Seattle, Washington - History, 1891 (part 13 of 14)

In politics Dr. Minor was a Republican. He took an active interest in public aRairs, and was an able champion of the principles of his party He was a delegate from Washinjjton Territory to the Republican national conventions of 1ST8, 1880 and 1H8H, and in the former two was an anient supporter of the candidacy of James G. Blaine for the presidency. He serveil for twelve years as a nieml>er of tlie Kepublican national committee and was a familiar fi^re at every territorial convention of his party. He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of tlic state of Woahtngton and took a prominent part in the performance of the bnportanl work of that body. Upon the admission of the state he was the choice of many members of his party for the goveniorebip, bnt he resolutely refused to become a candidate for tills position. Dr. Minor was a forcible and eloquent speaker and his influence throughout the state was very great. It can fairly be said tliut tio man look a greater part than he in laying Uie foundations aail shaping the early development of the commonwealth of Washin^on.

ItAORAN. Robert, Au excellent example of the energetic young business men who are creating for Seattle industrial enterprises upon which the future growth and development of the city must depend, is found iu the person of ex-Mayor Robert Moran. Although less than sixteen years have passed since he came to Seattle, he may be classed among Ihe pioneer manufacturers of the city. He was among the first to lead the way in this regard, and such has been bis success that to-day he is the directing spirit of an establishment which has l>een an important factor in the material growth of the cily, and promises lo be a still greater power in its future pros- Mr. Moraii was born in the city of New York on January 2(1, lH.'i7, and in that city secureil his education and mastered the tra<le of a machinist. In \»''> he came to the Tacific coast. He first .slopped ;it San Francisco, but seeing no opening there for a man pos.scssed of no capital but energy and nieclianica! skill, be soon left that city for the Sound. He .irrived at Seattle in the fall of l«7."i, without money and among strangers. The cit}- was then a sniall hamlet with less than t\so thousand inhabitants, aitd avenues of employment were \*ery limited. Young Worau, however, was impressed with the site of Ihe city and despite the cheerless outlook at the time decided to remain. He sought and was given employment as engineer on one of the vessels engaged in trade between the Sound ports anrt Alaska.

In IH»2 his mother, brothers and ;.istcrs came to Seattle, lie then quit steam- Iwating and. together with his brothers, started a sniall machine shop, locating it on Vesler's wharf. They had very limited capital but all were practical mechanics, and by good management Ihcy soon built up a jirofitalile business, which they were conducting on a large scale at liie lime of the great fire of June U, ItiSlI, which completely destroyed their plant, entailing a loss of over |»40,0(M). Hardly had the smoking embers cooled before they commenced to rebuild their establishment on a larger scale, in the southern part of the city, adjoining the plant of the Seattle Dry Dock and Shipbuilding company, in which enterprise Moran Brothers are large stockholders. Temporary shops were erected and in operation ten days after the fire. Later on, the present foundry and machine shops were completed, the new works being completed over the temporary shops, and the change made from the old to the new without a day's loss of time. The present works are the largest on the Pacific coast north of San Francisco. Mr. Moran is also secretary uid treasurer of the Moran-Durie Supply company. Adjoining the foundry is the ship-yard and marine railway of the Seattle Dry Dock and Shipbuilding company, of which Mr. Moran is vice president and manager. The marine ways have the facilities for hauling out and repairing the largest vessels plying on the waters of Paget Sound and add greatly to the commercial importance of Seattle. At the ship-yard of this company was built for the city the steam fire hosit Snogualmie, an admirably constructed boat and the most powerful in the west.

During late years Mr. Moran has taken a pronjinent part in public affairs. In 1887 he was elected a member of the city council from the Fourth ward, and in the following year was chosen mayor. Such satisfaction did he give as chief magistrate of the city that he was re-elected in 1S8!) to the same office. During his first term occurred the great fire of June 0, 1H.S<», and upon hini fell the diflicult task of maintaining the peace and bringing order out of chaos. Throughout that memorable day he personally assumed the direction of affairs, and, with no thought of self, devoted his whole time to the relief of the destitute and the protection of property saved from the devouring flames. The situation of the city immediately after the fire was such as to call for vigorous action. The entire vicious element of the city was unhoused and scattered through the residence quarter. In their destitution they would have committed depredations except for the prompt action of Mayor Moran in organizing a proper force of special policemen and asking for the assistance of the militia. At the memorable meeting of citizens held the next morning after the fire Mayor Moran presided and his enthusiastic support of the measures there adopted had great influence in restoring confidence among the people. He favored re-building and re-modeling the streets, restrictions as to building in the fire district and other measures, which were finally carried out, and which have made the present Seattle such an improvement upon the old. In all of the important work devolving upon him as the chief magistrate of the city during and immediately following the fire he displayed remarkable executive ability and an earnest zeal worthy of the highest praise.

Mr. Moran is a Republican in politics. Smce the expiration of his second term as mayor he has refused to take part in political aflairs and has devoted his whole time and attention to his extensive business interests which are rapidly assuming large magnitude. The success he has achieved in business has been very gratifying and the city has been a large gainer by his endeavors. In the management of his private business afl'airs he has shown a high order of executive ability and the prosperous condition of the enterprises with which he is connected is largely due to his energetic exertions. He is warmly attached to the home of his adoption and takes

ROOKBS, Ai^EHT M., until recently postmaster at Seattle, was born in Galena, *-* Illinois. September 2, IM2, and is the son of Samuel M. and Julia B. (Jon* Brookes. His father, an artist, was among the pioneers of Milwaukee, Wisconsi Dnrinf; the infancy of our subject liis parents mo\~eil to Chicago and when he w three years of age the family located in Milwaukee. Wisconsin. Here he was educated I at the Milwaukee academy and continued to reside until he entered the service of his 1 country.

Upon the call of President Uncoln for three hnmired thousand men lo preserve I the Union, A. M. Brookes was anionj; the first in his city to resptoiid, ami on August i 16, 1882, he enlisteil in Compauy K, Twenty.fourth Wi.scousiu infantry, which ^ to the front under the couunand of Colonel Larrahee. Mr. Brookes served for I three years. His division was Rrst under command of General Nelson, and aAerwanls under General Pliil, SheridaiT until the latter was transferred to Vir^nia. He ] ticipated with his command in all of its engagements, many of them among the niost desperate which took place during the war, and during the entire periotl of his en!i:itment never missel a day's service, ITpon the expiration of his time of service he came to California to join his parents, who had etiiigrated there in 1863.

Upon his arrival in San Francisco Mr. Brookes secured a clerkship in the poslofSce, where he remained twelve years and gained a most vhIubIiIc experience in postal a&irs, an experience which made it possible for him to conduct the Seattle office with Huch eminent satisfaction to tile people of Seattle, In IfiTT he resigned his position in tile Son Francisco posloffice and came to Seattle, where he embarked in the commission business with S, Ba^itcr, a brother-in-law. under the firm name of S. Ba.vter&Co, In iSHT, he removed with his family to Black Diamond, where he was engage<l in the mercantile liusincs.-i. In 1S.S7 he rftunicd to Si-altle and bfcanie president of the Northwestern Cracki-r company, n position be still retaiiiis imd in whicll company he owns a conlrolliuf; interest. Utsidi-.s this cut t'q>rise. which has lit-conic

In January, liSlli, Mr. Brookes resigned tlie ofliee of poslma.ster to accept the position of casliier of the Boston National Bank. The Seattle Telegraph, a paper politically representing a party opposeil to Mr. Brooks. In its issue of January ;;4th, I81II. thus highly endorses his discharge of the duties of postmaster:

'* By the resignation of Postmaster Brookes, Seattle will lose an energetic, efficient and ol)liging official. Since taking the position he has filled it with great credit to himself, and with advantage to the city and government. Our postoffice is necessarily crowded with work. In a rapidly growing city the nee<ls of the office constantly increase, and the facilities allowed the postmaster are never fully adequate. This involves continuous effi>rt to accommodate the public. Mr. Brookes has experienced this difficulty and has overcome it as fully as possible. Under his guidance the affiiirs of the office have been very well administered. Our people can only hope that his successor may equal him in efficiency, and will wish Mr. Brookes the fullest success in the new line of labor and usefulness to which he is turning his attention."

"The Seattle public will unanimously regret the contemplated retirement of Mr. A. M. Brookes, from management of the jmstoffice. During his incumbency the office has not more rapidly grown in volume of business transacted than advanced in efficiency in detail and general management. It is in fact a model office, so recognized by the people here and the <lepartment at Washington. By long familiarity with every detail of postal management - obtained by years of ex])erience in the San Francisco j>ostoffice - Mr. Brookes was amply (jualified to assume charge of an office in this growing city. This experience combined with first-class executive ability and a zealous pride in his duties, has given the ])e()ple of vSeattle an administratiou of which both they and he are deservedly proud.

"Postmaster Brookes will retire with the crinsciousness of having ably and with fidelity performed a ditTicult ])ublic trust. His successor, whoever he may l)e, will enter upon an office well appointed and well coinlucted. lie will be welcomed heartily and be judged exactly in the measure of results achieved. The office is no sinecure. It requires brains and industry, both of which the public hope to recognize in the new incumbent."

These expressions indicate how Mr. Brookes' administration of his important public office was regarded (dike by i)olitical friends and by political opponents.

Mr. Brookes was married in IST.I to Miss Laura Ilannath of Santa Rosa, California. He and his wife are members of St. Marks church, and in the social life of Seattle they hold a j)roniinent i)osition.

I OWMAN, James D., was born at Leitersburg, Maryland, October 5, 1856, and is a son of Daniel S. and Caroline (Lytle) Lowman. His father is of German and his mother of English descent. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and after graduating from the high school taught for one year. In 1877, at that time being twenty years of age, he came to Seattle, where he secured employment as assistant wharfma.ster on Yesler's wharf and was thus employed for four years. He then purchased one half interest in the book store of W. H. Pumphrey, which for two years was continued under the firm name of Pumphrey & Lowman. At the expiration of this period he purchased Mr. Pumphrey 's interest and for two years conducted the business alone. He then organized a stock company and by absorbing the job printing plant of Clarence Hanford, established the corporation known as the Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing company, of which he has since been president and principal stockholder.

In 1886 Mr. Ivowman was appointed trustee of all of Henr>' L. Yesler's property and assume<l its entire control and management. This was at a time of general depression lUroughoiil the entire Sound country. Real estate was in little demand, the value of EecurilieB Imd womlcrfiilly decreased and the busiuess outlook wm lu iTOm encouraging. Mr. Vesler's properly, tbroiigb the large etiterprises which be had heeu carrying ou and the general stagnation of busine&s, had become hesviljr PDCumbered, and he reciuired the assistance cf a man of more than ordinary business Mgacitj to bring hia alTairs to a successful issue. It was at such a lime that Mr, lawman assumed this important trust, and the results of his labors are well known to Seattle's business commuuity. Under his energetic and capable managetnent Mr. Vealet's property has become, within Ihe space of four years, from a condition uf almost insolvency to Iw tlie most valuable held by any individual in Seattle. Thi* has been accomplished, notwithstanding great and severe losses by the fire of June 6, 1880, which destroyed a large portion of Mr. Yesler's property. Since thai date Mr. Lowman has erected ou I'ionecr Place, in the very heart of Seattle, three of Ihc finest iiuildiugs in the city, aggregating a cosl of nearly f4i)ll.()0l), while the improvements Ue has carrieil ou iu other parts of the city will aggregate many tbonsaitd dollars more. He also organised Ihe Yesler Coal, Wood and I.umber compau) , built and has since operated a sawinill on Lake Washington, which is reached by Ihe Seattle, Lake Shore & Bastem railroad, where he lias bad platted and laid out the townsite of Yealer. To all of the work incident lo Ihe carrying on of the business these enterprises created was added iu 1SH7 the duties pertaining to the adniiui^trator of Mrs. Yesler's estate, to which position Mr. Lowman was then appointed. The manifold duties which Mr. I»wuidn has been called upon to perform in the nianagc-- mcnt of the vast and deveraified property interests intrusted to his care have taxed his time and energies to the utmost, but that he has been fully equal to the demand is an assured fad. The general prosperity which Seattle has enjoyed during the teat . two or three years has greatly aided him in hia plans, but that to his untiring energy and superior business j^neralship the greater share of t!ie credit is due for the high deitree of success aitiiiued is conceded by those most intimately acqu.-iintod with the work lie has perfonned.

Notwithslandiug tlie exacting demands of his other work, he h.is managed to find liuie to devote to private business affairs. Besides the coutrollinf! interest and presidency of the Lowman S llanfoni Stationery and I'rinting company, he is trustee and secretary of the Ilcnny Hotel conlp.iny ; trustee and main stockholder in the Steam Heat and I'owcr company : and trustee in the Guarantee I.oau and Tmsl company, the James Street Kleclric and Cable Railway company, and llie Washiuj;- ton National bank. He was also for two years prior to the (ire of June. l><>fl>. one of the three trustees who bad the management of Ihe Occidental hotel.

Mr. Lowman was married in 1881 to Miss Mary R. Emery, of Seattle, and has recently completed a delightful home on the corner of Eleventh and Marion streets.

of adult age born upon the Pacific coast. He is a native of Oregon and a grandson on the maternal side of Robert Moore, who came across the plains in 1842 and settled in the Willamette valley, and who figures prominently in the pioneer history of Oregon, having been one of the organizers and an officer under the first civil government established west of the Rocky Mountains. He was a man of great force of character, well educated and by nature and training well adapted to lead and direct the forces of civilization in the remote west. During the entire period of the provisional government, as the government of the settlers was termed in Oregon, which existed until the government of the United States was extended over the territory, Mr. Moore rendered efficient service in the maintenance of law and order, and was one upon whom the settlers in this trying and dangerous period relied with absolute confidence and trust. He located his claim upon the site now occupied by Linn City, where he lived, honored and respected until his death.

The parents of our subject, Ronald C. and Elizabeth J. (Moore) Crawford, came to Oregon in 1847 and settled near Oregon City, where their son, Samuel, was born in 185o.

Ronald C. Crawford is a brother of Medoreni Crawford, who, with Dr. Elijah White, crossed the plains in 1842 and settled in the Willamette valley, and was a member of the first territorial legislature. He has done much in the way of preserving a record of the early pioneer days in Oregon, his public addresses before the Oregon Pioneer Association in 1881 and his contributions to the press at various times throw much light on the earliest attempts to carry civilization to the shores of the Pacific.

In 1862 the family of Ronald C. Crawford removed to the Walla Walla valley, Washington Territory, and two years later to Walla Walla. In 1864 Ronald C. Crawford was appointed deputy collector of internal revenue for Oregon, and for the next five years the family lived a portion of the time at Oregon City and later at Salem. In the public schools of these two cities, and, for a brief period, at the Willamette University, the principal part of the education of our subject was received.

With his parents young Crawford, in the fall of 1869, removed to Olympia, Washington, where his father engaged in the furniture manufacturing business. Here for two years he attended school, but in September, 1871, entered the printing office of the Washington Standard to learn the printers' trade. He remained in this office four years. In the meantime his parents had moved to a farm in Lewis county and the support of the family largely fell upon him, and, that he might fully discharge his duty in this regard, he not only worked during the day but spent his evenings engaged upon work for the public printer. In 1875 he was elected enrolling clerk in the territorial legislature, at which time his father was a member of the legislature rpon retirinj; from new5,paper work Mr. Crawfonl, in couuectiou wilb Charles T, Coiiover, who ha<l also formerly l>een cniploye<l upon the Poil-lntcUigfHce'. ffirnifii a ro-jiartuer^hip in the real estate liusiuess. Both of them thoroujjhly known place they determined npon a >wcd. and thai is lo handle nolliing net their business .is other lines of lich savored of the methods which le in all parts of the conulry. The confideiiCL- of the jieople and hav; business which has suffered perhaps more than any other through disreputable practices of dishonest men. They have spent large sums of money in advertising the advantages of Seattle and the resources of Washington and their work in this direction has had a far reaching effect in attracting capital and aiding in the development of this section of the country. In this regard, as well as in hearty co-operation with all honorable means to advance the good of Seattle, they are always foremost.

Mr. Crawford is not only a hard worker but a man of fine business capacity. His life from early boyhood has been one of incessant activity, and in every position in which fortune has placed him he has most admirably discharged every obligation placed upon him. His faith in the city of his home and his steadfast loyalty to its interest has ever been marked in his career, and no one has more willingly devoted of his time and means to advance her material welfare. The substantial success which has rewarded his effortt in business has placed him, while young in years, in affluent circumstances and broadened his opportunities to still further contribute to the good of the community in which his lot is cast. As one of the native sons of the Pacific coast, he has reflected honor upon his sturdy ancestors who braved all the dangers and suffered all the privations of the remote West to make possible the rich inheritance of their posterity.

Mr. Crawford was married April .*{0, iSfK), to the youngest daughter of Dr. M. F. Clayton of Sacramento, California. The only child of his wife by a former marriage, a son of ten years, is not only a loved and cherished member of his family but will be henceforth known as I'rank Clayton Crawford.

IVAcNAUGHT, J. F. During the last decade the Pacific Northwest has witnessed a growth and development which has been remarkable even in this age of wonderful material progress in all parts of the United States. It has given an opportunity for the acconiplislinient of extraordinary results in every department of human activity, such as have been unequaled in any other period of the nation's history. Men of great natural ability allied to pluck and energy have achieved within the space of a few years what formerly crowned a long life of patient, well-directed effort. The state of Washington is conspicuous in this regard, and within her borders are scores of young men who lack many years of being in the prime of their powers, but who already have gained distinction in the world of finance and business and whose original capital consisted solely of natural ability and intense activity. Joseph Fletcher McNaught belongs to this category and this story of his career is not only illustrative of the possibilities of this "Sunset Land" of the Pacific, but is a deserved tribute to his worth and character.

He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and was born in McLean county, Illinois, August 17, 1855. When he reached the age of eleven years, his father, a farmer and stock raiser, died, and from that time until he left home to finish his education he worked on the farm in summer, enjoying at Lexington, Illinois, the usual school advantages of a farmer's son during the winter months. At the age of eighteen he entered Wesleyan university, in his native state, from which he graduated in June, 1877. He then finished a course in the law department of the university of Michigan at Ann

Arbor. At this time Jsnies McNaught, an eW^r brotlier, wlioee biography appears etsewbere ia this volume, had become tirmly established in an exteuaive legal businessat Seattle, and upou Lis invitation to join him in the practice of law. our subject moved to this city iu July, IR7H. Two months later he was aiUoitted to the bar and with his brother formed the firm of McNaught Brothers. James McNaught at this time liad acquired a legal repulation such as commauded the most lucratiTe practice in the territory of Washington, and the new Una at the start had a business which taxed to its utmost the energies of both partners. In 1881 E. P. I-'crry, the present governor of Washiiigton, became a partner, and two years later John H. Mitchell, son of the senator from Oregon, joined the firm, when it became known under the well-remembered style of McNanght, Ferry, McNaught & Mitchell. When Mr. Ferry retired to take an active part iu the management of the Puget Sound National bank and James McNaught went to St. Panl as [he assistant genei al solicitor of the Northeru Pacific railroad, Joseph formed a partnership with Jndge Roger S. Greene, C. H. Hsnfoni. present United States district j udge, and John H. McGraw. under the firm name of Greene. McNaught, Hanford St McGraw. With these gentlemen McNaught remained actively engaged iu professional work until February, 1884. at which time failing health, owing to severe overwork, forced him to take a respite from professional labor. During the ten years he was in active practice his firm under its differevt styles had been doing the largest business of any firm on the Sound, and our subject, allliougli the youngest member, never shirked the laboring oar iu work or responsibility. The result of such steady, persistent endeavor, although Jl brought a degree of success both professionally and pecunarily in every way gratifying, wa* too severe for his naturally rugged constitution. A brief rest, however, fully restored his health and when he wba ready to begin work again he found that the real estate be and his brother had acquired during the years they had been engaged in legal practice in Seattle liad become so valuable that he determined to devote his entire time to its management and development. This departure opened a field of operations in which he had already shown rare jurlgemeul during his professional career. Now that he was able to relinquish the ilriidgery of his profession and devote his entire attention to real estate operations his genius for finaucicriug became at ouce apparent, aud his financial success from that time to the present has beeu most remarkable.

In the work of organi/iuf; syndicates aud enlisting capital in various enterprises he lias had no superior in the Northwest. The successful management of his own and his brother's pro])erties constitutes only a limited share of the work he has accomplished. A simple enumeration of the corporations which lie has beeu largely instrumeiilal in creating during the last two years, in all of which he is a large slockboldcr and of which he is either manager or president, will fully give an idea of llis abilities as an organi/er and manager of extensive enterprises. These corporations are as follows: McNaught Land and Investlnenl company, capital f4(HJ,(MNt-, McNaught Townsite compjuiy, caphal Jl(KI,iKMt; I,ake Wa-shington Beh Line company, capital fli<)0,«Oli; Uroadway luvestineut company, capital fHKl,tHtll; Terminal Syndicate company, capital f.)iKI,tM(U; McNaugbt-Collins Improvement company, capital J.a)(l,lHKI; Puget Sound Union Slock Yard company, capital fUl.lKRI; Seattle Silver Mining conipany, capital $10<),(K)(); and the Talisman and Stalwart Consolidated company, capital |1, 000, 000. He was also one of the most active promoters and is now one of the largest stockholders in the James Street Trunk Line Railway, and is a stockholder and director in the Bank of Commerce. All these enterprises, aggregating a large amount of capital and representing varied and vast interests, owe much of their succees to Mr. McNaught's aggressive energies and rare business generalship. When to the constant and unremitting attention the successful management of all of these interests require from Mr. McNaught, we add his exertions in behalf of every project to advance the prosperity of Seattle, his efforts in the way of building and beautifying and rendering it a city of homes, we surely have presented the career of a very busy, a very useful, and a remarkably succeessful man. His talents for financiering, the creation and carrying on of great business projects are universally conceded, and his connection with an enterprise commeuds it to j)ul)lic support. He is quick to grasp any business project toward which his mind is turned, and is fertile and original in supplying means to meet every emergency. Whatever he undertakes he goes at with a determined energy which seemingly has not stopped to think of defeat. He has the executive ability and the ix)wer of so systematizing the details of his many and varied projects as to conduct them without friction and of keeping plainly in view the entire progress and requirement of each business enterprise. He possesses that boldness in business methods necessary to the highest success, and which only comes to those who are complete masters of the work they have to do and who have confidence in their own judgment. Such are a few of the striking characteristics which distinguish Mr. McXaught. At a time when most men have barely commenced their career he has gained a prominent place among the most successful business men of the Pacific Northwest and now with abundant means to carry on his numerous projects and meet every financial responsibility his future is bright with promise, not only with results to himself but as a powerful factor in the development of his adopted city and state.

Mr. McNaught was married in December, 1SS7, to Miss Jennie E. Hodge, daughter of U. S. Hodge, a merchant of Danvers, Illinois. They have had two children, Helen H. the eldest, and Carl Shelby McNaught.

Politically, Mr. McNaught is a Republican; but, although he has positive views as to the conduct of public affairs and is a strong believer in the principles of his party, he has no taste or inclination for political life. The management and development of extensive business interests offer to one of his temperament a far more con - genial field.

)V/IETCALFK, J.vmks B. The bar of vSeattle has kept pace with the onward and upward march of the city in material greatness and toward metropolitan dignity, and to-day the members of the legal profession of the city are in no sense surpassed by those of any city on the Pacific coast. To hold by universal consent a leading position at the Seattle bar is, therefore, no enii)ty distinction. This position James B. Metcalfe has acquire<l, and a sketch of his career very i)roperly belongs to any record of the representative members of the Seattle bar.

He v/as bom ill Adtitna county, Mississippi, January 15, IS40. His riith«T, Oren Metotlfr, waa a planter atvl of English ilCKcent, while his mother was of Irish ancestry. On Ijoth the palcrnnl ami malcmnl side for many generations back ht numbers amongllis nncestore men who were eminent in the learned profeieions. Up to the one of ten J ycors his edncation was comlucled under the direction of a private tutor and from thai J period until the hrealciuy out of the war helweeii the slates he attended tile public J school, and up to the period named he had already become well advnnced in Hn^Hsb and scientific branches of study.

At the age of fifteen he enlisted lu Uie Confederate service. joiniuR the Tenth Mi»-1 siasippi Cavalry. Hia firet service was in defense of Mobile, Alaliama. acting a commissioned officer of his company. For a time he scri'til under Ihe ilariii}; cavalry lender General N', B. Forrest, and in his coittniand participated in many memorablefl eiiifB^feraentH. He reiunined in active service until the war closed, enduring; tbea extreme hardships and privations which befell tlie Soutliem army during ilie last two J years of the ){reat stni};)fle. He was pEtroletl at Jackuin, Mississippi by Geiicml K. 1 S. Canhy, in 1865.

Aflcr the close of tlie war he relumed to his old home in Mississippi, and with hi^arl in which there lingered little of bitterness, he bravely took up tile ta^k oCl crcatitig a new fiiture for himself and of restoring the fallen fortunes of his family. T For eight years he worked most industriously, a part of the time in mercnntilc pur- V snit» and later in a banking house at Natcher.. At the latter place he coninicncett'f reading law in tlie office of Hon. Ralph North, spending all of his leisure nii when not employed at the bank in acquiriitg legul knowletlge. The opportiiiiities fbr''! advancement in llie Soutli at this period of his career were limited, anil his impulsive, enerKCtic nature led him to seek a toiger field (or liis active tempenuueiil. With thin ill view he came to San Francisco, California, in 1M73, where, for about a year, he was employed In the Pacific bank of that city. He then entered the law oifice of Itartlett 8c Pratt, and at the end of a year's hard study was admitted to practice by the supreme court of Califonii;!. .\t this linn- the finii ..fHiirtU-ll X: Pnilt «iis ilissolve.l ;ind the yoiinn atli.nuy foniuii :i <-o.pjirliKTship with the juiii..r niunibtr of liic old firm. H..ii. I,. Trail, uiiiUt llif linii iiauK' of I'r.iH ^: Mttcalff, rroiii thiit time until lie left Sail l-raiK-isco lo locate it. Scattlv, liv wa> engaged in an f-iU-nsiv..- and lucrative practice. His abilities as a lawyer were ra|)jdly pushing him f.irwanl ti) !i Commanding p maintain his position but has still further added to his repuUition as a most able lawyer in every line of litigation. He continued in practice alone some three or four years, when he formed a co-partnership with Junius Rochester, under the finn name of Metcalfe & Rochester. For some two years they were associated together, bein^j employed in many of the most important cases trie<l in the territory. It was during this period that General Metcalfe won, perhaps, his greatest victory as a jury lawyer. It was in the homicide case of Washington Territory vs. Miller, which is found extensively reported in Volume III of the Wa.shington Territory Reports. This case attracted wide attention, while popular predjudice against the accused was so strong and Nnndictive as to make it difficult to secure a fair and imi)artial hearing. For two years and a half it was l>efore the courts, and in the no less than four trials which occurred in that period, every inch of the groun<l w.is fought with great skill by able lawyers in l>ehalf of the Territory. Unremitting zeal an<l ahiiost unrequited toil - for the defendant was poor - were brought lo bear upon the case by f leneral Metcalfe and his able partner, and the final accjuilUil of their client was regarde<l as one of the most l)rilliant victories in the history of criminal cases in the Northwest. Oeneral Metcalfe's appeal to the jury was a most masterful effort, while the entire handling of the case on the part of the defense evinced the most thorough knowledge and application of the law.

In 1887 (jcneral Metcalfe was appointed by ffOvernor Seni])le the first Attorney General of Washington Territory, in which office he served with honor and credit until the admission of the territory as a state. During the great fire of June <», 1889, he .suffered the entire loss of his law library, which at that time was one of the most valuable private collections of law books in the city. This disaster only .served to bring out the enteri)risiiig spirit of the man. Almost before the fire had cea.sed its destructive work he secured the lease of a lot on Third street, where he has since erected a three-story business block, known as Temple Court. In this building, after forming a co-partnership with C. W. Turner and Andrew I'\ Burleigh under the firm name of Metcalfe, Turner ^s: Hurleigh. he established new quarters which they equipped with probably the largest and most complete law library in the Northwest. Mr. Burleigh has recently retired from the firm, General Metcalfe and Mr. Turner continuing together under the finn name of Metcalfe & Turner. The practice of this firm has grown to be very extensive and pertains largely to business connected with corporations and general connnercial law, among its clients being numbered some of the largest corporations in the State of Washington.

Outside of his profes.sion General Metcalfe has been in many ways a mo.st useful citizen of Seattle. His influence has been felt in every direction which promised to advance the material welfare of his adopted city, and his labors have been entirely devoid of purely selfish desire to advance his personal interests. During the period of the anti-Chinese agitation in Seattle, he was Lieutenant of Company D, National Guard, and was in active service through this memorable crisis of the city's history. Public excitement at this time was at fever heat, and on the evening of the day on which occurred the riot, which was attended with the killing of one man and the wounding of several others, he was detailed to post the guards, the city being then under martial law. It was a very critical time and the undertaking was one of no little danger, as the .streets were filled with throngs of excited men. Exercising patient firmncsa, however, lie nccouiplislieil tlie tlulics imposed upon liini with grntifying suc-^ cesB. He served with hin cutnpfuiy (rotii tlie time martia] law was proclaimed until f the arrival of t^niteiJ Slntes troops, when il was relieved from duty. It shouUl here be 1 Btated that Geoeral Metcalfe is a man of f^M personal hravery. This was slrikinxly T shown oil an iiniuiuiill]' cold iii^ht in February, 1^7, when he anil a companion, Hon. I). M. Dmnilieller. tlien attentling the territorial legislature from Bpokaue Fall^ ] wcrt about to take the steamer at the Olympia wharf. The deck of tlie steamer w eovereil with ice, which in the ilnrkness was not perceived, and Mr. Dnmiheller slipped I and fell into the water. Without a moment's hesitation, General Metcalfe plunged itt after his friend tind at the risk of his own life auved tliat of his companion.

He was one of (he originators, and from its inception to its completion, was ] one of the most active promotors of tlie parent cable line of Seattle, known i the Vesler avenue line, running from near the bay to Lake Washington. H was also one of the delegates from tlie Seattle Chnmber of Commerce to tti

Pacific Board of Commerce wliicti «nce his residence in Seattle he has Iie mote the interests of tlie city and stntt elTbfts in this direction.

General Metcalfe is a Democrat believer in the principles of liin party, partisan. Until within the hist two ye completely engrossed his II behal f of his party in Washingti politics, and while he is an enthusiastic I far from being a hitler or narrow-minded I since which private business affaire have 1 he was one of the most active workere i During 188G he made a thorough canvass the territory in behalf of the Democratic nominee for delegate to Congreiai, and ii every place he spoke his effort was moat bighly coniuiended. One jom^iol in com mentingon his address said: "We have listened to many campaign ar;gtiments, to such men as Nesmith, Raker, John A. Logan and Bob IngersoU: all sides of all questions, but we never heard a belter, clearer or more forcible nrgniiient than Mr. Metcalfe's, Men of iMitli parties complimfnt him on Ihf facl th.it thtrt was nothing of a persoiKi! nature in his spctLli. :ind we, fur the nfini>iT:it>. of this county, unanimously indorse the Denioonilii- Centr;il amntiiltee in Ihe wiwloiu of their choice in sending us Mr. Metcalfe." In fiicl, so fuv.Miil.lo uas the inipresi-ioii he credited thronghout the territory at this lime that lw<. >cars later si-veral of the leading pai>ers of the territory presente.1 his name as their candiilale for ddcgati- to L'onyress. Tlie Se.altlc />a!/jr Press thus strongly urged his selection: ci>iicerning the ,^^pirations of woiilil- he statesmen in Democratic circles Icail us to sni.'i;cst lo the leaders of that partv, in King county, that whoever our new <kleK.ite mt.\y he he ought to hail from this side of the monntiiins. and we hojie that he may pos^e-s the ri-qui.-^ites of a -itatesm.iii

, aud po.^sess such jwrsonal I liis rolleagiios in Congress. Ihe name of Hon. James 1 a.s.seni1>1ed lo nominate a leral Metcalfe would bcthe i' use of his name. Hut lie unswerving fealty to his candidate, Hon. C. S. Voorhees, who was placed in nomination by him in a speech which carried the convention by storm. Throughout the hotly waged campaign which followed, General Metcalfe was almost constantly on the stump, and everywhere he appeared his forcible and eloquent addresses were received with the greatest enthusiasm.

He possesses many qualifications which are essential to an effective public speaker. He is a man of fine presence, has a strong and flexible voice and is impressive and dignified in manner. He hiis a fluent command of language and a fertile imagination, which, accompanied with an earnest and impassioned delivery, never fails to arrest and hold the attention of his hearers. His style is ornate, but nothing in force is lost by his evident purpose to make every sentence pleasing in its effect. In many public addresses, outside the lines of his profession, he has thoroughly established a reputation as a speaker of unusual power and grace.

He possesses the qualifications which eminently fit him for public life, but thus far his devotion to his profession has been so absorbing and his private business affairs have been so exacting as to prechide any gratification of any ambition, however worth v, he niav entertain in that direction.

He was married in 1H77 to Miss Louise Boarman of San Francisco, and is the father of two sons, one ten and the other four years of age. Social and genial in nature and thoroughly devoted to his family, he finds his chief pleasure within his own home and in association with close and intimate friends.

CDWARDS, John Whitk, was born about thirty miles from Ottawa, province of Ontario, Canada, A])ril 2, 1S8(>, and is a son of James Kdwards, who was bom in Portsmouth, England, and at an early age came to Canada. The youth and early manhood of our subject was spent in Peterborough, Canada, where he received a practical English education. I*or some time he was employed as a book-keeper for a lumber firm. In the spring of 1862, during the Carriboo mining excitement, he came to Victoria, British Columbia, and for one summer worked in the mines. His mining experience, however, did not prove successful, whereupon he returned to Victoria, and during the following fall built a stone beacon on Canoe Island near Plumper pass, which is still standing. He then went to Barclay sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, where he was employed for some two or three years in the lumber business. After the mill in which he was employed was closed he returned to Victoria and .secured a position in the lumber mill of W. P. Sayward as book-keeper and salesman, being thus engaged until the fall of 1867, when he obtained a similar position in the Port Madison sa^^'mill. continuing in such relation until 1873, when he assumed charge of the mill and conductetl it for two years. In 1875 he moved to Seattle and during the following year secured a position as book-keeper, cashier and correspondent in the Port Blakeley mill owned by William Renton, where he remained for six years, and during this time nmch of the responsibility connected with the conduct of the mill fell upon him. In the fall of 1882 he permanently located at Seattle. At this time the city had begun a period of rapid development and speculation was at fever height. He embarkei) in a general real estate business, and at the end of a year hftil become possessed of considerable property. The general collapae which occunwl aft«r the Villard failure seriously ajfecteil hiin, but he waa among the very few real estate men who did not abandon the husinessdnringUie dark daystliat followed. He iDftiiBged to hold his property and since tlie last two or three years of great prosperity by shrewd investment and speculation he has acquired a handsome competency. He now ownes considerable valuable iii-iide property and in connection with Mr. Post has ercted u line business block on upper Front street known a.* the Post-Eilwards building. Mr. Udwatiis is reRarded as one of Seattle's most reliable and trtislwortlly citi- £ens. a man of perfect integrity of cliaracler and possesses the respect ami confidence of all who know him. He has been in Seattle duriikg the most important years in its history and lias ever been ready to do his full share towards advancing its funeral prosperity. He was married in 18K2 to Mrs. Eliuibelli Hufton, a native of Nottingham, England. They hai'e one liaugliter. They have a pleasant home on Twelfth street in tlii^ moat ilesirable residence portion of Seattle.

UUdL, GEorob A., was born near Nashville, Tennessee, in 1S42. His father, Robert C. Hill. WAS n physician and also an active Baptist clergyman, who citisscd the plaiiiH in 1850 for California. He returned to his home in Missouri in IS'SS and brought his family back with him, settling in Linn county, Oregon. He was an old-time Whig and took an active part in politics, serving in the state legislature of Oregon for

Our subject workeil upon a farm until he reached hi.s sex'enteenth year, gaining in the meantime, principally at .\lbany. Oregon, such a common school education as the place afforded. At the age of nineteen he taught school for one term at .\lbaiiy, after which he went to Kastern Tdaho and for three years worked in the niines. He then returned to Albany, where for six years he eng.iged in (he drug business. During this period he ser^'eil ils a niendier of the city council, and for two years was county clerk. In the meantime he read law at home, and so arduously did he prosecute his business affairs and menial work that his health failed. In hope of regaining his health he then embarked in stock fanning in Basterci Oregon, nii<l for three years fol. lowed this business. Ili<1ian troubles, as well as failure in crops, made this venture a very dis-istrous one, and at the end of the perioil mentioned he had not onlj- lost all the money lie had previously acciunulated, but found hitnself heavily in debt. In seeking to retrieve bis fortune he. in 1 HMO. came to Seattle where he h.is ever since residul and where lie h.is gathered a modest share of the general pros]>erity which has comL- to all who have made ati iulelligfUl effort to woo Dame Fortune. In l-<S2he wasarlmilluil to Ihi- tiar, .inii iti l.'*>i4 and again in ISSli was electeil police ma>ristr,ttf ,iiid stTviil throiiyhoul t)i>tl[ tiTnis. He has since been engaged incidentally in the i>r,ioliof of law, devntiiisr his lime, howi-vt-r, priMcijially to such business as relaU-s to land pracliie. He has .lealt quite largdy ill real est.-ite in wliidl he ll.as displayed e\ci-l!eiU judgment and ;u-i[niri-.l a niodt-st eonipclency. The management of hi, private business adairs consumes a greater .share of his time, but lie reaiiily j;ives both of his time and means to public enterprises which have for their object the general good of the city. He is a man of conservative judgment, whose opinions concerning business matters and public policy are generally found to l)e wise. He is a Democrat in political faith, but is not a strict partisan, and believes the management of local affairs should be entrusted to men on the ground of fitness rather than because of party affiliation. He has never been a seeker after public office, and has on several occasions declined to become a candidate when urged to do so by his friends. Personally, Mr. Hill is a man of pleasant address, of generous and kindly instincts and possesses many warm friends, while his integrity of character commands the resp>ect of all who know him.

Mr. Hill was married in 1870 to Miss Julia A. Dregg, only daughter of Jeremiah Dregg, who died in Seattle in 188(). They have had two children, only one of whom is living, a son who is fourteen years of «ige.

CMITH, Dr. P^dward Loom is, of Seattle, was born in Pittsford, Monroe county, New York, in 1840. He was educated in the public schools and at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, New York. He studied medicine at Buffalo, N. Y., and later at the medical college of the Pacific in San Francisco, where he was graduated. He ser\'ed during 1873 and 1874 at Angel Island, California/ with the Twelfth United States infantry. In 1878 he removed to vSeattle, where he has ever since resided. He is a member of the California State Medical society and the American Medical association. He was the last president of the Washington Territory society and the first president of the state society. He is also surgeon to Providence hospital in this city, and is surgeon general on the staff of Governor Ferry.

As a physician Dr. Smith stands in the front rank of his profession in Seattle, and ever since coming to the city he has had a very lucrative practice. He has been greatly prospere<l by fortunate real estate speculations, but it has not induced him to relinquish his professional work, for which he has genuine love. He was married in 1863 to Miss Elizabeth N. Hamilton, and of the two children bom to them, one daughter, Miss Mary H. Smith, a recent graduate of the university of Michigan, survives.

/^ ILMAN, D. H. No better type of the men whose aggressive energy has made ^^^ Seattle, in spite of powerful opposition, the metropolis of Washington, could be selected than Daniel Hunt Gilman. The work of no one man who came to Seattle within the last decade has had a more positive and far reaching influence upon the city*s material growth and development. Coming to the city at a period of stagnation and general business depression, when the people were discouraged and disheartened, he was the first to devise and put into operation plans which restored new confidence in the future of the city and inaugurated an era of phenomenal growth and prosperity, which has continued until the present. He has gained a position of well-earned affluence through the successful culmination of his plans, but the city and state have been the greater sharers in the work he has accomplished.

Mr. Gilmati was tiorli on a farm in tlie town of Levant, Penobscot county, Maine, rebniary S, 1645. .He received a couimon scliool and acedeniic education at the Levant high school and the Host Maine Conference seminary at Bucksport. Leaving school Ht tlie age of eighteen, he taught for tvo terms. In his nineteenth year he enlisted in one ofthe Maine companies of the First District of Columbia cavalry, and WHS made sergeant, in which capacity he served witli his regiment in Kautz's division of cavalry, Amij- of the James, during llie spring and summer of 18ft4, at and around Petereburg, Virginia, being with this division at the time of Nelson's raid on the enemy's communications soutli of Petersburg. He was severely woimded on June 3S. 1804, at the battle of Roanoke Station in a charge upon the Richmond & Danville milrood bridge across Staunton nver, and for seven days rode within the enemy's lines, before he reached a hospital. For four months he remained in llie hospital. In the meantime ught of the Maine companies of the First District cavalry were transferred to the First Maine cavalry and when Mr. Gilman reported for duty he was promoted to be quartermaster sei^-eant of tliis regiment, serving in this capacity until mustered out on August I, 18W5. He was practically all through tlie &mau» siege of I'eterehurg from' early in lt*64 until the final surrender in April, ISIiS. and was frequently under fire.

At the close of tlie war Mr. Gilman went at once to New York city, where for six years he engaged in mercantile pursuits, being connected witli a wholesale dry goods house, and during this period gained ati extensive acquaintance throughout the United States. Later on, he engaged in real estate and other speculation, but finally studied law, and in I8TT graduated from the Columbia coll^^ law school. He was admitted to the bar in New York city, where he practiced his profession until his removal to Seattle in the fall of 18B3. He was adraitted to tlie practice of law iii the courts of Washington Territory at Seattle, but never engaged in the active practice of his profession. The work of developing the rich natural resources ofthe country offering to one of hi.s intensely practical nature a far more fons;enin1 field, he subordinated everything to the t.isk. Al this lime Seattle w!is striving for railrouil connections. Mr, 'C.\\m:m at once look Ix.l.i <>( Ihi^ niatler and nL:uk- a most thorough personal iiivcs- ' tig.itioii of thL- entire country trilmtiiry to Sealtk-. lie «:is :\ man of modest means, but olisiTvaiit. quifk ti) sei' :in oijjiorlunity anil of untiring energy, lie s;iw the profit to which the miworked coal and iron heils in the mountains east of Seattle might l>t turned, lint he loiled alone for a yciir and a hiilf before he succeeded in persiuuling others lo join in building a railroad to these fields. .U lust, in I!S.-t>, he suecee-led ii. the formation of the Seattle. I^ike .Shore Jt ICaslcrn railroad company. With the liacking of a few of Seattle^s most cnten'risiiig eiti/tns he went to New 'S'ork ,ind by sheer force of will and confidenee finally induced capitalists to lake up the project. He then organized llie Pvigel Sound CoiLstruction company and relurneil to Seattle with f.'.(K).()IMI an<l inniiedi.Uely K-gaii llie construction of the" road. This was at a time of a .severe business depression in .Seattle's hislory. and Ihe starting of this eiHer]>rise resnllerl in newly stiniulnting llie flagging courage ofthe people and ga\e a fresli impetus to the city. Later on, the Seattle & I-Xslern Constmclion company, with (UI.IHXt.lWO capital, also look hold of Ihe enterprise and assisteil in tiringing it to its present stage of completion. The history of this undertaking down to the present is told elsew here in this volume, a[id it will not be necessary lo go into <letails. In the development of

Seattle it has been an important factor and to Mr. Gilman credit for its inception and the organization of the forces which made it possible is freely given. He was actively engaged in the management and operation of the road until June, 1887, when he resigned, although he still retains large interests in the enterprise. He is now president of the Seattle & Montana Railroad company, a corporation which is owned and controlled by the Great Northern Railroad company, He is also one of the projectors and builders of the North End electric railway and president of the company.

Toward the prosperity which Seattle has enjoyed during the last few years, it is needless to add, Mr. Gilman has contributed no small share. In the comparatively undeveloped resources of this vast and rich region he found fitting scope for his energies and great talent for creating and carrying out enterprises which require a high order of business generalship. I le pursues whatever he undertakes with a persistency of purpose which seemingly has not sto])ped to think of defeat. He has been remarkably successful in a personal way and has accumulated a handsome fortune as a result of his enteq)rise, keen business foresight and untiring industry. He is a Democrat in political faith, but while he takes an active interest in party affairs and is now chainnan of the Democratic state conunittee. he has never been a candidate for nor does he aspire to any political oflice. lie was married in Seattle on January 9, 1888, to Miss Grace C. Thorndyke, and has a delightful home in the city which his enterpri.se and great business talents have done .so nuich to enrich.

PSHELMAN, J. F. There are few men better known in connection with Seattle, or who have done more to make the claims of the city known to the world than J. F. Eshelman. Coming to the city before it had outgrown the ways, character and population of a good sized eastern village, he has been prominently identified with its interests to its present stalwart growth, and no one hits done more than he to enlist in its development men and capital.

He was born at Springville, (now Florin), lyancaster county, Pennslyvania, August 10, 1852. When he was three years old his parents moved to Canton, Ohio, where he was educated in the public schools and academy. At the age of seventeen years he began his business career in the bank of Isaac Harter & Sons, where he remained nine years, at which time a few of the capitalists of Canton started the banking house of Zollan, Eshelman & Co., which afterwards became the Lake County bank, of Leadville, Colorado. Of this institution Mr. Eshelman was made president at its organization and continued as such after it was succeeded by the First National bank of the same place. During the period of the great mining excitement which followed, Mr. Eshelman so severely taxed his strength by overwork that his health failed, and he was forced to resign the presidency of the bank. For a time thereafter he was engaged in the lumber business in Leadville, but finding the business unprofitable he sold out and started for New Tacoma, Washington Territory. L^pon arriving, however, in this part of the country, he became convinced that Seattle was destined to be the first city of the Sound and acting under this impression he located in this city in 1882. A short time thereafter he fonned a co-partnership with W. H. Llewellyn and others in the real estate business under the finn name of Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co., in which

Mr. Eahelman and Mr. Llewellyn are now sole partners. The operations of this firm ttom tliat time to the present have been conducted on a large scale, and from the start they have been recognizcl leaders in their business in the city. Through them have been consumniateil mnny of the most important real estate transactions in the cily. and no firm more tlioronghly possess the con6dence of the people. Mr. Eshclman, the senior member of the firm, has always been in the for^-ranlc of Seattle's business men in all enterprises to advance the best interests of the dty. Full of energy, possessed of rare busincsa ability and withal of unimpeachable integrity, he has established a reputation iu the community for integrity and probity of character which is unexcelied. The firm of which he is the head, has been a most potent factor in making tlie advantages of Seattle known to the world. They have spent large sums of money in printing anil putting; into circulation descriptive matter coucemillg the city, pamphlets issued by them having reached as high as one million copies per annuni. which h«ve been dblributed all over tins country and Europe. Their efforts in this dirtxtjoti liave hod a most beneficial effect in attracting capital and population to this portion of the country.

Mr. Eahelman, in a petfional sense, has had a most successful career, but the prosperity which baa come to him tlirough his enterprise, energy and superior business foresight has also had a positive influence in promoting the best interests of his adopted home. A man of great public spirit and progressive ideas, he lends his aid and influence to every undertaking of a public character to advance the general good o{ the city. Besides his real estate business, which has gro«Ti to he very extensive, he is largely interested in cable and electric street railways, banks and numerous other business projects, all of which are mote or less connected with the prosperity and development of Seattle. He is a man of pleasing address and affuble manner and is respected and esteemed uo less for his geniality of nature than for intej.'rity and sterling worth of character.

TA/HITl':. IUhrv, a conspicuous feature in Uic (iiisincss life of the Pacific North- - ' west is tile proniini'Ul p;irt liornc by youiiK men. At the head of larj^c laiikiHK houses and of L'xtcnsivc Imsitiiss eiitcqirises may be found men under thirty years of age occilpj'iiig positions whiih in the older Ivist, are rareU- accorded except to men of long experience and of mature years. Tile conditions, however, surrouniUng ol<i settled comiiuiiiitics did mil prfvail in this portion of the country. Here, where every- Ibin^; was mcw. an o]i]iortiiiiily was given for Ihu liispUiy of superior talent without let orliiiiilram-e. Men of the nii.st giiiius in finance, in the creation and development of bnsiiiess ciilcrprises, in the building of railroaiis anil in every de])artnieut of human activity rapidly came lo the front while still imbued with the strength and ardor of youth. an<l h^ive acconiijlislnd results, which the natural conservatism that conies with age would have only marie possible many years later. It has largely been through the younger ekiiient in the coniiiuinily, lliat the I'UKel Sound country has within the last few years made such rapid strides in niaterial development as to attract world-wide attention, iniieed in cvi-ry lity of tlie new .Slate of Washington will lie found in positions of the higliisl responsibility, young men wbo have proven their ability to successfully lead, confidence in whom has l)een warranted by achievement rather than a certificate of age. Seattle furnishes many examples to prove the truth of these assertions, and the career of Harry White, the present mayor of the city, is an individual illustration. Coming to Seattle when only a few years beyond his majority, he has within a period of less than five years not only conducted successfully an extensive business, but to-day occupies the highest office in the gift of the city. No apology is therefore necessary for inserting in this volume devoted to the growth and development of Seattle, a story of his life.

Like that of many of the self-made men of America, his early life was spent on a farm, He was bom January o, 18o{), about five miles from Columbia Junction, Louisa county, Iowa, and is a son of R. A. and Hannah K. (Newbro) White. On his father's side his ancestors were among the early settlers of Virginia, while his mother's family settled at an early day in Pennsylvania. His education, like that of most farmers* sons, was confined principally to the district school until his eighteenth year, when for three months he enjoyed the advantages of tlie Kastern Iowa Noniial School. It is, however, more to hard and ])ersistent self study rather than to any educational institution he owes the thorough knowledge he possesses, not only of the English branches, but of a practical business education.

At the age of nineteen he left home to seek his fortune. Provide<l with a horse given to him by his father, he joined another young man similarly situated and together they fitted up a team and wagon and started West. In March, 1878, they arrived in Hamilton county, Nebraska. Here young White, who had been reared upon a farm and was thoroughly acquainted with fann labor, rented some land which he broke and put in a small crop on shares, and, while not thus engaged for himself, worked for others in breaking land. During the winter following his arrival in Hamilton county, he taught school, and with the proceeds received from this work and the returns from his crops he became possessed of f\ 100. With this sum he purchased from the I'nion Pacific railroad two hundred and forty acres of land, which he put under cultivation, during the summer and during the succeeding winter again taught school. In the fall of 1H<S0 he was elected assessor of his district and the following year was re-elected for a second term, continuing, however, to devote his time principally to the cultivation of his farm, which he brought to a highly productive condition.

While living in Iowa he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the nursery business, which he found an opportunity to utilize in 1883, when he became manager of the York Nursery company at York, Nebraska, a position of great responsibility which he most ably filled for three years. In the meantime, he not only retained his farm, but dealt largely in railroad lands and accumulated considerable capital. At this period he had also become convinced of the great future in store for the Puget Sound country and had made occasional trips to Seattle. In 188() he became interested in the real estate business in Seattle with the finn of A. E. McPhelridge & Co., although not then residing here. In 1887 he removed to Seattle to remain permanently, and founded the real estate and brokerage firm of Harry W^hite & Co., in which his two brothers, Will R. and George W. H. White, are now associated with him. Their success from that time to the present has been remarkable, even in this section of rapid and phenominal development in every line of business. Young, energetic, enterprising and possessed of keen business ability, Uiey at once took a leoiling i position even anion); the older established firms of the city. Strong in the confident ( belief of Seattle's future as tile foremost city on the Sound, they 1>^a.n operatior B large scale, and the results which have followed their exertions have more than vindicated their faith and jtidjjment. They have been the laiKesl local advertisers in Seattle, and for the last three years have expended over J2000 per month in this direction, which, as a factor in attracting capital and population, has been of incalcaable value to the city. Early in their husEness career in Seattle they began purchasing large tracts of land in and adjoining the city, and during the last two years they have handled their own property exclusively. Harry White, the senior uiemlier of the firm, has been tJie leading spirit in all of the operations carried on by the ruin, and lo his energy and business generalship the success attained is largely due. He lias also invested largely in several manufacturing enterprises which depend on the future of Seattle for their success. He was at one time a large stockholder in the Daily Presi Publisliiug company, and was president of the company until the property » sold to its present owners. Indeed, his enterprising spirit has Id hini to assist ] Uberally numerous projects wllich have had for their sole ohject the a the general welfare of the city.

Mr. White lias been an ardent Republican and an active worker in behalf of his I paity. In July, 1889, he was elected a uieiiiber of the city council from the First n-ard ' being the first Republican ever elected from tliat ward. His idcntiUcation with the ] manBgement of munidpal afbirs began at the most important period in the history o the city. The great fire of a few weeks previous had destroyed the most valuable part ^ of the city and all tlie work incident lo rebuilding confronted the nmnicipal authori^ ties. Streets were to be widened, straightened and new grades establisbetl and a lib-- J eral policy of public improvement was to be inaugurated. Mr. White took hold o these important projects with energy ahil detemiination. personally urging upon the council and advocating the course adopted and carried out. which made tlie present Seattle such an improvement upon the old. His efforts met the approbation of the people, which was shown by his nomination and election as mayor in July. |.'<!K>. .At id outgrown the charier under wliich city affairs >r fifteen free-holders was electeil to rlraft a new ilr. White w;is re-iiomiiialtil for mayor, and on a li-nn of two years. The re-organi/ation of all leiil of new Ixmrds :ind the iidoption of the various in confiintiity lo the new charter, have largely ilTice of mayor, and Mr. Wliite's Lisk at the pres^ lie, but he has Ihhmi most successful in meeting e new and novel conditions which confronteil him, unci liy his :iieral discharge of his duties has made his administration strong

At no i)eriod in the history of Seattle have so n; for solution, as \\a\e confronted the city autlloritics nected with the city govcrnlntm. More i ti pro vein uwhile the gnuliiig of streets anil iillier jmhIiL- work i; my important questions com iince Mayor White has been con. Its have liecn carried out than in f water supply lias been settled, the line of street iuiprovements, have not only added to the permanent beauty and wealth of the city but in large measure have given the city, since the fire of June, 1889, a reputation for enterprise which made it conspicuous among American cities. The part Mayor White has borne in this work has been most important. He has been not only untiring in his efforts, but no demand upon his time nor sacrifice of personal interests has for a moment stoo<l in the way of the public good. His business qualifications and executive ability admirably qualify him for public office,, while his integrity of character makes him fearless in the discharge of every duty. Intensely loyal to the city of his home; with unlimited faith in its future greatness, he has already done much to augment its prosp>erity, and in the years to come, with his increasing interest he gives abundant promise of being a still greater factor in Seattle's onward march to commercial and industrial supremacy.

l/'ILBOURNE, Dr. Kdward C. Among the men who have been prominent in the development of Seattle during the last decade, Dr. Kdward C. Kill)ourne deserves conspicuous mention. Coming to the city at tlie most important crisis in its history, he at once became thoroughly identified with its interests, and after acquiring an enviable reputation in his profession he turned his attention to the material advancement of the city, and has since been the creator and promoter of numerous enterprises which have had far-reaching effect upon the growlh and prosperity of the city. He was born in vSt. Johns))ury, Vennont. January 13tli, 1S;")0. Two years after his birth he went with his parents to Aurora, Illinois, where his youth and early manhood were passed. He was educated in the j^ublic schools and afterwards studied dentistry with his father, an eminent <lentist, with whom, later on, he was associated as partner. In 1881 he went to Chicago where he lived until November, 1883, when he came to Seattle. Well equipped, both by .study and experience for his profession, he soon won a large practice and a position at the head of his profession in the city and territory. He was the first secretary of the Washington Dental Association and was one of its principal organizers. He was also the first president of the Territorial Board of Dental Examiners, and, more than any other one person, was instrumental in having passed by the legislature the present dental law, which has been the means of maintaining the standard of the profession and making it impossible for charlatans to obtain a foothold here.

Becoming interested in real estate, Dr. Kilbourne, in 1888, retired from the practice of his profession. During this year he helped to organize the West Street, Lake Union and Park Transit company for the purpose of building an electric railway to the Denny and Hoyt addition, where he was afterward largely instrumental in building up that thriving suburb of Seattle, the town of Fremont. A franchise was secured, but before any further move was made, the company was consolidated with the Seattle Street Railway company, then operating with horses. The consolidated company became known as the Seattle Electric Railway and Power company, which put in operation the first successful electric railway on the Pacific coast. Of this tronipany Dr. Kilboume was first made secrrtary, Inter president, and is now serving as treasurer. He is also general manager of tite Green Lake Electric Railway company and is a director and part owner of tlie Fremont Milling company, the Lake I'nion Transportation company anil the Standard Electric Time conipany. He also organized the Pacific Klectric Liglit conijiany, lieconiing president ami general manager. This company lie sueceeiled in consolidating witli the Commercial Electric Light company, forming the Home Electric company, tlie largest electric lighting company in the city, of which he has since been vice-president and general manager. In all tlie enterprises named. Dr. Kilbonrne has taken a most active part, anil their success is in a great measure due to his eicertioTla. Possessed of fine business qualifications, rare judgment and a high degree of executive ability, his connection with a.liy business project commands for it ready suppori. A man of proverbial enterprise nnd a most energetic worker, he takes pride in mating everything he undertakes a success. Tlie enterprises named, with which be has been so prominently connected, by no means comprise all the directions in which his active ener^es have found an outlet. All agencies which have been starteii witli llie purpose of advancing the material welfare of the dty, or to build up and develop its various industries, find in I>r, Kilboume a most active supporter. He has also found time to devote his attentions to other tlmn the material development of the city, being deeply interested in the Youug Aleu's Christian Association, of which he was elected president in 18110. He was among tlie first to start the movement for raising among the yumig men of the city, a fund of f l:i,00(l, witli which a lot was purchased on which has since been erected the present home of the association, which is one of tlie finest buildings of its kind on the Pacific

Dr. Kilboume, it will be seen, although a young man, has not only acquired by his industry and perseverance a leading position among the men of finance in Seattle, but by a life characterized by sterling integrity has won the respect and confidence of the people. He conspicuously belongs to that class of citiiens who have freely given of their means, generously of their time and unweariedly of their energies t' Seattle's snprcuiacy. and to whom is due its world-wide fame as one of the mos getic and j)rogres.'ii\e cities of the Tnileil States.

this hisl<iry of Se.iitle will be constantly young men to t:ike the lead in its business y in recent years has made it possible for results within the .space of a few M jKirtions of the East have only rewarded : elTorl. 11 is not suq>rising. therefore, to iig in ye:irs al the head of extensive enler- ;ii>ns of ui'll defined power in the financial II 11. LIcHullyn furnishes a notable it in proof of these assertions. At a period when most men have barely laid the foundation of their fortune, he has gaine<l, not only affluence, but a reputation for business sagacity and generalship which place him among the foremost of Seattle's most active and enterprising men. He was bom in Youngstown, Ohio, August 4, 1861, but while quite young his parents moved to Western Pennsylvania, where his early boyhood was passed and where he acquired a practical English education. At the age of fifteen he left home and began life's battles for himself. This was the time of the Leadville mining excitement and hejoined the tide of immigration to that famous Colorado town. Here for a time he was employed as a clerk in a bank, of which his present business partner, J. F. Eshelman, was president. Later on, he was made cashier in a bank at Robinson, Colorado. Here he displayed such an aptitude for financiering that before he reached his majority he was made manager of the institution, discharging his duties in this connection witli a high degree of success until he left to remove to Seattle in 18Hli. Here he innnediately fonned a partnership with Mr. Eshelman, who had preceded him but a short time to the city. They conmience<l a general real estate business, establishing the now widely known finn of Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co., one of the best known finns in the Pacific Northwest, and which has done much to promote the general prosperity of this portion of Puget Sound.

Personally, Mr Llewellyn is a man of great energy, and few in this bu.sy city find their time more thoroughly employed than he. He is interested in mnnerous enterprises outside of his real estate business, being a large stockholder in cable and electric street railways and a director in two banking institutions of the city, and cheerfully lends his aid and influence to further every })ublic project. Naturally a man of genial and affable disposition, he easily wins friends, while his perfect integrity has won the respect and confidence of Seattle's entire business connnunity. He was married in 1888 to Miss Jeanette Cieorge, daughter of J. W. Cieorge, of Seattle. They have one son.

/^^RIPFITH, L. H. Among the men of public spirit, capable of formulating and ^^^ carrying to successful conclusions large financial operations, and whose energy and enterprise have made possible the rapid progress Seattle has experienced within the last few years, L. H. Griffith has been foremost. He has been a leader in and the originator of many projects which have not only demonstrated his excellent business ability, but in large measure have contributed to the city's advancement He was bom in August 1861, and received a liberal education, being a member of the class of 1883, of Cornell college, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Leaving college, however, before graduating he commenced his business career in a clerical capacity in the First National Bank of Fremont, Nebraska. A large part of his time from 1883 to 1886 was spent in traveling and prospecting in Washington Territory. During this period frequent trips were made into the interior and into the mountains, through which a thorough knowledge was gained of the great natural and latent wealth of the country. Through his investigations Mr. Griffith became convinced that the resources of the country were such that it must speedily develop, and that it would be the home of large and prosperous cities. After visiting Spokane Falls, Tacoma and other places, he became convinced that SealUe bad the (greatest promise of becommg Ihe metropolis of Uie Puget Sound region. Uiider IbU coiivicliou he caine to Senttle ia IWWl, and started in the brokerage business, opening a.n office iu tlie Occidental hotel, A short time thereafter he formed s partnership witli Detlis B. Ward under the firm name of Ward Sl Griffith. I'toni the start Mr. Griffith began opcrationa on an extensive scale which have been rewarded with great success. Up to the present time he has most wisely handled over {^.(UO.OIKI which has been entrusted to him for iuvestnteul, and the results have been so satisfactory that the control of this large amount is practically left to hi-s mauagcmenl. His business grew so rapidly that in March 1890, a new company was formed known as The I,. H. Griffith Really ami Banking company, with a paid up capital of j>3(N),0()U, of which Mr. Griffith is president.

Iu the building of the present admirable system of electric street railways in Seattle Mr. Griffitli Iibh been especially active. He was one of the organizers and treasurer ol the West Street, Lake Uuioii and I'ark Transit company which was consolidated with the Seattle Street Railway, forming the present Seattle Electric Railway and I'ower company. At the tinie tlie new company was formed, Novemlier 1, INSa. there was but five miles of track in the city and the sole propelling power waa horses. Preparation was at once made to change the road to au electric system, at which time there were but two lilies of electric railways in successful operation the United States. The experiment was a success, and April T, 1S»',I. tlie Seattle Blectric railroad comuicnced operations, tieing tbe first one of its kind west of the Mississippi river. The company now has twenty-two and one-half miles of road in operation, and when the lines now in process of construclion are fiutshed the mileage will b« greatly increased. Mr. Griffith was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of this enterprise, and ita success was largely due to his efforts. He is president of the company. This enterprise however, important as it has been iu the development of Seattle and its suburbs, is but one among the various directions in which Mr. Griffith's energies have been employed. He is president ol the Fremont Milling company, president and general manager of the San de Knca Land company, a director of the Seattle National bank, director of the Green Lake Railway and Power company anil has the superintcndfiicy and control of many private interests and enterprises. He has also taken a most active p.irt in the scheme of connecting L.ikes Union and Washington with Pnget Sound by a maritime ship canal. Indeed it would l>e almost impossible lo name any public enterprise which has had for its object the development of Seattle during the last few years which has not had the substantial support of Mr. Griffith. While be has l>eeu eminently siiccesEifid from a personal standpoint, his success has been achieved indirections wliich have at the Siinicliine enricheil the entire couimuuily. As a financier and business niaii, he has shown rare ability, being not only able to conceive lint to snccessfully carry onl large enterprises. He has gained tbe absolute confidence of a large circle of inlinential friends and is able to enlist capital in any enterprise in which he embark.s, so strong is the belief in his judgment and generalship. No one has more failh in the ultimate destiny of Seattle as the com. mercial metropolis ol the North Pacific states, ami few have done more lo advance the cily lowanl this proud position. Slill yonng in years, full of energy an.l possessed of abundant means to carry out his various schemes for tbe npliftiiii; ofthe city, he will lie able lo .lo much for bis adoptc.l h..nie.

LI ILL, WiLUAM Lair. It has been noticed by analytical writers that there is a greater similarity between the people of Oregon and Washington and those of the pioneer Atlantic states than between the descendants of the pilgrim fathers and the people of any other distinctive section of the United States. This is peculiarly the case with the older settlers, and it finds interesting manifestation in their intellectual superiority over most pioneer communities. Oregon has produced a large proportion of exceptionally able men. The colonizers of Oregon were not adventurers, laborers or expatriated farm hands. They were generally well-to-do scions of families in older states whose means were fairly ample, who had received and who transmitted as a heritage the finer physical fibre which accompanies, if it is not the result of, an advanced stage of intellectual development.

It may be said of these pioneers that only the brave ventured and only the strong survived. But their history is free from the uncouth - the cloddish. The story of their early struggles is not that of a brute force overcoming obstacles, but a mastery of nature by the arts of civilization. They plowed the soil, but they lived in dwellings - not huts. They not only built bridges but schools. While they were planting the first seed in their fields lliey were laying down the foundations of one of the most comprehensive and statesmanlike systems of state government in the country.

From such a stock came, in such an atmosphere was raised, William Lair Hill, whose individuality shines conspicuously amid a rarely brilliant throng - Harvey W. Scott, the scholarly editor of the Portland Orcp^onian; Judge George H. Williams, United States senator during the civil war and attorney general under President Grant; Rev. C. C. vStratton, I). I).; Reuben P. Boise; Judge M. P. Deady; Colonel J. W. Nesmith, member of Conj^ress and United States senator; Senator E. D. Baker and many others enrolled among the brightest minds of their time.

It is no derogation to any of these to single out W. Lair IliU as typifying the age and the people among whom he lives. He is equally distinguished as scholar, lawyer and statesman. His gentle nature and modest lack of self-appreciation have endeared him to all who enjoy his friendship, while these virtues have perhaps stood in the way of the more meretricious honors which have been sought and won by men less worthy. Nevertheless he stands at the head of his profession in the Northwest country, and his judgment is ever appealed to upon questions of exceptional importance. With all his genius he has l>een paramountly a worker. He has had no faith in any road to success not made by individual effort; no faith in the value of a result not reached by independent research. His attainments are due, he insists, to laborious application, even his education, which is far reaching and comprehensive, having been acquired without the advantages of more than a very limited school training.

He was born August 2(), 1H8H, on a plantation in McNairy county, in the southwestern part of Tennessee, on the opposite side of the river from a spot which afterward won a melancholy fame as the scene of the battle of Shiloh. His family were among the earliest colonists of the Carolinas. Two of his ancestors were officers in the revolutionary war, and his mother l)elongs to the family of Lairs, who left France in the days of religious persecution to find a temporary harbor of refuge in Holland, and thence became exiles for principle in the new land of freedom across the seas.

The father of Judge Hill, who was born upon the family homestead in the Carolinas, joined the early emigrants across the mountains who sought their fortunes in that wild and tlieii unknown Timnessee which Uy beyond the Blue Ridge. The father was a natnral leader aiuoiiK h race of pian««ni and was both physiciau and clergyman. The rainiiy remained in their new home antil W. I..air Ilill was about twelve years of age. When they left there the boy had received but a primitive training in the old-faabioiied subscription schools incidental to the sontberu states half a century a^. He had the advantage, however, of such fundauienUl teaching as s thoughtful father and a mother* of excellent worth afforded, and their benign iitflttence is found potent throughout hih ca'eer. "1 have lived as honest a life as my environments seemed to allow," he said on one occasion, "mainly for the reason Ihat according to my hereditary creed, one who is not at least indifferently honest cannot be very happy." In such terms of diffidence does he describe a life principle which is venerated in him as the purest and most incorruptible character.

His father undertook in 1850 tte adventurous journey across the continent to California, but his incliualiona were not attracted to the rough, rowdy life of mining camps which the virtuous and tlie vicious were alike compelled to endure as argonauts, and he prosecuted his search for a resting place into the more remote but peaceful recesses of Oregon. Returning overland delighted with the prospect held ont. he closeil up his business and taking all his family with him he once more crossed the plains and became an Oregonian in 185.^. He a-^siduously practiced his profession but actjuired an even greater reputation by his labors and his eloquence as a Baptist preacher. Here the family permanently settled and the beginning of 1890 found the father and mother enjoying the peaceful evening of a well spent life. They died within a few months of each other, the mother in August and the fatlier in December, o( lSiH>, at the ripe age of S3.

Their declining yeare were brightened by tile happiness of their family, allhongh they suffered more than an average loss. Of their six sons and three daughters only six children are living. One daughter is now Mrs. Mary S. Mark, of McMinnville, the other Mrs, Addie Thompson, of Albany. Besides W. Lair Hill, there are three sons living; Dr. J. L. Hill, a physician at Albany; Taylor, stockman in Cook county, Oregon, and George .\., a lawyer, who left his home to practice in Seattle. The eldest son, JClijah. was killed in the Iildi:iu war of Wm..)'!, amost immediately after he had written a joyous letter home that the war was ended and he was about to

W, Lair Hill was a student liy nature. He eagerly accepted the opportunity, such as it was, afforded hy the district school, and later hy the Jefferson Institute. His father with the liberal and progressive spirit general in Oregon, even in its infancy, labored for and finally succeeded with other congenial workers, in founding a college at McMinnville, long conducted under the presidency of Rev. George C Chandler, whose daughter the young student subseijueutly innrried. For two years, from 1S57 to l^W, Mr. Hill was a student at McMinnville. This was a period of incessant study and indefatigable delerniinatiou to cover the field of erudition thrown open to him, and be left liehind him an example of intelligent application which is still quoted to stimulate lads who follow him. At the time when BIr. Hill was nearing his majority, politics caused something more llian mere party distinctions. The whole country was deeply moved by issues which were soon to lie decided by the arbitrament of war. Dr. Hill was a Whig with pronounced convictions upon the questions of the day. His son was taught by precept, example and association, that maintenance of a principle and not ambition to hold office, was the mainspring of political force, and when he was but nineteen, his tongue and his pen were earnestly enlisted in the agitation which resulted in the birth of the Republican party.

Although a southerner by birth, young Hill became an ardent opponent of slavery, and he won his first spurs by antagonism to a constitutional provision authorizing the ownership of slaves in Oregon. When the state constitution was framed for submission to the electors in 1857, it had appended an alternative article providing for determination by the electors which the state should be, a free state or a slave state. During the short time between the action of the convention and the election at which ratification was necessary, Mr. Hill did yeoman service. The vote polled was 10,400, of which 7,700 wasagainst the establishment of slavery, and Oregon begau its existence as a free state. Immediately afterward Mr. Hill's services were called for in support of the movement which resulted in the election of Abraham Lincoln. It is a notable fact that Mr. Hill was at that time studying law in the office of George H. Williams, who afterwards became attorney general in Grant's cabinet.

Mr. Hill's career during the first few years of his manhood was tinctured by the uncertainty which turned so many lives from the lines originally laid down. In 1859, he began his independent maintenance teaching classes at McMinnville, and for a short time afterward was a country school teacher. His tastes led him to a study of the law, which he first took up in a desultory way in his leisure moments. He had the good fortune to secure entrance to a law firm whose members were excellent lawyers, and who afterward became famous. The finn was composed of George H. Williams and Addison C. Gibbs. Mr. Williams won marked distinction as United States Senator, and as attorney general in Grant's cabinet, and he will probably never be surpassed in his profession. Mr. Gibbs was hardly less distinguished by his administration as governor of Oregon.

Lair Hill was admitted to the bar in December 1861, and three years later when only twenty-six years of age, was appointed judge of Grant county. Before his elevation to the bench, however, he served for a time in the pay department of the army, and during 1862 was entrusted with the responsible and hazardous duty of conveying pay to troops stationed at Forts Yamhill, Hoskins, Umpqua, Dalles, Walla Walla, Lapwai, Boise and Colville. He served first under Major Benjamin Alvord, at that time paymaster of the district of the Columbia, but who afterward became paymaster general of the army. Major Alvord's successor in Oregon was Simeon Francis, at that time editor of the Portland Oregonian^ an office which Mr. Hill, who served under him in the army, was later destined to occupy. Mr. Hill was adding to his fame at the same time by newspaper articles, whose pure English and incisive logic won the admiration of scholars, while they exercised a powerful influence over less critical readers.

At the close of his term as judge of Grant county. Lair Hill returned to Portland and practiced his profession until 1872, when he took editorial charge of the Oregonian and contributed greatly to make it bne of the most powerful newspapers of the West as it has been ever since. The position he then placed it in, it has never lost, his successor, Harvey W. Scott, proving himself not less able and vigorous.

course of study, lie was compelled by failing healtli to seek a rest. He selected the 'I Dalles as a suitable location, and until IS8tt he lived a life of incessant hut better ] regulated energy, dcTotiug nil Ilia spnre time to addresses and lectures upon educ tional and social subjects. One of the finest iiicnioriale of his labor is the Wasco I Academy at tlic Dalles, which became one of the foremost educational instituti of Oregon, and iu the building of which lie ilid perhaps more than any other u: The compliment was paid him of the decree of Artium Magister, conferred by the I college of Forest Grove.

Judge Hill has often declined official honors. He was not tempted even by the V ttusolicite*! offer, mode by President Grant, under moat gratifying circumstances, Appointment as associate justice of llie supreme court of Washington Territory. Ijitcr be was asked to accept a iimilar position on the bench tif Idaho Territory. 1 which he declined, but ventured to recouituend a suitable man who was appointed t the place.

He did not shirk his duty as a citizen, howevt^r, "In all my laliorous life." h is reported to have said, " the one simple fact of which I am proud is tliat I nevrf I 'flunked,' even when I thought the laboring oar in work or responsibility t unjustly given me." In IHSO Judge Hill took an active part iu the presidential c vass addressing meetings all over the state of Oregon. In IR82 he was equally zealous in support of the Republican ticket at whose head was Governor Moody; and in 1SjS4 his services were ngaiu called into requisition iu advocacy of James G. Blaine's candidacy for president. In the campaign of I38S he made speeches California for Harrison.

His greatest achievement, however, is the eflbrl of intellect and study which I resulted in Judge Hill's admirable codification of the laws of Oregon, ajid later of Washington. In I8SG he went to San Francisco as code commissioner selected by the legislature of Oregon to compile and annotate the laws of the stale. He prepared two volumes embodying the siatuics with tiuuotiitious of decisions in a code which is accepted everywhere as the perfection of Icfjal :iccuracy anil conipreheusive-