Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 1 of 16)

Biographical sketches

HON. CHARLES S. VOORHEES, of the law firm of Voorhees & Voorhees, offices, 508 Traders' block, is a son of the Hon. Daniel \V. and Anna Hardesty Voorhees. He was born in Covington. Fountain county, Indiana, June 4. 1853. In 1857 his family removed to Terre Haute. Indiana. He graduated in 1873 from the Georgett'wn University, studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced for a short time with his father. From 1876 to 1882 he was assistant cashier under the clerk of the house of representatives at Washington, D. C. He came to Colfax, Washington Territory, in 1882, and opened a law office. In September of the same year he was nominated prosecuting attorney of Whitman county on the Democratic ticket, and in November was elected, with a majority of two hundred and forty-two, running ahead of his ticket over four hundred votes. He served for two years. In September, 1884, he was nominated delegate to congress by the Democratic convention which met at Walla Walla. He was elected in November by a majority of one hundred and fortyeight, defeating James M. Armstrong, and running ahead of his ticket over eight thousand. He was renominated, practically by acclamation, by the Democratic convention which met in Tacoma in August, 1S86. In the election following he defeated Charles M. Bradshaw. Republican, and William A. Newell, on the labor ticket, his plurality being two thousand, one hundred and ninety-two. In 1888 he was renominated by acclamation at Spokane, but was defeated by John B. Allen. While in congress he, with Hon. J. K. Toole, then delegate from Montana, worked persistently for the admission of Washington and Montana. The Democratic majority in the house of representatives, by a caucus resolution, had declared that Dakota should only be admitted as one state, whilst the Republican minority demanded its admission as two states, and it was an assured fact that neither Montana nor Washington could secure admission to the Union, unless two states were carved from the then territory of Dakota. Mr. Voorhees and Governor Toole, after determined and untiring effort, succeeded in inducing enough of their Democratic friends, in the house, to vote for the bill admitting North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington, to insure its passage, and the bill was signed by President Cleveland on Washington's birthday, 1889. Had the people of this state fully appreciated Mr. Voorhees' services in this direction, he would doubtless have been returned to congress. The writer has read letters from B. F. Shively, of Indiana, A. M. Bliss, of New York, R. J. Vance, of Connecticut, M. H. Ford, of Michigan, Marion Biggs, of Calif(jrnia, and Logan Chipman, of Michigan, then Democratic members of the house, stating that they voted for the bill only on account of the persistent personal appeals and indefatigable and unremitting efforts of Governor Toole and Mr. \'oorhees. and also a letter from Charles S. Baker, the then ranking Republican member of the committee on territories, of the house, to the effect that Montana and Washington owe their admission to the Union at that time wholly to these efforts. Mr. Voorhees also introduced and secured the passage by congress of an act anne.xing the Panhandle of Idaho to this state, but that bill was pocket vetoed by Cleveland. This would have added to Washington a territory larger than Maryland and immensely rich in mineral wealth. After leaving congress Mr. Voorhees resided in Colfax till 1889, when he removed to Spokane and opened an office. In 1897 his brother Reese H. came to Spokane, and the present firm was organized. They have a very fine practice. Mr. Voorhees was married in Indianapolis November 14, 1888, to Miss Fannie B. Vajen, daughter of Gen. J. H. Vajen, of Indianapolis. They have one daughter, Anna Belle, born February 4, 1895.

Mr. Voorhees' early career in the political arena and in congress and his subsequent splendid record as a practitioner of law have won for him an honored place in the annals of this state, and have proved him to be a not unworthy son of his illustrious father, the noted senator from Indiana.

JOHN ANDERSON, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, Nos. 10 and 12 South Howard street, is a native of Down county, Ireland, born March 19, 1858. He lived on a farm in the land of his birth until 1879. '^vhen he emigrated to America. After residing four years ii- Allegheny City and Pittsburg, he removed to Bismarck, North Dakota, where he was engaged in the laundry business about three years. In 1 886 he came to Spokane and opened a grocery store on Howard street, but in 1889 he was burned out, losing all his earthly possessions. Too courageous to yield to misfortune, however, he at once reopened a smaller business. In 1896 he opened up in his present quarters where he has built up a large and prosperous business, and gives employment to three clerks steadily. He was married in June, 1890, to Miss Maggie McKay, the fruit of their union being three children, viz. : Mary, Margaret and Henry.

HENRY FRENCH is a native of Mississippi. When a small boy the family moved onto a farm in Iowa, but at the age of si.xteen he returned to the south and was employed as c!erk in Pine Bluff and Hot Springs. .Arkansas. In 1 88 1 Mr. French came to Spokane, traveling by stage from Walla Walla. He arrived in May and soon after bought a lot on Howard street, between Main and Front, on which v.as a small store building. He added to this and opened the first exclusively confectionery store in Spokane. He also accumulated other real estate which he improved. He built a two-story brick building on the west side of Howard, between Main and Riverside streets, a two-story frame on Post street, between Sprague and First, and in 1889 erected the Umatilla block, a three-story frame building, corner Main and Bernard. He still owns the Umatilla block, also three store buildings on the east and one on the south. Mr. French has always been a liberal contributor to the various enterprises started for the good of the city. He helped establish the first stage line to the Ccettr d'Alenes and for many years has been interested in developing claims in the varions mining camps.

JA}.IES MOXAGHAN is a native of Cavan coimty. Ireland, born in September, 1839. In 1S56 he emigrated to New York City. In 'May. 1858, he came to Vancouver, Washington, and on September 20, i860, arrived in Spokane county. He took charge of a ferry where the Laprey bridge now is, and soon became its owner. In 1871 he took a four years' contract to carry the mail from Cowley's Bridge to Colville. In 1873 '''^ went to Colville and, with Louis Fenwick, opened a general merchandise store which they operated until 1879. From 1878 to 1882 he was under contract to carry the United States mail from Colfax to Colville, via Spokane. He lived in Walla Walla for two years, then was for a long time engaged as a trader at the mouth of the Spokane river. In 1884 he went to Cceur d'Alene, and, with C. B. King, became interested in the first steamboat on the lake. They also had a post-trading station at Fort Sherman. ]\Ir. Monaghan sold out in 1886 to C. D. Corbin and came to Spokane where he had large property interests. For many years he took government supply contracts, and he and Mr. King furnished all the ties and timbers and constructed all the bridges on the Spokane Northern. Mr. Monaghan has also been an extensive dealer in Spokane real estate, and is now interested in many mining companies. In 1893 '"'^ helped open the Caribou mines, serving for awhile as president and manager of the company. He once ran for the state senate, but was defeated. He was married in Walla Walla. Washington, November 30, 1870, to Miss Margaret McCool, native of Donegal county, Ireland. Their oldest son, John R., won the competitive examination, and was appointed by John L.A\'ilson to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He graduated in 1895, served two years on the Olympia in Chinese waters, then returned to the United States and passed his final examination. He was appointed ensign and assigned to the monitor Monadnoc. He was later transferred to the Alert, and took part in the survey work on the Nicaragua canal. He returned to San Francisco, was assigned to the Philadelphia. He participated in the flag raising at Honolulu, served in Ceneral America, and then at Apia, in Samoa, where he was killed by the natives April I, 1899, along with Lieutenant Lansdale. Thus nobly perished one of whose achievements Spokane is justly proud. The other children of Mr. and Mrs. Monaghan are Margaret, Ellen, James, Charles and Agnes.

GEORGE E. DARBY, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Connecticut. August 19, 1854. When a boy he came to Santa Cruz, California, where he was employed in the California Powder Works. He had charge, for two years, of their magazine, packing and shipping. In February, 1884, he came to Spokane and started a licjuor business where the Grand Hotel now stands. He is at present located in the Sherwood block. He also has a three-thousand-acre stock ranch, fifteen miles north of Ritzville. and in raising cattle for the market. There are usually from one to two hundred head in his pastures. For a number of years he was mining in the Okanogan country, and is now extensivelv interested in nearly all the

U. H. CHRISTEXSEN, a pioneer of March. 1883. is a native of Denmark, born September 4. 1859. He learned the trade of a machinist in the land of his nativity, and emigrated to the United States as soon as he attained his majority. He located in Duluth, Minnesota, and remained there about three years. In 1883 he came to Spokane, wliere he was emplo}-ed for a number of years as engineer in the city water works. At the present time, however, he is engaged in the liquor business at 120 Stevens street. He resides at 717 East Indiana avenue in a beautiful home, erected in 1899 and elegantly furnished in the most approved modern style. Mr. Christensen is a prominent member of the Red Men, the Forresters and the Danish Brotherhood. He was married in Duluth. Minnesota, August 8, 1884, to Miss Hannah Pearson, a native of Sweden. They have two children, ISIargaret. born March 3, 1888, and Mamie, born June 22, 1891.

WILLIAM W. WITHERSPOOX. chief of police of Spokane, was born in Detroit, Michigan, March 3, 185 1. He clerked for a time in his native city, and was also in tlie grocery business there. In 1881 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was employed as manager of a commercial collection agency. In 1883 he came to Spokane, opened a grocery store and was engaged in the business for two years. He then erected a three-story brick block and two frame store buildings. He was a heavy loser in the fires, and again during the panic of 1893. In 1SS4 he helped organize the volunteer fire department, of which later he w«s foreman and afterward chief for two years. He was re-elected chief, but refused to serve. In 1 89 1 he was appointed chairman of the board of public works, a position which he held for three and one-half years. During his term the large iron bridges were constructed and the extensive water works system was carried almost to completion. In July, 1899, he was appointed to his present office. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, is now a member of all the York rites and the Shrine, and has been grand master of the state. He was married in Detroit, Michigan, April 15. 1875, to Isabel Grant, native of Scotland. They have five children : Archibald, now a practicing attorney in Spokane ; Herbert, bookkeeper for the Spokane and Eastern Trust Company ; Eva, Charles and Florence.

ANDREW RAUB, a pioneer of 1883, was the first carriage painter that ever came to Spokane. He is a native of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, born December i, 1849. He learned his trade in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and in 1880 came to Denver, Colorado. In 1 883 he remo\-ed to Spokane, where he has followed his trade ever since, giving also considerable attention to mining enterprises. He is now president of the Orient Consolidated Gold Mining Company. He was married in Scranton, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1874, to Margaret E. Lynd, a native of Augusta, Georgia. They have four children, namely: James B., Palmer K.. Arthur C. and Bula. Their oldest son. James B., enlisted in Company L, First Washington \'olunteer Infantry, in 1898, and served until the regiment was mustered out, November 12, 1899. He held the rank of

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WILLIAM F. MITCHEM, proprietor of the East End meat market, corner of East Sprague avenue and Pine street, is a native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, born December 16, 1859. He lived on a farm until seventeen years old, then left his home and came to western Nebraska, but finally located in Marshalltown, Iowa, where he kept a meat market for several years. He arrived in Spokane in 188S and shortly afterward opened the business in which he has ever since been engaged. In May, 1897, he was elected member of the city council for the first ward and two years later he was reelected. Mr. Mitchem is a good business man, thoroughly reliable and honorable in all his dealings, and he enjoys an enviable popularity among his fellow citizens. His public services as a councilman have also been very satisfactory, as is indicated by his being elected to a second term of office. Socially he affiliates with the F. & A. M. He was married in Sprague, Washington, November 10, 1890, to Miss Ida Haddock, a nati\-e of Iowa. They have one child, Mildred, born in Spokane September 19, 1895.

J. R. TAYLOR, of the law firm of Binkley & Taylor, a pioneer of June, 1883, is a native of Ontario, Canada, born December 21, 1854. He grew to manhood in his fatherland, acquiring a thorough commercial education, then studying law in Hamilton. He afterward removed to Colorado on account of ill health and was admitted to the bar in Denver, that state. A year later he removed to Tacoma, Washington, but after a few months' residence on the sound he came to Spokane, where, in company with J. \V. Binkley, he organized the present law firm. In 1886 Messrs. Binkley and Taylor instituted the Northwestern Pacific Mortgage Company, which afterward was merged into the Hypotheek bank. They continued as managers until 1896. Mr. Taylor and his partner have been very successful in their practice of law, and have built up a large and lucrative business. Their offices are now in rooms 7 and 8 Van Valkenburg block.

HARRY C. HAYWARD, manager of the Spokane Auditorium and of the Masonic Temple theater, at Wallace, Idaho, is a native of London, England, born January 3, 1853. ^^^ mother was an actress and his father a veterinary surgeon in the British army. At the age of fourteen he was a call boy at the Queen's theater in Long Acre, London. He was afterward employed as a performer in the IMarylebone theater and at the Surrey. In 1871 he came to America, joined the stock company of the Chestnut street theater of Philadelphia, and. except for short intervals, has been connected with the stage ever since. In 1881 he came to Spokane as chief clerk in the engineers' department of the Northern Pacific Railroad, under H. M. McCartney, then chief engineer of these divisions. He opened for the company their first office in this city. In 1883 he became manager of Joy's opera house, afterward of the Falls City opera house, then of the Concordia, and finally of the Auditorium, taking charge of this building at the time of its opening in September, 1890. He was manager of the

Grand Hotel from i8S8 until it was destroyed by the fire of 1889, and during the fire the entire relief business was entrusted to him. In 1890 he became chief clerk of the Spokane Hotel, a position which he has retained to the present time. He also served for one year as city treasurer, being elected to that office on the Republican ticket. Socially he is affiliated with the Masonic and Elks fraternities. He was married in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1880, to Clara M. Kohlhaufif, a daughter of William and Johanna and a native of Walla Walla. They have six children, namely : Lulu, Fred, Ralph, Margaret, Marie and Katherine.

HON. H. E. OLMSTED. M. D.. .offices in Traders 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 vicinity of Galesburg, Illinois. In 1876 he entered the Missouri Homeopathic Medical College, graduated two years later, then 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 Citizens' ticket, and he discharged the duties of that office in an able and efficient manner for a term of two years. He is now president of the Chamber of Commerce, which position he has held since its organization, and of the board of pension examiners through two administrations, president of the board of trustees of the 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 very 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; is at present worshipful master of Oriental Lodge, No, 74, and vice-president of the Pacific Coast Masonic \'eteran Association. He is an ardent admirer of William McKinley and is honorary president of the McKinley 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.

JOSEPH H. BOYD, president and man- ; l;<. T ' if the National Iron Works, on Havermale Island, and a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Devonshire. England, born January 6. 1842. When six years old he became an orphan and lived with his brother till eleven, when he went to sea as an apprentice. In 1857, after traveling over most of the globe, he left the sea and turned his attention to mining. In June. 1 86 1, he went to Orofino, Idaho, the first mining camp in that state. He is now interested in many properties in British Columbia, the

Cceur d'Alene? and the Okonogan country. After living on Pnget Sound and in Idaho, he went to Portland, Oregon, where he gave his attention to the real estate business and to iron works for about fourteen years. In 18S3 ^^^ came to Spokane and opened a hardware store, under the name of the J. H. Boyd Hardware Company. He was burned out in 18S9, losing forty thousand dollars, abo\-e insurance. He started again, taking in the \\"eaver & Goss Hardware Company of Rochester, New York. In 1890 he consolidated with Holly, Mason, Marks & Company, and was a member and director of that firm until 1S97. when he sold out. In 1887, he brought his machinery from Portland and incorporated the present company, of which he is president and manager. They are engaged in manufacturing gasoline and steam engines, boilers, elevators, architectural iron, quartz mills and crushers, concentrators, ore cars, buckets, and general mill and mining machinery, wrought iron, iron and brass castings, etc. Mr. Boyd is possessed of unusual executive ability, and owes his wealth and prestige as a manufacturer solely to his own energy and good judgment and to his splendid faculty for managing large enterprises. Socially he is a member of the F. & A. M., the K. P. and the Red Men. He was married in Portland, Oregon, August 9, 1871, to Mina Epperly, a native of Butteville, Oregon. They have three children, Edith, Edna and Graham.

FRANK \V. S:\IITH, wholesale and retail dealer in cigars and tobacco, corner of Howard and Sprague, was born in Coloma. California, May 9, 1863. The family moved to Nevada in 1870 and lived in that state for several years. Frank was educated in Boston, then wijrked in his father's store until 1886, when he came to Spokane. He was engaged in the gents' furnishing goods business for a year, then went into a wholesale and retail cigar and tobacco business and is doing well. Mr. Smith is also a partner in the firm of G. L. Taft & Company, wholesale and retail cigar and tobacco dealers at No. 614 Riverside avenue. He is a charter member of the Elks and one of their board of trustees. He took an active part in organizing the Spokane Athletic Club, was president for two years and has been a member of the board of managers of the Spokane Club for the past four. He was also manager of the Spokane Fruit Fair of 1896.

ALBERT D. HOPPER, vice-president, general manager and treasurer of the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1867. He was educated at the L^niversity of Pennsylvania. His family have been connected with the gas meter business ever since its introduction into the United States. Mr. William Hopper, Albert's uncle, became acquainted with Theophilus Code on the ship coming from Europe, and, as they became acquainted, Mr. Code told him that he was following a shipment of gas meters and intended to start a manufacturing plant at the place to which they should prove to be consigned. So they went in together and were thus led to Philadelphia, where they started the first gas meter factory in the United States. Mr. Hopper's father succeeded his uncle, and remained in the business until his death. The young Mr. Hopper naturally grew into the business and in iSS6 went to Lawrence, Kansas, to take charge of a gas plant. In 1S87 ^^^ came to Spokane, took charge of tlie local business and now owns the greater part of the stock. A sketch of the gas plant appears in the history of the manufacturing industries of the city. Mr. Hopper is also president of the Carbondale Coal Company, of Castle Rock. Washington, treasurer of the Rosslyn Coal Company, and president of the Northwestern Flax & Fibre Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing grain sacks from flax straw. He is also president of the Butte. Montana, Gas, Light & Coal Company.

Mr. Hopper is a man of remarkable business ability, as is easily discerned from the way tlie gas business has grown and prospered under his manasrement.

D. F. EAKIN, M. D.. physician and surgeon at Hillyard, a pioneer of 18S3, is a native of Carroll county.' Ohio, born June 21, 1S30. He lived there until 1859, attending the Hagerston Academy, also the academy at Salem, Ohio, and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 185S. Tlie following year he removed to Pike's Peak, Colorado, and engaged in the practice of medicine and in mining. Soon, however, he went to Glenwood, Iowa, practiced liis profession there until August, 1862, then enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Regiment of Volunteers and was commissioned assistant surgeon. He was mustered out in 1S64, and at once returned to Glenwood and resumed the practice of his profession. In 1 87 1 he went to Beloit, Kansas, where he was engaged in practice until 1882, in which vear he removed to Ritzville, Missouri. In 1883 Ii^ came to California, and thence to Spokane county, locating at Rockford. He pursued his profession there until 1890, then moved into the city of Spokane. In 1897 he changed his location to Hillyard, where he now resides. He is surgeon for the G. N. R. R. and was a member of the board of pension e.xaminers under President Harrison. Dr. Eakin has been an assiduous student of medicine and surgery for many years, and has the extensive and thorougii knowledge of his profession which one would naturally expect to find in a man who has concentrated the efforts of a lifetime in one directon. The Doctor, liowever, has always taken an active interest in public affairs and in politics. He was married in Malvern, Ohio, in October, 1854. tc Miss Amanda J. Brothers. They have five children, Frank E., a laundryman in Seattle-. James D., a wholesale liquor dealer in New Mexico: William N., miner in British Columbia; Carrie, wife of Dr. J. W. Rhodes, of Tekoa. and Carl N., a mining man in British Columbia.

MRS. SUSAN RUSK, widow of Robert J. Rusk, is a pioneer of 1882. She was born in Toronto, Canada, and the first twelve years of her life were spent in that city, then she moved with her parents to .Milwaukee. After a brief residence, they went to McGregor, Iowa, where they resided for one year. They then traveled around considerably,, living for short periods at Hannibal, Missouri, St. Paul, Belle Plaine and Le Seuer, Minnesota, but finally located at Alexandria, that state, where, on January 30, 1869, Mrs. Rusk was married. In 1876, she with her husband, moved to Santa Cruz, California, and thence, in 1882, to Spokane. On the twenty-second of April,

1886, Mr. Rnsk was killed by Indians, while away from the city on leave of absence from his duties as a member of the Spokane policeforce. The body was found ten days after the tragedy, in a stream known as Dead ]\Ian creek. For some time prior to his decease Mr. Rusk had served as officer No. i, on night duty, there being at that time only one policeman in Spokane. The city marshal did police duty during the day. Mrs. Rusk is an active member of the First Methodist Episcopal church. She is the mother of six children, Ida M., wife of F. H. Back, of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho; Robert J., clerk in the mercantile house of Ferris & Company, Pullman. Washington, later assistant postmaster in the same city; Charles F., chief machinist in the Spokesman Review office; Elizabeth B., wife of Leroy Clark; Richard J., telegraph operator in this city, and Jennie I.

THEODORE HENCOE, a retired brewer, is a native of Offenburg, Germany, born September 22, 1857. At the age of fourteen, he began to learn the trade of a brewer, and he followed that business continuously until 1880, when he emigrated to the United States. He located at St. Louis and was engaged in his old occupation there until 1882, then moved to San Francisco and followed the same business in that city for the ensuing four years.' In 1886 he came to Spokane and erected tlie Hencoe Brewery, the oldest building of its kind in tlite city. He continued in business until January, 1899, when he sold his plant to Reinhart INIartin, and retired from active participation in commercial pursuits. Mr. Hencoe was always a careful, energetic business man. and has been invariablv successful in his line. He was married in Spokane, September 2S, 1893, to Babette Hoffman, a native of Germany, and they are the parents of three children. Mary E., Minnie B. and Elsie.

JACOB LOERTCHER, a retired merchant and a pioneer of 1884, was born in Switzerland, June 24, 1848. He served a five years' apprenticeship to the trade of a tinner and galvanized iron worker, and when nineteen years old emigrated to the United States. He located in Rochester, New York, and followed his trade there until 1877, i" which year he came to Portland, Oregon, and started in business for himself. In May, 1884, he came to tliis city and organized a firm known as Loertcher & Abernathy for handling all kinds of plumbers' supplies. The^ were the first to engage in that business in the city of Spokane, and they had a flourishing trade until the fire of 1889 burned them out. Mr. Loertcher then retired and has since been attending to his own extensive private interests. He is essentially a self-made man. Arriving in this country when only a boy, without capital or influential friends, he has worked himself up by patient and persistent industry, and later by his shrewd and intelligent business management, until he now ranks among the successful men of the city. Socially Mr. Loertcher is a prominent member of Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., and has taken all the degrees in that fraternity. He also belongs to B. P. O. E., No. 22S.

tl-icn entered the Drake University Law School, from which institution he received the B. L. degree. He was admitted to the bar in Des Moines, Iowa, October 5, 1898, then moved to Butte, ^Montana, opened up a law office and was building up a fine practice when his health failed, and he was obliged to seek a more salubrious climate. Accordingly, he moved to Spokane, arriving here July i, 1899, and he has since been engaged in the practice of law in this city. Mr. [McNeill is a bright, capable }-oung man, and one who will undoubtedly succeed at the bar, if he thoroughly regains his health.

GEORGE \V. BURCH, a pioneer of 1882, was born ii: Franklin county. New York, January 15, 1S45. ^^ ^^'^s educated in the public schools of Fort Covington, Xew York, and iti a college at La Chute, Canada. In 1861, he went \\'ith his brother to Livingston county, Illinois, and he was engaged in farming there for the ensuing five years, after which he moved to St, Peter, J^Iinnesota, and followed the same occupation until 1882. In that year he came to Spokane and accepted a position as salesman for the Echo ^Milling Company, and \\'as employed by them for the next two years. He then went out onto his farm just outside the western city limits, and lived there until 1887, when he moved to his present magnificent residence on the corner of Monroe street and Nettie avenue. He was a stockholder in the \\'ashington National Bank until 1893, ^"-'t 'i^ ^^' tired in that year and has since given his entire attention to looking after his own extensive real estate interests. He js a public-spirited man and has always shown a willingness to do his share toward building up any institution for the general benefit. He was one of the seventeen who organized the first Presbyterian church in Spokane county. At that time he was elected an elder in the church, and he has held that office continuously even to the present time. He was married at Fort Covington, New York, March 30. 1875, to Miss Margaret Foster, a nati\e of that town, and they have a family of five children, Charles, now bookkeeper in the National Iron Works, of Spokane, Arthur, Erwin, Ruth and Irene.

MARCELLUS H. PRATT, contractor and builder, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Piscataquis county, Maine, January 17, 1836, In 1850, he moved with his parents to Waukon, Iowa, where he learned the carpenter trade, and went into business as a contractor and builder. He has the honor of being a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in the Twelfth Iowa, a part of the Sixteenth Army Corps, in 1863, and having served continuously till the close of the war. After being discharged he returned to \\'aukon, resumed his former occupation, and resided there until 1883, when he came to Spokane. He worked at his trade in this city continuously until 1894, then went into business as a dealer in cigars and confectionery. In 1899 li^ sold his store and again went to work as a contractor and builder, an occupation which he has e\er since followed. Mr. Pratt is one of the substantial citizens of this city, and cominands the respect and esteem of his wide circle of acquaintances. He was married February 17, 1859, to Miss Isabel Israel, a native of Warren, Pennsylvania, and they have three children, Clarence, now conductor on the G. N. R. R., Marcellus A., telegraph operator in the Northwestern yards in Chicago, and Ella, wife of Arthur Townsend.

y. W. BOYD, deceased, was a native of Martinsburg. West \'irginia. born September II, 1830. His parents moved to Carmi, Illinois, in 1837, and he was raised there and followed farming in that vicinity for many years. In 1892, he came to Hillyard, engaged in the hotel business, and continued in that occupation till his death, which occurred July 31, 1897. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Spokane. During his lifetime Mr. Boyd was always a substantial and reliable man. and. although not ambitious for leadership, invariably stood well among his fellowcitizens wherever his lot was cast. He was married at Carmi. Illinois. April 29. 1877. to Miss Dollie Birdsong. a native of Illinois. They have four children. Edward B., a barber in Spokane; George W.. real estate dealer in this city: Samuel S.. manager of the Hagenback show, of Omaha. Nebraska, and Mary I., wife of Peter Olson, an engineer. Mrs. Boyd owns and conducts a large rooming house in Hillvard.

H. R. STEARNS, one of the leading citizens of Hillyard. is a native of West Bend. Wisconsin, born February 5, 1855. He lived there on a farm until twenty years old, receiving his education in the public schools of that county. He then moved to Dakota and entered the employ of the C. M. c^ St. P. R. R.. as a bricklayer. In 1887, he moved to Denver. Colorado, where he was engaged in bricklaying until 1889. On February i, the same year, he came to Spokane, engaged in the real estate business and continued to deal in land until 1894, when he moved to Hillyard. He received from President Cleveland an appointment as postmaster. April i. 1894. and held the position until April i. 1900, discharging his duties in a manner highly satisfactory to all the patrons of the office. He is also local agent for the Hillyard Townsite Company. Mr. Stearns has always proved himself a thoroughly reliable and trustworthy gentleman, ever ready to do what he can for the promotion of the general good, and enjoys in abundant measure the respect and goodwill of his fellow citizens. He is a leading member of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hillyard. also of Samaritan Lodge, No. 32, I. O. O. F.. and of Spokane Council. No. 1371, Royal Arcanum. He was married in Spokane February 28. 1893. to Mrs. Elmo Cheever. a native of Oswego. New York. They have three children. Herbert J.. Rose R. and Florence M.

NATHAN LEIGH, a grocer at Hillyard, is a native of Oswego. New York, born April 6, 1839. He spent the first sixteen years of his life in that city, then moved to Winona, Minnesota, where he resided until 1861. He then made a trip overland to Oregon, located at Salem and engaged in the lumber luisiness. He resided there until 1S72, then moved to Virginia City, Nevada, where he was engaged on the railroad as foreman of the track department for two years. Retiring from that position, he turned his attention to mining, and before long had located the North Carson Mine, near Carson City, which proved to be quite a dividend payer. He sold out in 1877, and engaged in mining at Tombstone, Arizona, where he soon became the owner of several paying properties. He, however, sold his entire interest in 1886, and moved to Kingston, New Mexico, where he entered the employ of Thompson & Gallas, as a miner and mill man. He afterwards located at Hillsboro and was engaged in receiving and shipping until 1892, when he moved to Cheney, Washington. He purchased a farm near Cheney, resided on i^ until 1896, then moved to Spokane and engaged in a mercantile line. He was in business with William Garretson in the O. K. grocery until May, 1899, then moved to Hillyard and engaged in his present Ijusmess. He i« a member of the Baptist church at Salem, Oregon, and of Cachise Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Tombstone. .Arizona. He also belongs to the A. O. U. W. at the same place. He was married in Salem, Oregon, May 6, 1861, to Angeline Halley, a native of that state, wliose father. Bartholomew Halley, crossed the plains with the Waldo expedition, organized anil brought to Oregon by Dr. Whitman in 1844.

PETER OLSON, engineer on the Great Northern Railroail, with headquarters at Hillyard, is a native of Sweden, born September 15, 1865. He was, however, raised in the United States, as his parents came to Kno.x county, Illinois, when he was yet in early infancy. In 1883 the family moved to Cliicago county, ^Minnesota. Three years later he secured employment from the Great Northern Railway as engine wiper, at Minneapolis, iVIinnesota. He became a locomotive engineer and has served for the same company in that capacity ever since. In 1892 he moved to Hillyard, where he now resides. By virtue of patient and unceasing application, he has become a thoroughly reliable and competent mechanic, and he is looked upon by the company as one of its most trustworthy and valued em- ])loyes. He is a member of the Brotherhood o! Locomotive Firemen of Leavenworth, Washington. He was married June 25, 1895, to Miss Mary I. Boyd, a native of Illinois, and they have one child. Ralph W. Mrs. Olson is a member of the First Methodist church of Hillvard.

J. H. BROWN, late telegraph operator at Hillyard, is a native of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, born April 23, 1845. When twenty years old he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was employed by the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad as brakeman. While in their employ he was run over by a train, losing one arm and having the other broken in four places. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1879, and practiced his profession in Big Rapids, Michigan, until 1882, when he moveil to Newton, Kansas, and entered the service of the Santa Fe Railroad as station agent. In a short time, however, he accepted employment from the Northern Pacitic Railroad, and was station agent for that company successively at \'alley City. Dakota, Hauser Junction, Washington, and Rathdrum, Idaho, remaining in their employ until 1887. He then went into the service of the Central Washington, as operator, but in 1890 was transferred to Post Falls, Idaho, and in 1893 went to Coeur d' Alene City as manager of a steamboat line. A year later he entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad, taking charge of the station at Hillyard. In 1898 he became agent for the Pacific Coast Railroad and contmued in their employ to the time of his death, which occurred December ii, 1899. He had long experience as a railroad man, and understood all the details of his business as perhaps very few operators ever do. Socially he affiliated with the K. P. He was married in Big Rapids, Michigan, April 13, 1879, to Miss Ella Booth, a native of Indiana, who stdl survives him. They were parents of three children, Ruthford P. (the first white child born in Pima county, Arizona), Harry E. and Mildred. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hillyard.

DR. W. D. \'.\LENTINE, a pioneer of 1884, was born at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1850, but when three years old was taken by his parents to Ogle county, Illinois. He graduated from the Rock River College in 1870, then went to the Northwestern University, taking a degree from that school in 1872. He also graduated from the State University in 1873. He thereupon entered the Chicago Medical College, completed its course in 1875, then completed a course in Pulte ^Medical College, of Cincinnati, in 1877. He also graduated from the Physio-Medical Institute at Cincinnati, in 1880. While Studying medicine, he taught for a time and was prominent among those educatops who raised the standard of scholarship in Ogle county till they won the gold medal at the Centennial Exposition of 1876. Dr. Valentine began the practice of medicine at Polo, Illinois, where he remained two years. He then continued his practice at Lanark until 1884, when he came to Spokane, and he now has an extensive patronage in this city. Up to the time of the fire of 1889, he was a liberal contributor to the various enterprises of the city, but at that time his losses were very heavy. After saving property belonging to several of his neighbors, he finally turned to save his own, and carried out some of his office effects, but these were burned in the street. The Doctor was at length compelled to flee from his office. On reaching the foot of the stairs, he found the air full of fire, and as he crossed the street he was badly burned internally, and lost a very valuable package of uKjney and securities. A man who crossed just ahead of him was suffocated in the street. Such was the effect upon the Doctor's lungs and upon the mucus lining of his stomach, that, for three years, he was unfitted for work, but he finally recovered fully and resumed his practice. Dr. Valentine wisely took time in his youth to secure a very thorough general and professional education and his early training with the experience of later years has naturally placed him in the front rank of his profession. The Doctor also takes an interest in mining, and is now vice-president of the Federal Mining & Smelting Company. He is a member of the Vincent Methodist Episcopal church, and is prominent in Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F. He belongs to all the branches of Odd Fellowship and has passed through all the chairs of the order. At present he is examining physician for Excelsior Camp, No. 5124, M. W". A. He was married in Foreston, Illinois. March 2^, 1881, to Miss Lydia Meyer, and they have two children, William E. and Florinne. ]Mrs. Valentine was born in a pioneer log house near Foreston, Ogle coimty, Illinois, April 2^, 1861. She early won distinction among her schoolmates at Foreston, some of her work being sent to the Centennial Exposition of 1876. At the age of seventeen, she began teaching in the public schools and she followed that profession until her marriage in 1881. She has been prominent in the early history of the ^^'. R. C. of Spokane and it was at her home tliat Sedgwick Post met after tiie fire until a meeting place could be secured. She served as oracle of Spokane Camp. R. W. of A., during the current year. Mrs. \'alentine was also foremost among the pioneers of ]\Iethodism in the county.

F. :Sl. TAYLOR, superintendent of the Arlington Heights Land & Home Building Company, was born in Buchanan county, ilisscuri. September 15. 185 1. Four years later he accompanied his parents to Donephan county. Kansas, and in 1863 moyed with them to Nebraska City. Xel)raska. In 1868 he made a trip to California. tra\-eling through Arizona, New Mexico and Te.xas. antl having many exciting adventures with Indians, .\fter an absence of about five years he returned to Nebraska City, and lived there until 1S85, then moved to Colby, Kansas, and opened a real estate ofiice. In 1890 he came to Spokane, entered the employ of J. J. Browne as foreman on his farm, and the following year accepted a positioii on the Spokane police force. In 1892 he resigned and went to Montana, where he opened a hotel, and soon was elected constable of Flathead county. In 1S94 he moved to Hillvard. where he has since resided. j\Ir. Taylor has always maintained an intelligent interest in politics, and has taken a leading and active part in all the campaigns, local and national. He was allied with the Democratic party until the fusion of 1896. on account of which he joined the Republicans. The same year he became constable of Hillyard, winning the distinction of being the only Republican elected that year in this county. His re-election two years later testified that his constituency were convinced they had made no mistake in their former choice. Socially Mr. Taylor is affiliated with the K. P. fraternity. He was married in Nebraska City, January 6. 1874. to Mrs. Lanie Edwards, iicc Hill. They have one child, Rose E., wife of Paul A. Smitii. Mrs. Taylor also has three children by her former marriage, namely : Alice, wife of Charles Miller: yiand. wife of Joseph Coverly. and J. F.. foreman of the Nelson Bindery at Nelson. British Columbia.

WTLLl.VM J. DWYER. mechanic and farmer, is a native of Limerick, Ireland, born -August II. 1852. \\'hen a year old he was brought by his jjarents to Webster, Massachusetts, and in 1858 he accompanied them to Windliam county. Connecticut, where his father died. In 1871 he and his mother returned to Webster. Massachusetts. Five years later the mother died also, and Mr. Dwyer went by steamer to Galveston, Texas. He had early learned the trade of a carpenter, and he followed that occupation in Texas for a year, tiien mo\ed to the Black Hills, South Dakota, making the journey with freight teams, and experiencing many difificulties with Indians. He lived in the Black Hills a short time, then resided for brief periods in San Francisco. Portland, Oregon, and Dayton. Washington, respectively, finally locating in Colfax, Washington, where he opened the first furniture store in that town. In 1882 he sold out. moved onto a farm and engaged in farming and dairying. In 1887 he moved to Spokane, and with W. H. Adams opened the l)ioneer furniture store of the city. In 1889 he again sold and embarked in the real estate business, but the next year he retired and with his family made a trip to Europe, visiting Ireland, England. France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the "Bridge of Sighs." at Venice, the Holv City, the battle ground of \\'aterloo and the crater of A'esuvius. bringing with him a piece of the lava in which he imbedded a French five-centime coin while the lava was still boiling hot. Returning to Washington they lived a year in Spokane, then a while at Medical Lake, but finally settled three-quarters of a mile east of Hillyard. where they erected a magnificent residence, costing five thousand dollars. ]\Ir. Dwyer is the inventor of a machine knijwn as the Slime Plant for saving the tailings from concentrators. recei\-ing his patent April 26, 1898. He was married in Columbia county, Washington, June 21, 1888, to Miss Maggie G. ]McGreevy. a native of Fayette county, Iowa. They have four children. Margaret F., ]Mary V.. William J., Jr., and Helen I. The family are members of the Catholic church of Hillyard.

JOSEPH S. ALLEN, receiver of the Yakima In\-estment Company, a pioneer of 1881, is a native of Crawfordsville. Indiana, born December 6, 1849. I" 1S64 he moved with his parents to Rochester, Minnesota. He attended the \\'abash College at Crawfordsville, Indiana, read law in the office of Stearns & Start, and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one. In 1871 he moved to Olympia. Washington, and opened a law office with his brother. John B., ex-United States senator. He continued in practice there until 1881, when he retired on account of ill health, moved to Spokane and bought a fine three-hundred-andtwenty-acre farm near the city. Three years later he mo\-ed into town and again began practice, the firm name being Allen & Hoover. In 1885 '"^ brother, H. E., was admitted to the partnership and the firm became Allen, Hoover & Allen. The next year Mr. Hoover withdrew, and was succeeded by ]Mr. Adolph Munter, and in 1888 Mr. Allen was again forced to retire on account of ill health. He spent three years in California recuperating, but in 1 89 1 returned to Spokane county, locating at Rochester Heights, where he owns one hundred and twenty acres of land and has a magnificent home. In 1894. without any solicitation or previous knowledge on his part, he was appointed by Governor McGraw a member of the capitol building committee, upon which he served until 1897. In 1895, he, with George McDonald and the late Paul Schultz. were appointed by Judge Hanford receivers for the Yakima Investment Company, Mr. Allen has been sole receiver since 1898. although this is the largest irrigation company in the northwest. Mr. Allen is a man of splendid legal and executi\'e abilities, and in spite of ill health has attained prominence both in his profession and in the affairs of the state. He was married in Oakland, California. November 5, 1878. to Miss ilary Furlow, a native of Rochester, Minnesota. They have five children, Mary J., Joseph S., Jr.. Paul V., Madeline E. and ]\Iildred I. Mr. Allen is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Spokane, also John A. Logan Camp, S. of V.

BASCOMB S. JACOBS, deceased, was a native of Dorchester county, ^vlaryland. born January 28. 1842. He lived in the state of his birth until 1881. then moved to Lancaster Court House. Virginia, where he owned a large plantation. Two years later he came to

Miles City, Montana, and entered the employ of the government as head farmer of the Crow- Indian reservation. He retained that position until his death, which occurred in 1886. He was married in Washington, District of Columbia, June i, 1864, to Miss Rachel Wells, who still survives him. Mrs. Jacobs came to Spokane in 1888, and in 1891 moved to her present residence on Frederick avenue, where she has a magnificent home, beautifully furnished, and surrounded with all the comforts and luxuries of life. She has three children. Edward K., a mining man, James B., a compositor, and Sallie J.

E. P. W^\RREN, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of North Carolina, born August 5, 1853. He only attended school twelve months between the ages of twelve and twenty-one years, but on attaining his majority he took a first-grade certificate and started teaching. He had received the greater part of his education between the plow handles, studying as he worked. He also became a local minister in the Alethodist Episcopal church. South, and frequently preached on Sundays, while teaching. In 1878, he came to Pendleton, Oregon, where he was principal of the public school for a time, but later became traveling minister for tlie Methodist Episcopal church. South. In 1882 he again engaged in teaching, taking charge of a school in the Grande Ronde valley, but the following year he came to Spokane county and located near Trent, seven miles east of Spokane, where he built one of the finest homes in the county. When he arrived in Trent, his earthly possessions consisted of a team of ponies and a wagon, but he went vigorously to work at farming, fruit raising and dairying, founded and built up what eventually became tlie Pine Creek Dairy, and became one of the most successful fruit-growers in the northw-est. He has also acquired quite a reputation as an expert orchardist. Mr. Warren is a very thorough man, firmly believing that "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." In 1895 he moved to Spokane, and the ne.xt year to a place one mile southeast of Hillyard. He now has a hand' some residence in the northeast addition to Ross Park, Spokane. He was married October 2^, 1S79, to Miss Belle Woodruff, a native of Arkansas, and a sister of the celebrated humorist. Press Woodruff. Her father crossed the plains to California in 1849. '^^r. and Mrs. Warren are parents of two children. Marcel P. and Robert H. The latter graduated from the Blair Business College when fourteen. He is now assistant secretary of the .American Boy Battleship Association.

HON. JACOB HOOVER, deceased, a pioneer of 1881, was born in W'ashington county, Oregon, February 9, 1846. He graduated from Pacific University, and in 1868 went to Olympia, Washington, where he taught school a short time, then read law with Hon. Elwood Evans. He was admitted to the bar in 1869. and opened an office at Steilacoom, where he practiced for several years. In 1874 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent Pierce county in the legislature and in 1876 he was re-elected, but did not serve on account of moving away. In 1878 he opened a law office in Colfax, Washington, and two years later was elected to the legislature from Whitman county. His re-election followed in 1882. but again he failed to serve ou account of moving out of the state. In 1880 he and Mr. John Burke opened the Colfax Bank, but after about a year they sold out, moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and organized the Bank of Lewiston. But Mr. Hoover soon disposed of his interest and moved to .Spokane, w'iiere he opened a law office, the firm at first being Allen & Hoover and later Allen, Hoover 8: Allen. In 1886, Mr. Hoover again retired from the law and again entered the banking business, organizing the Traders" National Bank, of which he was cashier. In 1S88 he sold his interest in this institution, and the next 3'ear organized the Exchange National, of which he was president until his death, which occurred July 11, 1898. He was elected mayor of Spokane in 1890, and served one term. Mr. Hoover was a man of excellent parts and was remarkably successful as a lawyer, as 0 legislator and as a banker. He was married ai Steilacoom, Washington, October 18, 1875, to Miss Ella A. Harmon, who has the distinction of being the first white child born on Fusret Sound and whose father. Hill Harmon, came to Washington in 1849. They have three children, Bathaline, J. Wesley and H. Custer. Mr. Hoover was a prominent thirtysecond-deeree Mason.

AUSTIN MAGIE, a pioneer of 1886, is a nati\e of New Jersey, born August 22, 1849. \A''hen a boy he moved with his parents to Terre Haute, Indiana, and later went to Chicago, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1875 moved to Springfield, Illinois, and in 1878 to Pittsburg, Kansas, following his trade in each of these cities. In 1886 he came to Spokane and two years later located at his present place of residence, where he has a magnificent home, elegantly and richly furnished. In 1892 Mr. Magie, while engineer of the Granite block, was crippled for life by being caught in machinery of the electric motor. He was married in Springfield. Illinois, September 5, 1876, to I\Iiss Mary J. Burchett. a native of Brighton, England, and they have a family of two children, namely, Rebecca F. and Harold F. Mrs. j\Iagie is a member of the Episcopal church.

HON. ALEX. WATT, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Ohio, September 26. 1834. When fourteen years old he accompanied his parents to California, and resided with them there until February, 1851, when the family moved to Oregon. He then turned his attention to prospecting in Oregon and California, but in 1864 located in Yam Hill county, Oregon, where until 1879 he was engaged as a contractor and builder and also in farming. Subsequently he moved to Walla Walla and in 1880 came to Cheney, this county. He followed contracting in carpenter work, and farming uiUil 1886, smce which date his public duties have monopolized most of his time. In 1885 he received an appointment as deputy assessor, and, after two years' service, was elected county assessor, an office which he filled with great credit to himself until 1889. He became state senator at the organization of this state following its admission to the union, serving one term. During the years 1891 and 1892 he was deputy county treasurer under Gov. Geo. E. Cole, and ill 1897 he was appointed postmaster of Cheney, taking his office in January, 1898. Mr. Watt has ever been very active and zealous in local politics, and has exerted a great influence in the development of the county. He was married in Yam Hill county, Oregon, Feb- riiary 26, 1S61, to Nancy M. Martin, daughter of Nehemiah and Eliza ]\Iartin. who crossed the plains by ox-teams in 1844, enduring many hardships. Mr. and Mrs. Watts have been parents of fi\'e children, Clarence, now a resident of Tyler; Bertha L., wife of Ernest D. Paul, of Spokane, and Lynn, living: also Eldon C. and Mable, deceased. Mr. Watt, as past master, installed the officers of the first Masonic lodge instituted in Spokane county.

PROF. WILLL\M BEECH ER TURNER, principal of the State Normal School at Cheney, was born Fel)ruary 17. 1858, in Honolulu, where his parents were missionaries. They now reside on a farm in the vicinity of Salteese Lake, Spokane county. Both have been prominent for many years in the ministerial and educational work of the Pacific coast, the father having been president of Napa College, California, for a long time. The mother was also an early graduate of the State Normal School at Albany, New York, and a prominent teacher. She is a scion of the noted Beecher family. Principal Turner was brought by his parents to California in his early infancy, and there he was educated, graduating from Napa College, from which he has since received the degree of I\L A. For a number of years subsequent he pursued the dual occupation of teaching and journalism in the Golden state, but in 1885 he came to Washington territory and accepted the principalship of the public schools at Palouse City. He afterward served as principal of the Spokane high school and city superintendent for some years. He then withdrew from the profession temporarily, and engaged in the lumber trade, a business in which he was very successful for several vears. In

1890, however, he returned to educational work, being elected superintendent of schools for Spokane county, an office which he filled very creditably for four years. On November 20, 1892, Principal Turner was married to ]\Iiss Rose M. Rice, a daughter of Kentucky's noted lawyer. Judge Milton L. Rice, and. one of the pioneer teachers of Spokane. Previous to her marriage she had also been principal of the training department and critic teacher in the State Normal School at Ellensburg. and she now holds a like position in the Cheney Normal School. They have one child, Catherine. After retiring from the county superintendency. Principal Turner was high school principal atSprague and Wanatchee; also spent a year in journalism at Kaslo, British Columbia. In 1898 he and Mrs. Turner were asked to reopen the State Normal School at Cheney, which had been closed by gubernatorial veto of its maintenance fund. Though they would have to trust for expenses entirely to tuition fees and private subscriptions, they undertook the work and soon enlisted an energetic faculty and over a hundred students. Principal Turner has since succeeded in getting the school restored to state aid. His services as a lecturer and institute worker are everywhere in demand, and his reputation as an educator is more than state wide. He is considered a specialist in psychology and history, on both of which subjects he has published monographs.

IMRI J. SCRIBNER. a farmer near Cheney, was born in Washington county, Iowa. March 2j, 1844. His father died when he was six j-ears old. and in 1853 the mother moved with her family to Henry county. Illinois. Mr. Scribner lived there with her until 1858, then returned to Washington count}-, Iowa, remaining until 1861. In August of that year he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, and he served throughout the entire war, being mustered out July 17, 1865. Shortly after the war, he made a trip to Denver, Colorado, returning the same fall to Grand Island, Nebraska. He went to work the ne.xt spring as fireman on the U. P. R. R.. and on the completion of the road, went to Wash Basin, Idaho, wdiere he was engaged in mining and prospecting until 1873. He then came to Walla Walla, thence to Dayton, residing in the latter town until July, 1883, when he moved to Spokane county, Washington. He has lived in the neighborhood of Cheney continuously since, engaged in farming and fruit raising. Mr. Scribner has resided in the wild West for many years, and, like most old pioneers, has had some lively adventures with the Indians. He took part in the Joseph war as a scout and dispatcli bearer, also in Bannock Indian war, and had many thrilling experiences, participating in the engagement at Clearwater and in several other battles. The white forces were commanded in the Joseph w'ar by Col. E. Mc- Conville, who was killed by the Philippinos at Manila in 1899. Mr. Scribner was married July 5, 1883, to Jennie K., daughter of Rolin and Katherine Dayton. They have five children, Rolin D., Harry A., Edith J., John E. and Hattie S.

OTIS H. DENNEN, a retired miner, son of Simon and Rebecca Dennen, was born in Maine, May 9, 1818. He followed farming in his native state until he became thirty-seven years of age, then went to California, arriving there in the fall of 1855. He was engaged in mining and prospecting for the ensuing twentyfour years, during that time experiencing an untold amount of hardship and privations. In 1879, he came to Washington, locating at Cheney, where he is spending the evening of his life in peace and plenty, living on the interest of his investments.

JUDGE M. A. WILKINSON, justice of the peace and real estate agent at Cheney, was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, August 18, 1841. He lived there until 18S6, engaged in farming and store keeping. He was the owner of a farm of four hundred and twenty acres, mostly under cultivation, also of a large tan yard. For a number of years before leaving North Carolina he was in the re\'enue business, but he resigned during Cleveland's first administration. In January, 1886, he came to Washington, locating in Sprague, Lincoln county, where he resided for over four years. He then removed to Cheney, and engaged in the real estate business, an occupation which he has followed continuously since with excellent success. He negotiates more real estate transactions than any other man in Cheney, owing, as he believes, to the fact that he invariably treats all comers with ever consideration anil is scrupulously honest. He is one of the leading and representative citizens of Cheney, public-spirited, liberal and ever ready to help along any enterprise for the benefit of the community. He was elected justice of the peace in November, 1892, and has held that office ever since, performing his duties with fairness and ability. On December I, 187:?, he was united in marriage to Susan A. Loftin, a native of Lincoln county, North Carolina, and they have three children, living: Caktawba, Georgia, and James Martin.

I\'lr. Wilkinson's g-randfather held the office oi captain general in the Revolutionary war. His mother was Susan Asliury. daughter of the famous Rev. Daniel Asbury, of the Methodist Episcopal church of \'irg-inia.

FRANK P. FELLOW'S, a merchant, son of Daniel P. and Elma E. Fellows, is a native of Chatham, Medina county, Ohio, born May 26, 1869. He folliiwed farming as an occupation until 1890, then tried railroading for a couple of years, but in 1S92 resumed his former occupation and continued a tiller of the soil until 1895. In that year he reinoved to Washington, locating in Cheney, January 25. 1890. The following ^lay he entered into partnership with the ]\Iartin & Hubbard Company, a general merchandise firm. In January, 1899, ilr. Martin sold out his interest and the establishment is now owned and operated by the firm of Fellows & Hubbard. They liave a fine, large store building and always keep on hand a full and complete stock of everything in their line, and are doing a large and prosperous business. Mr. Fellows was married November 16. 1889, to Dillie A., a daughter of Seneca and Adelaine Eddy, and a native of Chatham. Ohio. They ha\-e one daughter. Nettie May. born October 24. 1891. Fraternally Mr. Fellows is a K. P. and a Master ]\Iason.

W. P. HUBBARD, late of the firm of Martin & Hubbard. Cheney, was born and reared in Walworth county. \\^isconsin. After completing his public school education and taking a two years" course in Beloit College, he engaged in farming, and, with the exception of six years spent in commercial pursuits, his time was de- \-otecl to that business until 1890. In that year he came to Cheney, helped form the Martin. Hubbard & Co., and started the first creamery ii; this state. They also branched out into the mercantile and cnher lines of business, becoming the leading firm in Cheney, and indeed their creamery business was the largest in tlie state of Washington. In 1899. ^'^s fi'"'" divided its business, and Mr. Hubbard, with Mr. F. P. Fellows, another member of the old company, is now conducting the mercantile and livery branches of the former firm's trade, while Mr. Martin and the other partners now have the creamery and mercantile business at Tyler. Mr. Hubbard is an enterprising, progressive man, possessed of the foresight and good judgment characteristics of the successful in commercial pursuits. His standing as a citizen is of the highest, he having been a leader in the promotion of everything for the best interests of his town. He is, however, not especially active in politics. He was married on June 5. 1893, to Nina M. Harris, of Cheney, and they are the parents of two children. Wallace Clair and Raymond Tracy.

RE\'. R. H. MANIER. member and secretary of the board of trustees of the State Normal School at Cheney, was born in Wilson county, Tennessee. November 23. 1828. In his early youth he attended Union Academy, and at the age of nineteen emigrated to Williamson county, Illinois, and attended the Marion Academy. After completing its course, he taught school for four years, at the same time pursuing theological study, preparatory to entering the ministry. In 1854. he became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal denomi- nation, and went to work heartily fur Christ and the church. He entered the army at the outbreak of the Civil war, was soon elected chaplain of the Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served through the campaigns in which were fought the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson. Pittsburg Landing and Corinth. On account of illness contracted through exposure he later resigned his commission as chaplain and engaged in the mercantile business. As s(^on as his health became in a measure restored, he resumed his ministerial work. He was chaplain of the Missouri state senate during the sessions of 1864 and 1866. also chaplain of the state penitentiary during the same period. In 1888 he came to Washington and set vigorously to work for the religious and educational de\-elopment of the future state. He was pastor of the yi. E. church in Colfax during 1889. fiscal agent of Spokane College in 1890 and pastor of the Ellenburg church in 1891. He attended the ecumenical conference of Methodism, held in Washington, D. C, in that year, and returning resumed pastoral charge of the church in Cheney, where he preached for the ensuing five years. He then became superannuated on account of ill health. Mr. Manier has performed a very valuable work both for the religious and educational interests of this state. He has had extensive experience in boards of control iri higher institutions of learning, and the Clieney Normal School has more than once profited by his extensive knowledge of college management.

Washington county, Oregon. They located at a point fourteen miles west of Portland and Mr. Harris lived there for twelve years, early learning blacksmithing. He followed his trade at Salem and Portland until 187S, then came to Cheney, where he has resided continuously since. He was one of the earliest settlers in Stevens county, was at Pinkney City when the E'.loody Fourteenth were there, and witnessed many exciting incidents. He now has an excellent business in Cheney, the natural result of his long experience and skill in his handicraft. He is also quite heavily interested in mining. Mr. Harris has always taken an intelligent interest in the city government of Cheney, himself serving as councilman for three terms. Fraternally Mr. Harris has been an enthusiastic Odd Fellow and Mason for the past twenty-five years. He was married m Forest Grove, Oregon, to Mary E. Stougnton and they have four children : Harold V., Nina W., Gertrude L. and Ella K. His father-in-law, I\lr. J. A. Stoughton, was born in AVestfield, Massachusetts, September 23, 1830. In 1836 he went with his parents to Mobile, Alabama, and he resided there four years, then removed with them to Missouri. In 1843 tliey crossed the plains by o.x-team, consuming eight months on the journey. Mr. Stoughton remained on a farm near Oregon City until i860, then spent three years in California. Returning, he followed farming in the Willamette valley until 1S79, when he came to Cheney, and went onto a farm in the then Four Lakes country. Mr. Stoughton was in the first company of .gold seekers going from Oregon in 1848, and had many thrilling experiences with wild animals and Indians. He vas married in August, 1S50, to Frances Townsend, who crossed the plains from Georgia, by ox-train, in 1845. ^'^''- '^"^' ^^^^-

JOHN B. POWER, carriagemaker at Cheney, is a native of Pike county, Missouri, born January 25, 1857. When a child he came to Illinois with his parents and three years later moved with them to JMinnesota, where he resided about eight years. He then left home, going to Siskiyou county, California, and soon became interested in some of the largest mines in what was known as South Fork. He lived in California nine years, prospecting over all of what has since come to be known as the Coffee creek mining country. In 1882 lie came to Cheney and went to work at his trade, wagon and carriagemaking, forming a partnership with a wheelwright by the name of Etl. Hall. In 1885 he purchased the interest of Mr. Hall and since that time has been running the shop alone. He is an excellent workman, and, being also a good business man, has succeeded in building up a large and profitable trade, perhaps the largest in that line in the county outside of Spokane.

JOSHUA HERRON, farmer and stock raiser, son of John and Melinda Herron, was born in Decatur county, Indiana, February 14, 1827. He lived in his native state until twentyone years old, but then went to Iowa and engaged in farming and carpentering. He lived there eleven years, then came to Kansas, where for the ensuing fourteen years he followed carpenter work anil stock raising. He next moved to Itlaho, following the same business there for a number of years. In 1873 he came to Spokane county, locating in the vicinity of Cheney, where he has followed farming and stock raising continuously since. iNIr. Herron is a very energetic and successful farmer, but, extensively as he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, he has nevertheless found time to devote to the cause of Christianity and a few spare moments for most everything else tending to advance the best interests of the community and of his fellow man. For the past thirty years he has been a minister of the gospel and he is still laboring faithfully in his sacred calling. Mr. Herron has been twice married. His first wedding occurred when he was twenty years old, but his w-ife died in 1S61 and was buried at Topeka, Kansas. He was married again in Leavenworth, Kansas, on September 4, 1862, to Amanda C. Stroup, who still lives with him. They have a family of eight children living: Frank, Charles \V., John. Luella G., Joshma, Annie, Carrie \V. and Che.ster, also Mona May, Wilson, Willard and Daniel, deceased.

F. C. WEGNER, Cheney, was born in P'russia, October 21, 1841, and lived there until seventeen years old, early learning the trade of a blacksmith. In 1858 he came to New York, where for three years he followed his trade. When the call came for volunteers he joined the army, and served through the entire war, belonging for the first two years to the Twentyninth New York Infantry and for the remainder of the war to the Third New Jersey Light Artillery. He participated in the battles of Bull Run. Cross Keys, Fredricksburg. Chancellorsville and several other engagements and ^kirmishes. He was mustered out in May, 1865, niter having rendered valiant service and made a war record of which his family have good reason to be proud. At the close of the war he went to Pennsylvania and again engaged in blacksn:ithing, but two years later he came to Portland, Oregon. He remained till March, 1868, then went into mining and general merchandising until 1884, when he removed to Spokane county. He now lives about twelve miles southeast of Cheney, where he has about one thousand acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. ]\Ir. W'egner is one of the most enterprising and successful farmers in the county. He is also a representative citizen of the community m which he resides, has always manifested a deep interest in everything tending to advance the interests of his part of the county, and has filled creditably many important local offices. He was married in Umatilla county, Oregon, in December, 1876, to Amy E. Johnson, and they have a family of four children : Ernstina L., William P., Herman C. and Edward. JMr. W'egner is a member of Cheney Lodge, No. 21, I. O. O. F.

JOHN WILLIAMS, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Pennsylvania, May i, 1847. His mother died at his birth and he was adopted and raised by an aunt. He lived in Pennsylvania until a year old, then was taken to Keokuk, Iowa, where he stayed till IMarch, 1S61, when he went to Tennessee and joined the Confederate army. He served two years in the First Tennessee Sharpshooters under Gens. Bragg and Kirby, participating in the battles of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Stone River, Alissionary Ridge and numerous others. He was wounded and captured at Missionary Ridge and was taken to Fort Rock Island prison in

Illinois, but after being held for two months he swore allegiance to the United States government, and was allowed his freedom. He then engaged in packing between Montana and Salt Lake City, a business which he followed successfully until 1869. In that year he came to Walla Walla, Washington, thence to Crab Creek, where he took the first homestead ever entered in that vicinity He is now located on William's lake, of which he was also the first settler, and has about one thousand acres of fine land, upon which he raises stock mainly. He is one of the most thrifty, enterprising and successful farmers in his neighborhoijd. Being an old pioneer of the W^est, he has seen his share of Indian fighting, participating in most of the wars^in this and neighboring states, and experiencing many exciting adventures. He served four months in the Yellowstone war of 1867 under Colonel Nelson and was all through the countrv in which General Custer was killed.

JEROME W. MARTIN, deputy sherifif of Spokane county, is a native of Yam Hill county, Oregon, born April 11, 1846. He ranks as the second chikl born of white parents in the Willamette valley. He lived in that state until sixteen years old, then traveled quite extensively, mining in diiferent parts of Washington, Idaho and Montana until 1869, when he returned to Oregon and engaged in farming. He remained there for a number of years, but in 1 88 1 came to Walla Walla, whence, in 1892, he removed to Cheney. Of late years he has combined farming with various other occupations. He was appointed, during the last Republican administration, to the office of deputy sheriff and he is still serving in that capacity, performing his duties with skill and ability.

He is remarkably well fitted by nature for the position he now holds, for he is a man of great coolness of judgment and presence of mind and one whose courage rises with danger. He has done good service to the county on more than one occasion, but has recently distinguished himself particularly by the part he took in arresting some cattle thieves after an exciting chase of four or five days, in which Constable A. Brown also participated. Mr. Martin was married May 8, 1869, to Mary J. Phillips, daughter of John and Elizabeth Phillips, pioneers of 1845 ^"'1 residents of Salem, Oregon. They have twelve children, viz. : Orphy, Adna, Eva, Leroy, Vinnie, Leo, Charles, Essie, Vincent, John, Chester and Bessie. Mr. Martin's parents came to Oregon with the first emigrant train in 1844.

LUKE R.W\"LS, farmer and stock raiser at Pine City, Washington, was born in Cass county, Missouri, November 27, 1847. He was left an orphan when eight years of age. In 1859 he went to Kansas and two years later he removed to Wasco county, now Umatilla county, Oregon, where he was engaged in various occupations for the ensuing eleven \-ears. In 1872 he mo\-ed to that part of Stevens county which is eml)raced in the present Whitman county and there he has ever since resided. He has been engaged continuously in farming and stock raising and in the saw milling industry. Mr. Rawls is one of the oldest and best known pioneers of Whitman county and is highly respected by his fellow citizens as a man of integrity and sterling character. Mr. Rawls served as deputy sheriff during 1892, performing his duties with ability and dispatch and taking a very important part in breaking up a gang of horse thieves. He was married at Pendleton, Oregon, in 1870, to Mary Wilson and they ha\-e four children : Flora S., Tabitha E., Margaret C. and Mary V.

JAMES F. CAMPBELL, a farmer near Cheney, was born in Tennessee, January 25, 1846. When twenty years old he went to I\Iissouri, where he resided for the next eleven years engaged in farming. He then went to \'ancouver, Washington, thence a year later to the part of Stevens county now embraced in Spokane county, where he has since resided. He has an excellent farm of three hundred and twenty acres about five and a half miles southwest of Cheney, which he is rapidly improving. On January i, 1881, he was married to Miss Alice Chambers and they have three children: Frederick F., Clarence C. and Pearl P.

AUGUSTUS CO\'ERT, farmer and stock raiser, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Seneca county. New York, November 22, 1838. He grew to manhood there and acquired his education in the public schools, but when twenty years old moved to Rock county, Wisconsin, where he resided until the fall of 1876. During his stay there he was for one year deputy sheriff of the county. He came to Washington in the spring of 1877 and located on a farm nearly three miles southwest of Cheney, through which the Northern Pacific Railroad track now runs for half a rnile. Upon this, his first home in Washington, he has resided continuously since. He has a fine, rich farm of four hundred and eighty acres, two hundred of which he sows to wheat, retaining the re- niainder for pasture. He is a thrifty, enterprising farmer and one of the most successful in that vicinity. Like all the earliest settlers he had many difficulties to encounter during the pioneer days, not the least of which was the lack of a base of supplies nearer than Walla Walla, a town one hundred and thirty miles distant. Then, too, there was the constant danger of Indian outbreaks. In 1S78 he was notified by Chief Geary, of the Spokanes, that the Nez Perces were on the warpath, and he went to much trouble to prepare against attack, but was not interfered with. The faithful Geary had ridden seventy miles that day to get to his family and provide for their safety. Mr. Covert is one of those who, with I\Ir. Glover, instituted the first Masonic lodge in Spokane. He was married in 1891 to Pauline E. Carle and thev have one son, Carl A.

WILLIAM M. HOBBS, son of John B. and Mary Hobbs, was born in Pike county, Missouri, .August 25, 1837. He resided in his native state until fifty years of age, following farming as a business. In 1887, however, he came to Sprague, Washington, and at once resumed his former vocation. He lived there until 1 89 1, then removed to Rock Creek township, this county, where he now owns a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, seeded to timothy over most of its area. He is getting ready to embark in the stock business also. Mr. Hobbs is one of the good substantial men of his neighborhood and is well thought of by all his fellow citizens. He was once elected director of the Glenwood school district, but resigned after two years' service. He was married, first, in Pike county, Missouri, on .August 8, 1861, to Mary, daughter of Rufus and Sallie T. Henderson, who died in May, 1870, leaving one daughter, Annie M. He was married again in May, 1 87 1, to Mary F. Rotherford and they have two children living, namely : George I. and Marion P.

JUDGE A. A. SMITH was born in New York February 14, 1820. He lived in that state until twenty-two years old, then went to Dubuque, Iowa, where, for about six years, he worked at carpentering and mining. He helped erect the first brick residence ever constructed there. In 1849 l""^ went to the gcild fields or California, where he made much money and saw many exciting events. Later he made a trip to Oregon, but soon returned to California. In a short time, however, he again went to Oregon, settled in Albany, Linn county, and secured a lialf-section of land. He was engaged in the general merchandise business there a year and a half, then moved to Eugene City, Lane county, and again engaged in the mercantile business. Judge Smith at that time took a very active part in politics, holding at different times nearly every office in Lane county. In 1854 he was elected a member of the territorial legislature, serving for three years, and at one time he was the candidate of his party for governor. He came to Washington in 1878, locating about seven or eight miles southeast of Cheney, where he has since followed farming and mining. In 1881 he served as probate judge for a term of two years, then as probate clerk for two more and he has been justice of the peace for the past fourteen years. He is a very prominent man in the Masonic order, having served for two years as grand master of the grand lodge in Oregon. He was married October 4, 1854, to Helen M. Parsons and they have had six children: Frank C,

Herbert H., A. Lee, Jennie L.. now I\Irs. Wright, and Fred H., living; also Mary I., who was the wife of T. C. Courtney, of Seattle, deceased.

VIRGIL Y. GRAHA:M. farmer and stock raiser, was born in \\'ebster county, Missouri, July 2~, 1862. He lived in that state until the spring of 1880, when he came to Washington, arriving in Dayton in September of that year. after crossing the plains by team. In the spring of 1 88 1 he went to Cheney, where he has since resided. He now owns a farm of one hundred and si.xty acres five miles from the town and is one of the thrifty and progressive farmers of his neighborhood. He is one of the substantial citizens of that part of the county, actively interested in every enterprise which promises to promote the general good. For seven years he was school director in district No. 95, adjoining Cheney on the west. He was married in Cheney March 27, 1885, to Minerva, daughter of Wright and Catherine Rushing, who was born in Tennessee August 28, 1863.

WILLIAM T. MILLIKEN, farmer, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of \\'isconsin, born March 30. 1854. He resided in that state until 1874, then removed to Sacramento, California, where, for four years, he followed various occupations. He next came to this state and began farming immediately and he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine land in Rock Creek precinct, upon which he raises grain as his principal crop. He takes an active and intelligent interest in local affairs, ever manifesting a willingness to help along anything for the iniblic good, and he has filled satisfactorily to his neighborhood the oftices of school director and road supervisor. He was elected secretary of the original Spokane County Pioneer Association at the time of its organization and has held that office ever since. Mr. Milliken is a very prominent fraternity man, being affiliated with the I. O. O. F., the K. P., the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is venerable consul, and of the Woodmen of the World, of which he is past council commander. He has passed through all the chairs and attained the highest honors that could be bestowed in the I. O. O. F. and K. P. fraternities. He was married October 15, 1882, to Nancy Jane Sanders, a native of Oregon, born December 30, 185 1, and they are parents of five children, namely: Frankie V., Leonard M., Benjamin H.. Ida A. and Lena M.

HON. ISAAC J. BALLINGER, mayor of Cheney, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, July 18, 1848. In 1 858 his parents moved to Marion county, Illinois, where he resided until 1865, when he went to Montana and for two years followed mining. He was a memlier of the first engineering party sent to survey a route for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company through this western country. Subsequently he went to Salt Lake City and was engaged in mining and smelting there and in Eureka, Nevada, until 1879, when he came to Cheney. At that time there was no other house on the site of the town nor any railroad. He at once engaged in farming, freighting and stock raising and is now the owner of a fine ranch in what is known as the Lance Hills neighliorhood. He hauled the first load of freight brought into Cheney, then known as Depot Springs. Mr. Ballinger has taken a deep interest in the politi- cal, social and material welfare of the town and county and no man stands higher than he in the esteem and confidence of the people. In 1887 he ser\-ed as deputy sheriff of Spokane county under Sheriff James Glispin and in 1893 was appointed postmaster of Cheney by President Cleveland. He was elected a member of the city council in 1898 and on June 6, 1899, was elected to his present position. He is performing the duties of his office with an eye single to the best interests of the town and people and with ability and good judgment. He was married in Nevada, May 6. 1877. to Miss Elizabeth W'esig, a native of Germany, and they have a faiuily of four sons : George I., born in Eureka. Nevada, and Edwin F., Raymond and X'ictLir. born in Chenev.

JOHN E. WOOD, editor of the Spokane County News, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Jackson county, Oregon, April 17, 1868. He resided there until ten years old, then removed with his parents to Latah, Washington, where he has ever since lived. He has been engaged in farming for many years, but for a time was editor of a paper known as the W^eekly Echo and for two and a half years served as postmaster in Latah. He is at present also in tlie real estate and insurance business. In November, 1898, he bought out Mr. C. C. Cosand, then editor and proprietor of the Spokane County News, and since that time has been sole owner and publisher of the paper. It enjoys a large circulation, being generously supported by the entire community. Mv. Wood is a young man of energy, progressiveness and executive ability and possesses attracti\-e personal characteristics which render him a uni\-ersal favorite. He is doing all in his i)ower thnrngh the columns of his paper and otherwise to promote the material and social well-being of the town, and is regarded as a representative and valuable citizen. He was married in Latah October 10, 1898, to ]\Iinnie Wheeler, daugliter of Edwin and Jane E. Wheeler.

HON. BENJAMIN F. COPLEN, pioneer of 1872, was born in Fulton county, Indiana, December 18, 1842. In 1849 'le accompanied his parents to Iowa, thence the next spring to Putnam county, iMissouri, but in the fall of that same year ( 1S50) they went back to Carrol county, Iowa. They located, in February, 1852, on what is now known as Coplen's Grove. In the spring of 1857 Mr. Coplen and his father went to Kansas and settled on the Cottonwood creek, southwest of the city of Emporia, but th.ree years later the son moved to Colorado City, Colorado, and engaged in mining. He followed that occupation two years uninterruptedly, then made a trip back to Iowa, upon which he procured his first wife, Ceyrena E. Clark, returning to Colorado City in the spring of 1863. Mrs. Coplen died February 16, 1865, leaving one daughter, Lillie V., born January I, 1S64. In 1867 Mr. Coplen removed to Wyoming and two years later to Nevada, but after a very brief residence in the latter state he came on to Walla Walla county, Washington, where ho rejoined his father's family. He traveled considerably in this state, but finally located a homestead where Latah is now situated. Mr. Coplen is the founder of that town and when it was incorporated, in 1892, he was fittingly gi\-en the iionor of becoming its first mayor. He has since labored incessantly for the material well-being of the town, giving liberally OT his means whenever occasion offered for the advancement of its best interests and the promotion of the general good. He was married again, on October lo. 1889, to Levina B. Baldwin, a native of ^lissotiri. They liave two children : Henrv B. and Chester S. H.

W. H. TAYLOR, manager of the \V. H. Taylor Hardware Company, was born in Leicester, England. December 26. 1851. \\'hen five years old his parents broitght him to America, and he was raised and educated in Wisconsin. He early learned the trade of a machinist ant! was employed as a journeyman by the ]\Iilwaukee Harvesting J^Iachine Company for seventeen consecutive years. In July, 1899, he went to Latah, Washington, where he organized anil became general manager of a company to open a general hardware business. They bought the stock and store of ]\Ir. J. M. Nelson, the former hardware man of that town, so they now own the only store in Latah devoted exclusively to hardware. They therefore control the entire trade of the rich farming country tributary to the town and do an annual business of sixty or seventy thousand dollars. Mr. Taylor also incorporates house painting in his occupation. He is an energetic, progressive business man, rendered by his long experience with machinery, master of every detail of his line, and, if appearances are to be trusted, an enviable success will be his in his latest business venture. He is a very enthusiastic fraternity man, being a prominent and active worker in both the I. O. O. F. and the Royal Arcanum. He was married in July, 1880, to Ellen J. Leaver, a native of Portland, Wisconsin, and they have a family of four children : Edwin, Minnie E., Harry and Leroy.

R. M. YOUNT, liveryman at Fairfield, as born in Champaign county, Illinois, August 10, 1850. He received his education in the public schools of his native state, and when seventeen years old moved to Missouri and engaged in farming. In 1872 he moved to Cherokee county, Kansas, and turned his attention to buying, selling and raising stock. In the spring of 187S his brother George and he crossed the plains by team to Idaho on a trailing trip, and in the following spring Mr. Yount again crossed the plains, this time coming to Washington. He located on a farm near Spangle, and resided there until the fall of 1892, when he rented his land and moved to Fairfield. He purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in the vicinity of the town, but is also in the livery and feed business. He has a good stable, well equipped with horses, buggies and carriages, and has a splendid patronage. Mr. Yount is one of the leading and representative citizens of his community, public-spirited, enterprising and interested in everything which promises to promote tiie general welfare. In 1892 he ran for the ofifice of state .senator, but was unfortunately defeated by a small majority. He served a year as school director in Fairfield, and in 1896 was elected justice of the peace but declined the ofiice. He was married in Cheney, Washington, November 9, 1S81, to Mattie A. Prigmore, a native of Missouri, and they have a family of seven children : Francie R., William E., Guy, Myrtie, Edna, Floyd and Noma.