Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 24 of 27)

In 1915 Mr. Grayum was united in marriage to Miss Norma Queen, who was porn and reared in Oklahoma, and they had four children, Vena, Billie, and Gordon, at home, and Lois Virginia, who died in infancy. Politically, Mr. Grayum maintains an independent attitude, voting according to the dictates of his judgment as to men and measures. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He belongs to the Puyallup Chamber of Commerce, of which he has been president; is a member and president of the Kiwanis Club; served one year as president of the Pierce County Teachers' Association and one year as president of the Washington State Teachers' Association. He has been very active in support of all measures for the advancement of his community along material, civic or moral lines and is regarded as a progressive and enterprising citizen in every sense of the term. He is a well educated, symmetrically developed man, keeps abreast of the times in advanced educational methods, and throughout the community he commands the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen.

Albert Duenwald

"Through struggle to triumph" has been the record of Albert Duenwald, who is now enjoying gratifying success as one of the leading caterers and delicatessen dealers in Tacoma. His early business career was marked by a series of discouraging situations and by hard and continuous work, but grim determination and honest effort finally conquered adverse conditions and well merited prosperity eventually crowned his efforts. Mr. Duenwald was born in Watsontown, Pennsylvania, in 1881, and is a son of P. J. and Caroline (Gissinger) Duenwald, both of whom are deceased. He secured his education in the public schools of St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1903 came to the coast, arriving in Seattle with a cash capital of a dollar and a half. His first employment was in a men's furnishings store, where he remained about six months, and then went to a wholesale furnishing house, where he worked about a year and a half. For a year thereafter he was a traveling salesman for a coffee house, and one day while at Renton, King county, he entered a small restaurant where he received very poor service. However, he regarded it as a very good oon tion and asked the proprietor if the place was for sale. It was priced at two hundred and fifty dollars, whereupon Mr. Duenwald returned home, talked the matter over with his wife, with the result that he borrowed three hundred dollars and bought the place. He was entirely ignorant of the restaurant business, but he was a good manager. He cleaned the place, made some needed improvements and his business soon justified the employment of two girls. He was doing very nicely when a customer, who had been impressed by the way in which Mr. Duenwald was managing the place, phoned him to go to Monahan, Washington, and take charge of a general store. He sold his restaurant and then went to Monahan, where he managed the store of Allen & Nelson for about two years. He then went to Seattle, rented a tract of land outside the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair, and ercetal a building; in which he planned to serve meals. However, about that time a chisee in the ground arrangements of the fair cut his building off and he was compelled to rent another building in a more favorable location. There he served meals for a time but the venture proved disastrous from a financial standpoint. He then started back to Tacoma, with the intention of going on to Aberdeen, but being compelled to remain a day in Tacoma, he noticed a vacant store room at 313 South Eleventh street and immediately decided to engage in the delicatessen business. Out of the one hundred and fifty dollars which he had he paid a month's rent and induced the owner to erect a balcony in the room, which was but sixteen by twenty-five feet in size. He bought on time some second-hand counters, shelving and other necessary equipment, with which he fitted up the room, and had it nicely painted, all of this work being done on credit, and his opening stock of goods was thus secured. He began business on New Year's day, 1910, and from the first fortune smiled on him. He goon required additional help and increasing business made it advisable for him to move to Broadway, where he remained six years, while in 1922 he moved to his present location, at 917 Broadway. Here he occupies two floors, twenty-five by one hundred feet, and a mezzanine floor, and employs twenty-five people. He does a delicatessen, catering and restaurant business and now owns one of the largest and most successful establishments of the kind in the city.

In 1903 Mr. Duenwald was united in marriage to Miss Florence Johnston, who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the Loyal Order of Moose, and belongs to the Tacoma Kiwanis Club. Mr. Duenwald's record is one of which he has just reason to be proud, and today he is numbered among the enterprising and progressive business men of Tacoma, his record being such as to encourage and stimulate others.

Walter J. Thompson

Among her pioneer residents none has taken a greater interest or keener satisfaction in the development of Tacoma from a small frontier town to a metropolis than Walter J. Thompson and to this growth his contributions have been many, not only in the material development of the community, but in its intellectual and cultural advancement as well.

Mr. Thompson, one of that dominant group of young men who came to Tacoma in the early '80s, was born at Spring Prairie, Walworth county, Wisconsin, January 25, 1853, a son of Thomas J and Barbara J. Thompson, who came west to make their home shortly after their son had established himself here and spent their closing years in this section, taking an active part in the community life. Mr. Thompson's father was grand master of the Odd Fellows of the state of Washington, while his mother, who reached the age of eighty-seven, was active in woman suffrage work long before the vote for women had become a reality. Mr. Thompson, Sr., died in Spokane, May 3, 1900, and Mrs. Thompson passed away in Walla Walla July 2, 1913. Both parents now rest in Tacoma Cemetery.

Walter J. Thompson was educated in the public and high schools of Burlington, Wisconsin, and remained there until 1871, when the family moved to Hebron, Thayer county, Nebraska. For two years he served as deputy county treasurer, and also studied law, being admitted to the bar of Nebraska at the age of twenty-one. ; His work both in handling county funds and in the legal profession had given him a sound basis in finance, and soon he became engaged in the banking business, founding the Exchange Bank of W. J. Thompson, at Hebron. ;

In the early '80s he became attracted to the northwest and interested in Tacoma as a growing community in which to establish a bank. In the spring of 1883 he sent N. B. Coffman, then his cashier and now a prominent banker and resident of Chehalis, to Tacoma to secure an option on the bank of A. J. Baker & Company, i leventh street for twelve thousand dollars. : sere a is ii Thompson came to Tacoma and in August took up his option and purchased the Bank of New Tacoma, reorganizing it in 1884 as the Merchants National Bank. This institution continued until June, 1898, when it failed in the i i ear. Ca ea enced Mr. Thompson, with his family, went to Palo Alto, ne at Stanford University he took two years' work in law, economics and Pea Thereafter for a number of years he engaged in business in Alaska, New as aie California and Washington, but always maintaining his home at Gravelly Lake,

Tacoma, being interested mainly in extensive real estate developments and loan and investment business. He is now living at Gravelly Lake and is devoting his time and energies to the improvement and sale of his waterfront properties on Gravelly and Steilacoom lakes.

Mr. Thompson has been married twice, first to Miss Clara A. Steward, of Hebron, Nebraska, who is deceased. To this union was born Ray W. Thompson, who was brought up in Tacoma and, after being graduated from Leland Stanford University and taking three years of post-graduate work in Columbia University, New York, entered upon a business career in New York city, being now engaged in the chemical manufacturing business in New York. A second child, Clara, passed away in 1888, in her second year. In 1889 Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Amaryllis C. Crane, who was born in Wisconsin and whom he had known from girlhood. Mrs. Thompson with her husband has for many years taken an active part in the social and intellectual life of the community.

In public life Mr. Thompson has held a number of elective and appointive offices and has maintained an active interest in municipal welfare and in state and national politics. Politically he has been a republican, aligning himself with the progressive element of that party. While a resident of Nebraska he took an active part in state politics and in the campaign for woman suffrage. In 1884, a year after coming to Tacoma, he was urged to accept the nomination for mayor, but declined. During the same year, as chairman of an organizing committee, he was a prime mover in the formation of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, and practically ever since that time has been one of its active members. In 1885 he was chosen president of the public library and took a helpful part in the early beginnings of that institution. In 1886 he was elected a member of the lower house of the territorial legislature and in the session of 1887 took a prominent part in advocating legislation favorable to woman suffrage. In 1888 he was elected to the territorial senate, and that same year again declined the mayoralty nomination. Also in 1888 Mr. Thompson was selected as a delegate to the republican national convention at Chicago and served as a member of the committee on the national platform, of which William McKinley was chairman. In 1889 he was a republican candidate for the nomination for United States senator, and had wide support of the people and the press throughout the state. However, at that time powerful railroad interests were dominant in politics and used their influence against Mr. Thompson's candidacy. A tender of their support was offered but under conditions. Rather than sacrifice his independence Mr. Thompson allowed himself to be defeated.

During this period Mr. Thompson was prominently identified with many civic matters, taking a notable interest in the school system. One of his greatest contributions, perhaps, to the development of Tacoma came in this regard when, in 1890, he was instrumental in founding a manual training department in connection with the public school curriculum here. He gave the money for the purchase of much of this first manual training equipment and supervised its establishment.

In 1912 Mr. Thompson became greatly interested in the progressive movement and joined the progressive party, taking an active part in its campaign. In 1916 he served as a delegate to the progressive national convention and the same year became a candidate for the nomination for United States senator on that ticket. Later he withdrew from the race, the progressive party having no presidential candidate, very few state nominees and no county ticket. He was further influenced by the fact that both parties apparently were adopting progressive principles and he thereafter supported the republican ticket.

In 1913 he was elected president of the Washington State Humane Society and for many years has been active on the board of the Social Hygiene Society, serving as vice president.

Freemasonry has played an important part in Mr. Thompson's life and few members of the order in this part of the country have taken a greater part than he in the growth and development of the order. He served as master of Tacoma Lodge, No. 22, during the years 1884-5-6. He has attained all the degrees of the York Rite and in the Scottish Rite has been honored with the thirty-third and last degree of Freemasonry, being the oldest thirty-third degree Mason in the northwest Mr. Thompson has, in fact, taken an active part in the organization of every Musenic body in Tacoma, and in the early days here he conferred the Scottish Rite work in the dining room of his home.

later developed into the First Free Church of Universal Religion, and which some years ago was reorganized as the Ethical Society of Tacoma. He is now and for some years has served as a trustee of the latter organization. He has been true and loyal in principle in every relation of life, and although a man of unpretentious demeanor, he possesses in marked degree the silent but powerful force that attracts men, so that through all the years of his residence in this state he has commanded a warm and loyal friendship among the representative people of this locality. Kindly and courteous in his personal relations, he has been generous in his support of all worthy enterprises for the public good, and in a quiet way has personally aided many less fortunate. Because of his consistent life and his accomplishments, he stands today as one of Tacoma's representative leaders.

Arthur F. Albertson

Arthur F. Albertson is accorded a position of prominence in Tacoma's business circles as president of the Tacoma Dredging Company, Albertson, Cornell Brothers & Walsh, Inc., and the Albertson Investment Company and as a director of the National Bank of Tacoma. Born in Detroit, Michigan, November 7, 1859, he is a son of Henry M. and Amanda C. (Brooks) Albertson. After leaving school he entered the employ of the American Exchange National Bank in Detroit, where he worked his way upward rapidly. After three years he entered the manufacturing business as cashier and purchasing agent for the Henry C. Hart Manufacturing Company, where he remained for four years, acting for one year as manager of the New York branch of the business. In January, 1890, after disposing of his interests in Detroit, he came to Tacoma and immediately entered financial circles, first as assistant cashier of the Washington National Bank. After remaining with this institution for two years he entered the National Bank of Commerce, where after six months he was made assistant cashier. At the end of a year he was appointed cashier, and for several years held the position of cashier and vice president, then continuing as vice president until 1914. In all, he served in this bank, now the National Bank of Tacoma, for a period of twenty-two years, doing much toward the upbuilding of the city of his adoption. He still has a financial interest in the bank and is a member of the board of directors.

On the 14th of October, 1890, Mr. Albertson was married to Martha Lloyd Voorhees, of Tacoma, Washington. They are the parents of a daughter, Martha Lloyd. The family residence is at 619 North First street, Tacoma.

In politics Mr. Albertson maintains an independent attitude. He finds pleasurable recreation in golf and is a member of the Fircrest Golf Club and the Tacoma Country and Golf Club, of which he has served as president for three years. His name is likewise on the membership rolls of the Union Club, of which he was president for two years, and of the Commercial Club. For four years he has occupied the presidency of the Tacoma Clearing House Association and for one year has been president of the Washington State Bankers Association.

Jesse Bamford

Jesse Bamford is one of the best known and most capable machinery manufacturers in Tacoma. He is president of the Globe Machinery Manufacturing Company, which has been in operation here continuously since 1902, building up a splendid reputation as a reliable concern and enjoying its full share of the local business in its line. The predecessor of the present company was the Tacoma Brass & Machine Works, manufacturers of specialties and brass goods and located in the Triangle building at Seventeenth street and Pacific avenue for about four years. From there it was moved to the corner of Fifteenth and A streets, and thence to the present location of the Tacoma Veneer Company, which building was erected by the company. ; Then Mr. Bamford bought out the Young Ice Machine Company and consolidated it with the Globe Company, which he had organized. In 1917 a removal was made to the present location, where extensive alterations were made and an addition built. The plant now comprises about five thousand square feet of floor space and from twenty to twenty-five men are employed. The products consist of woodworking machinery, stickers, swing saws, skinners, veneer woodworking machinery, high grade ball-bearing machines and ice machinery, all of which the company designs, manufactures and sells. The business has enjoyed a steady and continuous growth and is now numbered among the substantial and prosperous industries of Tacoma.

Mr. Bamford was born near Manchester, England, and is a son of John and Anne Bamford, both of whom died in that country. He secured his education in the public schools of his native land and then served a seven years' apprenticeship at the machinist's trade, also attending night school. In 1881 he came to the United States, locating first at Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he remained about a year. He then went to Fall River, Massachusetts, and thence to Buffalo, New York, being continuously employed as a machinist. His next employment was at Iron Mountain, Michigan, where for six years he was in charge of the Chapin Mine Company shops. In 1888 he came to Tacoma and for a number of years was in the employ of the Puget Sound Dry Dock Company, after which he went to the Cherry-Parks Company, which later became the Puget Sound Iron & Steel Company. He was then sent to Walla Walla, Washington, by this company to take charge of the Walla Walla Foundry & Machine Company, and later became foreman for the Ollard Iron & Machine Works in Tacoma, builders of marine engines, and while with that firm he was sent to the Yukon country to install engines. On his return to Tacoma Mr. Bamford bought the Tacoma Brass & Machine Works, later organized as the Globe Machinery Manufacturing Company, of which he is now president. He thus has had wide and varied experience in the machinery business and is regarded as an expert in his line. He has. given close attention to the interests of his company and its success has been in a great measure due to his untiring and well directed efforts.

In 1883, at Iron Mountain, Michigan, Mr. Bamford was. united in marriage to Miss Lavinia Mathews, to which union have been born three children, Clyde, who died in 1906, Leah and Calvin. Mr. Bamford is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Royal Arcanum and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is a man of great force of character, takes a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the progress and prosperity of his city and county and was a Territorial voter. In every relation of life he has been true and loyal, his record being such as has gained for him an enviable standing among his fellowmen.

Otto F. Muehler

It is doubtful if any farmer of Pierce county has a better record or is more favorably known than Otto F. Muehler, whose place, near Orting, ranks among the best ranches in that section of the county. His has been an active and successful career and, after years of persistent and well directed labor, he is now able to take life more leisurely, enjoying the fruits of his toil.

Mr. Muehler was born in Saxony, Germany, April 10, 1866, and is a son of Carl F. and Laura L. (Hunger) Muehler, also natives of Saxony, whose biographies appear elsewhere in this volume. He was reared on his father's farm and, there being no schools in that neighborhood, was educated under private tutors. He helped his father clear the land and later took charge of and operated the ranch. In 1896 he and his brother bought five hundred and four acres of bottom land on the Puyallup river at Orting, practically all of which was covered with a heavy growth of cedar and cottonwood. About two hundred and fifty acres of this land is now cleared and under cultivation, the principal crops being hay and hops, in addition to which he runs a large dairy. At one time Mr. Muehler had one hundred acres in hops, it being the largest hop field in the state of Washington. There are now twelve acres in hops and on the a ae three ae peace dairy cattle. The land is now nearly all leased to

On February 23, 1899, Mr. Muehler was married to Miss Ann j born in Germany, a daughter of William and Fredericka Stilke. Thai, HORE came to the United States in 1882, locating about nine miles southeast of Tachine, where the father bought forty acres of land, and there the parents spent their remain: ing years, the father dying in 1890 and the mother in 1900. They were the parents

Mr. Muehler is a great hunter and has long enjoyed an enviable reputation for his marksmanship. He has killed more deer than any other resident of Pierce county, having an authentic record of having killed one hundred and ninety-seven deer, twelve bears, fifteen coyotes and sixteen bobcats. He is a man of strong character, kindly and generous disposition and cordial and friendly in manner and has a host of warm personal friends throughout his section of the county.

William B. Buckley

William B. Buckley has achieved distinctive success in one of the most exacting of professions and today is regarded as the leading funeral director in Tacoma, where he has been in business for nearly twenty years. He possesses to a marked degree those qualities which are so essential to success in this line and all who have employed his services hold him in high regard.

Mr. Buckley is a native of the state of Pennsylvania, born on the 9th of January, 1865, and is a son of William and Nancy W. (Campbell) Buckley, the former of whom was a veteran of the Civil war. In 1866 the family moved to Lanark, Illinois, where they remained until February, 1872, when they went to Shelby, Iowa, where the father engaged in farming and where the mother died. About 1900 the former came to Tacoma, having retired from active business, and here his death occurred.

William B. Buckley attended the public schools and Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, after which he taught school until 1898, when he went to Alaska. He remained in that territory four years and at one time was nine hundred miles north of Nome. On his return to Iowa, he engaged in teaching school in Mapleton until 1904, when he removed to North Bend, Nebraska, and engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. In 1907 he sold out there and came to Tacoma, where he established himself in the same business, in partnership with Edward B. King under the firm name of The Buckley-King Company. Their first location was in the Judson building on D street, from which place, in 1910, they moved to 732 St. Helen's avenue, and in 1927 they expect to occupy the fine new building which they are constructing on North Tacoma avenue. They have a well equipped and up-to-date establishment, including the largest funeral chapel in the city, and their method of handling funerals has commended them to all who have witnessed their work. Mr. Buckley is president of the Johanansburg Mining & Milling Company.

In 1890 Mr. Buckley was united in marriage to Miss Eva A. Evans, of Iowa, who died in 1910, leaving a son, Neil Evans, who is now a student in the University of Washington. In 1914 Mr. Buckley married Miss Helen M. Giles, of Lenox, Iowa, and they have a daughter, Martha Nancy.

Mr. Buckley is a republican in his political views, while his religious affiliation is with the Congregational church. Fraternally he is a member of Tacoma Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; Tacoma Chapter, R. A. M.; Ivanhoe Commandery, K. T., of which he is a past eminent commander; Tacoma Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, B. P. O. E., and the Loyal Order of Moose. He also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. A man of sterling character, upright in his business and private life and keenly alive to all that affects the prosperity or welfare of Tacoma, he has well merited the enviable place which he holds in the estimation of his fellowmen throughout the community.

One of the oldest florists in point of years of continuous business in Tacoma is A. A. Hinz, who for a quarter of a century has been located at 618 South K street. He has followed this business from early boyhood and is regarded as an authority on flowers and plants, while his business career here has been marked by a very gratifying measure of success. Mr. Hinz was born in Germany and is a son of Frederick Hinz, who also was a florist. The son attended the public schools and then learned the florist business under his father, with whom he remained until eight- een years of age, when he came to the United States. He first located in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he followed that line of work for four years, after which he spent four years in the same occupation in Chicago, Illinois. In 1891 he came to Tacoma and located in Old Town, where he entered the employ of Mrs. A. R. Mann, who was one of the pioneer florists here. He remained with her one year and in 1892 started into business for himself on North Sixth street, where he remained about a year. His next location was on Sixth avenue, where the Jason Lee school now stands, and in 1902 he came to his present location. Here he has about eight thousand square feet under glass and would build additional greenhouses had he the room. He contracts with other florists therefore and has a constant and ready supply of flowers and plants. Through the years he has so conducted his business as to gain the good will and esteem of those who have dealt with him and has always commanded his full share of the local patronage in his line.

While living in Chicago, Mr. Hinz was united in marriage to Miss Minna Juers, also a native of Germany, and they are the parents of three children: Edmond, who died in 1908; Mrs. Bertha Moeller, of Tacoma, who is the mother of two children, Dorothy and Margery; and Walter, who enlisted in the United States navy for service in the World war and was stationed at Seattle until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. He is a member of the American Legion and is a charter member of the Lions Club. He married Mrs. Anna Fischer, who by a former marriage is the mother of three children, Lloyd, Clifford and Jack.

Mr. Hinz is a member of State Lodge, No. 68, A. F. & A. M.; Tacoma Consistory, A. A. S. R.; and Afifi Temple, of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Commencement Lodge, No. 7, K. P.; the K Street Business Men's Association and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. While his private affairs have made heavy demands on his time, Mr. Hinz has not neglected his obligations to the community and has always been found in hearty support of all measures for the advancement of the city along right lines. Straightforward and upright in all of his relations, he has gained an enviable reputation as a trustworthy and dependable man under all circumstances and well worthy of public confidence.

E. W. Schulz, who established and is now president and manager of the Pacific Boiler & Welding Company, of Tacoma, is a splendid type of the self-made man, for from the age of eight years he has practically supported himself, so that he well merits the success which is now his. Mr. Schulz was born in Germany, in 1881, and is a son of W. T. and Hedwig Schulz, of whom the former died January 8, 1926, while the latter is now living in Tacoma.

When E. W. Schulz was seven years old, the family came to the United States, locating in Wisconsin, where he received his educational training, his attendance at the public schools being somewhat limited because of the fact that at an early age he started out to make his own way in the world. In 1890 he came to Washington, locating near Spanaway, where he went to work as a farm hand, being thus employed until seventeen years of age. He then came to Tacoma and for awhile was employed at carpenter work but later went into a boiler shop, learning that trade and at the same time taking a correspondence course relating to that line of work. He then worked for Donald McGregor, where he completed his training and later served as foreman several years. During the war he had full charge of the Tacoma Steam Boiler Works remaining with that concern until September, 1920, when, in partnership with Leonard Griggs, he established and incorporated the Pacific Boiler and Welding Works, the plant being located at 929 East Eleventh street. Mr. Schulz had enjoyed a reputation as an expert in his line and this prestige was a distinct asset in the operation of the new business, which proved a successful venture from the beginning and is now one of the leading concerns in its line in Tacoma. This company manufactures riveted and welded tanks and boilers, high pressure tubular boilers up to one hundred and fifty horse power, and specializes in marine work, They also do all kinds of welding jobs and outside repair work. The shop is forty by one hundred feet in size and from six to twelve men are employed. The high quality of its products has been the company's best advertisement and it is now favorably known over the surrounding country.

In 1907, in Tacoma, Mr. Schulz was united in marriage to Miss Louise Craig, who was born in north Ireland, whence she was brought to Tacoma when six months old. She is the daughter of Robert and Margaret Craig, of whom the former died in 1923, while the mother now makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Schulz. To this union have been born two children, Robert and Margaret. Mr. Schulz is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Royal Arcanum, and also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. During all the years of his residence in this city he has been recognized as a man of positive force of character and progressive ideas, while in his business affairs he has shown himself possessed of keen discernment and sound judgment. Because of his commendable record, his splendid public spirit and his friendly manner he has attained and holds a high place in the estimation of all who know him.

Pierce county, Washington, is distinctive in a good many ways and a number of her industries have set the pace for the rest of the world. At Gig Harbor, across Puget sound from Tacoma, there has been developed the only English holly farm in the United States, which has proven an outstanding success in more ways than one. Primarily and most important, the operation of this place has saved the life of its owner, who before coming here was a physical wreck; secondly, it has brought to him large financial returns, with an assurance for the future; and thirdly, it has pointed the way for others, for the demand for holly is far beyond the possible supply, even though many engage in the business. The story of the life of P. H. Peyran is interesting and well worthy of recital, for it is a forcible example of what may be accomplished by sheer determination, pluck and sound common sense, even in the face of tremendous odds.

Born in Nevada City, California, on the 29th of July, 1865, he is a son of P. H. and Marie A. (Gouchet) Peyran. His father was born on the French border of Alsace-Lorraine while his mother was a native of Paris, France. They came to the United States in 1850 and soon afterwards joined in the historic gold rush to California. There the father followed mining during practically the remainder of his life, his death occurring in that state about 1891. The mother is still living, at the age of eighty-three years. They were the parents of three children, namely: Philip H., Charles A., of Los Angeles, California, who is married and has two sons, Philip, who has a position with the Chinese government in China, and Guy, who is with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, and Belle M., who is the wife of Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who is a voleano expert for the United States government at Kilauea, Hilo, of the Hawaiian islands.

P. H. Peyran received his educational training in the public schools and in a night school in California, and when fourteen years of age went to work in railroad shops in Sacramento, that state, where he remained one year. He then worked in a wagon shop and learned the trade of wheelwright. In 1886 he went to San Diego and obtained a position as clerk in a hardware store, remaining there until 1890, when he opened a paint shop in Fairhaven, Washington, where he remained until the boom burst, when he went to San Luis Obispo, California, and operated a store for two years. In 1897 he went to San Francisco and spent the following twenty years as a traveling salesman for the Murphy Varnish Company. His health having failed, he found it necessary to change occupation and climate. In 1914 he had bought two acres of land at Shore Acres, Gig Harbor, Washington, the land being high and commanding a magnificent view of the sound. It was cut-over land and Mr. Peyran paid three hundred and fifty dollars an acre to get it properly cleared. He then planted thirty-five English holly trees, which turned out to be the wrong variety, and he imported six hundred trees of the French improved strain of English holly, which proved to be the right kind, and these trees, which are now from fifteen to twenty-five feet in height, are returning him a net profit of about ten dollars a tree. Since then Mr. Peyran has bought eighteen additional acres, on which he is setting out other trees. He now has ten thousand young trees, and the present year will set out fifteen thousand more. A great advantage in this business is that these trees live almost indefinitely and the crop will be heavier each year. There are holly trees living in England that are known to be over five hundred years old, and it is estimated that some are at least twelve hundred years old. The wood is white, very hard and was formerly used as beams in fireplaces in England because of its resistance to fire. A yield of two hundred and fifty dollars' worth of holly was taken from two fifty-year-old trees in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Peyran grades and packs his holly as carefully as the best apple growers grade and pack their fruit. Cartons containing ten pounds net are used to ship the holly to florists and smaller boxes to retail at a dollar are made up for the department stores. Mr. Peyran has named his place Hollycroft Gardens and has improved and beautified it until it is now one of the most pleasing spots in all the Sound country. Down the bluff in front of the house leads a winding stairway to the glistening white beach, one hundred and fifty feet below. Over the stairway one reads, "The Dream Stairway. Twenty-four Platforms, Twenty-three Stairs, Sixteen Seats, Twelve Dreams," and eight thousand feet of lumber were used in the building of the stairway. In 1926 Mr. Peyran shipped holly to every state in the Union excepting Vermont, and also to British Columbia, eastern Canada, the Philippines and Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Peyran also grow many varieties of shrubs, flowers and bulbs for market, the soil and climate here being particularly favorable for their growth. Mrs. Peyran, who is an equal partner with her husband, supervised the early work on the place, getting the land cleared and the young trees started, Mr. Peyran retaining his position as traveling salesman until 1917. She is a very capable business woman and to her efficient efforts in those crucial days is attributed much of the success of the enterprise.

In 1901, in Tacoma, Mr. Peyran was united in marriage to Miss Rosana Johnstone Rutherford, who was born in Ontario, Canada, a daughter of David and Margaret (Mitchell) Rutherford, who were natives of Scotland, the father born at Gretna Green, Dumfrieshire, and the mother in Aberdeenshire. Mr. Rutherford was brought to Canada when six years of age and in the early '60s joined the second great gold rush to California. Later he went to Caribou, British Columbia, where he followed gold mining, and then, at Portland, Oregon, worked as bridge builder for the Northern Pacific Railroad. He went back to Canada, where he was married, and returned to Portland in 1875. He lived at Kalama, Washington, five years, being superintendent of bridge construction under Generals Sprague and Black on the first railroad constructed in Washington territory. In 1881 he moved to Tacoma and was with the Northern Pacific Railroad several years longer as superintendent of construction, pile driving and bridge building. Later he followed those lines of work independently, and also reclamation work, dredging and dyking in Skagit county, Washington, for the United States government, being so employed to the time of his death, which occurred in Tacoma in 1897. His widow is still living in that city. They were the parents of six children, Rosana J., David W., Maggie A., Arthur J., Eva and Mary E., Arthur being deceased. Mr. Peyran is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, B. P. O. E.; the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce, is a stockholder and director in the bank at Gig Harbor, and helped to organize and was for two years vice president of the Peninsular Light Company of Gig Harbor. Mrs. Peyran has taken an active and prominent part in club and social activities. She is a past matron of the Order of the Eastern Star; is a past grand matron of the Amaranth of the state of Washington, and is supreme standard bearer in the international organization of Amaranth; she is a member of the Tacoma temple of the Daughters of the Nile; has served as a member of the board of directors of the Tacoma Young Women's Christian Association and is a member of the Tacoma Women's Study Club. Kindly and cordial in manner, public-spirited in their support of every interest affecting the welfare of their community, and successful in their business affairs, they are held in the highest measure of esteem wherever known and have many warm and admiring friends.

George W. Miller

__ Though a comparatively young man, George W. Miller has devoted one-half of his life to the automobile business, in which he is regarded as an expert, and he is now enjoying a prosperous and steadily increasing business as agent for the Reo line of iiean pe regarded as one of the most energetic and progressive business men of

Thomas and Jennie M. (Jones) Miller. His father died in New York in 1898, and in 1904 the mother and son removed to Seattle, Washington, but she now lives in Tacoma. George W. Miller received a public school education, attending the high schools in Buckley and Tacoma. In 1912 he entered the employ of J. B. Crosten & Company, Buick agents at Tacoma, and six months later went to work for the Tacoma Auto Machine Works, where he remained about a year. During the ensuing six months he was again with the Crosten company, who then had the Chevrolet agency, and later was with the Buick agency here. Afterward he was in the employ of Hughie Hughes, who handled the Maxwell car, and then went to George Sabourn & Company, Buick dealers. In 1917 he formed the firm of Crosten & Miller and engaged in the general repair business, at Thirteenth street and Tacoma avenue, for a time. From 1918 to 1920 he was with the Mueller-Harkins Motor Company, and for about six months was a member of the firm of Thompson & Miller in the general repair business at Sixteenth street and Tacoma avenue. He then returned to the Mueller-Harkins Motor Company, with which concern he remained until August 1, 1922, when the firm of Gordon & Miller was formed, the name being later changed to that of the Winthrop Motor Company. They are located at 201-207 St. Helen's avenue, where they have the agency for the Reo cars, covering Pierce and six other counties. They have a splendid show room and offices, one hundred and ten by one hundred and twenty-five feet in size, and they now employ from twenty to twenty-five people in all departments. They maintain a well equipped repair department and carry a full line of parts. Prompt and efficient service is rendered, and the firm has gained an enviable reputation for its fair and just dealings with its patrons.

On April 25, 1926, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Eunice C. Wilson, of Detroit, Michigan, who was born at Ashland, that state. Mr. Miller is a member of Fairweather Lodge, No. 82, A. F. & A. M.; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 4, K. T.; Tacoma Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine; and Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, B. P. O. E. He is a member of the Shriners Band, in which he plays the trumpet, and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Tacoma Automobile Club and the National Automobile Dealers Association. In his political views he is an independent republican. He is a man of pleasing address, strong individuality and sterling qualities of character, and throughout the community where he lives he is held in the highest esteem.

Newton J. Buren

Newton J. Buren, secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Tsungani Piston Company, of Tacoma, has shown himself a man of marked executive ability and the company with which he is identified is making a splendid record as a successful pioneer in its particular line. The present business was established in 1919 as the Alloys Motor Parts Manufacturing Company, which was the owner of metal and design patents and was granted the first patents for Silicon aluminum alloy. This was the first company to manufacture a replacement aluminum alloy piston in the United States. Mr. Buren was, with Charles Van Amburgh, interested in this alloy patent, all later developments being brought out by the Burens, father and son, who, in October, 1921, incorporated the present company, having acquired a financial interest in the business in the previous July. M. J. Buren is president of the Tsungani Piston Company and Newton J. Buren, secretary, treasurer and general 'manager. They do the designing, casting and machine work in their own shop, utilizing about four thousand square feét of space. They employ nine men and their 1926 product was about twenty thousand pistons. They distribute their product through contract dealers and sell as far east as Wisconsin.

Newton J. Buren was born in Tacoma and is a son of M. J. and Margaret (Hansen) Buren, the latter a daughter of Antone Hansen, who was one of the earliest photographers in Tacoma. M. J. Buren was born in Denmark and came to the United States about 1890. Later he arrived in Tacoma and is now president of the Tsungani Piston Company. The son attended the Tacoma public schools and then had two years in the State Agricultural College at Pullman. During 1915-16 he was in the employ of the Tacoma Smelting Company, and then enlisted for service in the World war. He was made an instructor in the air service at the flying field at San Antonio, Texas, but was later commissioned a first lieutenant in the Field Artillery and detailed as an instructor at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. He was honorably discharged early in 1919 and is now executive officer in the National Guard here, being a member of F Battery of the One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Field Artillery. On leaving the army, he rejoined the smelting company, with which he remained a few months. He then sold automobiles for about six months, after which he spent a year with the Eldridge Buick Company, at Spokane, remaining there until coming back to Tacoma to take an interest in his present business.

In 1917 Mr. Buren was united in marriage to Miss Lorena Ferrier, who was born in Vader, Washington, a daughter of Samuel T. Ferrier, who now lives in Tacoma, the mother being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Buren have two children, Newton James, Jr., and Margaret Elizabeth. Mr. Buren is a member of the American Legion, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, and the Rotary Club. Because of his earnest life, well rounded character and his achievements, he has earned the sincere respect and good will of his fellowmen.

John Sherman Baker

To indulge in encomium of a life which has been one of distinctive modesty and unpretentiousness would be most incongruous and yet in presenting a history of Tacoma and Pierce county the work would be incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of John Sherman Baker, whose business career and the commercial history of Tacoma have been closely associated. Undoubtedly no other man in the history of this community has been a more important factor in its development and progress than he and today he stands in the front rank of its men of affairs. He has long been a prominent figure in financial circles of Tacoma as president of the Fidelity Trust Company, which he organized in 1889.

John S. Baker was born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 21, 1861, and in the paternal line comes of English ancestry, the founder of the American branch of the family being Edward Baker, who came to this country from London, England, with George Winthrop and settled at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1628. His father, Asahel M. Baker, was born in Ohio and became a wholesale flour dealer of Chicago, while during the early 50s he was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, well known in that connection for a considerable period. In fact he was among the very successful merchants of Chicago, where he resided for a long period, removing to Tacoma in 1889, here living retired. He married Martha P. Sprague, a native of Troy, New York, and a daughter of Otis Sprague, who was also of English descent. The family were early settlers of Massachusetts, arriving in this country in the decade of 1660 or 1670. Mr. and Mrs. Asahel M. Baker became the parents of eight children, those living being John Sherman, of this review; and Mattie, the wife of Arthur G. Prichard, likewise:a resident of Tacoma.

John Sherman Baker was educated in the public schools of Chicago and started out in the business world when sixteen years of age, making his initial step as settling clerk of the Chicago Board of Trade, in which connection he was retained for four years. In 1881 he came to Tacoma and was employed in a clerical capacity at the freight office of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He was associated with the railroad for only a short period and next engaged in survey work in eastern Washington until September, 1882, when he became connected with a general merchandise enterprise at Carbonado, Washington, as a member of the firm of Barlow & Baker. He continued successfully in that line until 1883 and in August of that year purchased the established grocery store of Rebard. & Campbell, after which he conducted the business under the firm name of John S. Baker & Company. He continued actively in that field until 1889, after which he assisted in organizing the Tacoma Grocery Company, Inc., for the conduct of a wholesale business, of which he was vice president and general manager. He became interested in the Tacoma Grain Company, which operated a flour mill and of which concern he was vice: president. He likewise took an active interest in real estate matters, acquiring some eligibly situated tracts of land close to the city, and in 1887 he laid out Baker's addition on I, J and K streets, between Fifth and Ninth streets, followed three years later by Baker's addition at the north end of the city and in 1905 by Baker's' second addition, all of these subdivisions opening up valuable and attractive sections of Tacoma. Through the years he has also erected many buildings, and ranks as one of the most extensive developers of land and buildings in the city and has for the past twenty-five years been a large taxpayer in Pierce county. He built the first pile driver here. Mr. Baker became president of the Alaska Coast Company, which bought the Alaska-Pacific Company, of which he was vice president and the largest owner.

In 1889 Mr. Baker was one of the organizers of the Fidelity Trust Company, which is now the oldest trust company in Washington. The personnel at its organization was as follows: CC. B. Wallace, president; John S. Baker, vice president; C. W. Griggs and Henry Hewitt, trustees; George Brown; Hugh C. Wallace, who later became United States ambassador to France; Louis D. Campbell; Isaac W. Anderson, then president of the Tacoma Land Company; and John C. Bullard, of Philadelphia. A territorial charter was obtained and the company was authorized to do a general banking and trust business, with a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars. In 1890 the bank erected its present building, which was then but six stories high but which has since been increased to twelve stories. It was constructed by Burnham & Lewis of Chicago, Illinois, and was the first steel and brick building on Puget sound. In January, 1919, the banking department was sold to the Bank of California.

On the 12th of May, 1887, at Oakland, California, Mr. Baker was married to Miss Laura Ainsworth, a native of Portland, Oregon, and a daughter of the late Captain John C. Ainsworth, who was organizer and president of the old Oregon Steam Navigation Company and one of the prominent pioneer settlers and business men of Portland. He built the first steamboat on the Willamette river and was actively identified with navigation interests in that section of the country. Mrs. Baker died, leaving one daughter, Bernice Ainsworth, whose activities in charitable work are well known and who became the wife of Wayne W. Keyes, of Gravelly Lake, Washington. Mr. Baker was married March 22, 1916, to Miss Florence Mackey, a native of Tacoma and a daughter of Rev. W. A. Mackey, one of the early pastors of the First Presbyterian church of Tacoma.

Politically Mr. Baker is a republican. He served as state senator from 1889 until 1903, being the first to represent Pierce county in the upper house after the admission of Washington into the Union. He has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry and is a life member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 23, A. F. & A. M., which he joined in 1882. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and belongs to the Tacoma Golf Club, the Union Club, of which he is a past president, and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is a liberal supporter of the First Baptist church and donated a set of chimes in memory of his father and mother. Not only has he accomplished much in connection with the practical affairs of life, but his nature, strong and vigorous, has found expression in generous deeds and fruitful service for humanity. His long and active career has. been one of close identification with business interests of magnitude, in which he has gained marked prestige, and, measured by its accomplishments, its beneficence and its helpful optimism, his life has had wide and emphatic significance.

George Milton Savage

One of the largest and most substantial contracting and building material concerns in western Washington is the George Milton Savage Company, of Tacoma, of which George Milton Savage is president and manager. Widely known throughout the coast country for his successful achievements as a contractor, he is equally prominent as a public-spirited and progressive citizen. He was born at Albert Lea, Minnesota, in 1865, a son of John N. and Anna M. (Kilmer) Savage, both of whom were natives of Indiana, their marriage occurring in Lafayette, that state. John N. Savage, who died in 1866, was a school teacher by profession and was a veteran of the Civil war, being commissioned a second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, of which he became chaplain. His wife died in Tacoma a ee Milton Savage secured his educational training in the public schools of Minnesota, and in 1884, when nineteen years of age, he and his mother and sister, Ida M., and her husband, Gus Tyrer, made the long overland trip, with team and covered wagon, to Tacoma. It was a hard trip and the journey through the Cascade mountains took them six days, traveling from sunrise to sunset, to make thirty-six miles, coming through the Susqualmie pass. After arriving here Mr. Savage Secured work as driver of a team, for which he received a dollar a day, and also was employed in clearing land, and later in pile driving for the Northern Pacific Railroad. He began contracting in Olympia :a 1889, chiefly in pile driving and wharf work. He built the first wharf at North Bay, at Olympia and at Henderson bay and built many other wharves over the upper sound district. He followed that business alone until 1891, when he formed the Savage-Schofield Company, which proved a successful enterprise. In 1900 he secured a large contract for rip-rapping the slopes of the Northern Pacific right of way in Tacoma and vicinity, and then moved to this city. In the meantime the Savage-Schofield Company had been dissolved and in 1903 Mr. Savage engaged in city work - sidewalks and street paving - under the name of the George Milton Savage Company, in which he met with eminent success. In 1905 he formed the Savage-Schofield Company, Inc., with two hundred thousand dollars capital, to handle the material end of the business. This concern was dissolved in 1924, and in 1926 he organized the George Milton Savage Company, Inc., of which he is president, and which is engaged in the liandling of building material, sand, gravel, cement and other like material. Mr. Savage has had a long and successful career as a contractor and has established a sound reputation for reliability and trustworthiness. He was one of the incorporators of the Independent Asphalt Paving Company, is president of the Washington Paving Company, president of the Yakima Paving Company, which handles work east of the mountains, and president of the Nisqually Contract Company, which took over and built the dam, tunnel and intake of the Nisqually hydro-electric, plant and thereby saved this property for the city.

In 1888 Mr. Savage was united in marriage to Miss Anna F. Sibley, who was born and reared in Seattle, a granddaughter of Colonel Simmons, one of the first settlers in the state of Washington. She is the daughter of S. W. and Mary A. (Simmons) Sibley, the latter a native of Tumwater, Washington. Her father was a native of Massachusetts, and was a pioneer of Washington, coming to this state in 1852. My. and Mrs. Savage have two children. Ethel Frances is the wife of A. L. Clark, who is associated in business with Mr. Savage, and they are the parents of two children, Frances Ellen and Arthur L., Jr. George Milton, Jr., is a student in the University of Washington. Mr. Savage is a Mason and holds membership in Tacoma Commandery, Knights Templar; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is a life member of the Commercial Club. While a resident of Olympia, he served as a member of the city council, 1894-6, and is a member of the Arctic Club of Seattle. His success in life has been the legitimate fruitage of consecutive effort, directed and controlled by sound judgment, and correct principles. He is essentially a man of affairs, keen in discernment, prompt in action and does thoroughly whatever he undertakes. He is public-spirited in his attitude towards all measures for the advancement of the city along legitimate lines and stands for all that is best in community life.

John Kidd Gordon

The Reo motor cars are deservedly popular and under the able and efficient sales efforts of J. K. Gordon have been extensively purchased throughout Pierce county He has had eleven years of intensive experience in the selling of automobiles during which time he has gained a high reputation not only for his ability to sell but also for his fair and square methods of doing business, whereby he has gained a high place in public confidence.

Mr. Gordon is a native of Scotland, his birth occurring on the 1884, and he is a son of Alexander and Isabella (Dey) Gondor meee eis oe public school course, he attended Montrose Academy and later entered the Montrose Technical College, where he was graduated in the commercial course. In 1908 he came to the United States, locating at Seattle in August and there engaging in business as a dealer in machinery and building material for four years. During the three ensuing years he served as a manager of an importing house in Vancouver, British Columbia and in February, 1916, he came to Tacoma as an automobile salesman for the Universal

John K. Gordon

Motor Company. Here he made a splendid record and in August, 1916, was made sales manager, holding that position until 1918, when he became sales manager for the Mueller-Harkins Motor Company.

On August 1, 1922, Mr. Gordon formed a partnership with George W. Miller, under the name of Gordon & Miller, and operated the Stadium garage until January, 1924, when in association with Mr. Miller he organized the Winthrop Motor Company, at 201-7 St. Helen's avenue. He secured the agency for the Reo cars for southwestern Washington and in their sale has made a notable success. He also maintains a well equipped service and repair department, carrying a full line of parts and employing from eighteen to twenty people.

On July 31, 1908, Mr. Gordon was united in marriage to Miss Ann Gilchrist, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and they are the parents of three children, Ian, Norman and Marjorie.

Mr. Gordon is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Royal Arch degree; the Order of Scottish Clans of which he is a past chief; is a director of the Washington Automotive Trades Association; and is a past president of the British War Veterans Association. He belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and stands ready to cooperate in the advancement of all measures to promote the city's best interests. In political affairs he is deeply interested but maintains an independent attitude. His career presents a notable example of those qualities of mind and character which are so essential to success in any undertaking, and he stands today in the front rank of the progressive and wideawake business men of his city and county.

E. F. Gregory

Enterprise and progressiveness have marked the career of E. F. Gregory, who for a number of years has stood in the forefront of the real estate dealers of Tacoma. Through his effective and successful methods in selling desirable residential tracts he has in a very definite way contributed to the development and growth of Tacoma and stands today among the representative business men of the community.

Mr. Gregory was born on the 26th of April, 1863, in Grant county, Wisconsin, and is a son of Noble R. and Jane (Kilby) Gregory. The mother died in 1870, and the father, who had for years been engaged in mercantile business in California, died in Tacoma, where he had made his home for some time prior to his death. In 1870 the Gregory family moved from Wisconsin to Wahoo, Saunders county, Nebraska, and in the public schools of that locality the subject of this sketch secured his educational training. In 1882 he went to Auburn, California, where he was engaged in the drug business for six years. He next ran a drug store at Colfax, Washington, where he remained about a year, going from there to Tekoa, this state, and three years afterward to Spokane, where he continued in the drug business.

In 1901 Mr. Gregory removed to Seattle, where he engaged in the real estate business until September 1, 1904, when he came to Tacoma, which has since been his home. Here he devoted his attention to the real estate and insurance business, but eventually, the real estate end of the business demanding practically all of his time, he sold the insurance agency. He gives his personal attention to the management of his properties, in the handling and marketing of which he has shown himself to be a genius. In 1908 he put on and sold the Gregory Heights subdivision of Portland, Oregon, and still maintains an office in that city. In Tacoma he put on the McKinley Park first, second and third additions, the Park Avenue first and second additions, the Sunset Home addition, the Madrona Park addition, the Queen Ann addition and several smaller subdivisions. He also owned and: subdivided one thousand acres near American lake; handled five hundred acres as a'subdivision fifteen miles southeast of Tacoma; handled the Fruitland and Garden tracts, about +wo thousand acres in all, which he sold in five and ten-acre tracts; sold the Scone Valley acre tracts at Summit, comprising about two hundred acres, eleven oe ee southeast of Tacoma; sold the eighty acres comprising the South Tacoma Gar sien the Lemmon Beach acre tracts, comprising eighty acres, and three hundred cables Monte Vista, which he is selling in tracts of one to five acres, including water, ig ie and telephones. He is energetic and wide-awake, is absolutely square and reliable in all his representations, and through all the selling campaigns which he has suc-

In 1887 Mr. Gregory was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Myton, who was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Masonic order and the Woodmen of the World, and also belongs to the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, in which he served twelve years as a member of the board of directors. He is a republican in his political allegiance and is president of the Northwestern Savings and Loan Association. Because of his various business activities, Mr. Gregory has long been a conspicuous figure in Tacoma and vicinity and holds an enviable place among those whose efforts have made for the advancement and development of this city. Personally he is a man of cordial and friendly manner, readily makes friends and is held in the highest regard by all who know him.

August Lodde

No man of the past generation in Pierce county was held in higher esteem than the late August Lodde, who is now sleeping peacefully in the 'windowless palaces of rest." His memory will long be revered by those who knew and admired him, for he was a man in whom all took delight, owing to his kindly manner and his sterling qualities. He was one of the pioneers to whom the present generation owes much, for he came here in an early day and out of the wilderness carved a splendid estate, thus contributing to the general progress of the community. Mr. Lodde was born in Germany, in 1832, and obtained his education in the public schools of his native land. About 1854 he came to the United States and settled in New York for a short time. He then went to New Ulm, Minnesota, and was there during the great Indian uprising. He was a carpenter and cabinetmaker by trade and made the first panel door in New Ulm. From there he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he lived eleven years, and then came to Washington. In the fall of 1874 he homesteaded a tract of timber land at Orting, Pierce county, built a small house and cleared a few acres, living there five years. He then sold that place and bought the Lane homestead of one hundred and sixty acres at McMillan, on which he raised hops for two years. Selling that place, he bought two hundred acres of land on section 138, township 18, range 2, four miles southeast of Spanaway, locating thereon in 1882. The land was part prairie and part bottom land. He built a good house and at once proceeded to clear and cultivate the tract and in the course of time developed it into one of the best farms in that locality. He gave his attention largely to raising hops, and lived there to the time of his death, which occurred April 2, 1902. He was survived a number of years by his widow, who died March 18, 1924. To these worthy parents were born nine children, as follows: Mrs. Emma Cruse, who is the mother of seven children, Henry, Nettie, Sadie, Willis, Louise, Elsie and Geraldine; Albert C., who operates part of the home farm; Mrs. Ida Ryan, who has three children, Lacie, Willis and Arlene; Robert, deceased; Aleck, deceased, who was the father of five children. August, Eugene, Louisa, Sylvia and Ida; William, of Spanaway, who is married and has a daughter, Juanita; Mrs. Mary Moulton; Louis, who is a druggist in California and has two children, Louis Lang and Ernean Sands; and Oliver, deceased. There are eighteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Mr. Lodde was recognized as a splendid citizen, industrious and enterprising, and was one of the sturdy figures on whom the burdens of the new community fell, bearing his part in advancing its general interests and cooperating with his neighbors in all measures for the public good. He achieved every step of his career by his own efforts and the prosperity which came to him was richly merited. -

Albert Lodde was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 2d of February, 1869, and was but a child when brought to Pierce county. He secured his education in the public schools at Orting and then devoted his attention to the home place, clearing most of the land for his father. In 1893 and 1894 'he bought six hundred and forty acres on section 14, township 18, range 2, in addition to which he inherited two hundred acres from his father. At one time he owned over a thousand acres of good land but sold the greater part of it to the United States for an army post, Camp Lewis being established there. He is now living on a part of the old home ranch near Spanaway, where he raises hops and operates a dairy, milking seventeen good grade

Holstein cows. He raises hay and green feed and maintains the farm at a high standard of improvement, having drained all of the bottom land. He has been a strong advocate of good schools and served altogether sixteen years as a member of the school boards in Hillhurst and Greendale. Pleasant and agreeable in manner, he has a host of warm friends throughout the community and commands the respect and good will of all who know him.

Chisholm Brothers

For more than twenty-five years Chisholm Brothers have commanded the representative grocery trade in the vicinity of their store, which during this entire period has been located at 604 South K street, Tacoma, and the owners: are numbered among the solid and substantial business men of this city. The store was established in December, 1901, and at that time was the only one of its kind in that locality. They carry a complete line of staple and fancy groceries and their relations with their customers have ever been marked by courtesy and fair dealing, through which they have gained and retained the absolute confidence and good will of all who have dealt with them.

W. J. Chisholm was born and reared in Minnesota and is the son of Duncan and Tryphena (Brown) Chisholm. In 1889 he came to Tacoma and soon afterwards became a member of the city fire department, in which he served continuously from 1890 to January 1, 1902. He started in at the bottom and, by faithful and efficient service, was repeatedly promoted until when he quit the service he was captain of the headquarters company. In 1901 he entered into partnership with his brother, J. H. Chisholm, and they have since been engaged in the grocery business. In 1895 W. J. Chisholm was united in marriage to Miss Hilda Susan Adcock, who was born in England, a daughter of Robert and Emma Adcock. Her father is dead and the mother, now Mrs. Larne, lives in Seattle. They came to this country, locating in Oregon in the late '80s, and came to Tacoma about 1890. To Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm have been born three children. Robert Duncan, who is now practicing dentistry in Tacoma, enlisted for service in the World war, joining the Light Artillery, and was sent overseas, where he served until the close of the war, being wounded at Chateau Thierry. James Alexander is with the American Refining Company, in Tacoma. William Wallace is in school. Mr. Chisholm is a member of the Tacoma Retail Grocers' Association, of which he was president two years, and of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Tacoma Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen.

J. H. Chisholm also was born in Minnesota and attended the public schools. He then secured a position as chief clerk with a logging concern in Minnesota and Wisconsin, with which he remained until 1896, when he came to Tacoma. In 1898 he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war and was assigned to the Light Artillery at the Presidio, San Francisco. On leaving the army, he returned east and resumed his former position with the logging company, with which he remained for two years, and in 1901 came to Tacoma, soon afterward becoming associated with his brother in the grocery business. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, B. P. O. E., and the Spanish-American War Veterans. The brothers are men of sterling character and friendly manner and during the years of their residence here haye won a host of warm and loyal friends, who esteem them for their genuine

J. J. Dempsey, president of the Dempsey Lumber Company, of Tacoma, has been identified with this line of trade practically from his boyhood and understands every phase of the business, in which he has achieved success. He was born in Manistee, Michigan, and is a son of James and Mary T. Dempsey, of whom the latter died in 1906. James Dempsey had been engaged in the lumber business for fifty-four years prior to his death, which occurred in 1919, his residence during all of this period being at Manistee. In 1904 he and two of his brothers organized the Dempsey Lumber Company, a Michigan corporation, of which L. T. Dempsey, who died in 1923, was the first president. The first treasurer was J. W. Dempsey, who died . in 1916, and the first secretary was J. J. Dempsey, of this review, who became president of the company in 1923. The other officers at this time are C. R. Duncan, of Manistee, Michigan, vice president, and Neal Dempsey, a brother of the subject, secretary and treasurer. In 1905 the headquarters of the company were transferred to Tacoma, to which place J. J. Dempsey had come in 1901 as a buyer of timber. The company confines its operations to logging and the manufacture of lumber, the logs being obtained in Skagit county, whence they are floated down to Tacoma. They manufacture fir and hemlock lumber, both finished and rough, which they ship east, export and sell locally. They employ one hundred and fifty men in the mill, which is located on the tidewater flats at Tacoma, and one hundred and fifty men in the logging camps. They produce about thirty-five million feet of lumber annually.

Mr. Dempsey received a good education, attending the public schools and then entering Notre Dame University, where he was graduated in 1895, after which he took a two-year engineering. course in Cornell University. He then came to the coast, where his activities have since been mainly confined to the interests of his company. He is a man of marked business ability and keen discernment and has long held a front place among the successful lumbermen of this locality.

In 1913 Mr. Dempsey was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Danaher, to which union have been born two sons, John J., Jr., and Danaher. Mr. Dempsey is a member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and has always evinced a deep interest in the prosperity and welfare of his city and county, in the upbuilding of which he has been an important factor. A man of estimable personal qualities, he has a host of loyal friends throughout this community, who admire him for his genuine worth as a man and citizen.

One of the prominent citizens of Gig Harbor is H. W. Tichacek, who is also one of the most popular, being a man of attractive personality and sterling character. Though not an old man in years, his life record has been marked by wide experience, during which he visited many parts of the globe. He is conducting a successful business in Gig Harbor and has taken an active interest in affairs affecting the welfare of his community, of which he is a worthy citizen. Mr. Tichacek was born in Wisconsin, September 12, 1900, and is a son of J. E. and Anna (Wilke) Tichacek, the former a native of Bohemia and the latter of Germany. The father came to the United States in 1889, locating in Wisconsin, where he was employed as a wheelwright in sawmills. In 1901 he removed to Everett, Snchomish county, Washington where he has since lived, being superintendent of a large mill owned by the Peter Lumber Company. To him and his wife were born the following children: Mary soe Lillian, John, Helen, H. W., Bertha and Edna. : ,

. W. Tichacek attended the public schools of Everett, eraduati i school in 1915, and then entered the University of Wachineten. a8 Seek course in pharmacy and was graduated with the degree of Ph. G. in 1918. Soon after the United States entered the World war, Mr. Tichacek, though but little past seventeen years of age, enlisted in the navy and was assigned to the Hospital Corps, in which he served until honorably discharged in 1920. During that time he was in Honolulu, Guam and the Philippines, and then went to Shanghai, China from there to Vladivostok, Siberia, and to Yokahoma, Japan. After leaving hs navy, he worked as a pharmacist in a drug store in Bremerton, Washington, until February, 1926, when he opened a drug store of his own in Gig Harbor. He Gareias a full line of drugs and the usual drug store accessories, and also has a wall equipped soda fountain. His courtesy, accommodating manner and fair dealing have i d for pe ee patronage as well as many warm friends. att n October, 1925, at Olympia, Washington, Mr. Tichacek i i i to Miss Esther Naslund, who was born in Seattle, a dangher of Gs As Nene, She received a good education in the public schools of Seattle and during ahe World war worked in the navy yard at Bremerton, Washington, where she operated a large electric crane in the shipyard, being the only woman in the country to hold a similar position. Mr. Tichacek is a member of the Masonic lodge at Leavenworth, Chelan county, and has held all the chairs up to that of master. He belongs to the Royal Arch Masons and the Knights Templar at Wenatchee, Washington; Nile Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Seattle; also to Far East Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F., at Yokahoma, Japan, and Bremerton Lodge, No. 192, K. P., at Bremerton, Washington. He is president of the First National Bank of Gig Harbor and president of the Chamber of Commerce. He is active in all community affairs looking to the advancement of the public welfare, being specially interested in good roads and schools. Personally he is cordial and friendly and has a host of warm friends.

Charles Hotchkiss

Charles Hotchkiss, president of the Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Company, has long been a prominent factor in the business prosperity of Tacoma, and the enterprise, under his able direction, has become one of the successful and substantial concerns of this locality. Mr. Hotchkiss was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, and is a son of Fred and Mary Hotchkiss, both of whom died in the east. He secured his education in public schools of New England, where he spent the early years of his life, and in young manhood engaged in the grocery business in Connecticut, where he remained until March 15, 1886, when he came to Tacoma. He also engaged in the grocery business, under the firm name of Roland & Hotchkiss, but at. the end of a year sold his interest in that store and formed the firm of Nolan & Hotchkiss, engaging in the same line of business. Later he bought out Mr. Nolan and thereafter conducted the store under the firm name of Charles Hotchkiss & Company until 1891, when he sold out. He then entered the employ of the Portland Cracker Company, as manager in Tacoma and eventually became a_ stockholder and director of .that company, which in 1899 sold out to the Pacific Biscuit Company, with which Mr. Hotchkiss remained on the same basis as with the old company until January, 1926, when he retired from further active participation in the business. In January, 1905, he organized the Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Company, and has been president during its entire history. The business was first established in a building which they acquired on Jefferson avenue, but in 1906 the company bought the land at 2421 East F street and erected the building which has been occupied continuously since. The company is engaged in making biscuits and candy of all kinds, under the trade name of "Everybody's" and has always enjoyed a large patronage throughout the Washington coast region.

On June 8, 1912, at Spokane, Mr. Hotchkiss was united in marriage to Miss Mary Lyle McClure, who was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She is of a fine southern family and is an excellent musician, having had concert and professional experience. Mr. Hotchkiss is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was formerly a trustee, and he also belongs to the Union Club and the Tacoma Country Club. He is a man of strong individuality, has many commendable personal qualities and is held in the highest regard.

Ellis Roberts

Ellis Roberts, who is now serving his third term as mayor of Wilkeson, has had an interesting career, marked, during the greater part of his life by persistent and consecutive labor, and today no citizen of Wilkeson is held in higher esteem than he, for he has exhibited those qualities which commend a man to the favorable opinion of his fellowmen. His birth occurred in Wales, in 1864, and he is a son of William and Caroline Roberts, who came to the United States about 1868, being passengers on the steamship "Atlantic," which sank on its next trip. The father was a shoemaker by trade and on coming to this country located at Irondale, Ohio, where he followed that occupation. Both parents died in Ohio.

Ellis Roberts had but little opportunity for a school education, as:he went to 'work in the mines at an early age. He came to this country in 1870 and imme- diately went into the mines in Ohio, near Massilon. During this period he also managed to attend school to some extent and formed the habit of reading and study which has ever characterized him, so that he has become an unusually well informed man on a wide range of subjects. After working in the mines a while, he went to work in a rolling mill, where he was employed until 1889, when he came to Franklin, Washington, and went to work as a miner, remaining there about a year, when the mine caught fire and he was thrown out of employment. He remained a year or so in Newcastle, Washington, and in the early '90s came to Wilkeson, where he has remained continuously since. He worked in the Upper mine for J. M. Kelley, following that occupation here about twenty years, during which period he was promoted to the position of foreman. He remained in the mines until the men went out on a strike, since which time he has not mined. He has served as justice of the peace about twenty-five years and is now also police judge. He has read considerable law and of late years has done much legal work, because of which and his long service as a justice he is known locally as "Judge" Roberts. He also formerly taught music, possessing a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the art.

While living in Ohio, Mr. Roberts was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Evans, who was born in that state, a daughter of Evan J. and Rachael (Davis) Evans. Her father, a veteran of the Civil war, spent his last years in the home of Mr. Roberts and died here, while the mother died in Colorado. To Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have been born eight children, namely: Alice, who lives in Seattle; Mrs. Rachael Weinman, deceased, her two children being cared for by her parents; Sarah, who is the wife of Bert Rodgers, of Eugene, Oregon, and they have three children; Caroline, who. is the wife of Mr. Dodes, of the United States navy, and has a son by a former marriage; Mrs. Violet Hadley, of Tacoma, who has two children; Bernice, who is the wife of Raymond Mumley, of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Mary Bowen, of Seattle, who has three children; and Emily, who teaches school and lives at home. All of the children were born in Washington, excepting Alice, who was born in Ohio.

Mr. Roberts has been active in local public affairs, having been chosen a member of the first city council and retaining that position continuously to the time he was elected to the mayoralty, in which he is now serving his third term. He was one of the organizers of the Wilkeson Booster Club and has always done his full share in advancing the interests of his community. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at South Prairie; Wilkeson Lodge, I. O. O. F., with which he has been identified for forty years; Wilkeson Lodge, F. O. E., of which he was the first president, and the Knights of Pythias. Kindly and courteous in his bearing, and standing always for the best things in community life, he has long been regarded as a distinct asset to Wilkeson and has a host of warm and loyal friends throughout this locality.

C. M. Charles

Among the foremost citizens of Puyallup, both as to business success and personal qualities, stands C. M. Charles, who for many years was widely recognized as an able and successful educator, and who later, in the field of commerce, also attained well merited prosperity. He was born in Rogersville, Tennessee, in 18538, and is a son of John P. and Virginia Grace (Bussell) Charles, both of whom were natives of Tennessee and of English, French and German stock. The father was a farmer during his entire active life, and his death occurred in 1895, the mother passing away in 1893.

Of the thirteen children born to them, C. M. Charles is the only one living. He attended the public schools of Tennessee and St. Clair Academy, then went to Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee, one year, and from there to Simpson's Centenary College, at. Indianola, Iowa, two years. Returning to Tusculum College, he took charge of the commercial department for one year, after which he entered Emory and Henry College, near Bristol, Tennessee, and was graduated in 1888. During the following two years Mr. Charles served as principal of St. Clair Academy, and from there went to Indianola, Nebraska, where he spent six years as superintendent of schools. During the following two years he was superintendent of schools at Columbia, Tennessee, and in 1893 went to Miles City, Montana, where he served as superintendent of schools four years. In 1897 he came to Tacoma, Washington, where he remained until the following year, when he came to Puyallup and engaged in merchandising, to which he devoted his attention until 1915, when he sold out. Since then he has been engaged in the fire insurance business here and has met with very gratifying success. He is the owner of several valuable business and residence properties in Puyallup and is now very comfortably situated.

On August 4, 1880, Mr. Charles was united in marriage to Miss Helen M. Hill, who was born in Geneva, Ohio, a daughter of Henry and Fannie Hill, of whom the former followed the occupation of farming. To her parents were born six children, of whom two are living, Mrs. Stella Hawley and Mrs. Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Charles were the parents of a daughter, Fannie Grace, who was born in Indianola, Nebraska, and is now the wife of C. W. Anderson, of Canton, Ohio. She was graduated from the Tacoma high school in 1908 and then entered the University of Washington, where she was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1912, having taken the normal course, as well as musical and dramatic work. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two children, Betty Charles, born in September, 1920, and Barbara Helen, in May, 1926. On August 20, 1926, occurred the death of Mrs. Charles. Through almost a half century she walked at her husband's side, through vicissitude and early struggle to success, her affection and constant cheer having been guiding beacons to his efforts, undimmed even by the five years of invalidism which closed her life.

Mr. Charles has long been active and prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of Corinthian Lodge, No. 38, F. & A. M., in which he has repeatedly filled all of the chairs and is now recording secretary. He is also a member and recording secretary of Puyallup Chapter, No. 49, R. A. M., and is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is regarded as one of the leading Masons of Pierce county and is frequently called to various parts of the state to assist in the degree work. A man of impressive personality, of wide knowledge and broad views, he possesses to a marked degree the characteristics which beget esteem, confidence and friendship.

Welles Wheeler

Welles Wheeler has long been prominently identified with the lumber interests of Washington and now, as president of the Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company, is a notable figure in Tacoma business circles. He is a man of alert mentality, sound judgment and progressive methods and stands high in the estimation of all who come in contact with him. Born in Connecticut in December, 1859, Mr. Wheeler is a son of Coleman E. and Electa S. (Welles) Wheeler, also natives of that state, and both now deceased, the mother dying in 1861 and the father in 1875. Coleman E. Wheeler was a pioneer of the west coast, having lived in California, Washington ie aes Wheeler received his educational training in the public schools of his native state and remained there until 1874 when he went to Iowa, where he was engaged in the drug business about four years. He came to Tacoma with the intention of establishing himself in the same business, but there _was no opening for another drug store at that time, so he went into the grocery business at the corner of Fifteenth and Yakima streets, later moving to Eleventh and Yakima streets, and continued in that business about five years. He then sold out and turned his attention to the real estate business, in which he was active until about 1892, when he went to California, where he remained one year. During the following nine years he was employed by a San Francisco firm as a traveling salesman, with headquarters in Tacoma. In 1903, he formed the Wheeler-Reese Company, and engaged in the lumber business on the Tacoma & Eastern Railroad, their work consisting largely in logging and sawing, and they continued there until they had cut out their timber, when they came to their present location. The original owners were Welles Wheeler and P. L. Reese, but in 1924 the business was incorporated as the Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company, of which the present officers are, Welles Wheeler, president; P. L. Reese, vice president; L. E. Burnham, secretary, and H. O. Wheeler, treasurer. Their plant is located on the port commission jand, facing Wapato creek and here they manufacture rough grade lumber, specializing in Japanese squares and car material, most of their product being shipped to the Atlantic coast and the

Orient. They do no logging, buying all the timber required for their mill, and have a normal capacity of about ninety thousand feet daily, fifty-two men being employed in the plant.

Mr. Wheeler has been married twice, first in 1882, in Iowa, to Miss Anna M. Omstead, who was born in Iowa, a daughter of H. T. Omstead, and who died in 1921. To that union were born three children. Ralph C., who was born in Iowa and was about four months old when brought to Tacoma, is now engaged in a mercantile business at Mineral, Lewis county, and Henry O. is connected with his father's firm. The daughter, Mildred, is deceased. In 1923, Mr. Wheeler was married to Mrs. Katherine M. Johnson, who was born in Iowa, a daughter of L. F. and Cora M. Cook, who came here in the '80s and are now deceased. By a former marriage, Mrs. Wheeler became the mother of a son, L. E. Johnson.

Mr. Wheeler is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. His life has been a busy and successful one and he has so ordered his actions as to earn the unqualified confidence and respect of his fellowmen, for he has been fair in his business dealings, has taken a proper interest in the general welfare of the community and has been true and loyal in every relation of life.

For several reasons W. H. Elvins is entitled to specific recognition in the history of his county, first, because of the record he has made in business affairs since locating here; secondly, because of the prominent part he has played in the public life of the community, in the welfare of which he has been a potent factor; and lastly, because of his strong personality and his sterling qualities. W. H. Elvins was born in Belleville, Ontario, on the 29th of April, 1867, and is a son of Richard and Jane Anne (Snell) Elvins, natives of Cornwall, England, where they were reared and married. They went to Belleville, Canada, in 1842, and there the father became engaged in the grocery, flour and feed business, the store now being conducted by a brother of W. H. Elvins.

Having received his early educational training in the public schools of Belleville, W. H. Elvins entered Albert College, where he was graduated in 1885, after which he also took a course in a business college. He then went to Toronto, Canada, and obtained a situation as bookkeeper with a contractor, with whom he remained a year or two, after which he spent about a year with a government survey party in northwestern Canada. He then returned to Belleville and assisted his father about a year, when, his mother having died, he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he remained a year. In 1889 he settled in Tacoma, and engaged in the grocery business with a partner. Later he was connected with the McDonald Grocery Company, after which he came to Puyallup in 1893 and bought the Thomas Waterson stock of goods. Waterson's business was at that time in the hands of his creditors, and Mr. Elvins was also at that time practically without cash capital, but the attorney in charge of affairs persuaded him to buy the business and give his note in payment. For a while he had a hard time making the business go, but by his persistence and grim determination, backed by honest dealing, sound business methods and rigid economy, he eventually began to forge ahead and his record has been one of which he has just reason to be proud. The original stock, valued at about two thousand dollars, was carried in a small storeroom, twenty by fifty feet, at the corner of Main and Meridian streets, but as the volume of his business increased he was compelled to find larger accommodations. In 1907 he bought a lot and built his present fine store building, forty by one hundred and ten feet, with balcony, where he is now conducting a well arranged department store, carrying a forty-thousand-dollar stock and employing eight people. He has recently sold the controlling interest in the business to the C. O. Van Natter Company, though he still retains an interest and is vice president of the company, the business still being run under the name of the Elvins Department Store. During the thirty-three years of -his identification with this business Mr. Elvins never took a pleasure vacation longer than forty-eight hours at one time, devoting himself indefatigably to the store, in the management of which he showed keen sagacity and sound judgment.