Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 5 of 27)

After completing the public school course, our subject entered the medical school of the University of Illinois, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1908. He served as interne at St. Mary's Hospital, Chicago, and the Chicago Lying-in Hospital, and in December, 1904, came to Roslyn Washington where he served as surgeon-in-chief for the Northwest Improvement Company He performed the first caesarian operation in the Yakima valley, and afterward performed that operation for the first time in southwestern Washington, at Centralia, to which place he had moved in 1907. He built the Houda private Hospital jwhicls he operated from 1909 to 19138, and then sold out and went abroad, taking postgraduate work in surgery in Vienna and Berlin. In 1914 he came to Tacoma where he has practiced to the present time, building up a large practice and gaining an enviabl reputation for his professional ability and skill. He has been a deep student d investigator in several phases of medical practice and has gained recognition a student of cancer, on which he has frequently lectured before medical societies a ad a eae ah es tee aps He has also given considerable special Attedtion reatment o goiters. Among the publications of which he i author are the following: "Etiology. of the He ici Sa cab stract of Study of the Cause of Gained sist cgeeaeT ee ree eres tase enza Pneumonitis," "The Goitre Question from a Different vicwietnt ae oA ween seine ra gt a Cae ee After Barrage Doses of Vaccine" bee

Frances McNeill, of DaSm HEV tenet ee ee ee perme rs ah. ae de le Amy Barbara, who is now a student in the ree WwW a Spe aa : rededeh. Dr. Houda is a member of the Ancient Free and mo aoe ee o> stot attained the thirty-second degree of the Ancient A soo ie oe a Raped hat Pa Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine nal tek Seana Rake ng ae of Elks. He belongs to the Pierce Cloueyenicta da ue oo vee Ona tate Medical Soci i i ieeiaa Sete Suiees eee the Tacoma Country Club and is very popular in the social circles in which he moves. Dr. Houda stands high in the respect of his professional colleagues, and throughout the city and county of his residence he commands the confidence of his fellowmen.

Percy Dunbar Norton

- Though more than a quarter of a century has elapsed since Percy Dunbar Norton closed his eyes to earthly scenes and passed to the higher life, his memory is still held in grateful remembrance by all who knew him, for he was a man of unusual qualities and commanded the respect and admiration of all with whom he was brought in contact. Born in Portland, Maine, February 5, 1856, he was a son of Stephen and Lavinia (Gardner) Norton, both of whom also were natives of the old Pine Tree state. The progenitors of the family came to this country from England in early colonial days and some of its members served in the war of. the Revolution.

When Percy D. Norton was about six years of age, the family moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and there he secured his education in the public schools. When fifteen years old he went to Menasha, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, and entered the bank of Henry Hewitt, where he remained until 1884 and where by his faithful and efficient service he rose from the position of messenger to that of cashier. He was then sent to Milwaukee, where he managed a mill for two years, and in 1886 went to Nogales, Arizona, where he supervised a smelter for Mr. Hewitt for two years. In 1888 Mr. Norton came to Tacoma and was a stockholder in the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, of which he became assistant treasurer, and in 1894 he became manager of the company, holding that position to the time of his death, which occurred April 13, 1900. He was a man of marked executive ability and gained an enviable place in the esteem of his business associates.

On April 23, 1878, Mr. Norton was united.in marriage to Miss Mary Jones, who is a native of Wisconsin, and a daughter of Daniel and Clarissa (Hibbard) Jones, both of whom were natives of Vermont. The Jones family, which is of Welsh origin, has long been established in New England. Mrs. Norton Spent her girlhood in Wisconsin and taught school prior to her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Norton were born five children, as follows: the first born died in infancy; Irene who was the wife of C. W. Gregory and the mother of-two sons, died in 1915; Edith is the wife of Carroll Gordon and the mother of four children; Mary Norton is librarian in Tacoma and her twin brother, Percy D., who lives in Hoquiam, Washington, was married to Miss Anna Sutton and they have two children. Politically Mr. Norton was a lifelong supporter of the republican party and took a keen interest in public affairs. He was a member of the Union Club and the Tacoma Country Club, while his religious affiliation was with the Congregational church. He was a man of strong personality and possessed to a marked degree the characteristics which attract confidence and friendship.

James Fisher

The record of James Fisher is that of a man who by his own persistent and determined efforts has achieved noteworthy success, he being now numbered among the active and successful business men of Tacoma. Mr. Fisher was born in England in 1870 and is a son of James and Elizabeth Frances Fisher. When but one year old he was brought to Chicago, Illinois, by an uncle, William Fisher, who reared him. He attended the public schools of that city and was then sent back to England for his collegiate education. On his return to Chicago he entered the butter and egg business with A. H. Barber Company, with which concern he remained until 1911, becoming sales manager and having charge of the European and other foreign business. In 1911 he came to Seattle, Washington, and became connected with the Denny-Reuton Company, sellers of brick and building material, being made manager of their plant at Tacoma. He remained with that concern until January 1, 1925, when he became interested in the Tacoma Tile & Brick Company, which was organized by John Buffelen, December 1, 1923. boa : ' : ; the country, its plant at Ruston covering eleven acres of ground. The company owns its own clay beds and has a capacity of thirty-five thousand bricks a day, in addition to which it manufactures tile of all kinds. The selling place is one hundred and fifty by two hundred and twenty feet in size, and the company owns its own docks and railroad at 2101 Dock street. All kinds of building material are handled and the company is distributor for Cabot's building specialties. Forty-five people are employed and the sales territory embraces all of western Washington, some of the products also going east of the mountains. The present officers of the Tacoma Brick & Tile Company are: John Buffelen, president; James Fisher, vice president and manager; James F. Fisher, treasurer; Frank Neal, secretary, and J. P. Simpson, assistant secretary. Mr. Fisher has devoted himself closely to this company and has been an important factor in its success.

On July 23, 1908, Mr. Fisher was united in marriage to Miss Elzoria Hastings, of Arkansas, and they are the parents of three children: James F. and William, who are interested in their father's business; and George, who is in school. Politically Mr. Fisher has always supported the republican party and has been interested in public affairs. 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; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Order of the Eastern Star, and the White Shrine of Jerusalem. He belongs also to the Tacoma Commercial Club. He is a man of marked ability, progressive in his methods and energetic in his handling of. the business with which he is identified. He possesses a pleasing personality and throughout the range of his acquaintance is held in high regard.

Frederick C. Purvis

The memory of Frederick C. Purvis, who was summoned to the silent land August 29, 1911, is revered by a host of friends and acquaintances among whom he lived and labored, for he was a man of splendid character, possessing to a marked degree the attributes which commend a man to the good favor of his fellows. He did well whatever he undertook, and by his upright life, his business ability and his genial and kindly nature won the esteem and good will of all who knew him, his death being considered a distinct loss to the community which had been honored by his residence.

Mr. Purvis was born at Lone Tree, Nebraska, on the 9th of July, 1872, and was a son of Edward and Lucy (Spencer) Purvis. In 1880 the family came to Washington, locating first on Whidbey island, where they lived until about 1885, when they came to Pierce county. The father took up a tract of government land near Sumner and lived there and in Sumner during the remainder of his active life, he and his wife being now deceased. '

Frederick C. Purvis was reared to manhood in Sumner, attending the public schools and completing his education in Whitworth College. He then devoted his attention to farming, in which he was successful, operating the land which his father had originally entered. He maintained the homestead in good condition and enjoyed an excellent reputation as a man of persistent industry and sound judgment. He took an active and effective part in local affairs and served nine years as road supervisor of his district, in which position he rendered efficient and appreciated service Politically he gave his support to the republican party and was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen

On November 14, 1895, Mr. Purvis was united in. marriage to Miss Helen Johns who. was born in Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois, October 6, 1877. She is a daughter of Emanuel and Mary (Brisban) Johns, who came to Somner i. 1889, buying property near Puyallup. Mr. Johns became a man of prominence and far fee ie in the community and was long active in matters affecting its prosperity and progress He was superintendent of Ryan's mill, became the first horticultural inspector of the state of Washington and in other ways was prominent in public affairs. Before coming west, he had served seven years as mayor of Burton, Kansas. To Mr. and Mrs Purvis were born four children: Lois Freda is the wife of H. Wade Leroy of Kna a; Clatsop county, Oregon, and they are the parents of three children. Hilda ee ea a the wife of David G. Beattie, of Los Angeles, California, and they have one child.

Ruth Winnifred is the wife of H. H. Kyllonen, of Shelton, Washington, and they have two children. Hope Minerva is the wife of Manfred E. Askew, of Sumner.

Mrs. Purvis has served as postmaster at Sumner for the past five years and has conducted the affairs of the office m a manner that has gained for her general commendation. She possesses good business ability, is prompt, courteous and efficient in her relations with the patrons of the office and enjoys well deserved popularity throughout the range of her acquaintance. Though residing in Sumner, she still retains and farms a part of the old Purvis homestead.

William Virges

William Virges was born in Germany in 1859. He came to the United States in 1882 and engaged in the drug business in New York city. He sold his interest in 1888 and came to Seattle to start a wholesale drug business. The field being already occupied, he decided nevertheless to remain in the west, and subsequently acquired a string of drug stores.

In 1894 he came to reside in Tacoma, and some time later acquired an interest in the Puget Sound Brewing Company. In 1897, in company with Mr. Anton Huth, he organized the Pacific Brewing & Malting Company. The large plant located at Twenty-fifth street from C street to Jefferson avenue is still one of the landmarks of Tacoma.

He became interested in many other enterprises and is a director in several concerns. In 1918 he and his associates - -The Huth Estate - started the National Soap Company and the National Cocoanut Butter Company, refiners of cocoanut oil and makers of edible vegetable butters. This last concern does a nationwide business.

In 1897 Mr. Virges was married to Miss Anna Slack of Centralia - a native of Pennsylvania - and there were two children: Anita, who married Richard Derby, captain U. S. A., who lost his life in an aeroplane accident at Dayton, Ohio, in 1923; and Helen, who died at Santa Barbara, California, in 1924, at the age of twenty-one.

Amon E. Lovejoy

Amon E. Lovejoy stands unquestionably in the front rank of the men who have in a very definite and material way contributed to the development and upbuilding of Puyallup, and the community is indebted to him for the progressive and enterprising spirit he has shown in the matter of public utility service rendered or secured by him. A native of the state of New Hampshire, he was born on the 8th of April, 1859, and is a son of Elijah B. and Maria (Buless) Lovejoy. The mother died in New Hampshire, and in 1877 the father took his family to Illinois, where he was again married.

Amon E. Lovejoy secured his education in the public schools, and his first employment was as a grocery clerk in Ottawa, Illinois. Later he engaged in the coal business there, and in 1889 he came to Tacoma, Washington. In the following year he came to Puyallup and for several years was engaged in the drug business. One of his most important business operations here was the establishment of a telephone company, of which he was the manager for eighteen years, and itis a matter of record that Ezra Meeker subscribed for the first seven telephones. Mr. Lovejoy was also responsible for the establishment at Puyallup of the first commercial electric lighting system, having, as agent for the Tacoma Railway & Power Company, induced that company to install a lighting system here. Later Mr. Lovejoy engaged in farming for six years near the town, and then returned to town and engaged in the grocery business, which still occupies his attention. He operates his own store at 620 West Pioneer avenue and manages the grocery store for the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association. He has been very successful in his business affairs and is numbered among the substantial citizens of Puyallup. : i a daughter of J. W. Soles, who came to Puyallup in 1890. Mr. and pe de eat a ae Scott A., who is engaged in railroad work. The sae party has always claimed Mr. Lovejoy's allegiance, and he has ever maintaine . proper interest in public affairs. He has served as a member of the city council ee in many ways has shawn his deep interest in the general welfare of his city an vicinity. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World. His record as a citizen of Puyallup is one that has reflected great credit on his character and ability, and he holds an enviable place in public esteem, having a wide circle of loyal friends.

Cyril V. Lundvick has already made a most. favorable impression on all who have come in contact with-him, being not only a man of thorough medical education but also possessing those attributes that commend a man to the good favor of his fellowmen. Dr. Lundvick was born in Lake City, Iowa, on the 19th of September, 1898, and is a son of Charles V. and Millie E. (Evanson) Lundvick. The father is now deceased and the mother makes her home with her son, the Doctor. After completing the public school course, Cyril V. Lundvick attended the University of Chicago, where he was graduated, and then entered Rush Medical College, where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1922. He spent two and a half years as interne in the Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He was a member of the Students' Army Training Camp for about two months before the close of the World war. ;

In May, 1925, Dr. Lundvick came to Tacoma and joined the St. Helen's clinic, with which he has remained connected to the present time and where he has attained great success in practice. He specializes in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.

Dr. Lundvick is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He belongs to the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Puget Sound Academy of Ophthalmolegy and Oto-Laryngology. Politically he maintains an independent attitude. He is a pleasant and agreeable companion, kindly and sympathetic in his relations to those who come under his care, and has won a large circle of warm friends and admirers since coming to Tacoma.

William Albert Linklater

William Albert Linklater enjoys an enviable reputation as an authority on agricultural subjects and has rendered able and efficient service as a member of the faculties of several educational institutions. He is now devoting his entire time and attention to the interests of the Western Washington Fair Association, of which he is president and manager.

Mr. Linklater is a native of Goderich, Ontario, Canada, and was born on the 9th of July, 1877. He is a son of John and Phoebe (Clutton) Linklater, the latter of whom is deceased, while the former, who has always been a farmer, is still residing in Ontario. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and secured his elementary education in the public schools. He then entered the Ontario Agricultural College, where he was graduated in 1900, and next attended the Iowa State Agricultural College, at Ames, graduating in 1902. Going to Sioux City, Iowa, Mr. Linklater established an agricultural correspondence school, which he managed for three years. In 1905 he took charge of the animal husbandry department of the Washington State Agricultural College, at Pullman, where he remained until 1908, when he became professor of animal husbandry and dean of agriculture in the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Stillwater, Oklahoma. He held that position until 1913, when he was appointed superintendent of the Western Washington Experimental Station, in the directing of which he achieved eminent success and gained added prestige as a master of his subject. In April, 1926, he became president and manager of the Western Washington Fair Association, for which position his training and experience have well qualified him.

Dr. Cyril V. Lundvick

Mr. Linklater is a republican in his political views and is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has received the chapter degrees, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Puyallup Kiwanis Club. He is devoted to the science of agriculture and has been effective and successful in his work, earning the sincere confidence and respect of all who have been associated with him in any way.

Orren W. Loughlen, M.D.

Among the able and successful physicians of Tacoma stands Dr. Orren W. Loughlen, who for more than thirty-five years has been numbered among the eminent and popular practitioners of this city. He was born. in Portageville, New York, on the 9th of December, 1860, and is a son of Michael and Selina (Rolph) Loughlen, both of whom are deceased.

Dr. Loughlen was reared on his father's farm and secured his elementary education in the public schools of his home neighborhood. He then matriculated in the medical school of the University of New York city, where he was. graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1889. After serving an interneship in Bellevue Hospital, New York city, the Doctor located in Kansas, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession about six months. In 1890 he came to Tacoma, where he has since been actively engaged in practice, and since 1918 has specialized in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. An accurate diagnostician and skilled in treatment, he has been eminently successful in curing human ailments and has commanded a large and remunerative practice.

Dr. Loughlen has been married twice - first, in 1890, to Miss Jennie Green, of New York city, who is deceased. To them were born two children: Frances, deceased; and Orren W., Jr., who lives in Tacoma. For his second wife the Doctor chose Miss Marie Abelson, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of two children, Ivan and Frances Marie. Dr. Loughlen is a republican in his political views and is a member of the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He keeps in close touch with the latest advances in the healing art, is a man of wide general information and has always been a loyal booster for his city and county. Because of his earnest life, high attainments and cordial manner, he commands the respect and confidence of the entire community.

One of the long established and well known seed houses of the Washington coast region is the Poole Seed & Implement Company, of Tacoma, of which C. L. Poole is treasurer and manager. This business was established in 1895 by his father, F. S. Poole, at 1409 Pacific avenue, under the name of the F. S. Poole Seed Store, he having but one-half of the store-room, the other half being utilized by A. F. Hoska. After remaining there two years, and meeting with encouraging success, Mr. Poole moved the business to 1407 Pacific avenue, where he had a better room, twenty-five feet wide, and at that time the name was changed to the Poole Seed Store. He remained there until 1904, when he moved to 1716-18 Pacific avenue, where he obtained a fifty foot frontage. After two years, he moved next door in order to secure additional space, and until January 1, 1910, he operated three stores here. :

At that time the business was moved to its present location and incorporated under its present name, the Poole Seed & Implement Company, of which F. S. Poole became president, C. A. Poole, secretary, and C. L. Poole, treasurer. Here they have about sixteen thousand, five hundred feet of floor space, and their main business is seeds and farm implements, though they also handle poultry and dairy supplies and paints. They do some wholesale business, but retail most of their goods, one traveling representative covering Pierce and Thurston counties and parts of King and Lewis counties. The present officers of the company are: Mrs. F. S. Poole, president; C. A. Poole, secretary; C. L. Poole, treasurer and manager, and F. L. Poole, sales manager. The firm belongs to the Kiwanis, Gyro and Commercial Clubs, and Frank L. Poole is

~ 180 HISTORY OF PIERCE COUNTY F. S. Poole was born in Massachusetts, August 24, 1852, and died in May, 1916. At the age of sixteen years he left home and shipped on a whaling vessel. He sérved on many ships and in 1871 landed at Seattle, where he quit the sea. He started an express business in Seattle, and later became agent for the Wells Fargo Express Company at La Conner, and also sold farming implements, starting the first binder in Skagit county. He then came te Tacoma and took over the Knapp-Burrell Company agency for farm implements, which he conducted from 1887 to 1895. He is survived by his widow, Sarah Elizabeth (Root) Poole, who now lives in Tacoma and is president of the seed company which he established in 1895 and to which he devoted his attention up to the time of his death. To them were born six children, namely: Frank L., who is associated with the Poole company; Chester A., who also is with the Poole company; C. L., subject of this sketch; Fanny, who is the wife of C. F. Wright; Mabel, who is the wife of J. W. Jones; and Jessie, who died in 1910, when seven and a half years old.

C. L. Poole was born in La Conner, Washington, and secured his education in the public schools of Tacoma. With the exception of two years, he has been identified with the Poole seed concern continuously since. In 1906 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Elizabeth Anderson, and they are the parents of two sons, Arthur L., now nineteen years of age, and Richard A., sixteen years of age. Mr. Poole is a member of the Kiwanis Club, and is interested in all matters that affect the welfare or prosperity of his city. He devotes his attention closely to the business, having shown. marked ability as manager, and is highly regarded throughout the city.

The record of S. Poolman is that of a man who by his own unaided efforts has worked his way from a modest beginning to a place of independence and influence in the business world. His life record has been marked by unceasing industry and perseverance, and the systematic and honorable methods which he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence of the citizens of Puyallup.

S. Poolman was born in Holland in 1883 and is a son of Peter and Theresa (Van Dyke) Poolman. In 1885, when our subject was two years old, the family immigrated to the United States, locating first in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1888 they moved to Chicago, Illinois, where they remained until 1899, when they came to Seattle, Washee The father followed farming pursuits during his active life, but is now retired.

S. Poolman attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and after putting aside his textbooks became a boilermaker's apprentice in the employ of the Washington Iron Works of Seattle. Subsequently he spent three years in the service of the Seattle Electric Company. He then became manager of the Woodland Park Floral Company, which moved to Sumner, Pierce county, about 1906, and since that time Mr. Poolman has made his home in that place. He bought the floral company, which he successfully operated until about 1920, when he sold it. Then for about two years he served as purchasing agent for Pierce county, and on March 8 1922, he bought the Puyallup Valley Hardware Company at Puyallup, to the operation of which he is now devoting his time and attention. He has a large store, fronting fifty feet on Meridian street and running through to a one hundred and forty foot frontage on Stewart avenue. He conducts a wholesale and retail business and employs five clerks. Running his establishment according to the highest standards of commercial ethics, he has enjoyed a large and steadily increasing trade and is regarded as one of the most successful and substantial business men of this part of the county.

In 1903 Mr. Poolman was united in marriage to Miss Edi born in Sweden, where she attended school. At the age of ee erin dele to the United States, locating in Seattle, where she was living when Mr. Poolman met. her. To their union have been born four children: Carl Peter, who is associated in business with his father; Theresa Wilhelmina; Blanche Estelle; and John Harr

The republican party claims Mr. Poolman's support, and fraternally he fat filiated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Wontar of America. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of which he is a past president, and he served as a member of the school board at Sumner for six years, 'while for four years he acted as chairman of the drainage district board. His integrity is of the most insistent type, and no shadow rests on his career as an active business man and sterling citizen.

Charles P. Burkey

A worthy representative of the legal profession in Pierce county is Charles P. Burkey, who occupies a leading place at the Tacoma bar, where he has long enjoyed a large practice. He is a native of Zanesville, Ohio, born on the 9th of August, 1877, and is a son of A. P. and Emma (Donohoe) Burkey, the former of whom followed the vocation of farming, and both of whom are deceased.

Charles P. Burkey completed his preliminary studies in the public schools and then for several years taught school, subsequently entering the law school of Ohio State University, where he was graduated in 1903. He then engaged in the practice of his profession in Columbus for about a year, and in 1905 he and his brother, James E. Burkey, came to Tacoma and formed the law firm of Burkey, O'Brien & Burkey, under which style they continued to practice for some eighteen years. Mr. O'Brien withdrew in 1924 and the firm is now Burkey & Burkey. Our subject has been connected as counsel with much important litigation in the Pierce county courts and has proven himself an able, versatile and successful lawyer, commanding the respect of his professional colleagues.

On August 26, 1915, Mr. Burkey was united in marriage to Miss Rose Bannon, who was born in Iowa, from which state she came to Tacoma and engaged in teaching school. Mr. Burkey is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus, and also belongs to the Pierce County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and the Tacoma Country Club. Politically he is a stanch republican but has never been a seeker after public office. Genial and friendly, he enjoys a wide acquaintance and has a large circle of loyal friends.

Mrs. Dorothy Florence Alward

Among the most enterprising and progressive farmers living in the vicinity of Orting is Mrs. Dorothy Florence (Hollingsworth) (Hodges) Alward, who is making a splendid success in her efforts. She has been a resident of Pierce county for forty years and has been a witness of the wonderful transformation which has been wrought in this section of the country. Because of her business ability, her fine record and her gracious personality, she commands the respect and esteem of the entire community in which she lives.

She was born at Gadsden, Alabama, and is a daughter of Thomas and Dorothy P. (Lewis) Hollingsworth, the former a native of North Carolinz and the latter of South Carolina. In the paternal line she is descended from old English ancestry, the Hollingsworth family having come to this country in 1682 and settled on a large plantation in Delaware. Thomas Hollingsworth was a farmer and merchant in his native state and about 1828 moved to Alabama, buying a farm near Gadsden, where he also engaged in mercantile business, running a large wholesale and retail store. About 1867 he sold out and removed to Texas, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred at Maysfield, that state, May 4, 1870. The mother died November 13, 1893. They were the parents of eleven children, five of whom survive. Mary Josephine, Jacob Franklin, Thomas Lewis and David William are deceased ; Augustus Summerfield, Ann Charlotte, Dorothy Florence and Frances Mariah are living; Robert Lee is deceased; Caroline Pearl died in infancy; and Emma Ophelia is deceased. | While living in Alabama, Mr. Hollingsworth owned a large plantation, called the Double Springs farm," and had a large number of slaves. He was a man of sound judgment and marked business ability and was prominent and influential in his coma Be Bede Florence Hollingsworth received a good education and accompanied her parents on their removal to Texas. In Maysfield, in January, 1877, she married John A. Hodges, a farmer, now deceased. They became the parents of a son,

Frank P., who wa: born in Maysfield, Texas, December 3, 1877, and now lives in Tacoma, Washington, where he is a conductor on the Northern Pacific Railroad. He is married and has six children, Forrest William, Margaret Florence, Franklin David, Amy Dorothy, Florence Charlotte and Lois Louise. Margaret Florence is now the wife of Allan E. Briggs and has two sons, Allan E., Jr., and Donald.

On November 26, 1885, at Leadville, Colorado, Mrs. Hodges became the wife of Charles W. Alward, who is now deceased. In 1887 they came to Anderson's island, Pierce county, and took up a homestead at Vega. Mr. Alward cleared part of the land but after living there six years they sold the place and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land near Orting, on section 34, township 19, range 5. A small tract had been cleared and planted to hops among the stumps and a small house stood on the place. There are now about thirty acres of the land cleared and under cultivation. Mrs. Alward has a fine pure-bred herd of Red Polled cattle, with which she has taken many prizes at the Western Washington Fair, the herd now numbering about thirty head. Her principal crops are hay, grain and potatoes, and she now has the ranch leased. In 1898 Mrs. Alward built a house, which was remodeled and greatly improved in 1908, and all of the other buildings on the ranch are of substantial character, the farm presenting a very attractive appearance. The place is called "Double Springs farm" after Mrs. Alward's girlhood home in Alabama. She is also the owner of another farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 26, township 19, range 5, which contains two million feet of fine timber, mostly cedar and Douglas fir.

In recalling conditions existing in the early days here, Mrs. Alward states that while living on Anderson's island they were compelled to go to Steilacoom for their mail, there being no post office then on the island, and two or three times a week she and her son rowed a boat to the mainland for the mail. In the early years of the Western Washington Fair she took a deep interest in it and in order to swell the exhibits she would take vegetables, fruit, grain, grasses and stock for exhibit. She has always been a strong booster for the fair, being an honorary vice president for many years, and she has contributed of her efforts to its success. As farmer and stock breeder she has shown a progressive spirit, striving always for the best, and her efforts have been recognized and appreciated by her neighbors, among whom she is held in the very highest esteem. Personally she is a lady of splendid qualities of character, kindly and hospitable, gives liberal support to all worthy benevolent causes, and always stands ready to cooperate with her fellow citizens in all movements for the betterment of the community. Because of her estimable traits, her business ability and her friendly manner, she is deservedly popular throughout the range of her acquaintance.

Russell A. Appling

For more than a score of years Russell A. Appling has b i plumbing business in Tacoma, and during this ee fetes at ceeds "a fae measure of material prosperity but has also won an enviable place in public esteem his business record having been marked by strict fidelity to principle. Mr. Applin p was born in Ellsworth, Kansas, in 1878, and is a son of Arbuthnot and Jane Applin 4 the former of whom was a butcher by vocation. Both parents are deceased PROe

After securing his education in the public schools, Mr. Appling started out to make his. own way in the world and after working at various jobs learned the painting trade, at which he was employed several years. In 1906 he came to Tacks Washington, and engaged in the plumbing business at 2807 Sixth avenue. He has continued in this line to the present time and is now next to the oldest business man on the street. In 1922 Mr. Appling added a hardware business and now has a well ae phony at 2905 Sixth avenue. In all his operations he has exercised sound by Lae and keen foresight and no man in his community is more worthy of public

In 1907 Mr. Appling was united in marriage to Miss Ada H Lodge, Montana, and they are the parents of two children, nibeba ee Spaced Politically Mr. Appling is a stanch supporter of the republican party and is il informed on the leading questions of the day. He is a member of the Ancient Fre and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Bolte the Sixth Avenue Business Men's Club, of which he is a past president. He is a man of kindly disposition, giving generous support to all worthy causes, and his friendly manner has won for him the favorable opinion of all who know him.

John Cassedy

In no line of business is there demanded a more careful and thoughtful attention to details than in that of funeral directing, and under no other circumstances is real service more genuinely appreciated. With a deep understanding of these facts, John Cassedy has so managed his undertaking business as to earn the sincere respect and appreciation of those who have employed his services, and he stands among the leading funeral directors of Tacoma, where he has been in business for fourteen years.

Mr. Cassedy was born in Dodge Center, Minnesota, on the 10th of November, 1867, and is a son of Timothy and Catherine Cassedy, the former of whom was a farmer by vocation, and both of whom are deceased. He secured his education in the public schools, and remained on the home farm until twenty-nine years of age, when he engaged in the hardware and furniture business in western Minnesota. He was fairly successful in this enterprise, which he conducted until 1911, when he sold out and came to Tacoma. In the following year he entered into a partnership with A. P. Allen and engaged in the undertaking business at Twelfth and K streets, and they met with splendid success. In April, 1923, they completed a new, two-story brick building, forty-four by one hundred and five feet in size, at 1224 South I street, where they are now ideally situated for the convenient handling of their business. The chapel seats one hundred and twenty-five people and the finish and furnishings are good and in every way appropriate. They have two hearses and two seven-passenger sedans and have everything in the way of necessary equipment and furniture.

Mr. Cassedy is a republican in his political views and is a member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Knights of Columbus. Courteous and accommodating always, and kindly and considerate, he commands to a marked degree the respect and good will of all who know him.

William Hummon

After a long, busy and useful life, William Hummon, one of the most highly respected residents of Sumner, is now practically retired from active efforts, and is enjoying well earned leisure. A native of Missouri, he was born on the 21st of July, 1858, and is a son of William and Maria (Baum) Hummon, both of whom were born and reared in Ohio. In 1840 they went to Missouri, locating in Andrew county, where the father took up a homestead and followed farming pursuits.

William Hummon, Jr., secured his education in the public schools of Andrew county, walking two miles to and from school, and he remained on the home farm until 1876, when he went to Butler county, Kansas, where he was engaged in farming about two years. He then returned home and operated his father's farm for three years, or until 1881, when he came to Tacoma, Washington, and spent the summer working in logging camps near Anacortes. In the spring of 1882 he went back to Tacoma, where he had bought property and built a house on his first trip there. Later he moved to the vicinity of Alderton, where he ran a hop farm for awhile, and in the following spring again returned to Tacoma. He now turned his attention to the draying and transfer business, which he followed for about five years, at the end of which time, in 1887, he came into the Puyallup valley and located on the old Gloyden Spinney farm, which he operated for fifteen. years. He then bought the Jasper Woolrey place, near by, on which he built a good house, and he farmed that place until about 1906, when he moved to Sumner and engaged in the livery business. He followed that line of effort actively for about twelve years, and established the Blue Line stage between Sumner and Tacoma. In late years Mr. Hummon has retired from active business affairs and is now devoting his attention to looking after

McDona'd, who died in 1881, leaving one child, Iva, who is now the wife of V. D. Goss, of Sumner, and the mother of four children. In 1882 Mr. Hummon was matried to Miss Nancy Bower, who is a native of Missouri, a daughter of John and Mary Anne (Cole) Bower, whose farm adjoined his father's. To this union were born two children, namely: Mamie, who is the wife of Fred Tate, of Tacoma; and Ira, who is assistant manager for Stone & Webster, of Concrete, Skagit county, and is married and has two daughters.

Mr. Hummon is a republican in his political views and has always taken a deep interest in public affairs. In early days he rendered effective service as road supervisor, and served as the second president of the Commercial Club. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order ot Elks, the Brotherhood of American Yeomen and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mrs. Hummon is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah and the Ladies Civic Club. Both are earnest members of the Christian church, to which they give liberal

Ernest Peterson

One of the most capable and up-to-date photographers of Tacoma is Ernest Peterson, whose well equipped studio is located in the Puget Sound Bank building, where he commands a large and representative patronage. Mr. Peterson has long been regarded as a progressive man in his methods and in portrait work has no superior in this section of the country, his productions being highly praised by competent critics. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a son of P. J. and Caroline Peterson, who moved to Australia, where they remained until 1891, when they came to Tacoma. The father was connected with the old Tacoma Mill Company for many years, and his death occurred in 1922. The mother is still living in this city.

Ernest Peterson attended the schools of his native land until ten years of age, when, in September, 1894, he came to Tacoma and here completed his public school work. He then was employed as a messenger boy, and later entered the employ of the Wheeler-Osgood Company, with which concern he remained until 1900, when he turned his attention to the art of photography. During 1903-4 he was in business for himself in Puyallup, and his next venture on his own account was in 1907, when he established a studio at Ninth street and Tacoma: avenue, where he remained until 1920, when he came to his present splendid location. In 1919 he admitted R. O. Cooper to a partnership in the business, which is run under the name of the Peterson Studio. Mr. Peterson does portrait work only and specializes in children, in which line he has met with remarkable success, and now stands in the front rank of the photographers of the city. He is a member of the Tacoma Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce and takes a deep interest in everything relating to the prosperity of his city and county. He is courteous and friendly and all who come into contact with him praise his high character and eminent personal qualities.

Obadiah Bennett Hayden

The following facts concerning the life of the late Obadiah Bennett Hayden, of Tacoma, teacher, soldier, student and business man, are culled from a booklet containing the comments appearing in the newspapers most interested, and the record of the Loyal Legion Commandery of Washington, of which he was a charter member.

The Tacoma Daily News, under date of January 11, 1916, said: "Apparently making favorable recovery from a preliminary surgical operation several days ago at the Tacoma General Hospital, Major Obadiah Bennett Hayden, prominent in the commercial life of Tacoma for twenty-eight years, a veteran of the Civil war and prominent in the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, died at 8:30 last evening of heart failure. He was to have had a second operation later. He died within ten days of his seventy-third birthday anniversary. He had been sitting up chatting pleasantly. The nurse said it was time for him to go to bed. 'All right,' he said, 'if that is the order.' The men attendants assisted him to bed. After a short time the major said:

Obadiah B. Hayden

'I feel faint. I am going to faint.' Almost immediately he sank into unconsciousness. His physician was quickly summoned, but found life extinct when he arrived.

"Major Hayden was born in Union county, Indiana, January 20, 1843. At the age of seven years he raised seven acres of corn. At thirteen he passed a teachers' examination but he did not begin teaching until he was seventeen. He was at Asbury College, now De Pauw University, two years when the Civil war broke out and practically disrupted the university. His father objected to his enlisting then, but in 1863 he and two others organized D company for the Ninth Indiana Cavalry. He was made a sergeant when he enlisted and advanced to the rank of captain, which he held at the close of the war. He was in the battle of Franklin when Hood's forces were smashed in a furious battle lasting until midnight. He saw cannon balls cut a swath through the ranks, men and horses killed by a bursting shell, dead men piled on the field, and often spoke of his heart-sickness in witnessing the spectacle of an old, gray-headed Confederate lying dead, while across him lay a lad of about fourteen, also dead. It exemplified the allegation that the south was 'robbing both the cradle and the grave' for its soldiery. He was one of those who suffered terribly in the winter pursuit of Hood's army. They waded icy streams in bitter weather and almost froze. The major all his life denounced the sinking of the overcrowded Grellana, on which fiftyseven members of his regiment were lost, as a government crime, and recently, in discussing the tragedy, he described it as a government crime worse than the destruction of the Titanic. Toward the end of the war he served in Mississippi, administering the amnesty oath to citizens. Major Hayden was on duty at Vicksburg when the news came of President Lincoln's assassination. Bells tolled, old flags that had been hid away for four years were run to the staffs and flung from windows, draped with the insignia of sorrow. The south then knew its true friend. The major, riding about the city in the course of his business, met an old colored mammy, altogether hysterical over the emancipator's death. He tried to quiet her and partially succeeded. But she kept repeating: 'Uncle Sam is dead! Uncle Sam is dead! But thank God dey can't kill Jesus!'

"After the war Major Hayden went back home and operated his father's farm for a year. Then he and L. J. Pentecost, who had been one of young Hayden's pupils at fifteen while Hayden was seventeen, started for Iowa and entered the drug business at Panora in 1868, and from that day until the death of Mr. Pentecost in Tacoma a few years ago they had always been in business together. In company with E. J. Reynolds, whose son, George Reynolds, is now president of the Continental & Commercial National Bank, George H. Moore, L. J. Pentecost and Major Hayden organized the Guthrie County National Bank at Panora, Iowa, which proved to be a very successful bank.

"Messrs. Hayden and Pentecost sold out their interests to E. J. Reynolds when they came to Tacoma in 1888, when the population was about twelve thousand. They organized the Citizens National Bank and erected the brick building at 1342 Pacific avenue for its accommodation, one of the first brick buildings in Tacoma. Major Hayden became the first president of the bank and served in that capacity until 1895, when the Citizens National Bank and the Pacific National Bank were consolidated into the Pacific National Bank. He then became the first vice president and remained in the banking business until 1897, when he became postmaster of Tacoma. In 1896 he was receiver of the Tacoma Ledger Company, which was sold out in 1897 to C. M. Schultz. He resigned the postmastership in 1899 to become manager of the Tacoma Land & Improvement Company. He was later interested in various real estate firms and for several years recently had been president of the O. B. Hayden Company, dealers in realty. Major Hayden continued an active director after consolidation of the Pacific National Bank and the National Bank of Tacoma. He was a member of the discount committee and up to the day of his final illness attended the daily sessions of the committee and took great interest in the work. His keen business judgment and ripe experience were greatly appreciated by his associates. In 1908 Major Hayden organized the Earlham Court Company and built Earlham Court, where he Aon sites in the commercial life of Tacoma, he was one of the early presidents of the Chamber of Commerce and later was actively identified with the Commercial Club. He was made a member of the Masonic order in Iowa and affiliated with Tacoma Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., on coming here. He was a member of Custer Post, G. A. R., and only a few weeks ago was one of the speakers in rehearsing incidents of the war at a banquet given to the old comrades of the post. Major Hayden was one of the charter members, in connection with General J. W. Sprague, W. B. Blackwell, Major J. R. Hayden of Seattle and others, in forming the Washington chapter of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He was the third commander of the chapter, always a regular attendant and a ready and favorite speaker at the reunions. :

"In 1865 Major Hayden married Miss Louisa Maxwell of Union county, Indiana. He leaves his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Marc W. Graff of Tacoma, and threé sons: E. M. Hayden of the law firm of Hayden, Langhorne & Metzger; A. V. Hayden, cashier of the Bankers Trust Company; and W. B. Hayden, who is now in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Hayden celebrated their golden wedding last autumn, at which time hundreds of friends called to greet them. Congratulations came from many friends. throughout the country.

"Of universally striking personal appearance, Major Hayden's erect figure and elastic step were familiar to thousands of Tacomans, with whom he had wide acquaintance, beloved and admired by all who knew him for his genial qualities as an honorable citizen of unblemished private and public life."

The following paragraph appeared editorially in the Tacoma Daily News of January 11, 1916: "Death has taken Major O. B. Hayden. The other day he came to the office of the editor of The News to say good-bye. With a laugh he told of an operation he must undergo. 'I'm getting pretty well along in years,' he said. 'I'm not sure of getting through this thing. If I don't, it's all right. Just say that I've had a mighty fine time in this world. My friends have been sweet to me; my family has been a comfort. I've done the best I knew how.' And so he went down into the valley, smiling. But that was not a new experience. He had faced death before. In the impetuous charges of Indiana boys, up and down the hills along the Harpeth river, he saw it in its most hideous forms, as he helped to save the day at Franklin. In the: campaigns about Vicksburg, and in the long contest that finally allowed the Father of Waters to flow unvexed to the sea, he courted with death again and again and again. He lived the life of a philosopher. Studious, loving and lovable, helpful and gracious, his pathway through the world was lighted by the charm of an unusual personality not to be forgotten by the friends he gathered about him. He possessed to a rare degree the sense of fine humor. He adorned his company wherever he was. He was a clear thinker and a pleasing writer, and he possessed a personal beauty which age had crowned with silver."

Further tribute to Major Hayden appeared in the editorial column of the Tacoma Daily Ledger on the 12th of January, 1916. The Puyallup Valley Tribune, ynder date of January 15, 1916, said in part: "In the death of Major O. B. Hayden, of Tacoma, the world has lost a noble character, and the editor of this paper a friend. We had known him and had loved him for many years. He was a genial and cultured gentleman, a gallant and urbane soldier. Manly in figure, gracious in speech and demeanor, majestic in manner and personality, brave as a gladiator yet as modest, tender and gentle as a woman, he embodied many of the loftiest ideals of the ideal man. So forgetful of self, was he; so generous and liberal in thought; so charitable of heart; so tolerant, so kind, so true - it was ever a delight and an inspiration to be in his company. Bright and original thought, his intellectuality was forceful and strong as it was captivating."

Participated in the campaign of December, 1864, against the Confederate Army under General Hood, taking part in the battle of Nashville and the running fight following that battle and having commanded his company during this campaign. Served as acting sergeant major of his regiment from January to March, 1865, and as acting adjutant from March 5 to May 1, 1865, thereafter serving on the staff of Colonel Cook and as post adjutant at Rodney, Mississippi, until August 28, 1865, the date of his discharge. ' eres

Elected through the Commandery of the State of Oregon, June 12, 1889; transferred to the Commandery of the State of Washington at its organization.

The death of the wife of Major Hayden was also commented upon in the public prints, as follows: "Mrs. Louisa Huff Hayden, eighty, died at her late home in Tacoma, Washington, on Monday, November 21, (1921) of pneumonia. Mrs. Hayden was a Maxwell, her father being David Maxwell, a pioneer citizen, and she as well as her husband were born and reared on farms just east of Liberty, Indiana. O. B. Hayden, her husband, died in 1916. This couple were married after the war, in which the husband was a captain, and afterwards a major, by brevet. They moved to Panora, Iowa, in the '70s, where they prospered and reared a family of three sons and a daughter. The husband and father was associated in business with L. J. Pentecost, and the two men had a variety of interests, a drug store, a brick and tile yard and a banking business being among their activities while in Iowa. They sold out and went to Tacoma, Washington, over thirty years ago, engaging in the banking business and also having extensive real estate interests, both becoming wealthy. . . . Mrs. Hayden returned to Indiana only a few times after moving west but her distinguished husband came back oftener, on business trips and. to visit his sister, Mrs. William Griffith, who resides on her father's farm - the Hosea Hayden place, near what was formerly known as Weibel's Corner. Mrs. Hayden was a beautiful character, much beloved by all who knew her, and her welcome to the folks from back home in Indiana will ever be cherished by those who loved her most dearly." (From The Liberty Herald, published at Liberty, Indiana.)

In recent years fruit growing has become one of the important industries of Washington, the coast climate being particularly well adapted to the raising of certain kinds of fruit. L. J. Ganwich, of the vicinity of Puyallup, has achieved noteworthy success as an orchardist and is counted among the progressive and wide-awake farmers of the locality. He was born in West Prussia, Germany, on the 19th of March, 1862, and is a son of John and Mary (Kratzke) Ganwich, both of whom spent their. lives and died in their native land, where the father had for many years served as foreman of a brickyard. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Fritz and August, both deceased; L. J., of this sketch; John; Minnie; Matilda, Bertha and William, all deceased; and Mary.

L. J. Ganwich secured his education in the public schools, though in later years he did a great deal of reading and studying, being very largely self-educated. He was employed in a brickyard in his native country until 1878, when, at the age of fifteen years, he emigrated to the United States. Landing at New York, he soon afterward went to Buffalo, where for eight months he worked in a tannery. He then went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was employed in steel mills for a few ears. 2 On December 31, 1883, Mr. Ganwich enlisted in Company G, Sixth United States Infantry, and was sent to Fort Douglas, Utah, where he remained four and a half years. He then was sent to Fort Lewis, Colorado, where he remained until 1888, when he was honorably discharged from the service with the rank of sergeant. He came to Tacoma, Washington, and for six months worked at his trade, that of brickmaking, after which he became a member of the Tacoma police force, on which he served until 1896, when he resigned and went to Circle City, Alaska, where, and at Dawson, he was engaged in gold mining for about two and a half years, meeting with very fair success. In 1908 Mr. Ganwich came back to Pierce county and bought twenty-nine acres of land in section 22, township 20 north, range 4 east, near North Puyallup. A few acres were cleared, the remainder being in timber and stumps, but he has continued steadily in his work of improvement and practically all of the land is now cleared. He has six acres in hops, nine acres in berries, two acres in orchard and four acres in meadow, and the remainder is pasture. Mr. Ganwich has

On January 30, 1890, Mr. Ganwich was united in marriage to Miss Ottilie Manthey, who also is a native of Germany, a daughter of William and Wilhelmina (Zillman) Manthey, both of whom were born in that country. The father died in his native land in 1869, and the mother 'now lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. They were the parents of six children, namely: Helen, Hulda and Frederick, deceased; Charles; Ottilie, Mrs. Ganwich; and Mrs. Augusta Lutz, deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Ganwich have been born six children, as follows: Mrs. Clara Grant, of Westwood, California; Mrs. Freda Moore, of Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Edna Bruce, also of Los Angeles; Mrs. Olga Williams, of Sumner, this county; Edwin L., who is married and lives at home, and is in partnership with his father in the home ranch; and Josephine, who is a stenographer in Los Angeles. All of the children received good educations.

Mr. Ganwich is a member of Puyallup Camp, No. 178, Woodmen of the World. He has been active in local public affairs, having helped to organize the school in his district and has served three terms as a member of the North Puyallup school board. He is also a special deputy sheriff. In 1889, at Tacoma, he had the honor of firing the cannon salute celebrating the admission of Washington to the Union. He is a strong and persistent advocate of better schools, improved roads and closer cooperation among farmers, and stands for all that is best in community life. Because of these attributes he is well deserving of the esteem and respect which are accorded him. He is a republican in his political views and belongs to the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association.

George W. Stevens

George W. Stevens, whose well improved and productive ranch is located about three miles northwest of Puyallup, has been active in affairs relating to the welfare of his community, where he has exerted a beneficent influence, and is regarded as one of the leading men of that section of Pierce county. He was born in Detroit Michigan, on the 19th of February, 1855, and is a son of Amos and Margaret (Brennan) Stevens. His father was born in New York state, July 10, 1822, and died January 15, 1879. The paternal grandfather, Jared Stevens, was born September 10 1795, and was married to Sarah Hewitt, September 28, 1819. In 1840 he took is family to Michigan, where he bought a farm and there spent the remainder of his life. The family is of old American ancestry. Nicholas Stevens came to New England in 1669, settling in Taunton, Massachusetts, and Joseph Stevens, Jr., great-grandfather of George W. Stevens, was with Washington at Valley Forge, serving as a corporal. Our subject's mother was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1848. To Amos and Margaret Stevens were born five children: Charles, Theodore, George W., John and Forrest, our subject and the last named being the onl ones living. z

George W. Stevens attended the district schools of Michi i at Ypsilanti, and remained on the home farm until 1887, when Fe a Se the Puy Sh 5 valley, Pierce county, to which locality his brother John had come in 1885 Our ain ject worked in a sawmill for three years, and then went to Aberdeen Washin ton where he remained about a year. He next went to Tacoma, where he and his eae John established a hay, grain and feed: business, which they operated for about fifteen years. In 1903 George W. Stevens bought thirty acres of Indian reservation 1 d on the Calvert-Clear Creek road, three miles northwest of Puyallup. The tract S hich had been burned over, was partly cleared, the remainder being slashed. He eae good house and began clearing the land, which is now, with the exception of t % acres in ect He has two and a half acres in berries, the remainder ee net and pasture. He keeps six good cows and is receiving a nice income from the

On October 8, 1901, Mr. Stevens was united in -'marri i i Connell, who was born at Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, a eaeheee oe Wie eee (McKenna) Connell, both of whom were natives of Ireland, the father havin b = born at Londonderry. He came to the United States in 1836 and was ith oe Hudson's Bay Company in the northwest. Later he served in the Mexican = ol had been educated for the ministry of the Presbyterian church, but changed a mare and cast in his lot with the pioneers in the new world. He had a large farm in Minnesota, which he operated for many years, and he also served as United States marshal in that state. His death occurred in 1884 and that of his wife in 1902. They were the parents of eight children, namely: Elizabeth, Josephine, deceased, Roannah, deceased, Patrick C., Katherine, Mary L., Daniel, deceased, and Caroline.

Mrs. Stevens attended the public schools of Minnesota and the State Teachers College, at St. Cloud, that state. She also took a course in the State University and spent one year in a physical training school in Boston, Massachusetts. She taught four years in the public schools of Minnesota, and then went to Brazil, South America, where she taught physical training in a Presbyterian school for a year. On returning to this country she again engaged in public school work, teaching four years in the schools of Salt Lake City, Utah, and four years in the Emerson and Longfellow schools of Tacoma. To Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have been born two children, George and Patricia A. George was born in Tacoma, where he was graduated from the Stadium high school. He then attended Leland Stanford University, California, and the University of Washington, and is now in the employ of the Crane Company at Tacoma. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Commercial Club of that city. Patricia, who also was born in Tacoma, was graduated from the Stadium high school and is now a student in the State Agricultural College, at Pullman.

Mr. Stevens is a member of the Washington Berry Growers Association and is a life member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was one of the organizers and served as vice president of the Mutual Light & Power Company, which was established to serve the farmers between Puyallup and Tacoma and which was later sold to the Puget Sound Light & Power Company. He has always taken a commendable interest in the development and improvement of his section of the county, being a consistent advocate of good roads and schools, and served as a director of the Riverside school and as clerk for fourteen years.

Robert Miethke

No name is better known among the successful florists of Pierce county than that of Robert Miethke, who through a long period of years has been actively identified with that line of business, in which he has attained worthy success. His life has been characterized by indomitable endeavor along rightly directed lines, and he has long been regarded as one of the representative men of his section of the county. Mr. Miethke was born near Berlin, Germany, in 1848 and is a son of Carl and Marie (Ackerman) Miethke, both of whom died in Germany. They were the parents of five children.

Robert Miethke secured his education in the public schools of his native land and then learned the trade of a florist, which he followed there until 1882, when he came to the United States. He first located in Detroit, Michigan, but later went to Chicago, I]linois, in both of which cities he was employed at his trade. On August 5, 1895, he came to Tacoma, Washington, and built a greenhouse on Eleventh street, which he operated for two years and then sold. He then bought ten acres of land two miles east of the city limits, cleared off a part of it and lived there two years, after which he sold it and bought five acres of land one mile west of Fife, which he finished clearing. Here he built greenhouses and was engaged in the florist business until 1906, when he sold the property and, moving to Fife, bought ten and two-thirds acres, which he improved with a residence and greenhouses. He operated that place until 1919, then sold out there and bought twenty-four acres of timber and swamp land on the highway at Milton. A vast amount of labor was involved in the clearing and draining of this tract, but in the course of time, under intelligently directed effort, it has been transformed into a valuable and. very productive property. As soon as he had enough ground ready, Mr. Miethke began planting shrubbery and flowers. He erected two greenhouses, and has gradually increased his acreage of cultivated ground. He now carries a full line of flowers, potted plants, ferns, palms and shrubbery of ali kinds, and a splendid trade has been built up, the flowers and plants being shipped to all parts of Washington, as well as to Canada and several eastern states. Due to advancing years, Mr. Miethke does not take as active a part in the work of the place as formerly, but the operation thereof is well looked after by his wife and son, who give it their close attention.

On July 29, 1888, at Indianapolis, Indiana, Mr. Miethke was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Seraphien, who was born near Breslau, Germany, and is a daughter of Gottlieb and Helen (Weigelt) Seraphien. Both parents are now deceased, the father dying in Germany in 1891 and the mother in Indiana in 1912. They had three children, namely: Elizabeth, Mrs. Miethke; Henry, who died in Columbus, Ohio; and Mrs. Augusta Coleman, who lives on a farm in Indiana. To Mr. and Mrs. Miethke have been born seven children. Ferdinand died in 1902, and Arthur died in 1891. Henry, who was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, now assists his mother in the active operation of the ranch. He is married and has a daughter, Naomi Eileen, born August 25, 1926. Hertha, born in Indiana, is the wife of Alfred Perry, of Tacoma, and they have five children, Robert, Ruth, Doris, Bert and Beatrice. Florence, who was born in Tacoma, is now the wife of Byron Perry and has two children, Malcolm and Lorraine. Elsie, who was born at Fife, is the wife of Frank Roberts. Edith, who also was born at Fife, is the wife of Theodore Robblee, and they. have two children, Theodore and Donald. Mr. and Mrs. Miethke and their son Henry are members of the State Florists Association and the State Nurserymen's Association.

Mr. Miethke has always taken an interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community. He has led an upright and honorable life, and throughout the range of his acquaintance he is regarded with the highest respect. Henry Miethke is a member of the Woodmen of the World in Tacoma, and Mrs. Miethke is a member of Topaz Lodge, Women of Woodcraft, in Tacoma.

William N. May

The profession of expert accountancy has come to be of vital importance in the business world and is generally recognized as one requiring not only a general knowledge of bookkeeping systems, but also cool judgment and keen discrimination, for some phases of accountancy, such as income tax reports, are confusing to those 'who have not made a deep study of them.

William N. May, of Tacoma, has gained an enviable reputation for his ability and attainments in this line of work and is today regarded as one of the leading accountants of this city. He is a native of England, born on the 13th of August, 1881, and is a son of Thomas and Kate Alice (Jones) May, the former of whom 'was engaged in manufacturing. After completing the public school course, Mr. May served five years as articled clerk under the Institute of Chartered Accountants, being admitted to the institute in 1903. He later went to Chile, South America, where he established an office as a public accountant, remaining there twelve years. In 1919 he came to Tacoma and has followed that business here continuously since. He has been employed by many of the leading firms of this city and has also done a vast amount of this work for private individuals, the quality of his work earning for him the respect and confidence of all who have employed him.

In 1917 Mr. May enlisted for service in the World war, joining the United States artillery, with which he served until 1919, spending one and a half years overseas. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Union Club and gives his political support to the republican party. Possessing fine social qualities, he is popular among his associates, and is highly regarded throughout the community.

Edward Hall

; In the field of food supply Edward Hall is a conspicuous figure, being heavily interested in one of the most important and successful bakery concerns in Tacoma the Betsy Ann Bakery Company, at 2805 Sixth avenue, which has earned a wide reputation for the high quality of its products and is enjoying a steady and substante, tial increase in patronage. Mr. Hall was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of October, 1879, and is a son of Henry and Sarah (Mertz) Hall, pioneers and farmers in their section of the state, where they still reside.

Edward Hall attended the public schools in his early youth and at the age of thirteen years learned the baking trade, with which he has since been connected. In 1906 he came to Tacoma and was employed in a bakery for a short time. He then went to Medford, Oregon, and established a bakery of his own, which he operated for four years, and then bought a farm near Medford, which commanded his attention until September, 1917, when he returned to Tacoma, though he still owns the farm. He became connected with the Federal bakery, with which he remained until 1920, when he and E. P. Pickert bought out the Jones bakery, at 2513 Sixth avenue, and reorganized it as the Betsy Ann bakery. They were successful in this enterprise and in 1922 erected their own building at 2805-7 Sixth avenue, a one-story brick and tile structure, fifty by one hundred feet in size, and which they equipped with modern and up-to-date machinery and baking outfit. Their ovens are of the direct heat type, and the bakery has a capacity of five hundred and twenty loaves an hour. They conduct their business on the "cash and carry" plan, and seventy-six grocers come here for their bread, the quality of which sells itself. The business has had a splendid growth and now amounts to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars annually.

On December 31, 1906, Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Lena E. Threlkeld, a native of Iowa, and they are the parents of eleven children, all of whom are living. Mr. Hall is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Sixth Avenue Business Men's Club. Politically he gives his support to the republican party and takes a good citizen's interest in everything affecting the welfare and prosperity of his city. A man of marked business ability and of strict integrity of thought and action, he has gained an enviable place in public esteem and is a worthy citizen of Tacoma.

Rufus Wesley Lane

Rufus Wesley Lane, a representative and successful agriculturist of Pierce county, residing on section 31, township 20, north, range 5, east, owns and cultivates an excellent farm embracing one hundred and thirty acres of the Lane home place. His birth occurred on the old homestead at Alderton, this county, in January, 1874, his parents being William and Elizabeth Agnes (Whitesell) Lane, the former born in Paulding county, Ohio, in 1837, and the latter in Wisconsin on the 7th of August, 1847. They were among the pioneer settlers of Washington. At the time of his death, which occurred March 7, 1926, William Lane had for more than seven decades resided in this state and had been an interested witness of the growth and progress of the commonwealth. He took an active part in promoting the material development of Washington, and there were few phases of its history with which he was not familiar.

William Lane was a son of Daniel E. and Mary (Mason) Lane, natives of Long Island and Connecticut, respectively. The family numbered four sons, all now deceased, namely: Edward, William, Timothy and Albert. The last named was engaged in the real estate business and all four of the sons were at some time in their lives engaged in farming. Daniel E. Lane, their father, after coming to the northwest secured a donation claim at what is now Orting and there made his home, owning some land in that locality at the time of his death. He éngaged in raising fine stock and set the standard for work of that character in his part of the state. He remained active in business up to the time of his death, which occurred March 30, 1891, when he was eighty years of age. For several years he survived his wife, who died March 11, 1883. seh

It was in the year 1848, when still but a boy, that William Lane left the Buckeye state for Indiana, settling near La Porte, where he remained until 1853. In the latter year, in company with his parents, he made the overland trip with ox teams from the Hoosier state to Pierce county, Washington territory, and cast in his lot with the early settlers who had penetrated into the western wilderness to reclaim this region for the purposes of civilization. In this connection a contemporary biographer said: 'When the family made the trip from the east they started on the

22d of February, 1853, and it was not until October 8 that they reached their destination, when the train of twenty-five wagons broke up. In the party were the following men and their families: James Biles, Charles Biles, two- Sargents, Mr. Kincade, Isaac Wollerly, Abraham Wollerly, E. A. Little, Mr. McCollar, Peter Judson, John Mason, Mr. Longmires, Mr. Lamon, Mr. Benson and Daniel E. Lane. Theirs were the first wagons that ever crossed the Natchez pass and the wagons were lowered over the mountains when the roads were otherwise impassable. Theirs were also the first teams that ever came up the Yakima valley. From driftwood found near an old Hudson's Bay Company's fort, known as Walla Walla, the men sawed lumber by hand in order to make a ferry boat to cross the Columbia river, having secured permission from Chief Teish. This boat was built without any nails, being fastened together with wooden pins. The party also had to cut roads across the mountains. The Lane family met all of the hardships and experiences incident to a trip of that kind in those days. Some of the families which traveled westward with them in 1853 returned to the east in 1860, but the Lanes courageously met the difficulties and dangers of pioneer life."

William Lane served in the Indian war under Colonel William H. Wallace and was engaged in active military service in Pierce county during the years 1855 and 1856. He was shot through the leg by an Indian and was taken to the hospital. Later he worked for two years at Fort Tillicum for the quartermaster, driving government teams. Subsequently he took up a preemption claim in the vicinity of Alderton, comprising one hundred and sixty acres on section 31, township 20, north, range 5, east, all heavy timber and woods, which came into his possession in 1863. This he cleared, driving the first furrows and developing the farm. In connection with general farming he engaged extensively in raising hops, and also horses and cattle, his business proving profitable. The first house which he had upon his farm was built of logs and later he erected a frame dwelling, securing the lumber at Carbonado. He also furnished the first logs for the old mills of Tacoma, owned by the firm of Hedlock & Hanson. It was Mr. Lane who suggested to Mr. Hedlock, one of the members of that firm, the site which they selected for their plant, and their machinery was brought by way of the coast from California. William Lane © was also active as a road builder. He resided on his farm until about 1900, when he took up his abode in Tacoma. Eventually, however, he returned to his ranch, where his death occurred.

In 1868, at Orting, occurred the marriage of William Lane and Miss Elizaheth Agnes Whitesell, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Whitesell, who came by wagon to the northwest from Wisconsin in 1854. Mrs. Lane was then a girl of seven years, her birth having occurred in Wisconsin. The Whitesell family also endured all of the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life in the northwest. When they left Wisconsin for the then almost unknown Pacific country Mrs. Whitesell was the mother of seven children, the smallest a baby in arms, yet she stood all the hardships of camp life and did the cooking for three families while en route. She also gathered the fuel on the treeless plains and, carrying her baby, walked the entire distance from Wisconsin to Washington. She was small of stature, never weighing more than one hundred and twenty pounds, yet was a mountain of energy and determination. During the Indian troubles she bravely performed the duties of a mother and helper without complaint, bearing the hardships and privations incident to those early days. She carefully reared her family and helped to lay the foundation of this great state of Washington. Both she and her husband have passed away. The latter died at the age of seventy-one years and was survived by Mrs. Whitesell until December 8, 1902, when she departed this life at the age of eighty years. Her memory is held in the highest reverence by her children and many friends. Mr. Whitesell took up a donation claim at Orting, improved the property and made his home there, and some of the farm which he developed is still in the possession of the family. In October, 1855, all of the houses in that locality were destroyed by the Indians, who were then on the warpath. The white settlers escaped to Fort Steilacoom and did not dare to return to their homes until 1860.

Mr. and Mrs. William Lane celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1913 and had traveled life's journey together for fifty-eight years when the latter passed away on the 26th of April, 1921. To them were born three sons, namely: William Robert, who was born January 4, 1866, and died January 7, 1902; George Albert, whose birth occurred May 24, 1870, and who passed away on the 2d of August, 1901; and Rufus Wesley, of this review.

In politics William Lane had always been a stalwart republican since the organization of the party, and his interest in political affairs was that of a public-spirited citizen. His life was a busy and useful one, and energy and progressiveness characterized his business career. He worked hard in the face of obstacles and hardships such as one meets on the frontier, but in time these were overcome and he won a place among the substantial residents of the district, while his success, achieved in former years, enabled him in the evening of life to rest from further labor. Becoming a resident of Washington when a youth of seventeen years, he remained within its borders to the time of his death.

Rufus Wesley Lane, whose name introduces this article, acquired a public school education at Alderton and after putting aside his textbooks assisted his father in the operation of the home ranch until 1899. In that year he removed to Tacoma, where he spent a period of two decades in electrical work. It was in 1922 that he returned to the ranch, whereon he has remained continuously since. He owns one hundred and thirty acres of the old home place, all in cultivation, and has a most valuable and productive farming property devoted principally to the growing of grain. He has planted ten acres to berries and he keeps ten head of dairy cattle. Mr. Lane farms with tractors, runs a threshing machine in the fall and does considerable outside work.

On the 24th of August, 1896, Mr. Lane was united in marriage to Ida Rusow, a native of McMillan, Pierce county, Washington, and a daughter of Ebenezer and Martha (Scofield) Rusow. Her father came to Washington territory in 1871 and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on the Puyallup river, near Orting, where he made his home until his death, which occurred in 1881. The mother died in 1878.

Rufus Wesley and Ida (Rusow) Lane are the parents of five children: Orvil Wesley, who was born October 20, 1897, resides in California and is married and has one daughter, Margery. William Lester, whose birth occurred April 23, 1900, lives on the old homestead at Alderton, Washington, and is married and has two children, Muriel Jean and Douglas Lester. Gladys Elizabeth is the wife of P. G. Gray and has two children, Glenn Wesley and Marion N.. Robert George, born November 25, 1908,.is at home. Margaret Ida, whose natal day was April 17, 19138, is attending school.

Fred H. Race

One of the leading jewelry firms of Tacoma is that of Merrick & Race, at 1201 Pacific avenue, a concern that has long borne a high reputation as a reliable house, trustworthy in every respect. Fred H. Race, who has been identified with the jewelry business during practically his entire active career, was born in Tacoma on the 19th of April, 1891, and is a son of F. E. and Anna S. (Hamelin) Race. Both parents are now deceased, the father dying in 1900 and the mother in 1925. They came to this city in 1888, and the father was connected with Mr. Hamelin in business at Twenty-fourth street, later engaging in the general mercantile business on his own account.

Fred H. Race secured his education in the public schools, graduating from high school, and in 1902 he began working in the evenings and Saturdays in a jewelry store, learning the trade, which he has followed continuously to the present time excepting during the World war. He enlisted in. the Thirty-eighth Field Artillery, which became a part of the Thirteenth Division, and was stationed at Camp Lewis until the close of the war. He then resumed his former employment with Walters Brothers, who had established a jewelry store on South Thirty-eighth street about 1914. Among the other employes of Walters Brothers had been J. R. Merrick, and in February, 1924, Messrs. Merrick and Race bought the business and have since conducted it as a partnership, under the name of Merrick & Race, moving the business to its present location at 1201 Pacific avenue. Here they have a well arranged and furnished store, where they carry a large and complete line of jewelry and watches, and also do a general repairing business. They specialize in the making of class pins for schools and emblems for societies, for which work they maintain a well equipped shop. They are progressive and enterprising in their business methods and are enjoying a large and representative patronage.

On August 20, 1920, in Tacoma, Mr. Race was united in marriage to Miss Betty E. Wekell, who was brought to this city in young girlhood. To them has been born a son, Frederick H. Mr. Race is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the American Legion. He also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and has shown a deep interest in the progress and development of his city. A man of sterling character and upright life, he has long commanded the respect of his fellow citizens because of his consistent record and his cordial and unaffected manner.

E. F. Freeman

Among the strong and successful law firms of Tacoma, none takes precedence over that of Williamson, Freeman & Broenkow, of which E. F. Freeman is a member, and he has gained an enviable reputation as an able and erudite lawyer. He was born in Emmetsburg, Iowa, on the 30th of September, 1883, and is a son of Franklin and Melvina (Holbrook) Freeman, the former of whom was a merchant. He is now deceased, and is survived by his widow, who still lives in Iowa.

E. F. Freeman secured his elementary education in the public schools and then entered the law school of the University of Iowa, where he was graduated in 1905. On September 22, 1907, he came to Tacoma, Washington, and has since been actively 'engaged ih the practice of his profession. On December 1, 1912, he became a member of the firm of Williamson, Williamson & Freeman, which, in 1920, became that of Williamson, Freeman & Broenkow. He has devoted himself closely to the practice of law and by earnest effort and ability has gained a high standing in his profession, being regarded as an exceedingly sound and safe counselor and a successful pleader.

On July 14, 1909, Mr. Freeman was united in marriage to Miss Vera Hotelling, of Seattle, Washington, who was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota, a daughter of Addison H. Hotelling. To this union have been born three children, Corrine, Vera Jean and Franklin. Politically Mr. Freeman has been a lifelong republican and while living in Iowa served one and a half years as city clerk of Emmetsburg and two years as deputy county clerk of Palo Alto county. He is a member of the International Executive Association, being a past president of the local association. He is a member of State Lodge, No. 68, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was master in 1920, and has attained the thirty-second degree in Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. Me also belongs to Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Freeman is a member of the Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association, being president of the county association in 1924. He is also a member of the Orpheus Club, of which he was president in 1924. He has been interested in everything relating to the public welfare and is a man of sterling integrity. Because of his fine professional record, his commendable public spirit and his cordial and friendly manner, he has gained and retains the confidence and respect of those who know him.

Edward E. Bair

Edward E. Bair, of Steilacoom, is widely known as a man of advanced ideas and progressive methods, and his life record has gained for him respect and admiration because of his achievements along original lines. He was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1856, and is a son of A. J. and Mary (Hamm) Bair, both of whom also were natives of the Buckeye state, and the former of whom died in Illinois in 1863, of smallpox The mother was a daughter of Rev. Hamm, who was an old-time circuit rider in early days in the middle west. Mrs. Bair came to Washington in 1888 and remained here until her death, which occurred in 1900.

Edward E. Bair attended the public schools of his native state and remained at home until seventeen years of age. He then went to Kansas and was engaged in farming until he had attained his majority, when he took up a homestead, which however, he failed to prove up. In 1877 he went to Colorado and engaged in ibis and while there took a course in mining engineering, assaying and chemistry In the spring of 1880 he planned to go to Sitka, Alaska, and went to San Fiantiseo to take passage for that territory. However, he was "shanghaied" onto a whaler, which was presumably to land at Sitka, but instead of touching there spent six months ona whaling voyage. In November of that year Mr. Bair was landed at San Francisco, and then went to the Puget Sound district, where he spent the winter in working at various occupations. Here he made good use of the technical knowledge he had acquired and did considerable assaying until 1887, making his headquarters at Portland, Oregon. In the meantime he had turned his attention to the insurance field, and in 1887 he came to Tacoma and in partnership with E. M. Oimett engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business. In 1889 he organized the Bair- Loomis Banking & Investment Company, which handled the same lines, and he remained so connected until 1902. In 1899 he went to Alaska during the Yukon excitement and during the two following years was in practically every part of that country, mining, prospecting and assaying. On his return to the States he developed the Iron Springs Hotel, which had previously been known as the Iron Springs Sanatorium. He was eminently successful in that enterprise, which he conducted until 1919, when he sold out, and has since made his home at Steilacoom. During these years, having some spare time, he had become deeply interested in sea life, especially of the deep waters, and began the collection of specimens. He was systematic and methodical in this work and pursued it with enthusiasm, and the result of his labors is now in one large collection at Steilacoom, forming what is known as the "Deep Sea Aquarium and Museum," the only collection of its kind in this country, if not in the world. A visit to this exhibit is both interesting and instructive, and Mr. Bair frequently gives lectures before school classes at the museum. He opened the museum at Salter Point in 1920, and it was appropriately located in view of the fact that in the immediate neighborhood of the point the water is seven hundred and eighty feet deep.

In 1911, at Steilacoom, Mr. Bair was united in marriage to Miss L. Louise Lewis, who was born in Georgia, and whose death occurred in 1918. Mr. Bair was formerly a member of Steilacoom Lodge, No. 2, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Rainier Lodge, No. 11, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he passed through all the chairs, and Tacoma Lodge, No. 7, Knights of Pythias, of which he was the first chancellor commander - but he is not now an active member of any order. He is a close student of Christian Science. A man of alert mentality, broad views and well defined opinions, he keeps in close touch with the great problems of the day. He is an agreeable companion and an entertaining conversationalist and is well liked by all who come in contact with him.

James W. Fiddes

For nearly thirty-five years James W. Fiddes has been a familiar figure in the mercantile circles of Tacoma, having been successfully engaged in the grocery business, and for thirty-two years of this time has been at one location, 1524 South Eighth street, where he has established himself firmly in the confidence and good will of the community. Mr. Fiddes was born in Ontario, Canada, on the 27th of October, 1865, and is a son of William and Helen Fiddes. Both parents were born and reared in Scotland, whence they came to America and made their home in Ontario, where the father followed farming for many years and where both died.

James W. Fiddes was given the advantage of a good public school education and then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for seven years. On February 21, 1888, he came to Tacoma, and in 1893 engaged in the grocery business, in which success attended him, and in January, 1895, he located at 1524 South Eighth street, where he has remained to the present time. In 1908 he bought the property, fifty by one hundred and twenty feet in size, and also owns his own home at 813 South Grant street, where he has lived twenty-three years. He has given careful and thoughtful attention to his business, catering to the wants and tastes of his trade, and by fair dealing and courtesy has won a host of warm friends throughout his section of the city, being numbered among its prominent and influential men.