Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 15 of 16)

\V. T. HORR, president and treasurer ot the Holland-Horr Mill Company, a pioneer of 1888, was born in Kansas, in 1862, and there the first twenty- four years of his life were passed. He followed lumbering during the lifetime of his father, then was engaged in farming for the remainder of his stay in Kansas. Upon coming to Spokane he re-entered the lumber Inisiness, serving as foreman in the yard of Air. W. B. Turner, now principal of the Cheney Normal School, until 1890. In 1892 he and his two brothers, with Mr, T, H, Holland,, formed the firm of Holland, Horr & Company, which dealt extensively in sash, doors, lumber, etc., until 1897. In that year they bought out part of the stockholders of the Spokane Sash, Door & Lumber Company and consolidated with that firm under the corporate name of the Holland-Horr Mill Company. They manufacture all kinds of mill work, sash, doors, moldings, etc., employing about si.xty men. all skilled mechanics. They do considerable business outside of the city. The company has a saw-mill at Clayton, on the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad, with a capacity of twenty thousand feet per day, Mr, Horr is one of the leading business men of this city, possessing an unusual degree of the shrewdness, sagacity and foresight which are characteristic of all men really successful in commercial pursuits. He is also one of the thoroughly reliable and substantial citizens of Spokane and though not ambitious for political preferment or leadership.

possesses the confidence and respect of the people generally. Fraternally Mr. Horr is identified with Mt. Carleton Lodge, No. 107, I. O. O. F., with Unique Encampment, No. 32, the Canton Patriarchs Militant. He is also a member of the I. O. F. He was married, in Spcikane, in 1894, to Clara J. Ellis, and they ha\-e one son, Harrv E.

L. W. SHAW, a pioneer of 1S88, was horn in Pike county, Illinois, in 1839, and there the first forty-nine years of his life were passed. He received good educational advantages and iipon arriving at years of maturity was variously engage<I in farming, school teaching and in the mercantile business. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Ninety-ninth Illinois Infantry, with the rank of second lieutenant. He served first in the caiupaign against General Marmaduke in iMissouri, then under General Grant. He participated in all the battles of the famous Vicksliurg campaign and when that had been brought to a successful issue his company was sent to New Orleans. Mr. Shaw, however, soon afterward resigned on account of disability. His military record is one of which he and his family have just cause to be proud, it being free from any rcjjroach of cowardice or stain of dishonor. i\t the time of his retirement from the army he held the rank of first lieutenant. In 1888 Mr. Shaw emigrated to Adams county, Washington, where he homesteaded one hundred and sixtv acres of land and purchased another tract adjoining. He was engaged in farming there continuously until 1897, then came to Spokane county and purchased land on the prairie east of the city of Spokane. He now gives most r)f his attention to the producing of wheat and barley. Mr. Shaw is one of the enterprising and progressive farmers of his Community and one of the most highly-esteemed and respected citizens. He is a member of the Cirand .\rmy of the Republic, in Pike county, Illinois. He was married first on May 3, 1864, to Anna A. Barney, who died May 16, 1874, leaving one son, Lewis A. He was next married. September 2, 1885, to Maria Shaw, and they have had five children ; Walter M. : Dora; Carl 15., who died by drowning, June 1 1, 1898; Mabel and Alfred E. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are members of the Congregational church.

J. E. HUMES, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Virginia in 1838, and his lot was cast in that state for nearly thirty years. He served under General Lee in the Confederate army and was all through the war from the very first battle to the last, receiving many wounds. After the war he spent a short time in Mexico, then resided for a brief period in Brownsville, Texas, but at length located in Morgan county, Missouri, where he resided for the ensuing seventeen years. The next four years of his life were passed in Te.xas, then two in Arkansas, his occupation being farming for the most part. He came to Spokane county in 1887. settling first on Deadman's creek, .\fter a residence of only a year, however, he removed to Post Falls, Idaho, and the next nine years were spent ther/e. He then returned to Spokane county and purchased a farm near Salte.se Lake, where he now resides. He is one of the substantial and successful farmers of that neighborhood. Mr. Humes has been twice married. In the state of Virginia, in 1874, he wedded Allie Rowland, who died in 1886, leaving six children: Fannie,

Mildred, Belle, James E., Roberta and Julia. He was next married, in 1895, to Mrs. Annie Milfner, a sister of his former wife. They are members of the Presbyterian church.

WILLI A:\I R. sweet, a pioneer of 1879. was Ijorn in Kansas in 1865. Pie came to Nevada when eleven years old, spent three years there, then moved to The Dalles, Oregon. After passing one summer in that town he came to Si)okane county, where his father homesteaded one hundred anfl sixty acres of land about four and a half miles from Mica postoffice. As soon as final proof was made this land was deeded to William R., who still owns and farms eighty acres of it. He is engaged in diversified farming and handles quite a large number of cattle and horses every year. He also has a nice little orchard of about four hundred fruit trees. Mr. Sweet is an industrious, enterprising man and a successful farmer, and he is highly esteemed and respected in his community. He was married in Kootenai, Washington, in 1894. to Miss Josephine Crouch, and they have one child, Roddy Curtis.

G. W. STOCKER, deputy county treasurer, a [jioneer of 1889, was Ijorn in Michigan in 1865. He received good educational advantages, completing a full course in the public schools and supplementing it by a thorough normal-school training. Upon leaving the normal college he engaged in school teaching, a ]irofessi(3n he followed both in his natix'e state and at Medical Lake, this county. Subse(|uently, however, he entered the law office of Jones & Vorhees with a view to preparing himself for admission to the bar. In 1892 he was admitted to practice in all the courts of this state, ancl from that time until 1899 he gave himself unreservedly to the pursuit of the legal profession. He then accepted an appointment to the office of deputy county treasurer and has been discharging his duties as such with ability and faithfulness ever since. Mr. Stocker is a young man of energy and i)rogressiveness and has taken quite an active ])art both in the judicial and in the political life of the city. In 1896 he was a candidate for justice of the peace, but was defeated by the Populists. Fraternally he is a pronnnent Odd Fellow, being at the present time grand scribe of the Grand Encampment of Washington.

S. T. WOODARD, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Pottawatomie. county, Kansas, in 1872. He resided in his native state until about ten years old, then came with his folks to Spokane county. He and his brother now own three hundred and twenty acres of land fi\-e miles east of this city, but they farm about eight hundred acres every year. They are the greatest indi\-idual wheat raisers in Spokane valley, though they also give considerable attention to stock raising. Mr. Woodard is a very enterprising young man, and his good judgment and executive ability are demonstrated by the fact that he directs .successfully a ranch so e.xtensive as to be totally beyond the management of multitudes of men of twice his age and experience. As a man and a citizen he stands well in his romnnunty, his unwavering integrity and sterling (|ua1ities winning for him the respect and esteem f)f all. For the past two years he has been road supervisor in his district, and he served one term as deputy assessor. Fra- ternally he is a member of the Sons of Veterans and the Woodmen of the World He was married in Spokane county, January 31, 1897, to CiceHa Larson, a native of Michigan, and they are the parents of two children, Harry, deceased, and Viola.

WALTER LINKE, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Illinois in 1871, but when less than a year old was brought by his parents to Rathdrum, Idaho, where he lived until 1877. He then moved to the vicinity of Saltese lake, and has lived on his father's homestead there continuously since, in recent years renting the farm from his father. He owns about eighty head of cattle and handles many horses and hogs in the course of a year. His farm comprises about one hundred and si.xteen acres, and he has about four Jiundred acres under cultivation. He is one of the most active, energetic and successful young farmers in that neighborhood, thoroughly progressive and upto-date in his plans and methods. As a citizen, also, he stands well in his community, taking a lively interest in every enterprise which promises to advance the material and social interests of the community, and ever ready to do his share for the promotion of the general welfare. He was married May 31, 1897, to Fannie S. Humes, of Post Falls, Idaho. Mr. Linke and wife are members of the First Presbyterian church at Post Falls, Idaho.

MAXIME MULOUIN. a pioneer of 1871. is a native of Canada, born in 1840. He remained in the land of his birth until twentyone years old, then set out across the plains.

coming all the way to Green River by team, and making the remainder of the journey to California on horse-back. During his stay in California he was in the packing business, transporting supplies to the mines in summer, and in winter conveying goods from a place called Dobbin's ranch to various parts of the state. In 1864 he came to the Kootenai country and followed mining for a year, then engaged in packing between that region and Walla \\'alla. He traveled with his pack train over the place he now owns, as early as 1864. He- followed the packing business until 1870, then, in the following year moved to the point now known as Mica and bought out a man called Knight. He also took a pre-emption, and later used his homestead right to secure a place, formerly pre-empted by a deceased brother. He now owns about eighteen hundred acres of land, four hundred of which are under cultivation. He is engaged in diversified farming, but his principal business is raising and handling stock. Mr. Mulouin is a typical pioneer, and has seen perhaps as much of life in a frontier country as any man in this county. He is a thrifty, enterprising farmer, and though he has never been ambitious for leadership, is well liked and highly respected by the people of his community. Socially he is affiliated with the F. & A. M., being a member of Lodge Xo. 34 at Spokane.

HOWARD R. WOODARD. a pioneer of 1882, is a native of Kansas, born in 1867. He lived there until about fifteen years old, then came to The Dalles, Oregon. .-Xfter a brief residence in that town, he moved to Spokane county, where he secured a position with the C. & C. Milling Company, by which firm he was employed until 1898. On the 25th of

April of that year, however, lie enlisted in Company L, First Washington Volunteer Infantry, and he served thereafter as a quartermastersergeant during the entire Philippine war. He participated in the battle of Paco, fought February 5, 1899. the engagements at San Pedro Macati, which took place between February 14 and March 12, 1899. the battle of Guadaloupe, March 13. and of Pateros, March 14, 1899. also in numerous skirmishes. From the 7th to the 17th, and from the 19th to the 26th of April he was under fire continuously. He took part in the Calamba expedition, lasting from July 26 to August 21. 1899. and was mustered out of the service November i of that year. On February 28, 1900, shortly after his return to Spokane, he was appointed on the city police force. He is discharging his duties faithfully and efficiently, and is justly regarded as one of the city's best police officers. As a man and a citizen he has always maintained a high standing in Spokane, commanding, by liis integrity and unswerving devotion to duty, the respect and good will of all. Fraternally he is affiliated with John A. Logan Post, Sons of Veterans, and with the I. O. O. F., and is first lieutenant of General King Garrison, Veterans of the Spanish-American War.

L. B. MERRIAM, a pioneer of 1881, is a native of Maine, born August 3, 1835. He received an academic education, then engaged in lumbering. He became very e.xtensively interested in that business, erecting .several large mills. On October 5, 1861, he enlisted as musician in the First Maine Cavalry, but on the 25th of August of the following year, he was mustered out. congress having passed an act discharging all military bands. He then returned home and resumed his former occupation, doing a large and prosperous business until 1 88 1, when he sold out and came to Spokane. Upon arriving here he entered the employ of D.W. Small, a contractor in lumber and ties for the Northern Pacific Railroad, as bookkeeper, but two years later he purchased an inerest with Mr. Small and they erected a sawmill above Rathdrum. Idaho, and did log contracting for the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1885 this plant was burned down, the loss being about fifty thousand dollars. The next year Mr. Merriam was appointed, by the United States government, engineer in the construction of a fort at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. The work completed, he returned to Spokane in 1890 and became a partner of A. M. Cannon in the lumber and lime business. They located on Pend d'Oreille lake, built a steamer and continued in business two years. At the end of that time Mr. Merriam came back to Spokane and went to work at his trade, the jewelry business, and he has continued in that line ever since, his present location being 104 Howard street. He is quite extensively interested in mining, being a member of the Erie Consolidated ]\Iining Company, which operates on the north fork of the Salmon river in British Columbia, and has some good paying properties. Fraternally he is identified with J. L. Reno Post, No. 47, G. A. R., of Spokane. Mr. Merriam is one of the enterprising and successful business men of the city, and in his extensive lumbering ventures he has displayed a talent for handling large concerns and large crews of men rarely equaled. He was married in Maine, in November, 1856. to Miss Susan Jones, a native of that state, and they have four children: Charles H., an attorney; Frank L. ; Willis H., also an attorney; and Una F. Charles and Frank were through the Philip-

C. H. MERRIA]\I, of the law firm of Merriam & Merriam, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Maine, born November 10. i860. He grew to manhood in that state, conii)Ictinij a course of study in the high school and supplementing his education In^ three years' work in the University of Maine. In 1887 he came to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, where he served as assistant mechanical engineer for a time, then to Fort Laramie, Wyoming, serving as chief mechanical engineer there until 1889. He next came to Spokane, entered upon the study of law with his brother, Willis H., and in 1891 secured admission to the bar of this state. He was engaged in the active practice of Iiis profession here until the outbreak of the Spanish-.\merican war, then enlisted in Company A, First Washington \'olunteers. He left Spokane April 30, 1898, was mustered into service the 9th of the following May, and on October 28, left San Francisco for INIanila, arriving there Deceml)er 2. He was stationed in the Paco district of ^Manila, and on January 19, 1899, was transferred to Company L. He was with his company in all the engagements of the First ^\'ashington. discharging his duties with great faithfulness and valor, and receiving special mention by Colonel ^^'holley, also a written recommendation for a commission in the volimteer service, for his distinguished service at the capture of Pateros in March 14, 1899, he being one of the eight who brought boats up the Pasig ri\'er in the face of a murderous fire for the purpose of conveying the remainder of the command across, and who assisted in the crossing, the command being under fire all the time. He was mustered out with the rest of liis company, November i, 1899, at San Francisco, coming thence to Spokane, where he resumed his practice of law. He is one of the leading young lawyers of the city and has been very successful in building up a large and lucrative practice. In politics he has always been an active Republican, taking an intelligent interest in all the issues, local and general. Fraternally he affiliates with John A. Logan Camj). No. 2, Sons of Veterans, of which he is post captain. He now belongs to the J. O. U. .\. M., also to Garrison General Charles King, of the Spanish-.Vmerican and Philippine War Veterans, also to the order of Knights of Malta. Since returning from the war Mr. Merriam has been appointed deputy county clerk, a position he still holds.

ROBERT EWART, mining and stock broker, rooms 205-206 Rookery, a pioneer of the state of 1871, was born in Illinois, February 7, 1857. He accjuired most of his education in the public schools there, but when fourteen years old accompanied his parents to the site of the present town of Colfax, where he resided until 1 88 1. In that year he came to Cheney and, in comj)any with Mr. J. H. Hughes, engaged in the hardware business. He continued in that line until 1885, then moved to Coeur dWlene City and went into steaniboating with Cajjtain Sandborn. Two years later he removed to Portland, where he was engaged in real estate and brokerage until 1891, when he went to Kaslo, British Columbia, and started a hardware store. In 1893 he removed to Nelson. British Columbia, and engaged in mining, operating the Nelson Poorman mine until 1897. He then went into the brokerage and mining business in Spokane, with Daven- port, Paine & Company. He is now largely interested in various properties, being a heavy stockholder in the Rambler and other \alnable mines. The firm to which he belongs is one of the largest of its kind in the country. It buys and sells large amounts of real estate, operating with its own capital. ]Mr. Ewart seems not to be especially interested in political matters, though he served as a mem1)er of the Cheney city council while there. He Ijelongs to the Mining Brokers' Association, of which he is treasurer, and is affiliated prominently with the Masonic order. He was married in Colfax, July 1 8, 1878, to Miss !Mary L. Davenport, a native of Oregon, and they have a family of three children : Charles W., Anna P. and John J. D. Mr. Ewart's father, Captain James Ewart, is postmaster at Colfax.

Lieutenant Charles E.Nosler

a pioneer of 1878, was born in Linn county, Iowa, June 29, 1870. In early infancy he was brought by his parents to Oregon, and from that state before the year was over to Colfax, where he resided until 1870. He then came to Spokane and attended the public schools here, supplementing his education by a term in a business college. He subsccjuently opened a real estate and rental business and continued in that business until the advent of the hard times, then went into one of the county offices as a clerk. In 1897 he formed a partnership with F. A. Fender and H. G. Stratton, and again engaged in the real estate business, maintaining an office until the outl)reak of the Spanisb-.-Xmerican war. On April 25, 1898, he enlisted in Company L, First Washington Volunteer Infantry, as first sergeant, and before leaving the United States was promoted to the second lieutenancy of his company. He acted as battalion signal officer for a time, and l)artici])ated in all the engagements in which his company tnnk jjart, which, as is well know 11, meant practically ever)' engagement in which the division took part. He was in command of his company at the battle of Caienta and Taitay and in the expedition which resulted in the capture of He was also in command of one of four select companies which were sent from the \\'ashington regiment to take part in the capture of the city of Calanda, where his coiupany and others remained to protect the city against the repeated attempts of the famous General Mah-ar and his tronjis to retake the place. Mrs. Nosier was in the \'olunteer Red Cross service throughout the war, and lalmrcd in the general hospital in Manila for some time. On returning home from the Philippines Lieutenant Nosier was tendered the position of office dei)uty in the sheriff's office of this county, where he remained until the first of March of this year, when he became a part owner in the town site of Pateros, Okanogan county, where he now resides.

J. B. MEYERS, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1857, but, when he was quite voung his family moved to Minneapolis. He lived there for seven years, then moved to Rice county, ^Minnesota, where he farmed until 1887. In that year he came to Spokane c<xuity, and purchased eighty acres of .school land and eighty acres of railroad land near Trent, upon which he has made his home ever since. He is a thrifty, enterprising, progressive farmer, and has recently erected a splendid new house and barn. He is quite a leader in politics and has been secretary of the Farmers" Alliance and later of the Populist party. He was married in Minnesota, in 1883. to Alice Rosslow, and they have a family of two children. Alphens and Vernard.

WALTER A. HENRY, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Louisiana, Missouri, in 1840. and lived there until the outbreak of the war. In March, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Third Missouri Cavalry, served in the Western Division under Generals Rosecrans. Schofield and Ewing, and took ])art in many campaigns, battles and skirmishes. He was in the army almost during the entire war, and he has a very enviable military record. After being mustered out in INIarch, 1865, he went to Kansas, and from that state, in 1871, he moved to Klickitat county, Washington. He .spent a year there, then went to Oregon, and lie was engaged for a number of years thereafter in mining and stock raising in different parts of Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho. In 1883 he came to Spokane and in 1885 took a homestead and pre-emption near Saltese lake, where he and his l)rother-in-law. Dr. Allison, of Spokane, now have a stock ranch of one thousand, three hundred acres. They also have a nice orchard of about five hundred bearing trees, and are engaged in handling fruit and rearing thoroughlired Polled .Vngus cattle. Mr. Henry is an industrious, enterprising man, well known and highly esteemed throughout his part of the county. He has always taken an active and intelligent interest in local politics, and he held the oflice of deputy assessor under Harl J. Cook. Socially he is affiliated with the G. .\. R., Iieing a memljer of the post at Salem, Oregon. He was married in Palouse City, in 1889, to Miss Laura .\llison.

P. D. DENNY was born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, in 1843. He resided there until fifteen years old, then moved to IlHnois, where he followed farming for nine years. In 1866 he went to Nebraska, then a territory, and was engaged in architectural work, contracting and building there for the ensuing thirty years. He next moved to Spokane, where he has been giving his attention to the same business ever since, doing contract work on many of the fine buildings erected in the past three years. He is a thorough mechanic in his line, having devoted the efforts of many years to architecture and building, and the probabilities are that he will have an abundant measure of success in this rapidly growing city. He is a member of the Masons from the Blue lodge to the Scottish rite, and also belongs to the I. O. O. F., the K. P., the A. O. U. W. and the Red Men. He was married in Fremont, Nebraska, in 1868, to Marguerite Close, and they have two children : Roy and Eva. They have a pleasant home at block 14, Queen Ann addition.

J.AMES G. DYER, a pioneer of the state, of 1882, and of the county, of 1889, was born in Missouri, in 1838. When six years old he went to Fort Scott, Kansas, residing there until 1852, thence to Fort Riley, in the western part of the state, where he remained for the ensuing twenty years. He was engaged during this entire period as a farmer and driver on the plains. In 1882 he came to Idaho. He followed agricultural pursuits there until 1889, then moved to Spokane county, where he has ever since resided. He owns a farm, but is at present living on a rented place five miles east of Sjwkane. He is one of the thrifty and successful farmers of the county and one of its enterprising citizens. He was married, in Kansas, in 1867, to Sarali L. Burk. They had one son, Init he died in early infancy.

W. H. KRAMER, a pioneer of May, 1885, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1837. When twenty-two years old he left his native state and moved to Pike's Peak, Colorado, but soon went back to Iowa, where he was engaged in the milling business for many years. He then purchased land in Dallas and Madison counties, Iowa, and followed farming until 1885, when he came to Spokane county. He bought cattle here and herded them on the ranges for some time, then purchased three hundred and twenty acres, sixteen and a half miles east of Spokane, where he now resides. He has a fine farm with a rich, fertile soil and raises large quantities of hay every year. He also has a splendid orchard of twenty-two acres, all the trees being in full bearing. Mr. Kramer is a very industrious, progressive and intelligent farmer and one of the most successful in his community. Sociallv, he affiliates with the F. & A. M.

RUDOLPH DOERR was born in Germany, in 1857. He resided there until eighteen years old, acquiring the usual common-school education and learning tlie mercantile trade. Upon coming to New York, in 1875, he entered a dry goods house, liy which he was employed for the ensuing three years. He then served as a clerk in Wilkes Barre. Pennsylvania, and ir Buffalo, New York, for a numlier of years, also was with the German Bank in Buffalo four years. From 1886 to 1897 he was in the oil region of Pennsylvania, engaged in the bottling business, but in the latter year he came to Sjjokane and associated himself with Joseph R. Mitchell, under the name of Doerr, Mitchell & Company, and opened a store, carrying a stock of electrical and gas supplies. He is building up a large and prosperous business here. hVatcrnally, Mr. Doerr is identified with the I. O. O. F. and the K. P. He was married, in Buffalo, New York, in 1885, to Stephanie Nowack, and they have three children : Elsa, Hilda and Leona. He built a pleasant liome at 1631 Pacific avenue, where he resides.

J. H. HUGHES, deceased, a pioneer of 1879, was a native of Kentucky, born April 10, 1846. His parents died when he was very young and at the age of thirteen he started in life for himself, going to New York state and following various occupations there. About 1867 he came to Salt Lake City, Utah, and entered the employ of the Wells Fargo Express Company as agent. He later served in the same capacity for the Overland Stage Company. From Utah he moved to southern California and again became agent for the Wells Fargo Company. In 1879 he came to Colfax, Washington, and went to work for E. G. Linington as cashier in his bank, but the following year he moved to Cheney. He was engaged in the hardware business there until 1889, then .served for four years as receixer in the land office at S])okane. For two years thereafter he was state grain ins])ector. In March, 1898, he moved to Republic with .\. W. Strong and they together established the Republic Bank, of which Mr. Hughes had full charge. He was, i'noreo\'er, one of the heavy owners of Republic mine, Xo. 2, and was quite extensively interested in the leading stocks of the camp. ]\Ir. Hughes was a man of sound and unerring Ijusiness judgment and possessed the foresight essential to the really eminent in commercial pursuits, hut above all he was a man of integrity and unquestioned moral rectitude. He therefore enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him and when he died, on May 7, 1899, he was mourned by a host of friends. Fraternally, he was a prominent member of the Masonic order. He was married, in San Bernardino, California, January 21, 1877, to Miss Mary D. Boren. a native of that state, and they have one son, Robert, an assayer at Loomis, Washington. ^Irs. Hughes is a member of the Order of the I^astern Star.

L. E. McGEE. an energetic young business man of this city, was born in Dcs Moines, Iowa, but was early taken to Chicago, Illinois, where his boyhood was passed. He receixed his education in the public schools there, also attending the A. and M. in Texas, and other colleges, studying in addition to the liberal arts, civil and mechanical engineering. In 1899 lis came to Si)okime and reorganized the Spokane Brick & Lime Company, with headquarters at 328 Main avenue, an enterprise which, in his skillful hands, has jjroved a success from the start. Everything around their plant is bustle and hurry, teams mo\-ing in and out and building material of e\-erv description being rushed on its way to erect some new edifice. The company are manufacturers and jobbers in lime, cement, brick, hair, plaster, etc., and are also wholesale :uid commission dealers in grain, hay and feed. A new draw kiln has recently been completed at S(juaw Bay, Lake Pend d'Oreille, near Hope, Idaho, and large (piantities of lime are being manufactured there continuously. Outside towns are already crowding this firm with their orders and the business is growing rapidly and constantly. Mr. McGee is a \ery progressive, enterprising, talented young man, full of faith in the future of Spokane and firmly resolved to increase his trade to the full measure of its possibilities. Thoroughly posted in his business, he can fill any position, whether tliat of weigher, bill clerk, bookkeeper or manager, successfully. If indications can be relied upon, the Spokane Brick & Lime Company will, under his management, become a gigantic industry in the near future and Mr. McGee will become one of the most successful business men of the Northwest. He is a nephew of Governor Ross, of Te.xas. and is named after that distinguished gentleman.

ALBERT TARRY is a native of Leavenworth. Kansas, born in 1868. He spent the first thirty years of his life in the city of his" birth. early learning the trade of a plasterer and working at is almost continuously since. He came to S])okane county quite recently and is now superintending the construction of an eight-thousand-dollar hotel in cour.se of erection at Liberty Lake. Mr. Tarry is a very energetic business-like young man and these qualities, together wtth his thorough mastery of his chosen handicraft, give assurance that he will have a successful career in this part of the state. He is a member of the National Reserve and also belongs to the Plasterers'

Union. He was married, in Leavenworth, Kansas, in April, 1S87, to }iliss Louise Fullam. They have had two children, namely : Myrtle, living, and Elizabeth, deceased January 26, 1897.

THOMAS E. GARDNER, a pioneer of 1881, was born in California, in 1866. and he lived in that state until fourteen years old, acquiring his education in the public schools there. He then came to Spokane county, where he followed farming continuously until 1899, but in that year he sold his farm and purchased the old Arlington Livery stables, on Front street between Bernard and Washineton. He now has a fine barn there, well fitted up and equipped for a general livery business and for the accommodation of transients. He also owns a farm east of Pleasant prairie. Mr. Gardner is a man who has always stood well wherever he has lived, being a reliable and substantial citizen and a good neighbor. He was married in Spokane county. May 19, 1895. to Ina Haines, a native of Minnesota, and they have a family of three children: Charles, Myrtle and Nina.

ALEX. H. GREGG, one of the promising young attorneys of the city, office, room 624 Rookery Iniilding, is a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, born March 11, 1874. He was reared on a farm and acquired his education in the public schools of his neighborhood and at the Jefferson Academy, from which he graduated in 1897. He then entered the Pittsburg Law School, where he studied for a year, subsequently entering the Iowa College of Law, from which he received his LL. B. degree in 1899. After graduating he came direct to Spokane, opened an office and began the practice of his profession. Mr. Gregg is an ambitious young man, devoted to his business and possessing a degree of energy, determination and natural ability, which gives assurance that he will rapidly advance to the front ranks of the profession in this city and state. I'ratcrnally. he is a member of tiie Modern Woodmen.

A. J. ]\IIXER, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, August 28, 181 3. He was, however, reared in Virginia. At the age of thirteen he removed to Portsmouth,, Ohio, and eighteen months later to St. Louis, Missouri, where he served a seven years' apprenticeship to the trad# of a millwright. He then worked as a carpenter for two years,, subsequently going to Osceola, Alissouri. Shortly afterwards he went to the Mexican, war. in which he served twelve months. Hethen went to Virginia, raised a company of emigrants, and crossed the plains to Oregon. He removetl thence to California, upon the discovery of gold, and before a year had passed had taken from the ground a hundred and four pounds of the precious metal. He has followed mining ever since. In 1859 he came to Walla Walla, remained there until 1876,. then went to California, Arizona and Xew Mexico. In 1880 he came to Spokane county and prospected in and around Chattaroy for some time, but during the last ten or twelve years has been operating in British Columbia. Mr. Miner was married first, in Missouri, in 183S, but his wife died in 1845, leaving one child. On January 8. i860, he was married again to Mrs. Sarah G. Wright. His meet- ing with this lady happened in this wise. He and Mrs. Wright, then absoUite strangers to each other, were on the same boat near Salem. when the lady fell overlioartl. 'Sir. Miner (love to the bottom of the river and came up -shortly with some portions of her clothing. He went down again and this time succeeded in bringing her to the surface in an unconscious state. \\'lien he met her again she asked him if he was not tlie man who had rescued her. Receivins' an affirmati\-e rei)l\-.

;she said, "\\'ell, I owe you my life." "Why 'do you not give it to him liien?" said Father Wilbur, who stood near, "l am perfectly 'willing to receive it," said Mr. Miner, and the lady being also agreeable. the\- were married at once, although at that time our hero was in ignorance e\"en of her name. This .Mrs. Miner died in 1878, and in \H()() Mr. Miner Avas married to Haimah Nelson, his present wife. Mr. Miner is a typical pioneer, possessed of courage, fortitude, an adventurous .spirit and all the other good qualities which ielong to the true frontiersman. 1 le parlicipated in the Rogue river wars antl in many other conflicts with the red men in different parts of the west.

J. S. WOODARD. a pioneer of 1883, was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, in 1836. He was, however, reared in Illinois, where he had l)een taken by his parents in his infancy. In 1854 he moved to Kansas, and from that state, October 7, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, which formed a part of the \\'estern division. He ser\'ed until 19, 1864, ]iarticipating in the battle of Prairie Grove and about forty other engagements, in one of which he was wounded in the left eye. After faithfully discharging his military duties he returned to his farm in Kansas and there resided until 1882. He th.en came to Oregon and remained a season, then tried the Palouse C(nmtry for a short time, but soon moved into Spokane, where for the four years ensuing he followed carpentering and teaming. Since that time lie has been engaged in gardening, fruit raising and gener.d farming on a tract of eighty acres about si.\ miles east of Spokane. He is a highly esteemed and respected citizen of the county and has tiie full confidence and good will of Ins neighliors. Fraternally, he has been affiliated with tJie (]. .\. R. Me was married in Kansas, June 7, 1863, to Sarah Dyer, of that state, and they have had seven children, namely: Howard R. ; Oliver J., deceased; Seth T. : Richard H. : Effie, deceased; Marcine ]-... deceased, and one that died in infancy. Howard R. was a member of Company L, First Washington Volunteer Infantry, holding the rank of (|uartermaster-sergcant during the entire Piiilippine war.

T. L. CATTERSO.X. M. D.. rooms 228 and 229 Hyde block, a pioneer of 1885, is a native of Geneva, New York, born February 6. 1857. He received his education in the public schools and in Hobart College, in which he took a two years' course. Two years later he began the study of medicine and in 18S0 entered the medical department of the University of Michigan. He studied there for two years, then went to northern Michigan and practiced a while. I)ut later entered the Detroit College of Medicine, from which he received his M. D. degree in 1887. He thereu])on returned to Spokane, where he has ever since resided. His superb abilities as a physi- cian soon came to l^e recognized in tliis cilv, so that l:)efore long he had worked nj) a large practice, which he has continued to increase until it is now very extensive. His standing among his fellow practitioners is good, he being prominently identified with the various medical associations. He is a member of the Spokane Medical Society, of which he is past president, also of the State Medical Society and of the .Vmerican Medical Association. He served as county physician from 1889 to 1892. Fraternally, the Doctor is a prominent Mason, being past master of the Oriental Lodge, No. 34, and affiliated with all the bodies of Ma.sonry. He also belongs to the A. O. U. W. and the Independent Order of Foresters, for both of which he is medical examiner. He was married in Michigan, in October, 1876, to Miss Addie Van Houten, a iVdtWt of New York, who died February 13, 1896, leaving one daughter, Evelyn, born January 7, 1890. He was married again in Spokane in November, 1898, to Mrs. Annie Goodner, a native of Missouri.

W. H. LANDES, who has been a resident of Spokane county since 1897, was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, and the first fifteen years of his life were spent in that state. In 1854 he came to Oregon and he was engaged in farming there for the ensuing twenty-one years, then came to Whitman county, Washington, where the next seventeen years were passed. He then moved to Bonner's Ferry, purchased a farm and lived on it for three years, subsequently moving to Latah county, Idaho, where he remained until 1897. In that year he came to Spokane county and bought a tract of eighty acres a mile southwest of

Liberty lake, where he now lix'es. He is engaged in raising grain hay, but also gives considerable attention to horticulture. He was married, at Latah, Spokane county, in r88r, to Malissa Price, and they have Ijeen jjarents of eight children : h^lsie E., wlio died when two and a half months old, also Daisy A., Ruby B., Liddie C. Ray B., Oscar K., Bessie A. and Ruth A., living.

THOMAS BREST, one of the rising young business men of Spokane, was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1872. and the first eighteen years of his life were spent in that noted Canadian city. He was a butcher l)y trade, but on coming west went to work as a miner in. the gold region of California. After two years of life in the mining camps, he came to Spokane county and resumed his early occupation. He ran the Idaho market for a while, then opened in partnership with Charles Mulholland at Second and Cedar, where they have a fine market, always well supplied with everything in their line. Mr. Prest is an industrious, energetic young man and one who will succeed in anything he undertakes if success is at all possible. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Foresters, the Red Men and the Masons. He was married in California, June 9. 1893. to Miss Mary Edwards and they have one child. Thomas.

JOHN \V. GLOVER, a pioneer of 1879, was born in the state of Missouri in 1842. When seven years old he crossed the plains with his parents to Oregon, making the entire tri.p with ox-teams. He remained in that state continuously for the ensuing thirty years, engaged, after reaching adult age, in fanning. He then moved to Spokane comity. where he became a transfer man and teamster, using in his business the first hack e\-er Ijrouglit to the city. He continued thus emplo3'ed until 1889, at the same time running a livery stable with Mr. L. C. Gilliam, under the firm name of Glover & Gilliam. They had a stage route from Spokane to Marcus, via Chewalah and Colville, and they also, in 1887. ran to the Little Dalles. In 1889 Mr. Glover sold his property and engaged in the real estate business. He has been prominently identified with the de\elopment of the county and city of Spokane. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married in Spokane, in June, 1884, to Mrs. Maggie Paynton, and they have one son, Sherman.

A. R. STEIN, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Germany, in 1840. He lived in his fatherland until twenty-seven years old, acquiring the usual common-school education, then learning and following the trade of a harnessmaker. In 1867 he emigrated to .Vmerica, locating first in Michigan, where he farmed for two years. He then went to Illinois and ran a harness-shop there for five years, after which he followed farming in Nebraska for eight successive years. At the end of that period he came to Spokane county and purchased land five and a half miles smith of Medical Lake, upon which he has made his home ever since. He now has a fine farm of one hundred and si.xty acres and raises wheat, oats and garden products. Mr. Stein has a splendid three-acre orchard, the oldest in his part of the county. He is an enterprising.

progressive and successful farmer. He takes a lively and intelligent interest in all affairs of local concern and has served for some years as a member of the l)oard of school directors. He was married in Illinois, in 1872, to Anna B. Fretus, and they have six children living, two sons and four daughters.

ALONZO M.VXNING, a pioneer of 1884, is a native of Intlianapolis, Indiana, born December 25, 1858. When a year old he was taken by his parents to Genesee county, Michigan, where he grew to manhood, receiving liis education in the public and high schools.

EMIL SIEGEXTHALER, proprietor of the Plantation cigar factory, 329 Main avenue, was born in Switzerland, October 4, 1874. When ten years of age he accompanied his parents to .America, finally locating at Humbolt, Nebraska. The next year, however, they removed to Columbus, Nebraska, where Mr. Siegenthaler attended the public school, afterwards learning the trade of a cigarmaker. He worked as a journeyman there for a number of years, but in 1891 moved to Tacoma, Washington, and opened an establishment known as the Plantation cigar factory. The next year he came to Spokane and established a plant by the same name here, where he manufactures all kinds of higli-grad!- cigars. He does a large business, employing ten men steadily, their average daily output being about two thousand cigars. Mr. Siegenthaler is an excellent tradesman, having devoted the efforts of many years to his handicraft exclusively. He also possesses good commercial ability, so that his business will doubtless continue to grow and improve as it becomes older. Fraternally, he is identified with the Improved Order of Red Men and with the Swiss Gruettli Society, of Spokane. He \\as married in this city, in September, 1897, to Miss May Dickenson, a native of Iowa, and they have one daughter, Lucetta L.

ALBERT ALLEN, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Plymouth, Indiana, born August 17, 1846. In 1854 his parents moved to Minnesota and thence, in 1857, to Hudson. Wisconsin, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of the University at Madison, Wisconsin, then read law with Senator John C. Spooner until admitted to the bar in 1871. In 1876 he removed to Deadwood, South Dakota, where he practiced successfully until 1884, comingthen to Eagle City, Idaho. He made the trip o\-er the Bitter Root mountains on foot, pulling a toboggan over the trail, though the snow at the time was fifteen feet deep on the summits. He practiced law in Eagle City for a time and was one of the owners of the Bunker Hill and Sulli\'an mines when they were sold. It was through his efforts, previous to the sale, that a contract was made with the Helena Concentrating Company for the working of the mines. This caused the building of the narrow gauge railroad by the Creur d' Alene Railway & Navigation Company. He was attorney for that railroad from its organization until it was sold to the Northern Pacific in 1888 and for the Northern Pacific at Spokane from 1889 to 1893. He was also attorney for the Sj^okane Falls & Northern Railroad from its inci])iency to 1899. He is now engaged in the general practice of law in this city, but devotes uKJSt of his time to mining litigations in Washington, Idaho and Montana. He ranks among the leading lawyers of this state and his fame as a mining attorney extends generally over the entire Pacific coast. He is himself a mining man and has contributed very much towards the development of the region trilnitary to Sijokane. In the councils of the city, also, his influence has been very sensibly felt, especiailv in the framing of the new charter. Mr. Allen was married in Wisconsin, December 24, 1873 to IVIiss Lillie D. Munson, a nati\e of Vermont. Their family consists of one son, Frank D., and two daughters, Gertrude, now wife of Clarence Smith, of Spokane, and Fannie

FRANK HURLBIAN. a pioneer of 1884. is a native of Switzerland, born September 21, 1856. He grew to manhood in the land of his birth, attending college there. After completing his education he spent some time in traveling, making a trip over various parts of France, Italy and Africa. In 1883 he came to the L'nited States, locating in Dayton, Ohio, Init in the following year he came to Spokane and entered the employ of Mr. Rohrer on a dairy farm. Subsequently he went to work for Palmtag & Mueller in the California brewery and later for Victor Desert in the Sprague branch brewery, which he afterwards bought. He also owned the CcEur d' Alene Exchange. In 1888 he visited

Europe, traveling over several of the countries, and on his return, the following year, he purchased the O. K. saloon on Sprague street, also a residence on the north side. In tlie big fire of 1889 his buildings were all burned, but he started the O. K. saloon again on Lincoln street and he later bought the Howe Plate saloon on Washington street. He then opened the Washington sample rooms on \\'ashington street near Riverside, but in 1894 sold out. The ne.xt year he started in business on Stevens street, then moved to Third and Pine and opened a lodging house, liut in 1899 he sold this also. He is a member of the Quartette Swiss Society, the Sons of Plerman and the Foresters of America. He was married in Spokane, in 1887, to Miss !Mary Krouse. a native of Austria, who died in 1893. He was next married, in 1895. to Mrs. Theodora Schwarz, a native of Germany, and they have two children : Roy A. and Theodora F.

FRED W. STEFFER, of the firm of Steffer & Parmeter. a pioneer of 1889. is a native of Germany, l)orn in 1867. He was, however, reared in this country, having been brought to America by his parents when only eighteen months old. The family finally locatetl iu- Sibley county, Minnesota, and Mr. Steffer lived there until 1889. in which year he came to this city. He followed the hotel business here for six years, then became proprietor of a grocery store, and he has been engaged in that species of enterprise continuously to the present time. Since August. 1899. he has been located on the corner of ^lonroe and Broadway, where they have a large store building, supplied with a splendid stock of new and fresh goods. He is a thrifty, up-to-date business man and enjoys a good patronage. Like m.ost of the leading citizens of Spokane, he takes a lively interest in mining enterprises, and is himself owner of some promising properties in the region tributary to this city. He owns a comfortably furnished home at 0507 Ash street. Mr. Steffer was married in Cheney, in 1892. to Paulina Belts, and they have a family of two children: Florence and Mvrtle.

R. r\L\CKENZIE.who came to this county in 1890. is a native. of Nova Scotia, born in 1838. He lived in the province of his birth until twenty years old, then went to Boston and worked at the carpenter trade for the ensuing si.x years. He next moved to Nebraska and was engaged in a general stock raising business until 1890, when he came to Spokane county. Shortly after his arrival here he purchased eight hundred and six acres on the west side of Liberty lake, where he is now extensively engaged in diversified farming. He has a herd of thirty-five full-blood Jersey cattle which he brought from the East. He also owns a hotel of twenty rooms, which in the summer seasons are all occupied by pleasure seekers from Spokane who come out to enjoy the fishing, boat-riding and bathing facilities. Mr. Mackenzie has seventeen boats for the use of his guests and two large stables for their teams. The lake is three miles long by about one and a half wide, and is from twentyfive to forty feet deep. There are on Mr. Mackenzie's place several curiosities, among which are an Indian house, supposed to be the birthplace of Ouinny Moses, deputy Indian chief, and to be over one hundred years old, also the largest apple trees in the state, said to have been planted over thirty years ago

Ijy tlie Hudson's Bay Company's employees. Mr. Mackenzie is a very enterprising, industrious and successful farmer, a good business man and a representative citizen of the county and he is highly esteemed and respected by all who know him. He was married in Nova Scotia, in 1869, to ^liss Anabel McLean, and they have a family of fi\-e children, namely: Ella May. Charles L., Carrie L., William A. and John S.

SAMUEL GREEN was born in Iowa, in 1854, and lived there until twenty-eight years old, then came to Washington. He resided in different parts of this state and in Idaho for some time, then located in Kootenai county, Idaho, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land not far from Spokane Bridge postoffice. also one hundred and sixty acres two miles southwest of Spokane Bridge. He has a fine farm, well improved, and a splendid orchard of eighteen hundred fruit trees. He is also interested in market gardening. Mr. Green is a very active, energetic and progressive farmer and one of the most successful orchardists in his community. He was married, in Iowa, in 1879, to Miss Charlotte Huffman, a native of that state, and they are parents of four children, namely: Frank, Harry E,, Hallie A. and Charles.

THOMAS J. 0\'ER:\I.\N, manager for the Fred T. Merrill Cycle Company, in Spokane, is a native of Oregon, born in i860. He was educated in the public schools of that state, then learned the harness and saddlery l)usiness, a line which he followed exclusively until coming to Spokane. In 1895 he established in this city a branch of the Fred T. Merrill Cycle Company. He is now located at 8to Riverside a\'enuc. where he has an immense stock of ui)-to-date bicycles, repairs and sundries. Mr. 0\-erman is a very successful business man and his record as a citizen is above reproach, he iiaving always shown himself a man of integrity and sterling finalities. Fraternally, he is identified with the Order of Pendo. He was married in Oregon, in 1890, to ]\liss Minnie Bishop, and they are parents of one child, Loring I".

DR. -\. B. BAILEY, dental surgeon, 207 Hyde block, is a native of Oregon, born in Hillsboro, November 18, 1873. He attended the public schools there, then studied for a while in Pacific University, at Forest Grove, Oregon, and at the State Normal School at Monmi:)uth. in 1891 he became registered as a pharmacist, engaged in the drug business at Hillsboro and continued there for two years. He then began the study of dentistry, taking lectures for a year at Louisville, Kentucky, and for two years in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, from which he graduated in 1896, He returned to his home in Hillsboro and practiced his profession for two years, then came to Spokane, where he has a very good practice. His office is supplied with all the most approved modern equipments and he is in every way prepared to do the best work, so that it is safe to predict that a very successful professional career lies before him. He is an honorary member of the Washington State Dental Society and belongs to the Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity. He is a prominent member of .Spokane Lodge. No. 34, F. & .\. M., and a [jast worthy patron of the Order of the Eastern Star. He also belongs to the Native Sons of Oregon. He was married in Hillsboro, December i, 1897, to Miss Ethel jNIerryman. a nati\-e of Oregon, and they have one son, A. B., Jr. Dr. Bailey's parents were early settlers in Oregon. His father. Dr. F. A. Bailey, came to that state in 1865, and his mother was born there, her parents having come in 1S45. Airs. Bailey's father, J. D. Merryman, came to Oregon in 1866.

a resident of Spokane since 1890, was born in Bntte county, California, in 1838. In 1871 he went to Oregon, where for the ensuing seven years he was engaged in farming. He then moved to Moscow, Idaho, and followed the same occupation there for a brief period, but soon came to this state and engaged in the stock raising business. In 1883 he took up the study of dentistry under Dr. Piiillips, of Portland. Oregon, in whose office he sjjent an apprenticeship of two years. He then located in Palouse City, Washington, practicing there and in Idaho until the spring of 1890, when he came to Spokane. His office has been located in the same place ever since liis arrival here namely, at 0425^/2 Alonroe, and he lias practiced his profession continuously since. Being a good mechanic naturally, and 3. diligent student of everything pertaining to his specialty, he has achieved no moderate success in the profession and has built up a flourishing practice. Fraternally, he affiliates the Independent Order of Foresters and IModern Woodmen of America (Good Will Camp). He was married in Spokane, in 1891, to Lillie E. Day. and they are parents of two children : Capitolia and Ila.

S. S. PARAMETER, proprietor of a feed store at 0803 Monroe street, was born in the state of New York in 1835. He lived there until twenty-two years of age, engaged, after he became old enough, in farming. In 1857 he removed to Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming continuously for the ensuing thirty-three years. Diu-ing the last four he also maintained a hotel. Coming to Spokane in 1890, he at once received an appointment as special policeman and so satisfactory were his services that in 1891 he was placed on the regular force. He discharged his duties with great faithfulness until May, 1899, then resigned and opened his present business., Mr. Parmeter is one of the sul)stantial and respected citizens of Spokane and enjoys the confidence and good will of all who know him. In fraternal affiliations, he is identified with the Junior Order of United American Alechanics.

REINHARD MARTIN, proprietor of the Henco brewery, corner Fifth and Ash streets, a pioneer of 1889. is a native of Baden, Germany, born December I4, 1861. At an early age he learned the trade of a brewer and engaged in that business. He emigrated to America in 1883, locating in New York City, where for the ensuing si.x years he followed his trade. In 1S89, however, he came to Spokane and accepted a position as foreman of the New York brewery and after remaining with them for three years, entered the employ of the Galland Burke brewery, by which he was engaged luitil December i. 1895. He then moved to Missoula, Montana, l)uilt a brewery and was in business for himself for three years, but at the end of that time he sold out and came again to Spokane. In 1899 he pur- chased the Henco Ijrewery, wliich lias a capacity of fifteen tiiousand Ijarrels ]ier year and g-i\'cs steady employment to aljout tweh'c men. ]\ir. Martin is a member of tlie B. P. O. E., tlie T. O. O. F. and the Sons of Herman, and lie also belongs to the Turnverein. He was married in New York City. August 10. 1884. to Miss Lena Welle, a native of German}-, and they have three cliildren. namelv: Charles, W'iHiam and Alfred.

A. F. MacLeod, M. D., rooms 13 and 14 Sherwood block, a pioneer of 1880, is a native of Nova Scotia, born August 27. 184S. He grew to manhood in his fatherland, receiving a normal-school education, supjilemented by a term at Dalhousie College. In 1875 lie entered the Halifax Medical College, and after attending that three years, became a student in the university, from which he received his degree in 1879. The next year he came to Spokane county and began the practice of his profession at Spangle, where he remained for about a year and a half, subsequently moving to Farmington, this state. After practicing there until 1892 he went back east anfl took a course in the Post-Graduate Medical School of New York, and at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, returning to Spokane the next sjiring. Since that date he has devoted his energies assiduously to the building uj) and maintaining of his large practice, serving for three years of the time as a member of the city board of health. Dr. MacLeocl is a close, careful and deep student of his ])rofession, to which he is passionately devoted, and he has long held rank among the leading physicians of the city and of the state. He is ex-president of the Whitman County

Medical Society, a member of the Spokane Medical Society, of the InlantI Empire Clinical Society, and of the Washington State Medical Society. Fratern;dly, he is identified with the Masonic order, also with the I. O. F., of which he is jiast chief ranger and medical examiner, and with the K. of P.. of which he is a past chancellor. He is. moreover, surgeon to the Western Star Division. U. K. K. of P., with the rank of major. He was married in Farmington. in October. 1882, to Miss Addie B. Brink, a nati\e of ^^'ashington, whose parents moved t(j this state in 1864. Dr. and Mrs. MacLeod are parents of one daughter, Lilian. They have recently purchased a lieautiful home at East 322 Indiana avenue, richly and tastefully furnished in the most modern stvle.

J. M. McISAAC. of the firm of ^IcKay & Mclsaac, corner ]\Iain and Stevens streets, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Canada, born in March. 1865. \\'hen quite small he was left an orphan, and went to Boston. Massachusetts, where he acquired his education and learned the trade of a granite cutter, serving an apprenticeship with the Hollowell Granite C(nnpany. He came to Spokane in 1889 and entered the employ of Mr. J. B. Bye, a stone contractor. The next year, however, he went to the Cascade Lochs, Oregon, and w;is in charge of the stonework there as foreman for the L'nited States government until its completion in 1897. Returning then to Spokane he, in company with Mr. Keefe, took charge of the Iowa Stone Works. Imt in a short time he went into his present business with Mr. McKay. Mr. Mclsaac is a stockholder in the California Improvement & Commercial Company, growers of high-grade coffees at Mata- galpa, Nicaragua, Central America, with general offices at Los Angeles, California. He also is interested in seven placer claims in the Klondike in company with his l)rother, who is now in the Cape Nome region with a view to making purchases of mining property there. Mr. Alclsaac is a thorough tradesman, having spent a lung apprenticeship with an excellent firm and having devoted the efforts of many years since to acquiring a mastery of everything pertaining to his handicraft. He still gives attention to stone contracting and granite cutting. Fraternallv, he is affiliated with the B. P. O. E. and with the K. P. He was married in Cascade Lochs, in September, 1898. to Miss Etta McGrath, a native of Portland, and thev have a daughter, Gladvs C.

DARIUS MASON, M. D., rooms 2. 3, 4 and 5 Falls City block, a pioneer of 1886, is a native of Massachusetts, Ijorn in New Bedford, April I, 1830. He completed the course in the common schools and was a student in the Friends' Academy at New IJedford fmm 1847 to 1850. then studied medicine under Drs. Lyman Bartlet. Watts and Parker. 1 le attended a course of lectures in the medical department of Harvard University, and two courses at the College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York city, graduating in 1853. He was physician to the Randall's Island Hospital from that time until 1855, then practicetl medicine at Prairie du Cliien. Wisconsin, for twenty-twf.i years, excejit while absent in the Union army. On September 25, 1862, Dr. Mason was commissioned surgeon of the Thirty-first Regiment. Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and ser\'ed in the field until December 27, 1863. then became draft surgeon for the third district of Wisconsin. In 1877 he went to Milwaukee, where he practiced for tlie ensuing nine years. Coming then to Spokane, he has been engaged in the pursuit of his profession here since. The Doctor has studied and ])racticed medicine for more than forty years, and during that time has done all in his power for the general advancement of his science, endeavoring always to render his own knowledge as deep and thorough as possible. It has been his custom to keep full memoranda of the cases which ha\e come under his observation, and he had some very interesting records. These, together with his library and instruments, were destroyed in the great fire of 1889. The Doctor has performed many laparotomies and other difficult surgical operations, often with truly marvelous success. Dr. Mason has allied iiimself with many learned scientific bodies, among which are tlie Wisconsin State Medical Society, of which he was at one time ])resi(lent, the North Iowa Medical Society, the State Medical Society of California, the .American Medical Association, of which he is an officer, the Rocky Mountain Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society, of which he was president in 1895, and the Spokane Medical Society, over which he presided in 1888 and 1889. His contributions to medical literature include reports on \esico-vaginal fistula, and rejx^rts of various medical and surgical cases met in his e.xtensive practice: aLso many articles of a general nature. The Doctor is a prominent Masr)n, belonging to the chapter and to Cataract Commandery. No. 2. of Spokane, also to the military order of the Loyal Legion. He was married. first, in Wisconsin, in 1 861, to Miss .Adelaide Brisbois. a native of that state. In 1886 he was married to Miss Ella J. Bean, also a native of Wisconsin.

A. A. HOSFORD, manager of the Washington steam laundry, 503 Main avenue, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Wisconsin, born ]\Iarch 4. 1865. He was reared on a farm in that state and early learned the trade of stationary engineer, a handicraft which he followed continuously until 1889. In that year he came to Spokane where he was engaged as a stationary engineer until he, in company with Mr. James Tyra, established the Washington steam launch"}-. They are among the most energetic and progressive men in that line of lousiness in the city, and have established agen- - cies in numerous outside towns far and near. They do a very large business both within Spokane and without, giving work to about forty employees constantly. Mr. Hosford is also a heavy shareholder in several mines in the \icinity. but is interested principally in the Sunnyside Group Gold Mining & Milling Company, of which he was vice-president and is now a trustee. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the K. P. order, being a member also of the Uniform Rank and all the auxiliaries. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of .America. He was married in Wisconsin, October 6, 1886, to Miss Julia Shafer, a native of New York, and thev have one child. Walter S.

AD.-\M WTESER, proprietor of the New York l»ittling works at 818 Third avenue, a pioneer of 1886, is a native of Germany, born November 7, 1857. He grew to manhood in his fatherland, attended college for a while there and learned the trade of a miller. He followed that business in Germany and France until 1880, then came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and engaged in the manufacture of candy. In 1885 he removed to Colville,

Washington, to operate in mining and real estate, but two years later he came to Spokane and went into the vinegar manufacturing business with R. E. A. Mueller, estalilishing the Castalia Spring vinegar works. In 1889 Mr. jMueller was succeeded by the Keller brothers, and in 1891 the New York bottling works was established. ]\lr. Wieser having previousl)' gone east and learned the bottling trade. He now has a prosperous, thriving business, giving employment in his establishment to about ten men steadily. He is an industrious, enterprising Inisiness man and possesses the energy, force of character and talent necessary to insure success in whatever he undertakes. Fraternally, he is connected with the B. P. O. E., the Foresters of America, the Sons of Henuan and the Turnxerein, and he also belongs to the S. A. A. C. He was married in West Bend, Wisconsin, May 29, 1884, to Miss Katie Goetter, a native of that state. His father, Franz Wieser, died in \\'est Bend, May I, 1898, but his mother, Susanna, still lives, residing with him in Spokane.

C. S. KALB, M. D.. office second floor of the Hj'de block, is a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, born in January, 1867. He lived there for some time, but in early youth moved to \\'ashington. District of Columbia, to take advantage of the excellent educational institutions located in that city. He is a graduate of the high school there, also of the Spencerian Business College, and in 1887 he entered the medical department of the Columbia University, from which he took his M. D. degree in 1890. He was for two years resident physician in the Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia. He then came to this city, where lie lias practiced his profession continuously since. He ranks among the leading physicians of Spokane, and enjuys (juite a large patronage and one \\hich is constantly growing. He is, at present, president of the board of health, and he has always taken an active and leading part in the affairs of the county. The Doctor has labored zealously not only to increase his own medical knowledge but to contribute his full part towards the ini])rovement of the general efficiency of the profession in this \-icinity. To this end, he has allied himself with tlie various medical societies of tlie city and county, and also with the .\nierican Medical Association. He is affiliated with the K. O. T. M., of which he is medical examiner. He is also examining physician for numerous life insurance companies, including the Pacific Mutual, Pluienix Mutual, and others. On June 20, 1892, in Pendleton, Oregon, he was united in marriage with Miss Frances L. McMullen, a nati\e of Indiana, and they have two children, Marion E. and Charles I.

CHARLES F. BOEHRIG, deceased, a pioneer of 1S83. was born in Germany, in 1848. He came to America when twenty-two years old and finally located in Columbus, Ohio, where he followed the shoemaker's trade for two years. He then went to Helena, Montana, and spent five years in and near that city, engaged in farming and shoemaking. He next moved to Bonhonime county. South Dakota, worked at his trade there for se\en years, then came to this state. After spending some time at shoemaking in Spokane, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land near Spokane Bridge postoffice, and was engaged in farming there until 1886. when he died. Socially, he was affiliated with the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M. He was married in Yankton, Dakota, in 1875, to Miss Annie Held, of that city. They have four children, namely: William F., Charles E., H. Bertha and Frank H. ]VIrs. Boehrig has been living on the home place ever since her husband's death.

X. M. BAKER, M. D., county coroner, office 230 and 231 Plyde block, is a native of Minnesota, born September 26, 1859. He was reared and educated in that state, taking the degree of B. S. from the University of Minnesota in 1884. After graduation, he spent two years in the laboratory of the state board of health, studying medicine under Dr. Charles X. Hewitt, then entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the scholarship there on competitive examination. He graduated in medicine in 1889, and at once returned to Minnesota, where he was elected assistant physician of the Rochester State Hospital. In 1893 he was promoted to the office of assistant superintendent in the St. Peter State Hospital, but two years later he came to Sjiokane and engaged in the practice of medicine. He has succeeded in building up and retaining a large and lucrative practice here. In 189S he was elected county coroner, and he has been discharging the duties of that office faithfully and creditably ever since. He is a member of the Spokane Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society, and is affiliated, fraternally, with the I. O. F., also with the United .\rtisans, of whicli he is medical examiner. Among college fraternities, he is a member of the Psi Upsilon, also of the Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary society to which he was elected in

1892. In religion, he is a Pi-esl)yterian. Hewas married. July i. 1895. to I\Iiss Minnie J. Bloom, a native of ^Minnesota, and they have two children, Violet E. and Morton C. the latter of whom was horn on the day of the Doctor's election to the office of coroner.

AMANDUS JARREX. a pioneer of 1888, is a native of Germany, born in 1S50. He grew to manhood in his nati\-e state, but when twenty-three years old emigrated to America. He located at Chicago and was engaged in the grocery business there until 1888, when he moved to this county. He purchased six lots in Spokane and built houses on them, then moved out to the vicinity of Chattaroy and took a pre-emption. Sulisequently, he sold his property near Chattaroy and some of his lots ii: Spokane, then traded city property for a tract of sixty acres joining the town site of Trent on the south. He is now engaged in market gardening and poultry raising and is making a splendid success in both these industries. Mr. Jarren is an active, enterprising man and takes a lively and intelligent interest in all matters of public concern in his locality and in the county. He was married, in Chicago, in 1880, to Mrs. Emma A. Brooks. He has one step-son, Roy Morton Brooks, sliipping clerk in the cracker factory in Spokane, and one dausfhter, Eva.

J. HENRY THIERMAN is a native of Kentucky, born in 1847. -^s soon as he arrived at adult age he became a distiller and he followed that business in his native state continuously until 1S91. He then came to

Lniontown, Washington, and tlience, a year and a half later, to Trent, wliere lie erected a distiller}- with a capacity of two hundred bushels per day. His market so far lias been only local, but he expects to build up a more extensive trade in future. He is making a specialty of distilling malt and rye whiskies and brandy. Mr. Thierman was married in Kentucky, in 1869, to Elizabeth Catherine Reimler. who died in 1886. leaving four children, namely: Henry \V., J. Edwin and Cora A., living in Louisville, also William R.. now in Spcikane. He was married again in 1891, to Minnie Stith, and they have three children: Ava, Felix and Mabel.

W. T. PERKINS, a pioneer of 1883. was born in the state of Virginia, in 1833. Whe.i two years old he was taken by his parents to Tennessee, where he remained until sixteen years old. He then spent three years in Louisville. Kentucky, and in 1854 crossed the ])lains by ox-team to California. He was engaged in farming and stock raising in that state until 1869. then went back to Tennessee and followed the dual occupation of farming and merchandising for two years. At the expiration of that period he returned to California and there farmed for the ensuing eleven years. Coming to Spokane county in 1882, he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land three miles northeast of Medical Lake, to which tract he has added by purchase until he is now owner of five hundred and twenty-five acres. He is engaged in diversified farming, raising wheat, oats and vegetables, besides high-grade cattle and horses. He also has a fine young orchard of three hundred fruit trees. Mr. Perkins is one of the best and most successful farmers in this county, his entire premises and surroundings showing thrift, enterprise and progressiveness. As a man and a citizen, also, he has an enviable standing in his neighborhood. His integrity is never questioned and his many good qualities have secured tor him the unwavering confidence and the highest esteem of those who know him. He takes considerable interest in local politics and .served his district in the first board of county commissioners of this county in 1884. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order. He was married, in Tennessee, in 1871, to Ada -A.. Jones, and they are parents of three children : Carrie, now Mrs. Alexander, Orren and Ruby.

AUGUST STAHLBERG. druggist. 0705 Monroe street, is a native of Sweden, born in 1859. He completed a high-school course in his native land, then attended a pharmaceutical college, graduating from the latter institution in 1878. He then traveled c|uite e.xtensively in Europe with a view to enriching his eilucation and acquiring a useful familiarity with a number of foreign languages, but finally returned to Sweden, where he was engaged in the drug business until 1894. In that year he came to America, finally locating in Dayton. \\'^ashington. He worked in a drug store in that town until March, 1897, then came to Spokane and purchased his present business. Mr. Stahlberg devoted more time and care to the study of his profession than pharmacists often do in this country, and with the experience of later years, lie cannot help being a thoroughly competent and reliable druggist. He is building up a good business in this city and his trade will increase as time goes on. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Woodmen of the ^^'orld and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was married, in Dayton, Washington, in 1895. to Selma Olin. a native of Sweden, and thev have one child, Carl August. Mr. Stahlberg is now building a nice home on Monroe street.

F. J. TRIPP, proprietor of the Falls City livery barn and woodvard at 1020 Colleee a\enue, was born in Xew York state, in 1849. When thirteen years old he remo\ed to Rice county, Minnesota, and entered a grist-mill. He remained in the employ of the company until he learned the trade of a miller, also worked for the same firm at flour barrel making. He afterwards ran a livery stable in the town. In 1875 he received an appointment as deputy sheriff of Rice county, a position which he filled very creditably for the ensuing five years. He assisted in the chase and capture of the Younger boys and stood guard oxer them after they were taken prisoners. In 1879 he sold out, removing to Warren, Marshall county, where he again engaged in the livery enterprise. For the twelve years ensuing he maintained a livery barn, also serving as deputy sheriff of the county during the entire time. He then came to Spokane and engaged in real estate si)eculations just before the depression, with the result that he lost everything, even to his home. For several years afterwards he was engaged in railroad contracting, but he subsequently returned to Spokane. He ran a feed store and woodyard on the north side for a while, but is now proprietor of the Falls City livery stable on College avenue, with a woodyard in connection. He is vice-president and a director of the Xaspelum Gold Mining & Milling Com- pany, also has interests in other properties. Fraternally, he is identified with the Foresters and the United ]\Ioderns. He was married, in Minnesota, in December, 1871. to Elmeta Empey. and they are parents of three children : Robert, Xellie and Philip, yiv. Tripp was married again, at Sixjkane, in January, 1899, to Mrs. Jennie Parr, a native of Canada.

MRS. J. A. X.VRUP, postmistress at Trent, is a native of Minnesota. She lived in that state until 1889, then came to Spokane county and opened a store at Latah. Her first husband, Mr. J. A. Stegner, was a commercial salesman and traveled for the Singer Sewing ^Machine Company over a territory covering this state and Idaho, until tln-ee years before his death, which occurred in 1895. Jr. 1890 Mrs. Stegner and her husband moved from Latah and opened a general merchandise store at Trent, where she is now located. She is a ladv of great energy and has built up a large and prosperous business. She has a tine store building, tastefully and conveniently arranged and filled with a large stock of general merchandise. In 1897 Mrs. Stegner was married to Mr. J. A. Narup, and she and her present husband together are n(iw owners of al)out se\-en hundred and fifty acres of land in the vicinity of Trent. Mr. Xarup is a lilacksmith by trade and followed that business formerh-, Init has now become so extensively interested in farming that lie can no longer spare time for any other pursuit. I\Irs. Xarup has five children by her marriage with :\Ir. Stegner, namely: Conrad, ?*lary, Howard, Sarah and Guy. and by her second marriage she has one daughter. Violet Louise. Mrs. Xarup is a member of the Congregational church.

A. D. COPLEX, assayer and mining man, a pioneer of 1873, was I)orn in Iowa, December 15. 1862. His parents moved to Washington territory in 1864 and he received his education in the public schools liere, also in Spokane College and at Kents Hill University, Maine. He pursued his geological studies at Colorado College, obtaining their endf)rsenient as an exjiert in mining and assaying. Upon comi)lcting his course, he came to I^atali, Washington, formed a ])artnership witli his brother and engaged in the final occupation of farming and prospecting. He has been <|uite successful in discovering mines and has located near Latah valuable deposits of fire and ])ottery clay, which has found a ready market in Portland and other cities. Mr. Coplen is president of the Giant Mining Company at Rossland, British Columbia, and the Morning & Evening Mining Company, at Nelson, British Columbia. He is one of the most enterprising and progressive prospectors and miners of this region and has contributed much to the development of the industry in the country tributary to Spokane. He was married in Lafayette, Oregon, February 25. 1897, to Margaret Strange, and they have one child, }ilargaret Grace. Mr. Coplen's father. Henry, a farmer and stock raiser and a highly respected citizen, was born in Ohio, in April, 1821. He was identified with this county most of the time from 1873 until his death, which occurred in Harrison, Idaho, March 11, 1897.

JA^^IES HARGROVE, a pioneer of 1879, i^ a native of Xew York, born March 5, 1855. When a year old he was taken by his parents to Iowa, where he grew to man's estate. lie h.is made his own way in the world, un- aided, e\-er since he was nine years old, following different occupations until twenty-four, then coming to Spokane. He made the trij) from Kelton. Utah, hy stage, and spent a month and four days on the journey from Omaha, Nebraska, to this city. Upon his arri- \al here, he at once engaged in business with his brother, K. R. Hargrove, and they were associated together until 1886. In 1882, however, Mr. Hargrove went to California for his health, and from that state made a tour of the wfirld. returning in 1884. In 1885 one of their places of business in Spokane was destroyed by fire, and the next year they burned out at Fort Si)okane. In 1888 tliey sold their l)usiness, and 'Sir. Hargrove spent a few months in traveling, then a brief period of time in the cigar business at Garfield, but finally opened a saloon in Cheney. After the big fire, he was appointed special policeman in this city and ser\ed for a year, afterwards entering the employ of J. M. (jrimer. as an e.xpressman. A year later he went to work in a second-hand store for Mr. Whitney. In 1897 he and Victor Schloter opened a second-hand store on Monroe street, liut the next year they sold out. In 1899 he went into the same business again, with \'andyke & Hart, on Sprague street. He is also quite extensively interested in mining. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the \V. of \\'., Lodge No. 99. of Spokane, and he also belongs to the Pioneer Association.

JAMES GLASGOW", a pioneer of 1881, was born in northwestern Indiana, in 1857. He was reared on a farm until twenty-one years old, but he then remo\-ed to Iowa and, for two years, devoted his energies to railroading. He subsequently came to Washington, where he secured employment as a freighter and in a livery stable. In 1883 he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Sih'er lake, a mile east of Medical lake, and since that date he has busied himself in improving and farming this land. He has a splendid little orchard, but is engaged principally in raising grain, horses and cattle. Silver lake is noted for its beauty, as also for the vast numbers of black bass, perch, sunfish, German carp and other varieties of fish, with which its waters teem. Mr. Glasgow has already made cfjnsiderable provision for the accommodation and comfort of those who resort thither from Spokane every summer, but it is his intention to erect a large modern hotel in the near future and to establish such other conveniences as are necessary to make this an ideal place for pleasure and recreation seekers. Mr. Glasgow is an enterprising and progressive citizen and one who enjoys the respect and estteni of his neighbors. He has been twice deinUy assessor, having charge of township 24, range 40, and township 24, range 41. Fraternally, he is identified with the I. O. O. F., which order he has three times represented in the Grand Lodge also with the W. of W. He was married in Spokane, in 1885, to .\.da E. Leipham, and they are parents of six children, namely : Hugh, Darrel, Arzella, Harl, Max and Ruth.

HENRY HASHAGEN, a pioneer of 1 88 1, was born in Lesum, province of Hano\er, Germany, in 1854. He received the same common-school advantages which all German children enjoy. In 1871 he emigrated to New York, where he was employed in the meat buiness for the ensuing five years. He then came, via the Isthmus, to California, and located in San Ffancisco for two years, afterwards witlidrawing to the mountains, where lie maintained a meat market during the next three years. In the fall of 1880 he came to Walhi Walla, Washington. He ran a hutcher husiness there during the winter, Ijut the next spring moved to Medical Lake and openeil a market in that town. He went to Cheney in 1883, hut returned to the Lake the folknving year and there has resided ever since. He has heen in the meat market husiness during all this time, except for a period of ahout four years. He is an industrious, enterprising lousiness man and is now enjoying the reward of his thrift and energy, for he lias heen very successful in his commercial undertakings. He is the owner of a three-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm a mile and a half north of Medical Lake, and of another containing two Inuidred acres, south of the town. As a citizen, Mr. Hashagen has always stood well in the community, and he was at one time the choice of his precinct for city coiuicilman. He was married, in Cliewelah, Washington, to Miss Effie Lucas, and they have nine children living: Mahel, Bertha, Hilda, Willie, Cecil, Jnhn, Milton, Lester and an infant ; also one, Winnie, deceased.

HARRY A. GERMOND, a pidueer of 1886, was born in New York City, -April 3, 1865. He was reared and educated in the Empire city and on Novemher 25, 1884, enhsted in the regular army. Soon afterwards he was stationed at Fort Spokane. He took part in a campaign against the Sioux Indians in 1886 and in 1889 he was discharged from the service. He then engaged in the harhcr Inisiness, taking charge of the Hotel Spokane shop. He was there till i8<jj, then went to work at Benson's, where lie lias lieen enipiuyed continuously since. He also served for some time on the fire department under Cliief Weinbreinner. Mr. Germond is (|uitc a leader among the tmisorial arti.sts of the city, being at the present time president of the I'arbers' Union. He is also affiliated with tlic K. P., the Foresters of .America, tlie .\. O. V. W. and J. O. U. A. M. On March 25, 1894, he was married, at i\aihdrum, Idaho, to Mary h'rauces Williams, an early pioneer f)f the \\'est. They have two sons, .\lhert Theodore and Robert liarl.

CHARLES BLOOMER, a pioneer of 1880, was born in New York City, in 1824. He was early taken by his parents to the central part of New ^'ork state and tliere he grew to manhood and learned the trade of a car- ])enter and joiner. In 1833 he moved to Detroit, Michigan, wdierc he resided until 1851, following his handicraft. He then went to Wisconsin and with his brotlier started to farm. He did not remain long in tliat business, however, for two years later lie landed in California. Since that time he has seen the entire coast from British Columbia to Mexico in his numerous prospecting tours along the Rocky mountains. In 1872 he came to Dayton, Washington, where for several vears subsetpient he ojierated a planing-mill. He moved to Spokane in 1880, started a furniture .store and an undertaking establishment and remained in that dual business until 1889, when he came to Medical Lake. Ujion arriving there he engaged in the same occupations, adding also a restaurant business. He was thus engaged for some time, but of late years has retired from commercial pursuits and given his attention to cabinet making.

Tie also lias real estate interests in Cheney and has worked there some, erecting;-, anions^ other buildings, the Cheney Hotel. In political matters, he has taken (|uite an active ]);irt, having served at different limes as councilman and as mayor of the town. He is f)nc of the oldest Masons, if not the oldest, in this county, having joined the order in 1846. He has also been a member of the I. ( ). O. F. He was married in Spokane, in 1887, to M. E. Percival, sister of 1). F. I'crcival, of Cheney.

C. E. GROVE, M. D., physician and surgeon, 416 Hyde block, a pioneer of 1889. is a native of New Britain, Pennsylvania, born Augu.st T2, 1863. He was raised on a f;uni, acquiring his early education in the iniblic schools of the town and when fifteen years old began teaching. He taught two years, then entered the Doylestown Seminary, from which he graduated in 1883. He next entered the J'.ucknell L'niversity at Lcwisburg, Pennsylvania, Init the following year became a student at Ann Arbor, Michigan. F'rom the classical course of that institution he graduated in 1887, receiving the degree of A. B. Ir 1888 he completed the second year of his medical studies, then entered the Hahnemann Medical College, of Philadel])hia, finishing the course April 4. i88(). He thereupon came to Spokane, where he has practiced continuously since with excellent success; building up a large and desirable business. A thorough and assiduous student, he has acquired a deep and comprehensive knowledge of his profession. Since graduation he has made it his practice to go east and take a postgraduate course every three years. He is secretary of the Spokane Homeopathic Me<:lical Society and ex-president of the State Homeopathic Medical Society; also vice-president of the .\merican Institute of Plorneoi-- athy, and of the American As.sociatii mi of Orificial Surgeons. He is also a member of the state examining board. The Doctor is ([uite extensively interested in several mining properties and is president of several mining C(;mpanies. He is a very prominent and active man in fraternal circles, being a thirtysecond degree Mason and a member of the committee which has charge of all Masonic matters in his locality. He is also examaning l)hysician for Excelsior Camp, No. 5124, M. \V. A., for the I. O. O. V. and the Royal Arcanum, and is identified with the Order of I'endo, the United Moderns and the Spokane Club. Dr. Grove was married at Unionville, Pennsylvania, .\pril 18, 1889, to Miss Elizabeth Lamming, a native of that state.

BURNAM D. BROCKM.\N, a pioneer of 1S80, is a native of Missouri, born March 20, 1852. In 1858 his parents moved to Kansas, and two years later to Pike's Peak, and in 1862 crossed the plains to Oregon, locating in the Willamette valley. They took a homestead there, but in 1867 moved to Los Angeles. California, where they resided until 1 87 1. In that year they returned to Oregon and engaged in farming, continuing in that occupation until 1880, when Mr. Brockman removed to Spokane county. He located at Rock ford and resided there for four years, then mo\'ed to SjKikane and followed the carpenter's trade here until, in 1887, he became a member of the city police force. He has been discharging his duties as such officer continuously since with great faithfulness and ability and in a manner which lias met with the general approval. F(.>r the past four years he has Ijeen city jailer. Fraternally, he is identified \vith Samaritan L()dge. No. 5_'. I. O. O. P., has passed through all the chairs and has often been elected a delegate to the Grand Lodge, lie also belongs to the Encampment, lie is, moro\-cr. a member of the I. O. l'\ and of the Pioneer Association. He was married in Oregon, October u, 1876, to Miss Susan Robinelt, a natixe of that state, who died in Kockford, January 14, 1882. On the 5th of August, ]8y6, in Pine City, he was again married to Martha A(ldingto\i, a native of Arkansas, and they have two daughters: ]3ora E., born January 26, 1898 and the other, Ixirn May IS. 1900, not n.amed. Mr, Prockman has one son by his hrst marriage, Henry A., born December 23, 1881 ; also cme daughter, Lottie B., who died Ai)ril 6, 1891.