Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 15 of 23)

William H. McColough received his education in the public scliools of Nova Scotia and after laying aside his text-books, accepted employment in various clerical positions in his native town. Later he served his time as an apprenticed carriage painter and for about a year was engaged in follo^ving that vocation in Nova Scotia before removing to Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1879. In that year he went to Winnipeg and made that city his home until he left for Crookstown. Minnesota, a year later. In Crookstown he engaged in contracting and real estate until 1883, when he removed to Seattle, W^ashington, where he engaged in growing hops. He resided in that city until 1896, the year which witnessed his arrival in Spokane. Here he has followed contracting until 1900. when he assumed the position as agent of this territory for the Ohio Varnish Company. For five years he acted as salesman for this company and for three years following, he held a similar position with the Fisher-Thorson Company, of Portland, Oregon. During these years he became thoroughly acquainted with the territory of this section and also had the opportunity of meeting many of its prominent men. After leaving the employ of the Fisher-Thorson Company he purchased an interest in the Sterling Heights addition and he has since been engaged in the real-estate business, acting as president of the Sterling Heights Land Compan_v. In the real-estate business he has become a prominent factor, handling extensive property interests and promoting many transfers. Through the openings he has received in this line he has used every opportunity to encourage the establishment of industries and the improvement of property, thereby contributing in substantial measure to the city's growth and prosperity. In all connections he has displayed keen business discernment and he has improved every advantage that has come to him for advancement in the business world.

Mr. McColough has been twice married. On the 17th of December, 1879, he was married in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Miss Eva J. Weaver. To this union five children were born, Ina, Ford, Ella, Lizzie and William. Mrs. McColough died July 29, 1906. His second marriage occurred on the 5th of April, 1908, in Spokane, Wasliington, when he was wedded to Mrs. Addie May Oakes, who is a member of the Oakes family which was so largely connected with the silver mines and smelting industries at Nelson, British Columbia. Mr. McColough has always advocated the principles set forth in the policies of the republican party and has been most active in political circles, having at one time received the nomination for state senator. He has earned an unassailable reputation for the integrity of his methods, which are open at all times for investigation, and in his business undertakings he has proven that his foresight in the future expansion and greatness of Spokane was not misplaced.

William S. Thyng

The work of mining in the northwest is in its pioneer stage, with limitless opportunities ahead, and the abilitj' and energj' of many progressive young men are being called forth by the advantages offered in this field. Among Spokane's citizens connected with the task of developing the rich mineral resources of this section of the country is William S. Thyng, now well known as a mining engineer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 30, 1873, the only son of Charles H. and Anna Gould (Fogg) Thyng, the former a native of Exeter, New Hampshire, and the latter of Cleveland, Ohio. The mother was a daughter of William Perry Fogg, who for a considerable period was editor and proprietor of the Cleveland Herald, now the Plain Dealer. Her great-grandfather served with the French in the war of 17.15, known as the French and Indian war. The Fogg family was founded in America by ancestors who came from Exeter, England, and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1636, while subsequently they founded the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. The Thyng family is also of English lineage and was established on American soil when this country was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. Charles H. Thyng is now living in New York, where he is engaged in the publishing business. His wife, however, died in 1894. The only daughter of the family is Mrs. Frederic D. Steele, now living in Nutley, New Jersey.

William S. Thyng was educated in Columbia University, where he graduated with the degree of Engineer of Mines in 1896. During the early period of his professional career he did special work in the Missouri lead mines in St. Francis county and in the IMichigan copper district, being afterward engaged in mine survey work at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. On leaving the east he accepted a position as professor of mining engineering in the Washington State College at Pullman, entering upon his work as instructor in that institution in 1899. Four years were devoted to teaching and on leaving Pullman he came to Spokane, where he has since followed liis profession. He has done expert work in connection with mines throughout the northwest, including British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Nevada. He organized the Roselle Mining Company, which developed the Tungsten mine in Stevens county, Washington, a valuable property now being operated by German parties. On its organization Mr. Thyng became vice president and general manager of the company and is still its secretary. It is located in the Deer Trail camp and has been extensively developed. The mill has a capacity of five hundred tons per month and the ore concentrates 30 to 1. The plant is now running at its full capacity.

Mr. Thyng is also interested in the Pondera Group Alining Company, Incorporated, its headquarters being in North Dakota. They own property on Pend d'Oreille Lake and Mr. Thyng is the consulting engineer. They have copper and gold values in the twenty claims of the group, which are now under development. Mr. Thyng has also made investment in the Lone Star Copper Mining Company, which owns property in the Newjaort district in Stevens county, Washington, which is now under development. He is secretary and engineer of this company and is also consulting engineer for a number of other properties. For some time he has made a specialty of steel hardening metals such as tungsten, vanadium and molybdenum.

On the 10th of September, 1900, Mr. Thyng was married to Miss May Clayton Hume, a daughter of Thomas Hume, of New York, and a representative of a family of English descent that was represented on the Tory side in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Thyng is eligible as a member of the Union Society of the Civil War, He gives his political allegiance to the republican party but is not an active worker in its ranks. His energy and ability have placed him in his present creditable position as a mining engineer. His time has been given almost exclusively to professional duties and allied interests and he has won recognition as one whose knowledge and ability have long since passed the point of mediocrity.

William H. Shields

William H. Shields, city superintendent at Spokane for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, with offices in the Old National Bank building, was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, on the 8th of August, 1865, his parents being John M. and Isabel (Wilson) Shields, who arrived in the northwest in 1888 and were thereafter residents of Spokane until called to their final rest, the father's death occurring in 1893, while the mother, surviving him for about fifteen years, passed away in 1908. In the family were three children, all of whom came to Spokane with their parents, these being as follows: William H., of this review; Thaddeus M., now a resident of Tacoma, Washington; and Callie, who passed away at Spokane in 189i.

Spending his youthful days in liis native state, William H. Shields pursued his education in the public schools of Indiana and Jefferson counties of Pennsylvania and also pursued a partial academic course. He afterward engaged in teaching for several years at Punxsutawney and did good work in the educational field, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. He was a young man of about twenty-three years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to the northwest and after reaching SjMkane he engaged in the real-estate business, both immediately before and after the fire of 1889. In 1891, however, he turned his attention to life insurance and for five years was connected with the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For fifteen years he has been a representative of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and has had charge of their business in Spokane throughout this entire period. He is a man of great personal attraction, genial and cordial, and is one of the most successful insurance representatives in the west. In the year 1910 he made the highest record for the northwest by personally writing more insurance than any other had ever done in this section. He is wide-awake and energetic, and recognizes the fact that in this day of close competition the man who progresses must be alert and watchful of every opportunity. Moreover, he has the ability to present his subject clearly and convincingly, and thus has been enabled to place a large amount of business on the books of the company.

On the 1st of January, 1890, IMr. Shields was united in marriage to Miss Matie McGarey, a native of Brookville, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Enoch and Martha (Campbell) McGarey, of that place. Two children have been born of this union, Joseph M. and Kathleen. Mr. Shields belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in its various projects for the exploitation of the resources of this country and for the improvement and development of the city in many ways. He holds membership with the Rotary Club, but outside of business hours his attention is chiefly given to the work of the First Presbyterian church, in which he holds membership. He is serving as one of its elders and takes an active and helpful interest in the various departments of the church work, putting forth every effort in his power to promote its growth, extend its influence and make it a potent, forceful factor in uplifting mankind, and thus promoting the civilization of the race.

Lars G. Heiberg

Lars G. Heiberg as projirietor of the Chicago Hotel has done much toward keeping hotel service in Spokane up to the high standard that the traveling public now demands. He was born in Norway, March 8, 1861, and his parents. Gulbrand Larsen and Augusta (Ourdal) Heiberg, were also natives of the same country. The father is a retired farmer now living in Spokane but the mother died in 1 889. The brothers and sister of our subject are: Erling and Emil, both living in Spokane: and Marie, the wife of M. Bcrgeson, also of the same city.

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In his youthful da_v.s Lars G. Heiberg was a pupil in the schools of Xorwav but in 1882 left the land of the midnight sun and come to Minnesota^ then a young man of twenty-two years. He remained there for three years and came in the summer of 1885 to Spokane. In the fall, however, he went to Murray, Idaho, where he remained for fifteen months, and ujjon his return to Spokane began dealing in ice, which business he carried on until May, 1888. He then turned his attention to hotel-keeping at the corner of Post street and Second avenue, leasing the building for one and a half years. He removed from there to Second and Madison streets and on the 1st of May, 1891, to Brown and Riverside, there conducting the Norden Hotel, under which name his hotel business had always been conducted. In 1899 he erected his present hotel on Washington and Main avenue, calling it the Chicago Hotel, and it has since been in successful operation. There are ten rooms on the first floor with one hundred and thirty-three rooms on the three floors above. The building is a four-story brick structure and on the ground floor there are five full store rooms and a smaller one. Mr. Heiberg has been steadily improving his hotel which is today thoroughly modern and up-to-date in every respect. He has invested between twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars in improvements and he spares no eflort or expense in making the hotel attractive to the traveling public, knowing that satisfied patrons are his best advertisement. He is also connected with financial interests in the city as one of the directors of the Scandinavian Bank, which he aided in founding in 1907.

Mr. Heiberg has been married twice. He was first married in Norway and had two children: Hans L., now a farmer in the land of the midnight sun; and Marie, the wife of R. K. Soiled, chief clerk in the Chicago Hotel. On the 1st of January, 1905, in Spokane, !Mr. Heiberg wedded Hannah F. Anderson. In politics he is a republican and has attended city and county conventions, acting as a delegate to the Ellensburg convention. He belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E.; the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America ; and The Fram and Sons of Norway, Norwegian societies. Outside of these organizations, which cultivate the fraternal and helpful spirit, he is identified with the Chamber of Commerce, being in entire sympathy with its purpose of promoting the upbuilding and exploiting the advantages of this citv.

Walter Q. Webb

Walter Q. Webb, keeising in close touch with the progress which has been most notable in the practice of medicine during the past twenty or thirty years, is today numbered among the alert and successful physicians and surgeons of Spokane. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, July 14, 1863, a son of John and Malinda J. (McWharter) Webb, the former of English and the latter of Scotch descent. The father was born in Kentucky and at the time of the Civil war espoused the cause of the Confederacy, meeting death in the three days' battle of Gettysburg in 1 863. His widow long survived him and passed away in 1899. In the family were tiiree sons: Dr. Walter Q. Webb, of this review; Dr. C. Webb, a practicing physician of Republic, Washington: and Chester Edwards, an attorney of Detroit.

When Dr. Walter Q. Webb had decided upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he made the best possible use of his opportunities for qualifying for active practice and after graduating from the Omaha Medical College, now the University of Nebraska, he did post-graduate work in Rush Medical College, of Chicago, and the Bellevue Medical College, of New York city, also acting as interne in the Bellevue Hospital. He won his professional degree in 1885 and the same year came to Spokane, where he has since engaged in practice, his labors being attended with excellent success. From the first he has been accorded a liberal patronage and his work has been highly satisfactory, displaying a marked degree of skill and ability in ministering to the needs of his patients following the careful diagnosis of his cases. He has done considerable professional service in a public capacity, being first chairman of the board of health under the old charter, which went into effect in 1891 and was voted out in 1911. He has several times served as county physician, his incumbency in that office covering the term 1893-4 and again 1910-11. He has also been examining physician for the Eagles and for the Elks and in addition to his membership in those orders he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Foresters of America and the Red Men. He has keen appreciation for the social amenities of life and finds genuine pleasure in the companionship of people of similar tastes and interests.

In Januarj', 1900, Dr. Webb was imited in marriage to Miss Lois Cleveland, a daughter of Elisha Cleveland, of Everett, W^ashington, and they now have two sons, Walter Cleveland and Wayne, both of whom are attending school. Theirs is a hospitable home and its good cheer is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. Dr. WVbb, however, never allows anything to interfere with his professional duties, which he discharges with a sense of conscientious obligation. His good cheer and optimism are contagious and inspire the faith and courage which as well as remedial agencies are elements in the sick room for the restoration of health.

The value of George A. MacLeod's services in bringing capital into the Inland Empire and promoting its development through the utilization of its natural resources can scarcely be overestimated. He is a splendid representative of the progressive business man of the period who recognizes and utilizes opportunities that others pass heedlessly by, and there is to him a fascination in the exploration of new districts in the north and in their development where he finds indication that the work may be successfully done. He now makes his home at the Levre Hotel in Spokane but business interests frequently call him into other districts.

jNIr. MacLeod is a native of Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, born December 12, IS?!. His parents. John and ^largarct (Robertson) ]\IacLeod, are botli still living. They continued their residence in Kincardine during the boyhood days of their son George, whose youth was largely devoted to the acquirement of an education in the public and high schools of his native city, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. He then took up the profession of teaching which he followed for four years in Ontario, and then removed westward, becoming a resident of Grand Forks, British Columbia, where he was employed in the Canadian customs office at the time the railroad extended from the States into the boundary country. All the time he was thus engaged he was studying conditions and informing himself concerning the country and its possibilities, and after a brief period spent in the customs office he turned his attention to mining, in which he has since been interested throughout the northwestern portion of this country and British Columbia. His investigations are of no mere superficial order. He thoroughly acquainted himself with the country and its mining properties, and his labors have been a most effective force in securing the investment of capital for the development of the Inland Empire and of British Columbia. He is himself interested in the Lightning Peak Mining Company, the Waterloo Mining Company and the McKinley Mining Company, in all three of which he is a director and of the last named is president. He is likewise the president of the Yellow Head Land & Mines Investment Company and was at one time owner of the Grant Consolidated Copper Mines in which he still holds an interest. He is likewise a stockholder in the International Lead & Iron Mine and the development of these different properties has brought to him substantial returns upon his investment.

On the 31st of March, 1906, Mr. MacLeod was married to Miss Emma Anderson, of Montreal, Quebec. His political views are those of the republican party and he is a great admirer of President Taft whose administration he regards as of essential value to the country in maintaining that stability which is the source of business progress, while at the same time he is putting forth earnest and effective effort in the lines of reform and advancement. Mr. MacLeod never had political aspirations, for he prefers to concentrate his energies upon his business and finds pleasure in the accomplishment of the tasks to which he sets himself. It is a matter of keen delight for him to enter a new and but little explored region and bring to bear there the knowledge and experience which he has gained in the recognition of the natural resources of the country and its possibilities for development. To find something good and then use it, to know that his work is counting as a factor in the material progress of the country gives to him the keenest pleasure. He stands as a high type of the enterprising citizen of the northwest.

Allen Chase Klein

Allen Chase Klein has spent almost his entire life in the northwest, having been brought to this section of the country when but six years of age. He is now interested in the real-estate firm of Clark Brothers & Klein, in which connection a substantial and growing business is being built up. He was born in Illinois City, Illinois, February 5, 1878. His father, Eugene Klein, who was of German descent, was born in Iowa and belonged to one of the early and prominent families of that state, his father having at one time been mayor of Muscatine. It was in 1866 that Eugene Klein first came to the northwest, entering into the mining business in Montana, where he remained for nearly ten years, subsequently returning to the east. Here he married and spent a short time until in 1883 he returned to the Coeur d'Alene district and operated the Fay Templeton mine and also conducted a general store in Murray, Idaho. In 1881 he was joined by his family and they resided in that locality until 1889, when in the month of October they came to Spokane. Eu- gene Klein was in charge of the office of the Standard mine at Mace, Idaho, and during one of tlie feuds was shot in the back by one of the miners, causing his death. The grandmother of Allen C. Klein was a cousin of Samuel P. Chase. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Abbie Elizabeth Allen and is still living in Spokane. She was born in Aurora, Illinois, and is a descendant of an old New England family that was represented in the Revolutionary war. The children of Eugene and Abbie E. Klein were three in number, the brother of our subject being Everett Vaughan Klein, now assistant cashier of the Traders National Bank, while ths sister is Mabel, wife of Wayne Wimer, cashier of the First National Bank at Wallace, Idaho,

Allen Chase Klein was educated in the public schools of Spokane, to which city he came vnih his parents when a lad of eleven years. He passed through consecutive grades until he became a high-school pupil and when he entered upon his business career he secured a position as stenographer in Patrick Clark's office. Later, that he might have further educational training as a preparation for life's practical and responsible duties he entered Pullman College and was graduated from the business department in 1902. Subsequently he became associated with McRea & Merryweather as cashier in their office and had charge of their safety deposit vaults for eight years. He left there to take an interest in the firm of Clark Brothers & Klein, now well known real-estate dealers of Spokane, having gained a large clientage, in which connection they handle much important property and negotiate many realty transfers.

In Spokane, on the 22d of April, 1902, Allen C. Klein was married to ;\Iiss Edith Slee, a daughter of Joseph B. Slee, a retired farmer. They now have two children, Harriett Elizabeth and Edward Colburn. Mr. Klein holds membership with Spokane Lodge, No. 74, A. F. & A. M,, and also belongs to the Inland Club and the Chamber of Commerce - associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests and activities outside of his business. In politics he is a republican and has several times been a delegate to county conventions. At one time he was assistant secretary of the Young Men's Republican Club and was formerly very active in the work of the party but the demands of his business have more and more largely caused him to concentrate his energies upon his real-estate dealings. He has for more than a quarter of a century been an interested witness of the changes which have occurred and the transformation that has been wrought in this section of the country, where wild and arid lands have been converted into arable tracts and highly productive fields, while villages have become thriving towns and cities and all of the interests and opportunities of the older east have been introduced and promoted.

Charles H. Larkin

Charles H. Larkin, vice president and general manager of the Hayward-Larkin Company, is today regarded as one of the best informed men on real-estate values in Washington. The business of the firm is that of outdoor display advertising and they have a large clientage which is continuously increasing, owing to their jjrogressive methods and unfaltering activity and entcrjirise. Like many another young man Charles H. Larkin recognized tlie opportunities of the west and sought in the freedom of this great and growing country a chance to exercise his energy and determination - dominant qualities. He has resided permanently on the Pacific coast since 1901. His birth occurred in Alfred, New York, October 6, 1865, his parents being the Rev. Ethan P. and Susan E. (Crandall) Larkin, also natives of Alfred. The father was a noted educator and for a long period was at the head of Alfred University, a Baptist institution. He also lectured frequently at Harvard College and was regarded as the peer of many of the ablest educators of the east. His scholarly attainments are evidenced in the fact that the honorary degrees of D. D., Ph. D. and LL. D. were conferred upon him. He married a daughter of Judge W. C. Crandall, a pioneer of Allegheny county. New York.

Well descended and well bred, Charles H. Larkin spent his youth in a home where culture and intelligence are rated at their true worth. In the acquirement of his education he attended the Alfred University receiving a degree of A. B. in 1 886. He then took up the study of medicine in the University of New York, where he remained as a student for two years, but the death of his father made it necessary for him to enter the business world and provide for his own support. Having a talent for music he took a position as musical director and business manager on the road for New York attractions and devoted the years between 1887 and 1901 to that profession, during which time he made many trips across the country. His visits to the west convinced him that this was a section of America that offered best opportunities and accordingly when he retired from the road in 1901 he sought a home in Washington. He settled first at Colfax, Whitman county, where he engaged in the real-estate and insurance business, handling land and transportation for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Prospering in his undertaking there he gained a broad experience that makes him today one of the best informed men on the value of lands in that locality of the state. Seeking a still broader field of labor he came to Spokane in 1905 and organized the Hayward-Larkin Company for the conduct of the outdoor advertising business. This company of which he is now vice president and general manager are the large outdoor advertisers of this section. Their publicity department is well organized and the name of the Hayward-Larkin Company is well known. The men at its head stand for all that is progressive in their line of work and while winning substantial success as a reward of their labors they are at the same time contributing to public progress in bringing settlers to this region and in promoting the development of property along the most modern and attractive lines. Their efforts have not been confined alone to Washington for they are now operating in San Diego, California, under the name of the Hayward-Larkin Company, in California, and ^Ir. Larkin is also vice president of the Inland Empire Realty Company, owners of farm and timber lands. No obstacle nor difficulty seems to deter him in carrying out his purposes, for M'hen one avenue of advancement seems closed he seeks out another path whereby he may reach the goal desired. He has been a close student of the real-estate market, readily foreseeing the pos-sible appreciation or diminution in value, and lias so ]ilaced his investments that substantial profit is secured therefrom.

Mr. Larkin was married in Napa, California, March iO. 1901. to Miss Sara Louise Allen, a daughter of Amos D. and Marth.i J. .Vllen. the former a retired naval officer. Their children are John Allen and Jane Crandall Larkin. Mr. I.ar- kin is prominent in Masonic circles, holding membership in Allegheny Lodge, No. 225, F. & A. M.; of Friendship, New York; Colfax Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M.; Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T. ; and El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He also belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. He is a 'man of social, genial nature and his unfeigned cordiality and sterling worth have gained for him not only high regard but have also made him one of the most popular residents of Spokane.

Joseph Scott

Mr. Scott, son of John and Jane Steele Scott, was born at the old homestead called Ardmeen in Drumclamph near Castlederg, County Tyrone, in the north of Ireland. In the parish church there stands this entry. No. 113, in the records: "Joseph, son of John and Jane Scott, Drumclamph, was born September 12, 184'3, and baptized October 2, 184.3. Registered October 5, 184'3, by me, Edward ^l. Banks."

Mr. Scott's father and mother, of Scotch parentage, and more remotely of English ancestry, came of a long line of stanch, independent. God-fearing men and women. The little lad, the youngest of their ten children, grew up slender, delicate of build, straight and tall, with dark hair and eves, very fair comple.xion and with brilliant color, vigorous and full of energy in body as in mind. Nature endowed him with fearlessness, decision of character, a sensitive conscience, a tender heart, a winsome disposition, and unusual beauty of face and figure.

He went with his brothers and sisters to school, where his taste for books was early developed. At the age of fifteen he went to Newtown Stewart Academy, five miles from home, walking back and forth dailj-. There he stood highest in his Latin and Euclid, and among the first in the boyish games, though the walk of ten long Irish miles a day left little time for outside study or play.

Thus childhood and youth were passed in his father's house, a home of plain living and high thinking, of old-fashioned piety and hospitality; in an atmosphere of reverence for things sacred, of mutual love and forbearance, of helpfulness toward any who were in need. With such a heritage and such training it is not strange that in the receptive nature of the boy there should have been laid a foundation of character that through all the storm and stress of manhood's years proved unassailable. As a youth he united with the church of his fathers, confirming their vows offered for him in baptism in his earliest infancy.

The family were energetic and outpushing. Of the seven who survived childhood, one alone, the father's namesake, remained at the old homestead, where he dwelt up to the time of his death, while three went to Australia, and three, Mr. Scott with his sisters, Eliza and Mary, came to America in 1863. Mr. Scott was then twenty years of age. !NLirv's sudden deatli, and Eliza's return to the old home by reason of ill licaltli, left him alone in a strange land before he had reached liis majority.

Mr. Scott found work in Philadelphia wliere he remained for a time. Strongly impressed by the advantages of the new country, he early resolved to adopt it as his own. And after due application he became naturalized as an American citizen. A certain delicacy of constitution, his personal taste, and the larger opportunity offered, induced him after a few years to leave the city for the freedom of outdoor life in the far west. And with the development and interests of this region he was thenceforth continuously identified. He became interested in stock-raising, then and long the prominent industry of the vast expanse of unsettled country. In that strenuous life all sorts of companions and untold hardships were encountered, in which the courage and alertness, the endurance and resourcefulness and uprightness of men were severely tested. Scores of long wearisome miles stretching out across the sage-brush desert between isolated ranches or villages and over well-nigh impassable mountain trails, the ordinary restraints and comforts of civilization totally lacking, yet with all the temptations of the frontier life and its broader license, lie kept sacred his Christian manhood. It was said of him that the coarse jest or the rude story would never be ventured upon in his presence. His essential purity and dignity of character were convincing and compelling.

They take their place among the makers of America, the men who came to the far west in those early years, and in the face of hostile Indians and a forbidding wilderness, wrested the land from its desert condition and made possible the beginnings of civilization. Only those who shared with him the battle, and helped make this vast region a habitable place, can in any measure appreciate what that handto-hand conflict with nature meant. He knew the reverses of fortune, but never did he relinquish hope or effort, and goodly financial success was his. His partners, influential men of business though they themselves were, rested in the excellence of his judgment and the force of his executive ability.

Mr. Scott made a number of trips to England to import horses and cattle for the ranches in which he was interested. Those journeys gave him opportunity to revisit the old homestead and the dear ones remaining there, for whom he always clierished the deepest affection. His first return thither was in 1879, when he had been in America sixteen years. His father had died some years previous, but his mother, a venerable woman of eighty-two years, was still there to welcome him. At that time tliere were also in the old home Mr. Scott's brother, John, with his wife, and their family of growing sons and daughters. Before his next visit, his mother Iiad been called to the higher life, at the age of eiglity-six. A beautiful portrait of her in her old age he has always cherished.

In June, 1898, on Mr. Scott's return from England, he stopped at North Adams, Massachusetts, where he met Miss Annette Bartlett, through a letter of introduction from friends. Three years afterward Miss Bartlett became his wife. Tile marriage service was read by Dr. William C. Richardson (now of Philadelphia) in Trinity church, Chicago, on the 27th of May, 1901. Going directly to California their home was first at Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco. After six months, matters of business made a change of residence desirable, when Spokane, Washington, became the choice. It was in the quiet retreat of the long-deferred, long-desired home that Mr. Scott's sweetness of nature, his home-loving and homemaking disposition, at last found opportunity and satisfaction. Always a lover of books and pictures and music, he now brought together and added thereto the collection of treasures in which his soul delighted. In the confidence of home there was often uppermost the quiet humor, the genial wit, the bright, keen characteriza- tion of events, the happ_v temper that surrounded one as with an atmosphere. Still more impressive were his great reserve and dignity of character^ his reverence for times and things sacred, his elevation of spirit, his intense love of righteousness, his absolute self-command, his pride in an honoured name. He seemed to live "from a great depth of being;" and this with the gentleness and tenderness that belong to greatness, was his daily order of living in the home. The sweet old customs of grace at meals and the daily Bible reading and prayer he preserved in the household. His frequent reading aloud of an entire book of the Bible, and of the favorite poems, as ^Milton's Ode on the Nativity, Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality, Dr. Neale's Brief Life is Here our Portion, have made the Sunday afternoons forever memorable. His work called him much away from home, but during his absence, however pressing the demands of business, the daily letter to his wife was never omitted.

In the winter of 190-1 he made a hasty trip to England. While in London he was advised by cable of the sudden death of his nephew, John K. Scott, a rising j'oung lawyer in Helena, Montana, son of his brother John at the old homestead. Mr. Scott was deeply affected by this sad bereavement, for the young man had been to him almost as a son, the only one of his name in America. During the return voj'age he was comforted by the presence, as ship companions, of Dr. J. Hudson Taylor, wlio, forty years ago, founded the China Inland Mission ; his son. Dr. Howard Taylor, and the son's wife, who is a daughter of Dr. Grattan Guinness, for many years missionary in Africa. There were many hours of pleasant intercourse with these kind friends, mIio were returning from their old home in England to their work in China. Mrs. Taylor presented Mr. Scott with a copy of one of her books on China, entitled "Pastor Hsi," and after his arrival at home a number of letters passed between him and the missionaries.

After his arrival at home the 6th of March, 1905, Mr. Scott resumed work with apparently the old-time enthusiasm and vigor. Early in the summer, during a period of intense heat, business called him east. As a result he suffered greatly from nervous exhaustion, and was seriously ill for some weeks after his return. The first of September affairs at a distance again claiming his attention, he left, but fell ill a two days' journey from home, and with difficulty made his way hither. The long strain of overwork, the devotion to the interests of others without regard to his own well-being, brought about what those nearest him had feared with growing anxiety for years. The heart, weakened years ago by rheumatism induced by overwork and exposure, became seriously affected, and a further complication from bronchitis brought him very low. For weeks his life was almost despaired of. Then, after more than two months of intense suffering, slowly there came a hopeful change. As further means toward restoration, a voj'age to the Mediterranean was advised by the physicians. On the 18th of December he left Spokane for New York, accompanied by his wife, and a physician and nurse. At New York he remained a fortnight to rest from the overland journey. On the 9th of January, 1906, he sailed, in company wth his wife and the nurse, on the S. S. Caronia for Naples. From the day of sailing he began to show marked improvement in health and spirits ; after a few days' going about the boat, making the acquaintance of officers and sliip couii)anions, as was his wont, attending the Sunday service and the charity concert and writing an orcasinii.il Utter. Not oiic of the twelve, calm beautiful days did he miss going to his meals and sitting out on deck. The splendid sights of Gibraltar and Genoa, as seeij from the deck while the boat lay at anchor, were of great interest to him. The landing at Naples being made in small boats, is tedious and difficult, but Mr. Scott had so far regained strength as to endure it without over-fatigue.

Three weeks were spent quietly and pleasantly at Naples in a most comfortable hotel, the fine weather permitting a daily drive, and open balconies a wonderful view of Vesuvius, with its banner of smoke by day and streams of fire by night, of the Sorrento peninsula, the island of Capri, and the blue expanse of the Mediterranean with its perpetual coming and going of sails. Then it was decided to go on to Cairo, and passage was taken on the S. S. Republic. The three days on the Mediterranean were ideally quiet and lovely, Mr. Scott and his comj^anions enjoying every moment of the delightful sail. It was on board the Republic that they met the Rev. Dr. Macoubrey and his wife, of New York, who remained their devoted friends and companions both at Cairo and after their return to Naples.

At Cairo Mr. Scott drove to the cable office and sent this message to his friend and physician at home, "Splendid vo3'age. All well." For a week thereafter he drove out daily for an hour or two, enjoyed the pleasant traveling acquaintances, and was in good spirits. But as the daj's went by it was noted with alarm that he began to suffer as formerly from sleeplessness, and a severe cough. The physician advised his return to Naples, hoping that the sea might again bring him relief. Thougli it was a quiet voyage, that hope was not realized. On Sunday morning, the 18th of :March, while coming into port at Naples, he expressed a strong desire to recover and return home but added : "God is going to take me to Heaven. I am not afraid to die." He talked quietly of the return to America, and expressed a wish to be laid to rest amid the scenes of his busy life, among the old friends with whom he had shared life's battles, at the place most dear to him in all the world, his home at Spokane.

Arriving at the hotel at Naples the proprietor and his assistants rendered every service possible. Two resident English physicians, and two nurses, beside the one from home, were constant and faithful in their attendance. There was still hope that the precious life might be spared. But Mr. Scott repeated with calm assurance: "God is going to take me to Heaven." He spoke of his friends, sending them a message of love. No earthly care seemed to weigh upon his mind. The name of Christ was often on his lips in prayer. The same quiet confidence in the love and protection of the Heavenly Father that all his life had been his strength, was with him to the end. The ministrations of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Ewing of the .\mcrican ^Mission at Cairo, and of Dr. and Mrs. Macoubrey at Cairo and Naples, were a source of unspeakable comfort to him and to his wife. And that which to him was a blessed release from the weakness and suffering that he had battled with so bravely and borne so patiently for nearly a year, came quietly at sunset of Saturday, the 24th of March, 1906, when, his wife by his side, the sweet spirit of Air. .Scott was called home to Heaven.

On the 3d of April, the eve of sailing for America, a memorial service was read at the chapel in the English cemetery, beautiful with all manner of flowers and trees, where the earthly form of Mr. Scott rested awaiting the homeward voyage. Palm Sunday and Easter Day were spent at sea. .\t Nrw York \[rs. Scott's brother-in-law, Mr. Henry R. King of Seattle, was awaiting the coining of the boat.

Arriving at Spokane, the memorial service was held the 2d day of May at All Saints cathedral and Fairniount cemetery. A high terrace above the Spokane river and overlooking its winding and wooded vallej', with the pine-covered foothills beyond and on either side ; a calm, restful, beautiful place indeed is this hallowed ground where Spokane lays to rets her precious dead. The service was conducted b}' the dean of the cathedral, the Very Rev. Alfred Lockwood, assisted by Rev. Henry A. James. The three hymns were from a favorite poem of Bernard of Cluny, beginning "Hora Novissima."

In his earlier years Mr. Scott became quite intimate with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, whom he first met at a stock growers' association meeting. His only surviving brother is Robert Scott, who for many j'ears has been a member of parlia- - ment of Tasmania, Australasia, and the late King Edward of England conferred upon him the title of Honorable for life. William McArthur Scott, a nephew and the youngest son of John Scott, is now living in Spokane and is in charge of some portions of the business of his late uncle.

On Tuesday, April 17, at the twentv-first annual meeting of the Montana Stock Growers Association, there was held a memorial service in honor of Mr. Scott. A choir of thirty voices sang "Lead Kindly Light," "One Sweetly Solemn Thought," and "Abide With Me." Resolutions of respect were offered as follows:

"Whereas, we bow our heads in humble submission to an all-wise Providence who has sent the dread summons of death to Mr. Scott, our dearly beloved member, and for many years the honorable President of this Association, and

"Whereas, we as an Association and as individual members thereof, being desirous of giving public expression to our appreciation of his many years of faithful service in behalf of the live stock industry of this State, and that there may be placed upon our records a permanent testimonial to his fine Christian character, his noble qualities, and his general worth as a citizen,

"Therefore be it resolved: That we deeply deplore his death and extend to his wife our heartfelt sympathy in this sad hour of bereavement. That in his death this Association has suffered the loss of one of its most useful and valued members, and we, as individuals, the companionship of an honest, sincere, and upright man, who was ever ready to lend his aid in behalf of a worthy brother in distress, and in the material and moral upbuilding of the community in which he lived. That we point with pride to his life as an exemplification of those strong, sturdy qualities of manhood which we admire and seek to emulate."

John A. Oilman

John A. Oilman is one of the public-spirited residents of Spokane who take an active interest and prominent part in promoting the progress of the city through the development of its business activities. His birth occurred in Syracuse, New York, on the 9th of January, 1853, his parents being John M. and Sophronia (Poole) Oilman. The father died in 1888 and the mother in November, 1911, at Dead wood. South Dakota. John A. Oilman was educated in the common schools of Minneapolis, and subsequently wa.s graduated from one of the high schools of that city with the class of 1873. When he started upon his independent career he engaged in agricultural pursuits and accepted employment on a farm at Sauk Center, Minnesota, where he worked for four years. Realizing that he possessed business ability, and feeling he would meet with more rapid success in the business world he removed into Sauk Center and conducted an implement business in that city for four years. Subsequently he went to the Black Hills during the mining excitement and remained there two years before settling in Fargo, North Dakota, where he again opened up an implement business and remained for two years before returning to Sauk Center, Minnesota. In that town he conducted a furniture and undertaking enterprise until 1893, in which year he came to Spokane, where he has since been engaged as an undertaker. Being formerly located at No. 1013 Sprague avenue, they removed in April, 1911, to their present quarters, which were especially fitted up for them. Their establishment is one of the most complete in the Inland Empire and contains chapel, morgue, sample room and all facilities pertaining to the business. In all his transactions he is thoroughly reliable and trustworthy, which constitutes the basic element of his success.

In "Slay, 1896, Mr. Oilman was married in Spokane to Miss Hattie C. Kelly, a daugliter of Fayette and Celestia (Alvord) Kelly. There are no children. In politics Mr. Oilman maintains an independent attitude and casts his vote for the man or principle rather than according to party dictates. He holds membership in the Order of the Commandery of the Masonic Lodge, in the Odd Fellows, Red Men, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America. He is also a member of the Episcopal church. His record thus far has established him in the confidence, goodwill and high regard of all with whom he has come in contact. During liis residence in this city he has won the friendship of many of its most worthy citizens, whose esteem he has retained by reason of his loyalty and stanch principles.

C. H. Woodin, whose varied business interests make him a factor in the city's development along modern lines of progress resulting from intense activity, is well known as the vice president of the S. E. Carr Company's department store, which is situated at 800 to 810 Riverside avenue. He was born in 1872, in Schuyler, Nebraska, a son of John and Mary (Curry) Woodin. Through the maternal line he is a descendant of the Rob Roy MacOregor clan of Scotland. The father's birth occurred in Nova Scotia, in 1813, and in that place he was well known as a sea captain during the age of sailing vessels. At one time he was a partner of Sir Samuel Cunard in the maritime business and he had the pleasure of witnessing the first steamboat coming up the Halifax river. His partner, IMr. Cunard, who later on was created a baronet, was the founder of the Cunard Steamship Company, which at present enjoys a world-wide reputation as being one of the most progressive and best equipped navigation companies. John Woodin came to the United States from Nova Scotia about 1870 and settled in Nebraska, and later in Hoguiam, Wasliington, his death occurring in 1906, when he was ninety-three years of age.

C. H. Woodin received his education in the public schools of Nebraska and subsequently attended college for a short time but in 1889, when but seventeen years of age, he started west to enter upon an independent career. He located at Fair- haven, Washington, where he remained for about nine years. During this time he was employed in a dry-goods business and there gained his rirst experience in that line wliich he has since made his life work. In the spring of 1897 he removed to Colfax and opened a general mercantile store in partnership with W. C. Coddington under the firm name of Coddington & Woodin. After the first year he purchased the interest of Mr. Coddington and continued the business under the style of C. H. Woodin, the store being known as The Fair. For five j'ears he was engaged in tliis undertaking before giving it over to his brother, when he associated himself wth S. E. Carr, of Chicago. In 1908, when the present retail establishment was opened, he became the vice president thereof and since then he has assumed the management of the wholesale department. The extent of the business may be better understood when it is realized that there are forty-eight retail department stores in the states of Montana, Washington, Idaho and Oregon controlled by the S. E. Carr Company. In addition to his interests in this mammoth mercantile concern he has extensive real-estate holdings in Yakima county, Washington. He is a man of indefatigable energy who knows no idle moments, his time being completely occupied by his mani^ fold duties in connection with the organization and management of the various concerns with which he is now connected. His labors are of an important character in the communities where he ojjerates and his business interests are being carried on along such lines that they prompt general development and progress as well as individual success.

On the 20th of February, 1906, Mr. Woodin was married to Miss Ida Malloy, a daughter of Mrs. K. F. Malloy, whose brother is a member of Malloy Brothers, prominent real-estate dealers of Spokane. Mr. Woodin is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to Oriental Lodge, No. 74, A. F. & A. M.; Spokane Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M. ; Oriental Consistory, No. 2, S. P. R. S. ; and El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership in the Spokane Club. He stands as a high type of the progressive American whose intense and intelligently directed business activity has been an element in the development of the northwest. His seems to be accumulated force, each new enterprise with which he becomes connected developing rather than depleting his store of energy and capability, his expanding powers finding expression in the constant growth of the business interests with which he is connected.

Homer M. Hathaway

Homer M. Hathaway, who figured actively in financial circles as cashier of the Browne National Bank after his arrival in this city in 1892, was born near Vancouver, Washington, November 10, 1853, a son of Marshall R. and Maria (Smith) Hathaway. The father settled near Vancouver, coming from Herkimer county, New York. After his arrival in the west he was county superintendent of schools of Clarke county, Washington, for several years, and in the Indian war of 185.5-6 was orderly sergeant of Captain Strong's company of Washington ^Mounted Rifles. He figured prominently in political life and was a member of the house of representatives in the territorial legislature in 1865 and of the upper house in 1877. He was elected adjutant general of the territory of W^ashington in 1880, serving until his resignation which took place at the time he removed to Portland. He had the distinction of being the first initiated Odd Fellow in Portland and was a patriarch and member of the Oregon Grand Lodge. His death occurred in 1892.

Homer M. Hathaway was reared and educated in Washington and in 1878 he entered the book store of J. K. Gill & Company of Portland. Six years later he took up banking and became connected with the Commercial National Bank of Portland as teller. Later he served as cashier of the First National Bank of Pomeroy, Washington, and in 1892 came to Spokane as cashier of the Browne National Bank. His business ability, readiness of resource and expedience in planning and meeting conditions were among the strong factors in averting a great loss to the depositors of this bank at the time of its failure during the panic of 1893. He afterward became identified with the mining industry of Idaho. His death occurred in Boise, Idaho, in 1898.

In Portland, in 1881, jSIr. Hathaway was married to Miss Carrie L. Sheffield, A daughter of Alfred H. and Delia (Golden) Sheffield, who are among the pioneer settlers of Portland. Mrs. Hathaway and a son, Horace C, are residents of Spokane.

Mr. Hathaway stood high in Masonry, being a Knight Templar and a member of the El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also held membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His salient qualities were such as to win him substantial friendships, and he was prominent and popular in social, fraternal and business circles, while the enterprise he displayed in business affairs gave him high standing as one of the successful financiers of Spokane.

Charles T. Diamond

Charles T. Diamond is the senior partner of the firm of Diamond & Hughes, architects of Spokane, operating together in their chosen profession since the fall of 1909. A native of Belleville, Ontario, Charles T. Diamond was born on January 1, 1876, of the marriage of Abraham and Louise (Colman) Diamond. The mother, whose birth occurred near Oswego, New York, is now living in Spokane, but the father, a native of Ontario, died in 1880. He belonged to one of the old pioneer families of Canada of Dutch descent. He was a prominent lawyer and magistrate of Belleville, and served as captain in the militia at the time of the Fenian raids. Unto him and his -vvife were bom three sons and five daughters: John Herbert, a broker and prominent politician of New Westminster, British Columbia, who is also president of the Westminster-Alaska Oil Company, owning ninetwentieths of the property, which adjoins the property owned by the Standard Oil Company in the Katalla district; Herbert, a decorative artist of prominence of Chicago, Illinois; Alice, the wife of Herbert Green, a broker of Seattle, Washington; Martha, the widow of Clarence A. Bernard, of Toronto, Ontario; Mary, who married J. A. Bloomfield, a teacher in an academy of Ciiicago, Illinois; Clara, the wife of R. H. Glass, of Vancouver, British Columbia, who at one time was associated ^vith Byron White in the mining business in Spokane; and Agnes, who wedded J. A. Anderson, engaged in the insurance business in New York.

The other member of this family is Charles T. Diamond, who in the acquirement of his education passed through consecutive grades to the high school of Belleville, Ontario, and afterward j^ursued a college course in Vancouver, British Columbia. He then turned his attention to the profession of architecture, pursuing a course of study under the direction of the Scranton Correspondence School in 1894. During the two succeeding years he was with the Diamond Trading Company in Vancouver, and in 1907-8 was connected with the Caribou Hydraulic ^Mining Company of that place. For three years he was with Hewitt Bostock, being interested in lumber at Comaplix, on Arrow Lakes. He also became interested in mining in the Laradeau district, where he still has investments, and while living in that region he served as senator from West Kootenay. In 1902 he went to Vancouver from Arrow Lakes, where he became connected with the profession of architecture. His brother-in-law, James Bloomfield, was doing decorative work there and ^Ir. Diamond began studying under him and so continued for three years. He came to Spokane with him and here they formed a partnership in architecture and decorative work which continued for two years. They were awarded many important contracts during that period, doing the fine work on the Frank Graves house, the homes of W. E. Finch and James Cronin and many others. Since then Mr. Diamond has studied and practiced architecture extensively, becoming a member of the firm of Diamond & Hughes in the fall of 1909. This firm remodeled the plant of the Spokane Gas Company at a cost of ten thousand dollars, erected the building occupied by the Vogue Millinery Company and the Farmers Mechanical Bank, while their work for the Chicago Clothing Company amounted to seventeen thousand dollars. Personally Mr. Diamond did the decorative work on the Cunningham home, the residence of Governor Hays, the house of W. J. Strack, of M. E. Nuzum, of Guy Browne and many others. He is interested in city property, owning a business block on East Sprague avenue, and also has property on the seashore in Oregon.

On the 23d of December, 1901, ]\Ir. Diamond married Evelyn Mary Gibbon, at Port Moody, British Columbia. She is a daughter of C. A. Howard Gibbon, now deceased, and is a representative of English nobility. They now have one child, Charles Edward Howard, aged eight years. Mr. Diamond has a military chapter in his life record, having served for three years in the militia at British Columbia. He resides with his little family at No. 2009 Ninth street, where he owns an attractive home, and he also has a cottage at Newman Lake.

John P. Webster

John P. Webster, who for the past three years has been engaged in the realestate business in the Ziegler block, has passed through many interesting experiences and various business reverses during the twenty-seven years that have elapsed since he first located in Spokane. He was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, in 1851, and is a son of James and Maria (Putnam) Webster. The father came from New York state to Wisconsin in 1846, and was first employed in making brick at Fort Atkinson. Later he bought a section of school land and engaged in the stock business, continuing to follow that vocation until his death in February, 1881. He met with excellent success and left an estate valued at two hundred thousand dol-

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The education of John P. Webster was commenced in the common schools of his native county and subsequently continued in the University of Wisconsin until 1876, the same year in which Senator La Follette was graduated from this institution. After he left the universitj' he returned home and worked on the farm for a year, when he went to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and kept books in his brother-in-law's grocery store. He next found employment as clerk on one of the steamers of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company on the Mississippi, discharging the duties of this position for two years. At the expiration of that time he returned to the farm, where he remained until after the death of his father. He subsequently became a resident of Minneapolis, but soon thereafter went to Gladstone, Michigan, and erected six houses and also constructed a freight barge known as the "J. P. Webster," and engaged in shipping building supplies and general freight to Green Bay towns and adjacent ports on Lake Michigan. In the fall of 188Jt his boat was wrecked and lost in Lake Michigan, whereupon he came west, arriving in Spokane on October 8, 1884. His circumstances were such that it was necessary for him to find immediate employment, so he went to work by the day at carpentry work or anything else that enabled him to earn an honest living. Three years later, in 1887, he became associated with a ^Ir. Bicksler and together they established an undertaking business at the corner of Riverside drive and Lincoln street, on the present site of the Empire State building, that they operated under the firm name of Bicksler & Webster. After the fire of August, 1889, their establishment was used by the Traders National Bank and also the law firm of Buck & Winston, while the-police station was overhead and the jail at the back door. At the time of the fire their white hearse disappeared, but it was found some days later on the rocks in Washington street, with a trmik underneath and several people asleep inside. On the 22d of February, 1891, they had the misfortune to lose their entire establishment by fire, involving a loss of about forty thousand dollars, on which the}' carried no insurance. Mr. Webster was out of business for a j'ear, then together with Mr. Sullivan established the firm of Webster & Sullivan. They disposed of their business in the fall of 1893 and in the following spring, Mr. Webster went to Wardner, Idaho, where he obtained employment in the mines of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Smelting Company. He worked as a miner until February, 1897, when he returned to Spokane and secured a position with Tewinkle & Fitzgerald, serving carpets at forty dollars per month. He remained with this firm until 1899, when he resigned and accepted a position as index clerk in the auditor's office under H. H. Hubbard. His duties in this connection were ended in December, 1903, and in 1904 he opened an electric and massage institute on Second avenue, this city, that he operated for two years. Selling this, he leased from the county commissioners for a term of four years the tract indexes of Spokane county, but at the expiration of two years he disposed of his privilege to good advantage to the Union Trust Company of Spokane. In 1908, he opened an office in the Ziegler block and engaged in the real-estate business in which he is meeting ^vith good suc^ cess. He has been identified wth this less than four years, but in that time lie lias succeeded in becoming quite well established and is handling a nice line of pro])crty. This city was the scene of IMr. Webster's marriage in 1889 to Miss Maud Mc- Donald, a daughter of O. R. McDonald, who crossed the plains in 185'2, first locat- ing in the John Day country in Oregon, whence he later came to Spokane, ^^'he^ Mr. McDonald first came to the northwest the settlers were living in a very crude and primitive way and he can relate many interesting experiences of the pioneer period. He participated in the Indian wars in Oregon, and on one occasion was compelled to seek refuge from the savages in a tunnel at Canyon City. He has now attained the venerable age of seventy-six years and makes his home in the city of Spokane, which he has seen develop from a mere settlement into a thriving metropolis.

The political support of Mr. Webster has always been given to the republican party, while fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and he also belongs to Elks Lodge, No. 5'28. He has met with good financial success during the last few years, which has served to soften the memory of the hardships and privations that marked his years of adversity. He has acquired considerable real estate in the city and also owns a very pleasant residence at 112-i Sharp avenue. Mr. Webster is a man of action, - bouyant, energetic, sanguine ; wth eyes always on the silver lining of even the darkest cloud, he self-confidently exerts those powers which ultimatel}^ carry the battle, half lost, to victory, and in face of all obstacles have won for him success, though gloomy days of raking struggle and financial distress were not far between. During the long period of his residence here he has won and retained the confidence and loyalty of a large circle of friends by reason of the many sterling qualities and the strength of character he has manifested.

In the history of those men who are natives of Sweden and whose records reflect honor and credit upon the medical fraternity is numbered Simon Peter Seaberg, whose offices are in the Old National Bank building. His birth occurred on the 14th of February, 1878, his parents being the Rev. August and Charlotta (Larsen) Sjoberg, who have recenth' removed to Spokane. The father is a Congregational minister.

Dr. Seaberg received his early education in the schools of Sweden until he was ten years of age, at which time the family removed to the United States. Subsequently Dr. Seaberg was a pupil in the public schools of Brooklyn, New York, and of Ridg^vay, Pennsylvania, and his higher education was obtained in Northfield. Minnesota, where he was a student in the Carlton Academy, from the academic department of which institution he was graduated with the class of 1897. The course which he had pursued was equivalent to that of the high school and later he continued his studies at Carlton College until he obtained the degree of B. A. in 1901. During his freshman year at college he enlisted in the Twelfth ^Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and served as a private during the Spanish- American war. In 1906 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Minnesota. After having finished his training in the university he served as interne in the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis for one year, after which he took charge of the practice of Dr. Sutherland, who made a European tour. When Dr. Sutherland returned Dr. Seaberg removed to Hanska, Minnesota, where for three years he was successfully and extensively engaged in ])rnetice. Subsequently, in 1909. he came to Spokane, where he has since been a prominent phj'sieian. He is well qualified by liberal education for the calling which lie is making his life vocation and nature also seemed to intend him for the profession. Within a comparativeh- short time he has demonstrated his power to successfully cope with the complex problems which continually confront the physician. He is seldom, if ever, at fault in the diagnosis of a case or in the administration of a remedial agency. Although still a young man, he has become known as a physician of superior attainments and his constantly expanding powers are enabling him to pass on in the successive steps of progress toward the foremost ranks of the medical fraternity of this city.

On the 18th of September, 1907, Dr. Seaberg was married to Miss Ida Erickson, a daughter of John P. and Charlotta Erickson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. To their union one child, Dorothy Bliss, has been born. Although his professional duties require the greater part of his time and attention, still he has manifested considerable interest in local and national politics and, although he maintains an independent attitude, his views are usually in accordance with those of the republican party. He holds membership in the Modern Brotherhood of America, the Spanish-American War veterans and the State, County and American Medical Associations. He is local examiner for the Bethesda Sick Benefit Association of Spokane and for the local camp of the Modern Brotherhood of America. His religious affiliation is with the Swedish Tabernacle church. During his residence in Hanska he rendered that town efficient service as its health officer. In the northwest much of the progress in all lines of industry and also in professional circles is due to the energy, skill and reliability of the Scandinavian population. To this class Dr. Seaberg is no exception and he is recognized as a man who does whatever he undertakes for the best interests of those whom he serves and for the honor of his profession.

John E. Erickson

John E. Erickson, treasurer of the Inland Mill Company, has been a resident of Spokane for over a quarter of a century, during which time he has been identified with various local activities. He was born in Sweden on the 19th of November, 1857, and is a son of Carl and Christina (Johnson) Erickson, both of whom are now deceased, the father having passed away in 1871 and the mother in 1907.

Reared in the land of his birth in the acquirement of his education Jolni E. Erickson attended the national schools until he was sixteen. He then began earning his own living, devoting his energies to agricultural pursuits. He subsequently withdrew from this and learned the pattern-maker's trade, which he followed for two years. At the expiration of that period he erected a small grist and shingle mill, that he operated in connection with a little starch factory. In the development of this enterprise he did not meet with the success he had anticipated, so he disposed of it at the end of three years and took passage for the United States, with St. Paul, ^Minnesota, as his destination. For three months after his arrival in this country he worked on the railroad in the vicinity of the capital city, then went to Minneapolis and engaged in carpentry work. Having heard most glo^ving accounts of the many and excellent opportunities afforded in the northwest, three years later in 1888, he became a resident of Spokane. Upon his arrival here he obtained a position as foreman with a contractor, but resigned this at the end of three years to enter the employ of the Russell & Park Sash & Door Company. He was identified with this enterprise for two years, and then went into the contracting business for himself, which he followed for three years with varying success. He next took a position as foreman with John T. Huetter, a well known contractor and builder, remaining in his service for twelve years. Thrifty and enterprising in his habits, Mr. Erickson had alwavs managed to save a portion of his earnings and had eventually accumulated sufficient means to enable him to go into business for himself, so he resigned his position with Mr. Huetter and purchased an interest in the Inland Mill Company, and has ever sinve been treasurer of this industry. It is an intelligently and capably conducted enterprise of recognized standing and is in a thriving and prosperous condition.

Spokane was the scene of Mr. Erickson's marriage on the ith of August, 1888, to Miss Carrie Erickson, a daughter of Gus and Johanna Erickson, and to them was born one son, Theodore. Tlie wife and mother passed away in 1895, and on the 16th of June, 1900, Mr. Erickson married Miss Emily DeFloune. Mr. Erickson is one of the pioneer residents of the north side of the city, and for more than twenty-three years has resided within a radius of three blocks of his present home. When he first located here this portion of the city was just beginning to be settled up and contained less than twenty-five houses.

In religious faith ^Ir. Erickson is a Lutheran and was one of the first members of the church on the north side, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party. Before leaving his native land he served for two j-ears in the army, which is the custom in that country, and while he has always been most loyal to the United States and its institutions, he has a high regard for the land of his birth. ^Ir. Erickson has never had occasion to regret transferring his allegiance to this country, however, as he has prospered here and is now the o^vner of a comfortable home, while his income from his business is more than sufficient to provide for the needs of himself and family and is constantly increasing.

Dr. Earle Stanley Prindle, who for the past nine years has been successfully identified with the medical fraternity of northwestern Idaho, was born in Charlotte, Vermont, June 10, 1869. He is a son of Henry William and Elizabeth \. (Squire) Prindle, and is descended in both lines from Quaker ancestry, his forefathers having located in New England during the early colonial days.

Earle S. Prindle acquired his early education in the common schools of his native town, after the completion of which he entered tlic University of Vermont at Burlington. Having decided to become a physician, after leaving college he matriculated in the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1893. Immediately following liis graduation he went to Menominee, Michigan, where he established an office and engaged in tlie practice of his profession for nine years. In 1902 he came to Idaho, locating at LaClede as surgeon for the LeClede Lumber Company of LaClede, the

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Frost-Cope Lumber Company, of Wrenco and The White Pine Lumber Company of Priest River, Idaho. At that time he was the only registered physician between Sand Point and Newport, Idaho, and maintained a small hospital at LaClede for the accommodation of his patients. Owing to the condition of the roads during the rainy season and the limited transportation facilities, he was often times during the early j'ears of his practice forced to make long trips on foot. When the town of Spirit Lake was first laid out in 1907 he came here and in October of that year began tlie erection of a hospital, wliich was completed in the following spring. A conception of the size of Dr. Prindle's practice can be formed from the fact that during the three years of his residence in Spirit Lake he has received over five hundred patients in his hospital. In addition to liis large private practice he is surgeon for the Idaho, Washington & Northern Railroad and the Panhandle Lumber Companj'.

On the 18th of December, 1894, Dr. Prindle was married to Miss Mary E. Hubbard, a daughter of George and Martha Hubbard, of Grandville, Michigan, and they have become the parents of three children : Kirk Hubbard, who was born in 1897; Alice Adelaide, born in 1900; and Mary Elizabeth, whose birth occurred in 1908. Dr. Prindle now makes his home in Spirit Lake, where he has erected a beautiful modern residence.

Despite the exactions of a large practice. Dr. Prindle belongs to the class of men who always find time to fulfill their civic and public responsibilities. He was chairman of the town board for two years and he has been president of the school board since it was formed in 1908. Fraternally he is a !Mason and has attained high rank in that order. He is past master of the Menominee Lodge, No. 269, A. F. & A. M., and also of Spirit Lake Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A. M. He is a member of Coeur d'Alene Chapter, No. 12, R. A. M. ; Coeur d'Alene Commandery, No. 26, K. T.; and El Katif Shrine of Spokane, Washington. During his college days he affiliated with the Greek fraternity, Sigma Phi and has always kept in close touch with its membership. Both Dr. and Mrs. Prindle are members of the United Presbyterian church of Spirit Lake, in the work of which they take an active interest. A pleasing personality, gracious manner and helpful spirit have done much toward making Dr. Prindle the successful physician he is. High ideals as to the duties of his office make him most conscientious and even when the exactions make his practice most arduous, he strives to alleviate all suffering whatever its nature, either physical or mental. He is held in high regard in Spirit Lake both because of his ability as a practitioner and his fine personal qualities, by means of which he has won and retained tlie loval esteem of manv.

Richard Watson Nuzum

For twenty years Richard Watson Nuzum has been practicing in the courts of Spokane and of Washington, and while in former years he devoted considerable attention to criminal law practice he is now concentrating his energies entirely upon the trial of civil law cases. From the beginning he has enjoyed a good practice which has increased in volume and importance as the city has become more thickly populated, and the recognition of his ability has placed him in a prominent position among the able representatives of the bar in this city. His birth occurred in Vernon county, Wisconsin, October 25, 1868. His father, the Rev. George W. Nuzum, was of English descent, belonging to a family that was founded in America prior to the Revolutionary war. It was represented at different periods in West Virginia and Ohio, and in the latter state George W. Xuzum was born. He became known as the boy preacher, entering the ministry at a very early age, and became in the course of years one of the best known preachers of the gospel in Wisconsin. He continued to devote his time to the work of the Methodist church until 1884, since which time he has been living upon a farm, being now eighty vears of age. He wedded Mary F. Groves, a native of Ohio. She is of Dutch lineage and also belongs to a family that was planted on American soil when this country was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. She had five brothers who served in the Civil war, one as a surgeon and tlie others as volunteers. In the family of Rev. and Mrs. George W. Nuzum were the following children : I. F. Nuzum, a retired Methodist minister, who is living with his son. Dr. W. F. Nuzum, a practicing phj-sician of Spokane; John E., who is the owner of a number of lumberyards in Montana and Wisconsin but makes his home in the latter state; Dr. T. W. Nuzum, a phj'sician and surgeon living in Janesville, Wisconsin; N. E. Nuzum, who is associated with his brother Richard in the practice of law; the Rev. W. O. Nuzum, now living at Pawtucket, Rhode Island ; Jennie, the wife of T. J. Snodgrass, a minister of Wisconsin; Lucy !M., the wife of George S. Grubbe, the president of the Bank of Mauston, at Mauston, Wisconsin ; Mary N., the wife of the Rev. Thomas Foulkes, of Oregon, Wisconsin; and Jessie A., the wife of David N. Hunter, who is living in Viola, Wisconsin.

The other member of the family is Richard W. Nuzum, whose name introduces this record. After attending the public schools of his native state he continued his education in the Whitewater Normal and in the law school of the University of Wisconsin, from which he was graduated with the B. L. degree in 1890. He pursued law for a year in his native state and then came to Spokane, where he arrived in September, 1891. He entered the employ of the law firm of Griffith & Nuzum, the junior member being his brother, and with that firm he remained for four years, leaving them in 1895 to engage in practice alone. The following year, however, he was joined by his brother and the firm of Nuzum & Nuzum easily maintains a foremost place among the lawyers of the Spokane bar. The practice accorded Richard W. Nuzum has always been of a high character. In the early days he had many criminal cases, defending a number of murderers. The firm were attorneys in the Garfield murder case arising from the killing of Lanford Summers. They also defended Selheim and Henry Seifert for tlie murder of L. H. Platter, a former deputy prosecuting attorne.v. The last murder case in which Richard W. Nuzum engaged was the defense of Mrs. Harris for the murder of her daughter's illegitimate child, the defendant being acquitted on the ground of insanity.

Mr. Nuzum has also tried murder cases in ^^^litman, Lincoln and Stevens counties, but during the past seven or eight years he has not engaged in criminal law practice but has confined his attention exclusively to tlie general practice of civil law. His knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence is exact and comprehensive and the presentation of his cases before the court indicates the careful preparation that he has made and which always constitutes one of the salient features of his cases. As opportunity has come to him for judicious investment he has become the

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On the 12th of June, 189j, Mr. Nuzum was married in Spokane to Miss Jessie E. Watson, a daughter of P. H. and Fannie E. Watson, both of whom were natives of England whence they came to America in early life, the father engaging in the shoe business in Wisconsin. Mr. Nuzum gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and has been active in politics for five or six years, serving as a delegate to state and county conventions while in 1904 he was chairman of the democratic county central committee. He has, however, never desired political preferment as a reward for party fealt}'. He is prominent in the Spokane Lodge of Elks, of which he is a past exalted ruler, and he belongs to the Spokane Club, the Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Coeur d'Alene Boat Club. Alert, energetic and ambitious, he is a typical western man, whose progress in professional lines has been the result of his own skill and ability. In his advocacy of the section of the countrj' in which he lives he manifests a contagious enthusiasm and he has given practical demonstration of his faith in Spokane and the northwest through his investments.

Henry Krech

Henry Krech, who is engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in Spirit Lake, has the distinction of not only being one of the town's first settlers, but its first merchant, having displayed a stock of general merchandise for sale beneath a pine tree when the town was opened for settlement.

He was born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, in 1859, and there he was also reared and educated, continuing to make his home in the fatherland until he was twenty-two years of age. In 1881 he decided to become a citizen of the United States, believing that he would find in the new world opportunities commensurate ^vith his ability, and took passage for America. After following different occupations in various parts of the country he located in Vallejo, California, investing his small capital in a cigar business. In this occupation he remained for three years when disposing of it he went to Tacoma and ventured into the barber supply business. Profitable results attended his efforts and he continued to be identified with this line until 1897, when he removed to Okanogan county, Washington, engaging in the general merchandise business in Loomis. He successfully conducted this enterprise for eight years, selling his store at the end of that time to Ellis & Ford. He was subsequently elected county assessor, but resigned his office in 1906, and the following year came to Spirit Lake, where for two years he again engaged in the general merchandise business. In 1909 he sold his stock to Hodgen & Company, Ltd. and has ever since been identified with the real-estate and insurance business. Spirit Lake is located in the heart of a great lumber region, and the town site was originalh' covered with stumps and a second growth of timber, but through the energj' of its enterprising citizens it has been converted into a beautiful town. The lots were placed on sale on the 3d of October, 1907, and the town was incorporated on the 20th of the following January. It is now less than four years old, and its growth and development has been nothing short of phenomenal. The population numbers betweep sixteen and eighteen hundred, while its residence portion would do credit to a town several times its age and twice its size, containing not only comfortable homes, but in many instances beautiful ones. Its business blocks are large, substantially constructed and modern in every way, and there are over four miles of cement sidewalks. Spirit Lake is a practical demonstration of what can be done in any town or community where the interests of the people are united and directed toward a definite purpose. There are two beautiful parks, Railroad Park and City or Blaekwell Park, and good schools and churches. It is the only town of the size in the United States that is thoroughly modern in every way, having electricity and a good water and sewerage system. The spirit of thrift and enterprise, progress and ambition is felt on every side and the future of this little city seems assured in every way, the combined payroll of its various enterprises now amounting to over sixty thousand dollars per month. Mr. Kreeh has been one of the prominent factors in this development and upbuilding, both as a business man and a public official, having been one of the foremost citizens ever since locating here.

On the 6th of June, 1888, Mr. Krech was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Hirschfeld, of Vallejo, California. One child has been born of this marriage, a daughter. Miss Eunice, whose birth occurred in 1891. She is a graduate of the Aquanis Academy at Tacoma, Washington, and is now making a special study of music, in which she has shown marked ability.

Mr. Krech takes an active and earnest interest in all municipal affairs and was one of the first trustees of the town, being appointed in January, 1908, while the following year he was elected justice of the peace, holding this office until 1911. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174; and also to the Masonic fraternity, being identified with Spirit Lake Lodge, No. 57, F. & A. M. He is one of the public-spirited men of the town, always ready to give his assistance in promoting every movement that means the betterment of local conditions or the advancement of eommunitv interests.

Harold M. Dunphy

The splendid work that Harold M. Dunphy is doing in connection with the corporation counsel's office makes it imperative that mention be made of him in the history of Spokane. He is the son of Alexander and Isabel Dunphv, both of whom were born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada. His father and mother are of Irish and English descent, their ancestors having come to America prior to the Revolution, in which his mother's ancestors, the Greens, took an active part. The Dunphys of New Brunswick have mainly followed farming and lumbering for a livelihood. His parents moved to Pennsylvania in 1866 where his father spent several years in the lumber business. Later they moved to Iowa where Harold M. Dunphy was born, March 1, 1882, the youngest of four sons. In 1886, his father, Alexander Dunphy, came west followed later bj^ his family. During his residence in the west he has devoted his time and energy to mining.

Harold M. Dunphy began his education in the public school of Carroll, Iowa, where he lived until about seventeen years of age. From Carroll the family moved to Spokane where he continued his education in the Spokane high school, graduating with the mid- winter class of 1902. During his senior year he was president of his class and was prominent both in athletics and debates. He was also president of the High School Debating Society of 1901 which had enrolled in its membership, men who have in subsequent years made an enviable reputation in their respective lines of work. Mr. Dunphy feels that he was especially fortunate in being affiliated with tlie mid-winter class of 1902 as it has the distinction of being one of the most democratic classes that has ever been graduated from the Spokane high school. For about a year and a half after graduating, he was employed with his brother who was engaged in the mining promoting business in Spokane, where he received a very valuable business experience. During this time he was an officer of the Spokane high school alumni.

In September, 1903, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, won many friends and was one of the men who assisted in the establishing of a club house for western men known as the Rocky Mountain Club which very soon grew into one of the strongest organizations of the university. During the latter part of his university course he became associated with several students who put out a paper called the "Clarion," which was humorous in its character. He furnished the majority of the cartoons which gave him reputation among the University of Michigan pen as a cartoonist. At the ending of each college year, his work took a more serious turn. It was a question how to get enough money to return in the fall. The plan by which he endeavored to solve this was by selling books among farmers. In the summer he found himself the owner of a gold watch as a prize for efficiency in his work and four hundred dollars in profits. Before liis university course was completed he had won for himself the reputation of being one of the best hustlers in the university. In June, 1906, he was graduated from the University of Michigan having won his LL. B. In August, 1906, he returned to Spokane this being the first time since entering the university in 1903. At that time he found himself with responsibilities that nlade it impossible to go into the practice of law. In the latter part of August he became a member of the advertising force of the Spokesman-Review, where he showed himself to be an excellent advertising man. In February, 1907, he took charge of the Alexander & Company Advertising Agency which he put on a successful operating basis. Later he was associated with the Advertising end of the Spokane Press and Inland Herald, where he showed himself as one of the most efficient business getters the papers possessed.

Having his plans laid to go into the law as soon as possible Mr. Dunphy became identified with the work of compiling data for bringing of suits in the treasurer's office. Finally, he took up with the council, the lax method in whicli the special assessments had been handled and showed where in a short time it would be impossible to enforce collection and on his suggestion the council decided to give him .six months in which to see what could be accomplished. He began his work August, 1910 and by January 1, 1911, had turned over to the city twenty-seven thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty cents. Mr. Morrill, who was then corporation counsel, promoted him to the place left vacant, January 1. 1911, by county prosecutor, Robert McWilliams. The work started by Mr. Dunphy was, however, continued and on April 1, 1911, the commission form of government came into power and he was asked to continue the work he had so successfully started and on April 1, 1911, he took up this work again and by July 18, 1911, he recovered for the citv the sum of twenty-nine thousand six hundred and twenty- seven dollars and seventy-four cents. This was so pleasing to the commission that his salary was advanced at a time when public sentiment was demanding a cutting down in all municipal expenditures. From July 18 to December 1, 1911, the amount recovered was eighteen thousand twelve dollars and ninety-seven cents. Thus in less than twelve months the amount received totaled seventy-four thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars and one cent. He has now tabulated in his office something like eighty thousand dollars that still remains to be recovered in back indebtedness.

Mr. Dunph}-, in his professional career has made progress and back of his work is a comprehensive understanding of the law with correct application of its points to the work in hand.

On October 30^ 1909, Mr. Dunphy married Miss Ethel Frances Ross, a girl possessing all the qualities that make for a well balanced home. She is a woman of energy and ability and takes great interest and pride in her home and in the work of her husband. The}' have one child, a boy, H. Ross Dunphj', possessing unusual health and strength who promises to reflect great credit on his parents in later years.

Daniel Chase Corbin

The specific and distinctive oflice of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accpmplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his characteristics by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen. Daniel Chase Corbin is a typical man of the present age, alert and enterprising, with an aptitude for successful management and his life has been so varied in its activities, so far-reaching and beneficial in its effects that it has become an integral part of the history of the northwest. With keen insight into situations and with clear understanding of possibilities he has utilized these in such a manner that success in large measure has crowned his efforts and at the same time his labors have been a potent element in the development and prosperity of the section in which he has operated. He now makes his home in Spokane, from which point he directs his railway interests and other business affairs.