Spokane, Washington - History, 1912 (part 8 of 23)

Sprague. was chairman of the school board for fourteen years and aided in the organization of Lincoln county. At the present writing he does not take active part in politics because of the demands of an important and growing business, although in the duties of citizenship he is never remiss. He holds membership in the Episcopal church and also with the Spokane Country Club and is of social, genial nature, easily approachable and always courteous. His substantial qualities of manhood and citizenship, his business ability and his sterling worth have gained him a high position in public regard.

Christopher C. Dempsey

Christopher C. Dempsey, who is the owner and proprietor of Hotel Dempsey located at -107 Front street, is well known in the business circles of the city as a man whose business judgment is demonstrated in the success which has attended his efforts. He is a western man by inclination and training and is imbued with the progressive spirit which has been a prominent factor in the building up of the northwest. His birth occurred in Dodge county, Wisconsin, on the 28th of December, 1858, his parents being Connor and Mary (Duffy) Dempsej', the former of whom passed away in 1868, while the latter died in Spokane, July 5, 1911, at the venerable age of eighty-two years. The father was a prominent agriculturist of Wisconsin and for fifteen years was chairman of the town board. During the gold excitement in the far west he made a trip to California, leaving in 1852, but two years later he returned to Wisconsin and again devoted his time to the development of the farm -yvhich he owned.

Christopher C. Dempsey was educated in the public schools of Wisconsin, but during the summer months he was actively engaged in assisting his mother in the cultivation of the home farm. When he was twenty-four years of age he desired to make his own way in the world, but before entering definitely upon any career wished to see something of the world. He spent a short time in Chicago before going to Louisiana, where he remained before going to the Panhandle of Texas, where for two years he worked at surveying. Subsequently he went to Denver where he conducted a restaurant for one year, but in the fall of 1888 he came to Spokane and has since been one of the active promoters of various business undertakings in this city. His first enterprise in this city was engaging in the restaurant business on Post street near the Pacific Hotel. Fortune favored him however, and just before the fire of 1889 he disposed of this property which otherwise would have been destroyed and been a serious loss to him financially. After the fire he started another restaurant on Bernard street which he conducted for a year, when he removed to Howard and Main streets, and there stayed in business until he was elected sheriff in 1896. At the completion of his term of office in 1898, he engaged in the livery business for one year until January, 1900, at which time he disposed of his business and assumed the management of Hotel Dempsey which was situated at the corner of Main and Stevens streets. He occupied that location until 1905 when he erected *he building which is now known as the Hotel Dempsey. It is a substantial three-story and basement brick building, covering a ground j)lan of sixty by one hundred and forty-two feet. It contains ample accommodations for many guests, having one hundred and twenty sleeping rooms. Mr. Dempsey has many of the salient characteristics necessary for the successful hotel manager - geniality, courtesy and consideration for the rights of others.

On the 26th of September, 1889, Mr. Dempsey was married at Union, Oregon, to Miss Mary Ellen Lincoln, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Lincoln of Missouri. To their union five children have been born: Mary Ellen, whose birth occurred on the 19th of December, 1890, and who is a graduate of the Holy Name Academj', graduating in the department of vocal music ; Josephine, who was born on the 18th of October, 1892, and who, since her graduation from Holy Name Academy, has been teaching school in Montana; James P., whose birth occurred on the 2d of June, 1895, and who is a student in Gonzaga College; Robert J., born February 2. 1898; and Lucille K.. wiiose birtli occurred on the 23d of December, 1903.

Mr. Dempsey is among tlie faithful and more prominent attendants at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic church. He is a life member of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and of the Chamber of Commerce, in whose objects for promotion he takes a deep interest. Although he gives his hotel the advantages of his personal management and careful supervision he nevertheless takes great pleasure in the society of his family and in the home life for which his modern residence at East 928 Sinto avenue is admirably adapted.

Burgess L. Gordon

The growth of Spokane deserves to be numbered among the wonders of the world. About three decades ago there was practically no city here and with marvelous rapidity the boundaries of the town have been extended until it now has a population of many thousand, its citizenship upon the whole being a progressive, energetic class, as is manifest by the splendid buildings, the beautiful homes and the growing enterprises. Almost every field of activity is here represented. Among the leading commercial interests is the wholesale grocery house of B. L. Gordon & Company, of which the subject of this review is the president and manager. Under his careful guidance the business is being continually expanded and within twenty-one years has been developed from a tiny undertaking to its ]5resent extensive and gratifying proportions.

Well known and highly respected in the business circles of the city. ]\Ir. Gordon well deserves representation in this volume. His birth occurred in Pike county. Missouri. December 19, 1864, liis parents being John A. and Texana (Early) Gordon, the former a farmer by occupation. The latter was a sister of General Jubal Early, a distinguished officer of the Confederate army.

In the public schools of his native county, Burgess L. Gordon began his education, which was continued in La Grange College, at La Grange, Missouri, .\fter putting aside his text-books he engaged in the wliolesale grocery business and in 1 885 removed to Socorro, New Mexico, where he continued in the same line of trade. But ever alert to favorable opportunities he believed that the Pacific coast country offered still better advantages and therefore disposed of his interests in the south, coming to Spokane in 1890. Here he at once organized the present firm of B. L. Gordon & Company for the conduct of a wholesale grocery business, which is located at the corner of Division and Harrison streets. From the beginning the new enterprise prospered and its growth has been proportionate to the development of the city. Two years ago he buijt the present fine building which is now utilized in the conduct of a business that has reached extensive proportions, being one of the leading establishments of this character in the northwest. Its trade relations cover a wide territory and the business policy of the house has ever been such as to commend it to the confidence and trust of its many patrons. Mr. Gordon has ever held to a high standard in the personnel of the house, in the line of goods carried and in the nature of service rendered to the public.

On the 12th of June, 1890, Mr. Gordon was married to Miss Raphaelita Simpson, a daughter of George S. Simpson, of Trinidad, Colorado, and a niece of Captain Raphael Simms, who commanded the famous Confederate warship Alabama during the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have become the parents of three children, Burgess J., Ralph and Charles. The family attend Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catliolic church and reside in a pleasant home at No. 601 Seventh avenue. Mr. Gordon is not a member of any secret societies but his name appears on the membership roll of the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and his sympathy with its projects for the upbuilding of the city is manifest in active cooperation therewith. He possesses the enterprising spirit of the west which has been the dominant factor in producing the wonderful development of this section. Brooking no obstacles that honest effort can overcome, he has steadily worked his way upward until, having long since left the ranks of the many, he stands among the successful few.

The business interests of Spokane are constantly growing until almost every enterprise known in legitimate trade is here represented. Prominent among the important mercantile interests of this city is the wholesale grocery house conducted under the name of the McClintock-Trunkey Company, of which Robert O. McClintock is president and manager. He has advanced steadily step b_v step to a creditable position in commercial circles and has made his establishment a standard for efficient service and straightforward dealing. His birth occurred in Butler county, Ohio, May 17, 1867, so that he has hardly yet reached the prime of life. His parents were Robert S. and Sarah (Smith) McClintock, the former a prominent farmer of that section.

His youthful days were largclv devoted to the acquirement of an education as a pupil in the public schools of his native county and also of Hanover College at Hanover, Indiana. He made his initial step in the business world, following his removal to Marianna, Arkansas, in 1889. There he engaged in the wholesale grocery business with his brother-in-law, H. D. Trunkey, continuing in the trade there until 1898, when they sold out and came to Spokane, believing that the growing northwest offered much better business opportunities. Here they purchased an interest in the wholesale grocery house of the Boothe-Powell Company and soon afterward the firm name was changed to the Boothe-McClintock Com- pany. A further change in 1906 led to the adoption of the present firm style of the McClintock-Trunkey Company. Each year has witnessed an increase in their business, their trade relations extending out in ramifying connections over a large territory. They have rebuilt and enlarged their present store, wliicli is conveniently situated at the corner of South Stevens street and the Northern Pacific tracks, thus securing the best of shipping facilities. They have made this one of the most progressive and attractive wholesale grocery houses in the Inland Empire. They conduct a general wholesale grocery business and have recently added a most complete line of cigars, pipes and smokers' supplies. Their store is neat and tasteful in its arrangement, the work is thoroughly systematized, orders are promptly filled and the business methods are such as commend the house to a large and growing patronage. The present officers of the company are : Robert O. Mc- Clintock, president and manager; H. D. Trunkey, vice president and treasurer; Sydney S. ^McClintock, secretary; Edwin E. McClintock and J. B. Maclin, directors. The president of this company is also the president of the Imperial Tea & Coffee Company, a subsidiary organization of the McClintock-Trunkey Company, which deals exclusively in tea, coffee and spices.

On the 27th of November, 1895, at Marianna, Arkansas, Mr. McClintock was united in marriage to Miss Gay Trunkey, a daughter of Captain Frank and Eliza (Power) Trunkey, of that city, and they have two children, Sarah Gay and Franklin T. Mr. McClintock has never been interested in politics or held public office. He is, however, alive to the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship and his cooperation is often a tangible factor in movements for the general good. He is now serving as a member of the publicity committee of the Chamber of Commerce, in which connection he is largely exploiting the resources and the opportunities of Spokane. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and also to the First Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as a trustee and as a member of the session. Prominent among the business men of Spokane, Mr. Mc- Clintock has now for thirteen years been closely identified with the historj' of the city as a representative of one of its most important commercial interests. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and his executive ability and excellent management have brought to the concern with which he is connected, a large degree of success. The prosperity of the company is certainly due in considerable measure to its president, who has largely inaugurated its policy.

Colonel Fleetwood Ward

Business conditions in recent years Iiave brought forth the term "promoters " - men capable of seeing business opportunities, of handling practical situations and of solving intricate business problems. Their capital, too, is used in financing business propositions and such men are pushing forward the wheels of progress in no uncertain manner. To this class belongs Colonel Fleetwood Ward, who makes Spokane his home. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 6, ISiy, a son of A. F. and !Mary (Silvers) Ward, both of whom are now deceased, the father having died in 189,3 and the mother in 1890. The ancestors of the fnmily were early settlers of Pennsylvania, liaving come to America at the time

William Penn established his colony. Tliey settled in Chester county and a greatuncle of A. F. Ward was an officer in the Revolutionary war, while Mrs. Ward was the niece of a captain of the war of 1812 - captain of a privateer on the sea. He was captured and confined in an English prison where he died. Two brothers of Colonel Ward were soldiers in the Civil war, one serving with a Kansas regiment while the other became a captain of the Third Pennsylvania and afterward served as captain in the Twenty-second United States Infantry while subsequent to the close of hostilities he became aid-de-camp to General Hancock.

Colonel Ward was educated in the public and high schools of Philadelphia and for a brief period was a pupil in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. In the meantime, however, after completing his high-school course he worked for a Philadelphia banking firm with which lie continued for five years, and during the last year was manager of their New York office. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he remained for a year. On the expiration of that period he joined General Custer on the plains and was with him for a few months as an independent scout, with the now famous Buffalo Bill and also with Wild Bill. He left that section of the country to go to Chicago, where he was employed for a few months, and was also for a few months in Philadelphia. From the latter city he went to Ohio, where he engaged in the milling business for three years with his brother-in-law. At the end of that time the brother-in-law died, leaving a large estate, and Colonel Ward devoted the succeeding four years to its settlement. He then went to the Bowling Green country where he engaged in drilling for oil, becoming interested in several oil companies with which he was connected until 1886, when they were put out of business by the trust. In that year Colonel Ward went to Gallipolis, where he made a contract to pay one hundred thousand dollars to Petrot, the inventor of the computing scales, for the patents governing the scales. He then proceeded to Detroit, where he opened an office and organized the first computing scales company known as the Detroit Computing Scales Company. Of this he was president until he sold his holdings to the Bonney & Smith Manufacturing Company of Dayton, and this was later acquired by Camby, the baking powder king of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Ward then went to New York and purchased a seat on the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange, with which business he was connected until 1892. He afterward entered the employ of the W. J. Hayes & Son Bond Company, remaining as manager of their New York office for two years. Subsequently he engaged in traveling for a short time for the company but severed his connection with that firm to engage in mining enterprises with a Mr. Denslow under the firm name of Denslow, Ward & Company. Mr. Ward also assisted in organizing the company that chartered the steamer Excelsior for the season of 1896 to go from San Francisco to Alaska for gold, and Mr. Ward was one of the first to exploit the gold resources of the far northwest. He organized the Boston & Alaska Mining Company and later the Alaska Gold Syndicate Company, both of which had gold-bearing properties. Subsequently the latter company had established offices in Berlin. Paris and London and for a time enjoyed a period of substantial prosperity. Colonel Ward was al.so one of the organizers of the Cook Inlet Coal Fields Company, one of the first to make known the coal deposits of Alaska, the business being a profitable one until coal oil was discovered in California, which practically put the comjiany out of business as transportation charges from Alaska to San Francisco were too high to allow them to compete with the home product. Colonel Ward was prominently and actively connected with these interests until 1900, when he severed his connection with the Alaska propositions and came to the Colville valley, taking up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and filing on a timber claim at the same time. Two years before his arrival in Colville he had organized tlie Old Hickory Mining Company with properties in the Colville valley, and when he removed to the district he began to develop this property. On his arrival in 1900 he also purchased some other mining properties and organized the Butte & Washington Mining and Milling Company for their development. Of this company, which has property on Kettle river and is doing business today, he is the president and general manager. It was Colonel Ward who located the marble lands on the Kettle river, seventeen miles north of Kettle Falls, afterward selling out to the well known Kettle River Marble Company. His attention is largely given to the interests of the Butte & Washington jMining and Milling Company and he has arranged, also, to spend a part of his time at Arden, Washington, for he is vice president of the Arden Orchards Company, in which he became interested two years ago. He is also a director of the Farmer Jones Mining Company of Idaho, and is interested in several mines in the Coeur d'Alene country.

On the 15th of January, 1872, in Philadelphia, Colonel Ward was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Howard and they have one son, Fleetwood, who is engaged in business in ^Montreal, Canada. Colonel M''ard is a republican and fraternally was connected with the Knights of Pythias and was a charter member of Elks Lodge, No. 52, of Ohio, which was instituted by Tony Pastor. A point of interest in Colonel Ward's life is that he copied the first contract for the consolidation of oil refineries between a Mr. Logan and J. D. Rockefeller, at which time he was reading law in a law office in Philadelphia. He has been interested in some sporting events, ha\ang pulled in the first eight-oared shell race ever held in the country. He also organized the Crescent Boat Club of Philadelphia and held the championship swimming medal in that part of the country for three years. In his later days he has found excitement and interest in his operations and speculations in business projects, and has been interested more or less in mining companies in ^Montana, Nevada, Colorado, Washington and Idaho as well as in Alaska. Moreover, his labors have ofttimes been of a character that have contributed largely toward the development of the districts In which he has operated and tluis to the substantial growth and progress of the commimity. He has courage, enterprise and sagacity and has won success where many a more conservative man would have feared to venture.

Richard Dale Miller

Among those who are active in controlling the financial situation in Spokane is Richard Dale Miller, of the bond firm of Eggleston & Company, with offices in the Columbia building. His business methods have always been characterized by straightforward dealing and through his energy and determination he has reached a prominent place in business- circles. His birth occurred in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1868, his parents being John and Lucetta Miller, fanning people of that county. While spending his youthful days under the parental roof he attended the public schools of his native countj' and upon the death of his father removed to Lincoln, Nebraska, where his elder brother, John E. Miller, was located. He there supplemented his early educational opportunities by a course of study in the University of Nebraska and made his initial step in the business world as an employe in the First National Bank of Lincoln. He was assigned to the position of assistant cashier and remained in continuous connection with the bank for ten j'ears, from 1882 until 1892. This gave him comprehensive understanding of the various departments of banking and also of the bond business, and upon resigning his position in the First National he opened a bond office in Lincoln, where he remained for four years. The opportunities of the growing west attracted him and in 1896 he came to Sj)okane to take charge of the bond department of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Compan}', which position he filled through the succeeding decade. He then resigned to become vice president of the Exchange National Bank, serving as such in 1907 and 1908. Thinking to find a more profitable field of labor as a dealer in bonds, he left the bank and formed the present partnership with !M. H. Eggleston under the firm style of Eggleston & Company. His previous long and varied experience in this field constituted the foundation of the success which has since been enjoyed by the firm and which has brought them to a prominent position in the financial circles of the city.

Mr. Miller was married on the 8th of February, 1906, to Miss Nellie Roche, of Spokane, who died in 1908, her death being deeply regretted by many friends. Mr. Miller belongs to the Masonic fraternity in which he has attained high rank as is indicated by the fact that he has crossed the sands of the desert with the nobles of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Elks lodge of Spokane and his name is on the membership roll of the Spokane Club and of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He has made many friends during the period of his residence in this city and is always a welcome visitor in the club rooms. His has been an all-around development and his life has exemplified the sterling qualities of progressive citizenship and honorable manhood.

William Edward Sander

William Edward Sander, though yet a young man, holds a responsible position in business circles as vice president and general manager of the Idaho Mercantile Company of Coeur d'Alene, the largest department store in Idaho. His birth occurred at Coeur d'Alene on the 2d of March, 1886, his parents being Valentine W. and Louise F. (Lohmann) Sander. Valentine W. Sander, a native of Hamburg, Germany, was brought to the United States by his parents in 1863, when a lad of six years, the family home being established in Muscatine, Iowa. Tliere he obtained his education and began his business career as clerk in a store. In 1877 he came to Coeur d'Alene and with a small capital, in 1883, established the business which has developed into the Idaho Mercantile Company, the largest department store in Idaho. Since 1911 the Idaho Mercantile Company has established a branch house at St. Maries, Idaho. Mr. Valentine Sander acts as the president of this important concern and also has acquired much valuable real estate throughout this section. He

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William E. Sander obtained his early education in the public sciiools of Coeur d'Alene, later attended the high school at Burlington, Iowa, and subsequentl_y entered the University of Washington at Seattle, which in 1907 conferred upon him the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts. Immediately afterward he entered his father's establishment as assistant manager and in 1908 was made vice president and general manager of the Idaho Mercantile Company, in which capacity he has rendered valuable service to the present time. Outside of this important office he acts as the vice president of the Coeur d'Alene Grain & Milling Company. A young man of unfaltering enterprise and unmistakable ability, his rise in the business world is assured.

While attending the University of Washington in Seattle, Mr. Sander met Miss Helen ^McDonald, who was also a student there and who was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1908. Their marriage was celebrated in Seattle on the 1st of September, 1909, and has been blessed with a son, Donald Lohmann, whose birth occurred on the 1st of August, 1910. Mrs. Sander is a daughter of Judge F. A. ^McDonald, of Seattle. Since her marriage she has resided at No. 83 Park Drive, Coeur d'Alene.

Mr. Sander is a stanch republican in politics and served as president of the citv council of Coeur d'Alene from 1909 until 1911. In ^lasonry he has won high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He holds membership in the following organizations : Kootenai Lodge, No. 21, A. F. & A. !M. ; Coeur d'Alene Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M. ; Temple Commandery, No. 12, K. T., of wliich he was junior warden in 1909; Kadosh-Idaho Consistory, No. 3, S. P. R. S. ; and Calam Temple. N. M. S., of Lewiston, Idaho. He likewise belongs to Queen Esther Chapter. N'o. 12, Eastern Star, and the Knights of Pythias, both of Coeur d'Alene, as well as the Sj3okane Club and tlie Inland Club of Spokane. He is a charter member and trustee of Coeur d'Alene Lodge, No. 125 1, B. P. O. E. Of the Commercial Club he acts as vice president and fills the same position in relation to the Kootenai County Growers Association. In every walk of life he has w6n the respect and unqualified confidence of those with whom he has come in contact.

Francis E. Langford

In no profession does merit depend more largely upon individual ability than in the practice of law, and progress at the bar is therefore indicative of ])ersonal power in the anal.vsis and presentation of cases. Francis E. Langford is one who for the past seventeen years has followed the profession in Spokane. He does not specialize in anj' particular field but continues in general practice and in the citation of ])rinciple and precedent indicates his comprehensive understanding of the science upon which is based the stable existence of every communitj-. He was born in London, England, August 22, 1859, and after attending school in the northern part of England, completed his education in the university at Bonn, on the Rhine, in Germany. His fatlier died when he was very young but his stepfather )irovided the means of an education and in tlie improvement of the op|ior-

Coming to America in 1882, he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph & Express Company in the capacity of private secretary to the general manager, at Baltimore, ^Maryland. After a few months he was transferred to New York, where he acted in the same capacity to David H. Bates, president of the company. It was at this time that the consolidation of telegraph companies was brought about and the Baltimore & Ohio became part of the Western Union system. Later he spent some time with an importing house but resigned in 1887 to go to Chicago, there accepting a position of responsibility in the Illinois National Bank. He came to the Pacific coast as a representative of banking interests, having in 1891 accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Commercial National Bank at Portland, Oregon. In the spring of 1892, however, he resigned his position in the Rose City and came to Spokane. Having decided to study law, he began his reading in the office and under the direction of Cyrus Happy. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar and was connected \rith Mr. Happy in law practice until 1898, since which time he has been alone. The members of the bar entertain high consideration for his integrity, dignity, impartiality, love of justice and strong common sense. His force of character and natural qualifications have enabled him to overcome all obstacles and reach a creditable position as a representative of the legal fraternity in this city.

Mr. Langford is equally pleasantly situated in his home life. He was married on the 28th of April, 1897, to Miss Laura Belle Tilton, a daughter of Frederick A. and Hattie G. Tilton, of Spokane, and they now have an interesting little son, Frederick. Mr. Langford has been a republican since becoming a naturalized American citizen and although he was quite active in the party ranks has never aspired to office. He recognizes, however, the duties as well as the obligations of citizenship and cooperates in various movements and measures for the general good. Fraternally he is a Mason and is now a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Since 1892 he has been a member of the Spokane Club and is a life member of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He is interested in all manly outdoor sports and he sees to it that the periods of rest and recreation are such as to preserve an even balance with his professional activity and thus produce a well rounded character.

David Sanborn Prescott

No matter in how much fantastic theorizing one may indulge as to the causation of success, clear reasoning and close investigation will ever bring to light the fact that honorable advancement in business is the result of close application and persistency of purpose. To those qualities David Sanborn Prescott owes his rise in the business world and while all days have not been equally bright he has now won for himself a creditable position in commercial circles, being at the present writing secretary and treasurer of the Union Fuel & Ice Co., of Spokane. He was born in St. Anthony. Minnesota, now a part of the city of Alinneapolis. .January 11, 1859, his parents being Nathan M. and Rozilla M. (Haley) Prescott. The father, who claimed New Hampshire as the state of his nativity, was one of the pioneer settlers of Minnesota, taking up his abode in that state in 1858. He there engaged in the milling business and in 1860 removed from St. Anthony to Castle Rock. ^Minnesota, while later he established the family home at Herman, Grant count}', Minnesota.

David S. Prescott acquired his early education in the public schools of his native state and afterward attended Carleton College at Northfield, Minnesota. Feeling it incumbent to make for himself a place in the business world, in the spring of 1881 he went to Glendive, Montana, where he conducted a drug store, remaining there until March, 1887. At that date he visited Spokane and was so impressed with the possibilities of the country and its future prospects that he returned to Glendive, disposed of his store and in October, 1887, removed his family to this city. Here he opened a drug store which he conducted successfully for a time until his connection with political interests demanded his efforts in other fields. From the first he took an active part in the work of the republican party and was soon appointed chief clerk in the county auditor's office. The value of his service won substantial recognition, when, in 1892, he was elected county treasurer, filling the office during the two succeeding years. He then returned to business life, becoming secretary of the Ross Park Electric Railway Company, operating the first electric line on the Pacific coast and one of the earliest in the country. This now forms a part of the Washington Water Power Company's system. Every change in Mr. Prescott's business connections has meant a step in advance and thus the trend of his orderly progression is easily discernible. After severing his connection with the Ross Park Electric Company he entered the realestate field in connection with his brother, Fred L. Prescott, with whom he was identified in the conduct of a real-estate business under the firm name of Prescott Brothers, until he sold out in February, 1911, to his brother. He is likeivise secretary and treasurer of the Union Fuel & Ice Co. and both branches of his business are proving profitable.

He does not confine his attention, however, solely to commercial interests and business projects which promise only individual return, but is likewise active in fields where public progress is concerned. He has been honored with the presidency of the civil ser%'iee commission of Spokane, an office which he now fills and in which important position many of his ideas for the welfare of the public weal arc transformed into practical measures for the betterment of the city's government. He is now the secretary of the board of trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association and takes a very active part in promoting its welfare and growth. He is also a prominent figure in Masonic circles, widely known throughout the northwest, and liaving served for five years as grand lecturer of the state of Washington, while at the present time he is grand master of the grand lodge for Washington and Alaska. His local membership is with Spokane Lodge, No. 3-i, F. & A. M., of whieli he is a past master; Spokane Chapter, No. 2, R. A. ]M., of wliich he is past high priest; Spokane Council, No. i, R. & S. M. ; Cataract Commandery. No. 3, K. T. ; Oriental Consistory, No. 2, A. A. S. R.; and El Katif Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

On the 16th of November. 1881, :Mr. Prescott was married to Miss Laura Betsworth, of Le Mars, Iowa, a daughter of Captain William Betsworth of that place, and tliey now have four ciiildren: F.thel 1'".. the wife of D. C. Gibson, of

Spokane; and Ernest C, Leslie F. and Verna L., all of this city. Mr. Prescotfs life has been an active and useful one, resulting in the successful accomplishment of whatever he undertakes, not onlj' in a business way but also in other fields of activity. His interests have never been self-centered and he is recognized as one of Spokane's most public-spirited citizens.

Michael M. Cowley

Michael M. Cowley, a retired capitalist, is one of the best known men in eastern Washington, and the consensus of public opinion jalaces him in a prominent position among those whose lives have won for them the respect, good-will and confidence of their fellowmen. He has remained in the Pacific coast country since the spring of 1862 and for some years prior to that time was a resident of the west. He has thus long lived in a district where men are rated not by wealth but by worth and where the opportunity is open for each individual to prove his worth. Coming to America practically empty-handed, he advanced step by step as the way was open. He always watched for favorable opportunity and in the later years of his business activity he was a prominent figure in banking circles in Spokane. He now resides at 1128 Pearl street, and the fruits of his former toil suppl}' him with all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life.

The family name indicates his Irish nativity and ancestry. He was born in Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland, May 9, 18^1, his parents being Hugh and Bridget (Byrne) Cowley. The father was the owner of general mercantile stores in several different localities of that country and won success through well directed business intere.sts. A love of adventure and the opportunities which he believed were to be secured in the new world led Michael M. Cowley to leav: the Emerald isle when fifteen years of age and embark on a sailing vessel for America, where he arrived after a voj'age of forty-nine days. He landed at New York city and proceeded thence to Rochester, New York, where he was employed by a relative in a grocery store at eight dollars per month. Two years were thus passed and he then started for California but as his funds were not sufficient to carry him all the way he proceeded only as far as Leavenworth, Kansas, where a United States military expedition was outfitting for the reinforcement of General Albert Sidney Johnston in the suppression of the Mormon disturbances. Mr. Cowley entered as teamster and was later given clerical work in connection with the expedition, while subsequently he was promoted to a position in the sutler's department at higher wages. He thus traveled across the plains and over the mountains with the expedition to Benicia, California, and as the original object of the trip had been accomplished the troops were sent to different posts in the west. Mr. Cowley was sent to Beall's Crossing in Colorado, afterward Fort !Mojave, and remained in charge of the sutler's stores until the outbreak of the Civil war in 1861.

Mr. Cowley permanently took up his abode on the Pacific coast in the fall of that year, settling at Portland, Oregon, and in the spring of 1862 went to a mining camp at Florence, Idaho, where he engaged in mining until the early part of 1861. He also followed merchandising at Wild Horse Creek, in the Kootenai mining regions, and a'. Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. On the 1th of July, 1872, he settled at

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Spokane Bridge on tlie Spokane river, about seventeen miles east of the falls, the place being then known as Kendall's Bridge, and later as Cowley's Bridge. He continued to conduct a store at that place and at the same time operated the bridge and executed government contracts for furnishing supplies to Fort Coeur d'Alene. Mr. Cowley has been identified with the upbuilding of Spokane since the year of the great fire, entering financial circles here as cashier in the Traders National Bank. His capability for the management of important financial interests was soon manifest and after five years he was elected to the presidency of the bank in which he continued until 1906, when he resigned and retired from active life. He still remains a director of the bank, however, and president of the Savings society.

yir. Cowley was married to Miss Annie Connelly, who was born in Ireland and passed away in Spokane, November 21, 1907, leaving two daughters, Mary Frances and Eleanor B. The former is now the wife of J. F. Reddy, of Medford, Oregon, and has a son and two daughters, while Eleanor B. Cowley became the wife of James Smyth, of Spokane, and has one son and one daughter.

'Sir. Cowley belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, at Spokane, also to St. Aloysius church. He is one of the few men living who have been identified with the settlement of northeastern Washington and the region known as the Inland Empire from the earliest times. He belongs to the little group of distinctively representative business men who have been the pioneers in inaugurating and building up the chief industries of this section of the country. He early had the sagacity and prescience to discern the eminence which the future had in store for this great and growing district, and acting in accordance with the dictates of his faith and judgment he has garnered in the fullness of time the generous harvest which is the just recompense of indomitable industry, integrity and noteworthy enterprise.

William H. Stanley

As jjresident and treasurer of the Spokane Canning Company William H. Stanley is closely and prominently associated with the productive industries of the city, being now at the head of a business of large proportions. He was born in New York city, February 4, 1880, his parents being James and IMaria Stanley, also natives of that city, who now spend a portion of their time in Spokane and the remainder in the eastern metropolis. At the usual age William H. Stanley entered the public schools and supplemented his general course by a more specifically literary course in Williams College of Williamstown, Massachusetts, from which he was graduated with the class of 1902. On leaving college he came to Spokane and in 1903 entered the grocery brokerage business, in which he is still interested. Ever alert to the possibilities of business life, he directed his energies into other channels in 1906, when he joined in organizing the Spokane Canning Company, building a factory at Yardley. Operations were begun in the fall of that year and the business was capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars, with William H. Stanley as president, treasurer and general manager. This is the only plant of this kind in the Inland Empire and from the outset the business has proved a growing and profitable one, gradually extending its ramifying trade interests over a wide territory. The plant now has a capacitor of fifteen hundred cases daily and in the year 1910 sent out thirty thousand cases, while the output for the year 1911 will exceed forty thousand. The plant is in operation for about four months each year but they expect in 1912 to run the plant for six months in the year. Their pay roll averages about eight hundred dollars per week and anything which they put out under the name of the Spokane Valley brand is of high grade and quality, finding a ready sale on the market. They can a.11 kinds of vegetables, fruits and berries and the business is growing steadily. In connection with his interest as president and treasurer of the Spokane Canning Company Mr. Stanley is also president of the Stanley Investment Company and is a director of the Fidelity National Bank.

On the 10th of June, 1908, occurred the marriage of William H. Stanley and Miss Mabel Thorne, of Brooklyn, New York. They have many friends here and their own home is justly celebrated for its warm-hearted hospitality. Mr. Stanley is well known in club and social circles. In his college days he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta and he now belongs to the University, Spokane. Inland and Rotary Clubs, the leading social organizations of this city. The wisdom of his choice in selecting the northwest as the scene of his activities has been demonstrated in the success which has crowned his efforts, making him a well known representative of industrial activity in Spokane.

Frederick Burbidge

The rich mineral deposits of the northwest offer a splendid field of labor for the mining engineer, and as a representative of that profession Frederick Burbidge is now at the head of a substantial and growing business. He was born at Stratford, in Essex county, England, April 16, 1861, and was provided with splendid educational privileges, for after attending the great institution of learning in his native city he became a student at King's College, in London. He was a youth of eighteen years when he left his native land for the new world, arriving in 1 882 at New York city, where for some time he was connected with the Orford Copper Company. After four years he was sent to Butte, Montana, as manager for the Butte Reduction Works, and there remained until 1888, when he came to Spokane. Since that time he has been engaged in mining either in this district or in that of the Coeur d'Alene. For eight years he was manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines and is now manager of the Frisco mine. He understands the great scientific principles which underlie his work, together with every practical phase of the business and his labors have been attended with results highly satisfactory to the companies which he represents, as well as a source of gratifying income to himself. He is now president of the Coeur d'Alene Development Company, and in business matters with whicli he has been connected displays sound judgment and keen discrimination.

On the 18th of May, 1892, occurred the marriage of Mr. Burbidge and Miss Rebecca Florence Williams, a daughter of William and Rebecca Williams, of Seneca Falls, New York. They have two children: Norman E., aged eighteen, now a student in Pliillips Exeter Academy, at Exeter, New Hampshire; and Beatrice F., aged twelve, who is attending Brunot Hall. The family reside at Xo. 806 Seventh avenue. !Mr. Burbidge has never been identified with politics or held office, but is a well known club man of the city and is popular with his associates in the work of the leading social organizations of Spokane. Since 1890 he has held membership in the Spokane Club, of which he was secretary in 1891-2, and he is also a life member of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. The business opportunities of the new world have been so attractive to him that he has never felt regret over leaving his native country. He is thoroughly American in spirit and interests and is a typical citizen of the northwest, alert to every opportunity and recognizing the fact that in this day of close competition, strenuous effort must be put forth to achieve the success which is worth while.

Judge Frank H. Rudkin

Judge Frank H. Rudkin, who by appointment became judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Washington, on the 31st of January, 1911, and since January, 1887, has been a member of the bar of this state, was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, April 23, 186-i. His parents, Bernard and Winnifred (Leonard) Rudkin, were both natives of Ireland and are now residents of Trumbull county, Ohio, where for many years they have made their home. In their family were five sons and one daughter: Frank H. ; Mark L., Edward and William B.. all of whom are residents of Kinsman, Ohio: John J., living in Kennewick, Washington; and Mrs. T. A. Collins, whose home is in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

At the usual age Judge Rudkin entered the public schools of his native county, continuing his education in the high school and later in Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, where he was graduated L. B. with the class of 1886. In January of the following year he arrived in Washington and throughout his entire professional career has been connected with the bar of this state. He practiced law in Ellensburg and North Yakima until 1900, in which year he was elected to the superior court bench from the district comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Franklin counties, his term to cover four years. Such was the record which he made in that connection that in IQOl he was elected judge of the supreme court of the state and served on the bench of the court of last resort in Washington for over six years. From 1909 until 1911 he was chief justice of the supreme court and was then reelected judge of the supreme court, while on the 31st of January, 1911, he was appointed judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Washington. Devotedly attached to his profession, systematic and methodical in habit, sober and discreet in judgment, calm in temper, diligent in research, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, courteous and kind in demeanor and inflexibly just on all occasions, these qualities have enabled Judge Rudkin to take first rank among those who have held the highest judicial office in tlie state and have made him the conservator of that justice wherein is the safeguard of individual liberty and happiness and the defense of our national institutions. His reported opinions are monuments to his profound legal learning and superior ability, more lasting than brass or marble and more honorable than battles fought and won. They show a thorough mastery of the questions involved, a rare simplicity of style, and an admirable terseness and clearness in the statement of the principles upon which the opinions rest.

On the 3d of October, 1903, Judge Rudkin was married to Miss Pearl A. Morford, or North Yakima, a granddaughter of John B. Nelson, one of the pioneer -residents of North Yakima. The Judge is a member of the Spokane Club and those who come within the circle of his friends find him a social gentleman of unfeigned cordiality, with whom association means expansion and elevation. His successive elections to the bench indicate clearly his position as a jurist. An excellent presence, earnest manner, marked strength of character, a thorough grasp of the law and the ability to correctly apply its principles make him an effective and successful advocate and ensure him equal rank with other distinguished members of the court of appeals. His record has at all times conferred honor and dignity upon the district that has honored him.

Myron Archer Folsom

In a history of the bar of Spokane appears the name of Myron Archer Folsom, whose work as an attorney has been of an important character, especially in the field of corporation law. He is particularly well known in connection with litigation of different mining companies and his professional work has made him a practitioner before all the state and federal courts upon the Pacific coast.

The natal day of Mr. Folsom was January 16, 1875, and the place of his nativity a farm in Dane county, Wisconsin, his parents being Jeremiah and Mary (Lyon) Folsom, both of whom were representatives of early New England families represented in this country since the colonial epoch in our history. At the usual age he began his education as a public-school student in Wisconsin and following the removal of the family to Alexandria, South Dakota, he continued his studies there. Still he was not content with the opportunities for intellectual advancement thus far afforded him and in 1891, upon the opening of Leland Stanford Jr. University in California, he entered as one of the first students and was graduated in 1896 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the fall of the same year he was admitted to the bar of California, having previously taken up the study of law, his thorough masterj' of legal principles enabling him to successfully pass the required examination that admitted him to practice before the courts of the state. In January, 1897, he opened an office in San Francisco and while there assisted in preparing an annotation of the codes of California. He also collaborated with Curtis H. Lindley in the preparation of "Lindley on ]Mines" and edited the ninth edition in three volumes of "Desty's Federal Procedure."

In the spring of 1899 Mr. Folsom went to northern Idaho and under a retainer from the state government assisted in the prosecutions resulting from the Coeur d'Alene riots. He was also assistant United States attorney in the prosecution of the miners for interference with the United States mails. In December. 1899. he arrived in Spokane, Washington, and became one of the attorneys for the Bunker Hill & Sullivan !Mining Company and rendered valuable services in connection with the important apex litigation involved. He has tried cases in all the state and federal courts of California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington and also before the United States supreme court and in recent years his practice has been mostly in the United States courts. His knowledge of the law is comprehensive and his deductions logical, while in the application of a legal principle he displays marked discernment. His arguments are characterized by a perspicuity that leaves no one at sea as to his meaning.

In December, 1896, Mr. Folsom was married to Miss Maud Wadsworth, a daughter of Hiram Wadsworth of Spokane, and they have two daughters, Frances and Janet. Mr. Folsom is a member of the principal social organizations of the city and has been honored with the presidency of the Spokane Club. He is a representative of our best type of American manhood and his genuine worth, broad mind and public spirit have made him a director of public thought and action. He has never sought, nor desired office and in fact has never sought to figure personally before the public in any light or any relation outside of his profession, yet his influence is felt as a strong, steadj', moving force in the social, moral and legal movements of the community.

Sikko Barghoorn

Sikko Barghoorn, general agent at Spokane for the Netherlands American ]Mortgage Bank, has in this connection become well known as a representative of financial interests in this city and has proven his worth as an enterprising and resourceful business man. He was born in Groningen, Holland, on the 18th of January, 1875, and after completing his education there in the government high school, entered the employ of the Netherlands American Mortgage Bank of his native city, with which he has since been connected. After a brief period, in which lie had proven his worth and adaptability, he was sent by the bank to America in 1893 and made his way direct to Spokane. Soon afterward he opened an office at Pullman, Washington, and later at Moscow, Idaho, but in 1907 took up his permanent abode in Spokane, where as representative for the company he has done an extensive business in farm mortgages, loaning about three million dollars on farm properties in the Spokane country, while about ten million dollars of the company's funds have been loaned in the United States. He is also a director of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company and is a prominent figure in financial circles, thoroughly versed on realty values and manifesting keen discrimination in the placement of investments.

On the 15th of June. ]90'2, Mr. Barglioorn was married to ]SIiss Franc Mc- Connell, a daughter of Richard D. McConnell, a resident of Moscow, Idaho. Three children have been born of this union: Sikko Richard, Catharine Anna and \\'iiiston William. The family home is at No. 825 East Mission avenue, in one of the attractive residence districts of the city. Mr. Barghoorn is well known socially through his membership in the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club and the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He not only easily wins friends but has the happy faculty of retaining the warm regard of those with whom he is associated. He has proven his worth in the business world, the company which he represents finding him a most trustworthy and capable representative, who has expert knowledge of the realty and financial situation of the section of the country in which he operates and therefore makes judicious investments that are proving a source of gratifying profit.

Cyrus Happy

Cyrus Happy, of Spokane, was born on a farm in Perry county, Illinois, near the present city of Duquoin, January 28, 1845, a son of Burgin and Mary (Williams) Happy. Both his parents were natives of Kentucky, removing with their individual families to Illinois, where they were married. He was reared on the paternal farm, receiving in his early years only the educational advantages of a country log school, which he attended for three months in the winter seasons until the age of fifteen. Owing to the absence of his elder brother in the army it then became necessary for him to devote his entire time to the work of the farm. In March, 1865, he enlisted, under the last call of President Lincoln, in Company K. Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, and he continued in the service until December of the same year, when he was mustered out with his regiment.

After leaving the army Mr. Happy decided to complete his education and pursued studies in the academy at Duquoin, Illinois, and then in McKendree College at Lebanon, where he was graduated in the scientific course in 1869. He then went to Edwardsville, Illinois (the county seat of Madison county), studied law in the office of Gillespie & Springer, and in 1871 was admitted to the bar and embarked in practice at that place. For some six years he was in professional partnership with Judge David Gillespie (his preceptor in the law), and subsequently, until 1891, he sustained the same relation with C. N. Travous, who had been a student in Mr. Happy's law office and became a practitioner of eminent ability and reputation, occupying at the time of his death, in 1908, the position of general counsel of the Wabash system of railroads. During his professional career of twenty years in Illinois Mr. Happy enjoyed substantial success and became known as one of the representative members of the bar. At all times interested in public questions and affairs, he took a somewhat active part in politics. As a young lawyer he was twice a candidate for county judge, but except on those occasions never ran for political office. In the campaign of 1876 he was a nominee for presidential elector on the republican ticket, which was successful at the polls, and he joined in formally casting the vote of Illinois for Hayes and Wheeler.

Owing to failing health ISIr. Happy determined to establish himself in the northwest and in January, 1891, removed to Spokane, where he has since resided and pursued his profession. He is known for exceptional conscientiousness and fidelity in his work, and for marked accomplishment and ability in certain technical branches of the law which in recent years have become of the very highest importance throughout the northwestern country. Mr. Happy was among the first to foresee the peculiar demands that would be made upon the legal profession by the general process of irrigation; and in the department of irrigation law he is one of the foremost authorities and practitioners.

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His special interest in this direction was the outgrowth of extensive observation and study of the subject of irrigation as related to agricultural possibilities, and of an intimate personal connection with several vital undertakings. In 1902, in behalf of clients who had a large financial interest in an irrigation company in the Yuma valley, Arizona, he with his law partner devoted much attention to the concerns of that company. This led him to make an exhaustive study of irrigation questions and problems in their historical, legal and practical aspects, and he traveled many thousands of miles in the United States and Mexico, examining the different systems in operation. As one of the legal representatives of the Yuma valley enterprise (known as the Irrigation Land & Improvement Company), he has participated actively in the fight for it in the courts and before the United States department having jurisdiction of the matter against the practically confiscatory policy of the United States Reclamation service - a contest attracting \vide attention because of the governmental methods involved.

From his earliest residence in Spokane !Mr. Happy took an active interest in projects for developing the natural resources of the surrounding country. It was generally believed that on account of the gravelly nature of the soil throughout the Spokane valley irrigation was impracticable on any basis of expectation of profit. On the -ith of April, 1901, W. L. Benham, a retired railroad man, filed articles of incorporation of the Spokane Valley Land & Water Company; and after making appropriations of water in the lakes around the valley, he constructed an irrigation canal through a section of land which he had acquired at Greenacres. "Tlie experiment (we quote from a paper by Mr. Happy) demonstrated that the gravelly soil of Spokane valley makes the best irrigating canals and ditches that can be made without concrete, and that the soil is as responsive to the intelligent application of moisture as any soil in the world." But it was exceedingly difficult to overcome the settled prejudice on the subject. In the critical emergency of the company Mr. Happy was one of the first to come to its support, and by his money, labor and influence greatly assisted it to become a success. After the retirement of !Mr. Benham he was president of the company in the most critical period of its existence, shortly before it was sold to D. C. Corbin. He took a leading part also in promoting the success of the Spokane Canal Company, constantly rendering it most valuable assistance, and is still its legal adviser. He was one of the principal incorporators of the !Methow Canal Company, in Okanogan county, served for some time as its president, and has always been its legal representative. In addition, his firm has charge of the legal interests of the Arcadia Land Company.

To Mr. Happy the people of the Pacific northwest are largely indebted for the interest now being taken in apple culture on an extensive and scientific scale. Convinced by his knowledge of the capabilities of the soil of the Spokane valley when subjected to intelligent irrigation that it offered special advantages for the culture of the apple, he became an enthusiastic advocate of that industry, and there is no man to whom a larger share of credit is due for the resulting progress.

As a citizen of Spokane he is known for high character and ideals and for active usefulness, both in connection with the general interests of the community £>nd in the private relations and influences of life. He is an accomplished and forcible speaker, and has written and published considerable on various topics, especially in relation to the substantial advantages and resources of the northwest.

In politics he has always sustained his relation with the republican party, contributing to its success by campaign speeches, though as in early life, declining to become a candidate for office. His law firm is Happy, Winfree & Hindman, in which W. H. Winfree and W. W. Hindman are associated with Iiim.

Mr. Happy married, in Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1879, ^linna Mary Prickett, a daughter of John A. and Elizabetli M. Prickett. Their children are: Claudine Hunt, who married G. W. Kaufman, now of Marshfield. Oregon; Eloise, who wedded Seth Richards, a son of Henry M. Richards, of Spokane, Washington ; Cj'rus, Jr. ; and John Harrison.

Hon. Floyd Lorenzo Daggett

The history of the settlement and development of the Atlantic seaboard is being duplicated on the Pacific coast, save that the work here undertaken by progressive men has back of it the intelligent understanding of experience and development of several intervening generations, and work that in colonial days required many years to accomplish is now done in about the same number of months, for experience and invention have brought out skill and ability, so that today there is little loss of time or labor. The feature of development in the northwest which now most closely occupies the time and attention of Hon. Floyd Lorenzo Daggett is the irrigation of hitherto arid lands and thus the reclamation of hundreds of acres which through the extension of the water system have been converted into richly productive fields.

Mr. Daggett was born at Dodgeville, Wisconsin, December 16, 186^, a son of Pliny A. and Margaret L. (Floyd) Daggett. His parents were pioneer settlers of Wisconsin, having settled at Dodgeville in 185.5, at the time of their removal westward from Attleboro, Massachusetts. The father gave his attention to general farming until 1870, when he engaged in the fire insurance business, securing a good clientage in that line. In February, 1889, he came to the Pacific coast and thereafter conducted a fire insurance agency in Spokane until 1898, when he retired to private life. He is now a resident of Sandpoint, Idaho, but his wife died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1887. During his residence in Spokane he was very prominent in Masonic circles and became widely known among the leading ^lasons of this part of the state.

At the usual age Floyd L. Daggett became a jiupil in tlie iniblic scliools of Dodgeville and after putting aside his text-books he secured a position in a mercantile establishment of that city. Laudable ambition prompted him to ])ut forth his best efforts in every connection, and progress resulted from his close application and well directed energy. His fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to the office of town clerk, in which he served for seven years and upon the removal of the family to Spokane, he became associated with his father in tlie fire insurance business, under the firm name of P. A. Daggett & Company, this relation being maintained until 1 898. Floyd L. Daggett then became sole proprietor of tlie business and conducted the agency until 1901. when he was again called to jiublic office, having been elected city comptroller. He received indorsement qf his first term's service in a reelection, which continued him in office until yiay, 1905, when he was chosen by popular suffrage to the office of mayor of Spokane, remaining as chief executive of the city for a term of two years. Since attaining his majority his political allegiance has been given to the democratic party and it was upon that ticket that he was elected. He brought to his official duties the same spirit of progress and improvement that has characterized all of his business career, and while the incumbent in office he built tlie present reservoir and expended on behalf of the city a half million dollars in extending the water system. He was the first to advocate the. well system, now used extensively in furnishing the city water supply. His public service also covered nine years' connection with the school board, from 1897 until 1907, and during the same period he was a member of the park commission. From 1901 until 1907 he served on the library commission and was a member of the committee that supervised the building of the present library. His deep interest in Spokane and its welfare has been manifest in many tangible and effective efforts on its behalf.

At the present writing Mr. Daggett is not connected with any office but is concentrating his energies upon his business affairs which have been of constantly growing importance. He was one of the original promoters and incorporators of the Arcadia Orchard Company and for three years acted as its president. This is the largest orchard irrigation proposition in the United States. Since disposing of his interest in that undertaking jNIr. Daggett has devoted his time to other irrigated land propositions on a smaller scale and his efforts are proving a potent force in the development of the state and the reclamation of the hitherto arid districts. The value of his work cannot be overestimated and thus he is taking active and helpful part in the upbuilding of the Inland Empire.

On the 6th of June, 1886, at Muscoda, Wisconsin, Mr. Daggett was united in marriage to Miss Christeena Mclntyre, a daughter of John B. and Cynthia (Allison) Mclntyre, of that city. Three children have been born unto them but the youngest, Bradley, died July 7, 1911, when fourteen years of age. The other two are: Gordon F., now a civil engineer of Spokane; and Gus M., who is express messenger on the Great Northern Railroad. The family reside at No. 704 Augusta avenue. They attend the Vincent Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Daggett was one of the organizers and of which he has continuously served as a trustee. He has membersliip relations with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M.; Red Cross Lodge, No. 47, K. P.; and Camp No. 99, W. O. \V. He has long been recognized as a leader of thought and action in this district and the consensus of public opinion places hiiti among the alert and enterprising citizens of Spokane.

John F. Spangle

John F. Spangle, wlio for seven years [last lias filled the office of (lostmaste of Cheney, is one of the higjily respected citizens of S])okane county, a positioi which he has gained by his genial traits of character and his ability as a publi official. He is a native of Madison county, Illinois, born .Tanuary 22. 18.J9. a soi of William and Christina (Berger) Spangle, the latter of whom died in .lannary

1910. The father served under General W. T. Sherman in the Civil war, being a member of the Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is still living and has arrived at the age of sevent_v-seven years.

In the common schools of Illinois John F. Spangle secured his preliminary education. At the age of twelve he came to Washington and spent the winter at Walla Walla. The followng spring he took up his home on the site now occupied by Spangle and may, therefore, be named as one of the very early settlers in this section. He engaged in farming imtil 1885, except for a few months in 1875 when he carried the mail on horseback through the Spokane country. About 1888, having decided to give up agriculture, he applied himself to the carpenter's trade, in which he continued for eleven years. In 1899 he was appointed clerk of the countv commissioners of Spokane county, a position which he filled with great acceptance for three and one-half years. He has occupied the office of postmaster of Cheney since February, 1904, having been appointed to that position by President Roosevelt, and four years later was reappointed to the office, the duties of which he has discharged to the entire satisfaction of the peojile and of the officials at Washington.

On the 18th of October, 1880, at Cheney, Mr. Spangle was married to Miss Mary A. Cook whose parents were early settlers of Washington. To this union three children have been born: Carrie !M.; George W., who married Miss Irma Le Cornu ; and Myrtle E.

Politically IMr. Spangle has been an earnest supporter of the republican party ever since he arrived at manhood and has taken a lively interest in local, state and national elections. He was a delegate to the state convention at Ellensburg, in 1899, and also to the state convention at Spokane, in 1907. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order and served as worshipful master of Chenej' Lodge in 1904, being also a valued member of the Odd Fellows. He has passed through all the chairs of the subordinate lodge of the order last named. Endowed with good powers of observation and discrimination, he has made practical use of opportunities as they arose and he is today one of the best known men of Cheney. He has been connected with the development of this section since his boyhood and no man lias been more deeply interested in the progress which has been witnessed in Spokane county or notes with greater pride the remarkable development which is now taking place throughout this region. His life has been governed by honorable principles and his example has been to others an inspiration and support the value of which it would be difficult indeed to estimate.

James L. Paine

No matter in liow much fantastic theorizing one may indulge as to the cause of success, investigation into the lives of those who have won honorable prosi^erity shows that their advancement is due not to any unusual combination of circumstances, but to the fact that they have improved opportunities which any might employ, and that industry, determination and honorable dealing are salient forces in winning success. Such has been the record of James L. Paine, now the secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Dry Goods Company, engaging in both the wholesale and retail trade. His residence in Spokane covers a period of twenty.-one years. He arrived here in 1890 when a young man of twenty-four years, his birth having occurred in Algona, Iowa, December 14, 1865, his parents being James L. and Susan P. (Horton) Paine. After attending the public schools of his native city he continued his education in Iowa College at Grinnell, Iowa, and then in Algona became associated wth J. ^M. Comstock, who is now the vice president of the Spokane Dry Goods Company and is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. At that time he was one of the business men of Algona, Iowa, but thinking to find better business opportunities in the west he arrived in Washington in 1889 and established the enterprise now conducted under the name of the Spokane Dry Goods Company. Appreciative of Mr. Paine's services he sought his cooperation in the new field in 1890 and in 1895, when the company was incorporated under the name of the Spokane Dry Goods Company, Mr. Paine was admitted to a partnership and has since had active voice in the management of the business. He is now secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Dry Goods Companj' which has both wholesale and retail departments of considerable extent, the retail store, which is conducted under the name of the Crescent, being one of the most attractive and up-to-date department stores in the northwest. The utmost care has been shown in the selection of emploj'es and the house has ever maintained a high standard in its personnel, in the quality of goods carried and in the character of service rendered to the public. In addition to his connection with the dry-goods trade Mr. Payne is also secretary of the Dry Goods Realty Company, which owns valuable business property including the buildings in which the Spokane Dry Goods Company and the Crescent store are operating.

On the 23d of June, 1897, in Chicago, Mr. Paine was married to Miss Agnes Cowley, a daughter of H. T. and Lucy A. (Peet) Cowley, of this city, her father having been one of the pioneer educators of Spokane and well known as a jDromoter of the school interests of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Paine have two children, Lawrence C. and Margaret. The family attend the Westminster Congregational church and Mr. Paine is serving as president of its board of trustees. He belongs to Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M., and to the Spokane Club, and while never taking an active interest in politics nor binding himself by party ties, he is interested in progressive citizenship and his cooperation can always be counted upon to further measures for the general good. His success has its root in the fact that he has always continued in the line of trade in which he embarked as a young salesman, thoroughly familiarizing himself with the business in every detail and employing the most advanced and progressive methods in its conduct.

William G. Malloy

William G. Malloy is a member of the firm of Malloy Brothers, investment and real-estate brokers with offices in the Old National Bank building. He has also other important interests of a kindred nature and as an officer has voice in the management of the various companies with which he is connected, all of which are not only proving sources of individual profit but are also factors in promoting general development and prosperity. Mr. ^Malloy was born in Frisco, Utali, November 3,

1877, a son of Patrick A. and Catlierine Frances ISIalloy. The father arrived in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1864, and was engaged in the cattle business, freighting and mining and knew this entire section of the country when it was an almost undeveloped wilderness, only a few ranchmen and traders having ventured into the district where the Indians were more numerous than the white settlers. Through his business activity he took active part in the substantial improvement of the west where he continued his residence until his death, on Christmas Day, 1900. His widow still survives, as do their five children, namely : Catherine, the wife of Bruce Clendenning, of Spokane; Ida, who married C. Harry Woodin, also of this city; Minnie; John S.; and William G., of this review.

The Malloy family has resided in Spokane since 1886, William G. !Malloj' being a lad of eight years at the time of the removal to this city. He attended the public schools in this city and afterward entered All Hollow's College at Salt Lake City, after which he returned and secured a position as bookkeeper. Later he was connected for a time with the Northern Pacific Railroad, but ambitious to engage in business on his own account turned his attention to the real-estate and insurance business in 1900, forming a partnership with Jerome Drumheller, under the firm style of Drumheller & Malloy. In 1906 this firm dissolved and Mr. Malloy was then joined by his brother under the present firm style of Malloy Brothers, real estate and investments. They make a specialty of irrigated lands in the Spokane valley and have handled much valuable property, their efforts in this direction being effective in inducing many settlers to come to this district whereby the growth and upbuilding of the valley has been largely augmented. In addition to his partnership relation with his brother, William G. Malloy is the president of the Willapacific Town Site Company, of the Hayden-Coeur d'Alene Irrigated Company and the Maple Hill Coal Company.

Mr. Malloj' makes his home at No. 1730 Pacific avenue, where he resides with his mother who was one of the pioneers of California, her father having settled there during the early period of mining excitement. She W-as born in Los Angeles and made her way up through this country in 1864. She has therefore been a witness of the greater part of the growth and development of the west, watching great changes that have transformed the Pacific coast into a great empire. Mr. Malloy belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., and also holds membership in the Spokane, Spokane Amateur Athletic and the Spokane Country Clubs. He has a wide acquaintance and is popular in these different organizations and is recognized in business circles as a man of progressive and forceful spirit who neglects no opportunity for legitimate advancement in the field of business in whicii he has embarked.

Dr. W. D, Valentine is the oldest continuous boxholder in the S|)okane jiostoifice, which indicates his connection with the city from early pioneer times, his residence here dating from 188i. While he has long stood in the front rank of his profession he has also become a prominent factor in mining circles and like

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He was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1850, and when only three years of age was taken by his parents to Ogle county, Illinois. He was graduated from the Rock River College in 1870 and continued his studies in the Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, where he won a degree in 1872, further supplementing his more specifically literary knowledge by a year's study in the Illinois State University, from which he was graduated in 1873. His preparation for the practice of medicine was made in the Chicago Medical College and in the Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati, completing his course in the former in 1875 and in the latter in 1877. He next entered the Physio-Medical Institute in Cincinnati and was graduated in 1880. While studying medicine he engaged in teaching for a time and was prominent among its educators who raised the standard of scholarship in Ogle county until the schools of that county won the gold medal at the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

Dr. Valentine located for practice in Polo, Illinois, where he remained for two years, and then removed to Lanark, that state, where he resided until 1884. At that time he came to Spokane and in the intervening years has ever maintained a foremost position in the ranks of the medical profession in this city. He was on the high road to prosperity when the fire of 1889 occurred, bringing to him heavy losses. He worked untiringly and heroically to save property belonging to several of his neighbors and then finally turned to save his own, carrying out some of his office effects which, however, were burned in the street. He was at length compelled to flee from his office and on reaching the foot of the stairs found the air full of fire, and as he crossed the street was badly burned, besides losing a very valuable i^ackage of money and securities. A man who crossed just ahead of him was suffocated in the street. Such was the effect of this fiery ordeal upon the Doctor's lungs and upon the mucus lining of his stomach that for three years he was disqualified for active business but finally recovered and resumed practice. He has kept pace with the march of improvement that has brought the medical profession to its present high standard of knowledge and efficiency. His reading has been broad and his investigations and research have placed him with those who speak authoritatively upon various branches of the medical science. Moreover, his duties have always been performed with a sense of conscientious obligation that has won the confidence and trust of his patrons. Dr. Valentine has also become widely known in connection with mining interests. For several years he was the vice president of the Federal Mining & Smelting Company and is now a stockholder in various other good propositions including the Elk City Mining Company, the Togo Mining Company and the United Copper Mining & Smelting Company, of all of which he is a director. He is deserving of the prominence and success that have come to him not only by reason of his ability in his profession but also because he has proven a valuable factor in many of the activities which have counted as of most worth in the upbuilding of the city.

On the 26th of June, 1909, Dr. Valentine was united in marriage to ^Irs. Anna M. Hayes, who was also one of the pioneer residents of Siwkane. He belongs to the Vincent Methodist Episcopal church and is a prominent" member of Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F. In fact he has taken the various degrees in Odd Fellowship and has filled all of the chairs in the order, and also held office in the

Grand Lodge and the Canton. He is now examining phj^sician for Excelsior Camp, No. 5124, M. W. A., and other camps of the organization, and also of the Royal Neighbors of America. He was one of the organizers of the Modem Woodmen fraternity and was one of the three who named the order. He Ukewise belongs to Oriental Lodge, No. 7i, F. & A. ^L, to the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and for man}' years he has been a prominent and active member of the Pioneer Association. In strictly professional lines his fraternal relations are with the County and State Medical Societies, the National Medical Association and the Medical Association of Physio-^Medical Physicians and Surgeons. On matters of general history pertaining to Spokane he maj' well be consulted for few residents in this cit}' have longer remained here and there are indeed few who have been in closer touch with the life and interests of the community.

Aaron Kuhn

The name of Aaron Kuhn is a familiar one in banking circles in eastern Washington and. honored and respected by all, no man occupying a more enviable position among the financiers of the state, not only by reason of the success which he has accomplished but also owing to the straightforward and reliable methods he has ever followed in safeguarding the interests of depositors and in promoting tlie growth and success of the banks with which he is connected.

Mr. Kuhn was born in Germany, January 25, 1857, and after acquiring his education in the public schools there, he came to America in 1873, being at that time a youth of sixteen years. The opportunities of the western world had proved to him an irresistible attraction and he made his way direct to Salt Lake City, where he established a store, engaging in the sale of cigars, stationery and other goods. In 1875 he removed to Elko, Nevada, and later became a resident of Tuscarora, Nevada, where he engaged in the same line of business until 1878. In that year he went to San Francisco, where he continued for about four months, removing thence to Pierce City, Idaho, where he conducted a general mercantile store until ,1883. Disposing of his stock at that place, he removed to Colfax, Whitman county, Washington, and began again in the same line. This was a pioneer period in the history of the region and he made good use of the opportunities which were his and developed his business with the gro\\i;h of the country. Saving his money, he made prudent investment in lands throughout the wheat and fruit belt, recognizing that real estate is the safest of all investments. Gradually he extended his holdings as his financial resources increased and also developed his property, becoming one of the biggest and best known wheat shippers of this part of the state, having shipped as high as a million and a half bushels in a single season. Thus his business reached mammoth proportions and he continued in active connection with Colfax until 1902, when he disposed of most of his interests there and removed to Spokane. In 1903 he became associated with Alfred Coolidge and Adolph F. McClaine in purchasing the controlling interest in the Traders National Bank, which was then capitalized for two hundred thousand dollars, the capital stock, however, having since been raised to a million dollars. He served as president of that bank in 1907, 1908 and 1909 and is now a member of its executive committee, spending much of his time at the bank. He is recognized as a power in financial circles here, his operations covering a wide territory, for he is the president of the Davenport National Bank of Davenport, Washington, of the Garfield (Washington) National Bank, of the Bonner County National Bank of Sandpoint, Idaho, and a director of the Inland Empire Railway Company and of the Spokane & Washington Improvement Company, close corporations, which are owners of the Manitou addition. He holds much real estate in Spokane and shortly after his removal to this city purchased the Van Valkenberg and Holland block on Riverside avenue, remodeling and improving this and transforming it into one of the fine business structures of the city, now known as the Kuhn building.

On the 8th of May, 1884, at Lewiston, Idaho, ^Nlr. Kuhn was united in marriage to Miss Leah Grostein, a daughter of Robert and Rosa Grostein, of that city, who were pioneers of Lewiston, settling there in 1861, when the discovery of gold brought many residents to that district. They had formerly made their home in Buffalo, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn have a daughter, Rena, born in Colfax, Whitman county, Washington, now the wife of Carl H. Weil, of Chicago. Mr. Kuhn is a Alason who has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and belongs to El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has served as vice president of the Temple Emmanuel and is generous in support of the church but takes no active part in club life or in politics. His home address is No. 2315 First avenue. His energies have been concentrated upon his business and his varied and important interests have contributed substantially to the growth, development and prosperity of various localities.

Alfred E. Barnes

Alfred E. Barnes is actively connected with a profession that has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of every community, and it is also one in which advancement depends upon individual merit and ability. Environment nor influence can have but little effect upon the attainment of success in this field but broad study, careful analysis and logical reasoning are the concomitants which insure success. Ability therefore becomes in a measure prominence, and that Mr. Barnes occupies a leading position in the ranks of the legal profession is an indication of his learning and skill in his chosen field. He was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, February 6, 1857, his parents being Alfred J. S. and Susan ^1. (Jeffords) Barnes. His father was engaged in dairy farming in the Buckeye state and for more than forty years served as justice of the peace in his home locality, his impartial decisions winning him golden opinions from all sorts of people. At the time of the Civil war he offered his services as a private to the government, enlisting in the Sixtli Ohio Cavalry and when his first term had expired he reenlisted as a member of the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery, from which he was discharged in August, 1866, with the rank of sergeant. As the result of an accident that occurred at Knoxville, Tennessee, during the period of his second enlistment, he was partially paralyzed and remained so until Iiis death in 1892.

At the usual age Alfred E. Barnes began his education as a public-school student in Ashtabula county and afterward went to Ponca, Nebraska, to join his elder brother, John B., who is now a member of the supreme court of that state. Alfred E. Barnes there took up the study of law, which he pursued while engaged in teaching school. His thorough preliminary reading qualified him for admission to the bar in March, 1879, and for twenty years he continued to practice law at Ponca. He was accorded a large clientele and at the same time was regarded as one of the leaders of the republican party in that district. He held the office of county attorney of Dixon county, Nebraska, from 1892 until 1891, and was at one time candidate for the position of attorney general but was defeated through the activities of the railroad interests.

Mr. Barnes has been a resident of Spokane since September, 1899, at which time he entered upon the practice of law under the firm name of Hyde, Latimer & Barnes. Following the withdrawal of the senior member, the firm style of Barnes & Latimer was assumed but in 1906 this connection was discontinued and Mr. Barnes has since practiced alone. He has remained active in republican ranks since coming to the northwest and during the campaigns has always been called upon to tour the state in behalf of his party. He has never held public office here, however, preferring to concentrate his entire attention upon his professional duties which are of constantly growing importance. While undoubtedly not without that honorable ambition which is so powerful and useful as an incentive to activity in public affairs, he regards the pursuits of private life as being in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts. Well versed in the learning of his profession and with a deep knowledge of human nature and the springs of human conduct, with great shrewdness and sagacity and extraordinary tact, he is in the courts an advocate of great power and influence.

Mr. Barnes resides with his family at No. 625 South Pine street. He was married at Ponca, Nebraska, July 12, 1882, to j\Iiss Cornelia A. King, a daughter of William King, of Kewanee, Illinois, and they have three children, Eugene A., W. Lamont and Edwin King, all of Spokane. Mr. Barnes affiliates with the Masonic fraternity but in other ways has not extended his membership relations. His professional and political activities make full demand upon Iiis time and energies, and the position of leadership which is accorded him in each is a recognition of his ability and worth.

James D. Buchanan

James D. Buchanan has been well known for many years in the business circles of Spokane where he conducts a large undertaking establishment at Nos. 28 and 30 Third avenue. His birth occurred in Clark county, Indiana, on the 1 Hi: of April, 1858, and he is a son of George and Jane (^Iontgomer_y) Buchanan, the former of whom passed away in 1891. His ancestors were among the early settlers of America, and Buchanan county, Virginia, received its name from some of the earliest members of the family who settled in Virginia. His boyhood days were spent in Illinois and there he received his education from the time he was seven j'ears of age until he left school at the age of fourteen. At tliat time lie entered upon agricultural pursuits and continued in that line of work until 1879 when he went to Walla Walla, Washington, where he remained until March 1880. He then went to Spokane and took up a homestead in the northeastern part of tlie town which he farmed until 1889, but as the city grew and opportunities for engaging in business presented themselves, he gave up his farming and engaged in the cigar and tobacco business for some time before entering upon the undertaking business, which he has since followed. On December 1, 1911, Mr. Buchanan removed from Riverside avenue to his new establishment at Nos. 28 and 30 Third avenue, where he has one of the finest undertaking establishment in the Inland Empire. The building, which was exclusively designed for him, contains a chapel and all other rooms and conveniences desirable and its cost was over twenty-five thousand dollars. The structure is devoted entirely to this business.

On the 1st of June, 1897, Mr. Buchanan was married to Miss Ella M. Rvan, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Ryan, at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Two children were born to this union, Mary and Catherine, both of whom are attending school. In politics ^Ir. Buchanan is fully aware of the corrupt methods frequently instituted by the parties, who are largely under the control of the machine rule, and consequently has ever maintained an independent attitude. He is a member of Spokane Lodge No. 228, B. P. O. E., tlie Knights of Columbus, Eagles, Red ^Men, Foresters of America, Moose, Knights and Ladies of Security, Catholic Order of Foresters, Young Men's Institution, and the Ancient Order of Hiberians, of which he is state president. In his business and fraternal relations he is both faithful and honorable, and his sterling personal worth has gained him warm friends, and he is well established in the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens and business associates.

Thomas H. Brewer

In the history of banking in the northwest the name of Thomas H. Brewer deserves prominent place, for he is the president of the Fidelity National Bank of Spokane and the Genesee Exchange Bank, of Genesee, Idaho, the vice president of the First National Bank of Pullman and of the Security National Bank of Cheney, Washington, and is a director of the First National Bank of Coeur d'Alene. He has studied banking from every possible standpoint, draws upon broad practical exiJcrience in the conduct of his interests and has ever recognized the fact that the careful safeguarding of depositors' interests constitutes one of the most forceful features in success. Almost the entire width of the continent separates him from his birthplace and in the review of his life one is reminded of the statement of an eminent lecturer that the strongest and most capable men of the country are those who have had their nativity in the east and have sought and utilized the business ojaportunities that are to be found in the growing west. His birth occurred June 23, 1871, in the town of Punxsutawney, Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, at that time a very quiet lumbering town. His parents were John Mitchell Brewer and Margaret L. (Thompson) Brewer. His father was a lumberman, running rafts of hewed timber down the Mahoning creek to the Allegheny river, thence to the city of Pittsburg where the timber was sold. In his bovhood davs Thomas H. Brewer assisted in a small waj' in calculating the amount of timber in the rafts, until his father's death in 1887. Two years later his mother married again, becoming the wife of John E. Reed, a farmer of Moran Prairie, near Spokane.