Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 9 of 27)

One of the most active and successful automobile concerns in Puyallup is the Puyallup Valley Chevrolet Company, of which R. L. Forbes is president. ' He has by his energetic and up-to-date methods achieved distinctive success in this enterprise and is recognized as one of the most progressive business men of his locality. Mr. Forbes was born in Kansas on the 11th of December, 1894, and is a son of O. R. and Etta (Schafer) Forbes, the former of whom was born in Michigan and the latter in Illinois. The father, who was a farmer, died in Puyallup in 1921, and the from the Puyallup high school, after which he had one and a half years in the Washington State College, at Pullman. The family had located in Puyallup in 1909. After completing his studies Mr. Forbes entered the Citizens State Bank at Puyallup, where he was employed about five years, being eventually advanced to the position of teller. He then took a little time to look over the country, spending six months in California, and in April, 1924, he took a position as bookkeeper with the concern of which he is now president, being chosen to the latter office in July, 1925. The company was incorporated as the Puyallup Valley Chevrolet Company in 1926, though it has handled Chevrolet cars continuously since 1920. The territory embraces all of Pierce county outside of Tacoma and the sales average one hundred and fifty cars a year. They maintain three departments, sales, parts and service, and have gained a splendid reputation not only for their square business methods in sales, but in the prompt and efficient manner in which they take care of all service requirements, making friends of all who have dealings with them.

On September 2, 1919, Mr. Forbes was united in marriage to Miss Helen Lasher, who was born in Wisconsin, a daughter of F. W. and Fanny (Marty) Lasher, both of whom are living. To Mr. and Mrs. Forbes have been born two children, Howard and Ruth, both born in Puyallup. Mr. Forbes is a veteran of the World war, in which he saw two years of service. He held the rank of sergeant with the headquarters of the Ninety-first Division and was overseas nine months, serving in England, France and Belgium. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the American Legion, and also belongs to the Puyallup Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. Politically he is nominally a republican, but is inclined to be independent in his voting, especially in local elections, supporting the men whom he considers best qualified for the offices they seek. His life has been replete with duty well and conscientiously performed, and no citizen of his community stands higher than he in public confidence and regard.

Roy E. Davison

Roy E. Davison, president of the Standard Paper Company, of Tacoma, stands in the front ranks of the able and successful business men of the city, having attained this position as the result of hard and persistent effort along right lines, and he is today a splendid example of a self-made man. A native of Illinois, he was born in 1871, and was there reared and educated. On July 1, 1889, he came to Tacoma and for about a year served as circulation manager of the old Tacoma Daily News. Then for about a year he was engaged in the printing business, after which he entered the employ of Richmond & Stoppenbach, the predecessors of the firm of which he is now the head. :

: This partnership was established June 21, 1889, on Dock street, where a small line of paper was handled. In 1891 Mr. Stoppenbach retired from the firm, which then became known as Richmond & Company, Mr. Richmond's partner residing in the east. In 1892 the partner died, and the company was incorporated under the name of H.N. Richmond & Company. In 1896 Mr. Richmond moved to Seattle, and Mr. Davison was put in charge of the Tacoma office. About this time the firm name was changed to that of the H. N. Richmond Paper Company, and in 1909 Mr. Richmond sold his interest in the business and the company became known as the Standard Paper Company, under which name it is still operating. The business has been moved several times ae 1915 came to its present location, 1501 Pacific avenue, where it occupies four floors and a basement, sixty-five by one hundred feet in size, with additional space outside also utilized. The company is a wholesale dealer in all kinds of printing, wrapping and buildin

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' , : united in marriage to Mi i e ley, daughter of Nelson and Jarrett Bradley. Her father, who sree toa eu 0 one about 1883, and worked for Mr. Hatch in a small sawmill. To Mr. and Mrs. Davison have been born four children, namely: Kenneth, who is in Seattle: : and Ailene, Margaret and Edwin. Mr. Davison is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He is a man of many excellent personal qualities, is interested in affairs affecting the welfare of his city, and throughout the range of his acquaintance commands unequivocal confidence and esteem.

Charles Hood

To Charles Hood belongs the distinction of being the owner of the oldest retail business in the Puyallup valley, his hardware store in Puyallup also being the leading store in that line in the valley. He has been an active participant in the business activities which have been incident to the growth of the community and has been a prominent factor in the public affairs of the locality.

Charles Hood was born in Glover, Orleans county, Vermont, on the 5th of August, 1864, and is a son of Calvin H. and Mary (Bickford) Hood. The Hood family has long been established in this country, representatives thereof having come to the shores of New England in the seventeenth century. Members of the family took part in the war of the Revolution and the War of 1812, and our subject's father was a veteran of the Civil war. He was engaged in farming in Vermont, but later went to Massachusetts, where he engaged in the paper manufacturing business.

Charles Hood received his educational training in the public schools of Massachusetts and then learned the sheet metal and plumbing trade. In 1889 he came to Seattle, Washington, and in the following year came to Puyallup, where he was employed in a hardware store about six months. In March, 1891, he, in partnership with Ezra Meeker, Frank Spinning, Roderick McDonald and A. G. Provine, established the Puyallup Hardware Company, the store being where our subject is now located. In 1897 Mr. Hood bought the interests of all his partners and has conducted the business continuously to the present time, a very fair measure of success having attended him. He carries a large and complete stock of shelf and heavy hardware and such auxiliary lines as are generally to be found in an up-to-date hardware store, and commands a splendid trade throughout this section of the county, employing from five to nine people.

In 1897 Mr. Hood was married to Miss Ada Madge Read, of Puyallup, a native of Iowa. To their union have been born three children, namely: Helen, who is engaged in teaching; Mary, who is the wife of Robert Gordon, of Puyallup; and Charles Read, who is in high school. Mr. Hood has always supported the republican party and has served eight years on the city council and eight years on the school board. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Woodmen of the World, and also belongs to the Puyallup Chamber of Commerce. He attends the Presbyterian church and is a member of its board of trustees. Mr. Hood also is a member of the board of trustees and vice president of the Citizens State Bank, which he helped to establish in 1898. He has given generous support to all worthy benevolent organizations and is widely known as a broad-minded, publicspirited citizen, standing for all that is best in community life. Because of these attributes, he stands deservedly high in public esteem and is numbered among the representative men of his community.

Claude Houston

Claude Houston, the able and efficient manager of the Pacific Meat Company, in Tacoma, has been identified with the meat business continuously since the age of eight years and is regarded as an expert in his line, and in his present position he has achieved an eminent success, building up a large trade in this city.

Mr. Houston was born in Springfield, Missouri, and is a son of Jerry A. and Emma (Greenberry) Houston. The father died in 1919, being survived by the mother, who now lives in Tacoma. Claude Houston received his early education in the public schools of his native city and in 1906 came to Tacoma, where also he attended school for about eighteen months. He early learned the meat business and was employed in Carsten's meat markets for seven years. He became quite proficient and was in line for substantial promotion when he entered the United States army during the World war. He was assigned to the Thirteenth Division and was sent to the Presidio, San Francisco, where for ten months he served in the meat department. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war and then entered the employ of Frye & Company, of Seattle, being first employed as a city salesman in the wholesale department, and later in the retail department. Subsequently he was made manager of the Pacific Meat Company, in Tacoma, a retail store owned by Frye & Company, and for two and a half years he has directed the operation of this establishment with eminent satisfaction.

In June, 1917, in Tacoma, Mr. Houston was united in marriage to Miss Iva Waldo, a native of Iowa and a daughter of W. W. and Alice Waldo, who now live in Tacoma. To this union has been born a daughter, Alice Gertrude. Mr. Houston is a member of the United Commercial Travelers and of the Tacoma Chamber of

Frank R. Spinning

One of the most prominent and influential families identified with the history of Washington territory and state since 1852 has been that of Spinning, of which Frank R. Spinning is a worthy representative, and he has added luster to an already distinguished name by his life and activities. He was born at Olympia, Washington territory, on the 6th of August, 1860, and is a son of Dr. Charles Hadley and Mildred Durley (Stewart) Spinning, the latter of whom was born in Illinois, August 10, 1833. Dr. Charles H. Spinning, whose portrait appears upon another page, was born in Indiana, January 23, 1821, and received his elementary education in the common schools -of that state. He then attended Franklin College in Johnson county, that state, one year, after which he taught school for two years. After attending Indiana Wusiperaite at Bloomington, he took the full medical course at the Cincinnati Eclectic Institute, where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then taught school five years at Perryville, Indiana, and in 1851 crossed the plains with an ox team and covered wagon. He first settled in Portland, Oregon, going soon afterward to Salem that state, and in 1852 came to Washington, taking up a donation claim eight a west of Chehalis. He lived there until 1859, when he removed to Steilacoom and took up a homestead at Fernhill, seven miles south of Tacoma. He cleared that land and lived there, off and on, for many years. During the early '60s he was appointed physician in charge of all the Puget Sound Indians, holding that position for ten years during which time he also looked after his ranch. He also bought six hundred and forty acres of land southeast of Tacoma, where he lived a part of the time, makin of it a stock ranch. In 1876 the Doctor moved to the town of Puyallup ohare ke purchased a tract of land, which he cleared and planted to hops. eter he bought a thousand acres of land in Stuck valley, along the county line, and became one of chs largest land owners in Pierce county, clearing and developing approximately one thousand acres of his land. He continued to live in the Puyallup valley until AR Hon time before his death, when he located in Prosser, Benton county, Washington, wh his death occurred April 1, 1911, at the age of ninety years. To him and hi 'fe were born the following children: Fred W.; Mary, William N. and Hale ih AiSebe aes Seana a Ella, deceased; Mrs. Alida Floyd and Charles S$ i eM rank R. Spinning received his early education i i reservation, later attending the public heel of 'Payattan cadens adie ee his studies in the schools of Portland, Oregon. In 1882 h ag os oe own account, taking up a pre-emption claim of one h aa seo ix eee ne ae ey ao anise three miles north of Sumner. Later he Boll es anaient nes up a homestead east of Puyallup, which he proved up. His first h eretiee: split cedar and at that time no roa i ; ML gal Sa had homestead and still retains about pad eave a i eee Sepicinert eas sae ee 1906 he bousht one Nundvea » having sold the remainder. In ) acres at Sumner, a part of the old J. W. McC i claim, which he now leases for dairy purposes, keeping about ahve AEM eae oa comprises the principal crop. Recently he rele, BPE ame seine rites 2 Saber arn on the place for the renter, hi ich i ae ane feet long, being one of the largest ort be ai ay reais gee wate eal sini retired from active business and is enjoying a richly eens istentid abit Mor a

Mr. And Mrs. Frank R. Spinning

On August 28, 1884, Mr. Spinning was married to Miss Sarah A. Ryan, who was born in New Hampshire, a daughter of John W. and Fannie (Chase) Ryan, both of whom were also natives of that state and are now deceased. The father was a blacksmith by trade. Mrs. Spinning died January 4, 1927, and the two other children of the Ryan family are also deceased, these being Oscar and Wesley. Mr. and Mrs. Spinning had three children. Frank H., born in 1886, died in 1893; Hazel I., who is a graduate of the Washington State College, at Pullman, and also Whitworth College is a proficient painter in oils and is the wife of B. O. Bendixen, who holds a bivil engineering degree from Washington State College. They are the parents of two children, Frank Robert, born March 19, 1918, and Ruth Frances, born October 20, 1923. Ruth C., who was graduated from Whitworth College and from the Washington State College, taught school for five years, and is the wife of Frank Coates, who is a traveling auditor for the American Railway Express Company, with headquarters at Spokane. They are the parents of a son, James Spinning, born October 1, 1926.

Mr. Spinning has for many years taken an active part in public affairs and has served in important official positions. In 1913 he was appointed to a position in the state department of public works at Olympia, serving in that capacity for twelve years and under three governors. From 1883 to 1887 he was a member of the board of county commissioners and was a member of the Sumner school board for eighteen years. He represented his county for one term in the state legislature and has also served as director of transportation for the Western Washington State Fair and as a member of the county river improvement board. He has consistently stood for improved roads and better schools and everything pertaining to the welfare of the people and the advancement of the community along material, civic or moral lines has received his hearty support. His record has been one of which his neighbors and friends have just reason to be proud and throughout the county he commands universal confidence and respect.

The Annie Wright Seminary

For over forty years The Annie Wright Seminary, at Tacoma, has been regarded as one of the strongest and most dependable educational institutions for young ladies in the Pacific northwest. During these four decades it has steadily grown in equipment, attendance and influence, its record being one of which its alumnae may well be proud. The school had its conception in the mind of Rt. Rev. John A. Paddock, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church for the Territory of Washington, who, in the early '80s conceived the idea of establishing at Tacoma a school "to furnish to young women and girls the advantages and facilities for a superior education." Through the munificence of Mr. C. B. Wright, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to whom Bishop Paddock appealed, an endowment fund of one hundred thousand dollars was provided, and The Annie Wright Seminary came into being in 1884 as a memorial to Mr. Wright's daughter. The school has in all respects realized the aims of its founder and its benefactor and has afforded to thousands of young women and girls a broad and liberal education. It is a splendid comment on the management of the institution, and its success, that from the time of establishment, it has been self-sustaining.

The seminary's courses of study embrace both an elementary and an academic department, the former being practically identical with the grammar grades of the public schools, except that the study of algebra and Latin is begun in the eighth grade. The academic department offers two courses, the college preparatory and the general course, while for pupils who do not desire to enter a regular course, special instruction is provided in music, art, English, history and the languages. The seminary has achieved an enviable record in the training of girls, every provision being made for their welfare and protection while under the supervision of the school, the pupils being under the direct and constant care of the principal and subject always to the influence of culture and refinement and to an atmosphere of genuine home life. The present principal of The Annie Wright Seminary is Miss Adelaide B. Preston, B. L., a graduate of Smith College, who is assisted by a corps of capable teachers, virtually all of whom are college graduates, specially trained for the work of their several departments.

that time, and subsequently through various additions, adequate for the requirements of the school. But in the course of time, with the growth of the city, the school found itself circumscribed by a triangle of busy thoroughfares, incapable of expansion, and with the additional condition of being compelled to turn away prospective pupils because of lack of room. To meet this state of things, the trustees, with a splendid vision of the future needs of the school, bought ten acres of land, consisting of a broad and picturesque slope, situated between North Eighth and North Tenth streets, on Tacoma avenue, commanding a panoramic view of Puget sound and the snow-capped summits of two mountain ranges. The new buildings erected here are of Tudor style, of red brick, with a stone trim, and are thoroughly modern jn construction and equipment, with especial attention to safety. The building is composed of two wings and a connecting flank, with a court opening toward the east. Around two sides of the quadrangle is the spacious and beautiful Wells cloister, two hundred feet long, named in honor of Mrs. Wells, the first principal of the seminary. The building contains the library, the great hall, the dining room, the Raynor memorial chapel, the gymnasium, known as Keator hall, which is also equipped with a stage and accessories for the presentation of plays and entertainments, and the infirmary, which is in charge of a resident nurse. There are likewise the principal's cottage, the offices, reception room, book store, schoolrooms and dormitories, the architectural designing of all of which is in perfect harmony with the period which it represents.

Aside from the purely mental training of the students, proper attention is also given to their spiritual and physical life. A short religious service, conducted by the school chaplain, is held at the beginning of each day's school session, and family prayers are said each evening after dinner. Teachers and pupils are expected to attend these services, and also one service at church on Sunday. The athletic association helps the girls in the carrying out of their sports program for the year, giving to all a chance to participate in any of the activities offered. The cinder covered athletic field is well drained and usable at all seasons, and there are two fine tennis courts, an archery range, a bowling alley and a swimming pool, while near by is a riding academy under the supervision of a competent instructor.

During the long period of its existence The Annie Wright Seminary has steadily grown in favor and influence, and, in its new home, the school is better able than ever to maintain its high standard and excellent record. In the words of one intimately associated with the seminary, "To those enthusiasts whose vision, ideals and courage in the face of many difficulties succeeded in such an undertaking the community and the state are lastingly indebted. The spirit of those pioneers persists today, a compelling force, inspiring always to greater effort and to the extension Be Aan ea institution so firmly consecrated to the service of present and future

Fred Fillies

Fred Fillies, of Pierce county, who has made a splendid su j at the same time has attained a high place in public nae aire tak be ginning gradually attained prominence in his adopted country, his success bei i due entirely to his individual efforts, his energy and his natural abilit H ad born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, on the 2d of February, 1862, and if a ' bate Adolph Fillies, who is deceased. The latter owned coal mines in German a fo many years served as a soldier in the German national army. He was t 'eg pe oe and ae eotee wife had two children, Henrietta and Fred. ita aan re illies received a good education in the s i i then worked as a farm hand until 1881, in which Retin hive opr et oa He first located in Illinois, where he worked on farms for about five oe secha moved to Iowa, where he remained three years. In 1889 he moved to rer ripe Minnesota, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, which are sear until 1899, when he sold out and came to Tacoma, Washington He bou ieee acres in section 9, township 20 north, range 4 east, located three miles nokut f pial a re of which tract was covered with timber, while the remainder ro faned and. ° 'hrough the years since he came here he has cleared practically all he land and drained the swamp and has developed the place into a very desiralia' renee a, has a good set of farm buildings and has made other valuable improvements, and here has carried on a diversified system of farming. He has three acres in raspberries, one acre in strawberries and five acres in a fine orchard, the remainder of the land being devoted to hay and pasture, He keeps two good horses and three high grade cows, and he is now realizing a nice income from the ranch.

In 1886 Mr. Fillies was united in marriage to Miss Anna Carbiener, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, a daughter of Jacob and Anna Carbiener, both of whom are deceased. These parents brought their family to the United States in 1882, locating in Illinois, where the father engaged in farming many years, after which they moved to Iowa, where he continued agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death. To Mr. and Mrs. Fillies were born six children, as follows: Fred E., who was born in Iowa and remains at home; Minnie, who died in 1920; William and Ernest, who are at home; Bertha, who is the wife of Fred Sievert; and George, who is at home. The mother of these children died September 26, 1912.

Mr. Fillies is a charter member of Edgewood Grange, No. 266, and belongs to the Washington Berry Growers Association, which he assisted in organizing. He served three years as secretary of the Edgewood school board and in every possible way has supported all measures for the advancement of the community along material, civic or moral lines. He is numbered among the successful ranchers of the Edgewood district, being progressive and up-to-date in his methods, and with the able assistance of his sons is maintaining the ranch at the highest point of efficiency and production.

Major Charles O. Bates

Major Charles O. Bates, who has been actively engaged in the practice of law in Tacoma for more than a third of a century, is a member of the well known law firm of Bates & Peterson. There is too in his life history a most interesting military record covering active service upon the frontier in connection with the protection of frontier outposts from Indian hostility. He came to the west from the Mississippi valley, his birth having occurred at Almont, Michigan, May 31, 1855. The ancestral line is traced back to England, and in the period antedating the Revolutionary war members of the family came to the new world.

The Rev. Henry Bates, father of Major Bates, was a native of New England and at the time of the Civil war was a resident of Marietta, Ohio. He became a stanch supporter of the abolition movement, active in promulgating that doctrine, and he was a warm personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. In early manhood he was graduated from Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio, and became a preacher of the Congregational denomination, devoting his entire life to the work of the ministry. In 1867 he became a resident of Illinois and in 1872 removed to Nebraska, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1890, when he was seventy-five years of age. For almost a quarter of a century he was survived by his wife, who lived to the age of ninety years, passing away in Franklin, Nebraska, in 1913. She bore the maiden name of Keziah Chapman and was born in New England and came of English ancestry. The Rev. Henry and Keziah Bates had six children, One of these is the Rev. Henry L. Bates, who is a member of the faculty of the Pacific University at Forest Grove, Oregon.

Major Charles O. Bates pursued a public school education in Michigan and in Canton, Illinois, completing a high school course, After the removal of the family to Plymouth, Nebraska, he secured a situation in 1873, at Beatrice, that state, spending two years in a general mercantile establishment there. He was afterward with the firm of Colby & Hazlett, attorneys at law at Beatrice, with whom he pursued his studies until admitted to the bar in Nebraska on the 31st of October, 1878. He was admitted to practice before the supreme court in 1880 and remained in successful practice at Beatrice until 1891. During his residence there he was county attorney of Gage county and served for one term. He also spent two terms as city attorney, making a most creditable record in the office.

Attracted by the growing opportunities of the northwest, Mr. Bates came to Washington in 1892, arriving in Tacoma on the 1st of June. He immediately entered upon active practice here and has since been continuously connected with his profession, during which period he served for one term as prosecuting attorney of

Tacoma. He is an able lawyer, well versed in the principles of jurisprudence and seldom, if ever, at fault in the application of a legal principle. His colleagues recognize his ability and he is numbered among the valued representatives of the Pierce County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. For a number of years he has specialized largely in corporation law, and he has long been a member of the firm of Bates & Peterson.

In December, 1876, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Mary Kathleen Gillette, a native of that state and a daughter of Captain Lee P. Gillette, a Civil war veteran and a representative of an old and prominent family of Nebraska City. He served as captain in the First Nebraska Regiment during the period of hostilities between the north and the south. Both he and his wife have passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have become the parents of two children, Etta Chapman and Russell Gillette. The former is the wife of Eugene D. Roberts, the vice president of the Puget Sound Iron & Steel Works of Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Bates reside at Bonneville Hotel. While he has made the practice of law his real life work he has also become interested in other business projects and is now an attorney of the Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Company and other corporations. _He was one of the prime factors in the erection of the new Elks building in Tacoma and is very prominent in the Elks lodge, of which he is past exalted ruler. He is also well known as a Mason, belonging to Lebanon Lodge, F. & A. M., of Tacoma, and to the Royal Arch chapter.

His military record is most interesting and covers service as adjutant of the First Regiment of the Nebraska National Guard, which he joined as a private in 1880. He was afterward promoted to the rank of first lieutenant of Company C and was made adjutant of the First Regiment on its formation, November 20, 1886. On the formation of the brigade he was promoted to assistant adjutant general with the rank of major and thus continued until he came to the northwest. He was engaged in active duty during the winter of 1890-91, following the outbreak of the Sioux Indian war at Pine Ridge agency in South Dakota, at which time General Miles commanded the troops. In politics Mr. Bates is an earnest and active supporter of the republican party. His local connections are with the Commercial Club, and he is also a member of the Union and the Lockburn Golf Clubs. A contemporary biographer said of him: "His life has been one of intense activity, intelligently directed into those channels through which flows the greatest good to the greatest number, and his efforts have brought him a measure of success which is most desirable and have also proven of benefit to his fellowmen in many fields."

Paul B. Munson

The interests of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in Tacoma are well looked after by its resident manager, Paul B. Munson. Well qualified for this position by education and experience, he has ably discharged his duties and has won not only the commendation of the company which he represents but also the respect of all who have had dealings with him.

Mr. Munson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1885, and is a son of Bert Paul and Belle Munson. He attended the public schools of his native city and then entered the University of Minnesota, where he was graduated, with the degree of electrical engineer, in 1902. He then entered the employ of the Stone & Webster Company, with which concern he remained three years, after which he joined the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, at East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania After three years there, he was transferred to the Chicago office, later to Minneapolis, and in 1918 came to Seattle. In 1923 he was transferred to Tacoma and appointed manager of the company's branch here. He has devoted himself closely to the interests of the firm, showing a gratifying increase in business secured, and has abundantly justified his selection for this responsible position. ;

In 1907 Mr. Munson was united in marriage to Miss Elsie C. Christian, who is a native of Minnesota. In his political views he is an independent republican voting according to the dictates of his judgment. 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, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks He belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and has shown a commendable interest in the welfare of his city. He is a man of straightforward manner, diligent in business affairs, square in all his dealings and sound in his judgment, because of which qualities he commands to a marked degree the confidence of all who have come into contact with him.

Scott Z. Henderson

Tacoma has been especially honored in the character and the careers of her public and professional men, among the most prominent of whom stands Scott Z. Henderson, who is widely known throughout the coast region as an able and successful attorney - whose connection with matters of vital importance to his community and state has been of a most beneficent order, while his record in the courts has gained for him wide prestige as a keen, sagacious and courageous lawyer. Mr. Henderson was born at Morning Sun, Louisa county, Iowa, on the 14th of May, 1878, and is a son of Samuel M. and Elizabeth (Hogan) Henderson. The father is now retired from active business, and he and his wife reside in Tacoma, at the respective ages of eighty-four and eighty-two years.

Scott Z. Henderson completed the public school course and subsequently took up the study of law in the office of J. J. and G. Tunnicliff, at Galesburg, Illinois. In 1894 he went to Oregon, where he resided until 1898, and in 1902, after completing his law studies, returned to that state and was admitted to the bar. He engaged in the practice of his profession at La Grande, Oregon, and later was at Enterprise, that state, where he served as deputy district attorney, and he served as deputy United States marshal at Portland in 1904-5. He then went to Walla Walla, Washington, where he became editor of the Walla Walla Union, and later of the Evening Statesman, one of the first papers established in this state. In 1908 he went to Kennewich, Washington, and established the Kennewich Reporter, which he later sold to A. R. Gardner. He also operated a newspaper at Pasco, which he sold to Walter Liggett. During these years he continued the practice of law and in 1913 was appointed assistant attorney general of Washington, serving until February 1, 1917, when he came to Tacoma and formed a law partnership with J. T. S. Lysle, with whom he is still associated.

This firm has been identified as counsel with much important litigation and is regarded as one of the strongest and most successful law firms in the state. Among the most prominent legal causes handled by them were the hundreds of cases known as the "Camp Lewis Army Post" cases, pertaining to the securing of the land for Camp Lewis during the World war. Mr. Henderson had previously done important work in securing the passage of the necessary legislation authorizing Pierce county to buy the property, which it later conveyed to the United States government. This bill was passed by both house and senate in one day, in January, 1917, the quickest record of any legisiation ever enacted by that body. Mr. Henderson served as special attorney for Pierce county in this matter, and in March, 1917, within forty days after the passage of the measure, its constitutionality was sustained by the supreme court of the state. Mr. Henderson's firm then had charge of the acquiring of the necessary land for Camp Lewis, comprising some sixty-five thousand acres, ata cost of two million dollars, this becoming one of the largest training camps in the United States. Much of the land had to be condemned, and Mr. Henderson had charge of the trial work for all these cases, carrying them through with such expedition that the government deed to this camp site was acquired before that of any other post in the country. Later Mr. Henderson won a million dollar verdict for General Ashton in a case where his land was being condemned.

Until the fall of 1925 Mr. Henderson was attorney for the Tacoma Railway and Power Company, the Pacific Traction Company, known as the Stone & Webster properties, and other prominent corporations. He was attorney for Betty Brainard and George Stagg in the famous kidnapping case, being also connected with the Belgian girl case and the noted taxi-cab case in which four boys were charged with murder. He conducted the McEachren case, in which he secured the largest verdict ever rendered in the state courts for personal injuries. Mr. Henderson is especially strong in his appeal to a jury. In discussions of the principles of law he is noted for clearness of statement and candor. His zeal for a client never leads him to ee an argument which in his judgment is not in harmony with the law, and he seeks to impress the jury rather by weight of facts in his favor and by clear, logical argument than by appeal to passion or prejudice. He is a forceful and effective speaker, and, aside from his professional work, has been called upon many times to make public addresses. He has had an extensive "public utility" practice and has conducted many noted rate cases, where he has shown himself remarkably familiar with intricate facts involved usually in such cases.

On June 17, 1908, Mr. Henderson was united in marriage to Miss Harriett Mulkey, daughter of Thomas Mulkey. Her father was of old pioneer stock, his father having crossed the plains to Oregon with one of the early emigrant trains. Thomas Mulkey was not only a pioneer of Oregon, but in the early '70s became a settler in Whitman county, Washington, and served in the state legislature as a member of the house. To Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have been born two sons, Thomas and Joseph, aged respectively sixteen and twelve years.

Politically Mr. Henderson has always supported the republican party and has taken a deep interest in public affairs. He has long been active in the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, holding membership in Lebanon Lodge, No. 104. He has attained the Knights Templar degree in the York Rite and the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite of that order and served two terms as potentate of Afifi Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He conducted Shrine ceremonials in Japan, Manila, the Philippine islands, and Shanghai, China, in 1926, assisted by Judge W. W. Askren, Carl B. Sasher and A. J. Swindle. He is also a member of St. Albans Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, of which order there are fewer than forty members in western Washington. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Socially he is a member of the Union Club and of the Tacoma Country and Golf Club, being president of the latter organization in 1923-24, during which period the golf course was rebuilt, and he is a trustee of the Tacoma Rotary Club and a member of the Rainier Club of Seattle and the Firerest Golf Club. He is a member of the Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. Mr. Henderson is financially interested in a number of business enterprises, including the State Gravel Company, of which he is secretary; the Tacoma Drug Company, of which he is secretary, and the Tennent Steel Casting Company, of which he is vice president; and he is vice president of the Masonic Temple Corporation and chairman of the building committee which has in charge the building of the new Masonic temple. He also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a member of the board of trustees and is now chairman of the committee on taxation.

Not only in his profession has Mr. Henderson been accorded evidence of popular confidence and esteem, but also in many other directions, and throughout the. community in which he lives he is regarded as one of its really representative citizens. Of cordial and friendly manner, he is deservedly popular throughout his wide circle of acquaintances, among whom he has many warm and loyal friends.

Anton Huth

Anton Huth, whose death, on September 5, 1916, was deeply regretted by his wide circle of friends, was a man of marked business ability and for many years conducted large business affairs with outstanding success, being regarded as one of Tacoma's solid and substantial citizens. He was a man of strong personality and possessed those attributes which gain for a man the friendship of all who come in contact with him.

Mr. Huth was born in Frankfort, Germany, December 2, 1854, and was a son of Philipp and Gertrude (Rudolph) Huth, both being natives of that country. The father was killed in the Franco-Prussian war, and in 1871 the widowed mother, in company with her three children, came to the United States, the subject of this memoir being then seventeen years of age and the eldest child. They located in Louisville Kentucky where he attended night school, having studied in the public schools of his ee land until coming to this country. At the age of fifteen years he was confirmed in the Lutheran church. He learned the trade of a brewer in Germany and in this country eae je of a large brewery in Louisville.

n 1885 Mr. Huth removed to Portland, Oregon, where for three as foreman of the Weinhard Brewery, and in 1888 he came to Tacoma. eae with John Scholl he operated a small brewery known as the Puget Sound Brewery.

About 1900 in company with a new partner, William Virges, he built a large brewery at Twenty-fifth and Jefferson streets known as the Pacific Brewing & Malting Company, in the operation of which he was successful, and eventually enlarged it until it was the second largest in the state of Washington. He continued the operation of this business successfully until the state went dry under the prohibition law, after which he retired from active business.

On May 21, 1891, Mr. Huth was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Muehler, who was born in Saxony, Germany, the eldest daughter of Carl F. and Laura L. Muehler, both natives of Saxony. Her father was well educated and became extensively engaged in the grain business. In 1871 he emigrated to the United States, locating in Steilacoom, Washington. Shortly afterward he took a squatter's claim three miles south of Puyallup, the land being all timber and swamp. He cleared twenty acres and engaged in the raising of vegetables. He built a hewed log house and lived there three years, when he gave it up and moved to what has since been known as the "Swamp Muehler Place," where he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. He drained and cleared fifty acres and planted thirty acres of hops, producing large crops which afforded him a nice income. He lived there during most of his remaining years, his death occurring in Tacoma in 1912. His wife died in 1904. They were the parents of six children, as follows: Max, deceased; Agnes, now Mrs. Huth; Otto, of Orting; Sidonia, the wife of Ernst Otto; Frances, the wife of John Althen; and Alvin.

Mrs. Huth received her elementary education under private tutors and completed her studies at Providence Academy in Olympia. To Mr. and Mrs. Huth were born four children, namely: Mrs. Antonette Mahncke, who died in December, 1918, and who was the mother of two children, Antonette and Elizabeth, the latter deceased; Marie, who was graduated from the Stadium high school and Chevy Chase Seminary, Washington, D. C.; Carlton, who was graduated from the Stadium high school and attended law schools in Washington, D. C., and Portland, Oregon; and Gertrude, who was graduated from the Stadium high school and Chevy Chase Seminary. All are active and prominent in charity and church work.

Mr. Huth was a member of Tacoma Lodge, No.,174, B. P. O. E., and was an earnest supporter of benevolent and charitable enterprises, including churches and hospitals. Kindly and generous by nature, and cordial and friendly in manner, he had a wide acquaintance throughout this part of the country, and numbered among his friends many of the representative people of the city. He was interested in everything calculated to advance the prosperity and progress of Tacoma. He built the Hotel Carlton and liberally supported the building of the Stadium, Y. M. C. A., Tacoma General Hospital, and the Elks building. Mrs. Huth and family are residing in their beautiful home overlooking the Stadium and sound, and have a summer home on the west shore of Spanaway lake.

William E. Gwynn

William E. Gwynn, of Sumner, who has gained an enviable reputation as an able and successful lawyer and a progressive, public-spirited citizen, holding a high place in public confidence, was born at Woodburn, Marion county, Oregon, on the 25th of November, 1887, and is a son of Rhys and Sophia (DuBray) Gwynn. Rhys Gwynn was born in Pontipool, Wales, and came to Oregon in 1856, with the Hudson's Bay, Company, by which he was employed as a trader. He also was in command of a revenue cutter. He was a graduate of Oxford College, England, and he eventually took up the practice of law in Salem and Woodburn, Oregon. He also served on the city detective force of Portland. His death occurred in 1917 at the age of eighty-three. The mother of our subject was a native of France, and she accompanied her parents to Oregon, of which state they were pioneer settlers. Her death occurred in 1914. ' /

William E. Gwynn received his elementary education in the public schools and then entered the law school of the University of Oregon, where he was graduated in 1911. He engaged in the practice of his profession at Newport, Oregon, where he remained until 1917, when he came to Puyallup. In that same year he enlisted in the United States service, joining the cavalry, with which he served on the Mexican border. He was promoted to a captaincy and commanded Troop B of the Seventh

Cavalry. In May, 1919, he came to Sumner and has practiced law here continuously since. While in Lincoln county, Oregon, he served as prosecuting attorney.

On March 15, 1918, Mr. Gwynn was united in marriage to Miss Grace Payne, of Albany, Oregon, a daughter of Martin Payne, who was a pioneer settler of that state. To Mr. and Mrs. Gwynn have been born three children: Margaret, William E., Jr., and Evelyn. Mr. Gwynn is a stanch republican in his political alignment, while fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the eighteenth degree of the Scottish Rite, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he belongs to lodge and encampment. He also belongs to the Sumner Commercial Club, in the activities of which he takes a keen interest. He maintains professional affiliation with the Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. Mr. Gwynn has served two terms as city attorney of Sumner.

Meinrad Gyr

Rated among the most successful dairy farms in the vicinity of Tacoma is that operated by Meinrad Gyr and Martin Kaelin. Mr. Gyr has devoted himself closely to his work and has shown himself the possessor of marked ability and a thorough knowledge of the business in which he is engaged. He was born in Switzerland on the 6th of December, 1872, and is a son of Maurus and Josepha Gyr, both of whom died in their native land, the father in 1904 and the mother in 1913. They were the parents of three children, Juliana, Maurus and Meinrad.

Meinrad Gyr received his education in the public schools of his native country and then assisted his father on the home farm until 1892, when he immigrated to the United States. Coming at once to Tacoma, Washington, he went to work on the dairy ranch of Zehnder Brothers, where he remained three years. He subsequently bought a half interest with Martin Kaelin in the dairy farm, three miles east of Tacoma, in which he is still interested. This ranch had been rented in 1892 by Mr. Kaelin and V. F. Inderbitzin, who leased eighty acres of Indian reservation land, which they cleared off, farmed for about ten years, and then bought. In 1902 Mr. Gyr bought Mr. Inderbitzin's interest in stock and land, and later bought three and a half acres for himself, on which he built his present home in 1905. The partners keep a large herd of high grade Holstein cattle, and raise good crops of hay and roots. They have Yhade a number of valuable improvements on the ranch, which is numbered among the good dairy farms of this section of the county.

In 1906 Mr. Gyr was united in marriage to Miss Emma Pieres, who was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a daughter of Jacob and Louisa Pieres, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father came to the United States in 1887, locating at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he remained until 1892, when he came to Tacoma, where. he was employed at the carpenter's trade for a number of years, eventually returning to Germany. In his family are three children, Emma, Edith and Ora. Mr. Gyr is a member of the Swiss Society of Tacoma, of which he was recording secretary for twelve years.

Joseph B. Mickens, one of the most highly respected residents of Puyallup, furnishes in his career a splendid example of patient purpose and steadfast integrity, and in all the years spent in this locality he has always commanded to the fullest degree the confidence of his fellowmen. Mr. Mickens was born in McLean county, Illinois, on the 22d of June, 1862, and is a son of Asa and Lavina (Holmes) Mickens, both of whom are deceased, the father's death occurring in 1875. He operated a butcher shop, and was also the owner of a sawmill.

Joseph B. Mickens received a limited education in the public schools of his home neighborhood, and at the age of ten years he left home, going to work for a German farmer for his board and clothes. He remained there three years and then hired out on another farm for thirteen dollars a month, staying until November, 1887, when he came to Lewis county, Washington, and went to work in the woods, cutting out shingle bolts. In the spring of 1888 he went to work on the river, driving logs, and in June came to Puyallup and bought four lots. These he cleared off and built a house thereon, after which he bought thirteen lots, on which he built another house, which he sold. He then bought thirteen lots on Thirteenth street, where he built a small house, which he sold later, and in 1906 built a splendid residence. This property is now well improved, the well kept lawn and shrubbery and flowers giving it a very inviting appearance.

Mr. Mickens served eleven years as a member of the Puyallup police force, and he then bought a hotel here, which he sold a year later, subsequently buying five acres of land on Twenty-first street, which he cleared and set out to berries and cherries. This property he sold three years later, at a handsome profit. In 1921 he bought three acres, all of which he has set out to fruit, principally blackberries and cherries, which are now in bearing, and built a four room bungalow on the place. He has exercised sound business judgment in all of his operations and the success which has attended him has been well deserved.

In 1890 Mr. Mickens was united in marriage to Miss Leona Wescott, who was born in Jasper county, Missouri, a daughter of William and Sarah (Pursell) Wescott, the former of whom was born in Dayton, Ohio, and the latter in Danvers, Illinois. The father was a farmer, and laid aside his pursuits in order to serve in the Union army during the Civil war. After the war he bought land in McLean county, Illinois, where he farmed until 1866, when he went to Missouri and bought a farm, which he operated until 1888, coming then to Toledo, Lewis county, Washington, where he lived a few years. In 1891 he came to Puyallup and bought a small tract of land within the city limits. He cleared off the cedar timber and heavy brush which encumbered the land, built a nice home, and there lived until his death on July 1, 1916. His wife passed away April 23, 1904. They were the parents of eight children, namely: Charles G., deceased; Mary L., deceased; Leona B., Mrs. Mickens; Martha Jane; John L., deceased; and Gilford D., Sarah May and Estella Will.

Leona, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mickens, was born in Atchison county, Missouri. She is the wife of Perry Raudebaugh, and they are the parents of two sons: Donovan Perry, born April 26, 1908, who is now in the United States Marines; and Joseph L., born July 16, 1914, now in high school. Mr. and Mrs. Mickens also have an adopted son, Paul L., now at home, who was born in Everett, Washington, graduated from the Puyallup high school, and then entered the State College, where he was graduated in pharmacy in June, 1925, winning a gold medal for his splendid work there. He has a son, Paul, Jr., five years old. Mr. and Mrs. Mickens have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Puyallup for thirty-five years and have given their earnest support to all of its activities. Mr. Mickens has been true and loyal in every relation of life and his success has been gained through the simple elements of perseverance, careful management and right principles, which have also won for him the sincere admiration of his fellow citizens.

Jesse W. Tibbits

For twenty-five years Jesse W. Tibbits has held a responsible official position with one of Tacoma's most important industries and has so discharged his duties as to retain to a marked degree the confidence and respect of all who have had dealings with him, while in private life and as a citizen his record has gained for him marked popularity is fellow citizens. Sui nes was born on the 24th of September, 1879, in Quincy, Branch county, Michigan, and is a son of George and Josephine (Gleeson) Tibbits, the former a native of Michigan and the latter of Ohio. The father had been engaged in the banking business in his native state, and in 1890 he came to Tacoma and established the Puget Sound Savings Bank, of which he became cashier, retaining that position until his retirement. His death occurred in 1922, and he is survived by his widow, who still Freee W. Tibbits was about eleven years of age when the family came to Tacoma, and he here completed his public school education, graduating from the Tacoma high school, after which he took a course in the Tacoma Business College. He then entered the employ of Cook & Company, with whom he remained until November 2, 1899, when he became identified with the Pacific Lounge & Mattress Company. In 1901 he was made secretary of that company, which is now the Carman Manufacturing Company, one of the best known and most successful manufacturing concerns in Tacoma, and has held that position continuously to the present time.

On June 4, 1904, Mr. Tibbits was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle M. Fulmer, of Tacoma, a daughter of Charles E. and Laura (Harwood) Fulmer, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Harwood Jesse, nineteen years of age, who is attending the College of Puget Sound; George Gleeson, aged seventeen, who is in high school; and William Fulmer, aged fourteen. Politically Mr. Tibbits has always given his support to the republican party and has taken a deep interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and of the Rotary Club. He is recognized as a splendid citizen, progressive in all that the term implies; a man of 'high character, sturdy integrity and fine public spirit, so that throughout the community he commands respect and admiration.

Thor W. Henricksen

Among the well known public accountants of Tacoma, Thor W. Henricksen holds a prominent place, his work having earned for him the commendation of all who have employed him or have been familiar with his efforts. He is a native of Tacoma, born on the 11th of June, 1901, a son of J. P. and Christina G. (Fredricksen) Henricksen. His parents came to Tacoma about 1896, and the father is engaged in contracting, in which he has met with splendid success.

Thor W. Henricksen attended the public schools, graduating from Lincoln high school, and then entered the University of Washington, where he was graduated with the deeree of Bachelor of Business Administration. He then became connected with the federal income tax department, where he was employed about seven months, at the end of which time he engaged in the business of a public accountant. His abilities were quickly recognized and he has performed effective and satisfactory service in that capacity. He is a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi and Beta Alpha Psi college fraternities, and while in the university he took an active part in athletics. Friendly in manner, and cordially responsive in his social relations, he has made many warm friends and is a popular member of the circles in which he moves.

George Edward Atkinson

George Edward Atkinson, who is the owner of a splendid ranch near Dieringer, Pierce county, has long been regarded as one of the most progressive and enterprising farmers of that section of the county. He has had a long and busy career and his success has been gained only through his persistent and well directed efforts. Mr. Atkinson was born in New York city on the 22d of January, 1853, and is a-son of John and Elizabeth (Hiel) Atkinson, the former of whom was born at Kirby-Mooreside, about fifty miles from London, England. He came to the United States in boyhood and remained in New York until early in the '50s,. when he went to Ohio and bought three hundred and twenty acres of land in Fulton county, to the cultivation of which he devoted himself up to the time of his death, in 1887. His wife died in 1900. They were the parents of three children, namely: John, who was a merchant in Delta, Ohio, and died in 1898; Mrs. Annie L. Todd, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and George Edward. ;

George E. Atkinson was educated in the public schools of Ohio and on attaining mature years gaye his attention to farming, which vocation he followed until 1877 when he went to Kansas and preempted one hundred and sixty acres of land in Barton county. He lived there until 1882, when he sold out and came to Tacoma, Washington where he went to work in the hop fields of John Carson, one of the first growers of hops in the Puyallup valley. Mr. Carson had forty-seven acres of hops, which he sold for forty-seven thousand dollars. After leaving that place, Mr. Atkinson turned his attention to the plastering trade, which he followed for several years in the Puyallup valley. In 1889 he established a brickyard a half mile east of Dieringer where he carried on the manufacture of bricks for two years, and when the financial panic of the early '90s came on he had six hundred thousand bricks on hand. In

1889 he had bought the forty acres of land on which he opened the brickyard, and when the brick business became demoralized he turned his attention to the clearing of the tract. He ran one hundred head of cattle on the place for a number of years, and he cleared off about twenty-five acres of this land, to which he later added by other purchases, until now he is the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of fine land, located three miles northeast of Sumner. He has planted a nice orchard of cherries and apples, erected a fine, modern house in 1908, and is now retired from active business pursuits.

On February 23, 1878, at Morenci, Michigan, Mr. Atkinson was united in marriage to Miss Rose Emma Golden, who was born at Sandusky, Ohio, a daughter of William N. and Lydia (Dunham) Golden. Both of her parents were natives of Ohio, where they lived until 1876, when they went to Kansas, where the father homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in Barton county, of which locality they were pioneers. In 1882 they sold this property and came to Tacoma, Washington, Mr. Golden preempting one hundred and sixty acres of land at Fernhill, Pierce county, where he built the first school. There they spent the remaining years of their lives, the father dying in 1900 and the mother in 1915. They were the parents of the following children: Eugene, Monroe and Frances Jane, all of whom are deceased; Rose E., Mrs. Atkinson; Ida and Samuel, deceased; Fred; Cora; and Vance, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson were schoolmates and early sweethearts in Ohio, and at the age of eight years had betrothed themselves. They are the parents of three children, as follows: George L., who was born in Ohio in .1874, and died in 1898; Grace, who was born in Kansas in 1879, and died in 1883; and Ivan, who was born in Puyallup in 1888. He was graduated from the high school at Sumner and from the College of Puget Sound at Tacoma. He was married to Miss Ivy Wright, and they have three children: Orlo, born March 15, 1917; Georgie Anna, born December 18, 1922; and Coral Lorraine, born June 7, 1925.

Mrs. Atkinson served on the first jury of women in Pierce county, in 1885 or 1886, among the other members of the jury being Mrs. Dr. McCoy, Mrs. J. P. Stewart, and Mrs. Dr. Spinning, all being pioneers of this county. In 1910 Mr. Atkinson and a few other farmers organized the Equality Telephone Company, constructed a line and have operated it continuously to the present time, the plant now being owned by Mr. Atkinson and his son Ivan, who also own a rural telephone line to Auburn. This is but one evidence of the fine public spirit manifested by Mr. Atkinson, for he has always stood ready to cooperate in all efforts to advance the public welfare and promote the improvement and progress of the locality, where his true worth is recognized and appreciated.

Franklin Smith Poole

This biographical memoir has to do with a character of unusual force, for Franklin Smith Poole, whose life chapter closed on May 15, 1916, was for many years one of the best known business men and most popular citizens of Tacoma. While he carried on a special line of business in such a manner as to gain a comfortable competence for himself, he belonged to that class of representative citizens who promote the public welfare while advancing individual success. There were in him sterling traits which commanded uniform confidence and regard, and his memory is today honored by all who knew him.

Mr. Poole was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1852, and was a son of Frank and Hannah Poole, both of whom were also natives of the Old Bay state and of old American ancestry. His male ancestors in the paternal line were followers of the sea. He spent his boyhood in New Bedford, and although orphaned at the age of seven years he managed to acquire some education before he was fourteen years of age, when he shipped on a whaling vessel for Hudson Bay. After six months on that vessel he went with a Portuguese sailing vessel, which he deserted at St. Catherines, Brazil, later shipping from there on another vessel. Altogether he served on thirteen different ships which carried him over all parts of the world. He came to the Pacific coast around Cape Horn, landing at Astoria, and later engaged in freighting merchandise into Boise, Idaho, from Walla Walla. After following this for some months he arrived on Puget Sound in the early '70s, and for a time served as mate on the old steamer "Elida" under Captain Clancy. This boat operated between Seattle

In 1879 Mr. Poole was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Root, who was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, a daughter of Lemuel and Matilda Root, both of whom were also natives of that state. Mrs. Poole traces her early American ancestors back to colonial days, some members of the family having fought in the war of the Revolution. Her father died when she was quite young and subsequently her mother brought her family to Oregon. Five years later she became the wife of a Mr. McNeal and they removed to Tacoma during the early '70s, where the mother lived until her death at the age of eighty-five years. She was the mother of five children by her first husband, of whom two are living, Mrs. Poole and Lemuel Root, who is pastor of a church in Hoquiam, Washington. To Mr. and Mrs. Poole were born six children, as follows: Frank L., sales manager of the Poole's Seed Company, was married to Miss Agnes La Bross and they have five children. Chester A., secretary of the Poole's Seed Company, is married to Miss Laura Spencer and they have one child. Clifford L., manager of his mother's business, is married to Miss Anna Anderson, and they are the parents of two children. Fannie is the wife of Charles F. Wright, of Tacoma, and they have four children. Mabel is the wife of J. W. Jones, Jr., and they have two children. Jesse A. is deceased.

After his marriage Mr. Poole moved to Seattle, where he was engaged for about two years in the teaming and truck business, and from there moved to La Conner, Skagit county, where he opened an implement and hardware store, taking as a partner Perry Polson, to whom he finally sold his interest in order to come to Tacoma to open a branch store for Knapp-Burrell & Company, of Portland, Oregon, who were dealers in buggies, farm implements and auxiliary lines. This branch he operated until the panic of the early '90s when it was closed, and Mr. Poole opened a small seed store on his own account in part of the space occupied by the Hoska harness shop at 1409 Pacific avenue. Here he prospered and built up a steadily growing business. In 1904 he and his wife paid a visit to his eastern home after an absence of approximately thirty-five years. On returning to Tacoma he rented a store building at Seventeenth and Pacific avenue, where their constantly increasing business soon demanded larger quarters, and was finally moved to the present location where it has remained for the last sixteen years. Here he devoted himself closely to the building up of the business in which he was eminently successful. After his death Mrs. Poole turned over the management of the business to her sons, though still retaining the ownership.

Mr. Poole was a stanch republican in his political views and was an earnest member of the First Christian church. He was a man of sterling character, true and loyal in every relation of life, and not only commanded the confidence and respect of his business associates but in social circles was held in the very highest esteem for his consistent life and his cordial and unaffected manner.

Samuel Hunter Donley

One of the old and greatly esteemed and respected residents of the Puyallup valley is Samuel Hunter Donley, now retired and living in Puyallup, who is numbered among the pioneers of this locality. Mr. Donley was born in Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, on the 9th of September, 1857, and is a son of S. J. and Mary Jane (Gray) Donley, both of whom also were natives of the old Keystone state. The father who followed the lumber business, was born and reared in Johnstown. He was descended from old Mayflower stock, members of the family having been active in colonial affairs. He moved to Kansas in 1869, and later in life came to Puyallup where he spent his last years. :

S. H. Donley received his educational training in the public schools, and in 1886 he went to San Francisco by railroad and thence by boat to Tacoma. There he engaged in the trucking and express business, in which he was successful, and became a member of the first volunteer fire department of that city. In the fall of 1888 he came to Puyallup and engaged in the hop business, to which he devoted his attention continuously up to the time of his retirement from active business in 1922. During seven years of this time he also went to Oregon at stated periods each year to look after one hundred acres of hops for the Zuller Hop Company. He likewise was to some extent engaged in contracting and bridge building, in which he was successful and in 1898, he went to Alaska, going as far as Dawson and to within eight hundred miles of the north pole. He spent three years in that territory, that being his only pro-

Mr, And Mrs. Samuel H. Donley

On September 2, 1894, Mr. Donley was married in Yakima, Washington, to Miss Katie Simonson, who was born in Denmark and who came to the United States at the age of thirteen years. By a previous marriage he had four children: two who are deceased; John Brady, who is in the plumbing business in Puyallup; and Mrs. C. P. Meade, of San Francisco. Mrs. Donley has taken an active part in club and civic affairs, being a member of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, and has served on the jury. She is a woman of talent, speaking several languages. Mr. and Mrs. Donley have been very successful collectors of antiques and Indian relics, their collection being noted as one of the best in this section of the country, and comprising baskets, pottery and other examples of Indian handicraft. Politically Mr. and Mrs. Donley give their support to the democratic party, while fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Benevatent and Protective Order of Elks and a charter member of the Knights of Pythias. His home, which was once owned by Ezra Meeker, is appropriately called "Cherry Lawn," axf is very attractive and comfortable. Because of his industrious and upright life and his friendliness, he enjoys the regard and good will of all who know him throughout this locality.

One of the most remarkable developments in individual banking houses in the United States has been that of the Brotherhood Co-Operative National Bank of Tacoma, which, though less than two years old, is already numbered among the substantial and influential financial institutions of this locality. This bank was established July 1, 1925, by the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers, and occupies the ground floor and basement of the Washington building, at Eleventh street and Pacific avenue.

Its official roster is as follows: President, Henry E. Cass, president of the Pacific Brotherhood Investment Company; first vice president, C. L. Babcock, the immediate subject of this sketch; vice presidents, James McCormack, a merchant in Tacoma, Benjamin M. Snyder, a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad engineer, Frank C. Thornburg, a Northern Pacific Railroad engineer, and Herbert F. Love, who is with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad; cashier, W. W. Newschwander, formerly cashier of the Puget Sound National Bank; assistant cashiers, B. C. Pinckney and I. H. Whiting; directors, Carl O. Anderson, a Northern Pacific Railroad engineer, C. L. Babcock, George O. Barnhart, railroad engineer and president of the Portland Bank, Henry E. Cass, Roy E. Davison, president of the Standard Paper Company, Leven N. Hendricks, a Northern Pacific Railroad engineer, Will S. Johnson, a conductor of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, Dr. G. G. R. Kunz, one of the very prominent physicians and surgeons of Tacoma, Herbert F. Love, James McCormack, F. W. Rasmussen, a clerk on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, Benjamin F. Snyder and Frank C. Thornburg.

Some idea of the splendid growth of this bank may be obtained from the following comparative figures: Deposits on opening day, July 1, 1925, seven hundred and twenty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fifty-seven cents; December 31, 1925, one million seven hundred and seventy-five thousand two hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents; December 31, 1926, two million eight hundred and three thousand three hundred and seventy-six dollars and twenty-three cents. As far as is known, this is a record for all national banks. The bank pays two per cent interest on checking accounts over five hundred dollars, and four per cent on savings accounts, plus a share in profits. Dividends on the regular bank stock are limited to ten per cent, the remaining surplus being paid as patronage dividends. The bank now has over eight thousand accounts, about half of which are in the savings department. The very best modern methods of accounting are followed, the books being balanced daily, while the physical equipment of the bank includes safe deposit vaults as found west of Chicago. ae C. oie ener who has been a prominent factor in the success of the Brotherhood Co-Operative National Bank, was born in Aurora, Illinois, on the 24th of June, 1866, and is a son of Orin L. and Mary (Chambers) Babcock, the former of whom was a farmer and blacksmith. Our subject secured his education in the public schools, being compelled to walk over a mile to the district school, and he also did the janitor work for the school. In October, 1888, Mr. Babcock came to Port Angeles, Washington, and engaged in dairy farming, and also established a store, in both of which enterprises he was rewarded with a very satisfactory measure of success. He was elected county treasurer of Clallum county, and was later elected to the state legislature, where he served two terms. He then organized the Port Angeles Trust & Savings Bank, of which he became vice president, holding that position until 1920, when he was elected state treasurer, serving one term, at the end of which he became vice president of the Brotherhood Co-Operative National Bank of Tacoma. He is a man of ripe judgment and extensive experience in financial affairs and has devoted his attention closely to the interests of this institution gaining marked prestige as an able and efficient banker.

In 1890 Mr. Babcock was married to Miss Marie R. Chambers, of Port Angeles, Washington, a daughter of Frank and Esther Chambers, who were pioneers of Washington, coming to this state in 1883. To Mr. and Mrs. Babcock have been born four children, namely: Lluellen, who died at the age of four years; Grace, who became the wife of John E. Courser, of Olympia, who is connected with the office of the state treasurer; Leah, who is the wife of Harry W. Rutherford, of Seattle; and Percival Douglas, aged fifteen years, who is a student in the Stadium high school.

Politically Mr. Babcock has always given his earnest support to the republican party, while he sustains fraternal affiliations with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, having held all the chairs in the last. named order. He is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce, being chairman of the rural development committee, and is a director of the State Chamber of Commerce, likewise serving as president of the State Historical Society. Energy, firmness of purpose and unswerving integrity are among his chief characteristics, and his record as banker and public official has been such as has gained for him the highest measure of public confidence and esteem.

Among the men who have by their individual business efforts and success contributed to the general commercial prosperity of Tacoma, specific mention should be made of C. G. Jennings, head of the Jennings Hardware Company, at 1148 Pacific avenue, one of the long established business houses of this. city.

Mr. Jennings was born in Scotland, Edgar county, Illinois, and is a son of A. E. and Eliza M. Jennings, both of whom are deceased. He received good public school training and then entered the University of Illinois, where he took the civil engineering course in 1900. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, and entered the employ of 'Simmons Hardware Company, with which concern he remained for twenty-three years, during most of which period he was a traveling salesman. He covered Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and western Canada, making his headquarters at different cities and in 1905 located at Spokane. At one time he owned a retail store in Portland, Oregon, and at different times has had an interest in five general merchandise btecca!

In 1922 Mr. Jennings came to Tacoma and bought the Palace hardware store, at the same time incorporating the Jennings Hardware Company. The Palace bacdaare store had been established over thirty years prior to that time on Jefferson avenue had later occupied the Beck building, at 1511 Pacific avenue, and then had been Koved to the present location, at' 1148 Pacific avenue. Here the Jennings Hardware Company leases three floors, thirty by one hundred and twenty-five feet in size, the building extending from Pacific avenue through to Commerce street. A large and complete line of general shelf and heavy hardware, cutlery, electrical accessories, paints and varnishes is carried, and Mr. Jennings has realized a very gratifying measure of success in this enterprise, showing himself a man of sound business judgment and keen discernment.

Mr. Jennings was married June 17, 1918, at Lewiston, Idaho, to Miss Inez E St. John, and they are the parents of a daughter, Janet E., who was born in Portland Oregon. Mr. Jennings is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in ahah he has taken the degrees of the York Rite, and the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and the Advertising Club, and is past president of the Pacific Northwest Hardware and Implement Dealers Association (1925). He likewise holds membership in the Tacoma Sports- men's Association, the Izaak Walton League, the West Coast Field Trial Club and the Pierce County Kennel Club. While closely devoted to the management of his business affairs, he has not been neglectful of the general interests of his adopted city, standing

Frank Griffin

The art of photography has in recent years made wonderful progress in technique and results. It is a far cry from the daguerreotypes of our forebears but a few generations back to the splendid portraits which the expert photographer of today is able to produce, and even amateurs now are producing better results than the average professional of a few years ago.

Frank Griffin, owner and operator of the Cooper Studio, in Puyallup, is one of the most proficient artists in his line in Pierce county and is enjoying a large and steadily increasing patronage among the representative people of this locality. He was born in Kearney, Nebraska, on the 3d of January, 1886, and is a son of S. S. and Mary (Pierce) Griffin, the former of whom is a native of New York state and the latter of Iowa. The father, who for many years followed the vocation of farming, is now retired and lives in Little Rock, Washington.

Frank Griffin received his public school education in Nebraska and Oklahoma, the family having lived in the latter state several years, and was graduated from the high school at Arlington, Washington. Then for a while he worked at various occupations, and in 1908 he went to work in an art studio in Seaside, Oregon, remaining there during the summers until 1911, spending his winters in Portland, where he was employed as a wood worker. In 1911 he went to Yakima, where he established his first photograph studio, and remained there about a year, going then to Seattle and Victoria, where he worked in studios. In 1918 he went to Bremerton, Washington, and was for a time in the Wales Studio, after. which he bought a half interest in a studio there, under the firm name of Burrell & Griffin. On March 25, 1919, he came to Puyallup and bought the Cooper Studio, which was established by R. O. Cooper about fifteen years ago and is the largest and best equipped in Puyallup. Mr. Griffin remodeled and rearranged the studio, making many desirable changes, and now has a model place of its kind, where he does both portrait and commercial work.

In January, 1919, Mr. Griffin was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Parker, who is a native of Arkansas, a daughter of Theodore and Jane (Plater) Parker, the former of whom is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, and the latter of Illinois. Mr. Parker, who now lives in Tacoma, is state manager of the Homesteaders Life Insurance Company. In political affairs Mr. Griffin maintains an independent attitude, voting according to his best judgment as to men and measures. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and belongs to the Puyallup Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. Kindly and genial in his social relations, he has won many warm friends throughout this locality and is accounted an enterprising and progressive business man.

Among the active and eminent medical men of Tacoma is Dr. Samuel Adams Huntington, who is engaged in the practice of hygienic medicine, electro- and manualsurgery, with offices at 611 Puget Sound Bank building. ;

He was born in the county of Prescott, on the border line of Glengary, Ontario, Canada, in 1883, and is a son of Samuel Adams, Sr., and Gertrude (Freligh) Huntington, his parents now residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his father, an officer of the Canadian army, was retired after the World war. noe

Dr. Huntington was educated in the common schools and collegiate institutes of Ontario. Coming from a long and distinguished line of medical, military and clerical men, it was his ambition, from boyhood, to enter the medical profession. To build the foundation for the castle of his boyhood dreams, with the consent of his parents, he apprenticed himself to an apothecary at the age of eleven years, serving his four year apprenticeship while attending school, entering the provincial School of Pharmacy on his matriculation, and graduating therefrom at the age of seventeen. He then enlisted in the Baden-Powell Constabulary, for service in South Africa, the British- Boer war at that time being about fought out. Taken from his contingent when he reached Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was sent to the dispensary of the military hospital, as a dispensing chemist, where he served out the war.

Upon his discharge from the army, he entered upon his medical course, taking the lecture platform when an under-graduate, which profession was a field of endeavor that brought him many encomiums from public and press, as he was one of the country's first public teachers in the letter of applied psychology.

Cattle ranching in Alberta, exploring in the arctic, journalism, the stage, salesmanship, a course at the great Battle Creek Sanitarium, public health work, and lastly a degree from the Universal College of Sanipractic brings the subject of our sketch down to his life's work.

Dr. Huntington first came to Tacoma in 1905, making his permanent home here in 1913. During the World war he was one of the chief inspectors in the department of health and sanitation, engaging in private practice in 1922. He has been successful to a very gratifying degree, and, to increase his scope of usefulness to humanity, he is now preparing to build a hygienic hospital that will be the last word in modern equipment, method and housing.

The Doctor, in June, 1925, married Edna Mae Caldwell, one of Tacoma's most talented women, a leader in art, literary and club circles, and a daughter of one of the pioneer families. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and takes a keen interest in the welfare and prosperity of the community. His ability, success and splendid personality have won for him not only worthy professional prestige but also the respect and esteem of his fellowmen.

Edgar F. Huntington, the Doctor's brother, came to Tacoma in 1908 and is now with the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company. He is a veteran of the World war, having served three years in France with the Canadians.

M. E. Chase

M. E. Chase, who comes of old pioneer stock and was himself a pioneer of two states, has long been a resident of Pierce county, and by his earnest endeavors and his efforts along well directed lines he has attained worthy success. He was born in Livingston county, Michigan, in 1851, and is a son of Ichabod and Burissa (Gillam) 'Chase, the former of whom was a native of Michigan and the latter of New York 'state. Our subject's grandfather, Peter Chase, was a pioneer of Michigan, having located in that state in 1820. Ichabod Chase, who followed farming all his active life was a veteran of two of his country's wars, having served all through the Civil wile -and one year in the war with Mexico. He died in August, 1885, and his wife passed away in 1921, at the age of eighty-six years. They were the parents of four children namely: M. E., subject of this sketch; Mrs. Ida A. Matthews, who lives in this states Mrs. Elizabeth Hallawell, of Newton, Kansas; and Mrs. Lucina Axtell, also of Newton. ; M. E. Chase attended the public schools of his native state and then went to weonae in grist mills, sawmills and lumber camps, being so employed until 1874, when he went to Kansas, buying land in Harvey county, of which locality he was one of the first settlers, and there he was engaged in farming until 1876. He then went to Colorado and devoted his attention to mining for four years. Returning to Kansas, he was engaged in railroad work until 1887, when he came to Puyallup, Pierce county and was employed in farm work for a time. In 1888 he bought five acres of land Fes the BS Ee Wright donation claim, which now lies within the city limits. It was densel covered with timber and brush, and after building a good house he began cleari "the land, which he devoted largely to the raising of garden truck. He was about the fi t man to plant red raspberries and blackberries in the Puyallup valley and now h ieee acres in berries, the remainder of the land being rented for garden purposes "ee pares Laced nies fone at chickens. He has also bought two acres adjoining his pinces He

Matthews, both of whom were born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, the father May 7, 1817, and the mother in September, 1817. The father was engaged in the lumber business, owning sawmills, and also had a grist mill. He lived there until 1865, when he moved to Michigan, where he bought a large tract of land and engaged in the lumber business, also owning farm land. There he resided until 1887, when he retired and came to Washington, where he spent his remaining years, his death occurring May 24, 1900. His wife passed away the following year. Mr. Matthews was a veteran of the Civil war. They were the parents of twelve children, namely: Mary E., William (killed in the Civil war), John G., Martha, Alex, Margaret, Jane, Archibald, Margery, Agnes, Sarah, and one who died in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Chase were born four children, as follows: Thomas C., born in Kansas, who is married and has two sons, Eugene and Emmett; Mrs. Ida Farnsworth, who has a daughter, Margery, seven years old; Floyd, who is married and has two children, Louise and J ames, both of whom are in high school; and Alexander, who died February 19, 1887.

Mr. Chase is a member of Puyallup Lodge, No. 32, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was one of the organizers of the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association and has rendered effective service as a member of the Puyallup school board. He is a man of broad views and progressive ideas, possesses a strong personality and lends his support to every measure for the betterment or improvement of the community. For these reasons, as well as for his cordial and friendly manner, he commands esteem and good will.

Bernhard Anderson

One of the old and important industries of Pierce county is the Pioneer Auto Works, of Tacoma, of which Bernhard Anderson is president. Because of the exceptionally high quality of its work and products, this company has gained an enviable reputation throughout the northwest and is numbered among the solid and substantial concerns of this city.

Mr. Anderson was born in Gottenberg, Sweden, on the 7th of August, 1866, and is a son of Anders and Johanna Marie (Young) Bundson, both of whom are deceased. He received a good education in the public schools of his native land and then learned the carpenter's and machinist's trades. In 1891, at the age of twenty-four years, he emigrated to the United States and on May 1 arrived in Tacoma. He found employment as a mechanic with the Pacific Naphtha Launch Company, with which concern he remained three years, and next went to work for the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, where he was employed in various departments, eventually becoming the millwright for that concern. He then bought a half interest in Peter Johnson's carriage and blacksmith shop, at Highth street and Pacific avenue, which was then operated under the name of Peter Johnson & Company. Later this concern was consolidated with the Fawcett Wagon Company, which had been established in 1881, so that it is now the oldest establishment in its line in the state. The consolidated business was operated under the name of the Fawcett Wagon Company for some time and proved a successful concern. Eventually Mr. Anderson bought ex-Mayor A. B. Fawcett's interest in the business and some time later also bought the interest of F. M. Fawcett, and in 1918 the business was incorporated as the Pioneer Auto Works.

The plant occupies an entire block at Fourteenth and A streets, and from twentyfive to thirty-five skilled workmen are there employed. The products of the company consist largely in automobile busses and automobile bodies, including the popular DeLuxe bodies. Their painting department is modern in every respect and is equipped with the most complete and up-to-date oven drying system in this section of the country. They do all kinds of automobile painting and also maintain a complete repair shop. The products of the plant are sold throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and other states of the northwest, where their satisfied customers are their best advertisers. B. Anderson is president of the Pioneer Auto Works and H. M.

is secretary and general manager. sige ce B. tod nl a united in marriage to Miss Teckla Ulrica Nelson, who was born in Sweden and was brought to this country in babyhood. She is a daughter of Olaf W. Nelson, who was a pioneer settler in this city, at a time when it was but a village. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of a daughter, Marion Josephine. Mr. Anderson is a republican in his political views and is an active member of the

Chamber of Commerce. His religious connection is with the First Lutheran church, of which he has been a deacon for over thirty years. He gives liberal support to all worthy benevolent causes and cooperates in all movements for the advancement of the city along material, civic or moral lines. He is essentially a man of affairs, sound of judgment and farseeing in what he undertakes, and has won and retains the confidence and esteem of all classes.

I. 0. And C. V. Desilets

One of the leading and most successful business houses on Sixth avenue is the Sun drug store, owned and operated by I. O. and C. V. Desilets, who enjoy a large and representative patronage. I. O. Desilets was born in Wabasha county, Minnesota, on the 24th of February, 1877, and is a son of Joseph and Josephine Desilets. The father, who followed the vocation of painting, moved his family to Montana in 1898, and there his death occurred in 1908. He is survived by his widow, who is now living in Tacoma.

I. O. Desilets received a good education in the public schools and then learned the drug business in Wisconsin, after which he was employed as a clerk in several stores. In 1918 he came to Tacoma, and he and his brother, C. V., opened a drug store at 2715 Sixth avenue, where they have remained to the present time. They carry a full line of pure drugs, as well as proprietary medicines and other goods usually found in well appointed drug stores, and by their careful attention to the wants of their customers have established themselves solidly in the confidence and good will of the locality. In 1899 Mr. Desilets was married to Miss Pearl Knowlton, who is a native of Wisconsin, and they are the parents of a daughter, Doris, who is the wife of David Mills, of Portland, Oregon. Mr. Desilets is an independent republican in his political views, and is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America, as well as the Sixth Avenue Business Men's Club.

C. V. Desilets was born in Eau Claire county, Wisconsin, on the 11th of May, 1888, and secured his education mainly in the public schools of Montana, to which state the family had moved in 1898. He then took up the study of pharmacy, which he followed there until 1915, when he came to Tacoma and was with the Crown drug store until going into business with his brother, as referred to in the preceding paragraph. He was married to Miss Mary Peoples, of Red Lodge, Montana, and they are the parents of a daughter, Lois. Mr. Desilets is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The brothers have been loyal to the best interests of their community, and their splendid personalities and their record since coming here have gained for them a high standing in the esteem of their fellowmen.