Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 5 of 22)

Francis A. Pomeroy possessed good advantages of education in the pubUc schools of his native city. Later he decided to devote his attention to the practice of medicine and^ having made the necessary preparation^ he matriculated at Rush Medical College of Chicago^ Illinois^ remaining one year and was graduated from the Long Island College Hospital of Brooklyn^ New York^ in the spring of 1883^ after a two-years' attendance. Having inherited the pioneer characteristics of his father^ he came to Washington and located at Cheney in 1884. He successfully engaged in practice until 1898 and in 1898 and 1894 went to London^ England^ and pursued a post-graduate course under masters of medicine and surgery in the g^eat hospitals and institutions of that city. Returning to his adopted town^ he renewed his practice in 1894 and has continued as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of this section since that time. In 1890 he established a drug store^ which he conducted in his own name for seventeen years^ when he admitted a partner^ and the business has since been managed under the title of the Cheney Drug Company. It is now one of the most flourishing drug concerns in the county. Dr. Pomeroy was also one of the organizers of the Cheney Brick Company and at present is the presidept of the company^ the other officers being C. A. Ratcliffe^ secretary and F. M. Martin^ treasurer. They manufacture a building brick which is sold all over the district^ and their capacity is fifty thousand per day. The Doctor takes a warm interest in public affairs and has at various times served in the city council^ as mayor of Cheney and as member of the school board of district No. 20. He is also interested in mining and is the owner of various tracts of land in Spokane county.

On the 10th of January^ 1885^ in Paris^ Idaho^ he was married to Miss Mary A. Richj a daughter of C. C. Rich. To this union two children have been born: Mary L., who is now the wife of Dr. Ralph Hendricks^ of Spokane; Jane R.^ who married A. Remington^ of Seattle. In politics Dr. Pomeroy, supports the democratic party, believing that its principles are best adaptpjj , ta. aribsilVe the welfare of state and nation. He is a valued member of the.Masoku^. i>rder and the Knights of Pythias. He is a true friend of education, as has been shown by his interest in the upbuilding of the Cheney Normal school, he being pne of^y:^ .most' earnest supporters. An indefatigable student of all matters pertaining. .te^hi^'Ji^rbfession, he spares no pains or expense in arriving at a satisfactory solution of the problems that arise from day to day in an extensive practice. Thoroughly conscientious in the discharge of his responsibilities, he has won an enviable reputation and there are few men in this part of the state who can claim a larger number of friends and personal admirers.

John Pattison

The life of John Pattison has been an eventful one in which high honors of a political and legal character have been conferred upon him. His practice has connected him with some of the most impK)rtant cases tried in Washington and his clientage is now large and of a distinctively representative character. He does iH>t obtrude the fact that he is essentially a self-made and a self-educated man and jet it is a fact of which he may well be proud, for his inherent force, his laudable ambition and determined purpose have brought him to the creditable position which he now occupies as one of Spokane's leading lawyers.

York and the latter of Ireland. The father was also of Irisn lineage and the family was established in America prior to the Revolutionary war. To one branch of the family belonged Robert and John Pattison, both governors of states. At the time of the Civil war John Patdson^ father of our subject^ enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment^ was captured and confined in a Confederate prison until he was a physical wred^. He was then sent home and his death resulted^ in 1866, from the sufferings that he had undergone. His widow long survived hlm^ passing away in 1911.

Owing to his father's early death John Pattison^ of this review, was denied many of the opportunities which he might otherwise have enjoyed. His school training was limited to one year but in the school of experience he has learned well the lessons which were set before him. In April, 1881, he arrived in Whitman county, Washington, and was employed in the commissary department in connection with the construction of the first road in Whitman county - ^the line of the old Oregon Improvement Company. In the fall of that year he removed to Colfax where he was engaged in the hotel business for two years, or until 1883, when he was elected territorial justice of the peace in Whitman county, presiding over that court for seven years. During that period he made good use of every leisure moment for, in addition to the experience which he gained as justice of the peace, he read law at every available opportunity and was admitted to the bar at Colfax in 1890. There he continued in the piactice of law until April, 1909, when he removed to Spokane. For eight years he was associated in law practice with E. T. Trimble and for three years in Colfax his partner was his son, Paul Pattison, who is now prosecuting attorney of Whitman county.

After removing to SpK)kane John Pattison still continued his office in Colfax for a time in connection with his son Paul. He has always engaged in the general practice of law and while in Colfax there occurred what was probably the most noted lynching in the history of the northwest. This was during the trial of a man of the name of Parker for the murder of a Mr. Cooper, and Judge Sullivan was the presiding judge. Mr. Pattison was assisting in the prosecution and when the prosecution rested its case on Friday night the people took Parker and a man named Ed Hill and hung them, dragging the men right by the jury, through tlie courtroom and out of the window to meet their fate at the hands of the crowd below. Judge Sullivan then called in the jury and said he had been unofficially informed that the defendant Parker had been taken out of the jail and hanged. He called on the deputy sheriff and jailor to testify and the court finding Parker dead. Judge Sullivan discharged the jury. Mr. Pattison also defended one Smith accused of the murder of a young man named Hayden, and had hard work to save his life although the defendant was innocent. Mr. Pattison had to have Smith bound over for trial and in the meantime arrested another man whom the mob threw out of the window of Judge McDonald's courtroom, and he also was hanged. Smith was discharged for he established his innocence as soon as the mob had quieted down. The same night a man named Blackie was lynched. The mob would have some one in the courtroom place a rope around the neck of the man wanted and then those outside would pull the man out of the window before those inside could collect their wits. Such was the condition that existed about three decades ago when summary justice was often administered. The efforts of able lawyers and other law-abiding citizens, however, at length prevailed. Mr. Pattison is

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In political circles his name is also well known. He is a democrat yet was a delegate to the first republican convention held after th6 admission of Washington to the Union. A change in his political views, however, led him to ally himself witii the democracy. He has frequently been a delegate to county and state conventions and has served as chairman of several of the latter. He has also been a member of city, county and state central committees and has been selected as campaign speaker by both state and national committees. For two terms, in 1907 and 1908, he was mayor of Colfax and whether in office or out of it his influence has been a potent element in political activity, largely advancing the interests of the party he supports. In 1908 he was nominated for governor by the democratic party by direct primaries and, opposing Cosgrove, polled at that election the largest vote ever cast in this state for a democratic candidate for governor.

Mr. Pattison's social prominence in connection with a number of fraternal organizations has also made him widely known. He is one of the head managers of the Woodmen of the World, with headquarters at Denver, Colorado, having already occupied the position for four years with two more years to serve. He belongs to the blue lodge and chapter of Masons and of the former has been worshipful master. He is likewise connected with the Order of the Eastern Star, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He belongs also to the Inland Club and his religious faith is indicated by the fact that he is a member of the First Baptist church.

On the 7th of June, 1885, in Colfax, Mr. Pattison was united in marriage to Miss Mary Cairns, a daughter of the Rev. James Cairns, the oldest Baptist minister on the coast, now living retired. Her brother, the Rev. George Robert Cairns, is pastor of the Central Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Pattison have become the parents of a son and three daughters: Paul, who is now prosecuting attorney of Whitman county and is well known throughout the Inland Empire ; Greta, a teacher in the Hillyard schools ; and Mattie and Mary, at home. In his social, fraternal and professional connections Mr. Pattison has done much to mold the policy and shape the destiny of Washington, particularly in the Inland Empire, and in all C(Mmections his life has been actuated by public spirit and earnest desire to promote the welfare of the state along lines of lasting benefit.

John E. Blair

John E. Blair, attorney at law in Spokane, was bom in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of October, 1875, a son of Dr. John L. and Mary (Anderson) Blair. Under the parental roof he spent his boyhood days and in his native town acquired his early education which was supplemented by a course of study at Harvard University. He was graduated from the law department of that institution in the class of 1898, and immediately began the practice of his profession in Bo8t<m. After remaining in that city for two years he went to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he was a member of the faculty of the University of North Dakota in the law school. He made for himself a creditable place in the ranks of the

While there he made the acquaintance of his present partner^ James T. Burcham^ who was also a lecturer in the law department. They decided to give up their professorships and accordingly^ in 1904^ came to Spokane to engage in general practice. Mr. Blair is widely known for the care with which he prepares his cases. In no instance. has his reading been confined to limitations of the questions at issue but has encompassed every contingency and provided not only for the expected but the unexpected as well which happens quite as frequently in courts as out of them. Since he has been a member of the legal fraternity of this city he has acted as assistant corporation counsel and later as corporation counsel. His ability also won public recognition when he was a member and secretary of the conmiittee that drafted the new city charter which was adopted under the present commission form of government.

Mr. Blair was married at Grand Forks, North Dakota, June 10, 1903, to Miss Elsie Mary Bushee, a daughter of Byron Bushee of that city. They have two sons, John £., Jr.y and Robert Bushee.

Mr. Blair is an independent in politics and his interest in the affairs of the community is that of a public-spirited citizen who realizes the opportunities for progress and improvement, and he labors to achieve what may be attained in this direction.

Arthur W. Davis

Arthur W. Davis is a member of the law firm of Davis & Rhodes, thus occupying a prominent position in professional circles, and as a member of the board of education he is equally well known. His labors have been directly a beneficial influence in connection with the Spokane public schools and his service in this connection has made him recognized as the right man in the right place. He was bom in Maynard, Iowa, November 16, 1873, a son of William E. and Helen Josephine (Wells) Davis. The father was born in Wales and represents one of the old families of that little rock-ribbed country. He is now residing in Maynard, Iowa, as is his wife, who is a native of Pennsylvania. Her father was a lawyer and a member of the state legislature. Her mother belonged to the Halleck family and was a relative of General Halleck of Civil war fame. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Davis became the parents of ^ve sons and three daughters: George L., a farmer residing at Filer, Idaho; Walter W., who practiced law until his health broke down, since which time he has followed farming at Kettle Falls, Washington; Ben, a professional baseball player and farmer; Irving R., assistant corporation counsel of Spokane, of whom mention is made on another page of this volume; Arthur W., the subject of this sketch; Lena E., the wife of Grant E. Finch, a professor in the Montana State Normal School; Jessie, who married J. L. Seaton, a professor in the South Dakota University; and Charlotte H., general secretary of the Young Woman's Christian Association at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Arthur W. Davis, having completed his literary education in the Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa, from which he was graduated with the B. S. degree in 1893, entered upon the study of law in the State University of Iowa but in the interim was connected with the profession of teachings having served as principal at Montour, Iowa, from the fall of 1893 until January, 1895. During the remainder of the school year of 1895 he was principal of the high school at Rock Rapids, Iowa, and in the fall of that year went to Fonda, Iowa, to become principal of the schools, in which position he continued until elected county superintendent of Pocahontas county, Iowa, in which position he remained from 1897 until 1899. He regarded the office, however, merely as an initial step to other professional labor for it was his ambition to become a member of the bar and to this end he attended the State University of Iowa, passed his examination and was admitted to the bar in January, 1901. He afterward practiced law at Fonda, Iowa, for more than four years, or until the fall of 1905.

At that date A. W. Davis came to Spokane and formed a law partnership with his brother, Walter W. Davis, under the firm name of Davis & Davis. After two years his brother withdrew on account of ill health and A. W. Davis was joined by another brother, Irving R. Davis. Upon the latter's appointment as assistant corporation counsel A. W. Davis was joined by Harry A. Rhodes in a partnership that is now existing. They conduct general law business and are the attorneys for the Modem Woodmen of America. Among their clients are a number of realestate firms and in their practice they specialize somewhat in the law pertaining to land. In six years they have built up an excellent clientage more particularly along the line of individual than corporation practice. The court records indicate their success for they have won many favorable verdicts.

Mr. Davis has also been active as a leader in republican circles since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and has done much effective campaign work. In Iowa the state conunittee selected him as speaker and he was a delegate to two state conventions there, being one of those who helped to nominate Cummings for governor. He served on the county central committee in Iowa. In the fall of 1907 he was elected a member of the Spokane board of education and was reelected in the fall of 1908 for a three years* term. He has been president of the board since January, 1911, and as its chief officer has guided its interests in a manner that has reflected credit upon the city and its educational system. The present organization is known as the building board for they have let contracts for the erection of many fine school buildings in this city including the Lewis and Clark high school, a fireproof brick, terra cotta and reinforced concrete structure which was erected at a cost of ^ve hundred thousand dollars; the North Central high school, a brick and terra cotta, four hundred thousand dollar structure, and a nmnber of ward schools. Among these are the Adams, containing four rooms; the Audubon, twelve rooms; Columbia, four rooms; Cooper, eight rooms; Frances Willard, twelve rooms; Franklin, eight rooms; an addition of Rve rooms to the Grant school; the Hamilton, twelve rooms; the Jefferson^ eight rooms; Logan, four additional rooms; a four-room addition to the Longfellow; a four-room addition to the Roosevelt; Sheridan, twelve rooms; Stevens, sixteen rooms; and Hays Park, four rooms. In addition the present school board has purchased eighty acres south of the city and constructed a parental school. The plant consists of a main building for thirty boys, a schoolhouse, an irrigating plant and a number of outbuildings. They have thoroughly equipped this and put it in operation and now have about thirty boys there. The plan is working cut according to the ideas promoted and fostered at its inception and is proving a most successful undertaking in providing a home and training for boys who cannot be taken care of in the public schools. During Mr. Davis' connection with the school board there has been a great increase in attendance, about twenty thousand pupils being now cared for in the public schools. Within the last four years there has been an increase of about six thousand pupils. While Mr. Davis' greatest public work has perhaps been done in connection with the schools he has also labored earnestly and effectively along other lines for the benefit and welfare of the city. He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and is serving on its educational committee. He is interested in the moral progress of Spokane and is a faithful member of the Pilgrim Congregational church. He exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit of Masonry and has passed through all of the chairs in the blue lodge and is now a past master. He also holds membership with the Royal Arch Masons and the Order of the Efiustem Star and belongs to the Royal Highlanders, the Woodmen of the World and the Modem Woodmen of America, and of the last named is state lecturer.

On the 24th of December, 1900, Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Florence A. Carpenter, daughter of J. D. Carpenter, a general merchant of Fonda, Iowa. Their two children, Rachel and John B., are both in school. The life history of Arthur W. Davis is the record of continuous and intelligently directed activity. He has always been actuated by laudable ambition which permitted him in early manhood to provide the means necessary for his university law course. He has ever placed his dependence upon the substantial qualities of indefatigable industry and enterprise, knowing that they lead to progress, and while he has won a place among the prominent lawyers of Spokane, he has also found time to cooperate in public work^ ever recognizing the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship and laboring along those lines which mean the material, intellectual, social and moral uplift of the race.

Hal J. Cole

Among the men who have been called to public ofiice in Spokane and who have proven their ability in the prompt, faithful and capable performance of their duties, is numbered Hal J. Cole, now register in the United States land office. Since attaining manhood he has been closely associated with the business interests of the northwest and has been active in several connections which have conserved the welfare and development of this section of the country. Oregon numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Douglas county, April 28, 1856. Five years before, in the fall of 1851, his parents, James and Louisa (Leeper) Cole, had removed from California to Oregon, having since 1849 resided in the former state, where they had taken up their abode on coming from Missouri to the Pacific coast. The father was a native of Kentucky, and his wife of Tennessee. In early manhood he took up the study of medicine and for many years continued in active practice as a physician and surgeon. Following his arrival in Oregon he took a prominent part in republican politics, doing much to formulate the policy of that party and promote its growth and influence. Thus

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Hal J. Cole, who was one of a family of eight children, &ve sons and three danghters, attended the public schools of Douglas county and afterward became a student in Christian College of Polk county, Oregon, from which he won his Bachelor of Science degree on his graduation with the class of 1876. His attention was then given to agricultural pursuits on Iiis father's farm and to schoolteaching, which profession claimed his attention for two or three years. He next entered the railway mail service and afterward was employed by the Wells Fargo Express Company, which he represented in the Spokane agency until the company was forced to withdraw from the Northern Pacific lines in 1886. For sixteen months thereafter he held the position of deputy collector of customs at Little Dallas, Stevens county, but on the expiration of that period again came to Spokane, where he served as deputy under E. H. Hindiff, who was the sheriff of the county. In May, 1889, he was appointed Indian agent for the Colville Indian Agency, which included the Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Colville reservations, his headquarters being at Miles, Washington, where he remained for more than four years and then retired on the 1st of August, 1893.

There are few men who escape all connection with mining interests in the northwest and Mr. Cole is no exception to the rule. With the development of the mining properties there comes a desire to almost every individual to seek his fortune in that field, ajid Mr. Cole was identified with mining operations in the boundary country until 1897, when he went to the Klondike. A year later he returned but in 1900 again made his way to Nome, Alaska. After a brief period, however, he again became identified with mining interests in the Spokane district. Since the 1st of May, 1904, he has filled the position of register of the United States land office, has carefully systematized his work and is prompt, accurate and faithful in the discharge of the duties that devolve upon him.

On the 23d of December, 1883, occurred the marriage of Mr. Cole and Miss Addie Mires, a daughter of John H. and Anna (Deardorff) Mires, of Douglas county, Oregon, who were pioneer residents of that state. The only son of Mr. and Mrs. Cole is Carl H., who is now a dvil engineer in southeastern Alaska. Mr. Cole belongs to the Elks lodge of Spokane and to the Woodmen of the W^orld. He is a man of refined tastes and retiring disposition, to whose nature ostentation and display are utterly foreign.

Daniel W. Twohy

Daniel W. Twohy, a prominent banker, claiming little recognition for the success which has placed him in the presidency of the Old National Bank of Spokane, was born in northern Michigan in 1 864. The public schools of that state afforded him his educational privileges and he entered business life in connection with the Northwestern National Bank of Superior, Wisconsin. There he gradually worked his way upward, passing through intermediate positions to the presidency of the institution. Liberal training and broad experience were therefore his when he became identified with the financial interests of Spokane in 1902. He removed to this city to accept the presidency of the Old National Bank here, and soon after his arrival he organized the Union Trust & Savings Bank^ of which he has since been the president. The former is by far the most important financial institution of Spokane and in 1910 the bank erected a fifteen-story building which is one of the fine office structures of the west. The bank is capitalized for one million dollars and has resources amounting to ten million. The Union Trust & Savings Bank has a capital of &\e hundred thousand dollars and^ like the older institution, has met with continuous success, being founded upon safe, conservative business principles and governed by a progressive policy.

In 1904 Mr. Twohy was united in marriage to Miss Sue Bell, a daughter of Harry C. Bell, of Spokane, and they have three children, Daniel W., Henry B. and Frank P. The family residence at No. 22 Sumner street, was erected by Mr. Twohy in 1907 and is one of the fine homes of the city. Mr. Twohy has never taken active part in politics, feeling always that he had no time for interests outside of his banking business. His cooperation, however, can always be counted upon in a quiet way for progressive public measures and he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. He has come to be recognized by colleagues and contemporaries as a man whose judgment is sound, his sagacity keen, his enterprise and determination unfaltering, and a business carer which will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny has brought him to a conspicuous and honorable position in financial circles of the northwest.

Frederick P. Greene

Frederick P. Greene is widely recognized as one of the prominent figures in the Inland Empire. Work that he has done in various lines has contributed to this, but perhaps the most important feature of his public service is that which had to do with the bill creating a state bureau of inspection of offices and accounts. He spent much time in formulating and securing the passage of this bill, which is without doubt the most beneficial piece of legislation as regards the taxpayers at large that has ever been put upon the statute books of the state. This work alone would entitle Mr. Greene to recognition as a public benefactor and yet in other connections he has equally well proven his worth in support of measures that have direct benefit upon general progress and improvement.

Mr. Greene was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, on Christmas day of 1864, his parents being Dennis S. and Sarah M. (McCray) Greene. Both were natives of Pennsylvania and the father was of English descent. The family, however, was early established on American soil, the great grandfather of our subject having been born in Rhode Island, while his last days were spent in the Keystone statf and his remains interred in Youngsville. The parents of Mrs. Sarah M. Greene were from the north of Ireland and represented old Scotch-Irish Presbyterian families. Dennis S. Greene followed the occupation of farming as a life work. Among his ancestors were those who enlisted from Rhode Island in the struggle for independence and when the Civil war broke out, true to the ancestral example, he manifested the same patriotic spirit as a soldier of the One Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. In the family were but two sons and one daughter, the brother of our subject being Harry M. Greene, master mechanic of The American Rolling Mills Company's steel plant at Middletown, Ohio, while the sister is Blanche, the wife of G. A. Waldo, connected with the auditor's office in Spokane cottnhr.

In the acquirement of his education Frederick P. Greene attended the high school of Youngsville, Pennsylvania, and the Northwestern Business College of Kansas City, Missouri. He also pursued the normal and collegiate courses of Chautauqua by correspondence and through attendance at summer schools. Soon after starting out in the business world he was employed for a year and a half as deputy postmaster in Youngsville, Pennsylvania, and then left the east for western Kansas, where he engaged in merchandising for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to southern Missouri, where he conducted a lumberyard for two years, and subsequently he went to Kansas City, where he acted as principal in the commercial department of the National Business College. This was not his first experience as a teacher, however, for he had also taught school in Warren county, Pennsylvania, before leaving the east. While in southern Missouri he had been admitted to the bar and practiced law for two years, but following his removal to Kansas City again took up educational work. On leaving that place he went to Ritzville, Washington, in 1898, and was principal of the schools at Ritzville and also editor of the Ritzville News for a year. Later he was located at Burke, Idaho, where he served as head accountant for the Tiger Mercantile Company in 1896. In 1900 he came to Spokane and obtained the position of accountant with the Hazelwood Dairy Company until 1903. He was then office manager for the Wonder Department" St^i^^u^^l January, 1907, at which time he became auditor of Spokane qouptja filing* tliej position until the 1st of May, 1909, when he resigned to becoi^e manager of the ^okane Title Company. This was in May, 1910. He then engkged in public, ^quditii^g and accounting until the first of January, 1911, since whicl^ tip^§. Jhe 'has -bben* treasurer and director of the Western Empire Insurance Company. In this field, as in all others in which he has entered, he is meeting with success, for he has determined purpose and unfaltering energy which conquer obstacles and ultimately reach the desired goal.

In his political views Mr. Greene has ever been a stalwart republican, stanchly advocating the principles which he believes most conducive to good government and taking a helpful part in campaign work. In Spokane he has served as a member of the city central committee and has been a delegate to many city and county conventions. He was called to the ofiice of auditor in 1906 and a public expression of approval of his course came to him in his reelection in 1908. As stated, probably his most important service has been in preparing and securing the passage of the bill creating a bureau for the inspection of ofiices. The taxpayer has reason to feel grateful toward him because of the benefit to be derived from this bill. It has already resulted in the discovery of many irregularities and has been the cause of many officials having to return money both to counties and cities. Mr. Greene has been the recipient of warm congratulations over what has been accomplished and the work has only commenced. Governor Hay personally expressed his satisfaction over the manner in which the bill kept a check on tax accounting methods. The bill was passed in 1909, after much preliminary work, its object being to provide for a uniform system of public accounting and for the auditing of accounts of all public offices. The work of the bureau has thus far been very effective, proving that great good may be accomplished in this manner. Mr. Greene was offered the appointment of head of the bureau but declined. As president of the County Auditors' Association he was enabled to do much for his bill in making known its purposes and its possibilities. There was much opposition but after a hard fight the bill passed the house by a strong majority. In the senate there was strenuous opposition^ yet success ultimately crowned the project. Mr. Greene personally sent out over five thousand pieces of mail in two years when working for the measure. At the start he met nothing but discouragement, everyone declaring it an impossibility to get the bill through as the "state house crowd would kill it." However, he succeeded ultimately in winning confidence and support and was appointed chairman of the legislative committee and the drafting of the bill was placed in his hands. That was just after the legislature of 1907 adjourned and Mr. Greene then started in to create public sentiment in favor of the bill, so the people would fully understand what it meant and would be prepared to work for it in the session of 1909. He first secured copies of all existing legislation from every general assembly in all the states of the Union as well as all states which had adopted the uniform system. The next year he submitted the bill and delivered a paper before the auditors* association. This paper was printed in booklet form for distribution and he then secured the cooperation* of the state grange through C. B. Kegley, its president, and by persistent campaigning and publicity measures created a demand for the legislation so strong that the bill eventually became a law. He appeared before the senate committee and was on the floor an hour and a half talking and answering questions. In 1903 he was appointed a member of the state board of accountancy by Governor Mead and has since held that position, in which connection he examines and licenses public accountants. In December, 1909, he was elected a member of the city board of education for a three years' term.

In addition to the public and private interests which have claimed the time and energies of Mr. Greene he is also connected with mining, being largely interested in a British Columbia property, where a mill is being erected, near Tatlayoco lake in the Nanaimo district. The base is antimony, carrying gold and silver, and it is expected that the property will be a very paying one.

Mr. Greene is a member of the Masonic lodge, the consistory, the commandery and the Mystic Shrine, thus having taken high rank in both the York and Scottish Rites. He is also a trustee of the Masonic temple. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge, in which he has passed all of the chairs, and is at the present writing grand inner guard of the grand lodge of the state of Washington. He likewise belongs to the Inland Club, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce and is widely known in the business and social circles of the city.

In 1890, in Van Buren, Missouri, Mr. Greene was united in marriage to Miss Clara L. Clay, a daughter of Robert Clay and Adelaide (Vance) Clay. Mr. Clay is a lumberman of Van Buren and a representative of an old southern family. Mrs. Greene had one unqle in the Union army and others who were soldiers in the Confederate army. Both the Vance and Clay families from which she is descended on the maternal and paternal lines were old and prominent families of Kentucky. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Greene have been born three children, Hazel Annie, Nellie .Lois and Lawrence Clay.

Mr. Greene is certainly entitled to twofold prominence, because of what he has accomplished in the business world and in behalf of the public welfare. His labor has been largely of a character that has brought no return save the consciousness of duty well performed^ and with this he is content. He recognized a need and he met it and the state at large is profiting by his labor. In business^ too^ when he has seen something to be done he has not hesitated in the performance of the duty^ and resolute wiU^ determined purpose and honorable intention have carried him forward to success in his different undertakings.

Joseph A. Borden

Joseph A. Borden, treasurer of the Shaw & Borden Company, is numbered with that class of Spokane's citizens who have the best interests of the country at heart and labor earnestly and effectively for the development and progress of the Inland Empire. His success in business, too, illustrates his activity, enterprise and sound judgment along the line which he has chosen as his life work. He is treasurer of the extensive printing establishment of the Shaw & Borden Company on Riverside avenue, controlling one of the largest plants in their line in this section of the country.

Mr. Borden was born at Camden, Indiana, October, 19, 1862, his parents being George D. and Sarah J. (Ginger) Borden. The father was a merchant and served through the Civil war in the One Hundredth Indiana Volunteers. The son pursued his education in the public schools of Dunkirk^ Indiana, and afterward went to Washington, D. C, where he was employed in the government printing office for a period of &ye years, during which time he pursued a three years' law course at Georgetown University, from which he was graduated in 1889 with the degree of Master of Law. On the expiration of that period he removed to Colby, Kansas, where he engaged in law practice for a year, and in March, 1890, he arrived in Spokane, since which time he has given his attention continuously to the printing business, forming a partnership with John H. Shaw mider the firm name of the Shaw & Borden Company. The business was incorporated in 1894 with a capital of twenty thousand dollars and something of the growth of their business and its present magnitude are indicated in the fact that the capital stock has since been increased to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This firm is one of the most progressive in its line in the Inland Empire. They conduct a large retail stationery and office goods store and do all kinds of magazine and catalogue work in their printing establishment, both departments of their business being thoroughly equipped. The store was first located in the old Heath building on Monroe street, whence a removal was made to the Spokane National Bank building at the corner of Howard and Riverside, which is now known as the Rookery. Since 1908 they have occupied their present site and the business is one of the foremost undertakings of its kind in the northwest.

While Mr. Borden has been actively engaged in the development and control of this enterprise, he has at the same time been an important factor in many activities which have contributed to the upbuilding and welfare of Spokane and is ready to do anything that will promote the interests of the city or of the Inland Empire. He was a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce and served on its first board of trustees. He was chairman of the first Pacific coast printers' cost congress, which was held at Portland, Oregon, in February, 1911, and was also chairman of the third international printers' cost congress, which was held at Denver, Colorado, in September, 1911. He is now the third vice president and a member of the executive committee of the United Typothetae of America and has charge of their affairs on the Pacific coast. He has every reason to be proud of the fact that he is the only member of the executive committee in the far west - an honor well deserved. In the line of his chosen business he is known from one coast to the other and ranks as one of its most prominent representatives.

Mr. Borden is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained high rank, and is now a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He spent ten years in active work in the chairs in all of the York Rite bodies. He belongs also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 228, and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is likewise a member of the board of governors of the New England Club. There always seems back of him a reserve force on which to draw and his resourcefulness enables him to meet any exigency or opportunity that arises. He has worked out along progressive lines, whether for the benefit of individual or community interests, and manifested a spirit of initiation in connection with many projects which have been helpful to the city or which hav? contributed to the result of placing him in a foremost position as a representative of the printing interests of the country.

Chester F. Young

Nature is practical in her gifts- and yet in no instance do they come ready at hand. She demands the cooperation of mankind in the conversion of what she offers into marketable material. The broad prairies, rich valleys and almost limitless forests of the northwest offered untold wealth to those who would exercise industry, perseverance and determination in utilizing the resources offered. To those who put forth diligence and perseverance the rewards were certain, as is indicated by the prosperous condition of this great Inland Empire. Chester F. Young has been one of the most potent forces in the development of this section of the country. As one of the pioneers in irrigating he demonstrated what could be accomplished in promoting the fertility of the region and his labors were equally effective in bringing population to the district and in increasing values and production.

His life history had its beginning on the 11th of October, 1863, in Peoria county, Illinois, his parents being Francis H. and Eleanor (Smith) Young, both of whom were of English lineage, representing families founded in America prior to the Revolutionary war. The Young family was established in New England and Francis H. Young was bom in Connecticut. He enlisted for service in the Civil war but was not accepted, owing to physical disability. He now makes his home in Ottawa, Kansas, where he is living retired. His wife, who was born in Pennsylvania, died in 1911. She had five brothers who were soldiers of the Union army, all members of Illinois regiments.

Chester F. Young was the only child born of his parents' marriage but he has a half sister, Carrie, now the wife of Albert Fonts, of Ottawa, Kansas. His edncation was acquired in the schools of his native state and he was married and started out in life for himself at the early age of twenty-one years. It was in Chariton, Iowa, on the 14th of June, 1884, that he wedded Emma L. Speck, a daughter of C. G. S]>eck, now deceased, who was of German descent and devoted his life to farming in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Young have become the parents of three daughters, Helen, Jean and Ruth, all attending school as pupils of Our Lady of Lourdes. Mr. and Mrs. Young began their domestic life upon an Iowa farm and farming largely occupied his attention until 1889. However in the meantime he had resided in various localities. He lived for two years in Chariton, Iowa, and then went to Ottawa, Kansas, where he spent the succeeding year. He then returned to Iowa, continuing his residence in that state for three years. He first came to Washington in 1888 and spent five years in this state. While in the northwest be purchased land in Colfax where he carried on farming for about six years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Ottumwa, Iowa, and afterward went to Missouri, where he resided for two years. Again he became a resident of Iowa and began buying and shipping horses and also purchasing and selling real estate. He was thus connected with the business interests of the middle west until be once more came to the Pacific coast in 1898. About 1901 Mr. Young became associated with the Oregon Land & Water Company at Portland and he is probably the first man who ever went upon the road in order to sell real estate. He afterward formed a partnership with a Mr. Neeley and began the development of the famous Greenacres district. About half of the property had been sold when they took charge and when they disposed of the remainder they then opened East Greenacres, comprising about three thousand acres. When two-thirds of this had been sold D. C. Corbin bought out the Spokane Valley Land & Water Company and Mr. Young afterward sold land for Mr. Corbin for a year. He then became associated with H. J. Neeley in selling the land of Opportunity. Several years before, about 1898, the government wished to take the valley as an encampment ground but at length decided not to do so. This was felt as a calamity by people of the district but it has proved to be entirely the opposite. As encampment ground it would have yielded only a fraction of what it has brought as orchard land, to say noddng of the amount which would have been lost in population. After disposing of Opportunity Mr. Young and Mr. Neeley became purchasers of Orchard avenue, consisting of four hundred and ten acres, of which they sold one hundred and ten acres to the city. The remaining three hundred acres were divided into one hundred-acre tracts and then sold. On the 8th of December, 1909, the Neeley- Young Company merged with the Becher & Thompson Company and were also joined by E. G. Taylor who was selling Otis Orchards. That gave the combine the control of the land in Spokane valley under the gravity system of irrigation and during the period in which they were handling the Spokane valley land they were instrumental in securing its settlement by six thousand peo'ple. In the spring of 190S there were twenty-eight hundred acres of the valley owned by four dairy farmers and today there are three hundred homes on that one tract, beside two box factories, two lumberyards, two pickle factories, two blacksmith shops, two churches and a new schoolhouse, and the price of the land has advanced from two hundred and fifty dollars per acre to fifteen hundred dollars per acre.

In handling all the properties with which he has been connected Mr. Young has been a most helpful factor in promoting the methods of development which have advanced values and added much to the attractiveness of this region. He was one of the pioneers of the irrigation movement whereby thousands of acres of arid lands have been reclaimed and converted into fine farms, the products of which add thousands upon thousands of dollars to the wealth of the state each year. Mr. Young now lives in the northwest comer of Opportunity, about six miles from the city, this district having telephone connection, electric lights and mail delivery from Spokane. He has many private interests apart from his company associations, including the ownership of &ye hundred acres of wheat land and fifty acres in the Spokane valley. He has made a most notable record in his real-estate operations, having sold more land in the Spokane valley than any other one man, and he has also handled extensive property interests in Idaho and Montana. Mr. Young is now secretary of the Spokane Valley Irrigated Land Company, Inc., of which D. M. Thompson is president; E. G. Taylor, vice president; and Phil T. Becher, treasurer. Their principal properties are Pasadena, Greenacres, East Greenacres, West Farms, East Farms and Otis Orchards. They disposed of Hazelwood, twenty-seven hundred acres, for the Hazelwood Company, practically the entire amount now being sold.

Mr. Young exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party but never seeks nor desires office. He is a blue lodge Mason and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, but his interests and activities are largely concentrated upon his business affairs which, however, have been of a character that have contributed to general prosperity and progress as well as to individual success. He has never feared to venture where favoring opportunity has led the way and his sound judgment has placed correct valuation upon such opportunities. As he has steadily advanced in his business career he has come into important connections with the northwest and his name deserves prominent mention among those who have been leading factors in promoting the development of this section of the country.

The west has often been spoken of as the country of the young man and one usually finds that it is the younger generation that leaves home and utilizes the resources and opportunities of the new country, yet character and ability will come to the front anywhere and, recognizing this fact, Dr. Ephraim P. Penfield did not hesitate to remove to Spokane after he had passed the half century milestone on life's journey. He came to this city in the spring of 1890 and here followed his profession until his death, his skill winning him recognition that was manifest in a large and satisfactory practice.

He was bom in Fairfield, Huron county, Ohio, April 5, 1833. His father, Samuel Penfield, was a descendant of one of the old Connecticut families and, migrating westward, established his home in Huron county, Ohio, where he followed both farming and merchandising. He was a man of decided purpose and unfaltering determination and never hesitated to espouse a cause which he believed to be right On account of his advocacy of anti-slavery and of prohibition he was put out of the Baptist church. When saner opinion prevailed, however, he was asked to resume his connection with the congregation and that he was a broad-minded man is indicated by the fact that he did so, generously forgiving those who had previously opposed him. He married Clara Woodfield and their son. Dr. Penfield, had the opportunity of attending school in Fairfield, Ohio, and afterward of becoming a student in a seminary at Norwalk. He then went to Cleveland to prepare for a professional career, entering Hahnemann College, from which he was graduated on the completion of the regular course. He located for practice in Newark, Ohio, where he remained for six years, subsequently removing to Bucyrus where he ulso continued in practice for a number of years, his experience and his continued reading adding to his broad knowledge and efficiency. At length, believing that the west held opportunities for the middle-aged as well as the young, he decided to establish his home in Spokane, where he arrived in the spring of 1890. He felt that the outlook was good and soon after his wife and family joined him - in December of that year. Here he continued in the practice of medicine until his death, becoming one of the best known and most honored physicians of Spokane, holding at aU times to a high standard of professional ethics.

It was on the 15th of April, 1857, in Fairfield, Ohio, that Dr. Penfield was united in marriage to Miss Louisa A. Smith, a daughter of Jonathan H.' and Belinda A. (Holmes) Smith, formerly of Tompkins county. New York, where her father followed farming and merchandising. Dr. Penfield is now survived by his wife and three sons, as follows : James W., of Spokane ; Arthur E., engaged in the mining business at Wardner, Idaho; and Dr. C. S., who is one of the most prominent and successful practicing physicians of this city today.

Death called Dr. Penfield on the 9th of September, 1902, when he was in the seventieth year of his age. His political views were in accord with the principles of the republican party which he supported from the time age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He belonged to the Odd Fellows Society, and was a man of firm belief and conviction, never faltering in his loyalty to a course which he believed to be right. He was a lover of his home and all that was beautiful, was very fond of music, possessed scholarly attainments and habits and was most deeply interested in his profession from both the scientific and humanitarian standpoints. He enjoyed the companionship of people of kindred interests and ever held friendship inviolable. A man of marked individuality, the development of his character was based upon high and manly principles and there was in all of his life history no page that would not bear scrutiny.

Dr. Frank Bannon Lynott is one of the more recent acquisitions to the dental profession of Spokane, where he is meeting with excellent success. He was bom in Louisiana, Missouri, October 17, 1882, and is a son of N. J. and Catherine (Bannon) Lynott, both of whom are deceased, the father having passed away in 1884 and the mother in 1889.

Left an orphan at the age of seven years in the acquirement of his education Frank Bannon Lynott first attended the public schools of his native state. After the completion of his preliminary education he decided to adopt the profession of dentistry. He matriculated in the dental department of the Washington University of St. Louis^ being graduated from this institution with the degree of D. D. S. with the class of 1904. As soon as he was licensed to practice he opened an office in St. Louis that he maintained for two years. At the expiration of that period he decided to come to the northwest, believing that he would here find better opportunities as the competition was less keen and the country was rapidly increasing in population. He has an office in the Peyton building and during the five years of his location here has succeeded in building up a very good practice. Dr. Lynott is a most efficient representative of his profession and is held in high regard not only by those who have sought his services but among his fellow practitioners.

x\t Denver, Colorado, on the 19th of October, 1910, Dr. Lynott was united in marriage to Miss Bernice Tinsley, a daughter of T. L. and Betty Tinsley.

Dr. Lynott is a member of the Inland Club and he also belongs to the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, while he maintains relations with his professional brethren through the medium of his connection with the National Dental Association and the Washington State, Spokane County and Spokane Dental Societies. He is well known and highly esteemed among the members of the three latter organizations, having served as secretary and treasurer of the state society and as president, secretary and treasurer of the Spokane society. Such official connection with organizations of the size and importance of these is rather unusual for a young man of his age, as he has but recently passed the twenty-ninth anniversary of his birth. Dr. Lynott is meeting with more than average success in his profession and his many friends prophesy for him a brilliant future.

Loren L. Rand

Loren L. Rand, an architect who has followed his profession in Spokane since 1888, was bom in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in December, 1851, a son of William H. and Mary Ann Bartlet (Long) Rand. The father was for many years engaged in carriage manufacturing at Amesbury, where he still makes his home. At the usual age the son began his education as a pupil in the public schools there and later supplemented his early opportunities by a course of study in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. He entered upon the practical phases of his professional career in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he opened an architects' office, remaining there until he removed to Minneapolis, whence he came to Spokane in 1888 and has been one of the leading architects of the city throughout all the intervening years. Among some of the earlier residences which he designed were those of Judge Nash, E. L. Powell, H. F. Belt and S. Heath. He designed the first four-story building erected in Spokane after the fire, known as the Tidbal block, and some of the more recent business buildings which stand as monuments to his skill and ability are the Riverside avenue and the Main street additions to the Crescent store, all of the buildings for the Spokane Dry Goods Realty Company, the Marble bank building, now occupied by the Union Trust & Savings Bank, and others. He has also erected twelve or fifteen school buildings, including the new Lewis and Clarke high school, which has but recently been completed and wfaidi is the finest school building in the northwest; also the Roosevelt^ Long^ fellow, Stevens, Cooper, New Franklin, Audubon, Frances Willard, Hayes Park, Adams and Jefferson school buildings. He was the architect and builder of \ike Hawthorne, McKinley and Logan schools. He likewise designed the First Presbyterian chunc^, which has been built only a few years and which is perhaps the finest in the Inland Empire. He has been the architect and builder of a number of hotels and other prominent structures and his designs always have the feature of utility and comfort combined with the artistic

On the S^th of September, 1876, Mr. Rand was united in marriage to Miss Luamia O. Rice, a daughter of Stanford Rice, of North Adams, Massachusetts. They had three children : Morris W., who is associated with his father in his profession; Lena May, the wife of S. E. Cardiff, of Spokane; and Ethel Belle, who died at the age of ten years. The family reside at No. 2529 Maxwell street. Mr. Rand belongs to Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M., and has attained the thirtysecond degree of the Scottish Rite in Oriental Consistory, No. 2, and is a charter member of El Katif Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a past president of the Sons of the American Revolution and he has reason to be proud of a patriotic ancestry, his father being a descendant of the old Wentworth family of New England, while his mother was descended from Josiah Bartlet, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. In his own career he has made a creditable record. He entered a profession in which only merit and ability win advancement and his thorough preliminary training and long experience have qualified him for important duties in this direction. - ^ . ,

Charles Marvin Fassett is now city commissioner of Spokane, where he has also figured prominently since 1 889 as an assayer and chemist. His ability in that direction has brought him wide renown and his activities in that line have extended as far as Korea. New York claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred at Elmira, December 28, 1858, his parents being Samuel Montague and Ruth Clara (Marvin) Fassett. The grandfather, Philo Fassett, settled in northern Pennsyl- ?ania when that district was an almost unbroken wilderness. In early manhood Samuel M. Fassett followed the occupation of farming but afterward removed to Ebnira, New York, and about 1886 became a resident of California, where he engaged extensively in orange growing. Subsequently he removed to Nevada, where he conducted lumber and banking interests. He is now living retired, although he is still financially connected with lumber and banking activities. He is a well preserved man although he has passed the eighty-fourth milestone on life's journey. His wife passed away in March, 1911. The only daughter of the family is Mrs. Julia Bender, the wife of Charles T. Bender, for years cashier of the Washoe County Bank of Reno, Nevada.

The only son, Charles Marvin Fassett, was educated in the public schools of Ebnira, New York, and made his initial step in business in connection with a retail drug store. By progressive and logical steps he advanced until his broadening interests led him to take up the study of mining and chemistry in the mining camps of Nevada in 1879. He perfected himself along those lines, added to his knowledge by practical experience and in 1887 opened the Commercial Chemical Laboratories of Reno. In 1889, just after the great fire, he came to Spokane and organized the C. M. Fassett Company, assayers and chemists. Their business also included metallurgical designing and the construction of machinery for the extraction of ore. In this field Mr. Fassett has since been recognized as one of the leaders in the northwest and his reputation, extending far and near, lias led to his being called into many fields for service along those lines. In 1900 he built the first cyanide gold mill in Korea. It is situated near the Manchurian frontier and was the first ever erected in Asia. In his particular line of business Mr. Fassett has thoroughly covered the field, gaining comprehensive knowledge of everything bearing upon his chosen life work, and to broad scientific knowledge he adds most thorough practical training and experience.

In San Francisco, on the 1st of January, 1884, Mr. Fassett was married to Miss Edith May Benham, a daughter of Isaac T. and Melina C. (Roe) Benham. Her father was one of the early contractors and builders of Spokane. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fassett have been born a son and daughter. Lewis Montague, who died in Spokane, in 1906, at the age of twenty-two years, was very prominent in school athletics, having been manager of the various football and other athletic teams of the high school. He was, moreover, popular because of his genuine personal worth and a bronze tablet has been erected to him in the gymnasium of the high school. The daughter, Katherine M., is with her parents in their attractive home at No. 420 Coeur d'Alene avenue. Mr. Fassett belongs to the Inland Club and to the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. Aside from his business he is perhaps most widely known because of his activity and valuable service along political lines. He has always been a stalwart republican and in 1885 was a member of the Nevada state legislature. In Spokane he has served as a member of the school board for three years and of the library board for two years. He was also president of the Chamber of Commerce for one year and was elected city commissioner under the new form of government in the spring of 1911. He accepted this position at a great sacrifice to his personal interests but felt that it was his duty as a citizen to faithfully perform the tasks to which public demand had called him. He has ever recognized the obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship, but while he prefers a quiet place in the backgroimd to the glamour of publicity his ability in achieving results has made his cooperation sought and has brought liim into prominence from which he would naturally shrink were less desirable ends in view. The scope of his influence has reached far beyond his special field of labor and yet he stands as one of the most prominent representatives in the field of his chosen life work.

Charles P. Lund

Charles P. Lund, a member of the Spokane bar and also well known in business circles, having voice in the management of several important corporate interests, was born at Fargo, North Dakota, March 17, 1876. His father, Olof Lund, a native of Sweden, came to Spokane as a young man and is now living retired in this city. His wife, Mrs. Elna Lund, was born in the same country and they became the parents of two sons and four daughters: Charles P.; Peter, living in British Colnnibia, where he is engaged in the lumber business; Matilda, the wife of D.L. Nelson, a merchant of Helena, Montana; Emma, the widow of F. S. Jewett, who makes her home in Calgary, Canada; Sarah, the wife of W. L. Darling, who is engaged in the real-estate business in New Westminster, British Columbia; and Ellen, the wife of Harold Darling, secretary of the Lund Land & Development Company of Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Reared under the parental roof, Charles P. Lund supplemented his preliminary education by study in the University of Michigan, winning his Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation with the class of 1896. Spokane has practically been his home since 1889, as the only break in his continuous residence came when he pursued his university course. He entered upon the practice of law here in 1896 and some years later formed a partnership with L. R. Hamblen. Subsequently the firm style of Stern, Hamblen & Lund was assumed and afterward that of Hamblen, Lund & Gilbert. In January, 1909, Mr. Lund withdrew from the partnership snd has since continued in practice alone. His ability is widely recognized, for he is able to base his arguments upon the thorough knowledge of and familiarity with precedents and to present a case upon its merits, never failing to recognize the main point at issue and never neglecting to give a thorough preparation. His pleas have been characterized by a terse and decisive logic and a lucid presentation rather than by flights of oratory, and his power is the greater before court or jury from the fact that it is recognized that his aim is ever to secure justice and not to enshroud the cause in a sentimental garb or illusion which will thwart the principles of right and equity involved.

Mr. Lund's activities also exteiiS to the Security National Bank at Cheney, Washington, of which he is a director, and he is likewise a director of the Washington Brick, Lime & Sewer ^ Pipe Company.

Mr. Lund was married in Spokane in 1902, to Miss Anna Porter Ewart, a daughter of Robert Ewart, who is now living at Hoquaim, Washington, where he is engaged in the lumber business. He is one of the pioneer residents of the country and is a son of Captain Ewart, now postmaster at Colfax, Washington. The mother of Mrs. Lund also represents one of the prominent old families of the state, her father, John C. Davenport, having been closely and actively identified with the growth of the western country. Mr. and Mrs. Lund have two children: Rosalie Alaine, nine years of age; and Robert Ewart, four years of age. The parents have many friends in Spokane and with the public interests of the city Mr. Lund has been closely associated, his aid and influence being ever a factor for general progress and improvement. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend and he is now serving as trustee of the Cheney Normal School at Cheney, Washington. He was first appointed to this position in 1904 and has served continuously save for a period of two years. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has always taken an active interest in politics, having at different times been a delegate to city, county and state conventions. He has served as a delegate to all state conventions since 1 902 and from time to time has been a member of the county central committee and also of the city central committee. His labors are of a practical character and arise from a firm belief in the efficacy of republican principles as factors for good government. Those who know Mr. Lund find him social, genial and affable and under all circumstances he is thoroughly dependable. He belongs to Imperial Lodge, I. O. O. F. at Spokane, the Spokane Lodge, No. 228, of Elks, the Spokane Club, the University Club, Spokane Athletic Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His interests are wide and varied and he looks at life from a broad standpoint, keeping in touch with the advanced thought of the day and laboring effectively and earnestly for public progress, his efforts combining high ideals with practical service.

Edwin Wheeler Hand

Edwin Wheeler Hand has held many positions of public trust and has been an active leader in republican ranks. He is now enjoying a lucrative practice as a prominent Spokane attorney, confining his attention largely to civil law along the lines of mechanics' liens, land titles, etc. His life has been imbued with the enterprising spirit which was the factor of progress in the middle west and which is now contributing so largely to the upbuilding of the Pacific coast country. His birth occurred in Columbia county, Wisconsin, May 28, 1 859. His father, Jesse F. Hand, was bom in Columbia county. New York, and was of English lineage, representing a family that was founded in Connecticut in the early part of the eighteenth century, so that from colonial days down to the present, members of the Hand family have been numbered among American citizens. Following his removal from the Empire state Jesse F. Hand became a resident of Columbia county, Wisconsin, and while he devoted his time and energies to agricultural pursuits, he was also a prominent and influential factor in public affairs and represented his county in the state legislature in 1865. For thirty years he was a postmaster in Columbia county and afterward filled the same position at Phillips, Wisconsin, for four years. He was deeply in sympathy with the Union cause at the time of the Civil war, served as recruiting officer in his county and largely recruited the Tenth Wisconsin Regiment His last days were spent as a resident of Spokane, where he passed away in 1899. In early manhood he had wedded Mary Wheeler, who was bom in Cuyahoga county, Ohio^ and died in Wisconsin in 1892. Her father was a distinguished attorney and at one time served as lieutenant governor of his state. Mrs. Hand was a descendant of the well known Harper family, famous in connection with the border wars. Her ancestors landed in Connecticut earlv in the eighteenth century on coming from England to the new world, and both the Harper and Wheeler families were represented in the Continental army m the struggle for independence. Among the sons of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Hand, Willis is an attorney of Kearney, Nebraska; George, who was corporal of Company D of the Tenth Wisconsin Infantry and was captured at the battle of Chickamauga, was incarcerated in a Confederate prison in Virginia and afterward at Andersonville, where he died in 1 865 ; Harper died in Wisconsin, and Elias died in infancy. The daughters of the family are: Antoinette, the deceased wife of T. H. Hatch, of Wisconsin; Martha, the wife of Frank B. Gould, of Reward, California ; Alice M., the wife of William S. Hatton, a farmer and fruit raiser of Grand Valley, Colorado; and Isabelle, the wife of Cicero Bishop, of Reward, California. Edwin W. Hand supplemented his common-school education, received in his native county, by a course of law in the University of Wisconsin, from which he was graduated in 1887. In the meantime he had engaged in educational work^ teaching school for three terms^ and just before he attained his majority he entered the office of registrar of deeds^ in which he continued for one year. During the succeeding year he was a pupil in the Oshkosh (Wis.) Normal School and afterward went to Phillips, Wisconsin, where he formed a partnership with his brother Willis for the conduct of real-estate and insurance business. There he remained until 1890 and then entered upon the practice of law, being admitted before the Price county circuit court and subsequently by the supreme court of Wisconsin. He continued a member of the bar of his native state until September, 1894, when he went to Wallace, Idaho. There he practiced until April, 1897, when he came to Spokane. He was alone for a time but subsequently formed a partnership with Charles A. Fleming, now city clerk, under the firm name of Hand & Fleming. He afterward joined E. W. Taylor and John W. Graves in a partnership relation under the firm style of Hand, Taylor & Graves. After a year this was dissolved and Mr. Hand was again alone but was afterward associated with E. O. Connor under the firm name of Connor & Hand. They were together for two years, after which Mr. Hand was again alone for a year, at the end of which time he became associated with Benson Wright in a partnership that was maintained for three years. He has since practiced independently in the field of general law, although giving especial attention to mechanics' liens, land titles and similar law work. He has conducted important mining litigation in Idaho and has had some criminal practice in Wallace and at the present writing has been retained in connection with mining litigation in Shoshone county, Idaho.

While residing in Phillips, Wisconsin, Mr. Hand served for one term as city attorney and afterward at Wallace, Idaho, served in the same office, and resigned preparatory to his removal to Spokane. He was also a member of the city eoundl of Spokane for a term of two years and in 1902-8 was president of the council, in which connection he exercised his official prerogatives in support of various progressive municipal measures. He is an insurgent republican, standing for principle but not for partisanship when it works to the detriment of the majority and for the benefit of a few machine leaders. In early life he was quite active in political circles and served on different committees. In Wallace, Idaho, he was chairman of the republican county convention three times, serving in 1 896, the year in which Bryan was the silver candidate. He has also served as a delegate to the county nominating conventions and has ever labored to promote the interests of his party in as far as he has believed that it would subserve the interests and welfare of the general public.

On the 5th of July, 1897, at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Mr. Hand was united in marriage to Miss Lola A. Willis, a daughter of James R. and Enuna R. Willis, and unto them was bom, August 24, 1898, a daughter who is now in school. On the 23d of May, 1907, in Spokane, Mr. Hand wedded Miss Alma L. Tischer, a daughter of Herman and Louise Tischer. Her father, now deceased, was a painter and musician and served as a soldier in an Iowa regiment during the Civil war.

Fraternally Mr. Hand is a Mason, holding membership with Spokane Lodge, No. 84. He jmned the order in the lodge at Phillips, Wisconsin, and served as its jnnior and senior deacon. He also holds membership with the Order of the Eastern Star, is a charter member of Excelsior Camp, No. 54, M. W. A., held the office of secretary for three years, was venerable counsel one year and was trustee for several years. He is a member of Moose Lodge, No. 161, and is an active and helpful worker in the Bethel Presbyterian church, in which for five years he has served as an elder. Following his removal to Spokane there has come to him the recognition which always meets personal worth and ability. He has gained a good clientage and has come to be known as a public-spirited and progressive citizen whose aid has featured prominently in support of various worthy public projects.

Harry C. Hayward

Harry C. Hay ward is a name to conjure with in Spokane. The fact that he advocates any measure or movement is sure to win for it a large following, such is his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in his judgment. He is never too busy to be cordial and never too cordial to be busy. As a theatrical manager he has ministered constantly to the pleasure and happiness of others and at the same time he has played well his part on the stage of life. He claims London, England, as the place of his nativity, his birth having there occurred January 3, 1853. His parents were Harry Oxford and Emma (Lee) Hayward, the former an officer of the British army. That the son came naturally by his interest in theatrical affairs is indicated in the fact that his mother was an actress. But when a young lad he was left an orphan and the direction of his life devolved upon himself.

His education was acquired in the schools of the city of London, where he attended the Blue Coat School. He was but thirteen years of age when he began to earn his living as call boy at the Queen's theater in London and later he went to the Eagle theater to play pantomime and sprite parts. He was afterward connected with the Marylebone and when seventeen years of age he determined to go to Australia. When about to sail, however, he changed his plans and came instead to America, making his way to Philadelphia, where he engaged to play comedy roles in the Chestnut street theater. Ambitious to receive the direct returns of his own labor, he shortly afterward organized a company which he took upon the road as far as Texas. He then returned to New York and afterward sailed for the West Indies and Brazil as ticket agent with a circus. Following his return to America he once more went upon the road with a company, but the venture proved unsuccessful financially and in Nevada the company disbanded. Gradually he made his way upward to Walla Walla and in 1881 came to Spokane to accept the position of first chief clerk of the engineering department of the Northern Pacific Railroad in this city, opening the first railroad office here. Ever appreciative of opportunities and readily rec(^nizing such, he has constantly enlarged the scope of his activities by the improvement of advantages which others might not have utilized but passed heedlessly by. He had been connected with the railway interests of Spokane for a year when he opened the first gun and ammunition store of the city, building up a flourishing business, from which he turned, however, to again enter the theatrical field as manager of a playhouse as soon as there was a sufficient population in Spokane to support it.

He brought to the city the first theatrical attraction in 188S. At that time Emma Abbott was in the west playing The Bohemian Girl, and Mr. Hayward booked her for Spokane. There was nothing in the town which in the least resembled a theater, so he engaged a warehouse that stood on the northeast comer of Riverside and Post streets. A local paper in writing of this said: "The audience paid two dollars each for reserved seats on gang plows and farm implements. Nail kegs in the rear were a trifle cheaper. It was a fifteen hundred dollar house altogether." From that time forward Mr. Hay ward has given his attention almost exclusively to theatrical management and interesting tales of his experiences in the early days are recorded. Ahout 1888 there were two theaters in Spokane, the Falls City and the Concordia. Louis Morgenstern came to Spokane as advance agent for Gus Levick, who was then playing in the west in Hoodman Blind. Those who were backing him financially had had trouble over terms with the Falls City theater and Mr. Morgenstern determined to teach the local management a lesson. In the office of the Grand Hotel he approached a young man and asked for the manager of the Falls City opera house. The young man answered: "I'm the manager;" whereon Morgenstern, after introducing himself, said: "Well, we'll never pay your terms to show here." The young man in question was Harry Hayward, who replied quietly: "All right; you won't show in the Falls City house .'^" "No; I'll get the other house. Who's the manager of it?" Whereupon Mr. Hayward again answered: "I am." Naturally the advance agent had to come to terms and thereupon he interrogated Mr. Hayward concerning whom he should see to make other necessary business arrangements. To his query as to the city treasurer, the manager of the Grand Hotel and the manager of the transfer compwmy, he received in each case the answer: "I am;" and was nonplused when he finally said: "Then direct me to the city bill poster;" and Harry Hayward replied: "I'm the man." Mr. Hayward was all this and much more in the enterprising town which was being developed by the side of the falls. He is as popular today when Spokane has a population of many thousands as he was when it had but a few hundreds, for all who know him give him their friendship.

Mr. Hayward was married in Milton, Oregon, in March, 1880, to Miss Clara M. Kohlhauff, a daughter of William R. Kohlhauff, and they now have six children: Louise, Frederick, Ralph O., Margaret, Marie and Kathryn, all at home with the exception of the eldest daughter, who is the wife of R. B. Trousdale.

a work which will never be forgotten by those who were residents of the city at that time. He has been termed a Chesterfield in manner and there is about him a polish and courtesy most attractive. It is not a veneer^ however. It has its root in the very essence of his nature and has made him a dependable man under all circumstances. -

Sylvester G. Morin

Because of its rapid upbuilding, Spokane offers an excellent field to the contractor whose work is characterized by thoroughness and whose ideas embody progressive and artistic elements. Well qualified to execute all that is best in architecture, Sylvester G. Morin has been closely associated with building operations in Spokane during the past decade, having come to the city in 1902.

He was bom August 11, 1877, at Bedford, Quebec, Canada, his parents being John G. and Mary Ann (O'Shea) Morin, both of whom were natives of Quebec, and are now residents of Bedford. The father comes of a pioneer family known during the early days of the French settlement of Quebec, while the mother is of Irish lineage. Her father, Daniel O'Shea, who was an own cousin of Daniel O'Connell, took a leading part in the troubles in Canada in 1887. He, too, represented one of the pioneer families of Quebec. John G. Morin, now ei^ty-three years of age, is a retired farmer and contractor, who for many years figured prominently in the history of his city, where for seventeen years he served as a member of the city council^ acting as its president during a large part of that time, and thus largely shaping its destinies. Unto John G. and Mary Ann Morin were bom five sons and five daughters, the brothers of our subject being: John B., now deceased; Joseph N., of Holyoke, Massachusetts; F. G., who makeshis home in Trail, British Columbia; and Edward J., a contractor residing in Spokane. The daughters of the family are: Addie E., deceased; Emma E., the wife of T. A. Moore, of Bedford, Quebec; Roseanna, the wife of August Berthiaume, also of Bedford; Christy, the wife of J. A. Bessette, of Providence, Rhode Island ; and Celia J., the wife of D. W. LeBlanc, of Bedford.

Sylvester G. Morin, whose name introduces this record, pursued his education in the schools of Bedford, Quebec, and in Holy Cross College, Farnham, graduating from that institution with the class of 1898. When his college days were over he returned to his father's farm and devoted two years to further work in tilling the fields and caring for the crops. He then took up the mason's trade in that district, and at New York city, and afterward came to the Pacific coast country, visiting Trail and Rossland, British Columbia, in 1890. For a year he worked at his trade and then located at Ritzville, engaging in contracting at both Ritzville and Wenatchee, Washington. He was in Ritzville for eighteen months, during which time he spent a year in looking over the coast and also visiting Montana and Idaho. He finally decided to locate permanently in Spokane and since 1902 has made his home in this city.

Mr. Morin has had charge of the masonry construction at the building of Sacred Heart Hospital, also White's Hotel and the Wonder Department Store. He then became associated with Charles Jasper under the firm name of Jasper & Morin and

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WIS thus engaged in business for two years but since that time has been alone. While in partnership relation the firm built the Antler's Hotel^ the Western Union Life Insurance buildings the Jones & Pettit building at Madison and Sprague avenues^ the Como Hotel on Main avenue^ the apartment house at the corner of Broadway and Adams^ and the Gardner apartments on Third avenue; they remodeled the John W. Graham building and also the building at the northwest comer of Riverside and Post, owned by Mr. Chamberlain^ and several others. Since the! dissolution of the partnership Mr. Morin has had the contracts for the erection of the Imperial Trading building at Second and Stevens streets, the Benson apartments on Fifth avenue, and is now building the addition to the Spokane county jail, and has several other contracts on hand. He is likewise interested in several manufacturing industries and his activity in business circles has gained him a prominent position as a representative of industrial interests here, while he also owns city and residence property.

Mr. Morin took an active part in politics while in Canada and here gives his allegiance to the republican party, but has not been a political worker since locating in Spokane. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, belonging to Oriental Lodge, No. 74. He is a member of the Builders' Exchange and also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and his activities and interests largely center along the line of business and laudable ambition, prompting him to put forth earnest effort in the attainment of success. Attractive styles of 'alrchitecture as well as substantial construction are features of his work, and his business integrity has been a source of his success.

Lyndon K. Armstrong

Lyndon K. Armstrong is the editor and proprietor of the Northwest Mining News, the only mining periodical published in Montana, Idaho and Washington. Underlying his work as a journalist he has practical experience and broad scientific knowledge concerning the subject handled and has made his publication of value to the mining community and a factor in the development of the rich mineral resources of the northwest. His labors have been a distinct impetus to work of this character and to its allied interests and he has a wide acquaintance among prominent mining men of the northwest, who recognize in him one of the leading representatives of mining in this section of the country, his comprehensive knowledge enabling him to speak with authority upon questions relative to the development of the mines and utilization of the ore. He was bom in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, September 26, 1859, a son of J. A. and Laura E. (Hollebaek) Armstrong, both of whom were natives of the state of New York. The mother, who died in 1906, was of Holland Dutch descent, although the establishment of the family in America antedated the Revolutionary war. Her grandfather was a soldier of the War of 1812. J. A. Armstrong, who comes of English and Scotch lineage and also represents a family that was founded in America during the colonial epoch in our history, is now living retired in Minneapolis. He was county auditor and for several years served as a member of the state legislature of Minnesota, taking active and helphil part in shaping the public pjolicy of county and commonwealth. He visited the northwest before the city of Spokane had been dreamed of^ making a journey to this section in the '60s. For a time he was with Fremont. He traveled first to California and then came up through the Walla Walla, Lewiston, Warren and Florence districts and afterward returned to Wisconsin. In his family were two s(ms and eight daughters, the brother of our subject being R. O. Armstrong, of Minnesota, who is engaged in the automobile business.

In the common schools of Minnesota Lyndon K. Armstrong pursued his education and then went to the territory of Dakota and afterward to Montana. Subsequently he established his home in the state of North Dakota where he engaged in the drug business. While in Montana he had been engaged in mining and from that time to the present has been interested in mining operations and all that pertains to the development of the mineral resources of the northwest. In February, 1890, he arrived in Spokane and engaged in mining in this district. He is interested in mining properties in every one of the northwestern states and in British Columbia, has been mining engineer and at three different times has published mining journals. He purchased a paper called the Northwestern Mining Review in 1892 and in 1893 bought the Spokane Miner. They suspended publication and he then established a paper which he called Mining, continuing to issue this for several years, but suspended publication in October, 1903. About 1908 he took the editorial management of the Northwest Mining News and early in the year 1911 purchased the paper which is now the only mining periodical published in the district covered by the states of Montana, Idaho and Washington. This is now in its seventh volume and has a large circulation among mining people, bringing into concise and tangible form the mining news which is of value to all who are engaged in the undertaking. Mr. Armstrong's long experience has made him particularly well qualified for the work of editing a paper of this character. His ability led to his selection to take charge of the state mineral exhibit at the Pan-American and Trans-Mississippi expositions and on several occasions he has had charge of the mineral exhibits at local fairs.

Mr. Armstrong organized the first mining exchange ever established in Spc^aue with Warren Hussey, of the Spokane National Bank, as president and himself as secretary. Every bank had a membership, including the Spokane National, the Washington National, the Traders National, the First National, the Citizens National and the Cannon's State Banks. This was organized in 1 890 for the purposes of exploiting the mineral resources and maintaining a library and reading room. It eventually became an active stock exchange board, was taken over by the city to be made a part of the Chamber of Commerce which ultimately discontinued it, owing to the success of the Bureau of Information.

Perhaps nothing can better establish Mr. Armstrong's position as one of the foremost representatives of mining interests in the northwest than the citation of his membership relations. He belongs to the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Canadian Mining Institute, the American Electro-Chemical Society, the American Mining Congress, the American Society for the Advancement of Science, the Northwest Mining Association and the Mining Men's Club. He has been especially interested in the exploitation of the mining interests of this section of the country and maintains the best library on mining, geology and metallurgy in the northwest. He also belongs to the National Geographic Society, the Western Conservation League and the Chamber of Commerce and in the last nan^ed is serving as chairman of the mining committee.

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Mr. Armstrong has been married twice. He first wedded Charlotte J. Grandy, who died in May, 1886, leaving a son, Halbert Armstrong, who is now assisting his father in newspaper work. In November, 1896, in Spokane, Mr. Armstrong wedded Lulu E. Hyatt, a daughter of M. Hyatt and a half-sister of D. C. Britt, who was formerly editor of the Chelan Leader. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are parents of two daughters, Helen and Marian, who are in school. The family are well known socially in Spokane, their home being the center of a cultured society circle. Mr. Armstrong is a republican in his political views, is well informed concerning the leading questions and issues of the day and has represented his party in city, county and state conventions. It is characteristic of him that he masters with thoroughness everything that he undertakes and this trait in his character has led to his close study of the mining proposition from every possible standpoint. He is thoroughly acquainted with the great scientific principles which underlie or have bearing upon his chosen field of labor. Geography, geology, chemistry - all have promoted his efficiency, as well as the broad practical experience which has come to him in his management and ownership of mining properties. He is numbered among those who are assisting largely in bringing into material form the hopes of the progressive citizens for the upbuilding of a great inland empire.

Charles E. Mallette

Operating in the field of real estate, Charles E. Mallette has handled important properties and at the same time has been connected with mining interests of the northwest. He was born in Illinois, November 4, 1861, a son of Henry and Marion (Curtis) Mallette, both of whom were natives of England. The father represented an old English family but chose to cast his lot with the residents of the new world and lived in various sections of this country to the time of his death, which occurred in 1869. His widow still survives and is now a resident of Victoria, British Columbia. The two daughters of the family are Mrs. G. Bollinger and Mrs. Lillian Fox, the latter a resident of San Jose, California.

Charles E. Mallette was partially educated in San Jose, to which place the family removed about 1864. He also spent some time in the university at Santa Clara and when his school days were over turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. Later he removed to Victoria, British Columbia, where he entered the lumber business and subsequently began dealing in real estate, continuing in that field in Victoria for six years, or from 1884 until 1890. He was quite successful in his undertakings there and extending his efforts to other districts, became one of the principal owners of Port Angeles, Washington, where he established his home. With the development and upbuilding of the place he was prominently identified, was instrumental in installing the water works and was also interested in the light plant and in a sawmill there. In connection with H. Lutz he was one of the incorporators of the present Bank of Clallam County, and was its cashier for three or four years. He resided at Port Angeles from 1890 until 1897, but while his enterprise was a prominent factor in the upbuilding of that place, it largely proved his financial ruin, for the widespread financial panic of that period brought him heavy losses. However, he still retains some of his interests there. He afterward located in Nelson,

British Columbia^ where he was engaged in the wholesale grain and hay business for a year and a half. In January^ 1899^ he arrived iii Spokane and has since operated in real estate. He makes a specialty of handling big properties^ yet conducts a general real-estate business and is interested in mining in the Coeur D'Alene country and also in Tuolumne county^ California. In the Coeur D'Alene district he is interested in the Stewart and Snowstorm mines and is a stockholder in many others. He is a man of resolute purpose and his determination and energy have brought him the success which is now his.