Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 18 of 23)

On the 3d of September, 1885, Mr. Whitson was united in marriage to iliss Leora Nellie Bateman and they became parents of two daughters, Clara B. and Marian L. The former is now the wife of Earl B. Crane, of Spokane, a son of George T. Crane; and the latter the wife of Lieutenant Harold Jones, United States navy. The family circle was broken by the hand of death when Judge Whitson passed away at his home, in this city, October 15, 1910, his demise being the occasion of deep and wide-spread regret among his professional colleagues and contemporaries, and to the public in general, for he was recognized as a man of genuine worth who held to high ideals of manhood and of citizenship. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was an active worker in its ranks before going upon the bench. He always fully maintained the dignity of his position and his decisions indicate a strong mentality, careful analysis, a thorough knowledge of the law and an unbiased judgment. In his own home or in so- cial relations he was known to be a man of kindly spirit and of broad sympathy. He never looked at life from any narrow nor contracted view but at all times sought to make his work and his interests serviceable factors in the progress and upbuilding of the community.

Louis Henry Holxk

One of those who occupy a prominent position in the commercial activities of Cheney is Louis Henry Houck, who for the past nineteen years has been conducting a general mercantile business here. He was born in Tiffin, Ohio, on the 19th of August, 1861, and is a son of John and Marv (Brickner) Houck. The father was a pioneer leather merchant of Tiffin and one of the very early settlers, the town containing but thirty-eight houses when he located there. Both parents are now deceased, the father having passed away in 1896 and the mother in 1898.

Louis Henry Houck attended the common schools of his native state until he had attained the age of twelve years, in the acquirement of an education. He then laid aside his text-books and began his .commercial career, his first position being a clerkship in a store in Tiffin, where he was employed until he was twenty. The remarkable stories he heard of fortunes that had been made in a short time in the west, aroused in the young man a desire to pursue his business career in a virgin country, so in 1881, he came to the Pacific coast. He first located in California, where he clerked in a general store for six months, whence he came to Portland, Oregon. Four months later he settled in Monroe, Benton county, that state, and established a general mercantile business that he conducted for three years. His next removal was to Spokane, Washington, where he worked in a general store until 1892, when he came to Cheney and established the business he has ever since been successfully operating. Mr. Houck occupies a good location in the commercial district of the town and has an attractive store. He carries a very large and carefully selected stock of goods to meet the varied tastes of his customers and has a well established patronage. His success has not been at all phenomenal in any sense of the word, but the result of foresight, clear judgment and intelligently directed efforts. He has extensive mining interests in the vicinity of the international line, that he feels confident will ultimately yield heavy dividends. During the long period of his residence in the state he has acquired large property interests and owns and platted the to\vn of Calvert, located fourteen miles south of Cheney, on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad, where he is also conducting a general store. He has always been prominently identified with the promotion of the various public utilities and enterprises of the town and is one of the directors of the First National Bank. A man of much force of character, energy, and determination of purpose, he is well adapted to pioneering, as has been manifested by the record he has made since settling in Cheney.

Tiffin, Ohio, was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Houck to Miss Ida 'M. O'Brien, the event being celebrated on the 10th of July. 188,t. Mrs. Houck is a daughter of William S. O'Brien, tlie manufacturer of the well known wagons bearing his name. Of the marriage of ^Ir. and Mrs. Houck there have been born two children. Jay William and Marv.

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The family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and ^Mr. Houck is a member of the Knights of Columbus. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and he has always taken an active and helpful interest in all municipal affairs. He has five times been elected to the mayoralty chair, which fact in itself bespeaks the efficiency of his service and the public regard he is accorded, while for twelve years he has been a member of the town council, and far three years he was president of the school board. Mr. Houck is one of those men, who despite the exactions of their private interests always find time to discharge their duties to the municipality. He is an enthusiastic citizen and takes an active interest in the work of the Chamber of Commerce of Spokane, of which he is a member, and also of the Commercial Club of Cheney. His indorsement can always be depended upon in forwarding any movement of public interest, his cooperation and support at all times having been freely accorded in promoting the development of the community along lines pertaining to the general welfare.

Martin C. Hunter

Martin C. Hunter, president of the M. C. Hunter Company, dealers in real estate, loans, rentals and insurance, has throughout his entire connection with the business interests of Spokane been recognized as a man of exceptional administrative ability and has won a good degree of success because of his superior qualifications, his unremitting application and his keen business discernment. He was born in Eureka, Illinois, in 1866, his parents being William H. and ^Margaret Hunter. Tlie father was a merchant of Eureka and his death occurred in that town in July, 1910. The mother is residing in Spokane.

At the usual age Martin C. Hunter became a public-school student in Eureka and, having mastered the branches which constituted the curriculum there, he engaged upon his independent career, his first employment being as telegrapli operator for the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad at Eureka. He was with them for two years, resigning on account of ill health in 1887. He immediately came west and was employed as telegraph operator for the Northern Pacific Railroad at different points on the Idaho division, acting in that capacity from January 28. 1887. until July 1, 1888, when he was transferred to the superintendent's office at Sprague, Washington. In that place he served as telegraph operator until July 21, 1890, the date of his promotion to maintenance-of-way clerk in the superintendent's office. He held that position until December 3, 1891, when he was transferred to Spokane as cashier of the freight office. His ability again asserted itself and speedy promotion followed, this time to the office of chief clerk on the 1st of April, 1896, in the Spokane freight office. He remained in that position until September 23, 1902, when he resigned from railroad work. His report from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at the time of his resignation recites his various promotions and ends by saying "conduct and services entirely satisfactory." During his service he worked his way upward through successive promotions with increasing responsibilities and became very familiar with the business in all of its departments. He became thoroughly imbued with the progressive spirit of tlie west, such as his connections with a constantly cxiianding railway company iiiiglit stimu- late, and it has been manifested throughout his business career. After severing his connections with the Northern Pacific Railway he engaged in the real-estate business in Spokane, in partnership with George P. Cragin, under the firm name of Cragin & Hunter. This firm continued until 1905, when they disposed of their business, and in July of the following year Mr. Hunter organized the corporation of the M. C. Hunter Company, M. C. Hunter being president, F. H. Hunter, vice president, and Fanny Aaron, secretary. They engage in a general real-estate, loans, rentals, insurance and investment business, making a specialty of city property. They carry on an extensive rental business as well as being heavy dealers in city property. Their large clientele attests their recognized ability and Mr. Hunter is considered one of the ablest and most conservative valuators of real estate in Spokane. In 1889 Mr. Hunter was married to Miss Mamie Allen, of Eureka, Illinois, a daughter of Dr. J. M. Allen, of Eureka. While a resident there Dr. Allen was connected for thirty-five years with Eureka College, a part of the time serving as its president. After he moved to Spokane he served as pastor of the Central Christian church and afterward as pastor of the Dean Avenue Christian church. His death occurred in 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunter three children have been born: Margaret, whose birth occurred in 1892; Leroy, born in 1894-; and Russell, who was born in 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter reside at No. 1923 Broadway and their social qualities have won for them the high regard and admiration of those wnth whom they come in contact.

Heinrich Gutherz Hawkins

Heinrich G'utherz Hawkins, proprietor of the only exclusive electric automobile shop in Spokane, was born in Aurora, Illinois, on the 3d of March, 1879. He is a son of William D. Hawkins, who died in 1909, and his wife, whose maiden name was Anna Gutherz. The mother, who is still living, was born in Switzerland, whence she emigrated to the United States at the age of nine years with her parents who located in Tennessee. There she was reared and educated, developing into a woman of rare charm and attractiveness and during the Civil war was known as one of the belles of Tennessee. His father was a captain in the Second Illinois Volunteer Regiment in the Union army, while two of his mother's brothers fought on the Confederate side.

When he was still in his early childhood the parents of Heinrich Gutherz Hawkins removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, where at the usual age he began hi^ education. He completed his grammar-school course in New York city, and subsequently spent one year in the high school of St. Paul. He then terminated his student days and laying aside his text-books found his first employment in the general offices of the Chicago, Great Western Railroad Company in St. Paul, but the company later stationed him at St. Joseph, Missouri, whence he was transferred to Winnipeg, remaining there until 1903. In the latter year they sent him to Spokane as general agent in charge of the freight and passenger business, where he continued in their service until the 1st of July, 1910, a period of sixteen years in all. Not feeling satisfied to remain an employe always he then resigned his position and became associated with R. M. Skidmore in the automobile business.

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Eighteen months later Mr. Hawkins purchased the interest of his partner and on February 1, 191i2, Mark D. Hawkins, a brother, joined him in the business as a partner. Althougli the enterprise has been in existence less than two years it is becoming very well established and gives every assurance of proving to be a lucrative undertaking. Mr. Hawkins has the agency of the Baker Electric and is maintaining the only exclusive electric automobile establishment in the city.

At St. Joseph, Missouri, on the 29th of June, 1904, Mr. Hawkins was united in marriage to Miss Helen Lyon, a daughter of David C. and Mary Lyon, and unto them have been born four children: Helena Ann, Heinrich G.. Jr., David and Mark Flower.

The parents are commmiicants of the Episcopal church, in the faith of wliich they are rearing their family, and attend All Saints' cathedral. ^Ir. Hawkins is also a member of the Country Club and has been chairman of the sports committee for the past five years. In politics he is independent giving his indorsement to such men and measures as he deems best qualified to protect the interests of the majority.

Maurice H. Hare

^laurice H. Hare, cashier of the Bank of Commerce, at Wallace. Idaho, was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on the 11th of June, 1868, a son of Felix N. and Anna E. (Cochrane) Hare. They were both natives of Pennsylvania and descendants of prominent and well established families of that state. The mother's death occurred in 1898 and the father is residing in Lima, Ohio. They became the parents of six children, Charles V., Paul E., Olive Fitch, Helen Powell, Katherine and Maurice H.

Until he was thirteen years of age Maurice H. Hare was reared and educated in his native state. At that early age he determined to start out independently and earn his own livelihood. He accepted employment in various lines of work in the oil regions for several years. During this time he constantly kept in mind the fact that if success was to be his, industry, constant application and unremitting energy were necessary. Because he had to leave school at an early age he continued his studies independently, devoting those hours which are usually termea leisure to the acquirement of additional knowledge and information on various subjects of interest and advantage. He took up the study of telegraph}' and followed it almost constantly until his acceptance of his present position in ]90'2. After his arrival in the west in 1888 he was engaged as cashier in the Northern Pacific offices at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, as auditor in the Spokane office and agent of the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad. He was thus engaged until 1892. In that year he went to ^Michigan and was agent for the Chicago & West Michigan Railroad at Charlevoix and Petosky for five years. He continued his career in railroad offices by accepting a position in the superintendent's office of the Northern Pacific in Missoula, Montana. Later he was agent at Burke and at Wallace for more than three years. In the various positions which he has held he has sliown efficiency and a high regard for the duties of his employers and associates. Wliile his aim has been to advance and promote his own position, he has also taken more than an ordinary interest in the welfare and success of the companies who have employed him. He is interested in mining propert}' and is treasurer of the Oreana, secretary of the Comet and treasurer of the Trade Dollar. ^ Mr. Hare has the advantage of a knowledge of his business acquired in the school of actual experience, for, beginning in clerical positions when a youth, he has served in various capacities until he has reached the high position of cashier of the Bank of Commerce. When such training as his is coupled \vith a gift of initiative, together with irreproachable ethics and a fine consideration for associates, success is bound to follow. In the field of finance he has proven his worth and ability and enjoys in the fullest measure the esteem of those with whom he associates.

On the 25th of September, 1892, Mr. Hare was married, at Lamont, Iowa, to Miss Ruby Field, a daughter of Willard B. and Julia Field, both of whom were natives of Illinois. The father's death occurred in Spokane in 1902 and the mother is still residing in this city. They were descendants of prominent and old American families and ^Ir. Field was a prominent man in the state affairs of Washington, having served as senator from Stevens and Spokane counties. !Mr. and Mrs. Field were the parents of seven children: Ruby, Orin, Fred, Willard, Alice Bungay, Mary and Bernice. To Mr. and Mrs. Hare four children have been born, Bernice, Helen, Dorothy and Maurice.

Mr. Hare gives his political support to the republican party, believing that the principles and policies offered by the platforms of that organization are best suited to conserve good government. He is at present serving as treasurer of the city of Wallace.

Charles Hemixway Joxes

Time was when the history of the country largely consisted of the record of its wars and of the conquests in which adjoining tribes or nations were subjugated and their lands claimed to be colonized by the victorious nation. The trend of civilization is indicated in the fact that history today is the record of the conquests not of man over man but of mind over matter - utilization of natural resources, the development of business enterprises and the establishment of commercial and industrial undertakings which will meet the needs of the race. Today the great work of empire building is being carried on in the northwest and those who are most effective factors in the development of that great section of the country are the business men who have planted the seeds of trade and commerce and are bringing these to fruition. In this connection Charles H. Jones is deserving of more than passing mention because of the large paint manufacturing business which he has built up, with its ramifying trade interests reaching to various sections of the northwest. He belongs to that class of men who, born and reared in the east, recognized the fact that the undeveloped west furnished opportunities far in advance of any to be secured in the older settled sections of the country. His birth occurred in Boston, July 25, 1868, and the ancestral history of the family is traced back to the Revolutionary period. His father, Melville D. Jones, also a native of Boston, was for many years in the ornamental iron' business and was a prominent and influential resident of Summerville, a town just out of Boston. He served as a member of the city council there and did much in shaping the public policy of the place and also was a member of the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature. At the time of the Civil war he became a member of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers and went with that command into Washington when the call was made for troops. He continued at the front for three years and then reenlisted for nine months, being stationed at Suifolk, Virginia, during his second term of enlistment. He married Katherine Foster Lovett, also a native of Boston, who had a brother that served in the same regiment with her husband in the war between the states. The Lovett family is of English origin but was established in America prior to the war for independence. Mrs. Jones still makes her home in her native city but in 1910 death deprived her of her husband. In the family were three sons and a daughter: Melville F. Jones; Frederick G. Jones, who succeeded to his father's business in Boston; and Katherine M. Jones, who is living with her mother in that city.

The other member of the family is Charles H. Jones, who was educated in the public schools of Summerville and afterward spent one year in connection with the wholesale shoe trade of Boston. On the expiration of that period he made his initial step in a line of business which has since claimed his attention, securing a jjosition with the Wadsworth Howland Company, the largest paint house then and now in New England. He thus spent a year and a half in Boston, after which the firm opened a branch house in Chicago, to which he was transferred. A year later he was sent upon the road as a traveling salesman, his territory covering Wisconsin, the northern peninsula of Michigan and a few towns in eastern Minnesota. He traveled for two years, at the end of which time he entered into partnership relations with R. C. Dillingham for the conduct of a paint business on their own account. In the previous summer - 1889 - Mr. Jones had visited the coast to look for a location. He went to Seattle first but could not make satisfactory arrangements there and continued on his way to Spokane. Arriving in the night, he at once visited the down-town district and immediately wrote to his partner that it looked to him more like the kind of a location they wished than anything he had thus far seen. Further investigation by daylight the following morning made him sure of it and accordingly they determined to locate here. The day was Friday and the following day Mr. Jones left Spokane for Helena, Montana. On the succeeding day word reached him that the greater part of the business district and not a little of the residence district of Spokane had been wiped out by fire so that the firm decided to wait for a time before locating here and watch for developments.

The new city sprang Phoeni,\-like from the ashes and in November, 1889, the firm of Jones & Dillingham came to Spokane to cast in their lot with the business men already established here. They immediately secured a location on First avenue, between Mill and Howard streets, and remained there for one year, after which they removed to Riverside avenue. In 1893 George Lawman erected for them a four-story building on Sprague avenue, which they occupied until June, 1899, when they removed to their present location at Nos. 713 and 71.) F"irst avenue. Early in tlieir career the members of the firm had become convinced that to carry on the paint trade in the right manner they should own their own factory and manufacture their own product. Accordingly, in 1892 they established tlie first successful paint factory in the state of Washington and extending their activities they also liad the first plant for bevelling plate glass, which department is still successfully in operation. The paint factory of Jones & Dillingham is the largest in the state and supplies all of the territory east of the mountains, also doing business in Boise, Idaho, and shipping goods to points below Portland, Oregon. They have also done considerable missionary work in trade circles in the past few years, going into new territory where the benefits accruing were small, but recognizing the fact that the geographical location of Spokane is bound to make it the great distributing center for this region, they have planned to become well established in the trade and win a \vide acquaintance that will enable them to meet the demands of business as the growth of the country increases. To their line of goods they have constantly added and as the result of the growth in their trade their manufacture has increased from six to tenfold. Mr. Jones believes firmly that the country is only in its infancy and that the population will be far greater in a short space of time. On that belief the company is shaping its business policy, for they claim that Spokane has not only all of the advantages of the east but also many that the east has not and that as soon as the freight situation is once untangled, the result will be a great increase in Spokane's population. The firm does not fear competition but invites it, for they have found this has a tendency to advance Spokane as a jobbing center and increases business in all lines. In addition to his other interests Mr. Jones is a director of the Western Union Life Insurance Company but concentrates his energies most largely upon the paint business, which has been developed along substantial and progressive lines, bringing gratifying results. Mr. Jones has been married twice. In 1895 he wedded Miss Ada G. Van Ness, and unto them were born two children, Clara and Henry L., both of whom are attending the public schools. Mrs. Jones died here in 1901. Later Mr. Jones married Miss Mary T. Davidson, sister of W. T. Davidson, secretary of the Spokane Inland Railroad Company and a member of a jsrominent St. Louis family. Mr. Jones is a republican in his political views and has never failed to exercise his voting privilege. At one time he was a member of the cavalry troop of Spokane, which has now disbanded. His interests and the line of his recreation are indicated in the fact that he belongs to the Elks Lodge, the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club, the Coeur d'Alene Boat Club, of which he is vice commodore, the Spokane Tennis Club and the Spokane Athletic Club. He is a typical representative of the business man of the present day, alert, wide-awake, energetic, who not only studies the conditions of his specific business but also of trade in general and in making his plans, looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future.

Dr. Francis Edward Bertling is one of the younger members of the medical fraternity in Spokane who has already achieved success that many a man of long connection ^vith the profession might well envy. He was born on the 23d of January, 1883, in Cincinnati, a son of Henry and Mary (Torbeck) Bertling. The Bertling family are of Dutch lineage and trace their ancestry back about five hundred years, when the Bertlings were residents of Amsterdam, Holland. Both parents are living and the father is a contractor, painter and decorator and is re siding in Cincinnati.

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Dr. Bertling attended the public schools of Cincinnati and subsequently entered the medical department of the University of Cincinnati, which was then known as the Medical College of Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1905, with the degree of M. D. He was one of the honor students, taidng the Professor C. R. Holmes prize in rhinology, otology and laryngology. He went immediately west, locating in Colorado, where he spent one year as physician in St. Mary's Hospital, Pueblo. Completing his duties there he went to Europe and took up post-graduate work, making a specialty of surgery. He spent six months at Vienna and subsequently studied in Berlin before returning to Cincinnati, where he again took special courses for six months. On January 2, 1908, he came to Spokane and after spending about six months in St. Luke's Hospital made a trip to Cincinnati. In November of that j-ear he returned to Spokane and began the active practice of medicine independently. Since then he has built up a fine practice and older representatives of the profession as well as his friends predict for him a very successful future, recognizing in him the qualities which are essential to success in the work of the physician and surgeon.

On the 7th of October, 1908, Dr. Bertling was married to Miss Louise Myers, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Myers, of Cincinnati. To them one daughter, Mary Regine, has been born, her birth occurring on the 24th of November, 1909. Although deeply interested in his profession. Dr. Bertling also takes an active part in the development of the Spokane country. He is at present the owner of some valuable land in the Priest Rapids country - which he hopes to develop along scientific and highly profitable lines. He hold membership in Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., of Spokane. His residence is at No. 801 Kiernan avenue. He is popular socially as well as fraternally and thus is continually extending the circle of his friends.

George H. Crandell

In the spring of 1910 George H. Crandell came to Spokane but before locating here prospected all through the northwest and in Canada. His careful investigation concerning the conditions and merits of different parts of the country led him finally to the decision that Spokane offered the greatest inducements and never has he found reason to change his opinion nor had cause to regret Iiis determination to cast in his lot with the enterprising residents of the capital of the Inland Empire. He traveled inland within three hundred miles of the Arctic circle and through all the western states and the Alberta country, spending six months in acquainting himself with the western portion of the country. He is now engaged in the practice of law, associated with his brother Reuben.

George H. Crandell was born in St. Clair county. Micliigan, January 1.5. 1880, a son of John S. and Ellen A. (Learned) Crandell. and therefore of Welsh and English descent. The Rev. John Crandell who settled in Rhode Island in 1632 was the first Baptist preacher in the United States. Among his ancestors were those who served in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather and his fatlier's only brother were both veterans of the Civil war, enlisting from Michigan, the brother becoming a member of the cavalry forces while the grandfather was colonel in the artillery. John S. Crandell, the father, was born in Micliigan and became an attorney of Detroit, where he still practices his profession. For four j'ears he has been states attorney. He married Ellen A. Learned who was born in Constable, New York, and is still living. Mrs. Crandell is descended from an old New England family represented in later generations in Lawrence, New York. They are direct connections of the Lees of Revolutionary fame and the ancestry is traced back to the other side of the water for the Learneds are of English origin. It is said that Mrs. Crandell is the mother of ten boys and each boy has a sister, and all are alive. The nine brothers of our subject are: Leonard W., engaged in the real-estate business in Detroit, Michigan ; Reuben, practicing law in connection with his brother George H. ; Clifton, a rancher of Michigan ; John, department superintendent for Chalmer's Automobile factory at Detroit, Michigan; Earl Floyd, still pursuing his education; William T., a teacher of Spokane county; and Alger B., Hartwell L. and Russell, all students. The sister, Rachel, is in charge of the Domestic Science department of the Northwest Hospital of Minneapolis.

George H. Crandell was educated in the common schools of Sandusky, Michigan, and in the State Normal College at Ypsilanti. He taught school at the age of seventeen years in the rural districts of Sanilac county, Michigan, where he spent one year, afterward becoming principal of the schools of Peck, Michigan. He had devoted two years to teaching there when he entered Ypsilanti College. After the completion of his literary course he devoted three years to preparation for his profession in the Detroit College of Law and since that time has been engaged in active practice. He was admitted to the bar at Detroit in 1905 and remained a member of the profession of that city until the early spring of 1910, when he came to the west and, as previously stated, spent six months in touring this section of the country to find what he considered would be the most advantageous and desirable location. Deciding upon Spokane he has since here made his home and has engaged in practice with his brother Reuben. They were attorneys for the defense in the famous Ash murder trial which is now before the supreme court and also the Bill Byrd murder trial. They engage in the general practice of law and are the local representatives of several mining corporations, several land companies and a number of the local labor unions. While still a resident of the middle west Mr. Crandell assisted in organizing the Detroit Commercial School and was director and instructor in commercial law there from 1908 until 1910.

In politics Mr. Crandell is an active and stalwart republican and while in Michigan served on the state central committee as speaker through two campaigns. In the fall of 1910 he was out from the 1st of October to November Sth as a campaign speaker in Spokane. He is the second vice president of the Progressive Republican League and was one of the committee of fifty, active in its organization. Mr. Crandell had some military training as a member of a Detroit company of the ^lichigan National Guard for two years. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Corinthian Lodge, No. 211, F. & A. M., of Detroit, and he is also still connected with the Odd Fellows of Detroit, while in Spokane he holds membership in Comanche Tribe of Red Men and Imperial Lodge, I. O. O. F.

On the 28th of November, 1907, Mr. Crandell was married to Miss Grace Hinkle, a daughter of Henry Hinkle, a retired farmer of Hillsdale. She is descended from one of the Dutch families of Pennsvlvania and had an uncle and grandfather who were participants of the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Crandell attend the Westminster Congregational church and although they have been residents of Spokane for but a brief period they already have made many friends here, ^vinning an enviable social position. It is a notable fact that the great majority of people who come to Spokane enter actively and heartily into the work of upbuilding this great Inland Empire and Mr. Crandell is no exception to the rule. The spirit of doing is prevalent here and with firm faith in the future of the city he has become an inherent factor in its life and in its progressive projects.

Eugene Bertrand

^lore than eleven years have passed since Eugene Bertrand was called from this life but his memory is enshrined in the hearts of many who knew him. He was well known in business circles and as an advocate of progressive public measures which bore upon the material and moral welfare of this city. Moreover, he was a man of unimpeachable integrity and it has been said that "an honest man is the noblest work of God." ^Ir. Bertrand became a resident of this city Februar}' 11, 1883, so that he much of its growth and progress. He was bom in Wisconsin, April 26, 1848, his parents being Maxim and Orrilla (La Duke) Bertrand, who were of French descent and were natives of Vermont, whence they emigrated to Rosendale, Wisconsin, making an overland journey in 184'6. The father became one of the pioneer farmers of that locality, aiding in its early development and upbuilding.

Eugene Bertrand, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, was a pupil in the public schools and afterward attended Ripon College at Ripon, Wisconsin, devoting four years to the mastery of a course there. Liberal education well qualified him for life's responsible duties and when his college days were over he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed continuously until 1876. He then removed to Salt Lake City, where he engaged in mining until 1878. In the latter year he became a resident of Eureka, Nevada, hoping to meet with success in the mining region there. During the years 1881 and 1882 he occupied a position as salesman in a large grocery store but in the followng year came to Spokane, arriving in this city on the 14th of February, 1883, after an overland trip across the country. With the development, growth and progress of the city he was thereafter closely identified until his demise and his work constituted an important element in its upbuilding. He was first employed in grading Howard street and later secured a clerkship in the general merchandise store of Sweney & I,indern. In November, 1883. he purchased a confectionary store located on Riverside avenue, where the Traders National Bank now stands. After two years he enlarged his stock by adding a full line of groceries. He located on Sprague street in 1883 but in the fall of that year had removed to Mill street, where he remained until 1889, when, in order to meet the increasing demands of his trade, he returned to Sprague street in more commodious quarters. Although his store was destroyed in the conflagration which largely wiped out the business district of Spokane, he began business again in a tent, carrying on trade in that primitive way until he could procure a building. He was the first to locate in a brick building at 821

Riverside avenue. He continued in the business for four years after the fire but sold out in 1893 and became a clerk for the Superb Roller Mills of Marshall, Washington, which he later represented as collector and solicitor. High regard was entertained for him by all whom he met in a business way and it is well known that his commercial integrity was above question.

On the 23d of May, 1869, Mr. Bertrand was married at Mantorville, Minnesota, to Miss Orrilla Lansing, a native of New York and a daughter of William Henry and Orrilla (Bolieu) Lansing, both of whom were of French descent. They removed to Wisconsin at the same time the Bertrand family went to that state, both families having been neighbors in the east and again in the west, so that Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand were acquainted from early childhood days. Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand had one son, Royal E., who was born June 30, 1879, and died September 22, 1892, as the result of an elevator accident. About eight years later Mr. Bertrand passed away, his death occurring in this city May 15, 1900, being just fifty-two years of age. Throughout the period of his residence here he had taken an active, helpful and intelligent interest in the political, material and moral welfare of Spokane and several times had been called by his fellow townsmen to public office, being elected on the republican ticket. As a boy he was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln and when but twelve years of age marched with the Wide Awakes - the campaign companies organized to support the cause of Lincoln. In 1886 Mr. Bertrand was elected to the office of city treasurer and his fidelity and capability led to his reelection for a second term. In 1893 he was chosen a member of the city council and was twice reelected. He advocated many valuable reforms and improvements and enjoyed the respect of even those opposed to him politically. He was an admirer of good horses and he loved travel, literature and music, possessing considerable talent in the latter line. Fraternally he was connected with Mount Carlton Lodge, No. 103, I. O. O. F. ; with Spokane Camp, No. 99, W. O. W.; with the Junior Order of United American ^lechanics and vnih the Pioneer Association. He was also a member of the Westminster Congregational church and was a whole-souled, kind-hearted man, whose position was never an equivocal one and whose influence could always be counted upon to further every movement and measure for the general good. It is said that his word was as good as his bond, that his character was above reproach and that he left the world better for having lived in it. His life was indeed an inspiration to many with whom he came in contact and his memory is enshrined and cherished in the hearts of those who knew him.

Carlos H. Weeks

Carlos H. Weeks, a Spokane capitalist, whose investments consist largely of land and coal interests, his operations being carried on under the name of the C. H. Weeks Coal Company, of which he is president, has demonstrated in his life history the fact that success is not a matter of genius, as held by some, but is rather the outcome of clear judgment and experience, supplemented by indefatigable industry. Mr. Weeks was born at Hudson, Ohio, July 8, 1859, and comes of English ancestry, the family having been founded in New England about 1750.

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Among its representatives were those who served as soldiers in the war for independence, so that Carlos H. Weeks now holds membership with the Sons of the American Revolution. His grandfather, Joshua Weeks, who was born in Greenland, New Hampshire, in 1750, enlisted in the third company of Second Regiment of Foot Infantry, commanded by Captain Henry Elting, and raised for the defense of the American colonies against the oppression of Great Britain. He retired from the service with the rank of second lieutenant and died in Wheeling, Vermont, in 1800. His son, Corydon Weeks, the father of C. H. Weeks, was born in the Green Mountain state and for a long period followed farming but in his later life lived retired. His death occurred about 1876 and in 1884 his wife, Mrs. Lucia Louisa (Harvey) Weeks, passed away. She was a great-granddaughter of James Kennan, who came to America from Dumfries, Scotland. His son, Isaac Kennan, born in Rutland, Vermont, December 6, 1757, served in the Revolutionary war in a Vermont regiment commanded by Nicholas Dikes and was honorably discharged at Dorchester Heights, November 27, 1776. His daughter, Clara Kennan, became the wife of Nathan Harvey and their daughter, Lucia Louisa, was the mother of Carlos H. Weeks. There were four children in her family, the brothers and sister of our subject being: Homer A. Weeks, a farmer residing in Buffalo, New York, who is and for several years has been county commissioner of Genesee county, New York; Irving A., who is residing in Chicago, Illinois, where he is engaged in the realestate business and has large property holdings ; and Ida, who is living in Spokane, Washington.

Carlos H. Weeks entered business life in connection with the operating department of the Pennsylvania Railroad, filling the position of assistant train dispatcher at Wellsville, Ohio, for four years. Removing westward, he settled in Iowa and became a member of the Northern Editorial Association. He helped to organize and became assistant editor of the Decorah Bee, published at Decorah, Iowa, but after some time entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad Company, filling positions in the operating and traffic departments up to the time he resigned in 1896. In the meantime, in ISQl, he had come to Spokane, and was acting as general agent at this place. On severing his connection with the railroad, he became associated with the Spokane Dry Goods Company, becoming a member of that firm and assisting in the reorganization of the business. For eight j'ears he was connected with that company and then withdrew in order to give his attention to making investments in land and other properties. The time has since passed in this way and in connection with the investment business he is representing several coal mines as wholesale agent. All of his mining interests and coal properties are located in British Columbia, ^Montana and Pennsylvania, and are now operated under the firm style of the C. H. Weeks Coal Company, of which he is president, with F. E. Pope as secretary-treasurer. Their offices are in the Peyton building in Spokane. Mr. Weeks owns considerable city property in Spokane, together with irrigated lands in the Methow valley and suburban property in San Diego, California. He has displayed particularly keen judgment and sagacity in placing his investments, which liave been attended witli notable and gratifying success. ^Morcover, in the development of land interests he has contributed to general as well as individual prosperity.

Dr. A. G. Barney, a banker and the owner of immense property and farming interests at Charles City, Iowa, where his death occurred in 1883. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Weeks was celebrated at Charles City, September 13, 1884', and on the 27th of June, 1909, they were separated by the death of the wife. An only son, Kenneth B., who was born in 1893, died in 1894. Mr. Weeks has always given his political allegiance to the republican party and is now chairman of the Progressive Republican League. He is also serving on the congressional committee and the county executive committee, and he does all that he can, consistently with the development of his business interests, to further the welfare and secure the success of his party. He takes a deep interest, too, in the moral progress of the community and in charitable work, is serving as director of the Young Men's Christian Association, is a trustee of the Westminster Congregational church, and is president of St. Luke's Hospital board. He holds to high ideals of manhood and citizenship, and he regards business as but one phase of life, never permitting it to exclude an active participation in and support of the other vital interests which go to make up human existence.

David R. :McClure, president of the Crystal Laundry Company and connected in various other ways with important business enterprises of Spokane, was born at LaChute, Argenteuil county, of the province of Quebec, Canada, in 1858, his parents being James C. and Janet (Rodger) McClure. The father was born in Ayr, Scotland, and in early life he came to America, residing for some time in Canada ere his removal to California in 1851, at the time of the gold excitement there. He afterward returned to his home in Canada and reared his family at LaChute, his son, David R. ]McClure, pursuing his education in the public schools of that place, to the age of fourteen years, when he began earning his own li\ang. He entered the employ of Charles Wales & Son, of St. Andrews, in the province of Quebec, in a general mercantile establishment, where he remained for three years. The knowledge he gained of the business during that period proved of untold benefit to him during his subsequent career. In 1876 he went to Montreal and secured a position with L. Cushing & Son for three years and then entered the employment of F. & G. Cushing, wholesale dry-goods merchants, at No. 18 St. Helen street for a year. After that he associated himself with Beal, Ross & Company of Montreal, in the capacity of bookkeeper and customs clerk in the wholesale dry-goods business, continuing in that position for four years. He was long actuated by a desire to engage in business on his own account, and in 1884 he opened a dry-goods and boot and shoe establishment at Cowansville, Quebec, conducting his store with good success for twelve years, at the end of which time he sold out. This was in 1896 at which time he removed to Dansville, New York, where he took charge of the new laundry that was but recently installed at the Jackson Sanitarium. Nine months later he started for the Klondyke, attracted by the discovery of gold in Alaska, but on the trip he stopped off at Spokane and was so well pleased with the city and its prospects that he decided to remain here. He then entered into partnership with F. T. McCollough under the firm name of the Crystal Steam and Hand Laundry.

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From the beginning the enterprise prospered and later the business was incorporated as the Crystal Laundry Company with David R. McClure as the president. Their trade has now reached extensive proportions and the business returns a gratifying annual income. In addition Mr. ^SlcClure is a stockholder in the Washington Brick & Lime Company, in the Rocky Mountain Cement Company, tlie Spokane Taxicab Company and the Trustee Company. His judgment is sound, his enterprise unfaltering and upon the broad basis of diligence and determination he has built his success.

On the 8th of September, 1886, Mr. McClure was married at St. Andrews, QViebec, to Miss Margaret E. Davis, the fifth daughter of Theodore Davis of that place. They now reside at West 918 Augusta avenue. Mr. McClure holds membership with the Inland Club and is a life member of Oriental Lodge, No. Ti, F. & A. M.; Spokane Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M.; and the Independent Order of Foresters at Spokane. While a resident of Spokane Mr. ^McClure has at all times commanded the confidence and good-will of his fellow citizens by reason of his personal worth as well as his business ability, and as the years have gone by, he has steadily advanced toward the goal of success, winning his prosperity through well defined and intelligently directed labor.

Dr. John Birchard Anderson, who lias given such notable service to the city of Spokane as head of the health department, is a native of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. His birth occurred on the 12th of October, 1868, his parents being James T. and Maria L. (Birchard) Anderson, the father for many years having been a well known dealer jn agricultural implements in St. Louis.

Reared amid the refined and cultured environments of a comfortable home, John Birchard Anderson was early made to recognize the necessity of utilizing his opportunities to the best possible advantage if he expected to achieve a desirable position in life. At the usual age he entered the pubUc schools of his native city and after completing the course was a student for a time in the preparatory department of Drury College, Springfield, Missouri. It had long been his ambition to become a physician, so returning home he matriculated in the St. Louis Medical College, which is affiliated with Washington University. He assiduously applied himself to his professional studies and in 1892 was awarded the degree of M. D. Immediately following he was appointed assistant surgeon for the Terminal Railway Association of St. Louis and remained in the service of this company for two years. His efficient discharge of his duties and creditable progress brought him the recognition of his alma mater and in 1894 he was made assistant to the professor in the diseases of the ear. He held this chair for three years, and then resigned in order to engage in private practice. Like many other young professional men he felt that it would be easier to establish himself in a community where he was compelled to wn recognition on his own merits so in 1898 he gave up his office in St. Louis and in the following February started for Washington. L'pon his arrival in this state he first located in Rosalia, wliere he successfully maintained an office for ten vears. He early became kno\ni to the community as a practitioner of more than average skill and during the greater part of his residence there held the position of city health officer. In 1908, he gave up his practice there and came to Spokane, where he has ever since been located. During the first three j'ears of his residence here he had an office at 5 Indiana avenue and devoted his entire attention to his private practice, which increased very rapidly in that time. In April, 1911, he was appointed city health officer, the duties of which he discharged in connection with his own practice until the following October. As he was giving such excellent service and was accomplishing such gratifying results, the city made it worth his while to withdraw from private practice entirely and give his undivided thought and attention to the work of the department. He is a man of progressive ideas, yet is too practical and conservative to become extremely radical, but the working out of his theories has made a marked change for the better in the sanitary and health conditions of the city, and this condition will be still more marked with the further development of the system he is inaugurating. Dr. Anderson is unusually well qualified for the duties he is performing, not only having the essential professional knowledge and experience, but the executive ability and powers of, organization necessary for the carrying out of his ideas.

In St. Louis on the 24th of April, 1896, Dr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Ophelia V. J. Le Marshal, daughter of Eugene Le Marshal of that city, who for many j^ears was treasurer of Carondelet. The Le Marshals are one of the old and well known French families who have long been identified with the city's development, having first located there in 1830.

Dr. Anderson is affiliated with the Scottish Rite of the Masonic fraternity, having been initiated in Goodhope Lodge, No. 218, F. & A. M., of St. Louis, of which he is a past master. He now holds membership in Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. and he also belongs to the chapter. He is a past patron of the Eastern Star of Rosalia and is affiliated with the Order of Eastern Star of Spokane. He is also a past grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, both of Rosalia. Being an enthusiastic admirer of the northwest he is an active worker in the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, and indorses its various movements, and is a member of the Inland Club. Although he has been a resident of this city for less than four years, Dr. Anderson has become well known in the community, not only because of his excellent public service but bj' reason of his genuine personal worth, which has been the means of his winning the esteem and stanch support of a large circle of personal friends.

Asbery English Ellis

Asbery E. Ellis, deceased, a pioneer of Spokane county, was born in east Tennessee in 1833, but when five years old was taken to Newton county, Missouri, where he lived for the ensuing fourteen years. He then started on a long journey across the plains to Oregon, making the entire trip by ox teams and passing the winter in Salt Lake City. Upon his arrival he engaged in school teaching and followed that profession for a number of years afterward.

In 1878 he removed to Spokane county, coming all the way by ox team. He then engaged in the milk business and in farming for a number of years. He subsequently held a position as clerk for Mr. Cannon and Mr. Glover, but later purchased a farm of two hundred and fen acres on Moran Prairie, where his home was until the date of his death. Mr. Ellis planted an orchard of one hundred and thirtj' acres, one of the largest, if not the largest in this county. He was at one time owner of what is now Union park and his family still retain ten acres in that part of Spokane. During his lifetime, !Mr. Ellis was always an active, enterprising man and was a substantial and influential citizen in the communities in which he lived.

Mr. Ellis was united in marriage, to Miss Ada A. Baltimore, of Oregon, in 1860, and seven children were born to bless this union: Ida, now Mrs. Sj'lvester Heath; Nora; Cheater; Carson; Mabel; Clara; and Olive, who married A. E. Keats. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were both stanch Methodists and Mrs. Ellis is still a member of the Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church on !Moran Prairie. Mr. Ellis died on May 10, 1896.

Edward J. Dahms

Edward J. Dahms, well known in the insurance circles of Spokane, has attained a prosperity which is the legitimate outcome of intelligently applied knowledge. He is president of the Edward J. Dahms Company, Incorporated, which has its offices in the Eagle building. He was born in ^loline, Illinois, on the 18th of October, 1860, his parents being John J. and Ida ^M. (Vierich) Dahms. The father's death occurred in 1896 and the mother passed away in 1876. They were among the early settlers of Moline, and the father erected the first brick store in that city.

Edward J. Dahms acquired his education in the public schools of Illinois and there prepared to enter college. He was a student in Columbia University in New York city, and after finishing his course in the law department he was admitted in 1885 to the bar of the state of Illinois. For five years he was engaged in practicing law in Moline before going to Chicago where he practiced imtil 1901. In that year he came to Spokane as local agent for a general insurance company. During the first six years of his residence in this city he placed himself definitely in the insurance circles and his ability was speedily recognized. In 1907 he organized the Western Empire Insurance Company which is capitalized at five hundred thousand dollars. It is hoped that in a short time this company, which deals extensively in fire insurance, will be able to raise its capitalization to one million dollars. He is ^nce president, general manager or general agent for a number of large insurance companies and director of the Alma ^Mining Company. Because of his legal training he at all times disjilays keen discernment and is capable of logical thinking in the controlling of all business interests ivith which he has been associated.

Mr. Dahms was married in San Francisco, California, on the 30th of November, 1886, to Miss Lysett M. Alley, a daughter of Dodridge and :Mary (Johnson) Alley. To this union four children have been born: Edward J., Jr.. who is engaged in the real-estate business in Calgary, Alberta: Cliauncey L.. who is living on a ranch; Hazel L., who is attending liigli school and also taking a special course

In politics Mr. Dahms is a republican, and fraternally he is connected with the Elks Lodge No. 228. He also holds membership in the Arion Club and the Inland Club. His business record is one any man may be proud to possess, and he has become extensively known as one of the prominent business and insurance men of the northwest. He commands the respect of liis associates and is today one of the highly esteemed members of the business circles of Spokane.

Otto August Olsson

Otto August Olsson, who is a stockholder and official in a number of mining enterprises of Idaho and Montana, is also well known throughout this section of the state as a violinist of far more than average ability. He was born in Sweden, on the 18th of June, 1872, a son of S. A. and Mathilda Olsson, and there he was also reared and educated. After the completion of the high school course in his native town he entered the University of Stockholm, where he pursued a course in mining engineering. Upon attaining his majority Mr. Olsson decided to seek his fortune in the United States and in 1893 took passage for America. Upon his arrival in this country he located in Chicago, where for two years he engaged in the teaching of music, removing at the end of that period to Michigan where he continued his teaching for another eighteen months. In 1897 he returned to Europe for further musical study, entering the Royal Conservatory at Dresden, where he studied violin under Professor Rapoldi, and vocal music under Dr. Mueller. He completed his work in both of these departments in 1901, and was awarded his degree and teacher's certificate. Returning to the United States he came to Montana, locating in Butte where he established a studio and engaged in teaching both violin and vocal music, in addition to which he also gave recitals, being well qualified for public work. He devoted his entire time and attention to his art for the succeeding five years, during which time he made two trips to Europe, the first one for pleasure solely and the second one to attend his parents' golden wedding and to look over some mining properties in Norwa_y. Mr. Olsson succeeded in building up large classes in both lines of his art and met with very lucrative returns. He made trips to the Coeur d'Alene mining district on various occasions and invested in several companies engaged in operations there, feeling confident from his knowledge of engineering and mining of their ultimate successful outcome. In 1906 he removed to Wallace, and while he still continues to devote considerable time to his musical studies, his principal energies are engaged in mining pursuits. He is the general manager of the Phedora Mining Company, which is developing a silver and lead claim adjoining the holdings of the Jack Waite Mining Company, the proprietors of a productive mine of good standing. He is also president of two other mining companies and secretary and treasurer of thirteen others.

At Spokane, Washington, on the 5th of April, 1911, Mr. Olsson was united in marriage to Miss Alfrieda Carlson, a daughter of Alfred Carlson, a farmer of Dassel, Minnesota, who brought his daughter to the United States, when she was a child one year of age. Mr. and Mrs. Olsson are residing at No. 107 Bank street and are most pleasantly located.

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Mr. Olsson has always been a republican and was elected to the office of justice of peace here in 1908 and reelected in 1910, which office he now holds. He was appointed referee in bankruptcy by Hon. P'rank S. Dietrich, judge of the United States court, district of Idaho, in February, 1911. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order, being identified with Wallace Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M. and he also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, his local connection being with Lodge No. 9. Both Mr. and Mrs. Olsson have many friends in Wallace to whom Wallace Lodge, No. 331 ; while he maintains relations with his fellow countrymen through the medium of his membership in the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America, Lodge No. 9. Both Mr. and Mrs. Olsson have many friends in Wallace to whom they graciously extend the hospitality of their pleasant home.

Dexter Mark Thompson

Dexter Mark Thompson is president of the Spokane Valley Irrigated Lands Company and his work in business circles has been of far-reaching and beneficial effect. He has contributed in substantial measure to the improvement and upbuilding of this section of the country and his interests are now of a most important character. During the period of reconstruction following the financial panic in the early '90s, he was connected with the Hypotheek Bank, having full charge of its real-estate department. His administration under the most liberal policy of the bank brought success and confidence to a great many people who were on the verge of bankruptcy. It was the bank's policy and his work that made it possible for many to emerge from financial disaster and prepare for the future with energjand renewed confidence. Mr. Thompson was also one of the pioneers in connection with D. C, Corbin and others who demonstrated to the people the importance of irrigation in this district. His success in the matter has caused many to follow in his footsteps and the whole state of Washington stands today upon the threshold of a new era, when by reason of this irrigation its name will become distinctive as that of one of the foremost states of the Union.

Mr. Thompson was born October 6, 1857, at ISIcHenry, McHenry county, Illinois. His father, Mark Thompson, was a native of Ohio. He represented an old New England family, his father removing from Massachusetts to Ohio, afterward to Illinois and eventually to Minnesota, where Mark Thompson was living, when, in response to the country's call for troops, he enlisted for service in the Civil war. His regiment went to Fort Abercrombie to suppress the Indians and the following summer was sent south. There Mr. Thompson was taken ill and was returned to St. Louis, where his death occurred in 1863, resulting from illness occasioned by privations on the march to Arkansas, He had married Lucy A, Dennison, a lady of English descent, who was born in the state of New York and died in the winter of 1910, when eighty-four years of age.

Dexter M. Thompson was only a young lad when his father died. He began his education in the common scliools of Minnesota and afterward attended the high school of Winona, that state. When he had reached an age that called for his activity in the business world, he started out for himself in connection \vith the insurance and real-estate business in Winona, in 1878 forming a partnerslup with C, A. Bierce, with whom he was associated for two years. He then removed to

Austin, Minnesota, and for four years was engaged in the fuel business. Removing to Spokane in the spring of 1884 he here made a set of abstracts, besides conducting an abstract and loan office for a period of eight years. Gradually he extended his efforts into other fields of activity, entering the real-estate and loan business, wliich he followed for two years and during that period made a set of tract indexes for the county. In 1894 he became connected with the Hypotheek Bank and for nine years had charge of its real-estate department. This bank during the reconstruction period after the panic had a vast amount of work to do in order to restore the confidence of the people, and in handling its landed affairs, a man peculiarly adapted to the work was needed. It became !Mr. Thompson's dut}^ to get the property in shape to sell that it would bring in a good revenue to the bank, and it was the liberal patronage of this financial institution that stimulated the people to action after the general financial depression. The bank at that time held in Spokane county property to the value of about three million dollars. Mr. Thompson had much to do with formulating the bank's policy and the story of- his ability is told in the statement that no mortgage company ever stood higher in the estimation of the people than the Hypotheek Bank during its reconstruction period. At that time Thomas G. Thomson, now deceased, was manager of the bank.

Since severing his connection with the Hypotheek, Dexter M. Thompson has been associated with P. T. Becher under the firm name of Becher & Thompson in a general real-estate and loan business. While irrigation was in its infancy they did and still are doing the business for D. C. Corbin in the distribution of irrigated tracts. They have purchased a great amount of his land and have assisted him m the sale of his property.

While working for the Hypotheek Bank W. L. Benham filed on the original water rights of the Spokane river and all the lakes and constructed the first canal from Liberty Lake, bringing the water down to what is now known as Greenacres. Five hundred acres at that place then belonged to the Hypotheek Bank and were sold to Mr. Benham for twelve and a half dollars per acre, being offered at this cheap price in order to encourage irrigation in Spokane valle}\ In 1909 Mr. Thompson organized the Spokane Valley Irrigated Lands Company, which became selling agent for all the irrigated lands in the Spokane valley. It is a close corporation, composed of Dexter M. Thompson, president; E. G. Taylor, vice president; Phil T. Becher, treasurer; and C. T. Young, secretary. This company is placing upon the market lands that are very productive by reason of the irrigation and their work is constituting an important element in the upbuilding and progress of this section.

On the 17th of April, 1878, Mr. Thompson was married at Osage, Iowa, to Miss Anna D. Richardson, a daughter of John and Delight Richardson. The latter's brother. Dr. D. Ransom, was a manufacturer of the famous Ransom Hive Syrup and was a very wealthy physician of Buffalo, New York. Another brother was a partner of Chester A. Arthur in the practice of law and the family, of English descent, was founded in New England at a very early epoch in the history of this country. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have two sons: Percy B., a civil engineer by profession, who is now engaged in raising apples on irrigated lands in the Spokane valley ; and Louis M., an electrical engineer, who is now devoting his attention to the raising of apples at Pasadena Park in the Spokane valley. He was married

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In politics Mr. Thompson is a republican and has long been an active worker in republican ranks. In 1886 he was elected assessor of Spokane, filling the office for one term, and in 1904 he was elected to the state legislature from the fifth district. He served as chairman of the appropriation committee while a member of the house and was elected a member of other committees. He was chairman of the city central committee for three years, from 1903 until 1906, during which period Herbert Moore was elected mayor over Floyd Daggett, winning by a good majority, although the contest was a very fierce one. Mr. Thompson has always been active in civic matters and his cooperation can ever be counted upon to further movements and measures for municipal welfare and progress. He secured for the city of Spokane the present site of the water reservoir on Ninth avenue and Pine street. This embraces a tract of nine acres which was bought for twenty-six thousand dollars on June 28, 1905. Between the time the contract was made and the money was paid the value of the land had increased ten thousand dollars. The next cheapest site offered to the city would have cost five thousand dollars more, with an additional cost of twenty-five thousand dollars for piping. The reservoir as now constructed is divided into two parts, holding a total of twenty million gallons. Mr. Thompson is prominent in Masonry, holding membership with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, A. F. & A. M., while in the consistory he has gained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is also connected with the Mystic Shrine. The Inland Club also counts him among its members. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in Westminster Congregational church.

His is a notable and inspiring record. From a comparatively humble position in the business world he soon passed on to positions of executive control, subsequently bending his energies largely to organization, to constructive efforts and administrative direction. 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 work, his has been an active career, in which he has accomplislied important and far-reaching results, contributing in no small degree to the expansion and material growth of the northwest and from which lie himself has also derived substantial benefits.

Frank Henry Burr

Frank Henry Burr, secretary and treasurer of The Eshleman-Burr Company, well kno\vn representatives of real-estate interests, has had a somewhat varied and eventful career, in which natural and acquired ability have brought him into prominent relations with the business interests and therefore with the development of Spokane. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, May 21, 1877, and was educated in the public schools of that city and in tlie Ohio State University, where he took ii|i the study of medicine. He did not, however, complete his course, for at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war his patriotic spirit was aroused and he offered his services to the government, enlisting as hospital steward in the Medical Corps.

He was made chief steward of the First Division, First Brigade, Field Hospital, at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and with his command was sent to the front, serving for five months in Porto Rico.

Following his return to the United States Mr. Burr was for a short time engaged in the drug business in Columbus, Ohio, and then went upon the road as a traveling salesman, representing a jewelry house. The next progressive step in his career was made in 1902, when he organized the Burr-Patterson Company, of Detroit, Michigan, and began the manufacture of jewelry. He was president of the company and as such directed its affairs. He also traveled all over the western country in the interests of the business and frequently visited Spokane. Recognizing the possibilities of the city, he became one of its enthusiastic advocates and at length determined to ally his interests with this progressive metropolitan center of Washington. In 1908, therefore, he severed his commercial and manufacturing interests with Detroit and came to Spokane to join the Eshleman-Harvey-Burr Company. Here the nature of his business changed entirely, for he began operating in subdivisions of city property, applying himself with unfaltering energy' to mastering the business situation and acquainting himself with the values of propert}' and the possibilities offered in the real-estate market. In 1910 Mr. Harvey withdrew and the firm name has since changed to The Eshleman-Burr Company. Their success has been phenomenal and yet the secret of it is not far to seek. The partners are both extremely enegretic and progressive men, who recognize and utilize opportunities, who have made it their purpose to thoroughly acquaint themselves with the business in every phase and to establish a reputation for honesty and reliability that shall give them high standing. Indeed, they today rank with the foremost real-estate men in the northwest and their business is constantly increasing in its scope and importance.

On the 10th of June, 1903, Mr. Burr was married to Miss Edith Clark, at Vandalia, Illinois, a daughter of Daniel M. and Rebecca Clark of that city. The young couple are prominent socially, the hospitality of man}' of the best homes being freely accorded them. Mr. Burr maintains an independent attitude concerning political questions, voting as his judgment dictates. He belongs to Corinthian Lodge, No. 241, A. F. & A. M., at Detroit, Michigan, holds membership with the Spanish-American War Veterans, of Spokane, and is also a member of the University Club. Well descended and well bred he has won for himself a most enviable position in Spokane, enjoying in full measure the confidence and good-will of colleagues and contemporaries.

Sylvester Heath

Sylvester Heath is authority on many matters connected with the history of Spokane, for he became a resident of the city, when it was little more than a hamlet and has watched its progress, growth and development from that time to the present. Moreover, he has aided in the work of general advancement and while promoting private business interests, whereby he has won notable success, he has also contributed to general prosperity. He was born in Hamilton countj^ Indiana, March 20, 1847, one of a family of three sons and three daughters, whose parents were John and Sarah (Glass) Heath, both of whom were natives of Clark county, Indiana, the former of English and the latter of German descent. The Heath family was established in Indiana in pioneer days, representatives of the family settling there in 1832. The Glass family were owners of large farms in the Ohio valley. For many years John Heath carried on general agricultural pursuits and thus aided materiallj^ in the development of his native city. His death occurred in 1897. The two brothers of our subject are: Robert H., a farmer of Collins, Iowa; and C. A., a merchandise broker of Indianapolis, Indiana, who enlisted for service in the Union army during the Civil war but ere its close was honorably discharged on account of ill health. The three living sisters are: Eliza A., now the wife of Marion Brandon, of Noblesville, Indiana; Elizabeth, the wife of J. W. Kimberland, of Holcomb, Kansas; and Polly Ann, the wdow of Andrew Yaryen, and a resident of Fortville, Indiana.

Sylvester Heath pursued his education through consecutive grades in the public schools of Indianapolis until he had become a high-school student. Part of his education was acquired in the building in that citjr in which Henry Ward Beecher preached. Crossing the threshold of the business world, Mr. Heath was first employed as a bookkeeper in, Indianapolis, holding that position from 1870 until 1878, when he removed to Walla Walla, Washington, and the following year came to Spokane. He was attracted by the opportunities of the northwest and hoped that in this section of the country he might progress in business until gratifying success should be his. This hope has been more than realized, for he is numbered among Spokane's capitalists. On first coming to tliis region he settled on a tract of land at White Bluff Prairie, which is now included within the subdivision called Hayford. There he engaged in general farming and in raising horses but the life of the town attracted him and taking up his abode in Spokane he secured a position in the general merchandise store of Cannon & Warner, in which the postoflice was located and there served as a clerk. The Bank of Spokane Falls was established in the same building and Mr. Heath was employed in the bank as well as in connection with the store and postoffice. When the latter was first opened it consisted of a three foot slant top desk made of rough pine boards, with a hinged lid on top and the entire box was placed on top of the dry-goods counter, with its back toward the public. A slot was cut in the face for letters and when Mr. Heath collected the mail he simply lifted the lid and took the letters out. The whole device was most primitive. By its side on the counter was an apple box which served as a receptacle for newspapers. There was a smaller box for Chinese letters and the Chinese looked over the mail and took out what they wanted. It was one of the duties of the postmaster to address letters for Chinese in English for forwarding. On tlie same desk which constituted the entire postoffice, he did the bookkeeping for tinstore. It has been the privilege of but comparatively few men to see a city of tlie first class grow from the open, wild prairie in so short a space of time. The business developed with the growth of the city, especially the bank and postoffice, so that is was necessary to separate these. Mr. Heath acted as deputy postmaster for a time and was afterward appointed postmaster, filling that position for seven years. He also became proprietor of a book and stationery store, which he conducted in connection wth the iiostoffice until the business grew to such volume that again the two institutions had to be separated. Mr. Heath then concentrated his energies upon the management and control of the stationery business until the memorable fire of 1889, when his store was destroyed. He then withdrew from commercial interests, turning over the stationery store to J. W. Graham, now John W. Graham & Company, the leading stationers of Spokane. Mr. Heath concentrated his energies upon his real-estate interests, for from time to time he had made investments in property and now his attention is given wholly to the supervision of his own affairs. His realty holdings are large and the continued rise in value has gained him recognition as one of Spokane's capitalists.

On the 4th of June, 1882, at Spokane, Mr. Heath was united in marriage to Miss Ida E. Ellis, a daughter of Asbury E. Ellis, an orchardist of Spokane county, since deceased. Her father was a pioneer resident of this section of the country and represented an old southern family. He was a prominent political leader and his labors in various directions were of substantial worth in the community. His widow, who bore the maiden name of Ada A. Ellis, is still a resident of Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Heath are very prominent in the city and their home is an attractive one, not only by reason of its handsome and tasteful furnishings but also because of its warm-hearted hospitality. During the Civil war Mr. Heath was a member of the state guard but had no chance for active service. Since attaining his majority he has supported the republican party and has ever been a stalwart advocate of the principles in which he believes the root of good government is to be found. He holds membership in the Methodist church and his well spent life, honorable and upright at all times, has gained for him the high regard and unqualified respect of his fellovnnen.

Robert Early McFarland is one of the successful attorneys of Coeur d'Alene, where he has resided for the past twenty-seven years, during the greater part of which period he has been more or less prominently connected with public affairs. He was born at Independence, Missouri, on the 21st of November, 1857, and is a son of the Rev. William B. and Elvira (Early) McFarland. The father was one of the pioneer ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, in Missouri, and the mother was a daughter of Colonel Joab Earlj^ of Virginia and a sister of General Jubal A. Early.

In the acquirement of his education Robert Early McFarland attended Central College, at Fayette, Howard county, Missouri. He subsequentl}^ entered the law offices of the late Senator Vest and George L. Hayes of Sweet Springs, that state, and later studied under the direction of Judge Henry P. Strother, of Marshall, Missouri. In June, 1880, he was admitted to the bar in the latter place and immediately thereafter came west, believing that better opportunities were afforded young men in the newer sections of the country. He first located in New Mexico, where he engaged in practice until the spring of 1884. During that period of his residence there he met with success in his profession and achieved some reputation as a politician, having been called upon to represent his county in the territorial legislature in 1883 and 1884. In March, 1884, he came to the Coeur d'Alene mines, locating at Murray, Idaho, and the following autumn he was elected probate judge of Shoshone county. He retained his office until the spring of 1885, when he was appointed register of the

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United States land office at Coeur d'Alene, in which capacity he served for five years. At the expiration of that time he again engaged in the practice of his profession, and in 1896 was elected attorney general of the state of Idaho on the Democratic ticket. Ten years ago Mr. McFarland left the democratic party and became a republican, but has never since ran for office. Mr. McFarland's practice has developed to such an extent that for more than a decade it has required his entire attention.

He is a man of forceful personality and keen mental powers, being in every way a credit to the profession he represents. During the period of his connection with the legal fraternity of Coeur d'Alene, Mr. McFarland has been identified with some of the important litigations of the state. He always presents his evidence in a commendable manner, manifesting his careful and conscientious study of the points at issue, as well as his comprehensive understanding of the legal technicalities involved. His practice has grown in a most gratifying manner and among his clients are now numbered many of the jDrominent citizens and corporations of this section of the state.

Murray, Idaho, was the scene of ^Ir. McFarland's marriage, on the 21st of November, 1885, to Miss Marie V. Pendy, a daughter of John and Catherine Pendy of that town. There were few weddings in this vicinity at that time and to Mr. and Mrs. McFarland belongs the distinction of being the first couple married at the Coeur d'Alene mine. They are the parents of five children, as follows: William B., who was born on the 11th of January, 1887; Kathleen, whose birth occurred on the 17th of October, 1889; Robert Early, Jr., who celebrated his nineteenth birthday January 18. 1912; John Anthony, whose natal day was the 3d of September, 1903: and Joseph C, who was born on August 11, 1907. The family reside at No. 601 Foster street, this city, where they have a comfortable and pleasant home.

Fraternally Mr. McFarland is affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Lewiston, Idaho ; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; and the Modern Woodmen of America ; all of Coeur d'Alene. He also holds membership in the Commercial Club of this city and is an honorary member of the Tillicum Club. He is one of the progressive citizens of the town, whose wide information and unprejudiced views on all vital subjects of the day give weight to his opinions on matters pertaining to the welfare of the community, in promoting the development in which he alwavs takes an active interest.

William B. McFarland, who is one of the more recent acquisitions to the legal fraternity of Coeur d'Alene, is a most creditable representative of his profession. He is the eldest child of Robert Early and Marie V. (Pendy) INIcFarland, and is one of Coeur d'Alene's native sons, his birth here occurring on the 11th of January, 1887.

After completing his preliminary studies, which he pursued in the public scliool of this city, William B. :McFarland studied for a time at both Lewiston and Boise, subsequently entering Gonzaga College at Spokane. He was graduated from the latter institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts with the class of 1907. Having decided to enter the legal profession he then went to Georgetown University at Washington, D. C, where he mastered the principles of jurisprudence, being awarded the degree of LL. B., in June, 1910. Returning to Idalio lie took the state examination and was admitted to the bar at Boise, on September 19, 1910, and has ever since been engaged in practice in this city. He is still very young, just having passed the twenty-fifth anniversary of his birth, but his preparation for his profession has been most thorough. In addition he possesses the presence, the ready command of English and the acute mental faculties so essential to success in this of all professions.

Mr. McFarland resides with his parents at 601 Foster street, this city. He is a very active worker in the Roman Catholic church of which he is a communicant, and is the Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, of this state, having been appointed to this office in February, 1911. He is also a member of the Tillicum Club of Coeur d'Alene and of the University Club of Spokane. Mr. McFarland is very popular both professionally and socially in this city, and his future as gauged by the present gives every assurance of being most promising.

J. F. Mast

Since 1870 J. F. Mast has been connected with the development of the west. He is, therefore, familiar with the pioneer history of the country and with all of the advantages that have been secured through the labors and efforts of its enterprising citizens. He resides upon his ranch four miles from the Mead postoffice. His birth occurred in Conestoga, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1850, a son of Jacob K. and Frances (Gehman) Mast. The father was an extensive landowner in Pennsylvania, holding title to farms in Lancaster and Berks counties.

J. F. Mast spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and attended the district schools to acquire his preliminary education, which was later supplemented by a course in the normal school at Millersville, Pennsylvania. Like the majority of boys born on farms, he was forced to work even at a very early age and when but a boy of twelve years he helped drive a herd of sheep from Canton, Ohio, to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and in 1863, during the Civil war, he was engaged in driving cattle. One trip was made at the time the Confederate army entered Pennsylvania. He was driving stock into Harrisburg and in trying to keep away from the southern army it was necessary to drive all night and they had succeeded in barely crossing the bridge at Chambersburg when it was burned by the northern troops to check the progress of the invading army. On the 16th of August, 1869, Mr. Mast left Philadelphia for California, going via the Rock Island Railroad to Omaha, Nebraska, and thence over the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad to San Francisco, the trip being made one month after the road was completed. The towns between Omaha and San Francisco through which the road traversed were tent towns and during this trip the train stopped where the golden spike, which marked the junction of the Union Paciiic with the Central Pacific, had been placed and Mr. Mast secured a piece of the tie into which it had been driven. Even at this early time the tie was practically gone, having been carried away by souvenir hunters. An incident which expresses to a certain extent the lawlessness which existed in that early day is shown somewhat by relating a fight which took place among a party of gamblers at one of the stations where the train stopped for the passengers to alight to procure food. Such was the lack of control exerted by officials over this lawlessness that the passengers fled in terror to the refuge of the train. During almost the entire trip the only meat which they could secure was buffalo meat and nearly every day they saw large herds of buffalo roaming over the prairies. Mr. Mast has lived to see a remarkable transformation in the country as these pioneer customs have been replaced by evidences of a progressive and advanced civilization. The tents used as homes in the early days have been superseded by commodious and substantial residences built in modern styles and the native prairie grasses have been replaced by products that are cultivated by the farmer of today. After reaching San Francisco he spent a year on his brother's ranch in Mendocino county and many times while at work in the fields with tliree Indians it was necessary for him to keep liis revolver at hand in order to preserve his Life from the attacks of the Indians. In 1870 he entered upon an independent career by engaging in the meat business in San Francisco, remaining there until 1876, when he traded this establishment for one thousand acres of land in Sonoma county, near Healdsburg, this place being known as the Old Foss stage station on the road to the geysers. There he successfully carried on a sheep ranch until he disposed of the property in 1880, having decided to remove to the Spokane country, where he has since resided. He removed from San Francisco with his horses and belongings by boat as far as Portland and thence by a smaller boat to The Dalles, Oregon. From there he drove to Spokane via Walla Walla, there being no railroads at that early time. Arriving here on September 14, 1880, he purchased of the railroad company a half section of land on Peone Prairie and subsequently after selling it bought another half section from the railroad company, which with an additional purchase of forty acres constitute the three hundred and sixty acres which he now owns and cultivates. This has all been brought under a high state of productivity, being devoted principally to the gro\ving of grain and alfalfa. When he first arrived on Peone Prairie there were only three or four settlers there in addition to the Indians who roamed at will throughout the country. There was not a dwelling between Spokane and Peone Prairie, his ranch adjoining that of Chief Peone, the celebrated Indian chief who was a descendant of a Hudson Bay trader. He was a man of the highest honor and of great influence among the early settlers and the Indians. His descendants are now among the well known people of the province of Quebec and he lived on his donation claim for forty years. In 1882, while Mr. Mast was plowing on his ranch, a neighbor rode over to ask hira to help in settling some trouble with the Indians with whom he was having some difficulties about fencing land. Mr. Mast immediately gave his assistance and helped muster a force of six men besides himself, but as soon as Chief Peone heard of the affair he came and asked that the matter be settled by arbitration. This was done in a way satisfactory to all concerned. When Mr. IMast desired to go into the city of Spokane during the first years of his residence here he was accustomed to cross the river where the Division street bridge now stands. The ferry boat made a charge of one dollar for crossing. Later, when trafiic grew heavier, the fare was reduced to fifty cents and subsequently ^Ir. Mast was one of the subscribers who raised the money to build the first bridge across the Spokane river. He has been a resident of this section for over thirty years and is rightfully a member of the Pioneer Association of Spokane. He likewise holds membership in the Peone Grange Husbandry of America. He has always been interested in politics and, althougli he has never sought nor desired political office for himself, he has for many years been chairman of the Peone central committee of the republican party.

In 1875 Mr. Mast was marriedj at San Francisco, to Miss Sarah E. Ricker, of Boston, Massachusetts, whose death occurred in 1903. They had no children. He is one of the most enthusiastic advocates of whatever tends to promote the progress of the community and in all the work of general improvement he has borne his part and well deserves mention in this history.

Boyd Hamilton

Boyd Hamilton, cashier of the Coeur d'Alene Bank & Trust Company, was born' ten miles south of Colfax, Wasliington, on October 26, 1877, and is a son of William J. and Lulu (Holt) Hamilton. The father was a native of Oregon, his birth occurring in 1850, but the mother was a child of eleven years when she came to the northwest, having crossed the plains with her parents in 1865. They later met in the state of Washington, and there they were married in 1871, theirs being the first marriage license granted in Wliitman county.

The boyhood and 3'outh of Boyd Hamilton were passed in Whitman county, where he received his preliminary education. After graduating from the high school at Colfax with the class of 1895 he enrolled in Washington State College, being awarded his degree from the electrical and mechanical engineering department with the class of 1900. Immediately thereafter he obtained a position with the Snoqualmie Falls Power Company, by whom he was employed for two years. He was a very efficient and capable man, and was promoted from time to time as his services merited until he held the position of superintendent, when he resigned in 1902. Withdrawing from mechanical pursuits he became identified with a banking establishment at Wenatchee, Washington, remaining there luitil 1903, when he came to Coeur d'Alene and entered upon the duties of the position he still holds. Mr. Hamilton is a man of unusual business sagacity, which is augmented by strong powers of organization and executive ability. Enterprising in whatever he undertakes, he is widely informed on all matters pertaining to banking and finance, his Iviiowledge on issues that are particularly vital to this section of the country being especially thorough. In addition to his duties with the bank here he is a director of the Columbia Vallejf Bank, at Wenatchee, and he was also vice president of the American Bankers' Association in Idaho, having been elected to this office for the term of 1910-1911. During the years of 1909 and 1910 he was president of the Idaho Bankers' Association, with which organization he has been identified ever since locating in Coeur d'Alene.

On September 20, 1900, Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage to Miss Alta Browne, a daughter of J. J. and Anna W. Browne, of Spokane, and they have become the parents of one child, Dale B., who was born in August, 1905.