Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 13 of 23)

^Ir. Harris was married at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in June, 1882, to ;\Iiss Caroline Hanson, a native of Decorah, Iowa, and they had one daughter, Louise, who was born at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 6, 1883. His wife and daughter accompanied him to the Coeur d'Alene district and in all of his wanderings they were together. In the Coeur d'Alene district, at the Argentine gulch about two and a half miles from Wallace, Mr. Harris built a cabin and there the little daughter received her first education. Schools at that time were not very numerous in the district, so the father would mark the letters on the door of the cabin with chalk in tlie morning, and when he returned at night from his work, the little one would copy the examples set her. Later excellent educational privileges were accorded her, her studies being pursued in Brunot Hall, an Episcopal school of Spokane, and later in Los Angeles, California. She was regarded as one of the most beautiful and accomplished young ladies on the Pacific coast and in addition to her intellectual and social graces she displayed great musical talent. In January, 1904, she left Spokane for a visit in Victoria and was one of the passengers on the ill-fated steamship Clallam, which sank in the straits near Port Townsend on the 8th of January, on which occasion Louise Harris and fifty-one otlier people lost their lives. After speaking of the storm which brought disaster to this ship and death to Miss Harris, one of the local papers said:

"Miss Harris was one of the most popular women in Spokane. She was beautiful, amiable and sole heiress to a fortune estimated at about two hundred thousand dollars. She had many accomplishments and had the faculty of making and retaining friends. Miss Harris would have been twenty-one years old next May. She was born at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on May 6, 1883. When she was less than a year old her parents emigrated to Idaho. Her father carried her in his arms on horseback into the Coeur d'Alene mining district to Murray during the stampede of 1884. In 1889 her parents removed to Spokane and her father engaged in business here. The child, then six years old, was educated in the public schools of this city and at Brunot Hall, the local seminary for girls conducted by the Protestant Episcojjal church. The last seen of Louise Harris in life, she was in the lifeboat bravely seeking to comfort and cheer the frightened women and children who shared the boat with her. Then the lifeboat disappeared from the sight of those on the doomed steamer Clallam. Apparently the others in the lifeboat had been washed out by the great waves or blown from their places by the heavy gale. When the lifeboat was found the body of the brave and beautiful Spokane girl was found lying lifeless under the seat. The water which had swept into the boat more than covered her body. Whether she succumbed to the chill and exposure or was drowned in the boat will never be known. Survivors of the wreck remember Miss Harris well. They were able to do this through her absolute composure and self-assurance. They say she was the bravest person on the boat and that while she undoubtedly was frightened she would not show it for a single moment. While the small boat was being filled with women and children. Miss Harris did everything in her power to assist and cheer them. She would take little babies from the arms of their mothers and hold them until the women were safely seated in the boat. At all times she talked encouragingly to those who were among the last to leave the Clallam for the smaller crafts. Men were found who stated that they felt like cheering Miss Harris to the echo for her bravery and composure. It is said that she was the calmest and most self-possessed person on the boat and that had it not been for her the chances are there would have been a serious panic among the women. Miss Harris was well known in Seattle and was a favorite with all who knew her. Two funeral services were held, one from All Saints' Cathedral, Spokane, and at the same hour the friends of the dead girl and her mother in Los Angeles, California, where they spent several winters, held memorial services in the First Presbyterian church of that city. The music at the two services was identical."

Death again entered the Harris household when on the 29th of September, 1911, Mrs. Harris was called from this life. She died very suddenly, after an illness of two days, at Quartz Creek, near Pierce, Idaho, where she had accompanied her husband on a visit of inspection to the extensive placer diggings he owned in that section. Mrs. Harris had been a resident of Spokane since shortly after the great fire and was thoroughly familiar with the pioneer history of this section of the country. She had personally become a large property owner, although, like other pioneer women, knew the hardships and difficulties of frontier life in the mining camps. She accompanied her hubsand to the Coeur d'Alenes during the boom on the north side in the middle '80s and when the mines proved disappointing and conditions were such that work for men was exceedingly difficult to obtain, she herself established a business in Murray. Again she engaged in business after the removal of the family to Mullan. Soon after their return to Spokane, Mr. Harris made a fortunate investment in the stock of the LeRoi mine, and her share of the profits ^Irs. Harris invested in property that eventually made her one of the wealthiest women in Spokane. About twelve years prior to her death they purchased the Aberdeen Hotel and four years later built the Victoria and five years ago the Westminster, which they designed themselves. In addition they had minor realty holdings having a valuation of between three hundred and fifty and five hundred thousand dollars. It is said that Mrs. Harris was not only the brightest business woman in Spokane but also one of the most beloved women of the city. She was sympathetic, kindly and cordial and the innate refinement of her nature was manifest in the tact with which she met every individual, no matter in what station in life. Her death was a great blow to many friends as well as to her husband.

In political affairs Mr. Harris has never been deeply interested nor lias he held public office. He belongs to Corinthian Lodge, No. 27, A. F. & A. M., of Rossland, British Columbia, but has largely concentrated his efforts upon his business interests and is numbered among those whose perseverance, faith, courage and industry have at length been crowned by substantial reward. His efforts, too, have been of a character that have contributed to the development and upbuilding of the northwest and in the capable management and enterprising, honorable control of his interests he has commanded the respect and enjoyed the confidence of all his associates.

Charles T. Goodsell

Charles T. Goodsell, a Spokane attorney, who in his practice has specialized in law work involving land titles and mining patents, was born at Watkins, Schuj'ler county. New York, June 16, 1880, a son of Samuel J. and Adelia Goodsell. The father came to Spokane in 1881 and the following spring was joined by the mother and their son Charles. Samuel Goodsell engaged in farming in Spokane county and in merchandising in this city for a few years, afterward turning his attention to real-estate operations. His well directed activities at leiigth brought him a comfortable measure of success and with a substantial competence he is now living retired. He has been quite prominent in political circles here as a member of the people's party and at one time served as deputy sheriff of Spokane county.

Less than two years of age when brought to the northwest, Charles T. Goodsell pursued his education in the public schools of Spokane and afterward read law in the office of William M. Ludden and several other prominent attorneys, his thorough preparatory work at length winning him admission to the bar upon passing the required examination in May, 190.5. Since 1900, however, he has practiced before the department of the interior, making a specialty of lajid cases, mining patents and legal work of a similar character. To this field he still directs his efforts and is particularly successful in that department of the law. He has never been actively

Mr. Goodsell, liowever, takes an active and helpful part in the Young Men's Christian Association, being much interested in its plans and its work. He belongs also to Spokane Lodge, No. 3i, F. & A. M., and to Spokane Camp, No. 99, VV. O. W. His pleasant home life had its inception in his marriage on the 24.th of December, 1902, to Miss Theresa Ethyl Leathers, a daughter of John and Myra Leathers, of Vancouver, Washington.

Samuel M. Wharton

What has often seemed to be irreparable disaster has frequently proven to be opportunity. The feeling of hopelessness and horror that swept over Spokane with the great conflagration of 1889 soon lifted and in its place came a spirit of determination and resolution which has builded the city upon a larger, better plain than before. Samuel M. W^harton became a resident of Spokane in that year - 1889 - and was thereafter to the time of his death closely associated with the business development and progress of this section of the northwest.

He was born December 11, 18-i7, in Charleston, South Carolina, and although he passed away at the comparatively early age of sixty years, his death occurring June 25, 1908, he had accomplished much within his life's span. His parents were George C. and Louisa Wharton, who were natives of South Carolina, where the father became prominent as a contractor and builder. He had the contract for the building of Fort Sumter, taking his men across each day in boats from Charleston to the island on which the fort was located.

Samuel M. Wharton pursued his education in the schools of Charleston and when he had mastered the branches taught in the graded and high schools there he spent several years in college in that city. When his education was completed he became an apprentice under his father and there learned the trade of a brickmason, which he followed for four years. He afterward took up contracting and building on his own account, removing to Baltimore, where he remained for three years, and during that period he erected several fine buildings there. He next went to New York city, where he remained as a contractor for several years, and then spent a number of years in Georgia and in Texas. In the former state he was interested in the old Calhoun mines, the first gold mines which were opened in the United States. In Texas he began raiiching and engaged quite extensively in buying and shipping horses, living at different times in Dallas, Belton and San Antonio. In the last named he became widely known as an extensive and prosperous horse buyer and shipper and also owned a large ranch near the city, which he afterward sold.

\s previously stated Mr. Wharton was numbered among Spokane's pioneers ot 1889. Following his arrival here he established a brick-manufacturing business, which he continued for a year, and then sold his ])lant. He next engaged in mining in the Slocan country of British Columbia. He became one of the original owners of the famous Reco mines, the first mines located in that country, and also discovered and located several mines of tlie Reco group. He likewise erected the first sawmill in that country, hauling the material into the interior for a distance of twenty-two miles. Throughout his remaining days his time and energies were given to mining and real-estate operations. Several years before his death he sold his interest in the Calhoun mines but retained the ownership of valuable property in the northwest.

It was on the 15th of July, 1870, in Dallas, Texas, that Mr. Wharton was united in marriage to Miss Marion C. Crumpton, a daughter of John A. and Caroline Lucy Crumpton, who were natives of South Carolina, where her father carried on general agricultural pursuits.

Mr. Wharton gave his political allegiance to the democratic party and was a valued and exemplary member of the Masonic fraternity. He attended and gave liberally to various churches but was a member of none. He could well be termed a pioneer for often he blazed the path which others followed. He was always searching the vast wilderness and interior for opportunities and developing the country as he saw a chance to utilize its natural resources. His labors were indeed an element in progress and improvement, counting for much in the history of the northwest. Those who knew him personally found him a most congenial companion. He was fond of outdoor life and was familiar with nature in its various phases. He also loved music and travel but most of all he loved his home and the companionship of his friends and at his own fireside was a most hospitable and genial host.

Walter G. Merryweather

Quiet and retiring in manner, Walter G. Merr3'weather is withal popular in social and business circles and his ability in the management of important industrial and financial affairs places him in a creditable position among the business men of Spokane. Here he is perhaps best known through the operations of the firm of McCrea & Merryweather, real estate, insurance and rentals, with offices at Howard and Sprague streets. Mr. Merryweather was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 13, 1871, his parents being George Neave and Ellen L. (Beaman) Merryweather, who were pioneer residents of Cincinnati, where tlie father engaged in the wholesale and retail tea and coffee business, being proprietor of the oldest house in that line in the city. For a long period he occupied a leading position in commercial circles but both he and his wife have now passed away.

In the public schools of Cincinnati AValter G. Merryweather mastered the common branches of learning and then started in business life with an elder brother in the wholesale grocery and sundries trade, Walter G. Merryweather acting as bookkeeper. In 1889 he decided to try his fortune in the west, of the opportunities and advantages of which he had received favorable report. He came to Spokane to join another brother, William G., in the lumber business. In 1891 he formed a partnership with W. S. McCrea in the real-estate, fire insurance and loan business under the firm style of McCrea & Merryweather. They are today leaders in this field with a business that probably exceeds that of anj' other firm or individual in this line in the city. They are also joint owners, on equal shares, of the Washington Safe Dejwsit & Trust Company, of wliich Mr. Merryweather fills the office of vice president and secretary. In other connections Mr. Merryweather is a director of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, of the Grote-Rankin Company, Inc., of the Prairie Development Company and the Spokane Savings & Loan Society.

Appreciation of his personal worth has gained for Mr. Merryweather the popularity which he now enjoys among his many friends and his close associates in fraternal and club circles. He has attained high rank in Masonry and is a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., and holds membership in the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club.

On the 9th of December, 1901, Mr. ^lerryweather was united in marriage to Miss Cleora M. Amsden, a daughter of Charles and Lilla Amsden, of Windsor, Vermont. They reside at 1525 Eighth avenue and their home is a hospitable one, which fact is attested by all who know them. Mr. Merryweather is a brightminded business man who accomplishes what he undertakes. Forceful, sagacious and resourceful, he is recognized as a member of the circle of those who are most closely connected with the business and financial interests of the city and have therefore most largely conserved its growth and progress.

Robert W. Butler

Robert W. Butler bears the peculiar distinction of being one of the few men in the state of Washington, who have been elected to political position without opposition when four political parties have had tickets in the field. This remarkable result is due to the personality of the man, whose courteous treatment of all, in both business and private life, has made him one of the most popular residents in the county. His conduct of the office meets with general approval, for he employs there the same business sagacity and forms that insure success in the commercial world. He believes that punctuality is one of the first attributes of success and a comparison of the records of the various auditors' offices in the state proves beyond all question of doubt that his ideas are not simply theories.

Mr. Butler was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 9, 1859, a son of Daniel and Margaret Butler, who were prominently connected with the liistory of that state. He acquired a common-school education in Boston and when sixteen years of age removed westward to Champaign county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming. In the fall of 1888 he became a resident of Spangle, Washington, and for twenty-three years has made his home in Spokane county. For five and a half years after his arrival in Spokane he engaged in farming and then entered the mercantile business, with which he was connected for nine years. Selling liis interest in the .store, he became receiving clerk in the office of the comity auditor, on the 12th of January, 1903, and held that position for four years. He was then appointed chief deputy, in which capacity he remained for twenty-seven months and upon the resignation of Auditor Greene on the 1st of May, 1909, he was appointed to the office of auditor. So ably did he administer the affairs of the position that the republican county convention in 1910 placed his name upon the ticket and there was no opposing candidate, although the democratic, socialist and labor parties all had tickets in the field. None named a candidate for the office of auditor and therefore tlie election of Mr. Butler, on the 8th of November, was unanimous. It is said that figures are more powerful than words and those of the 1910 report of the Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices, tell an interesting tale of the ability of Spokane's auditor. Statistical information from that report shows the following per cent of expenditure of every dollar received in auditors' offices: King county, Washington, 96.17 per cent; Spokane county, Washington, 73.48 per cent; Pierce county Washington, 101.10. This deals with the operating expenses of the offices named and further comment is unnecessary.

At the sixth annual meeting of the Washington State Association of County Auditors, held in Walla Walla, in June, 1910, Mr. Butler was elected president and the address which he made before that body was most widely and favorably commented upon. On that occasion he said in part: "An auditor should give the same time and attention to the duties of the office as is expected of a like position in commercial life and by so doing not only gain the confidence and respect of his deputies and the public at large, but also cause to remove the feeling which largely prevails that a public office is a snap and a place for graft." In the conduct of his office, Mr. Butler demands that liis deputies and other employes give the best that is in them and when credit accrues to the office they all share in it alike.

On the 1st of January, 1882, occurred the marriage of Robert W. Butler and Miss Hattie Deere, of Sydney, Champaign county, Illinois, a daughter of Moses M. and Harriet (Thomas) Deere. Her father was a pioneer and well-to-do farmer of Champaign county, where he was held in high esteem. His birth occurred in Henry county, Kentucky, but much of his life was spent in Illinois, where he died about twelve years ago. Mrs. Deere, who still survives, is a representative of one of the early families of Champaign county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Butler have been born four children: Ella, the wife of Van N. Murphy, bailifif of Judge Hinkle's court; Olla A., wife of F. M. Boyce, of Spokane; Orie D., who is employed by the Chicago Clothing Company; and Edmond H., a student in the Bryant school.

Mr. Butler's social nature finds expression in his membership in several fraternal organizations. He holds membership with the Woodmen of the World at Spangle; is a member and past grand of Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., of Spokane; and for three consecutive terms has been treasurer of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. Wherever he goes he wins friends, because of the sterling traits of his character, his high principles and his fidelity to duty.

William David Vincent

William David Vincent needs no introduction in financial circles, for he is widely and favorably known among colleagues and contemporaries in the banking world, his present position being that of cashier of the Old National Bank. He was born at Macon, Missouri, December 3, 1866, a son of Joseph and Augusta (McLaughlin) Vincent, the former a railroad contractor and coal operator of Macon. In liis youthful days the son was a pupil in the public schools there but when only twelve years of age left the schoolroom, desirous of making for himself a place in the business world. He first obtained employment in a grocery store where he remained for four years, and later was connected with a wholesale and retail drug business. His identification with banking interests dates from April, 1885, at which time he entered the emploj' of the First National Bank of Macon as individual bookkeeper. Promotion followed and he was serving as assistant cashier at the time he resigned to come to Spokane in 1891. He at once became identified with the banking business here and aided in obtaining the charter for the Old National Bank, for which he acted as bookkeeper and teller until 1891, when elected assistant cashier. The following year he was called to his present position as cashier and in this connection has proven a most popular and obliging official, who at the same time has carefully safeguarded the interests of the institution which he represents. He is indeed one of the best known figures in the Inland Empire and his courteous treatment of the bank's patrons has won him many friends.

Mr. Vincent was married twice. On the 14th of September, 1898, he wedded Mary Allen Speidel, of Wallace, Idaho, whose death occurred in Spokane, June 1, 1907. She is survived by two children, Josephine and Allen. On the 20th o'f September, 1910, Mr. Vincent was again married, his second union being with Miss Neen Hawley McVey, of Chillicothe, Missouri. Society in its usually accepted sense of the term has little attraction for him and yet he has a keen appreciation for friendship which he ever holds inviolable. His leisure time is largely given to work for the benefit of his fellowmen in various lines. He is now a member of the Associated Charities and has taken a great interest in that organization. He also belongs to All Saints Episcopal church and is a member of the Library Board. He is likewise interested in the business development of the city to a large extent and cooperates heartily in the projects and plans of the Chamber of Commerce. He is likewise loyal to the teachings of Masonry and has attained high rank in the fraternity. His right of franchise is exercised in support of republican principles but his political activity is only to the extent of his use of the ballot. He has certainly won the proud American title of a self-made man, having started out in life on his o-ivn account when but twelve years of age and demonstrated his worth and ability in various ways, developing character and well earned reputation, as well as winning success.

Kirtland Kelsey Cutter

Kirtland Kelsey Cutter, an arcliitect of national reputation and a member of the firm of Cutter & Malmgren, enjoys the distinction of having contributed more freely than any other man to the architectural beauty of Spokane, - a city generally acknowledged to be without a western superior in the artistic beauty of its homes and the metropolitan appearance of its business buildings. Coming to Spokane, as he did, in its earliest formative days, over twenty-five years ago, Mr. Cutter established an architecturel standard that inspired his professional brothers who came later, and has resulted in the present civic standard of artistic architecture. Mr. Cutter brought with him to the then young Pacific northwest an intense love of nature, trained to expression by an extended visit to art centers of Europe.

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In liis early youth he enjoyed the opportunity of close association ^vith his distinguished great-grandfather. Professor Jared Potter Kirtland, M.D., LL.D., for whom he was named, a man of great learning and peculiar personal magnetism; an early member of the National Academy of Natural Science, a great lover of nature, and an authority upon ornithology. He was a warm personal friend of John J. Audubon, who named two species of birds in his honor. He was also an authority on horticulture and his country seat near Cleveland was famous for its gardens. To this early influence is doubtless due, in appreciable measure, Mr. Cutter's love of the beautiful in nature and in art.

Mr. Cutter was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 20, 1860, his parents being WiUiam Lemen and Caroline Atwater (Pease) Cutter, both members of families intimately connected with the early history of the Western Reserve. His father was for many years connected with the Merchants' National Bank of Cleveland, while his grandfathers on both sides, - Orlando Cutter and Charles Pease, were among the early New England arrivals in the far west of Ohio. Spending his boyhood daj's in Cleveland, Mr. Cutter attended Brooks Military Academy, and later entered the Art Students League of New York, subsequently spending several years traveling in Europe and continuing the study of drawing, painting and sculpture in Dresden and Florence. With a love for art intensified by his experience in the old world, and after selecting architecture as his life work, he returned to his native country, and giving ear to the call of the west, finally settled in Spokane in the days when its natural beauty had been little marred by civilization and several years before the state of Washington was admitted to the Union. Since then the history of Mr. Cutter has been the history of the upbuilding of one of the most prosperous cities of the west and on every hand, - in beautiful home, in smaller cottage and in imposing business edifices, - the touch of his artistic sense has been indestructibly interbuilt. To enumerate his architectural efforts would be but to number a large proportion of the splendid buildings that constitute the setting of the Falls City, and which have raised it in two decades to metropolitan stature. The homes of ex-United States Senator George Turner (erected in 1890 for the late Frank Rockwood ISIoore) ; Patrick Welch (erected for James N. Glover); D. C. Corbin; Austin Corbin II; F. Lewis Clark; Patrick Clark; John A. Finch; A. B. Campbell; J. D. Sherwood; Jay P. Graves; L. M. Davenport; and a hundred others, testify to the versatility of his art. Of the more important buildings of the city in wliich his handiwork is shown, it is but necessary to mention the Spokane Club and Western Union Life Insurance buildings and the Silver Grill and Davenport's restaurant, - the two latter creations of striking originality and of widely different types. Some years ago Mr. Cutter was called upon by Mrs. Carnegie to design a group of camp buildings at Racquet Lake in the Adirondack mountains and by the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College to prepare plans for Kirtland Hall, presented by his relative Mrs. William H. Boardman of New Haven, Connecticut, and named after the great-grandparent, from whom Mr. Cutter absorbed his early love of the artistic and who had graduated from the medical department of Yale in 1813. He also designed the Idaho State building at the Chicago World's Fair for which he received a diploma and medal, and a country house in the same style of architecture which was built in the New Forest in England. E\-idences of Mr. Cutter's commanding position in his profession are also found in the Rainier Club of Seattle, the beautiful Seattle Country Club overlooking Puget Soimd and in the residence of Chester

]\Ir. Cutter is a member of the Spokane Club, Spokane Country Club and Rainier Club of Seattle; a member of the executive committee of the Architectural League of the Pacific coast; third nee president of the Washing;ton State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and a member of The Archeological Institute of America. He has been married twice - to Mary Corbin, by whom he had one son, Kirtland Corbin Cutter and, in 1906, to Katharine (Phillips) Williams, of Spokane.

In H. F. Samuels, Wallace has a citizen of marked determination, and to this characteristic may largely be attributed his success. It was this quality that enabled him to obtain a liberal education in the face of difficulties and obstacles that would have utterly discouraged many others and which has enabled him to continue on and on toward the goal of prosperity' until he now ranks with the capitalists of this city. Moreover, he is entitled to distinction and honor from the fact that he is the only man who, after making his fortune from the mines about Wallace, has used his capital to develop and promote the business activities and upbuilding of the city. He was at one time prominent as a practitioner of law but later retired from the bar to concentrate his energies upon mining and banking interests. His birth occurred in Washington county, Mississippi, on the 4th of April, 1869, his parents being H. Floyd and Isabelle (Jenkins) Samuels. Representatives of the family were among the earliest settlers of Virginia and later took up their abode among the pioneer residents of Kentucky, while subsequently they joined the first settlers of Indiana. The mother of the grandfather of our subject was thirteen years of age when the Revolutionary war broke out and lived to be one hundred and six years old. His grandmother White, on the maternal side, was a descendant of the White that came to America on the Mayflower. The father of Mr. Samuels of tliis review, who was living in Kentucky at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. enlisted in the Federal army as captain of Company E, Twelfth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, while his brother joined the Confederate ranks, the family thus becoming divided. He participated in fifty-two battles and his company was part of the command that pursued and finally captured the celebrated General i\Iorgan. At the present time he is living in Indiana and has attained the age of seventyseven years. Representatives of the Jenkins family enlisted with the northern troops, and four uncles of our subject laid down their lives on tlie altar of their country.

To the subject of this review the name of Henry Floyd Samuels was given but he has always been known as H. F. Samuels in order to distinguish himself from liis father and his son, who bear the same name. He was but three years of age when the family removed to Crawford county, Indiana, where the father engaged in farming, so that H. F. Samuels was reared amid rural surroundings, early becoming familiar with the various tasks incident to the development and cultivation of the fields. He also attended the public schools of that district and was a pupil in the high school at Leavenworth, Indiana, walking a distance of five miles to and from the school each day - a fact which indicated his resolute spirit and ambition. He was graduated with the class of 1887 and after leaving school went to Butler county, Nebraska, where he spent the summer at work in the fields as a farm hand. In the succeeding fall he entered upon a course of study at Ulysses College, working his way through that institution until his graduation with the class of 1890. His own resourcefulness, labor and ability also enabled him to pursue the law course in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and he was admitted to the bar at Leavenworth, Indiana, in February, 1892.

The opening of the Coeur d'Alene reservation attracted Mr. Samuels and on the 1st of April, 1892, he settled at :\Iedimont, Idaho, where he entered upon the active work of his profession; but clients were comparatively few and during the succeeding winter he engaged in teaching school at Saint Maries, Idaho. In the spring of 1893 he went to Grangeville, Idaho, where he continued in the practice of law for two years, and in August, 1895, he arrived in Wallace, where he followed his profession until his mining operations demanded his entire attention. From 1896 until 1 898 he served as city attorney and in the latter year was elected the first county attorney of Shoshone county, Idaho, occupying that position for two years. He next returned to the east for post-graduate work in law in the Columbian University, now the George Washington University of Washington, D. C, which in 1902 conferred upon him the degree of Master of Law. During that period he was under the instruction of the late Justice Harlan and Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court.

With the settlement of the northwest came the development of its rich mineral resources and like a great majority of the residents of this section of the country, Mr. Samuels turned his attention to mining, hoping that in the rich mineral fields he might lay the foundation of a fortune. He was one of the original owners of tlie Hercules mine when the rich strike was made but sold his interest therein in 1905. He also developed the celebrated Stewart mine, which was owned by the Stewart Mining Company, of which Mr. Samuels owned the controlling interest and which he later sold to F. A. Heinze. In February, 1905, Mr. Samuels purchased the Granite mine, M-hich was then thought by all to be worked out and useless. He changed its name to the Success mine and began further development. The ore chute had been missed in the original mine but after drifting a short distance tlie main chute was struck at a lower level. Mr. Samuels then installed the macliinery necessary to extract the zinc from the lead and silver, and the Success is today rated as one of the great mines of Idaho. Mr. Samuels was thus the first to make of zinc in all the Coeur d'Alene district a profitable commercial product and is referred to as "the father of the zinc industry of Idaho." The mill of the Success mine was completed at a cost of over one hundred thousand dollars and in the year 1911 its output of zinc was more than eight million pounds in addition to its yield of sil\er and lead. ^Mr. Samuels is the president, general manager and the principal owner of the mine. He certainly deserves much credit for the fact that as he has ))rospered he has utilized his financial resources largely in developing Wallace and promoting its upbuilding along business lines. Many of those who have successfully operated in the mining regions of this district have gone to Spokane, Portland and other cities to make investments, but he has remained and Wallace has greatly profited by his efforts. In January, 1908, he became identified with the

Wallace Bank & Trust Company, which at that time was a state bank. He purchased a controlling interest, was elected its president and at once took the necessary steps to convert this into a national bank, which was accomplished in April, 1908, at which time the name of the Wallace National Bank was assumed. Mr. Samuels acted as its president until he sold his stock in June, 1911, and retired from the office. In 1907 Mr. Samuels erected the Samuers Hotel at a cost of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It was opened on the 1st of May, 1908, as the finest hotel in the state of Idaho and is now the most up-to-date hostelry in the Coeur d'Alene district.

Mr. Samuels has been twice married. On the 25th of December, 1892, he wedded Miss lona Snyder, of Medimont, Idaho. They had a daughter, Amzel, whose natal day was November 6, 1893. On the 27th of February, 1905, Mr. Samuels was again married, his second union being with !Miss Ada Jenkins, of Denver, Colorado, by whom he has two children, namely : Helen, whose birth occurred on the 12th of July, 1906; and Henry Floyd, who was born on the 14th of June, 1909. Mr. Samuels is a prominerit Mason, belonging to the following organizations: Shoshone Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M.; Wallace Chapter, No. 9, R. A. M.; Coeur d'Alene Commandery, No. 9, K. T. ; Coeur d'Alene Consistory, No. 5, S. P. R. S. ; and Lewiston Shrine. He is also a member of Wallace Lodge No. 331, B. P. O. E., and is now past chancellor comvnandcr of Wallace Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Samuels is preeminently a representative of that class of men who in advancing individual interests also promote public progress and prosperity. His life record displays many admirable elements. His future success was foreshadowed in his determination to obtain an education at the sacrifice of physical ease and comfort. Always recognizing that the present and not the future held his opportunity, he utilized each passing moment to the best advantage and has never allowed obstacles or difficulties to brook his path if they could be overcome by determined, - persistent effort. This quality has enabled him to advance steadily on the highroad to success until today he stands among the capitalists of the Coeur d'Alene district, the possessor of a handsome fortune and an honorable name. Moreover, few men have the high sense of personal obligation and responsibility that is manifest in Mr. Samuels. Recognizing the chance to make his life work of benefit to the district in which his fortune was won, he has wisely and judiciously invested in business projects here and his efforts have been of almost inestimable benefit in the ujibuilding of Wallace, of which place he may be termed without invidious distinction tiie foremost citizen.

Judge Henry Laurens Kennan

Henry Laurens Kennan, judge of the superior court of Spokane county, department No. 3, has spent much of his life on the bench in the state of Ohio and in Washington. His record is absolutely clear and his standing as a representative of the judiciary of this state is second to none. Moreover, he is a prominent figure in Masonic circles and it seems e^ndent that the highest offices within the gift of the order in Washington will be conferred 11)5011 him.

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In one of his witty after-dinner speeches Chavtncey Depew paraphrased Shakespeare by saying: "Some men achieve greatness, some men are born great and some men are born in Ohio." The first and last are applicable to Judge Kennan. A native of Norwalk, Ohio, he was born April 11, 1852, his parents being Jairus and Charlotte (Gardiner) Kennan. The father, a native of the state of New York, became a member of the bar and in 1829 removed to Norwalk, Ohio, where he was engaged in the active practice of the law. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and at one time he served as mayor of Norwalk, where his death occurred in 1872. He traced his ancestry back to Elder Brewster, who came to the new world in the Mayflower. Representatives of the Kennan family served in the Revolutionary war and the great-grandfather of Judge Kennan, who held the rank of colonel in the Continental army, was a prominent citizen of Waterbury, Vermont. The mother of Judge Kennan was Charlotte Elizabeth (Gardiner) Kennan, who was born at ^Millstone Point, Connecticut. The family was a prominent one during the early settlement of Connecticut. Her father operated a granite quarry for many years and furnished many of the granite blocks used in building and paving in New York. The mother of Mrs. Kennan died when she was young and she removed to Ohio with an uncle, traveling by stage and canal boat. On the 3d of October, 1837, she became the wife of Jairus Kennan and her death occurred in May, 1888. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Kennan there were two daughters and seven sons. Charlotte Gardiner, who was the eldest, died in 1907. Julia Alice became the wife of George F. Burton, who died in Springfield, Ohio, two years ago. Thomas William, who served in the Eighty-fifty Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war, is now married and resides at Hattiesburg, ]Mississippi, where he is general manager for the American Car & Foundry Company. Jairus died at the age of five years. Courtland Latimer, an attorney who is married and lives in Norwalk, Ohio, was colonel of tlie Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American war. He is a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce and also of the school board. Jairus Raymond, who is married and resides in Medina, Ohio, was for twenty-two years superintendent of the public schools there and in 1909 was elected probate judge of Medina county, which position he is still filling. Asa Brainard, who is married and resides at Newport, Rliode Island, is chief clerk in the government engineering office in charge of harbor improvements. Dr. John Gardiner Kennan, the youngest of the family, was a practicing physician of Springfield, Ohio, and was serving as lieutenant colonel of the First Regiment of Artillery of the Ohio National Guard at the time of his death.

Tlie other member of tlie family is Judge Henry Laurens Kennan, who completed his public-school course by graduation from the high school of Norwalk, Ohio, in 1869. He afterward attended the Western Reserve College at Hudson, that state, now the Adelbert College of the Western Reserve University of Cleveland. He was graduated in 1873 with the B. A. degree and took third honors in tlie class and in 1875 his alma mater conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. When his college days were over lie entered upon the study of law in the office of his brother, C. L, Kennan. and was admitted to practice in Norwalk in 1875, forming a partnership witli his brother. His advancement was rapid because his equipment was unusually good and lie added to his knowledge of the law, a firm purpose and laudable ambition, that prompted him to prepare his cases carefully and to present them before the court with great care and pre- cision. He was first called to public office when elected township clerk of Norwalk and at the age of thirty-two years he was elected probate judge of Huron county, of which Norwalk was the county seat. This was in 1 88:^2 and he had continued successfully in private practice up to that time. He served for nine years as probate judge, retiring from office in 1891, and in August of that year he came to Spokane. Here he entered into a law partnership with E. H. Belden, under the firm name of Kennan & Belden, and in 1898 he was elected justice of the peace and appointed police judge of the city. In November, 190:^, he resigned that ix)sition to qualify as judge of the superior court, having been elected to that office on the republican ticket. In 1901 an additional judge was created and the election of 1902 was only for two years while succeeding elections were for four years. He was reelected in 190-i and again in 1908, and no better testimonial of his standing as a representative of the judiciary could be given than the fact that his fellow townsmen for three terms chose him for the office. At present he is presiding judge of the superior court of the county, department No. 3, having charge of the docket, delinquency, probate and ex-parte matters and the jurors. The first four years he had charge of the probate and equity department and during the last term had charge of the criminal department. His decisions show thorough mastery of the questions involved, rare simplicity of style and a remarkable directness and clearness in the statement of principles upon which the opinions rest.

Interesting military experience came to Judge Kennan in his connection with the Ohio National Guard. He enlisted in 1877, the j'ear of the big railroad riots, and gradually advanced from the ranks, becoming second lieutenant in 1886, first lieutenant in February, 1889, and captain on the 1-ith of November of the same years. He thus commanded his company until August, 1891, when he resigned preparatory to removing to Spokane. For fourteen years he and his brother, C. L. Kemian, were widely recognized as tacticians and authorities upon the subject of military organization and drill as represented by the National Guard.

After coming to Spokane in addition to engaging in the practice of law Judge Kennan served as a director of the Spokane Building & Loan Association for two or three years, after which he declined reelection. In politics he has always been a republican and his unfaltering belief in the party has led to active effort on his part toward jsromoting its success. Since serving upon that bench, however, he has withdrawn from participation in politics and holds himself free from every entangling alliance that might seem in any way to bias his judicial opinions. Judge Kennan's loyalty to any cause that he espouses is a recognized factor in his life. When fourteen years of age he became a member of the Sons of Temperance at Norwalk, when that organization was an active force in northern Ohio. In college he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and served for one term as presiding officer. In 1884 he became a Mason and advanced through the various departments of the York Rite. In 1889 he was elected master of his lodge and also eminent commander of his commandery, and following his removal to Spokane was chosen as high priest of Spokane Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M., filling that position in 1893-4. In the succeeding year he became master of Spokane Lodge, No. 34, A. F. & A. M., and was also appointed a member of the committee on grievances in the grand lodge, which position he filled for two years. In 1897 he was appointed senior grand deacon of the grand lodge, serving for one year; in 1898 was elected junior grand warden; in 1899, senior grand warden; in 1900 deputy grand master; in 1901, grand master; and in 1902 was appointed a member of the committee on jurisprudence, since which time he has acted on that committee, and during the last five years has served as its chairman. In the grand cliapter. Royal Arch Masons, he started as grand orator in 1902 and has been advanced until he is now grand scribe. In the grand council he was elected grand master, at the time the grand council was organized in 1895, and since 1902 has been serving as grand treasurer. He was the first thrice illustrious master of Spokane Coimcil, No. -i, and has been its treasurer since 1899. In the grand commandery he was appointed grand captain of the guard in 1903 and at the present time is deputy grand commander, and he is also a past potentate of El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and was representative of the imperial council in 1896. In 1897 he served as patron of Electa Chapter, O. E. S., and in the same year was elected associate grand patron of grand chapter, while in 1898 he was elected grand patron. He is likewise a member of Oriental Consistory, No. 2, A. A. S. R., and in February, 1880, he joined the Royal Arcanum and was elected collector on the night of his initiation, serving thus until he came to Spokane. His membership is now -vvith Spokane Council, No. 1371, R. A. Since 1901 he has been a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., served as chaplain one year, as esteemed lecturing kniglit one year and as exalted ruler in 1906, while in 1907 he was elected representative to attend the grand lodge. He was then appointed district deputy for eastern Washington and at the session of the grand lodge in Detroit in 1910 was appointed a member of the grand forum for a term of five years.

On the 13th of June, 1877, at Sandusky, Ohio, Judge Kennan was married to Miss Fanny Amelia, a daughter of Lorenzo D. and Martha (McDowell) Anthony. Judge and Mrs. Kennan have two children, Ralph Anthony and Alga Arvilla, the latter residing at home. The son, who married Lillian Vogle, of Seattle, where they now reside, is a civil engineer. He was resident engineer at Plummer for the Milwaukee railroad and also was with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company as resident engineer at Seattle. Judge and Mrs. Kennan hold membership in tlie First Presbyterian church and he cooperates in the movements for the benefit of SjJokane that are instituted by the Chamber of Commerce, in which he holds membership. The record of his service in connection with the judiciary and with the Masonic fraternity covers a most extended period and in every connection he has been faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation. Thus his name has became an honored one in fraternal circles and has been inscribed high on the keystone of the legal arch of Washington.

William T. Horr

William T. Horr has been the promoter of an extensive lumber business, and as the executive head of the Holland-Horr Mill Co., is managing its interests with headquarters on North Monroe street. He was born in Douglas county, Kansas, on the 6th of June, 1862, his parents being Harry and !Mary (Tutcher) Horr, the former of whom passed away on the 20tli of April, 1880. The father was for many j-ears a prominent member of the state militia of Kansas.

William T. Horr continued to live in Kansas until he was twenty-four years of age, at which time he came to Spokane. He acquired his earlj' education in the public schools of Kansas, but at the age of seventeen years found it necessary to earn his own livelihood and also to assist in the support of the familj'. The death of the father left the burden of support resting largely upon him and he at once proved his sense of responsibility by becoming his mother's able assistant in managing the home farm. On the 19th of ]\Iarch, 1887, he arrived in Spokane, and until 1892 was employed by a lumber company where he laid the fundamentals of the business which has since been his work. In 1892 the present companj^ was formed by Mr. Horr and he has been its manager and president ever since. The Holland-Horr Mill Co. is manufacturing lumber according to the most modern methods and has attained a foremost place as operators, and the development and success of the business is attributed in a large measure to the enterprise and unflagging efforts of !Mr. Horr.

On the 10th of October, 1894, Mr. Horr was married at Spokane to Miss Clara Ellis, a daughter of Samuel and Rhoda (Kennedy) Ellis. To this union one child, Harry, has been born, and is at present attending the public schools at Spokane. Mr. Horr gives liis political allegiance to the republican party and has served as its representative on the cit}^ council for one term. He holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in which organization he has passed through all the chairs. He likewise holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Woodmen of the World, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Loyal Order of the Moose. Mr. Horr's business ability won recognition at the time the Independent Order of Odd P'ellows was erecting the Odd Fellows' temple and he was chosen one of the trustees of the association. He attends the Congregational church. The secret of his rapid advancement from an obscure position to the prominent place which he now holds is due to the fact that he has done one thing well, throwing all his energies into it. He has also tried to make all liis actions in commercial moves the result of definite discrimination and sound judgment, based upon integrity in business methods and upon energy and good system.

As educator and practitioner through the period of his connection with the medical profession, Dr. Frank W. Hilscher has gained distinction. The scope of his professional service has embraced all branches of the practice of medicine and surgery, but at the present time he limits his practice to the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. In that department he specializes and the concentration of his energies upon that line of practice has given him power and ability that places him with the foremost representatives of his specialty in the northwest. It is not alone as a physician, however, that Dr. Hilscher is known to the public. His efforts for the development of an irrigation system in the Yakima valley constituted an initial step in drawing federal attention to that district and gaining the cooperation of the government for the solution of a difficult, but most important, problem there. He is thoroughly imbued with tlie sjiirit of tlie nortliwest and has put forth effective and earnest effort for its advanctnur.t.

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^lost of his life has been spent west of the Mississippi river, his birth having occurred in Leavenworth, Kansas, October 15, 1867. His father, Charles Hilscher, was born in Germany but came to the United States in early life and devoted his energies to the occupation of farming. He was one of the pioneers of Dickinson county, Kansas, locating there during the period of the border warfare and living through some exciting experiences of that epoch. With the outbreak of the Civil war he responded to the call for aid and joined Company K of the Thirty-seventh Infantry Regiment of Ohio Volunteers which was recruited at Hamilton, Ohio, where he was then living, but after the close of hostilities he removed to Leavenworth, and later to Dickinson county, Kansas, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1893. His wiie, who bore the maiden name of Susanna Yauch, was born in Wittenberg, Germany, and died in 1900. The two brothers of Dr. Hilscher are C. M. and Harry L. Hilscher, residents of Kansas City, Missouri. An only sister, Mrs. Phoebe Van Scoyoc, is living in Talmage, Kansas.

A public-school course constituted tlie initial educational training which prepared Dr. Hilscher for the work done in Beaumont Hospital Medical College, now the medical department of the St. Louis University, from which he received his professional degree in 1895. In the meantime he had had varied experience in business life. He left home in 1881 when but fourteen years of age and was apjirenticed to a druggist. He was emplo_ved in connection with that business in various places but spent most of the time in Leavenworth, Kansas, and in St, Louis, Missouri. His work awakened his interest in the medical profession and follow ing his graduation from the Beaumont Hospital Medical College he entered upon active practice in St. Louis, where he remained for a number of years. He also at once became assistant professor of otology in the school from which he had just graduated and had charge of the ear clinic of the college for a j-ear. Later he joined the faculty of the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in the capacity of assistant professor of ophthalmology, remaining one of the instructors in that school until he came to Spokane in 1899. His ability as an educator and practitioner was recognized by the profession and the St. Louis Medical Society, to which he belonged, honored him with the secretaryship, which position he was filling at the time of his removal to Spokane. In St. Louis he was also connected witii the College of Physicians and Surgeons as chief of the eye clinic, was oculist to the Merchants and Manufacturers Hospital, to the Baptist Hospital, the Amelia Children's Home, the Visitation Convent and other institutions. His marked ability had gained him prominence and the high reputation which he bore in St. I-ouis has also been accorded him during the period of his connection yntb Spokane.

Since coming to this city Dr. Hilscher has limited his practice to the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat and for the past four years he has conducted a private sanitarium limited to the treatment of those diseases. It is pleasantlv located at the entrance of Rockwood boulevard and has splendid equipment for that department of practice. He keeps in touch wth the advanced work of the profession through the proceedings of the Spokane County and Washington State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association, in all of which he holds membership.

Wliat Dr. Hilscher has accomplished along professional lines would alone entitle him to representation in this volume. His work in other fields, however, is equally interesting and important. Since coming to Spokane he has invested quite largely in property in this city and in the Inland Empire and has promoted a number of corporations, chief among wliich were the Yakima Land & Live Stock Company, of which he was the secretary; the Yakima Development Company, of which he was one of the trustees; the Yakima Land & Development Company, of which he was president for many years and is now secretary; and the Wenatchee Farms Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer.

The Yakima Land & Live Stock Company was organized about April, 190^, by Dr. Hilscher, ]\I. N. Kuppenberg, J. W. Oakes, G. W. Frost and George \V. Stoltz. Thej' purchased thirty-seven thousand, seven hundred and twenty-one acres of land in Yakima in the Moxie valley from the railroad company for one dollar and five cents per acre on the six-year payment plan. In this Dr. Hilscher had a third interest, which he turned over to the company and after the company was organized an assessment of eight thousand dollars was made to cover the first payment. Within four months they sold a half interest in contracts for twelve thousand dollars, thus recovering all the money expended and half as much again. Inside of six months they were offered two dollars and a half per acre but declined this. They then employed a corps of engineers to examine the irrigation possibilities of the land, the first survey including what is now kno^vn as the Titeton project. The}' filed appropriation notices on the water of that district. Arriving at the Yakima river, however, with the proposed canal, the engineers found that it would be a very expensive matter to cross the river to the other side where the lands were located. They then emploj^ed another engineer, who in connection with the first, made more surveys, which finally culminated in the proposal to dam the three lakes at the head of the Yakima river - the Kachess, Keechelus and Clealum, impounding the water therein and bringing the high line canal down on the east side of the river. This would command approximately two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land. The plans made were practically identical with the ones now known as the Kittitas project of the United States government, which will probably be carried out in the next few years.

The immensity of this project necessitated the incorporation of a promoting company called The Yakima Development Company, which was then organized and was headed by the distinguished Judge Whitson, who was then a practicing attorney of North Yakima. The filing of water appropriations of this company and its plans aroused a good deal of local feeling in the lower Yakima valley, which was then suffering from a dearth of sufficient water to extend the existing canals, especially those at Sunnyside. The company soon found itself involved in a fierce fight with the previous water claimants and there were many meetings of commercial clubs in various parts of the Yakima valley, both in the interests of and against the project. In the meanwliile information requested by the company of F. H. Newell, chief of the reclamation service, resulted in surveys being made for the waters of the Yakima river and all its tributaries for a whole year, together with measurements for water actually used by the existing irrigators. Under the supervision of Professor O. L. Waller, of Pullman, a final report was made which showed to the people of the Yakima valley that many times the amount of water available had already been appropriated and each succeeding claimant was more or less at the mercy of previous claimants. The agitation resulting is now a matter of liistory and culminated in unanimous appeal of those interested in the valley to the United States government to take over the existing water rights of most of the claimants and make an equal apportionment. This is how the government first became interested in the Yakima valley. Thus the aims and objects of The Yakima Development Company passed out of existence and the benefits of the many thousands of dollars spent there by the two companies have thus become the property of the public.

The lands of the Yakima Land & Live Stock Company were finally sold at various figures, netting on an average of no more than four dollars per acre, although much of the land has since been sold for prices as high as one hundred dollars per acre. This company has also gone out of existence. The Yakima Land & Development Company planted one hundred and fifty acres of orchard on irrigated land near Hayden Lake, Idaho, in 1907, and all has since been sold. The same company has bought and sold lands in Yakima valley near Kennewick and on the Quincy flats. The company is now engaged in retailing about thirteen hundred acres in the latter district and land which originally cost the company about five dollars per acre is now being rapidly disposed of at from twenty-five to fifty dollars per acre. The Wenatchee Farms Company, in which Dr. Hilscher is also interested, owns a small body of land on Rock creek in Whitman county, of which one hundred acres is now irrigated and they are planning to supply another hundred acres ^vith water. The company is doing the actual selling of the Yakima company's Quincy land.

In 1889 Dr Hilscher was married and has three children, Schuyler, Earl Durand and Aubrey L., all now in school. Dr. Hilscher attends the Unitarian church and in politics is an insurgent republican. He belongs to the Woodmen of the World, the Royal Highlanders and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He is a broad and liberal-minded man, whose purposes of life are high, whose ambition is commendable and whose labors have been resultant for good in all of the different fields in which he has put forth his eff'ort.

Harry J. Hibschman

Harry J. Hibschman, a member of the Washington bar since 1903 and an active representative of the legal fraternity of Spokane since June, 1909, was born at Washington, Kansas, March 14, 1879, his parents being Jacob and Rebecca (Bomberger) Hibschman, both of whom are still living. In the public schools of Pennsylvania he pursued his early education and afterward attended Perkiomen Seminar}' at Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the class of 1900. He formerly followed the occupation of teaching and later took up the practice of law. He was a resident of Minnesota from 1897 until 1903 during part of which period he did good work at the bar, gaining the initial experience which has constituted the foundation for his present success. He arrived in Washington in 1903 and continued in the practice of law at Wilbur from igO* until 1907. In the latter year he removed to Davenport, where he followed his profession for two years when, seeking the broader field of labor off'ered in a larger city, he came to Spokane in June, 1909, and is now well known as a representative of the bar here.

On the 1st of November, 1901^ at Balaton, Minnesota, ^Ir. Hibscliman was married to Miss Maude Murphy, a daughter of John and Mattie Murphy, and they now have one son, Maurice, who is in his fourth year. Mr. Hibschman served with the Fourteenth Minnesota Volunteers during the Spanish-American war. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. He held the office of city attorney at Wilbur from 1905 until 1907, and for one term he served as school director at Davenport. He is identified with a number of fraternal organizations, including the ^Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Modem Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World. He maintains pleasant relations with the boys in blue as a member of the United Spanish War Veterans and the Bolo Club.

George C. Beck

George C. Beck, owner of the San Marco ajjartments, among the most beautiful and modern of Spokane's apartment buildings, was born at Little York, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1843, and was one of a family of two sons and five daughters, whose parents, George and Margaret (Cook) Beck, were natives of Worms, Germany. The father was a member of a prominent German family and died at the age of fiftv-seven j'ears. Mrs. Beck's father was a leading wine merchant and vineyardist of German}'. She survived her husband for some time, passing away in 1890. Their children were: Conrad, now a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Worley, of Pasadena, Calfornia ; Mrs. Elizabeth Combs, also living in Cleveland; !Mrs. Louisa Straus, who is connected with the Evangelical Association paper of Cleveland; Mrs. Margaret Spring, whose husband is bishop of the Methodist church of Cleveland and editor of the Evangelical Assocation paper of that city ; and Mrs. Catherine Gardner, the wife of a retired Chicago millionaire.

The other member of the family is George C. Beck, whose name introduces this review. The removal of the family from Little York, Pennsylvania, to Cleveland, Ohio, enabled him to pursue his education in the public schools of that city, which he attended until he enlisted for the Civil war as a member of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery. He served with the Army of the Cumberland and was mustered out at the close of hostilities. He afterward engaged in the pork packing business, which he followed in Cleveland and in Indianapolis until he retired from that pursuit in 1902.

Removing westward to Spokane, Mr. Beck here erected the beautiful San Marco apartments, a three-story structure and basement, containing forty apartments. It is an ideal location at the junction of Sprague and Riverside avenues, with a frontage of four hundred feet on two streets. This is one of the finest of the highclass apartments of Spokane and scarcely has an equal in the city. It is built of white pressed brick, in Renaissance style of architecture, with a foundation of sandstone brought from the vicinity of Portland. It is heated with a hot water plant and oil burners will probably be used for heating the water. Mr. Beck intends to keep the San Marco thoroughly modern in its equipments and appointments and thoroughly satisfactory in its service. Aside from this he is interested in the Ware Brothers Company and owns land in Canada to the extent of six thousand acres.

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^Ir. Beck was married in 1865, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Amelia Berger, a daugliter of Frederick Berger, of Tallmadge, Ohio, who was a burgomaster in Germany and a fine musician, connected with one of the prominent families of his native land. In 1909 Mr. Beck was called upon to mourn the loss of his ^vife, who died on the 1 ith of July of that year. They were the parents of three daughters: Bessie, now the wife of George Roberts, an electrician of Omaha, Nebraska; Mayme, the wife of Archibald F. Rigg, an architect of Spokane; and Edith, the wife of Dr. Charles F. Rigg, a physician of this city.

Mr. Beck is a member of the Spokane Club and the Spokane Athletic Club and he also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. While he has resided here for only a comparatively brief period, he has become thoroughly identified ^vith the northwest and its interests and is an enthusiastic supporter of Spokane, doing everything in his power to further its welfare and promote its upbuilding. His life has always been a busy and useful one and he has ever worked toward high ideals and utilized practical methods in the attainment of substantial results.

William E. Cullen, Jr., is a practicing attorney of Spokane and a representative of various important corporate interests, being connected with lumber companies and with land and irrigation projects which are now regarded as essential features in the development of this section of the country. He is a western man by birth, training and preference and is imbued with the spirit of enterprise which is so characteristic of this section of the country.

His birthplace was Helena, Montana, and his natal day August 7, 1872. His father, William E. Cullen, Sr., was for many years one of the distinguished lawyers of the northwest, prominently connected with litigation and with legal interests that did much toward shaping the destiny of this part of the country. A sketch of him appears elsewhere in this volume. The son pursued his college preparatory course in the Shattuck Military Academy of Faribault, Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1889. He then pursued a three years' course in the University of ^Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1892, and he is also a Harvard man, liaving spent two years in the study of law within the classic walls of that institution. Following his graduation in the spring of 189-i he was admitted to practice at the ^lontana bar in July of that year and entered the office of his father, who at that time was division counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in addition to conducting a large mining practice. The son became a partner of the firm and so continued until the removal of the family to Spokane in 1899. He remained a resident of Helena and was afterward associated in practice with Mr. Day until 190.5, when the partnership was dissolved and William E. Cullen, Jr., also came to Spokane. He then joined ¥. M. Dudley and they became attorneys for the Chicago, IMilwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. This partnership was terminated in July, 1910, upon the removal of Mr. Dudley to Seattle to become general attorney for the company. William E. Cullen then formed a partnership with A. B. Lee and W. H. Foster, under the firm name of Cullen, Lee & Foster. On the 1st of January, 1912, the firm of Happy, Cullen, Lee & Hineman was formed and they are local attorneys for the Milwaukee Railroad Company. They also conduct a general law practice and now have a clientage tliat is large and of a distinctivelj' representative character. Mr. Cullen has been connected with F. Augustus Heinze since 1897 and conjointly with his father was interested in the Butte litigation, the father acting as general attorney for the Heinze interests. William E. Cullen, Jr., has also represented Mr. Heinze as general attorney, supervising the legal phases of his business in the Coeur d'Alenes and also in his successful contest with the Amalgamated Company. He is likewise representative of different lumber companies and other corporations and his professional work is of a most important and extensive character, indicative of his high standing as a leading member of the Washington bar. As opportunity has come to him for judicious investment he has become connected with various important interests and now owns considerable land and extensive stock in irrigation projects in Idaho and Montana. He is connected with the Stewart Mining Company of Coeur d'Alene and was formerly one of the owners of the mines at Radersburg, Montana. He is secretary and a large stockholder in Powell & Sanders wholesale grocery company of Spokane, of which his father was one of the organizers and founders. His varied experience and his study have acquainted liim with the possibilities of this part of the countr}' and he is an enthusiastic advocate of the northwest and its opportunities. In Spokane, in September, 1908, Mr. Cullen was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Genevieve Bell, a daughter of Henry Bell, a prominent pioneer citizen here, and a sister of Mrs. D. W. Twohy. The children of this marriage are two daughters, Corlin and Genevieve. In politics Mr. Cullen is a conservative republican. He does not believe in the revolutionary movements which upset the established order of things but rather in the gradual working out of progressive plans which have for their object the welfare and benefit of the majority. He belongs to the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club, the Spokane Athletic Club and the Montana Club, He is popular among his friends, who are many, and his position, socially and professionally, is established. It is true that in the practice of law he had the benefit of association with his father and yet in no calling does advancement depend more largely upon individual merit and ability. In this field wealth or influence availeth little or naught and success results from broad knowledge intelligently applied to the points in litigation. Mr. Cullen recognized this fact at the outset of liis career and in his cases has never failed to give a thorough preparation and to fortify for defense as well as for attack.

John Joseph Marischal

John Joseph Marischal, whose operations in the lumber business have been most advantageous, constituting the source of his success, belongs to that class of men to whom difficulties and obstacles serve as an impetus rather than a deterrent. His qualities of perseverance, determination and energy liave formed the foundation upon which he has built his prosperity, and the methods he has pursued in business have gained for him the regard and respect of his fellowmen. He was born in Friedensau, Nebraska, on the 26th of April, 1877, and is a son of Alexander J. and Constance (Henry) Marischal, both of whom were early settlers in Nebraska, where the father is still residing and the mother's death occurred in 1905.

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The early days of their son John Joseph were passed in Nebraska and in the public schools he acquired his education until he was fourteen years of age. At that time he assisted his father in his work on the farm and for two years assisted in the operation of a stone quarry owned by the family. During this period he engaged in the cattle and stock-raising business to some extent, and subsequentlj- took a trip through the west, looking for an advantageous place to start in business. Finding nothing to his liking he returned home and worked for one year, at the same time taking a course in bookkeeping in a night school. Ambitious to carry on his business course he went to Omaha, and during the winter of 1895 was a student in a business college of that city. After he completed that course he accepted a position with the Omaha Stove Repair Works and was in their employ for several months. During the following years he worked in various offices in that city, but at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he joined the Seventh Regular United States Cavalry and remained in service until 1898. That winter he spent at home but in the spring returned to Omaha, where he entered the office of the Adams & Kelly Company, remaining there until 1907. When he entered their employ he was engaged as a stenographer, but so quickly did he learn the details of the business that by the time of his resignation he was sales and office manager. After he left this concern he came to Spokane and was at once made secretary of the Overland Lumber Company which company he organized. He remained associated with this company for one year, but at the end of that time returned home for a short visit before engaging independently in the lumber business in Spokane. He is still connected with this undertaking and has built up a large patronage and proven himself to be thoroughly fit to handle lumber and to deal with the public. In his offices in the Lindelle block he transacts a business which is commensurate with the energy and labor which he is constantly expending. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Western Casualty Company, of this city.

On the 5th of February, 1909, in Omaha, ^Mr. Marischal was married to IMiss Mary Shackleford, a daughter of Clark B. and Anna Shackleford. In politics Mr. Marischal gives his allegiance to the democratic party. After a careful study of the platforms offered by the different political parties he has become thoroughly convinced that the democracy offers policies which will be most conducive in establishing good government. He holds membership in the Inland Club and is one of its most influential members. His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been recorded due recognition of labor, and today he is numbered among the successful citizens of his county. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of his section of the state, and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and cooperation to any movement calculated to benefit this region or advance its wonderful development.

Professor A. Vax Holderbeke

Professor A. Van Holderbeke, a recognized authority on horticultural questions and who for four years occupied the position of commissioner of horticulture for the state of Washington and has done more for the advancement of fruit culture in the state than any other individual, was born in Belgium, March 18, 1862. His father. Johan Van Holderbeke, was a farmer and horticulturist and when his son

Professor Van Holderbeke was but eight j-ears of age made him a present of a farm, largely devoted to the raising of fruit, and which the new owner afterward used exclusively for the cultivation of fruit and flowers. In the meantime as a boy he had pursued his education in the normal school until graduated therefrom and. had then entered the University of Ghent in Belgium, where he was graduated from the horticultural department in 1888. While pursuing his university course he engaged in teaching school and afterward for several years lectured throughout his native country on horticultural tcjjics. In 1896 the agricultural yearbook of the United States recognized the horticultural schools of Belgium as the most advanced in that field in the world.

Professor Van Holderbeke carried on various experiments upon his farm in Belgium in addition to the production of fruit and flowers until 1892, when he turned his property over to his brother and came to the new world, since which time he has been a resident of the state of Washington. He first located in Tacoma, where he engaged in flower culture for two years. For a time he was proprietor of splendidly equipped greenhouses in that city, in which he raised all of the flowers which he handled and in that direction built up a reputation second to none in the northwest. He afterward removed to Snohomish and began the raising of garden products, being the first to raise tomatoes by the acre on a commercial basis in western Washington. He published his method of maturing tomatoes in western Washington and now hundreds of acres are devoted to that vegetable according M the plans and ideas set forth by Professor Van Holderbeke. He also raised celery as a commercial proposition and each year he did some pruning and also carried on horticultural pursuits in Snohomish. In 1898 he was appointed horticultural inspector of Snohomish county and occupied the position for three years. In the meantime his ability was becoming widely recognized as his knowledge was put to the practical test by others and it was seen that his methods would produce excellent results. His constantly growing reputation naturally suggested him for the position of state horticulturist, to which he was appointed by Governor Rogers on the 1st of April, 1901, and in that year he received his certificate as horticulturist from the Washington State College at Pullman. As commissioner of horticulture it was his duty to investigate horticultural possibilities all over the state and in consequence he came into contact with and gained a knowledge of all varieties of fruit and localities, so that he knows by practical experience and observation which are the most successful varieties in their adaptation to locality and soil. Professor Van Holderbeke has organized every county horticultural society in the state of Washington and transformed the Inland Horticultural Society into the State Horticultural Association of Washington. This was largely accomplished through his individual efforts at the time when he was state horticultural commissioner. He made it his duty to visit every county in the state twice a year and to closely examine the possibilities of fruit production. For three years he acted as judge of all the fruit for all the countj' and state fairs. He is thoroughly conversant with every kind of apple grown and has learned the "signs" of trees and how to treat and develop them under all conditions. He continued as state horticulturist for four years, or until 1905, when he came to Spokane, where he entered the service of L. M. MacLean as horticultural instructor for the Spokane Canal Company, and for three years was busily engaged in developing their orchards.

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On the expiration of that period Professor Van Holderbeke embarked in business on his own account^ establishing the Van Holderbeke Nurseries, and was at the same time engaged in looking after the holdings of prominent capitalists. He represented three companies in his supervision of eleven sections of land on the Milwaukee railroad, about twenty minutes ride from East Columbia, and at the present writing he is engaged by several companies as horticultural adviser. In addition to the interests already mentioned Professor Van Holderbeke has a few private projects in Idaho at Kennewick.

On the 13th of November, 1900, occurred the marriage of Professor Van Holderbeke and Mrs. Emily Dumas. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and of the Chamber of Commerce and cooperates in various projects for the general welfare and improvement of Spokane as well as along the lines in which he has always been especially interested. From the outset he has been a close student of all tlie scientific principles which underlie his work, has kept in touch with the investigations and reports that are being made in all parts of the country, and his sound judgment enables him readily to discriminate between the essential and the non-essential in the development of Wasliington as a fruit-raising district. His work is of inestimable value to the state and through the dissemination of knowledge he has indirectly contributed thousands of dollars - a sum which will naturally increase - to the wealth of Washington.

Dave E. Zent

Tlie firm name of Dave E. Zent & Co., Inc., is a familiar one in real-estate circles in Spokane. Its president is Dave E. Zent, of this review, and his associate officers are George Yokom, vice president and treasurer, and Edgar E. K. Schmitt, secretary. Their operations cover the entire northwestern country extending into ^Montana, British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho and Washington. Close application and indefatigable energj' have developed Mr. Zent's business powers and placed him in a creditable position in real-estate circles although he is yet a young man, having only passed the twenty-eighth milestone on life's journey. He was born in Jefferson county, Washington, February 11, 1884, and was one of a family of ten children whose parents were Daniel J. and Lottie (Woodruft) Zent, the former born in Buffalo, New York, and the latter in Pennsylvania. The family had its origin in France and the grandfather was with Napoleon in his wars and campaigns and was taken prisoner at Moscow. He became the founder of the family in the new world and his son Daniel was born at Buffalo, New York. He served for four years as a soldier in the Civil war with the Second Cavalry of Colorado Troops. He was one of the trail blazers of the west, crossing the plains in 1874 and settling at Walla Walla. He afterward removed to Pendleton, Oregon, where he suffered heavy losses by fire started by the Indians under Chief Joseph on one of his raids. At different times in his life he followed various kinds of business, including farming and merchandising. He died in November, 1908, and is still survived by Iiis widow, who lives at Pasco. She was descended from General Hyde, of Revolutionary fame, and belonged to a family of English origin. Unto ^Ir. and Mrs. Daniel J. Zent were born five sons and five daughters: Dave E., of this review; Frank P., deputy collector of customs, stationed at Everett, Washington ; Daniel W., an attorney of Gooding, Idaho; Judge W. W. Zent, practicing law in Spokane; George W., a resident of Pasco; Ida, the wife of T. F. O'Leary, of Oak Harbor, Washington; Carrie, the wife of James Kerr, of Midway, British Columbia; Kate, who married Robert Riggs, of Pasco; Etta, the wife of Thomas Wood, of Walla Walla county, Washington; and Lottie, who wedded E. T. Dell, of Usk, Washington.

Dave E. Zent has always been a resident of the northwest, pursuing his education in the common schools of Colville and in the high school of Ritzville. He afterward studied law in the office of Judge Zent for two years and then entered the abstract business as manager of the Adams Abstract Company of Ritzville, with which he continued for three years. Upon coming to Spokane he began dealing in real estate in connection with the J. H. Tilsey Company and in July, 1909, he started in business on his own account, opening an office in the Paulsen building. In the early part of 1911 he removed to 115 Wall street and is now operating under the name of the Dave E. Zent & Co., Inc., with the officers previously mentioned. They conduct a general real-estate business, handling land all through the western country, their operations extending not only into Montana, Oregon and Idaho but also into British Columbia. Mr. Zent is interested in several additions to the city of Spokane and has also made investment in irrigation projects which are doing much for the development of this part of the country.

On the 7th of June, 1905, Mr. Zent was married to Miss Myrtle A. LeMaster, a daughter of W. A. LeMaster, of Tacoma, a contractor and builder who belongs to one of the pioneer families of the west and is of French descent. Mr. Zent holds membership with the Woodmen of America, the Knights of Pythias, the Inland Club and the Chamber of Commerce, associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests and activities outside of the field of business. He has recognized that unfaltering industry is the basis of success and is winning his advancement along that line.

Paul A. Paulson

The life history of Paul A. Paulson is in miniature the history of the northwest with its periods of progress and development, its difficulties caused by financial panics, its efforts to resume activity and its ultimate success and triumph. Mr. Paulson is now numbered among the capitalists of Spokane and is largely interested in the mineral resources of the northwest.

He was born in Denmark, June 18, 1855, the son of Mads and ]Mary (Krag) Paulson, who were also natives of Denmark, the mother dying there during the boyhood of her son Paul. The father served in the war of 1848-1850 between Denmark and Prussia as an officer in the Danish army and aided in winning the victory for the Danish troops. In the early '60s lie came to the United States, settling in Wisconsin. He was prominent in his home community and served for several terms as county commissioner. While in Denmark he liad followed the business of carriage manufacturing and lirought witli liini some means when lie came to the new world. This he invested in farm lands in Wisconsin and gave his attention to agricultural pursuits to the time of his death, which occurred in 1904.

Paul A. Paulson has one brother living in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and there are also four half-brothers, two of whom are in Tacoma, where they are engaged in business under the name of the Paulson Brothers Company. A sister, !Mrs. Carrie L. Hathaway, is the wife of the general manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company for California, Nevada and the Hawaiian Islands. A halfsister. Miss Mary Paulson, is residing in Tacoma.

Paul A. Paulson was quite a young land when the family crossed the Atlantic and in the public and high schools of Wisconsin he pursued his education, to which he has added since leaving school by reason of his broad reading. He was reared upon a farm and in early life learned the carpenter's trade. In the latter part of 1876 he left his home in the middle west and at the age of twentyone years traveled over the Union Pacific Railroad to San Francisco, which was then in its palmy days. The Comstock and other famous mines were large producers and stock speculation was a large part of the business, stock speculators being very numerous there. There was great excitement caused by the manipulation of stocks by the large holders and it was seldom on receiving the morning papers that one did not see accounts of one or more suicides of men and women who had been unsuccessful in their investments in mining stock. Mr. Paulson, however, did not have the mania for stock speculation but began work at the carpenter's trade, which he followed for a few months in San Francisco. He had previously read much concerning Oregon, however, and regarded that state as his destination, leaving San Francisco for Portland in 1877. The city then claimed a population of ten thousand but had considerably less, and what is now the heart of Portland was then covered with a dense forest. He became well acquainted with many prominent old residents who figured in the history of the northwest.

Early in the spring of 1878 Mr. Paulson with two young companions followed the tide of emigration from the Willamette valley to what was called "east of the mountains," in Washington Territory. Some of the Willamette people sold their farms and in prairie schooners traveled east of the mountains to where there was less rain. In Portland Mr. Paulson frequently heard mention of Lewiston and Walla Walla, which were already good-sized towns, and also of Colfax and Spokane Falls, which were just springing into being. He made his way to the district east of the mountains, with a view to looking over the land, journeying by boat from Portland to the Lower Cascades, at which time the Oregon Steamboat Navigation Company, composed of W. S. Ladd, Sim Reed, Captain J. C. Ainsworth and R. R. Thompson, controlled the boat traffic. This was a good strong company, very prosperous, and their boats were well built, modern river steamers. Between the Lower and Upper Cascades a short portage railroad had been built which transported passengers and freight around the Cascades where are now found government locks. At the Upper Cascades freight and passengers had again to be transferred by boat to The Dalles. Mr. Paulson ferried across the Columbia at The Dalles and walked over the hills between the river and the Klickitat valley to the present site of Goldendale, where was located an Indian camp. He and his companions each bought a pony there and then rode in a northeasterly direction to Yakima. At that time there was nothing at the town but the Indian reservation, the agency having a flouring mill there. Vol. n - J3

There were a few stock-raisers scattered through the county and on the present site of Biekleton they came across a stock-raiser named Dodge, who had lived there for several years like a hermit. He was the o%vner of fifty fine brood mares but there was no market for horses and cattle, save what could be driven to the Columbia river and transported to Portland or points on the Sound. However, while at Dodge's place Mr. Paulson met a cattle buyer from Chicago, named Lang, who was buying up several hundred head of steers for which he paid twenty dollars per head. His plan was to drive them to Cheyenne on the Union Pacific and thence transport them b_v rail to Chicago. The stockmen of the northwest believed he would never reach his destination but were glad to sell their steers at twenty dollars per head. Mr. Lang, however, prospered in his venture and returned for more cattle, becoming the first cattle shipper to eastern markets and the pioneer of a great and growing industry.

Mr. Paulson continued on his way to Spokane Falls, looking for good land. Accustomed to the black prairie soil of the middle west, the timber, volcanic rock and gravel around Spokane did not appeal to him from an agricultural standpoint. He could not see how settlers who had taken up land would ever make a living. The people of Spokane seemed somehow to be dependent upon water power for the development of the city but there was no railroad and none in contemplation, and when Mr. Paulson asked what they could do with their water power, the only answer was that it would drive a sawmill. He did not like the rolling hills of Palouse county and returned to Portland but was there only a short time before the Nez Perce Indian war broke out. On the trip to Spokane Falls he had frequently met Indians and noticed that they seemed surly and cross, and the few white settlers whom he encountered said that they feared that the Indians were going on the warpath. With the outbreak of hostilities the militia company of Portland was called out and Mr. Paulson relates that many of the young men of the company employed as clerks or in other positions in Portland were very scared when they found that they must go out against the red men.