Barron County, Wisconsin - Chapter 13: Biographical and Geneological Review, 1922 (part 9 of 46)

Toussaint A. Charron, M. D., oldest practicing physician in Rice Lake, president of the medical board of St. Joseph's Hospital, former mayor of Rice Lake, extensive land owner and stock breeder, horse fancier, and prominent citizen, was born in Montreal, Canada, Oct. 29, 1860, son of John Baptiste and Delphine (Daigneault) Charron, the former of whom died in 1900 and the lat- ter in 1878. John Baptist Charron was a staunch character of good French blood, sturdy and vigorous, and was a man of considerable note in the farming community in which he lived. Reared with the best of home surroundings, Toussaint A. attended the Brothers' School at Longueuil, Province of Quebec, Canada, for his grammar school and preparatory school studies, and the Sulpiciens School, at Montreal, for his earlier classical studies. His higher edu¬ cation was received in the Jesuit Seminary at Montreal, from which he was graduated in the class of 1881. With this preparation he entered the Mon¬ treal Medical College, and was graduated therefrom with the degree of M. D. in 1887. Upon his graduation he came directly to Rice Lake, and opened an office. His presence was greatly needed, and his services were at once in wide demand. Dr. Charron was an ideal physician for a new country. Of vigorous constitution and kindly heart, no call was too great for his strength or pa¬ tience, he rode through the forests, over the barest trails or over "tote" roads to isolated cabins, through the heat of the summer, the frost of the fall, the cold and snows of the winters, and the slush and mud of the spring, facing perpetual discomforts and often actual danger, that he might bring healing and comfort to the suffering ones. His practice has constantly grown, and although pioneer conditions have changed he still holds the place in the hearts of the people that he did when his journeys through the solitudes brought so much cheer and comfort. From the very beginning, Dr. Charron, who was reared on a farm, and came of a line of farmers, has expressed a belief in the great agricultural possibiliites of the county, and has had his share in its de¬ velopment along these lined. In addition to owning several residences in the city, he has a place of 320 acres in Rice Lake Township, which he has named poetically the "Rose of Sharon Stock Farm," and there carries on general farming, making a specialty of cattle and horses. His cattle are full-blooded Holsteins. His horses are fast trotters. In his fine stable is a young mare, "Irene Jentry," a pedigreed animal with a trial mark of 2.06, one of the fastest in the state, which will be entered in a number of National meets this year. With all his busy life, Dr. Charron has found time to do his duty as a citizen, and in addition to serving six years as mayor, as already noted, has been a member of various boards and committees, especially during the World War, in which 'the land of his ancestors, the land of his birth and the land of his adoption sent soldiers to fight side by side. He is a member of the Barron County Medical Society, of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association, as well as of the Modern Woodmen and the Catholic Foresters and the Knights of Columbus. Dr. Charron was married Feb. 12, 1886, at St. Michael, Province of Quebec, Canada, to Cecelia Dorris, and they have had two children: Irene, born March 24, 1888, is now the wife of William Brady, vice-president of the Barron County Bank, of Rice Lake. Eliza¬ beth, born in 1883, died in infancy. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church.

Oscar Hooey, capitalist and retired lumberman of Rice Lake, is one of the real leaders of the community, being one of the best known men in the county, and having a wide acquaintance among the distinguished men of the state. He has won his success in life by hard work, native worth, his ability to judge men, his capacity for making friends, and the reputation which he has always maintained as a man of absolute and unswerving honesty and fair dealing. Although retired from active participation in business affairs, he is still busy looking after his personal interests, managing a large farm in Barron County and another in Washburn County, and holding large tracts of land elsewhere in Wisconsin and in the Dakotas and western Canada. His financial holdings also include stock in the First National Bank of Rice Lake, in which he is a director, and in the Couderay State Bank at Couderay. His fraternal relations are with the United Commercial Travelers. The Presbyterian Church has found active supporters in him and his family, and he is serving the Rice Lake congregation as an elder. Oscar Hooey was born in Port Hope, Ontario,

Canada, June 29, 1855, son of John and Elizabeth (Irvin) Hooey, natives respectively of Ontario and Ireland, who were married in Rochester, New York, and at once took up their home in Ontario, where they successfully followed agriculture, acquired a competence, became honored and influential citizens, and were highly regarded. The mothey died Dec. 18, 1883, and the father, a venerable man of 86 years, is still living in Ontario. In the family there were five children: Oscar, of Rice Lake; Wellington, of Ontario; Lottie J., who died Nov. 24, 1905; John A., who died Jan. 21, 1890, and Alice M., who died July 11, 1897. The subject of this sketch received his early education in the graded and high schools of Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. Then he came to the States and taught school in Wisconsin for a while, afterward returning to his native province, and taking advanced courses in the High School at Harriston. He again came to the States in 1881 and with headquarters at Menomonie, Wis., became interested in the agricultural implement business, first for fifteen years as general traveling salesman for the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co., of Chicago, Ill. and Springfield, Ohio, and then in a similar capacity for five years with the Deering Harvester Co. of Chicago. His territory included portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota. He came to Rice Lake in 1900, and the year later brought his family here. For some years he was interested in the Signer, Crisler & Co., as silent partner, and when the firm was incorporated in 1902, he was made secretary. He continued in the lumber business with this firm until 1914 when he sold out and for two years engaged in the flour mill business at Rice Lake in the Rice Lake Milling & Power Co. He retired in

1916, since which time he has been engaged in looking after his personal affairs. Mr. Hooey was married May 25, 1887, to Ettie C. Kile, a resident of Bainbridge, Ohio, who was born in New Castle, Delaware, Dec. 27, 1860, daughter of Dr. Hiram and Helen (Cooper) Kile. Mr. and Mrs. Hooey have had three children, Helen M., Marian E. and Clifford Kile. Helen M. was born April 28, 1888, is the wife of George Bartholomew of Youngstown, Ohio, and has three children, Jean, aged six, George, Jr., five, and Robert, two. Marian E. was born April 17, 1892 and died Dec. 13, 1913. Clifford Kile was born March 2, 1898, passed through the graded schools and was graduated from the Rice Lake High School in the class of 1917. Then he entered Ripon College, Ripon, Wis., where he was enrolled in the S. A. T. C., and where he studied for two years. He is now attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Dr. Hiram Kile was born in Pennsylvania, and his wife was a native of Pennsyl¬ vania. He received a sound preliminary education and graduated from the Philadelphia Medical College, at Philadelphia, Penn. Most of his active years were spent in practicing his profession at Bainbridge, Ohio, where he was a physician and surgeon of considerable note, being widely esteemed for his skill as a practitioner and his sterling worth as a man and citizen. He died at Bainbridge, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1874, and his wife died at Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 26,

1917. They were the parents of six children. Ettie C. is the wife of Oscar Hooey of Rice Lake. Elizabeth is the wife of H. C. Claypool of Chillicothe, Ohio. George W. died Jan. 11, 1897. Three died in infancy.

Ernest F. Hartel, now retired, for many years engaged in the stave manu¬ facturing business, has been active in the affairs of community, was a member of the city council six years, city treasurer one year, and served on the school board six years, one of which years he was president. He was a charter mem¬ ber of Rice Lake Lodge, No. 234, A. F. & A. M., in which he has passed through the chairs, and also belongs to the Modern Woodmen and the Maccabees. At the organization of the Rice Lake fire department he was one of the first members. He was born in Dodge County, this state, Jan. 15, 1852, son of Fred and Henrietta (Kepernick) Hartel, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1848 and located in Dodge County, this state, where they spent the re¬ mainder of their lives. Ernest F. was reared in his native county, and came to Barron County in 1885, taking up work, in stave mills. He erected and built the first stave mill in Rice Lake, and was its manager and operator for seventeen years until 1907, when the timber was exhausted and the mill closed. Mr. Hartel was married May 11, 1877, to Ruth Wood, who died Oct. 22, 1905, leaving two children: Glen D., born April 30, 1883, now a merchant in Rice Lake, and Charles E. born April 24, 1887, a resident of the State of Wash¬ ington. Mr. Hartel was married Aug. 1, 1910, to Mrs. Mary (Schwartz) Cruse, widow of William E. Cruse, and daughter of Mathias and Catherine Schwartz, who were born in Austria, and came to America in 1866, settling in Chippewa county, this state, where they farmed the remainder of their lives. The daughter, Mrs. Hartel, was born in that county, April 12, 1877, and was there reared. In 1906 she opened a millinery business in Rice Lake by buying out Mrs. A. E. Knudson. In 1910 she bought the building at 21 North Main street, which now houses her establishment. In 1915 she added a full line of women's ready-to-wear goods.

John Edward Horsman, a well known citizen of Rice Lake, efficient and popular manager of the Barron Telephone Co., was born in Guelph, Province of Ontario, Canada, Aug. 5, 1861, only son of John and Elizabeth (Worsfold) Horsman, who were of English descent. His early life was spent in Canada, where he received a thorough preliminary education, taking his classical training in Trinity College, Port Hope, Province of Ontario, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1878. In 1880, he came to the States and located at Rice Lake, entering the employ of the C. W. Hackett Hardware Co. of St. Paul as traveling salesman. In this capacity he traveled through the towns of northern Wisconsin and is still well remembered and well liked in all of them. In this county his popularity grew until in the fall of 1890 he was elected county treasurer. It is worthy of note, as an evidence of the esteem in which he was held, that he was one of the first two men elected on the Democratic ticket since the county was organized, his majority being 565 votes. He efficiently served as treasurer until the end of the term, when he declined re-nomination and entered the employ of Marshall-Wells Hardware Company of Duluth, Minn, where he remained in the Northern Wisconsin territory until 1904, when he was obliged to resign on account of poor health. After regaining this, he was elected secretary of the Barron County Telephone Company, and manager of the Rice Lake Exchange, having been connected with this company as stockholder for a number of years previously, and still retains this position. J. E. (Ed) Horsman has always been identified with everything which goes to make for a better Rice Lake. He has been a member of the City Council, Board of Education and Commercial Club at different times; he is also vice president of the First National Bank of Rice Lake, one of the solid institutions of Barron County. "Ed" Horsman served one term as postmaster of Rice Lake under the second Cleveland administration, also as chairman of the County Democratic Committee for many years. In the language of the layman, you would have to "go some" to find anyone in Northern Wisconsin who does not know the subject of our sketch. Mr. Horsman is a member of Rice Lake Lodge, No. 234, A. F. & A. M. ; Pekegema Chapter No. 67, Tancred Commandery No. 27 of Chippewa Falls, Wis., also a loyal member of the United Commercial Travelers of America, Rice Lake Council No. 322. He and his family are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was married June 1, 1886, to Ruth Holbrook, daughter of Thomas B. and Elizabeth (Miller) Hol¬ brook, early settlers of Rice Lake. This union has been blessed with one daughter, Grace, born April 17, 1887.

A. A. Bergeron, a representative business man of Rice Lake, owner of a general store, and proprietor of an extensive farm produce business, was born in Canada, Nov. 15, 1884, the son of Frank and Mary (Paradis) Bergeron, who came from Canada that year and located in Rice Lake, where the father is now a prosperous merchant. The subject of this sketch was reared in Rice Lake, and attended the graded and high schools. As a young man he learned the barber trade and followed this for ten years at Rice Lake, Chetek and Weyerhauser. In 1910 he engaged in the retail boot and shoe business at

Somerset, this state. A year later he took charge of a flour mill at Chetek, for W. J. Gavin. He established his present business in Rice Lake in 1913. His store handles general supplies, while at his large warehouse and produce office, he purchases and ships in car load lots such materials as hay and grain, and deals in flour and farm seeds. In September, 1920 he opened a branch warehouse at Canton, this state, where his assistant, F. F. Tibbitts, buys pro¬ duce and handles flour and feed. Mr. Bergeron is well equipped for his business with automobile trucks and horse teams. He thoroughly understands farming conditions, is a fair dealer, shrewd and honest, and is trusted throughout the community. Something of the success with which he has met may be judged from the fact that when he first opened, a monthly business of $750 was considered good, while he now has an annual business of something like $150,000. In addition to his pleasant home, well built store, and commod¬ ious warehouse, he owns 320 acres of timber land in Burnett County, this state, which he expects sometime to develop. He is interested in the welfare of Rice Lake and is active in the Commercial Club. By furnishing a good market for farm material he is assisting in the modern agricultural growth of the county. Mr. Bergeron was married May 8, 1908, to Etta L. Gavin, who was born Nov. 11, 1888, and died March 31, 1910. Mr. Bergeron was reared in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church.

Hans O. Holm, a well-patronized tailor, owning an establishment at 11 West Marshall Street, Rice Lake, was born at Drommen, Norway, Nov. 17, 1880, son of Ole and Hanna (Halverson) Holm, the former of whom, once a saw¬ mill worker and now a farmer, still lives in the old country, and the latter of whom died April 17, 1897. Hans O. attended the schools of his native land, and at the age of fourteen was apprentice to a tailor in Vestfossen, Norway, with whom he worked for several years after learning his trade. In 1903 he came to America, and for one year was employed at his trade in Chippewa Falls, this state. He first came to Rice Lake in 1904 and worked for Nels A. Haugen for two years at his trade. In 1906 he went to Duluth, and after work¬ ing for J. H. Erickson for two years, started in business for himself. In 1916 he sold out and went to Shell Lake, Wis., where he likewise conducted a shop. Two years later he came to Rice Lake and established his present business. He thoroughly knows his trade, he carries good goods and furnishes his customers good workmanship. He also does general renovating, cleaning, pressing and repairing. Mr. Holm was married at Duluth, May 30, 1908, to Gustava Ruud, daughter of Julius and Oliva (Peterson) Ruud, the former of whom is dead and the latter still living at Drommen, Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Holm have been blessed with two bright children: Oscar W. was born March 23, 1909, and Hjordis G. was born Aug. 4, 1912. In the winter of 1920-21, Mr. Holm purchased five acres of land just on the outskirts of the city, and here he has erected a pleasant modern home, a good barn and other buildings. The family attends the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Albert Fengler, manager of the Rice Lake lumber yard for the Andersen Yard Co., South Stillwater, Minn., was born in Eau Claire, Wis., July 27, 1890, and was educated in the public schools and the Eau Claire Business College, of his native place. He early became interested in the lumber business, and was scarcely more than a youth when he entered the employ of the New Dells Lumber Co. at Eau Claire, gradually working his way up to grader and then to salesman. In 1913, in the employ of Jones Brothers, of Foster, Wis., he took charge of the yards at Foster, Allen and Cleghorn, all in this state. For a few months in 1917 he was with the O. & N. Lumber Co. at Menomonie, Wis. It was that year that he came to Rice Lake as salesmanager for the Rice Lake Lumber Co. When the retail department of that company was sold to the Andersen Yard Co., he remained in charge of the yard. He has built up a good business, handling various kinds of building material and fuel, and maintaining a service department which furnishes blue prints, estimates and architectural designs for all persons contemplating building. Mr. Fengler is well liked in the community, is esteemed for his business judgment and in¬ tegrity, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Commercial Club. He enlisted in August, 1918, at Eau Claire, and was assigned to Head Quarters of the 6th Battalion Supply Company. He was stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and discharged in December, 1918. Mr. Fengler was married June 20, 1918, to Edna Brice, daughter of George W. and Agnes Brice, old settlers of Eau Claire, and they have one son, Harold Laverne, born April 13, 1920. The family faith is that of the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church.

L. O. Folstrom, an estimable and solid citizen of Rice Lake, now retired, and formerly a prosperous farmer of Rice Lake township, was born in Sweden, Dec. 28, 1844, son of Louis and Katrina Christina Folstrom, both of whom were born, lived and died in the old country. He attended the schools of Sweden, and as a youth and young man occupied his attention with farming and blacksmithing. He came to America in 1888, and just three days after his arrival in Rice Lake, Wis., bought a farm of 40 acres in Rice Lake Township. A house had been erected and some of the land was broken. Mr. Folstrom continued the improvements, broke more land, erected barns and other build¬ ings, and there devoted his life to hard and arduous toil until 1912, when he sold out, retired, and moved to Rice Lake City, where he purchased his present home at 404 Phipps avenue. Mr. Folstrom was married in 1866, to Christina Petersdatter, who died in young womanhood, leaving six children. In 1876 he married Anna Larson, who was born in Sweden, March 26, 1862. To this union have been born the following children: Olaf, Anton, Lena, Kathrina, Tilda, Ellen, Emil, John and Clara. The last mentioned lives in Sweden. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Gustave Oswald Gustafson, manufacturer of the "Quality" brand ice cream. Rice Lake, has a well equipped, modern plant, and is doing a constantly increasing business, serving a large territory, having had an output of over 36,000 gallons the first year. In addition to selling his ice cream, he handles various accessories, including crushed fruits, fruit syrups, flavorings, ice cream cones, ice cream pails and salt. He owns the building, which he pur¬ chased in 1916, he employs experts, has suitable machinery, uses the best and freshest of materials, and creates a product that is widely commended for its purity, richness, smoothness, body and flavor. He was born in Sundvall, Sweden, Nov. 1, 1882, the son of Victor and Mary (Anderson) Gustafson, who brought him to this country in 1890. He continued his education in the public schools of Rice Lake and Stanley townships. As a young man he was employed in various lumber camps as cook, first for the Sterns Lumber Co. of Ashland, and next for the Brown-Robbins Lumber Co. of Rhinelander. In 1904 he purchased the restaurant and bakery of August Boles, at Rice Lake. This he operated until late in 1919, when he sold out to Benjamin Nellis, and took up his present business. He is a prominent man, is now a member of the city council, and at one time was president of the board of public works for two years. He is active in the Commercial Club, and believes in a wider publicity for the advantages of Rice Lake. Mr. Gustafson was married Jan. 30, 1906, to Reva Corrine Ely, of St. Paul, a competent teacher, and a graduate of the St. Croix Falls High School and of the State Normal School at River Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Gustafson have two children. Ruth L. was born Aug. 10, 1908, and is doing well in the Rice Lake High School. Clarance was born Oct. 21, 1909, and is a student in the seventh grade in the public schools. That the son should have reached the seventh grade at the age of eleven, and the daughter the High School at the age of twelve is an unusual record indeed.

Victor Gustafson was born in Sweden, was there reared and educated, and there married Mary Anderson, also a native of that country. He brought his family to America in 1890 and reached Rice Lake, Oct. 12, of that year. He bought a home on the west side of the city, and for two years worked in a saw mill for the Rice Lake Lumber Co. Then he traded the Rice Lake place for a farm in Stanley Township, this county, where he owns 80 acres, and where he is still farming, being a substantial and reputable citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Gustafson are the parents of eight children. Gustave Oswald is an ice cream manufacturer of Rice Lake. Carl, who lives in Veblin, South Dakota, engaged in mercantile business, has sold out there and will return to the home farm. Victoria, who received her musical training at Valparaiso, Ind., is teaching instrumental music at Marion, Ohio. Emma is the wife of Elmer Anderson, of Veblin, South Dakota. August, on the home farm, is also engaged in the auto business. Ellen and Helen are twins, the former being employed by the Con¬ sumers Store Co. at Rice Lake, and the latter being the wife of Orrin Lee, of Elmwood, Wis. Esther, a graduate of the Northwestern Institute of Music at Minneapolis, has music classes at Rice Lake, Chetek and Spooner.

E. C. McClelland, journalist, educator and public citizen, editor and pub¬ lisher of the Rice Lake Chronotype, the oldest newspaper in Barron county, is one of the leading men of his community, and through the columns of his paper exercises a wide influence on public thought. He is a true American in word and deed, and his unswerving loyalty and uncompromising support of the Government and State in all war measures did much to keep the fires of patriotism burning brightly at all times in Barron County. The esteem in which he is held throughout the county is shown by the fact that in 1915 he was elected county treasurer, in which position he served with dignity and ability. He has also served on the County Board of Supervisors and has acted as president of the County Training School Board. At present (1921) he is a member of the Board of Public Works, City of Rice Lake. Fraternally he is a Blue Lodge and Chapter Mason, and he is also a member of the Modern Wood¬ men. In politics he is a Republican, and the Protestant Episcopal church rep¬ resents his religious preference. He has a modern printing plant, and aside from issuing his paper, he does general job printing of a high grade, and is well equipped to handle commercial printing of all kinds. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, passed through the public schools, graduated from the Epworth Seminary in his native city in 1882, and from Cornell College at Cornell, Iowa, in 1884. With this preparation he became an instructor, teaching two years in Iowa, then becoming principal at Juneau, Wis.; later serving as superintendent and principal at Lake City, Minn., and then in 1896 coming to Rice Lake, where he served as superintendent and principal in the public schools until 1905. Then he purchased the Rice Lake Chronotype and two years later consolidated it with the Rice Lake Leader. Mr. McClelland was married at Juneau, Wis., Dec. 25, 1888, to Louise A. Roeder. Mrs. McClelland had at that time been engaged for several years as a successful teacher in various Wisconsin schools. Since living in Rice Lake she has been at the head of many important organizations and during the war was a member of the County Council of Defence. Prof, and Mrs. McClelland have two children, Ruth L. and Harold E. Ruth L. was graduated from the Rice Lake High School in 1912, and from Milwaukee Downer College in 1915, and then took post graduate work at the University of Chicago and in Teacher's College at Columbia .University, New York City, specializing in Household Arts. She is now a teacher in the Rice Lake High School. Harold E. was graduated from the Rice Lake High School in 1919, took a year's course at Hamline University, Hamline, Minn., and is now a student in the School of Journalism in the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Lewis D. Schnacky, now living retired in Rice Lake, is one of the estimable citizens of the county, highly regarded for his excellent qualities and for what his life has meant to the community. Before coming here, he had wide ex¬ perience as a farmer, oil man, and hotel proprietor, and his career in this county for nearly forty years has been one that will long be remembered to his honor. He has been a hard working man, he has had the good judgment which has made his arduous toil count for something, he has never been con¬ tent that his results should be less than the best, and he developed what, at the time of his retirement, was regarded as one of the best equipped farms in the county. In his family he has been an ideal husband and father. He has given the community fourteen children, all of whom are a credit to their parents, and to each of these children he has given a good training and educa¬ tion, and surrounded their youth with those safeguards of care and guidance which are better than great riches. It is a remarkable fact that so well has his family been guarded, and so blessed has he been by Providence, that the family circle has remained unbroken, and in the rearing of the entire fourteen, only once was it necessary to call a physician to administer to illness. Lewis D. Schnacky was born in Lewis County, New York, Dec. 20, 1856, son of Michael and Barbara Schnacky, natives of Germany, who came to the United States in early life, and were married in Lewis County, New York, where they engaged in farming. He received a good education in the public schools of his native county, and remained at home until eighteen years of age. He then cast his fortunes with those of his brother, Joseph, and they continued as partners for several years. First they farmed near Rochester, New York, and then engaged in the hotel business there, having a hotel at the corner of St. Paul and Court streets. From there they went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania where they found employment as well drillers at from $5 to $7 a day, a re¬ markable wage in a period when many good workmen were receiving but $1 a day. By hard work and frugality they saved $4,000 and started a hotel at Patolia, Penn. This was destroyed by fire, and they lost everything. Then they came to Le Pierre County, Michigan, where they -separated, Lewis re¬ maining there on a farm and Joseph going to Colorado. The subject of this sketch came to this county from Michigan in 1881, and with headquarters at Rice Lake, devoted his attention to getting out hardwood timber for barrel staves. In 1884, after his marriage, he bought 160 acres in Oak Grove Town¬ ship, this county, borrowing $25 from a friend to make the first payment. He erected a log cabin, put up some crude outbuildings, and grubbed and cultivated the land. In the log cabin he lived for eighteen years. In time he sold 80 acres, but later bought 80 more, so he still had a quarter section. He erected two different sets of frame buildings, constructed fences, purchased machinery, tools and equipment, made improvements from time to time as his judgment dictated, and in time had what was considered as one of the best farms in the county. In 1917 he came to the city of Rice Lake, and after renting a home for two years, purchased his present comfortable place at 10 East Humbird street. He also owns two other residences in the city which he rents. While he was in the township he served on both the town and school boards, and in other ways showed his interest in public affairs. Mr. Schnacky was married June 16, 1884, to Anna Ruetz, who was born in Canada, March 11, 1863, daughter of Peter and Caroline (Stoeser) Ruetz, natives respectively of Germany and Canada. The fourteen children resulting from this union are: Lewis, Jr., Fred, Alex, Caroline, Clara, Susie, Marie, Andrew, Joseph, Henry, John, Michael, Florence and Abbline. Lewis Jr., was born May 19, 1885, and lives in Hopkins, Minn. He married May Chermak, and they have two children, Leonard and Herman. Fred was born Sept. 14, 1887, and lives in Rice Lake. He married Alvina Hillystad, and they have three children, Gerald, Dorris and Ruby. Alex was born May 9, 1889, and lives in Oak Grove Township, this county. He married Edith Hessing. Caroline was born Feb. 16, 1891, is the wife of Stanley Wetherbee, of Crystal, North Dakota, and has an adopted son, Vernon. Clara was born Feb. 17, 1893. She married Ellis Berg, and they live at Cornacopia, Wis., and have two sons, Robert and Donald. Susie was born Aug. 11, 1894, and is the wife of Elmer Hanson, of Rice Lake. Marie was born March 21, 1896, married Ostwin Helpap, and they have three children, Orvis, Roger and June. Andrew was born Nov. 8, 1897, and lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Joseph, born Nov. 26, 1898, and Henry, born Jan. 10, 1900, are both painters at Rice Lake. John was born Nov. 26, 1901 and is a barber in Ladysmith, this state. Michael was born Feb. 8, 1903, and is a baker in Rice Lake. Florence was born

Ray C. Peck, editor of the Chronotype, Rice Lake, training camp captain during the World War, and for many years a prominent fraternity man, was born in Brownsville, New York, June 20, 1879, son of De Witt S. and Edith (McWayne) Peck, and gradson of Myron Peck, proprietor of a gristmill at Watertown, New York. The family is descended from Puritan stock. De Witt Peck came to Wisconsin from New York State in 1881, and located first at Menomonie, going from there to Eau Claire, and thence to Hayward, where he still operates a lumber yard, and where his wife died in 1912. In the family there were four children: Wayne, in business with his father at Hayward; Ray C., a Rice Lake journalist; Bertha, who is the wife of Ed. Freeman, district judge at Virginia, Minn., and has four children, Everett, Eleanor, Rae and Edward; and Bessie, who is keeping house for her father at Hayward. Ray C. came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1881, and was reared at Hayward. There he passed through the graded schools and in 1895 was graduated from the High School. In the meantime, he had worked in printing offices, and learned con¬ siderable of the printing art. Upon graduating from school he went to Winona, and there entered the employ of Jones & Kroeger, printers and binders. A year later he returned to Hayward and entered the employ of the Hayward Republican. In 1899 he entered Beloit College, at Beloit, Wis., and was graduated in 1903. Then he had charge of the Hayward Enterprise for a year, and of the Phillips (Wis.) Bee for a year. In 1906 he came to Rice Lake, and assumed the management and editorship of the Weekly Leader. When this paper was consolidated with the Chronotype in 1909, he took over the duties of his present position. Captain Peck has an interesting military record. He enlisted in Co. A, 10th Sep. Batt., W. N. G;, on March 28, 1906, as a private, and by promotions became second lieutenant. On June 28, 1917, he was commissioned captain to recruit Co. F, Sixth Regiment, W. N. G. This company was federalized and assigned to the 32nd Division. Captain Peck trained with the company at Camp Douglas, Wis., and Camp McArthur, Texas. There he was first grenade officer of the 128th Infantry, and adjutant of the Casual Detachment. He was discharged Dec. 28, 1918. Mr. Peck is a Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council Mason, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Beavers. For several years past he has been secretary of the Rice Lake Volunteer Fire Department. He is one of the useful and active citizens of Rice Lake, and his influence on local affairs is considerable. As a man and as an officer he has proven faithful to every trust that has been imposed in him.

Raymond V. Peterson, operating a real estate, loan and insurance office at Rice Lake, is one of the energetic young men of the county, is fully alive to every detail of his business, and is doing considerable "boosting" for the county in spreading abroad the news of the merits of Barron County farm land, the possibilities of dairying here, and the desirability of Barron County neigh¬ borliness. He is a native of this state, born in Menomonie, Aug. 13, 1894. He came to Rice Lake as a boy and pursued his studies here in the graded schools and in the high school. He also took a course in the Academy of Idaho, a busi¬ ness college at Pocatello, that state, from which he was graduated. With this preparation he worked for a while as clerk and bookkeeper. He engaged in his present business in 1915. He is active in the affairs of the community and is a member of the Commercial Club. In politics he is a Republican. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Peterson is an out-door man, and takes delight in hunting, fishing and other sports of a similar nature. Mr. Peterson enlisted in the United States service, Oct. 4, 1917, trained at Camp Green, North Carolina, and was assigned to Co. G, 59th Infantry, Fourth Division. He was sent overseas in May, 1918, participated in the heroic de¬ fense of Paris, at Chateau Thierry, continued at the front, and was in the Argonne Forest driving with his division toward Metz when the armistice was signed. Seven days later he marched into Germany with the Army of Occupa¬ tion. Afterward he was sent on detached duty to Southern France. He was returned to America in August, 1919, and received his discharge at Camp Grant, Ill., after one month short of two years' service, Sept. 4, 1919. He is now in the post office building at Rice Lake, Wis., handling insurance in all forms - fire, tornado, life and farm insurance. He represents the Prudential Life.

Rev. John Nelson Mills, a pastor of the Methodist. Episcopal denomination, living at Rice Lake, is an excellent type of the older school of itinerant Metho¬ dist pastors. He has experienced the toil and privation of a clergyman's life and has also known its rewards, and now in his declining years, he has the con¬ sciousness of a good life worthily spent in the service of his fellow man. He was born Dec. 24, 1838, in the county of Leeds, Ontario, Canada, son of Joseph and Jemima (Putic) Mills. His parents were both of English birth, the father was born at Norfolk, England (near London), in 1807, and the mother in Suffolk in 1810. They left England for Canada in 1832, and on their arrival located at Kempfield, Ontario, where Joseph Mills, who had learned the cooper's trade, engaged in farming. He was also for forty years a Methodist local preacher. He died at the age of 73 years in 1880, and his wife Jemima at the age of 87 years in 1897. They had a family of eight sons and three daughters. John Nelson Mills was educated in a grammar school and subse¬ quently learned the painter's trade, which he followed for eighteen years. Then feeling a call to a higher life, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Church of Canada. He entered the Montreal Conference in 1878, continued for two years there, and was transferred to the London (Canada) Conference, where he remained two years. In 1882 he came to the States, was ordained at Sheldon, Iowa, Oct. 1, that year, and became a member of the Northwest Iowa Conference, a relationship in which he continued for five years. During that time he preached first in the Sioux City district, then going to Vail and after¬ ward to Newall. Then in 1887 he was transferred to the West Wisconsin Con¬ ference. In this state he was successively appointed to the following charges and remained in each for the length of time stated: Cuba City, three years; South Wayne, one year; Shullsburg, two years; Bloomington, one year; Verona, two years; Merrimae, one year; Delton, two years, and Sextonville, one year. Then, in 1901, he moved to Rice Lake, his present home, where he was pastor for two years, retiring in 1903. In 1902 he bought some land and established his present home. The property contains three acres laid out in city lots on the west bank of the lake. Of the fifteen lots contained in it, thirteen were covered with Indian mounds. Mr. Mills was first married in 1863 to Isabella Edwards of Canada, who died in 1874. By her he had one son, Herbert B., now living in Portland, Ore. Herbert is married and has had three children: Ethel, now Mrs. Sidney Prairie; Wilbur, now living in Vancouver, state of Washington, and Nelson, who, while serving his country in the naval training camp at Puget Sound, died of influenza. On July 23, 1884, Rev. John N. Mills was married, secondly, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, to Mary Orr, daughter of George and Jennie (Russell) Orr. Her father was of Scotch-Irish and her mother of English blood. From this marriage eight children were born, as follows: Ethel Rae, May 14, 1885, at Vail, Iowa. She married Fred C. Frees and lives at Willard, Colo. She has one child, Dorothy Jane. Russell Orr, born Nov. 23, 1886, at Newell, Iowa, married Edna Campbell, and has two children, John Orr and Bernard Amans. He and his family reside in Duluth, Minn. Willard Mallalieu, born March 24, 1888, at Cuba City, Wis., is serving as first sergeant in the Marine Corps. Before becoming a marine he served two en¬ listments in the regular army at Fort Ward, Wash. While in this service he spent one year in the Hawaiian Islands. From the regular army he enlisted in the marines, and in this service spent four years in Peking, China, in the American Legation. From there he went to the Phillipines, spending one year there. He re-enlisted and now has a recruiting office in Bellingham, Wash.

John Fletcher, born Nov. 27, 1889, at Cuba City, Wis., married Lillian Kempton and his home is in Minneapolis, Minn. He served in the 21st Engineers, in Company E, in the World War. Entering the service in September, 1917, at Minneapolis, he sailed for France in the following December. There he served nineteen months, returning home in June, 1919. Frederick T., born at Shullsburg, Wis., Oct. 6, 1892, married Margaret Carr, and has one child, Margery Mary. Their home is in Duluth. He entered the service in 1918, trained at Camp Dodge, and became a corporal in the infantry. George Kellar, born May 12, 1894, at Bloomington, Wis., is a graduate in pharmacy of the University of Wisconsin, and is now proprietor of a drug store in Rice Lake. Ida May, born Sept. 19, 1898, at Merrimac, Wis., died August- 18 the same year. Florence Ellinor, born May 1, 1901, at Sextonville, Wis., married Lloyd Jasper Frederickson, and they have one child, Mary Louise, and the family resides at Rice Lake. Mr. Frederickson enlisted June 1, 1917, and served with the 79th Field Artillery, Seventh Division. He was in France eleven and one half months, and was discharged July 9, 1919. Thus the Mills family and its connections show an excellent record for patriotism during the great World War.

Joseph Pettit, a pioneer of Fond du Lac County, this state, was born in Ireland, and as a young man came to America. He settled in Fond du Lac County, in the early days, and there farmed until his death, Aug. 5, 1917. His wife, who was Mary O'Riley, of Rhode Island, still lives in Fond du Lac County. In the family there are eleven children: Mary, Agnes, Francis, Eugene (deceased) Louis A., Mark, Teresa, Rosella, Ambrose, John and Aloysius.

Louis A. Pettit, of Pettit Brothers, plumbing and heating, was born in Fond du Lac County, Wis., Jan. 21, 1872, son of Joseph and Mary (O'Riley) Pettit. He was educated in Springvale, Wis., and remained on the home farm until nearly of age. Then he spent a year in St. Paul, Minn., and a year in Canada, after which he went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he spent three years learning the plumbing trade. With this preparation he went to Minneapolis, and there followed his trade six years. He came to Rice Lake in 1903 and opened an establishment at 202 Wilson Avenue. One year later he took his brother, Mark, as a partner. Mr. Pettit was married Dec. 10, 1902, to Anna Mahar, who died Feb. 26, 1904, leaving a son, Eugene, who was born Feb. 21, 1904, and is now attending the public schools. Aug. 20, 1909, Mr. Pettit married Gertrude Putrow, who was born May 8, 1883, daughter of John and Mary (Nolan) Putrow, and they have three children: Joseph L., born Sept. 12, 1910; Mary G., born May 5, 1916, and Audray J., born July 25, 1919. John Putrow was born in Canada, and for a time operated a bicycle shop and tin shop in Rice Lake. In 1914 he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he is pattern maker for the Brunswick Phonograph Co.

Mark Pettit, of Pettit Brothers, plumbing and heating, Rice Lake, was born in Springvale, Wis., April 21, 1877, son of Joseph and Mary (O'Riley) Pettit. He received his early education in his native place, and in 1895 graduated from the High School at Branton, Wis. Later he took a commercial course in the Spencerian Business College at Milwaukee, Wis. For several years he devoted his time to farming, both at home and elsewhere. In 1906 he came to Rice Lake, and entered into partnership with his brother, Louis A., he being the business manager of his firm, while his brother has charge of the mechanical work. Fraternally he is a member of St. John's Court, No. 1618, Catholic Order of Foresters and Rev. C. F. Schmit Council, No. 2137, Knights of Columbus, and has held office in both of these lodges. He is a member of the Catholic Church. Mr. Pettit was married Feb. 3, 1909, in New York City, to Anna Bastick, born in Ireland, April 28, 1878, daughter of John and Mary (O'Keefe) Bastick, who still live in Ireland. In the family there are three more sisters, Mrs. Kate Liner, of Springvale, Wis.; Mrs. Margaret Rooney of New York City, and Mrs. Mary Blair of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Pettit have two children: Agnes, born May 22, 1911, and Anne born Jan. 30, 1917.

on a farm in Rice Lake Township, March 5, 1898, son of Andrew J. and Christine (Westerland) Peterson, both natives of Sweden, where they were married. The father came to the United States in 1893, and secured employ¬ ment with the Rice Lake Lumber Co., in Barron County. Four years later his wife joined him. Then he bought eighty acres in Stanley Township, and started to develop a farm. Later he sold forty, leaving forty on which he still conducts general farming. He and his wife had five children: Helma (Mrs. Ed. E. Tackel, of Minneapolis), John, Ellen, Bertha and Anna. John H. was reared on the home farm and received a good common school education. He was still a boy when he started out for himself and went to South Dakota, where he was employed for a while on a farm. In the fall of 1914 he entered the Omaha Auto School at Omaha, Neb., and thoroughly mastered the automo¬ bile business, which he has since followed. Since 1917 he has been doing general repair work for the Ford garage at Rice Lake. He is a good workman and stands well with the general public. Mr. Peterson \vas married Jan. 1, 1920, at Rice Lake, to Hazel V. Bergerson, daughter of Edward J. and Mary Bergerson, natives of Sweden, who upon coming to America, settled in Minnesota, and in 1902 located in Barron county. The mother died in 1906, and the father now makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Peterson. In the family there were four children : Selma, Ida, Walter and Hazel. Selma married Felex Le Brie, of Hudson. Ida married Dave Enquist, of Rice Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have one daughter.

Ernest J. Favell, D. O., was born in Macon, Mo., May 17, 1870, son of Thomas and Angela (Haste) Favell. He attended the public schools and took his classical studies at Ripon College, Ripon, Wis. Then with his parents he went to Superior, Wis., and was associated with his father in the general mercantile business there. In 1899, however, he decided to enter professional life, and with this end in view he matriculated in the Northern Institute of Osteopathy at Minneapolis, graduating in the class of 1901. He then re¬ turned to Superior, and opened offices there and at Duluth, Minn. At the end of two years his work had so commended itself to the public, and the number of his clients grown to such proportions, that he was unable to keep both offices open, so he devoted his time exclusively to the Superior office. In 1917, he decided to give up his practice there and establish himself in a smaller place where he could more thoroughly identify himself with the life of the community. Accordingly he came to Rice Lake, and established his offices over the Newberg Clothing Co. on Main Street, where he follows his profession in all its branches. He has a large clientele and has made many friends in the community. In 1920 he purchased a pleasant home at 615 West Marshall Street, where he and his family now reside. Dr. Favell was married Aug. 26, 1909, to Inga Maria Olsen, of Portland, Ore., born at Hayward, Wis., Sept. 17, 1885, daughter of Edward and Christine (Moe) Olsen, now of Sherwood, Ore. Dr. and Mrs. Favell have four children: Madelyn, born Oct. 4, 1911; Elton, born Sept. 30, 1913; James, born Nov. 26, 1915, and Thomas, born Jan. 23, 1919. The family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

History of Osteopathy - Osteopathy is the original system of spinal adjustment. It was discovered by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still in 1874. There are now about 8,000 practicing Osteopathic physicians. Their system of practice is designated by the degree D. O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) conferred by Osteo¬ pathic Colleges in contra distinction with the degree M. D. conferred by medical colleges. Osteopathy is the science of the structure and uses of all parts of the human body. As a science it requires the most intimate knowledge of anatomy, physiology and diseases. As an art it demands the highest degree of manipulative skill. Osteopathy looks upon man as a machine. It deals with most diseases as a disorder in the mechanics of the body - that is, if the bones or frame work is kept in normal position, barring accidents and contagious diseases the body should live to a ripe old age, provided it is properly fed, watered, clothed, exercised and rested. Osteopathy defines health as the perfect flow of life's fluids - diseases as the obstructed flow. Normal nerve force is the best medicine life knows. Pure blood is the best germicide. The key note of Osteopathic treatment is "adjustment." Osteopathy is accorded legal recognition in every state in the United States, also Canada. Osteopathy is equally successful in the treatment of both acute and chronic diseases. Many surgical operations have been found unnecessary after the diagnosis and treat¬ ment of an osteopathic physician. The only osteopathic physician in Barron County is Ernest John Favell, D. O., who has had 21 years successful practice. Besides a general practice, Dr. Favell has for 20 years, made a specialty of treating rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, lame back, sick headaches, stiflf neck, neuralgia, bronchitis, asthma, St. Vitus dance, hay fever, loss of weight, constipation, stomach, bowel, liver and kidney troubles, gall stones, appendicitis (successfully treated without operation), nervous prostration, and all spinal and nervous diseases.

Cyrille Mercier, of the firm of C. Mercier & Son., woodworkers, Rice Lake, was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada. He lost his parents when he was young and was reared by Peter White and his good wife. In 1878 he went to the city of Quebec, and learned the cabinet makers' trade. He came to Rice Lake in 1883, and did general carpenter and building work until 1889, when he erected a sawmill. This proved a success, and in 1916 he branched out along broader lines, erecting a shop in which he makes sash and doors, and does general cabinet work. He also continues as a 'building contractor, employing several carpenters. Many of the houses in Rice Lake and vicinity are tributes to the skill of his workmanship and honesty of his dealings. In 1917, his son, Charles, a painter and decorator, was admitted to the firm. Mr. Mercier is a public spirited citizen and for two years served on the road and bridge committee of the county. He is an active member of the Commercial Club. Mr. Mercier was married Nov. 29, 1879, in Canada, to Melinda Gagner, born in that Dominion, June 29, 1867, daughter of Joseph and Tairas (Fournier) Gagner, both now deceased. To this union have been born twelve children. Those living are Arthur, Victoria, now wife of Louis Beaudrie, of Rice Lake; Odeline, of Haugen, this county; Charles, in partnership with his father; Anna, now Mrs. Earl Lamler, and Archie and Fred, who live in Rice Lake. The five deceased are Onias, Albert, Clara, Leoni and one who died un¬ named in infancy. The family home is a pleasant residence at 29 East Evans street, erected in 1917.

Charles Mercier, of the firm of C. Mercier & Son, woodworkers, Rice Lake, was born in the city where he still resides, July 6, 1887, son of Cyrille and Melinda (Gagner) Mercier. He was educated in Catholic schools, and then learned painting and paper hanging. This he followed until 1917, when he entered into partnership with his father. His experience as a painter and decorator is proving an important factor in the success of this old established business. Mr. Mercier is one of the well known young men of the city, and is a popular member of the Catholic Foresters. He was married June 16, 1908, to Delphine Chartier, born March 8, 1891, daughter of Senia and Helen Chartier, natives of Canada, who now reside in Rice Lake. In the Chartier family there are 14 children, Albert, Amos, William, John, Edward, Virginia, Arthur, Selina, Eva, Lina, Delphine, Alma, Emeline and Louis, of whom the three last mentioned are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Mercier have six chil¬ dren. Irene, born Oct. 5, 1910; Jeanette, Dec. 17, 1911; Elaine, Dec. 17, 1915; Lucille, April 28, 1917; De Wayne, July 21, 1918, and Wallis, Feb. 4, 1921. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Hammond-Olsen Lumber Co., Inc., Rice Lake, is the only lumber com¬ pany near the Omaha railway station, is located at the corner of Cornell and Evans streets, where the premises cover a full city block, with additional land along the railroad track where are the coal sheds and other storage sheds. The main plant comprises two lumber sheds with lean-to, extending 200 feet in length with a capacity of over half a million feet. There is an additional storage shed, 50 feet square, for storing sash, doors, house finish, screens and roofiing, and an extra sash and door house along the railroad and on the Omaha right-of-way, with coal sheds adjoining, as well as lime and cement sheds. At the upper yard, north of Knapp street and west of the railroad track, on the spur, is another storage warehouse for storing wall-board, extra roof¬ ing and other specialties. There is also an open coal shed on the other spur track, with room for ten cars. The plant as a whole is the largest in this line in the city of Rice Lake and the company carries the largest stock of building material in the city, comprising all grades of lumber, including Wisconsin and Minnesota white pine and hemlock, hard maple flooring, white cedar posts and shingles from Michigan, fir lumber of all grades, and red cedar shingles from western coast states, and redwood from California. Most of the lumber supplies are received in car-lots, as well as doors, sash and house finish from factories at Duluth and Minneapolis. The company also handles Portland cement in car lots, especially the Universal and Medusa brands from Duluth. Steelton, Minnesota and Buffington, Ind.; gypsum pro¬ ducts, including plaster and wall board from Fort Dodge, Iowa; tile products from Mason City, Iowa; brick from Menomonie and Stanley, Wis., and build¬ ing paper and roofing from the Twin Cities. The company has supplied the building material for a large number of buildings in Rice Lake and the sur¬ rounding country, within a radius of ten to fifteen miles. In connection with its building material, this company also has a good country trade in the Hunt-Helm-Ferris Company's line of barn equipment, and in the King Venti¬ lating System for barns and creameries. The company makes a .specialty of building houses with modern conveniences and selling them on installments. On this plan some fifteen houses have been built and others are constantly in the course of construction. The company also deals in real estate, and owns many building lots in settled parts of the city as well as a whole tract of 20 acres suitable for building purposes within the city limits. In addition to the business in Rice Lake the company has a well-equipped lumber plant and stock of builder's hardware at Savona, Washburn County, Wis., carrying a good stock of all building material for the demand of the trade throughout that section. All the advantages of the Rice Lake yard are at the service of the Sarona yard. The Sarona Lumber Company constructs houses and barns and furnishes plans and all information required. The employes are trust¬ worthy and alert, and at the service of the public. The business was establish as a co-partnership by the Hammond-Chandler Lumber Company in 1910, in 1915 was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000.00. In Novem¬ ber, 1920, it was succeeded by the Hammond-Olsen Lumber Company, Inc., and the capital stock was increased to $125,000.00. The present officers are E. S. Hammond, president; A. V. Olsen, secretary and manager. The president, E. S. Hammond, was the founder of the business and has had forty-seven years experience in handling logs, lumbering and cruising timber, both in northern Wisconsin and California, being widely acquainted with the lumber trade throughout this part of the state. The secretary and manager, A. V. Olsen, has had seven years experience in connection with this company. J. E. Rickerman, formerly of the Rice Lake Lumber Co., has purchased an active interest in the business. His knowledge, pleasing and capable methods of handling the trade is beyond question. Ole Foss, manager of the Sarona yard has also had long experience. The service this company has to give and does give with these experienced officers is worthy of notice and is a large asset to a prospective builder or home getter, whether on the farm or in the city. The output from the Rice Lake yard for 1920 was $164,084.80 and of the Sarona yard $47,727.97, making a combined output of nearly $212,000, with an additional business of $20,000.00 in real estate. The sales in all lines are rapidly increasing from year to year. E. S. Hammond has been a resident of Rice Lake since the fall of 1906, and in September, 1909 in company with E. Craite, purchased twenty-nine acres south of Knapp street, and west of the

Omaha railway, where he platted Hammond's addition. In November, 1911, he purchased and platted 120 acres north of Knapp street, known as Ham* mond & Craite's addition, all in the city limits. Since that time some of the best residences in the city have been erected on this property, which is fast becoming one of the finest residence sections of the city.

Eleazer S. Hammond, logger, cruiser, agriculturist, real estate developer and retail lumberman, president of the Hammond-Olsen Lumber Co., Inc., Rice Lake, and known by his friends as Lee Hammond, "King of Loggers", was born at Andover, Province of New Brunswick, Canada, Nov. 19, 1855, son of Archaleus Sylvester and Sarah Elizabeth (Wright) Hammond. His mother died when he was seven years of age and for about a year and a half thereafter he lived with his Uncle Burpee at the small village of Florenceville. His education, while in Canada was received in that hamlet and at Grand Falls, in the same Province. In the fall of 1864 his father brought him to the State of Maine. That and the following winter were spent in the woods with his father and in the fall of 1866 came to Oshkosh, Wis., thence in 1867 to Eau Claire, with the exceptions of the summer of 1883, when he was in California, he continued to live until the fall of 1902, when he moved to Merriam Park, Minn. In 1903 he moved to Frederic, Polk County, Wis., where he logged in five years a 64,000,000 tract of hardwood. The fall of 1906 he moved to Rice Lake, where he now resides. He was first taken into the Maine forests by his father in the fall of 1864, when he was nine years old, and he has since followed the woods for forty-seven years, sum¬ mers and winters, cruising and logging. His experiences have been many and varied. At the age of sixteen he had charge of timber cruisers locating land on the Flambeau and Chippewa Rivers, who were receiving from $3.50 to $6.00 a day. He was then his own master, and legally entitled to hold property in his own name. At nineteen he was foreman of a logging camp crew of forty men. He was still a young man when he was offered $6,000.00 annual salary to take charge of certain lumber interests in Arkansas and a little later he was offered $10,000 salary as manager of large lumber interests in Washington state. But he refused both of these flattering offers, by reason of the fact that he has found his abilities are better employed in his own interests and he does not like the idea of hiring out. Mr. Hammond has had many thrilling adventures in the course of his eventful career. On the Chippewa and Flam¬ beau waters, where he has operated both as a cruiser and a logger, he is familiar with many a crook and turn. He has followed both these rivers from mouth to source, poling a log canoe, camping out and living on tea, crackers, fish, flour, saleratus, pork and sugar. He has also cruised redwood and fir in California. He has cooked, handled the cant-hook, served as camp fore¬ man, in fact has done everything pertaining to the getting of standing timber to the mill where it may be made into the sawed lumber. As an operator he never had a serious strike among his employees, showing that he is a master of the art of handling men. Scores of men have worked for him from six to eighteen years. From the beginning of his career in the woods he has advo¬ cated good camps, fair pay, good food, common sense, forethought as to needs, and an honest social feeling between man and man. Among his best friends are the old-time lumberjacks, whom he describes as being "as good a class of men as God ever gave breath." He was reared with them, worked with them, suffered with them, enjoyed their company and even fought a good many battles with them. In thinking over these events he says "The life of a real logger is as thrilling a one as can be imagined and encompasses nearly every experience of human existence in the rough." There are few modes of conveyance that Mr. Hammond has not used at one time or another. On the rivers he has operated birch bark canoes, bateaux, rafts and steamboats. On the land he has blazed logging roads, and has driven oxen, horses, mules and men. He is an expert motorist, and humorously states that he may even yet try the aeroplane and the submarine. It is claimed by his friends that so far as is known here in Wisconsin, Mr. Hammond has the distinction of having logged the largest amount of logs in one winter on ice roads to be found on record, as well as of having hauled at one of his camps the largest load of logs ever hauled over an ice road. On Lost and Tea Lakes, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, in the five years from 1891 to 1896 he logged respectively, seventeen, twentytwo, twenty-nine, forty and seventeen million feet of logs. It was with the forty million that he touched the high mark in the amount of logs logged by one operator over ice roads on logging sleighs at seven camps, with distances to haul from one-half to seven miles. All logs were landed on lakes - ice landing. Snow-drifts and loads breaking through the ice were some of the troubles he was forced to encounter. Oct. 28, 1908 he signed a contract with the J. S. Stearns Lumber Co. of Odonah, Wis. On March 28, 1909 there were 27,000,000 feet of logs on the landing, the logging of which brought Mr. Ham¬ mond a cash profit of $30,000.00. It was during this contract that he hauled to the landing the record-breaking load. This contract when first signed stated 14,000,000 feet as the amount. However, the company kept after him to increase the amount. Mr. Hammond accepted and finally 27,000,000 feet were logged. An incident occurred at that time which goes to show how the com¬ pany sized up the situation at the time of signing the contract. That evening one of the employees remarked, "You have the logging up among the hills?" Hammond replied, "Yes." At this reply he noticed a flash pass over the em¬ ployee's face and Hammond read this flash to say, you are up against a hard proposition. Mr. Mercier, woods manager for the company, remarked to another party, "This Hammond has a good outfit, but when spring comes we will have it." However, when spring came Mr. Hammond was still the owner of the kit and $30,000.00 to the good. Mr. Hammond's experience with steam tugs has also been interesting. In the spring of 1891 he built a steam tug on the shore of Lost Lake, Sawyer County, Wis., 21 miles from Hayward. Captain Garrison, an old Mississippi River captain and engineer, superintended the work, assisted by H. C. ("Big Hans") Hanson, of Eau Claire, and Andrew Forness. The boat was not very handsome but could do the work. It was 64 by 14 feet in size, made of tamarack "knees" taken from the swamps. On these knees, planks were spiked and the hull calked, bottom side up. When this was completed the hull had to be turned over. The builder said it could not be done without breaking it. Mr. Hammond turned it over with chains, tackle and oxen, and on a Sunday, and did not break a plank or draw a nail. This tug had a five-foot steel shaft on which were attached paddle wheels ten feet in diameter. When not towing an inch and a half manilla rope, 1,800 feet long, was used on a "nigger" erected on the bow. The tug was scow built and could jump boom sticks. Often in passing from one lake to another - through thorofare - with the aid of twelve to twenty men, the boat could go slowly through a boom of from two to four million feet of logs and come safely out on the other side. Mr. Hammond owned this tug for five years. He also operated inland towing steam tugs three years on Pike and Round Lakes, Price County, this state. Fifty-two million feet were towed across these lakes dur¬ ing the month of May, ready for the main river drive. Many nights he has eaten his supper at 11 P. M. and his breakfast at 2 A. M., following this schedule day after day, so long as the wind was favorable to handling the logs on the lakes in his log driving operations. Capt. C. H. Henry, head overseer of all the Chippewa Logging Co.'s drives said it could not be done. Neverthe¬ less, it was accomplished by this man Hammond. He drove the logs across the lakes so fast and sleuced them through the dam that the river was plugged full of logs and Mr. Henry asked Mr. Hammond to let up. Hammond told Mr. Henry that he was not big enough for the job and to feed his men better, pay more wages and he could drive logs faster. Mr. Hammond has consistently voted the Republican ticket. At Eau Claire he was offered the nomination as Mayor and a3 a member of either house of the Assembly. He refused all three because he believes that business and politics do not go well together, and he feels that there are higher honors for him in lumber than there would be in statecraft. He did, however, consent to serve as an alderman of Eau Claire for four years. When he went on the council he was not accustomed to speak¬ ing in public and not a single man on his side was a good talker. On the other side was a lawyer, a doctor, a graduate of an English University and a newspaper man, but Mr. Hammond made his presence strongly felt and within two years two of the members of the council had been voted out and another had been subdued. The Progressive element to which Mr. Hammond belonged, pushed through a brick paving ordinance, purchased a rock-crusher and advocated the construction of macadam streets and the building of the big steel bridge across the Chippewa river on Grand avenue, all of which was accomplished. This was the starting point of Eau Claire's change from a town of saw-dust, shingle shaving, crumbling cedar block streets to a live, pro¬ gressive and well paved city. To celebrate the event, Mayor Douglas and Mr. Hammond planned a big street fair for the city. Thousands swarmed to the city; people slept on the sidewalks and the week was given over to merriment. The stone crusher was in operation constructing macadam streets. General Harrison was present from Washington, D. C., lecturing on good roads. The whole event was one which the old timers will never forget. This fair was educational as to progress in good roads and beautifying the city, together with good clean sport. The public was invited to have a good time, but strict orders were given that they must behave, and they did have a good time and they did behave, although there were thirty-seven saloons in full blast. Not one arrest was made during the fair, nor were any complaints of roughness received. The idea was that orders were issued and they had to be obeyed and they were obeyed. Since coming to Rice Lake, Mr. Hammond has been active in its development, and aside from building up the Hammond-Olsen Lumber Company, Inc., he has platted Hammond's addition of twenty-nine acres and Hammond and Craites' addition of one hundred and twenty acres. Through his company he has also made it possible for many people to build and own homes on easy terms. Unbiased people say he has given away more free meals, more free beds and created more homes for poor people than any man in Barron County. He has sold lots to people that did not have a dollar to pay down on purchase price and furnished them material to build a home on the same terms. Mr. Hammond made arrangements with Lee Brothers in October, 1911, to move their band-saw mill from Reserve, on Couderay Reser¬ vation, to Rice Lake and kept this mill supplied with logs for five years. Also, furnished the Chas. Mercier mill with logs two years. Also, erected a planing mill with band re-saw - three surfaces dry kiln. This mill was operated eight years and then sold. During these eight years he gave steady employment to 100 men for about eight months of the year at Rice Lake alone, outside of his logging operations. All this goes to show what Mr. Hammond has done for Rice Lake since moving there. All in all, Mr. Hammond is a splendid type of the Northwestern lumberman, strong of body, keen and quick of mind, prepared to meet all emergencies, a believer in fair play, gentle and considerate in all circumstances, but prepared for rough and ready treatment of those of rough and ready conduct. He has seen the hard side of the development of the Northwest and has taken his share in it. A book of his experiences would not only prove a story of interesting adventure, but would be an inspiration to the youth of the present generation. Mr. Hammond has strong beliefs on all public questions. He believes that we should secure more service for the amount expended both for government and for labor ; that schools and the state should be maintained at decreased cost and increased efficiency; that the in¬ come tax should be abolished as it injures business efficiency; that passenger and freight rates should be normal; that money should be made available at a reasonable rate of interest to the farmer, as the farmer is our foundation; that good highways are the arteries of business through which flow the life blood of commerce and that they should be kept open through the winter months. At sixty-five he is alert and active, constantly on the go, full of energy and believes that he will pass to the Great Beyond at a ripe old age with his mind active to the last moment. His motto is "Treat your neighbor as you would like to be treated. Fear God and take your part." Fraternally he is a Commandery Mason. Mr. Hammond was married Sept. 9, 1884, at Eau Claire, to Sarah Adaline Hower, born at Bainterstown, Ind., Feb. 15, 1864, daughter of George and Esther Hower. This union has been blessed with two children: Ruth Adaline and Mary Elizabeth. Ruth Adaline was born in Eau Claire, Wis., Nov. 3, 1885, and was educated there and in St. Paul, Minn. She was married at Rice Lake, May 8, 1907, to Roy C. Chandler. Mary Elizabeth was born at Eau Claire, July 2, 1891, and was educated at Frederic and Rice Lake. She was married at Rice Lake, May 8, 1907, to Abner Victor Olsen. Archaleus Sylvester Hammond, lumberman, father of E. S. Hammond, was born of English parents, Oct. 14, 1831 on the St. John's River, five miles below Andover, Province of New Brunswick, Canada. His father was a Baptist clergyman, who also devoted a part of his life to fanning. A. S. Hammond married Sarah Elizabeth Wright, whose parents were farmers. She died May 3, 1863. In 1864 he came to the States, and after living in Maine for two years, came to Wisconsin. He died Jan. 15, 1898. He and his wife had four children. Charlotte Elizabeth was born Feb. 21, 1853 and died in Seattle, Wash., Jan. 6, 1915. Eleazer Slocum was born Nov. 19, 1865, and is a Rice Lake lumberman. Archaleus Sylvester, Jr., was born Oct. 8, 1858, and died Dec. 14, 1902. Fred¬ eric Lawrence was born Jan. 7, 1863, and is now living in the State of Washington.

Ole H. Oien, Rice Lake, who has been identified with the lumbering indus¬ try of this region for some three decades, is a solid, substantial citizen of even temperament and good judgment, and is held in the highest regard by all who know him. He was born in Norway Sept. 20, 1870, the son of Hendrick Tilseth and Sigred Oien, taking the ancient and honored name of his mother's family. In his native country he received a good education and was reared to farm pur¬ suits. In 1891 he came to America and located at once in Rice Lake, where he took up lumbering and sawmill work for the Rice Lake Lumber Co., specializing in grading and scaling, at which lie- became an^ acknowledged authority. In this employ he remaind for over a quartej^f a century, winning the high regard of those for whom he worked. Subsequently for two years he was employed by the E. S. Hammond Lumber Co. at Rice Lake, after which he practically retired. He and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He is a memberiof the Scandinavian Society, while his wife belongs to the woman's branch of that order and to the woman's auxiliary of the American Legion, she being one of the war mothers, who gave two sons on her country's altar. Mr. Oien was married March 31, 1894, to Matilda Aageson, who was born in Trondhjem, Norway, May 2l, 1871, daughter of Peter and Christina Aageson. Mr. and Mrs. Oien have had seven children: Severin P., Carl J., Minnie, Gladys, Oscar, Lillian and Minnie. Of the two sons who went into action in France, one never returned and the other died from the effects of his experiences there - truly a most excellent record of a patriotic family. Severin P. was born Feb. 11, 1895, was a veteran of the Mexican mobilization and of the World War, and died from the effect of dis¬ abilities Jan. 19, 1921. Carl J. was born'March 10, 1896, and died in France from the results of wounds Oct. 13, 1918. Minnie was born Sept. 20, 1898, and died a few months later. Gladys was born Jan. 1, 1900, and is .residing at home. Like her mother she is a member of the woman's branches of the Scandinavian Society and of the American Legion. Oscar, born May 18, 1903, Lillian, born Jan. 28, 1908, and Minnie, born Sept. 15, 1910, are at home. The family is highly respected throughout the community.

Severine Palmer Oien, the first veteran of the World War to die in Rice Lake, was born in this city Feb. 11, 1895, and passed through the graded and high schools. He had only just attained his majority when, in March, 1916, he enlisted in Company A, Tenth Separate Battalion, Wisconsin National Guards. He served in the Mexican border mobilization, and a short time after his return was again called into service with his company to guard bridges and railroads in this state and in Minnesota. After the United States entered the World War he was sent to a training camp at Waco, Texas, and went over¬ seas with the 32d Division. There he saw much active service. For a time he was in Company A, 121st Machine Gun Battalion and for a time he was detailed to drive supply wagons to the front under heavy fire. He was four times invalided, twice with the influenza, once from the effects of gassing, and once from foot troubles, but was with his company in all its principal engage¬ ments. His Victory medal bore four battle clasps. In 1919 he was returned to the States, and in May of that year was duly discharged at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. He then returned home. But his lungs had suffered too severely for human endurance, and he died Jan. 19, 1921, as truly a victim of the war as he would have been had he died on the battlefield. At his funeral he was given military honors by the Edgar Eubanks Post, American Legion, of which he was a faithful member. At the time of his death it was said of him: "Severin Palmer Oien was held in the highest esteem by all but especially by his comrades who knew him best. Of quiet disposition, he won favor by his willing way of undertaking the tasks that fell to his lot, however disagreeable, and his faithfulness to duty was unwavering. He died as he had fought, calmly and with complete faith in God."

Carl J. Oien was one of his country's heroes who will ever be held in honored and loving remembrance. He gave his life for his country, and his name is inscribed upon the country's roll of honor. Born in Rice Lake March 10, 1896, he was here reared, and here received his education in the graded and high schools. He was inducted into the United States service Sept. 17, 1917, trained at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., and went overseas with Company C, First Division. With his comrades, he was sent into the terrible slaughter of the Argonne Forest, and was wounded while valiantly doing his duty as a good soldier. He died in France Oct. 13, 1918, and is laid at rest in the soil which the blood of such as he has forever hallowed.

Joseph M. Paul, tinsmith of Rice Lake, was born at Sun Prairie, Wis., Sept. 19, 1882, son of Michael and Mary (Mattecheck) Paul, the former of whom died in 1916 and the latter still living. Joseph M. received his educa¬ tion in the common schools and remained at home until nearly attaining his majority. Then he went to Webster, S. D., where he learned the tinsmith's trade which he there followed until 1909. In that year he came to Rice Lake, where he was employed for some two years by the Goettsche & Frank Hard¬ ware Co. and for about six years by the West Hardware Co. In 1915 he estab¬ lished his present business. He does general tin work, welding and vul¬ canizing, and makes a specialty of installing heating plants, having the agency for the Lenox "Torrid Zone" heaters and the Waterman & Waterbury all-steel heaters. His aim is to satisfy his customers as to quality, workmanship and prices, and working with this aim in view he has built up for himself a profit¬ able business. When he first opened his establishment he had his place of business in the old Eubanks Building. In 1918 he moved to his present quarters at 217 North Main street, where he has a plant fully equipped with machinery and tools for the handling of his constantly increasing trade. The plant employs from two to three men the year around, and Mr. Paul gives it his personal attention. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Beavers. His pleasant home, brightened by the happy faces of six chil¬ dren, is at 35 East Eau Claire street. Mr. Paul was married in April, 1908, to Jennie M. Robb, of Watertown, S. D., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Robb. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul are Maurice, Dorothy, Floyd, Harlow, Herbert and Ralph. The family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Paul is interested in the general growth of the city and has allied himself with the Commercial Club.

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William D. Prince, of the firm of Ross & Prince, draymen, was born at Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wis., May 17, 1883, the son of George F. and Ellen (Dawson) Prince. He came to Barron County as a boy and attended the graded schools and the high school of Rice Lake. He started his own career at the age of sixteen and for several years thereafter was variously employed. In 1910 he crossed the States to the Pacific coast, then came back to Montana and Dakota where he farmed. In 1914 he returned to Rice Lake and entered the employ of the flour and feed mill of the Hartel Morrison Co., remaining with them two years. In 1916 he started work for the Osceola Mill & Elevator Co. at Rice Lake. Then for a year, in 1918, he was baggage¬ man at the Omaha station at Rice Lake. His present partnership with Thomas E. Ross was formed in 1919. They are engaged in general draying, using horses and trucks in their business. Fraternally, Mr. Prince is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Mystic Workers. He has been active in fire protection for seven years and for two years was assistant chief of the Rice Lake fire department. Mr. Prince was married Feb. 6, 1918, at Rice Lake, to Olga Severson, daughter of Severn B. and Tillie (Jacobson) Severson, who were formerly farmers but now live in Rice Lake.

Leon King, for many years connected with farm work and lumbering in Barron County and vicinity, now deceased, was an honest, hardworking man an estimable citizen in every respect, and left many pleasant memories to be cherished by his family and friends. He was born in Canada Aug. 12, 1868, son of James and Elizabeth King, who came to Barron County as young people and settled on a farm in Prairie Farm Township, where they followed agricul¬ tural pursuits for the remainder of their lives. Leon received his early educa¬ tion in this county and took up farming with his parents. Thereafter he devoted his summers to that occupation and his winters to working in the woods. Afer a long and useful life he died April 6, 1919. Mr. King was mar¬ ried Oct. 31, 1904, at Rice Lake, to Virginia Gagner, born Jan. 3, 1881, in Rice Lake Township, daughter of Peter and Selina (Lavelier) Gagner. This union has been blessed with three bright children, Melina, bom April 21, 1906 ; Delor J., born June 25, 1908, and Elizabeth, born June 24, 1912, all of whom are attending the parochial schools. Mrs. King has a pleasant residence at 926 North Main street.

Peter Gagner, pioneer, was born in Canada of French ancestry and there married Selina Lavelier. They came to Barron County among the first settlers and took a homestead of 160 acres in Rice Lake Township. The tract was then a wilderness, there were no roads except the "tote" roads, and neighbors were few and far between. Mr. Gagner cleared 120 acres of the tract, erected log buildings which he later replaced with frame structures, and there carried on general farming until his death Dec. 3, 1916. His wife died July 25, 1920. In the family there were eight children: Minnie (deceased), Virginia, Dephine, Peter, William, John, Delorn and Alex. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church.

Rev. O. M. Kleven, Rice Lake, a clergyman of the Norwegian Lutheran faith, is pastor of the Bethany Congregation of Rice Lake, Our Saviour's Con¬ gregation in Doyle Township, Stanfold Congregation in Stanfold Township, and Long Lake Congregation at Long Lake, Washburn County. He was bom in Strum, Trempealeau County, Wis., Sept. 28, 1885, the son of Knute and Anna (Olson) Kleven, natives of Norway, who came to America when young people, were married at Strum, and are still engaged in agriculture on a farm near that village. They are people of probity and piety and are highly regarded by all who know them. In the family there are six children : Rev. O. M., Tillie, now Mrs. Andrew Orlid; Christophine, now Mrs. Otto Larson; Emil, Palmer and Julia. The subject of this sketch attended the public schools of his native village. As a boy he determined to devote his life to the ministry, and in order to secure funds to ediltate himself for that work he secured employment for six years with a lumber yard at Stanley, Wis. In 1906 he entered St.

Olaf College at Northfield, Minn., and after taking the preparatory and classical course was graduated with the class of 1912. He then entered the United Church Theological Seminary at St. Anthony Park, Minn., from which he was gradu¬ ated May 28, 1915. On June 13 he was ordained at Minneapolis by T. H. Dahl, D. D., president of the church. He was called by the mission committee to the mission field, having seven congregations near the border line between Minnesota and Ontario: the Zion Congregation at International Falls, the Silver Creek Congregation, at Boudette, Minn., the Rainy River Congregation in Ontario, Canada, the Lake-Wood Congregation at the Lake of the Woods, Our Saviour's Congregation at Stratton, Ontario, St. Peter's Congregation at Blackhawk, Ontario, and Fort Francis Congregation at Ft. Francis. His excellent work there resulted in his present call in 1916. Here the Rev. Mr. Kleven is kept busy ministering to the spiritual needs of his people, and taking his rightful share as a leader in all uplift movements. The Bethany Congrega¬ tion has 142 families, Our Saviour's Congregation 22, Stanfold Congregation 26, and Long Lake Congregation 24. In Bethany Congregation alone in 1920 he held 68 services, 30 in English and 38 in Norwegian, in addition to the services in the other three congregations, and the usual pastoral duties of study, calls, baptisms, catechism classes, marriages and funerals. As a part of the permanent work of the congregations, the pastor has inaugurated a system by which every family in each of his parishes is fully recorded in the church archives. He is a member of the National Young People's League of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. Mr. Kleven was married Sept. 11, 1915, to Mollie Stensby, who was born in Hale Township, Trempealeau County, this state, June 3, 1888. There are two children in the family, Borghild Alida, born June 23, 1916, and Mildred Ovidia, born Aug. 8, 1918.

J. P. Qualy, dealer in farm implements and machinery and equipment of all kinds, and also a successful farmer, has an office at 11 East Eau Claire street, Rice Lake, and a farm of 80 acres within the city limits which he per¬ sonally conducts. In addition to this he is also interested in other city and rural property, buying and selling real estate as circumstances dictate. He likewise deals to some extent in general farm products. He was born in Spring Grove, Houston County, Minn., Nov. 17, 1864, son of P. 0. and Julia (Erickson) Qualy, natives of Norway, who came to America as young people, were married at Stoughton, Wis., and later located at Spring Grove, Minn., where they farmed the remainder of their lives, the father dying April 24, 1920, and the mother July 4, 1906. The subject of this sketch received a good common school education in the public schools. He also had the advan¬ tages of a course in the Slack Business College at Decorah, Iowa, from which he was graduated with the class of 1885. After this he farmed for a while. Later he owned and conducted a general mercantile and farm implement store at Caledonia, Minn. Then for eleven years he was traveling as a salesman, selling farm machinery and implements, five years for the Deering Harvester Co. and six years for the Minneapolis Implement Co. He started business for himself in Rice Lake in 1908 and has met with success. Fraternally, he is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Modern Woodmen. He is also allied with the Commercial Club. He is a man of prominence in the community. His wide experience is of advantage to him in his business operations, and he is one of the city's solid and substantial citizens. Mr. Qualy was married Oct. 29, 1889, to Sophia L. Theisen, of Caledonia, Minn., and this union has been blessed With three children: Harry J., Alta J. and Donald J. Harry J. was born July 19, 1891, and farms for his father. He married Gladys Thornberg. Alta J. was born Aug. 20, 1896, married James McMahon, of Menomonie, and has one child, lone. Donald J. was born March 17, 1899, and married Faith Ingram. He assists his father on the farm and in the implement business. Mr. Qualy finds his diversion in out of door sports, is fond of tramping in the woods and fields, and takes especial pleasure in hunting. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church.

Gilbert Peterson, contractor, Rice Lake, is a hard working, solid citizen of real worth, who is well and favorably known throughout northern Wisconsin, by reason of his temporary residence in many towns where he has been > engaged in constructing railroad stations and water tanks. He was born in Norway Feb. 10, 1858, son of Peter Mekelson and Inga Gulbrandson, his wife, natives of that country. The father, who owned a small farm and worked at his trade as a carpenter, died in Norway in 1906. The mother came to America in 1909 and now makes her home with her son, having reached the venerable age of 90 years on July 27, 1920. In the family there were five children: Louise is still in Norway; Gilbert is in Rice Lake, Wis.; Anders died in Norway; Ole is with the Omaha Railroad with headquarters at Rice Lake; and Mathia died in Rice Lake April 3, 1920. The subject of this sketch received his early education in the public schools of his native land and there learned the carpenter's trade, starting at 15 years of age. He came to America in 1880 and after a few months in Austin, Mower County, Minn., came to Rice Lake where he found employment at his trade with Knapp, Stout & Co. In 1900 he started a woodworking shop of his own at Dallas, in this county. About two years later he purchased the woodworking plant of O. T. Johnson at Rice Lake. He sold out in February, 1907, and entered the employ of the Omaha railroad in the capacity of master carpenter, taking charge of crews of from three to fifteen men, engaged in building stations and water tanks, with Spooner, Wis., as the headquarters. Mr. Petersen has been interested in public affairs, was alderman of Rice Lake from the Second Ward for six years and street commissioner for one year. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen. He and his family worship at the Norwegian Lutheran Church. The residence is at 106 North Wilson avenue, Rice Lake. Mr. Peterson married Annetta Leegaard, who was born in Norway Dec. 20, 1861, daughter of Peter Nicoli and Antoine (Krohn) Leegaard, also natives of Norway, who both died in 1919 at the good old age of 90 years. In the Leegaard family there were five children: Margarethe, Bollette (deceased), Annetta, Petra and Anton (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have seven children: Frank, Petra A., Inga, Petra A. (second), Arthur, Gladys and Lillian. Frank was bom May 23, 1884, married Emma S. Bush, lives in Rice Lake, and manufactures cigars and conducts an ice cream parlor and candy store. Petra A. died at the age of five years. Inga was bom March 25, 1891, and died March 26, 1918, leaving a husband, A. E. Whitman, and a son, Gordon. Petra A. was bom March 28, 1893, and is the wife of Kearney Jacobson, of Rice Lake. Arthur, a veteran of the World War, born July 25, 1896, is at home. Gladys was born April 5, 1901, and Lillian was bom April 14, 1902.