Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 13 of 16)

S. A. ESLICK, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Linn couty, Oregon, born July 20, 1865. When twelve years old he accompanied his parents to Farmington, Washington, and two years later he came to Spokane to work for A. M. Cannon as teamster in a logging camp. He remained in that employment two years, then engaged in freighting from Colville, and to him belongs the distinction of having hauled the first load of ore ever sliipi)e(l from that region. He continued teaming between Fort Colville and Rickey's Bar on the Columbia river for a few years, but in 1884 turned his attention to mining in the Clearwater country. In 1887 he engaged in farming, taking charge of the C. X. Hubbard farm near Colfax, but in 1889 he came to Spokane, where he has ever since followed contracting. Mr. Eslick has graded a large number of streets in this city and has done much work on the Great Xorthern Railroad, also on the Spokane Falls ik Xorthern Railroad. He it was who put in the water works system in Spokane, and to him was given the contract for constructing the dam for the beet sugar factory at \Vaverly. He was. also assistant superintendent under Mr. J. H. McLean, when that gentelman was chairman of the board of public works. Mr. Eslick has been very successful as a contractor. Being a son of the west, he has experienced many thrilling adventures with the Indians. During the X'ez Perces war. he was crossing the plains in Oregon and several times narrowly escaped destruction by the Umatillas, who were also on the war path at that time. Fraternally Mr. Eslick is associated with the W. of W. Lodge. Xo. 99, of Spokane. He was married, in this city. October 30, 1887. to Miss Emma C. Pugli. a native of Iowa, who came to Spokane in 1880. They have three sons: Harry Wallace, Bertie F. and Stanley B.

RE\'. W. A. SPALDIXG, a pioneer of 1890, is a native of Pennsylvania, born July 20, 1850. At the age of thirteen he went to work in his father's blacksmith shop and for the ensuing nine vears toiled faith fully at the forge. After two terms of study at Grand View Academy, he was admitted to Monmouth College, from which he received the A. B. degree in 1876, and three years later that of A. M. He had spent the year 1876-7 in the Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, so, in the fall of 1877. he was admitted to the second year of the Theological College at Xenia, Ohio. In 187S he completed the course. He was then sent out by the Home Missionary board to take charge of the mission chvnxh at Oshkosh, \\'isconsin, but a year later he was called to Oskaloosa, Iowa. In 1881 he accepted a call to North Henderson, Illinois, where he remained until January, 1885. He then, at the instance of the Home Missionary Board, assumed charge of the church at Davenport, Iowa. In 1889 he was compelled Ijy failing health to seek recuperation in travel, so he became financial agent for his alma mater. In 1890 tlie missionary board sent him to Spokane. He soon organized a United Presbyterian church. ]\Ir. Spalding has been their pastor throughout the entire period of their existence as a church and to his wise and efficient leadership their prosperity and success is largely due. They now have a place of worship valued at about seventeen thousand dollars and a membership of about one hundred and fifty-five. Mr. Spalding was married, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, September 3, 1879, to Margaret Beh. They liave four children: Harold B., M. Lucile, .-\mie Bell and Hubert A.

JOSEPH \V. CHARLTON, deputy sheriff, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Massachusetts, born December 22. 1859. He was, however, reared and educated in Bangor, Maine, having been taken there by his parents in his infancy. He early learned the trade of a molder and subse(|uently entered the employ of Wood, Bishop & Company as a manufacturer of stoves. He remained with them continuously for ten years, serving at different times as foreman in each of the dift'erent departments.

In 1887, however, he came to Spokane and went into the wholesale commission business with Carpenter & Dobson, but the next year he accepted a position with the Portland Cracker Coni])any. He remained in their employ till the big fire of 1889, then made a trip east. On his return he entered the assessor's office, serving as deputy for one term under Assessor Leghorn and one under Harl J. Cook. He then turned his attention to the broker business and followed that continuously until 1899, when he was appointed to the office of deputy sheriff under Sheriff Speck. When that officer resigned Mr. Charlton was retained by his successor. Sheriff Cole, so that he still holds the office of deputy sheriff'. He is one 'of the leading and representative citizens of this county and has always taken an active interest in politics, local and general. Fraternally he is identified with the Red Men and the American Mechanics. He was married, in Spokane, August 18, 1890, to Miss Susan B. Mansell, a native of Maine.

R. K. NEILL, general superintendent for the mining firm of Finch & Campbell, is a nati\-e of Canada, born in 1863. He lived there until seventeen years old' receiving a commonschool training, then went to Michigan and engaged in the saw-mill business. He followed that line of work continuously until 1884, then came to Montana. Upon arriving in that state, he turned his attention to the building of lead concentrating mills for a couple of years. He came to U'ardner, Idaho, in t886, and buiH the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mills, and two years later built the Last Chance mill. The next year he designed and built the Frisco mill iu Idaho, also the Ciem mill fnr the Milwaukee Milling ComiKuiy, and in 1890 he designed and built the Custer mill on Nine Mile, also the Black Bear mill on Canyon creek. In 1892 he designed and built the Morning mill at Mullen, Idaho. In 1893. however, he took up mining, in the employ of Messrs. Finch & Campbell, and has been working for them continuously since, making an excellent success both for them and himself. He is now acting as consulting engineer for all of Finch & Campljcll's properties. When not busy with their business, he lias gi\en his attention to designing and erecting concentrators, building the Mammoth mill 'in 1899, also the St. Eugene Consolidated Mining Company's mill at Mayea, British Columbia. Mr. Neill is an intensely active, enterprising, industrious man, possessing a clear head and a sound judgment. The success he has achieved in every branch of industry to which he has directed his attention has been simply phenomenal. He stands at the head as a designer and builder of concentrating mills, and as a mining expert he prt>bably has no superior in the state. He is the owner of valuable property on Sprague avenue, Spokane, is interested in the Cceur d'Alene Hardware Company, -the Wallace (Idaho) Electric Light Plant and the city water works of Wallace and is a director in the First National Bank of that city. He also owns stock iii the Standard and Hecla mines and in many others. Fraternally he is prominently identified with the Masons, being a Noble of the Shrine. He was married, in Spokane, in 1899, to Cora I. Brown, and they have two children, Jessie Evaline and Hellen.

JOHN MAYER, deceased, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1829. and died at Wayside, Spokane county, January 22, 1900. He was reared on a farm in his native state. On June 5, 1851, he was married to Miss Mary Adams, of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and in 1853 they moved to Mount Carroll, where he was engaged in mercantile business for two }-ears. In 1855 he removed with his family onto a tract of land in Ogle county, Illinois, a part oi which was later included in the city of Foreston. Here Mr. Mayer lived till 1883, superintending his farm and at different times engaging in business in the city. He held many positions of public trust, discharging the duties of all with characteristic integrity and zeal. Mr. Mayer was a devout Christian, a member of the Reformed church in Foreston and active in all church affairs. In 1882 he came to the Northwest and when he returned the next year had invested in considerable Spokane county real estate. He removed to Spokane with his family in October, 1883, and became an important factor in the development of the county. Mr. Mayer was engaged principally in farming, dividing his residence between the city and the farm. In 1894 he moved to Wayside, where he resided till his death. During the earlier years of his residence in Spokane county. Mr. Mayer took an active part in politics and was a leader in every movement for the good of the people. During 1891 and 1892 he served as chairman of the board of county commissioners, rendering valuable service to the public. Many of our public highways stand as monuments to the energy and judgment of this public-spirited man. As a man and citizen, Mr. Mayer was universally respectetl. Of sturdy Pennsylvania-German stock, he stood alwaj-s for right and justice. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, but latterly was not active in the order. To John Mayer and wife twelve children were born. Three died while quite young, the remaining nine coming to Spokane with their parents. They are: Nathaniel J., Mrs. Joanna E. Roe, Mrs. AHce S. Robbins, Mrs. Lydia x\. Valentine, John P., Frank A., Charles P., Mary M. and Mrs. Caroline E. Browne.

CHARLES P. :\IAYER, son of John and Mary Mayer, is a pioneer of 1883. He was born in Foreston, Illinois, August 16, 1870. He attended the schools in his native town till his thirteenth year, when he accompanied his parents to Spokane. Charles attended the public schools of Spokane till his fifteenth year. He then em-olled in the famous old Methodist College and shared the fortunes of that institution of learning for difTerent periods, until, as Jenkins University, its career was formally brought to a close. Mr. Mayer served an apprenticeship in the store of Sheeline Brothers, one of the landmarks of Spokane before the great fire. He followed different occupations during his minority, from assistant on his father's farm to a deputyship in the county auditor's office during Judge Peel's first term. In 1894 Mr. Mayer entered the State Normal School at Cheney and several years later the school at Ellensburg. He spent five years in normal school work and teaching. In 1899 he received an appointment as deputy in the office of A. L. Smith, county treasurer, and served in that capacity with credit to himself and satisfaction to his employer. Charles P. Mayer is one of the ambitious and promising young men of the "city by the falls," always energetic and ready to do what he can for the promotion of the general welfare. He is an active worker in the I. O. O. F. and in the Improved Order of Red Men. To such young men is given the task of completing the work which their fathers began in the first days of our history.

L. ROY SLATER, mining broker, 301-2 Rookery building, was born in Marshall county, Iowa, March 22, 1873. When ten years old he accompanied his family to South Dakota, wJiere he resided for the five years ensuing. He then removed to Sioux City, Iowa, whence, in i8go, he came to Spokane. Shortly after his arrival here he accepted a position as bookkeeper for the Oregon Mortgage Company, and by them he was employed for a period of five years. He then embarked in a general mining brokerage business. He belongs to the Spokane Brokers' Association and is interested as an officer and stockholder in many mining companies. Mr. Slater is a young man of great energy and business ability and ranks among the leading mining brokers of the state. He is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., also of the Spokane Club.

BENJAMIN J. BROWN, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Canada in 1850. He was, however, practically reared in the United States, having come with his parents to Minnesota when only five years old. He received his education in that state and being brought up on a farm naturally adopted that occupation when he iiecame old enough to start for himself. In 1887 he came to Spokane county and took charge of a one-hundred-and-sixty-acre tract situated on Five Mile prairie and on White Bluff, where for some years afterward he was engaged as a stock dealer and in grain raising. He was one of the most extensive grain producers of this county. Mr. Brown is now proprietor of the O. R. & N. corral, one of the oldest barns in the city, located at 13 15 West First street. He has a regular feed, livery and sale stable, fitted up and equipped with everything essential to a successful and thrifty busi- ness. He was married, in Wisconsin, in 1873, to Belle Austin, and they had two children, namely: Ray, who enlisted from Oregon and is now in the Philippines, and Jay. Mr. Brown was next married, in Spokane, September 12, 1897, to Millie Cissen, a native of New York.

SAMUEL TURNER, proprietor of Star livery, sale and feed stables, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1866, and the' first eighteen years of his life were passed in that province. He then removed to Fort Benton, Montana, where he followed stock-driving for a time, after which he went to Virginia City, Montana, and secured employment on a horse ranch. Subsequently he came with A. N. Moore to Spokane, bringing with him a band of horses for sale. Mr. Turner, being pleased with the outlook here, at once [lurchased the old Star stables, rebuilt them, fitted them up in convenient and suitable style and began Ijusiness. He is a man of energy and ability and is carrying on his enterprise in this city successfully and profitably. Fraternally .Mr. Turner is affiliated with the Elks, the Foresters, the Red Men, the I. O. O. F. and the K. O. T. M.

THOMAS SEVERSOX, merchant tailor at 1007 Sprague avenue, is a native of Cecil county, Maryland, born in 1855. .At the age of ten years he went to Delaware and four years later to Baltimore, \\here he learned the tailoring trade. When eighteen years old he enlisted in the navy and served for three years, then was honorably discharged and engaged in the revenue service for a year. He ne.xt entered the United States army, serving thereafter for thirteen years and three months, during which time he participated in the wars against the Sioux, Apaches and the Utes. After his discharge, he came to Spokane and opened a tailor shop and he has since been actively engaged in that line of business. He is a thorough tradesman, ranking among the most successful merchant tailors of the city. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World. He was married, in Omaha, in 1883, to Catherine A. Keep, and they have a family of three children: Elmira. Thomas and Auther.

GEORGE T. CRANE, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Iowa, in 1854, and there resided until seventeen years old. He then went to Chicago, Illinois, and entered the service of Benham Trumbull & Company, in whose wholesale house he was employed continuously until coming to Spokane. Since his arrival here he has devoted his time mostly to mining, though for the first two years he was in the hardware business. He is now president of the Morrison Mining Company and a director in several other mining corporations, also is president of the Hill Shoe Company of this city. During the early days he was quite prominent in local affairs, serving for one term as councilman and, during 1884-85 as a member of the school board. He has not been especially active of late years in political matters, but has given his undivided attention to his e.xtensive business interests. As a man and a citizen, he stands high in the esteem of all who know him, his integrity and uprightness being nowhere questioned. He deserves a large share in the gratitude due those whose courage and enterprise have develojied the mining industry in this section of the country, thus adding immeasurably to the general prosperity. In fraternal affiliations Mr. Crane is a prominent Mason, being identified with all the bodies of that order from the lilue lodge to the thirty-second degree. He Avas married, in Kansas, in 1876, to Margaret Wright, and they have had four children : Earl B., Frank and IMarguerite, living, and Elsie, deceased.

DR. C. P. THOAIAS, who came to the Pacific coast in 1884, is a native of Missouri, born in 1864. He received his preparatory education at W'arrensburg State Normal School and studied medicine in ]\Iissouri for a year and a half. In the spring of 1884 he came to Spokane, remaining for six months. He then went to San Francisco, studying there and in Portland, Oregon, till the fall of 1888, when he graduated with the degree of M. D. He came at once to this vicinity, but soon went to western Washington, where he practiced for si.x years. In June. T8g6. he returned to Spokane and he has made his home here since. During the past eight years Dr. Thomas has taken post-graduate courses in eastern medical colleges. At present he is devoting his attention almost exclusi\-e]y to surgery. He is a verv careful and diligent student, a great lover of his profession and a very successful practitioner. He was married, in 1898, to Miss Mary Smith, of Portland, Oregon.

HENRY HILL, a pioneer of 1885, was born in Ontario. Canada, in 1866. He arrived at years of maturit}' lie fore leaving his native land, early learning the trade of a shoe manufacturer. His father and grandfather were shoe men and he naturally grew up to the same occupation. Upon arriving in Spokane, however, he went to work in a grocery for a year, then engaged in the business for himself, maintaining a store until burned out in the fire of 1889. He built another grocery store after the fire, but soon sold out and went into the shoe business. He is now located at 519 Riverside a\enue, where he has the largest shoe establishment in Spokane, and is doing a progressive and flourishing business, both wholesale and retail. Mr. Hill is a self-made man, havingstarted in life without other capital than his trade and l)uilt himself up by his own unaided effort to a position among the most successful business men of this city. He is a trustworthy and substantial citizen and has the respect and esteem always accorded to those who succeed by their own self-reliance and inlierent ability. He was married, in Ontario, Canada, in 1891, to Emily C. Reiner, and they have one son, Clayton Reiner.

J. K. GROVER, a liveryman at 12 13 Second avenue, is a native of Iowa, born in 1849. He was taken to Wisconsin while very young and passed his early youth in that state. He first engaged in lumliering. but in 1872 went to Iowa, where he followed the stock business for eight years. His ne.xt venture was in a collection agency in Minnesota, which he operated in connection with a farm until 1894. In that year he mo\-ed to [Montana, but subsequently came on to Spokane, where he was engaged in a cigar, tobacco and confectionery business for a time. Later he embarked in the livery stable enterprise. Until recently he had a fine, large livery building, supi)lied with everything necessary for a good, thrifty, up-to-date business. At present, however, he is devoting his entire energies to mining. Though very young when the Civil war broke out, Mr. Grover could not resist the call of patriotism, but as soon as he could secure admission enlisted in Company K, Forty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He served in the western army under General Thomas, participating in the engagements at Johnsonville, Franklin and Nashville, also in numerous skirmishes. He was mustered out August 26, 1865, after having faithfully done what he could for the cause of national union. He is a member of Sedgwick Post, No. 8, G. A. R., is past commander of the same and was on the staff of National Commander John P. Reay. He was married, first, in Wisconsin, in 1872, to Almira Hess, who died in 1891. lie was next married, in this city, in 1898, to Mrs. Alice A. Clark. Mrs. Grover is a member of the Sedgwick Relief Corps.

D. H. DWTGHT, one of the leading citizens of Spokane and a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Dudley, Massachusetts, born in 1862. He is a lineal descendant of the old New England Dwight family. He obtained his education in Nichols Academy, Dudley, Massachusetts, and later served as a teacher in the public schools and as a tutor in a private academy. He then made an extensive tour over the entire United States, finally locating at Spokane. He soon engaged in real estate brokerage, a business which he has ever since followed. He is now the owner of much valuable property in this city and has erected several fine brick buildings, including the Falls City block. Mr. Dwight has never for a moment forgotten his duties to the city and to his fellow man. Thoroughly public-spirited, his influence has been sensibly felt in everything which promised to promote the highest and best interests of Spokane. In 1892 he was elected member of the city council and served for three years thereafter, during two of which he was president. In 1895 he was elected a member of the board of education. He has been treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce and secretary of the Young Men's Republican Club and a leader in the conventions held for the purpose of establishing the fruit fair. In 1897 Mr. Dwight ran for the legislature, but, though he received a vote far in advance of his ticket, he was defeated. Mr. Dwight is now interested in suburban real estate, it being his ambition to estal)lish a rural home, where he can indulge his passion for rearing fine, thoroughbred stock. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F., having joined Imperial Lodge, No. 134, immediately upon its organization. Religiously he is identified with Westminster Congregational church. He was married, in 1887. to Miss Mary P. Willis, and they are parents of four children : Daniel Willis, Mary E. and Majorie S. and Dorothy F.. twins.

G. W. TEMPLE, postmaster of Spokane, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Ohio, born June 23, 1848. When sixteen years old he secured a position as pilot on a steamboat. After two years of service he returned home and entered tlie high school at Hanoverton, where he completed his education. He was engaged in teaching for a number of years thereafter, but in 1872 went into the mercantile business in Noborne, Missouri, where he remained until 1880. He then moved to southwestern Missouri and trietl the stock business, also establishing, in 1883, the Bank of Sheldon, of which he was the first president. In 1889 he removed to Spokane, where he engaged in the loan business.

In 1892 he was elected to tlie state legislature and in 1894 was re-elected l)y a large majority. During the four years of his membership in the lower house he served as chairman of the committee on appropriations. In 1896 he was the nominee of the Republican party for the senate. In February. 1898, he was appointed postmaster and he has served as such ever since, giving excellent satisfaction to the patrons of that office. Mr. Temple is a public-spirited man. active in every undertaking for the upbuilding of the city and ever zealous for its best interests. At present he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he is a prominent Mason, being identified with Tyrian Lodge. Xo. 96. He also belongs to the S. A. A. C. He was married, in Ray county, Missouri. October 11, 1876. to Miss Florence Wilson, a native of Missouri, and a daughter of William T. Wilson. They had one daughter, Alyrtle. Init she died when two years old. ?ilr. and Mrs. Temple are members of the Unitarian church.

CHARLES \\'ALTOX, of the firm of Hull & Walton, owners of the Spokane Iron Works, 511 Howard street, is a native of Ohio, born May 31, 1 86 1. He was reared and educated in that state and served a full apprenticeship to the trade of a machinist. He followed that handicraft there and in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, for several years, but in 1890 came to Spokane to accept a position as salesman for the Reid Machine Company. He continued in tlieir employ for eight years, then, in 1899, in company with Air. George M. Hull, established the Spokane Iron Works, where they do all kinds of mechanical work in iron, employing several men steadilv. Air. \\'alton is a thorough mechanic, having devoted the undivided efforts of almost his entire lifetime to his trade and the success with which his present enterprise is meeting is really merited. He was married, in Garrettsville, Ohio, July 20, 1880, to Aliss Sarah Harwick, a native of New York, and to their union have been born four children : Alice, wife of William Tabb, a grocer in Spokane, Charlotte, Edna and Robert.

ADOLPH FRIEDLEIN, manager for M. Seller & Company, importers and jobbers of crockery, glassware, tin, graniteware, hotel and bar fixtures, etc., was born in Germany November 30, 1861. He received his education there, but on attaining his majority emigrated at once to America. He soon entered the employ of M. Seller & Company, in Portland, Oregon, and has remained with the same firm continuously since. In 1896 he came t(j Spokane to take charge of their business here and under his experienced and efficient management the trade, both wholesale and retail, has assumed immense proportions. The firm has the largest business of its kind in the west, giving employment to twenty-four persons constantly. Mr. Friedlein has given his arduous and undivided efforts to the industry in which he is now engaged ever since his arrival in this country. He was married in Spokane, in 1897, to Aliss Belle Brucker. a native of Illinois, and they are parents of two children, Victor and Adelaide.

J. R. LO\V, proprietor of the cigar store on the corner of Howard and Riverside, a pioneer of 1888, was born in Tennessee June 23, 1865, but was reared in Texas, having been taken by his parents to tliat state when only five years old. He received a good pul)lic and high-school education, then learned the ])rofession of a civil engineer and followed that Inisiness on different railroads for several years. He came to Spokane county in 1888, and worked for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company a while, hut subsequently enteretl the employ of the Cory Mercantile Company, of Rockford and Fairfield, continuing in their service until 1896. In that year he was elected county clerk. He served for two years with credit to himself and on retiring from office engaged in his present business. Mr. Low is one of the influential and respected citizens of the county and one who has always enjoyed the confidence and good will of the communities in which he has lived. For the four \ears prior to 1896 he was postmaster at Fairfield, but he resigned that office when elected county clerk. Fraternally he afiiliates with the B. P. O. E. Lodge, No. 228, of Spokane. He was married, in Fairfield, Washington, Feliruary 22, 1891, to Miss Virginia Butler, a native of Oregon, and they have a family of three daughters, Gertrude, Genevieve ami Lucile.

WILLIAM L. HALL, M. IX, offices 3 and 4 Sherwood Ijlock, was born in east Tennessee, ]\Iay 24, 1868. He was reared in that state, ac(iuiring a good common-school education, supplemented by a cour.se in Maryville College. In 1888 he entered the medical (lei:>artment of \\inderbilt L'nivcrsitv. located at Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1S90 he graduated. After practicing a year in Tennessee he came to Oakesdale, \Vashington, where he was engaged in the pursuit of his profession for about three years. In 1894. howe\-er.

he was sent to China by the American board to take charge of the hospital dispensary in Shansi i)ro\'ince, five hundred miles west of Pekin. During his five years' residence there he saw only one white man, except those who were associated with him in his work. He returned to Spokane in 1899 and resumed the general practice of medicine in this citv. He is a very thorough man in his profession, being an arduous student and an untiring worker, antl he will secure a large practice as soon as time has been afforded for his abilities and learning to become known. Fraternalh-, he is a mem))er of the Masonic order, the K. of P,. the A. O. U. W. and M. W. of A. and in religious affiliations, he is identified with the Second Congregational church. He was married, wliile in east Tennessee, to Miss Lou A. \\'ear, a natixe of Tennes.see, and they iiave had four children : Carl Lena and Dorothy, living, and one deceased. The family were all with Dr. Hall in China.

FRED J. SMITH, contractor and builder and furnisher of bank and bar fi.xtures, 713 Front avenue, is a native of Maine, born January 15, 1855. He accjuired a public-school and academic education and then, at the age of sixteen, went to sea as a cabin boy for bis uncle cm the Grace Oak, a vessel lit had helped to build, .\fter two years lie becanie purser and a stockholder in the company. He sailed to a number of foreign countries and, in 1871, came around the Horn to San Francisco. In 1877 'I'S vessel suffered shipwreck off Florida Keys. The cargo and ship were a complete loss and out of the crew of thirty-five men only five reached shore, his uncle. Captain Samuel Smith, being among the lost. Fred J., however, clung to a piece of the wreck until picked up 1)y an English \-essel. He was taken to Li\-erpool, but soon after- \vard returned to Maine, where he found employment in the ship yards. Shortly afterward, however, he availed himself of an opportunity to embark aboard the Gloucester as second mate and he remained on that vessel until, in 1879, he finally decided to retire from the sea. Locating in Michigan, he turned his attention to lumbering and carpenter work. In 1886 he assumed charge of a crew of men on the construction of the B. S. & A. R. R.. by which company he was employed for two years. He then followed his trade in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, for a couple of years, but in 1890 came to Spokane and engaged in contracting and building. Mr. .Smith is a man who has within him the qualities essential to success, consequently his business has grown and flourished until he now requires the assistance of many employees. In mining enterprises, also, he takes a zealous interest. He is the owner of several very promising claims in the Northport mining district and is president and manager of the Lora Bell Mining Company. Fraternally he is identified with Court Klamath. No. 1936, I. O. F., of which he is financial secretary. He was married, in Michigan, November 23, 1881, to Miss Carrie .A. ]\Iills, a native of that state, and they have five children : Rachel M.. Daniel M.. :Mary E., Edward E. and Walter E.

PROF. T. F. SAYLOR. superintendent of the Spokane city schools, was born in Iowa April 30, 1854. He acquired a ])ul)lic-school education, then spent one year in the Iowa City Academy and four at the State Agricultural College, from which he graduated in 1880.

He then accepted a ])osition as principal of the Anita, Iowa, school and later became superintendent ni the Rcfl Oak, Iowa, .schools. In 1884, however, he became proprietor and editor of the Rock Rapids Reporter. The next year lie returned to Red Oak, purchased a daily and weekly newspaper and pulilishcd the same until 1887, when he was elected ccjunty school superintendent. After discharging the duties of that office for two terms, he filled the chair of pedagogy in the Shenandoah Normal School two years. He then accepted the presidency of the Lincoln Normal University at Lincoln, Nebraska, and served in that capacity also for two years, afterward becoming superintendent of the Lincoln schools. In 1898 he was nominated by the Republican party for the state superintendency. but was defeated in the ensuing election. In 1899 he became superintendent of the Spokane city schools, which position he still retains, having recently been re-elected for a three-years' term. Prof. Saylor is a man of unusual energy, executive ability and f(jrce of character. His naturally powerful mental faculties have been developed to the fullest Ijy years (jf profound study and his long and varied experience has led him to formulate a plan of education unii|ue in many respects. His genial and sympathetic manner wins for him the good will of all, while his fearless devotion to principle commands the respect even of opponents. As a lecturer, also, Sui)erintendent Saylor takes high rank. Indeed, in e\-ery way he is eminently qualified for the position he holds, and the cause of education in this city will receive a ])owerful uplift from his wise supervision. Fraternallv he is affiliated with all the branches of the Masonic order up to the I\. T.. inclusive, also the Shrine. In addition, he belongs to the I. O. O. F., the K. of P., the S. of V. and E.xcelsior Camp, No. 5124. M. \\'. .\. In re- ligious persuasion he is a Presbyterian. He was married, in Pennsylvania, April 22, 1886, to Miss Lottie A. Dean, a native of that state, and to their imion have been born four children, two of whom are now living, namely: Lulie D. and Otis. The deceased children were named Genevieve and Laura.

WILLIA^I A. XICHOLLS, one of the leading young brokers of the city, was born in Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1878. He went to school in his native city, also in Canada for two 3'ears, then came to Spokane and entered the high school, from which he graduated in 1896. Upon comi)leting his education he entered the mining business, l)ecoming a charter member of the Spokane Mining Exchange and now also belongs to the Spokane Brokers' Exchange. He is interested in all the mining camps adjacent to this city, the State Creek. Buffalo Hump, etc., is treasurer of the Liberty near Republic, and a stockholder in numerous other properties. He is also interested to some extent in real estate. Mr. Nicholls has been making wonderful ad\-ancement in business in the short time which has elapsed since he left school and is manifesting a degree of enterprise, sagacity and courage seldom possessed by men twice his age. He seems also to jjossess. in a high degree, the faculty, so essential to a successful man of aft'airs, of mastering a great many details and performing a vast amount of technical labor, for, besides his general broker business, he is an officer in many mining companies. h requires no prophetic gift to enable one to foresee a brilliant future ahead of this voung man. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Elks.

DR. W. F. DUNLOP, of Dunlop & Dunning, dentists, was born in Orillia, Canada, in. 1866. He received his preliminary education in his native land, but, at the age of seventeen, went to the University of Michigan, where he studied dental surgery, receiving his diploma from that institution in 1888. He practiced his profession at Alpena. Michigan, from the date of his graduation until 1894, then took a course in the Wisconsin Electric Medical School, from which he received a degree in 1896. He practiced dentistry for a brief period in Wallace, Idaho, but subsequently came to Spokane, organized the Dunlop Dental Company and was associated with them in the profession until quite recently, when he entered into private practice. Dr. Dunlop has spared no ])ains to make himself thoroughly master of his business, studying diligently in the best institutions of learning in the east, and devoting the efforts of his maturer years with assiduity and zeal to the accomplishment of the same end. He is still ii- the morning of his career, but lias already gained for himself a reputation and a standing in the profession and a bright future seems to lie before him. Fraternally, he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the B. P. O. E. and also belongs to the Blue lodge, the Shrine and the Knights Templar in the Masonic order. He was married in Canada, in 1888, to Minnie Paterson and they have two children : Marion and Cosie.

OLE R. NESTOS, a pioneer of 1886, was born in Norway in 1861 and lived there until nineteen years old. learning the harness and saddlery business. Upon coming to America he located at Montevideo, Minne- sota, where he remained for a year, working in a harness shop. He afterwards worked af- tlie same handicraft in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, three years, then engaged in a Inisiness for himself in Fishers. Minnesota, continuing in that for a year and a half. At the end of that time, however, he sold out and moved tc St. Paul to accept a position with the Wallraff Brothers, by whom he was employed a year. His next move was to Spokane, where he worked for Peter Dueber a year, then for his successor, Fred Furth, six months. He then bought a half interest in the business, forming the firm of Furth & Nestos, which had one of the finest harness shops this side of Chicago. They were burned out in the fire, liut reopened and ran the shop together twi) years, after which ]\Ir. Nestos was alone two years. He then went into mining and prospecting. Subsequently he served as foreman for the A. A. Craft Company a year and a half, but has recently opened a shop of his own at 118 Post. He leases the whole building, but sublets all Init the first floor, the whole of which he reserves for his own use. Mr. Nestos is a first-class mechanic and an esteemed and respected citizen of the city, being a man who lives harmoni()Usly with his neighbors and is steady, industrious and thoroughly reliable. Fraternally, he is identified with the I O. O. F.. the K. P. and the Red Men. He was married in Spukane. in 1897, to ]\Iiss Kattie E. Eich.

the blacksmith trade and when sixteen years old emigrated to America. He worked in machine shops in Illinois and San Francisco, but soon came to Seattle and entered the employ of the Stetson & Post Mill Company, remaining until 1887, when he came to Spokane, purchased the Spokane blacksmith shop and engaged in lousiness for himself. He has made all the brewery wagons in use in this city and constructs carriages, omnibuses and all kinds of vehicles. He has constructed the architectural iron work for the following buildings : Idaho State Building, at the World's Fair; opera house, Wallace, Idaho; Biackfoot Mission school, at Biackfoot, Montana ; school house at Lewiston, Idaho ; Spokane county court house; also the ore cars for the Last Chance mine. Wardner, Idaho ; smelter at Trail, British Columl)ia; furnace work, etc., at the Hall mines, near Nelson, British Columbia; also the architectural iron work on many of the principal buildings of Spokane. Mr. Sondgerath is one of the most expert tradesmen in Spokane and has a large and growing business located at 722 Front street. He is quite extensively interested in valuable real estate in Spokane and Seattle. He is a member of the Elks, Foresters, I. O. O. F. and Turnverein. Mr. Sondgerath was a member of the famous Concordia Singing Society, being a leading second basso and treasurer for several years.

W. B. LOTTMAN, a pioneer of August, 1883. is a son of the golden West, born in Stockton, California, July 22, 1861. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and resided there continuously until twenty-two years old, then came to Sprague, Washington. He was employed as chief clerk for the superintendent of bridges and buildings on the Idaho division of the Northern Pacific Raih-oad until the fall of 1884. He then returned to California, was married to Anna Way Eagleson, of Santa Rosa, and came backto Sprague, arriving there in the spring of 1885. For some years thereafter he \\as engaged in the business of negotiating loans on farm property for eastern capitalists, buc in January i, 1889, he was elected assistant cashier in the First National Bank. The next year he was elected cashier, a position which hfc has ever since held. In ^May, 1896. the Ixink was removed to Spokane, where it has since done business under the name of the I'idelity National Bank. Mr. Lottman is an expert in his line, thoroughly conversant with the Ijanking" business, and skilled in everything pertaining thereto. He is also a man of unwavering integrity and commands the respect and esteem of those who have Ijeen in any way associated with him in business and of those who know him generrdly. He and Mrs. Lottman are parents of three children : Lois, Grace and Willie.

^l. G. BARNEY, a ])ioneer of 1879, was born in Madison county. New York, in 1845. He was early taken by his ])arents to Dodge County, Wisconsin, where he received a university education and devoted some time to teaching. In August. 1862, he enlisted in Company E, First Wisconsin Cavalry, and was assigned to duty first in ^lissouri and Arkansas, then with the Army of the Tennessee. He participated in the l)attle of Chickamauga and numerous other engagements, receiving several slight wounds. He was mustered out in December, 1864, having distinguished himself as a valiant and loyal soldier, receiving on one occasion a medal from the war department for heroically carrying dispatches through the enemy's lines. At the close of the war he returned to Wisconsin and was actively engaged in the law business until 1872, when he went to Nebraska and comljined the practice of law with farming. In 1876 he removed to Kansas, where lie hel])ed organize Pratt county, becoming its first prosecuting attorney. He carried or. a fight for tiiree years in all tlie courts over the location of the county seat. In the fall of 1879 he arrived in the state of Washington, making the journey across the plains by team to Walla Walla. He lived there and at Colfax for a brief period, but finally located in Cheney, this county, where, in company with Judge Miller, he practiced law for six years. During that time he conducted a noteworthy election contest case and after a se\ere fight succeeded in seating his auditor, commissioner and sheriff. Mr. Barney also participated in a little scheme by which, in early days.thecounty seat was removed from Spokane to Cheney. Twenty men came at night to the court house at SiX)kane, seized the records, loaded them into wagons and had them safely in Cheney before five o'clock next morning. Later Judge Barney moved to Spokane and practiced liis profession, also serving as receiver of the L'nited States land office. At the present time he is engaged in mining and law practice in the Okanogan country. Judge Barney is a man of great energy and versatility of talent. Possessed of great personal magnetism, originality and force of character, he is a natural leader among men and has always been in the forefront of the progressive forces. He was married in Wisconsin, in 1868, to .\delle Yorton, and thev have two children:

JOHN H. BROCKMAN, deceased, a jiioneer of 1882, was a native of IMissouri, lx>rn January 18, 1836. He farmed until October, i86r, when he enlisted for six months' service in the Ci\'il war. He again enlisted, joining Compan}- F, Fourth Missduri Cavalry, as sergeant. The principal duty of his company was to pre\"ent the depredations of guerrilla bands. He helped bury the dead after the terrible massacre bv Ouantrell at Lawrence, Kansas, iiarticipated in frequent engagements with the Younger brothers, and led a gallant thirty in a running fight with the notorious Bill Anderson gang. He was also present in several of the great battles of the war, including those a*- Lexington and Springfield. .\fter three years and nine months of gallant service he returned to Holt county, Missouri, remaining there until 1871. He then lived in Cloud count}', Kansas, about six years, then in Pawnee county, until 1882, when he came to Washington, locating finally at Rockford. He was engaged in farming and in photography there until 1894, when he returned to Missouri, fitted up a photograph car and began tra\eling. He had always wanted to return to Rockford and to please him the traveling art gallery was headed westward. He reached the longed-for destiny November 12, 1897, but only lived se\-en da}-s after his arri\'al. He was identified with the Baptist church and belonged to the G. A. R. at Rockford, also to the Union \^eteran Legion. He was married in Holt county. IMissouri, February 18, 1865, to ]\Iiss ]\Lary Rnhl, a native of Ohio. Their three children are: Elma and Da\-id, both of whom graduated at the Western Dental College of Kansas City, in 1899, and are now practicing in the Pacific Photograph car, and Fannie, photographer in the car. The son and daughter were two of four prize winners in the Western Dental College. ]\Irs. Brockman e.stablished the first millinery store in Rockford, and also has the distinction of being the only member left of those who organized the First Baptist church of that town.

O. L. WALTMAN. a pioneer of 1879, was l:)orn in Pennsylvania .Vpril 21. 1856. He grew to manhood there, acriuiring a thorough i)uI)lic-school education and graduating from the business department of the \\'yoming Seminary, located at Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1874. He then entered his father's employ as bookkeeper. In 1879 the entire familv moved to Kansas and located on a farm near Cawker City, where they resided about three years. In 1882, hqwever, they removed to Spokane county, Washington, and engaged quite extensively in the lumliering and flourmilling business, Mr. O. L. Waltman taking charge of that part of their enterprise, which was located at Rockford. They did business under the firm name of the Waltman Brothers & Company, securing the town site of Rockford. In 1888 jVIr. \\'altman retired from the company, moved to Spokane and engaged in real-estate brokerage. He was thus employed until 1892, then went inti) the county auditor's office as deputy, serving as such for two terms. In 1894 he went into the grocery business with his brother, \\'. W., but four years later he resigned to accept a position with the Spokane Drv Goods Company as billing clerk and bookkeeper. He is now em[)lo_\ed by them in their wholesale department exclusively. ^Ir. Waltman is a very progressi\-e and far-seeing business man, possessed of his full share of that excellent commercial ability for Avhich the entire family have long been noted. A public-spirited citizen, he has contributed largely to the material development and progress of the city and county, always so living as to retain the unwavering confidence of all who know him. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Royal Arcanum. He was married in Pennsylvania January i, 1878, to Miss Armanda Randall, a native of that state, and their union has been blessed by the birth of five children: George V., now connected with the Whitehouse Dry GtK)tls Company; Fred E., Charles \\'., May and Elva.

REV. ^^TLLIAM DA VIES, a pioneer of 1890, was born in Wales, October 3, i860. He grew to manhood in his native land, receiving a good public-school education and taking a complete course in the Haverfordwest College, located in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, from which he graduated in 1885. He then entered the Open Communion Baptist ministry, but after two years of experience came to the United States to take a theological course in Yale University. He graduated in Mav, 1890. and came directly to Spokane to assume charge of the Second Congregational church of this city. He is a member of the wellknown Yale Band, a company of six ministers who graduated from Yale at the same time and came to do pastoral and missionary work in eastern Washington. At the time of ^Ir. Da\-ies' arrival in Spokane, the church to which he came had lieen recently organized and was worshiping in a vacant store room near Monroe street bridge. This was afterwards burned down and they then built a neat and comfortal)le brick edifice on the corner of Mallon and Adams streets. Mr. Davies is a very zealous and untiring worker in the vineyard of his Master. He has been instrumental in increasiiig the membership of his church from ten to two hundred and twenty-five, but his efforts have never been closely confined to his own charge, there being scarcely any undertaking for the religious or moral amelioration of this city which has not profited by his vigorous support. lie was the prime mover in the establishment of Eells Academy at Colville, and is a trustee at the present time. He is also registrar of the Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Association of Congregational Churches and chairman of the home missionary committee. Fraternally, Mr. Davies is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married in New Haven, Connecticut, .\ugust 6, 1891, to Miss Hyla C. Armstrong, daughter of a large carriage manufacturer of that city. Their family consists of three children, Paul A., Frederick W. and Mary Olive. Mr. Davies takes rank among the most widely informed and highly educated ministers of this city, and is at present the longest resident pastor at Spokane.

RICHARD GEMMRIG, of the Gemmrig & Stauffer Spokane Detective Agency and Merchants' Police, was born in Germany May 18, 1 8/ 1. \\'hen nine years old he came to the United States, locating first at Cincinnati, Ohio. He went to Denver, Colorado, in 1884 and was there employed as a detective until 1890, when he returned to Cincinnati. Soon, however, he removed to Helena, Montana, where he was engaged in placer mining until 1892. He then came to Spokane and resumed the practice of liis profession. He remained alone until 1896, then he and \Villiam E. StaulTer established the present agency, which has since become famous for its many deeds of daring and for its phenomenal success in ferreting out crime. As a result of Mr. Gemmrig's penetration and sagacity many noted criminals have been brought to justice. His firm will also be remembered as the one which succeeded in locating the kidnapped boy, Johnny Gerard, and in restoring him to his mother after he had been lost for more than two years. Mr. Gemmrig and his partner also won renown by the skill and courage displayed in the W'entworth burglary affair in which they caught the miscreants in their crime. On November 12, 1898, they arrested Holley Shafer for burglarizing M. Seller & Company's cnickery store. This case excited nuich interest, as the young man who committed the crime was a hard worker and a trusted employee of the company whose property was st(/)len. They surrounded the building while the burglar was within, but he succeeded in effecting his escape through a cellar door. He was, however, soon found in a saloon with a quantity of cutlery and silverware in his possession. As more of the stolen goods were discovered in his room, there could be no doubt of his guilt, so he is now serving a three-years' sentence in the penitentiary. For their splendid service in this case the firm received a handsome reward from the company. In 1899 Mr. Geiumrig was shot and severely wounded while pursuing Jack \\'illiams. one of the two desperadoes who held up fifteen armed men in Harry Green's gambling house and rolibed the place of about nineteen hundred dollars. In that exciting chase, in which the robbers had four guns to his one, there were twenty-five shots exchanged and seven bulletholes were made in the detective's coat. Mr. Gemmrig, though a young man, has for several years been recognized as one of the brightest lights in his profession, and his fame is already known throughout the entire United States. He was married in .Spokane, December 25, 1898, to Miss Emma Freesc, a native of Genuany, and they have one son, Russel R.

The firm introduced in Spokane Gemmrig & Stauft'er's merchants' police register-clock system. Each clock registers the exact time the officer makes his round during the night.

L. H. SNYDER, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Earlvile, La Salle county, Illinois, in 1859. In 1867 the family moved to Amboy, Illinois, and in 1871 to Chenoa, in the same state, where L. H. grew up and for several years was engaged in general merchandise business. In 1884 he came to Spokane and occupied positions of trust and resixsnsibility with Holley. Mason, Marks & Company, and later with the Exchange National Bank. In 1898 he accepted a position in the Traders National Bank and has been in the employ of that institution ever since. Mr. Snyder is a man ijf unquestioned integrity, and commands the respect and confidence of his employers and all who know him.

WILLIAM E. STAUFFER, of the firm of Gemmrig & Stauffer, principals of the Spokane Detective Agency and Merchants' Police, was born in Boone, Iowa, March 26, 1874. When four vears old he was taken by bis parents to Chicago and there he grew to man- huod and learned the profession of a detective. He was engaged in that occupation in various parts of the United States until 1896, when he located in Spokane, establishing, with Mr. Gemmrig. the present firm and agency. Mr. StaufYer, though only twenty-six years of age, has already attained to a position of eminence in his profession and has won ;i national reputation for his astuteness, ])enetration and persistency in hunting crime out of its lurking place, as well as for his fearlessness and daring in making arrests. He first became known to fame on account of the skill displayed in locating the kidnapped boy, Johnny Gerard, after he had been lost for more than two years. Then he and his partner caiJtured b'red Wood and I. E. Marsell, two desperadoes whose depredations so terrorized the ])eo])le of this city that the mayor hatl sworn in four hundred citizens as special officers to effect their capture. When these noted lawbreakers were at last caught they were in the act of burglarizing Wentworth's clothing store. The criminals were sent to Walla Walla for ten years, and the detecti\'es received five hundred dollars reward from the cit}-. Mr. Stauft'er also arrested John JMcLean. a ])rofessional burglar, who an hour before had burglarized Holley, Mason, !\Iarks & Company's hardware store. This miscreant did not give up without a hard tussle, but in the end was forced to yield and is now serving out his sentence in the state prison. In November, 1899, many clever l)urglaries were committed in S])okane and the firm of Gemmrig & Stauffer were at length emploved by citizens to run down the perpetrators. Mr. Stantfer took the case in hand alone, his partner being busy in another matter. In aljout a week he secured from ^Irs. Carr, of the Women's Exchange, a description of the burglar, whom he succeeded in arresting after a hunt of a night and a day. The lawbreaker, whose name is Albert Mobbs, was found on Howard street, armed and with stolen goods in his possession, and is now serving out a four-years' sentence. Many other cases might be mentioned, but Mr. Stauffer's reputation as a detective is well known all over the United States. The firm introduced in Spokane the well-known Gemmrig & Stauft'er merchants' police register-clock system.

Mr. Staufifer is well liked socially and is prominently identified with Samaritan Lodge, No. 52. I. O. O. F. : with Unique Encampment. No. 32, and with the Canton Patriarchs jMilitant. also with the A\'oodmen of the World.

J. ]-:LMEK west, a pioneer of 1889, is a natixe of Pennsylvania. He is a nephew of Mr. Robert W. I-'orrest. wIkj came to Spokane in 1882, and who had the honor of being the first mayor of the city, holding the office two terms. Mr. Forrest was prominent in the early aff^airs of the county, and became one of the wealthy men of Spokane. Mr. West completed his education at Millersville, Pennsylvania, and after leaving school accepted a position as bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Honeybrook, that state. Two )'ears later he was promoted, becoming teller of the bank, a position which he retained till the time of his departure for the West. Shortly after his arrival here, he accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Big Bend National Bank, of Daven])ort, Washington, but being too ambitious to remain long in so small a town, he soon resigned and came to Spokane. In June, 1890, he accepted a position as collection teller and correspondent in the Traders' National Bank of this city, and after serving two years as such he was promoted to the post of assistant cashier, the position he now holds. In January, 1893, he was elected a director in the bank. Mr. West is one of several Pennsylvanians who together organized the Pennsyh-ania Loan & ^Mortgage Company, of which he was a director. In 1892 his uncle, Robert W. Forrest, died, leaving property worth o\-er half a million, and upon Mr. West's shoulders fell the burden of settling up the estate. He has since had sole charge of this property, I)eing the agent of his cousin, Mrs. Cornett. Mr. West is a man of unusual business ability, and his integrity and uprightness have gained him the unwavering confidence and esteem of all who know him. In fraternal affiliations he is a- Knight of Pythias.

GEORGE S. BROOKE, son of the Rev. Robert Dunbar Brooke, an Episcopal minister, and Mary Watson Brooke, was born in Dubuque, Iowa, February 12, 1855. Robert Brooke, the founder of the family in America, had the degrees of A. B. and A. ]\I. from Oxford University, and was the son of a member of parliament. He came from London to Maryland in .\. D. 1650. crossing the ocean in his own ship, with a large family consisting of wife, children and servants. He had a patent from Lord Baltimore, and later on became colonial governor of Maryland. The Brooke family trace their genealogy' to Richard Brooke, of Whitechurch, England, A. D. 1550, while the genealogy of ^lary Baker, wife of Robert Brooke, has been traced back to the Emperor Charlemagne, A. D. 742. George S. Brooke, the Spokane representative of this historic family, is now president of the Fidelity National Bank of this city.

He received his education in Griswold College, Davenport, from which institution he graduated in 1872, and the same year he entered the employ of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &-. Northern Railway Company, as car recorder, in their general offices at Cedar Rapids. He came to Portland. Oregon, in 1874, and went to work for the O. S. N. Co. as purser for one of their boats on the upper Columbia ri\-er. Subsequently he was for four years connected with the well-known firm of Allen &: Lewis, as bookkeeper and cashier, but he at length returned to the employment of the O. S. N. Co. as bookkeeper and passenger agent, remaining with them and with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, which succeeded them, until 1882. In that year, however, he went to Sprague, and, in company with H. W. Fairweather, superintendent of the Northern Pacific Railway,, organized a bank which after 1886 was known as the First National Bank of Sprague, and which for many years was recognized as the leading institution of its kind in Lincoln county. Lhider Mr. Brooke's judicious management of the hank stood the stress of the period of financial stringency and panic, coming out of the hard times with its original capital doubled and some twenty thousand dollars surplus and profits. In 1896 tin's banking institution was moved to Spokane, since which it has been known as the Fidelity National Bank. During all the fourteen years of his residence in Sprague, Mr. Brooke ever showed himself an energetic and public-spirited citizen. He was very active in securing the formation of Lincoln county in 1883-84, it having previously been a part of Spokane county, and he was the first mayor and the organizer of the city government of Sprague. l"he popularity of his administration and his high stanthng in the community are attested hy the fact that he was subsequently elected mayor for three successive terms, and that he served as chairman of the school board for twelve years. He has also been active in the affairs of this city and county antl is justly regarded as one of our leading and influential citizens. He was married, in 18S2. to Miss Julia Hill, of Westport. Connecticut, and they have a family of six children; three sons and three daughters. Mr. Brooke is a member of the Sons -of the American Revolution, having jiroved into the society from Revolutionary ancestry on both maternal and paternal sides. He is also a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association and senior warden of .\11 Saints' cathedral ( Episcopal ) .

JOHN MARSHALL BUNX. of the law firm of Stevens & Bunn. attorneys. Peyton block, was born in Wisconsin about thirtythree years ago. His father, Hon. Romanzo Bunn, who has been United States district judge for the western district of Wisconsin for the past twenty-five years, came from New York among the early pioneers of the state. The entire family are either lawyers or judges. One brother is general counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company ar St. Paul, and another is judge of the district court of Ramsey county, Minnesota, at St. Paul. All are graduates of the academic and law colleges of the University of Wisconsin. Mr. J. M. Bunn entered that institution at the age of si.xteen, and completed the English course of the .\cademic College. ; . came west to Puget sound, and entered the Tacoma National Bank at Tacoma, W'ashington. as clerk. He was employed by the same bank continuously until it failed in 1893, occu- ])ying during that time nearly every position in the gift of the institution. Mr. Bunn then returned to his old home in Madison, Wisconsin, and at the earnest solicitation of Senator Spooner and Judge Bumi entered- the L'niversity Law College, also Senator Sixjoner's law office. He remained under that eminent attorney's excellent tutelage for three years, the third being the year in which the re-organization of the Northern Pacific Railroad took place, in which re-organization Senator Spooner bore an important part. In July, 1896. a few months prior to the time when the new company assumed charge of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Mr. Bunn, at the suggestion of Senator Spooner. came to Spokane and opened a law office. When the final transfer was made, his firm was appointed division counsel for the company, with jurisdiction over Idaho and Washington, east of the Columbia river. Mr. Bunn is one of the most promising lawyers in Spokane. Though young in years and young in the practice of his profession, he has already reached a place of prominence, and his past success gives token of an eminently brilliant and useful career and of laurels to be won in the future. Of the young men just entering upon the jnactice of law in this state, none stands a better chance of attaining to the topmost round of the ladder of i)rofessional success than does -Mr. Bunn. Before moving to Spokane in 1896. he was married to Miss Bertha Kellett, a young lady who attended the University at r^Iadison during his law course. She is the daughter of a prominent and wealthy merhant and mill owner of Neenah, Wisconsin. They are parents of one daughter, Bertha K., bom June C, 1897.

C. F. HECHT, deceased, a pioneer of 1877, was a native of Germany, born Jnly 12, 1848. When he was seven years old he was brought to America by his parents, who located in Wisconsin, and he grew to manhood and received his education in that state. He was for a time engaged as clerk in a store, then moved to Iowa, but in 1877 came to Spokane county. He filed on one huntlred and sixty acres of land one and a half miles east of Rockford, his being one of the first homesteads ever taken in the Rock Creek valley. Upon this farm he resided continuously until June 21, 1893, when he died. Mr. Hecht was one of the earliest pioneers of the county and one of the substantial and highly-esteemed citizens of the community in which he was a resident for so many years. He was a consistent Christian and an active and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rockford. He was married in Colfax, Washington, October 12, 1879, to Miss Lizzie Desgranges, a native of New York, and they have had six children : Charles H., Emma C, Sarah and Eddie W., living, and two deceased.

JOHN T. HOLLIS, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Virginia, born October 2, 1856. When about f<jur years of age he was taken by his parents to Tipton, Missouri, and he passed his early youth in that town. In 1872, however, he came with the family to Eugene, Oregon, and he was engaged with them on a farm there until 1878, then came to Washington, locating on the site of the present town of Farmington. The next year he came to Spokane county and took a homestead and timljer culture one mile west of Waverly, where he now resides. He has a fine farm of nine hundred and twenty acres, in an excellent state of cultivation and supi)licd with splendid farm buildings, fences, etc., and with a fine orchard. He is engaged in wheat raising and in sugar beet culture, and also keeps a large number of highgrade horses, hogs and cattle. Indeed he is one of the most extensive farmers in the county, and his entire premises show evidence of thrift, industry and intelligent enterprise. He is also a prominent and influential citizen, and takes an acti\-e interest in the general welfare of the community. Mr. Hollis was married, in Spokane, December 14, 1886, to Miss Hester M. Beatty, a native of Lane county, Oregon, and they have five children, namely : Essie E., Millie A., Emily E., Harry R. and Christie.

DAVID M. VESS, a pioneer of 1877, was born in North Carolina June 10, 1835, ^"^ was raised and educated in that state. In 1862 he joined the Federal army, being mustered in at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, as a member of Company E, Eighth Tennessee Cavalry. He was present at the battles of Warm Springs, North Carolina, Cumberland Gap, Knoxville and Bull's Gap, also in many skirmishes, notably those at Strawberry Plains and Bean Station. While in the army he was company blacksmith. He made a highly honorable military record and one of which he and his family have just reason to be proud. He was never mustered out, having been absent, engaged m recruiting, at the time when the mustering out of his company took place. After leaving the army he returned to North Carolina and engaged in farming, but soon moved to Tennessee, where he was employed in farming and lilacksmithing for three years. He then went to Missouri and followed the same two occu- pations in that state for tlie ensuing twelve years, after which lie removed to the Willamette valley. He remained there a year, then came to Palouse City, Washington, but after a brief residence there, removed to Rockford, and he has resided in that vicinity continuously since. He has a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, situated three miles south of the town, and is one of the prosperous antl wellto-do farmers of that neighborhood. He was married in North Carolina, in March, 1856, to Mary Hyatt, a native of that state, and they have been the parents of seven children, four of W'hom are now living, namely: David L., ]\Iinthey C, Grant and .Sherman. The deceased children are W'illiam, Loss and Johnson.

C. W. FRICK, proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel, Spangle, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Pennsylvania, born July 6, 1832. He was educated in the public schools and in Buchanan's College, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He learned the trade of a cabinet maker, serving a full apprenticeship, then went to Dayton, Ohio, and entered the employ of Smith & Company, furniture dealers. Sulisequentiy he became foreman in the furniture factory of Coppieman & Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and he was with them for four years. He then went to Vandalia, Illinois, established a furniture factory, and ran it until 1872, in which year he moved to W'alla Walla. He opened a furniture store there, the first in the city, but in 1875 .t<:ild out and moved to Dayton, W'ashington. In 1876 he moved to Pomeroy, Washington, and the next three years of his life were passed there. He came to Spangle in 1879, bought a farm and also engaged in the hotel business. j\Jr. Frick is a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted August 21, 1862, in Company A, Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and having served until .August 29, 186^. He participated in a number of severe engagements, among which were those at Island No. 10, Pittsburg Landing and Bull Run. In the first and last of these l)attles he was slightly wounded. ^Ir. Frick has also been a prominent man in the afifairs of his community since coming to Spangle. He has served as justice of the peace for the past eight years, and he was appointed by the governor county commissioner of Columbia county. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M. He was married in Illinois, in December, 1867, to Miss Lucinda I lall.a native of Illinois,and they have eight ciiiidren : George. Salome, Charles, William, Ida. Maud, Susana and Hazel. Mr. Prick's grandfather, Isaac Frick, was a soldier of the Revolution, and the family still have some of the Continental money which he received as pay from the government.

O. C. JEXSEX. of the firm of Jensen. King & Byrd. a pioneer of 1883, was born in Denmark in 1853. He lived there until twenty years old, acquiring a common-school education and learning the trade of a carpenter. In 1873 he came to Stockton. California, where he followed his handicraft for a time, but desiring to prepare himself for a more exalted sphere of activity, he entered a business college. After completing his cour.se, he served as bookkeeper for a period of three years, after which he came to Sprague. arriving in 1883. He followed the hardware business in that town continuously until 1896, then sold out his machinery and moved the remaining stock to Spokane, incorporating the firm to whijch he now belongs. Air. Jen.sen is president anil manager of the company and is also one of the directors of the Fidelity National Bank. He is one of those men whose energy and push ha\'e carried them to success in spite of early disadvantages. Arriving in America without a knowledge of our language and without capital or influential friends, his trade being his only means of securing a livelihood, Mr. Jensen has steadily pushed onward, overcoming obstacles which would have deterred less courageous men, until he now stands among the leaders in the business circles of our city. He has the good will of all the people who know him and commands the respect always due to those who are conquerors in life's battle. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., and the Knights of Pythias. He was married in Spokane, in 1886, to Maggie Adams, and they have a family of si.\ children, four dausfhters and two sons.

C. STOUT, deputy sheriff and liveryman at Waverly, is a native of Corvallis, Oregon. In 1883 he came to Dayton, Washington, and in the following year to Rosalia, where he was employed by the Morris Brothers on their stock farm. He then went to the Big Bend country and took a homestead there, but later returned to Farmington and engaged in freighting from that point to Coeur d'Alene City. In the early days he did freighting over different parts of the country, and he hauled the first load of lumber for the first hotel in Oaksdale. Subseciuently, he, with his brother .Arthur, engaged in the meat business at Oaksdale, Init later he sold out his interest and engaged in the same line at Palouse City. He ne.xt bought a farm four miles southeast of Farmington and divided his attention between tilling the soil and mining. In 1898 he sold the farm and moved into the town of Farmington. Init the following year he removed to Waverly and ])urchased the livery business of Austin Stroud. Later, Mr. C. B. Hayden bought an interest in the enterprise, and the firm of Stout & Hayden was organized. In October, 1899, Mr. Stout received from Sheriff Cole an ajjpointment as deputy sheriff, which position he still retains. He is a wideawake, efficient ofiicer, and has made some very important arrests. Socially, he is identified with the IModern W'oodmen of America. He was married in Palouse City, in 1890, to Miss Effie Lamb, a native of Kansas, and they have two children, Leonard M. and Lora W. Mr. Stout's father, C. W., was a veteran of the early Indian wars of this countrv.

A. D. THAYER, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Ohio, born November 23, 1847. In 1855 his parents moved to Minnesota, locating near Red Wing, where he grew to manhood. He received his education in the public schools and at Hamblin University, and on February 6, 1865, when seventeen years old, he enlisted in Company I, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, which served in the Army of the Cumberland. He was discharged September 27, 1865, and at once returned to Minnesota and engaged in farming. Ten years later he moved to Oregon, and followed the same occupation there for the ensuing three years, then came to Spokane county and located a homestead one mile east of Waverly, where be has since lived. In 1879 he was appointed by President Garfield postmaster of the first postoffice established in the community, and he held that position for five vears. Mr. Thaver is one of the most in- dustrious and enterprising, as he is one of the oldest, farmers in the vicinity of Waverly. He has a fine farm of six hundred acres, well cultivated and improved, and is engaged principally in stock raising, though he has also become interested in the beet industry since the establishment of the sugar beet factory in his neighborhood. Socially he is affiliated with the G. A. R. at Latah. He was married near Red Wing, Minnesota, Feljruary 22. 1871, to Miss Sarah F. Kinney, a native of New York, born September 9. 1849, ^"^^ they have four children: Minnie M., born January 21, 1873, wife of .Arthur Jaquith, of Latah: Fannie M., born March 18, 1875, a teacher in the Spokane schools; C. R., born October 2"/. 1880, and Alice E., born December 2, 1882.

T. J. S.\NDERS, ju.stice of the peace at Wa\erly, is a pioneer of 1879. He was born in Missouri, March 7, i860. When ten years old he came with his parents to the \'icinity of McMinville. Oregon, and seven years later he accompanied them to this state. Soon, however, he removed to Lewiston, Idaho, going thence with a pack train tn the Warrens mining district. While camped in Lawyer's canyon, while on their way to the mines, the train was attacked by Nez Perce Indians and Mr. Sanders was wounded, but he effected his escape to ]\It. Idaho, leaving his propertv to the red men. He made the journey to Lapwai, over seventy miles, in a single night, secured a force of soldiers under command of Major McConnville, returned to the camp antl recovered the goods and hrirses. Mr. Sanders continued in the packing business until spring, then entered the employ of Mr. Owsley, on his cattle ranch. In 1879 he came to Spokane county and located on railroad land one mile northwest of Waverly, but the next year he came to Spokane and engaged in making ties. He subse(|uently entered the service of the Xorthern Pacific Railroad Company as timekeeper and \eterinary surgeon, remaining with them until the completion of tlieir road, then engaged in farming. He was deputy county assessor under Harl J. Cook, then turned his attention to farming again, following that business until 1899. He is now engaged in the real-estate, loan and insurance business at Waverly. Mr. Sanders has been a member of every Republican convention held in tliis county, except one, since he has resided here. In 1898 he was elected justice of the peace, and is administering justice with much \igor. Fraternally, he is prominent in the I. O. O. F., and in the M. W'. A., Camp No. 6854, of Waverly. He was married in this county, October 20, 1886, to Miss Minnie Crabtree, whose fatiier came to Oregon in 1842. They have three children : W. E., Yivian and Harl S.

C. ii. BREED, manager of circulation of the Spokesman Review, is a native of Toledo, Ohio, born in 1856. He accjuired such education as the public school aft'ordetl, and at once entered a manufacturing company's office in the cajiacity of clerk and bookkeeper. He remained with them two years, then was engaged on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad till the Leadville excitement, when he went to Colorado. He served as clerk in a hotel there two years, but subsequently removed to Crawfordsville, Indiana, and entered his uncle's store. Two years later he again moved, going to Toledo, Ohio, to become chief of a department in Fred Eaton's store, where he was employed for the ensning five years. His next move was to southwestern Kansas. He was engaged in the lumber business there for a time, and also served as postmaster of the town in which he resided. In 1890 he came to Spokane and accejited a position as manager of circulation for the Review, also as superintendent of the Spokane News Agency, and he has been thus employed continuously since. He is one of the oldest men on the Review. Mr. Breed has always been an acti\'e, enterprising man. public-spirited, and influential in the various communities in which he has li\-e(l. and he is doing his share to make the paper with which he is connected a powerful fact(.ir in shaping the course and destiny of the Inland Emijire. He was married, while in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Marguerite C. Coffman, a daughter of a prominent lumlier dealer of that city. Her sister is a newspaper woman and edits one of the local papers.

GEORGE W. SPAXGLE, a pioneer of 1872, is a native of Illinois, born November 24, 1836. He spent his youth in the state of his birth, receiving such education as the public schools afforded. He was raised on a farm, and when he started in life for himself, naturally turned to that pursuit. In the spring of 1864, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Thirtv-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served under Colonel Phillips, Init was mustered out in the fall of the same year. In 1 87 1 he moved to Walla Walla, Washington, and the next year came to the site of the present town of Spangle and took a pre-emption. He now owns a farm three miles west of Spangle, but has retired and resides in the town, where lie also has property. Mr. Spangle is one of the oldest iiioneers of the county, having resided here for nearly thirty years, and he is widely known and highly thought of by all the old residents of this section. He is a member of Royal Arch Chai)ter, No. 2. F. & A. M., of Spokane, and also belongs to the G. A. R. He was married in Illinois, May i, 1859, to Miss Mary A. \\'hittaker, a native of Missouri, and they have four children, namely: May, wife of H. T. Winn, of Lincoln county, Washington: Edward and John H., farmers; and Bertha, wife of Edward Engleson, a farmer in Linc(.)ln county. Mr. Spangle's mother, Margaret Spangle, also a pioneer of 1872, died in Spangle, February 25, 1900, at the age of eighty-seven years.

JOHN BLAKLEY, a pioneer of 1877. is a native of Ireland, born February 25, 1832. When fifteen years old he came with his mother to the United States, and they lived in New York and in Pennsylvania till iS'i6, then Mr. Blakley moved to the vicinity of Oshkosh, and engaged in lumbering. In 1873 he crossed the plains with teams to Walla Walla, Washington, where he was engaged in freighting until 1877. In that year he came to Spokane county, and pre-empteil one hundred and sixty acres of land, forty acres of which are now within the corporate limits of Spangle, and he has ever since been engaged in farming. Mr. Blakley is one of the founders of the tf)wn. there being only two families there when he arrived, and he has always contributed in every way possible to the best interests of Spangle and vicinity. He is one of the substantial and respected citizens of the communitv. He was married in Lansingburg, Xew York, in April, 1862, to Miss Sarah Bell, a native of Ireland, antl they ha\'e had six children: Mary, wife of Thomas Gabriel, of Spangle; Eliza A., deceased; Sarah A., wife of Daniel Crowley, a farmer near Rockfiekl ; Susie, wife of Jesse Carr; Abram, of California; and William L., deceased.

ERNEST E. DRAKE, proprietor of the Spangle Star, son of Professor Elmer and Sarah A. Drake, is a native of California, born February 22, 1876. When three years old he was brought by his parents to the vicinity of Plaza, this county, where the father located a homestead. ]Mr. Drake was graduated from the Spokane high school and later took a course in the Spokane Business College. On the 9th of May, 1898, he enlisted in Company L, First Washington \'olunteer Infantry, under Captain Moore, and he served throughout the Philippine war, taking part in e\'ery engagement in which his company participated. He was mustered out November 20, 1899, after having made a highly honorable military record. On Ins return home he purchased the plant of the Spangle Star, and has since been engaged in editing and managing that paper. He is a member of Spangle Lodge, No. 423, Woodmen of the \\'orld.

JESSE S. BUCHHOLZ, a piuneer of October, 1887, was l)orn in ^^'aseca, Minnesota, December 9, 1876. He lived there until eleven years old, then came to Spokane, where he completed his education, graduating from the public schools in 1893. He also took a course in a business college, then went to Pilot, British Columbia, with a mining company as clerk. He remained with them a short time and afterwards was in a law office a while, then served in the ticket department of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company's city office for two years. In 1898 he went to Portland and served in the commissary department of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company si.K months and subsequently returned to Spokane and entered the emjjloy of the Northern Pacitic Railroad Company as ticket clerk, which ])osition he still retains. Mr. Buchholz is \cry deeply interested in music, and is studying un.der some of the best instructors in the citv.

LEWTS "S'ALE, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Xew York, August 23, 1850. \\'hen ten years old he left his home and went to Monroe county, Iowa, where he was employed in herding for a cattle company. In 1866 he became a news agent on the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy railroad, running between Mendota and Galesburg, but he subsequently returned to New 'S'ork. After a residence of two years, he removed to Saginaw, Michigan, where, for eight years, he followed lumbering. He came to this state in 1877, locating first at Colfax, but coming to Spokane in the fall of the same year. He was employed as mail carrier between Colfa.x and Spokane Bridge for a number of years, and during the Indian war also carried dispatches for General Howard. When the stage line between Spokane Bridge and Colfax was established by yir. Monaghan, he secured a position as driver, and he retained the same for four years, driving to CcEur d' Alene after the completion of the railroad rendered the other route no longer profital)le. He subsequently worked for the

Northern ""^T-ific Railway Company as foreman and con^''^ctoi, then dro\-e stage for a time between riangtown and Pend d'Oreille for tlie W'eUs Fargo Express Company. 1)ut later reentered the employ of the Northern Pacific, remaining with them until the completion of the rciad. Moving to his homestead near Spangle, he then turned his attention to farming. Mr. Yale is a typical pioneer and frontiersman, possessed of the combativeness and courage which sustains the true van leader of civilization. While Mr. ^'ale was driving stage, an incident occurred which shows how highly these qualities are developed in him. At a point near Vetna. du the Pend d'Oreille, he was attacked Ijy two armed and masked highwaymen, but he outwitted his would-be robbers, disarmed them and brought them in as captives. Mr. Yale is a memlier of the Pioneer Association of Spokane. He was married in Saginaw, Michigan, April 4, 1874, to Miss ]\Iaria Marsh, a native of Ohio, and they have a family of four children, Olin, Lewis, Mvrtle and Millie.

JOHN WRIGHT \VHE.\TLEY is the son of William M. and r^Iildred M. Wheatley, and was born at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, on May i, 1861. His paternal ancestry is English. His great-grandfather, John Wheatley, a native of Nottingham, England, was for a long time a well known merchant in that city, but by reason of his openly avowed svmpathy for the French revolutionists, in 1788, coming into home disfavor, resolved to emigrate to America, locating in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. On his mother's side his ancestry is Irish, his mother, whose maiden name was Mildred Humes, being a granddaughter of John Humes, who came to America from North Ireland about the close of the seventeenth century, locating in Virginia, where he was a prominent civil and mechanical engineer. Among the works constructed under his supervision was the first government arsenal at Harper's Ferry. The father of our subject, William M. Wheatley. was formerly a prominent iron manufacturer in Pennsylvania, now retired.

In 1865 Mr. Wheatley 's parents moved to Missouri, engaging in farming, where he remained till 1873, '^vhen the family returned to Pennsylvania. He was educated in the public schools and by private tutors, and spent two years at Mountain Seminary, Birmingham, Pennsylvania, and took the classical course at Lewistown (Pennsylvania) Academy, from which he graduated in 1881, being the valedictorian of his class. After leaving school he was for awhile a reporter on the Daily Times, of Altoona, Pennsylvania. In 1883 he was appointed freight and ticket agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Duncansville, Pennsylvania, where he remained about two years, when he resigned to become private secretary to the engineer of maintenance of way of the same road. In 1887 he became bookkeeper ni the Portage Iron Company, of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, and shortly after was made assistant manager of that corporation. In May, 1889, he resolved to try his fortune in the west, and came to Spokane, where he engaged in the real-estate and insurance business, but in 1891 he entered the office of Binkley & Taylor, then attorneys and agents for the Northwestern & Pacific Hypotheek Bank, the well known Holland corporation, whose interests in Washington and Idaho represent several million dollars invested. He was admitted to the bar in 1893, since which date he has been associated with the Hypotheek Bank. In 1896 he was promoted to his present responsible position, namely, general cashier and confidential assistant to the manager. For the duties of this office he is exceedingly well cjualified. being thoroughly skilled in the intricacies of real-estate and mortgage law, and intimately posted as to real estate valuations in Spokane and vicinity.

Mr. Wheatley is a gentleman of scholarly attainments, of a studious and thoughtful disposition, and fond of historical and literary investigation. Although first and chiefly a business man, he still takes an interest in the lighter amenities of life, being fond of good literature, music and art. I le is, in his leisure hours, an eager student of the Greek and Roman classics, and is also proficient in the Spanish language. He is an accomplished performer on the violin, and is one of the original members of the Symphony Society of Spokane. Mr. Wheatley has traveled extensively, is a gentleman of recognized culture and refinement, and enjoys the highest standing for integrity and Ijusiness ability.

He was married, on June 9. 1886. to Miss Mary Helen Van Devander (daughter of the late Peter Van De\ander, of Williamsburg. Pennsylvania, formerly a prominent ironmaster and civil engineer ) .and they have two children, Ricarda Elizabeth and Paul \'an Devander. On the maternal side Mrs. Wheatley is a granddaughter of John K. Xefi", a member of the well known Xeff family, who have figured prominently in the social and ])c}litical history of central Pennsvlvania.

eighteen years old, enjoying good educational advantages, then went to California, where for three years lie was employed in school teaching and also in working with stock. He then returned to Minnesota and engaged in the dual occupation of farming and saw-milling. In 1 88 1 he sold out all his interests to come to Spokane county, Washington. Upon arriving here lie homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on the south side of Peone j)rairie, also bought eighty acres of railroad land. He now has a fine, well-improved farm and a twenty-acre f)rchard of choice fruit trees. He has not, howe\er, devoted his entire attention to farming, but has also been in the saw-milling business a great deal. He was. indeed, owner of the first mill north of Spokane, and he has recently completed a contract for furnishing the bridge timber required for the construction of fifty-seven miles of the K. Y. R. R. He is one of the most enterprising and progressive men in the county, and one of its most highly esteemed and respected citizens. He has been twice married. In 1873 he wedded S. Cynthia Ripley, who died in 1893, leaving one son, Howard, now in his third year in Rush Medical College, of Chicago. He is an unusually brilliant young man, the leader of his class, and gives promise of becoming an able physician. In 1897 Mr. Hopkins married his former wife's sister, Ida B. Carr.

GEORGE BRYAN, a pioneer of 1888. was born in England in 1870. He attended school and college continuously until coming to the United States. His first permanent abiding place in the new world was at Mead, in Spokane county, where he resided for two years. He then mo\ed to Peone prairie and worked a year, after which he was employed in a brickyard near Mead for two years. At the end of that time he had accumulated money enough so that he was enabled to buy in with ^V. G. Gushing, forming the firm of Gushing & Bryan, which has carried on a large general merchandise business in IMead ever since 1893. They have been successful in working up a very extensive trade, and the general prosperity of their business bears elo(|uent testimony to their sagacity, shrewdness and commercial ability. They also have the postofhce and two star routes. In his fraternal affiliations Mr. Bryan is a member of the I. O. O. F., the Woodmen of the World, and the K. O. T. M. He was married, in 1897. to Minnie L. ]\Iorse.

JENS FRANZEN, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Denmark in 1838, and spent his early years in his native land. When fifteen, however, he took to the sea. and was a sailor for the ensuing sixteen years, during which time he had some remarkable and very thrilling experiences. He served as a seaman in Chinese, Japanese and Philippine waters for nine years, then for a time in the \Vest Indies. Subsequentlv he became a sur\-eyor for the Russian government, and served in that capacity for several years. At one time his vessel was icebound in the Armor river. Siberia, at 78 or 79 degrees north latitude, and he lived for seven months among the Esquimaux. After leaving the sea he spent a year in Europe, then came to San Francisco, arriving July 5, 1875. He followed railroading for four years, after which he came to Spokane county and homesteaded (ine hundred and sixty acres of land. Later he acquired one hundred and sixty acres more by purchase. He is now one of the wellto-do farmers of Peone prairie, but, like others who came there in very early days, he earned his property dearly. The Indians were often hostile and frec|uently tried to drive out the farmers, but the latter remained at the peril of their lives, and patiently toiled on till they won for themseves the pleasant homes which they now enjoy. Mr. Franzen belongs to the Druids and also to the Turners. He has two sons, both of whom are n(jw employed as linemen on the Great Xorthern Railroad.