Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 2 of 23)

After the completion of his preliminary education, which was acquired in the common schools of Kansas, William L. Sax engaged in teaching. When he had acqiiired sufficient means he took a course in the State Normal school at Emporia, Kansas, continuing to attend this institution at various periods until he was twenty-four years of age. He was compelled to depend upon his own efforts for further study and taught school between times, in order to acquire tlie money to defray the expenses of his education. His close application, hard study and confinement undermined his health and he was forced to seek another climate, so he went to Colorado and spent a year in the mountains. In 1888 he came to Washington, locating near Spokane where he engaged in teaching, later following the same vocation in both Spokane and Stevens county until 1896. In the latter year he withdrew from the work of the school room to take the position of deput}' county treasurer. After serving in this capacity for two years he was elected county superintendent of schools, discharg- . ing the duties of this office with rare efficiency and satisfaction for five years.

In 1901, he bought an abstract business that has since been incorporated as the Stevens County Abstract Company. He continues to be identified with this company and is recognized as one of the most capable men in this line in the city, his books being complete in every respect and kept up to date with the county records.

On the 12th of January, 1892, Mr. Sax was married to Miss Minnie A. Morgan, a daughter of Newell C. Morgan, a veteran of the Civil war, and unto them have been born two sons: Karl, who assists his father in the abstract business; and Paul, who is still in school.

Fraternally Mr. Sax is a Mason, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge, and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows and has filled all of the chairs in the latter lodge. In his political views he is a socialist and takes an active interest i«i all municipal affairs, having filled the mayoralty chair since 1909. He was elected to this office on both occasions on an independent ticket, and has made a most efficient and generally highly satisfactory executive. Mr. Sax is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he has been president, and takes an active interest in all of the work of this organization, being one of the progressive citizens of the community whose support is accorded to every movement advanced to promote the public welfare.

Eugene V. Boughton

Eugene V. Boughton, one of the capable representatives of the legal profession in Coeur d'Alene, where he has been engaged in practice for the past five years, was born in Quincy, Michigan, on December 21, 1875. His parents, William H. and Julia E. (Ball) Boughton, were well known farming people of Saginaw county, that state. The fatlier was one of those brave, patriotic men who offered his services to his country at the opening of the Civil war and remained at tlie front until the close of hostilities.

Eugene V. Boughton attended the common and high schools in the acquirement of an education, and, after graduating from the high school, entered the mercantile business at Evart, Michigan, in the employ of Davy & Company. Subsequently he was made manager of their branch store at Leota, Michigan, where he remained for over a year. He then decided to launch out into an independent business career, and in partnership with S. E. Sayles he established two stores at Custer and Greenland, ]SIichigan, respectively, operating the same until the summer of 1903, he disposed of his interests and matriculated in the university at Ann Arbor, graduating with the degree of LL. B. with the class of 1906. He was admitted to the bar at Lansing, Michigan, the same year, and immediately thereafter came to Coeur d'Alene, believing that better opportunities were here afforded for a young attorney than were to be found in the more thickly populated districts of the middle west. A man of good presence, intelligent and practical he made a favorable impression from the very first, and consequently met with little or no difficulty in building up a good practice and now has a well established clientage. Mr. Boughton's preparation for his work has been very thorough, and in addition to this he has a logical mind, fine reasoning faculties and an exceptionally good command of English, all of which are of inestimable value and are absolutely indispensable to a successful legal career. He is conscientiously devoted to the interests of his clients and exercises exceeding care and precaution in the preparation of his cases, overlooking none of the minor points upon which the decision of a case so often hinges. His arguments are always especially strong, each point following in its regular sequence and presented in a strong, forceful manner that is most convincing.

Mr. Boughton was united in marriage on the 21st of June, 1899, to Miss Eda Sayles, a daughter of Joseph and Nettie Sayles of Evart, Michigan, the former of whom for many years was judge of Osceola county. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Boughton, as follows: Irma Bernadine, whose birth occurred at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on June 1, 1905; Donald James, who was born at Coeur d'Alene, on the 29th of January, 1908; and Robert Eugene, born on March 1, 1911. The family home is located at No. 1111 North First street, this city, where they have a very pleasant and attractive residence.

In matters of faith both Mr. and Mrs. Boughton are Presbyterians, and fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Masons, having taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is past venerable master of the Lodge of Perfection, and belongs to Idaho Consistory, No. 3, S. P. R. S. ; and he is also a shriner, holding membership in El Katif Temple, Spokane. Mr. Boughton's devoted attention to the interests of his clients, his unquestionable integrity and his broad and comprehensive knowledge of civil law have all combined in establishing him among the attorneys of recognized prestige in Kootenai county.

The medical profession of Stevens county finds a worthy representative in Dr. Lee B. Harvey, who has been located at Colville for eleven years past and has gained a reputation which is not confined within the limits of the state of Washington. He comes of good Scotch and English ancestry and was born in Montgomery, Alabama, October 12, 1868, a son of Z. and Jane (Emerson) Harvey. The father died in 1892 and the mother passed away one year later. The ancestors of our subject on the paternal side were early Scotch and Englisli settlers in the United States, a granduncle serving with high credit in the Civil war.

In the public schools of his native state Lee B. Harvey received his preliminary education. Subsequently he became a student of tlie University of Alabama, from which he was graduated \vitli the degree of A. B. Having decided to devote his life to the healing art, he entered the medical department of the University of St. Louis and after pursuing the regular course was graduated in 1900 with the degree of M. D. Immediately after receiving his diploma he came to Colville and has since actively engaged in practice at this place. In 1904 he went to Chicago and took a postgraduate course of three months in Cook County Hospital, under the auspices of the University of Chicago. Two years later he pursued a similar course at the University of Pennsylvania and in 1908 visited the celebrated Mayo Brothers at Rochester, Minnesota, and spent several weeks at their hospital, observing their methods and gaining valuable information as to the most successful methods in surgery. In 1905 Dr. Harvey built the Colville Sanitarium, of which he is manager and owner. This institution is strictly modern in all its appointments and is considered one of the most complete establishments of the kind in the northwest, its patrons being attracted from a wide region tributary to Washington.

On the 3d of October, 1891, Dr. Harvey was married to Miss Cora Goakey, a daughter of Joseph Goakey, who is a prominent farmer of the Columbia river region. Politically Dr. Harvey adheres to the democratic party, believing that its principles are highly conducive to the prosperity of the country. He has taken the interest of a patriotic citizen in public affairs and served as mayor of Colville from 1900 to 1909, when he resigned, proving one of the most efficient officials the town has known. He also has filled the positions of city and county health officer and discharged his duties with the highest efficiency. He is a stanch believer in the great principle of brotherhood and has taken various degrees of Free Masonry including those of the commandery and shrine. He was master of Colville Lodge, A. F. & A. M., for four years. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and has passed through all the chairs of the subordinate lodge in that order, being also a member of the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. He is a constant student, a close and accurate observer, and he has spared no pains or expense in securing instruction under acknowledged masters in medicine and surgery. The ability he has shown in his practice and the interest he has taken in his patients have been productive of a gratifying degree of success and he ranks today as one of the most jirominent physicians in this part of the state.

James Nettle Glover

No history of Spokane would be complete without extended reference to James Nettle Glover who as the first permanent settler, as the first merchant and as the promoter and supporter of many interests which in subsequent days have advanced the welfare and progress of the city well deserves to be known as "the father of Spokane." His life history in detail would prove as interesting as any wrought by the imagination of a writer of fiction. It would be the story of travel through the primeval forests, of difficulties and dangers encountered and of obstacles overcome. Moreover, settlement in a new country always calls out the resourcefulness of the individual in meeting existing conditions. Mr. Glover was at all times ready for any emergency and on more than one occasion his quick wit and keen insight enabled him to master what seemed a difficult situation. Less than forty years have wrought the transformation that has developed Spokane from the tiny hamlet

James N. Glover Spokane And The Inland Empire 49

He was born in Lincoln county, Missouri, March 15, 1837, a son of Philip and Sarah (Koontz) Glover, who were of French and German ancestry respectively. They became -pibneer settlers of Missouri when it was still under territorial rule, arid were married there in 1818. The father, who was born in 1795 and was reared in Maryland, devoted his entire life to farming. He inherited a number of slaves and took seventeen of them with him to Missouri in 1817, but becoming convinced of the injustice of holding human beings in bondage, he gave them their freedom in 1846. That he was a kind and iolerant taskmaster is indicated by the fact that one old negro, Travis Johnson, insisted on remaining with the family even after their arrival in Oregon, to which state they decided to remove after their eldest son, William, had already settled within its borders.' In the early part of 1849, therefore, when James N. Glover was twelve years of age, they started from a place near Independence, Missouri, traveling with wagon and ox team which the negro Johnson drove. They were six months and one day upon the road, and after reaching the northwest the father secured a donation land claim of six hundred and forty acres about five miles from Salem, in Marion county, Oregon. Immediately he undertook the task of developing a farm and thereon resideJ until his death, which occurred December 12, 1872. The negro to whom he had given his liberty *as employed by his former master to cut ten thousand rails and other service at times kept him busy and gave him a comfortable living. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Philip Glover eleven children were born of whom three sons and three daughters are now deceased, while those still living are: James N., of this review; Philip, who is living in Oregon at the age of eighty-two years ; Samuel, eighty years of age, living with his brother James in Spokane; Charles Peyton, a resident of Portland, Oregon; and John W., living in Spokane.

The story of life upon the frontier is a familiar one to James -N. Glover who shared with the family in the usual pioneer hardships and experiences. He remained with his father in Oregon until twenty years of age and in 1857 made his first business venture, taking a quantity of apples to the Yreka mining district in northern California. Not being able to dispose of them in the way anticipated, he rented a room and opened a fruit store, continuing at that place for a year. On selling out he returned to Oregon and during the succeeding two years lived with his father, who worked at the carpenter's trade. He carefully saved his earnings and in the spring of 1862 began operations in the mining districts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho, the labors of eight years bringing him fifteen thousand dollars. On the expiration of that period he became associated at Salem, Oregon, with the Hon. Richard Williams, of Portland, and J. N. Matheny, of Salem, in the building and operation of the first steam ferry running between Marion and Polk counties in Oregon, and continued in the business until 1872, when the property was sold. Mr. Glover was also engaged in shipping apples from Salem to San Francisco and had been somewhat active in the public life of the city, serving as a member of the board of aldermen and filling the position of city marshal of Salem in 1868. In the spring of 1873 he left Salem, accompanied by J. N. Matheny, and started for the Palouse and Spokane valleys, traveling by rail to Portland and thence by water to Lewiston, Idaho, where they arrived on the 2d of May. After purchasing two cayuse ponies and such outfit as they could strap to their saddles, they Vol. II. - 3 started out on an exploring expedition through the -ivild and undeveloped country. There was restlessness among the Indians and in southern Oregon the Modoc war was in progress. For days they rode through the region known as the Inland Empire and only once in long distances would they come across an inhabited little log cabin. On hearing of Spokane Falls they made that their destination, arriving on the 1 1th of ]SIay. They found two squatters> J. J. Downing and S. R. Scranton, both of whom were anxious to dispose of their property. Sometime before Mr. Downing had agreed to sell his squatter's rights to a man named Benjamin, who had paid four hundred dollars on the purchase price but was unable to complete the payment. Mr. Glover and Mr. Matheny offered Downing two thousand dollars to vacate and let them locate upon the land provided the first payment of four hundred dollars should go to Mr. Benjamin, that being the amount he had paid to Mr. Downing. The deal was at length arranged and upon that basis and then leaving Mr. Scranton in charge of the falls Mr. Glover and his companion returned to Oregon. They believed that there was opportunity for the establishment of a profitable business at this point and entered into partnership with C. F. Yeaton. Together the three men placed orders for all necessarj' machinery and with this returned to Spokane Falls on the 29th of July. In the meantime Mr. Scranton had become involved in some trouble with the officers of the law and was a fugitive, hiding in the surrounding country. Mr. Glover, who remained in Oregon for a time to settle up affairs there, arrived at the falls, on the 19th of August, traveling in a lumber wagon from Wallula Junction. Being told of Scranton's hiding place he met the man, purchased his squatter's right for two thousand dollars and thus gained clear possession to the falls. It was impossible to know if they were on government land open to free settlement or on a section granted the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, for at that time no survey had been made. The sawmill, however, was built and kept in operation where the Phoenix Sawmill now stands, and Mr. Glover also opened a general merchandise store which was the first in this city, its site being the present location of the Windson building on Front avenue. When a squad of surveyors under government contract came to survey lower Crab creek and ran a base line to Spokane Falls Mr. Glover had the satisfaction of finding that he was in the section open for settlement. Some time afterward he built another store where the Pioneers block now stands, on the corner of Howard and Front streets. Trading was carried on with the Indians and with a few white settlers who had ventured into this part of the country. ^Mr. Glover's partners became discouraged at the outlook and in 1876 he purchased their interests in the business and property so that he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres situated in what is now the very center of the city, its boundaries being Sprague avenue on the south, Broadway on the north, Bernard street on the east and Adams street on the west. Up to that time no settlers had come to join him at Spokane, his former partner Matheny having gone to Utah and Yeaton to Oregon, and thus Mr. Glover was left alone at the falls.

It certainly required a courageous spirit to face the conditions in which he found himself- - solitary and alone - without any immediate indication that changes would occur leading to the upbuilding of a city or even a village in his vicinity. In June, 1877, the Nez Perces war broke out and in order to entice the young warriors of the Spokane tribe to join them a band of twenty-five or thirty Nez Perces came to the falls, camping near Mr. Glover's store and engaging in their war dance night after night. All of the white people of the surrounding country had gathered into the store for safety, sleeping on the floor and benches, and a number of settlers living at a point forty miles to the west made their way to "Big Island" where the Great Northern now stands. Mr. Glover watched the war dance for a few nights and, realizing that something must be done, he called a number of old Spokane Indians who had been trading with him for years and had a plain talk with them, reminding them of the Indian war of twenty years before, when Colonel Wright executed a number of their people, destroying their property and leaving them in miserj' from which they never recovered. !Mr. Glover ended by telling the Indians that "if the visitors don't go away before the sun is over our heads (noon) I am in close touch now with the boys who wear the brass buttons." This had the desired effect and before noon of the same day the Nez Perces braves had gone to the gorges of the river. In intimating that he could summon the United States troops Mr. Glover felt it would strengthen his case but had no idea that the soldiers were near, as it happened, however, that very day Colonel Wheaton of the regular army marched into the Spokane settlement with his entire regiment, and ever afterward the Indians accredited Mr. Glover with great foresight and knowledge. After a few weeks' stay here the troops, with the exception of Companies H and I, proceeded to Palouse City. About the same time General Sherman passed through the Spokane settlement with his escort, on the way from Fort Benton to Vancouver, Washington, via Walla Walla, and was entertained by Mr. Glover who asked that the companies be returned here, and when General Sherman reached Walla Walla he gave orders for the troops to spend the winter at Spokane. In the following summer, 1878, the soldiers built Fort Coeur d'Alene, twenty-eight miles away, and as this furnished protection for the district, Spokane began to attract attention.

In his business undertakings Mr. Glover prospered, for some years conducting a profitable trade with the fort. The real growth of the city, however, dates from the fall of 1879, at which time the Northern Pacific Railroad Company gave out the contracts for the extension of its line to Spokane. A construction train, the first to enter this place, arrived in June, 1882, and with the advent of the railroad the future of the city was assured, owing to its excellent location and the fact that the surrounding country could be profitably cultivated. During the early period of settlement Mr. Glover disposed of much of his land at a very low figure, in some cases giving away lots to those who would build upon them. He gave forty acres to Frederick Post on condition that he would build a grist mill, and this site is now occupied by the building of the Washington Water Power Company. As early as January, 1878, he had caused the first survey of the town plat to be made, acting as chain carrier as there were not sufficient men in the neighborhood to do the work. Subsequently he named all the principal thoroughfares : Washington street, for George Washington ; Stevens street, for Governor Isaac Stevens ; Howard street, for General O. O. Howard ; Sprague avenue, for' J. W. Sprague, the general superintendent of the western division of the Northern Pacific Railroad; Post street, for Frederick Post; Monroe, Adams, Lincoln and Madison for the presidents; and Mill street because the first mill was erected thereon.

As the city grew it naturally followed that Mr. Glover should have voice in its management, and in 1883 he was a member of the city council, while in 1881-5 he served as mayor. Then again he was called to the council in 1898 and once more in 1902, so that he has taken an active part in shaping municipal affairs. His business, too, developed with the passing years and for a considerable period he continued in merchandising. In November, 1882, upon the incorporation of the First National Bank of Spokane he was one of the principal stockholders and served as its president for ten years, but in the great financial panic of 1893 the bank was obliged to suspend, at which time it was estimated that the loss of Mr. Glover amounted to one million five hundred thousand dollars, or twice as much as any other citizen. The courageous spirit which he had ever manifested throughout the period of his residence in the northwest did not desert him now, nor did he lose faith in the city and its future, and it is a pleasure to his many friends to know that in the intervening years to the present time he has regained substantial property interests and now has good realty holdings that return to him a gratifying annual income.

Mr. Glover was married in Spokane to Miss Esther Emily Leslie, a daughter of Samuel C. Leslie. He was the first Mason of Spokane, and is a Knight Templar, while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree. He belongs to the Spokane Club and to the Chamber of Commerce. He practically bore all the expense of building the First Episcopal church and many other churches are greatly indebted to him because of his donation of land or generous contribution in money. He has been most liberal in his gifts to the Orphanage Home, to the Young Men's Christian Association and to various charitable and benevolent works, and in fact it would be difficult to name any department of activity which has been of real benefit to Spokane that has not profited by his cooperation, encouragement and support. As long as the city stands the name of James Nettle Glover should be honored, for with wonderful prescience he foresaw the future and recognized the possibilities of the district, and with unfaltering faith labored to promote the interests and upbuilding of this section. Thus today he manifests a contagious enthusiasm regarding the northwest and in as far as possible enters into every project for the public good with zest and zeal.

Robert Benton Paterson

Robert Benton Paterson, whose resourceful business ability and undaunted energy has brought him to the presidency of the Spokane Dry Goods Company and also into close connection with some of the foremost financial enterprises of the city, belongs to that class of men who find keen pleasure in successfully solving complex trade problems and in coordinating forces into a unified whole. He is eminently a man of business sense and easily avoids the mistakes that come to those who, though possessing remarkable faculties in some respects, are liable to erratic movements that result in unwarranted risk and failure. He is a man of well balanced mind, even temperament and conservative habit, and also possesses that kind of enterprise which leads to great achievement. He has been a resident of Spokane since the summer of 1889, arriving here when a young man of about twenty-four years. His birth occurred in Wasliington, Iowa, November 18, 1863. His ])arents were David and Ella (Van Dyke) Paterson, the father of Scotch descent and the mother of Dutch lineage, being a representative of the well known Van Dyke family of Holland. David Paterson was a merchant of Washington, Iowa, and subsequently engaged in a similar line of business in Algona, that state.

Spokane And The Inland Empire 53

After mastering the elementary branches of learning in the public schools of Algona Robert B. Paterson continued his education in the Iowa College at Grinnell, but left school at a comparatively earlj' age to become a factor in commercial circles, in which he has found scope for his industry and enterprise - his salient characteristics. He was first employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store and afterward became connected with the mercantile business at Charles City, Iowa. He made his initial step as proprietor of a store when but nineteen years of age, entering into partnership with J. yi. Comstock, his former employe at Algona, with whom he was associated in the establishment of a drj'-goods store at Charles City, Iowa, where they conducted a successful business from 188-i until 1889. Their attention, however, was directed to the west with its constantly broadening opportunities and with the hope that success awaited them on the Pacific coast they made their way to Spokane in the summer of 1889. Under the firm style of Comstock & Paterson the business was established and conducted and the well known name of The Crescent became a household word in that section of the country. They opened their store August 5, 1889, the day following the great fire which practicall.v wiped out the business center of Spokane, and from the beginning their success was assured. Gradually the retail trade of the Crescent store has increased until it has for some time been at the head of the leading dry-goods and department stores in the Inland Empire. The business was incorporated in 1895 under the style of the Spokane Dry Goods Company for the purpose of conducting a jobbing business in drj' goods, but the name "Crescent" was retained for the retail house. The Spokane Dry Goods Company's trade extends throughout western Oregon, Montana, Idaho and all parts of Washington, and it is one of the largest wholesale dry-goods concerns in the state.

The record of Mr. Paterson has ever commanded the admiration and respect of his colleagues and contemporaries. It is well kno^vn that he never makes engagements that he does not fill nor incur obligations that he does not meet. He has developed his business along the legitimate lines of trade, carrying a stock adequate to the needs and demands of the public, and bringing his establishment into prominence through judicious advertising and also by reason of a well selected line of goods. Moreover great care has been maintained in tlie personnel of the house, in the methods pursued and the character of service rendered the public, and upon these things has been built the substantial success which has placed the Spokane Dry Goods Company in its present enviable position. Mr. Paterson is now the president of this company and of the Crescent Department Store and vice president of the Dry Goods Realty Company which is a holding company for their real estate. Into various other fields he has directed his efforts and now has voice in the management of a number of important financial enterprises, being a director of the Spokane Eastern Trust Compan}', the Union Trust Company, the Western Union Life Insurance Company, the Warehouse &- Realty Company and numerous others. He is a member of the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce of Spokane, and of the Arkwright Club of New York - indications of his social qualities and of his popularity among many friends in this city. Business and social interests, however, have not made entire claim upon his time and attention. He holds membership in the First Presbyterian church and is a most active worker and generous supporter of the Young Men's Christian Association, serving at the present time as president of the Spokane organization and as a member of the executive committee of the state organization.

On the 31st of December, 1888, occurred the marriage of Mr. Paterson and Miss Henrietta I. Davidson, of Charles City, Iowa, and unto them have been born two children, Genevieve M., born June 23, 1890; and Robert A., born Jul.v 19, 1901. He is a typical American citizen and a splendid example of American manhood and chivalry. While he has won success in business, this has constituted but one phase of his life. He has been a student of the sociological, political and economic problems of the country and concerning such endeavors to keep abreast with thinking men. He has recognized the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship and therefore Spokane has found him active in indorsement and aid on various projects for the city's welfare and growth.

Edwin Truman Coman

The position of Edwin Truman Coman in banking circles in Washington is indicated in the fact that he is the youngest man ever elected to the presidency of the State Bankers Association, which honor came to him in 1905. His active connection with banking interests is now broad and includes the presidency of the Exchange National Bank of Spokane, in which city he is now making his home. He came to the coast from the middle west, his birth having occurred in Kankakee, Illinois, May 25, 1869. His father, Daniel Franklin Coman, was a representative of one of the old families of Massachusetts and wedded Rosilla J. Thresher, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of New Hampshire.

Edwin T. Coman pursued his early education in the public schools of his native town and afterward attended the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor and also the Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and later in Illinois and Washington. He then continued in active practice until twenty-seven years of age and in the meantime he had removed westward to Washington having, in 1894', settled in Colfax, Whitman county. In 1897 he was chosen cashier of the First National Bank of Colfax, whose business was developed from a deposit of less than one hundred thousand dollars to a half million in a few years. In 1905 the First National Bank and the Colfax National Bank were consolidated and of the new institution Mr. Coman became the vice president and manager. His ability in banking was becoming widely recognized in financial circles, and in 1907 he was elected as vice president and manager of the Exchange National Bank of Spokane and removed to this city, where he has since made his home. In the intervening period he has been elected to the presidency of the bank and his connections also include the presidency of the First Savings & Trust Bank of Whitman county, of the Bank of Endicott, tlie Bank of Rosalia, Plummer State Bank of Plummer, Idaho, and the vice presidency of the National Bank of Palouse. Mr. Coman has made many public addresses principally on financial subjects. He has spoken before the Bankers Association of Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and three times before the association of Washington. In 1908 he was elected trustee of the Chamber of Commerce, which position he held until 1911, when he was elected president. He is also president of the council of Spokane College.

Edwin T. Cojian Spokane And The Inland Empire 57

On the 10th of March, 1897, Mr. Coman was married to Miss Ruth Martin, a daughter of Robert and Catherine (Tull) Martin, of CarroUton, Missouri, the former of whom was a pioneer banker. They now have three children, Edwin Truman, born May 18, 1903; Robert Martin, born December 31, 1905; and Catherine, born July 11, 1909. Mr. Coman holds membership in St. Paul's Cathedral of Spokane and he is a member of its vestry. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, also holding degrees as Knight Templar and in the Mystic Shrine. From his college days he holds membership in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Virginia Beta Chapter. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Spokane, Spokane Athletic, Spokane Country, Inland and University Clubs.

Dr. Leonard E. Hanson, one of the capable, younger representatives of the medical fraternity in Wallace, was born at Deer Park, Wisconsin, on the 2d of April, 1879, and is a son of John and Caretta M. (Abrahamson) Hanson. This worthy couple have another son, Walter H. Hanson, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Reared at home Dr. Hanson acquired his early education in the public schools of his native state, later entering the University of Minnesota, where for two years he took the academic and pharmaceutical course. Having decided to become a physician he subsequently matriculated in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, being awarded the degree of M. D. with the class of 1908. In order to better qualify himself for the duties of a practitioner, immediately following his graduation Dr. Hanson entered the Pennsylvania and Blockley Hospitals at Philadelphia, where he served an interneship for three months. Following the expiration of his period of service he came to Wallace and established an office and has ever since engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery. He early had occasion to demonstrate his ability both as a physician and surgeon, displaying such rare skill and perfect understanding of both branches of his science that he has met with little difficulty in building up a good practice. In May, 1910, he became associated with Dr. Max T. Smith in the establishment of the Hope Hospital of Wallace, a private institution devoted to the treatment of both surgical and medical cases of a general nature. In addition to his large private practice. Dr. Hanson is surgeon for the Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, Hercules Mining & Milling Company, Custer Mining Company, Copper King Mining & Smelting Company, Coeur d'Alene Iron Works, Clearwater Mining Company, C. & R. Mining Company, Ivanhoe Mining Company, Idora Mining Company, Index Alining Company, Lucky Calumet Mining Company, j\Iarsh Mining Company, Tiger Hotel Company, and Tamarack & Chesapeake Mining Company. During the period of his residence in Shoshone county Dr. Hanson has filled the office of coroner, having entered upon his duties on January 1, 1909, and retiring at the expiration of his two-year term, having discharged his responsibilities with creditable efficiency. Although he has not long been engaged in practice, he has become recognized as an able physician, his long experience as a druggist and his thorough preparation together with his natural qualifications, giving him the assurance that inspires confidence in all who come under his attention.

Dr. Hanson has never married. He is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic order, being a member of Shoshone Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M. ; Wallace Chapter, No. 9, R. A. M. ; Coeur d'Alene Commandery, No. 5, K. T. ; and also the Order of the Eastern Star. He is an Elk, and is affiliated with Wallace Lodge, No. 331, B. P. O. E.; and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Wallace Lodge, No. 9. During his student days at the University of Pennsylvania he joined the Greek letter fraternity Alpha Kappa Kappa, and also the Acacia fraternity. He is a member of the National Geographic Society, and maintains relations with the members of his profession through the medium of the H. C. Wood Medical Society of Philadelphia, American Medical Association, Idaho State Medical Association and Kootenai, Bonner and Shoshone County Medical Societies. At the time of the Spanish- American war he was trumpeter of Battery B, Thirteenth Minnesota Light Artillery, which regiment was sent to Cass Lake, Minnesota, to quell the uprising among the Indians at that point, when Major Wilkinson was killed with twenty of his men, and in recognition of this service they were not sent to Manila. The future of Dr. Hanson in his profession would seem to be most promising. He is a progressive man, applying himself conscientiously to the study of all current papers and periodicals pertaining to his science, discarding the old methods for the new whenever he is firmly satisfied that the tests have proven without a doubt the efficacy of the later discovery.

Daniel Morgan

The history of the development and progress of the west, particularly that of the Inland Empire, is replete with the stories of individuals who have contributed their part in empire building; of those who braved the hardships of the wilderness and frontier and made possible the greater advancement and progress of the generations to follow; of those of later years who, recognizing the possibilities, looked far into the future and saw the state peopled with the most contented and prosperous people in the world. To these men the picture was an alluring one and in the fullness of their convictions they sought to be contributing factors in the upbuilding and growth that was so sure to follow. The majority of them have been successful beyond their most sanguine expectations and while some have not been attended with the same success, a tribute to their memory is due for the efforts they have put forth in behalf of progress. To the others whose efforts have been crowned with success the picture has taken material form and almost in reach they can see the glorious fruition of their hopes. Although a comparatively young man, one of those who stands forth prominently in the ranks of the successful is Daniel Morgan, whose activities in the Inland Empire have embraced a number of imjjortant projects, among which was the promotion and building of the town of Lamont on the Seattle, Portland & Spokane Railroad in Whitman county. It is a model town on a magnificent site and Mr. Morgan proposes to make it the "greatest little town in the United States." At the present writing the town of Lamont has a population of about six hundred and every convenience of a city of many thousands has been instituted. Its buildings are substantial and in all the work in laying out the to^vn much attention has been paid to the beautiful and to the artistic. Parks are a most important feature and every effort is being exerted to bring them to a high state of beauty and perfection. The town owns its own water system and furnishes fire protection that is equal to those of large cities. Some idea of the completeness of the system may be gained when it is understood that the people of Lamont are granted the same fire insurance rates that are granted the city of Spokane. The town has a schoolhouse which was erected at a cost of thirty thousand dollars; contains free baths and has a manual training department; is equipped with a fine library and it is proposed to establish an agricultural school and later to promote the countrj' life movement. Mr. Morgan has been the prime factor in promoting all of the improvements and hopes to constantly add other ones to the town. The town of Lamont is to him his most interesting work and although he has been and will be actively engaged in other projects, he hopes to be a factor in bringing the town to that state of development that will justify him in the statement that "Lamont is the greatest little town in the United States."

To all of his work Mr. Morgan brings the western enthusiasm and energy with which he has been imbued from his childhood, for he is a native of Benton county, Oregon, his birth having there occurred on the 28th of February, 1869. His parents, Seth and Margaret (Hamilton) Morgan, came across the plains from Illinois in 1847 and settled in this state, the former engaging in stock-raising and ranching. At the present writing he is a resident of The Dalles and is numbered among Oregon's honored pioneers.

Daniel Morgan secured his early education in the public schools of Wasco county, Oregon, but the "wanderlust" caused him to run away from home in his boyhood days, after which he spent some time in visiting the early settlements in eastern Oregon. He learned the saddlery trade but felt that its scope was too limited to satisfy his ambtition and in 1880 he took up his abode in Oaksdale, Washington, with the intention of becoming an attorney. He read law in the office in that town for some time but became interested in the development of real estate and farm lands to which he devoted his entire attention. In that undertaking he was successful from the beginning, and recognizing its possibilities he began to look about him for a broader field in which to operate. In 1906 he came to the city of Spokane where he formed a partnership with George M. Colborn and at once proceeded to develop what is now known as the Colborn and Morgan tract. Success attended this enterprise and he then proceeded to the development of what is known as the Morgan acre tract, adjoining the city of Spokane. This was an innovation in the methods of development in this section and like all of his previous efforts was successful from the start. The tract was divided into acre lots and, being within easy reach of the city, offered a particularly attractive proposition to the prospective purchaser. He had no difficulty in readily disposing of the property and the owners, whose business took them to the city, found both remuneration and pleasure in cultivating their own crops.

After disposing of the Morgan acre tract Mr. Morgan's next venture was that of promoting and building the town of Lamont to which reference has already been made. Aside from laying out, developing and building the city he is presi- dent of the Lament State Bank which he organized soon after the establishment of the town. He is also president of the general mercantile firm of C. W. HoUis & Company, of Lamont, and is the owner of a thousand acre farm in Whitman county, which is all under cultivation.

On the 19th of November, 1892, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Jessie May Smith, of Pendleton, Oregon, a stepdaughter of Thomas Winn, of that city. They have three children: Ray S., a graduate of the high school -with the class of 1910, is president of the alumni and at the present time is assistant cashier of the Lamont State Bank. The father's idea is to train the boy in banking and finance and is satisfied from the showing already made by his son that he will make his mark in the financial world before the lapse of many years. Mr. Morgan's other sons are: William Lloyd, a student, and Daniel, Jr.

Mr. Morgan holds membership with the Knights of Pythias and has passed through all of the chairs of the local lodge. He is also a member of the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all of its projects and movements for the development and improvement of the city. He has lived too active a business life to become identified with politics and has merely exercised his right of franchise in going to the polls on election days. He is much interested in modern scientific farming and was recently elected one of the managing governors of the International Dry Farming Congress. In this as in other things in his life he has studied the question from every possible standpoint and he is looking forward to large results which may be obtained through the scientific methods that are being introduced in the development of land where the rainfall is scant. His business activities have never been of narrow or restricted interests and results but have always constituted elements in general progress and prosperity as well as of individual success. His life record illustrates in no uncertain manner what may be accomplished through individual effort without the assistance of family, friends or financial resources, and his life history proves that success is ambition's answer.

Dr. St. Jean, the sole owner and manager of the Wallace Hospital, the largest institution of the kind in the state of Idaho, was born at Adamsville, province of Quebec, Canada, on the .SOth of May, 1875. his parents being Ludger and Sopliia (Vautrini) St. Jean.

Reared in his native land Dr. St. Jean after the completion of his preliminary education matriculated in the Laval University, at Montreal, where he pursued a medical course, being graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1896. Very soon thereafter he came to the United States, locating at Anaconda, Montana, where he engaged in practice for about a year, coming to Wallace in 1897. Dr. St. Jean readily built up a practice here, his winning personality and pleasing manner gaining him patients, whom he retained by reason of his skill and ability. In 1905 he purchased the Wallace Hospital, a private institution, designed for the care and treatment of general medical and surgical cases. It contains accommodations for one hundred patients with operating room and laboratory of most modern equipment, and the most approved apparatus for the care and treatment of all cases likely to come under supervision. There is a large corps of the city's most skilful surgeons and physicians and eleven permanent nurses on the staff, and he also maintains a registered training school for nurses. Dr. St. Jean has a branch receiving hospital at Warden, under the direction of Dr. T. R. Mason, and another at Burke in charge of Dr. Charles A. Dettman. In addition to his large private practice he is surgeon for the Federal JNIining & Smelting Company, Frisco Mining Company, Hecia Mining Company, Success Mining Company, Pittsburg Lead Mining Company, Gold Hunter Mining & Smelting Company, Beartop Mining Company, Black Horse Mining Company, Caledonia Mining Company, Stewart Mining Compan}', Jack Waite Mining Company, Lead Silver Mining Company, Roanoke Mining Company, Rose Lake Lumber Company, and several minor companies, all located in the Coeur d'Alene district. As the county has no regular hospital it maintains a ward in the Wallace Hospital for its indigent patients.

Dr. St. Jean was married on the 18th of February, 1901, to Miss Phedora Nadeau, a daughter of J. A. Nadeau, a large real-estate owner and prominent citizen of Butte, Montana.

Dr. and Mrs. St. Jean are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and he also belongs to the Knights of Columbus of Wallace, and the Elks, being a member of Wallace Lodge, No. 331, B. P. O. E., while his membership in organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his affiliation with the Inland Club of Spokane. He keeps in touch with his fellow practitioners through the medium of his connection with the American Medical Association, North Idaho Medical Association and the Kootenai, Bonner and Shoshone Counties Medical Society. Dr. St. Jean has rapidly come to the front during the fourteen years of his residence in Wallace and is, like the majority of people in this vicinity, interested in a number of mining companies. He is meeting with the most gratifying success both in his private practice and in the management of his hospital, and owing to his skill both as a surgeon and phj'sician is acquiring far more than a local reputation.

Arthur L. Porter

Arthur L. Porter is the secretary of the Western Lumberman's Association with headquarters in Spokane. For the past twelve years he has been connected with the lumber trade, giving him a wide acquaintance with the business in all of its various phases, while from his broad experience he has derived the power that enables him to carefully and successfully direct important interests. He was born in Muscatine, Iowa, July 14, 1873, his parents being George W. and Laura A. (Van Buren) Porter. His father was at one time business manager of the Muscatine News-Tribune and after a long connection ^vith that paper is now conducting a job-printing office of his own in that city.

In Muscatine, Arthur L. Porter obtained his education in the public schools and when he had put aside his text-books, secured employment in a wholesale grocery house after which he was connected with the Muscatine Oatmeal Company for a number of years, having charge of its sales department in seven states. He next entered the employ of the Roach & Musser Sash and Door Company in the capacity of confidential clerk to Mr. Roach, taking charge of the outside investments. In the spring of 1902 he was sent to Sjjokane as treasurer of the Musser Lumber Company, with which concern he continued until the organization of the Western Retail Lumberman's Association in 1903. At the outset he was elected secretary and has continuously served in that capacity, having active voice in the management and direction of the business and bringing to bear, in the solution of its complex problems, the knowledge gained from long experience in the lumber trade. On the 1st of January, 190-1, he organized a mutual insurance company for retail lumbermen only. This was incorporated under the name of the Lumbermen's Mutual Society and the business of the company now covers the entire northwest with Mr. Porter as secretary, treasurer and general manager. They have been largely instrumental in directing lumbermen to Spokane and their business has constantly developed from a small beginning until it has assumed extensive proportions. They now have over one thousand lumber yards, represented with an insurance of over four million five hundred thousand dollars, with a surplus of more than forty thousand dollars.

On the 16th of Maj^, 1899, ]\Ir. Porter was united in marriage at Muscatine, Iowa, to Miss Ellen D. Roach, a daughter of William M. and Sarah Roach, of that place. Mr. Porter became a member of the Masonic lodge in Muscatine and holds membership in the Spokane Club, Lumberman's Club and the Hoo Hoos, an organization of lumbermen. Throughout his life his attention and activities have largely been concentrated upon his business. He is not a man of precarious genius and therefore liable to erratic movements which often result in unwarranted risk or failure. He is, however, persistent and determined, correctly valuing his own capacities and powers and accurately judging of life's contacts and experiences. These qualities have made him a strong factor in the department of business upon which he has concentrated his efforts.

Harry M. Howard

While yet a comparatively young man, there are few residents of Spokane more familiar with its history through the period of almost its entire development than is Harry M. Howard. His early experiences made it particularly easy for him to know all there was to be known concerning Spokane, and with an observing eye and retentive memory he has watched the changes that have occurred and can relate in interesting manner the story of events which have left a deep impress upon the history of the city. He is now engaged in the real-estate business, with offices in the Exchange Bank building, but difficult and strenuous effort was required to bring him to his present enviable position among the substantial and successful business men of the city.

He was but eleven years of age when he came to Spokane with his parents, Martin J. and Jennie D. (Leach) Howard. The father was a building contractor, who in 1883 left the old home in Wisconsin and came with his family to the territory of Washington. Here in company with Frank A. Johnson the father erected the first pretentious business structures of Spokane. They were associated in the erection of the Frankfort block and j\Ir. Howard also built the Pacific Hotel and the residence of J. J. Browne, now occupied by R. E. Strahorn. The father, however, was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, in Spokane, his death occurring here in 1886. The journey westward was a most interesting one to the boy, who noted with keen zest all points upon the way. There were two feet of snow on the ground when the family left Wisconsin in December and they arrived in Spokane to find the air balmy, with no sign of snow. Through the succeeding five winters snow was an almost unknown thing here, but g-reat climatic changes have occurred in this region.

Harry M. Howard continued his education, begun in Wisconsin, as a student in the public schools of tlus city, but had been here for only a brief period when he started in the business world, becoming delivery boy for the grocery firm of D. B. Ide & Son, then located at the corner of First and Howard streets. At that time Howard was the principal street of Spokane, with a few cross streets extending to the Northern Pacific Railroad. The place was more of a trading post than a well established town and was visited frequently by groups of men in buckskin clothing, belted with cartridges and knives. All of the north side of the city was laid out in farms and the three grocery dealers of the town refused to deliver goods into the wilderness, in the district at what is now Broadway and Monroe streets, unless an order for thirty dollars' worth had been given. For a year and a half Mr. Howard remained with the grocery firm and then began selling the Daily Chronicle on the streets of the city. He met all of the trains - there were two each day - and had no difliculty in disposing of his papers, because there was then a heavy immigration and people wished to know something of the country into which they were coming. The paper sold for ten or fifteen cents. After a time Mr. Howard purchased the exclusive right for the Chronicle circulation, employing two boys to help him to deliver and sell papers and thus laid the foundation for his later success not only in the profits that accrued but in the business experience which he gained and in the knowledge of the city which he acquired, his alert, receptive mind enabling him to thoroughly appreciate the situation and its opportunities. After a year in the newspaper field he was employed as night clerk in the Western Union office under A. D. Campbell, and later he returned to the grocery business. At the time of the great fire he managed to save a half wagon load of groceries for his employer, who was absent from the city. The years of his youth thus passed in earnest, unremitting toil, and at the age of seventeen he entered the mail service, being one of the city's first four mail carriers, his route being all the district west of Post street. Three years' service had brought him to the position of superintendent of carriers, his service being virtually that of assistant postmaster. He was afterward for ten months in charge of the mail on a steamer between Seattle and Whatcom, but with the exception of this brief interval he has resided continuously in Spokane since his arrival here in 1883. Later he was again engaged in the grocery business for a period and then became bookkeeper in a laundry, leaving that employ to establish a collection agency, which gradually developed in its scope until he entered the real-estate field. He was first employed as a salesman by a realestate firm at a salary of eighty dollars per month. He noted, however, the profits that were made in this business and resolved that his labors should more directly benefit himself. Accordingly he opened a real-estate office and has since engaged in the purchase and sale of property, becoming recognized as one of the foremost real-estate men of the citj'. He is now disposing of a tract containing six hundred lots, on which he has placed improvements to the amount of one hundred and eigliteen thousand dollars. He also has a side interest which produces a substantial revenue, having in 1907 purchased a fruit and chicken ranch of ten acres, on which is found one of the oldest orchards in this part of the state. The place is about a half mile north of the city limits. The orchard is planted to cherries and was set out about twenty-two years ago. In 1911 one tree produced five hundred and forty pounds of cherries. On the chicken ranch are about fifteen hundred blooded chickens and eggs are sold only for breeding, while to some extent business is done in the sale of broilers. This place, splendidly equipped in every particular, is called the Sunnyside Poultry Farm.

On the 10th of August, 1893, Mr. Howard was united in marriage to Miss Tena R. Muhs, a daughter of John and Marie (Masonbrink) Muhs, of Spokane county. Mr. and Mrs. Howard liave two children, Montague J. and Burdette A., who are attending school and reside with their parents in a beautiful home at 03-iOo Audubon Drive, which Mr. Howard erected in 1910. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and also holds membership in Mount Carlton Lodge, No. 103, I. O. O. F., Beta Camp of the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Foresters. Because of his long residence in Spokane, his activity in business and a naturally social nature he has a very extensive acquaintance. His record indicates that after all no matter what the advantages furnished by the schools or early environment each individual must formulate, determine and shape his own character and career. This Mr. Howard has done and through careful utilization of opportunities has steadily progressed to a prominent position in business circles.

Hon. William H. Plummer

Whatever else may be said of the legal fraternity it cannot be denied that members of the bar have been more prominent actors in public affairs than any other class of the community. This is but a natural result of causes which are manifest and require no explanation. The ability and training which qualify one to practice law also qualify him in many respects for duties which lie outside the strict path of his profession and which touch the best interests of society. Holding a position of precedence among the members of the bar of Spokane, William H. Plummer has also been prominent in political circles in the state and has served as a member of the Washington senate.

His birth occurred in New England, for he is a native of Westboro, Massachusetts, born August 19, 1870. His parents -were John D. and Sarah Plummer, the father a shoe manufacturer at Westboro, in which city the son spent his boyhood and youth. His early education was supplemented by a course in the State Normal school at Cortland, New York, and Cornell University, and he made preparation for the bar as a student in the law office of Warren & Kellogg, of Cortland. He has resided west of the Mississippi since 1888, in which year he settled at Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was later admitted to the bar there. He had not yet found the location which he sought, however, and in 1889 he came to the northwest, establishing his home in. Colfax, Whitman county, Washington, where he opened an office for the general practice of law, which he followed in that city and in Farmington for three years. In the spring of 1892 he came to Spokane and feels that he has no desire to make another change of residence, for here he has found business opportunities which he sought, and the proof of his ability as a lawyer is seen in the large and growing clientage accorded him. In 1895 he became corporation counsel for the city and filled that position for two years. In 189() he was elected to represent his district in the state senate as a candidate of the silver party and served for four years in the upper house of the general assembly, during which period he was elected president pro tern to preside over the senate, and also presided over the joint session of the house and senate. He was likewise chairman of the judiciary committee of the senate and in that as in other connections he did important work for the state. In politics he is a republican, well versed in the questions and issues of the day, and his advocacy of the party has been an element in its growth and success.

On the 3d of November, 1909, Mr. Plummer was married to !Miss Verna L. Charest, a daughter of Dumas and Idell Charest, of Phillipsburg, Montana. He has attained high rank in Masonry, having taken the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and he also belongs to El Katif Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has likewise membership connections with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Spokane Club. He is now concentrating his energies upon his profession and while undoubtedly he is not without that lionorable ambition which is so powerful and useful as an incentive to activity in public affairs, he regards the pursuits of private life as being in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts and he gives to his clients the benefit of marked talent, broad learning and unwearied industry.

Louis G. Keller

The beneficial effect of a sound education when it is backed by a worthy ambition is clearly illustrated in the lives of many of the most successful men of America. A younger generation is now coming upon the stage and it is the opinion of competent authorities that as time passes these young men will be able to give a good account of their stewardship. In the class designated is Louis G. Keller, who is now engaged in the hardware business at Colville. He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 5, 1881, a son of Louis E. and Louisa (Brunswick) Keller. The mother died in 1889, but the father is still living and has reached the age of fifty-seven years. There is fighting blood in the family, as is indicated by the fact that the grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the Mexican war.

Louis G. Keller received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native city and later entered Woodward high school, from which he was graduated in 1900. In July of the same year Mr. Keller came to Spokane, Washington, and a short time afterward went to the Big Ben country, where he was employed for a year in a general mercantile store owned by his uncle. He attended the University of Colorado for one year and at the end of that time returned to the Big Ben country and took up a homestead of one luindred and sixty acres. After two more years of attendance at the University of Colorado he was graduated, receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1905, and in the same year he was admitted to the bar of Colorado. However, he believed that eastern Washington presented superior advantages and he engaged in the real-estate business at Spokane for one year, at the same time recuperating his health. He spent a year in the Big Ben country and in 1907 located at Colville and associated in the hardware business with a Mr. Stannus, under the firm title of the Stannus Keller Hardware Company. The members of the firm are energetic and competent and the patronage has increased from year to year, the business now being one of the most flourishing of the kind in the country. Mr. Keller in addition to his investment in the store is the owner of ten acres of land near Colville and one hundred and sixty acres in the Big Ben country.

Politically he has ever since he reached manhood supported the republican party and in 1910 was a member of the republican county central committee. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias, and he is also a member of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity. He takes great interest in the promotion of all movements for advancing the welfare of the community and is a valued member of the Colville Chamber of Commerce, of which he was president in 1910. While attending school he was a cadet and in his senior year was elected captain, which is considered the highest honor that can be bestowed upon any pupil in that institution. Judging by what he has accomplished, the confidence of his young companions was not misplaced and Mr. Keller can apparently look forward to a constantly widening field of endeavor. From the outset of his active business life he has steadily progressed and the high esteem in which he is held by the people of this section is convincing evidence of his personal worth.

Albert Laurance Flewelling

Albert Laurance Flewelling was born in a log house on a small farm near the town of Hanover, Michigan, October 26, 1861. His father, Abram P. Flewelling, was of sturdy Welsh stock, tracing his ancestry back to the last king of Wales. His mother, whose maiden name was Rosana Sprague, was of Scotch-Irish parentage dating back to the early settlement of America before the Revolution.

The early life of A. L. Flewelling was spent on a farm near Lansing, Michigan. He was educated in the public schools, and at an early age he began school teaching. At the same time he began reading law, spending his vacations and spare time in a law office. He was admitted to the bar in open court in the month of November, 1886, and the next spring he began the active practice of law at Crystal Falls, Michigan, in the heart of the great Lake Superior iron district. During his early practice he became identified with a number of the strongest mining companies of the district and later was associated with Corrigan-^NfcKinney & Company of Cleveland, Ohio, who at that time were the largest independent producers of iron ore in America, and for fifteen years immediately preceding the year 1906 he was General Counsel for that concern and acquired for himself through training he received by reason of his affiliations a large amount of mineral lands in Michigan, which he still owns.

In March, 1906, Mr. Flewelling came to Spokane as general manager of the Monarch Timber Company of Idaho and the Continental Timber Company of

Spokane And The Inland Empire 71

Washington and purchased the home which he now occupies at 2120 Riverside avenue. Under his management these companies purchased very large tracts of timber land in the Panhandle of Idaho and in northwestern Washington and when the holdings of these companies were purchased by the Milwaukee Land Company Mr. Flewelling became and still is the vice president and general manager of the last named company, with its principal western office in the Old National Bank Building in Spokane.

Mr. Flewelling is a republican in politics and a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club and also the Ranier Club and the Arctic Club of Seattle. He is director in the Spokane & Eastern Trust Companj- and the Union Trust & Savings Bank of Spokane.

On May 10, 1887, Mr. Flewelling was married to Lottie A. Weatherwax, who is also an attorney, and for many years was associated with her husband in active legal work. They have only one child, a daughter, born in 1888, Eethel F. Sanderson, wife of C. B. Sanderson, now living in Spokane.

Byron N. White

A glance at the history of past centuries will indicate at once what would be the condition of the world if the mining interests no longer had a part in the industrial and commercial life. Only a few centuries ago agriculture was almost the only occupation of man. A landed proprietor surrounded himself with his tenants and his serfs, who tilled his broad fields, while he reaped the reward of their labors; but when the rich mineral resources of the world were placed upon the market, industry found its way into new and broader fields, minerals were used in the production of hundreds of inventions and business conditions were revolutionized. When considering these facts we can in a measure determine the value bestowed upon mankind by the mining industry. Byron N. White, is numbered among those who are connected with the development of the rich mineral resources of the northwest. He was born in Ontario, Canada, June 7, 1851, a son of John M. and Elizabeth White, who removed to northern Michigan when their son Byron was about three years of age. The father there engaged in mining and other business enterprises. He was a millwright by trade and also built concentrators.

His son, Byron N. W^hite, attended such schools as the district afforded and at the age of thirteen years began work in the mines. In 1870 Mr. White was engaged in mining in Colorado jilacer gold mines, ^nd remained for a year. He became with Mr. Angus Smith, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, interested in the opening and one of the owners of the Aragon mine, an iron-bearing property on the Menominee range, and was manager of the company for about two years. He next opened and developed the Smith mine on the Crystal Falls range, which was also an iron-bearing property and was owned by Angus Smith. Mr. White continued his operations on the copper and iron range and was very successful. In the winter of 1891 he came west to spend the winter months on the coast and escape the severe climate of northern Michigan. With a mind appreciative of every opportunity, while looking around he became interested in the Slocan Star mine, located at Sandon. British Columbia, and \vith a syndicate purchased this property for the BjTon N. White Company.

He is the president and general manager of the company^ and the results of their operations are too well known to need special comment or commendation. He is also president and general manager of the Yukon-Pueblo mines in Alaska, where he spends a part of his time. In Spokane he is one of the directors of the Exchange National Bank.

Mr. White is a member of all the different branches of Masonry, including the Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He is now well known as one of the capitalists of the city whose operations in the mining districts of the west have been an element of public progress and prosperity as well as of individual success.

Lawrence L. Lewis

By dint of unremitting application, always bearing in mind the remote goal to which he was tending, Lawrence L. Lewis has patiently mounted the ladder round upon round until he stands today a recognized factor in western educational circles, and a prominent member of the Idaho bar. A native of Illinios, he was born in Marion, Williamson county, November 30, 1870, his parents being William T., and Anne Ary (Howell) Lewis. After the usual grammar and high-school education he attended Valparaiso University, at Valparaiso, Indiana, and was graduated from that institution in 1894, receiving the degree of B. S. He then entered the teaching profession accepting the position of principal of the high school in his native town, and remained there one year, returning to Valparaiso University for post-graduate study, remaining until January 1, 1896. He then departed for the west, arriving in Heppner, Oregon, on April 13, 1896, and made his residence, in that locality during the summer of that year. Being elected to the position of superintendent of schools in Pendleton, Oregon, he removed thither, teaching school during the ensuing year. By this time Mr. Lewis had already established for himself the reputation of being a progressive educator, well prepared for his work and energetic and determined in the execution of his duties, and was thereupon called to take the chair at the head of the science department in the Eastern Oregon State Normal school at Weston, Oregon. This position he filled with much credit to himself and to the permanent benefit of the school, since his liberal policy in the organization of the department of science and the thoroughly modern equipment which he was largely instrumental in securing, have advanced the reputation of the school in no small degree.

From the time when he made his earliest plans in regard to the future Mr. Lewis had in mind ultimately to enter the law as his profession, and being at length prepared to gratify his desire, he left Weston, Oregon, and entered the law school of the University of Michigan in the fall of 1899, receiving his degree of LL. B. in 1902. He then returned to the west where his services in the educational field were again needed, and in 1903 he founded the high school at Canyon City, Grant county, Oregon, teaching there during the years 1903-4 and 1904-5. He holds a life diploma as a teacher from the state of Oregon, and is vitally interested in the problems of modern education and the development of the school system in the state of his adoption. In February, 1906, he took up the practice of law, beginning his career in Baker City, Oregon. On July 8th, of the same year, he came to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he opened a law office and established a practice which has been steadily increasing in scope and importance. In 1907 he was appointed by United States District Judge Frank S. Dietrich the referee in bankruptcy for the county of Kootenai, state of Idaho. Mr. Lewis, who is a member of the bar of the supreme courts of Michigan, Oregon and Idaho, and also of the United States courts, has built up his reputation in the law by his conscientious regard for the ethics of his profession quite as much as by his excellent handling of the cases entrusted to him and his vigilance in safeguarding the interests of his clients.

In his political views Mr. Lewis is a conservative, being a republican of the old school, and in fraternal circles he is connected with the Masonic order, holding membership in Weston Lodge No. 65, F. & A. M., Weston, Oregon, and Blue Mountain Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M., of Canyon City, Oregon. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows through Weston Lodge No. 58. As one of the prominent residents of Coeur d'Alene he takes an active interest in the civic welfare of his community and also in the advancement of its commercial growth, supporting financially and with his encouragement every measure that will contribute to the public good.

Don F. Kizer

In the eight years of his connection with the bar Don F. Kizer has made substantial progress and is now practicing as partner of the firm of Pugh & Kizer. He is yet a young man but the position which he has attained as a member of the legal fraternity might well be envied by many an older practitioner. He was born at Paris, Ohio, August 28, 1880, a son of Frank and Mary Kizer of that city, who in the year 1890 brought their family to Spokane. The father became prominent as a leader in the republican party here and served as city commissioner under Mayor Powell, filling the office from 1892 until 1894 inclusive. His death occurred in Spokane in 1900.

At the usual age Don F. Kizer had begun his education in the public schools of Ohio find following the removal to Spokane continued his studies here until he entered upon preparation for the bar as a student in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was graduated with the class of 1904 and the same year was admitted to practice in the courts of Washington. Soon afterward he was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney under R. M. Barnhart and served as chief deputy imder F. C. Pugh. retiring from the office on the 31st of December, 1910. On the following day he entered into partnership relations with Mr. Pugh in forming the present firm of Pugh & Kizer, and they have already gained a clientage that places them in a satisfactory position among the representatives of the Spokane bar. Mr. Kizer is also the vice president of the Armstrong Machinery Company, manufacturers of ice machines and refrigerating machinery, one of the largest plants west of the Mississippi river.

On the 12th of October, 1905, occurred the marriage of Mr. Kizer and Miss May Edith Armstrong, a daughter of the late Major James M. and Lida B. Armstrong, of this city. They now have one child, Edith, born April 12, 1907. Mr. Kizer is not a club man nor is he associated with fraternities. He votes with the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, but otherwise concentrates his energies upon his professional duties and is most devoted to the interests of his clients. He spares no labor in the preparation of his case and enters the court well fortified for defense as well as attack.

Gilbert B. Ide

One of the most active and useful citizens of Colville is Gilbert B. Ide, whose name introduces this sketch. This position he has earned by his untiring interest in promoting the growth of his adopted town and his willingness at all times to assist in advancing the welfare of his county and state. Few men in eastern Washington have been as successful in attracting the attention to the advantages of this portion of the state as a place of residence or business. He was born in Marquette county, Wisconsin, January 27, 1856, a son of Frederick and Atlanta (Glover) Ide. The parents were pioneers of Wisconsin, arriving in that state from Massachusetts and Vermont respectively. One of their sons gave his life in defense of the Union at the time of the Civil war, being a member of the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry. The father died in 1898 and the mother passed away four j'ears later.

Gilbert B. Ide received his early education in the public schools of his native state and subsequently attended Durand Academy in Pepin county for two years. He assisted his father on the home farm until twenty-three years of age and then, in 1880, emigrated to this state. For one year he engaged in farming in the Palouse country and then took up his residence in Spokane, where he was identified with the livery business. In 1885 he came to Colville and built the Columbia livery stable, which he conducted for one year. The following year he was elected sheriff of Stevens county and was reelected two years later, serving for two terms to the general satisfaction of the people regardless of their political affiliations. He also was ex-officio assessor of the county form 1888 to 1890. In 1893 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land near Colville and at intervals until 1899 gave his attention to farming. He opened the Colville Hotel in 1892 but was forced to close his place in 1893, at the time of the panic. In 1899 he entered the real-estate business with his father-in-law, Jacob Stitzel, and has ever since been closely identified with this line, displaying judgment and discrimination which have met with merited recompense.

On the 30th of January, 1889, Mr. Ide was married to Mrs. Kathrine (Stitzel) Backus, and to this union six children have been born, namely, Marjorie, Mary, Jessie, Martha, Fred and Lilian. The father of Mrs. Ide is now deceased. He was a prominent member of the community and at the time of his death was United States land commissioner. This office is now filled by Mrs. Ide.

Politicallv Mr. Ide gives his support to the republican party, of which he is an earnest advocate. He filled the office of chairman of the republican county central committee from 1888 to 1890 and in 1889 was a delegate to the republican state convention at Tacoma. He has also attended several county conventions in a similar capacity and has at all times shown the interest of a patriotic citizen in the election of competent men to office. Fraternallv he is connected with the Masonic order.

Spokane And The Inland Empire 75

being past master of Colville lodge, and he also belongs to the Woodmen of the World. He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and is first vice president of the Federation of Commercial Clubs of Stevens county. He was instrumental in the establishment of tlie county fair grounds and was manager of the county fairs for ten years, until 1910, when he resigned. He was also commissioner from Stevens county for the Alaska- Yukon Exposition and was superintendent of exhibits for the county during the period of the exposition, accomplishing much good in securing settlers for this region. He has met with deserved success in his business and, as he possesses a genial and companionable nature and has been faithful in the discharge of every duty, either public or private, it may be truly said of Iiim that he represents the substantial citizenship of Stevens count}'.

Albert Victor Chamberlin

Albert Victor Chamberlin was the founder of the American Trust Company of Coeur d'Alene, of which he has been secretary and treasurer and also manager ever since its organization. To Mr. Chamberlin likewise belongs the distinction of being the first man to come into the town with outside money, for the purpose of reviving and stimulating the commercial and industrial interests of the community.

A native of Ohio, his birth occurred in the citj' of Cleveland on July 15, 1871, his parents being Anson Bartlett and Martha Melissa ("Bishop) Chamberlin. The father was for many years in the employ of the Cliieago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, having been ticket agent at Milwaukee for over forty years, but he is now living retired. In the maternal line, Albert V. Chamberlin traces his ancestry back to Oliver Cromwell, his grandfather, one of Ohio's pioneers, being a direct descendant of the founder of the British commonwealth.

In the acquirement of his education Albert Victor Chamberlin attended the common schools, completing his course in the high schools of Milwaukee and Minneapolic. Feeling that he was qualified to commence the heavier responsibilities of life, at the age of seventeen years he laid aside his text-books and began his business career. His first position was in a bank in Minneapolis, where for eighteen months he discharged the duties of a clerk with efficiency and intelligence. He subsequently become bookkeeper and accountant for a railroad company in Milwaukee, withdrawing to take the position of sales manager for a lumber company in northern Michigan. In 1893 he decided to see what the western coast offered to a man of his capabilities and located at Seaitle, where be remained for two years. At the expiration of that time he returned to the middle west, remaining there until 1899. In the latter year he came to Coeur d'Alene and organized the Gunderson & Chamberlin Lumber Company, purchasing the McFarland sawmill. A few months later he disposed of the enterprise to the Coeur d'Alene Lumber Company, whose plant is now located on the site of the old McFarland mill. Mr. Chamberlin then turned his attention to the real-estate and insurance business, which proved to be very remunerative, and in 1906 organized the American Trust Company, ever since devoting the greater part of his energies to its its development. He still has some valuable property interests in the state and he also owns some timber lands in Oregon. When the Exchange National Bank of this city was or- ganized he was appointed cashier, and for a time he was also one of the directors of this institution. He has always been one of the enterprising and progressive citizens of the town, the population of which numbered onl}' between three and four hundred when he first located here, and has been officially identified with various thriving activities.

Mr. Chamberlin was united in marriage on the Slth of December, 1896, to Miss Daisv H. Moller, a daughter of C. F. J. Moller, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for many years the Danish consul at that point. They have become the parents of four children, as follows: Galord, whose birth occurred in 1898; Frederick Bishop, whose natal day was in 1900; and Will Mathews and Martha Virginia, twins, who were born in 1903. The Chamberlin home, which is one of the social centers of the community, is located at No. 1017 Fourth street, this city.

Fraternally Mr. Chamberlin is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, and for the past nine years has been clerk of the local camp. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason and is affiliated with the Idaho Consistory, No. 3, S. P. R. S. A. A. and El Katif Temple, Spokane. He has but recently been appointed master coimcil of Kodash and is a trustee of the Masonic Temple Association. Political activities have always engaged much of Mr. Chamberlin s attention and during the entire period of his residence here he has been connected with the government of the city. For four terms he represented his ward in the council, and acted for a while as justice of the peace, while he was mayor for three years, assuming the responsibilities of this office in 1901. That he has discharged his duties with efficiency is manifested by the length of his term. His support is always given to the men and measures of the republican party and he has several times been state committeeman. As he has high standards regarding the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, Mr. Chamberlin always finds the time to advance the interests of the community by assisting in promoting any movement that he feels will advance the welfare of the majority of the inhabitants. He is an enthusiastic member of the Commercial Club, and is most zealous in his efforts on its behalf. At the present time he is a member of the board of directors of this organization and he is also treasurer and a director of the Coeur d'Alene Merchants Association, while his connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his membership in the Inland Club of Spokane. Success has attended the efforts of Mr. Chamberlin since he located in Coeur d'Alene and he is a man who would be an acquisition to anj^ community, not only because of his disinterested public services, but because of the capable and intelligent manner in which he directs any enterprise with which he is connected, the strength and progress of any town depending upon the resourcefulness and sagacity of its business men.

James M. Comstock

James M. Comstock, whose life history constitutes a most creditable chapter in the trade annals of Spokane, is now well known in business circles here, as vice president of the Spokane Dry Goods Company and president of the Dry Goods Realty Company. It may seem trite to those familiar with his life history to say that he has advanced from a humble position to one of prominence in the business world, but it is only just to record in a history that will descend to future generations, that his has been a record which any man might be proud to possess. He has nevet made engagements that he has not kept, nor incurred obligations that he has not met, and his record at all times commands the admiration and respect of colleagues and contemporaries.

Mr. Comstoek is numbered among the worthy citizens that New York has furnished to the state of Washington, his birth occurring in Rome, September 6, 1838, and in 184.6, he accompanied his parents, George and Eliza (Paine) Comstoek, on their removal to Wisconsin, which at that time was largely an undeveloped wilderness. The family settled in Summit township, Waukesha county, and there amid the usual scenes and conditions of pioneer life James M. Comstoek was reared, pursuing his early education in the district schools and aiding in the work of the home farm through the summer months. He later had the advantage of educational training in Carroll College at Waukesha and when the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the First Wisconsin Cavalry, which he joined on the 1-ith of August, 1861, his service covering three and one-half years. He went to the front as a private and was mustered out with the rank of captain. He did duty as provost marshal on the staff of General E. M. McCook, of the First Division Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, at the battle of Chickamauga. Later he participated in the winter campaign in eastern Tennessee, in which fighting occurred nearly every day. In February, 1861', he was sent with about two hundred and fifty men from east Tennessee over the Blue Ridge mountains into the valley of the Hiwassee river to the town of Murphy, located in the southwestern part of North Carolina, and from there he was sent to old Fort Hembries for the purpose of gathering up Confederates on furlough. The command then returned to east Tennessee and joined Shermans army on the campaign to Atlanta and remained with that command until the surrender of Atlanta. During this campaign he participated in the battles of Buzzards Roost, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain and Peach Tree Creek. He accompanied General McCook on his raid to the rear of Atlanta and after that movement was commissioned by General George H. Thomas to return to Nashville, Tennessee, and reoganize, mount and equip all of the dismounted cavalry to be found in that locality. He had succeeded in getting about two hundred men when the Confederate general, Joe Wheeler, came up to a point within six miles of Nashville and for a period of twenty days kept the whode northern force chasing him until they finally succeeded in driving him across the Tennessee river. Mr. Comstock's command then returned to Nashville but shortly afterward the Confederates, under the command of General Forrest, made another raid into the southern portion of the state and again the Union troops drove them back into Alabama. Mr. Comstoek next rejoined his regiment at Cartersville, Georgia, whence he was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where the term of his enlistment expired in December, 1864. He then returned to his Wisconsin home and in January, 1865, reenlisted and was recommissioned captain of Company F of the First Wisconsin Cavalry. He then went to Nashville but was unable to join his regiment, which was on campaign duty in Alabama and Georgia. '

When mustered out at the close of the war Captain Comstoek settled at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, where he carried on general merchandising until 1872. He then removed to Algona, Iowa, and continued in that business for eighteen years, during which period he took a very prominent part in the affairs of the city, serving for a number of years as a member of its council, while for one term he filled the oflSce of mayor. He also acted as a member of the school board until he left Iowa, about 1890, and was for years president of the Northern Iowa Normal school, which was located at Algona.

Mr. Comstock first visited Spokane in 1884 as the guest of A. M. Horton, who was then editor of The Chronicle. In January, 1889, he again reached this city, arriving at about 11 o'clock in the morning. Before 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day he had purchased property on Main street, having determined to locate permanently. In July of the same year he returned here, bringing with him R. B. Patterson, with whom he had formed a partnership under the firm style of Comstock & Patterson. They opened a retail dry-goods store, renting a room in the Crescent building, on Riverside avenue, just east of the Review building. Their entire stock was placed in the new building on the evening of August 3, 1889, and on the next day the entire business section of the city was destroyed by fire. The flames advanced to within a block of their new store and were there checked, leaving the establishment of Comstock & Patterson as the only dry-goods store in the city. The business grew very rapidly, the firm prospering in their undertakings, and as the country developed they extended the scope of their activities by the establishment of a wholesale department. In 1904 the Spokane Dr3' Goods Company was organized and took over the entire business, Mr. Comstock remaining as vice president of the company. The retail branch is conducted under the name of The Crescent and is one of the most complete department stores in the west. From the beginning the project has proven a remunerative one and at the present writing they are erecting a large addition to the retail store. The Spokane Dry Goods Company also has a mammoth wholesale building of its own on the railroad tracks, erected a few years ago. The labors of Mr. Comstock have constituted a most important element in the growth and expansion of the trade, for his judgment is sound, his sagacity keen, and his industry and enterprise unfaltering. The officers of the Spokane Dry Goods Company are also the owners of the Dry Goods Realty Company, which owns and controls all of the property and buildings of the former organization.