Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 20 of 22)

In matters politic, Mr. La Follette has always given his unqualified support to the men and measures of the republican party. Despite the exactions made upon him by his extensive personal affairs he has at all times found opportunity to fulfill the requirements of citizenship and has always taken a deep interest in political activities. He was a member of the legislature in 1899 and he also served for a time on local school boards, while in 1910 he was elected as a progressive republican to represent the third district of this state in congress. As his residence in this county covers a period of more than thiry-five years, he is thoroughly familiar with the needs and requirements of this section and is thus well qualified for the duties of his present office.

Well known throughout this portion of the state, he is held in hi^ regard being recognized as a man who has made his own way, such success as he has achieved being the reward of earnest and tireless effort sustained by a determination of purpose that refused to recognize defeat. In the pursuit of his career he has met with the misfortunes and obstacles that every enterprising man encounters, but experiences have never been lost on him, his failures being utilized as stepping stones to higher attainment. That he stands high in the confidence and regard of all who know him is substantially evidenced by his election to his present office, where his constituency and those who know him personally feel assured he will exercise his prerogatives for the best interests of the majority and faithfully discharge his duties as he sees them.

Peter Costello

Among Spokane's pioneers Peter Costello was numbered, and for a long period he was one of the leading contractors of the city. The place which he occupied in industrial circles and in the regard of his fellow townsmen makes it imperative that mention be made of him in the history of this section. He was bom in L'Original, Ontario, in 1859, and died in Spokane on the 1st of November, 1906. His parents were Martin and Anna J. (Fulton) Costello, who came from Ireland to the new world in early life and were married at L'Original, Ontario. The father was for twenty- four years sheriff of Prescott and Russell counties and was a very prominent, influential and representative citizen of his community. He died there in 1896 and is survived by his widow, who is living at Alexandria, Ontario, with her son, Frank T.

In the public and high chools of L'Original Peter Costello pursued his education. In early life he learned telegraphy and spent a few years as operator in the Russell House, then the leading hotel of Ottawa, Ontario. He afterward became derk of the hotel and subsequently went to Chicago, where he engaged in the hotel business for about two years. In 1884 he located in Winnipeg, where he was connected with hotel interests for a short period and then accepted a position with the Canadian Pacific Railway as train dispatcher at Revelstoke, British Columbia, during the construction period of that road. While there he became associated with a railroad contractor, Frank Malone, with whom he formed a partnership and entered into contracting work. From Revelstoke they removed to Butte, Montana, in 1886, remaining at that point for a year, after which they went to Oregon, where they aided in the construction of the Oregon Pacific Railroad, which has since been absorbed by the Southern Pacific. In 1887 they came to Spokane and continued their partnership here until 1889, when the business relations between them were dissolved. Mr. Costello continued as a contractor of this city in partnership with his brother John F. and occupied a prominent position in that field, constructing many of the principal streets and sewers of the city.

In politics Mr. Costello was a democrat but never took an active part in political work. He did not marry and shared his home with his sister Julia, who managed the household. Since his death she has returned to Alexandria, Onterio. Another sister, Annie, is the wife of A. J. Landreau, of Ottawa, Canada, and the brothers are Frank T., an attorney of Alexandria, Ontario, and John F., of Spokane.

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The substantial qualities which Peter CosteUo displayed won for him an enviable position in the regard of his many friends. It is said that he never had any differences with those who worked under him in any capacity and several of his assistants whom he deemed worthy he established in business. He was always willing to promote his men when opportunity offered and their services^ seemed to justify it, and in the execution of his contracts he was thoroughly reliable and honorable. The Spokesman's Review at the time of his death wrote: "Few men in Spokane had a wider acquaintance than Peter CosteUo, and few had warmer friends. Quiet and reserved in his demeanor, he was slow in making friends but having made them he never lost them. He was a man of generous sensibilities, glad to respond to those in distress and there are many who benefited by his benefactions." The spirit of generosity prompted him at all times to extend a helping hand to those in need and his life, indeed, proved a serviceable factor in the world's work.

Edwin D. Sanders

Prominent among those who have been most active in mining interests in the northwest is Edwin D. Sanders,, of Spokane. He was bom in Kansas City, Missouri, December 80, 1852, a son of Basil W. and Charlotte (Best) Sanders, of that place. The father died when his son^-Edwin was but two years of age. Both he and his wife were natives of Virginia arfd the 'latter -was a daughter of Captain John Best, of the United States army, wht)'scfveiStfi4h distinction throughout the war with Mexico. Following her husband's death Mrs. Sanders removed to Lawrence, Kansas, where she erected the second h6!ise'in-the city - a structure that is still standing. In 1 860 she went with her family 'to "Battle: Creek, Michigan. It was in the latter city that Edwin D. Sanders attended the public school. In 1877 he came to the west, settling first in Walla Walla, Washington, devoting his energies to mining enterprises. He prospected all over what is now the Spokane country and up into British Columbia. During the mining excitement in the Coeur d'Alenes he was for a period of three years prospecting and mining there, after which he returned to British Columbia. He was one of the original owners of the famous LeRcJi mines in 1889, becoming one of the directors of the company and one of the heaviest stockholders. Mr. Sanders remained on the property continuously for five years or from 1898 until 1898, when it was sold to a British syndicate. Through its operation Mr. Sanders profited largely for the LeRoi mine was one of the most famous of that -section. He was also interested in the Sullivan mine in the Fort Steele country in British Columbia and until the year 1910 remained one of its directors. He has been identified with the Powell-Sanders Company of Spokane since 1897 and is one of its largest stockholders and was president of the company imtil about a year ago, while at this writing he is serving as vice president and director.

On the 25th of May, 1876, Mr. Sanders was married at Battle Creek, Michigan, to Miss Maggie E. Willis, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Willis, of that city. Her father was a wealthy farmer of Calhoun county, Michigan, and her grandfather was a very prominent man in the early affairs of that state, having constructed the Michigan Central Railroad and also secured an appropriation from congress for tl e preliminary survey of a ship canal to connect the lakes. He belonged to an old Philadelphia Quaker family. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have two children, Charles W. and Dorothy, the latter thirteen years of age. The former served with distinction on three different occasions, being with Theodore Roosevelt at San Juan, in the Phillipines, and also in China during the Boxer uprising. After his return from the latter expedition he sustained injuries to his spine which have since made him an invalid. He has been honored by a personal visit from ex-President Roosevelt who is acquainted with the young man's splendid military record and recognizes also his marked personal worth.

Mr. Sanders has always been a republican and while he has never held public office has played a very important part in shaping the destinies of the organization in this state. After coming to Spokane he filled the office of deputy sheriff of the county for four years. He also acted as receiver for several large concerns during the panic days. As a citizen none deserves higher commendation for what he has done toward the upbuilding and welfare of Spokane, his cooperation being always counted upon as a valuable factor for public progress and improvement. He belongs to Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M.; Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E.; and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie No. 2. In the last named he has been a trustee and also a grand trustee of the national order and was recently reelected to the latter office at the national convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles held in San Francisco in the summer of 1911. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In 1899 he erected a handsome residence at the southeast corner of Seventh avenue and Washington street which stands today in the midst of beautiful grounds that are the highest exponent of the art of the landscape gardener.

Edward Jarrett Tramill

Among the well known business men of Oakesdale, Washington, is numbered Edward Jarrett Tramill, dealer in real estate, formerly actively engaged in agricultural pursuits and school trustee for nine years. He was born in Adams county, Illinois, January 13, 1865, his parents being James and Eliza (Landers) Tramill. He was educated in the schools of Illinois where his boyhood days were passed and in 1879 took charge of the farm, his father having died in 1871. He continued operating that farm until 1884, when he and his mother removed to southwestern Kansas, where the mother filed on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and bought another tract of equal size of railroad land. In 1886 he also took up a honieste.id of his own and operated it until 1888, in which year he commuted on his government claim and in September of that year started to drive across the plains to the Pacific coast with mule teams. He arrived in Washington after a journey consuming two months and two weeks, and located at Walla Walla, where he was employed as a farm laborer until August, 1889, when he removed overland to Whitman county, settling at a point seven miles northeast of Oakesdale. There he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land which he improved and brought under a good state of cultivation and later bought another quarter section adjoining. He remained on this farm until 1905, in which year he removed to Oakesdale and entered into partnership relations with John M. McLean, operating a real-estate business under the firm name of E. J. Tramill & Company. This connection was continued until 1909^ when Mr. Tramill continued in the same business alone and has remained thus engaged since that time. He still retains his original one hundred and sixty acres of land northeast of Oakesdale.

Mr. Tramill was married while in Kansas^ on the 25th of July, 1887, to Miss Mary I. Dickinson, a native of Iowa and a daughter of James W. Dickinson, who was bom in Indiana, and Alvina (Stout) Dickinson, a native of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Tramill have become the parents of five children: Leona Mary, of Pullman; and Grace Orbeline, Glenn Edward, Bryan Alfred and Theodore Vincent, all yet at home. In his political convictions Mr. Tramill is a democrat. He takes commendable interest in civic affairs and for nine years has been school trustee in his district. In his fraternal relations he is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World and the Farmers Union, where he is an active and valued member. For over a quarter of a century he has lived on the Pacific coast and during all that time he has been actively engaged in the upbuilding of the great northwest. He has contributed in many material ways to the development of the resources of this section and during his long business career in Oakesdale as a real-estate dealer and in connection with his school duties he has proved himself to be a valuable citizen and an untiring worker for the advancement of the county of his adoption. He has a wide acquaintance among all classes of people and is held in the highest esteem by all with whom he is brought in contact.

James Ewart

James Ewart, who is serving as postmaster at Colfax, was bom in Scotland, on the 5th of September, 1881, his parents being Robert and Sarah (McMillan) Ewart. He is one of the sturdy, thrifty natives of Scotland who left their native land to seek fortunes in a country unhampered by class or caste and which offers equal opportunities to all who show the requisites for success - industry, perseverance, untiring energy and persistency. In the schools of Scotland he received his education, and at the age of twenty, in 1851, he came to America and settled in Rhode Island where he served his apprenticeship as machinist. For two years he worked at that trade before removing to Logan county, Illinois, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and also in the contracting business. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Second Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, as a private, and served luitil the end of the hostilities in the Civil war. In 1862 he was promoted to the office of lieutenant, and in 1868 was made captain. His first engagement was the battle of Belmont. He also took part in the capture of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and Mobile. At the close of the war he was mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois. He again took up an agricultural career and in 1866 settled in Missouri where for five years he farmed. At the end of that time he set out for the west with two four-horse teams. In ninety days he arrived at Colfax and immediately settled in that vicinity. He erected the largest log house which then existed in Whitman county and engaged in farming on Union Flats. Late in the autumn of that year he was appointed auditor of Whitman coiuity by the legislature, this being the year of the organization of Whitman county when it was divided from Stevens coimty, and Mr. Ewart had an opportunity to take an active part in its organization.

Mr. Ewart, being a man of more than ordinary ability and ambition also operated a sawmill ten miles from his home. Later he erected the mill at Elberton^ which was the beginning of the settlement now known as Elberton. In 1874 he removed into Colfax and became manager of the Grange store and the following year purchased the John Davenport general merchandise store which has since been known as James Ewart & Company^ general merchandise. While ^igaged in these business undertakings he erected the Ewart House at a cost of twenty-five thousand dollars^ which in 1881, was destroyed by fire. Previously, while her husband was residing at Elberton, Mrs. Ewart purchased the only hotel in Colfax. Because of the prosperity he was enjoying from his various undertakings Mr. Ewart desired to extend his business operations, and in 1882 he erected a shingle mill in Idaho where he remained for five years. At the end of that time, however, he returned to Colfax so he could give his children the benefit of the schools of that town. He soon erected a substantial dwelling for his family and also became manager of the sawmill. In July^ 1898, he was appointed postmaster of Colfax, and has since served in that capacity.

On the 13th of June, 1854, Mr. Ewart was married to Miss Janet P. Houston, a native of Scotland, and a daughter of James and Margaret (Gelchrist) Houston, also natives of Scotland. To their union ten children were bom, six of whom survive, namely: Sarah Jane, who is married to J. A. Peridns of Colfax, by which union she has four children; Robert, who is a resident of Aberdeen and is married and has three children; Susan, of Berkeley, California, who is the wife of W. H. Davenport, and has two children; Frances M. of Colfax, who is married to Leon Kuhn and has four children ; Ada, of Berkeley, California, who is the wife of W. H. Holcomb, and the mother of two children; and James, of Colfax, who is married and has two children. Mr. and Mrs. Ewart have eighteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren .

Mr. Ewart casts his vote with the republican party. He holds membership in the Congregational church, of which he is trustee. He is a member of Colfax Lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M., the Chapter, R. A. M., in which he has held all the chairs, and is a Knight Templar and a Shriner. He also holds membership in Nathaniel Lyon Post, No. 19, G. A. R., in which he held all the offices, and belongs to the Colfax Commercial Club.

Paul Pattison

Paul Pattison, prosecuting attorney of Whitman county, and a member of the law firm of Pattison, Stotler & Pattison of Colfax and Spokane, is a native of the former city. He was born on the 2d of January, 1887, his parents being John and Mary (Cairns) Pattison, the father a native of New York and the mother of Illinois.

In his early boyhood Paul Pattison decided to become an attorney, so after leaving the public schools he attended college at McMinnviUe imtil 1903, when he entered his father's office in this city and applied himself to the mastery of the principles of jurisprudence. Soon after attaining his majority in January, 1908, he was admitted to the Washington bar and immediately thereafter was taken into partnership with his father, under the firm name of Pattison & Pattison. He early gave evidence of possessing the keen discernment, acute mental faculties and quick reasoning powers so essential in the legal profession and soon became recognized as one of the promising yoiuig attorneys of the county. Thoroughness has always characterized Mr. Pattison, who applies himself intelligently and conscientiously to the protection of his clients' interests. He is very careful in the presentation of his cases, exercising unusual vigilance in the preparation of his statements. His arguments are remarkable for their clearness and logic, the various points following each other in regular sequence to a definite and strong climax. When the firm opened another office in Spokane in 1909, Mr. Pattison was placed in charge of the Colfax office, and that he has proven thoroughly capable of discharging the responsibility is manifested by the number and standing of the firm's clients. At the present time in addition to the duties of his large private practice and the work of the firm, Mr. Pattison is also the incumbent of the office of prosecuting attorney of Whitman county.

In Colfax in November, 1906, Mr. Pattison was united in marriage to Miss Maude Smith of Washington and a daughter of Green and Etta (Smith) Smith, the father a native of Oregon and the mother of this state. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Pattison numbers three: Dorothy, John M. and Paul.

His political allegiance Mr. Pattison has ever loyally accorded the democratic party, and he takes an active interest in all mimicipal questions. He is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the chapter. Knights Templar and shrine ; and he also belongs to the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. His connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his membership in the Inland Club of Spokane and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, while he maintains relations with the fellow members of his profession through the medium of the Whitman County and Washington State Bar Associations. Although he has just attained the age of twenty-five years Mr. Pattison occupies a position in his profession that would be a credit to a man of much greater experience, and his future gives every assurance of being one of great promise.

William K. Griffith

Although a native of the south where he was reared and educated, William K. Griffith, now a resident of Cheney, fought in the Union army nearly a half of a century ago, becoming a settler in Washington where he has since made his home in 1877. He has through life been governed by a desire to promote the welfare of others, and at the age of seventy-eight has the satisfaction of remembering many kindly acts and generous deeds. He is a native of Anderson county, Tennessee, bom September 2, 1888, a son of William C. and Cecilia Griffith. The parents came to Washington in pioneer times and the father was prominent as a lawyer and pension agent. He died in 1898 and his wife passed away two years later.

Mr. Griffith of this review attended the common schools of Tennessee and at the age of eighteen he began teaching school in winter, devoting his time to farming in summer. His sympathies were with the north at the outbreak of the Civil war and he enlisted as a soldier in the Union army^ becoming a member of Company A, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry. He continued in defense of the flag for four years, being a large part of the time under General Sherman. After the close of the war he engaged in farming until 1877 and then emigrated to this state, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land near the Palouse river, about three miles west of Colfax. After eight years on this place he sold out and took up a homestead on Deer creek, two miles west of Colfax. He also located a timber claim in Whitman county, which he improved and afterward disposed of. He lived on his homestead for eight years when he once more sold out and bought one hundred and sixty acres of good land near Garfield. Here he made his home for ten years, at the end of which time he moved to Cheney and bought eighty acres from one man and another tract of one hundred and sixty acres which his eldest son had filed on. He is now living retired and has given his eighty acre farm to his son Robert, and his right to the one hundred and sixty acres mentioned above, to his son Samuel, who is cultivating it to excellent advantage.

Mr. Griffith was married in Tennessee, to Miss Harriet L. Stevens, whose Barents settled in that state during the first half of the nineteenth century. Three children have been bom to this imion: Samuel, who married Ada Graham; Robert; and Delia. In politics Mr. Griffith adheres to the republican party, and the estimation in which he is held by his neighbors is shown by the fact that he is now serving as justice of the peace of Cheney district. He is connected with Cheney Post, No. 18, G. A. R., and he can claim many warm personal friends in that organization. He witnessed many stirring scenes in his early manhood, having been a participant in the greatest war of modem times if not of all history. He has also noted the marvelous work that has been accomplished in redeeming Washington from its primitive condition to the uses of man. In both of these important undertakings he has ably performed his part, and he now enjoys the repose which rightly belongs to one who has borne the heat and burden of the day. In his declining years he is surrounded by friends and is accorded respect as one of the most honored members of the community.

Hon. Richard Jens Neergaard

Conspicuous among professional men in the northwest is the Hon. Richard Jens Neergaard, a practicing attorney at Oakesdale, Whitman county, who has also had a long and honorable political career. He was bom in Tennessee, September 7, 1862, a son of Jens H. and Mary J. (Miller) Neergaard. The father was bom in Germany and the mother was a native of Tennessee. The maternal grandfather was Ephraim M. Miller, a well known citizen of Tennessee.

Richard J. Neergaard was reared and educated in the Blue Grass state and in 1882 taught in a country school. In the following year he removed to Ritzville, Washington, then Whitman county, and took up one hundred and sixty acres as a government homestead and also a timber culture claim of equal size. He remained on this land, where he followed agricultural pursuits, including the raising of stock, until he secured a title from the United States government. In 1887 he removed to Ritzville, having been elected county auditor of Adams county, a position which he held until 1891. In that year, having previously studied law, he opened an office in Ritzville and engaged in the practice of his profession. About that time he was elected mayor of the town, an office which he held for a considerable period. In 1892 he was elected a member of the Washington state legislature and in the following year removed to Oakesdale, where he continued in the practice of his profession. In 1901-2 he served his county as prosecuting attorney, removing to Colfax, the county seat, in order to attend to his official duties. In 1903, after completing his term of service in that office he returned to Oakesdale and continued his practice of law, which he has since followed. In connection with his brother-in-law, George W. Hall, Mr. Neergaard has been interested in farming operations and the raising of hogs, horses and mules. The farm upon which this extensive business is carried on comprises twenty-seven hundred acres.

On the 24th of December, 1885, in Ritzville, Mr. Neergaard was married to Miss Etta Johnson, a native of Minnesota and a daughter of John L. and Melissa (Woodward) Johnson, the father a native of Massachusetts and the mother of Vermont. To Mr. and Mrs. Neergaard were born three children, Harriet, William T. and John H. In his fraternal relations Mr. Neergaard is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, in which he has occupied all the chairs, and the Woodmen of the World. Throughout his life he has been an independent, and by reason of his consistent support of efficient and suitable candidates and the excellent service which he himself has performed while in public office he has long been recognized as a politician of the abler sort. His political career in connection with his practice of law includes also service as county assessor of Adams county from 1885 until 1886, several terms as a member of the school board and also as city attorney of Oakesdale, while from 1908 uiitil 1911 inclusive he occupied the office of mayor of Oakesdale. Such a record places him well in the forefront of the large number of efficient and honored citizens of Whitman county. Enjoying a state-wide acquaintance and being intimately known in political circles as well as in his professional activities, he wields an influence which is helpful and advantageous to the body politic and he contributes to the citizenship of Washington in a most masterly way.

Charles J. St. Hill

Charles J. St. Hill, a retired minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, now successfully engaged in fruit growing in Fruitland, was born in British Guiana, South America, on May 24, 1868. His father, Frederick St. Hill, emigrated to South America at the age of twenty-one, and there engaged in the mercantile business for twenty-five years. Seven years after locating there he married Miss Frances White, and they were the only English speaking residents in a town of fifteen hundred inhabitants, representing all nationalities. After his retirement from business Mr. St. Hill removed with his wife and family to the West Indies, where he thereafter made his home. He passed* away in 1908, but the mother is still living at the age of sixty and now resides in New York city.

In the acquirement of his education Charles J. St. Hill was sent to private institutions, being placed when yet a small lad in an English school at Barbados, West

Indies. Having decided to follow the calling of a minister of the Methodist Episcopal churchy when he was twenty-two, he went to Montreal, Canada, and there spent two years studying for his profession. He then entered the missionary field, going into the Georgian Bay country, Ontario, where he spent two years in fruitful labor. From there he went to Minnesota and preached the gospel for five years, when he again entered the home mission field, locating in Montana. He followed his calling in the Rocky Mountains among the miners, and among the cowboys on the plains of Montana for a number of years. He subsequently came to Stevens county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the vicinity of Fruitland, where he is successfully engaged in fruit growing, having retired from the ministry in 1905.

While stationed at Mora, Minnesota, Mr. St. Hill was married to Miss Estella Safford, the event occurring on July 16, 1896. Mrs. St. Hill is a daughter of Robert Safford, one of Minnesota's pioneers. Two children have been bom of this union: Frederick and Donald.

The political views of Mr. St. Hill coincide with the principles of the republican party and in 1908 he acted as deputy assessor in Stevens county and was also a delegate to the county convention that year. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Maccabees, and is now acting as chaplain in all three local lodges and while residing in Montana he was deputy organizer of the Maccabees. Mr. St. Hill continues to take a deep interest in all church work and organized the Methodist Episcopal church of Colville in 1905. He is one of those who are tireless in their efforts to promote the community welfare, giving his support to all movements that will tend to improve the moral or intellectual standards or be of assistance in the general development of the county and is an active member of the Commercial Club of Hunters Valley.

Dr. Stanley Herbert Titus is one of the younger medical practitioners of Spokane and yet his comparative youthfulness does not seem a bar to his progress in his chosen profession, for since beginning practice he has been accorded a liberal patronage that is constantly increasing. He was bom in Palouse, Whitman county, Washington, August 18, 1888, and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state. His parents were Frank Leslie and Ellen (Diamond) Titus. The father came from New York city to this state in 1875 and is here engaged in farming, having fifteen hundred acres of rich and productive land on which he is now extensively engaged in raising wheat. The three children of his family are: Samuel Joseph, a resident of Spokane; Stanley Herbert; and Margaret, the wife of Dr. Fred Whittaker, now of Republic, Washington.

After attending the public schools Dr. Titus continued his education in Gonzaga College from which he was graduated in 1900 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. Subsequently he attended the George Washington University at Washington, D. C, and won his professional degree upon his graduation with the class of 1907. He then returned to Spokane and at once entered upon general practice, in which he has since continued, making rapid progress in this field of labor. He had already had practical experience in one year's service in the Providence Hospital of Washington and he has shown himself thoroughly capable to cope with many of the intricate problems and situations which constantly confront the physician in his efforts to aUeviate suffering and restore health. He is now assistant lecturer in physiology at Sacred Heart Hospital here, is assistant surgeon of the Great Northern Railway and examining physician for the Canada Life Insurance Company and the Empire Life Insurance Company of this city.

Dr. Titus belongs to the Woodmen of the World, the Modem Woodmen of America and the Royal Order of Moose, and in more strictly social lines he is identified with the Inland Club. His professional connection is with the Spokane Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and thus he keeps in touch with the advanced thought and purpose of the profession and with the work that is being done by the leading representatives of the medical fraternity. Thus continuously advancing in his knowledge and efficiency, he is pushing his way steadily upward to a conspicuous and desirable position as a representative of the medical profession in Spokane.

Thomas Wallace Savage

Thomas Wallace Savage is a well known farmer and stockraiser, residing near Pullman, Whitman county. He waa bom in London, England, August 10, 1842, the sen of Thomas and Jane (Wallace) Savage, both of whom were natives of that country. In 1849 the father emigrate^ wiib,l\is Jfpaily.^io Ihe new world, settling on a farm near Utica, New York. i>.\/. .;.- IJ >L. c ' -

The early boyhood days of Thomai W. Savage were spent on this farm and in the district schools of the neighborhq [)d he; ji^fei^^^his education. When twelve years of age he began working at the Ifutrfi^'S' trader inrUtica, later going to New York city, where he secured employment with a street railway company. In April 1868, he enlisted in Company E, of the One Hundred anl Fifty-seventh New York Regiment, under Colonel Brown, and served as a soldier in the Federal army until the close of the war, when he received his discharge at New York city in 1865. Becoming convinced that the Pacific .coast offered business opportunities superior to those of New York, he removed to California in 1866, settling in San Jose, where he engaged in the breeding of horses which he followed until 1872, when he became proprietor of the hotel at the San Jose race track, continuing thus employed until 1877, when he disposed of his hotel interests and removed to Washington, remaining for a time in WaUa Walla. In the spring of 1898 he settled on a government homestead of one hundred and eighty-two acres, two miles west of where Pullman now stands, and preempted an additional quarter section of land, which he took up in accordance with the timber culture act. This farm he tilled with much care, placing the necessary improvements thereon and bringing it under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Savage is systematic in his farming methods, raising a diversity of crops in rotation in order to preserve the fertility of the soil. He pays a great deal of attention to the breeding of horses and he bred some of the finest animals in Whitman county. One colt of his raising and training, "Prince Almont," made a trotting record of 2:181/4, and another which was considered a plow horse won a race in the

In California, Mr. Savage was married to Miss Margaret E. Casey, a native of Ireland, and to this union five children were bom: Walter, superintendent of schools of Okanogan county, who is married and has a son; Mary Ellen, who married Otis Hamilton, of Colfax, Washington, by whom she has a daughter; John E., of Seattle, who is married and has a daughter; Frances, who is Mrs. Lucius M. Curtis, of New York city, and Katherine, who is at home.

Mr. Savage gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but he has never sought office as a reward for party fealty. He has taken a great interest in educational matters, endeavoring to secure for his children the best schooling obtainable. In the furtherance of his wishes in this direction he has been active in and was one of the first organizers of the official school district of his conununity and for several terms he has served as a trustee on its board. He is affiliated with the Masonic order and also belongs to Moscow Lodge, No. 249, B. P. O. E. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Whitman Post, No. 53, of which he is a past commander. He is an active member of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce and belongs to the Pullman Club. During the forty-six years of his residence on the Pacific coast, thirty-four of which have been spent on the farm which he now operates, he has aided materially in the upbuilding of the business and social interests of the communities in which he has lived. Althou^ born on English soil, he enlisted in his adopted country's service in the Union cause and served until the close of the war, making for himself a creditable military record. His life has been one of labor and toil in the interests of his family, community and country, and his efforts have been fruitful, as evidenced by the splendid farm home and valuable personal property which are his. He has long been known as one of the most substantial stock-raisers and agriculturists in the county, where he has a large circle of friends who hold him in high esteem.

Harry Ward Price

For nearly twenty years Harry Ward Price has been connected with the business circles of Pullman, where he is now engaged in the grain business and is also a large land owner. He was bom in Lake county, Indiana, on the 25d of June, 1861, a son of Richard W. and Nardssa (Lee) Price, natives of Indiana and Kentudty respectively.

In his native state Harry W. Price received his education in the public schools and in the Valparaiso Normal School, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1881. Immediately after leaving that institution he removed to Chicago and entered the employ of A. G. Ingraham & Company, grain merchants. He remained with that concern until 1884, when he removed to California and was agent for a carriage manufacturing company. One year later he removed to Portland, Oregon, and engaged in the same line of work independently. For five years he continued this undertaHing before locating in Albany and operating a hardware store. Four years later he removed to Pullman, Whitman county, and he has since been a resident of this town. At first he was engaged in the grain business in partnership with W. H. Chambers under the firm name of Chambers, Price & Company. The business was operated under that partnership for five years, since which time Mr. Price has been engaged in the grain business independently and enjoys the patronage of the entire community. Grain raising is such an important industry of this section and because of the steady demand of the product, a concern which deals in tliis necessity is bound to win a good measure of success if its management is carried on energetically and scientifically. Mr. Price has shown more than ordinary ability in dealing with the public and because of his judicious buying, admirable salesmanship and honorable methods is winning unusual success.

Mr. Price was married in Grand Haven, Michigan, in 1882, to Miss Grace M. Harris and has three children: Oca Price Schuele, of Portland, Oregon; Ward H. Price, of Buffalo, South Dakota; and Mildred Price. In politics he is a republican. He holds membership in the Pullman Chamber of Commerce, the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Pythias. To such men as Mr. Price and to the spirit such as he shows is due much of the growth which the west has enjoyed. Progressive, alert and faithful, he has won the regard, esteem and friendship of the leading citizens of Pullman.

Joe Langley Taggart

Joe Langley Taggart, one of the organizers of the Fidelity State Bank of Uniontown, of which he is cashier and likewise of the National Bank of Oakesdale, in which institution he holds the office of vice president, is a native of Minnesota. He was bom on the 10th of March, 1873, his parents being Samuel O. and Fannie (Langley) Taggart, the father a native of Illinois and the mother of Pennsylvania.

Reared at home, in the acquirement of his education, Joe Langley Taggart attended the common schools of Bingham Lake and the Breck School at Wilder, Minnesota. When he was twenty-one he entered the employment of the Northwestern Railroad Company in southern Minnesota, and in 1895, the company transferred him to Black River FaUs, Wisconsin, and there for three years he discharged the duties of telegrapher. At the expiration of that time he removed to Seattle and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific, but two years later he returned to Black River Falls. He withdrew from the railway service in 1902, assuming the duties of assistant cashier in the Jackson County Bank, Jackson county, Wisconsin. As the work proved to be very congenial, he applied himself assiduously to the acquirement of a thorough knowledge of banking principles, at the same time becoming widely informed on all matters of finance, with the expectation of making this his life vocation. Mr. Taggart was very favorably impressed with the northwest during the two years of his residence in Seattle, finding the spirit of enterprise and progress that characterized this section very conducive to advancement by its stimulation of all the latent forces and hitherto unsuspected powers, and in 1907 he decided to return. Knowing himself to be fully qualified to organize and direct a financial institution, in the latter year he came to Uniontown and interested other capital and business men in founding the Fidelity State Bank. He has been cashier of this concern ever since it first opened its doors, and he is also one of the stockholders and a member of the board of directors. At the end of the first year, this enterprise was firmly established^ the work of its various departments thoroughly organized and running smoothly, so Mr. Taggart felt able to extend the scope of his activities elsewhere in a similar line. Recognizing an excellent opening at Oakesdale, he had little difficulty in interesting others, the ability he had manifested in the direction and operation of the bank at Uniontown winning him the confidence of local business men, who again lent him their cooperation. Very soon thereafter the National Bank of Oakesdale threw open its doors to business, Mr. Taggart holding the office of vice president More than four years have elapsed since he first 'became identified with the financial interests of Whitman county, during which time the public confidence in his integrity and reliability has steadily increased, as he has at all times conducted his transactions in a manner that would permit of no doubt as to their legality, his methods of procedure in all instances being above question.

In Wisconsin on the 10th of January, 1906, Mr. Taggart was united in marriage to Miss Clara Kinsey, the event being celebrated at Roberts. She is a native of the state of New York, as likewise are her parents James H. and Annah (Tiffany) Kinsey. One child has been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Taggart, James Jefferson.

Fraternally, Mr. Taggart is affiliated with the Masonic order, being a member of the blue lodge of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, in which he has held all of the chairs, and of the chapter at Pullman. He is likewise identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Lewiston, and the Modem Woodmen of America and the Odd Fellows of Uniontown and has for several years been treasurer of the latter organization, while formerly he was connected with the Order of Railway Telegraphers. His political views coincide with the principles of the democratic party for whose candidates he votes, save in municipal elections when he casts an independent ballot in favor of the man best adapted to the office irrespective of party affiliations. In 1910, he was elected city treasurer and is still the incumbent of Uiat office. Although he is a man of progressive ideas, Mr. Taggart is conservative in his methods, manifesting much discretion in the direction of his undertakings. Genial and accommodating in his manner he is universally courteous to all, and to this fact beyond all question can be attributed much of the popularity and success of the institution with which he is connected.

Joseph Oscar Catlett

Joseph O. Catlett, who has been connected with both agricultural and mercantile interests in Winona, but who is now living retired, was bom in Kentucky on the 4th of January, 1850, a son of Isaac and Margaret (Walters) Catlett, who were natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively. In 1851 the parents removed to Iowa from the south and in that state Joseph O. Catlett received his education in the district schools. When he was ten years of age he began assisting his father on the home farm and subsequently farmed for himself in that state until 1880 when he removed to Nebraska. After he arrived in that state he again engaged in agricultural pursuits for six years before going to Kansas where he took up one hundred and sixty acres as a homestead claim and one hundred and sixty acres of timber culture land. In 1890 he removed to Winona, Whitman county, Washington, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining Winona. On that property he en- gaged in farming and stock-raising. He subsequently increased his holdings to four hundred and eighty acres. Throughout the time he carried on agricultural pursuits he was both industrious and progressive. In 1907 he purchased a one half interest in the general merchandise business known at that time as the Winona Mercantile Company, which has since been reorganized as the New Mercantile Company. He also owns one half interest in the Winona Trading Company, but his attention has not been confined to agricultural and mercantile lines alone. He has made considerable study of mining and has made several investments in the mines of the northwest. He is interested in the mines of the Inland Empire, being president of the Hope Mining Company of Republic, Washington, and president and general manager of the Moon Creek Mining Company of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Mr. Catlett was married in Iowa, on the 28rd of December, 1875, to Miss Kate Hanon, a native of Illinois and a daughter of Elijah and Maria (Armstrong) Hanon, natives of Kentucky and Illinois respectively. To them three children have been born: Mrs. H. P. Hayes, who is residmg in Endicott and is the mother of three boys; Claude, of Whitman county, who married Miss Kate Broyles, and has two sons; and Fern, who is married to Earl Warrenstaff, of Winona.

Adam Knox

Although practically three years have elapsed since the passing away of Adam Knox, his name is often mentioned in the commercial and political as well as social circles of Davenport, in the upbuilding and development of which his enterprising spirit and strong personality were such dominant factors. He was born and reared in Jedburgh, Scotland, his birth having occurred on May 6, 1842, and his parents were John and Isabella (Fiddus) Knox. The parents passed their entire lives in the land of their birth, the father being engaged in the leather dressing business in Jedburgh. The Knox family originally came from the south of Scotland and our subject was a direct descendant of the celebrated John Knox, the hero of the Reformation.

The first thirty years in the life of Adam Knox were passed in the land of his nativity. Reared in the typical Scotch home, he had instilled into him from early childhood the qualities that made him the strong, positive and intensely loyal character he always proved to be. From early youth he had been a great admirer of the United States and in 1872 he decided to become a citizen of this country, crossing the Atlantic and located in San Francisco. There he engaged in the wool business with his brother, John F. Knox, which industry thrived imder their capable direction, their receipts showing marked increase from year to year imtil the passing of the Wilson bill, during Cleveland's administration, when wool was put on the free list. Naturally this killed their business as they could not compete with the foreign market, but Mr. Knox remained a citizen of the California metropolis until 1891, when he came to Lincoln county, Washington. Upon his arrival here he located in Davenport, which at that time was nothing more than a small settlement on Cottonwood creek, but he had the utmost confidence in the country's possibilities and fully appreciated the opportunities here afforded. Here he opened a hardware store, that ultimately became one of the most thriving enterprises of the town. He conducted this for eighteen years, meeting with such excellent financial success that he became numbered among the town's most substantial citizens. As the town developed he enlarged his business to meet the needs of a rapidly increasing population^ always winning and retaining all or more than his share of the local patronage. He always carried a large and well assorted stock of both shelf and heavy hardware^ as well as such other merchandise as is usually to be found in an establishment of this kind. A man of the highest standards of commercial integrity^ it was his principle to truthfully represent every article in his establishment to his patrons, and he endeavored to protect their interests as well as his own by carrying only such brands as he could honestly recommend. The policy he adopted in the operation of his business won the confidence of the community, while his genial manner and sincere effort to please and accommodate all who accorded him their patronage enabled him to build up an excellent trade. During the long period of his residence here he won the enviable reputation of being a man who was thoroughly dependable and trustworthy and whose word was as good as his bond. All those who knew him learned to love and admire the honest, rugged and loyal Scot, whose strong convictions, frankly expressed^ with absolutely no sense of fear and regardless of consequences, made him such a strong factor in moulding the ideals of the community and establishing its standards of life. In matters of citizenship he was both progressive and public-spirited, and despite the demands of his personal interests was always ready and willing to serve the municipality in any capacity required. His most notable service was as mayor in 1897 and 1898, the duties of which office he discharged with rare efficiency and capability. Mr. Knox was not only an exceptionally fine business man, but he was a great admirer of nature, art and music and a lover of books, deriving his greatest pleasure from the reading and rereading of the old classics, the best thoughts of which he had made his own, his marvelous memory enabling him to lay up a vast store of choice, literary gems from the great minds of all times and ages. In his home were to be found the books and pictures that denoted the choice, discriminating and cultured taste of the scholar. He was also a lover of all outdoor sports and excelled in these as in everything else he undertook. While in Scotland he was a member of the so-called Eighteenth Company of the Queen's Escort and in 1874 won a gold medal as the best rifle shot in the company. His was a rare and complex nature, well rounded and developed, and he was equally at home with the man of affairs, the politician or the scholar, as he was able to converse intelligently and entertainingly on almost any subject. He had traveled extensively and being keenly observant and well read had acquired a wonderful amount of information on a variety of subjects comparatively unknown to the average individual.

At San Francisco on the 21st of April, 1888, Mr. Knox was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Elizabeth McGowan, a daughter of Patrick and Veronica (Ryan) McGowan, both natives of Ireland and earlv citizens of California. The father emigrated to America in the early days of his manhood and first located in Lodcport, New York, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits.

The descendant of the great Scottish reformer, Adam Knox was reared in the Presbyterian faith to which his family had adhered from the days of Queen Mary, but in later life he became a convert of the Roman Catholic church, in the belief of which he died. Mrs. Knox is a communicant of the same church, this having been the faith of her family for many generations. Upon attaining his majority Mr. Knox affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. In politics he was a republican, but at municipal and state elections he cast an independent ballot, giving his support to such men and measures as he deemed best qualified to protect the interests of the community, irrespective of party. He was a most unusual character and always a dominating force in the community where he resided, and his high ideals, incorruptible integrity and absolute loyalty to his duty as he saw it, made him a great power for good and an example of manhood well worthy of emulation among the youths, whose privilege it was to know him. As a business man he was absolutely honest and thoroughly dependable, as a citizen progressive and enterprising and as a friend faithful and loyal; higher tribute than this can be paid to the character of no man.

Charles Napier Hinchliff

Occupying a prominent place among the well known business men of Whitman county is Charles . Napier HinchlifF, of Elberton, Washington. He was born in Michigan, January 1, 1857, a son of Henry and Martha (Bradley) HinchlifF, both natives of England. In 1858 the family settled in Cass county, Illinois, where until 1878 Charles Hinchliff was a student of the public schools. In that year he began working in Virginia, Illinois, as a clerk in a drug store, a business which he followed until 1878, when, responding to the invitation of the prosperous northwest, he removed to Colfax, Whitman county, and was employed as a clerk in a store until the spring of 1879, when he opened a small general mercantile store at Spangle, Washington, a business which he followed until 1881. At that time he and his brother Edward entered into a copartnership in the conduct of a general mercantile business. They also owned and operated a bank in Spangle. His brother Edward organized the first band in Spokane county, of which the subject of this review was a member. The brothers also engaged in the sawmill and livery business during the time they were conducting the other lines of business mentioned. From 1889 to 1901 Charles N. Hinchliff operated a grocery store in Spokane and in 1892 launched a general mercantile store at Latah and also leased a flour mill, which he operated. In 1898 he removed to Elberton, Whitman county, and purchased the flour mill at that place and in January of the following year he and his brother consolidated the Latah and Spangle stores, the former taking entire charge of the mill at Elberton. During this same year he was one of the founders of the famous Elberton picnic. In the spring of 1895 the brothers consolidated all their interests in Elberton, at the same time founding the Jersey Creamery Company in Elberton, which they operated until 1897. The copartnership between the two brothers was dissolved in 1898, Charles Hinchliff taking over personally the store and creamery. In 1898 he removed the creamery to Colfax, where it is still conducted, and in the following year he removed the store to the same place, which he operated until 1906, when he disposed of it. He has retained ownership of the flour mill at Elberton, which he has operated since his first connection with it.

Mr. Hinchliff was married in Spokane, in 1884, to Miss Anna Steele, a native of California and a daughter of Thomas and Ann Steele, who were both natives of England. Thomas Steele was one of the early pioneers, coming west in 1872. To Mr. and Mrs. Hinchliff two children were born: Floyd R., now living in North Dakota; and Harry H.

In politics Mr. Hinchliff is affiliated with the socialist party and in spite of his active business life has given considerable time to political matters. He was a member of tbe councils of Latah and Spangle and i9'1896 was elected county commissioner of Whitman county on the populist ticket^ resigning that position in May, 1899. He ran on a fusion ticket championed by democrats and populists for the position of county commissioner and was elected. In 1902, although not belonging to that party, the democrats nominated him for reelection but he was not successful in his candidacy. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Masonic order, the Order of the Eastern Star and the Woodmen of the World. In the comparatively long business career of Charles N. Hinchliff he has been not only successful but by his active life as a promoter and business man has contributed in no small degree to the upbuilding of the business interests of the communities, cities and states of which he has been a resident. Fortified by a good education, he has been able to achieve much that would have been impossible otherwise and in his intelligent and well directed efforts enterprises which he established in a small way were built up to a prosperous condition. So active a man as he could not fail to have an unusual number of friends and business acquaintances and in all the circles of Elberton and Whitman county where he is known he is a prominent figure and greatly respected.

Kobert Arthur Woods

Robert Arthur Woods, who lived retired in Lacrosse, Whitman county, until October 28 y 1911, but is now proprietor of the Halliday Hotel of SpM>kane, having taken possession of the house on that date, was formerly one of the most able lumbermen of this section. His birth occurred in Dakota City, Nebraska, on the 27th of December, 1867, and he is a son of George T. and Katherine (Ream) Woods, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. The father was the first settler in Dakota county, Nebraska, where he was one of the active promoters of the early jdevelopment of the state.

Robert A. Woods received his education in the public schools of Nebraska and at the same time assisted his father with the duties which came daily to hand on the home farm, becoming his father's able assistant in 1885. He remained in his native state until 1891, when he removed to Marcus, Iowa, where he conducted a general store for his father under the firm name of George T. Woods & Company. But the experiences of his early life had shown him that agricultural pursuits were more to his liking than mercantile operations and in 1896 he returned to Nebraska and - was engaged in farming until 1902. In that year he came west, locating at once in Lacrosse, Washington, and engaging in the retail lumber business under the firm name of R. A. Woods. Four years later he disposed of this and retired. He was at one time the owner of one thousand acres in Whitman county but disposed of his landed interests on coming to Spokane.

On the 24th of November, 1911, Mr. Woods was united in marriage to Mrs. Alice Wright, of Lacrosse, Washington. They make their home in the Halliday Hotel, of which Mr. Woods is proprietor. In politics he is a republican but his broadmindedness and his interest in political integrity frequently lead him to cast his vote independent of party dictates. He holds membership in Lacrosse Lodge, No. 155,

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A. F. & A. M., of which he was treasurer; and Colfax Chapter^ No. 84, R. A. M. During the ten years in which Mr. Woods has been a resident of Whitman county he has won the regard and respect of those with whom he has come into contact either socially, politically or fraternally.

Enoch Albert Bryan, Ll.D.

Enoch Albert Bryan, educator and author, now president of the State College of Washington at Pullman, was graduated from the classical course of the Indiana University in 1878 and received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution in 1884. Upon his graduation he entered actively upon the profession of teaching and served as superintendent of schools at Grayville, Illinois, until 1882. He was then elected professor of Latin in Vincennes University and the following year was chosen president of the same institution, in which capacity he served until September, 1893. Vincennes was the original university for the state of Indiana, which, however, was then a territory, being founded on a government land grant and established in 1806. William Henry Harrison, afterward president of the United States, was president of the first board of trustees. President Bryan was granted the degree of Master of Arts by Harvard University in 1898 and in that year published "The Mark in Europe and America," brought out by Ginn & Company of Boston. . He was elected president of the Agricultural College and School of Science of Washington, now the State Coliege* »{ .Wes^i^lT^P^ ^^ 1 898 and entered upon his duties on the 1st of September (^th^tHy^t* jTn^^F^^s later the degree of LL.D. was bestowed upon him by Monmouth College and the same degree was conferred upon him by the Agricultural College aOI «]^ii^higan in May, 1907, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of th)iJ;^.111dtit!)(tioii,'PTC5idj^t Roosevelt being present for the principal address. At the same time the degree of LL.D. was conferred by the same college on the Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture. President Angell, of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, and others, but with the exception of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bryan was the only one west of the Mississippi so honored with that degree. In the nineteen years of his presidency over the State College of Washington his has been the guiding spirit which has led to its development, growth and the improvement and expansion of its system, and the school is largely a monument to his ability and public spirit.

George Gamble Thatcher

Numbered among the eminent business men and farmers of Whitman county^ Washington, is George Gamble Thatcher, of Albion, who was bom in Ohio, December 25, 1850, a son of Joseph and Eliza (Williams) Thatcher, both natives of Pennsylvania. In 1852 the parents returned to the Keystone state and there George G. Thatcher attended the public schools until 1862, when with his parents he removed to Wisconsin and continued his studies until 1869, in which year he went to Chicago and began learning the carpenter's trade. This occupation he followed until the spring of 1875, when he removed to New York and later in the same year went to San Francisco by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He remained in that city but a short time, however, removing thence to Portland in the spring of 1877, where he took up the business of fishing in the Columbia river. One of his earlier experiences in Oregon was his participation in the Indian wars, in which he took a comspicuous part. In that year he camped in Spokane. When the Indian troubles were over he removed to Montana in 1878, where he engaged in contracting and building, that occupation serving him in good stead at that time and occupying his time and attention until 1889. In that year he removed to Pullman, Washington, and there continued contracting until 1894, when he removed to an eighty-acre farm four miles west of Pullman, later increasing his land holdings to one hundred and ninety-seven acres. He is interested in live stock, making that a prominent part of his agricultural business. In connection with contracting and building he has engaged in the lumber business for the past fifteen years.

Mr. Thatcher was married in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in 1890, to Miss Sarah Lambert, a native of Minnesota. Politically he is affiliated with the republican party and is a member of the Masonic fraternity of which he is past master and also belongs to the Farmers Union. He has partially retired from active business and is building a home in the city of Albion where he purposes making his residence. The long business career of Mr. Thatcher, most of which was passed in the west, has been crowned with a liberal degree of success. In his active building operations which he has so long followed he has become instrumental in the building of a large number of homes as well as structures of a public character and by so doing has been a useful man. in the development of the communities with which he has been identified. His business dealings have always been in accordance with the Golden Rule, for absolute integrity is one of his strong characteristics. His life has been one of industry and as the result of his labors he has been able to accumulate a handsomo competence.

Frederick E. Goodall

There are found many men whose industry has won them success - ^men who by their perseverance and diligence execute well defined plans which others have made - but the men who take the initiative are comparatively few. The vast majority do not see opportunity for the coordination of forces and the development of new extensive and profitable enterprises and, therefore, must follow along paths which others have marked out. Frederick E. Goodall, however, does not belong to this designated class. The initiative spirit is strong within him. He has realized the possibility for the combination of forces and has wrought along the line of mammoth undertakings, being now prominently associated with the Arcadia Orchards Company, which is the largest irrigated fruit proposition in the United States. This has followed important connection with other business enterprises of Spokane and the northwest, notably in the lumber and mercantile fields.

Mr. Goodall was born in Littleton, New Hampshire, January 21, 1861, a son of Alpha and Ellen L. (Kenerson) Goodall, who were farming people of that vicinity. After pursuing his education in the public and high schools of his native town Fred- erick E. Goodall entered the employ of the Littleton National Bank^ in which he remained for four years. He afterward became connected with the Littleton Lumber Company, of which he was financial manager until 1889, when he came to Spokane to take charge of the Washington National Bank, which was then being organized. As cashier and manager of that institution he aided in directing its affairs from its establishment until it liquidated and went out of business, paying all claims in full. This was in the latter part of 1894 and during the panic of 1893, although many banks were forced to suspend, this institution closed its doors for a period of only thirty days.

Mr. Goodall was afterward for a number of years largely interested in mining, notably in association with the Rossland and Republic mines, operating in that connection from 1896 until 1900. In the latter year, associated with U. C. Ufford, he organized the Spokane Lumber Company at Milan, Washington, and yr&s its president until some time later when he disposed of his holdings. His attention was then directed to the dry-goods trade and in 1901 he became president and general manager of the Whitehouse Dry Goods Store, with which he continued until the fall of 1909, contributing much to the success of what is one of the largest and most popular mercantile enterprises in Spokane. On severing his connection therewith he became general sales agent for the Arcadia Orchards Company and his labors have been very effective in promoting the sale of these properties, which cover the largest irrigated fruit proposition in the United States. His plans are always carefully formulated and he seems to see the utmost possibility for successful accomplishment in connection with any undertaking. He does not hesitate until the ultimate aim is reached and at the same time his methods have always been of a constructive character, never sacrificing the interests or rights of others.

On the 24th of May, 1883, in Littleton, New Hampshire, Mr. Goodall was married to Miss Mary E. Tarbell, a daughter of Charles D. and Elmira F. (Whitney) Tarbell. Mr. Goodall holds membership in the First Church of Christ Scientist and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. His public service has largely been done as a private citizen and his labors in behalf of Spokane and the Pacific coast country have been of far reaching and beneficial effect. He is a man of most pleasing personality and is recognized throughout the northwest as a man of the soundest business judgment. Such is the force of his character that his example and influence carry great weight and be it said to his credit that these have ever been used for the welfare and progress of the country. When a resident of New Hampshire he served as city treasurer for a number of years but has continuously refused to become a candidate for office during the period in which he has made his home in Spokane. This, however, has not limited his usefulness, for in many fields his work has been of important public service. He was for eight years president of the Chamber of Commerce, accepting the position in January, 1902, when there were but fifty-six active members. Under his guidance the organization grew rapidly and its effectiveness was proportionately increased. He became a member of the committee from the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast that raised the funds necessary to entertain the honorable commercial commission of Japan when they visited the United States in 1909, taking active part in making the plans and arranging the entertainment for these guests. Since their return to Japan Mr. Goodall has been the recipient of a beautiful silver loving cup sent him from that country by the commission as a token of their esteem for the services he ren- dered on that occasion. He is a member of the park commission of this citj, belongs to the Spokane Club and to the Rocky Mountain Club of New York city. His success has never been allowed to effect his relations toward others less fortunate. While he has never courted popularity he holds friendship inviolable and as true worth may always win his regard he has a very extensive circle of friends. In his life were the elements of greatness because of the use be has made of his talents .ind his opportimities^ his thoughts being given to the mastery of great problems and the fulfilment of his duty as a man in his relations to his fellowmen and as a (ritizen in his relations to his state and country.

Charles Julian Webb

Charles Julian Webb^ who has been successfully engaged in the practice of law in Kettle Falls for the past four years^ was bom in Arcadia^ Wisconsin^ on the 18th of May, 1876. He is a son of George W. and Florence R. (Bishop) Webb, both of whom are now deceased the father having passed away in 1908 and the mother in 1879. In both lines Mr. Webb is descended from patriotic ancestors, who gave their services to their country whenever they were needed. His father was a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a member of Company £, Forty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, as was also his maternal grandfather and seven of his father's brothers, four of whom gave their lives in the cause. The maternal grandmother was a direct descendant of General Warren, who so valiantly served the cause of liberty during the Revolution.

The youthful years of Charles Julian Webb were passed as those of other lads reared in country communities. He attended the common and high schools of his home town until he had graduated from the latter, after which he taught in Wisconsin for two years. He subsequently entered the University of Chicago, where he studied for eight years, being awarded the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1906 and that of Doctor of Law (Juris Doctoris) in 1907. He was a good student and was popular with both his classmates and the faculty, was repeatedly elected to the college councils, and had the distinction of being chosen by President Harper as one of the student marshals of the school, during the latter years of his course. In 1906 he entered upon the practice of his profession at Chicago, Illinois, as a clerk in the office of West, Eckhart & Taylor, one of the leading firms of that city, being identified with them until he came to Kettle Falls in 1907. When he first located here he became associated with A. E. Baldwin, under the firm name of Baldwin & Webb, in the general practice of law. This connection continued until 1910 when they dissolved partnership and in March, 1911, Mr. Webb formed an alliance with Mr. Eugene E. Atwood, their business being conducted under the name of Webb & Atwood. During the period of his practice here Mr. Webb has made a most excellent record, being regarded as one of the best informed and most widely read attorneys in the county. He has at different times been connected with notable litigations, and has acquitted himself in a manner to confer distinction upon his profession, by reason of his dignified and scholarly manner of pleading his cause. He is thorough and conscientious in the preparation of his cases, taking every precaution

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Fontana^ Wisconsin, was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Webb on the 16th of June, 1906, to Miss Alice E. Baldwin, a daughter of A. E. Baldwin, and they have become the parents of three children, Bruce B., Elizabeth B. and Charles J., Jr.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Webb are members of the Baptist church, in the work of which they take an active interest, Mr. Webb being one of the trustees. He is also a Mason, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Modem Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World, while during his college days he became affiliated with the Delta Upsilon fraternity. In his political views Mr. Webb is a republican, and is a member of the Stevens county republican central committee, and also represents his county on the republican state central committee. He takes an enthusiastic interest in all movements undertaken for the upbuilding of the community and the promotion of its municipal enterprises, and is an active member of the Kettle Falls Commercial Club, of which he is president. He is also secretary and treasurer of the Stevens County Fruit Growers Union and vice president of the Stevens County Federation of Commercial Clubs, while he is interested in the Clark Lake irrigation project. His services are always freely accorded in the support of every movement, the adoption of which assures improvement or progress, while all measures receive his indorsement that have for their object the betterment of the community and the promotion of its highest interests.

Osee W. Noble

Osee W. Noble for the past seven years has been engaged in the practice of law in Kettle Falls, where he has built up a very good clientage. He was born in Indiana on the 2d of May, 1878, and is a son of Peter E. and Selina (Runyon) Noble, both of whom are living, the father having attained the age of sixty years and the mother of fifty-three. In both lines he is descended from colonial ancestry, but the families located during the pioneer days in Indiana, whence his parents removed during the early years of their domestic life to Nebraska.

The boyhood and youth of Osee W. Noble were almost entirely spent in Nebraska, where he removed with his parents when a lad of seven years. He attended the public and high schools of Minden, that state, until graduated from the latter institution in 1896. Having decided to adopt the legal profession for his life vocation he then entered the law office of John L. McPheeley of Minden, Nebraska, and later the Chicago Law School, where he pursued his studies until awarded his degree in 1902. He applied himself diligently to his studies and made notable progress in his classes, winning two scholarships, one in practice and pleading and the other in law Latin, during the period of his course. For three years after his graduation he engaged in practice in Chicago and then, in 1905, he came to Kettle Falls and established an office that he has ever since tnaintained. By reason of his excellent qualifications and his conscientious regard for the rights of his clients and protection of their interests, Mr. Noble has won recognition as both an efficient and reliable representative of his profession. He is attorney for the Fruit-

On the 20th of June^ 1903, Mr. Noble was united in marriage to Miss Susan L. Foley, of Chicago, a daughter of James Foley, who is one of the pioneer hardwood lumber merchants of that city. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Noble have been bom four children, Osee W., Jr., Virginia, Peter E. and Francis.

Mr. Noble is .i member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge, and he also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, being a past master of that order, and to the Woodmen of the World, at the present time serving as past consul commander of the local organization. Since engaging in practice here Mr. Noble has made steady and permanent progress in his profession and his success seems assured, as among his clients are numbered the leading firms and business men of the town, as well as the eastern interests and investors who have property in the Kettle Falls valley.

Roy Arthur Langley

Roy Arthur Langley, cashier of the Colton State Bank and vice president of the Farmers' State Bank of Pullman, has been connected with the financial institutions of Whitman county for about seven years. He was bom in Bloomington, Illinois, on the 6th of February, 1877, and is a son of Andrew J. and Cecelia (Curtis) Langley, both natives of Pennsylvania. In the paternal line he is of English extraction, his grandfather, James Langley being a native of Canada.

Reared in the city of his nativity, Roy Arthur Langley there pursued his education in the conunon schools until 1893, when he removed to Denver, where he completed his high school studies and subsequently took a commercial course, thus qualifying himself for a position in the business world. Returning to Illinois in 1898, he took a clerical position in Chicago, but resigned this two years later and going to Iowa engaged in agricultural pursuits. At the expiration of a year he removed to Minnesota, continuing there until 1904. In the latter year he went to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he engaged in the real-estate business as an employe of the Oakes Land Company, but he severed his connection with this firm in 1905, and came to Johnson, Whitman county, where he organized the People's Bank« The following year he came to Colton and incorporated the Colton State Bank and has over since been connected with this institution in the capacity of cashier. He is likewise one of the stockholders and a director of this bank and also of the Farmers' State Bank of Pullman, in which he holds the official position of vice president During the period of his residence in this county, Mr. Langley has manifested unusual powers of organization and executive ability and is recognized as one of the highly efficient business men of Colton. He is thoroughly conversant with banking methods and is well informed on all matters of finance and while he is progressive in his ideas he is very conservative in his policy, inspiring confidence in all who have occasion to have transactions with him.

Spokane was the scene of Mr. Langley 's marriage in October, 1906, to Miss Bessie A. Newlands, a native of Quincy, Illinois, and a daughter of James and Anna (Cass) Newlands, likewise natives of Illinois. One son, James Weston, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Langley.

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The political allegiance of Mr. Langley is given to the republican party except in municipal elections, when he gives his support to such men and measures as he deems best qualified to subserve the interests of the community. He is at all times willing to assume his share of the local governmental responsibilities and at the present is serving as a member of the town council. Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of Lewiston; of Lodge, No. 108, F. & A. M., of which he is now worthy master ;and he also belongs to the Mystic Tie and has held all of the chairs in the latter organization. He is likewise a member of the Inland Club of Spokane. In his business relations Mr. Langley has been found thoroughly reliable and trustworthy during the period of his connection with the enterprises of Whitman county, and has always manifested the highest principles and most incorruptible integrity in his transactions.

Dr. W. S. Wallace, who has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Newport for less than two years, is becoming recognized as an able representative of his profession. He was born in Centerville, Iowa, on the 27th of January, 1882, and is a son of Oscar and Laura (Scott) Wallace, both of whom are living. His parents were among the pioneer settlers of northwestern Idaho, where his father founded and named the town of Wallace. He is numbered among the successful prospectors and mine operators of the Coeur d'Alene district and was the first to discover lead and silver in that country.

To Dr. Wallace belongs the distinction of being the first white boy in the Coeur d'Alene district, having been taken there by his parents when he was two years of age. In the acquirement of his preliminary education he attended the public schools, and for two years was a student in the North Central high school of Spokane, completing his course in Centerville, Iowa, being graduated from the high school there in 1901. He subsequently entered the University of Kentucky, which he attended for four years, completing his professional education in the University of Louisville, Kentucky, the year following. After receiving his degree he returned to Washington and established an office at Tekoa, which he maintained for three years, succeeding during that period in building up a very good practice, in addition to which he was also surgeon for the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad. From there he came to Newport, where he has now been located for a little more than a year, and has so ably demonstrated his qualifications as a physician that the demand for his services is constantly increasing. A pleasing personality, sympathetic nature and a spirit of general helpfulness as well as his professional skill have served as important factors in promoting the success of Dr. Wallace.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was the scene of the marriage of Dr. Wallace and Miss Verna Starbird, a daughter of W. D. Starbird, on the 16th of June, 1910, and unto them has been bom a little daughter, Mercedes.

In political matters Dr. Wallace is independent, casting his ballot in support of the men and measures he deems most likely to subserve the best interests of the people. He takes an active interest in all affairs pertaining to the municipality and is now serving as health officer and physician in Stevens county. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Loyal Order of Moose and the Knights of Pythias^ and he is also a member of the local commercial club. In common with the majority of business and professional men in this section of the state Dr. Wallace has extensive mining interests^ holding stock in the Interstate mine at Wallace^ Idaho; Tekoa Mining & Milling Co. ; and the Ruth Mining & Milling Co. He is one of the highly esteemed young men of Newport^ whose future in his profession would seem to be most promising^ judged by present indications.

Roderick Mackenzie

The Inland Empire claimed no more loyal citizen or one more deeply interested in its welfare and progress than Roderick Mackenzie, whose death occurred January 19, 1912, at San Diego, California, where he usually spent the winter months, for the cold of the more northern district proved unfavorable to him in the evening of his life. He had the deepest attachment for Spokane and this section of Washington and his public spirit was manifest in many tangible and effective ways. He was one of the builders of the Inland Empire and was closely identified with the development of the surrounding country, especially Liberty Lake. He was born in Nova Scotia in 1838 and was there reared and educated. He was twenty years of age when he removed to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked as a carpenter for the ensuing six years. He then removed to Omaha, Nebraska, where he took a contract for a portion of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, which was then being built. With the first money he made he purchased property in what is now the center of the business district of that thriving city, but he eventually disposed of his real estate and became extensively interested in cattle raising, also giving considerable attention to other stock. He was very successful in that work in the middle west but eventually disposed of his holdings in that section of the country, in order to remove to the Spokane country, where he arrived in June, 1890. Soon afterward he purchased eight hundred and six acres surrounding Liberty Lake and there engaged in diversified farming. He also built a hotel and kept a fleet of boats on the lake, which became famous as a resort. This is now one of the most popular resorts in the Spokane country. Upon his farm he placed full-blooded stock, including Jersey cattle, and he did much to advance the standard of cattle and stock in general raised in this section. His improved methods of farming constituted an example that many of his neighbors followed to their lasting benefit. In fact, he was always on the side of progress and improvement and his labors and substantial support proved elements for advancement in many ways. He aided the telephone company in securing the right of way and in establishing its line, was a strong advocate of good roads and he added much to the beauty of the country by planting many thousands of trees. He was also a stalwart champion of the cause of education. On retiring from active business, he sold his hotel and land to the Palouse Land Company. He gave the Inland Electric Company a right of way and a tract for terminals on his property. He retained one hundred and sixty acres of his holdings for his own use and thereon he made his home up to the time of his death. At the time of his demise he was vice president of the Southern Building Company of San Diego, California, where he spent the winter months. He also had holdings in Spokane, owning much city property together with real estate in Colfax, including the Mackenzie building, a modem and well appointed apartment house. He was likewise the owner of the Postoffice building and other properties in Colfax and had from time to time made judicious investments in real estate which brought to him good financial returns.

Mr. Mackenzie was married in Nova Scotia in 1869 to Miss Anabel McLean, and unto them five children were bom : Charles L., who is now a banker of Colfax ; William, residing in Liberty Lake; John, who is one of the managers of the Savoy Theater of San Francisco; Mrs. Bert. Terry, of East 1417 Seventh avenue, Spokane; and Mrs. Carrie McKinnon.

Mr. Mackenzie never aspired to or held public office. His was a splendid example of a well spent life, characterized by fidelity to high ideals. He took an active and intelligent interest in all matters of citizenship and in the conduct and administration of public affairs and gave his political allegiance to the republican party. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons and his religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church. He was. a man of marked business ability and strong magnetic personality who attracted friends and held them. Those who needed aid found him very charitable and benevolent but his assistance was always, given most unostentatiously. Those who met him in a business way entertained for him high respect; and those who came within the close circle of his friends had for him warm love, for }iis sterling qualities were many and gained for him affectionate regard from those who knew him.

Peter Triesch, a member of the gen^raL^^VifsVntiJfe pompahy of Triesch Brothers, of Uniontown, has been a resident of the northwest for over fwenty-two years, during which time he has been identified with various business activities. His birth occurred in Germany on Christmas day, 1869, his parents being Peter and Mary (Green) Triesch, natives of the Fatherland.

In his early boyhood, Peter Triesch accompanied his parents on their removal to the United States. They located in the state of Wisconsin, in the public schools of which he pursued his education. At the age of twelve years he temporarily laid aside his text-books and went to work in a country store, remaining there until 1884. In the latter year he resumed his education as a student in the schools of Fountain City, Wisconsin, diligently applying himself to his lessons until 1887. He subsequently went to Bamesville, Minnesota and clerked in a store for a year and then returned to Wisconsin, continuing to reside there until June, 1889, when he came to Washington. Upon his arrival in this state he first settled in the vicinity of Colton, where for a brief period he worked as a farm hand. He was too enterprising and ambitious a young man to be long content in that occupation, however, and later attended the teachers' institute. That fall he engaged in teaching, but the following spring he came to Uniontown, obtaining a clerkship in the general mercantile store of Alexander Si Gaffney. In 1 893, together with his brother Nicholas he bought the Washington Journal, one of Uniontown's weekly papers, that they edited here until 1894. In June of that year they removed their plant to Kendrick, Idaho, and founded the Kendrick Times, but Mr. Triesch withdrew from this enterprise in 1896 and re- turning to Whitman county became editor of the Colfax Commoner. Three months later he leased this paper^ continuing its publication until 1898 when he withdrew from journalism and once more became identified with mercantile activities^ as an employe of the Wheeler-Motter Company. He had charge of their clothing and furnishing department for a time^ but subsequently resigned his position and went to Elk City^ Idaho, to prospect in the mines. From there he again returned to Colfax and became editor of the People's Advocate, one of the local papers, but in 1 899 the Wheeler- Motter Company again engaged his services. Very soon thereafter the firm sent him to Peck, Idaho, to open a branch store, but in 1901 he once more severed his connection with mercantile pursuits and going to Lewiston, Idaho, he founded the North Idaho Democrat. He was subsequently employed on the Lewiston Daily Tribune, but in 1902 he returned to Unionto^vn and accepted a clerkship in the general store of W. A. Struppler. In September, 1907, Mr. Triesch and his brother Nicholas became associated in the general mercantile establishment that they are still conducting under the firm name of Triesch Brothers. This undertaking has proven very successful and theirs is now one of the well established and flourishing mercantile establishments of the town.

Uniontown was the scene of Mr. Triesch's marriage in January, 1906, to Miss Regina Gerhardt, a native of Texas and a daughter of A. D. Gerhardt, and they have become the parents of three children, Nathan Oscar Gerhardt; Marcella Marie; and Isabelle Laura.

Mr. Triesch is trustee, secretary and treasurer of the Roman Catholic church, of which his wife is also a communicant, and he is likewise a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He votes the democratic ticket, and has held the offices of mayor, city clerk and treasurer, and during the period of his residence in Idaho in 1900 he was elected to the sixth state legislature, serving for one term. Mr. Triesch is a public-spirited man and is an enthusiastic member of the Commercial Club of Uniontown, of which he is president. He is one of the worthy representatives of the commercial fraternity of the town, where his close attention to the development of his business and industrious methods are bringing him a goodly measure of prosperity.

Harry H. Hall

Among those who came west to seek their fortunes some twenty years ago is Harry H. Hall whose steady rise to the top now places him among the leading ranks of Coeur d'Alene's representatives of industry. He is the owner and manager of the Coeur d'Alene Sash & Door Company, a plant of no small importance among the wood working manufactories in the northwest. Mr. Hall claims Pennsylvania as his native state, his birth having occurred in Westmoreland county, June S, 1878. John L. and Elizabeth (Laney) Hall were his parents. He was educated in the common schools of his native locality after which he attended the normal school in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, devoting himself at the same time to the task of mastering the carpenter's trade. In 1889 he set out for the west coming directly to Spokane, Washington, where he followed the carpenter's trade until 1892, assisting during this tirae in the rebuilding of Spokane after the big fire. He then went to northern Idaho and western Montana working for a brief time in the shingle mills, and in 189S went to Livingston, Montana, where he engaged with stockmen as a cow puncher and rode the range, and also drove a stage into Yellowstone Park and in the country round about. The following year he engaged in the lumber business at Fridley, Montana, and in the fall of 1896 removed to Bozeman, Montana, where for two years he continued to buy and sell lumber, giving this up in order to engage in the building and contracting business. He remained at this nine years when he left Bozeman and came to Coeur d'Alene to live, entering the employment of H. B. Traflf, the owner of the Coeur d'Alene Sash & Door Company. He did not remain in the capacity of employe of this firm very long but bought out the plant and reorganized it, becoming the owner and manager of a prosperous manufacturing establishment. He achieved the position which he now holds by dint of his continued application and his unwearying efforts toward the long cherished ideal of independence in his work.