Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 22 of 23)

Mr. Handy was instrumental in the formation of the Men's Improvement Club of Kellogg and Wardner, which was the forerunner of the Young Men's Christian Association of Kellogg, of which he is a member. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Kellogg and has passed through all the chairs of the lodge. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Congregational church of Kellogg, of which he is serving as treasurer. He has already attained a creditable position in business circles for one of his years and the future undoubtedly holds for him still greater success.

Frank L. Sherwood

Frank L. Sherwood, who is manager of the Sherwood Immigration Company, was born at Lancaster, Ohio, on the 12th of August, 1866, a son of John Bradford and Theresa (Leonard) Sherwood. The father, who was an agriculturist, died when his son Frank was but nine years of age.

Frank L. Sherwood pursued his education in the public schools of Iowa, where his mother resided after the death of the father. After discontinuing his studies he entered the railroad shops and learned the machinist's trade. Subsequently he was in the employ of the American Express Company as messenger. Desiring, however, to again enter the service of the railroad, he accepted a position in the immigration department of the Union Pacific. This position required considerable traveling and took him over the entire section known as the northwest. He located farmers from the middle states and after six years determined to begin operations for himself. Accordinglj', he settled permanently in Spokane and has since been engaged in the opening of farming property. He has operated extensively on Pleasant and Moran prairies, just outside the city limits, disposing of five and ten acre lots. At the present time he is devoting his efforts to the sale of the property of the Inland Irrigation Company, which is located near Pendleton, Oregon. They have about ten thousand acres, half of which is fully developed. Mr. Sherwood estimates that he has influenced between six and seven hundred people to move in the immediate vicinity of Spokane within the past five years. He is one of the many men who are thoroughly awake to the possibilities of the properties of the soil of the northwest and who are giving their time and energies in promoting its prosperity as well as furthering their own business careers.

On the 30th of October, 1889, Mr. Sherwood was married to Miss Nannie Wilson, a daughter of J. D. Wilson, of Harrison county, Iowa. They have three children: Merle, who graduated from the high school in 1909 and is now studying music; Lucy, who graduated from the high school in 1910; and Paul, who is a student in the same institution. The family reside at East 603 Sharp avenue.

Mr. Sherwood holds membership in the Inland Club and is a member of the board of trustees of St. John's Episcopal church. He has also been treasurer of the board for several years. While his success has been remarkable, it has been the natural sequence of sound and judicious methods and has won for him recognition as a man of business ability - active, enterprising and resourceful.

Angus Porter Hutton

Angus Porter Hutton, who has been successfull}' engaged in business as a general merchant of Kellogg since January, 190-i, is also prominent in public affairs and represented his district in the state house of representatives during the eleventh session. His birth occurred at Algonac, Michigan, on the 19th of November, 1871, his parents being William H. and Mary J. (Higgins) Hutton. He attended the public schools of Attica, Michigan, in the acquirement of an education and worked on the home farm until seventeen years of age. Subsequently he went into the lumber sections of northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, working in the lumber woods and at the mills. In 1900 he made his way to Cabinet, Montana, and embarked in business on his own account as a general merchant, remaining there for three years or until he sold out. In January, 190-i, he came to Kellogg, Idaho, and opened the store wliicli lie has since conducted, handling merchandise of all kinds. He also has a branch store at Wardner, conducting both under the name of A. P. Hutton. An extensive patronage is accorded him, for he carries a large and well selected stock of goods at reasonable prices and puts forth earnest effort to please his customers. He is likewise identified with financial interests as a director of the First National Bank of Kellogg. He is a stockholder of the Post Falls Irrigating Company of Post Falls, Idaho, is the o\nier of irrigated land at Post Falls and also has mining interests.

On the 31st of December, 1899, Mr. Hutton was married to Miss Mary L. Reedy, a daughter of John and :Mary Reedy, of Libby, :Montana. This union has been blessed with a daughter. lima Hutton, born in 1903.

Mr. Hutton gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He served as the first mayor of Kellogg, being appointed by the county commissioners when the town was organized in 1907 and holding the office for two years. In 1910 he was elected a member of the state house of representatives for the eleventh session and during his period of service acted on various committees, including the appropriations committee, the privilege and election committee and the special investigating committee, which was appointed to investigate the charges against former state officials.

Such in brief is the life history of Angus P. Hutton. In whatever relation of life we find him - in political circles, in business or in social relations - he is always the same honorable and honored gentleman, whose worth well merits the high regard which is uniformly given him.

John L. Fitz Gerald

The Spokane bar is continuously adding to its personnel representative members from other sections of the country and especially young men whose thorough college training and laudable ambition qualify them in large measure for the success and prominence which they achieve. To this class belongs John L. Fitz- Gerald, who was born at Stockton-on-Tees, in England, December 21, 1875, and was one of the five cliildren of John and Margaret (Scanlon) FitzGerald, both of whom represented old Irish families. The father was born in Ireland, became a contractor and he and his wife are now living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the British army until near the close of the '60s, saw service in the colonies and while stationed in London was married. His ancestors were also connected with the military, including several generals and captains, one of the best known of whom bore the nickname of Captain Speedwell. The two brothers of John L. FitzGerald are Michael E. and Eugene. The latter is an athlete and an association foot-ball player residing in Scotland. The former, who served in the English army for five years, was with the regiment that was sent to India under Chinese Gordon, who was killed during Mr. FitzGerald's period of service. The latter was honorably discharged and is now an engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The two sisters are: Annie, the wife of John Flannigan, who is engaged in merchandising in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Mary, the wife of John Lesch, also of that city.

John L. FitzGerald became a pupil in St. Mary's Academy at Stockton-on- Tees and was graduated with the class of 1889. He was in the telegraph service in Pittsburg following his arrival in the new world, continuing there for six or eight years, after which he entered the office of Reed & Jenkins, with whom he remained for two years. He then went to St. Paul and entered the office of Daniel W. Lawlor, a criminal lawyer, continuing in that place until 1907, when he came to Spokane. While in St. Paul he was graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1906, winning the LL. B. degree.

In the following year Mr. FitzGerald arrived in Spokane and for a year was associated with the firm of Dudley & Collins. He then opened an office on his own account and continued alone for a short time, after which he formed a partnership with J. J. Lavin, under the firm name of Lavin & FitzGerald. Owing to the continued growth of their business they admitted another partner, the firm name of Laughon, Lavin & FitzGerald being then assumed. They were successful in defeating the alien labor law, a measure of the city council which permitted only the employment of citizens of the United States and residents of Spokane to engage on construction work in this city. The firm took the ground that this was class legislation and won their side, at which time the firm was composed of Lavin & FitzGerald. They were eighteen days on the preparation of the case and it was one which excited keen interest and comment throughout the country. The firm conducts a general law practice and has been active in prosecuting employment agencies which have been taking fees from poor men and then never obtaining promised work for them. They now have a large clientele and conduct many personal injury cases. At Nespelem they represent the Miller & Hoyt Mining Company which has an eighteen-foot galena, copper and gold ledge which runs almost fabulous amounts in assay. This is under development and is principally silver values.

On the 14th of January, 1902, at St. Paul, Mr. FitzGerald was married to Miss !Maude L. Evans, a daughter of James Edward Evans, a hardware merchant of Stillwater and a member of an old New York family, founded in America in colonial days. Their ancestry is traced back to General Montgomery and the family is of English origin. Mr. and Mrs. FitzGerald have two children, John L. and Edgar James, both students in Gonzaga College. Their father is president of the athletic department of that college, known as the Loyola Athletic Club. He is a member of the Catholic church and of the Knights of Columbus. He gives his political support to the republican party and was active in the Poindexter campaigns, organizing the South Tacoma Poindexter Club. If industrj' means material success it will certainly be the lot of John L. FitzGerald who has ever recognized the fact that in the professional as well as in individual life earnest, persistent labor is the basis of advancement and prosperity.

Dr. William M. Newman, who since the lith of March, 1911, has been emergency surgeon for the city of Spokane under the commission form of government, was born in Ontario, Canada, September 5, 1871. He was one of the six children of William and Sarah (Makeham) Newman, both of whom were natives of England. The father is now living at Vera, Washington, but the mother died in 1899. The four brothers of Dr. Newman are: Walter, a resident of Sacramento, California; John M., of Colfax, Washington; James, of Spokane; and Arthur, of Winnipeg. The only sister, Annie, is the wife of D. W. Allison, of Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Newman was afforded liberal educational advantages. He pursued a course of study in the Guelph Agricultural College, of Ontario, Canada, and also attended the Minnesota State University, later becoming a student in the medical department of the University of Illinois from whicli he was graduated with tlie M. D. degree. In 1901 he arrived in \A'asIiington and for a year and a half engaged in practice in Deer Park. On the expiration of that period he removed to Spokane where he has since been located and his work has been largely surgical. His private practice in that field has been extensive and his abihty led to his appointment to the position of emergency surgeon for Spokane under the commission form of government March II, 1911. As he has prospered in his undertakings he has made investment in property and is now the owner of land in Vera.

On the 6th of October, 1904, Dr. Newman was married to Miss Nellie Levens, a daughter of Charles Welsted Levens, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, who was superintendent of scliools of the citv and countv of Albert Lea for a number of years and prominent in educational circles of that state. Dr. and Mrs. Newman have one child, Ruth Levens. They attend the First Presbyterian church and Dr. Newman holds membership in Oriental Lodge, No. 7-i, F. & A. M., and in the Knights of Pythias lodge of which he is a master at arms. He is also connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and is medical examiner for the Spokane camp. He belongs to the Spokane County and State Medical Societies and has made continuous progress in tlie profession, the responsibilities of which he fully recognizes in an earnest effort to alleviate suffering and check the ravages of death.

Byron C. Riblet

Byron C. Riblet is president of the Riblet Tramway Company, with offices in the Empire State building in Spokane, and in this connection is at the head of one of the most important industrial and engineering enterprises of the northwest. In this connection he has built up a business of extensive proportions and the system of tramways which he has inaugurated is now in use throughout the world. Mr. Riblet was born at Osage, Iowa, February :20, 1865, a son of William Jackson and Annie B. (Sutherland) Riblet. The father always followed agricultural pursuits to the time of his death, which occurred in April, 1903. There were three children in the family, the two brothers of our subject being: Walter S., who is American consul at Nelson, British Columbia; and Royal N., of this city.

Byron C. Riblet attended the public schools of his native to\VTi, there pursuing his education until ht was prepared to enter the University of Minnesota, in September, 1883. In that institution he pursued a special course in civil engineering, which he completed in April, 1885, and from May until July of that year he was rodman for the Minneapolis & Pacific Railroad Company. From July, 1885, until February, 1886, he was engineer in charge of track laying and bridges for the Spokane & Palouse Railroad Company, and in March, 1886, he became leveler for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, in which connection he remained until February, 1887. In March of the same year he became engineer in charge of construction on a division of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, remaining in office until January, 1888. From February until December, 1888, he was associated with George P. Janes, of Spokane, Washington, in general engineering work. He was afterward with the Washington & Idaho Railway as locating engineer from Old Mission to Wallace, Idaho, was engineer in charge of construction on a division until February, 1889, and from March, 1889, until April, 1892, conducted a general engineering business with office in Spokane, designing and constructing the Ross Park Electric Railway, Ross Park Hydro-Electric Station and the Walla Walla Electric light hydraulic station and transmission line. He was next engaged as chief engineer of the Washington Water Power Company, including the designing and construction of forty miles of electric railway and equipment. From February, 1893, until January, 1895, he was constructing hydraulic engineer at Spokane, designing and constructing the dam in Spokane river, and the pumping plant and distributing system. From February, 1895, until February, 1896, he was chief engineer with the Kittitas Irrigation Company, designing and constructing sixty miles of canal. At a later date he became chief engineer for the Noble Five Mining Company at Sandon. British Columbia, installing the water power plant and aerial tramway. This took him until April, 1897. The succeeding year and a half were devoted to engineering for various mining companies in British Columbia and between September, 1898, and February, 1899, he designed and constructed the aerial tramway for the Last Chance Mining Company. From that date until ^larch, 1903, he was engaged in designing and constructing about thirty aerial tramways, one sixteen miles long, in Wyoming; Peru, British Columbia; Alaska; and the northwest; and he designed and constructed the hydro-electric plant for the Grandy Mining Company at Grand Forks, British Columbia. From March, 1903, until April, 1908, he was chief engineer for the A. Leschen & Sons Rope Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, and had charge of the designing and construction of more than one hundred tramways. He is indeed widely known in his profession and the Riblet tramway is today used throughout the world in mining. It is an overhead cable, carrying buckets, in some cases for miles. It constitutes a notable construction feat in engineering and places Mr. Riblet in a prominent and honorable position in engineering circles throughout the country.

On the 14th of February, 1893, ^Ir. Riblet was married to Miss Hallie Jane Chapman, a daughter of W. W. and Anna (Rodgers) Chapman, of Portland, Oregon, who were among the pioneer settlers of that state. Her grandfather, W. W. Chapman, started for Oregon at a very early day and served as a colonel in the Cayuse Indian war of 1818. He is also known as the organizer of the Portland Oregonian and was a very prominent newspaper man and influential in other connections. Mr. and Mrs. Riblet have two children, Josephine and Virginia. Mr. Riblet is a member of All Saints cathedral and his social connections are with the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. In professional lines he is connected with the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Engineers Club of New York. The family home is situated on the Little Spokane river, just outside the city limits and is an artistic and attractive residence, erected by Mr. Riblet.

Walter C. Clark

Walter C. Clark, one of the prominent and respected residents of Kellogg, has since 1898 been engaged as an electrical engineer by the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company. In 1908 he organized the North Idaho Telephone Company and has since served as its chief executive officer. His birth occurred in Springfield, Illinois, on the 23d of INIarch, 187.'), his parents being Charles W. and Aurelia (Green) Clark. The father, a physician and clergyman, was one of the early pioneers of Butte, Montana, going there as a member of the Home ]kIissionary Society. In 1891 he removed to Utah and took an active part in acquiring statehood for the territory. He was a member of the board of aldermen of Eureka, Utah, and later was chosen mayor of the town.

Walter C. Clark supplemented his preliminary education by a course of study in Syracuse University of Syracuse, New York, being graduated from that institution in 1893. He then familiarized himself with the science of electricity in various power houses throughout the country and in 1894. organized the first electric light concern in Eureka, Utah, built the plant, installed the necessary equipments and managed the enterprise until 1898. In tliat year he came to

Wardner, Idaho, as electrical engineer for the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company and has held that position to the present time. He attends to the lighting of the towns of Kellogg and Wardner and also looks after the electrical appliances of the mines of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company. In 1908 he organized the North Idaho Telephone Company and has since served as its president. He is likewise a director of the First National Bank of Kellogg and is widely recognized as one of the leading and most prosperous citizens of the community.

On the 5th of September, 1904, at Wardner, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Mrs. Grace F. Peterson, a daughter of Judge Jasper H. Boomer of Kellogg, who was formerly probate judge of Shoshone county. Unto them have been born three sons and one daughter, namely: Ralph, Elinor, Wellman and Charles.

Mr. Clark is past master of Wardner Lodge, No. 34, A. F. & A. M., and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, belonging to Coeur d'Alene Consistory, No. 3, S. P. R. S. For the past two years he has been a trustee of Plymouth Congregational church of Kellogg. He is a worthy representative of our best type of American manhood, endowed by nature with admirable qualities, and commands uniform respect and good-will wherever he is known.

Judge Henry Ward Caxfield

Judge Henry Ward Canfield, whose career on the bench and at the bar has enrolled him among the leading la^vyers of Spokane, is now practicing as a member of the firm of Voorhees & Canfield, with offices in the Traders Bank building. He has been a representative of the legal profession in Washington since 1892 and through the intervening period of almost twenty years has proven himself faithful to the interests of his clients and at the same time has never forgotten that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majestj' of the law. He was born in Wood county, Ohio, April 8, 1867, a son of Silas S. Canfield, who followed the occupation of farming as a life work and during the period of the Civil war served as a captain in the Twenty-first Ohio Infantry.

Henry W. Canfield spent his youthful days under the parental roof, dividing his time between the work of the fields and the acquirement of an education in the public schools. Not desiring to follow farming he turned to the professions and in preparation for the practice of law pursued a course in the State University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated with the class of 1890. He then located for practice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where he remained for a year and a half. In 1892 he came to the Pacific coast, settling first in Colfax, Whitman county, Washington, where he not only entered upon the practice of law but also took active part in politics as a supporter of the democratic party. Two years later he was elected prosecuting attorney, which position he filled from 1894 until 1896. He also served as a member of the board of regents of the State College from 1897 until 1903, and in 1908 was elected judge of the superior court of Whitman county, serving on the bench until August, 1910, when he resigned to come to Spokane. His opinions were models of judicial soundness and his record on the bench was in harmony with his record as a man and citizen, dis- tinguished by faithfulness to duty and by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution. On coming to Spoliane, he formed a partnership with Reese H. Voorhees, under the present style of Voorhees & Canfield and they are now enjoying a good clientage that connects them with much of the important litigation tried in the courts of the district.

In June, 1892, Mr. Canfield was united in marriage to Miss Alice Ferrington. a daughter of Rolden B. and Alice (Myler) Ferrington, of Detroit, jMichigan. Their children are: Helen, Irene and Rolden, aged respectively seventeen, nine and three years.

Mr. Canfield is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained high rank, being now connected with El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. His personal characteristics win him popularity, and his power of analysis and logical deduction, combined with ability to clearly and concisely present his cause, have constituted the salient features which have gained for him an enviable position at the bar.

Dr. Elmer E. Briley

Dr. Elmer E. Brilev, one of the most prominent members of the medical profession in Spokane was born in Illinois on the 14th of January, 1863, his parents being Samuel and Anna (Burford) Briley. About .1600 the first of the Briley family came to America from Ireland, they being three brothers who left their native land to settle in this country. Several members of their family were prominent during the Revolutionary war. The grandfather, who was of Scotch-Irish descent, was a prominent man at the time this country was engaged in the Indian wars. The father, whose birth occurred in Tennessee, is now residing in Fowler, Indiana. The mother, who was of English descent, was born in Indiana and her death occurred in Indiana in 1911. To their union three children were born: Dr. Elmer E., who is the subject of this review; Buford L., who is engaged in the real-estate business in Denver, Colorado; and Mrs. Carrie :M. Briar, of Fowler, Indiana.

Elmer E. Briley spent his early boyhood days in Illinois and Ohio, and pursued his preliminary education in the common schools of Lebanon, Ohio. Subsequently he was a student at the Physiomedical College of Indiana, graduating \nth the degree of M. D. He immediately began the active practice of his profession, locating at Hoopeston. Illinois, where he remained for one year before coming west. Upon his arrival in the west he located in Kendrick, Idaho, where he remained for one year, but in 1897 gave up the practice of medicine and was employed for a number of years in planning the construction of hospitals for the Northern Pacific. In January. 1907, he located in Spokane and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city, giving his attention to both medicine and surgery. By continual study he is constantly promoting his efficiency, and is justly regarded as one of the able jiractitioners of Spokane, manifesting at all times a close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics.

On the 22d of November, 1902, in Kendrick, Idaho, Mr. Briley was married to Miss Lillias B. Farnsworth, a daughter of W. L. Farnsworth, who is a promi- nent merchant of Vancouver. Both the parents are from Ohio and are of English descent. The father is a direct descendant of Anakajean, who at one time owned the property on which Trinity church of New York now stands. He leased this tract and some adjacent property to the church for ninety-nine years, biit the family unfortunately have lost one link in the chain of descent, and until it is traced Trinity church holds the property.

Mr. and Mrs. Briley are the parents of one child, Marjorie, who is nine years of age. Politically Mr. Briley gives his support to the republican parly, and while he was living in Idaho he gave much time and attention to political issues and activities of his community. He holds membership in the National Physiomedical Association, and is also a member of the Knights of Pvthias.

James W. Beckett

James W. Beckett is now at the head of the Beckett Investment Company, dealers in real estate, and in addition is connected with mining interests of the northwest. He was born in Peterboro, Canada, August 7, 1861, a son of Hugh and Jeannette (Fife) Beckett. The father was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and represented a prominent Scotch family. He became a pioneer resident of Canada and died in 1907. His wife, who was born in Peterboro, Canada, passed away in 1911. She was a sister of W. H. Fife, who built the Fife hotel in Tacoma and was very prominent in that city. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Beckett were born the following named: Hugh, who is engaged in mining in Alaska; Tom, a resident of Dinsdale, Iowa ; Frank, John and Henry, all of whom are residents of Traer, Iowa; Mrs. Mary Dodd, living in Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Jennie Dodd, who makes her home at Deer Lodge, Montana; and !Mrs. Jessie Carlysle, of Higgins, Colorado.

The other member of the family is James W. Beckett, whose name introduces this review. He pursued his early education in the graded and high schools of Keokuk, Iowa, and in a college there and entered business life in connection with a general mercantile store in Dickinson, North Dakota, where he remained from 1886 until 1888. He was there at the time Roosevelt made his famous speech in that place. In the latter year he came to Spokane and invested the first thousand dollars which he had saved in what is now the Union Works. He was interested there for a year but afterward sold out and turned his attention to real-estate operations. He has since continued to buy and sell property and is also quite actively interested in mining. For some time he conducted a general real-estate business alone, dealing in both city and country properties. He has several times been instrumental in causing the realty transference of the old Cascade block, which he first sold for forty thousand dollars and which he sold for the fifth time for one one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars - an excellent illustration of the rise of property values, in this city. In 1908 he organized the Beckett Investment Company, of which he became secretary, treasurer and general manager, with T. R. Welsh of Los Angeles as president and J. T. Scott of Coeur d'Alene as vice president. The company handles Spokane city and country property and has secured a large clientele, so that they conduct many important realty transfers each year.

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Mr. Beckett's mining interests have also become extensive and important. He is now connected with the Knob Hill mine at Republic and the Hobson Silver & Lead Company, Inc., of which he is the president, with H. Mabry as secretary and treasurer, and Robert Mabry as vice president. They own property at Ymir and Ainsworth, British Columbia. The former is gold-bearing property now under development, their shipment of ore in 1910 amounting to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, yet they are now down only four hundred feet. There are three claims in this group and the mineral zone is two hundred and fifty feet wide, with a large fissure vein. The property includes large bodies of both low and high grade ore and they own their own water power to be developed in 1912 to five thousand horse power. Mr. Beckett is also the secretary-treasurer of the Lillie B. Mining Company, of which Robert Mabry is president and J. C. Buchanan general manager. Their holdings include four claims in a group at Slocan. They are developing this and thoroughly equipping the property with heavj' machinery, compressors, etc. The work has already been done to a depth of one hundred feet and the values are in lead and silver. High-grade silver runs two hundred ounces and there is a large body fissure vein. The company expect to begin shipping in 1912. In the Ainsworth property they have six claims of lead and silver bearing ores and they are now down a depth of two hundred feet wth a tunnel six hundred feet long. Mr. Beckett was also one of the organizers of the United Copper Company at Chewelah but has since sold out. He was one of the first directors of that company.

On the 13th of November, 1889, occurred the marriage of James W. Beckett and Miss Leila M. Scott, a daughter of Wilson Scott, of Cambridge, Ohio, who was the oldest mail clerk in Spokane and died in 1910. They have two sons, Harry and Ralph, both at Berkeley, California. Mr. Beckett owns a block of ground at Tenth and Cannon streets, where he has a magnificent home, attractive in style of architecture and furnished with all the conveniences and accessories which wealth, guided by refined taste, can suggest. He is a freeholder in Spokane, is a member of the Woodmen of the World and a life member of the Inland Club. His political allegiance is given to the reiJublican party and while he does not seek office, he is ever loyal in support of the principles in which he believes. He holds membership in the Westminster Congregational church and gives generously to the support of church work and kindred interests. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the northwest, for he has found here in its conditions such business opportunities as he desired and which have won him place among the most prosperous residents of the Inland Empire. At the same time his success has contributed to the progress and to the prosperity of this section, as does every important business project which helps to develop the region.

Walter C. Hinman

Ten years after tlie Pilgrims first landed at Plymouth Rock, representatives of a prominent English family came to the new world, braving tlie dangers of the long ocean voyage in order to enjoy the liberty and the opportunities of the continent which was just beginning to be colonized. Long years passed and members of the family gradually drifted westward, so that F. J. Hinman had his birthplace in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Having arrived at years of maturity, he married Lola M. Richards, a native of that state. She is still living, making her home at No. 4013 Whitehouse street in Spokane, but the father died in 1897. Their children were Walter C. and Harry F. Hinman, the latter a resident of Valdez, Alaska. Walter C. Hinman was born in Brainerd, Minnesota, April 10, 1882, and pursued his college course in the University of Minnesota, entering the law department, from which he was graduated with the LL. B. degree in 1906. He then came to Spokane and entered upon active practice, in which he has since continued. He does not specialize in any particular branch of the law but continues in general practice and in this connection has gained a large and distinctively representative clientage. He is well known as a worker in republican ranks, was secretary of the county central committee in 1908 and has been a delegate to city, county and state conventions. His opinions carry weight in the councils of his party and liis labors are effective in promoting its successes. His military history covers a period of five years as first lieutenant of Company I of the Second Regiment and he is now captain of the macliine gun company of the same regiment of the National Guard of Washington. Fraternally he is connected with the Royal Highlanders, of which he was chief counselor, and he belongs also to the Young Men's Christian Association. His interests are broad and his activities have always been along lines which call forth and develop the best in the individual and in the community.

Varied and eventful have been the experiences which have come to De Witt Clinton Newman in the practice of his profession which is now followed in Spokane, having here established himself in a creditable position as a capable physician and surgeon. His father, Aaron M. Newman, was a school teacher and farmer, who married Margeretta Miller, and they were living in Logan county, Ohio, at the time of the birth of Dr. Newman, on the 14th of September, 1857. When the time came for him to enter upon the work of acquiring an education he was sent to the public schools and passed through consecutive grades until he became a high-school student in Quincy, Ohio. His professional training came to him in Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1882, and the Cooper Medical College, at San Francisco, which also granted him a professional degree in 1883. The latter is now the medical department of Leland Stanford University.

Throughout the greater part of his connection with the medical profession Dr. Newman has practiced on the Pacific coast, locating first at Amador Citj-, California, and afterward practicing for a time in San Francisco. He afterward took up steamship work, acting as physician and surgeon of the steamships sailing from the California port, and e%'entually located at Cobar, New South Wales, where he remained for four years. Upon his return to his native land he opened an office in Spokane in 1889 and has since been numbered among the worthy representatives of the profession in this city. Several honors of an official character have been conferred upon him. He was president of the state board of healtli in

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1898-9 and was state health officer in 1900-01. He has also served as coimty physician and county coroner and his ability is recognized by the public and by the profession. He is accorded a large private practice and is most conscientious in the performance of his duties, being ever careful in the diagnosis of a case and seldom if ever at fault in his judgment concerning the outcome of disease.

Dr. Newman was chosen to public office as a representative of the democratic party, the principles of which he has always advocated. He feels particularly proud of the fact that in 1896 he was made one of the Bryan electors for the state of Washington and took an important part in the campaign which carried the state for the Nebraska statesman. Fraternally he is a Mason and has advanced to the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while in El Katif Temple he has become a noble of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge of Spokane.

Dr. Newman resides with his family at No. 1917 West Riverside avenue. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary V. Nickey, was a daughter of Jeremiah F. and Christiana (Miller) Nickey. She gave her hand in marriage to Dr. Newman in Chicago on the 12th of June, 1889, and they have one daughter. Marguerite. That Dr. Newman is a man of broad sympathies is indicated by the fact that on many occasions the poor and needy have found in him a friend, to whom his professional services have been given without hope of reward or remuneration. His high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics have justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the medical profession and the local public.

Hon. Samuel A. Mann

It is usual to look to the history of warfare for tales of heroism and yet in the pursuits of daily life there is often demand for as heroic qualities as have ever been displayed by the soldier on the field of battle. Holding at all times to high ideals of citizenship and a patriotic devotion to country, Hon. bamuel A. Mann is deserving of warm praise and commendation, for his life history contains a chapter of personal and moral heroism equal to that of the man who wears the nation's blue uniform. Notwithstanding all this, he has quietly and unostentatiously performed his round of daily duties, giving his attention to his clients' interests in an unwearied service that has won him wide recognition as an able minister in the temple of justice. His birth occurred in Hiawatha, Kansas, November 27, 1868, his parents being Benjamin B. and Arminda V. (McGrew) Mann. His father was a very prominent figure in life insurance circles in that state and one of the organizers of the Kansas Mutual Life Association of Topeka. Kansas. In 1888 he removed to Salt Lake City and is now the clerk of the state conservation board of Utah.

After mastering the early branches of learning in the public schools of Hiawatha, Samuel A. Mann attended the State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kansas, and then, because of a roving disposition, entered the newspaper field, which afforded him the opportunity to change his location from time to time. He was also at various intervals in the tliiatricnl profession and among the different newspapers with which he has been connected are the St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald the Chicago-Herald, then known as the Times-Herald, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the Portland (Ore.) Journal, the Salt Lake Times and the Spokane Chronicle, with which he became associated in 1904. He was also at one time managing editor of the Oklahoma Capital at Guthrie, Oklahoma, and while living there was a member of the governor's staff.

In his work in connection with the Spokane Chronicle, Mr. Mann covered the police court ne^vs but in 1905 gave up newspaper work and accepted a position as clerk of the police court under Judge Hinkle. His duties in that connection awakened in him the desire to study law and he devoted his evening hours to mastering the fundamental principles of the law contained in the leading textbooks and commentaries. It is characteristic of Mr. Mann that he accomplishes what he sets out to do - a fact clearly illustrated by his preparation for the bar under conditions which would have been discouraging to many a man. On the 1st of January, 1908, he went to Olympia, where he successfullj' passed the examination before the supreme court and was admitted to the bar. In September of that year. Judge Hinkle was appointed to the superior court bench and Mr. Mann was named as his successor in the office of justice of the peace and police judge. In the following November he was elected to the position and was appointed police judge by Mayor C. Herbert Moore, which position he filled until he resigned to become the progressive republican candidate for congress in January, 1911. He was defeated by a small majority and, turning to active law practice, became senior partner of the firm of Mann & Forrest, which today occupies a prominent position in connection with general practice.

While serving as police judge Mr. ^Mann, in connection with Chief of Police John Sullivan, waged a campaign against the street talkers or anarchists, who for years had been a nuisance in this city, creating constant unrest and disturbance. They sentenced over three hundred of these men to the rock pile and thus incurred the bitter hatred of anarchists all over the country. Both received many threatening letters, among which were death sentences from various anarchistic organizations and supposed to be the same orders that were responsible for the Haymarket riot in Chicago. For over a year they both lived under constant guard daj' and night, but in spite of all precautions Chief Sullivan was assassinated in his home in February, 1911, but no trace of the murderers has ever been found. Mr. Mann won the admiration of all in the manner in which he continued his duties in the face of these dangers.

On the 3d of March, 1894, at Franklin, Illinois, Mr. Mann was married to Miss Alma Forrest, a daughter of Randolph B. and Mary (Randolph) Forrest, of El Reno, Oklahoma, where her father is now one of the leading lawyers of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Mann have three children: Vera, Erma and Priscilla.

In the days of his association with newspaper and theatrical interests j\Ir. Mann became a member of the Typographical Union and the Theatrical Mechanics Association. He also belongs to Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M., the Elks lodge and the Odd Fellows lodge at Guthrie, Oklahoma, the Knights of Pythias lodge of that place and the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Spokane. His attention is now chiefly concentrated upon his professional duties and his handling of a case is always full, comprehensive and accurate, while his analysis of the facts is clear and exhaustive. While serving as police judge his opinions showed industry and care and challenged the approval of and commended themselves to the bench and bar. The firm of which he is senior member has secured a large clientage and in the courts he is recognized as an advocate of power and influence, both judges and juries always hearing him with attention and deep interest.

Harry J. Skinner

Harry J. Skinner, who as a contractor has been closely associated with bridge building, railroad work and also with the erection of many of the principal structures of Spokane, was born in London, England, April 10, 1852, and is one of a family of two sons and two daughters whose parents were James and Elizabeth (Adams) Skinner, the former a native of London, England, and the latter also of that country. The father was a representative of an old English family and became a builder, following that pursuit throughout his entire life. He passed away in 1888 at the age of eighty- four years and it was then an accident that caused his death. His wife survived him for two years, dying in 1890. The members of the family are: Harry J.; Walter, who is living in Brooklyn, New York; Kate, the wife of Martin Van Buren Gallandet; and Bertha, the wife of George Edmonds, also of Brooklyn.

Brought to America by his parents when only a year old, the voyage being made in a sailing vessel, Harry J. Skinner pursued his education in the public schools of Brooklyn and in his boyhood days became assistant to his father in his building operations. Later under further instruction he mastered the builder's trade which lie followed in the employ of others until 1875, when he did his first work for ^Nlr. Corbin, beginning the contracting and superintending of the construction of buildings on his own account. To this work he has since given his attention and was thus engaged in Brooklyn on the ^Manhattan Beach Railroad, working for Austin Corbin for two or three years. He also laid the foundation for the Manhattan Hotel at Manhattan Beach. In West Virginia he was subsequently engaged in building a hoop factory at Ronceverte for D. C. Corbin. From there he again returned to Brooklyn and engaged in contracting, which he followed until 1889. In May of that year he arrived in Spokane, coming west at the solicitation of Mr. Corbin to superintend the bridge and buildings of the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad. Subsequently he took up contracting on his own account and has devoted his energies to the work from that day to the present. He built all of the bridges on the Spokane & International Railroad to the British Columbia line, did considerable work for the Great Northern Railroad including the building of the depot at Newport, and the remodeling of the main building. He was also awarded the contract for the erection of the library building costing eighty-five thousand dollars and he also built the largest part of the factory for D. C. Corbin at Waverly. He likewise built the Peyton block at a cost of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars - a seven^story structure - and he added two stories to the old Peyton block. He erected the building for the Foresters of America and the Victor Hotel, and in fact on every hand can be seen fine buildings wliich are tlie liandiwork of Mr. Skinner and bes))eak his superior skill in building operations. He also built the shops for the Spokane & International Railroad and fifteen stores for Greenough on Sprague, First and Stevens streets. Some of the finest blocks of Spokane were erected by him and his labors have been an important element in the improvement and adornment of the city.

On the 25th of April, 1875, in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Skinner was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor W. Warnock, a daughter of Andrew Warnock, of that city. Their four children are: Miss Bert Skinner; Ella, the wife of W. W. Hyslop, of Spokane; Robert, a machinist of this city; and Harry, who died December 5, 1906, at the age of twenty-three years.

In his political views Mr. Skinner has always been a democrat but does not regard party ties at city and state elections. In New York he was a delegate from the fourth ward of Brooklyn to the convention when Robinson was candidate for governor and he has been a delegate to the county conventions held in Spokane. He has twice been the nominee of his party for representative but shared the usual fate of a democrat in a republican stronghold. It has never been a matter of deep regret to him that he has not been called to public oflice, however, for his business interests make continuous and growing demands upon his time. He is a member of the Builders Exchange and belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, serving as a trustee of Lodge No. 228 for three years. His fraternal and social relations claim all of the time which he cares to spare from a business that has placed him among the prominent builders and contractors of Spokane and the Inland Empire. He has steadily worked his way upward in this field and his labors have brought to him not only prominence but success. His opinions are largely accepted as authority upon any complex questions regarding building operations for he combines broad practical experience with thorough understanding of the scientific principles that underlie his chosen life work.

James Durkin

James Durkin, a wholesale liquor dealer who was enrolled as one of Spokane's citizens in the early part of 1 897, has developed here a business of extensive proportions, being one of the foremost representatives of this line in the west. He was born at Walsall, England, August 8, 1859, a son of Thomas and ^Lary (McGuire) Durkin, whose family numbered fourteen children. In the year 1866 the father came with his wife and children to the new world, settling in Decatur, Illinois, but afterward removed to Liberty, Clay county, Missouri. In youth a spirit of adventure and love of change Was strong within James Durkin and, combined with a restless, roving disposition, caused him when nine years of age to run away from home. He made his way to Brooklyn, New York, where he joined an uncle and there began earning his own living by selling the Brooklyn Eagle. After a few years spent in that city he again made his way westward and Pcrham, Minnesota, became his destination. In 1886, however, he decided to seek his fortune upon the frontier and in March of that year he located at Colville, Stevens county, Washington, where he remained until the early part of 1897, when he came to Spokane. Here he has engaged in the wholesale liquor business and has developed a large trade, so that his activities return to him a substantial annual income. He is a self-made man, learning the lessons of life largely in the school of experience and turning each to good account as the years have passed by. Since the establishment of his business his capable management has added yearly to its growth until it is today one of the largest wholesale liquor houses in the west and in all of his business transactions he has been found thoroughly reliable.

On the 8th of August, 1882, at Perham, Minnesota, Mr. Durkin was married to Miss Margaret Daily, a daughter of Bartholomew Daily, of that city. They have five children: Joseph, who is associated with his father in business; Edmund, a student at Columbia Law School, Columbia College, New York; Eva, who married Leo Jones, of Seattle; and Ruth and Emmett.

Frank Ansley

Frank Ansley, who is well known in connection with the mining interests of the northwest, having promoted many companies for the utilization of the rich mineral resources which nature has lavished upon this section of the country, came to the coast from the Mississippi valley, his birth having occurred in Marshall, Calhoun county, Michigan, July 1, 1865. His father, George W. Ansley, also a native of that state, is now living in Spokane. He went to California in 1877 and the following year came to Washington. On the 10th of June, 1878, there left the city of San Jose a party northward bound, which party included George W. Ansley, his wife and three children, Byron Carver and his wife. Rush Hotchkiss, his wife and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Jerve Barber, George Robinson and Sylvia Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown and George Brown and his family. The party continued their journey to the north and upon reaching the northern part of the state of California were joined by William T. Barnes and James M. Lackey and their families. It was the intention of the party to go straight north to Walla Walla by the Goose Lake route but, owing to Indian troubles, the}' were compelled to return westward from Alturas and cross the Cascades into the Willamette valley in Oregon at Ashland. They traveled north as far as Eugene, Oregon, where they paused for three weeks to rest their horses and wait for the Indian troubles to subside, after which they again traveled eastward over the Cascades into eastern Oregon and arrived at Walla Walla, September 10, 1878. Byron Carver and R. C. Brown, with their wives, there remained, while the remainder of the party continued on to Colfax, where they again rested for a period and awaited the report of five of their party, who had journeyed on into what was known as the Four Lake country, now White Bluff Prairie, looking for homesteads. They were successful in their trip and each member of the party secured a desirable piece of land, George W. Ansley settling on a tract adjoining the north end of West Medical Lake. He was engaged in the stock business for many years but is now living retired in Spokane. During the period of the Civil war he served as a soldier in the Fourth Michigan Regiment of Infantry with the rank of sergeant and was wounded in the arm. His wife, wlio bore the maiden name of Georgia Knickerbocker, was born in Ohio and died in 1909. Like her husband, she was of English descent. Their children were: Frank, the subject of this review; Sherman, who is now living on Puget Sound; and Lena, the wife of Eamor Humphrey, of Bluecreek, Washington.

Frank Ansley was only twelve years of age at the time of the removal to the Pacific coast and a youth of thirteen when he came to Washington. He was educated in the common schools and worked upon the home farm imtil about twenty-five years of age, since which time he has given his attention to real estate and mining. He devoted his energies to handling property for only a short time, however, and now gives his entire attention to mining. He has promoted many companies and was one of the organizers of the Morning Mining Company, of which he became president, so serving until it was merged with the Mammoth Silver Lead Mining & Smelting Company, now known as the Metaline Consolidated Mining Company, owning property at Metaline Falls, Washington. This is being vigorously developed, with much ore ready for shipment. The company is now engaged in opening up a further reserve. It has seven properties and is a silver and lead proposition. They have an eight hundred foot tunnel and are now sinking a shaft which has already reached the depth of three hundred feet. The ore runs from two and a half to five ounces in silver and from six to seven per cent in copper. Mr. Ansley was also one of the organizers of the Oriole Mining Company in the same district and is now its vice president. They have five claims with twelve hundred feet of tunnel work and a shaft to the depth of one hundred and thirty feet. This has silver, lead, gold and copper values and is still in the development stage, but they can ship if desired. The average values run thirty dollars per ton and they have a true fissure vein in quartzite. Mr. Ansley is likewise interested in the Orient Gold Mines, Limited; was one of the organizers, is the largest stockholder and is the president. They have two claims, the values run in silver and gold at fifteen dollars per ton and they have an enormous body vein on top which measures seventy-five feet. Thev are engaged now in development work.

In September, 1893, Mr. Ansley was married to Miss Edith Moss, a daugliter of L. S. Moss, of Medical Lake, now retired. He is an old resident of the Medical Lake country and is of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Ansley have one child, Homer, who is attending school. Mr. Ansley was at Medical Lake during the great fire but did not suffer any loss by that conflagration.

His political allegiance is given the democratic party and he was formerly active as a worker in its ranks, serving as county committeeman for a year and as delegate to the state and county conventions. Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen of the World and he was one of the first men to join the famous 150,000 Club of Spokane. He was also active in the Chamber of Commerce but his mining interests have kept him away from the city to so great an extent that he has not been permitted to take an active part in its projects at a more recent date. He is of an inventive turn of mind and has patented two or three articles now in general use. His record in tliis connection and in business circles is a creditable one of which he has every reason to be proud, for his success is attributable to his close application and unremitting diligence and energy. His long experience has brought him sound judgment in mining and his labors are proving an important element in the development of the northwest. He has witnessed much of the growth and progress of this section of the country, coming here in pioneer times as previously described and watching the progress that has converted this from a frontier region into a thickly populated and prosperous section of the country.

Malcolm Isbister

Malcolm Isbister, president of the M. Isbister Heating & Plumbing Company, established the business in 190i and its gradual and substantial growth has brought them to a position where they control a large share of the patronage in their line. Mr. Isbister is a native of Orkney, Scotland, born May 28, 1842, his parents being Malcolm and Margaret (Isbister) Isbister. The father followed the sea and also engaged in farming and at his little island home the subject of this review pursued his education and learned the trade of carpentering. He afterward went to Glasgow, where he following sliipbuilding for a period of three years and in 1866 he came to America, then a young man of twenty- four years, anxious to acquaint himself with the conditions to be found on this side the Atlantic that he might here lay the foundation for future success. He did not hold to the opinion, as many have done, that advancement and prosperity were to be had for the asking but settled down to earnest, honest toil and was engaged in general contracting work during the period of nearly sixteen j^ears which he spent in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1882 he returned to his native country and resumed the occupation of farming, which he followed for a period of eleven years.

Mr. Isbister then returned to the new world and made his way direct to Spokane, where he arrived in 1893. In that year he purchased a half interest in the plumbing establishment conducted by Edward Rilej', the business being located at the qorner of Howard and Railroad avenue. That fall he purchased Mr. Riley's interest and has continued to conduct the business ever since. On the 1st of January, IQO-i, the company was incorporated under its present name, with Mr. Isbister as the president, and, the continued growth of the business demanding larger quarters, they removed on the 1st of January', 1910, to their present building, which was erected especially for them. Mr. Isbister is one of the best known men in his line of business in the state of Washington. The company has installed heating and plumbing apparatus in a number of the most important buildings of the city, including the Sacred Heart Hospital, the new Palace store, tlie Hutton building, the Paulsen building and 'Sir. Paulsen's new residence. Their work is also done in the insane asj-lum at Medical Lake and in the Lincoln county courthouse at Davenport, Washington. Mr. Isbister's prominence in business circles, especially in the line to which he has devoted his attention during his residence in Washington, is indicated in the fact that he is now the president of the State Association of Master Plumbers of Washington and is president of the Spokane Association of Master Plumbers of Spokane. He is likewise the president of the Togo Mining & Smelting Company.

On the 16th of December, 1895, in Spokane, occurred tlie marriage of ]SIr. Isbister and Miss Jeanette F. Fulton, a daughter of Thomas and Fannie (.Vrtluir)

Fulton, of this city. They now have three children: William Malcolm, aged fourteen, who is a student in the Saylor School for Boys ; James Roy, twelve years , of age; and Netta May, aged nine. All three children are yet at home with their parents at No. 1729 Eighth avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Isbister are members of the First Presbyterian church and in its teachings find the motive power which has largely governed their lives and shaped their relations with their fellowmen. Mr. Isbister belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., and has taken higher degrees in Masonry which have enabled him at length to join El Katif Temple of the nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters and of the Chamber of Commerce and is much interested in the organized, systematic movements of the latter to promote the business activity of Spokane and make known to the public the resources and the opportunities of the city. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come here, for in the eighteen years of his residence he has made continuous progress and is now at the head of a large and growing industrial enterprise which annually crowns his labors with a merited and substantial financial reward.

Ford S. Barrett

Conducting a business at Spokane in real estate, rentals, insurance and loans, in which he has been engaged since 1898, Ford S. Barrett has acquired a good clientage that is indicative of his enterprising and progressive spirit. He was born in Oakland county, Michigan, May 14., 1871, and his parents, Daniel and Louise (Woodman) Barrett, were also natives of thajt state. The father had two brothers who were farmers and became soldiers of the Civil war, one of them losing a leg because of wounds sustained in battle. Members of the Barrett family were originally from Massachusetts and New York. The family is of English origin and its establishment in America antedates the Revolutionary war. Daniel Barrett, the father, left Michigan in 1901 and came to the west, his home being now in Spokane. He lost his wife, however, in January, 1908. She, too, came of a family of English origin, dating back in this country to the period of earliest American settlement. Her ancestors took part in the Revolutionary war. Her grandfather was a soldier of the war of 1812 and she had one brother who served in the Civil war. Her father was prominent in Michigan, serving as a member of the territorial legislature in early days. Ford S. Barrett has two brothers, D. Roy and Lewis, both of whom are residents of Spokane.

In the public schools of his native state Ford S. Barrett began his education and supplemented his high-school course by six months' study in the Queen City Business College of Seattle. He came west alone in 1889, arriving here soon after the fire. He was employed in different ways and after pursuing a business course secured a position as stenographer for the Solicitors Loan & Trust Company of Seattle. In 1892 he was transferred to Walla Walla, working for the same company as secretary to the manager there until December, 1893, when he was transferred to the Seattle branch as manager and traveling examiner. In 1895 he was sent to Spokane as manager for the company with which he continued until 1898, when a desire to engage in business on his own account prompted him to open a real-estate and rental office, handling also insurance and loans. He has been engaged in this field to the present time, covering a period of fourteen years, conducting a general real-estate, rental, loan and insurance business. He put upon the market the Hills, Front, Second and Grand View additions to the city and in his real-estate operations has contributed largely to the development, growth and improvement of Spokane. He represents a number of the most reliable fire insurance companies and his clientage in that field has become extensive.

On the 19th of November, 1896, Mr. Barrett was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Ehlers, of Spokane, a daughter of Fred Ehlers, who is of German descent and is now proprietor of the Pacific Iron Works. The three children of this marriage are Lucille, F. S., Jr., and Lawrence Temple. The family attend the Unitarian church and Mr. Barrett is a republican in politics, somewhat active in the local ranks of the party, which he has represented in state and county conventions. His military history covers service with the militia of Seattle and with Battery A of Spokane. He wore the uniform altogether for five years and served as sergeant of Battery A. He belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. and also to the Spokane Athletic Club and the Inland Club. He is likewise a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and its interests and activities find in him a cooperant factor because of his loyalty to the city which he has adopted as a place of residence. The steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible and there is in his life history no esoteric chapter but a continuous progression that has resulted from his close application and laudable ambition.

Edgar William McColl. who is superintendent of tlie money-order department of the Spokane postoffice, was born on the 25th of February, 1859, in San Francisco, California, his parents, being William and Louisa (Mitchell) McColl. The father was a prominent merchant of San Francisco and was one of the founders of the Produce E.xchange which is now known as the Chamber of Commerce of that city. His death occurred there in 1881.

Edgar W. McColl acquired his education in the public schools of San Francisco and there prepared to enter Harvard University with which institution he became affiliated in 1877 as a member of the class of 1881. During his collegiate course his father's illness and subsequent death compelled him to return to California. Later he again entered Harvard, but owing to his long absence found himself so in arrears in his work that he finally gave up the idea of completing his course. After leaving Harvard he went into business and from 1882 to 1888 was in Texas in the sheep-raising business and later engaged in business with his brother under the firm name of McColl Brothers, New York dealers in California fruits. He had also engaged for a short time in mining in El Paso, but in April, 1888, came to Spokane and for the next ten years was interested in various occupations, principally the furniture business. During a part of one year of this time, however, he was in the Coeur d'Alene mining district. In 1898 he accepted the appointment of money-order clerk at the city postoffice, and in 1905 became superintendent of tlie money-order division of the Spokane postoffice, which position he still occupies. His long employment with the government is due to his careful work, accuracy and integrity.

Mr. McColl was married at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Miss Emeline Billings of that city, but since his marriage has resided continuously in Spokane. To their union four children have been born: Henriette Lilliene, born February 9, 1889; Priscilla Louisa, born April 22, 1891; Edgar Warren, whose birth occurred on the 9th of June, 1893; and Nellie, born October 17, 1896. The pleasant and substantial residence which Mr. McColl occupies at the corner of North Plrst avenue and Carnahan street attests to some degree his business prosperity and his desire to surround his family with the comforts and luxuries of a pleasant home.

Adolphus F. McClaine, who for about twenty-nine years has been a representative of banking interests in the northwest and is now president of the Traders National Bank of Spokane, has attained his present place of honor in the business world through his own efforts. It is a well known fact that success depends greatly upon opportunity but the reason of the great majority of failures is that the individual does not recognize his opportunity when it is presented and that which differentiates the career of the successful man from him who meets failure is that the former is found equipped for the turn, of the tide. This statement finds verification in the life of Adolphus F. McClaine, who has ever recognized the opportune moment and by well formulated plans and persistent energy- has attained to the position which he now occupies in financial circles.

He was born at Silverton, Oregon, March 15, 1860, a son of Fielding and Sarah Frances (Porter) McClaine. The family was founded on the Pacific coast when the father came from Sangamon county, Illinois, and settled in Oregon in 1852. About the same time the mother made her way from Pike county. Missouri, to the northwest and they were married six years later in Silverton. Fielding McClaine devoted his attention and energies to general farming and cattle-raising for a number of years and when success had crowned his efforts turned his attention to the money-loaning business. He was without desire or ambition for public office, always concentrating his energies upon his individual affairs. Both he and his wife have now passed away.

Adolphus F. McClaine supplemented his public-school course at Silverton by study in the State University of Oregon, from which he was graduated with the class of 1880. Immediately afterward he returned to his native town and, associated with Alfred Coolidge, here reorganized their fathers' money-loaning business into a private bank under the name of Coolidge & McClaine, the latter serving as vice president of the institution since its organization. This by no means comprises the extent of his activities, however, for he has become equally prominent as a factor in banking circles elsewhere. He, with Mr. Coolidge, organized what is now the Colfax National Bank of Colfax, Washington, and has continuously served as its vice president. In 1887 he entered business circles of Tacoma as one of the organizers of the National Bank of Commerce, filling the office of cashier for several years, but entirely severing his connection with that institution in 1892. In all of his varied undertakings in the field of banking he has been associated with Alfred Coolidge, theirs being always -a most harmonious partnership. For some years ]\Ir. McClaine had been connected with the Traders National Bank and in 1909 was called to the presidency in which connection he has since bent his energies to administrative direction and executive control. He has formulated many plans which have worked out to the benefit of the bank and yet to still other fields he has extended his labors, becoming president of the Metaline Falls State & Savings Bank, of Metaline Falls, Washington.

On the 28th of July, 1886, at Eugene, Oregon, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McClaine and Miss Mae Underwood, a daughter of James B. and Margaret I. (Charles) Underwood, of New York state. They have become parents of a daughter and a son: Sarah Margaret, twenty-three years of age, who is with her parents in the family home at No. 1212 Summit boulevard; and Adolphus F., Jr., who is attending Cornell University. Mr. McClaine's social activities have brought him into connection with the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club and the Sjookane Amateur Athletic Club, being a life member of tlie last named. Political honors and emoluments have no attraction for him. He prefers that his leisure should be devoted to social affairs and those interests which are a matter of enjoyment and pleasure to him, while his hours of business are given to his extensive, complex and important banking interests. He has ever studied the specific needs of the banking institutions with which he is connected along the distinctive lines of his life work and his has been an active career in which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results. The Traders National Bank under his direction and that of his associates has adhered to the principle that the banking institution which most carefully safeguards its busiiies-i in order to protect its depositors is the bank that most merits and deserves the public confidence. It is evidence of the public approval of the bank's conservative management and sound business principles that during Mr. McClaine's connection therewith its business has steadily grown in volume and importance, placing it among the important financial concerns of the northwest.

Clarence C. Dill

Clarence C. Dill, who is one of the younger members of the legal fraternity, has practiced at the Spokane bar since 1909. now being deputy prosecuting attorney and prominent in the legal circles of this city. He was born September 21, 1881, in Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio. His father, Theodore M. Dill, who is a descendant of an old Pennsylvania family, whose great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary war, was formerly an agriculturist of Ohio but is now living retired and for several years has been serving as commissioner of Knox county. He married Amanda Kunkel.

Clarence C. Dill acquired his higher education in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, being graduated from that institution in 1907, with the degree of B. L. He then determined upon a professional career and to this end entered the Western Reserve Law School at Cleveland, Ohio, but came to Spokane the following year, where for a short time he acted as reporter on the Spokesman Review. Finding that this duty prevented his taking up the active study of law, he accepted a position in the South Central high school, teaching English and debating. At the same time he read law in the office of J. W. Graves and was admitted to the bar in 1909. He engaged in the general practice of law with a constantly increasing clientele and continually advanced in legal knowledge and in his ability to handle intricate problems that are presented before the courts. His ability won speedy recognition and in January, 1911, he was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney of Spokane county, a position which he still holds. Mr. Dill is a democrat and firmly believes in the principles of the party. Since 1910 he has been serving as secretary of the democratic countj^ central committee. He holds membership in Mount Carlton Lodge, I. O. O. F., the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He holds to high ideals in his profession and in his fraternal relations and, being richly endowed by nature with admirable qualities, he commands uniform respect and good-will wherever he is known.

Clarence Z. Hubbell

Clarence Z. Hubbell, an architect of Spokane whose skill in his profession is manifest in some of the most important buildings of the city, was born at Onarga, Illinois, August 13, 1869, his parents being Henry S. and Parthena T. Hubbell. While at Onarga the father devoted his energies to general agricultural pursuits, but during the early boyhood of his son Clarence removed to Chicago, where he engaged in the manufacture of screens. In the public schools of that city Clarence Z. Hubbell pursued his early education and afterward became a student of the Art Institute of Chicago, adding to his theoretical and scientific training the practical experience that comes with employment in the office of leading architects of the metropolis of the middle west. He was thus well qualified for important work when he came to the Pacific coast in 1900. Making his way to Spokane he entered the employ of John K. Dow who a few years later admitted Mr. Hubbell to a partnership, the latter relation between them continuing for six years. They were accorded a large clientage and among the principal buildings which thej' designed are the Masonic Temple, the old Sjjokane Club, the Hutton building, the Paulsen building, M. Sellar's building and the residence of R. B. Patterson. In March, 1910, Mr. Hubbell withdrew from the partnership and entered upon an independent business, since which time he has designed and had supervision of the erection of the addition to the Hutton building and also made a number of plans for other structures. He is a member of the Spokane Architectural Club and his ability, widely recognized, has won for him the admiration of other representatives of the profession which he has made his life work.

While residing in Chicago in 1898 Mr. Hubbell was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Emma J. R. Speck, a daughter of Dr. Frank and Annie R. Speck, of Baltimore, Maryland. Tliey have one child, T. Josephine R. Hubbell. Mr. Hubbell belongs to no secret societies nor does he take an active part in politics, vet he is not remiss in the duties of citizenship and where time and opportunity offer gives his aid and cooperation to public projects for the general good. He has proven himself a progressive business man, thoroughly trustworthy under all circumstances and through his merit has worked his way steadily upward until he now occupies a leading position as a representative of his profession in Spokane.

Homer Clark Fisher

Spokane numbers in her citizenship many capitalists - men who started out in life practically empty handed and yet have worked their way upward by means of determination and energy' that will not brook defeat. As his financial resources have increased. Homer Clark Fisher has made extensive investments in property, his holdings now including eight hundred and twenty acres of wheat land in Whitman county, from which he derives a splendid annual rental.

He makes his home at 1017 Fairview avenue, Spokane, which is far separated from his birthplace in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. His natal day was May 22, 1853, and his parents were David and Sarah Jane (Huston) Fisher. His father, who was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was a blacksmith by trade and in 1859 removed with his family from the Keystone state to Chalmers, White county, Indiana, where he followed the occupation of farming. The family numbered ten children, eight sons and two daughters, of whom Homer C. was the seventh son. Four of his elder brothers served in the Civil war and one of the number was killed in action and another died in the hospital. His brother Henry became a resident of Whitman county in the spring of 1880 and is now an extensive landholder, owning a ranch of eight hundred and eighty acres about four miles from Endicott. The parents are both now deceased.

In the public schools of Indiana Mr. Fisher pursued his education and afterward engaged in teaching school for seven years in that state. In 1881, however, he came to Wasliington, making his w^ay to Colfax to join his brother Henry. Soon afterward he took up a homestead claim near Endicott and thereon remained for five years. On the expiration of that period he once more resumed the profession of teaching and was also employed in a store for about seven years. For six years he managed a warehouse for Aaron Kuhn at Endicott and was also in the retail lumber business at that place and at St. John. As his financial resources have permitted he has invested in property from time to time and at the present writing owns eight hundred and twenty acres of wheat lands in Whitman county, which he now rents. This real estate is constantly increasing in value owing to the cultivation placed upon it and also owing to the rise in property resulting from the rapid settlement of the country. He is a member of the firm of Corner & Fisher, of Wallace, Idalio. of which M. A. Corner is his brother-inlaw. They deal in fuel and feed and also conduct a brokerage business, handling Armour's goods and also fruit and flour in carload lots. Mr. Fisher bought into the firm just twenty days before the big fire at Wallace, in which they lost the warehouse and all their stock, but upon this they carried a fair insurance and have since rebuilt, being now again on the higliroad to prosperity in the conduct of their business in that place. Mr. Fisher is also president of the St. John's State Bank of Washington.

On the 13th of October, 1880, at Battle Ground, Indiana, Mr. Fisher was married to Miss Cassie Downey Moore, a daughter of James Power Moore, of Monticello, Indiana, who were pioneers of that place. Thej'^ have three children: Indiana, the wife of Harrj' Terhune, of St. John, who is cashier of the bank; Lucile, who attends the University of Washington at Seattle; and Ross Clark, a student.

In his political views Mr. Fisher has always been a democrat, supjiorting principles advocated by Jefferson and Jackson and giving unfaltering allegiance to the Nebraska statesman, W. J. Bryan. He held the position of deputy auditor and of deputy treasurer of Whitman county for five years. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his name is on the membership roll of the Methodist church at St. John, Washington. Many theories have been advanced concerning the best way of attaining success and yet when one examines carefully into the life records of successful men it is usually found that their advancement is built upon the basis of labor - earnest, unfaltering, honest labor. And such has been the case with Mr. Fisher, who has gradually worked his way upward until he is now one of Spokane's prosperous residents.

Frederick Wesley Dewart

Frederick Wesley Dewart, a Spokane attorney and a Harvard man, has continued in the practice of law in this city since 1899, being interested in many important corporations and active as well in projects of a semi-public character. He was born in Ontario, Canada, July 19, 1867, a son of Rev. James Hartley and Mary (Day) Dewart. The father was a minister of the Methodist church and crossed the border of the United States when his son Frederick was four years of age, the family home being established near Cleveland, Ohio, where the boy acquired his early education in the public schools. He afterward attended the Hamline University near St. Paul, Minnesota, and with this college training as a foundation for more advanced educational work he entered Harvard, from which he was graduated in 1890. Two years later he received from Harvard the Master of Arts degree. He pursued the study of law in St. Louis, being graduated from the law college of that city in 1895 with the LL. B. degree. The same year he was admitted to the bar and remained in practice in that city until 1899, in association with G. A. Finkelnburg, now United States district judge for the district of Missouri, and ^vith Hon. Charles Nagel, now secretary of commerce and labor in President Taft's cabinet. Climatic conditions proved hurtful, however, to his family and accordingly he left St. Louis and came to Spokane in 1899.

Here he has since practiced and is recognized as one of the eminent representatives of the bar of eastern Washington. His broad general learning constitutes the basis of a success that is more directly attributable to his thorough and comprehensive understanding of legal principles and his ability to accurately apply the points in law to the points in litigation. In him we find many of the rare qualities which go to make up the successful lawyer. He possesses perhaps few of those brilliant, dazzling, meteoric qualities which have sometimes flashed along the legal horizon, riveting the gaze and blinding the vision for a moment, then disappearing, leaving little or no trace behind, but rather has those solid and more substantial qualities which shine with a constant luster, shedding light into dark places with steadiness and continuity. He has in an eminent degree that rare ability of saying in a convincing way the right thing at the right time.

It is seldom that the capable lawyer proves equally successful in the field of business, yet Mr. Dewart has gained equal prominence in handling important commercial interests. He is now a director of the Bank of Spirit Lake, Idaho, and of the Lament State Bank, of Washington. He is likewise vice president and treasurer of the International Portland Cement Company, and vice president of the Panhandle Investment Company, of the East Spokane Improvement Company, the Carbolineum Treating & Paving Company, the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe Transportation Company and president of the Long View Orchard Company, all of which indicates the nature and variety of his interests and investments. These companies are recognized as prominent factors in the business development of eastern Washington and, moreover, are sources of gratifying income to the stockholders. Aside from this, Mr. Dewart is a trustee of the Spokane County Good Roads Association and a trustee of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, both of which are elements in the improvement of the district.

In politics Mr. Dewart is active as an advocate of republican principles yet without desire for oftice. He has attained high rank in ^Masonry and is a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. As a club man he is well known in the city, holding membership in the Spokane, Spokane Country, Spokane Amateur Athletic and the University Clubs.

In August, 1894, JNIr. Dewart was married to Miss Edith L. Drought, a daughter of Henry and Mary Drought, of St. Paul, Minnesota, and they have two children, Frederick and Donald, residing with their parents in an attractive home at No. 201 Sixth avenue which Mr. Dewart erected. Mr. and Mrs. Dewart are members of Vincent Methodist Episcopal church and active in church work and its affiliated branches and societies.

His ability as a lawyer enables him to analyze and dissect the case at hand to its slightest detail. His power in business is manifest in his ability to build up and coordinate forces into a unified and harmonious whole. A carefully trained intellect enables him to see the possibilities in one field as clearly as in another and while he delves to the root of the matter in his law practice, in his business he sees as clearly from the center of things to the utmost circumference of possibility for successful accomplishment.

Daniel C. Collins

Daniel C. Collins, who is engaged in the real-estate business with offices at East 827 Baldwin avertue and is one of the heavy property owners of Spokane, was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1867. He came to Spokane in 1884, attended the country school and at the same time worked on a farm. From 1886 until 1887 he was a student in the Spokane Methodist College, and when he left that institution he began earning his own liveliiiood by accepting emplnynunt with tlie

Spokane Gas Company. He has the distinction of being the first man hired by them in their plant, which is located at Stevens and Railroad streets. He retained this position for three years. During the fire which occurred on August 4, 1889, Mr. Collins was one of the first men to help haul the hose cart to the fire, he being near the fire house when the alarm was turned in. That night while on duty at the gas works he gave shelter and protection to over two hundred people inside the Gas Company's plant. Although it was in August, the night was cold, and the warmth and shelter thus afforded were highly appreciated by those to whom it was extended. In January, 1890, Mr. Collins joined the fire department and the followng year was made captain of No. 3 Fire Station where he remained until 1896. Political troubles, however, reduced his station to that of the ranks for a short time, but the following year he was promoted to foreman and assigned to No. 5 Station, where he served until his resignation from the fire department in 1900. Desiring to engage upon a business career he opened the Pioneer Hotel at the corner of Howard and Front streets, having leased the property. He continued there until 1906 when he entered the real-estate business. In that j'ear he purchased property on the corner of Washington and Front streets and erected a seventy-five room hotel which was at first known as Hotel ColUns but has since been called The Palace. The next year he erected the St. Helen's apartments at South 320 Bro\v^l street, and in 1910 purchased the Second and Wall street property upon which the Hotel Collins now stands. In that same year he also built a sixty-six room annex to the St. Helen's apartments. He owns many dwelling houses throughout the city, and because of the extensive dealings he has carried on in real estate he is considered one of the most able and conservative judges of real estate and city property holdings in Spokane.

In 1893 jNIr. Collins was married to Miss Anna Burke, who was born in Ireland but was residing in Spokane at the time of their marriage. To their union three children have been born: Nellie, whose birth occurred in November, 1893; Marie, who was born in December, 1895; and Daniel Jr., born in November, 1903. !Mr. Collins holds membership in the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Spokane; in the Loyola Athletic Club of Spokane and also in the Roman Catholic church. His residence, which is situated at East 827 Baldwin avenue, is one of the most beautiful and substantial homes in that section of the city. Spokane thoroughly appreciates the material aid which Mr. Collins has given to its development and the stimulus and active cooperation which he has given to its building operations.

Those who are born west of the ^lississippi have comparatively little to do in adaiiting their ideas and habits to changed conditions when they attempt to establish homes and develop business enterprises in the Spokane country. The great western district of America lying on this side of the Father of Waters has had in its various localities the same spirit of enterprise and determination, crowned by successful achievement. These qualities have found exemplification in the life record of Fred H. ]McDermont, now conducting a general law practice in Spokane. He was born in Lake City, Minnesota, October 23, 1862, his parents being James and Emma (Arnold) McDermont. The father was of Irish birth and the mother of English descent. They are now residents of Lake City, Minnesota, and the father is living retired after many years devoted to general agricultural pursuits. He has been quite active and prominent in local affairs, especially in political circles, and has held a number of public offices. His wife is descended from the Arnold family prominently known in connection with the Revolutionary war and her brother Jeremiah was a soldier of the Civil war. She is also a second cousin of Byron G. Arnold, a well known civil engineer of Chicago, who was the builder of the; city's subways. The two brothers of Fred H. Mc- Dermont are Frank and Eugene J., the former a farmer at Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, and the latter a wholesale business man of Williston, North Dakota. The tliree sisters of the family are: Elva, living at home; Minnie, the wife of Azro Condon, a plumber of ^Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Ella, the wife of William Little, a merchant of Minneapolis.

Fred H. McDermont won the LL. B. degree upon his graduation from the law department of the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in the class of 1888, and among his classmates were ex-Judge W. H. Moore, of Seattle; Judge Huneke, of Spokane; and Judge Devries, of the customs court at New York. His youthful days had been devoted to farm work and to the acquirement of a preliminary education which was completed in the high school of Lake Citj', Minnesota. A professional career seemed more attractive to him than an agricultural or commercial one and to this end he prepared for the bar and in 1890 opened an office in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he remained in active practice for ten years. He was afterward at Rugby, that state, until he went to Colville, in 1905, where he continued in practice until March, 1908, when he returned to Spokane, After a partnership of six months with W. H. Plummer the firm was dissolved and since that time Mr. McDermont has continued independently in a general law practice. He has secured a good clientage and has been very careful in the conduct of litigated interests before the court, preparing his cases with thoroughness and care, and presenting them in the strong, clear light of common sense and logical argument.

Aside from the direct path of his profession Mr. McDermont has been active and become well known as a leader in republican ranks. He served on the central committee in North Dakota and also in Washington, and is a precinct committeeman for the Manito district. He attended the county conventions when a resident of Colville and while residing at Grand Forks, North Dakota, filled the office of municipal judge. While there he was also the nominee of his party for prosecuting attorney but was not elected. He was twice chosen as speaker of the state central committee of North Dakota during Bryan's first campaign and also on the occasion of Major McKinley's second candidacy for the presidency. Underlying his active work in behalf of the party is a firm belief in its principles, the good it has accomplished and its promises for the future.

On the 7th of December, 1898, Mr. McDermont was married to Miss Grace Hunt, of Ashton, Illinois, a daughter of William A. and Melissa Hunt, the latter one of the Daughters of the American Revolution. :Mr. and Mrs. McDermont have one child, Dorothy. The pleasant home of the family in Spokane is a hospitable one and they have gained many friends here. Mr. McDermont is a part owner in eight hundred acres of land in Adams county, constituting a wheat farm, all under cultivation. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Colville but has never sought prominence along fraternal lines. He devotes his energies to his law practice and to the discharge of his duties of citizenship, for he has been mindful of the obligations as well as the privileges which come to the American man.

Edward N. Robinson

Edward N. Robinson, president of the Arcadia Orchards Company of Spokane and also president of the Olsen-Robinson Company, general merchants at Deer Park, was born in Missouri, June 3, 1875. The father, George W. Robinson, a native of West Virginia and of English descent, was a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war. He and his wife are now living in Kansas City and the latter, who bore the maiden name of Cornelia Beckwith, is a native of Missouri. In addition to Edward X. Robinson, the sons and daughters of their family are: Omar E. and George W., both residents of Kansas City; Annie L., likewise living in Kansas City; and Dorothy, the wife of Fred Egger, of Appleton City, Missouri.