Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 10 of 22)

When he had mastered the work of the common schools Dr. Roark entered the University of Indiana and there remained for three years, subsequently matriculating in Chicago University, from which institution he graduated with honors, winning the B. S. degree. On his graduation he received for excellent work an appointment to a fellowship in pathology. He also gained rank as a student in Rush Medical College, from which he graduated as M. D. in June, 1903. He received the benefit of broad practical experience by a year's service as house surgeon in a Milwaukee hospital and later he located for the private practice of medicine in Jamestown, Indiana. Early in 1907, however, he came to the west and in the fall of that year organized the City Emergency Hospital in Spokane with the assistance of Chief Rice, and served for two years, -as surgeon of the institution. It was he who secured the passage of the ordinance . providing for the hospital, after which he did most able woi'k until May, 1909, when he resigned. The work had its inception in the establishment of the Police Emergency Hospital in the city hall, and when the value of the work was .shown he. secured the passage of the ordinance that made the hospital, a permanent city institution. Eleven hundred cases were given emergency aid during the first year, a fact which proved how important was the work. In January, 1911, Dr. Roark was appointed county physician by the county commissioners and is now occupying that position. In addition he does a large private practice and his professional skill, ability and comprehensive knowledge are becoming widely recognized.

In September, 1904, Dr. Roark was united in marriage to Miss Mabel F. Bryce, of Indianapolis, a graduate of the University of Indiana with the class of 1901 and a member of Pi Beta Phi. She is a daughter of George E. Bryce, who was president of the Bryce Baking Company of that city for twenty years and was a son of Peter F. Bryce, who was an old-time baker and wealthy resident of Indianapolis, his business activities there winning him success. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Roark was one of the argonauts who went to California in 1849 in search of the golden fleece. Dr. and Mrs. Roark have two children, Esther M. and James Bryce, aged respectively six and four years. Their social prominence is indicated by the cordial hospitality which is extended to them in many of the best homes of this city. Their residence is at No. 204 West Fourteenth street and they are members of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Roark became a member of the Masonic fraternity at Lebanon, Boone county, Indiana, and his life has ever been an exemplification of the beneficent principles of the craft. He belongs to the Spokane Chamber of Commerce and the Spokane Alumni of Phi Kappa Psi. His military record is as commendable as that of his ancestors for his patriotism was manifest in his enlistment in Battery E of the Third United States Artillery^ in which he served as sergeant throughout the Spanish-American war. His cooperation can always be counted upon where the interests of humanity are at stake. The work he has done in connection with the City Emergency Hospital of Spokane would alone entitle him to representation in this volume and the institution will ever stand as a monument to his efforts and ability.

William Henry Butler

William Henry Butler^ who has been connected with the mercantile interests of Winona for two years was born in Warren county, Illinois, on the 14th of July, 1848, and is a son of William C. and Rebecca (Lucas) Butler, both of whom are natives of Kentucky. In 1859 the parents removed to Kansas, and in the public schools of that state William H. Butler acquired his education, the nearest school being thirty-six miles from his home. At the age of eighteen years, in 1866, he worked with his father in a flour mill and three years later, in 1869, accepted employment in a sawmill in Missouri, working in that state until 1878 when he came to Walla Walla, Washington, hiring out as a harvest hand. The next year he removed to where Pomeroy is now situated and located upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, and actively engaged in improving and cultivating the property. During the last two years, 1873 and 74, William Butler also taught school but in 1875 he removed to the northern part of Idaho, where until 1885 he was employed in the mines and alsp in conducting a general store. In that year he returned to Pomeroy and farmed until 1890 when he located in Spokane and entered the employ of the old horse car company. Subsequently he resided in Fairfield and in that town was engaged in the livery and hotel business and also conducted a general merchandise store until 1901 when he returned to Spokane and acted as deputy sheriff. Seven years after his arrival in Spokane he purchased the Washington Drug Company store in the Madison block, and until 1910 was engaged in conducting that enterprise. After disposing of that business he removed to Winona and opened a general store which is known as the Butler Supply Company and is conducted by W. H. and C. S. Butler. He is still engaged in this enterprise and his is one of the most popular and successful stores in the town. His courteous manner and strict attention to the wants of his customers have won him a steadily increasing patronage, and realizing that satisfied customers are his best advertisement, he has more than an ordinary interest in carrying a stock which meets the requirements of his customers.

On July 28, 1879, Mr. Butler was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Yount of Illinois, a daughter of Jackson J. and Frances (Deer) Yount, both of whom are natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Butler were the parents of four children : William Clyde, of Lincoln county, who is married to Miss Nora Sage and has two children, a boy and a girl; Chauncey Stanley, of Winona, who married Miss Daisy Stewart and has one daughter; Virgil V. of Winona; and Gladys who is residing at home.

Fraternally Mr. Butler is connected with Rockford Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Fairfield Lodge, No. 78, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held all the chairs; he also belongs to the Grand Lodge of this organization. In the various places Mr. Butler has resided his strong personality^ active interest in his business undertakings and his personal worth have won him many friends and made him a welcome citizen wherever he resided.

James M. Geraghty

James M. Geraghty was bom in County Mayo, Ireland, on February 2, 1870, whence he accompanied his parents to America in 1880. The family settled in Indiana, where they lived until 1892 and where he received his first public-school education. In that year they removed to Spokane, Washington.

Mr. Geraghty undertook the study of law and upon his graduation was admitted to the bar in 1897. He engaged in practice and also busied himself in the political field and was elected as a member of the fifth Washington legislature. He also was called upon to serve as corporation counsel for the city of Spokane and divested himself of his duties satisfactorily. During a part of United States Senator Turner's term he acted as his private secretary and since 1904 has been associated with the senator in law practice.

Thomas Clarkson Martin

Thomas Clarkson Martin, who is conducting an implement business in Pullman, is one of the most recent acquisitions to the commercial fraternity of that city, where he has become recognized as a man of high personal worth and capability. His birth occurred in Pittsfield, Illinois, on April 80, 1 878, his parents being Oliver and Elizabeth (Strubinger) Martin, also natives of Illinois. In 1852, Oliver Martin crossed the plains to the goldfields of California, residing at different points in that state during the succeeding three years. At the expiration of that time he went to Oregon and subsequently participated in the Indian wars of the northwest, being at Walla Walla valley, at the time of the uprising in 1855 and 1856, under Captain A. V. Wilson. The adventuresome life that then prevailed on the coast finally palled on the young man and he returned to his native state. He was residing there when the Civil war broke out, and responded to the nation's need by enlisting and going to the front as a private. After the close of hostilities he returned to Illinois and there he passed away in 1875.

Thomas Clarkson Martin who was only a child of two years when his father passed away, left his native state in 1888, coming to the northwest with an uncle, T. W. Martin, who located at Ritzville, this state, upon his arrival here. He continned his education in the common schools of Adams county, and later pursued a course at Whitman College. Upon attaining his majority in 1894, he decided to go into business for himself. There was no store at Washtuena and feeling assured of its excellent opportunities, he opened a general mercantile establishment there. Naturally as he was young and entirely inexperienced, errors of judgment led him into mistakes and he encountered obstacles and difficulties that appeared unsurmomitable, but the experience he here gained during the first struggling years has been of inestimable value to him all through life. The location proved to be advantageous and the business began to pick up^ soon netting him good returns. The enterprise was conducted under the firm name of T. C. Martin until 1901, when he sold out and engaged in the real-estate business there. His experience in the mercantile line had ripened his judgment and from the beginning the venture became a success. In 1907 he removed to Spokane and continued to follow the real-estate business for three years there. At the expiration of that period he again devoted his energies to commercial activities and coming to Pullman in the spring of 1911, purchased the business of A. B. Baker & Company, implement dealers. Although he has been conducting this enterprise for less than a year, Mr. Martin has manifested those qualities that assure success. He applies himself energetically to his business concentrating his entire attention upon its development, and as he carries a full line of farming implements and machinery of standard quality and brands, his friends all prophesy prosperity for him.

Dayton, Washington, was the scene of Mr. Martin's marriage on the 28d of August, 1896, to Miss Claudia V. Cooper, a native of California. Her father, John Cooper, was born and reared in England, whence he, in 1852, came to California and there married Miss Sarah E. Hunsicker, the mother of Mrs. Martin, who was a native of Missouri and a descendant of an old Virginia family. One child, Doris Olga, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin.

Although he is a democrat in his political views, he was while engaged in business at Washtuena in 1897 appointed postmaster by President McKinley, retaining this office until 1901. This is the only public office he has ever held save that of clerk of the school board. He is a clever business man, whose standards and methods are such as to win him the confidence and support of all with whom he has had transactions.

John Ashferd Saylor

John Ashferd Say lor, who is engaged in the implement business, has been identified with the commercial interests of Palouse for the past five years. He was bom in Missouri on the 14th of February, 1856, and is a son of Sidney H. and Vice (Ragsdale) Saylor, the father a native of Indiana. The parents spent the early years of their domestic life in Missouri, but in the fall of 1856 they crossed the plains to Oregon.

He was less than a year of age when his parents removed from Missouri and the boyhood and youth of John Ashferd Saylor were passed on a ranch amid pioneer environments. He was educated in the public schools, and in 1873, at the age of seventeen years, left home and crossed the plains into eastern Oregon, where he rode the cattle range for four years. At the expiration of that period he returned to the home ranch, and invested his capital in sheep, devoting his entire time and attention to the business of sheep raising until his removal to Whitman county, where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land eight miles northeast of Colfax. He turned his attention to general farming and stock-raising, in which he met with substantial returns, devoting his energies to the further improvement and cultivation of his land for twenty-seven years. His efforts were well rewarded and he sacceeded in bringing his land under high cultivation and making it one of the well improved and attractive ranches of the community. In 1906 he withdrew from agricultural pursuits and removed to Palouse, and here he has since made his home. The year after he took up his residence here Mr. Saylor became associated with W. F. Chalenor and together they engaged in the implement business, under the firm name of Chalenor & Saylor. They carry a large and complement line of farming implements and appliances of standard make and as they are both enterprising men of practical ideas and are thoroughly familiar with agricultural conditions in this section they are building up a profitable trade. Their business has netted them good returns from the beginning and it is constantly increasing.

Mr. Saylor was married to Miss Clara Petty, of Lane county, Oregon, but shortly after coming to Whitman county, his wife passed away in 1886. In January, 1888, Mr. Saylor was married again to Miss Mary Broulete of Washington, a daughter of Mack and Adeline (Webb) Broulete, and unto them has been bom one daughter, Helen, who is at home.

The family are members of the Christian church in the work of which they take an active interest. Fraternally he is afiiliated with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and holds the office of guide in the local lodge. His political allegiance he gives to the republican party and at the present time he is a member of the town council.

Mr. Saylor has been a resident of Whitman county for thirty-two years, during which time he has seen the primitive conditions of pioneering that prevailed when he first came here give way to the new order with the westward march of civilization. Where there were great stretches of untilled prairies a quarter of a century ago, are found today highly cultivated and improved ranches, while mere settlements have grown into thriving towns, and villages have been transformed into cities with all the comforts and conveniences of modern civilization.

William Frederick Chalenor

William Frederick Chalenor, senior partner of the firm of Chalenor & Saylor, implement dealers, is one of the well known and prominent citizens of Palouse, where he has been actively identified with the business interests for more than twenty-one years. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 18th of May, 1860, and is a son of Frederick W. and Margaret J. (Livingston) Chalenor, both natives of England.

Reared in the city of his birth, in the acquirement of his education, William Frederick Chalenor attended the public schools until he was fifteen years. He laid aside his school books in 1875 and began his business career as an employe in a wholesale grocery in Boston. Five years later, at the age of twenty, he removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, but upon attaining his majority in 1881 he left there and went to North Dakota, where he filed on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. In 1884, he left his claim and went to Helena, Montana, where he worked in the mines for three years. At the expiration of that period he came to Spokane as an employe of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, but in 1888 be withdrew from their service and entered that of Burns & Chapman, railroad contractors. He was in charge of construction work for this company until 1890, when he came to Palouse to buy grain for the Clark & Curtis Milling Company. Three years later he became associated with J. M. Perry in the grain business under the firm name of Perry & Chalenor. They met with success in the development of their undertaking and in 1894 extended their activities by putting in a stock of farming implements and mcu;hinery. They continued to be associated in business until 1896, when Mr. Chalenor purchased his partner's interest. He subsequently opened a branch at Oakesdale, this county, that he operated under the name of Chalenor & Company, and in 1902 he organized the Palouse Hardware & Implement Company. He was vice president of the latter enterprise until 1906, when he disposed of his stock and went into the implement business for himself. The next year he sold a half interest in this to Mr. Saylor, and the business has ever since been conducted under the name of Chalenor & Saylor. They carry a well selected line of farming implements and machinery of the very best brands, and as they are both men of wide experience and practical ideas are meeting with success. The business has made marked development since it was founded six years ago, and they now enjoy an extensive and profitable patronage and corresponding returns.

In 1891, at Palouse, Mr. Chalenor was married to Miss Myrtle M. Smith, a native of Illinois and a daughter of Alonzo and Margaret Smith. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Chalenor in the following order: Edgar L., Margery, William A., Clifford B., Richard and Esther C.

Mr. Chalenor is a warden in the Episcopal church in which his family also hold membership, and fraternally he is affiliated with Palouse Lodge, No. 46, F. & A. M., of which he is past master, while for twenty-one years he has been treasurer of Constance Chapter, No. 24, O. E. S. His connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his membership in the Inland Club of Spokane. The political views of Mr. Chalenor coincide with those of the democratic party, to whose men and measures he gives his support except in municipal elections when he casts his ballot for the candidate he deems best qualified for the office irrespective of party lines. He has served several terms on the town council and at the present time he is a member of the school board. Mr. Chalenor is one of the highly esteemed men of the town, as in both his public and private life he has manifested the upright standards, high sense of honor and resolution of purpose that invariably command and hold the respect of all those with whom he has transactions.

Albert Benham

Albert Benham, treasurer of Benham & Griffith Co., entered upon his business career well equipped by liberal education for life's responsibilities. He has shown a spirit of determination that has enabled him to successfully solve all the intricate and complex problems that have arisen in business affairs. He was bom in Cascade, Iowa, on the Sd of May, 1869, his parents being Lewis and Elizabeth (Means) Benham. The father, whose birth occurred in Ashtabula county, Ohio,

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August 5, 1818^ was descended from Thomas Benham^ a Revolutionary soldier who was bom in Connecticut in 1759 and died in Ohio in 1830. It was in 1811 that he removed to the latter state^ making his way by ox team and encountering all the hardships and privations incident to such a journey at that time. He traced his ancestry back to John Benham^ who with his two sons came to America on the 30th of May^ 1630^ in the ship Mary and John. Lewis Benham^ the father of our subject^ had a twin brother^ a physician by profession^ who was graduated from the Western Reserve Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, and subsequently served as a soldier in the Civil war. The latter married Miss Rebecca Van Horn and his death occurred in February, 1898. The mother of our subject was born in Indiana and was of English descent, though her family have long resided in this country, her parents removing from Virginia to Indiana at an early day. She is at present a resident of Cascade, Iowa, and is now in her eighty-second year. Her husband died in 1888. They were the parents of seven children, of whom one died in childhood. The others are: Lucius T., who is a member of Benham & Griffith Co. and the father of Mrs. Austin Corbin II, of Spokane; Raymond S., who is in business in Chicago and is the father of Mrs. James M. Neff, whose husband. Dr. Neff, was formerly an assistant to Dr. Murphy of that city, but is now practicing surgery in Spokane; Alice, who died on the 13th of September, 1901; Isabel who became the wife of John Jackson Fry and died in 1890; William H., who died in Seattle, 1906, leaving two children, Arthur L. and Pauline; and Albert, of this review.

Albert Benham was a pupil in the common schools of his native state and after attending the high school matriculated in Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was a student in that institution from 1884 until 1888. In the latter year he came to Spokane and engaged in the grocery business with Thomas S. Griffith and Lucius T. Benham under the firm name of Benham & Griffith Co. He is a man of good business sense and easily avoids the mistakes and disasters that come to those who, though possessing remarkable faculties in some respects, are liable to erratic movements that result in unwarranted failures. His well planned enterprise, his judgment and even-paced energy have carried him forward to the goal of success. Mr. Benham is a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the democratic party and holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce of this dty.

George Washington Larue

George Washington Larue, president of the firm of George W. Larue & Company, real-estate and insurance agents, was born in Randolph county, Missouri, on the 80th of October, 1855. His parents were John R. and Charlotte (Barnes) Lame, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Virginia, but for many years they were residents of Missouri, where he engaged in farming.

When he was old enough to begin his education George W. Larue entered the public schools of his native state, completing his course in a private academy. His student days were terminated in 1 872 and he returned to the farm, in the cultivation of which he assisted his father until he was twenty-two. Fully qualified to begin working for himself he left home in 1877 and began his independent agricultural career. The following year he decided to come to the northwest, believing that he would find better opportunities here than in his native state. Upon his arrival in 1878 he first located in the vicinity of Walla Walla, where he farmed until 1879. He then went to the Big Bend country and filed on three hundred and twenty acres of land, but subsequently took the agency for a sewing-machine. He continued at this until 1884 when he came to Colfax and entered into partnership with John Pattison in the real-estate and insurance business, under the firm name of Larue & Pattison. Two years later they dissolved partnership and Mr. Larue became associated with A. W. Wisner, under the name of Larue, Wisner & Company. In 1888, Mr. Larue was appointed postmaster under President Cleveland, but he resigned his office at the end of a year and again went into the real-estate and insurance business. The following year, in 1890, he was elected county treasurer, serving in this capacity for two terms, at the expiration of which time he again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, locating on a farm north of Colfax that he operated for six years. In 1900 he came back to town and became identified with John K. Eacho, under the name of Eacho, Larue & Company in the real-estate, insurance and loan business. At the expiration of three years, Mr. Larue purchased the interest of Mr. Eacho, continuing the business alone imtil 1908, when he took his son, Charles R., into partnership with him, who was, in 1911, elected to the state legislature from Colfax, the seventh district of Whitman county. George W. Larue has met with success in his undertakings and is now president of the Colfax Investment Company, and he was a stockholder and director of the Farmers* State Bank.

At Walla Walla on the 16th of October, 1881, Mr. Larue was united in marriage to Miss Margaret L. Actor, a. native of this state and a daughter of Herman C. and Sarah (Davidson) Actor, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Illinois. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Larue numbers five: Charlotte, who is at home; Charles R., who married Miss Sarah Schulerud and has one son; and Margaret, George Sterling and Lucille, all of whom are at home.

Mr. Larue is a member of the Woodmen of the World, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Commercial Club of Colfax. He is a democrat in his political views and takes much interest in all matters pertaining to the development of the municipality, has never prominently participated in governmental affairs, although he did serve as councilman at large. Mr. Larue has been a resident of Colfax during the greater part of the time for twenty-seven years, and is widely known throughout the county, where he has many friends who hold him in high esteem.

Daniel W. Truax

Daniel W. Truax, who is now following the business of banking, has been prominently identified, as a successful farmer, merchant and postmaster for several terms, with the business interests of Tekoa, Whitman county, since 1888, and indeed is the founder of the town, which he laid out in 1888. He was born in Montreal, Canada, December 23, 1830, the son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Kendrick)

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TruaX; the former a native of New York state and the latter of Ireland. The ancestors of the subject of this review are traced back to Holland whence members of the family emigrated to America^ settling in the state of New York in 1620. John Truax, the grandfather on the paternal side, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Id 1886 Daniel W. Truax went to live with his grandmother, who resided in the state of New York, and there he attended school until 1845, when he began working on his father's farm in that state, continuing so to do until 1849, when his parents removed to Minnesota, where the father took up a homestead. The son continned at home assisting his father with the farm work until the spring of 1853, when he settled on a quarter section of homestead land and began cultivating it. In 1855 he built a sawmill on his homestead and carried on the sawmill business in connection with his farming until 1857, when he sold his holdings there and removed to Wininger, Minnesota, where he again engaged in the sawmill business, a vocation which he followed until 1861, when he removed to Hastings, Minnesota, and again engaged in the sawmill business. There he remained until 1883, when he moved to Whitman county, Washington, and bought forty acres where Tekoa now stands. He engaged in the lumber business under the firm name of the Truax Lumber Company but in 1886 he sold out his lumber business and two years later laid out the town of Tekoa. In 1890 he entered the field of banking, becoming the vice president of the First Bank of Tekoa. He also embarked in the mercantile business in partnership with George D. Brown under the firm name of George D. Brown & Company, the title later being changed to that of the Tekoa Mercantile Company. In 1906 he sold out his mercantile interests, hfyipg 4i^po8^d rof his banking interests in 1894. On August 25, 1902, he incorporated the Tekp^ nState Bank, of which he became the president, in which position he is now serving. One of the activities which distinguished Mr. Truax while engaged in the iperc^tile business was a plan inaugurated by him and his partner during the' hard times following 1893. They fomished their customers with one hundred dollar coupons which entitled them to that amount of credit at the store, agreeing at the same time to accept all the butter and eggs their custoipers could supply. This proved a satisfactory arrangement all around, the firm being protected by the country produce receipts and the customers who were in hard straits were thus given an opportunity to secure much needed supplies.

At Hastings, Minnesota, in 1853, Mr. Truax was married to Miss Mary A. Tmax, who was born in New York, a daughter of Guirshom and Deborah Truax, both of whom were natives of the state of New York. To Daniel W. and Mary A. Traux four children have been bom. Byron F., of Tekoa, who is married and has three children. Amelia E., deceased, who married J. D. Dull by whom she had one child, a son. Viola E., who became the wife of Fred Kramer who was accidentally killed just after marriage. She later married John MacKenzie, by whom she has a daughter. Oscar C, now deceased, who married Miss Sadie Wercinck, and they became the parents of one son. * The second marriage of Mr. Truax was celebrated in Tekoa in 1895, when he wedded Miss Mary A. Anderson, a native of Scotland.

the peace for twelve years and United States commissioner for three years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity^ being a past master of the Blue lodge^ has filled all the official chairs of the chapter and also belongs to the commandery and the Mystic Shrine. It is not remarkable that a man so intimately connected with the business and fraternal life of Tekoa and Whitman county should have an extended acquaintance throughout the entire county^ where he is known intimately by nearly all the people. The business success which in so large a degree has crowned his efforts has been attained in like measure by few other men in Whitman county. Possessing a broad knowledge of human nature^ being of a genial disposition^ and having large executive ability as well as an unusual mastery of detail^ he has been enabled to overcome many apparently unsurmountable obstacles in his path and to render effective service to the people of Whitman county in the days when such service was of peculiar necessity. The success which he has attained has enabled him in later years to be of material benefit to large numbers of worthy people with whom he has come in contact and makes him today a potent factor in the advancement of the interests of Tekoa and community. He is an honored and popular member of the fraternity to which he belongs and throughout the social and business circles of Tekoa is held in the highest respect and esteem.

Gardner Chamberlin

While the real-estate operations of Gardner Chamberlin are extensive, he is chiefly handling only his own properties. He was one who recognized the opportunities of the west and in their improvement has reached a conspicuous, honorable and enviable position in business circles. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 10, 1863, a son of Seth and Sophia Long (Dean) Chamberlin, who were natives of New Hampshire and Massachusetts respectively, and of English and French descent. Members of the Chamberlin family lock part in the war for independence and one of the brothers of Seth Chamberlin was a soldier of the Civil war. The first of the Dean family in America came to the new world prior to the revolution and many of them took an active part in that war. An uncle of Sophia Long Dean founded the academy at Franklin, Massachusetts, while one of her brothers aided in the defense of the Union in the Civil war. The father of our subject was a wholesale dry-goods merchant and importer, carrying on business for many years on the same site where his father was located, this being on Kilby street, opposite the Mason building in Boston. The name of the firm of which he was a member was Little, Chamberlin & Company. For several years prior to his death he lived retired, however, and made his home with his sons in Spokane. The death of Seth Chamberlin occurred October 6, 1903, and his wife had preceded him in death July 14, 1878. She was a sister of Mrs. William Pettet, of Spokane.

Dr. Theodore Chamberlin, a brother of Gardner Chamberlin, is a graduate of Harvard and is now living in Concord, Massachusetts, being one of the faculty of Middlesex school there. Another brother, Frederick Dean Chamberlin. also a graduate of Harvard, took a prominent part in civic affairs and worked earnestly for the welfare of Spokane. He was associated with his brother Gardner in looking after his interests here and in connection with other pioneers organized the Electric Light Company of Spokane in the fall of 1886, others interested being H. L. Cutter. Frank

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Rockwood Moore and William Pettet. These gentlemen promoted the interests of the company until it was merged into the Washington Water Power Company, Frederick Dean Chamberlin having served as its secretary. He died June 12, 1904, and in his passing Spokane lost one whose labors constituted a vital force in progress here from pioneer times.

Gardner Chamberlin was educated in Boston, attending Charles W. Stone's private school, now located on Beacon street but then located on Temple place. He entered a broker's office there but in response to his brother's urgent plea came to Spokane in 1887. Together they engaged in the commission business on Riverside avenue but sold out in the fall of 1888, the business which they established gradually developing into that now conducted under the name of Greenough Brothers. On retiring from the commission business Gardner Chamberlin concentrated his efforts upon the control and management of his own property interests and since the death of his brother has been engaged in that work alone. He owns property at the northeast corner of Post and Riverside, at the southeast comer of Lincoln and Riverside, at the northwest comer of Sprague and Lincoln and has other holdings in both residence and warehouse property. He is also a director in the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company and one of its largest stockholders and is financially interested in the Washington Water Power Company. Making investments in property here at an early day, his holdings have constantly increased in value, making him one of the wealthy residents of Spokane.

Mr. Chamberlin is a member of Spokane Lodge of Elks, No. 228, also of the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club, the Spokane Tennis Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He is secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Humane Society, succeeding his brother, Frederick Dean, upon his death in 1904, who had always been active in its behalf and to whose efforts much of its present success is due. He attends All Saints church and votes with the republican party but his activity in political circles is only that of a good citizen. He had the sagacity to discern what the future had in store for this great and growing western country and in the fullness of time he has gathered the harvest of his labors.

James W. Morrison

James W. Morrison is one of the enterprising real-estate men of Spokane who have made a close study of the condition of the real-estate market and have therefore been able to meet the situations which have arisen and to improve the opportunities which have offered. He is far-sighted and progressive in all his business movements and his labors have proven of marked benefit to the development of the city. He was bom near Titusville, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1850, a son of John B. and Margaret (McMaster) Morrison. The father was an agriculturist and merchant, but after the discovery of oil at Titusville was engaged in that business until 1864, when he moved to Kingsville, Ohio, where his death occurred. He was well known throughout the northwestern part of Pennsylvania and in Ohio as a thoroughly reliable business man.

James W. Morrison acquired his education in the public schools in Pennsylvania and later at the Kingsville Academy, of Kingsville, Ohio. After graduating from the latter institution he was engaged for a short time in agricultural pursuits and in 1877 removed to Sibley, Iowa where for fourteen years he was engaged in the farm implement, hardware and grain business. During his residence in Sibley he took a prominent part in civic affairs. He served as mayor of the city for two terms and also as justice of the peace throughout the time he resided there. On account of ill health he disposed of his interests in that town and in the spring of 1891 removed to Washington, locating at Kettle Falls, Stevens county. He devoted his whole time and attention to regaining his health and did not enter into business until he removed to Spokane in 1898. Since he arrived in this city he has been engaged in the real-estate, farm-mortgage and insurance business and is one of the leaders in the real-estate and insurance circles of Spokane. He lists property throughout the northwest and British Columbia.

At Jesup, Iowa, Mr. Morrison was married to Miss Mattie Stage, a dau^ter of James and Martha Stage. To their union two children have been born: Cline J., who is in business with his father; and Earl W. who is now studying architecture in Chicago. The latter has displayed remarkable talent in his profession and while a boy in the public schools of Spokane designed some of the most attractive residences in this city, one being for William C. Winters and one for E. T. Hay, a brother of the present governor. Later he designed the home of A. T. Johnson which was recently disposed of for thirty thousand dollars. He is now but twenty-three, years of age, and he intends, after completing his technical course in Chicago, January 1, to open an independent office.

Mr. Morrison has always given his support to the republican party. In addition to the offices he held in Sibley he took an active part in political affairs in Washington. While a resident of that state he was nominated by acclamation for the state senate on the republican ticket, but was defeated by a close margin of twelve votes through the fusion of the democratic and populist parties. Since coming tx) Spokane he has not taken an active interest in politics nor held public office.

Prompted by a laudable ambition, his labors have at all times been characterized by thoroughness, and by his mastery of tasks undertaken Mr. Morrison has made rreditable advance in business circles and is accorded recognition by leading business men as one who deserves classification in their ranks.

Joshua Miles Palmerton

Joshua M. Palmerton, well known as a grain dealer and undertaker at Pullman, Whitman county, manifests in his commercial interests the activity and business enterprise which are characteristic of the age. He was bom in Licking county, Ohio, on the 81st of October, 1850, his parents being Miles and Mary J. (Seaman) Palmerton, both natives of New York state. He is a grandson of Joshua Palmerton, a descendant of the family prominent in Revolutionary times. When Joshua M. was one year of age his parents removed to Illinois, and during his childhood he attended the public schools in that state until 1859, when he was taken by his parents to Missouri. In that state he continued his studies until 1861 when with his parents he returned to Illinois, there completing his educa- tioD. In 1867 he again went to Missouri and while there assisted in the cultivation of the home farm. He remained in that state until 1875 when he located on Rebel Flat^ Whitman county^ Washington^ and again engaged in agricultural pursuits. Upon his arrival in Washington he immediately began taking an active interest in the agricultural possibilities which it presented^ and one year after he came he took up a homestead of one hundred and twenty acres on Rebel Flat^ six miles south of Colfax. He proved up his claim and resided upon it until 1889. In that year he removed to Pullman where he owned six acres of land^ and at once entered the employ of the J. fl. Bellinger Grain Company^ having charge of their warehouse. The following year he improved his property in town and abo added to his real-estate holdings. Later he engaged in the hotel business^ building the Artesian Hotels and in 1892 erected the present Artesian Hotel which he conducted until 1898. During that time he studied the undertaking business^ and at present is conducting an undertaking establishment. In 1911 he bought grain for the Farmers' Union Grain Company, and throughout his career in Pullman has been interested in real estate. His activities have extended also into other lines, and he was one of the organizers of the Pullman Bottling & Cold Storage Company.

On the 9th of April, 1874, Mr. Palmerton was married to Miss Lily C. Layman of Virginia, a daughter of John D. and Ann C. (Ringer) Layman, natives of Virginia and Maryland respectively. To their union four children have been born: George M., of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, who is married and has one son; William J., also of Coeur d'Alene, who is married and has one daughter; Birdie, who is married to Robert Hughes of Honolulu and is the mother of one daughter; and Nellie M., who resides in Seattle.

In politics Mr. Palmerton gives his support to the republican party and has been active in its circles. He has served as a member of the school board for nearly twenty years, and was at one time a member of the council. His interests are always along the lines which tend to moral and educational advancement, and during the time the liquor question was a political issue he gave his enthusiastic and ardent support in opposition to the admission of saloons into Pullman. He holds membership in the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and to the Woodmen of the World, in which order he has occupied all the chairs in his local camp. He is a progressive and wide-awake citizen, always on the alert for and ready to incorporate in his business the most modern methods, and they have not only enabled him to attain prosperity but have also won him a high place in the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens.

Charles Oston Worley

Well known among the successful men of Whitman county, Washington, is Charles Oston Worley, formerly banker, hardware merchant and Indian agent, who is now living retired. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, July 18, 1854, a son of John J. and Sarah (Bradford) Worley, both natives of Ohio. The parents removed to Nebraska territory in 1856, where the father conducted an Indian trad- ing store and Charles attended school. In 1864, while the father was in the army and the family were left unprotected at home, they were driven out of the town by the Indians. On account of the unsettled conditions in Nebraska at that early day the family removed to Ohio, where our subject continued his schooling until 1869, when his parents returned to the west, settling in Kansas. There he assisted his father with the duties on the farm and attended the common schools. Later he became a student in the academy at Council Grove and subsequently entered the State Normal School at Emporia for one year. In 1875 he journeyed to California where he was employed in mill and factory work until the fall of 1877, when he returned to Kansas and entered upon agricultural pursuits until 1882.

In that year, the west again beckoning him, Mr. Worley went to Rockford, Spokane county, Washington, and began working at the carpenter's trade and later engaged in steam engineering. In 1884 he again returned to Kansas, bringing his parents back with him to Rockford, where he continued to follow the carpenter's trade until 1896, when he was appointed by the government as steam engineer on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation. He then took up his residence upon the reservation and continued in his appointed position until 1901, the year in which he was given the position of sub-agent of the reservation. He performed his duties faithfully and satisfactorily and continued in that connection until July, 1905, at which time he was appointed superintendent of the reservation, a position which he held until August, 1909, when he resigned to engage in the banking and hardware business in Tekoa, to which place the Indian agency had been removed in 1907. Upon his resignation of the office of superintendent he was appointed United States commissioner, a position which he still holds. After being connected with the bank in which he was first interested until 1911, he sold out, but still retains his interest in the hardware business in Tekoa. He was also vice president and a stockholder and director of the Citizens Bank of Tekoa.

Mr. Worley was married in Kansas, August 22, 1878, to Miss Maydee Washbum, a native of Iowa and daughter of Sylvester and Emmeline (Little) Washburn, both of whom were born in Illinois. To this union were bom three children : Lawrence, who is at home ; and Frank and William, both deceased. The political allegiance of Mr. Worley is given to the republican party, in the affairs of which he takes considerable interest. He is now president of the Tekoa school board and while in Kansas was a member of the city council of Osage City and deputy sheriff and county treasurer of Osage county. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Masonic lodge, of which he is past master, and belongs to Tekoa Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., of which he has been secretary. He is identified with the Woodmen of the World and has occupied all the official chairs of that order, and also belongs to the Knights and Ladies of Security. Both Mr. and Mrs. Worley are members of the Christian church, of which he is a trustee and in which the family take an active interest, assisting materially in supporting the church work and aiding in many ways to make it effective in the upbuilding of the religious interests of Tekoa.

The success in business life which enabled Mr. Worley to retire at a comparatively early age came not by chance but as a result of wisely directed endeavors throughout his business career, coupled with those fundamental necessities for success - industry, economy and ambition. He may truly be said to be a self-made man^ as he started out in life with nothing but his own hands^ a courageous spirit and a healthy body to make his way in the world. During his residence in Tekoa he has by his uniformly honorable methods and square dealing earned the confidence and respect as well as the friendship of a very large proportion of the people of Whitman county and he is held in high esteem by all who know him.

Lucius T. Benham

Lucius T. Benham is numbered among the influential residents of Spokane^ where for some years he has been engaged in the wholesale grocery business^ active in control of what was the first wholesale house in the Inland Empire. He was bom October 29, 1847, in Ridgeville, Lorain county, Ohio, the son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Means) Benham, natives of Ohio and of Indiana respectively. The ancestral line is traced back to Thomas Benham, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who was born in Connecticut in 1759 and died in Ohio in 1880. In 1811 he removed to that state making his way by ox team and encountering all the hardships, privations and innumerable dangers, with which at that time such trips through sparsely settled, practically roadless country were fraught - a country still infested with the hostile bands of the original inhabitants who looked toward the oncoming of the white brothers none too friendly. Back of him the line goes to John Benham, who with his two sons came from England to America on the SOth of May, 1630, as a passenger on the ship Mary and John. Lewis Benham was bom August 5, 1818, and his life record covered the intervening years to 1888. His wife still survives and is now living in Cascade, Iowa, in her eighty-second year. She is a representative of an old American family of Englisli lineage and her parents removed from Virginia to Indiana. In the family of Lewis and Elizabeth Benham were seven children, of whom one died in childhood^ while Alice, Isabel and William H. are also deceased. The brothers of our subject still living are: Albert, who is treasurer of Benham & Griffith Co., and Raymond S., who is engaged in business in Chicago.

The removal of the family to Cascade, Iowa, was followed by Lucius T. Benham's attendance in the public schools of that place and by a further course of study in Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa. He started out in the business world in the fall of 1861, when a youth of fourteen years, securing a clerkship in the postoffice and in a general store at Cascade. For three years he devoted his time to that work, after which he went to Chicago and entered the employ of Lemuel Barber & Son, the partners of whom were his uncle and cousin. They were in the wholesale grocery and liquor business and with that house Mr. Benham remained until 1868, when he returned to Iowa, settling at Canton, where he established a general mercantile store.

It was during the period of his residence there that Mr. Benham was married in June, 1868, to Miss Mary G. Trumbull, a daughter of G. W. Trumbull, of Canton, and a member of an old American family. She died in Spokane in 1889, leaving a daughter, Katherine I., now the wife of Austin Corbin II, of this city.

Mr. Benham continued a resident of Canton^ lowa^ until 1870^ when he removed to Kansas City^ Missouri^ where he was engaged in the wholesale liquor business for two years. Following the Chicago fire he went to that city in the fall of 1871 and there continued in the wholesale business until January^ 1889, when he came to Spokane and joined forces with T. S. Griffith in organizing the firm of Benham 8c Griffith^ proprietors of the first wholesale house in the Inland Empire. In this business he has since continued and his progressive and enterprising methods and straightforward dealing have constituted the basis of a success which places him with the wealthy residents of the city. He was also for several years a director and stockholder in the Exchange National Bank^ of Spokane.

He is a man of considerable local influence^ well fitted by nature for leadership. His opinions, carry weight because his sagacity is keen aild his judgment is sounds and men have learned to know that what Lucius T. Benham says he will do. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but is not an active woricer in its ranks. He belongs, however, to the Chamber of Commerce and is much interested in all that pertains to the development of the city, cooperating with the Chamber in all of its various projects to promote the upbuilding of Spokane and give publicity to its resources and its opportunities.

Robert Easson

No history of Spokane would be complete without mention of Robert Easson, who was one of the most popular, respected and worthy residents of the city, reliable in business and active in his cooperation in all progressive public movements. He was born in Dundee, Scotland, February 1, 1847. His father, Robert Easson, Sr., was a wholesale grocer, and the son received a thorough business education and training. His more specifically literary education was acquired in private schools of Edinburgh and of Paris. He came to the United States in 1870 and secured employment in a large wholesale grocery house in Chicago, devoting ten years of his life to the task of mastering the principles and details of that business. On the expiration of that period he went to Omaha, accepting a position with the large house of Paxton, Gallagher & Company. His ability soon won him recognition and he was admitted as junior member of the firm and eventually became the managing partner. Under his able direction and control the business of the firm was increased from two hundred thousand to two million dollars per year.

Thinking to find a still broader field of labor and wider opportunities in the rapidly developing Pacific coast country Mr. Easson came to Spokane in 1890 and here established the wholesale grocery house of Hale & Easson. The firm built up a large business and prospered but the panic of 1893 came on and the company went into liquidation after paying every liability in full. In 1895, having gotten his financial affairs here into excellent shape again, Mr. Easson accepted an offer from James J. Hogan to go to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and manage his wholesale grocery house. He returned to Spokane in the summer of 1897 to look after his interests here and on the Sd of May, 1898, was elected secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He regarded Spokane as his permanent place of abode even after going to Wisconsin and retained his beautiful residence in Lidgerwood^ which he had erected and adorned at a cost of about twelve thousand dollars. From time to time he made investment in enterprises and business projects in the northwest^ becoming owner of one-fifth interest in the Slocan Boy mines and also had other mining interests in the Okanogan.

On the 12th of March^ 1874^ in Chicago^ Mr. Easson was united in marriage to Miss Bella Donaldson^ a daughter of Hiram and Agnes Donaldson. Unto this marriage were born four children: George, who is now deceased; Bella, the wife of Sidney McClintock; Jessie; and Sanford. The eldest son accepted the offer of a fine position in Hong Kong, China, and the family had just received a letter informing them of his safe arrival there when the father's death occurred. Later the son also passed away. In September, 1898, Mr. Easson went to Lewiston, Idaho, with the Chamber of Commerce excursion. His sudden death was the result of a stroke of apoplexy.

Perhaps no better estimate of his character and of the high regard entertained for him wherever he was known can be given than in quoting from the Spokesman Review which in its comment on his demise said: "Within ten minutes after the death of Mr. Easson mourning streamers were stretched across the streets and draped over the arch of welcome by the Lewiston people. Through the local telephone exchange and by special committee every place of business in Lewiston was notified of the appalling event and the proprietors immediately closed their doors. Tears clouded the vision of strong men and a sense of personal bereavement was seen in every woman's face. The citizens, gfL^^littbji^^drisiped the train in black and attached the sad words 'We mourn our Joss^'- within .a mourning border to each side of the central coach of the train. Knots of crepe were added to the badges of the excursionists and worn by the people of Lewiston. Spokane's sorrow was Lewiston's sorrow, Spokane's loss was Lewi$ton'» lews.. .The_.two cities were united in the one bond of grief. In an hour the remains of Mr. Easson were prepared for removal to Spokane. It was a mournful procession that formed for the homeward journey. Eight physicians including Dr. Olmstead and Dr. Grove of Spokane and Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Morris, Dr. Inman and Dr.. Shaft of Lewiston, were the pall bearers. They were followed by the Chamber of Commerce and the business men of Lewiston. There was even a greater throng of people surrounding the station to express their sympathy for the afflicted guests than were present to welcome them the day before. At a special meeting of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce called by President E. D. Olmstead on board the Lewiston excursion train the following resolutions were adopted:

'Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to His infinite wisdom to call from onr midst, without a moment's notice, our beloved associate and esteemed secretary, Robert Easson,

" 'Whereas, He was taken from us when flushed and happy over the grand success of the Lewiston excursion, knowing and probably realizing full well that the said success was largely if not entirely due to his individual efforts, therefore belt

*' 'Resolved, that while we bow to the will of the Great Ruler of the Universe we fully realize that we have lost our most earnest and faithful worker, that Spokane has suffered an irreparable loss in a loyal friend who was always ready

Thus passed from this life a citizen whom Spokane felt that she could illy afford to lose. He had proven his worth and ability in many ways and had at all times commanded the good will and confidence of his fellowmen because his life was upright and honorable^ his actions manly and sincere and his principles high. He held friendship inviolable^ was devoted to the welfare of his family and in a word possessed all of the admirable characteristics of the upright man and citizen.

Mr. Easson deserves the credit without doubt of being the originator of the Spokane's fight for just freight rates. Early in 1891 he was one of the men who started Spokane's first freight rate contest before the Interstate Commerce Commission. That first hearing secured Spokane the first and best decision it ever received before the commission. This case resulted in a decisive victory for Spokane but as is well known was set aside by a decision of the United States supreme court. When James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad approached Spokane with a proposition to give that city terminal rates in exchange for a cash payment and donation of lands for a right of way, Mr. Easson was one of the most active members of the committee to secure the necessary money and property to accomplish the ends that Mr. Hill had promised, and to no one in the city was it a greater disappointment than to Mr. Easson when Hill repudiated his part of the verbal contract and refused to carry out what he had promised in regard to terminal rates. He was the only one who argued and insisted that Hill and the city of Spokane should have a written contract but the other members of the committee over-ruled what afterward proved to be sound judgment on his part. To Mr. Easson's credit, be it said, that he was the only man in the city of Spokane who had the moral courage to tell James J. Hill to his face that he had deceived and betrayed the people of Spokane in refusing to carry out his promise. After the failure to put in terminal rates as promised, Mr. Easson again took up the agitation to secure for Spokane what was its just due, and up to the time of his death he never ceased to agitate this question and to enlist the support of his neighbors to push this case to a finish. To mention Mr. Easson's service in this matter, probably nothing better can be said than that through his efforts the services of some men in Spokane were enlisted in this fight twenty years ago who have never laid down the burden, and many of these men who were close personal friends of Robert Easson have felt his spirit was with them through the many years they have waged this contest for justice and right.

William Martin Duncan

William Martin Duncan, who is at present ably discharging his duties as county treasurer of Whitman county, was born in Vallejo, California, on the 7th of July, 1872, and is a son of Robert and Mary B. (Martin) Duncan, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Iowa. His grandfathers were Samael

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Duncan of Pennsylvania and George W. Martin, of New Hampshire. The parents came to Whitman county from California in 1877, and in the country schools of Washington William M. Duncan acquired his early education. Subsequently he entered the State College of Washington and was graduated with a degree of B. S. in the class of 1900. The year following his graduation he taught school, and the next year accepted a clerical position in the general merchandise store of R. B. Bragg & Company of Pullman. In both of these positions he exhibited a ready spirit to work and an ability to master the essential details of his undertakings. In 1907 he was elected county auditor to which office he was reelected in 1909. Two years later he was elected to the office of county treasurer of Whitman county.

In November, 1906, in Pullman, Washington, William M. Duncan was married to Miss Almeda Smith, of Iowa, a daughter of W. H. and Mattie (SchuU) Smith, the former a native of Arkansas and the latter of North Carolina. To their union one child, Emogene, has been born. Politically Mr. Duncan is a member of the republican party, firmly believing its policies to be most conducive to good government. He has rendered his party much valuable service and has been one of its ablest supporters in the county. In the various offices to which he has been elected upon the nomination of the members of his party he has more than won their approval for the able conduct of his duties. He holds membership in the Moscow Lodge, No. 249, B. P. O. E., Colfax Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias, and in the Christian church of Colfax. His business ability and genial manner enable Mr. Duncan to meet the requirements of his office and serve the public in a satisfactory manner. In the fraternal and social circles with which he is connected he is highly esteemed, and the number of his friends is almost as large as is that of his acquaintances.

Granville Bond Carter

Granville B. Carter, early recognizing the fact that success and prosperity have their foundations in persistent, honorable and intelligently directed labor, has worked his way upward, his rise marked at every step by achievement. He is well known in Colfax since he is acting as sheriff of Whitman county. He was bom in Adams coimty, Illinois, on the 27th of October, 1854, a son of Joseph W. and Rachael (Dorsett) Carter, natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina respectively, and a grandson of John and Lindsey (Dorsett) Carter, also of Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Mr. Carter acquired his education in the district schools of Illinois, but because of his father's death when he was a lad of but seven years, he found it necessary to put aside his text-books at an early age and contribute to the maintenance of the family home. Until 1873 he assisted his brothers in the management of the home farm, but at that time he rented property for a year, after which he again worked on the home farm. In 1878 he rented land in Iowa and was engaged in its cultivation until the next year, when he removed to Missouri where he again took up agricultural pursuits until the spring of 1881. At that time he crossed the plains with teams, the trip consuming three months and five days, and located in the state of Washington^ northeast of Colfax. In that district he entered a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres^ and when he entered upon its possession but two dollars and fifty cents remained of his capital upon which to support himself during the following winter. He immediately began improving his land and until 1898 was actively engaged in its cultivation. In that year he removed to Alberta^ Canada^ where be farmed on four hundred and eighty acres of land for three years before returning to Whitman county. Here he again engaged in agricultural pursuits^ and was thus occupied for three years when he was appointed deputy sheriff. He remained in this office for three years before entering upon a business career and engaged in the sale of implements for two years. Following that he again served as deputy sheriff from 1904 to 1906. In the latter year he engaged in the fuel business and conducted that until his election in 1909 to the office of sheriff of Whitman county. He was reelected and is at present serving his second term. In his agricultural pursuits^ business undertakings and public offices he has always maintained the strictest integrity^ and his diligent application to the duties which have devolved upon him^ and the regard he has always held for the opinion and interests of others have won him many loyal supporters and firm friends.

On March 18, 1874, Mr. Carter was married in Quincy, Illinois, to Miss Mary £. Shepherd, of Indiana, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Shepherd. To their union four children have been born: Grace, who is married to George L. Corner of Colfax, and has one daughter; Edgar, who is living in Idaho; Hattie, who is the wife of D. V. Emmons of Colfax and the mother of one son; and Arthur, a resident of Idaho.

Mr. Carter gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is conversant with the leading issues of the day. In the offices to which that party has elected him he has won the confidence and regard of his fellow voters. In religious faith he is a Methodist, and in the church of that denomination he is serving as district steward. He also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As one of the prominent officials of Whitman county he justly deserves mention in this volume for he has always been interested in and an earnest advocate of everything that pertains to public advancement and development.

Frank Joseph Mahoney

For over a quarter of a century Frank Joseph Mahoney has been identified with the commercial interests of Whitman county and is now actively engaged in the real-estate and seed business. He was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, September 18, 1866, the son of David and Ellen (Barrett) Mahoney, both of whom were natives of Massachusetts.

The early education of Mr. Mahoney was acquired in the public schools of Wisconsin, which he attended until 1878, when his mother moved to Iowa. In that state he pursued a course in the high school, after which, in 1884, he began learning the carpenter's trade. In 1886, having become interested in the prosperity of the great northwest, he journeyed to Washington and settled at Colfax, Whitman county, where he continued working at his trade until 1890. In that

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Tear he removed to Tekoa and worked at his trade until 1891, when he rented two hundred acres of land adjoining the town site and engaged in the dairy business in partnership with Peter Brown under the firm name of Mahoney & Brown. This business he continued until 1893^ when he sold out his interest therein and entered the grocery and bakery business in partnership with Charles H. James^ the firm name being James & Mahoney. The business was continued in partnership for a time^ when Mr. Mahoney bought the interest of his partner and continued the enterprise independently until the spring of 1895, when he sold out and engaged in the real-estate business, a line in which he has since continued. Since he has been engaged in the real-estate business Mr. Mahoney has been particularly active in connection with the civic affairs of Tekoa. In 1896, in company with his brother, E. W. Mahoney, he purchased the Tekoa Lighting Plant and ran it under the name of the Mahoney Light & Power Company until 1907, when be sold their interests. In that year he laid out two city subdivisions, one known as the F. J. Mahoney sub-division of Lombard's addition to Tekoa, and the other, the Mahoney-Lieb addition. In 1910 he founded the Cecil Vincent Seed Company, of which he is still the proprietor. He is a stockholder in the Citizens State Bank and holds membership in the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.

On January 11, 1907, in Modale, Iowa, Mr. Mahoney was married to Miss Mayme H. Kirlin, a daughter of Michael and Mary (Donohue) Kirlin, both natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney are the parents of five children, Cecil Vincent, Hilma Lucille, Mildred Veronica, Marian Raymonda and Mary Virginia.

The political allegiance of Mr. Mahoney is given to the democratic party and he has served as city clerk and councilman of Tekoa. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member of the Catholic church, in which he is also a trustee. His protracted residence in Whitman county, together with his active business carer and his uniformly honorable and able methods have long since made him one of the leading business men and promoters of Tekoa and given him a wide acquaintance throughout the county. He belongs to that progressive class who are contributing largely by brain and brawn to advance still further the already large business and conunercial interests of the northwest, and his faith in this great section is not restricted by metes and bounds. His prosperous business life has been the result of his own well directed efforts along those lines of industry, economy and prudence which characterize the able business men of this age. He is indeed a valuable citizen and commands the confidence and respect of the community at large.

William Anson Inman

William Anson Inman, for thirty-two years a resident of Colfax, where he has been prominently identified with the practice of law and the city's judiciary department, was born in Alabama on the 22d of January, 1848. His parents were William Ritchie and Minerva (Kellogg) Inman, both natives of Tennessee, but the paternal line is of Scotch extraction. The father's mother's family, the Hitchies, and also the Inmans, trace their descent back to the early colonial days.

William Anson Inman accompanied his parents on their removal in 1848 from his native state to Indiana^ the schools of which he attended until 1856. Owing to the death of his parents he then went to Missouri to make his home with an older sister^ . continuing his education in the schools of Springfield, that state, until 1859. Laying aside his text-books he then entered a printing office to learn the trade, but withdrew from this in 1861 to go to the war. He enlisted on the 19th of December in Company H, Phelps Missouri Infantry, and went to the ironi, being* discharged in May, 1862. On July 4 of that year he reenlisted in the Eighth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, serving until October, 1864. During that time he was promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant and captain, being in command of his company during the last eighteen months of his service.

In February, 1865, he went to Arkansas to become superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau, in which capacity he served until August, 1868. He was subsequently appcHnted prosecuting attorney of the district *of Jonesboro, holding this office until December, 1868, when he was appointed prosecuting attorney of the third judicial district at Batesville, Arkansas, serving until February, 1875. In July of that year Mr. Inman located in Seattle, Washington, and there engaged in the practice of law until February, 1877, when he removed to Port Townsend, where he became associated with Charles M. Bradshaw, under the firm name of Bradshaw & Inman, with whom he practiced until November, 1879. On the 6th of December of that year he arrived in Colfax, and here established an office that he has ever since maintained, being one of the oldest practicing attorneys in the city.

Mr. Inman has been married twice, his first union having been with Miss Hannah A. Crosson of Illinois, the ceremony being performed in Arkansas on the 17th of April, 1865. Mrs. Inman, who passed away in January, 1900, was a daughter of G. B. and Rebecca (Buchanan) Crosson, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Illinois. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Inman: Maggie, who married H. C. Blair, of Spokane, Washington; William C, who is a resident of Seattle; Roy C, who is living in Portland; and Frank K., a resident of Spokane. In March, 1901, Mr. Inman was again married, his union being with Mrs. M. M. (McClellan) Donnelly, of Ohio.

Politically Mr. Inman is a republican. He has held several public offices daring the long period of his residence in Colfax, having been probate judge from 1880 to 1882, while in 1889 he was reappointed to the same office, which he held for two years, being the last probate judge of the county. In 1898 he was made prosecuting attorney, being connected with this office until 1901, while he has been United States commissioner since 1886. He has also held the offices of city clerk, school director and school clerk, his public duties ever having been discharged with a rare sense of conscientious obligation. Mr. Inman is prominently identified with a large number of fraternal orders, his oldest connection being with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which he joined in 1869, his membership being in Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F., Batesville, Arkansas. He also belongs to Colfax Lodge, No. 7S, United Artisans, in which be has been an officer since its organization, while he has been an officer of Colfax Lodge, No. 14, Ancient Order of United Workmen, since 1881, and is a past grand master workman. The Loyal Order of Moose, Colfax Lodge, No. 691, also claims him as a member. He has always been one of the prominent G. A. R. men of the town, being identified with Nathaniel Lyon Post,

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No. 19, of which he was once an officer, and he is now a member of the comicil of administration of this organization for the state of Washington.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Inman are active members of the Congregational church, of which the former at the present time serves as clerk. Mr. Inman has been the in terested observer of many changes in the town during the long period of his residence here, as well as a prominent factor in the promotion of its development.

John Calvin Northrup

John Calvin Northrup, who engages in the real-estate business and is also extensively interested in mines in this vicinity, has been a resident of Palouse for more than twenty-two years, during which period he has been identified with various local enterprises. He was bom in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the 2Sd of December, 1855, and is a son of John W. and Phoebe (Pine) Northrup, the father a native of Georgia and the mother of Canada. In the paternal line, John Calvin Northrup is descended from a long line of colonial ancestors, his family having come to this country as passengers on the Mayflower. His parents removed from their Michigan home to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1860, crossing the plains with a wagon and ox-teams, and spending six months en route. They resided in this state for eleven years, but at the expiration of that period, in 1871, they went to Idaho. There the father acquired some land in the vicinity of Moscow, and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits with a goodly measure of success.

John Calvin Northrup, who was only a lad of five years when his people came to Washington and a youth of sixteen when they removed to Idaho, began his education in the public schools of the former state and continued the same in those of Idaho. He later supplemented his general learning by a business course, paying for his tuition by doing farm work. As is common in the country, he began assisting with the work of the ranch while still a young lad, his duties increasing as his strength developed. In 1874 he became associated with his father in agricultural pursuits, this connection continuing until he attained his majority. He then homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land and began ranching on his own account. When his efforts in this direction became remunerative, he in 1878 extended his activities by engaging in the lumber business in the vicinity of Moscow. During the succeeding eleven years he conducted his lumber business and operated his ranch. He was one of the pioneers in Latah county and had the distinction of assisting in the erection of the first residence in Moscow. In the spring of 1889 he removed to Palouse to assume the management of a sawmill in which he owned an interest. The following year he engaged in the livery business, but sold out in 1892 in order to devote more of his time and attention to the realestate business he had opened in 1891. In its development he has met with success, and he is handling a fine line of property and has acquired valuable land. Beside engaging in the real-estate market he has invested quite extensively in min- ^S property and owns stock in claims that he has every reason to feel assured, will ultimately pay large dividends.

In Moscow^ Idaho^ on Christmas day^ 1878^ Mr. Northrup was united in marriage to Miss Flora Ashby^ of Oregon, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Ashby^ both natives of Missouri. Four children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Northrup, as follows: Jesse C, who has passed away leaving one son; Zoe, the wife of H. C. Johnson, of Republic, Washington; Ernest R., of Palouse, who has a son and a daughter; and Nellie W., who is still at home.

Mr. Northrup is a deacon in the Christian church, in which his wife holds membership. Fraternally he belongs to both the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has been deputized to the Grand Lodge, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He has filled all of the chairs in both organizations. He is also affiliated with the Knights and Ladies of Security and has held all of the offices in the local lodge. His political views coincide with the principles of the democratic party, and he casts his ballot in support of the men and measures of this body save in municipal elections when he votes for the man he feels is best adapted to subserve the interests of the coomnunity. He takes an active interest in all local affairs, served for eight years as justice of the peace and police judge, while he was a member of the town council for two years, and has also been a member of the school board. Mr. Northrup is a man with high standards of citizenship and upright principles, who loyally and efficiently discharges every duty with which he is entrusted' whether of a private or public nature, and is accorded the respect of the community where he has resided for so many years.

Robert Pugh Turnley

The business interests of Rosalia find a most worthy representative in the person of Robert Pugh Turnley, who for nearly twenty years has been conducting a general mercantile establishment here. His endeavors have been directed with more than average foresight and sagacity and have been rewarded with corresponding success, and as a result he is now prominently identified with various thriving enterprises in this vicinity. He was born in northern Alabama on the 5th of August, 1862, and is a son of William F. and Mary (Houston) Turnley, the father a native of Virginia and the mother of Alabama. In the paternal line he is descended from an old colonial family and his great-grandfather was a veteran of the Revolutionary war.

The education of Robert Pugh Turnley was commenced in the common schools of his native state and completed at Bethel College, Tennessee, his student days being terminated at the age of seventeen years. In 1879, he began fitting himself for a start in life and during the succeeding two years assisted his father with the cultivation of the farm and the operation of a tannery. At the expiration of that time, in 1881, he left home and went to Arkansas, where he resided for ten years. He first obtained employment as a farm hand at sixteen dollars per month, and later ran an engine in a cotton gin. Having become more or less familiar with this industry, he in 1883 took charge of a cotton gin belonging to W. W. Collier at Spadra, Arkansas. As he proved to be efficient and trustworthy, Mr. Collier later put him in charge of his farm at Clarksville, that state. In 1885 he left Mr. Collier*s service and returned to Lamar, where he ran Thompson Brothers cotton gin for a time and later clerked in their general store. Being a young man of tireless energy and temperate habits^ Mr. Turnley had managed to save enough out of his earnings^ to start him in business on his accoimt .and^ in 1887^ he and his brother opened a confectionary store. He attended carefully and industriously to the young enterprise, and as a result their undertaking thrived and from his share of the proceeds, Mr. Turnley acquired enough capital to buy out his brother's interest. He conducted his business alone until 1890, when he disposed of the store and went to Alma, Arkansas, where he organized a general mercantile business. For a brief period the firm was conducted under the name of R. P. Turnley, but he later sold half of his interest to J. T. Jones and the business was thereafter known under the name of Turnley & Jones. He withdrew from the firm in 1891 and went to Haroldton, to assume the management of a large general mercantile store, remaining in charge of this establishment until 1892, when he came to Thornton, this county, to take a similar position with Thompson, Holt k Company. In June of the following year he resigned his position with the latter firm and coming to Rosalia established a general store as a partner of J. F. Thompson. This concern was conducted imder the firm name of Thompson & Turnley until 1904, when Mr. Turnley purchased the interest of his partner and has since been operating his business as. the sole owner.

During the long period of his connection with the commercial interests of Whitman county, Mr. Turnley has established an enviable reputation as a man of not only keen sagacity and sound judgment but of absolute reliability. The methods he pursues in the organization and conduct^ of any ^enterprise will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny, and never ^seveal aqythilig at all detrimental to his reputation. His business is conducted ^n strict accordance with the highest principles of modem commercialism, and che sy^Qip .b^, employs has been bom of years of practical experience and close iQlpHMft^gtiop. 14>at It is adequate and well conceived is manifested by his prosperity, as in addition to his fine establishment in Rosalia he has branches at Maiden and Tekoa. With the development of his business, Mr. Turnley extended his activities in other directions and he is one of the stockholders and also a director and vice president of the Bank of Rosalia and president of the Rosalia Telephone Company and built the first rural line to Pine City. He is also a stockholder and director of the Rosalia Water Company and the Rosalia Creamery Company, both thriving industries. As an organizer and director he has few peers in this section, and his name, mentioned in connection with any undertaking, is sufficient guaranty to prospective investors, who on account of it feel sure of its successful development.

At Lamar, Arkansas, on the 27th of January, 1887, Mr. Turnley was united in marriage to Miss Laura E. Howard of Georgia, a daughter of Samuel and Victoria (Martin) Howard, natives of the same state. Seven children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Turnley, namely: Selma, the wife of E. B. Field, of Tekoa; Robert Pugh, Jr., who is manager of the store at Maiden; and Norma, Howard, Bryan, Madge and Blanche, all of whom are at home.

The family affiliate with the Christian church, in which the parents hold membership. Fraternally Mr. Turnley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World and the Masonic order. He has attained high rank in the latter lodge and is a member of the shrine. He is a charter member of the Rosdlia Business Men's Club, a purely social organization; of the Chamber of

Commerce^ of which he was formerly president; and he is also a member of the Inland Club of Spokane. Despite the exactions of his extensive interests he does not neglect his civic repsonsibilities and is always willing to assume his share of the civic duties, having represented his ward in the town council for several years, while in 1909 and 1910 he served as mayor. A stanch dettiocrat in his political views, he gives his unqualified indorsement to the men and measures of that party. A man of laudable ambition and strong individuality, by reason of his unswerving determination and ceaseless energy, Mr. Turnley has achieved creditable success, which gives him the added satisfaction of being the result of his own efforts.

William Andrew Nelson

William Andrew Nelson, manager of the Colfax branch of the Gilbert Hunt Implement Company, with headquarters in Walla Walla, Washington, was bom in Mercer county, Kentucky, September 15, 1877, the son of Andrew S. and Sarah (Burrus) Nelson. The Nelson family was established on the American continent in ante-Revolutionary days and representatives of the family fought in the war which helped to gain independence for the original thirteen colonies. The subject of this review is a grandson of William S. Nelson and Edmund Burrus, who were long identified with the business and social activities of Virginia.

William A. Nelson attended the common schools of Kentucky, completing his education at the Georgetown College, of Georgetown, Kentucky. In 1896 he began working for a machinery house as traveling salesman but later removed to Colorado and in that state drove a stage from Hotchkiss to Delta. In 1899 he entered the employ of E. H. Dyer & Company, contractors, and was employed in the construction of a beet sugar mill at Grand Junction, Colorado. In the fall of the same year he returned to his home in Kentucky, assisting his father in his mercantile business until the spring of 1900, when he removed to Oklahoma and was there engaged in the same line of business until 1902, when he went to Kansas City, Missouri, entering the employ of the Dayton Computing Scale Company as traveling salesman. The lure of the west, however, proved too strong for him and in the fall of 1903 he removed to San Francisco, California, and after traveling for some time in that state and seeking good business opportunities he settled in Eugene, Oregon, where he clerked in a men's furnishing store for about a year. In 1904 he removed to Spokane,. Washington, where he entered the employ of the International Harvester Company, with which he remained connected until the following year, when he came to Colfax, entering the employ of the Enterprise Implement Company. His services were so satisfactory that in 1906 he became manager of the company. He remained with this firm until 1907, when an opportunity to better his condition, offered with the Colfax Implement Company. He was thus employed until 1908, when he became manager of the Gilbert Hunt Company's branch implement house at Colfax, a position which he still holds. During the period of his career thus far he had been saving his money with commendable thrift and now owns the property upon which his employer's business is built and is also the possessor of property in Spokane.

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In Missouri^ on December 21, 1908, Mr. Nelson was mtirried to Miss Cora A. Miller^ a daughter of Theodore and Sarah Miller^ and to this union one daughter^ Margaret Pauline^ has been born. In his political views Mr. Nelson is an adherent of the democratic party and is now serving as a member of the Colfax city council. He is affiliated with the Masonic order and the Woodmen of the World^ and is an active member of the Colfax Commercial Club.

Mr. Nelson^ having had broad experience, has by careful training become a most successful manager, being thoroughly familiar with all the details of the implement business as well as with all other lines of trade. He gives careful attention to his business, is accurate in all matters of detail, affable in manner when mingling with customers, and his genial disposition has drawn toward him an unusually large drde of close business, social and fraternal friends. He is one of those optimists who behave in the west and see its business constantly becoming more important.

John Wesley Henkle

Prominently identified with the hardware trade in Tekoa, Whitman county, Washington, is John Wesley Henkle, who was bom in Benton county, Oregon, August 14, 1869, a son of Andrew J. and Mary (Woods) Henkle, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Iowa. In 1853 the parents crossed the plains from Iowa to Oregon with ox teams, the journey requiring six months.

The youth of John W. Henkle was spent in Oregon, where his education was gained in the district schools in the vicinity of his father's farm. He continued his school duties, assisting his father the while, until 1889, when he gave his entire time to helping his father on the farm, being thus engaged until 1891. In the latter year the family removed to Tekoa, where he, with his father and brothers, engaged in the dry-goods business under the firm nan^e of A. J. Henkle & Sons. This business was continued for several years but in 1 894, during the hard times, in the northwest and all over the country, J. W. Henkle secured employment at anjrthing he could get to do until 1 896, when he entered the employ of Henry D. Kay, a hardware merchant. Mr. Kay had sold out in 1900 and Mr. Henkle continued with his successors until 1905. In that year the hardware and furniture firm of Henkle & Schulerud was established and from that time forward to the present Mr. Henkle has been identified with the hardware trade. In 1909 the firm name was changed to Henkle, Schulerud & Company and the following year the business was incorporated under the style of the Henkle Hardware Company, S. M. Watson being president, James McGrery, vice president, and J. W. Henkle, secretary and manager. Mr. Henkle takes time from his business to assist in various enterprises in which Tekoa is interested and is acting as a director of the Tekoa Carnival Company.

Mr. Henkle was married, in Farmington, Washington, in July, 1892, to Miss Bva Scott, a native of Kansas and a daughter of John J. and Addie M. (Hands) Scott, the father being a native of Canada and the mother having been born in Kentucky. To this union three daughters were born, Genevieve, Irene and Lucille. Mr. Henkle is afiiliated with the republican party and in a quiet way takes considerable interest in politics. He has been city clerk five terms, a member of the school board eight years and clerk of that board for seven years. He is an active member of the Odd Fellows lodge^ in which he has occupied all of the chairs^ and in his church affiliations is a member of the Congregational churchy of which he is a trustee and in the activities of whidi he takes active part.

Having for over twenty years been a participant in the business life and interests of Tekoa and also having taken an active interest in educational and municipal affairs^ Mr. Henkle has become exceedingly well known in Tekoa and community. He has succeeded in building up a fine business^ which is being conducted under his management^ and in all his dealings he is recognized as being entirely just and equitable. His cordiality of manner has gained for him an unusually large circle of intimate personal friends and there are probably few people in Whitman county who are held in higher esteem than he. He has succeeded on account of the close attention which he has given to his business^ his integrity^ which is apparent at all times^ his economical habits and the general fitness which his earlier experiences have given him for the line which he is now following.

Alfred B. Willard

In the great northwest there are large numbers of successful business men who today are affluent and highly respected and useful citizens who have attained their present estate solely through their own efforts and by their habits of industry, economy and well directed energies in business. Notably among this class is Alfred B. Willard, banker, farmer and former hardware merchant of Tekoa, Whitman county. He was bom in Boone county, Illinois, August 19, 1852, the son of Henry R. and Celestia (Morse) Willard, both natives of the state of New York.

In the public schools of Illinois Alfred B. Willard received his early education. He assisted his father in the work of the farm until 1872 when, the lure of the west attracting him, he set out for the Pacific coast and settled in California. During his early years in the far west he engaged in the freighting business during the summer months while in the fall and winter seasons he followed agricultural pursuits. In October, 1878, he removed to Whitman county, Washington, where he took up three hundred and twenty acres of government land about one and one-half miles south of where Tekoa now stands. One half of this land he took up under the homestead act and the other half under the timber culture act. He worked hard for several years getting his farm under a good state of cultivation and making the necessary improvements. He also increased his holdings until he owned four hundred and eighty acres. In 1898 crops were a failure - a disastrous blow to Mr. Willard - but in the following year crops were good and prices passable for that period of almost universal depression throughout the country, which removed much of his discouragement of the year before. He continued farming diligently and in a well directed way until 1897, when he removed to Tekoa and engaged in the hardware business in partnership with C. F. Kay, the firm name being Kay & Willard. In 1899 he retired from active life to look after his farming interests which have now grown to include seventeen hundred and sixty acres of land. Mr. Willard is the president and also a stockholder and director of the Citizens State Bank of Tekoa and likewise of the Farmers' Union Mill & Grain Company, and a stockholder and one of the organizers of the Tekoa Creamery Company.