Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 12 of 16)

ERNEST W. LYONS, yardmaster for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Madison, Wisconsin, born October 8, 1857. In i860 his parents removed to Pennsylvania and he grew U\ manhood there, acquiring his education in the public schools. In 1883 he came to Tacoma. Washington, where he secured employment from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as express messenger and he served in that capacity and as agent until 18S9. In that year he came to Spokane and became a member of the fire department. The following spring, however, he again entered the employ of the Northern Pacific and he has been with them continuously since. He is a thoroughly trustworthy and reliable man and has the full confidence of the company for which he works. In 1 89 1 he was elected captain of Company G, Second Regiment of Washington National Guards, and continued to hold that rank until they (lisl)anded in 1894. At the time of the outbreak of war l)etween this country and Spain, Captain Lyons helped organize Company .\. First Regiment \\'ashington Militia, and was elected their captain, but was compelled to resign on account of ill health, nuich to his regret, for his courageous, patriotic heart prompted him to accept this opportunity to strike a blow for "Old Glory." He is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. no, K. P. He was married in Spokane, December 25, 1897. to Mrs. Annie E. Ciiapman.

HARRY G. STIMMEL, of the Northwestern Storage & Transfer Company, a pioneer of 1883. is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Harrisburg, November i. 1854. In 1868 he removed with his parents to Salina, Kansas, and liere he grew to nianliood, receiving a common-school education. He had, however, in 1867, entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and learned telegra])hy. This handicraft he used to great advantage in after years, serving as operator on various railroads throughout Kansas and Colorado. In 1881 he came to Walla Walla, Washington, and accepted a position as agent for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. He came to Sjiokane in 1883 as agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, serving as such for some time afterwards. Ir. 1890, however, he left the service of the railroad compan}- to become secretary of tlie board of city commissioners, being the first to liold that position under the new charter. Three years later he again entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, this time as traveling freight and passenger agent, and he held that position until 1898, in wliich year he engaged in his present occupation. He is a man of great industry and enterprise and these qualities, combined with integrity, tact and business sagacity, have enabled him to build up a large and flourishing business in this city. He is also one of the leading and representative citizens of Spokane, having always taken a lively interest in its material and social welfare. Fraternally, he is preeminently affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., belonging to Spokane Lodge, No. 34, to Spokane Chapter, No. 2, to Cataract Commandery, No. 3, and to El Katiff Temple. He was married in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June I, 1876, to Aliss Hattie J. Enney, a native of that state, and they have two children : Benjamin E. and Hattie A.

RO:\IAIXE L. BOGARDUS was born at Fishkill on the Hudson, New York, October 14. 1861, but at an early age removed with his mother to New Jersey, where he received his education and grew to man's estate. In 1880 he went to New York City antl engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In 1893 li^ came to southern Idaho in the interest of an estate of which he has charge. In 1897 he came to Spokane and shortly afterwards was elected secretary of the Spokane Building & Loan Society, which had just been organized, with offices at Nos. 3 and 4 Janiieson building. When he took charge of that institution in 1898 it was in a weak condition, Imt he has labored unremittingly for its improvement, making good use of the experience and training gained while in the real estate business, until it is now prosperous and flourishing. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of this city. Mr. Bogardus is a descendant of Everardus Bogardus, the founder of the Dutch Reformed church in the United States. He is, however, himself a leading member and a trustee in the First Baptist church, of Spokane. He was married, in 1894, to Miss Grace M. Burton, of Boise, Idaho, one of the most popular and successful teachers of that state. They are parents of one daughter, Ethel G.

JOSEPH B. LINDSLEY, of the law firm of Henley, Kellam & Lindsley, rooms 503 to 509 Rookery block, was born in Wellington, Ohio, March 19, 1870. When about four years old he moved with his parents to Muncie, Indiana, and in 1881 to Sterling, Kansas, where he completed his education. He came west in 1890 and during that year and the next was in the employ of the Pacific Express Company in Montana, Idaho and Washington. In 1892 he located in Spokane and began reading law with the firm of Fenton & Henley, studying later under D. W. Henley alone. He secured admission to the bar in 1895 and shortly afterwards became a member of the firm to which he now belongs. Mr. Lindslev is a deej) and thorough student of the law, being especially well versed in the laws and statutes of this state, and is rapidly climbing to the front among the lawyers of the city. He is perhaps as promising a young man as practices at the Spokane bar to-day.

He is quite prominent in Masonry, being a member of Lodge No. 34, of Chapter No. 2, of Cataract Commandery No. 3, and of tlie E! Katiff Temple, of the Mystic Shrine. He also affiliates with the Red Cross Lodge. K. P., with Spokane Council, No. 8, Royal Arcanum and with the Spokane Club. He was married in Spokane, December 8, 1896, to Miss Alice Driscoll. a native of Missouri.

Mr. Lindsley's father, Captain A. R. Lindsley, a native of New Jersey, was a captain in the L'nion army. He organized and took into service three companies of troops from Ohio. His mother, Elizabeth Buckles, was a daughter of Judge Joseph S. Buckles, of Delaware Cduntv, Indiana.

D. K. McDonald, manager of the Oregon Mortgage Company, rooms 7 and 8 E.xchange Bank building, is a pioneer of 1881. He was born in Nova Scotia, June 10, 1861, and he grew to manhood there, receiving his education in the public schools of that province and in Pictou Academy. He taught school a while, but in 1879 went to California, locating first at Eureka and later in San Francisco, engaged as a lumberman at both these points. In 1 88 1 he came to Spokane and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as a bridge builder, but the following year he moved to the vicinity of Sprague, took a homestead and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In 1886 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of assessor for Lincoln county and the eminently satisfactory character of his services is evinced by the fact that he was chosen for three consecutive terms. In 1890 he accepted a position with the Oregon Mortgage Company, by whom he is still retained as manager. He is a man of industry, enterprise and business ability, of spotless integrity and exalted character, and highly esteemed by those who know him. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order, in which he is very prominent, being senior warden in Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, a member of the Scottish rite and a graduate of thirty-two of the thirty-three degrees. He was married in Spokane, February 10, 1897, to Miss Maude Sillye, a native of Mississippi, and they have one child, Vera A.

THOMAS B. HIGGINS, of the firm of Blake & Post, 32 to 35 Exciiange Bank building, is a native of \\'ashington. District of Columbia, born in December, 1862. He was educated in the public schools, also in the preparatory department of Columbia University and in the Emerson Institute, graduating from both. \\\ 1879 he entered Howard College and four years later the Columbia University Law School, from which he recei\-ed his LL. E. degree in 1885. He tlien engaged in the practice of law. In 1890 he came to Spokane, where he has followed his profession continuously since, alone until 1896, afterwards in the present firm.

FREDERICK W. HARRINGTON, real estate and mining broker, 420 Rookery building, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Newark, New Jersey, born while his parents were visiting in that city, their home being in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the public school of Philadelphia and Boston and at the age of thirteen went to sea, sailing on several vessels out of Boston, Calcutta, San Francisco, Liverpool and many other ports, home and foreign, traveling practically over the entire world, in both the American and English service. In 1868 he left the sea and settled in Woodland, Yolo county, California, \\here for ten years he was a farmer and stock dealer. He came to this county in 1878, located a homestead in Deep Creek prairie, twenty miles west of Spokane, and again engaged in farming. Five years later he exchanged his place for city property, moved to Spokane and went into the real estate business and he has been engaged in that and mining continuously since. In 1889 he built the Rookery Annex liluck, but three years later sold it to Boyer & Edwards. He again sold in 1894, this time, however, only in his capacity as agent, and it became the property of the Rookery Company. Mr. Harrington is one of the leading real estate and mining men of the city. Thoroughly business-like in all his dealings, and ever watchful fur an opportunity and courageous enough to grasp it when it comes, he has achieved a splendid success in a line in which a less talented man would have failed. He is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. He was married in Spokane, January 15, 1889, to Miss Grace Clark, a daughter of Giles W. Clark, of Ionia, Michisran.

W. \V. THORNTON, one of the rising young attorneys of this city, is a native of Virginia. He grew to manhood and acipured his education there. At the age of seventeen years he began teaching school and as soon as he had earned money sufficient to pay his expenses, he became a student at William and Mary College. He subsequently took a course at Richmond College, then taught a session at the St. John Military Academy. He next purchased the Manassas Gazette, of which he was editor until 1890. Previous to this time, however, he had spent two years in the law department of the University of Virginia and he now began the practice at Bristol, that state. His abilities and learning soon became recognized and ere long he had built up a splendid law business. His wife's failing health, however, compelled him to find a more congenial climate, lience he decided to seek a location in the inter-mountain region. He stopped for a short period in Ogden, Utah, coming thence to Spokane, where he opened an office for the practice of his profession at Nos. 3 and 4 Golden Gate building. Mr. Thornton is a man of ability, a thorough scholar, well read in his profession, and his business is sure to increase rapidly as time goes on. He was married in Washington, District of Columbia, in the spring of 1894, to Miss Adrienne Josephine Dessez.

A. L. THORP, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, in 1849. He early learned the trade of a bridge-carpenter and for a number of years worked at that handicraft, serving at different times as foreman and as inspector of bridges. Mr. Thorj) was also a skillful lnjuse-carpenter. In 1879 hr- removed to northwestern Iowa, whe'^e he fcjllowed carpentering till the fall of 1882. He then came west and worked at his trade for a brief period in Portland, Oregon, then accepted employment on the coal bunkers at Tacoma, Washington, where he resided until the spring of 1883. He then came to Spokane. After taking a horseback trip through the Big Bend country and neighboring sec- tions, he engaged in contracting and 1)uilding in this city. He also worked a while in a planing-mill and later erected the Snburb Mills, at Marshall. Subsequently he moved onto a farm on the Medical Lake road, eight miles from Spokane, where he has till recently resided. He was engaged in diversified farming and had a splendid collection of fancy chickens, also a herd of thoroughbred Jersey cattle, which would delight the eye of a lover of fine stock. Lately, however, he sold his farm, and is now working at his trade in Spokane. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married at Galena, Illinois, in 1877, to Miss Alice Pittam, and they have a family of three children : .\rtliur \\'.. Jessie B. and Edna L. Mr. Thorp is a highly respected, representative citizen of his community, and a leader in every progressive movement. In 1895 ^^^ elected county commissioner and he served for a term of two years.

E. J. HYDE a jMoneer of 18S7. was born in Waukesha, ^\'iscnnsin, in 1861. He early left the town of his nativity and went to Prince Edward Island, where he accjuired his education and learned his trade, spending the time between 1875 ''^''"' '^^^o in a jewelry manufactory. During the ensuing five years he worked ior the American \\'atch Company, then traveled for two years, finally locating ir Spokane. He worked as a jeweler a short time, but soon opened in the business for himself. He was burned out in the big fire, but later started up again on Monroe street, where he did business for a year. Since then he has moved to dififerent locations from time to time, as his business increased, and he is now located at 716 Sprague. ]\Ir. Hyde is a very skillful manufacturing jeweler, having spent many years earnestly endeavoring to master that difficult handicraft, and he now has a national rei)utati()n. He manufactures all kinds of jewelry, and ships his products as far east as Alaine, selling considerable in New York and Boston. Mr. Hyde's father, John G., belonged to Company D, Twenty- fourth Wisconsin \'olunteer Engineers, and was killed at Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Hyde is a member of the Elks and belongs to the Knights Temjilar and to the Shrine. He was married in Spokane in September, 1895, ^ Miss Lela E. Wendell.

DR. W. A. WRIGHT, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Michigan in 1864, and he resided in his native state continuously until he came to Spokane. He early chose for himself the profession of dentistry and spent his vacations from school in a dentist's office, diligently endeavoring to acquire a thorough knowledge of everything pertaining to the science and art of dental surgery. At the age of twentyone, he graduated from the dental department of the University of Michigan, and thereupon movetl to Allegan county and began practice. Three years later he came to Spokane and opened an office here. Before long he moved to the I'ernwell block, where he has occupied the same offices for the past nine years. The Doctor has devoted his entire energies since boyhood assiduously to the study and practice of his profession, and, as a natural consequence, he stands in the front rank among the dentists of this state. He was a member of the state board of dental examiners and served about four years, but declined re-appointment. Dr. Wright owns a farm four and a half miles from that citv. and he is also interested to a considerable extent in mining property. He was married in California, in 1893, to Emma A. Hope, former resident of Spokane, where, for tlie four years following 1886, she was a teacher in the Methodist Episcopal college on the North Side.

DR. L. P. WATERHOUSE, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1832, and in that city the first ten years of his life were passed. He then accompanied his parents to Indiana, where he remained tintil 1876. He was educated at La Grange Collegiate Institution, graduating from that institution when seventeen years old. Subsequently lie studied medicine two years, then took a course in the University of Michigan. After teaching school a while with a view to securing money with which to comjjlete his medical education, he went to Cincinnati, and there obtained his M. D. degree in 1855. He practiced his profession in Indiana for a number of years, but finally crossed the jjjains to Oregon, where for nearly three years he was an active practitioner of the healing art. In 1877 he came to Spokane and began the practice of medicine, but he subsequently took up land on Deep creek, near the falls. In 1884 he mo\'ed into Deep Creek falls, where he ran a clrug store in connection with his practice. About five years ago he moved to Reardan, and practiced there a while, but finally came to Spokane. He is one of the earliest pioneer physicians of this county, and one of its best known and highly esteemed citizens. The Doctor helped to organize our first medical society, and was the first coroner ever elected in the county. That his duties as such were faithfully performed is e\-inced by the fact that he was re-elected at the expiration of his first term. Fraternally, he has been affiliated with both the Masons and tlie Odd Fellows. He was married in Michigan, in 1855, to Margaret John, and they are the parents of three children, Ama, wife of L. K. Bois.sonnault, custom collector at Nelson, Washington, I'rank L., deceased, and Charley. Their daughter was for three terms teacher of Spokane's first school.

I. M. CORNTHWAIT, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1862, and lived there continuously until coming to Spokane. He was educated in the public schools and in Lincoln University, of Lincoln, Illinois, then engaged at once in the real estate business. After coming to this city, he continued in the same occupation in partnership with Mr. Crowder, for abmit five years, but in 1892 engaged in the grain business with the Washington Feed Company. He afterwards sold out and agaiii went into real estate brokerage, his partner this time being C. L. Hoffman. In 1899 he again became associated with Mr. A. S. Crowder, and they are together in the real-estate business at the present time. Mr. Cornthwait is also vice-president and treasurer of the Pacific Transfer Company, and secretary of the Pacific States Investment Company, a corporation organized here for the buying and selling of real estate. Like most of the enterprising business men of the city, he is quite extensively interested in mining properties. He is secretary of the Canadian King Cnikl Mining Company of Erie, British Columbia. Mr. Cornthwait is one of the most enterprising and successful real-estate men in the city, and, having had long experience in the business and being naturally endowed with keen foresight and excellent judgment, he rarely makes an investment that does not prove profitable. He has contributed in many ways to the welfare and development of Spokane, of which, ever since 1887, he has been an esteemed and respected citizen. Fraternally, he is a Knight Templar.

DR. W. O. WEBB, ])liysiciaii and surgeon, office in the Green block, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Kentucky in 1863. He was early taken to Tennessee, where he li\-ed until twelve years old, afterwards moving to Colorado. He studied medicine in that state, then practiced a wliile in Omaha, Nebraska, but soon came to Sjjokane and opened an office in this city. He has given his undivided attention to the pursuit of his profession here ever since, buikling up and maintaining a large practice. For many years he has been recognized as one of the leading physicians of the county. He organized the city board of health, of which he was the first president, and for three terms he held the office of county physician. During the past twelve years he has served continuously on the staft' of the Sacred Heart Hospital. The Doctor is a very prominent fraternal man, being at the present time identified with seven different secret orders. He is also a member nf 'die State Medical Society and of two county medical associations.

GEORGE F. L.VFREXZ, a pioneer of September, 1881, was born in Davenport, Iowa, Decemljer 13, i860. He lived in his nativ^e town until nineteen years old, accjuiring his education in the i)ul)lic schools and in a business college. He also had some experience in the mercantile business while there. In 1879 he removed to Montana and opened a mercantile establishment, but he soon afterwards moved to Columbia and Garfield counties, this state, folknving the same occui)ation until 1887. He then came to Garfield, Whitman county, where, for about four years, he \\as in the grain and agricultural implement business. In 1891 he moved to Spokane to try his fortune in the same line here, and he is now manager of the Spokane Implement Company. He is also quite extensively interested ill \arious mining properties. Mr. Lafrenz is a thoroughly enterprising and progressive Inisiness man, and under his able and skillful management the firm has enjoyed an enviable period of prosperity, their trade growing steadily. As a man and a citizen, he holds a high rank in this city, being universally uell-liked, and commanding the unwavering confidence and siiicere regard of all who know him. hVaternally. he is affiliated with the Red Cross, Knights of Pytiiias, the Travelers' Protective -Association and the Order of Pendo. He was married, while in San Francisco, to Bettie W'ulff, of Davenport, Iowa, and they have three children, the older of whom, Walter F. and .\rnold L., are now attending the high school, while their youngest, Hilda L., is attending the Bancroft school.

WILLIAM II. McVAY, a pioneer of 1888, was born in fronton, Ohio, on August 29, 1859. He spent most of his early youth in Pennsylvania, however, his parents having moved to Newcastle, that state, when he was very young. In 1878 he went to Chicago where he w as engaged as a nail maker for a number of years. He came to Spokane in 1888 and worked for the Xortliern Pacific Railroad Company in their freiglit iiouse for a time, then spent six years in the employ of the Standard Oil Company. For the ensuing three years he was engaged in mining in the region tributary to Spokane, but sul)sequently he opened a real estate office in the Holland building, in company with ISIr. \\'ill O. Jones, their firm name being McVay & Jones, real estate, insurance, rentals and mining. Mr. McVay is vicel)resident of the Reilley Gold Mining Company, and is quite extensi\-ely interested in other properties. He also owns much real estate in this city and county. Mr. McVay is one of the leading and influential citizens of Spokane, and stands high in the esteem and regard of the people generally. He was once a candidate for the office of councilman from the third ward and ran far ahead of his ticket, but was nevertheless defeated by a plurality of nine votes. Mr. r^Ic\'ay is very prominent in the ^lasonic fraternity, having taken thirty-two of the thirty-three degrees. He also belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the Royal Arcanum. He was married in Chicago, in 1884, to Miss Alice Aitchison and they have two children, \'ance S. and Ruth.

ARTHUR E. SAUNDERS, who came to Spokane in ]\Iay, 1898, was born in England in i860. He lived in his fatherland until twenty-five years old. served an apprenticeship in the building business there and also took a course in the science of construction in the South Kensington Art Schools. He had some experience in the practice of the profession of architecture before leaving home, but soon decided to try his fortunes in the new world. He accord- Iv came to California where he lived for the ensuing twelve or thirteen years engaged in architecture. He made the plans and specifications for and superintended the construction of many imposing and magnificent buildings in that state, including many school houses. z\Ithough he has not been a resident of Spokane long, his splendid professional abilities are already being appreciated, and in the last year about twenty-eight houses were designed by him. He was the architect for the Florence Crittendon mission. He is a member of the Architectural Association. Mr. Saunders has been an extensive traveler in former years, and has visited various parts of the world, including Africa, New Zealand and Tasmania, as well as America. He was married in Bakersfield. California, in 1896, to ]\Iiss Carrie Gould, of Oakland. California, and they are parents of one son, A. Gould. Religiously Mr. Saunders and family are identified with the Vincent Methodist Episcopal church.

JULIUS A. ZITTEL, of the firm of Preusse & Zittel, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Germany, born in 1869. He came to America at the early age of thirteen, located in Chicago and studied architecture in the large offices of that city until he came to Spokane. Arriving here in 18S7, he secured employment from 'Sir. H. Preusse. a leading architect of the city, and he worked in the office of that gentleman until 1893 when he entered into partnership with him. They have designed and superintended the construction of many of the finest buildings in Spokane and have recently finished Gonzaga College and the Victor block. Mr. Zittel is one of the rising young men of the west and. if appearances are at all to be trusted, a brilliant professional career lies before him.

JAMES J. DALEY, a pioneer of 1889, was born in New Zealand in 1855, and the first nineteen years of his life were spent in that country. In 1874, however, he came to San Francisco, where he lived for four years, after which he removed to Portland. Oregon, and engaged in the stationery business. Tln-ee years later he tried the same occupation in Seattle, but after a residence of only a year in that city, went to Victoria. British Columbia, and openedl a stationery and fancy goods store. He was thus employed until 1889. when he came to Spokane. Since his arrival here, he has been actively engaged in a stationery, cigar and tobacco business, his present location being at 332 Riverside a\enue. Mr. Daley is an excellent lousiness man. possessing in a marked degree the qualities necessary for success in commercial pursuits, such as integrity, industry, good judgment, and executive ability, and he has Iniilt up a prosperous and thriving tratle in this city. Fraternally he is affiliated with the A. O. H.. the Y. M. I. and the C. O. F.

G. KOONS. a pioneer of 1887. was born in Goshen. Orange county. Xew York, in 1840. When nineteen years old he went to Xew York City, where he followed a commission business until the nutlireak of the Civil war. He then became a member of the Twenty-second New York Militia, the second regiment to depart from Xew York City for the scene of action. He was stationed at Baltimore and other points in the vicinity luitil the end of his three months' term, then re-enlisted for three years, serving under Meade and Grant. Upon being discharged he returned to X'ew York and followed the commission business for several years longer. He then spent seven years in the same occupation at St. Louis, and nine as a tea and coffee merchant. At the end of that time he removed to Spokane and turned his attention to mining, and later to real estate and mining, a line in which he has been engaged ever since. Mr. Koons is a member of Blair Post, G. A. R., at St. Louis. He was married in St. Lcniis in 1885, to Mary Keefer, and they have had two children, Jennie G.. living, and Gerow, deceased.

JOHN L. HARLOW, contractor and builder, is a native of Dane county, Wisconsin, born November 24, 1845. ^" 185- 'le removed to Iowa and became a pioneer of that state, contributing his full share toward bringing order out of cliaos and civilization out of barbarism at a very early day. He lived in Iowa and followed the carpenter trade there continuously for many years, but in 1898 came to Spokane and engaged in the same (occupation in this city. Since coming liere he has also done some contracting, erecting, among other structures, the Fruit Fair buildings in 1898. Mr. Harlow has concentrated the efforts of his life in one direction, the natural conse<iuence being that lie is completely master of all tlie details of his business. Though he has only been a short time in Spokane, his skill as a mechanic is coming more and more to be appreciated, and his services are already in demand. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He was married in Iowa, in 1870,. to ]\Iary A. Scoles, a native of Indi- ana, and they have had a family of eleven children, nine of whom are now living, namely: Frank J.. Fred A., Idella M., Vernard E., Irene L., Victor H., Charles H., John M. and Thelma K. The deceased members are Harry and William.

JOHN A. GILMAN, undertaker, was horn in Syracuse, New York, in 1853, hut, when only five years old, he was taken by his parents to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he grew up and received his education. In 1882 he went into the undertaking business in Sauk Center, Minnesota, and he continued in it until September I, 1893, when he came to Spokane. He has followed undertaking here continuously since his arrival in the city, his parlors being now located at 308 Riverside avenue. Mr. Gilman is a very pleasant gentleman, and is highly esteemed and respected by all who know him. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and socially he belongs to the Masons, the I. O. O. F., the K. P. and the K. O. T. M. He was married iri Spokane, in 1898 to Hattie Raine, a native of Rochester, ^Minnesota.

C. FERRIS WHITE, architect, offices 416 antl 417 Peyton Block, was born in Chicago in 1867. He acquired his preliminary education in the public schools there, and early began the study of his profession in the large architectural offices of that city. He rose rapidly to prominence as an architect, and soon became foreman in an office in which seventeen men were employed. His experience was largely in offices where work of a public nature was done, and he assisted in the preparation of designs for many magnificent state and county buildings. He had charge of the architectural work for the Chicago public schools for two years, being chief designer in an office in which all the plans and specifications for these buildings were made out. In 1890 he came to Spokane and became associated with the late C. B. Seaton, and during the time in which they were in business together they designed and superintended the construction of the Review building, the old E.xposition Iniilding, and man}- other imposing structures. !Mr. White, though only a young man, has already attained to a position in the front ranks of his profession, and he will undoubtedly continue to climb the ladder of success until the topmost rounds have been reached. He was married in Spokane, in April, 1899, to Florence A. Sargent.

J. .\. HARRIS, a pioneer of 1880, is a native of Canada, born in 1845. He lived in his native land until sixteen years old, receiving a good public-school education, then moved to Minnesota. He enlisted in Company F. Minnesota Mounted Rangers, but later became a member of Company D, Second ^Minnesota Cavalry, which served under General Polk in the W^estern division, and which was all through the Si<.ni.x war. After the close of hostilities ^Ir. Harris remained in [Minnesota until 1871, when he went to \\'isconsin and engaged in the harness business. He resided in that state continuously until 1880, in which year he removed to Spokane count}', ^\'ashington, and located a homestead. In 1881 he went to Cheney, found employment in a harness shop, and worked for the same man for the next four years. In 1884 he was appointed postmaster of Cheney, and he discharged his duties as such for four years. Since 1897 Mr. Harris has resided in Spokane where he served as deputy county auditor for two years. He is now engaged as a dealer in mines and real estate. Mr. Harris has long been one of the leadingand influential citizens of this county, taking an active interest in politics local and general. He served as a member of the Cheney city council for four years and later as town clerk for some time. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and with the G. A. R., which he joined at Cheney in 1883. He was married in Minnesota in 1867, to Miss Annie Scliindler, and they have three children : Mabel, now Mrs. Fellows, of Cheney; Robert A., who has just returned from the Philippine war and is now clerking in the auditor's office ; and Winney, adopted. Mr. Harris's father is still living though born in 181 8. He also was a soldier, so that the family for three generations have all seen active service in the various wars. Mr. J. A. Harris and his father both served in the same company.

H. F. YEAGER, of the firm of B. L. Gordon & Company, was born in Pike county, Missouri, in 1870. He was reared in that state and received his education at the State University, located at Columbia, also in the Gem City Business College, Ouincy, Illinois. Upon completing his preparatory training, he served for three years as assistant cashier in the Frankford Exchange Bank, of Frankford, Missouri. In 1894 he came to Spokane where he was employed two years as shipping clerk for B. L. Gordon & Company, then in their ofiice for a }ear, and afterwards as a commercial traveler for a period of two years. In 1898 he became a member of the firm and he is now secretary of the same. Mr. Yeager is progressing with very rapid strides. For a young man he has already attained a high standing in business circles, and he is now in a fair way to become the peer of any business man in the state. He was married in Spokane in February, 1898, to Miss Laura Jewett, a native of California.

B. L. GORDON, a pioneer of 1890, was born in Missouri, in 1864. He resided in the state of his nativity until eighteen years old, acquiring his education at \\'atson Seminary, at La Grange College, and in the Gem City Business College, of Quincy, Illinois. He then went to Socorro, New Mexico, where for the se\en years ensuing he was engaged in a wholesale grocery business. At the end of that time he came to Spokane and opened in the same line. He has built up a very extensive and prosperous trade, covering an area with a radius of fully two hundred miles. In 1895 he succeeded Samuel Crump as proprietor of the Spokane Soap Works, and they are now making a specialty of Smilax soap, of which the)' manufacture large quantities. Mr. Gordon is also interested in the Spokane Brook Trout Hatchery, which covers six hundred acres of land, and in the waters of which are about two millions of the speckled beauties. As a business man Mr. Gordon certainly takes a leading rank in this city, but he has never given his attention so completely to his commercial interests as to become oblivious to the duty he owes as a citizen. He has on the contrary always taken a lively and intelligent interest in the general welfare of the city, and is now a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He also belongs to the Shippers' Association. He was married at Trinidad, Colorado, in 1889, to Miss Raphae-

J. C. STLTTZ, a pioneer of 1885, was horn in Minnesota, in 1872, and hved there until twehe years old. He then came direct to Spokane. He acquired his education in the common schools of Minnesota and of this city, also in the high school here, and subsequently entered the employ of the electric light company. He, however, learned assaying and is now engaged in that business and in mining, being considerably interested in Republic and Myer's Creek properties. Mr. Stutz is an ambitious and progressive young man, deeply interested in everything pertaining to mines and mining, and possessing the ability to see and the courage to grasp an opportunity whenever one presents itself. The indications are that he is destined to figure prominently in the mining developments of the future. Religiously Mr. Stutz is a member of the Jefferson Street Methodist Episcopal church of this city.

PETER ERICKSON, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Illinois, November 7, 1858. When six years old he accompanied his parents to Madrid, L:)wa, where he grew to man's estate and was educated. He early engaged in farming, following that occupation continuously until he came to Spokane. Upon arriving here, however, he engaged in brick making in the employ of J. T. Davie, whose plant was located on Hangman creek, and in 1889 he became a member of the firm. He is one of the substantial citizens of Spokane, and though not ambitious for leadership among his fellowmen, commands their unwavering confidence and respect. In fraternal affiliations he is a Mason, his membership 1)cing in Spokane Lodge, No. 34. He was married in this city, November 8, 1895, to Miss Martha A. Dobbins, a native of Missouri, and to their union have been born three sons : John W., Charles F. and Harry D.

ROBERT ABERNETH^', a pioneer of 1883, is a native of London, Ontario, born January 31, 1848. He received the advantage of their excellent public schools, and when seventeen years old went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he learned the trade of a tinsmith. In 1868 he removed to California, where for the ensuing ten years he followed his handicraft continuously. He ne.xt went to Santa Barbara county and organized a company for the purpose of building a wharf at Point Morritto. He was engaged in managing this wharf and in the lumber business until 1881, when he came to Portland and resumed the pursuit of his trade. After spending two years there, he came to Spokane, engaging in the same occupation here, also in cornice work and in plumbing. In 1888 he left the shop and turned his attention to real-estate brokerage and mining. He is now interested in a number of the leading claims, but more especially in the Montana, lieing president of the company to which that mine belongs. He also owns a large amount of real estate in this city, and has erected a number of dwelling houses here. 3.1r. AlK-rncthy has long l>ecn one of_ Spokane's most valued citizens, contributing to its prosperity by his own enterprise, and donating liberally to undertakings of a public or semi-public nature. During the years 1891,

'92 and '93 he was an influential member of the board of education. In 1890 he was the candidate of the Prohiljitiun party for congress, and in 1892 he ser\'ed as city assessor of Spokane. FraternaUy, lie is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., and has been a prominent Good Templar, having at one time served as grand chief templar of the state. He was married in Milwaukee. \\'isconsin, in September, 1871, to Miss Mary R. Owen, a native of that state. They have three children: Lulu, now the wife of Rev. Ray C. Harker, of Appleton, Wisconsin; Elmer, attending a mining school at Golden, Colorado, and Flossie, a student in the Spokane high school. Their older daughter, Mrs. Harker, is a graduate of tlie Xf)rthwestern University and took first prize in her class there as an elocutionist.

H. M. SANDERS, proprietor of Liberty Park green house, who came to Spokane in 1890, is a native of England, born October 1 1, i860. He grew to manhood in his fatherland, ac(|uiring his education in both ])ublic and private schools and later becoming a florist. He came to Xo\'a Scotia in 1882, from which province he soon moved to Boston, Alassachusetts, where he engaged at once in his former occupation. He remained there about eight years, subsecpiently coming t(.) Spokane, and he now has one of the leadinggreen houses of ' this state, containing ten thousand square feet of glass in its walls. His business is large enough to give steady employment to quite a number of men and is in a flourishing and prosperous conditii)n. Mr. Sanders is a very skillful florist, having devoted many years to that business exclusively and his ex[)erience seems to bear out the maxim that "Concentration is the secret of succses." At any rate, he has been quite a successful man from a business standpoint at least, for in addition to his fine floricultural plant, he is the owner of much other property, including an elegant home in Liberty Park, richly and tastefully furnished, and a tract of five hundred acres in the northern part of the C(nmty. His place of business is at the corner of Sprague avenue and Stevens street. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Lodge No. 228, B. P. O. E., and with Spokane Tribe, No. 9, improved Order of Red yien. Pie was married in Boston, in 1890, to Mrs. Lizzie Xicholson, a nati\e of Nova Scotia and they have one child, Dora.

JOHN T. DAVIE, one of die proprietors of the J. T. Davie & Company brick yard, on Hangman (now Latah) creek, a pi<jneer of 1879, was b(jrn in Scotland, January 25, 1851. He received a jjublic and grammar-school education, and afterwards served as clerk in a drygoods store, in 1872 he came to the United States locating in Massachusetts, where he learned the trade of a brickmaker. Two years later lie removed to Napa, California, and engaged in making brick for the insane asylum, then in cour.se of construction, also in making stone i)a\ing blocks. In 1879 he came to Spokane. He established on Hangman creek the first brick yard ever operated in this city, and has been engaged in the business continuously since, making the brick for the Wolverton block, the first brick structure erected here, also for numerous other large buildings. He can now make as many brick in one day as would have supplied the city for a year when he began. Mr. Davie is essentially a self-made man. \Mien lie first came to this city lie walked all the way from \\'alla Walla, because he did not have money to pay stage fare, but by industry, perseverance, enterprise and business sagacity he has climbed to a leading position among the men of wealth and influence in Spokane. He has also given attention to real estate speculations for many years. He has, moreover, been cjuite active in city politics, and in 1892-93 occupied a seat in the city council. Fraternally he is affiliated with Imperial Lodge, No. 134. I. O. O. F. He resides in Crystal Spring addition, of which he is the owner, and has the finest spring within the city limits, its outpour being about four hundred gallons per minute. Mr. Davie's father, ^Malcolm, was in this country during the years 1835 ^"d 1836, in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Companv.

H. jM. STRATHERN, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Scotland, in 1855. He resided in his fatherland until twenty-eight years old, tlien emigrated to ^Minneapolis, Minnesota, and went to work in a factory. Two years later he came to Spokane. After traveling through the Big Bend country for a short time he returned to this city, leased water power from S. G. ?Iavermale and built what was known as the Island Sash and Door Factory, which he, with a partner, operated for two years thereafter. Then Messrs. E. J. Bickle and A. M. Cannon bought out the partner and the three together ran the business for two years longer. At the end of that time, however, Bickle & Cannon transferred their interests to the Spokane Mill Company, Mr. Strathern was placed in full charge and the factory was operated by him until 1891, when it burned down. Mr. Strathern then associated himself with Charles M. Patterson. They released their interest in the old company's real estate, taking, in its place, the lumber, teams, wagons and everything movable. \Vith these they mox-ed to Post Falls, Idaho, where they now have a planing-mill and sash and door factory. .About the same time they organized the Spokane & Idaho Lumber Company, which has a mill in this city, operated solely by water power, with a capacity of forty thousand feet in ten hours. Their planing-mill and yards are located on .\danis street and Railroad avenue. Mr. Strathern i.s a typical self-made man, having arrived in this country with very little capital and having risen imaidcd to a rank among: the leading lumbermen of the Inland Empire. He is a man of great industry, determination and executi\e ability, possessed of cool judgment; and unerring foresight. He was married in Scotland, in 1880, to Miss Christina McXair and they have one daughter, Catherine, now in the Spokane high school. Mr. Strathern takes great pride in boating as a sport, and is himself the owner of the fastest steam yacht on Cteur d' .Mene lake.

JOHN E. MALBON, contractor and builder, also dealer in rough and dressed lumber, dimension timber, store and ofiice fi.xtures, etc., was born in Wilmington, Essex county. New York, March 3. 1865. He was fanned by the gentle breezes of old Whiteface, the most I)rominent mountain of the .Adirondacks, for sixteen years. He finished his education at the Elizabethtown Academy, under Professor Chandler, in 1881, then served an apprenticeship of four years to the trade of carjienter and builder under his father, E\-an .Mall)on, the leading builder of Essex county. Since that time Mr. John E. Malbon has dotted New York state with many a fine residence, summer home, store and hotel. In January, 1899, he struck out for the coast. He luade many stops along the way, visiting all the most prominent towns, such as Salt Lake, Omaha and Denver, but finally reached Spokane the last day of the year. He was so taken with the beautiful little city the bright prospects for its future that he -at once decided to make it his home. During the summer he erected a fine residence in Ross I'ark for Mr. J. E. Campbell, which adds very aiiaterially to the beauty of that part of town. Mr. Malbon is a very thorough and conscientious mechanic, and will do his best to please all those who may entrust their wi)rk to his hands. He means to stay in this city and to build up an e-xcellent reputation, and his past experience gives him confidence that he will be abundantly successful. Fraternally Mr. Malbon is a Master Mason, belonging to Whiteface Mountain Lodge, No. 789, Saranac Lake, New York. He is also a Forester, having been the first chief ranger of Court Paul Smith, at Gabriels, New York. Religiously Mr. Malbon .and his entire famil_\- are Congregationalists.

LEO WALTON is a native of Clarke -county, Alissouri, born in 1867, and he lived in that state until 1889, acquiring such education as the public schools afforded, supi)lemented by considerable advanced work under private instructors. He also studied law and was admitted to practice before the L'nited States land oflice. In 1889 '^^ came to Asotin, Washington, where for a number of years he was in the i"eal estate and land business, but in 1897 he removed to Spokane and opened an office at Nos. 124 and 125 Auditorium building. He has ever since been engaged continuously in a general land office practice, making out papers for various kinds of entries and contesting both agricultural and mineral claims. Having devoted the study and eft'ort of many years to his specialty, he has become \ery expert in his line and is building u]) an extensive and prosperous business in this city. Socially, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F He was married in Asotin, June 22, 1896. to Miss Myrtea Helman. Mr. Walton owns and resides on a two-hundredand-forty-acre farm about four and onehalf miles east of Spokane.

RF^^ B. E. UTZ. pastor of the Central Christian church, is a native of Indiana, born August 2y. 1867. He grew to manhood and acquired his public-school education in that state, also spending two years in the Northern Indiana Normal School, at Valparaiso. He then took a collegiate course at Drake University, in Des Moines, Iowa, graduating from that institution in 1895, ^ft^"" which he did jjost-graduate work in the University of Chicago. Mr. Utz then accepted the professorship of Hebrew in Drake University, a position which he retained for one year. In 1896 he came to .Xorth Yakima, Washington, to accept the pastcjrate of the Christian church there. The next year he was called to the Central Christian church of Six:>kane, which he has \ery ably served as pastor ever since. He is a \ery acti\e, energetic young man, and by his industry and zeal is building up his church remarkably. Lie now has a membership of about four hundred, which means an increase of two hundred and fifty since he took cliarge. The church has purchased a new location on the corner of Third and Stevens, to whicli they have moved their old building and upon which they contemplate erecting a new edifice soon. Air. Utz is eminently fitted, both by his profound scholarship anil natural talent, to exert a powerful influence in the religious work of the city. He publishes the monthly "Pastor's Visit," a periodical devoted to church work. He is also president of the Preachers' Association of Spokane. He was united in marriage. April 9, 1890, to Miss Cora Cato, a native of Indiana, and they have had one child, now deceased.

FREDERICK NAGEL, proprietor of the Nagel Hotel, corner Front and Stevens, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Germany, July 7, 1857. He came to America when twentythree years old and located first in Philadelphia, but soon removed to Denver, Colorado, where he was employed as a cook. He subsequently went to California, thence to Portland, Oregon, from that city to Astoria and l^ack to Portland again, following his trade as a cook and confectioner continuously whereever he went. In 1884, however, he moved to Clarks Fork, Idaho, and turned his attention to teaming, but a little later he went to Heron, Montana, where he tried the hotel business. In 1887 he came to Spokane to enter the saloon business with his brother. He afterwards built the Prescott House and bar at Hope, Idaho, remaining there until 1894, when he sold out and returned to Spokane. Upon arriving here he took charge of the Galena House and ran it a year, subsecjuently opening the Nagel House on the corner of Main and Stevens. He afterwards sold this also and went to Los Angeles, California, but returned shortly and in September, 1899, started the Nagel Hotel, of which he has ever since been operator and proprietor. He was married in Portland, Oregon, November 12, 1883, to Theresa Pult, and they are parents of three children: Nannah, Otto and Henry. Fraternally, Mr. Nagel is a member of the Red Men, Sons and Sisters of Herman, the Turnverein and the Order of Pocahontas.

WALTER E. LEIGH, attorney-at-law, was born in the state of Kentucky, about thirty-three 3rears ago, the son of John W. and Eliza Lowry Leigh, and comes of one of the best families in the state. His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native town and he later took the collegiate course at Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, receiving his degree in the year 1886.

During his years at college he read law at odd moments and after completing his collegiate course, entered the law office of one of the legal lights of the state - Colonel Ben T. Perkins, of Elkton, Kentucky. He diligently continued the study of law and was admitted to the practice before the appellate court in May, 1887.

After his admission to the bar he associated himself with Colonel Perkins and at once entered upon a lucrative practice at the town of Elkton, Kentucky, where he remained until the fall of the year 1889, at which time (the western fever having for many months had its grip upon him) he severed his connection with Colonel Perkins and removed to the city of Spokane, where he has been actively engaged in his profession since.

self with Mr. \Y. E. King, a lawyer from Kentucky, and this co-partnership continued until, in 1892, Mr. King's health broke down and he was compelled to return to Kentucky. Shortly thereafter Mr. Leigh associated himself with Mr. P. Q. Rothrock and they continued to practice together until the spring of 1899, at which time Mr. Rothrock retired from the practice, Mr. Leigh cc.mtinuing the Ijusiness alone.

Since coming to Spokane Mr. Leigh has enjoyed an ever-increasing business and to-day is ranked among the most conservative and reliable attorneys at the bar. He has made it a rule never to take a case unless his side has merit to it, and when once engaged he never gives in until \-ictory is his, or until the court of last resort has decided his case.

During the last few years he has engaged tc some extent in mining and to-day is interested in a number of promising properties in the Boundary Creek countr_\-, the Republic Camp and in the Sumpter district.

He is a married man, his wife being a Kentuckian, and they, with their very happy family of four children, reside at 11 15 Tenth avenue. Mr. Leigh's office is and has. for ten years past, been in the Hyde block in the city of Spokane.

A. E. PERMAIN, of the firm of Held & Permain, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of the south of England. He received his preliminary education there and studied architecture and decorative art in the large offices and schools of London. As soon, however, as he had completed his studies he came to Spokane and opened an office for himself. Subsequently he became associated with Mr. Held, forming the present partnership. While they design and superintend public buiklings, their specialty is residence designing. Being also decorative artists, they are enabled to build and finish the magnificent residences entrusted to their charge and to turn them over to the owners complete. They are easily in the leading rank among the architects of the west, in the branch of the profession to which they gi\e special attention, and they have built most of the fine residences erected in the last year in this city. Personally, Mr. P^ermain is affable and pleasant and he at once wins the good will of those who meet him. He was married in St. Paul, in 1892, to Lilla A. Back, of London, England. They ha\e a family of four children : Cicely, Edwin Usher, Marjorie antl Jack.

CHARLES E. RUSSELL, a pioneer of 1888. is a son of the state of Wisconsin, born July I, 1850. The first fourteen years of his life were spent in that state and the ensuing si.x in Iowa, where he served an apprenticeship in the building business. In 1870 he went to Lincoln county. Kansas, and for the ne.xt three years was a farmer and stock dealer tliere. From that time until 1876 he was engaged in buying cattle in southern Kansas and driving them through to Iowa. He then went to Custer City and Ueadwood, Dakota, l)ut a year later returned to Kansas, where for four years he ran a meat market and fancy grocery. From 1882 to 1886 he was engaged in the study of building and architecture in the state of Iowa and for the ensuing two years he followed contracting and building in Kansas. In 1888 he came to Spokane, where he has been following architecture and building continuously since. He is now in partnership with Mr. R. Edward \'incent, a son of Mrs.

Russell by her former marriage, and they have erected many of the best buildings in the city. Mr. Russell is an intensely active, enterprising man. entirely self-made, having wrought his way in spite of many overwhelming olDStacles to a position in the leading ranks of the architects and builders of Spokane. He has recently moved his offices from the Hyde block to his present more ci:)mmodious quarters, numbers 305 and 306 Mohawk block. He was married in Kansas, in 1875, to Mrs. E. J. Vincent and they have two children : Gertrude M. and Donna Inez. Religiously, Mr. Russell and his entire family are members of the Westminster Congregational church, of this citv.

JESSE BARKER, a pioneer of 1880, is a native of Kentucky, born May 24, 1826. In 1829 his parents moved to Missouri and engaged in farming. When Jesse grew up he also became a farmer. In 1852 he set out across the plains for Oregon, making the journey with, ox-teams and encountering many dangers on the way. Mr. Barker located in the southern part of the state and began farming on a half-section of land given huu l)v the government. In 1871 he was appointed swamp land commissioner and in 1872 he became quartermaster-general of the state militia, serving in that capacity throughout the entire Modock war. In 1880 he came to this county. He took a timber culture on Spokane prairie, also purchased a large tract of railroad land and engaged in stock raising and farming. In 1888 he moved into Spokane, where he has since followed the real estate business and mining. He has always taken a prominent part in the political campaigns and has given intelligent study to economic problems. In 1886 he was elected a member of the territorial legislature and in 1894 he was the choice of his ward for city councilman. In l)iith of these offices he abundantly justified the confidence reposed in him by the people, discharging his duties with faithfulness and ability. Mr. Barker is identified with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., also with the Pioneer Society, wliile his church membershi]! is placed with the First Methodist Episcopal church. South, of this city. He was married, first, in Missouri, December 6, 1849, to Miss Mary J. Gilmore. who died in Oregon, February 11, 1867. She is survived by seven children : Isabelle, Henry C, Sarah C, Mary, Missouri A., Thomas A. and Jesse A. On February 28, 1867, Mr. Barker was again married, the lady being Mary V. London, a native of Virginia, and they have two children, namely, the Rev. John P., pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Latah, and Katie B., bookkeeper at the Ladies' E.xchange.

W. C. ST.-WT, one of the younger members of the Spokane bar, is a son of Illinois, born in 1872. He was, however, early taken by his parents to Iowa, and two years later, to Kansas, where he received his commonschool education. After spending ten years in Kansas, he came to the state of Washington. He studied law and was admitted to practice in all the courts of this state in 1895, then located at North Yakima, where he opened an office and began the pursuit of his profession. He next spent a year in legal practice in Stevens county, Init in 1897 he came to Spokane to try his fortunes in the queen city of the Inland Empire. He is an industrious young man and a careful and diligent student of the law and his chances of becoming one of the leading lawyers of the city seem good. He was married in North Yakima, in 1895, to Elizabeth Stuart, and they are parents of one child, Beulah.

JOHN M. GLEESON. one of the promising young attorneys of Spokane, was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, in 1870. He lived there until 1884, attending the public schools of his neighborhood, then moved to Chamberlain, South Dakota, where he resided for the ensuing seven years. He completed his education in the high school of that city and graduated in the spring of 1890. The next year he came to Spokane and engaged in teaching, at the same time devoting his spare moments assiduously to the study of law. In 1894 he was admitted to the bar and he lias been actively engaged in practice since 1895. He is a young man of energy and ability and is rapidly pushing his way to the front ranks in his profession. He was married in Spokane, in June, 1899, to Maude M. Nolan, a native of Minneapolis.

MAURICE R. KELLINGER, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Philadelphia, September 3, 1855. He acquired his education in his native city, but when twenty years old came to Reno, Nevada, and engaged in mining. He subsequently moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and thence, in 1880, to Spokane, where he was employed by W. T. Hawkins & Company, of Portland, to take charge of the supplies for the construction crews ahead of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Upon the completion of the road he accepted a position as cashier in the freight and passenger office at Spokane, but in 1889 he, in company with Frank Moore, opened a li\-ery stable in W'ardner, Idaho. Returning to Spokane in 1894, he became bill clerk in the freight department of the Union Depot Company, but in 1899 he resigned and later accepted a position as cashier for the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad, at Rossland, British Columbia, but in February of 1900 was transferred to the auditor's office at Spokane. Mr. Kellinger is a very publicspirited man and has always taken an active part in the affairs of this county, endeavoring, by every honorable means in his power, to promote its highest and best interests. In his fraternal affiliations, he is associated witii Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., also with the M. W. A. and the Pioneer Association. He was married in Reno, Nevada, July 28, 1880, to Miss Emma L. Kno.x, a native of Maine.

JOHN P. LADD, a pioneer of 1881, was born in \'irginia, July 11, 1832. He attended the public schools there till about seventeen years old, then went to Tennessee and found work on a cotton plantation. In 1851 he came out to San Francisco, California, where for about two years he was engaged in mining, but in 1853 he removed to Oregon and became manager of a pack train. Wiiile transporting from Scottsburg to Jacksonville, Oregon, he had frequent encounters with tiie red men, and at one time several of iiis party were killed. In 1861 Mr. Ladd, who now owned a pack train of thirty mules, pioneered the way into Florence, Idaho, his being the first train that ever went into that mining region. He continued in the packing business until 1864, then went to Portland and opened a Hvery stable. He came to Spokane in 1881, but after remaining here for some time engaged as a teamster for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, he returned to Portland. In 1886, however, he came back to Spokane and since that date his destinies have been linked with those of this city. Mr. Ladd is one of those men who seem to be determined that they shall be "heroes in the fight." under whatever circumstances they may be placed. In pioneer days he drove his pack train whereever occasion was. despite every danger, and when civilization at last dawned he displayed the same dauntless spirit, whenever brought into friendly competition with his fellows. He has taken a considerable part in the government of the city and county, serving as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Pngh, as court bailiff under Judge Arthur and for two seasons as city water inspector of Spokane. He was married in this city. October i, 1891, to Miss Lucinda Golding, a native of New London, Ohio.

ALBERT HELD, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Minnesota in 1866, and in that state the first twenty-three years of his life were passed. He acquired his preliminary education in the public schools and early engaged in the study of architecture at St. Paul, Minneapolis, and other places in the central states, giving special attentinn tn drafting. His advent to Spokane occurred at a peculiarly fortuitous time, for during the year of his arrival the great fire swept away the entire business portion of the city and a great building boom naturally followed. Mr. Held at once began the practice of his profession and has continued in that business continuously since. He has done some public work, but devotes most of his time to designing and superintending the construction of fine residences, a branch of architecture of which he makes a specialty. Mr. Held is now in partnershii) with Mr. Permain and so extensive is their business, in the line to which they give special attention, that most of the fine residences erected in this city during the past year have been ci instructed under their supervision. They also devote considerable time to decorative art. Mr. Held's high standing among the members of his profession is evidenced by the fact that he has been elected president of the Architectural Association. Fraternally, he is afiiliated with Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I O. O. F., and he also belongs to the Spokane Athletic Club, of which he is a director. He is quite prominent in politics, also being president of the German-American Republican Club.

JUDGE WIRT W. SAUNDERS, attorney-at-Iaw, 205 and 206 Van Valkenberg block, was born in Te.xas, July 18, 1857. His father, John S. Saunders, M. D., was a very prominent man in the history of this country, having lived to take part in three great conflicts, namel}', the Te.xas Revolutionary war, the war with Mexico and the Civil war. Wirt W. received his primary education in Texas, graduated in Carlton College and took a postgraduate course at Harvard University. He tlien returned to his native state, was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law. He also took an active and leading part in the affairs of the state and his jniblic services, together with his large and e.xacting jiractice, resulted in a failure of his health. He deter- mined to try a differeiit climate and in 1884 came out to Corvailis, Oregon. He opened a law office there, also assumeil the editorial management of a newspaper and before very long was again pushed to the front as a political leader. He was especially active and influential in defeating the woman suffrage movement. In 1894 he came to Spokane to practice his profession here and in 1897 he was elected police judge, an office which he filled very ably until 1899. Since then he has been devoting his energies e.xclusix'ely ti:) general practice. In his career thus far. Judge Saunders has proved himself a worthy son of his illustrious father, occupying a place of prominence in the political and judicial de- \'elopment of the three states in which he has Ii\-ed. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the K. P., the B. P. O. E. and the I. O. R. M. He was married in Kalispel, Montana, June 10, 1896, to Miss Minnie Allison, a native of Oregon.

J. H. M.\RKS. a pioneer of 1888, was born in Canada, in 1861, and he li\-ed there until si.xteen years old, acquiring his education in the public schools and learning the tailor trade. He then went to INIichigan and followed his handicraft there for five rears, then to \\'isconsin, where the ensuing seven were spent in the pursuit of the same business. In 1887 'le returned to Michigan, but did not remain long, for the next year he arri\-ed in Spokane. He worked as a journeyman in this city four years, then went into business for himself. He now has a fine shop at 508 Sprague avenue, and keeps nine employees busy constantly, doing all kinds of general tailoring, He occupies a leading place among the merchant tailors of the city. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the K. O. T. M. He was married in Spokane, July 4, 1894, to Miss Mary Cis<|ue and they have one child, John Earl.

EDWARD P. HARRISOX. civil and mining engineer, is a son of a noted clergyman, who was pastor of one church in Cincinnati, Ohio, for twenty-five years, consecutively, also a grandson of a cousin of President William H. Harrison. He was bom in Cincinnati in i860 and resided there until nineteen years old, acquiring his education in the schools of that city. In 1879 'le removed to Murfreesboro, Illinois, where he remained until 1883, engaged as chief engineer on the St. Louis Central Railroad. He then went to San Francisco, California, and spent four years in the employ of the Dakota Publishing Company there, after which he removed to Los Angeles, still working for the same firm. He resided HI that beautiful city three years, then traveled for some time, visiting various points of interest on the Pacific coast and finally locating in Spokane. Since coming to this city he has been engaged in engineering continuously. He was with the city water works for some time and about five years ago was appointed deputy United States mineral surveyor for the states of \\'ashington and Montana. Mr. Harrison early began the study of his profession and he has pursued it with assiduity and zeal for many years, with the result that he has acquired an enviable reputation extending over the entire Xorthwest. It would be difficult to find a man better fitted by educa- tion and experience for tlie difficult government position he now holds. Socially, Mr. Harrison is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World. He was married in Boise City. Idaho, in 1888, to Miss Emma Dorman, and they ha\-e two children : William H. and Lillie May.

J. A. WEBER, a pioneer of the state of 1872, was born in Germany in 1867. When five years old he was brought Ijy his parents to Walla Walla, where for many years afterwards his father ran a tannery. After completing his education in the public schools, he worked with his father for nine years, then came to Spokane and opened a leather and shoe findings business, to which he afterwards added harness and saddlery. He now carries a full line of leather goods of all kinds and in addition to his local trade ships large quantities of merchandise into British Columbia, Montana and Idaho. Mr. Weber is a young man of energy, enterprise and business sagacity and already ranks among the successful men of the city, though only in the early morning of his career. Fraternally, he is identified with the Catholic Knights of America and with the Young Men's Institute. He was married in Spokane. January 8. 1S95, to Marie Finnen and they have one child, Francis J.

THO^IAS STEEXSTRA. of the \\'ashington Printing Company, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1840. When nine years old he removed to Buffalo, New York, then to Rochester, where he learned his trade in the office of the daily Union .\dvertiser. He was a resident of that citv until i86r, but in that year he enlistefl in Company L, First New York Light .Artillery, and .served in the I-'irst and Fifth Corps of the .\rmy of tlie Potomac. He served throughout the entire war, was in much of the severest fighting and participated in twenty-two battles. He was a \aliant and courageous soldier and his military record is one of which any man might well be proud. .\fter the war he served for a year under Daniel Halstead as manager of the press room of the Syracuse Courier, then started west, putting in plants for newspapers anrl job work at different points in the central and western states. In 1890 he came to Spokane to put in the Spokesman-Review plant. That task accomplished, he took charge of a paper as editor and manager for a while, but soon started what is now known as the Washington Printing Company. He has an excellent plant, fitted up and equipped for all kinds of work in his line anfl he is now doing a splendid business. He emjiloys al^out four men regularly. Mr. Steenstra was married in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1868, to Miss S. E. Woodard. They ha\-e had three, children, namely: Maude E.. now Airs. Puffer: Jessie \\'., now Mrs. Hinkle. whose husband is interested in the Washington Printing Company, and Henry D.. deceased.

DR. J. W. DUNNING, a pioneer of 1886, was born in McDonough, Chenango county, New York, in 1873. and the first seven years of his life were spent in that state. He then accompanied his family to ^^'alla Walla, but soon moved with them to the Rockford country, where he lived on a farm until 1886. In that year he came to Spokane. Subseciuently he finished his i)ublic-schoo] education in this city, then spent four years in the hardware business, after which he entered the Northwestern University and began the study of dental surgery. He graduated on April 6, 1899, returned to Spokane and at once began the practice of his profession in rooms 52 and 53 Ziegler block. Dr. Dunning is a graduate of one of the finest institutions in the land, and has a thorough knowledge of everything relating to dental surgery and there can be little doubt that a career of uninterrupted professional success is opening before him in this rapidly grmving city. .

RUDOLPH KIESLING, one of the leadir.g farmers and orchardists of Moran prairie, was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1841. He was, however, only seven years" old when he was brought by his parents to this country and he procured most of his education in Chicago, where the family located. In 1854 he went to Minnesota, laid out the town of New Ulm and resided there continuously until 1890, engaged first in farming and later in the mercantile business. In 1890 he came to Spokane county and purchased a tract of railroad land in the northeastern part, but later moved to Moran prairie, where he mnv has an excellent farm, well improved and in a good, thrifty ctjndition. He has about thirty-six acres in orchard and devotes much of his time and attention to fruit raising with the most gratifying results. He brought the first bees to this part of the country and is now the most extensive bee raiser in the county. Mr. Kiesling is also quite extensively interested in mining enterprises. Fraternally, he is identified with the A. O. U. W. He was married in Minnesota, in April, 1861, to Augusta Held, a native of

Wittenburg, Germany, and they have eleven children living, namely : Helene, wife of Robert Nix, of Indianapolis, Thekla, So]ihie Augusta, Fred W., Hugo A., Rudolph, Jr.. Lydia M., Eina P., wife of .\. I. Seiter, hdlen D. and Elsie.

REV. HENRY BROWN, D. D., presiding elder of the Spf)kane district, Columbia River conference, Methodist Episcopal church, is a native of Ohio, born July 20, 1848. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio National Reserves, serving until September of the same year. He then returned home and supplemented his education by further study. After teaching a while he entered the Rock River Seminary, at Mount Marion, Illinois, where he remained as a student for a year. In 1870, liowever, he removed to Iowa and again engaged in teaching, but in 1871 he was appointed junior preacher on the Storm Lake circuit. Shortly afterwards he entered the Des Moines conference and since that time has been identified with the Methodist ministry continuously. He was transferred to the Columbia River conference in 1885, his first charge being the Ellensburg Methodist Episcopal church. He served thereafter as pastor for periods ranging from one to five years in Walla Walla, Pendleton, Oregon. The Dalles, Oregon, Jefferson Street church, Spokane and Lewiston, Idaho, until 1898, when he was appointed to the office of presiding elder for this district. Dr. Brown is a very enthusiastic, earnest Christian worker and one whose influence has been very sensibly felt in the general ad\ancement of the cause of Christianity. While pastor of the Jefferson Street church in this city, he started a movement for the e.xemption from taxation of church property. He published a pamphlet concerning the matter and agitated his plan until he finally succeeded in securing the desired concession from the legislature. At the last session of the annual conference, held in Spokane, he was elected a delegate to the general conference held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1900. Fraternally, Dr. Brown is identified with Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., with the Red Cross Lodge, K. of P., and with the G. A. R. He was married in Mount Morris. Illinois, March 8, 1870, to Miss Lucy A. Miles, a native of that place, and they have had two daughters: Jennie E., wife of J. K. Rierden, and Ethel, deceased.

* KARL G. :MAL:kIGREX. one of Spokane's leading architects, was born in Sweden, in 1862. He early adopted architecture as a profession and studied it and decorative art assiduously in the best offices and schools of his native country and of Germany. He also had eight years of practical experience in the profession before leaving Europe. In 1888 he came to America and in April of the following year located in Spokane, where he was employed by K. R. Cutter & Company until 1895. In that year he formed a partnership with Mr. Catler, with whom he is still associated. They have designed and superintended a great many of the best buildings of this city and have done considerable work in Cleveland, Ohio, Portland and Tacoma and in several Montana cities. Mr. ]Maliugren is thoroughly educated in his profession, especially in decorative art work, and he enjoys an enviable reputation, not only in this city and state, but in all neighboring states and in the east. Sociallv, he is identified with the I. O.

O. F. and the B. P. O. E., and he also belongs to the Architects' Association. He was married in Spokane, in 1891, to Mary Arneson and they are parents of three children : Louise, Marie and Arthur.

REV. GEORGE R. YARN FY, pastor of the Grace Baptist church of Spokane, was born in I\Iaine April 14, 1S65. He received a public-school education there and when nineteen years old moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and engaged in photography as a business. The next year, however, he began studying for the ministry, entering the Siou.x Falls Lniversity, from which he graduated in 1888. He was the successful contestant in the intercollegiate oratorical contest of South Dakota in 1888. Upon completing his preparatory course, he entered the University of Rochester, taking the degree of A. B. in 1894. Mr. Varney's abilities as a student were so pronounced that, though he had to earn every dollar of his expenses by his own efforts, he. nevertheless, succeeded in carrying off high honors in his class and in capturing the prize in the Intercollegiate Oratorical League. He then began study in the Rochester Theological Seminary, from which he received his B. D. degree in 1897. His first pastorate was the Walnut Hill Baptist church of Cincinnati, Ohio, but in 1898 he was called to the Grace Baptist church of this city. Mr. Varney is a man of great energy and his capacity for work is something marvelous. He published a booklet on the subject of divine healing, which has enjoyed a wide circulation and great popular favor. He has done considerable missionary work throughout this state, has lectured on temperance and delivered a course of lectures before the Chautauqua

Assembly, at Vashon island. He now writes the notes on the young people's topics each week for the Pacific Baptist and contributes numerous articles to religious papers. Fraternally he i--. a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was married, at Beaver, South Dakota, August 15, 1888. to Miss Emma Tibbetts, a native of Maine, and to their union have been born four children: Royal M., Percy M.. Bertha L. and Bernice.

JOSEPH ERW'IX. member of the city council, was born in Montgomery county. Pennsylvania, June 16. 1844. He was reared and educated in his native state, early learning the trade of a miller, but upon attaining his majoritv he went in ^^'est \'irginia and secured a position with an oil company, taking charge of a steam drill. In 1868 he returned to Pennsylvania, but a year later he removed to the vicinity of Parsons, Kansas, where he secured a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and engaged in farming. He lived there until 1883. th.en came to a point near ]Missoula, Montana, purchased a saw-mill and began sawing lumber 1)y contract for the ]\Iontana Lumlier & Manufacturing Company, of Butte. He was thus employed until 1893, '^vhen he came to Spokane. Arrived here, he entered the service of the Provident Trust Company, with which he has remained ever since, looking after their houses and making repairs as occasion requires. He is one of the public-spirited and substantial citizens of the town, meriting and receiving the un\\a\ering confidence and good will of all those who know him well. In 1899 he. was the choice of the first ward electors for citv councilman and he is discharging his duties as such officer at the present time. He was married, in Kansas, February 20, 1872, to Miss

Catherine Collins, a native of Illinois, and their union has been blessed by the advent of two (laughters, Kate and Mary G. The family live in an elegant residence on 1229 Xina avenue.

HERMAN LIXKE, a pioneer of 1875, was born in Germany August 22. 1843. He grew to manhood and was educated in his European home, afterward serving for seven years in the German army. In 1869. however, he emigrated to this country, settling, first, in Illinois, where he did farm work until 1872. He then came to California and, after working as a cook for two years and operating a restaurant of his own for one year, moved to Spokane. He was engaged in farming on the ranch of Mr. Post, near Rathdrum, Idaho, two years, but subsequently went to Salteese Lake, pre-empted a piece of land and bought more from the railway company until he now owns one of the largest and finest ranches in this county, containing twelve hundred acres in all. Quick to perceive his opportunity, he saw that there was money to be made by raising seed wheat, so procured a choice variety, since known as the Linke wheat, notwithstanding the cost, which was twenty-five dollars per bushel. Since that time he has sold most of his grain on the farm, people coming miles to secure it for seed. He also introduced into the country a number of other choice varieties. Mr. Linke, however. has always, believed in diversified farming, so is also giving much attention to stock raising and to fruit culture. Indeed, he is one of the most successful farmers in Spokane county, and to his intelligent enterprise the agricultural interests of this region are greatly indebted. He is a typical self-made man. Coming to .\merica without capital, without influential friends and without a knowledge of our language and customs, he has, by his own indoniitaljle energy and business sagacity, triumphed o\-er every difficulty and risen to prominence and to wealth. In addition to his large farm, he has valuable real estate interests in Idaho and is a heavy stockholder in some of the leading mines. He was married, January 13, 1876, to Miss Henrietta Post, a daughter of Frederick Post, and a native of Germany. They are parents of one son, Walter. Mr. and Mrs. Linke now reside in an elegant home at E. 2028 Pacific avenue, their farm being at the present time rented to their son.

IRVING WORTHINGTON, United States deputy mineral surveyor for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and ^lontana, was born in Minnesota in 1868. He lived in his native state till ten years old, then moved with his parents to Dakota, where he resided for the next tweh-e years, acquiring such education as the common schools afforded and supi>lementing it by a }-ear at college, during which he gave special attention to engineering. He then moved to Spokane and became United States deputy mineral surveyor for some time. He subsequently served as a deputy in various township surveys for a few years, but is now again devoting his attention to mineral sur\-eys, his territory covering the entire northwest. Mr. Worthington was employed at one time by the Sumpter Townsite Company, Limited, to lay out the town of Sumpter, in Oregon. Our subject was married, March 22, 1900, to Miss Fanny C. Brattain, of Spokane, daughter of William C. Brattain, one of the earliest pioneers of Whitman county, Washington. He is a young man of acknowledged skill and ability, possessing a very enviable reputation as a land and as a

STUART ARAIOUR, of the law firm of Armour & Shine, was bora in Cobourg, Canada, November 16, 1866. He grew to manhood there, acquiring his preliminary education in the Upper Canada College. In 1890 he came to Tacoma, Washington, and found employment in the land department of the Northern Pacific Railroad, but before long turned his attention to the study of law. He graduated from the law department of the University of Oregon in 1894 and was thereafter associated with Cox, Teal & Minor, attorneys for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, until 1896, when he came to Spokane. He practiced alone in this city for a short time, then went into partnership with ^Iv. Shine, forming the present firm. They are the local attorneys for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and also have a general practice. Mr. Armour is a son of Chief Justice Armour, of the Queen's bench at Toronto, and a member of one of the oldest families in Canada.

PATRICK C. SHINE, one of the rising young attorneys of Spokane, was born in Ireland December 25, 1863. He graduated at the Civil Service Academy, of Limerick, and when twenty-two years old decided to try his fortunes in the new world. Accordingly, he emigrated to America, finally locating at Kansas City, Missouri, where for two years he was deputy county collector. Pie then took a clerical position, becoming chief of the statistical department of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and afterward assistant cashier. Subsequently he came to Huntington, Oregon, to accept a position as cashier for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and for several years thereafter he filled agencies for that company, Ijeing located successively at Pendleton, Vancouver and Wallace, Idaho. He also served for a time as purser on the company's steamboat line. In 1892, however, he came to Spokane and took up law and politics, serving for four years as cashier and chief deputy in the county treasurer's office. He is now in partnership with Mr. Stuart Armour and is practicing law under the firm name of Armour & Shine. They are the local attorneys for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and are also building up a large general practice. Mv. Shine is essentially a self-made man. Coming to this country at an early age without capital or influential friends or any reliance except his education and splendid natural talents, he has steadily pushed his way onward and upward. He has filled positions of responsibility and dignity froin the first, and he now ranks among the leading attorneys of this city, with every indication that he will soon have a state-wide reputation.

J. M. PORTER, United States deputy mineral surveyor for Idaho and Washington, was born in Ohio, in i860, and lived there until nine years old, then accompanied his parents to Kansas. He lived in that state for eleven years, acquiring his education in the public schools and at a business college. When twenty rears old he removed to the Black Hills. South Dakota, where for two years he held a situation as engineer for the Home Stake ^Mining Company. For the ensuing four years he was engaged in mining and as a mining engineer in southern Idaho, going thence to Salt Lake City as United States deputy mineral surveyor. He remained there two years, then one in southern Idaho, but at length came to the Coeur d'Alene country, where he resided from 1889 to 1899, serving continuously during that time as United States deputy mineral surveyor. He retains practically the same position to the present time, though he has changed his location and is now at No. 14 Exchange National Bank building, Spokane. Mr. Porter has long been regarded as one of the leading mining experts and engineers in the Northwest and there has been very little mining litigation in this state or Idaho in which he has not been called upon to give testimony as an expert witness. He belongs to the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He was married, in the state of Kansas, in 1898. to Daisy Wilkinson, and they have one child, Daisy.

J. M. JAMIESON, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Illinois, in 1 861, and he resided there until twenty years old, acquiring his education in the public schools and at Monmouth College. He then attended the Rush Medical College two years, but did not graduate on account of an attack of typhoid fever just before examination and subsequent ill health. Upon recovering sufficiently, he went to New York City and engaged in the manufacture of paints, remaining in that business until 1889, when he came to Spokane. Arrived here, he immediately engaged in writing up the abstract books of the Spokane Abstract Company, which are now the principal set in use by the Spokane Abstract, Title Insurance & Trust Company, of which

Mr. Jamieson is at present president and manager. The cr)mpany is the oldest of its class in Spokane county and being in possession of its own carefully prepared records and indexes to the county records is enabled to do very accurate and reliable work. Mr. Jamieson is thoroughly conversant with the alistract business, having devoted his energies to it exclusively for many years, and his intimate knowledge of the real estate laws of the state renders him a man peculiarly well qualified for his present position. Fraternally he is a member of the Elks and the Royal Arcanum, and in politics he is allied with the Democratic party. He was married, in Elizalieth, New Jersey, to Marion D. Schultz, and they have two children, Ida Marion and Roger Mills. Mr. Jamieson's father. Rev. J. M. Jamieson, D. D., a Presbyterian clergyman, had charge of mission schools in India for nearly thirty years. He is now retired, being more than ninety-one years old. His mother was a daughter of Captain Phineas Merrill, of the Revolutionary army.

AMASA B. CAMPBELL, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Salem, Ohio, April 6, 1845, and he lived there until sixteen years old, receiving his education in the common schools aiul at the high school, of which he is a graduate. He then went to Alliance, Ohio, where he lived for five years, engaged in the grain and wool business for a firm there. In 1868, however, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, entering the emjiloy of the Union Pacific Railroad Coml)any, for which he worked for tliree years, afterward going to Kansas City to work for the Kansas Pacific Railroad, during its construction. A little later, however, he got the mining fever and in 1871 went to LTtah and mined in the Little Cottonwood for a year. He then went to Dry Canyon and contracted a while, thence to Leadville, following all excitements. Subsequently he returned to the east and remained three years, then back to the west, but in 1S87 he again went east and orgainzed a syndicate at Youngstown, Ohio, for the purpose of developing mines in the Coeur d'Alene country. They have been operating in that region ever since, being at present interesteil in the Milwaukee Mining Company, the Standard mine, the Hecla, the Sixteen-to-One and numerous others. Mr. Campbell is also a stockholder in the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, the water works, the Electric Light Company, the Canr d'Alene Hardware Company and other enterprises, and he also owns some city real estate. Few men have done more for the development of Sfiokane than has Mr. Campbell. His capital has been freely expended in building uj) the most valuable enterprises of the city, and where his money has gone it has been accompanied by his zealous interest and judicious management, which are worth much more than the financial support itself, for they invariably insure success to the undertaking fortunate enough to secure them. But, perhaps, even more important still are the indirect benefits he has bestowed by developing the tributary mining region, the great source of Spokane's wealth and prosperity. Fraternally Mr. Campbell is a Mason. He was married, at Youngstown, Ohio, in 1890, to Grace M. Fox, and they are parents of one child, Helen.

FRED E. LIOPPE, a pioneer of 1888, was born in Galena, Illinois, in 1859. He lived there for only a few years, however, the greatest part of his early youth lieing passed at Du- buque, Iowa, where he acquired a public-school education. He started to learn music under his father's instruction, l)ut later went to Xew York and studied for years under the best private teachers of that city. He then came to Minneapolis and from that city to JNIihvaukee, thence back to Xew York, teacliing and giving concerts at all these places. In 1888 he came from Xew York to Spokane. He has had charge of the orchestra at the Auditorium continuously since that building was erected, and has been teaching music to private pupils ever since his arri\al in the city. He teaches the violin and stringed instruments mostly, but serves as leader of bands and orchestras whenever occasion requires. Prof. Hoppe lias devoted the efforts of his lifetime to the study of music and ranks among the best musicians and music teachers in the state. Fraternally he affiliates with the I. O. O. F., the K. P. and the Sons of Herman and he has been a member of the Elks for fifteen years. He was married, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1883, to Josephine Schafifner, and they are parents of one child, Luella.