Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 21 of 27)

On February 4, 1894, Mr. Chambers was united in marriage to Miss Florence 3 Warren, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of Dr. Samuel O. and Rebecca M (Shadl ) Warren. Both of her parents were natives of Wayne county, Ohio, the father h 1 been born May 16, 1839, and the mother in December, 1838. Samuel 0. Warren wee a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in Company H, One Hundredch Revi Mit Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the ode of the war. He the returned to northern Ohio and began the practice of medicine but later m d to Great Bend, Barton county, Kansas, where he practiced until "1881 wh ae : to Pierce county, settling at Lake View. Here he practiced his fe ten Mit alin all over the county on horseback, often in the most inclement ait Henne founded the town of Roy. While building his ho th L NaS ie ar creo immense hollow fir tree. Here he practiced his fes tot Wi ee twenty-five years was the postmaster of Roy. He was also interested in mercantile affairs and in various ways aided in promoting the welfare and prosperity of that town. He was one of the charter members of State Lodge, No. 68, A. F. & A. M., at Tacoma, in the work of which order he took a deep interest. His death occurred April 10, 1915. To him and his wife were born the following children: Jane M., who is the wife of D. E. Wolf, of Hudson, Michigan; Julia A., the wife of R. S. Mc- Clemons, of San Diego, California; Mrs. Mina Cofer, deceased; Carrie, deceased wife of A. R. Elder; Florence B.; H. E., of Tacoma; and James P., of Yakima. Mrs. Rebecca Warren died on April 1, 1889, and subsequently Doctor Warren was married to Miss Annie Gleason, of Tacoma, to which union were born two children, J. S., of Spokane, and Margaret, of Portland, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers have two children. Retta, who graduated from the high school at Roy and from. the State Normal School at Ellensburg, taught school for five years in Pierce county and is now the wife of Alfred J. Hultgren; J. Mae graduated from the Roy high school, had two years' work at the State Normal School at Ellensburg, and one year at the University of Washington, after which she was graduated from the Washington State College at Pullman, and is now teaching in the public schools at Ellensburg, Washington.

Mr. Chambers is a member of State Lodge No. 68, A. F. & A. M., at Tacoma, and Camp No. 7798, Modern Woodmen of America, at Roy, and he and his wife and two daughters are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Chambers has served for twelve years as a member of the Roy school board and has evinced a commendable interest in matters pertaining to the welfare of the community. In all that constitutes true manhood and good citizenship he has been a worthy example and has fully merited the confidence and respect which are accorded him throughout the locality where he lives.

I. M. Berg

One of the leading concerns in its line in Pierce county is that of Berg & Sons, wholesale and retail dealers in hops, malt and bottlers' supplies at Tacoma and Aberdeen, of which corporation I. M. Berg is secretary and treasurer. The business was established in 1919 by Anders O. Berg and his son, Arthur O. Berg, as a partnership, and was first located at Eleventh and Commerce streets. Later the business was moved to Thirteenth and Commerce streets, where the retail store is still maintained. In 1924 the company bought property at 515 Puyallup avenue and erected a onestory building, seventy-five by one hundred and thirty feet, and so constructed as to permit of a second story if required. When the business was brought to the present place, in 1924, it was incorporated as Berg & Sons, with the present officers: Arthur O. Berg, president; Anders O. Berg, vice president; and I. M. Berg, secretary and treasurer. The Puyallup avenue building is devoted to the wholesale business. They started in the wholesale business as packers of the Blue Ribbon brand of hops, in the handling of which they met with very encouraging success, and later they enlarged the scope of their operations to include malt and bottlers' supplies, which they retail to some extent. They also maintain a wholesale and a retail store at Aberdeen, operated as separate corporations. Three traveling salesmen are sent out of the Tacoma office and one from Aberdeen.

I. M. and Arthur O. Berg were born and reared in Tacoma. Their father, Anders O. Berg, was born in Norway, from which country he came to the United States in young manhood, his marriage occurring after he came to Tacoma. The brothers received their education in the public schools of this city. I. M. Berg is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in the United States Heavy Artillery, with which he saw two months' service at Fort Warden and Fort Casey. He first became associated with his father's business in the capacity of bookkeeper but since the enlargement of the company's operations he has taken an active part in its affairs. He was married to Miss Beulah Beaty and they are the parents of three children, Lawrence, Harvey and Betty Jane. ' ; wr

Arthur O. Berg also saw active service in the war, having enlisted in the aviation branch of the army and was one of the first American flyers to go to France, where he served almost two years. After his return home he originated the business which he is now carrying on in association with his father and brother, he being president of the company. He was married to Miss Lydia Cooper and they are the parents of

Berg & Sons has enjoyed a very successful record and holds an enviable place in the business circles of this city, father and sons being recognized as gentlemen of integrity, right principles and fair dealing, the foundation stones on which they have built the business up to its present standing, and they command the respect and confidence of all with whom they have had dealings.

Peter C. Neilsen

Among the old and highly respected farmers of the vicinity of Eatonville, none stands higher in public regard than Peter C. Neilsen, who has resided here continuously for practically forty years. By untiring effort he created a splendid farm, in the operation of which he has been successful, so that he is now able to take things easier and enjoy the golden sunset years of his life. Mr. Neilsen was born in Sweden, June 4, 1846, and is a son of Nelson and Sissa Neilsen, both of whom died in that land, where the father followed the vocation of farming. They were the parents of seven children. Peter C. Neilsen attended the public schools for a limited period, going to work at the age of twelve years. He was employed as a farm hand until he went to sea, serving on sailing vessels for about six years. While in the port of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1871, he quit the high seas and for about a year followed lake sailing in Louisiana. He then went to Big Rapids, Michigan, where he worked in logging camps, and was later employed as a cook in logging camps and sawmills. After a few years he went to California, where he remained a year and a half, and in 1876, settled in Steilacoom, Washington, where he was employed several years as a cook in the state hospital, gaining a splendid reputation in his line. He then went to Tacoma, bought two lots and built a house, in which he lived until 1888, when he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres on section 18, township 17, range 4. The place was covered with timber, and, after building a small log house, he began clearing the land, developing a good farm. Later he bought eighty acres additional, on which he lived for about six years, when he returned to the homestead, on which he has lived continuously since. He devoted himself closely to the improvement and operation of his land for many years, meeting with very gratifying success, invested his profits safely and is now very comfortably situated. Though past eighty years of age, he is still hearty and vigorous and keeps a few cows and chickens, with which to occupy the time, in addition to which he still does a good deal of work about the farm.

On October 24, 1884, Mr. Neilsen was married to Miss Ingrid Swenson, who also is a native of Sweden, a daughter of Swen and Bengta (Trulson) Matson, the former a farmer, while both died in Sweden. They were the parents of five children, Peter, Truls, Bengta, Ingrid and Nels. To Mr. and Mrs. Neilsen have been born eight children, namely: Charles, who lives in Eatonville; William, who is married and lives at Benston, Washington; Oscar, who is married and has two daughters, Josephine and Helen; Clara, who is the widow of W. G. Snell and has a son, Elmer and a stepson, Glen; Harry, of Tacoma, who is married and has two children Harry and Charles; David, who is married and has a son, David, Jr.; Esther, the "wife of Walter E. Daniell; and one who died in infancy. Mr. Neilsen has taken a deep interest in the welfare of his community and served several terms as a member of the school board. He is a gentleman of kindly manner, has lived a life consistent in

J. P. Myers has for many years been prominent in the fuel busi i and has made a splendid success of this enterprise, which is ccndticted net tite of J. P. Myers & Son. He is a native of Ohio, where he was reared to the age of thirteen years, when the family moved to Nebraska, where the father homesteaded a tract of land and proved up on the same. Mr. Myers attended the public schools and remained in Nebraska until about twenty-six years of age, when, in 1888, he removed

About 1902 Mr. Myers embarked in the fuel business, at first selling only forest wood and utilizing but one team and wagon. Subsequently he began handling' slab wood and planer ends, and this phase of the business has grown to such proportions that he now keeps eight trucks and fifteen men busy, delivering an average of sixty loads a day. He takes the entire output of planer ends from the Wheeler-Osgood Company, as well as much from other wood manufacturing concerns. He has shown: a degree of energy and judgment in this business that would have insured 'success.-in any undertaking to which he might have addressed himself, and the prosperity. which is now his has been the natural fruitage of his well directed efforts.

In 1885 in Nebraska, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Dinah McDonald, who was born and reared in Wisconsin, and they are the parents of two children, Rebecca, who died at the age of eight years; and Thomas, who is associated with his father in business. The son married Miss Sophie Schultz, of Tacoma.

Mr. Myers is a veteran member of the Modern Woodmen of America, having joined that order thirty-eight years ago. He is a man of genial and kindly manner and enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout this locality, where he has so long lived and labored to worthy ends.

One of the most important commercial interests of the state of Washington has always been the timber business, with which N. I. Peterson was for many years actively identified. He has had an interesting career, in which he has been rewarded with a very fair measure of success, and is now practically retired from business affairs, enjoying well earned leisure. Mr. Peterson was born in Denmark in 1856 and is a son of Peter and Anna (Iverson) Lasmuson,.farming folk who spent their entire lives in Denmark.

N. I. Peterson acquired his education in the schools of his native land and.-in 1872, at the age of sixteen years, emigrated to the United States. He first went to California, where he had an uncle living, and there he learned the butcher's trade,. at which he was employed about ten years. In 1882 in Seattle, he established the Bell Town meat market, the first in that locality, and conducted the business for: two years. During the following ten months he ran a boarding house while the railroad was being constructed into Black Diamond and in 1884 took up a homestead north of Bothel, in Snohomish county. This land, through which the Pacific highway now runs, was heavily covered with timber and a vast amount of the hardest kind of labor was required to get it into shape for cultivation. While living there Mr. Peterson did his first trading at Seattle, making the trip by row boat. He remained on the homestead, of which he cleared between twenty-five and thirty acres, and during a few years of that period he was also engaged in the logging business. Later, until 1909, he did considerable logging around Lake Washington, getting out logs, shingle bolts, piling and poles, and met with considerable success. He then went to Dungeness, Clallam county, where he engaged in logging about nine years, and in 1919 came to Buckley, where he has since resided. With Mr. Spencer he organized the Buckley Logging Company, which was later incorporated and. of which Mr. Peterson is a director. However, he is not now actively connected with the operations of the company. He has at various times also been interested in sawmills, but his activities have mostly been confined to logging.

In 1882 Mr. Peterson was united in marriage to Miss Annie M. Bartelson, also a native of Denmark, whence she came alone to the United States in 1880. She is a daughter of August and Christina Maria Bartelson, neither of whom ever left their native land. To Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have been born the following children: Anna Johanna is the wife of F. A. Woodin, of Yakima, and they have four children. The Woodin family came across the plains by ox-team in the '50s. Lily Diamond, who was the first white child born in Black Diamond, died in 1903. Oscar R., of Buckley, is a foreman for the Buckley Logging Company. Blaine, who is camp superintendent of the Buckley Logging Company, is married and lives in Buckley. E. G., bookkeeper for the same company, is married and has two children. Harry, who lives in Sequim, Clallam county, is married and has three children. Neva C. is the ks Mr. Peterson is a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 67, A. F. & A. M., at Buckley, and he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. They are also members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they take an active part, Mrs. Peterson belonging to the Ladies' Aid Society. _Mr. Peterson gives his allegiance to the republican party and is interested in everything pertaining to the prosperity and welfare of his community. Of kindly manner and pleasing personality, he has won a host of warm friends since coming to Buckley and is highly regarded throughout the community.

One of the outstanding successes in the automobile business in Tacoma has been that. of the Mueller-Harkins Motor Company, sales agents for the Buick cars in Pierce county. The record of the ten years that this well known company has been in operation has been one of steady and continuous growth, every year having shown a substantial increase in sales over the preceding year, and it also bears the distinction of being the oldest house in Tacoma devoted solely to the selling and service of one make of car. Beginning with but twelve hundred and fifty square feet of floor space on September 11, 1916, they now utilize fifty-one thousand square feet, while the organization and equipment have kept full pace with the growth of the business. The 'present splendid home of the company, at 722 Broadway, is a model of arrangement and utilization of space, and architecturally is an ornament to the locality in which it is located. The beautiful display room shows all the Buick lines under advantageous conditions, so that the customer can quickly learn all about the car, and the various departments are so located as to be of ready access without loss of time. Minor repairs are made on the first floor, while more intricate jobs are taken to the splendidly equipped repair shop, where every mechanical facility is provided for prompt and efficient workmanship. All work is performed on a flat rate schedule, which means that the customer knows beforehand just what the job will cost. Furthermore each workman is a specialist in some individual phase of service, and it is noteworthy that the average length of employment with this company is three and a half years. On the first floor also is the accessory room and tire and tube service for the convenience of Buick owners. One entire floor is set aside to the servicing of new cars and their preparation for delivery. Another noteworthy departure by the Mueller-Harkins Company is the development of the "Ask the Envelope" plan of merchandising used cars. The used car department is a large one, well organized and located in a separate adjoining building. Here used cars are subjected to a thorough examination and are rebuilt to a definite standard, each operation being itemized on a shop record card available to the customer at the time of purchase. A big orange-colored envelope attached to each car contains every vital and worth-knowing detail of the past usage of the car, together with this shop record card, showing the itemized repairs and improvements made in fitting the car for further service, so that each prospective buyer knows exactly what he is buying, absolutely doing away with the careless, high-colored statements and haphazard methods so often met with elsewhere.

In January, 1925, Messrs. Mueller and Harkins organized the Tacoma Investment Company, so that every car sale might be financed within their own business. Their ability to finance each contract is an added accommodation to the customer, so that every car purchased can be had on an easy time-payment plan, financed at an extremely low rate, and with the added advantage of keeping the entire transaction between the buyer and the selling company. Mueller-Harkins Motor Company has a branch plant at Puyallup, occupying the Knight building, at Meridian and Stewart streets, where they utilize six thousand square feet of floor space, and here the same high standard of service is maintained as at the Tacoma plant. Thus, today in Pierce county the names of Buick and Mueller-Harkins are synonymous - one a great car, the other an organization rendering a service worthy of the greatness of the car.

R. A. Mueller is a native son of Tacoma and was born on the 8th of June, 1893. His parents, A. and Anna (Schneider) Mueller, were natives of Germany, and in 1891 came to Tacoma, where the father was employed at his trade, that of a cabinetmaker with Holmes & Bull. He is now deceased and the mother still resides in this city.

R. A. Mueller attended the public schools of Tacoma, having two years of high school work, and then took a course in a business college. He was employed in a drug store during five years of his school work, and on completing his studies he became bookkeeper for the Universal Motor Company, which handled Ford cars. He was with that company five years and then, in 1916, formed 'a partnership with L. W. Harkins, under the name of the Mueller-Harkins Motor Company, taking over the agency for the Buick cars. He has devoted himself closely to this business, in which he has shown a keenness of vision and a soundness of judgment that has been pregnant in results that have excited the admiration of all who are familiar with the record of the company.

On August 26, 1916, Mr. Mueller was united in marriage to Miss Anna Bach, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of a daughter, Dorothy, aged eight years. Politically Mr. Mueller gives his support to the republican party. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs. to the Chamber of Commerce, the Automobile Club of Washington, the Fircrest Golf Club, the Tacoma Country Club and is a life member of the Bucks. A man of strong individuality and force of character, he makes a favorable impression on all with whom he comes in contact, and throughout the business circles of Tacoma he is held in the highest esteem.

August W. Neubauer

The history of Kapowsin (Electron post office) for the past. forty years has been coincident with the career of August W. Neubauer, who was one of the owners of the townsite and has been closely identified with its mercantile and civic affairs, having served as postmaster continuously for the past thirty-seven years. Mr. Neubauer was born near Berlin, Germany, on the 15th of June, 1856, and is a son of August and Augusta (Phuehl) Neubauer. The family came to the United States in the middle '50s, locating in Ohio. The father enlisted in the Union army and served three and a half years, or until the close of the war, rendering loyal and faithful service to his adopted country. In 1866 he went to Leavenworth, Kansas, of which locality he was a pioneer, and for many years he ran a freight line between that city and Denver, Colorado. His death occurred in Leavenworth in 1890. The mother died when her son August was but a small boy, he being their only child. Subsequently the father married again and had six children, of whom three are living, Mrs. Anna Schultz, Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. M. Edgel.

August W. Neubauer secured his education in the public schools of Kansas and was first employed as a clerk in a grocery store in Leavenworth and later in Fort Scott. In 1875 he went to Leadville, Colorado, and for a number of years was engaged in prospecting in that state. In 1888 he arrived in California and soon afterward came to Tacoma, Washington. He took up a homestead in township 17, range 5, the land being heavily timbered. After erecting a small split cedar house, he began clearing the land and in the course of time developed a good farm. His place became the headquarters for all the old squatters of that locality and his land was the original townsite of Kapowsin, which soon became a thriving village. On May 20, 1890, Mr. Neubauer was appointed postmaster of Kapowsin, the name of the office being changed to that of Electron in 1902, and he is serving in that capacity, giving efficient and appreciated service to the community. He has also served as justice of the peace and for several terms was a member of the school board. For many years he ran a successful mercantile business here. He was employed by the: Puget Sound Power Company as timekeeper for eight years at Electron and has been with that company twenty-two years, being at the present time in charge of the commissary department at this place. In 1894 he built a fine modern residence on the old homepope August 13, 1890, Mr. Neubauer was married to Miss Mettie Hazelgrove, who was born and reared in Leavenworth, Kansas, a daughter of Thomas _and Nancy Hazelgrove, both of whom were natives of southern states. The father died in 1908, and the mother is still living. They were the parents of twelve children, eight of whom are living, namely: Mettie, Arthur, Annie, Effie, William, Sarah, Lulu and Buena. To Mr. and Mrs. Neubauer have been born three children: Thomas H., who died in infancy; Blanche, who is the wife of A. D. Thomas and lives on a part of the old homestead; and Eva Hazel, who is the wife of A. B. Christopherson, of Yakima, Washington, and has a son, Arthur Boyd, Jr. Eva Hazel is an accomplished musician, playing nearly all kinds of instruments, and is now teaching instrumental music. Mr. Neubauer is a member of the Kapowsin lodge of Masons, in which he has passed through the chairs; Tacoma Consistory of the Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine, at Tacoma. He also belongs to Rainier Lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. F., at Tacoma, and he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. A man of sterling character and substantial worth, he has long held a foremost place among the progressive and public-spirited men of his community and commands the respect and

Anton Otremba

It is a distinctive honor to be classed among the pioneers of a community and to be numbered with those whose personal efforts have contributed in a definite degree to the development of the locality. In this class belongs Anton Otremba, who has been a resident of the western part of Pierce county for forty years, during which time he created out of the wilderness a splendid and productive farrn and he is now one of the solid and substantial residents of that section. Mr. Otremba was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1861, and is a son of Frank and Marie Otremba, who died in their native land, where the father had followed the occupation of farming. They were the parents of thirteen children, Katrine, Anton, Frank, Joseph, Julius, Johan, sh opeaaat Veronica, Antonia, Napoleon, Theophile deceased and two who died in infancy.

Anton Otremba was educated in the public schools of Prussia and then served in the army two years. In 1885 he emigrated to the United States and lived in Texas and California about one year. In 1886 he came to Tacoma, Washington, and was employed as a farm hand about one year, after which he bought eighty acres of heavily timbered land on section 5, township 17, range 3, four miles east of Roy. He devoted himself indefatigably to clearing his land and now has the eighty acres in cultivation, raising abundant crops of hay and grain. He keeps twenty-five head of Jersey dairy cattie and a pure-bred Jersey sire, as well as a few hogs. He uses a tractor in his farming operations and also has a good team of horses. His early years here were marked by hard and continuous toil in clearing his land and building roads and the other labors incidental to developing a new farm, but the years have brought their reward and he is now enjoying the fruits of his labors.

Mr. Otremba has been married twice, first, in 1885, to Miss Antonia Kluck, a native of Germany, who died in 1898. To them were born two children, Bruno and Agnes, both of whom are deceased. In 1900 Mr. Otremba was married to Miss Augusta Kamerad, who also was born in Germany, a daughter of Karl Ranier who died in Wisconsin. Mrs. Otremba came to this country with her parents in 1883, the family settling in Wisconsin, where the father was engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1914. The mother died in 1912. They were the parents of seven children. To Mr. and Mrs. Otremba have been born four children, as follows: Fred, who is married and has three children, Kenneth, Reuben and Elmer; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Charles Rose and has three children, Ethel, Roscoe end Robert 4 Frank, who is at home; and Ella, who is the wife of C. Miles and has two childre Donald and Dorothy. Mr. Otremba has served several terms as a member of 'the school board, having been one of the organizers of the district. Mrs. Otremba is ; aes te eee elt ea, Neighbors of America. They are a kindly and

One of the outstanding industrial concerns of Tacoma is the Mutual Fir Colu Company, of which A. P. Judson was the organizer and is now the president uy. which, under his well directed efforts, has become an enterprise of ma itude god importance, being one of the leading concerns in its line in the country. Mr Todeee is a native son of Tacoma, where he has practically spent his life. His father, John P. Judson, came here in 1852 but because of Indian troubles went on to Steilacoom. Later he returned to Tacoma and took up a homestead on the water front near what is now Fifteenth street and Pacific avenue. While at Steilacoom he engaged in teaching school, one of his pupils being Mary Anne O'Connor, who later became his wife and the mother of our subject. Her father, who was a sea captain, brought his family to Steilacoom in the '50s. John P. Judson became a prominent and successful lawyer. His mother was the first white woman in Tacoma.

A. P. Judson attended the public schools of Tacoma and later entered St. Martin's College, at Lacey, Thurston county, Washington, where he was graduated, being the fourteenth student to enter that institution. He then went to work in the Hunt & Mottet hardware store, where he remained several years, and in 1897 accompanied the family on their removal to Spokane, where he entered the employ of the Federal Mining & Smelting Company. Later he returned to Tacoma and worked for the McKenna Lumber Company, with which concern he remained nine years. For the same length of time he was also with the Buffelen Lumber Company. In 1920 Mr. Judson organized and incorporated the Mutual Fir Column Company and began the manufacture of porch columns of all kinds, turned, square and built up, as well as stair newel posts, one of the particular features of the column construction being their dove-tailed design. About twelve acres of ground is occupied by the plant, one-third of the space being covered with buildings. Fifty-five workmen are employed, and the output averages about one thousand columns per day, practically the entire output being shipped east of Chicago, and branch offices are maintained in Chicago and New York.

In 1904 Mr. Judson was united in marriage to Miss Rose Prather, a native of Kansas and a daughter of Judge L. H. and Edna (Rice) Prather, both of whom are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Judson has been born a daughter, Mary. Mr. Judson is a member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and has always performed his full part in all efforts to advance the material prosperity of the city. His sterling qualities of character, his marked business ability and his cordial and friendly manner have gained for him an enviable standing throughout the community which has been honored by his citizenship.

One of the up-to-date and prosperous feed stores in Tacoma is that owned by W. A. Farr at 524 Puyallup avenue, and which is conducted under the name of the Tacoma Feed Store. Mr. Farr has been successful because he has followed sound business principles. He carries a large and complete line of goods and so treats his customers as to retain their friendship and good will. He is a native of Missouri and a son of Rev. Marshall and Nancy A. Farr. The former, who was long in the active ministry of the Baptist church, died when the son was a young man, and the mother died in 1916. W. A. Farr attended the public schools of Missouri and lived at home until December, 1901, when he came to Tacoma. His first employment here was as a teamster for the Tacoma Truck Company, with which concern he remained about a year, and was then for about the same length of time with the West Coast Grocery Company, losing his job there on the organization of the Teamsters' Union in which he took an active part. During the following year he drove a team for P. J. Fransioli & Company, after which he served two years as house foreman. In 1906, with a cash capital of two hundred and fifty dollars, he started in business for himself, with A. W. Smith as a partner, under the name of the Tacoma Feed Company. Their first locaiten was a small store, twenty-five by thirty feet, at 1122 Puyallup avenue. where they remained six months, and then moved to 521 Puyallup avenue, where they had a storeroom fifty by one hundred and thirty feet, which they occupied three years. They then leased land at 515 Puyallup avenue, along the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks, and erected a good building, fifty by one hundred and thirty feet, which was their headquarters for six years. In 1916, they bought lots, comprising a part of their present site, and erected a two-story concrete building, fifty by one hundred and twenty feet, to which they later made an addition of the same size, thus. providing twenty-four thousand feet of floor space. Mr. Farr bought Mr. Smith's interest in the company in 1916 and has since conducted the business alone. In 1922 he also put in a complete feed mill, enabling him to manufacture his own feed, which is marketed under the name of the Blue Ribbon brand of prepared feeds, for poultry and dairy use. In addition he deals in hay, grain and flour. He employs twelve people and does a large wholesale and retail business, covering Tacoma and contiguous territory. ; =f

In 1910, in Tacoma, Mr. Farr was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Anderson, who was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents dying when she was a young girl, she was reared by her aunt, Mrs. Lena Anderson, who died in 1924. Mr. Farr is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. His religious connection is with the Baptist church. A man of high moral character, unimpeachable integrity and sound judgment, he stands as one of the representative men of his city and commands to a marked degree the respect of his fellowmen.

No name is better known in insurance circles in Tacoma than that of O. P. Shaub, the local manager for the Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of Seattle. This is one of the largest fire insurance companies in the west, doing a greater volume of business than any other company in its line on the coast.

Mr. Shaub was born in Newark, Ohio, on the 31st of July, 1851, and is a son of Martin and Esther (Strohm) Shaub, the former of whom was a miller by vocation, and both of whom are deceased. He secured a good public school education and then went to Missouri, where he taught school for twelve years. He was employed for six years in the general offices of the Missouri Pacific Railroad at St. Louis and on leaving there went to Denver, Colorado, where he was engaged in the real estate business for six years. In 1891 he came to Tacoma and during the ensuing seven years was employed as a traveling salesman for the Tacoma Woolen Mills. He then went to the Western Woodenware Company, where he had charge of shipping and construction until 1902, when he was made secretary for the Manufacturers Association of Tacoma, holding that position three years. In 1905 Mr. Shaub became connected with the Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of Seattle and was appointed manager of the Tacoma office, which responsible position he is still filling. He quickly proved himself well qualified for the place and his long retention in the position is sufficient evidence of the satisfactory manner in which he has managed the business in this district.

In 1881 Mr. Shaub was united in marriage to Miss Carrie M. Sanford, a native of Illinois, though their marriage occurred at Sedalia, Missouri. To them have been born three children, namely: Gertrude, at home; Roe Emerson, who is engaged in eerie ees business in Tacoma; and Gordon R., who is seventeen years of age and at home.

Politically Mr. Shaub is an independent democrat, and he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He has had a long and busy career, and at no time in his life has his record been marred by inconsistency of conduct. Clean in habits, straightforward in manner, cordial in his friendships and standing. for all that is best in life, he has well merited the high ae aa in which he is held throughout the city which has been honored by his residence.

Dr. Edward A. Rich, of Tacoma, is one of the ablest and best known surgeons of Washington and in his special field of orthopedic surgery has few equals and no superiors in the west. He enjoys a large practice and during the years in which he has been engaged in professional work here has effected some remarkable cures, bringing relief to hundreds who have sought his services. His birth occurred in Saginaw, Michigan, on the 19th-of August, 1876, his parents being W. T. and Louisa M. (De Mars) Rich, the latter now deceased. The father was for many years

Edward A. Rich acquired his early education in the public schools of St. Paul, Minnesota, to which city the family had moved in 1879. His more advanced intellectual training was received in Hamline University, from which he was graduated in 1897, after which he matriculated in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1901. He served his interneship at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, and subsequently made his way to Brigham, Utah, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine until 1906. In that year he went abroad, spending a period of eighteen months in Berlin, Germany, as assistant to Albert Hoffa, an eminent orthopedic surgeon. On his return to the United States in 1907, Dr. Rich came to Tacoma, where he has continued in practice to the present time, specializing in orthopedic surgery, in which he has gained an enviable reputation. For five years he was president of the Tacoma Clinic. He has been successful financially and built and now owns the Edgecliff apartments and other Tacoma downtown real estate. Dr. Rich maintains professional affiliations with the Pierce County Medical Society, of which he is a past president; the Washington State Medical Society; the American Medical Association; the North Pacific Orthopedic Association, of which he is president; and the North Pacific Surgical Association, of which he was one of the organizers and is a past secretary. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

On January 1, 1906, Dr. Rich was united in marriage to Miss Ethelwyn Innis, of St. Paul, Minnesota, and they are the parents of three children: Edward De Mars, Richard Innis and Merrill S.

Politically the Doctor gives his support to the republican party and takes a helpful interest in civic affairs. His only public office has been that of city commissioner of health, under Mayor Fawcett. Fraternally he is a Knights Templar Mason and has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His name is likewise on the membership rolls of the American Legion, in which organization he served as commander in 1927. Moreover, he belongs to the Union Club, the Rotary Club and the Tacoma Yacht Club, of which he is a past commodore.

Dr. Rich is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in the United States Medical Corps in 1917. He was appointed supervising orthopedic surgeon for all American training camps and at the close of the war was chief of the surgical service of General Hospital No. 29 at Fort Snelling. He is now a colonel in the Medical Reserve Corps and is commanding officer of Reserve General Hospital No. 141. Because of his high professional attainments, his public-spirited interest in everything affecting the welfare and progress of the community and his friendly manner, he has gained a host of warm and loyal friends throughout his adopted city.

James E. Tisdale

One of the best known business concerns in the K street district of Tacoma is the Bay State meat market, which has for more than two decades been owned and operated by James E. Tisdale, who, by his fair dealing and efficient service, has enjoyed a substantial trade, being now one of the leading meat dealers in his section of the city. Mr. Tisdale was born in. Lansing, Allamakee county, Iowa, and is a son of George C. and Mary Tisdale. He was reared and educated in his home town and in 1874 went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he lived until 1889, during which period he learned and was employed at the butcher trade. In 1889 he came to Tacoma and soon afterwards engaged in the meat business on his own account, establishing a store on Market street. Later he moved to 1500 J street, where he remained a few years, and then moved to Broadway, where he opened the Palace meat market. About 1906 he bought his present store, which had been established here in an early day by a Mr. Reddick, who was succeeded by several owners until the place was sold to Mr. Tisdale. He has always carried the best line of meats obtainable and, being himself an expert cutter, he has succeeded in serving his trade in a very satisfactory manner.

Mr. Tisdale was united in marriage to Miss Ethelia A. Davidson and to them have been born three children, two of whom are deceased. The third, Roderick, who is now associated with his father in the meat business, is married. He is a veteran of the World war, having served with the Fifth Brigade of the United States Marines, and was in France seventeen months. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Tisdale is a member of the National

Union, the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and the K Street Business Association. A man of sterling character, progressive methods and pleasing personality, he has long been exceedingly popular throughout his community and is regarded as one of the representative men of his section of the city.

H. L. Wolf

One of the important business concerns of Roy is the general store of H. L. Wolf & Company, of which H. L. Wolf is half owner. He has been most active in promoting the growth and development of the business and in the affairs of his community has also been influential, at one time serving as mayor of the town. Mr. Wolf was born in Kansas in 1878 and is a son of David E. and Jennie M. Wolf, of whom the former died in 1922, while the latter is now living in Michigan. In the public schools of Michigan H. L. Wolf secured a good education and in 1895 came to Roy, where his grandfather, Doctor Warren, lived. He remained here two years and then returned to Michigan, where he engaged in farming. A year later he again came to Roy and for six years had charge of A. Warren's general mercantile business here. He next entered into business for himself and has prospered to a very gratifying degree. The business, which is now operated under the firm name of H. L. Wolf & Company, was first established in Roy under the style of West & West. Later the store passed into the hands of Lincaid & Dublen, who later sold to Manning & Wert. In 1910 Mr. Wolf bought Mr. Wert's interest in the business, and in the following year he bought Mr. Manning's interest. He conducted the store alone about five years, and then sold a quarter interest to his brother, H. E. Wolf, and at the same time also sold a quarter interest in the business to his brother-in-law, Oscar Ide. The company has also established a general store at Yelm, of which H. E. Wolf has charge and which also is proving a profitable venture. Since assuming control of the business at Roy, Mr. Wolf has doubled the size of the store, and has been compelled to increase the capacity of the warehouse four times, now having two warehouses alongside the railroad. The company carries a large and well selected stock of general merchandise, hardware, farming implements, feed and hay, the concern being the most important of its kind in this section of the county.

In 1904 Mr. Wolf was united in marriage to Miss Lottie L. Manning, who is a native of Pierce county and a daughter of C. H. and Josephine (Lasher) Manning who are mentioned on another page of this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Wolf have been born six children, namely: Dorothy, who is in school; Joseph, of Tacoma; James, who died at the age of three years; Jane, Homer L., Jr., and David, who are in school. Mr. Wolf is active in local public affairs, having served as a member of the city council, while in 1924, he was elected mayor of Roy, giving an able and satisfactory administration. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed through the chairs, and of the Modern Woodmen of America, while Mrs. Wolf is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah and the Royal Neighbors. They move in the best social circles of the community and enjoy marked popularity among their associates, while in business circles Mr. Wolf is regarded as a man of sound judgment and enterprising methods.

George Bates

For nearly twenty years George Bates has been actively identified with the foundry business in Tacoma and by close application to his interests has built up a large and important enterprise, gaining an enviable standing in the business circles of the city. He was born in Port Townsend, Washington, on the 25th of October. 1870, and is a son of George and Mary Bates, the former of whom was a native of pared. and sn of i ag died when their son was but a lad. The father was an early pioneer o e west, having gone to California i i in bk He was a sea-faring hii by vocation. SMa isi irda hosts es eorge Bates received his education in the public schools an i foundry at Port Townsend, learning the trade. He next went | Aare ay 'this state, where he was employed for a couple of years, after which he followed his trade for about two years in Seattle. In 1897 he came to Tacoma and was employed at foundry work until 1907, when, on July 1st, he. embarked in business on his own account under the name of the Enterprise Brass Foundry, starting in a small way with a cash capital of one hundred and twenty-five dollars. However, he thoroughly understood the technical side of the business and his ability received recognition in increasing business through the ensuing years. His first partner was J. A. Wright, who died soon after the close of the World war, and the first location of the plant was at 2346 Jefferson avenue. They engaged in a general foundry business, specializing in brass, bronze and aluminum castings. They soon outgrew their building and in 1909 moved to the present location of the plant at 1111 St. Paul street. During the war they employed fifty men and it was a one hundred per cent shipping board shop. After Mr. Wright's death, Mr. Bates ran the business alone until 1924, when he admitted Walter H. Christian to a partnership, and still later F. L. Baker became a member of the company. About 1920 the business was incorporated as the Enterprise Foundry Company, of which Mr. Bates is president and secretary, and Mr. Christian, vice president and treasurer. The building which they now occupy is thirtyfive by one hundred feet in size, with a thirty-foot ceiling, and they are well equipped in every way for their line of business. They also do a general jobbing business, specializing in plumbers' goods, and do some pattern making.

In 1893, in Bellingham, Washington, Mr. Bates was united in marriage to Miss Cynthia Beall, who is a native of California, and they are the parents of two sons, Oscar and George L. Mr. Bates is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. During the years of his residence in Tacoma he has been deeply interested in everything relating to the welfare and progress of this city, giving hearty support to all measures for the public benefit, and as a private citizen he has conscientiously discharged his obligations to the community, showing a commendable interest in the welfare of his fellowmen.

Cyrus C. Snow

One of the old and most highly respected farmers living in the vicinity of Eatonville is Cyrus C. Snow, who for many years has been identified with various business activities in that locality. He has contributed to the growth and development of the community and has long been regarded as one of its leading and worthy citizens.

Mr. Snow was born in Indiana in 1850 and is a son of G. C. and Lydia (Harlan) Snow. The family moved to Kansas during the Civil war as the father was government agent for three different tribes of Indians, his wife's brother, James Harlan, being secretary of the interior during President Lincoln's administration. The subject of this sketch received his education in the public schools of Indiana and Kansas, and then for a short time was engaged in the buying and selling of calves. Going to Texas, he took part in one of the first drives of cattle from that state to Kansas City, soor after the Civil war. After remaining in Texas during the greater part of three years, Mr. Snow went to Georgetown, Colorado, where he worked in mines for about the same length of time. He then went to Montana, where he also engaged in mining, and was one of the discoverers of the mineral deposits at Maiden, where he mined silver, lead and gold for about five years. He engaged in mining operations. at various points in the west and southwest until soon after 1900, when, hearing of the copper mines at Eatonville, he came here from Denver for the purpose of investigation. He followed mining here for several years, and then became superintendent of the Success Paint Company, which was using copper ore as a base for its paint pigments. Mr. Snow had charge of the construction of their plant and its operation for about three years, when the company got into financial difficulty and he and others took over the business, the plant at Eatonville being closed. He and Mr. Denman, of Tacoma, are still at the head of the paint company. Mr. Snow started a shingle mill, which was moved to his present place, about two miles south of Eaton-

'ville, where he and his partner own forty acres of land. For a time Mr. Snow was actively engaged in the hotel business at Eatonville, his place being called the Snow Hotel, and he still owns that. property, which is now being conducted under the name of the Sunshine Inn. He is now engaged in the clearing of the land where he lives, and spends the greater part of his time there, though he has several mineral projects i i rt of the county.

il Rte ane has been ieee twice, first, at Massillon, Ohio, to Miss Julia Castleman, who died about 1906 and was buried in Tacoma. To this union was born a daughter, Nettie, who died about 1904. In 1911 Mr. Snow married Miss Agnes Mensick, a native of Bohemia and a daughter of Joseph and Anna Mensick, who came to Eatonville soon after 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Snow are the parents of four children, Florence L., George C., Annie Louise and James Harlan, all of whom were born in Eatonville. é

Mr. Snow has been prominent in efforts to advance the interests of his home community and served as the first mayor of Eatonville. He was also one of the men who agitated and at length secured the present water supply for the town. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and was one of the organizers of the lodge of that order at Colville, Washington. His upright and straightforward life, his publicspirited interest in the welfare and prosperity of his community and his friendly manner have gained for him a high standing among his fellow citizens throughout this section of the county.

Adlai S. Walters

Though comparatively young in years, Adlai S. Walters has attained a place of leadership in his community and is now ably discharging the duties of the responsible position of city commissioner of finance of Tacoma, his official record being such as to gain for him marked prestige and the confidence of his fellow citizens. Mr. Walters was born in Lamonte, Pettis county, Missouri, on August 31, 1892, and is a son of Henry and Emma (Ellis) Walters, the latter of whom died in Missouri. In 1907 the father brought the remaining members of the family to Tacoma, and engaged in farming at Midland, Washington, but returned to Missouri in 1922 and died there that year.

Having secured his education in the public schools of Tacoma and in the College of Puget Sound, which he attended for two years, Adlai S. Walters then engaged in the jewelry business in Idaho and subsequently established a similar business in Seattle, Washington, where he remained until 1913. He then returned to Tacoma and opened a jewelry store at Thirty-eighth and Yakima streets, where he remained until 1915, when he moved to Twelfth street and Pacific avenue. In 1922 he opened a second store on Eleventh street, but sold both stores in 1924. During the past two years he has been engaged in building and selling residences, in which undertaking he has met with gratifying success. On April 9, 1926, he was elected a member of the city council, receiving the largest number of votes ever cast for a candidate for the city council in this city, and having the additional distinction of being the youngest man ever to serve in that body. On the organization of the council, he was elected city commissioner of finance, which position he is now holding with eminent satisfaction to all concerned.

In 1916 Mr. Walters was united in marriage to Miss Millie E. Gault, who was born and reared in Tacoma, a daughter of Frank Gault. Mr. and Mrs. Walters have two children, Lucile and Billie. Politically Mr. Walters maintains an independent attitude, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also affiliated with the Young Men's Business Club, the Christian Men's Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church. He is very fond of athletic sports, being an enthusiastic bowler and a member of the Tacoma Horseshoe Pitchers' Association. He is interested in everything that affects the welfare and prosperity of his community and is regarded as a distinct asset to his city, where he enjoys public confidence and regard.

Thomas Carstens

Thomas Carstens, one of the dominant figures in the in j i circles of the northwest, has attained his ie er position caer tnieeoe ee ae perity without the aid of capital or influential friends, and his record ishreed Rose tains much of inspirational value. He is president of the Carstens Packing Compan of Tacoma, which does a business amounting to six million and a half dollars ane and of the Carstens Packing Company at Spokane, formerly the Empire Packing

A native of Germany, Mr. Carstens was born in Husum on the ilth of J anuary, 1865, of the marriage of Peter and Dorothy Carstens. He attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age and he then began working with his father, who was engaged in the meat business, thus learning the butcher's trade. Two years later he came to the United States with an uncle who was making a tour of the country, and they visited Medford, Wisconsin. Mr. Carstens was so pleased with conditions there that he decided to make his home in that town and secured a position in a meat market. A year and a half later he turned his attention to logging, working for six months in a camp in that locality, but at the end of that. time he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was in the employ of different butchers until 1884, in which year he removed to Portland, Oregon. There he worked for O'Shea Brothers, butchers, until August, when he located in Montesano, Washington, where he opened a meat market of his own, which he conducted successfully until the spring of 1886. He then sold out and went to Seattle, entering the employ of Smith Brothers, wholesale meat dealers, but after three months he became connected with the Rice Gardner meat market. After remaining there for a year he established a meat: market in Los Angeles, where he engaged in business until June, 1889, and then sold out and returned to Seattle. He again entered the employ of a wholesale meat company but seven months later established a hotel, which he conducted until July, 1890. He then disposed of that property and in connection with his brother Ernst, at one time president of the German-American Bank in Seattle, started a retail meat market in Seattle and after six months also entered the wholesale field, doing business under the name of Carstens Brothers. They continued their business association until 1903, when Thomas Carstens bought out the interest of his brother and moved the plant to Tacoma. He also purchased the business of the Pacific Meat Company, whose plant had been burned in March of that year, and in 1905 he incorporated the Carstens Packing Company, of which he has since been president and manager. At the time of the formation of tke company seventy-five people were employed, but so rapid has been the growth of the business that employment is now furnished three hundred and fifty people. The plant has been enlarged and when running at full capacity two hundred head of cattle, five hundred sheep and one thousand hogs are killed a day. The company has extensive trade connections, its annual business now totals six million and a half dollars and it is ranked among the few most important concerns of the city. In November, 1914, Mr. Carstens still further broadened the scope of his activities by buying the Empire Packing Company of Spokane, Washington, which he has since conducted under the name of the Carstens Packing Company, and which has a capacity of one thousand hogs, one hundred head of cattle and three hundred sheep per day, its annual business reaching the two million, five hundred thousand dollar mark. The Carstens Packing Company buys and prepares for the market cattle, calves, sheep, hogs and poultry. The company operates cattle, sheep and hog feed-yards in Idaho, Montana and Washington, as well as farms and range land. They make all kinds of sausages and have a lard refinery for the preparation of lard oil, lard compounds, oleo oil, oleo stearine and other tallows, edible and inedible. They manufacture fertilizers, meat meal and beef scraps, bone and chicken bone, manufacture mixed feeds from beef scrap, bones and blood and manufacture fish meal and fish oil at their plant at Petersburg, Alaska. The business of the company also includes other enterprises. The concern is engaged in the curing of all kinds of meat, especially ham and bacon, which are smoked and distributed. The Carstens Packing Company operates its own machine, blacksmith, tin and carpenter shops, tire and automobile shops. The company has two stock yards in connection with its Tacoma plant and can accommodate one thousand cattle and several thousand hogs and sheep. The Spokane plant takes care of the business in Idaho, Montana, eastern Washington and eastern Oregon, while the Tacoma plant handles the business of western Oregon, western Washington, the Pacific coast territory from Portland to Alaska and the Orient. In addition to these two large packing concerns Mr. Carstens controls fifty retail stores, wholesale meat houses, and wholesale and retail houses combined in various cities in Washington, Oregon, California and Alaska, including Grays Harbor, Willapa Harbor, Olympia, Chehalis, Everett, Bremerton, Burlington, Sedro Woolley, Concrete and Bellingham, in Washington, and the cities of Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, California; Juneau, Ketchikan, Douglas City, Seward and Valdez, Alaska, and various other towns all along Puget Sound and in northeast and southwest Alaska. He also has a packing house and cold stor-

Mr. Carstens was married in Tacoma in September, 1910, to Miss Stacie McKeown, by whom he has three children: Doris, who was born December 27, 1911; Thomas, Jr., born April 14, 1913; and Phillip, born November 25, 1918.

Mr. Carstens has supported the republican party loyally since becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States but has been too much absorbed in his business interests to take an active part in public affairs. He is a leader in the work of the Commercial Club and not only contributes directly through his connection with that organization to the general advancement of Tacoma but is also an important factor in its development indirectly, as the building up of his vast business enterprises has had much to do with the growth of Tacoma along business lines. He belongs to the Elks lodge, is president of the Tacoma Riding Club, is a member of the Tacoma Country and Golf Club and finds much pleasure in outdoor recreation. A contemporary biographer said: "The record of his achievement is the best commentary upon his life and upon his ability and enterprise."

William C. Miller

As one of the enterprising and progressive business men of Tacoma, whose indefatigable and persistent efforts along well directed lines have gained for him a large measure of prosperity, William C. Miller is well entitled to recognition in a history of his locality. He was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, in 1870, his parents being George M. and Frances (Minta) Miller. The mother died in 1873, and the father afterwards remarried. In 1877 he went to Nebraska, where he acquired a large cattle ranch, which he operated up to the time of his death.

William C. Miller was about seven years of age when the family moved to Nebraska and he spent his early years on his father's ranch, securing his education in the public schools. He then went to Wilsonville, that state, and established himself in business but was unfortunate in having his store and stock destroyed by fire. In 1892 he came to Tacoma, arriving here with his wife and one hundred dollars in money. His first eccupation here was as the driver of a wagon for a tea company, after which he drove a laundry wagon. In 1896 he joined with L. G. Jaeger in the organization of the Tacoma Steam Laundry, of which Mr. Jaeger was president; G. C. Schempp secretary and treasurer; and Mr. Miller, vice president. In 1910 Mr. Jaeger retired from the company and Mr. Miller became president. Mr. Schempp died in 1922, and the present officers of the company are as follows: William C. Miller, president and treasurer; C. E. Grant, vice president; and David Peterson, secretary. From the first the business was successful, the patronage increasing steadily and substantially from year to year, and in 1910, in order to make ample provision for increased facilities the company bought an entire block of ground, on which they erected a fine net building, one hundred and twenty by one hundred and fifty feet in size, two stories high, located at the corner of Thirty-third and G streets. The equipment of the plant is modern in every respect, and the quality of work turned out cannot be excelled Eighteen delivery cars are employed in collecting and delivering laundry and es hundred people are employed, the payroll averaging two thousand dollars a week This is the largest laundry company in Tacoma and has attained its present favorable position simply because it has done superior work, promptly and at moderate prices Mr. Miller has taken a just pride in the development of the enterprise, to which a4 has devoted himself indefatigably, and his present prosperity is well déserved isn dream. which he had long cherished was realized in October, 1926, in the formation of the Home Service Company, an organization of nine laundries, representing an investment of more than a half million dollars. Mr. Miller is also one of the three' survivin organizers of the Tacoma Savings & Loan Association, a thriving finanéial institution.

In 1891 Mr. Miller was married to Miss Blanche Firebaugh, of Reynolds, Nebr ska, who died in 1921, leaving two children, namely: Blanche, who is the Write of Gee reales es Tacoma; and Minta, the wife of Donald Piersoll, of this city ei 8 eh ae " rier and active supporter of the republican party, though he ght public office of any nature. In Masonry he has attained the thirt second degree of the Scottish Rite and h Pay oat I eee 2% as crossed the sands of the desert with the emple of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of

Pythias, to the Kiwanis the Tacoma Advertising Club and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is a man of great force of character,.has been active in his support of movements for the promotion of the public welfare, and is deservedly popular throughout the range of his acquaintance.

One of the most prominent citizens and leading business men of South Tacoma is C. S. Enger, head of the well known C. S. Enger Hardware Company, and during the years of his residence here he has evidenced the possession of the highest qualities of citizenship, being regarded as one of the solid and reliable men of the community.

Mr. Enger was born in Norway in 1860, and in 1866 accompanied his parents on their emigration to this country. They first located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, but later moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where they lived about ten years. Afterward they located on a farm, but C. S. Enger did not like farming and turned his attention to securing an education in the public schools of St. Paul. He later assisted his father in carpentering and cabinetmaking until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Montana and spent a summer in helping to build Fort Custer. That was the year following the Custer massacre and he saw many things of unusual interest while in that section of the country. He then returned to St. Paul and took a course'in a business college, after which for a couple of years he was employed as a bookkeeper in that city.

In 1884 Mr. Enger came to Tacoma, Washington and kept books for a salmon cannery in Old Town and for a lumber company at Sumner until 1886, when he went to Oregon. He engaged in the selling of nursery stock all through the coast country until 1892, when he came back to Pierce county, locating in South Tacoma, where he bought a hardware store from Vining Brothers. This proved a successful enterprise and he continued to devote his attention to the business until he lost his hearing, when he retired from its active management. The business had been incorporated as the C. S. Enger Hardware Company, all the stock of which is owned by the family, and his son H. C. is now the active manager of the store.

In 1894 Mr. Enger was united in marriage to Miss Sophie Serfling, who was born in Minnesota and died in 1919. She came to Washington in the early '60s with her parents, who were pioneers of this section of the state, locating first at Olympia but later settling at Steilacoom. Her father, whose death occurred at Orting, this county, was a mechanic and a veteran of the Civil war. To Mr. and Mrs. Enger were born three children. Harold C., who is now operating the business, married Miss Ella Richter, a native of Seattle, and they have two children. He is a member of the South Tacoma Business Men's Association, and of Clover Lodge, No. 91, A. F. & A. M., in South Tacoma. Olive is the wife of Ed Bamstead, of Spokane. Bernice is teaching in the high school at Nyssa, Oregon. All of the children are graduates of the University of Washington.

Mr. Enger is a man of sterling character and, before losing his hearing, took an active part in all affairs relating to the prosperity and progress of his community. Because of his ability, success and friendliness, he is held in the highest esteem.

John Dower

John Dewer is a prominent and successful representative of business interests in Tacoma as president of the John Dower Lumber Company, which he established in 1900 and which has a large plant at the foot of the Eleventh street bridge. His birth occurred in Ontonagon county, Michigan, on the 7th of July, 1864, his parents being Sampson and Mary Ann (Gilbert) Dower, both of whom were natives of England. The father, a lifelong agriculturist and lumberman, emigrated to the United States and took up his abode among the pioneer settlers of Minnesota, where he broke prairie and followed farming with considerable success. Subsequently he turned his attention to the lumber business in the Gopher state, where he spent the remainder of his life. To him and his wife, who is also deceased, were born fourteen children, eleven of

John Dower pursued his education in country schools but was early obliged to put aside his textbooks-in order to assist his father in the work of the home farm. By observation and experience and by reading, of which he is very fond, he has steadily augmented his knowledge until he has become a widely informed man. In his youth he was employed in the cutting of railroad ties as well as in farm duties. He left the parental roof when a young man of twenty-two years and was elected court clerk of Wadena county, Minnesota, in which office he served most acceptably for four years. Subsequently he embarked in the lumber business on a small scale in the town of Wadena and gradually he extended the scope of his operations to very extensive and profitable proportions, establishing thirty-five lumberyards in the state of Minnesota. It was in the year 1900 that he came to Tacoma, Washington, and established the John Dower Lumber Company, of which he has since remained at the head and which has grown into a very large and prosperous enterprise, furnishing employment to many men. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution, and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the high degree of success which is today his.

In 1890 Mr. Dower was united in marriage to Miss Rose Miller, of Wadena, Minnesota. They are the parents of a son and two daughters, namely: Bruce L., who wedded Ruth Weber, of Yakima, Washington, and has one child; Blanche, who is the wife of O. N. Lundberg, of Wadena, Minnesota, and the mother of four children; and Helen, at home.

A public-spirited, enterprising and loyal citizen, Mr. Dower is helpfully interested in civic affairs and is a valued member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is a York Rite Mason who has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and has membership in Wadena Lodge No. 156, A. F. & A. M., and in Afifi Temple, A. A. O. N. M.S. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist church, which he joined at Wadena, Minnesota, and of which he is a consistent attendant and contributor. Mr. Dower has that quality which has been termed the "commercial sense" and his efforts have been focused in directions where fruition is certain. He stands for all those things which count for most in civie upbuilding and has never lost sight of those high principles which should govern man in his varied relations of life.

Melvin F. Hawk

Though not a native of Pierce county, Melvin F. Hawk has lived here fifty-seven years and has been an eye witness of the remarkable changes which have been wrought in the process of the development of this region, and in which he has had his part. After a long, active and useful career, he is now practically retired, taking life easy, having prospered in his past efforts. Mr. Hawk was born in Indiana, on the 24th day of November, 1850, and is a son of John M. and Matilda (Frampton) Hawk, the former born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Richland county, Ohio. In 1852 the father left Indiana and brought his family across the plains, arriving at Portland, Oregon, in the fall of that year, after a tiresome journey of nine months. At Snake River they met some traders who were anxious to buy their oxen, but they could not be spared. They were induced to try the river route by converting their wagons into boats by stretching across the bottoms of the wagon beds the hides of the cattle which they had killed during their trip. Drawing these skins tight they made fairly watertight boats, though they were rather clumsy and almost impossible to steer, with the result that they were forced to give up this means of traveling and again resume the overland route, their cattle having followed in charge of a member of the party. They located on a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres near Olympia, where the father lived until his death. To John M. and Matilda Hawk were born eight children, namely: Albert R., James Wilson, William C.. Frances Marion, Samuel W.. Melvin and two who died in infancy. The mother of these children died in January, 1852, and in 1853 Mr. Hawk was married to Miss Sarah Ann Stevens by whom he had eight children, of whom three are living, John. Louis and George.

Melvin F. Hawk attended the schools of Portland and The Dalles, Oregon and also of Olympia, Washington. In 1870 he came to Pierce county and took up a preemption claim of one hundred and fifteen acres of prairie land on section 4, township

17, range 3, and on this land ran stock for a number of years. From 1871 to 1879 he engaged in teaching, being one of the first regular teachers in the county. In 1879 he was elected assessor of Pierce county, also served several terms as deputy assessor and was justice of the peace a number of years. He is now living on a part of the old homestead, where he keeps a few cows and some poultry, raises hay and grain and maintains a good vegetable garden.

On March 24, 1874, Mr. Hawk was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Murray, a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Ross) Murray, her birth occurring on her father's old homestead on Muck creek. He was a native of Nova Scotia, Canada, and her mother was born in Red River, Minnesota. They arrived in Olympia, Washington, January 1, 1850, and Mr. Murray worked as a ship carpenter for many years, also engaging in the whaling business in Alaska. He then went to the Sandwich islands, where he lived for a few years, and in 1849 reached California, where he lived 'about a year. He was one of the original townsite owners of Olympia, Washington, and helped to lay out the city. About 1853 he came to Pierce county and soon afterwards took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres, eight miles northeast of Roy, where he farmed extensively and also ran large bands of sheep and cattle. He was successful and eventually retired from active affairs, moving to Tacoma, where his death occurred. He was a charter member of Steilacoom Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A.M. To Mr. and Mrs. Hawk have been born six children: Agnes Elvira is the wife of R. B. Wilson, of Tacoma, and they have a son, Belden Parker; Minnie F. is the wife of G. Berkie, of Tacoma, and they have a daughter, Marion; Lelia C. is the wife of W. W. Wrenn, of Castle Rock, Washington; Harry W. is cashier of the Roy State Bank; Homer A. is at home; and David W. is deceased. Mr. Hawk has rendered excellent service as a member of the school board, and he and his wife are members of the old Farm Grange No. 40, of which Mr. Hawk is a past master. He is a man of sterling character, stands for all that is best in the life of the community and commands the respect of the entire community.

Nels Nelson

Among the sons of Sweden who have achieved distinctive success in material affairs since coming to this country and who at the same time have earned the respect and good will of their fellowmen, stands Nels Nelson, whose well improved farm near Spanaway stands in unmistakable evidence of his progressive and enterprising methods.

Mr. Nelson was born in Sweden on the 16th of September, 1861, and is a son of Nels and Inga (Mattison) Nelson. The mother died in 1879 and is survived by her husband, who still lives in that country at the advanced age of ninety-two years. They were the parents of four children, Nels, Elna, Mattes and Hannah. The father followed farming and owned his own place, but is now making his home with a daughter who is a school teacher.

The subject of this review was well educated in the public schools of his native land and remained at home until 1881, when, at the age of twenty years, he came to the United States. He located in Chicago, where he remained that summer, and then traveled through Kansas and Nebraska, working at various occupations. He then went to Albert Lea, Minnesota, where he was employed at farm work until coming to Washington in 1888. He preempted one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 6, township 18, range 4, practically all of which was heavily timbered land, and after building a small house, he began clearing the land, in which he made good progress. After proving up on the place, he sold it and bought one hundred and twenty acres on section 5, township 18, range 4, of which he has cleared about twenty acres and has developed the place into a splendid farm. He has erected a good set of farm buildings and keeps about fifteen head of good Durham cattle and eight head of young stock. His chief crops are hay and grain, besides which he has a good vegetable garden. Mr. Nelson has devoted his attention closely to the operation of the farm, which has provided him with a good living and he is now regarded as one of the substantial agriculturists of his section of the county, his progressive methods being indicated by the fact that he bought the first cream separator in Pierce county, in 1891. His success has been gained by his persistent industry and the exercise of sound judgment, and he is well deserving of the success which has come to him.

1885, to Miss Johanna Lindstrom, also a native of Sweden, whose death occurred in 1900. To them were born three children, as follows: Mrs. Edith Paulson, who is the mother of six children, Delmar, Ethel, Sona, Alvin, Amy and Harvey; Emil, who is married and has two children, Florence and Ralph; and Albert, who was born in Tacoma, March 31, 1888, and is married. He has an adopted daughter, Emma. On August 10, 1901, Mr. Nelson was married to Miss Alma Hanson, a native of Sweden and a daughter of John and Marie Hanson, who came to this country in 1881. Their first home here was in North Dakota, where the father took up a homestead, but later sold that place and came to Tacoma in 1889. He made farming his life work. He died in 1917, and is survived by Mrs. Hanson, who still lives here. To Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have been born seven children, namely: Theodore, who is married and lives in Tacoma; Hazel, Helen and Johnnie, who are deceased; and Melvin, Almer and Axel.

Mr. Nelson has served as a member of the Kirby school board for thirty-five years, being the oldest school director in Pierce county in point of years of continuous service. He has always shown a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community and has been an important factor in its progress and prosperity. Because of his ability, public spirit and excellent personal qualities he is well deserving of the respect which is accorded him by his fellow citizens.

D. W. Cooper

One of the leaders in the job printing business in Tacoma is D. W. Cooper, who for over a quarter of a century has continued successfully in this line, the high quality of his work, as well as the promptness of his service, gaining for him the patronage of the representative people of the community.

Mr. Cooper was born near Bloomington, Illinois, in 1859, and is a son of A. A. and Sarah (Maxson) Cooper. The father was a native of Wheeling, West Virginia, and in early life followed the trade of a carpenter. Afterward he turned his attention to farming, but after his removal to Missouri became the owner of coal mines, which he operated up to the time of his death, in 1887. The mother, who was born in Ohio, is now living in Wichita, Kansas.

D. W. Cooper obtained his education in the public schools of Warrensburg, Missouri, to which place the family had moved during the last year of the Civil war, making the journey westward in the typical covered wagon of the period. Their migration had led them first to Kansas, where they had considerable trouble with highwaymen and bushwhackers, who wanted the fine team of horses which Mr. Cooper owned. From Kansas, they went to Missouri, where they established their permanent home.

D. W. Cooper left school at the age of about fourteen years and entered a newspaper office at Warrensburg, where he learned the printing trade, which he has followed practically ever since. In 1878 he went to Wichita, Kansas, where he became foreman in the office of the Wichita Beacon, a daily paper, remaining there about seven years, and he lived in that city until 1889. On coming to Tacoma, Washington he was employed in the composing room of the Ledger for four years. He was next in the composing room of the Tacoma News, and also worked as an advertising solicitor, in which he was very successful, even in face of the fact that those were hard times. Then leaving his family in Tacoma, he went to Butte, Montana, as operator of a Mergenthaler typesetting machine, but on his arrival there found the job already taken. For about a month he worked in various printing offices in Montana, and then became helper on a sheep train, traveling to Fort Benton, and then to Minneapolis Minnesota, where he obtained work with Smith & Harrison, printers, with whom he remained four or five months. Because of the sickness of his children he was compelled to return to Tacoma in 1895, and has remained here since. He worked in the Northern Pacific Railroad shops for about five months, and afterward was in the emplo of Allen & Lamborn, printers, for about one and a half years. He was next oe me a, he Storey in the job printing business for about a year, and has since ioral e has a well equipped plant and commands a large and discriminating

On June 19, 1889, at Wichita, Kansas, Mr. Cooper was i i i Miss Lillian E. Kenworthy, who was born in Ohio. He Che cer oe Harriet C. (Swaim) Kenworthy, were natives of Preble county, Ohio. Her father died in 1917, and her mother is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Cooper in South Tacoma. Mr. Kenworthy came here in 1890 and established the present business of the Kenworthy Grain & Milling Company, in South Tacoma, it being one of the oldest and largest concerns in that city. To Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were born three children, as follows: Clarence A., who lives in Tacoma; Myrtle Irene, who is the wife of R. L. Johnston, of South Tacoma; and Dorothy Jane, who is in school.

Mr. Cooper is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, the Woodmen of the World and the Patriotic Order of Sons of America, while both he and his wife are members of the Women of Woodcraft. He has been true and faithful in every relation of life, has devoted himself indefatigably to his business interests, and is well deserving of the success which has crowned his efforts.

One of the most important establishments in its particular line in Tacoma is the Peerless Pattern & Model Works, which was established here by D. W. Carlson, who is still president of the company. The business has enjoyed a healthy growth and is now one of the substantial and successful industrial concerns of the city.

Mr. Carlson is a native of Illinois and is a son of J. A. Carlson, who was born in Sweden and was brought to the United States when three years old. The family located in Illinois, where the father was reared and educated, and in 1889 he came to Tacoma, where he remained about a year, during which time he married Miss Ellen E. Corley. Later he returned east but in 1901 or 1902 again came to Tacoma, remaining here about six months. Subsequently he removed to Manette, near Bremerton, where he lived about nine years. He was then in eastern Washington for awhile, after which he spent eight years in Seattle, and then again removed to Manette, where he lived until 1922, when he returned to Tacoma and is now engaged in the manufacture and sale of small band saws.

D. W. Carlson secured his education in the public schools of Seattle and in other places where the family lived, after which he learned the pattern trade in Seattle. Just after the World war he was employed for a time in the Todd shipyards at Tacoma, and in February, 1922, when twenty years of age, he established the Peerless Pattern & Model Works, first located at Fifteenth and Dock streets, where he remained about three years, and then came to his present location, 1117 St. Paul avenue. Here he has a splendid plant, occupying a space twenty-five by one hundred feet, well equipped for the efficient handling of his work. He does all kinds of pattern and model work, as well as a general jobbing business, and success has come to him as the result of his persistent and well directed efforts. Mr. Carlson is a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Young Men's Christian Association. Because of his success and his fine personal qualities, he is held in high regard by all who know him.

Dr. G. N. Towers needs no introduction to the readers of this work, for he is the pioneer physician at Roy, and during his residence here has been regarded as the {eader of his profession in this locality. He was born in Illinois, on the 19th of July, 1865, and is a son of Martin and Katherine (Boucher) Towers. The father, who was also a native of that state, died in 1916, and the mother, who was born in Pennsylvania, died in 1924, when almost ninety-one years of age. Martin Towers was 4 farmer by occupation and in 1867 moved to the vicinity of Clinton, Missouri.

In the public schools of that place G. N. Towers acquired his preliminary education and then matriculated in the Kansas City Medical College, where he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1895. He then engaged in the general practice of medicine near his home town, where he remained about eighteen months, when he bought the practice of a doctor about eight miles northwest of Clinton, there remaining three years. In 1900, because of his wife's health, he went to Wisdom, Montana, where he engaged in practice about five years, being the only physician in that valley. He was successful and while there acquired eight hundred acres of land. He then sold his interests there and went to Alaska in order to negotiate the sale of some land claims which he and others held there. He remained three months and then returned to Missouri, where the failure of a bank had caused him a serious loss. Going thence to Cripple Creek, Colorado, he spent the winter in gold mining operations. In the following spring he sold his claim at a nice profit and went to the western slope of Colorado, where he engaged in the practice of his profession from 1906 to 1915, and during that period also served as a railroad surgeon. He next went to Durango, Colorado, where he practiced until the opening of the war, and during that time also had charge of a hospital on the southern Ute Indian reservation. Returning to the eastern part of Colorado, he enlisted in the Reserve Medical Corps of the United States army, at Denver. He was never commissioned or called into active army duty, but the government utilized his services effectively during the war period. He was sent to Millican, Colorado, where he remained twenty-eight days, and was then sent to Johnstown, where he remained thirteen months. From there he was transferred to Central City, where he was the only physician for a period of twenty months, when he was discharged from service. In 1920 he came to Tacoma on a visit to his daughter-in-law, and this section of the country made so favorable an impression on him that he decided to remain, and, there being at that time no doctor in Roy, he located here and at once engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery. Able and skilled, he was quickly recognized as a competent physician and has built up a- large and remunerative practice throughout this section of the county.

In 1889 Doctor Towers was united in marriage to Miss Belle Case, who was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was reared and educated in Missouri. Mrs. Towers died March 11, 1927. To them were born two children. O. R., who was born in Missouri and now lives in Tacoma, was married to Miss Kathleen McDonald, and they have two children, Helen Kathleen and Virginia M. Clyde, the younger son, died at the age of eleven months. Doctor Towers is a member of the Masonic lodge at Yelm, Washington, and the Elks lodge at Central City, Colorado. He has served as city health officer at Roy and has at all times shown a desire to cooperate in efforts to advance the prosperity and welfare of the community. Cordial and friendly in manner, the Doctor ay os a host of warm and loyal friends since locating here and is highly regarded

Rev. Francis Joseph Van Horn, a prominent Congregational clergyman, has been pastor of the First church in Tacoma since November, 1922. He was born at Northfield, Ohio, on the 18th of October, 1865, a son of Milton Andrew and Harriet (Thompson) Van Horn. His more advanced intellectual training was received in Oberlin College of Ohio, from which he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1890, and three years later, having prepared for the ministry, he was graduated from Oberlin Theological Seminary with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. In 1902 Berea College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

Dr. Van Horn was ordained a minister of the Congregational church in 1893 and became pastor of Columbia church in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained for two years. During the four-year period between 1895 and 1899 he filled the pulpit of the Dane Street church in Beverly, Massachusetts, while from 1899 until 1902 he was pastor of Plymouth Congregational church at Des Moines, Iowa. Returning to the Bay state, he preached in the Old South church of Worcester for four years, on the expiration of which period he came to the Pacific northwest. He served as pastor of Plymouth church in Seattle, Washington, from 1906 until 1914 and during the following eight years occupied the pulpit of the First church in Oakland, California It was in November, 1922, that he accepted a call to the First church "of Tacoma, Washington, where he has built up a large and flourishing congregation. Many people of wealth and social standing are among its active working members. Dr. Van Horn is a fine pulpit orator and is much beloved as a zealous and gifted servant of the Master. He has written numerous articles and pamphlets and has long been active in social and philanthropic work. He is a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Congregational), trustee of the American Missionary Association, the Pacific School of Religion at Berkeley, California, and Mills College of Oakland and is a member of the National Council of Congregational Churches. - Dr. Van Horn finds pleasure and recreation in golf and is also very fond of mountain climbing. In polities he may be termed an independent republican.

Rev. Francis J. Van Horn

On the 23d of June, 1892, Dr. Van Horn was united in marriage to Miss Amy Belle Richards, of New London, Ohio. They are the parents of nine children, as follows: Robert Bowman, who is a professor in the University of Washington; Gladys, the wife of F. C. Arnold, of Seattle; Francis Dane, who is successfully engaged in business in Los Angeles, California; Faith, the wife of George L. Knox, of Fullerton, California; Paul Beverly, who is pastor of the First Congregational church of Vancouver, Washington, and who married Gertrude Campbell; Theodora, the wife of Harold Jenkins, of Tacoma, Washington; Amy, who was graduated from the University of Washington in 1927; Richard Milton, a freshman in Whitman College of Walla _ Walla, Washington; and Philip Roland, a senior in the Stadium high school of Tacoma. Dr. and Mrs. Van Horn reside at 911 North J street in Tacoma.