Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 13 of 27)

Edward H. Todd was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the 2d of April, 1863, and is a son of Rev. John Wesley and Minerva (Payne) Todd, the former of whom was for many years an active minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. Our subject secured his elementary education in the public schools of Iowa and the academy of Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, where he also took his college course and from which he was graduated in 1886, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He has since been honored with the degrees of Master of Science, Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Laws. On leaving college, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, serving three years, and then entered Boston University, where he was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology, in 1893. Coming to Washington, he became pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Oakesdale, after, which he served successively at Colfax, Montesano and Vancouver, and in the fall of 1903 came to Tacoma as pastor of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church. While here, in 1905, he became corresponding secretary of the College of Puget Sound. In 1909 he became pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal church in Seattle, remaining there until 1910, when he was chosen vice president of Willamette University, at Salem, Oregon, where he did such splendid work that in the fall of 1913 he was called to his present position as president of the College of Puget Sound. He has demonstrated his ability not only as a preacher, pastor and educator, but as a business man as well, and under him the finances of the college have been put on a solid foundation. Through his personal efforts, two subscriptions, of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, were secured for the endowment fund of the college, besides many of lesser amounts, and while at Willamette University he secured a sub- scription of two hundred thousand dollars to be divided between "that institution and the Y. M. GC. A. and Y. W. C. A. of Portland. He has become one of the prominent and widely known representatives of his denomination in the west and has been a member of the three last general conferences of the Methodist Episcopal church, being now a member of the world's service commission of his church, as well as a member of the budget committee, one of the most important committees appointed.

In 1887 Dr. Todd was united in marriage to Miss Florence A. Moore, of Caledonia, Iowa, and to them have been born five children, namely: Edward Paul, who is superintendent of schools at Eatonville, Pierce county; Wesley Sanford, of St. Mary's, Idaho; Junia H., who is the wife of Carl G. Hallem, of Tacoma; Florence Ruth, at home; and Elizabeth Aileen, who died in infancy.

Politically Dr. Todd has supported the republican party, though his ballot has been cast whenever. possible in favor of prohibition. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, as well as the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World. He also belongs to the Rotary Club, the University Club and the Commercial Club. He is a fluent and forceful public speaker, a splendid sermonizer, and has done a good deal of lecturing throughout the northwest, being popular on both platform and pulpit. He has maintained a deep interest in the welfare of his adopted city, earnestly supporting every movement for the betterment of the public good, and in every avenue of usefulness in which he has engaged he has earned the confidence and respect of his fellowmen.

William A. Mullins

The William A. Mullins Electric Company at 1030 Broadway, Tacoma, has long been regarded as one of the most reliable electric fixture concerns in the city, and during the score of years since the business was established has steadily gained in the confidence of the public and in the volume of its business.

William A. Mullins was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on the 17th of February, 1884, and is a son of James W. and Kate M. (Dyer) Mullins: The family came. to Tacoma in 1889 and here the father successfully engaged in contracting. He became active in local public affairs and served several years as superintendent of. streets. He was a democrat in his politics and was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He. died in 1901 and was survived many years by his widow, who passed away in 1924.

William A. Mullins secured a public school education, securing a two year high school course by attending a normal school at night. In 1896 he began work for the electric supply house of Bowie & Love, remaining with that concern until 1898, when he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war, being one and a half years in the navy. He then rejoined Bowie & Love, with whom he remained until 1903. He was next with Whitty & Haines for two years and later with the Davies Electrical Company until 1906. He then engaged in the electrical supply business on his own account, being first located at 945 Commerce street but later moving to 1014 A street. In 1915 he located at 931 Broadway, where he remained until 1920, when he bought the two story building at 1130 Broadway, twenty-five by one hundred and twenty feet in size. He occupied the ground floor three years but since that time has occupied the second floor and rents the lower floor. He carries one of the largest and most complete lines of lighting fixtures in the city. Efficient service and fair dealing have gained for the William A. Mullins Electric Company, a high place in the favor of discriminating buyers, and the business has always enjoyed a steady and healthy growth.

In 1907 Mr. Mullins was united in marriage to Miss Grace Allard, of Tacoma and they have two daughters: Margaret, now nine years of age; and Bernice aged six years.

Mr. Mullins has always given his political support to the rej i has kept in close touch with public affairs. He fb member eee oe " Protective Order of Elks, and the Spanish War Veterans, of which he is a past department commander, and has taken the fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. The splendid success which has come to Mr. Mullins is directly traceable to the salient points in his character, for he has depended only on his own resources from the beginning of his career, exercising sound judgment and a persistent determination in all of his affairs, so that his prosperity has been well earned. A man of cordial and friendly

M. A. Morgan

Among those who have been actively and prominently identified with the mining industry in Pierce county, specific mention should be made of M. A. Morgan, who has a splendid record as a superintendent, in which capacity he is now serving for the Pacific Coast Coal Company at Carbonado. He has devoted practically his entire life to this industry and has filled every position in a mine, so that he is well qualified by actual experience for the place which he is now so acceptably filling. Mr. Morgan was born in Alltwyn, South Wales, in 1878, and is a son of Daniel T. and Catherine (Williams) Morgan, both of whom were also natives of South Wales. The father came to the United States in the "70s and engaged in mining in Pennsy]lvania.

M. A. Morgan attended the public schools of Scranton until the age of eleven years, when he went to work in the coal mines of that locality. He remained there until 1900, and during the following three years worked in mines in Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Arkansas and New Mexico. In 1903 Mr. Morgan came to Washington and after working about a month at Newcastle went to Black Diamond, where he worked for three years, after which he was for four years at Ravensdale. From 1910 to 1919 he was again at Black Diamond, and was then made superintendent of the Burnett mine of the Pacific Coast Coal Company. In 1920 he served as superintendent of the Black Diamond mine and the following year held the same position at Isaquah, where he remained until the mine shut down, when he went back to Newcastle, and in 1926 came to Carbonado as superintendent of the mine. Thus since 1919 Mr. Morgan has managed the various mines of the Pacific Coast Coal Company and has won a splendid reputation, while personally he has gained the respect of all who have come in contact with him.

In 1903, at Black Diamond, Mr. Morgan was united in marriage to Miss Christina Strang, who is a native of Iowa and a daughter of James and Christina Strang, who came to this state from Fort Dodge, Iowa, about forty years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have been born five children, namely: Vivian, who lives in Seattle; Muriel, at home; and three who are deceased. Fraternally Mr. Morgan is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Black Diamond, the Knights of Pythias at Black Diamond, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Puyallup and the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Black Diamond. He is a public-spirited man, takes a good citizen's interest in everything that relates to the public welfare and is deservedly popular among his associates.

Michael R. O'Keefe, operating under the firm name of The City Electric Company, is recognized as one of the leading electricians in Tacoma. In his well equipped establishment at 1151 Broadway he carries a large and complete line of everything in the electric line, while as a contractor of electric installation he has won a splendid reputation. :

Mr. O'Keefe was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1887 and is a son of Arthur J. and Mary Jane (O'Rielly) O'Keefe, the former of whom was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the latter in New York city. The father secured a good education, being a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar. He then went to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession up to the time of his death. Tn 1904 the mother brought her family to Tacoma, and her death occurred in this city.

eighteen years engaged in the electrical business. In 1913 he and his brother, John J. O'Keefe, opened an electrical shop in the California building, in which enterprise they were successful and carried the business on together until July, 1925, when the brother died, since which time Michael R. has continued it alone... In February, 1925, the business was moved to its present location at 1151 Broadway, where the stock is attractively displayed, while a well equipped repair department also is maintained. All lines of electric fixtures and appliances are carried, a specialty being made of the "Thor" products, as well as of radios, of which a large line is carried. From six to ten people are employed, and prompt and efficient service is rendered at all times. Mr. O'Keefe has done a large amount of electric installation in a number of the more important buildings of the city and has gained a high reputation for the excellent quality of his work.

In 1917 Mr. O'Keefe enlisted in the World war and was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps, with which he served until March, 1918, when he was honorably discharged on a medical certificate. During his period of service he was in charge of the electric installation at the base hospital at Camp Kearney. He is a member of the American Legion and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. Politically he supports the republican party. By his earnest life and consistent conduct, as well as because of his well merited business success, he has gained an enviable place in the respect and good will of all who know him.

Charles Monodus Case

To write the personal records of those who have, unaided, raised themselves to places of responsibility and influence in a community is no ordinary pleasure, for men who have achieved success by reason of their personal qualities, and who impress their individualities upon the business and growth of their respective places of residence, affecting for good such institutions as are embraced within the sphere of their usefulness, build, unwittingly perhaps, monuments more enduring than marble obelisk or granite shaft. To this class unquestionably belongs Charles Monodus Case, than whom no man is better known in Pierce county, where he has not only been prominent and successful in business affairs but has also been a potent force for the good of the community and the state.

_ Mr. Case was born in Adams, Jefferson county, New York, on the 16th of August, 1858, and is a son of J. M. and Anne (Baker) Case, both of whom were natives of New York state. The father, whose family had been established in Connecticut from early days, was a farmer for many years, but later turned his attention to commercial pursuits. A brother went into the army soon after the Civil war began, and later J. M. Case also enteréd the service, becoming a sergeant in the Twentieth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry, with which he served until the end of the war. On his return home he established a sawmill at Carthage, New York, to which place the family moved.

C. M. Case secured his education in the public schools at Carthage, and then went to work in the mill. While working on the outside, he suffered a sunstroke, and on his recovery he went to Wisconsin, which section of the country pleased him so well that he remained there ten years. He became a bookkeeper for the Fond du Lac Spring Wagon Works, his work also including a.great deal of correspondence. Here he realized his need for a better education than he possessed, so he attended night school for awhile, and eventually gave up his position and spent three years in securing a thorough business college training. During the ensuing seven years he engaged in teaching school, but his health failed and he gave up educational work and went to Nebraska, where he was employed by a Philadelphia publishing firm in the delivery of books. From there he went to Albany, Missouri, where he secured a railroad mail job, which he held for three months, after which he returned to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and became bookkeeper for the Fond du Lac Furniture Company. He remained there until the failure of the firm, and upon its reorganization as the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company of Michigan, he acquired an interest in the company, of which he became secretary, a position which he held for twenty years

In 1906, because of poor health, Mr. Case came west, visiting the Portland Exposition, and also going to Los Angeles, Denver and other places. Eventually he geile to locate in Puyallup and then bought an interest in the Citizens Bank, of which he was chosen president. After three years he returned east and again became connected with his former company at the request of the owners, remaining until 1913, when he again came to Puyallup. He now took over the State Bank of Sumner, of which he became president and which he established on a firm foundation, remaining with that institution from 1915 to 1922, when he sold his interest and again went back to the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company. He remained there three years, or until 1925, when he came back to Puyallup, where he still resides. He is a director of the Citizens State Bank and of a number of other corporations and is regarded by his business associates as a man of sound and reliable judgment in practical affairs.

On November 21, 1903, in Wisconsin, Mr. Case was married to Miss Clara Stiles, who was born and reared in that state, a daughter of S. P. and Caroline (Lewis) Stiles, whose ancestors came to this country in a very early day. Mr. and Mrs. Case have no children of their own, but have an adopted son, Edson M., twentynine years of age, who is married and lives in Seattle, where he is connected with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. Mr. Case is a member of Corinthian Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Puyallup; Michigan Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Tacoma, and the Knights of Pythias. He is connected with the Washington Children's Home Society, being a member of its board of directors, and he has taken a deep interest in the success of this splendid organization, which has done such a beneficent work in this state. The society has several homes through the state and a farm on the Columbia river. It takes care of all court children and finds good homes for them as far as possible. The organization receives some county and state aid, but is supported mainly by voluntary subscriptions. Mr. Case has earned a reputation as an enterprising, progressive man of affairs and as a broadminded, charitable and upright citizen. and he stands among the representative men of his section of the state.

Daniel I. Cornell

No contracting firm in the state of Washington is better or more favorably known than that of Albertson, Cornell Brothers & Walsh, of which Daniel I. Cornell! is vice president. It has performed many large contracts and has long been regarded as one of the most reliable and substantial firms in the business. D. I. Cornell has devoted practically his entire active career to the contracting business, in which he is regarded as an expert, and stands today as one of Tacoma's representative men of affairs. He was born in Knox county, Ohio, on the 25th of December, 1861, and is a son of Julius and Adeline (Durfey) Cornell. Late in life his father retired 'from active business and came to Tacoma to reside. He died here, and is survived by the widow, who is now eighty-seven years of age.

D. I. Cornell is indebted to the public schools for his educational training, and practically from the time he left school he has been identified with the contracting business. His brother, E. C. Cornell, came to Tacoma in 1888 and in the following year our subject arrived. Together they engaged in contracting, in which they met with encouraging success. Later the firm of Albertson, Cornell Brothers & Walsh was formed, and they have been identified with some of the most important public work in this section of the country, building roads, paving streets and constructing power plants and doing government work in Alaska. They were important factors in the building of Camp Lewis and in that work employed over ten thousand men. Ordinarily they employ from four to six hundred men, and their services are in demand constantly, for their reputation as a firm which does well whatever it undertakes has given them favorable recognition. This is one of the largest contracting firms in Pierce county, and they are equipped and prepared to handle any job in their line. Mr. Cornell devotes himself closely to the business, his long practical experience being a big asset to the firm, and he is regarded as a man of sound and reliable judgment. .

On June 17, 1885, Mr. Cornell was married to Miss Sarah Crawford, who was born and reared in Ohio, though their marriage occurred in Iowa. To them have been born two daughters, Hazel and Florence, both of whom are widows and are now at home. Politically Mr. Cornell has always given his support to the republican party and has taken a proper interest in civic affairs, though never seeking public office. He is a member and a past master of Lebanon Lodge, No. 104, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; a member of Tacoma Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he is a past commander, and Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; is a knight commander of the Court of Honor, and belongs to Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Union Club and the Fircrest Golf Club, and has served two terms as president of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is a man of great force of character and can always be counted on to support movements for the betterment of his city or county. He is successful in his business affairs and conscientious in his performance of the duties of citizenship, and enjoys to a marked degree the confidence of his fellowmen.

Genaro Merrutia

Genaro Merrutia, whose death, on September 1, 1923, was deeply regretted throughout the community where he had lived for nearly thirty years, was a man of sterling character and stood high in the esteem of all who knew him. He was a good business man, did well whatever he undertook and was rewarded with a very satisfactory measure of success. He was a native of Spain, born September 19, 1855, and was a son of Manuel and Mary (Carmen) Merrutia, both of whom also were natives of that country. He attended school and remained at home until twelve years of age, when he shipped as a cabin boy on a seagoing boat, and was thus employed on various vessels for four years. When sixteen years of age he landed at Port Townsend, Washington, where he left the sea and went to work in sawmills. He was willing and faithful in his work and in the course of time was promoted to the position of head sawyer. In 1894 he came to Tacoma and opened a feed store on K street, near Eleventh street, and later also opened a wood yard. He was successful in these enterprises and operated them until shortly before his death, when he sold the business. Since then the store building has been remodeled into an apartment house, which is managed by Mrs. Merrutia.

On September 16, 1896, Mr. Merrutia was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary (Buchholz) Morrissy, who was born in Germany, a daughter of Fred and Dorothy (Juergens) Buchholz. At the age of thirteen years she came to the United States alone, locating in Minnesota, where she lived with a minister's family until 1888, when she came to Tacoma. Here she became the wife of Frank Morrissy, who later died. Mr. and Mrs. Merrutia had no children of their own, but they adopted a girl, Mary Carmen, who became the wife of A. Wetsch, and to them have been born twins. Mr. Merrutia was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and his religious affiliation was with St. Leo's Roman Catholic church. He was independent in his political views, voting for the men whom he considered best fitted for office, regardless of party lines. Possessing a kindly manner, he easily made friends and throughout the community commanded respect and good 'will. Mrs. Merrutia is a member of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters.

Samuel A. Andrews

One of the conspicuous figures in the business circles of Tacoma is Samuel A. Andrews, who has, through his business ability and practical judgment, achieved noteworthy success. Mr. Andrews was born in Chicago, Illinois, on the 25th of July, 1864, and is a son of Andre and Josephine Andrews, both of whom are deceased The father was for many years engaged in the jewelry business in Chicago.

Samuel A. Andrews secured his education in the public schools, and in 1887 he came to Tacoma and engaged in the white enameled porcelain letter business which he followed for about a year. He then opened a men's clothing store at Pacific avenue and Seventeenth street, and also loaned money, operating in those lines until 1906 when he turned his attention to the jewelry business. In this he met with ver ; gratifying success and in 1917 retired from active business affairs. However te could not be satisfied with inactivity, and in 1920 he established a ladies' ready-towear store at 923 Broadway. This has proven a very successful venture and is now one of the leading stores in its line in Tacoma, twenty-two persons being employed. The trade has steadily increased in volume, due to the commendable policy which is followed in dealing with the public. Mr. Andrews has a splendid home on North I street, in which he has lived for twenty-eight years.

In 1885 Mr. Andrews was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Summerfield, who was born in Chicago, and who died in 1895. To this union was born one child, Freda, who is the wife of Hillis Huston, of Seattle. For his second wife Mr. Andrews chose Miss Carrie Kauffman, daughter of Meyer Kauffman, an old pioneer and prominent merchant of Tacoma. Mrs. Andrews died in 1916, and subsequently Mr. Andrews was married to Miss Valerie Lewitus, of New York, to which union has been born a son, Samuel A., Jr., who is now three and a half years old.

Politically Mr. Andrews is an independent republican and takes a good citizen's interest in local public affairs. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and B'nai B'rith, and also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He was for fifteen years president of the Home Cemetery Association and was chairman of the building committee that had in charge the erection of the temple for the congregation Beth Israel. He has manifested a progressive spirit in every relation of life and a disposition to cooperate in all measures for the advancement of his city's best interests. A man of cordial and friendly manner, he has a host of warm friends, who esteem him for his genuine worth.

Wayne W. Keyes

One of the best known attorneys of the Tacoma bar is Wayne W. Keyes, who for nearly two decades has been actively engaged in the practice of law here. He has been eminently successful and is generally recognized as one of the ablest and most astute lawyers in this section of the state. Mr. Keyes was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 29th of May, 1881, and is a son of William and Christiana (Willing) Keyes, the former of whom was for many years connected with the post office in that city, and both of whom are now deceased.

Mr. Keyes attended the public schools of Maryland and St. John's College, Annapolis, class of 1902, subsequently entering the law school of the University of Virginia, where he was graduated in 1907. He has through the years been identified as counsel with many of the most important cases in the courts of this city and county and has been eminently successful. He is a forceful and effective pleader and a sound and reliable counselor, being held in high esteem by his professional colleagues.

In 1919 Mr. Keyes was united in marriage to Miss Bernice A. Baker, daughter of John S. Baker, of Tacoma. He is a republican in his political views and is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Rotary Club, the Union Club and the Tacoma Country Club, and also belongs to the Pierce County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has maintained a commendable interest in the affairs of his city, supporting by voice and example all movements for the advancement of the public welfare, and is regarded as one of the most influential and public-spirited men of the community in which he lives.

Alvin R. Friend

Alvin R. Friend, head of the well known orthopedic manufacturing firm of Friend & McCaslin, at 311 South Seventh street, Tacoma, stands out distinctively in his special field of effort, being one of very few engaged in this business on the Pacific coast. He has shown a special aptitude for this work, and his inventive genius has enabled him to supply the trade with a number of very valuable appliances for the service of the crippled, as well as instruments for operating surgeons.

Mr. Friend was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the 3d of July, 1897, and is a son of O. J. and Gertrude (Winters) Friend. In 1907 the family moved to Missouri, where they remained until 1923, when the parents came to Anacortes, Washington, where the father is engaged in the jewelry business. Alvin R. Friend received a good elementary education in the public schools and then entered the University of

Missouri, where he was graduated from the civil engineering course in 1915. In 1916 Mr. Friend enlisted in the United States navy and during the World war he made thirteen trips across the Atlantic on the United States transport "Mt. Vernon." This boat was torpedoed on September 5, 1917, with almost seventeen hundred men on board, but fortunately was not sunk. Mr. Friend became a first-class hospital mate and remained in service until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. He then went to Oklahoma, where he followed the profession of civil engineering one year.

In 1922 he came to Tacoma and engaged in the manufacture of orthopedic appliances, a venture which proved successful from the start. He makes and handles a full line of surgical and dental appliances, many of his productions being of his own design. He makes the "Friend Automatic Arm," the only automatic arm manufactured, and in their brace work the firm uses "dural metal," which is extensively used in the building of airplanes. Mr. Friend ships his goods to all parts of the country, as far east as New York city, and supplies goods to three hundred and ninety doctors, manufacturing many special instruments. In 1927 the business was incorporated under the name of Friend & McCaslin.

In 1923 Mr. Friend was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Brott, of Tacoma. He is a member of the Benevolent arid Protective Order of Elks and the American Legion. He is independent in his political views and stands stanchly for sound Americanism. His business record is one of which he has just reason to be proud, and he commands to a marked degree the confidence and respect of all who have had dealings with him.

Edwin F. Hill

One of the most prominent and successful shoe dealers in Tacoma is Edwin F. Hill, whose well stocked and splendidly equipped store is in the Hotel Winthrop. He has been identified with the shoe business during his entire business career and enjoys an enviable reputation as an expert in that line. Mr. Hill was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, on the 10th of September, 1890, and is a son of William L. and Hattie (Sprague) Hill. The family came to Tacoma in 1897, and the father, who is a mechanic, is now in the employ of the city administration. :

Edwin F. Hill attended the public schools, graduating from high school, and then went to work as a clerk in a shoe store, thoroughly learning the- business. On April 25, 1925, he engaged in the shoe business on his own account, opening a store in the Hotel Winthrop, and has met with distinctive success. He carries the better grades of shoes, including the J. & T. Cousins and the J. & K. shoes, as well as a fine line of hosiery, buckles and auxiliary lines. He has a well arranged and attractive store gives courteous and satisfactory service to his patrons and has built up a large and representative trade.

On June 4, 1913, Mr. Hill was united in marriage to Miss Lela Wells, of Tacoma He is a member of Royal A. Gove Lodge, No. 230, Ancient Free and Accepted Macon, and Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. In his political views he maintains an independent attitude, voting according to the dictates of his judgment He is a man of progressive and enterprising methods and possesses sound business judgment, thus well meriting the success which is crowning his efforts.

Actively and officially identified with one of Tacoma's promin i i prises over a period of a quarter of a century, N. M. Graybill ae eee fle Rie the success which has attended it, and is well entitled to specific recognition in thi history of Pierce county. Mr. Graybill was born in Rochester, New York, in 1859, and is a son of Jacob and Hannah (Moseley) Graybill, the former of whim was b in Pennsylvania, while the latter was a native of England. The father was eee ge say eee > by hii ae Both he and his wife are now deceased ae er completing his course in the public schools of his nati it bill learned the trade of a machinist, and followed that dooeten ae ae ee

1888, when he came to Tacoma and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Later he spent twelve years in Seattle and other western cities, and then returnec to Tacoma to take part in the organization of the West Coast Wagon Company, of which he has ever since been vice president and shop superintendent. Joseph R. Turner is president and William H. Reid secretary and treasurer of the company, the name of which was changed in 1916 to the West Coast Steel Company. The plant was originally located at A and Fourteenth streets, but in 1902 was moved to 1948 Pacific avenue, where the firm had built its own three-story brick building, ninety by one hundred and twenty feet in size. The company wholesales heavy hardware, automobile accessories and Kelly tires. They are also agents for the International Harvester trucks and passenger cars, and sold the entire equipment of forty-one trucks to the Washington Egg and Poultry Association. The company is making a specialty of the manufacture of automobile bodies and trailers, and in 1925, among other contracts, they built sixty truck bodies for the Pacific Fruit and Produce Company. They have a large branch house at Seattle and employ an average of seventyfive men, their traveling representatives covering the entire northwest, as well as Alaska. Mr. Graybill has shown splendid ability in his management of the manufacturing end of the business and has been a most important factor in the prosperity which the company enjoys.

Mr. Graybill was united in marriage to Miss Mary Liebel, who is a native of Ohio, and they are the parents of a daughter, Anita, who is a teacher in the public schools. She is a graduate of the University of Washington. Mr. Graybill is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, while his political support has always been given to the candidates who in his opinion have been best qualified for the offices they have sought. He has been honest and fearless in conduct, standing for all that is best in life, and has so ordered his actions as to win and retain sincere respect and good will.

A worthy representative of that type of American business man who may be properly classed as "progressive" is H. E. Huling, president of the Carbon River Shingle Company, of Fairfax. This concern, while comparatively new, has made a splendid record, due to the enterprising methods and the energetic policy of Mr. Huling, who is an expert in shingle manufacturing, as well as a business man of marked ability. The Carbon River Shingle Company was incorporated in July, 1924, and began active operations at Montezuma on October 20, that year. The company secures its logs from the Manley-Moore Lumber Company, which also handles the sale of the finished product. About twenty thousand feet of logs are daily cut into an average of two hundred thousand clear shingles, and twenty-six men are employed in the mill.

Mr. Huling is a native of Nebraska, born on the 27th of February, 1881, and is a son of N. M. and Katie (Simonds) Huling. The father, who was born in New York state in 1855, is now living at Raymond, Washington, while the mother, who also was a native of the old Empire state, died in 1895. The father came to Washington in 1891 and the following year embarked in the shingle business here. H. E. Huling secured his education in the public schools of Nebraska and Washington and then went to work in a shingle mill, starting as a. packer and in the course of time working in every position in the mill and becoming intimately familiar with every phase of the business. He later went to work for the Case Shingle Company, with which concern he remained fourteen years, first as foreman and later as superintendent. Mr. Huling and his father came to Elma, in what was Chehalis county, where they remained until 1905, when our subject located in Raymond, where he lived until 1924. In 1919 he started in the shingle-making business for himself there and also did some logging. He then returned to the Case Shingle Company for about six months, when he organized his present company and came to Fairfax, where he has since eae ee Huling was united in marriage to Miss Cecelia Jacobs, who was born in Kansas, a daughter of J. M. and Marie Jacobs, both of whom are deceased. The Jacobs family came to Washington about 1885, locating near Bellingham, of which locality they were pioneers. To Mr. and Mrs. Huling have been born two children:

Wayne C., who is now in high school; and Virginia R. Mrs. Huling was a school teacher prior to her marriage. She and her husband are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and take an interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of their community, where they are held in the highest esteem.

One of the most popular restaurants in Tacoma is The Pheasant, located at 913 Broadway, which is owned and operated by E. A. McIntosh, who has shown himself to be particularly well qualified for this line of business and has achieved marked success as a restaurateur. He is a native of Cheboygan, Michigan, born on the 10th of July, 1879, and is a son of John Cameron and Elizabeth (Hodson) McIntosh. The family came to Tacoma in 1886. The father engaged in the timber business, to which he devoted his attention up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1914. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. The mother now resides in California.

E. A. McIntosh attended the public schools up to the sixth grade, and then went to work as a delivery boy for the Tacoma Leader. Afterward he worked in the same capacity for Sanford & Stone and eventually became a clerk in the People's Store. For awhile he was engaged in the hotel business and then, in 1916, opened The Pheasant, at 913 Broadway. Success attended this venture from the start and now forty-two people are employed to take care of the steadily increasing patronage which it enjoys. The restaurant seats one hundred and fifty people and the service is all that could be desired. Mr. McIntosh runs a large bakery in connection therewith and also makes candy and ice cream. He gives his close personal attention to every detail of the business and insists upon absolute cleanliness in every department and prompt and efficient service to the patrons, while the food is of the very highest quality..

In April, 1909, Mr. McIntosh was married to Miss Clara Harrison Taylor, daughter of A. B. Taylor, who was one of the early settlers of Tacoma and who served efficiently for many years as city claim agent. Mr. McIntosh gives his political support to the republican party and is a member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to State Lodge, No. 68, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout this city and is a very popular member of the circles in which he moves.

H. E. Anderson

To H. E. Anderson belongs the distinction of being president of the oldest hardware store in the northwest, as it is also one of the most substantial and reliable firms in its line. The business was established in 1872 by J. P. Chilberg in Old Town (Tacoma), later being moved to Pacific avenue, near Ninth street. The name was changed to that of J. P. Chilberg & McCready, which later became John McCready & Company, and in 1893 the firm was reorganized as the Washington Hardware Company, which name it still retains. In 1884 the present three-story building was erected at 928 Pacific avenue and for forty-two years has been the home of the company. In 1923 they built a fine, three-story warehouse at Tenth street and Cliff avenue, where they have twelve thousand feet of floor space. The building, which is thirty-eight by one hundred and fifty feet in size, is built against the hillside so that each floor is a ground floor. The company does both a wholesale and retail business, keeps three traveling men in the field and employs twenty people in the retail department. The present officers are as follows: H. E. Anderson president; Allen mene ee eee and F. A. Haines, secretary and treasurer. i

. E. Anderson was born in Rushford, Minnesota, in 1861, and j and Anna Marie Anderson, who were pioneers of Binndsbtat iene Ae aks in the early '50s. The father was a blacksmith by vocation. Our subject received public school education and then took a course in a business college in Minnea ih He obtained a position as clerk in a hardware store, where he worked until Paine, >

1889, when he came to Tacoma. On the day he arrived he went to work for what is now the Washington Hardware Company, and has been identified with that concern continuously since, with the exception of four years in the '90s. By reason of his faithful and efficient service, he was promoted to various positions and on October 11, 1912, became president of the company, which position he is still filling. During these years he has closely devoted himself to the interests of the business, which he has seen grow steadily and continuously, until today the Washington Hardware Company maintains its rightful position among the leading hardware firms of the coast country.

On May 15, 1904, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Halverson, who was born in Christiania, Norway, from which place she came to the United States when twelve years old. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been born two children, Alfred and Herman. Mr. Anderson supports the republican party in politics and is a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Masonic order, and the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, as well as the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, belonging also to the Round Table and the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Lutheran church and is a trustee and the treasurer of the Pacific Lutheran College. He is a man of broad views and fine public spirit, having contributed in every way in his power to the upbuilding and progress of his city and county, and has long been regarded as a definite factor in his community's prosperity. His sterling character and estimable personal qualities have commended him to the good favor of his fellowmen, among whom he is held in the highest regard.

Peter Kerr Pirret

One of the leading book and stationery stores of Tacoma is that owned by Peter Kerr Pirret at 759 Broadway. Mr. Pirret has shown himself to be a man of mature judgment in the direction of his business affairs and the success which has come to him is the legitimate result of his well directed efforts. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the 10th of January, 1872, and is a son of Thomas and Barbara (Kerr) Pirret. In 1883 the family came to America, locating at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, where the father became a rancher and was active in local public affairs. The mother died there, and in 1889 the father brought his family to Seattle, Washington, where he served many years as assistant librarian in the city library, his death occurring in that city.

Peter Kerr Pirret secured a public school education and later attended the University of Washington, after which he worked for awhile in the city library at Seattle. He then entered the employ of Lowman & Hanford, at Seattle, with whom he remained twelve years, and at the end of that time came to Tacoma, serving as manager for the Vaughn & Morrill Company, from 1906 to 1908. Later he was a traveling salesman for T. Y. Crowell, of New York, covering the Pacific coast region, after which he became manager of the book and stationery department of Rhodes Brothers department store, where he remained five years. In the spring of 1916 Mr. Pirret opened a book and stationery store at 910 Broadway, in which he has met with splendid success during the ensuing years, and on August 1, 1926, he moved to 759 Broadway, where he has a splendid storeroom, twenty-two by one hundred feet in size. He has a large and complete stock, not only of books and stationery, but of such auxiliary lines as are usually carried in an up-to-date store of this kind, and he now commands his full share of the local trade.

On November 3, 1897, Mr. Pirret was united in marriage to Miss Stella B. Palmer, who was born in Rockford, Illinois, a daughter of S. B. Palmer. To Mr. and Mrs. Pirret have been born three children, namely: Joyce is the wife of Arthur Anderson, of Tacoma, and they have two children, Constance and Arthur, Jr.; Gerald, who is associated with his father in business, is married and has two children, Gerald, Jr., and Patty Lou; Harold is a student in the University of Washington. : vy

In his political views Mr. Pirret is an independent republican, while his religious connection is with the Emanuel Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Rotary Club, and is active in the work of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Pirret is prominent in club and civic affairs of Tacoma, being a past president of the Women's Club, now president of the General

Council of Women's Clubs of Tacoma, state parliamentarian of the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs and a past president of the "Women of Rotary" of Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Pirret take a deep interest in everything affecting the welfare and prosperity of their community and none stand higher than they in public confidence and esteem.

Roy T. Owen

Roy T. Owen, of Tacoma, is a notable example of the self-made man, for the prosperity which is now his has been gained solely through his own unaided efforts. He was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska, on the 13th of June, 1887, and is a son of Ora and Martha (McLean) Owen, both of whom are deceased.

The family came to Tacoma in 1902, and our subject, who had received a limited public school education, entered the employ of the Northwestern Woodenware Company, with which concern he remained three years. In 1905 he went to work in the electrical business, being employed thus until 1913, when he embarked in that business on his own account under the name of the Pacific Electric Machinery Company. He was first located at 759 Market street, later moving to 756 Commerce street and afterward to 760 Fawcett avenue, where a building had been erected for him. He remained there until 1920, when he came to his present location, 914 Market street, where he occupies a building which also was erected for him. It is seventy-five by one hundred and twenty feet in size, and he occupies the front part of the building, the remainder being rented. He handles all kinds of electric apparatus, specializing in automobile electric equipment, and also carries a full line of..Atwater-Kent radios. By close and careful attention to business, he has built up a large patronage and is enjoying a splendid measure of prosperity.

In 1913 Mr. Owen was married to Miss Mable Whitman, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of four children, Nadine, Dorothy, Paul and Mable. Mr. Owen is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. He is independent in his political views, and he maintains a lively interest in everything pertaining to the public welfare. Because of his business ability and excellent personal qualities, he has won and retains the esteem and good will of all who have come in contact with him.

Warren B. Penney, M.D.

One of the outstanding figures in medical circles of Tacoma is Dr. Warren B. Penney, who has gained an enviable reputation for his skill and ability in combatting human ailments. A man of thorough educational training, extensive experience and an enthusiastic love for his life work, he has earned the confidence and esteem of the entire community which he honors by his citizenship. Dr. Penney was born in Stacyville, Iowa, on the 13th' of October, 1878, and is a son of Albert W. and Etta (Parlin) Penney, the latter of whom is deceased. The father has always followed the occupation of farming but is now retired from active affairs and still lives in Iowa.

Warren B. Penney secured his preliminary education in the public schools of his native state and then matriculated in the medical school of Northwestern University, at Chicago, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1906. He served one year as interne in the City Hospital at Rockford, Illinois and in April, 1907, came to Wilkeson, Washington, where he was engaged in the active practice of his profession until 1912. He then spent a year in postgraduate work in Chicago and New York, specializing in internal medicine and diagnosis, and in 1913 came to Tacoma and resumed practice. During the World war, the Doctor enlisted in the medical corps of the United States army, with which he served until the close of the conflict, when he was honorably discharged, with the rank of captain. During the years from 1918 to 1922 he was in charge of the Tuberculosis Sanitarium since which time he has devoted himself closely to the private practice of medicine.

In 1907 Dr. Penney was united in marriage to Miss Laura Gerbig, of Lyle Minnesota, and to them have been born two children, Lois and Carol. Politically Dr. Penney gives his support to the republican party. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Tacoma Con- sistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias. He also is a member of the Chamber of Commerce; for the past four years has been president of the Pierce County Tuberculosis League, and belongs to the Young Men's Christian Association and the American Legion. He is a member of the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, having been secretary of the county society for the past six years. Personally Dr. Penney is a man of stanch integrity and unselfish public spirit, devoted to the welfare of his fellowmen, and is well worthy of the high measure of confidence and esteem accorded him.

Bert H. Kennedy

Among the enterprising and successful automobile agents in Pierce county stands Bert H. Kennedy, who is agent for this county for the well known and popular Studebaker cars. He has had extensive experience in this line of business and has long maintained his place in the front rank of local dealers. Mr. Kennedy was born in Merrick county, Nebraska, on the 23d of October, 1883, and is a son of Samuel F. and Elizabeth J. (Johnson) Kennedy. The family came to Tacoma in 1903 and soon afterward the father engaged in the hardware business, in which he was successful. He is now deceased and the mother still resides in this city. Bert H. Kennedy secured a public school education and then took a course in a business college in Omaha, Nebraska. During the ensuing ten years he was employed as a bookkeeper, coming to Tacoma in 1905. In 1911 he secured the local agency for the Cadillac cars, which he sold until 1915, when he took over the Pierce county agency for the Studebaker cars. He met with encouraging success from the start and in 1921 moved into his present splendid building at 753 Broadway. It is a two-story structure, sixty by one hundred feet in size, and is well arranged for the best display of cars, while the office, service and repair departments are also well located and equipped. Mr. Kennedy's energetic and progressive methods have attained fine results and he has won a wide reputation for reliability and fair dealing. He employs from eighteen to twenty people and is prepared to give Studebaker service at any time, day or night.

In July, 1921, Mr. Kennedy was united in marriage to Miss Lucile P. Sullivan, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of a daughter, Dorothy L. Mr. Kennedy is a member of Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Automobile Association, the Kiwanis Club, the Firerest Golf Club and the Tacoma Yacht Club. He is a republican in his political affiliation and takes a deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of his city and county. He is essentially a man of affairs, exercising judicious foresight in all of his plans, and the splendid success which is his has been gained by his persistent and well directed efforts along honorable lines.

William Sumner

In his special field of business, William Sumner, of Tacoma, is the leader on the Pacific coast, and he enjoys an enviable reputation as a progressive and successful business man. He was born in Liverpool, England, on the 18th of November, 1853, and is a son of Thomas and Frances Mary (Watson) Sumner, both of whom are deceased. The father was born at Wharton Hall, Cheshire, and was descended from ine of landowners. ' ope oe seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to him and his wife, William is the second in order of birth. He was educated in the Birkenhead Collegiate Institution, a private academy, and holds a certificate of examination from Oxford University. In 1870 when in his seventeenth year, he came to the United States, going at once to Texas, where, though totally inexperienced, he hired out as a cowboy, driving cattle on the old Chisholm trail to Kansas, Colorado and the Dakotas. He followed that line of work five years and then made his residence in Kansas, where he was employed as a clerk in a store. In 1880 he became a traveling salesman for a dry goods firm, his territory reaching from the Missouri river to the Pacific- coast, and he was thus engaged until 1900, when he came to Tacoma, where he established the William Sumner Company, Inc., wholesale dealers in silks and handkerchiefs. He imports much of his stock from Ireland, England, Switzerland and Japan, and carries the largest and most complete line of those goods on the coast. He has a number of traveling salesmen and covers the entire northwest, as well as Alaska and the Hawaiian islands, and through the years he has enjoyed a steady and substantial increase in business.

In 1881 Mr. Sumner was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Duck, daughter of Dr. William Duck, of Leavenworth, Kansas, and to them has been born a son, Chester L., who is associated with his father in business as vice president of the William Sumner Company. Mrs. Sumner is a member of the Women's Club. She is an enthusiastie collector of Indian curios, of which she has a splendid collection, and she has loaned an especially fine collection of these relics to the Historical Society, where they are greatly admired. Mr. Sumner is a member' of the Masonic order, and also belongs to the United Commercial Travelers and the Chamber of Commerce. While closely devoted to his business interests, he has never lost sight of his oblig'ations to the community in which he lives, giving his earnest cooperation to the advancement of all measures for the progress and upbuilding of the city. He is essentially a man of affairs, sound of judgment and farseeing in his operations, and has won and retained the confidence and esteem of all who have come in contact with him.

Charles E. Hersey

One of the most prominent laundrymen in the city of Tacoma is Charles E. Hersey, who has had extensive practical experience in this business, and is now one of the owners and the manager of the Western Steam Laundry, at 512 South Ninth street, one of the largest and most successful establishments of the kind in this city. Mr. Hersey was born in Holton, Maine, in 1872, and is a son of Elijah E. and Albina P. (Greer) Hersey. In 1874 the family moved to Wisconsin, where they lived about fourteen years, coming to Tacoma, Washington, in 1888. The father followed the logging and lumbering business during his active years, and he and his wife are now deceased.

Charles E. Hersey attended the public schools and took a commercial course in a business college. His first employment was with the Tacoma & Puyallup Railroad after which he was for a time engaged in the meat business. He then went to tie Union Transfer Company, with which concern he remained until 1896, when he became identified with the Tacoma Steam Laundry, of which he became nice president Disposing of his stock in that concern, he went to work for the Standard Laundry, and afterward established himself in that business, under the name of Hersey's Laundry. In 1920 he became one of the purchasers of the Western Steam Laundry which had been established in 1911, as the successor to the Western Hand Laundry, which was founded in 1896. It became the property of Oscar Olson, Carl Berg and Marvin McNish. When Mr. Hersey and his associates took hold of the business November 29, 1920, the members of the new company were: C. E. Hersey president and treasurer; C. S. Neff, vice president and secretary; and Robert Hagen and Lewis Hagen, the two last named of whom have since sold their stock. In 1926 this concern, together with six other laundries, became a part of the Home Service Compan of which C. E. Hersey is manager. Thirty-five people are employed in the Western, Steam Laundry, which does finished work of all kinds and is regarded as one of th best ae most efficient laundries in this city. ee : n Ir. Hersey was united in marriage to Miss Loi ; born in Minnesota, a daughter of Berton E. and TALES (Soa Heer to Tacoma in 1884 and the father was for some years engaged in the real ania b mi: ness, but he and his wife now reside in Portland, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Herse ae = Geen sie sige who is superintendent of the laundry at heaves: ospital; an ack, aged sixteen years. Mr. Hersey i ae Lancelot Lodge, No. 88, K. P., and also belongs to the Modern mrabicreinetirie a 4a the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, the Tacoma Country Club and the Kiwanis Club. He is a republican in his political views and serves as a member of the school b d at American Lake, where he resides, While his business affairs make heavy xemetias

Numbered among the well known citizens and prominent business men of Tacoma is A. Nehammer, secretary and treasurer of the Pacific Savings and Loan Association. This organization, which enjoys the distinction of being the largest savings and loan association in the northwest, is less than twenty years old, yet has rapidly advanced as the result of careful and conservative management until today it has assets of over twelve and a half million dollars. It has developed into one of the most substantial institutions in Tacoma, and through its agency thousands of our citizens have been enabled to secure homes of their own; thus it has been a direct contributor to the progress and development of this locality.

One of the very commendable features of the association's efforts has been the establishment of a school children's savings department, which has proven a great success. This department was organized in February, 1923, the plan being operated, through the association, by the Educational Thrift Company, of New York city, which appoints as its: agent for the custody of the fund meritorious and well known institutions in each locality. Officers of the association frequently give talks to the children on the subject of thrift, while the Thrift Company also has special workers in the various cities of the country, conducting an educational campaign along the subject of saving. So well has the subject been presented here that about twentytwo thousand school children are now following the plan, the amount to their credit in the Pacific Savings and Loan Association being at present nearly two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, money that would otherwise have been spent for candy or other trifling purposes. In this way also the association has had a beneficent influence in the community.

A. Nehammer was born in Denmark in 1885, and is a son of Carl and Marie Nehammer, the former of whom was a dry goods merchant, but is now deceased. The mother still lives in Denmark. Mr. Nehammer was reared at home and received a collegiate education. In May, 1911, he came to the United States, and for a time was variously employed, working in lumber camps, clerking in banks and being otherwise engaged until 1914, when he entered the Pacific Savings and Loan Association as a bookkeeper. His faithful and efficient service received substantial recognition in 1916, when he was made treasurer, and in 1925 he also became secretary, being the present incumbent of these two important and responsible positions. He has devoted himself closely to the interests of the association and has gained the confidence and respect of all who have been associated with him.

In 1915 Mr. Nehammer was united in marriage to Miss Wanda Louisa Emory, of Tacoma. He is independent in his political views, voting according to the dictates of his own judgment. He is a member of the Young Men's Business Club and is deservedly popular throughout the range of his acquaintance.

George D. Osborne

George D. Osborne has long been regarded as one of the leading undertakers in Puyallup, where he enjoys a splendid reputation because of the thoughtful and painstaking manner in which he performs the duties of his profession, while as a publicspirited citizen he commands the respect of all who know him. He was born in Steele county, Minnesota, on the 25th of November, 1859, and is a son of S. and Mary (Rice) Osborne, both of whom were natives of New York state. They were early pioneers of Minnesota, to which state the father went to engage in the raising of wheat. However, after living there four years, they returned to their eastern home, where they spent the remaining years of their lives, both being now deceased.

George D. Osborne secured his education in the public schools of New York, graduating from high school, and completed his studies in Falley Seminary, at Fulton, New York. He was then employed in a post office for a time, and at the age of twenty years he went to Humboldt, Iowa, where he was éngaged in a mercantile business for fourteen years. He was then elected recorder of Humboldt county, which position he filled for eight years. In 1902 he moved to Tacoma, Washington, and became connected with the undertaking establishment of Conrad Hoska, now Buckley & King, where he remained six years. While there he successfully passed the state examination for an embalmer's license. He then went to Juneau, Alaska, where he remained from the latter part of 1909 to the early part of 1911, when he returned to Tacoma and for about a year served as manager of the Tacoma, Compartment Mausoleum. At the expiration of that period he came to Puyallup and became a partner of George D. Spurr in the undertaking business. This business had originally been known as the Avery Undertaking & Furniture Company, being the oldest undertaking establishment in Puyallup. Mr. Spurr bought out Mr. Avery, and Mr. Osborne then bought an interest with Mr. Spurr, with whom he remained connected until 19138. At that time he sold his interest in the concern and engaged in the undertaking business alone, continuing thus to the present time. He has complete and up-to-date equipment and gives his close personal attention to all funerals entrusted to his care. He has been very successful and commands his full share of the local business in his line.

Mr. Osborne has been twice married - first, in 1883, in Humboldt, Iowa, to Miss Rose Martin, who was born and reared in Iowa, and whose death occurred in 1898. To them were born three children, namely: A. Ray, who is in the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and who is married and has a daughter, Rose; Ralph M., a veteran of the World war, who is employed by the Dominion Telegraph Company in Canada, and who is married and has a daughter, Katherine; and Ivan, who died in Puyallup, at the age of sixteen years. In 1902 Mr. Osborne was married to Miss Anna Brabham, whose parents died when she was a child.

Mr. Osborne has taken a deep interest in local public affairs and served as mayor of Puyallup during the World war period. He is a past president of the Chamber of Commerce, and a past president of the Kiwanis Club and was for six years secretary of the fair association. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the degrees of the chapter, belonging -also to the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. All civic interests have enlisted his active cooperation and he has contributed in every possible way to the advancement of the community. Because of his business ability and success, his sterling qualities and his genial and kindly manner, he commands the respect of all who know him.

John Buffelen

John Buffelen has long been one of the most prominent factors in the industrial prosperity of Tacoma, the enterprises with which he is connected being numbered among the successful and progressive concerns of this thriving city. He has attained re ee success ead by ae and persistent endeavor, his efforts being marked

Mr. Buffelen is a native of Holland, born on the 26th of Augus i the public schools of his home neighborhood he secured his adhe meee) : 1886 he came to the United States, locating first in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he remained fifteen years. In 1901 he came to Tacoma and established the Waehn - ton Manufacturing Company, makers of porch columns, and _ this enterprise i conducted successfully until 1917, when he sold it. In 1913 he organized the Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Company, which has become one of the great industrial concerns of Tacoma. He bought an old mill on the tide flats, his first plant consisting of a sawmill and a door factory. From this modest beginning the business steadily grew through the years with amazing speed, until today the plant turns out dail four thousand doors, eighty thousand feet of three-ply veneer and one hundred iad sand feet of moulding. Six hundred men are employed in this plant, besides which three hundred men are employed in the timber which Mr. Buffelen ona in King and Whatcom counties, this state, and from which the raw material is furnished to the factory at Tacoma. The most modern machinery and up-to-date methods are utilized in all branches cf the work and the products are shipped to all parts of the United

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States and to Europe and Australia. Mahogany logs for doors are imported in great quantities from the Philippine islands. Mr. Buffelen devoted himself closely to the building up of this great enterprise, the success of which has been a splendid vindication of the soundness of his judgment. In 1923 Mr. Buffelen also established the Tacoma Brick Yard, in which fifty men are employed, and in 1921 became identified with Buffelen, Hubbert & Loonam, Inc., manufacturers of high class furniture. He is president of the Tacoma Hotel Company, which completely remodeled that popular hotel after securing control of it.

Mr. Buffelen has been married twice. His first wife is deceased. In 1918 he was married to Miss Margaret Cahill, of Tacoma, to which union was born one child, Clasina. Politically Mr. Buffelen is a stanch supporter of the republican party and fraternally is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He also belongs to the Lions Club, the Union Club, the Tacoma Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He has maintained a deep interest in everything pertaining to the material 'progress and advancement of Tacoma, as well as its welfare along civic and moral lines, and his life and character have deservedly gained for him the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens to a marked degree.

"McEldowney's Auto Hotel" has become one of the most important and greatly appreciated business enterprises of Tacoma, and through it its owner has become one of the best known men identified with automobile interests of this locality. His success has not come to him through any lucky turn of fortune's wheel but has been gained through consecutive and well directed effort along definite lines.

Harry E. McEldowney was born in Carmichaels, Greene county, Pennsylvania, on the 5th of October, 1870, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Grooms) McEldowney, both of whom are deceased. He was reared on his father's farm and secured a public school education, which he supplemented by attendance at the State Normal School. He then engaged in teaching school for a few years, after which he went to Pittsburgh and was employed in steel mills for about twelve years.

In 1902 Mr. McEldowney came to Tacoma and worked as a miner for about a year, after which he spent one season in Alaska. He then went back to Pennsylvania, where he remained two years, and next went to Idaho, where he engaged in mining for the same length of time. In 1907 he returned to Tacoma and was employed at various occupations for awhile, and then entered the employ of Thomas Little on St. Helen's avenue, agent for the Cadillac and Winton automobiles. Later he was with Walter Baldwin, who had the local Ford agency, remaining with him until 1916. He next engaged in business for himself, opening a garage on Tacoma avenue, but liter moving to Fourteenth and A streets. Subsequently for about a year he owned a garage on the tide flats and later was located in the Motor building. At that time he was the owner of three garages, two on Broadway and one at Ninth and A streets. In 1921 he sold these interests and established his present splendid garage at 907-9-11-13 Market street. Here he utilizes three floors, one hundred by one hundred and twenty-five feet in size, and has storage capacity for two hundred cars, handling an average of about three hundred cars a day. : He maintains a twenty-four hour service, the front door never being closed, and his service is greatly appreciated by shoppers and theatregoers, as well as business men. Since the garage was opened in 1921, over two hundred and fifty thousand cars have been handled. Among t em was one car that cost twenty-seven thousand dollars, and at one time eae eae in the garage six cars whose cost was forty-seven thousand dollars. Mr. cEldowney maintains a complete repair department for the accommodation of his patrons, so that cars may be repaired while their owners are otherwise engaged and thus save a loss of time. Promptness, courtesy and accommodation have characterized the my agement of the garage, and it is today one of the leading automobile enterprises o the coast. i : . t r. McEldowney was married to Miss Blanche Sisco, 0: a3 rae! aie apts of Eli and Sarah Ann (Konkle) Sisco. Her ae died in Ohio, after which event her mother came to Tacoma and made her home wi

Mr. McEldowney is a member of Destiny Lodge, No. 192, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; and Tacoma Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, as well as Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is independent in his political views. He is a splendid example of the virile, progressive, self-made man, doing well whatever he undertakes, and the success which has crowned his efforts has been well merited.

O. B. Olson

One of the most widely known business men of Tacoma is O. B. Olson, whose plumbing establishment is located at 942 Commerce street and who enjoys the distinction of being the oldest plumber in years of service in this city. He commands the representative trade of the city and has long enjoyed a high reputation for the quality of his work and his prompt and efficient service.

Mr. Olson was born in Osceola, Wisconsin, on the 1st of February, 1867, and is a sson of Nels G. and Mary Olson, who were early settlers of that state, where the father followed the trade of a carpenter. Both are now deceased. Mr. Olson secured a good public school education in Wilmer, Minnesota, to which place the family moved in 1871. In 1883 he came to Tacoma and began to learn the plumbing trade, and in 1891 he embarked in the plumbing business on his own account. His first shop was on Ninth street near Pacific avenue, from which he moved to the Mason block, and 'was later where the Pantages theater now stands. Then he erected his own building at 1130 Commerce street, where he remained twenty years, when he sold the building, and is now located at 942 Commerce street. He has a well equipped shop and. among his patrons have been many of the most important establishments in Tacoma, such as the Winthrop Hotel, the Tacoma Hotel, the Tacoma building, the Perkins building, the post office building, the Puget Sound Bank building and the Union station. He employs from five to one hundred men, according to requirements, and takes a justifiable pride in his record as a reliable and trustworthy man in all that he undertakes.

In 1894 Mr. Olson was united.in marriage to Miss Marie K. Rieck, of Winona, Minnesota, and they are the parents. of a daughter, Evelyn, who is at home. Mr. Olson is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Tribe of Ben- Hur, the Woodmen of the World and the National Union, and also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. Politically he is an adherent of the republican party, has taken a good citizen's interest in the public affairs of his community and in 1902 served as a member of the city council. He is energetic in his business affairs, in which he exercises sound judgment, and throughout the city he is held in high esteem.

Harold S. Davies

Harold S. Davies has achieved a noteworthy success in the automobile sales business and is recognized as a man of unusual capability in that line. Alert in mind, energetic in his business operations and sound in his judgment, his record has gained for him a high standing in business circles, as well as the confidence of those who have dealt with him.

_Mr. Davies was born in Tacoma on the 19th of February, 1897, and is a son of Marcus C. and Kate M. (Stimpson) Davies, the former of whom was born in Ireland and the latter in England. They met and were married in Oregon and in 1891 came to Tacoma, where the father engaged in the candy manufacturing business. Later he turned his attention to the electrical business, in which he was engaged until 1907, since which time he had been identified with the automobile business. He is now located at Puyallup, where he has the ageucy for the Star, Hudson and Essex ears.

Harold S. Davies attended the public schools and had one year in high school In 1907 he began work in the automobile business with his father, but later became manager of the used-car department for Thomas W. Little. In 1921 he established a used-car business of his own at 950 Market street, but later sold this and became manager of the Chevrolet agency of William Wallace at Thirty-seventh and G streets. On October 27, 1925, he took the Pierce county agency for the Star cars and is located at 605 St. Helen's avenue, where he occupies two floors, eighty-seven and a half by one hundred and twenty feet in size. Under his energetic methods he has built up a large business, which is rapidly increasing. He sold three hundred and twentyfive Star cars during 1926, and there are now about twelve hundred cars of that make in Pierce county. In connection with the sales agency, Mr. Davies maintains a complete repair shop, carrying a full line of parts and replacements, and employs from twenty to thirty people.

On January 18, 1917, Mr. Davies was united in marriage to Miss Pearl C. Doyle, who was born near Arlington, Washington, and they are the parents of two children, Harold, Jr., and Robert Cleveland.

Mr. Davies is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Camels, and he also belongs to the Young Men's Business Club and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is an independent republican in his political views. He has been active and aggressive in his business methods, operating at this time not only the Star agency, but also the used-car store on Broadway, and is financially interested with his father in the business at Puyallup. He has achieved a splendid success at an age when many men are but starting on their life work, and this success has been won by honorable and worthy means. He is straightforward in manner, cordial in his relations with his fellowmen, and has well earned the respect which is accorded him throughout the community.

Arthur C. Sturley

Arthur C. Sturley, vice president of the American Mortgage Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind on the Pacific coast, has always resided in Tacoma.. He was born in this city on the 2d of February, 1889, and is a son of Arthur and Mary M. (Cavenagh) Sturley, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in Wisconsin. They came to Tacoma.in 1888, and the father engaged in the grocery business, which he conducted for thirty years, but is now interested in the hardware business.

Arthur C. Sturley attended the public schools of Tacoma, graduating from high school, and then entered the employ of the Northwestern National Insurance Company, with which he remained two years. During the following seven years he was. with the March-McCandless Company, and then became identified with the American Mortgage Company, of which he became vice president in 1918. He is also second vice president of the First Mutual Savings Bank of Tacoma.

On June 12, 1912, Mr. Sturley was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Weir, and they are the parents of four children, Arthur Weir, Nellie Jane, Virginia and Jack. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. He gives his political support to the republican party and is deeply interested in public affairs.

Harold R. Gillam

One who has met with success in the automobile business in Tacoma is Harold R. Gillam, who, beginning his independent career here in a modest way, has gradually forged ahead until he now has one of the best equipped automobile repair shops in the city and is also the Pierce county agent for the Pierce-Arrow car, besides which he handles Nash cars. His success has come through the exercise of the simple qualities of persistent effort along well defined lines and sound common sense in his operations, so that his present prosperity has been well merited.

Mr. Gillam is a native of Texas, his birth occurring on the 5th of March, 1896, and he is a son of Harry Riddle and Bertha Gillam. His father died in that state, and in 1909 his mother moved with her family to Seattle, Washington. Later she came to Tacoma, where her death occurred. Harold R. Gillam attended the public schools and then worked for awhile in factories. In 1914 he went to work for the Pacific Power Company in Tacoma, where he remained until the United States

World war, when he enlisted in the naval aviation service. _He was Serra ie the flying service and at the close of the war was honorably discharged as chief machinist, with flying orders.

Mr. Gillam was in the employ of the Pacific Car Company for two years. On February 22, 1921, he entered into partnership with E. T. Steven and, with a joint capital of sixty dollars, opened an automobile repair shop at 740 Broadway. Later they took space in the Richardson plant, where they occupied the second floor for one year. Then they moved to their present location at 733-5 St. Helen's avenue, where they rented one floor. Their business increased to such an extent that at the end of the first year they rented another floor and a year later took a third floor, so that they utilize three floors, fifty by one hundred and twenty feet in size. Here they are splendidly equipped for the successful handling of Pierce Arrow and Nash cars, having the agency for the first-named car for Pierce county. Their repair department is completely equipped with the best machinery and tools, and they now employ from eighteen to twenty-five workmen. They have built the business up to its present proportions through their fair and honorable methods, for every job that leaves their shop is done right, thus making satisfied customers and friends of all who deal with them.

In 1923 Mr. Gillam was married to Miss Josephine Johnson, and they are the parents of two children, Harold R. and Jack. Mr. Gillam is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the Automotive Trades Association and the Chamber of Commerce. Politically he maintains an independent attitude, voting according to his judgment regardless of party lines. His business record has been a most commendable one, and his consistent actions, in both business and private life, have earned for him the unequivocal respect and good will of his fellowmen.

Fred Keating

Pierce county is very largely indebted for its prosperity to its agriculture, in which it has made remarkable advances, being now numbered among the foremost counties of the state in this respect. Among those who have contributed of their personal efforts to this splendid result stands Fred Keating, whose well improved and productive ranch lies on section 23, township 19, range 5.

Mr. Keating is a native of Westphalia, Germany, born on the 80th of May, 1863, and is a son of Frank and Anna (Shoing) Keating, both of whom died in their native country. They were the parents of five children, namely: Frank, George, Fred, William and Gertie, the two last named being deceased. Fred Keating was educated in the public schools of Germany to the age of sixteen years, when, in 1879, he emigrated to the United States, locating in Monroe county, Michigan. There he exercised good judgment in attending schools for awhile, and then worked on farms in that neighborhood until 1886, when he entered the government railroad mail service, in which he was employed four years.

In 1890 Mr. Keating came to Pierce county, Washington, and took up a homestead of forty acres near Orting. -He built a small house and at once entered upon the task of clearing the land and getting it into shape for cultivation. He planted an orchard and lived there until 1898, when he sold that place and went to work in logging camps, following that occupation until 1902, when he bought one hundred .and sixty acres on section 23, township 19, range 5. The land had been logged over, and, after building a good house, Mr. Keating began clearing the land. He now has about twenty-five acres under cultivation, the remainder being in timber and pasture. He keeps twenty-five head of high grade Jersey cattle and a registered bull, and his principal farm crops are hay, grain and potatoes, in the raising of which he has been very successful. In 1923 Mr. Keating built a fine barn, and all of the buildings on the place indicate the owner to be a man of excellent taste and sound judgment, the home presenting a pleasing and attractive appearance and an air of comfort.

In 1894 Mr. Keating was united in marriage to Miss Anna Gustafson, who was born in Sweden, a daughter of Carl and Johanna Gustafson. They came to the United States in 1869 and located in Saunders county, Nebraska, where Mr. Gustafson took up a homestead, being a pioneer of that locality. He spent the remaining years of his life there, his death occurring in 1922. His wife is still living on the old homestead at the advanced age of ninety-five years. To them were born eight children: Anna, Charles, Hilda, Alfred, Clara, John and two who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Keating have become the parents of six children, as follows: Edward is at home; Mrs. Dora Gustafson has a daughter, Lucile; Mrs. Bertha Bolanger is the mother of a daughter, Elinor; Anna, who died June 11, 1926, was a graduate of the Auburn high school, and then entered the State Normal School at Bellingham, where she was graduated in 1921, and later taught school up to the time of her death; Alfred is at home; and Emma is a student in the high school at Pacific City, Washington.

In all his affairs Mr. Keating has shown himself a man of mature judgment and he has so ordered his actions as to command the respect and good will of his neighbors and fellowmen. He is a good farmer, raising large crops, and has shown a progressive spirit. He is deeply interested in the welfare of his community and has served many years as a member of the local school board.

Among the clergymen of Tacoma who have been eminently successful in their pastorates here and have gained a high place in public esteem, specific mention should be made of Rev. J. E. O'Brien, pastor of the Holy Cross Roman Catholic church, on North Forty-fourth street, one of the strongest and most active congregations of that faith in this city. Holy Cross church was established in 1914 by Rev. A. Milinar, who ministered to the church until 1919, when he was succeeded by Rev. Theodore W. Ryan, who served until 1921. He was succeeded by Rev. T. J. Madigan, who was the pastor until 1925. The present pastor then took charge and is rendering effective and appreciated service to the church. The fine large parochial school was built in 1916 and accommodates one hundred and sixty pupils. It is conducted by four Sisters and two lay teachers and tuition and books are free. The priest's residence was built in 1921. The parish includes three hundred families and twelve hundred souls.

Rev. J. E. O'Brien was born on Prince Edward island, Canada, in 1875, and is a son of Patrick and Ann (Mullin) O'Brien. After completing the course in the parochial schools, he entered Laval University, in his native land, where he was graduated with the degree of B.A. He then prepared for the priesthood at Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada, where he was ordained in 1898. In that same year he came to Tacoma as assistant pastor at St. Leo's Roman Catholic church, where he served until appointed pastor of St. Joseph's church at Ferndale, Washington. Later he became associate pastor at the Cathedral, Seattle, where he remained ten years. During the ensuing three years he was pastor of St. Michael's church at Olympia, since which time he has ministered to the church of the Holy Cross at Tacoma. A forceful and effective speaker, an earnest and faithful pastor and a friend to all who need him, he has gained a warm place in the hearts of his parishioners and the respect and esteem of the entire community. He is friendly and affable in his social relations and evidences a commendable interest in the general welfare of the city, supporting every movement for the betterment of the community.

William J. Love

The oldest and one of the best known electric supply houses in the northwest is the Love Electric Company, of Tacoma, of which William J. Love is president and treasurer. This company has long stood in the forefront of concerns in its line, having enjoyed an enviable reputation for efficient and satisfactory service and square dealing, and its goods are sent to many points in the northwest. It was established in 1889 by C. A. Bowie as the Northwestern Electric Supply Company, and was located in the rear of the Fife Hotel, being the pioneer electric company of this city.

In 1893 William J. Love acquired an interest in the business, which was then operated under the firm name of Bowie & Love, and in 1919 Mr. Bowie sold his interest to Mr. Love, since which time it has been known as the Love Electric Company. In 1921 F. Muehlenbruch bought an interest in the business and the company was then incorporated as the Love Electric Company, with Mr. Love as president and treasurer and Mr. Muehlenbruch as vice president and secretary. In 1893 the business was moved from the Fife Hotel to A street, where the Royal dairy is now located, and later moved to Tenth street, near Pacific avenue. Some time later the company moved to 105 South Tenth street, where they remained until 1901, when they moved to their present location, 732 Pacific avenue. They are wholesalers and carry a large and complete line of electric appliances and radios, representing all standard lines in each. They do a'large business throughout southwestern and eastern Washington, as well as over the northwest generally, the company being represented by five traveling salesmen. They have a warehouse on Puyallup avenue and are equipped so as to quickly handle any order, no matter how large or intricate. Mr. Love has devoted himself closely to the building up of the business, which has enjoyed a steady and substantial growth through the years, and he has well merited the prosperity which has come to him.

Mr. Love was born in Ogle county, Illinois, in 1865, and is a son of James and Jean (Hutchinson) Love, both of whom are deceased. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the public schools of his home neighborhood, supplementing this by taking a course at the Mount Morris Business College. In 1888 he came to the coast, locating at Bishop, California, but soon afterward went to Walla Walla, Washington, where he was employed in the engineering' department of the Oregon & Washington Railroad until October, 1891. He then came to Tacoma and was employed at various occupations until becoming connected with the electric business previously referred to. In 1898 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bartlett, a native of Iowa, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Elizabeth; James, who is associated with his father in business; and Robert, who is a student in the University of Oregon.

Mr. Love is an independent democrat in his political attitude, and his religious affiliation is with the First Presbyterian church, of which he is a generous supporter. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and the Christian Men's Business Club. Kindly and generous in manner, giving his earnest support to all interests for the upbuilding of the city, and a man of alert mentality and sound business judgment, he has long been regarded as one of the solid and substantial citizens of Tacoma.

E. W. Cade

EK. W. Cade has had an interesting and varied career and has been successful in his affairs, being now numbered among the enterprising and influential citizens of Sumner, where he is rendering effective service as manager of the Pacific Lumber Agency, in which he is financially interested. He was born in Murrayville, Morgan county, Illinois, on the 23d of October, 1879, and is a son of David and Maggie N. (Rimbey) Cade. The family moved to Nebraska in 18838, the father having previously gone to that state. He was a veteran of the Civil war and had been engaged in the retail mercantile business at Murrayville and Sterling, Illinois. In 1890 the family moved to Independence, Oregon, and later to Salem, that state, where the father died in 1925. The mother is now residing in Salem.

E, W. Cade secured his education in the public schools, which he attended until thirteen years of age, when he went to work, being employed in sawmills and logging camps for a time. Later he learned telegraphy, in which line he worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad for eighteen years, during that period serving at various places in the northwest. While acting as station agent at Aberdeen, Washington, he became traffic manager for the Pacific Lumber Agency, was late? made assistant sales manager, and then was appointed to his present position as manager of the factory and plant at Sumner.

The Pacific Lumber Agency, whose head office is at Aberdeen, Washington, was organized in 1910, as a sales organization for groups of mills at Gray's Harbor and Willapa Harbor. The plant at Sumner, which was established in September, 1922 specializes in the handling of short length lumber; also in taking the unfinished lumber and working it up into car material - this being the first instance in the United States where short length lumber has. been made a special product, Fifty men are employed in the factory at Sumner and the product is sold over the entire country, largely to the industrial trade, the Sumner plant having proven a very successful enterprise. The officers of the Pacific Lumber Agency are as follows: A. L. Davenport, president and general manager; T. W. Tebb, secretary and sales manager; A. L. Paine, vice president; William Donovan, treasurer. Mr. Cade is a member of the board of directors. Though his present business is a radical departure from his former work, he has ably and efficiently managed the plant under his charge and has proven himself a man of sound judgment and discrimination.