Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 6 of 16)

DR. O. B. THATCHER, dentist, rooms 15 and 16 Granite block, a pioneer of 1882, was born in \'ermont, April 27, 1857. He grew to manliood in the state of his nativity, ac(|uiring his education in the public schools and in the \'ermont State Normal School at Randolph, from which he graduated in 1876. He went to Illinois in 1877 and for several years thereafter was engaged in teaching. At length, however, he returned to X'ermont and began the study of dentistry at Randolph, subsecjuently entering the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. After graduating he went to the Hawaiian Islands, locating at Honolulu, where he began the practice of his profession. In 1881 he came to San Francisco, California. He practiced there till 1882, then came to Spokane and opene<l a dental office, and he has been engaged in the pursuit of his profession here continuously since. Dr. Thatcher is the oldest resident dentist of the city, and being a thorough and skillful workman, has naturally secured and retained a large practice. He has long been a substantial and respected citizen of Spokane, contributing as he has had opportunity to the material and social well-being of the city. Fraternally, he affiliates with the L O. O. F.. the \V. of \V., and the U. A. He was married in Spokane, in 1892, to Miss Katrina Phillips, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Rev. X. H. Phillips.

PROFESSOR I. C. LIBBY, of the department of Latin in the Spokane high school, a pioneer of 1882. was born in the vicinity of Portland. Maine, ]\Iarch i, 1852. He was raised on a farm and attended school only during the winter months, but when seventeen he began teaching, at the same time de\-iiting every spare moment to preparing himself for college. In 1872 he entered the Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Connecticut, the parent \\'esleyan institution of its kind in this country, and three years later graduated from the classical course with the Phi Beta Kappa rank. He made his own way through college, earning most of the necessary funds during vacations. After graduating he accepted a position as assistant superintendent of the Maine State Reform School, but was there only a few months, wlien he decided to return tu the university for further study. He took a post-graduate course in physics and languages, then was elected assistant principal of the Middletown high schoiil and after twu years was promoted to the principalship. He held that position for two years also, then ser\-ed in the same capacity in the high school of Great Falls, New Hampshire, for one year, after which he returned to Middletown and opened a private preparatory school, at the same time filling the pulpit of the Methodist Episcopal church at West Rock Hill, near by. In 1882 he came to Spokane as pastor of the first !\Iethodist Episcopal church and president of the Spokane College. He occupied the pulpit in the ^Methodist Episcopal church till January, 1884, and retained the presidency of the college till the summer of that year, then, with his wife, opened the Spokane English and Classical School. After maintaining this institution fur two _years, he was forced to lea\-e the schoolroom on account of ill health. He farmed for a while, then was elected, un the Republican ticket, county superintendent and held that office two years. In January, 1S97, he returned to the schoolroom and became professor of Latin in the high school. His wife also teaches rhetoric and comp(isition in the same institution. I'rtifessor Libby has long been one of the leading educators in this part of the C(juntry and he has done much fi.ir the intellectual development of Spokane city and county. By his own patient industry in his younger days he wrought his way, against o\'erwhelming odds, to a mastery of a university course, so that he has been enabled to accomplish a great work in the cause of education wherever he has since lived. He was married in Westbrook, Maine, July 25, 1877, to Miss Martha E. Libby. a native of Maine. She finished her education in the Connecticut State Normal School. They have four children, Mary L., Ruth R., Laura M. and Paul T.

learned his trade tliere, then came west and engaged in l)usiness, first in San Francisco, then in Jnnean. Alaska, and finally in Everett. \\'ashington. In 1893 '1*? came to Spokane and engaged in the cigar l)usiness. In 1899 he opened in his present location, where he has a business large enough to keep three men besides himself at work steadily, and it will no doubt continue to increase, as the excellence of his products cnmes to be more and more widely appreciated. He makes a specialty of Earth's Perfecto. a cigar which sells for sixtv-fi\'e dollars per thousand, but nearly all his goods are high grade, and only a \'ery few cheap cigars .are manufactured by him. He runs a strictly union plant and none but union employees are hired as assistants. Socially, he affiliates with the Elks and the Foresters. He was married in Massillon, Oliio, July 6, 1895, ^'^ Miss Mary Simonet. a native of Ohio.

HON. R. B. BL.\KE, of the law firm of Blake & I'msi. was liorn in Hendricks county. Indiana. March 14, 1850: was reared on a farm until sixteen: then went to Danville, the county seat, where he received his preparatory education. He attended De Pauw University, and took his degree, B. S.. from that institution in 1872. Intt he liad been studying law at the same time, so that in Octol^er of the same year he was admitted to the bar. He at once opened a law office in Danville, where he practiced until coming to tliis county, holding at one time the office of prosecuting att(.)rney in his circuit. Arriving in Spokane in ^larcli, 1888. he opened an office in connection with Colonel W. M. Ridpath and practiced with him till October. 1889. when he was elected to the l)ench. becoming the first jutlge of the superior court of this and Stevens counties. He discharged the duties of that oftice until January. 1893. ^^'lien the present partnership was formed. They have a fine office beautifully fitted up and furnished with a very large and comprehensive library. Judge Blake is entirely a self-made man. Starting without capital or assistance he h;is won his way to a leading place in the bar of this state, and has accumulated enough so that he may Ije classed among the wealthy men of this city. He owns the Y. M. C. .V. building ;uid much other property in Spokane. He lives in a fine residence on the Summit Boulevard, furnished and surrounded with all the comforts and luxuries of home. He was married in Danville. Indiana. December 22. 1S74. to Miss Antoinette E.. a daughter of Jacob K. and Pluebe Moore, and a native of Dan\ille. They Jiave two sons. Jacol) M.. a graduate of .\nn .\rbor Law School, now practicing in the firm of Blake & .\dams. in this city, and Robert B.. a student in Chicago University.

JOHN N. SOUIER. a pioneer of 1879. was born in Penn Yan. New York. April 5. 1837. In 1842 the family moved to Grand Rapids. Michigan, where his father put in the second grist mill in the county. John N. worked in the mill, attending also the city schools and St. Mark's College. In 1858 he came to California, mined till 1862. then came to Oregon, where he was in business until 1869. In 1868 he passed through where Spokane now is, en route to Pend d'Oreille river to look up mining pro])erties. .After prospecting in Nevada for se\era| years, he brought a stock of cigars and liquors from San Francisco anrl started a wholesale and retail business on

Howard street, north of Main, in a one-story 20x30-foot frame. Later he bniit a lirick structnre in the rear. 18x30 feet, the first brick IniikHng in this city. After doing hnsiness here f<:)r a numljer i)f years, he, in company with E. Germond, l)nih a two-story brick, corner Mill and Main, antl ran a restaurant and saloon there for a long time. He bought two lots on ]\Iill and Main and in 1887 Iniilt the Grand Hotel, a three-story brick, which was burned in 1889. Two years later, in 1891, he built the four-story brick on the southeast corner Mill and Main, in which he had a restaurant, liMlging Imuse and saloon for a numlier of years, fie then engaged in the ice business with Judge Nash, building four large ice houses at the mouth of Hangman creek. Mr. Sf|uier was one of the first to develop mines in this section and is now giving his attention exclusively to that business in company with his brother, Daniel D. He has been a liberal contrilnitor to the early enterprises and has helped in every way in his power to build up the city.

1880 he played in the Home Dramatic Club, organized by Charles Cornelius, for the amusement of the few settlers then here, the proceeds going for schools and charital)le ])urposes. In 1884 also he leased \'an Dorn's opera house, corner Riverside and Post, and had charge of it for a _\-ear. during which time he engaged manv prominent companies, inclu<ling Jaunashek. Since 1883 he has been mining in \arious camps, prospecting and developing numerous i)roperties,and he and his Ijrother, John, are now extensively interested in mines and prospects. Mr. Sipiier is a charter member of Myrtle Lodge, K. P. He also has l)een a liberal coiuributor to all early enterprises, and has done nuich for the de\elopment of the citv.

PETER RUMPF, jiroprietor of the Pacific Bottling Works, is a native of Russia, born June 24, 1844. He early learned the trade of a brewer. When twenty years old he emigrat>ed to the United States, locating first in Brooklvn, New York, but the following year he removed to Gerniania, I'ennsylvania, wdiere he worked at his trade until 18'/). In that year he came to White Pine, Xevada, and followed mining for awhile, and then removed to the Grande Ronde Yalley, Oregon. In 1868 he came to \\'alla Walla, Washington, entered the employ of the Isabel Prewing Company, ami was with them till 1870, then mo\-ed to Dayton and engaged in the brewing business for himself. In 1877 he sokl out and moved to Sprague, where he was engaged in the wholesale liquor business and opened a large bottling works. In 1889 he moveil to Sixtkane and ojiened a large 1)ottling establishment where the Pacific Hotel now stands, but later moved to the cor- ner of Post street and Nora avenue, wliere his l^lant is now located. He has a magnificent residence on tlie corner of Nora a\-enue and J\IiU street, elegantly furnished and supplied with all the luxuries of home. Mr. Runipf also owns a. fine farm of four hundred and eighty acres in Lincoln county.

He was married in Dayton. Washington, May 2, 1872, to ]\Iiss ^Matilda W'eher, a native of Wisconsin, and the\' ha\-e four children, Katie, Lena, Lulu and fosie.

MAJOR JAMES .M. ARMSTROXG, a pioneer of 1883, and an influential and highly esteemed citizen of Spokane, was horn in Wasliington, Washington county. Pennsylvania. April 23, 1844. When six years old he was taken hy his parents to Louisville, Kentucky, and six years Later he came to Washington, Lnva. On July 28. 1861, Mr. Armstrong enlisted as a private in Company K, Thirteenth Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of the Tennessee for three years and saw nuich of the hardest fighting of the war, being present in the battle of Shiloh. the siege and liattle of Corinth and the siege of \'icksburg, also in the battles at Marietta, Peach Tree creek and .\tlanta. .\t the last named place he received a gunshot wound in the left leg, which necessitated its amputation, so that he was discharged for disability Jul}- 21, 1864. In 1867 he went to Washington, District of Columbia, and served in the department of the interior as clerk in the census office and chief clerk in in the land ot¥ice. During this time he entered the Columbia Law School, from which he graduated in 1871. On April 20, 1880. he -was appointed by President Hayes register in the land office at Colfax. Washington, and when the office was transferred to Spokane in September, 1883, he came with it. He held his position until 1885, then practiced law in the land office until October, 1889, when he was elected county clerk. He ably discharged the duties of that office for four years, then served as deinity until 1895, when he resigned to become treasurer of the Le Roi Mining Company, of which he had been one of the original incorjjorators in 1890. At the time the mine was sold in 1898 he was treasurer of the compan)' and a heavy stockholder. He is now interested in the Sullivan Group and i.-; president of the Wonderful and other mining properties and vice-president of the Miller Creek (iroup and of the Gem. He is also interested in Spokane city property, being half owner in the Hyde blcjck and owner of a fine residence on the north side. Major Armstrong takes high rank among the men whose enterprise and business ability have dev'eloped and built up Spokane and the surrounding mining region, the great source of its wealth and prosperity. Socially, Major Armstrong id a prominent G. A. R. man, being a charter member of the John L. Reno Post, of this city. He was married in Washington, District of Columbia, June 11, 1873, to Miss Lida B.. a daughter of Charles and Margaret E. Murphy, and a native of Philadelphia, Pennsyhania. They have one daughter, Mary E., born April 17, 1880.

HEXRY BL'RCHETT, deceased, a pioneer of 1887, was born at Brighton. England, in December, 1830. He grew to manhood in his native city, early learning the trade of a tailor, but in 1855 came to America, located at

Cumberland, Maryland, and followed his handicraft there until 1861. when he enlisted as musician in the Second Regiment of the Home Brigade of Maryland Volunteers. He serxed until the band to which he belonged was disbanded, in 1863, then moved to Springfield, Illinois, and resumed the pursuit of his trade. In 1882 he went to Pittsburg, Kansas. He was fortunate enough to buy a farm upon which coal was afterward discovered, so that he became quite wealthy. He came to Spokane in 1887, purchased a tract of land on the north side and began dealing in real estate, and he continued in land speculations until his death, which occurred June 26, 1893. Though born in England, ^Mr. Burchett became a loyal American citizen, and when occasion rec^uired, a valiant defender of the flag. Like most old soldiers, he did all he could to cultivate a spirit of loyalty and patriotism in the younger generation, whenever an opportunity was offered. He was a member of the G. A. R., affiliated with Reno Post, No. 47, of Spokane. He was united in marriage at Brighton, England, January i, 1852, with Miss Rebecca Crouch, a native of that town, and they have had a family of ten children, namely: William J., Ilenry, Albert, Walter, James B., Frank R., Mary J., now the wife of Austin Magie; Rebecca, whp died January 2, 1891 ; Thomas E. and Frances S. William J.. James B. anu Frank R. are in the grocery business under the firm name of Burchett Bros.

S. W. DAVIES, deceased, a pioneer of 1882, was a native of North Carolina, born March 2, 1847. In 1873 he removed to Quitman, Arkansas, entered the college of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, ami took a course of training for the ministry. He then taught school a short time. In 1874 he moved to southern Oregon, identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal church conference and was assigned to a circuit at Applegate. Oregon. Two years later he moved to eastern Oregon and continued his ministerial work there until 1882, when he moved to Spokane. On account of ill health he left the ministry and engaged in contracting and building. In 1895 he re-entered the ministry and continued a zealous worker in the cause of Christianity until his death, which occurred near Nez Perces City, Idaho, May 12, 1899. Mr. Davies was a man of high standing in the ministry, ever faithful to duty and earnest in his desire to uplift and benefit mankind. He was affiliated with the A. F. & A. M. and was prominent in the order, being Master j\Iason of Spokane Lodge, No. 34. He was married in Ashland, Oregon, February 27, 1876. to Miss Eliza L. Woodruff, a native of Arkansas, and a sister of the well-known humorist. Press Woodrufif. Mrs. Davies is a member of the Hargrove Methodist Episcopal church. South, of this city, and has been president of the Parsonage Home ^Missionary Society, also of the East Columbia Conference for four years. She has three children; Oro B.. now wife of Harry Mann: Jennie E. and Brennus W.

WILLIAM L. BOYD, a- pioneer of 18S2, was born May 2. 1835, in Fortress ^Monroe Virginia, where his family were quartered at that time, the father being a regular in the United States army. His early years, however, were spent in Maine. He learned the tanner's trade in that state, and was engaged in the pursuit of his handicraft there for many years afterward, but much of his time was given to public service, he having been county commissioner of Hancock county six years and a member of the state legislature for the session of 1859-60. He enlisted, November 2, 1 861, as a musician in the First Maine Cavalry, but was soon transferred to Company M and promoted to the rank of sergeant-major. Later he became second lieutenant and afterwards first lieutenant and adjutant in Company F. He next was commissioned a captain in Company L and subsequently became major of the First ^Nlaine Cavalry, which rank he retained until discharged. Major Boyd participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and numerous others, receiving a severe gunshot wound in the right leg at .\p])omattox Court House. 'When nnistered out, in .August, 1865, in addi tion to l)eing major of the First Maine Cavalry, as above mentioned, he was assistant quar termaster of the Second Division Cavalry Corps of the Army of the I'otomac, Major Boyd was in the army practically throughout the entire war, and tlie distinguished character of his service is fully attested by his rapid promotion. He was a \-aliant and faithful soldier and deserves a full share of the honor due to those who are dauntless in a good cause. .After the war he returned to Maine, resumed his former occupation and resided there until i88j. wlien he nidxed to Fort .Spokane. He tmik a homestead and was engaged in farming there until 1888, when, he moved into this city. He is a memlier of the J. L. Reno Post, No. 47 G. A. R.. in which <irder he is past senior vicecommander. He also belongs to the Pioneer Society and the F. & .\. M. and is a Knight Templar in St. John Commandery at Bangor. jMaine. He was married in Bradley, Maine. October 11, 1867, to Miss Augusta J. Merriam, a native of Massachusetts, and they have four children: Augustus W. : Kate P., now wife of Captain Sydney Graw, of the Twentieth Infantry, regular ami}-, at Manila: Beatrice and (jarheld.

GEORGE 11. BROCKMAN. a pioneer of 1879. is a native of Lexington, Kentucky, born Septemlier 29, 1825. When tln-ee years old he was taken by his parents to ^Missouri. He lived in that state until 1859, then moved to Paola. Kansas, where he engaged in the mercantile business. In i860 he removed to Colorado and followed mining there for a time, but before long was ap|)ointed sheriff of South Park district of the territory of Colorado. In i86j he crossed the plains to the \icinily of Portland, Oregon, where he followed farming and carpentering for a number of years. In 1867 he moved to Los Angeles, California, but in 1871 he returned to Oregon, resuming work at his trade in McMinnville. In 1879 he came t<j Spokane county and bouglit a farm tliree miles southeast of R(jckford. on whicli he resided until 1884. From that date until 1897 he followed his trade in Spokane continuously. .Mr. Briickman is a \eteran of the Mexican war. !ia\ing enlisted in 1847. He has always lieen an acti\e. industrious man. standing well in all the c(jmniunities where he has resided, hi religious affiliations he is a member of the United Brethren church at Spokane. He also lielongs to the I. O. O. F. at Rockford. In Clint )n county. Missouri, on October 14. 1849, he was married to Miss Margaret S.Burnam.a native of that state, and they are parents of nine children: Ijurnam D.. member of the police force. Spokane: James T.. engineer: William B.. blacksmith at Bridgeport. Washington ; John P., proprietor of a stage line; R. Edward.

salesman, with Huril & Ci;inipany : Harris, traveling salesman for a Chicago firm : Ella, wife of G. K. ^Manchester; Effie. dressmaker, and Georgia A., wife of Alhert C. Behne. Mr. and Mrs. Brockman celebrated their golden wedding anniversary October 14. 1899. at which time about a hundred of their friends visited them and presented Ut them many handsome tokens of their esteem and regard.

CHARLES W. MOHR, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Brown count}\ Minnesota. 1)i:)rn in April. 1S60. In 1880 he removed to Millbank, South Dakota, where he took a homestead, also engaged in the general merchandise business and in selling machinery for the J. I. Case [Manufacturing Company. Coming to Spokane in 1883, he has ever since followed kunbering and handling machinery. Mr. Mohr is an active participant in local jjolitics and one of the leading men in tlie Republican partv. He has been chosen as a delegate to almost every Republican con\-ention held in the city in the last ten years. The entire family belong ti) the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Mohr is affiliated with the Pioneer Association. His father. John F. Mohr. a native of Germany, came to Spokane in 18S3 and took a very prominent part in the early development of this city. He. with his sons. R. .\. and C. \V.. built the M>hv block, a twostory Ijrick on the northeast corner of Sprague and Monroe. He was a liberal contributor to all early enterprises and e\-er ready to do his full share for the general gnod. In religious circles, also, he was an acti\e man. taking a leading part in the work of the Evangelical and later in that of the Jefferson Street Methodist Episcopal ghurch. He died Octolier 2. 1S99. but his wife still survives, residing with her children in Spokane. Mr. Charles W. ^Nbjhr was married April 2^. 1883, to Miss Laura A. Stutz. a native of [Minnesota, and they ha\-e f(_)ur children. Jessie C. George \\'., Frank 'SI. and Roselle L. The entire family belong to the [Methodist Episcopal church of this city. Mrs. Mohr has been twice president of the board of trustees of the Deaconess" and Old People's Home and Hospital, located at 715 Fourth avenue, since 1895. Owing to the continued absence of the president, and her own peculiar fitness fijr the work. [Mrs. [Mohr has Ijeen the officiating officer in charge for the ])ast two years. She has taken a \'ery acti\e part in carrying forward this noble wurk. and to her much of the credit for its success belong's.

E. W. CARSON, a pioneer of 1886. was born near Columbus, Ohio. Octoljer 25. 1827. He grew to manhood on a farm in his native state. In 1857 he removed to Burlington, Kansas, pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land and was engaged in farming there until November 3. 1861. when he enlisted at Fort Lea\'enworth in Company G. Fifth Kansas L^nited States \"olunteer Ca\-alry. of which Hon. Powell Clayton was commander. He participated in a great many se\'ere engagements, among others those at Helena. Little Rock. Pine Blufl^ and Tulip. .Arkansas. He was mustered out December 5, 1864, after having served through the years of hardest fighting, and made a war record of which he and his family ha\-e just cause to be proud. In 1865 Mr. Carson moved to Carthage, [Missouri, where for several years he was engaged in lumbering. In 1876 he crossed the plains to

Pomeroy. Garfield county, \\'ashington. liomesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land there and engaged in farming. In 1885 he came to Spokane, where for several years afterward he was letter carrier No. 8. He is one of the suhstantial citizens of this city and stands well in his community. Socially he is affiliated with J. L. Reno Post. No. 47. G. A. R. He was married at Lecompton, Kansas. June 15, 1865. to ]\Iiss Nancy C. Burnett, a native of Ohio, and they are parents of six children: Jennie L.. wife of .A. H. Plummer; Clyde, who accidentally shot and killed himself at the age of sixteen ; Guy, bookkeeper in the office of O. S. L. R. R. Co., at Weiser, Idaho; L. Maud, stenographer at John W. Gresham's : Artliur E.. who was drowned in Spokane river at the age of fifteen, and Bertha, who died when onlv three months old.

RILEY MILLER, a pioneer of 1881, is a native of Portage county, Ohio, born March 27, 1835. When ten years old he accompanied his brother-in-law to Allegan county, Michigan. In August, 1864. he enlisted from that county in the First Michigan Engineer Corps. He accompanied Sherman on the memorable march to the sea. He was mustered out of the service in 1863. then returned to his old home in Michigan and remained there till 1869. In that year he moved to Watonwan, Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming for the ensuing twelve years, but in 1881 he came to Spokane and built and ran the first wagon for delivering water in this city. Subsequently he purchased a farm southeast of the city, resided on it for some time, but sold out in 1888 and returned to Spokane. Since that time he has been engaged principally in the draying business. He was married April 15. i860, to Miss Arminda Bennett, a native of iMichigan, and thev are the parents of fi\-e children, Laura A., now wife of H. H. Higgins; Charles E. ; George W'., a carpenter; Rose A., wife of Sherrel Merriman, and Ernest L. Mrs. Miller is a member of the First Baptist church.

G. P. D.VRT, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Hamburg, New York, born .\ugust 11, 1833. He early took cliarge of a shingle mill, the first ever erected in that part of the country. In 1853 he removed to Dayton, New York, where lie was engaged in the manufacture of shingles for tlie ensuing six years. He then went to Cliilicothe, Missouri, purchased a large tract of land and engaged in lumliering, farming, stock raising, etc. In 1883 he came to Spokane county as traveling salesman for the Westinghouse Threshing Machine Manufacturing Company and two years later he engaged in the agricultural implement business for himself in this city, subsequently adding the general agency of the Park & Lacey Machinery Company of Portland, Oregon. In 1889 he opened a lumber yard in Spokane, having mills at Loon Lake. Dart Si<ling and one near Half Moon prairie, at the same time engaging in real estate brokerage with Mr. C. Hunt and in the implement business with Mr. McCart. He retired in 1893 to his farm near Trent, but in 1897 returned to Spokane, where he has since resided. Mr. Dart long hekl a leading rank among the business men of eastern Washington. His versatility and capacity for supervising many different enterprises were marvelous. I'raternally he is identified with Spokane Lodge. No. 34, F. & A. M.. with Rtiyal .Arch Cha]Dter, No. 2. of Spokane, and with the A. O. U. W'., of Dayton, New York. He was married at Dayton. New York, in Mav. 1847, to Miss Emma ]\Iarkham, a native of that state, and they have had four children : Hazel J., wife of Clare Hunt, head surveyor on the Colville Indian reservation, and Leonard O.. grocer in this city: also Nettie, deceased, buried, in Dayton, New York, and Ward, accidentally drowned in the St. Jo river April 16, 1894, on his twenty-first birthday.

T. W. FOSTER, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of St. Clair county, Michigan, born May 18, 1844. In 1861 the family moved to the vicinity of Sandusky, Ohio, and engaged in fruit raising, wine making and fishing, and Mr. Foster lived there until 1882, then went to Lisbon, North Dakota, and took a homestead. He lived on this farm until 1887, but in that year moved to Spokane, where he has since been engaged in carpenter work and in trout fishing for the market. Mr. Foster succeeds well in both these lines and is doing a good business. He was married in Ohio in December, 1875, to Miss ]\Iinerva L. Moore, a native of Ohio.

CHARLES H. BISHOP, proprietor of the Pacific Carpet Cleaning Works, First and A streets, a pioneer of 1884, is a native of Windsor, Vermont, born November 18, 1858. In 1865 the family moved to Templeton, Massachusetts, wdiere Mr. Bishop and his father engaged in the chair manufacturing business. For the three years following 1878 he was a sailor on the Mount Washington, a merchant vessel, and he spent most of that time in the waters of the East Indies, China and Japan. In 1 88 1 he came to Portland. Oreg(jn, and obtained a position as shipping clerk in a furniture store. Three years later he moved to this city and engaged in business for himself, the firm name being Bishop & Ayers. They ran the furniture store together until 1887, then d.issolved and ]\Ir. Bishop continued the business alone for two years. In 1S91 he constructed a steam carpet cleaning plant and engaged in his present occupation. He now has a thri\'ing business, large enough t(.i require several employees constantly. He is adding three large buildings to his already extensive plant, making it tlie most complete of its class in the northwest. Socially, Mr. Bishop is affiliated witli the ]\Iasonic fraternity. He was married in Spokane, November 10, 1897, to Miss Carrie B. Wood, a native of Montana and they have one child, Leona.

JOSEPH B. HOLLEY, deceased, late of Holley, Mason & Company, a pioneer of 1883, was a native of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, l)orn January 25, 1842. His father died when he was nine years old and he early bep-an to make his own wav in the world, working first as a clerk in a tailor shop and later in a grocery store. In 1864 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Ninetyninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until May, 1865, when he was honoralily discharged. In 1868 he entered business for himself in a grain and had store at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, and later he removed to T'ittsburg and engaged in a wholesale grain business. In 1872 he sold out and went into the grocery business at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, luit after four years returned to Pittslnirg and again engaged in the grain business. In 1881 he moved to Streator, Illinois, where he went into hardware with Eli Cope, but two years later he came to Spokane and entered the employ of J. H. Bond as a hardware man. In 1884 he engaged in the hardware 1)usiness. the firm being Newport & Hollev, but later Mr. Newport was succeeded by Fred Mason and the firm became Holley, Mason & Company. Mr. Holley continued in this business until his death, which occurred November 27. 1888. He was a luan of e.Kcellent business ability and made ;i splendid success in his commercial enterprises, notwithstanding early disadvantages. Religiously, he was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and scicially. he was aftiliated with the K. P.. the I. (). C). !-". and the Red Men. He was married in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, .\pril 15, 1869, to ]\Iiss Matilda M. Spindler. a native of Pennsylvania. She also is identified with the Cumljerland Presbyterian church.

W. H. EDES, a pioneer of 1878, is a nati\-e of Dover, Maine, born June 1. 1838. At an early age he learned the trade of a printer from his father who was a pioneer printer of His great-grandfather, Benjamin Edes, also had been a newspaper man, had published the Boston Gazette at tlie time of the Rex'olutionary war, and had been one of the patriots of those trying times. It was at his house tliat the patriots comprising the "Boston Tea Party" assembled on the afternoon of the 1 6th oi December, 1773, and drank punch from a bowl that was subsequently given i)y Mr. Edes' family to the Massachusetts Historical Society, afterwards disguising themselves as Indians in the "Boston Gazette" office. After learning his trade, Mr. Edes entered the Foxcraft Academy, and remained there until he graduated in 1861. He then came, via the Isthmus, to California, where he followed his trade for some years. In 1864 he removed to Bufifalo county, Wisconsin, and engaged in farming there, but five years later he came to S])okane county, located at Deep Creek, and with his brother, ojjenetl a general merchandise store. In 1887 he came to this city, formed a ))artnership with Mr. A, P. \\'olverton, and engaged in the real estate business. Later, Mr. Wolverton withdrew and he continued the business alone until 1897. then retired from active life. He owns a large amount of real estate in this city. ilr. Edes is one of the prominent citizens of Spokane, enjoying the confidence and respect of a wide circle of ac(|uaintances and friends. He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, being a Master Mason, and lie also belongs to the Sons of the .\merican Revolution, deriving his right to membership in that order from the fact that his grandfather, Charles \\'itherell, was a soldier in the Revolution. He was married March 19. 1859. to Mrs. Saphronia F. Bigelow, a native <if Maine, and they have two children. E. .\ugusta. wife of A. J. Thompson, and Emma .\., wife of J. H. Nichols. Mrs. Edes died March 22, 1897.

E. MORRISON, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Woodluill. New York, born in August. 1842. When eight years old he moved w ith his parents to Dane county, Wisconsin, and ten years later he accompanied them to Freeborn county, Minnesota. Early in 1 86 1 he returned to Wisconsin. In August of that year he enlisted in Company H. Eighth

Wisconsin Infantr_\-. known as the Eagle regiment and commandetl, first, liy Colonel 'Sluvphy, afterward I.iy Colonel Robens, wIkj remained in command until the regiment was mustered out. Mr. Morrison participated in the battles of Shiloh. luka, Corinth, Mobile, Nash\-ille. and many other se\'ere engagements and was in the Red Ri\'er campaign and the siege of Vicksburg. He was mustered out in September. 1865, after serving throughout the entire war and making a highly honorable record as a courageous soldier and valiant defender of the flag. At the close of the war he returned to Minnesota, Init tlie ne.xt vear started across the plains with an o.\ team He went back to Minnesota. howe\-er. after an alxsence of al.nnit two years and was engaged there as a cnntractor in plastering for manv years. In 1887 he came to Spokane and began following his trade again. He lias a fine residence on the corner of Ermina avenue and Ruby street, nicely furnished with all the comforts of home, and he also owns two other houses in the same block. He is a charter member and past commander of J. L. Renn Post, Xo. 47, G. .\. R. He was married in .\usten, Minnesota. October 15. 1870, to ]\Iiss Tryon. a native of New York. Mrs. Morrison is a prominent member of the W. R. C, and belongs to the Seventh Day Adventist church of this citv.

A. F. H.\LE, projM'ietiir of the Lidger- Avood grocery, E. 414 Gorden avenue, is a nati\'e of Springfield, Illinois, born .April 13, 1859. In 1877 he rem(.)\-ed to Reno, Nevada, where he taught school for several years. He came to Sjiokane in 1892. and at once engaged in mining and he is now owner of se\'eral I

\-ery promising properties. He is one of the solid and substantial citizens of the city, and is well thought of and highly respected in his community. He is a member of the Central Christian church of Spokane. He was married in La Grange. Oregon, September 21, 1888. to Mrs. Eliza A. Holaway. a nati\-e of California, whose father crossed the plains by o.x-teams in 1863. They have one child, Marv .V.

J. T. LOCKH.\RT, mining and real estate agent, 405 Granite block, a pioneer of 1 879, is a nati\e of Bellville, Indiana, born February 13. 1836. He graduated from the Northwestern Christian L'ni\ersity. now known as Butler University. receiving thedegrees of Master of .Arts and Bachelor of Law from that institution. In i86r he was appointed by President Lincoln Indian agent for the territory of Nevada and he served in that capacity until 1865. In 1867 he represented Nevada at the Paris Exposition and on his return from Europe in 1868, located at Union S(|uare, New York. He removed to San I'rancisco in 1873 and was engaged in mining there until 1879. when he came to Spokane. The next year he was appointed by Judge Wingard clerk of the district court and he served in that capacity for two years. When the county seat was moxed to Cheney he went to that town and served as deputy clerk in the United States court there for the ensuing three years. Returning to Spokane in 1885, he enoaged in the real estate business. He has alwavs taken an active interest in the welfare of the citv and ever manifested a willingness to bear his share of the public burdens. He was the first clerk of the school board in Spokane, and with T. T- Browne and George Davis, di- rectors, made a canvass of tlie town for suIjscriptions to keep the schools open after tlie public fund was exhausted. He also served as a member of the city council for one term. His object in entering the council was to be instrumental in completing the much-needed Monroe street bridge, and this object he was successful in carrvino" out.

JOHN A. ^MLSOX. deceased, was a native of Canada, born March 17, 1826. He passed his youth and early manhood in the land of his birth, and early engaged in the lumbering business and in contracting. In 1848, he moved to East Sagmaw, Michigan, where he continued in his former occupation until the time of his death, .April 5, 1877. In religion he was a Presl)yterian. He was married in Saginaw, Michigan, September 18, 1855, to Miss Mary A. Smith, a native of New York, who still survives him. Mr. Wilson also left four children, namely : John H., William A., Frances E. and Mildred E. Mrs. Wilson has been a resident of Spokane since 1890 and she now has a nice home in Lidgerwood Park, tastefully furnished and well supplied with the comforts of life. She is an active member of the First Presbyterian church of this citv.

PAUL EUCHHOLZ, a pioneer of 1884, is a nati\e of German v, born Julv 6, 1821. In 1856, he came to America and located in Minnesota where he took up a pre-emption of one hundred and sixty acres. He followed flour milling in that state fiir a number of 3'ears, then in September. 1884, came to Spokane county, bought a large tract of land near Cheney and engaged in farming. In 189 1 he retired from active life and nio\-ed to his present place of residence in Spokane. He is ]iassing the evening of his life in peace and comfort in a magnificent home surrounded by all the conx'eniences and luxuries which moderate wealth can command. He has been three times married. On May 5, 1842, he was united in marriage to Miss Wilmenia Kasrnig, a native of Germany, who died l)efore Mr. Buchholz came to America. He subsequently married Miss Frederica Dumpke, and she died in Minnesota. His third marriage took place in St. Paul, Minnesota, the lady being Mrs. Henrietta Pfieffer. a native of Germany. They have a family of ten children, namely: Emanuel, in Minnesota; Henrv. in Helena, Montana: Gustave, a farmer; Herman, a miller; William, a millwright; Minnie, now wife of Fred. Wagner: Annie, wife of John Ferber : Fred, a farmer: Paul, a member of the Spokane police, and Louis, baggagemaster in the Great Northern depot at Spokane. Mr. Buchholz is a member of the Evangelical church of this city.

L. G. DEMERT, proprietor of the Demert Drug and Chemical Company. 814 Sprague avenue, is a nati\e of Waterloo, Illinois, born March 20, 1850. He was educated in the public schools of that city, and in 1865, went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he became an apprentice in the employ of the Morris & Williams Drug Company. He remained witli tliem three years, diligently engaged in the study of pharmacy, and earnestly endeavoring to acquire a mastery of that difficult profession. Determined to be thorough at whatever cost, he then entered school and took an extensive course in chemistry, also a general business course. In 1871 he came west and spent a few years in travel, visiting various cities and points of interest in the Pacific states and territories. At length, in 1874, he located at \'irginia City, Nevada, where he received from Challer & Company a situation as bookkeeper in their establishment. Subsequently he remo\"ed to .Arizona to become co-manager with Mr. Fuller of the post sutlership at Camp McDowell, which position he retained luitil 187S. In that }-ear lie went to Portland. Oregon, and entered the employ of C. H. Woodward & Company, as a druggist. He remained with them until 1882, then moved to Pendleton, Oregon, and engaged in a drug business for himself. Tliree years later, however, he came to this city and purchased a store and a fine stock ui goods from his former employers, C. H. Woodward & Company, and he has been engaged in business here continuously since. Mr. Demert is thoroughly master of the drug business in all its details, having spent many years in the study of pharmacy, and he naturally occupies a place of prominence among the business men of eastern Washington. A public-spirited citizen, he has ever manifested a deep interest in the general welfare of Spokane, contributing liberally to the early enterprises and to every undertaking which ijrtimised to advance the material and social interests of the city and county. He was married in Oregon City, Oregon, Sej)- tember 19, 1882, to Miss Virginia C. Winston, a native of that state. They have one son. Louis. Mrs. Demert is a meml)er of the First Baptist church of this city. Both of her parents were leading pioneers of the state of Oregon, her mother, whose maiden name was Mary Johnson, having crossed the plains in

1845, making most of the journey on horseback and carrying with her a babv sister who was too sick to ride in a wagon. Her father, ]\Ir. James Winston, crossed the plains the next year (1846), traveling the entire distance on muleback. He became one of the pioneer merchants of Oregon City, Oregon, and for many years was eminent in the life and development of that state, occupying many responsible positions of a political character. The original Winston homestead, upon which he was born, was s<ild to the Confederate government, and during the war of the Rebellion was used as a place of residence by Jefferson Davis. 'Sir. Winston was married in Oregon City, in 1847, to Miss Mary Johnson, above mentioned. They became parents of seven children. Mrs. Winston's mother was a direct lineal descendant of Aneke Jans, and was an heiress of the millions of dollars' worth of property of the Trinity church corporation of New York. She was a daughter of Rev, Hezekiah Johnson, a Baptist minister, and one of the early missionaries of the coast. Jvlr. Winston died June 7, 1892, and Mrs. Winston December 6, 1896.

DR. NATHAN A. GODDARD, physician and surgeon, 644-45 Hyde block, is a native of Nashua, New Hampshire, born January 14, 1874. In 1890 he went to ^Minnesota and entered Shattuck's Alilitary Academy. Three years later he returned to Nashua, and completed his preliminary education in the high school there, graduating in 1894. He then entered the medical department of the Uni\ersity of Alinnesota, taking his degree from that institution in 1897. He then took the competitive examination for senior surgeon of St. Josepli's Hospital at St. Paul, Minnesota, and being the successful competitor, received the position. He held it one year, then entered the clinical wards of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and ga\'e his attention exclusi\-ely to surgery for a while. He later came to Spokane, passed th.e examination required hv tlie state board of medical examiners and began the practice of his profession. He gives special attention to surgery and diseases of the nose and throat. Dr. Goddard has spared no pains to become pr(jticient in his profession, and the successes he has already achie\-ed proxe that his efforts ha\'e not been in \ain. He is one nf the rising young men of the city and can hardly fail to climb rapidly to the front rank of medical practitioners of this state. He is affiliated with the B. P. O. E., No. 2j8, is .sachem of the I. O. R AI.. Xo. g. and Iddge plixsician of the F. O. E.,Xc). 2. all of Si)okane, and he also belongs to the Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity. He was this year elected one of the board of censors of the Inland Fmjjire Clinical Society of Spokane, which comprises among its members all of the leading ])hysicians of Washington, Idaho and western Montana.

HOX. JOHX L. WILSOX. e.x-United States senator from Washington, is a son of James \\'ilson, who defeated Senator \'oorhees in the election of 1856, becoming the first Republican representative from the eighth district of Indiana. He was liorn in Crawftjrdsville. Indiana, August 7, 1850. He graduated from Wabash College in 1874, then studied law in the i.^ffice of his uncle. Colonel W. C. Wilson, passing his admission examination in 1877. After a year's practice he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Montgomery County in the state legislature. He served one term, helijing to elect Benjamin Harrison to the .senate. In Feliruary, 1881, he was a])i)ointe(l Ity President .\rthur receiver of public moneys in the Colfax, Washington, United States land oftice. He served four and a half years, rendering a complete and correct account of all moneys at the close of his term. When the land office was remo\ed to this citv he came with it and has been a resident of Spokane ever since. In 1889 he was elected to congress, defeating Thomas C. Griffiths. In 1891 and again in 1893 lie was renominated by acclamation, and in the state legislature of 1895 ^"'^' iSgG he was elected to the United States senate for the term ending March 4, 1899. During his long service in the house of ' representatives and in the senate lie was very active in behalf of his state. He worked untiringly for the Xicaragua canal, organized the mail service of the state, establishing over half the postoffices in Washington, adjusted the Creur d'Alene treaty. ])rovided homes for the Spokane Indians, opened the Colville reservation, built the dry chjck at Port Orchard and secured appropriations for improving Gray's harbor and for building the jetty, the light house, the life sa\iiig station, the marine hospital and the (juarantine station at Port Townsend. He also secured appropriations for coast fortifications and the passage of a bill in the house establishing a United States court in this state. Senator Wilson has the honor of being the first Republican member of congress from Washington and was therefore accorded the l)rivilege of witnessing the signing by President Harri.son of the proclamation admitting Washington to the Unifju. He still retains the confidence and political allegiance of his former constituents and is among the most popular men. politically, in the state. During the Ci\il war he served as messenger on the staff

WILLIAM H. :McKERXAX. a pioneer of 1881, is a native of Oregon, born in a Hudson's Bay Company's camp at The Dalles January 21. 1857. He grew to manhood on a farm. Ijut in 1875 ^vent to Portland and entered the employ of Reran & Macbeth as a salesman in a large general merchandise store. He remained with them until 1881, then came to Spokane to accept a situation from Friedenricht & Berg as clerk in their general merchandise establishment, the first store of its kind in Spokane. He continued in their emplov until 1885, when the firm went out of business. His next position was furnished by Walter L. Bean, who employed him as chief clerk in his grocery store until 1S87, but in that year Mr. McRernan formed a partnership with C. L. Brickel and engaged in the grocery business for himself. He retired the following year, however, to become a member of the city police force. He served continuotisly until i8g8. holding all the positions from patrolman to chief and discharging his duties faith full}' and in a luanner highly satisfactory to all good citizens. Since retiring from the police force he has l)een engaged in raising fancy poultry and as a contractor and builder. He owns a fine tract of fifteen acres near Xatatorium Park, upon which he makes his home. Mr. ]\IcRernan has showed himself worthy of the highest esteem during the many years of his resiflence in Spokane, always proving faithful to e\-ery trust reposed in him and ever manifesting a deep interest in the welfare of the city. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., the K. of P. and the

Pioneers Association. He was married in Spokane October 8. 1884, to :\Iiss Esther J. Boone, a native of Oregon, daughter of D. 'SI. Boone, who crossed the plains with ox-teams in 1844. Mrs. McRernan is also a lineal descendant of the far-famed Daniel Boone. Mr. and Mrs. McKernan are parents of three children : Gertrufle. Marguerite and Frances. 'Sir. John M. McKernan, father of our Mr. McKernan, started from Boston, Massachusetts, for Oregon at a very early date, but was shipwrecked and finally picked up by an English sailing vessel and taken to Li\-erpool. Out of eleven iiundred passengers on the lost vessel only one Inmdred and forty escaped with their lives. Mr. AIcKernan, however, was not to be discouraged, but again set out for his land of promise, arriving there as an eiuployee of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1S54. He later on joinefl the L'nitecl States army and particijjated in the Pacific coast Indian wars.

A. D. CAMPBELL, manager of the Western Union telegraph otifice, a pioneer of 1888. is a nati\-e of Ontario, Canada, born Xovember II, 1863. He learned the profession of a telegraph operator and in 1878 entered the employ of the Dominion Telegraph Company, with whom he remained until they consolidated with the Creat Xorthwestern Telegrajih Company. He then worked for the combined concern luitil 1885, when he removed to Chicago and entered the service of the Western L^nion. He has been with that company continuously since, working with marvelous steadiness, having had only one week's vacation since 1886. In 1887 he came to Helena, Montana, to become chief operator there, and in 1888 he was sent on to Spokane to assume the management of the company's office here. Since that date he has been closely identified with this city. He is also manager of the Fort Steele Telegraph & Telephone Company. Few men cuuld have borne the strain that Mr. Campbell has passed through in discharging the duties of his arduous and responsible position for more than fourteen years without recreation. Thoroughly devoted to his work, Mr. Campbell nevertheless finds time to take an uiterest in the general welfare of the city and a leading part in many enterprises for its material and social melioration. He was one of the founders of the S. A. A. C, of which he has been a director since its organization, and he is also a member of the Bicycle Path Com-, mission. He was married in Chicago, Illinois, to Miss Ella C. Simpson, a native of that city, and they have three children, laiella, Wallace S. anil Russell.

MRS. JAMES ROE, widow of the late James Roe, came to Spokane with her parents, Mr. and ]\Irs. John Ma3-er, in 1884. She was afterward marrietl in this city and became the mother of two children, Leah and Aileen. Her iiusband died in Spokane April 22, 1900. ]\Irs. Roe is an active member of the Westminster Congregational church, also is a prominent worker in the R. N. A., No. 1762, of which she is recorder. She is one of the most highly esteemed and influential ladies of this city.

HON. JA^IES M. COM STOCK, mayor of Spokane, is a native of Rome, Oneida county. New York, born September 6, 1838. In 1845 t^l^s family removed to Summit, Waukesha county, Wisconsin, where he grew up, attending the school winters and working on a farm at all other seasons, ^\'hen eighteen he began teaching. In 1858 he entered Carroll College in Waukesha and there the greater part of his time was spent until the outbreak of the war. On August 14, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, First Wisconsin Volunteer Ca\- alry. He studied tactics diligently and soon was appointed to drill the other men. Later he served in Missouri as first lieutenant of Company H, participating in the engagements at Shelbyville and Chickamauga. He then went south, joined Sherman and took part in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, New Hope Church, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain and other engagements preceding the fall of Atlanta. In July. 1863, he was promcjted to the captaincy of Company F, which rank he held until mustered out December 1, 1864. The distingui.shed character of his military services is evinced by the fact that he was so frequently promoted. L'pon retiring from the army he returned home and engaged in the dry goods business: In 1872 he removed to Algona, Iowa, where he followed the same pursuit until 1890. He then came to Spokane and in company with R. B. Patterson opened a dry goods store. On January i, 1895, the Spokane Dry Goods Company was organized, with Mr. Comstock as vice-president. The company have an excellent wholesale and retail establishment and are doing a splendid business, employing from ninety to one hundred assistants constantly. While Mr. Comstock is a business man of no ordinary ability, it is for his public services that he is best known in Spokane, he having been connected with the city government since 1894. He was for five years a member of the city council, during three of which he occupied the president's chair. In May. 1899, he was elected to the mayoralty of Spokane and he is discharging his duties as such officer witli abihty and faithfuhiess and in a manner well calculated to promote the best interests of the city. He is a man of long experience in municipal government, having served for many years in the Algona, Iowa, city council and as mayor of that city one year. ]\Iayor Comstock was married in Monterey, Wisconsin, ilarch 29, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Annis, a native of Cattaraugus county, Xew York, and they have two daughters, May and Josie.

HORACE KIMBALL, deputy prosecuting attorney of Spokane county, member of the law firm of Moore. Poindexter & Kimball, is a nati\"e of Indianapolis, Indiana, born of Xew England parentage June 4, 1868. He is a son of Judge Eben W. Kimball, of Little Rock, Arkansas, a leader of the I^ar of that state. The family have resided at Little Rock since 1873, and there Mr. Kimball grew to manhood and acquired his primary education. He received his college training in the University of \'irginia, entering in 1884 and graduating three years later. He was admitted to the bar l)y the supreme cnurt of .Vrkansas in 1889 and immediately entered his father's office as a jjartner. In 1891 he came to Spokane, opened an office and started to build up a practice, an undertaking in which he has been unusually successful. Mr. Kimball is at present the deputy prosecuting attorney of the county and at the Republican county convention held June 8, 1900, he received by acclamation the nomination of his party for prosecuting attorney. He is an ardent and life-long Republican, a very active worker in the interest of the party and one of its leaders. He has been a delegate to numerous state and county conventions and is at present secretary of the Republican county central committee. Both as an attorney and as a political leader I\Ir. Kimball takes high rank. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him and is in every respect a very promising young man. He resides at No. 214 Walnut street, this city, with his family, which consists of his wife and one little daughter.

ROBERT D. SPECK, secretary of the Sheldon ^Milling Company of Rockport, is a nati\-e of Clinton county. New York, born July 4. 1859. At the age of fourteen he came to Chicago, where he secured employment from Thompson, Steel & Price, the last of whom is the well-known baking powder man. Later Mr. Speck was in the grocery and ))rovision business with his brother. G. W. Speck. He afterward went to Steel City, Nebraska, and opened a general merchandise store, but he soon returned to Chicago. Not long afterward he went into the hotel business at Missoula, Montana, also serving as chief deputy and later as acting sheriff of the county. In 1884 he came to Spokane and accepted a position as manager of the Arlington Hotel. Subsequently he went into the Grand Hotel, remaining till the fire of 1889. He then was manager of the Merchants" Hotel, then of the Pacific, but he subsequently removed to Rockford antl engaged in farming and milling. He is a stockholder in and secretary of the Sheldon Milling Company, also has a fine one-hundred-andsixty-acre farm five miles north of the town. ;Mr. Speck has long been a pronnnent man in politics, having served as a member of the territorial legislature and of the territorial council in Montana, and having also served in the legislature of this state. In Xovember. 1898. he was elected sheriff of this county and he discharged his duties as such creditalily and satisfactorily until the fall of 1899, when he resigned. In fraternal affiliations Mr. Speck is a member of Fairfield Lodge, No. 45. 1. O. O. F., of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. and of the W. ..f \V.

FRANK W. DALLAM, editor of the Lincoln County Times, a pioneer of 1883, was burn in Pc^tosi, Missouri, .\pril 9, 1849. l'^ early infancy he was taken by his parents to Illinois, where he was reared and educated. His father was a ji)urnalist, and to that profession Frank also early turned his attention. He took his first lessons in typesetting in the office of the Quincy Republican. His first experience as editor and publisher was in 1868. when he t(iok charge of the Warsaw ( Illinois) Bulletin, with which he was connected for several years afterward. In 1875 he removed to California and there he i>ulilishe(l the Haywards bmrnal for five years. In 18S3 he migrated ti) the territ(Try of \\';isbingtiin. founded the Spokane Re\dew and continued its editor until 1888. A few months after retiring from that position he purchased the Lincoln County Times at Daxenport, taking charge January I, 1889. In the summer of that year be was elected a member oi the constitutional convention, which framed tlie constituton of this state, and in the fall <jf 1890 he became receiver in the United States land office at W'aterville. He ser\-ed in that capacity four years, also editing the Big Bend Empire at \\'ater\-ille during the campaign of 1894, then was elected atiditor of Douglas county, an office which he retained for two years. In 1897 be started the

Palmer Mountain Prospector, at Loomis. and after conducting that periodical for over a year be again became editor and proprietor of the Lincoln County Times. Mr. Dallam has si)ent many years in the newspaper business and has e.xerted a powerful influence in shaping public opinion and sentiment wherever he has li\ed. Thoroughly master of his profession, his career as a journalist has been eminently successful. His public service, also, was of such a character as to win for him the confidence and good will of all his constituents. In September, 1874, he was married at Warsaw, Illinois, to Miss Alice R. Tuzadder, and thev ha\e four children.

CHARLES v. CHAMBERLIN, managing director of the Evening Star Mining Company, a ])ioneer of 1881, was bom in Susquehanna county, Penn.sylvania, in September, 1855. lie was reared on a farm but early emliarked in the railway train service, following that ocupation until twenty-six years old. He then came out to Cheney, Washington, where for a number of years he continued railroading. Later, however, he turned his attention to stock raising, a business which engaged his energies for the next few years. In the spring of 1 89 1 he was appointed deputy United States marshal, with head(|uarters at Spokane, and be discharged his duties as such officer until June, 1893. when he again returned to the railroad, becoming agent for the receivers of the branch lines ojjerated by the Northern Pacific Railroad in this state. In the spring of 1895 he l)ecame temporary receiver of the C. \\'. R. R. Co., and in the fall of that j-ear he was appointed permanent receiver, serving as such till the property was sold in 1898. During the last two years he has l)een engaged in mining and he is now interested in a nunilier of verv promising properties. Mr. Chamherhn lias always stood well in this connty, ever enjoying the confidence and esteem of those with whom he has heen associated.

GEORGE r. 3,[ULCAHY, a pioneer of 1S82, was born in Ireland, of American parents, November 10, 1864. In 1S65 the family came to the vicinity of Toledo, Ohio, in which state and in Michigan Mr. Mnlcahy received his edncation. He learned the telegraph bnsiness and when eighteen years old came ti > the Coeur d'Alene conntry. indnced thither by the mining excitement. After the Genr d'.Mene l)oom he again followed telegraphy, entering the employ of the Northern Pacific Railway Company as train dispatcher at Sprague. Later he became manager of the Western Union telegraph ofiice and train dispatcher at h^llensbnrg. \\'hile there he organized the development company which discovered the iron mines on the Teenaway. When the Okanogan reservation was opened he was among the first to enter the conntry and became interested in the first prospects located on Palmer mountain. He also became active inj^olitics, lieljiing to organize the connty, ser\'ing as deputy auditor and being nominated for the county treasurership before becoming of age. He would doubtless have been elected but for the county-seat fie-bt. Snbseqnently going to eastern ()reg<in, Mr. Mnlcahy served successively ;is train dis- ])atcher. chief clerk in the transportation department and freight and ticket agent tur the O. R. & X. Co. at La Grande. lie afterward followed real estate and mining brokerage until i8()5, when he came to .Spokane.

Since then he has won for himself an enviable reputati(jn as a ])r(imoter of extensi\-e enterprises. Imlced, his ;ibilities as such are phenomenal, lie lielpcil build Rossland, I'.ritish Columbia, has aided in the pnsmotion oi many of the finest mines in that region and has induced large amounts of capital to seek investment in the nn'ning camps of the uiirthwest. At present he is operating chiefiy in Idaho. Few men have done more for the material development and prosperity of the northwest than has Mr. ]\Iulcahy and few have a better title to be counted among its benefactors. His juilgment of prospects is excellent and so far has in e\'ery instance proven correct. He was married in Ruby, Washington, in 1889, to Louise Richenberg, and thev are parents of two children, Helen I", and Grace E

JOHN B. BLALOCK, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Sevier county, Tennessee, born July 21, i85r). He grew to manhood there, receiving such educational advantages as the common schools affortled, but as sijon as he became twent_\-two years old he set out for the west. His objective i)oint was the Willamette \'allev, Oregon, but he did not long remain there. He returned to Walla Walla before the \'ear was o\er and thence the next spring to Spokane, which was at that time beginning to attract attention as a town of great promise. He made the trip on a freight wagon belonging to Cannon & Warner. Ujfon his arrival here he sent back to Walla Walla about sevcnt}- doILars. ;ill the money he then possessed, for a stock of leather ami shoe findings, and with these he openc<l a small sho]) over Cannon & Warner's store, ou the southwest corner of Howard .and I'ront. Soon afterwards he purchased, for one hundred and fifty dollars, a lot on Front street, just west of Howard, iip(jn which he erected a small one-story building, 14x28. This was his place of lousiness until, in 18S0, he bought, for five hundred dollars, forty feet square on the northwest corner of Riverside and Howard. The same year he alsij jjurchased an eight-hnndred-dollar stock of shoes in Colfa.x, and from that on he enjoyed great prosperity in business. In 1881 he built on his own lot on Riverside a twenty Ijy forty one-story frame building, into which he moxed his stock. The next year he -added to this a store building for rent, and shortly afterwards he inu'chased for si.x thousand fi\'e hundred dollars the lot and Ijuilding adjoining h;ni on the west. Moving his stock intii this, he afterwards tore down the build- :lngs on the corner and in 1 S87 buili in their stead a four-story l>rick with ;i basement, the cost laeing twenty-one thousand dollars. This \vas the first four-stor_\- Iniilding in the citv and was soon rented to the h^irsl National Hank for three hundred dollars ])er month. In i88() Mr. Blalock sokl out his shoe business to Mr. N. E. Dolan, formed a partnership with Mr. K. 'C. Hyde, and liecame a real estate si)eculator. They bought and handled a large amount of city property, making many improveiuents and erecting, among other numerous buildings, eight .splendid residences on Cazno\ia Heights. Mr. Blalock lost about twenty thousand dollars in the fire of 1889. In 1890 he built the Blalock block on the southwest corner of Stevens and Sprague, a six-st(_)ry brick, costing, with the ground upon which it stands, two hundred and nine thousand dollars. He continued prosperous and was doing a large and eminently successful business until the panic of 1893, when, like many others, he lost most of his property. He is at present living on his farm si.x miles west of Medical Lake. Mr. Blalock's business record challenges our most sanguine admiration. Starting in an humble way, practically without capital, he pushed forward with zeal, energy and resolution, his unerring judgment enabling him to take advantage of every fa- \-orable circumstance, until he reached the topmost round in the ladder of business success, lie has al\\a_\s J)cen a firm friend of the city with which his destiny has been linked, contributing with liberal hand to railroads. churches and bridges and to all tlie early enterprises which seemed likely to promote its highest interests. He was married in Spokane. October 2-]. 1884. to Miss Mattie Hyde, and they are parents of one child. Shirl M.

\\1LL1.\.M H. HUNTER, son of James and Sarah Ide Hunter, mine operator, office, 13- 14 Jamieson building, was born in Marquette county, Wisconsin. May 17. 1850. In 1856 the fannly moved to Buffalo county, that state, and there Mr. Hunter resided until 1884. engaged, after he became old enough, in farming and stock raising. He gave special attention to the rearing of fine cattle and was eminently successful in that business. In 1884, however, he came to Spokane county, purchased a onehundred-and-sixty acre farm on Moran prairie, anil began making improvements and building a comfortable home for himself and family. He set out forty acres of fruit trees and erected a fine house, a splendid barn and other buildings, but in 1898 he moved into Spokane for the purpose of trying his fortunes in the real estate business. He became so interested in mining that in 1899 he abandoned the real estate entirely, and concentrated all his energies upon that industry. At the present time he is en- gaged in developing se\-ei'al very promising properties in the mining region tributary to this citv. Mr. Hunter is a man of great energy and enterprise, and possesses a degree of determinati(_in which insures success in anytliing he undertakes. His mining ventures will l)e carried to a successful issue, if that is within the range of human possibility, under the circumstances. He was married while in Alcindovia, \Viscousin, to ]Miss Martha Warren, who died in Spokane in 1889, leaving six children, Grace, wife of H. C. Phillips ; Minnie ; Luella, wife of Edward Murphy ; William : James and Nellie. Pie was again married in this city in 1894 to Mrs. Anna Fisher, and they have had one child, Genevieve, deceased. Mr. Hunter's parents are both living in Portland, Oregon, though both are advanced in age.

HON. E. D. OLMSTED, M. D., offices in Trader's block, rooms 400-1-2, is a man with an enviable standing in his profession, in business circles, in politics, and as an honored and esteemed member of society. He was born in Davenport, Delaware county. New York, June 6, 1848, but when he was seven years old his family moved to the \icinity of Galesburg, Illinois. In 1876 he entered the Missouri Homeopathic Medical College, graduated two years later, opened an office in Plymouth, Illinois, where he practiced until 1887. He then came to Spokane and has succeeded in building up a large and desirable practice. In 1897 he was elected mayor on the citizen's ticket, and he discliarged the duties of that office in an able and efficient manner for a term of two years. He is now president of the Chaml)er of Commerce, which position he has held since its organizati(_)n, and <jf the board of pension examiners through two administrations; president of the board of trustees of State Normal School, president of the Spokane Industrial Exposition, and vice-president of the Golden Lion Little Four Consolidated Mining Company and of the Conquest Mining Company. He is also interested in many other mining enterprises. Socially he is a member of the Elks, and is verv prominent in Masonry, having taken all of the thirty-three degrees, and having been commander-in-chief of the consistory for the past six terms. He is at present worshipful master of Oriental Lodge, No. 74, and vice-president of the Pacific Coast Masonic Veteran Association. He is an ardent atlmirer of William Mc- Kinley ami is h(.)norary president of the Mc- Kinley club of the county. He is also a member of the County Medical Society, ex-president of the State Homeopathic Medical Society, and a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was married first in Victoria, Illinois, April 15, 1869, to Miss Ella Laing, native of Illinois, by whom he has two daughters. Amy L., wife of Bert M. Taylor, a farmer in Tecumseh, Nebraska: and Carrie E., wife of Frederick Taylor, a farmer at Fairfield, Nebraska. He was married again at Plymouth, May 15, 1882, to Miss E. L. Sutton, a native of Illinois.

WILLIAM T. PARKER, blacksmith, 0222T, Hamilton street, is a nati\-e of Alinneapolis, Minnesota, born October 17, 1861. When twelve years old he accompanied his parents to Rome, Georgia, and he resided there until 1879, then moved to Walla Walla, Washington. The next year the family came to Spokane count}-, and the father took up three hundred and twentv acres of land on Four Mound prairie. Tliey also had a blacksmith shop there in which Air. Parker worked during his stay in that neighborhood. Subsequently he came into Spokane to accept a position as exjiert machinist for the J. I. Case Company. He remained with them four years, then entered the employ of the Sioux Railroad Company as engineer, but in 1894 opened a shop at Xo. 0522 Monroe street. He later built a blacksmith shop at ion Riverside avenue, especially eciuipped for repairing general machinery, but this lie sold in 1897. He then moved to his l}resent location, where he owns a fine shop fitted up with a full and comi)lete outfit. He also owns three fine residences in this city, one (if which ranks among the finest in that locality, and he has a splendid farm of two hundred and thirty-seven acres in Whitman county, on the Snake river. Mr. Parker is one of the enterprising, industrious and progressive men of Spokane, and one of its most highly esteemed and respected citizens. Fraternally he is identified with Xorthern Light Lodge, Xo. 121, I. O. O. F., of Minneapolis, and he also belongs to Unique Encampment, Xo. ^2. and Canton N'o. 2, of Spokane. Mr. Parker has been twice married. On March 24, 1878, in Rome, Georgia, he wedded Minnie 1). Perkins, who died in Spokane, May 24, 1880, leaving one child, Agnes, now wife of William Prown, a street car conductor in Spokane. Pie was married again in Minnea])olis, .\])ril 17. 1889, to Nancy E. Ford, and they are parents of five children: Myrtle, Catherine, I'Yances, William and Marie.

raised and educated in his native state. In 1883 he commencefl to study pharmacy, and after devoting four years of hard work to the mastery of thai profession he came to Spokane and with h.is brother, .Arthur S., opened up a business here, which they carried on successfully for iWe years. They then removed to I'airfielcl. \\'ashington, and immediately commenced business again. Theirs is tlie only drug store in the town and is sujjplied with about three thousand dollars' worth of fine, fresh stock, consisting of a full line of drugs, tiiilet articles, stationery, etc.. etc. Mr. Dunn lias devoted much careful and painstaking study to pharmacy and is considered an unusually skillful and reliable dispenser. Fraternally he is affiliated with the I. O. F., being associated with Court Silver Lodge. Xo. 1568, of Spokane. He was married in Spokane October 2j. 1899, to Miss Marguerite Dimmick, a native of Oregon.

C. J. THEODORE HEISE, contractor in all kinds of cut stone, cemetery and monumental work, quarries and shops at Little Spokane, is a native of Berlin, Germany. Ix^rn June 10, i860. He served a five-year apprenticeship in his nati\e city, learning the trade of a stone cutter, and in 1882 came to the United States. Pie has since followed his trade in various jiarts of this country and in nearly all the large cities, his services being in demand wherever the finest quality of work is desired. He lived in San Francisco for eighteen months, working most of that time on the Leland Stanford University buildings. In 1889 he came to Spokane and tofik charge of a large shop in this city. He opened the Little Spokane rpiarries in 1897 and two years later purchased them, and he has since employed most of the time from eiglit to ten men in their development. He lias a tine (luality of granite, the best building stone in the Pacific northwest. He is a heavy contractor and furnished the cut stone for the Washington school buildir.g. Gonzaga College, St. Joseph's Orphanage and many other fine structures, and he ships large quantities of cut stone to \-arious towns, in eastern \\'ashington. His monumental business also is developing into an industry of no mean proportions. I\Ir. Heise is a man of great energy and enterprise and he combines a thorough mastery of his handicraft with rare business ability, so that his splendid success is not greatly to be wondered at. Socially he is identified with Samaritan Lodge, No. ^2. and with Unique Encampment. No. 32, I. O. O. F.. and he is a past grand in the subordinate lodge. He was married in Mayfield, California, September I, 1888, to Miss Minnie Krau.se. a native of Liverpool, and they have three children : Hazel. W'ilhelmina T. and Elma K.

J.\MES C. CUNNINGHAM, special agent and adjuster for several of the leading fire insurance companies, is a native of Prince Edward county, Ontario, Canada, born March 10, 1864. He graduated from the jniblic schools there and in the year 1881 came with his parents to W'atertown, South Dakota, where he attended the Dakota Agricultural College, holding the positions while there of manager and editor of the college paper. He was also secretary and treasurer of the Inter- C(_)llegiate Oratorical Association. He afterward taught school for a while ( holding a firstgrade certificate), and was for a time employed in the county treasurer's office. Leaving this positi(jn he went to Chicago, where he was employed in a wholesale fruit and nut house. In the year 1889 'le came west and located in Sjwkane. He opened an office for the transaction of fire insurance and real estate, which business has been continued until the present time. In 1897 'le was promoted to the position of special agent and adjuster for the American Central Insurance Company of St. Louis, Missouri, the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Lloyd's Plate Glass Insurance Company of New York, his territory being Washington. Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana. Mr. Cunningham is also interested in a number of mining enterprises and has considerable real estate in. the city. He is a public-spirited young man and takes a lively interest not only in the business enterprises of the city, but also in the religious and charitable organizations. He is president of the board of trustees of the Maria Beard Deaconess Home and Hospital and has been for many years secretary of the board of trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal church. He took an unportant part in the organization of the Young Men's Christian As- S(_iciation. He also served as a member of the board of education and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member o* the .Spokane Amateur Athletic Association and in every way possible he has done his full share for the general good of the city. He was a meml)er and helped to make the muster of Company B. National Guard of Washington, which company was afterward mustered out and re-enlisted as Company L, United States \'olunteers. Mr. Cunningham is a prominent and acti\-e member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, being a past grand of Imperial Lodge, No. 134. He is also a member of Unique Encampment ami is affiliated with Oriental Lodge.

No. 74, F. & A. M. He was married in Brookings, South Dakota, in 1889. to Miss Sarah A. Haber, a native of \\'isconsin. They have had born to them four children, one dying in infancy; the three hving are Ila \\'.. James Russell and Dorothy H. They occupy the family residence at 320 Adams street.

JUDGE A. G. KELL.\M. of the law firm of Henley. Kellam & Lindsley, 503-509 Rookery, is a nati\-e of Livingston county. New York, born November 23, 1837. When nineteen years old he began the study of law. .About that time, however, he moved to Wisconsin, and later was admitted to the liar of that state. He began practice at Delavan, where he resided until he entered the army. In September, 1862, he raised a company known as Company D. Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into service as its captain. He served till the close of the war in tlie Army of the West, being a member of General Coburn's staff, and later of General Dustin's, and participating in a number of engagements with General Sherman. He was in the battles of Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Bentonville, took part in the siege of Atlanta, and was with Sherman on the march to the sea. He was taken prisoner at Thompson's Station, Tennessee, and spent three months in Libby prison. Judge Kellam was a brave and loyal soldier and a good officer. When mustered out he was major of his regiment. After the war. he returned t<i Delavan. resumed his practice and was there until 1871, serving for two years from 1868 in the \\'isconsin state legislature. He next went to Hampton, Iowa, opened a private bank, and became cashier, and afterward president of the Franklin County

Bank. He also formed the law firm of Kellam, King & Henley. In 1881 he removed to Chamberlain, Dakota, engaged in the practice of his profession, and also opened and became president of the Brule County Bank. This arrangement continued until 1889, when he was elected on the Republican ticket judge of the supreme court of South Dakota. His re-election followed in 1893. but in January, 1896, he resigned to come to Spokane and form a l)artnership with D. W. Henley. They have one of the finest libraries in the city, and are doing a large business. Judge Kellam has long been a careful and assiduous student of the law. and he has a mastery of his profession to which few law-yers can hope to attain. He is a member of Sedgwick Post, G. A. R., also of the I"". & .\. M. He was married in Jefferson county. New York, October 2Ti. 18G5, to Miss Clara Cole, a native of Wisconsin. They have one son, Fred, a graduate of Yankton College, South Dakota, now studying law in his father's office.

EPHRAIM DEMPSIE, wholesale and retail clothier and furnisher, 719 Riverside avenue, is a native of the north of Ireland. He came to the United States in 1876 and located first in San Francisco, where he was in business se\ eral years. He then went to the Sandwich islands as the representative of a mercantile establishment, remaining until 1883, when he returned to San Francisco and from there made a trip back to Ireland, remaining among the scenes of his youth for some months. Returning to San Francisco in the early part of 1884 he decided to cast his lot in eastern Washington and selected Spokane as his future home, where he engaged in business in the early spring of the same year. In business he has always enji:)ye(l a large patronage and has forged ahead through seasons of depression as well as prosperity. He nnw has an excellent wholesale business, extending over part of British Cohnnbia, Montana, Idaho and eastern Washington. Mr. Dempsie is also interested considerably in mining and is a stockholder in several local enterprises, besides having large real estate interests. For the past five years he has been a member of the board of trustees of the State Normal School at Cheney. He was appointed trustee by Go\'ernnr McGraw immediately after the state legislature had appropriated sixty thousand dollars for a normal building, and the magnificent edifice at Cheney shows how well the money was spent. He is a member of the Masonic order, having held the office of cnmiuander in the local commandery and potentate in the Shrine. He also served two terms as exalted ruler of the B. P. O. E. Mr. Dempsie was married in Portland. Oregon, to Marie Eaton, a native of England, and they have three children: Arthur S., Kathleen and Stewart G.

WILLIAM J. WILSON, a pioneer of :88o, is a native of Toronto. Canada, born July 25. 1855. He learned the trade of a butcher and followed that business for a number of years in the city of his liirth. then came to Spokane and. in company with Hiram Still, opened a shop on Howard, between Main and Front. A year later. Mr. Drumheller bought Still out. In a short time the new firm had an extensive business, supplying tlie railroads and shipping in large quantities to many of the surrounding points. They sold out their butcher business in 1888 to Homeson & Huffman, and in 1894 opened a packing house where one hundred hogs were slaughtered and packed daily. They ran two shops and had a large business, requiring twenty employees, but in 1897 they were compelled to close their establishment on account of the scarcity of hogs. Mr. Wilson is an active, energetic man, possessing excellent business ability and a degree of determination which insures success in whatever he undertakes. He is also a very public-spirited man, and was e\-er willing to contribute his full share toward the early enterprises of the city. Mr. Wilson is also extensively interested in mining. He was married in Toronto. March 6, 1882, to Miss Mary A. Sellers, a native of that city, and they are parents of three children, Frederick, Georgie and John.

CHARLES H. DOUGHTEN. a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Tazewell county, Virginia, born May 10, 1S48. When fourteen years old he left school to enlist in the Twenty-first Virgnia Cavalry and served for three months before he was entrusted with a gun. His company was first detailed as guards at Bristol, Tennessee, hut later was sent to escort prisoners to Richmi md. Mr. Doughten served as standard bearer in the Shenandoah valley and participatetl in the engagements at Pieflmont, Winchester, Fisher's Hill. Cedar Creek and in numerous others, .\fter eighteen months' service he left the army and returned to .school. In 1868 he can:e out to Leavenworth. Kansas, where he was engaged in fanuing for the ensuing nine years. He came to the coast in 1878 and located on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres five miles southeast of Spangle, .\fter spending a number of years on this farm he moved to Cheney, ran a livery stable there for nine years, then became in- ierested in the Riverside staliles in Spokane and had charge of them from 1891 till 1895. In the latter year he sold ont and engaged in mining in the Nelson. Rosslyn and Slocan districts, where he now has some very promising claims. ]\Ir. Doughten is a very active, enterprising man and it is to be hoped that "the result of his mining ventures will he such as tj reward him for the courage and energy employed in their discovery and development. He was married in Leavenworth county, Kansas, in 1870, to Miss Sarah Ziegier. a native of Tennessee, and they have one child. Alice, wife of Grant Roljinson, of Portland. Oregon.

NULTON E. NUZUM. of the law hrm of Sullivan, Nuzum & Nuzum. 46-49 Ziegier block, is a native of Wisconsin, born in Viro- (jua, April 28, 1862. When twenty years old he left the farm on which he was l)orn and raised, went to Chicago and became a commercial traveler, carrying a line of shoes. He followed that business for eight . years, reading law at the same time. In 1888 he came to Spokane and two years later was admitted to the bar and began practice. The next year the firm of Griffith & Nuzum was organized. In 1896 this firm was dissolved and the firm of Nuzum & Nuzum organized, and in January, 1899, the present partnership was formed by the admission to the firm of Judge H. E. Sulli- \an. They have a fine practice and are doing well. Mr. Nuzum is a man who has made his way in the world against great obstacles, and he deserves the credit always due men who climb in spite of adverse circumstances. He is a charter member of the Elks, in which he is leatling night, and he also belongs to the K. P. He is interested in miniu"-. and is connected with many enterprises for the de\-elopment of ]:)roperties. He was married in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, September 4, 1883, to Flora 1!. Watson, a native of Wisconsin, and they ha\'e one son, Harrv W.

D.\.\lh:L W. HENLEY, of Henley, Kel- 1am & Linclsley, attorneys in the Rookery Iniilding, is a native of Hendricks county, Indiana, born January 26, 1852. He was raised on a farm and educated in Earlham College, graduating from the Latin scientific course of that institution. He ne.xt entered the law department of Simpson Centenary University and recei\e(l his B. L. degree in 1876. He then opened an office with Jt)lin H. King in Hampton, Iowa, and two years later took in tlie Hon. A. G. Kellam, one of the men with whom he is now associated in Spokane. In 1888 Mr. llenley went to Lawrence, Kansas, and carried on a very successful practice tiiere until June, 1889, when he came to Spokane. He secured an office in the TuU block, furnislied it very nicely, and got ready for business. He opened on I'riday and the following Sunday the big fire burned him out. However, he tried once more, and practiced under the firm name of Connor, Henley & Scott, then of Fenton. Henley & Fenton until March, 1896, when the firm of I lenley & Kellam was organized. Mr. Lindsley at first served as clerk, but he was taken into the partnership in 1897. They are doing a fine business on the fifth floor of the l\ookery. Mr. Henley has long been regarded as one of the leading lawyers in this part of the state, and he is ncnv equally famous as a mining man. He was vice-president of the LeRoi from the time of its organization until it was sold, and this mine placed him among the wealthy men of the city. He has also owned a share in several other iine properties, is still hea\'ily interested in all the mining camps in this region, and devotes much of his time to mining and loaning his capital. He is an officer in several of the leading mining companies of Spokane. Socially Mr. Henley is a memher of the F. & A. yi.. Ijelonging to the K. C. C. H., and being very acti\'e in that society. He was married in Morgan county, Indiana, to Miss Emilv Stanton, a native of that state.

CAPTAIN JA.MES COVERLY, of the city police force of Spokane, a pioneer of 1886, is a native of Illinois, born September 16, 1848. When fifteen years old he enlisted in Company E of the Ninety-sixth Illinois Infantry, and in 1865 was transferred to Company E of the Twenty-first Illinois \'eteran Volunteer In- -fantry. General Grant's regiment, ser\-ing in the latter cnmpany until mustered out in December, 1865. He belonged to the Fourth Army Corps of 'the Army of the Cumberland anil took part in the Atlanta campaign, being present at the liattles of Resaca, Kenesaw, Atlanta and many others. Before he was seventeen years old he had participated in se\-enteen severe engagements. His war record is tmsullied by a single act of cowardice or dishonor. After the war he returned to his old h(jme in Illinois and remained there four years, then mo\-ed to central Illinois and engaged in farming. He came to this county in 1886 and mined until 1889, when he became ti memlier of the citv police force. The next year he was promoted to the rank of sergeant AUider Chief Harhord. and in 189 1, when the new charter came into effect, he became captain, a rank which he still holds. He is an excellent officer in e\-ery respect, performing his duties with faithfulness and .skill and to the entire satisfaction of all good citizens. That his .service meets with hearty approval is attested by the fact that he has twice been offered the chiefship. He has, however, for some rcas( )n thought best to decline both times. Fraternally he is identified with Reno Post, No. 47, (i. .\. R. He was married in Eli)aso, Illinois, in October, 1879. to I\Iiss Sarah Johnson, a native of that state, and the fruit of their union is two sons: Homer, an upholsterer in the employ of the Spokane Upholstering Company, and Jesse. In September. 1891. he was married again to Mrs. Fannie L. Ledoux, and they hax-e two daughters : Martha Irene and Samantha Milre. Mrs. Coverly met with a serious accident on the 4th of July, 1895, beingblinded by the unexpected explosion of a Ixjmb.

AUGUSTUS ROSSELOW, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, May 2j, 1 83 1. He grew to manhood there and at an early age learned the carpenter's trade. In 1866 he moved to Minnesota, where he was engaged as a carpenter and builder continuously for twenty-one years. In 1887 he moved to Spokane and he has followed his trade here e\'er since. l"ew men have devoted more time and labor to the trade of a carpenter and joiner than has Mr. Rosselow, and few have obtained a more complete mastery of the handicraft. He has followed it assiduously from boyhood to the present day, not allowing his energies to be distracted by other things, and as a natural conse(|uence he understands thoroughly every detail of the business. lie was married in Ohio November 2~. 1859, to Miss Susan Ameav, a native of France, and tliey have six chililren : Louise, a pliotographer ill Spokane; Alice, wife of John Myers; Mary, wife of R. C. Hyde; Joseph, an attorney in this city: Augustus F., a carpenter, and Henry J., a pliotographer.

JAMES HOLDGER. a pioneer of 1883, is a native of New York, born December 22, 1844. When eight years of age he accompanied his |.>arents to Ohio and he grew up on a farm in that state. He early learned the trade of a carpenter, serving an apprenticeship of two years under James P. Holdredge. In 1882 he came tn Hollister, California, and the next year to Spokane, where he has resided continuously since, engaged in cniitracting and building. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married in Leijanon, Ohio, in 1862, to Miss Ruth Thompson, a native of that state, and they ha\e three children : Frank, a ship carpenter on a battlesiiip, Pearson and Deniiie.