Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 14 of 16)

J. W. HILL, general agent for the Northern Pacific Railway Company, a pioneer of 1S89. is a native of Xenia. Illinois, born May 9, i860. He attended the public schools there until he arrived at years of maturity, then served in different capacities on the railroad until 1883. He then came to Jamestown, North Dakota, and accepted a situation as cashier on the Xorthern Pacific Railroad, which position he retained until 1889. In that year he came to Spokane and served the same road in the same capacity for si.x months, after which he was promoted to the chief clerkship. He held that position continuously until September, 1894, then became local agent, and so remained until February 5, 1899, when he was appointed to his present situation. He was married in Noble. Illinois, in 1883, to Mary F. Peed, and they have a family of two children. X'aunere E. and lohn L.

WILLIAM R. WINDSOR, a pioneer of 1878. was born in California in 1854, and in that state his early youth was passed and his education obtained. He graduated from the University of California in the class of '75-

When t\vent}--four years old. however, he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the vicinity of this city. He also purchased railroad land at different times until his entire holdings are now four hundred and twenty acres. He is ([uite extensively interested in raising timothy and grain hay, and keeps about thirty-fi\'e head of cattle and fourteen horses. He lives in a fine, large farm house, 30x40 feet, with a granite Ijasement and three stories abo\-e. His farm is equal to the very best in the county in point of richness and fertility, and ]Mr. Windsor possesses the energv, industry and progressiveness to make the most of these splendid natural advantages. He is, in fraternal affiliations, identified with the Woodmen of the World. He was married in Califurnia, in 1878, to Retta J. Clark, and they have two children, Florence Gertrude and Guy, also one adopted boy, Freddie Sandem.

GEORGE S. CARPENTER, a pioneer of 1877, is a native of Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, born in 1859. He li\ed there on a farm continuously until eighteen years old, then came to Spokane county, where he has lieen engaged in logging and farming ever since. He now resides on a farm on IMoran prairie, and is raising hay and potatoes as his principal crops. Socially he affiliates with the Union Moderns. He -was married, in this countv, March 3, 1895, to Miss Dora Eichers. and they have a family of two children, namely : Carrie and Harriett.

a common-school education, but in 1881 went to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and found employment in the iron works of that city. He resided there over eight years, then came to Spokane, where for a number of years he worked at carpentering. For the past four years, however, he lias been engaged in garden- . ing and farming in the vicinity of this city, and he is doing well. He has some fine specimens of thoroughbred Jersey stock, Mr. Snore was married, in East Spokane, in 1896. to Amelia Carnahan, and they have a famiy of three children, Lora, I^Iildred and Reta.

H. T. BROWN, a pioneer of March, 1886, was born in Summit county, Ohio, in 1844. He resided there until seven years old, then accompanied his parents to western Ohio, where he remained until i860. In that year the family removed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he learned the printer's trade there. He enlisted in the Tenth Michigan Cavalry, in 1863, and was assigned to the Twenty-third Army Corps, a part of the Western Army. His comijany was kept on special duty in Tennessee and North Carolina for a time, then i)articipated in Sherman's march to the sea. He received a gun shot wound at Greenville, east Tennessee. Mr. Brown was mustered out at Lansing, Michigan, after serving to the close of the war, and after a military career of which he and his family might well be proud. In 1866 he started for Montana, via the Missouri river, finally locating at Virginia City, that state, where he followed his trade as a printer and publisher. In 1876 he removed to Butte and became part owner and manager of the first newspaper ever published there, The Daily Miner. He was manager of the paper until t886, then came to Spokane and pnrchased a half interest in tlie Review. He remained in charge of that paper as manager for a year and a half; then sold his share and went into the stationery and job printing business, continuing in that line until 1)urned out in the tire of 1889. In 1890 he organized the Spokesman Review. A year later he went over on to the Sound and published a paper, but the next year he returned to Spokane and started an auxiliary pulilishing house. He ran this until 1897, then sold out and went to British Columbia, where he has been operating in the printing and publishing business continuously since. He is at the present time also connected with the Review. Mr. Brown understands the newspaper business in all its details and has been very successful as a journalist. He was married in Ohio, in 1872, to Mary E. Rose, and they have had six children : Horace O., Mary B. and Waldo W., living, and three deceased.

JOHN D. BROSNAHAN, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849, l^ut was raised in Chicago, having been taken to that city by his parents when only three three years old. When sixteen he came to Minnesota wdiere he worked in the lumlier woods for a number of years, but later removed to Seattle and engaged in lumbering near Union City. Soon, however, he came to Spokane county, making the trip by boat, portage, railroad and stage. He located a claim at Mount Hope, lived on it for a year, then worked on the radroad for three years. In 1884 he purchased a half interest in a saw-mill on Rock creek, and ran it for two years, then l^ought a steam sawmill and manufactured lumber part of the year by water power and part by steam until 1888.

He then secured a new mill and was located at Mica until 1898, when he sokl out and purchased eighty acres, a part of Sky Havermale's homestead on the east side of Moran prairie. He has a fine house and barn, and a nice orchard, cijvering five acres, and indeed his entire premises Ijear testimony to his thrift and enterprise. He was married in Indiana, in 1889, to Martha J. English, and they have had one child, but it died in infancy.

F. W. TUETING, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Belleview, Jackson county, Iowa, in 1862. He lived there until eighteen years old, then went to Dodge City, Kansas, where he remained until 1S87, engaged in house painting. He then went to Denver and resided in that city two years, but in 1889 he came to Spokane. He has been following his trade continuously since his arrival in the city, and since 1896 has been in partnership with Mr. McClough. They are the leading painters of Spokane, having the largest carriage painting shop here, and also the most extensive diouse painting business. ]\Ir. Tueting was married in this city, in 1899, to Dora Deckstein.

S. N. TEFFT, pioneer of 1882, proprietor of the Star Shingle Mills on Oak and Sinto streets, is a native of Indiana, liorn November ]6, 1 85 1. When a year old he was taken liy his parents to the vicinity of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he there received a public-school education. He early engaged in the shingle mill industry, following it in Michigan until 1875. then in Humhdldt county. California, until 1878. He then removed to Hillsboro, Ore- gon, and entered the meat market business. Coming to Spokane in 1882, he accepted a position as foreman in the shingle mill of Percival Brothers, at Cacolala, Washington. Preferring to work for himself, ho\ve\-er, he purchased, in 1884. an interest in a mill on Pend d'Oreille lake, but this was unfortunately destroyed by fire the next year. He then bought an interest in a mill at Clark's Fork, Idaho, and was in business there continuously until 1890, in which year he sold out and returned to Spokane. For two years he was senior partner in the firm of S. N. Tefft & Company, which operated a lumber yard, but in 1892 he built the Star Shingle Mills, of which he has been proprietor e\er since. Mr. Tefft has for many years given his energies almost exclusively to the lumber and shingle industn', and he lias long since acquired the intimate knowledge of the business which, combined with his natural talent for handling enterprises re([uiring the labor of employees, has secured for him a marked degree of success. As a citizen he stands well in this city and wherever he has lived, enjoying the confidence and esteem of all who know him. Socially he is affiliated with Spokane Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., and with the Woodmen of the World Lodge, No. 99. On June 12, 1887, he married Miss Hattie Holtzlander, a nati\e of Kansas, and to their union have been born five children: Stanford E., Earl G., Ansel S., Hazel ]\L and Norman N.

W. B. HEYBURN. Esq.. senior member of the law firm of Heyburn, Heyburn & Doherty. offices 309 Hyde block, is a native of Pennsyhania. born in May, 1852. He attended public and private schools and received a university education, and at the age of twentv-two was admitted to practice law. He opened an office and has continued to practice his profession ever since. In 1884 he came to Spokane, going from this city to the Cceur d'.Alene country. He still resides in Idaho, but maintains an office here, also one in Wallace and one in Boise City, Idaho. His extensive practice keeps him traveling over the two states most of his time. He also has large mining and real estate interests in various parts of Washington and Idaho. Judge Heyburn is one of the ablest and best known attorneys in the northwest, and is almost equally famous as a leader in politics and ])ublic aft'airs. Fraternally he is a very prominent Mason, having taken thirty-two degrees of that order.

PROF. E. H. THOMPSON, principal of the Northwestern Business College, 809 Second avenue, was born in Toronto, Canada, April 27. 1864. He was educated in Port Perry high school, in Ontario Normal and in the Norton Academy, located at Wilton, Iowa, graduating from the scientific course of the last named institution. He also holds a diploma from the .American Pen Art Hall, located at Worcester, Ohio. L'pon completing his education he entered the employ of a wholesale house at Cedar Rapids. Iowa, as bookkeeper, and remained with them until 1886. then came to Tacoma, Washington, to accept a position as teacher in the Washington College. In 1887 he became clerk in the auditor's office at Tacoma. but in 1889 he was invited to take charge of the normal department of Whitman College, Walla Walla, which position he accepted and retained for three years. He then served as principal of the high school in Kendrick, Idaho, for five years, after which he came to Spo- kane to take charge of the normal department of the Spokane Business College. He remained with that institution for two years, but in May, 1899, established the Northwestern Business College. Professor Thompson combines thorough scholarship and long experience in teaching with excellent executive and business ability, and under his skillful management the college has sprung into a degree of prominence among the educational forces of the state seldom attained by other institutions of the kind after years of ardous effort. Fraternally the Professor is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., having passed through all the chairs of the subordinate Uxlge. He was married in Walla Walla, Washington, in June, 1893, to Miss Ida S. Paul, a native of that city and a graduate of Portland University. Her father, Thomas Paul, is a pioneer of Walla Walla, luning crossed the plains at an early date. Professor and Mrs. Thompson are parents of one son, M. Herbert, born May 8, 1898.

DR. JOHN A. DUNLOP, of Dunlop & Marshall, dentists, rooms 9-10-11 Fernwell block, is a native of Ontario, Canada, born May 10, 1872. He attended the common and high schools of his native place until 1890. He graduated from the Kansas City College of Dentistry in 1898, then came to Spokane. In 1899 he engaged in business for himself. Dr. Dunlop is a very thorough man in his profession and has already built up a large practice here. He is one of the rising young men of the city antl one who, if indications are to be trusted, will take rank among the leading dentists of the state. Recently Dr. Dunlop has admitted, as a partner with him. Dr. .\. S. Marshall, who is a graduate of the dental department of the Northwestern University of Chicago.

HENRY M. liO\T, attorney-at-law, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Noveml)er 8, 1861. He prepared for college at Wyoming Seminary and graduated at Yale in 1883, tlien began the study of law in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1885, and at once came to Seattle, where he engaged in the electric light business, as a representative of the Edison Company. He was a member of the Home Guards at the time of the an'ti-Chinese riot and participated in the troubles. The company to which he then belonged subsequently became Company E, Washington Territorial National Guards, with Mr. Hoyt as corporal. He came to Spokane in June, 1886, for the purpose of building an Edison incandescent electric light plant, and while here he put in the first telephone system of the city, consisting of fifty instruments. Being favorably impressed with Spokane, he returned the next year. He was president of the Electric Light Company until the big fire of 1889, then sold his interest and gave his attention to land speculations. In company with H. W. Augustine and D. T. Ham, he built and owned the Rookery building. He resumed the practice of law in 1893, and since that date has been devoting his energies exclusively to that business. Mr. Hoyt is one of the men who have contributed much to the material and social development of Spokane, and he ranks among the leading and representative citizens of the city. Socially he is affiliated with the Sons of the .\merican Revolution, of which he is a charter member. He also has the distinction of being the originator and organizer of the Spokane County Club. He was married in Spokane, December 24, 1891, to Miss Laura Grace Cutter, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have one son, John U., born March 23, 1894.

DAVID GREENLEE, a pioneer of 1882, is a native of Ohio, born September 22, 1835. He served an apprenticeshiii in Scott's ax factory, then learned blacksmithing and followed that as an occupation. On May 2, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. First Ohio Infantry, responding to Lincoln's first call, and entering for a term of three months. At the end of that time he re-enlisted, becoming a member of the Sixteenth Ohio, which was later consolidated with the First Ohio Heavy Artillery. In the fall he was mustered out and went to Missouri, again entering the army in that state on August I, 1863. He served as corporal and later as sergeant until August 17, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Mr. Greenlee was in many great battles, including the first battle of Bull Run. His duty to his country l)eing well and faithfully performed, Mr. Greenlee resumed his former occupation, coming overland, in October, 1865, to Jackson county, Missouri. Two years later he moved to Brown county, Kansas, where he followed farming and blacksmithing four years. In 1871 he moved to Oregon, whence, the same year, he came to Washington, \valking barefooted from Lewiston to the site of the present Moscow. He located a homestead near the site of I*ullnian, filing upon it in 1877, when the land office was established at Colfax. In 1882 he moved to Rockford, where he has since resided. In 1890 he engaged in business, but was burned out. He then started a restaurant and has been running that continuously to the present time, doing a good business. Mr. Greenlee has been a Mason for over thirty years and is the organizer of Rockford Lodge. No. 45. He is also affiliated with the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 44, and with J. B. Wyman Post. No. 41, G. A. R. He was married while in Brown county, Kansas, to Miss Annie Deene, a native of Illinois,

JOHN HUFFMAN, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Indiana October 8, 1825. He was only two years old, however, when the family moved to Davis county, Iowa. On arriving at man's estate he engaged in farming, but in 1 86 1 became a member of Company A, Thirtyfourth Iowa Infantry, commanded by Colonel Clarke. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Little Rock, Arkansas, the Red ri\er campaign and in numerous other engagements. He was slightly wounded at the siege of \'icksburg, in 1864, and mustered out soon after on account of disability. Returning to his Iowa home, he again engaged in farming, but shortly' afterward, in 1865, set out across the plains to Oregon. Arrived there, he resumed his former occupation, again becoming a farmer. In 1878 he participated in the I'iute Indian war under Generals Howard and Miles, was in the fights at ^lud Springs. Miller camp, Camas prairie and others and acted as guide for General Miles over the Blue mountains into Grande Roade valley. In 1881 he went to Red Bluff, California, but the next year came to Spokane county and located on a homestead ten miles southeast of SiX)kane. He sold out in 1893 ^^^ purchased a farm two miles east of Mica, but in 1898 he sold this also and bought proi)erty in Rockford, where he now resides. He is a member of J. L. Reno Post, G. A. R., of Spokane. He was married, first, in Iowa, in 1846. to Miss Sarah Knotts, a native of Iowa, and they had six children. Hamilton B., William J., Jtjhn D., Andrew J..

Austin and Annie, wife of David Johnson, of Walla Walla. He was next married, at Pilot Rock, Oregon, to Miss Sarah Lamf, and they have one child. Bertha.

ALBERT BRAMAN, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Michigan, b(irn July 23, 1857. He grew to man's estate in Ohio and received a public school and academic education, also learned the trade of a carpenter. In 1880 he removed to Kansas and three years later came to Spokane county, locating at Rockford, where he followed his trade until 1891. In that year, however, he moved onto his farm, six and a half miles southeast of Rockford, and he has been engaged as a tiller of the soil ever since. He is one of the thrifty and industrious farmers of that neighborhood and has a fine, well-cultivated and well-improved place. He is a prominent meml^er of Lodge No. 45, F. & A. M., in Rockford. He was married, in Rockford, June 9, 1889, to Miss Edith Morris, a native of Kansas, and they have four children, Rela M., Nora A., Leva A. and Guy L.

Bennett and he continued with him until the failure of the firm, then had charge of the business under the receiver. .Major O'Neil, until the final settlement. 1 le next engaged in farming, taking a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, three miles east of Rockford, upon which he now lives. Mr. Worley is a thrifty, industrious farmer and a substantial and respected citizen of his neighborhood. He was married, in Illinois, January 21, 1875, to Miss Maggie E. John, a native of Illinois, and they are parents of four children, Gertrude, Elva H., Emma F. and Lena D. Mrs. Worley belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church of Rockford.

MORTON COGSWELL, a pioneer of 1885. is a native of Nova Scotia, born December 9, 1846. He received his education in the schools of that province and later engaged in. farming. While there he held, for ten years,, a commission under Queen Victoria as peace ofificer. Subsequently he spent a year in Minnesota, then returned to Nova Scotia and remained until 1885, when he came to Spokane county and engaged in farming. The next year he removed to Moran prairie and he lived there for the ensuing three years, then came to Rockford, where he followed the hotel business two years, kept a livery stable for one and then a saloon for two. In 1892 his liquor business was burned out and he moved onto his farm eight miles southeast of Rockford. Mr. Cogswell is an enterprising and industrious man and has a fine farm of rich, productive land, well improved and furnished with a splendid house and barns and other necessary buildings. Indeed, he deserves rank among the most thrifty and successful farmers of the county. He was married, in Nova Scotia, January

15, 1868, to Miss Amelia Corbett. a native of that province, and they have five children : Alice, wife of Fred Sheldon, of Olympia; William, a farmer and lilacksmith; H. H.. a drayman in Spokane; Budd G., a farmer, and Andrew T. R-

JAMES W. WENTWORTH, a pioneer of 1888, was born in Kinsey, Onebec, in 1859. When five years old he was taken to Cresco, Iowa, where he received his education, subsequently serving as clerk in a clothing store from 1874 to 1882. On May 6, 1882, with Mr. Nichols, he engaged in the clothing and furnishing business. He sold out in the spring of 1888, came to Spokane and started a clothing and furnishing goods establishment here. The fire of 1889 burned his store, but he telegraphed the next day for a new stock of goods. In just nine days after the fire his merchandise arrived and he was in Inisiness again, with courage unimpaired. The firm to which he belongs has been the only occupant of its present place of business since the building was completed in 1890. Mr. Wentworth is president and manager of the corporation, which is known as the Wentworth Clothing Company. They have commodious appartments and a fine stock of clothing, furnishing goods, hats, trunks and valises. Mr. Wentworth is one of the most successful business men of the city. Endowed by nattire with an unusual amount of executive ability and foresight, he has supplemented his natural talent by a diligent study until he now has a complete mastery of his business. As a citizen he ranks ann)ng the leaders of Spokane. He was chairman of the first grand jury held in this county after Washington became a state, and he is now an influential member of the Chamber of Commerce. Fraternallv he belongs to the Ma.sons, the K. P., the Elks and the United Commercial Travelers. He was married, at Preston, Minnesota, January 9, 1889, to l-'annie E. Loomis. and to their union have been born four children, Winnifred Edith, Laura Lucile, William Orin and John Leslie.. They live in an elegant home in Brown's addition, completed in June, 1899, and furnished beautifully in the most modern and approved stvle.

W. H. McCOLOUGH, a pioneer of the state, of 1882, was born in Nova Scotia in 1854, and he remained there until seventeen years old, acquiring his education in the public schools. He then went to Boston and finished learning a trade he had already begun - carriage painting. He worked there for six years, then in Winnipeg, Manitcjba, for fourteen months, afterward going to Crookston, Minnesota, where he opened a paint shop. He resided in that town from 1880 to 1882, but in the latter year came to Seattle and opened a shop there. He was also extensively engaged in hop culture on the Sound for ten years. In 1896 he came to Spokane and resumed his former occupation of carriage painting. About a year ago he entered into partnership with Mr. Tueting and the present firm was organized. They are tradesmen of long experience, ha\ingspent many years in learning and following their handicraft, and they are building up an excellent business here. They employ about twenty-five men steadily, doing most of the carriage work of the city, and they are also extensively engaged in house painting, Mr. McColough being skilled in that trade too. Mr. McColough is tjuite a prominent man in politics and was once a candidate for senator from the twenty-fourth district. Fraternally he is affiliated with the A. O. U. W. and the L O. O. F. He was married, in Winnipeg, in 1879, to Eva J. \\'eaver, a native of Ontario, and they are parents of five children, Ina M. C, Welsford J., Ella V., Lizzie Aggie and William F.

C. H. STUMPF is a native of Minnesota, born in i860. He lived in Norman county, that state, engaged in farming until about five years ago, and during his residence there he was very active in the local affairs of his county, holding at different times the offices of town clerk, census enumerator and road supervisor. In 1894 he came to Yakima and engaged in farming and raising fruit antl berries, but soon decided to try his fortunes in this county. Accordingly, he moved here and purchased forty acres of land, upon which he has erected a good house and barn and planted a fine orchard of about three hundred trees. He now raises hay and horticultural products, but is preparing to try the poultry business. Socially he is affiliated with the United Moderns. He was married, in Minnesota, December 3, 1883, to Lizzie M. Luchan, and they have five children, Benjamin, Clarence, Helen, Walter and Louellis.

ALBERT HENRY, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Madison county. New York, in 1836. He resided in the state of his nativity until 1852, then spent three years in Illinois and two in Iowa, following farming as an occupation. In 1 86 1 he enlisted in Company K, Seventeenth Illinois Infantry, and served under Generals Grant and Logan, participating in the engagements at Fort Donelson and Shiloh, as well as in numerous others. He was a fearles.s and trustworthy soldier and his record is one of which he and his family may well be proud. After being nuistercd out of the .service in 1863, he went to Kansas, where for many years he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. From that state he came direct to Spokane county, where he homesteaded a quarter-section of land, f(jur miles northwest of Marshall. He is also the owner of a one-hundred-and-twentyacre farm, five miles southwest of Spokane, upon which he now resides. He is giving his attention principally to the production of grain hay, but he also has a good small orchard. He is one of the substantial and respected citizens of his community and stands high in the esteem and respect of iiis neighbors. He was married, in Spokane, in 1883, to Viola Green, who was also one of the early pioneers of Spokane county. They have a family of four children, Frank, Bert, Ralph C. and Reuben J.

ASBERRY E. ELLIS, deceased, a pioneer of November 2, 1878, was born in east Tennessee in 1832, but when five years old was taken to Newton county, Missouri, where he lived for the ensuing fourteen years. He then started on the long journey across the plains to Oregon, making the entire trip by ox-teams and passing the winter in Salt Lake City. Upon his arrival he engaged in school teaching and followed that profession for a number of years afterward. In 1878 he removed to Spokane county, coming all the way by ox-team, then engaged in the milk business and in farming for a number of years. He subsequently held a situation as clerk for Mr. Cannon and Mr. Glover, but later purchased a farm of two hundred and ten acres on Moran prairie, where his home was until the date of his death. Mr.

Ellis planted an orchard of one hundred and thirty acres, one of the largest, if not the largest, in this county. He was at one time owner of what is now Union park and his family still retain ten acres in that part of Spokane. During his lifetime Mr. Ellis was always an active, enterprising man and a substantial and influential citizen in the communities in which he lived. He was married, in Oregon, in i860, to Ada A. Baltimore, and they have had a family of seven children : Ida, now Mrs. S. Heath, Nora, Chester, Carson and Mabel, living, and Clara and Olive (Mrs. Keats), deceased. Carson was a member of Comi)any L, Washington Volunteers, and served through the Philippine war, receiving, in one engagement, a wound in the left hand. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were pioneer Methodists and Mrs. Ellis is still a member of the church on Moran prairie.

HENRY S PRAGUE, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Ypsilanti, ^Michigan, in 1841, and there he was reared and educated. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-third Michigan Volunteer Infantry, serving thereafter until July 20, 1865, when he was mustered out. He participated in Sherman's various campaigns and saw much hard fighting, but escaped with only one wound, received at Columbia, Tennessee, in November, 1864. His duty to his country being heroically and faithfully performed, he returned to Michigan and engaged in the lumber business. He followed lumbering continuously until 1877, then came to the Sound country, Init. after a short stay, he removed to the Columbia river, where he was engaged in the fishing industry until 1879. In that year he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land three miles northwest of Marshall, where he now resides. He is at present the owner of a fine two-hundred-and-forty-acre farm and is engaged in raising hay and garden products principally. He takes a lively and intelligent interest in all local affairs, serving at different times as road supervisor in his district and for the past nine years as school director. His standing in the community is good. He was married, at Kalama, \\'ashington, in 1877, to Ann Towsend, and they have two children, Rosa and Mary B.

THOMAS \V. LOYD, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Decatur county, Indiana, February 22, 1835. He passed his early youth there, hut when twenty-one years old went to Iowa. He worked as a laboring man for a time, but soon moved to Missouri and took up the carpenter trade. Subsequently he removed to Colorado to try his fortunes in mining ventures. In 1862. responding to the urgent call of patriotism, he enlisted in McLane's battery of light artillery, and from that time until the close of the war his best services were given to the cause of the Union. He participated in the campaign against General Price in Missouri, taking part in a great many engagements and ever proving himself a reliable and faithful soldier. After being mustered out at Lea\enworth, in June, 1865. he went into southeastern Kansas, took up land there and followed farming until 1878. Selling out in that year, he came to Spokane county, Washington, where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land about three miles northwest of Marshall and bought one hundred and sixty more from the railroad, to which he has since added another tract of forty acres, purchased at a somewliat later date. He is engaged in diversified farming and has about four hundred fruit trees, but gives especial attention to producing and oats. Mr. Loyd has an excellent farm and the disposition to make the most of it. He is energetic, industrious and successful in his business, while his unquestioned integrity and pleasant, affable manner make him universally respected and well-liked. Socially he is affiliated with Marshall Lodge, No. 163, I. O. O. F.

W. E. JARRETT, a pioneer of February, 1879, is a native of England, born in January, 1849. He lived in his fatherland until 1868, serving during the last few years in the English navy. When nineteen years old, however, he came to America and entered the merchant service. He remained in that occupation until November, 1876, traveling all over the world anfl sailing on the seas adjacent to every country. In 1877 he went to California, in the red woods of which state he labored for the next two years, but in 1879 he came to Spokane county and located on Hangman (now Latah) creek, near Spangle. He carried the mail across PonduraLake for three and a half months, then came to Marshall and started a saloon. In a short time, however, he gave up his business and moved out upon a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, two miles southeast of the town, where he has lived ever since, except for one year, during which he was in charge of a logging crew in British Columbia. Mr. Jarrett is a good, thrifty, industrious farmer and raises a -^-ariety of farm products successfully, though his principal crops are timothy and grain hay. He was married, first, to Isabelle Mainard. who died June 16, 1889, leaving one daughter, Maggie. He was next married, in Spokane, to Mary S. Dralle, and the fruit of their union is two children, Myrtle and Willie.

LAWRENCE STUTLER, a pioneer of 1870, was born in Germany in 1835. He came to America in 1852 and located in Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1857. He then started west with a company of Mormons, remaining among them until 1859, in which year he came on to California. He resided in that state until i860, subsequently going to Nevada, where he followed mining excitements for the ensuing seven years. At length, in 1870, tired of wandering and desiring to establish a home for himself, he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Paradise prairie, to which he afterward added eiglity acres more, procured by purchase from the railroad company. Though he came here in an early day, when there was much danger from Indians, so tactfully did he manage the red skins that he escaped without any trouble whatsoever from that si^urce. He now has a fine farm and a pleasant home and is engaged mostly in producing hay.

WILLIAM PETTET, a pioneer of 1883, was born in England in September, 181 8. He came to New York in 1836, but two years later removed to Mobile, Alabama, where, in company with two practicing physicians, he established a drug store. The following year, however, his partners and two assistants succumbed to the yellow fever. In 1841 he established a commission house in New Orleans, but in 1842 he accompanied the Amos Kendall party as far as Galveston. On May 6, 1846, he left Independence, Missouri, on the overland trip to San Francisco, then to Yuba Bueno, paying the usual trilnite to Kansas Indians for passing through their territory. The party often had trouble with Indians and on the Truckee river had a severe fight to recover stock driven away by them. When near Truckee Lake they were overtaken by a snow storm. Mr. Pettet joined a party of six and started for Sacramento valley, leaving their wagons and about sixty persons who refused to proceed, but camped near the lake. The party reached Sutter's Fort in safety, but those who remained all perished except four, and these were insane when they finally reached assistance. Mr. Pettet remained at the fort for the purpose of enlisting emigrants as they came in for the war, then going on to southern California. Having secured quite a number he took them to the sloop-ofwar Portsmouth, at San Francisco, where they were fitted out for service. Returning to Yuba Bueno he established the firm of Ellis & Pettet, for the purpose of dealing with the Russians at Sitka, Alaska. Subsequently he sold out to become city clerk of San Francisco. He was later appointed sheriff, Init at the close of his term he returned to New York, and, in 1851, came back to San Francisco, sending via Cape Horn the material for the first iron building erected in San Francisco. It was destroyed by fire a few weeks after its completion. Ill health again compelled him to return to New York and while there he became interested in the mercantile business. In 1868 he and his family visited Europe, remaining until 1873. He came to Spokane in 1883 and made some investments in real estate. The following vear he, with the late F. R. IMoore, F. Chamberlin and William Nettleton, secured the block on which the countv court house now stands, and at their own personal expense erected a building for the reception of the county records when these were brought from Cheney. Mr. Pettet, with Messrs. Moore and Chamberlin. also established permanent arc lights for the streets. From this partnership grew the present Edison Electric Light Company. In the spring of 1889, three months before the great fire, Mr. Pettet was unfortunately stricken with typhoid fever, from which he ne\er fully recovered. He now resides, generally, at his home, Glasgow Lodge, on the North Boulevard, where he has a forty-acre tract within the city limits and a beautiful residence on the l)anks of the Spokane river, fitted up in English style. In 1897 his eightieth birthday was celebrated by a garden party, attended by over two hundred of his friends. Mr. Pettet's benign influences have been very sensibly felt in Spokane, to the development of which he has contributed incalculably. He has always been a man of great energy and his su- I)erb business ability and keen foresight have made him eminently successful in his various enterprises.

CHARLES G. SHRIMPF, dealer .in hardware and contractor for gravel, pitch, slate, iron and tin roofing and sheet iron work of all kinds, is a pioneer of 1887. He was born in Germany April 4, 1857, and grew to manhood in his fatherland, receiving good commonschool advantages. In 1880, however, he emigrated to Chaska. Minnesota, where for a short time he was engaged in lumbering, but in 1881 he moved to Minneapolis and went into business for himself. He came to Spokane in 1887 and, with H. \\'eigman, established the Sprague street bakery, on the corner of Mill and Sprague. He sold out, however, in 1889 and.

after taking a trip east and l)ack, engaged in his present business in company with L. Reinhardt, tlie firm name Ijcing ReinharcU & Shrimpf. ^Ir. Reinhardt having retired in 1898. Mr. Shrimpf has since been sole owner and proprietor. He is a shrewd, far-seeing and progressive business man and, though without means when lie first arrived in the United States, lias pushed his way, in spite of every obstacle, to a place of considerable prominence among the commercial magnates of this city. He manufactures cornices, hot air furnaces, heating appliances, etc., and handles all kinds of hardware, slate and iron roofing and sheet iron work. Mr. Shrimpf has always taken considerable interest in politics and in 1894 was the candidate of the Democratic party for representative to the legislature. He is a prominent member of Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F.. having passed through all the chairs. He also belongs to the Royal Arcanum and the I. O. F. He was married, in MinneapoHs, April 4. 1886, to Miss Minnie Gazett, a native of Minnesota, and they are parents of one son, Albert E.

T. J. BEARD, a pioneer of April 5, 1878, was born in Illinois in 1839. When thirteen years old he crossed the plains with his parents to Linn county, Oregon, where he lived for the ensuing eight years. He then went into the mines of Oro Fino, Florence and Boise, Idaho, spending about five years in these regions, after which he returned to Linn county and erected a warehouse on the Oregon & California Railroad. This he operated for about three years. He next lived in Astoria for a year, going thence to Tangent, Oregon, where he kept a general merchandise store until 1878. Selling out in that year, he came to Spokane county and located on a homestead, three and a half miles northwest of Cheney, upon which he has ever since resided. He is now engaged in raising wheat, oats and timothy, and he has also a fine orchard, one of the oldest in the county. Mr. Beard is an energetic, progressive and successful farmer and one of the most highly esteemed and resi)ected citizens of his neighborhood. He has formerly been afiiiliated with the P. P. and the I. O. O. F. He was married, in Oregon, in 1872, to Margaret Dougherty, a native of Brooklyn, New York, and they have a family of seven children, Mary, Florence, Hortense, Estella, Olive J., Pearl and Annie.

EUGENE BERTRAND, deceased, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Wisconsin, born April 26, 1848. He was educated in the public schools and in Ripon College, at Ripon, Wisconsin, where for four years he was a student. Upon completing his education he engaged in farming, following that occupation continuously until 1876. He then removed to Salt Lake City and followed mining until 1878, when he went to Eureka, Nevada, to seek his fortune in the mining region of that vicinity. During the years 1881 and 1882 he was clerk in a large grocery firm, but in the following year he removed to Spokane. His first employment here was in grading Howard street, but he subsequently entered the service of Sweney & Lindern as clerk in their general merchandise store. In November, 1883, he bought a confectionery store, located on Riverside avenue, where the Hyde block now is. After two years he enlarged his stock, by adding a full line of groceries. He mo\-ed his store to Sprague street in 188^ and in the fall of the same year to Mill street, where he remained until 1S89, when he returned to Sprague street. He was hurned out in the l)ig fire, but reopened in a tent, doing business under this primitive shelter until he could procure a building. He sold out in 1893 «i"^ li'is since been engaged as clerk and later as collector and solicitor for the Alarshall Mill Company. During his long residence in Spokane Mr. Bertrand alwaj's took a lively and intelligent interest in the political, material and moral welfare of the city, holding several important offices in its municipal government. In 1886 he was elected city treasurer and he discharged the duties of that office faithfully and ably for two terms thereafter. In 1893 he became a menilier of the citv council and so satisfactory was his service in that bodv that he was twice re-elected. Fraternally he affiliated with the I. O. O. F.. [Mount Carlton Lodge, No. 103, with Spokane Cam]). No. 99. W. of W., with the J. O. U. A. M. and with the Pioneer Association. He was also a member of the ^\'estminster Congregational church. On May 1869. he was married at Mantorville to' Miss Orilla Lansing, a native of New York, who survives him. He died in Spokane May 15, 1900.

EDWARD HILBY. a pioneer of 1879. was born in California, in 1858, and he lived tliere on a farm until he attained his majoritv, then came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on the south side of Moran prairie. He is engaged in general farming, market gardening and fruit culture and has a fine orchard covering about fifteen acres. He is one of the substantial and leading citizens of his community and takes an active and intelligent interest in all afi^airs of public concern in his localitv, and he now holds the office of consta1)le. He was married, in Spokane county, in 1893, to Lizzie Bailey, and they have a family of three children. Frank E.. Edward and Richard.

EDGAR F. GRAVES, a pioneer of 1878, was born in New York state in 1864. He resided there until eleven years old, availing himself of the educational opportunities offered by the public schools. He then went to Michigan and lived in that state until 1878. meanwhile graduating from the high school at Lowell. His ne.xt move was to Spokane, where for a year he attended the first little school organized in this city. He then taught a year, after which he followed civil engineering on the Northern Pacific Railroad for about three years. Returning to Spokane at the expiration of that ])eriod, he purchased a half-section of railroad land, upon which he raised stock and farmed for five years. He then moved into the city, invested in city property and embarked in the real estate and loan business. He was unusually successful for a number of years, but, speculating a little too boldly, he was caught by the panic and lost everything. He was, however, possessed of a brave spirit and remarkable recuperative power in financial matters and could not long be held down by reverse of fortune. He purchased a farm on time, also built a fine house. He then set vigorously to work to retrieve his losses, and so successful has he been that he is now out of debt entirely and on a good financial footing. He gives most of his attention to raising timothy hay and stock. In his fraternal affiliations he is identified with the I. O. O. F. He was married, in Spokane county, at Morgan's store, in 1883, to Hallie Davis, also one of the early pioneers of the county. They have seven children : Emma, Ethel, Cirace Greenwood, John W., Edgar Lorenzo, Alice and Howard D. Mr. Graves' mother was a cousin of General Joe Hooker. Her mother, iicc Jvloore, was one of the first graduates of Oberlin College.

CORNELIUS \V. MURPHEY, a farmer, four miles east of ^Medical Lake, a pioneer of 1872, was born in the state of New York in 1829. When nine years old he accompanied his parents to Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, where he resided until twenty-five years old. In April, 1854, he sailed to San Francisco, California, and the ensuing twelve years of his life were spent in the mining regions of that state. He then went to work for the Central Pacific Railroad Company as foreman of a construction gang and nine months later engaged in the hotel business at Reno, Nevada. In the fall of 1868 he went to Treasure Hill, where he was proprietor of a hotel and actively interested in mining enterprises for about a year. In 1871 he started for Washington territory. He spent the winter in Walla Walla, but the following spring came on to Spokane county. He preempted one hundred and sixty acres of land in the \icinity of Medical Lake, then homesteaded eighty acres more and he has since purchased three hundred and twenty acres of radroad land. He is now engaged in raising wheat, oats, barley and vegetables, and for many years has been quite extensively interested in the rearing of fine horses and cattle. Mr. Murphey is a splendid specimen of wellpreserved old age. He enjoys a degree of manly vigor and good health for which many young men of half his years would willingly barter their gold. He seems to be little the worse for the heroic struggle he has niatle against the hardshi])s and discouragements of pioneer life in this and other new countries. Like most old settlers, he has had iiis share of conflicts with the Indians, Ijut these have failed in all their efforts to drive him from the hi>me of his choice. .Among tlnjsc who have opened u\) and developed Spokane county few have borne a more siilistantial part than has Mr. Murphey. He was married, in I5inghamton. New York, December 29, 1849, to Mary Ann O'Brien.

HIRAM ROTHROCK, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Pennsylvania in 1840. He resided in that state until eighteen years old, acquiring a good common-school education, then went to Lawrence, Kansas, and engaged in farming. On August 20, 1862, lie enlisted in Company A, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, which served under Steele in the Second Division of the Seventh Army Corps. He participated in the battles of Kane Hill, Pea Ridge and numerous other engagements, everywhere acquitting himself with honor and courage. He was mustered out at Duball's Bluff, Arkansas, June 21, 1865. His father, a minister, was shot and killed by Ouantrell, during the raid of that guerrilla on Lawrence, Kansas.

After the war Mr. Rothrock returned to his farm and there resided until April 11, 1878, when he set out for California. He resided in Calistoga about two months, then joined a pack train from California bound for Spokane county. They arrived after a se\-en-weeks journey, having passed through the territory of hostile Indians three days 1)efore the Warm Springs and Umatilla massacre. Upon reacliing his destination, Mr. Rothrock homesteaded one hundred and sixtv acres of land seven miles southwest of Spokane, where he has ever since resided. He is one of the substantial and respected citizens of tlie county and ranks among tlie thrifty and successful farmers. He was married, in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1867, to Susana Ruffe, and to their union four children have been bom: William H., deceased; Data, who for four years past has l^een a teacher in the Irving school. Spokane : Edward, in the Chnmicle office, and Elwoofl, deceased.

DAVID BEMISS, a pioneer of 1889. was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1840. He availed himself of the excellent opportunities offered bv the public schools of that country and at seventeen began teaching. A year later he enteretl an academy to prepare for college. In 1 86 1 he matriculated in Toronto University, from which he received the B. A. degree in 1865 and the M. A. degree in 1866, also the silver medal in natural science. After leaving college he accepted a position in the public schools at Clinton, Michigan, where for four years he served as the superintendent of the schools. He then taught at Birmingham a year, after whicli he was elected to the superintendency of the Coldwater city schools. During his incumbency of that position the standard of education rose until the right of certification was accorded these schools by the University of Michigan, a privilege never extended to any but institutions of the highest rank. Mr. Bemiss also distinguished himself as an institute worker and lecturer, serving during 1877-78 as president of the Michigan Association of City School Superintendents. In 1878 he was called to superintend the Manistee schools, which also improved under his supervision until they became affiliated with the

University of Michigan. He served these schools as superintenilent and as a member of the board of education for nine years. In 1887 he was called to the superintendency of the Fort Scott schools, Kansas, and in 1889 he resigned to accept a like position in Spokane. For ten years he labored unremittingly for the advancement of the cause of education here, and succeeded not only in bringing the schools of tliis city to a high standard of excellence, but exerted a powerful and very beneficial influence in the educational development of the state. His career as an educator has ever been marked by thoroughness and ability, and his efforts have always counted for the cause of sound scholarship. At present he is on his farm near the citv, taking a deserved and much needed rest. Mr. Bemiss was appointed by the State Teachers' Association to organize a state reading circle and was ])resident of it for a while. He was a member of the state board of education and has served as president of the Washington State Teachers' Association. He is a member of the National Council of Education, an organization of sixty members taking the leading educators from all parts of the United States. He was married, in Canada, in 1866, to Phebia M. Page, a native of Canada, and they have four children, Catherine M., Clarence D., Elbert V. and Florence R. The daughters graduate from the Cheney Normal June, 1900. One son is a dentist in Spokane, the other a druggist.

THOMAS NEWLON, a pioneer of 1866. was born in Illinois December 7, 1834. In 1852 he crossed the plains to Oregon, starting April 15 and reaching The Dalles August 15. He remained there a short time, but soon went to California, then back to The Dalles, where he remained for three years. He next moved to Walla Walla, thence, in i860, to Orofino, Idaho. After spending three years mining in that region he returned to Walla Walla, lived on a farm in the vicinity until 1865. then purchased a boat, started a ferry at Riparia and operated it successfully for a year. He then came to Spokane county, Iniilt a cabin to live in and constructed a bridge above Trent. He subsequently went back to the Snake river, but soon returned to his bridge and remained in charge until he sold out in 1868. He then made a trip to Libby creek, then back to Montana, where he was engaged in mining until 1872. In the fall of that year he returned to Spokane county and followed the carpenter's trade fur a time, l)ut later Iniilt a ferry boat at Spokane bridge after Cowley's bridge fell in. In 1876 he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Moran prairie, where he has since resided. He now has two hundred and fifteen acres of land and is engaged principally in raising hay and grain, but also has a splendid orchard of thirty-five acres. Mr. Newlon is one of the very oldest residents of the county and has himself contributed not a little to its progress. He is a good, substantial citizen and enjoys the respect and esteem of his neighbors generally. He was married, at Colfax, in 1875, to Isabelle Kirby, and they have three children, Ollie, Guy and Laura. Mrs. Newlon is also an old pioneer, having come to Spokane in 1872, when there were only four men and one ladv in the town.

I, Second United States Infantry. His company served in the south from 1873 to 1877, then was sent to the state of Washington for service in the Nez Perce war. About a year and a half after coming to this state Mr. Sands was discharged at Fort Colville. In 1880 he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, a little over three miles southwest of Mica postoffice, and upon this land he now resides. He has about fifteen hundred fruit trees on his farm. Mr. Sands has been a very progressive and industrious man in former years, but lately has had poor health and has been unable to take the active part in his farm work which he otherwise would. He stands high in the esteem of his fellow citizens and has the respect and confidence of his community. He was married, in Spokane county, in 1891, to Sarah D. Johnson, and they have two children, William Elmer and Maude.

H. E. SANDS, a pioneer of 1877, is a native of Sweden, born in 1847. When twenty years old he came to America, and after spending two years in Iowa, enlisted in Company

CHARLES F. STOKES, a pioneer of 1886, was born in England in 1857. He lived there until twenty-three years old, acquiring his education in the public schools and subsequently ser\'ing as clerk in an office. Arriving in the United States, he located at St. Paul, Minnesota, and became a salesman in one of the furniture stores of that city. He, however, only remained six months in his situation until he determined to learn the trade of a cabinetfinisher. He entered the employ of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company with that end in view, and remained with them until 1886, in which year he came to the city of Spokane. He worked as a journeyman cabinet-finisher here for three years, then engaged in the furniture business for himself just in time to become a heavy loser in the fire. Resoh-ed to try a less hazardous occupation next time, he moved out to a farm of fifty acres, five miles east of the city, upon which he lias carried on a dairy business continuously to the present time. He is milking twelve cows now. Mr. Stokes is one of the thrifty, progressive and substantial citizens of the community and takes a leading interest in everything for the promotion of the general good and the material and social advancement of the neighborhood in which he lives. He was married, in Chicago, October 5, 1882, to Sarah A. Hetherington, and they have a family of three children. Hubert O., Vida Spokane and Ellis 'Slay.

C. F. MORGAN, a pioneer of 1879. is a native of Indiana, born March 5, 183J. In 1839 his family moveil to Iowa and five years later crossed the plains by ox-team to Clackamas county, Oregon. In 1855 Mr. ^Morgan engaged in the Indian war. serving under tjeneral Wool. He participated in a number of severe engagements, notably the battle of Cascade Falls. He had been sent by Quartermaster Rhenby with six men and two hundred head of oxen from A'ancouver to The Dalles to bring supplies for the volunteers and was in Cascade Falls when the town was attacked by one thousand Indians. A number of the whites were killed, but assistance at length arrix'ed and the Indians were defeated. Of those capturetl, sixteen were hanged. A month later Mr. Morgan and his men proceeded to The Dalles, where they fitted out a train of fifty wagons and secured an escort of seventy-five men. With these they advanced to Walla Walla, transporting provisions and ammunition. They met the Washington volunteers and turned over to them their store of supplies. ]\Ir. ^lorgan afterward returned to Oregon and followed cabinetmaking there until 1S70, except during three years spent in the mines near Idaho Citv. In 1870, however, he mo\ed to the Walla Walla valley, where for nine years lie was a farmer. His next move was to Spokane county. He took a homestead in the southwestern part of the present city limits, but this he sold in 1887, He then engaged in tlie grain and feed business until burned out in the fire of 1889, when be went into poultry raising on Hangman creek, an occupation which he has followed ever since. Mr. Morgan is a typical pioneer, possessed of the courage and strength of character essential to success in a new country. Few men have seen more of the early development of the Northwest, and few have borne a braver part in the early struggles than he. He was married in Iowa, in 1853, to Miss Martha Sackett, who died at Fort Laramie May 8, 1854, while crossing the plains. He was next married, in Oregon, in March, 1857, to Miss Ruann Reed, a native of Illinois, and in 1867 he married Miss Hannah Hardest v. a native of Indiana.

v.. O. CONNOR, attorney-at-iaw, 305 Hyde block, is a native of Minnesota, born in Caledonia, .Vugust 7, 1870. He received bis primary education in the town of his nativity and in 1888 entered the Carleton College at Northfield, where lie remained as a student for several years. In 1891 he removed to Kalispel. Montana, and became editor of the Kalis[)el Graphic, of which he h.ad charge until 1893. For several months he occupied the position of city editor of the I\Iankato (Minnesota) Daily News. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, to take a course in the law department of Washington Uni\ersitv, from which institution he re- ceived his LL. B. degree in 1895. After practicing for a short time lie came to Spokane and opened an office here. He is a young man of excellent native ability and studious habits and is rapidly coming to the front, both in his profession and in political circles. In i8g8 he was nominated on the Fusion ticket for representati\-e to the legislature, but, with the rest of his party, was defeated. However, if indications are to be trusted, he is destined to bear an important part in the future, Ixith in politics and the jurisprudence of the state. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., with B. P. O. E., No. 228, and with the Improved Order of Red Men, Spokane Tribe. No. 9. He is especially prominent in the last-named fraternity, being the great sachem of the state of Washington.

SAMUEL H. FRIEDMAN, a pioneer of 1890, was born in Illinois, January 14, 1865. He attended the public and high school in Alanta, that state, until fnurteen years old, then became clerk in a general merchandise store. In 1887 he engaged in the mercantile business for himself, but. after three years, sold out, came to Spokane and tried the loan business. In 1891, in company with P. E. Fisher and A. J. Reise, he purchased the Cascade laundry, then a small plant, with few employees and only one delivery wagon. The enterprise has prospered, however, and grown steadily, so that it now gives employment to thirty-five persons and re(|uires six delivery wagons. They have branch offices in many of the eastern Washington and Idaho towns and they do the work for the dining and sleeping cars of the Great Northern Railroad Company. Mr. l*"riedman is an enterprising and progressive man, possessed of the push and N'igor needful for Iniilding up ami m.iintaining a large business undertaking. He is also one of the trustees of the Spokane Laundry Association. Fraternally, he is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being a member of Tyrian Lodge. No. 96. of the Chapter and of the Masonic Council of Spokane. He was married, in Atlanta, Ilinois. November 19. 1884. to Miss Lillie M. Reise, a native of that town, and they have one daughter, Helene F.

DEWITT CLINTON NE\\"M.\X. M. D.. of Spokane, was born in Logan county, Ohio. September 14, 1857. the eldest of the six children of Aaron M, and Margueretta (Miller) Newman, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. His grandfather, Abner Newman, was a pioneer Methodist preacher of English descent, the Newmans having come from England before the Revolution and settled in New York.

Dr. Newman was educated in the public schools at Ouincy. Ohio, and in 1879 commenced the study of medicine at .Starling Medical College. Columbus. Ohio, graduating ill February, 1882. He then came west and located at Amador City. California, where he practiceil his profession for six months. Going thence to San Fr.ancisco. he entered Cooper Medical College, from which he graduated in Novemlier. 1883. In 1884 he was appointed one of the surgeons of the Oriental Steamship Company, making a number of trips to Honolulu on the steam ship "Almeda."

In 1S85 he went to Anstralia, and locating at Cobar, New Sonth Wales, was surgeon to the Great Cobar Copper Muiing Company, the Cobar District Hospital and government medical officer for three years. The collapse of the French Copper Syndicate caused the closing of the mines and he returned to America, spending the following year in hospital work in New York and Europe. He came to Spokane in 1889, where he has since practiced his profession.

Dr. Newman is a member of the American Medical Association and the ^Medical Society of Southern California, of the American Order of Foresters and the Modern Woodmen of America, also is a thirty-second-degree Mason.

Politically, the Doctor is a Democrat. He was coroner of Spokane county from 1892 to 1895; president of the state board of health, 1899-1900; Bryan presidential elector, 1896. He also was one of the Paris Exposition commissioners from this state.

M. D. THURSTON, dentist, room 424 Rookery building, a pioneer of 1890, was born in Bradford, Vermont, October 10. 1857. He grew to manhood in the city of his nativity, receiving a public-school and academic education, and in 1877 entered upon the study of dental surgery under Dr. E. P. Cumings. After spending two years under the tutelage of that dentist he removed to Columbus, Nebraska, and engaged in the practice of his profession, remaining there continuously until 1890. Since that date he has been practicing in Spokane. He is a member of the Washington State Dental Society, the state board of dental examiners and the B. P. O. E., No. 228. The Doctor has been twice married. On February 10, 1880, in the state of Michigan, he wedded Miss Charlotte Waite, a native of that state, who died in Denver, Colorado, leaving one daughter, born June 19, 1884. He was next married in Pocatello, Idaho, August 31, 1890, to Miss Helen M. Burr, a native of Connecticut, who died in Spokane, November 18, 1898.

R. B. PATTERSON, a farmer near Medical Lake, and a pioneer of 1883, was born in Missouri, in 1853. He was reared and educated in the state of his nativity, but when twenty years old he became imbued with a desire to see the west and accordingly came out to California. He followed mining in the mineral producing regions of the Golden state during the first five years of his stay there, then tried farming for five years more. But subsequently he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land northeast of Medical Lake, to which he has since added one hundred and sixty acres more, procured by purchase from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He is now engaged in diversified farming and to a limited extent in fruit culture. Mr. Patterson is an enterprising and successful farmer and a highly esteemed citizen, possessing the confidence and respect of his neighbors. He has a splendid farm, beautiful for situation and commanding an excellent view of the surrounding country. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fel- Icw. He was married in Spokane county, in 1885, to Mary A. Fellows, who was also a pioneer of 1883. They have had two children, namely, William H., living, and Philip E., deceased. They are members of the Congregational church at Medical Lake.

ANDREW LARSON, dairyman, is a native of Denmark, born in 1867. When eighteen years old he emigrated to the United States, locating finally at Helena, Montana, where he worked (.m the railroad for three years. He then traveled considerably, following the same occupation at different places, until i8gi, when he came to Spokane county. He worked on the Great Northern a while, but subsec|uently procured a tract of forty-one acres about fi\e miles east of Spokane and engaged in the dairy business. He milks thirty head of cows, for the milk of which he finds ready sale in Spokane. Mr. Larson is a thrifty and industrious man, possessed of the courage and determination and business sagacity needful for the highest success in an enterprise like his. He was married, in M(jntana, in 1891. to Mary Stougaard and they have a family of two children : George and Marguerite.

A. C. RUBECK, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born in 1853. He lived in the city of his birth until 1875, engaged as a spring maker, then enlisted in the United States army and was assigned to Company I, Second Corps, and stationed at .Vtlanta, Georgia, where he assisted the United States revenue officers in their search for moonshiners in the mountains. Subsequently he was sent to Lewiston, Idaho, and took part in the war against Chief Joseph, and on the loth of August, 1877, he came to Spokane. The companies were then distributed throughout Idaho and Washington. On the 1st of November, 1879, l^c was discharged on the Columbia river and he made a trip to Walla Walla to get linal papers cashed, then came tc^ S]jokane county and located on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, two miles south of Mica. He is engaged in fruit growing and has a splendid nursery, well patronized by the farmers and orchardists in that part of the county. He has recently built a fine new house. In addition to farming he also performs the duties of state land cruiser! He was married in Spokane county, in 1889, to Emma J. Woodbury, and tliey have five children, namely: Roy E., Lela IL, Eva M., George W. and Llenry R.

CHRISTIAN NELSON, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Denmark, born in 1849. He lived in the country of his birth until twenty-four years olfl, then emigrated to .\merica and located in New York. He spent a year antl a half in the Empire state, after which he went to the mining districts of Utah, where he resided until 1879. In the early part of that year he moved to Oregon, but remained only one summer, coming to Spokane county the following autumn. Not long after his arrival here he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land a nnle and a half northwest of Mica postoffice, where he has since l)een engaged in raising horses and in diversified farming. Mr. Nelson is one of the substantial citizens of this community, actively interested in all undertakings for the improvement of his neighborhood and he enjoys the respect and esteem of the people in that locality. In 1896 he was chosen road supervisor in his district and so satisfactorily has been his supervisorship that he has received a practically unanimous re-election each year since. He was married in Bingham Canyon, Utah, June 12. 1879, to Miss Christine Rasmusson. and they have a famil}^ of seven chil<!ren, namely: Xels Julius, Vurnca A., Francis AI., Clara, Estella, Viola and Clayton.

WILL \V. SWARTZ, postmaster and merchant at Mica, is a native of Ohio, born May 23, 1866. When he was five years old his family moved to Kansas, and they lived in Doniphan and Brown counties, engaged in, farming until 1892. Mr. Swartz then came to Sixjkane county and in 1893 purchased a store and general merchandise business at Mica, where his home has since been. He has also held the office of postmaster for the i)ast six years. He was married in Kansas, in 1889, to Miss Maretta Baruhart, of Albia, Iowa, and they have a family of three children, namely: Floyd \\'., Lela M. and Ina E. Both Mr. and Mrs. Swartz are active in the community and both take a lively interest and leading part in everything which they consider of general benefit to the neighborhood. Mrs. Swartz is a highly educated and cultured lady and a music teacher of no ordinary ability.

A. A. KELLY, a pioneer of 1887, was l)orn in Iowa in 1868. He was, however, reared in Illinois, having been taken there by his parents when quite young. He received a common-school education and served an apprenticeship in a drug store, but in 1880 or

1 88 1 he went to New Ale.xico and followed railroading in that territory and in Arizona for three years thereafter. He then came t" Yakima, Washington, and farmed a year, then farmed and ran a livery stable in Ellensburg about eighteen months, after which he went to Helena, Montana, to resume his railroading. He spent a year in that city and one at the same occupation in Spokane, but in 1889 he engaged in market gardening in the southwest part of the city. He lived there continuously until 1899, then moved to Valley Home addition, near East Spokane postoffice, where he owns about twenty acres of land. He has a fine orchard and raises for the market all the vegetables grown in this latitude. He is a progressive farmer and an intelligent, experienced horticulturist and he will doubtless continue to be very successful in this important and growing industry. He was married, in Spokane, in 1890, to Miss Emma E. Bronson, and they are parents of two children: Marv E. and Albert A.

HENRY WICHMANN. proprietor of the California bakery, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Germany in i860, and lie resided in his native land until twenty years old, accpiirir.g a common-school education and learning the baker's trade, .\fter coming to the United States he located first, at Horacon, Wisconsin, where he worked on a farm for over a year. He then followed his trade in a Minneapolis bakery for five years, after which he came to Sjwkane and opened what was known as the Sprague Street bakery, the third shop of the kind in the city. Subsequently, however, he sold out and again went to work as a journeyman. In 1890 he opened the Boston bak- ery and he ran that lousiness for the three vears ensuins". then sold out and tried farming for a while. Ahout four years ago he returned to the city and bought the California bakery, in which he now has a thrifty and prosperous business. Mr. Wichnian deserves rank among our essentially self-made men.- Arriving in this country with nothing but his trade to depend upon, he has by his industry, frugality and native business shrewdness worked his way to a place of considerable eminence among the successful business men of the town. In addition to his Ijakery. he owns a fine farm of four hundred acres on Paradise prairie. Socially, he is affiliated with the Sons of Herman and the Modern Woodmen. He was married in Spokane, in 1 89 1, to Annie Lutz, a native of Germany, and they have a family of three children : Richard, Ella and Mary.

DR. W. P. GRUBBE, a pioneer of 1881. was a native of Missouri, born in 1845. When he was a boy his parents moved to Portland, Oregon, and thence, shortly afterwards, to Oakland, California, where he grew to manhood and was educated. He subsequently graduated from the medical college in Salem, Oregon, and engaged in the practice of medicine, locating first in Pendleton, Oregon. Ill 1880 he moved to Rockford, where he practiced his profession continuously until 1895. He then came to Spokane and engaged in the real estate business. The Doctor was a very successful physician, enjoying a large patronage in Rockford and vicinity. He was also a good, substantial citizen, and though never particularly ambitious for political preferment or for leadership among his fellmvmen, he nevertheless retained the good will and respect of all. He was elected county auditor on the Populist ticket in 1897 and served one term. At one time he had extensive real estate interests in Spokane. Fraternally, he was a prominent member of the F. & A. M. at Rockford. He was married, in Rockford, May 16, 1884, to Miss Minnie Tozier, a native of Portland, Oregon, and to their union were born four children: Pcrcie V., Grace E., Gladys L. and Willettie. Mrs. Grubbe's mother, Mrs. Tozier, one of the old pioneers of Rockford, still lives there. Her father died in 1892. Dr. (irubbe died January 14, 1899, after a four days' illness.

JOHN C. DAVENPORT, a pioneer of 1880, is a native of New York, born April 30, 1830. Three years after his birth his parents moved to Champagne county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. In 1850 he accompanied them to Oregon, but two years after returned to Ohio by way of the Isthmus. He again crossed the plains the following year, ho\ve\-er, finally locating in Jackson county, Oregon, where he combined the general merchandise business with mining and farming. In 1862 he removed to Marion county and he followed the mercantile business there continuously until 1873, when he came to Colfax, Washington. Here he built a flouring-mill, the first in the county. He operated that until 1880, maintaining a mercantile establishment at the same time, then moved to Cheney. He built a flcniring-miU and operated a store there, also purcliased and ran the Bank of Cheney for a few years, but in 1884 went into the CJeur d" .-\lene country and engaged in mining. In 1887 he removed to Portland, Oregon, remaining there until 1896, when he returned to Spokane. He has been actively engaged in mining operations ever since. Mr. Daven])ort is a very active, enterprising, industrious man, possessing excellent business ability and a capacity for handling many diversified enterprises at one time, seldom equaled. Fraternally, he is identified the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. ^l. He was married in Phoenix, Oregon, February, 1857, to Miss Sarah Low, a native of Ken- 'tucky, and they have five children, viz., Horace M., district clerk for Shoshone county. Idaho; :Mary L., wife of Robert Ewart ; Josephine, .wife of C. B. Hopkins; Abraham L., and Eva. wife of A. L. Paine.

JOSHUA R. STAFFORD, deceased, a pioneer of 1881, was a native of Ohio, born in 1835. He was, however, reared and etlucated in Indiana, for his parents took him to that state in early youth. In 1851 he crossed the plains to California, where he was engaged ir. mining for a period of three years. He then returned to Iowa. Init soon afterwartls came out to Florence, Itlaho, and followed mining for a year or two there. In 1856 he again visited Iowa, coming thence with his family to Oregon, thence to Walla Walla, Washington, where for a number of years he followed farming. He moved to Spokane in 1881, located a homestead in what is now known as Stafford's addition to Sjxikane and engaged in farming, stock raising and real estate. Subsequently, however, he laid out his property into town lots, streets, alleys, etc., forming Stafford's addition to Spokane. Mr. Stafford was one of the highly esteemeil and respected men of this city, not ambitious f(jr personal aggrandizement, but ever zealous for the promotion of the city's highest and best interests. He was an earnest and consistent nieml)er of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, up to the time of his death, which occurred in September, 1897. He was married. in. Iowa, to Miss Elizabeth ]\Iace. a native of ()]ii(i. and they had three children, namely: Solomon and Laura, deceased, and James R., with the -American laundrv.

WILLIAM T. TIFFT, M. D., office rooms 8 and 9 Marion block, is a native of Wisconsin, born November i, 1855. He grew to manhood in tlie state of his birth, spending three years at a state normal school. For a number of years he was engaged in teaching, but at length took up the study of medicine, receiving iiis degree from the medical department of the University of Vermont, in 1880. He tiien engaged in the practice of liis profession in the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where for four years he served as city physician and was also health officer. He was a member of the board of education there, being re-elected for two terms, during which time a numljer of fine sciiool buildings were erected in the city. In 1894 he removed to Spokane, opened an office and began the practice of medicine. He has built u]) cjuite an extensive practice in this city and has long held rank among tiie leading physicians. He is a member of the Spokane Medical Society and is affiliated fraternally with the Farmers' Federation Union, also the Royal Highlanders. He was married, in Burlington, \'ermont. in October. 1879, to Miss Ella E. Tucker, a native of that state, and they have two daughters, Cirace A. and Pansy E. Dr.

Tift't has been for many years a memljer of and an earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, lioth here and in Wisconsin. He is now a member of the First jMethodist church, of this city, and takes a very great interest, especially in Sabl)ath school work. He now has a Sunday school class registering about eighty meml:)ers, all young men.

CL.\RENCE E. RIXEAR, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Cass county, Michigan, in 1874. When five years old he came with his parents to Spokane county, where he was reared and educated. He early learned the trade of a millwright and has worked at that business most of his time for several years, also runs a steam thresher in the harvest seasons, but his principal occupation is farming. He and his father own a half-section of land near Mica postofiice, upon which they raise grain principally, though they have a nice orchard, covering ten acres and give some attention to fruit culture. Mr. Rinear is one of the bright, active, young men of his community and a leader among the young people, with whom he is very popular personally. He was married, in Idaho, in 1893, to Miss Viola Shively, and they have one child, Carl D.

JAMES SUTHERLAND, M. D., C. :\I., offices, rooms 213-216 Peyton block, is a native of Canada, born April 26, 1864. He srew to manhood in his fatherland, acquiring his preliminary education in the ixiblic and hig-h schools and in Toronto University. He taught school for a while, but in 1887 entered the Trinity Medical College, of Toronto, Canada, graduating with high honors in 1891. He also graduated the same year from the College of Physicians & Surgeons, of Ontario, and from the medical department of the University of Trinity College, Toronto. He then moved to The Dalles, Oregon, and began practice, remaining there until 1898, when he moved to Spokane and opened an office here. His abilities as a physician and surgeon are rapidly gaining recognition in this city and his practice is growing constantly, as it will doubtless continue to do. He is a member of the Spokane County Medical Society, of the Oregon State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association, and is president of the Inland Empire Clinical Society. Fraternally, he is identified with the A. F. & A. M., the B. P. O. E., No. 303, the K. O. T. M., the F. O. A. and the Order of Eastern Star. He is medical examiner for a number of insurance companies. He was married, in The Dalles, Oregon, in March, 1899, to Miss Urusla S. Ruch.

J. J. INBODY, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Indiana, in 1845. While he was yet a boy his family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and lived there till the fall of 1865, being in the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Company for four years of that time. He then went to college for three years, after which he was engaged in teaching in Illinois, Indiana and Kansas until 1872. He went to Colorado in 1873 and was in the livery stable business there for the ensuing three years, then came to Harrisburg. Oregon, and followed the meat market business four years. He next moved to The Dalles and entered the employ of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, then wr>rked for the Northern Pa- cific Railroad Ccmpain- at Sand Point, Idaho. In 1883 he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres three miles west of Mica postoffice, where his home has been ever since. Mr. Inbody has always been active in local politics. He was married iv Corvallis, Oregon, in 1880, to ]\Iiss Frank Mabel Horton, a native of Minnesota. They have three children : Hazel. Gladys and Paul.

FRED MILLER was born on a farm near Anson, Clark county, Missouri, on the 23rd of August. -A.. D. 1867, where he resided until l)eginning a course at Lewis College, Glasgow, Missouri. January 5, 1S89, he entered the National Business College at Kansas City, Missouri, studying shorthand and reporting for Kansas City dailies. August 8, 1889, he accepted a position in the law office of Burton & Moore, at Abilene. Kansas, remaining there until March 5, 1890, wlien he accepted the position of clerk and stenographer with Crippen, Lawrence & Company, of Salina, Kansas, in their office at North Yakima, Washington. He remained in their employ until May 23, 1890, when he resigned and took tlie position of clerk in the United States land office at North Yakima, under Register Ira M. Krutz and Receiver T. ]\I. \"ance, now assistant attorneygeneral. January i, 1892, he resigned this position and accepted a position with C. S. Prowell as stenographer in the division superintendent's office. Cascade division, Nurthern Pacific Railroad Company, at Ellensburg. July 7, 1892, he resigned this position and assisted A.L. Slemmons, court reporter for Yakima and Kittitas counties, until .\ugust 17, 1892, when hc: commenced reading law with H. J. Snivel}-, of North Yakima. Was admitted to practice

June 2;^. 1S93. and was associated with Mr. Sni\ely in the law practice at North Yakima and Ellensburg until the 12th of March of present year, when he formed a partnership with F. C. Robertson and is now the junior member of the firm. In June, 1898, he joined a volunteer company for service in the Philippines under second call, was chosen captain of the company and tendered its services to the governor, but the company was not called on account of action of the war department in recruiting up the First Regiment. September 28,1898, lie was appointed lieutenant-colonel by Governor Rogers, upon his personal staff.

ROBERT M. TURNER, a pioneer of 1885. was born in Randolph, Missouri, in 1859. He was raised on a farm, but early turned his attention to flour milling. On coming to the coast he entered the employ of the Washington Mill Company at Waitsburg, witii whom he remained for five years, after which he worked for the Portland Mill Company a while. He then followed the same occupation a year at Walla Walla and worked for the Centennial Mill Company, of Spokane, a year, but finally decided to engage in business for himself. Accordingly he opened a grocery store at 0626 Monroe street, where he has succeeded in building up a fine large business. He is a thrifty, progressive man, up-to-date in his business methods and possessed of a degree of stamina and determination which insure success in whatever he undertakes. -As a citizen, his standing is excellent, he being thoroughly reliable and trustworthy in all his relations with his fellowmen and deei)ly interested in the general wellbeing. Fraternallv, he is a member of the

Masons and the Woodmen of America. He was married in Missouri, ]\Iarch 13, 1880, to Cora Lee Richmond, and they have liad tliree children : Clara Lee and Ross, living, and Clarence, deceased. They own a comfortahle residence at 191 2 Broadway.

F. C. ROBERTSON was born in Livingstone Parish, Louisiana, on February 12, 1865. He was raised in the city of Baton Rouge and was educated at the Louisiana State Lniiversity at that city. Pie subsequently studied law at the Tul^ne L'niversity ir New Orleans and then at the Georgetown Law College, District of Columbia, in which institution he graduated in the law in 1889. He settled in the city of Port Townsend iii the fall of 1889 and remained there until 1892, during a portion of the time being the city attorney of the city of Port Townsend. Mr. Robertson then removed to Tacoma, Washington, at which place he was appointed assistant Luiited States attorney by Grover Cleveland in 1892, holding the position until November 10, 1897, when he resigned and settled in the city of Spokane.

Mr. RobertS(jn is the youngest son of the late E. W. Robertson, who, with his brother, S. M. Robertson, now a representative from the sixth Louisiana district in congress, has represented that district in congress with the exception of one term from the year 1878 to the present time ; his brother succeeded to the position on the death of his father. Mr. Robertson has always been an acti\-e Democrat; has taken part in much imixirtant litigation ; in criminal law and as the attorney in personal injury cases, Mr. Robertson is the best known. He was one of the counsel representing the miners accused of the crimes committed at Wardner, Idaho, in 1899, when the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mill was destroyed, and represented the miners as counsel before the military committee of the house of representatives investigating the abuses charged to the military while in that district under martial law, which investigation extended through a period of three months.

PI. J. PENDLETON, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Andrew county, Missouri. Wiien sixteen years old he went to Colorado, where, for two years, he was engaged in mining. He then went back to Kansas and teamed a while, finally returning to the home of his youth in Missouri. He resided there continuously until 1883, when he came to Spokane county. His first employment after his arrival here was on a farm in the Palouse country, but he afterwards was engaged for a time on a road near Colfax. He next followed teaming around Spokane for a year, then spent two years on Wild Rose prairie, then for two years and a half was engaged in logging for Dr. Thomas, of Colville. At the end of that time he again returned to Spokane and the ensuing three years were passed in a saw-mill on Peone prairie. Subsequently he purchased a h;ilf interest in a logging outfit and with his partner, Fred Supple, furnislied the bridge timbers for the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad. He next logged for John Hutchins a year, then for Gimmell on the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad for a year, then followed the same business for some time at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. Returning to Spo- kaiie, he lived in the city a sliort time, but scon moved out onto his land five miles east, where has ever since resided. He is now one of the enterprising and successful farmers of his neighborhood and is interested in the rearing of high-grade cattle and horses. He has from fifteen to eighteen milch cows most of the year. He was married, on Peone prairie, on July 4, 1889, to Miss Maggie Co.x, and they have a family of si.x children, Roxie. .\da, Trov, Earl, Bessie aqd a child not named.

NOBLE C. HAIR, a pioneer of 1886, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1854. He grew to manhood in the state of his nativity, following a general lumbering antl milling business there until about thirty-two years old. He then came out to Spokane county, but after pursuing his former occupation in this state for two vears lie went to Georgia. Returnin"- to Spokane the next year, he again engaged in the lumber business, and to that industry his energies have been devoted continuously ever since. He has been interested in several mills in different parts of the country, including one built by him at what has since been named in his honor, Hair's Siding, and one at Chester. The latter was a large plant and kept thirty teams busy hauling away its output. At the present time, Mr. Hair is the owner of a mill at Lost Springs, having a capacity of twentvfive thousand feet per day, and supplied with a planer attachment. He is also the owner of a fine ten-acre tract five miles east of Spokane, highly improved and furnished with good buildings, including the largest chicken house in the county. .Almost the entire place is set to fruit trees. Mr. Hair has long been one of the leading mill men in the county. He is energetic and industrious, of unquestioned integrity, and his standing has ever been of the highest. He was married in Ohio, in 1881, to Ilia Stitsel, antl they now have a family of seven children : Lawrence M., Florence A., William H., Grace B., Charles A., Norman C. and Ervine ]\I.

J. .\. CRISLER, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Indiana, born December 17, 1849. He lived in that state until twenty-three years old, then went to Bates county, Missouri, thence to Kansas and from there to Colorado and back to Indiana, following the profession of school teaching in each of these states. He then traveled quite extensively for some time, visiting Chicago, the Niagara Falls and Philadelphia, but finally returning to liis native state. His ne.xt move was to California, then to Oregon. From the western part of that state he came to Umatilla Landing, purchased some ponies and rode into Spokane county, arriving here in 1878. Shortly afterward he homesteaded one hundred and si.xty acres of land, purchasing one hundred and si.xty more from the railroad company and upon this farm he has ever since resided, except for five years passed in Indiana. Formerly he used to divide his attention Ijetween lumbering and farming, but he sold his mill in 1890, went back to Indiana and engaged in the creamery business. Returning to this county in 1895, '^^ ^^^^ since devoted his entire energies to the improvement of his home. Mr. Crisler always has been and still is a leader in his community and the county, and he has in- \ariably manifested an intelligent interest in all enterprises for the general benefit. He is now a member of the board of trustees of his school district. He held the office of census enumerator in 1880 and it may be of general interest to note that at that time what was then known as Spokane county contained only fortytwo hundred inhabitants, including- Indians not on a reservation and Chinamen working on the Northern Pacific Railroad. Mr. Crisler was married, in Indiana, January 24, 1884, to Miss Melissa English, a native of Indiana, born September 11, 1855. They have a family of eight children, Guy E., Ansel B., Irma, Grace, True, Blanch, Ray and Merle, Mr, Crisler was one of the \-iewers of the first county road into Spokane Falls, which was established in 1878 from what was then Rattler's run, near Fairfield, to Spokane, via Henry's mill.

JOHN HEARN, secretary and superintendent for the Holland-Horr Mill Company, was born in Ohio in 1855, He received his early education in the schools of his native state, but, when thirteen years old, removed to Indiana, He learned the carpenter's trade and followed it most of the time while in that state and afterwards for about five years in Ohio, After coming to Spokane lie continued the pursuit of his handicraft for about three years, but subsequently entered the Spokane Sash, Door & Lumber Company, with which he was associated until it was merged into the Holland-Horr Company, He continued in the new firm, of which he is now secretary and superintendent. ]\lr. Hearn is a man of excellent business and executive ability and to his judgment and sagacity much of thesuccessofthemill company is due. They now have a large and flourishing trade both in the city and in nearby towns. As a man and a citizen. Mr. Hearn's record has always been above reproach and ever such as to win for him the respect and esteem of all who know him. He is, in fraternal affiliations, a member of Mount Carleton Lodge, No. 103, and Unique Encami)mcnt. No. t,2. I. O. O. F. He was married in 1897, to Debi>rah Franklin, a native of Toledo, Ohio.