Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 11 of 16)

D.WID L. HALL, a pioneer of 1888, was born in Connecticut in 1836. His family mo\ed by wagon to Pennsylvania when he was twelve years old, and he lived with them until eighteen, then purchased his liberty from his father for two hundred dollars. He worked for a merchant and lumberman for five years, but subsec|uently moved to Bordertown, New Jersey, where he went into the commission lumber business. During his residence in that city he was twice elected mayor and he served as sheriff of the county for three years. Subsquently he removed to Tra\is county. Minnesota, and bought a farm, but he soon sold again and invested in Minneapolis real estate. He followed the lumber business in that city for eight years, then came to Medical Lake to take baths for erysipelas. He soon recovered completely, then bought a ten-acre tract four miles southeast of the citv of Spokane, upon which he now resides. He has the entire place planted with fruit trees of the choicest varieties, and, being a good orchardist, he succeeds in raising large quantities of the finest fruits. He produces as much as two thousand tloUars' worth of fruit and vegetables on his farm in one season. He is a Knight Templar in the Masonic order, and has been a member of the I. O. O. F. He was married in Binghamtcjn, New York, in 1863, to Annie E. Tompkins, and they ha\-e one son, an expert engraver, who has worked on the New York Journal, and the San Francisco E.xaminer, and is now engaged on the San Francisco Call.

ALBERT E. WOOD, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849, and li\ed there until ten years old. He was then taken by his parents to Minnesota, where he lived, engaged in mason work and in farming, until 1S89. He then moved to Spokane county and purchased land four miles southeast of Spokane, upon which he has made his home continuously since. He has a fine orchard of ten acres and does some market gardening, but prefers to follow his trade most of the time, rather than to engage e.xtensively and exclusively in farming. He has long taken an active and intelligent interest in the general welfare of his community ; he has been road super\'isor five years, and school director for nine, and he also served as deputy a.ssessor two years. He is one of the substantial and influential citizens of the CKunty and a leader in his neighborhood. Socially he affiliates with the United Moderns. He was married in Minnesota, in 1870, to Rachael C. Dilley, and they are the parents of six

W. J. DOUST, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Syracuse, New York, and in tliat city he was reared and educated. In 1879 he came to Colorado where for a number of years he was engaged in mining. In 1887 he came to this county, located a homestead sixteen miles north i:>f Spokane and engaged in farming, fruit-raising and the nursery business. He devoted his energies to these branches of industry continuously until 1898, when he came to the city and receixed an appointment as clerk of the board of county commissioners. He discharged his duties as such officer with faithfulness and ability until May, 1900, when he became a partner in the firm of Smith, Doust & Russel. They have a general merchancHse establishment in Hillyard and carry a full stock of goods. In the political aiYairs of county and state Mr. Doust has always taken an active and leading part. Fraternally he is a prominent member of Mead Lodge, No. 146, I. O. O. F., Iiaving passed through all the chairs. He also af^liates with Excelsior Camp, No. 5124, M. W. A. He was married in Leadville, Colorado, December 6, 1879, to Miss Kittie Shroudy, a native of Syracuse, New York, and they have five children: Edwin H., William J,, Tr., Minnie, Kittie and Walter.

F. O. BERG, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Minnesota, December 24, 1862. Upon completing his education he engaged in upholstering, and in 18S3 he went to Chicago and turned his attention to manufacturing tents, awnings and all kinds of canvas goods. In 1889 he came to Spokane, formed a partnership with J. T. Omo, and established a tent and awning factory. He and Mr. Omo were also associated together in the art and molding business. In 1892 the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Berg taking the tent and awning business. He has the largest and best equipped plant west of Chicago, and by his enterprise and ability has built up a very extensive trade. In 1898 he established in Seattle, the Seattle lent & Awning Company, which is also doing an excellent business. Mr. Berg is a prominent thirty-second-clegree Mason and belongs to all the bodies of that order. He also belongs to the B. P. O. E. and the Red Men, and is a colonel in the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pvthias.

MONTGOMERY HARDMAX, a pioneer of 1875. 's "^ native of Indiana, born August 5, 1845, ^>^^^ '"'s early came to Linn county, Oregon. He li\ed near Albany about five years, then mo\ed to Walla Walla, where he resided until about thirty years old. He followed stockraising as an occupation until 1875. liien moved to Spokane county, located at Rosalia and became postmaster of that town. His postoffice and the one at Spangle were at that time the only offices between Spokane and Colfax. While at Rosalie. [Mr. Hardman located a homestead, pre-emption and timber culture, and engaged quite extensively in stock raising. In 1888 he m(j\-ed to Spokane where he has ever since resided. He has a nice home here and owns considerable real estate. He sold his farm near Rosalia, but is mnv the owner of three hundred and twenty acres on the Spokane river, thirteen miles west of that city, also of a three-hundredand-twenty-acre farm near Bridgeport in the Big Bend country. He is a very enterprising, progressive man, and at present is one of the leading stock-raisers of the county, while for nine years be was among the foremost real estate and mining men. In the political life of city and county lie has also taken an active interest. In 1892 he was appointed by President Harri.son special agent for the removal of the Spokane Indians onto their reservation. Socially Mr. Hanhnan affiliates with the A. O. U. W. and tlie Pioneer .Association. He was married in Walla Walla, February 4, 1874, to Mis.s Dora Reed, a nati\e of Oregon, and they have two children living: Gladys M. and Dora M.. also one. Dell M., deceased. Mrs. Hardman's father, J. M. Reed, crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852. He died in Walla W'alla in 1895. aged eighty-five years. Her mother also died in Walla Walla in 1896, aged seventv-five vears.

DR. HE.XR^' B. LUHN, physician and surgeon, rooms 201-2-3 Peyton building, a pioneer of 1886, was born in New York, August 14, 1867. His boyhood days were spent on the plains with his father. Captain G. L. Luhn, but at the early age of thirteen he entered the Villanowa College, near Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, and when sixteen years old he became a student in the Xotre Dame Uuniversity, Indiana, from which he graduated three years later. He then enrolled in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his M. D. degree when only twenty-three years old. Being desirous of attaining a thorough familiarity with his profession, he next spent two years in hospital practice in Philadelphia, after which he returned to Spokane and opened an office here. Dr. Luhn has spared no labor in his efforts to become a thoroughly proficient i:)hysician, and he has attained to a standing in his profession seldom reached by men of his age. Indeed, it is not often that we find a physician so young as Doctor Luhn, \vh(3 has had such an extensive experience, for he had completed his college work and was practicing in the hospitals at an early age when most doctors are still contending for honors in the universities. Dr. Luhn is a member of the Spokane County Medical Society, and of the Washington State Medical Society. He is also one of the surgeons of the National Guard and a member of the medical staff of Sacred Heart IIos- ])ital. Fraternally he aftiliates with the B. P. O. E. and the F. O. A., while he also belongs to the Young Men's Institute and the S. A. A. C. He was married in New York City, June 2^1. 1897, to ]\Iiss A. G. Higgins, a native of New York. They are parents of two dausfhters. Marion anfl Catharine.

\MLLIAM D. I'LAXTS, a pioneer of 1886, was f(jr many years one of Spokane's leading business men. He was born in Beaver county, Pennsyh'ania, Septemlier 4, 1846. but in 1853 accompanied his parents to Henry county, Iowa. When twenty-three years old he came to Sacramento, California, whence, soon afterwards, he moved to Oakland. In 1870 he came to Portland, Oregon, and ftjund a jiosition with the wholesale grocery firm of Corbett & MacLeay, by whom lie was employed for the ensuing nine years. He then came to Walla W'alla and, with Air. A. MacKay. opened a grocery store. Four years later he returned to Portland, and to the service of his former employers. Cuming to Spokane in 1S86, he established here the first exclusively wholesale grocery house in Washington. It was conducted under the firm name of W. D. Plants & Company until 1897, but in that year, 'Mr. Plants was forced to retire from business on account of failing health. He made a trip to China and Japan for pleasure and recuperation during the years 1898 and 1899, returning to Spokane in the spring of the latter year. Mr. Plants is essentially a self-made man. Arriving in the west without capital or influence, he has, by industry, frugality and business shrewdness, worked his way to a place among the successful and moderately wealthy men of the Inland Empire. .He lost everything in the fire of 1889, but such was his financial recuperative power that he soon was on the highway to prosperity again. He is one of the stockholders in the Centennial Mill Company. Fraternally he is identified with the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. A\\ He was married in Portland, September 17, 1873, to Miss Alvira E. Fisher, a nati\'e of Illinois, and they ha\'e one son, Kenneth Eardley. The fanuly resides in an elegant home on the corner of First avenue and Chestnut street.

WILLIAM A. CORY, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Indiana, February i J, 1832. When four years old he was taken by his parents to Illinois. His first occupation was steamboating on the rivers, between Chicago and New Orleans. In 1852 he crossed the plains to Portland, Oregon, whence he afterwards journeyed to Yreka, California. Mr. Cory followed mining awhile, but later went to Stockton, where he engaged in the hotel business. Subsequently he went to ColumI)ia, California, to look after mining interests. In 1856 he removed to San Francisco and became a partner in a box factory, but he soon afterwards turned his atten- tion to milhvrighting. In 1862 he and four others passed through the site of the present Spokane on a prospecting tour to the headwaters of the Saskatchewan ri\er. Returning, Wr. Cory stopped fiM' a time at Florence and Warrens, Idaiio, then went back to San Francisco. He soon embarked in the stock business near Truckee, CaUfornia. continuing in that enterprise until iSSj. when he came to Spokane. He was proprietor of the Western Hotel here for some time, then followed the furniture and undertaking business until burned out in 1889. He ne.xt tried the real estate business, building a large number of residences. He continued handling real property until 1895. then mo\-ed to Rossland. British Columbia, to practice as a ])hrenologist. Returning to this city in 1898. lie established a meat market here and to that business he has devoted his energies ever since. Mr. Cory is a reliable and substantial citizen, in good standing wherever he is known. He was married in Truckee, California, in .\ugust, 1880, to Miss Eliza G. Coffin, a native of Nantucket, Massachusetts, aufl they have one son. Edgar Allen.

ROBERT G. \MLLIAMSON, a pioneer of 1876, was born in Washington count v. Pennsyh-ania. in 1834. He grew to manhood m the state of his nativity, then moved to Freeport, Illmois. where he was engaged in farming for seven years. He subsequently followed the same occupation in Hardin county, Iowa, and in son county, Kansas, spending seven vears in each of those states. In 1875 'le removed to Oregon and located at Albanx-, but after a year's residence, came to this region. He lived for a brief period on Pine creek in what is now called the Farmington cuuntry. but soon came to Spokane c<nHity, and (jn August 9, 1876, homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land five miles southeast of Spokane. He also bought forty acres adjoining the homestead and one hundred and seventy-three acres on Richland prairie. He is engaged in market gardening, and also raises a great variety of farm ])roducts, and he formerly gave nnich attention to i)roducing small fruits. Mr. Williamson is an indu-strious and successful farmer and has a fine place, rich naturally, and also well cultivated and improved. Personally he is a hospitable, kindly man, and he is well liked and highly respected by his fellow citizens. He was married in 1856, to Sarah H. Shelly, of Freeport, Illinois, and they have had eight children: Alpheus J., Flora A.. John S., .Annie M.. Robert and Mina H., living: and Clark X. and Sylvanus .\., decea.sed. Mrs. Williamson is a member of the .\dventist church.

DR. W. H. ANDERSON, physician and surgeon at Medical Lake, was horn in Sennett, .\ew York, July 25, 1857, and resided there and at other towns in the state until twentyone years old. He had excellent educational ad\antages. After completing the primary work he attended the .\uburn high school, the M(jnroe Collegiate Institute, at Elbridge, New York, and the Hamilton College, located, at Clinton, that state. He spent two years, iS8r and 18S3, in Harvard Medical College, then, after a severe attack of typhoid fever, went to Texas for his health. \\'hile there he was prevailed upon by other physicians to pass the state examination and begin practice, and this he did in 1885. He was engaged in the pursuit of his profession until 1889. then, wishing to become more thorough in the theory of medicine, he en- terecl the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, from which lie graduated in 1890. The next year he came to Medical Lake. At the opening of the Eastern Washington Hospital for Insane, he was appointed assistant physician, a position which he held until Septemher i, 1897. Since that date he has devoted his attention mostly to huilding up and maintaining a country practice, preferring the free outdoor life wdiich is an incident of that form of professional activity. Dr. Anderson is one of the leading physicians of Spokane county, and is so recognized l)v medical practitioners in this part of the slate. He is a member of the county and state medical societies, also of the American Medical Association. In fraternal affiliations he is identified with the ^lasons. He was married in Spoane in 1892 to Grace H. Reid, and they have three daughters, namely : Margaret, Catherine and Dorothy R.

J. T. CREWDSON, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Kentucky March 15, 1848, but, when two years old, was taken by his parents to Illinois. A twelvemonth later they moved to Missouri, where they spent about four years, afterward going to Sonoma county, California, Here Mr. Crewdson was reared and educated, residing in this and one or two neighboring counties continuously, until, in 1880, he came to Spokane. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres, fcnu" and a half miles west of Medical Lake, and later secured, by purchase, another quarter-section adjoining and a quartersection on Deep creek. For many years he gave his attention to hay raising principally, but he is now engaged in producing grain. He is one of the thrifty and progressive farmers of his neighborhood and is making an excellent success of his various agricultural enterprises. He was married, in California, in 1875, to ^lary ]\L Right, and to their union have been Ijorn six chiUlren : ^lary C, Nellie, Dora, Martha, Dollie and George Dewey.

J. W. BUTLER, hotel man at Medical Lake, was born at LaPorte City, Indiana, in 1850. He was, however, reared in Iowa, having been taken tliere by his parents when five years old. Upon attaining adult age, he first tried farming for a few years, tlien went into a meat market enterprise and finally into the livery business. In 1876 he removed to Dayton. Columbia county, Washington, where, for twenty-one years, he was a successful farmer and stock rai.ser. He at length sold nut his interests there and moved to ^ledical Lake, Washington, taking charge of the Larson House, one of the leading hotels of the town. Mr. Butler is a substantial and respected citizen, standing high in the esteem of all wdio know him. He was married, January 7, 1873, to Miss Hattie M. Watrous. and to their union ha\e been born eight children, four sons and four daughters.

FRED L. LIARRISON, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Wisconsin December 14, 1862. He resided tliere until twenty years old, making the best of sucli educational opportunities as the public schools of his locality afforded, then came west and remained for brief periods at Seattle and Walla Walla. In the fall of the same vear, however, he came to Spokane and went to work for J. ]\I. Nosier on his farm. He afterward engaged in saw-milling, follow^- ing that business for a number of years. Mr. Harrison is a man of a studious disposition and has always devoted his spare moments to selfimproi,-ement. In 1897 he took a coin-se in the Spokane Business College, from which institution he received a diploma. By special application, also, he learned the trade of an engineer, and he is at present employed by the Hypotheek Bank to run an engine in the Eagle block. ]\Ir. Harrison is a self-made man, acquiring by his own efforts a useful familiarity with many of the branches of a liberal education and a breadth of information and culture not possessed by multitudes who have had \astly superior advantages. To such men as he the c(jttage fireside is a most excellent college. He has always taken an active jiart in politics, stanchly supporting the Repultlican party. He owns foiu" hundred and eighty acres of fine land ten miles north of Spokane.

HUGO HEYER, proprietor of the Concordia, is a native of Alsace, Germany, born October 18, 1 86 1. He grew to manhood in the land of his nativity, serving as clerk in iiis father's mercantile establishment. In 1884 he came to the United States and located in Rochester, New York, where he found employment for a time in an optical establishment. He came to Spokane two years later and engaged in the real estate business, remaining here until 1888. He then went to Kettle Falls, \\'ashington, where he became extensively interested in real property. After a residence of only one year, however, he returned to Spokane and a year later he engaged in the boot and shoe business, following that continuously for eight years. In 1898 he sold out and engaged in his present business. Mr. Heyer is a successful man and has accumulated considerable property since coming to Spokane. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Red ]\Ien and the Sons of Herman. He was married, in Rochester, New York, September 14, 1885, to Albertina Altheimer, a native of Prussia, and they have two ciiildren living, namely; Oscar Walter and Alma Louise, and two deceased, A'ictor Hugo and Alfreda.

THOMAS BRO\\N. a pioneer of 1890. was born in Indiana April 2, 1842. He accompanied his parents to Illinois in 1856 and it was in that state that he acquired most of his education. Upon attaining to adult age he engaged in farming, but his peaceful pursuits were soon interrupted by the imperative call of patriotism, and on July 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Missouri Infantry. He was many times under fire and participated in numerous severe engagements, among which were those at A'icksburg, Nashville, luka and Corinth. On the 2d of January, 1863, while out with a searching party, he was wounded by bushwhackers, receiving a shot in the left side, which confined him to the hospital for some time. He was also wounded in the head at Nashville, Tennessee. On January 22, 1866, he was mustered out of the service, after a highly laudable career of military activity lasting about four and a half years. He then returned to Illinois and devoted his energies to farming continuously until 1890. In that year he removed to Deep Creek, Sjwkane county, where for the ensuing five years he followed the restaurant business. In 1895, bowever, he mo\ed to Medical Lake and three years later he came to Spokane to accept a position with the Michigan Cider Company, by which he is still employed. ]\Ir. Brown is an active, intelligent citizen, always manifesting deep in- terest in politics and in the general welfare. He was married, in Illinois, August 16, 1866, to Mary E. Mann, a native of that state, who died in Spokane February 6, 1900, leaving four children: ]\Iary E., wife of Horace Jenson, of Walla Walla; Willis E., of the firm of Brown & Seehorn, hatters; Earl and Eugene.

GEORGE D. SAUNDERS, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Boone county, Iowa, born in 1855. He lived there on a farm until twenty-eight vears old, then came to Spokane county and resided at Waverly for a couple of years. He next moved to a point eight miles north of Spokane, purchased an interest in a saw-mill and was engaged in manufacturing lumber for two years. Subsequently he went to Peone prairie, where he had some real estate interests, but, in 1890, he purchased one lumdred and sixty acres of land, two and a half miles southwest of Rockford, upon which he has since resided. He has a fine orchard, covering ten acres, and has heretofore raised a great deal of wheat, but is now beginning to work into the dairy business. He is a progressive, enterprising man, and takes an active and intelligent interest in all affairs of public concern in his c<jmmunit}'. Socially he afiiliates with the Masonic fraternity and the ^Voodmen of the World. He was married, in Iowa, in Deceml)er, 1882, to Margaret Luther, and they have one son, Ernest Earl, now a student in the Spokane high school.

but in 1882 he moved to Idaho, where for two years he was engaged in surveying. He then came to Spokane county and followed the carpenter trade a while, but, having the wisdom to see and the c< >urage to grasp an opportunity, he soon found his way into something better than working for wages. He conceived the idea of putting up natural ice at Loon Lake for the supply of Spokane, and he now has several ice houses at the lake, in which he preser\-es annually forty-five hundred tons of ice. He operates his business under the name of the Loon Lake Ice Company, but he is sole owner of the enterprise himself. Mr. Bower is also interested in mining and was one of the organizers of the Crystal Mining Company, in which he is now a director. Socially he is afiiliated with the I. O. O. F. He is also a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was married, in Spokane, September 20, 1887, to Miss Mary McKinney, and they have two children, Paul M. and Altus E.

E. J. BOWER, a pioneer of May 5, 1884, is a native of Indiana, born in 1858. When fifteen years old he came to Oregon and he li\'ed on a farm there for several vears afterward.

1884, is a native of New Hampshire, bOrn September 26, 1856. He received his education in that state, also learned the trade of a machinist. In 1884 he came to Spokane and found employment with Mr. Weeks in his blacksmith shop. Becoming a partner the next year, he remained in business until 1889, then engaged in contracting and building. He erected a number of residences here, building for himself, in

1885, the first hi_)use ever put up in Heath's addition, also sinking the first well dug in that part of the city. He learned the trade of a taxidermist in 1892. For several years past he has spent his summers in guiding hunting and exploring parties into the mountains, a task for which he is particularly well fitted, as he is naturally at home in such regions, being a great lover of nature in its wildness and variety. He was at the head of the go\-ernment troops who went to the relief of the Carlin party in 1895, and in 1899 went with the Lewis Clarke party through California and Mexico. Mr. Wright has also be6n very active in prospecting and locating mines. He was married, in Spokane, October 22. 1885. to Aliss Lizzie Hix, a native of Missouri, who came with her brother to this city in 1883. They have two daughters, Beulah j\L and Blanche C. Tliey have a beautiful home at 03215 Madison street, elegantly furnished in the most modern style. Both ^Ir. Wright and his wife are members of the Central Christian church and of the Pioneer Association, and Mrs. Wright is a very active member of the W. C. T. U., also of the Sorosis Society. Mr. Wright has also for a number of years taken photographic views of many different places in the United States ior natural history publishers and sportsmen's magazines.

JOHN FISHER, a pioneer of 1886, is a native of Belmont county, Ohio, born in 1832. He resided there until twenty-three years old, tlien went to Iowa, from which state, on March 21, 1862. he enlisted in the army, becoming a member of Company D, Seventeenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He served under Sherman in the Western Division, participating in the l)attles of Corinth, luka and Holly Springs, besides numerous minor engagements and skirmishes. On November 12, 1862, he was discharged on account of disability, not having rendered as extended a service as his patriotism prompted, but having done faithfully what he could. Upon leaxing the army, he returned to Iowa, where for the ensuing thirteen years he was engaged in farming. He then followed the same occupation in Kansas for twelve years, subsequently coming to Spokane county. .Vrrived here, he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, one-half mile west of Mt. Hope, a tract which his brother, E. C. Fisher, had homesteaded twenty-six years ago. He has ever since been engaged in raising wheat, oats and fruit. He has a fine farm of good, rich land, and, being a thrifty, enterprising man. he is making a success of farming. Mr. I^'isher is also one of the substantial and respected citizens of his community, enjoying the hearty good will of his neighbors. He serveil as school clerk of his district for three terms. Mr. Fisher is past commander of J. B. Wvman Post, No. 41, G. .\. R., of Washington and .Alaska. He was married, in Monroe county, Ohio, in 1850, to Rachael Jane Rogers, and they have had ten children, namely : Clinton, NeLson, Louisa E., James T., John E., Cecelia B., Delora B. and Frank E.. living: also Charlotta J. and Kensie G., deceased. Mr. and Mrs. I'isher joined the Christian church together thirty-eight years ago and have been active and enthusiastic members ever since.

ALFRED METCALF, deceased, was born near Mentor. Ohio, not far from the home of (jarfield, in 1824. \\'hen ten years old he was taken by his parents to Michigan and he received his education in the public schools and in an academy there. He married, and soon after started for California, arriving in 1852. He immediately engaged in mining enterprises in that state. In 1862, after the death of his wife, he removed to Boise Basin and in 1865 went to Confederate Gulch, Montana, mining in each of these localities. He took no part in the great Civil war, but was a strong Union man. and iioldly made knrjwn his sentijiients, even though it often required great courage, for his companions often sympathized strongly with the Confederac}-. In 1869 he went from Montana to witness General Grant's first inauguration. While east at that time he was united in marriage with Jennie Dennis, of Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1871 he and his wife returned to California, where he had a thousand acres of land, purchased during his mining days. He engaged extensively in orange and fruit culture, l)ut. in 1883. lost his fortune by generously becoming financial backer for friends. He then set out for the CcEur d'.Aleues and resumed his mining. He was tliere mitil 1887. then came to Mount Hope, where, through his efforts, the first postoffice was established and where his family still reside. He died July 4, 1895. His memory is still cherished tenderly ])y a host of friends and neighbors. He left three children, namely : Lucy H., William D. and Edward D. Fraternally Mr. Metcalf was a Royal Arch Mason. He was a lineal descendant of Joseph Metcalf, who came from England to Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1635. From him was descended .Alfred Metcalf 's grandfather, Samuel, who served seven years in the Revolutionary war.

JAMES RIELEY, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of St. Johns, Newfoundland, born in 1838. He lived in the land of his birth until 1872, engaged in the fishing business, the great industry of that country, then spent a year in New Brunswick, but finally located in \\'isconsin, where he worked in the lumber business until 187V He then went to San Francisco and from that city by water to Seattle. He was engaged in the lumber woods of Puget sound until 1879, in winch year he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, one mile west of Mount Hope, where he has ever since resided. He raises wheat as his principal crop, but engages to a limited extent in other kinds of farming, and has a splendid little orchard of two acres, the oldest in his section of the country, planted in 1880. ]\lr. Rieley is a devout member of the Catholic church.

FREDERICK A. DASHIELL, a pioneer ^ of 1872, is a native of Kentucky, born'in 1831. When sixteen years old he accompanied his. parents to Iowa, where he resided until 1852,. then he crossed the plains by ox-team to California. He mined in that state for three years,, then returned to Iowa, via the isthmus, and remained there until 1861. In that vear he againcrossed the plains by ox-team and finally located in Oregon, where the ensuing eleven or twelve years of his life were spent in farming and stock raising. In 1872 he came to Spokane county and settled, first, on a pre-emption of one hundred and sixty acres, two and a half nfiles southeast of Spangle. He resided there until 1886, then mox'ed to Waverly and farmed there two years, but subsequently came to his present place of residence, a nnle and a half north and half a nfile west of Mount Hope postoffice, where he has a farm of two hundred and forty acres. He has a splendid orchard of aliout ten acres, Imt raises hay as his principal crop. Mr. Dashiell has long been identified with various parts of the Pacific coast and has seen as much of frontier life,, perhaps, as any man in the county. He is a re- liable and substantial man and has always had the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens wherever his lot has been 'cast. Indeed, he has sometimes held positions of prominence among his fellows and at one time represented his county in the Oregon state legislature. He was married, in Eddyx'ille, Iowa, November II, 1857, to Margaret Peach, and they have had twelve children: Henrv, deceased. William. Mary. George, Frederick, }ilaggie, Frank, deceased, Eugene, R. Raymond, Kate and Glenn.

JAMES LANGAN, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, born in 1856. His boyhood, however, was passed in Wisconsin, as his parents moved to tliat state while he was still in infancy. When fifteen }ears old lie came out to Cheyenne, where, for two years, Jie was engaged on a large cattle ranch. He then went to Austin, Nevada, mined for three years, then tried the same occupatiDii for a year in .\rizona. He returned to Nevada, liowever. and followed mining excitements for a year and a half, but finally located in \'irginia City. He resided there a year, then spent two years in the mines of California, but su1)sequently came to Spokane county and located -on a homestead, three miles southwest of Rockford. He since purchased one hundred and .sixty acres of railroad land, so that he now owns a half-section. He is engaged principally in raising wheat and oats, but he also deals ([uite extensively in cattle and horses. He has a splendid orchard, covering about nine acres. Mr. Langan is a very thrifty. enteri)rising and progressive farmer and is one of the substantial and respected citizens of that vicinity. His farm, naturally fertile, is in an excellent state of cultivation and well improved with barn, stable, fences, etc. He was married, in Idaho, in 1894, to Emma Ide. and they have a family of three children : Sherman, Josephine and \'iola.

JERKY SCLLIWVN, a pioneer of 1S81, was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1839. He came to America about 1866 and located at Camljridge, Massachusetts, where he followed the trade of a carpenter until 1875. He then went to Nevada and was engaged in mining there until 1881, then came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres two and a half miles southwest of Rockford. He has since procured, by purchase, four hundred and eighty acres more, giving a quartersoctidu ti) each of his two boys. He is engaged in diversified farming and raises wheat, oats, thoroughbred stock and fruit, and also does .some market gardening. His orchard covers about six acres of land and produces many fine varieties of fruit. Mr. Sullivan has one of the best farms in that neighborhood, also splendid buildings and imjjrovements. He is one of the most enterprising and thrifty farmers in that section of the county and his entire premises slunv the result of his well-directed and intelligent industry. He was married, in Desmet, Idaho, in 1882, to Mary Hurley, and they are parents of three children : Patrick, Dennis and Mary.

NELSON S. MORRIS, deceased, a pioneer of 1878, a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in 1816. He was, when a child, taken by his parents to Indiana and he lived there till twenty-eight or thirty years old, engaged, after he reached adult age, in farming. He then moved to Iowa, where he re- sided until 1868, in which year he moved to WaUa Walla valley, coming over the entire distance hy ox-teams and spending five months on the jom-ney. He lived in that valley until 1874, then mo\ed onto a dairy farm on the Mullen road. hut. after two years' absence, returned to Walla Walla. A year later he came to Spokane count}- and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, two and a half miles northwest of Fairfield, where he has engaged in farming- ever since. He raises wheat mostlv. Mr. Morris has long been a resident of eastern Washing-ton and has witnessed the gradual development of the country from xevy early days to the present time. He has been an active, 1 energetic man, and has contributed his share toward the general progress. He was married, February 21, 1857, before leaving Iowa, to Sarah J. Nation, and they have had a fam.ily of six children, namely : Tum and Frank, living, and Charles O., Elmer E., Merritt W. and Annie Z., deceased. Mr. Morris died Noveml)er 26, 1898. He was a nephew of Robert Morris, one of the signers of the declaration of independence and a leader in the Revolution.

later purchased eighty acres near Mica postoffice, and he is now engaged principally in raising wheat and oats. Mr. Loomis is one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of his \-icinity and is well thought of in his community.

ADNAH I. LOOMIS, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Windsor, Ohio, in 1855. He was taken by his parents to Illinois when three years old and he remained in that state until twentyone years of age, except during two years, which were passed at his early home m Ohio. On attaining his majority, he went to Iowa and, after a short stay, to Michigan. Not long afterward he moved to Halsey, Oregon, then, in 1878, to Waitsburg, Washington, from which town, in 1879. he came to Spokane county. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, three miles northwest of Fairfield, and

HON. R. K. KEGLEY, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Pennsylvania in 1828. He spent his early youth in his native state, but when seventeen years old went to central Iowa, where he was engaged in farniing for many years. In 1873 he remo\-ed to the valley, Oregon, and after farming there for five years he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres, three miles northwest of Fairfield. He also purchased a quartersection of railroad land adjoining his homestead and upon this half-section of land he raises wheat and oats principally. He has a small orchard of about two hundred trees. Mr. Kegley has long been a leading and representative citizen of this county and in 1895 ^^''^s elected a member of the state legislature. While in the lower house at Olympia, he was untiring in his efforts to secure legislation favorable to this section of the state and he introduced a bill appropriating the needed funds for carrying on the Cheney Normal School, and also an act, the purport of which was to extend the time of payment for school lands. Mr. Kegley has been road supervisor in his neighborhood for the past eight years and has served as school director in different districts for forty-five years of his life. He is especially interested in education and has labored zealously and continuously for the advancement of the cause of sound scholarship wherever his lot has been cast. Socially he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity at Rockford. He was married, Au- gust 28, i860, to IMiss Cordelia Bennett, and they are parents of four children, namely : Stephen, Emma, Edwin B.. and John B., al! hving in this state, the oldest son being a business man in Seattle.

JOHN BARTELT, deceased, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Germany, born in 1813. He followed the brewing business in his fatherland, but when thirty-one years old emigrateil to the United States, located in Wisconsin and farmed there till 1S62, then kept store until 1 87 1. In that year he sold out and moved to Nebraska, where he resided for the ensuing six years. He then crossed the plains to Walla Walla and shortly afterward caiue to Sixikane county and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, two miles south of iVlount Hope postoffice. He also purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land, engaged in raising wheat and was so employed until 1886, when he died. He was married, in Wisconsin, in 1850, to Matikla Lust, a native of Germany, born in 1833, and they have been parents of eleven children : Annie, Matilda, William, Charles, Tenie, Jnhn, Herman, Alice, Mary, Lena and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Bartelt enjoys the distinction of having been the first white woman to see the Republican river in Nebraska.

Herman, son of John Bartelt, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Wisconsin in 1868. When three years old he was taken by his parents to Nebraska and he lived there until 1877, then came by team to Walla Walla and from that tnwn, in 1878, to Spcikane county, where he has since resided. He has a farm two miles south of Mount Hope postoffice and is engaged principally in wheat raising, though he has also run a threshing machine in harvest time for the past ten or twelve years. He is a progressive and industrious young man and enjovs the respect and good will of the community in which he resides. On the 29th of July, 1896, he was united in marriage, in this county, to Miss Annie Bacon, a native of Kansas, and they have one son, Bernard,

B. F. SIMS, a pioneer of 1885, is a native of Tennessee, born in 1827. He was, however, early taken by his parents to Illinois, where he lived until 1885, engaged, after he reached adult age, in farming and stock raising, also as a carpenter and brickmason. From that state he came directly to Spokane county and he finally located on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, half a mile west and a mile north of Mount Hope postoffice, upon which he has ever since resided. He is engaged in diversified farming and raises wheat, oats, hogs and cattle. He was married, in Illinois, in Decem!:)er, 1865, to Mrs. Susan Thompson, and they have had eight children, namely : George T., Serepta, Nannie, Chauncy. deceased, \'iola, Clarence H. and Permelia and Franklin, twins.

WILLIAM MOIk. master mechanic of the Northern Pacific Railroad shops, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Scotland, born July 7, 1 85 1. He received his education in his fatherland, also learned the trade of a machinist. When twenty years old he came to the L'nited States, locating, first, in New Jersey. Subsequently he removed to Kansas, remaining there until, in 1883, he came to Spokane county and accepted a position as general foreman of the

Northern Pacific machine shops at Spragne. After discliarging- liis duties as such successfully for four years, he was promoted, becoming master mechanic. In 1893 he moved to Spokane to take a like situation in the machine shops here, and he has held his position continu(jusly since. He is also a director in the Provident Building & Loan Association. Mr. IMoir is one of the finest machinists in the state, having learned his trade in a land where handicrafts are always thoroughly taught and having clung to his business with unusual fidelitv ever since. Fraternally he is a memlier of Spokane Lodge, No. 34. F. & A. M., and of the Red Cross Lodge, K. P. He was married, in Kansas, in 1875, to Miss Alida Abbott, a native of \'ermont, and they have had two children: Emma, living, and William E., deceased.

O. M. SK.ATTUM. proprietor of the Skattum Truck Line, (jftice, corner of Sprague a\'enue and Mill street, is a ])ioneer of 1888. He was born in Norway, in April, 1868, and resided there until twenty years old, then came direct to Spokane and engaged in trucking. Two years later he went into the business for himself and has followed it continuously since. He now has one of the largest dray lines in the city, using seven teams in his business and employing nine men. 'Sir. Skattum is essentially a self-made man. Arriving here in earlv vouth, without money or influential friends, or even a knowledge of the language, he has, by industry, frugality and enterprise, worked his way into an excellent business and has become at least well-tij-do, if not moderately wealthly. He has several fine residences in the city and is also f|uite extensively interested in mining. Sociallv he is affiliated with the Foresters of

America, Court Royal, No. u. He was married, in Ccxur d'x'Vlene, Idaho, in 1895, to Miss Carrie Pearson, a native of Sweden, and they have two children : ^Melvin, living, and Mark, deceased.

JOHN B. KRIENBUHL, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Switzerland September i, 1837. In 1854 he emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri, where for a short time he was engaged in farming. He next went to Galena. Ilhnois. and foll(iwe(l the same occupation there until 1876, when he crossed the plains to Portland, Oregon. He worked as a carpenter three years, then, in 1879, moved to Walla Walla, Washington, whence the next year he came to Spokane. Ever since his arri\-al here his time has been spent in the pursuit of his trade and in looking after his large farm on Spirit Lake. Mr. Krienbuhl is one of the most prominent Odd Fellows in the west. For forty vears he has been identified with the order and during the past nineteen years his membership has been in Spokane. In 1883 he organized the encampment in this city, becoming its first ofificer. He is, moreover, a charter member of Spokane Canton, No. 2, which is the largest organization of its kind west of the Rocky mountains. He has been an active member of the Grand Lodge since 1883, has filled several appointment offices and is now grand treasurer. As an organizer, also, Mr. Krienbuhl has done splendid service for his fraternity, having instituted Rockford Lodge, No. 40, Colville Lodge, No. 109, Mt. Carlton Lodge, No. 103, L'nique Encampment, No. 32, of Spokane, Hope I\el)ekah Lodge, of which he was the first noble grantl, and numerous others. Mr. Krien- Inihl is also an active and public-spirited citizen, ever manifesting a deep interest in the general welfare. For five years lie was a faithful member of the volunteer fire department and for three years president of station No. 2. He was married, in Illinois, in 1862, to Miss Maria Statham, a native of England, and they had two daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Robert Irwin, of Mt. Carrol, Illinois, and Hannah, wife of John Potter, also of Illinois. He was next married, in Decatur, Illinois, December 29, 1886, to Mary E. Workman, a native of Indiana.

SA^NIUEL WITTENBERG, secretary and manager of the Washington Cracker Company, corner of Benard street and Second avenue, is a native of Oregon, born June 9, 1865. He grew to manhood and was educated in that state and followed farming there until 1880. He came to Spokane in 1890 and was one of the organizers of the Washington Cracker Company, which was incorporated in 1892, with H. Wittenl.ierg for [iresident and ]\I. Thompson for vice-president. Since 1897 Mr. Samuel Wittenberg has held his present position, that of secretary and manager of the establishment. Under his skillful management the business has grown steadily and it is now large enough to require the constant services of about sixty people, including three traveling salesmen. The cracker factory is one of the important and growing industries of Spokane and is contril)uting no small share toward the general prosperity of the city. Its annual out])ut is about one hundred thousand dollars.

confectionery, is a native of Canton, Fulton county, Illinois, born November 4, 1874. He received a common-school education, but early became a tra\eling news dealer, representing the \arinus news companies. He entered into business for himself in Spokane in 1899, forming a partnership with J. K. Grover, the firm name lieing (trover & Rogers. Mr. Grover was subsequently succeeded by Mr. J. .\. Adams and the firm continued as Adams & Rogers until February i, 1900, when Mr. Rogers bought (lut his partner's interest. Since then he has been sole owner. He is a progressive, enterprising young business man, and has a fine store, well supplied with all varieties of goods in his line and up-to-date in every respect. Mr. Rogers was married, in Spokane, February 25, T899. to Miss Anna C. Anderson, a native of Soda Springs. Idaho. Socially he affiliates with the Order of Washington and the Woodmen of the World, Camp No. 99.

ROBERT RUSSELL, contractor and builder, is a native of Canada, born of Scotch parentage June 16, 1852. He learned the trade of a bricklayer in his native country ami worked as a journeyman tliere and in Fargo, Nurth Dakota. In 1883 he began contracting and building and has continued in that business ever since. He came to Spokane in 1888 and soon took rank among the leading builders of the city. He has done the mason work on many of Spokane's finest structures, among others the county court house. Auditorium, Rookery and Temple Court, and gives employment to a large number of men. Mr. Russell always takes an active interest in the affairs of the city and was one of the men who framed the last city charter. He is a prominent Mason, being identified with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, of which he is a past master. Rijyal Arch Chapter, No. 2. Cataract Conimandery, No. 3, and El Katiff Temple. He also affiliates with the B. P. O. E., No. 228, and the Royal Arcanum. He was married, in Spokane, in August, 1898, to M. E. \\"allace. a native of ^Minnesota; they have one daughter, ^Minnie.

WILLIA^iI G. PRATT, a pioneer of 1883. is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, born December 15, 1854. His father died when he was three years old and his mother when he was seven. \A'hen eight years old he went to Binghamton. New York, wliere he grew to manhood and was educated. In 1874 he removed to Illinois and he followed farming and dairying there for the ensuing four years, then went to Missouri and thence, in 1879, to the Sacramento valley, Califonu'a. After a residence of two years there he came to Spokane county and took a pre-emption in what is now Cook's addition to Spokane, but three years later sold this to Francis Conk. He then Icjcated a homestead, ten miles north of Spokane. Between the years 1885 and 1889 he was employed by Routhe & H. T. Cowley as pressman on the Chronicle. He afterward purchased the Spokane News and eflited tinat until the fire, then, in company with S. L. and F. Z. Alexander, established the Union Printing Company, luit he sold his interest in this enterprise the following year. He purchased a tract of railroad land and still owns one hundred and fifty-four acres of it. forty of which are within the present city limits. He is now engaged principally in market gradening and as an orchardist, but is also heavily interested in mining enterprises, being president of the Black Jack Mining Company. Mr. Pratt has long been one of the substantial and progressive citizens of the city and, though never ambitious for political preferment or for leadership among his fellow men, has always commanded their respect and confidence. He is a man, also, who could always he relied upon to do his full share for the advancement of the best and deepest interests of the city. He is now prominently identified with the First Baptist church of Spokane and with the Young Men's Christian Association. On July, 31, 1894, he was married, in Cceur d'.Mene City, Idaho, to Mrs. Rebecca Stirling, a native of New York.

Hon. David B. Fotheringham

HON. DAVID B. FOTHERINGHAM, contractor and builder, office, i and 2 ^^an Valkenburg block, a pioneer of 1883. is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born October 19, 1856. When eight years old he accompanied his parents to W'aterford. Pennsylvania, and in 1873 to Erie, that state, where he learned the trade of a carpenter. He removed to Denver, Colorado, in 1877, and followed mining there, also contracting antl Ijuilding until 1883, when he removed to Spokane. He was engaged in the same occupation here until 1889, but in that year was compelled by failing health to take a trip to Me.xico. After recuperating for a twelvemonth in the dry, A\arm air of that country, he returned t(.) Sp(.ikane and was electetl mayor of the city, the first to hold that office under the new charter. Since 1892. he has given his attention exclusively to contracting and building. Mr. F(.)theringham has long lieen one of the leading and representative citizens of this city and he has contributed in numerous ways to its development and prosperity. In company with Henry Brooke he built the Eagle block, which was destroyed in the fire of 1889, also another large block which met a similar fate. After the fire he and Mr. Brooke erected the present Eagle Ijlock. It is in the jjolitical history of the cit}', howexer, that he has l)een especially active and that his influence has been most sensibly felt. During the years 1887 and 1888 he was an influential member of the city council and in 1889, as above stated, he became the. city's chief executive. His public service was al\va}-s performed ably and faithfully and with an eye single to the best interests of Spokane. Fraternally he is identified with Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., with the K. P. and with the B. P. O. E., No. 228. He was married, in Mexico, September 25, 1882, to Miss Mary Jennings, a native of Iowa, and to their uniim ha\e been burn four sons: William H,, David D., Benjamin F. and Bernard F.

THOMAS C. GOSS, proprietor of the tonsorial parlors in the basement of the Traders block, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born December 25. 1865, He grew to manhood in the city of his birth, acquiring his education in the common schools, L'ljon lea\-ing school he learned the trade of a barlter and he has followed that handicraft continuous! v since. In 1 89 1 he came to this city and went to work in the barber shop of the Hotel S]iokane, remaining tliere fi ir the ensuing three years. In 189J, however, he purchased his present place of business and established one of the finest and most elegantly furnished shops in the city. He has given strict attention to his business at all times since, deserving and receiving a large patronage. His trade is large enough to require the constant serxices of four employees. Mr. Goss is also interested in mining and is the owner of several promising properties in the mining region tril)utary to Sjiokane.

MONROE DENMAN, a pioneer of 1879, was born, in Minnesota in March, 1858, He was reared and educated there, following farming as an occu])ation until 1879, when he moved to Spokane county via San Francisco. In 1880 he took a homestead two miles north of Hillyard, where he still resides, engaged in farming. He is a progressive, energetic man and ranks among the leading farmers of the county. In local affairs and in politics, also, he is very actively interested, being ciiairman of the board of education in Hillyard and of the Republican central committee of that town. Fraternally he affiliates with the Woodmen of the World and the Woodmen Circle and his and his wife's church membership is placed with the Methodist Episcopal church of Hillyard. He was married, in Spokane county. September 14, 1884, to Miss Esther O. Piper, a native of Minnesota. They have a family of three children : Dorance O.. Alfred M. and Enos C.

HARRY HUMPHREY, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Illinois. May 12, 1852. He received his education in tiie public schools of that state and in a business college at Madison, Wisconsin. In 1870 he went to Wyoming, w here he .secured employment from the Union I'acific Railroad Company as locomotive fireman. In 1878 he was promoted, becoming an engineer. lie. however, went to California that same year and in the ne.xt came to Spokane county, locating near Plaza. He secured a homestead and combined farming with the mercantile business, serving also as postmaster of the town. He was. moreover, for a period of four years, agent for the Northern Pacific Elevator Company at Plaza, but in 1889 he was unfortunately burned out. He then moved to Spokane, accepted the office of deputy sher- iff, under F. K. Pugh, ami served as sucli for four years. Subse(|uently he turned his attention to mining- and prospecting in Britisli Columbia and on the Colville reservation, locating a number of claims. He was, in 1898, appointed by President McKinley special alloting agent for the nurth half of that reservation and is discharging his duties as such officer at the present time. Air. Humphrey has long been a prominent man and a leader in politics, local and general, but was especially active in securing the removal of the county seat to Spokane. As a citizen, his standing in this countv is good, his record, both in ])ri\ate and in public life, having always been abo\e reproach. Fraternally he is identified with Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., and he has passed through all the chairs. He was married, in Wyoming, in 1878, to Miss Annie Waymire, a native of Illinois, who died in Spokane December 23, 1893.

JAMES RUTHERFORD, a pioneer of 1881, was l)orn in the north of England in 1846. As soon as he attained his majority he emigrated to New York, where he was engaged m the hotel business for seven years. He then moved to Chicago, but after a stay of only nine months went to Quebec, Canada. Soon, however, he returned to the United States, located in Philadelphia and worked in a hotel and restaurant in that city for three years. The remainder of his time until 1874 was passed in New York. In that year, however, he returned to his native land and the ensuing four years of his life were spent in England. Returning to .\merica in 1878. he located in Clay county, Kansas, and he remained there, engaged in farming, for two years, then m(jved tij Portland, Oregon. He worked on the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad for a short time, but in 1881 came to Spokane county and settled on a homestead of eighty acres, two miles south and one mile west of Mica postoffice. He also owns one hundred and twenty acres one mile northwest of his home place. Mr. Rutherford is a thrift}', enterprising farmer and one of those wh(j know how to succeed in general farming. He has a fine orchard of fifteen acres and raises some excellent varieties of fruit. He was married, in England, in 1879, to Miss Ellen Re\'ell. They ha\e a family of five children : William R.. Francis J.. Ellen F., Edward J. and Rose A.

WILLIARD E. DONALDSON, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Iowa in 1868. He lived there till fourteen years old. then came to Spokane county and bought land two miles south and one mile west of Mica. He is engaged principally in raising grain and wheat. Mr. Donaldson is an active, energetic young man, very popular with the young people and quite a leader among them. He was married, in Post Falls, Idaho, in 1892, to Miss Nellie M. Tompkins, and they have one child. Leon C.

WILLL\M E. PIERCE, a pioneer of 1879, is a nati\-e of Kennebec county. Maine, born in 1 85 1. He lived there until eighteen years old, then went via the isthmus to California, where he had charge of a logging gang in the red woods lumber region fcir several years, .\fter a ten-years' residence in California, he removed to Spokane and from here he went to the Cceur d'.Menes. Subsequently he and Mr. George Davis operated a saw-mill south of Medical

Lake, but they afterward moved their plant to Newman's Lake. In 1884 tliey purchased from Mr. Havermale a half interest in Echo island and erected the Echo grist mill upon it, hut this they sold two years later. They afterward built a mill at Marshall, but !Mr. Pierce soon sold out to his partner and went to Hauser Junctir)n, Idaho, where he and Mr. Crosby erected the Buckhorn saw-mill. After a year Mr. Pierce became .sole owner of the plant and he operated the mill until 1888, then sold out and engaged in the real estate business in Spokane. In 1897 he and Mr. W'iscumbe bought the Suburlj Roller Flour Mills, then nwiied by the Spokane & Marshall Milling Company. They ])ut in new machinery, fitted up the mill in first-class running order and have operated it unceasingly ever since. It has a cajjacitv of one hundred barrels per day and is so splendidly equipped and does such fine work that it is really a credit to the county. Mr. Pierce is one of the most active, energetic and successful mill men of this vicinity and has done much to build up the milling industry in the county and city of Spokane. Socially he is affiliated witii Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F. He was married, in Spokane county, in 18S4, to .Miss Katie Smithson, and they have two children: ^\'iIliam A., a student in the Imsincss college in Spokane, and Angie.

LEWIS ANDERSON, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Sweden in 1839, When fifteen years old he came to the United States, locating finally at Springfield. Illinois, where he resided for about three years. He then went to Kansas and from that state to I'ike's Peak, Colorado, following the mining industry in the latter state until 1863. The ensuing fi\e years were passed in the mining regions of Montana, but in 1868 he moved to Nevada and turned his attention to farming. He also kept a stage station on the White Pine road for five years. Returning to Montana in 1873, he again went to work in the mines and to that employment his energies were given for about twelve years. He then went to San Francisco and thence to Tacoma. where for a few months he was engaged in handling wood. Soon, iiowever, lie came on to Spokane county and purchased ten acres of land three miles southeast of Spokane, upon which he now resides. He lias a fine chicken ranch and is making an excellent success of ])oultr\- raising and market gardening.

J. D. M.vcLE.^N, M. U.. a pioneer of October, 1887, was born in Nova Scotia Novem- Ix-r 16, 1848. Pie resided in his fatherland until the spring of 1872, acquiring iiis academic and collegiate education there. He then spent some years in the city of New York and later in Chicago, wliere he graduated from Rush Medical College. Upon receiving his degree, he moved to South Dakota and practiced his ])rofession there until the fall of 1887. Since that year he has been prominent among tlie medical jjractitioners of Spokane county. He served as liealtli officer in 1889 one year, as county coroner from 1888 to 1890 and in the fall of 1894 he was appointed county physician, an fjffice which lie held till the early part of 1896. In 1897 ''t' received an appointment as assistant physician in the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane at Medical Lake and in June, 1899, became superintendent of that institution. Dr. MacLean has devoted the undivided and assiduous efforts of many years to the stud}- and practice of his profession, with the natural result that he has acquired a thorough and extensive knowledge of his science. The Doctor, however, has not allowed his devotion to his profession to excuse neglect of his duties as a citizen, but has always taken an enthusiastic interest in economic and political questions. He was a memlier of the Spokane city council during the years 1891 and 1892, one term, and was the candidate of his party for the office of mayor in 1897. In his fraternal affiliations Dr. JNIacLean is a Mason, his connection with that order dating liack t(j the fall of 1870. His family consists of a wife and four children.

JOHN T.VTE. one of the pioneer settlers of Medical Lake, was born in England in 1839. He came with his parents to this country in 1856, going first to northern Wisconsin, but a little later to Cass county, Iowa, of which county they were pioneers. Mr. Tate had received a good education in England and had studied civil engineering. He also had attended school for a time in Wisconsin, so that, on coming to Iowa, he thought he would try teaching. He, accordingly, f(.)llowed that profession for several terms, but later engaged in farming. In 1873 li^ moved to Oregon and purchased a farm near Portland, where he resided about si.x years. He then, on account of ill health, came to what is now the town of Medical Lake, hoping to Ixithe in the mystic waters and be well again. He took a homestead, one mile from the lake, and later purchased a ipiartersection of railroad land adjoining, but in 1888 embarked in the real estate, insurance and collecting business in the town. He was the first real estate agent in Medical Lake and for many years has done a large business. In addition to his valuable farms, he is the owner of much good property in the town, rolitically Mr. Tate is an acti\e and leading Republican, being one of the organizers of the party in this county and one who has been chosen a delegate to state and local conventions. He is greatly interested in the progress of his town and neighborhood and foremost in promoting an\- undertaking which promises to ad\-ance the highest interests of Medical Lake. Indeed, he is in every respect an ideal citizen, meriting and receiving the confidence and good will of his neighbors. He was married, in 1863, to Miss Jane Davis, and to their union were liorn eleven children : Thomas R. ; Edna, now Mrs. .\rthur J. Cone; Eliza, a teacher, now married to George Adams ; Martha, deceased ; Anna : .Vndrew Peat ; Seth, a printer : Edward ; John, deceased ; Ivy, deceased; Roy. and one who died in infancy.

E. L. PERKINS, merchant at Medical Lake, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Walla Walla county, Washington, June 22. 1864. He is one of the comparatively few men of prominence in this county whose eyes first o|)ened to the light of day in the state of \\'ashington. He spent his early years on a farm, attending school when opportunity was presented. When si.xteen years old be accompanied his father to Spokane count}-, and he resided at the home of his ji.urents until twenty-one, then secured a place of his own. He was engaged in farming and stockraising continuously thereafter till 1898, but on December 15, of that year, he opened a general merchandise store in Medical Lake. He is a very successful business man, and is building up an extensive trade. He is also quite heavily interested in several mining properties in the mining region tributary to Spokane. Frater- nally lie is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Perkins takes an active interest ir. the municipal government of Medical Lake, and is now discharging his duties as a member of the city council and as school clerk. He \\as married in Spokane county, Octoljer 29, 1890, to Molhe ]\I. Barnes, and they have two children, [Marguerite E. and ]\Iae C.

J. D. LABRIE. a ijioneer of 187J. was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1834, and in that province the first thirteen years of his life were passed. In 1847 he went to Illinois, where he was engaged in farming continuously until 1865. He then moved to Douglas county, Oregon, and followed the same iiccu])ation there for about six years, but in the fall of 1871 he came to Spokane county. He located on a homestead a mile north of [Medical Lake in the early part of the ensuing vear, also purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land. Since that date he has gi\en the greater part of his attention to farming and he has been one of the most thrifty and energetic tillers of the soil in the cnunty. He now owns three hundred and twenty acres of farm land, half of which is located in township 2-:,. range 41, also an eighty-acre tract right near the town and snme tnwn real estate. His premises evervwhere bear testimony to his thrift and enterprise, being impmved with line buildings, fence, orchanls, etc., and suijplied with all varieties of small fruits in great abundance. Mr. Laljrie has always taken an active part in affairs of pul)lic concern wherexer he has lived. \\'hile in Illinois he served as constable and <leputy sheriff for four years anrl since coming to this county he has frequentl}- been electerl road supervisor. He also has the distinction of having been Medical Lake's first postmaster. He is one of the earliest pioneers of the county, has seen its development almost fnjm the first and has contributed no small share toward its progress in civilization. He helped to operate the first saw-mill built in this city. In 1856, while still in the state of Illinois, he married Fla\'ia Semoneau. and to their union have been born seven children: Francis V.. deceased: Sarah A, and Lora R.. twins: Elizabeth, deceased: Louisa, deceased; Phelix, de-- ceased, and Flavia.

M. S. ALLN'X, proprietor of the Northwestern School of Telegraphy, of Medical Lake, is a native of Michigan, born in 1852. lie resi<le(l in that state until 1884. engaged in farming and lum])ering, then went to Wisconsin, where for two and a half years he was in the employ of a railroad company. He then served as telegraph operator in \arious ])arts of Montana, Wasliington and Idaho for about twelve years. On June i, 1899, he established in Medical Lake the school of telegraphy of which he is now the principal and proprietor. He owns a two-story l)uilding, fitted up with four distinct lines and two switch boards, as well as with all other appliances and apparatus necessary for teaching the telegrapher's art just as it is practiced on all the great railways. The pupils are gi\en all needful instruction and practice in sending and receiving messages, daily market reix)rts, newspaper jjaragraphs, train orders and train service messages, and are required to keep a daily check and numl)er sheet of messages sent and received by them, and to make daily reports according to Western Union rules. In fact the school is thorougiily practical and up-to-date in every respect, and is well deserx-ing of the patronage of those who desire to fit themselves for positions in the railway telegraph offices. There are now eighteen pupils enrolled and their numher will increase as the merits of the institution become more widely appreciated. Fraternally Mr. Allyn is identified with the Masons and the A. O. U. W. He was married in Michigan, in 1879, to Miss Mary A. Garrison and they have one child. Alma E., a teacher in the school.

W. D. SCOTT, a pioneer of 1888, is a native of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, born in 1861. He lived in that state until twenty-seven years old. ac(|uiring his preliminarv education in the ^\'ashington & Jefferson College and his legal learning in the State University of Michigan. After graduating in law he at once came to Spokane and opened an office and he has been practicing his profession here continuously since. He dex'otes a considerable part of his attention to mining law and litigation and is quite a specialist in that important branch of the profession. Pie is a meni1)er of the I. O. O. F.. Imperial Lodge. Xo. 134, also the K. of P.

EUGENE EXLOE, one of the leading merchants of Medical Lake, was born in Illinois, in 1859. He was educated in the public schools there and afterwards followed the general merchandise Inisiness until 1891, when he came to Spokane. In 1894 he opened a store in Medical Lake, carrying a very small stock at first. Being an e.xcellent luisiness man. however, he has liuilt up a large and extensive trade, so that he is now ju.stified in carrying a very heavy stock. He occuic.es three store r(joms, in one of which he keeps groceries and hardware, in another, dry goods and notions, and in the third, gents' furnishing goods and shoes. He also handles the lumber sawed by the local mills. Mr. Enloe is one of the leading and representative citizens of Medical Lake and commands the respect and esteem of the townspeople generally. He is thoroughly public-spirited and active in promoting the highest and best interests of the town and neighborhood. He was married in Illinois, in 1879, to Clara M. Moss and they are parents of six children: Ethel M., Maude, Lula, Edith, Myrtle and Raymond T.

L. P. HOLE, a pioneer of 1888. was born in Ohio, in i860 and he grew to manhood antl acquired his education in the state of his birth. When twenty-two years of age he removed to northern Kansas and engaged in the loan business, as agent for eastern capitalists. Subsequently he followed the same occupation in South Dakota for three years, but in 1888 came to Spokane and he has been engaged in the same business here continuously since. Mr. Hole is also quite extensi\'ely interested in mining properties. Socially, he affiliates with the Knights of Pythias. He was married in Kansas, in 1886, to Sarah E. Cooper. Religiously. Mr. Hole is a member of the Ouaker church of Damascus. Ohio.

WILLI.VM .\. BISHOP, a pioneer of 1880. is a native of Callaway county. Missouri, liorn in 1850, and the first twenty-two years of his life were spent in that state. In 1872. howe\-er. he remo\-ecl to San Jose. California.

and for the ensuing four years worked for the raih'oatl company in that city. He next moved to Oregon and farmed three years, after which he came to Whitman county. \Vashington, and followed the same occupation there for six years. At the end of that time, however, he removed to Spokane, where he was engaged until 1889 in contracting and teaming. He tlien bought a farm south of the city and spent seven years more as an agriculturist. In 1896 Mr. Bishop again moved into Spokane and bought a grocery store on the corner of Fifth and Sherman streets and he has since that tnue l)een engaged in handling ice, feed and groceries. He has recently added a meat market t(.t his already flourishing business. He is one of the substantial and respected citizens of this cijunty ;m(l has stood high in the esteem of his neighbors wliere\er he has lived. Socially, he is affiliated with the Knights and Tadies of Security. He was married, in California, August 15. 1876. to Miss Lizzie Laricolas and they have had five children, namely : Samuel A. and Ernest, li\-ing. and Maude, Leo Ravmonil and Arthur, deceased.

A. E. ANDERSON, proprietor of the Anderson sample rooms, is a native of Denmark, born August 12, 1865, He grew to man"s estate there, lint, when about sex'enteen years old, came to America, locating in Connecticut, where he followed the boot and shoe business. In 1891 he came west to the Black Hills, Snuth Dakota, and became a dealer in hay and grain, but after about three years" residence there, he mo\'ed to Butte, Montana, and engaged in the sample room business. Smce 1896 he has been pursuing the same business in this city. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order, and with Lodge No. 228, B. P. O. E. He was married, in Butte, Montana, November 3, 1896, to Miss Christine Larson, a native of Denmark, and they have two daughters : Emilie and Agnes C.

LEE L. LEWIS, deceased, a pioneer of 1879. was born in Tennessee, April 2, 1824. Upon attaining to adult age he moved to' Linn county, Missouri, where lie resided until 1850. In that year he crossed the plains to Marysville, Califcjrnia, and engaged in mining and freighting. About the year 1858 he removed to The Dalles, Oregon, and thence later to Umatilla county, where, for many years, he was engaged in the stock business, lie lost heavily in the Bannock Indian war and barely escape<l with his life. He was slightly wounded in the battle of Willow Springs and had the horn of his saddle shot away, but managed to effect his escape. In 1879 he moved to Spokane county, secured a pre-emption near Spangle and again engaged in farming and stock raising, an occupation to which his energies were devoted until Deceml)er 22. 1899, when he died. Mr. Lewis possessed a goodly measure of the true pioneer spirit. Brave, courageous, unconquerable, he stuck to the west despite every danger, until civilization dawned, then for many years was permitted to enjoy the sunshine his own energies had helped to bring. He was married, in California in i860, to Miss Martha J. Ermi, a native of Indiana, who, with six of their off.spring, still .survives him. The children are: Clotilda, wife of Harvey Porter; Millard F., a farmer: Arthur A., bookkeeper ir Spokane: Ossaphine. wife of R. G. Prichard; Walker, a farmer, and Elizabeth. Mrs.

Lewis still resides on the home place near Spangle. Arthur A. Lewis, son of Lee L., born in L'matilla county, Oregon, June 15, 1870. Init since 1879 has been a resident of this county. He graduated from the Spokane Business College, then engaged for a time in farming, hi Januar}', 1895. he accepted a position as clerk and later was pvomoted to the office of bookkeeper under County Treasurer Mudgett. He also served for six months under the new administration. At the present time he is bookkeeper for the A. & K. Packing Company, of Spokane. Li fraternal affiliations, he is identified with ^^lount Carleton Lodge, Xo. 103, L O. O. F.

WILLLK^I CONNOLLY, a pioneer of 1879. is a nati\'e of Ireland. Ixirn March 26. 1840. In 1 86 1 he came to the United States for the purpose of joining the Union army. He enlisted at Albany. New York, in I\Iarch, 1862, joining Company F. Se\'enteenth United States Infantry, and served in Sike"s Brigade, Fifth Corps. He was through the Peninsular campaign and participated in all the battles to Harrison's Landing. On August 30, 1862, he was cajjtured. but was parceled and taken to a hospital at Washington, District of Columbia. Thence he was sent to Newark. New Jersey, and discharged. About three months later, February 2, 1863, he again enlisted. He participated in the battles of the Wilderness. Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna, where he was woundetl in the side by a shell. Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Crater. He was captured, July 30, JS64, and experienced about nine months of life in a C<>nfederate prison. Upon being exchanged, he was given a thirty-day furlough, then returned and served at Georgetown till the close of the war. ]\Ir. Connolly then went to Massachusetts, where he joined the United States cavalry. He participated in many Indian wars, including the campaigns against the Utes and against the Apaches, along the Mexican and Texan borders in 1867, also in the war with the Comanche Indians. In 1869 he was discharged, Ijut he came out to California and again joined the cavalry in time to participate in the Modoc Indian war. He was, however, wc lunded in an attack on Cape Jack stronghold and discharged, but he afterwards re-enlisted and took part in the Xez Perce war against Chief Joseijh. Few men have fought more battles of the republic than has Mr. Connolly and few indeed are they who have made a more commendable military record. After retiring from the army he spent some time in Oregon, then a In'ief period in Walla \\'alla. In 1879 he came to this county and purchased railroad land near \\'averly. upon which he has since resided. He also owns two hundred and fifty-five acres near Tekoa and is engaged in farming. He served as a member of the board of county commissioners in 1893 antl 1894, during which years the court house was in course of erection. Fraternally, he is identified with the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. He was married in Oregon, in November, 1873. to JNIiss Mary F. iMcGinnis. a native of Washington, District of Columbia, and to their union six children have been born : Lizzie. wife of Dr. G. W. Endsley, of Fairfield ; Thomas F. ; William; Julia and John, living, and Helen, who died at Walla Walla in 1879.

FRANKLIN PIERCE O'NEILL, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of West Virginia. l)orn April jt,, 1855. He grew to manhood in th'e state of his birth, receiving his educa- tion in the public scliool there. Subsequently he entered the employ of the Calumet Iron & Steel Worksas a nail maker and later he worked also for the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company in the same capacity. In 1880 he moved to Denver, Colorado, to take charge of a branch grocery house for a wholesale firm in Chicagi.i. The next year, however, he returned to Chicagcj and again engaged as a nail maker. Three years later he moved to Milwaukee. \\'isconsin, where he followed the same occupatiim until 1887, in which year he came to Spokane. Upon arriving here he entered the serxice of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as station baggageman, becoming the first regular employee of that character in the citw He remained with them until 1890. then went to w(jrk for the Standard Oil Company. He also engaged in mining and, in June, 1892, discovered the Ruth mine, which, in 1896, sold for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. His time has since been <le- \oted exclusi\ely to mining enterprises and he has several very promising properties, among them a contrtjlling interest in the Chicago mine. Unlike most men who have been successful in accumulating wealth, Mr. O'.Xeill i:- not devoting his money solely to self-aggrandizement or delaying the ])r()per disposition of it till his will shall have been executed. but. with a benexolence challenging our warmest admiraton. he is disposing of it here and now for the benefit of mankind and the alleviation of human suffering. In 1892 he and Mrs. O'Neill founded the Deaconess' Home and in 1897. at a cost of about ten thousand dollars. l)uilt the permanent home, to which a hospital was added, though the first hrjspital work was begun in 1896 by Miss C. Brown. In 1899 an Old People's Home came under the charge of the Deaconess'

Home. Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill were ably assisted in this good work l)y Mrs. R. Abernathy. Mrs. C. .\. Mohr and Miss Clara A. Brown, whose enthusiasm and hearty cooperation were jxiwerful factors in making the enterprise a success. Fraternally, Mr. O'Neill is affiliated with Lodge No. 134, I. O. O. F. He was married, in Denver, Colorado, January 21. 1881. to Mi.ss Minnie E. Beard, a native of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and they have had four children, three of whom are now living, namely: Abbie M., Haylett and Paul M. The deceaseil memlier of the family was named Jessie Lydia. Both the parents are identified with the Methodist Episco])al church and Mrs. O'Neill is also a member of the W. C. T. U. She has been a member of the Deaconess' board for the past eight years. The family reside in a beautiful resilience at 1209 Fifth avenue, the site of the original Deaconess' Home. The dress in which Mrs. O'Neill appears in her portrait in this volume is known as the "Historic Dress." she. Queen Isabella-like, ha\ing offered it as a pledge to secure a car|)et for her beloved project, the Deaconess' Home.

H. U. HOTCHKISS. a pioneer of 1889, was born in Michigan in 1856. He acquired a common-school education, then, at the age of eighteen, went to Jackson, Michigan, where, for the next nine years, he was employed by the Michigan Central Railway Company as an engineer. He was then sent by the company to St. Thomas. Canada, and there he resided for the ensuing five years. Coming thence to Spokane, he secured a position with the Ncjrthern Pacific Railway Company, his headquarters being at Sprague. In 1895 he was transferred to Spokane, where his residence has ever since been. Mr. Hotchkiss has had charge of an engine for the past twenty-three years and so careful has he l^een that he has experienced only one wreck in all those years and that was in no way attributable to his fault. Mr. Hotchkiss is also somewhat interested in mining. He is president of the Golden Reward Mining Company, in the north half of the Colville reservation, and a stockholder in several properties in the south half. He also owns real estate in this city. In fraternal affiliations, he is prominently connected with the Masonic order, being a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., Sprague Chapter, No. 6, R. A. ^I., Spokane Council, No. 4, R. & S. M.. Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T., Oriental Consistory, No. 2, and El Katiff Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. He also belongs to the Elks and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mr. Hotchkiss is a scion of a very ancient family, his progenitors having come to America with Davenport and Eaton in 161 8. His mother, aged eighty years, is living with him.

REV. JOHN SARGINSON, assistant pastor and financial secretary of the First Methodist Episcopal church, is a native of Manchester, England, born June 11, 1849. He grew to manhood in his fatherland, receiving his education in the public schools and early learning the trade of a contractor and builder. In 188S he came to the United States and finally located at Portland, Oregon, where for a number of years he followed his trade. He was also prominently connected with the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal church there.

since been engaged in contracting and building, also in the real estate business. !Mr. Sarginson has long been an active and enthusiastic religious worker and his zeal in the cause of Christianity has led to his being called to the responsible position he now holds. He is a man of much consecrated energy and one who has done much for the Methodist church and the cause which it labors to advance. He was- married in Manchester. England, April 10, 1872, to Miss Sarah Wilshaw, a native of that city, and they have two children : John \\'.. a plumber, and Ruth. The entire family are members of the ^lethodist Episcopal church.

ADOLPH RENSCH, a pioneer of 1888, is a native of Switzerland, born in i860. He lived in the land of his birth until twenty years of age, then emigrated to America, fiarally" locating at St. I'aul, ]\Iinnesota, where he' worked in the grocery business for about eight years. In 1888 he came to Spokane. He served as receiving clerk here for the Northern. Pacific Railroad Company one year, and for the ne.xt four was employed by a wholesale^ grocery company as salesman and shipping clerk. During the ensuing five years he was in business for himself on the corner of Sprague and Pine, but at the end of that time he sold out and passed a year in Republic. Returning to this city he purchased a store on the corner of Third and Hillyard. where he has ever since carried on a grocery business. Mr. Rensch is a man of good business ability and ranks among the successful men of the city, of which he has ever been a worthy and substantial citizen since he first became identified with it. Mr. Rensch is also an enthusiastic mining man and now holds the office of secretary and treasurer in the Goat Creek Mining Company. He is a member of Camp 99, Woodmen of the \\'(5rld, also secretary of the Spokane Turnverein Society and president of the Swiss Grutli Society, the head office of which is in New York. He was married in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1886, to Miss Katie Schumacher, and they have a family of two children : Colestine and Emma.

JOSIAH \\'. OSBORNE, a pioneer of 1889, was burn in Canada, in 1854. His mother, ;uv Wallace, was of Scotch- Irish descent and his father ])elonged to a family which has long occupied a prominent and leading position in the councils of the English nation, and a family many of the members of which have ])orne high titles of nobility. When ten years old he moved to Iowa, where he afterwards became a dealer in furniture, undertaking supplies and musical instruments. In October, 1889, he came to Sjiokane, engaged in handling real estate and like many other business men of that period, lost heavily in the reaction following the boom. He then engaged in the sewing machine tratle for a time, but soon resumed his former occupation, again becoming a furniture dealer. Pie now handles a full line of household furnishings and is doing a good business. I^lr. Osborne is one of the sul)tantial citizens of Spokane and stands high in the esteem and respect of the people. Socially, he affiliates with the I O. O. F. and with the Foresters. He was married in Iowa, in 18S1, to Ida ]\I. Moody, of that state, and they are parents of four

GEORGE MACKIE, a pioneer of 1885, was born in Scotland in 1857. He resided in his fatherland until twenty-one years old, acfjuiring a common-school education and a knowledge of the carpenter trade. Upon coming to .\merica he located at Niagara Falls for four years, then went to Denver, Colorado, wliere he resided for about si.x months. Plis next move was to Cheyenne, Wyoming, whence, in 1885, lie came to Spokane. He secured a- position as foreman for David I-\)tiieringham, Ijy whom he has been employed much of the time since. He was foreman on the construction of the court house, the Spokane Hotel, the Eagle block, the Jamieson block and numerous others. Mr. Mackie is one of the fanest mechanics in Spokane, having learned his trade in a country where tiiey do everything thoroughly and having devoted the undivided efforts of many years since then t(i the mastery of everything pertaining to his business. He is also highly esteemed as a citizen, though he has never been ambitious to lie a leader among his fellows or to hold political offices. Fraternally, he is identified with the Carpenters' Union. He was married in Spokane, in 1893. to Miss Rosette Jones, and to their union have been born two children : Marjory and Arthur.

Company, was bom in New York City in 1849. He resided in the city of liis nativity until 1886, acquiring his education in a private school and in 1863 entering the employ of John P. Moore's Sons, who were importers, manufacturing agents and contractors in military arms and ammunition for the United States government. He afterwards became a full and equal partner in the firm and remained with them until 1886, when he was compelled to retire on account of failing health. For the ensuing" seven years he lived in Warren, Ohio, his wife's native place, not actively connected with any business, but in the fall of 1893 he came to Spokane and secured an interest in the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, of which he has ever since been vicepresident. In 1894 he was elected a director and second vice-president in the Washington Water Power Company. The next year he became first vice-president and in 1896 president, which office he still retains. Mr. Richards is one of the most prominent and successful business men of the city and one of its most highly respected and esteemed citizens.

EDWARD C. MILLER, manager of the Northern Pacific warehouse department, a pioneer of 1884, is a native of Germany, born December 4, 1854. In 1870 he came to the United States, located in Illinois and engaged in farming. Seven years later he went to Iowa, then to Colorado, and in 1881 he came to this state, locating at Seattle. From that city, at a later date, he went by boat to Tacoma, thence by steamer to Portland and thence liy rail to The Dalles. He then came to Spokane, but soon moved to Cocolalla, where he entered the employ of the Northern

Pacific Railroad, his work being to help clear the right-of-way along the Pend d'Oreilie. Subsecpiently he was given employment in an office there. In 1884 he came to Spokane and took charge of the freight ofiice here and he has been thus employed ever since. Mr. Miller is one who, by faithfully discharging the duties which lay nearest his hands, h;is made himself indispensable to his company and has secured a position of responsibility and dignity. He is a member of the Northern Pacific Railroad Club. He was married in Spokane, January 14, 1888, to Miss Louise Reichenbach, a native of Minnesota, who died in Spokane, April 7, 1896, and was buried in the Greenwood cemetery. She left two children : Harvey E. and Elmer C. Mr. Miller was a member of the well-known Concordia Singing Society, the first society of the kind organized in Spokane.

A. S. CROWDER, a pioneer of July, 1887, was born in Illinois, in 1862, and in that state he was reared and educated, receiving the advantages offered by the high as well as the common schools. He served as teller in a bank for five years after leaving school, then came to Spokane, engaged in the real estate business and is now the senior member of the firm established at that time. He was also elected a director of the E.xchange National Bank. Pie has been interested in handling Spokane real estate ever since, though for some years past his energies have been divided between that and fruit raising in California. He is the owner of a fine lemon and orange grove in San Diego, and packs thousands of boxes of these fruits for the general market everv vear. Mr. Crowdcr is a very versatile man, possessed of a marvelous capacity for work, and his astuteness, foresight and sound judgment qualify him for making a success of whatever he undertakes in the line of business. He is a director of the Merchants' National Bank, of San Diego, and president of the Pacific States Investment Company and of the La Mesa Lemon Company, a general wholesale fruit packing and produce firm organized for the purpose of handling California products. He is also quite extensively interested in various mining enterprises. Such is his capacity for aft'airs, that he is enabled to superintend his various real estate, banking, fruit-raising and mining interests in two states and at the same time to find leisure for taking a leading part in California politics and for faithfully representing his district in the California legislature. How he manages to accomplish so many things will always remain a mystery to men of t)rdinary talent. He was married in Decatur, Illinois, in 1892, to INIiss Marie Shellabarger, and they ha\-e one daughter, Anne Elisabeth.