Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 16 of 23)

Mr. Corbin is numbered among the progressive citizens that New England has furnished to the Pacific coast. His birth occurred in Newport, New Hamjishire, on the 1st of October, 1836. his parents being Austin and Mary (Chase) Corbin, both representatives of old New England families. His paternal grandfather. Dr. James Corbin, served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war .and was recompensed therefore with a grant of land in New Hampshire near the Connecticut river. It was upon the farm which Dr. Corbin there developed that Austin Corbin spent his entire life. He became the owner of a valuable farm property and also made considerable investment in timberlands. His wife was a daughter of Daniel Chase, likewise of New Hampshire, and a cousin of Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, who was secretary of the treasury under President Lincoln and afterward chief justice of the United States supreme court. !Mr. Corbin is a younger brother of the late Austin Corbin, of New York, noted for his extensive and successful finan- cial and railway enterprises, especially in connection with the organization and administration of the Long Island Railroad Company, of which he was the president.

While spending his youthful days upon the old home farm in New England, Daniel C. Corbin attended the country schools. His home training developed in him qualities of industry, integrity and ambition and ^vith the hope of gaining at least a comfortable competence in the west, he left New England at the age of nineteen years and made his way beyond the Mississippi. For three years thereafter he was engaged in surveying lands under government contract in the state of Iowa. Subsequently he made his home in Omaha and in Nebraska City, where he was similarly occupied and also became interested in various land transactions. In 1862 he removed to Denver, Colorado, and during his two years' residence there executed contracts with the government for supplying quartermaster's stores to Fort Laramie. He also engaged in transporting freight by wagon train from the Missouri river to Denver and Salt Lake City. He was for a brief period a resident of the Mormon metropolis and then took up his abode in Helena, Montana, where he became closely associated with commercial and financial interests. He has ever been recognized as a man of ready resource and his watchfulness of opportunity has led to his steady advancement throughout the period of his residence in the west. In Helena he served as cashier of the First National Bank and then returned to the east, spending the succeeding six years in New York city. He obtained, however, substantial interests in Montana and in 1882 again became a resident of that state, which, however, at the time, was under territorial rule. He has ever been a close student of the west and its natural resources and its possibilities, and with remarkable sagacity has foreseen the gro\vth and deve.lopment of the countyy, and in his business has met conditions which he recognized were arising. Upon the discovery of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, he became associated -with three or four others in erecting the first concentrator, its capacity being seventy-five tons daily. He saw that the rich mineral resources would draw a large population to that section, that transportation facilities would be needed and therefore placed steamboats on the lake and operated them to the old mission, at the head of the Coeur d'Alene river. He likewise built a railway to Wardner, Wallace and Burke, and made connection with the Northern Pacific Railway by a short line from Coeur d'Alene citj". He thus met the need of the liour and in 1888 he disposed of his property to the Northern Pacific.

Mr. Corbin's residence in Spokane dates from the spring of 1889, in which year he continued his railway operations in the building of the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway from this place to British Columbia, a distance of one hundred and forty miles. Later he extended the line for sixty miles to Nelson on Kootenay Lake and also built a branch twenty miles from Northport to Rossland, crossing the Columbia river. He remained active in the operation of the road until 1898, when he disposed of it to the Northern Pacific Company. In 1905, having secured a long time traific agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, he began the building of one hundred and forty miles of the Spokane International Railway, connecting this city with the Canadian Pacific at Eastport - King's Gate, on the International boundary line. This was completed in 1896 and Mr. Corbin still remains the president. It is a widely recognized fact that railway building is the most potent element in the development of a new and unsettled country and through his operations Mr. Corbin has effectively aided in opening up a vast section of tlic northwest to settlement and trade. He has also extended his efforts into other fields of activity and his labors have at all times been of a character that have contributed to public prosperity as well as to individual success. In 1897 he organized the Washington State Sugar Company of Spokane, which has since operated the extensive beet sugar factory at Waverly, with an average annual product of sixty thousand bags of sugar, and of this company he has always been the president. He was likewise the promoter and is the most prominent figure in the Spokane Valley Land & Water Company, owning six thousand acres and a water supply sufficient for the irrigation of eighteen thousand acres. He has extensive holdings in coal lands as the president of the Corbin Coal & Coke Company, owning nearly fifteen thousand acres of coal bearing lands in British Columbia, which he has recently connected with the Canadian Pacific by a Railway fourteen miles in length. In financial interests in Spokane Mr. Corbin figures as a trustee of the Union Trust Company.

The family of Mr. Corbin includes an only son, Austin, who is associated with his father in his enterprises. A daughter, Louise, who died in May, 1909, married the earl of Orford of the historic Walpole family in the British peerage, and another daughter, Mary, is the wife of Edward Balguy, of London, England. Such in brief is the history of Daniel Chase Corbin, who stands among the foremost of those who have contributed to the upbuilding and development of the northwest. History is no longer a record of wars but the records of conquests of mind over matter, and the men who are foremost in the life of the day are those to whom natural resources afford opportunity, their keen vision enabling them to see beyond the needs and conditions of the hour and anticipate the possibilities of the future. Possessing broad, enlightened and liberal minded views, faith in himself and in the vast potentialities for development inherent in his country's wide domain and specific needs along the distinctive lines chosen for his life's work, the active career of Mr. Corbin has been one in which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results, contributing in no small degree to the expansion and material growth of the Pacific coast country and from which he himself has derived substantial benefits.

The medical fraternity of Spokane has an able representative in Dr. Rollo S. Clason, who has been a practicing physician and surgeon of this city for twenty years. His birth occurred on the 1st of March, 1847, at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, his parents being George W. and Naomi (Seward) Clason. The Clason family traces its ancestry back to the clan MacClay, of Scotland, who were active in the wars between Scotland and England. The family name was changed from the Son of Clay to Clason when its first representative came to America. He arrived in this country in 16-10 and settled at Stamford, Connecticut, where he was married. His wife was of French extraction and during her lifetime was accused of being a witch, this being the age of witchchaft, but was subsequently acquitted on trial.

Dr. Clason received his education in the public schools and in the Wayland Academy of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. In 1870 he removed to California, where he engaged in teaching in the various colleges of that state, but, finding that teaching was not the profession which he desired to follow throughout his life, he took up the study of medicine at the Cooper Medical College of San Francisco and was graduated from that institution in 1889, with the degree of M. D. He immediately began the practice of medicine at Oakland, California, and remained in that city until he removed to Spokane in 1892, where he has since been one of the prominent practicing physicians. The Doctor has made a specialty of children's diseases and as such has gained a wide reputation. By giving conscientious attention to his patients and by the careful study which he continually engages in, he has won the regard and esteem of all who have employed his services. He seems to possess an intuitive knowledge of the details of his profession and is seldom, if ever, at fault in the diagnosis of a case.

In 1869 Dr. Clason was married to Miss Alia Sylvester, a daughter of ]\Ir. and Mrs. John Sylvester. She is a native of Maine but resided in Wisconsin at the time of her marriage. To their union three children have been born: George W., who is now engaged in the real-estate business in Spokane ; Mrs. Delia Sperling, who is a resident of Elizabeth, New Jersey; and Mrs. Elsa Preston, who is living in Spokane.

Dr. Clason has always been greatly interested in the welfare of Spokane and as a member of the celebrated 150,000 Club was active in promoting many of the measures wliich were instituted for the development and improvement of the city. Owing to ill health, however, he has been compelled to live quietly and refrain from becoming affiliated with clubs and fraternal orders. Since his residence here he has built two homes, the last one being at No. 1012 Shannon avenue, where he is now residing. He is a man who has won the regard and confidence of his fellow citizens because of his integrity, his industry and his unfailing courtesy.

Walter Perry Edris

Walter Perry Edris, who since 1909 has filled the position of postmaster at Spokane, was born at Harrisburg, Oregon, August 30, 1870, his parents being William and Mary Edris. The father was a native of Berks countv. Pennsylvania, born in 1832, and in 1853, when a young man of twenty-one years lie emigrated to the northwest, settling in Lane county, Oregon. He was married in Monroe, Benton county, that state, in 1861, and engaged in the flour business, erecting one of the first mills in the far northwest. The undertaking prospered and for a long period he was a prominent representative of flour manufacture in this section of the country. Moreover, he had the distinction of introducing the first self-binder on the Pacific coast. In 1872 he removed with his family to Eugene, Oregon, where he again engaged in the operation of a flour mill up to the time of his retirement from business life. His last days were spent in Portland, Oregon, where he passed away in 1906.

Walter Perry Edris enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the public schools of Eugene and afterward attended Bishop Scott's Military Academy and also Holy Angels College, at \^ancouver, Washington. On the completion of liis education lie returned home and joined his father in the milling business, learning the trade in all of its departments and familiarizing himself with every detail of flour manu- facture. He has been a resident of Spokane since 1896, at which time he secured a position in a flour mill. Later he went upon the road, traveling all over the northwest for different houses and subsequently for a period of seven years he was connected with the Spokane Flour Mills. His reliability and worth in business circles were widely recognized and gained for him the confidence and goodwill of all with whom he met in trade transactions. He was called to public life in 1909, when, on the 26th of July of that year, he received the appointment of postmaster of Spokane. Up to that time he had never taken an active part in politics although he had always been a stanch advocate of republican principles and had supported the party at the polls. He is a man of good executive ability and since engaging upon the duties of his present position has greatly improved the service here.

Mr. Edris was united in marriage to Miss Anna Groat, of Oswego county. New York, and they now have three children: Ned C, Georgia W. and William. The family residence is at South 1303 Walnut street. Mr. Edris holds membership with the United Commercial Travelers and at the present writing is an officer of the grand council. His friends, and they are many, find him a most congenial companion because of his genuine personal worth, his cordiality and his recognition of good qualities in others. While upon the road he learned to make the best of every condition and to place people at ease in his presence and these qualities, combined with an entire absence of ostentation or display, have made him popular with a large circle of friends.

John McMahon, the proprietor of the McMahon Hotel which he is conducting in connection with his grocery business, was one of the first settlers of Spirit Lake having located here the fall the town was opened for settlement. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, on the 3d of May, 1856, and is a son of John and Ann (Quinlan) McMahon.

The early years in the life of John McMahon were spent in his native province, whose schools he attended until he was fifteen years of age. Feeling that he had gained sufficient knowledge to shoulder life's heavier responsibilities he began to work as farm hand, and for eight years thereafter was employed in that capacity. In 1879 he came to the United States, settling on a farm in the vicinity of Grand Forks, North Dakota. For twelve years he followed agricultural pursuits and on his land then engaged in the lumber business, being identified with commercial activities until 1901. Disposing of his interests he came to Idaho locating in Princeton, where he engaged in the hotel business until the fall of 1907. When it was announced that a town was to be located on the present site of Spirit Lake, ]\Ir. McMahon with rare foresight recognized its opportunities and determined to be one of the first settlers. He immediately bought land and commenced the erection of his hotel which he has ever since managed, at the same time engaging in the grocery business. He has met with excellent success in both and is rapidly becoming one of the affluent citizens of the town.

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Mr. McMahon was united in marriage on the 8th of February, 1888, to Miss Mary Phalen, a daughter of John Phalen of Ardoch, North Dakota. Four children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. McMahon, two of whom are living: Harry, who was born in 1893; and Roy, whose birth occurred in 1890.

Both Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are communicants of the Roman Catholic church. He belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters of Ardoch, North Dakota, and is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, belonging to the Spirit Lake Camp. Mr. McMahon is a capable business man, resourceful and energetic who has won such success and prosperity as has been accorded him through tireless effort and determination of spirit, the qualities that invariably win for their possessor the reward for which he strives.

Samuel S. Bassett

One of the potential elements in the rapid ajid marvelous development of the northwest is the enthusiastic belief of the citizens in the future of this section of the countr}^ Samuel S. Bassett is numbered among those who are at all times zealous in behalf of Spokane, her opportunities and her advantages. There are few who can boast as he can of having visited the site of the city in 1871. In that year, however, he encamped with his parents on the district that is now included within the corporation limits of Spokane and in 1900 he returned here to make his permanent residence. He has always resided west of the Mississippi and early became imbued with the spirit of enterprise and progress which has been the dominant element in the upbuilding of the great empire west of the "Father of Waters." His birth occurred in Delhi, Iowa, January 31, 1853 his parents being Gilbert B. O. and Mary (Smith) Bassett. Of English descent, the familv was founded in New England at a period antedating the Revolutionary war as he is a descendant of William Bassett who came over on the ship. Fortune in 1621. He traces his ancestry from him down through Nathaniel Bassett I, Nathaniel Bassett II, Elnathan Bassett and Gilbert Bingham Oscar Bassett, father of our subject.

Gilbert B. O. Bassett was born in Middlebury, Vermont. February 19. 1817. Following his removal to Iowa he became a prominent citizen of his adopted county and was called to serve in public office. He was also connected at different times \vith merchandising and with farming and lived a life of usefulness and activity. He died June 8, 1878, being long survived by his wife, who passed away July 29, 1910. She reached the remarkable old age of almost ninety-four years, her birth having occurred Aug^ust 1, 1816, in Lancaster county, Canada. The family comes of English ancestry and her grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Four daughters and six sons were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert B. O. Bassett, of whom the sons, Francis Marion and Hoka and the four daughters have now passed away. Francis Marion enlisted in a Minnesota regiment during the Civil war, became ill through exposure and hardships, and his health was so undermined that he passed away several years later. Of the surviving sons of the family Henry S. Bassett is now a lawyer of Preston, Minnesota. He, too, was a soldier of the Civil war, enlisting in the Sixth Minnesota Regiment, and after engaging in active duty for a time in the north participated in some of the battles which marked the contest of arms in the south. When discharged he was holding the rank of first lieutenant. George W. Bassett is now engaged in farming and stock-raising in Washtucna^ Washington, and has been somewhat prominent in the public life of the state, representing Adams county in the general assembly of 1908. A son, Gilbert, is now a resident of Helena, ^Montana.

After attending the public schools of Minnesota and Washington Samuel S. Bassett continued his education in Northfield College in the former state. He liad accompanied his parents on their removal to the northwest crossing the plains in 1866 to Montana and in 1871, as previously stated, they encamped on the present site of Spokane, there being then but two shacks. Later they went to W'alla Walla, where Samuel S. Bassett attended school, after which he sought the higher educational opi^ortunities in Northfield College, completing his studies there in June, 1878. During the succeeding winter he engaged in teaching school in Iowa, after which he accepted a position as clerk of the probate court under his brnther, H. S. Bassett, who was then probate judge in Fillmore county, Minnesota. Samuel S. Bassett continued in that position until 1883 and in the meantime, in partnership with his brother Gilbert had purchased four hundred acres of land there. However, he disposed of his projoerty in 1883 and went to South Dakota where, with eight others, he scripped forty acres and established the town of La Grace, in what is now Campbell county. This was a pioneer district in which the work of development had scarcely begun and it was not until 1887 that the county was organized, at which time Mr. Bassett became the first registrar of deeds. He was also admitted to the bar, September 25, 1888, and was elected prosecuting attorney 'of Campbell county in the same year. The duties of his position were discharged so acceptably that at the end of the first term he was reelected in 1890, but resigned in 1891 and again established his home in the west. Going to Moscow, Idaho, he there practiced law until he came to Spokane, in 1900. He was admitted to practice before the bars of both Washington and Idaho in 1891 and has since been successfully following his profession. He first formed a partnership with George M. Nethercutt, with whom he was associated for a year, and later entered into partnership relations with W. W. Saunders, with whom he continued for a brief period. Since that time he has practiced alone and his ability is manifest in the large clientage accorded him. He represents several corporations, among them the Lorenzo Mining and Mill Company of Idaho; the Patent Holding ^Lanufacturing Company; the Diamond Carriage Company; the International Crayon Company and others, owning a large interest in each. He has a wide knowledge of corporation law, yet he is well versed in all departments of the profession. With the countless opportunities for profitable investment that are to be found in the northwest it is unusual for a man to concentrate his energies upon a single line and Mr. Bassett, in keeping with the tendency of the times, has extended his activities into other fields and beyond the strict path of his profession. He has interests in Oregon and is a trustee of several companies besides those which he represents as an attorney. In his vocabulary "there is no such word as fail." His plans are carefully formed and executed and bring to him the measure of success which crowns unfaltering effort, intelligently directed.

On the 23d of June, 1883, at Preston, ^Minnesota, 'Sir. Bassett was married to Miss Katharina Hopp, a daughter of Michael Hopp who was one of the pioneer residents of Minnesota and comes of German ancestry. The only child of this marriage is Claude O. Bassett, who was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Marj'land, but resigned his position in 1909, on account of eye trouble. He was graduated nearly a year ahead of his class and won honors at fencing. He now concentrates his attention upon business affairs in Spokane, being president of the Patent Holding Manufacturing Company and a director and secretary of the Diamond Carriage Company.

Mr. Bassett's study of the political questions and issues of the day has led him to give active and earnest support to the republican party. While residing in La Grace, South Dakota, he represented his party on the central committee, served as delegate to county conventions in Fillmore county, Minnesota, and was also a delegate to both county and state conventions in La Grace, South Dakota. He is in thorough S3'mpathy with the beneficient and benevolent spirit of the Masonic fraternity and is an exemplary member of the blue lodge. He also has membership relations with the Independent Order of Foresters and with the Royal Highlanders. During much of his life he has lived in frontier districts and has taken an active part in the upbuilding of the sections in which he has made his home. In all of his public work he has looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and needs of the future and has labored for later progress as well as for present prosperity. Spokane has no more enthusiastic champion of her interests or one whose efforts in her behalf are of a more practical and resultant character.

Zora E. Hayden

Zora E. Hayden, city commissioner of public safety in Spokane and well known for many years as a representative of lumber interests here, was born in Lysandcr, New York, September 13, 1862. His parents were Zora and Mary Hayden, the former a direct descendant of the Hayden family of Haydensville, Connecticut, that was prominently represented in Revolutionary days by those who served in the Continental army. In early life Zora Hayden removed to the Empire state and there engaged in farming, but both he and his wife passed away many years ago. The members of their household were: Zora E., of this review; Susan M., died at Owatanna, Minnesota, 1907; John L., a farmer of Lysander. New York; Herbert L., an attorney at law, who died at Madison, Minnesota, 1911; George S., a farmer, wlio died at Lysander, New York, 1908; Ella M. Wilcox, of Spokane, Washington; Mary Benton, of Ira, New York; Marion Wayne, who died at Lysander, New York, 1872; and Carrie E., of Spokane, Washington.

Zora E. Hayden was educated in the district schools of his native town and in his youthful days worked for a time -with his father upon the home farm but felt that its opportunities were too limited to meet the demands of his budding ambition and left home to secure his fortune elsewhere. Believing that the west of-, fered better chances he made his way to Lac qui Parle, Minnesota, where he worked on a farm for eight months, and then secured a position in a bank at Madison, Minnesota, and at the same time studied law for a period of a year. He next turned his attention to the lumber business in which he continued in Madison for one year. He afterward removed to Forest City, Iowa, where he conducted a lumberyard for a period of four years, and then disposed of his interests there and went to Estherville, Iowa, where he also engaged in dealing in lumber. About eighteen months were there spent, after which he removed to Austin, Minnesota, where he continued in the same business for eight years. In the spring of 1903 he arrived in Spokane and identified himself with the lumber interests of the state of Washington, forming a company known as The Hayden Lumber Company and owning retail lumberyards in the Big Bend countrj-, with general offices at Spokane, Washington. He continued actively in the trade later as a wholesaler, until elected city commissioner in the spring of 1911. He still retains an interest in the F. R. Woodbury Lumber Company as its vice president. Gradually he has won a fair measure of success and has become recognized as one of the enterprising and industrious business men of this city.

On the 21st of October, 1888, in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Hayden was united in marriage to Miss Lucy G. Julian, a daughter of Gilbert and Mary Julian, of Camillus. New York, who were direct descendants of the famous St. Julian family of P'rance. Mr. and Mrs. Hayden have one son who is living, Marion L., now a freshman in the University of Washington at Seattle. They also lost two children, Ray, who died in infancy; and Zoe L., a daughter, who passed away in Spokane at the age of eleven years. The family reside at No. 2504! Manito boulevard. Mr. Hayden holds membership with Truth Lodge, No. 213, F. & A. M., of Forest City, Iowa, and has taken the Scottish Rite degrees in Spokane and has also become a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine in this city. He likewise belongs to the Spokane Club and has many friends both within and without that organization. In politics he has long been an active republican yet never an office seeker nor has he held public positions until elected city commissioner. He is, however, in hearty sj'mpathy with the effort to promote clean government and rid the country of machine rule, and stands with those who are attempting to make party organization of value to the people and not a source of individual benefit.

John B. Hess

Of John B. Hess it has been said: "He was a man of high principles, classed as a congenial, kind-hearted, honorable citizen." He was kno%vn in professional circles in Spokane as a leading lawyer whose thorough preparation for the bar was followed by careful study of every case which was entrusted to him. He was born September 15, I860, on a farm near Giessen, Germany, and was a son of Johann George and Marie Elizabeth Hess. At a very early age he was left an orphan and was thus thrown upon his own resources. He attended school in his native town and then began to learn a trade. He was twenty-three years of age when in 1883 he bade adieu to friends and fatherland and sailed for the new world. After spending nearly two years in work and study in Boston he returned to New York and took up the study of law in Columbia LTniversity, from which he was graduated with high honors in the class of 1889. Thus qualified for the practice of his chosen profession he came to Spokane in the following winter and opened a law office. From the first he met with good success, devoting his remaining days to his chosen profession. He had a wide knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, carefully investigated every point bearing upon his cases and entered the court prepared to present his cause in a strong and logical manner. He was connected ^vith much important litigation and won many notable victories in the courts. He also extended his efi'orts into industrial and financial fields and became recognized as one of the representative business men of Spokane as well as one of its learned and successful lawyers. He was a stockholder of the Washington Water Power Company, the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, in which he was a director, the Oregon Electric Railway Company and was the owner of considerable real estate, having made wise investments in propert_y which, in the course of time brought him good financial returns. Sound judgment guided all of his business activities and made his efforts of practical worth in the conduct of the interests with which he was connected.

Soon after the death of Mr. Hess the following resolutions were unanimously passed by the officers and directors of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company at a meeting held at Spokane, Washington, March 24, 1908, at 3:15 P. M., and presented to the bereaved family, as were also resolutions by the Bench and Bar Association of Spokane, which show to some extent the esteem and high regard in which he was held by his associates in financial and legal circles and are a recognition of his great abilities.

"Whereas, the members of this board have learned with sincere regret of the death of one of their fellow members, John B. Hess, Esq., at Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, March 1, 1908;

"Whereas, Mr. Hess has been for many years closely connected with the company in its business and legal affairs, and since January 15, 1907, has been a member of its board of directors, during which time his sagacious counsel, kindly disposition, loyalty to his friends and unswerving fidelity to the interests entrusted to his care, were made manifest on so many occasions that the board entertained for him the highest regard and esteem ; and

"Therefore be it Resolved, That this board's sincere sympathy be extended to the family of Mr. Hess in its bereavement ; that this resolution be spread upon the company's minutes and that a copy thereof be sent to his family.

"Whereas, Mr. Hess has been for twenty years, last past, a useful, honest and faithful member of the Spokane bar and his qualities of honesty, ability and fidelity to the interests of his many clients had endeared him to them, as well as to his brother members of the bar, and

"Whereas it is meet and proper that we express at this time our high regard for him and extend to his family our sympathy in this their time of sorrow and trouble, therefore

"Be it Resolved by the bar that in the death of Mr. Hess the bar has lost an able, honest, faithful and valued member; liis clients have lost a friend and advisor; this community has last one of its best citizens and his family has lost a kind and affectionate head.

On the 20th of December, 1894, at Waterville, Ohio, Mr. Hess was united in marriage to Miss Carrie M. Christmann, a daughter of Jacob M. and Friedericka (Metzgar) Christmann, who settled in the M«aumee valley, Ohio, early in 1840. The former owned and operated one of the largest flour mills in the country. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hess were born two children, Marie Elizabeth, born November 14, 1896, and John Jacob, born July 2, 1899. The family circle was broken by the hand of death when on the 1st of March, 1908, Mr. Hess passed away in Los Angeles, California. He had been a faithful and devoted member of the Lutheran church and in politics he was a loyal republican, always actively interested in the growth and the success of his party, and at all times giving his earnest allegiance to those measures and movements which are of most value as factors in the general welfare. He was a life member of the Masonic lodge and he belonged also to the Spokane Bar Association, the Young Men's Christian Association, Sons of Herman, the German Turn Verein and the Spokane Athletic Club, all of which indicate the nature of his interests and activities. In all of the relations of life he commanded the confidence and respect of his fellow men because of his close adherence to high ideals. Those who knew him, and his friends were many, felt for him genuine regard and good-will. He deserved much credit for what he accomplished, for he started out in life empty-handed and the success he achieved and the position to which he attained were the reward of his earnest and well directed labors.

Nulton E. Nuzum

Nulton E. Nuzum, an eminent lawyer, and particularly distinguished in the field of criminal law, is practicing as a member of the firm of Nuzum & Nuzum, in Spokane, although his legal business has called him into various other districts of the northwest. He is also very well known in connection with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, in which he has been honored with high office. His birth occurred in Wisconsin, April 28, 1862, and in the public schools of that state he acquired his early education, after which he went upon the road as a traveling salesman, representing Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, a Chicago wholesale shoe house, from 1883 until 1889. In their employ he visited Spokane twice a year, beginning in 1885, and immediately after the disastrous fire in Spokane in 1889, he brought his samples to this city and made his services of much value to the shoe merchants who found it necessarj' to secure an entire new stock to again engage in business.

]\Ir. Nuzum had no intention, however, of remaining upon the road as a traveling salesman all his life, and while thus engaged he devoted every leisure moment to the study of law, carrying his law books with him. In the year 1893 he was admitted to the bar and purchased an interest in the law firm of Griffiths & Moore. When the second member, J. Z. Moore, was appointed to the superior court bench, the firm became Griffiths & Nuzum, and so continued until 1896, when Mr. Nuzum formed the existing partnership with his brother R. W., under the firm style of Nuzum & Nuzum. In his former association he was attorney for the street railway and gas company, but when the present firm was formed he withdrew from all company business of that character to enter upon the general practice of law. Nulton E. Nuzum's firms have defended fifty-four men and women charged with murder in the first degree in eastern Washington, Idaho and British Columbia, and have the unparalleled record of only one conviction for manslaughter, at which time Bill Eddom was sentenced for five years and Eddie Spencer, who admitted the killing, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to an indeterminate period of from one to ten years. In a number of the murder cases he has defended, jNIr. Nuzum has been associated with Frank Graves. !Mr. Nuzum has made investments in real estate until he now has extensive property holdings.

His work as a member of the bar has brought Nulton E. Nuzum rather more than local prominence and he has become perhaps equally widely known through his connection with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He was for one year exalted ruler of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. and was district deputy grand exalted ruler for the eastern division of the state of Washington for two terms. He became a charter member of the local lodge and when George Turner, afterward United States senator, was exalted ruler, Mr. Nuzum served as esquire. He passed through all the chairs of the order and when presiding officer there were eleven hundred members. Mr. Nuzum was elected presiding officer of the Eagles lodge, holding the position for one year, was chairman of the grievance and appeals committee of the Grand Aerie for two years and of the judiciary committee for a similar period. For two decades he has been a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, now connected with Red Cross Lodge No. 28. He is likewise a member of the Spokane Athletic Club and of Coeur d'Alene Boat Club and is interested in all manly outdoor sports. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce he has been a cooperant factor in various projects for Spokane's upbuilding. He votes with the Republican party, but has never been a delegate to state or county conventions, keeping strictly out of politics save for the support which he gives to the principles in which he believes by the exercise of his right of franchise.

On the 4th of September, 1883, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Mr. Nuzum was married to Miss Flora B. Watson, a daughter of P. H. Watson of Wisconsin, who was of English descent. The only child of this marriage, Harold N. Nuzum, born in April, 1890, is now a first-year student in the law department of the Northwestern University, at Chicago, and expects following his graduation In 1913, to enter his father's law office. Mr. Nuzum's record constitutes a creditable chapter in the history of the Spokane courts and of the northwest. His practice is extensive and of an important character, and he is notable among laivyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases. At no time has his reading ever been confined to the hmitations of the question at issue. It has gone beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected but for the miexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out of them.

Orr H. Greene

Orr H. Greene, one of the leading citizens of Ritzville, is a prominent factor in financial circles as the president of the Pioneer National Bank and is also the chief executive officer of the Greene Investment Company. He likewise represents a number of other important enterprises in an official capacity. His birth occurred in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1867, his parents being Nelson H. and Lucinda (Tuttle) Greene. In 1884 the family home was established at Ritzville, Adams county, Washington, where Nelson H. Greene opened a mercantile establishment. He also took an active part in public affairs and from 1885 until 1888 served as sheriff of Adams county. At the time of the organization of the Pioneer National Bank he became its president, serving in that capacity from 1901 until his death in 1905. His wife had been called to her final rest in 1904.

Orr H. Greene obtained his education in the graded and high schools of the Keystone state and began his business career as a clerk in his father's store. On attaining his majority, in 1888, he became a partner in the enterprise, being thus successfully identified with mercantile interests until he and his father sold out in 1895. Subsequently they turned their attention to the buying and selling of real estate. In 1901, when the Pioneer National Bank was organized, O. H. Greene became the cashier of the institution, acting in that capacity until his father's demise in 1905. For the past six years he has held the office of president and in this connection has ably directed the affairs of the bank in a manner that has contributed to its continued gro^vth and success. His other official connections are ai follows : president of the Greene Investment Company, of Ritzville ; secretary of the Ritzville Improvement Company, of Ritzville; secretary of the Ritz\alle Publishing Company, of Ritzville; vice president of the First National Bank, of Lind, Washington; vice president of the First National Bank, of Washtucna, Washington; and vice president of the First National Bank, of Medical Lake, Washington. He is preeminently a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence, and the soundness of his business judgment is such that his cooperation is continually sought in the control and management of important commercial or financial concerns.

Mr. Greene has been married twice. On the 5th of October, 1892, he wedded Miss Bessie M. Bennett, a daughter of James Bennett of Ritzville, Washington, who was a pioneer settler of Adams county, taking up his abode there in 1880. Mrs. Bessie M. Greene was called to her final rest in 1899, leaving a daughter, Lucile, who is now being educated at Smith College of Northampton, Massachusetts. On the 30th of April, 1907, ^Ir. Greene was again married, his second union being with Miss Laura Davennj', a daughter of W. H. Davenny, of Ritzville. By his second wife Mr. Greene has one daughter, Martha Lucinda, whose natal year was 1910.

In politics Mr. Greene is a stanch republican, loyally supporting the men and measures of that party. In 1895 and 1896 he served as mayor of Ritzville and his administration was characterized by many measures of reform and improvement. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, his membership relations being with Ritzville Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M.; Sprague Chapter, R. A. M.; Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S., of Spokane; and El Katif Temple, N. M. S., of Spokane. He is a well balanced man, mentally and physically, possesses sufficient couraige to venture where favoring opportunity is presented, and his judgment and even-paced energy have carried him forward to the goal of success.

Fred E. Robbins

Fred E. Robbins, a prominent and respected resident of Ritzville, is now serving as mayor of the town. He is a leading factor in financial circles as the president of the First National Bank and since June, 1899, has managed the Ritzville branch of the White River Lumber Company, of which concern he is the vice president. His birth occurred in Vassalboro, Maine, on the 25lh of August, 1866, his parents being Oliver P. and Martha T. (Pierce) Robbins. The father, an agriculturist of the Pine Tree state, served as a member of the Twenty-first Maine Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war.

Fred E. Robbins attended the common schools of his native state in the acquirement of an education and after putting aside his text-books worked for hi* father until twenty-one years of age. In 1887 he came west to Gardiner, Oregon, there being employed in a sawmill for fifteen months. In the spring of 1889 he went to Alaska and there spent more than three years in search for gold, returning to Seattle in the fall of 1892. Subsequently he made his way to Hoquiam, Washington, where for eight months he worked in a sawmill, after which he returned to Maine. During his two years' residence in that state he pursued a course of study in the Dirigo Business College at Augusta, being graduated from that institution in 1893. In 1891' he came to Cumberland, Washington, and conducted business as a general merchant of that place until February, 1897. At that time he removed to Black Diamond, Washington, there carrying on general mercantile pursuits until May, 1899, or until he sold out. He then purchased an interest in the White River Lumber Company, whose mill is at Enumclaw, Washington, and became vice president of the concern. In June, 1899, he came to Ritzville, Washington, to take charge of the retail yards of the company and has since acted as the manager of the same. He is the president of the First National Bank of Ritzville and is likewise the chief executive officer of the Ritzville Publishing Company and the Ritzville Improvement Company. He has been an important factor in business circles and his prosperity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energj- and industry that never flags:

On the 12th of March, 1896, Mr. Robbins was united in marriage to Miss Emma Mansell, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Mansell, of Boone, Iowa. Mrs. Robbins passed away on the 13th of March, 1910, leaving four children, as follows: Norman, who was born on the 31st of December, 1896; Martha, whose birth occurred August 6, 1898; Mabel, whose natal day was October 16, 1900; and Fred, who was born November 26, 1902.

In politics i\Ir. Robbins is a republican and his fellow toivnsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have elected him to positions of public trust. He served as mayor of Ritzville from 1902 until 1904 and acted as councilman during the years 1909 and 1910. In 1910 he was again chosen mayor of Ritzville for the year 1911 and in this position of responsibility has fully justified the expectations of his constituents. From the time of its organization until the 1st of September, 1911, he served as secretary of the library board. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Ritzville Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a past master, and Sprague Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M. He is likewise a member of the Spokane Club of Spokane. His influence is found on the side of progress and improvement, while to many measures for the public good he has been a most generous contributor. Throughout his business career he has endeavored to make all his acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There have never been any great ventures or risks in his business career, but by honest, dependable methods he has made steady progress, his course at all times being characterized by energy and system.

Joseph Shepherd Allen

A resident of the territory and state of Washington since 1871 and of Spokane and the immediate vicinity since 1881, and for many years engaged in active legal practice on both sides of the Cascades, the subject of this sketch has had exceptional opportunities of witnessing the marvelous growth and development of the state, and few men are more honorably identified therewith.

Joseph Shepherd Allen was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, December 6, 1819. His father, Joseph S. Allen, was an able and prominent physician of that place, serving in the Civil war as surgeon of the Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His mother, Hannah (Beard) Allen, was a daughter of Hon. John Beard, one of the able politicians in the early period of Indiana history. John Beard represented his county in the legislature of Indiana, almost all the time in the senate, for sixteen years. He was the first receiver of the United States land office at Crawfordsville, receiving the appointment from President Harrison. He was active in wliig politics and in the organization of the national republican party, attending the first four national conventions of that party as a delegate. It has been claimed by his friends that no single individual contributed more than he to the first nomination of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Young Joseph S. Allen received his education at the public and private schools of Crawfordsville and at Wabash College, located at that place. He removed with his parents in 1865 to Rochester, Minnesota, returning later to Crawfordsville to resume college work. At the age of eighteen he began the study of law, entering for that purpose the office of Stearns & Start at Rochester, Judge Start of the firm named at present being chief justice of Minnesota. Mr. Allen was admitted to the bar at Rochester on attaining his majority and removed soon thereafter, in 1871, to Olympia, then the capital of the territory of Washington and now the capital of the state. Here he entered into a partnership with his brother John B. Allen, now deceased, at one time a United States senator from the state of Washington, for the practice of law. The partnership and practice continued for ten years, wlien his health failed and he was compelled to seek an open-air life. For this purpose he removed in 1881 to Five Mill Prairie, in the close vicinity of Spokane, purchasing a half section of land there, where he continued to reside and engage in farming until 1884, when he removed to Spokane, entering into a legal partnership with the late Hon. Jacob Hoover under the firm name of Hoover & Allen. In 188,5 Hiram E. Allen, a brother, was admitted to the firm, its name then becoming Allen, Hoover & Allen. In the following year Mr. Hoover withdrew and Judge Adolph Munter entered the firm, its name becoming Allen, Munter & Allen. Mr. Allen continued in active practice until 1888, when his health again failed and he was compelled to seek recuperation in California. After three years spent in this quest he returned in 1891 to Spokane, where his business interests and plans remained and which he always called his home. He built a home in the northeastern suburbs, near the site of the present city of Hillyard, where he owned a large tract of land, which is now known as Rochester Heights. He resided here until the spring of 1903, when he removed to his present residence, 1-107 Eleventh avenue, in the beautiful Cannon Hill district.

Mr. Allen has declined on account of his poor health to enter political life, although he has had unusual opportunities and possesses strong natural inclinations in that direction. He declined the United States attorneyship for the territory in 1871; also nominations for district prosecuting attorney and for the upper house of the legislature, which were successively tendered him by caucus at the republican convention held at Cheney in 1886. In the same year he declined to be nominated as corporation counsel of Spokane, his friends being anxious and able to secure the nomination. He has, however, filled important public trusts. In 189'1 he was appointed by Governor McGraw a member of the state capital commission, serving three years and resigning upon a change of administration, Edmund Rice and Judge Burke, a former chief justice, being his appointed colleagues. In 1 897 he was appointed by Governor Rogers a regent of the State Normal School at Cheney, serving four years, Hon. N. W. Durham and Hon. J. J. Browne being iiis colleagues.

In January, 1895, Mr. Allen, George Donald, president of the Yakima National Bank of North Yakima, and Paul Schulze, then general western land agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, were appointed by Judge C. H. Hanford, of the federal court, receivers of the Yakima Investment Company, then owning and operating the Sunnyside canal in Yakima county. This was then and probably now is the largest irrigating plant in the northwest. The government now owns and operates it under its reclamation service. Mr. Schulze died soon after his appointment and, Mr. Donald retiring in January, 1898, Mr. Allen remained in sole charge of the receivership, which he conducted to a successful conclusion in July, 1900. He takes pride in the fact that each of these appointments was tendered without solicitation or influence from any source.

On November 5, 1878^ Mr. Allen was united in marriage, at Oakland, California, with Miss Mary Furlow, a native of Rochester, Minnesota. They are the parents of five children, namely, Mary Josephine, Joseph Shepherd, Jr., Paul Beard, Madeline Elizabeth and Mildred Irene. Mary Josephine is the wife of L. R. Rutherford, who resides at St. Helens, Oregon, and the mother of two children. Wade Alexander and Laud Raymond. Joseph Shepherd Allen, Jr., resides at St. Helens and is assistant cashier of the Columbia County Bank at that place. He married Miss Evelyn Fonner, of Spokane, and they have one child, Jane Emily Allen. Paul Beard Allen resides at Perker Heights, near North Yakima, where he conducts a large fruit ranch, being part-owner. He married Miss Anna Evers, of Spokane, and they have one child, Paul Beard Allen, Jr. Madeline is a student at the State College at Pullman and Mildred is a student of the Lewis and Clark high school at Spokane.

Mr. Allen holds membership in John A. Logan Camp, Sons of Veterans, and in the First Presbyterian church of Spokane. Notwithstanding the handicap of poor health which he has carried from an early age, he has attained a place in the highest rank among the lawyers and orators of the state. His knowledge of the law is profound and comprehensive. He possesses keen power of anah'sis and discrimination, with great force of clear, strong and persuasive presentation. Supplemented by his habit of careful preparation, these have rendered him especially eifective with courts. He has delivered many political addresses, which have been pronounced by qualified judges equal to the best ever delivered in the state. By careful investments Mr. Allen has acquired a comfortable fortune, having large holdings of real estate in Spokane and in other parts of the state. Having no active business pursuits, he spends his time largely in the companionship of books of which he is very fond. He is an interested reader and observer of social and political events, and takes an active interest in local affairs. Like all men who have lived in this country from its early days, he has unbounded confidence in the future of Spokane and her great Inland Empire.

Mr. Allen traces his political ancestry through a long line of whigs and republicans, with whom the abolition of slavery was a sacred dogma. He has always held to the great doctrines of the republican party, though supporting Mr. Bryan in 1 896 and later Hon. George Turner for governor of Washington. He is at present a progressive republican. President Taft being his ideal of a true progressive.

James Taylor Burcham

Among the prominent representatives of the legal profession of Spokane is James T. Burcham. He is a great student of the economical questions which are before the country today and is an excellent speaker who, when occasion demands, presents his views in a most clear and concise manner. Indiana numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Washington county, on the I5th of January, 1873, his parents being James Fayette and Isabelle (Lusk) Burcham. The father was an agriculturist, and in 1891 removed with his family to Salem, Oregon, where in 1897 his death occurred.

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James T. Burcham began his education in the public schools of southern Indiana and the high school of Salem, Indiana. Later he attended Leland Stanford, Jr., University, graduating from that institution in the class of 1897, receiving his A. B. degree The following year he entered the law department of the same university and in 1901 received his LL. B. degree. Following his graduation he became a member of the faculty of the law department of his Alma Mater, remaining in that position for three years. Later he was a lecturer in the law department of the University of Chicago. During this time he was also serving as contributing editor to Pomeroy's Equitable Remedies. Desiring to take up the practice of his profession he removed to Spokane in the autumn of 1904 and has since been engaged in active practice in tliis city. Three years after his arrival here he associated himself with John E. Blair whom he had met while they were both members of the faculty of Stanford University.

On the 16th of June, 1902, Mr. Burcham was married to Miss Emilie Henry, a daughter of L. D. Henry, of Salem, Oregon. They have two children, Henry Macgregor and Donald Lusk.

Throughout his life Mr. Burcham has taken active part in political affairs and is an independent. He was a member of the "syntax committee" of three, the other two members being J. Grier Long and E. E. Sargeant, who were specially appointed to recast the provisions of the charter it had decided upon then in regard to expression and phraseology. The entire charter was drafted by this committee with a view to its mode of expression, and its recommendations were accepted by the charter revision committee almost verbatim. Although Mr. Burcham has been active in promoting progress and advancing the interests of civic organization, it is to law he devotes his attention principally and his success at the bar is due to untiring efforts and energy.

Noah A. Krantz

Noah A. Krantz, who has achieved notable success as a voice teacher, is unquestionably one of the best known men in musical and artistic circles, not only in Spokane, where he has been maintaining a studio for the past eight years, but in the entire state of Washington. He is a native of Sweden, his birth having occurred in the city of Stockholm on the 25th of January, I860, and a son of A. P. and Mary (Andrews) Krantz. The father passed away in 1909 but the mother is still living at a ripe old age.

In the early childhood of Noah A. Krantz his people emigrated to the United States, locating in Minnesota. There he was reared to manhood, acquiring his preliminary education in the public schools. He subsequently entered the college at St. Peter, Minnesota, where he pursued a four-years' course, and was graduated with the degree of Baclielor of Arts. From early childhood he had manifested unusual musical ability, evidencing a rare appreciation of tone values and an exceptionally fine sense of pitch; in addition to this he possessed a good voice, while his interpretation both of vocal and instrumental selections showed marked individuality. As it was his desire to adopt music for his life vocation after the completion of his collegiate course, he returned to his native land and spent five years in the Royal

Conservatory of Music at Stockholm. There he industriously applied himself to the study of piano, voice and composition, and at the expiration of that period was graduated in all three. He then returned to America to assume the duties of dean of music in Bethany College at Lindsborg, Kansas. He was identified with this institution during the succeeding ten j'ears, and it is very largely due to his painstaking and tireless efforts that the musical department of this college has achieved a national reputation. In all probability his greatest achievements while there, was in the work of the choral societies and their annual rendition of the world's greatest oratorios, the artistic excellency of these productions bringing both him and the college highly merited renown throughout the middle west. In 1904, Mr. Krantz came to Spokane and established a studio, and has ever since given his entire attention to vocal work. He is director of the Elks' quartette and it is due to his efforts that this musical organization has attained such wonderful popularity in this section. Mr. Krantz is a remarkable teacher of voice, as he possesses the faculty of intelligently presenting to his pupils the technic of this, without doubt the most difficult of all the arts. He has built up a fine class and numbers among his pupils many of the leading vocalists of the city.

At Lindsborg, Kansas, on the 1 2th of June, 1893, Mr. Krantz was united in marriage to Miss Edna McPhail, a daughter of John and Mary MePhail, and they have become the parents of three children, as follows : Viola, Lawrence and Emerald.

Fraternally Mr. Krantz is affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and he also belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. In addition to his musical ability, Mr. Krantz is a very sagacious business man and during the period of his residence here has made some very lucrative speculations in real estate, and holds the title to several pieces of valuable city property. He is very popular in both musical and social circles and has made many friends, who accord him the esteem his many substantial qualities well merit.

Joseph Plastino

A notable example of the men of foreign birth who have risen to positions of distinction and prominence in connection with the business interests of Spokane is found in the life record of Joseph Plastino, who is engaged in the real-estate and insurance business at 219 Washington street and who is the owner of considerable valuable property in Spokane. A native of Italy, his birth occurred on the 21st of March, 1869, his parents being Michael and Marie (Patella) Plastino, both of whom are still living.

Until twelve years of age Joseph Plastino attended the public schools in his native country and there received such education as is afforded the average youth. At that age he left his native country and came to America, locating in New York, where he attended school for nine months before the family removed to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. In that town he attended the public schools for three years and during this time acquired his fundamental knowledge of the English language. Later he removed to Denver, where he accepted employment on a railroad, but at the same time studied and attended school whenever he had an opportunity. The zeal and energy which he disjilayed in striving to acquire an education is not com- mon among the Italians who come to this country. In 1887 he came to Spokane and for ten years was engaged in construction work for the Northern Pacific Railway. At the end of that time he had acquired sufficient capital to engage in business upon his own account and he has since been conducting a real-estate, insurance and contracting business. Thrift and able management have ever been salient characteristics of his life aiid ' by keen discrimination for values and careful study of opportunities he has become the owner of a valuable building located on the southwest corner of Washington street and Front avenue, of another building on Stevens street and of considerable other city property. The success which is his has been won by hard labor and in the face of discouraging circumstances. After receiving an education of a very few years he entered upon his business career with no asset excepting his perseverance, energy and ability for hard work and he has succeeded to a degree wliich is as phenomenal as it is gratifying.

On the 24th of March, 1894, Mr. Plastino was married at Spokane to Miss Susan Scarpelli. To their union five children have been born: Anthony, who is studying law at Gonzaga College ; Michael, who is a student in the medical department of Gonzaga College ; John, who is studying pharmacy ; Margaret, who is attending school at Brunot Hall; and Eleanor, who is residing at home.

Mr. Plastino has never taken an active interest in politics and has never been an aspirant for office. He casts his vote with the republican party and he holds membership in the Roman Catholic church. He is an exemplar of Free ^lasonry and as such a member of Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, A. F. & A. M., of Spokane. He has never had cause to regret having left his native land, for in America he has found the opportunity to succeed. In this country he has been given privileges as great as given to any other citizen and he has so availed himself of these opportunities that he ranks high among members of the business circles of Spokane, and especially his Italian countrymen.

Daniel W. Henley

Daniel W. Henley, a member of the law firm of Henley & Zent and prominently known in connection with mining interests in the northwest, is a native of Hendricks county, Indiana. He was born January 6, 1852, a son of William Hubbard Henley, who was born in North Carolina and was descended from English ancestors who settled in the new world before the Revolutionary war, establishing a home in North Carolina while it was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. William H. Henley began business alone as a contracting carpenter but at the time of his marriage secured an eighty-acre claim in Indiana on which stood a little log cabin that was the birthplace of his son Daniel. Within twenty feet of the corner of this little pioneer home the permanent residence of the father was built in which he remained until his death, in 1861. There he engaged in stock-raising and farming, converting his land into productive fields from which he annually gathered good harvests.

The youthful experiences of Daniel W. Henley were such as usually come to the farm boy. His father, who was fairly successful in his agricultural ]nirsiiits, saw to it that the son was well educated and after mastering tlic jirelirainary branches of learning taught in the district schools, he attended Earlham College, completing the Latin scientific course in that institution. He next matriculated in the law department of the Simpson Centenary University and won his B. L. degree in 1876. He then opened an office in connection with John H. King in Hampton, Iowa, and two years later they were joined by the Hon. A. G. Kellan, who was afterward Mr. Henlej-'s law partner in Spokane. While advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, close application, wide reading and thorough preparation will eventually win success and through the employment of these agencies Daniel W. Henley made continuous progress as a practitioner in the courts. In 1888 he went to Lawrence, Kansas, where he continued in successful practice until June, 1889. He then came to Spokane and secured an office in the Tull block, equipped it in an attractive and appropriate manner and thus prepared for business. He opened his office on Friday and the following Sunday saw his work destroyed in the great conflagration which swept over the business district of Spokane. Obstacles and difficulties have always seemed to serve as an impetus for renewed effort on his part and, facing this disaster, he set to work with even greater determination and was not long in winning a creditable position at the Spokane bar, becoming a member of the firm of Connor, Henley & Scott. He afterward practiced as a member of the firm of Fenton, Henley & Fenton until jMarch, 1896, when he withdrew from that connection and was joined by his old Iowa partner, the Hon. A. G. Kellan, the firm of Henley & Kellan being organized. In 1897 Mr. Lindsley, who had previously been a law clerk in their office, was admitted and the firm name of Henlej', Kellan & Lindsley was assumed. This connection was continued for about five years, after which Mr. Lindsley withdrew and the firm again became Henley & Kellan, thus continuing until the latter's death in 1909. Mr. Henley was alone thereafter for a year, when he was joined by Judge Walter W. Zent under the firm name of Henley & Zent, which still continues. Mr. Cannon also came into the firm with Judge Zent but did not continue long on account of his business interests in Ritzville, Adams county. Almost from the beginning ^Mr. Henley has occupied a prominent position as one of Spokane's most capable lawyers, his ability in argument being recognized by all. His colleagues and contemporaries are also cognizant of the fact that he is ever thorough and careful in the preparation of his cases and is seldom if ever at fault in the citation of a legal principle or precedent.

It has often been remarked that a man successful in a profession does not possess the qualities requisite for attainment of success in other lines. If this be true Mr. Henley's career is 'one of the exceptions that prove the rule, for he has won a place among the leading mining men of the northwest. He was vice president of the great Le Roi mine from the time it was organized until it was sold, and this property alone placed him among the wealthy residents of the city. He has also owned a share in several other fine properties and is still heavily interested in a number of the leading mining camps of this region, devoting much of his time to mining and also to making loans. He is still an officer in several of the prominent mining companies of Spokane. His activities in connection with the Le Roi mine would alone entitle him to more than passing notice. He was one of those who purchased the property and organized the Le Roi Company. He was its first and only vice president during the time the property was owned by an American company ,ind it was during his term of office that the work of de- velopinent took place and the first shipment was made. They sent the ore to Everett, Taeoma and Helena and when the Trail creek smelter was built they shipped considerable ore to that and afterward built their own smelter at Northport, shipping to that place during the remainder of the period of the Anjerican ownership. Mr. Henley is still interested in three mining companies with very flattering prospects. They own Galena properties with values running in silver and lead, and also the Wagner Mines, Ltd., at the head waters of Falls creek, a tributary of Duncan river. In the same camp operates the Great Divide Mining & Milling Comiiany, owning silver and lead mines carrying silver, lead and also gold. The silver and lead values in these properties are almost phenomenal. Mr. Henlej^ is also interested in another mining company, the Frances Jewell, a group of claims with silver and lead showing twentj' feet of ore open cut across the ledge. At small expense the drift tunnel will tap the ledge at thirty-five hundred feet depth. He also has a gold mine in the West Fisher district of Montana. All are ready to ship and are only awaiting means of transportation. He also has five groups in British Columbia, four claims in each, and all of them are crown granted. Mr. Henley was at one time a director in the Old National Bank, during which period he was active in the Le Roi mine.

In Morgan county, Indiana, occurred the marriage of Daniel W. Henley and Miss Emily Stanton, a native of that state and a daughter of Chalkley and Ruth Stanton, the former a farmer by occupation. Mr. Henley is connected with the INIasonic fraternity, belonging to the commandery, consistory and the Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and was formerly very active in Masonic circles. He gives his political support to the republican part}', which he has loyally supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He belongs to that class of representative men who have been the upbuilders of the northwest - men who are not afraid to venture where favoring opportunity leads the way. Without any vaulting ambition to accomplish something especially great or famous he has pursued his course with determination, utilizing the advantages at hand, and each forward step has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He has gained prominence both in the practice of law and through his mining operations and yet he remains today the same genial, cordial gentleman, appreciative at all times of the worth of others, free from ostentation and display and yet qualified to meet on their own ground people of the utmost prominence and intelligence.

The Inland Empire Biscuit Company

The Inland Empire Biscuit Company is a consolidation of the Inland Cracker Company and the Empire Candy & Cracker Company. The Inland Cracker Company was a corporation organized in the spring of 1903 by F. W. Kiesling, ^vith J. K. Smith and B. R. Ostrander as associates. Mr. Ostrander withdrawing in 1907, his interest wa.s taken over by Messrs. Kiesling and Smith. F. W. Kiesling was the manager of this plant from its inception.

The Empire Candy & Cracker Company, originally the Empire Candy Company, was organized by Fred E. Krause and E. F. Gurske in 1899. In 1905 this concern was reorganized and a cracker factory was added and then became the Em- pire Cracker & Candy Company, Messrs. Krause and Gurske associating with them Will H. Murgittroj'd and Dr. Lanstrum. In 1908 these two concerns consolidated under the name of the Inland Empire Biscuit Company with the following officers: Fred E. Krause, president; E. F. Gurske, vice president; F. W. Kiesling, secretary; Will H. Murgittroyd, treasurer. The officers today are still the same. They do a general candy and cracker business, manufacturing a full line of candies, confectionery, crackers and fancy biscuits, and theirs is the largest, finest and best equipped cracker and candy plant west of the Mississippi river, employing two hundred and twenty-five people.

The buildings now occupied were built for the company and are owned by them and cover a ground space of eighteen thousand square feet, being one hundred and twenty by one hundred and fifty feet, four stories, which gives them a floor space of seventy-two thousand square feet. They employ twelve traveling men and have branch agencies at Seattle and Tacoraa. They cover with their goods the entire Inland Empire, south as far as Baker City, Oregon; west to the coast; north to the British line; and east to Butte, ^Montana. Their plant contains all modern machinery and is thoroughly up-to-date in every respect, being a model institution of its kind. The growth of the enterprise has been continuous and rapid and it now ranks with the important business interests of Spokane.

Andrew Jasper Coss

Andrew Jasper Coss, who was chosen sheriff of Adams county in November, 1908, has since been continued in the office by reelection. He is numbered among the prominent and respected residents of Ritzville and organized the present Ritzville fire department. His birth occurred in Marion county, Oregon, on the 28th of February, 1866, his parents being William R. and Mariette (Hutton) Coss. The family took up their abode among the early pioneer settlers of the Sunset state. William R. Coss, who passed away when our subject was a lad of twelve, had lost his wife when their son Andrew was still very young.

Andrew J. Coss began earning his own livelihood at the tender age of eight and obtained but a meager education in the country schools of Marion county, Oregon, working on a farm at the same time. Reading, observation and experience have constantly augmented his knowledge, however, until he is now a well informed man. When a youth of fifteen he went to Salem, Oregon, to learn the machinist's trade, being employed for three and a half years in the Salem Iron Works. At the same tinie he was connected with the Salem fire department. After leaving the iron works he accepted a government position as assistant engineer on a boat which was engaged in the work of clearing the Willamette river of snags and obstructions, spending some time in this employment. After returning to Salem he was identified with the fire and police departments for seven years, severing his connection therewith in 1893. Subsequently he spent two years as a miner in southern Oregon and then traveled about the country for several years. In 1898 he came to Ritzville, Washington, and worked on a threshing machine for one season. In 1899 the town of Ritzville engaged him as marshal and city engineer and in these capacities he ably served for a period of nine years. In the meantime he organized the present

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Ritzville fire department. In November, 1908, he was elected sheriff of Adams county for the years 1909 and 1910 and in the fall of 1910 was reelected without opposition for the term of 1911-12. He has brought to justice a number of murderers and has also broken up a "black hand" band, compelling them to cease operations in Adams county. His administration has been characterized by the utmost fearlessness and has won him the commendation and sujjport of all law-abiding citizens.

On the 2d of July, 1908, in Spokane, Mr. Coss was miited in marriage to Miss Rhoda Casterline of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a daughter of John Casterline of that place. For fourteen years prior to her marriage she taught in the public schools of Minneapolis. Fraternally Mr. Coss is identified with the Masons, belonging to Ritzville Lodge, No. 101. He is likewise a member of the Knights of Pj'thias and the Modern Woodmen of America, of Ritzville. Mr. Coss is highly respected and has many friends here, and he deserves great credit for what he has accomplished, since his prosperity is entirely due to his own labor, his utilization of opportunity and his persistency of purpose.

George Powell Yokom

George Powell Yokom, farmer and investor wth offices at 1109 Paulsen building, Spokane, was born near Mason City, Iowa, October 29, 1881. His father, Dexter Aden Yokom, was born near Niagara Falls, Canada, and is li^ang in the John Day valley of Grant county, Oregon, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a pioneer of the Big Bend country and improved one of the first places west of Lind, arriving in that locality in 1899. He comes of Scotch descent, while his wife represents an old family whose establishment in America antedates the Revolutionary war. She bore the maiden name of Nancy C. Pence and was born near Mason City, Iowa. Her father was a pioneer on the Wabash river and aided in reclaiming that district from the rule of the Indians. He went from Indiana to Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, where he established the settlement of Pence Grove that is still called by his name. Many of his descendants are still living in that locality. Mr. Pence saw much service in the Indian wars and was a splendid example of the pioneer settler who braves dangers, hardships and privations in order to secure the opportunities and advantages of the future. In the family of Dexter A. Yokom and his wife were the following named: George P.; Charles, who is engaged in the stock business in Montana; Asa, who is with his father; and Mrs. ^lary Bailey, whose husband is engaged in the stock business in the John Day country.

George Powell Yokom was educated in the common schools of Kansas. He engaged successfully in teaching in the Big Bend country and afterward followed farming for four years but eventually sold out and turned his attention to fruit growing at Green Bluff, where he had one hundred and sixty acres, which he sold in 1909. About seventy acres were planted to trees. He had resided tliereon for four years and at the end of that time dinded the place into small tracts which he sold. He later moved to Spokane and engaged in the real-estate business. He is well informed concerning property values and the land that is upon the market and in the field of real estate has already secured a good clientele.

On the 28th of August, 1905, Mr. Yokom was married to Miss Minnie Scheel, a daughter of Frederick Scheel, who was a pioneer of Ritzville county and built the first hotel there. Mr. and Mrs. Yokom are the parents of two children, Orville Dexter and Helen Genevieve. The parents hold membership in the Methodist church and Mr. Yokom belongs also to the Modern Woodmen of America, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Spokane County Grange and the Chamber of Commerce. His work has justified the faith which his fellow townsmen have in him. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and takes an active interest in its well formulated plans to exploit Spokane's advantages and promote its business interests. His own achievement in the field of real estate is creditable and his success is growing.

Edward Evans

Every American man or woman not only finds pleasure but inspiration in noting the progress and development of an enterprising, ambitious man, who through his own energy and concentrated effort achieves success. Among such as these must be numbered Edward Evans, president of The Arnold-Evans Company, located in the Elk Temple, who has been identified with the business interests of Spokane for about fourteen years. He is the son of a miner and was born in Wales in 1865, his parents being Evan and Elinor (Jones) Evans, likewise natives of Wales.

The boyhood and youth of Edward Evans were passed in a mining town of his native country, where he was given the advantages of a common-school education. At the age of eighteen years he became dissatisfied with the opportunities his own land offered, and believing that greater advantages were afforded in the new world he took passage for the United States. His destination was Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he located in 188i, and very soon thereafter he apprenticed himself to the plumber's trade. He remained a resident of that city for five years and at the end of that time went to Denver, where he followed his trade until 1890. In the spring of the latter year he removed to Spokane, working as a plumber in the service of various local companies until 1898. He was a most efficient workman, trustworthy and reliable, and being of thrifty, enterprising habits, he managed during that time to acquire sufficient capital to warrant his starting a business of his own. He became associated with Mr. Arnold and together thej' opened a general plumbing and heating establishment on a small scale, as they had but limited means to finance their undertaking. They incorporated in 1900 under the name of The Arnold- Evans Company, with Mr. Arnold as president. Later he sold out his interest to J. E. McCormack, who is secretary and treasurer of the company, while Mr. Evans is president. The development of this company has been marked by the orderly and permanent progression that characterizes a well organized and intelligently directed enterprise. The officials of the company are both men of more than average business acumen, and are sufficiently far-sighted to recognize that the stability of a concern depends upon the quality rather than the quantity of its work, so it has always been their policy to execute every order they received in such a manner that it would be the means of bringing them other business. Mr. Evans is a man of progressive ideas and practical methods and in the conduct of this establishment is following a system based upon years of experience and the highest principles of modern commercialism. That he is a capable organizer, and possesses unusual executive ability and sagacity is manifested by the growth of the enterprise. It has been in existence less than fourteen j^ears and during that time has grown from a somewhat insignificant, struggling little concern to an establishment that does from one hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand dollars worth of business annually. This growth and development must be attributed to the high standard of the work, and the intelligent direction and capable supervision that has been exercised in its various departments. It is one of the largest and most substantially established plumbing and heating concerns in the city, and their business continues to show a marked annual increase. In addition to his large interest in this business, Mr. Evans is vice president of the Western Lead Paint Company and in connection with Mr. McCormack o^vns The Dunsmuir apartments.

Denver was the scene of Mr. Evans' marriage in 1889 to Miss Elizabeth Davies, a daughter of Thomas Davies, of Milwaukee, and they have two children: Thomas lorwerth, who was born in March, 1892; and Blodwen Elinor, whose birth occurred in June, 1896. The family reside at South 719 Sherman street.

Mr. Evans is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and he also belongs to the Inland Club. He is one of the highly regarded business men of the city and has established an enviable reputation for upright principles and high standards of commercial integrity among all who have had transactions with him. His career is but another that serves to strengthen the conviction that success is more often achieved through perseverance and determination of purpose than favorable opportunities, while it brings the added satisfaction of having been won through personal effort and is therefore deserving of higher commendation.

Arthur W. Cowley

Arthur W. Cowley enjoys peculiar distinction as a prime factor in the mammoth operations of the past few years in Spokane, a decade marked by an entire revolution, the principal features of which are the modern apartment houses which are at once a real utility and an ornament to the city. With this line of building Mr. Cowley is closely connected. He entered upon his varied duties with admirable equipment. He is in a measure "to the manner born," taking up the profession in early youth and carrying out his projects with such industry that he is credited with the erection of a number of important buildings. Spokane numbers him among her native sons and he is also one of her pioneer residents for his natal day was October 9, 1878. His father, Henry Thomas Cowley, was born in the state of New York and belongs to an old Manx family which was founded in America in colonial days, the family annals recording the names of those who fought for American liberty in the Revolutionary war. Henry T. Cowley came to the west as a missionary to the Indians and was indeed one of the first settlers in this part of the country, arriving in 18 15. His was the fourth white family here, those preceding him being A. M. Cannon, J. J. Bro\vner, and James N. Glover. He devoted some time to missionary work and established the first daily paper, converting the Weekly Chronicle into a daily publication. He is now living retired at

Long Beach, California. His wife, however, died in the fall of 1900. She was of English lineage and bore the maiden name of Lucy Peet. The Peet family, however, came to the United States at an early period in the colonization of America. Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Cowley were parents of three daughters, namely: Edith, the wife of W. Stillman, of Spokane, who is now living retired at Hazelwood ; Agnes, the wife of J. L. Paine, manager and secretary-treasurer of the Spokane Dry Goods Company; and Cazenovia, who married A. K. Smj'the, a dealer in sheep, in Portland, Oregon.

The only son, Arthur W. Cowley, was educated in the Spokane common schools and the high school, also in Oberlin, Ohio, where he studied for a year, and in the State University of Wisconsin, where he spent three years, winning the degree of Civil Engineer in 1903. His early practical business experience came to him in connection with the bridge department of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad at Chicago, and in the spring of 1904 he returned to Spokane, where he became connected with the Great Northern Railroad Company, acting as chief draftsman for three years. He then took up architectural work on his own account in the summer of 1907 and has since given to it his undivided time and attention. He was alone in business until February, 1910, when he formed a partnership with A. G. Rigg, under the firm name of Cowley & Rigg. He has made a specialty of apartment and rooming houses, drawing the plans and superintending the construction of the Wellington apartments, representing an investment of forty-three thousand dollars; Altedenia apartments, costing one hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars ; the Garry apartments, forty-seven thousand dollars ; the Buckman apartments, forty thousand dollars ; the Windsor Annex, forty-eight thousand dollars ; the Kuist building, on Howard street, thirty-seven thousand dollars; the Gandy Hotel, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars ; the Close Inn apartments, sixty thousand dollars ; and many smaller apartments representing an expenditure of twenty thousand dollars or more. These include the building used as an automobile supply house by Cliild Brothers & Day; the Spokane Taxicab Garage at Third and Brown streets; the Eagle Garage building; and the Seehorn warehouse on Fourth avenue. Mr. Cowley has also erected many fine residences including that of Samuel Galland in Rockwood, erected for twenty-five thousand dollars ; that of J. L. Paine, for twenty thousand dollars ; Robert Grinnell, fourteen thousand dollars ; H. L. Moody, twelve thousand dollars ; and many smaller but attractive homes. He personally owns considerable property in Spokane and elsewhere, including farm lands in Palouse county, and is the owner of a third interest in the Wellington apartments.

It was on the -ith of July, 1903, in Broadfield, Wisconsin, that Mr. Cowley was united in marriage to Miss Clara Pfisterer, a daughter of John Pfisterer. The father, a resident of Broadhead, is of German lineage. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cowley have been born two children : Katherine, a student at Hawthorne school ; and Arthur W., Jr.

Mr. Cowley gives his political allegiance to the republican party and his religious faith is evidenced in his membership in the Congregational churcli. The Chamber of Commerce finds in him a valued member and he belongs to the Delta Upsilon fraternity, the University Club and the Spokane Athletic Club, of which he has been a representative since 1895. Spokane has grown rapidly and Mr. Cowley has had his shave of the business in his line, his intelligently directed efforts bringing him substantial reward while his work has been an element in the city's improve- ment. He has introduced many innovations in building lines and the structures which he has erected are the principal ornaments of their respective neighborhoods, pleasing to the eye and constructed with conscientious regard for real utility, and the comfort and health of their occupants. Because of his operations unsightly vacancies have become occupied by attractive edifices and real estate in all parts of the city has rapidly advanced in value.

Richard Schacht

Richard Schacht who is engaged in the jewelry business at 403 Riverside avenue, was born in Germany on the 28th of August, 1857. In his native land he learned the trade of a watch-maker and subsequently went to England and Ireland. He spent about three years in those countries before coming to America in 1882 and locating at St. Louis. From that city he went to El Paso, Texas, and thence to Virginia City, Nevada, where he remained for five years. In the spring of 1889 he came to Spokane and started in the retail jewelry business at the corner of Sprague and Wall streets. On the ith of August that year his business was entirely destroyed by fire, but undaunted by this severe setback he again opened a store at 409 Post street in partnership with J. K. Reardon. This partnership existed for twenty years. In 1 89-i they removed to their present site, where Mr. Schacht still holds the patronage of a large number of Spokane's representative citizens. He seems to possess an intuitive knowledge of the value of precious stones, and his geniality and cordial manner win him many patrons.

Mr. Schacht is secretary and treasurer of the Idaho Continental Company and holds membership in the Turn Verein and the Sons of Herman. Since his connection with the business circles of this city he has proven himself to be a man of unusual worth and integrity and a man whose business interests are of prime importance to him.

Peter Granberg

Peter Granberg, proprietor of the Hotel Langdon, has been a resident of Spokane for about six years. He was born in Norway on the 27th of March, 1857, and is a son of John and Sigrid (Halstad) Granberg, both of whom are living.

As the parents of Peter Granberg were in comfortable circumstances he was given the advantages of a good education, continuing to pursue his studies in the public and high schools of his native country until he attained his majority. During the succeeding two years he gave his undivided attention to agricultural pursuits, assisting his father in the operation of their farm. At the end of that time he decided to come to America, and put to the test the wonderful stories he had heard regarding the opportunities here afforded, so in 1880 he crossed the Atlantic with Faribault, Minnesota, as his destination. He was employed in that vicinity for six years and at the expiration of that time went to South Dakota as foreman on the Great Northern Railroad. He remained there for fourteen vears and by his intelli- gent and enterprising methods of directing his work during that period won the recognition of local business men. In 1900 a banker at Tintah, Minnesota, started him in the hotel business, which he followed for eight j'ears. At the expiration of that period he returned to his native land, remaining there a year. When he came back to the United States, he again engaged in the hotel business at various points in North Dakota and Idaho for two and a half years, when he came to Spokane. Upon his arrival here he took possession of the Hotel Langdon, and has ever since hsen conducting this hostelrj' with a goodly measure of success. Mr. Granberg is well adapted to the business he is in, being a man of genial nature and affable manner, whose first consideration is for the comfort of his guests.

Red Wing, Minnesota, was the scene of Mr. Granberg's marriage in 1883 to Miss Gertrude Ska j em and they are the parents of two sons, Julius and John, both of whom are engaged in business with their father.

Fraternally Mr. Granberg is affiliated with the Order of the Moose and in politics he is a republican. He is a very popular with the patrons of his house and has a large circle of acquaintances and many stanch friends.

Edgar Dewitt Gilson

Edgar Dewitt Gilson is one of the well known citizens of Adams county, as during twenty-seven years of his residence in Ritzville he has been more or less prominently identified with its public affairs. He was born in Middle^alle, Michigan, June 26, 1858, and is a son of William Booker and Ellen J. (Skinner) Gilson. The father was educated in Germany and for many years was one of the well known educators of Michigan, where he resided until 1866. In the latter year he crossed the plains with his family to Oregon, locating in the Willamette valley, in the vicinity of Albany. Here for some years Mr. Gilson taught school, both in Linn and Marion counties, and among his pupils in 1866 and 1867 were a number of youths, who in later life became prominent factors in promoting the development of the northwest.