Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 7 of 23)

The youthful years of Manoah S. Taylor were not distinguished by any unusual event or startling occurrence but were passed in the quiet routine characteristic of the rural communities. In the acquirement of an education he attended the district schools in the vicinity of his home until he possessed a sufficient understanding of the common branches to enable him to assume the heavier responsibilities of life. At the age of eighteen years he began farming in his native state, continuing to follow this vocation there until 1866, when he removed to Kansas. After engaging in agricultural pursuits there for ten years, he again started westward, in January, 1877, Wasliington being his destination on this occasion. The trip across the country at that period was long and difficult and also fraught with many dangers and hardships, but Mr. Taylor was too accustomed to pioneering to be deterred by such possibilities, and so started on his westward journey, coming by way of California. He arrived in Walla Walla, July 1, 1877, and on July 1. 1879, filed on one hundred and sixty acres of land, twentj' miles northwest of !Medical Lake, devoting his entire time and energy to the cultivation of this property until October, 1910, when he disposed of his homestead and came to Chewelah. Here he owns a very pleasant residence and five acres of land in town and a ranch near by that he is cultivating. Mr. Taylor has been very successful in his various undertakings and has acquired considerable property throughout this part of the state. He has made a careful study of orcharding and is thoroughly familiar with all fruits adapted to the soil and climatic conditions of this section of the country, and has a considerable part of his land planted to orchards.

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Salem, Indiana, was the scene of Mr. Taylor's marriage on the 16th of March, 1865, to Miss Sarah C. Weiler, a daughter of Isaac Weiler. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Taylor there were born three children: Mary, James and Hattie, all of whom are now deceased.

Mr. Taylor, who is a past member of the Good Templars, gives his political support to the prohibition party, thus expressing his views on the liquor question. He was a member of the Grange and is now a member of the Farmers' Union of Chewelah. Both he and Mrs. Taylor are active members of the Christian church, having been converted and joining that church before their marriage, and they take an earnest and helpful interest in the work. During the period of his residence in the state he has traded quite heavily in real estate, feeling assurred of the promising future Washington is now beginning to experience. The place near Medical Lake which he homesteadcd is one of the points of interest in the Inland Empire, as it has belonged to the holdings of three different counties. The original county was Stevens ; after the first division it was Spokane county and after the second division it became Lincoln county. Since he first located here thirty-five years ago, Mr. Taylor has been the interested observer of a wonderful example of empire building, Washington having during that time developed not only into one of the great states of the west but of the nation, its natural resources and wonderful possibilities both agriculturally and industrially just becoming recognized.

Alfred Jones

Alfred Jones is a member of the firm of Jones & Levesque, architects of Spokane, and his career has been successful chiefly by reason of his natural ability and his thorough insight into the profession in which he embarked at the outset of his business life. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, July 26, 1872, his parents being David and Margaret (Pearson) Jones. The father was a brick manufacturer of prominence in that city, where he continued in business until 1890, and then retired to enjoy the fruits of his former toil. His last days were spent in Spokane, where he passed away in 1909 at the age of eighty-one years, having long survived his wife who had died many years before.

As a public-school student in Chicago, Alfred Jones mastered the branches of learning, which are considered indispensable elements in the attainment of success in life and when sixteen years of age, made his start in the business world, entering the employ of W. W. Boyington & Company, architects, who ranked with the leading firms in that line of business in Chicago. His efficiency and capability are indicated by the fact that he remained with that house for six years, after which he sjient two years with similar concerns in Chicago. Ambitious to make more rapid advancement he started in business for himself and soon afterward determined to try his fortune in the west. Reaching Spokane he opened an office in .\ugust. 1899, and has since followed his ])rofession in this city, making continuous advancement by reason of his natural and acquired ability which has brought him into important relations with the jirofession that he has always followed. Evidences of his skill are seen in tlie Kemji & Heberts store, the Kempis apartments, the Espanola apartments, the Fairmont hotel, the Frederick and the

Tokyo apartments, all of which he designed, together with many beautiful residences including the homes of Charles White, Ortho Dorman and many others. Mr. Jones also designed and was financiallj' interested in the company that instituted the first moving picture showhouse in Spokane. They operated under the name of the Spokane Scenic Theater Company and opened the Scenic Theater at First avenue and Stevens street. Subsequently they built the Empress Theater. Mr. Jones was secretary and treasurer of the company and later promoted another organization known as the Arcade Amusement Company of which he was president. This company built the Arcade Theater on Riverside avenue. On the 1st of January, 1910, Mr. Jones formed a partnership with Joseph T. Levesque and the firm of Jones & Levesque today occupies a very prominent position among the leading architects of the city.

Mr. Jones resides at East 917 Eighth avenue. On the 6th of November, 1896, in Chicago, he married Lillian V. Ashfield, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Ashfield, of this city. They now have two sons, Alfred B. and Harold B. Mr. Jones is identified with a number of fraternal organizations including the Highlanders, of which his wife is also a member, the Woodmen of the World and the Tribe of Ben Hur. He does not seek public office nor has he ever taken an active part in political affairs yet he is not remiss in the duties of citizenship and displays a pubhc spirit in his cooperation with many measures for the public good.

Clemmens August Trimborn

Clemmens August Trimborn, well known as a prominent business man of Spokane, with offices at No. 832 Old National Bank building, was born June 19, 1863, in the city of Cologne, Germany. Well descended and well bred, he received from his ancestry qualities and characteristics that have constituted salient features in his steady progress throughout life. He came to America in 1886, a young man of twenty-three years. He had been educated in leading colleges of Germany and France for his parents, Cornelius Baldwin and Antoinette (Pauli) Trimborn, were anxious that he should have every possible advantage in an educational way. His father was a distinguished citizen of Germany and a member of the German parliament or reichstag, being a recognized leader of the center or Catholic party. The same seat in the German government is now filled by a brother of our subject.

Reading and reports made Clemmens A. Trimborn conversant with the opportunities and advantages of the new world and in 1886, after making a trip around the world, he established his home in New York, where for a year he occupied a position as foreign correspondent in connection with an exporting house. He then went to Oakland, Nebraska, where he remained for six months and during the succeeding year was in San Francisco. He afterward spent two years in Japan and India and then returned to Euroiie but soon again made his way to the new world and once more located at Oakland, Nebraska, where he entered the banking business in 1890 under the firm name of Wells & Trimborn. He was thus associated with the financial interests of that place until May, 1901, when he returned to his native citv where he resided for a year and a lialf. On the expiration of that period he came directly to Spokane, arriving in November, 1906, and during the five years of his residence here he has engaged in the investment business. His interests are of such a nature that he contributes to public progress and the development of the country as well as to individual success by tlie conduct of a growing and important business.

Mr. Trimborn was married in Oakland, California, on the 4th of April, 1891, to Miss Barbara Scholl, a daughter of Michael and Susanna Scholl, the former a California pioneer of 1849. A portrait of him adorns the Pioneers Hall of that city and with the work of early development and progress in California he was closely associated through the period when order was just being brought out of chaos and when the improvement of the state was in its formative period. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Trimborn are: Cornelia Mildred, born in 1892; Felice Antoinette. 189.5; and Francisca Elizabeth, 1902. The family reside at No. 846 Over Bluff road in an attractive home which Mr. Trimborn erected in 1910.

INIr. Trimborn is a member of the Spokane Club and is well known in this city where business activity and ability and attractive social qualities have gained for him high regard and warm friendships. He is a man of liberal culture whose extensive travels have brought him broad knowledge and stored his mind with many interesting incidents and reminiscences. These enrich his conversation and from a well-stored mind he brings a pointed anecdote or apt illustration. His friends - and they are many - find him a most genial companion and his popularity increases as the circle of his acquaintance widens.

Frank M. Rothrock

Macaulay says that the history of a country is best told in the lives of its people and in this delineation of the progress of Washington there is much of intense interest, for there are many evidences of the possibilities for successful attainment in tlu life record of the citizens of Spokane and other districts of the state. In her natural resources the northwest has offered many opportunities to the ambitious, determined man and many alert, energetic citizens have taken advantage of these opportunities and from a humble position in the financial world have worked their way steadily upward to the plane of affluence. Of this class Frank M. Rothrock is a notable example. He is closely associated with industrial and financial interests as the president of the Rothrock Land & Live Stock Company, secretary of the Tamarack & Chesapeake Mining Company, the Hercules Mining Company, and a director of the Exchange National Bank, of Spokane and the Wallace National Bank of Wallace, Idaho.

He was born at Wyandotte Cave, Indiana, July 29, 1 870, a son of Harrison W. and Alice (Miles) Rothrock. His education was acquired in the jniblic schools of his native town and after spending the first twenty-four years of his life in the middle west he determined to seek his fortune upon the Pacific coast and in 1894 took up his abode in Wallace, Idaho, where he engaged in the butchering business. He also became interested in mining operations and success attended his efforts. Since 1904 he has made his home in Spokane, whither he came with his familv, having since maintained his residence here. He is now extensively engaged in raising stock, having a large stock ranch near EUensburg, in Kittitas county. The rich valley lands offer excellent inducements to the stockman and Mr. Rothrock has placed upon his ranch high grades of sheep, cattle, hogs and horses, for which he finds a ready sale on the market. By far the most important branch of his business constitutes sheep breeding and raising. This enterprise is conducted under the firm name of the Rothrock Land & Live Stock Company, of which he is the president and which includes in the scope of its business realestate deals. Mr. Rothrock is also the president of the Washington Wool Growers' Association and takes a very active part in the promotion of live stock interests of any kind. For a number of years he has been connected with the Spokane Chamber of Commerce and takes great interest in the expansion of its objects. In the management of his business affairs he has seemed to know every possible opportunity and to so direct his affairs that at each point in his career the utmost possibility for successful accomplishment at that point has been attained.

On the 26th of June, 1895, Mr. Rothrock was married, at Wallace, Idaho, to Miss Minnie E. Snyder, a daughter of Jesse and Frances E. (Mauck) Snyder, of Medimont, Idaho. They now have two children, Zena, born February 15, 1901, and ¥. W^allace, born June 12, 1903. Mr. Rothrock takes no part in politics or in club life and, in fact, is a man of most retiring disposition, shunning publicity of all kinds, preferring to let his life work speak in its results.

Louis Ziegler

Louis Ziegler, a man who "stood foursquare to every wind that blows," a man whose nobility of character and integrity of action placed him above the majority of his fellows, was for many years a resident of the northwest and continuously contributed to its development not only in a material way but in that upbuilding of high ideals which constitutes the real basis of a country's progress. He was born at Kettrick in Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, July 17, 1837, and was in his fifteenth year when he accompanied lys parents on the long voyage across the Atlantic. The family home was established in Ohio and some time afterward Louis Ziegler went from there to Maysville, Kentucky, where he learned the wagon-maker's trade. Three years were spent south of Mason and Dixon's line, after which he returned to Ohio and for two years followed his trade in Russellville. He then went to Bloomington, Illinois, where he worked at wagon making until 1859 and in that year he established business on his own account, opening the first wagon and plow manufactory at Chenoa, McLean county, Illinois. Success attended the new enterprise and in 1865 he was enabled to invest six thousand dollars in the erection of a new factory building, but disaster overtook him in 1870 in its destiniction by fire.. His losses were so great that he was not able at once to resume business and for two years he occupied the position of sergeant at arms in the Illinois state senate. He then returned to his native land, which had in the meantime, by the fortunes of the Franco-Prussian war, become incorporated in the newly formed German empire.

The year 1 873 again witnessed Mr. Zieglcr's arrival in Illinois, where he once more embarked in business, forming a partnership with John Dehner for the puri chase of the Chenoa flour mill, which they operated until 1876, when again his savings were sacrificed to the fire god. The following year he erected a new flour mill in Chenoa but again he suffered heavily through fire in March, 1878, leaving him witliout the means for reconstruction. He spent the next seventeen months in the settlement of his affairs and in the conduct of a grain trade at Chenoa. While his business did not prosper, owing to no fault of his own, he rose steadily in the regard of his fellow townsmen as a man of reliability, worthy of confidence and regard, and in appreciation of his personal qualities they called him to public ofiice. He served as justice of the peace from 1861 until 1865 and in 1869 was elected mayor, giving to the city a businesslike, progressive administration that led to his reelection for a second term. He also became prominent in Masonic circles there, joining Chenoa Lodge, No. 292, F. & A. M., of which he was elected master in 1861, thus serving for twelve years. He became the first high priest of Chenoa Chapter, No. 143, R. A. ]\I., and filled the position for five years, beginning in 1870, and again after an interval. He joined Yates City Consistory, A. F. & A. M., of Peoria, and from 1862 until his departure from the state was a member of the grand lodge of Illinois, of which he served as senior grand warden in 1878-9. In political circles, too, Mr. Ziegler made his presence felt. In an address delivered at the time of his death, John Arthur, at one time grand master of the Masonic lodge of Washington, said of Mr. Ziegler: "In the state of Illinois, amongst a population almost wholly American by nativity, th? young German loomed into prominence as a thorough student of public questions and a forceful advocate of his views and sentiments. He had diligently studied the English language and the historians, poets, orators, philosophers and publicists who wrote and spoke in it. He had come to speak it without a perceptible trace of foreign accent. His power as a logical exponent of republican principles, aims and policies attracted attention ; and his friendship was cultivated and valued by such great chiefs of that party as Senator Shelby M. Cullom, General John A. Logan, Governor Richard Oglesby and General .John IMcNulty, who had singled him out as one of the rising leaders of the party in those strenuous days when only strong men forged to the front; indeed. Brother Ziegler was by nature, temperament and conscious power quite unfitted to be a follower anywhere or in any cause."

On the 25th of December, 1862, occurred the marriage of Louis Ziegler and Miss Margaret Jane Sample, a lady of rare excellence and beauty of character who belonged to a prominent Illinois family. They became the parents of three children but William Henry is the only son and the only one now living. The daughter, Jennie Louise, died only a few months after her marriage, and Frederika Louisa died in March, 1872. at the age of five years.

When fire had three times laid waste his jiroperty at Chenoa, Mr. Ziegler resolved to try his fortune elsewhere and came to the northwest, arriving at Spokane Falls in August, 1879. Here he at once made and carried out plans for entering into business life thus providing for his family, and at the same time he affiliated with the Masonic organization of Spokane, joining Spokane Lodge, which was then under dispensation. With the granting of its charter he became its first worshipful master and during the greater part of his after life he was a prominent member of the grand lodge of this state, serving in various offices. He was elected to the position of grand marshal and when the grand lodge convened for the first time in Spokane, which was still known as Spokane Falls, June 4, 1884, he was elected deputy grand master. In 1885, at the meeting of the grand lodge in Tacoma, he was chosen grand master. That he was a man of eloquence and had great love for his adopted home in the northwest is indicated by words which he uttered on that occasion, speaking of the Puget Sound as "a place of exquisite beauty and delight, one of the most lovely inland seas upon the earth, teeming with abundance of delicious fishes and all kinds of molluscan delicacies of rarest flavor. No people on earth," he continued, "are so especially favored by munificent nature as our people who are vouchsafed homes on this delightful sea. Upon the bosom of these placid waters ride the ships of all nations, taking and bringing the products of the earth for barter and exchange. But if we raise our eyes and look, we will behold, on our right, the mighty Cascade range, with fir-clad hills and snow-capped mountains piercing the clouds, vrith heads of perpetual ice, forming a formidable barrier, which separates this magnificent Mediterranean of the Pacific from our Inland Empire of most fertile fields, where the husbandman reaps the richest of rewards for honest toil."

He was reelected grand master and on the 1st of June, 1887, opened in Vancouver the thirteenth annual communication of the grand lodge. A splendid and scholarly rhapsody on the Columbia river, flowing at their feet, makes the foreword of his message a veritable classic. In fervent and glowing language he follows the great river's course from the dark forests and snow-clad mountains of British Columbia into Idaho, Washington and Oregon, and finds it emblematical of the varied duties of human life. "Taking its way," he says, "through the winding and intricate labyrinths which mark the course of human events, and through which all men are destined to pass, - by aid of the clue of reason and understanding, if we but persevere in the proper discharge of our duties, we shall emerge from the mysterious recesses of intellectual darkness and enter that state of light and wisdom which is bestowed as an inheritance of perpetual keeping on those who are faithful to every trust and obedient to the laws and duties of true manhood." Throughout all the years of his connection with Masonry he cherished a most lofty conception of the order, its purposes and its work.

Mr. Ziegler remained throughout his life a student of the classics, an associate of the master minds of all ages. Again we quote from the address of Mr. Arthur, who said: "Louis Ziegler never completely rallied from the shock and the grief caused by his wife's death. If man was ever spoiled by the assiduous, unremitting care and thoughtful attentions and services of a loving and devoted wife, he was that man ; and when she left him he felt very much alone in the world and very helpless in his own well equipped home. His old strong, aggressive spirit gradually left him ; he often said that he was lagging superfluous on the stage ; Reed and Haller and other intimate friends of bygone days had passed to the realms beyond ; a new generation had sprung up and willingly assumed the burdens formerly borne by himself and his friends and associates ; the city in which he had for years known every man, woman and child was now filled with strange faces from all parts of the world ; he had (among the very few) saved all his property from the general wreck of the panic years, 1893-1897, and had well-nigh discharged all of the erstwhile heavy incumbrances upon it; his son had taken his place in the active management of affairs ; he himself had nothing to do but while away the hours in the silent company of his favorite authors, whose merits, beauties and philosophy his neighbors were too busv to consider or discuss with him; he viewed with liorror the very possibility of becoming a useless and decrepit old man, detailing liis aches and pains to an unsympathetic world; he felt that his life work had been successfully and satisfactorily done and that he ought not to remain to cumber the earth ; and so, in the splendid young city where we are holding tliis annual communication, which he had nursed in its infancy and zealously and ably assisted in developing from a hamlet of a couple of hundred persons to a commercial mart having a population exceeding one hundred and fifteen thousand, Louis Ziegler, grand master of Masons in Washington from June 4, 1885, to June 3, 1887, resigned his soul to the Grand Architect of the universe at the hour of 3 :50 o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday, January 15, 1911, after an illness of ten days. * * * In one of his letters to me from Germany, Brother Ziegler says : 'I am here in the land of Wilhelm, Bismarck, Luther, Goethe, Schiller and Friedrich der Grosse and hosts of other famous men. It is indeed interesting in the greatest degree. As you know, I am not particularly bound to anj' country or people but have a hearty appreciation of all.' This last expression is a true index to his exceptional broadmindedness and his rare exemption from national bias or sectarian prejudices. He was the friend of all peoples and of all religions. When the Jesuit missionaries from the Colville Indian reservation, in the days before railroad communication was established, came, weary, worn and dust-laden, to Spokane Falls for the necessary provisions and funds, it was to the home of Louis Ziegler, the German Lutheran, that they first betook themselves; there they found hearty welcome and good cheer and remained until their mission was accomplished; and from that generous and hospitable home they never went away empty-handed.

"At the funeral of Mrs. Ziegler three years ago I was impressed with the manifestly sincere grief of the Catholic priests who attended the beautifully simple ceremonies at the residence, and with the large attendance of the Roman Catholics of Spokane; and I made inquiry as to the cause. Everybody was able to tell me. The scene was reproduced at his own funeral; and as I repeated the Masonic service of sorrow in the same place, the members of the ancient church were among the most deeply affected mourners. Many of them expressed to me afterward their profound appreciation of the sublimity and grandeur of our ritual and their love and admiration for their departed friend.

"On previous visits to the Ziegler home I had the pleasure of meeting there the Jewish rabbi, whose learning and ability were highly prized by Brother Ziegler and who, I found, was a frequent visitor and showed in every way that he knew himself to be among warm and trusted friends. Everyone who liked to talk of the higher things of life found delight in that home. Brother Ziegler had studied with deepest interest the works of the great religious masters of all ages and climes ; - he could almost

"His memory to the last was uncommonly retentive and accurate; and he had at his fingers' ends the contents of his extensive and well selected library. A stranger hearing him in the discussion of religious, philosophical, literary, poetical or historic subjects would be sure to conclude that Brother Ziegler belonged to one of the learned professions and could not all liis life have been an active business man ; but like our great merchant, Alexander T. Stewart, who read a portion of Horace's Odes every morning before going to his store ; George Grote, the historian of Greece; Samuel Rogers, the poet; and Sir John Lubbock, the pliilosopher and scientist - all three of whom were bankers - Brother Ziegler did not allow the exactions of business to absorb and monopolize his intellectual activity and powers.

"It will readily be understood that a man who steadily cultivated his mind on those high lines and was of massive build and dominating personality, was a formidable antagonist in this grand lodge and that he generally had his waj^

"He was a veritable Rupert of debate and a bulwark of old-fashioned Masonic principles. Withal he was an able and sagacious business man. As soon as he could close his affairs in Illinois after the loss of his flouring mill by fire, he came, in August, 1879, to Washington territory and sought the wheat-growing country of the Walla Walla valley; but after seeing the little village which was growing up beside the mighty cataracts of the Spokane river, he decided that the potential motive power of those cataracts would in time attract capital and industries and compel the rise of an important commercial center ; and here he started in the hardware business and laid the foundations of a fortune. He retired from storekeeping in 1886. After the destructive fire of 1889, which swept the business district of the young city, and the fourth from which he suffered, he was the first man to st^rt a brick building; and the Ziegler block still stands as a testimony to his confidence and his foresight. As might be expected from a man of his calibre, he was a generous, gracious and forbearing landlord. No bill for rent was ever presented to a tenant. The arrears might run for months, and no allusion was made to them. Nobody asked for a written lease ; Brother Ziegler's word that the tenant could stay as long as he wished was kno^vn by everybody to be as good as a bond. For over twenty years the same man has been the janitor of the block; and the engineer and the yardman have held their positions for over eight years. They all feel more like the retainers of a feudal chieftain of old than latter-day employes. Indeed, there was in Brother Ziegler a good deal of the spirit of the feudal lord. His home belonged to everybody, and it was sacred to hospitality. He delighted to have the friends and neighbors around him and to make them happy. Proud of Lord Bolingbroke's close friendship, Alexander Pope exclaims:

So it was at the Ziegler home ; it was entertainment of the lofty kind when kindred spirits gathered there; and the brighter they were, the more highly did they prize the remarkable intellectual resources of their host.

"In an address which I had the privilege of delivering to you in this city in June, 1906, on our deeply beloved grand secretary, Thomas Milburne Reed. I adverted in these words to a circumstance which you will pardon me for recalling: 'Another wish very dear to his heart was fulfilled. Fifteen or twenty years before, a fraternal compact was made between three past grand masters of Washington: Colonel Granville O. Haller, U. S. A., of Seattle; Hon. Louis Ziegler. of Spokane (past senior grand warden of the grand lodge of Illinois) ; and Hon. Thomas Milburne Reed, of Olympia, that one or other of the survivors should conduct and perform the Masonic ceremony at the burial of the departed. Brother Haller passed away first, and Brother Ziegler officiated. Brother Reed followed next. When we informed Grand Master Miller of the compact, he gracefully and generously invited Brother Ziegler to take his place and conduct at the grave the Masonic ceremonies over the remains of his dear and departed friend. The magnificent attendance of Masons from all corners of Washington will not soon forget the words of philosophy, love and eulogy so touchingly pronounced on that occasion by the last survivor of the three parties to the compact. The}' were worthy of Reed and worthy of Ziegler. Par nobile fratrum.'

"With the remains of our dear friend consigned to the tomb, a similar compact was entered into between Brother Ziegler and myself. When I saw that his end was approacliing, I apprised Grand Master Neterer of the compact. Upon learning of Brother Ziegler's death, and with that fine courtesy and warm Masonic spirit so eminently characteristic of him, our grand master promptly appointed me as his special deputy to convene the grand lodge at Spokane and conduct the Masonic burial services over the remains of our departed brother. On Januarj' 19th we buried him with grand lodge honors.

"Thus passed away a Mason of the old school and a character of classic mould and proportions. Louis Ziegler possessed in high degree the virile qualities, mental equipment and moral courage which go to make leaders of men. He was one of the most earnest, vigorous and highly gifted of our grand masters, and he made upon Washington Masonry an impression that will not soon be effaced. Peace to his ashes !"

James P. McGoldrick is the president of the McGoldrick Lumber Company and as such a representative of the industry which has constituted the largest source of revenue to the northwest. He was born at Dubuque, Iowa, December 17, 1859, his parents being Patrick and Marj' McGoldrick, both of whom were natives of Ireland, whence they came to America in 1837, making their way westward to Iowa. The father engaged in the Iiotcl business until 1867, when he removed with his family to Stillwater, Minnesota. There he turned his attention to the lumber business and became one of the pioneer eitiztns and business men of that district. The household numbered three sons and three daughters.

The usual experiences of the school boy came to James P. ^IcGoldrick who in the acquirement of his education passed through consecutive grades until graduated from the high school of Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1878. He began business life as the local reporter for the St. Paul Globe and in 1880 went to the city of St. Paul where he entered the employ of the lumber firm of C. A. Smith & Company as sales manager but resigned that position after a year, to enter upon a similar connection with the firm of Walker, Judd & Veazie, with whom he remained until 1885. He then became manager for the Jefferson & Kasson Company, with whom he remained until January 1, 1900. All through this period he entertained the hope of one day being able to engage in business on his own account and at lengtli he felt that liis cxjierience and his careful expenditure justi- fied him in starting upon an independent venture. Accordingly he organized the McGoldrick Lumber Company with headquarters at Minneapolis and as a natural sequence of the fact that a large portion of the lumber which he handled came from eastern Washington, in the spring of 1906, he removed to Spokane and organized the McGoldrick Lumber Company of this city, purchasing the mill site and yard of A. M. Fox & Company. They have since greatly enlarged their plant and improved it in many particulars until it is one of the biggest and best equipped in the northwest. The yards and mill properties cover sixty acres and are situated on Ihe Spokane river almost in the heart of the city. The sawmill and planer now have a capacity of forty-five million feet per year as compared with fifteen million at the time of Mr. McGoldrick's purchase, showing that the business has increased threefold. The capacity of the dry slieds is about five million feet. Most of their standing timber is in the Panhandle of Idaho and consists of Idaho white western soft pine, fir and larch. Tlie volume of the business has continuously increased and shipments are now made as far east as Pennsylvania and New York. Mr. McGoldrick now concentrates his energies upon his western interests, having sold out in Minneapolis when he removed to Spokane, and at the present writing, in addition to being president of the McGoldrick Lumber Company, he is also president of the Adams River Lumber Company of Chase, British Columbia, and of the Royal Lumber Company of Nelson, British Columbia, and is a director of the Old National Bank of Spokane, the Union Trust & Savings Bank and the Western Union Life Insurance Company.

On the 15th of August, 1888, Mr. McGoldrick was married at St. Paul, Minnesota, to Miss Eliza McArdle, a daughter of Thomas and Mary McArdle of that city. The five children born of this marriage are: Edward A., proprietor of the Ihiipire Garage of Spokane ; Carroll J. and Milton T., pursuing their education ; and Margaret and Helen, at home. The family have recently removed to a beautiful new home which Mr. ^McGoldrick has erected on Rockwood boulevard. He holds membership with the Knights of Columbus, wdth the Spokane and the Inland Clubs and is a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce and now chairman of its publicity committee. In this connection he is doing much to expand the resources and promote the interests of the city. He is truly a western man in spirit, with firm faith in the future of this great and growing country and his own record shows that his faith has been well placed. He possesses a progressive spirit ruled by intelligence and good judgment, a deep earnestness impelled and fostered by indomitable perseverance and a native justice which expresses itself in correct principle and practice.

James Glendinning

In his later years James Glendinning filled the office of superintendent of forest reserve for Idaho, under appointment of President McKinley, although the last few months of his life were spent in retirement. He became a resident of Spokane, in 1899, when appointed to the position designated, and through the period of his residence here won tlie kindly regard and good-will of a large majority of his fellow citizens. He was often found in those circles where intelligent men were gathered in the discussion of significant and vital questions and they found in him an associate whose thought went far beyond the superficial and whose opinions were worthy of attention. Mr. Glendinning was a native of Scotland, his birth having occurred in Dumfriesshire, July 31, 1844. His parents were Robert and Margaret (Blacklock) Glendinning, also natives of the land of hills and heather. His education was acquired in the schools of Scotland and at the age of twenty years, his parents having died in the meantime, he crossed the Atlantic to New York city, where he lived with a brother and continued his education as a student in the Cooper Institute, from which in due course of time he was graduated. Believing the west held better opportunities than could be secured in the older and more conservative east, he turned his face toward the setting sun, traveling by rail as far as Leavenworth, Kansas. There he outfitted with a six-mule team and started overland toward the Pacific coast, journeying over mountain and plain until he reached Virginia City, Montana, where he resided for a short time. In 1865, attracted by the gold discoveries, he left that state for Idaho, establishing his home at Salmon, where in connection with his brother-in-law, George L. Shoup, who was afterward senator from Idaho, he entered into merchandising and mining, in which he continued until 1884. The undertaking, capably and honorably conducted, won substantial success and Mr. Glendinning also became largely interested in the cattle industry. He recognized good business opportunities and improved them to the best advantage and so directed his energies that substantial results accrued. In 1884 he left Salmon, Idaho, and went to Salt Lake City, where he entered the hardware business, continuing there for about fourteen years. He served as mayor of that city for one term, and also as a member of the Utah legislature and was prominent and active in its public life, his spirit of enterprise being ever exercised for the benefit of the community with which he was identified. In 1899 he came to Spokane and was appointed superintendent of the forest reserve for Idaho by President McKinley. Well fitted for the position owing to his knowledge of the northwest, he was continued therein until he retired a short time prior to his death, which occurred March 23, 1902.

On the 21st or October, 1872, in Salmon, Idaho, Mr. Glendinning was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Shoup, a daughter of Henry and Ann (McCain) Shoup. The father was a farmer near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cilendinning were born seven children. ^Malcolm, now city editor of the Spokesman's Review, married Miss Veda Morton, of The Dalles, Oregon, and they have one child, Eleanor Blacklock. Elizabeth is the wife of Marion Cummings, of Spokane. Robert, now located at Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, married Margaret Donnellan, of Salt Lake City, and they have two children: Virginia M. and Bonita Roberta. Bradwardine is the wife of Lee Ward, of Washington, Pennsylvania, and they have one son, James G. Arthur is chief clerk to the superintendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at Spokane. Margaret is at home, and Halbert Glendinning is deceased.

In his political views Mr. Glendinning was a republican active and prominent in the party, his opinions carrying weight in its local comicils, while his efforts contributed to its success. He attended the Episcopal church and he attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry, that fraternity finding in him an exemplary representative, while he was one of the charter members of the Salt Lake City Lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He also belonged to various other orders when in Salt Lake City. Among his characteristics was his love of literature and he was a wide reader and assimilated what he read, storing his mind with much useful and interesting information. He appreciated comradeship and held friendship inviolable and, wherever he went, he won the good-will and kindly regard of those with whom he came in contact because his interest in his fellowmen was deep and sincere and his pleasure in their society genuine. The news of his death was received with deep regret on the part of many and his own household lost a devoted and loving husband and father.

Thomas A. Moar

Thomas A. Moar is a successful man whose intelligently directed industry and unfaltering perseverance have constituted the rounds of the ladder on which he has climbed to the plain of affluence. He was born on Prince Edward Island, November 3, 1844. His father George Moar, was a native of the Orkney islands, on the north coast of Scotland, and emigrated to Prince Edward Island in the year 1803, and married Jane M. H. Norton in 182o. She was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1806, and emigrated in the year 1819 with her father, the late John Norton, Esq.

Thomas A. Moar was one of a family of twelve, of whom six are still living. He received his education at Brudenell River, Prince Edward Island, and on having attained his majority he struck out for himself working at the carpenter trade for a short time. Not being satisfied with that work he removed to Newfoundland, where he went into business with his brother who owned a schooner of eighty tons in which he traded and fished between Newfoundland and Labrador, making yearly trips up the St. Lawrence river to Quebec, where supplies were purchased.

During the six years spent in that isolated and primitive country he had many novel experiences, being called upon to perform the marriage ceremony, to christen the infants and bury the dead. Becoming dissatisfied with his occupation in the coasting trade, he decided to go west and in the year 1873 arrived in Chicago, where for a year he worked at his trade. Still heeding the call of the west, the succeeding year found him in Denver, but being fascinated by the glowing accounts of California and the Pacific coast, the following year found him in San Francisco, where for a number of years he managed work for one of the largest contractors in the city, finally becoming a leading contractor on his own account. But the spirit of adventure was not yet subdued and the year 1889 saw him headed north. Arriving in Spokane, November 3, of that year, he was immediately given a crew of men and put to work on the Auditorium Theater which was then one of the finest buildings west of Chicago.

In 1895 he was united in marriage to Miss Almeda J. Bell, daughter of John Bell, of Prince Edward Island, and of Scotch descent. They have one son, T. Edgerton Moar, who is now a student in the high school.

As a contractor Mr. Moar ranks among the best in the state, his advice being sought by many prospective investors. Spokane and the state of Washington have always appealed to him. When he came to Spokane it was but a village, but to him its location and surroundings appeared advantageous and promising as no others. This brought him to the conclusion to cast his career and life ^vith that of the country and its people with the result that his expectations have been more than realized. Comparing the village of 1889 with the magnificent city of today, he feels proud to have been connected with the development of this giant young city and predicts for it a grand future.

In a history of the business interests of Spokane mention should be made of William Stone McCrea, the senior partner in the insurance and loan firm of !Mc- Crea & ^lerryweather, and also an officer in various corporations which are proving effective elements in the city's growth and in the development of this part of the state. His birth occurred at Belgrave, Huron county, Ontario, Canada, August 13, 1870, his parents being John and Jane (Pierce) McCrea, who in 1883 removed to Rathdrum, Idaho, where the father engaged in business as a timber contractor and also conducted a general merchandise store. Four j-ears later, however, he was killed in a railroad accident, after which the mother returned to Ontario with her children, eight in all. There they are now living with the exception of William Stone McCrea and one brother, Robert McCrea, who resides at Sandpoint, Idaho, where he is filling the position of county auditor.

At the usual age William Stone McCrea became a pupil in the public schools of Ontario and later attended the high school at Sault St. Marie. Following the removal of the family to Idaho he assisted his father in the store at Rathdrum until after the latter's death, when he returned with the mother to Canada, but the spirit of the west was in his veins and, believing that greater opportunities could be secured on the Pacific coast, he made his way to Spokane in 1889, at that time a young man of about nineteen years. Here he entered the employ of the Spokane Loan, Trust & Savings Bank, having charge of the insurance department until the great fire which in that year largely wiped out the city. He next accepted the position of bookkeeper with the firm of Ross & McLean, insurance agents, with whom he continued until 1892, when he entered into partnership with Walter G. Merrvweather under the firm name of McCrea & INIerryweather and opened a general fire insurance, loan and real-estate office. The business has grown rapidly and substantially for both members of the firm are popular and capable and now their business is, without doubt, the largest of the kind in the city. Mr. INIcCrea like his partner is thoroughly informed concerning realty values, all property that is upon the market and the indications which point to an advance in price. In handling property for himself and for clients he has made judicious investments, bringing gratifying financial returns. He has by no means, however, confined his efforts to one undertaking but has extended his labors' into various other fields and a number of important business concerns have profited by the soundness of his judgment and his keen discrimination, for as a director he has voice in the management of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, the Washington Water Power Company, the Prairie Development Company and also in the Bay View Town Site & Water Company, of which he is the secretary. That his efforts are not extended entirely for his own benefit is shown in the active work which he has done in support of the projects put forth for the benefit of the city by the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a director.

The home life of jNIr. McCrea presents to him many attractions. He was married on the 29th of October, 1895, to Miss Katharine Brook, a daughter of Henry and Kesia Brook, of this city. They now have three children, Katharine, Mary Helen and William Sylvester. The family reside at No. 725 South Maple street in a pleasant home erected by Mr. McCrea in 1900. They attend the Vincent Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. McCrea is prominent in Masonry, belonging to Oriental Lodge, No. 7-1, F. & A. M.; Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T.; Oriental Consistory, No. 2, S. P. R. S. ; and El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., while the honor of the thirty-third degree has been conferred upon him. He is also identified with Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F.; Red Cross Lodge, No. 28, K. P.; and Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. He finds entertainment and recreation through his membership in the Rotary and Spokane Clubs, the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and the Inland Club. He is a typical business man of the present day, alert and enterprising, determined and therefore prosperous, and in the midst of his important and growing business interests he finds time for the social pleasures of life which preserve in him an even balance.

Dan L. Weaver

Dan L. Weaver is the junior partner of the firm of Rosenhaupt & Weaver and as such needs no introduction to the readers of this volume. The firm for seventeen years has engaged in the real-estate and insurance business and has been interested in mining and theatrical affairS. The different departments of the business are proving profitable sources of income, owing to the capable management and sound judgment of the partners. Mr. Weaver has spent his entire life upon the Pacific coast, his birth having occurred at Stockton, California, October 21, 1871, his parents being Henry W. and Ellen Gertrude (Cooke) Weaver. His father was an extensive landowner and very active in the public life of San Joaquin county, where he filled the office of county commissioner and held other important public positions.

At the usual age Dan L. Weaver was sent to the public schools and eventually became a high-school pupil in Stockton, wliere he resided until April, 1890, when at the age of eighteen years he came to Spokane. Here he at once entered into connection with real-estate interests and the fire insurance business and has continued in these lines to the present day, covering a period of twenty-one years. In 1896 the firm of Rosenhaupt & Weaver was formed and they have since been prominent in business circles, conducting a general real-estate business, at the same time handling valuable mining property. In the theatrical world they are well known, for they control the Auditorium, the Spokane and the Empress theaters, Mr. Weaver personally managing the Spokane theater for a period of five years. In all business affairs his keen discrimination has told him when, where and how to put forth his energies so as to accomplish the best results and in the management of business affairs his judgment is seldom, if ever, at fault even in the slightest degree.

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On the 25th of November, 1909, Mr. Weaver was married to Miss Harriet Young, a daughter of William H. Young, of Butte, Montana. Both are well known socialh' in this city and Mr. Weaver belongs to Elks Lodge, No. 228, and to the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He has been particularly prominent in the club life here and has been a member and director of the Spokane Club for many years. He was appointed treasurer of the building committee, which took charge of the erection of the new clubhouse which has recently been opened. This is the finest and most expensive clubhouse in the northwest and Mr. Weaver has been personally responsible for the success of the undertaking. His efforts are deserving of the admiration and praise of his fellow club members, among whom he is very popular, having a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

Daniel M. Drumheller

The history of the west, in all the phases of its life and development from the mining camp to the modern city, is familiar to Daniel M. Drumheller. He was but thirteen years of age when he took up his abode on the Pacific coast and in the intervening years has been a witness of every feature of growth and progress here, from the time when the lawlessness of the early mining days was checked by the determined purpose of men who sought to plant the seeds of civilization on the western frontier and utilize the many natural resources of the country for their own business advancement and for the welfare and progress of the district at large. Spokane numbers him among her earliest citizens, for he dates his residence here from 1880. At the present writing he is the vice president of the Traders National Bank and has important property and business interests in this city and elsewhere in the northwest.

Mr. Drumheller was born in Gallatin, Sumner county, Tennessee, March 25, 1811, a son of Nicholas Lafayette and Eliza (Hollis) Drumheller. He was in his infancy when the family removed to Springfield, Missouri, where the father died in 1844, his son Daniel being then but three years of age. The latter pursued his education in the public schools of Springfield to the age of thirteen and then went to California to join an uncle who was engaged in the stock-raising business in Colusa county in the Sacramento valley. This was in 1854. The first wild excitement over the discovery of gold had quieted somewhat and people were directing their attention to more conservative business interests and to the future development of the country. In 1859 Mr. Drumheller entered the employ of the Ben Holladay Pony Express, which at that time carried the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, and at the same time he furnished supplies to the company. There are few men of the west who have not at some time made effort to realize a fortune in the mines and Mr. Drumheller was no exception to the rule. When the Comstock lode was discovered at Virginia City he joined the rush and for a time was engaged in mining there. In the spring of 1861, however, he directed his attention to the north and on the 16th of June of that year arrived in Walla Walla. Soon afterward he engaged in the cattle business, which took him all over the northwest and into Britisli Columbia. In addition to packing he engaged in trading and drove his herds of cattle from place to place until they were disposed of. Thus his time passed until 1877, when he took up his abode in what is known as the Crab Creek country, near Ritzville, Adams count}', where he engaged in the breeding and raising of cattle. In 1880 he came to Spokane, which he made his permanent location and, entering the wholesale meat business, formed a partnership with W. J. Wilson under the firm style of Wilson & Drumheller. His business developed along substantial lines, owing to his long familiarity with the trade, and he also became closely identified with the growth and material development of Spokane. He was one of the principal organizers of the Traders National Bank and has been the only incumbent in the position of vice president. His banking activities have also brought him into connection with the Union Trust & Savings Bank of Spokane as a trustee, and he is also vice president of the Davenport National Bank of Davenport, Washington, and a director of the Exchange National Bank of Reardan, Washington. During the period of his residence here he has been one of the heaviest operators in real estate in Spokane, opening up many additions to the city, and his property investments here at the present time are very extensive.

Mr. Drumheller has been married twice. On the 8th of October, 1868, he wedded Susan Warren, of Walla Walla, who died in Spokane, May 8, 1888. She was a direct descendant of General Joseph Warren of Revolutionary fame. Unto this marriage there were born three children : Jerome L., of Spokane, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume; Albert S., living in the Yakima valley; and Lulu H., who resides with her father. In January, 1890, Mr. Drumheller was again married, his second union being with Nellie Powell, a daughter of Professor L. J. Powell, president of the University of Washington. They have four children: Daniel M., a student in the University of California; Burrell V., who is in Alberta, Canada; Fred H. and Joseph, both of whom are in school. The family reside in a beautiful home at the corner of Sixth avenue and Cedar street, which Mr. Drumheller erected in 1906. He is a Mason, belonging to Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M.; Spokane Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M.; and Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T. He also holds membership in Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. In politics he has been a lifelong democrat, active in the work of the party, and. as mayor of Spokane in 1892 gave to the city a practical and businesslike administration. He is one of the best known men of the city, respected and honored for his conservative methods and sound business judgment. He has met the obligations of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities.

Patrick S. Byrne

Patrick S. Byrne, president of the Byrne Investment Company of Spokane, has for twenty-one years been associated with real-estate interests and the development and growth of the city. He was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, June 8, 1855, and whnn a lad of five years went to New Rochelle, New York, in company with his parents, William and Catherine (Sheedy) Byrne, both of whom were na- lives of Ireland^ who emigrated to America in early life. The father engaged in general merchandising at New Rochelle, New York, on a small scale and during his youthful days Patrick S. Byrne aided in the work of the store when not pursuing his education as a student in the public and parochial schools. A few years sufficed to convince him that he preferred other pursuits than work behind the counter and in 1880 he entered upon the study of medicine in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York city, from which he was graduated with the class of 1884. Thus well equipped for the active work of the profession he entered upon practice in Yonkers, New York. He still holds membership with the Westchester county (New York) Medical Society and the Jenkins Medical Society of Yonkers, New York, and is also a member of the Spokane Medical Society.

Dr. Byrne has resided continuously in Spokane since 1889, in which year in connection with John H. Lidgerwood and Judge David Glass he purchased Lidgerwood Park. He has since been identified with the development of property and with real-estate operations and is now conducting business under the corporation name of the Byrne Investment Company, of which he is president. He has made a close study of realty values and in his operations has done much to improve and develop the district of the city where his holdings lie.

In 1888 Dr. Byrne was united in marriage to Miss Ida Gomm, who was born in Savannah, Georgia, a daughter of Adolphus and Louise (Tuthill) Gomm. They became the parents of six children, of whom five are yet living: Catherine L., who was born in Yonkers, New York, and who is now the wife of Thomas J. Smith, assistant postmaster of Spokane ; Mary, who waSf born in Spokane and is now deceased ; Ruth, who was born in this city and is at home ; Cornelius, William and Patrick S., all of whom are natives of this city and have attended Gonzaga College, while the daughters have been students in the Academy of the Holy Name.

Dr. Byrne is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and while living in the east he was appointed on the insane board of Westchester county. Since coming to the northwest he has served as county phj'sician, is now a member of the park board and at one time was mayor of Spokane, in which position he gave to the city a businesslike and public-spirited administration, seeking its welfare and progress along needed lines of reform and improvement.

Robert Lewis Rutter

Robert Lewis Rutter, one of Spokane's capitalists who in the management of important financial interests has displaced ready mastery of the intricate and difficult questions which arise in the management of important business concerns, is now president of the western Union Life Insurance Company, with headquarters at Spokane. His efforts, however, are by no means confined to one undertaking but have proven a helpful factor in the successful management of other interests. Mr. Rutter was born in Pliiladelphia, Pennsylvania. January 31, 1867, his parents being Levi T. and Sally (Penrose) Rutter, the former a sugar manufacturer. Liberal educational advantages were accorded tlie son, who was graduated from the

University of Pennsylvania in 1886 with the Bachelor of Science degree. He there made his initial step in the commercial world in connection with the wool commission business of Justice Bateman & Company, of Philadelphia. Gradually he has worked his way upward, advancing step by step, each point of progress bringing him a wider outlook and better opportunities. His ability as an organizer and manager is well recognized and thus he has been called to positions of executive control in connection with important interests. He is now the president of the Western Union Life Insurance Company ; vice president of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company: president of the First State Bank of St. Joe, Idaho; a director of the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad ; and a director of the Title Guaranty Company. He finds ready solution for difficult financial problems and when one avenue of activity seems closed, carves out another path which leads to the goal for which he is striving.

On the 21st of February, 1892, in Walla Walla, Washington, Mr. Rutter was united in marriage to Miss Isabel Page, a daughter of Thomas Page, county auditor of Walla Walla county, and a granddaughter of Governor Gale, of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Rutter have four children: Frances, Robert L., Carol Penrose and Sally Perkins. The familj- attend the Episcopal church and Mr. Rutter also belongs to the Zeta Psi, the Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He likewise belongs to the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club, the Spokane Athletic Association and the Spokane Tennis Club and greatly enjoys all athletic and manly outdoor sports. He is a republican of the insurgent order, being a believer in the independent policy that does not recognize the domination of boss leadership but seeks to make the party the expression of public opinion. His interest, however, is not confined to business or to things of pleasure. He has been a cooperant factor in many projects for the public good and a generous contributor to beiievolent work. For ten years he was president of St. Luke's Hospital and was formerly treasurer of All Saints Cathedral. He is thoroughly loyal to the interests of the northwest, recognizing the fact that here history is being made and that countless opportunities are offered for the upbuilding of a splendid inland empire.

C. Herbert Moore

C. Herbert Moore is numbered among Spokane's representative men and one whose life record should be a stimulus to the effort and ambition of others. A prominent New York financier once said: "If you do not succeed, do not place the blame upon circumstance or environment but where it belongs - upon yourself. If you would win success you must be willing to pay the price of earnest, selfdenying effort." With a realization of this fact, Mr. Moore entered upon his business career and as the years have passed by, he closely watched for opportunities which he ever improved to the best advantage. The methods which he pursued challenged the admiration and respect of those with whom he was associated and the energy which he displayed won him that recognition which always results in promotion. Thus gradually step by step he advanced until Spokane numbers him among her capitalists, and moreover, accords him honor as a citizen whose labors have been effective forces in improvement, reform and progress here.

Mr. Moore was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, April 30, 1855, his parents being Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Conklin) Moore, the latter a representative of the famous Conklin famih' of Long Island, New York. The father was a pioneer of Wisconsin and removed to that state from Maine in 1841. His business interests were of a varied nature and included the building of the first steamboat that sailed on Lake Winnebago and the Fox river. He was also engaged in the lumber business, and the extent and importance of his activities made him well known throughout the entire state.

After mastering the early branches of learning taught in the public schools of Wisconsin, C. Herbert Moore spent a year as a student in Hellmuth College, at London, Ontario. He then returned to his native city, where he became associated with his father and brother in the manufacture of wagons and carriages, continuing in business for twelve 3'ears. Gradually he gained comprehensive knowledge of business methods and his expanding powers and talents were manifest in the success which came to him in the organization and conduct of important interests in the west. He made his way to the Pacific coast in 1887 and spent the winter in southern California, but in the spring of 1888 came to Spokane, entering into active connection with its business interests as the secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Cable Company and also of the Spokane Street Railway Company, the latter being acquired from Cannon & Browne, the original franchise holders. At this time the cars were operated with horse power, but under the direction of Mr. Moore and his associates electricity was introduced as the motive power and many other improvements made. He was associated with the two companies until 1893, when he disposed of his holdings and concentrated his attention upon other interests. He became one of the original stockholders in the Holly-Mason Hardware Company and also the Grote-Rankin Companj', of which he was secretary for two years. For a time he was cashier of the Spokane Hotel and for a period of five years was associated with Finch & Campbell, mine owners. The business affairs with which he has been associated have prospered, owing in no small degree to his ability, keen discernment and progressive spirit, and his labors have at all times been an element in public progress as well as individual prosperity.

On the 3d of October, 1878, at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Jennie S. Galloway, a daughter of Edwin H. and Maria H. Galloway, who were pioneer residents of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Moore reside at No. 207 Eighth avenue, in an attractive home, which he erected thirteen years ago. They are well known in the social circles of the city and the hospitality of the best homes of Spokane is freely accorded them.

Mr. Moore is identified with no clubs or fraternities but is active in matters of citizenship and at all times cooperates readily, earnestly and helpfully in matters which have contributed to the general welfare and upbuilding of Spokane. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and upon its ticket he was elected in 1907 to the office of mayor. No ambition for political preferment led him to accept this office but an earnest desire to serve the people, and one act, if no other, of his administration will stand out for all time as a service of signal benefit to the city - the closing of its dance halls. Other official labors, however, are commendable, for he gave to the city a businesslike and progressive admin- istration. He was instrumental in the establishment of Natatorium Park as a private enterprise while connected with the street railways, but later sold this to the company and today it is one of the finest parks in the northwest. He was likewise largely responsible in interesting the Washington water power and traction officials and a few prominent landowners in donating to the city the tract of land that is now the beautiful Manito Park. Many other tangible evidences of his devotion to Spokane's welfare might be cited. These, however, are sufficient to indicate his deep interest in the city, the cause of which he champions with a contagious enthusiasm. He stands as a high type of citizenship of the west and his business record indicates what may be accomplished when with a will, to do and to dare, the individual sets himself resolutely to the tasks of life and lets no opportunity pass by unheeded.

Edward O'Shea

The military experience of Edward O'Shea constitutes a most interesting chapter in his life history, which has at length brought him into close connections with financial interests in Spokane as the president of the Spokane Savings & Loan Society. He was born in Limerick, Ireland, July 12, 1847, and acquired his early education in the schools of that city. He came to America in 1865 with his parents and their family, being at that time a youth of eighteen years. Immediately afterward he joined the regular army, enlisting in Company G of the Second Battalion, Thirteenth United States Infantry. He saw about eight months' active service in the Civil war and, continuing with the army, was from 1866 until 1869 in North and South Dakota, participating in the Indian warfare that was being constantly waged on the frontier. From 1870 until 1872 he was in southern Arizona, campaigning against the Apache Indians under General Stoneman and General Crook. The Apaches have ever been recognized as among the most wily of the red tribes and this required a method of warfare in which the ordinary soldier is not usually trained. He cannot meet his foe face to face in the open but must constantly be on the watch for a skulking enemy that uses every available tree or stone for shelter and employs the methods of surprise and treacherj' to overcome his foe. At length Mr. O'Shea was transferred to the Department of the Columbia, with which he continued from 1872 until 1884. For twelve years being stationed most of the time at Old Fort Colville and Vancouver, Washington, with the Twenty-first Infantry, and during the uprising of the Bannock and Piute Indians in 1878 he took part in the campaign, participating in the battle of Umatilla on the 13th of July of that year. In that engagement the Indians were defeated and turned back. Mr. O'Shea served on the staff of General Evan Miles and was recommended in general orders for a medal of honor for distinguished services in carrying orders under fire of the enemy. In 1884 he was transferred to the Department of the Platte and stationed at Sidney, Nebraska, as sergeant major of the Twenty-first Infantry until congress established a new grade of post quartermasters, when he was promoted to that rank and transferred to the quartermaster's department, serving from 1884 until 1887. He was for a part of the time at Fort Sidney, Nebraska, and the remainder of the time at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he had charge of the construction of the new cavalry and artillery schools. His health there became impaired and, failing to secure relief, he resigned from the service in May, 1887, with the rank of post quartermaster sergeant.

Mr. O'Shea at once came to Spokane with the intention of taking up liis abode in the city but soon afterward received appointment from President Cleveland as post trader and Postmaster at Fort Spokane, whither he went, there conducting a general merchandise business and also engaging in contract work for the United States government until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war in 1898, at which time the war department abandoned this post. On account of the educational advantages which he could secure in Spokane for his children, he decided to remove to this city and was thereafter engaged in the real-estate and insurance business until 1909, when he retired. He has, however, important investments, as is indicated by the fact that he is president of the Spokane Savings & Loan Society and a director in the Traders National Bank.

On the 19th of May, 1879, Mr. O'Shea was married at Vancouver, Washington, to Miss Mary A. Crommey and they now have two children: Edward J., of Spokane; and Mary Catherine. Since 1880 he has been a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and also belongs to the Knights of Columbus, in which for two terms he has been grand knight. He holds membership in St. Aloysius Roman Catholic church and takes an active interest in its welfare. His life covers a varied and interesting experience, which, if written in detail, would furnish, many a chapter of thrilling interest. He well merits the rest that is now his, because of his long and untiring devotion to his adopted country as a representative of its military interests.

Samuel Glasgow

Samuel Glasgow is secretary and treasurer of the Centennial Mill Company, the largest enterprise of the kind in the state, and its development is attributable in no small degree to his efforts and business discernment. There is no esoteric phase in his life history, the secret of his success being found in his close application, earnest purpose and unfaltering industry. These qualities have brought him prosperity and have placed him in a conspicuous and honorable position among the leading business men of Spokane. He was a young man of about twenty-three years when he came to the northwest, his birth having occurred in Laporte, Indiana, October 16, 1858. His parents were Hugh and Nancy J. Glasgow, the former a successful farmer and stock-raiser.

At the usual age the son began his education in the public schools and through the periods of vacation assisted in the work of the home farm, early recognizing the value of industry and determination as factors for successful accomplishment in the business world. He felt that the limits and opportunities of farm life were somewhat circumscribed, and wishing to enter a broader field of labor, he left home and accepted a position in the freight department of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. After a few years, however, he decided that still better advantages could be obtained in the far west and in the spring of 1882 arrived in Spokane, where he has since made his home. He found here a small town of comparatively little commercial or industrial importance, yet he recognized its advantageous situation, and with people in the west and its future he identified his interests with the growing little city. For the first two years he was employed as a clerk in a general store and later obtained his milling experience through four years' service as an employe in the Clarke & Curtis mill. Finding in this a congenial occupation and one which promised substantial results, Mr. Glasgow used the capital which he had saved from his former earnings in the development of a business which was established under the name of the Centennial Mill Company, his partners in this enterprise being Moritz Thomsen and George Pahl. They erected a mill and the business increased rapidly as the country became more and more thickly settled. Today theirs is the largest business of the kind in the state, for they not only operate the Spokane mill but have eleven others situated in various parts of Washington. Mr. Thomsen, who is president of the company, now makes his home in Seattle and looks after the branch of the business there, while Mr. Glasgow manages the home office, bending his energies to administrative direction and executive control.

On the 7th of August, 1887, Mr. Glasgow was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. McLeod, of San Francisco, California, and they now have one daughter, Ethel Leonora Glasgow, who resides with her parents at the Westminster Hotel. With appreciation for the high and commendable purposes upon which the fraternal organizations have been founded, Mr. Glasgow is connected with Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M.; Oriental Consistory, No. 2, S. P. R. S.; Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T.; El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; Imperial Lodge, No. 13J., I. O. O. F.; and Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. He is also a member of the Spokane Club. He has never taken active part in politics, or held public office, yet he is ready at all times to do anything for the advancement of the city and has been a cooperant factor in many movements which have been followed by tangible results for the progress and upbuilding of Spokane. Moreover, he is one of the most popular residents of the city because of his sterling worth and his unfeigned cordiality. He is at all times appreciative of good qualities in others and in his own life has given proof of the Emersonian philosophy, that the way to win a friend is to be one.

John W. Witherop

John W. Witherop, a Spokane capitalist whose whole business career has displayed the utmost fearlessness, capability and initiative, was for a long period connected with the development of the oil fields of Pennsylvania, maintaining an independent position in opposition to the methods of the trust. He was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1860, his parents being Peter Titus and Olivia J. (Barnsdall) Witherop. His family were among the pioneers in the operation of the oil fields of Pennsylvania, owning and drilling the second completed oil well in the world, for it was at Titusville that oil was first discovered. In that district John W. Witherop was reared and early had the opportunity to witness the development of a great industry, for his father continued to produce oil for many years.

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His own interest in the business was thus stimulated, and after the acquirement of his education he turned his attention to that field of activity. In his youthful days he was a student in the Peekskill Military Academy of Peekskill, New York, graduating as adjutant of the battalion, and in the Buchtel College of Akron, Ohio. He next pursued a law course in the Universitj' of Pennsylvania - and was vicepresident of the class of 1881, - in order that he might have the benefits of a legal training in his business, for already the oil interests had become sharply contested and efforts were being made toward a consolidation which would crusli out the individual producers and refiners.

Following his graduation, and admission to the bar of Philadelphia, John W. Witherop returned at once to Titusville, where he became a member of the firm of Rice, Robinson & Witherop and began producing and refining oil. His partners were also men of experience in the business and from the outset the firm became recognized as leading factors in the development of the oil fields and in the control of the trade. This was in 1881. The following year the Standard Oil Trust was organized, and so important had the firm of Rice, Robinson & Witherop become that they were offered every inducement to join the newly organized corporation; but Mr. Witherop, who had the decisive voice in the management of the business, determined to remain independent and for many years successfully fought the trust in both the domestic and the foreign trade.

During the period Mr. Witherop was president of the Independent Oil ' Refiner's Association of Titusville, Pennsylvania, and as the head of this association and as a member of the firm of Rice, Robinson & Witherop, he prosecuted the fight against rebates which the railroads were giving to the Standard Oil trust, and at the same time exacting from the independents excessive rates for transportation to seaboard. Such was the condition of affairs when he undertook this great cause, but Mr. Witherop was equal to the occasion and single-handed he fought the railroads for their discrimination in favor of the Standard, and for a fair chance and square deal -for the independents, and he won, as usual. He not only obtained for the independent refiners greatly more reasonable rates, but he stopped the rebating to the Standard, and on this fairer basis of rates the independent oil refiners have ever since competed favorably to themselves with the trust, and owe their continued existence, to a very great extent, today to John W. Witherop. There are many other cases that he fought out with the Standard trust, and fought well and won. One being when the trust tried to freeze out Mr. Witherop's firm in Buffalo, but in a short time he brought the trust to terms, and the business of the independents was put on a profitable basis. This and many other fights he won despite all the efforts of the trust magnates to either force the independent oil refiners into the combination or put them out of business. At length, however, his health failed him and in 1891 he sold his oil interests to liis partners and in 1892 came to Spokane, where he has during the past twenty years, with unremitting action and determination, exerted his lifelong tendency of curbing the unlawful movements of the corporate powers.

Mr. Witherop was one of the pioneers in the great mining industry of the northwest, and as early as the year 1893 he penetrated the wilds of the mount^iins of Washington, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia, riding on the back of a "cayuse" over the old Indian trails, searching for some of the mineral wealth contained in those vast fields of opportunity. In the early history of the Rossland

Camp, in British Columbia, Mr. Witlierop was one of the large owners of the famous Josie mine, and was vice president and a trustee of the compan_v then owning that property. The Josie adjoins the great Le Roi mine, and is now operated by the Le Roi Companj', a British corporation. Mr. Witherop owns valuable and extensive mining interests in various parts of the northwest, and he is a large owner of real estate in Spokane and elsewhere, his most recent purchase being the Elks' Temple, which is one of the largest and handsomest blocks in the heart of the business section of the city.

On the 29th of September, 1885, occurred the marriage of Mr. Witherop and Miss Belle Rose Andrews, a daughter of William H. and Rose (Eddy) Andrews, of Titusville, Pennsylvania. Her father was for years a prominent figure in the republican party of that state and for a long period served in the state senate and as chairman of tlje republican state committee of Pennsylvania. For some years he has resided in New Mexico, from which territory he is now a delegate to congress. Mr. Witherop has never become actively engaged in politics, nor has he sought nor held public office. He prefers the quiet of home life, and the association of a select circle of friends. His residence for eighteen years has been at West 2430 Pacific avenue.

Homer J. Shinn

Homer J. Shinn as the president of the H. J. Shinn Company, of Spokane, is at the head of the largest commission and fruit-shipping business in the Inland Empire and has demonstrated his initiative spirit and executive force in the establishment, management and control of this undertaking. He was born at Quincy, Illinois, June 10, 18GJ, his parents being James and Elizabeth (Reeder) Shinn, who, leaving the middle west in 1880, came with their family to the Pacific coast, traveling hy stage from Wallula Junction, which was then the terminus of the railroad. Spokane was their destination and soon after their arrival the father made arrangements, whereby he became engaged in stock-raising in Whitman county. He afterward returned to the cit}', where he established a window, door and sash manufactory which was conducted imder the name of the Spokane Manufacturing Company. He was one of the pioneers of the northwest and one of the first to engage in this line of business in the Inland Empire, his industrial and commercial activity adding much to the development of this section of the country. His death occurred here in 1891 and the mother, surviving for about fifteen years, passed away in 1906. In their family were six children, namely: Pet, who married William Manning, of Spokane; LeRoy and Horace, both now deceased; Maxwell, a resident of Grants Pass, Oregon: Wilbur, of Derby, Kansas; and Homer J., of this review.

The last named was a youth of fifteen years wlien tlie family came to Washington and his education was continued in the public schools here and in Spokane College. He was afterward proprietor of the Black Hawk livery stable situated at the corner of j\Iain and Howard streets and subsequently the business was removed to Riverside avenue, where the Tidball block now stands. Later Mr. Shinn engaged in the feed and grain business on Riverside avenue on tlie present location of the

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I. X. L. store and in 1S86 he embarked in the commission business on the present site of the Holly-Mason Company building at the corner of Howard street and Railroad avenue. Following the great fire of 1889 he removed to his present location at the corner of Howard and Railroad and the business has grown until the company today exceeds all other commission merchants and fruit shippers of the Inland Empire in the volume of business conducted. They receive fruits from California in carload lots, distributing the same all over the northwest and shipping immense quantities into Alberta. They are the largest shippers of apples in this section, sending large quantities to New York and also to England. The business in its present extent and importance is largely due to the efforts and capable management of ^Ir. Shinn whose enterprising spirit overcomes all difficulties and ob- .stacles and falters not until the goal of success is reached. Mr. Shinn has never sought nor desired public office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, and is now president of the Keystone Produce Company, of I-ewiston, Idaho, and the Kej'stone Fruit Companj', of Entiat, Washington, which are subsidiary companies of the H. J. Shinn Company, the latter owning five hundred and twenty acres of ver}' valuable fruit land near Wenatchee, Washington, of which one hundred and fifty acres have been planted to pears and apples.

Fraternally Mr. Shinn is connected with the Masons and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Notles of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Spokane Club and to the Inland Club. He is pleasantly situated in his home life, having been married on the 25th of July, 1888, in Spokane, to Miss Phoebe Barmon, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Barmon, of Detroit, Michigan. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Shinn is at No. 1405 Eighth avenue and was erected by him about two years ago. One has but to read between the lines of this review to learn of the determined spirit, unfaltering enterprise and excellent business ability of Mr. Shinn, for from a humble position in the business world he has worked his way steadily upward until he is now one of the most prominent representatives of the fruit trade on the Pacific coast.

David B. Fotheringham

David B. Fotheringham, a Spokane capitalist with offices at 511 Empire State building, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 19, 1856, a son of William and Isabella (Boyd) Fotheringham. The father conducted a general mercantile store in Cleveland and afterward removed to Waterford, Pennsylvania, near Erie, where his last days were passed, his death there occurring in 1870. The mother long survived him and passed away in Spokane in 1888. Their family numbered four children, David, Isabella, Jennie and William, but the last three died before reaching maturity,

David B. Fotheringham pursued his education in the public schools of Waterford and of Erie, Pennsylvania, and on starting out in life learned the carpenter's trade. He was about fourteen years of age at the time of his father's death and from that time forward has largely been dependent upon his own resources. The steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible and his advancement has come from his ready recognition and utilization of opportunities which others have passed heedlessly by. In 1877 he left Pennsylvania and removed to Denver, Colorado, where he engaged in the contracting and building business until 1883. Interesting stories from time to time reached him concerning the development and growth of the northwest and it was this which led him to establish his home in Spokane, where he arrived on the 1st of November, 1883. For many years he continued in business here as a building contractor and among some of the most notable buildings that he erected here are the Spokane county courthouse, the Washington school, the Nettleton school, the Webster school, Hotel Spokane and the M. Seller & Company building. He retired from active business six years ago but still acts as vice president of the Washington Brick & Lime Company. His patronage for a long period was so extensive and his labors so carefully and wisely directed that he derived therefrom a substantial annual income that in time gave him the competence that now enables him to live retired.

On the 27th of September, 1882, at Raton, New ^Mexico, Mr. Fotheringham was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jennings, a daughter of Captain William H. and Catherine Jennings, of that place. The father was a captain of the United States army and after many years devoted to the military service of his country died at Raton in 1898. The mother has since made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Fotheringham. Unto this marriage there were born four children: William Henry, who is engaged in the real-estate business at Cooes Bay, Oregon ; David Dalton, operating a fruit ranch on Pleasant Prairie; Benjamin Harrison, a student; and Bernard Jennings, who is also pursuing his education. The family residence is at No. 2128 Second avenue.

Mr. Fotheringham is a valued member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance has been given to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he is active in its work, doing all in his power to promote its growth and secure the adoption of its principles. He served as councilman of Spokane in 1888 and in 1891 was called to the office of mayor for a two years' term. His loyalty to the best interests of the communitj' is well known and it is a recognized fact that his cooperation can always be counted upon to further any progressive municipal movement which his sound judgment suggests. During the period of his residence in Spokane he has gained a wide acquaintance, winning a prominent position not only in business circles but in the regard of his fellow townsmen whom he meets in political, fraternal and social relations.

George Smith Brooke

Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in business and financial circles in Spokane than George Smith Brooke, who is at this writing the head of the oldest banking institution of the city, for the Bank of Spokane Falls, which had previously been founded by A. M. Cannon, sometime since passed out of existence. Mr. Brooke's insight has been clear, his sagacity keen and in the performance of the interests under, his control he has displayed business ability and integrity that well entitle him to the success and honorable name that is now his. He has resided on the Pacific coast since early manhood, althougli his hirth occurred at Dubuque, Iowa, February 12, 1855. His father was the Rev. Robert Dunbar Brooke, an Episcopal minister, who was born in Maryland and was educated at Princeton University, New Jersey. The mother, Mary Watson (Smith) Brooke, was born in Virginia and was the daughter of an Episcopal minister. The ancestry of the family can be traced back In direct line to Saver de Quincy, one of the barons who signed the jNIagna Charta at Runnymede in 1215. The authenticated lineage of the family goes back through David, king of Scotland, and Fergus II to Charlemagne. The family was founded in America by Robert Brooke who after his graduation from Wadham College at Oxford, came to ^laryland in 1650. He was the founder of Charles county and afterward served as colonial governor. On the pages of Mr. Brooke's ancestral history also appears the names of Colonel Lloyd Beall and General James Slaughter, who were officers of the Revolutionary war. His uncle, Lloyd Brooke, was one of the first settlers of Walla Walla county and aided in its organization, while another uncle, Isaac W. Smith, was acting secretary of state under Governor Stevens.

Reared in a home of culture, where education and character development were rated above all else, George Smith Brooke was given excellent school advantages and is a graduate of Griswold College of Davenport. Entering business life he was for two years employed as car recorder for the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad Company and in IS?! came to the Pacific northwest. He first established his home in Portland, where for four years he occupied the position of bookkeeper with the firm of Allen & Lewis, of that city, and during the succeeding four years was bookkeeper and passenger agent for the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. In the summer of 1874 while purser of a steamer running between Celilo and Lewiston, the boat was laid over on Sundays at Wallula and from that period he dates his residence in Washington. Ever watchful of opportunities for advancement and with laudable ambition to work his way steadily upward, he removed to Sprague in 1882, recognizing there a favorable opening for a banking business. He thereafter became a partner in the firm of Fairweather & Brooke and established a banking house of which he became manager, his partner being at that time division superintendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad. There were only two other banks in Spokane county at the time - a small institution known as the Bank of Cheney which had been organized by John C. Davenport, and the Bank of Spokane Falls, founded by A. M. Cannon. In 1886 the private banking house of Fairweather & Brooke was incorporated as the First National Bank of Sprague and in 1896 was transferred by special act of congress to Spokane, the name being changed to the Fidelity National Bank of Spokane though it retained its original charter number. As both of its predecessors in the banking field have since passed out of existence this remains the pioneer banking institution of Spokane county and from the beginning Mr. Brooke has been its president. To his administrative direction, executive control, powers of keen discernment and of clear sagacity the success of the bank is due and it now ranks among the foremost financial institutions in the northwest.

On the 8th of November. 1882, Mr. Brooke was united in marriage to Miss Julia I. Hill, of Westport, Connecticut, and they have six children, Robert Dunbar, Rebecca, Julia Eltinge, Philip Slaughter, Mary W^son and George ]Magruder. In his political views Mr. Brooke was originally a democrat but since 1896 has stanchly sui)ported the republican party. For three terms he served as mayor of