Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 14 of 23)

For a time Mr. Paulson was employed in the car shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at Kalama. Coal had just been discovered at Wilkeson and a road was being constructed from that point to Tacoma. The company built two hundred coal cars, in which work Mr. Paulson was actively engaged. He then returned to Portland and with a partner took contracts for and built several houses. He was afterward employed in the sash and door factory of J. C. Carson, with whom he remained three years. He then engaged in business on his own account, forming a partnership with Sylvester Pennoyer, afterward governor of Oregon, and who at that time owned a lumber mill in the south part of Portland. After two years Mr. Paulson sold his interest to his partner and removed to Tacoma, where was situated a small town that was, however, growing rapidly. He organized a company called the Tacoma Lumber & Manufacturing Company, of which he was the chief owner. This company manufactured lumber, sash and doors and other building material and also wooden ware. They greatly enlarged their plant to meet the rapid growth of their business and emploj'ed as many as two hundred and fifty men, not including the logging crews in the woods. They were burned out twice but rebuilt. As fast as Mr. Paulson made money he invested it in timber lands on the Skagit river and with Henry Drum, W. J. Thompson and Byron Barlow, bought a large tract of land in the Skagit valley near the site of Sedro Woolley, and also in the vicinity of Sterling and Burlington, and in Sterling the company conducted a large mercantile store. They also built and operated several steamers on Puget Sound, including the Skagit Chief, Henry Bailey, the State of Washington, and the Fair Haven, owned by Nelson Bennett, and named after the tovm of Fair Haven, now Bellingham, Washington, of which place Mr. Bennett was the parent as its chief and pioneer promoter. The steamer became a part of their fleet, and Mr. Bennett one of the shareholders and directors of the company. The four steamers plied between Tacoma, Seattle, Bellingham and way ports for many years and some are still in operation.

As the years passed by and opportunity offered Mr. Paulson bought large tracts of timber land in Lewis and Thurston counties and later in British Columbia, mainly on Vancouver Island. He continued to figure as one of the most prominent business men of Tacoma and aided largely in the upbuilding of the city, serving for rnanv years as one of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He was also a stockholder in the Tacoma Woolen Mills; was one of the chief owners of the Tacoma Box Company; and was interested in various other business projects. He acted as chairman of the building committee at the time the Chamber of Commerce erected its new building and spent much time in its supervision. The widespread financial panic of 1893 brought him heavy losses, for nearly all of the Tacoma banks failed and anyone who had been doing a large commercial business suffered severely thereby.

About that time many of the Spokane people went into the hills prospecting and the Rossland camp on Trail creek was started, while at the same time the Slocan district in British Columbia was opened up. Mr. Paulson made a trip into British Columbia to look over some of tlie mines and, like most of the others, became interested in several prospects. He engaged, however, in the lumber business in the Kootenai country and made some money. Later he removed with his family to Spokane and purchased a large amount of timber and meadow lands from the Canadian Pacific Railroad on its Crow's Nest Line a short time after the building of that branch and organized the International Lumber & Mercantile Company, of which he is the chief owner and of which he was president for several years. The company has a large mill and owns a vast amount of timber tributary to the Crow's Nest branch of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, near the town of Kitchiner.

Immediately after the completion of the road Mr. Paulson learned of the coal measures in the Rocky mountains along that line at what is commonly known as the Crow's Nest Pass. He made a trip into the country, covering the eastern part of British Columbia and the western part of Alberta and purchased from the government the property which is now owned by the International Coal & Coke Company. Mr. Paulson organized the company and developed the mine, so that it became a large shipper. He has in his control much of the stock of the company, which has a capacity of two thousand tons per shift of eight hours. The company also manufactures coke and in addition to this Mr. Paulson is also interested in other coal lands and coal mines in British Columbia. He is likewise numbered among the o-vvners of valuable water-power sites in this state, both in the Inland Empire and near Puget Sound, and is one of the stockholders of the Big Bend Transit Company, which owns water power on the Spokane river.

In Tacoma Mr. Paulson was married to Miss Anna K. Anderson, the daughter of C. Anderson, an old settler of Walla Walla. For a number of years Mrs. Paulson was a successful school teacher in Oregon. By her marriage she has become the mother of two children: Clara Arney, who is the wife of Charles W. Mason, chief clerk in the superintendent's office of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at Tacoma; and Chester R., who is assisting his father. Mr. and Mrs. Paulson attend the Unitarian church.

Mr. Paulson gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, in which connection he cooperates in public projects tending to promote the welfare of Spokane and exploit its interests. While not all the days in his career have been equally bright, his record on the whole has been characterized by continuous progress. At times in his commercial experience he has seen the gathering of clouds that have threatened disastrous storms but his rich inheritance of energy and pluck have enabled him to turn defeats into victory and promised failures into brilliant success. His strict integrity, business conservatism and sound judgment have always been so uniformly recognized that he has enjoyed public confidence to an enviable degree. Because of a well balanced mind and a sterling character he has been enabled to see the silver lining to many a cloud that to others would look hopelessly black, and to overcome obstacles which to many would appear insurmountable.

Francis M. Goodwin

There are times in the lives of every individual when heroic action and courageous spirit are needed. In the great majoritjr of cases these are unheralded and perhaps never become known to the world, yet the case demands as firm and unfaltering a spirit as is displayed by the soldier upon the field of battle. Frequently such test of character comes to the attorney who must seemingly, as it were, defy public opinion and risk arousing the opposition of those in power in the performance of his professional duties. Such a test came to Francis M. Goodwin when as special assistant to the United States attorney general he was instrumental in prosecuting the land fraud cases in Idaho. His labors ' connected with the case have become a matter of history, bringing him prominently before the public in his fearless defense of duty. At the present writing he is practicing law in Spokane, where he located in the fall of 1907.

He was born in Maryland, June 15, 1871, a son of James and Henrietta (Barnes) Goodwin. His father was a merchant, born in Glasgow, Scotland, and on coming to America established his home in Maryland. During the Civil war he served as captain of the Eleventh Indiana Zouave Volunteers and for a long period was adjutant to General Lew Wallace. He was with the army for four and a half years and was the first man to carry the stars and stripes over the walls of Vicksburg. The color bearer being shot down. Captain Goodwin grabbed up the flag and marched over the defenses into the city. After the war he was engaged in railroad work and in coal-mining interests, in which he- continued until his death in 1889. His wife was a representative of one of the old New England families.

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After attending the public schools of Marj'land, Francis M. Goodwin continued his education in the Milton Academy at Baltimore and took up the study of law in the University of Marj'land, from which he graduated in 1896. He was afterward editor and manager of the Baltimore Journal of Commerce for a number of years and then entered upon the practice of law in that state^ in which he continued for two years. He entered the government service as special agent for the department of the interior, his duties calling him at various times into Michigan, Minnesota, Montana and the northwest. He came to Spokane in 1904 as chief of the field division of the general land office for the territory embracing Idaho and eastern Washington. He was later made special assistant to the United States attorney general and in that capacity was instrumental in prosecuting the land fraud cases in Idaho during 1905, 1906 and 1907. His careful investigation brought to light many fraudulent practices and his ability as a practitioner of law brought forth clearly the legal phases of the case leading to various prosecutions. In the fall of 1907 he left the government service to enter upon the private practice of law in Spokane, where he has since followed his profession, gaining a large clientage that connects him with much of the important litigation tried in the courts of the city.

On the 6th of November, 1901, in Baltimore, Maryland, Francis M. Goodwin was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Carnan, a daughter of Bishop and Katherine Carnan, of that place. The Carnan family are among the oldest settlers there and were among the original incorporators of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin have three children, James Carnan, Margaret Ridgley and Francis M. The family attend the First Presbyterian church in which Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin hold membership. He is prominent in the church work, is leader of the Bibls class and is a member of the church session. In politics he has always been an earnest republican and has already become very prominent in local political circles. He is serving as a director of St. Lukes Hospital and is a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Masonic fraternity, having attained high rank in the latter, as is indicated by the fact that he is a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Inland Club and the University Club, and his friends are mostly found in those social circles where the more intelligent class are gathered in the discussion of themes of vital and widespread interests. The development of his native powers and talents has brought him to a creditable position in professional circles and he is regarded as one of the strong and able representatives of the Spokane bar.

Dr. John MacFarlane Semple, superintendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Medical Lake, Washington, was for many years a well known practitioner in Spokane and as an alienist has more than a state-wide reputation. A native of Scotland he was born August 20, 1857, a son of Andrew and Katherine (Matthew) Semple. His father died in 1900 and the mother passed away four years earlier.

Remaining in Scotland until he was ten years of age John M. Semple acquired his early education in the schools of his native locality. He continued his public- school career on arriving in this country in Utica, New York, and under the guidance of private tutors prepared for college. Having prior to this time undertaken pharmaceutical studies and being employed as apothecary, he was graduated from the University of New York in 1886, receiving the degree of ]\I. D. His first work confronted him with the special problems involved in the treatment of mental diseases since he was given an appointment as assistant physician at the State Asylum for Insane Criminals at Auburn, New York. After six months he resigned in order to accept an appointment as interne at the King County General Hospital near Brooklyn. He staid there a year when he was reappointed assistant physician, the same position which he had formerly occupied, in the state asylum at Auburn, New York. He continued in that capacity until 1889 when he resigned and went west beginning to practice for himself in 1890, in Spokane, Washington. He did not remain there long, however, when he was offered the- position of superintendent of the new hospital for the insane at Medical Lake, Washington. He opened the hospital and remained at its head until July, 1897, when he gave up his position and returned to Spokane to take up his practice which he had begun there some years before. Governor JNIcBride, coming to Spokane, offered him the superintendency which Dr. Sample at that time, however, refused. Ten years later, in 1907, he was once more offered the position at the head of the asylum at Medical Lake an4 was only induced to accept it upon the jsersonal urging of Governor Meade. He has been the superintendent of this institution ever since and has proved his efficiency in administration as well as in his scientific and careful treatment of the patients. A prominent factor in western medical circles he is regarded with much esteem in the societies to which he belongs, being a member of the Washington State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Medico- Physiological Association. He was thrice elected president of the state board of health of Washington.

The marriage of Dr. Jolm j\I. Semjile and Miss Almira B. Clary, a daughter of John S. Clary, occurred at Auburn, New York, on October 30, 1890. Two children were born of this union: John Clary, attending college at Pullman, Washington; and Andrew, a student in the high school at Medical Lake. Dr. Semple, who is repubhcan in his political predilections, served three years, from 1900 till 1903, on the board of education in Spokane, Washington. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce of Spokane and fraternally is associated with the Masonic order, being a member of the blue lodge. He is a man of much determination and excellent judgment and inspires those with whom he comes in contact with confidence and esteem.

William Henry Ludden

William Henry Ludden, a Spokane attorney who has practiced continuously in this city since 1892, save for a brief period of four years, was born September 13, 1851, in Braintree, Massachusetts, his parents being Lafayette and Margaret (Courley) Ludden. His father was a millwright and removed from New England to California, taking up a homestead in the Sacramento valley in 1853. Both he and his wife are now deceased.

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Brought to the Pacific coast when not j'et two years of age, William Henry Ludden pursued his education in the public schools of Yolo county, California, and in Hesperian College of Woodland, that state, in which school he spent five years, winning the B. S. degree. He also taught school for five years but regarded this merely as an initial step to further professional labor, for at the same time he engaged in reading law in the office of J. C. Ball, of Yolo county, who was judge of the supreme court. Mr. Ludden afterward pursued a law course in Hesperian College and his thorough training as well as his practical experience constitutes a forceful element in his success. In the spring of 1890 he came to Spokane as chief clerk in the United States land office and while busy with the duties of that position he continued to utilize his leisure hours for further law studj' until admitted to the bar in 1892. Since that time he has continuously engaged in practice in Spokane with the exception of four years, from 1896 until 1900, which he spent as register in the United States land office. His clients, and they are many, find him an able advocate and wise counselor who is devoted to the interests of the profession and in his practice holds to a high standard of professional ethics.

In politics Mr. Ludden has always been a republican and has at times been honored with office, serving as deputy prosecuting attorney of Spokane county and also as a member of the state legislature in 1893-4. He keeps thoroughly informed concerning the leading questions and issues of the day and is a ver}' welcome figure in those gatherings where leading men are engaged in the discussion of vital problems. In Masonry he has attained high rank, holding membership in El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., of which he is a past exalted ruler, and he likewise holds membership with the Woodmen of the W^orld and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

On the 15th of March, 1875, in Sacramento, California, Mr. Ludden was married to Miss Gertrude Horton, of Woodland, that state, who died in Spokane in 1893. There were five children in their family, namely: Mabel C, the wife of Alpha H. Gundlach, D. D. S., of this city; Vinne Pauline, the wife of Jonas W. Childs, «f Del Rio, Texas; Jessie L., the wife of Dr. Frank L. Horsfall, of Seattle; Hazel Kirk, the wife of Ernest C. Ammann, of this city; and Ruby E., the wife of Samuel L. Matthias, also a resident of Spokane. On the 3d of May, 1905, Mr. Ludden was again married, his second union being with Mary K. Todd, of Spokane. She was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Adam and Sarah Craig, both of whom are deceased. By a former marriage two children were born to her: Sadie J. Todd, the wife of W. J. Lawrence, of Minneapolis; and J. Albert Todd, of San Francisco, California. Mrs. Ludden and her children came to Spokane in June, 1881, and she was for many years employed as deputy auditor and deputy treasurer of Spokane county. Mrs. Ludden was a charter member of the First Presbyterian church of Spokane and was one of the most active workers for the erection of the first church building owned by that church, which was located on the site now occupied by the Spokesman Review building. Siie has the honor of being the first president of "The Ladies Benevolent Society." of this city, which was organized January 17, 1887. This society instituted and built the first home for orphans and friendless children in Spokane. The present commodious and even elegant brick building on the Northwest boulevard known as "The Children's Home" is the result of this humble beginning of the Ladies Benevolent Society. Mrs. Ludden is also a charter member of Electa Chapter, No. 20, O. E. S., of which chapter she is ])ast wortliy matron. She is at tlie ])resent time president of the Pioneer Society of Spokane county and has the loving respect of the old-time citizens who remember her good work among the sick and the poor in the early days when the demands were many and the facilities for caring for people were few and very hard to obtain. Mr. Ludden holds membership in the Christian church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ludden rank among the prominent residents of Spokane and both are active and influential in their respective connections, while their social prominence attests their personal worth.

Lewis F. Chester

The difficulties and obstacles which have blocked the path of Lewis F. Chester have one by one given way before his determined purpose and practical methods until he occupies today a prominent place among the practitioners of the bar of Spokane, his record being a creditable chapter in the history of the prominent southern family of which he is a representative. The Chesters came of English ancestry although the family was planted on American soil prior to the Revolutionary war. The family during successive generations has been prominent in church work and in support of many lines of progress and improvement. Stephen M. Chester, the grandfather of Lewis F. Chester, was a merchant and planter and a very prominent and influential citizen in southwest Georgia, but would never consent to enter public life as an office-holder. His son, William A. Chester, father of Lewis F. Chester, was born in Georgia and bore the reputation of being one of the finest looking men in that state. He joined the Confederate army during the Civil war and was largely engaged in buying guns and ammunition for the service. Every male relative who was large enough to carry a gun was in the southern army and his brother, James W. Chester, was killed at the battle of Atlanta. William A. Chester, was united in marriage to Louiza Butler, a native of North Carolina, who comes of ancestry represented in the war for independence and is a relative of Pierce Butler, a very prominent citizen of her native state. All of her brothers were Confederate soldiers and one of them was killed in battle. Another brother, Lewis F. Butler, participated in every engagement under General Lee and was with him when he surrendered. It was he for whom the subject of this review was named. The Butler family is also of English lineage. Mrs. Louiza (Butler) Chester is still living in the south, her home being in Grady county, Georgia, but in 18Si she was called upon to mourn the loss of her husband. Lewis F. Chester was one of seven sons, the others being: O. A., a resident of Seattle; J. W., engaged in farming in Grady county, Georgia; Dr. O. B., a prominent Methodist minister of Americus, Georgia; B. R. and G. L., both residents of Tacoma; and E. M., an attorney, whose home was for a time in Tacoma but who now resides in Portland, to which place he removed but recently. There are also three sisters who are now residents of Grady county, Georgia, and a fourth sister in Gadsden county, Florida. Lewis F. Chester was born in Decatur county, Georgia, April 5, 1864. and pursued his education in the schools of that county. He spent his youthful days on the farm in the southwestern part of his native state, and following his father's death he removed from Georgia to Texas in the fall of 1881. He secured a clerkship in Kountze, Texas, and while thus employed devoted his leisure hours to the reading of law. At length he left his position in the store to devote every moment to the master J' of the principles of jurisprudence and it was a literal fact that he read law under a sweet gum tree. He borrowed the books through which he acquainted himself with the law and in the face of obstacles that would have surely discouraged many a 3'oung man of less resolute spirit he perseveringly continued his studies until admitted to the bar in December, 1886. Since that time, a period of a quarter of a century, he has been actively and continuously engaged in practice and his work has been characterized by steady progress. He left Beaumont, Texas, in 1907. and went to Tacoma, Washington, where he remained for two years, coming in 1909 to Spokane as attorney for the Great Northern Railroad. He formed his present partnership in September, 1911, in connection ^vith O. C. Moore, who had previously been associated with Senator Poindexter, and under the style of Chester & Moore is now practicing.

While in Texas Mr. Chester continued in the general practice of law and for sixteen years was division counsel for the Southern Pacific Railroad, six years attorney for the Western Union Telegraph Company, attorney for the Wells Fargo Company, the National Supply Company of Pittsburg and the Beaumont Street Railway Company. He was a resident of Tacoma for only six weeks when he was made attorney for the Tacoma Railway & Power Company and he also represented a number of casualty companies, including the Aetna and New Amsterdam Insurance Companies. In Spokane he served for two years as attorney for the Great Northern Railway Company but resigned on the 1st of September, 1911, to enter into his present partnership. He has comprehensive knowledge of corporation and railroad law and is also well versed in many departments of jurisprudence and his ability is indicated by his large clientele.

While the practice of law has to a great extent claimed his time and energies Mr. Chester has always been interested in questions of public moment and has done important work in solving many problems which have vexed the public mind and nromoted many projects that have been of marked value to the different communities in which he has Uved. When in Beaumont he was the originator of the "Jim Crow" street car. He was serving as a member of the Beaumont city council when the street railway company asked for a franchise. He took up the matter and wrote in at the time the provision that they should provide for the separation of the races. The provision as he arranged it, was adopted. The negroes boycotted the cars for a time but saw later that the measure was to their advantage and the system was afterward adopted by every street railway company of the south. Mr. Chester has ever given his political allegiance to the democratic party, has frequently been a delegate to the county and state conventions and twenty years ago was chairman of the congressional district at Beaumont. He holds to the principles which found their highest exponent in Grover Cleveland. Mr. Chester has long taken an active and helpful interest in Christian work. He holds membership in the First Methodist church and in 1911 became the leader of the Young Men's Bible Class. He is often sought as a speaker by the Young Men's Christian Association and was chosen to lay the corner stone for the association building at Hillyard. The social side of his nature finds expression in his membership in the Inland Club and that he is much interested in civic affairs and the progress of his adopted city is indicated by his membership in the Chamber of Commerce.

On the 17th of May, 1889, in Decatur county. Georgia, Mr. Chester was married to Miss Rachel Avriett, the wedding being performed on a Friday evening in a cemetery where his father and the bride's brother were buried. Her father was Joseph Avriett, a merchant of Decatur county and a representative of an old southern family. Mr. and Mrs. Chester have one daughter and three sons, Trixie Hortense, Roscoe Chester, Lamar Chester and Leslie Chester, all in school. Mr. and Mrs. Chester have a -wide acquaintance in Spokane and have made many friends during the period of their residence here. Mr. Chester's life record is another proof of the fact that character and ability will come to the front anywhere. The qualities and talents bestowed upon him by an honorable ancestry enabled him to rise above the obstacles that seemed to bar his path. In fact in overcoming these he developed his powers and in the years which have come and gone has demonstrated his ability to cope with all intricate and involved problems of the law, attaining a position of marked precedence among the practitioners of the Spokane bar.

On the list of Spokane's physicians there probably appears the name of no other who has been so long an active representative of the medical profession in this state as Dr. Leonard P. Waterhouse, a pioneer of 1877. He was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1832, and after passing his first decade in that city accompanied his parents to Indiana, where he remained for more than a third of a century or until 1876. He supplemented his public school education by study in the La Grange Collegiate Institute, from which he was graduated when seventeen years of age. Subsequently he studied medicine for two years and then pursued a course in the University of Michigan. After teaching school for a time with a view to securing money with which to complete his medical education, he went to Cincinnati and there won his professional degree in 1855. He located for practice in Indiana, where he remained for a number of years, and then cross'ed the plains to the northwest with Oregon as his destination. For nearly three years he engaged in practice in that state and in 1877 arrived in Spokane, then a small village containing less than two hundred inhabitants. He subsequently took up land on Deep creek near the falls and in 1884 removed to Deep Creek Falls, where he not only engaged actively in practice but also conducted a drug store. About 1906 he became a resident of Reardan but after a brief period established his home in Spokane, where he has since been located. He is one of the earliest of the pioneer physicians in this county and one of its best known and most highly esteemed citizens. Throughout all the years he has kept in close touch with the scientific truths which medical research and investigation are bringing to light and he aided in organizing the first medical society in the county.

In Michigan in 1855 Dr. Waterhouse was united in marriage to Miss Margaret John and unto them were born a daughter and two sons, Amarilla, who was for three terms teacher of Spokane's first school and is now the wife of L. K. Boissonnault, customs collector at Everett, Washington; Frank Leslie, deceased; and Charles Leonard.

In his fraternal relations Dr. Waterhouse is connected with both the Masons and the Odd Fellows. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party and he was the first coroner ever elected in the county, his faith- ful service being indicated by the fact that he was reelected for a second term. He belongs to that class of representative men who brought to the west the learning and culture of the older east and intelligently met the conditions that were here found, utilizing them to the best advantage not only in the attainment of individual success but also in the upbuilding of the great western empire, which within the space of a few years was placed upon a par with the east.

Edward Louis Powell

Edward Louis Powell is president and treasurer of the Powell-Sanders Company, wholesale grocers of Spokane, their house being located at the corner of Wall and Railway avenues. In the establishment and conduct of this enterprise he and his associates have built up one of the leading commercial interests of the city and its success exemplifies the force and effectiveness of progressive and honorable business methods.

Mr. Powell is a native of Portsmouth, Ohio, and a son of Perry P. and Mary J. (Haight) Powell. The mother died in 185 i, leaving three children: Leslie Powell, now living at Boise, Idaho; Mary P., now deceased; and Edward Louis, who was then about three years of age, his birth having occurred August 12, 1851. The father married again and there were two children of the second union: Arthur P., a resident of Harrison, Idaho; and Luella, who is living in southern Oregon. Perry P. Powell was a contractor and builder of Ohio and in 1862 crossed the plains with his family, traveling by prairie schooner from Illinois to the Willamette valley in Oregon, at which time his son Edward was a youth of eleven years. For two years the family resided on a stock ranch near Salem, Oregon, and subsequently removed to Jefferson, that state, where Edward L. Powell completed his more specifically literary education by study in the Jefferson Institute. He then entered upon a course of civil engineering at Portland and when he had qualified for work in that profession was employed on the construction of the railroad from Portland to San Francisco, which is now a part of the Southern Pacific system. On account of ill health, however, he was obliged to abandon his chosen profession and in 1871 settled in Walla Walla. For a short time he was engaged in school-teaching at Milton, then called "Rebel Canon." In the fall of 1871 he removed to Waitsburg, Washington, where for eighteen years he was engaged in merchandising. Here Mr. Powell built the first brick store building in 1881 and he and his family were here at the time of the Nez Perces war and they all were armed with Winchester rifles in anticipation of an attack. It was also due to Mr. Powell that the Waitsburg Times came into existence and this newspaper is still published by his successors. He was connected with the flouring mill business and many of the old-time residents of Spokane were his patrons. In May, 1889, he came to Spokane and subsequently established a retail grocery store in this city, continuing successfully in that line for about seven years, when, in 1896, he became one of the organizers of the Boothe-Powell Company, which was established for the purpose of conducting a wholesale grocery business. In 1900 this firm which had in the meantime taken in other partners, dissolved and was reorganized under the present name of the Powell-Sanders Company, of which Mr. Powell has since been president and treasurer. The undertaking has proved a profitable venture from the beginning and the long experienct And keen sagacity of Mr. Powell have been valuable elements in its prosperity.

Mr. Powell has also been somewhat active and influential in political circles. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has supported the republican party and while residing at Waitsburg was elected to represent his district in the last territorial legislature which, however, never convened, owing to the fact that Washington was admitted as a state. After coming to Spokane he was elected to the general assembly and served in the house in 1891-2. Following his retirement from that position he was called to the highest office within the gift of his fellow townsmen, serving as Spokane's mayor during the j'ears 1893-i, which was the most trying period in its history. The manner in which he handled Coxey's army and the way his administration checked all corruption in the city government was really the initial step in the establishment of good civic government in this city. It seems that nature qualified Mr. Powell for leadership, for he advances to a position of prominence in all of his various connections. While living at Waitsburg he served through the chairs of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows for the state of Washington during the first three sessions and was the third grand master of the state. At that time he was twenty-nine years of age and was the youngest man who had ever occupied this position up to that time. This is the only fraternal organization with which he has become affiliated and he still retains his membership therein. He is likewise a member of the Spokane Club, the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.

On the 5th of December, 1874, at Waitsburg, Washington, Mr. Powell was united in marriage to Miss Dora E. Bruce, a daughter of Perry and Caroline (Mc- Neal) Bruce, of that city. They have five children in the family, as follows: Percy P., general manager of the Powell-Sanders Company; Edward B., an attorney of Spokane; Gerda, the only daughter, who is the wife of James W. Rigsby, of Seattle ; Wayne T., who is engaged in general merchandising at Meda, Washington; and Glen B., who is the youngest in the family. Mr. Powell and his wife reside at No. 1728 First avenue. He is numbered among the builders of Spokane, having been an active factor in business circles here since the time of the great fire, and his labors, intelligently directed, have constituted a factor in Spokane's commercial activity. His memory compasses the period of pioneer development in the northwest and he is a zealous and enthusiastic advocate of this section of the country which he has helped to upbuild and which has rewarded his interests and devotion by substantial success.

Gus Meese

Gus Meese, sole proprietor of the firm of G. !Meese & Company and owner of the Washington Broom Factory, was born in San Francisco, California, May 30, 1862, and was one of a family of five sons and a daughter, whose parents were Hermann and Margaretha (Waldman) Meese, both of whom were natives of Germany. The mother died about 1881, but the father is now living in Oakland. California. He was one of the pioneers who crossed the plains in ISiO to the gold fields and was connected with the early development of the sugar and the wine industry in that state. He was connected with Claus Spreckels in the sugar refinery business and later was president of the Bay Sugar Refinery. He was also president of the United Anaheim Wine Growers' Association and was the owner of large vineyards in southern California. He has watched almost the entire development of that state and in its material progress has taken an active and helpful part. The four brothers of Gus Meese are: Constant, of Oakland, California, who is president of the Meese & Gottfried Company, handling transmitting power machinery, their main house being in San Francisco, with branches in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and Spokane ; Edwin, who is city treasurer of Oakland ; Walter, who is engaged in the hardware business there; and Adolph, secretary of the E. C. Hughes Company, printers of San Francisco. The only sister, Emma, is the wife of J. C. H. Stut, of Oakland.

Gus Meese is the only member of the family who has left California to identify his interests with the Inland Empire. He was educated in the public and high schools of San Francisco and the Commercial College in Oakland. For a time he engaged in the printing business in the former city, following it for six months, or until he was graduated from the Commercial College. He then accepted the position of bookkeeper with the firm of Meyer Brothers & Company, wholesale grocers of San Francisco, but left there in Januarj-, 1885, and took a position as head bookkeeper and creditman with L. Feldman & Company, of Portland, Oregon, conducting a wholesale business in woodenware and brooms. He continued with that house until January 1, 1893, after which he came to Spokane and established business on his own account on South Post street in connection with W. H. Golder, under the firm name of Meese & Golder. For two years he continued at that location, conducting a wholesale business in wooden and willowware and in the manufacture of brooms. He then removed to the Bump block and in the fall of 1895 purchased the interest of the partner and continued the business under the firm style of G. Meese & Company, operating the broom factory under the name of the Washington Broom Factory. In 1900, owing to the large increase in his business, it was necessary' that he have trackage to facilitate shipments and he purchased the property at the corner of Oak street and Sinto avenue, formerly the Spokane Soap Works. At that time there was a two-story frame building there with side wings. In May, 190-i, however, the place was destroyed by fire and in the fall of that year he erected a three-story brick building with basement, fifty by fifty feet, and removed what was left of the old building to another part of the lot, where it is used as a warehouse. The Washington Broom Factory has a very large local trade and its output is growing steadily. Fifty dozen brooms are turned out daily by the G. Meese & Company and this is one of the Spokane industries which is able to compete with the eastern manufacturers and sell the highest grade of its products as cheap as they can be sold anywhere. They find their only competition in prison-made goods. When the factory started, the output was two dozen daily, and something of the growth of the industry is indicated in the fact that the daily output is now six hundred fullsize brooms and many whisk brooms per day. About a year ago the factory was equipped with new machinery, all of which is operated by electricity. A large warehouse is maintained in connection and among the employes are eighteen men who are heads of families, while the monthly payroll amounts to fifteen hundred dollars. The goods are sold as far east as Butte and Anaconda, Montana, one hundred miles to the north into British Columbia, south to Palouse and Camas Prairie, and west to

Wenatchee and North Yakima. The output of the factory for 1911 was ten per cent more than in 1910 and the business is still growing along substantial lines.

On the 28th of April, 1885, in Oakland, California, Mr. Meese was united in marriage to Miss Martha Tum Suden, a daughter of Henry Tum Suden, a pioneer of California, engaged in the grocery business in Oakland. The children are: Regina; Gustav, who is a student in Whitman College; and Albert, who is with his father in business. Mr. Meese belongs to the Spokane Lodge of Elks, No. 228, to Red Cross Lodge, No. 28, K. P., and is now president of the board of trustees as also master of work. He has the honor of being the oldest grand lodge representative in this domain, having been elected to the position for fourteen consecutive years. He is also connected with the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan, in which he is imperial officer, chairman of the imperial board of trustees and master of ceremonies in the local temple. He likewise belongs to the Spokane Turn Verein, is a life member of the Inland Club, belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and was one of the board of managers of the 150,000 Club. He served as one of the commissioners to the Alaska- Yukon Exposition at Seattle and is an active factor in the support of all the various projects and movements which tend to promote the welfare and progress of the city and the northwest. His political allegiance is given to the republican party but he is not an aspirant for office, preferring that his public duties shall be done in the capacity of a private citizen rather than as an office holder. Throughout his life he has largely concentrated his time and energies upon his business affairs and the result is such as would be pleasing to any one. Along the legitimate lines of trade he has developed an important enterprise that is bringing him substantial success and as the years go by, his prosperity is continually increasing.

Judge J. D. Hinkle

Judge J. D. Hinkle, judge of the superior court, now sitting in Department No. 1, was born December 30, 1855, in Edwards county, Illinois. His father, Jacob Hinkle, a native of North Carolina, is now living retired in Mattoon, Illinois. The family is of German origin but ancestors of Judge Hinkle were residents of America as early as 1717, and representatives of the name played valorous parts in the struggle for national independence. Jacob Hinkle was united in marriage to Clara Glick, who was born in Pennsylvania, was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent and died in 1885. Their children were: J. D.; George E., also a resident of Spokane; Mrs. Emma McDowell, of this city; and Mary J. Boyle and Lucy Boyle, both of Mattoon, Illinois. After pursuing his education in the common and high schools of his native county. Judge Hinkle took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in Kansas in 1871. He entered upon active practice of the profession in Independence, that state, and remained there for ten years, his constantly increasing professional duties adding much to his experience and ability. In 1876 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Montgomery county and served for two terms, or until 1880. He left Kansas in 1883 and removed to Buffalo, Wyoming, where he continued in the practice of law and also served as prosecuting attorney for one term, having been elected in

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1887. On his retirement from office he came to Spokane and here took up the active work of the profession with S. G. Allen as partner, under the firm name of Allen & Hinkle. He was not long in demonstrating his ability to successfull.v cope with involved and intricate problems of the law and was soon accorded a liberal clientele which connected him with much important litigation tried in the courts of the district. He practiced in a private capacity until 1894, since which time he has continuously been in office. He has served in a number of positions of trust and responsibility, having been a member of the board of education, a member of the city council and afterward police judge. The excellent record which he made upon the municipal bench indicated his fitness for higher judicial honors, and in 1908 he was elected judge of the superior court for a four years' term, sitting in Department No. 1, which was created by the constitution of the state. He was presiding judge for two years and is now in the common law department. His decisions are strictly fair and impartial, being based upon the facts and the evidence in the case and the principles applicable thereto.

On the 21st of November, 1882, in Kansas, Judge Hinkle was united in marriage to Miss Ida M. Davis, and they have one daughter, Marjorie Hinkle. The Judge and his wife are members of the Congregational church and are prominent socially in the city of their residence. He is well known in fraternal circles, having taken the degrees of the York and Scottish Rites in Masonry and in the York Rite he has passed all of the chairs and is now treasurer of the commandery. He is likewise a member of the Mystic Shrine. He holds membership with Spokane Lodge of Elks, No. 228, is an Eagle and is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The social traits of his nature make him popular and his constantly developing intellectuality and ability have placed him not only high in his profession but have also made him the valued friend and companion of the most prominent and able residents of his city.

Alfred Coolidge

Alfred Coolidge, a capitalist of Spokane, is officially and financially interested in various important corporations but is not active in the management of any at the present time. He was for several years president of the Traders National Bank and still maintains his office there. His birth occurred at Silverton, Oregon, September 9, 1859, his parents being Ai and Frances (Allen) Coolidge, who came from Ohio and settled in Oregon in 1851. The father there engaged in farming and also took up milling and merchandising, conducting a general store.

Alfred Coolidge, who was one of a family of four children, was educated in the public schools of Silverton and in the State University at Eugene, Oregon, from which he was graduated with the class of 1880. He at once entered the banking business, forming a partnership with Adolphus F. McClaine, who is now president of the Traders National Bank, the firm name of Coolidge & McClaine being adopted. From that time to the present Mr. Coolidge has been closely and prominently associated with financial interests in the northwest. Two years after the organization of the banking firm of Coolidge & McClaine, he went to Colfax, Whitman county, Washington, where he organized the Colfax National Bank, of which he has since served as president. His financial institutions and operations have played a large part in the growth and development of Whitman county and his business interests have also constituted an important element in the growth and advancement of this section of the country. In 190i he came to Spokane and accepted the presidency of the Traders National Bank, continuing in that position until 1907, when he resigned. At present he is chairman of the financial board. His business connections extend to various other corporations and interests and he is now president of the Colfax National Bank, president of the Bank of Farmington, president of the First Savings & Trust Bank of Whitman county, vice president of the Bank of Tekoa and vice president of the Commercial State Bank of Oakesdale, Washington.

On the 28th of May, 1883, Mr. Coolidge was united in marriage to Miss Emma Scriber, a daughter of Charles Scriber, of Salem, Oregon, and they now have three children: Dolph, Max and Emma. The family is prominent socially and their own home is the abode of warm-hearted and gracious hospitality. Mr. Coolidge is identified with several fraternal orders, including the Knights of Pythias of Spokane, the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Colfax. He belongs also to the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He has never held office nor aspired to political honors, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs and private interests. There is no man in Spokane who occupies a more enviable position in business and financial circles than Alfred Coolidge, not alone by reason of the success he has achieved but also owing to the straightforward business policy he has followed.

James Calvin Cunningham

James Calvin Cunningham was one of the first to engage in practical irrigation in the Spokane valley and in this as in other fields of labor he has contributed in large measure to the substantial development and progress of this section of the country. His name has figured prominently in financial circles for a long period and he is now vice president and manager of what was originally the Union Trust & Savings Bank of Spokane and is now the Union Trust & Savings Bank. He was born in Prince Edward county, Ontario, Canada, on the 10th of March, 1864, a son of James Robert Cunningham. The public schools of his native land afforded him his early educational privileges and following the removal of the family to South Dakota in 1881 he attended the Dakota Agricultural College of Brookings. In the meantime, however, he had made his initial step in the business world as an employe in a mercantile house in Chicago and while pursuing his college course his summer months were devoted to teaching, examination having won for him a first-grade certificate. Thinking to take up the profession of law as a life work he became a student in the office and under the direction of Judge Glass, of Watertown, South Dakota, and while thus studying he also occupied a position in the county treasurer's office of Hamlin county.

Attracted by the rapidly growing west, Mr. Cunningham came to Spokane in 1889 and opened a real-estate and insurance office. In that field he gradually worked his way upward, becoming recognized as one of the leading insurance men of the northwest. From 1897 until 1906 he acted as special agent and adjuster for several American fire insurance companies, his territory including the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana. Throughout that period he traveled extensively in these states and it would be difficult to find one more familiar with the country, its present conditions and its future possibilities than he. Seeing opportunity for judicious investments he became interested in farm lands in eastern Washington and northern Idaho and in order to handle his property to better advantage organized a company in 1906 which has since operated under the name of the Cunningham Realty Company. He took up the study of irrigation and was one of the first to introduce practical irrigating methods into the Spokane valley. He saw the rich resources of the country and became a most active factor in the development of the northwest, his labors proving of great benefit to the district as well as a source of substantial revenue to himself. In 1903 he organized the Valley Improvement Company which purchased and put under irrigation large tracts of land in the Spokane valley. On the organization of the company ]\Ir. Cunningham became its president and still continues as its chief executive officer. His labors in that field were so successful that he further extended his efforts by purchasing the controlling interest in and reorganizing the Spokane Valley Land & Water Company in igo^. As its president he remained at the head of its affairs for some time but eventually disposed of his interests to D. C. Corbin. He had continued in the insurance field until 1906, when he severed all connection with that business and assisted in organizing the Union Trust Company of Spokane (later the Union Trust & Savings Bank), of which he was elected seeretar_vtreasurer and manager. He served in that capacity for five years and at the annual meeting in 1912 he was elected vice president and manager of the bank and a member jof the executive committee. Thus he is closely associated with the financial interests of the city. In 1905 he had established the Trustee Company of Spokane and was its president until he took up the duties of the Union Trust Company. His connection with the former concern still continues in the capacity of director. In 1907 he became the organizer of the Spokane Title Company, of which he has continuously served as president. His financial activities have not been confined to Spokane for he became one of the promoters of the Connell National Bank of Connell, Washington, and was equally instrumental in organizing the Okanogan State Bank of Riverside, Washington, of both of which he is still a director. He has been a director of the Fidelity National Bank of Spokane for a number of years and is a stockholder of the Union Securities Company of this city and in the Reardan Exchange Bank of Reardan, Washington. He finds ready solution for intricate financial problems and his ability to coordinate forces into a unified and harmonious whole has been one of the potent elements in his success.

Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Cunningham was married in Brookings, South Dakota, in 1889, to Miss Sarah A. Haber, a daughter of Jacob Haber, and unto them have been born five children but the eldest, Ila W., died in July, 1908, at the age of eighteen years, and a little daughter died in infancy. Those still living are James Russel, Dorothy Helen and Robert Weslev.

Mr. Cunningham and his family attend the First Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served as secretary of the board of trustees for sixteen years. He is also one of the trustees of the Deaconess Pension Fund Society, a national organization established in July, 1909. He cooperates in various projects for the growth of the church and the expansion of its work and in this as in business fields his labors are practical and resultant. He became one of the organizers and procured the charter for the Maria Beard Deaconess Home and Hospital and is president of its board of trustees. His hearty sympathy with all projects and measures for the moral uplift of mankind has been manifest in many tangible ways. He became one of the founders of the Yomig Men's Christian Association, assisted in erecting its building in Spokane, is now serving on its board of directors and is chairman of its finance committee. He has been equally loyal to the cause of public education and served for a number of years on the school board of Spokane.

During his early residence in Washington 'Mr. Cunningham was a member of the Washington National Guard, and during the Spanish-American war he reenlisted as a member of Company L of the United States Volunteers. His fraternal relations are with Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F.; Oriental Lodge, No. T-t, F. & A. M., in which he holds a life membership; Spokane Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M.; Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T.; Oriental Consistory, No. 2; and El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Spokane University and Country Clubs. In 1910 he was elected one of the trustees of the Spokane Interstate Fair and at all times he readily cooperates in the projects for the development and upbuilding of the northwest. He enters into any work with contagious enthusiasm and zeal and never stops short of the successful accomplishment of his object. In no sense a man in public life, he has nevertheless exerted an immeasurable influence on the city of his residence; in business circles as a financier and promoter of extensive industrial, commercial and financial interests ; in social circles by reason of his charming personality and unfeigned cordiality; in citizenship by reason of his public-spirited devotion to the general good as well as his comprehensive understanding of the questions affecting state and national welfare ; and in those departments of activity which ameliorate hard conditions of life for the unfortunate by his benevolence and his liberality.

Wade W. Gifford

Wade W. Gifford, connected with the mining interests of the northwest, and making his home in Spokane, is a native son of this section of the country and is imbued with the enterprising, progressive spirit that has ever been characteristic of Washington's development. His birth occurred at Pullman, December 31, 1887, his parents being W. J. and Carrie J. (Bentley) Gifford, both of whom were natives of Michigan. They now reside in Spokane, Mr. Gifford having come to Washington in 1886. For a time he engaged in agricultural pursuits at Pullman and is now interested in the Hydraulic Placer Company. Unto him and his wife were born two sons and a daughter. Wade W., Roy D. and Cecil.

The first named pursued his education in the public schools of Spokane, passing through consecutive grades until he entered the high school. He also pursued a business course and was graduated in 1907. His first situation was that of bookkeeper and secretary for the Milwaukee Land Company, the Northern

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Pacific Railway, A. L. White and the Spokane Washington Improvement Company. In the meantime his attention was directed to mining interests, and forming a partnership with C. W". Butterfield, he purchased the Princess Republic Mine on bond. Their interests were incorporated, with C. W. Butterfield as president; Mr. Gifl'ord as secretary and treasurer; and John M. Lloyd, of Colfax, as vice president. The mine is fully equipped and developed, and shipment is about to be made. There is a shaft of six hundred and twenty-five feet in depth and drifts from the shaft at intervals of one hundred feet, totaling over two thousand feet in all. It carries a sulphite ore of gold and silver values, and the assay runs very high. They have two claims, the Princess Maude and the Dude. Mr. Gifford is also interested in the Hj'draulic Placer Company, Inc., owning property on the Salmon river in Idaho, which company has been working a crew of ten men since the 1st of June, 1911, so that the mine is now ready for operation on a large scale. They have one hundred and fortj^ acres, comprising seven claims, with a four-mile flume and a ditch line, representing an expenditure of over fifty thousand dollars. They have a fall of one hundred and fifty feet head water and indications are favorable for successful operation and development. Of this company C. W. Butterfield is the president; E. M. Bates, vice president; Wade W. Gifford, secretary and treasurer; and H. Foster, superintendent. They have facilities for operating a large yardage at a conservative valuation of fifty cents per yard. Black sand is plentiful and the average is one hundred dollars per ton. Mr. Gifford is secretary of the Mining Men's Club and although one of the younger business men of Spokane, is becoming widely known in mining circles in the northwest, because of the extent and importance of his relations and the methods employed. Both the Princess Republic and the Hydraulic Placer Company are doing an excellent business and there is every indication that success in large measure will be theirs in the future.

Samuel C. Woodruff

A resident of the state of Washington since 1865 Samuel C. Woodruff, superintendent of the State School for the Feeble-minded at Medical Lake, has been closely identified with the upbuilding and growth of this section of the west, having been very influential in directing the attention of the nation to the natural advantages of our great northwest thus attracting mam^ settlers and inducing capitalists to invest in this locality. He was born in Hong Kong, China, September 20, 1858, and was a son of Samuel C. and Martha (Crosby) Woodruff, his father dying when he was a lad of seven. The grandparents were among tlie early settlers in Oregon, where Captain Crosby had a warehouse on a site how included in the big wholesale district of Portland, while the Woodruffs were among the first white people in Japan after that country threw its doors open to the people of other nations. The father of the subject of this review ran the first line of steam packets between Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Samuel C. Woodruff obtained his education in the public schools of Wasliington and attended a private academy at Olympia, Washington, until fifteen years of age. During the following five j-ears he was assistant postmaster at Olj'mpia and he learned the printer's trade, securing employment on the Washington Standard at Olympia for the next three years. He then entered mercantile lines and conducted a stationery and book store at Olympia for three years and at Seattle for two years. Being appointed steward and accountant for the Western Washington Hospital for the Insane he removed to Fort Steilacoom, Washington, where the asylum was located, and for the following six years served in this capacity acting also as secretary of the board. At the end of that time he resigned and returned to Olympia in order to look after his various interests there. He remained there seven years being interested in numerous business enterprises, principally in real estate, the car company, a hotel and several other corporations. Then he resided in Spokane for a while and also in Seattle, where he was varioush^ engaged in promoting commercial undertakings. Again appointed to his former position in the Western Washington Hospital for the Insane he returned to Fort Steilacoom, where he remained four years, leaving this for a ranch near Seattle on which he resided a year and a half when he was appointed to his present position of superintendent of the State School for the Feeble-minded at Medical Lake, Washington. He was financialljf interested in the Capital National Bank of Olympia, of which he was a director for mam^ years. Not afraid to take a business hazard he has met with triumphs and defeats but has always remained hopeful watching the country about him grow and develop until it has become a veritable land of promise for those who long ago saw its possibilities and were willing to make immediate sacrifices for the future rewards which have been theirs. In 1895, at Olympia, Washington, Mr. Woodruff married Miss Edith Burntrager, a daughter of George H. and Mary Burntrager. One daughter, now deceased, was born of this union. In his fraternal relations Mr. Woodruff is associated with the Elks, being a past exalted ruler and life member in this order. Politically he votes with the republicans and for two years was the president of the school board at Olympia, Washington. Having lived in this territory practically all his life, he possesses the true western spirit of intense loj'alty to his section of the country and an infectious enthusiasm for its man_y advantages.

J. Cleveland Haas

In the great and undeveloped country of the northwest there have come many men whose superior educational training have enabled them to recognize the opportunities and advantages of this section and utilize the natural resources as factors in the development of the country and in the attainment of success. To this class belongs J. Cleveland Haas, and his work in connection with mining interests has made him widely known throughout this section of the country. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 2, 1870, a son of David and Theresa (Cone) Haas, both of whom were natives of Austria-Hungary. Following his arrival in America David Haas became a prominent citizen of Houghton county, Michigan, the state of his adoption, filling a number of county offices there and taking an active part in molding public opinion. For a long period he was engaged in merchandising but retired about ten years prior to his death and resided in Cleveland at the time of his demise, which occurred in 1906. His widow is still living; in that city. In their family were nine sons and three daughters, the latter all residents of the east. One son, Nathan Haas, was a mining engineer and lost his life, being drowned in Porcupine Lake, Ontario, while trying to escape from the forest fires in July, 1911.

In the common and high schools of Houghton, Michigan, J. Cleveland Hass pursued his early education and afterward attended the Michigan College of Mines, thus gaining comprehensive and scientific knowledge that has proven of inestimable value and benefit to him during the period of his residence in the northwest. Immediately after leaving the high school he conducted a newspaper called the Houghton Press, but abandoned that undertaking after two years. It was subsequent to that period that he entered the College of Klines, from which he was graduated in 1890 with the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Engineer of Mines. He later engaged in professional work in northern Michigan in the copper and iron districts and came west on the 1st of January, 1893, making his way to the coast. In March, however, he returned as far as Spokane and then spent the ensuing summer in prospecting in British Columbia in connection with Bruce White. The year 189-t was passed in the boundary district of British Columbia and he opened an assay office in Midway, British Columbia, which was the first in the district. He spent most of his time in British Columba in mining work, development, operation and in following his profession until 1900, being largely in the boundary and Trail creek (Rossland) districts. In 1900 he opened an office in Spokane and engaged in general practice as a mining engineer and consulting engineer, in which field he has since continued with eminent success, examining and reporting on mines. He has made reports on mines all over the United States and British Columbia. He did some of the first work at Phoenix on the Granby property before the Granby people got hold of it, and he probably did as much as any one in opening up the Boundary district. His reports were used in inducing the Canadian Pacific to build a line there from Trail. He has spent much time in the Coeur d'Alenes and at the present time is interested in a number of properties in British Columbia. He has also made investments in the Humboldt Consolidated Gold Mines in Mormon Basin, Oregon, and is consulting engineer for the company which has been incorporated with W. H. Turner, of Spokane, as president; Fred R. Mellis, of Baker City, Oregon, as vice-president; James A. Howard, of Baker City, as secretary ; William Bowers, of Baker City, as treasurer; and J. C. Haas, as consulting engineer. This is a free gold proposition, having large bodies of good grade milling ore and rich shipping ore developed to a depth of three hundred feet, and fifty thousand dollars has been produced in a little mill during development work. They have a ten-stamp mill which will be increased to twenty-stamps. There is a full equipment of buildings and machinery and the work is now in condition to carry on the development rapidly. Mr. Haas is also interested in the Golconda mine in Sumpter, Oregon, doing development work, and he has a number of mining interests in the Boundary district of British Columbia.

On the 11th of July, 1904, at Tacoma, J. Cleveland Haas was united in marriage to Miss Constance M. Schroder, a daughter of J. Schroder, a contractor and builder of Seattle. The only child of this marriage is Donald C, who is six years of age. Mr. Haas is not only prominent and influential in mining but also in social circles. He was made a Mason at Houghton, Michigan, is a member of the

Knights of Pythias fraternity, belongs to the Inland Club, the Tovm and Country Club, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. That his ability is recognized in scientific circles is indicated by his election to membership in the American Institute of Mining Engineers and the Canadian Mining Institute. He is counselor for the state of Washington of the western branch of the Canadian Institute; is a member of the American Mining Congress; and the National Geographic Society of Washington, D. C. His scientific knowledge and long experience have made him an important factor in development work in the northwest, his labors constituting an important element in general progress and prosperity so that he may well be termed one of the builders of this section of the country.

Marion F. Setters displayed the elemental strength of his character in his efforts to obtain an education and the same spirit of determination and laudable ambition have characterized him in his later life work, bringing him to a creditable position as a representative of the medical profession in Spokane, wliere since the 1st of January, 1902, he has successfully practiced as a physician and surgeon. He was born at Milan, Missouri, June 5, 1870, his parents being Rev. Peter and Ellen E. (Warren) Setters. His father was a minister of the Baptist church and on coming to Washington in 1879 settled near Reardan, in Lincoln county, where he divided his time between preaching the gospel and farming, thus spending his remaining days. He died in 1905 and is still survived by his wife. Their family numbered five sons and four daughters.

Marion F. Setters was but nine years of age when the family arrived in the northwest and in the public schools of Lincoln county he acquired his early education, after which, at the age of eighteen years, he began teaching in order to pay his way through a business college in Spokane. His more specifically literary education was acquired in the Cheney Normal School at Cheney, Washington, and then, having determined upon the practice of medicine as his life work, he began studying in the medical department of the University of Denver at Denver, Colorado, where he was graduated with the class of 1897. Returning at once to this state, he passed the examination with the highest average an applicant ever received before the examining board. Opening an office in Harrington, he there remained in successful practice for six years. In the meantime he remained a close student of the best medical literature and also pursued post-graduate courses in the Chicago and New York Polyclinics. Seeking a broader field of labor, he came to Spokane on the 1st of January, 1902, and entered into partnership with Dr. J. G. Cunningham, with whom he was associated for five years, since which time he has practiced alone. He does not specialize in any particular field but continues in the general practice of medicine and is a trusted family physician in many of the best households. His duties are ever performed with a sense of conscientious obligation and with strict adherence to the highest professional ethics.

Dr. Setters is well known in fraternal circles of Spokane, holding membership in Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, while of Im- perial Lodge, No. 13J., I. O. O. F., he is a past grand. He has never taken active part in politics or held public office, preferring to give undivided attention to his professional duties. He is medical director of the Western Casualty Company and in addition has an extensive private practice, which is the merited recognition of his broad learning, ability and untiring devotion to his profession.

Phil T. Becher

The rapid growth of the northwest has furnished a fruitful field of labor for the real-estate man and in turn he has been an active factor in the development, settlement and progress of this section of the country through the exploitation of its interests and its resources. Prominent in real-estate circles in Spokane is Phil T. Becher of the firm of Becher & Thompson, Inc. He was born at Meerut, East India, December 16, 1857, a son of General Septimus and Augusta E. Becher. The father, an officer in the Bengal Staff Regiment, was a member of the British army for fifty-five years and served in the Sepoy and Mutiny wars in India. He reached the very remarkable old age of ninety-two years and his wife died at the age of seventy-nine. The surviving brother of our subject is Robert A. Becher, who is now a mining engineer and British consul at Burmah, India, while the sister, Margaret S. Becher, resides in London.

Phil T. Becher, in the acquirement of his education, attended successively Rugby school of England, the Polytechnic College of Dresden, Germany, and a college in Geneva, Switzerland. He speaks both French and German and his linguistic power has been of considerable assistance to him in his profession. He entered business circles as foreign correspondent for the Hudson's Bav Company in their home offices in London but thinking that the opportunities of the new world were superior to the business advantages of the old, he crossed the Atlantic in 1876 and took up his abode in San Francisco, California. For a period he devoted his attention to the insurance business in that city, after which he became proprietor of a ranch. Settlement in the '80s turned to the northwestern portion of the country and in November, 1882, Mr. Becher came to Spokane, taking up his abode on Peon Prairie, where he developed and improved a ranch. The following year he homsteaded a claim about sixteen miles north of Spokane on what is now known as Becher's Prairie, having been thus named in his honor. He withdrew from active connection with agricultural interests, however, in 1887 and took up his abode in the city, where he opened a real-estate and insurance office. Splendid success has attended his efforts throughout the intervening period and the records sustain his claim that between 1889 and 1900 he sold more land than any other man in the state of Washington. He has made it his purpose to keep thoroughly informed concerning realty values, has studied the real-estate market and has foreseen the possible rise or diminution in prices and has so placed investments that his labors have brought substantial rewards. In 190t he formed a partnership -svith D. M. Thompson and incorporated the business under the present firm style of Becher & Thompson. In 1909 he became one of the organizers of the Spokane Irrigated Land Company, of which he is the treasurer, and to- gather these two companies have brought more than five thousand settlers to the Spokane valley. Among the tracts which they have opened are those known as Greenacres, East Greenacres^ Opportunity, Otis Orchards, East Farms, West Farms and Pasadena.

Mr. Becher has been married twice. At Chico, California, on the 14th of February, 1880, he wedded Ruth Brison, who died in Spokane in 1895, leaving five children: Ethel I., Percy C, Harry P., Margaret A. and Elizabeth R. On the 3d of June, 1896, Mr. Becher was again married, his second union being with !Mrs. Annie B. Junken, of this city. Mr. Becher belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also holds membership with the United Artisans. He has never sought nor desired public office nor taken an active part in politics, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, which have constantly grown in volume and importance. The work which he has done for the Spokane valley, while bringing direct remuneration to himself, has also been of the utmost possible worth in the development of this section ; and when the history of the northwest shall be fully written, substantial credit must be given to Phil T. Becher for the important part which he has played in making known to the country the vast resources of the northwest and promoting its upbuilding through his real-estate operations.

Frank Joseph Dorsey

I'rank Joseph Dorsey, who has been connected with the insurance business in Spokane for eleven years, is the capable superintendent of agencies of the New World Life Insurance Company, whose offices are in the Old National Bank building. His birth occurred in Seaforth, Huron county, Ontario, on the 9th of July, 1856, his parents being Mathew and Anna (Ryan) Dorsey, whose deaths occurred in 187T and 1888 respectively. The parents were among the early settlers of Huron county. Ontario, having emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1844.

Frank J. Dorsey received his education in the public schools of Seaforth, Ontario, until he was twelve years of age. During this time he had also assisted his father on the home farm and for three years after laying aside his text-books permanently, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. Subsequently he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for five years, three of which were spent in apprenticeship. After working as a contractor in Seaforth for a short time he was employed as a brakeman on the Grand Trunk Railroad until 1881, when he resigned to accept a position at Winnipeg at the time the Canadian Pacific was being built. For three months he served as brakeman near Winnipeg, when he was promoted to conductor and his was the first overland train from Winnipeg to the coast on the Canadian Pacific road. He was connected with this company until 1891, when he engaged in the tent and awning business in Winnipeg with Messrs. Hope & Company and for two years was thus occupied before entering upon the horsebreeding business for a short period. After this he came to the United States and located in Minneapolis, where he became identified with the Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad as conductor. He remained in their employ until 1898, when he came to Spokane and entered the employ of the Spokane Falls & Northern Rail- road as freight and passenger conductor. Later he acted as train master luitil 1901, when he resigned to accept a position in the insurance business with the Equitable Life Assurance Society. In 1905, however, he severed his connections with this company and until the 5th of August, 1911, was employed by various insurance companies in this city. At that time he accepted the position of superintendent of agencies for the New World Life Insurance Company, ^vith which concern he has since been identified. He built Recreation park and in 1905 and 1906 was manager of the Spokane baseball team.

Mr. Dorsey married Christine McKay, a daughter of Captain William S. and Catherine McKay. Their marriage occurred on the 9th of January, 1883, at Goderich, Ontario, and to them six children have been born: William, who is married to Georgia Green, a daughter of e.x-Congressman Green, of Nebraska; Frances C, who married Dr. Harry T. Graves; Lillian C, who is residing at home; Loreine Claire, who is a student of the Spokane high school; Frederick, who is attending Gonzaga College; and Lewis D., whose death occurred as the result of an accident in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In politics Mr. Dorsey is independent and in religious faith is a member of St. Aloysius Catholic church. In fraternal relations he has attained the fourth degree, in the Knights of Columbus and at present is grand knight of Spokane Council, No. 683. He is also state deputy for the Knights of Columbus in Washington. Since 1896 he has been a member of the Elks and in 1910 he was esquire in the Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. The insurance circles have been greatly benefited by the intelligent work and enthusiastic attitude of Mr. Dorsey and the New World Life Insurance Company realizes that much of its success and of its constant growth is due to the able work of its suiDcrintendent of agencies.

Winfred S. Gilbert

Among the practitioners at the Spokane bar whose thorough understanding of the law has gained a desirable clientele, is numbered Winfred S. Gilbert, now practicing as a member of the firm of Hamblen & Gilbert. He was born at De Ruyter, New York, December 7, 1877, his parents being Frederick W. and Adelaide S. (Sutton) Gilbert. The father, widely known in railway circles, came to Spokane with his family in 1891 as division superintendent for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in charge of the Idaho division, with headquarters in this city. His position naturally gave him much to do with the upbuilding of the city and he willingly and eagerly availed himself of every opportunity to promote its interests and progress. His worth as a representative of the road was also acknowledged in promotion and at the time of his death, in 1909, he had become general superintendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, with headquarters at St. Paul. Minnesota. His widow, !Mrs. Gilbert, now resides in Spokane, where her two sons, William A. and Winfred S., are engaged in the practice of law. The two daughters are: Frances G., the wife of L. R. Hamblen, partner of her brother Winfred; and Olive G., the wife of Henry A. Yeomans. of Belmont, Massachusetts.

In the public schools of Spokane, Winfred S. Gilbert pursued his studies and afterward attended the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in

1899 with the LL. B. degree. He at once returned to Spokane entering the practice of the law. After practicing alone for four years, he became a partner of the law firm of Hamblen, Lund & Gilbert, which association was continued until the withdrawal of Mr. Lund on the 1st of January, 1909. Since that time the partnership has been maintained under its present form. The firm has a large practice, connecting them with much of the important litigation tried in the courts of the district. His prominence in local professional circles is indicated by the fact that the Spokane Bar Association has honored him with election to its vice presidency, in which position he is now serving.

On the 15th of December, 1903, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Gilbert and Miss Edna M. Smith, a daughter of Levi and Helen Smith, of this city, and they have four children: Adelaide, Harriette, Elizabeth and Frances. The family attend All Saints Episcopal cathedral and are well known socially in the city. They have an attractive home at No. 227 Ninth avenue, which Mr. Gilbert erected in 1904. He belongs to the Spokane Club and is prominent in republican circles, although he has never held nor desired office. For a time he was president of the Spokane County Republican Club. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend and he served as a member of the school board in 1908-9. He is now vice president of the Young Men's Christian Association and has been a member of its board of directors for the past decade. He took a very active and helpful part in raising the fund for the new building which was erected in 1905 and is in thorough sympathy with the purposes of the organization for the best development - physical, mental and moral - of the boys and young men of the city. His influence is always on the side of right and progress and his position upon any vital question is never an equivocal one.

Glenn B. Derbyshire

On the roster of officials of Spokane county appears the name of Glenn B. Derbyshire, who is now serving as county clerk, having been elected to that position on the 8th of November, 1910. Moreover, he is widely known throughout the state as a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and through business associations, too, he has gained a wide acquaintance. His birth occurred near Adrian, Michigan, January 12, 187i. His father, William Derbyshire, a native of Onondaga county. New York, was connected with the secret service at the time of the Civil war. He became one of the pioneer residents of Michigan, settling about sixteen miles from Adrian, in 1845. In the upbuilding of his part of the state he took an active and helpful interest and at one time served as tax collector in Lenawee county. His occupation was that of farming and through the careful and systematic cultivation of the fields he provided a comfortable living for his family. He married Maria Newitt, a native of Syracuse, New York, who still resides on the old homestead in Michigan but Mr. Derbyshire passed away in March, 1908. They were the parents of four sons, the brothers of Glenn B. Derbyshire being: Daniel Z., who is employed in a factory at Adrian, Michigan; William N., who is engaged in the clothing business at Hudson, Michigan; and Paul M., who is cultivating the old homestead farm. There are also two half- sisters: Mrs. Harriet Pratt, a widow, who is now living with the mother; and Mrs. Orilla Babcock, residing on a farm near the old home place.

Glenn B. Derbj'shire acquired his education in the public and high schools of Addison, Michigan, and in Hudson Business College, completing a course there in the fall of 1894. Thinking to enter upon the practice of law, he became a student in the law office and under the direction of the firm of Bird & Wood, attorneys at Adrian, the senior partner becoming afterward attorney general of Michigan. After reading law for a year Mr. Derbyshire secured a position mth the Page Woven Wire Fence Company, with which he was connected for six years as bookkeeper. He then became interested in life insurance as district manager of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, having jurisdiction over four ^Michigan counties. Later he was for a time connected with the Adrian State Savings Bank but thinking that the far west offered better business opportunities he severed his connection in his native state and on the 1st of May, 1902, arrived in Spokane, where he became bookkeeper for the lumber manufacturing firm known as the Holland-Horr Mill Company. He was afterward made estimator for the company and so continued with this firm for about seven years. He then turned his attention to the printing business as a partner of the Pacific Printing Company, with which he was connected for two years and subsequently he became interested in the real-estate firm of H. M. Howard & Company.

Since his election to the office of county clerk Mr. Derbyshire has devoted his entire attention to the duties of that position. He was made the democratic candidate and polled a large vote on the 8th of November, 1910. From early manhood he has always taken an active part in politics, has served on election boards, Was a delegate to county conventions in Michigan, and was secretary of the central committee of his county in 1896 during the free silver campaign.

The pleasant home life of Mr. Derbyshire had its beginning in his marriage at Hudson, Indiana, on the 8th of August, 1894, to Miss Anna M. Piatt, a daughter of William Piatt, one of the pioneer settlers of Adrian. Michigan, who is now deceased. Their only child, Naomi, is a student in the Spokane high school.

Mr. Derbysliire has an interesting military record, covering three years' service as a member of Company B, First Infantry Regiment of the Michigan National Guard. He is a well known figure in fraternal circles, being especially prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He joined that organization in Adrian, Michigan, and now holds membership in Mt. Carlton Lodge, No. 103, of Spokane; Unftjue Encampment, No. 32 ; Canton Spokane, No. 2, of the Patriarchs ^Militant ; and Hope Lodge. No. 38, of the Order of Rebekahs. He has been honored with office in these different organizations, being a past grand of Mt. Carlton Lodge, past chief patriarch of Unique Encampment, and past commandant of Canton Spokane No. 2. In 1906 he was representative to the grand lodge of the state of Washington and the same year was made district deputy grand master. He has also been district deputy grand patriarch of the encampment and in the spring of 1910 was deputized by the grand patriarch to institute Abraham Encampment at Newport, Washington. In 1908 he was appointed assistant adjutant general of the Second Brigade Patriarch Militant for the department of Washington and still holds that commission ^v\ih the rank of major. His work in the Odd Fellows society has made him \videly known throughout the order in this state and among its membership he has many warm friends. He is also connected with the Hoc Hoos, his number being 1J,089. He is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 161, Loyal Order of Moose and is a member of the Inland Club. His religious affiliations are denoted by his attendance at the Christian Science church. He never holds narrow nor contracted views of life but maintains the position of a progressive citizen who has faith in the future and is ever willing to cooperate in movements for general progress and improvement.

Joseph R. Roberson

Since his arrival in Spokane on the 2d of June, 1890, Joseph R. Roberson has engaged in the real-estate and mortgage loan business, and the fact that he has operated in this field for twenty-two years is an indication that his labors have been effective forces in the attainment of success. Almost the width of the continent separates him from his birth place, for he was born in Hunterdon county. New Jersey, November 10, 1855. His parents, Thomas and Charlotte (King) Roberson, were also natives of the same county, and the mother died within ten miles of her birth place in June, 1906. She had long survived her husband, who passed away in 1858. He had devoted his life to farming and was of English descent, although the establishment of the family in the United States antedated the Revolutionary war. Following the death of her first husband, Mrs. Roberson became the wife of Thatcher Trimmer, of Hunterdon county. New Jersey. The children of her first marriage are: Joseph R. ; Jeremiah K., who is living in Quakertown, New Jersey; Thomas C, of Everettstown, New Jersey; Fletcher, of Byron, Wisconsin; Margarette, the >vife of Miller T. Hartson, who was at one time postmaster of Spokane but is now living in Tacoma; and Elizabeth K., who is the widow of Sylvester S. Robbins, of Flemington, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, who is now residing in Spokane. There was a son of the second marriage, Newton K. Trimmer, who is now living in Pittstown, New Jersey.

Joseph R. Roberson is indebted to the public schools of western New Jersey for the educational privileges he enjoyed but his opportunities were somewhat limited, owing to the fact that he left home at the age of eleven years to accept a position as farm hand and was thus employed until nineteen years of age. He then entered a general dry-goods store at Clinton, New Jersey, where he remained for a year in the employ of Huffman, Smith & Duckworth. He afterward secured a position in the dry-goods store of H. G. Scudder & Company, at Trenton, New Jersey, with whom he remained for two years, when he removed to Brooklyn, New York, and spent a similar period in the service of the T. j\I. James Dry Goods Company. His next position was with the house of A. T. Stewart & Company, of New York city, with whom he continued for three and a half years, after which he was with James McCreary & Company, prominent dry-goods merchants of the metropolis, for eight and a half years.

Mr. Roberson resigned his position with the latter firm to come to Spokane, leaving New York in May, 1890, and reaching his destination on the 2d of June. He at once opened offices in the Symons block, on the corner of Howard street and Sprague avenue, and engaged in the real-estate and mortgage loan business, and has continued in that business from that day until the present time, occupying the same offices continuously. He has operated along conservative lines and makes his investments largely in property in the neighborhood of Riverside avenue and Howard street, especially in connection with the mortgage loan business. He buys and sells property and owns choice real estate on Second avenue and South Howard streets, together with other properties in different districts of the city. He has built up a nice mortgage loan business, his cUents being principally from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Vermont, although he also represents clients who are living in the middle west. He has been a close student of the real-estate market and its conditions and has therefore been able to make judicious investments which have resulted profitably for himself and those whom he represents.

Joseph R. Roberson was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Elizabeth Gunn, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, on the 24th of July, 1906. They are members of the Emanuel Baptist church, in which he is serving as deacon and in the work of the church they take an active and helpful part. In his political views he is a stalwart republican, interested in securing the best men for office and indorses the progressive policies of this party. His nature is somewhat optimistic but his decisions are always based upon sound judgment resulting from thorough understanding of the situation. He is a believer in the future of Spokane, judging from the tendency of the times and regards it as a city of opportunity. With faith in its possibilities he is laboring earnestly to promote its interests and welfare, and his faith has found justification in what has already been accomplished as evidenced in the growth and improvement of the city and in the substantial fortunes which have here been won. He has himself prospered as the years have gone by, working his way upward to a creditable position among the real-estate representatives in Spokane.

William H. McColough, extensively connected with operations in real estate and president of the Sterling Heights Land Company, has become recognized as one of the prominent business men of Spokane, belonging to that class of representative American citizens who in furthering individual interests also aid general progress. He was born in Nova Scotia, on the 14th of October, 1854, and is a son of James and Mary (Higgins) McColough, the latter having died in 1886.