Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 3 of 22)

On the 2d of May^ 1894^ Mr. Corbin was married to Katharine Benham, a daughter of Lucius and Mary G. (Trumbull) Benham. Their home has been blessed with two interesting little daughters^ Mary Louise and Katherine. Mr. Corbin has never taken an active part in politics nor held public office^ feeling that . his time and energies are fully occupied with his business affairs. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Spokane Club, and the circle of his friends in Spokane is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance. He does not seek to figure in any public lig^t other than a business man and in that connection he is certainly proving his worth and capability.

William Dollar

William Dollar, who organized the Exchangee National Bank of Coeur d'Alene, of which he is president, has been successfully identified with various enterprises since locating here twelve years ago. He was born in Ottawa, Canada, on October 10, 1859, and is a son of William and Mary (Easton) Dollar.

But few of the advantages deemed essential for a successful business career fell to the lot of William Dollar, who became self-supporting at the age of twelve years. He was put to work on a farm, where he remained until he was eighteen, and such schooling as he received was obtained at irregular intervals during that period. In 1877 he gave up farm work and went to western Canada, where he was employed in the lumber camps until 1885. In the latter year he came to the United States, following the same occupation in the lumber regions of northern Michigan for four years. He was ambitious and not being satisfied to continue an employe all of his life, he decided to go into business for himself. Being enterprising and industrious as well as practical in his ideas, he met with little difficulty in inspiring others with confidence in his abilities and soon began contracting in the lumber districts of Michigan. This business successfully engaged his entire time and attention for ten years, and in 1899 he came to Coeur d'Alene, where he orgranized the Coeur d'Alene Lumber Company. He continued to operate this until September, 1901, when he sold his interests in the lumber business and organized the Exchange National Bank, of which he has ever since been president. The qualities that distinguished him as a business man characterize him as a financier, in which capacity he has proven to be equally efficient and successful. From time to time he has extended his banking interests, and is now president of the Kootenai State Bank of St. Maries, Idaho, and of the Commercial State Bank of St. Joe, Idaho; both of them well established and fiourishing institutions. Possessing keen foresight and clear judgment, Mr. Dollar early realized that real estate in this section of the country was going to advance greatly in price and made very judicious investments and today is the owner of several pieces of valuable property, and is the president of the Coeur d'Alene Investment Company, the owners of the Idaho Hotel of this city. In addition to his other official duties, Mr. Dollar is also treasurer of The Stack Gibbs Lumber Company of Idaho, which is practically his only remaining connection with the lumber interests. He is one of the citizens of Coeur d'Alene, who should be given the entire credit for his soecess; as he has never been accorded any assistance in his various undertakings other than is given to every business man of recognized capabilities^ not having had the benefit of influential family or financial connections at the beginning of his career. His initiative, powers of organization and executive ability enable him to carry to a successful issue anything he may undertake, and to this fact can be attributed much of his success. He not only readily recognizes opportunities but possesses the faculty of creating them by dominating conditions, rather than permitting them to control his endeavors.

Mr. Dollar has a very pleasant residence at 816 Sherman avenue, this city, which is most graciously presided over by his wife, who prior to their marriage on the 17th of January, 1906, was Miss Christina A. Play far. One child has been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Dollar, William A., whose birth occurred on the 28d of December, 1906.

Fraternally Mr. Dollar is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, belonging to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, Spokane; and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Coeur d'Alene. He is also a worthy exemplar of the Masons, having taken thirty-two degrees in the Scottish' Rite. He holds membership in Kootenai Lodge, No. 84, F. & A. M. ; Idaho Consistory, No. 8, S. P. R. S. ; and he is also a knight templar and a shriner, belonging to £1 Katif Temple, Spokane. Mr. Dollar is one of the public-spirited and enterprising citizens of the town, in the development of which he takes an active interest and is an enthusiastic member of the Coeur d'Alene Commercial Club, being treasurer of this organization. It is to men of his type that the west is indebted for its wonderful development and marked advance in the various lines of human activity; their initiative, optimism and tireless energy having enabled them to promote the interests of the country both commercially and industrially in an almost phenomenal manner.

Dr. Peter J. Gerlach bore the reputation of being one of Spokane's most prominent physicians, his broad knowledge of scientific principles that underlie the practice of medicine, bringing him substantial success. He was bom in Kingston, New York, July 9, 1858, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 28th of July, 1898. He was the third of the four children of Philip and Lucinda Gerlach, both of whom died when their son Peter was quite small, the father, who was a steamboat captain, having been drowned while in command of his vessel.

Dr. Gerlach pursued his early education at Schenectady, New York and afterward attended Rutgers College at New Brunswick, New Jersey. He engaged in teaching school and in teaching writing in order to earn a sum of money sufficient to enable him to attend college and study medicine. He began preparation for his profession in Oberlin College and afterward attended a medical college in Cinciimati, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. He then entered upon the practice of medicine in that city, and the following year came to the west settling in Spokane, here to continue to practice his profession with ex- cellent success^ becoming recognized as one of the city's most capable and prominent physicians. He always kept in touch with advanced methods, was careful in the diagnosis of his cases^ and as the years passed, won a very satisfactory practice. During the great fire in 1889 he suffered heavy losses, but with his firm purpose and unfaltering determination, he soon recuperated. However, once again he met severe losses through fire. He added to his success, through careful investment in city real estate, and thus not only manifested his faith in the future of Spokane, but he also profited by his sound judgment in regard to property investment; he likewise became an owner of two fine ranches.

On the 17th of April, 1882, Dr. Gerlach was married to Mrs. Lena Xietert, daughter of Jacob and Lena (Dearing) AUgeyer, who came from Germany to America locating in Chillicothe, Ohio, where the father became prominent in the shoe business. By a former marriage, Mrs. Gerlach had two children: Lorraine Nietert, now living in Oakland, California; and Harry F. Nietert of Spokane.

In his political views Dr. Gerlach was a republican, and was very active, not only in the work of the party, but also in the support of many movements for the general good. He was a lover of art and possessed considerable artistic ability and talent, teaching art at one time in Aberlin College. He was interested in all the movements which tend to uplift and benefit humanity. He held membership in the Methodist church, and was identified with several fraternal organizations. He became affiliated with the Knights of Pythias in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1886, and was afterward a member of Fall City Lodge No. 40, of Spokane, in which he served as chancellor and was one of its trustees. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows^ while professionally^ he was connected with the Coimty and State Medical Societies. His life was ever upright and honorable, winning for him the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He deserves much credit for what he accomplished in a business way, for he started out in life empty-handed, and at all times gained the respect and confidence of his fellowmen.

Valentine W. Brasch

In the electrical field of business Valentine W. Brasch has made his mark and in the attainment of individual success has also contributed to public prosperity. His present connection is that of secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Pressed Brick Company, which was organized in 1910. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, December 9, 1875, the son of Valentine and May Margaret Brasch, both of whom were natives of Germany. The mother is now deceased but the father is living retired in Spokane. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the cause of his adopted country and as a soldier of an Ohio regiment went to the front. Unto him and his wife were born the following sons and daughters: Valentine W., Joseph, a builder of Spokane; William, living in Vancouver, British Columbia; Henry, of Nevada; Mrs. George Hedger, Mrs. Lillian Cuthbert and Mrs. Paul Heiser, all of Spokane; and Mrs. Blanche Flinn, of Fresno, California.

During the boyhood of Valentine W. Brasch his parents removed from Ohio to North Dakota and thence to Spokane, and in the various places of their residence the son pursued his education in the public schools. He came to this city with his family in 1889 and, entering business life, was employed for a short time in the jewelry store of E. J. Hyde. He was afterward with W. H. Stowell and C. M. Fassett in the assaying and drug business until the firm dissolved, and later was connected with Mr. Stowell until 1906. He then turned his attention to mining and for the past two years has also been the secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Pressed Brick Company. He is likewise the secretary and manager of the Togo Mining & Smelting Company, of which he was one of the organizers. They own property in the Cedar canyon district of, Stevens county, having three hundred and twenty acres of mineral lands now under development. They have three thousand feet of tunnel shaft and open cut but the lack of transportation facilities is suspending active preparations in connection with the property. The values are in gold, silver and copper, assays showing from one to one hundred and fifty dollars in the upper levels, while the lower levels show good values. The main tunnel is now in ten hundred and fifty-six feet and cuts quite a number of veins and ledges, the values running from one to twenty- five dollars. In 1910 all their buildings were destroyed by fire and they are now retimbering and in the present year, 1912, will replace the buildings. This will be easy of access from the proposed new extension of the Great Northern Railroad from Marcus up the Colum- Ina river. They had a few shipments made to the Granby smelter and the carload lots averaged ten per cent copper. The officers of the company are M. Isbister, president; William H. Stowell, treasurer; John T. Davie, of the Davie Brick Company, vice president; and V. W. Brasch, secretary and manager.

In addition to his mining interests Mr. Brasch was also one of the organizers of the Spokane Pressed Brick Company in 1910. It is capitalized for two hundred thousand dollars and the plant was erected three and one-half miles north of Hillyard, on the main line of the Great Northern. They constructed a spur a mile from the Great Northern to the plant site, which is located on a very large bed of brick-making material, electricity furnishing the motive power for the operation of the plant. This was installed in such a manner as to operate in one part of the plant entirely independent of the other parts^ the Washington Water Power Company extending a high tension line to the plant for its operation. Work has been going on since February, 1911, the market being in Spokane and the surrounding country. They manufacture both common and pressed brick and it is the intention of the company to double its capacity in 1912 so that they will be able to turn out sixty thousand bricks per day. They make a granite or sand lime brick and this feature is a fact of great importance in the uniformity, size and coloring of the output. The brick is flat with true edges which are neither warped or bent. Their product has been used in the new Telephone building ; in the Great Northern shops at Hillyard; in the Mead High School; the Hillyard Young Men's Christian Association building; the Brant building on North Monroe street, Spokane; the Shaefer building on Brown street; the Close In apartment on Fourth and Cedar streets; and many others. Of the company J. F. Elliott is president and general manager, with George C. Gates as vice president and Valentine W. Brasch as secretary and treasurer. In addition to his business interests already mentioned Mr. Brasch is connected with the Alaska United Copper Exploration Company, in the Copper river district^ and is interested in Washington properties and in the Coeur d'Alenes.

On the 80th of September, 1893, in Spokane, was celebrated the marriage of Valentine W. Brasch to Miss Mamie Santarre, a daughter of Frank Santarre, of Cloquet, Minnesota. The family attend the Catholic church, and Mr. Brasch gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. Socially he is connected with the Spokane Athletic Club. He started out in the world as a clerk and has gradually worked his way upward, building the ladder on which he has climbed through his industry, his determination and his capability. History in Spokane and in the Inland Empire is yet in the making and Mr. Brasch is numbered among those who are writing their names upon its pages.

Eugene Enloe

Among the men upon whom Medical Lake depends for its business prosperity and financial development, none stand more prominent than Eugene Enloe. He was bom in Bond county, Illinois, on the 24th of April, 1851, his parents being Thomas B. and Sarah (Cline) Enloe, the death of the former having occurred in 1859, the latter still making her home in Illinois.

During his boyhood and youth Eugene Enloe attended the public and high schools of Illinois until he was twenty years of age. At that time he started farming and continued in that pursuit for two years, after which he began his active business career by entering the merchandise business at Woburn, Illinois. After conducting this enterprise for six years, and subsequently a similar business in Greenville, Illinois, for three years, he taught school for a period of six months, at the end of which time he took charge of a coal mine at Smithboro, Illinois. But the west was fast opening up and gave promise of careers surpassing anything the east or the Mississippi valley could offer, and Mr. Enloe being particularly energetic and enterprising, gave up his mining position in Smithboro and came to Medical Lake. After remaining in that town for a short period he went on to Wenatchee,

Washington, where he engaged in the hotel business for one year before returning to Medical Lake and opening up a general merchandise store. At this time he had practically nothing but a few dollars and a team of horses. His holdings in fact were so small he was forced to mortgage his house for his first stock of goods, but his keen discrimination, his sound judgment and his excellent management were prominent even at this early day and he soon had built up a business which brought him not only a large degree of success but was also highly profitable. It was not many years before this forceful, energetic and ambitious man had increased his business to such an extent that his total annual sales amounted to one hundred thousand dollars. He did not stop at one undertaking, however, but devoted the hours which are usually termed leisure to look up further investments which might prove profitable. It seemed to him that real estate was one of the investments which would pay best, and he in consequence purchased property to such an extent that he now owns practically half of Medical Lake. In 1907 he sold his business Interests at Medical Lake and organized the Big Bend Light & Power Company with a capital stock of three hundred thousand dollars, he being the owner of one third of the stock. This company has stations throughout the Big Bend country. In June 1910 he formed another corporation known as the Grangreville Electric

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Light & Power Company^ which extends its operations throughout the central section of Idaho. So rapidly are both these companies expanding that at the present time all Mr. Enloe's time is taken up in their behalf, he being an officer in each. I

He was also the orgranizer and the first president of the First National Bank of Medical Lake^ but after he had launched this institution upon a sound basis he sold his interests, feeling that the other companies in which he was a stockholder required his whole attention. The safe conservative policy which he has inaugurated in all enterprises with which he has connected himself, commands itself to the judgment of all, and has been in a large degree the reason for the great growth of these organizations.

At Woodbum, Illinois, on March 30, 1872, Mr. Enloe was united in marriage to Miss Clara M. Moss, the daughter of Lemuel S. and Sarah Moss. They are the parents of seven children, namely : Ethel, deceased, who was married to O. Perkins; Maud, who wedded E. Bowman; Lulu B., who is married to J. Drew; Edith, who is the wife of H. Ellis ; Myrtle, who is the wife of Dr. J. A. Allen ; Raymond, who is attending school at Spokane ; and Keith, who is attending school at Medical Lake.

In politics Mr. Enloe gives his support to the republican party, believing its policies are most conducive to good government. He has been very active in this party and has served as mayor and councilman several times. He has been attentive to all the details of his business, and has been mindful of all indications pointing to prosperity and advancement, and from the beginning has always had faith in the ultimate success of his undertakings. He has gained wealth and prominence for himself, and yet that has not been the only goal for which he has been striving, for he belongs to a class of representative American citizens who promote the general prosperity while advancing individual interests. His public spiritedness is attested by the cooperation he gives to every movement tending to promote the social and material welfare of his community.

Peter Erickson

Peter Erickson, president of the J. T. Davie Brick Company, which in its continuous development and expansion has come into control of one of the most important productive industries of Spokane, the plant, however, being now located at Meade, was born at Galva, Henry county, Illinois, a son of Eric and Christina (Jaderburg) Erickson, both of whom were natives of Sweden, where they were reared and married. On coming to this country in 1854 they settled at Galva. The family numbered four daughters and two sons, who are now living in various parts of the country. In 1 865 the parents removed to Madrid, Boone county, Iowa, where the father followed farming, but both are now deceased.

Peter Erickson spent his youthful days in his native county and enjoyed such educational opportunities as the public schools afforded him. Much of the year was devoted to the labors of the fields for he assisted his father in the farm work until the spring of 1888, having in the meantime accompanied the family to Boone county, Iowa. He was twenty-five years of age when he left the parental roof arid came west to Spokane, arriving in April of that year. Here he entered the employ of

J. T. Davie, a brick manufacturer, with whom he has since been connected. That he was capable and faithful was indicated in the fact that promotions followed until 1889, when he became a partner in the business, and when the company was incorporated in 1904 he was elected to the presidency. He is furthermore associated with industrial interests as one of the directors of the Bergman Clay Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of sewer pipes and brick.

On the 8th of November, 1885, Mr. Erickson was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Dobkins, a daughter of George W. Dobkins, of this city, and unto them have been born four sons, John Walter, Charles Franklin, Harry and Morris, the eldest now fifteen years of age. The family reside at E. 917 Augusta avenue. Mr. Erickson belongs to Spokane Lodg^, No. 34, F. & A. M., and both he and his wife are connected with the Eastern Star, living lives in harmony with the teachings of Masonry concerning the brotherhood of mankind. Mr. Erickson deserves much credit for what he has accomplished in life for he started out empty-handed and has made his labor and his perseverance count for much as factors in industrial circles. He has well earned his success which now places him with the representative business men of the city.

Amasa B. Campbell

Amasa B. Campbell, who passed away on the 16th of February, 1912, was one of the foremost mining operators in all of the northwest, being associated with John A. Finch under the firm name of Finch & Campbell. He was one of the owners in some of the most valuable mining properties of the Inland Empire and various other business interests felt the stimulus of his cooperation.

His birth occurred in Salem, Ohio, April 6, 1845, and he was a son of John A. and Rebecca Perry (Snodgrass) Campbell. The family numbered ten children, of whom Amasa B. Campbell was the youngest, his father dying before the birth of this son. At the usual age he entered the public schools of Salem and began work in a grain and wool commission business at the age of fifteen years. It will thus be seen that no special advantages or influence aided him at the outset of his career. Indeed he was forced to prove his own worth and he placed his dependence upon the substantial qualities of industry, determination and integrity., recognizing the fact that there is no royal road to wealth.

At the age of twenty-two, in the year 1867, Mr. Campbell went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he accepted a position with the Union Pacific Railroad, with which he continued until the completion of the line. In 1871 he obtained his first mining experience in Utah and thus laid the foundation for his subsequent prosperity. He continued in that state until 1887, when he came to Spokane and entered into partnership with John A. Finch. This relation was maintained until the death of Mr. Campbell and the operations of the firm in the development of mining property placed them in a position in advance of all others. They were first owners of the Gem mine in the Coeur d'Alene district and later, associated with friends of Milwaukee and Youngstown, Ohio, they organized the Milwaukee Mining Company, of which Mr. Campbell was president and Mr. Finch secretary and treasurer. For over twelve years they successfully operated that mine and in 1891 began the equipment and development of the Standard mine and subsequently of the Hecla mine^ both of which are still paying large dividends. Mr. CampbeU was also president of these, with his partner as secretary and treasurer. They began operations in British Columbia in 1898, when they entered the Slocan district, opening and developing the Enterprise and Standard mines, which are still paying properties. There was hardly a successful mining enterprise in the whole district in which they were not interested financially and otherwise, and no firm did more to develop the mining industry in the Inland Empire. The firm name of Finch & Campbell became synonymous with the important mining activities of the northwest. Mr. Campbell was also a director of the Traders National Bank, a heavy stockholder in the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company and of the Washington Water Power Company, serving as director of the latter for a number of years but at length resigning on account of failing health. He gave the land on which the Carnegie library of Spokane was erected, it now being worth one hundred thousand dollars.

On the 26th of March, 1890, at Youngstown, Ohio, Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Grace M. Fox, a daughter of George R. and Mary R. (Campbell) Fox, of Canton, Ohio. To them was bom one daughter, Helen. The family residence, one of the beautiful homes of Spokane, is situated at No. 2S16 First avenue and was erected in 1898.

Mr. Campbell belonged to the Masonic fraternity and his life record was in harmony with the teachings of the craft. Mr. Campbell was one of Spokane's millionaires and yet there were lew* m^n 'who so entirely lacked the pride of purse. He judged his fellowmen not by wealth biit by individual worth, and true worth on the part of anyone could win his friendship and regard.

James W. Rouse

James W. Rouse, engaged in the real-estate business in Spokane, specializing in dty property, has placed upon the market several additions, which are now hting developed into attractive residence districts of the city. Since starting out in life on his own account, he has advanced steadily step by step and each position to which he has attained has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He came to the northwest in connection with railway service. He is a son of New England, his birth having occurred in Rockland, Maine, January 24, 1859. His ancestry in both the paternal and maternal lines is traced back to Scotland. His great-grandfather was Captain Rouse, who served in the Revolutionary war and was captured by the British, but managed to make his escape at a place which has since been called in his honor. Rouse Point. Dr. James William Rouse, the father of him whose name introduces this review, was bom in Virginia and became a successful practicing physician. He was also prominent in his home locality in other ways, especially as a political leader of the democratic party. At the time of the Mexican war he enlisted for active service with the American army, went to the front as a surgeon with the troops under General Shields and when that commander was injured, dressed his wounds. His first and last days were spent in the south, for he died in Arkansas in 1903, but for many years in the interim he was a resident of Rockland^ Maine. In early manhood he wedded Mary Elizabeth Titus, who was bom in Nova Scotia, and died in 1900. Seven of her brothers were Union soldiers in the Civil war, and afterward became sea captains and later prominent shipbuilders. Her father also occupied a leading position in connection with that business at Rockland, Maine. Those oi the family who are still living are yet residents of Rockland.

James W. Rouse had a brother, Frank Rouse, who died at Pontaine Point of yellow fever, while serving as a member of Company K of the Seventy-first New York Volunteers, which command charged at San Juan Hill, in the Spanish- American war. Another brother, George Rouse, was drowned at sea with all the ship's crew. He left Australia and since the time when his ship sailed from port, has never been heard from. In the family were the following daughters: Mrs. Mabel Freeman, who is now living at Colorado Springs, Colorado; Lizzie, the wife of Frank Miller, of New Orleans, president of the Audubon Society ; Jennie, the wife of Albert Winslow, an alderman of Rockland, Maine; Avis, the wife of Senator J. Henry Cochran, a millionaire of Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Minerva Hayward, whose husband is a farmer at Holden, Maine.

James W. Rouse pursued his education in the academy at Lee, Maine, and first engaged in railroad work in connection with the locomotive department of the New Bnmswick & Canada Railroad. He was afterward with the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad and later became a conductor on the Burlington line of the Chicago, Burlington Sc Quincy Railroad. He next filled a similar position on the Northern Pacific and also on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In railway circles he gradually worked his way upward and at length was given charge of the maintenance work of the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Nelson, British Columbia, and in 1901 of the Oregon Railway Sc Navigation Company, which is now the Oregon & Washington line. He resigned from the latter in February, 1910, to engage in the real-estate business, to which he has since given his attention under the name of the J. W. Rouse Company. He conducts a general real-estate business, yet specializes in city property. He put upon the market the Lincoln View addition of fifteen acres at Twenty-ninth avenue and Southeast boulevard, which was divided into seventy-two lots; also the Rouse addition at Thirteenth and Southeast boulevard, dividing an acre into ^ve lots. He has also bought and sold quite extensively in Roosevelt addition and built his home two blocks from the Boulevard car line, on Eighteenth avenue. He also has extensive property holdings in the southeast part of the city and in his real-estate operations principally handles his own properties. There are few who become residents of the northwest who do not at some time become interested in mining, and Mr. Rouse has been no exception to the rule. In 1879 he went into Washington Gulch for the Elk City Gold Mining Company and was in charge of the hoisting worics. During all the twenty-eight years of his railway service there was never an injury occurred to a passenger or to a train with which he was connected, and he was never in the court room except to report on cases in which others were concerned. He has belonged to the Order of Railway Conductors for a quarter of a century and is still an active and valued member. In politics he is a liberal democrat and was a member of the first grievance committee that ever waited on the president of a railroad . in the United States, being named one of six to visit the president of the Union Pacific and attempt to secure the adjustment of certain matters.

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In Febmary, 1888, in Pueblo, Colorado, Mr. Rouse was united in marriage to Miss Emma M. Haile, a daughter of Amos Haile, a native of Gouverneur, New York, and a distant relative of Senator Hale, of Maine. The former is of Scotch descent By ox team the family removed to Nebraska, when the Civil war was in progress, his daughter Emma at that time being an infant. He staked out a claim of thiee hundred and twenty acres, where Lincoln, Nebraska, now stands, and became identified with the pioneer development of that locality. He died of sunstroke when the present Mrs. Rouse was seven years of age.

George Haile Rouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rouse, is associated with his father in the real-estate business and is proving himself a most enterprising and pr(^essive young man. He was graduated from the Spokane high school with the dass of January, 1908, and afterward entered the University of Washington, from which he was graduated with the highest honors. While in the high school he won every point in athletics for three successive years and for two years was manager of the football team and during 1907, while manager, held the championship of the northwest. He was also captain of his high school track team and held the record for the fifty-yard dash made in five and two-fifths seconds. He made that time at the Spokane fair grounds in 1906, and also at Walla Walla in May, 1906. While in the university he was also a member of the track team and was very popalar in athletic circles and also among the whole student body of the school. On the 8th of July, 1911, he married Dorothy J. Roche. They reside on Sixteenth street and Southeast boulevard, where George H. Rouse has erected an attractive home. The only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rouse is Avis Ann, the wife of W. N, Poole, manager of the Yale Columbia Lumber Comp>any, of Nelson, British Columbia, and a prominent lumberman throughout the northwest.

Mr. Rouse is a member of Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M., also of the Owls and of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a college fraternity. The firm of Rouse & Son is today a prominent one in real-estate circles, by reason of the extent and importance of its members' operations, their comprehensive knowledge concerning realty values and their straightforward dealing in all business transactions.

Harry C. Hayes

The Inland Empire has developed most rapidly during the past two decades and great tracts of land hitherto uncultivated and undeveloped have been placed upon tile market and have been converted into farms, or used as town sites. Settiers from all parts of the country have flocked to this region and the real-estate man has had splendid opportunity to win success in his operations and also to further public progress in guiding the settlement and development of the district. It is in this connection that Harry C. Hayes has become known, having sold large tracts of land in the Inland Empire.

He was bom in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, June 28, 1875. His father, H. L. Hayes, claims descent from English ancestry and from those who participated in the straggle for independence in the Revolutionary war. Two of his brothers were soldiers of the Civil war. H. L. Hayes was born in Ontario, Canada, but in early life became a resident of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and lost both his parents there.

He passed through the great fire which burned over that section of the country and he also contributed to the pioneer development of the state. He and his wife are now living in Spokane and are well known in the city. The latter bore the maiden name of Delia Sage and was born in New York. The sons of the family are: Raymond^ an engineer on the Northern Pacific; George R.^ of Spokane; and Harry C; while the daughters are: Mrs. W. T. Murphy and Miss Marjorie Hayes, both residing in Spokane.

The family removed from Wisconsin to South Dakota and there Harry C. Hayes pursued his education in the high school and university at Vermilion^ that state, being graduated in 1893. His first business experience was as editor and part proprietor of the Record^ a weekly paper at Hector^ Minnesota. He spent two years there and then went to Minneapolis^ where he worked on the Tribune and Journal for three years. In 1900 he came to Spokane and for four years was engaged in the limber business, after which he returned to the journalistic field, being connected with the Review until 1909. He then organized the Progressive Realty Company, Incorporated, of which he became the president, and has since operated in real estate. While he handles all kinds of property, he has largely dealt in farm lands and has sold a large amount of land throughout the Spokane country. He has thoroughly acquainted himself with property values, knows the possibilities for development, understands what the future has in store and is enabled to g^ve his clients what they desire.

Mr. Hayes at the time of the Spanish- American war enlisted in the Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers but on account of illness was mustered out. He is pleasantly situated in his home life, which had its inception in his marriage, in June, 1899, to Miss Freda Schoenbeck, a daughter of Fred Schoenbeck, who was an active participant in the work of putting down the Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, when that district was upon the frontier. Five children have come to bless this home: Harold, Rupert and Lloyd, all in school; and an interesting pair of twins, Arden and Ardath.

John T. Davie

If information is desired concerning the early history of Spokane, John T. Davie is one who may well be consulted concerning events which have left their impress upon the annals of the city, for he arrived here in 1879 when its population numbered about two hundred. He had faith in its future and time has demonstrated the wisdom of his belief. He arrived in Spokane empty-handed and throughout all the intervening years he has been connected with brick manufacturing here, being now secretary and treasurer of the J. T. Davie Brick Company, one of the important productive enterprises of the city.

He was born January 25, 1851, in the Orkney islands, of Scotland, and his parents were Malcolm and Catherine (Robertson) Davie. The father was for a period of seven years in the service of the Hudson Bay Company and traveled throughout the northwest and British Columbia about 1885. It was this that brought to John T. Davie his first knowledge of the west as gleaned from stories related by his father. His education was acquired in Scotland and for a time he engaged in clerking in a dry-goods store, but he felt that the outlook there was limited and on attaining his majority he came to the United States, landing at Boston, Massachusetts, whence he made his way to Martha's Vineyard, where he learned the brick-manufacturing trade. For two years he there remained and in June, 1874, came to the Pacific coast, settling first at Nappa, California, where he continued in the same business and also engaged in the manufacture of paving blocks conmionly known as Belgium blocks. While residing in California he heard mnch concerning the Spokane country as early visitors to this district recognized its possibilities and its natural resources and spread abroad the story concerning its advantages. This led Mr, Davie to determine to try his fortune in the Inland Empire and in 1879 he started by steamer to Portland and thence made his way up the Columbia river. He arrived in Walla Walla, Washington, in the fall of that year and not having sufficient money with him to p^y his transportation by stage he walked the remainder of the way to Spokane, where he arrived on the 15th of November, 1879. The town was small but he recognized the fact that it had an excellent situation and that its growth would probably be rapid. Accordingly he perfected arrangements to engage in business here and the following spring established a brick manufactory which he has since conducted. His business has grown year by year and the office of the company is still maintained in Spokane although in 1902 the plant was removed to Meade, Washington, where he has a splendidly equipped establishment, utilizing the most modem process and the latest improved machinery. His shipments are now extensive and almost from the first the business has been upon a paying and profitable basis.

After his arrival in Spokane Mr. Davie was instrumental in having a brother and sister come to this city. The former, William Davie, died here in 1901, and the sister, Jane, is now the wife of R. C. Aim, of Spokane. He also educated, supported and brought to this country his two nieces, who are now Mrs. J. W. Tabor, of Wallace, Idaho, and Mrs. R. M. Cole, who lives on Peone prairie.

Mr. Davie attends the Unitarian church and fraternally is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with the Elks Lodge, No. 228. In politics he has always been a republican and served as councilman during Mayor Drumheller's administration. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and cooperates heartily in all of its carefully organized movements for the benefit of Spokane and its various measures to bring to the notice of the world the advantages of this city and of the surrounding district.

Specializing largely in surgery, in which connection he does much work at Sacred Heart Hospital, Dr. David La Bau has achieved marked success. He was bom in Stoutsberg, New Jersey, March 4, 1858. Of that city his parents, David and Elizabeth (Wert) La Bau, were also natives. The father traced his ancestry badt to the French Huguenots. The family was founded* in America in 1 620, and when the colonies attempted to win independence from the mother country, members of the family aided in the Revolutionary war. David La Bau devoted his Hfe to farming and was thus engaged to the time of his death in 1907. He had long survived his wife^ who passed away in 1863^ and who was of English lineage^ although representing a family that was planted on American soil in colonial days. Dr. La Bau has two brothers: Wesley L.^ who makes his home in Boston, although he is temporarily at Lewiston, Idaho; and John W., who is a resident of Sumpter, Oregon.

Liberal educational advantages were given Dr. La Bau^ who attended Columbia University, where he won his professional degree in 1880. His connection with the medical profession in Washington dates from 1883. He visited Spokane tliat year but registered in Franklin county. After practicing for some time in Colville, he removed to Nelson, British Columbia, where he continued for nineteen years, establishing his home there in 1887. He again came to Spokane in 1908 and in the four years which have since come and gone has built up a large practice. He has always kept thoroughly informed concerning the advanced work of the profession, reading broadly and following the work of eminent physicians and surgeons in their investigations and research. He has shown particular skill in the field of surgery and has practiced largely in that field at Sacred Heart Hospital.

On the 26th of November, 1896, in Portland, Oregon, Dr. La Bau was united in marriage to Miss Maude Scott, a cousin of the late Harvey Scott, proprietor and editor of the Oregonian. They now have one child, Donna Elizabeth La Bau, who is in school. Dr. La Bau is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Inland Club. In politics he is a republican but without ambition for office. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to a Masonic lodge in British Columbia, to the Knights Templar commandery at Rossland, British Columbia, and to the consistory and Mystic Shrine at Spokane. He has had ample opportunity in bis practice to exemplify the beneficent spirit of the craft and countless cases could be dted where he has aided his brethren of the order. He places his professional duties before all else and discharges them with a sense of conscientious obligation, and yet finds time for those social interests and activities which contribute so much to the joy and pleasure of life and constitute an even balance for business.

Robert J. Kirk-Patrick

With the rapid development of the northwest when each year brings many citizens to this section of the country, the real-estate business is a most important one, its representatives enabling newcomers and those already residents here to secure such property and make such investments as they desire. It is in this business that Robert J. Kirk-Patrick is now putting forth his energies most effectively, largely specializing in business property and high class residences. He was bom in Lebanon, Tennessee, January 29, 1 869, and has every reason to be proud of his ancestry, coming from one of the well known old southern families. Back of this, too, there is an ancestry honorable and distinguished, the family living many centuries ago in Scotland. The motto on the family crest was derived from a reply which one Kirk-Patrick made to Robert Bruce. On a certain occasion he rushed up to Bruce and asked: **What's the matter?" Bruce responded: "I killed a Jesuit," whereupon Kirk-Patrick said: "I make sure." The crest shows a lifted hand and dagger and underneath the motto, "I make sure." Three brothers of the name^ leaving their home in Scotland^ came to the new world, one settling in Virginia, another in Pennsylvania and a third in Ohio. Lapley J. Kirk-Patrick, the father of Robert J. Kirk-Patrick, was descended from the Virginia branch of the family. He was born in Tennessee and served as a soldier in the Confederate army under General Howard, and one of his brothers was also a soldier in the Civil war. He married Nannie Davis, who was bom in Lebanon, Tennessee, a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, who was one of the very early settlers of that place and also very prominent there. She was bom in North Carolina, September 16, 1799, and died February 23, 1899, when almost one hundred years of age, having outlived all of her children. The Davis family in America, too, antedated the Revolutionary war and was of English descent. The death of Lapley J. Kirk-Patrick occurred in January, 1881, and four years later, in 1885, his wife passed away. In the family were ^ve sons and one daughter. One of the sons, Forrest Kirk-Patrick, is now engaged in merchandising in Nashville, Tennessee.

Robert J. Kirk-Patrick, another son, pursued his education in the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, but long prior to completing his course he had entered business circles, being employed in his uncle's mercantile house of that city at the time when he was so small that a board was placed so that he could walk upon it and thus bring him sufficiently high above the counter to transact business. In 1882 he left Lebanon, going to Nashville where he entered the wholesale business, being but sixteen years of age when he was sent upon the road as a traveling salesman. For five years he was thus employed but at Chattanooga, Tcmiessee, he left the road, declaring that never again would he work for any man, and he never has. Since that time he has continued in business independently. He entered the real-estate field in Chattanooga and afterward became general agent for the New York Life Insurance Company which he represented for two and a half years, or until 1889. On the 15th of June of that year he arrived in Washington, D. C, where he conducted a general real-estate and insurance business, meeting with excellent success in his undertakings there. One of his last deals netted him twenty-two thousand ^ye hundred dollars as the result of three days' woik.

In 1905 Mr. Kirk-Patrick visited the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland and the same year came to Spokane, where he established his home and turned his attention to the development of mining interests in the northwest. He became connected with the International Copper Company of Washington, the Graham-Ross Mining Company of Idaho and the Olinghouse Company of Nevada. In cfmnection with others and as a member of the Graham- Ross Company he worked the famous Anaconda Mine. He also erected a one hundred stamp mill on the Olinghouse and put up a mill on the Idaho property but has since disposed of his interests in Idaho, although he is still connected with the Olinghouse, a free milling properly thirty-five miles from Reno. On withdrawing from active connection with mining operations he engaged in the real-estate and loan business and has specialized in business opportunities and high class residences. He has made it a pdnt to further acquaint himself with properties upon the market and is regarded as an expert valuator of real estate, thoroughly acquainted with all marketahle holdings. In the year 1910 he sold property to the amount of more than a half million dollars, including the Green building, the purchase price of which was two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. He is also interested in the Palmer Union Oil Company of Los Angeles^ California^ comprising eighteen hundred and thirty acres of proven oil lands^ lying north of the Palmer gushers. The company has five wells, one of them producing Bye thousand barrels daily.

When in Washington, D. C, Mr. Kirk-Patrid^ became a member of New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M. He has never been actively interested in politics and maintains an independent position, voting for the candidate whom he regards as best qualified for office. He holds membership in the Presbyterian church and his aid can ever be counted upon in cooperation with projects for the public good along material, intellectual, civil and moral lines. He finds his chief source of recreation in riding. He has ever been a lover of horses and has continuously acted as manager of the horse show of Spokane. He may be seen any day driving a fine team through the streets of Spokane yet he never allows pleasure to interfere with business, although he is cognizant of the fact that concentration upon business to the exclusion of all else produces a warped and one-sided development His interests and activities have therefore reached out into other lines and he stands today as a splendid example of what may be accomplished not only in the business field but also in the attainment of those things which broaden one's vision and add incentive and interest to life.

Charles T. Hansen, secretary of The Day & Hansen Security Company, needs no introduction to those who are familiar with the history of financial enterprises and land projects in the northwest. His initial spirit has made him a leader in much that has been successfully accomplished along those lines, and because of his extensive circle of acquaintance his life history cannot fail to prove of interest to many of our readers.

He was bom at Sioux City, Iowa, April 6, 1871, a son of Nels M. and Isabel Valhor Hansen, of that city. Both parents were natives of Norway, and after coming to Sioux City engaged in merchandising. They died within a few weeks of each other when their son Charles was but thirteen years of age. The daughters of the family were: Louise, who died in 1898; and Helen, the wife of William T. Day.

In the public schools of Iowa, Charles T. Hansen was educated, and for a time attended the Highland Park College at Des Moines. After spending a period in farming, he entered the employ of W. T. Day & Company, general merchants at Castana, Iowa, and has ever since been associated with William T. Day io various enterprises, a most harmonious relation existing between them, the labors of one ably seconding and rounding out the efforts of the other.

In 1894 he accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Castana Savings Bank, and in 1898 was elected cashier, which position he successfully filled until he removed to Spokane in 1906, to become active in the management of the Washington I^and Company, of which he was secretary and treasurer. Mr. Hansen was one of the organizers of said company, established March 1, 1902, with headquarters at Waterville, Washington, with a paid-up capital of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which was increased in 1906 to five hundred thousand dollars^ and the headquarters of the company removed from Waterville to Spokane, when Mr. Hansen moved to Spokane and became active in the management of said company. The Washington Land Company purchased large tracts of unimproved land in Douglas county, and some idea of the extent and importance of their operations may be gleaned from the fact that in six years they broke out and improved over sixteen thousand acres of land.

Mr. Hansen was associated with William- T. Day, his brother-in-law, in a copartnership of Day & Hansen in Monona county, Iowa, where they were large owners and developers of farm lands. They also established the Turin Bank, at Turin, Iowa, which they sold January 1, 1908. Early in the year 1908 they disposed of about three thousand acres of their Iowa land, and organized The Day & Hansen Security Company, with a paid-up capital of one million dollars which took over all the interests of Day & Hansen, including The Washington Land Company. This company operates extensively in improved farm property, and is among the most progressive in their line. The company has purchased within the last three years over thirty-two thousand acres of land in Powell county, western Montana, which is all under fence and improved, and over ten thousand acres in cultivation.

They also own and control Bve banks, including The Waterville Savings Bank of Waterville, Washington, of which Mr. Hansen is president; The National Bank of Oakesdale, Washington; Blair & -Genrpti'h^^^lit^fs, of Helmville, Montana; The Castana Savings Bank, of Castana, jLgwa;'^p^ The Moscow State Bank, of Moscow, Idaho, of all of which institutions Mr. Hansen is a member of the board of directors. The company has established a ^arge mortgage-loan business in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and w^tern* Montana, and the attraction of said secjtions of the country as a loaning field is one of the principal factors that led to the organization of the company.

On the 15th of August, 1901, Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Elsie Day, daughter of Joseph B. P. and Sophia (Thomas) Day, of Castana, Iowa. They reside at No. 1117 Eighth avenue.

Mr. Hansen is a member of the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. He has become well known in the northwest through his extensive and important operations in land, and prominent connection with financial interests. The firm of The Day & Hansen Security Company is regarded as one of the most conservative and progressive of this section.

Dr. Sofus B. Nelson, professor of veterinary science at the Washington State College, and also state veterinarian, was bom at Veile, Denmaric, December 21, 1867, a son of Nels P. and Marie Beartelson, both of whom were natives of Denmark, where the father died in 1876 and the mother in 1911. In the family were Aree sons and three daughters. The two brothers of Sofus B. Nels<Mi are residents of this country, Peter B. Nelson living in Calgary, Canada, while Nels P. Nelson makes his home in Brewster, Washington. The two sisters are Anna and

For two or three years Dr. Nelson pursued his education in the common schools of his native country and afterward became a student in the public schools of Avoca, lowa^ where he passed through consecutive grades until he became a highschool student. In 1886 he entered the Iowa State College and was graduated in 1889 with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery. In 1890 he held the position of house surgeon in the veterinary department of the Iowa State College.

On the 14th of December^ 1890^ Dr. Nelson came to Spokane and opened an office in the Granite blocks practicing continuously until February^ 1893^ when he went to Europe and became a special student in the Royal Veterinary College of Copenhagen. In July^ 1893^ he returned to Spokane^ where he resumed practice, following the profession in a private capacity until the spring of 1895^ when he was elected professor of veterinary science at the Washington State College. He also became veterinarian at the experiment station and his election to that position carried with it the office of state veterinarian and a member of the state board of health. For two years, in the '90s, he was secretary of the state board.

The department of veterinary science was established in Pullman in 1900 in connection with the state college and the first class was graduated in 1902. Since that time a class has been graduated each year, with the exception of 1903. Two years ago the provision was made that the senior class should be conducted in Spokane and to provide for this a building was constructed on Indiana and Kalispell streets. It is fully equipped and all of the latest and most improved appliances that money can buy have been secured. They treat on an average from eighteen hundred to two thousand patients per year, including cattle, dogs and horses. It is the purpose of the dc^partment to give the young men of today the highest possible scientific and practical training necessary to fit them for the work of veterinarians. In addition to his duties as teacher and head of the department. Dr. Nelson has been especially interested in the work of eradicating tuberculosis in domesticated animals in this state and in the development of the stock industry in Washington. He was a delegate to the tuberculosis congress in Washingt<m, D. C, in 1908, and presented a paper that was very noteworthy. He has written and spoken much concerning the various methods of eradicating tuberculosis, also upon the subjects of a sanitary milk supply and the general sanitary condition of farms. His addresses are based upon broad scientific knowledge, keen observation and practical experience. For twenty years he has been a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and has done important work on its executive committee.

In November, 1895, Dr. Nelson was married to Miss J. Ettchen Uhden, a daughter of Charles Uhden, a wholesale commission merchant of Spokane. Her mother belonged to the Habicht family, whose ancestry can be traced back to the year 1400, representatives of the name having been actively connected with Martin Luther in the period of the reformation. Mrs. Nelson was associated for a number of years with the Fortnightly Club at Pullman and was quite active in its work. She has always been a great student of literature and therefore was accorded a prominent position in the club to which she belonged. Dr. and Mrs. Nelson attend the Congregational church and he is a Mason, holding membership with Whitman Lodge, No. 49, F. & A. M., at Pullman, the chapter at Colfax, and the consistory and Mystic Shrine at Spokane. For twenty years he has been a member of the Woodmen of the World and is also identified witli the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America. In politics he is a republican and while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day prefers to give his support to well o^panized private rather than to political interests and activities. He aids in promoting public progress as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and is well known socially in Spokane as a member of the Inland Club. He stands as one of the foremost representatives of the profession in the entire west^ his broad knowledge making his opinions an authority upon the questions connected with veterinary science.

John Dickinson Sherwood

Few of the important public enterprises of Spokane have failed to profit by the cooperation and substantial indorsement of John Dickinson Sherwood who is a western man by birth, training and preference and yet a Harvard graduate. His record stands in contradistinction to the views of some well known business men of the country that college training does not equip one especially well for life's practical duties and responsibilities. Mr. Sherwood was bom in San Francisco, Califomia, October 12, 1860, a son of Benjamin F. and Almira T. (Dickinson) Sherwood. The father removed from New York city to California in 1852 and was there engaged in mining and in the commission business. He died in 1875 and is still survived by his widow who now makes her home in New York city. They were residents of San Francisco, however, during the boyhood and youth of John D. Sherwood, who through that period was a pupil in the public and high schools of San Francisco and later supplemented his preliminary course in Harvard College, from which he was graduated A.B. with the class of 1888. Believing that the west offered broader opportunities than the older and more conservative east he came to Spokane shortly after the completion of his college course and joined E. Dempsie in a mercantile enterprise, on the east side of Howard street between Front and Main avenues, under the firm name of Sherwood & Dempsie. Success attended them but in three years Mr. Sherwood sold out to his partner and entered the real-estate business. Since that time he has been dosely associated with Spokane's upbuilding and development along various lines. His business activities have all been of a character that has contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. In 1885 he became associated with Frank R. Moore, Fred Chamberlain, William Pettit and others in organizing the first electric light company and installed the plant in the C. & C. mills, taking .a contract to light the city with arc lamps. This was really the Docleus of what later became the Washiujgton Water Power Company. Mr. Sherwood's name is also connected with the building of the first cable street railroad here, a line extending from the Monroe street bridge out Boone to the army post and also another extending south on Monroe to Thirteenth street and east on Thirteenth for &ye blocks. The company bought the Spokane Street Railway from Brown & Cannon and in 1891 abolished the cables, thereafter using electricity as the motive power. The same people were organizers of the Washington Water

Power Company^ the various companies being consolidated in 1899 and all taken over by the Washington Water Power Company of which Mr. Sherwood was the vice president. Prior to itna he had served as president of the Spokane Street Railway and was a director of the Washington Water Power Company for over twenty years. His labors have thus been an effective force for the upbuilding, development and improvement of Spokane. He also built the Northwest boulevard and the Southeast boulevard and was one of the citizens who helped establish the army post at Sp<^ane, contributing most generously to that cause. Just prior to the fire he had completed the erection of a six-story structure known as the "Washington building" on the present site of the "Sherwood building" on Riverside avenue. This was the highest building in the city at that time and was the second to have elevator service. It was destroyed by fire in 1889 with a loss of some sixty thousand dollars to Mr. Sherwood, but with undaunted purpose he set to work to retrieve his lost possessions and in accomplishing this the public has been a direct beneficiary for his labors have always been an element in general progress. For a considerable period he was very prominent in the Chamber of Commerce and was its first vice president.

On the 25th of November, 1896, Mr. Sherwood was married to Miss Josephine B. Come, a daughter of Joseph and Anna (Reppert) Come, of Marietta, Ohio. They reside at No. 2941 Summit avenue, Mr. Sherwood having erected this residence in 1898. He belongs to the Spokane Club and to the Harvard Club and in the latter organization maintains pleasant relations with those who also claim Harvard as their alma mater. He has never been actively interested in politics to hold office and yet few men in private life have done more for the city's welfare. ELis thorough college training prepared him to use his native talents to the best advantage and developed in him that judgment which has enabled him to make wise selection of those forces, factors and interests which prove of greatest value and effectiveness in the business circles and in the world's work.

Dr. H. H. McCarthy meets all of the requirements of a capable physician. When a lawyer is brusque and crabbed the public usually feel that it is because he is engaged with intricate problems of jurisprudence; when a minister is unapproachable and austere it is believed to be because he is occupied with questions beyond our mental ken; but from the physician is demanded not only broad scientific knowledge correctly applied but also the genial and sympathetic manner which inspires hope and courage. In none of these requirements is Dr. McCarthy lacking, which accounts for the fact that although a young man he is now at the head of a large and growing practice.

He was born in Clayton county, Iow&, March 4, 1878, his parents, D. W. and Mary (Kelleher) McCarthy, there residing upon a farm. They removed to Plymouth county, Iowa, where the son pursued his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in the University of Chicago prior to entering upon his professional course in Rush Medical College of that city, from which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1902. A broad and valuable practical experience came to him in two years* service as interne in Alexian Brothers'

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Hospital^ Chicago^ and in the spring of 1905 he became a resident of Spokane^ where he has since followed his profession. He has a well equipped office and, moreover, has a mind alert to all the opportmiities and the responsibilities of the profession. He makes good use of the former in his efforts to check the ravages of disease and at all times fully meets the latter. Today he has a large practice in the conduct of which he is very successful and is now well and favorably known. In addition to his professional practice he is now serving as surgeon for the Milwaukee Railroad.

On the 17th of August, 1910, Dr. McCarthy was married to Miss Frances Cattingham, a daughter of L. B. Cattingham, of Portland, Oregon. He has fraternal relations with the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Columbus, and as a dub man he is known in the city through his membership relations with the University and Spokane Amateur Athletic Clubs. His association with the Spokane County Medical Society, which elected him to its presidency in 1909, keeps him in touch with the advance of the profession, as research^ experiment and investigation are bringing to light valuable truths having an important bearing upon the work of the physician and surgeon.

Fred Miller

Eloquent, forceful, learned, Fred Miller is distinguished as one of the most eminent criminal lawyers of the northwest. In other branches of practice, too, he is able, as is evidenced in the many favorable verdicts which he has won for his cHents. He was bom in Claric county, Missouri, August 23, 1867, and in both the paternal and maternal lines comes of English ancestry, while in the family there is also an admixture of Scotch and French. His father, Jacob Miller, was bom in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1897. His wife, Mrs. Caroline (George) Miller, also a native of the Keystone state, is now living in Seattle. Her father was a relative of Henry George, the renowned single tax advocate. By her marriage she became the mother of four sons and a daughter, the others in addition to Fred Miller being: H. J., in Seattle; Martin J., a Methodist minister living in Seattle ; Clifford, a resident of Pacific county, Washington ; and May, the wife of Warren Crookshank, of Davis county, Iowa.

As a student in Lewis College, at Glasgow, Missouri, Fred Miller prepared for the ministry. He also attended a business college at Kansas City, and thinking to find business life more suited to his tastes and talents, he abandoned the plan of entering the ministry and became a newspaper reporter. He afterward spent tiirec months with Jesse James, Jr., in the "Blowing Up of Pompeii," and for nine months was secretary to Senator Burton at Abilene, Kansas. His identification with the northwest dates from 1890, at which time he became clerk in the land office at Yakima, Washington, where he remained for two years. He afterward spent nine months as clerk for the superintendent of the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific Railroad and on the expiration of that period took up the work of court reporting at Yakima and Ellensburg. While thus engaged he read law and in 1898 was admitted to the bar. For a time he was employed in the office of Henry I. Sniveley at North Yakima and engaged to some extent in newspaper work until 1899; when he came to Spokane. He was connected with the Yakima Herald and Epigram as part owner but on locating in this city took up the practice of law, forming a partnership with F. C. Robertson, under the firm name of Robertson & Miller. They conducted a general law practice and their dioitage is today large and of a distinctively representative character. Mr. Miller was one of the first attorneys for the Coeur d'Alene miners in the troubles which occurred in 1899 and was one of the attorneys for Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone in the Governor Stuenenberg murder trial, the result being the acquittal of the three men whom he defended. He has been connected with most of the prominent murder trials in Spokane county but has usually practiced in opposition to corporations. In the trial of a case he marshals his evidence with the skill and precision of a military commander. He never seems to lose sight of any point which has bearing upon his case and gives to each point its due relative precedence. He has remarkable ability in tracing the course of events connected with any case and in his presentation of his case is strong and logical, being seldom if ever at fault in the citation of principle or precedent. In the Stuenenberg murder trial the attention of the whole world was drawn thereto and Mr. Miller gainec) a national reputation in his work for the defense.

Mr. Miller is financially interested in the Coeur d'Alene mines and has realty holdings in Idaho, Virginia and Washington. The only political position which he has ever held was that held on Governor Rogers' staff. However, he was formerly active in the work of the democratic party and has been repif^esentative in the county and state conventions. He has also served on the county and state central committees but has never been an aspirant for office. At the time of the Spanish-American war he organized a company that wished to go to the Philippines and was elected its captain. Troops, however, were not called out and it was at that time that the governor appointed Mr. Miller to a position on his staff, with the rank of colonel. Fraternally he is connected with the Spokane Lodge of Elks, No. 228. In all of the activities with which he has been connected he has been called to leadership, having the ability -and the personal qualities which fit one for gaining a large following. His professional career whether in journalistic effort or in the law has been marked by continuous advancement and increasing ability.

While one of the more recent arrivals among the medical profession in Spokane, Dr. Ralph Hendricks has already gained recognition as one whose knowledge and practical ability merit a liberal patronage. He is a western man by birth, training and preference and is imbued with the enterprising sprit which is characteristic of the Pacific coast country. His birth occurred in Eugene, Oregon, May 30, 1 870, his parents being Elijah B. and Elizabeth (Blew) Hendricks. His father went to Oregon from Illinois in 1848 and was for a time engaged in farming, but in 1882 left that state and established his home at Cheney, Spokane county, Washington, where he opened a drug store. He was thus identified with the commercial interests of that place for a considerable period but is now living retired in Cheney.

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The public schools of Cheney afforded Dr. Hendricks his early education^ which was supplemented by study in Cheney Academy, and he later attended the University of Washington. His choice of a life work fell upon the profession of medicine and in preparation for practice he entered the University of Louisville, at Louisville, Kentudcy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896. He began practice at Cheney and afterward removed to Medical Lake, but sought a still broader field of labor in 1907 on his removal to Spokane where he has since followed his profession. His work is characterized by a thoroughness and efficiency which have brought good results. His reading has been broad and he is very careful in the diagnosis of his cases, so that his judgment is seldom if ever at fault. He keeps in touch, too, with the advanced work of the profession through the proceedings of the Spokane County and Washington State Medical Societies, and the American Medical Association, in all of which he holds membership.

On the 18th of July, 1896, Dr. Hendridcs was united in marriage to Miss Mamie Pomeroy, of Cheney, Washington, a daughter of Dr. Francis A. and Mary Pomeroy, of that city. They have two children. Royal and Dorothy. In Spokane they have won many friends, the hospitality of a large number of the attractive homes of the city being freely accorded them. Dr. Hendricks has become identified with several fraternal organizations, holding membership in Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A M. ; and Opportunity Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is also connected with the Elks Lodge, No. 85, of Salt Lake City. His manner is genial and cordial and is the expression of an unfeigned interest in his fellowmen. In all of his practice he is actuated by a spirit of helpfulness which, added to his broad scientific knowledge, is winning for him continued progress.

C. Harvey Smith

C. Harvey Smith, a Spokane architect, owes his success, which is creditable and enviable, entirely to his own efforts, for he has never been associated with a partner and has won his clientage through his ability and trustworthiness. He was bom May 7, 1868, in Kansas, and is the only son of Hugh A. and Rose (Miner) Smith, both of whom were natives of Illinois. The mother belonged to an old Virginia family of Irish descent, while the father came of Scotch ancestry although the early American representatives of the family settled in Virginia in pioneer times. Hugh A. Smith served for four years and two months as a soldier of the Ci^il war, espousing the cause of the Union and going to the front with the Twenty-first Illinois Volunteers. He was a contractor and resided in the Spokane country for eighteen years but passed away in October, 1910, at the age of seventy-three years. His widow still survives and is now living in Canada. Their only daughter is Ada, the wife of Sidney Luther, a farmer of Calgary.

C. Harvey Smith was educated in Illinois, pulrsuing a public-school course mitil graduated from the high school. He afterward worked with his father at cwitracting until twenty-two years of age, when he took up the study of architectore. In 1888 he came to Spokane, then a young man of twenty years, and established business on his own account as an architect and builder, in 1898, in which line he has since been engaged. He has always operated alone and his individual worth has* gained him the wide recognition and prosperity which are now his. He has erected many residences and business blocks in this city and throughout the Inland Empire and has also done considerable school work. Among others he erected the high school at Cewalah, the high school at Mullen^ Idaho, and the courthouse of Twin Falls^ Idaho. He also built a number of schoolhouses in southern Idaho and a number of business blocks in the city of Spokane^ including that owned by E. H. Stanton at the corner of Hamilton and Mission streets. He has been the architect for between five ^nd six hundred residences in Spokane and has built practically all over the Inland Empire. In his fifteen or twenty years' practice his name has become known throughout the country. His work is always characterized by the utmost thoroughness^ by promptness in execution and by reliability in living up to the terms of the contract. As he has prospered in his undertaking he has made investment in other directions and is now the owner of irrigated land in southern Idaho^ has mining interests in Nevada and real estate in Elko county. He also owns land in the northern part of Idaho, together with his residence at Opportunity.

On the 6th of January, 1889, Mr. Smith. was united in marriage to Miss Olive Walker, a daughter of George Walker, of Bethany, Illinois, who belonged to a prominent family of that place. Her father came from Kentucky and was of Scotch descent, while her mother was a native of Germany. Five children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith, namely: Grace, who married Harry Hodges, of Lake Creek, Idaho; and Gretchen, Hu^, Stella and Katherine, all now in school.

Mr. Smith always exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and while he has worked for his friends he has never accepted office for himself. He is a member of the S]>okane Architectural Club, thus coming into close contact with the members of his profession and the high ideals toward which they are striving, and he likewise belongs to the Chamber of Commerce.

William T. Day

William T. Day, president of The Day & Hansen Security Company, of Spokane, is a prominent figure in the financial circles of the northwest. Endowed with unusual business instinct and foresight, he early saw the future of the unoccupied western lands, and has been a great factor in their development.

He was born May 8, 1865, at Castana, Iowa. His father, Joseph B. P. Day, a native of Maine, became a settler of Iowa in 1855, and was one of its prominent and influential citizens. His mother, Sophia Thomas Day, was born in Mississippi, and with her family came north in the late '40s. As a surveyor and agent for the American- Immigrant Company, his father became very familiar with lands and land values, which was not the least element in the education of his son.

After attending the public schools at Castana, Mr. Day continued his education at the Southeastern Iowa Normal School at Bloomfield. He became actively connected with the business interests in his home town as a general merchant, continuing in that line for about eight years. In 1892 he turned his attention to banking and organized the Castana Savings Bank^ of which he became cashier, serving in that capacity until 1898^ when he was elected to the presidency, which position he still fills. A large farm mortgage business was carried on in connection with the bank.

In the fall of 1901, Mr. Day came to Washington, bought a large tract of land in Douglas county, and on the 1st day of March, 1902, he and his associates organized The Washington Land Company, with headquarters at Waterville, Washington. The enterprise " was capitalized for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which was increased to five hundred thousand dollars, in 1906, when the headquarters of the company were removed from Waterville to Spokane. This company owned large tracts of unimproved land in Douglas county, and an idea as to the magnitude of their undertaking may be gained from the fact that in six years they broke out and developed more than sixteen thousand acres of land, about half of which has been sold. Mr. Day and Mr. Charles T. Hansen, his brother-in-law, were associated in the copartnership of Day & Hansen, and were large owners and developers of land in Monona county, Iowa. They established and operated The Turin Bank of Turin, Iowa, which they sold January 1st, 1908. They also disposed in that year of over three thousand acres of their Iowa land, and on the 1st of March, 1908, organized The Day & Hansen Security Company of Spokane, Washington, with a paid-up capital of one million dollars, which took over all the interests of Day & Hansen, including The Washington Land Company. At that time Mr. Day moved to Spokane, and became actively identified with the business, and has since made the city his home. The company operates extensively in improved farm property^^-and-'ther'ate'Jamong the most progressive in their line. , . - . . ^ : .

During the past three years the cbtopariy "Has purchased over thirty-two thousand acres of land in Powell county, western Montana, which is all improved and over ten thousand acres is now under irrigat1.6n./^ JVhile. developing their land projects, the company also became prominent factors in financial circles throughout the northwest, and own controlling interest in Rve banks, including: The Castana .Savings Bank, of Castana, Iowa; The Waterville Savings Bank, of Waterville, Washington; The National Bank of Oakesdale, also in this state; The Moscow State Bank, Moscow, Idaho ; and Blair & Company, Bankers, Helmville, Montana. The company has established a large mortgage-loan business, and deals in highgrade bond issues and other selected securities.

Mr. Day's connection with business enterprises, is as follows: president of The Day & Hansen Security Company, and of The Castana Savings Bank; and vice president of The National Bank of Oakesdale, The Moscow State Bank, and Blair & Company, Bankers.

On the 15th of August, 1888, at Mapleton, Iowa, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Day and Miss Helen Hansen, the daughter of Nels and Isabel Hansen of that city. It is his brother-in-law, Charles T. Hansen, who is closely associated with him in his business enterprises. Mr. and Mrs. Day have one daughter, Sophia Isabel, who is a graduate of the Girls Collegiate School of Los Angeles, Mid also has been a student for two years at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. The social position of the family is an enviable one, and their attractive home is

In politics Mr. Day is republican^ always voting for men and measures of the party^ but has not been an active worker in its ranks since coming to Spokane. He belongs to the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club^ and has won popularity in these organizations by reason of those sterling traits of character, which in every land and clime awaken confidence and warm regard. It is doubtful in his whole life if he ever weighed an act in the scale of policy^ but in business has followed a straightforward course and in the legitimate channels of trade and financial activity has gained success that places him* with the prominent and representative men who are the real upbuilders of the northwest.

Dr. Harvey Smith, physician and surgeon, whose capability in the line of his profession is supplemented by executive force, keeii discrimination and administrative ability in the line of promoting business projects of importance, was bom in Nova Scotia, January 15, 1874, his parents being Sidney Holmes and Agnes (Rae) Smith who were also natives of Nova Scotia. The mother was of Scotch descent and the father belongs to one of the old pioneer families of his native country which originally came from Londonderry, Ireland. He is still a resident of Nova Scotia where he is engaged in merchandising, but his wife died in 1883. In their family were six sons and a daughter, namely: Harvey; Stenson, who is living in Cape Briton, Nova Scotia; George, of that country; Clarence; who is located in St. Paul, Minnesota ; Geddie and Watson, both of Nova Scotia ; and Jesse, now the wife of D. W. McDonald, of Nova Scotia.

Dr. Smith supplemented his early education by a course in the Picton Academy of Nova Scotia from 1891 until 1893. He afterward attended McGill University, Montreal, where he won the degrees of M. D. and C. M. in 1897. In the meantime he had received a license for teaching but always regarded the practice of medicine as his ultimate goal and entered upon that work in Londonderry, Nova Scotia, where he remained for fifteen months. In November, 1900, he arrived in Spokane where he has since engaged in general practice and is meeting with a highly gratifying success. He does a large amount of surgical work and his ability in that direction as well as in the practice of medicine is marked. Two years' connection with the Royal Victoria Hospital of Montreal and one year in Lynn Hospital, of Massachusetts, brought him broad practical experience which qualified him for the onerous and responsible duties that have since devolved upon him. He is constantly reading and studying in order to promote his efficiency and ever holds to a high standard of professional ethics which has been one of the factors in winning for him the high regard that is entertained for him by his professional brethren as well as by the general public. Aside from his professional activities he has business interests of importance on the Pacific coast. He is interested in oil wells at Colinga, California, is a free holder in Spokane and is a stockholder in the Traders National Bank, the Citizens Savings & Loan Society and in the International Casualty Company. He is, moreover, interested in a high line ditch which is a government project in Kittitas county, which will cover six hundred acres that he owns and which he intends to set out to fruit trees. This ditch is expected to be completed in two years and will be from sixty-five to seventy miles in length and will cover ninety thousand acres. When completed this will mean much in the development and improvement of an extended area.

On the 15Ui of January^ 1902^ in Spokane^ Dr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Burgess^ of Nova Scotia. They attend the First Presbyterian chnrch and Dr. Smith gives his political support to the republican party. He belongs to the Spokane Athletic Club and to the University Club^ and is a member of and medical examiner for the Royal Highlanders. In his professional capacity he is also connected with several insurance companies^ being one of threemedical examiners for the Washington Union Life Insurance Company, medical examiner for the Canadian Life Insurance Company, for the Western Union Life Insurance Company and for the Bankers Life Insurance Company. He served at one time on the staff of the Deaconess Hospital, lecturing to nurses, and he belongs to the Spokane County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Through the proceedings of these bodies he keeps in close touch with the most advanced work being done by the profession and he eagerly embraces every idea or method that he believes will have ]u«ctical value in his chosen life work. With a nature that never could be content with mediocrity he has advanced steadily in his calling until he has long since left the ranks of the many and stands among the more successful few.

Dr. Thomas A. Russell, who in his professional capacity is a representative of various corporations,, is engaged in practice as a member of the firm of Dutton k Russell, their main offices being in the Peyton building, in Sp<^ane. He was bom in Valley Field, Quebec, September 9, 1871, a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Gordon) Russell. The father was a contractor and builder and in 1872 crossed the boundary line into the United States, settling first in Michigan and afterward fc^owing his profession in various places. At length he took up his abode in Seattle where he became general manager of the Tenino Sand Stone Quarries. He Vemained in active business until he reached the age of seventy years, after which his son, Dr. Donald G. Russell, who was formerly a medical practitioner of Spokane, became the president and general manager of the quarries.

To the public school system of Michigan and the Winthrop high school of Minneapolis Dr. Thomas A. Russell is indebted for the early educational privileges which he enjoyed. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as his life work, he entered the Barnes Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, from which he was graduated in 1895. He had previously spent his summer vacations in Spokane with his elder brother. Dr. Donald G. Russell, who was practicing here at that time. He made his first visit in 1892 and after winning his degree in St. Louis Dr. Thomas A. Russell returned to Spokane to become his brother's partner in medical practice. He remained for a year but realizing that he needed further professional training and discipline, he entered Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia where he studied through the two years, 1896 and 1897. He then opened an office at Mellen, Wisconsin, where he spent four years, at the end of which time he again came to Spokane to join his brother whose health was failing. For a few years he continued in general practice here but in 1906 formed a partnership with Dr. Willard O. Dutton and together they follow railroad construction work^ establishing hospitals and attending to the ill and injured for the contracting firms of Porter Brothers^ P. Welch & Company, Grant Smith & Company, Caughren & Woldson, Winters, Boomer & Hughes, and A. D. McDougal & Sod Company. They operate all over the northwest and as far east as North Dakota. The professional work of the firm is often of a most intricate and arduous nature and Dr. Russell keeps in touch with the progress of the profession through his membership in the Spokane County Medical Society and the Washington State Medical Society.

On the 29th of August, 1894, at Hudson, Wisconsin, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Russell and Miss Martha Stout, a daughter of Philemon and Mary Stout, of Oswego, Kansas. They now have one son, Gordon Russell. Mrs. Russell is a member of the First Presbyterian church and Dr. Russell holds membership m the Elks lodge at Ashland, Wisconsin, and the Odd Fellows lodge at Mellen, that state. He also belongs to the Inland Club and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and is interested in manly athletic and outdoor sports, realizing the necessity of recreation in the preservation of an even balance with heavy professional duties.

Milton D. Hall

Milton D. Hall has a business record that any man might be proud to possess for through the development of his native powers and talents he has* worked his way upward from a humble clerkship to rank with the most prominent and progressive merchants of Spokane, being vice president and general manager of the Grote-Rankin Company of this city and Seattle.

His life record had its beginning in Glen, Montgomery county, New York, November 19, 1868, his parents being Cornelius D. and Nancy (Vunk) Hall^ the former a merchant of Glen. Sent as a pupil to the public schools when about six years of age Milton D. Hall at length laid aside his text books to begin business life as a salesman in a store at Fonda, New York. In this way he gained a knowledge of merchandising that enabled him to win success when he went upon the road as traveling salesman for a dry-goods house. The west with its limitless opportunities, however, attracted him and, believing this the most advantageous field for a young man, he came to Spokane in March, 1892, here joining his brother, Jay V. Hall. They became associated with F. W. Branson in organizing the Crystal Ice Company, of which Milton D. Hall was a director and vice president. The business steadily grew, their attention for several years being devoted to the erection and development of ice plants in various parts of the country, operating at Butte, Montana, and later at Washington, D. C. Subsequently the business was sold out to the American Ice Company and in 1902 Milton D. Hall returned to Spokane where he purchased an interest in the Grote-Rankin Company, of which he was elected a director. He was also made buyer for the crockery department and manager of the sales force on the floor. He brought to this business the same keen discrimination and spirit of enterprise which he had displayed in other connections and soon acquainting himself with the business in all of its departments^ was well qualified to enter upon the duties of manager here when^ in 1905^ Mr. Rankin went to Seattle to assume management of a branch house which the Grote-Rankin Company opened in that city. In 1907 Mr. Rankin sold his interest to the company^ of which Mr. Hall then became general manager and vice president of the company, while his brother, W. D. Hall, is now manager of the Seattle branch, which is one of the most complete house furnishing stores on the Pacific coast.

On the 8th of October, 1895, Milton D. Hall was married to Miss Carrie C. Clark, a daughter of Giles W. and Charlotte D. Clark of this city, who were pioneers of Spokane, arriving in 1884. Here the father died November 15, 1908, at the age of seventy-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have become the parents of three children, Richard M., Dorothy Helen and Wilson Clark.

To his home and business interests Mr. Hall largely devotes his time and energies. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party but otherwise is not active in politics. He is, however, a director of the chamber of commerce and a cooperant factor in the substantial results which have been accomplished by that organization for the benefit of Spokane. His labors in this and other directions have redounded to the credit and upbuilding of the city, while his activities along business lines have brought him to an enviable position in connection vrith the trade interests of the Spokane country.

Joseph F. Morton

Joseph F. Morton, attorney at law, engaged in general practice, was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 24, 1882, a son of Edward F. and Rose (Connolly) Morton, both of whom were natives of Ireland and are now residents of Spokane. The father was taken to New York during his infancy and for many years lived in the state of New York, spending much of the time at Syracuse, where he engaged in teaching school for seventeen years. In 1882 he came to Spokane and here directed his energies largely to farming and to business interests at Spokane Bridge. He was living on his ranch at the time of the great fire in 1889. He owns a building on Sprague avenue, consisting of three storerooms and the Taft Hotel and other property in the city, having made wise investments of his capital in real estate. At the present time he is living retired in Spokane. His wife's sister was Mrs. M. M. Cowley. Mr. Cowley is one of the directors of the Traders National Bank. The brother and sister of Joseph F. Morton are: Edward W., general bookkeeper of the Traders Bank; and Alice A., who is residing in Spokane. The father is one of the members of the Pioneer Society, having been a resident here from early days and an active factor in the work of general development and improvement.