Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 4 of 27)

Harold I. Davis secured his educational training in the public schools and then took over his father's business, which he operated until April, 1917, when, on the entry of the United States into the World war, he entered the first officers' training camp at Madison Barracks, New York. There he was commissioned a second lieutenant and in the same year he was sent to Camp Lewis, Washington, where, as a first lieutenant, he served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. He then went to work for the Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Growers Canning Company, with which he remained about a year, and on July 1, 1921, became associated with Mr. Ziegaus in the formation of the present corporation of Ziegaus, Davis & Sweetland, which is successfully engaged in the insurance brokerage business, being today numbered among the three largest concerns in this line in Tacoma. He is now secretary and treasurer of the corporation, to the interest of which he j voting himself. ; ra "pee ae stanch republican in his political views and fraternally is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient

Accepted Scottish Rite; Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the American Legion. He also belongs to the Fircrest Golf Club and for the past four years has been secretary of Beth Israel congregation. He is a man of splendid personality and throughout the city is held

James Jackson

Among the old and highly esteemed residents of Tacoma who have passed to their reward, leaving to their families and friends the memory of their upright lives and their worthy achievements, stood the late James Jackson, who, after a long and creditable career, died September 29, 1924. He was a native of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, born on the 26th of February, 1846, and was a son of Jacob and Esther Jackson, the former of whom was a native of Ireland. The latter died when her son James was but a child.

From the age of eight years James Jackson was practically thrown on his own resources and was employed on farms in the locality where he lived. When twenty years of age he went to Missouri, where he hired out as an ox team driver, remaining there only while the ox teams were assembled, and then drove a team across the plains. That was a long and arduous trip, in 1866, filled with danger from many sources, and on one occasion he was bitten by a rattlesnake. The emergency required quick action and he at once cut out the bite before the poison had a chance to get into his system. He made his way to The Dalles, Oregon, and during the ensuing several years he traveled over much of the west. In 1870 he took, up a preemption <laim in Whitman county, Washington, where he engaged in stock raising, to which he devoted his attention until about 1878, when he opened a meat market, which he supplied from his own stock. He then sold the ranch and traveled over that part of the country, buying and selling live stock. In 1898 he took five hundred live sheep to Alaska, driving the flock from the coast to the interior, where he delivered the animals to the mining camps. Subsequently he returned to the United States, locating in Tacoma, where he bought live stock for the Carstens Packing Company for a number of years. In the meantime he had turned his attention to real estate, in which he made a number of very successful deals, so that in 1909 he was able to retire from active business affairs, and thereafter resided in this city up to the time of his death.

In February, 1878, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Miss Alice Hall, who was born in Morristown, New York, her parents being Luman and Lydia (Crossett) Hall, natives of Williston, Vermont, and Plattsburg, New York, respectively. In se Ngee eae athe lines, Mrs. Jackson is descended from old colonial stock, acob Crossett having been soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. J ackson was two years of age when her parents left the Empire state and settled in Wisconsin. Her father and two brothers were veterans of the Civil war, serving during the entire period of hostilities between the north and the south In 1865 Luman Hall moved with his family to Minnesota, where he took up a homestead, from which he was driven by grasshoppers. In 1876 the family went west to Seattle, Washington, and in 1877 lived for a short time at Tumwater, this state, going from there to Colfax in the same year. The father, who was a wagon mak followed that business in Colfax until his death. Mrs. Alice (Hall) Jackson er in the first millinery establishment in Colfax, and at the time of her marri h had be oe of her own at Palouse, Washington. ums o Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were bor 7 i : : maine, who died at the age of siseeiaecas ieee ito sae ca ee ate saree a eae of Abetoe and then studied accounting. She mre 4 a e grocery firm o cLean & McMillan, with whom sh i for a number of years. She belongs to the Rebekahs ies' mia rats Independent Order of Odd Fellows), the Ladi ; ietlk dies a ee Relief Corps (auxiliary to the eae hoe a pe e Maccabees, the Woman's Of the' Dallghtars%or dhealmeeen ec 0 = e eh ae Mary Ball Chapter Tacoma Women's Club, the é ion, Daughters of Union Veterans, the deta chureee ats a : vee membership in the First Presby- 5 ich she joined in 1898. Miss Jackson is also so a member of the library board. Mrs. Jackson is a member of the Rebekahs, the Woman's Relief Corps, the Daughters of Union Veterans and Mary Ball Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Politically Mr. Jackson was a stanch republican and took a good citizen's interest in public affairs. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Jackson was a man of high personal character, stood for all that was best in community life and supported all measures tending to promote the general welfare. The simplicity and cordiality of his nature invited friendships and he was of a hospitable and kindly disposition. Though a man of strong character, unflinching in defense of the right, his was a heart so gentle that never in his long life did he destroy a living creature merely for the sport of killing and in fact never owned a gun. His death, even in the rounded fullness of a long life, was felt to be a distinct loss to the community and his memory is revered by all who knew him.

C. H. Boatman

C. H. Boatman, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Puyallup, where he was successfully engaged in the contracting and building business for a.number of years prior to 1912, is now living retired save for his activities as a poultry raiser. A worthy native son of Pierce county, Washington, he was born at Steilacoom on the 15th of February, 1856, his parents being Willis and Mary A. (Richardson) Boatman, of whom more extended mention is made on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of John W. Boatman.

C. H. Boatman acquired his education as a public school pupil of this county and remained under the parental roof until nineteen years of age, when he made his way to Spokane, Washington. There he engaged in railroad work, running an engine on construction for ten years. On the expiration of that period, in 1885, he removed to Idaho and began mining in the vicinity of Coeur d'Alene. He also ran a steamboat on Lake Pend Oreille for two years and devoted his attention to mining and railroading in Idaho until 1891, when he returned to Puyallup. Here he engaged in farming and also worked at the carpenter's trade until 1898, in which year he went to Alaska-and there followed mining at Eagle City and likewise worked in sawmills. On coming back to Puyallup in 1900 he here purchased a home, but for about a year thereafter he was employed as sawyer in a sawmill near Lester. Mr. Boatman then took up his permanent abode in Puyallup, where he engaged in contracting and building with gratifying success until 1912, since which time he has enjoyed the fruits of his former toil in comparative ease. He keeps an excellent flock of four hundred and fifty chickens and also grows berries on the portion of the old Boatman homestead which he owns. . f

On the 26th of December, 1889, Mr. Boatman was united in marriage to Clara A. Lucas, a native of Fremont county, Iowa, and a daughter of John and Lucinda (Keeler) Lucas, who were born in Illinois and Indiana, respectively. Her: father engaged in agricultural pursuits and also operated a sawmill prior to his removal to Fremont county, Iowa, where he took up a homestead among the pioneer settlers and devoted his attention to farming until 1883. That year witnessed his arrival at Palouse, Washington, where he purchased a school section of land and followed farming throughout the remainder of his life. He also owned a sawmill near Potlatch, this state. Mr. and Mrs. John Lucas were the parents of twelve children, namely: Henry; Riley, Elizabeth and Amanda, all of whom are deceased; Ezekiel; Clara, who is the wife of C. H. Boatman; Ruth; Lee; Jane, who has passed away; Samantha; Alfred, who is deceased; and one who died in infancy. The mother of the above named departed this life on the 3d of January, 1899.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Boatman have a son and a daughter. Clarence Fay Boatman, born in Palouse, Washington, is still at home, Marjory A. Boatman, who was born on the old homestead in Puyallup, is the wife of C. F. Rau and the mother of two children: Charlotte, who was born September 24, 1918; and Weldon Willis, whose anuary 20, 1922. ee eae Mr. eter is affiliated with Puyallup Lodge, No. 18, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with Puyallup Lodge, No. 178, Woodmen of the World. His wife belongs to the Rebekahs, being a member of Schuyler Colfax Lodge, No. 14, and is also identified with the Women of Woodcraft and with the Woman's Relief Corps. They are widely recognized as people of genuine personal worth and have an extensive circle of warm friends throughout the community in which they make their home. Mr. Boatman has now passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten and can look back over a well spent and honorable life.

James Perfield

One of the most highly respected residents of Puyallup is James Perfield, who after a long and honorable career is now retired from active pursuits and is living in his comfortable home in this city, enjoying the fruits of his years of former toil. Mr. Perfield was born in the town of Pavilion, western New York, on the 25th of May, 1862, and is a son of James and Mary (Smith) Perfield. His father was a native of Ireland, who came to New York in young manhood, was married there, and followed the business of a brick mason and contractor.

Our subject received his education in the public schools of his native state, and lived at home until 1886, when he went to North Dakota, where he engaged in farming for about four years. In 1890 he came to Puyallup and for a time was engaged in market gardening and hop raising. In 1911 he established the Perfield Hardware Company in Puyallup, in partnership with his brother, Henry, running the business until' 1921, when he sold it to the Stewart-Moore Hardware Company, and at that. time he retired from business. He now rents his farm as a dairy ranch, and also owns another farm at Connell's Prairie. In former years he owned a farm at Porter Prairie, but sold that.

In 1906 Mr. Perfield was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Hackett, who also was born and reared at Pavilion, New York, where they had known each other. She is a daughter of William and Ellen (Carroll) Hackett, both of whom were natives of New York state, the father born at Rochester. He was a farmer by vocation. Mr, and Mrs. Perfield became the parents of three children, all of whom were born at Puyallup, namely: William James, who is in school in Detroit, Michigan; and Mary Ellen and Gertrude Cecelia.

Mr. Perfield has always given his political support to the republican party and. is a member of the Knights of Columbus at Tacoma. During the years of his residence here he has always stood ready to cooperate with his fellow citizens in all enterprises having for their object the advancement of the community, where he is exceedingly well thought of.

Walter N. Doub

One of the most important and successful financial concerns j i t s in Tacoma is that of W. N. Doub & Company, which makes a specialty of the financing of the individual purchasing of automobiles. This enterprise has taken the lead in this particular. field and, by its up-to-date business methods and its square dealing, has gained a. high place in local business circles. Walter N. Doub, president br this company, be et in cot aor Maryland, in 1887, and is a son of Louis P. and Ella 5 ewcomer ub, t cae" ) Do e former of whom was a merchant, and both of whom are In the acquirement of an education Walter N. D - Doub attended the public sch Sag native state and subsequently entered Washington and Lee Uinkiceaity Meee, . . institution he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1907. iE taught school for two years and thereafter pursued a year's course in business a 'eer ae oie hee University. In 1911 Mr. Doub came to Tacoma, Wash ington, and turned his attention to the real estate busin It i it year that he organized the firm of W. N. D oh daorpoeetad "ROME. ' - N. Doub & Company, Incorporated ge ae pl Se Rica and in 1921 he added sutbinatats Minnie evotes his attention exclusively. The com i ' : pany, wh Tacoma and contiguous territory, has been the means of enabling 'its a ia

In 1916 Mr. Doub was united in marriage to Miss Frances Darling, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of three children: Sara Louise, Martha and Marjorie.

In Masonry Mr. Doub has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and also belongs to Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Fircrest Golf Club. His political affiliation is with the republican party. He is candid and straightforward in manner, has shown a commendable interest in the general welfare of his city, and by his cordial and friendly manner has gained a host of warm friends since locating here.

Albion B. Bell

Conspicuous among the active and successful lawyers of Tacoma is Albion B. Bell, who has been a member of the Pierce county bar for over twenty years, during which period he has been prominently identified with many of the most important cases tried in the courts of this county. Mr. Bell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 16th of December, 1878, and is a son of William B. and Verona (Claussen) Bell. His father, who died in December, 1888, was prominently connected with banking and financial interests in St. Paul and Duluth, Minnesota, and Bismarck, North Dakota. In October, 1889, our subject's mother and two of her sons came to Tacoma, where she remained for a time, but is now living in San Francisco, California.

Albion B. Bell secured a public school education, graduating from the Tacoma high school, and then took up the study of law under Major Bates. He was admitted to the bar of Pierce county in 1905 and from that time to the present has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Tacoma, having his offices in the Bankers Trust building. He is regarded as an exceedingly sound and safe counselor, while in the trial of cases he has been uniformly successful.

In 1906 Mr. Bell was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Runquist, of Steilacoom, daughter of Peter Runquist, who was a blacksmith and one of the early pioneers of Pierce county, having come here in the early '50s. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have two children, Dorothy and Marjorie. Politically he is a stanch republican and has taken a large interest in public affairs. He resides at Steilacoom, of which he has served as mayor and city attorney, and also served five terms, ten years in all, as deputy prosecuting attorney. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and belongs to the Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. He is a man of strong character and friendly manner, enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout the county, and commands the respect and good will of all

Harry A. Wilson

Through his connection with the Columbia Box & Veneer Company, Harry A. Wilson has become well known as one of the active, progressive and successful business men of Puyallup and is entitled to specific mention among those who are conserving the material prosperity of Pierce county. The Columbia Box & Veneer Company was established in Puyallup January 4, 1912, by A. L. Card and C. F. Keller, berry crates comprising the principal product of the factory. In 1917 Mr. Wilson bought an interest in the company, Charles W. Schuh at the same time buying Mr. Keller's interest, and on February 12, 1926, Messrs. Wilson and Schuh bought Mr. Card's interest, becoming the sole owners of the business. The plant, which comprises about three acres of floor space, is splendidly equipped with the most up-to-date machinery and appliances, electric and steam power being utilized in its operation. About two hundred and fifty men and women are employed, and the product consists of fruit packages of all kinds, which are shipped all over the western part of the country and to Mexico. Their ets is of i aap al grade and has become wel i i vor of fruit shippers generally. oes i oo was born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, on the 14th of fey 1878, and is a son of Robert and Eliza Ann (Patterson) Wilson. In 1888 the father was engaged in railroad work, helping to build the yards at the head of the bay. He is now retired from active labor and is living in Tacoma. Our subject completed the public school course and then attended business college. For a time he was engaged in the shingle business with A. L. Card, and in 1917 he became identified with the Columbia Box & Veneer Company, of which he is the secretary and treasurer. He has devoted his efforts closely to the business, and the prosperity which he is enjoying has been well merited.

In 1903 Mr. Wilson was. united in marriage to Miss Lucile Card, daughter of Judge E. M. Card, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of two children: Genevieve, aged twenty-one years; and Mable, aged sixteen years. Mr. Wilson has given his earnest support to the republican party, and he is councilman at large for Puyallup. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Chamber of Commerce and has taken an active and effective interest in the Young Men's Christian Association work both in Tacoma and Puyallup. Because of his earnest life, his business ability and his beneficent influence, he is eminently deserving of the respect and good will which are accorded him.

George W. Kelly

One of the most important concerns with relation to the building and construction interests of southwestern Washington is that of F. T. Crowe & Company, of Tacoma, of which George W. Kelly is secretary and treasurer. This is a progressive and prosperous enterprise, a large part of its success being due to the indefatigable efforts and mature business judgment of Mr. Kelly, whose record has gained for him the respect of all who have had dealings with him. Mr. Kelly was born in Tacoma on the 26th of October, 1892, and is a son of John and Sarah Ann Kelly, who came to Tacoma in 1890, the father serving as chief clerk for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Both parents are deceased, the mother dying in 1914 and the father in 1921.

George W. Kelly received a public school education, graduating from the Stadium high school, and also took a course in a business college. He then entered the employ of F. T. Crowe & Company, which concern was incorporated in 1902, and of which Mr. Kelly became secretary and treasurer in 1921. The company is located at 1177 Dock street, where it has three city lots, comprising a space seventy-five by one hundred and twenty feet in size, and also owns its own dock facilities. The company handles building material of all kinds and contractors' supplies, both wholesale and retail. They employ fourteen men and sell their lines throughout southwestern Washington, where they have gained a splendid reputation for absolute reliability and trustworthiness.

In 1919 Mr. Kelly was united in marriage to Miss Belle W. Wil = ment, Wyoming, and they are the parents of a son, Jack aie a ree ick member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Chamber of Commerce, while his political views are in harmony with the platform of the democratic party. He is a man of upright character, sound business

Charles Sumner Fogg

Among the eminent and successful members their labors here and have passed to higher scen was for a long period of years regarded as one of A man of great force of character, conscientiou of the Tacoma bar who have ceased es of activity, Charles Sumner Fogg the ablest and most highly esteemed. S in the practice of his profession nstant in his friendships, he comen, among whom his memory remains

Mr. Fogg was born in Stetson, Penobsco a son of Sumner and Hannah Fogg where they died. He was the scion one of the first settlers of Maine.

public schools, afterward attending Bowdoin College. Going to Iowa, he _ located at Penora, where for a time he was employed as clerk in a drug store. In the meantime he had applied himself to the study of law, and he subsequently attended the law school of the University of Iowa for two years, at the end of which time he was admitted to the bar. Mr. Fogg then located at Stewart, Iowa, where he was actively engaged in the practice of law until 1889, when he came to Tacoma, Washington. Here he quickly gained recognition as an able and astute lawyer and during the subsequent years he was identified as counsel with many of the most important cases tried in the courts of this and neighboring counties. Well grounded in the basic principles of jurisprudence, an effective pleader and forceful speaker and a sound and safe counselor, he commanded a large and representative clientele, and maintained his place in the front rank of the lawyers of this section of the state. His death occurred September 26, 1907. ;

On August 20, 1873, Mr. Fogg was united in marriage to Miss Delia Iowa Seydel, who was born and reared in Iowa City, Iowa, a daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Jane Seydel, both of whom were natives of Ohio, though descended from old colonial families of Pennsylvania. Mr. Seydel went to Iowa City when it was only an Indian village, making the overland journey with ox team and wagon. Mrs. Fogg's maternal grandfather Stebbins was one of the early settlers at Fort Dearborn, now Chicago. Mrs. Fogg attended the University of Iowa and remained at home up to the time of her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Fogg were born five children: Frederick, who lives in Tacoma, was married to Miss Letitia Mason, and they have four children. Horace was married to Miss Delia Kneeland, and they have one child. Franklin, deceased, was married to Miss Alma Kneeland, and they had two children. Edward was married to Miss Elizabeth Metcalf, and they have two children. One daughter, Pearl, died in infancy.

Politically Mr. Fogg was aligned with the democratic party and was deeply interested in public affairs. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he had attained the Knights Templar degree, and of Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of Trinity parish. His character was the expression of a strong nature. He gave to the world an essentially virile and loyal service and his standard of integrity and honor was inflexible. He lived and labored to worthy ends and his memory is deeply enshrined in the hearts of all who knew him.

Robert P. Rigney

The life history of Robert P. Rigney was closely identified with Pierce county, of which he was a native and lifelong resident, and he stood among the leading and most influential men of his community for many years. He was a man of marked business capacity and great energy and, through his indomitable efforts and progressive methods, attained a very large measure of success in material affairs, while as a public-spirited citizen he was a potent factor in the advancement of his county's best interests.

Mr. Rigney was born on his father's homestead on the 17th of March, 1860, and his death occurred at his home here on the 6th of May, 1912, in the fifty-third year of his age. He was the son of James and Ann (Burrows) Rigney, both of whom were natives of Ireland. They came to the United States about 1850, and the father, who was a boilermaker by trade, followed that line of work in Boston, Massachusetts, until 1857. He then came to Washington by way of the Isthmus of Panama and located at Steilacoom. Soon afterward he preempted three hundred and twenty acres of land, to which he later added by purchase until he became the owner of about a thousand acres, on which he ran sheep and cattle. In 1858 he built a log house, the roof of which was constructed of split cedar shakes. In 1865 this house was replaced by a large frame structure, which stood until 1920, when it was destroyed by fire. In 1885 Mr. Rigney moved from the farm tc Tacoma, where his death occurred in February, 1892. His wife died on the old homestead, October 30, 1894. They were the parents of five sanders John, Mary, James, Robert and Joseph, ary is the only one now living. "a eae veal i et the public schools of his home neighborhood, completing his studies in the Mission school at Cowlitz Prairie, Washington. He then returned his efforts to the home farm until his marriage, In 1889, when he Soret ee oe acres of prairie land near Lakeview, on section 12, ety! 19, range 2. He built a house and barn, made other valuable Ey ee ee ee ated the place successfully. As he prospered he added other land by pach un x eventually he had five hundred and twenty acres of good land, which e ee during the remaining years of his life. In addition to the cultivation of the ack he gave considerable attention to the raising of cattle and horses, and met wi eminent success in all of his operations, being progressive in his methods and sound i i iness judgment. . ; - os iseptenbe? 03, 1891, Mr. Rigney was united in marriage to Miss Adele Henriot, who was born on Cowlitz Prairie, Lewis county, Washington, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Rose (Chattillion) Henriot, both of whom were natives of Hauteson Fraibie, France. Mr. Henriot came to the United States about 1855 and located in Iowa, where he lived a few years. In about 1865 he came to Vancouver, Washington, but later went to the gold mines in British Columbia. On his return to Washington he bought a ranch on Cowlitz Prairie, where he engaged in farming, and he also owned the first gristmill in Lewis county, He later established a store at Cowlitz Prairie, which he ran for a number of years, and was successful in his various enterprises. He died September 6, 1900, and his wife passed away March 30, 1885. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Mrs. Mary Grenier, of Tacoma; Charles, who lived in Lewis county but is now deceased; Abel, deceased; Hermine, now Sister Rose, who lives in Portland, Oregon; Rose, who is the wife of John Manley, of Tacoma; Adele, now Mrs. Rigney; and four who died in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Rigney were born seven children, as follows: Hermine; Mrs. Rosemary Bowersock, a widow, who had a daughter, Margaret, who was born December 1, 1916, and died in December, 1918; Robert J., who is married; William C.; Jamés G.;.Mrs. Ann B. Mallon; and Abel. Mrs. Rigney still lives on the old homestead of five hundred and twenty acres, which she now has leased for dairy purposes.

Mr. Rigney was a member of Tacoma Camp, Modern Woodmen of America, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was greatly interested in local public affairs, serving four years as county clerk, many years as deputy county assessor and a number of years as a member of the school board, maintaining a deep interest in educational affairs. In all the relations of life he proved signally true to every trust, his life being characterized by sterling integrity and consistency of conduct. He possessed a strong social nature, and by his genial and kindly attitude toward those with whom he came in contact he won the confidence and respect of everyone,

No physician of the present day in Tacoma stands higher in the estimation of his professional colleagues than does Dr. Hinton D. Jonez, who has attained eminent success here in the general practice of medicine and surgery. While he is a busy man, the engrossing nature of his professional duties has not prevented him from giving proper consideration to other vital interests of the city and community with which he is identified. His birth occurred in Knox county, Tennessee, on the 18th of August, 1890, his parents being A. S. and Mary (Denny) Jonez, who in the year 1899 established their home in Seattle, Washington, where the father has since been engaged in the real estate business.

Following the completion of a public school course Hinton D. Jonez entered the medical department of the University of Oregon, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1918. He served his interneship in the Multnomah County Hospital at Portland, Oregon, and in 1914 came to Tacoma, Washington, where he has remained an active representative of the medical profession to the present time He commands a large and remunerative patronage as a general medical practitioner and is a surgeon of acknowledged skill and ability. At all times he keeps in close touch with the onward march of his profession through his membership in the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is now serving as county health officer for Pierce county.

Dr. Hinton D. Jonez

Politically Dr. Jonez is a stanch and active republican and in 1926 was a candidate for the nomination for congress but was defeated. He is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in the United States Medical Corps in 1917. He was commissioned first lieutenant and served as instructor out of New York city. On the 19th of June, 1919, he was honorably discharged. Dr. Jonez has membership in the American Legion and served as commander of Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 in 1922, while in 1923 and 1924 he was commander of the American Legion for the state of Washington. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He likewise belongs to Alpha Kappa Kappa, college fraternity of the University of Oregon, and his name is also on the membership rolls of the Union Club, the University Club, the Tacoma Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce. No enterprise connected with the growth or well being of the community has lacked his wholehearted support. He is a man of broad views and sound judgment and makes a favorable impression on all who come in contact with him. Because of his splendid attributes he has won the respect and good will of the entire community, as well as a large circle of warm and loyal friends.

In the practice of medicine specialization is becoming more and more common, it being an easily demonstrable fact that concentration on a special field of effort results in greater efficiency; and among those who have won success in their professional work in Tacoma is Dr. Albert E. Hillis, who was born in Hanover, Ontario, Canada, on the 24th of July, 1874, a son of Samuel and Eliza (Sinclair) Hillis. The father, who was a farmer by vocation, moved to North Dakota in 1882 and took up a homestead, the cultivation of which he began with ox teams. He and his wife are now deceased.

Dr. Hillis secured his preliminary education in the public schools and Hamline University, at St. Paul, Minnesota. He then matriculated in the medical school of the University of Michigan, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1902. He entered upon the active practice of his profession at Berthold, Ward county, North Dakota, later moving to LaMoure, that state. Dr. Hillis then went to Chicago and took a special postgraduate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College, after which, in 1917, he came to Tacoma and has since been engaged in general practice, though specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He has been eminently successful and is regarded as an authority in his special field.

In 1904 Dr. Hillis was united in marriage to Miss Lorraine Walther, of North Dakota. They have no children of their own, but have an adopted child, Georgia, to whom they are giving the same care and attention that they would to a child of theirs. The Doctor is a republican in his political views, and belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Lions Club, the Pierce County Medical. Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, as well as the Pacific Coast Society of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology and the Puget Sound Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. Because of his ability, his success and his sterling character, he is held in high regard throughout the community.

J. L. Jeffery

J. L. Jeffery, who after a long and active career as a farmer is now practically retired and is living on a part of his farm, near Alderton, is numbered among the men who have cleared the land and developed good farms in this locality, thus doing their part in placing Pierce county in the front rank of the progressive and prosperous counties of the state. Mr. Jeffery was born in Ohio on the 19th of March, 1859. and is a son of James and Amelia (Nelson) Jeffery, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. They came to Pierce county in 1881 and located in Puyallup, where the father died in 1884. The mother is still living and makes her home with her son, J. L., who gives her loving care and attention during the sunset years of her life, she being ninety-two years of age. To these parents were born ten children, as follows: William and Alonzo, who are deceased; J. L., of this sketch; Mrs. Maggie Slythe, who lives in Tacoma; Milton; Mrs. Alma Groger, who lives in Everett, Washington; George, deceased; Mrs. Cora Belle Igoe, of Tacoma; and two others who died in infancy.

J. L. Jeffery secured his education in the public schools of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and soon afterward the family moved to Missouri, where he was engaged in farming for six years. He then went to Kansas, where he devoted his attention to farming until 1881, when he came to Tacoma, Washington. A few months later he came to Puyallup and for awhile was employed in a stave factory, also working in logging camps. In 1887 he and his brother Milton bought seventy-four acres of land in section 1, township 19, range 4, at Alderton, This was timber and stump land, the principal improvement thereon being a house, which had been built in 1875 and was still in good condition. Mr. Jeffery cleared all of the land and put it into cultivation, raising general crops, but specializing in berries. He was successful in his operations and is now retired, making his home on six acres of the place, while the remainder is rented. He has had an active career and has so ordered his actions as to have gained the sincere admiration and respect of his fellowmen. Never a seeker after office and caring nothing for leadership, nevertheless he has given proper attention to the public affairs of his community and can always be counted on to cooperate in all efforts to advance the general welfare.

George C. Barlow

George C. Barlow, president of the well known firm of C. S. Barlow & Sons, is a native son of Pierce county, born in Tacoma in 1882, and his active life here embraces the period of the greatest development in this locality, Tacoma advancing trom a mere village to one of the best cities on the Pacific coast. The Barlow family has been intimately identified with this evolution, father and sons having been engaged in active business here for over forty years. George C. Barlow is a son of C. S. and Hertilla (Burr) Barlow, both of whom were born in Cowlitz county, Washington. Our subject's grandfather, George Barlow, who died in 1887, crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852, locating in Cowlitz county, now in Washington, in the following year. Later he moved to eastern Oregon, where he lived from 1865 to 1870, and then returned to Cowlitz county, where he owned a farm, there spending eyeeren oe years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Purdy, died in

C. S. Barlow attended the common schools and Pacific Grove University in Oregon, putting himself through college. In 1879 he came to Tacoma (Old Town) to which place his brother Byron had come in 1875 and established a butcher shop. C. 8. joined him in that business, which they conducted until 1883, when the brothers started the business which is now operated as C. S. Barlow & Sons, Fred Sahm also being interested in the enterprise. At that time they were located near the Shaffer terminals and dealt in building material, hay and grain operating under the name of the Tacoma Trading Company, which title it bore tal receivin its present name in 1917. In the fall of 1889 the plant was moved to 1715 Dock street, where they have a fine location, one hundred and eighty by three hundred feet in size. They have two spur tracks and a private dock, and handle coal, buildin material, paints, oils and explosives, both wholesale and retail. C. 8. Barlow ie mained identified with the business up to the time of his death, in 1920 His if is still living in this city. The present officers of the compan are: George Cc. B ia president; H. M. Barlow, vice presid a : eee og

; president, and Russell Barlow, secretary and treasurer Geor ge C. Barlow attended the public schools of Tacoma and completed his education in the College of Puget Sound. He has been identified with the Barlow company since 1897 and has during these years devoted himself closely to the interest of the concern. The enterprise has always enjoyed a fine measure of hat volume of business increasing th F was ot Prosperity, 'its volume o g through the years, until now it is the leading fi i its line in Tacoma. In 1907 Mr. B Pri i 5 ae: ee : arlow was married to Miss Helen Jameson. of tt oF - a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he as taken the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites, and also belongs to Afifi

Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Tacoma Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a member of the Tacoma Country and Golf Club and the Commercial Club. He is a republican in politics, was a member of the state legislature in 1923-25, and was reelected in 1926. His father also served two terms in the legislature, 1897 and 1915. George C. Barlow is a man of enterprising and progressive business methods, carrying forward successfully the work so well inaugurated by his father, and is regarded as one of the leading business men of Tacoma. Personally he is cordial and friendly and holds an enviable place in the esteem of his fellowmen.

Clarence R. Potter

_ Though not old in years, Clarence R. Potter has had extensive and varied experience in business affairs, and now, as manager of the Tacoma branch of the Hirsch Cycle Company, he is achieving distinctive success. Progressive and energetic in his methods and a man of sound business judgment, he is building up a large and representative trade here and is numbered among those who, through their successful efforts, are contributing to the general prosperity of the community. Mr. Potter was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the 12th of December, 1895, and is a son of Frank M. and Katura S. Potter. The family came to Washington in 1901, locating in Blaine, where the father became connected with the Star Mills. Later he moved to Bellingham, and in 1910 located in Aberdeen, where he is now engaged in the bicycle business.

Clarence R. Potter secured a good education in the public schools and then assisted his father in the bicycle business until 1914, when he opened a shop for himself, which he sold in the following year. He then went to Portland, Oregon, and became traveling salesman for the Westfield Manufacturing Company. In 1916 he engaged in the motorcycle business in Aberdeen, Washington, and continued therein until 1917, when he enlisted for service in the World war, joining the Ninety-first Division, with which he saw active service as a motorcycle dispatch rider. He was honorably discharged in May, 1919, and then went to Portland, Oregon, where he was in charge of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Supply Company until September 21, 1924, since which time he has been manager of the Tacoma branch of the Hirsch Cycle Company, whose store is at 1012 South Tacoma avenue. They specialize in Harley- Davidson motorcycles and Columbia bicycles and also carry a full line of accessories and supplies.

On April 25, 1925, Mr. Potter was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Relger, of Portland, Oregon. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Chamber of Commerce. In his political views he has always been a republican, while in the sphere of private citizenship he has consistently stood for all that tends to better the public welfare and contribute to the progress of his community. He is a man of pleasing address, cordial in manner and of stanch integrity, so that all who know him entertain for him feelings of respect and good will.

Thomas E. Boze

Among the successful merchants of Tacoma who have along with their material prosperity also won the esteem and good will of their fellowmen is Thomas E. Boze, who is the owner of an up-to-date grocery store at North Eleventh and L streets, where he enjoys a large and representative trade. Mr. Boze was born at Harrisburg, Saline county, Illinois, on the 25th of January, 1884, and is a son of William.T. and Julia (Rhine) Boze, the latter of whom now resides in Tacoma. The father, who was a farmer by vocation, is deceased. sey

Thomas E. Boze was reared on his father's farm and secured his education in the public schools. He gave his attention to farming until twenty-five years of age, when he came to the coast, locating in Portland, Oregon, where he remained a couple of years. In 1911 he came to Tacoma and was employed in a large department store until 1914, when he engaged in business on his own account, opening a grocery store at the corner of North Eleventh and L streets, where he has continued to the present

'me. He carries a complete line of staple and fancy groceries and such auxiliary ae as are usually panel in an up-to-date grocery, and by careful attention to the wants and tastes of his customers has built up a large and substantial business. He has been successful financially, and he eventually bought property and erected his own building, the lower floor of which is occupied by the grocery, while the family resides on the second floor. ;

In 1913 Mr. Boze was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Lyman, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of three children, Robert, William and Raymond. Mr. Boze is nominally a democrat in his political views, but is inclined to be independent in his action, supporting the men whom he considers best fitted for the offices they seek, regardless of political lines. Mr. Boze possesses a pleasing personality and is known as a man of integrity and excellent character.

Burton A. Coe

Numbered among the citizens of Orting who have by their consistent and worthy lives gained the respect and confidence of their fellow citizens is Burton A. Coe, senior member of the well known mercantile firm of Coe & Meyer and treasurer of the town of Orting. Mr. Coe was born in Orting on the 15th of November, 1898, and is a son of Charles A. and Maude (Bouldron) Coe, the former a native of Minnesota and the latter of Iowa.

Charles A. Coe moved to Tacoma, Washington, many years ago and came to Orting in 1888. While living in Michigan he had been engaged in the lumber business, and after coming to Pierce county he became identified with logging operations as a teamster. Later he worked in the Buell store in Orting and in 1906 established a small general merchandise store here. He was successful in this enterprise, enjoying a constantly increasing trade, and in 1912 erected the present store building in order to obtain larger store space. He remained actively engaged in business until May, 1926, when he sold the store to Coe & Meyer, the present owners. Twice before he had sold the business, but each time bought it back. He has always been interested in local public affairs and has served as a member of the town council, at this time serving as a member of the school board. He belongs to the Ancient. Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has received the Royal Arch degrees.

Burton A. Coe received his educational training in the public schools of Orting and the high schools at Puyallup and Tacoma. He was then for a time in a logging camp, and from 1917 to 1920 was a member of the surveying crew of the interstate commerce commission, first as chainman and later as rodman. He then entered his: father's store, where he has remained to the present time, excepting for a short. interval. He is a wide-awake, enterprising business man, devoting himself closely to the store, and by his courteous and accommodating manner has won the good. will of all who have dealt with him.

On November 11, 1921, Mr. Coe was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Webber, who was born in Sunnyside, Washington, a daughter of H. A. and Mabel (Irish) Webber, both of whom are natives of Maine and are now living in Orting. Her father, who came to Washington in 1900, is now employed at the Soldiers' Home. To. Mr. and Mrs. Coe have been born two children, Jeanette and Barbara. Mr Coe is now serving his third term as town treasurer and has always taken an active art in: all movements for the betterment of the community. He is a member of Vall ; Lodge, No. 71, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Orting. Practically his enire. life has been spent in this locality, where he enjoys a wide acquaintance.

James Edward Burkey

One of the well known and successful attor i neys of Pierce county is James Edward' ae ee Eyes Maer pas aig? engaged in the 'practice of law for more than ; uring that time he has gained a high reputati erudite lawyer, skillful in court procedure and k ee nie wale tiie es. tice he is regarded as a sound and safe pavisae "DADA aN Pee wea is a son of A. P. and Emma (Donohoe) Burkey, both of whom are deceased. He completed the public school course, graduating from the Zanesville high school, after which he taught school for several years and then attended Ohio State University. Subsequently he entered the law school of the University of Michigan, graduating in 1905. He immediately afterward came to Tacoma and formed a law partnership with his brother, C. P. Burkey, and J. F. O'Brien, which firm practiced for about twenty years. Mr. O'Brien withdrew in 1924, since which time the firm has been Burkey & Burkey, and they command a large and remunerative clientele.

On April 28, 1909, Mr. Burkey was united in marriage to Miss Grace G. Scott, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of four children: James Edward, Jr., Beatrice, Margaret and Stanley. Mr. Burkey is an ardent republican in his political views and is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus, while he also belongs to the Commercial Club and the Fircrest Golf Club. He maintains professional affiliations with the Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. He has manifested a deep interest in everything affecting the welfare and progress of his community and among his fellow citizens is regarded as well worthy of confidence and esteem.

Peter A. Iversen

Many sturdy sons of Norway have not only found good homes and material wealth since coming to this country, but have also proved themselves patriotic and worthy citizens, contributing of their efforts to the upbuilding and development of their respective localities. Among these is Peter A. Iversen, whose fine farm is located near North Puyallup, where he is successfully engaged in fruit raising. Mr. Iversen was born in Norway on the 19th of September, 1868, and is a son of Ivar and Tomasine (Ingebrett) Iversen, the former of whom was a farmer. He died January 14, 1924, and the mother is still living in her native land. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Ole, Peter A., Anne, Knut, Olivia, Louise, Lars, Iverine and Andreas, all of whom excepting Peter A. still reside in Norway.

Peter A. Iversen received a good public school education in his home neighborhood, and later, when thirty-six years of age, took a course in a business college in Tacoma. After leaving school he farmed, and also followed the fishing industry, until 1890, when he emigrated to the United States. He first located in Tacoma, Washington, but soon afterward went to Contra Costa county, California, where he was engaged in farming until August, 1897, when he went to Dawson City, Alaska, where he mined gold for two years. He returned to Tacoma for his wife and two children, and they landed at Dawson City, from which point they packed in to Gold Run, where his claim was located, Mrs. Iversen walking the entire distance of fifty miles. The two children were carried all that distance, Mr. Iversen carrying one and Sivert Larson, the other. The first time Mr. Iversen went to that territory it took him and his party five weeks to pack in the supplies over the Chilkoot pass. In June, 1900, Mrs. Iversen and the children went back to the States and in the following fall Mr. Iversen returned. In the spring of 1901 he took his family on a trip to Norway, and from there again went to the Klondike country, where he spent the summer, going back to Norway in the fall of that year. In the spring of 19038 he brought his family back to Tacoma, and in the following fall went again to Alaska, where he remained until early in 1904, when he came back to Tacoma, where he remained a year. Going once more to Alaska, he remained this time until the fall of 1906, when he returned to Tacoma. Soon afterwards he bought several lots in North Puyallup, on which he built the first store in that place, in 1907. It was a two-story concrete building, and here he put in a stock of goods and ran the store for thirteen years. He then sold the stock, leased the building, and bought ten acres of unimproved land near the town. He cleared the tract and now has it all planted to berries and fruit, besides which he made many improvements; which have added to the value and attractiveness of the place. ;

On April 28, 1895, Mr. Iversen was married to Miss Gina Langlo, a native of Norway and a daughter of Lars and Helena (Knutsen) Langlo, the former of whom died in 1894, while the mother is still living in Norway. They were the parents of eight children: Ole, Karen, Knut, deceased, Mary, Lars, Julia, Gina and Jens. To Mr. and Mrs. Iversen have been born seven children, as follows: Anne, Ingvald,

Esther, Rudolph; Lillian, who was married March 6, 1923, to Theodore Challman, of Tacoma; Philip, and Theodore. All of the children received good educations.

Mr. Iversen is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 2, Sons of Norway, and belongs to the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association, and he and his wife are members of the State Grange. He helped to organize the North Puyallup school and served for seven years as a member of the school board. 'The prosperity which he now enjoys is the legitimate result of his earnest efforts, and he is richly entitled to the confidence and esteem which are accorded him.

The life story of the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this sketch is a most interesting one in many respects and stands as a splendid example of what can be accomplished through determination and persistency of purpose, regardless of obstacles. His early career was anything but promising, but he had a boundless ambition, and his heroic persistence, in the gaining of an education was well worthy of the splendid reward which has come to him in the way of material success and professional honors. | Now he stands in the very forefront of the eminent medical men. a8 his day and is securely intrenched in the confidence and respect of his fellow Cc ns.

; Ivan P. Balabanoff was born on the Ist of January, 1855, in Bulgaria, his parents being Peter and Rada (Balabanoff) Balabanoff, whose family numbered seven children namely: Gana, Rade, Mathew, Slava, Ivan, Christo and Constantine. When he mas about six years old, his father was killed by brigands, and a few years later, when his mother died, the lad was thrown largely upon his own resources. When ten years of age he was sent by his brothers and sister to a school in Tirnova, which was the capital of old Bulgaria before the Turkish invaded Europe, and there he remained until fifteen years old. At this time the sister who for five years had been preparing his bread and other food weekly (which consisted mainly of six loaves of bread and one-half dozen of boiled eggs or a piece of salt pork per week), mysteriously disappeared from home and was not heard from for more than six months Datine the absence of his sister Gana, ivan left school and prepared to go to a monssie at Mount Athos, near Salonica, in Macedonia, to learn the art of paintin 'After long search Gana was found in Sistova, a city one hundred miles from es h *) She had embraced the Protestant faith and was being sent to school as a boy, f ee had been dressed as a boy when she left home, and the family with i iar sich 4 did not know that the stranger whom they had befriended was ir] eet later her sex was discovered Dees eee mune DSi oman ielatatiergc cb and ane Sune eRe home to her mother. On arriving home van was to leave for the monastery the following d NS) did not feel that this was a wise plan and at length by st pecs is succeeded in obtaining from him a promise that fe ould are cniee Gene tes ae just then. In a few weeks she was sent for b iek ee age te ae a enter the oe ne and prepare ee "antes BE la ete le woman. ile his sister was : iti i cation was again aroused and in Biel ee ae catch tae ee pe as clerk in a grocery store for a remuneration F OS cata He Peon board, being thus employed for a period of i alae ise akin forty donate a vet Praia a we sg ar employer promocated three hundred miles away from his home - at Tulch ee eee pone position he held for nine months, after which he bec etaie 4 Meccan aa 'Then he needed someone io take his place as a clerk a be inte wade eee to serve in that capacity. A few months later 'the iri ei a aOR older of the two brothers, was obliged to go h RanmecAey aes Be pete AL this"Hine he avin Goreily wer go home to attend to some private business. distributing Bibl dats ster, who was then a Bible colporteur, sellin d ' g es and missionary tracts among th srepee, ag Pt and sister enjoyed a long visit and had man Pt Tk wae Seemed ah enree education. Ivan P. Balabanoff returned to the cbites bauiees Wt Rte oh Rae, which had been supplied him by his sister, wh Te ait Ree ee attend the religious meetings of the Prote t oa a te He Eo ag te Mo Lame ® kept strictly, attending the aeueaeilaar Fetes iF eee he lived. This among his customers, most could and distributing tracts , of whom were of the orthodox Greek faith. His principal partner was of strong orthodox faith and complaints were made to him by the customers. Fearing the loss of patrons, he strenuously objected to Ivan's actions, but the latter persisted in his work with undaunted spirit, for he felt that it was the right thing to do. His associate became daily more impatient and angry, threatening to dissolve the partnership and leave Mr. Balabanoff penniless. However, the latter said it mattered not to him, as he was satisfied in doing his duty, though it would mean the loss of five hundred dollars, which for him was a large sum to sacrifice. He then left the coffee house with his brother and returned to Rustchuk to visit the Methodist missionary, with whom Christo Balabanoff remained to live and study, while Ivan went back to Tirnova to look for work among his old acquaintances. There he spent one year with a Protestant family, working for his board and lodging and learning the trades of bookbinding and tinsmithing and the manufacture of shoeblack, which was made from bones procured from butcher shops. Not satisfied with this kind of work he traveled a distance of one hundred and fifty miles on foot to South Bulgaria to see the missionaries and ask if he might enter the mission school at Samakov. However, there were already more applicants than could be accommodated in the school, and Ivan Balabanoff was informed that he would have to wait at least two years before he could be admitted. He was greatly disappointed but not discouraged. He at once wrote to the missionaries at Rustchuk and asked for admission to their school. Receiving a favorable answer, he started immediately to cover the distance of two hundred and fifty miles to his destination on foot. In this school Ivan and Christo Balabanoff remained for one year. The latter left for the United States in October, 1876, and is now a practicing physician of Tacoma, Washington. While at Rustchuk, Ivan Balabanoff once heard a missionary saying that in America a young man who desires an education need only be willing to work at anything he finds and can thus provide the means for the best intellectual training obtainable. This was most interesting to him and was in fact as seed sown by the missionary which fell on good ground. He determined to seize the first opportunity to emigrate to America and here work and study to accomplish his boyhood ambition.

On the 28th of December, 1876, through the aid of a missionary, Ivan Balabanoff secured a passport, promising the Turkish'authorities that he would not stop east of the Atlantic. He arrived at New York in the following January with all of his belongings in a self-made "kuffer" and not able to speak the English language. He was sent to Castle Garden, where at that time all the incoming emigrants from Europe were received. There he expected someone from the German mission house to which the missionary from Bulgaria had written about his coming. After all the emigrants had been recognized and claimed by their friends and Ivan was left alone, a young man who had been watching him stepped up to him and, addressing him by name, asked if he was a Bulgarian and had a brother in New York. Ivan understood the name but did not understand the rest of the English spoken. The young man motioned to him to follow. There being no one else left, he decided to follow. The stranger took him to the mission house where his brother had stopped on arriving in New York, having recognized his resemblance to Christo Balabanoff and having accosted him in spite of the fact that he had no knowledge of Ivan's coming. While Ivan was trying to explain who he was, with the aid of a Turkish interpreter, the mail carrier brought the awaited letter from the missionary which introduced the new arrival. In a few days Ivan met his brother, who soon left the eastern metropolis for Clinton, New York. This seemed providential, for while there were only four other Bulgarians at that time in the whole of the United States, one of the number, Ellia Yovchoff, was in the senior class at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and during the Christmas holidays was delivering lectures on Bulgaria in New York city, stopping at the same place where Christo was living. On returning to college he found a place for Christo Balabanoff in the school at Clinton.

For three weeks Ivan Balabanoff had walked the streets of New York city looking for work, but not being able to speak English, he found none. While one day walking along Broadway he saw a young man walking toward him and smiling at him. Ivan now thought he was to meet someone to whom he could talk and tell his troubles and that his hopes and expectations were soon to be realized; but, lo and behold, when Ivan met the stranger and was about to shake hands with him, it was none other than himself standing in front of a large mirror which was put before a clothing store in order that people might see how shabby their clothes looked and come in to buy new ones. This was a very great disappointment to Ivan. It brought tears to his eyes, but, never discouraged, he still went on looking for work. About a week later he received a letter from Ellia Yovchoff asking him to go to Clinton, where he arrived on Washington's birthday with three dollars in his pocket. There the stranger boy spent three weeks with the kindly family of the Rev. Spencer, at the end of which time Ellia Yovchoff had found three places where Ivan could work. There were two positions on farms which offered a wage of twenty dollars per month and one at the Clinton grammar school where he was to work for his board, lodging and schooling but would receive no money. Twenty-four hours was given him to consider the matter and make his choice of the three places. Here he recollected the suggestion which the missionary had made over two years previously and here the opportunity was presented for work and study just as long as he wished to work. He accepted the latter place, because he reasoned that if he acquired an education by hard work he was equipped with something which nobody could take away from him, while if he went to work on a farm he would get only money which he might lose or spend. Christo Balabanoff was also a student in this grammar school. Ivan's work was to care for eleven coal stoves at the boarding house and the school, to sweep the schoolrooms, to ring the school bell, to keep the sidewalks clean of snow in the winter, to work in the garden in the summer months, to chop and prepare all the wood tomihe winter and also to care for and milk the cow. He was obliged to rise daily about 4:30 A. M. in order to make the fires and do the rest of his chores before the school opened. After school hours, at night, he took care of and arranged the fires for the ni twee Eh duties, together with the study of lessons, kept him busy until 11:00 P M. St tee in the fall term of 1877, studying English, Greek and Latin at the ane oie se ooo by Professor I. O. Best and his gocd wife, the principals of the pre pitied See Ivan was able to pass the examination and entered the class at Hamilt Colles ae 1880. He pursued the classical course and by close application, losin % t pole eae he was graduated at the end of four years in the upper third of hi nie DD ae; the entire four years' course Ivan Balabanoff received about ninet; dolla anh oe self-support from an interested friend. In order to meet the ps : cot hi ee expenses he did all kinds of house work when he was not studyi Menno ee oe eer one and hiring his services for house work at ten pittor ee tte! ane cent he thus earned which was not spen on a y savings bank. During vacation ars a Ske res ante keane 2 Ee between three and four hundred dollars. ook agent a thusheakages Following his graduation fr i i ne medical Guat onent of the Liner ies crs ie Sa sepa the prescribed course in three years and was graduated wi 4 re he completed the spring of 1887. During hi graduated with the degreesof MyeD.an while a medical student fe eed tie vacation and through two vacation periods garian costume. His lectures, which a Dy lecturing on Bulgaria in Bulhim an opportunity for travel and he visited a nehurches « sucirechoole, wemopeded different states. One of his long trips was fr "y ar Sowns and: dénehacsiesan Minneapolis, Minnesota, and during this tour pad ee Ore ee ea fa: Spmacise Rochester: HateloeClcseia tater e delivered lectures in forty churches Paul and Minneapolis and many smaller citie, eae Chicago, Madison (Wisconsin), St. five hundred dollars. His second longest ae returning home with a net income of medicine in 1886, took him from New York pee Re deh ee a Sighs os Ped ry See pore ork city to San Francisco. He returned , Oregon, and Yellowstone National P i ee through hecuael ty fees nd eee onal Park, where instead of going covered the distance of one hundred and date fi A ea the Zour dayarteivape geysers, etc., than the stage party did. M y-five miles on foot and saw more of the hour before the return of the stage oreover, he reached his starting point one amounted to five dollars. Passengers. The expense of the whole trip e completion of Dr. B , i . re Salta 5 tors ep Rese oer ist paedite' course in 1887 ended a period of ten other causes. Thus he realized his BE) mh a week of study through illness or perseverance. "Perseverando Omnia Vineet" or higher education by his unfaltering Latin, Greek and English studies and thi Wasabis motto when he first began his his intellectual training at the gramm es spurred him on to the end. Beginning at the end of his' medical course he h a school with only three dollars in his pocket hundred dollars. Dr. Balabanoff Nene net savings in the bank amounting to fifteen Mcenuves Eine hevioresorc en eae 'writtens At' this point one might say as an accomplish his most fond ambition if ee ihe e is nothing impossible for one to bring him nickels and dimes to make the "doll 'ing to) work: ablanything: sebtey peed ollar saved. Perseverance and stick-to-

; After graduating in 1887, Ivan Balabanoff spent six months in a Brooklyn hospital as an interne. On the 19th of March, 1888, he was married to Dr. Margaret Louise Carsley, who was then practicing in New York city. In the month of May the Doctor and his wife went to Bulgaria, where they hoped to do missionary work among his home people. Going to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, they were entertained at the home of Dr. Matenchsff while waiting for the examining board to meet. The examining board refused an examination to Dr. Carsley, the wife of Dr. Balabanoff, on the ground that she did not know the language. The examination, however, was given Drs. Balabanoff and Shopoff (a graduate of a medical college of Washington, D. C.), who on account of slight errors in expressing themselves in Bulgarian were refused licenses to practice in Bulgaria. The refusal, Dr. Balabanoff later learned from private sources, was due to jealousy on the part of the board against graduates of American and English schools at that time and since, as the board has refused licenses to several other physicians who have followed him, including among them Dr. Christo Balabanoff. Thus being denied the privilege of practicing among his people, Dr. Balabanoff and his wife decided to return to the United States and take up their abode as far west from Bulgaria as possible. Hence they left Bulgaria on the Ist of September, 1888, for Constantinople, where they remained for one week and then parted. Dr. Carsley Balabanoff returned from Constantinople to New York by steamer via London, and Dr. Ivan Balabanoff went directly to Vienna for special study in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, thus spending eight months. He returned to New York in June, 1889. A daughter, Gana, was born to him and his wife in New York and soon thereafter he boarded a Canadian Pacific train with his family which was bound direct for Tacoma, Washington, where he arrived on the 10th of July, 1889. Here the worthy couple at once took up professional work, Dr. Carsley Balabanoff engaging in general medical practice, while Dr. Ivan Balabanoff confined his attention to ophthalmology, otology, rhinology and laryngology. Dr. Carsley Balabanoff continued in practice in Tacoma until her death, which occurred on the 24th of December, 1917. The daughter, Gana Balabanoff, was graduated from the Stadium high school in 1908 and from Wellesley College in 1912, when twentyfour years of age. She became the wife of Dr. Arthur K. Stebbins, of Tacoma, where they reside. On the ist of January, 1919, Dr. Ivan Balabanoff was again married, his second union being with Miss Edith Weller of New York. ~

At this date Dr. Ivan Balabanoff continues in the field of his specialty in Tacoma. His ambition has always been to keep up to the front of his chosen profession. During one month of each year since 1905 he has made it a rule to attend clinics and surgical clinics of the American College of Surgeons, which he joined in 1913 as a charter member. Since 1905 he has crossed and recrossed the continent twenty-one times to attend clinics in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and Montreal. In 1914 he went to London, England, and in 1923 attended clinics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentine, and Montevideo, Uruguay, South America. His next long trip to clinics will be taken in the spring of 1928, when he will visit South America, South and Eastern Africa and Europe.

Dr. Ivan Balabanoff belongs to and takes a deep interest in the Young Men's Christian Association. He has been a member of the First Presbyterian church of Tacoma since 1889 and is a life member of Tacoma Lodge No. 174 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Along strictly professional lines he has membership eonnection with the Washington State Medical Society, the Pierce County Medical Society and the Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. He is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Personally he is kindly and sympathetic, easily inspires confidence on the part of his patients, and makes friends of all who come into contact with him. He is considered an authority on diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat and has been remarkably successful in their treatment. By a straightforward, honorable course he has through the years of his residence in Tacoma gained the respect of the people and has long been regarded as one of the leaders of his profession. Throughout his long life of seventy-two years the Doctor has always enjoyed good health, and during the past half century has been obliged to spend only one week in bed on account of sickness. He attributes his good health to sane, regular habits of living, and he neither smokes nor drinks. He gives eredit for his abstinence from tobacco and liquor to the advice and teaching of his mother in his childhood days. Though he grew up among people whose habit and custom it was to drink wine at every meal, he observed that his mother never partook thereof. During the past thirty-eight years, when at home, Dr. Balabanoff has adhered to the following diet without variation: breakfast - dish of relled oats, two fresh eggs, dish of fresh berries or home preserves, bread as needed and a cup of coffee; lunch - (at restaurant) a bowl of soup, cottage cheese, a roll and cup of coffee; dinner - small amount of meat, plenty of vegetables fresh from his own garden and plenty of bread. Above all he never neglects daily physical exercise. His home in Tacoma stands at 4128 North Stevens street, on a corner site which is noted for its fine garden and its varieties of flowers. In his garden will be found an abundance of strawberries, raspberries, wineberries, blackberries, gooseberries, currants, apples (six varieties on one tree), pears, peaches, plums, prunes and from ten to fifteen varieties of vegetables. The cultivation of his garden and flowers constitutes Dr. Balabanoff's daily recreation throughout the year. No one is ever asked to help him in this work, in which he expects to continue until he passes his centennial birthday.

John W. Boatman

Among the best known of the old pioneer families of Pierce county is that of Boatman, of which John W. Boatman, of North Puyallup, is a worthy representative. To him belongs the distinction of being the first white child born in the Puyallup valley, and he has spent practically his entire life here, contributing of his efforts to the community's well being and progress. He was born in Puyallup on the 28th of July, 1854, and is a son of Willis and Mary Ann (Richardson) Boatman, the former of whom was a native.of Jessamine county, Kentucky, and the latter of Illinois.

Willis Boatman was born October 6, 1826, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Caddie Horning, in Sumner, this county, January 2, 1926, in the one hundredth year of his age. When he was three years old his parents took their family to Sullivan county, Indiana, where the father engaged in farming up to the time of his death. Soon afterward the mother took her children to Decatur, Illinois, and eventually to the vicinity of Springfield, Sangamon county, that state. There Willis Boatman was reared and on October 14, 1851, was married to Miss Mary Ann Richardson. In the following spring they, with other families, made the long trip across the plains, with ox teams and covered wagons, arriving in Oregon October 22, 1852, after a tiresome and perilous journey of seven months. On the trip a brother of Mr. Boatman and a brother of Mrs. Boatman died.

Mr. and Mrs. Boatman stopped in Portland and on February 15, 1853, Mr. Boatman came to the Puget Sound country and for a few months was engaged in logging on Henderson bay. He then went back to Portland for his wife and son, George W., who had been born December 30, a couple of months after their arrival here, and brought them to Steilacoom. They lived there until January 11, 1854, when they located on a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres of government land which Mr. Boatman had taken up and which was located about one and a half miles northwest of what is now Puyallup. Here he engaged in the growing of hops, being one of the first and one of the most successful hop growers in the valley. He was one of the founders and for several years the president of the first bank in Puyallup and in various ways contributed in an effective way to the prosperity of his section of the county. He was an active and prominent member of the Masonic order, his funeral being conducted under the auspices of Puyallup Lodge No. 38 of which he was one of the first members. Mrs. Boatman died November cr 1911, at the age of seventy-eight years, after which Mr. Boatman made his home with his children until his death. The children surviving him are as follows: John W.. the immediate subject of this sketch; Mrs. Lucy Benson, of North Puyallup: E A ni Orting, this county; C. H., of Puyallup; Mrs Gaddic Harun 8 ai ae eee liams, of Sumner. ' : se eee eee

John W. Boatman was reared on the home farm and se i i i the public schools of that locality. His early years were spent ie ela wea ie home place, and he remained at home until after his marriage, when he bought the first lot sold in Puyallup, on which he erected a substantial buildin d : the first drug store in that pl nae dene g ste at place. In 1901 he went to eastern Washington, where he remained until 1921, being engaged in farming and the raising of ho me in the oa, valley. He also ran a drug store in Toppenish and operated a reat stable or a number of years. He owns about eleven acres of the old homestead, most of which is planted to fruit trees and berries, and he lived there until 1925, when he bought a small place in North Puyallup, where he now resides in a comfortable and attractive home, devoting his attention largely to the raising of berries, in which he is meeting with gratifying success.

Mr. Boatman has been married twice - first, in 1877, to Miss Lina Ross, who was a native of Oregon, of which state her father was a pioneer. To this union was born a son, Mellis, who died in infancy. In 1881 Mr. Boatman was married to Miss Kate Fraker, who also was born in Oregon, where her father, who was an early settler, was killed by the Indians. Mrs. Boatman died June 7, 1922. To this marriage were born two children: Inez, who was born in the Puyallup valley, is the wife of R. C. Francis, residing near Spokane, Washington, and they have a daughter, Ina Claire, aged two years. Percy Adair now lives in Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Boatman formerly took an active part in the public affairs of his community and county and about forty years ago served as deputy sheriff of Pierce county under Sheriff Wilt. He is one of the oldest members of Puyallup Lodge, No. 38, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and also belongs to the chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He has in every respect been a worthy citizen of his community, cooperating in all efforts for the advancement of the public welfare, and has always held a high place in public confidence and esteem.

Frederick D. Dean

The Sixth avenue district of Tacoma is fortunate in the number and character of its business houses, prominent among which is Frederick D. Dean's drug store, which in all of its appointments is fully up-to-date and is popular with the buying public. Mr. Dean was born in Texas in 1882 and is a son of J. F. and Dora (Speak) Dean. The father, who was for many years a successful practicing physician, is now deceased, and the mother lives in Austin, Texas.

Frederick D. Dean attended the public schools and then entered the pharmacy school of the University of Texas, where he was graduated. He worked as a drug clerk for a few years and eventually owned several drug stores in various parts of Texas. In 1910 he came to Tacoma, Washington, and entered the employ of the Crown Drug Company, from which he later went to the French Drug Company. In December, 1922, he established a drug store at 2612 Sixth avenue, where he has continued to the present time. He carries a fine stock of drugs, proprietary remedies and other lines found in the modern drug store, and has enjoyed a large and! satisfactory patronage.

In 1903 Mr. Dean was united in marriage to Miss Alice Bonds, of Austin, Texas, and they are the parents of a son, Frederick B., who is now a student in the pharmacy school of the University of Washington. Mr. Dean is a stanch supporter of the democratic party, while fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the. thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He belongs to the Sixth Avenue Business Men's Club and has been an effective factor in advancing the commercial and civic interests of his community, in which he is held in high esteem because of his business ability and splendid personality.

Gust Anderson

Among the up-to-date and progressive farmers of Pierce county to whom is in a large measure responsible the splendid prosperity which this section of the state enjoys, stands Gust Anderson, whose fine and well improved farm lies in section 23, township 20 north, range 4 east. His success has not been the result of any lucky turn of fortune's wheel, but has been the normal outcome of determined and persistent effort along well directed lines and the exercise of sound business judgment i is affairs.

'e ane prow was born in Sweden on the 12th of April, 1862, and is a son of Anders Peter and Helena (Olson) Peterson, both of whom are deceased, the father dying in 1886 and the mother in 1901. The father was a well-to-do farmer, owning

118 HISTORY OF PIERCE COUNTY j i i is community. To him and his land, and was a man es ssa eye rboree o tps aici iain dechoands petal eee 'ett "Jehakthias deceased; Gust, the subject of this sketch; OF : a. é ; Cn alk pens Ne ere a good education in ae ie ae pec the! pee i 6, when he cam , : ret oe Spotl ak ena elt Meg ne obtained a position as family sere. saa fe aininy there four years. In 1890 he came to Tacoma, Washington, ee e eres estes was employed in the United States brewery. In ig Sew spat wea Sas Sak Cu Cates afte cai ae Paebiges S: pee ai the 'Pacific Tacoma in 1900 and soon afterward boug fty- sora seaekoeal aati ee highway, between Puyallup and Sumner. This bbe oe id ae mee brush and stumps, and his first move was to build a ho ae "ote fom he entered upon the clearing of the tract. He planted an or " - = j nd made many splendid improvements. Later he sold a pa se SE ate Geeks es ee owner rs twenty-eight acres of as fine and ee eee land as can be found in this section of the county. In (1921 he built a fine, eig i ; the arrangement and equipment of room stucco house, with basement and furnace, 3 ang oaere the house being strictly modern in every respect, it being regarded as one o j in the county. , 4 aa ee ti, acon ie Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Julia Langlow, who was born in Norway, a daughter of Lars and Ane Helena (Knutsen) Olsen. The father died in his native land in June, 1894, and the mother passed away December 17, 1926, when nearly a century old. They were the parents of eight sa namely: Ole A., Karen, Knut, deceased, Mary, Louis, Julia, Gina and Jens. ° Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been born three children, as follows: Mrs. Selma Quinn, who lives in Los Angeles, California; Gust, who is married and lives in Puyallup; and Mrs. Helen Fitzsimmons, of Tacoma, who has a daughter, Barbara December 12, 1925. on see Sane is a member of Sumner Lodge, No. 154, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Sumner Lodge, No. 42, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed through the chairs, and he and his wife are members of Fidelity Lodge, No. 15, Daughters of Rebekah, at Sumner. He belongs to the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association. He has taken a commendable interest in local public affairs and has served as a member of the school board. He carries his progressive ideas not only into his own affairs, but into public matters as well, being a strong advocate of good schools and improved roads. His record since coming to this country is one of which he has just reason to be proud, and he is held in high esteem, his fellow citizens recognizing and appreciating his worth.

Josiah 8. Davies, M. D., F. A. C.

Prestige in the healing art is the outcome of strong mentality, close application, thorough mastery of its great underlying principles and the ability to apply theory to practice in the treatment of diseases. These qualities have given Dr. Josiah S. Davies eminence in his chosen profession and he stands today among the scholarly and successful physicians in a locality noted for the high order of its medical talent.

Dr. Davies was born in South Wales on the 2d of May, 1879, and is a son of William A. and Jane E. Davies. The father, who was a minister of the Methodist church, brought his family to this country in 1880, locating in Pennsylvania, and in 1883 going to Nebraska, where his death occurred. His widow now lives in Tacoma. The Doctor secured his preliminary education in the public schools and then: matriculated in the medical department of the University of Nebraska, where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1903. He then served as interne in a hospital at Hot Springs, South Dakota, and engaged in the practice of his profession at Granville, North Dakota, for ten years. He did two years of post-graduate work in Vienna and London, and in 1915 came to Tacoma, where he has remained in practice to the present time. He is a specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat diseases, in the treatment of which he has met with remarkable success. He was one of the organizers of St. Helen's Clinic and has remained connected with it continuously since.

Dr. Josiah S. Davies

In 1909 Dr. Davies was united in marriage to Miss Alvena Lecey, of Wisconsin, and they are the parents of three children: Margaret, born February 14, 1912; Eleanor, born September 19, 1915; and Paul Ashton, born March 16, 1926.

Politically Dr. Davies is a stanch republican and takes a deep interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar in the York Rite and having received the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite; a member of Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine; Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and also belongs to the Fircrest Golf Club. He maintains professional affiliation with the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto- Laryngology, the Pacific Coast Ophthalmological and Oto-Laryngological Society; and was president of the Puget Sound Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology in 1925. He is a close and constant student of his profession, keeping abreast with the latest advancement in the science of medicine, and throughout this section of the state he is recognized as an expert in his line. Personally he is cordial and friendly in manner, candid and straightforward in all his relations, and commands the confidence and respect of all who come in contact with him.

Frank Albert Chervenka

The growing and marketing of flowers, plants and bulbs has come to be a business of considerable magnitude and importance in Pierce county and in this field of effort none takes precedence over Frank Albert Chervenka, of Sumner, whose achievements have gained for him a wide and favorable reputation throughout this section of the country.

Mr. Chervenka was born in Bohemia in 1880 and is a son of Albert and Theresa (Root) Chervenka, also natives of Bohemia, whence they brought their family to the United States in 1888, locating on Long Island, New York, where the father became superintendent of the grounds of the Long Island Sportsmen's Club, having charge of their farm for nearly twenty years. His death occurred there in 1915, and the mother is still living there. They were the parents of three children, namely: John, who is superintendent of a private estate on Long Island; Frank A., of this sketch; and Joseph, who operates a nursery of his own on Long Island.

Frank A. Chervenka accompanied his parents on their emigration to this country, when he was about eight years of age, and spent two years in the public schools. of Islip, Long Island. He then went to Amherst College, through which he worked his way, studying horticulture and plant life. He worked for three years in a greenhouse at Islip, and when nineteen years of age took charge of the greenhouse on a. private estate in that locality. He next went to Goshen, Massachusetts, where he studied landscape gardening, and then put in one and a half years at Amherst Col-: lege. He subsequently went to South Orange, New Jersey, where he was employed in the shipping room of the W. A. Manda nursery two and a half years. In 1903 Mr. Chervenka went to Key West, Florida, and established a nursery for W. A. Wadell, but at the end of a year he returned north, locating at Auburn, Rhode Island, where he worked in a rose nursery for about a year. Going to Kentucky, he lived there about six years, and in the spring of 1911 he removed to San Mateo, California, where he was employed about eight months in a nursery. In December, 1911, he located in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he was in charge of Clark Brothers" nursery for three years, and in 1914 went to Portland, Oregon, where for about a year he was engaged in the nursery business on his own account. Going to Thomas, King county, Washington, he worked in a nursery there for awhile, but in 1916 he returned to Oregon and again worked for Clark Brothers. Three years later he went. to Butte, Montana, and ran the Butte Floral Company's nursery for one year, at the. end of which time, in the spring of 1920, he came to Sumner, Washington, and in partnership with Paul Hirleman and John Karlick bought the Woodland Park Company nurseries. He ran that plant until 1926, when he bought sixty acres of land at Alderton, which he is rapidly developing into a modern and up-to-date nursery. He has twenty-two acres planted to roses, six acres to narcissus, and a half acre in lily bulbs, and is planting more ground all the time. He has developed several new varieties of roses, chief of which are the Tacoma, the Queen Marie and Honeymoon.

after the Roumanian queen, who, on her recent visit to Tacoma, was presented with a huge bouquet of these wonderful flowers and was introduced to Mr. Chervenka. She also took a number of cuttings of several choice varieties with her back to Roumania, to be planted in the royal gardens, declaring she had never seen anything finer. Mr. Chervenka has spent his life in the nursery business, which he understands in every detail, and is regarded as one of the foremost authorities in his line on the Pacific coast.

While living in Madisonville, Kentucky, in 1907, Mr. Chervenka was married to Miss Ila Crouch, who died in the following year. A daughter, Ila, was born in June, 1908, but died in October of that year. In 1910 Mr. Chervenka was married to Miss Ethel Wilkey, who was born and reared in Kentucky, and to them have been born two children, namely: Francis A., who was born in Oregon in November, 1912, and is a student in the Sumner high school; and Olive, who was born in Oregon, July 1, 1917, and is in grammar school.

Mr. Chervenka is president of the Puget Sound Bulb Exchange, president of the Tacoma Florists Association, is a life member of the Society of American Florists, a director of the Northwest Florists Association, and was the first president of the Puget Sound Growers Association, of which he was one of the organizers. He is also a member of Puyallup Lodge No. 1450, B. P. O. E. A man of wide experience and a constant student of his calling, Mr. Chervenka is widely recognized as a man of su- 'perior ability in his line and commands the respect of all who have come in contact

Recognized as one of the ablest and most successful operative surgeons on the Pacific coast, Dr. Emilian O. Houda, of Tacoma, has honored and dignified his profession by his achievements and is regarded as one of the leaders thereof in the northwest. Dr. Houda was born in Chicago, Illinois, on the 28th of January, 1879, and is a son of Joseph and Barbara (Cihak) Houda. The father is now deceased and the mother is living in Chicago.