Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 2 of 27)

William E. Williams remained there until eighteen years of age and secured his educational training in the public schools. His father, who was a mining engineer by profession, was employed as superintendent of mines in Contra Costa county, and under his able instruction the son made a study of mining questions, with which he became intimately familiar. Soon after starting out in business for himself he was made superintendent of a mine near Burnett, Washington, where he remained until about 1891, when he became superintendent of the Wilkeson Coal & Coke Company, with which concern he remained three years. He then went to Alaska and prospected in Juneau and Douglas about two years, and in 1897 went to the Yukon, where he prospected for gold and also did some coal mining, serving two years as mining expert for the Alaska Commercial Company. He next bought a coal mine on the Yukon river at Kattag, which he operated until about 1910, when the companies which had been the largest users of coal put in oil burners, so that the market for coal was not sufficient to justify Mr. Williams in continuing operations there. He came to Tacoma, Washington, and later prospected for anthracite coal near Bellingham, being one of the locators of the large anthracite mines now owned by Mr. Polson. Mr. Williams was given the contract by George P. Wright for constructing ihe tunnel connecting the Nisqually river and the power plant and began work on ihe project but, due to some transferring of contracts, he did not complete the work. He then leased the Gale Creek mine at Wilkeson, which he operated about two year. During this time he had built a splendid. modern home at Rosedale, where he ha previously spent a number of summer seasons, and took a deep interest in the improve- ment of the community, particularly in the way of good schools and better roads. He became road commissioner under Mr. Bellingham and, with the effective cooperation of his wife, accomplished much in various directions for the development of the locality. After Mr. Bellingham's death, Mr. Williams was appointed county commissioner, completing the unexpired term and being then elected for the full term. He was the first to secure state aid for the improvement of the highways of the peninsula district and, largely due to his example and initiative, that community has since become one of the most up-to-date and best improved localities in that section of the state. He remained active in his efforts along these lines up to the time of his death, which occurred April 19, 1925, after which Mrs. Williams sold the Rosedale home and moved to Tacoma, where she is now residing.

On December 26, 1891, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Bradley, who is a native of England and a daughter of James and Elizabeth Bradley, also natives of that country. Mrs. Williams accompanied her parents to Tacoma in 1881 and here her father became connected with the carbonado mines, with which his brother, William Bradley, was associated, and he remained identified with that business up to the time of his death, which occurred about 1890. Mrs. Williams secured her education in the old Central school and afterwards taught school for three years prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had a son, James Bradley, who now lives in California.

Politically Mr. Williams was a republican and ever maintained a deep interest in public affairs. His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church, of which he was a liberal supporter, and he belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. By a life consistent in motive and by reason of his many fine qualities of head and heart he earned the sincere regard of a vast acquaintance. His success in his chosen field of endeavor bespoke for him the possession of superior ability. A plain, unassuming gentleman, straightforward in all his relations with his fellowmen, he yet possessed a strong and forceful personality, which made its impress on those with whom he was associated, and his memory is cherished by all who knew him.

Charles Hebard Jones

_ Charles Hebard Jones, who was long a prominent factor in Tacoma's business activities as a large stockholder in the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company and the Northwestern Lumber Company, had attained the age of seventy-seven years when he passed away on the 28th of November, 1922. His birth occurred in East Randolph Vermont, April 13, 1845, his parents being Daniel and Clarissa (Hebard) Jones both of whom were members of old New England families. They removed in 1851 to: Wisconsin, where the father was for many years engaged in the manufacture of woodenware, also at one time owning a sawmill and later a hub and spoke factory at Menasha

As a boy Charles H. Jones worked about his father's mill and in the hub and spoke factory, attended the public schools at Menasha and fer one year was a student in Lawrence University at Appleton. Then he taught school one term, and on May 2, 1864, enlisted in Company D, Forty-first Wisconsin Infantry, in which he was a first corporal. After completing his term of service he returned tb Menasha and for one year studied in Ripon College, but impaired health caused him to leave school and seek more active employment in business. He worked for his father for a time and then went to Menominee, Michigan, where he was employed in the sawmill of Hewitt Buell & Porter. Next he engaged in logging on his own account and for one season mia mill under contract with its owners. In 1870 and 1871 he was in partnership oe Mr. on as Fay & Jones, and during the years 1872 and 1878 continued the Ls pe ee é F Jones & Company. This firm was fairly successful until the panic oak wee Ratti age i J soe enun after that crash, when his affairs d, - oars to show for something more than five 4 experience in business. It took him five more years, workin es factory at Dexterville, Wisconsin, and at other em I ee. Une eAe a oe tal of twenty-five hundred dollars with which he deen ae 'reniecns ean Hewitt, Jr. (his brother-in-law), for a partner, he F h bien thd tee ee mill at Menasha and after running it somethin abe eh a, Sra tes Mo dead tt & Jones was formed, which subsequently eeees Soriteet of the a ret eg that Jones and his former partners had lost in 1873, Fefithddl thd guano

Charles H. Jones

In 1887 Mr. Jones made his first visit to the coast, in company with Henry Hewitt, Jr. They came to buy timber, and, if conditions suited them, to build a mill, though their plans were then rather indefinite. At the Tacoma Hotel they met for the first time Colonel C. W. Griggs of St. Paul. He, too, was visiting the territory to buy timber and perhaps build a mill. Through him they were introduced to President Oakes, of the Northern Pacific Railroad, who was in town, and he suggested that they unite their interests and form a large company instead of two smaller ones. The proposal was not objectionable to either party, and in a few days the plans for forming the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company were worked out provisionally. The price and terms at which the railroad should sell the new company as much timber as it required and a site for its mill in Tacoma were agreed upon, and after making a trip through Mason and Chehalis counties, and inspecting the mills and timber in those regions, Mr. Jones went to San Francisco and thence home.

Within a few months the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company was organized, with Chauncey W. Griggs and Addison G. Foster (at that time his partner in St. Paul), Henry Hewitt, Jr., and Charles H. Jones as its principal. stockholders, and Percy D. Norton and George Browne also holding considerable interests. Hewitt and Jones and some of the other parties in interest returned to Tacoma, to select a site for the mill, and Mr. Jones, as the practical millman of the party, was to have charge of building it, They brought with them a dozen experienced cruisers, who were to select what timber they wanted out of sixteen townships, mostly in Pierce county, and some ninety thousand acres were in time chosen and purchased. The choice of a site for the mill early became a matter of importance, and several locations on the water front, between the head of the bay and Point Defiance, were proposed, but Mr. Jones preferred the tide flats and would consider no other. There were at that time no buildings of any kind on the flats. Many people contended _ that no foundation could be made there to support the engines and machinery; that the mill, if built there, would be subject to floods; that no log pond could be made there that would hold logs when the tide was in or float them when it was out - and all other possible objections were urged, but to no purpose. Mr. Jones knew the value of room for piling lumber and for other purposes, and as this mill was to make the first experiment at introducing the fir and cedar lumber of the coast in the markets of the interior, it would need more room for railroad tracks than could be had anywhere but on the flats. So the mill was located on its present site, although many people believed it could never be successfully operated at that place.

The party brought a millwright with them from the east, and after he and Mr. Jones had inspected the principal mills on the Sound, the company's first mill was planned, and it was built during that and the following year. In it were installed the first band saws used either in Washington or Oregon. Previous to that time the circular saws used to cut fir logs had been made unusually strong, some of the larger ones cutting a kerf half an inch or more in width. The older millmen did not believe that the thin band saws would cut our hard fir, particularly where the logs were large or contained a considerable quantity of pitch, but they have been found to work as well in fir and cedar as in soft pine. The mill also contained other kinds of new machinery, of which the older millmen doubted the utility, but it all worked successfully.

Until the mill at Menominee, owned by Ramsay & Jones, had cut all the timber tributary to it, and the firm's business was wound up, Mr. Jones divided his time between Wisconsin and Washington, spending about half of each year in either place. In 1901 he bought a controlling interest in the Northwestern Lumber Company, which had built one of the first mills on Grays Harbor, with a capacity of one hundred and thirty-five thousand feet per day. During the remainder of his life he gave a large share of his time to the management of that property, though retaining his interest in the St. Paul & Tacoma Company. :

On the 25th of June, 1872, at Jay, New York, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Franke M. Tobey, daughter of G. G. F. and Harriet (French) Tobey, natives of that place. The Tobey family is of English lineage and its American progenitor came to the new world on the Mayflower. Mrs. Jones taught school for 'a number of years prior to her marriage. She has donated about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the College of Puget Sound (Tacoma) and to the Rest, a home for the aged in Tacoma, and she is widely known as one of the city's most prominent and highly esteemed women. Her home is at 322 North Fifth street in Tacoma. ; Mr. Jones was a stanch republican in politics but neither sought nor desired office as a reward for his party fealty. He held membership in the Commercial and Country Clubs of Tacoma and attended the services of the Congregational church. In Masonry he attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and also belonged to the Mystic Shrine. In his passing Tacoma sustained the loss of a highly respected, influential and public-spirited citizen as well as one of her leading lumbermen.

David W. Nadeau

Expert accountancy has come to be one of the most important phases of public service, being employed by many firms and individuals, and is recognized as a distinctive profession. One of the leading public accountants of Tacoma is David W. Nadeau, who enjoys a wide reputation for his accuracy and skill in this intricate and exacting field of effort. His birth occurred at Nadeau, Michigan, on the Ist of March, 1887, his parents being Louis and Frances (Brooks) Nadeau. His paternal grandfather, Barney Nadeau, was a native of New Brunswick, Canada, whence he crossed the border into the United States and settled in Michigan. He homesteaded the land. on which now stands the town of Nadeau, which was named in his honor. Louis Nadeau, the father of David W. Nadeau,- was engaged in the lumber business and also operated a general store at Nadeau.

David W. Nadeau pursued his early education in the public schools of his home neighborhood and subsequently entered the Michigan State Agricultural College, from which institution he was graduated in 1907. He is also a graduate of Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, Michigan. In 1907 he went to Great Falls, Montana, where he remained until 1915 as purchasing agent and assistant general manager of the Boorman Lumber Company. He then returned to his home in the Wolverine state, continuing there until the fall of 1917, when he came to Tacoma, Washington, and during the remainder of the World war served as assistant manager of the Tacoma Shipbuilding Company. On severing his connection with that work, he established himself as a public accountant, in which he has been eminently successful.

In 1912 Mr. Nadeau was united in marriage to Miss Estella Ridley, of Sandpoint, Idaho, and they are the parents of two children, Dorothy and Lois Marie.

Mr. Nadeau is a republican in his political views and fraternally is identified with the Masonic order, belonging to Royal A. Gove Lodge, No. 230, A. F. & A. M of which he is secretary; and Tacoma Consistory, A. A. S. R. He is also serving ae secretary of the Lions Club and likewise has membership in the Fircrest Golf Club. He has financial interests in Tacoma, being secretary of the Liberty Lumber Company, and in association with Morris Klinner owns ten residences in this city. He on sae cess as Shear dpe is deeply interested in the welfare of his city a county, and in his life here has displaye iti iti * ' gain for a man the esteem of his veer manne! 5 ablations ame visiees tee

The manufacturing plant of the Fleischman ; ¢ n Yeast Compan which W. B. Stephens is superintendent, is one of the most apes a oe so county. The maintenance of the highest standard product has been one of the strongest foundation stones on i c , : which th pe a fan ee ae ge built, and to the scientific skill and Cebit > Superintendent of the plant is this largely du Starti bottom, Mr. Stephens has worked in i oF itaet hee ee ; practically every position in th i phase of the business and is recognized as an i ise : Ge see Cincinnati, Ohio, born in 1871, and is a Wo aad Ana Aree seeinieene ha nd L871, son of W. R. and Anna (Wri the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Pennsylvania. a eaMe e752 gaged in the glue business in Cincinnati for many years, the firm of dicpiens

, W. B. Stephens received his elementary education in the public schools of Cincinnati and next attended the Pennsylvania Military College, graduating in 1890 as a civil engineer, at which profession he worked until 1893. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated as a chemical engineer in 1896, having taken a special five-year course in three years. Returning to his home city, he held chemical and laboratory positions until 1898, thereafter being engaged in the brokerage business in Cincinnati until 1902. He then went to Peekskill, New York, and went to work in the Fleischmann yeast factory, where he thoroughly learned the manufacturing end of the business. He has been with the Fleischmann company continuously since, and in 1912 was sent to Sumner to superintend the construction of the plant here, since which time he has served as superintendent of the plant.

There are thirteen buildings, constructed of reinforced concrete and steel, and the machinery is operated by individual motors as far as is practicable, while from ninety to one hundred persons are employed steadily. The yeast manufactured here is for the trade west of the east line of Montana and north of California, the product being shipped also to Canada, Japan, China and other foreign countries. Balsa wood, from South America, is used in the making of shipping cases for the yeast, as it is the best insulator known among woods and obviates the necessity of using ice in shipping. The plant is maintained at the highest possible point of efficiency, changes and improvements being made from time to time in order to keep up with the most advanced ideas in manufacture... Mr. Stephens has shown himself well qualified in every respect for the responsible position which he holds and has been an important factor in the splendid success which has attended the operation of the Sumner plant.

In 1902 Mr. Stephens was united in marriage to Miss Laura A. Cue, who was born and reared in Cincinnati, a daughter of M. P. and Laura Cue, and they are the parents of a daughter, Laura. Mr. Stephens is a member of Sumner Lodge, 'A. F. & A. M.; Tacoma Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Afifi Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Tacoma, and has been for thirty years a member of Cincinnati Lodge, B. P. O. E. He became a member of the Rotary Club in Tacoma in 1918 and was chiefly instrumental in the organization of the Rotary Club in Sumner, to which he now belongs. He is also a member of the Sumner Commercial Club.

The profession of dentistry has a worthy representative in Puyallup in the person of Dr. M. Reece Thomas, who since locating here has not only gained a large and remunerative patronage, but has also won an enviable place in the esteem of all who have come into contact with him. The Doctor is a native of Lampton, Ontario. Canada, born on the 24th of October, 1884, and is a son of Enoch William and Margaret (Lee) Thomas, both of whom also were natives of that locality. The family has long been established in Ontario, and our subject's grandfather was the first white man to cut timber between Buffalo and Port Huron.

M. Reece Thomas was reared on his father's farm and secured his elementary education in the public schools of that neighborhood. ' He subsequently entered the Chicago Dental College, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, in June, 1911. He then engaged in the practice of his profession at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, remaining there from June 22, 1911, to October 24, 1916, and while. there he received the degree of Licentiate of Dental Surgery. In the fall of 1916 he enlisted for service in the World war, joining the dental corps of the Canadian army, and was sent overseas, where he remained until November ik 1919, attaining the rank of captain. He was in England during practically all of his foreign service, being in a hospital near London at the signing of the armistice.

On returning to civil life, the Doctor came to Seattle, where he remained but a short time, and in that same year, 1919, he came to Puyallup. He was with Dr. Will about one and a half years, and in 1921 he opened his own office, which he is still conducting. He has a well located and nicely equipped office and has proven himself an able and skilled dentist, the high quality of his work having gained for him the confidence of the people who have patronized him, while his forceful per- sonality and friendly manner have won for him a host of friends throughout the community. ' In 1912, at Edmonton, Alberta, Dr. Thomas was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Ethel Vance, who is a native of Lampton county, Ontario, where they had known each other in childhood. Her parents, Henry and Mary (Freele) Vance, still live in Ontario. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas are the parents of one child, William Lee, who was born in Edmonton. The Doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of which he is the present chancellor commander, the American Legion and the Forty and Eight. He also belongs to the Puyallup Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. In political affairs he maintains an independent attitude, voting according to the dictates of his judgment, regardless of party lines. He and his wife move in the best social circles of the community and are extremely popular among their

Charles W. Schuh

A highly important manufacturing interest of Puyallup is the Columbia Box & Veneer Company, of which Charles W. Schuh is president, and to his untiring and well directed efforts is largely due the splendid measure of success which is attendjing this enterprise. Mr. Schuh was born in Galion, Crawford county, Ohio, on the 1st of June, 1883, and is a son of Frederick and Julia (Wenle) Schuh. In 1890 the family came to Tacoma, where the father bought a bakery at Twelfth street and Pacific avenue, which he ran for a number of years, and then moved to Bellingham, Whatcom county. An uncle of our subject, Rev. L. H. Schuh, also came to this state, and served as pastor of Lutheran churches here.

Charles W. Schuh attended the public schools up to the eighth grade and then -went to work as timekeeper on the Tacoma Eastern Railroad. Later he established a general store at Kapowsin, Washington, which he operated until it was destroyed by fire. In 1917 he came to Puyallup and bought an interest in the Columbia Box & Veneer Company. This enterprise was established January 4, 1912, by A. L. Card and C. F. Keller, who engaged in the making of berry crates. Mr. Schuh bought Mr. Keller's interest, H. A. Wilson also buying an interest in the business at that time. On February 12, 1926, Mr. Schuh and Mr. Wilson bought Mr. Card's interest and are now the sole owners. The plant covers three acres of floor space and is equipped with modern machinery, which is operated by electric and steam power. About two hundred and fifty men and women are employed, and the product. consists of fruit packages of all kinds, which are shipped all over the western part of the country and to Mexico.

On June 18, 1906, Mr. Schuh was united in marriage to Miss Phosa Messenger, 'of North Dakota, and they are the parents of three children, Herbert, Gladys Helen and True Elizabeth. Mr. Schuh is an active supporter of the republican party and 'In 1913-14 represented his district in the state legislature. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a past president of the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the board of 'directors of the Kiwanis Club, a director of the Puyallup State Bank, a director of the Western Washington Fair Association and rear commodore of the Tacoma Yacht Club. He resides in Tacoma, but maintains a deep interest in everything pertaining to the prosperity and welfare of Puyallup. He is a man of marked business ability and sound judgment in practical affairs, and is regarded as one of the substantial and worthy citizens of Pierce county.

Willis E. Morris

Willis E. Morris, who is the secretary and treasurer of the P and Steel Works, and treasurer of the Lidgewood Pacific alesse aches md man of marked business ability and has by his able and competent service with these companies contributed in a very definite degree to their success and prosperity Mr. Morris is a native of Chicago, Illinois, born on the 8th of July, 1881, and is x son of Henry J. and Sarah A. Morris, who brought their family to Tacoma in 1903 and spent their remaining years here, both being now deceased.

W. £E. Morris secured his educational training in the public schools of Chicago and on coming to Tacoma he entered the employ of the Puget Sound Iron and Steel Works, with which he has remained to the present time. In 1916 he was made secretary and treasurer of the company, which position he is still filling. The Puget Sound Iron and Steel Works was organized in December, 1895, by John L. Roberts president ; D. J. Crowley, vice president; A. C. Marconnier, secretary, and Thomas A. Morrissey, superintendent. The plant was located at Twenty-first and A streets until 1909, when it was moved to Canal street, between Eleventh street and St. Paul avenue, where eleven acres of land was acquired, of which the buildings cover about four acres. The company has its own docks and railroad tracks, and from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty men are employed, the greater number of whom are skilled. The company manufactures logging engines, hoisting and dredging machinery, steel castings of all sorts and various kinds of heavy machinery, the high quality thereof gaining for the company a wide and favorable reputation throughout the northwest. The present officers of the company are as follows: Ollie A. Roberts (widow of John L. Roberts), president; A. C. Marconnier (now retired), vice president, and W. E. Morris, secretary and treasurer.

In 1902 Mr. Morris was married to Miss Mabel Merrill, of Chicago, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Rex, who is an expert wireless operator; Gladys, who is a student in the University of Washington, and Marjorie, aged five years. Mr. Morris is a republican in his political views and fraternally is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He resides at Steilacoom, this county, of which city he has served aS mayor during the past two years. Of affable and friendly manner, he is well liked among his associates, and stands high in the business circles of Tacoma.

Anson Vradenburgh

Among the well and favorably known citizens of northeastern Pierce county must be numbered Anson Vradenburgh, one of the substantial and successful residents of Puyallup, where he has lived for many years. Mr. Vradenburgh was born in Ulster county, New York, in 1857, and is a son of Ben A. and Margaret (Brinkruff) Vradenburgh, both of whom also were natives of that state. The father, who followed farming pursuits during his active life, died May 24, 1894, the mother passing away February 28, 1906. Of the twelve children born to them, five are living, namely: Mrs. Viola McIntyre; Anson; Mrs. Emma Grable, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. May Mosher, who lives on the old homestead in New York; and Ellis, of Boston, Massachusetts.

Anson Vradenburgh was educated in the public schools of his native state and remained on the home farm until he had attained his majority. In 1879 he came to Tacoma, Washington, and during the ensuing winter was employed as a carpenter. On April 1, 1880, he came to Puyallup and went to work on the Maplewood farm, a large stock and dairy ranch, where he worked as a hand for three or four years, there gaining his first experience in the milk business, and then served as foreman for a few years. In 1882 he took up a homestead of eighty acres adjoining the Puyallup city limits on the south, the land being all heavily timbered. He built a small house and then began clearing the land. He lived there four years, during which time he succeeded in getting the greater part of the tract in shape for cultivation, and then sold the property. Mr. Vradenburgh started the first milk route in Puyallup, carrying the milk first in buckets and later utilizing a horse and wagon, running the route for about four years. In 1896 'he bought one acre of land in Puyallup, which he planted to berries, and in 1907 he built a business block in that city, which is now leased and has proven a profitable investment. He is very comfortably situated and is enjoying well earned leisure. ;

On December 5, 1894, Mr. Vradenburgh was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Robbins, who is a native of England and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Benton) Robbins, both of whom were born in England and brought their family to the United States in 1872, locating in Lincoln, Nebraska, where they lived for a few months.

Later they located in Omaha, Nebraska, w working at his trade, that & a ree baa i there to Portland, Ore : 1 Hee oneniareeant where the father took up a homestead, to the operation ote he devoted himself during the remainder of his active life, his death occurring ate ary 22, 1906. His wife passed away December 3, 1902. ; They became the cose Fy, (0) fifteen children, as follows: Fannie, the widow of William Thomas; Bertha, aoe Vradenburgh; William; Mrs. Annie Zwicker, deceased ; Harry E.; Mrs. Minnie ellwood, deceased; Charles, George, Blanche A., Mrs. Nellie Craig; Mrs. Lillie ae pay of Ellensburg, Washington; Daisy Ella, who died in 1891; Mary B., deceased; Mrs. Clara A. Haley, of Ellensburg; and Mrs. Laura May Arnold, of Portland, Oregon. To Mr. and Mrs. Vradenburgh have been born three children, namely: _Velma Alice, who received a good business education and who lives in Seattle; Edith, who was graduated from high school and a business college, and now lives at home; and Neal, who was graduated from high school and is now a student in the University of n. eee Vradenbureh is a member of Puyallup Camp, No. 1255, Modern Woodmen of America. He assisted in 'the organization of the Puyallup school -district and served three years as a member of the board. He is a man of broad views on public questions and has been a champion of good schools, as well as of improved roads, and he is regarded as one of the dependable and reliable citizens of his community.

In the field of architecture the late Albert Sutton stood in the very front rank of his profession, the originality and intrinsic beauty of his work marking him as a man of distinctive talent, while in the business world he commanded the unequivocal confidence and respect of all who had dealings with him. A number of the most important buildings in the Pacific northwest bear the expression of his thought andhis genius, and his death, which occurred November 17, 1923, was universally regarded as a distinct loss to the community. Fe

Mr. Sutton was born in Victoria, Canada, June 6, 1867, and was a son of John N. and Anna Beatrice (Dolan) Sutton. The father, whose natal year was 1823, was a native of Saint Georges, New Castle county, Delaware, and became an expert 'pilot. In January, 1873, he was pilot on a ship bound for Alaska, but disaster overtook the vessel, which was never afterward heard from. The mother was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1829, and came from a long line of American ancestors. On the paternal side, also, Albert Sutton was of colonial lineage, the progenitor of the family - in this country, William Sutton, having come here before the Revolutionary war. John N. and Anna Beatrice (Dolan) Sutton were the parents of twelve children. Albert Sutton had a twin sister who became the wife of Archie Ball and lived in Tacoma until 1900, since which time she has made her home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. : ;

Albert Sutton spent his boyhood in Portland, Oregon, in the public schools of which city he received his elementary education, after which he spent two years at the University of California. He then entered the drafting office of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, where he remained until 1895, when he came to Tacoma and formed the firm of Pickles & Sutton, architects. In the following year he went to San Francisco, California, and became a member of the firm of Sutton & Weeks, with which he was connected until 1910, when he removed to Hood River, Oregon, and opened an architect's office. He also owned a ranch about eleven miles from Hood River, and he remained in that section of the state until 1915, when he removed to Portland, where he became a member of the architectural firm of Sutton & Whitney. In 1918 Mr. Sutton came to Tacoma and established the Tacoma offices of the firm of Sutton & Whitney. His ability received prompt recognition and he designed some of the finest buildings in this city, including the Scottish Rite Cathedral, the Annie Wright Seminary buildings and the buildings of the College of Puget Sound. He also designed the Children's Orthopedic Hospital, the Gill Book building in Portland, the Multnomah Hospital in Portland, the fine Rust office building and many other notable

On September 25, 1909, Mr. Sutton wag united in marriage to Miss Mary Lancaster Hewitt, who was born in Menasha, Wisconsin, a daughter of Henry and Rosina Lucinda (Jones) Hewitt, the former of whom was a native of Lancaster, England, while the latter was born in East Randolph, Vermont. Mrs. Sutton came to Tacoma in 1889 and in the acquirement of an education attended the Annie Wright Seminary and Vassar College, being graduated from the last named institution in 1896. Albert and Mary Lancaster (Hewitt) Sutton became the parents of two children: Rocena, a student in the Annie Wright Seminary; and John Hewitt. Mr. Sutton had two daughters by a former marriage: Anna Fidelia, now Mrs. Percy Norton, of Hoquiam Washington; and Alberta, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. :

Mr. Sutton attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry and was a member of the Union Club. Politically he was a stanch supporter of the republican party. Personally he was a man of unostentatious manner, open-hearted and candid in his relations with others, was conscientious in the performance of every task devolving upon him, and was regarded as one of Tacoma's most substantial citizens, the many beautiful tributes to his high standing as a man and citizen attesting the abiding place he had in the hearts and affections of all who knew him.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company

By far the largest and most important timber and lumber interest on the Pacific coast is the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, whose main office is in Tacoma. This company has had a splendid history, enjoying a steady and substantial growth through the years, and is today numbered among the great business concerns of the west. 4

The inception of this great company dates from 1899, when the Northern Pacific Railroad Company was in the hands of a receiver. James J. Hill was trying to sell his timber lands and finally interested Mr. Weyerhaeuser, who called together his business partners and told them he had bought the Hill timber lands in Washington, whereupon he and his associates, twenty-five or more, concluded the joint purchase of these lands for five million, four hundred thousand dollars. They then organized the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, and January 18, 1900, the company was incorporated for six million dollars. The head offices of the company were established in Tacoma, where they have always remained, and the first officers were as follows: Frederick Weyerhaeuser, president and treasurer; William H. Laird, head of the Laird-Norton Company, of Winona, Minnesota, vice president; R. L. McCormick, secretary, and F. S. Bell, assistant secretary. The latter is now vice president and resides in Winona, Minnesota. The members of the first board of trustees were: Frederick Weyerhaeuser, William H. Laird, R. L. McCormick; Thomas Irvine, of St. Paul, Minnesota; Artemas Lamb, of Clinton, Iowa; William Carson, of Burlington, Iowa; Frederick Denkmann, of Rock Island, Illinois; Peter M. Musser, of Muscatine, Iowa; Charles H. Ingram, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Sumner T. McKnight, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Arthur F, Albertson, of Tacoma, then vice president and manager of the National Bank of Commerce.

This company also bought other timber claims and held land all over Oregon and Washington, their holdings in Washington amounting to more than one and a quarter million acres of fine timber land, while in Oregon they acquired over one hundred and fifty thousand acres. The company has no mills in Pierce county, but is well equipped in this respect elsewhere. In 1904 it bought the Bell-Nelson mill in Everett, Snohomish county, which has since been operated as Mill A, and there are now three large sawmills at Everett, employing over fifteen hundred men, The company is building a mill at Longview, Washington, and is also interested in the big mill at Snoqualmie Falls, King county, where seven hundred and fifty 'men are employed. It likewise has an interest in three other active logging operations - the Cherry Valley Logging Company, at Everett; the Clemons Logging Company, at Montesano, Washington, and the Clark County Timber Company, at Yacolt, Wash- The concern has large distributing yards at St. Paul, Minnesota; Baltimore, New Jersey, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The firm owns four large steamships which transport its lumber from the Pacific coast to its Atlantic yards, each boat having a carrying capacity of seven million feet of lumber, and

The present officers of the company are as follows: J. P. Weyerhaeuser, president; F. S. Bell, of Winona, Minnesota, first vice president; George S. Long, second vice president and general manager; F. R. Titcomb, assistant manager; W. L. Mc- Cormick, secretary; H. J. Richardson, of St. Paul, Minnesota, assistant secretary ; F. E. Weyerhaeuser, of St. Paul, treasurer; E. W. DeLong, of Tacoma, assistant treasurer and general auditor; J. A. Peetz, cashier; C. S. Chapman, manager of forestry, and A. H. Onstad, in charge of construction.

George Daniel Spurr

Few men have been more closely identified with the development of Puyallup than has George Daniel Spurr, who after a long and honorable career is now retired and is quietly living in his comfortable and attractive home in this city. Actively and successfully connected with important business interests, efficiently discharging the duties of a number of important official positions in connection with municipal affairs and taking an active part in the advancement of various movements for the benefit of the community, he has long been numbered among the representative men of Puyallup and commands to an unusual degree the confidence and esteem of its citizens.

Mr. Spurr was born in Otsego county, New York, June 3, 1846, and is a son of Daniel H. and Huldah (Armstrong) Spurr, both of whom died when our subject was a small boy. Both were natives of New York state, the father coming from old Connecticut stock. His grandfather was a pioneer of New York, going into that state when roads were so scarce that he had to pack in on his back all his provisions and supplies. Later in life he engaged in the mercantile business.

George D. Spurr attended the public schools of his native state and subsequently went to Pennsylvania, where he attended the State Normal School at Mansfield. As a boy he worked on farms, for which he received six dollars a month and his board and room, but later learned the butter and cheese business, at which he was employed a few years. Undertakers in those days were scarce and while still a young man- Mr. Spurr frequently assisted in preparing the dead for burial, this experience leading him to engage in the undertaking business later. His first real job was as a traveling salesman for the Ithaca (New York) Implement Company, for which concern he worked a few years. Also during his early years he spent considerable time in the buying, breaking and selling of horses. After his marriage he moved back to New York state and traveled for awhile for E. Bennett, an importer of horses. In 1889 Mr. Bennett sent our subject to the state of Washington to handle the horse business for him here, but he soon discovered that there was not enough business to occupy his time. Shortly after coming here he met Mr. J. P. Stewart, who, in order to induce him to locate in Puyallup, offered to give him his real estate business to handle. Mr. Spurr accepted the offer and later also engaged in the insurance business, including hop insurance, and handled much other real estate, carrying on these lines unti]: about 1916, when he disposed of them. In 1900 he bought the Avery undertaking business, which was the first undertaking establishment in- Puyallup, and which also included a furniture business. The latter he afterward sold, but continued to give his attention to funeral directing until 1924, when he sold his interest in that business to Paul B. Wrigley and Sam H. Clements, since which time he has been retired from active affairs. In 1916, with C. M. Case and W. A. Miller he built a community mausoleum and still retains a third interest. When he first came to Puyallup, in 1890, he bought his present home place, which at that time was unimproved pasture land, but which he has greatly improved and developed into a splendid home.

While in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Mr. Spurr was married, September 30, 1873 to Miss Fannie Voorhees, who was born and reared in Mansfield. She was graduated from the State Normal School there and taught school for a time prior to her marriage. Her father, John Voorhees, died at Puyallup in 1911. Mr. Spurr was long an active figure in local public affairs. He served twelve years as a member of the Puyallup town council, was city treasurer many years and served eight years as police judge. He was treasurer of the first fair association here and is the only survivor of the original list of officers. He was largely instrumental in the organization of the Board of Trade, which has since become the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Brotherhood of

American Yeomen and he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Spurr was the first secretary of the Library Association and is now its president, having long been active in the interest of the library. She is a member of the Women's Club and has for many years been secretary of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which church she belongs.

Mr. Spurr is one of those estimable characters whose integrity and strong personalities force them into a prominence which their modesty never seeks, who command the respect of their contemporaries and leave the impress of their individualities upon the age in which they live, and his name will ever be inseparably connected with the community which has so long been honored by his citizenship.

One of the leading and most successful physicians and surgeons of Tacoma is Dr. P. B. Swearingen, who for nearly thirty-five years has been engaged in the practice of his profession here. Able and skilled in his special field of effort, he has at the same time proven an honorable member of the body politic and has always stood ready to cooperate in all movements for the progress and upbuilding of the community. The Doctor was born in Van Buren, Crawford county, Arkansas, on the 13th of November, 1863, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Cox) Swearingen, the former of whom was engaged in the farm machinery business.

After completing his public school education, our subject matriculated in the medical school of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1887, and after serving an interneship in a St. Louis hospital, he returned to Arkansas and engaged in the practice of his profession for about five years. In 1892 he came to Tacoma and during the three following years served as a surgeon in the Indian service, since which time he has been engaged in private practice in Tacoma. He has been eminently successful, having long commanded a large and representative patronage here, and is regarded as a reliable and trustworthy physician and an able and efficient surgeon. He served for twenty-five years as surgeon for the Northern Pacific- Railroad.

In June, 1888, Dr. Swearingen was united in marriage to Miss Lettie Beale, of Evansville, Indiana, and to them have been born two children, namely: Florence, who is the wife of Homer Bunker, of San Francisco, California, they having two daughters, Mary Alexine and Betty; and Mary, who is the wife of Walter L. Dewey, of San Francisco, and the mother of two sons, Thomas and Philip. The Doctor is a member of the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society, the Northwestern Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He is a democrat in politics and is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, including the Scottish Rite, and Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has by his ability and devotion lent honor and dignity to the medical profession in Pierce county, being a man of fine intellectual and professional attainments and possessing a gracious personality and strong individuality. He is charitable and benevolent, none in need seeking his aid in vain, and enjoys the esteem and good will of his fellowmen, who long ago learned to appreciate his sterling worth.

Philip R. Faler

One of the prosperous and important business concerns of Tacoma is that of Rush G. Faler & Company, linotype operators, at 924 Commerce street. This concern was established in 1905 by Rush G. Faler and other members of his family, at 915% Commerce street, and, with one linotype machine, began doing work for printing houses in this city. They remained at their first location for about ten years and then, requiring larger quarters, moved to 905 Commerce street, later coming to the present location at 924 Commerce street. Soon after the World war Raph: Carlson and Arthur A. Rickert bought out Mr. Faler and operated the business until about 1924, when Mr. Faler bought Mr. Rickert's interest, later selling it to his son, Philip R. Faler. The business was incorporated in 1923 as Rush G. Faler & Company, the present officers of the corporation being, Rush G. Faler, president; Philip R. Faler, vice president, and R. E. Carlson, secretary and treasurer. The company is now running two linotype machines and is doing a vast amount of work for the trade, among its regular customers being the Allstrum Printing Company, Pioneer, Inc., and other prominent printing houses. They give prompt and satisfactory service and are enjoying a splendid business.

Philip R. Faler was born in Kverett, Washington, in 1901, and is a son of Rush G. and Anna (Rickert) Faler, the latter of whom was born in Germany and was brought to the United States when a child of four or five years of age. Rush G. Faler was born in Yates Center, Kansas, and came to the coast, locating in San Francisco, in the '80s. He became a printer by trade and worked in many of the principal cities of the coast region. In the '90s he located in Seattle, where he remained until 1905, when he came to Tacoma, where he has lived to the present time, being now retired from active business affairs. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. To him and his wife were born two children: Philip R., and Mildred, who is now in high school.

Philip R. Faler-received his elementary education in the public schools of Tacoma and then entered the University of Washington, where he took two years' work in the business administration course. He was then employed in the Bank of California and at other office work, and subsequently learned the trade of linotype operating, after which he traveled, working in various cities for about six months for the sake of practical experience, since which time he has been identified with his present company. He-is devoting himself closely to this business and is an important factor in its success.

On June 10, 1926, Mr. Faler was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Auldridge, who was born in Spokane, a daughter of D. F. and Rachael (Branscombe) Auldridge.-

Charles Case Field

Self-made men - men who have achieved success by reason of their personal qualities and have left their impress upon the business and growth of their place of residence, affecting for good such interests as are embraced within the sphere of their usefulness - build monuments more enduring than marble obelisk or granite shaft. In this class belonged the late Charles Case Field, whose name for many years was well known throughout Pierce county, and although he has long been numbered among those who rest in "God's acre,' his influence is still potent for good in his community, for he was a broadminded, kindly, whole-souled gentleman, who contributed in every way within his power to the betterment and advancement of the general welfare.

Mr. Field was born in Vermont in June, 1847, and was a son of Norman and. Happy Field, both of whom also were natives of that state. His ancestors' were originally of English and German descent, though the Field family has been established in this country since about 1600. Members of the family have at different periods gained distinction in American public life for their ability and public service two who gained particular prominence being Cyrus Field, who laid the first Atlantic cable, and Stephen Field, who rendered distinguished service as a justice of the | United States supreme court.

Charles C. Field lived in his native state until six years of age, when the family moved to Illinois, where the father engaged in farming. Our subject attended the public schools, and at the age of eighteen years he enlisted for service in the Civil war, joining the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served during the last year of the war. On returning to civil life he engaged in farming in Illinois, where he remained until 1872, when he came to California. Later he went to Nevada, where he engaged in mining for about five years, and also took up the study of mineralogy. In 1884 Mr. Field came to Puyallup. and for a time was engaged in the grocery business. In 1886 he was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of Puyallup and served two terms giving a very efficient and satisfactory administration of the office. He afterward served a number of years as city treasurer, and also served as a member of the city council and of the school board. In every position which he filled his service was marked by a conscientious and faithful discharge of duty that won for him the praise and commendation of his fellow citizens, and his death, June 23, 1903, was regarded as a distinct loss to the community which had been honored by his citizenship.

In July, 1878, Mr. Field was united in marriage to Miss Agnes D. Marshall, who was born in the state of New York in 1849, a daughter of Albert and Jean (Shuttleton) Marshall, both of whom also were natives of the old Empire state. On the paternal side Mrs. Field is descended from Scotch ancestry and on the maternal side from Scotch-English antecedents, the Marshall family having been established in this country since colonial days. When but five years of age, Mrs. Field was taken to Wisconsin by her parents, and she secured her educational training in the public schools of La Crosse, after which she taught school there for five years prior to her marriage. After coming to Puyallup, she also taught several months in the first school building erected here. To Mr. and Mrs. Field were born four children: Jessie M. became the wife of Thomas O'Farrell, of Tacoma, and they have three sons and a daughter. Alma Jean is the wife of M. F. Porter, of Puyallup, and they have a son and a daughter. Clara C. is the widow of William G. Carrlotte and the mother of a daughter. Charles C. is employed in the post office at Puyallup.

Politically Mr. Field was a lifelong supporter of the democratic party and' took an active interest in public affairs. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mrs. Field is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. Field took a large interest in the growth and upbuilding of Puyallup and owned several valuable pieces of property here. At one time he owned the present site of the Elks temple and lived there at the time his two youngest children were born. He also owned the land where the tourist camp is now located and on which Coxey's army once encamped. He always stood ready to cooperate with his fellow citizens in any good work, was liberal in his support of charitable organizations and was kindly and courteous in his social relations, these qualities commanding to a notable degree the admiration and good will of all who knew him.

D. A. Gove, M.D.

Among the members of the medical profession in Pierce county, one of the oldest and most highly respected is Dr. D. A. Gove, who has been engaged in practice for fifty years, about half of that period being spent in Orting, where he now lives. An able physician and skilled surgeon, he has brought alleviation of suffering to thousands here and elsewhere and in every relation of life has done his full part as a man and citizen.

Dr. Gove was born in Peoria county, Illinois, on the 28th of October, 1847, and is a son of James K. and Barbara (Brant) Gove, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Pennsylvania. He received his elementary education in the public schools of Trivoli, Illinois, and then attended Lombard University, at Galesburg, _ that state. Having determined to devote his life to the practice of medicine, he matriculated in the medical school of Ohio State University and was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1876. He entered upon the practice of his profession at Princeton, Illinois, where he remained three years, after which he located in Farmington, that state, where he remained ten years.

In December, 1889, Dr. Gove came to Tacoma, Washington, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and also established a drug store under the name of Gove's Pharmacy. About nine years later he went to Alaska, during the great rush to the Klondike region, and engaged in mining at Thistle creek. It becoming known that he was a physician, he was also compelled to give some attention to the ills of his fellowmen there, thus performing a distinct service, for medical attention was hard to secure. in the frontier mining camps of those days. Leaving Alaska, in 1901, Dr. Gove came to Orting and has since been engaged in general practice, building up a large and remunerative patronage. He also carries a stock of drugs for the accommodation of institutions which he serves as surgeon, the State Soldiers Home and the Orting Colony. For many years he has served as surgeon for the ara department, being alone in that work for a long time, and is now president of the

In 1877 the Dcctor was united in marriage to Mary Eva Wead, who was born in Peoria, Illinois, a daughter of Judge H. M. and Eliza (Emery) Wead, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ohio. To Dr. and Mrs. Gove have been born three children, namely: Jay A., who is married and is living in New York; Dr. Forest W., of Seattle; and Carlyle S., of Los Angeles, California. The Doctor is a member of the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He has been eminently successful in the practice of medicine, his reputation extending far beyond the boundaries of his locality, and he enjoys the respect of his professional colleagues as well as the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.

A. F. Plant

Standing in the front rank of the successful coal operators of Washington, A. F. Plant, secretary, treasurer and manager of the Roslyn Coal & Coke Company, is numbered among the leading citizens of Tacoma, where he is regarded as a man of more than ordinary business ability and acumen. He was born at Portland, Oregon, and is a son of Salem and Cena (Walzen) Plant. The father came to Oregon in. 1845 with the Hudson Bay Company, and about a year later took up a donation claim about twenty-five miles east of Chehalis, Washington, the locality now being called Plant prairie. He created a fine farm and lived there the remaining years of his life, dying in 1928, at the age of ninety-six. The mother came to Oregon with two sisters in an early day and there met and was married to Salem Plant.

A. F. Plant secured a good public school education and took a course in the Portland Business College. He then learned the plumbing trade, but later turned his attention to interior decorating and designing, for which he had a natural aptitude. He was with Marshall Field, of Chicago, for a time, when a boy, and was later with Mayers & Franks, at Portland, and Fredrich & Nelson at Seattle, having charge of the interior designing and decorating departments of these firms. In 1913 Mr. Plant went to Roslyn, Washington, and, in partnership with George H. Reed, of Tacoma, opened a coal mine on land which he owned. They organized the Roslyn Coal & Coke Company, of which he became. secretary and treasurer and general manager, and the company has been very successful in its operations, producing at times three hundred tons or more of bituminous coking coal a day.

In 1907 Mr. Plant was united in marriage to Miss Inez Lilian Rice, of Tacoma, a daughter of Rev. H. V. and Elizabeth (DuBoise) Rice, both of whom were natives of New York. The father was a minister of the Presbyterian church and, coming west in an early day, held pastorates in California, Nevada and Oregon, eventually coming to Tacoma, where his death occurred. To. Mr. and Mrs. Plant have been born two children, Franklin DuBoise and Dorothy Inez.

Mr. Plant is a republican in his political views and his religious affiliation is with the Presbyterian church. He is a member of Lebanon Lodge, No. 746, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. He is a man of marked business ability, sterling integrity and cordial and unaffected manner, and throughout the circles in which he moves commands unqualified esteem.

A man who has stamped the impress of his strong individuality on the minds of the people of Tacoma and Pierce county in such a manner as to render him one of its conspicuous citizens is R. L. Dickman, president of the Dickman Lumber Company, one of the most important concerns in its line in this section of the state. Mr. Dickman is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born on the 12th of January, 1887, and is a son of George H. and Emma Dickman, the former of whom is superintendent of the Traction building, in Cincinnati.

R. L. Dickman attended the public schools of his native city, graduating from high school. In 1906 he went to Mexico, where he remained until the following year and in 1908 came to Tacoma. Here he entered the employ of the St. Paul & Tacomas

Lumber Company, with which concern he remained until 1913, after which he was with several other lumber companies, in 1916 becoming manager of the Danaher Lumber Company. In 1922 Mr. Dickman and Leonard Howarth bought the mill, which they have since operated under the firm name of Dickman Lumber Company, of which Mr. Dickman is president. This is one of the most complete mills in this locality, having a capacity of fifty million feet of lumber a year. They specialize in selected common grades, and ninety-nine per cent of the product of the mill is exported to all parts of the world. They utilize the steamer "The Lake Frances," which has a capacity of two million feet and which steams to all foreign ports, being operated under the name of the Paranimo Lumber Company. One hundred and twenty-five people are employed in the mill, which is operated mainly by electricity, individual motors being used wherever possible for all purposes, including the cranes. The plant has thirteen hundred feet of water front, with its own tracks and docks. Mr. Dickman has devoted his attention closely to the building up of the business and has shown himself a man of more than ordinary executive ability.

In 1916 Mr. Dickman was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Frances Lowell, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of two children, Phyllis Anne and Ralph Lowell. Mr. Dickman is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Chamber of Commerce, the Tacoma Country Club and the Fircrest Golf Club. He is a stanch republican in his political views, and his record has been sufficiently noteworthy to entitle him to a place in "Who's Who." His career presents a notable example of those qualities of mind and heart so essential to material success, while, personally, he has long commanded the admiration and esteem of the entire community in which he lives.

Hon. George W. Edgerton

Undoubtedly no citizen of Puyallup enjoys to a greater degree than does Hon.. George W. Edgerton the confidence and deep respect of the people. For thirty-seven years he has lived in this community, in the affairs of which he has taken an activepart, and his life record has been such as to gain for him a place in the forefront of its representative citizens.

Mr. Edgerton was born in Pawnee county, Nebraska, on the 16th of September, 1866, and is a son of John W. and Mary E. (Rogers) Edgerton. His father was a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and a son of John W. Edgerton, of English descent, who long lived in Georgia, but later became a pioneer settler in Indiana. John W. Edgerton, Jr., devoted his active life to farming pursuits, but in his later years. retired and came to Puyallup from Nebraska, of which state he was a pioneer. He is still living here, at the age of ninety years. The mother is deceased.

George W. Edgerton attended the public schools of his native state and Campbell University, at Holton, Kansas. He then entered the Holton Normal School, where he was graduated in 1888, after which he engaged in teaching school in Nebraska. On September 10, 1888, he came to Tacoma, Washington, remaining there a few months, and on January 10, 1889, he came to Puyallup, here entering into a partner-. ship with C. W. Stewart in the real estate and insurance business, Later he was. elected city treasurer, holding the office two terms, and in 1896 was elected city clerk, retaining that position until 1904, when he was appointed postmaster of Puyallup. He held that office until 1918, when he turned his attention to the banking business, in which he was employed until 1923, when he was again appointed postmaster, and. is the present incumbent of that office. A man of sound business principles and. good judgment, he has so administered the affairs of the office as to win the commendation of all concerned. Mr. Edgerton is financially interested in other local enterprises, being a stockholder in the Citizens State Bank, of which he has been a director for many years and president eae met He Ba ae as a director and.

istri chool board for twenty-four years up to : ei eee ae ee was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Meader, a native of Nebraska, and they are the parents of five children, namely: Floyd W., who is. a bond broker at Hollywood, California; Verna, the wife of Leo Oldright, ole ae member of the faculty of the high school at Portland, Oregon; Mary, who . wife of Raymond Erickson, of Englewood, California ; Harry G. who is employed. in the Puyallup post office; and Helen, who is at home.

Mr. Edgerton is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the Puyallup Commercial Club, of which he was secretary a number of years ago. Mr. Edgerton has contributed largely to the material, civic and moral advancement of his community, while his admirable qualities of head and heart and the consistent, upright course of his daily life have earned for him the enviable place he holds in the regard of all who know him.

John Hartman

One of the old and important industrial concerns that have in a large measure contributed to the business prosperity of Tacoma is the Atlas Foundry & Machine Company, at Thirtieth and Wilkeson streets, of which John Hartman has served as secretary and treasurer continuously from the time of its incorporation in 1903. Mr. Hartman has devoted himself indefatigably to the interests of the company, which he has seen develop from a small beginning to its present proportions, and has gained an enviable reputation as a business man of ability and sterling integrity. He was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, on the 22d of November, 1856, and is a son of J. F. and Catherine (Schulze) Hartman, both of whom are deceased.

John Hartman received a good public school education and then learned the foundry business, at which he was employed in his native state until 1889, when he came to Tacoma, where he engaged in a jobbing business in foundry products. In 1901 he was elected sheriff of Pierce county, serving two years. In 1903 he took part in the reorganization of the Atlas Foundry & Machine Company, which had been established in 1901 as the Atlas Foundry Company and was incorporated in February, 1903, under its present title. The first officers were George C. Dupea, president, and John Hartman, secretary and treasurer. David S. Olson has been vice president since January, 1915. The plant, which is located at 3012 Wilkeson street, covers over thirty-one lots, or nearly three acres there, and seven lots in another place. The company is engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel castings of all kinds and maintains in connection a fine pattern shop. From sixty to eighty men are employed and the plant ranks as the largest jobbing foundry in Tacoma and the second oldest in this locality. The foundry products are sold throughout southwestern Washington and are of the highest quality.

Mr. Hartman is an independent democrat in his political attitude and takes an active interest in public affairs. He served as a member of the city council from 1894 to 1900 and has always stood ready to identify himself with every movement for the betterment of the city. He is a member of the Ancient Free and. Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias eee Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the Chamber of C merce, of which he was a director for ten years, and the Rotary Club. A eel a clean personal character, candid and straightforward in all of his relations and dial and friendly in manner, he has a host of friends throughout Ta dis regarded as one of its representative citizens. cieiteegge a

Lindsay L. Thompson

The members of the legal profession exert i ; ne 1 : a great influence on i ae Sawer ele of society, and among the eminent and abrolerpinttae protession in Tacoma is Lindsay L. Thompson, whose i . . . *. . 2 offi Perkins building. A native of Pierce county, he was born at SuPkret ee the res of ete daeg and is a son of William L. and Ida K. (Kirkman) Thompson , illiam L. Thompson was born at Fort Steilacoom, Pierce county, in 1860 and was a son of L. F. and Susanna (Kincaid) Thompson. L. F. Thompson was a native of New York state and came. across the plains to California in 1849. In 1853 he came to Pierce county and became a prominent and influential citizen here. He served as a member of the first territorial legislature and was a member of the senate in the first state legislature. By vocation he was a farmer and hop grower. His wife came to Pierce county in 1852, at the age of ten years, and the donation claim which her father took up was the present site of the town of Sumner. Our subject's father was long engaged in the hop business at Sumner, but in 1898 moved to Yakima, where he is now living, being engaged in farming. The mother of our subject came to Washington in an early day with her parents, who located first at Spokane, and she later taught in the Sumner public schools.

Lindsay L. Thompson attended the public schools of Sumner, Yakima and Tacoma, and then entered the law school of the University of Michigan, where he was graduated in 1911. He subsequently became a clerk in the office of the attorney general of Washington and was afterward appointed assistant attorney general. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States navy for service in the World war, and served about one and a half years, when he was honorably discharged. In 1919 he was appointed attorney general of Washington and in 1921 was reelected to that position. He resigned from the office in 1923 and has since been engaged in the practice of law in Tacoma.

In 1921 Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Rhea Billings, a native of Tacoma. Mr. Thompson has always given his political support to the republican party. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the American Legion, and belongs to the Fircrest Golf Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Pierce County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has been very successful as a lawyer, is broadminded and public-spirited in his citizenship and is cordial and friendly in his social relations, so that he has won an enviable place in the esteem of his fellowmen.

J. T. Gregory

Among the manufacturing concerns of Tacoma which have enjoyed a steady and continuous growth and are now rated among the substantial and important enterprises of the community should be numbered the Tidewater Mill Company. This concern was established in April, 1919, by Mr. Gregory and associates and its officers are as follows: J. T. Gregory, president; H. Brebner, vice president; F. D. Oakley, secretary, and E. V. Wintermote, Jr., treasurer. The company has sixteen acres of land on the tidewater flats, has built its own docks, and has a well equipped plant, the machinery of which is up-to-date in character, and here lumber and lath of all descriptions are manufactured, the product being shipped to various parts of the United States. One hundred men are employed, and the company's business has had a steady increase in volume.

Dr. Burton A. Brown, of Tacoma, is recognized as a physician of fine professional attainments, and in every position which he has filled, as well as in his private practice, he has commanded the fullest measure of confidence on the part of all with whom he has come in contact. He is a native of Washington, born in Seattle on the 3d of January, 1889, and is a son of J. J. and Ida May (Radford) Brown, the former of whom is a native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and the latter of Michigan. They came to Seattle, Washington, in 1888, the father engaging in the furniture business, and later in the real estate business. From 1895 to 1904 the family lived in Tacoma, since which time the parents have resided in Seattle.

Dr. Brown secured his preliminary education in the public schools and then entered the pharmacy school of the University of Washington, where he was graduated in 1909. He then engaged in the drug business in Seattle and served from 1912 ° 1916 as city pharmacist, subsequently matriculating in the medical school of ae - western University, at Chicago, where he received the degree of Doctor of Me al in 1920. He served one year as interne in the city hospital of Seattle and then served one year as director of that institution. In May, 1922, Dr. Brown came to Tacoma and engaged in the general practice of medicine for about two years, when he joined the St. Helen's Clinic, with which he was connected one year. He then went to Cushman Hospital, where for six months he had charge of the medical ward and other branches of hospital work, and on May 1, 1925, he was appointed county physician and has since had charge of the county hospital.

On October 10, 1922, Dr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Adeline Virginia Perry, of Seattle, and they have a daughter, Beverly Augusta. The Doctor is a member of Lebanon Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the American Legion, and also belongs to the Christian Men's Club. Politically he maintains an independent attitude, voting according to his judgment as to men and measures. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and stands for all that is best in community life. Kindly and sympathetic in his professional work, he quickly gains the confidence of his patients, and because of his splendid services, as well as for his genial and friendly manner, he has won a host of warm and admiring friends since coming

The Thompson Lubricating Company, of which H. A. Thompson and his son, H. E. Thompson, are the owners, is one of the best known automobile oil concerns in Tacoma. H. A. Thompson is a veteran in the business and bears the distinction of having been the pioneer in the gas and oil service station business in this city, from which time he has been actively interested in that line, in which' he has operated successfully.

H. A. Thompson is a native of Ontario, Canada, where he was reared and educated. He then engaged in the lumber business there, which he followed until 1890, when he came to Tacoma to enter the same business. He spent three days in a mill at Old Town, and then, in partnership with a Mr. Pomeroy, bought out a retail oil business, after which, though still retaining this interest, he went to work for the Standard Oil Company, with which concern he remained for twenty years, or until August, 1910. Starting in as a helper, he was successively promoted until he became tank wagon foreman and in 1902 became a traveling salesman, following that line of work until severing his relations with the company. He then formed a partnership with John Hartman and J. A. Wolf and incorporated the Paragon Oil Company. In June, 1913, he sold out to the Union Oil Company, and he and his son, H. E. Thompson, formed the Thompson Lubricating Company. In April, 1914 they established a service station at 2605 Pacific avenue, the first station in this city selling only oils and gasoline. In 1915 they put in a second station at Tacoma Junction and in 1925 put in a third station at North Twenty-eighth and Proctor streets. They now also have another station on Pacific avenue, across from the original one. ;

; Until 1921 the Thompsons bought their gasoline from tank wagons, but at that time they began buying in tank car lots, and provided for the storage of twelve thousand gallons, from which, since October, 1922, they have also distributed gasoline by their own tank wagons. From 1922 they operated as the Associated Oil Company, distributors. In January, 1926, they began handling the "Red Hat" gaso line, made by independent refiners, selling it under the name of sepeenpend MetBbed Hat Gasoline," while since 1914 they have sold their own brands of lubricating oils They have given quick and efficient service at all of their stations and eorlineads A large patronage, their business having increased steadily year after year, until th : are aiace oe the leaders in their line in Tacoma. ' n , in Ontario, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Mi who also was a native of that province, and to them were wen cr eran Mrs. Ruth Broxson and Charles. H. E. Thompson was born in Trenton Oritario, Canada, in January, 1890, and the same year was brought to Tacoma by his Brents, He attended the public schools here, graduating from high school, and sie vient to work for the Standard Oil Company, with which concern he remained until January, 1911. He was then with the Paragon Oil Company until October 1912, after which, for eight or ten months he sold oil, pickles and tinware on his dn netount as a traveling salesman, and then became associated with his father in the present business. On September 22, 1915, he was married to Miss Adele Pendergast, who was born in Minnesota, a daughter of V. S. Pendergast, who now lives in Tacoma. Mr. Thompson was in vocational training work in eastern Washington for about six months during the World war. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Gyro Club, the United Commercial Travelers, the American Legion and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

H. A. Thompson is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; has belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1888, and is past grand officer of this district; is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, of which he is a past grand councilor, and has been a member of the Rotary Club since its first year, he being number seventeen. He is a man of broad views and well defined opinions, exercising sound judgment in practical affairs, and among his business associates is regarded as the possessor of great ability, and well worthy of the splendid success which has come to him.

James C. Coplan

One of the well known and successful citizens of Orting is James C. Coplan, who for over thirty-six years has been actively identified with various interests of this locality. His career has been characterized by close attention to his affairs, in the management of which he has shown excellent judgment, and through his persistent efforts he has reaped a very gratifying measure of prosperity. Mr. Coplan was born in the state of Wisconsin in 1862 and is a son of John and Pauline (Zimbrid) Coplan. The father, who was born in Germany, came to the United States in young manhood, locating first in Ohio and later moving to Wisconsin, where he followed farming pursuits, and where his death occurred in 1896. The mother was likewise a native of Germany, and her death also occurred in 1896.

James C. Coplan attended the public schools of his native state, securing about four months of schooling each winter. He assisted his father on the home farm until sixteen years of age, when he went into the pine woods as a logger. He followed that line of work until 1889, when he came to Pierce county, Washington; and went to work in the woods as a hook tender and loader for the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company. He remained with that concern five years and afterward opened a saloon in Orting, which he ran for sixteen years, quitting that business in 1912. In 1900 Mr. Coplan had bought the Voight farm of four hundred acres, and he engaged in the raising of hops on a part of the land, the remainder of the tract being rented to Kaelin & Kaelin, who operate one of the largest dairies in Pierce county. Mr. Coplan has been interested in the hop business for twenty-two years: altogether and has met with splendid success. He owns a comfortable home in Orting, where he lives.

In 1897 Mr. Coplan was married to Miss Amy Beckett, who was born and reared in Orting, a daughter of Henry and Hannah (Edmondson ) Beckett, and to them have been born five children, namely: Nina Hazel, who is the wife of C. Earle, of Tacoma; Freda E., who is a school teacher and lives at home; Harold H., who lives at Dupont, this county; and Julius J. and William Howard, who are at home, the latter being now in high school. Politically Mr. Coplan is a republican and ae one time served as a member of the town council. He has been a member of une Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, since 1892, and was erates y his lodge with a thirty-year jewel as a veteran member of the order in good standing.

n and most successful veterinary surgeons in Washington pat oe aegorer Tacoma, where he conducts one of the best equipped and most up-to-date veterinary hospitals in the country. He has ee bidet § because of his innate ability, thorough professional education and eep in east his work, and his reputation extends over a large range of territory oe er Tacoma. Dr. Button was born in Ransom, Illinois, on the 25th of April, : e ne is a son of Cary Reuben and Lydia Agnes (Isham) Button. His parents came to Ple

R. A. Button attended the public schools and then entered the Kansas City Veterinary College, where he was graduated, with the degree of Veterinary Surgeon, in 1909. In that same year he came to Tacoma and located at 1721 Jefferson avenue. The following year he established a veterinary hospital at 2504 Jefferson avenue, moving in the following year to 415 St. Helen's avenue, where he remained until 1920, when he came to his present location at 2909 South M street. Here he occupies a splendidly arranged building, erected specially for the purpose to which it is devoted, and which has capacity for forty-five animals. There are two operating rooms, maternity wards and a well equipped microscopic laboratory. Dr. Button has specialized largely in dogs, though he also has a large cow practice, and his success since coming here has gained him distinctive prestige in his profession. The Doctor's brother, A. I. Button, was engaged in practice with him about a year, after which our subject was alone for awhile. Dr. Gilchrist then joined him, but died some time later, and since 1916 Otis Garner Button, another brother, a graduate of the State Agricultural College at Pullman, has been with him. They also employ Dr. R. G. McAlister, and they are all kept busy, there being a constant and increasing demand for their services.

On March 22, 1914, R. A. Button was united in marriage to Miss Emma Celia Nelson, who is a native of Tacoma, and they are the parents of two children, Robert Allen and Florence Louise. The Doctor is a stanch republican in his political views and is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Washington Veterinary Medical Association of which he is a past president. For nine years he had charge of the food division of the Tacoma health department. A man of splendid personality, he makes a pleasing impression on all who come in contact with him, and has attained well

Robert Walker

Robert Walker, president of the Walker Cut Stone Company, Inc., of Tacoma, has gained a national reputation, not only because of his success in the handling of cut stone for building purposes, but also as a producer of a sandstone which is pronounced by competent authorities to be superior to any other sandstone quarried in this country or Canada. He has achieved distinctive success and is accorded a front place in the ranks of the representative business men of Tacoma. He was born in Weston, Super Marle, Somersetshire, England, on the 6th of November, 1859, and is a son of John and Mary Walker, the former of whom was a musician by profession.

Robert Walker attended the public schools for a limited period and at the age of fourteen years was apprenticed to the stonecutting trade. He remained at home until 1882, when he came to America, locating first in Winnipeg, Canada, where he remained until 1885, when he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota and there obtained employment at his trade. He later established a shop of his own, but his property was destroyed by fire, and he became manager for the large stonecutting antes C. W. Babcock & Company, Kasota, Minnesota, holding the position eleven

In January, 1907, Mr. Walker came to Tacoma and formed a partn i i Thomas S. Wilcox, under the firm name of Wilcox & Walker, Her ict stonecutting business at 1008 Puyallup avenue. In that same year Mr. Walker bought out his partner, and in 1908 he incorporated the Walker Cut Stone Cinagaae His business grew steadily from the start and he soon gained an enviable Santee tion for the high quality of his work. In 1917 he secured the contract for buildin the Temple of Justice and Insurance building for the state at Olympia, and in 1922 was given the contract to build the legislative building at Olympia. He then bought three and a half acres of land on Center and Steele streets, where he built a - and modern stonecutting plant. He employs from one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and forty men and turns out a vast amount of work. In 1914 Mr Walker leased the Wilkeson quarry, from which he secures the finest sandstone to be found in the United States. It is the only sandstone in this country that will not absorb water and is so recognized by the United States government in the fact that it is the only sandstone that it does not require to be waterproofed. Myr. Walker has fully developed the quarry and is putting the stone on the market. He is furnishing from this quarry special stones, varying in weight from three to ten tons, for use in paper mills, and is shipping them to all parts of the country. Mr. Walker has developed his abilities in mathematics and engineering and is conceded to be one of the leading stone men of the United States. The present officers of the Walker Cut Stone Company are as follows: Robert Walker, president; Robert G. Walker, vice president, and William J. Walker, secretary and treasurer.

In 1885, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mr. Walker was united in marriage to Miss Emily Stock, who also was born in Weston, England, and who came to this country one year after his arrival. Her brother came across with Mr. Walker. To Mr. and Mrs. Walker have been born five children. Edna M. is deceased. Kitty Phoebe remains at home. William J., who is in business with his father, married Miss Stella Anderson, of Tacoma, and they have a daughter, Roberta Marie. Robert G., who also is in the business with his father, was married to Miss Mary Lesher, of Tacoma, and they have a son, Robert and a daughter, Mary. Leona Maria is the wife of Howard Bacon, of Tacoma, and they have two children, Howard, Jr., and Barbara. The sons have been associated with their father since 1914.

Politically Mr. Walker gives his support to the republican party, and fraternally is a member of Destiny Lodge, No. 197, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. He is also a member of the Fircrest Golf Club, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His religious affiliation is with the Sixth Avenue Baptist church. William J. Walker is a member of Destiny Lodge, No. 197, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Walker is a man of strong individuality and sterling character and is an ardent supporter of all measures for the benefit of his city and county. His splendid record here has won the hearty admiration of the people of his community, who recognize him as an enterprising, progressive man of affairs and a broad-minded, charitable and upright citizen.

George F. Baumbach

For more than a third of a century George F. Baumbach has been a resident of Pierce county, and through his persistent and untiring efforts he has achieved a large measure of success in material affairs and has won the confidence and respect of everyone who knows him. He was born in Deringen, Germany, on the 22d of April, 1845, and is a son of Moritz and Anna E. (Lindeman) Baumbach, both of whom died in their native land. They were the parents of three children, namely: Frederick, who died in Germany; Jacob, who came to this country and who died in i isconsin; and George F. ne Be poe sees was edeeited th the public schools of his native land, and then learned the trade of a tailor, at which he worked until coming to the United States. In order to gain experience he traveled in Germany and Denmark. In 1869 he came to this country on a sailing vessel, the voyage lasting from July 3 to. August 24, and landed at New York city. From there he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he established a shop of his own, following the tailoring business there from 1869 to 1883. He next went to South Dakota and took up a homestead in Brule county, being one of the earliest settlers in that locality, where he was engaged in farming until 1891. He then came to Puyallup and, renting a tract of land, established a dairy, which he ran until 1895, when he bought of Mr. Jacobs twentytwo acres of land, located near Meeker Junction, and to which he later added twentysix acres. The land was partially covered with timber, which he cleared off, and there he followed dairy farming until 1920, when he sold the place, pene with very satisfactory success. His first house on that farm was destroye y fire, and he later built a better house, and also built a house for his son, who had leased a part of the farm. Soon after selling the farm, Mr. Baumbach bought a good house in Puyallup and here he is now living, spending the golden sunset years of his life in well earned leisure.

In 1872 Mr. Baumbach was married to Miss Augusta Fraser, who was born whence she was brought to this country when eleven years of age. Her father, Michael Fraser, who was born in Germany in 1830, came to the United States in 1868 and located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, later moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in 1895 came to Seattle, Washington, in which city he died, at the age of ninety-four years. To Mr. and Mrs. Baumbach were born nine children, as follows: Charles, who lives in Tacoma, is married and has a daughter, Lola; Mrs. Agnes A. Basby, of Tacoma, who has five children - John, Auraine, Elmer, Harold and Elva; Robert, deceased; Mrs. Male Howard, of Tacoma, who has seven children; August, of Puyallup, who is married and has a daughter, Bernice; Mrs. Lillie Easter, of Seattle, wno has two children, George and Wilbert; Mrs. Leta Redeskie, of Parkland, Washington, who has three children; Mrs. Clara Gerstmann, who has four children - Richard, Caroline, Bettie and Paul; and Johnnie M., of Parkland, this state, who is married and has two children. The mother of these children passed away in January, 1919.

In 1912 Mr. Baumbach made a trip to his native land, where he enjoyed a visit. among the friends of his boyhood, and on his return to this country he was met by his wife and they made an extended trip through California. Mr. Baumbach has lived an earnest and upright life and always took an interest in the general affairs of his community, supporting all measures for the advancement of the public welfare and giving generously to all worthy benevolent causes. Because of his many fine qualities of head and heart, he is held in the very highest esteem by all who know him, his worth as a man and citizen being recognized and 'appreciated.