhlie sehooU there when .i hoy of six years .and .after eom-
j.letiiig the course of study therein ])rescrilied, .ittended the State Normal School
at Kirksville, Missouri, from wliich institution he gradu.ited in the full course of
four v.ars in June, 1886. Mr, Simpson first came west in 1882, locating at Deer
Lodge, Montana, remaining west but a short time, when he returned to Missouri
to com])lete bis education and ag.ain came west to Deer Lodge, Montana, where he
■ ngaged in educational work until 1901. h.iving eb.irge of the i)ublie schools of
th.it place. He devoted the hours that are usu.iUy termed leisure to the study of
law and was admitted to the bar of that state in June. 1893. Mr. Simpson con-
tinued his educational work for a time after his admission to the h.ir. but has now
been engaged in the active jjractice of bis (irofession for .ibout fifteen years. His
careful analysis and logical deductions, and bis correct application of precedent
and principle to the points at issue, were f.ietors in his success. In 1901 be be-
came prosecuting county attorney of Powell county. Mont.ma. serving in that ca-
jiacity for nearly two years. In 1902, lie resigned the office of county .attorney of
I'owell county. Montana, and came to Spokane, where he has since continued in
the jiractice of the law. He h.is a large and well selected law library and has
remained a student of the principles of jurisprudence to this day. His work done
before the courts has won him the recognition .mil .admiration of his professional
brethren and has awakened the confidence of the general public to .an extent that
has brought him a gratifying clientage. Mr. Simpson has always taken an .letive
interest in politics, but has not sought office, having been a candidate for office but
nnee ill liis life.

Mr. Sim)>son w.is married. .Inly 1. IHSG. to Miss K.it. M. I'lnik. .i daughter
of Thomas \V. and Rachel Funk, of Kirksville. Missouri. Mrs. Simpson is also a
graduate of the State Normal School at Kirksville. Missouri, having graduated in

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the class with Mr. Simpson in June, 1886. They have one child James C. Simp-
son, of this city. Mr. Simpson is identified with three of the leading fraternal
organizations. Holding membership in the Masonic fraternitj-, he has attained
high rank and is now a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He
also belongs to Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., and to Camp No. 99, W. O.
W. He belongs also to the Central Christian church and these associations in-
dicate much of the nature of his interests and the rules of conduct upon which he
bases his life. Those who know him — and his acquaintance is wide — have faith in
his ability and his manhood and thus the circle of his friends is continually growing.

FRANK PIERSON TEBBETTS.

Frank Pierson Tebbetts, who was formerly engaged in the practice of law,
but since locating in Spokane three years ago has been identified with various
activities, was born and reared in Salem. Massachusetts, his birth occurring on
the 29th of October, 1883. He is a son of Irving S. and Annie M. (Cunningham)
Tebbetts, and in the paternal line is descended from the early Puritan settlers of
New Hampshire, while his forefathers on the mother's side emigrated to America
during the French and Indian war. in which some of them participated. They have
been seafaring people for many generations, having long sailed out of the port
of Ciloucester, Massachusetts.

After the acquirement of his early education which was obtained in the ])ublic
schools of his native city, Frank Pierson Tebbetts decided upon a legal career and
matriculated to this end in the law department of Boston University, being awarded
the degree of LL. B. with the class of 190.5. While ])ursuing his professional studies
he took up special work in the liberal arts at Harvard University, specializing in
literature thereby practically doing eight years work in the space of four. Im-
mediately following his admission to the bar of Massachusetts, he became associ-
ated with James M. Marden and they engaged in a general practice in both the
criminal and civil courts of Boston under the firm name of !Marden & Tebbetts.
During iiis student days, Mr. Tebbetts became quite deeply interested in settle-
ment work and after establishing an office in Boston he took up his residence at
"South End House." This is one of the best-known and most highh* successful
settlements conducted in America and is under the charge of Robert A. Woods, a
friend of Jane Addams of Hull House. Chicago, and of Toj-nbce Hall, London.
Literary pursuits always engaged much of his time and he contributed to various
publications, his products being chiefly essays of an editorial nature, and he was
at one time editor and jDublisher of a magazine known as "The Inquisitor." He
likewise organized about the same time a literary society, known as the "Bo-Tree,"
that numbered among its members many well known poets and writers of New
England. In 1908. Mr. Tebbetts made a trip through the northwest and was most
favorabh' impressed with Spokane, recognizing and appreciating its wonderful
natural advantages, and feeling convinced that it had a great future ahead of it.
He found the enterprise and enthusiasm that characterize the people in this section a
very great contrast to the dignified conservatism of his native state, but it fascinated
him, nevertheless, and he became so thoroughly imbued with tlie spirit of the west

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that he determined to make it Iiis home. Httiiriiing to Boston, he disposed of all
of his iiitirests there and removed to Spokane, with the expectation of opening
a law <if{iee liere. hut there were so many advantageous openings along other lines,
that promised better nturtis in less time for tile same amount of encrgj-, that he
gave up all thought of continuing in his profession, and turned llis attention to
other activities. He identified himself with the Chamlxr of Commerce and was
assistant manager of the apple sliow in 1909, and later he became associated with
tiie Spokane Title Company, of which he was .-issislant manager. In 1911, he as-
sumed charge of the city business of the Edward J. Dahm Company as secretary,
including fire, casualty and liability insurance, and at the present time he has under
way a ])roject to make .Sjiokane one of the insurance centers of the west. He has
.already secured a number of general agencies for this city and has other contracts
ready to close and others still mider advisability.

This city w.-is the scene of the marriage of Mr. Tebbetts in June, 1911, to Miss
F.liz.abcth A. Turrish, a d.iughter of James J. Turrish, who came to Spokane in
187(>. He is :\ brother of Henry Turrish of Duluth, Minnesota, one of the well
known lumber ui.ign.ites of the L'nited ."States. Mrs. Tebbetts is a graduate of
Holy N.iuie Ae.-idemy and Normal .School of Spokane, having qualified herself to
teach but was married before she identified herself with that profession. She is
quite t.alented .and is a musician of more than average ability, as are also her two
sisters. Mr. .md Mrs. Tebbetts have a very attractive residence, built in the Swiss
style, located .it 711 TweH'tb .ueiiur, IIk hospitality of which is graciously ex-
tended to their many friends, who are always assured of being most delightfully
entertained at "Chalet Alpenstein," as their home is named.

Mr. Tebbetts has always been an earnest and active worker in the Young Men's
Christian Association, especially in committee work, both in Salem and since lo-
cating here. While residing in Massachusetts he was a member of the Second
Cor))s Cadets of Salem, which was originally General Washington's company of
body gu.-irds. and has for many years been the crack regiment of the state. Mr.
Tebbett.s is affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, belonging to
.Salem Lodge, No. 797, of Salem, Massachusetts, of which his father is past ex-
••ilted ruler. In politics he is a progressive and while living in Salem in 1907 he
rei)resented his ward in the city council. He was also at one time secret.ary of
the board of trade of that city. Mr. Tebbetts is a man of high ideals, who fully
appreciates the bonds of humanity. He is tireless in his efforts to forward .all
lieneficient movements, giving his support to every undertaking that he feels is
at all likely to advance the welfare of the community. He believes in Spokane
and is Ik Iping to build its civic and commercial future.

WIIIIAM HORTON I'O.STER.

The life record of Willi.iin Horton Foster is |)erh.ips n|)reseiit.itive of the laws
of heredity. He is not only <leseended from an luinorable anc<-stry but by a most
creditable record has added laurels to the family name ;ind his son. Warren Dun-
ham Foster, has also added notable achievement to the family record. Mr. Foster's
elioice of a j)rofession was that of the law .and he continues in general practice as
counsel for the .Spokane & Eastern Trust Comjiany of .Sjiokazie.

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A native ot .Montreal, Canada, Mr. Foster was born June 6, 1863. His par-
ents were E. C. and Judith Ellen (Horton) Foster, the father being a native of
Canada and a representative of an old Xew England familv of English descent
that was founded in America prior to the Revolutionary war. He became a lawver
and was assistant attorney general of the United States at the time of his death.
While born across the border his parents were citizens of the United States so
that he never had to take out naturalization papers. He was with the department
for many .years, first as general agent of the department of justice and afterward
successively in different positions which finally brought him to that of assistant
attorney general of the United States. His wife, who bore the maiden name of
Judith Ellen Horton, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 18 10. She pursued
her education at Lima. Xew York, and afterward removed to Clinton, Iowa. She
studied law, was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1872, (one of the first women to be
admitted) and was associated with her husband in practice under the firm stvle
of Foster & Foster. She became very prominent in political and temperance
circles, being wddely known as speaker in behalf of republican principles and as
president of the Woman's Republican Association of the United States. The
name of J. Ellen Foster became known from one end of the country to the other.
She was very prominent in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and was
superintendent of its legislative department. When that organization affiliated
with the prohibition party she united with the non-partisan Women's Christian
Temperance Union. She was one of the officers of the American Red Cross Society
and was one of the delegates to the international convention at St. Petersburg,
Russia, and ever maintained a foremost position as a noted public lecturer to the
time of her death, which occurred in Washington, D. C, August 11, 1910. Her
work and the notice of her demise was mentioned by the press throughout the en-
tire country. A son, Emery M. Foster, was a prominent newspaper man, who
died in New York in 1909. He was managing editor of the Chicago American,
and New York and Philadelphia papers and at the time of his death was editor
of the New York World.

William H. Foster pursued his education in the Northwestern University at
Evanston, Illinois, and in the Albany Law School, from which he was graduated
with the LL. B. degree. In 1885 he was admitted to the bar of Illinois and in 1910
was admitted to practice before the courts of Washington. He followed his pro-
fession in Geneseo from the time of his graduation until 1900 and during the
succeeding nine years in Chicago. In December, 1909, he arrived in Spokane and
while he specialized in the localities where he previously resided in corporation
law, he engaged in general law practice for a time as a member of the firm of
Cullen, Lee & Foster, leaving that firm in .January 1912, to become counsel for the
Spokane & Eastern Trust Comiiany.

Mr. Foster is a recognized leader in republican ranks and has done im])ort:int
work as a member of count}' committees, being an officer of the League of Republi-
can Clubs. He was also a member of the state executive committee of Illinois and
was a delegate to several national and state conventions. He has long been in-
terested in educational work and is a member of a number of national societies for
the advancement of education along various lines, including the American His-
torical Association, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and
the American Economic Association.

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In May, 1885, at Geneseo, Illinois, Mr. l-'oster was uniti-d in marriage to Miss
F'.dith Dunliain. a dauijhtcr of Charles Diiiiliam, a lauvir witli whom Mr. Foster
was I'oruiirlv associated in the practiei- of his profession under the firm style of
Dunham & Foster. He was a leader in democratic circles and was elected to the
state legislature in the district that had a normal republican niajoritv. He was
also re))eatcdly a candidate for congress in repuhlican districts and was offered the
position of ambassador to Russia by President Cleveland but declined tiie honor.
He was very prominent in his profession, in polities and as a man and was ever
recognized as a strong man in iiis honor and his good name. Mr. and Mrs. Foster
have become parents of a son, Warren Dunham Foster, who is department editor
of the Youth's Couiiianion altlvough only twenty-four years of age. He has a
l)hinonienal record, having progressed by leaps and bounds. He possesses the
western "ginger" and enterprise and has used these effectively in tiie east. His
training was received on Chicago dailies and he was graduated from the Chicago
L niversity. after which he served for one year as instructor in English at the Ames
University, of Auies, Iowa. He then went to the Youth's Companion to accept a
temporary )K)sition but has remained with that ])aper continuously since. Mr.
and Mrs. Foster hold nieuibership with tlie Methodist Episcopal church of Spo-
kane and are interested in the various activities which tend to uplift humanity and
wliieh bring a nearer, clearer knowledge of the itolitical. economic and sociological
conditions of the country. Mrs. Foster being president of the Spokane Young
Women's Christian Association. Their iiiHuencc has always been given on the
side of |)rogress, reform and imj)rovement, and their labors have been effective
forces for good.

T. O. BURRILL.

.\n enterprising and highly successful young business man of Harrington is to
lie found in the person of T. O. Burrill, who for the past decade has been engaged
in contracting and building in Lincoln county. He was born in Umatilla county,
Oregon, on the '2jth of A])ril, 1879, and is a son of Sanford and Ann (Stewart)
Burrill. The father, who was a minister, followed his profession in Illinois until
IS7~. when together with his wife and family he came to Washington, arriving in
^\'alla Walla on the 1st of .January. He remained there for si.\ months, when he
was sent to a church in \\'eston. Oregon, tliat he retained for two years. At the
exi)iration of that time he filid on a homestead and for several years devoted his
energies to the improvement and cultivation of his rancli and for five years was in
the hardware business in Adams, Oregon. In 1890 he came to Harrington and
engaged in the mercantile business, but he soon disjioscd of this and again turned
iiis attention to farming. Later he returned to the ministry and was so occupied
for seven years. He passed awaj' in 1909, one of the honored pioneers of the state
and a veteran of the Civil war. having gone to tin- front as a member of a company
of the Forty-si.\th Regiment Illinois X'oluntecr Infantry.

The greater part of the boyhood and youth of T. O. Burrill were )>assed on his
father's ranch, in the cultivation of which he gave stich assistance as he was able.
In the .icfiuiriinent iif his education lie .ittetuled the conimon schools of his native

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county and Harrington, and at the age of twenty he went to Tacoma, where he at-
tended the preparatory department of Puget Sound University for two years. He
then learned the carpenter's trade, and upon his return to Harrington he engaged
in contracting and building in which he has met with gratifying success. He is not
only an e.xcellent workman but he is thoroughly reliable and trustworthy' and can
always be depended upon to keep his word in a business transaction. These
qualities have been import<int factors in promoting his progress and today lie is
ranked as one of the foremost men in his line in the town. Although he is young
he has had much experience and has been awarded contracts for many of the most
important |)ublic buildings in the town, including the city hall, opera house, bank
and ]\Iethodist Episcopal church, as well as many of the best residences. Mr. Bur-
rill has prospered in a most satisfactory manner and, in addition to his line busi-
ness, is one of the stockholders in the Burrill Orchard Company of Washington,
organized by the heirs of the late Sanford Burrill.

On the 5th of December, 1907, Mr. Burrill was united in marriage to ^liss
Maud Graff, a daughter of Fred and Kate Graff, well known pioneers of Lincoln
county. Both ]\Ir. and Mrs. Burrill hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church, in the work of which they take an active interest, while for six years he has
been superintendent of the Sunday school. Fraternally he is affiliated with the
Knights of Pythias, and in politics he is independent, gi\'ing his support to such men
and measures as he deems best adapted to serve the highest interests of the com-
munity, yir. Burrill is an energetic, progressive young man. who liighly merits
such success as he has met with, as he always applies himself closely to liis business
in the conduct of which he conforms to the highest standards of commercial integrity.

ARTHUR R. BLEWETT.

The industrial enter])rises of Spokane find a worthy and well known repre-
sentative in Arthur R. Blewett, who is the secretary and general manager of the
Northwest Harvester Company, an enterprise that has excellent equipment and
is well established on the road to success. A native of Bowling Green, Kentucky,
Arthur R. Blewett was born June 14, 1877, of the marriage of Alexander Chap-
man Blewett and Galveston Stone. The mother was named for her native city,
Galveston, Texas, and belonged to an old southern family, prominent in antebellum
days. She was of English descent, as was her husband, who was a native of
Kentucky. The latter died in California, in 1898, and his wife passed away in
1901. In their family were three sons and two daughters: Arthur R.; Hannibal
C, who is living in Turlock, California; Roy V., of the same place; Miss Betsy
Stark, of Spokane; and Effie, who is also living in Spokane.

Arthur R. Blewett, taken to California in his boyhood days, his parents re-
moving to that state in 1890, supplemented his public-school course by study in
San Joaquin Valley College at Woodbridge, California. After putting aside his
text-books he engaged in farming ninety-five hundred acres of land at Turlock,
Stanislaus, California, but withdrew from agricultural pursuits in 1906 and went
upon the road as a traveling salesman for The Holt Manufacturing Company, at
Stockton, California, with which he was connected six years. He traveled over

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tli( ncirlliutst t( rritnry. covering On-jjon. Washington. Montana and Canada, and
in 1907 was made tin- district manager for tlic company at Spokane, continuing
in that position througli the years 1908 and 1909. Since then lie has been the
secretary and manager of the Northwest Harvester Company, of which he was
one of the organizers. They make a specialty of side hill combined harvesters
and build two types of machines — one called the Northwest Side Hill Combined
Harvester, and the other the Blewett Side Hill Combined Harvester. The in-
ventions and patents of the latter are owned by Mr. Blewett. In addition to the
in;iiiufacture and sale of harvesters, the company conducts a general foundry and
inaehine shop business, builds a variety of special maciiinery and does all kinds of
rij)air work. They have completed their second year in business and in ten
months their output in machines amounted to over eighty thousand dollars. Tiii-y
now have plans for the building of sixty machines tor the ye.ir 191 'J. which will
represent over one hundred thousand dollars. The company owns its own pl.int
adjoining Sjjokane, with four acres of ground, and has an exceptionally good class
of all brick factory buildings, with concrete floors, numbering nine. Modern ma-
chinery has been installed and everything is ])lanned for the rapid filling of orders.
They have won notable success since embarking in this enterprise and not a little
of the result is attributable to Arthur K. Blewett, whose previous experience with
Tile Holt .Manufacturing Coni])any well qualified him to undertixke the duties that
devolve ui)on him in his present connection. The Northwest Harvester Company
li.is the following ottieers: Ben C. Holt, ))resident and treasurer; C. Parker Holt,
vice president; and .\rlliiir 11. Blewett, manager and secretary. The luisiness is
capitalized for thrii- lnin<lri(i thousand dollars.

In .addition to liis otlic r iiitrrists, Mr. Blewett owns :ui irrigated raiieii at
Turloek. California, whicii h. is now improving. He belongs to the Spokane
Club, to the Spokane .\thlttie ( lub and also to the Chamber of Commerce. His
political views are in accord with the principles of the democratic party and he
keeps well informed on the questions of the day but does not seek nor desire office,
feeling that his time and attention are fully occupied by business affairs, which
are growing in volume and importance and which have already won him recogni-
tion as an enterprising and successful business man of his adopted city.

G. W. IINNEY

G. W. Finney, president of tin- Union State Bank of Odessa, was th<- founder
of the town in the devtloiimiiit of wliieh he has always t.aken a i)roniiniiit |)art,
biing one of the foremost citizens and most progressive business men in the ])l;iee.
Ill- is a n.-itive of Missouri, his birth having occurred in I, inn county, on the 2 Hh
of .Time, 1861, his parents being Franklin and Nancy J. (Hizer) Finney. The
father was a native of Virginia and the niothir of Kentucky, but they were long
residents of I.iini county, when- the f.ith<r engaged in agricultural pursuits.

G. W. I'iniiey was given the advantages of a good practical education in the
district and public schools of his native county, where he passed the first twenty
years of his life. In 1881, he left home and st.irted out to make his own way in
the world. In eomnion with the inajority of young men of that piriod he felt that

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better opportunities were to be afforded in tlie west so he went to Colorado and
worked in the mines for several years. At the end of that time he returned to
Missouri but only remained a year or two, when he decided to come to the north-
west. He arrived in Lincoln county in the spring of 1886 and immediately there-
after filed on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. Having been reared
on a farm he was thoroughly familiar with agricultural pursuits and stock raising,
and was in every way well qualified to make a success of the cultivation of his
ranch. A man of clear judgment and thoroughly practical in his ideas, he directed
his undertakings vrith intelligence, and although he met with the usual discourage-
ments and obstacles that confront the pioneers in every section, he possessed the
determination of purpose and confidence in his own powers that carried him on to
success. During the succeeding j-ears he met with constantly increasing pros-
perity, and had brought his land luider high cultivation and had it well improved
when the Great Northern Railroad Company extended their lines through this
section of Lincoln county in 1892. They passed directly through ]Mr. Finney's
ranch, and being a man of much foresight and perspicacity he naturally recognized
the wonderful opportunity and advantage this afforded liim, and determined to
utilize it to his own benefit. There was no settlement in this immediate vicinity
at that period, and with the improved transportation facilities settlers began com-
ing into the country in constantly increasing numbers, and Mr. Finney began for-
mulating plans for the location of a town site on his homestead. He had these en-
tirely completed and his land platted and laid out ready for settlement before 1898.
About the same time he established a lumberyard here and not only sold lots to
the new-comers but also supplied them with all building materials. The location
was a most excellent one and the town, which had been incorporated and named
Odessa, grew with amazing rapidity and is now one of the most prosperous and
thriving villages in Lincoln county. Mr. Finney has been tireless in his efforts to
promote its development along the various lines and has erected four of the largest
and most substantial business blocks in the town. In 1902 he became associated
with other citizens in the organization of the Odessa State Bank, and was
one of the directors of this institution and later became the vice president.
Its development was promoted with very good success until 1911 when it
became consolidated ^vith the First National Bank. In 1911 both of these in-
stitutions were liquidated, and the L'nion State Bank was organized with Mr. Fin-
ney as president; Joseph Kriegler and William R. Lesley, vice presidents; Charles
T. Deetz, cashier; and Henrj- Ryke, assistant cashier. Mr. Finney has been
financially interested in various local enterprises, and he still engages in the lum-
ber and real-estate business. He is a very public-spirited man and is always ready
to give his indorsement and cooperation to every movement that will forward the
financial, moral, intellectual or social welfare of the community. He is an active
member of the Odessa Commercial Club, and enthusiastically champions its var-
ious undertakings. In addition to his extensive town property, he is the owner of
two thousand acres of fine wheat land that he is leasing.

G. W. Finney was twice married, his first union with Miss Mary S. Raj' took
place in Colorado and of the children born of this marriage two sunave, Trella D.
and Pearl !M. Mrs. Finney passed away in Odessa in 1891. On February 25,
1893, Mr. Finney was married at Odessa, to Miss Emma Durland.

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Mr. Finney is chairinun of tin- board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal
ciiureh, M'ith which liis family also athliate, and he is also a member of the Odd
rellows fraternity. His political siii)port he gi\-es to the democratic party, and
.iltiuiiigh he is actively interested in local governuiental affairs has always refused
to accept office barring that of member of the board of education, of wliich he
now serves as president. He has been connected with this board for eight years.
He is one of the representative citizens of the town and belongs to the type of
men to whose energies and progressive ideas the northwest is indebted for its rapid
and substantial development. Mr. Finney is widely known throughout Lincoln
county and is generally accorded the esteem and respect his powers of organiza-
tion and executive ability as well as general business sagacity so highly merit.

JOHN J. MOAK.

There is something in the free, open life of the west that brings out the strong-
est elements of manhood, that calls forth the real worth of the individual and in
riding the range in early manhood Joim .1. Moak became self-reliant, resolute and
determined and thus laid the foundation for his advancement and success in later
vears. He is today well known as a mining engineer and real-estate dealer of
Spokane and his life typifies in large measure the progressii'e spirit which dominates
the Pacific coast country. He was born in the state of New York, August 28,
1859, one of two sons of Levi and Cecelia (Van Naton) Moak, who were also
natives of New York. His ancestors came to America vntU Peter Stuyvesant and
settled on the Hudson river. Tiny were originally from Holland and in later
generations the family was represented in the Revolutionary war. Levi Moak
remained a resident of the F,mi)ire state until 1853, when by way of Panama and
Aspinwall he made his war to California, becoming one of the i>ioneer residents
of that state. He filled the office of assessor of Butte county for many years and
was well known as a leading citizen of his district. His wife, who is .also a rtji-
resentative of an old Holland family, is now living in Charleston, Idaho, but Mr.
.Moak passed away in 1900. .Jacob E. Moak, one of their sons, is now a resident
of Silver Hill, Washington. The two daughters are: Mrs. Fannie L. Kirkpatrick,
also of Silver Hill; and Mrs. Carrie Vadney. of Clarkston, Idaho.

In the public schools of California .John J. Moak pursued his early ed ue.it ion.
which was supjilemented by study in the State University at Eugene, Oregon, win re
he specialized in mineralogy, nietalurg}- and chemistry. His first business ex-
perience, however, was in riding the range in California, Oregon and Nevada, .•md
thus his time was occupied until he reached the age of twenty-three years. He
then engaged in mining at Canyon City, Oregon, where he remained for five or six
vears, connected with both quartz and placer mining. Later he engaged in placer
mining in Su.sanville. Oregon, and from there went to the Coeur d'Alenes where
he remained in 1881-5, doing pl.acer mining. Hi- next located in Farmington and
Tekoa, where he carried on general merchandising for two years, and subsecpuiitly
he again became interested in mining operations at Susanville. At Baker City,
Oregon, he engaged in both jilaeer and (|uartz mining and then went to Boise,
Idaho, where he followed jilacer mining until he located in the Bohemia district
above Eugene, Oregon, where he spent four years.

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On the expiration of that period Mr. !Moak went to tlie Black Rock district in
northern Nevada as a placer miner and later was connected with the lumber and
wood business for a year in Plumas and Shasta counties, in northern California.
After spending three months in exaniining copper properties in the Washoe river
country he went to Shaniko. Oregon, and invested in city property, ^^'llile re-
siding there he acted as superintendent of the waterworks and street grading but
left that place to go to the Coeur d'Alenes where he devoted ten years to jilacer and
quartz mining. Again he returned to Spokane and entered into the real-estate
business as a partner of C. C. Barnard. In September, 1910. he purchased an in-
terest in the Garmen Realty & Building Company with whicli he has since been
connected, and has also been identified with placer interests in Idalio. Tliey have
five hundred and forty acres lying along California creek, in Idaho county. Idalio.
Work is there carriei on under the name of the Humboldt Quartz Placer Milling
Company with Mr. Moak as general manager and superintendent. They have a
ditch two miles long \rith fourteen hundred feet of steel pipe, two No. 'i giants
and two hundred feet head. The work has just been begun and the ground assays
from one to twenty dollars per yard, giving a general average of two dollars and
a half per yard. It is estimated the contents of deposits are six hundred feet on
one channel, four hundred feet wide, with an average depth of thirty-five feet. There
are eight claims a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide with a creek channel
through the center, and the average depth is fifty feet. There is plenty of water
and dumpage with pressure to spare and the claims are to be worked by the
hydraulic method.

While at Susanville Mr. .Moak was foreman of the Humboldt mine and lie
ownied ground at Marysville that he worked. He was foreman for the Coeur
d'Alene Placer Company and was also foreman for Keney Brothers at ^Macy Ridge,
Susanville. He had the Gardner placer diggings at Granite under lease and worked
that property for two seasons. He was also foreman and superintendent for the
Elk Creek placer mines at Baker City and foreman at Baker City for the Second
Creek Placer Mining Company. He was connected with the Noonday mine and
mill at Bohemia, acting as mill boss. At ^lurray he was connected with the Golden
Chest mill, dividing four years between mill and mine. He afterward secured a
lease on the Fancy Gulch placers in Eagle Creek district near Murray which he
worked for two years.

;\Ir. Maak is prominently known in the Knights of Pythias lodge in wliich he
has filled all of the chairs and is now past chancellor commander. \\liile in
Oregon he became identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen but has
since dropped his membership. In politics he is an active republican and while in
Oregon represented his party in county and state conventions. He also served on
the republican county central committee for several terms and did all in his power
to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. In 1 876 he served as
a member of the Walla Walla Home Guards which comprises his military ex-
perience save that while in Butte county, California, he had a number of skirmishes
with the Indians who at that time would plunder the farms of the settlers. He
often had to live out in the brush two or three days at a time in order to protect
his home. The Mill Creek Indians were then known as the Big Foot tribe and
occasioned considerable trouble to the settlers. There is no phase of pioneer life
on the Pacific coast with which Mr. Moak is not familiar and few men are more

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thoroiig'lily infoniud conccriiiiig its luining dcvili)|)nii-iil and all the hardships and
difficulties incident to the life of the luiner. He has, liowever, lived to enjoy much
of the success whieli is to be att^iined from tlie development of the rich mineral
resources of tlie country and because of the extent and importance of his operations
and his work he is well known.

ERNEST I). WFI.LKR.

Ernest 1). W MKr. of the tinn of MeWilli.iins. Weller «; MeWillianis and a
representative of the Spokane bar. was born at New I.ondnn. Iowa. September 1.").
1883, his parents being William I., and Martha M. (Roberts) Weller. Th. father
was a prominent agriculturist of Iowa and had four children.

Ernest D. Weller pursued his I'dueatioii in the piiblie schools of .Vew London,
completing his literary course by graduation from the Iowa \\'eslevaii L'niversity
in 1901-. .Subsequently he became a student in the law department of the l'niver-
sity of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1908. L'pon being .idniitted to
the bar he immediately settled at Cheney, where he remained for two vears, dur-
ing which time he served one year as city attorney. In 1910 he came to .Spokane
to become a member of bis present firm and has since been engagid in the [iractice
of law in tliis city. He does not concentr.ate his energies u)><>n any special line
but engages in general i)ractice and has secured a good clientage, which is proof
of his ability, as the jiublic does not ])Iace its legal interests in unskilled hands.

On the 24th of .Vugust. 1909, Mr. Weller was married, at Burlington. Iowa,
to Miss Grace .M. .l.ickman. a daughter of George H. .and .Sadie A. .Faeknian.
Mr. and Mrs. Weller have one daughter. Elizabeth. Mr. Weller holds membership
in the Chamber of Commerce. He Jiossesses admirable social qualities and that
spirit of courtesy and kindliness which has gained for him an extensive circle of
friends during his two years' residence in this city, 'rin- fainilv lionn- is ,it Hast
920 DeSmet avenue.

HARRY A. ri.OOI).

Harrv .\. Flood is justly el.assed with the wide-awake, alert business men of
.Spok.ane. for In- has contributed in substatitial m.aiiner to the progress and r.i|)id
development of thi' city, his business affairs being largely of a nature that h.is
))roniote(I general .activity and |)ros)>erity as well as individual success. He is
ricognized as one of the leading f.actors in The Trustee Companj" of S|)ok;ine
wliieh owns .and controls a nmnber of the best business blocks of the city, and his
keen sagacity. enteri)rise and determin.ition have been salient features in the or-
ganiz.ation and m.anagement of this eom'p.any which ranks second to none of tln'
kind in the Inland F'.mpire.

Mr. Flood is yet a young man to whom undoubtedly the future holds out niiieh
promise. He was born in Decatur. Illinois. M.iy 9, 187.'i. a son of Henry and
Catherine (Brickcr) Flood. The family is of Irish lineage, having been estab-

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lished in America by the great-great-grandfather of Harry A. Flood, who, leaving
the Emerald isle, crossed tjie Atlantic to the new world wliile this country was
still numbered among the colonial possesions of Great Britain. His father, Henry
Flood, now residing in Spokane is a native of Kentucky and for a considerable
period operated extensively in real estate in the northwest, his success enabling
him at length to put aside business cares, and live retired in the enjoyment of the
fruits of his former toil. His wife is a native of Ohio and in their family were
four sons, of whom William C. and Frank M. are both deceased. The living
brother of Harry A. Flood is John R. Flood, now master mechanic of the Black-
well Lumber Company at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

After largely mastering the branches of learning taught in the common school;
Harry A. Flood left home at the age of eighteen and for six years was upon the
road as a traveling salesman, after which he turned his attention to the insurance
business, acting for twelve years as manager of life insurance companies, the latter
half of that period being spent as manager of the Prudential Insurance Company
of America. He entered the insurance field as agent for the Metropolitan Life
Company of New Orleans and in 1896 went to San Francisco as agent for the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, his recognized ability winning him pro-
motion to the position of assistant superintendent. The company sent him to
Butte, Montana, where for ninety days he superintended its interests and then
came to Spokane to open the district for the company in April, 1898. As superin-
tendent for the Pacific Mutual he figured in insurance circles in Spokane until
January 27, 1902, when he became manager of the Prudential. From the be-
ginning of his connection with insurance interests promotions came to him rapidly
because of his thorough mastery of every task and duty assigned, resulting in a
developing power that qualified him for larger responsibilities. He remained with
the Prudential until October, 1906, when he resigned that position to become secre-
tary and active manager of The Trustee Company of Spokane. Since that time
his duties have been further increased in his election to the presidency and he
now acts in the dual capacity of president and general manager. Mr. Flood be-
came identified with this company soon after its formation and was instrumental
in securing capital and raising the capital stock to two hundred thousand dollars.
Enthusiastic and zealous in his advocacy of the northwest and with firm belief in
its possibilities and in its future Mr. Flood has made extensive investment in wheat
and irrigated lands on the Columbia river in connection with his father. Henry
Flood, securing in all over twelve thousand acres of land near Beverly of which
they still retain ten thousand acres. His property is crossed by the Chicago, ]\Iil-
waukee & St. Paul railroad, thus affording him excellent shipping facilities for
his products. He is furthermore known in business circles in Spokane as one of
the directors of the Spokane Title Company.

On the 27th of November. 1901. at Glendive, Montana, Mr. Flood was united
in marriage to Miss Jennie M. Kirkpatrick, of Malvern, Arkansas, formerly a
resident of Michigan and a daughter of William Kirkpatrick. a native of Glasgow,
Scotland, who following the establishment of his home in the south became an
extensive land owner at jMalvern, Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Flood have become
parents of two children, Kathryn and William Harry, the former now attending
school. The i>arents are members of the Vincent Methodist Episcopal church and
are interested in the church work, ^Ir. Flood serving as a trustee of the Marie
Beard Deaconess Home.

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He belongs also to the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club and the
Chamber of Commerce and in fraternal relations is a prominent Mason, li.iving
taken the degrees of the blue lodge^ commanderv, consistory and Mystic Shrine.
On various occasions he has been called to office in the dififerent branches of
Masonry, being a past master of the lodge, past couiuiander of the Knights Templar
connnandery, and a past potentate of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the
Inland Club and during 1911 served as trustee of the National Apple Show. He
regards it his duty as well as the privilege of citizenship to express his )>olitical
views which he does in unfaltering support of the republican party, and in the days
of conventions he frequently attended as a delegate while at different times he has
served as a member of the central committee. The interests and activities of his
life have been varied and in considerable measure have contributed to the welfare
and progress of the communities in which he has lived. He holds to high ideals
in business as well as in citizenship, and careful investigation into his life record
shows that his path is never strewn with the wreck of other men's fortunes but
th.it constructive measures have always been used in the attainment of the success
which is now his.

A. G. MJTt HIM.

One of the well known jjioneer residents of Lincoln county is A. G. Mitelnim,
who located in the vicinity of Harrington in \883. many years before that thriving
town was founded. He was born in Colusa county, California, on the 15th of .July,
1861, and is a son of James and Anna ^litchuni, natives of Kentucky. His iiarents
made the journey overland to the Pacific coast in 1852, locating in California,
where the mother passed away during the boyhood of our subject. The father, who
was a veteran of the Mexican war, engaged in farming in California until 1879,
wlieii he came to Washington ^rith his son A. G. After spending several months
in the vicinity of Medical Lake he returned to California, where the following year
he died.

The first eighteen years of his life A. G. Mitehum sjient in his native comity, to
whose public schools he is indebted for his early education. Together with his
father in 1879 he ( anie to Wa.shington and assisted in surveying and ])latting the
town of Medical L.ike. The entire state was but spars<-ly settled at that time, be-
ing little more than ;i wihhrness, even Si)okane numbering few white people among
its citizens. In the fall, the father and son returned to California, where the latter
subsequently spent two years in college, devoting his attention to surveying and
other branches of civil engineering. When he was twenty-one he was the successful
candidate for the office of county surveyor in Colusa county, but he resigned .it the
expiration of six months and returned to W.ishington. Here he filed on a homestead
of one hundred and sixty acres in the vicinity of the present site of Harrington,
that he operated for six years. Disposing of his ranch at the end of that period he
purchased thn- hundred and twenty acres of imiiroved land, successfully engaging
in its cultivation imtil 189I-. He then leased his ranch and came to Harrington,
where verv soon thereafter he was appointed jjostmaster, retaining this office for
four vcars. During that time he became associated with M. 1". .\d;mis in the gen-

44 SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE

eral mercantile business, under the firm name of Adams & Mitcluim, continuing
to be identified with this enterprise until 1904. In 1898 he and Mr. Adams to-
gether with John F. Green organized the Bank of Harrington, with Mr. Green as
president, M. F. Adams, vice president and Mr. Mitchum, cashier. This was con-
ducted along conservative lines and had become one of the flourishing financial in-
stitutions of the comity in 1910, when they sold it to the Union Securities Company.
Mr. Mitchum has now retired from active connection with all business enterprises,
his entire time being required in the supervision of his extensive property- interests.
He is a man of rare business sagacity and foresight, having the intuitive faculty of
recognizing opportunities overlooked by tlie average man of affairs and utilizing
them to his own benefit. Despite the exacting demands of his large personal inter-
ests he has always found time to promote the welfare of the community at large and
has been one of the prominent factors in developing the town.

Mr. Mitchum was united in marriage on June 21, 1883, to Miss Mattie E. Han-
num, a daughter of Warren W. Hannum, a well known farmer of Yolo county,
California, and they became the parents of two daughters. Leila, the elder, is
the wife of A. W. Haynes, a farmer of Alberta. Canada, and the mother of two
children, Geraldine and Bernice. Imogen, who is a graduate of the University of
Washington, is an instructor in the high school of Harrington.

The fraternal connections of Mr. Mitchum are confined to his membership in
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically he is a democrat, and served
as county surveyor for four years. Mr. Mitchum has always taken an active in-
terest in all questions pertaining to the public welfare, giving his unqualified sup-
port to every progressive movement that promised the betterment of local condi-
tions or the attainment of a higher standard of citizenship.

GUSTAV LUELLWITZ.

Throughout his entire life, since making his initial step in the business world,
Gustav Luellwitz has been connected with the lumber trade and is now at the
head of the Shaw-Wells Lumber Company, in which connection he is active in
control of one of the most important enterprises of this character in the north-
west. He was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 30, 1870, and is an
adopted son of ^Ir. and ^Irs. F. Luellwitz, of Milwaukee. The father, who was
an officer in the German army, died in 190,S. but the mother is still living in Mil-
waukee. Her father was Professor Witte, prominent in the field of college educa-
tion and an old friend of Bismarck.

In the public schools of his native city Gustav Luellwitz pursued his education
to the age of thirteen years. He first engaged in the sawmill manufacturing busi-
ness in the northern part of Wisconsin at the age of eighteen years and there re-
mained until 1897, selling lumber from 1890- until 1897 on the road. On the 1st
of January. 1900, he left the middle west and made his way to Montana, where
he was employed by the Big Blackfoot ^Milling Company of the Amalgamated
Company, with which he continued for six months as a salesman. He was after-
ward in business, on his own account at Salt Lake City until the fall of 1901.

Mr. Luellwitz was there married on the 17th of December. 1901. to Miss

ursTAV i.n:i.i.\viT/.

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Kiiiin.i I.iwis McMillan, a daujihtcr of II. (1. Mi'Millaii. a iiroiuiiunt rrsidcnt of
Salt Lake t'itv, who luld a •;i>virmii<iit position for many yt-ars durin{{ the Mor-
mon dirticultiis. His grandfatlur was for oin- tirni {;ovfrnor of Tinmssci-, and
a brother of Mrs. .Mi-Mili.ni has been judge of the su|)renie court of Wyoining for
a number of ve.irs. She was a representative of one of the old anil prominent
Keiituekv f.imilies. The marrijigi- of Mr. and Mrs. I.uellwitz was bbssed with
oiu- son. Henry McMill.in. wlio w.is liorn i'eliniary II. l!)0.'i.

In the fall of 11)01 Mr. l.uellwit/ came to Spokane and organized the .\ht lain
Lumber C'omp.iny, under which n.ime be operated for a year. The business was
tlien reincorporated under tin- n.ime of the W'illi.iiii .\Iussir Luinlur \ M.inufactur-
ing rom)).'iny, in which .Mr. Luellwitz M'as interested, ret.iining the man.-igement
of the business until U)0:>. when he severed his connection therewith. He next
enter( d busimss on his own .lecount under the n.iuie of (iust.iv l.uellwit/. \- Com-
l)any .aiul in the spring of lilOl- ])a))ers of incorpor.-ition were taken out under the
name of tile .lenkins-Luellwitz Lumber ('om))any for the conduct of a gi'ner.al
IumiIm r business. In 190:> the I.iieilwil/ Lumber Comp.my w.is incor))or.ite(i to
lake (HI r the retail dipartment of the business and the same ye.ir the n.ime of
the Jeiikins-Lmllwitz Comp.my w.as changed to the l),iy-I.uelhvltz Comp.my, ;it
which lime H.irry L. D.iy becmie .-i i);irtner in the underl.iking. The two com-
p.mies were oi)er.ited independently, the D.iy-Luellwitz Comp.my carrying on the
wholes.ale and lumber manuf.ieturing business. His List not.able ste|) in the busi-
ness world has been in connectitm with the eonsoiid.ition of tin- ."sh.iw-W'ells .ind
Luellwitz interests, which occurred .M.ireli '.2. \i)\->. Dper.itions .ire still to be con-
tiniii (1 under the name of the .*^h.iw-\\'ells Couipany, with .Mr. Luellwitz as i)resi-
deiit. I'r.mk H. .'^haw. foruK r president of the Shaw-WcUs Company, as the vice
president .and manager of tin- new comp.my. and E. MacCuaig. formerly of the
Luellwitz Company, as treasurer. The Ixiard of directors is composed of these
officers together with George R. Dod.son, Herbert \\'itb(Tspoon, E. F, C. Van Dis-
sel, .1. I'. L.ingby and C. E. Wells, the last n.amed a resicbnt of Raciiu-, Wis-
consin. The new cor))or.ition b.is been capitalized for one million, two hundred
thous.ind dollars, and pl.ins h.ave been made for tile erection, on tin- I.uellwitz
pro|)ertv .along the railroad tracks on the north side, of ,i modern three-story
semi-tireproof warehouse at a cost of one hundred .md fifty thousand doll.irs. The
purchase of about two blocks of ground at the juMetiou of .M.irietta street .and the
r.iilroad tracks has also been consummated, and constituted the largest rc.al-est.ite
deal on tin- north side in the jiresent yi-.ir. The niw w.anbousi' will bi- supplii-d
with excelbiit shipping f.acilities .and evenlu.illy the s.ilisrnoin .ind nllieis ol tin-
C()m|>.iny will be located there. The merger of the Shaw-Wells .and the Luellwitz
Companies is a notable step in the enlargement of the business of the big mail order
house. By this combination the firm plans to handle lumber and mill work through
m.ail orders on .i |il.iii used by the leading houses of this eh.aracter in the east. Mr.
I.uellwitz is .also thi owner of the Athol Lumber Com])any and is interested in
the Uuckeye Lumber Coni|).any. the Newman Lake Lumber Company and the
K.iiiiii r I.undier \- ,'^hingle Conipanv of Seattle, He owns large tiniber tracts in
Hritish Columbi.a .and is likewise interested in the- ^'.irdliv town sit<>. Tlu- H.ay-
I.uellwitz Conipanv is incor|)(ir.ited for two hundriil tiiiius.irid doll.irs ;iiid the
Luellwitz Lumber Company for one hundred thous.uid dollars.

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Mr. Luellwitz turns aside from business to cast his ballot in favor of the men
and measures of the rejjublican ])arty but has never sought nor desired office. He
is prominent in Masonry, holding membership in the blue lodge and chapter of
Phillips, Wisconsin, and in the commandery. consistory and Mj^stic Shrine at
Spokane. He belongs also to the Spokane Club, the S])okane Country Club, the
Spokane Athletic Club and the Hoo Hoos. an organization of lumbermen, with
which he has been identified since its inception. He is likewise a member of the
Cliamber of Commerce and his active aid can be counted upon to further its in-
terests and its jjrojects. His early business experience laid the foundation for
his success, bringing him a knowledge of the lumber trade which has constituted
a basic element in his subsequent advancement in this line. As the years have gone
by he has more and more largely gained a knowledge of the different phases of the
business and is today an acknowledged authority on lumber in the northwest and a
prominent representative of the trade. The story of his life is the story of honest
industry and thrift. He has been aptly termed a man of policy. To build up
rather than to destroy has ever been his plan and he attacks everything with a
contagious enthusiasm, his business ever balancing up with the jirinciplts of
truth and honor.

W. S. THOMPSON.

Through his cajiable direction of the hardware business with which he has been
identified since November, 1906, W. .S. Thompson has become recognized as an
active force in promoting the commercial activities of Harrington. A son of W.
H. and Catherine (Lcuallen) Thomjison. he is a native of Tennessee, as were also
his parents, his birth having occurred in Anderson county, on the .Sd of December,
1862. In 1866, together with his wife and family W. H. Thom)3son removed to
Indiana, where they resided for three years. At the end of that (leriod they again
started westward, with the northwest as their destination, locating in Lebanon,
Oregon, in 1869. The father followed ranching in various parts of the state until
November, 1906, when he engaged in the hardware business in Harrington. Wash-
ington, with his son. continuing to be identified with this enterprise until his death
in November, 1907. He was one of the well known and progressive citizens of
Lincoln county, and had been called to various ))ositions of public trust. .\t the
time of his demise he was a member of the state legislature, having entered upon
the duties of representative in 1906. A man of energy and ability he directed his
efforts toward a definite purpose, meeting with success in his various undertakings,
and at his death held the title to twelve hundred and eighty acres of land in this
county in addition to his other interests.

W. S. Thompson was only a child of four years when he removed with his
parents to Indiana, where his education was begun. After the family residence
was established in Oregon he continued his studies in the public schools of Lebanon
until he graduated from the high school, after which he went to the college at Mc-
]SIinnville, where he pursued a scientific course for three years. At the end of
that time he engaged in teaching in Linn county for three years, hut not feeling
that he cared to make of this profession a life vocation he later withdrew from it

SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE 49

and became identified witli coniraercial aetivities. In 1887, at the age of twenty-
five, he went to Albany, this state, where for two years he was in the groeery liiisi-
ness. He subsequently gave this uj) in order to aeeept tlie jjosition of assistant
eashicr in tile Bank of Oregon, continuing to be connected witli this institution until
its failure in 1893. His boyhood and youth iiad been spent on a farm, and after
the nervous strain involved in his business life, the country seemed most alluring
and he leased a ranch that he operated for four years. In 1899 he removed with
his parents to Harrington, where his father jiurchased two sections of land that
they operated together for two years. At the end of this period Mr. Thoniiison
again returned to the business world as a clerk in tile hardware store of Newland
Hrotiiers of tiiis city, continuing in tiieir employ until November, 1906, wiien iie
and liis father purchased tile business. They were associated in the conduct of tiie
store, that has ever since been operated under tile name of Thompson & Son, until
tlie fatiier's deatli. Mr. Tliompson lias a large and well assorted stock of goods,
tliat lie offers at reasonable prices, and is enjoying an excellent patronage. After
tile deatii of his father he disposed of their large realty holdings and is now giving
his undivided attention to the direction of his business, in tlic development of
whieii he is meeting with gratifying results.

On the 26th of August, 1886, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Thompson and
.Miss lone Magers. a daughter of W. B. and Mary S. (Barkhurst) Magers. Tlie
father, wiio was a piiysician, was a native of \'irginia and tiie motlier of Oiiio, and
they crossed the plains to Oregon in 18o'.J, Dr. .Magers passing away in Staten, this
Ntate. Of tile marriage of Mr. and Mrs. TliDUiiisoii tin re lias been born one ciiild,
M. Beatrice, who is still at home.

.Mr. Thompson is a deacon of the Baptist eluireii of wliiili iiis wif.- .iiui daiigii-
ter are both active members, and he has for many years been superintendiiit of
the Sunday school. In politics he is a republican and since 1904 lie has been a
number of the county seiiool board. In matters of citizenship Mr. Tiiompson is
j)rogressive, his support and cooperation always being accorded every moviment
tliat bespeaks tile advancement of community iutrnsts or tiie d.veloinneiit of puiiiic
utilities.

GEORGE WILI.IA.M.S

George Williams has been promiiieiitiy ideiilitied wilii tiie development of (("ur
d'.Vlene for the past eighteen years, during which period he has designed .lud
superintended the construction of many of tiie finest i>ublic buildings in the city.
He was born in Henry county, Illinois, on the lltii of Novmiiier. 18.")9. and is a
son of Robert E. and Lueretia C. (Lester) Williams.

The education of George Williams w.is completed in tile Taiior iiigh seliooi of
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Having decided to adopt the profession of .irehiteetiire for
his life vocation, at the age of seventeen years he laid aside his school books and
devoted his attention to draughting and designing in tiie office of a local architect.
He made good progress in tiie work and was subsequently able to go into i)usiiiess
for himself. In December. 1K90. lie came to Oregon, first locating in the eastern
part of the state, where he remained for twelve years. At tlie expiration of liiat

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period he came to Coeur d'Aleiu- and established an office tliat he has ever since
maintained. Mr. Williams has been especially successful in designing public build-
ings, particularly for school purposes, and was the architect of the Coeur d'Alene,
St. Maries, Sand Point, the Blackfoot, Idaho and the Colville, Washington, high
schools, in addition to a number of others of this vicinity. The style and proportion
of all of these buildings is noticeably fine, while they meet the practical require-
ments for which they were intended. ^Many of the most imposing of Coeur d'Alene's
buildings can be attributed to him, as for instance the ^lasonic Temple, City Hall
and Nixon block, all of which are characterized by uniformity of outline and har-
mony as well as the individuality consistent with the purpose they serve. The same
qualities that are notable in Mr. Williams' public buildings, distinguish his private
residences, all of which are truly consistent with the laws of art and yet are thor-
oughly practical in every respect.

On the 15th of November, 1885, Mr. Williams and Miss Emma C. Jones, a
daughter of Alexander Jones of Sioux Citv, Iowa, were united in marriage. Two
children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Williams, as follows: Carl, whose
birth occurred on October, 1891; and Fred, whose natal day was in June. 189,S.
Both young men are now working with their father and make their home with their
parents at 962 North Fifth street, this city.

Fraternally Mr. Williams is prominently identified with the Masonic order, be-
ing a thirty-second degree member of the Scottish Rite. He is affiliated with Temple
Commandery, No. 8, K. T., and the various other Masonic lodges in which he has
passed through all of the chairs. He is also a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, while he maintains relations with the other members of his pro-
fession through the medium of his connection with the Architects' Club of Spokane.
He takes a helpful interest in political activities and served as councilman from
his ward during 1909 and 1910. All matters pertaining to the development of the
community or its various public utilities engage the attention of Mr. Williams, who
is one of the zealous workers in the Commercial Club, the interests of which he
promotes on every possible occasion by giving his unqualified support and coopera-
tion to every movement it champions.

C. C. GRIMES.

C. C. Grimes has spent practically his entire life in Lincoln county. He was
born in Linn comity, Oregon, on the 25th of June, 1881, and is a son of George
G. and Tunia (King) Grimes, natives of Indiana. During the early years of his
life George G. Grimes removed to California, subsequently locating in Oregon,
whence he removed to Washington, settling in Lincoln county in 1883. Here
Mr. Grimes was for many years successfully engaged in ranching, but he is now
living retired in Edwall, being one of the well known and prominent residents of
that section of the county.

As he was only a child of two years when his parents located in Lincoln county,
C. C. Grimes obtained his education in the public schools of Edwall, after the com-
pletion of which he took a special course in bookkeeping. He withdrew from school
at the age of nineteen and during the succeeding two years held the position of

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assistant j)ostniaster at Edwall. At tin- cxj)iratioii of that period In- became deputy
assessor of Davenport under liis father, but after serving in this eapacity for two
years returned to Edwall and entered the drug store of Dr. J. KauUiaeh. He
spent two years there learning the business and then came to Harrington to elerk
for \y. C. Hannuui. a druggist of this city. The next year Mr. Hannum sold iiis
store to (Junniiig & Hallin. and after conducting it for about four months Mr. (iun-
ning sold his half interest in the business to Mr. Grimes, the name being changed
to the Harrington Drug Co. About eighteen montiis after Mr. Hallin died and
the entire business then passed into the control of Mr. (jrimes, wlio has ever since
been conducting it. He occupies an advantageous location, his store is attractively
arranged and he carries a full and complete line of drugs and sundries, such as
are usu;illy to be found in an establlsliment of this kind. As he is always gracious
and affable and courteously considerate of his customers, striving to please and
aeeomniodate all, he has succeeded in building u)) a good, permanent patronage,
that is constantly increasing.

On tile IStli of .I.nnuary, 1908, Mr. Grimes was unitid in marriage to .Miss
Uertha Buestad a daughter of John and Gertrude Bucstad, formerly of Chicago,
I ut now residing in California. One child has been born of this union, Dorothy,
whose birth occurred in 1909.

Mr. Grimes belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, Pythi.-m
Sisters .and D. O. K. K. In politics he is a republican .and is serving as ])olice
justice and he was also secretary of tlu- McKinley Club at Edwall. He is one of
the highly successful and enterprising business men of the town, wiiosc personal
interests are identical with those of the niunieijjality. in the develo))ment of which
he is one of the ])rominent factors.

H. C. TURNER.

H. C. Turner, who for the past two years has been successfully engaged in
the fire insurance and real-estate business, is one of Lincoln county's pioneers.
He was born in Chariton, Iowa, on the 17th of September. 1880. and is a son of
CJeorge P. and Sarah Jane (Dotson) Turner, natives of England and Pennsylvania,
respectively. He came to America in his youth, first locating in New York, where
he remained until 181-9 when lie made the overland trip to California. Subse-
(|iiently George P. Turner returned to the middle west, settling in Iowa, where
he engaged in farming until M;iy. 1881', when, with his wife and family, he .again
removed to the west, Washington being his destination on this occasion. He filed
on ;i honiestead in the vicinity of Davenport iijion his arrival, and the operation of
this engaged his attention until his death on the 18tli of October. 189(5. He was
one of Lincoln county's jjioneers and became widely known throughout this section
iif the state, where he had made many friends. The farm he ent»-red from the
governnu'nt is still in possession of the family and is now being ol)erat<d by one
of his sons. Mr Turner was drafted into the .army during the Civil war. but be-
lieving that his first duty was to his wife and children he sent a substitute.

As he had not yet passed the fourth anniversary of his birth when hi' removed
with his parents to Washington. II. C. Turner obtaim-d his ediieation in the gram-

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mar school of Davenport and the liigh school of Waterville, Douglas county, fol-
lowing which he pursued a commercial course in the old Blair Business College at
Spokane. When he had attained the age of twenty years he laid aside his text-
books and began his indcjsendent career. His first position was that of stenog-
rapher and bookkeeper for the Harrington Milling Company, whom he served in
this capacity for six years. He was a very efficient employe, faithful in liis dis-
charge of his responsibilities, trustworthy and reliable, at all times working for
the best interest of the firm. In recognition of these qualities, in 1906 they pro-
moted him to the position of manager, the dutes of which he discharged in a highly
satisfactory manner. Fully recognizing tiie limitations surrounding the man work-
ing on a salary, and being desirous of advancing more rapidly tiian he felt was
possible as an emijloye. in 1909 lie withdrew from his position and began for liim-
self. Being thoroughly familiar witli the country and widely acquainted, he con-
sidered that the real-estate and insurance business offered a very promising field,
and established an office. Immediately starting operations in this business, his
efforts have met witli a gratifying degree of success. Opportunity in the majority
of cases is nothing more or less than foresight and initiative, as in the average
walks of life all have practically the same advantages, but either fail to recognize
them or lack the determination that lights the road to success. ISIr. Turner in the
early days of his career showed himself to be possessed of the indomitable cour-
age and unswerving purpose that convert failures into opportunities, and thus he
has steadily forged ahead in his enterprise.

On the 6th of January, 1904, Mr. Turner was united in marriage to Miss Eliza-
beth Glascock, a daughter of Frank and Leila (Anderson) Glascock, residents of
Black Station, California, and unto them has been born one son. Harold A., in 1908.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Turner are members of the Presbyterian church, and fra-
ternally he affiliates with the Masonic lodge and the Knights of Pythias. In
politics Mr. Turner is an ardent republican and is now serving as justice of the
peace, his discharge of the responsibilities of this office manifesting the same
efficiency and thoroughness that characterize his efforts in every direction. He is
a member of the Lincoln County Pioneer & Historical Association and at the pres-
ent time is secretary and treasurer of this worthy society.

CHARLES L. KING.

Charles L. King is a member of The Jenscn-King-Bvrd Company, doing an
extensive jobbing business in hardware at Spokane. Not all days in his career
have been equally bright, for at times he has seen the gathering storm clouds which
have seemed to threaten disaster, but has always been able to turn defeats into
victories and promised failures into successes. In the accomplishment of this task
he has wisely used his time and talents and improved each opportunity as it has
been presented. He was born June 8, 1863, in London, England, a son of Charles
and ^Martha I. (Scott) Iving, who were also natives of England, the former born
in Norfolk and the latter in Norwich. The father was a representative of an old
English family and came to the United States when his son Charles was but five
years of age. He located first in Chicago but after two years removed to Seward,

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Nebraska, and in that locality engaged in farrain};. When four years had gone by
he continued on his westward way to California and while living in tiiat state served
as public administrator and coroner of Solano county, being located at Benecia,
wiiere his last days were passed. He departed this life in 1898 and is still sur-
vived by his widow, who is living in Spokane, at the age of seventy-eight.

Cliarles L. King was reared in Sacramento valley, California, and completed liis
education by graduation from the high school at Rio Vista. He then entered the
tclrgrapii office at that ))laee, where he learned the business and .-leted as operator,
filling tile position at the time the news of the assassination of President (Jartield
was received. He continued there until 188.^ and then removed with his ))arents
to Benecia, where he accepted tlie position of manager in the office of George W.
Humes, proprietor of a salmon cannery. Two years later, or in 1885, he left home
and went to Oakland, California, where he took a position with C. Knox Marshall,
iiierehant and proprietor of a hay and feed store. The next year, 1886, he w.is
offered a situation as cashier with the firm of Miller & I,u.\, and in April, 18«(),
was sent to their Soldier's Meadow ranch in northwestern Nevada. There he rode
the range and attended to the business of the ranch until December. 188(5, when
he returned to the office of Miller & Lux, in San Franeiseo. but made his home
in Oakland.

Ill April, 1888. Mr. King first became a resident of W.isliington. at wliieb time
he made his way to Sprague, where he secured a saddle horse and tiieti tollowed
( rab creek, down to what is now the town of Wilson Creek, and then up the Grand
Coulee and on to Wild Goose Bill's ferry on the Columbia river. He aftirward
went up to the head of the Grand Coulee and returned by w;iy of the California settle-
ment, where in those days was found the most important wheat district on the
I5ig H.nd. This trip lasted three weeks, his purjiose being to find some well watered
land suitable for stock-raising, but even at that early day he found that .'ill well
watered land had been taken uj). with the exception of a few small tracts not suited
to Ills jjurpose.

Near Harrington Mr. King nut ;iii old aequaintaiiee, I,, ('. I'islier, formerly
(if Oakland, California, for whom he worked that season at haying and harvesting.
L.irlv ill Sil)tember he secured .i jiositioii in .i h.irdware store in Sprague and in
the foUoOTHg year purchased a half interest in the business from a Mr. Brooks,
one of his former employers. The firm style of .Jensen. King & Company was
then assumed and under tiiat name the business was eoiitiiHiid until 1895, when
the town of Sprague was almost totally destroyed by fire. Tiie outlook was a very
dismal one, and on the 1st of .laiiuary. 1896, the members of the firm removed
to S|)()k.ine and consolidated their interests with the well known li.irdwan- firm .>f
Uolverton & Byrd, Incorporated, under the name of The .Jensen-King-Byrd (Oin-
l>any. under which caption the firm style continues to do business. At first they sold
only to tile retail trade, but have since develojied their business to include a jobbing
department, which is now the largest end of the concern.

On the 5th of November, 1890, Mr. King was united in marriage to Miss Mary
L. Ad.ams, a daughter of .lohn L. Adams, superintendent of the railw.iy shops at
Sprague. and a sister of Mrs. .Jensen. The three children of this marriagi' are
Martha, Edith and Charles Adams King, all now attending high school at Spokane.
The jiarcnts are members of the Westminster Congregational ehiireb and Mr. King
is also serving on its executive board. He is a dinetor of the Young .Mens ( hris-

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tian Association and takts active interest in many ])rojects and measures for tlie
material and moral development of the community. He belongs to the Inland Club
and to the Chamber of Commerce and for four years was a director of the Inter-
state Fair Association, in the work of which he has always taken an active interest.
His political support is given to the republican jjarty and his efforts along that
line have been effective forces for success. He was ]3resident of the Federated Men's
Clubs, covering twenty-si.x of the improvement clubs of this city which are work-
ing in behalf of legislation that resulted in tlie present primary laws. It was these
federated clubs, during ]\Ir. Iving's incumbency as president, that secured the elec-
tion of Mayor Herbert Moore and MayoC M. S. Pratt. Mr. King was at one time
mayor of Sprague, filling the office in the years 1895-6. He has alwaj^s preferred,
however, to do his duty as a private citizen rather than as an office holder, and
has been everywhere recognized as one wliose labors have constituted him a eo-
operant factor in the attainment of much tliat is beneficial to the community.

RUDOLPH BOWMAN SCOTT.

The spirit of enterprise must be the dominant factor in the life of an individual
who makes his way into a new and undeveloped country, willing to meet the diffi-
culties and hardships incident to its upbuilding in order to enjoy the opportunities
and advantages there offered. Such a spirit was possessed in large measure by
Rudolph Bowman Scott, who became one of the best known and most prominent
men of tlie northwest. He possessed marked force of character and left tlie im-
press of his individuality upon all public movements or business concerns with which
he became in any wise closely connected. He therefore did much for the benefit
of the Spokane country througli his activities in farming, real estate, mining, and
fire and life insurance. He arrived here in 1883, having made his way from Denver,
Colorado, to Coeur d'Alene three years before. His labors were therefore an effec-
tive force in shaping the history of not only the western part of Washington but
of the state in general. He was an American of Indian, African and Scotch ex-
traction. His birth occurred in New Haven, Connecticut, November 16, 181-6. and
he came of New England ancestry. His maternal grandfather was a Pequot In-
dian chief, who married a Scotch woman and fought on the side of liberty through-
out the war of the Revolution. His paternal grandfather was a West Indian African
of the Toussaint I'Ouverture stock and the son of a Barbadoes planter sent to New
Haven, Connecticut, to be educated at Yale College.

Rudolph B. Scott pursued a course of study in the Lancasterian School of New
Haven, Connecticut, where among his class-mates were four who afterward be-
came governors. He learned the trade of a wood carver in Chauncey Jerome's
clock manufacturing establishment in New Haven. Connecticut, but at the time of
the Civil war ]3ut aside all business and personal considerations to espouse the
cause of the Union. Already he had become deeply interested in political questions
and in the situation of the country prior to this time. He was a bov when in
1859 Abraham Lincoln made campaign speeches throughout Connecticut and in
the. celebration Mr. Scott carried a torch in the procession in New Haven. He
and a brother enlisted for service in the Civil war. He was in the North Atlantic

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Squadron on hoard tlic United States giuiboat Cliico])fi' and was one of tin- men
tliat \()luntet:Tfd to accompany Lieutenant C'ushing when he blew vip tile reliel
ram Alhtinarlc. At the eapture of Plymouth, North Carolina, Mr. Scott was
severely wounded. I'ollowing the close of the war he engaged in mining in Colo-
rado, New Mexico and Washington and was at one time connected with the L'nited
Stitcs ni;iil service, being United States mail agent from Chicago. Illinois, to Dan-
ville, .'it tile time of tlie historic republican convention held in Chicago in KSSO.
While the three hundred and five delegates stood solid for U. S. Grant for presi-
dent Mr. Scott held back forty tlmusand copies of the Cincinnati Enciuirer which
were full of abuse for General (iraiit .ind were intended to flood Chicago and de-
feat Grant's nomination. The copies diii nul .irrivc until tlic d.iy after tlic con-
vention, too late to harm his old comr.ide.

Mr. Scott had an extended acquaintance among jironiiiient men throughout the
countrv and was one of the leading representatives of the Cirand Army of the
Republic, in the work and activities of which he t(K)k a very helpful part. He
served on the staflF of Commander Cosgrove of the department of Washington and
.Maska. and was an aid-de-camp on the staiT of Russell A. Alger, commander-in-
chief of the Grand .Army of the Reimblic. He also served as chief mustering officer
of the department of \\'ashington ,ind Alaska and in 1893 was a member of the
council of administration, while in 1 89 !■ he was a delegate from Washington and
Alaska to the twenty-fourth national encami>ment at Boston. He served .-is in-
spector of the dejiartment in 1890 and five years later as chief mustering oHicer.
.•\t .'^(•atth . he was elected junior \iee eomniandiT nf tin- department of Wash-
ington .and .\laska at tlie dejiartnunt ciuanipment. on the '2'2d of .hme. 1889.
Mr. .Scott was also a delegate from S))okane county to the state convention that
org.'inized tiie st.ite of \\'ashington lield .it Walla Walla in September. 1889 and was
a (lileg.ate ti) tile st.ite convention In 1(1 .it .Se.ittle to elect debg.ites to the n.itional
convention ;it .Minnea])olis.

Mr. Scott came to the northwest in 1880 and spent three years in the Coenr
d'.Mrne mining country. In 1883 he arrived in .Si>okane and was one of the
first men to establish a fire and life insurance agency here, his company i)ay-
ing all claims in the great fire of 1889. For several years he was man.ager of
the Peqiiot Mining & Milling Comjiany of .S]>okane. He continued actively in
business until after the outbreak of the .Spanish .\meriean w.ar. when he enlisted
at Seattle on the 2.")t!i of April. 1898, as a private of Company B, First Wash-
injrton Veter.an .Vrtillery. continuing with that command until November 1. 1898,
whi II bv reason of the close of the w;ir he w.is honorably diseliarged .it ."Seattle
with the r.iiik of first lieutenant. He was called to jiiililic (ifhee in 1902 when
a|ipolntment of President Roosevelt made him Uniti d St.ites Chinese iiis)ieetor,
which position he filled for four years, when in 190(5 he resipied on account of ill
health. It was three years later that he passed away, his death occurring March
•28. 1909.

Mr. .Scott was survived by a ^vidow .and tliret' cliildri n. On the Mb ol Sep-
tember, 1888. in Denver, Colorado, he had wedded Miss Adele A. Wagner, a
daughter of H. O. and .Susan (Lyons) Wagner. The father was a well known
char.acter in the anti-slaverj- days in connection with his service in the ojieration
of the underground railroad. At one time at his home in Chicago he entertained
.lohn Browni. the martvr of Harper's Ferry, and twilve fugitive slaves, all of

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wliom he assisted on their way to freedom in Canada. H. O. Wagner, Jr., a brother
of Mrs. Scott, was for five years United States consul at Lyons, France. Mrs.
Scott was born in Chicago and by her marriage has become the mother of two
sons and a daughter: Rudolpli B., a civil engineer in the city service; Henry W.,
who is spending his time in Mexico and Panama; and Addie S., at home. Mrs.
Scott has been quite prominent in the Woman's Relief Corps and was the patriotic
instructor for the department of Washington and Alaska which was installed June
22. 1899. She is also widely known in connection with her work in the Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters, being the first vice chief ranger in the first com-
panion court organized in the state of Washington. For the past twelve years
she has been its financial secretary and in 1901 and 1905 was the department
inspector.

In addition to Mr. Scott's connection with the Grand Army of the Republic
he was also prominent in various fraternal organizations. In Masonry he at-
tained the thirty-third degree of the Scottish Rite and he was also «-idely known
as a leading representative of the Independent Order of Foresters, being deputy
supreme cliief to Oronhyatekha, the Mohawk Indian, who is the supreme chief of
the order. Mr. Scott represented Spokane in the high council of the Independent
Order of Foresters in 1897, 1898 and 1899. He was a personal friend of Chief
Joseph, the great Indian chief of the Nez Perces tribe, and went to Washington,
D. C, in 1897, with Chief Joseph and his chiefs to present their cause before
the Indian commission and the president. Again he accompanied them in 1900
and he did much to formulate ]niblic opinion in favor of Chief Joseph during the
past few years. He was major general of the department of the northwest of the
Union Veterans LTnion. His religious faith was indicated by his membership in All
Saints cathedral. He died March 23, 1909, and thus (passed from the scene of
earthly activities one who had been a most unique and interesting figure on the
stage of action in the northwest. . His character and reputation were alike above
reproach. He was a great reader and possessed a remarkable memory so that he
could call to mind at almost a moment's notice any of the important historical
events which have had to do with molding the department of the northwest. He
was himself a great lover of outdoor life and of nature. One of his marked char-
acteristics was his loyalty to his friends who could count upon him under any
and all circumstances. He ever held to the highest ideals yet was charitable in
his opinions of others and was always ready to extend a helping hand to uplift a
fellow traveler either in a material or moral way.

ROBERT L. McWILLIAMS.

Robert L. McWilliams of the firm of McWilliams. Weller & McWilliams, was
born in Neola, Iowa, on the 27th of March, 1881. He received his education in
the public schools of Nebraska and Oregon. Subsequently, he was a student at
the University of California, from which he w^as graduated with the class of 1904.
Two years later, he received the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence from the law
department of the same institution. The year prior to his graduation in the law
school, he passed the bar examinations of California.

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Immediately following liis firaduation, he c.iuu- to SiX)kane and starttd in the
practice of his profession. In 1910 he acted as assistant corporation counsel of
the city of Spokane. In January. 1911. he was appointed, and is at present serv-
ing as eliief deputy prosecuting attorney of tlie county. He at present holds tlic
position of instructor in the law school of Spokane College, holding evening classes.
Mr. McWillianis has contrilnited a inunher of articles to the leading law journals
of the country.

H, liiilds membership in the Knights of Columbus, of which organization he is
past gr.ind knight and in the University Club. Mr. MeWilliams at the present
time is serving .as eliairnian of tile grievance committee of tile Bar Association. He
was married on the 18th of November. 1909, to Miss Madge Nagle, a daughter of
Michael .and Bridget Nagle of San Francisco. Miss Nagle was also a graduate
of tlie Uiiiversitv of California. Tiiey have one daughter. Helen.

CHARLES I. HUBBARD.

\ highly successful .iiui i iit( rprising representative of tlie eomniereial interests
of Cheney is to be found in the person of Charles I. Hubbard, who located here
ten vears ago. and has ever since been a prominent f.-ictor in promoting the town's
development. He was born in Walworth county. Wisconsin, on the 27th of Au-
gust. 18.';6, and is a son of Ogdi n T. .iiul .\iin (Conkey) Hubbard. The parents, who
were among tlie pioneer settlers of Wisconsin, are now both deceased, the mother
having passed away in 1881 and the father in 190,'i.

Reared at home Charles I. Hubbard acipiircd his |)reliminary education in the
common schools in the vicinity of his home, after wliieh he attended the State Normal
at Whitewater, Wisconsin for a time. He subsccjuently matriculated at Beloit Col-
lege, Beloit, that state, concluding his studies there in 1876. Having been reared
in the county it w.is quite natural that in the selection of a vocation after leaving
college he should turn his attention to agrieultur.il pursuits. He located on a farm
in Walworth county, Wisconsin, continuing to direct his energies along agricultural
lines during the succeeding twenty years, meeting with more than an average
degree of prosiierity. With his thorough uderst.inding of the best practical methods
of tilling the fields and caring for the crops he made a most (■ai)able and success-
ful faruKT. In 1900 he withdrew from the .active work of the fields and disposing
of his interests in Wisconsin, he together with his wife and family removed to the
Pacific coast, locating in Cheney. Very soon thereafter he became identified with
the eomniereial interests of the town by ]>urehasing .in interest in a hardware and
grocery store. He had the misfortune to be burned out two years later, in 190'J,
but so .adjusted his aff.airs that he w.is soon iblr to resume business. In the con-
duct of his store Mr. Hubbard has manifested the same foresight and appreciation
of the requirements of the situation as has characterized the direction of his other
undertakings. He is broad-minded and progressive in his ideas yet practical in
their execution, never considering the minutest detail connected with the operation
of his business too insignificant to receive his jKTson.al attention. In 1908 he con-
structed the beautiful modern building he is now occupying and which affords e.\-
cellint opportunities and .advantages for the attractive display of his stock of mer-

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chandise. He carries a very eoiiiplete and carefully selected line of goods in liotii
departments, cliosen with due regard for the varied tastes and circumstances of his
patrons. His attention is always carefully given to the selection of brands that
he can conscientiously recommend, knowing their value to be fully commensurate
in every respect to the prices. He accords his patrons the most courteous treatment
and careful consideration, striving to please and satisfy all, recognizing that the
prime factor in business success is the spirit of cooperation existing between the
merchant and his customers. During the period of his residence here Mr. Hubbard
has acquired extensive jjroperty interests in the northwest and in addition to these
and his mercantile interests in Cheney he is also one of the stockholders and a
director of the First National Bank.

On the 6th of December, 1878, was celebrated the marriage of ^Mr. Hubbard
and Miss May E. Storms, the event occurring at Spring Prairie, Wisconsin. Mrs.
Hubbard is the daughter of M. Storms, who was of the pioneer settlers of Wis-
consin, having removed there from Ohio in the very early days. He made the
journey by way of Chicago, which at that period gave little evidence of becoming
the flourishing metropolis it is today, first locating in Milwaukee, at that time
little more than a settlement. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard there
have been born two children: B. Anna, who is a school teacher; and Clarence M..
who is engaged in the clothing business in Cheney.

The family affiliate with the Congregational church, and fraternally Mr. Huli-
bard is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political sup-
port is given to the republican jaarty, and although he has never taken a particularly
active part in municipal affairs, while living in Wisconsin he served for three years
as town treasurer. Loyalty to the community in which he resides and cooperation
in the advancement of all public utilities has always characterized Mr. Hubbard,
who is an enterprising and enthusiastic member of the Cheney Commercial Club.
By reason of his public-spirit and indorsement of ever}- progressive movement dur-
ing the period of his residence in the county he has become recognized as a most
desirable and valuable citizen, and is accorded the general esteem of his fellow-
townsmen.

HUGH L. McWILLIAMS.

Hugh L. McWilliams. the senior member of the law firm of MeWilliams. Weller
& McWilliams, was born at ^Mineral Point. Wisconsin, October 2, 18-19, and is the
son of Samuel and Theresa S. (McKenna) ^leWilliams. His father was one of the
early pioneer agriculturists of Wisconsin. Mr. McWilliams obtained his early
education in the public and high schools of his native sti'.te, while later he read law
in the office of Ross & Flickinger Brothers at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1879.

He practiced his profession in the state of Iowa for five years before removing
to Nebraska, where he continued in the practice for twelve years. He also organized
and was president for about seven years of the Keith County Bank at Ogalalla,
Nebraska, and the Citizens Bank of Julesburg, Colorado. He later disposed of
his interests in these institutions, removing to Omaha, Nebraska on account r-i the

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better educational facilities for liis children, where he afjaiii <n<j:aged in tin- law
|irutiee under tin- (inn ii.uiit of MeWilliams, Ilalliiran iV (lair. He afterward
removed to Houston, Texas, where he resided for ahout ten vears. In 1900, he
removed to Ashland, Orejjon, at which place he organized the First National Ha!iiv,
and was attorney for that institntion until coming to Spokane; and was also city
attorney at the same jilace for a period of four years.

His present firm, composed of himself, his son Robert 1,. MfWilliams. and Mr.
E. D. Weller, is rated among the ie.iding law lirnis of the city. In the c.ire and
precision with which they jirepare and conduct tluir eas( s they have the full con-
fidence of the bench and the bar of the state.

.Mr. Mc\\'illiams was married in 1880 to Miss Anna Stuart, a native of Canada.
.•^he is a daughter of Robert .ind Margaret Stuart, who came from .Scotland, located
in Toronto, Canada, later coming to the L'nited .States. Mr. and Mrs. McU'illiams
are the jiarents of three ehililnii. Rnlu rl I.. MeWilliams, Frank S. .MeWilliams,
and .lustin E. .McW'illi.ams. The eldest son. Robert I,., is a member of the present
law firm: Frank S., engaged in the niortg.ige-lo.in business as secretary of The
Fidelity Building & Loan Association; and Justin E. is employed as a clerk in tlu'
Old N.itional B.ink. The two younger sons reside with their father .md mother
at their home. East 518 Indiana avenue, Spokane.

Mr. .MeWilliams gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, but takes
no active part in ])olitics .aside from a public-spirited interest in the welf.ire of the
state and nation as promoted through j)ublic labors .and influence. He holds mem-
bershi]) in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
thi- .Modern Woodmen of America and is a member of the Inland Club of Spokane.
Ill- has many friends inside and outside of the Jirofession. He takes pride in the
staten)ent that he has never lost ;i client through dissatisfaction with his work, and
has hosts of warm friends at every jilace in which he has resided during his entire
life.

A. E. CRLSP,

.\. E. Crisp, who has s])ent the gnater jiart of his lite in Lincoln county, has
for the past decade been successfully engaged in tin li.inl w.ir.' business in Har-
rington. His life record began in Cherokee, Iowa, on the JSItli of .hine, 187i». his
p.ireiits being F. (J. and Barbara (.Mcintosh) Crisj). They were born and reared
in England, whence thiy eniigr.ited to .\meriea. (ir.st locating in Canada opposite
Niagara Falls. From there they removed to the United St.ates in 1877. settling in
Iowa, where for eleven years the f.ather engaged in farming. At the end of that
lime they once more changed their plaet of residenc<- this time coming to Wash-
ington, locating in Lincoln county in 18S.S. Here .Mr. Cris]) resumed his .-igricid-
tural ])ursuits, being for many years numbered .among the successful and c.ap.able
r.iuelu rs of the county. Ten yi-ars ago In witlidri w from .letiM- life and is now
living retired in Harrington, enjoying the case and comfort pro\i(li(l by I In in-
come received from his valu.able i)ro])erty interests.

A. E. Crisp was introduced to the elements of F^nglish learning in the ili-lriel
schools of his native state, where he spent the first nine ye.-irs of his life. IL eon-

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tinned his education in the schools of Lincoln county until he was fifteen and then
laying aside his school books, he devoted his efforts to assisting his father in the
operation of the ranch. In 1902 he removed to Harrington and together with the
late Mr. Glascock bought out a small hardware store. They invested more cajjital
and enlarged the business until it became one of the thriving commercial activities
of the county. This partnership was terminated in 1907 by tlie death of Mr. Glas-
cock, and for three years thereafter Mr. Crisp continued alone. In 1910 he took
R. G. Turner into partnership and tlie business is now conducted under the name
of the Harrington Hardware C'omp.my.

HENRY A. KLLSSMAN, M. D.

Dr. Henry A. Klussman. one of the well kno^ni and highly successful repre-
sentatives of the medical fraternity of Spokane, whose office is located in the Granite
building, was born in Elliston, Ohio, on the 13th of April. 1878. He is a son of
Dr. F. J. and ^Margaret A. (Apel) Klussman. the father being a prominent phy-
sician of Toledo, Ohio, while the mother is a daughter of .John Apel of Bowling
Green, that state, the owner of extensive oil interests in that vicinity.

After the completion of his preliminary education, Dr. Klussman entered the
Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, being graduated from that institution witii
the degree of Ph. G. in 1896. Having decided to adopt the profession of his
father for his life vocation, he subsequently matriculated in the Kentucky .School
of Medicine at Louisville, that state, being awarded the degree of M. D. with the
class of 1900. Dr. Klussman was an unusually bright and clever pupil, seemingly
having been endowed with an exceptional natural aptitude in this direction, and in
his junior and senior jears in college he was assistant clinical demonstrator on
genito-urinary diseases. Immediately following his graduation he came to Spokane
as assistant to Dr. C. P. Thomas, with whom he remained until the following
October, when he opened his own office which he has ever since maintained. Dr.
Klussman is a very ambitious, progressive man and is constantly striving to ad-
vance in liis profession. He has pursued a number of post-graduate courses during
the eleven years he has been engaged in practicing in Spokane, in addition to which
he keeps in close touch with all modern discoveries and research through the medium
of the various medical journals and reviews. Soon after locating here he went to
New York city, where he spent several months, pursuing courses in both the Post
Graduate School of Medicine of that city and the New York Policlinic Medical
.Scliool and Hospital. At tlie same time he took some special and i)rivate courses ni
diseases of the kidneys and bladder at the Presbyterian Hospital of New York
under Drs. Cabot and Spooner, and in operative surgery under Professor Daw-
born. In 1903 he made a trip to Eurojje. visiting the leading hospitals of London,
Berlin, Vienna and Paris, in all of which he attended lectures on special subjects.
He joined classes in the various cities, in anatomy, microscopy and operative sur-
gery on the cadaver, devoting special attention to skin, genito-urinary, kidney and
bladder diseases and gj^necolog^-. In Berlin he worked under such eminent spe-
cialists as Nitze, Casper, Wossidlo, Thumen. Landow. Lewin, Joseph and Pick,
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Halban, Tandler, Zii-gkr and Christofoletti and in London lie continufd ln>< work
undir Drs. I'n-ycr, Harrison and Fcnwick. Dr. Klnssinan was greatly licnefited
by tlie courses lie pursued while abroad and also by the hospital experience, but
nevertheless he felt that there were many physicians in his native land who could
assist him still further and in 1907 he spent some time in the Post Graduate School
and also the Polyclinic School and Hospital of Chicago, receiving certificates from
both institutions. He has an unusually fine equipment, particularly for a man of
his age, and is meeting with unqualified success in his ])ractice. During the period
of his residence here he has had ample opportunity to demonstrate his ability both
as a physician and surgeon, and has effected results in both that have created for
him much more than a local reputation. He is frequently called out of the city on
consultations and also to perform operations, while patients come to him from .ill
over the northwest and even as far away as British Columbia. Genito-uriii.iry
troubles have always engaged much of his time and .-ittention. .-md be has jjursued
various courses undi r tin best specialists in this cimntrv aiHi Kiirope on (lisc.ises of
this nature, while the i).ist year he has specialized in .ihdoiiiin.il surgery. Dr. Kluss-
inan has a very lucrative practice and has succeeded in .leciuiring <piile extensive
property holdings since locating here. He is the ownier of one hundred and thirty-
five acres of valuable orchard land, planted in apples, twelve miles south of Kettle
Ealls on the Columbia river, all of which is under irrigation, .-ind he also owns
other real estate, his different holdings aggregating ;ibout siveiity-fivc thousand
dollars.

Dr. Klussm.'in was married in 1897, to Miss I'.ld.i .V. Riee. a daughter of I'rank
L. Rice a prominent contractor of Shelby, Ohio, wlm lias eoiistruetcd iii.uiy miles
of macadam roads through his state of such excellence that he lias become widely
known in this connection, being regarded as one of the best men in this line in the
country. Two children have been born to Dr. and .Mrs. Kliissiii.in. Kiehard M.,
whose birth occurred in 1898; and Helen V.. who was born in 1899. The family
riside at Xo. ;> 1 I- South Bernard street, where Dr. Klussman owns a most attractive
pro))erty.

Fraternally he is affiliated with the Order of Foresters of Sl)okane, and .il-
though be takes an active interest in all public and munieijjal aff.-iirs, the gri-.iter
part cif Ills time and attention is absorbed liy bis l.irge pr.ietiec. the (lr\ rlri|)iiieiit of
which has undoubtedly been largely ))romoted by bis conseientious devotion to the
interests of his p.-itieiits to the exclusion of all persoiuil considerations.

WILLIAM H. PANNON.

William IL P.-innon, present mayor of Hillyard who for the past three y<;irs
has been traveling engineer for the Spokane division of the Great Nortlnrn K.iil
ro.'id. w.'is born in Buffalo, New York, October .SI. 186.'{. a son of Thom;is and
Mary (Corcor.'in ) P.innon. The father, who was a veler.-in of the Civil war, serv-
ing under General Hancock, passed aw.iv in 11S7I. Tin- iiiotlnr. however, sur-
vived for twenty-five years thireafter. her demise oeeiirriiig in I 89().

The boyhood of \\'illiam H. Pannon was spent in his n.-itive city in whose public
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York, from whicli he was graduated with the ehiss of 1878. Immediately there-
after he became .self-supporting, and during the succeeding four years followed
various activities in his endeavor to find something that he was by nature qualified
for and cared to adopt for a life vocation. In 1882 he went to St. Paul, ]\Iinne-
sota, and there entered the employment of the Great Northern Railroad Company.
The next five years he worked as a fireman on an engine running out of Crookston,
Minnesota, in which capacity he served with such a degree of efficiency that he
was promoted to the rank of engineer, with headquarters at Breckenridge, Minne-
sota. At the end of twelve years he was sent by the company to Hillyard, con-
tinuing to discharge the duties of an engineer until 1908, when he was promoted
to the position of traveling engineer, in which capacity he is still serving.

At Breckenridge, Minnesota, on the 13th of January, 1887, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Pannon to Miss Mary Daly, a daughter of Bartholomew and
Mary Daly, and they have become the parents of three daughters: ^label, Louise
and Florence.

The family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church and yir. Pannon
is a member of the Kniglits of Columbus. He also belongs to the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and has twice been the delegate from the local order
to the national conventions, once when they met at Los Angeles, California, and
again at Memphis, Tennessee. His political support ]\Ir. Pannon gives to the
democratic party, the policy of which receives his full indorsement. He has high
ideals of the responsibility of citizenship and has always given much attention to
municipal affairs, having represented his ward in the city council for seven years
just prior to his election to the mayoralty chair. Possessing keen foresiglit and
business sagacity Mr. Pannon long ago recognized the wonderful agricultural pos-
sibilities afforded in the northwest and has accordingly invested his earnings as
he was able from time to time in farming lands. He now has a one-third interest
in eight hundred acres of irrigated land in the vicinity of Lewiston, Idaho, that is
being operated under the name of the Pannon-Buckley Company. Mr. Pannon
is higlily regarded in Hillyard. where he has many friends, having in both his
public and private relations manifested the loyalty, trustworthiness and efficiency
that have characterized him during the twenty-nine years he has served the com-
pany by whom he is still employed.

FRANK D. GARRETT.

Frank D. Garrett, engaged in the real-estate business with offices in the Hyde
block, is one of the extensive landowners of Washington. He was born in Hardin
county, Iowa, on the 12th of October, 1861, his parents being Frank and Mary J.
(Strahorn) Garrett, botli of whom are prominent among tlie pioneers of Iowa and
are still living.

Mr. Garrett of this review received his education in the public schools of Iowa
until he was fifteen years of age. At that time he left his native state and removed
west to Pendleton, Oregon, where he accepted employment on a large ranch for seven
years, during the greater part of which period he acted as foreman. He thus be-
came acquainted with many of the essential features of the cattle business and

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subsequently lie cnjiaged in that enterprise near Sprague. Wasliington, for three
years. The winter of the last of these three years was a particularly severe one
and he had the misfortune to lose the greater part of his stock, when in two nights
ten thousand sheep disappeared. But his determination and grit were undaunted
and lie immediately engaged in agricultural pursuits and for seven years success-
fully cultivated his farm near .Sprague. Again he exercised the same diligence and
careful application to the duties at hand wliich he had displayed in his previous
undertakings and the success \rith which he met w;is more than compensatory. He
disposed of this i)roi)erty and since lOOl has engaged in the real-estate business in
Spokane. His various undertakings have proved so lucrative that he has been able
from time to time to purchase considerable land in Washinp^ton. At present he is
the owner of four thousand acres in the Palouse country .and of several v.aluablc
holdings in Spokane. He has further extended his activities by associating himself
with tile Coeur d'Alene Emjiire Mining Company, of which he is at present serving
as )>resident. Since becoming :\ risident of .Spokane eight years ago, he has well
proven his worth as a business man, as a judge of real-estate values and ;is a trusted
adviser in business circles.

In Medical Lake. Washington, on the .'id of .July. IS8!). Mr. (iarrett w.as mar-
ried to .Miss .\nna Teal, a daughter of David 11. and Rachel Teal. To them two
children have been born: Forest, who is attending college at Pullman. Washington;
.and H.izel. wlio is a student at the Lewiston Normal School at I.ewiston, Itlaho.
Mr. Ciarrett exercises his right of fraiiehis( in su])|)ort ol the men and measures of
tile ri])ublie;m ])arty. He holds meml)erslii]> in .Spokane Lodge. No. 228. Benevo-
lent Proti'ctive Order of Elks. He li.-is attained notable success and this has fol-
lowed as the logie.-il se<]uence of bis laliors. bis careful study of the dev ilopnii iit of
a ra|)idiy growing country .and his integrity. His record may well serve as ;i source
of inspiration .■md eour.ige to others, showing what may be acconijilished by one
who h;is determination and energy. lie has |)roven iiis worth as a factor in tlie
business world and the position wliieli lie occupies is a criditable one and oiu- in-
volving much resjionsibility.

JOHN H li LA LOCK.

In the year 1879 the firm of Cannon .V Warner were freiglitini;- Ihniiiirli the
Spokane country, and :is :i jiassenger upon one of their wagons. ,lobn M. HIaloek
arrived in the city of .Sjiokane. which has since been his home. Tile city, iiowevir.
at that time was in its embryonic stagi — its inhabitants iieing etig.aged in trade with
the Indians, or busy with the task of (ievelo|iiiig land. Since tiiat day hi- has
been an interested witness of the growth and jirogress of this section and success
has attended him, making him now the owner of considerable v.alu.able |)ro|)erty in
the city, whc re his first place of business was a little one-story building, only four-
teen by twenty-eight feet.

Mr. Blalock was born in .Sevier county. Tennessee, July 2L 1 S.Tfi. His f.itlur.

J. M. Blalock, was a native of .South Carolina and died in the yi;ir l!)0(). He

removed from Charleston, his n.ative city, to T<nness(<- .md nari-d his f.imily. but

at the time of the Civil war the household was broken up. His wife, who bore the

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maiden name of Massie Carr, was born in Tennessee and died soon after the close
of the war, in 1868.

John B. Blalock was reared to manhood in his native county, receiving such
educational advantages as the common schools of the day afforded but at the age
of twenty-two years, or in 1878, he started for the west. He journeyed by rail
to san Francisco, thence made his way by boat to Portland and by rail to Walla
Walla, after which he came to Spokane with a freighting team, as previously stated.
Soon afterward he purchased for one hundred and fifty dollars a lot on Front street,
just west of Howard, upon which he erected a small one-story building, fourteen
by twenty-eight feet. There he conducted a shoe business, his first stock of goods
being that of a firm which had failed at Colfax. In 1880, he invested four hun-
dred and thirty dollars in a site forty feet square on the northwest corner of Howard
and Riverside, and the following year he erected on his lot on Riverside a one-
story frame building, twenty by forty feet, into which he moved his stock of shoes.
In 1882 he erected a store building for rental purposes on the remainder of his
property, and soon afterward he purchased the lot and building adjoining him
on the west for six hundred and fifty dollars. Moving his stock into that build-
ing, he afterward razed the building at the corner and in 1886 there erected a
four-story structure, with basement. This was the first four-story building in the
city and was soon leased to the First National Bank, the rental being three hundred
dollars per month.

The success which Mr. Blalock won in his real-estate operations caused him in
1887 to dispose of his shoe business to N. B. Dolan, and concentrate his entire
attention upon his real-estate operations in partnership with R. C. Hyde. They
purchased and handled a large amount of city jjroperty, making many improve-
ments thereon and erecting numerous buildings. They purchased of Mrs. H. T.
Cowley a tract of land, which they platted as the Cazenovia addition, so named
after Mrs. Cowley's daughter. In the great fire of 1889 Mr. Blalock's losses
amounted to about twenty-five thousand dollars. The year following he built the
Blalock block at the southwest corner of Stevens and Sprague streets, a six-story
brick structure, costing, with the ground upon which it stands, two hundred and
nine thousand dollars. His prosperity continued until about 189S, when, like many
others, he lost much of his holdings during the wide-spread financial panic that
swept over the country. However, with resolute spirit he continued his efforts
and has since continued to deal in real estate, largely handling farm lands. In
this success has again attended his labors. He next located a tract of land near
Twin Falls, Idaho, all of which is planted to alfalfa. He is also heavily interested
in the W. & B. A. Investment Compam^, holding real estate in Spokane and vicinity,
including the Metropole apartment house. Of this company 'Mv. Blalock is the
manager. He is likewise the owner of property at Prince Rupert. British Columbia.
On the 27th of October, 1881. in Spokane, 'Sir. Blalock was miited in marriage
to Miss Martha Hyde, a daughter of Mrs. S. S. Hyde and a sister of former Con-
gressman S. C. Hyde and of R. C. Hyde of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Blalock have
one son, Shirl H., who is looking after his father's interests in Idaho.

Fraternally Mr. Blalock is a Mason, holding membership with Oriental Lodge
No. 74, and he also belongs to Oriental Consistory, No. 2, S. P. R. S. While he
has never been an active worker in political circles, he votes with the democratic
party believing that its principles are most conducive to good government. He has

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always been proiiiinently ideiitiHid witli in.ittcTs pertaining to tin- welfare and
progress of tlie eity, lias been a liberal contributor to railroads and to public iin-
provenients generally and lias also given generously to churches and jirojects for
the social and moral advancement of this section. His long residence in Spokane
enables him to s))eak with authority relative to anything concerning the historv
of the city and be is one of the most favorably known of her residents, his good
qualities having won him the kindly regard of a large circle of friends.

J. A. TAI.KlNCiTOV.

J. A. Talkington, tile present mayor of Harrington, is one of the well known
pioneer ranchmen of Lincoln county, having located here in 1889. He was born and
reared on his father's farm in the vicinity of .leiniy I.ind, .\rk.insas, bis natal day
being the 6th of November, 1861. In the paternal line Mr. Talkington is de-
scended from New England colonial ancestry, his foref.-ithers having been numbered
among the early English settlers in that section. His great-grandf.-itber, Stephen
Talkington, in bis early manhood moved frou) his New Kngland home to Kentucky,
whence bis son, Edw.ard Talkington. removed in 18'27 to Arkansas. In the latter
state in 1831 occurred the birth of Joseph Talkington, the father of our subject,
who there engaged in farming during his entire active life. For his wife he chose
.Miss Relueci A. Kirk, a native of Tennessee, her birth there occurring in 1838.
Although the Talkingtons had long been residents of the south at tiie breaking out
of the w;ir. they were northern sympathizers, and .loseph Talkington \aliantly
gave his services in defense of his country's flag.

Horn and reared on his father's farm, J. A. Talkington jjursued his education
in the ))ublic schools of his native state, and such times as he was not there en-
gaged, assisted his father in the operation of the homestead. Upon attaining his
majority he left school and s]jent a year traveling through the south. When he
returned home he again resumed his agricultural pursuits and for two years there-
after g.ave his inidivided attention to the cultivation of the fields. In common with
many otiier young men he was strongly drawn to the west, his long line of pioneer
ancestors having bred in him that spirit of conquest, characteristic of those, who
form the advance guard of civilization in the development of the nation. There-
lore, he left the p.irental roof in 1887 and in January of the next year located in
Los Angeles, Californi.a. where he engaged in th<' feed business until .April. 1889,
when he came to Lincoln county. Feeling that be desired to become a ))i'rnianent
resident of the country he filed on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres,
till miles south of Daven)5ort, tiiat be cultivated for five jxars. He subsequently
disposed of this and thereafter engaged in the buying and selling of real estate
until 1901, when be ])urehased a ranch of seven hundred and eighty acres a mile
east of Harrington. During the ensuing five years he resided there with his family,
giving his undivided attention to the operation of his fields. .Mthough it is still
cultiv.'ited undir tlu- ])ersonal su|)ervision of .Mr. Talkington since 19()(i he h;is
been living in Harrington, having reniovetl luri- in order to give his children the
benefit of the schools. He is meeting with most excellent success in ranching, his
fii'lds being given that careful attention that alw.-iys assures an abundant h.irvest,
the quality being fully e(iu;il in every respect to the quantity.

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On the 23d of December, 1886. Mr. Talkington was united in marriage to
Miss S. V^ McMillian, a daughter of W. A. McMillian. a native of Florida, who
subsequenth- became a well known educator of Arkansas. Of this union there have
been born the following children: Brant, Pleas, Leonard. Floyd, Willard, Em-
mett and Jessie, all of whom are still in school.

' Mr. Talkington is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, and in pol-
itics he is a republican. He has always taken a prominent interest in local govern-
mental affairs and in 1900 ran for representative but was defeated. He was elected
to the office of ma_yor in December, 1910, and during the period of his service has
discharged his responsibilities in a manner to meet with the commendation of the
municipality. In common with the majority of the citizens of this section of the
state, Mr. Talkington has the most unbounded faith in a great future for his county,
to the interests of which he is ever loyal, enthusiastically championing every move-
ment that he feels at all likely to redound to the development of its resources.

A. G. AVERY.

Mr. A. G. Avery, of the law firm of Post. Avery & Higgins, was born in ]SIoravia,
New York, June 6, 1860. an only son of Benjamin L. and Ruth (Pickens) Avery,
both natives of New York, and is the present-day representative of an ancestral
line which runs back througii Averys of Groton. Connecticut, of Revolutionary fame
and Captain James Avery of colonial days, to good old England.

j\Ir. Avery's acknowledged faculty of always being one of the leaders of the
professional and social life of the community in which he lives, had its origin in a
similar trait in his father, who was at different times, postmaster, president of
Genoa, New York, and president of the Civil war veterans of the counties of Cayuga,
Seneca and Wayne in that state, he having served in the Ninth New York Heavy
Artillery in that war.

After some years at the academy at Genoa and at home under a ))rivate tutor,
he entered the office of Richard C. Steel, of Auburn, New York, in 1883, to study
law, whence he went to the law school of the L'niversity of ^lichigan, where he was
graduated in 1886, being admitted to the bar the following year at Buffalo. He
then returned to Genoa, where he successfully survived the first twelve months of
a young lawyer's practice. Here he married in February of 1888 Miss Evelyn
Young, the daughter of a prominent citizen of the home town and one of his old
schoolmates. Leaving his father, mother and sister at Cienoa, he and his bride
came to Spokane, where he opened an office in 1888.

He later practiced two years, from 1891 to 1893, in partnershi]) with Frank
T. Post. From 1893 to 1900 he was again alone; but combined his practice, in
the latter year, with Mr. Post and Thomas B. Higgins, having meanwhile served
two terms as corporation counsel of Spokane from 1897 to 1901, at the time when
Spokane began its first paving local improvements.

The profession of the law has rightly been said to be a jealous mistress since
those who would gain her favor must give her their undivided devotion. Mr.
Averv's recognition of. and compliance with, this demand have won the goddess'
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he, when alone, and his present firm, have enjoyed the professional confidence and
employment of a goodl\- number of tite nortliwcst's best citizens, among wliieli
are fomid both thi- rich and the |)oor, tlic eorporated and tlie unineor|)orate(l. The
federal government in 1905 recognized the results of his devotion to the law by
his appointment as United States attorney for the eastern district of Wasliington,
wliieli place he held till 1S)10 wlieii, from tile increased l)usiness of the firm, he
felt compelled to ask the government to appoint some one in his stead.

Mr. Avery's ability, his professional achievements, liis genial personality and
his reputation for sterling character have been recognized by numerous public
acknowledgments. At different times he has been chosen president, of the Wash-
ington State Bar Association, of the Spokane County Bar Association, of the ^^'ash-
ington State League of Republican Clubs, of the Spokane Club, of the Lniversity
Club of Spokane, of the Spokane Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, and governor of the Washington Society of Colonial Wars.

I'inally, his home life has not been less happy, since Mr. and Mrs. Avery, tluir
daughter Ruth, and their hospitable home on West Sixth avenue have long enjoyed
the warmest regard of all their wide acquaintance among that class of the com-
munity's citizens who represent its best thought and life.

ALBERT P. WOI.VERTON.

This has been termed the age of commercialism and tiie record of the present
indicates that it is an age of notable business enterprise and achievement. Espe-
cially is this true in America where the great national resources of the country
are by no means exhausted and the ambitious, progressive man can thercfori- find
opijortunity to gain through his labor those things which nature has ])rovidi(i for
his use, or in tlie field of manufacture and of purchase and sale secure equal chance
for successful business activity. Albert P. Wolverton was one of Sjiokanc's resi-
dents who gave substantial evidence of industry, persistency and capable manage-
ment in the conduct of real-estate transactions. He was a native son of the north-
west, having been born in Polk county, Oregon, September 17, IS.'JS, and came of
a family of English ancestry that was established in America early in the eighteenth
century. His father, .John B. Wolverton, was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, De-
cember I-, 1822, and having arrived at years of maturity was married, Xovember
2."), 181-7, to Mary ,J. Nealy, whose birth occurred May 1, 182;>. For a time they
were residents of Iowa and in 1855 started from that state for the Pacific coast.
He became one of the pioneers of Polk county, Oregon, where for many years
he devoted his attention to farming and eventually lived retired in Moinnouth.
There on the Hh of December, 11)01, his sivcnty-ninth birthday .•mnivi-rsary was
celebrated, at which time he was still a hale and heartv man. He lived to celebrate
one more birthday anniversary, passing away December 29, 1902. His wife sur-
vived him for ;d)out seven years and died Sepli-niber 20, 1909. In tliiir f.imily
were seven children of whom Albert P. was the fourth in order of birth. Of these
Charhs. Bruce, Otis, Grant and Mrs. ,Iosie C. Byrd arc all living, while .Mlxrt
P. and Willi.iui have passed away.

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Albert P. Wolverton was reared upon the home farm, there remaining until
twenty-four years of age, after wliich he pursued a college course and was grad-
uated from the scientific department of Monmouth College. In 1880 he came to
Spokane accompanied by his brother William Marshall Wolverton, and after look-
ing over the situation, which tliey believed held forth good promises, they pur-
chased a fifty-six foot lot where the Holland block now stands. This occurred
February 22, 1882, and the purchase price was but three hundred and fifty dollars.
Spokane was not then a city of modern improvements but was a frontier town just
emerging from villagehood. The brothers erected a two-story brick block thirty
by sixty feet where the Wolverton block now stands and opened there a stock of
hardware. Theirs was the first brick structure erected in the city. After two
years Albert P. Wolverton sold his goods to his brother and two years later pur-
chased the property and organized the Spokane Hardware Company of which he
was manager for two years. Ill health then caused him to sell out, after wliich he
operated quite largely in real estate. In March, 188-t, in connection with ^I.
Conlan, he purchased one hundred and fifty-five acres and platted Wolverton &
Conlan's addition. In 1889 he erected the Temple Court, also the Grand Central
Hotel and several residences, and his purchase and sale of property at different
times added not only to his own income but also to the business development of
the city. All of his undertakings prospered by reason of his sound judgment and
capable management. He became one of the original stockholders of the Ross
Park Street Railway and assisted in every way possible in the upbuilding of the
city.

On the 14th of jNIarch. 1888. Mr. Wolverton was united in marriage to !Miss
Lula Miller, a daughter of Lewis and Amelia (Schweiger) Miller, both of whom
were natives of Germany but were married in New York. They came to America
in 1852 and in 1862 made their waj' to Oregon by way of the water route around
Cape Horn, settling in Albany, Oregon, where Mr. Miller followed the blacksmith's
trade and became a prominent citizen. He and his wife celebrated their golden
anniversary April 29, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Wolverton became the parents of three
children: Vernice A., who was born January 5, 1889. and died August 26, 1892;
Vance Albert, born October 5, 1890; and Margaret, born March 2, 1894. The
death of the husband and father occurred in Los Angeles, California, on the 22d
of November, 1907. In 1904 he went with his family to southern California,
spending a portion of his time at Redlands and the remainder largely at Santa
Monica. From the latter place he went to Pamona in September prior to his
death, which resulted directly from an operation, the shock of which he could
not stand on account of severe heart trouble and his weakened condition caused
by stomach trouble. He was prepared for the end, however, having put all of his
business affairs in order, and with loving words for his family upon his lips he
passed away. He was most widely and favorably known in Spokane and enjoyed
the warm friendship of all whom he met in fraternal relations. He was a mem-
ber of Imperial Lodge, No. 134. the Unique Encampment, No. 32, I. O. O. F.,
the Woodmen and the Eagles. He alwaj's manifested a citizen's interest in pol-
itics and during the campaign of 1896 served as chairman of the silver republican
partv. At one time he was the candidate for the nomination of county assessor
and was highly recommended for the office by his friends and by the press who
spoke of him in terms of praise and high regard. He was a member of the Chris-

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tian church and governed his entire life by its teachings. He ever spoke kindly
of his fi-llownii'n, was charitable in disposition and was ever ready to extend a
heljiing hand to those who needed aid. His life was so honorable and his jirineipK-s
.so manly that he won respect and confidence wherever he went and it was with
the deepest regret that his fellow townsmen heard of his demise, knowing that
Spokane had thus lost a good citizen, his associates a faithful friend and his family
a devoted husband and father.

.MOSES A. PHELPS.

Moses .\. Phelps, of Spokane, is a prominent representative of the lumber in-
terests of the northwest. In all that he undertakes he displays an aptitude for
successful management and his business methods are such as will bear close in-
vestigation and scrutiny. The width of the continent separates him from his birth-
place, for he was born in Franklin county, Massachusetts, December II. 1858.
'I'll!- Phelps family is of English origin but was established in New England at
an early period in the colonization of the new world. His father, W. H. Phelps,
was born in Hubbardston. Massachusetts, engaged for many years in the hiiiiber
lirisiness and was prominent in public affairs in ^^'endell, Franklin county. .Massa-
chusetts, where he long made his home. He wedded Mary N. Xeedham, who was
a n.-itive of Wendell, and a representative of an old New England family of Eng-
lish lineage. Mrs. Phelps now resides in Foxboro, Massachusetts, but the death
of W. H. Phelps occurred in 1893. Their surviving children are: Moses A.;
U'illiam J., a wholesale hay and grain merchant of Worcester. Massachusetts; and
l-'.linyra, who is the widow of H. E. Wells and resides at Foxboro, Massachusetts.

.\t the usual age Moses A. Pheljis began his education as a public-school student
and also studied to some extent in jjrivate schools. He was first employed in con-
nection with the hay and grain business in Franklin. New Hamjjshire, and sub-
sequently went to Boston, where he was engaged in the wholesale hay and grain
business for two years. In 1886 he arrived in Spokane and has since been con-
nected with the liunber trade of this city, operating under the name of the M. A.
I'lieliis Lumber Company, successors to the firm of Phelps & Wadsworth. Their
offices are in the Empire State building and they have an extensive plant, owning
and operating mills at Cusiek, which have a capacity of sixty thousand feet of
lumber daily. Mr. Phelps is an excellent judge of standing timber as well as of
the finished product, and his executive ability and the careful management of bis
interests have brought him sul)stantial and gratifying financial returns.

When Mr. Phelps came to .S])okane there were only five or six buildings on
the north side of the river .across which there was but one bridge, that of Post
street. He furnished the lumber for the second bridge which was built across Di-
vision street. The first electric light station was then under the (Jalland-Hurke Brew-
ing C'omiiany's little building and when that was removed Mr. Phelps furnished the
lumber for the second plant, which was built where the Washington Water Power
Company's Post street station now stands. Where the Review building is now
located there was a church that was removed to Broadway and the leading hotel
was where the city hall now stands, with the First National Bank just .across the

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corner. The hotel was conducted by \V. C. Gray and was a popular hostelry, al-
though it would not compare very favorably with the attractive modern hotels of
the present. Within a few years a wonderful change has occurred and fine modern
buildings now occupy the sites tiiat were then vacant or were covered witli shacks.
Mr. Phelps is also a director in the Fidelity Bank, one of Spokane's foremost finan-
cial institutions.

In 1887, in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Phelps was united in marriage to
Miss Netta W. Sheldon, a daughter of George B. Sheldon, a farmer living near
Greenfield, and a representative of an old New England family. Two children have
been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Phelps: Ralph S., who is engaged in the lumber
business; and ]\Iarion, a student at Brunot Hall. !Mr. Phelps has a life membership
in the Spokane Athletic Club, is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution
and is also a member of the Inland Club. His wife belongs to the Esther Reed
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was state regent of
that association for several years. She is much interested in club work, being a
member of the Cultus Club. Few men are more prominent or more widely known
in the enterprising city of Spokane than Moses A. Phelps. He has been an impor-
tant factor in business circles and his prosperity is well deserved, for in liini are
embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy and in-
dustry that never flags.

GEORGE M. FORSTER.

Few of the important enterprises which have contributed to the upbuilding of
the Inland Emjjire have not benefited by the cooperation and assistance of George
M. Forster. Added to his business ability, which made him a factor in the con-
duct of nianv successful enter)irises, there was a nobility of character which won
him the respect and honor of all with whom he was associated. He was born in
Dundas, Ontario, September 19, 18'1'5, a son of Walter and !Mary Forster, both
of whom were natives of Scotland, but at a later date came to America and set-
tled in Canada. They were farming people, connected with agricultural pursuits
throughout their entire lives.

George M. Forster supplemented his public-school education by a course in
the law department of the St. Louis (Missouri) University, from which he was
graduated in the class of 1878. He then entered upon the practice of law in that
city, following his profession there for more than five years, when, in September,
188,S, he left the Mississippi valley for the northwest. Sometime after his arrival
in Spokane he formed a partnership with Colonel W. W. D. Turner, which firm
was later increased by the admission of Judge George Turner, under the style of
Turner, Forster & Turner. Later Judge Turner became associated with Frank
H. Graves, and thereafter upon the retirement of Colonel Turner from active
practice, in 1891, a partnership was formed with W. J. C. Wakefield under the
firm name of Forster & Wakefield, which was continued until the death of Mr.
Forster. During all this period Mr. Forster was recognized as an able lawyer,
and was connected with much important litigation. He was strong in argument,
clear in his reasoning and logical in his deductions. With almost intuitive percep-

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tioii lie .sitintd to ncogni/.c tlic connection between cause and ett'eet, liowever
obscure, and his ready mastery of the principles of jurisprudence enabled him to
make correct ajiplication of the legal ])oints to the salient features in his cases.

It \v;is not alone, however, in the field of law that lie gained distinction, for
his work in other connections was of an etiually proiiiiiuiit ami iinportiiit char-
acter, lie was one of the original ineorpor.itors of the LeRoi Mining iS: .Smelting
Comjiany, and for many years its president. This ecnniiany develojied and oper-
.ited the LeRoi mine at Rossland, British C'oliiiiiliia, one of the largest producers
in that district. He was an early stockholder in the Centennial -Mill Conipany,
as well as other manufacturing, mining and financial concerns tiiat featured in the
u])building and development of the Inland Em))ire. In all of these enterprises
Mr. I'orster took an active and vigorous interest and had a voice in their inanage-
iiieiit and control.

Mr. I'orster was twice niarriid. He first wedded Miss Hrliii W'ithcrspoon, of
Detroit, .Michigan, .ind unto them was born ;i daughter, Adah, who is now tlie
wife of .1. N. Matehett. a resident of Spokane. On the !^9th of October. 11)00,
Mr. I'orster married .Mrs. .M. C. (Kelliher) Spencer, a daughter of .M. M. and
Catherine (Cronin) Kelliher, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume.

The death of Mr. Forster occurred February 12, 1905, and the ]>assing of few
has been more deeply regretted in all the northwest. His salient qualities were
such as to endear him to his companions in .social. Jife and to his business asso-
ciates. His political allegiance was given, to the Tepublican party and he alw;iys
ke|)t well informed on the questions and issues of the day, though in- did not seek
nor desire office. He possessed a keen sense of Iiunior .ind a di cp love of nature.
He found eiijoyinent in the forests and by the stream, and in the beauty of How-
( rs. Ill M.is a Mason, a life member of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, and
belonged to and took and active part in several other clubs and organizations
which form a part in the early history of the city. Generous in personal life to a
fault, and of a genial disposition, he made and kept a host of friends who mourn
his demise.

AUSTIN CORBIN, II.

In the twentieth century, other things being etiiial. the men of affluence are
the stronger force in the progress of the world. .Vustiii C'orbin. II., of this review,
has the good fortune of belonging to a family tli.at has been prominent in the up-
building and development of the northwest through the establishment .ind control
of many important business enterprises and stimulated by the exani|)le of his
father and others of the name he has continued active in the work they have in-
stituted and has proven his force and resourcefulness in business cirehs.

He was born in Denver, Colorado, .Scjitember 21. 186.3, and is .i son of D.iiiiel
Chase Corbin, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this vohiiin-. His
father is prominently associated witli irrigation .nid I.iiid projects, with r.iilw.iy
and otiier important interests in the northwest, .md under his direction .\nstin
Corbin has received his business training and is now vice president of ;ill of the
companies which iiis f.ither lias established here. In th( ir ni:inagein<iit .iiid <-iiiitrol

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he has shown liimself possessed of excellent executive ability, administrative di-
rection and initiative spirit and what he undertakes is accomplished by reason of
his resolute will and his resourcefulness.

On the 2d of May, 1894, Mr. Corbin was married to Katharine Benham, a
daughter of Lucius and Mary G. (Trumbull) Benham. Their home has been
blessed with two interesting little daughters, Mary Louise and Katherine. Mr.
Corbin has never taken an active part in politics nor held public office, feeling tliat
, his time and energies are fully occupied with his business affairs. He is a mem-
ber of the Masonic order and of the Spokane Club, and the circle of his friends
in Spokane is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance. He does not
seek to figure in any public light other than a business man and in that connection
he is certainly proving his worth and capability.

WILLIAM DOLLAR.

William Dollar, who organized the Exchange National Bank of Coeur d'Alene,
of which he is president, has been successfully identified with various enterprises
since locating here twelve years ago. He was born in Ottawa, Canada, on October
10, 1859, and is a son of 'William and Mary (Easton) Dollar.

But few of the advantages deemed essential for a successful business career
fell to the lot of William Dollar, who became self-supporting at the age of twelve
years. He was put to work on a farm, where he remained until he was eighteen,
and such schooling as he received was obtained at irregular intervals during that
period. In 1877 he gave up farm work and went to western Canada, where he
was employed in the lumber camps until 188,5. In the latter year he came to
the United States, following the same occupation in the lumber regions of northern
Michigan for four years. He was ambitious and not being satisfied to continue an
iinploye all of his life, he decided to go into business for himself. Being enter-
])rising and industrious as well as practical in his ideas, he met with little diffi-
culty in inspiring others with confidence in his abilities and soon began contract-
ing in the lumber districts of Michigan. This business successfully engaged his
entire time and attention for ten years, and in 1899 he came to Coeur d'Alene,
wliere he organized the Coeur d'Alene Lumber Company. He continued to operate
this until September, 1901, when he sold his interests in the lumber business and
organized the Exchange National Bank, of which he has ever since been president.
The qualities that distinguished him as a business man characterize him as a finan-
cier, in which capacity he has proven to be equally efficient and successful. From
time to time he has extended his banking interests, and is now president of the
Kootenai State Bank of St. Maries, Idaho, and of the Commercial State Bank of
St. Joe, Idaho ; both of them well established and flourishing institutions. Pos-
sessing keen foresight and clear judgment, Mr, Dollar early realized that real
estate in this section of the country was going to advance greatly in price and
made very judicious investments and today is the owner of several pieces of valu-
able property, and is the president of the Coeur d'Alene Investment Company, the
owners of the Idaho Hotel of this city. In addition to his other official duties, Mr.
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is practically liis only rciiiaininjr i-oniifctlon with tlic luiiihtT iiiteresls. He is one
of tile citizens of C'oeur d'Alene, who should be given the entire credit for his
success, as he has never been accorded any assistance in his various undertakings
other than is given to every business man of recognized capabilities, not having
had the benefit of intluential family or financial connections at the begiiniing of
his career. His initiative, powers of organization and executive ability enable him
to carry to a successful issue anything he may undertake, and to this fact can be
attriliuted much of his success. lie not t)nly readily recognizes op))ortunities but
possesses the faculty of creating tluni by dominating conditions, rather tliaii ])i r-
niitting them to control his endeavors.

.Mr. Dollar has .1 m ry pleas.int residence .at .Sl(> .Shcnii.iii .avenue, this city,
which is most graciously presided ii\rr by his wif( . «hi) |iriiir to their ni.irriage
on tile 17th of .January. I!)OG. w.is .Miss C'iiristina A. Pi.iyf.ir. One child has been
born to ^Ir. and Mrs. Doll.ar. W'iili.im A., whose birth occurred on the i2,'id of
December, 190(i.

Fraternally Mr. Dollar is connected witli the Benevolent and Protective Ordir
of KIks, belonging to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, Spokane: and the Inde))eiuiiiit
Orilri- of Odd Fellows of C'oeur d'Alene. He is also a worthy exemplar of tiie
.Masons, having taken thirty-two degrees in the Scottish Rite. He holds mein-
liership in Kootenai Lodge, No. ,'il-, F. & A. M.; Idaho Consistory, No. 3, S. P. R.
S. ; .111(1 he is also a knigiit templar and a shriner, belonging to Kl K.itif Temple,
.Spokane. Mr. Dollar is one of the )niblie-si)irited and enterprising citizens of the
town, in the develo]uiient of which lie t.ikes an active interest .and is .an enthusiastic
iimuiIm r of the Coeiir d'.VIeiie Coiiiinereial Club, being treasurer of this organiza-
tidii. It is to men of his tyjie tii.at the west is indebted for its wonderful develop-
iiieiit .and marked advance in the various lines of human activity; their initi.itivc,
optimism and tireless energy having enabled them to iinminti- the interests of the
country both commerci.illy and iiidustri.illy in an almost |)lnii(iiii<n.il ui.inner.

,li .1. (.KHLACH. .M. I).

Dr. Peter ,1. (Jerl.ieli bore the reputation of being one of .Spokane's most promi-
nent |)liysieians. his bro.id knowledge of scientific prineiph-s lli.il underlie the prac-
tice of medicine, bringing liiiii siibst.iiili.il success. He was born in Kingston. New
York, .Inly 9. IS.'jS. .and his life record covered the intir\ ciiiiig years to the 'JStli
of .Inly. 1898. He w.is the third of the four eliildren of Philip and I.ueind.i (>erl;uli,
both of whom died win n their smi Peter was quite sni.ill. the lallitr. wlm w.is a
sle.amboat capt.iin, h.iving been drowned while in comm.aiid of his vessel.

Dr. Cnrl.ich ))ursued his e.arly education at Schenectady, New York ;ind .ifter-
w.iri! .attended Rutgers College at New Brunswick, New .fersey. He engaged in
leaehing school .and in teaching writing in order to earn a sum of money sufficient
to eii.ible him to .attend college .ind study medicine. He beg.aii |)rep.ar,itioii for his
|irofcssion in Olnrlin ((illcgc .iiid ;if(( rw.ard attended .1 medical college in Cin-
cinn.iti. Ohio, from which he was gr.adu.ated with the class of 1 880. He then en-
tered upon the jir.aetice of niedieiiie in tliat city, and the following year came to
tin west settling in Spokane, here to continue to practice his profession with ex-

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cellent success, becoming recognized as one of the city's most capable and promi-
nent physicians. He always kept in touch with advanced methods, was careful in
the diagnosis of his cases, and as the years passed, won a very satisfactory prac-
tice. During the great fire in 1889 he suffered heavy losses, but with his iirm
purpose and unfaltering determination, he soon recuperated. However, once again
he met severe losses through fire. He added to his success, through careful in-
vestment in city real estate, and thus not only manifested his faitli in the future
of Spokane, but he also profited by his sound judgment in regard to property in-
vestment ; he likewise became an owner of two fine ranches.

On the 17th of April, 1882, Dr. Gerlach was married to Mrs. Lena Xietert,
daughter of Jacob and Lena (Dearing) AUgeyer, who came from Germany to
America locating in Chillicothe, Ohio, where the father became prominent in the
shoe business. By a former marriage, Mrs. Gerlach had two children: Lorraine
Nietert, now living in Oakland, California; and Harry F. Nietert of Spokane.

In his political views Dr. Gerlach was a republican, and was very active, not
only in the work of the party, but also in the support of many movements for the
general good. He was a lover of art and possessed considerable artistic ability
and talent, teaching art at one time in Aberlin College. He was interested in all
the movements which tend to uplift and benefit humanity. He held membersliip
in the Methodist church, and was identified with several fraternal organizations.
He became affiliated with the Knights of Pythias in Cincinnati, Oliio. in 1886, and
was afterward a member of Fall City Lodge No. iO, of Spokane, in which lie
served as chancellor and was one of its trustees. He was also a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while professionally, he was connected with
the County and State Medical Societies. His life was ever upright and honorable,
winning for him the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He deserves
much credit for what he accomplished in a business way, for he started out in life
empty-handed, and at all times gained the respect and confidence of his fellowmen.

VALENTINE W. BRASCH.

In the electrical field of business Valentine W. Brasch lias made his mark and
in the attainment of individual success has also contributed to public prosperity.
His present connection is that of secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Pressed
Brick Company, which was organized in 1910. He was born in Toledo, Ohio,
December 9, 1875, the son of Valentine and May ^Margaret Brasch, both of whom
were natives of Germany. The mother is now deceased but the fatlier is living
retired in Spokane. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the cause of his adopted
country and as a soldier of an Ohio regiment went to the front. Unto him and
his wife were born the following sons and daughters: Valentine W., Joseph, a
builder of Spokane ; William, living in Vancouver, British Columbia ; Henry, of
Nevada; Mrs. George Hedger, Mrs. Lillian Cuthbert and Mrs. Paul Heiser, all
of Spokane; and Mrs. Blanche Flinn, of Fresno, California.

During the boyhood of Valentine W. Brasch his parents removed from Ohio
to North Dakota and thence to Spokane, and in the various places of their resi-
dence the son pursued his education in the public schools. He came to this city

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witli liis f.iinily in ISXS) and. (iiUriiijr husimss life, w.is cniplovcd for a slicirt time
in tlif jewelry store of E. J. Hyde. H-- was afterward witli W. II. .'^towell and
C. M. I'a.sselt in tlie assayinp; .and drn<r l)n.slne.ss nntil the (irni dissolved, and Liter
was connected witii Mr. Stowell nntil liHHi. He tiien turned his attention to min-
ing and for the past two years has also been the secretary and tnasuri r of Uir
.Spokane Pressed Brick Comp.my. He is likewise the secret.iry and manager of
the Togo Mining <S; Smelting Company, of which he was one of the organizers.
Th.y own projjerty in the Cedar canyon district of Stevens comity, having three
hundred ,ind twi-nty .acres of miner.il l.iiids now under develo|)iinnt. They have
three thousand fi-et of tunnel shaft .and open cut hut the I.iek of tr.insport.ition
facilities is suspending .•ieti\e jinparatioiis in eoiinietioii with the propci-tw Thi-
values are in gold, silver and c<)|)per. .assays showing from one to ime hundred .ind
fifty dollars in the upper levels, wiiile tile lower levels sliow good values. Th<- main
tunnel is now in ten liundn d and lifty-six feet .and cuts (piite ,i luimlit r of veins
and ledgis. the \,ilu<s running from one to twenty-five doll.irs. In lillO all their
buildings were destroyed by fire and they .are now retimbering .and in the jiresent
year. 191'.'. will replace the buildings. This will be easy of access from the |)ro-
|K>sed new extension of the CJreat Northern K.iilroad from ^[;lreus u)) the Colum-
bia river. They had a few shiinnents m.ule to the CJranhy smelter and the car-
load lots aver.aged ten per cent c'oppir. Tii,- olficrs of tlie eninpaiiy arc M. Ishister,
president; William H. Stowell. treasurer; .lohn T. Davie, of tin- D.ivie Hrick
Comp.iiiy. vice president: and V . W. Hraseh. secretary .and m.an.ager.

In addition to his mining int<'rests Mr. Hr.iseii was also one of the organizers
of the Spokane Pressed Brick Company in 1910. It is capitalized for two hun-
dred thousand doll.irs and the plant was erected three and one-half miles north
of Hillyard. on the main line of the Great Northern. They constructed a spur a
mile from the Cireat Northern to the |ilant site, which is located on a verv large
bed of hriek-m.ikirig m.ateri.il. electricity furnishing tin- motive jiower for the o])er.i-
tion of the plant. This w.as inst.alled in such .a iii.anntr as to oper;it<- in oiii- ]).irt
of the Jilant entirely indejiendent of the other parts, the Washington Water Power
Company extending a high tension line to the plant for its operation. Work has
been going on since February. 1911. th. market being in Spokane and the sur-
rounding country. They manufacture both common and pressed brick .and it is
the intention of the eomi>any to double its eajiacity in 1912 so that they will be
able- to turn out sixty thousand bricks pi r d.iy. Tliey make a granite or .sand lime
brick and this feature is a f.ict of gre.al im|)ort,anee in the uniformity, size and
coloring of the output. The brick is flat with true edges which are neith.r warped
or bent. Tin ir product has been used in the new Telephone building; in the (ireat
Northern shojis at Hillyard; in the .Mead High School : tin llillvard Young .Men's
Christian Association building; the Br.ant building on North .Monroe stn-et. Spo-
kane; the Shaefer building on Brown street; the Closi- In .i])artment (Ui I'ourtli
and C<d.ir streets; and many others. Of the company .J. V. Elliott is jinsidiiit
and general nian.ager. with (i.orge C. CJates as vice president and Valentine W.
Brasch as secretary and tre.isurer. In .idditioii to his business interests already
mentioned Mr. Brasch is conneeted with the .M.aska United Copjier Exjjlor.ition
Company, in the Copper river district, and is interested in W.ashington properties
and in the Coeur d'Alenes.

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On the 30th of September. 1893, in Spokane, was celebrated the marriaiii- of
Valentine W. Brascli to !Mi.ss ^lamie Santarre, a daughter of Frank Santarre, of
Cloquet, Minnesota. The family attend the Catholic church, and Mr. Brasch
gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. Socially he is connected with
the Spokane Atliletic Club. He started out in tlie world as a clerk and has grad-
ually worked his way upward, building the ladder on which he has climbed through
his industry, his determination and his capability. History in Spokane and in
the Inland Empire is yet in the making and Mr. Brasch is numbered among those
wlio are writing their names upon its pages.

EUGENE ENLOE.

Among the men upon whom Medical Lake depends for its business prosperity
and financial development, none stand more prominent than Eugene Enloe. He was
born in Bond county, Illinois, on the 24th of April, 1851, his parents being Thomas
B. and Sarah (Cline) Enloe, the death of the former having occurred in 1859. the
latter still making her home in Illinois.

During his boyhood and youth Eugene Enloe attended the public and high
schools of Illinois until he was twenty years of age. At that time he started farm-
ing and continued in that pursuit for two years, after which he began his active busi-
ness career by entering the merchandise business at Woburn, Illinois. After con-
ducting this enterprise for six years, and subsequently a similar business in Green-
ville, Illinois, for three years, he taught school for a period of six months, at the
end of which time he took charge of a coal mine at Smithboro. Illinois. But the
west was fast opening up and gave promise of careers surj^assing anything the east
or the Mississijjpi valley could offer, and !Mr. Enloe being particularly energetic
and enterprising, gave up his mining position in Smithboro and came to Medical
Lake. After remaining in that town for a short period he went on to Wenatchee,
Washington, where he engaged in the hotel business for one year before return-
ing to Medical Lake and opening up a general merchandise store. At this time he
had practically nothing but a few dollars and a team of horses. His holdings in
fact were so small he was forced to mortgage his house for his first stock of goods,
but his keen discrimination, his sound judgment and his excellent management
were prominent even at this early day and he soon had built up a business which
brought him not only a large degree of success but was also highly profitable. It
was not many j^ears before this forceful, energetic and ambitious man had increased
liis business to such an extent that his total annual sales amounted to one hundred
thousand dollars. He did not stop at one undertaking, however, but devoted the
hours which are usually termed leisure to look up further investments which might
prove profitable. It seemed to him that real estate was one of the investments
which would pay best, and he in consequence purchased property to such an extent
that he now owns practically half of Medical Lake. In 1907 he sold his business
interests at ^Medical Lake and organized the Big Bend Light & Power Company
with a capital stock of three hundred thousand dollars, he being the owner of one
third of the stock. This company has stations throughout the Big Bend country.
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Light & Power Company, wiiicli extends its operations tlirougliout the central sce-
tion of Idalio. So rapidly are both these companies expanding that at the present
time all Mr. Enloe's time is taken u|) in their behalf, he being an officer in each.
He was also the organizer and the first |)resident of the First National Bank of
Medical Lake, but after he had lauiulucl this institution upon a sound basis he sold
his interests, feeling that the other c()ni))anies in which he was a stockholder re-
quired his whole attention. The safe conservative jiolicy which he has inaugurated
in all enterprises with whicii lie has connected himself, commands itself to the
judgment of all, and has been in a large degree the reason for the great growth
of these organizations.

At Woodburn, Illinois, on .M.ireii ,'iO, 1872, Mr. Kiiloe was united in marriage
to .Miss Clara M. Moss, the daughter of Lemuel S. and .Sarah Moss. They are
tlie ])arents of seven children, namely: Kthel. deceased, who w;is married to O. Per-
kins; Maud, wlio wedded E. Bowui.iii : I.uhi li.. wlio is married to J. Drew; Edith,
wiio is the wife of H. Ellis; Myrtle, who is the wife of Dr. J. A. Allen; Raymond,
who is attending school at .S])okane; and Keith, who is attending school at .Medical
Lake.

In politics Mr. Enloe gives his su])i)ort to the re])ublic;in party, believing its
policies are most conducive to good government. He has been very active in this
party .md has served as mayor and eouneilnian several times. lie has been .at-
tentive to all the details of his business, and has been mindful of all indications
pointing to prosperity and advancenunt, and from the Ixginning has always liad
faith in the ultimate success of bis undertakings. He has gained wealtli and promi-
nence for himself, and yet that has not been the only goal for which he has been
striving, for he belongs to a class of representative American citizens who jiromote
the general prosperitj" while .advancing individual interests. His pulilie s|)irited-
ncss is attested by the cooperation he gives to every movement tending to |)roini)te
the social and material welfare of his community.

PETER ERICKSON.

Peter Eriekson, president of the J. T. Davie Hriek Company, wiiich in its con-
tinuous development and expansion has come into control of one of the most impor-
tant productive industries of Spokane, the jilant, however, being now located at
Meade, was born at Galva, Henry county, Illinois, a son of Eric and Christina
(Jaderburg) Eriekson, both of whom were natives of Sweden, where they were
reared .and married. On coming to this country in ISVI- they settled at Galva. The
family mnnlx-red four daugiiters and two sons, who are now living in various ]>arts
of the country. In 1865 the parents removed to ^ladrid, Boone county, Iowa, where
the f.ather followed farming, but both are now deceased.

Peter Eriekson spent his youthful d.ays in his native county and enjoyed sueli
educational opportunities as the public schools aflFordid liini. Much of the year was
devoted to the labors of the fields for he assisted his f.-ither in the farm work until
the spring of 1883, having in the meantime accompanied tiie family to Boone county.
Iowa. He was twenty-five years of age when he left the parental roof and came
west to .Spokane, arriving in .Ajjril of that year. Here he entered tlie c'niploy of

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J. T. Davie, a brick manufacturer, with wliom he lias since been connected. Tliat
he was capable and faithful was indicated in the fact that promotions followed
until 1889, when he became a partner in the business, and when the companj' was
incorporated in 1904 he was elected to the presidency. He is furthermore asso-
ciated with industrial interests as one of the directors of the Bergman Clay Manu-
facturing Company, manufacturers of sewer pipes and brick.

On the 8th of November, 1885, Mr. Erickson was united in marriage to !Miss
Martha A. Dobkins, a daughter of George W. Dobkins, of this city, and unto them
have been born four sons, John Walter, Charles Franklin, Harry and Morris, the
eldest now fifteen years of age. The family reside at E. 917 Augusta avenue. Mr.
Erickson belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., and both he and his wife
are connected with the Eastern Star, living lives in harmony with the teachings of
Masonry concerning the brotherhood of mankind. Mr. Erickson deserves much
credit for what he has accomplished in life for he started out empty-handed and
has made his labor and his perseverance count for much as factors in industrial
circles. He has well earned his success which now places him with the representa-
tive business men of the citv.

AMASA B. CAMPBELL.

Amasa B. Campbell, who passed away on the 16th of February, 1912, was one
of the foremost mining operators in all of the northwest, being associated with John
A. Finch under the firm name of Finch & Cam])bell. He was one of the owners
in some of the most valuable mining properties of the Inland Empire and various
other business interests felt the stimulus of his cooperation.

His birth occurred in Salem, Ohio, April 6, 184,5, and he was a son of John
A. and Rebecca Perry (Snodgrass) Campbell. Tile family numbered ten chil-
dren, of whom Amasa B. Campbell was the youngest, his father dying before the
birth of this son. At the usual age he entered the public schools of Salem and
began work in a grain and wool commission business at the age of fifteen years.
It will thus be seen that no special advantages or influence aided him at the outset
of his career. Indeed he was forced to prove his own worth and he placed his
dejjendence ujion the substantial qualities of industry, determination and integrity,
recognizing the fact that there is no royal road to wealth.

At the age of twenty-two. in the year 1867. Mr. Campbell went to Omaha.
Nebraska, where he accepted a position with the Union Pacific Railroad, with which
he continued until the completion of the line. In 1871 he obtained his first mining
experience in Utah and thus laid the foundation for his subsequent prosperity.
He continued in that state until 1887, when he came to Spokane and entered into
partnership with John A. Finch. This relation was maintained until the death of
Mr. Campbell and the operations of the firm in the development of mining property
placed them in a position in advance of all others. They were first owners of
the Gem mine in the Coeur d'Alene district and later, associated with friends of
Milwaukee and Youngstown. Ohio, they organized the Milwaukee Mining Com-
pany, of which Mr. Campbell was president and ]Mr. Finch secretary and treas-
urer. For over twelve years they successfully operated that mine and in 1891

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Ifgan llie «iuii)iiuiit ,iiid dtvclopincnt iif tlie Standard iiiiiu' ;ind subsequently of
tile Heel.i mine, both of wliieli an- still paying large dividends. Mr. Campbell
was also president of these, with his p.irtner a.s secretary and tre.isurer. Tliev
began oper.itions in Hritish Columbia in 18!».'i, when they entired the Sloean dis-
triet. opening ami divelopiiig llif I'.iitrrpris,- .inil .standard miuts. wliieh are still
p.iying properties. There was hardly a sueeessful mining enti-rjirisi- in the whole
distriet in which they were not interested Hn.inei.illy .and otherwist-. .•md no firm
did more to devclo]) the mining industry in tin lul and I'.mpire. The (irni n.ime
of Pinch & Campbell became synonymous with the import.int mining activities ol the
northwest. .Mr. Campbell w;is .also a director of the Traders N.ition.il J5ank. ;i
heavy stockholder in the Spokane & Eastern Trust Com])any .and ot the W.ishing-
ton W.-iter I'ower Comi)any. serving as direetor of the latter for ,i luunber of
years but at length resigning on .account of f.ailing li<-,ilth. He g.ive tli<- l.ind on
which the C.irn<gi<- libr.ary of .'^pllkaIle w.as erected, it now being worth one hun-
rlred tbous.and doll.ars.

On the vitith of .M.areh, INiH). .at ^'oiingstown, Ohio, Mr. ( '.•nii|ibrll w.is united
in marriage to Miss Grace M. Pox, a daughter of George U. and .M.irv K. (Camp-
bell) Pox, of Canton, Ohio. To them was born one daughter, Helen. The familv
residence, one of the beautiful homes of .Spokane, is situated at No. iilHd Pirst
.nenu<- .111(1 w.as erected in 1898.

Mr. Campbell belonged to the .Masonic fr.iternity .and his life record was in
harmony with the teachings of the craft. Mr. Campbell was one of Spokane's
millionaires and yet there were fiw im n who so entirely lacked the [iride of
purst . He judged his fellownieii not by wealth but by indi\idii.il worth, .ind true
worth on the p.art of anyone could win his friendship and regard.

JAMES W. ROUSE.

.Tames \V. Rouse, engaged in the re.al-estate business in Spokane, si>ccializing
in city property, has placed upon the market several additions, which are now
being developed into attractive residence districts of the city. Since starting out
in life on his own account, he has .advanced steadily step by step and each position
to whicli h,' has attained has brought liiiii a broader outlook and wider oi)portuni-
ties. He c.une to the northwest in connection with railw.ay service. He is a son
of New England, his birth having occurred in Rockland, Maine. .January 21.
is.-,!i. His ancestry in both the ))aternal and maternal lines is traced b.ack to .Scot-
land. His great-grandfather was Captain Rouse, who .served in the Revolutionary
war and was ca])tured by the Rritisli. but managed to make his escape at a jilace
wliich has .since been call, d in his honor. Rou.se Point. Dr. .lames William Rouse,
the f.ather of him whose n.aine introduces this review, was born in Virginia and
became a successful practicing physician. He was also prominent in his hom
locality in other w.iys. especially as a political leader of the democratic jiarty. .\l
the time of the Mexican war he enlisted for .ieti\e service with the .\incrican
.army, went to tin- front as a surgeon with the troojis under Gener.al Shields and
wh.ii that eoiriiiiiiider was injured, dressed his wounds. His first and last days
Were sjxnt in tin- south, for he died in .Xrkansas in 190,S, but for m.anv ve.ars in

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the interim he was a resident of Rockland, Elaine. In early manliood he wedded
Mary Elizabeth Titus, who was born in Nova Scotia, and died in 1900. Seven of
her brothers were Union soldiers in the Civil war, and afterward became sea cap-
tains and later prominent shipbuilders. Her father also occupied a leading posi-
tion in connection witli tliat business at Rockland, Maine. Those ot the family
who are still living are yet residents of Rockland.

James W. Rouse had a brother, Frank Rouse, who died at Fontaine Point
of yellow fever, while serving as a member of Company K of the Seventy-first
New York Volunteers, which command charged at San Juan Hill, in the Spanish-
American war. Another brother, George Rouse, was drowned at sea witli all the
ship's crew. He left Australia and since the time when his ship sailed from ])ort,
has never been heard from. In the family were the following daughters : Mrs.
Mabel Freeman, who is now living at Colorado Springs, Colorado; Lizzie, the
wife of Frank Miller, of New Orleans, president of the Audubon Society; Jennie,
the wife of Albert Winslow, an alderman of Rockland, !Maine; Avis, the wife of
Senator J. Henry Cochran, a millionaire of Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and !Mrs.
Minerva Hayward, whose husband is a farmer at Holden, Maine.

James W. Rouse pursued his education in the academy at Lee, ^Nlaine, and
first engaged in railroad work in connection with the locomotive department of the
New Brunswick & Canada Railroad. He was afterward with the Atchison, Topeka
& Sante Fe Railroad and later became a conductor on the Burlington line of the
Cliicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He next filled a similar position on the
Northern Pacific and also on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In railway
circles he gradually worked his way upward and at length was given charge of
the maintenance work of tlie Canadian Pacific Railroad at Nelson, British Colum-
bia, and in 1901 of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, which is now
the Oregon «& Washington line. He resigned from the latter in February, 1910,
to engage in the real-estate business, to wliich he has since given his attention mider
the name of the J. W. Rouse Company. He conducts a general real-estate busi-
ness, yet specializes in city property. He put upon the market the Lincoln View
addition of fifteen acres at Twenty-ninth avenue and Southeast boulevard, which
was divided into seventy-two lots ; also the Rouse addition at Thirteenth and
Southeast boulevard, dividing an acre into five lots. He has also bought and sold
quite extensively in Roosevelt addition and built his home two blocks from the
Boulevard car line, on Eighteenth avenue. He also has extensive property hold-
ings in the southeast part of the city and in his real-estate operations principally
handles his own properties. There are few who become residents of the northwest
M'ho do not at some time become interested in mining, and Mr. Rouse has been no
exception to the rule. In 1879 he went into Washington Ciulch for the Elk City
Gold Mining Company and was in charge of the hoisting works. During all the
twenty-eight years of his railway service there was never an injury occurred to a
passenger or to a train with wliich he was connected, and he was never in the court
room except to rejiort on cases in which others were concerned. He has belonged
to the Order of Railway Conductors for a quarter of a century and is still an active
and valued member. In politics he is a liberal democrat and was a member of the
first grievance committee that ever waited on the president of a railroad in the
United States, being named one of six to visit the president of the Union Pacific
and attempt to secure the adjustment of certain matters.

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In rchniary, 1883, in Pueblo, Colorado, .Mr. Rouse was united in marriage to
Miss Emma M. Haile, a daughter of Amos Haile, a native of Gouvcrncur, New
\()rk. aiid a distant relative of Senator Male, of Maine. Tile former is of Scotch
descent. By ox team the family removed to Nel)ra.ska, when the Civil war was in
progress, his daughter Emma at that time being an infant. He staked out a claim
of three hundred and twenty acres, where Lincoln. Nebraska, now stands, and
became identifier! with the pioneer development of that lo<'ality. He died of sun-
stroke when the jircsent Mrs. Rouse was seven years of age.

George Haile Rouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rouse, is associated with
his father in the real-estate business and is jiroving himself a most enter))rising
and progressive young man. He was graduated from the Spokane high school with
the class of January, 1908, and afterward entered the University of Washington,
from wliich he was graduate'd with the highest honors. While in the high school he
won every point in athletics for three successive years and for two years was man-
ager of the football team and during 1907, while, manager, held the ehani])ioiishiii
of the northwest. He was also captain of his high school track team and held the
record for the fifty-j'ard dash made in five and two-fifths seconds. He niadfi that
time at the Spokane fair grounds in ]9()(). and also at Walla Walla in May, 1906.
While in the universitv he was also a member of the track team and was ver}' pop-
ular in athletic circles and also among the whole student body of the school. On
the 8th of July, 1911, he married Dorothy J. Roche. They reside on Sixteenth
street and Southeast boulevard, where George H. Rouse has erected an attractive
home. The only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rouse is Avis Ann, the wife
of W. N. Poole, manager of the Yale Columbia Lumber ('oui))any. of Nelson,
British Columbia, and ;i iironiinent lumberman throughout the northwest.

Mr. Rouse is a member of Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, V. & A. M., also of the Owls
and of the Sigin.a Alpha Epsilon, a college fraternity. The firm of Rouse & Son
is tod.'iy a j)romincnt one in real-estate circles, by reason of the extent and im-
portance of its members' operations, their comprehensive knowledge concerning
realty values and (Ik ir straightforward draling in all busiiu ss transactions.

HARRY C. HAYES.

'I"he Inl.and Empire has develojied most ra])idly during the jiast two decades
and great tracts of land hitherto uncultivated and undeveloped have been placed
upon the market and have been converted into farms, or used as town sites. Set-
tlers from all parts of the country have flocked to this region and the real-estate
man has had splendid opportunity to win success in his o])erations and also to
further public progress in guiding the settlement and development of the district.
It is in this connection th.at Harry C. H.ayes has become known, having sohl large
tracts of land in the Inland Empire.

He was born in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, .June •i.'i. IS?."). His f.-itln r, II. I.. 1 1.iyes.
claims descent from English ancestry and from those who iiartieip.ated in the
struggle for independence in the Revolutionary war. Two of his brothers were
soldiers of the Civil war. H. L. Hayes was born in Ontario, Canada, but in early
life became a resident of Peshtigo, Wiseiinsiii. .iikI lost both bis jiarents there.

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He passed through the great iire wliich burned over that section of the country
and he also contributed to the pioneer development of the state. He and his wife
are now living in Spokane and are well known in the city. The latter bore the
maiden name of Delia Sage and was born in New York. The sons of the family
are: Raymond, an engineer on the Northern Pacific; George R., of Spokane; and
Harry C ; while the daughters are: Mrs. W. T. Murpliy and Miss Marjorie Hayes,
both residing in Spokane.

The family removed from Wisconsin to South Dakota and there Harry C. Hayes
pursued his education in the higli school and university at Vermilion, that state,
being graduated in 1893. His first business experience was as editor and part
proprietor of the Record, a weekly paper at Hector, Minnesota. He spent two
years there and then went to Minneapolis, where he worked on the Tribune and
Journal for three years. In 1900 he came to Spokane and for four years was
engaged in the timber business, after which he returned to the journalistic field,
being connected with the Review until 1909. He then organized the Progressive
Realtv Company, Incorporated, of which he became the president, and has since
operated in real estate. WHiile he handles all kinds of property, he has largely
dealt in farm lands and has sold a large amount of land throughout the Spokane
country. He has thoroughly acquainted himself with property values, knows the
possibilities for development, understands what the future has in store and is
enabled to give his clients what they desire.

Mr. Hayes at the time of the Spanish-American war enlisted in the Thirteenth
Minnesota Volunteers but on account of illness was mustered out. He is pleasantly
situated in his home life, which had its inception in his marriage, in June, 1899, to
Miss Freda Schoenbeck, a daughter of Fred Schoenbeck, who was an active partici-
pant in the work of putting down the Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, when that
district was upon the frontier. Five children have come to bless this home: Harold,
Rupert and Lloyd, all in school ; and an interesting pair of twins, Arden and
Ardath.

JOHN T. DAVIE.

If information is desired concerning the early history of Spokane, John T.
Davie is one who may well be consulted concerning events which have left their
impress upon the annals of the city, for he arrived here in 1879 when its popula-
tion numbered about two hundred. He had faith in its future and time has demon-
strated the wisdom of his belief. He arrived in Spokane empty-handed and
throughout all the intervening years he has been connected with brick manufactur-
ing here, being now secretary and treasurer of the J. T. Davie Brick Company,
one of the important productive enterprises of the city.

He was born January 25, 18.51. in the Orkney islands, of Scotland, and his
parents were Malcolm and Catherine (Robertson) Da^ie. The father was for a
period of seven years in the service of the Hudson Bay Company and traveled
throughout the northwest and British Columbia about 1835. It was this that
brought to John T. Davie his first knowledge of the west as gleaned from stories
related bv his father. His education was acquired in Scotland and for a time

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lie engaged in clerking in a dry-goods store, but lie felt that the outlook there was
limited and on attaining his majority he came to the United States, landing at
Hoston. Massachusetts, whence he made his way to Martha's Vineyard, where he
learned the brick-manufacturing trade. For two years he there remained and in
June, 1874, came to the Pacific coast, settling first at Xappa, California, where he
continued in the same business and also engaged in the manufacture of j)aving
blocks commonly known as Belgium blocks. While residing in California he heard
much concerning the Spokane country as early visitors to this district recognized
its ])ossil>ilities and its natural resources and spread abroad the story ooneerning
its advantages. This led Mr, Davie to determine to try his fortune in the Inland
Empire and in 1879 he started by steamer to Portland and thence made his way
up the Columbia river. He arrived in Walla ^\■.•lll■^. Washington, in IIk fill of
that year and not having sufficient money with him to p;iy his transportation by
stage he walked the remainder of the way to .'Spokane, where he arrived on the
l.")tli of \ovember, 1879. The town was small but he recognized tlie fact that
it had an excellent situation and that its growth would probably be rapid. Ac-
cordingly he perfected arrangements to engage in business here and the following
spring established a brick manufactory which he has since conducted. His busi-
ness has grown year by year and the office of the comiiany is still maintained in
.Spokane although in 1902 the plant was removed to Meade, Washington, where
he has a splendidly equiiJiicd establishment, utilizing the most modern process and
the latest improved machinery. His shipments are now extensive and almost from
the first the business has been upon a paying and profitable basis.

After his arrival in .S|)okane Mr. Davie was instruineiital in having .i lirotlu r
and sister come to this eity. The former, William Davie, died here in 1901,
and the sister, Jane, is now the wife of R. C. Aim, of Spokane. He also educated,
sujjported and brought to this country his two nieces, who are now !Mrs. J. W.
Tabor, of Walbice, Idaho, and Mrs. R. M. Cole, who lives on Peone prairie.

Mr. Davie attends the Unitarian church and fraternally is connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with the F.Iks Lodge, No. '228. In poli-
tics he has always been a republican and served as councilman during Mavor Drum-
heller's administration. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and co-
operates heartily in all of its carefully organized movements for the benefit of
.Spokane and its various measures to bring to the notice of the world tiie advantages
of this city and of the surrounding district.

DAVID I..\ I!.\r. M. D.

Specializing largely in surgery, in wliieli eonneetion Iir docs inneli work .it
Sacred Heart Hos))ital, Dr. Da^^d La Bau has achieved marked success. He was
bom in .Stoutsberg, New Jersey, March !•, 18.">8. Of that city his parents. David
and Elizabeth (Wert) La Bau, were also natives. The father traced his aneestrv
back to the French Huguenots. The family was founded' in America in 1620. and
when the colonies attcm])tcd to win indejxndenee from the mother country, mem-
bers of the family aided in the Revolutionary war. David L;i Bau devoted his
life to fanning and was thus engaged to the tinn- of liis (hath in 1907. He ii.id

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long survived his wife, who passed away in 1863, and who was of English lineage,
although representing a family that was planted on American soil in colonial
days. Dr. La Ban has two brothers : Wesley L., who makes his home in Boston,
although he is temporarily at Lewiston, Idaho ; and John W., who is a resident of
Sumpter, Oregon.

Liberal educational advantages were given Dr. La Bau, who attended Columbia
University, where he won his jarofessional degree in 1880. His connection witli
the medical profession in Washington dates from 1 883. He visited Spokane that
year but registered in Franklin county. After practicing for some time in Colville,
he removed to Nelson, British Columbia, where he continued for nineteen v'ears,
establisliing his home there in 1887. He again came to Spokane in 1908 and in
the four years which have since come and gone has built up a large practice. He
has always kept thoroughlj^ informed concerning the advanced work of the profes-
sion, reading broadly and following the work of eminent physicians and surgeons
in their investigations and research. He has shown particular skill in the field of
surgery and has practiced largely in that field at Sacred Heart Hospital.

On the 26th of November, 1896, in Portland, Oregon, Dr. La Bau was united
in marriage to Miss Maude Scott, a cousin of the late Harvey Scott, proprietor
and editor of the Oregonian. They now have one child, Donna Elizabeth La Bau,
who is in school. Dr. La Bau is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of
the Inland Club. In politics he is a republican but \Wthout ambition for office.
Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to a Masonic lodge in British Columbia, to
the Knights Templar commandery at Rossland, British Columbia, and to the con-
sistory and Mj'Stic Shrine at Spokane. He has had ample opportmiity in liis
practice to exemplify the beneficent spirit of the craft and countless cases could
be cited where he has aided his brethren of the order. He places liis professional
duties before all else and discharges them with a sense of conscientious obligation,
and yet finds time for those social interests and activities which contribute so much
to the joy and pleasure of life and constitute an even balance for business.

ROBERT J. KIRK-PATRICK.

With the rapid development of the northwest when each year brings many citi-
zens to this section of the country, the real-estate business is a most important one,
its representatives enabling newcomers and those alread}' residents here to secure
such property and make such investments as they desire. It is in this business
that Robert J. Kirk-Patrick is now putting forth his energies most effectively
largely specializing in business property and high class residences. He was born
in Lebanon, Tennessee, January 29, 1869, and has every reason to be proud of his
ancestry, coming from one of the well known old southern families. Back of this,
too, there is an ancestry honorable and distinguislied, the family living many cen-
turies ago in Scotland. The motto on the family crest was derived from a reply
which one Kirk-Patrick made to Robert Bruce. On a certain occasion he rushed
up to Bruce and asked: "A\niat's the matter?" Bruce responded: "I killed a
Jesuit," whereupon Kirk-Patrick said: "I make sure." The crest shows a lifted
hand and dagger and underneath the motto, "I make sure." Three brothers of

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tlic name, leaving tlicir lionic in Scotland, came to the new world, one settlinfj in
\'irginia, another in Pennsylvania and a third in Ohio. Lapley .1. Kirk-Patrick,
the father of Robert J. Kirk-Patrick, was descended from the \'irginia branch
of the family. He wjis born in Tennessee and served as a soldier in the Con-
federate army under General Howard, and one of his brothers was also a soldier
in the Civil war. He married Nannie Davis, who wa,s bom in Lebanon, Tennessee,
a daughter of Mrs. Elizabetii Davis, who was one of the very early settlers of
that place and also verj' prominent there. She was born in North Carolina, Sep-
tember 16, 1799, and died February 23, 1899, when almost one liundrrd years
of age, having outlived all of her children. The Davis family in .Vnnriea, too,
antedated the Revolutionary war and was of English descent. The iliatli of
I.apley .1. Kirk-Patrick occurred in January, 1881, and four years later, in 1885,
his wife jjasscd away. Li the family were five sons and one d;iughter. One of
the sons. Forrest Kirk-Patrick, is now engaged in merchandising in Nashville,
Tennessee.

Robert .1. Kirk-Patriek, another son, pursued iiis education in the C'uuiberl.aiid
University at Lebanon, Tennessee, but long prior to completing his course he had
entered business circles, being employed in his uncle's mercantile house of th.at
citj- at the time when he was so small that a board was placed so that he could
walk upon it and thus bring him sufficiently high above the counter to transact busi-
ness. In 1882 he left Lebanon, going to Nashville where he entered the wholc-
s.ale business, being but sixteen years of age when he was sent upon tlie road as a
traveling salesman. For five years he was thus employed but at Chattanooga,
Tennessee, he left the road, declaring that never again would he work for any man,
and he never has. Since that time he has continued in business independently. He
entered the real-estate field in Ch.attanooga and afterward became general agent
for the New York Life Insurance Company which he represented for two and a
half years, or until 1889. On the 15th of June of that year he arrived in Wash-
ington, D. C, where he conducted a general real-estate .and insurance business,
meeting with excellent success in his undertakings there. One of his last deals
netted him twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars as the result of three days'
work.

In 1905 Mr. Kirk-P.atriek visited the Lewis and Cl.irk Exposition •il I'ort-
laiid .and tile same year came to SiJokanc, where he cstal)lislitd his home and turned
liis attention to tin cii\ ( l()])ment of mining interests in tin- northwest. He be-
e.-ime connected "itii tin- Inti-rn.itional Co))per ('onii).iny of Washington, the
Ciraham-Ross Mining ('onii)any of Idaho and the Olingliouse Comiiany of Nev.ida.
In coiwieetion with others and as a member of the Graham-Ross Coni|3any he worked
the famous Anaconda Mine. He also erected a one hundred stamp mill on the
Olingliouse and ])ut up a mill on the Idaho jirojierty but has since dis))osed of
his int<-rests in Idaho, although he is still connected with the Olingliouse, a free
milling property tliirty-five miles from Reno. On withdrawing from active con-
nection with mining operations he engaged in the real-estate and loan business and
has s]ieeiali/.ed in business o))portunities and high class residences. He has made
it a point to further acquaint himself with pro])erties u|)iim tlie market .and is re-
garded as an expert valuator of real estate, thoroughly ae(iiiainted with all market-
able holdings. In the year 1910 he sold propiTty to the amount of iimri tli.ari a
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was two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. He is also interested in the Pal-
mer Union Oil Company of Los Angeles, California, comprising eighteen hundred
and thirty acres of proven oil lands, lying north of the Palmer gushers. The
company has five wells, one of them producing five thousand barrels daily.

When in Washington, D. C, Mr. Kirk-Patrick became a member of New Jeru-
salem Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. ]\L He has never been actively interested in politics
and maintains an independent position, voting for the candidate whom he regards
as best qualified for office. He holds membership in the Presbyterian church and
his aid can ever be counted upon in cooperation with projects for the public good
along material, intellectual, civil and moral lines. He finds his chief source of
recreation in riding. He has ever been a lover of horses and has continuously acted
as manager of the horse show of Spokane. He may be seen any day driving a
fine team through the streets of Spokane yet he never allows pleasure to inter-
fere with business, although he is cognizant of the fact that concentration upon
business to the exclusion of all else produces a warped and one-sided development.
His interests and activities have therefore reached out into other lines and be
stands today as a splendid example of what may be accomplished not only in the
business field but also in the attainment of those things which broaden one's vision
and add incentive and interest to life.

C. T. HANSEN.

Charles T. Hansen, secretary of The Day & Hansen Security Company, needs
no introduction to those who are familiar with the hi.story of financial enterprises
and land projects in the northwest. His initial spirit has made him a leader in
much that has been successfully accomplished along those lines, and because of
his extensive circle of acquaintance his life history cannot fail to prove of inter-
est to many of our readers.

He was born at Siouv City, Iowa, April 6, 1871, a son of Nels M. and Isabel
Valhor Hansen, of that city. Both parents were natives of Norway, and after
coming to Sioux City engaged in merchandising. They died within a few weeks
of each other when their son Charles was but thirteen years of age. The daugh-
ters of the family were: Louise, who died in 1898; and Helen, the wife of William
T. Day.

In the public schools of Iowa, Charles T. Hansen was educated, and for a
time attended the Highland Park College at Des Moines. After spending a period
in farming, he entered the employ of W. T. Day & Company, general merchants
at Castana, Iowa, and has ever since been associated with William T- Day in
various enterprises, a most harmonious relation existing between them, the labors
of one ably seconding and rounding out the efforts of the other.

In 189i he accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Castana Savings
Bank, and in 1898 was elected cashier, which position he successfully filled until he
removed to Spokane in 1906, to become active in the management of the Washing-
ton Land Company, of which he was secretary and treasurer. Mr. Hansen was
one of the organizers of said company, established March 1, 1902, with head-
quarters at Waterville, Washington, with a paid-up capital of one hundred and fifty

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tliousaiui dollars, which was incri-astd in ]90(i to rive hundred thousand dollars,
and the headquarters of the company removed from Waterville to Spokane, when
Mr. Hansen moved to Spokane and became active in the manajremcnt of said com-
pany. The Washington Land Company purchased large tracts of unimproved land
in Douglas county, and some idea of the extent and importance of their operations
may he gleaned from the fact th.it in six years tiny limkc out ,iii(i improved over
sixteen thousand acres of land.

Mr. H.'insen was associated with \\'illi;nn T. Day, his hrotlur-iu-law. in a co-
partnership of Day & Hansen in Monona county, Iowa, where they wcri- large
owners and developers of farm lands. They also cstihlishcd tiie Turin H.mk, at
Turin, Iowa, which they sold Janu.-iry 1, 1908. Early in llu yc.ir I !l()8 they dis-
jjosed of about three thousand acres of their Iowa land, and organized The Day
& Hansen Security Company, with a paid-up capital of one million dollars which
took over all the interests of Day & Hansen, including The Washington Land
Company. This company operates extensively in improved farm i)roperty, and
is among the most progressive in their line. The comjiany has purchased within
the last three years over thirty-two thousand acres of land in Powell county,
western .Montana, which is .ill under fin<-f and iiii]iri)vr(i. ind over ten thousand
acres in cultivation.

They also own .-ind control livi- li.inks. inehuiing Tiic \\'.itrr\illc .S.-ivings U.uik
of Waterville. Washington, of which Mr. Hansen is presidi nt : Tin- National Bank
of Oakcsdale, Washingtmi; Blair & C«rrip?iny.!' TSapkers, o( llelmville, Montana:
The Castana Savings Bank, of Castan'a, "Iowa : an(J The Moscow State Bank, of
Moscow, Id.iiio. of all of which institutions Mr. Hansen is a member of the board
of directors. The company has established a large mortg.'ige-loan business in
eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Mont.uia. .ind the attraction of
said sections of the country as a loaning field is one of tin- prineip.il f.ietors that
led to the organization of the comi)any.

On tile l.Hli of August. 1901. .Mr. H.-uimh w.is ni.irri.d to .Miss Klsie Day,
daughter of .Foseph B. 1'. .iiul Sophia (Thomas) Day, of Cast;ina, low.i. They
reside at No. 1117 Eighth avenue.

Mr. Hansen is a member of the Spokane Club .ind the Spokane Country Club.
He has becomi- will known in tin- northwest through his extensive and important
operations in land, and ijroniinent connection with financial interests. The firm
of The Day & Hansen .Security Company is regarded as one of the most con-
servative .iiid jirogressive of this section.

SOFT'S B. XFI.SOV. D. V. S.

Dr. .Sofiis B. Nelson, professor of veterinary science at the Washington State
College, and also state veterinarian, was born at Veile. Denmark. December 21,
1867, a son of Nels P. and M;iric Beartclson. both of wlioni wcri' ii.-itives of Den-
mark, where the father died in ISTf! and IIk niotli. r in 1911. In the family were
three .sons and three daughters. The two brotlw rs of Sofns B. Nelson are resi-
dents of this country. Peter B. Nelson living in C"al<rary, Canada, while Nels P
Nelson makes his home in Brewster, Washington. The two sisters are .Anna and

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Ingeborg, still residents of Veile, Denmark, the third sister having died quite
young.

For two or three years Dr. Nelson pursued his education in the common scliools
of his native country and afterward became a student in the public schools of
Avoca, Iowa, where he passed through consecutive grades until he became a high-
school student. In 1886 he entered the Iowa State College and was graduated in
1889 with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery. In 1890 he held the posi-
tion of house surgeon in the veterinary department of the Iowa State College.

On the 14th of December, 1890, Dr. Nelson came to Spokane and opened an
office in the Granite block, practicing continuously until Februar3^ 1893, when he
went to Europe and became a special student in the Royal Veterinary College of
Copenhagen. In July, 1893, he returned to Spokane, where he resumed practice,
following the profession in a private capacity until the spring of 1895, when he
was elected professor of veterinary science at the Washington State College. He
also became veterinarian at the experiment station and his election to that posi-
tion carried with it the office of state veterinarian and a member of the state board
of health. For two years, in the '90s, he was secretary of the state board.

The department of veterinary science was established in Pullman in 1900 in
connection with the state college and the first class was graduated in 1902. Since
that time a class has been graduated each year, with the exception of 1903. Two
years ago the provision was made that the senior class should be conducted in
Spokane and to provide for this a building was constructed on Indiana and Kalispell
streets. It is fully equipped and all of the latest and most improved appliances that
money can buy have been secured. They treat on an average from eighteen hun-
dred to two thousand patients per year, including cattle, dogs and horses. It is
the purpose of the department to give the j'oung men of today the highest pos-
sible scientific and practical training necessary to fit them for the work of veterinar-
ians. In addition to his duties as teacher and head of the department, Dr. Nelson
has been especially interested in the work of eradicating tuberculosis in domesti-
cated animals in this state and in the development of the stock industry in Wash-
ington. He was a delegate to the tuberculosis congress in Washington, D. C, in
1908. and presented a paper that was very noteworthy. He has written and sjjoken
much concerning the various methods of eradicating tuberculosis, also upon the
subjects of a sanitary milk supply and the general sanitary condition of farms.
His addresses are based upon broad scientific knowledge, keen observation and
practical experience. For twenty years he has been a member of the American
Veterinary Medical Association and has done important work on its executive com-
mittee.

In November, 1895, Dr. Nelson was married to Miss J. Ettchen Uhden, a
daughter of Cliarles Uhden, a wholesale commission merchant of Spokane. Her
mother belonged to the Habicht family, whose ancestry can be traced back to the
year 1400, representatives of the name having been actively connected with Martin
Luther in the period of the reformation. Mrs. Nelson was associated for a num-
ber of years vidth the Fortnightly Club at Pullman and was quite active in its
work. She has always been a great student of literature and therefore was ac-
corded a prominent position in the club to which she belonged. Dr. and Mrs.
Nelson attend the Congregational church and he is a INIason, holding membership
with Whitman Lodge, No. 49, F. & A. M., at Pullman, the chapter at Colfax, and

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the consistory and Mystic Shrine at Spokane. For twenty years he has iieen a
nieniher of the Woixlmen of tile World and is also ideiitilied with the Scandinavian
Brotherhood of America. In polities he is a rei)ul)lie,iM .iiul while he keeps well
informed on the (luestions and issues of the day prefers to j^ivc his snp|)ort to well
organized private rather than to political interests and activities. He aids in pro-
moting public progress as a nieniher of the Chamber of Commerce and is well
kno\ni socially in Spokane as a member of the Inland Club. He stands as one
of the foremost re|)rescntatives of the jirofession in the entire west, liis broad
kiKiwhdge making his oiiininns an authority upon the (|iiestinMs ediiiKilid with
veterinarv science.

JOHN DICKINSON SHERWOOD.

Few of the important public <nter|)rises of Spokane havi' failed to jirofit by the
cooperation and subst.iiiti.il indorsement of .lolin Dickinson Sherwood who is a
western man iiy lijrtli. traiiiiiiir .nul preference and yet a Harv.ird jrr.iduate. His
record stands in contradistinction to the views of some well known business men
of the country that college training does not equip one especially well for life's
practical duties and responsibilities. Mr. Sherwood was born in S.iii Francisco,
California. October 12. I860, a son of Benjamin F. and Almira 'P. (Dickinson)
Sherwood. The f.-ither removed from New York city to California in 1S,T'2 and
was there engaged in mining and in the commission Inisiness. He died in 1875
and is still survived by his widow who now in.ikes her home in New "i'ork citv.
They were residents of San Francisco, liowever. during the boyhood and youth of
John D. Sherwood, who through that period was a pupil in the public .uid high
schools of San l''raneisco and later su|)i)lemented his ]irelimin;iry course in H:ir-
vard College, from which he was gr.idu.it. d .\.I?. with tlie class of 188."?. Believ-
ing that the west offered bro.idir (i|i|)(irl unities th.in the older and more conserva-
tive east be came to Spokane shortly .ifler the completion of his college course
and joined E. Dempsic in a mercantile enter|)rise, on tlie east side of Howard
street between Front and Main avenues, under the firm name of Sherwood &
Dempsie. Success attended them but in three years Mr. Sherwood sold out to
his partner and entered the real-estate business. Since that time he has been
closely associated with Spokane's upbuilding and development along \;irioiis lines.
His business activities have all been of a ehar.icter that has contributed to public
progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. In 188.". he became as-
sociated with Fr.ink R. Moore. I'ri d Ch.imberlain. William Pettit .ind others in
organizing the first electric light company and installed tht ).laiit in the ('. .S: C.
mills, taking .-i contract to light the city with arc lamps. This w.is really the
nucleus of what later became the Washin^jton Water Power Com])any. Mr. Sher-
wood's name is also connected with the building of the first cable street railroad
here, a line extending from the Monroe street bridge out Boone to the army jiost
and also another extending south on Monroe to Thirteenth .street and east on Thir-
teenth for five blocks. The eomp.inv bought the Sjiokane .Street Railway from
Brown & Cannon and in 1891 aholisiied the cables, thereafter using electricity
as the motive ]Jower. The same people were organizers of the Washington Water

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Power Company, the various companies being consolidated in 1899 and all taken
over by the Washington Water Power Company of which Mr. Sherwood was tlie
vice president. Prior to this he had served as president of the Spokane Street Rail-
way and was a director of the Wasliington Water Power Company for over twenty
years. His labors have thus been an effective force for the upbuilding, develop-
ment and improvement of Spokane. He also built the Northwest boulevard and
the Southeast boulevard and was one of the citizens who helped establish the
army post at Spokane, contributing most generously to that cause. Just prior to
the fire he had completed the erection of a six-story structure known as the "Wash-
ington building" on the present site of the "Sherwood building" on Riverside
avenue. This was the highest building in the city at that time and was the second
to have elevator service. It was destroyed by fire in 1889 with a loss of some sixty
thousand dollars to Mr. Sherwood, but with undaunted purpose he set to work
to retrieve his lost possessions and in accom])lishing this the public has been a
direct beneficiary for his labors have always been an element in general progress.
For a considerable period he was very ])rominent in the Chamber of Commerce and
was its first vice president.

On the 25th of November, 1896, Mr. Sherwood was married to Miss Jose-
phine B. Come, a daughter of Joseph and Anna (Reppert) Come, of Marietta,
Ohio. They reside at No. 2941 Summit avenue, Mr. Sherwood having erected this
residence in 1898. He belongs to the Spokane Club and to the Harvard Club
and in the latter organization maintains pleasant relations with those who also claim
Harvard as their alma mater. He has never been actively interested in politics
to hold office and j^et few men in private life have done more for the city's welfare.
His thorough college training prepared him to use his native talents to the best
advantage and developed in him that judgment which has enabled him to make
wise selection of those forces, factors and interests which prove of greatest value
and effectiveness in the business circles and in the world's work.

H. H. McCarthy, m. d.

Dr. H. H. McCarthy meets all of the requirements of a capable physician.
^\^len a lawj'er is brusque and crabbed the public usually feel that it is because
he is engaged with intricate problems of jurisprudence; when a minister is un-
approachable and austere it is believed to be because he is occupied with questions
beyond our mental ken ; but from the physician is demanded not only broad scien-
tific knowledge correctly applied but also the genial and sympathetic manner which
inspires hope and courage. In none of these requirements is Dr. McCarthy lacking,
which accounts for the fact that although a young man he is now at the head of a
large and growing practice.

He was born in Clayton county, Iowa, March I. 1878, his parents, D. W. and
]\Iary (Kelleher) McCarthy, there residing upon a farm. They removed to Ply-
mouth county. Iowa, where the son pursued his preliminary education, which was
supplemented bv study in the University of Chicago prior to entering u]Jon his
professional course in Rush Medical College of that city, from which institution
he was graduated as a member of the class of 1902. A broad and valuable prac-
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Hospital, Cliicago, and in the sj)ring of 190J lie became a resident of S])okane,
where he has since followed his profession. He has a well equipped office and,
moreover, has a mind alert to all the oi)portiinities and the resi)onsii)ilities of the
profession. He makes good use of the former in his efforts to check the ravages
of disease and at all times fully meets tlu- l.itter. Today he has a large practice
in the eonduet of which he is very successful and is now well and favorably known.
In addition to his i)rofessional practice he is now serving as surgeon for the Mil-
waukee Railroad.

f)n tile I7th of August, H)10. Dr. MeC'.irthy was married to .Miss Frances
C'attingham, a daugiiter of L. 13. Cattiiigham. of Portland. Oregon. He has fra-
ternal relations with the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Columbus,
and as a club man he is known in the city tlirough his nu'mbershi]) relations with
the University and Spokane Amateur .Athletic Clubs. His association with the
Spokane County Medical Society, wiiieh elected him to its presidency in 1909,
keeps him in touch with the advance of the jirofession, as research, ex])eriment
and investigation arc bringing to light valuable truths having an imi>ortant bearing
upon the work of the physician and surgeon.

FRED MILLER.

Eloquent, forceful, learned, Fred Miller is distinguished as one of the most
eminent criminal lawyers of the northwest. In other branches of practice, too. he
is able, as is evidenced in the many favorable verdicts which he has won for his
clients. He was born in Clark county, Missouri, August 23, 1867, and in both the
J)aternal and maternal lines comes of English ancestry, while in the family there
is akso an admixture of Scotch and French. His father, .facob Miller, was bom
in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1897. His wife. Mrs. Caroline
(George) Miller, also a native of the Keystone state, is now living in Seattle. Her
father was a relative of Henry George, the renowned single tax advocate. Ry her
marriage she became the mother of four .sons and a daughter, the others in ;ukli-
tion to Fred Miller being: H. J., in Seattle; Martin J., a Methodist minister living
in Seattle; Clifford, a resident of Pacific county, Washington: .-ind May. the wife
of Warren Crookshank. of Davis countv, Iowa.

.As a student in Lewis College, at Glasgow, Missouri. l""red Miller prepared
for the ministry. He also attende^l a business college at Kansas City, and think-
ing to find business life more suited to his tastes and talents, he abandoned the plan
of entering the ministry and became a newspaper reporter. He afterward spent
three months with Jesse James, ,Tr., in the "Blowing Up of Pompeii," and for nine
months was secretary to Senator Hurton at Abilene, Kansas. His identification
with the northwest dates from 1890. at which time he became clerk in the land
office at Yakima, Washington, where he remained for two years. He afterward
spent nine months as clerk for the superintendent of the Cascade division of the
Northern Pacific Railroad and on the expiration of that period took u)) the work
of court reporting at Y.-tkimji and F.llensl)urg. While thus engaged he read law
and in 1893 was admitted to the bar. For a time he was employed in the office of
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until 1899, when he came to Spokane. He was connected with the Yakima Herald
and Epigram as part owner but on locating in this city took up the practice of law,
forming a partnership with F. C. Robertson, under the firm name of Robertson
& ^Miller. The_y conducted a general law practice and their clientage is today large
and of a distinctively representative character. Mr. i\Iiller was one of the first
attorneys for the Coeur d'Alene miners in the troubles which occurred in 1899
and was one of the attorneys for Mover, Haywood and Pettibone in the Governor
Stuenenberg murder trial, the result being the acquittal of the three men whom
he defended. He has been connected with most of the prominent murder trials in
Spokane county but has usually practiced in opposition to corporations. In the
trial of a case he marshals his evidence with the skill and precision of a militarv
commander. He never seems to lose sight of any point which has bearing upon his
case and gives to each point its due relative precedence. He has remarkable abilitv
in tracing the course of events connected with any case and in his presentation of
his case is strong and logical, being seldom if ever at fault in the citation of prin-
cij)Ie or precedent. In the Stuenenberg murder trial the attention of tile whole world
was drawn thereto and !Mr. ^Miller gained a national reputation in his work for
the defense.

Mr. Miller is financially interested in the Coeur d'Alene mines and has realty
holdings in Idaho, Virginia and Waslungton. The only political position which he
has ever held was that held on Governor Rogers' staff. However, he was formerlv
active in the work of the democratic party and has been representative in the
county and state conventions. He has also served on the county and state cen-
tral committees but has never been an aspirant for office. At the time of the
Spanish-American war he organized a comjjany that wished to go to the Philip-
pines and was elected its captain. Troops, however, were not called out and it
was at that time that the governor appointed Mr. Miller to a position on his staff,
with tile rank of colonel. Fraternally he is connected with the Spokane Lodge of
Elks, No. 228. In all of the activities with which he has been connected he has
been called to leadersliip, having the ability and the personal qualities which fit
one for gaining a large following. His professional career whether in journalistic
effort or in the law has been marked by continuous advancement and increasing
ability.

RALPH HENDRICKS, M. D.

While one of the more recent arrivals among the medical profession in Spokane,
Dr. Ralph Hendricks has already gained recognition as one whose knowledge and
practical ability merit a liberal patronage. He is a western man by birth, training
and preference and is imbued with the enterprising spirit which is characteristic
of the Pacific coast country. His birth occurred in Eugene, Oregon, May 30. 1870,
his parents being Elijah B. and Elizabeth (Blew) Hendricks. His father went
to Oregon from Illinois in 1818 and was for a time engaged in farming, but in
1882 left that state and established his home at Cheney, Spokane county, Wash-
ington, where he opened a drug store. He was thus identified with the commercial
interests of that place for a considerable period but is now living retired in Cheney.

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Till- ])ul)lic scliools of C'lunoy afforded Dr. Hendricks his early education, which
was supplemented by study in Cheney Academy, and he later attended the Uni-
versity of Washington. Mis clioicc of a life work fell upon the profession of
medicine and in preparation for jiractiec he entered the L'niversity of Louisville,
at Louisville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896. He
beg:in practice .-it Cheney and .-ifterward removed to Medical Lake, hut sought a
still l>ro:ulir Held of lal)or in 11)07 on his removal to .'^jiokane where he has since
followed his profession. I lis work is cliiracterized liy a tlinrniifrjiness and eflieiiney
which have brought good results. His re;iding has been broad .-md he is very
careful in the diagnosis of his cases, so that his judgment is seldom if ever at faidt.
He keeps in touch, too, with the advanced work of tin- |)rof(ssioii through the pro-
ceedings of the S])okane County and \V;ishiiigton State Medical .Societies, and the
American Medical Association, in all of Mhieh he liolds uienibersiiip.

On the 18th of July, 1896, Dr. Hendricks was united in marriage to Miss Mamie
Pomeroy, of Cheney, Washington, a daughter of Dr. I'rancis A. and Mary Pomeroy,
of that city. They have two children. Royal ami Dorothy. In Spok.-me they have won
many friends, the hospitality of a large mnnber of the attractive homes of the
citj' being freelv accorded them. Dr. Hendricks h.as become identified with sev-
eral fraternal organiz.itions, holding membershi]) in S])okane Lodge, \o. 3^, F,
& A. M.: and Opportunity Lodge, I. O. C). 1''. He is .also connected with the Elks
Lodge. No. 85. of .S.alt L.ike C"ity. His manner is genial and cordial and is the
expression of an unfeigned interest in his fellowmen. In all of his j)r;ietice he
is actuated by a spirit of helpfulness which, added to his broad scientific knowledge,
is winning for him continued progress.

C. HARVEY SMITH.

C. Harvey Smith, a Spokane architect, owes his success, which is creditable
and enviable, entirely to his own efforts, for he h.is never been associated with a
partner and has won his clientage through his .ability and trustworthiness. He was
liorn Mav 7, 18()S. in Kansas, and is the only son of Hugh A. and Rose (Miner)
.Suiitb. both of whom were natives of Illinois. The mother belonged to an old
\'irginia family of Irish descent, while the father came of Scotch ancestry although
the early .\merican rei)rescntatives of the family settled in Virginia in jiioneer
times. Hugh A. Smith served for four years and two months as a soldi<r of the
Civil w.ar, espousing the cause of the Union and going to the front willi the
Twinty-first Illinois \'olunteers. He was a contractor and resided in the .Spokane
country for eighteen years but passed away in October, 1910, at the age of
seventy-three years. His wndow still survives and is now living in Canada. Their
iinlv daughter is .Vda. the wife of .Sidney Luther, a farniir of Calgary.

C. Harvey .Smith was educated in Illinois, pursuing a ])ublic-selio()l course
until gr.aduated from the high school. He afterward worked with his fatlier at
contracting until twenty-two years of age, when be took uji the study of archi-
tecture. In 1888 he came to .Spokane, then a young man of twetity years, and es-
tablished business on his own account :is :in arebitect aiul builder, in 189.1, in
which line he has since been engaged. Hr has .always o|)(rated alone .and his

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individual wortli lias' gained him the wide recognition and prosperity- which are
now his. He has erected many residences and business blocks in this city and
throughout, the Inland Empire and has also done considerable school work. Among
others he erected the high school at Cewalah, the high school at Mullen. Idaho,
and the courthouse of Twin Falls, Idaho. He also built a number of schoolhouses
in southern Idaho and a number of business blocks in the city of Spokane, in-
cluding that owned by E. H. Stanton at the corner of Hamilton and Mission
streets. He has been the architect for between five and six hundred residences in
Spokane and has built practically all over the Inland Empire. In his fifteen or
twenty years' practice his name has become kno^ra throughout the country. His
work is always characterized by the utmost thoroughness, by promptness in ex-
ecution and by reliability in living up to the terms of the contract. As he has
prospered in his undertaking he has made investment in other directions and is
now the owner of irrigated land in southern Idaho, has mining interests in Nevada
and real estate in Elko county. He also owns land in the northern part of Idaho,
together with his residence at Opportunity.

On the 6th of January, 1889, Mr. Smitii was united in marriage to Miss Olive
Walker, a daughter of George Walker, of Bethany, Illinois, who belonged to a
prominent family of that place. Her father came from Kentucky and was of
Scotch descent, while her mother was a native of Germany. Five children have
been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith, namely: Grace, who married Harry Hodges,
of Lake Creek, Idaho; and Gretchen, Hugh, Stella and Katherine, all now in
school.

Mr. Smith always exercises his right of franchise in suijport of the men and
measures of the republican party and while he has worked for his friends he
has never accepted office for himself. He is a member of the Spokane Architect-
ural Club, thus coming into close contact with the members of his profession and
the high ideals toward which they are striving, and he likewise belongs to the
Chamber of Commerce.

WILLIAM T. DAY.

William T. Day. president of The Day & Hansen Securitv Company, of Spo-
kane, is a prominent figure in the financial circles of the northwest. Endowed
with unusual business instinct and foresight, he early saw the future of the un-
occupied western lands, and has been a great factor in their development.

He was born May 8, 1865, at Castana, Iowa. His father, Joseph B. P. Day,
a native of Maine, became a settler of Iowa in 1855, and was one of its prominent
and influential citizens. His mother, Sophia Thomas Day, was born in !Missis-
sippi, and with her family came north in the late '40s. As a surveyor and agent
for the American-Immigrant Company, his father became very familiar with lands
and land values, which was not the least element in the education of his son.

After attending the public schools at Castana. Mr. Day continued his education
at the Southeastern Iowa Normal School at Bloomfield. He became actively con-
nected with the business interests in his home town as a general merchant, con-
tinuuig in that line for about eight years. In 189'2 he turned his attention to

Willi AM 'I'. HAY

SPOKANK AM) Till, INLAND EMPIRE Id?

li.iiilviiig .111(1 org.-mizid tlic C'astana Savings H.uik. di \\lii(li In- became cashier,
M-rving in tliat capacity until 1898, when he was eleetnl to the pnsideney, wliieli
|)()siti<)n he still fills. A large farm mortgage husitiess w.is e.irried (in in eonnee-
tioii with the hank.

In the f.iU of 1901, Mr. Day came to Washington, bought a large tract of
land in Doiigl.is county, .md on the 1st day of M.irch, 190'.2, he and his .issoeiates
org.inized The W'.ishington l.:ind Company, with he.i(i(|U.irters .it Waterville, Wash-
ington. The enterprise was cal)italize(l fur one hiiiidrid .ind (it'ty tlious.inci dol-
l.irs, which w.-is incre.-ised to five hundred thous.ind doll.irs, in l!H)(i. whi ii the
he;id(|U.irt(rs of the company were removed from W.iterville to .Spok.nii-. Tliis
company owned l.irge tracts of iinini])rii\ cd l.uid In Douglas county, .-md .in idea
as to the magnitude of their undert.iking may be g.iined from the fact that in
six years tliey lir(ik( out and develojied more th.iii sixteen thous.ind acres of l.-ind,
about li.ilf of which h.is been sold, Mr. D.iy .md .Mr. (Ii.irles T. Il.iiisen. his
brother-in-law, were .associated in tlie eo)i.irtnershi]) of D.iy & H.msen, .■md were
l.irge owners and developers of l.ind in Monon.i county. low.a. They establislied
.ind operated The Turin H.iiik of Turin, lowi. which th( y sohl .I.uiu.iry 1st. 1908.
They also disposed in that year of over three thous.and acres of tlieir low.i l.ind,
and on the 1st of Marcli, 1908. organized The Day iS: Il.msen Security C'omp.iny
of Spokane, Washington, with a i)aid-up ca))ital of one million doll.irs, wliieh look
over all the interests of Day & Hansen, including The Washington I..ind Com-
p.iny. .Vt that time Mr. Day moved to .Sjjokane, and became .-ictively identified
with the business, and has since m.uie tlie city his liome. Tlie com))any operates

extensively in improved f.irni ))ro])ertyw,.-!U]d-'thcy"ari; _/vnioiig the most progressive

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in their line.

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During the |>.ist three years the company "Kifs purchasc<l o\ i r thirty two thou-
sand .'icres of l;ind in Powell county, western Montana, which is .ill inijiroved ,ind
over ten thousand acres is now under irrigatiiin.. \Vhile developing their band ])ro-
jeets, the company also became prominent factors in fln.incial circles throughout
the northwest, and own controlling interest in five banks, including: The Castana
S.ivings Hank, of Castana, Iowa; The Waterville Savings Bank, of Watervillc,
W'asliington : The Nation.-il Bank of O.ikesdale, also in this state; The Moscow
Sl.-ite H.iiik. Moscow, Idaho; and Bl.-iir & Com])any. Bankers, Helmville, Montan.a.
The eomp.iny has cst.iblisiied a large mortgage-lo.an business, and deals in high-
gr.ide bond issues and other selected securities.

Mr. Day's connection with business enter))rises, is as follows: jiresidenl nf
Tiic l);iy & H.'insen Security Comp.any, .-md of The C.ist.-ina Savings B;ink ; .ind
vice jiresident of The N.ition.il B.ink of O.ikesd.ijc, The .Moscow State B.-irik, .md
Hi.iir iV Company, Bankers.

On the l.'ith of .\ugust, 1888, at M:i]ilitiiM. Inw.i. w.is celelir.ili d tile m.ir-
ri.ige of .Mr. D.iy and Miss Helen Hansen, the d.iiighler of Ncls and Isabel Han-
sen of Ih.it city. It is his brother-in-law, Charles T. Il.iusen, who is closely as-
sociated with him in his l)usincss enterprises. Mr. and Mrs. Day have one daugh-
ter. Sopliia Isabel, who is a graduate of the Girls Collegiate School of Los Angeles,
and also has been a student for two years at Wellcsley College. Massachusetts.
The social position of the family is an enviable one. and their attractive home is
justly celebrated for its w.irm-heartcd hospitality.

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111 politics Mr. Day is republit-aii, always voting for men and measures of the
party, but has not been an active worker in its ranks since coming to Spokane.
He belongs to the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club, and has won
popularity in these organizations by reason of those sterling traits of character,
which in every land and clime awaken confidence and warm regard. It is doubt-
ful in his whole life if he ever weighed an act in the scale of policy, but in busi-
ness has followed a straightforward course and in the legitimate channels of trade
and financial activity has gained success that places him- with the prominent and
representative men who are the real upbuilders of the northwest.

HARVEY SMITH, M. D.

Dr. Harvey Smith, physician and surgeon, whose capability in the line of his
profession is supplemented by executive force, keen discrimination and administra-
tive ability in the line of promoting business projects of importance, was born in Nova
Scotia, January 15, 1874, his parents being Sidney Holmes and Agnes (Rae)
Smith who were also natives of Nova Scotia. The mother was of Scotch descent
and the father belongs to one of the old pioneer families of his native country
which originally came from Londonderry, Ireland. He is still a resident of Nova
Scotia where he is engaged in merchandising, but his wife died in 1883. In their
family were six sons and a daughter, namely: Harvey; Stenson, who is living in
Cape Briton, Nova Scotia; George, of that country; Clarence; who is located in
St. Paul, Minnesota; Geddie and Watson, both of Nova Scotia; and Jesse, now the
wife of D. W. McDonald, of Nova Scotia.

Dr. Smith supplemented his early education by a course in the Picton Academy
of Nova Scotia from 1891 until 1893. He afterward attended McGill University,
Montreal, where he won the degrees of M. D. and C. M. in 1897. In the mean-
time he had received a license for teaching but always regarded the practice of
medicine as his ultimate goal and entered upon that work in Londonderry, Nova
Scotia, where he remained for fifteen months. In November, 1900, he arrived in
Spokane where he has since engaged in general practice and is meeting with a
highly gratifying success. He does a large amount of surgical work and his ability
in that direction as well as in the practice of medicine is marked. Two years'
connection with the Royal Victoria Hospital of Montreal and one year in Lynn
Hospital, of ^lassachusetts, brought him broad practical experience which qualified
him for the onerous and responsible duties that have since devolved upon him.
He is constantly reading and studying in order to promote his efficiency and ever
holds to a high standard of professional ethics which has been one of the factors
in winning for him the high regard that is entertained for him by his professional
brethren as well as by the general public. Aside from his professional activities
he has business interests of importance on the Pacific coast. He is interested in
oil wells at Colinga, California, is a free holder in Spokane and is a stockholder
in the Traders National Bank, the Citizens Savings & Loan Society and in the
International Casualty Company. He is, moreover, interested in a high line ditch
which is a government project in Kittitas county, which will cover six hundred
acres that he owns and which he intends to set out to fruit trees. This ditch is

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expected to be completed in two years and will he from sixty-five to seventy miles
in liii^itli and will cDvtT ninety thousand acres. When eoni|il(U(i this will mean
inueh in the developuient and improvement of an extended area.

On the l;jth of January, 190'^, in S|)okane, Dr. Smith was united in marriage
to Miss Jennie Burgess, of Xova Scotia. They attend the I'irst Presbyterian
church and Dr. .Smith gives his |)i)litic.il supiiort to the r(|)ui>liean party. lie
belongs to the .Spokane Athletic t'hiii and to tin- I'niversity C'hil). ,iiid is a mem-
ber of and niidical examiner for the Royal I liirhlandrrs. In his professional
capacity he is also connected with several insurance eomp.inies, being one of three
medical examiners for the Washington L'nion Life Insurance Company, medical
examiner for the Canadian Life Insurance Company, for the Western Union Life
Insur.-inee Company and for the Hankers Life Insurance Coni|)any. He servi-d
at one time on the staff of the Deaconess Hospital, lecturing to nurses, and lie
belongs to tiie Spokane County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical
Society and the American Medical Association. Through the proceedings of these
bodies he keeps in close touch with the most .idvaneed work being done by the
profession and he eagerly embraces every idea or method that he believes will have
practical value in his chosen life work. With a nature th.it never could be content
with iMidioerity he has advanced steadily in his calling until he has long since left
the ranks of the manv and stands among the more successful few.

THOMAS A. Rl'SSELL, M. D.

Dr. 'I'liomas A. Russi II. who in his jjrofessional capacity is a rejiresentative
of various corporations, is engaged in l)ractice .as a member of thi' firm of Dutton
& Russell, their main offices being in the Pej-ton building, in .Spokane. He was
born in \'alley Field, Quebec, September 9, 1871, a son of Thomas and Rebecca
(Ciordon) Russell. The father was a contractor and builder and in 1872 crossed
the bound.iry line into the United States, settling first in Michigan and afterward
following his profession in various places. At length he took u|) his .ibode in
Seattle where he became general manager of the Tenino Sand .Stone Quarries. He
Vemained in active business until he reached the age of seventy years, after
which his son. Dr. Donald G. Russell, who was formerly a medical practitioner of
.Spokane, became the president and general manager of the quarries.

To till- iMiblie school .system of Michigan and the Wiiithro]) high school of
MiMniajiolis Dr. Thomas A. Russell is indebti d for the earlv edue.itional ))riv-
ileges which he enjoyed. Having determined U])on the iiractice of medicine as his
life work, he entered the Barnes Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, from
which he was graduated in 189."). He had previously s))cnt his summer vacations
in Spokane with his elder brother. Dr. Donald G. Russell, who was ijracticing here
at that time. He made his first visit in |80'2 and after winning his degree in
.St. Louis Dr. Thomas A. Russtll returned to .Spokane to become his brother's
|).irtner in medical practice. He remained for a year but realizing th.at he needed
further |>rofessional training and discipline, he entered Jefferson Medical College
of Philadelphia where he studied through the two years, 1896 and 1897. He then
o))ened ,in office at Mi lb ii. Wisconsin, where he spent f(Uir years, at the end of

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wliicli time he again came to Spokane to join his brother whose health was failing.
For a few years he continued in general practice here but in 1906 formed a partner-
ship with Dr. Willard O. Dutton and together they follow railroad construction
work, establisliing hospitals and attending to the ill and injured for the contract-
ing firms of Porter Brothers, P. Welch & Company, Grant Smith & Company.
Caughren & Woldson, \\'inters. Boomer & Hughes, and A. D. McDougal & Son
Company. They operate all over the northwest and as far east as North Dakota.
The professional work of the firm is often of a most intricate and arduous nature
and Dr. Russell keeps in touch with the progress of the profession through his
membership in the Spokane County Medical Society and the Washington State
Medical Society.

On the 29th of August, ISDJ', at Hudson, Wisconsin, was celebrated the mar-
riage of Dr. Russell and Miss Martha Stout, a daughter of Philemon and Mary
Stout, of Oswego, Kansas. They now have one son, Gordon Russell. Mrs. Russell
is a member of the First Presbyterian church and Dr. Russell holds membership
in the Elks lodge at Ashland, Wisconsin, and the Odd Fellows lodge at Mellen,
that state. He also belongs to the Inland Club and the Spokane Amateur Athletic
Club and is interested in manly athletic and outdoor sports, realizing the neces-
sity of recreation in the preservation of an even balance with heavv professional
duties.

MILTON D. HALL.

Milton D. Hall has a business record that any man might be proud to possess
for through the development of his native powers and talents he has worked his
way upward from a humble clerkship to rank with the most prominent and pro-
gressive merchants of Spokane, being vice president and general manager of the
Grote-Rankin Comjjany of this city and Seattle.

His life record had its beginning in Cilen. Montgomery countv. New York,
November 19, 1868, his parents being Cornelius D. and Nancy (Vunk) Hall, the
former a merchant of Glen. Sent as a pupil to tlie public schools when aliout
six years of age Milton D. Hall at length laid aside his text books to begin busi-
ness life as a salesman in a store at Fonda, New York. In this way he gained a
knowledge of merchandising that enabled him to win success when he went upon
the road as traveling salesman for a dry-goods house. The west with its limitless
opportunities, however, attracted him and, believing this the most advantageous
field for a young man, he came to Spokane in March, 1892, here joining his
brother. Jay V, Hall. They became associated with F. W. Branson in organizing
the Crystal Ice Company, of which Milton D. Hall was a director and vice presi-
dent. The business steadily grew, their attention for several years being devoted
to the erection and development of ice plants in various parts of the countrv,
operating at Butte, Montana, and later at Washington, D. C. Subsequently the
business was sold out to the American Ice Company and in 1902 Milton D. Hall
returned to Spokane where he purchased an interest in the Grote-Rankin Com-
pany, of which he was elected a director. He was also made buyer for the
crockery dejJartment and manager of the sales force on the floor. He brought

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ti) tliis Imsiiifss tlic same kfcii discrimination and spirit of enterprise wliieli lie
li.ul displayed in other connections and soon acquainting liimself with the busi-
luss in all of its departments, was well qualified to enter uixin tile duties of
manager lure when, in IDO.i, .Mr. llaukin went to Seattle to .assume management
of a hraneii iioiisi- whieh the Grote-Rankin Company opened in tiiat city. In
1S)07 Mr. Rankin sold his interest to the company, of whieh Mr. Hall then became
general manager and vice president of the company, while his brother, \V. D.
Hall, is now manager of the Seattle branch, w liich is one of the most complete
house furnishing stores on the Pacific coast.

On the Sth of October, 18!)j, Milton D. Hall was married to Miss Carrie C.
Clark, a daughter of (iiles \V. and Ch.irlotte D. Cl.ark of this city, who were
pioneers of Sjiokane, arriving in ISSt. Here the father died November 15, 1908,
at the age of seventy-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have become the parents
of three children, Richard M.. Dorothy Helen and Wilsnii (lark.

To his home and business interests Mr. Hall largely devotes his time and
energies. He exercises his right of franchise in sujij^trt of the men and measures
of the republican party but otherwise is not active in politics. He is, however, a
director of the chamber of commerce and a cooperant factor in the substantial re-
sults which have been accomplished by that organiz.ition for the benefit of Spo-
kane. His labors in this and other directions have redounded to the credit and up-
building of the city, while his activities along business lines have brought Iiim to
nn enviable position in connection with the trade interests of the Spokane country.

JOSEPH F. MORTON.

.losejih F. Morton, attorney at law, engaged in general practice, was born in
Brooklyn, New York, March 24, 1882, a son of Edward F. and Rose (Connolly)
Miirton. both of whom were natives of Ireland and are now residents of .Spokane.
The father was taken to New York during his inf.ancy and for many years lived
in the state of New York, spending much of the time at Syracuse, where he en-
gaged in teaching sdiool for seventeen years. In ]88'2 he came to .Spokane and
here directed liis energies largely to farming and to business interests at .Spokane
Mridge. He was living on his ranch at the time of the great fire in 1889. He
owns a building on .Sprague avenue, consisting of three storerooms and the Taft
Hotel ;ind other jirojierty in the city, having made wise investments of his capital
in real estate. At the present time he is living retired in Spokane. His wife's
sister was Mrs. M, M. Cowley. Mr. Cowley is one of the directors of the Tr.aders
National Bank. The brother and sister of Jose])h F. Morton are: Edward \V.,
LTcneral hookkeepcr of the Traders Bank; and Alice A., who is residing in .Spo-
kane. The father is one of the members of the Pioneer .Society, having been a
resident here from early days and an active factor in the work of general develop-
ment and inijirovement.

.\fter accjuiring his early education in the common schools of .Spokane, to
which city he was brought during his infancy. .Iose|)h I". Morton continued his
rducation in the Gonznga College. He prepared for tlie bar in the pursuit of a
law course in the Georgetown L'niversity at W.ishington. D. C.. and was gradu.iti d

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with the LL. B. degree in 1907. He then took the regular law examination and
was admitted to the bar before the supreme court in the District of Columbia.
In the same year he returned to Spokane, was admitted to practice in this state
and has since followed his profession. For a time he was in partnership with
John M. Gleeson under the firm name of Gleeson & Morton, this relation con-
tinuing from 1908 rnitil the 1st of January, 1911. Mr. Morton has since prac-
ticed alone, giving his attention to general law, and although one of the younger
members of the bar, has won a reputation that many an older practitioner might
well envy. He is a member of the Inland Club. In his political views Mr. Morion
is a republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day
but has never sought nor desired office. He prefers to concentrate his energies
upon his practice, which is continually growing in volume and importance.

FRANCIS W. GIRAND.

While engaged in the general practice of law Francis W. Girand specializes
to some extent in that branch of the profession which has to do witii land titles
and has been connected with considerable important litigation of that character.
Like almost every state in the Union, Texas has furnished its quota of citizens
to Washington and among this number is Mr. Girand, who was born in Austin,
Texas, April 1, 1866. His father, for whom he was named, was born in Christian
county, Kentucky, and is descended from an old family of French origin that was
founded in America during colonial days. He was a first cousin of the Hon.
Andrew P. McCormick, judge of the United States circuit court of appeals of the
fifth circuit, and having removed to that state Francis W. Girand, Sr., was ap-
pointed by Judge McCormick to the position of clerk in the United States court
of the north district of Texas, which position he filled for thirty years, and upon
his retirement his. son W. D. Girand succeeded to the office. For eighteen years
Andrew P. McCormick was judge of the United States district court and was then
advanced to the United States court of appeals. During the Civil war F. W.
Girand, Sr., served for three years as a soldier of the Confederate army. In
early manhood he wedded Anna Crozier, who was born in Nashville, Tennessee,
and was descended from an old southern family of Irish lineage. Her father was
distinguished as a United States marshal under President Polk and served for six
years as state comptroller. The death of his daughter, Mrs. Girand, occurred in
1891 while Francis W. Girand, the father of our subject, passed away in Novem-
ber, 1909. Their sons and daughters wlio constituted the family circle were
Francis W., of this review; W. D., clerk of the United States court at Abilene,
Texas ; J. B., who at the age of twenty years was elected district surveyor of the
Oldham land district and afterward became territorial engineer of the territory
of Arizona: Andrew and John, both of whom are merchants of Abilene, Texas;
and Ada Lee, the wife of T. B. Griffith, a resident of Terrell, Texas.

In the public schools of his native city Francis W. Girand, of Spokane, began
his education and also attended private schools of Austin. He afterward took
up the study of law there with Judge R. F. Arnold as his preceptor and on the
11th of August, 1887, was admitted to the bar. He afterward removed to Gra-

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liaiu, Ttxas, to wliali cily the federal eoiirt had lieeii removed, and reiiiaiiied in
active ))ractice there for twelve years, but thinking to find still broader and better
oi)|)<)rtunities in the most northwesterly state of the Union he came to Washington
on the i^lth of August, 1899. He has sinee been jjracticing alone in Spokane, con-
dueting a general law practice, and has paid more attention to land-title litigation
than to any otlier department, attaining a ])rofieieney in tliis fiild tliat lias largclv
made him authority upon the questions involved therein.

On the i28th of December, 1896, Mr. Girand was married to Miss I.ulu O'Duii-
nell, of Tex.as. and tliey have two eiiildren, Francis Artluir and l-'lorenee .Ada,
iioth in school. Mr. Girand is an active advocate of democratic i)rinei))les and
has served as delegate to party eonxeiitions both in Texas and Washington, at-
tiiiding state conventions in Texas. Hi- was selected one of the cami)aign sj)eak-
I rs of the state committee of Texas and in Washington bv tlie eountv connnittee.
He possesses considerable oratorical ability and has a faculty of presenting his
\ it ws in clear, concise and logical form, wbib the strength of his argument never
fails to elicit attention and seldom fails to convince, whether upon the ))()litieal
hustings or in the discussion of legal matters before the courts.

JOHN T. COOPER.

Among the native sons of Ireland wjio have sought and won success in the imrlli-
wesl .loini T. Cooper was numbered. He possessed the versatility, the adajitability.
and the undaunted energy characteristic of the peo])le of iiis race and these quali-
ties were used to excellent advantage in hi' business car. i r. He was born in Se])-
teniber, 1839, in Cork, Ireland, and died on thi- IStii of .dine, 1889, his life record
therefore scarcely encompassing a half century. His parents were .John and
Ellen Cooper, the former a navy officer of the British army. Their f.aniily lunn-
bered ten children, to whom were given good educational opix)rtunities, .John T.
Coo|)er pursuing his studies in the schools of Ireland, supplemented by a course
in Dublin College. He studied medicine in that institution, thinking to make its
l)ractice his life work, after which he came to America. He followed the ))ro-
fession in various localities for some time and later became assistant surgeon in
the United States army, being located at Fort Cameron, Utah. .After serving about
one year in that ca))acity he opened an office at Silver Reef. Utah, for the private
practice of medicine, jind later removed to Butte, Montana, wlurc lie n niaincd for
one year, displaying considerable ability in diagnosing his cases and earing for the
important work which jirofessional duties brought u))on him.

About this time excitement waxed verv great in the mining country at .Murray,
Idaho, and Dr. Cooper, with others, entered the field, ])ros|)ecting and mining. He
was associated with the late John M. Burke, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere
in this volume, and was one of the original owners of the famous Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mine, his associate in this being ;i man of the n.ame of O. O. Peek.
The sale of this mine was made in May, 1887, by John Wardner, the i)urchaser
being .Simon Reed, of Portland, and the purchasing price one million, five hun-
dred thousands dollars, of which Messrs. Cooper and Peck received seventy-six
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its outjjut made the fortiuies of many millionaries. Following the disposal of his
interest to Mr. Reed^ of Portland, Dr. Cooper removed to Spokane and afterward
lived retired, having given up his professional jiractice. The remainder of his
days were spent in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He passed away two years
later and his death occasioned the deep regret of all who knew him.

In 1878 Dr. Cooper was united in marriage in Salt Lake City to Miss Adalena
Meeks, who survives him, together witii a daughter, Caroline E. Two children of
the marriage are now deceased — Francis H. and John Edward.

Dr. Cooper's life was guided by high and honorable principles to wWch he
was always most faithful. The Episcopal church found in liim a consistent mem-
ber and in early life he was also a member of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men. His ])olitical allegiance was given to the democratic party but he never cared
for public office. He loved camp life and outdoor sports, was a great traveler and
possessed a jjarticular fondness for nature and for children. His home was ever cel-
ebrated for its warm-hearted hospitality and his associates ever found him a most
congenial companion. He held friendship inviolable and was always loyal to every
trust reposed in Bim, so that those who came in contact ^vith him knew him worthy
of all esteem.

REV. THOMAS J. PURCELL.

One of the most widely known and deeply venerated representatives of the
priesthood of the Roman Catholic church in this section of Idaho is Father Thomas
J. Purcell of Coeur d'Alene. Not only has he done most notable work for the
church by bringing new souls into the faith, but he has established schools and
churches, tlius bringing the refining and restraining influences of life to the mining
and lumber camps of this section.

His birth occurred in Aberdare, Glamorganshire, South Wales, December 7,
18C0, his parents being Daniel and Johanna ]M. (Prendergast) Purcell. They
were both natives of Ireland, but at the ages of about sixteen or eighteen they mi-
grated to Wales, where they met and were subsequently married. Aberdare was
the family home until 1869, when the father emigrated to the United States in
quest of health. Here he was joined by his wife and children two years later, but
in three months thereafter he passed away.

Although he was only a lad of eleven years when his father died, Thomas J.
Purcell was compelled to lay aside his text-books and lend his assistance in main-
taining the family. He entered the coal mines of Tioga count}', Pennsylvania,
where he was continuously emploj'cd for eleven years, but at the expiration of that
period his health was so completely shattered that he was compelled to live in the
open air. The physicians insisted upon a change of climate, so he started west-
ward, arriving in Nebraska on Thanksgiving day, 1882. He obtained work on a
farm until February, 1883, when he resumed his journey, reaching Denver, Colo-
rado, on ^Nlarch 1, penniless. He was considered a victim of the dread white
plague and it was impossible for him to obtain employment, even being refused an
opportunity to work for his board. Yet these besetting trials and terrible hardships
proved a blessing in disguise, compelling him to sleep wherever night overtook

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liiiii, .iiul tlic invigorating air of tlio mountains iuaicd tin- iliseased tissues of his
lungs and rcstort-d his vitality. Not Hnding any iniploynunt, he set out for Ogdcn,
tramping tlic greater part of the way, occasionally riding on freight trains between
Denver and Granger, Utah when such opportunity offered. Prom that point on,
however, he walked the entire distance. Upon reaching his destination he imme-
(ii.-itely sought work, and was shipped out of there as a laborer on the Oregon
.Sliort Line, which was then under course of construction. He worked for two
months and then went to Virginia City, Montana, walking from there to IJozenian,
wlnri 111 arrived on July 3, 1883. Whili located there he worked during the
suiiimrr months as a briekmaker for the old pioneers Tracy and Sam RiitTiicr,
whih- ill winter he was employed hy Nelson Story. In September, 18.SI. In I. 11
Hozenian and went to Spokane, where he joined Pather Joset, .S. ,1., .ind I .illnr
{'■italdd. .S. .1.. whom he accompanied to the De Smet Mission in Kootni.ii eouiily.
Hi Ii.uI always been an ambitious youth and had never fully nliiKiuislu-d the
dream of his childhood, which had been to enter the service of tin- cliurcli. How-
ever, he possessed other admirable traits of character, and when the needs of those
lie.ir to him necessitated his laying away his books, he ex])ressed no regrets. Many
times must he have found it difficult to restrain his rebellious spirit during those
long years in the mines, where he daily and hourly overtaxed his strength and for
weeks at a time never saw the sunshine. The joy, the haj)i)in(ss that is considered
to be the inalienable right of every child was denied him, but In thus purchased
it for many another child and so has received his reward. Liuiuestion.ibly one of
the great secrets of the wonderful success of Pather Purcell can be altriliuted to
his understanding and appreciation of conditions surrounding the unfmluMili .nul
Ills ready and heartfelt sympathy for those in trouble. During tin- Hrst tour years
of his residence at the mission he taught the C'oetir d'AUne Indians, while |)ursuing
iiis classical studies under the instruetimi of the Fathers, who gave him private
lessons. It was discouraging at first, as for many years his entire time .and atten-
tion had been devoted to physical labor, but he possessed a fine mind and excellent
l)owers of concentration and soon was making rapid progress. In 1S88 he was sent
to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, to continue his studies, but he could not endure
the climate, and owing to the state of his health in M.areh, 1889. was eompellrd to
return to .Spokane. He took a position in (Jonz.iga CoUige. that city, wlurr he
taught until .June. 1890. In August of that year he went to Montreal and taught
for a year in .St. P.awrence College, during which period with tlie .aid of a ))rivati-
tutor he was .able to complete his classical course. He w.as tluii qiialifiid to lugiii
his eeelesi.astieal studies, and in .Sijitembcr. 1S91, iiitiTii] llir (irand Si iiiiii.iry
.it .Montreal.

On the vJOtli of Dieiinher, 1896, he was ordained a Jiriest and on M.av 1, 1897,
w.as .is'.igncd by the bishop of this diocese to the Jiarish of Coeur d'Alene. At that
time the parish covered i)r.ietie.illy five thousand, six hundred squ.are miles, com-
prising the counties of Kootenai and Bonner — with the exception of the Coeur
d .Vlcne reserv.ation — and for a )ieriod of nine years a portion of .Spok.ane. He
completed (he church at Bonner's Perry, which h.ad been st.arted by Hishoj) (ilo-
rieux of Boise, and he erected another one at Ratliilnnn. lln I illi r In lug the first
brick church edifice in the Idaho diocese. It was in process of construction for
somi- time .and was dedicated in 189'i. Pather Pureell jiossesses .al)un(i.an<a- of
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his work being too stupendous for him to undertake its commission and successfully
carry it through to completion. He next built a church at Priest River, while
ground was acquired and buildings were under construction, to provide the people
of Harrison and Post Falls with places of worship. The work of the parish devel-
ojjed so rapidly under his capable direction that in 1893 it was necessary to divide
it with Rev. James F. Kelly, who has ever since been priest in Bonner county. In
1893 he brought to Coeur d'Alene Sisters of the order of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and in September, of that year, they estab-
lished a school. Their temporary building was only forty-six by fifty-six feet, and
they had an enrollment of sixty-three pupils. The attendance increased so rapidly
that their quarters were soon entirely inadequate to meet the demands. Recogniz-
ing and appreciating their needs. Major J. J. O'Brien, one of Coeur d'Alene's
philanthropic, retired residents presented them with a block of ground, and when
the military reserve was sold at public auction Father Purcell bid in the hospital
and administration buildings, and had them removed to the grounds Major O'Brien
had donated on the corner of Coeur d'Alene avenue and Ninth street. They were
subsequently converted into a convent and school, which now has an attendance of
three hundred pupils.

Owing to the rapid increase in the Catholic population of Coeur d'Alene, in
1897, Father Purcell was obliged to relinquish the missions of Kootenai county,
and devote his entire attention to the work of the city. When he first cajne to this
parish in 1897 it contained but seventy-five Catholic families, and now Coeur
d'Alene alone has three hundred and fifty Catholic families or about twelve hun-
dred followers of the faith. He has been tireless in his efforts to extend the work
and increase the number of communicants. When he arrived here, realizing that
the Catholics of the future were the children of the present, he gave no thought
to procuring a residence for himself or suitable quarters in which to hold services,
but immediately began searching for a building adapted to the needs of a school.
Subsequently quarters were procured that served temporarily for religious pur-
poses, and in .Tune. 1909. ground was obtained and excavations started for their
present beautiful church. On the •i'id of August, 1909, Bishop Glorieux laid the
corner stone and, in the following October, work on the superstructure was com-
menced. This was completed on May 1, 1910, and was permitted to stand imtil
November, of that year, when contracts were let for the interior decorations. Their
new building was occupied on the 5th of ^larch, 1911, but was not entirely com-
pleted until the 1st of November and was dedicated on Decoration Day, 1912. It
is one of the most beautiful churches in the northwest, and was completed at a
cost of forty-six thousand dollars. The interior decorations are especially fine and
all of the appointments are of a superior quality, and it seats one thousand people.

Not often is it given to any one to see such wonderful results from work in
fourteen years as Father Purcell is witnessing from his labors. He is now able
to realize that those long, hard years of his early manhood were not fruitless by
any means. Although he began his life work at an age when the majority of men
are quite well established, he has accomplished more during the single decade of
his service than many consummate in a life time. He is now at the zenith of his
powers and the future contains for him great promise and much assurance of yet
greater opportunities. During the period of his connection with this field he has
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encf in llu-ir faitli revere and hold in the liigliest esteem the man. his belief and
the purpose to whieh he has dedicated his life — the service of humanity. Father
Purcell attributes much of his success to the Jesuit Fathers of Gonzaga College,
whose advice lie lias sought and followed in all important matters. He is always
ready to respond to a call, ^ whatever its source, carrying cheer and comfort to
rich and poor alike as did He, in whose footsteps he is following.

HON, OEORGF. W. SIIAEFKR.

Hon. (Jeorge W. Shaefcr, state senator from .Spok.-iiic .-uid .1 le-idiiij.; .ittorntT
of the city, has diiriiiii the |)eriod of his residence hen- l.iliored effeetivelv .'ind
earnestly for miniicijial progress and improvement, upholding as well the jjolitica!
and legal status of the state. Many tangible evidences of his devotion to the
general good can be cited and the worth of his work will be evidenced in the develop-
ment of this sketch of his life. He was born in .\lleghen_v City, Pennsvlvania,
September 10, 1862, his parents being Conrad and Pauline (Clements) Shaefer.
The father was a whitesmith and also engaged in farming.

Having attended the public schools of his native city, George W. Shaefer con-
tinued his education in St. Mary's Academy and afterward received commercial
training in Bryant & Stratton Business College of Charleston, West ^'irgiiii.i.
from which he was graduated. When he was nineteen years of age his parents
removed with the family to Charleston, West Virginia, where his father engaged
in the lumber business, with George W. Shaefer, as his associate and assistant.
While thus engaged he also took up the stud}' of law and in 1895 he removed to
Des Moines, Iowa, where he completed his law course and was admitted to the
bar in 1897. He then located for practice in that city, where he remained until
the fall of 1903, when he came to Spokane, where he has since continued to follow
his profession. In no other calling docs advancement depend more largely upon
individual merit and ability and, recognizing this fact, Mr. .*^baefer has been a close
student of the science of law and is seldom, if ever, at fault in the citation of
princi))le or precedent. His practice has connected him with much of the im-
portant work of the courts and his ability is evidenced in the many verdicts which
he has won favorable to his clients' interests. In addition to his law jjractice Mr.
.Shaefer is the secretary and treasurer of the Western Construction Company and
thus interested in the management of an im])ortant industri;il undertaking.

In the ]Jublic life of the city Mr. .Shaefer has also long figured prominently
and is a recognized leader in the ranks of the republican |)arty, which in the spring
of 1909 elected him a member of the city council. He was a member of the civic
water commission that installed the system of wells whereby the city of Spokane
is supplied with spring water instead of drawing its supply from the river. He
also took a very active part in the work of the commission that was appointed to
select and secure water-power rights for the city of .Spokane, having in view the
city ownership in the furnishing of jiower and light to the ])opulation. This com-
mission has recommended a site at Fend d'Oreille and Priest river and it is hoped
that within the next few years the city will by municipal ownership be able to
supply power and light at very reasonable rates. Mr. .Shaefer also became actively

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concerned in the contest for grade separation at the time the ^Milwaukee, St. Paul
& Puget Sound Railway and tlie North Coast Railroad were granted permission
to enter the city. Aside from his effective labors in behalf of municipal projects
Mr. Shaefer is now actively concerned in efforts to promote the best interests and
welfare of the commonwealth as a member of the state senate, to which he was
elected on the republican ticket in the fall of 1910. He at once was accorded a
position of leadership in the upper house, being now an active member of the
judiciary committee and chairman of the committee on memorials and enrolled
bills.

On the ISth of December, 1895, at Des Moines, Iowa, Mr. Shaefer was mar-
ried to ^label Braderick Meservey, a daughter of John and Lois (Dungan) Brad-
erick, of that city. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shaefer, George A.
and Stella, the latter the wife of Edward J. Beard, of Spokane. During the period
of his residence here Mr. Shaefer and his wife have been members of the First
Congregational church of Spokane and he also belongs to the Chamber of Com-
merce, the Inland Club, the Knights of Pythias and the Spokane Turnverein. They
reside at No. 225 Seventeenth avenue and are well known socially.

Regarded as a citizen and in liis social relations ]\Ir. Shaefer belongs to that
public-spirited, useful and helpful type of men whose ambitions and desires are
centered and directed in those channels through which flow the greatest and most
permanent good to tlie greatest number. In his public service in connection with
both municipal and state affairs he brings to bear the sound judgment of the
business man who believes in practical business methods in the conduct of both
city and state business. While well grounded in the political maxims of both
schools, he has also studied the lessons of actual life, arriving at his conclusions
as a result of what may be called his post-graduate studies in the school of affairs.

JOSEPH H. BOYD.

Witli the development of industrial activity in the northwest Spokane has
come in for a full share of those business interests which are ever a factor in gen-
eral growth and prosperity because of the large number of men employed and
the large amount of capital thus ke])t in circulation. Every successful business
undertaking therefore becomes a factor in the city's advancement, and the place
which is occujiied by the National Iron Works in Spokane is a prominent one.
Of this important industrial concern Joseph H. Boyd is the president and gen-
eral manager. His has been an eventful and interesting career, for his experi-
ences liave been most varied. He was born in Devonshire, England, January 6,
1842, his parents being John and ]Martha Boyd. He was left an orphan when a
little lad of six and at the age of nine years went to sea as an apprentice. In the
ensuing seven years he touched at almost every port of importance on the face
of the globe and gained comprehensive knowledge of tlie world and its peoples
and from the experiences of life learned many valuable and oft times difficult
lessons. When in the harbor at San Francisco, at the age of sixteen, he deter-
mined to leave the sea and for a short time remained in that city but soon after-
ward made his wav to British Columbia, attracted by the gold discoveries on the

SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE l_'l

Frazicr ri\ir. Tlii-, \\,is in iJS.'iS. l.atrr lu' was to be loiiiul In luiiilur camps
lit' tlu I'li^'tt SduiuI country for a few years, and arduous and unremitting toil
tau;.'lit him much concerning life's values and those things which are most worth
while. In June, 18G1, lie went of Orofino, Idaho, the Hrst mining cam]) in that
state, there making his headquarters during the succeeding decade, in which lie was
engaged in mining. His efforts were gradually rewarded with a measure of suc-
cess and with the capital acquired in that manner he went to Portl.md, Oregon,
where he engaged in a real-estate and investment business and also became finan-
cially interested in the Vulcan Iron Works.

I'or twelve years Mr. Jioyd was a resident nl I'lirtlaiui .inil in ISS.'f e.ame to
Spokane, wliere he entered commercial circles ,is a liarduarc iiK reli ml iindi r
tile name of the J. H. lioyd Hardware Company. He h.id huiit up .1 subst.inti.ii .inil
gratifying trade, when, in 1889, his entire stock w;is destroyed in tin- gre.at fire
which swept over Spokane, leaving liini with .1 loss of l'ort\' thuusaiKJ diill.irs
above his insur.ance. His ability as a business m;in .and liis well known trust wortlii-
ness enabled liim to obtain credit with m.anufaeturers .and he .ag.iin st.irted in
business, admitting Jolni \V. Goss to a p.artni rship. In IMHl tliey eonsolid.iti d
with Holly-Mason-M.arks & Comjiany. Mr. Hoyd beeiiming .1 director of the new
firm, with which be continued until 1897. wlien he disposed of his interests. Ten
years before he bad brought his iron work m.iebiiurv from Portland and incor-
porated the Jireseiit company, of which be has continuously served .as the Jjresi-
dent, while in 1890 he also accejited the jiosition of general m.anager and has
since concentrated bis iiiergies upon thi- cdntrol of this enterprise .and the ex-
pansion of its trade relations. The eomp.my 's out))ut includes g.asoline and steam
engines, Loilers, elevators, architectural iron. (|uartz mills .and crushers, con-
centrators, ore cars, buckets, and gener.il mill and iiiininj;- ni.aeliinrrv. wrmmlit
iron, iron and br.ass eastings, etc. Their jilant w.is originally located on the island
in tlie river, where business was conduettd for twenty years, but in 1907 .a ic
moval was made to their jjresent site at the corner of Division .and Catalbo streets,
after they had erected there one of the most complete plants of this kind in the
northwest. Of .Mr. IJoyd it has been said: "He is ))ossessed of unusu.il executive
.ability and owes his wealth and prestige as a manuf.aeturer solely to his nun
energy .and good judgment and to his splendid faculty for m.anaging large enter-
prises." In .addition to bis manufacturing .activities in .S|)ok.ane he b.as barge min-
ing interests in C'oi iir d'.Vlene.

Mr. Boyd has never sought ))rogress in other fields outside of business .and
yet his fitness for office ,ind leadership in dilfeniit nl.ations h.ave been recogni/.ed
by bis fellow towrisiiKai. \\lii> |ir.ietie.illy forced liiiii into the dlliia- of eouiiciliri/in.
He served .as city .ilibrm.an tor two years and during the Latter year w.as presi-
d<nt of tile council. While he does not desire political preferment his jiosition
regarding political questions has never been an ecjuivocil one. for lie b.as i \ir lu en
a stalwart, advocate of republican l)rincii)les. He belongs to .S|>ok.ine Lodge,
No. .St, V. & A. M. and to .\11 .Saints Episcojud church, in which he b.as been a
vestryman.

It was on the 9th of .Vugust. 1871. in Portl.and. Oregon, that Mr. l}oyd was
united in marriage to Miss Mina Epperly, a daughter of John and Louisa C.
(Ciraham) Epperly, who were jiioncer settlers of Buttcville, Oregon, wlier<- Mrs.
IJoyd w.as born. l?y her marriage she has become the mother nf I href eliildreii:

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Graham Boyd, who is secretary of the National Iron Works; Edith L., who re-
sides with her parents in Spokane; and Edna M., deceased.

Mr. Boyd certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. He
started out in life handicapped by a lack of advantages that many boj's enjoy.
Yet as the years passed on he learned many valuable lessons in the school of ex-
perience and there awakened in him the ambition to make the most of his time
and opportunities and gradually he has advanced, overcoming obstacles which
have utterly discouraged many men, and today he is recognized as one who pos-
sesses excellent ability as an organizer and has the power of coordinating seem-
ingly diversified elements into a unified and harmonious whole. His personal
popularity is due in large measure to his unfeigned cordiality, while his courtesy
is unfailing and his integrity is above question.

WILLIS A. RITCHIE.

It is perhaps a trite saying that there is always room at the top and yet if
this truth were really apprehended by the individual, statistics perhaps would not
give as they do today the fact that the percentage of failures amounts to about
ninety of those who attempt to conduct an independent business venture. Under-
standing that the path of opportunity is open to all and that advancement depends
upon the individual, his industry, his close application and his unfaltering deter-
mination, Willis A. Ritchie has throughout his business life placed his dependence
upon those qualities and has, therefore, reached a position of more than local
prominence as an architect of the northwest. He has been a resident of Spokane
since January, 1892, and during this period constant demand has been made for
his services in the field which he chose as his life work and in which he has pro-
gressed far beyond the point of mediocrity.

He was born in Van Wert county, Ohio, July 1-i, ISSi. His parents, John
E. and Margaret J. (McCoy) Ritchie, were at that time living upon a farm,
although his father had previously become a member of the legal profession. Dur-
ing the very early boyhood of his son Willis he removed to Lima, Ohio, where for
twenty-five years he continued in the practice of law and then went upon the
bench, serving as judge of the common pleas court at Lima for ten years. Pro-
fessional ability and his personal worth gained him high rating as a representative
of the legal profession in his county. There he died in 1908, having for about
thirteen years survived his wife, who passed away in 1895.

After acquiring his more strictly literary education in the public and high
schools of Lima, Willis A. Ritchie turned his attention to the study of architecture,
pursuing a course outlined by the superintendent of architecture of the United
States treasury department. He added to theoretical knowledge broad practical
experience but never attended any technical schools. In 1885 he removed to
Kansas and while practicing his profession at- different points in that state main-
tained his headquarters at Winfield. He was at that time but twenty-one years
of age but already his ability in the line of his profession was supplemented by
keen discrimination and sound judgment that won him a creditable place in busi-
ness circles. He had branch offices at Arkansas City and Wellington and super-

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visfd tin- iTiftioii of tin- lu w I'liiir.il luiildiiifr .it W'iiliit.i, Kansas, costing two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. His identification with the northwest dates
from 1889, at which time he became a resident of Seattle, there remaining for
three years. During that period he devoted all his attention to pul)lic buildings
and among some of the most prominent that he designed and supervised are the
King County Courtliouse of Seattle; the Whatcomh County Courthouse, at Belling-
hain; tlie JettVrson County Courtliouse. at Port 'I'ownsend ; the Clarke County
Courthouse, at \'ancouver, Washington; the Thurston County Courtliouse, at Olym-
pia; and the original huilding of the Soldiers' Home, at Orting, Washington.
Coming to .Spokane in January. 189'2, he at onee opened an otliee and the work
which lie li;i(l previouslv done in the state eiiniiiuiuii (I liiiii to tin- p.itniii.igf of the
pulilic here. Soon tin- contracts awarded iiiin were ni.iking .i iuavy (Iciii.iikI upon
his time and energies. The evidences of his skill .'ind .'ihility are fouiid in tin-
Spok.-me County Courthouse, the City Mali, and many of tlu' lie.iiitif ul iicniii^ of
.S|)()k,ine. He was also the builder of the Ciirls' Dormitory .and S<-ienee Hall .it
the Idaho State University and he planned and sui)ervised the building of the
present state capitol. at ()lyni))ia. He is a constant stiuh nt of that wliieii be.-irs
upon his |)rofession. early becoming familiar with all the recognized styles of good
architecture, .and li.is develoi)ed many original .ind attractive |)lans in the erection
of the public and priv.ite buildings that he has erected in tiu- northwest.

Mr. Ritchie has been married twice. On the 1 Hh of ,luly. 1887, at Wintield.
Kansas, he wedded Etta Reid. a daugliter of A. I.awson and Alice A. Reid. of that
city. Mrs. Ritchie died iii .S|)okaiie in lilOI. l(a\iiig :i son. .lolin Hi id Ritchie, who
was born in ISOl and is now attending school here. An eider child. Margaret,
who was born in 1888, had died in infancy. In .Se))teiiil)er. 1!)()'J. Mr. Ritchie
was again married, his second union luiiig with Merriaiu !'. W'illiaiiisoii. a daugh-
ter of Pr.'ink F. and Etta \\'illiamson, of Olympia. Her father was one of the
pioneers of this state. He engaged in the lumber busiinss and w;is the first to
log with steam pow<r on the Pacific coast. TIk Ititeiiie f.iniily residence is at
No. 119 .Seventh avenue.

.Mr. Ritchie was formerly an active worker in the ranks ol the rr])iibliean
party but does not take a |)roniiiiiiit ))art at the iircsciit time. The deni.ands of
his business have been const.mtly greater and his .■idvanceiiient, which w.as as-
sured by reason of his close application, laudable ambition .-md thorough under-
standing of the seieiitifie |)riiici))les underlying his work, ji.is |)lae<(l iiiiii in a
proiiiiiii lit ])ositinn .-iniong the architects of .Spok.ane.

OSCAR CAIN.

Oscar Cain, filling the position of United .States attorney for the .Spokane dis-
trict, was born on the 2,5th of May. 18G8. in Ringgold county. Iowa, a son of
Robert and S.irah (Brown) Cain, who in 1867 removed from Ohio to Iowa. The
father had jireviously served as a soldier in the l^nion army during the Civil war.
enlisting in tli(> Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry, .\fter ten vears' residence in the Hawk-
eye state Robert Cain took In's family to lola, Kansas, where tliry resided until
1892.

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Oscar Cain began his education in the public schools of Iowa and continued
his studies in Kansas, in a broad general knowledge laying the foundation for his
professional learning. He took up the study of law in an attorney's office of lola
and was admitted to the bar on the 2d of April, 1892, passing the required exami-
nation before the supreme court at Topeka, Kansas. Immediately afterward he
came to the northwest and for one year was engaged in teaching school in the Willa-
mette valley in Oregon. In February, 1893, he removed to Walla Walla where he
entered upon the practice of law and in his chosen calling made rapid advance.
During the period of his residence there he served for three terms as city attor-
ney and was also for two terms prosecuting attorney of Walla Walla county. This
brought him wide and valuable experience and the ability which he displayed in
handling important litigation that came to him in his official as well as in private
connection led to his appointment on the 17th of August, 1910, as United States
attorney for the eastern district of Washington, which position he is now filling,
with residence in Spokane.

On the 27th of June, 1901, Mr. Cain was married to !Miss Abbie Waterman, of
WaUa Walla, a daughter of Samuel and Jane Waterman, of that city, wlio were
pioneer settlers there, coming in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Cain now have a daughter
Lois, eight years of age, and they reside at No. 120i South Cook street, where
he purchased a pleasant residence. In politics he has always been a republican,
interested in the welfare of the party and thoroughly informed concerning the
vital issues and questions of the day. His social relations are with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World and the Spokane Club. His
own intellectual attainments make him a congenial companion in those circles where
well read men discuss the questions of the day and his close application and broad
study in his profession have gained him high >tanding as a representative of the
Washington bar.

HARRY OCHS.

One of the foremost citizens of Harrington is Harry Ochs, who has resided in
Lincoln county for twenty-seven years, during whicli time he has made extensive
and lucrative speculations in lands in this section. In addition to his valuable
realty holdings he was one of the founders of the First National Bank of Har-
rington, of which he has ever since been jjresident.

Mr. Oclis was formerly a subject of Germany, having been born in Prussia,
on December 19, 1854, his parents being Sebastian and Martha Ochs. He was
reared and educated in the city of Frankfort, following which he entered the Ger-
man army, in which he served for three years. He was discharged in 1879 and
very soon thereafter decided to come to America, believing that he would here find
better opportunities for advancement than were available in his own country,
and in 1880 he took passage for the fnited States with California as his destina-
tion. During the first four years of his residence in this country he followed va-
rious pursuits in the latter state, but at the expiration of that time, in 1884. he
came to Lincoln county and here he has ever since been located. When he first
came here he filed on a homestead, two and a half miles south of the present site

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of Mohler, hut as In- Imd hut limited means it was necessary fur him to work for
other ranchmen in the vicinity in order to acquire the money to improve his land
and place it unch-r cultivation. In common with a larpe numher of the ])ioneers he
endured many hardships and privations, and encountered innumerahle di(ficulties
and obstacles before he became established. He w.is very ambitious, however, and
possessed too much energy and di-termin.ition of purpose to accept defeat and
eventually won by reason of his persistiiit perseverance. Bv working for others
until he had enough money to enable him to live, while he was placing his own
ranch under cultivation, he made a start, and for some years thereafter he continued
to hire out to other settlers in that loe.ility, in order to oht.-iiii the means to furtlier
improve his own property. Fie often times became very mueli discouraged, for
the early years were very hard, hut he i)rospered with the passing of time and
was able to extend his holdings until he now owns between five and six thous-md
acres of fine wheat land that he is renting. He early recognized the wonderful
possibilities this country afforded, and made judicious investments .in land that
he has since sold .at a large adv.-inee over the original cost. \o expense has been
spared in the equipment and improvement of his home ranch, where he has erected
a tine residence that is provided with every modern convenience and comfort. "Sir.
Ochs has alw;iys been a public-spirited man and has been finanei.illy interisted in
flu- devolopment of v.irious local I'uterprises. In 1908. togetlur with others he
organized the First National Bank of Harrington, now one of the suhst.uitial .md
thriving Hnancial institutions of the county, in whieli lie is the largest stockholder.
Before this bank was organized he served for years in the capacity of president of
the .St;ite B.mk of Harrington.

Mr. Ochs was married in .\i>rii. 1900, to Mrs. Emma (McCallup) Owen, who
is a n.itivi- of Illinois. Thret eliildren li.ivi- been horn of tiiis marriage, Martha E.,
Harry L., and Clyde, while Mrs. Ochs has two daughters by a former marriage,
Edith and Grace Owen. The family reside in Harrington.

The religious f.iith of .\Ir. Ochs is manifested through liis nieinbershi)) in the
Ciirman Lutheran eliureh. while his politie;il support is given to the re|)nbliean
party. Hi- is held in high esteem throughout the county, where he is widely known,
having always manifested the highest principles and unquestionable integrity in
all of his trans;ictions. The success of Mr. Ochs hut serves to substantiate the
frequent .issertion that there are unlimited o|)portunities for enterprising .-md
industrious young men in this eoiiiitry if thiy will milv ])ersevire in tlnir efforts
to seek them. His achievements have been won through his individual endeavors,
as he canii' to .Vmeriea l)ractic;illy empty-h.inded and has nevir been given any
assistance save such as is accorded every m.m of recognized worth .iiid integritv.

rR.WK B GREGG.

The term progress might be regarded as the keystone of the eh.-iracter of Frank
B. CJregg. It has been manifest in .-ill th.it he has undirt.iken and |)artieul.irly
in his business associations. Keen judgment, too, has enabled him to (piiekly dis-
criminate between the essential and the nonessential and in utilizing the former he
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the field of his activity, having now one of the most extensive, best equipped and
most liberally patronized job printing establishments of the northwest. He was
bom in Elmira, New York, July 31, 1850, a son of George and Hannah ]\I. (Barr)
Gregg, both of whom were natives of the Empire state. The Gregg family is of
Scotch-Irish lineage and was represented in both the Revolutionary and Civil wars.
George Gregg died in 1870 and was long survived by his wife, who passed away
October 1, 1910. She was born in Xorwicli. New York, and also came of a family
that was actively connected with the Revolutionary and Civil war contests. The
Barrs, however, came originally from England. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
George Gregg was celebrated in January, 1819, and in ^lay, 1871, some time after
the death of her first husband, Mrs. Gregg became the wife of Edward Rutledge,
who passed away July 26. 1911. The two uncles of our subject are Samuel W.
and Henry M. Barr, both Civil war veterans and now living retired in Beloit, Wis-
consin.

Frank B. Gregg was but a young lad when his parents removed to the middle
west and in the public schools of the Badger state he pursued his education. His
connection with the printing trade began January 19, 1865, when he accepted
the position of "devil" and newsboy at Chippewa Falls. Wisconsin. Gradually he
worked liis way upward, his ability and faithfulness winning recognition, and for
twelve years he was manager of the Chippewa Herald, which was organized and
owned by the late General George C. Ginty, one of the most prominent men of the
state and one of the best known editors of the middle west. In 1888 Mr. Gregg
removed to Superior, Wisconsin, where for fourteen years he published the Superior
Wave. In 1894 a printers' strike occurred in that town in connection with the
Telegram and Leader, morning and evening papers, resulting in March of that
year in the publication by the printers of the town of a paper called the Daily
News. This was published and printed by Mr. Gregg from March until .\ugust
of that year and in the latter month the other two papers again took on a force
of union printers. Mr. Gregg has been a member of the Typographical L'nion
for thirtv-eight years, joining it in Minneapolis while working on the Tribune in
1873. He has always been one of the active men of the organization and is an
earnest lover of its principles. He was also one of the officers of the State Press
Association and always one of its active members during the period of his resi-
dence in Wisconsin. He left that state in June. 1902, to establish his home in
Spokane, where he purchased the Quick Print from Winship & Ogden and has
since conducted it. He carries on a general job printing business in all lines of
printing and has won continuous success. The business was established by a man
of the name of Wilcox about seventeen years ago and the publication was called
the Quick Print. This is one of the best equipped offices west of Chicago and every
kind of job printing is done, including hank work and bonding. The output is
ever neat, many times artistic and at all times suitable for the occasion demanded.
Mr. Gregg has kept abreast with the improvement that has been continually made
in the printing business and the work of his office is the exemplification of that
which is highest and best in the "art preservative" of arts. He is also a director
of the National Bank of Commerce and he occupies an enviable and prominent
position in business and financial circles, owing not alone to the success he has
achieved but also to the straightforward business policy to which he has ever closely
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On the 17tli of December, 1879, in .Manchester, Iowa, Mr. Gregg was united
in marriage to Miss Eva L. Day, a daiigliter of Colonel George A. Day, who is
a second cousin of Judge Day of the superior bench. The Day family was rejire-
sented in the Revolutionary and Civil wars and was of English origin. The Rev.
Alvah Day, grandfather of Mrs. Gregg, was a Presbyterian minister, and she
holds nunil)trshi|) in the Presbyterian church. They have three children: Eliza-
beth, Paul and Percy. The two last named arc attending school.

.Mrs. CJregg is a uiember of the Daugliters of the American Revolution and
Mr. Gregg belongs to Spokane Lixlge, No. 3i, F. & A. M., also to the consistory,
the commandery and El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine, in which he has held
office. He has also occupied several chairs in the blue lodge and was an officer in
both the chaj)ter and commandery in Wisconsin. He assisted in organi/.iiiir tli(
eiia])ter in \\'est Superior and was its first scribe. He cooperates willingly and
hilpfuliy ill the work of the Clianibtr of Commerce of Sjiokane and is .also a
member of the .'^))okane .Vthletic Club. He likewise belongs to the Young Men's
Christian Association and his interests are broad and varied and at all times are of
a nature whicli contribute to the advancement and uplift of the community and the
nidividu.-il. He has been a close student of many of the economic, sociological and
political problems and in these, as in his chosen life work, keeps abreast witii the
best thinking men of the age.

CHARLES E. SWAN.

Charles E. Swan, who in the earlier part of liis profession.il career specialized
in the field of railroad law, has given his attention to general l;iw practice since
(lining to Spokane. He is now a member of the firm of Cannon, Ferris & Swan,
.1 firm that ranks with the foremost practicing at the Spokane bar. He was born
in Brooklyn. New York. October 22, 1867, and was one of a family of six chil-
dren whose p.irents were David E. and Mary (Buttle) Swan. The father, who
was born in the state of New York, represented an old New England family nl'
English descent. Throughout his business life he was an accountant and died
in 1892. His widow, a native of Ireland, is now living in .St. Paul. Minnesota.
The brothers of our subject are: William F. .Swan, wlio is engag( d in tin- insurance
business in Philadelphia; and David Arthur Swan, a luniixr nuTcliant nf 'racoui.i.
I'lii- thrcr sistiTs are: Mary A., the wife of Leonard Hrisley, of .Mimu apolis ;
Mabil 1).. the widow of Charles P. Eastman, residing at .Merriain Park, Minne-
sot.i : .and Hdith .S., who is now with her mother in Si. Paul but was formerly
a teacher of domestic science in the normal school ;it Madison, .South Dakota.

Reared on the Atlantic seacoast, Charles E. .Swan piirsiicd his education in the
common schools of Montclair, New Jersey, and subsequently tn.astered a three
years' course in the college of law of the University of Minnesota, .attending night
<l.issis. He was graduated in 1896 and in June of that year was admitted to prac-
tice in the courts of Minnesota and in 1909 was admitted to practice in the courts
of Washington. Long before he entered ujran the study of law, however, he had
made his initial step in the business world, having in 1882 enU'red the auditor's
ofliei- of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at St. Paul. There be eoiilinued

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for a year, after which he spent four years in the employ of Auerbacli, Finch & Van
Slyck. wholesale dry-goods merchants. He next entered the service of the Chicago.
Burlington & Northern Railroad, now a part of tlie Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad system, being employed in the auditor's office and also in connection with
the freight department. He afterward entered the office of the general claim agent
of the Northern Pacific Railroad at St. Paul, where he was em])loyed successively
as clerk, stenographer and chief clerk until 1897, when he became traveling claim
agent of the road, with headquarters at St. Paul, his territory extending as far
west as Butte. Montana. In October, 1898. he resigned and took a position with
the legal department of the ISIinneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company at Minne-
apolis. He was also claim agent of that company and was with them for four years,
after which he resigned and reentered the service of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company as district claim agent at Helena, Montana. This was in January, 1903,
and he there remained until the 1st of June, when he was transferred to Spokane
by the same company as district claim agent, in which position he remained for
four years, or until the 1st of July, 1907, when he became claim agent of the
Inland Empire system of Spokane. That remained his business connection until
the 1st of April, 1909, when he became associated with the law firm of Cannon
& Lee and on the 1st of September, 1910. the law firm of Cannon, Ferris. Swan &
Lally was organized, Mr. Lally later dropping out of the firm. Their position at
the bar is a most creditable one and the varied ability of the different members
enables the firm to successfully handle, work in all departments of the law.

Mr. Swan was united in marriage, at Merriam Park, Minnesota, to Miss Flor-
ence M. Brainard, a daughter of Frank L. Brainard, one of the early settlers of
St. Paul, ^Minnesota. She is descended from a family founded in America prior to
the Revolutionary war — a family of English descent — and bj' reason of the part
which some of her ancestors took in the struggle for independence she now holds
membership with the Daughters of the American Revolution. L'nto Mr. and Mrs.
Swan have been born three children. Ruth. Helen and Florence, aged respectively
ten, four and two years. Mr. Swan belongs to the Inland Club, the Independent
Order of Foresters, the Spokane Trans jMrtation Club and the Chamber of Com-
merce — associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests. His life
has been one of well directed activity and personal ability has brought liim to the
creditable position which he occupies today in connection with the professional
interests of his adopted city.

ALFRED M. CRAVEN.

Alfred M. Craven is best known to the )iuhlic. perhaps, in j)rofessional and
political relations, having been a dominant and beneficial force in both lines. In
other connections, too. however, he is widely known, being cordially received in
tlie best social circles in Spokane where intelligent men are gathered in the dis-
cussion of leading and vital questions. He was born in !Mankato. ^Minnesota,
October 11. 1865. His father, John G. Craven, a native of Indiana, was descended
from an English family that was founded on American soil in 1670. Mary
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tirst English governor of Ntrw York. On the otlicr side of the Atlantic tlie an-
cestry can he traced hack to 1456. tlie ancestral home heing in Yorkshire, England.
The gre.it-grandfatlur of Alfred M. Craven was Thomas Craven, who witli his
hrother Jolin was enrolled as a nieniher of the associated company of Warwick
townshij), Bucks county, Pennsylvania, for service in the Revolutionary war. Au-
gust !2I, 177j. Tlie former was with CJener.-il Washington at Trenton and at
Urandywine. while his hrother .lohn was made :\ prisoner of war and incarcerated
at Philadelphia for more than three months. The grandfatiier of Alfred M.
Craven served as a eajitain in the Indian war that hroke out during tlie progress of
the War of 181'J. Both the fatiur and grandfatiier were prouiinent .aholitionists
and hecame in 1815 the founders of the Kleutluriaii College at College Hill. In-
diana, a cii.-irtered institution known as an aholitionist college. it li.iil tor its
motto: "Free to all witiiout regard to se.\ or color." .loliii (i. Craven not only
was a teacher and proprietor of one of the old-time jiriv.ite academies of Indiana
hut was also connected in a similar way with educational work in Iowa. He was
a candidate for presidential elector on the free soil ticket of 18;)iJ which was
headed hy the name of Martin Van Burcn. He died in 1893 and was survived
for two years hy his wife. Mrs. Martha (Wilson) Craven, wlio passed away in
1895. She was horn in Ohio and helonged to an old Scotcii Preshyterian family.
Her grandfather. Captain Hutton. entered the Revolutionary war from .Soutii
Carolina and was captain of a coini)any from that state under Cieiier.al Marion in
his campaign again Tarleton. Mrs. Craven was also granddaughter of Major .John
Gaston, who served in a Pennsylvania regiment during the war for independence.
It was in his honor that Gastonville in Washington county, Pennsylvania, was
named. His father was murdered hy tlie Indians in the Frencli and Indian w;ir,
while John Wilson, another ancestor of Mrs. Craven, was in the siege of London-
derry. Ireland, in 1C89. The first of thy family to come to America was his son,
.John Wilson, who settled in Pennsylvania. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Craven were five .sons: .\lfred M.; Edwin W. and Herman W., who are raera-
hers of the i^eattle (Washington) bar: Arthur J., an attorney of Bellingham,
Wasliington; and Roger C who for twenty years has been on the editorial staff
of the Omaha World Herald.

Alfred M. Craven was educated in his father's academy at Irving, Iowa, and
in the ."^t.•lte University at Iowa City, from which he was graduated in 1888 with
the degree of B. A. In jireparation for the practice of law he pursued a partial
course in the same university and also continued his reading in tile office of Henry
H. Craig, of Kansas City, where he was admitted to the bar on the 1 Itli of
.January, 1889. About the middle of April of that year .Mr. Craven canu- to
Washington and after a week spent in Spokane went to Whitman county, practic-
ing his profession for six months at Palouse City. In the spring of 1890 lie re-
moved to Colfax where he practiced for eight years, and then came to Spokane.
For a year he was in partnership with .ludge Norman Buck, now deceased, and
for two years practiced in partnership with Judge H. W. Canfield, while in Col-
fax. He now engages in general practice yet did much corporation work in Spo-
kane ))rior to accepting office. In politics he has always been a stalwart republican
and M-hile in Colfax served as a delegate to conventions but was never active as
a political worker. In April. 1911. under the new commission form of goviTn-
ment. he was appointed corjioration counsel. Two years prior to thai time Mr.

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Craven had been a candidate for judge, on wliieh occasion four judges were to
be elected, he receiving the fifth highest vote.

In Portland, Oregon, on the 29th of September, 1909, occurred the marriage
of Mr. Craven and Mis.s Melina Saux, a daughter of Raymond Saux, who was a
pioneer of Idaho and in 1870 built the Raymond House at Lewiston, Idaho. Mrs.
Craven was born at Warren, Idaho, wlien that place was a flourishing placer mining
camp. Mr. Craven lives in a very attractive home at E 190,'J Twelfth avenue. He
belongs to Oriental Lodge, No. 71, F. &. A. M., and is also a Royal Arch Mason.
He belongs likewise to Spokane Camp, No. 99, W. O. W., is a member of the
Sons of tile Revolution, a member of the Inland Club and a charter member of
the University Club and for a number of years has been an active member of
the Spokane Athletic Club, in the work of which he still takes considerable inter-
est. His activities have never been self-centered; he has ever realized tliat life
means more than mere individual interests, and has cooperated in many move-
ments which tend to solve vexing problems of the age and i^lace before men higher
ideals of the individual purpose and of citizenship.

THOMAS L. CATTERSON. M. D.

Dr. Thomas L. Catterson, wlio has won distinction in hospital as well as pri-
vate practice, has for several years specialized in surgical work and the marked
ability which he has displayed in this field establishes him through the consensus
of public opinion in a foremost position as a representative of the medical pro-
fession of Washington. He has been a resident of Spokane since 1887 but three
years before had established his home in. Spokane county. His birth occurred in
Geneva, New York, February 6. 1857, his parents being William and Mary (Long)
Catterson, both of whom were natives of Scotland and on coming to the United
States settled at Geneva, New York. There the father engaged in farming for
a considerable period, but both he and his wife have now passed away.

After leaving the public schools of his native city Dr. Catterson continued his
education in Hobart College there, and with a good classical education to serve
as the foundation of professional knowledge he took up the study of medicine in
the University of ^lichigan at Ann Arbor and afterward continued his course in
the Detroit College of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1887. He then
turned his face westward, believing that better opportunities for advancement
could be secured in this great and growing Pacific coast country. Alreadv he had
visited the Spokane country in 1881 and had located at Cheney, where his brother-
in-law. B. C. Van Houten, was filling the position of county auditor. After eigh-
teen months' residence in Cheney he had returned to Detroit to complete his medi-
cal education and following his graduation he opened an office in Spokane in 1887.
For a number of years he continued in general practice but the ability which he
displayed in surgical work and his deep interest in that branch of practice led
him to more and more largely concentrate his energies upon that department of
the work, and for several years past he has specialized in surgery, being regarded
as one of the foremost representatives of this branch of the profession not only
in Spokane but in all eastern Washington. For twenty years he has served as a

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nicinbt-r of the staff of the Sacred Heart Ilos|)ital and from 1888 until 1890 in-
clusive he was eoiiiiU phv^iciiii of Spokain- eoiinty. He has also served as presi-
dent of the board of health and is in hearty sympathy with the attitude of the
profession in regard to tile dissemination of a giiieral knowledge of the laws of
health, believing it far bettir to ))revent disease tlian to cheek it. He was one of
the organizers of the Spokane County Medical Association and at all times has
done everything in his j)ower to advance the efficiency of the medical fraternity,
discharging his own professional duties with a sense of conscientious obligation.

In October, I87(i, Dr. Catterson was married to Miss Addie Van Houten, a
d.'iugliter of Abraham and M.ary (Collins) Van Houten. Mrs. Catterson passed
away in .Spokane in March. 1897, leaving a daughter, Evelyn, and in November,
1898. Dr. Catterson was .ag.iin married, the second union being with Annie E.
Goodner. of this city. They reside in a l)eautifiil residence at No. 'iO-2'> Fourtii
avenue, which he erecti'd in •190.'! and which is situ.iti-d almost oppositt- Coeur
d'.Vhne I'.irk. In 190.'J he erected tin- (ieneva apartments at the corner of I'ourth
.•ivenue and Maple street, so naming them in honor of his old home town, and in
addition he owns considerable other real estati in the eity. h:i\ ing judiciously made
investment in Spok.ane property which has Ihtii ((intiniiilly rising in \ ahir for .i
number of years.

His political allegiance is given to tin- n pnlilie.in ]iarty imt. wliile lie lias neve'^
.aspired to hold office, he has been interested in tile vital principles of go\ eminent
.and in the signiticant questions of the d.iy. keej)ing. therefore, well informed on
the issues that divide the two parties. In Masonry he has att.ained high r.ink. as
is indicated in his memberslii|) in El Kalif Temple of the Mystic .Shrine. Of
Oriental Lodge, No. 71-. 1'". &: A. M.. he has ser\ e<l .is .i ])ast master. .Vt ail times
he has exemplified in his life the beneficent .and tiic liinc xdlc lit spirit ol tin craft.
His practice gives him .imple oj)portunity to emliody in his work tile jirineiples
of the fraternity and ni.any there are who couid bear testimony to his brotherly
kiiidiiiss in an iioiir of lui-d. Nature giftrd iiim uilii strong imiitaiity .ind lie
h.is used his powers in a serviceable life wiirrt in tin- |)iiiiiie has been a direct
benetieiarv.

ItK IIAHI) M. li.MiMIAR'r.

Rich.-ird M. Hariiii.irl w.as .-i brilii.uit iiiciiiinr of tiic .'^pokaiir iiar. Iiis n-eord
being at all times a credit to tin profissidn wlii<ii In- niircsciited. Tliroiiiihoiit
the period in which he engaged in the |)r.ietice of Law he manifestid .a loyalty to
his clients' interests that became ))roverbi,il and in every relation of life he
stood for tiiosi- tilings which are most worth wliiir ,iiid gave his siip|)(irt lo those
inti-ri sts which are of most v.alue in the life of a community. He was born in
Decor.ah. Iowa. -Sejjtembcr •i'i. 1809. .and his life record covered the intervening
years to tin- 1st of Marcii. 1910. Hi- w.-is .-i son of .Iclm 11. .uid Marie fHii)bins)
Barnhart. the former a n.ative of the state of New York, wliiie tile mother was
born in Indiana. On removing westward they settled in Iowa, wliere the father
engaged in farming and stock raising. In his boyhood d.ays Richard M. Barnhart
remained at home with his ji.ireiits. spending his {•hildlnxid in Deenr.ili and at-

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tending the high school :\t KstiTviUf. Iowa. In the meantime he was employed
in a local bank and thus obtained his first business experience. Later he went to
V'alparaiso, Indiana, where he spent one term in college and he also spent one
term in school at Ada, Ohio. He afterward completed his education in the Uni-
versity of ^Michigan, where he pursued the study of law and was graduated with
the class of 1889. He was considered a very brilliant student and finished a
three years' course in the Michigan university in two years.

In the fall of 1899 Mr. Barnhart decided to come to the west, thinking that he
would have better business opportunities in this growing section of the country.
He chose Spokane as the scene of his future labors and following his arrival in
this city entered the office of Judge Moore, prosecuting attorney of Spokane, under
whom he acted as deputy for five years. He was ambitious, energetic and deter-
mined and during that period he gained broad practical experience in the work
of the courts and promoted his own ability so that in 1904 he was elected prosecut-
ing attorney. The faithfulness and efficiency which he displayed during his first
term led to his reelection, so that he filled the oflice for two terms, making an ex-
cellent record in that position. He then entered upon the private practice of law
in January, 1909, in partnership with George A. Lee, and continued with great
success until his untimely death which occurred March 1, 1910, in a railroad ac-
cident in which nearly one hundred lost their lives.

On the '29th of April, 190.S, in Sjjokane. Mr. Barnhart was united in marriage
to Miss Victoria Devor, a daughter of Joseph B. and Martha (Starr) Devor, who
were natives of Ohio and on removing westward settled in Elkhart, Indiana, where
the father became a prominent banker and leading citizen. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Barnhart was born one son, Richard Devor Barnhart.

In his political views Mr. Barnhart was a republican, interested in the wel-
fare and success of his party and active in support of the measures and movements
for the benefit of the city. His fraternal relations were with the Masons and the
Knights of Pythias and he held membership in the First Presbyterian church, to
the teachings of which he was always loyal. He was a man of studious habits,
read broadly and thought deeply and he kept well informed on the leading ques-
tions of interest of his day. He was one of the most progressive and successful
attorneys of Spokane and in the practice of law made a creditable record. He
carefully prepared his cases and was logical in his arguments and enjoyed the
high regard of his professional brethren as well as of those whom he met in the
relations of social life.

HON. WILLIAM E. CULLEN.

In the history of the northwest no name is regarded with greater honor and
prominence than that of William E. Cullen, who remained for a number of years
as a leading representative of mining law in this section of the country. He was
also well versed on railroad and other branches of corporation law, his ojiinions
coming to be regarded as authority upon questions relative to those branches of
jurisprudence. He rose to a position of distinction because he wisely, faithfully
and conscientiously utilized the powers with which nature endowed him. and among

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tliose who liavi- lift tluir iiniiress upon the legal history of the northwest imiie have
been more faultless in honor, fearless in conduct or stainless in reputation. llf^
resided in Spokane for only a comparatively brief period hut was a resident of
this section of the state for many years.

His birtli occurred in Manstield, Rielilanil eounty, Ohio, .lune^O, 1838, Ins
I)arents being among the pioneer residents of that state. The ancestry is tr.iced
back in the Jjaternal line to Scotland, whence the great-grandfather of .Fudge Cullen
came to America, leaving the city of Edinburgh in 17()8 to become a resident of
the new world. He was a man of fine intellectual jittainments and scholarly habits,
was a Greek professor and in that connection was for some time a member of the
faculty of one of the early colleges of Pennsylvania. He was the father ot John
Cullen and the grandfather of Thomas W. Cullen, and the latter was the father of
William E. Cullen of this review. Thomas W. Cullen engaged in the manufacture
of woolen goods in Pennsylvania and was there married in 18,S7 to Miss Isabel
.Morrison. Thirty years later they reuiox ed to Ohio, wheri- tluir remaining days
were passed, the father's death occurring when be had reached the .ige of seventy-
seven years, while the mother passed away at the age of sixty. Their religious
faith was that of the Protestant Episi i>|).il cbuirli aiKi their ]i\es wire ever in
harmony with their professions.

U'illiam E. Cullen was reared .miid tin n tilling inthuiuis ot .1 good ( bristi.m
home and was the eldest in a family of six children, to whom tin- publie schools of
his native town afforded them their early educational privileges. He afterward
had the benefit of three years" study in what is now known as Kenyon College, a
celebrated E|)iscopal institution at Gambier, Ohio. The west with its limitless
opportunities attracted him .and following his gr.-idu.ition he went to .Minnesota,
where he was appointed superintendent of instruction for the Winnebago Indians,
his uncle. Major Cullen, being the Indian agent for the entire northwest. Two
years were devoted to that work but during that piriod lie determined to enter
upon the practice of law, hoping to find in it .1 more congenial and ])rofitable field.
The trend of his mind was naturally analytical, logical and inductive and he felt
that there would be sustained interest for him in the preliaration and eoiiduet of
eases and in the solution of intricate and involved legal problems.

In 18110 Mr. Cullen entered the office of .ludge E. Flandreau, .it tliit time asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court of Minnesot.i. .tiuI there eontiiHhd his studies
under most effective direction until 1S6'2. wluii lie w.is .uiiiiittrd to Ibr 1 ar. 1 le
shared in the ex))erienccs of frontier lifi- during bis residence in .Miiniesota .iiid
sirv<'d as second lieutenant in a com))any of state troo|)s at the time of the Indi.in
iijirising of I86'J, which reached its climax in the fearful massacre .it New L"lm.
The company to which he was attached did active duty in su|)))ressing the Sioux
Indians, and when his military aid was no longer needed Mr. Cullen turned his
attention to the active l)ractiee of law, o))ening .-m office at St. I'l tc r. Nicollet eounty,
Minnesota, whf n he became associated with .Major S. A. Buell, a brother of CJen-
rr.il Don C. Hurll. This connection was maintained until 1866, when Mr. Culh'n
started on tin overland journey to .Montana, traveling by ox team with .1 ))arty
that made tiir tri|i under eounnand of Ca|)t.iiii .laims I isk and arrived in llrlni.i
in .August.

-Mr. Cullen .it once opened .111 otfiee in tii.it city .ind soon gaiind recognition
as a lawyir of wide knowbdge .nid abililv. I lis services wen in constant rii|iiisi-

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tion in the trial of cases and in counsel and he also took active part in shaping the
early history of the district through political activity. He was chosen to represent
the district in the legislative assembly, which at that time numbered but seven
members and was the first to convene subsequent to the annullment of the laws of
1866. At later dates and on different occasions, when the country was more thickly
settled, Mr. Cullen again represented his district in the territorial and state leg-
islatures and was identified with the work of framing many of the laws which now
have place on the statute books of the state and constitute a firm foundation for its
present high legal and political status.

As the years passed Judge Cullen progressed in his profession until he occupied
a position of distinctive precedence and prominence. In 1876 he became a part-
ner of Colonel W. F. Sanders, one of the most distinguished members of the bar
of the state. Later he was associated with George F. Shelton and afterward
with Governor .7. K. Toole, all distinguished representatives of the legal frater-
nity in tlie northwest. He likewise served as division counsel for the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company from the time its line entered the state of Montana in
1881 until it was reorganized in 1897. As its chief representative in Montana he
passed through many exciting periods in its liistory, from the time when General
Grant drove the golden spike at Gold Creek, Montana, through its many vicissitudes,
including in its later years the troublesome seizure of trains by the Coxey army and
the great sympathetic strike of 1894, which completely tied up its property-, and
finally through its passage into the hands of receivers and its final sale to the
present reorganization.

Professional service, which also brought .Judge Cullen into more than local
prominence, was his work as general counsel for F. Augustus Heinze during the
long legal coni:est which he waged with the Amalgamated Copper Company for
many years at Butte, ^Montana, resulting finally in victory for his client. The
judge was one of the organizers and a large stockholder of the Powell Sanders
wholesale grocery company of Spokane.

The political offices which Judge Cullen filled were always directly or indi-
rectly in the path of his profession, being connected with framing or with the in-
terpretation of the law. He was the first attorney general of the state of Mon-
tana and also its first adjutant general. In ])olitics he was a recognized supporter
of the democratic party but felt that his professional duties should be precedent
to all else and thus took comparatively little active part in political work. A con-
temporary biographer has written of him: "In his chosen field of mining law few
men were his equals and he has left a deep imprint upon the mining laws and
decisions of the country. His ability was recognized by the public and the ])ro-
fession and was the outcome of close study, thorough preparation of his cases, keen
analysis of facts and the logical application of the law. Before a court or jury
he entered easily and naturally into an argument ; there was no straining after
effect, but a precision and coolness in statement, an acuteness and strength in
argument which few possessed, marked him as of a mind trained in the severest
school of investigation and to which analytical reasoning was habitual. Such
decisions as Black vs. Elkhorn Mining Company and Lewis vs. Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, in the supreme court of the United States, were from their
beginning great legal battles and were fought by him on points which were then
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twcnty-ont- years hi- conductt'd for tin- MDiit.in.i Miiiinp; Company, the owner of
tin- famous Drum Lummon miiU' at Marysvillr, Montana, tlii' hitter litijjation ex-
isting hetwccn it and the St. Louis .Mining Company of Montana, and in the end
fell a victim to his ardor in fighting this litigation. The last trial of this ease, in
HeUn;i, .Montan.a. wiiere he condueted it. lasted for ;i period of over three months,
in the year 1905, and lie wore himself out during the eourse of this trial. .-iltiKiugli
on account of his rugged health the etfeets of exhaustion did not disclose themselves
for a long time to come and not until he was hefore the supreme court ol tin- L'nited
States, in arguing tiiis case for tin- Montana Mining Company in l)e( eiiilicr. 1907.
when he was stricken down by an attack of heart disease IroTu wliieli lie never
recovered."

.ludgc Cullen .spent the last few years of his life in .Spokane, to which city he
removed M-ith his family in 1899. and iiere entered into i)arlnership with 1'. .M .
Dudley, under the style of Cullen & Dudley, a connection that was maintained un-
til his life's lahors were ended. He was always very devoted to his family, .md his
was a hapi)y home life which had its inception in his marriage, in 18C8, in Helena,
to .Miss Corlin \'. Stoakes, who was a native of New York, a descendant of the
Lawrence family and a daugliter of Clarence B. Stoakes, for a long time a promi-
nent attorney of New York city. Mr. and .Mrs. Cullen lieeamc tile parents of five
children, of whom three are yet residents of .S])okane. Tii< mother of these chil-
dren died on the 18th of January, 1911.

He considered no effort on his part too great if it would i)roMi()le the hap-
piness and welfare of his wife and children and his w.as :i nature that shed .-iround
it much of the sunshine of life. His friends, and they were many, found liiin i
most congenial companion .ind one, too, with whom .issociatioii meant expansion ,incl
elevation. Death came tn liiiii in September, 1908. ami tliu-, |)assed from the scene
i>f earthly activities one who had long been prominent in the northwest. Success
.ind honors came to him in merited recognition of his jjersonal worth .uid ability.
lie was recognized as the peer of the ablest members of the b.ir iu this si-etion ot
the country and his life was rich in all the traits of boiKirable iiianliood .ind
citizenbhii>.

\\TT.L1.\M .1. DOUST.

Willi.am ,L Doust. chief of police by ai)|iointment of M.-iyor Pratt in Oetiiln r.
1910. and also president of the Cascade Laundry ._ and secretary and treasurer ol
the .Spokane Laundry, has made a creditable record in both commercial and ottici.al
circles. Mr. Doust was born at Syracuse, New York. November 21, IS,")", his
parents being ^\'illiam and .Sarah (Green) Doust. Tin- f.ather, who was a mer-
chant of that city, passed aw.ay .a number of years ago. Six-nding his youthful
d.ays in his parents' home. William .1. Doust was sent to the jmblic schools, |)ass-
ing through consecutive grades to tlic high school, and when his school life was
ended entered business circles in the operative department of thi' New York Cen-
tral Railroad as fireman on a locomotive.

In March. 1879, Mr. Doust went to Leadville. Colorado, where he remained
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from 1887 and for twelve years following his arrival he was engaged in ranching,
having taken up a homestead claim at what is now known as Green Bluff, sixteen
miles northeast of the city of Spokane. Throughout the period of his residence in
this district he has been more or less actively connected with public affairs and
at different times has been called to office. In 1889 he received an appointment as
clerk of the hoard of county commissioners, which position he filled for sixteen
months. He then turned his attention to general merchandising at Hillyard and
continued in that position until elected sheriff of Spokane county on the republi-
can ticket, in 1901. His first term of service received indorsement in reelection
in 1903, so that he sensed in all for four years, retiring from the office as he had
entered it, with the confidence and good-will of all law-abiding citizens. He next
engaged in the laundry business in which he is still interested. He is today presi-
dent of the Cascade Laundry and is also identified with the Spokane Laundry as
its secretary and treasurer, while in the Pearl Laundry he is a stockholder. The
excellent record which he made in the sheriff's office naturally drew to him the
attention of Mayor Pratt when a chief of police was appointed, and in October,
1910, Mr. Doust was named for the position. He has thoroughly organized the
department and is doing everything in his )jower to maintain law and ordt-r and
free the state from all criminal acts.

On the 6th of December, 1879, 'Sir. Doust was married at Leadville, Colorado,
to Miss Kittie P. Shoudy, a daughter of Henry and Ellen Shoudy. of .Syracuse,
New York. They have fiVe children: Edwin H., now manager of the Cascade
Laundry; William J., manager of the Pearl Laundry; ^Minnie E., living at home;
Kittie, the wife of Claude McDonald, of .Spokane; and Walter, who is still in school.

The family attend the Central Baptist church and reside in a pleasant home
at No. 1018 Montgomery avenue. Mr. Doust has many fraternal relations and
in the different organizations to which he belongs is popular. His membership is
in Tyrian Lodge, Xo. 96. F. & A. M.; the Elks Lodge. Xo. '2'28 ; the Modern Wood-
men of America; the Woodmen of the World; the Ancient Order of United Work-
men; and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is likewise a member of the
Inland Club. Those who know him find him approachable and genial and he is
never an unwelcome guest save where there is something to be found that ^vill not
bear close investigation and scrutiny. He regards a public office as a public trust
and it is well known that no trust reposed in William J. Doust has ever been
betrayed.

EDGAR G. TAYLOR.

\\ here irrigation is the paramount question of the day relative to the develop-
ment of the vast acreage in the Inland Empire, it is interesting to know something
of the pioneer work accomplished by real-estate men in that line. In this con-
nection due relative precedence must be given to Mr. Taylor, whose efforts have
been largely the means of placing upon the market and putting under water much
of the land of this district that is now of great value. This, too, has been the
means of adding largely to the population of Spokane and its adjacent territory.
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improved irrigated tracts and none more productive than those of wiiich .Mr.
Taylor has had charge or has been interested in. He had the ))resciencc to discern
what the future liad in store for this great and growing country and, seeing the
])ossil)ilities for its development through the process of irrigation, lie has put
forth most effective effort to secure the introduction of an irrigation system that
sliall he adequate to all needs. He has operated continuously in tlii real-estate
field since eoming to Spokane, having taken up his abode in this city in .\pril, 1900.

His liirtliplace was in Mowersville. Pennsylvania, and his natal day was
•January 14, 186^2. He was reared upon the home farm of his father, ."^amuel
T:iylor, who represented an old New England family of German descent. His
mother, too. who bore the maiden name of Mary Ann Sentman, was born in the
Keystone state and was of German lineage. She died in the year 1876. i^amuel
Taylor, the father, in addition to his farming interests became a stockholder in
the I.urgin Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of which he was one of thn organ-
izers and directors, and also acted as adjuster for the conijianv until his death.
I'nto him and his wife were born five sons .-ind three daughters: Edgar G. : W.
S., a lawyer of Los Angeles, California; John M., who is living on the olil lionie-
stead at .Mowersville. Pennsylvania; Robert H., a Presbyterian minister living at
/\sh Grove, Missouri; Frank F... who is preaching for the Presbyterian church at
Tusculum, Tennessee; Clara, the wife of J. F. De Haven, a farmer of Mowers-
ville. Peinisylvania ; .Mary E.. the wife of A. O. Bishoj). a retired farmer of Cham-
bersburg, Pennsylvania; and Emma J., the \^•ife of Mr. Kyle, also a retired farmer
of Chambersburg.

In the old Pine Grove school at .Mowersville, Pennsylvania, Edgar G. Taylor
pursued his education and upon the home farm he received jjractieal training in
the work of the fields, continuing to assist his father until 1881. when, at the age
of nineteen years, he left home .ind went to Marshalltown, Iowa. He was em
ployed upon a farm near Haverhill. Iowa, from June until December ,nid thin
returned to Pennsylvania, entering the emijlov of the Geiser Manufacturing C'om-
|iany of Waynesboro, that state. He served an apprenticeshi]) as a machinist in
that employ from 188'2 until 188.") and in December of the latter year returned to
Marshalltown, where for two years he was emiiloyed as a machinist by the Iowa
Barbed Wire Company. Subsequently he removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he
remained for two months as machinist for the Iowa Iron Works Company. In the
fall of 1887 he went to Boone. Iowa, as machinist for the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad Company and in December. 1887, accepted the position of foreman of
the branch lines that centered at Carroll, Iowa. Subsequently he was jjromoted to
the position of division foreman of the Chicago & Northwestern at Council Bluffs.
Iowa, continuing at that point until .lune. 189."), when he was ajjpointed master
mechanic for the western Iowa division of the Chicago tt Nortlnvestt rn. acting
in that c.iii.ieity until the 1st of February, 1900.

In .\pril of the latter vrir Mr. Taylor came to Spokane and at once entered the
ri;il-estate field, in wliieh he ii.is since carried on his operations. He entered into
partnership with .1. I". Cochran, with offices in tin Moii.iwk block, and in 190'J
he formed a partnership with C. L. Glenn, making a specialty of farm l.inds
tributary to Spokane. In 1904-,') he operated alone under the firm name of E. (i.
T.-iylor \- Company and in 1900 secured the agency of tin- Spokane Canal Com-
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also sold all of the land for that company and since taking charge has located
over three hundred families in that part of the district. The rapid settlement of
the region has led to the establishment of schools and churches, while commercial
clubs, literary societies and kindred organizations have been formed and all of
those things which contribute to progress along social, intellectual, material and
moral lines have been instituted. In December, 1909, Mr. Tavlor merged his
business with the firm of Becher & Thompson and with C. F. Young, since which
time he has been vice president of the Spokane Valley Irrigated Land Company,
which has made a specialty of handling Spokane valley lands, including property
at Pasadena, West Farms, Otis Orchards, East Farms, Greenacres and East Green-
acres. Their combined efforts have located over six thousand people in the Spo-
kane valley. Altogether they have thirty-five thousand acres in their control, on
which they expect to locate fifty thousand people. Seventy-five per cent of the
land sold is being improved, orchards have been established which are now a com-
mercial feature and comfortable modern bungalows have been built, displaying the
most attractive styles of architecture of this class. There are now over a thousand
acres in bearing orchards, producing from three hundred to five hundred dollars
an acre annually. When all the land is improved it will be capable of returning
from seventeen to twenty million dollars annually and all this has been done in
eight years in tlie transformation of a barren desert. The water supply is fur-
nished from Newman. F"ish and Liberty lakes and tlie Spokane river at Postfalls
and all is under the gravity system. Within from five to ten years this land will
all be sold and will have been brought under a high state of cultivation. It is
capable of yielding products that sell from one hundred to three hundred dollars
per acre between trees while they are coming into bearing. The district has be-
come settled by a class of people who are now permanently located and are rind-
ing happiness and prosperity in their new homes. They are people who have
known the comforts of the cast and represent the highest social and intellectual in-
terests. The automobile is largely used in place of the carriage and all of the
conveniences of life are to be found among the people who are occupying tliese
districts. Prior to the time that the irrigation system was extended to the land it
required ten acres to produce the feed for one horse or one cow and the valuation
was ten to fifteen dollars per acre. Since water has been provided the products
bring from one hundred to three hundred dollars per acre, whereby it has been made
possible for a family to be comfortable and live well u]ion five acres. The average
amount, however, is ten acres to a family.

In June, 1889, at Carroll, Iowa, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to ^Miss
Jennie Niswonger, a daughter of ^I. L. Xiswonger, one of the leading merchants
of that place. He was of German descent and was a soldier of the Civil war,
going to the front with a Pennsylvania regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have
become the parents of two sons and two daughters: Lynn E., who is with the
Liberty Park Grocery Company: Lee E., who is with the Ornamental Iron Works,
of S]3okane ; and Marie and Margaret, who are students in the high school. In
his political views Mr. Taylor has always been a republican, while his religious
faith is that of the Presbyterian church. He holds membershij) with the Chamber
of Commerce and for some time was a member of the board of managers of the
1.50,000 Club. He was also treasurer of the Otis Orchards Commercial Club for
some time and is a man of aptitude in business so that his cooperation is a valued

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factor in public projects which have for tlicir object tlic welfare and progress of
tlie entire district. Keen insiglit has always enabled him to recognize possibilities
and ambition has prompted him to utilize them to the best advantage, so that his
labors liave brought hiui substantial and well merited success. Spokane has every
reason to numlu r liliii among her representative citizens.

IIIUA.M HOrilKOCK.

When one reviews the history of pioneer life and experience in the west he is
continually reminded of the old saying that "truth is stranger than fiction." Like
every individual, Hiram Rothrock passed many days in ))rosaic devotion to his
business and yet in his active career he had many interesting and sometimes
thrilling experiences incident to travel .and n sidcnee in n frontier countrv.
W bile living in the .Sjiokane valley he devoted liis energies to farniiiig which
he continued to follow until about two years prior to his death, wiicn lie removed
to the city of Spokane. He was born in Lewiston, Pennsylvania, .lanuary '20,
58tO, and died on the 16th of October, 1901. His parents were the Rev. Abraham
and Mary (Bashore) Rothrock, the former at one time a well known bisho]) of
the church. The son attended the public schools of his native state until lie reached
the age of sixteen years, when he removed to Dixon, Illinois, and soon afterward
. ntered upon preparation for the ministry as a student in Mount Morris Academy.
He also attnided Dixon College for a short time, after which he returned to
I'lnnsylvatiia .and. still with the thought of entering upon a jjrofessicMial career,
^tu(iil(l medicine and dentistry at Hiram College and later at Williams College.
About that time he removed with his parents to Lawrfiiee. Kansas, where his f.ither
settled upon a farm.

Hiram Rothrock was there living at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war
and on the iiOth of August, 1862, aroused by a spirit of patriotism, he enlisted at
Lawrence as a member of Company A of the Ninth Kajisas Cavalry, going to the
front urder Captain Earl and later serving under Captain Steel as a member of
the .Second Division of the .Seventh Army Corjis. He jiarticipated in the battli s
of Kane Hill. Pea Ridge and numerous other engagements, everywhere aequitting
himself with honor .iiiil courage, and I'dllDwing the eessalioii of liiistiliti<s was
mustered out at Devall Ulutf, .Arkansas, .June 21, 186"). His f.atlier was shot on
the 2Ist of August, 1863, by Quantrell, during the raid which that famous guer-
rilla made on Lawrence, Kansas. He s\irvived fur five years but bis dealli was
the etfect of the wound received at th.it time.

When the war was over Hiram Rothrtick rejoiiiid thi- family at Lawrence and
divided his time between the practice of his profession, stock-raising and the various
duties of farm life, continuing his residence in that locality (nitil Ajiril, 1878.

While living in the SunHower st.ite .Mr. Rothrock was m.irried at Lawrence,
K.insas, in 1867. to .Miss Suzannah Ratfi-. a d.aughter of William and Nancy
Mnssler) Ratfe, both of whom were of old X'irginia and Pennsylvania f;imilies.
I Icr gr.andf.ather. .(ohn R.atfe, w.as born in .Jamestown. \'irginia. .iiid was a soldier
ill the War of 1812. wiiili- ju r great-grandfath( r. Wiljiaiii HalliMg( r. won distinction
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were born four children: Edward, wlio married Mary Hadlev, of San P'rancisco.
and who for many years has been identified with the Chronicle; Ethel, a well
known school teacher of this city; William H. and Elwood, both deceased.

Continuing his residence in Kansas until 1878, Mr. Rothrock then started with
his family and a party for California, reaching Calistoga in the early part of
April, of that year. On the 20th of Ma_v they started on an overland trip to the
north, passing up the Sacramento valley and up Pitt river and eventually reaching
central Oregon, where they arrived after a seven weeks' trip, having passed
through the territory of hostile Indians three days before the massacre at Warm
Springs and Umatilla. For a brief period !Mr. Rothrock and his family remained
at The Dalles and for a short time rested in Walla Walla and Colfax before coming
to Spokane. Here he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land seven miles
southwest of Spokane and devoted his energies to general agricultural pursuits,
becoming one of the substantial farmers and valued citizens of his community.
His labors wrought a splendid transformation in the appearance of his farm which
he converted into rich fields that annually returned to him a substantial income.
There he resided until 1899, when he retired to quiet life, making his home there-
after in the city until his demise.

Mr. Rothrock voted with the republican party where national questions were
involved but east an independent local ballot, regarding only the capability of the
candidate in city and state elections. His hearing was largely injured during
the war and he always hesitated to enter into any public service, yet his influence
was always on the side of progress and improvement. However, he served as
overseer of the poor, as school director and as township trustee for' many years.
His honesty was proverbial and he was a faithful member of the Brethren church
in his earlier days, while later he attended services of the various denominations.
He was essentially a home man and at his own fireside was ever a hospitable host,
doing everything to contribute to the pleasure and comfort of his guests. His
character and reputation were above reproach and when we review the honorable
record of such men as Hiram Rothrock we are reminded of the words of the im-
mortal Lincoln, who said: "There is something better than making a living — •
making a life."

FRANCIS A. POMEROY, M. D.

A successful physician and a public-spirited and enterprising citizen. Dr. Fran-
cis A. Pomeroy, of Cheney, has demonstrated his ability and enjoys the entire confi-
dence of the community, where he has made his home for twenty-seven years past.
He belongs to the type of men who add courage and dignity to their vocation and
are rightly looked upon as leaders wherever they are known. Born in Salt Lake
City, Utah, January 10, 1849, he is a son of F. M. and Irene V. (Haskell) Pome-
roy. The mother died in 1857, when her son Francis was eight years of age, but the
father, who was one of the pioneer men of the west, survived until 1902, passing
away at an advanced age.

Francis A. Pomeroy possessed good advantages of education in the public
schools of his native city. Later he decided to devote his attention to the practice

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of medicine ■•iiid, liaviiig made the necessary preparation, lie matriculated at Hush
Medical College of Cliicago, Illinois, remaining one year and was graduated from
tile Long Island College Hospital of Brooklyn, New York, in the spring of 1883,
aft<r a two-years' attendance. Having inherited the pioneer characteristics of his
father, he e.iiiie to Washington and located at Cheney in 1884. He successfully
engaged in practice until 1893 and in 1893 and 189t went to London, England, and
pursue<l a post-graduate course under masters of medicine and surgerj- in tlie great
hospitals and institutions of that city. Returning to his adopted town, he renewed
his practice in 1891- and lias continued as one of the leading pliysicians and surgeons
of this section since that time. In 1890 he established a drug store, which he con-
ducted ill his own name for seventeen years, when he admitted a partner, and the
business has since been managed under the title of the Cheney Drug Company.
It is now one of the most flourishing drug concerns in the county. Dr. Poineroy
was also one of the organizers of the Cheney Brick Company and at present is the
president of the eompany, the other oHieers being C. .\. Ilatcliife, secretary and V.
M. Martin, treasurer. They manufacture a building brick which is sold all over
the district, and their capacity is fiftj' thousand per day. The Doctor takes a warm
interest in public affairs and has at various times served in the city council, as mayor
of Chiiiev and as member of the school board of district No. '20. He is also inter-
ested in mining and is the owner of various tracts of land in Spokane county.

On the 10th of January, 1885, in Paris, Idaho, he was married to Miss Mary A.
Rich, a daughter of C. C. Rich. To this union two children have been born: Mary
L., who is now the wife of Dr. Ralph Hendricks, of Spokane; Jane R., who married
\. Iteinington. of Seattle. In politics Dr. Pomeroy supports the democratic party,
believing that its principles are best adapted to subserve the welfare of state and
nation. He is a valued member of the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias.
He is a true friend of education, as has been shown by his interest in the upbuilding
of the Cheney Normal school, he being one of its .most earnest supporters. An inde-
fatigable student of all matters pertaining t« hi^ "])r'ofession, he spares no pains or
expense in arriving at a satisfactory solution of the problems that arise from day
to day in an extensive practice. Thoroughh" conscientious in the discharge of his
responsibilities, he has won an enviable reputation and there are few men in this
part of the st.-ite who eail el.iiin a larger luiiiiber of friends .iiid person.il .idinircrs.

U)iiN I'.virisox.

The life of John Pattison has been an eventful one in wliieli high honors of
a political and legal character have been conferred upon him. His jiractice has
connected him with some of the most important cases tried in Washington and
his clientage is now large and of a distinctively representative character. He does
not obtrude the fact that he is essentially a self-made and a self-educated man and
yet it is a fact of which he may well be proud, for bis iniierent force, his laud;ii)le
ambition and determined purpose have brought him to the eredit.ilili position
which he now occupies as one of .Spokane's leading lawyers.

His. birth occurred in .Albany, New York, .lanuary l.'i, 18;)9, his parents being
John and Elizabeth (Storment) Pattison, the former .i native of the st.ite of New

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York and the latter of Ireland. The father was also of Irisn lineage and the
family was established in America prior to the Revolutionary war. To one branch
of the family belonged Robert and John Pattison, both governors of states. At
the time of the Civil war John Pattison, father of our subject, enlisted in a Penn-
sylvania regiment, was captured and confined in a Confederate prison luitil he was
a physical wreck. He was then sent home and his death resulted, in 1866. from
the sufferings that he had undergone. His widow long survived him, passing away
in 19n.

Owing to his father's early death John Pattison, of this review, was denied
many of the opportunities which he might otherwise have enjoyed. His school
training was limited to one year but in the school of experience he has learned
well the lessons which were set before him. In April, 1881, he arrived in Whit-
man county, Washington, and was employed in the commissary department in con-
nection with the construction of the first road in Whitman county — the line of the
old Oregon Improvement Comjsany. In the fall of that year he removed to Col-
fax where he was engaged in the hotel business for two years, or until 1883, when
he was elected territorial justice of the peace in Whitman county, presiding over
that court for seven years. During that period he made good use of every leisure
moment for, in addition to the experience which he gained as justice of the peace,
he read law at every available opportunity and was admitted to the bar at Col-
fax in 1890. There he continued in the practice of law until April, 1909. when
he removed to Spokane. For eight years he was associated in law practice with
E. T. Trimble and for three years in Colfax his partner was his son. Paul Pittison.
who is now prosecuting attorney of Whitman county.

After removing to Spokane John Pattison still continued his office in Colfax
for a linie in connection with his son Paul. He has always engaged in the general
practice of law and while in Colfax there occurred what was probably the most
noted lynching in the history of the northwest. This was during the trial of a
man of the name of Parker for the murder of a Mr. Cooper, and Judge Sullivan
was the presiding judge. Mr. Pattison was assisting in the prosecution and when
the prosecution rested its case on Friday night the people took Parker and a
man named Ed Hill and hung them, dragging the men right by the jury, through
the courtroom and out of the window to meet their fate at the hands of the crowd
below. Judge Sullivan then called in the jury and said he had been unofficially
informed that the defendant Parker had been taken out of the jail and hanged.
He called on the deputy sheriff and jailor to testify and the court finding Parker
dead. Judge Sullivan discharged the jury. Mr. Pattison also defended one Smith
accused of the murder of a young man named Hayden, and had hard work to
save his life although the defendant was innocent. Mr. Pattison had to have Smith
bound over for trial and in the meantime arrested another man whom the mob
threw out of the -irindow of Judge McDonald's courtroom, and he also was hanged.
Smith was discharged for he established his innocence as soon as the mob had
quieted down. The same night a man named Blackie was lynched. The mob would
have some one in the courtroom place a rope around the neck of the man wanted
and then those outside would pull the man out of the window before those inside
could collect their wits. Such was the condition that existed about three decades
ago when summary justice was often administered. The efforts of able lawyers
and other law-abiding citizens, however, at length prevailed. Mr. Pattison is

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rcpardcd as one i>f tlic stroiifi rriininal lawyers practiciiifj in Si)i)kanf and is f(|iially
j)r(>fici(iit in other d<|)artiiients of llie law.

In |)olitical circles liis name is also well known. He is a democrat yet was a
delegate t<) the first re))ul)liean convention held after the admission of Washinjrton
to the Union. A change in his political views, however, led him to ally himself
with the democracy. He has frequently been a delegate to county and state con-
ventions and has served as chairman of several of the latter. He has also been
a member of city, county and state central committees and has been selected as
campaign speaker by both state and national committees, l-'or two terms, in 1907
and 1908, he was mayor of Colfax ,ind whether in office or out of it his inrtncncc
has been a ])otent element in political .letivity. largely advancing the interests of
the party he supports. In 1908 he was nominated for governor by the democratic
party by direct primaries and. opposing Cosgrove, polled at that election the larg-
est vote ever cast in this state for a democratic candidate for governor.

-Mr. i'attison's social ))rominence in connection with a number of fraternal or-
ganizations has .also made him widely known. He is one of the head managers
of tlie Woodmen of the World, with he.idciuarters at Denver. Colorado, h.-iving
already occupied the position for four years witli two more years to serve. He
belongs to the blue lodge and chapter ot M.asons ,-,nd of the former has l)een worshij)-
ful masti r. He is likewise coniu-cted with the Order of the E.astern Star, the
Knight-s of Pythias, the Im])rove(I Order of Red Men and the Ancient Order of
Cnited Workmen. He belongs also to the Inland Club and his religious faitli is
indicated by the fact that he is .-i member of the First Raptist church.

On tlie 7tli of .lune, 1885, in Colfax. Mr. I'.ittison was united in niarri.ige to
Miss Mary C.-iirns, a daughter of the Rev. .James Cairns, the oldest H.iptist min-
ister on the coast, now living retired. Her brother, the Rev. CJeorge Robert Cairns,
is pastor of the Central Baptist eliureb. Mr. lud .Mrs. Pattison have become the
|iarents of a son and three daughters: P.iul. who is now jirosccuting attorney of
^Vhitman county and is well known throughout the Inland Em|)ire: (Ireta. a teacher
in Ihi Ilillv.ird seliooU; ami .M.ittie .ind Mary, at lioun . In Ills social, fraternal
and |)rofession;il connections .Mr. Pattison has done much to mold the Jjolicv and
sha|)e the destiny of W.ishington. ]);irtieularly in the Inland Empire, .and in .all
connections his life has been actuated by public spirit and earnest desire to jiro-
mote the welf.ire of the state along lines of lasting benefit.

.JOHN K. HI.MK.

.John E. Blair, attorney at law in .S))okane. was born in Mereersburg. Penn-
.sylvania, on the 12th of October. IS?;'!, .a son of Dr. .lolui 1.. .and .M.iry (Ander-
son) Blair. Under thi- p.ari iit.il roof be s|ient his lioyliood d.ays .and in his native
town acfjuired his early education wlii<'h was su|)))l( lueiited bv a course of studv
at Harvard L'niversity. He was gr.aduated from tin- Law departnu'nt of that institu-
tion in the class of 1898. .and immediately began the practice of his profession in
Boston, .\fter remaining in th.at city for two years lie went to Grand Forks. North
D.akota, where he was a member of the faculty of the University of North Dakota
in the law school. He made for himself a creditable place in the ranks of the

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faculty and was soon called to Stanford University as a lecturer in the law dejiart-
ment of that institution.

While there he made tlie acquaintance of his present partner, James T.
Burcham, wiio was also a lecturer in the law department. Tliey decided to give
up their professorships and accordingly, in 1904, came to Spokane to engage in
general practice. Mr. Blair is widely known for the care with which he prepares
his cases. In no instance has his reading been confined to limitations of the ques-
tions at issue but has encompassed every contingency and provided not only for
the expected but the unexpected as well which happens quite as frequently in
courts as out of them. Since he has been a member of the legal fraternity of this
city he has acted as assistant corporation counsel and later as corporation counsel.
His ability also won public recognition when he was a member and secretary of
the committee that drafted tlie new city charter which was adopted under the
present commission form of government.

Mr. Blair was married at Grand Forks, North Dakota, .hme 10, 1903, to Miss
Elsie ^Mary Bnshee, a daughter of Byron Bushee of that city. They have two sons,
John E., Jr., and Robert Bushee.

Mr. Blair is an independent in politics and his interest in the affairs of the
communit}' is that of a public-spirited citizen wlio realizes the opportunities for
progress and improvement, and he laliors to achieve what may be attained in this
direction.

ARTHUR W. DAVIS.

Artlntr W. Davis is a member of the law firm of Davis & Rhodes, thus occupy-
ing a prominent jjosition in jirofessional circles, and as a member of the board of
education he is equally well known. His labors have been directly a beneficial
influence in connection with the Sjjokane public schools and his service in this con-
nection has made him recognized as the right man in the right place. He was born
in Maynard, Iowa, November 16, 1873, a son of William E. and Helen Josephine
(Wells) Davis. The father was born in Wales and re))resents one of the old fam-
ilies of that little rock-ribbed country. He is now residing in Maynard, Iowa, as
is his wife, who is a native of Pennsylvania. Her father was a lawyer and a mem-
ber of the state legislature. Her mother belonged to the Hallcck family and was
a relative of General Halleck of Civil war fame. jSIr. and Mrs. William E. Davis
became the parents of five sons and three daughters: George L., a farmer re-
siding at Filer, Idaho; Walter W., who practiced law until his health broke
down, since wliich time he has followed farming at Kettle Falls, Washington ;
Ben, a professional baseball player and farmer: Irving R., assistant corporation
counsel of Spokane, of whom mention is made on another page of this volume;
Arthur W., the subject of this sketch; Lena E., the wife of Grant E. Finch, a
professor in the Montana State Normal School; Jessie, who married J. L. Seaton,
a professor in the South Dakota University; and Cliarlotte H., general secretary
of the Yomig Woman's Christian Association at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Arthur W. Davis, having completed his literary education in the L'pper Iowa
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in 1893, entered upon the study of law in tlu- State University of Iowa but iu the
interim was connected with the profession of tcacliing, having served as principal
at Montour, Iowa, from the fall of 1893 until January, 1895. During the re-
mainder of the school year of 1895 he was princiiial of the high school at Rock
Kaj)ids, Iowa, and in tile fall of that year went to I-'onda, Iowa, to become prin-
cipal of the schools, in which position he continued until elected county superin-
tendent of Pocahontas county, Iowa, in which position he remained from 1 H97
until 1899. He regarded the office, however, merely as an initial stc )) li> nthir
professional labor for it was liis ambition to become a member of the bar .hkI to
this end he attended the State I'liivirsity of Iowa, passed his exaniin.itii)n .mil
was admitted to the liar iu .I.inu.iry. liKII. Hi afterward practiced i.iw at loriiii,
Iowa, for more than four years, or until tiie fall of 1905.

At that date .\. W. Davis came to Sjiokane and formed a law partnerslii)) with
his brother, \\'alter W. Davis, under the firm name of Davis & Davis. .Vftrr two
years his brother withdrew on account of ill health and A. W. Davis was joined
by another brother, Irving R. Davis. Upon the latter's appointment as assistant
corporation counsel A. \V. Davis was joined by Harry A. Rhodes in a partnership
that is now existing. They conduct general law business and are the attorneys for
the Modern Woodmen of America. Among their clients are a number of real-
estate firms and in their practice they specialize somewhat in the law pertaining
to land. In six years they have built up an excellent clientage more i)articularly
along the line of individual than corporation practice. The court records indicate
their success for they have won manj- favorable verdicts.

Mr. Davis has also been active as a leader in republican circles since age con-
firri-d ii|K)n him the right of franchise and has done nnieh effective campaign
work. In Iowa the state committee selected him as speaker and lie was a dt'lig;ite
to two state conventions there, being one of those who helped to nominati' (iiin-
iiiings for governor. He served on the county central committee in Iowa. In tln!
fall of 1907 he was elected a member of the Spok.ane board of education .uid was
reelected in the fall of 1908 for a three years' term. He has been president of
the board since January, 1911, and as its chief officer has guided its interests in a
manner that has reflected credit upon the city and its educational .system. 'I'lu'
present organization is known as the building board for they have let contracts
for the erection of many fine school buildings in this city including tile I.iwis and
Clark high school, a fireproof brick, terra cotta and reinforced concrete structure
uliicli « .IS erected at a cost of five huiuiiiil I hnus.iiiii dollars: tin North (iiilrai
high school, a brick and terra cotta, four Ininilriii thousaml dollar stnutiirr, and
.1 nuinlxr of w;ird schools. Among thesi- ari Ihr .^daiiis. loiit.aiiniif; lour roouis ;
the Audubon, twelve rooms; Columbia, four rooms; Coo])er, eight rooms; !•' ranees
W'ill.ird, twelve- rooms; Franklin, eight rooms; an addition of five rooms to the
Cirant school; the Hamilton, twelve rooms; the Jefferson, eight rooms; Logan, lour
additional r(H)ms; a four-room addition to the Longfellow; .i four-room .addition to
the Roosevelt: .Slieridan, twelve rooms; .Stevens, sixteen rooms; and H.-iys P.-irk,
four rooms. In .addition the present school board li.as purchased eighty acres south
of the city and constructed a parental school. The plant consists of .i iii.iin building
for thirtv boys, ;i schoolhouse, an irrigating ])lant and a number of outbuildings.
They have thoroughly equijijied this and put it in operati<in and now havi- about
thirtv liovs till rr. 'I'lir |)lau is working i-ut .•leeordiMg to tlir iili as |irouioticl .and

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fostered at its inception and is proving a most successful undertaking in providing
a home and training for boys who cannot be taken care of in the public schools.
During Mr. Davis' connection with the school board there has been a great in-
crease in attendance, about twentj- thousand pupils being now cared for in the
public schools. Within the last four years there has been an increase of about
six thousand pupils. While Mr. Davis' greatest public work has perhaps been
done in connection with the schools he has also labored earnestly and effectively
along other lines for the benefit and welfare of the city. He is an active member
of the Chamber of Commerce and is serving on its educational committee. He
is interested in the moral progress of Spokane and is a faithful member of the
Pilgrim Congregational church. He exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit
of Masonry and has passed through all of the chairs in the blue lodge and is now
a past master. He also holds membership with the Royal Arch Masons and the
Order of the Eastern Star and belongs to the Royal Highlanders, the Woodmen
of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America, and of the last named is state
lecturer.

On the 24th of December, 1900, Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss
Florence A. Carpenter, daughter of J. D. Carpenter, a general merchant of Fonda,
Iowa. Their two children, Rachel and John B., are both in school. The life his-
tory of Arthur W. Davis is the record of continuous and intelligently directed
activity. He has always been actuated by laudable ambition which permitted him
in early manhood to provide the means necessary for his university law course.
He has ever placed his dependence upon the substantial qualities of indefatigable
industry and enterprise, knowing that they lead to progress, and while he has won
a place among the prominent lawyers of Spokane, he has also found time to co-
operate in public work, ever recognizing the duties and obligations as well as the
privileges of citizenship and laboring along those lines which mean the material,
intellectual, social and moral uplift of the race.

HAL J. COLE.

Among the men who have been called to public office in Spokane and who have
proven their ability in the prompt, faithful and capable performance of their du-
ties, is numbered Hal J. Cole, now register in the United States land office. Since
attaining manhood he has been closely associated with the business interests of
the northwest and has been active in several connections which have conserved
the welfare and development of this section of the country. Oregon numbers him
among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Douglas county, April 28,
1856. Five years before, in the fall of 1851, his parents, James and Louisa
(Leeper) Cole, had removed from California to Oregon, having since 1849 resided
in the former state, where they had taken up their abode on coming from Mis-
souri to the Pacific coast. The father was a native of Kentucky, and his wife of
Tennessee. In early manhood he took up the study of medicine and for many
years continued in active practice as a physician and surgeon. Following his ar-
rival in Oregon he took a prominent part in republican politics, doing much to
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lie left the impress of liis individuality upon the history of the state. BoHi In- md
his wife have passed away some years ago.

Hal J. Cole, who was one of a family of eijfht children, five sons and three
daughters, attended the public schools of Douglas county and afterward became
a student in Christian College of Polk county, Oregon, from which he won his
Bachelor of Science degree on his graduation \vith tlie class of 1876. His atten-
tion was then given to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm and to school-
teaching, which profession claimed his attention for two or three years. He next
entered the railway mail service and afterward was employed by the Wells Fargo
Express Company, which he rejiresented in the Spokane agency until the com-
pany was forced to withdraw from the Northern Pacific lines in 1886. Eor six-
teen months thereafter he held the position of deputy collector of customs at Little
Dallas, Stevens county, but on the exi)iratioii of that ))eriod again came to S|x)kaiU',
where he served as dii)uty under K. II. IliiulilT, wlio was the sheriff of the county.
In -May, 1889, he was ajipointed Indian agent for tlu' Colville Indian Agenev,
which included the .Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Colville reservations, his head-
(|uarters being at Miles, Washington, where he remained for more than four years
and then retired on the 1st of August, 1893.

There are few men who escape all eoinieetion with mining interests in the
northwest .and .Mr. Cole is no exception to the rule. With the development of the
mining jiroperties there eomes a desire to almost every individual to seek his for-
tune in that field, and Mr. Cole w.as identified with mining operations in the
boundary country until 1897, when he went to the Klondike. A year later he
nturned but in 1900 again made his way to Nome, Alaska, .\fter a brief jicriod,
iiowevcr, be again beeamc identified with mining interests in the Spokane district.
Since the 1st of .M.ay, 1901, be has filled the position of register of the L'nitcd
St.ites land oftiee, b;is earefidly systematized his work and is prom])t, accurate
and faithful in the discharge of the duties that devolve upon him.

On the 23d of December, 1883, occurred the marriage of Mr. Cole and Miss
Addie Mires, a daughter of John H. and Anna (Deardorff) Mires, of Douglas
county, Oregon, who were pioneer residents of tluit state. The only son of .Mr.
and Mrs. Cole is Carl H., who is now a civil engineer in soutlieasti rn .\laska.
Mr. Cob- belongs to the Elks lodge of .Spokaiu- and to tlu- Woodmen of the World.
He is a man of refined tastes and retiring disi)osition, to wiiose nature ostent.ition
.and display are ultirly foreign.

D.WMI. W. IWOil^'.

Daniel \\ . 'I'woby, a |)roniinent banker, claiming little recognition for the suc-
cess which has |)laei(l him in the jiresidency of the Old National Bank of .Spokane,
was born in northirn Michigan in 1861-. The liublie schools of that state afforded
him his edue.ation.il jirivilegcs and he entered business life in connection with the
Northwestern National Hank of .Suixrior. Wisconsin. There he gradually worked
his way ujiward, passing through intermediate ])ositions to the ))residency of the
institution. Liber.al training and broad ex])erienee were therefore his when he he-
c.inie identifii-d witli the financial interests of Sjjokane in 1902. He removed to this
city to .leeiijt tlii- presidency of the Old N.ition.il li.ink biTi-. and soon .ifti-r bis

154 SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE

arrival he organized the Union Trust & Savings Bank, of which he has since been
the president. Tlie former is by far the most important financial institution of
Spokane and in 1910 the bank erected a fifteen-story building which is one of the
fine office structures of the west. The bank is capitalized for one million dollars
and has resources amounting to ten million. The Union Trust & Savings Bank has
a capital of five hundred thousand dollars and, like tlie older institution, has met
with continuous success, being founded upon safe, conservative business iirinciplcs
and governed by a progressive policy.

In 190-t Mr. Twohy was united in marriage to Miss Sue Bell, a daughter of
Harry C. Bell, of Spokane, and they have three children, Daniel W., Henry B.
and Frank P. The family residence at No. 22 Sumner street, was erected by ^Mr.
Twohy in 1907 and is one of the fine homes of the city. Mr. Twohy has never
taken active part in politics, feeling always that he had no time for interests out-
side of his banking business. His cooperation, however, can alwaj's be counted
upon in a quiet way for progressive public measures and he is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. He has
come to be recognized by colleagues and contemporaries as a man whose judgment
is sound, his sagacity keen, his enterprise and determination unfaltering, and a
business carer wliich will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny has brought
him to a conspicuous and honorable position in financial circles of the northwest.

FREDERICK P. GREENE.

Frederick P. Greene is widely recognized as one of the prominent figures in
tlie Inland Empire. Work that he has done in various lines has contributed to
this, but perhaps the most important feature of his public service is that which
had to do w^ith the bill creating a state bureau of inspection of offices and accounts.
He spent much time in formulating and securing the passage of this bill, which is
without doubt the most beneficial piece of legislation as regards the taxpayers at
large that has ever been put upon the statute books of the state. This work alone
would entitle !Mr. Greene to recognition as a public benefactor and yet in other
connections he has equally well proven his worth in support of measures that have
direct benefit upon general progress and improvement.

Mr. Greene was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, on Christmas day of 1861,
his parents being Dennis S. and Sarah M. (^SlcCray) Greene. Both were natives
of Pennsylvania and the father was of English descent. The family, however, was
early established on American soil, the great grandfather of our subject having
been born in Rhode Island, while his last days were spent in the Keystone state
and his remains interred in Youngsville. The parents of Mrs. Sarah M. Greene
were from the north of Ireland and represented old Scotch-Irish Presbyterian
families. Dennis S. Greene followed the occupation of farming as a life work.
Among his ancestors were those who enlisted from Rhode Island in the struggle
for independence and when the Civil war broke out, true to the ancestral example,
he manifested the same jjatriotic spirit as a soldier of the One Hundred and Tenth
Pennsvlvania Volunteers. In the family were but two sons and one daughter, the

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lirotlicr of our subject l)iiiig Harry M. (irtciic. uiastir nifcliaiiic of TIr- Aincricaii
Rolling Mills C'ouilJaiiy's stct-l plant at Middlctowii. Oiiio, while the sister is
Ulanchf, tlic wife of G. A. Waldo, connected with the auditor's office in Spokane
county.

In the ac<iuireinent of liis education I'rediriek 1'. (imm- .ittended llie hi"h
school of Youngsville. I'liinsylvania. and the Northwestern lousiness College of
Kansas City, .Missouri. He .also jnirsued the normal and collegiate courses of
( h;iut;iu<iua hy correspondence and through .atteiid.inee .it sunnmr schools. .Soon
after st.irting out in the business world he w.is ( niplovid for .i ve.ar and a li.ilf
,is deputy postui.-ister in Youngsville. I'eiinsyU .uii.i. .and tluii left tin- east for
Western K.ans.as. where he eng.aged in niereh.-indising for two \-e;irs. On the ex-
plralicm of th.it jierind he reuiox id to soutlurn Missouri, win re he eondueted :i
lunilury.ird for two years, and subsequently In \m nt to K.ins.is Citv, where lie
• leted as |)rineipal in the eouuuereial di)).irtnieut of tlu' N.ition.il Business College.

This w.as not his first ex])erienee .as .1 te.aeher. however, for he h.id also taught
school in W'.arren county, Pennsylvania, before leaving the east. \Vhile in southern
Missouri he had been admitted to the bar .and pr.ietieed l.iw for two years, but fol-
lowing his removal to Kansas City again took up edue.ition.il work. On leaving
th.it pl.aee he went to Ritzville. Washington, in ISD.'i, and was principal of the
schools at Ritzville .and .also editor of the Ritzville News for a vear. Later he
was located .it Hurke. Id.iho, where he served as lie.id .iccount.ant for the Tiger
Mercantile ('om|),iny in 1896. In 1900 he came to .*^l)ok,•lne .and obtained the jjosi-
tion of .accountant with the Hazelwood Dairy Company until H)0.'i. He w.as then
ortice manager for the Wonder l)e|).irtin(nt Store .^ until- Janu.iry. 1907, at which
time he became .luditor of .Spokane county, filling the position until the Lst of
M.iy. 1909. when hi- n-signed to become manager of the Spok.ine Title Compain-.

This w.is in M.iy. 1910. H(- then engaged in public auditing and accounting until
the first of ,l;inuary, 1911, since which time .lie-has lut-n' treasurer and director of
the Western Empire Insurance Company. In this field, as in all others in which he
has entered, he is meeting with success, for he has determined purpose and unfalter-
ing energy which confiuer obstacles and ultimately reach the desired goal.

In his political views Mr. Greene has ever been a st.alw.art republican, -^t.-inelilv
advocating the principles which he believes most eonducivi- to good governiiii-iit .md
taking a helpful p.art in eanip.-iign work. In .S|)okaue he has served as .-i member
of the city central committi-e .and has been .a delegate to many citv and county con-
ventions. He was called to tin- office of auditor in I90(i ,-ind ,1 |iulilic expression of
.-ipprii\-.-il of his course came to liiiii in his reelection in IIKIS. .-\s stated, prob.-iblv
his most iiii|)ort;int service h.is bein in preparing .-iiid securing the J)assagi' of the
bill en.iting .1 bun-.iu for the inspection of offices. The taxjiaycr has rea.son to fei-l
grateful tow.ird him because of the bent-fit to be di-rived from this bill. It has al-
ready residted in the discovery of many irregularities .and li.is liei n the (-.-nise of
ni.iny officials having to return money both to counties and cities. .Mr. Grc-ne has
been the recipient of warm congr.atulations over what has been acconi])lished and
the work has only commenced. Ciovernor Hay ))crsonally ex)ircssed his s;itisfaction
over the manner in which the bill kept a check on tax accounting methods. The bill
was passed in 1909, after much ))reliminary work, its object being to provide for
.a uniform system of (niblie accounting .and for th<' auditing of accounts of all i)ublic
offiei-s. Th( work of the bureau has thus far been very cflTective, proving that great

158 SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE

good may be accomplished in this manner, yir. Greene was offered the appointment
of head of the bureau but declined. As president of the County Auditors' Associa-
tion he was enabled to do much for his bill in making known its purposes and its
possibilities. There was much opposition but after a hard fight the bill passed the
house by a strong majority. In the senate there was strenuous opposition, yet suc-
cess ultimately crowned the project. !Mr. Greene personally sent out over five thou-
sand pieces of mail in two years when working for the measure. At the start he
met nothing but discouragement, everyone declaring it an impossibility to get the
bill through as the "state house crowd would kill it. " However, he succeeded ul-
timatelv in winning confidence and support and was appointed chairman of the legis-
lative committee and the drafting of the bill was placed in his hands. That was just
after the legislature of 1907 adjourned and Mr. Greene then started in to create
public sentiment in favor of the bill, so the people would fully understand what it
meant and would be prepared to work for it in the session of 1909. He first se-
cured copies of all existing legislation from every general assembly in all the states
of the Union as well as all states which had adopted the uniform system. The next
year he submitted the bill and delivered a pa])er before the auditors' association.
This paper was printed in booklet form for distribution and he then secured the
cooperation of the state grange through C. B. Kegley, its president, and by per-
sistent campaigning and publicity measures created a demand for the legislation so
strong that the bill eventually became a law. He appeared before the senate com-
mittee and was on the floor an hour and a half talking and answering questions. In
1903 he was appointed a member of the state board of accountancy by Governor
Mead and has since held that position, in which connection he examines and licenses
public accountants. In December, 1909. he was elected a member of the city board
of education for a three years' term.

In addition to the public and private interests which have claimed the time and
energies of Mr. Greene he is also connected with mining, being largely interested in
a British Columbia property, where a mill is being erected, near Tatlayoco lake in
the Nanaimo district. The base is antimony, carrying gold and silver, and it is ex-
pected that tlie property will be a very paying one.

Mr. Greene is a member of the Masonic lodge, the consistory, the commandery
and the Mystic Shrine, thus having taken high rank in both the York and Scottish
Rites. He is also a trustee of the Masonic temple. He belongs to the Knights of
Pythias lodge, in which he has passed all of the chairs, and is at the present writ-
ing grand inner guard of the grand lodge of the state of Washington. He likewise
belongs to the Inland Club, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce and is
widely known in the business and social circles of the city.

In 1890, in Van Buren, Missouri, Mr. Greene was united in marriage to Miss
Clara L. Clay, a daughter of Robert Clay and Adelaide (Vance) Clay. Mr. Clay
is a lumberman of Van Buren and a representative of an old southern family. !Mrs.
Greene had one uncle in the Union army and others who were soldiers in the Con-
federate army. Both the Vance and Clay families from which she is descended on
the maternal and paternal lines were old and prominent families of Kentucky. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Greene have been born three children. Hazel Annie, Nellie Lois and
Lawrence Clay.

Mr. Greene is certainly entitled to twofold prominence, because of what he has
accomplished in the business world and in behalf of the public welfare. His labor

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has bfcn largely of a cliaracttr that has brought no return save the consciousness
<if duty well performed, and with this he is content. He recognized a need and he
met it and tlie .state at large is profiting iiy his labor. In business, too. \vh( n he
lias seen something to be done he has not hesitated in the i)erforinance of liu- diitv,
and resolute will, determined purpose and honorable intention have carried liiin
torw.ird to success in his diflferent undertakings.

.JOSEPH A. BORDEN.

.Joseph A. Borden, treasurer of tlie Sli.-iw \- Hordrn (Oiiipaiiy, is numbered witli
tli.it class of Sjiokane's citizens who have the best interests of the coiintrv ;it lie.irt
.•md labor earnestly and ettectively for the development and progress of the Inland
Empire. His success in business, too. illustrates his activity, enterprise and sound
judgment along the line which he lias chosen as his life work. He is treasurer
of the extensive printing establishment of the Shaw & Borden Company on River-
side avenue, controlling one of the largest plants in their line in this section of the
country.

Mr. Borden was born at Camden, Indiana. October, ly, 180:;i, his parents
being George D. and Sarah J. (Ginger) Borden. The father was a merchant and
served through the Civil war in the One HiiiKlredth Indiana \'olunteers. The
son jnirsued his education in the public schools of Dunkirk, Indiana, and after-
ward went to Washington, D. C, where he was emjiloyed in the government
printing office for a period of five years, during whieli time he pursued a three
years' law course at Georgetown University, from which he was graduated in
1889 with the degree of Master of Law. On the expiration of that jieriod he
removed to Colby. Kansas, where he engaged in law jjraetice for a rear, .and in
M.irch, 1890. he arrived in Spokane, since which time he has given his attention
continuously to the printing business, forming a partnershij) with .John H. .Sli.iw
under the firm name of the .Shaw & Borden Com]).inv. Tin business was incor-
porated in 1891- with .-i capital of twenty thousand dollars .md something of the
growth of their business and its i)resent magnitude are indicated in the fact that
till- capit.il stock has since been increased to two hundrnl .inci (iftv tlimisand dol-
lars. This firm is one of the most jirogressive in its lini- in tlu ImI.iikI Em])ire.
They conduct a large retail stationery and office goods store and do all kinds of
magazin<- and catalogue work in their printing establishment, both deiiartments
of their business being thoroughly equipped. The store w;is first located in the
old Heath building on Monroe street, whence a removal was made to the Spokane
National Bank building at the corner of Howard and Riverside, which is now-
known as the Rookery. Since IDO."? they have occujiied their ])resent site and the
business is one of the foremost undertakings of its kind in the northwest.

While Mr. Borden has been actively engaged in the dev<lo|inient and control
of this enterprise, he has at the same time been an im|)ortant factor in iiianv
;ieti\ ities wliieti li.ive contributed to the upbuilding and welfare of Spok.ine .iriil
is nady to do anything that Mill iiromote the interests of the city or of the Inl.ind
Empire. He was a charter member of the Chamber of Connnerce and served on
its first board of trustees. He was chairman of tlie first Pacific coast printers'

160 SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE

cost coiigrtss, which was held at Portland, Oregon, in February. 1911. and was
also chairman of the third international jirinters' cost congress, which was held at
Denver. Colorado, in September, 1911. He is now the third vice president and a
member of the executive committee of the United Tv])otlutae of America and has
charge of their affairs on the Pacific coast. He lias every reason to be proud of
the fact that he is the only member of the executive committee in the far west —
an lionor well deserved. In the line of his chosen business he is known from one
coast to the other and ranks as one of its most prominent representatives.

Mr. Borden is a member of the ^Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained
high rank, and is now a member of El Katif Temple of tile Mystic Shrine. He
spent ten years in active work in the chairs in all of the York Rite bodies. He
belongs also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. •-2'28. and
to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is likewise a member of the
board of governors of the New England Club. There always seems back of him
a reserve force on which to draw and his resourcefulness enables him to meet any
exigency or opportunity that arises. He has worked out along progressive lines,
whether for the benefit of individual or community interests, and manifested a
s])irit of initiation in connection with many projects which have been helpful to
the city or which have contributed to the result of placing him in a foremost posi-
tion as a representative of the ))rinting interests of the country.

CHESTER F. YOUNG.

Nature is practical in her gifts and yet in no instance do they come ready at
hand. She demands the cooperation of mankind in the conversion of what she
offers into marketable material. The broad prairies, rich valleys and almost limit-
less forests of the northwest offered untold wealth to those who would exercise
industry, perseverance and determination in utilizing the resources offered. To
those who put forth diligence and perseverance the rewards were certain, as is
indicated by the prosperous condition of this great Inland Empire. Chester F.
Young has been one of the most potent forces in the development of this section
of the country. As one of the pioneers in irrigating he demonstrated what could
be accomplished in promoting the fertility of the region and his labors were equally
effective in bringing population to the district and in increasing values and pro-
duction.

His life history had its beginning on the lltli of October, 1868, in Peoria county,
Illinois, his parents being Francis H. and Eleanor (Smith) Young, both of whom
were of English lineage, representing families founded in America prior to the
Revolutionary war. The Young family was established in New England and
F'rancis H. Young was born in Connecticut. He enlisted for service in the Civil
war but was not accepted, owing to physical disability. He now makes his home
in Ottawa. Kansas, where lie is living retired. His wife, who was born in Penn-
sylvania, died in 1911. She had five brothers who were soldiers of the Union army,
all members of Illinois regiments.

Chester F. Young was the only child born of his parents' marriage but he
has a half sister, Carrie, now the wife of Albert F'outs, of Ottawa, Kansas. His

SPOKANE AND TFIE INLAND EMPIRE If.l

education was a((niiri<l in the sc-liools of his native state and lie was married .md
started out in life for himself at the early age of twenty-one years. It was in Chari-
ton, Iowa, on tlie 1 Ith dl .lunr. 1884, that he wedded Emma L. Speck, a daughter
of f. (i. Speck, now ileeeased, who was of German descent and devoted his life
to farming in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Young have become the jiarents of three daugh-
ters, Helen, Jean and Ruth, all attending school as |>upiK nt' Our Lady of Lourdcs.
Mr. and Mrs. Young began their domestic life upon an Iowa farm and farm-
ing l.-irgely occupied his .-ittention until 1889. However in the nie:iMtiin<> he
had resided in v.irious localities. He lived for two ye.irs in ('h.irilon. low.i.
and then went to ()tt;iw;i. Kansas, where he spent the succeeding year. He tlieii
returned to Iowa, continuing his residence in that state for three years. He first
came to Washington in 1888 and spent five years in this state. A\'lii]r in the iimlh-
wpst he pureh.ased land in Colfax where he carried on farming for .about six ye.irs.
On the expir.ition of tliat period he returned to Ottuniwa, Iowa, and .'ifterw.-inl
went to Missouri, where he resided for two years. .Vgain in- i)re.iiiii- a rrsidint nf
Iowa and began buying and shijjping horses and also pureh.ising and selling n-.il
estate. He was thus connected with the business int<Tests of tlu' middle west until
he once more came to the Pacific coast in 1898. About li»()i Mr. 'I'oung became
associated with the Oregon Land & Water Company .it Portland .-ind he is jirobably
the first man who ever went upon the road in order to sell re.il estate. He after-
ward formed a partnership with a Mr. Neeley and bcg.ui tin- (l(vtli)|)uiint of the
f.iinous Cinen.icri-s district. About h.ilf of the i)ro|)irty li.ad been sold when
they took charge and when they disposed of the remainder they then opened F.asI
Cireenacres, comprising abdut three thousand acres. Win ii two thirds of tiiis hid
been sold D. C. Corbin bought out the Spokane V.iUey Land iS; \\',iter Coinp.iny
and !Mr. Young afterward sold land for Mr. Corbin for a year. He then became
associated with H. ,1. Neeley in selling the land of ()|)|)ortunity. .'^ever.■ll years
before, about 1898. the goverinnent wished to t.-ike the valley .as .an ene.inipnient
ground but at length decided not to do so. This was felt as n calamity by pe()|)le
of the district but it has proved to be entirel_v the opposite. As encampment ground
it would have yielded oidy a fraction of what it has brought as orchard land, to say
nothing of the amount which would have been lost in ])opulation. .Vfter dis))os-
ing of Opportunity .Mr. ^'oung and Mr. Neeley became ))urehasprs of Oreiiird
avenue, consisting of four hundred and ten acres, of which they sold one hun-
dred and ten acres to the city. The remaining three hundred acres were divided
intci iinr iiundred-acre tracts .and then sold. On tli( Ntli of December. 1909. the
.\eeley-Voung Com|)any inirged with the Becher tV Thompson Conip.any .md were
also joined by E. (i. Taylor who was selling Otis Orchards. That gave the com-
bine the control of the l.nid in .'^pokjine valley iindt r the gravity system of irrig.i-
tion .and during the period in which they were handling the .Spokane v.-illey l.ind
they were instrumental in securing its settlement by six thousand people. In the
spring of igo,*? then' wen- twenty-eight hundred acres of the v.alhy owned by
four d.iiry farnnrs and tod.ay there are three hundred homes on that one Ir.iel.
b( side two box factories, two lumberyards, two |)ickle factories, two bla<"ksmith
shops, two eliurehes .iiid .i new schoolhouse, and the jirice of the land li.is .ad-
v.iMced from two liuruired .inil fifli- doll.ars per ;ier<' to (iftri'ti Inindrrd (h>Il irs pir
acre.

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In handling all the properties with which he has been connected Mr. Young has;
been a most helpful factor in promoting the methods of development which have ad-
vanced values and added much to the attractiveness of this region. He was one of the
pioneers of tlie irrigation movement whereby thousands of acres of arid lands have
been reclaimed and converted into fine farms, the products of which add thousands
upon thousands of dollars to the wealth of the state each year. Mr. Young now lives
in the northwest corner of OpiX)rtunitv. about six miles from the city, this district
having telephone connection, electric lights and mail delivery from Spokane. He has
many private interests apart from his company associations, including the ownership
of five hundred acres of wheat land and fifty acres in the Spokane valley. He has
made a most notable record in his real-estate operations, having sold more land in
the Spokane valley than any other one man, and he has also handled extensive
property interests in Idaho and Mont<ina. ^Ir. Young is now secretary of the Spo-
kane Valley Irrigated Land Company, Inc., of which D. M. Thompson is president;
E. G. Taylor, vice president; and Phil T. Becher, treasurer. Their principal prop-
erties are Pasadena, Greenacres, East Greenacres, West Farms, East Farms and
Otis Orchards. They disposed of Hazelwood, twenty-seven hundred acres, for the
Hazelwood Company, practically the entire amount now being sold.

Mr. Young exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures
of the republican jiarty but never seeks nor desires office. He is a blue lodge Mason
and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, but his interests and activities are
largely concentrated upon his business affairs which, however, have been of a char-
acter that have contributed to general prosperity and progress as well as to in-
dividual success. He has never feared to venture where favoring opportunity has
led the way and his sound judgment has placed correct valuation upon such op-
portunities. As he has steadily advanced in his business career he has come into
important connections with the northwest and his name deserves prominent mention
among those who have been leading factors in promoting the develo])mcnt of this
section of the countrv.

EPHRAIM P. PENFIELD. M. U.

The west has often been spoken of as the country of the yomig man and one usu-
ally finds that it is the younger generation that leaves home and utilizes the re-
sources and opportunities of the new country, yet character and ability will come
to the front anywhere and, recognizing this fact. Dr. Ephraim P, Penfield did not
hesitate to remove to Spokane after he had passed the half century milestone on
life's journey. He came to this city in the spring of 1890 and here followed his
profession until his death, his skill winning him recognition that was manifest in a
large and satisfactory practice.

He was born in Fairfield, Huron county, Ohio, April 5, 1833. His father, Sam-
uel Penfield, was a descendant of one of the old Connecticut families and. migi'nt-
ing westward, established his home in Huron county, Ohio, where he followed both
farming and merchandising. He was a man of decided purpose and unfaltering
determination and never hesitated to espouse a cause which he believed to be right.
On account of his advocacy of anti-slavery and of prohibition he was put out of

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the B.ijitist c'liurcli. AN'lieii saner opinion pri-vailcd, howtvcr, lie was asked to rc-
sunu- his eonneetion with tlie congregation and that he was a broad-minded man is
inditati d by thi f.iet that In- did so, generously forgiving those who had previously
()|)|)()M(1 him. He married Clara Woodtield and their son. Dr. Penfield, had the
oi)portunity of attending school in Fairfield, Ohio, and afterward of heeouiing a
student in a seminary at Norwalk. He then went to Cleveland to prepare for a
|)rofessional career, entering Hahnemann College, from which he was graduated
on the eomplition of the regidar course. He located for practice in Newark, Ohio,
where he remained for six years, subsequently removing to Bucyrus where he also
cmitinued in practice for a number of years, his experience and his continued read-
ing .adding to his bro.-id knowledge and etfieiency. At length, believing that the
Wist held opportunities for the middle-aged as well as the young, he decided to
establish his home in .*spok;ine, where he arrived in the spring of 1890. He felt
that the outlook was good and soon after his wife and family joined him — in De-
cendu-r of that year. Hire he continued in the |)r:ietice of medicine until his death,
becoming one of the best known and most honored physicians of .Spok.ine, holding
at all times to a high standard of professional ethics.

It was on the 15th of April, 1857, in I'airfield, Ohio, that Dr. Penfield was
united in marriage to Miss Louisa A. Smith, a daughter of .lonathan H.' and Be-
linda A. (Holmes) Smith, formerly of Tom])kins county. New York, where her
father followed farming and merchandising. Dr. Penfield is now survived by his
wife .and three sons, as follows: .lames W.. of Spokane; Arthur E., engaged in the
mining business at Wardner, Idaho; and Dr. C. S., who is one of the most promi-
nent and successful practicing physicians of this city today.

Death called Dr. Penfield on the 9th of -September, 190'-'. when he was in the
seventieth year of his age. His political views were in accord with the ))rinei])les
of the republican f)arty which he supported from the time age conferred upon him
the right of franchise. He belonged to the Odd Fellows Society, and was a man
of firm belief and conviction, never faltering in his loyalty to a course which he be-
lieved to be right. He was a lover of his home and all that was beautiful, was very
fond of music, possessed scholarly attainments and habits and was most deei)ly
interested in his profession from both the scientific and humanitarian standpoints.
Hi- enjoyed the companionship of people of kindred interests and ever held friend-
shiji inviolable. A man of marked individuality, the develojMnent of his character
was based upon high ;ind manly ])rineii)les ,ind there was in all of his life history
no |)age tiiat would not bear scrutiny.

FRANK BANNON TYVOir. I). D. S.

Dr. Frank Bannon Lynott is one of the more recent acquisitions to the dental
profession of Spokane, where he is meeting with excellent success. He was born
in Louisiana, Missouri, October 17, 188v', and is a son of N. J. and Catherine (Ban-
non) Lynott. both of whom are deceased, the father having passed away in 188i
and the mother in 1889.

Left an orphan at the age of seven years in the ae(|uirement of his education
Frank Bannon Lynott first attended the public schools of his native state. After

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the completion of his preliminary education he decided to adopt the profession of
dentistry. He matriculated in the dental department of the Washington University
of St. Louis, being graduated from this institution with the degree of D. D. S.
with tlie class of 1904. As soon as he was licensed to practice he opened an office
in St. Louis that he maintained for two years. At the expiration of that period he
decided to come to the northwest, believing that he would here find better oppor-
tunities as the competition was less keen and the country was rapidly increasing in
population. He has an office in the Peyton building and during the five years of
his location here has succeeded in building up a verj- good practice. Dr. Lynott
is a most efficient representative of his profession and is held in high regard not
only by those who have sought his services but among his fellow practitioners.

At Denver, Colorado, on the 19th of October, 1910, Dr. Lynott was united in
marriage to Miss Bernice Tinsley, a daughter of T. L. and Betty Tinsley.

Dr. Lynott is a member of the Inland Club and he also belongs to the Spokane
Amateur Athletic Club, while he maintains relations with his professional brethren
through the medium of his connection with the National Dental Association and
the Washington .State, Spokane County and Spokane Dental Societies. He is well
known and liighly esteemed among the members of the three latter organizations,
having served as secretary and treasurer of the state society and as president,
secretary and treasurer of the Spokane society. Such official connection with or-
ganizations of the size and importance of these is rather imusual for a young man
of his age, as he has but recently passed the twentv-ninth anniversary of his birth.
Dr. Lynott is meeting with more than average success in his profession .and his
many friends prophesy for him a brilliant future.

LOREN L. RAND.

Loren L, Rand, an architect who has followed liis profession in Spokane since
1888, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in December, 1831, a son of William
H. and Mary Ann Bartlet (Long) Rand. The father was for many years engaged
in carriage manufacturing at Amesbury, where he still makes his home. At the usual
age the son began his education as a pupil in the public schools there and later
supplemented his early opportunities by a course of study in the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology at Boston. He entered upon the practical phases of his
professional career in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he opened an architects'
office, remaining there until he removed to ^Minneapolis, whence he came to Spo-
kane in 1888 and has been one of the leading architects of the city throughout all
the intervening years. Among some of the earlier residences whieli he designed
were those of Judge Nash. E, L. Powell, H. F. Belt and S. Heath. He designed
the first four-story building erected in Spokane after the fire, kno-\m as the Tidbal
block, and some of the more recent business buildings which stand as monuments
to his skill and abiUti^ are the Riverside avenue and the Main street additions to
the Crescent store, all of the buildings for the Spokane Dry Goods Realty Com-
pany, the Marble bank building, now occupied by the Union Trust & Sa^nngs Bank,
and others. He has also erected twelve or fifteen school buildings, including the
new Le^vis and Clarke liigh school, whicli has but recently been completed and

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which is the finest school biiihiiiip in the northwest; also the Roosevelt, Long-
fellow, Stevens, Cooper, New Franklin, Audubon, Frances Will.ird, Hayes Park,
Adams and Jefferson school buildinjrs. He was the architect and builder of the
Hawthorne, MeKinley and Loj;.in schools. He likewise designed the First Presby-
terian church, which has been built only a few years and which is perhaps the finest
in the Inland Empire. He b.is been the architect and builder of a number of
hotels and other prominent structures and his designs always have the feature of
utility and comfort combined with the artistic.

On the 25th of September, 1876, Mr. Rand was united in marriage to Miss
Luanna O. Rice, a daughter of Stanford Rice, of Xorth Adams, M.assachusetts.
They had three children: .Morris \\'., who is associated with his father in his pro-
fession; Lena May, the wife of S. E. Cardiff, of Spokane; and Ethel Belle, who
died at the age of ten years. The family reside at No. 2;)29 Maxwell street. Mr.
Rand belongs to Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M., and has attained the thirty-
second degree of the Scottish Rite in Oriental Consistory, No. 2, and is a char-
ter member of F.l Katif Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a past
president of the Sons of the American Revolution and he has reason to be proud of
a patriotic ancestry, his father being a descendant of the old Wentworth family of
New England, while his mother was descended from .Tosiah Bartlet, who was one
of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, In Ids own career he has made
a creditable record. He entered a profession in which only merit and ability win
advancement and his thorough preliminary training and long experience have quali-
fied him for importint duties in this direction.

CHARLES MARVIN FASSETT.

{hariis Marvin Fassett is now eity conuiiissioner of Spokane, where he has also
figun (1 ))r()minently since 1889 as an assayer and chemist. His ability in that direc-
tion has brought him wide renown and his activities in that line have extended as
far .IS Korea. New York claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred .at
Elmira. December 23, 1858, his parents being Samuel Montague and Ruth Clara
(Marvin) Fassett. The grandfather, Pliilo Fassett, settled in northern Pennsyl-
vania when that district was an almost unbroken wilderness. In carlv manhood
Samuel M. Fassett followed the occupation of farming but afterward removed to
Elmira. New York, and about 1886 bee.inir ,i resident of California, where he en-
gaged extensively in orange growing. Subsequently he removed to Nevada, where
he conducted lumber and banking interests. He is now living retired, although he
is still financially connected with lumber and banking activities. He is a well pre-
served man although he has i).iss((I the eighty-fourth milestone on life's journey.
His wife passed away in Marcli. 1911. The only daughter of the family is Mrs.
Julia Render, the wife of Charles T. Riiulcr. for years cashier of the Washoe
County Bank of Reno, Nevada.

The only son, Charles Marvin Fassett, was educated in (in public schools of
Elmira. .New York, and made his initial stcj) in business in connection with a retail
drug store. Ry jjrogressivc .and logical ste))s he advanced imtil his bro.adening in-

t<Ti sts 1( (i liini to take up the study of mining and chemistrj- in the mining camps

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of Nevada in 1879. He perfected liimseli along tliose lines, added to his know-
ledge by practical ex)>erience and in 1887 opened the Commercial Chemical Lab-
oratories of Reno. In 1889, just after the great fire, he came to Spokane and or-
ganized the C. M. Fassett Company, assayers and chemists. Their business also
included metallurgical designing and the construction of machinery for the extrac-
tion of ore. In this field Mr. Fassett has since been recognized as one of the leaders
in the northwest and his reputation, extending far and near, has led to his being
called into many fields for service along those lines. In 1900 he built the first
.-yanide gold mill in Korea. It is situated near the !Manchurian frontier and was
the first ever erected in Asia. In his j)articular line of business Mr. Fassett has
tlioroughly covered the field, gaining comprehensive knowledge of evervthing bear-
ing upon his chosen life work, and to broad scientific knowledge he adds most
thorough practical training and experience.

In San Francisco, on the 1st of January, 188-1, Mr. Fassett was married to ^liss
Edith May Benham, a daughter of Isaac T. and !Melina C. (Roe) Benham. Her
father was one of the early contractors and builders of Spokane. L'nto ]Mr. and
Mrs. Fassett have been born a son and daughter. Lewis Montague, who died in
Spokane, in 1906, at the age of twenty-two years, was very prominent in school
athletics, having been manager of the various football and other athletic teams of
the high school. He was, moreover, popular because of his genuine personal worth
and a bronze tablet has been erected to him in the gymnasium of the high school.
The daughter, Katherine M., is with her parents in their attractive home at No.
ISO Coeur d'Alene avenue. Mr. Fassett belongs to the Inland Club and to the
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. Aside from his business he is perhaps most widely
known because of liis activity and valuable service along political lines. He has
always been a stalwart republican and in 1885 was a member of the Nevada state
legislature. In Spokane he has served as a member of the school board for three
years and of the library board for two years. He was also president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce for one year and was elected city commissioner und(;r the new form
of government in the spring of 1911. He accepted this position at a great sacrifice
to his personal interests but felt that it was his duty as a citizen to faithfully jjcr-
form tile tasks to which public demand had called him. He lias ever recognized the
obligations as well as the jjrivileges of citizenship, but while he prefers a quiet
place in the background to the glamour of publicity his ability in achieving results
has made his cooperation .sought and has brought him into prominence from which
he would naturally shrink were less desirable ends in view. The scope of his in-
fluence has reached far beyond his special field of labor and yet he stands as one
of the most prominent representatives in the field of his chosen life work.

CHARLES P. LUND.

Charles P. Lund, a member of the Spokane bar and also well known in business
circles, having voice in the management of several imjiortant corporate interests,
■was born at Fargo, North Dakota, IMarch 17. 1876. His father. Olof Lund, a na-
tive of Sweden, came to Spokane as a young man and is now living retired in this
city. His wife, Mrs, EIna Lund, was born in the same country and they became

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tlu- jiarcnts of two sons and four (lauffliters: Cliark-s P.; Peter, living in British
Columbia, where he is engaged in the lumber business; Matilda, the wife of D. L.
Nelson, a merchant of Helena. Montana; Emma, the widow of I". S. Jewett, who
mak(s her home in Calgary, Canada; Sarah, the wife of W. L. Darling, who is
engaged in the real-estate business in New Westminster. British Columbia; and
I'.llen, the wife of Harold Darling, secretary of the Lund Land & Development
Com])any of Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Reared under the ))arental roof, Charles P. Lund supi)lemented his jireliminary
• ducation by study in the University of Michigan, winning his B.iehelor of .\rts
liegree ujwn gr.iduation with the class of 1896. Spokane has practically been his
lionie since 1889, as the only break in his continuous residence came when he pur-
sued his university course. He entered ui)on the jjraetiee of law here in 1896 and
some years later formed .i partnership with I,. R. H.nnhl, n. Subsequently the
firm style of Stem. Hamblen ^ Lund was assumed and .ilterward that of Hamblen,
Lund & Gilbert. In .Iiiiuary. lilOJi. Mr. Lund withdrew from the i)artnership .ind
has since continued in practice alone. His ability is widely recognized, for he is
.able to base his .irguments upon tlie thorough knowledge of and familiarity with
precedents .-md to present a casi upon its merits, never failing to recognize tile
main point at issue and never neglecting to give a thorough pn p.ir.itiDM. His pK as
have been characterized by a terse and decisive logic and .-i lueid presentation rather
than by flights of oratory, and his power is the greater before court or jurv from
the fact that it is recognized that his aim is ever to secure justice and not to en-
shroud the cause in a sentimental g.-irb or illusion wliieli will tliwart tlu- jjririeiples
111 right and equity involved.

Mr. Lund's activities also extend to the Security National Bank .it Cheney,
Washington, of which he is a director, and he is likewise a director of tin- Wash-
ington Brick, Lime & Sewer Pipe Cimipany.

.Mr. Lund was married in Spok.-iiic in 1<)0-J. to Miss .Vima Porter Kw.irt. .i
daughter of Robert Ewart, who is now living at Hoqii.iim. W.isbiiigton. where he
is eiig.iged in the lumber business. He is one of the pioneer residents of tile coun-
try and is a son of Captain Ewart, now postmaster at Colfax, Washington. The
mother of Mrs. Lund also represents one of tlie prominent old families of the state,
hir father, .John C. Davenport, having been closely ,ind actively identified with the
growth of the western country. Mr. and .Mrs. Lund have two childr.n: Rosalie
.\biiiie, nine years of age; and Robert Ewart. four years of age. The ji.irents h;ive
many friends in Spokane and with the ))ul)lic interests of the city .Mr. Lund has
been closely nssocintcd, his aid and influence being ever a factor for general jirog-
ress and improvement. The cause of education finds in him ,i w.irni friend .iiid he
is now serving as trustee of the Cheney Norm.il ."school at Cheney, \\',ishiiigt(iii.
He was first ajijiointid ti> this jiosition In MH)t .itkI has served eontinuouslv save
for a jjcriod of two years. His political .illegianee is given to the republican jiarty
and he has always taken an active interest in politics, having at different times
been a delegate to city, county and state conventions. He has served as a delegate
to all state conventions since 1902 and from time to time has been a ni<nii)er of the
county central committee and also of the city centr.-il eoiiimittee. His labors .'ire of
a jiractical charact<-r and arise from a firm l)elief in the efficacy of republican prin-
ciples as factors for good government. Those who know Mr. Lund find him social,
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belongs to Imperial Lodge, I. O. O. F. at Spokane, the Spokane Lodge, No. 228,
of Elks, the Spokane Club, the University Club, Spokane Athletic Club and the
Chamber of Commerce. His interests are wide and varied and he looks at life
from a broad standpoint, keeping in toucli with the advanced thought of the day
and laboring effectively and earnestly for public progress, his efforts combining
high ideals with practical service.

EDWIN WHEELER HAND.

Edwin Wheeler Hand has held many positions of public trust and has been an
active leader in republican ranks. He is now enjoying a lucrative practice as a
prominent Spokane attorney, confining his attention largely to civil law along the
lines of mechanics' liens, land titles, etc. His life has been imbued with the enter-
prising spirit which was the factor of progress in the middle west and which is now
contributing so largely to the upbuilding of the Pacific coast country. His birth
occurred in Columbia county, Wisconsin, May 23, 1859. His father, Jesse F. Hand,
was born in Columbia county. New York, and was of English lineage, representing
a family that was founded in Connecticut in the early part of the eighteenth century,
so that from colonial days down t<i the present, members of the Hand family have
been numbered among American citizens. Following his removal from the Empire
state Jesse F. Hand became a resident of Columbia county, Wisconsin, and while
he devoted his time and energies to agricultural pursuits, he was also a prominent
and influential factor in public affairs and represented his county in tjie state legis-
lature in 1865. For thirty years he was a postmaster in Columbia county and after-
ward filled the same position at Phillips, Wisconsin, for four years. He was deeply
in sympatliv with the Union cause at the time of tile Civil war, served as recruit-
ing officer in his county and largely recruited the Tentli Wisconsin Regiment.
His last days were spent as a resident of Spokane, where lie passed away in
1899. In early manhood he had wedded Mary Wheeler, who was born in
Cuvahoga county, Ohio, and died in Wisconsin in 1892. Her father was a dis-
tinguished attorney and at one time served as lieutenant governor of his state.
^Irs. Hand was a descendant of the well known Harper family, famous in con-
nection with the border wars. Her ancestors landed in Connecticut early in the
eighteenth century on coming from England to the new world, and both the
Harper and Wheeler families were represented in the Continental army in the
struggle for independence. Among the sons of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F.
Hand, Willis is an attorney of Kearney, Nebraska ; George, who was corporal of
Company D of the Tenth Wisconsin Infantry and was captured at the battle of
Chickamauga, was incarcerated in a Confederate jjrison in Virginia and afterward
at Andersonville, where he died in 1865; Harper died in Wisconsin, and Elias died
in infancy. The daughters of the family are: Antoinette, the deceased wife of T.
H. Hatch, of Wisconsin; ]Martha, tlie wife of Frank B. Gould, of Reward, Cali-
fornia; Alice M., the wife of William S. Hatton, a farmer and fruit raiser of Grand
Valley, Colorado; and Isabelle, the wife of Cicero Bishop, of Reward, California.

Edwin W. Hand supplemented his common-school education, received in his
native county, bv a course of law in the Lniversity of Wisconsin, from which he

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was graduated in 1887. In tlit- meantime lie had engaged in t-diic-itional work,
teaching school for three terms, and just hefore he attained his majority Ik- en-
tered the office of registrar of deeds, in which he continued for one year. During
the succeeding year he was a ]iu))il in the Oshkosh (Wis.) Normal .School and after-
ward went to Phillips, Wisconsin, where he formed a partnership with his hrothcr
Willis for the conduct of real-estate and insurance business. There he rcui.iincd
until 1890 and then entered upon the |)ractice of law, being admitted before the
Price county circuit court and subsequently by the supreme court of Wisconsin. He
continued a member of the bar of his tiativc state until September. 1894, when he
went to Wallace, Idaho. There lu' jiraeticcd until April, 1897, when he eauie to
Spokane. He was alone for a time but subsc<iucntly formed a ])artncrship with
Charles A. Eleming, now city clerk, under the firm name of Hand & Fleming. He
afterward joined E. W. Taylor and .lolin W. Graves in a partnershii> relation
under the firm style of Hand. Taylor & Graves. After a year this was dissolved
and Mr. Hand was again alone but was afterward associated with E. O. Connor
under the finn name of Connor & Hand. They were together for two years, after
which .Mr. Hand was again alone for a year, at the end of which time he became
associated with Benson Wright in a partnership that was maintained for three years.
He has since practiced inde|)endiiitly in the field of general l,iw. although giving
especial attention to mechanics' liens, land titles and similar l.iw work. He has
conducted importjint mining litigation in Idaho and lias h.id some crimin.il ])raetice
in Wallace and at the present writing has been retained in connection with mining
litigation in .Shoshone county. Idaho.

While residing in Phillips, Wisconsin, Mr. H.-md served for one term as city
attorney and afterward at Wallace, Idaho, served in the same office, .and resigned
preparatory to his removal to .Spokane. He was also a member of the city council
of Spokane for a term of two years and in 1902-3 was president of the council, in
which connection he exercised his offici.il ijrcrogativcs in support of v.irious pro-
gressive nuniicil)al measures. He is an insurgent re))ublican. st.inding for |)rin(iple
hut not for ));irtis;uishi|) whni it works to the detriment of the majoritv .-111(1 for the
benefit of a few machine leaders. In early life he was (piite active in ))oIitical
circles and served on different committees. In Wallace, Idaho, he was chairm.in
of the republican county convention three times, serving in 1896, the year in which
Bryan was the silver candidate. He has also served as ;i delegate to the county
nominating conventions and has ever l.-ibored to promote the interests of his jjarn*
in as far as he has believed that it would subserve the interests and welf.irc of the
gencr.il ))ublic.

On the 5th of .luly, 1897, at I'ond du I..ic, Wisconsin. .Mr. II.uk! w.is united in
marriage to Miss Lola A. Willis, a daughter of .lames R. and Enuna H. Willis, itul
\mto them was born, .\ngust 21-. 1898. a daughter who is now in school. On tlie
2.Sd of May, 1907, in Spokane, .Mr. Hand wedded .Miss Alma L. Tischcr, a daugh-
ter of Herman and Louise Tischer. Her father, now deceased, was a painter and
musician and served as a soldier in an Iowa regiment during the Civil war.

I'ratern.illy Mr. Hand is a ^Ltsoii. holding; mendiership with .Sj)okanc Lodge.
No. HI. He joined the order in the lodge at Phillips, Wisconsin, and served as its
junior and senior deacon. He also holds membership with the Order of the Eastern
.Star, is a charter member of Excelsior Camp, No. .1 1, .M. W. .\., held the office of
secretary for three years, was venerable counsel one year ;ind was trustee for several

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years. He is a member of ]\Ioose Lodge, No. 161, and is an active and helpful
worker in the Bethel Presbyterian church, in which for five years he has served as
an elder. Following his removal to Spokane there has come to him the recognition
which always meets personal worth and ability. He has gained a good clientage
and has come to be known as a public-spirited and progressive citizen whose aid
has featured prominently in support of various worthv public projects.

HARRY C. HAYWARD.

Harry C. Hay ward is a name to conjure with in Spokane. The fact that he
advocates any measure or movement is sure to vnn for it a large following, such is
his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in his judgment. He is never
too busy to be cordial and never too cordial to be busy. As a theatrical manager
he has ministered constantly to the pleasure and happiness of otliers and at the same
time he has played well his part on the stage of life. He claims London, England,
as tlie place of liis nativity, liis birth having there occurred January 3, 1853. His
partiits were Harry Oxford and Emma (Lee) Hayward, the former an officer of the
British army. That the son came naturally by his interest in theatrical affairs is
indicated in the fact that his mother was an actress. But when a voung lad he was
left an orphan and the direction of his life devolved upon himself.

His education was acquired in the schools of the city of London, where he at-
tended the Blue Coat School. He was but thirteen years of age when he began to
earn his living as call boy at the Queen's theater in London and later he went to
the Eagle theater to play pantomime and sprite parts. He was afterward connected
with the Marylebone and when seventeen years of age he determined to go to
Australia. When about to sail, however, he changed his plans and came instead to
America, making his way to Pliiladelphia, where lie engaged to play comedy roles
in the Chestnut street theater. Ambitious to receive the direct returns of his own
labor, he shortly afterward organized a comjjany which he took ujxin the road as
far as Texas. He then returned to New York and afterward sailed for the West
Indies and Brazil as ticket agent with a circus. Following his return to America
he once more went upon the road with a coiiij)any. but the venture proved unsuccess-
ful financially and in Nevada the company disbanded. Gradualh' he made his way
upward to Walla Walla and in 1881 came to Spokane to accept the position of first
chief clerk of the engineering department of the Northern Pacific Railroad in this
city, opening the first railroad office here. Ever appreciative of opportunities and
readily recognizing such, he has constantly enlarged the scope of his activities by
the improvement of advantages which others might not have utilized but passed
heedlessly by. He had been connected with the railway interests of Spokane for a
year when he opened the first gun and ammunition store of the city, building up a
flourishing business, from which he turned, however, to again enter the theatrical
field as manager of a jjlayhouse as soon as tlicre was a sufficient population in
Spokane to support it.

He brought to the city the first theatrical attraction in 1883. At that time
Emma Abbott was in the west playing The Bohemian Girl, and Mr. Hayward booked
her for Spokane. There was nothing in the town which in the least resembled a

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tlic.-ittT, SO III' fiifrngi-d .1 warehouse that .stood on the northeast corner of Riverside
and Post streets. A local paper in writing of this said: "The audience paid two
dollars each for reserved seats on gimg plows and farm implements. Nail kegs in
the rear were a trifle cheaper. It was a fifteen hundred dollar house altogether."
From that time forward Mr. Havward has given his attention almost exclusively
to theatrical management and interesting tales of Ins exiK;riences in the early days
are recorded. About 1888 there were two theaters in S])okane. the Falls City and
the Concordia. Louis Morgenstern came to .S|)okane as advance agent for Gus
Leviek, who was then playing in the west in Hoodman Blind. Those who were
hacking him financially had had trouble over terms with the Falls City theater and
.Mr. .Morgenstern ditermined to teach the local management a lesson. In Ibi- ofHet;
of the Grand Ilotrl lie approached a young man and asked tm- the manager of tlic
Falls City ojiera iiouse. The young man answered: "I'ln the manager;" whereon
Morgenstern, after introducing himself, said: "Well, wi 11 never jiay your terms
to show here." The young man in question was Harry Hayward. who replied
(|uietly: "All right; you won't show in the Falls City house?" "No; I'll get the
other Iiouse. Who's the manager of it.'" Whereupon .Mr. H.iyw.-ird ag;iin an-
swered: "I am." Naturally the advance agent had to come to terms and there-
upon he interrogated Mr. Hayward concerning whom lie should sec to make other
necessary business arrangements. To his query as to the city treasurer, the man-
agt r of the Grand Hotel and the manager of the transfer company, he received in
each case the answer: "I am;" and was nonplused when he finally said: "Tiien
dir<'et me to the eity liill |>oster;" and Harry Hayward replied: "I'm the man. '
Mr. iliyw.ird w.is all tills and much iimrr in the enterprising town which was be-
ing (l(\eloped by tin- side of the falls. He is as ])opular today when S])okane h.is
a jiopulation of many thousands as he was when it had but a few hundreds, for all
who know him give him their friendshij).

.Mr. Hayward was married in .Milton. Oregon, in March, 1880, to .Miss Clara
M. KohlhautF, a daughter of William K. Koliliiaiiff, and they now h.ave six children:
Louise, Frederick, Ralph O., Margaret, Marie and Kathryn. all at lioiiu with the
cxcejition of the eldest daughter, who is the wife of R. B. Trousdale.

While in his native land Mr. Hayward was in the English volunteer service as
a member of the First Surrey Artillery. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and
the Elks lodge and is also a member of the Spokane Club. In politics he is an
earnest republican and in 1883 was elected eity treasurer of Sjjokane, while in 1009
he was chosen to represent his district in the st.ite legislature. A conversation that
occurred on the streets of SlX)kane one day illustrates something of Mr. Hayward's
position and ixijiularity. A friend, meeting .-inother, said: "Who do you think is
going to the legislature from the second district.'" "I don't know. Who is it?"
"Harry Hayward." "Who .said so?" "He did." ■ And the result of the election
showed that he knew. It is said that he did not make a speech, answer a question
or attend a meeting during the campaign ; but the people knew the man in whom
tliev placed their confidence, knew that he w;is to be relied upon to work for the
best interests of the majority, and not only sent him to the general assembly but
would have rt < lectcd him had he not declined to serve. They had tested him at
the time of the great fire in 1889, when he was given entire charge of the relief
work. Some men came out of that work with besmirched records but Harry C.
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a work which will never be forgotten by those who were residents of the city at
that time. He has been termed a Chesterfield in manner and there is about him a
polish and courtesj' most attractive. It is not a veneer, however. It has its root in
the very essence of his nature and has made him a dependable man under all
circumstances.

SYLVESTER G. MORIN.

Because of its rapid upbuilding, Spokane oifers an excellent field to the con-
tractor whose work is characterized by thoroughness and whose ideas embody pro-
gressive and artistic elements. Well qualified to execute all that is best in architec-
ture, Sylvester G. Morin has been closely associated witii building operations in
Spokane during the jaast decade, having come to the city in 1902.

He wa-s born August 11, 1877, at Bedford, Quebec, Canada, his parents being
John G. and Mary Ann (O'Shea) Morin, both of whom were natives of Qiiebec,
and are now residents of Bedford. The father comes of a pioneer family known
during the early days of the French settlement of Quebec, M'hile the mother is of
Irish lineage. Her father, Daniel O'Shea, wlio was an own cousin of Daniel
O'Connell, took a leading part in the troubles in Canada in 1837. He, too, repre-
sented one of the pioneer families of Quebec. John G. Morin, now eighty-three
years of age, is a retired farmer and contractor, who for many years figured prom-
inentlv in the historv of his city, where for seventeen years he served as a member
of the city council, acting as its president during a large part of that time, and
thus largely shaping its destinies. Unto John G. and Mary Ann Morin were born
five sons and five daughters, the brothers of our subject being: .John B., now de-
ceased; Joseph N., of Holyoke, Massachusetts; F. G., who makes his home in Trail,
British Columbia ; and Edward J., a contractor residing in Spokane. The daughters
of the family are: Addie E., deceased; Emma E.. the wife of T. A. Moore, of
Bedford, Quebec; Roseanna, the wife of August Berthiaume, also of Bedford;
Christy, the wife of J. A. Bessette, of Providence, Rhode Island; and Celia J., the
wife of D. W. LeBlanc, of Bedford.

Sylvester G. Morin, whose name introduces this record, pursued his education
in the schools of Bedford, Quebec, and in Holy Cross College, Farnham, graduating
from that institution vnth the class of 1 898. When his college days were over he
returned to his father's farm and devoted two years to further work in tilling the
fields and caring for the crops. He then took up the mason's trade in that district,
and at New York city, and afterward came to the Pacific coast country, visiting
Trail and Rossland, British Columbia, in 1890. For a j'ear he worked at his trade
and then located at Ritzville, engaging in contracting at both Ritzville and Wenat-
chee, Washington. He was in Ritzville for eighteen months, during which time lie
spent a year in looking over the coast and also visiting Montana and Idaho. He
finally decided to locate permanently in Spokane and since 1902 has made his home
in this city.

Mr. Morin has had charge of the masonry construction at the building of Sacred
Heart Hospital, also White's Hotel and the Wonder Department Store. He then
became associated with Charles Jasper under the firm name of Jasper & Morin and

S. i;. MoHIN

THE NEW roRK

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was thus engaged in business for two years but since that time lias been alone.
While in partnership relation the firm built the Antler's Hotel, the Western Union
Life Insurance building, the Jones & Pettit building at Madison jind .Sprague
avenues, the Como Hotel on Main avenue, the apartment house at the corner of
Broadway and Adams, and the Gardner ajiartments on Third avenue; they re-
modeled the .John W. CJraham building and also the building at the northwest corner
of Riverside .-ind Post, owned by Mr. Chamberlain, and several others. Since the
dissolution of the partnershiji Mr. .Moriii li.is had the contracts for the erection of
the Imperial Trading building .-it Seeoiul .iiid Stevens streets, tin- iienson ajiart-
nients on Fifth avenue, and is now building the addition to the .Spokane countv jail,
and has several other contracts on hand. He is likewise interested in sever.-il manu-
facturing industries and his activity in business circles has gained him :i prominent
position as a representative of iiulustrial interests lure, wliili In also owns citv arui
residence property.

Mr. Morin took an active ))art in |>olities while in Caii.ida and hen' gives his
allegiance to the republican party, but has not been ,i political worker since lo-
cating in Spokane. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, belonging
to Oriental Lodge, No. 7i. He is a member of the liuilders' F.xeli.uige .ind .also a
member of the Ch.amber of Commerce, and his activities and interests largely center
along the line of business .and laudable ambition, prompting him to put forth earnest
effort in the attainment of success. Attractive styles of .irchiteeture as well as sub-
stantial construction are features of liis work, and liis business integrity has been a
source of his success.

LYNDON K. ARMSTRONG.

Lyndon K. Armstrong is the editor and jiroprietor of the Northwest Mining
News, the only mining )ieriodical jjublished in Montana, Idaho and W.ashington.
Underlying his work as a joum.ilist he has practical experience and broad scientific
knowledge concerning the subject handled and has made his publication of value to
the mining community and a factor in the development of the rich niiner.il resources
of the northwest. His labors have been a distinct impetus to work of this eh.irac-
ter .and to its allied interests and he has a wide acquaintance among |)rominent min-
ing men of the northwest, who recognize in him one of tlie leading representatives
of mining in this section of the country, his comprehensive knowledge enabling him
to speak with authority upon questions relative to the development of the mines
and utilization of the ore. He was born in W.aukesha county, Wisconsin, .Septem-
ber 26, 18.59, a son of .1. A. and Laura E. (HoUcbaek) .\rmstrong, both of whom
were natives of the state of New York. The mother, who died in IftOfi. was of
Holland Dutch descent, although the establishment of the family in .\meriea ante-
dated the Revoluticmary war. Her grandfather w.is .a soldic r of tin \\'ar of 1812.
.1. A. Armstrong, who comes of English and .Scotch lineage and also represents a
family that was founded in America during the colonial epocli in our history, is
now living retired in Minneapolis. He was county auditor and for several ye.irs
served as a member of the state legislature of Minnesota, taking active and help-
ful part in sii.ai)ing the jniblie jiolicy of county and eouunonwialth. He visited the

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northwest before the eity of Spokane liad been dreamed of, making a journey to
this section in the '60s. For a time he was with Fremont. He traveled first to
California and then came up through the Walla Walla, Lewiston, Warren and Flor-
ence districts and afterward returned to Wisconsin. In his family were two sons and
eight daughters, the brother of our subject being R. O. Armstrong, of Minnesota,
who is engaged in the automobile business.

In the common schools of ^linnesota Lyndon K. Armstrong pursued his educa-
tion and then went to the territory of Dakota and afterward to Montana. Subse-
quently he established his home in the state of North Dakota where he engaged in
the drug business. While in Montana he had been engaged in mining and from
that time to the present has been interested in mining operations and all that per-
tains to the development of the mineral resources of the northwest. In February,
1890, he arrived in Spokane and engaged in mining in this district. He is inter-
ested in mining properties in every one of the northwestern states and in British
Columbia, has been mining engineer and at three different times has published min-
ing journals. He purchased a paper called the Northwestern Mining Review in
1892 and in 1893 bought the Spokane Miner. They suspended publication and he
then established a paper which he called Mining, continuing to issue this for sev-
eral years, but suspended publication in October, 1903. About 1908 he took the
editorial management of the Northwest ^Mining News and early in the year 1911
pureharsed the paper which is now the only mining periodical published in the dis-
trict covered b}' the states of ^lontana, Idaho and W ashington. This is now in its
seventh volume and has a large circulation among mining people, bringing into
concise and tangible form the mining news wiiicli is of value to all who are engaged
in the undertaking. ]Mr. Armstrong's long experience has made him particularly
well qualified for the work of editing a paper of this character. His ability led
to his selection to take charge of the state mineral exhibit at the Pan-American and
Trans-Mississip])i expositions and on several occasions he has had charge of the
mineral exhibits at local fairs.

!Mr. Armstrong organized the first mining exchange ever established in Spokane
with Warren Hussey, of the .Spokane National Bank, as president and himself as
secretary. Every bank had a membership, including the Spokane National, the
Washington National, the Traders National, the First National, the Citizens Na-
tional and the Cannon's State Banks. This was organized in 1890 for the purposes
of exploiting the mineral resources and maintaining a library and reading room.
It eventually became an active stock exchange board, was taken over by the city
to be made a part of the Chamber of Commerce which ultimately discontinued it,
owing to the success of the Bureau of Information.

Perhaps nothing can better establish Mr. Armstrong's position as one of the
foremost representatives of mining interests in the northwest than the citation of
iiis membership relations. He belongs to the American Institute of Mining En-
gineers, the Canadian Mining Institute, the American Electro-Chemical Society,
the American Alining Congress, the American Society for the Advancement of Sci-
ence, the Northwest ^Mining Association and the Mining !Men's Club. He has been
especially interested in the exploitation of the mining interests of this section of
the country and maintains the best library on mining, geology and metallurgy in
the northwest. He also belongs to the National Geographic Society, the Western
Conservation League and the Chamber of Commerce and in the last named is serv-
ing as chairman of the mining committee.

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Mr. Armstrong has been married twice. He first wedded Charlotte J. Grandy,
wlio died in May, 1886, leaving a son, Halbert Armstrong, who is now assisting
his father in newspaper work. In November, 1896, in Spokane, Mr. Armstrong
wedded Lulu E. Hyatt, a d.augliter of M. Hyatt and a half-sister of I). C Hritl.
who was formerly editor of the Chelan Leader. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are par-
ents of two daughters, Helen and Marian, who are in school. The family are well
known socially in Spokane, their home being the center of a cultured society circle.
Mr. Armstrong is ;i republican in his political views, is well informed concerning
the leading questions and issues of the day and has represented his party in city,
county and state conventions. It is characteristic of him that he masters with thor-
oughness everything that he undertakes and this trait in his ciiaracter has led to
his close study of the mining proposition from every possible stan(i])oiiit. He is
thoroughly acquainted with the great scientific principles wliieh iindirlic or have
be.-iring upon his chosen field of labor. Gcograjihy, geology, eliernistry — all have
promoted his efficiency, as well as the broad practical exi)erienee which has come
to him in his management and ownership of mining properties. He is numbered
jimong those who are assisting largely in bringing into material form tln' !io]ies of
tile progressive citizens for the upbuilding of a great inland empire.

CHARLES E. MALLETTE.

Operating in the field of real estate, Charles E. Mallette has handled important
properties and at the same tinu- lias been connected with mining interests of the
northwest. He was born in Illinois, November I, 186!, a son of Henry and Marion
(Curtis) M.illctte. botli of whom were natives of England. Tlie father repre-
sented .111 (lid I'.niilish family luit chose to east liis Icit witli tlic rcsidiiits of tlie new
world .and lived in v.irious sections of this country to the time of iiis dc.itli, which
occurred in ISCiO. His widow still survives and is now a resident of Victoria, Brit-
ish Columbia. The two daughters of the family are ^Irs. G. Bollinger and Mrs.
Lillian Fo.\, the latter a resident of .San ,Iosc, California.

Charles E. Mallette was partially educated in .S.-m .lose, to which place the fam-
ily removed about 1861-. He also spent some time in the universitv at Santa Clara
and when his school days were over turned his .attention to .•igrieultiiral jnirsuits.
Later he removed to \'ietori;i, British Cohimbia, where he entered the lumber busi-
ness .ind subsequently began dealing in real estate, continuing in that field in Vic-
toria for six years, or from 1881- until 1890. He was quite successful in his under-
takings there and extending his efforts to other districts, became one of the princi-
pal owners of I'nrl Angeles, Washington, where he establisiicd his home. With the
development .-iiid upbuilding of the place he was prominently idintified, w.as instru-
meiit.-il in inst.illing the w.iter works and was .also interested in the light plant
.•iiid in a sawmill tin re. In eonncetion with IL Lutz he was one of llu- iri<i)r|)(ir.itors
of the present B.ink of Clallam County, .■iiid w;is its e;ishier for three or four years.
He resided ;it Port .Vngeles from l.SiiO until 1897, but while his enterprise was a
promiiieiil factor in tin- upbuilding of that place, it largely proved his financi.il niiii.
for the widespre.-ul tin.ineial panic of that pt'riod brought him heavy losses. How-
ever, he still ret.ains some of his interests there. He afterward located in Nelson,

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British Columbia, where lie was engaged in the wholesale grain and hay business
for a year and a half. In January, 1899, he arrived in Spokane and has since
operated in real estate. He makes a specialty of handling big properties, yet con-
ducts a general real-estate business and is interested in mining in the Coeur D'Alene
country and also in Tuolumne county, California. In the Coeur D'Alene district
he is interested in the Stewart and Snowstorm mines and is a stockholder in many
others. He is a man of resolute purpose and his determination and energy have
brought him the success which is now his.

On the 12th of April, 1882, in San Jose, California, Mr. Mallette was united
in marriage to Miss Mary A. Johnson, a daughter of W. J. Johnson, a farmer and
))ioneer of California, who went to that state in 1849. The three children of this
marriage are: Mrs. H. M. Dean, of Spokane; Ethel, who is a graduate of Wash-
ington University of the class of 1910; and Lester, who is a student in the high
school at Spokane. Mrs. Mallette is a member of the Congregational church and
presides graciously over her hospitable home. Mr. Mallette holds membership with
the Spokane Athletic Club and with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. He like-
wise belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Victoria and to the Elks
lodge in Port Angeles. He is a member of the Sjjokane Stock Exchange, of which
he was one of the incorporators and in which he has continuously served as an
officer. He acted as its president in 1909 and is now secretary-treasurer. While
living in Port Angeles, he served as mayor for two terms and was president of the
Chamber of Commerce there for four or five years. He has long been active in
politics as a supporter of the democratic party and has been a delegate to county
and state conventions. He lias also served on the county central committee and does
all in his power to further the interests of the party in which he believes. It is a
well known fact that Charles E. Mallette stands firmly in support of his principles
and his life exemplifies the high purpose of the Masonic fraternity and is an ex-
ample of good citizenshij) as well as of business enterprise.

STANLEY EVERETT HODGEN.

Stanley Everett Hodgen, president and manager of the firm of Hodgen & Com-
pany, Ltd., was born in Thomasburg, jirovince of Ontario, Canada, in May, 1880,
and is a son of James and Rebecca (Sayers) Hodgen.

In the acquirement of an education Stanley Everett Hodgen attended the public
and high schools of Ontario. Upon attaining his maturity he began his business
career, his first jiosition being a clerkship in a wholesale grocery house in Grand
Forks, North Dakota. The following year he gave this up in order to become a
traveling salesman for the O. J. Barnes Company, also of Grand Forks, with whom
he remained until June, 1903. He then came to Idaho to take a position in the
wholesale department of the Lewiston Mercantile Company of Lewiston. The firm
quickly recognized the young man's ability and trustworthiness and when assigned
a stock of goods at White Bird, deemed him the one best qualified to take charge
of the business. He took possession of the place in 1904, organizing the White
Bird Mercantile Company which he most successfully conducted for four years, dur-
ing that time acquiring the greater portion of the stock of the company. Two years

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after jjoiiif^ to White Bird, in 1906, he fornitd the Hixlgeii-l^rowii Cittle Cinnpany,
whieh lie managed for two years when lie sold out his interest to his partner, Mr.
Hrown. After disposing of his interests in White Bird he came to Sjiirit Lake, or-
ganizinj; the firm of Hodfjen & Company, Ltd. This was incorporated in Septem-
ber, 11)08, with S. K. Hodfijen, jiresident .ind manager; G. D. H(Kigen, secretary and
treasurer; and I). MacKenzie of St. I'aul. .Minnesota. This company has prospered
ever since its incipiency, and is now ric'oi;iiized as one of tile flourishiiiir enter-
prises of the city. In January. 1911. .Mr. Ilodgcn extended his activities by the
organization of the lone Mercantih' Conipany. of lone, Washington. Tliis is a
general mercantile concern with .'^. K. Hodgen as president; ('. H. Ilodgen, man-
ager; and .lolin Warner.

On the -Kith of Deciiulier. li)07. Mr. Ilodgen was married to Miss Gertrude I).
Alexander, .i d.iughter of A. K. .\lex.inder of Cir.ingeville, Idaho.

.Mr. Ilodgen is a member of the Inland Club of Sjjok.ine, .and frati rii.ilh lie is
connected with the Odd Fellows, being a member of the Wliiti Bird l.odg, of which
he was trea.surer during the ])erio<l of his residence there. .Mthoiigh he is only a
little more than thirty years of .age. Mr. Ilodgen has proven, through his capable
management of every cnter])rise with which in li.is been connected, that he is des-
tined to lieeonie one of the .itlhieiit Inisiiirss nun of northwestern Idaho.

WAURF,N E. SHUCK.

Mining and real-estate interests have occujiied the attention of \\'arren K. .Shuck
during the gre.-itcr part of his business career, but he has now subordinated the
latter to the former and is now largely engaged in the development of the Lawerence
))roi)erty at Clark's l'"ork, Idaho, the work being done under the name of the Law-
erence Mining \- Milling Conip.iny. of which he is secretarv-tre.-isurer. He was
born in Minnesota. Fiiiru.iry l!i, I.SHO. Ilis parents, ,Iohn .S. and .\iin.i M. ( Har-
ron) Shuck, were natives of Indi.m.i .ind of England, respectively, and both died
in the year 1897. The former was of (Jerin.in descent and was living in Indiana at
the time of the Civil war. He enlisted on tin 17th of August, 1862. as a member of
Company F. of the Indi;ina Infantry, and .after the close of his milit;iry service re-
moved to Minnesot;i. In the various localities in which he lived he was recognized
as a leading .-mil infiuenti.al citizen. At one time he was editor of tin- Nance County
.lournal at Fullerton, Nebr:isk;i. .and for a number of years he filled tlu' office of
probate judge in Jackson county, Kansas. He became editor of the -Mantorville
Express at Mantorville. Minnesota, and was elected county attorney of Cass county,
th;it state. His fellow townsmen ever recognized him as a ))ul)Iie-s|)irited citizen
and knew he .always subordinated ]);irtis;inshi|) to |)atriotism. (iordon K. Shuck is a
graduate of the University of .Minnesot.-i .-ind is ;in electrical engineer, connected
with the Westinghouse ))eo|)le :it Seattle, W.ishington. The two daughters of the
f.nnily are: .Mrs. Iv.idelle Ciibb. the wife of the Rev. .John D. Gibh, of Madelia,
Minnesota; and Mrs. Edith Ehrisman. of Rushmore, Minnesota.

Warren E. .Sliuek completed his public-school course by graduation from the
high school at Holton, Kansas, and aftcrw;ird was graduated from the .academic
department of the University of Minnesota in 1904, and from tli<- l.iw depart-

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meiit in 1906, at which time he won the LL. B. degree. Prior to his graduation
from the university, however, he followed the profession of school teaching for one
year in Kansas and one year in Minnesota, and subsequent to his graduation he en-
gaged in the real-estate and mining business. His identification with the northwest
dates from 1906, in which year he arrived in Spokane and established a general
real-estate business but subordinates that to his mining interests. In this connec-
tion he has principally engaged in the development of the Lawerence property at
Clark's Fork, Idaho. The business is incorporated under the name of the Law-
erence Mining & Milling Company, with Joseph Reed as president; Smith Hilliard,
vice president; and W. E. Shuck as secretary-treasurer. They own nine claims in
the group and are about ready to install a concentrating mill. The values are lead
silver and they have developed to a depth of six hundred feet in the lower levels
and have done one thousand two hundred feet of work in the various surface work-
ings. They have cut a No. 1 vein to tlie depth of three hundred feet and it is a
true fissure vein. They have drifted on it four hundred feet and all the way the
ore runs from two and a half to five and a half feet of milling ore, with consider-
able shipping ore mixed in. ^Ir. Shuck is also interested in the Senator Mining &
Milling Company, of which he is secretary-treasurer, and which now has its prop-
erty under development, having already a three hundred to four hundred foot tun-
nel. This promises good returns and its officers are the same as those of the Law-
erence company. In addition. Mr. Shuck has otlicr mining interests in the Coeur
d'Alenes.

His study of the political questions and issues of the day has led him to give
liis support to the republican party. He is a member of the Spokane Athletic Club
and of the Spokane Mining Association, and in these different connections his per-
sonal worth has won recognition in warm friendships. During the six years of his
residence in the northwest he has gained a wide acquaintance and has here found
the opportunities which he sought. His labors, carefully and intelligently directed,
are bringing him good returns and lie has every reason to hope that more than ordi-
nary success will be his in his mining operations in this district.

GEORGE M. COLBORN.

George M. Colborn is a Spokane dealer in real estate, largely handling business
property and suburban acreage. He was born in lola, Kansas, August 7, 1875, a
son of Josiah F. and lola (Friend) Colborn, the former of whom was a native of
Indiana and the latter of Virginia. The father, born February 7. J 829, came of
Scotch-German ancestry and the family was established in America prior to the
Revolution, in which representatives of the name took part. He also had military
experience, being connected with the militia in pioneer times in fighting Indians in
Kansas. He and his wife located upon a farm in the Sunflower state wlien that
state was being opened up for settlement and the town of lola was named in her
honor, their land covering tlie townsite. The death of Mr. Colborn occurred June
16, 1904, at Wallace, Idaho, his wife surviving until January 2.5, 1911. The inter-
ment of both took place at lola, Kansas. She had a brother who was an officer
in the Civil war while among her ancestors were those who fought in the war for

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indp|><-ndcnce. By licr iii.irriajje slu- lur.iini- tin- inulla-r of the fojlowinp ii;iincd:
Nell l'"., of Spokane; Madiliia-, the wife of D. C. McKissick, of Wallaee, Idalio;
Luella E., the widow of W. P. Nortlirup. of Murray. Idaho; Alice C, the widow of
Wiiitield Scott, of Wallaee. that state; Rohert Curtis, who passed away at the ape of
nineteen years; and Jennie, who married E. H. Moffitt. of Wallace, Idaho, and died
in 1909. The other member is George M. Colborn, of this review.

At the usual afje the l.-ist named entered the puiilic sciiools of lol.'i, eontinuinji
his study there until he had become a high-school student. He aftcrw.ard attended
a business college at Fort Scott, Kansas, and then took a position as stenographer.
His ideiitifieation with the northwest dates from 18!)'2. wlxii he located in ^\'allaee.
Idaho, remaining in that and other diS'erent towns until ISi»9. when he eanie to
Spokane. Here he entered the real-estate field as an ( niploye of tin (inn of Cook
& Clark, .and .afterward w.as with Ered B. (iriinuli. .leiiiiiring an interest in the busi-
ness with which he was associated until he sold out in 111(17. lie then embarked in
business on his own account and has so continued to the pnsmt ilay. His clieiit.iffe
has come to him in the field of business .and suburban property, which he buys and
Sells, and he is handling Colborn and Morg.an Acre Park addition just nortli of
Hillyard, which consists of six liundred and forty acres, the tract being under the
J)umping system of irrigation, forty tbous.and doll.ars being expended in Jiutting in
this system. All of the Land has been sold except a hundred-acre tract. About one
liundred families .are now living on this and the districts which have thus far been
cultiv.ated h.ive been ))l,inted to oreiiards and gardens.

When -Mr. Colborn arrived in Spokane his cash capital consisted of one iumdrrd
and fifty dollars. He borrowed seventy-five dollars to make the purchase of a lot
in the Cannondale .addition on which he began raising chickens. Almost from the
outset his business j)rospcred and as his financial resources increased he found it
]>ossiblc to remove from Cannondale to College avenue, wlure he secured better
quarters. He afterward came to Manito Park where he has a beautiful home on a
prominent corner that f.aces the park for a length of one hundred .and fiftv feet.
Mr. Colborn assisted in promoting Manito Park addition. In a grove wiiich is now
:i p.irt of the ))ark. in 190.'! he met .1. P. (iraves. D.ave Ham and another gentleman
and they agreed to form .a company and gave authority to tile firm of I'nd B, (Iriii-
nell & Company, of which Mr. Colborn was a member, to prosecute tin- work a]i(i
develop tii.at p.irt of the country. The eomp.any h.ad purchased all nt tin- unplatted
land owned by I'r.incis Cook and Cliarles Reeder. turning it o\ ( r to the above lirni
for sale. No residence district of Spokane has been better de\eloped in as short .a
space of time. In 1901- Mr. (iraves made the offer of a li.at. suit .and w.igon if (ift\-
houses were built in the district before -May, ]90."i. Tin- work was undertaken .and
within the time set seventy-five houses had been built. Tin imitiiig in the grove
resulted from the fact that those gentlemen wished to consult with Mr. Colborn
and Mr. Grinnell as real-estate exjierts ;is to the .advis.abiiity .ind |)ossibility of
transforming it into a jiart of the city. The work was accom))lisIied and he won
the rew.ard. Oni- hundred acres of Manito P.ark have been deeded to the eitv and
tli.at district is rajiidly developing, becoming one of the most attractive jiortions of
Spokane.

On the .'ilst of .hily. 1897. Mr. Colborn was united in marriage to Miss Lulu \'.
Gilbert, of Kellogg. Idaho. The father was one of the early residents of this dis-
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Unto ]\Ir. and Mrs. Colborn have been born three daughters, Jessie, Helen and
Jean, of whom the two eldest are now attending school.

Mr. Colborn exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures
of the republican party but has never been an aspirant for office. He belongs to the
Chamber of Commerce and finds recreation and interest in his membership in the
Spokane Club and the Spokane Athletic Club, of which he is a life member. He
has won and well merits the title of a self-made man. No fortunate circumstances
aided him at the outset of his career. He has worked along the lines of persistent,
earnest labor, has ever been watchful of opportunities and in their utilization has ad-
vanced toward success. His work, too, has been of a character which has contrib-
uted in no small measure to Spokane's progress and improvement.

HON. JAMES ALLEN PERKINS.

High iKjlitieal honors miglit have been won by James Allen Perkins had his ambi-
tion centered along that line, but he has preferred to utilize the opportunities of-
fered in business and gain his success in the development and conduct of projects
wliich have contributed to general prosperity as well as to individual success.
The consensus of public ojjinion names him as one of the most useful, representa-
tive and honored residents of Colfax and Whitman county and because of this
his life history cannot fail to prove of interest to many of the readers of this
volume.

Illinois claims Mr. Perkins as a native son, liis birth having occurred in Belle
Plaine, Marshall county, September 7, 1841. His parents were Joel B. and
Margaret (Burt) Perkins, who were among the earliest settlers on the Pacific
coast, liaving crossed the plains witli an ox team in 18.52. They settled in the
vicinity of Oregon City in the Willamette valley and subsequently became resi-
dents of Benton county, Oregon, wliere they remained until 1861. That year
witnessed their arrival in Washington, taking up their abode in Walla Walla
county, where the father purchased a tract of land adjoining tlie present town
of Waitsburg. His energies were there devoted to the development and improve-
ment of a good farm and the work of reclaiming the wild land was further ad-
vanced through the efforts of James Allen Perkins, who took up a preemption
claim adjoining his fatlier's jjlace. However, lie .ifterward sold his right to that
proi)erty and jiurchased the tract U]5on which the town of Huntsville now stands.
In July, 1870, Mr, Perkins and Thomas J. Smith, who was elected state senator
from Whitman county upon the admission of the state, settled on the land at the
junction of the north and south brandies of the Palouse river, agreeing between
themselves as to boundaries, for the United States survey had not then been
made. After they had together put up thirty tons of wild hay and had taken to
their land the materials necessary for building their houses, ^Ir. Smith withdrew,
leaving Mr. Perkins with no other company than liis employes. However, the
warm personal friendship formed between the two men years ago has always been
maintained and !Mr. Perkins afterward secured a neighbor in H. S. Hollings-
worth, who in the spring located on the land vacated by Mr. Smith. The two soon
afterward began the erection of the first sawmill in the region north of the Snake

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river, cast of tlie Columbia and west of tlic RtK-ky niount.iins, and in various
other ways took active part in the devclopuienl of the district, hotli along material
and political lines.

When an act of the territorial legislature organized Wliitnian county during
the winter of 1871-'2, Mr. Perkins was appointed one of the commissioners to
locate the county seat. Colfax, for the town had even then been ))latted and
named, was the location chosen, and the decision of the eonunissioners was sus-
tained by the voters .-it the next regidar election. Mr. Pirkiiis h.id for some time
been recognized as a leading and forceful f.ietor in eomiiuiiiity .ilV.iirs .ind in
1870 had received an offer from .Superintendent Ross, .it I'ort .Simeoe. to look .ifter
Indian matters in the Yakiui.i country. He li.id declined the position, however,
preferring to east in his li)t with the town wjiiih w.is just springing into existence
on his land. His decision was fortunate for the little city as well as for himself,
as since that date he has proven a most active and |)romiiient factor in the work
of general progress and improvement. His capit;il li.is been given freely to-
ward its upbuilding and all of his activities have proven elements in its growth
and advancement. Specific proof of the value of his labors is found in the fact
that he was one of the incorporators of the Washington & Idaho Railroad, which
has had an immeasurable eflfect upon the development of the .-igricultural and
mineral resources of the two states whose names it bears. He turned his atten-
tion to the field of banking when in 1881 he purchased from C. C. l.innington
the Rank of Colfax, remaining sole proprietor thereof until 1K8(5, in which year
A. E. Mills was admitted to partnership. Four years passed and (). K. U'illiams
then became the jj.-irtner of Mr. Perkins^ and' tlh- -successor of Mr. .Mills. The
bank has always been conducted on safe,- coiiiiervativc lilies and has constituted a
potent force in the financial stability of this section. .Mr. Perkins has also oper-
ated quite extensively in real-estate as lopal agent for the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company and the NortlicrB -P.lcific RaHway Company, representing
the latter since it has placed its land on the market.

Mr. Perkins was married in Whitm.-m county, in I87.S, to .Miss .(ennie l-'.wart,
daughter of Captain James Ewart. .Mr. ;ind Mrs. Perkins are parents of four
children, namely: Minnie B.. who in November, 1899, married I.. [.. Towtr. .-i
mining engineer, residing at Nortli|)()rt. \\';ishington ; Myrth- .M.. who in ,hinc,
1896, became the wife of Charles E. Scriber, cashier of the Second National H.-mk
of Colfax; Stella, who is the wife of N. B. McDowell and lives in .S))()k.-iiic ; and
Sumner E. The three d.iughters were all educated .-it .Mills .Seminary in O.ik-
land. C'.difornia.

Mr. Perkins delivered the first I'ourtli nf .Inly .-iddress wliieii was ever held

in .Spokane, in 1871', to an .-ludienei wliiih w.-is ciiiiipusi-ii of people living within

a radius of fifty to sixty miles from .Spokane, which at tli.it tinit- numbered only

seven families as its inhabitants. After the address .-i prominent l;idy stepped

u]) to him and remarked: "Mr. Perkins. I wish 1 li.ad the faith that you must

have to enable you to paint so vivid .-i word picture of the great future th:it l;iys

before .Spokane." Mr. Perkins now tells his friends that the ))redictions he made

in IS?! have been realized in the .Spokane of today. Even two years before this

event, in 187'.i. Mr. IN rkiiis w.-is called upon to address an audience on the same

day in Colfax.

With ;dl of the v;iried activities of lionie .-md business life. .Mr. INrkiris li.-is
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never been neglectful of his duties and obligations of citizensliip and has been
a close and thorough student of the political signs of the times. His influence
and efforts have extended beyond city and county into state polities and his opin-
ions have long carried weight in republican councils. In the session of 1879 he
represented Whitman county in tlie territorial legislature, and public approval of
his course would undoubtedl