Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 21 of 22)

The marriage of Mr. Hall and Miss Anna Liston, a daughter of Robert Liston of Bozeman, Montana, was solemnized on April 28, 1897. Two children were born of the union: Ross L., born January 2, 1900; and Maurine, born May 25, 1904. Mr. Hall is a member of Coeur d'Alene Lodge, No. 34, I. O. O. F., of the Coeur d'Alene Lodge, K. of P., and of the Commercial Club of Coeur d'Alene. He is a man of deeds rather than words and in the steady pursuit of his ideal has won the admiration of all who know him.

Aubrey Reginald McClaskey, the present city treasurer of Albion^ has been identified with the business circles of the town for the past seven years, during six of which he has been cashier of the Albion State Bank. He was originally a subject of England, his birth having occurred in Canada on the 28th of August, 1878. His parents, Robert and Sarah (Craig) McClaskey were born, reared and married in Canada, where they resided until 1880. In the latter year they crossed the border into the United States, first locating in Minnesota, where they continued to live for ten years. At the end of that period, in 1889, they came to Idaho, settling on a timber claim in Latah county, fifteen miles northeast of Palouse.

Aubrey Reginald McClaskey was a child of only two years when he came to the United States with his parents, and here he has ever since made his home. When old enough to begin his education he entered the common schools of Minnesota, where he pursued his studies to the age of eleven years. Some time after the family located in Latah county, he resumed his education in the public schools of Palouse, but in order to do this in 189S it was necessary for him to woik for his board. At the age of eighteen years he became self-supporting and has ever since been dependent upon his own efforts. He began his independent career as a teacher in the schools of Latah county, continuing to follow this vocation for several years. For a time he temporarily withdrew from it in order that he might take a course in the Colfax College and also the Washington State University. In 1902, he again became a teacher in the schools of Latah county, but early recognizing that commercial life afforded better opportunities for financial advancement, he gave up teaching to accept a clerkship in a general store in Palouse. He was employed there until 1905, when he resigned his position to enter the service of the Potlatch Lumber Company at Endicott and Albion. When he had been in their employ for about a year he was offered the positicm of cashier in the Albion State Bank^ which he accepted and has ever since retained, and he is now one of the stockholders of this institution and a member of the board of directors.

At Palouse, on the 2Sd of November, 1907, Mr. McClaskey was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Lewis, a native of Virginia and a daughter of Robert M. and

Naoma (Barnes) Lewis, the father a native of Virginia and the mother of North Carolina. Two sons have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. McClaskey, Robert Lewis and Eugene Kenneth.

Mr. McClaskey is senior warden of Reynolds Lodge. No. 114, F. & A. M., and he also belongs to Chapter No. 85, O. E. S.; Lodge No. 182, K. of P.; Albion Camp, No. 6346, M. W. A.; and Pine Grove Range, No. 1156. He gives his political indorsement to the republican party, and for the past three years he has been discharging the duties of city treasurer, his services in this connection proving very efficient. Mr. McClaskey is a man of high standards and laudable ambition who strives to fulfill to the best of his ability anything he undertakes and he has therefore acquired the reputation of being a business man of exact methods and definite system.

George Nathan Lamphere, Jr., who for fourteen years has been postmaster of Palouse, was bom in Washington, D. C. on January 1, 1872, his parents being George N. and Sarah (Jones) Lamphere, the father a native of Connecticut and the mother of Pennsylvania.

The education of George Nathan Lamphere, Jr., was begun in the common schools of the national capital, where he passed the first twelve years of his life. In 1884, his parents removed to Minnesota, locating at Moorhead, and in the public schools of that place he continued to pursue his studies for a time, after which he learned the printers' trade. Having completed his apprenticeship and being qualified to take a position in 1889, at the age of seventeen years, he left home and began earning his own living. Believing that the northwest afforded better opportunities and greater advantages than any other section of the country he made his way westward. He arrived in Whitman county in 1890, locating in Palouse where he obtained a position on the News. As he intelligently applied himself to the duties he was assigned and was steady and reliable, he was promoted until he became editor of this journal which he continued to publish until 1897. In the latter year he severed his connection with newspaper work to enter upon the duties of postmaster, having been appointed to this office by President McKinley. As he fulfilled his responsibilities with a rare degree of conscientious obligation and in a manner highly satisfactory to the community at large he was twice reappointed to the same office by President Roosevelt and once by President Taft. That he has served with efficiency and is well qualified for the post is evidenced by the length of his incumbency, which covers a period of fourteen years. In connection with the discharge of his official duties, Mr. Lamphere has had time to engage in business enterprises and he is the owner of the Palouse Republic. In common with all enterprising business men of this section he has invested in real estate as extensively as his circumstances warranted, recognising this to be the most legitimate and lucrative field of speculation here afforded.

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As he is a man of much foresight and clear judgment^ he has been very judicious in his investments and now owns several pieces of valuable city property and also a fine ranch in Whitman county, the value of all of which has very much increased during the period of his ownership.

Spokane was the scene of Mr. Lampliere's marriage in 1896 to Miss Carrie Farnsworth, who was a native of Kansas and a daughter of C. H. Farns worth, and to them were bom two children, Gladys and John Theodore. The wife and mother passed away in 1903 and in 1905 Mr. Lamphere was married to Miss Marie Wells, the event being celebrated at Portland. Mrs. Lamphere is a native of this state and a daughter of W. R. Wells. One daughter, Lamona, has been born to Mr. Lamphere and his second wife.

A stanch republican in his political views, Mr. Lamphere always casts his ballot in support of the men and measures of that party and accords them the unqualified support of his paper. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, in which he has held all of the chairs, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of Moscow and the Woodmen of the World, while his connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his membership in the Inland Club of Spokane. Mr. Lamphere is one of the business men of Palouse who has contributed in a substantial measure toward the development and upbuilding not only of his immediate community but of the entire county through the columns of his paper, which always champions every progressive movement and strives to forward the commercial and financial welfare of the town. He is a man of upright principles and high ideals, who never hesitates to denounce any movement or transaction that he fears may threaten the interests of the municipality, while he is just as stanch and loyal in his allegiance to any policy that in his judgment is likely to serve the highest interests of the community, although it may be inaugurated and championed only by the minority. Fearless and independent in his views of right and wrong, he is one of the town's strongest citizens, whose ideas have considerable weight in influencing local opinions.

James Glasgow

Among the men who have given up other pursuits to engage in agricultural industries is James Glasgow, the owner of four hundred and seventy acres of valuable land near Silver Lake. He was born in Laporte county, Indiana, on the 8th of March, 1857, his parents being Hugh and Nancy J. (McCarthy) Glasgow. The mother passed away in 1890 and the father died in 1897.

James Glasgow's early life was spent in the usual way and little happened to vary the routine of school work and employment on the farm. After attending the public schools in Indiana he went west at the age of twenty-two years and settled in Iowa, where he farmed and accepted employment on a railroad for two years, but realizing the opportunities of the far west, and desiring to make as big a career for himself as possible, he went farther west and located in eastern Washington. During the summer of 1881 he was employed by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company at Colfax, Washington. Following this he settled on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres near Silver Lake, and has since added three hundred and ten acres to the original property. This land is at present being developed to its fullest extent, and through the able and scientific management of Mr. Glasgow, has become one of the most valuable tracts in the vicinity. He has given his careful attention to the details of equipment and improvement, and has met with unqualified success.

On the 2d of December, 1885, Mr. Glasgow was united in marriage to Ada E. Leipham, the daughter of Peter and Phoebe Leipham, of Spokane, Washington, the parents being among the early settlers in Spokane county. To Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow six children have been born : Hugh P., who is an agriculturist in Stevens county ; Darel W., who is attending Blair Business College; Arzella M., who is living at home; and Harold, Max and Ruth, who are attending school at Medical Lake.

Mr. Glasgow is thoroughly awake to the needs of the age, and his executive ability has frequently been recognized by those about to institute a new project. He is ably serving as president of the Medical Lake Telephone Company, an office in which he has ample opportunity to exercise his good judgment and his keen appreciation of the needs of his community. He gives his political support to the republican party, and has shown his interest in the educational welfare of Medical Lake by serving as school director. He holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a past grand in that lodge, and has been a representative to the grand lodge a number of times. He is also a member of the Woodmen of the World and is past commander. His worth and integrity as a citizen is clearly recognized, and his ability as a business man and an agriculturist have won him the respect and esteem of all with whom he comes in contact.

Edwin Sylvester Burgan

Edwin Sylvester Burgan, president of the First National Bank, has been prominently identified with various business enterprises of Pullman for the past fifteen years. His birth occurred in Wooster, Ohio, on the 1st of April, 1849, his parents being George and Sarah (Widmer) Burgan, also natives of the Buckeye state, whence they removed to Indiana in 1849.

As he was only an infant when his parents left Ohio, Edwin Sylvester Burgan was reared in Indiana, to whose public schools he is indebted for his education. His student days were terminated at the age of fourteen years, in 1863, when he laid aside his text-books and began his business career as a clerk in a store at Bluffton, Indiana. He severed this connection two years later and returned to the farm, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1867, when he again took up clerking. In 1870 he came to Waitsburg, Washington, and for two years thereafter sold goods for Paine Bros., Preston Bros. & Company. At the expiration of that time he returned to Indiana on a visit, remaining there until 1874 when he removed to Danville, Illinois. There he was engaged in the grain business for two years, following which he and a Mr. Gregg established a wholesale and retail crockery store under the firm name of Gregg & Burgan. They conducted this until 1878, when they went into the milling business, their plant being operated under the name of D. Gregg & Company. Two years later he engaged in the grain brokerage business, continuing in this until the spring of 1882, when he returned to Waitsburg and took a clerkship in the Pioneer Supply Depot until 1889. In the latter year he went to Spokane and became identified with the firm of M. Seller Si Company, wholesale and retail crockery dealers. The following year he withdrew from his position and engaged in a general merchandise business at Latah, Spokane county. This was conducted under the name of E. S. Burgan until 1896, when he removed to Pullman and went into partnership with C. P. Jordan. Two years later Mr. Burgan became sole proprietor of the business, which he conducted imder his own name until 1900 when he took his son Jesse W. into partnership, the firm name being changed to E. S. Burgan & Son. In 1906 this enterprise was incorporated under the name of The Burgan Emerson Company, with Mr. Burgan as president. A capable business man of enterprising and progressive methods, Mr. Burgan has not confined his activities to mercantile pursuits, but has been instrumental in organizing and promoting various undertakings since becoming a resident of Whitman county. He is now president of the First National Bank of this city and the Loan & Savings Association and after serving as president of the latter for six years he resigned in 1911. He is likewise president of the Burgan & Springer Hat Company of Portland, and formerly wa^ president of the Breez, Burgan & Rural Telephone Company. His determination of spirit, resourcefulness and powers of organization have been the dominating factors in his business career, enabling him to carry to a successful issue anything he undertakes. During the fifteen years of his residence in Pullman, Mr. Burgan has become recognized as a man of soimd judgment and sagacity, whose official connection with any enterprise is sufiicient guarantee of its success.

On the 22d of November, 1876, Mr. Burgan was married to Miss Emma Hefley of Indiana, and to them has been born a son, Jesse Widmer, who is a resident of Pullman. Mr. Burgan is a member of the board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, with which his wife is also identified, and he likewise belongs to Pullman Lodge, No. 49, A. F. & A. M. He votes the republican ticket and has formerly represented his ward in the local council for several terms. Everything that Mr. Burgan undertakes is directed with energy and enterprise, as he is convinced that every individual possesses the power to dominate the conditions surrounding him if he but wields it in an intelligent manner, concentrating his efforts upon the attainment of a definite purpose.

John William Higgins

John W. Higgins, of the Higgins-Brooks Company, was born in Portland, Oregon, July 14, 1859, a son of William L. and Mary Elizabeth (Scott) Higgins. The father, whose birth occurred in Rhode Island, came to Oregon in 1832, via Cape Horn and was one of the early settlers in Portland. At the time he left home he ran away with his brother Louis, who however, remained on land when William L. boarded the ship for his western trip. They never saw or heard from each other since. Mr. W. L. Higgins was a carpenter and builder and assisted in erecting the Portland postoffice. He was always prominent in politics. His death occurred in 1907. The mother, who was of Scotch descent, crossed the plains to Oregon about 1849. Her birth occurred in Kentucky from which state her family removed westward, first gmng to Missouri. Her death occurred in 1905. To their union six children were bom: Frank D. and James A., both of whom are residing in Portland;

John W.^ who is the subject of this review; Alice S. and Mrs. Harry Hall, residents of Portland ; and Mrs. William B. Addy^ of Waterloo^ Iowa.

John W. Higgins was reared under the parental roof and pursued his education in the public schools and high schools of Portland. Upon putting aside his text-books he accepted a position with Knapp-Burrell & Company^ dealers in farm machinery and implements. After remaining in their employ in Portland for four years he entered their office at Colfax where he remained six years^ at the end of which time he became assistant cashier of the Second National Bank of Colfax and was thus engaged for eleven years. Mr. Higgins has been a resident of this city since 1901. As soon as he took up his residence here he engaged in the mining business^ and during his ten years' connection with this enterprise has promoted many properties. He is interested in the Alaska copper property and south Idaho gold property. At present he is secretary of the Idaho Richmond Gold Mines Company^ the Bonanza Silver^ & Lead Mining Company^ and the Nez Perce Orogrande of Orogrande^ Idaho. All these properties are under development, and are becoming highly profitable enterprises. His ability in developing th^se mining properties, to which he gives his entire time and attention, is fast winning him success and recognition as one of the foremost promoters of the northwest.

Politically Mr. Higgins gives his support to the republican party, and is thoroughly alive to the issues of the day but has never sought office as a reward for party fealty. Depending upon his own resources from an early age he has lived a life of industry, and whatever h&a been his success is the result of his well directed diligence and labor.

Rev. Samuel G. Havermale

What a long procession there would be if all could be summoned upon whose lives the Rev. Samuel G. Havermale had a direct influence for good ! He devoted many years to the ministry and while he ever had one hand up-reaching toward the high ideals and principles which he cherished, the other hand was ever downreaching in sympathy and help to those whom he attempted to bring to his own high level. The qualities of sympathy and friendship were strongly his and made him a favorite wherever he was known. His name is inseparably associated with the history of Spokane, inasmuch as he was the first minister who ever preached to the white inhabitants of this town and was otherwise connected with events which are now matters of history here. His birth occurred hear Sharpsburg, Maryland, October 15, 1824, his parents being Peter and Marie (Gardner) Havermale, both of whom came of Holland ancestry but were bom in this country. There were eight children in their family, seven sons and a daughter, and the birthplace of the Rev. Samuel G. Havermale was on the ground where the battle of Antietam afterward took place. He was but seven years of age when in 1881 his parents removed to the foothills of South Mountain, settling near Hagerstown, Maryland. Two years later they crossed the Alleghanies to what was then the far west, establishing their home in Montgomery county, Ohio, where the boy grew to manhood upon the home farm, experiencing the usual conditions and hardships incident to the development of a new farm in a frontier district. He was twenty years of age when in 1844 the family removed to Fulton county^ Illinois^ and there he entered business life as a salesman in a store and also embraced the opportunity of further promoting his own education by attending the public schools and afterward the Rock River Seminary. He always displayed aptitude in his studies but his early advantages were very limited^ owing to the primitive condition of the schools in Ohio. Just before he left that state he took part in a spelling match in which a prize was offered^ and after an exciting contest he won the prize from his cousin^ Helen Havermale. The prize was a history of the explorations of Lewis and Clarke to the northwest and its perusal awakened in him a desire to come to this country^ which he carried out in later life. In Illinois he engaged in teaching school for a time and also entered actively upon the work of the ministry in that state. He was licensed as a preacher of the Methodist church a short time before his marriage but was not assigned to a regular charge until September^ 1S52, when Bishop Ames appointed him to the Ridott circuit in the Rock river conference^ which circuit then embraced portions of Ogle^ Stephenson and Winnebago counties of Illinois. For twenty-one years Rev. S. G. Havermale continued in the work of the ministry in northern Illinois save for a brief period in 1868^ when by appointment of President Lincoln he served as a member of the Christian commission^ being on duty at Vicksburg^ Mississippi^ among the soldiers and returning prisoners from southern prisons. Even at that time he did not cease preaching, delivering sermons at various points, often as many as five a day. He then returned to his labors in Illinois, where he remained until 1878.

The Rev. Havermale saw the fulfillment of his long cherhhed hope to come to the northwest when on the 22d of Sept^mberi 1 878> Be was transferred to the Columbia river conference and assigned po the pastorate of me Methodist church at Walla Walla, then the leading town oi the Inland EmfMre.* He was made presiding elder by Bishop Merrill the foUtwi]igry.eAJ^. aiicl ius duties called him to all parts of eastern Washington and Oregon and to portions of' Idaho. On journeying from Walla Walla to Colville he lost his way in the vicinity of Medical Lake and, following false directions, arrived at Spokane Falls. Thus by chance he came to the city where on the 14th of November, 1875, he preached the first sermon delivered to a congregation of white people, services being held in a small box house just west of the present city hall site. Twenty-five years later the Methodists celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of that event, Mr. Havermale preaching the sermon on that occasion. He was charmed with the little town which he inadvertently visited and removed his family to this place from Walla Walla, tak< ing up a homestead claim which covered the districts now included in the Havermale addition, the Havermale second addition, the River Front addition, Pittwood's addition, the Keystone addition and the Spokane river and islands from Division street to Mill street. Nearly all of this property he sold at good prices, which brought him a handsome competence.

While Mr. Havermale continued to preach the gospel and labored untiringly for the moral progress of the community, he also aided in its material development and its public affairs, recognizing the fact that the minister is not to hold himself aloof but is to take part in those things which constitute life and its experiences and in such surroundings make his own example and precepts a permeating influence for good. He was associated with George A. Davis in building the original Echo flouring mills, thus installing the first full roller process in Washington. He

It was in Jo Daviess comity^ Illinois^ on the 1st of November^ 1849^ that Mr. Havermale was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Goldthorp and unto them were born three children two of whom still survive: Laura V.^ the wife of Dr. B. F. Burch^ of Spokane; and Schuyler S.^ who is now a stockman of San Diego county^ California. Wilbur died in San Diego about fifteen years ago. There are also five grandchildren living in Spokane: Mrs. John W. Graham, W. G. Burch, Mrs. S. B. Slee, Lita and Carl Burch. The great-grandchildren are, Wallace Spoor Burch, MoUie Graham, Watford Slee, Bettie Slee, Fred Slee and Bennie Burch.

The Rev. Havermale continued a resident of Spokane until 1887, when failing health caused him to seek a change of climate and he went to San Diego, California. In 1898, however, he returned to Spokane, where he resided up to the time of his death, which occurred January 18, 1904, and was buried in Fairmount cemetery. He was almost eighty years of age when he passed away and amcmg his possessions were the "blest accompaniments of age - ^honors, riches, troops of friends." He was always a man of scholarly tastes and halnts, and his reading was particularly broad and, combined with his experiences, gave him keen insight into human nature and thus qualified him particularly to help his fellowmen l^ speaking a word in season or extending a helping hand when needed. Human sympathy was one of his salient characteristics and combined with keen intelligence in enabling him to uplift humanity. He left his impress for good upon Spokane, the city and its people, and his memory is tenderly cherished by those who knew him.

John F. Costello

John F. Costello, who is a prominent contractor of Spokane, with offices in the Hutton building, was born in Ontario, Canada, on the 15th of December, 1864, his parents being Martin and Anna J. (Fulton) Costello. The father's death occurred in 1 896 and the mother is still residing in Alexandria, Ontario.

John F. Costello received his education in the public schols of Ontario and there pursued the consecutive courses of study until he was seventeen years of age. At that time he began his independent career by accepting employment as telegraph operator for the Grand Trunk Railroad in various parts of Ontario. Subsequently he became associated with the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Montreal and Ottawa and was later transferred by this company to different parts of Manitoba. When he was twenty years of age he began working for the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway at Minneapolis as telegraph operator and remained with them until 1887, when he removed to Montana and for two years was engaged in that state in contracting work with his brother, Peter Costello, before coming to Spokane, where he followed the same line of work until 1 894. In that year, because of the business depression caused by the recent panic, he gave up his contracting business and again followed telegraphy. He was employed by both the Union Pacific Railroad in Oregon and the

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Western Union Telegraph Company at Portland. Later he worked in Nelson, British Columbia, for a short time as agent for the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad and a few months later he located at Northport, Washington, where he was United States customs agent. During this time he became associated with the Northport Smelting & Refining Company and for six years was in their employ before returning to Spokane and again engaging in the contracting business with his brother, Peter, until the death of the latter on the 1st of November, 1906. He has met with remarkable success in his undertakings and has been one of the most prominent contractors of the city for the past fivt years, doing the work on Rockwood addition in Lincoln with ten miles of streets and twenty miles of sidewalks.

Mr. Costello has been twice married. His first union occurred at Northport, Washington, when he was married to Miss Josie A. Fronck, whose death occurred June 4, 1901. One son was born of this union, Martin, who is a student here. Mr. Costello was again married on the 22d of October, 1902, his second union being with Miss Marie E. Scales, of Northport, Washington. To them four children have been born, Jacques, Julia A., Norman A. and Paul.

Mr. Costello is a prominent member of the republican party and has served as mayor of Northport for one year and was also a member of the council for one year. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. For two years he acted as master of the blue lodge. He also holds membership in the Inland Club. In fraternal circles and in business relations Mr. Costello is looked upon as a man of marked ability, integrity and conscientious regard fco* the rights and opinions of his associates.

Eugene William Downen

Eugene William Downen, who has been engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in Pullman for over twenty years, during which period he has been successfully identified with various other local activities, was bom in Illinois on the 11th of March, 1860, his parents being William R. and Martha (Carroll) Downen. The father was a native of Indiana and a son of Johnson Downen of Kentucky, while the mother was bom and reared in Pennsylvania, as was likewise her father, Daniel Carroll, who belonged to the family of Revolutionary fame bearing that name.

Eugene William Downen pursued his education in the common schools of his native state until he had attained the age of sixteen years, when he went to Colorado to reside with an uncle, Thomas J. Downen, who was commander for the Grand Army of the Republic for the department of Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. There he continued his studies in the country schools and also at home for four years, at the end of which time he returned to Illinois. Very soon thereafter, he went to Quincy to take a commercial course in the Gem City Business College, but owing to the state of his health was shortly compelled to give this up and return to Colorado. In 1888, he resumed his business course in the college at Quincy, completing his studies early the following year. In April, 1884, he came to Whitman county, locating at Pullman, where he subsequently entered the employ of Kjng^an & Farris, a well known hardware firm of that period, in the capacity of bookkeeper. He continued with them until the following winter, when he resigned to enter upon his duties as justice of the peace^ to which office he had been elected in November^ 1 884. He discharged the duties of this office with efficiency until the 12th of December^ 1885^ when he was advised of his appointment to the position of postmaster by President Cleveland. Almost immediately thereafter he assumed the responsibilities of this office^ which he resigned four years later when the republicans again came into power, recommending a member of the other party for his successor, who was successful in getting appointment. His service was very satisfactory to the community at large and has always been distinguished by the fact that during his term the money order system was introduced here. Mr. Downen early recognized the wonderful business opportunities that were afforded here and realized that their development and permanency were assured because of the country's rich natural resources. In 1884, he became associated with A. A. Miller in the establishment of a mercantile business which was operated until 1890 under the firm name of Downen, Miller & Company. At that time this section of the country was very largely used for ranging purposes, and while he was postmaster Mr. Downen made his first venture in the cattle business with which he has ever since been identified. It was in this connection that he became interested in the raising of alfalfa, of which he was the first successful grower in the county. In 1889, he and Mr. Miller extended the scope of their activities by the organization of a real-estate and insurance business, that they conducted under the name of E. W. Downen & Company. After the Pullman fire in 1890, however, they dissolved partnership, and Mr. Downen has ever since been conducting his real-estate and insurance business under his name alone. He has met with very good success in his various undertakings and has been identified with various local enterprises, having been a stockholder and director of the First National Bank of this city from 1890 to 1893.

Pullman was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Downen on the 18th of September, 1887, to Miss Lulu Laney, a native of Missouri and a daughter of Edwin and Nancy J. Laney, the father originally from Ohio, and the mother from Kentucky. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Downen: Jessie E., who married W. A. Knowles, of Spokane, by whom she has had one son; and Daniel Carroll, who was born in 1890, a resident of this city.

Mr. Downen is one of the worthy exemplars of the Masonic fraternity and has the distinction of having been the first member initiated in Whitman Lodge, No. 49, A. F. & A. M., of Pullman, of which he was at one time secretary, and he also belongs to Crescent Chapter, No. 31, R. A. M. He is one of the active and enthusiastic members of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce and gives his hearty cooperation to its various undertakings. His political support is accorded to the candidates of the republican party, save at municipal elections when he casts his ballot for the men he deems best qualified for the office. Mr. Downen is one of the foremost men of the town, and is held in high respect not only by his associates but by all who have had dealings with him.

Dr. David Alfred Angus, the present mayor of Rosalia, who has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Whitman county for the past six years, is a native of Wisconsin and a son of Robert and Margaret (Wilson) Angus, who were born in Scotland.

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The early years of Dr. Angus were not distinguished by any unusual occurrence or startling incident^ but were passed in the uneventful manner characteristic of life in the more sparsely settled communities. At the usual age he entered the common schools^ completing his preliminary education in the Wayland Academy. Having decided to adopt a professional career^ he subsequently matriculated at the Rush Medical College^ Chicago^ from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1896. Very soon thereafter he established an office in Chicago that he maintained until 1904^ succeeding in building up a very fair practice. In that year he took a post-graduate course and in 1905 came to Whitman county, locating in Rosalia, where he has ever since been engaged in practice. During the period of his residence here^ Dr. Angus has had ample opportunity to manifest his skill as both a general practitioner and surgeon and has become recognized as one of the able physicians of the town.

Dr. Angus is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the rank of a thirty-two degree member of the Scottish Rite, is affiliated with the Oriental Consistory of Chicago and also belongs to the Shrine. He likewise holds membership in the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, while his connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to the Inland Club of Spokane. He has always had the most implicit faith in the future of the northwest and is an enthusiastic member of the Rosalia Chamber of Commerce, and was formerly vice president of this organization. The political support of Dr. Angus is given to the republican party, and in 1911 he was called to the highest office in the gift of the municipality of which he is still the incumbent. He has proven a very capable executive, discharging his duties with a finc^pr^oiationoi public obligation. A man of progressive ideas, he is interested [ in ^^mdtiiA^ fte* various public utilities and is always ready to give his unqualified, kiipport* to- everf* ihovement that he feels will benefit the community or tend to advance the standards of citizenship).

Robert C. Alexander

Robert C. Alexander, who is residing at Loon Lake, Washington, was bom in Randolph county, Illinois, on October 28, 1868, his parents being William R. and Jane (Dickey) Alexander. The father died in 1901 and the mother passed away two years later. When Robert C. Alexander was but a youth his parents removed to Colorado, and in the public schools of Loveland^ a town near Denver, he acquired his education. Forced by unpreventable circumstances to leave school while very young he started to work at an early age for a lumber company, remaining in their employ for two years. After giving up this position he went to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, for a year's residence and then returned to Colorado for another year. He then came to Loon Lake and has since been in the employ of the HoUand-Hoor Lumber Company as planer. In addition to his regular employment he also manifests considerable interest and retains the management of eighty acres of farm land in Colorado of which he is the owner. He has met with success in his undertakings because of his energy, the necessary qualification for a successful career in the west.

oughly alive to the issues of the day and a firm advocate of the policies which his party advance. He holds membership in the Woodmen of the World. Conscientious in his duties and honorable in his social and fraternal relations, he holds the respect of the members of his community.

John Craig Lawrence

One of the highly esteemed pioneer citizens of Washington, who from territorial days has been prominently identified with public life and was a member of the first state senate, is John Craig Lawrence, now serving on the railroad commission. For more than a quarter of a century he has been a resident of Garfield, during which time he has founded and assisted in promoting many of its leading enterprises, and has worked tirelessly in the development of its various public utilities. He was bom in Ohio on January 22, 1861, and is a son of George and Lucretia (Montgomery) Lawrence, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Virginia.

While he was still in his early childhood the parents of John Craig Lawrence removed from the Buckeye state to Illinois, and there at the usual age the lad began his education in the common schools. The family subsequently became residents of Oregon, in which state he continued his studies until he had attained the age of sixteen years. As he had always been an ambitious, enterprising lad he had applied himself diligently to his studies and was now fully qualified to teach. He followed this profession in Oregon and Washington for a year, at the end of which time he had sufficient means to warrant his continuing his education, so he went to Colfax, this state, and entered the academy. While engaged in his studies he also continued to work and, was for some time employed on the Northwest Tribune of that city. In 1880 he accepted the position of foreman on the Palouse City Boomerang of Palouse City, continuing to be identified with this journal for two years. At the expiration of that time he came to Garfield and became associated with J. D. Bishop in establishing a hardware business under the firm name of Lawrence, Bishop & Company. During the first year he again resumed his teaching but he gave this up at the end of that period to assume the duties of county superintendent, in which capacity he served for three years, his term expiring in 1886. About the time he was elected to this office in 1883, Mr. Bishop decided to withdraw from the hardware business and Mr. Lawrence purchased his stock. He managed the store in connection with the discharge of his official duties until 1884, but as it was impossible for him to do full justice to both, he then sold half of his interest to Samuel Grove, the name being changed to Lawrence, Grove & Company. Thus they continued until 1887, but as Mr. Lawrence was becoming quite prominently identified with public life and had various other interests that demanded much of his attention, he then disposed of the greater portion of his stock in the store to George Nye & Company, becoming a silent partner. The next year, in 1888, he went into the real-estate business with Greenville Holbrook, the enterprise being conducted under the name of Lawrence & Holbrook. This undertaking thrived from the very first, and in 1890 the firm laid out a forty acre subdivision to the town of Pullman, known as the Lawrence & Holbrook addition. As they were both men of unusual sagacity and foresight, they readily recognized the wonderful opportunities afforded in this section and subse- quently purchased sufficient land from the different homesteaders for a town site, and platted and founded the village of Kendrick, Idaho. During his term of office as superintendent it was necessary for Mr. Lawrence to reside at Pullman, but at the expiration of that time, in 1886, he again returned to Garfield where he took charge of Knapp-Bunnell & Company's warehouse. The same year he was appointed superintendent of public instruction of Washington territory, and in 1890 President Harrison appointed him register of the United States Land Office at Waterville, Washington. His duties there expiring in 1894, he again became identified with the business interests of Garfield, and for ten years thereafter was the manager of the Farmers* Warehouse Company here. In 1898 he established the Bank of Garfield, a private institution, of which he was the chief stockholder and general manager until 1905. As it was conducted along conservative lines it became recognized as one of the stable and thoroughly reliable financial concerns of the county, and in 1909 it was incorporated as a state bank, and the next year began operations under the name of the Garfield National Bank. Mr. Lawrence is still one of the stockholders of this organization, but is not in any way officially connected with it at the present. While Governor Mead was in office in 1905 he appointed Mr. Lawrence a member of the railroad commission, and in 1907 he was reappointed for six years, and is still serving in this capacity. He is one of the pioneers who early recognized and appreciated the wonderful possibilities this state afforded with the advent of railroads and the development of its rich natural resources, and has invested quite heavily in real estate. His first holding was a tree claim on which he filed in 1882, the year he reached his majority, and he has since added to his possessions at different times and is now the owner of some quite valuable property. In 1894, he decided to extend his activities in still another line and engaged in farming and he now has one thousand acres of land under cultivation. Mr. Lawrence is one of those wonderfully endowed men, who have the rare faculty of being able to direct their energies along various lines and so concentrate their forces as to far surpass the average in each. Since he was a youth of sixteen years he has made his way with absolutely no assistance other than such as is accorded every business man of recognized efficiency and reliability, and although during that period he has oftentimes been so situated that the future seemed most uncertain and disaster seemed to threaten from every side he has always been able to so command his forces as to control and dominate conditions, in many instances by the sheer force of his determination, which would never recognize defeat. His achievements and success must be largely attributed to inherent ability and strength of purpose, qualities that in many instances are termed "luck."

At Davenport, Washington, on the 2d of April, 1888, Mr. Lawrence was united in marriage to Miss Jessie M. Rogers, of Indiana, a daughter of George B. and Mathilda Rogers, and to them have been bom four children, as follows: Zola, who married K. B. Fisher, of Garfield, by whom she has had three children: Bessie, the wife of John Camp, of Seattle; and Hugh M. and Perry, both of whom are at home.

Mr. Lawrence is an elder in the Presbyterian church, in which his family also hold membership and he is an active member of the Young Men's Christian Association, being a member of the board of directors at Olympia. He is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the rank of a thirty-second degree member of the Scottish Rite, and belongs to the chapter, consistory and shrine, and also the Order of the Eastern Star of which he is a worthy patron. He is commander of the Woodmen of the World and a chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and he likewise holds membership in the Odd Fellows^ Elks and United Artisans. His political views accord with the principles of the republican party^ for whose candidates he always casts his ballot. From early manhood he has taken an active interest in all public affairs^ particularly those pertaining to educational matters. In 1884^ while acting as county superintendent of Whitman county^ he was appointed a member of the territorial board of education by Governor Mead, and two years later superintendent of public instruction for the territory. He was also a member of the county examining board under Superintendent Gushing Eells, and he has served as a member of the local school board. In 1889, he was elected to the state senate from this county, having the distinction of being a member of the state's first legislative body. His worth as an educator already having been recognized, he was appointed chairman of the committee on education, and thus was one of the founders of the excellent public school system now existing in this state, and naturally when he removed to Waterville four years later he was elected to the school board of that city. In addition to the various other public offices he has held, Mr. Lawrence served for two terms as a member of the council of Garfield. Although he has been in public life the greater part of the time for twenty-five years, he has fortunately escaped the calumnious charges and aspersions too frequently made against men in similar positions, and is accorded the esteem and high regard of the best citizens not only of his immediate community but throughout the state wherever he is known. As a friend he has ever been found loyal, as a business man trustworthy and reliable and as a public official true to his trust.

Dr. James Sutherland, a man of high educational standing in his profession, has been a resident of Spokane since the 11th of August, 1898. 'Tis but a comparatively brief period, yet within that time he has gained recognition of his ability in a large and growing business. He was born in Middlesex county, Ontario, April 26, 1864. His parents, Alexander and Letitia (Francis) Sutherland, were natives of Scotland and Ireland respectively, the former of whom passed away in 1892 and the latter in 1894. The father resided for many years in Middlesex county, Ontario, and served as justice of the peace of the township of Caradoc. They were the parents of four sons and four daughters, namely: James; Henry, president and manager of the Equity Life Insurance Company of Toronto; George and Alexander, carrying on farming on the old homestead; Lizzie, residing in Toronto: Mrs. S. T. Broome, of Mount Bridges, Ontario; Mrs. Charles McCandless, of Ilderton, Ontario; and Mrs. William Robinson, of Hyde Park, Ontario.

Dr. Sutherland completed his literary education in the Strathroy and Hamilton Collegiate Institutes of Ontario and subsequently engaged in teaching school. The other professions attracted him and he afterward entered Trinity Medical College, Toronto, from which he was graduated, in 1891, with the degree of F. T. M. C. He graduated from the University of Trinity College, Toronto, with the degrees of M. D., C. M., and he is also a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, where he was graduated with the degree M. C. P. & S. He is a medalist of both university and college and also won several scholarships in the pursuit of his education. His liberal training well qualified him for the onerous duties which have devolved upon him since he entered practice.

In June^ 1891, Dr. Sutherland opened an office at The Dalles, Oregon, where he remained for the greater part of seven years. He arrived in Spokane on the 11th of August, 1898, and has since followed his profession here, winning wide recognition as an able and learned physician and surgeon. He is a member of the Spokane County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is medical referee and chief examiner for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. He has held the former position for three and a half years and the latter for twelve years. He is also chief examiner for the Travelers Insurance Company and is examiner for other life companies, and is consulting surgeon for a number of large accident companies. He has an extensive practice in Spokane, being constantly overburdened by the demands on his professional service. Dr. Sutherland is also interested in land irrigation projects. He is president of the Colville Orchards Company which has one hundred and twenty-five acres in orchards and expects to have the remainder of its ranch improved soon. Its entire holdings are two hundred and forty acres of non-irrigated land on which there are now twenty thousand trees. He is also interested in several improvement companies, and business projects as well as professional are contributing to his financial success.

On the 29th of March, 1899, Dr. Sutherland was married to Miss Ursula S. Ruch, a daughter of George and Ursula Ruch, who were pioneers at The Dalles, Oregon, the father coming across the plains and the mother by way of the Panama route. Mrs. Sutherland is of Xsenoh^-and English descent. The Doctor and his wife reside at No. 920 Seventh avinht. '^ ' * - ' -

Dr. and Mrs. Sutherland are membefs 'of iihfe first Presbyterian Church, of this city, and it was largely through his efforts while president of the Men's Club of that church that the magnificent new.churdr'blrildtiig at the corner of Fourth avenue and Cedar street was made possible. He is a member of the Inland Club and the University Club. He is also a life member of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and that he is interested in plans for the city's growth and improvement is evidenced in his membership in the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to Wasco Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M., at The Dalles, Oregon, is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and is a life member of Oriental Consistory, No. 2. He is also a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star and has membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Foresters of America, the Maccabees and with Cascade Lodge of Elks, No. 808, at The Dalles, Oregon. He is well known among the fraternal organizations as well as in the club life of Spokane and his personal qualities have won him a popularity that is most enviable.

Brayton A. Hopkins

The lumber business attracted Brayton A. Hopkins in his boyhood and he has devoted the principal energies of his life to this line of industry. He has been located for a number of years at Deer Park where he is actively identified with the

Standard Lumber Company and is recognized as one of the progressive men of this section. He is a native of Rice county, Minnesota, bom September 4, 1869, a son of Brayton H. and Lavon E. (Alexander) Hopkins. The mother died in 1876, when the son Brayton was seven years of age, while the father survived until 1908. The first member of the Hoj^dns family to arrive in America crossed the ocean in the Mayflower and descendants of this worthy pilgrim have been prominent in the professions and in business in all the principal parts of the United States.

Mr. Hopkins, the subject of this sketch, possessed advantages of education in the common schools of Minnesota. At the age of fourteen he began to work upon his own account, securing employment upon a farm in the neighborhood of his home. A year later he entered the sawmill and carpentering business, in which he continued for two years in his native state. At the end of that time, being ambitious to advance as rapidly as possible, he came to Washington and for three years was employed in a saw mill at Spokane. He then turned his attention to farming and took up a homestead in Lincoln county, upon which he spent &Ye years. Subsequently he located in Deer Park where he has since made his home, working as a sawyer and filer for the Standard Lumber Company. He is also a stockholder and director of the company. He is a member of the board of directors of the First State Bank of Deer Park and has prospered in his business, being also the owner of considerable land in Deer Park and vicinity.

On the 21st of March, 1900, Mr. Hopkins was married at Webster City, Iowa, to Miss Mabel £. White, a daughter of Michael White, and to this union four children have been born, Lucy L., R. Bruce, Florence M. and Elias B. As a result of his study of political and social conditions Mr. Hopkins is a stanch advocate of prohibition, believing that it is one of the most important questions before the country. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Eastern Star, being also connected with the Modem Woodmen of America. He served in the latter order to the entire satisfaction of his brethren as venerable counsel for a period of two years. His religious belief is indicated by membership in the Congregational church. He has from the time he began to work upon his own account been highly industrious and entirely reliable and his operations have always reflected credit upon himself and those with whom he is associated. He is a liberal contributor to worthy causes and is known as a useful, patriotic and broad-minded citizen whose aim it is to add to the sum of human happiness and thus to discharge his duty as a member of the great Brotherhood of Man.

Lorenzo D. Farmin

One of the best known citizens of Sandpoint is Lorenzo D. Farmin, who not only assisted in platting the town but has been one of the prominent factors in forwarding its development, having been more or less actively identified with promoting its various public utilities during the entire period of its history. He was bom in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on the 4th of March, 1 848, and is a son of Morris and Lucinda M. (Rose) Farmin. His parents were residents of Chicago when the population of that city numbered less than ^ye hundred inhabitants, but they later removed to Oshkosh, where the father engaged in the sawmill and planing business. From there they went to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Mr. Farmin continuing in the same bus- iness until 1857, when the family located in Houston, Minnesota, going from Prairie da Chien to La Crosse on the steamer Milwaukee, which was making its initial trip up the Mississippi.

The education of Lorenzo D. Farmin was begun in the public schools of Prairie du Chien and later pursued in those of Houston, Minnesota, after which he had a term's work in a commercial college at La Crosse. After leaving school he gave his attention to farming until 1864, when he responded to the country's call and enlisted as a member of the Eleventh Minnesota Infantry, serving until the close of hostilities. He resumed the responsibilities of civil life as an agriculturist in the vicinity of Houston and was so engaged until 1881, during which time he made several trips across the continent to the western coast. In the year mentioned he became identified with the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, then engaged in constructing its lines, in the capacity of telegraph operator. His wife accompanied him on this trip, enduring with him all of its hardship;^ and privations and devoting her spare hours to the mastery of telegraphy. Mr. Farmin remained with the Canadian Pacific for four years, then went with the Great Northern Railway Company as telegraph operator, remaining with their construction department for two years, while they were building their lines through Montana. He subsequently became station agent for the Northern Pacific at Arlee and Ravalli, Montana, continuing in the employment of this company until 1888. Resigning his position he returned to Minnesota, locating at Jasper, where for about three years he engaged in the hotel business. At the expiration of that period he removed to Aberdeen, South Dakota, to become representative of the McCormick Harvester Company. He gave this up two years later and again became identified with the Great Northern Railway Company as station agent and telegraph operator at Sandpoint, entering upon his duties in October, 1892, and Mrs. Farmin acted as night operator. He continued in this position until 1899 and in the meantime purchased a relinquishment on a quarter section of land that forms a part of the present* site of Sandpoint. Originally he platted but forty acres of his land into town lots, but kept adding to this until the entire one hundred and sixty acres were included in the town site. Mr. Farmin has always been one of the enthusiastic promoters of the municipality, and to him can be attributed much of the town's enterprise and activity. He was one of the organizers of the Bonner County National Bank and he also erected the Farmin building, the finest commercial block in the town. Although he is progressive in his ideas he is thoroughly practical in every way and is recognized as one of the town's capable and substantial business men.

At Gold Hill, Nevada, on the 2d of Majch, 1876, Mr. Farmin was united in marriage to Miss Ella M. Miller, a daughter of Dr. Samuel R. Miller, of Gold Hill, and they have one son. Earl B. He was born in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1880 and is now a member of the state legislature of Idaho.

Mr. Farmin is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic order, with which he has been connected since 1870, and is a member of Lakeside Lodge, No. 42, A. F. & A. M., of Sandpoint; Hope Chapter, No. 16, R. A. M., of Minnesota; Cataract Commandery. No. 8, K. T., of Spokane; and El Katiff Shrine, also of Spokane, He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to U. S. Grant Post, No. 82, of Sandpoint. Mr. Farmin has been one of the very successful men of this section of the state, but his achievements must be entirely attributed to his foresight and initiative and to his rare business sagacity. He has always been very fond of travel and his circumstances now enable him to indulge his taste in this direction and together with his wife he made a tour of the world a few years ago^ sailing from the United States on the steamship Cleveland of the Hamburg-American line. Of generous^ kindly nature he is a liberal contributor toward charitable and religious organizations^ ever doing his utmost to advance every worthy cause or movement inaugurated for the benefit of the community, his interests ever having been identified with those of the town he has been such a prominent factor in building.

Harry Loren Day

Harry Loren Day, one of the leading citizens of Wallace, is a prominent factor in financial circles as the president of the Wallace National Bank and is also connected with mining interests as the chief executive officer of several important mining concerns of Idaho. His birth occurred in Dayton, Lyon county, Nevada, cm the 12th of December, 1865, his parents being Henry Loren and Helen (Powers) Day. The father was a native of Maine, while the mother was born near Plattsburg, Clinton county, New York. H. L. Day, Sr., who made his way to California via the Isthmus of Panama in 1854, engaged in placer mining, lumbering, freighting and merchandising in California, Nevada, Idaho and Washington. His demise occurred in Portland, Oregon, on the 7th of February, 1910. It was in 1864, at Virginia City, Nevada, that he had wedded Miss Helen Powers, who likewise journeyed to California via the Isthmus of Panama.

Harry Loren Day acquired his early education in the public schools of Nevada and Sacramento counties, California, and subsequently entered St. Mary's College at San Fmncisco, from which institution he was graduated in May, 1885. He then learned bookkeeping and at different times in his business career has been a arygoods merchant, grocery merchant, dairyman, stockman, miner, millman and prospector. In 1886 he came to the Coeur d'Alene district with his father and the other members of the family and engaged in the stock and dairy business, later turning his attention to prospecting and merchandising. In 1889 he located the Hercules mine and has since superintended its development and operation. He is the managing owner of the Hercules Mining Company of Burke, Idaho, and the president of the Humming Bird Mining Company at that place and the Custer Consolidated Mining Company at Wallace. His other official connections are as follows: president of the Wallace National Bank, Wallace, Idaho; director of the Exchange National Bank, Spokane, Washington; director of the Kootenai Power Company, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and director of the Consumers Company, Coeur d'Alene. He is likewise a stockholder in the Portland Hotel Company of Portland, Oregon. Alert and enterprising, he has been watchful of every opportunity for advancement and has gained recognition as one of the most prominent and successful business men of his community.

On the 18th of August, 1900, at Old Mission, Kootenai county, Idaho, Mr. Day was united in marriage to Miss Helen Bernadette Dwyer, a native of Iowa and a daughter of P. M. and Katherine Dwyer. The Dwyers were an old pioneer family in New York, Colorado, Iowa, California and Idaho, its male representatives following mining, farming and merchandising. Our subject and his wife have one son, Lawrence Vincent Day.

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Mr. Day gives his political allegiance to the democracy^ believing firmly in its principles. He has never sought nor desired public preferment, however, and the only office he ever held was that of secretary of the Idaho state senate during the fifth session, 1898-9. He is a faithful communicant of the Roman Catholic church and a valued member of the Commercial Club of Boise, Idaho; the Spokane Club of Spokane, Washington; the Arlington Club of Portland, Oregon; and the Sierra Madre Club of Los Angeles, California. His business career has been marked by a thorough understanding of each task which he has undertaken and by that continuous progress which logically follows constantly expanding powers and employment of opportunity.

Albertus Benjamin Baker

Among the enterprising and public-spirited citizens of Pullman whose efforts have largely contributed toward the development not only of this city but the county at large must be numbered Albertus Benjamin Baker, who for twenty years was actively and prominently identified with various commercial activities in Whitman county. A native of Minnesota, his birth occurred in Chatfield on the 1st of February, 1860. His father, J. H. Baker was born in Maryland and his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Hayles, was a native of Ohio. In the paternal line he is descended from a long line of colonial ancestors, his forefathers having participated in the Revolutionary war.

Albertus B. Baker attended the public schools of his native state until he was sixteen years of age when he laid aside his text-books in order to begin preparations for his commercial career. He was an energetic, ambitious youth and in common with such was most impatient to begin his life work. Mercantile pursuits had always attracted him strongly and he began his business career as a clerk in a general store in Chatfield. Naturally upon him devolved many and various tasks', all of which played an important part in promoting his development and making of him the capable business man he is today. A general store in a country town affords excellent opportunities to the industrious youth, who realizes that the successful merchant attains his position through the various processes of evolution that make him familiar with every detail of mercantile pursuits. He was connected with this enterprise for four years, at the expiration of which time he decided to seek new fields of activity and went to South Dakota. Upon his arrival there he filed on a preemption and a timber claim, industriously applying himself to the cultivation and improvement of his land during the succeeding two years. During that time he added to his holdings until he had acquired four hundred and eighty acres of land, all of which he brought under cultivation. In 1882 he became associated with Henry H. Cheatham in establishing a general mercantile store, which they conducted under the firm name of Baker & Cheatham. This undertaking proved to be very successful and they extended the scope of their activities by buying grain and putting up warehouses at various points along the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. They continued their enterprises until 1888, during which period they derived substantial profits. In the latter year they traded both store and land for equities in Minnesota property, and Mr. Baker returned to his native state. His undertakings during the succeeding three years proved unsatisfactory and in 1891 he incurred heavy losses and decided to establish himself amid new surroundings. With this purpose in mind he removed to Washington^ locating in Pullman^ where he again became associated with Mr. Cheatham in buying grain. During the first year of their operations the Cheatham-Baker Company handled one million^ six hundred thousand bushels of grain at a net profit of sixty-five thousand dollars. This success greatly encouraged them and the future seemed most promising^ when 1893, being a wet year^ and otherwise most unfavorable to the trade brought them a heavy loss of one hundred thousand dollars. They again dissolved partnership and from then until 1896 conducted their operations independently. In the autumn of 1896, Mr. Baker withdrew from the grain business and became identified with J. T. Lobaugh in handling farming implements and vehicles of various kinds. This enterprise was conducted under the firm name of J. T. Lobaugh & Company, with Mr. Baker acting as secretary and general manager. The undertaking thrived from the beginning, becoming one of the largest and best known establishments of the kind in ^his section. It continued to be conducted as a company until 1904, when Mr. Baker purchased the interest of his partner and thereafter was sole proprietor. In 1911, he disposed of the business, in order to give his entire time and attention to his other interests and has now entirely withdrawn from commercial activities.

A man of unusual foresight, Mr. Baker recognized the wonderful possibilities the country afforded when he first came to Washington. He foresaw the great exodus from the east to the Pacific coast with a corresponding increase in property values, and in anticipation of the opportunity to be thus afforded made such investments as he was able from time to time until he now owns eight thousand, eight hundred acres of land in different parts of the state. Sixteen hundred acres of this is being cultivated under his personal supervision. It is located in Adams county where he has one thousand acres planted to winter wheat. During the long period of his residence here Mr. Baker has been connected with various enterprises, some of which he helped to organize. He was one of the proprietors of the Pullman Flour Mills, and he was also a stockholder in the electric light plant and the Pullman Opera House. One of his most valuable assets as a business man is the intuitive faculty of discerning an opportunity, where the average person sees none. Although he has retired from the cares and responsibilities of an active business life, Mr. Baker's time is fully occupied in the supervision of his property.

At Aurora, South Dakota, in 1882, Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Missi Mary J. Phillips of Wisconsin, a daughter of Hugh and Catharine Phillips, and they have become the parents of three children: Mabel S., the wife of Arthur Hooker, of Spokane, Washington ; and Henry L. and Grace O., both of whom are still at home pursuing their studies.

The family affiliate with the Congregational church, in which the parents hold membership. Mr. Baker belongs to Whitman Lodge, No. 49, A. F. & A. M., of which he is past master, having twice held the chair ; and he is likewise the first High Priest of Pullman Chapter, No. 81, R. A. M., and gave such satisfaction that upon his retirement he was presented with a signet ring as a token of esteem. He is also a past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star of Pullman. As a member of the Woodmen of the World, he has held the chair of consul three times, and he belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Moscow Lodge, No. 247, B. P. O. E. His connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is con- fined to the Pullman Club, of which he was formerly a director. He is one of the enthusiastic members of the local Chamber of Commerce, and gives his unqualified support and cooperation to its various efforts directed toward the development of the community. Mr. Baker is a democrat in his political views and has several times represented his ward in the city council, and while a resident of Aurora, South Dakota, he discharged the duties of postmaster for four years, having been appointed to this office in 1884 under President Cleveland. He is one of the representative citizens of the town and belongs to that admirable class of pioneers who have made the northwest what it is, their enterprise and enthusiasm ever goading them on to renewed efforts despite the obstacles and defeats they encountered in their early endeavors. Mr. Baker is a man who would be an acquisition to any community, possessing the initiative that qualifies him to become one of the leaders in the promotion of the public interests and their development.

Edwin Scott Knowlton

Edwin Scott Knowlton, manager of the Potlatch Lumber Company of La Crosse, Washington, was bom in Minnesota on October 24, 1868. He is a son of Barnard K, and Amanda (Phillips) Knowlton, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ohio.

Reared at home Edwin S. Knowlton attended the common schools until he was seventeen in the acquirement of an education. Laying aside his text-books in 1880 he became self-supporting and during the succeeding four years clerked in a grocery store. He was an ambitious youth and aspired tp a business of his own, and with this thought in mind he applied himself diligently to mastering every detail of the enterprise with which he was connected. In 1884, soon after attaining his majority, he opened a grocery, but in 1887 entered the employ of the Great Northern Railway & Steamship Company, at Superior, Wisconsin. He continued in their service &ye years, and at the expiration of that time he went to Albert Lea, where he worked as a collector. In 1895, he removed to Iowa, and kept books for a year then located on a farm in Nebraska. His entire attention was given to agricultural pursuits during the succeeding five years, but at the expiration of that period he again changed his place of residence. Washington was his destination on this occasion, and upon his arrival here he located in La Crosse and entered the employ of R. A. Woods, who was in the lumber business. He remained in his service until 1906, when he withdrew to become traveling auditor for the Potlatch Lumber Company, and three years later he was made manager of their yard at this point. Success has attended the efforts of Mr. Knowlton since coming to Washington, and he is now vice president of the First State Bank of La Crosse and also a member of the board of directors, as well as one of the stockholders. He likewise is financially interested in the Standard Lumber Company of which he is a director. Mr. Knowlton applies himself intelligently and industriously to anything that he undertakes, his efforts always being concentrated upon the attainment of a definite purpose. He is progressive in his ideas and systematic in his methods, carefully planning every undertaking. To this fact, no less than his foresight and executive ability can be attributed the success of his efforts.

In this city on the 7th of May, 1907, Mr. Knowltcm was united in marriage to Miss Mary £. Rathbun, of Nebraska, and a daughter of A. C. and Elisabeth (Schoonover) Rathbun. Fraternally he is affiliated with La Cross Lodge, No. 155, A. F. & A. M., of which he is secretary ; and Colfax Chapter^ No. 34, R. A. M. He also belongs to the La Crosse Commercial Club, while his political support he gives to the republican party. At the present time he is one of the county committeemen. Mr. Knowlton has been a resident of this city for ten years, during which time he has manifested the qualities that class him among the enterprising and capable business men of the town.

E. D. Reiter

E. D. Reiter, an attorney of Spokane, was bom in Green Springs, Ohio, October 27, 1877, a son of P. E. and Alice (Klose) Reiter, the former a farmer of the Buckeye state. At the usual age, he attended the public schools in the country, until at the age of fourteen he began teaching, by which means he was enabled to attend school at Ada, Ohio; Valparaiso, Indiana; and Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio. Mr. Reiter pursued his law studies with George E. Schroth, a well known attorney of Tiffin, Ohio, as his preceptor and later, upon coming to the Spokane country in 1899, he continued his law studies with attorney H. A. P. Myers of Davenport, Washington. In June, 1900, he was admitted to practice before the bar of this state.

Conservative in his tendencies, he is an ardent republican in politics and while a resident in Lincoln county, he was in 1904 elected a member of the state leg^lature, where he was one of the potent factors in securing the passage of a railway commission bill. In January, 1909, he removed to Spokane, where he has since been engaged in the practice of law.

In 1899, at Bloomville, Ohio, Mr. Reiter was married to Miss Marian Fry, a daughter of John W. and Martha E. (Lane) Fry, of Davenport, Washington. Her father is one of the pioneer ranchmen of Lincoln county, having come to this state from California twenty-eight years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Reiter have become the parents of two children, Ellis D. and Francis Marion.

R. D. Anderson

R. D. Anderson, who is serving his second term as treasurer of Lincoln county, has been a resident of Davenport for about six years. His birth occurred in Wells, Minnesota, on the 11th of March, 1878, his parents being John and Louisa (Rich) Anderson, natives of Springfield, Ohio. They emigrated to Minnesota during the territorial days and the father was a member of the constitutional convention of that state. In 1874 they removed to Illinois, settling in Hamilton.

R. D. Anderson was only a child of one year when his parents removed to Illinois, and when old enough to begin his education he entered the public schools of Hamilton. He attended both the graded and high schools and when a student of the latter he employed such time as was not occupied with his lessons in mastering the printer's trade in a local newspaper office. In 1890, at the age of eighteen years, he left home and came to the northwest. He first settled in Sprague, this state, where he filled various clerical positions and for five years was in the service of the Northern Pacific Railway, being employed at the local station. In 1897 he went to British Columbia to assume the duties o{ business manager of the Nelson Daily Miner. He retained this position for two years and at the expiration of that time returned to Sprague and purchased the Sprague Times. His ownership of this organ covered a period of about eight years, during seven of which he edited and published the paper, but the last year he leased it to J. M. Cummings. After selling out the Times was consolidated with the Independent under the name of the Sprague Independent-Times, and Mr. Anderson came to Davenport to take the position of chief deputy in the county treasurer's office. At the next election, which was held in

1909. He proved efficient in the position and in 1910 he was reelected to the office, his term expiring December 81, 1912. Mr. Anderson enjoys the distinction of being president of the Association of County Treasurers of the State of Washing^n, having been elected to this office at the meeting held in 1911.

At Sprague, Wa«hington, on the 2d of September, 1896, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Lora A. Smith, a daughter of M. D. and Alice M. Smith, and they have become the parents of Merrill Dean Anderson.

Fraternally Mr. Anderson is a member of the Knights of Pythias and his political support is given to the republican party. He is widely known and highly esteemed in Lincoln county, where he has given most efficient service both in the discharge of his public duties and as editor and proprietor of one of the leading weeklies. He is a man with high standards of citizenship^ who fails not to recognize his duties to the community and is ready to promote its welfare on every possible occasion.

Frank Leo Grinstead, of the firm of Jesseph & Grinstead, is one of the successful and rising young attorneys of Colville, where he has resided for the past thirteen years. His birth occurred in Memphis, Missouri, on May 29, 1875, his parents being Benjamin R. and Kate A. (Rugh) Grinstead. They are both living, the father having attained the age o/ sixty-four and the mother sixty-five years. Benjamin R. Grinstead is a veteran of the Civil war, having served in Company E, Third Iowa Cavalry under General James N. Wilson. In both the paternal and maternal lines Qur subject is descended from patriotic men, whose services have ever been freely accorded their country in times of peril. His grandfather in the paternal line was a captain in command of an Indiana company during the Mexican war, while his great-grandfather Grinstead was lieutenant in the Revolution, and the great-grandfather in the maternal line was a volunteer in the same war.

Frank Leo Grinstead was reared at home and attended the public schools until he completed the high school course, after which he became a student of the Northern Missouri Normal school, graduating from this institution with the class of 1897. Immediately thereafter he came to Washington, and during the succeeding three years taught in the public schools of Stevens cooBty. A man of strong personality^ an efficient instructor and capable disctplinarian, he met with success and at the expiration of that period was ibe miceessful candidate for the office of oonnty super^ intendent^ beiiig reelected to the same office two years later. He liad not entered the profession^ howewcTy with the ezpectattion of wmking it his life vocation^ bat simply used it as a means to an end^ and sidMequently applied himself to the mastery of tile principles of jurisprndenee^ having taken a course in the law department of the University of Iowa and being admitted to the bar in May^ 1906. The following y^ar he became associated in practice with L. C. Jesseph^ under the firm name of Jesseph & Grinstead. Both men being of more than average capabilities, they are meeting with success and the firm is recognized as one of the most able of the city. Ambitious and enterprising^ there is no task too great to tempt Mr. Grinstead to its mastery and as a result he is rapidly coming to the fore in his chosen profession.

A worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity^ Mr. Grinstead is affiliated with the Royal Arch chapter^ of which he is a past high priest and he is also a past master of the blue lodge. In politics he is a republican^ and has always taken an active interest in the workings of his party^ serving as a delegate to both county and state conventions since 1902. Mr. Grinstead is one of the many enterprising and prc^essive young men of the city, whose future seems assured and most promising.

Samuel Henry Cone

Samuel Henry Cone is a member of the Spokane bar^ practicing as junior partner in the firm of Lindsley, MacMillan & Cone. He came to the northwest as government agent, and deciding to locate here has already become well established in his profession, although he has lived in Spokane for only about five years. He was bom July 20, 1878, at Crafton, Texas, a son of John Miller and Jane Cone. His parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were all natives of Tennessee. Both his grandfathers were soldiers in the Confederate army during the Civil war, and his maternal grandfather, Joseph Guttry, was also a veteran of the Mexican war. His great-grandmother, Mrs, Samuel Pike, is still living at the remarkable old age of one hundred and ti^elve years. In 1855 his parents drove over the trail from Tennessee to Texas and are still residents of Crafton where they have lived for the past forty years.

After completing .a course in a high school of Clay county, Texas, Samuel H. Cone entered the Trinity University and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1902. He taught school at Lehigh, Indian Territory, prior to liis last year in the university, being connected with the educational work there from October, 1898 until June 20, 1901. Following the completion of his college course he entered upon the practice of law in Indian Territory. When out of school he had no library and turned his attention to the detective service. He entered the employ of the United States government as a special agent and he continued in this connection until September 8, 1910. He was sent by the government to the northwest, and being pleased with conditions here determined to permanently locate in Spokane, where, since the 1st of November, 1910, he has engaged in the practice of law as a member of the firm of Lmdsley, MacMillan & Cone. In the meantime his position with the United States government had taken him into every state of the Union and he won fame through his successful work in capturing criminals. Of two hundred and eighty-four cases on which he worked in the northwest there were only two that were lost before the trial jury. In almost every other case conviction was secured and in the majority pleas of guilty were entered. Mr. Cone's long experience in the government service has brought him knowledge that is of rare value and assistance to him in the practice of law, enabling him to understand men and their motives, to read character and thus to bring out in cross-examination the salient features most beneficial to his cause.

On the 24th of February, 1901, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mr. Cone was married to Miss Helen Parker, who was born in Mentor, Ohio, June 14, 1882. They have one son, Charles Samuel Cone, who was born in Oklahoma City and is nine years of age. Mr. Cone has been a member of the Amarilla Lodge, No. 923, B. P. O. E., of Amarilla, Texas, since August 15, 1904. He also holds membership with the Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. P., of Spokane, Washington, and his religious faith is that of the First Presbyterian church of Spokane. In these membership relations are indicated the principles which govern his life and which have controlled him in all his connections with his fellowmen. His political views are in accord with the principles of the republican party. Few men have a wider acquaintance throughout the country, and wherever Mr. Cone has gone he has gained the high regard of those with whom he has come in contact. He has never faltered in the performance of duty, and although his life work has led him to study the methods of the criminal class he has never lost his faith in mankind nor his belief in the fact that the world is growing better through the civilizing influences of Christianity. In his profession he is becoming well established, and earnestness, thorough preparation and close study, which are always concomitants of success, are gaining him advancement at the bar.

Joseph Warren Olney

Joseph Warren Olney, who is now serving his fourth term as mayor of Latah, is engaged in contracting and painting. He was born in Oregon, on May 20, 1860, and is a son of O. W. Olney, who passed away in 1896. The father was one of the pioneers of the northwest and served as lieutenant in the early Indian wars, among them being that of the Rogue river valley.

In the pursuit of an education Joseph Warren Olney attended the public schools of his native state until he had attained the age of nineteen years and then engaged in the cattle, business in Lake county, Oregon. Disposing of his interests in 1882, he went to Colfax, Washington, where he was a subcontractor on the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company for two years. At the expiration of that period he located on a ranch in the vicinity of Colfax, devoting his entire attention to its operation until 1 894, when he came to Latah. During the first two years of his residence here he continued to follow this vocation but withdrew, in order to embark into the contracting and painting business, which he has ever since followed. Mr. Olney ha« met with financial success in his various undertakings and besides his other interests is one of the stockholders of the St. Joe Mining & Milling Company.

In Spokane^ Washington^ in December^ 1890^ Mr. Olney was married to Miss Marj Krdcstrom, and unto them have been born seven children^ William, Orville, Alexander, Stena, Edith, Oscar and George.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Olney are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of which he has been a steward and trustee for the past ei^t years, and he is president of the £p worth League. He is also vice president of the Coeur d'Alene district of the Laymen's Association. In fraternal relations he is a past consul commander of the Latah Camp of the Woodmen of the World. Political activities have engaged much of Mr. Olney's attention, his support being given to the prohibition party. He has served as councilman and marshal in Latah and has been called to other public offices here and elsewhere. As the incumbent of the mayor's chair he has discharged the duties and responsibilities attached to that office with a rare degree of efficiency as is attested by the long period of his term. Mr. Olney possesses a high sense of honor and is conscientious in his endeavors to fulfill his duties in public and private life to the best of his ability.

Owen E. Moss

Popular among the younger generation in social and commercial circles of Fairfield. Washington, Owen E. Moss, cashier of the Bank of Fairfield, enjoys the reputation of being an energetic and ambitious business man. He was bom in Butler county, Iowa, October 10, 1878, his parents being Jacob and Katherine Moss. During the years when the family lived in Iowa, Owen E. Moss began his educati<Hi in that state, completing it in the public schools of Washington after their removal to the west. In preparation for a commercial career he took a course at the Blair Business College in Spokane, Washington, receiving his diploma at the end of two years. His first employment was with R. G. Dunn & Company in Spokane working in their office for two years. Being offered his present position he resigned and removed to Fairfield, Washington, where he entered the Bank of Fairfield as cashier, a position which he has retained ever since. He is thorough and reliable in his work, pleasant and accommodating to the patrons of the bank and a trusted employe such as any bank could be proud of.

The marriage of Mr. Moss and Miss Minnie Jackson, a dau^ter of Herbert Jackson, was solemnised at Cheney, Washington, on May 20, 1902. Two children, Lloyd and Virgil, were born to this union. In fraternal circles Mr. Moss is a favorite. He is a member of the Masonic brotherhood, belonging to the blue lodge at Fairfield; a member of the Odd Fellows, being the present treasurer of the Fairfield lodge ; and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, also serving as a treasurer of the local lodge. He is president of the Fairfield Commercial Club, an organisation promoting local business interests. As clerk of the Fairfield school board he shows his sympathy with, and active participation in the advancement of educational standards in his community. Mr. and Mirs. Moss worship in the Presbyterian church to which they give thdr earnest and helpful support. Politically Mr. Moss votes with the republicans who have called him to the office of town treasurer in which capacity he is still serving. He is altruistic in his attitude towards life and IS never chary of his time or services when he can assist in the advancement of the general welfare by his hearty cooperation.

The commercial interests of Wilson Creek find a most able representative in A. E. NichoUs^ whose diligent and enterprising methods have numbered him among the highly successful grain merchants of Grant county^ where he is now operating four elevators.

Originally he was a subject of Great Britian^ having been born in Essex county^ England^ on the 14th of June^ 1862^ his parents being Joseph and Mary (Millett) Nicholls^ who resided in the mother country^ where the father's energies were devoted to agricultural pursuits and milling.

Reared in the rural districts of England^ A. £. Nicholls acquired his education in the national schools^ and at the same time assisted his father with the work of the farm and the mill. After terminating his. school days^ he applied himself to learning the miller's trade for a Ume^ but at the age of nineteen years he decided to come to the new worlds realizing that he would here find better opportunities for advancement. His destination was Canada^ but after a brief sojourn there he crossed the border into the United States^ locating in Minneapolis. There he entered the employ of the Pillsbury & Hulburt Grain Elevator Company, which later became the Minneapolis Grain Elevator Company. In 1884 he came west, spending the winter at Lake Pend d'Oreille, Idaho. The next year, 1885, he went to Spdcane and there became associated with a party of engineers engaged in laying out Chandler & Cannon's addition to that city known as Union Park. After the completion of this work he engaged in the real-estate business with W. H. Marvin, but he withdrew from this at the end of two years and went to Tacoma; During the two years of his residence in the latter city he was salesman for a commission house, and at the expiration of that time he went to Centralia, this state, and became identified with the Birge-Leach Lumber Company. Withdrawing from their service three years later he located a half mile south of the Colville Indian reservation and engaged in prospecting and mining. This occupied his attention for about four years and at the end of that period he decided to turn his attention to agricultural pursuits, so in 1904 he went to Adrian, Washington, and filed on a homestead. For two years thereafter he devoted himself with unremitting diligence to the improvement and cultivation of his claim. At the expiration of his period of residence he proved up on his land, and withdrawing from the work of the fields, once more identified himself with business activities. Mr. Nicholls still owns this ranch, which has developed into a valuable holding, and now brings him a good annual income. When he left his ranch in 1906, he came to Wilson Creek and engaged in the grain and elevator business, and during the past six years, through his unremitting energy, close application and the intelligent direction of his interests he has met with a gratifying measure of success, and now controls warehouses located at Wilson Creek, Stratford, Wheeler and Adrian. His business is constantly increasing and he has every reason to find much satisfaction in his achievement as it is the result of his own unaided effort.

On the 27th of July, 1889, Mr. Nicholls was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Chickering, a native of WisccMisin and a daughter of Alfred Chickering. Three children were born of this marriage, as follows: Edith; Milton, who is attending Gonzaga College at Spokane; and Clyde. On the 6th of January, 1909, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the wife and mother, who was a woman of many estimable qualities.

Mr. Nicholls is a trustee of the Presbyterian church, in which his wife also held membership, and secretary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge, while he has twice been master of Lodge No. 174, A. F. & A. M. He is also affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and in politics he is a republican. Mr. Nicholls has always taken an active and helpful interest in all municipal affairs, and has frequently been called to public office during the period of his residence here. He is now discharging the duties of deputy sheriff, assessor and game warden in Grant county, and he served for four years each on the council and the school board, while in 1910 his townsmen honored him by election to the highest office of the municipality. He has always manifested the same efficiency and thoroughness in the discharge of his official duties that he evidences in the direction of his private interests, having a fine appreciation of the duties and dignity of public service however minor the office may be. Mr. Nicholls is a man with high commercial standards and pronounced views on the principles that guide our daily transactions, and in the direction of his business has observed a policy that has given him the reputation of being thoroughly trustworthy and reliable.