Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 18 of 22)

The first eighteen years in the life of George P. Turner were passed in his native land,, where he acquired a good common school education. While still in his early youth he came to the conclusion that the United States afforded better advantages for enterprising young men than were to be found in his own country, and in 1839 he took passage for America. He first located at Rochester, New York, where he remained for several years, in various vocations. From there he went to Burlington, Iowa, and resided for three years carrying on a large boot and shoe establishment, and in 1850 he crossed the plains to the goldfields of California. During the succeeding ten years he devoted his energies to such occupations as were afforded on the Pacific coast at that time, but having been trained to habits of thrift he was dissatisfied with this mode of living. Therefore, in 1860, he returned to Iowa and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, devoting his entire energies to general farming and stock-raising with varying degrees of success for twenty-five years. At the expiration of that period he disposed of his property there and together with his wife and family crossed the plains to the northwest, with Washington as his destination on this occasion. Upon his arrival he located in Lincoln county, filing on a homestead in the vicinity of Davenport. He applied himself to the development and improvement of his place until his death on the 18th of October^ 1894. His long years of experience and progressive yet practical ideas enabled Mr. Turner to succeed in his activities and he became recognized as one of the most capable and prosperous ranchmen in the community. He was in many ways a most unusual man^ of strong character and marked individuality. He had traveled extensively and read broadly on a variety of subjects and was well informed on all modem topics of interest. Keen observtion and deep thinking had caused him to form very decided opinions on many subjects and his advice was often sought by his large circle of acquaintances who placed the most implicit confidence in his judgment.

On the 8th of May, I860, in Louisa county, Iowa, Mr. Turner was united in marriage to Miss Sarah J. Dotson, a daughter of Bazzel S. and Mary (Davison) Dotson, natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania. The parents came to Iowa in 1844, and there the father followed the cooper's trade in early days and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. Nine children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Turner, four of whom are deceased. Those who lived to attain maturity are as follows: Mary Adaline, the wife of Walter Mann, of Everett, Washington; and Arthur Hampton, George A., and Mark £., all of whom are residents of Davenport; and H. C. who is mentioned at greater length elsewhere in this work. Those deceased are as follows: Laura L, the wife of William Rambo; Elmer E.; Harry; and Florence A., wife of A. T. Greene, of Waterville, Washington. There are also nine living grandchildren in the Turner family: Dale Greene; Earl and Florence Rambo; and Florence, Cecil, Beatrice, Russell^ Vera and Harold Turner.

Mr. Turner was reared in the faith of the Church of England, but in later life he affiliated with the Presbyterian church of which his wife was also a member. He was a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity and in politics he was a republican. Although he was never an aspirant to public honors or the emoluments of office he took an active interest in all things pertaining to the welfare of his community, and always gave his unqualified indorsement to every progressive movement. His death was the occasion of deep and widespread mourning among all who knew him, as he was a man of many sterling qualities, which had been thoroughly tested and never found wanting during the long period of his residence in this county. He is survived by his widow who continues to make her home on the ranch, which she has witnessed develop from a tract of unbroken prairie into a beautiful farm, equipp)ed with all modern improvements and facilities.

Edwin Eugene Paddock

Prominently identified with the mercantile trade of Whitman county, Washington, is Edwin Eugene Paddock, conducting a general mercantile business at Farmington. He was born in Herkimer county. New York, March SO, 1851, a son of Frederick and Emily (Smith) Paddock, both natives of that state. The Paddock family was established in this country in the ante- Revolutionary days and the subject of this review is a grandson of Samuel Paddock, of Connecticut, and a descendant of John Paddock, of the same state, who was bom in 1754 and was a soldier in the war for independence.

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Edwin E. Paddock was educated in the district schools of New York, finishing at Winfield Academy. In 1865 he entered the employ of the Remington Gun Company at Ilion, New York, remaining for two years. He then took a coarse in Whitestown Seminary and at Madison Business College. In 1868 he went to New York city where he was employed in a watch factory until 1871, when he removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he secured employment in the Cornell Watch factory, remaining until in 1873. He then removed to California, settling in. Merced county securing employment there in an express oflSce. In 1879 he drove overland to Farmington, Whitman county, Washington, and during the first winter of his residence in this state he carried the mail between Farmington and Moscow. In July, 1880, he built and established the first drug and jewelry store in Farmington. In 1882, while conducting that enterprise, he engaged in the implement trade and continued in these lines of business until in 1896. During 1895, however, he embarked in the notion and grocery business but, securing a good opportunity to sell the drug and implement business did so in 1896. In that year his store and entire stock was destroyed by fire, but he immediately resumed business in the general mercantile line, beiiilg still thus engaged. He has been successful in his operations and has added from time to time to his stock and fixtures until at present he has one of the largest stores in the county.

Mr. Paddock was married, in Farmington, Washington, in 1881, to Miss Anna A. Brand, a native of Missouri and a daughter of Dr.. John M. Brand, formerly of Kentucky. They have become the parents of three children, all yet at home, Anna Albra, Fred E. and Maude. In his political views Mr. Paddock is a democrat. He has been active as a politician, having held the position of postmaster from 1880 until 1886, and from 1894 until 1898. He has also been mayor of Farmington for two terms, as well as a member of the school board for several terms. Possessing broad business knowledge and experience and taking an active interest in civic, political and educational affairs, Mr. Paddock has become extremely well and favorably known throughout Whitman county where he is respected by all who know him. His business and official career has been successful and in his activities in the various lines in which he has conspicuously figured he has contributed in no small degree to the advancement of civilization and well being of the county and city of which he is a resident.

Patrick Henry Wall

Patrick Henry Wall has by reason of his capabilities become recognized as one of the successful lumbermen of Kootenai county, of which he has been a resident for eleven years. He was born at Stafford Springs, Connecticut, January 5, 1865, a son of Michael and Johanna (Kane) Wall. When he was still a child his parents removed to Wisconsin, where thereafter they made their home.

The public schools of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, provided Patrick Henry Wall with a good practical education. At the age of eighteen years he laid aside his textbooks and began to work in the lumber woods of Wisconsin. In 1893 he entered the service of the Meehan Lumber Company, of Thief River, Minnesota, in the capacity of superintendent of their mill, continuing with them for seven years. At the end of that time he came to Harrison as sales agent for the St. Joe Lumber Company of that place. Enterprising and capable, as well as thoroughly trustworthy, he early gave evidence of possessing more than average executive ability and was subsequently advanced until he became president of the company, which position he still holds. Mr. Wall is thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business, having begun when only a youth in the woods. He has worked in every department, devoting his entire time acquiring an intelligent knowledge not only of lumber and the markets but of forestry in general. In 1905 he organized the Lane Lumber Company, of which he has been the president and manager ever since its incorporation.

On the 6th of October, 1909, Mr. Wall was married to Miss Ella M. Kingsley, of Spokane, Washington, and they have become the parents of one son, Patrick Henry, Jr., whose birth occurred in September, 1910.

Mr. Wall makes his home in Harrison, which has been his headquarters ever since settling in the state, and among whose citizens he numbers many friends, who esteem him not only for his business ability, but because of his many fine personal qualities.

Michael K. Wall

Michael K. Wall, a brother of Patrick Henry Wall, with whom he has been associated during the entire period of his business career, was born in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, August 21, 1869.

He was educated in the public schools of Chippewa Falls, following which he engaged in the lumber business, going to Thief River, Minnesota, with his brother, as bookkeeper and cashier of the Meehan Lumber Company. He is now secretary of the Lane Lumber Company as well as the St. Joe Lumber Company, both of Harrison.

Mr. Wall was married on the 28th of June, 1910, to Miss Agnes C. McEntee, a daughter of Patrick McEntee. One child has been bom unto Mr. and Mrs. Wall, a daughter, Agnes May, whose birth occurred on May 2, 1911.

Mr. Wall is a resident of Harrison among whose citizens he is highly regarded. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and he is also a member of the Knights of Columbus of Coeur d'Alene.

William Huntley

William Huntley, vice president of the Exchange National Bank, is recognized in business circles as a man of keen discernment and of marked sagacity, as is evidenced in the judicious investments which he has made and which have returned to him the gratifying rewards of industry, sound judgment and capable management. Various business projects have profited by his cooperation and his ability to control important and intricate interests, and he is today one of the prominent representatives of financial affairs in Spokane. He has displayed both originality and initiative in the handling of his business interests, which he has recently incorporated under the name of

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Mr. Huntley was born in Pike county, Illinois, September 19, 1858, a son of Alonzo and Paulina (Smith) Huntley. The latter is still living but the father died in 1899. The son enjoyed but limited educational opportimities, for when only nine years of age he took his place as a regular hand in the fields. At ten years of age he was herding cattle and he remained upon the home farm until he had completed his first two decades of life. The last ten years of that period were spent in Missouri, to which state his parents had removed about 1868. At length he started out in life on his own account and took up the occupation to which he was reared, following fanning in Missouri until the spring of 1884, when he removed west to the Palouse country, settling near Endicott, Washington. There he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land and used all his rights. He next engaged in the live-stock business, in which he continued until about 1909. As he prospered he also extended his efforts in other directions, became interested in a bank at Colfax, established the bank at Endicott and became owner of a store at St. John and another at Colfax, both of which he still owns in addition to six thousand acres of valuable land in the Palouse country. He has operated even more largely along business lines in Spokane. He was connected with the establishment of the Powell-Sanders Company of this city, of which he is still a director, and when the capital stod£ of the Exchange National Bank was raised from two hundred and fifty to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars he bought in, became a director and has served as vice president of the bank during the past four years. The capital stock of the Exchange National Bank was later raised to one million dollars, an<} Jllr^ Hontley is now the largest stockholder in this institution. He is president of the ]^f echanics Loan & Trust Company ; president of the Farmers & Mechanics Bank of this city ; secretary of the Inland Brewery Company; secretary of tht Bj^se^ 3fQwei;y,Gomi>any; and a director and stockholder of the American Building Company. He also has extensive interests in other institutions and business enterprises of Spokane and his cooperation is a prized factor in the management and support of business projects.

On the 4th of January, 1888, when in Missouri, Mr. Huntley was united in marriage to Miss Emma Langford, of Audrain county, that state. Twelve children have been born unto them, of whom ten are living. The married daughter, Grace Loreari, became the wife of Ira Hunt in 1907 and lives with her husband at No. 1604 Fourth avenue. The other children are: Jesse Blain, a trustee of the Huntley Investment Company; Mabel Frances; Carl Raymond, aged nineteen; Lawrence Piatt, a youth of seventeen; Eunice Leta, who is fourteen years old; Elva Dean, aged thirteen ; Emma Lilly, who is ten years of age ; and Ralph William and Clarke Valentine, who arc eight and six years of age respectively. It is said that when Mr. and Mrs. Huntley were married her parents were reluctant to give their consent because of the meager financial resources of the prospective husband, ^hose sole possessions consisted of a team of mules. This opposition was overcome, however, and two years after their marriage the young couple started for the Palouse country and, as previously stated, preempted a claim four miles west of Endicott. Subsequently they occupied a home about a mile from that town for fifteen years or until they came to Spokane in 1902. In the meantime Mr. Huntley had given ample demonstration of his worth and resourcefulness in business and in July, 1910, he organized the Huntley Investment Company, of which he is a trustee, a unique corporation providing against the division^ distribution or dissolution of the Huntley estate and retaining Mr. Huntley as manager for twenty years. Arrangements were made for the dis-, tribution of the income among the husband^ wife and ten children^ each receiving equal shares save that the special provision has been made that Mrs. Huntley's income shall never be less than three hundred dollars a month for herself and one thousand dollars a year for each of her seven minor children. The company was incorporated for one million^ two hundred thousand dollars, the incorporators being William Huntley, Emma V. Huntley, Jesse B. Huntley, the eldest son, and EdMin T. Coman, president of the Exchange National Bank. Its trustees for the first six months were William Huntley, Jesse B. Huntley and Edwin T. Coman. The incorporation is for a period of fifty years and its objects and purposes are, generally, to buy, sell, encumber and otherwise deal in real and personal property, lands, mines, mill sites, town sites, irrigation ditches, stocks, bonds and negotiable paper. The stockholders are empowered to increase the number of trustees from time to time, this provision enabling them to make places on the board for such of the children as may develop sufficient interest and ability to justify the appointment as they grow to maturity, Mr. Huntley taking this method of stimulating the interest of his sons that they may eventually assume the management of the estate for themselves and their sisters. At the end of the twenty-year period in which Mr. Huntley is to serve as manager, the Mechanics Loan & Trust Company, of which he is president, is directed to assign and deliver to each living child or to direct descendants of such as are not living, their respective interests in the one million dollars of trusteed stock. One feature of Mr. Huntley's business that has ever awakened surprise and admiration among his associates and colleagues is his remarkably retentive memory. He has never kept an ordinary system of bookkeeping and but few memorandums, relying entirely upon his memory not only for the principal features of his business but also for the details connected with every transaction. He seems to have almost intuitive perception as to the value of a business situation or the opportunity for investment.

In his political views Mr. Huntley is a republican and during his residence in Whitman county served as county commissioner. He belongs to the Masonic lodge and also holds membership with the Elks and the Spokane Club. His is one of the life records which make the history of the western country read almost like a romance. There have seemed to be no setbacks in his career, his path on the contrary being marked by continuous progress, bringing him at last to rank with the millionaire residents of Spokane and the Inland Empire.

Frank M. Winship

Frank M. Winship, who is one of the well known business men of Saint Maries, having been identified with the mercantile interests here for the past eight years, is a native of Wisconsin. He was bom in La Crosse on the 16th of September, 1854, and is a son of George D. and Abigail H. (Bailey) Winship. In the maternal line he belongs to an exceedingly long lived family, his grandfather Bailey having attained the age of one hundred years and four months at the time of his demise. During his very early boyhood the family residence was changed to Minnesota, where the parents thereafter made their home.

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As he was very young when his people removed from Wisconsin, Frank M. Winship is indebted to the public-school system of Minnesota for his education. His school days were terminated at the age of fourteen years when he apprenticed himself to the printing trade, his period of service continuing until 1872. He then went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he worked as a compositor for eight years, subsequently removing to Grafton, North Dakota, where he embarked in the newspaper business as editor of the Grafton News. In 1888 Mr. Winship again started westward, this time locating in Sprague, Washington, becoming editor of the Sprague Herald, with which publication he was identified for eight years. Disposing of his paper, he went to Spokane and bought out The Quick Job Printing Establish* ment, conducting this until the spring of 1902. He then sold his business to Frank Gregg, the present owner, and during the following year did not engage in anything. In the spring of 1903 Mr. Winship came to Saint Maries and became associated with M. C. Henderson in buying out the mercantile business of M. D. Wright. This enterprise, which was incorporated in 1905 with F. M. Winship, president, and M. C. Henderson, secretary and treasurer, has ever since been conducted un^er the firm name of Winship & Henderson. It is one of the thriving concerns of the town and is enjoying a large and constantly growing patronage.

On the 20th of October, 1875, Mr. Winship was married to Miss Mattie J. Simonds, a daughter of Thomas Simonds of Long Prairie, Minnesota. One child was born of this union, Nellie A., who married Mr. M. C. Henderson and has one son, Frank C, who is a lad of six years.

Fraternally Mr. Winship is a member of the Masonic order being a member of the Royal Arch chapter, of Sprague, Washington, and he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, having joined this organization in 1888. He has passed through all of the chairs of this lodge and is now a member of the Red Cross Lodge, No. 28, Spokane, Washington. Mr. Winship is public-spirited and always takes an active and helpful interest in all political affairs. He served as a member of the board of aldermen while living in Sprague, and represented his district in the Idaho legislature in the sessions of 1909 and 1910, while at the present time he is a member of the board of trustees of Saint Maries, in which capacity he is giving efficient service.

Well and favorably known among those who have been interested in various enterprises in Washington is John Mitchell McLean, whose parents were Joseph W. and Rebecca (Davidson) McLean, natives of Ohio and Indiana respjectively. In 1852 the parents cast in their lot with a large party of enterprising citizens of the middle west who crossed the plains to the Pacific slope. They made the journey with ox teams and the trip required six months. The family settled in the Willamette valley. The son, John Mitchell McLean, was born in Lane county, Oregon, May 30, 1855, and was educated in the public schools of that state. In 1871 he began giving his entire attention to assisting his father at home on the farm where they raised wheat and oats, bred cattle and horses, and also operated a hop yard for five years. In 1878 the son removed overland to Whitman county, Washington, and took up a governraent homestead of one hundred and sixty acres on Pine creek where he b'ved and in the process of time secured his patent from the United States government. He was a successful farmer and from time to time increased his holdings of land until he was operating five hundred and forty acres. In 1888 'he was elected sheriff and served until 1898, or two terms, when he removed to Oakesdale and became vice president of the Commercial State Bank, a position which he continued to hold until 1895, when he sold his banking interests and returned to his farm, where he 'remained actively engaged in his agricultural pursuits until 1900, when he again came to Oakesdale and retired from active business life. In 1905 he removed with his family to Spokane for the purpose of giving his children better school advantages but in 1909 returned to the farm, the actual work of which, however, is carried on by a renter. From 1905 until 1908 he was interested in real estate. He was one of the incorporators of the Commercial State Bank in 1891 and was interested in the local telephone company.

Mr. McLean was married, in Whitman county, Washington, in 1887, to Miss L^ura I. Scott, a native of Missouri and a daughter of Charles B. and Sarah (Barnett) Scott, both of whom were born in Virginia. To this union were born two children, Ruth Orphe and Joseph Scott. In his political views Mr. McLean is a democrat. In addition to his several years* of service as sheriff he served as councilman in Oakesdale for three terms and has long been a member of the school board. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic order of which he is past master, is a Royal Arch Mason and also is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He belongs to the United Artisans, the Woodmen of the World and the Farmers Union. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church and they are actively interested in the work of that religious body.

During his long residence in the comparatively new state of Washington Mr. McLean has witnessed many changes, experienced not a few hardships and it has fallen to his lot to take an active and important part in the building up of the present splendid civilization which this state now enjoys. Actively engaged in business for so many years, in connection with agricultural and banking interests, and holding various offices of public trust, he has gained a large circle of warm friends living in all parts of the county. His efforts have been untiring, the advancement of the interests of his county being always kept in view. There are indeed a large number of prominent men in Whitman county by the combined efforts of whom the present condition of prosperity and advancement has been brought about, and on this honored list the name of John Mitchell McLean is prominently written.

Russell F. Blackwell

Prominently associated with various business enterprises in the Inland Empire Russell F. Blackwell, vice president and general manager of the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad, and a resident of Spirit Lake, Idaho, belongs to the younger generation of business men who have risen rapidly to the top by virtue of their willingness to work, their spirit of fortitude and their determination to win. He is only thirty-three years of age, his birth having occurred March 8, 1879, in Driftwood, Pennsylvania. His parents are Fred A. and Isabella (Bell) Blackwell. After an elementary education in the public schools of his native town he attended the business university at Rochester, New York, and at the age of fifteen commenced to work securing a position in the supply store of the Lumbering Company at North Bend, Pennsylvania. At seventeen he was promoted to the position of manager of the supply store continuing in this capacity for three years. He then entered his father's employment assisting him in the management of a lumber business in Pennsylvania and by the end of 1903 had charge of the lumbering and railroad work in Potter and Clinton counties in that state. In 1904 he came to Coeur d'Alene and associated himself with his father, acting as manager of the Coeur d'Alene & Spokane Railroad for four years. At the time of its merger with the Spokane & Inland Electric Railway Company in 1908 he resigned his position and came to Spirit Lake and here assumed active part in the construction of the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad, becoming the vice president and manager of the company, the position which he still holds. He is financially interested in various business enterprises being a director of the bank of Spirit Lake, vice president and director of the Panhandle Lumber Company and vice president and director of the Spirit Lake Land Company. Watchful of every opportunity which has come within the scope of his activities he has made steady progress in building up his career and is accounted one of the substantial and reliable business men in this locality.

On October 30, 1899, Mr. Blackwell was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Kelly, a daughter of H. B. Kelly, of Bradford county, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of two children: Frederick, bom in 1905, and Robert, bom in 1911. Fraternally Mr. Blackwell is associated with the Masonic order belonging to the Coeur d'Alene Comroandery of the Knight Templars and to El Katif Temple' of the Mystic Shrine of Spokane, Washington. He belongs to the Inland Club of Spokape and in 1905 became a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Actively interested in every measure designed to promote general commercial prosperity as well as to advance his own interests Mr. Blackwell faces a promising future which will without doubt bring him many more opportunities whereby he can prove his mettle and add to his excellent record in commercial achievements.

Edward F. Betz

A natural aptitude for financial and business affairs, a good education and practical knowledge of the world assisted Edward F. Betz very materially in advancing to the responsible position he occupies as president of the National Bank of Cheney. He was born in Cass county, Illinois, September 20, 1863, a son of John H. and Sybil (Hichern) Betz, the former of whom was born in 1830 and the latter in 1840. The father was a soldier in the Civil war and served in Company K, Thirty-third Illinois Volunteers. He participated in the battle of Vicksburg and in many other important engagements and movements of the Rebellion.

Mr. Betz of this sketch began his early education in his native state but at nine years of age was brought to Cheney, Washington, coming to the northwest by way of California and Oregon. He attended the public schools of Cheney and later worked on a farm near town. Feeling the importance of additional education, he entered the Cheney Normal School and took a course extending over a period of three years. After leaving school he applied himself to farming with very gratifying results and gained a position as one of the most success fid farmers in this part of the county. In 1908 he moved to town and has since served as president of the National Bank of Cheney. He is greatly interested in the bank^ and having a comprehensive understanding of the principles upon which such an institution should be conducted and a thorough acquaintance with the resources of this section^ his administration has resulted in a steady development of business and in highly gratifying annual returns.

On the 27th of December^ 1905^ Mr. Betz was married to Miss Sue Gaines^ a daughter of W. S. Gaines^ who was one of the pioneers of Washington. To this 4inion one child^ Dorothy, has been born. Mr. Betz has made a careful study of social and political conditions of the country and is a supporter of the principles and candidates of the republican party. He is an active worker in behalf of the party and has served several times as delegate to county conventions. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order and also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is known throughout this region as a sound and conservative business man and a patriotic citizen who recognizes that equal justice to rich and pocur is the only safe foundation for a republic. He has many friends, whom he has made by honorable dealings and by the exercise of genial social qualities with which he is abundantly blessed.

Bob Mabry

Mining and the lumber industry constituted for many years the chief sources of revenue for the northwest and the rich mineral resources of this section of the country still offer splendid inducements to the men whose judgment is keen enough and whose industry is persistent enough to seek success in that field. Bob Mabry is well known in this connection as the head of the firm of Bob Mabry & Company, operating in various raining districts. He was born in Jefferson, Texas, August 7, 1867, and is a son of H. P. and S. A. (Haywood) Mabry, of that place. The father was a distinguished lawyer of Texas, one whose record was a credit and honor to the bar of the Lone Star state. He was born in Georgia in 1824. The progenitors of the Mabry family in the United States came from England about 1700, first settling in Georgia and Virginia. During the war of the Revolution many of the family took active part on the side of freedom. H. P. Mabry removed from Georgia to Texas when young. During the Civil war he enlisted as captain and was afterward commissioned brevet brigadier general of the Third Cavalry of Texas, where he served with distinction in the Confederate army throughout the war. He afterward served as district judge of Texas and was a member of the legislature and also of the state senate. He died in March, 1884. General Mabry was married in Jefferson, Texas, to Miss S. A. Haywood, who was a direct descendant of the Haywoods of Tennessee. Mrs. Mabry was born in that state in 1838 and went to Jefferson, Texas, when young. She is now living in Spokane with her son. Bob Mabry. Seven children were born of this union but only two are now living. H. Mabry is associated with his brother Bob in the mining business. Another brother, W. H. Mabry, now deceased, was at one time adjutant general of Texas. He was also colonel of the First Texas Regiment during the Spanish- American war and died in Havana, Cuba, during the war with Spain.

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Bob Mabry supplemented his early education by a course in the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Texas, from which he was graduated in 1889. Soon after the completion of his studies he accepted a position as traveling representatiTe for a large chemical house, with which he remained for a number of years, traveling all over the United States in the interest of that business. His extensive travels brought him knowledge of various parts of the country and, believing that the northwest had the most promising future, he determined to -locate permanently on the Pacific coast. Accordingly, leaving the road, he spent a short time in California and then came to Spokane in 1902. Here he engaged in the mining and promoting business and among some of the best known and most successful properties which he has handled are those located in the Republic Camp of Republic, Washington, the Slocan country of British Columbia and Eureka Camp, Nevada. Judicious and prudent investment has been the source of his advancement in business, winning for him a prominent position in industrial and financial circles. During Mr. Mabry's experience in mining propositions and business, he has found that the majority of mine failures have not been due to lack of paying ore but to insufficient capital and poor management, and he has demonstrated that mining can be conducted on a legitimate business basis and be made to return excellent results. By his system of first securing capital and never over-estimating the value of a property he has been successful from the start. However, the first year was a hard struggle, but he gained confidence of the men with whom he became associated in the many mining projects which he promoted without a failure, and all such mines have paid satisfactory dividends to the investors.

On the 21st of May, 1898, Mr. Mabry was married to Miss Katherine Hope, a daughter of Colonel W. B. and Kalhetitae Hope, of Knoxville, Tennessee. Her father held a commission as colonel in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Mabry have one daughter, Hope Mabry. ,The Another is a prominent member of the Coitus Club and Mr. Mabry is equally well known and popular in the Spokane Club, the Spokane Amateur Athletic, the Spokane Country, the Inland and the Rotary Clubs. He also belongs to Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M., having attained the thirty-second degree, and El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine and to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. He is a man of marked personality and has the genial qualities which make him a favorite with all. He is ever approachable yet possesses that measure of dignity which prevents familiarity. Business has never held out to him elusive promises, for his sound judgment leads him to place correct valuation upon opportunities for investment and his powers of organization have enabled him to so coordinate and direct interests as to bring forth a harmonious whole, productive of desired results.

Dr. Edward Maguire, who has twice filled the mayor's chair of Pullman, where he was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession until November, 1911, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 7th of October, 1870. He is a son of Solomon and Marie (Sexton) Maguire, natives of Ireland, who came to Whitman county in 1878, settling on a ranch hve miles northwest of Colfax, where they resided for twenty-two years.

The education of Dr. Maguire was begun in his native state and continued in the district schools of Whitman county^ after which he attended the Colfax Academy and College. Having decided upon the profession of a physician as his life work^ he matriculated in the Kansas City Medical College^ Kansas City^ Missouri^ being graduated in March, 1900, with the degree of M. D. Immediately thereafter he came to Pullman and established an office, successfully engaging in the practice of his profession until November, 1911, when he retired. Dr. Maguire is a very able physician and while following his profession was medical examiner of the Woodmen of the World, the Circle, United Artisans, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Degree of Honor, Fraternal Union of America, Knights and Ladies of Security and a number of old line insurance companies. He is interested in various enterprises here and is one of the heaviest stockholders, a director and the cashier of the Pullman State Bank, while he owns two ranches, one of four hundred and thirty acres that his father, one of the typical pioneers of the Palouse, homesteaded many years ago, and another of two hundred acres in southern Idaho.

Dr. Maguire was married on the 16th of December, 1908, to Miss Anna Davis^ of Washington, a daughter of James and Mary Davis. Dr. Mag^re is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church and Mrs. Maguire is a member of the Congregational church of Pullman. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus of Colfax and of Moscow Lodge, No. 249, B. P. O. E. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he has always taken an active part in municipal affairs, having been mayor for two terms and health officer of Pullman for four years, while he represented the first ward in the town council for two years and was councilman at large for one year. He is a member of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce and of the Pullman Club, while he maintains relations with his fellow practitioners through the medium of his connections with the Whitman County Medical Society, of which he was formerly secretary and treasurer, and also the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Mag^re is one of the highly esteemed residents of Pullman, where he has made many friends by reason of his loyalty and efficiency in both a professional and public capacity.

John Marshall Bunn

John Marshall Bunn, one of Spokane's most prominent attorneys, came to this city in the summer of 1896. He is a native of the state of Wisconsin, having been born in the town of Sparta in 1867. He is a son of the Hon. Romanzo Bunn, a distinguished lawyer and jurist whose acquaintance extended from one end of the country to the other. Judge Bunn won distinction in years of service on the federal bench by reason of his high character and keen judicial acumen. His decisions elicited the admiration and respect of the bar everywhere and marked him as a man of comprehensive understanding of the law and one who was actuated by high and lofty principles.

The youthful days of John M. Bunn were largely passed in the city of Madison, Wisconsin, where he supplemented his early education by a course in the University of Wisconsin. He was afterward graduated from the law college of that institution with the class of 1895. He then entered upon active practice in connection with

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Senator John C. Spooner, who at that time was chief counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1896^ upon the reorganization of the road^ Mr. Bunn came to Spokane as division counsel for the new company^ which position he filled for ten years in this city. He then entered upon private practice and has gradually worked his way to the front as one of Spokane's most able and success fid attorneys. Of him it has been written: "Mr. Bunn naturally inherited the talents of a lawyer. He has made a marked success in his profession and has been identified with many cases involving great interests and has always protected the rights of his clients in an able manner. He is a man who never seeks prominence but he has become prominent through the conscientious practice of law."

In 1896 Mr. Bunn was imited in marriage to Miss Bertha Kellett^ of Neenah^ Wisconsin. Mrs. Bunn is also a graduate of the imiversity. They have one daughter. Bertha, now fourteen years of age. The family home is a beautiful place on the North hill, surrounded by an extensive plat of ground. He has made investment in Sjiokane real estate from time to time and his holdings are now extensive and return to him a very gratifying income. In this manner he has indicated his faith in the future of Spokane and the growing importance of the metropolis of the Inland Empire has proven the soundness of his judgment. He is enthusiastic in his support of the city and believes that each year will add materially to its development, growth and improvement. He identifies himself with all public-spirited movements for the welfare of the city and has done much to uphold its financial, intellectual and moral condition.

Edward Clyde Ingram

Edward Clyde Ingram, conducting a general real-estate and insurance office in^ Spokane, now largely devoting his time to the Craig Gardens and to Jamieson Pa^k, was born in Pomeroy, Iowa, October 26, 1885. His father, Charles J. Ingram, a native of Indiana, is now living retired in Florida. The family is of Scotch English descent, while from a prominent English family his wife, who bore the maiden name of Lucy E. Dyer, is descended. Her first ancestors in America came from England prior to the Revolutionary war and she is a direct descendant of William Henry Dyer, who is mentioned in the history of Massachusetts as one who was beheaded because of his religious belief in the days of religious intolerance among the colonists. The family is in possession of a coat of arms. Henry W. Dyer, the father of Mrs. Ingram, held a commission as a lieutenant in the Eighty-first Illinois Regiment during the Civil war. He saw service in Mississippi, was present at the siege of Vicksburg and at length was honorably discharged. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Ingram were born two sons and a daughter: Edward Clyde; Harry C, who is employed by the Electric Company of Spokane; and Lucilla, also living in this city.

During the period of family residence in Sheldon, Iowa, Edward C. Ingram continued his education there until graduated from the high school in 1908. He came to Spokane in April of the same year and here turned his attention to the real-estate business, being connected with the firm of Babcock & Moss until 1907. He then engaged in business on his own account, organizing the firm of E. C. Ingram & Company early in 1909. They conduct a general^ real-estate and insur- ance business^ handling the Craig Gardens nine miles southwest of Spokane on Medical Lake. The property is reached by an electric line, is partly under irrigation and is being sold in acre tracts. Mr. Ingram is also associated with Lewis Sc Moss in handling Jamieson Park, located six miles southwest of Spokane on the Medical Lake road. This is also being sold in acre lots, is under irrigation and is set out to fruit. Mr. Ingram, however, mostly handles his own property and the gradual rise in values in this section is bringing him substantial return.

In politics Edward C. Ingram is a republican, voting always for the men and measures of that party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 84, has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Spokane Consistory and is a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Inland Club, the Spokane Athletic Club and the Officers Club of Fort George Wright. He is also connected with the Chamber of Commerce and while enjoying the privileges and opportunities of the northwest, he believes in the concerted effort of its citizens for the further development and improvement of the section. He is a young man, ambitious, energetic and determined, and has already made a creditable record as a representative of realestate interests.

Charles Wolf

Charles Wolf, who has entire charge and supervision of the electrical and mechanical department of the Blackwell Company, was born in southern Germany in 1871. He was brought to the United States when a small lad, but subsequently returned to Germany to complete his education, entering a Catholic institution, where he remained a student until he was eighteen years of age. In 1889 he again took up his residence in the United States, settling in Connecticut, where he remained for three years, working on a farm. He withdrew from this activity in 1892 to enter the employment of the Electric Company of Philadelphia, having entire charge of their engineering work in the United States and Canada. During this time he traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Gulf of Mexico to the northern part of Canada. He resigned this position ^ve years later in order to come to Spirit Lake as engineer of construction of modem improvements of the Spirit Lake Land Company. To him belongs the distinction of having installed the first steam turbine ever used in a sawmill, this now being in operation in the plant at Spring Lake. He was also the first engineer to place modem electrical devices in a sawmill, these last having been placed in the plant of the Panhandle Lumber Company^ both here and in their place at lone, Washington, the latter being the finest sawmill plant in the world, being practically entirely operated by electricity. Mr. Wolf is a very able mechanic and skillful engineer, alert and resourceful he is well adapted for the work he is now doing, having sufficient originality and inventive ability to meet the exigencies of any situation that may arise at the most inopportune time in plants located as are those over which he has the supervision. He is chief mechanical and electrical engineer for the Blackwell interests, having entire charge of the operations of their plants as well as the light and power department of the Spirit Lake Land Company at Usk and lone, Washington.

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For his wife Mr. Wolf chose Miss Burns of San Francisco, California, and they are the parents of two boys: Jerome, who was born in 1902; and Charles, whose birth occurred on April 18, 1906, the day of the San Francisco earthquake.

Mr. Wolf is a resident of Spirit Lake among whose citizens he is held in high regard, both because of his fint business qualities and personal characteristics, which are of a nature to enable him not only to win but retain the esteem of those with whom he comes in contact.

Philip Harding

Philip Harding is the organizer and promoter of the New World Life Insurance Company, Inc. It operates in the United States, Canada and Mexico and has its membership exclusively among Catholic people or Protestcmts who name Catholics as their beneficiaries. In the establishment of this company he has displayed splendid business ability, executive force and administrative direction and, while yet a young man, has gained recognition as one of the prominent business men of Spokane and the Inland Empire. He was born in Nevada, Jxme 4, 1874, being one of the three children of George P. and Elizabeth (James) Harding, natives of Kentucky and Nevada respectively. The father comes of English French descent and in 1864, making the journey by way of the Panama route, went to Nevada, where in pioneer times he served as district attorney of Humboldt county, being connected with considerable important litigation during the period of his incimibency in office. In 1890 he removed to California and is now a pi^ominent lawyer in the northern part of that state. His wife, who was born in 1854, is now living in San Francisco. Their son, George Harding, is now manager for the Paulsen Realty Company, and their daughter, Bessie, makes her home with her mother.

Philip Harding was educated in the public schools of Woodland, California, and in Hesperius College of that place, from which he was graduated in 1892. Since then he has been engaged in the fire and life insurance business, having become connected with the former as an office, boy in Oakland, California, in 1 892. Gradually he worked his way upward, remaining with his original firm until December 31, 1899, when he severed his connection to take up the management of a business in connection with E. B. and A. L. Stone of Oakland. In 1900 he became cashier for the Washington Life Insurance Company at San Francisco, holding that position in connection with the Pacific coast department. Later he entered the life insurance field and traveled as general agent over the western and Pacific states. In 1906 he became identified with the Western Union Insurance Company as one of its organizers and secretary, with headquarters in Spokane. He was chosen its general manager and under his supervision the company, between March, 1906, and March, 1910, enjoyed an era of notable success, writing insurance in that time to the amount of ten million dollars. During that period Mr. Harding also had charge of the advertising, both as regards office and field business. He left that company in 1910 in order to engage in the work of founding, organizing and developing the New World Life Insurance Company, Inc., for the purpose of transacting a general life insurance business in the United States, Canada and Mexico, having its membership confined exclusively to Catholic people, and those whose policies name Catholics as beneficiaries. From the outset the company has been very successful and his management has been the source of the continued and gratifying growth of the organization. The company is now writing insurance on a par with any doing business in this territory and under his direction there has been sold by subscription about thirty-five thousand shares of capital stock, the proceeds from which will approximate nearly seven hundred thousand dollars. Under his direction the company now maintains offices in Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon, and Kansas City. The outlook is very bright, in fact almost incomparable, for the company occupies an exclusive specialty field for its operation in insuring only the lives of Catholics or Protestants whose beneficiaries are Catholics.

Mr. Harding is married and with his family resides at No. 25 West Seventh avenue. He has three daughters: Eloise, Phyllis and Eleanor. He is a member of the Spokane Club and during the six years of his residence in this city has become widely known. He had already gained a broad acquaintance in the insurance field of the Pacific coast and in this great department of labor has made continuous progress, a splendid and successful corporation now standing as a monument to his enterprise and labors.

Thaddeus S. Lane

There is perhaps no man in all of the northwest more widely known than Thaddeus S. Lane, and he has an almost equally wide acquaintance and reputation in the older east, for his business and financial activities have brought him into close connection with important interests in various sections of the country. He makes Spokane his home and yet is frequently found in the various metropolitan centers beyond the Rocky Mountains formulating plans concerning important business transactions or speaking words that constitute the guiding force in control of a mammoth industrial or financial project. He was born in Gustavus, Ohio, on the 10th of February, 1872, his parents being Truman M. and Melissa Lane, who were not only of American birth but trace their ancestry back .to the colonial epoch in our country's history. His forebears were residents of New England but during the first half of the last century representatives of the name traveled with ox teams to Ohio, where they hewed their farm out of the virgin forest. Mr. Lane still owns the ancestral home in the Buckeye state and frequently visits it on his eastern trips.

Like that of most men his rise in the business world has been a gradual one and yet his close application and his keen insight and his ready perception have enabled him to forge ahead of many who perhaps started out far in advance of him. At length his attention was attracted toward the feasibility of the establishment of independent telephone systems and in 1906 he came to Montana. After a close scrutiny of local conditions he decided that Butte offered a profitable field for Independent telephone endeavor and established there the Montana Independent Telephone Company which constituted the modest beginning of operations that .today cover all of Montana, northern Idaho and Washington. In fact his lines reach from the Dakotas to the Pacific. There are eight automatic exchanges in the system of which Mr. Lane is the president, with general offices in Spokane. His combined interests are conducted under the style of the Inter State Consolidated Telephone Company, which is the holding company of ten companies of which he is president. His Spokane company alone represents an investment of two million dollars. From one point to another he has extended his operations and promoted his activities until he is now president of the Billings Automatic Telephone Company^ of Billings^ Montana; the Helena Automatic Telephone Company, of Helena, Montana; the Great Falls Automatic Telephone Company, of Great Falls, Montana; the Montana Independent Telephone Company, of Butte, Missoula, Anaconda and Hamilton, Montana; the State Telephone & Telegraph Company, at Bozeman and Livingston, Montana; the Interstate Telephone Company, Limited, Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint and Panhandle, of Idaho; the Idaho Independent Telephone Company, of Pocatello, Idaho; and the Home Telephone & Telegraph Company at Spokane, Washington. The Inter State Consolidated Telephone Company, the capitalization of which is five million dollars is the holding company of all the other companies mentioned above. The northwest's best known independent magazine. The Treasurer State, of Montana, writing of his activities in the field of independent telephone exchanges, said : "Mr. Lane came to Butte four years ago with a good disposition, a world of telephone experience, & genius for inspiring confidence and a sane and monumental optimism that convinced everybody that he had come to the best place in the world for the big and permanent operation of an Independent telephone system. Probably that is another of the secrets of Mr. Lane's success - he never undertakes anything in which he is not himself vitally and enthusiastically confident. Lane commenced Montana operations by building the Butte exchange. He coolly and even debonairly weathered the panic and emerged at the beginning of this year with over six thousand independent phones in the Big Camp as compared with about nine^ hundred in use by the old established company. With Butte as a base and. nucleus of his enterprise Mr. Lane kept on extending his activities. He built perfect exchanges at Anaconda, Helena, Great Falls^ Missoula and a few lesser Montana 'places reaching as fair as the Dakota line on the east and as far as Idaho. He picked * op. all. ^he jiptervening rural and interurban small lines and then invaded the Panhandle of Idaho. He ran up against local discouragement, past failures, automatic misfits and every conceivable obstacle; but he conquered and eliminated all hindrances and steadily pursued his triumphant march as an organizer and builder of safe and modem telephone business. Within the short time of his activities in this northwest region Mr. Lane has established a cohesive chain of forty-nine exchanges in Washington, Idaho and Montana and in Spokane, where he raised more than one million, five hundred thousand dollars for his company, over twenty-five hundred instruments were subscribed for and ready for business before a bell rang. The Spokane exchange now includes the largest and most perfect automatic service in the northwest. The weakest spot of the earlier independent telephone companies was their inability to give long-distance service. Therefore Mr. Lane attacked this inability and in perfecting a long-distance system he removed the last and greatest argument against the independent method of telephoning. In acquiring weak, incomplete and isolated small companies an enormous amount of money was required. T. S. Lane has proved an ability in financing his projects which has made him the leading spirit in the independent telephone movement. He has the invaluable faculty of radiating local confidence, inspiriting dejected enterprise, restoring self-confidence in qthers and urging forward the rapid economic success, of all his undertakings."

In addition to his mammoth operations in the telephone field Mr. Lane is president of the Western Empire Fire Insurance Company of Spokane and a director of the Montana National Life Insurance Company. He is also a director and vice president of the Silver Bow National Bank of Butte, Montana. The number of corporations in which Mr. Lane is a director is thirty-eight.

In 1897 Mr. Lane was married in New York city to Miss Lilian Payntar^ & daughter of George Hoagland and Irene (Merkle) Payntar. They have one child, a daughter, Lilian, aged ten, who is a student at Brunot Hall. Mr. Lean has purchased the Gordon home at No. 1S2S Eighth avenue and with his family regards this as his permanent residence. He has never sought political nor fraternal prominence and belongs to no lodges nor societies save the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Of him it has been written: '*Thaddeus S. Lane of the United States might as well be his address because he ^eems to go everywhere, and if you frequent the best clubs of Chicago, Minneapolis, Salt Lake or 'Frisco, you are just about as sure to see him sitting in the evening at a quiet game of slough in any one of them as in the Montana Club at Helena, the Spokane Club of Spokane or the Silver Bow at Butte. Mr. Lane is something more and better than a 'promising young man.' He is a performing young man, a very dynamic personage of wholesome and captivating personality, but of an exhaustless energy which is the wonder of his friends and the despair of his rivals. Imperturbability fits Mr. Lane like his business suit but for all his seeming calmness he is endowed with a physical alertness and a mental celerity that are the essentials of his remarkable success. His constructive talents are touched with the daring of all self-reliant men. He infuses others with his own sane optimism and demonstrates his own faith by the performances of his busy days. With men like him nothing is final and failure is not a word at all. His industry is insatiate and yet he loves life and lives it with every creditable zest for happiness."

Frank A. Reed

Frank A. Reed, who has for a number of years been identified with the lumber business and is cashier of the First State Bank of Deer Park, is known as one of the most active and progressive men of Spokane county. He was born at Mattawamkeag, Maine, June 1, 1871, a son of Addison P. and Emma Anna Reed, the former of whom died in 1875 and the latter in 1897. The ancestors of the family have been traced to very early times in New England.

Although a native of the Pine Tree state, Frank A. Reed received his early education in Michigan, to which state he was taken when he was three years old. As his father had died when he was only a small boy, at the age of twelve, he was obliged to begin work on his own account and for two years was employed in lumber mills in Michigan. He then had the opportiinity of returning to school and he pursued his studies industriously for two years. At the age of sixteen he arrived in Washington and worked for a year in the lumber mills at Seattle. Believing that opportunities were more favorable for a young man in the newly opened country in the eastern part of the state, he caq;^e to Deer Park in 1887 and for ten years was employed in the lumber mills of Short & Crawford, later known -as the Standard Lumber Company. He became a director and trustee of that company and is still one of the stockholders. The next decade was spent at Westbranch, where he was in charge of the Washington Mill Company's sawmill, timber lands and general store. Having severed his connection with the latter company, he returned to Deer Park, which had developed into a flourishing conmiunity, and purchased the controlling interest in the First State Bank, of which he has since been cashier and a member of the board of directors. He has been a large investor in lands in Stevens county and has developed a hay ranch in the sparsely populated districts. He is also interested in land near Vancouver, British Columbia, and is the owner of valuable city property in Spokane and in Deer Park and vicinity. At an early date he filed on a homestead, which is now at the corner of Crawford avenue and Main street, and the entire one hundred and sixty acres is within the corporation limits of Deer Park. He secured other land in and around Deer Park when it was almost valueless, which is now regarded as the finest fruit land north of Spokane, and he has been active in the development of this section.

On the 28th of July, 1897, at Deer Park, Mr. Reed was married to Miss Emma A. Short, a daughter of Mrs. S. R. Short and a sister of W. H. Short, principal owner of the Standard Lumber Company. Mrs. Reed was a student at Carleton College of Northfield, Minnesota, and in 1892 came west for the purpose of teaching school. By her marriage to our subject she has become the mother of four children^ Donald, Ralph, Emily and Frank, three of whom are now attending the public schools.

Mr. and Mrs. Reed are active members of the Congregational church and he is also connected with the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Reed is a liberal-hearted and public-spirited man and clearly recog^ nizes the importance of encouraging educational and industrial institutions as a solid basis for permanent prosperity. He donated a block of ground for the new fifteen thousand dollar high school at Deer Park and also gave ^ye acres as a location for a cement and concrete plant at this place, which is now in operation. Politically he is in hearty sympathy with the republican party. Energetic and capable in a high degree, he has never bowed before difficulties but has found a way to conquer even the most formidable obstacles. It would be difficult to draw a line limiting a man of this character and, as Mr. Reed has scarcely as yet passed middle life, the possibilities of achievement before him are highly encouraging.

August F. Strobe

August F. Strobe, who is engaged in the real-estate business in Chewelah, is a native of Germany, his birth having occurred in Hanover on the 24th of June, 1865. His parents were John F. and Charlotte F. (Wittenberg) Strobe, both of whom are now deceased, the father having passed away in 1880 and the mother in 1906.

When a child of three years August F. Strobe was brought to the United States by his parents, who located in Chicago. After three years* residence in this country he was taken back to Germany, where he remained in school until he was thirteen. He then returned to America, again making Chicago his home. He subsequently followed various occupations from that time until he had reached the age of twenty. On the 8d of January, 1886, he came to Chewelah, conducting a public bar with his brother for three years. At the expiration of that period, he occupied himself in various ways during the next six years, when he removed to Trail, British Columbia. He engaged in mining and shipping lumber at that point for two years, after which he went to Rossiand, also in British Columbia, and conducted a hotel dining-room for a similar period. From there he went to Marcus, Washington, and engaged in mining and prospecting for a number of years, subsequently coming to Chicago. On his return to Chewelah Mr. Strobe embarked in the real-estate business and has ever since been successfully identified with that enterprise. He is now interested in considerable Spokane and Chewelah property and has recently closed various deals of importance. He has some good manufacturing property within two miles of Chewelah, there being about seventy acres of such land.

In this city, on the 18th of June, 1896, Mr. Strobe was united in marriage to Miss Nina A. Van Slyke, a daughter of Darius and Belle Van Slyke, pioneers of Stevens county. Mr. and Mrs. Strobe have become the parents of two children: Belle, who is now eleven years of age; and Claude H., who is nine.

Mr. Strobe is a member of the Stevens County Pioneer Society and can well remember when this section of the country was wild and unimproved. During the hard times he shot deer, grouse and pheasants, which he shipped to the Spokane market. He has been an active member of the Chamber of Commerce in Spokane and is also connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Modem Woodmen of America, while his political support he accords to the democratic party^ He is an active member of the Chewelah Commercial Club and gives his indorsement to every movement that will promote the interests of the community or tend to develop manicipai enterprises.

William J. Sutton

William J. Sutton, prominently known in connection with financial interests in eastern Washington as president of the Security National Bank of Cheney, has reached his present enviable position through indefatigable energy, keen discrimination and unfaltering enterprise. Moreover, realizing that real estate is the safest of all investments, he has made extensive purchases of land near Cheney and in Adams county. In other connections, too, he has figured prominently as a leading individual and progressive citizen, deserving especial credit for his efforts in behalf of education, the Cheney Normal School largely owing its existence to his selfsacrificing efforts and his high ideals along educational lines.

Mr. Sutton is a native of Lapeer county, Michigan, bom September 29, 1865. His parents, Levi L. and Sarah J. (Goodenough) Sutton, were pioneer residents of the Wolverine state. He pursued his education in the public schools of Michigan and in the Fenton Normal School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. Coming west in 1887, he located in Cheney and organized its first graded public school. For three years he devoted his time and efforts untiringly to systematizing the work and developing the interests of the public schdol system here and in 1890, when the Cheney Normal School was established, he was chosen vice principal and professor of mathematics, continuing to serve in the dual position for a year and a half. On the expiration of that period he was made principal and so continued until 1897. During that time the main building was erected, the money for which was largely acquired through the untiring efforts of Professor Sutton. After the old normal school building was destroyed by fire the maintenance appropriation passed by the legislature was vetoed but Professor Sutton continued to conduct the school without an appropriation fund. In this way he became able to obtain the money for a new building. His services in the educational field have been of inestimable value in the intellectual progress of this section and have constituted an important element in upholding the high standards of the state in this connection.

In 1897, however. Professor Sutton severed his identification with educational interests as an active factor and turned his attention to agricultural and banking interests, giving his time and energies throughout the intervening period of fifteen years to his personal interests.

On the 10th of March, 1897, Mr. Sutton was united in marriage to Miss Nellie G. Hutchinson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Hutchinson, of Auburn, New York. Her parents were early settlers of the Empire state and Mrs. Sutton is a graduate of the State Normal School at Oswego, New York. Mr. Sutton is the present junior grand warden of the grand lodge of Masons in the state. He belongs also to the Odd Fellows and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton attend the Congregational church and are prominent socially, having an extensive circle of warm friends not only in Cheney but throughout the district in which they have long resided. In all those ventures which contribute most to the upbuilding and progress of a community Mr. Sutton has been deeply interested and his labors have been fruitful of good results. The. simple; we^t of his character and ability has carried him into important relz^opa. /afic} .he^iha?. that confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exerci$e of bymion Activities.

Louis M. Davenport

The Davenport Restaurant of Spokane is known to every traveler upon the Pacific coast and the Davenport home is a point of interest to every visitor in Spokane. Back of these - each largely approaching the ideal in its respective sphere - is the splendid business ability, keen sagacity, firm purpose and laudable ambition of Louis M. Davenport, who well deserves to be classed among the builders of the Inland Empire. He was born at Pawnee City, Nebraska, July 14, 1868, a son of John S. and Minnie E. (Taylor) Davenport. His father, who devoted his life to merchandising, is now deceased but the mother still survives. It was in the year 1876 that Louis M. Davenport accompanied his parents on their removal to San Francisco, California, and in the public schools of that city he largely acquired his education. He has been a resident of Spokane since March, 1889, and soon after the great fire which practically swept away the business center of the city in the fall of that year, he established a restaurant on the comer opposite his present site, where the Whitten block now stands. After a brief period he removed to his present location and in the development of the business Davenport's Restaurant has become famous throughout the United States. Its splendid fittings^ its excellent cuisine, its superior service and its unique furnishings and arrangement constitute the features which make it one of the most popular establishments of this character in the country. To have built up and successfully conducted an establishment of this character would alone be a credit to any man and yet Mr. Davenport has not confined his efforts entirely to this line of business but has been active in many other commercial and industrial enterprises of this city, being now a director of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, the Washington Waterpower Company, the Western Union Life Insurance Company and vice president of the Ryan & Newton Company. The extent and importance of his business affairs place him among Spokane's most progressive and valued citizens.

Mr. Davenport is also equally well known and popular in fraternal and club circles. He stands very high in Masonry, as is indicated by the fact that he is now a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, his membership being in Lodge No. 228, of Spokane, and he holds membership in the Spokane, Spokane Country and Spokane Amateur Athletic Clubs, which indicate much of the nature of his interests and recreation. He has never been active in politics nor held public office, preferring to concentrate his energies largely upon the establishment and development of the business which has made his name known throughout the length and breadth of the land.

On the 30th of August, 1906, Mr. Davenport was married to Miss Verus E. Smith, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, and they have one son, Louis Marks Davenport. Theirs is one of the most beautiful homes of Spwkane, working out the ideas and ideals of Mr. DavenpK)rt. Where Manito hill breaks down through the basalt foundations at Eighth avenue and Division street, a vein of sparkling water bursts into a ravine and long before the white people came into this district the place was known to the Indians and was by them regarded as a favorite resort. With the advent of the white population the spring proved equally attractive to the newcomers and later was the cause of litigation concerning its ownership, ^t last this was settled and Mr. Davenport recognized in this district the site on which to work out his ideal for a home. Within ^ve years he obtained marvelous results. He called to his aid architects and landscape gardeners and the latter used the neglected spring to produce a series of fourteen cataracts and waterfalls on its way down the ravine. Here and there the little stream broadens into small lakes which have been stocked with trout, some weighing as high as six pounds. The broken ravine furnishes mountain scenery as attractive as that to be found anywhere in the range. There is no hint of artificiality in all this for in the building of cataracts and lakes all of the concrete material has been covered with earth and so broken and arranged as to give the appearance of natural stone where the water pours through. Through rough rock walls a path leads to a grotto which constitutes a resting place in the mountain pass and leads you on up to the highest level where a tea house offers its comforts and lake and waterfalls gleam below, the stream spanned at intervals by Japanese bridges. Native shrubbery has been retained where it harmonizes with the general scheme and everything possible has been added in the way of eastern plants and shrubs that may enhance the beauty of landscape or garden. On the place is what is said to be the best bed of daphne in the United States and four thousand rhododendrons, the state flower of Washington, add their beauty to the scene in the blossoming season. The lower lakes are bordered with Japanese iris. The residence.

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which is an exemplification of the highest art of the architect^ has been made to present the effect of at least half a century's existence and yet it contains every modem convenience and equipment. The first story is built of basalt rock with its variety of natural coloring amplified by moss and lichens^ and on the first floor French windows open upon hanging gardens through which wind paths paved with old^ uneven stepping stones^ with grass and moss filling the cracks. This constitutes the first terrace. On the terrace below the paths are more regular but the unique idea is still retained. The house and terrace gardens are most effectively viewed from the tea house through a pergola about the swimming pool under the hanging garden. The pool measures twenty-two by sixty-five feet and with its surroundings is designated as an Indian summer garden. It contains space for exercise^ with Indian writing cut into the stone finish of the supporting colunms and stained with red^ blue and yellow. Potted plants and flowers fill the intervals between the columns along the edge of the pool. Niches in the rock wall afford ^ve dressing rooms^ with a shower. Circular windows opening off the second terrace light this apartment. Bathing may be indulged in at any season as the pool is heated by a separate plant. The main entrance on the south opens from a covered porch^ floored with irregular concrete slabs relieved by quaint tilings into a hall twenty-four by twenty-eight feet in dimension. The hall is lighted by three French windows opening on the main terrace^ with a fountain in front. It is paneled to the ceiling with oak offset by ornamental plaster in the quaint intricate pattern of the German Tyrol. From a corner of the hall a circular stairway curves up to the second floor through a tower^ and beneath it another stairway runs in the opposite direction to the swimming pool beneath. An archway to the right affords entrance into the living room^ twenty-eight by forty feet. A large inglenook on the east side confronts this entrance^ with face and hearth of Moravian tiles^ seats on either side and small windows opening upon the terrace. This part of the house is beamed and paneled in a style entirely suggestive of massiveness and art combined. So the view and interest run into a large conservatory and further to a huge outdoor bonfire place. On the left opens the dining room^ with its circular bay window breakfast alcove. A fireplace faced with glazed Moravian tiles and recessed sideboards are features of this apartment. It opens into the library where blazes a great fireplace hooded with old German copper work. Such are the residence and grounds which have come to express to Louis M. Davenport his ideal of home but an ideal which has taken on a concrete form by reason of the indefatigable energy and constantly developing ability which he has displayed in his business career.

James J. Miller

James J. Miller, who for two years was chief of the police department of Wallace, was bom on Manitou Island, Canada, April 18, 1877, his parents being John and Mary (Marshall) Miller.

When James J. Miller was a lad of eight years the family removed to Marquette, Michigan, in whose public schools he acquired his education, his student days being terminated at the age of thirteen years. He began to work in the lumbering camps of Michigan, but subsequently withdrew and went to railroading, later being a coach driver at Marquette. In 1903^ he left Michigan and came west^ first locating in Tacoma, Washington^ where he was employed in one of the sawmills of the Washington Manufacturing Company for a year. At the expiration of that period he removed to North Yakima^ where for a year he worked in the city fire department, being transferred at the end of that time to the police force. After spending one year as a member of the force he was made chief of the department, holding this position for two years. In the spring of 1908 he came to Wallace, obtaining a position in the police department. During the first year of his residence here he was a member of the force, during which time he showed such efficiency and executive ability that he was promoted to the position of chief.

Mr. Miller was married on March 15, 1906, to Miss Bessie Cooper, of North Yakima. Mrs. Miller is a daughter of John Cooper a builder and contractor and prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, who is now deceased. He was a resident of North Yakima at the time of his death but was originally from Mississippi.

Fraternally Mr. Miller is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, belonging to North Yakima Lodge, No. 318; the Knights of Pythias of North Yakima, and he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias shrine ''The Dokka," at Spokane; and the B. of R. T., No. 307 of Spokane. Mr. Miller is very popular in Wallace, where he has made many friends not only because of the efficiency he has displayed throu^ his capable handling of his department, but because of his many fine personal qualities that enable him to win and retain the esteem of those with whom he comes in contact.

G. K. Birge, one of the public-spirited and enterprising representatives of the commercial fraternity of Davenport, where for over twenty years he has been conducting a jewelry store, is a pioneer of this section of Washington. He was born in Geneseo, New York, on the 22d of August, 1862, and is a son of William and Amy (Kellogg) Birge, who came from Connecticut, where the family had resided since colonial days, and settled in New York state.

Reared in the town of his birth, G. K. Birge obtained his education in the public and state normal schools of Geneseo, terminating his student days at the age of seventeen years. Laying aside his text-books he assumed the heavier responsibilities of life, for a time assisting his father in the cultivation of the home farm and engaging in various other occupations during the succeeding two years. At the expiration of that period he entered a jewelry store where for a year he diligently applied himself to the mastery of the watchmaker's trade. He subsequently came to the west, believing in its greater possibilities to an enterprising young man, locating in Washington. He filed on a homestead in the vicinity of Pomeroy, this state, and there he resided for ^ve years, devoting his entire time and attention to the cultivation and improvement of his land. When he had proven up on his claim he disposed of it and coming to Davenport invested his small capital in a stock of jewelry. He began in a very small way but as the town and his trade developed increased his stock until he now owns one of the most attractive stores in the county. With the exception of two years spent in the jewelry store of J. W. Reed at Sprague,

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Mr. Birge has been continuously engaged in business in Davenport since 1887. He carries reliable goods in a well selected assortment, and his jewelry and silverware are tastefully displayed. His pleasing personality and accommodating manner no less than his skilful workmanship have been prominent factors in the success of Mr. Birge, who numbers among his patrons the best people of the town.

On the 9th of October, 1892, Mr. Birge was married to Miss Minnie Bonneywell, a daughter of William and Sarah Bonneywell, natives of England, now residing in the vicinity of Harrington, where the father is a successful agriculturist. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Birge there have been born six children: Edward, Alfred, Frances, Henry, George and David.

Mr. Birge has always been one of the enterprising and progressive citizens of the town, in the development and promotion of which he has been a tireless worker, at all times giving his support and cooperation to the advancement of every movement that he deemed at all likely to benefit the community at large. He is an active member of the Red Men, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Odd Fellows and Eagles, while his political support he gives to the Democratic party. He has served for two years as mayor and eight as a member of the council, while he discharged the duties of justice of the peace for three terms. Mr. Birge is held in high regard in Davenport, ever having maintained a standard of responsibility and integrity in all his business transactions that entitles him to the respect of all who have had dealings with him.

Edward T. Whinery

Edward T. Whinery, who is conducting a blacksmith and carriage-making business in Spokane, was born in Jackson county, Kansas, on the 25th of January, 1866. He is a son of Jason and Katherine (Williams) Whinery, who died February 8, 1909, and August 10, 1900, respectively. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of the Spokane coxmtry and in partnership with Thomas Newlon started the fruit growing industry in this district.

Edward T. Wliinery received his education in the public schools of Spokane, having come west with his parents when he was but two years of age. He attended school until he was seventeen years of age and then assisted his father on the home farm until 1866. In that year he learned tlie blacksmith's trade, which he followed in Spokane until 1900, when he joined the army and served with Batson's Maccabee Cavalry in the Philippines until August, 1901. After his discharge from this service he returned to Spokane and has been engaged in the blacksmith and carriagemaking business up to the present time. He is thoroughly acquainted with the necessary details of the business and because of his strict attention to the undertaking he is meeting with the success which is fast placing him among the prominent business men of SpK>kane.

On the 26th of May, 1904, at Spokane, Mr. Whinery was married to Miss Lula Fowler, a daughter of the Rev. William and Mary Fowler, of Spokane. To their miion two children have been born: Fowler, who is attending school; and one deceased. In politics Mr. Whiney gives his support to the republican party and he holds membership in the Knights of the Maccabees and the Red Men. By per- severance and hard work he has advanced from an obscure position until he is now ranked among the capable business men of Spokane^ and the results which are today his are due entirely to his indefatigable efforts^ his untiring energy and his strict integrity in business dealings.

William D. Scott

William D. Scott, a member of the law firm of Scott & Campbell, specializing somewhat in mining and corporation law although still continuing in general practice, was bom in Elizabeth, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1861. His father, John V. Scott, was a native of the same county and represented a family of Scotch- Irish and Dutch descent although founded in America prior to the Revolutionary war, in which representatives of the name participated. He was drafted for service in the Civil war but had just passed forty-five, which is the age limit, and was, therefore, not compelled to go to the front. One of his younger brothers, however, was with the Union army in active duty in the south. John V. Scott devoted his life to general agricultural pursuits and was a prominent and influential citizen in his home locality. He wedded Nancy Ann Nichols, also a native of Pennsylvania and of English and German descent. The death of the father occurred in 1894 and the mother lives on the old homestead about two miles from Elizabeth. Their family numbered four sons and three daughters: William D.; James H., a practicing attorney of Burlington, Iowa; Joel F., a physician of Wilson, Pennsylvania; John K., who is living on the old homestead with his mother ; Lizzie R., the wife of James Van Kirk, a civil engineer of West Newton, Pennsylvania; Jennie M., the wife of Homef Brinton, a banker of Ellsworth, Iowa; and Nannie L., the wife of James Biddison, a farmer of Palmdale, California.

William D. Scott supplemented his preliminary school training by study in the Washington and Jefferson College of Pennsylvania and afterward attended the University of Michigan, being graduated from its law department in 1888 with the LL.B. degree. He had followed farming until he went to college and for one winter had engaged in teaching school. After the completion of his course in the Michigan University he was admitted to the bar of that state and then came to Spokane for the practice of law, arriving in this city on the 28th of August, 1888. For one year he remained alone in practice and then joined the firm of Conner, Henly & Scott This connection was maintained for a year and during the succeeding two years he was a partner of Mr. Henly. He afterward practiced alone for four years and on the expiration of that period was joined in a partnership relation by Mr. Rosslow under the firm style of Scott & Rosslow. They were together for seven or eight years and then again Mr. Scott was alone for a time, after which he entered into his present partnership as senior member of the firm of Scott & Campbell. They conduct a general law practice of considerable extent and importance and are specializing to some degree in mining and corporation law, representing the Methow Gold Mining Company together with other well known corporations, including the United Copper Mining Company. Mr. Scott is also a trustee of the Midway Summit Mining & Milling Company of Burke, Idaho, which has recently been reincorporated, its property promising big returns in silver and lead. It is now being developed and has already made a most satisfactory showing.

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The pleasant home life of Mr. Scott had its inception in his marriage on the 26th of December, 1901, in Spokane, to Mrs. Nette E. Lewis, a daughter of Ferdinand J. A. and Anna W. (Abel) Martin, pioneer residents of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have many friends in this city and the hospitality of a large number of Spokane's attractive homes is extended to them. In his political views Mr. Scott is a republican, interested in the success and growth of the party which he has i^epresented as a delegate in several state conventions and was also named as alternate to one of the national conventions. He is well fitted for leadership and his work has been an effective force for progress in party ranks. Moreover, his district, appreciative of his worth, elected him representative to the legislature in 1905 and again to the state senate in 1907, and while numbered among Washington's lawmakers he gave most careful consid^ation to each question which came up for settlement, voting with due regard for the best interests of the commonwealth at large. He is also deeply interested in the welfare and upbuilding of Spokane, which has prompted his cooperation in the work of the Chamber of Commerce, in which he holds membership. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having filled all of the officers in the local lodge of the latter. He is likewise a life member of the Spokane Athletic Club and is qualified to become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Scott is widely known in this city, where he has made his home for almost a quarter of a century, taking active and helpful interest in everything pertaining to its substantial upbuilding and ^improvement.

One of the prominent financiers of the country has said "you cannot make a mistake by investing in land on the Pacific coast," and the life record of Frank P. Hogan is an illustration of the truth of this statement. Through real-estate operations he has coiiie to be recognized as one of the capitalists of Spokane, but more than that he is accounted one of those citizens for whom his fellow townsmen entertain the highest respect and in whom they place the utmost confidence. This has been manifest again and again at critical periods in the history of the city.

Mr. Hogan is a native of Ballingarry, Ireland, bom April 23, 1848. His parents, Patrick and Mary Hogan, came to America when their son Frank was a mere infant, settling in Geneva, Wisconsin, where the father engaged in farming. The son was the eldest of twelve children, the family consisting of six boys and six girls. After attending the public schools of Geneva, Frank P. Hogan, then a youth of sixteen years, enlisted as a private in Company K, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry, but later was appointed dispatch orderly under General Beveridge, in western Missouri. He enlisted in February, 1865, and after the close of the war was mustered out at Benton Barracks, near St. Louis, Missouri, in November of the same year.

Mr. Hogan then returned to his Wisconsin home but shortly afterward the family removed to Villard, Minnesota, where again the father followed farming, while the son supplemented his early education by a course in Bryant & Stratton Commercial College of St. Paul, from which he was graduated in due time. He then turned his attention to business affairs and was engaged in logging and contracting on the Northern Pacific Railroad near Duluth^ Minnesota^ for a few years. In 1873 he arrived in Oregon^ taking up the study of law at Roseburg^ but the Stikeen mine excitement of the Fraser river district in British Columbia led to his purchase of a number of pack mules to carry supplies to that district. The reports concerning the gold there proved to be unfounded and Mr. Hogan then established a general mercantile store in Roseburg. He also became a prominent factor in public affairs of the community and was elected sheriff of the county on the democratic ticket^ filling the office for eight years. During that period he was also twice sent to the democratic national convention^ attending in 1880 when the party nominated Hancock and in 1884 when Grover Cleveland was nominated. He was again a delegate from Spokane in 1892 when Cleveland was nominated for his last term.

Mr. Hogan first visited Spokane in 1886 and took up his permanent abode here in 1887, at which time he turned his attention to the real-estate business and to the brick manufacturing business, in the latter connection making common and ornamental brick. He was also engaged in the manufacture of sash and doors and his industrial interests constituted a feature of his success, while in his real-estate operations his activity constantly increased and broadened. He was very active during the mine excitement in the Rossland and Republic districts and was manager of the Sullivan mine at Fort Steele, British Columbia, for a number of years. From the time he first took up his abode in Spokane he invested in real estate, having implicit confidence in the future of the city. He not only became owner of realty but also improved his property by the erection of many buildings, some of the more prominent being the Madison and Congress Hotels and the Hogan block on Post street. He also opened the Avalon addition and is now opening the Audubon Park addition. With the rapid development of the city and the northwest prices have constantly advanced and his sales of property have brought to him a goodly fortune.