Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 15 of 22)

The boyhood and early youth of Lewis Cass Crow were spent very similarly to those of other lads of that period living on the frontier, save that he was^ven better educational advantages than fell to the majority of the pioneer youths. His early schooling was obtained in his home district, but in 1870 he entered Philomath College at Philomath, where he spent £ve years, being awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1875, while he had the added distinction of being a member of the first class graduated from that institution. After his graduation he was ofiFered the chair of natural science in his alma mater, which he held for one year, at the same time devoting his summers to agricultural pursuits. In 1877, he came to Whitman county, locating in the vicinity of Palouse, where he filed on one hundred and sixty acres of land. In connection with the cultivation of his claim, Mr. Crow continued to teach imtil 1896, being one of the pioneers in this profession in Palouse. After giving up the work of the school room, he gave his undivided time and attention to the operation of his ranch, where he continued to reside until 1910, when he removed to Pullman with his family in order to give his children the benefit of better educational advantages than were afforded in the country.

Soon after the completion of his college course in 1875, Mr. Crow was united in marriage to Miss Maria McQueen, a native of Missouri, ' and a daughter of William and Sarah (Banks) McQueen, the father a native of New York and the mother of England. Mr. and Mrs. Crow have ten children and eighteen grand- children^ as follows: Chester Dale^ a resident of Whitman county, who is married and has four children: Charles Sumner, of Saskatchewan, Canada, who is likewise married and the father of four children; Sarah, who married G. M. Sills of this county by whom she has had three children; Anna, the wife of R. W. Day, of Montana, and the mother of three children; William Malcolm, who is married and residing in this county, the father of two children; Adelbert, who is still at home; Alva, who married Glen Harlow of Whitman county and has two children; and Harry Lewis, Virgil Bryan and Lanche, all of whom are at home.

The family affiliate with the Christian church, and Mr. Crow is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Farmers* Union. His political views accord with those of the democratic party for whose candidates he casts his ballot except at municipal elections when he gives his support to such men and measures as he deems best qualified to subserve the highest interests of the community. In 1894, he was elected on the people's ticket to the state senate, where he served for six years. As he was engaged in teaching for nineteen years, he has always taken much interest in all educational matters and in 1891 he was appointed a member of the examining board of Whitman county, and he has served as school director on several occasions. During the thirty-four years of his residence in this county, Mr. Crow has witnessed its almost phenomenal transformation as the vast prairies have been converted into highly cultivated and improved farms, and the local settlements have grown into thriving villages and towns, provided with all the conveniences and comforts of modern civilization.

Equipped by training and long experience in various places Dr. Franklin Edward Wolfe is well qualified for his chosen profession, the practice of medicine, and since becoming a resident of Medical Lake, Washington, has occupied the position of attending physician at the State School for the Feeble-minded located here. Bom in Clarkston, Michigan, he is a son of pioneer settlers of Michigan and is the oldest of a family of £ye children, four boys and a girl, all living except the daughter whose death occurred in 1877. The father, John C. Wolfe is living but the mother, whose maiden name was Lucy C. Frick, passed away in 1909.

Reared in his native locality Franklin Edward Wolfe acquired his education in the public schools of Michigan and at the age of eighteen years entered normal school preparatory for college, being thus enabled to receive his degree from the University of Michigan after a two-years' course at that institution. He then entered the Medical College of Brooklyn, New York, from which he was graduated in 1890. He began the practice of medicine in Woodstock, Connecticut, but remained there only a short time when he removed to Michigan and for the next twelve years practiced in that state in various places, during the first five years at Metamora, then for two years at Grayling, for two years at Detroit and for three years at Lewiston. At the end of this time he returned to Detroit where he took a post-graduate course at the Detroit Medical College and after five months of study set out for the west locating at Hatton, Washington, and there prac- ticed medicine for half a year. He has never left the state of Washington hut practiced during the ensuing years in various places. After Hatton he removed to Govan^ where for five years he conducted a drug store in connection with his practice^ then to Camas^ for a year engaging again in the two allied departments of medicine^ then to Medical Lake where he has practiced ever since and likewise is the attending physician on the staff of the State School for the Feebleminded. Conscientious in the performance of his duties Dr. Wolfe is considerate and sympathetic toward his patients whom he never fails to inspire with faith in his ability as well as his kindly concern for their welfare.

On July 24^ 1895^ Dr. Wolfe was united in marriage to Miss Ella L. Townsend^ a daughter of Clark and Jennie (Blair) Townsend^ at Metamora^ Michigan. The children bom of this union are: Townsend Harold^ Gerald Franklin^ Max Donald^ Franklin^ deceased^ and Hazel Marguerite. Dr. Wolfe is a republican in his political convictions. While not eager to hold political office he does not shiik his civic duties and is at present serving his second term as derk of the school board of Medical Lake. He is variously connected fraternally^ being a m^nber of the blue lodge of the Masonic order ^ of the Independent Order of Odd Fdlows^ of the Knights of the Maccabees and of the Independent Order of Foresters. Devoted to* the interests of his family and loyal to his friends Dr. Wolfe is held in high esteem wherever he is known.

Milton Clark Gray

Milton Clark Gray^ one of the prominent stock breeders of Whitman county^ who is also well known in the real-estate circles of Pullman^ was bom in West Virginia on the 12th of April^ 1856, and is a son of William Jesse and Mary Ann (Dague) Gray, also natives of West Virginia. The Gray family trace tiieir ancestry back to the early colonial days, some of our subject's forefathers having participated in the Revolutionary war. They were formerly residents of Pennsylvania, the grandfather, Mathew Gray, having been born and reared near Ryerson's Station, Greene county. His sons, including William J., responded to the country's call for volunteers and went to the front during the Civil war, thus maintaining the reputation for patriotism the family had long ago established. Agricultural pursuits always engaged the energies of William J. Gray, who passed away in 187^, when he was still in his prime.

The early years of Milton Clark Gray were marked by many hardships and privations. He was a lad of only sixteen years when his father died, but, being the eldest child, the operation of the small home farm largely devolved upon him, while he was compelled to render the family further assistance by hiring out to the neighboring farmers. The wages for work of this kind at that period were very low, for money was scarce and many were seeking employment, sothat the lad was compelled to serve many times from daylight to dark for the paltry sum of thirty-seven and a half cents a day. The succeeding eight years brought about various changes and lessened his responsibilities, so that in 1880 he was able to realize the ambition of his life and supplement his meager education by attending the Ohio Wesleyan University and Ada University. He was able to continue hia studies in these institutions for two years and at the expiration of that time he again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in the summer^ while the winter months he devoted to teaching in Ohio and Illinois. As he was enterprising and ambitious he carefully saved as much of his earnings as possible and during four succeeding years acquired sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business for himself. An opportunity was afforded him to become associated with Robert Burgess & Son, well known breeders and importers of fine stock at Wenona^ Illinois. This proved entirely satisfactory in every way and he has ever since been engaged in this business. He remained in the vicinity of Wenona for four years, after which he went to Emporia, Kansas, still retaining a business connection with the Burgess company, however. Disposing of his interests in Kansas and Illinois six years later, he removed to Minnesota, where he followed the same business imtil 1898. In the latter year he went to Nebraska, where he established a stock importing establishment that he operated until 1902, when he again disposed of his interests and came to Whitman county, where he has ever since resided. Mr. Gray has met with excellent success in his undertakings and, being a man of foresight and good judgment as well as imusual sagacity, he has directed his activities with intelligence, and his efforts have been substantially rewarded. To him is largely due the improvement of the horse stock in the Pacific northwest. In addition to his large and well established importing business he has acquired extensive holdings in real estate, owning about four thousand acres of fine grain land in British Columbia and Alberta. Of recent years he has been investing quite heavily in property, although he still continues to engage in the stock busings.

At Crete, Nebraska, in May, 1900',. Mi\ Ora^ was married to Miss Cora E. Streeter, of Wisconsin, a daughter .of Gayl^ozd C and Marie (Adams) Streeter, natives of New York. Inihe material line Mrs. Gray is descended from the Adams fiamily that provided America witl^ so mamy* emioent men, belonging to the branch of which John Quincy Adams was^ a meinbet. On^. diaughter, Mariana, has been bom to Mr. ^ and Mrs. Gray.

The family in religious matters is liberal, favoring no special creed. Fraternally Mr. Gray has attained high rank in the Masonic order, being affiliated with the blue lodge and chapter and also the commandery. He likewise belongs to the Odd Fellows, Maccabees and Elks. His political support he gives to the democratic party save at municipal elections, when he casts his ballot for the man he considers best qualified to subserve the interests of the majority. He has always taken an active interest in all local affairs and in 1907 he was elected mayor of Pullman, which was the year the saloons were voted out, a movement in which he was largely instrumental. Mr. Gray is a man of many fine qualities and such strength of character that he inspires confidence in all who have dealings with him. He is a believer in the Jeffersonian principle which is exemplified in his own life and is a widely read stadent of and a writer upon economic questions. What he is and what he has achieved must be entirely attributed to his own efforts, as he has made his own way from early boyhood and is in every sense of the word a self-made man, his success being due to his determination of purpose, persistence and definite aim. Conservative and cautious in his methods, he takes a full inventory of his powers and possibilities of success before undertaking a new venture, and as a result knows exactly what his plan of action will be and concentrates his entire forces upon the achievement of his ambition.

In closing this sketchy it will not be atniss to quote from a testimonial handed Mr. Gray over thirty years ago, by the faculty of the university at Ada, Ohio, at the time when from lack of funds, as well as a sense of duty to his mother and the balance of the family, he was obliged to withdraw from the institution before graduation. From said testimonial, the following paragraph is given:

"Mr. Gray has been a student at this institution for several terms, and of the thousands who come under our instruction, we seldom find a man whom we can commend so favorably. He is a gentleman of most pleasant manners, a kind and generous heart, with a strong will, a sensitive conscience, a clear strong mind, and possessed of strict habits of industry: - we believe him worthy of high trust."

In the light of our subject's subsequent life and achievements, the opinion formed of him by his mentors in earlier days, seems to have been fully justified.

Stephen S. Glidden

What the northwest would have been without the development of its rich naineral resources cannot be imagined and much less determined. It is well known, however, that many of the most prominent upbuilders of the Inland Empire are those who have been active in its mining interests and the success which has crowned their efforts is the legitimate reward of earnest and well directed labor and of sound business judgment. Stephen S. Glidden was numbered with those who owe their advancement to their operations in the Coeur d'Alene district and yet in other fields he proved equally capable in business connections. He was bom in Northfield, New Hampshire, in 1828, and passed away at Los Angeles, California, March 17, 1903. His parents, Charles Mills and Alice M. (Smith) Glidden, were also natives of the old Granite state and their ancestors were prominently identified with the development and welfare of New England at an early period in the colonization of that part of the country, representatives of both families being actively connected with public interests. The great-greatgrandfather of Stephen S. Glidden in 1704 founded the town of Northfield and was the largest taxpayer. He represented the town of Northfield in the New Hampshire legislature for a period of over forty years and the great-grandson of the first Glidden in New Hampshire represented the same town in the same august body in the same centennial year of that town. There are in the possession of the Glidden family some old and interesting papers dating back one hundred and twenty-five years, showing the appointment of Charles Glidden, grandfather of our subject, to the office of deputy sheriff and that of justice of the peace.

Stephen S. Glidden received his education in Tilton Academy at Northfield, New Hampshire. He was eighteen years of age when he removed to Ohio, where he became interested in the iron business, being appointed manager of an iron blast furnace for manufacturing pig iron. He followed that pursuit in the vicinity of Portsmouth, Ohio, until after the close of the Civil war, when he removed to Tennessee. For several years he remained there and then went to Alabama, where he was also identified with the iron trade. In 1880 he engaged in the wholesale grocery business in St. Paul, Minnesota, under the firm name of Glidden, Griggs & Company, conducting this enterprise successfully until 1885. He went to Thomp- son Falls^ Montana^ in the spring of 1884 to attend to the opening of a branch store for Glidden^ Griggs & Company and while there bonded the Tiger mine through John M. Burke. Selling out his interests in St. Paul^ he came west in 1885^ attracted by the developing northwest. He located with his family in Spokane and soon afterward began operating in the mines of the Coeur d'Alene district; becoming one of the large shareholders of the Tiger mine and also one of its stockholders after its consolidation with the Poor Man. He disposed of his interests in this property to Charles Sweeny about four years prior to his death and concentrated his energies largely upon financial interests in Spokane, having in 1 890 established the Old National Bank of this city^ which is now one of the largest banking institutions of the northwest. He was its first president and continued in that capacity until he sold his interests in the fall of 190S. Besides his operations in the field of banking and mining he had real-estate holdings in and near Spokane^ displaying sound judgment in his judicious investment in realty. In 1855 Mr. Glidden was united in marriage to Miss Sue Garret and unto them were bom seven children: Mary Alice, Mrs. G. W. James, Mrs. F. R. Culberson, Harry Mills, Stephen Clifton, Charles and Mrs.- A. W. Perkins. Mrs. Glidden passed away September 23, 1911. In the later years of his life Mr. Glidden retired from active business that he might spend his leisure hours in travel and in pursuit of other things which afforded him interest and pleasure. Death came to him, however, after three months. Spokane lost thereby one of its most valued citizens, for he had been very active in its upbuilding and welfare. His success came from the fact that he utilized every moment and opportimity to the best advantage and the most envious could not grudge him his prosperity so worthily was it won and so honorably has it been used.

Isidor Magnuson

Isidor Magnuson, who for nearly a decade has been successfully identified with the business interests of Freeman, is one of Sweden's thrifty and enterprising sons. His natal day was the 12th of October, 1867, his parents being Magnus and Carolina (Johnson) Johnson, both of whom are living.

Isidor Magnuson was reared to the age of fifteen years in his native land, to whose common schools he is indebted for his education. From his earliest boyhood it had been the ambition of his life to come to the United States, so in 1882 be took passage for this country, locating in Illinois. He remained there during the succeeding four years, industriously applying himself to the duties of a farm hand, when he decided to come to the northwest. Upon his arrival in Washington he first located in Spokane where for ten years he was employed by the Washington Brick Sc Lime Company. At the expiration of that ]>eriod he was transferred to the plant at Clayton, this state, where he remained for a year, thence going to Freeman and continuing to work for the same company for five more years. He was ambitious to advance more rapidly and realizing that such an accomplishment could not be brought about on a salary, he decided to engage in business for himself. Because of his thrifty and energetic habits he had been able to save the greater part of his salary, and had accumulated sufficient capital to embark in the general mercantile business. Mr. Magnuson carries a well selected and assorted stock of goods^ and his manners to his customers are such^ while his prices are reasonable^ that he has succeeded in building up an extensive and profitable trade. Although he was compelled to begin in a small way, as the years have passed he has been able to extend the scope of his activities and now owns a very attractive store.

Spokane, Washington, was the scene of Mr. Magnuson's marriage to Miss Elizabeth Norris, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Norris, the event occurring on the 5th of September, 1897. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Magnuson there has been bom one son, George, who is attending school. -

In religious matters Mr. and Mrs. Magnuson are protestants. Politically he is a republican, and although he takes an active and helpful interest in promoting the development of the community, he has never participated in political affairs further than to cast his ballot, his undivided attention having been demanded in the promotion of his own interests.

Judge William E. Richardson

Judge William E. Richardson, who since the 1st of April, 1911, has been first assistant to the corporation counsel of Spokane and who has made a creditable record as judge of the superior court for the district comprising Spokane and Stevens counties, is not only deserving of mention as a distinguished lawyer and jurist of the Ifdand Empire but also as one of its pioneer settlers whose residence here dates from the days when the Indians were numerous in this section of the state and when the district between Walla Walla and the Idaho border was largely an undeveloped and unsettled wilderness. Judge Richardson speaks with authority upon many points relative to the history of this section. He was bom in .Lane county, Oregon, August 1, 1857, and comes of a family of English origin although long represented in America, its members in different generaticms taking active part in the wars in which the country has engaged. His great-grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution and his grandfather w'as a soldier in the Blttdc Hawk and other Indian wars which constitutes chapters in the history of the middle west.

His father, William C. Richardson, was bom in Illinois and came across the plains in 1852, arriving in Polk county, Oregon. He had made the journey with his father, who took up land in that district, while William C. Richardson, shortly after reaching his destination, turned his attention to carpentering. He established his home in Portland and was there identified with building operations. He remained for^ fifty-eight years a resident of the Pacific northwest, passing away in 1910. Forty vears before his wife had been called to her final rest. Her maiden name was Hester Craig and she was of Scotch descent. She was bom in Arkansas and in 1852 started across the plains with her parents, both of whom died while en route. The death of Mrs. Richardson occurred in 1870 and she was survived by her two sons and two daughters : Frank Richardson, who is engaged in stock-raising in San Diego^ Calif6rnia, and was for many years a deputy sheriff of Arizona; May, of Portland, Oregon; and Jennie, who is living in Newport, Oregon^ The father by a second marHage, had one daughter> Effie, who resides in Portland, Oregon. -

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The other member of the family is Judge Richardson, who pursued his education in the public schools of Portland, Oregon, where he spent his boyhood until 1871. He was at that time thirteen years of age and with his father and grandfather he traveled through this country from Polk county, Oregon, with a band of cattle. They came over the Cascade mountains through eastern Oregon and to the present site of Spokane through the Coeur d'Alenes to Bitter Root valley, where they remained for a year and a half. The country was a wilderness, with very few settlers between Walla Walla and the Idaho line. They heard that there were some falls on the Spokane river but were not sufficiently interested at that time to go to look at them. On this journey Judge Richardson rode a little buckskin pony all the way. There had been trouble with the Indians a few years before but things had quieted down and a delightful trip was enjoyed. There was no trouble, for Colonel Wright had thoroughly subdued the red men. In order to bring them into subjection and prevent further hostilities against the white race the colonel had collected all their ponies to the number of fifteen hundred and had driven them up to a bend in the river near the present site of Opportunity, where he shot them. That took the backbone out of the uprising and the Indians surrendered. In consequence thereof they always afterward regarded Colonel Wright as a truly terrible man. The Richardsons, grandfather, father and son, had made the trip into this country locking for good ground for stock. The farmers cultivated the ground for several years before they realized that the Palouse was good for anything at all, an old man named Calhoun, from Virginia, being the fi^ to demcmstrate the fact that the great Palouse country would raise wheat. After thii" Judged Richardson was graduated from the Christian College of MonmcNith, Oj^egort/^w' the ^ Slate , Normal School, completing his coarse in 1882 with the degree, of Bachelor of Arts, He thereafter divided his time between school teaching and 4arpeilter*w(lric»from 1882 until 1887 and on the expiration of that period he came Vo Spofeoiey w&ere he began reading law in the office of S. C. Hyde. He prepared for the bar with characteristic thoroughness and determination and was admitted to practice in 1890, after which he successfully followed his profession until elected judge of the superior court for the district comprising the two coimties of Spokane and Stevens in 1 896. He served for two terms and made an excellent record on the bench, his decisions being strictly fair and impartial and a clear exposition of the law demanded by the points in the case. He retired from office in January, 1905, and since that time has continued in the active practice of law, holding no other office until the 1st of April, 1911, when he was appointed first assistant to the corporation counsel of Spokane. While he continues> in the general practice of law he largely eschews criminal law practice, confining his attention to the various branches of civil law, for which be is particularly well qualified.

Judge Richardson was one of the attorneys in the Colville valley draiQage project and also in a similar project in the KisJispell valley. He has paid much attention to mining litigation and in that way at times has acquired interests in mining properties but has since disposed of them. He is interested, however, in irrigaticm enterprises and i^ n<>w connected with what is known as the Whitestone irrigation project. Aside frpm his activity in his professicMi and in connection with business ondertakings, he has been a recognized leader in political circles. His alle^ance was given to the republican party uptil 1892, when he joined the populist movement. In 1896 he was elected on the i>eople's party ticket, a fusion ticket of thc; populists and democrats^ to the office of superior judge and for the second term was elected on a fusion of the two parties^ his name being placed on the democratic ticket. He has always been a close student of political problems and questions and in that connection keeps abreast with many of the best thinking men of the age.

On the 19th of February, 1889, at Albany, Oregon, was celebrated the marriage of Judge Richardson and Mrs. Viola I. Miller, a daughter of George Patterson, who was a pioneer of Oregon and came from Wisconsin to the Pacific coast in 1849, at which time he made his way to California. He afterward journeyed northward and died in 1908. Judge and Mrs. Richardson have two sons: Curtis, twentytwo years of age, who is now an architect of Sf>okane ; and Hugh, who was born in February, 1898, and is still in school.

Judge Richardson is a Mason, holding membership in Spokane Lodge No. 34. He also belongs to the Woodmen of the World, the Inland Club and the Chamber of Commerce and his interests are broad and varied, bringing him into active connection with much that touches the general welfare of society at large. He has held to high ideals in his profession and has been found an able, faithful and conscientious minister in the temple of justice, giving to his client the service of superior talent, unwearied industry and broad learning, yet never forgetting that there are certain things due to the court, to his own self-respect and above all to justice and a righteous administration of the law, which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success permits him to disregard.

D. K. Oliver

When the Spokane country was much more largely inhabited by the red than by the white race, D. K. Oliver came to the northwest, arriving in 1878. He left the impress of his individuality upon the changes which here occurred in the transformation which was wrought. He was a native of Pennsylvania, bom in Franklin county, August 80, 1845, and there he largely devoted his youth to the mastery of the branches of learning taught in the public schools. He was only a youth of seventeen when his patriotic spirit prompted his enlistment for service in the Civil war, joining Company E, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, in 1862. He continued with that command until the close of hostilities and participated in eleven different important engagements with the Army of the Potomac. He never faltered in the face of danger and the same fearless allegiance to duty characterized him throughout all of his after life.

When the war was ended Mr. Oliver started for the west and had many interesting and sometimes thrilling experiences during the period of development on this side of the Mississippi. In 1866 he traveled from Kansas City, Missouri, to Sante Fe, New Mexico, driving six yoke of oxen that were hitched to a prairie schooner loaded with eight thousand pounds of bacon. Every phase of pioneer life in the west became familiar to him. At different times he was employed in California, Nevada and Oregon and in November, 1878, traveling by river and wagon, he at length reached Spokane. Here he engaged in carpentry for several years and through different summer seasons devoted his time to prospecting and mining, having an interest in numerous mining claims. Following his arrival in

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Spokane he purchased an interest in the Wiscombe^ Johnson & Oliver Planing Mill which had upon it the first steam whistle ever blown in Spokane. This marked the opening of the present industrial activity that now prevails here. During the last ten years of his life he devoted his time to mining and to the supervision of his real estate and other personal interests. That his judgment was sound was manifest in the success that ultimately came to him as the result of his careful investments and unfaltering activity. In 1892 he built the Oliver block at Nos. S32'334f Riverside^ a two-story brick structure with a society hall on the second floor.

Mr. Oliver was married in Dallas^ Oregon^ on Christmas day^ 1873^ to Miss Amanda Ham^ a native of that state, and unto them was bom a son, Charles W., who now devotes his time to looking after his father's estate and the business connected therewith. He married Kathleen Donahue, of Spokane, and they now have two children, David K. and Ruth May. The family circle was broken by the death of D. K. Oliver on the 28th of January, 1906. He had always given his political allegiance to the democratic party but was never interested in politics to the extent of seeking or desiring office, as many have done. He, however, at one time served as a member of the city council, filling that position in 1896-7. He was -a prominent and valued member of Reno Post, No. 47, G. A. R., and was for eleven years quartermaster thereof and also was senior department commander of the department of Washington and Alaska. He likewise held membership in SfK>kane Council, No. 1371, R. A., and was ever loyal to the organisations with which he was associated and the principles for which they stood. He was widely known among the leading citizens of Spokane and the northwest country, his acquaintance constantly broadening from pioneer times until his death. He was found to be a reliable man under all circumstances and his genuine worth was manifest in the friendship and regard which were uniformly tendered him.

Oswald N. Suksdorf

Oswald N. Suksdorf, an enterprising young ranchman of Spangle, Washington, is a native of this state, his birth having occurred at White Salmon, Klickitat county, on the 25th of June, 1883, his parents being D. and Christiana (Schaeffer) Suksdorf, early pioneers of this state, who are now residing at Spangle.

Oswald N. Suksdorf was reared on his father's ranch and attended the public schools until he was fifteen years of age, in the acquirement of his education. He then laid aside his text-books and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. Thereafter he devoted his entire energies to the work of the ranch, assisting his father with the tilling of the fields and care of the crops for seven years. At the expiration of that time he went to Iowa and pursued a commercial course in the business college at Davenport. Following his graduation he taught for one winter but at the end of that time he returned to Spangle and again took up the duties of an agriculturist. At the end of a year he withdrew from this in order to become associated with A. M. Dewey, who is mentioned at greater length elsewhere in this work, in mining operations. This connection lasted until July 1, 1911, when Mr. Suksdorf once more identified himself with ranching. His min- ing speculations proved quite profitable and he is now interested in a number of claims that he has every reason to feel assured will ultimately yield handsome dividends. He is one of the directors of the Q. S. Mining Company and he is also a stockholder in the Doyle Consolidated Mining Company.

Mr. Suksdorf is unmarried and continues to make his home on the ranch with his parents. In politics he is independent^ always giving his support to such men or measures as he deems most likely to subserve the highest interests of the public. He is a capable young man of high standards and is held in favorable regard in Spangle^ where he has been known from early childhood and has many friends, the majority of whom were the comrades of his boyhood.

Homer E. Estes

Homer E. Estes^ clerk of the district court and ex-officio auditor and recorder of Latah county^ Idaho^ has passed practically his entire life in Idaho^ although he is a native of North Carolina^ having been bom in Caldwell county^ that state^ on the 26th of July^ 1876. His parents are Homer R. and Nancy E. (Greer) Estes^ also natives of North Carolina^ whence they removed in the spring of 1886 to Idaho. Here they located on a homestead in Idaho county that the father operated until the fall of 1902^ when the family removed to Latah county in the vicinity of Moscow^ where the father continued operating a farm until the fall of 1907^ when he and his wife and youngest son removed to Gridley^' California^ where he continues to follow agricultural pursuits. The Estes' are a very long-lived family^ the grandfather of our subject having passed away in 1907 at the age of ninety-five years^ the entire period of his life having been passed in North Carolina.

The education of Homer E. Estes was begun in the common schools of his native state^ where he resided until he was a lad of almost ten years^ and continued in those of Moscow. After the completion of his course in the latter place he studied for three years in the University of Idaho^ then pursued a commercial course in the Moscow Business College. In 1900, at the age of twenty- four years, he entered the employ of the David & Ely Company, a large mercantile firm of Moscow, Idaho, in the capacity of bookkeeper, remaining with them for ten years. He applied himself intelligently and systematically to whatever he undertook,^ proving such an efficient employe that in less than two years after entering their service he was head of the counting department, and had entire charge of the office. Having been elected to the office of clerk of the district court and ex officio auditor and recorder of Latah county in November, 1910, he resigned his position with the David & Ely Company at the first of the year in order to assume the duties of his office, his term expiring in four years from January 10, 1911.

Moscow was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Estes to Miss Etta Strong, a daughter of J. R. Strong, on the 18th of November, 1908. Mr. Strong is one of the pioneers of Latah county, who was probate judge for four years and is now serving as city clerk of Moscow. Three children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Estes, as follows: Helen, whose birth occurred in 1904; Virgil, whose natal day was in 1905; and Murray, who celebrated the second anniversary of his birth in 1911.

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The family affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church in which the parents hold membership^ and fraternally he belongs to Moscow Camp^ No. 5653, M. W. A., of which he is one of the trustees, and Moscow Lodge, No. 1, K. P., of which he is the present chancellor commander. Ever since attaining his majority, Mr. Estes has taken an active interest in all political affairs, giving his support to the men and measures of the progressive republican party. His first official position was that of clerk of the local board of education of the Moscow city schools, which he filled most acceptably from 1905 to 1910, and the past year he has been chairman of the board. Mr. Estes is highly regarded not only in Moscow but throughout Latah county by all who have had either social or business relations with him, as he is a man of sound principles and upright conduct with well defined ideas of right and wrong to which he as rigidly adheres in all of his transactions as he expects others to do.

Andrew Christenson

Andrew Christenson, who has been actively identified with the growth aiid development of the town of Laclede and also of Bonner county, has served as treasurer of the latter since the time of its organization in 1907. His birth occurred on the island of Laaland, Denmark, on the 1st of March, 1862, and he lost his parents while he was still quite young. He attended the schools of his native land in the acquirement of an education and in 1880 crossed the Atlantic to the United States, settling at Alden, Minnesota, where he spent a year and a half with the construction gang of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. Subsequently he clerked in a store at Alden until the spring of 1888, when he came west, settling at Seneaguoteen, Idaho, and began ranching. In 1891 he opened a store and in 1899 began the operation of a sawmill. On the 80th of April, 1891, he was appointed postmaster of Seneaguoteen, holding that position until 1902, when the postoffice was abolished. He then disposed of his store and sawmill to the Laclede Lumber Company, taking stock in tlie new concern as part payment, and moved across the river to what is now Laclede, Idaho. Until 1906, however, he managed the store for the Laclede Lumber Company. In 1904 he was appointed postmaster of Laclede, serving in. that capacity until he resigned the office in 1907 in order to assume his new duties as treasurer of Bonner county, which had just been organized. He was elected county treasurer in 1908 and in 1910 was reelected, so that he is still the incumbent in that position. He is the only man who has held the office thus far and has won an enviable reputation for ability as well as fidelity. Mr. Christenson was likewise one of the organizers of the Bonner County National Bank and has since served as a director of the institution.

In April, 1885, Mr. Christenson was joined in marriage to Miss Mary Peterson, a daughter of Peter and Anna Elizabeth Peterson of Alden, Minnesota, who came to the United States from the island of Moen, Denmark, in 1866. Our subject and his wife have eight children, ^ve sons and three daughters, as follows: Hilda, the wife of James Crockett, of Dutton, and the mother of two children; Peter, a ranchman of Dutton, Montana; Andrew, Jr., a student of the Idaho State

Mr. Christenson gives his political allegiance to the republican party and acted as comity commissioner of Kootenai county during the years 1905 and 1906. Since its organization in 1907 he has served as president of the Bonner County Fair Association and he is now president of the Commercial Club of Sandpoint, Idaho. He is a prominent Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and being a member of the grand lodge of Masons of Idaho, while in 1910 he acted as senior grand deacon and in 1911 was elected junior grand warden. While it was still in existence he was master of Laclede Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is now past master and present secretary of Lakeside Lodge, No. 42, A. F. & A. M. He also belongs to the following organizations: Sandpoint Chapter, R. A. M.; Temple Commandery, No. 8, K. T., of Coeur d'Alene; Idaho Consistory, No. 8, S. P. R. S., of Coeur d'Alene; and El Katif Temple, N. M. S., of Spokane. Mr. Christenson is likewise prominent in the Scandinavian Brotherhood, being a member of Sandpoint Lodge, No. 21, and the grand vice president of the United States for 1910. He is at the present time vice president of the Inland Empire Grand Lodge of the S. B. O. A. Coming to the United States when a youth of eighteen, he wisely utilized the opportunities afforded in a land unhampered by caste or class and has worked his way steadily upward to a position of prosperity and leadership in his community.

John Lawrence Harper

Business interests bring John Lawrence Harper many times to Spokane and have made him a familiar figure among capitalists and leading citizens here. He is manager of the Republic Mines CorfK>ration, the company having its office in the Old National Bank building of Spokane. Washington numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Goldendale, Klickitat county, August 28, 1878, his parents being Martin V. and Margaret (Johnson) Harper, both of whom are still living. They were pioneers of the northwest, having crossed the plains in 1852 when still in the childhood period of life. The Harper and Johnson families established homes in the vicinity of Olympia and there the youthful days of the parents of John L. Harper were largely passed. His father afterward became a prominent factor in public life and twice represented his district in the territorial legislature. While thus serving he aided in organizing Franklin county, being the leader of the delegation having that object in view. For a long period he was successfully engaged in mining and other frontier pursuits but for the past few years has lived retired - one of the honored pioneer citizens of the state.

John L. Harper pursued his education in the public schools of Goldendale and Yakima and in the "College of Hard Knocks," as he expresses it. He was only fourteen years of age when he began earning his own livelihood. He was very young to shoulder the burdens and responsibilities of life and the lessons which he learned in the school of experience were often difficult ones, but ultimately they were mastered and have since been used to his advantage. He served an apprenticeship in a printing office at Yakima and later as a journeyman printer traveled through western Idaho and Washington and at times conducted newspapers in Oakesdale, Rosalia and Bellingham^ Washington. His rise in journalistic circles was but a forecast of what was to come to him in later years in other fields. After seven years' connection with the newspaper business he became actively engaged in mining and since that time has operated largely in Ferry county^ although he spent one year in Alaska and has mined all through this section of the United States. He is now the controlling factor in the Republic Mines Corporation^ being general manager of the company^ which operates the largest mine in the state. He is also general manager of the North Washington Power & Reduction Company and of both companies serves as a director and as chairman of the executive board. He likewise has several other mining interests and^ moreover^ is vice president and one of the directors of the Ferry County State Bank at Republic.

On the 24th of November^ 1896^ Mr. Harper was married to Miss Anderson^ Uie only daughter of D. F. Anderson^ who was one of the pioneer residents of Whitman county^ coming to the northwest from Kansas. He afterward represented that county in the state legislature and is well known by reason of his active support of the wheat-rate legislation secured under the name of the Anderson bill. He was likewise a Civil war veteran.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Harper have been bom two children^ Lawrence Anderson and Evelyn Ora^ the elder now five years of age^ while the little daughter is in her second year. ' Mr. Harper gives his political allegiance to the liberal wing of the democratic party and as representative from Ferry county in 1905 was one of the lone democrats in the state legislature during that session. He is interested in the vital questions and problems of the day and keeps well informed on all that pertains to general improvement At the same time. he mqst capably manages important business interests and is now recognized as one-ef: J^he le^iding mining men of the Inland Empire.

Maris E. Lewis

Maris E. Lewis, vice president of C. & M. E. Lewis Company and of the First Trust & Savings Bank of Moscow, Idaho, is one of the enterprising and prominent business men of the city, of which he has been a resident for the past seven years. His birth occurred in Iowa in 1861, his parents being Charles and Jane (Pierce) Lewis. The father was engaged in the real-estate business in Orange City, Iowa, until 1902, when he came to Moscow, Idaho, where he continues to be identified with the same business, but now resides in Pasadena, California.

of directors of the First Trust & Savings Bank of Moscow. Mr. Lewis is reco^ nized as one of the leading real-estate dealers and business men of the county. He possesses much foresight and perspicacity and directs his undertakings with intelligence^ concentrating his energies upon the attainment of a definite end.

At Orange City^ lowa^ in 1885^ Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Van de Steeg, a daughter of Gerrit Van de Steeg, one of the pioneers of northwestern Iowa. Five children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis as follows: Howard K.^ who graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1910^ and is now an ensign in the United States navy; E. G.^ who is secretary of the C. & M. £. Lewis Company; Carl P. and Charlotte^ students at the State University of Idaho; and Maris V.^ who is attending the public schools.

During the entire period of his residence in Moscow^ Mr. Lewis has taken an active interest in all political affairs^ giving his support to the republican party. He was state senator from Latah county in 1905 and 1906^ and during that period was appointed by the legislature to serve on the state wagon road commission^ the other two members of this body being Governor Gooding and Joseph W. Wheeler. They expended one hundred thousand dollars in improving the roads in the mining districts^ which has undoubtedly been of material assistance in promoting the development of the state. Mr. Lewis is very public-spirited and takes much interest in everything that will promote the welfare or development of the citizens not only of his immediate community but of the entire state. In April, 1906^ he was appointed by Governor Gooding president of the board of regents of the State University for a period of two years. At the expiration of that time, in 1908, he was reappointed by Governor Brady for a six-year term, but he resigned on July 10, 1911, as the exactions of his private interests precluded the possibility of his creditably discharging the duties connected with the office. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Paradise Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M., of Moscow, and Moscow Lodge, No. 249, B. P. O. E. He is likewise a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Spokane and of the Inland Club of that city. His enterprise and initiative &a well as his executive ability would place Mr. Lewis among the foremost citizens of any community, as he is one of those who never shirk the responsibilities of citizenship, but always find the time and opportunity to fulfill every duty.

John Houser

With the passing of John Houser at Pataha, Washington, on the 80th of April, 1911, the Inland Empire lost one of its most honored and representative citizens. He was not only a pioneer settler of this part of the state but was also the mannfacturer of the first patent flour in America and for forty-five years was closely identified with milling interests in eastern Washington. He left a deep impress upon the community in which he lived by reason of his business activity and his sterling personal worth, and with the pioneer development of this section he was closelyidentified. His birth occurred at Jagstzell, Wiirtemberg, Germany, March 12, 18S9. His father owned a small flour mill and the boy learned his trade in his native country. The mother died early and the son, seeking his fortune, wandered to

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America. He sought a sister in New York but failed to find her and wandered on to Chicago^ which was then a little muddy village on the middle west frontier. He suffered from ague there and started southward, sick and homeless, searching for fellow countrymen who would take care of him until he was able to work and then give him a chance to make a living in the new land. It was an unpromising beginning but it led to a manhood of stirring and useful life in the northwest. He was employed in various towns in the Mississippi valley until 1854, when he joined a party bound for the California gold fields. They met the usual hardships and experiences of travel across the plains in those days and at length arrived at Salt Lake City, where they were advised to tarry until the hostilities of the Indians bad somewhat subsided. A party of thirty-three, however, decided to go on and near the Humboldt river they met other emigrants who were fleeing from the Indians on foot. They had been attacked by a band of four hundred and advised retreat to Salt Lake. They were then one hundred and fifty miles from that point and lacked supplies and the captain of the party said he thought he could get them through, so that they voted to go forward. They reached the river and the captain said if they could make a place known as Stony Point they would be safe from attadt. Traveling all night, against the captain's protest they then stopped to eat and rest. Mr. Houser was placed on guard and soon saw signs of approaching Indians, who were coming from the hills in all directions. The party hitched up and started for Stony Point, intending to make a running fight. The captain gave the command not to shoot until he said the word. The Indians came within thirty steps, shooting the horses with arrows. At length the captain said: "Boys, take yonr revolvers and don't waste a shot." The fighting continued for more than half an hour and hundreds of Indians - men, women and children - were killed, while of the white men ten or fifteen were wounded. As the party struggled on to the coveted point the Indians set fire to the high brush and grass. They tried to backfire but the wind turned so that they, too, suffered destruction. Sj>eaking of this part of the experience, Mr. Houser said: "My clothes caught on fire and people began to disappear. The fire was burning on both sides of the road and my horse wouldn't go. The fire and smoke was awful and the road just like an arch. The fire came together on top. I could see some of the men through this arch. I ran through and my clothes and hat were burning. The captain told me to roll in the sand and that put it out, but my face and hands were blistered. When the fire died out a little bit we found thirteen of us left out of thirty-three. We had no water and we couldn't get to the river. Our tongues were swelled up so we could not move them. We traveled about a quarter of a mile and came to a place where there had been a spring. We had not a single cracker to eat and were about one hundred and fifty miles from any place. The captain said all we could do was travel and if the Indians caught us they would kill us, for we had no more ammunition." Subsisting on the roots of grasses along the way and at times drinking a little alkali water, for there was none else, they proceeded as best they could and on the fifth night after the fight Mr. Houser saw a light. Three or four of his companions had reached there before him. The trader who occupied the building told the men to stay outside and rest till morning. He kept them outside as long as he could and then would give them only a little stimulant. After resting for a while they started to look for something to eat and made their way into. the kitchen, where the trader was making a big kettle of soup. He gave to each a small cupful but they could scarcely swallow. Finally the trader told them that if he gave them anything more after their long fast^ until the next day^ they would all be dead in two hours. That night others of the party came straggling in and finally the last of the thirteen survivors of the party was brought in by searchers. After recuperating for a few days they went on into the Carson valley, where they were received by the miners and given food and clothing, there resting the greater part of the year to regain their strength from their severe experiences.

Air. Houser woriced in the California gold fields until 1858, when he went to a new .camp near the Eraser river. There he made a fortune in the mines but lost it, and in 1866 he left the mines to spend the winter at Colville, Stevens county, Washington. L. W. Meyers had just taken over the old Hudson Bay flour mill, which at that time was little more than a pair of burrs, which made Indian flour or simply coarse meal. Mr. Meyers learned that Mr. Houser was a practical miller and engaged him and after remodeling the mill with the aid of Mr. Meyers, who was an excellent cabinet maker and a man of good mechanical ability, Mr. Houser there manufactured the first patent flour and farina ever made in the United States. The next summer he returned to the mines but in the winter of 1867 again went to Colville. Upon his return Samuel and Joseph Opi>enheimer, who had just acquired the Pend d'Oreille mill and had heard of Mr. Houser *s work at the Meyers mill, engaged him to remodel their mill, which he did. He then manufactured farina and patent flour in that mill, the product being exhibited at Salem during the Oregon state fair, on which occasion he was awarded the first premium. They also shipped farina overland to Walla Walla and to the firm of Allen & Lewis in Portland, from the Oppenheimer mill. Fort Sherman, at Coeur d'Alene, which had hitherto obtained its flour from the Oregon Valley mills, was also supplied from this point.

In the early '70s Mr. Houser returned on a visit to his old home in Germany and was there married to Miss Marie Reiniger, at Stuttgart. They returned to Colville and remained there until 1879, when Mr. Houser bought the flour mill at Pataha, where he resided for thirty-two years. From the time he came down from the mines in 1866 until his death forty-five years later he was exclusively engaged in the flour milling business and was probably the foremost pioneer miller of the northwest. Whether he was remodeling the crude mills in the Colville valley or operating his mill at Pataha, in Garfield county, he was always endeavoring to make a superior grade of flour, and at Pataha, for over thirty years, manufactured a special flour for the baker trade of San Francisco. Even today his trademark is so well known in that city that the flour commands a premium.

Mr. Post, of Post Falls, wanted him to locate on the Spokane river, but this section was not considered wheat country then, so he went farther south. He continued in the flour milling business up to the time of his death and his success increased year by year. i

Four children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Houser: M. H., who is living in Portland; Mrs. Ross R. Brattain, of Spokane; Bertha M. and William J., both of Pataha. The wife and mother died at St. Helena, California, December 20, 1908, and Mr. Houser passed away at Pataha, April 30, 1911. He was then eighty-two years of age. His white hair gave him a most venerable appearance and his face indicated something of the struggles in which he had participated, and yet through all he maintained a kindly spirit and came off conqueror in the battle of life. He was indeed closely associated with the upbuilding and develop- ment of the Inland Empire^ especially along his chosen line of business^ in which connection he ever maintained the highest standards. Not to record the history of John Houser would be to make but an incomplete record of the Inland Empire and its development

C. G. Coryell Reath

C. G. Coryell Reath is president of the Independent Rapid Transfer Company^ in which connection he is engaged in a general transfer and storage business. He was bom in Coqnille^ Oregon^ March 23, 1877^ and in both the paternal and maternal lines is of Danish and German descent. His father was born in New York^ April 16^ 1828^ and in April^ 1847^ started from Wisconsin^ coming to Fort Hall in Oregon territory^ where the immigration train of which he was a member separated. One portion of the train went south while the division to which Mr. Reath belonged came on to Oregon through the Klamath Lake country and up to Rogue river near Grants Pass, then north through the Umpqua valley and across the California mountains, arriving at Eugene on the 25th of October, 1847. The only resident of that place was Eugene Skinner, who at that time was settled on his donation claim where the city of Eugene now stands. The following year Mr. Reath made his way to California and in 1849 engaged in freighting over the route from Sacramento, north to the mines. In 1851 he returned to Oregon and located on his donation claim four miles southeast of Eugene, at what was then known as Coryell Point. He was a member of Company E, Volunteer Cavalry, under Captain Stephen Rigdon, during the early '60s, and was at Salem, Oregon, in 1864 'with the same company. He married Mary Caroline Miller, who was bom in Iowa, August 24, 1844. In 1862 she crossed the plains with her people, who, after arriving at Portland, Oregon, made their way up the Willamette valley, locating six miles southwest of Lebanon, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Reath wore married in 1872, near the town of Sweet Home, Oregon, and afterward removed to Coquille, Oregon, where C. G. C. Reath was bom. In 1882 they came to Viola, Idaho, where the father conducted a blacksmith shop until 1888. The death of the mother occurred August 15, 1908, while the father passed away May 10, 1909.

In the common schools Clyde George Coryell Reath laid the foundation of his education and when but twelve years of age became a newsboy of Portland, selling the Oregonian and the Telegram, then, as now, two of the leading papers of the city. He also sold the old Mercury and Sunday Welcome. When thirteen years of age he entered the Postal Telegraph service at Portland and worked in every department, serving successively as messenger, clerk, bookkeeper, lineman, operator and chief operator until January, 1908, when he severed his connection with the company. He came to Spokane for the company in 1899 and worked for them until January, 1908, when he organized the Independent Messenger Company. Subsequently he extended the scope of his business by the establishment of a transfer and storage department and later he disposed of the messenger service. He is now at the head of the Independent Rapid Transfer Company, in the conduct of a general transfer and storage business and also as general managing agent. The company is incorporated for twenty thousand dollars and in 1910

On the 17th of September^ 1902^ at Rockford^ Washington, Mr. Reath was united in marriage to Miss Elva Gilbert, and they have two children, Donald and Nadine. They attend the Methodist church and Mr. Reath belongs to the Woodmen of the World. He is also the secretary of the Spokane Warehouse and Trudtmen's Association. His political support is given to the republican party, yet he is not an active worker in its ranks. For three years, while a resident of Portland, he served as a member of Battery A of the First Regiment of the Oregon National Guard. His attention, however, is chieHy concentrated upon his business affairs, which are of growing importance. Aside from the transfer and storage business he is interested in an irrigation tract east of Spokane as well as in a timber tract near Loon Lake, Washington.

In the period of early manhood J. H. Tilsley became a resident of Spokane and in the years which have since come and gone has borne an important part in the work of progress and development here, his real-estate operations contributing in large measure to the growth and improvement of the city. Moreover, he has studied conditions of the northwest, has learned to recognize its possibilities and cast the weight of his influence on the side of advancement in all those lines that work for the permanent good of the Inland Empire.

Mr. Tilsley is a native of Newport, Kentucky, and he came from Greeley, Colorado, to SfK>kane. The conditions which confronted him here in that early period ere law and order had fully replaced the elements of lawlessness which are always a feature in a new community were astounding to the young man, for Greeley was a temperance town and possessed of those forces which work for municipal advantage. However, the young man held himself aloof from all those influences and activities that do not contribute to the best in manhood and citizenship and bent his energies to the performance of his duties a^ manager of the American District Telegraph Company. He entered upon this position without previous experience in that line but close application and determined purpose enabled him readily to master the tasks entrusted to him and although at different times in his life he has met difficulties, hardships and almost uusurmountable obstacles, he has nevertheless persevered and his indefatigable energy and industry have at length brought him to a prominent position in real-estate and insurance circles. In both departments of his business he has been accorded a large clientage. He is now especially interested in handling Greene's addition to Spokane, which he placed on the maricet in 1908. This is located on the north hill west of Monroe street and through his real-estate activities there many fine homes have been erected in that district, which has been converted into one of the attractive residence sections of the city. The greater part of the addition has already been sold and Mr. Tilsley has been equally successful in his real-estate estate oj>erations elsewhere.

In his political views Mr. Tilsley is a republican and for one term served as deputy county treasurer under A. L. Smith. While he keeps well informed on the vital questions and issues of the day he has never sought political honors^ preferring to concentrate his efforts upon his business affairs, which are of constantly growing volume and importance. He is a stalwart advocate and supporter, however, of all movements that tend to promote public progress in this section of the country. He has aided in many of the leading projects that have made Spokane a city and has by his honesty of purpose made a host of friends in all walks of life. He can be found in every movement that has for its object the advancement of the city, yet his work is. always done in a quiet and unassuming way. He never falters, however, until his purpose is accomplished and Spokane has benefited by the improvements instituted.

John Peters

A life of wisely directed activity generally yields gratifying returns and the experience of John Peters has been in accordance with the rule indicated. A capable, energetic and successful business man, he has added to his reputation by his intelligent and judicious administration of the affairs of the State Bank of Spangle. He is prominent in the public life of the community and his efforts partake of a practical nature that makes him one of the honored residents of Spokane county. Bom in Clinton county, Iowa, June 25, 1868, he is a son of John and Katherine (Jacobs) Peters^ the former of whom died in 1898 and the latter in 1904. The father was a : soldier . in^ 0ie Civil war and served in Company I, Tenth Iowa Veteran Volunteei'' liifiifitry, ^i(];tiQip|Biting in a number of important battles and also in the march of Sherman to the sea. .

John Peters received his early eduoation- in«. the ^ubUc schools of Iowa. At the age of ten years he removed l¥ith 'hls^p&^Mt^ td Washington and attended the common schools for four years, pursuing his studies for the next two years under private teachers. At the age of sixteen he began working in sawmills and ^ve years later secured employment on a steamboat on the lower Columbia river. In 1889 he came to Spangle and applied himself to farming with very gratifying results for about fifteen years. He then entered the grain business with which he has since been continuously connected. He is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of good land near Spangle, which he purchased in 1804, and also owns a lumber claim of one hundred and sixty acres in Stevens county. In 1905 he organized the Bank of Spangle, which became the State Bank the year following. He has been president of this institution ever since it was founded and as the bank is conducted upon safe and conservative principles, it commands the entire confidence of the people throughout the region tributary to Spangle.

On Uie 28th of February, 1896, Mr. Peters was married at Fairfield, Washington, to Miss Katherine Jurgens, a daughter of Claus and Katherine Jurgens, and to this union four children have been born, Albert, Louis, Gertrude and Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Peters are consistent members of the Lutheran church, in which faith they are rearing their children. Mr. Peters has adhered to the democratic party ever since he cast his first ballot and has served as delegate to several county conventions. Fraternally he is identified with the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. He has passed through the chairs of the latter organization and now holds the title of past counsel commander. In his affiliation with the I. 0. O. F. he has been very prominent^ is a member of the Encampment and has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge. He has never been afraid of work and as he has promptly recognized business opportunities and has not hesitated to act upon his own judgment^ his advancement has from the start been almost inevitable. It is men of this class who win the rewards of life and set an example that is of inestimable value in encouraging others to renewed effort.

Marshall W. Teeple

Marshall W. Teeple, distributor for the Centennial Milling Co., has been a resident of Stevens county since 1899, during which period he has freely contributed both his time and services in promoting its development. He is a native of Canada, his birth having occurred in Woodstock, Province of Ontario, on February 9, 1845. His parents were L. C. and Mary G. (Tisdale) Teeple, both of whom are now deceased, the father having passed away in 1858 and the mother in 1874. His paternal grandfather was one of the pioneer settlers of Brock cOunty, Ontario, of which he had the distinction of being the first magistrate. He also erected and operated the first grist mill in the county.

The boyhood and youth of Marshall W. Teeple ivere spent in his native town, -where he was also educated, his school days terminating when he reached the age of fifteen years. He then applied himself to learning the millwright's trade, which he followed in Woodstock imtil 1863, going from there to Michigan. He subsequently removed to Pennsylvania, but later located in Chicago where he engaged in the lumber business until 1874. His next removal was to Muskegon. Michigan, and there for thirteen years he devoted his entire time and attention to the manufacture of lumber. In 1887 he went south and during the succeeding two years he followed his trade at variousi' points between southern Missouri and the Gulf of Mexico. He came west in 1889, locating in Spokane, where he followed his trade for two years, during which period he installed the machinery in the Central Planing Mill of that city. From there he went to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he engaged in millwright work from 1891 to 1899. Withdrawing from mechanical pursuits at the end of that period he came to Meyers Falls, Washington, and purchased sixty acres of land which he devoted to fruit culture until 1905 when he sold his ranch and moved to town. Soon thereafter Mr. Teeple assumed the duties of his present position and has ever since been identified with the same.

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, was the scene of Mr. Teeple's marriage on the 8th of February, 1869, to Miss Olive Bennett, a daughter of Thompson Bennett of that city. Three children have been born of this union: L. C, who married Emma McMahon; Grace, the wife of F. A. Empey, of Spokane; and Charles B., whose death occurred in 1892.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Teeple are active members of the Congregational church of Meyers Falls and take an earnest interest in the work of it3 various departments. He rendered much valuable service when they were constructing their present church edifice and is now treasurer of the board of trustees. Fraternally

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Mr. Teeple is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and belongs to the Grand Lodge of Washington. He is one of the oldest members in the state^ having been identified with the order for over forty years. His political support he accords to the men and measures of the republican party^ and during his residence in Muskegon^ Michigan^ he served for four years as a member of the board of city aldermen. Ever since locating in Stevens county Mr. Teeple has taken an active interest in promoting its development. He assisted in organizing the Stevens County Fruit Growers' Association^ and he was also one of those who founded the Fair Association of Colville and was its first president. He assisted in its reorganization and for three years thereafter acted as president of the Stevens County Producers' Association. It is the purpose of this association to advertise the county and its resources^ thus a fair is held annually and exhibitions have been sent to Spokane^ St. Louis and to the Chicago land show. He takes an enthusiastic interest in the work of the commercial clubs and in 1910 used his influence to bring about the federation of those in the county^ realizing that better results would be obtained with less expenditure of both time and money by centralizing their efforts. Mr. Teeple has the most imbounded faith in the agricultural and industrial development of this section of the state^ believing that its possibilities have as yet scarcely been discovered^ and on every possible occasion is untir* ing in his efforts to promote its future.

Cornelius O. Vaughn

Cornelius O. Vaughn^ who is a resident of Medical Lake^ was bom in Caldwell county, Missouri, April 27, 1866, his parents being John C. and Frances (Butt) Vaughn, the former having died in 1901. He acquired his education in the public schools of Missouri which he attended until he was sixteen years of age. At that time he was employed on a farm in his native state, but two years subsequently he removed to Kansas City, where he learned the carpentering and plastering trades. After having been occupied in these trades for three years he went to Spokane and followed the same pursuits there. Subsequently he traveled all through the Spokane country for several years, accepting employment both as carpenter and plasterer until he located permanently at Medical Lake and was engaged by the state for employment at the hospital for the insane. He is an efficient and careful workman and the state is fully cognizant of the fact that they have in their employ a man whose duties are his first consideration. Mr. Vaughn was married at Medical Lake, December 24, 1898, to Laura Bell Harrison, the daughter of Andrew and Susan Harrison. The father was at one time a member of the state legislature and was active in the political circles of his community. Mrs. Cornelius Vaughn's death occurred November 24, 1908. To this union two children were born, Cornelius A. and Verena Rose. On October 4, 1911, Mr. Vaughn was married to Miss Alma Perl King, only daughter of Mrs. Kate Green, of Cheney, Washington.

In politics Mr. Vaughn gives his allegiance to the men and measures of the democratic party. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a past grand in that order. His prominence in the lodge is at- tested by the fact that he was a representative to the grand lodge in Seattle in 1906. He is looked upon as one of the old residents of Medical Lake. In addition to his trade he has interested himself in the Medical Lake Telephone Company^ an organization which looks to him for advice and able management. His life shows what may be accomplished where persistency and industry are the prime characteristics^ and today he is recognized as one of the leaders in his trade and one of the worthy citizens of the community.

Frank L. Smith

Frank L. Smith is known to the business world through his mining interests, for he is now closely associated with the development of the rich coed de]K>sits of British Columbia, operating extensively along modem lines. Judged only from a business stand]K>int, his life work would be considered of worth in this connection, but his activities have been of far wider range in his efforts to uplift humanity and bring into the lives of his fellowmen those higher ideals which result in the development of individual character. His life has come into close and beneficial contact with many others, as he has labored not only in this country and in our insular possessions but also in Great Britain for the benefit of his fellowmen in the dissemination of those truths which are a higher and holier force in the world.

He was born in New York city, February 18, 1848. His ancestral history can be traced back to the Cromwellian period, for the family are descended from Lord Stephen Smith, who was a member of Cromwell's parliament. His father, Elias Smith, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died about 1891. He was recognized as a very prominent war correspondent and newspaper man of New York and was associated with Horace Greeley in journalistic enterprises. He became one of the famous newspaper correspondents at the time of the Civil war and was held in high regard by the press of New York city, the chief journalists of the metropolis giving him the credit of being a real historian of that great conflict. He served on the staff of General Bumside and came into close touch with the events that constituted the real history of the civil strife. He scored many "scoops" as correspondent during the days of the war, and the first news which the war department had of the fall of Vicksburg was a dispatch which Elias Smith sent. He practically gave all of his life to newspaper work and was city editor of the New York Times. He was an intimate friend of Henry Ward Beecher and knew many of the leading journalists and distinguished men of the day. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah R. Miller, is of English lineage and a descendant of Roger Williams, the first governor of Rhode Island. Her father was the founder of the Providence Journal and was a prominent political leader.

In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith were three sons: Frank L.; E. C, who is now engaged in mining in Mexico ; and Alva M., who is a newspaper man of the south.

Frank L. Smith pursued his education in the public schools and in Fairchild's Academy at Flushing, Long Island. He was still a youth in his teens when he did active duty as a member of the Fifty-sixth Regiment of Volunteers of the New York National Guard during the riots at the docks. He entered business life as a commercial traveler in the employ of an uncle and afterward was engaged in business in Galveston, Texas, until 1867. While there residing he was married, in May, 1866, to Miss Charlotte Higgins, of Keyport, New Jersey, a daughter of Charles Higgins, one of the most prominent men of that district, who at that time owned all the stage routes out of Freehold. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been bom seven children, of whom four are yet living: Edward W., a resident of San Francisco ; Ernest, who is living in Sebastopol, California ; Judson, a pharmacist of Spokane; and Lottie M., the wife of Rev. Alfred Lockwood, who for ^ve years was the predecessor of Dean Hicks of All Saints cathedral and is now rector of the church at North Yakima.

On leaving Galveston, Mr. Smith went to Bloomington, Illinois, where he was connected with the railroad service until 1874, when he was made assistant treasurer of the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad, now a branch of the Big Four. He won advancement from the position of office clerk to assistant treasurer in the general office and remained with the road until it changed hands. Becoming deeply interested in religious work, he afterward spent a number of years in important positions in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association. He was also engaged in evangelistic work and held missions not only all over the United States but also in England, Scotland and Ireland, conducting a very interesting campaign in behalf of moral progress on the other side of the water. The meetings which he held were all by invitation, for his reputation spread and he became known as an earnest, zealous worker in his church. He continued in the evangelistic field until the Spanish war, when he Cjhris^ian work among the camps of the south, at Camp Lee, Jacksonville^ >«nd; fi^ ^avai^^i| . He afterward continued liis labors in this connection on the island of Porto Rico a^d assisted General Henry in distributing relief. He instituted pis reli^ous^ w;ork in Porto Rico at the time the troops were first sent to San Juan, ^nijji^ciiog.this^iaborjunder the auspices of the international committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. He afterward took part in instituting similar work among the United States sailors but eventually removed to the northwest. Here he has been connected with a number of important business enterprises and is now secretary-treasurer of the Boundary Mining & Exploration Company, Limited, of which Dr. C. M. Kingston is the president and S. -!- Miller, vice president In addition to the officers, F. H. Knight and A. H. Noyes are members of the board of directors. The object of this company is to develop the coal properties of Midway, British Columbia, consisting of crowngranted property of six hundred acres and other tracts. They have over one thousand feet in tunnels and drifts and shafts, and several hundred feet of the mines have been developed. They are now beginning to sink a developing shaft to strike two veins of coal, one to be reached at a depth of one hundred and ten feet and the other of one hundred and seventy feet. They have several well defined veins in tunnel, five feet in width. Their coal is of the bituminous kind and they are now prospecting for semi-anthracite. This is a good blacksmith coal and took first prize at the Interstate Fair. The work of development is being vigorously prosecuted and the company will make its initial shipments in 1912. They have two lines of railroad over the property, the Canadian Pacific and the Great Northern, affording them remarkably good shipping facilities.

While Mr. Smith is proving his worth as an enterprising, progressive business man, capable and determined, he at the same time continues his labors in behalf of moral progress and as an evangelist has held missions in every state of the Union except Wyoming and Nevada, working largely along undenominational Unes. He has served as state evangelist for the Congregational church of California. At EUensburg he joined the Episcopal church, was confirmed, worked as a layman under Bishop Wells and conducted services as a layman. During 1908 he was called to the management of the Ondarra Inn in Spokane, an institution for the help of the unemployed, and succeeded in making this great wori^ self-supporting. A free employment bureau provided work for about dght hundred men each month and thousands of men were sheltered and fed. Religious services were held and lectures given by prominent men. The property was purchased in 1910, by the North Coast Railroad to be used as a union depot and the work discontinued. Rev. W. L. Bull, an episcopal clergyman, was the owner and he, with Right Rev. Lemuel H. Wells, bishop of the dioc^e, were the instigators and res]K>nsible for the work. He is now connected with St. James parish and had charge of the work at St. John's church for one year. He presented a confirmation class of ^ve to the bishop - rather an unusual thing for a layman. His efforts have been a most efficient force for good in the districts where he has labored and the radius of his influence is far reaching.

In politics Mr. Smith is an independent republican, while fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen and the Red Men, being now a trustee of Comanche Tribe. He also belongs to the Inland Club and in connection with Senator Poindexter and others organized the Fellowship Club, which has been very active in the discussion of public subjects, thus creating public opinion and largely influencing public work. He has ever regarded life as an opportunity - an opportunity for the development of the trifold nature of man - ^and has therefore labored to bring to the highest perfection possible the physical, mental and moral forces of the world. He has ever reached out in helpful spirit and sympathy toward all mankind and his is one of the natures that sheds around it much of the sunshine of life.

Among the pioneer women whose courage has enabled them to face the conditions of frontier life in the northwest is numbered Mrs. Netta (Geer) Hanly, and when circumstances demanded she displayed business ability and enterprise which would be creditable to any member of the sterner sex. She has always lived upon the Pacific coast, being the daughter of F. W. Geer, who made his way to Oregon in 1842 and secured a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres. Eventually he became a merchant in Butteville, Oregon, but afterward turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, settling upon his donation claim on the Willamette river. There he engaged quite extensively in raising hops, being the third man to cultivate that crop in the state, and thus promoting an industry which is today one of the chief sources of revenue in the northwest. In his famUy were three sons: Captain Archie J. Geer, who served as captain on a Columbia river steamboat running from Portland to The Dalles and afterward as captain on a boat at Nome, Alaska, is at present preparing to go to South America to command a steamboat on the Amazon river. Dwight Gear is a stockman in the Big Bend country, and Corydon Geer is agent at Portland for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He was a member of the Oregon legislature at the same time Mr. Hanly was a representative in the Idaho general assembly.

Netta (Geer) Hanly was bom in Marion county, Oregon, and her girlhood days brought to her many experiences common to life on the frontier. In early womanhood she gave her hand in marriage to James Wynne, the marriage being celebrated in Butteville in March, 1864. Mr. Wynne was a native of Ireland and had lived for eight or ten years on Peone Prairie, in the territory of Washington, residing there during the period of Indian warfare. He also filed on a homestead, which he recorded in Vancouver immediately after his marriage, and he and his bride made an overland trip to the claim, a part of which is now covered by the town of Colville. For seven years Mrs. Wynne lived upon that place and never saw the face of one whom she had seen before. She was almost literally cut off from the ties and interests that bound her to her past. There were only six other white women in that part of the country and for six months at a time she would see no women except half-breeds or squaws. Mr. Wynne devoted his attention to farming and stock-raising and after he proved up on the homestead he took a preemption claim adjoining it. Later, when Mr. Wynne died, his widow took up a second preemption claim which also adjoined the other property. When the town site of Colville was surveyed in January, 1884, it was made to include forty acres of the homestead and subsequently Mrs. Wynne had six acres surveyed and added to the town as the Spokane addition.

Death came to Mr. Wynne suddenly in 1885. He was accidentally killed by boys who were out shooting prairie chickens, being shot on the 5th of December and dying two days later. He had been not only active in the conduct of his business affairs but was also a prominent and influential resident of the community, serving as the first sheriff of Stevens county and also as the second auditor. He likewise held the office of school supervisor and did everything in his power to further the educational progress and material development of his part of the state. His social, genial nature won him popularity, his business integrity gained him honor and confidence and his social qualities won him many friends who deeply regretted his demise.

On the 27th of February, 1888, Mrs. Wynne was again married, becoming the wife of John Hanly, who was also a native of Ireland and came to the northwest from Michigan in 1886. His father was interested in the Calumet mines in Michigan and thus in early life Mr. Hanly 's attention was directed to mining interests. Following his arrival in the northwest he became the owner of a mine near Baker City, Oregon, but the Indians burned his mill and concentrator. He then gathered his miners and volunteers to the number of two hundred and fifty or three hundred and with them engaged in active warfare throughout the Modoc war. While riding he was shot through both legs over the saddle but fully recovered from his wounds. He continued to seek his fortune in mining ventures and built the first concentrator at the Hunter mine in Mullen, Idaho, operating it for ^ve years. At the time of the big strike there he took charge of the Dominion mine and conducted operations at that property for eight years. He became recognized as one of the foremost representatives of mining interests in that section and yet did not confine his efforts and activities entirely to business pursuits. He was interested in all that pertained to public progress and improvement and while a resident of Mullen was elected a member of the first legislature of Idaho. In other ways he also furthered public progress and never faltered in his allegiance to a cause which he believed to be right.

On leaving the Dominion mine Mr. Hanly took charge of the Bonanza mine near Bossburg, where he remained for three or four years and then entered the service of J. P. Graves at Summit^ British Columbia^ having charge of his interests for about three years. On the expiration of that period he went to San Diego^ California^ and purchased an orange grove. From that point he went to Mexico and opened a mine for Colonel Turner^ employing three hundred Mexicans in its operation. It was while there that he became ill and on the 17th of November, 1902, passed away.

After remaining in Mexico for two years following the death of her husband Mrs. Hanly returned to ColviUe, where she spent eighteen months. She then went back to La Mesa, San Diego county, California, where she resided for six years, at the end of which time she sold her property and returned to Colville, where she now makes her home. She is a lady of excellent business qualifications, ready and resourceful. Following the death of her first husband she conducted the farm herself, employing Indians to plow and cultivate the land. There were times, however, when she could not obtain help and was obliged to krun the mower herself. When Mr. Hanly went into the Old Dominion mine she purchased eighty acres on the hill above Colville and supplied milk and butter to the mine and also kept two four-horse teams, which were engaged in hauling ore.

By her first husband Mrs. Hanly had seven children, namely: Ella, the wife of A. Trunnells, of Colville; Richard, a contractor, who is just now engaged in completing contracts at Yuma, Arizona, and at Portland, Oregon; Eva, the deceased wife of William Miller, the present sheriff of Stevens county, Washington; Eliza, the wife of William Geitlinger, of Portland, Oregon; Edward, who is raising cattle on a ranch of twenty-five thousand acres in Honduras, Central America; F. James, a laundry proprietor at Colville; and Nellie, the wife of Dr. Philip Austin, a dentist of Portland, Oregon. By her second marriage Mrs. Hanly had two children: John D., who is deputy sheriff of Stevens county; and Wenona T., who is residing in San Diego, California.

F. J. Wynne has become an active representative of industrial interests in Colville, where he was bom January 20, 1882, the son of Mrs. Netta Hanly, of whom mention is made above. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges and in 1901 he went to Prescott, Arizona. After a year there i>assed he took up mining at Baker City, Oregon, and afterward worked in the smelters at Granby and Northport. In 1903, however, he returned to Colville and purchased a steam laundry at this place, equipping it with modem machinery, and has since been carrying on his business most successfully. When he assumed charge there was one girl employed in the laundry and something of the growth of the business is indicated in the fact that his employes now number thirteen. In 1906 he sold an interest in the business to John Wright and in 1908 this interest was purchased by his half-brother, J. D. Hanly. They have since continued together, conducting their enterprise under the name of the Colville Steam Laimdry, and are now at the head of a profitable and growing business. Their equipment is first class in every particular and the investment represents ten thousand dollars. Mr. Wimne is also interested with his half-brother in the Old Dominion Creamery Company of Colville and owns a ten acre orchard tract adjoining Colville. He is likewise a freeholder of the city.

On the 6th of February, 1906, in Colville, Mr. Wynne was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Ryan, a daughter of William Ryan, deceased, of this city. The two children of the marriage are E. Jane and Margaret Rose Wynne. The family are of the Catholic faith, and Mr. Wynne is a republican in his political views. He belongs to the Maccabees and the Royal Highlanders and also to the Colville Commercial Club, and is an interested factor in all that pertains to the public progress, his support being generously given to every measure which he regards as beneficial to the community at large.