Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 10 of 27)

Herbert E. Stimpson

Among the veterans of the automobile business in Tacoma, one of the most. experienced; competent and successful is Herbert E. Stimpson, president of the American Auto Company, at South Second street and Tacoma avenue. For twenty years he has been active in local automobile affairs and for ten years has directed the affairs of his present company, which is in the front rank of the large sales agencies. of this section of the state. Mr. Stimpson was born in Bismarck, North Dakota. on the 28th of November, 1882, and is a son of W. H. and Martha (Ward) Stimpson the former of whom is deceased, while the latter now makes her home with her son, Herbert. W. H. Stimpson was a pioneer of Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, where he lived until late in life, when he came to Tacoma and established a grocery business, which he conducted up to the time of his death.

Herbert E. Stimpson received his elementary education in the public schools of his native state and then entered the Minnesota Agricultural College, where he was graduated in 1904. He entered the employ of the Bell Telephone Company, rising to the position of district manager in Minnesota, and in 1906 he came to Tacoma and engaged in selling stock in an automobile company. In that same year he turned his attention to the selling of machines, handling the Maxwell and Johnson steamer cars. At that time the principal cars on the market were the Reo, Ford, Carter, Knox, Winton, Cadillac, White Steamer and Columbia and one or two others. In 1907 Mr. Stimpson became a salesman for the American Auto Company, which had been established by Wing Brothers in the fall of the previous year, and here he met with pronounced success. In 1916 he bought control of the company and has served as its president since that time. The concern was at first located at 1017 A street, and in 1908 moved to 204 St. Helen's avenue, where it remained until 1925, when it moved to its present location at South Second street and Tacoma avenue. The company holds a lease on the splendid corner building and utilizes thirty-six thousand square feet of floor space, in addition to which they have a warehouse at North Second and G streets, where they use twelve thousand feet of space. The American Auto Company first handled Reo and Pope Toledo cars, later became the local agents for the Stoddard Dayton, after which they had the Stearns car, followed by the Mack trucks, the Liberty, Franklin, Maxwell and Reo cars, and in 1924 secured the agency for southwestern Washington for the Chrysler car, which in November, 1926, stood in fourth place among the cars of this country with regard to the total value of the ears sold. During 1926 the American Auto Company sold an average of one hundred and twenty cars a month, its total sales for the year amounting to over one and a quarter million dollars. In addition to their salesrooms, they maintain a complete repair and service department, from thirty-five to fifty men being employed in all departments. Mr. Stimpson possesses the happy faculty of encouraging and inspiring his men in their work and is himself an active and aggressive salesman, though his time is occupied chiefly in his executive capacity.

On March 23, 1907, Mr, Stimpson was united in marriage to Miss Eva Evans, of Minneapolis, and they are the parents of four children, Hermoine, Herbert, Jr., Billie and Eva May. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and belongs to Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Tacoma Country Club, the Union Club and the Rotary Club, and to the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was formerly a mem- - ber of the board of directors. He is a stanch republican in his political affiliation and takes a deep interest in matters affecting the welfare and prosperity of his city and county. He is widely recognized as one of Tacoma's leading men of affairs, progressive in his methods and square in all of his dealings.

For nearly eighty years the family of which J. H. Whitley is a representative has lived in the Pacific northwest and has been actively identified with its upbuilding and development into one of the best sections of the Union. Mr. Whitley has spent all of his life in this part of the country, and for over thirty years he has been a factor in the prosperity of Orting, Pierce county, where he is still living. His parents were A. H. and Susan (East) Whitley, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Missouri. , :

A. H. Whitley made the trip across the plains by ox team in 1847, locating in Oregon, where he engaged in the stock business and the growing of grain and vegetablces. He was a very successful cattleman, driving the animals from near The Dalles all over the northwest country. In 1854, in Polk county, Oregon, he was married to Susan East, who also came across the plains by ox team in 1847 and located in Oregon. She had not seen a stove until her marriage, Mr. Whitley buying the first stove in Polk county. Mr. Whitley died October 7, 1873, and his widow subsequently became the wife of W. H. Long, of Chehalis, who died in 1891. She then lived with her son, the subject of this sketch, until her death, which occurred November 13, 1925.

J. H. Whitley secured his early education in the public schools of Salem, Oregon, where he lived many years, and later attended Willamette University. After completing his studies, he was engaged in farming at Salt Creek, Polk county, some twenty years. About 1893 he came to Washington, and soon afterward located at Orting. His first employment here was as a government forest ranger, which position he filled for about three years, and he then became connected with the Puget Sound Power and Light Company, with which company he has been identified ever since. His first work consisted in packing supplies to the force engaged in the construction work and surveying at Electron. Starting with one pack pony, he eventually was using sixty-five ponies, and later, when roads had been constructed, he was in charge of the teams employed for the same purpose. Subsequently he came to Orting as local agent for this and adjacent territory for the same company, in which capacity he is still serving. He is well qualified by nature and experience for the responsible position which he holds and has gained a high reputation for sound business judgment and for the close and effective interest he has at all times shown in the affairs of the company, as well as the welfare of the consumers.

On May 23, 1926, Mr. Whitley was united in marriage to Miss Esther L. Jurin, who was born in Bird Island, Minnesota, a daughter of T. R. and Lucy (Murray) Jurin, natives of Minnesota and both of whom now live at Winlock, Washington. Mrs. Whitley has taken an active part in local civic and club affairs and is popular in the circles in which she moves. She had two ancestors in the war of the Revolution, and her grandfather, E. M. Jurin, who died in 1918 at the age of ninety-two, was a veteran of the Civil war. Mrs. Whitley is a member of Meriwether Lewis Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, at Chehalis. She also belongs to the Rebekahs, of which she is a past noble grand, and the Royal Neighbors of America, of which she is a past oracle. She is a graduate of the Orting high school and of the State Normal School at Ellensburg, class of 1923. She taught in the public schools during the years 1915-19, and during the following two years was engaged in war work. She then entered a lawyer's office at Winlock, where she was employed about two and a half years. In 1882 Mr. Whitley was admitted to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Oregon and has always taken a deep interest in the work of the order, having been for twenty-one years secretary of Valley Lodge, No. 71, at Orting, in which he had previously passed the chairs. He is also a member of the chapter of Royal Arch Masons at The Dalles, Oregon, and both he and his wife belong to the Order of the Eastern Star.

Hans E. Knatvold

The record of a self-made man never fails to command the interest of the public peculiar honor attaching to that individual who, beginning life in humble and modest circumstances, through determined will and indomitable energy succeeds eventually in climbing the ladder that leads to prosperity and to the respect of his fellowmen. To that class belonged Hans E. Knatvold, and the record of his life is worthy of perpetuation in the annals of the county which was honored by his residence.

Mr. Knatvold was born in Dramen, Norway, September 3, 1849, and was a son of Egbert and Berthe Knatvold, both of whom also were natives of that country The father owned a farm there, but decided to bring his family to the United States, his chief motive being to give his assistance to Abraham Lincoln's cause, and he was in Fort Snelling within three months after arriving in this country He Perea : at pes Povamr mens land in Freeborn county, Minnesota, on mien

Hans E. Knatvold was the eldest of the six children i i responsibility of caring for them fell upon him. He faves ee eaeuend ra ag successfully performed his task. He not only looked after the homestead nie th age of fourteen years worked out, receiving a heifer in return for six months' te ie this being the first income received by the family aside from what they raised on thei ' land. He then obtained employment in a general store and besides supportin the family saved enough money to put himself through Grinnell College. He : 1d attend college a short time, and then go to work until he had saved enough to rastif Te eee ouowang. this plan until he had completed his college Heres

$ rema i ; 5 Me acta mae on the homestead until they passed away, and the property After completing his education, Hans E. K i : a hardware store in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Sheeinee sR unss WOE sstaplisted when H. E. Knatvold sold his interest to his brother and came to er ser reine. in the natural resources of the new territory, he was allied first aL Hers Hin ia Coal Company, and later, when the coal company was sold to eastern eases Creek built a woodenware mill below Old Town, near Mason's gulch. The bi, aes for five years, when it was destroyed by fire. For several years thereafter Mr. Knatvold and his family farmed a homestead in Kitsap county. Returning eventually to Tacoma he became manager of the Scandinavian American Bank, upon its organization, and retained that position until the merger of the Scandinavian American and the Lumbermen's State banks was effected.

Thereafter for a period of years he gave his attention to the real estate business, but returning at length to the business which had given him his start in life, he opened a small hardware store at Ninth and Commerce streets. At the end of a year in that location he and W. P. Sargent bought the Washington Hardware Company, which is still in operation on Pacific avenue. About 1914 he sold his interest in that business and for the four years ensuing served as storekeeper for the city light department. In 1918 he again returned to the hardware business in a small store on Tacoma avenue, devoting his attention to that until his death, March 21, 1924.

Mr. Knatvold had married Miss Clara M. McArthur in 1879. Mrs. Knatvold was a daughter of Robert McArthur, a native of Scotland, and Clarissa (Earle) McArthur, of Canada. Mr. McArthur came to Canada in boyhood and eventually located in Port Huron, Michigan. During some of his earlier years there he served as ferryman across the St. Clair river between the United States and Canada. Later he removed to Manitoba and engaged in farming, being one of the first settlers in that locality. He remained in Manitoba until his death. Mrs. Knatvold, who was one of five children, made her home with an aunt in Minnesota until her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Knatvold two children, Berthe M. and Earle M., were born in Albert Lea. After finishing school in Tacoma, Berthe married first, Dr. A. N. Kittilsen, of Nome, Alaska, and later Lowell Mellett, who is now a prominent journalist of Washington, D. C. She has one child, Anne Clarissa, born December 22, 1903. For a number of years she was connected with the Tacoma News-Tribune and the Ledger. Upon her marriage to Mr. Mellett she turned her attention to fiction writing, specializing in stories of Alaska, with which territory she is familiar.

Earle M. Knatvold, also educated in the Tacoma schools, is a civil engineer by profession, but is now engaged in buying and selling eastern Washington produce.

Hans E. Knatvold was a republican, a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As a Mason he had received the degree of Knight Templar, and he also belonged to Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was a man of wide general information, who held well defined views on public questions and maintained a keen interest in everything affecting the prosperity and welfare of his community. Because of his sterling qualities and his candid and straightforward manner, he commanded the respect and good will of all who knew him.

John Sulkoski

From the land of Sobieski, Chopin and Paderewski came the subject of this sketch, who has exemplified in his career the sturdy qualities for which his race is noted, the success which has crowned his efforts here being due to his determined purpose, persistence and well directed efforts, backed by honesty in all his dealings.

John Sulkoski was born in Poland on the 24th of June, 1878, and is a son of Frank and Pauline Sulkoski. The father brought his family to the United States in 1896, locating in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained three years, and then returned to his native land. Three years later he again came to this country and here spent the remaining years of his life, his death occurring in Tacoma, Washington, in 1907. The mother is still living, at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. Sulkoski was twice married, having by his first wife two children, Konstantina and Theophile, while to the second union were born five children: John, the subject of this sketch; Mary, who remains in the east; Alexandria, who lives in Tacoma; and Raymond and Paul, both of whom live in the Puyallup valley.

John Sulkoski received a limited education in his native land, and in 1896 he came to the United States, locating in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained cong, years. He then went to Biloxi, Mississippi, where he was employed on the oyster beds for several months. On May 28, 1901, he came to Tacoma, Washington, an bought two lots, on which he built a house. He worked out for several years, an then, in 1904, bought ten acres of heavily wooded land, three miles northwest of Puyallup. After building a small shack, he began the clearing of the land and in the course of time got it all cleared. When he moved onto this tract he possessed one dollar and fifty cents in money, but his operation of the place and his management of his resources enabled him to get ahead and he soon found himself on the road to success. As he was able, he bought more acreage, until now he owns twenty-five acres of fine, well improved land, four and a half acres of which are in berries, the remainder being devoted to hay and pasture. He keeps a few cows and has made a number of good improvements, which have materially added to the value of the place. In 1906 he built a good barn and in 1911 erected a comfortable and well arranged house. In 1923 Mr. Sulkoski bought thirty-three acres in section 2, one mile south of Buffelen, known as the old John Meeker homestead, and here he has planted nine acres to strawberries, the remainder of the land being devoted to hay and pasture.

On August 10, 1897, Mr. Sulkoski was married to Miss Julia Bolewicki, who was born in Posen, Poland, a daughter of Thomas and Konstantina Bolewicki. The father brought the family to the United States in 1892, locating in Baltimore, Maryland,. where the parents spent the remainder of their lives, the mother dying in 1906 and the father in 1908. Of the fourteen children born to them, seven are living, namely: Mike, Verna, who lives in Washington; Julia, Mrs. Sulkoski; John, who lives in Tacoma; Stanley, who still lives in Baltimore; Ludvica, who lives in Washington; and Josephine, of Baltimore. To Mr. and Mrs. Sulkoski have been born twelve children, as follows: John H., who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, was graduated from the Stadium high school at Tacoma in 1919 and is now assisting his father in the operation of the ranch; Anton, born in Baltimore; Wanda, Julia and Frank, who were born in Tacoma; and Joseph (deceased), Ida, Martha, Clara (deceased), Adele, Stella and Theodore Ed, who were born on the home ranch. Mr. Sulkoski is a member of the Tacoma lodge of the Stanislaus Kostko and he and his family are members of Sts. Peter and Paul church in Tacoma. He has been a public-spirited and loyal citizen of his adopted country, supporting our institutions, and has always stood ready to cooperate in all efforts for the improvement and betterment of the community.

Warner M. Karshner, M.D.

In two distinctly separate fields of activity Dr. Warner M. Karshner has gained eminent distinction for he has not only won an enviable reputation as a skilled and successful physician, but also in the capacity of a legislator has performed services in the interest of the public welfare that have earned him a high place in public confidence and esteem. He was born in Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1874, and is a son of J. F. and Louisa (Nichter) Karshner. In 1888 the family came to Puyallup, where the father followed the trade of a carpenter for several years. He went to Alaska in 1897, at the time of the gold rush and located the Manley hot springs, on the Tanana river, the government giving him a patent on these springs. Mrs. Karshner is now living in Aberdeen, Washington.

Dr. Karshner secured his preliminary education in the public schools graduating from the high school at Olympia, this state, in 1894. He taught in the public schools of Puyallup for a short time, and then entered the University of Washington, where he was graduated in 1898. He taught school two years longer and then matriculated in the medical school of Northwestern University, Chicago, where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1904. He returned to Puyallup and has been engaged in the practice of his profession here continuously since, with the exception of the period of his war service. In 1918 he enlisted in the United States Medical Corps, in which he was commissioned captain, and served as surgeon at the oa e scp eee Tennessee, until the close of the war.

n r. Karshner was united in marriage to Miss Ella Hib i and to them was born a son, Paul, who died at re age of sixteen balks a ee is a stanch republican in his political alignment and since 1917 has been a member of the state Senate. He has served on a number of important committees and has taken an active and effective part in the enactment of much useful legislation, helping to pass the pure food law, the pure drug law and others of a beneficent nature and advocating and supporting measures in behalf of public education and tax reduction and the state budget. He has been especially interested in the publie schools, and every measure calculated to advance the cause of public education has commanded his earnest support. He served ten years as a member of the Puyallup school board, where he showed a thoughtful and progressive interest in local educational affairs. The Doctor is a member of the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and is a member of the American College of Surgeons. Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Genial and kindly in his

Although a comparatively recent addition to the medical fraternity of Tacoma, Dr. Scott S. Jones has made a deep impress on all who have come in contact with him and is now numbered among the popular and successful physicians of this city. He was born in Toledo, Tama county, Iowa, on the 16th of February, 1897, and is a son of Philip C. and Jessie (Stoner) Jones. The father was for many years engaged in the manufacturing business in Iowa, but eventually retired from active pursuits and is now living in Tacoma, to which city he moved in 1926.

Scott S. Jones attended the public schools and then matriculated in Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1922. He served as interne in the Seattle General Hospital, after which he was for six months connected with the public health service of Port Townsend, Washington. In 1923 he came to Tacoma and engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he met with success from the start,.and he has been with the Bridge Clinic since its organization. While giving his attention to the general practice of medicine, the Doctor specializes in internal medicine and the diseases of women.

On June 21, 1923, Dr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Oleva Leivestad, of Inwood, Iowa. He gives his political support to the republican party and is a member of the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Fraternally he is a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 268, Free and Accepted Masons, is a past consul commander of Tahoma Camp, No. 288, Woodmen of the World, and is a member of the Phi Chi medical fraternity. He holds a commission as first lieutenant in the United States Reserve Medical Corps. He and his wife are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Every enterprise having for its object the betterment of the community along material, moral or civic lines receives his hearty support, and he is numbered among Tacoma's public-spirited men.

U. E. Harmon

U. E. Harmon has attained prominence and a wide reputation in two different fields of effort, being one of the most eminent and successful members of the Tacoma bar and one of the most active and effective workers in the interests of young people on the coast. His activities in the latter direction have earned for him the commendation and appreciation of his fellow citizens, and the value of his services in behalf of the youth of his section of the country has been widely recognized. Mr. Harmon was born in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, on the 26th of October, 1864, and is a son of Asa and Lucy (Snow) Harmon, the former of whom was a minister of the Christian church. In 1883 the family came to Lewis county, Washington, locating at Chehalis, where the father's death occurred. The mother survived him a number of years, her death occurring in Tacoma. :

U. E. Harmon received a good public school education, and then engaged in teaching school. He was elected county superintendent of schools of Lewis county, serving from 1889 to 1893, and then devoted himself to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar of Washington and engaged in the practice of law at Chehalis, where he remained until 1909, during two years of which period, 1907-8, he served as prosecuting attorney of Lewis county. In 1909 he came to Tacoma and has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession here. He served as city attorney from 1916 to 1920 and at various times has served as special judge. Well founded in the basic principles of the law, he has been eminently successful in the practice and has appeared as counsel in many important cases in the courts of this and neighboring counties.

In June, 1887, Mr. Harmon was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Roundtree, who was born and reared in this state, a daughter of Martin and Mary (Brewer) Roundtree, who were early pioneers of Washington. To Mr. and Mrs. Harmon have been born four children, namely: Warren O., who was graduated from the Washington State Agricultural College, at Pullman, and is a civil engineer for the Great Northern Railroad; Eva A., who remains at home; and Claude B. and Cora, who are deceased. Mr. Harmon is a stanch supporter of the republican party, and his religious affiliation is with the First Christian church, of which he is an elder. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the fourteenth degree of the Scottish Rite, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He belongs to the Pierce County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Harmon has served for many years as a member of the board of trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association and has ever maintained a deep and sympathetic interest in young people. In fact, he has made the problems of youth his hobby, having given close and painstaking study to the subject. from every angle, and is regarded as an authority on youthful delinquency, its causes and prevention, and kindred phases thereof. He has delivered numerous addresses on this matter before many bodies in various parts of the west, and in 1925 delivered fifty-seven addresses from Bellingham to Spokane on various phases of young people's work, donating his time, labor and expense. He has aroused a good deal of interest in what he considers one of the most vital and important questions of our modern civilization and is regarded as a man of sound convictions, broad views and the courage of his opinions in the great work in which he is accomplishing so much good. Personally Mr. Harmon is kindly and generous, cordial and friendly, and makes friends wherever he goes. His life has been a consistent one, and he has long enjoyed the fullest measure of public esteem and good will.

Martin Kaelin

Many natives of Switzerland have come to the Pacific coast and are today numbered among its best citizens and most successful business men. Among them is Martin Kaelin, who has long been engaged in the dairy business in the vicinity of Tacoma and has enjoyed a prosperity fully commensurate with the efforts he has put forth He was born in Switzerland on the 11th of June, 1866, and is a son of John R and Barbara Kaelin, the former of whom was a farmer by vocation. The father was' born in 1830 and died in 1907, and the mother was born in 1832 and died in 1909, both passing away at the age of seventy-seven years. They were the parents of ten children. of whom seven are living, namely: Annie, Elizabeth, Selana, Clementina (now Mrs. Anderson, of Parkland, Washington), Plabcit, Meinrad and Martin

Martin Kaelin received a good education in the schools of his native land and then learned the printing business, at which he worked for five years. In 1887 h came to the United States and located at Louisville, Kentucky, near which cit - worked for about a year on a dairy farm. In 1888 he came to Tacoma Wide and went. to work on-a dairy farm at Roy. After about four months he came ast to Tacoma and worked on a dairy ranch some nine months, and in the fall of 1889 he took up a preemption claim on one hundred and sixty acres of land at Gravy' Harbor. He lived there through one winter and built a small house. This eats sold eight years later. After living there about a year, he returned on Tacom a was employed on a dairy ranch about fourteen months, and then spent a ae ce dairy ranch in South Tacoma. In 1892, in partnership with V. F Inderbitein, he pean 4 ce ee in Tacoma, continuing thus for about six eke.

ased eighty acres of Indian reservation lan i : 'ete: ro vee ae tr timber and brush with which - ie as Fe i ars an en bought it. M. Gyr purchased Mr. Inderbitzin' Ws in land and stock, and he and Mr. Kaelin also each own thre ie a ee arately. In 1908 Mr. Kaelin bought ten acres additional, which pea enrcs oe ing purposes. On Mr. Gyr's small tract Mr. Gyr and Mr. Kaelin built a home in 1905, and in 1911 Mr. Kaelin erected a fine, modern residence of his own. They operate the dairy farm as one unit, sharing alike in the profits. The rich and fertile soil produces fine crops of hay and roots, and they keep a large herd of high grade Holstein cattle. By close attention to business and careful management, Mr. Kaelin has won very gratifying success and is now numbered among the prosperous and substantial citizens of his community.

In 1903 Mr. Kaelin was united in marriage to Miss Mary Thiel, daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Thiel, who came to the United States in 1882, and to Tacoma when the village contained but one store. Mr. Thiel engaged in farming and remained here during all his active years, his death occurring at Spanaway, Washington, in 1911. He is survived by his widow, who is now seventy-nine years of age. They were the parents of six children: Frances, Mary, Maggie, deceased, Rosie, deceased, Tony and Leo. To Mr. and Mrs. Kaelin have been born four children as follows: Mrs. Bertha Koch, born December 2, 1903, who is the mother of a son, Arthur; Edward, born July 18, 1907, who is a graduate of high school and lives at home; Leo, born December 13, 1910, and Victor, born October 30, 1916, both of whom are at home.

Mr. Kaelin is a member of the Swiss Society of Tacoma. He is a man of steady habits, reliable in all business matters, and his life has been characterized by indomitable industry, through which his success has been gained. He is well liked and highly regarded throughout the community where he lives.

Alfred G. Laffin

For nearly twenty years Alfred G. Laffin has been engaged in the practice of law in Tacoma and during this time has risen to a front place in the ranks of its successful attorneys. He has also gained recognition as a citizen of fine public spirit, who has lent his efforts and influence in favor of all measures or movements for the betterment of the community. Mr. Laffin came here from the state of New York but was born in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1886, and is a son of Alfred H. and Eva Laffin. The family came to Tacoma in 1906, and here the father was connected with the United States cable service, assisting in the laying of the submarine cable to Alaska. He is now deceased and his widow still resides in Tacoma.

Mr. Laffin completed the public school course and then entered the law school of Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, where he was graduated in 1908. He at once came to Tacoma and engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he has met with pronounced success, commanding a large and representative clientele. He has appeared as counsel in many of the most important cases tried in the courts of Pierce county, where he has shown himself a foeman worthy of any man's steel, while he has also won a reputation as a sound and safe counselor and adviser.

Mr. Laffin is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 22, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Lodge, No. 59, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed all the chairs, and the Gamma Eta Gamma law fraternity. He also belongs to the Young Men's Christian Association, the University Club, the Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. He is a republican in his political alignment and takes a deep interest in public affairs. He is a gentleman of pleasing address and cordial manner, and throughout the range of his acquaintance is held in high regard.

ieee he has been actively engaged in practice for a number of years. Dr. Steagull was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1860, and is a son of James R. and Nancy C. (Hicks) Steagull. The father was a farmer, and in 1863 moved his family to ag 3 nhood, and secured his

Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1897. Locating then at Golconda, Illinois, he at once entered upon the active practice of his profession, remaining there four and a half years. He next went to Blackwell, Oklahoma, where also he remained four and a half years, after which he came to Washington, establishing himself in practice at Ellensburg. Four and a half years later he-came to Tacoma and has since practiced here, building up a large and lucrative business. He has devoted himself closely to his professional work, conducting a general practice, but specializing in chronic cases. He is especially accurate in diagnosis, one of the most important phases of medical practice, and the uniform success which has accompanied his efforts has gained for him a high standing in this locality.

In 1903 Dr. Steagull was united in marriage to Miss Henri Miller, of Blackwell, Oklahoma. The Doctor is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Royal Neighbors, and also belongs to the Tacoma Golf and Country Club. He maintains professional affiliation with the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Politically he is a republican, and in his earlier years he took an active part in public affairs, having served four years as sheriff in Illinois prior to entering the medical profession. A man of fine personal qualities, he is deservedly popular throughout the range of his acquaintance.

Fred Carnahan

Standing in the front rank of the real estate dealers of the Puyallup valley is Fred Carnahan, of Sumner, whose energy and enterprise have gained for him not only well deserved material success but also the confidence and respect of his fellowmen. Mr. Carnahan was born in the state of Kansas April 17, 1889, and is a son of Joseph and Ruth (Reeves) Carnahan, the former of whom is a contractor. The mother died in 1893. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Thomas Carnahan, was a veteran of the Civil war, in which he served four years, and his father was William Carnahan, who fought with Oliver Hazard Perry in the historic battle of Lake Erie.

Fred Carnahan attended the public schools of Kansas and Oklahoma and also took a course in the International Correspondence School. He worked on farms in Oklahoma and later had a farm of his own there. In 1905 he went to Alberta, Canada, where he bought a farm, which he operated until 1908, when he sold it. He then came to the Yakima valley, Washington, and bought a farm, to the operation of which he devoted himself until 1920, with the exception of two years, 1913-14, when he was in Seattle as an inspector for the Sears-Roebuck Company. On November 4, 1920, Mr. Carnahan came to Sumner and in the following year engaged in the real estate business, which he has successfully conducted to the present time, handling both city and farm property. A man of marked business capacity, with an accurate knowledge of values, he has been a sound adviser in real estate matters and has earned the respect of all who have had dealings with him.

In 1914 Mr. Carnahan was united in marriage to Miss Irma K. Hoffmaster, who was born in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, and they are the. parents of two Phildren George M. and Irma Ruth. Mr. Carnahan is independent in his political action. He is a member of the Masonic order and the Commercial Club, and he is deservedly popular throughout the range of his acquaintance.

Charles Wilson Mason

In the mining circles of Washington the name of Charles Wil i known, for he has been a factor in the development and expansion ae scontaal ae a number of years. Mr. Mason was born in Moberly, Missouri, on the 30th of March 1878, and is a son of John and Virginia (Wilson) Mason, who came to Tacoma ih 1888. The father was one of the first telegraph operators in the United States, and was connected with the Western Union Telegraph Company prior to the Civil war but resigned his position in order to enter the army. After the Civil war he followed telegraphy and train dispatching, coming to Tacoma from Peoria, Illinois, in 1888, as assistant superintendent of telegraph, Northern Pacific Railway. He died in Tacoma in 1920, and is survived by his widow, who now makes her home with her son Charles W. '

Our subject secured his education in the public schools of Tacoma, graduating from the Bryant high school, and he then went to work for the Northern Pacific Railroad, with which concern he remained eighteen years, becoming chief clerk to the general manager. In 1914 Mr. Mason turned his attention to the mining industry. He is a director of the Barnum-McDonnell Mercury Company, which owns the only producing quicksilver mine in Washington; president of the Morton Mining Company, which is developing a mercury mine, and is interested in coal, power and timber in British Columbia.

On August 5, 1909, Mr. Mason was united in marriage to Miss Clara Arne Paulson, who was born and reared in Tacoma, a daughter of P. A. and Anna K. Paulson, who were early settlers in Tacoma. Mr. Paulson took an active part in business affairs, having organized the Tacoma Manufacturing Company. To Mr. and Mrs. Mason have been born four children, namely: John Paul, aged sixteen years; Charles W., aged twelve years; Edward W., aged nine years; and Virginia W., aged five years. Mr. Mason is a republican in his political views, while fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the Kiwanis Club and the Commercial Club and the Fircrest Golf Club.

Captain Anton Waldwick

One of the best known poultry farms in Pierce county is the Oak Heights poultry farm, located four miles south of Tacoma, on the Mountain highway, owned by Captain Anton Waldwick.

Captain Waldwick was born in Norway on the 18th of June, 1867, and is a son of a fisherman and farmer. The early years of his life were spent mainly in farming, mending fishing nets and in fishing, while in the country school of his home neighborhood he received a fair education, though he ascribes to his excellent parental training the success of his later years. In 1887 he came to the United States, locating at Glenwood, Wisconsin, where he obtained work in a cordwood camp. Here, during his spare minutes, he devoted himself to an intensive study of the English language, and formed habits of reading, studying and thinking which have remained with him, so that today the Captain is a well and accurately informed man on a wide range of subjects.

The following winter Mr. Waldwick worked in a logging camp and sawmill in Minnesota, was employed two summers on a large grain farm in North Dakota and sailed one summer on the Great lakes. He then came to Tacoma and, through his innate love for the sea shipped as a sailor on a schooner bound for San Francisco, California. On his return to Tacoma on the next voyage he was made second mate, which was remarkable progress for a young man of twenty-four years. After going to sea several years as second mate, he attended a navigation school in San Francisco and in due time passed the examination for first mate, after which he sailed as first mate on both steam and sailing ships for three years. Following a course of study at Captain Taylor's Nautical Academy in San Francisco, he passed the examination for master, and in a short time was in charge of a small ship. During his career as a ship master Captain Waldwick had charge of four different vessels, three of which were operated by the same firm. The last one was the schooner Olga, of which he had charge seven years, making voyages to Australia, the Hawaiian islands, Mexico, Central America, Alaska and every port on the coast. He did very well with the ship, of which he was part owner, but was not satisfied, for he was desirous of managing his own business. After considering various propositions, he decided to leave the sea and engage in the poultry business. Some time prior to this he had bought a piece of land, and in March, 1906, he sold his interest in the ship and came to his property to push forward the work which had been begun there the year previously.

Captain Waldwick had had no practical experience in poultry raising, his entire fund of information on the subject having been gained by reading and conversation.

teacher and, though he made many mistakes in the initial period of the business, he profited by his errors, which he made "stepping stones to higher things," and in the course of time found himself on the road to success. He has made a great advance from his first incubator capacity of sixteen hundred eggs to the present incubating capacity of his hatchery, which is one hundred and forty-two thousand eggs at one time. He has also a brooding plant, with a capacity of fifty-one thousand chicks at one time, and a cold storage plant, with a capacity of sixteen hundred cases of eggs. In a twenty-acre field he has colony houses for four thousand, eight hundred pullets, while cockerels are matured on free range in another field. During the first years of his experimentation here, Captain Waldwick had more or less difficulty with poor incubators, but eventually, having discovered their shortcomings, he built one himself which obviated these troubles. Though he has since tried different kinds, his own make stands the test better than the others, and he has not only used them exclusively himself, but has equipped a number of other poultry farms with them, to the entire satisfaction of the buyers. now selling his incubators to those who desire them. The Captain keeps White Leghorn poultry and sells either chicks or pullets, shipping them to any part of the country, and, because of the fact that he lays special stress on the strength and vigor of his stock, he has had remarkable success, as has been abundantly evidenced by the commendatory letters received from satisfied customers.

On March 31, 1903, Captain Waldwick was united in marriage to Miss Albertine Miller, of Eureka, California, who, during the ensuing three years, was with him on all his voyages. She has been a helpmate in the truest sense aiding him by her counsel and personal assistance, and has been a strong factor in his progress. Captain Waldwick is a man of candid and straightforward manner and of sterling integrity in all of his affairs, and is progressive in his ideas and methods. His success has been honestly earned and he commands to the highest degree the confidence and good will of all who know him or have had business dealings with him.

Perry Summerfield

To Perry Summerfield belongs the distinction of being one of the two oldest living settlers of Puyallup, Washington, and he has loyally done his full part in assisting to make this favored locality what it is today, one of the choicest spots in the choicest state in the Union. He has been loyal and true in every relation of life and a man stands higher than he in the sincere respect of the people of his con munity.

Mr. Summerfield was born near Richmond, Virginia, on the 24th of July, 1850 and is a son of Samuel P. and Sidney (Lowe) Summerfield. He comes of a long Tike of American ancestors, the Summerfield family having been established in Virginia in 1622, while the Lowe family, which is of Scottish origin, came to that state prior to the Revolutionary war. Both parents were natives of Virginia, and there the mother died in 1858. The father died when within ten days of being one hundred years old, and Grandfather Lowe died when one hundred and seven years of age

The Civil war resulting in the destruction of his father's property, our subject went to Iowa in January, 1866, when but sixteen years of age, accompanying a family he had known in his home state. He remained in Iowa six years and in 1872 came to California, locating in the Santa Clara valley, where he engaged in grain farming He was fairly successful and remained in the state ten years. In January, 1882 he came to the Puyallup valley, Washington, and during the first year he was employed in tending hops for Ezra Meeker. He then turned his attention to market gardenin and in 1883 he set out the first acre of raspberries in Washington. He was ten living on land which he had rented from J. P. Stewart and which was located at what is now the corner of Meridian street and Fifth avenue, Puyallup.

In 1886 Mr. Summerfield homesteaded a tract of land just north of where the Masonic Home now stands, and here he developed the largest and finest market garden in the valley, raising splendid crops of fruits, berries and vegetables. He carried on that business for twelve years or more, and then, in 1899, was appointed superintendent of the county poor farm, which position he held by successive reappointments, for eighteen years. When he took charge of the 'fart it was in a badly run-down condition, but he at once began to build it up, improving the system of management and operation, repairing the buildings, and in every way showing a master hand in its supervision, so that when he left the farm it was in excellent shape. He then lived retired for a time, looking after his own property. For about eighteen months during the World war he served as a guard with the paymaster in the shipyard, and in 1922 he was elected constable, which position he is now filling. His present home place comprises an acre of land, which is devoted to garden fruit and berries, and here he is very comfortably situated.

; In 1875, in Iowa, Mr. Summerfield was married to Miss Mary Chilcote, who is a native of Iowa, a daughter of James and Margaret (Cox) Chilcote, the former of whom was one of the early pioneers of Iowa, to which state he moved in 1835. To Mr. and Mrs. Summerfield were born three children, as follows: Mrs. Mary M. Alkire, of Fullerton, California, who is a past worthy matron in the Order of the Eastern Star and a past noble grand in the Daughters of Rebekah; H. R., who died at the age of three years; and Leslie R., who is engaged in the grocery business in Puyallup. The last named, married Miss Bessie Hall, who was born in Olympia, and they have three children - Perry, Jr., Harry and Leslie R., Jr. Politically Mr. Summerfield has been a lifelong supporter of the republican party and he served six years as a member of the Puyallup city council in the '80s. He is-a member of Corinthian Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he has been past master for thirty-five years, being the oldest living past master. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1873, having joined the order in California. He has been an active member of the Chamber of Commerce in Puyallup, and in early years was a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Sumner. Mrs. Summerfield taught painting three years in Whitworth College. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and is a past noble grand of the Daughters of Rebekah.

Mr. Summerfield relates some very interesting reminiscences of his life, among which was the fact that in his boyhood he frequently played in the back yard of General Robert E. Lee and that he knew General Fitzhugh Lee well. He took an active and effective part in the driving of the Chinese out of Puyallup about 1885. There were two thousand, one hundred Chinese in the town and valley, and in order that the white people might have a chance to make a living it was necessary to deport them, so they were all herded into railroad box cars and shipped to Portland. That settled the Chinese question as far as the Puyallup valley was concerned.

Mr. Summerfield is public-spirited in all that the term implies, being interested in all movements or enterprises tending to promote the general welfare and withholding his support from no proposition for the good of the locality, so long honored by his citizenship. His personal relations with his fellowmen have ever been mutually pleasant and agreeable and, being obliging and straightforward, he is highly regarded by all who know him.

Dr. Hiram DePuy, of Tacoma, who has attained distinctive recognition as a skilled and able dentist, possesses broad interests aside from his professional work and has shown himself a man of wide general information. In the field of horticulture and arboriculture he has given evidence of both exact technical knowledge and artistic taste, and has contributed to the beautification and arrangement of the city parks, thus performing a splendid public service. Dr. DePuy. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the 22d of February, 1860, and is a son of Dr. Moses and Charlotte (Jobst) DePuy. The father was a successful dentist, being one of the first graduates in that profession in the United States, receiving his degree from Geneva Medical College (now Hobart College), about 1840.

Hiram DePuy secured his elementary education in the public schools of his native city and then entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, in 1881. Later he entered the University of Pittsburgh, where he was graduated (M. 'D.) in 1890. He then engaged in practice in Pittsburgh, where he attained eminent success, and became prominent in the professional circles of that city. He was for fourteen years secretary of the Iron City Microscopical Society and was a charter member of the Academy of Science and Arts of Pittsburgh. He served nine years as a member of the dental examining board, and he was one of the first contributors to the Carnegie Museum, of Pittsburgh, to which he gave valuable archeological, zoological and mineralogical specimens. He also, in collaboration with Dr. Holland, helped to open the Indian mounds in Pennsylvania. In 1907 Dr. DePuy moved to California, where he remained about fifteen months, and in 1909 came to Tacoma, where he has since been engaged in the practice of dentistry.

Dr. DePuy was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Birkman, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Agnes B., who is a graduate of Mills College; Hiram, Jr., who is a student in the school of engineering at the University of Washington; and James B., who is taking a business administration course in the University of California. Dr. DePuy served three years as president of the Pierce County Dental Society. He was elected and rendered appreciated service as a park commissioner, and, being an expert horticulturist, in which science he has always been interested, he has had charge of the planting of shrubs, flowers and trees in Point Defiance park, and now has charge of all the parks of Tacoma. The present North End Shakespeare Club was organized in his home in 1925, Mrs. DePuy being a charter member and president of the club in 1925. The Doctor is also a member. He has shown a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and prosperity of Tacoma and stands consistently for all that is best in the life of the community. Because of his professional success, his fine public spirit and his splendid personality, he stands high in public confidence and esteem.

D. J. Collins

D. J. Collins has attained an enviable reputation because of his outstanding success as the active manager of the Albers Brothers Milling Company in Tacoma, which is one of the largest milling companies and the leading cereal manufacturing concern on the Pacific coast. This well known company was established at Portland, Oregon, in April, 1895, and its head offices are now located in San Francisco, California. It was first operated under the name of the Albers & Schneider Company, but in 1903 was changed to the Albers Brothers Milling Company, under which title it has since done business. In 1902 their business was consolidated with the Cascade Cereal Company of Tacoma and the Seattle Cereal Company, of Seattle, and a little later they also took in the Del Monte Milling Company, of California.

In 1905 the mill on Jefferson avenue, Tacoma, was destroyed by fire and that same year they bought a tract of land, two hundred and fifty by three hundred and fifty feet in size, at 1821 Dock street, where they have their own rail and dock facilities. Here they erected a modern mill, with a daily capacity of two hundred and fifty tons of cereals, and also built a large feed mill. A number of substantial improvements have been made from time to time, and in 1208 the company had enlarged all four of their mills, giving them a total floor space of one hundred and thirty-five thousand square feet.

They are now operating five separate and distinct mills on the Paci Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Los ReaRCae fornia, the total floor space of which amounts to about thirty acres. The annual sales of the company amount to over twenty-five million dollars, of which five million dollars is credited to the Tacoma mills. They have a storage capacity of 'two. hundred thousand tons of grain, and in every respect the mills are up-to-date and modern in equipment and methods. Forty people are employed at Tacoma, and over one thousand persons are employed in all of the mills and in the grain business hes do a wholesale and retail business and ship to all parts of the world, among fe a Albers Rolled Oats, Carnation Mush, Flapjack Flour and other and Martha J: Collins, who were early pioneers of Oregon, wee probagartad Wet engaged in farming and milling. He is now deceased and the mother is making her home with her son, D. J. The father operated what was widely known as the Collins flour mill at Independence, Oregon, which had been established in 1896. D. J. Collins attended the public schools and then entered the Oregon State Normal School h he was graduated, after which he took two years' work in the Oregon State Uni. versity, at Eugene. From that time to the present he has been actively engaged a the milling business, being with his father until 1901, when their mill was destroyed by fire. In that year he came to Tacoma and went to work for the Cascade Cereal Company, which was later bought by Albers Brothers. In 1902 Mr. Collins was sent to Seattle by his company, remaining there until 1908, when he went to Portland, where he worked for Albers Brothers and other firms. In 1913 he rejoined Albers Brothers and was sent to Seattle'as a salesman, and in the following year was sent to Bellingham, Washington, where he established and was manager of a branch of Albers Brothers. In 1921 Mr. Collins came to Tacoma as manager of the Albers interests, in which capacity he has evinced business and executive ability of the highest order.

In 1901 Mr. Collins was married to Miss Coral M. Marble, of Tacoma. He is a republican in his political views, and is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the degree of the Royal Arch; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the United Commercial Travelers. He is an active member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, of which he is chairman of the grain committee; is chairman of the Manufacturers Legislative Bureau of Washington, and is a trustee of the Washington Manufacturers Association. He is a man of keen foresight and mature judgment in practical affairs and is energetic in his methods, doing thoroughly and well whatever he undertakes, for which reasons he commands the confidence of the officers of his company, as well as the respect of his fellowmen.

Charles Dominic Erspamer

Among the natives of Austria who have achieved worthy success since coming to the United States is Charles Dominic Erspamer, who is now located at Fife, near Tacoma. He has had a strenuous career, marked by some unusual experiences, and has been a hard-working and industrious man, so that the prosperity which he now enjoys has been well earned. Mr. Erspamer was born in Austria on the 81st of December, 1865, and is a son of Richard and Carrie (Skanson) Erspamer, who never left their native land, both being now deceased. To them were born nine children: Caroline, C. B., Angel, Louise, Charles D., Cecil, Richard, Ursaline and Mary, of whom Angel and Mary are deceased.

Charles D. Erspamer was educated in the public schools of his native land and then went to work on a farm, where he remained four years, after which he returned home and for about a year assisted his father at carpenter work. In 1883 he came to the United States, locating at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was employed in a planing mill, receiving four dollars a week, out of which he had to board himself. Those. were hard times, but he managed to get along, and he subsequently went to Menominee county, Michigan, where he worked in the iron mines for about five years. In 1888 he came to Tacoma, Washington, and shortly afterward went to work in the coal mines at Wilkeson, where he remained four years. He had been wisely economical of his resources, and he bought forty acres of wild land at Anderson bay, continuing his work in the mines while clearing this land in order to meet current expenses. He built a house and lived there five years. In 1895 he went to Alaska and staked out a claim, which he operated for two years. He returned to the States in 1897, remaining here a year, and then, in 1898, again went to Alaska, going over the White pass and taking in a load of supplies. The miners had been living on beans and bacon for so long that they were eager to buy the things he brought. He received one dollar each for his eggs, two dollars a pound for dried potatoes, eight dollars a plug for tobacco and ten dollars a pound for dried imported figs. For twenty dollars Mr. Erspamer had bought a small pony, which hauled in his stock of goods, and he sold it in Dawson for seven hundred dollars. That same fall he came back to Tacoma, but returned to Alaska in the following spring with a load of fresh eggs, which he transported over the ice to Dawson, a distance of six hundred miles. He then came back to Tacoma and bought ten acres of land in section 18, township 20 north, range 4 east, four miles southeast of the city. This land was covered with timber and brush, which he at once proceeded to clear off, afterward building a house. Later he purchased twenty-five acres more, and farmed the entire tract for about six years. In 1906 he sold that place and bought three acres on the highway at Fife, which he divided into lots, on which he built houses, some of which he sold.

He built eight altogether, and now owns and rents five of them. He is in very comfortable circumstances and is enjoying well earned leisure. : j

On August 10, 1891, Mr. Erspamer was married to Miss Albina Pitscheider, who was born in Austria, a daughter of Bert and Carolina Pitscheider, both of whom died in their native land, the mother in 1878 and the father in 1916. The latter was a jeweler by trade and was the owner of a shop. They were the parents of five children: Rachel, Charles, William, Mary and Albina. Mrs. Erspamer came to Tacoma on her wedding day. Mr. and Mrs. Erspamer became the parents of six children, namely: Helen, who was born August 11, 1892, and died November 17, 1895; Paulina, born November 28, 1894, who is now the wife of William Angel of Cleveland, Ohio, and has a daughter, Elinor, born July 11, 1914; Arthur, born August 20, 1896, who is married and lives in Los Angeles, California; Edward, who was born July 7, 1898, and died September 6, 1901; Hilda, who was born July 11, 1900, and died March 20, 1901; and Anita, who was born June 20, 1904, and died August 16, 1907.

Edward W. Harrison

Tireless energy, keen perception and honesty of purpose, combined with everyday common sense, have been among the chief characteristics of Edward W. Harrison, who, beginning his business career in Tacoma in a small way, has gradually prospered and has increased the scope of his operations so that today he is numbered among the prominent and successful business men of his city.

Mr. Harrison was born in Sauk county, Wisconsin, on the 4th of May, 1871, and is a son of James and Martha (Pierson) Harrison, both of whom are deceased. He was reared on his father's farm and secured his education in the public schools. He came to Tacoma in 1891 and for about nine years was employed at various occupations. In 1900 he and his brother, N. P. Harrison, organized the firm of Harrison Brothers and engaged in the fuel business. They were first located at 1950 South C street, where they remained until January 24, 1905, when they bought a tract one hundred and twenty-five by one hundred and ninety feet in size, at 2140 South C street, and here established a large and well arranged coal' and wood yard. They carry a large supply of each in season and command a large trade throughout the city, operating nine trucks of their own, and renting others as needed. They also own a valuable gravel pit at Thirty-seventh and East B streets, which has been in operation since 1915, and likewise own one steam and one Diesel shovel, with which they do a great deal of excavation work. They employ from forty to sixty people, and their record has gained for them an enviable reputation for reliability and trustworthiness.

In 1899 E. W. Harrison was united in marriage to Miss Letitia. M. Mullen, of Tacoma, and to them have been born two children: Walter W., who is associated with his father in the business; and Bert, who is in school. Mr. Harrison is a member of State Lodge, No. 68, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Order of the Eastern Star, and also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is a stanch supporter of the republican party and is interested in everything that pertains to the progress or prosperity of his city or county. He is a man of candid and straightforward manner, true and loyal in every relation of life, and is well deserving of the respect which is accorded him throughout the community.

S. Burr Gregory

Oné of the leading merchants and most prominent citizens of Puyallup is S. Burr Gregory, proprietor of the paints and paper establishment conducted under his own name, and a man who during all the years of his residence here has manifested unfaltering enterprise and commendable public spirit. His birth occurred in Walnut Crawford county, Kansas, on the 8th of September, 1891, his parents being W. E. and Elizabeth Gregory. The father came to Puyallup, Washington, in 1906 and two years later embarked in the wall paper and paint business under the firm name of Gregory & Son, conducting the concern until 1916, when he sold out to S. Burr

S. Burr Gregory accompanied his father to Puyallup in 1906 and completed his public school education here, graduating from the high school in 1909. Subsequently he spent two years as a student in the University of Washington, after which he entered into partnership with his father. In 1916, as above stated, he and P.-F. Chamberlain bought the business, which they conducted under the firm name of Gregory & Chamberlain until 1927, when Mr. Gregory purchased the interest of his associate. They were eminently successful, doing both a wholesale and retail business, and in 1920 moved into a fine new store, thirty by one hundred feet in size, where is carried a large and complete line of paints, wall paper and art goods. In 1923 there was opened a similar store at Auburn, King county, of which Mr. Chamberlain had charge, Mr. Gregory giving his attention to the Puyallup establishment. The latter has the largest trade in the valley in his line and is regarded as one of the most prosperous and substantial business men in this locality.

In 1915 Mr. Gregory was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Peterson, of Seattle, and they are the parents of a son, Robert. Mr. Gregory maintains an independent attitude in political affairs, while fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He takes an active part in local public affairs, supporting every measure for the betterment of the community, and is rendering effective service as a member of the library board. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of which he was president for two years and a director for six years, and is now vice president of the Kiwanis Club. He is a man of influence in local affairs, possesses a forceful individuality and stands for all that is best in community life. Because of his excellent traits of character he commands to a marked degree the respect and good will of all who know him.

Antone Spooner

The history of Pierce county reveals the handiwork of many a noble man who wrought earnestly and unselfishly and to whom the county is indebted for his share. in the progress and development which has characterized it. Her splendid farms, comfortable homes, high grade institutions and happy and prosperous people speak volumes of someone's steadfastness of purpose, strength of arm, courage of heart and determination. Among those who thus contributed to the advancement of this county stood Antone Spooner, who died March 13, 1920, and who was numbered among the pioneers of this locality, during all the years of his residence here commanding respect and admiration.

Mr. Spooner was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1856, and lived there until 1871. His parents died when he was young and he therefore had but slight knowledge of them. When fifteen years of age he came to the United States, locating at Willows, Glenn county, California, where a brother had settled and owned a large farm. He resided there until 1880, when he came to Walla Walla, Washington, where he remained a short time. He had secured his early education in private schools in California and Washington. On leaving Walla Walla, he came to Alderton, Pierce county, and, in partnership with Joseph Wallace, bought there eighty acres of timber and stump land. After building a small house on the place, he began clearing the tract which he planted largely to hops. He created a splendid farm, which he operated with good judgment, and attained worthy success in his material affairs. He made many substantial improvements on the place, doing well whatever he undertook, and was numbered among the solid and prosperous farmers of this section of the county, living on the farm continuously up to the time of his death, which occurred ixty-four years of age. A aOR 1891, Mr. Bade was united in marriage to Miss Mary Wallace, who was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, a daughter of Andrew and Ann (McPhee) Wallace, both of whom also were natives of Nova Scotia. Her father was a carpenter and wheelwright by trade and in 1888 came to Alderton, Washington, where he lived with a son up to the time of his death, which occurred October 12, 1896. His wife died November 17, 1906. To this worthy couple were born eight children, namely: Joseph, Lucile, Charlotte, Mary Jane, William, Donald, Norman, and Mary (Mrs. Spooner), who is the sole survivor. Mrs. Spooner came to this state with her parents, having received a good education in the public schools of her native country, and from the time of her marriage she ably assisted her husband in all of his efforts to develop their farm. In 1903 they built a new home. Mrs. Spooner now owns about seventy-five acres of good land, of which about thirty-five acres are in cultivation, ten acres being in hops, six acres in raspberries and ten acres in blackberries, the remainder being in hay, pasture and woods. ;

To Mr. and Mrs. Spooner were born five children, as follows: Arthur, who is married; Kenneth, who is married and has two children, Verneta and Kenneth, Jr.; Bertha, who is the wife of Fred Oliver and has a daughter, Carol May; Charlotte, who is the wife of Otto Davis; and Estella, who is the wife of Barak Van Winkle. Mr. Spooner was a member of the Woodmen of the World.

Elmer M. Hayden

Standing in the front rank of the eminent and successful lawyers of Tacoma is Elmer M. Hayden, who in the special field of corporation law has no superior, while in the public and commercial affairs of his section of the state he has long been a-conspicuous figure. Mr. Hayden was born in Panora, Guthrie county, lowa, on the 25th of October, 1868, a son of Obediah B. and Louise H. Hayden. He secured his elementary education in the public schools of his home neighborhood and then attended Grinnell College, where he was graduated in 1890. During 1892-93 he attended the law school of the University of Michigan, and in 1894 was admitted to the bars of Illinois and Washington. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in Tacoma, where his ability quickly gained recognition, and he has long been regarded as one of the leaders of the Tacoma bar, where he enjoys a large and remunerative practice, having been identified as counsel with many of the most important cases tried in the courts of this county.

In 1895 Mr. Hayden was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Cady, who was born and reared in Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. They are the parents of three children, namely: Maxwell C., who is engaged in the towing business; George B., who is now taking a postgraduate course in the University of Pennsylvania; and Robert M., who is a student in Andover Academy. Mr. Hayden is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to the Union Club, the Tacoma Country Club and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and maintains professional affiliation with the Pierce County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has served as a director of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and was for a term vice president of that body. He. is identified with several important business enterprises of Tacoma, among which are the National Bank of Tacoma, of which he has been a director for the past twenty years; the Pacific States Lumber Company, of which he is a director and secretary, and the Cascade Timber Company, of which he is also director and secretary. Politically he gives his support to the republican party and takes an active interest in public affairs. As a man of ability, sturdy integrity and usefulness, and as a citizen representative of the utmost loyalty, he fully merits the exalted place which he holds in public esteem and the personal popularity which he enjoys.

One of the most conspicuous and successful men identified wi ippi facilities of she Puget Sound district is Robert McCullough, vcbflsneditaele Giecene Tug & Barge Company. He is essentially a self-made man, having attained his present high standing in business circles solely through his own efforts, in which he has shown rare discrimination and sound business judgment. He was born in Glasgow Scotland, on the 4th of April, 1863, and is a son of John and Margaret McCullough, both of whom are deceased. The father was a ship joiner by trade. ?

Robert McCullough secured a good education: in the public schools of his native country and then served an apprenticeship in the mechanical department of a shipyard. He followed that trade there until 1884, when he came to the United States, locating first in San Francisco, where for two years he worked in the shipyards and also did some sailing. In 1888 he came to Tacoma and worked for tugboat operators: on Puget sound. When the great Seattle fire occurred in 1889, Mr. McCullough was a deckhand on the tug Quickstep, which took a load of bread from Tacoma to Seattle. He served on a number of boats and eventually became a marine engineer. He finally worked on the Favorite, and about 1890 bought a one-third interest in this boat,. eventually also buying the interests of the other owners.

: Mr. McCullough then started the Tacoma Tug & Barge Company and engaged in a general tug and transportation service on the Sound. He was successful from the start and has found it necessary from time to time to add to his equipment, until now he has -six fine tugboats, ranging from seventy-five to two hundred horsepower, and twelve barges, with a capacity of from fifty to eight hundred tons each. He operates to every port of Puget sound and employs from seventeen to fifty men. He has successfully handled many big jobs, among which was the transportation of one hundred and thirty thousand barrels of cement for the construction of the Cushman dam. Mr. McCullough was also treasurer of the Merchants Transportation Company, but later sold his interest in that firm. He has shown himself a man of keen business sagacity and is rated high in the shipping circles of this city.

In 1881 Mr. McCullough was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Hughes Watson,. who also is a native of Scotland, and to them were born nine children, as follows: John, deceased; Lucinda, who is the wife of B. J. Hartman, of Tacoma; Selina, whoremains at home; Walter H., who is associated with his father in the tugboat business and who is a member of the Tacoma Rotary Club; Mildred B., who is the wife of Leo Barker, of Tacoma; Robert James, who also is associated with his father in business; and three who are deceased.

Politically Mr. McCullough is a stanch republican, but his business interests have prevented his taking a very active part in public affairs. He is a member of Evergreen Lodge, No. 53, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Chapter, No. 4,. Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Tacoma Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, and the Chamber of Commerce, holding life memberships in commandery, consistory and temple and the Elks. His marked success has been achieved by close attention to business, and by an honorable and consistent course he has attained a worthy position among the enterprising and successful men of the city with which his interests have so long been identified. Essentially a man of affairs, doing well whatever he has undertaken, he has long commanded the respect. and admiration of all who are familiar with his record.

Henry John J. Benthien

A leading citizen and successful business man of Pierce county is Henry John. J. Benthien, who has gained a wide and favorable reputation as a nurseryman, the business being operated under the name of H. Benthien & Sons, Nurseries. Honesty and fair. dealing have been the basic principles on which the business has been built, and the remarkable success which has crowned the enterprise has been well.

ited. age Benthien was born in Germany on the 18th of February, 1859, and is a son. of Hans and Catherina (Nupnau) Benthien. The mother died in her native land in 1885, and in 1889 the father came to this country and made his home with his son, our subject, until his death, which occurred October 14, 1891. To him and his. wife were born four children: Henry J. J., Catherina, John and Ferdinand, the last named dying at the age of eight years. Our subject received his education in the public schooly of Germany and then went to Hamburg, where he worked a few years. In 1880 he came to the United States, locating in Iowa, where he was engaged in farming two years. Subsequently he went to South Dakota and took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres in Brule county, about twenty-five miles from Chamberlain, farming that land until the fall of 1886, when he sold out and came to Tacoma, Washington. He worked two months for George H. Ryan at Sumner, driving a team, and then went into business on his own account, leasing fifteen acres of land,

After operating that place two years, Mr. Benthien went to Puyallup and leased thirty acres of land from C. H. Ross, and also leased the McElroy ranch, having all told three hundred acres under lease. Here he operated on a large scale, raising hops and conducting a dairy, besides which he had twenty-six head of horses and a large number of hogs. From this place he shipped the first carload of cabbages out of the Puyallup valley, sending it to Walla Walla, Washington, and also shipped in carload lots to Montana and Idaho. He remained in the vegetable business twentyfour years, and in 1911 he began raising bulbs, flowers and all kinds of shrubbery and fruit trees. In 1902 he had purchased seventy acres of land at Gardenville, on Hylebos creek, two miles east of the city limits of Tacoma. The tract was partly cleared and had a small house and barn on it, forty acres of the place being bottom land and thirty acres on the hill. The low land is practically all cleared and in cultivation now, and Mr. Benthien has put about seventy thousand feet of lumber in drainage ditches. In 1906 he built a fine, modern house, of eleven rooms, with full basement, and has his own water system, the supply coming from springs on the hill. He has six greenhouses, four being twenty by two hundred feet in size, and two of them ten by two hundred feet. In addition to cut flowers, Mr. Benthien sells great quantities of shrubbery locally and throughout the state. His two sons, Hans and Peter, are now partners in the business, and are able assistants to their father.

On March 7, 1884, Mr. Benthien was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Martens, who was born in Germany, a daughter of Fred and Mary (Bohnsack) Martens, both of whom died in their native land, the mother in 1889 and the father in 1893. They were the parents of seven children: Mary Elizabeth, Fred, Johanna, Henry, Elizabeth, Wilhelm and John, the two last named being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Benthien took their honeymoon trip with ox team and wagon from Mitchell, South Dakota, to their homestead in Brule county. To them have been born seven children, as follows: Mrs. Bertha Mueller, who has three sons, Clarence, George and William; Dora, who lives in Olympia, Washington, where she owns and operates a dressmaking establishment; William, who is married and has a daughter, Mary Ellen; Mrs. Emma Eustis, who is the mother of two daughters, Amber and Ellen; Hans, who is married and is in business with his father; Peter, who also is a member of the firm, and who is married and has two daughters, Evelyn and Doris; and Mrs. Henrietta Iverson, who is the mother of three sons, Robert, Kenneth and Alfred. Mr. and Mrs. Benthien are charter members of the Lutheran church at Puyallup, to which they give generous support. Mr. Benthien has always taken an interest in local public affairs and served fourteen years as a member of the school board and for the past twelve years has been a director of Hylebos drainage ditch, district No. 1. In every possible way he has contributed of his efforts and influence for the upbuilding and development of his community.

J. W. Bray

who during the thirty years that he has lived here has attained not only a high measure of material success but has also risen in the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, being regarded as one of the representative men of his section of the county. : Mr. Bray was born in Monroe county, Indiana, on the 24th of March, 1850, and is a son of Nathan and Nancy (Camnon) Bray, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. The father moved from that state to Kentucky in 1809, settling in Pulaski county, where he lived until 1831, when he took up his residence in Monroe county. Indiana, of which locality he was a pioneer. He became the owner of three hundred and eighty acres of fine land there, which he farmed during the remainder of his life. He was married twice, having six children by the first union, while to his second marriage there were born eight children: Thomas N., Mrs. Mattie E. Ranard and Esther, all of whom are deceased, David, J. W., Mrs. Selana Akin Saniwel and Ira The father was born in 1796 and died in 1890, at the age of ninety-four years, and the mother was born in 1810 and died in 1894, at the age of eighty-four. ; in Indiana University, after which he taught school in the Hoosier state for thirteen years. He then turned his attention to farming for awhile and later engaged in the manufacture of hardwood lumber, following that business until 1897, when he sold out and came to Sumner, Pierce county, Washington. Here he opened a hardware store, which he ran successfully until 1911, when he sold it, and lived on a farm until 1920, then in Seattle during the ensuing two years, after which he returned to the farm. In 1897 he bought one hundred and eight acres of land on the North Pacific highway, one mile northwest of Sumner, a part of the land being on a hill and part bottom land. He is now located on this place and in 1912 built a modern residence. He is operating this ranch with the able assistance of his son, Frank N. He keeps forty head of high-grade Holstein dairy cattle and registered sires, and has three acres of the hill land in raspberries, which have been very productive.. He uses milking machines in the dairy and a tractor for general farm work, while in all respects he has maintained the ranch at the highest point of efficiency in the way of equipment, being a man of progressive methods and ideas.

On October 14, 1896, Mr. Bray was united in marriage to Miss Ella M. Baker, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Goss) Baker, who also were natives of the Hoosier state. The father, who was a carpenter by trade, came to Sumner in 1884 and here followed that occupation during the remainder of his life. He bought a small tract of land at Sumner, on which he built a good house, and there he and his wife died, he in 1912 and she in 1910. They were the parents of five children, Mrs. Elvira I. Boss; Mrs. Ella Bray; Charles L., who lives in Kelso, Washington; Mrs. Flora Cheetham, deceased; and Rosa, who died in 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Bray are the parents of three children, as follows: R. Edgar is with the Standard Oil Company in Olympia, Washington. Frank N. was graduated from the high school at Sumner and also attended the University of Washington, where he was graduated in business administration in 1924. He also taught one year in high school but is now on the home farm. J. Harold was also graduated from the Sumner high school and from the University of Washington in 1925. He is now located in San Francisco and is with the Travelers Insurance Company.

In his political views Mr. Bray is independent, voting according to his judgment. He served three terms as city treasurer of Sumner and has been active in his efforts for improved roads and good schools. He is an active member of the Christian church and also belongs to the Borrowed Time Club of Seattle which is composed of members over seventy years of age. He and his son are members of the Washington Berry Growers Association and the latter is a member of the Lettuce Growers Association. Mr. Bray has been consistent and true in all the relations of life and is well deserving of the exalted place which he holds among his fellow citizens.

Neil O. Henly

Among the old and highly respected citizens of Steilacoom is numbered Neil O. Henly, who after a long and active career, in various parts of the world and in various lines of activity, is now retired and is spending the golden sunset years of his life in this city, secure in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Mr. Henly was born in the highlands of Scotland, on the 1st of September, 1855, and is a son of Neil O. and Margaret (McMullin) Henly, both of whom died in their native land. His father's family were mechanics, joiners and shipbuilders, while the mother's people were drovers and cattlemen. Our subject attended school in his native land, but his education was received mainly in the stern school of experience. When about fourteen years of age, he left home and went to relatives in Glasgow, where he was apprenticed to a shipbuilder. Six months later he ran away to sea, for which he had always had a longing, and sailed on one voyage as ship's boy. In 1871 he was apprenticed to a ship, on which he sailed to Australia, and in 1872 left the ship there and remained in that country two years, during which time he was employed on a rowboat ferry at Brisbane, subsequently shipping on an English sailing vessel, which took him to Newcastle, Australia, this being his last service on British ships. He next went onto an American boat and in 1875 landed in San Francisco. There he went to work on a coast steamship, the first steam driven boat he had worked on, being employed first as a sailor and later as quartermaster. He then entered the coast guard service, in which he remained four years, with headquarters at San Francisco and Port Townsend, after which he entered the lighthouse service, in which he was employed two years, between Seattle and Port Townsend. In 1882 he was appointed deputy United States marshal, in which capacity he served all over the territory of Washington for about six months. He was then appointed to a position at the United States penitentiary at McNeil island, where he served from 1883 to 1886. About this time he was married and soon afterward went to sea as master of the C. L. Taylor, a sailing vessel, engaged mostly in carrying iron in the coast trade. A short time later he went to Victoria, British Columbia, and for two or three years operated the Royal Hotel.

In the late '°80s Mr. Henly came to Steilacoom and engaged in the grocery and meat business, in which he continued for a year or two, and was then appointed town marshal and tax collector here, which positions he filled several years. In 1897, during the hard times, he again went to sea, sailing about a year between Tacoma and China, and then, during the Spanish-American war, went into the transport service on board the United States steamship Hancock, on which he served about nine months between this country and the Philippine islands. He then was again appointed to a position at the McNeil island penitentiary, where he served as superintendent of boats, and in November, 1922, after twenty years' service there, he retired. Since returning from Victoria, he has maintained his home in Steilacoom except for a short period of residence in Seattle and Tacoma, and he is now living here and taking life easy as regards business matters, though he still maintains a deep interest in civic affairs. He was one of the organizers of the Chamber of Commerce and -was elected its first president, and he also served two years as a member of the city council. In every way within his power he has contributed to the welfare and progress of the community.

On December 31, 1885, Mr. Henly was united in marriage to Miss Marcella C. Rigney, who was born at Rigney Hill, near Manitou Park, Pierce county. She is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lowry) Rigney, the former of whom was born in King county, Ireland, and died May 15, 1892, while the latter was born in Queens county, Ireland, and died November 22, 1889. The father, who had been a member of the police force in his native land, came to the United States in 1847, locating first in New York city, where he was married. He then enlisted in the United States army, in which he served from 1847 to 1852. His regiment was sent to Vera Cruz, but when they reached there the war had ended, so in 1849 they were sent to Vancouver, Washington. That same year he was sent to Steilacoom, where he assisted in the construction of the fort. He was a member of Company M, First United States Artillery, which was brought to Vancouver on the old ship Massachusetts and to Steilacoom on the schooner Harpooner. Mr. Rigney took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres and later homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres adjoining, which is now known as Rigney Hill. Here he successfully engaged in farming and became a prominent and influential citizen of the community. He was greatly interested in civic affairs, served as a member of the school board and did much road work. To Mr. and Mrs. Rigney were born ten children, as follows: John L. and Mrs. Anna Eustace, who were twins and both of whom are deceased; James, who died in boyhood; Mrs. Eliza Jane Kanavan, deceased; George, who never married and is deceased; Mary Ellen, who became the wife of Raymond Cormier and is deceased; Thomas H., who died at the age of nineteen years; Marcella Catherine, Mrs. Henly; Lucia Rose, who is the wife of William A. O'Donnell, of Steilacoom; and Edward M., who died at the age of thirty-three years,

John E. Manson

During the greater part of his active life John EK. Manson has been i i with marine affairs, on both sea and land, and he has attained well oe inence, being at this time president of the Vashon Navigation Company and president of the Tacoma Machine Works, both of which are important and successful enter- 'prises. A native of Sweden, his birth occurred on the 17th of March, 1870, and he is a son of Mans and Kirstin (Pearson) Pearson, both of whom are deceased He received his education in the public schools of his homeland, and in 1888 a the age of eighteen years, he came to the United States as a sailor, landing at Aatheiss Oregon. During the ensuing summer he went to Portland and in the fall of that same year came to Tacoma. Here he went to work for the Northern Pacific Railroad, remaining with that company two years, and was then employed by various contractors, later being with the Puget Sound Dry Dock & Machine Company. In 1905 he and Captain C. E. Wyman built the steamship Vashon, which they have operated out of Tacoma continuously since and with splendid success.

Mr. Manson has built and sold many boats and in many ways has been active in matters relating to the shipping interests. He was identified with the machinery manufacturing business and in February, 1925, organized the Tacoma Machine Works, engaging in the manufacture of marine hardware and sawmill machinery and in the making of general marine repairs. The plant is located at 1501 Dock street and from five to fifteen skilled workmen are employed. Mr. Manson gives his close attention to the interests of the two companies of which he is the head, and the prosperity which is now his has been well earned.

On November 11, 1893, Mr. Manson was united in marriage to Miss Anna Sophia Hogberg, who is a native of Sweden but was living in Tacoma at the time of her marriage. To them have been born twins, Esther and Ellen, the latter of whom is deceased; and a son, Theodore, at home. Mr. Manson has supported the republican party and has taken a good citizen's interest in public affairs. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 22, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, is interested in everything pertaining to the progress of his city and has gained an enviable standing in the regard of those who have in any way been associated with him.